1 . 在这家豪华饭店用餐之后，可用现金或者信用卡支付。（cash）（汉译英）

2 . 这部纪录片以除夕夜的家庭聚会开始的。（start）（汉译英）

3 . Neighbors used to wave to Timothy Masters whenever he stood outside his barn (谷仓). Across his soybean fields in this small town about ten miles north of Niagara Falls, they trade hellos every morning. That ended about a year ago, when a field of solar panels was set up on 18 acres of Masters’ land.

Masters is among a growing number of landowners trying to cash in on New York State’s push toward renewable energy. The solar company now using his land, he said, pays him 20 times more than the soybean farmer who had previously rented it. However, by replacing soybean plants with rows of silicon and metal solar panels, Masters has found himself the target of a growing backlash against the spread of solar farms in rural areas.

The tension over solar plants often resembles not-in-my-backyard, or NIMBY, disputes. “You’ll have people that get up and say, ‘I am green,’ ‘I’m for the environment,’ and ‘I’m pro this whole-green agenda.’ But then, all of a sudden, whenever one comes in, it changes.” Masters said. “What I notice is that people have ideals and values that they will put forth—until it comes around their own house.”

Opponents in New York cite a wide range of reasons. There are practical ones, like the danger of glare (刺眼的光) for drivers passing by. Some are about aesthetics (美学), such as the impact of solar panels on the rural landscape. There is even concern for endangered short-eared owls that may struggle to find field mice to eat amongst the panels. Small farmers who rent land from bigger farmers or landowners, meanwhile, have resisted for economic reasons. They fear they will be squeezed out by energy companies willing to pay more to use farmland for their solar panels.

Across western New York, anti-solar sentiment has surfaced on lawn signs and in Change. org petitions (请愿书). The movement has had some effect. At least a dozen towns in New York State have suspended new solar projects. Several others are weighing temporary bans. Local officials have said they need time to study the potential impact of solar farms.

The pushback is not unique to New York. In Virginia, anti-solar campaigners successfully blocked the plan of an 80-megawatt solar farm last year. This has inspired the launch of a nonprofit with a mission to help communities across the country to stop solar farms. The grass-roots backlash against solar farms has become so widespread that the U. S. Solar Energy Industries Association last year developed a manual that included coping with community sensitivities, in a move to fight increasing negativity.

1. According to the article, what has Timothy Masters noticed?

A．Few people genuinely support the development of green energy technologies.

B．Many people believe solar farms should be set up in cities rather than in rural areas.

C．People support green energy only when the equipment is located away from their houses.

D．The past few years saw a drop in the number of people supporting green energy.

2. Small farmers are opposed to solar farms because ________.

A．they think the farms have ruined the rural landscape

B．they consider it dangerous to drive by these farms at night

C．the farms may endanger many rare species, such as short-eared owls

D．they can’t rent farmland as they can’t pay as much as energy companies

3. The underlined word “suspended” in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to ________.

A．launched	B．stopped
C．promoted	D．permitted

4. Which of the following is the probably the best title for this passage?

A．Solar Farms Face Resistance	B．Solar Energy Industries Encounter Backlash
C．Farmers Dispute Renewable Energy	D．Solar Energy Industries Fight Pushback

4 . Complete the following sentences by using the words in he box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. hatred   B. multiply     C. located   D. harvest   E. objective F. curious   G. operate   H. expanded   I. exchange   J. expelled

1. The government allows commercial banks to ________in the country.
2. There is no doubt that only those who dream big and stay practical are likely to ________the joy of success.
3. He hit it not with hope but with determination and complete ________.
4. The ________of writing news stories is not to mislead readers but to benefit them.
5. The Great Wall, ________in the northern China, winds its way through mountains and valleys.
6. More than five thousand refugees are ________from this country every year.
7. The McDonald's ________its business by means of opening many more outlets in the late 1950s.
8. The international cultural festival is intended to promote the ________of traditional customs among all the countries.
9. Summer is the season when mosquitoes and flies ________rapidly, which adds difficulty to the prevention work of the disease.

5 . Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. exposure   B. proof   C. supplies   D. concerned   E. female   F. plants   G. do H. dedicated   I. disaster   J. extend   K. divided

Marie Curie had a great impact on the modern world. She was the first     1    doctor of science in Europe, and the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her discovery of radioactive elements has helped to save or     2    the lives of millions of people suffering from cancer. It has increased the production of power too. However, radioactivity can be very harmful to humans. Her discovery has also led to the invention of the nuclear bomb, and has caused some terrible accidents.

Marie Curie is most famous for her discovery of radium. But her biggest contribution to scientific research was her     3    that radiation took place within the atom. Nuclear physics developed from this principle. However, nuclear physics can cause terrible     4    and destruction. During the 1940s, scientists realized that if they     5    an atom, they could release a huge amount of energy. It was this discovery that led to the production of atomic bombs. Atomic bombs were dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II. They caused terrible destruction, killed thousands of people and made lots of people very ill.

