1 . What began in the late 1990s as a research project helmed by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students in Stanford University’s Ph. D. program, is now one of the most influential companies in the world: Google. At first, the students’ goal was to make an efficient search engine that gave users relevant links in response to search requests.

While search is still Google’s core purpose, the company now provides services and goods ranging from email and photo storage to productivity software, the Internet browser Chrome, the mobile operating system Android, Chrome laptops and the Pixel mobile phone. Google has evolved from that two-man enterprise into a multibillion-dollar corporation. In 2015, it re-structured and is the jewel of parent company Alphabet, making it one of the big-gest and richest companies in the world.

Google has long been the most visited site on the Web, too, making the company’s influence on commerce and culture undeniable. Practically every webmaster wants his or her site listed high on Google’s search engine results pages because that almost always translates into more traffic. Google has also acquired other Internet companies, ranging from blogging serv-ices to YouTube. For a while, the company’s search technology even powered rival companies’ search engines: Yahoo relied on Google searches for nearly four years until developing its own search engine technologies in 2004.

In this article, we’ll learn about the backbone of Google’s business, its search engine. We’ll also look at other services Google offers. Then we’ll take a quick glimpse at some of the tools, both software and hardware, which Google has developed over the years. We’ll also learn more about the equipment Google uses to keep its massive operation running. Finally, we’ll take a closer look at Google, the company.

1. Which of the following can replace the underlined word “helmed” in paragraph 1?

A．predicted

B．investigated

C．confirmed

D．conducted

2. What is the core of Google’s business?

A．Good service.

B．Search engine.

C．Many customers.

D．Wide search.

3. What can we infer from paragraph 3?

A．Blogging services don’t belong to Google.

B．Google’s influence on agriculture is beyond doubt.

C．Google doesn’t help webmasters increase more traffic.

D．Yahoo didn’t possess its own search engine before 2004.

4. What would be a suitable title for the text?

A．How does Google develop?	B．How do we operate Google?
C．Who is the founder of Google?	D．What benefits can we obtain from Google?

2 . The country’s first national park, Yellowstone, is renaming one of its largest mountains to honor indigenous people after research revealed the man it had been named after helped lead a massacre (屠杀) against local tribes. As part of the park’s 150th anniversary, officials announced the 10,551-foot high peak formerly called Mount Doane is now First Peoples Mountain.

“It is a victory, yes. Is history being rewritten and retold truthfully? I hope so,” William Snell, executive director of the Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council, told NPR. His group helped advise federal officials on the name change. In an email, Snell said the change to First Peoples Mountain couldn't have come at a better time as Yellowstone officials prepare for the park’s anniversary in August.

The peak—along a range on the eastern side of Yellowstone Lake—had been named after Gustavus Doane, who helped lead the Washburn-Langford-Doane exploration in 1870 that eventually led to the park getting federal protection.

But recently, historians uncovered Doane’s role in an attack that left at least 173 Native Americans dead. Known as the Marias Massacre, Doane carried out the attack over the killing of a white fur trader. In writings, Doane cast a favorable light on the attack and even showed off about it for the rest of his life, the National Park Service said last week.

The renaming to First Peoples Mountain is part of a trend to better recognize the roles and contributions of Native Americans. It has also become a priority of the nation’s first indigenous cabinet secretary—the Interior Department’s Deb Haaland, who oversees the National Park Service—and Charles SamsⅢ, the first Native American to serve as that agency’s director.

Across the American West, many iconic representative mountains and other environmental places were named after early white settlers, mostly men and some with terrible pasts.

In Yellowstone, park officials say they may consider further changes to derogatory (贬损的) or inappropriate geographical names in the months ahead.

1. Why does Yellowstone decide to rename one of its largest mountains?

A．To gain more profits.	B．To uncover the history of 1870s.
C．To be in honour of Native Americans.	D．To change people's attitude towards the park.

2. What is paragraph 4 mainly about?

A．The terrible pasts of Doane.	B．The effort historians made.
C．The contributions Doane made.	D．The conclusion National Park Service drew.

3. What will Yellowstone Park do according to park officials?

A．Improve the service qualities.	B．Learn from history events and characters.
C．Protect the environment of Yellowstone Park.	D．Consider renaming improper geographical names.

4. What can we learn from the text?

A．Doane regarded his deeds as a shame.	B．Doane was once mistaken for a hero.
C．Americans reacted to the renaming negatively.	D．The government thought little of the renaming work.

