1 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What does the speaker mention first?

A．Weather may influence feelings.

B．Weather may influence intelligence.

C．Weather may influence health.

2. What may influence the students’ IQ according to the 1983 report?

A．Hot and wet weather.

B．A strong wind.

C．High air pressure.

3. How may low air pressure make people feel?

A．Angry.

B．Forgetful.

C．Tired.

2 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. How does the speaker feel about growing sunflowers?

A．Simple.

B．Costly.

C．Time-consuming.

2. Where does the speaker suggest buying seeds of rare varieties?

A．From the garden center.

B．From the local nursery.

C．From the Internet.

3. What will lacking water at the early stages cause to sunflowers?

A．The plant will be weak.

B．The plant will stop growing.

C．The flower head will be heavy.

4. What is the speaker probably doing?

A．Teaching a lesson.

B．Hosting a program.

C．Giving a speech.

3 . A 10-year-old Texas boy is working hard to bring animals joy, one musical tune at a time. He has found a way to combine his ________ for music and dogs while ________ his community.

Yuvi Agarwal plays the piano to ________ dogs at Houston Pets Alive!, a shelter in Houston. Yuvi said he got the ________ to play for dogs after attending a reading program. “Seeing how the dogs relaxed, I realized music has a much stronger impact. So I ________ to basically play music for the animals,” Yuvi said. “________ not deafening drums, but melodious (悦耳的) instruments such as the piano that will reduce their ________.”

“When Yuvi plays the piano, the dogs’ reaction is always ________ — they just all stop and stare, seeming to be so ________ in what he is doing,” Delgado, a worker at the animal shelter, said.“It is a wild ________, actually much better than we have ever ________. Helpful as it has been to play classical music for the animals through the radio, nothing got the animals relaxed like Yuvi’s ________performances.”

The fifth grader has ________ a few months to the work. He is showing there is no age requirement to ________ pleasant change and go after what we love. “We are hopeful of more people getting creative about animal ________ and joining us,” Delgado said.

1.

A．desire

B．affection

C．respect

D．talent

2.

A．giving back to

B．taking advantage of

C．keeping up with

D．throwing light on

3.

A．attract

B．train

C．direct

D．calm

4.

A．opportunity

B．permission

C．inspiration

D．invitation

5.

A．promised

B．afforded

C．managed

D．decided

6.

A．Certainly

B．Initially

C．Occasionally

D．Fortunately

7.

A．pain

B．death

C．anxiety

D．loss

8.

A．slow

B．normal

C．appropriate

D．positive

9.

A．concerned

B．absorbed

C．experienced

D．occupied

10.

A．success

B．honor

C．discovery

D．challenge

11.

A．evaluated

B．recognized

C．expected

D．informed

12.

A．consistent

B．distinctive

C．professional

D．live

13.

A．related

B．devoted

C．applied

D．secured

14.

A．reflect

B．seek

C．drive

D．demand

15.

A．behavior

B．welfare

C．right

D．adoption

4 . There are many reasons bears rub (摩擦) against trees. Sometimes they use smells to leave messages on trees for other bears, at other times they remove hair and rub that hard-to-reach part. A new study uncovers an additional benefit: keeping ticks (蜱虫) at bay.

When bears rub against bark, the trunks of the trees they move back and forth against leak out tars (焦油), a kind of thick sticky liquid. The substances, which are extremely unpleasant for ticks, stick to skin, and are water-resistant, making them really suitable to be an effective natural medicine that can drive away ticks.

Biologists have observed that brown and black bears have affection for certain types of trees, such as beech trees. The appeal of the tar is so strong that scientists use its strong smells to attract bears for studies. To test the guessing that the tar is a tick-warding medicine, Biologist Agnieszka Sergiel found herself staring at long containers which the widespread ticks she caught were placed into. She watched to see if they would run away from the tar on one side and toward safe, plain water at the other end of the container. And run they did!