Another invention that followed from Marie Curic’s discoveries is the nuclear reactor. This generates electricity for homes and businesses. The earth does not have enough power to last forever. We only have limited supplies of coal and oil. Nuclear power     6    will still be able to produce electricity after oil and coal have become scarce. It is much cleaner for the environment too. However, nuclear accidents may and     7    happen. In Chernobyl in the Ukraine, there was an accident in a nuclear reactor in 1986. People in this area and for thousands of kilometers around the area suffered radiation     8    . People are still suffering from the effects of radiation on their bodies today.

Marie Curie     9    her life to science in the hope that it would improve people’s lives. We must make sure that we can all benefit from her work and example. Some people are     10    that there exist the disadvantages of nuclear energy. However, we should remember that from the moment we get up in the morning until we go to sleep at night, we benefit from the discovery of nuclear power Agriculture, medicine, industry and research use radioactivity every day to produce and improve their products.

6 . 很多老年人担心泄露个人账户信息而不愿使用手机支付。（hesitate, for fear）（汉译英）

7 . 新闻发布会刚刚开始，记者就连珠炮似地向发言人提出了许多改善民生的问题。（Hardly, bombard）（汉译英）

8 . Directions: Fill in the blanks to make the sentences coherent and grammatically correct.
Use the proper form of the phrases given in the box. Each phrase can only be used once.

dress up; fit into; flood…with…; focus on; hold out; in spite of; pass out; take root

1. His ideas on education never really _________, because they were just too extreme.
2. The rebels won’t be able _________ much longer under attacks from all directions.
3. There is no need _________ to go to the mall—jeans and a T-shirt are fine.
4. Our chief attention should _________ economic recovery.
5. She didn’t quite _________ the standard businesswoman mould.
6. The HR Office _________ applications for the job during employment season every year.

9 . You don’t need to travel long distances to find pleasure in nature

The Greek historian Herodotus is said to have made one of the earliest lists of seven wonders of the world. These were man-made structures, including the still mysterious feat of ancient horticulture known as the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. More recent times saw natural alternatives to these marvels of classical architecture proposed: waterfalls, mountains, canyons, reefs.     1    

As environmental consciousness has risen in the west, attitudes to such sightseeing have changed. Yes, it is thrilling to visit remote forests or spot rare species. But travelling to far-flung destinations is carbon-intensive when flights or long road journeys are involved, and conservation can be made more difficult as well as assisted by sightseers. There is a balance to be struck, and ethical governments and businesses around the world try to maximize the benefits while minimizing the harms.     2    

Most of us, in the rich countries where people take most holidays, understand better than ever that there are costs as well as benefits associated with exploring. One of the six pledges proposed by an environmental campaign launched last month, The Jump, is to “holiday local”, taking short-haul flights once every three years and long-haul flights very rarely. Fortunately, the UK’s 15 national parks, 86 areas of outstanding natural beauty （known in Scotland as national scenic areas）, and countless other landscapes that are without formal status, but beloved nonetheless, mean that there is no shortage of special places for domestic nature tourists to visit—while a host of European beauty spots are accessible by rail.

One recent survey found that Windsor Great Park and Kew have become Britain’s most popular attractions, while Covid has created difficulties for indoor spaces which do not apply to outdoor ones.     3     Some companies that formerly ran foreign trips have adapted to the pandemic by taking people to watch dolphins and other marine life off British coasts instead.

    4     Sewage outflows are out of control due to failed water industry regulation. The owners of a popular rewilded estate in West Sussex—Knepp—have warned that plans to build 3,500 homes next to their land would be catastrophic for the species that live there. But as we confront an environmental emergency that grows ever more dangerous, it is essential to cultivate appreciation for the nature that surrounds us. In a small way, holiday outings to watch dragonflies, kingfishers or seals, or be surrounded by trees that are coming into leaf, could help us to focus on what matters.

A．Colombia, for example, recently introduced laws aimed at promoting sustainable tourism.

B．Visitor numbers at wildlife trusts are high, with waiting lists for beaver-spotting.

C．Travelling, especially air travel, is a luxury that is bad for the environment.

D．Dramatic landscapes, features and wildlife, and the pleasure and excitement they offer to visitors, are staples of tourism.

E．Today, the tourism sector has become one of the great economic engines in many countries, forming part of the international political agenda.

F．This is not to minimize the destruction of nature that is also taking place.

10 . Directions: Write the words you have learnt according to the meanings given. The first letter is given.
1. o_________ adv. including everything or everyone; in total
2. a_________ adj. correct and true in every detail
3. s_________ adj. not showing serious thought, feeling, etc. about something
4. d_________ adj. made or formed in a very careful and detailed way
5. u_________ v. experience something necessary or unpleasant
6. s_________ v. divide
7. t_________ v. track down, following something to its origin
8. a_________ v. examine something in order to explain it
9. u_________ n. a revolution
10. d_________ n. an amount of money that is taken off the usual cost of something