3 . Four Pet-Friendly Hotels

Montage Palmetto Bluff

Location: Bluffton, South Carolina

Price: $150 pet fee, rooms start at $645 a night

In this great riverside hotel, your pet will be treated to a fancy pet bed, toy gifts, and a special menu. For you there’re spa treatments, golf and eight dining experiences. With 20,000 acres (英亩) to explore, you and your dog can spend hours visiting and playing.

Kinship Landing

Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado

Price: $49 per night pet fee, rooms start at $249 a night

Inside this new hotel, you’re greeted with hundreds of green plants, along with an event space that houses nearly a forest. You can also order your dog a bowl made with sweet potatoes and eggs at the hotel’s café, and then head out to travel in the Rocky Mountains.

Inn By The Sea

Location: Cape Elizabeth, Maine

Price: $544 a night in a pet-friendly single-bedroom room, 2-night stay required

In the hotel, book the pet package, and your dog will receive a personalized bed and a toy dog, a bowl, and an evening selection from the pet menu. You will be provided with a list of nearby walking paths and pet-friendly beaches. The hotel also gives a temporary (临时的) home to dogs that are looking for their forever families. 154 have been adopted (领养) by guests.

Kimpton Sawyer Hotel

Location: Sacramento, California

Price: No pet fee; rooms start at $249 a night

There’s no limit on pets you can bring — so pack up your dog and your cat. Awaiting them will be pet beds, food, water bowls and a list of pet-friendly restaurants and parks. When the free nightly wine party begins in the hall, your pet can join you for socializing.

1. Which hotel provides chance to explore the mountains?

A．Kinship Landing.	B．Montage Palmetto Bluff.
C．Inn By The Sea.	D．Kimpton Sawyer Hotel.

2. What is special about Inn By The Sea?

A．Its guests can take pets to the party.	B．Its guests might adopt a pet there.
C．It offers spa treatments to its guests.	D．It serves pets sweet potatoes and eggs.

3. Where will you go if you want to save money?

A．To Bluffton, South Carolina.	B．To Sacramento, California.
C．To Cape Elizabeth, Maine.	D．To Colorado Springs, Colorado.

4 . Each child is unique by their character, goals, shortcomings and virtues (品德). When a learning disability is added to the mix, it becomes harder for teachers to find the best approaches to promoting the child’s process of learning and completing school tasks.

However, if you want to help children who have a learning disability, it is best to start with building a sincere relationship by explaining what is learning disability. You should tell them that having some sort of learning disability is not a problem that makes them any less valuable. They just need a different approach that will help them reach the same results as their classmates in class.

Bearing in mind that children with learning difficulties cannot always reach high grades, teachers must explain to them that effort must always be above the result itself. Teachers should tell the children that the key to success is in surpassing themselves, not comparing with others. And this is possible only through putting effort into mastering a certain skill or acquiring certain knowledge. When enough effort is made, the desired result will surely be achieved; it is only a matter of time.

As Albert Einstein once said, “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” This nicely sums up the complex nature of intelligence in humans. Bearing this saying in mind, it is good teachers’ duty to appreciate the strengths of a child with a learning disability, to cultivate these strengths through much praise and to help create excellent skills that will enable the child to stand out among their classmates. Try to discover the gifts of children with learning difficulties and ad-just those gifts to these general supportive approaches, which is good teachers’ job! Just do it, and finally all the desired goals will be achieved!

1. What makes a teacher find it harder to promote a student’s study?

A．The difficult school tasks.

B．The student’s own character.

C．The lack of learning passion.

D．The student’s learning disability.

2. What should be done first when helping kids with learning disability?

A．Make them feel more valuable.

B．Set lots of goals for them.

C．Explain what is learning disability to them.

D．Introduce approaches to help them succeed.

3. What does the underlined word “surpassing” in paragraph 3 mean?

A．Helping.

B．Overcoming.

C．Encouraging.

D．Enjoying.

4. What can be inferred about “good teachers” from the last paragraph?

A．They're strict with students.

B．They are adaptable and energetic.

C．They listen and communicate well.

D．They can appreciate and shape students.

5 . 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.

6 . It’s easier than ever to buy things online. It’s so easy that Ryan Cassata sometimes does it in his sleep. Casata, a 24-year-old singer, recently was informed by Amazon that a package had been shipped to his apartment, but he didn’t remember buying anything. When he logged onto his account and saw that some socks were on the way, he remembered: A few nights back, he had woken up in the middle of the night to browse-and apparently shop-on Amazon.