The study provided clear evidence that ticks were avoiding the tar, said Hannah Tiffin, a scientist specializing in ticks. “I think it’s an interesting route to go and could make sense,” she said. “Using natural medicines to war d insects off has been seen in the wild. Monkeys rub their skin with orange trees and dolphins may treat their skin with an undersea material. Your cat may even use some plant to keep insects away.”

Expanding the limited database of ticks found on bears will be one of the most important steps to improve this work, Sergiel noted. There’s still a lot to be learned about tar functioning as a medicine to war d off ticks. Collecting skin samples from different bears and testing ticks’ responses could also be useful, she added.

1. What is paragraph 2 mainly about?

A．Which trees produce sticky liquids.	B．What substances from trees attract ticks.
C．Why bears coat their body with sticky liquid.	D．How tree rubbing drives away ticks for bears.

2. What did Sergiel do in her experiment?

A．She attracted bears to a kind of trees.	B．She studied the way ticks reached bears.
C．She observed ticks’ reaction to a special liquid.	D．She compared effects of water and tar on ticks.

3. How does Hannah Tiffin prove the reliability of Sergiel’s findings?

A．By concluding the root cause.	B．By citing other animals’ behaviors.
C．By referring to some other studies.	D．By summarizing her previous findings.

4. What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A．Responses of tested ticks vary.	B．Collecting plentiful data is hard.
C．Further deep research is needed.	D．More work is required to study bears.

5 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

When I was a kid, my parents and I lived near the forest. They often told me that our family was a team that needed to work together for the household to function smoothly. There was always an abundance of work to do — cooking, cleaning, and walking dogs. I volunteered to walk our dog, Max, who had been adopted one month before. I never dared let this giant dog off the lead (牵狗绳), just in case he took off.

One morning, we were walking along in the forest when Max started pulling on the lead. At first, I was able to hold on despite the wet ground from a recent shower. But the more I tried to stop him pulling, the more it turned into a tug of war. And thanks to the slippery ground, I lost.

Pulling his lead, Max shot off like a bullet, leaving me screaming behind. I chased him but lost my footing and fell face-first into some mud. I stumbled (踉跄) to my feet, but looking ahead, I found him running back towards me. I thought he was going to stop and give me his “Sorry” look. But instead, the dog shot past me and returned after a while.

As soon as we got home, my mother immediately attended to Max with a warm towel and a doggy treat. I thought seeing me stumbling and covered in mud, I would also get a warm cup of tea and a motherly kiss. Instead, I got a very loud lecture about letting the dog loose in the forest.

I felt frustrated. It wasn’t fair that she didn’t understand how difficult it was to control Max. I fought back, “Stop lecturing me! Why is everything my fault?” With these words, I stormed into my bedroom and slammed the door shut.

In the evening, I heard my mother call Max and take him out. It wasn’t long before I heard my mother screaming and the door opening again.

注意：
1. 续写词数应为150个左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

I walked out of my room.

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Dad stepped in, suggesting that we work together to train Max.

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6 . What is currently the woman’s main problem?

A．Some people are coming onto her land.

B．An animal is damaging her plants.

C．People in the city are unfriendly to her.

7 . The 11-year-old Freddy was chasing a rabbit on Monday when he got trapped down a narrow hole in Blackroot Pool, West Midlands. His ________ Richard Hill said he could hear Freddy’s whimpers (呜咽) underground but was unable to ________ him. The 55-year-old man ________ gave up searching for him when it got dark. “I really thought I had ________ Freddy for the very last time,” said Hill.

But Hill ________ on Tuesday morning and decided to call 999 after he could hear Freddy’s cries for help. Freddy had already been ________ for 24 hours by that time. The West Midlands Fire and Rescue Service found them after Hill used an app on his phone to help firefighters find Freddy’s exact ________. Crews used cameras and listening equipment on their mission to find the ________ dog, and eventually dug a 6-ft by 9-ft hole.

