1 . If you live near a deep forest, you might have come across some wildlife animals hiding in your backyard, but nothing beats the surprise this woman got when she found three baby deer hiding in her house to wait out the storm.

The woman then posted several photos of the baby deer taking refuge (避难) in one of her rooms on her Imgur account “Amscolie”. She wrote that it was a very stormy day and a rainstorm was coming so she left her back door open just in case some animals wanted to take refuge in her house. In the meantime, she went out in the storm to check whether there were any animals that were stuck in the bad weather, especially a number of deer. However, she could not find any of them so she went back to her home.

Surprisingly, she found that the deer had already made their way inside her house!

Like many other animals, deer too can predict stormy weather and know when it is best to find a shelter from the dangerous weather. As the back door was opened, she did not notice when the deer entered her house. The three lovely baby deer made their way inside but there was no sight of their parents. The woman did try to find if there was any deer nearby her house but to no avail. The woman thought that the baby deer might have lost their parents so she welcomed them with open arms.

“I raise orphaned (孤儿的) wildlife. Recently, the back door was open as a storm was coming. The deer were nowhere to be found. I went inside, only to see them next to an end table in the living room. I told them they could sleep in the house for the night because the weather was going to be terrible,” the woman wrote on Little Things. com.

1. How did the baby deer enter the woman's house?

A．The woman invited them in.

B．The woman led them in.

C．They entered through the back door.

D．They entered through the window.

2. What do we know about the woman from paragraph 2?

A．She raises deer in her own house.

B．She lost her deer on a stormy night.

C．she is devoted to protecting wildlife.

D．She hardly came across wild animals.

3. Which of the following can best replace the underlined phrase “to no avail” in paragraph 4 ?

A．Failed

B．Resigned

C．Missed.

D．Disappeared.

4. Why were the deer found in the woman’s living room?

A．They were hungry

B．Their parents lost them on purpose

C．They were being hunted

D．Bad weather forced them to find a shelter

2 . Seth Magle is an urban ecologist in Chicago. In 2021, he started building a network of fellow urban animal lovers from around the world. They’re working to collect information so that it can be compared in different cities.

With the goal of trying to create more wildlife inclusive cities, the network helps reduce human wildlife conflict and increase human wildlife coexistence in the massively urbanizing areas.

In Chicago, Magle and his team have been watching their city’s wildlife for about 10 years. All together, they have over 100 camera traps set up across different types of urban environments from the downtown Loop and city parks to nature preserves and suburb golf courses.

During times of recent extreme heat, we do definitely see animals reduce movement and just stay where they are. It’s probably energetically difficult to move around when it’s so hot. Although this works for a short term in high temperature, it’s not ideal over a longer period because it means less time to search for food or a new mate.

As Magle and his network of urban researchers look toward the future and climate change, they predict bigger shifts. Temperatures everywhere are projected to warm, so wildlife in urban settings and beyond will likely have to shift their normal regions a bit further north to where it feels more comfortable and to what they’re already used to. We don’t have armadillos in Chicago, but we have them in the southern part of the state. And they seem to be migrating north.

Only time will tell how our urban wildlife reacts to these longer-term shifts in temperature.

For now, it sounds like urban animals — so long as they’re healthy — are totally capable of handling a few days of extreme heat here and there.

1. What is the aim of the network?

A．To observe wildlife in different cities.	B．To compare animals’ living conditions.
C．To collect information of urban animals.	D．To help human and wildlife coexist.

2. What’s the main idea of paragraph 3?

A．The tracks of wildlife activities.	B．The movement of urban animals.
C．The way of watching city animals.	D．The different types of urbanization.

3. In what way do animals escape extreme heat?

A．Keeping still.	B．Moving constantly.
C．Shifting to the north.	D．Looking for food everywhere.

4. What is the text probably taken from?

A．A market report.	B．A science magazine.
C．A biological textbook.	D．A social research report.

3 . Livestock(牲畜)cloning is the practice of cloning sheep, cattle and other livestock species as a way to improve efficiency. The basic idea behind livestock cloning is to clone animals that have certain qualities, such as cows that produce more milk or meat.     1    

However, this practice is very controversial, and livestock farmers have been hesitant to adopt it fully because of public opposition and certain inefficiencies.

In technical terms, livestock are cloned by taking cells from one animal and using them to fertilize(使受精)eggs. Scientists take the fertilized eggs and put them in female animals.     2       Many animals are born with abnormal shapes. Scientists are looking for ways to improve the process and make it less expensive to adopt on a wider scale.

