1 . People often say that man can change nature or human being is the king of nature. According to the power of nature, however, man cannot live without nature that is offering man with fresh air to breathe, clean water to drink and various food to eat. Besides, animals in nature can help our human in some way.

One man shared his story with some special animals on TikTok.

Ten months ago, Ben started living on his own in Sydney because of the outbreak of the COVID-19. He was feeling very lonely during lockdown（封锁）-he missed his families and friends so much-and that’s when the birds started visiting him.

At first it was just one. He began interested in the regular friend and named it Peter.

“I couldn’t leave for the next hour and a half-I just sat there just let him play. It’s full of life and hope,” Ben told ABC News.

Over the next few months, Peter would come and go. Eventually, Peter started bringing his “girlfriend”.

“That was a turning point,” he said. “And it was strange, because it was when I started to really feel my loneliness in lockdown that the birds were coming more and more often. And whether or not that happened by chance, that’s when I started to take notice of them. They saved me from the deep and helpless loneliness and began to value life.”

Ben posted a video of his new friendship to TikTok where it instantly went viral.

1. What is the first paragraph mainly about?

A．Man is the king of nature.

B．Man can change nature for better.

C．Man depends on nature in some way.

D．Man and nature can live in peace with each other.

2. Why did Ben fall into loneliness？

A．He suffered from illness.	B．He was alone locked home.
C．He had no family members.	D．He broke up with his girlfriend.

3. What effect did the birds have on Ben？

A．They inspired him with life and hope.	B．They taught him how to play.
C．They made him famous online.	D．They showed him how to treat his girlfriend.

4. What does the underlined part “went viral” in the last paragraph probably mean？

A．Fall behind.	B．Become bad.
C．Spread widely.	D．Be fashionable.

2 . 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。

Researchers in China     1     (show) an ancient skull to the world recently. The skull belongs to a     2     (complete) new species of humans that lived in China over 146, 000 years ago. The species could be our closest     3     (relative). The researchers nicknamed the person the skull came from “Dragon Man”. It was originally found in the city of Harbin in 1933 but was kept     4     (hide). The Japanese army occupied the city at the time.     5     Chinese worker who found the skull decided to keep it safe. He hid it at the bottom of his family's well,     6     it stayed for nearly 90 years. The man recently told his family about the skull     7     he died. His family located it and gave it to scientists.

Dragon Man could change our understanding of human     8     (evolve). He was “a large- brained male in his 50s with deep-set eyes”. He looked more like today's humans than other extinct members of the human family tree. Scientists say Dragon Man is     9     (close) to modern-day humans than Neanderthals were. Researcher Chris Stringer described Dragon Man's group. He said: “This population would have been hunter-gatherers,     10     (live) off the land. From the winter temperatures in Harbin today, it looks like they were coping with even harsher cold than the Neanderthals.”

3 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Jim is an eight-year-old boy. One day, when he went to the countryside     1     his parents, he caught a beautiful bird in the woods.     2     his father tried very hard to persuade him to let it go, Jim still decided     3     (keep) it.

After     4     (come) back from the countryside, Jim bought a beautiful cage and kept the little bird in it. In order to make the bird happy, he     5     (feed) it with nice food. He thought the bird lived     6     (happy) with him because it didn't have to try hard to find food.     7    , the bird didn't look happy. It always looked out of the cage, staring at the sky. And it never sang.

One day, his father said to him, “You should let the bird go now. It would be much     8     (good) for it to live in the woods than here. If you continue to keep it, it may die.” But Jim didn't follow his father's     9     (suggest). The bird was still kept in the cage.

One morning, when Jim went to play with the bird as usual, he found that the bird     10     (die). Jim was very sad and regretted (后悔) not letting it go. But it was already too late.