1 . Stuart Bee prayed that rescue would come before his ship slipped completely under water. The 62-year-old sailor had been washed out of his boat by a wave while he was sleeping at about midnight on Saturday, leaving him fighting for survival in the Atlantic, 86 miles off Florida.

Mr. Bee set out at 4 pm on Friday and was reported missing on Saturday by friends. On Sunday morning, 11 hours later, he was found by a container ship. “What day is it?” he asked Lacruiser Relativo, the container ship’s second officer who threw him a lifebuoy and helped him aboard.

“My ship suffered engine failure. There were long and sharp noises and I was asleep when the water gushed in the back and forced me up the front,” Mr. Bee told the US coast guard after his rescue. He said he swam in jeans and heavy work boots through the boat’s forward hatch (船口) and surfaced, with no life jacket or any flotation. Mr. Relativo said later, “He stuck to the only part of his boat that was not sunk. He told me that he thought maybe that it was to be his last night and that if it was, had he lived his life well enough? He said he realized he had a beautiful life, out there watching the moon on the open water. It was dark but he found an inner peace as he looked at the sky.”

Leisa Bee, his niece, said, “Another half hour and his boat would have completely sunk and no one would have found it or him. I keep looking at the pictures of his rescue and I can’t stop crying. My uncle lived on that boat, so his home is gone now and all his possessions, though he did manage to keep his wallet. When he called my family, he said, ‘Hey, you’ll never guess what happened to me!’ I had no clue of the thousands of people who’d been praying for me.”

1. Who first found Stuart Bee missing?

A．His niece.

B．His friends.

C．Mr. Relativo.

D．Coast guards.

2. How did Stuart Bee feel while waiting for the rescue?

A．Peaceful in mind.	B．Satisfied with his career.
C．Depressed in heart.	D．Hopeful to his future.

3. What would happen if Stuart Bee waited for another half hour?

A．He would have saved his wallet.

B．He wouldn’t have been rescued.

C．He would have been found by his niece.

D．He wouldn’t have reached his family.

4. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A．The Old Man and the Sea

B．A Hardworking Sailor Survived

C．A Narrow Escape from the Wave

D．A Lone Sailor Hung in Atlantic for Hours

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。

Mahru-Z, a robot developed by the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (韩国科学技术研究所) can clean a home, put clothes in a washing machine and even heat food in a microwave. It     1     (take) the institute two years to develop Mahru-Z,     2     is 4.3 feet tall and 121 pounds in weight. The new robot has a human-like body including rotating (旋转的) head, arms, legs     3     six fingers. The most special feature of Mahru-Z is     4     (it) ability to observe objects (物体), recognize tasks, and complete them.

Mahru-Z can also work with an earlier robot     5     (call) Mahru-M. Mahru-M can move on wheels (轮子). Both Mahru-M and Mahru-Z can be     6     (remote) controlled by a computer.

A scientist of the institute regarded Mahru-Z as     7     most advanced robot in terms of     8     (copy) human movements. Apart from doing the housework, it can also be used in conditions too difficult or     9     (danger) for humans. But production for commercial use is some way away.

The science institute spends about 3.5 million dollars     10     robot research every year. It began receiving state funds for the project in 2006.

5 . Born in California and representing the United States before switching to China, teenager Gu Ailing will be most likely to be one of the faces of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

The 17-year-old is a freeskier(自由式滑雪运动员) and grade-A student with an American father and Chinese mother. She grew up and still lives in the United States, but in June 2019 she made the “quite difficult” decision to compete for China. She wrote on Instagram that she was “proud of my heritage and equally proud of my American upbringings (培养)”.

As for the decision to compete on behalf of China, she said it is “valuable opportunity to help inspire millions of young people in China where my mom was born.”

Gu graduated from a San Francisco high school last year and is focusing on her Beijing 2022 training. It is reported that She scored 1,580 points out of a maximum 1,600 in the SAT (美国大学入学考试), and has been offered a place at Stanford.

Gu started on the snow at the age of 3, was competing in national competitions at 9 and won her first World Cup event at 15. She won two gold medals and a silver for China at the 2020 Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne, Switzerland. On Jan. 30th, 2021, Gu made her debut(首次亮 相) at the X Games in Aspen, Colorado and won two golds and a bronze.

“My goal is to win Olympic gold,” she told the official Olympic website. “It’s the top achievement. And that would be rewarding for all the work that I’ve done to achieve greatness in the sport.”

1. What do we know about Gu Ailing?

A．She grew up in China.	B．She is an average student.
C．She will graduate from a high school.	D．She decided to compete for China.

2. Which of the following words can best describe Gu Ailing?

A．Helpful and knowledgeable.	B．Modest and hard-working.
C．Clever and ambitious.	D．Creative and confident.

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

A．Gu Ailing won her first World Cup event at 15.

B．Gu Ailing’s achievements as a freeskier.

C．Gu Ailing’s training when she was young.

D．Gu Ailing learned to do snow sports in China.

4. What’s the best title of the passage?

A．Gu Ailing—An American Freeskier	B．Gu Ailing—A Stanford Graduate
C．Gu Ailing—A talented Chinese Freeskier	D．Gu Ailing—An Olympic Champion