| A．At 7:30. | B．At 8:00. | C．At 8:30. |
2 . He man Bekele was not atypical high school student.
Growing up in Ethiopia, Africa, He man
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| A．Due to | B．As for | C．Rather than | D．Regardless of |
| A．website | B．product | C．hospital | D．school |
| A．invests | B．promotes | C．approves | D．needs |
| A．constantly | B．rarely | C．objectively | D．fortunately |
| A．lose | B．think | C．use | D．report |
| A．walked in | B．turned up | C．grew up | D．gave in |
| A．preventable | B．complex | C．deadly | D．treatable |
| A．price | B．speed | C．wage | D．life |
| A．news | B．figure | C．secret | D．sound |
| A．temporary | B．peaceful | C．affordable | D．possible |
| A．speech | B．honesty | C．plan | D．work |
| A．reminds | B．encourages | C．warns | D．orders |
| A．overjoyed | B．embarrassed | C．frightened | D．annoyed |
| A．puzzling | B．disappointing | C．inspiring | D．tiring |
| A．protected | B．permitted | C．guided | D．recognized |
3 . Last year, there were 38 student members and a full-time teacher in the school band. But over the summer, the director took another job and the school board had no applicants for the vacant position.
“It was such a downer,” remembers Jadyn Lane. “But we were given a choice — we could sign up for other electives (选修课), or find a way to make the band work.” Most students signed up for other electives, but 10 students decided to stay.
“It wasn’t an option to quit,” says Hailey Fitzgerald. “I’ve been in the band for seven years. I love it! It’s too important for too many reasons.” The students elected Hailey as director, a position she accepted on the condition they would all work together and share responsibilities. They recruited Casey Griffith and Jennifer Nail-Cook to be their official faculty advisors. Casey did the paperwork, and Jennifer helped with the music.
They directed themselves. Front and center on the band room whiteboard are a set of rules which they created themselves. In addition, they made a calendar (日历) of their upcoming events, like football games. It included a daily countdown to each event so they’d be prepared.
Perhaps most importantly, they decided which instruments were necessary to make a band of this size work. Most of them were drummers. How could they play those instruments with the people they had? “Several members switched instruments and some even learnt brand new ones,” Hailey says.
The time came last month for their first public performance. It was a home football game against Richwood. They had no idea what to expect. Would it work? Would the crowd cheer them on? Would they cheer up the football team? To their surprise, a group of students made posters for the band and hung them at the entrance to the football field. “We thought some people didn’t even know we still had a band,” says Jadyn. But their classmates had been paying attention and wanted to make their first game special. And their school won.
1. What do the underlined words “a downer” in paragraph 2 mean?| A．Something rewarding. | B．Something demanding. |
| C．Something frightening. | D．Something disappointing. |
| A．They redefined their roles. | B．They sought help from parents. |
| C．They learnt to beat drums. | D．They joined the football team. |
| A．It drew little attention. | B．It was a huge success. |
| C．It won lots of bonuses. | D．It was a total mess. |
| A．Confident. | B．Sensible. | C．Devoted. | D．Ambitious. |
4 . A new study reveals that trees can communicate and warn each other of danger. “For the first time, researchers have been able to visualize plant-to-plant communication,” said Masatsugu, senior author of the study.
The idea of talking trees started to take root in the 1980s. Two scientists found that damaged trees began producing chemicals that made their leaves unappetizing and indigestible to discourage insects. The trees then sent chemical signals to one another through the air. Over the past four decades, scientists have observed this cell-to-cell communication in more than 30 plant species.
Past research shows plants communicate with their surroundings by releasing chemicals known as volatile (易挥发的) organic compounds. One class of these compounds are released when a plant is injured: green leafy volatiles. These are released by, as the name suggests, pretty much every green plant with leaves, and are produced when a plant experiences physical damage. An example of these compounds is the smell released from fresh-cut grass.
