| A．133. | B．157. | C．300. |
1. What is Steve going to do in an hour?
| A．Watch a TV show. | B．Go to the park. | C．Have dinner with his parents. |
| A．At Mia’s apartment. | B．At the concert hall. | C．At a restaurant. |
| A．Their neighbors. | B．Their holiday plans. | C．Their favorite part-time jobs. |
1. How long did the two men spend at sea?
| A．One week. | B．About 20 days. | C．About one month. |
| A．Positive. | B．Ambiguous. | C．Negative. |
| A．Fish. | B．Seabirds. | C．Oranges. |
| A．A fisherman |
| B．The local government. |
| C．A search and rescue team. |
Perhaps he was a defender,
Protecting France.
Perhaps he was an aggressor(侵略者),
Occupying others.
Perhaps he was a revolutionary,
Propagating democratic idea(民主思想).
Perhaps he was a traitor(背叛者),
Becoming an empire builder.
Perhaps he was a god of war,
frustrating London.
Perhaps he was a loser,
Defeated by wellington.
Perhaps he is a man of dubious merit(功过难辨),
But remember his word,
“Able was I ere I saw Elba.”
By Li Jiahang
1. Who does “he” refer to in the poetry?2. What’s the type of this poem? What are the characteristics of this type of poetry?
3. What words can best describe “him?”
| A．Rainy. | B．Sunny. | C．Windy. |
| A．In a hotel. | B．In a bank. | C．In a supermarket. |
8 . Humans are pretty unique among life on Earth. As far as we know, we’re the only living species to evolve the higher intelligence, wear clothes, cook our food, and even invent smartphones. But what if humans suddenly went extinct? What other animals might evolve to have the smarts and skills to create large,complex societies as we have?
With modern genetic technology and our understanding of evolution, “we’re pretty good at making short-term predictions. “Martha Reiskind, an ecologist, told Live Science. For example, we can predict that if humans were to disappear tomorrow, climate change would continue to drive many species to adapt to drought. And species living in cold areas would continue to struggle to live as well.
“A big thing will be the concept of convergence.” Dougal Dixon, a geologist, told Live Science Convergence is an evolutionary process by which two unrelated creatures develop similar features in order to succeed in a particular environment. For example, with their sleek (光滑的) bodies and fins, fish are suitable for living in water. However, dolphins have evolved a very similar body plan—and unlike fish, they are warm-blooded, air-breathing animals with a totally different evolutionary background.
One feature that makes humans uniquely good at building is our skillful hands. In order to fill the same role as humans—that is, building cities and heavily modifying our environment—another species would need to develop a similar ability to control objects. Other primates (灵长目动物), like chimpanzees. our closest living relatives, already can make tools in the wild. It’s possible that if humans disappeared, they might replace us.
But any disaster terrible enough to destroy humans is also likely to destroy chimpanzees, which leaves another tool-using candidate to fill humans place: birds. Birds are very brainy. Some birds can use their feet to form wire into hooks. And trained African grey parrots can learn upwards of 100 words and do simple math, including understanding the concept of zero. Birds can also gather in large groups, and some even build group nesting sites.
Of course, all of these are predictions. Scientists have said it’s almost impossible to truly predict how evolution will unfold. As we go further and further out, the prediction is less accurate. And it’s even more difficult to predict whether another species will develop human-level intelligence, Some think that it could happen. Others, however, are less optimistic because they don’t think nature will make mistakes twice.
1. Why does the author mention fish and dolphins in Para. 3?| A．To show how dolphins evolved |
| B．To explain what convergence is. |
| C．To show the advantage of the fish shape |
| D．To explain the feature of animals living in water. |
| A．The ability to make tools | B．The habit of group living |
| C．The ability to do simple math | D．The close relationship with humans |
| A．Sea animals. | B．Chimpanzees |
| C．Birds. | D．Dogs. |
| A．Hopeless. | B．Challenging. |
| C．Promising. | D．Uncertain. |
9 . In his latest Twitter shake-up, Elon Musk has decided to temporarily control how many tweets users can read each day.
On Saturday, Musk announced the daily limit, with some accounts restricted to 300 posts. Musk said verified users would be able to read 6,000 posts per day, while unverified and newly created unverified accounts would only be able to read either 600 or 300 posts per day.
The decision sparked backlash (集体反对) and within hours the billionaire said he had extended the limits to 10,000 for verified (已认证的) users, 1,000 for unverified users, and 500 for newly unverified users.
On Friday, Musk also changed Twitter’s rules to stop unregistered users from viewing tweets without signing up. He said the move was part of ”drastic and immediate“ action to restrict access to tweets because AI companies were stealing Twitter’s data.
Despite Musk insisting the restrictions are temporary, some users have been confused and irritated by the sudden change of rules.“How on earth did I already use up all my rate limits,” Rawsalerts, a media account, tweeted, along with a screenshot of the account’s limited timeline. “Now I can’t even see my own tweets what is happening.” YouTube star Mr. Beast also chimed in on the drama: “I hit my tweet viewing limit for the day. Wtf do I do with my life now.” Matt Navarra, a social-media expert, “It is time I just quit Twitter at this point,” posted in response to another user complaining they couldn’t access his content.
Others took to joking about the new restrictions. One user poked fun at the risk the policy might reduce views: “Babe no your tweet’s a banger! Everyone just exceeded (超过) their rate limit before they saw it! Babe trust me!”
Another joked about their attempts to slow down their scrolling, posting a meme with the text: ”Me trying to not scroll fast and waste my 600 tweet limit.“
Musk also appeared to try and join in the fun, retweeting a parody account of himself that said the view limit was an attempt to make Twitter addicts “go outside”.
Representatives for Twitter did not respond to Insider’s request for comment with a message that addressed the question.
1. Where is this article most likely to occur?| A．In a free magazine offered on an airplane. |
| B．In a yearly review book concerning Internet and society. |
| C．In a newspaper published within one month. |
| D．In a literature criticism book on politics. |
| A．To comfort frustrated users. |
| B．To encourage more people to use Twitter. |
| C．To make Twitter more accessible to new users. |
| D．In response to pressure from AI companies. |
| A．Overwhelming support and agreement. |
| B．Diverse responses ranging from frustration to humor. |
| C．Complete disregard and indifference. |
| D．Massive user migration to other social media platforms. |
| A．Twitter’s user engagement might decrease due to the viewing limit. |
| B．Twitter’s popularity will surge due to increased exclusivity. |
| C．Twitter’s platform will become more secure and prevent data theft. |
| D．Twitter’s revenue will increase due to more users signing up. |
10 . Reasonable people should not have blind faith in the medical profession.
While it is true that modern Western medicine has risks, we shouldn’t reject it totally.
If this is the case why has “alternative” health care become so popular in North America and Europe? Often the fear of surgery motivates people to look for these alternatives. Many people think that these treatments will help even when the situation seems hopeless to Western doctors.
| A．Some alternative treatments are ineffective. |
| B．In addition everyone wants to be treated warmly. |
| C．We have to realize that there will be risks in almost any treatment. |
| D．Alternative treatments are attractive because they seem less harmful. |
| E．Patients who trust their doctors are more likely to follow treatment plans. |
| F．We all have to get more information about the treatments that we are given. |
| G．The harm to the patients usually comes from not getting medical treatment immediately. |