    3     For example, if farmers were able to take only their very best animals and recreate them many times, they could potentially be more productive.

There are also some potential problems with cloned livestock.     4     For example, when a disease hits, there are usually individuals that cannot be harmed by the disease or are more resistant, and they will generally survive. If all the animals were genetically(在基因方面)similar, this sort of disease could totally destroy an entire generation of livestock.

In addition to concerns about genetic diversity, there are other concerns about cloning.     5     There are also some people who worry that livestock cloning research may be a gateway to introducing human cloning, which is widely disapproved of.

A．Are the surviving clones really clones?

B．Therefore, the new species are expected to be better.

C．The biggest one arises from a reduction in genetic diversity.

D．Cloned livestock have the potential to provide some major benefits.

E．Cloning animals shows us what might happen if we try to clone humans.

F．These concerns sometimes come from worries over unforeseen consequences.

G．This process doesn’t always work perfectly, and it can be relatively expensive.

4 . I'm from a fishing family. My grandfather was a fisherman, working out of Fano, the Italian town where I grew up and still live. I work from 7 p.m. until 11 a. m. with fishermen on the north Adriatic Sea. There are only six or so of us on board. At night, the fish are most active and we can avoid other ships.

The nets reach the sea bed for the catch but sometimes they also catch turtles that often die in the nets or on board. The net is designed to allow turtles to escapes it has a hole at the top they can swim out of. We call it “TED”. The TED aims at reducing the bycatch (误捕) of turtles. Turtles and some larger fish can leave through the TED, but the current (水流) holds most of the catch in the net.

I ensure that the net is working, and that the fishermen we're cooperating with can still catch enough for their livelihoods while protecting turtles. The work is part of research by the Cetacea Foundation, in cooperation with University of Pisa, where I'm a field researcher. It is financed by the LIFE programmer. I love this work. It means I'm not stuck in an office all day and instead can enjoy the ocean and work closely with people who live by the sea.

When my grandfather was fishing in the 1970s, there were more fish and more turtles around. At the foundation, we save 50-60 turtles a year, most of which are harmed because of fishing. If we can protect turtles by popularizing this device to fishermen all across the Adriatic, I'd see this work as a success.

1. Why does the author work at night?

A．He is busy in the day.

B．He can catch more fish at night.

C．Fish are very active in the day.

D．There are more ships at night.

2. What can we know about TED?

A．It doesn't reach the sea bed.

B．It is helpful to catch larger fish.

C．It is helpful to protect sea turtles.

D．It catches large turtles.

3. What's the author's job?

A．An excellent fisherman in Italy.

B．A volunteer of Cetacea Foundation.

C．A founder of LIFE programmer.

D．A researcher of University of Pisa.

4. Why does the author like his job?

A．He can stay in the office.

B．He can work with fishermen.

C．He can go abroad for sightseeing.

D．He can get his father's help.

5 . Gravy started working as a comfort dog at Grand Ledge High School in Michigan in September. She showed off tricks in the hallways with her handler (驯兽员), Capra, and made students laugh aloud. When students learned that Gravy’s first birthday fell just before Thanksgiving break, they asked Capra if they could throw a party. Capra said sure, thinking there wouldn’t be many people interested. However, on the big day, there were several hundred students in this gym.

The pandemic (大流行病) has been hard on students across the United States. Many young people experienced loneliness and the loss of loved ones. To solve the problem, schools have hired social workers and increased the number of their social-emotional learning classes.In some cases, they bought dogs.

Undoubtedly, the dogs make kids happy.“He’s kind of like a rock star; when the kids see him coming, they smile,“ said Traci Souva, an art teacher at North Huron Schools who trains Chipper, another comfort dog. “A lot of times the kids will tell Chipper what’s wrong rather than adults, and that’s pretty amazing.”

There are possible blemishes of having dogs in school. These include cleanliness, and student fears. But school officials say these are all manageable. The dogs are highly trained and always with a handler, so no student is forced to communicate with the dogs if they don’t want to.

Since the pandemic, demand for trained dogs in schools“has just increased,“ said Nikki Brown, a dog trainer and the director of Canines for Change, a nonprofit that trains dogs for work in schools. Over the last year, her organization has provided dogs to at least seven areas in Michigan, including Grand Ledge. “The dogs are highly trained to be in a school environment,” she added.“They are trained to work with kids with emotional problems. They sense stress. By the dogs’ behaviour they might warn a teacher of a kid who is struggling emotionally.“

1. Which of the following best describes Gravy as a comfort dog?

A．Tricky.

