1 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

On a misty morning in July, Clay and Acaimie arrived at the base of Mount Liamuiga, ready for their first honeymoon climb. They had married just five days earlier back home in Indiana, the United States.

They had their apparent differences. Acaimie had always been the worrier. Clay, on the other hand, was an optimist—always certain that things would turn out just fine. So it was Clay who wanted to take a day of their honeymoon and climb Mount Liamuiga, which is also a dead volcano—a popular destination for vacationers looking for adventure.

The couple, dressed in white T-shirts and sneakers, arrived for their journey in a rental car expecting to explore. When arriving, they found an empty dirt parking lot with just a small sign marking the beginning of the track. They made their way up anyway.

It took them nearly three hours to reach the peak, but the view made it all worthwhile. Though worn-out, they couldn't have been happier as they took a few selfies（自拍）with their cellphones, and walked around the edge of the volcano.

That's when Clay saw it: a small track, half-hidden beneath plant life, that led into the volcano's crater（火山口）. A series of holes had been drilled into the rocks, with ropes that led down. For Clay, the sight was incredibly inviting. It felt like a secret entrance to a mysterious paradise（天堂，乐园）. Acaimie was less enthusiastic. The track was steep, and she was afraid of heights, but she bravely followed Clay's lead. After just a few minutes of going downwards, though, she'd had enough. She told her husband she'd wait on the rocks just off the track while he went exploring. “Just be quick,” she said as she watched him set off on the rough path, zigzagging（曲折前进）while grasping the rope.

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A few minutes later, she heard a noise of something rolling downhill and a cry for help from deep within the crater.

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There was nobody when they reached the top, but fortunately she found a signal on her cellphone.

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2 . This past April, Scott McKenzie and his buddy Jeremy Uhrich were _________ in “the cookie wars”. Neither realized the friendly competition to see who was the better baker would become something that had a _________ impact on their community at large.

At first, McKenzie _________ posted photos of his cookies to Facebook. Uhrich _________ his efforts, but said he could do better. Thus, the competition was _________ between them.

After the competition, Uhrich and McKenzie made the rounds by car, _________ the cookies to essential workers in the Huntington area. The workers couldn’t have been more _________ . Inspired to do more, the pair launched an _________ called Cookies for Caregivers.

“Cookies for Caregivers was born as a reflection of the COVID-19 experience m 2020,” notes the group’s Facebook page. “Many folks continued to go to work and serve their community as others were told to stay home. We decided to show our gratitude to those people by _________ them freshly baked cookies as a sign of our __________ and respect.”

McKenzie and Uhrich never __________ the enthusiastic response their idea received. In just a few days, group membership topped 100 would-be cookie bakers.

They continue to __________ the cookie initiative. Both feel __________ that others took up their game plan. “This is a direct reflection of our community as a __________ .” Uhrich said. It seems that cookie dough can go a long way toward putting smiles on hundreds of deserving faces. And when it comes to providing comfort and __________ to essential workers, there’s nothing better than that recipe.

1.

A．highlighted

B．involved

C．defended

D．drilled

2.

A．positive

B．complex

C．small

D．simple

3.

A．sincerely

B．desperately

C．elegantly

D．proudly

4.

A．praised

B．eased

C．suspected

D．declined

5.

A．in

B．down

C．on

D．out

6.

A．dropping off

B．taking off

C．insisting on

D．taking over

7.

A．disappointed

B．astonished

C．pleased

D．practical

8.

A．appeal

B．initiative

C．inquiry

D．investigation

9.

A．selling

B．serving

C．owing

D．casting

10.

A．welfare

B．determination

C．expectation

D．appreciation

11.

A．interrupted

B．expected

C．recalled

D．approved

12.

A．take charge of

B．call off

C．pull back

D．subscribe to

13.

A．ambitious

B．awkward

C．qualified

D．blessed

14.

A．winner

B．project

C．whole

D．part

15.

A．exposure

B．wealth

C．cheer

D．patience

3 . First aid is an important tool in quickly responding to accidents to ensure that injuries can be efficiently and immediately handled before a trained medical professional arrives. First aid in schools is especially helpful as children often get into accidents that need quick care.     1     Here are some of the benefits coming from having a first aider on site.

A quick response is guaranteed.

First aid is the initial treatment given to a victim. Some injuries do not require professional assistance.     2     First aiders can help the affected person feel better and ease pain by performing simple procedures on the spot.