Casata shops when he’s awake, too, buying little gadgets like an onion chopper, discounted gums, and decorations like a Himalayan salt lamp. The other day, he almost bought a pizza pool float, until he remembered that he doesn’t have a pool.

Thanks to a perfect storm of factors, Americans are accumulating a lot of stuff. Now, the Internet has made it possible for us to shop from anywhere, anytime. And because of the globalization of manufacturing, everything is cheaper than ever before — so cheap that we add them to our online shopping carts without a second thought. Shopping online also feels good. Humans get a dopamine hit (多巴胺刺激) from buying stuff, according to research, and then also experience delayed pleasure when the order arrives a few days later, which may make it more physiologically rewarding than shopping in stores.

Justine Montoya, a caregiver in Los Angeles, who buys all sorts of stuff online, said, “In the past few months alone, I bought an S18 smart watch from Wish.com that I’ll probably never use, a second Kindle because it was on sale and I am worried my first Kindle is going to die soon, and a pair of wireless ear buds that I had hoped would allow me to charge my iPhone and listen to music at the same time, but that instead just fall out of my ears whenever I put them on. I also bought, on Amazon, a book about hiking, only to find the exact same book in a box of my stuff in my parents’ basement.”

1. What do we know about Casata when he was informed of a package?

A．He went to sleep.	B．He forgot buying anything.
C．He waited for it until midnight.	D．He was happy to receive the socks.

2. Why didn’t Casata buy a pizza pool float?

A．He already had one.	B．It was not discounted.
C．It was poorly decorated.	D．He doesn’t have a pool at all.

3. What’s Paragraph 3 mainly about?

A．Factors contributing to overbuying online.

B．Conveniences brought by online shopping.

C．Reasons explaining why everything is cheap online.

D．Good feelings one can get through online shopping.

4. What message does the author try to convey by giving the example of Justine Montoya?

A．The quality of products is a major public concern.

B．We have a wide choice of products in online stores.

C．People accumulate useless stuff by shopping online.

D．Today people depend on the Internet to do shopping.

7 . The Best Time To Visit Masai Mara

High season

Months: June, July, August, September & October

These are the best months to visit the Masai Mara as it is the long dry season with little or no rainfall. It is easy to spot animals as the bush is less thick and animals gather around available water sources and rivers. It is the best time to witness the Great Migration herds. Accommodation cost will also be high, and as this is the busiest period, so bookings in advance are essential!

Green season

Months: April, May & November

The long rains occur during April and May and short rains in November. Mornings are usually clear and dry, with clouds building into dramatic thunderstorms by late afternoon. A plus to travel during the green season is that fewer people are travelling, which means fewer people and low lodge(旅舍)prices. Some of the lodges and camps close down during these months.

Shoulder season

Months: December, January, February & March

These shoulder months are a time of transition(过渡). Temperatures start to fall off, and migratory birds move on. Animals start to gather in areas where they know there will be water. For birdwatchers they are the best months, as in addition to the resident species, migratory birds, coming here from Europe to spend the winter, are also present. January and February are the best months to witness the birth of wildebeest, zebra and antelope.

1. What is special about the high season?

A．It rains a lot.	B．Lodge prices are high.
C．More birds migrate here.	D．Many zebras are born.

2. When can you spend the least money travelling to Masai Mara?

A．In September.	B．In October.
C．In November.	D．In December.

3. What is the text?

A．A travel guide.

B．A news report.

C．A children’s story.

D．A diary entry.

8 . At Girls Build summer camp in Oregon, girls are learning how to use power tools like saws and drills. The camp is filled with construction excitement. Wearing hard hats and tool belts (腰带) wrapped twice around their tiny waists, girls are working on everything from pouring concrete planters to covering the roof of a sandbox. With every project they turn a pile of raw material into an actual structure.

Hughes, the camp’s director, says the girls can produce professional-quality products. She is a carpenter (木匠) with a degree in social work. While she’d like to see more women in the trade and the gender (性别) imbalance even out, she says more than any future career, it’s a sense of mastery and fearlessness the instructors are trying to pass along to the kids. “If something breaks, I want them to have the confidence to open that up,” Hughes says. “It’s our mission and objective to inspire curiosity and confidence in girls through the world of building.”