________, after two hours’ digging, firefighters ________ the exhausted Freddy, who “ran out of the hole as they got closer to him”. “I have to say a huge thank-you to the firefighters.” says Hill. “It was just ________ when he ran out of the hole after the ________, it was just like nothing had happened.” Freddy is still showing an orange color after being ________ with the clay soil.

According to the ________ owner the 4-legged adventurer will “definitely be staying on the ________ the next time we go out for a walk.”

1.

A．owner

B．coach

C．relative

D．neighbor

2.

A．call

B．check

C．reach

D．control

3.

A．hesitantly

B．naturally

C．unfortunately

D．unwillingly

4.

A．fed

B．seen

C．contacted

D．accompanied

5.

A．approved

B．departed

C．returned

D．attempted

6.

A．deserted

B．trapped

C．transported

D．forgotten

7.

A．origin

B．appearance

C．location

D．identity

8.

A．disabled

B．dependable

C．cute

D．upset

9.

A．Accidentally

B．Precisely

C．Immediately

D．Thankfully

10.

A．noticed

B．freed

C．dominated

D．discovered

11.

A．awful

B．impossible

C．incredible

D．harmonious

12.

A．rescue

B．discovery

C．adventure

D．operation

13.

A．buried

B．covered

C．rewarded

D．compared

14.

A．relieved

B．devoted

C．confused

D．embarrassed

15.

A．line

B．spot

C．path

D．lead

8 . Settled in at the base camp, I noticed that a storm seemed to be approaching. But it was of little worry; my team had the determination to overcome any possible dangers. After all, extreme altitude climbing was a mind game as much as a physical challenge.

Of course, overconfidence was a dangerous position to take; it can lead to corner cutting and laziness. Anxiety is also dangerous; it causes you to overthink when you need to be in a flow state. So my habitual practice before any climb was to pitch (搭帐篷) somewhere in the middle neither fearful nor overly relaxed. But my aim was always to be aggressive: Whenever I attack a mountain, I attack a hundred percent.

The American writer Mark Twain once wrote that if a person’s job was to eat a frog then it was best to take care of business first thing in the morning. But if the work involved eating two frogs, it was best to eat the bigger one first. As we waited in base camp, a battle plan was set. Gasherbrum Ⅱ was very much the smaller frog, and we intended to take it at a relatively leisurely pace, resting in some of the lower camps as we climbed. But Gasherbrum I was the bigger, uglier test, so I wanted to take it first with Mingma and Geljen — in one hit, we hoped. I’d previously topped Makalu, the world’s fifth highest mountain, in 18 hours after climbing Everest and Lhotse and barely sleeping for four or five days. We had climbed Kangchenjunga, the world’s third highest, in similar circumstances. I thought we had it in us to do the northwest face of Gasherbrum I, more than 26,500 feet, in one push. By my estimation we'd reach the summit around midday.

One of the challenges was the Japanese Couloir (峡谷), which bordered a steep, 70-degree ridge (山脊). Once we’d climbed above it, our job was to pull ourselves to the top, the final stages of which involved a crossing over another sharp mountain. The work was extremely tough, and it took us much longer than expected. By the time we’d negotiated the Japanese Couloir and reached Camp3, the sun had fallen. We could not press on. We needed a new plan.

1. Why did the author choose to pitch in the middle?

A．To get a better view around.	B．To stay in emotional balance.
C．To get access to more supplies.	D．To prepare for the coming storm.

2. What does the author mean by quoting Mark Twain in Paragraph 3?

A．We should take the challenge seriously.	B．It’s better to get the hardest job done first.
C．They both used to be in the same situation.	D．Careful planning is the first step toward success.

3. Which mountain was the author climbing in the text?

A．Everest.

B．Makalu.

C．Gasherbrum.

D．Kangchenjunga.