B．Popular.

C．Humorous.

D．Caring.

2. What does the underlined word“blemishes” mean in paragraph 4?

A．Requirements.

B．Disadvantages.

C．Influences.

D．Suggestions.

3. What can we infer from Nikki Brown’s words?

A．Working on campus brings a lot of pressure to dogs.

B．There is a high global market demand for trained dogs.

C．School environment can affect dogs’ behaviour greatly.

D．The dogs have the ability to notice students’ mental illness.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．How dogs relieve students’ mental problems

B．How dogs ensure students’ safety on campus

C．How dogs enrich students’ after-school activities

D．How dogs develop students’ sense of responsibility

6 . 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，并将答案填写在答题卡上。

The High Temperatures in Antarctica(南极洲)

Vostok station is a Russian weather station in Antarctica. It’s famous     1     having the coldest temperature ever recorded on Earth:-89.2℃. But last Friday, Vostok set     2     new record, this time for its warmest March temperature ever: -18℃. That may not sound very warm, but it’s 15℃ warmer than average. Other areas in Antarctica were even     3     (hot). A nearby weather station was 37℃ higher than average. Some     4     (place) in Antarctica were expected to be as much as 50℃ warmer than normal.

A scientist,     5     studies weather in Antarctica, said the temperatures had     6     (complete) changed our expectations about the Antarctic climate system. At this time of year, Antarctica is losing 25 minutes of daylight every day, and should be getting colder instead of warmer.

An “atmospheric river” of warm, wet air hit Antarctica last Tuesday. This kind of weather pattern isn’t that unusual. But once it got to Antarctica, it was stopped from     7     (leave) by a hight pressure system, called a “pressure dome (穹顶)”. A similar pressure dome     8     (cause) an extreme heat wave in North America’s northwest last summer.

Scientists say that the melting (融化) from this one event isn’t likely to cause big changes. And it’s too early     9    (say) if climate change led to this event. But scientists say they are watching carefully to see whether this is a one-time event     10     part of a new pattern.

7 . On the 5-square-metre balcony(阳台) of Zhong Lan’s apartment, there is a mini-farm filled with lemons, tomatoes, eggplants and blueberries. Zhong’s idyllic(田园诗般的)city lifestyle started in 2020 when people were required to work from home due to COVID-19. “I grew garlic(大蒜) for the very first time as I didn’t want to throw it away. It grew roots in just seven or eight days. It opened up a new world to me,” she said. Zhong is not alone. An increasing number of city people have picked up the hobby of growing vegetables on their balconies as working from home has changed many people’s lives in the cities across the country.

In the first quarter of 2022, sales of vegetable seeds on Taobao’s Tmall rose quickly year on year, according to a report released by Taobao, China’s e-commerce platform giant. Beijing, Shanghai and Hangzhou became the cities with the largest number of seed buyers in China, it added.

Zhong has started sharing her journey on social media this year, which has brought her more than 100,000 followers. In a chat group made up of over 100 young balcony green thumbs(园艺高手) across the country, they share the growth of their vegetables every day and discuss what plants are more suitable for balcony planting. “Balcony gardening can slow down the pace of busy city life. We grow the plants we like and look forward to the harvest, and experience the happiness of the idyllic moments,” Zhong said.

Chinese city managers and social organizations are also looking for new methods to rebuild the relationship between city people and nature through vegetable gardens. The government of Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong, started a city vegetable garden project last March, providing seeds and farm tools as well as organizing agricultural experts to provide online Q&A for local people, in an effort to encourage them to get in touch with nature through balcony planting.

1. The following cities had the largest number of seed buyers in the first quarter of 2022 EXCEPT

A．Guangzhou

B．Beijing

C．Hangzhou

D．Shanghai

2. What do the members of Zhong’s chat group do?

A．Grow crops in the field.	B．Create 100 vegetable balconies.
C．Share ideas about balcony planting.	D．Exchange their travel experiences.

3. What’s the purpose of Guangzhou’s vegetable garden project?

A．To seek new ways of vegetable growing.

B．To organize agricultural experts together.

C．To choose proper tools for balcony planting.

D．To encourage people to get close to nature.