In the new study, Masatsugu and his colleagues manually damaged leaves and placed insects on tomato plants to trigger the release of various green leafy volatiles. After testing many of them, the team found it seemed to increase calcium ions (钙离子) inside cells. The calcium signaling is like a switch to turn on the defense responses from the plants.
With this new understanding, researchers say plants could be immunized against threats and stressors before they even happen. For instance, exposing healthy plants to insect-ridden plants or the associated green leafy volatiles could boost their genetic defenses, so farmers use less pesticides. The revelation could also help make plants more resilient (有复原力的) during a drought, signaling the plants to conserve more water.
1. What does the new research find?| A．Trees can inform other trees of potential threats. | B．Trees can make themselves attractive. |
| C．Trees will send signals first once damaged. | D．Trees will work together to trick insects. |
| A．They defend insects. | B．They kill insects. |
| C．Some of them can be smelt. | D．Some of them can be seen. |
| A．By protecting trees from insects. | B．By classifying green leafy volatiles. |
| C．By increasing calcium ions inside cells. | D．By causing the release of certain chemicals. |
| A．Its target. | B．Its process. | C．Its application. | D．Its background. |
5 . To bring a child to life, the mother goes through sleepless nights, uncomfortable mornings and excruciating (极痛苦的) birth pains. And the father supports the mother and takes care of the child like a superhero.
Make them your priority. You were your parents’ priority once and still are. Maybe your mother left her job to look after you or your father worked extra hours to ensure that you have better chances in life than he had. Since the day you were born, most of their decisions were based on you.
Calm them down when they are angry.
If you disagree with them, don’t be rude to them. You might not agree with many of your parents’ opinions, and you might be right.
| A．Respect and be grateful to your parents. |
| B．Therefore, it’s time for you to return the favour. |
| C．Develop a positive attitude towards your parents. |
| D．They do all of these in the hope of a good life for their child. |
| E．But you should still ask their opinions before making a decision. |
| F．However, you don’t have to make a point by loudly disagreeing with them. |
| G．Be tolerant of your parents when they are in a bad mood and try not to upset them. |
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7 . You can study the English language for years and still not understand a native speaker of English when you meet one. Many language leaners know that native speakers say a lot of things that you can’t find in a dictionary. Well, here’s a secret for you: A lot of British people can’t understand each other either!
Across the UK, a number of regions have different dialects—that is, they have their own unique vocabulary and grammatical phrases. There are many different accents in London, because it is not just where a person is born in the UK that decides their accent. Language and accents also vary across social class and level of education. Hence the recent rise of a new accent coined at the end of the 20th century—“Multicultural London English”.
Other factors are also important in the invention of new accents and ways of speaking. These include the influence of people from different ethnic backgrounds and different age groups, too.
“Yoof culture” is an example. The word “yoof” is a slang spelling of “youth”. Young people are creating their own language, concepts and identity. By using words that their parents don’t understand, children can talk about things that their parents might not approve of. For example, instead of saying something like “That’s good!” or “I understand”, yoof will use a single adjective like “Safe!”, or “Sorted!” Besides, Yoof would use “kind-a-thing,” or “sort-a-thing” to replace “if you understand what I’m saying”. In this way, they are starting to find freedom, independence and self-expression.
As learners of English, we may wonder how well we can talk to a native speaker, but perhaps we should worry less about this. Research commissioned by the British Council shows that 94 percent of the English spoken in the world today is spoken among non-native speakers of the language. In fact, when we think about “international English”, there is no such thing as a native or non-native speaker. The UK no longer owns the English language.
1. What’s the function of Paragraph 1?| A．To share a story. | B．To make a comparision. |
| C．To show the author’s experience. | D．To introduce the topic. |
| A．It’s now spoken by people around the world. |
| B．It was invented by Londoners in the 1900s. |
| C．It’s a modern accent that crosses educational divides. |
| D．It’s a dialect specific to a particular social class. |
| A．Watch out. | B．I see. | C．My pleasure. | D．Hurry up. |
| A．Don’t worry if you cannot understand native speakers. |
| B．Learning English well is very easy. |
| C．Languages are always changing. |
| D．It is important to communicate with a native speaker. |
There are many things in senior middle school that I still remember clearly. I studied three years in a country school, which is faraway. However, it has a good environment and strict but kind teachers, so I loved the school and all my teachers very much.