4. What caused the author’s team to change their original plan?

A．The long wait at the base camp.	B．The terrible condition at Camp 3.
C．The unexpected storm, at Gasherbrum Ⅱ.	D．The delay in crossing the Japanese Couloir.

9 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Facial recognition technology,     1     has been widely used in identifying an individual’s identity, is now moving beyond human faces.

At a digital monitoring center of the Yellow River Delta national nature reserve in Dongying, Shandong province, a variety of data is on display on a large screen, showing the real-time situations of     2     (it) biodiversity. In the past, the vast nature reserve with a diverse bird population     3     (pose) lots of challenges for scientists in tracking the biodiversity and conducting on-site monitoring. Today staff members at the reserve can monitor and record the biodiversity situation in real time     4     (simple) through an intelligent monitoring platform.

The monitoring platform takes advantage of information technologies such as big data, remote sensing and artificial intelligence     5     (establish) an integrated sky-to-ground monitoring network. After terminal collection devices send data to the cloud via a well-covered 5G network, AI performs real-time identification and annotation (注释), presenting results on the monitoring platform while     6     (conduct) a series of data analyses.

The use of science and technology plays     7     significant role in the biodiversity conservation. It helps the reserve with intelligent species recognition and provides real-time monitoring without too much human involvement, effectively enhancing conservation management and the efficiency of     8     (decide) making and problem solving. Seeing     9     disturbing, guarding without interfering (干涉) — that is the     10     (great) respect humankind can show nature.

10 . Arbor Day came from the mind of a tree lover named Julius Sterling Morton, who had a passion for planting all kinds of trees. Morton was born in Adams, New York, in 1832, but his life took a decisive turn on his wedding day in October 1854. After he and his bride, Caroline Joy French, were married in Detroit, they headed west for adventure in the wilds of Nebraska Territory. The couple settled on 160 treeless acres (the key word here is treeless).

Despite being busy with his work and having four sons, Morton planted thousands of trees on the homestead he called the Morton “ranche”. He planted an apple orchard, as well as peach, plum, and pear trees, plus cottonwoods, evergreens, beeches, and more.

Morton took every opportunity he could to spread the word. He gave speeches and filled his newspaper with agricultural advice, urging Nebraskans to plant trees and try new crops.

Today, the family home, Arbor Lodge, is a state park in Nebraska City, Nebraska. Over the years, Arbor Lodge grew from a four-room home into a 52-room mansion, complete with a terraced garden, a pine grove, and 65 acres of more than 250 varieties of trees and shrubs.

Julius Sterling Morton died at the age of 70 on April 27, 1902, writing just a month earlier that he hoped to plant trees as soon as the weather turned warm. A statue of him stands in the National Hall of Fame in Washington, D.C.

Highlights from Morton’s Career

·Morton worked as a journalist and a politician, becoming secretary and acting governor of the Nebraska Territory from 1858 to 1861.

·In 1872, Morton declared: “If I had the power, I would compel every man in the State who had a home of his own to plant out fruit trees.”

·In 1893, President Grover Cleveland appointed him U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. He also served on the Nebraska State Board of Agriculture and the State Horticultural Society.

1. What do we know about Julius Sterling Morton?

A．He planted trees on weddings.	B．He was crazy for adventure.
C．He was fond of planting trees.	D．He had no time for planting.

2. What did Morton do to achieve his goal of tree planting?

A．He spread words about his adventures.

B．He called on people to plant trees.

C．He tried to find adventures in the wilds.

D．He planted only fruit trees in his garden.

3. What is the author’s purpose in mentioning Arbor Lodge?

A．To suggest planting more trees.

B．To show the great practice of Morton.

C．To illustrate the beauty of Morton’s home.

D．To prove human can change nature.

4. What can be a suitable title for the text?

A．Who Was Julius Sterling Morton?	B．What Is Arbor Day?
C．What Is the History of Arbor Day?	D．What Is the Power of Trees?