1 . 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。

Most of us think that the world’s oldest color is black or dark gray. However, scientists have discovered that bright pink is the oldest     1    (know) color. They looked at the 1.1 billion-year-old rock deep beneath the Sahara Desert.     2    (make) powder from the rock, then they found the bright pink color. Dr. Nur Gueneli     3     comes from the Australian National University led the research. She said it     4    (produce) by ancient organisms that lived in old oceans. At that time, tiny organisms were     5     most common life forms on Earth.

Dr. Gueneli said her first     6    (react) was complete amazement. She said her team thought the rock powder might turn black in their experiments. However, it turned pink. Another researcher said, “Dr. Gueneli came into my office and     7    (show) me this bright pink material, saying,'Look at this. It turned out to be a real color, 1.1 billion years old.'” The rock could contain other colors, from blood red to deep purple. Gueneli accounted     8     the importance of her findings. She said, “Imagine you could find a piece of fossilized (石化的) dinosaur skin that still remains     9    (it) original color---green or blue. That is     10    (actual) the type of discovery that we’ve made.”

2 . Decision hard

From the moment we wake up each day, we’re faced with a continuous stream of choices.    1    , when there are too many options. This is decision fatigue (疲劳), a state of mental overload that can impede (妨碍) our ability to make additional decisions.

When decision fatigue kicks in, you may feel like you just don’t have the mental bandwidth to deal with more decisions.     2    . As a result, you avoid making certain choices entirely, go with the default option or make ones that aren’t in line with your goals or values, experts say.

Here’s how to minimize or manage this phenomenon:

    3    . Some easy ways to do this: When you go grocery shopping, use a master list that has the same staples, and buy the same brands each time.    4    . And if you’re trying to exercise regularly, devote a consistent amount of time for it every day.

Tune into how you’re feeling. Be watchful of signs of decision fatigue and act accordingly: If you’ve had a demanding day that was filled with lots of decisions, put off making another one if you can. If things that wouldn’t normally upset you start bothering you, consider that a sign that you may not be in the best state of mind to make a major decision. “People may not realize that they’re experiencing decision fatigue,” Baumeister, a professor of psychology at the University of Queensland in Australia, says. “    5    .”

A．Make some choices automatic

B．It’s something to watch out for

C．They should turn to the experts for advice

D．Put down what you have in hand and take a break from them

E．This can lead to decisional disfunction or decreased self-control

F．If you like having oatmeal for breakfast, stick with it on a daily basis

G．We tend to feel overwhelmed, anxious, stressed or otherwise out of sorts

3 . Matt Haig, the best-selling author of the novel “The Midnight”, recommends some books that offer wisdom or comfort in difficult times.

Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Rilke (1929). This is the ultimate comfort read. The book is what the title suggests: letters from an older poet to a younger one. The great thing about Rilke’s advice is that it acknowledges the darkness and suffering of existence, yet manages despite that—or maybe even because of that—to inspire.

When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chödrön(1996). I read this book during the first lockdown, and it was the perfect read for uncertain times. Chödrön is a Buddhist, but the advice and philosophy in these relatively few pages speaks universally. It’s a great book about embracing life in its totality, about seeing hope and suffering as part of a whole.

The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne(1928). The Winnie-the-Pooh stories really speak to people going through tough times. In many ways, each of the characters reflects a different mental state: Eeyore is depressed, Tigger is hyper-active, Piglet is anxious, and Pooh reflects a hope and optimism much needed in recovery. I reread this book when I was ill with a panic disorder, and it soothed me.

Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott (1994). In my opinion, this is the greatest book about writing ever written. But like Rilke, Lamott is offering far more than writing advice. She is offering wisdom on life and how to embrace its imperfect nature.

1. Which book came out first?

A．Bird by Bird.

B．The Midnight.

C．Letters to a Young Poet.

D．The House at Pooh Corner.

2. What can readers learn from When Things Fall Apart?

A．The tough times are everywhere.

B．Life consists of hope and suffering.

C．People have a variety of mental states.

D．The undesirable things of life can be ignored.

3. What do the four books have in common?

A．All contain inspiring advice.

B．They are based on true facts.