4. What’s the best title for the text?

A．Zhong’s Success of Balcony Gardening

B．Balcony Gardening’s Effect on Seed Sales Online

C．Balcony Gardening’s Rising Popularity Among City People

D．Chinese Government’s Contribution to Balcony Gardening

8 . 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。

Many people have realized that the whole world is being influenced by the change of the weather-making different places    1    (hot) than before. We    2    (experience) record-breaking high temperatures for more than a month so far. We are talking about temperatures above 40℃, which has a risk to life from heatstroke (中暑). We should pay attention    3    such a bad change to weather patterns.

With the whole world’s weather change likely to become more common in the future, we need to find    4    much better way to deal with possible unexpected events. Let’s start with    5    everyone can do to live in overheated places. We should all learn to walk on the shady part of the street. We’d better wear loose-fitting clothes made of cotton. At home, we need to keep the curtains, blinds or shutters (百叶窗)    6    (close). In this way, we can avoid    7    (have) sunlight warm the place    8    (direct). Of course, drinking enough cool water is also necessary during hot conditions. Larger social changes are also useful. People can choose to start    9    (they) work fairly early in the morning before the worst of the day’s heat really kicks in. Offices and shops can often close over these extra-hot    10    (hour). That is good for dealing with special high temperatures.

9 . Across vast areas of the tropics (热带地区) from Southeast Asia to Africa, forests have been cut down in recent decades, but at least in some areas reforestation efforts have been made to take in carbon (碳).

It remains to be seen, however, whether these newly planted forests will manage to survive in the face of changing climate, which will bring more intense heat, lengthened droughts, and occasional wildfires.

To find out, scientists from the University of Hong Kong decided to run hundreds of computer models to explore various results under different conditions. The key aim of the study was to see if carbon stored in these regrown forests would remain locked up, and they have found this will likely be the case even under the most severe climate conditions.

“Our computer models show in many parts of the tropics reforestation is worth it, because these new forests should be able to survive until the end of the century and continue to store extra carbon from the atmosphere in the process,” explains Jed Kaplan, a professor at the university.

However, the role of newly planted forests as a carbon collector in the tropics will have only a limited effect on climate change, especially because many existing forests in the tropics will struggle in the face of rising temperatures and are already losing their ability to store carbon, “Massive tree planting won’t be enough to avoid climate disaster, but it can play a role. And if done with biodiversity and the people who call these forests home, reforestation can have many benefits,” says Alexander Koch, the other author of the study.

“So far we have only been able to look at carbon, but other aspects such as biodiversity in restored forests are also impacted by climate change. Assessing those impacts will be the next step,” he adds.

1. What is the discovery of the study?

A．Changing climate will bring about many natural disasters.

B．Reforestation is of great benefit to biodiversity in the tropics.

C．Regrown forests will store carbon even in the face of climate change.

D．The chance of newly planted forests surviving tough conditions is slim.

2. What’s Jed Kaplan’s attitude towards reforestation?

A．Worried.

B．Doubtful.

C．Disappointed.

D．Favourable.

3. What can be inferred from paragraph 5?

A．Reforestation is useless in stopping climate change.

B．More measures should be taken as well as reforestation.

C．The carbon in the atmosphere will increase in the future.

D．Existing forests can no longer take in carbon from the air.

4. What can we learn about the study?

A．It takes all the factors into account.	B．It still needs to be further improved.
C．It fails to achieve the expected result.	D．It provides a way to avoid climate change.

10 . 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。

For five years, the most famous clock tower in Britain was hidden behind an ugly fortress of scaffolding (脚手架) for restoration. This summer, a sound familiar     1     Londoners for more than a century and a half will again ring out across the British capital — Big Ben is back.

The clock tower stands tall over the Palace of Westminster     2     houses the British Parliament (议会). It is officially known as the Elizabeth Tower but commonly called by     3     nickname of the enormous bell in the belfry (钟楼): Big Ben. The bell’s bong is     4     (instant) recognizable to Britons.

The size of Big Ben,     5     (weigh) a little over 15 tons, is impressive, as is the complexity of a clock mechanism based on the most     6     (advance) technology available to its 19-century creators. Nobody had ever attempted     7     (build) a clock that size to the accuracy demanded.

During the restoration, the clock was serviced for the first time since it started ticking in 1859, when crowds lined the streets to greet Big Ben’s    8     (arrive). More than 3500 parts     9     (remove) from the 316-foot tower, including much of its iron roof. Now freshly     10     (paint), the tower stands as a monument to what can be achieved by modern restoration.