First aid can save lives.

People equipped with first aid skills can handle emergencies in an efficient manner. Their professional knowledge and right methods of treatment can help preserve lives. A trained person is more composed（镇定的）and confident in critical situations.     3    

A greater sense of safety is promoted.

    4     They are aware of the fact that they can treat themselves easily in case an accident occurs. Moreover, they are also trusted by their friends or loved ones. Having a well-trained first aider around help them relax and stay calm in the event of an emergency.

    5     Therefore, it is a must for the teachers and students to get a proper first aid training so that they can contribute to a safe campus. To ensure the safety of all the staff members and students, it is important to have first aid in the schools. It is vital to make everyone aware of the basic methods they should apply after an accident occurs.

A．To sum up, first aid offers a wide range of benefits.

B．Overall, a quick response can make a big difference.

C．People who get first aid training are likely to feel secure

D．He/She knows the best possible ways to help the victims make it.

E．First aid training gives an individual enough knowledge to last a lifetime

F．They can be treated with simple methods such as applying an ice pack etc.

G．Whether they are minor or more serious, preventing them worsening is important.

4 . For the first time, the Oxford English Dictionary has chosen not to name a word of the year, describing 2020 as "a year which cannot be neatly accommodated in one single word". Instead, from "unmute" to "mail-in", and from "coronavirus" to "lockdown", the famous reference work has announced its "words of an unprecedente(史无前例的) year".

Coronavirus, one of its words of the year, is a term that dates back to the 1960s. By March this year it was one of the most frequently used nouns in the English language. "Covid-19". first recorded on 11 February in a report by the World Health Organization, quickly overtook(超过) coronavirus in frequency of use. noted the dictionary. Other coronavirus-related language cited by the OED includes "pandemic". which has seen usage increase by more than 57,000% this year, as well as "lockdown", "shelter-in-place" “face masks".

The revolution in working habits has also affected language, with both "remote" and "remotely" seeing more than 300% growth in use since March. "Unmute" have seen 500% rises since March, while the "workation" and "staycation" increased by 500% and 380% respectively.

Other news events have also been reflected in language. In the early months of 2020, there were peaks in usage of "impeachment", and "mail-in" has seen an increase of 3,000%, Use of "Black Lives Matter" and "BLM" also increased sharply. "Bushfires", meanwhile. has been included. Use of "Brexit"(脱欧) however, has dropped by 80% this year.

"What words best describe 2020? A strange year? A crazy year? A lost year? Oxford Languages' monitor corpus(语料库) of English shows a huge rise in usage of each of those phrases compared to 2019," said the OED in its report. "What was genuinely unprecedented this year was the super speed at which the English-speaking world built up a new collective vocabulary relating to the coronavirus, and how quickly it became, in many instances, a core(核心的) part of the language.”

1. Why did Oxford Dictionaries fail to select the word of the year 2020?

A．Because working habits affect language.

B．Because new words have not been created

C．Because no word can summarize the events of 2020.

D．Because coronavirus is the most significant event in 2020.

2. Which word does not reflect the changes of working habits?

A．Remotely

B．Mail-in.

C．Staycation.

D．Workstation.

3. What was really unique in 2020 according to OED?

A．The revolution in working habits.	B．The impact of "Black Lives Matter"
C．The vocabulary linked to bushfires.	D．The increase and wide usage of coronavirus-related words.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．Oxford Dictionaries: words to describe 2020

B．Oxford Dictionaries: 2020 is an unprecedented year

C．Oxford Dictionaries: news events reflected in language

D．Oxford Dictionaries: 2020 has too many Words of the Year to name just one

5 . When your robot vacuum cleaner（真空吸尘器）does its cleaning work, mind that it could pick up private conversations. Scientists from NUS have demonstrated that it is likely to spy on（窥探）private conversations using a common robot vacuum cleaner and its built-in Light Detection and Ranging（Lidar） sensor.

The method, also called Lidarphone, changes the Lidar sensot a robot vacuum cleaner normally uses for guiding around a home into a laser-based（基于激光的）microphone to listen in on private conversations

The research team, led by Professor Jun Han from NUS, managed to recover speech data with high accuracy. Jun Han shared, “Our method shows it is now possible to gather private data just by using household devices like a robot vacuum cleaner. Our work demonstrates the urgent need to find practical solutions to prevent that from happening.”