C．Matt Haig instructed their novelists.

D．Writing will be improved by reading them.

4 . 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。

I have a neighbor we call "Happy". I have never seen her angry at anything and never heard her say a harsh (苛刻) word to anyone or about anyone. They always have a positive attitude     1     other people and the society.

Happy and her husband Ben. 70, have a huge garden on which they spent many happy hours together working. Most of the neighbors watched interestingly as Ben doubled the size of     2     (they) garden. As the cost of food climbed faster, we all wished we also had such a large garden.

One day last month was the time     3     Happy and Ben asked most of the neighbors to go for an “all-day food feast". The place where we     4     (invite) to go was their house. They said to us, "Please bring gloves and arrive very early in the morning, will you?" We didn't know the reason why they asked us to do that. Neither did we know what     5     (take) place the next morning.

By 9:00 am, there were nine of us in the garden picking     6     (variety) kinds of vegetables such as tomatoes, beans, okra, and squash. By 10：00 am, there was lots of laughter. We didn't need to pretend     7     (be)like others and we were ourselves. We shared a lot of stories. By five o'clock. everyone was a little drunk from the wine and beer. After dinner, we played games. We were     8     (extreme) happy. As we were leaving, Happy and Ben handed each of us a shopping bag that was filled with the bounty (收成) of the day. What a delightful gift!

Well, in     9     (summarize)the point wasn't so much about the food. The true gift was a day of friends enjoying one another's company, wasn't     10    ? None of it would have happened if it had been for Happy and Ben's garden.

5 . Africa’s fight against poaching(偷猎) is often described as a war. Illegal killing is on the rise, fueled by the growing demand for ivory and rhino horn. Experts say that more than 35,000 African elephants are killed every year. And rhino poaching is thought to have reached its highest levels.

Some African rangers(巡逻队员) no longer just walk around to prevent poaching. South Africa is using drones(无线电遥控的无人飞机) to watch over its wildlife in national parks. Kenya plans to do the same. The fight against poaching is a modern war, and it is becoming increasingly high-tech.

Mike Chambers runs Bathawk Recon, the company that made the drones. Drones are a technological tool that can cover large areas, greatly reduce poaching and give rangers help.

Mike Chambers says that Tanzania’s rangers do not have the resources even to keep up with poachers. “With a quarter of a million square kilometers of protected area, it’s impossible with the budget that Tanzania has to cover that area, especially at the moment, where the resources for poachers are rising because of the international demands.”

In neighboring Kenya, the wildlife service is focusing on genetics to against poachers. Last month the service opened a lab where bush meat can be identified.

Philip Muruthi, Chief Scientist for the African Wildlife Foundation, says that along with ivory poaching, illegal bush meat hunting is also reducing Kenya’s wildlife population. Until now charging those who hunt illegally has been difficult. Poachers often say giraffe or zebra meat is beef, and so proving can be difficult.

Muruthi says the new lab can be able to tell the kind of animal the meat comes from. The lab also will be able to provide a genetic database of Kenya’s endangered animals. The information can help charge poachers.

1. Drones are useful mostly because _______.

A．they don’t need pilots

B．they can cover large areas

C．they are small and cannot be found easily

D．they can kill poaches once they find them

2. What can we learn from Para.4?

A．Tanzania pays little attention to fighting poaching.

B．Poachers in Tanzania find it harder to poach than before.

C．The international demands for ivory and rhino horn are rising.

D．Tanzania’s rangers couldn’t afford the drones to prevent poaching.

3. What does the newly-opened lab do?

A．Charge poachers.

B．Turn beef into bush meat.

C．Tell the kinds of bush meat.

D．Provide the number of endangered animals.

4. What can be used as the best title of the passage?

A．No Sale, No Killing-Let Us Protect Wildlife

B．Drones Make Poaching Impossible in Africa

C．Illegal Killing Is Becoming More Serious in African

D．High-tech Tools Help Fight against Poaching in Africa

6 . Developing strong study skills as a high school student not only allows you to earn better grades in high school, but also to prepare you for college. The sooner you start to build your study skills, the more good habits you’ll create for your future study.     1     Here are several study skills you should know.