One Friday, just as we began to read books in reading class at our desks, our teacher, Mrs. Hill, said that she needed to be out of the classroom for a few minutes. She asked the class to read in silence while she was gone. And she said that those who didn’t read books in silence would have to be punished when she returned. It was well-known that Mrs. Hill was strict. So we had to be on our best behaviour.
But that Friday, Mrs. Hill hadn’t been gone for ten seconds before some students in the classroom started to talk. From one corner of the room I heard Josh ask Nick, “Can I trade my candies for your toy?” At the other end of the room I heard Samantha tell Kayla, “Let’s sit together on the bus for the museum field trip tomorrow.” And so it went all around me, until about half of the students communicated with each other.
After a while, I, too, forgot about Mrs. Hill’s instructions. I turned back and asked my friend Liza, “Can I borrow your storybook and keep it for a day?” As soon as the words were out of my mouth, Mrs. Hill walked into the classroom. The whole class returned to silence immediately. And we were full of fear.
Mrs. Hill slowly looked around the classroom and said, “If you were talking while I was gone, then please stand up.” The guilt (内疚) suddenly weighed heavily on me. “I shouldn’t have talked while she was not in the classroom. And now I should be honest and admit my mistake bravely. This is what my parents have always told me.” I thought. Then, I summoned up (鼓起) my courage to stand up, worried about the punishment that waited for me. Then I looked around.
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To my surprise, no one followed me and I was the only one in the classroom standing.
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____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________9 . Wood stork, which was on the brink of extinction in 1984, has recovered enough in Florida and other Southern states. The American wildlife officials proposed removing the waterfowl (水禽) from the endangered species list.
This symbolic species, which is the only stork native to North America, has rebounded (反弹) because dedicated partners in the southeast have worked tirelessly to restore ecosystems that support it. In addition, the wood stork has increased its range in coastal areas. The birds have adapted to new nesting areas, tripling the number of colonies across their range from 29 to 99 in recent years.
Credit goes mainly to the wildlife protections provided by the Endangered Species Act(ESA), which can impose restrictions on a variety of activities in areas where such species are, located, such as development, mining and oil drilling. The act saved the wood stork and it helped; preserve and rebuild vital habitats throughout the southeast, which has improved water quality and benefited countless other species who call the area home. The Endangered Species Act has saved 99% of the species that have been on the list since 1973, with 100 types of plants and animals delisted because they have recovered or are at least stable.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said that restoration of the wood stork’s habitat, especially in the Florida Everglades and adjacent Big Cypress National Preserve, led to a, sharp increase in breeding pairs. Those numbers had shrunk to just 5,000 pairs in 1984, whereas there are more than 10,000 pairs today.
“The proposed delisting of the wood stork is a significant milestone and a remarkable, achievement of the hard work by federal agencies, state and local governments, tribes, conservation organizations, and private citizens in protecting and restoring our most at-risk species,” Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said.
If the wood stork is delisted, officials said it would remain protected by other laws including the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and the Clean Water Act. A monitoring plan, would be put in place for at least five years to ensure the stork population remains stable.
1. What can be inferred about the wood stork from the text?| A．Its population is increasing. | B．It has already died out. |
| C．It is widely distributed worldwide. | D．It is the most endangered species. |
| A．Charity organizations. | B．Federal agencies. |
| C．Protections of the ESA. | D．Local companies. |
| A．Negative. | B．Doubtful. | C．Indifferent. | D．Positive. |
| A．Effect of the Big Cypress National Preserve Counts |
| B．Saving of the Endangered Wood Stork Progresses |
| C．Efforts to Restore the Wildlife Habitat Pay Off |
| D．Protection of American Native Species Works |
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