The key of the method is the Lidar sensor, a device sending out an invisible scanning laser and creating a map of its surroundings. By reflecting lasers off objects such as a dustbin, the attacker could obtain information about the original sound that made the objects' surfaces shake. Using deep learning algorithms（算程序）, speech could be regained.

In their experiments, the researchers used a common robot vacuum cleaner with two sources of sound. One was the voice of conversation while the other was music clips（片段）from television shows played through a sound box. After analysis through deep learning algorithms, the system was able to detect the figures being spoken aloud, which could include a victim's bank account numbers. Music parts could potentially reveal the victim's viewing preferences. The system achieved an accuracy rate of 91 percent.

To prevent Lidars from being misused, the researchers recommend users not to connect their robot vacuum cleaners to the Internet. “In the long term, we might have to accept that each new Internet-connected household sensing device poses a risk to our privacy,” said Prof Han.

The team is working on applying the Lidarphone to driver-less vehicles—which also use Lidar sensors. They are also examining the iikeiihood of laser sensors found on die latest smartphones, which could reveal further privacy issues.

1. What is the Lidar sensor originally intended to do?

A．To spy on personal talks.	B．To guide around the rooms.
C．To recover speech accurately.	D．To switch on the vacuum cleaner.

2. What does the underlined word "that" in paragraph 3 refer to?

A．Finding practical solutions.	B．Sending out a scanning laser.
C．Making the objects' surfaces shake.	D．Listening in on private information.

3. What can we learn from the experiments?

A．There is only one source of sound.	B．Low voices can also be recovered.
C．A high accuracy rate can be obtained.	D．People's viewing likes are insignificant.

4. What can be inferred from the last two paragraphs?

A．Most of the smartphones have Lidar sensors.

B．The household devices should be Internet-accessible.

C．The Lidarphone can be used in future self-driving cars.

D．The internet-connected household devices will be risk-free.

6 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

The Turning Point

I used to be a cold-hearted individual who lived in nothing but a world of my own. Unexpectedly, there was a time in my life when everything changed. A sunshine suddenly arose from my heart, opening its door to a new world where I was the key in helping those in need of a hand.

I was a freshman in high school when I stepped in our local nursing home, complaining about having to volunteer there on weekends because my mom had asked me to. Anyway, when I pulled into the parking lot, I realized how different the place was. It was nice and clean with elders everywhere. As I checked in at the front desk for my first service hours, I received a stream of greetings from the surrounding people. It felt as good as breathing in love, which filled me with sudden warmth.

Shelby, the lady in charge of community service, assigned me to watch for the elder in room 111. My job was to help with anything she needed. At first I thought this was the beginning of a nightmare, but it turned out to be something completely different.

After listening to Shelby’s instructions, I walked toward my destination and knocked softly at the door, asking if I could come in. A voice came from inside answering yes. I stepped inside and introduced myself, with an explanation of why I was there. Meanwhile, I took a look around. The white walls were almost covered in picture frames. I could tell from the pictures she must have been a teacher before. While I was looking around, she introduced herself as Marie Brown, going to be 80 in two months. Her face marked by wrinkles of wisdom could really tell me her life story.

“So you’ve been here for a while?” I asked. For a minute it was all silent, and then she answered yes with a very sad voice, adding that she had no family. Realizing I had asked the wrong question, I felt bad, for the first time, for hurting someone’ s feelings, especially this lonely elder’s.

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Seeing my embarrassment, Marie smiled at me and signed to me to sit by her.

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Touched by her stories, I determined to give Marie care, company and even surprises.

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7 . 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。

While the Majale River in Botswana only flows for a few months of the year, there is plenty of water to be found under the surface. Aware     1     this, the area’s animals frequently visit the dry riverbed     2     (dig) up the water and satisfy their thirst.

In late August, Wildlife filmmaker Kim was searching the area,     3     (hope) to see an elephant herd (群) in action. She had driven a few kilometers along the riverbank when she     4     (notice) an elephant herd making their way up.

Things went smoothly at first. Two team members effortlessly climbed up the riverbank and disappeared. The rest of the family, which     5     (lead) by a female elephant, followed closely behind. They were doing well until a baby elephant, much     6     (thin) than other baby ones, got stuck on the steepest (陡) part. Not realizing     7     (it) trouble, the mother kept moving ahead. Fortunately, the herd’s responsible leader stayed behind to ensure everyone made it up safely. She     8     (gentle) pushed the helpless baby elephant up the tricky place.