Alifanz, who sent her 8-year-old twins to Girls Build, says, “There’s not nothing they can’t do, but there’s nothing they can’t try. And that’s a lot for them to take away in a week.” Knowledge like that changes how they see the world built around them and they show appreciation of the actual effort that goes into making the world work.

But other parents ask the obvious question—is pairing pre-teens and power tools a good idea? Hughes stresses Girls Build is very concerned with safety, and instructors consider girls’ ages when pairing them with tools.

9-year-old Aleeyah takes pride in mastering these practical skills many adults are lacking. “I like it when you can be your own self, and it brings out who you really are,” says Aleeyah.

These girls are learning many things can be built, taken apart, and put back together. They don’t have to fit themselves into the designed world—they can build a world that fits them. And that knowledge is a pretty powerful tool to have in their belts.

1. Why are girls taught hands-on building skills in the camp?

A．To enhance girls’ social position.

B．To boost girls’ faith in their capacity.

C．To stimulate girls’ interest in woodwork.

D．To prepare girls for construction-related jobs.

2. What is the major concern of some parents about the camp?

A．Service.

B．Expense.

C．Security.

D．Discipline.

3. What is the message conveyed in the last paragraph?

A．Knowledge is power.

B．It’s never too late to mend.

C．There’s no such thing as a free lunch.

D．One must first sharpen one’s tools to do good work.

4. What is the text most likely from?

A．A fictional novel.

B．A career guidebook.

C．A project handbook.

D．A popular magazine.

9 . David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation (DSWF) is delighted to welcome faithful supporters and new friends to join us at our annual Wildlife Ball to celebrate the natural world and conservation. Hosted by the grand Dorchester Hotel in London, the DSWF Wildlife Ball will take place on the 27th July 2022 where we’ll bring the wilderness to life with our very own Sundown Safari (观赏之旅).

Join a black-tie gastronomical (美食) safari

As part of a black-tie gastronomical safari, guests will be treated to a mouth-watering three-course meal, enjoy world-class entertainment and listen to insightful and inspiring speeches about DSWF’s conservation work to turn the tables on extinction.

The DSWF Wildlife Ball helps raise vital funds and awareness for our essential work, protecting endangered species and their habitats across the world. After a year away we are excited to be welcoming you back and look forward to being your guides at what promises to be a night to remember in support of wildlife.

Last year, the virtual Wildlife Ball raised over £800,000 for DSWF’s vital conservation efforts across Africa and Asia, despite not being able to celebrate in person. We are really excited to invite you back to the Dorchester Hotel, who are our generous hosts, and together aim to celebrate wildlife and the wilderness in style and to raise vital funds to help in the fight for a greener future.

Book tickets to the Wildlife Ball 2022

Book tickets or register your interest today to avoid disappointment. Either by emailing the team at wildlifeball@davidshepherd.org or by calling the DSWF office on 01483 272323.

Individual Tickets: £200 (Children under 12 get 40% off)

VIP packages are available on request.

1. What do we learn about Wildlife Ball 2022?

A．It’ll be held in the wild.	B．It’ll offer guests a delicious meal.
C．It’ll allow guests to watch ball games.	D．It’ll be followed by a guided tour of London.

2. What’s the main purpose of hosting Wildlife Ball 2022?

A．To entertain sponsors.	B．To establish reputation.
C．To obtain financial support.	D．To interact with wild animals.

3. What’s the admission fee for a couple with their ten-year-old twins?

A．£440.

B．£520.

C．£560.

D．£640.

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。

On March 14, 2018, Stephen Hawking finally died     1     ALS (肌萎缩侧索硬化). A family spokesman stated that the iconic scientist died at his home in Cambridge, England.

    2     news touched many in his field and beyond. Fellow physicist and author Lawrence Krauss said: “ A star just went out in the cosmos. We have lost an     3     ( amaze ) human being. Hawking fought the cosmos     4     ( brave ) for 76 years and taught us all something important about     5     it truly means to celebrate about     6     ( be ) human. ”

Hawking’s children followed with a statement: “ We are deeply saddened that our beloved father passed away today. He was a great scientist and an extraordinary man     7     work and legacy will live on for many years. His courage, persistence,     8     ( brilliant ) and humor inspired people across the world. He once said, ‘ It would not be a universe     9     it wasn’t home to the people you love.’ We will miss him forever. ”

10 days before his death, the new report, authored by physicist Thomas Hertog, argues against the idea     10     the universe will continue to expand.