1. Boost brain power

    2     Healthy, brain-fueling food and adequate rest is a foundation（基础）for all the other study skills. It will help you be more focused and productive the next day. It will also help to give you the energy you need to complete tasks you may think you are not capable of.

2. Develop concentration

Set focused study time for nothing but school work. Create a quiet study zone that includes a phone-free environment for studying.     3     That way you will keep highly focused and not be distracted（分心）by other things not related to study.

3. Develop organizational skills

Find a convenient location for putting all your school learning papers, books, and homework assignments in place. That way you’ll be better prepared for the coming lectures and thus better follow the teachers.     4    

4.     5    

Be sure to effeciently write down what you listen to in class. You don’t need to write down everything said, just the important points. You may have to take down keywords, dates, names and fill in the details later if you are having trouble getting down enough. Learning to organize and denote（表示）things in a clear visual way is also very helpful in taking good notes.

A．Being organized can save you a lot of time and allow you to have more efficient（高效）class.

B．You can have a rest after using your brain too long.

C．Develop good listening skills

D．That’s why it’s important to build good study skills early.

E．Make sure you are eating healthy food and getting enough rest.

F．Develop note taking skills

G．When you are studying, try to clear your desk and just keep some study necessities.

7 . 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。

I have been in Taiyuan, the provincial capital of Shanxi, for two years since I     1    (admit) to a PhD program in Shanxi University as an international student.

Over the two years, I found     2    (I) falling in love with Shanxi and China as I got more familiar     3     the city, the province and the country. You have to adapt to everything—food, language and culture. But for me, the     4    (adapt) didn’t take a long period of time. I have got used to eating noodles for breakfast and using online payment via my smartphone very     5    (quick).

My favorite sport is cycling and I find China is very cyclist-friendly because it is convenient     6    (hire) bicycles in every city in the country. I like to cycle on     7     streets in Taiyuan and visit places I meet randomly. The cycling tours helped to deepen my understanding of the city.

Taiyuan     8    (have) a history of more than 2,500 years, among the     9    (old) cities in China. An abundance of well-preserved ancient structures, like the temples in Jinci, are the material evidence to help you get a quick look at     10     ancient China looked like.

8 . Now a group of Italians have created the world’s first underwater garden for terrestrial plants. Called Nemo’s Garden, the project was launched by the Ocean Reef Group as a means to experiment with food supply diversity, should climatic changes make parts of Italy too dry to farm. The large self-sustaining, totally-contained biospheres would in theory be scalable, and perhaps in the future might look like the underwater city from Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.

The challenge existing in growing plants underwater, given that they are normally at home in soil, was but one obstacle Nemo has had to overcome. The six air-filled greenhouses suffered major storm damage in October 2019, and before they could be fully repaired, COVID-19(新冠病毒) had all the researchers sheltering in place.

Yet the team never gave up hope, as Euronews reports, and the months of abandonment did not harm the facility in any way. June 6th saw the garden fully-operational again, including their live stream where one can watch the plants grow. The biospheres(生物圏), which sit eight meters under the surface off the coast of Noli in Liguria, use solar energy for their minimal electrical needs, and evaporated seawater condenses(凝结) on the glass of the ceiling which waters the plants. A diver swims under and up into the air pocket of the pod to harvest what’s ready to eat.

The project website says that increased pressure like that found under the ocean is actually beneficial to the speed at which plants can come up, though they admit very little research has been published on the topic—after all, not so many people are currently trying to grow strawberries it underwater.

The conditions create a really intense flavor in the vegetables, and also allow the plants’ environment to be completely controlled, with nothing impacting their life dial the growers don’t want. For now Nemo’s Garden is essentially a research lab, but if tie idea were expanded, it’s expected to be able to keep food security for the peninsula, and the world.

1. Why was Star Wars: The Phantom, Menace mentioned?

A．To stress it is known to the world.

B．To prove it has becomes u popular destination.

C．To illustrate it is the first existing underwater city.

D．To explain Nemo’s Garden has similarities with the underwater city.

2. What might be the difficulty in growing underwater plants according to Paragraph 2?

A．COVID-19.	B．Broken greenhouses.
C．Frequent storms   .	D．Shortage of soil.

3. Which word can best describe the group of Italians taking up Nemo’s Garden?

A．Strong-willed.	B．Self-confident.
C．Open-minded.	D．Well-paid.

4. What is the effect of increased stress on plants?

A．It helps them sell well.	B．It contributes to good taste.
C．It promotes their growth.	D．It increases growing period.

9 . IKEA has assembling furniture down to an art. Just go to the store, pick up a bookcase and open the box. Inside you will find everything you need and easy to follow directions. It’s a perfect fit for people who like to DIY.

Now Ryan Schlotthauer, a recent graduate, has come up with a DIY electric car according to Fast Company. Inspired by IKEA and the French automaker Renault, he designed the Höga for his thesis(论文) project.

The Höga was packed for assembly(组装) just like the bookcase from IKEA. Schlotthauer’s approach was to treat the vehicle just like one big piece of furniture with 374 parts to be assembled. The bottom of the Höga is a flat chassis(底盘) that resembles a skateboard and contains the batteries, engine, wheels, and brakes; a model that is already being used for electric cars. The top can be customized depending on need. The Höga has a bright yellow outside and a blue interior. All of the parts are color coded for easy assembly. Yellow ones are for controls and red ones for technical parts.

The mini vehicle which is only 1.8 meters high and 2.3 meters long can seat two adults. The shape of this unique electric car was inspired by the Bauhaus concept of clean design. But small does not mean that the car cannot carry a load. The cabin can be configured to accommodate a bicycle, stroller, and even enough luggage for a vacation. The rear of the vehicle can also be opened to carry an oversize load, like an IKEA closet or couch. In fact, the vehicle doesn’t have doors like a conventional car, both the front and back open.

While the Höga is just a conceptual design that was modeled in software and there are no plans to manufacture it, it is still a great idea because it would be a very affordable car for low-speed driving. Who knows, maybe a marriage between IKEA and Renault is possible and someday you will be able to build your own car.

1. Who designed the Höga?

A．Ryan Schlotthauer.

B．IKEA.

C．Renault.

D．IKEA and Renault.

2. What color are the controls of the Höga?

A．Yellow.

B．Blue.

C．Red.

D．Green.

3. What does the underlined word “configured” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A．Painted.

B．Transformed.

C．Measured.

D．Arranged.

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

A．DIY Becomes Popular Again	B．IKEA Inspires People to Create
C．Electric Car Is a Trend in Future	D．A Student Designs a DIY Electric Car

10 . The events and exhibitions will let you have a good time without spending a coin.

The Bar Comedy Night

The Bar Comedy is a show of Melbourne’s funniest and finest comedians. This show supports and encourages diversity in all its forms. Come along on the third Thursday of each month to witness and laugh your head off at a great and unique night in Melbourne comedy.

Worlds Immersive at Melbourne Museum

Worlds Immersive is a 5-minute cinematic(电影的) journey from the origin of the universe, through the building blocks of nature, to explore the patterns and connections that bind us and the natural world together. Artist Josef Gatti is an emerging filmmaker, specialising in storytelling through new motion picture technology and innovative techniques.

Melbourne Zoo

Over 300 species of animals from around the world can be found in Melbourne Zoo, just minutes from the central city. There are also interactive exhibits where visitors have the chance to learn all about the zoo's animals, the fight to save wildlife from extinction, and what visitors can do to help.

All members and visitors must pre-book a ticket online. You will not be able to book tickets at the gate. Evening sessions, from 4 pm to 8 pm, on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.

Children under 16 years old receive free entry every weekend, during school holidays and on Victorian public holidays.

1. How many times can people enjoy comedy in The Bar Comedy Night within a month?

A．Once.	B．Twice.
C．Three times.	D．Four times.

2. What is Josef Gitti?

A．He is a designer.	B．He is a director.
C．He is a producer.	D．He is a writer.

3. What can we know about Melbourne Zoo?

A．It’s very convenient for people in the city.

B．Visitors have zero distance contact with animals.

C．Children under the age of 16 are free of charge.

D．Tickets can be gotten at the gate or on the Internet.