    9     happened in front of Kim made her excited. And she was even more excited to have captured the heartwarming video of the scene. She said that elephants are caring animals that deserve human love and     10     (admire).

8 . Around me were people lining up to climb the man made “mountain’. Out of it ________ some specific rocks for climbers to stand on and hold on to. Near me were my parents, who at times smiled at me ________. But with the ________ moving steadily, I got increasingly nervous.

The mountain was made for three people to climb at a time, with safety ropes attached to each climber. There were three sections-easy, medium and difficult to climb. ________ I was a little kid aged 10, I took the easy section. I could have changed my ________, but I thought that would make me look scared.

I ________ all the terrible things that might happen. Maybe I could ________ with tons of people watching me. Or I could take a while to climb and the people would get ________. Finally, it was my ________. Butterflies in stomach, I put on the safety ropes and placed my ________ on one rock and my foot on another, slowly heading toward the top.

Suddenly, the next rock was out of reach for my hand. There was nowhere for my feet to step on to ________ me. The only ________ was to lift my weight using only my arms! Unwilling to ________, I gathered my courage and strength and grabbed a rock with both my hands. I made it!

When I rang the bell at the top to signal I had ________ my turn, I received warm applause from my parents and the people below. Despite my tired legs and arms, this memory of me overcoming ________ will always be an important experience.

1.

A．grew

B．jumped

C．hung

D．stuck

2.

A．restlessly

B．encouragingly

C．helplessly

D．cheerfully

3.

A．line

B．chance

C．audience

D．stage

4.

A．While

B．Since

C．Unless

D．Until

5.

A．mind

B．mood

C．role

D．behavior

6.

A．came across

B．dealt with

C．thought of

D．pointed out

7.

A．perform

B．complain

C．relax

D．fall

8.

A．confused

B．pressured

C．silent

D．impatient

9.

A．choice

B．task

C．turn

D．reply

10.

A．finger

B．hand

C．shoulder

D．knee

11.

A．direct

B．protect

C．raise

D．drag

12.

A．purpose

B．solution

C．suggestion

D．reason

13.

A．hesitate

B．cheat

C．quit

D．refuse

14.

A．finished

B．risked

C．expected

D．missed

15.

A．disappointment

B．shyness

C．injury

D．fear

9 . How to Speak Confidently in Public?

Giving a speech to public is an art.     1     However, there are some general guidelines that can enable anyone to address in public.

The speaker must be self-confident. Look confident, even if you don’t feel it. When speaking without confidence, people unknowingly overly increase or decrease their voice volume (音量) or move their body parts.     2     Self-confidence, which makes a speaker seem more convincing and charming to the public, is the only solution to this difficulty.

    3     A speech should be easy to understand. Professional expressions must be avoided along with terms which may cause confusion among masses. It is highly recommended that speech should be checked with experienced speakers for proofreading and recommendations. Mistakes should be avoided at all cost and there should not be any misleading or double meaning sentences in the speech.

Another important thing to keep in mind while speaking to the public should be the class of the audience to whom one has to address. Don’t memorize your speech or practice it word for word. For example, while addressing a group of businessmen, stress can be laid on economic activities and profits which will naturally appeal to them.     4    

Speaking to the public may seem challenging at first.     5     Constant practice will allow you to get well at addressing the public.

A．Yet practice makes perfect.

B．Stay focused on what you are saying.

C．It is also a fun and rewarding experience.

D．The clearness of the message matters most.

E．Like any other one, it takes time, patience and talents to master it.

F．This can be very noticeable to the audience and leave a bad impression.

G．Briefly, one has to address proper class and target their attention with proper language.

10 . Much of the Amazon’s biodiversity (生物多样性) is under fire-literally. In the last two decades, deforestation (滥伐) and forest fire ate into the ranges of thousands of plant and animal species in the Amazon rainforest.

The extent of the damage is closely tied to the practice of laws in Brazil aimed at protecting the forest from widespread logging (伐木). The findings illustrate the key role that forest use laws have in the fortune of the Amazon rainforest.

Threats to the survival of this biodiversity could have long-term effects. Biodiversity promotes a forest’s resistance to drought. If fire-impacted area continues to rise, not only does the Amazon lose forest cover, but also some of its capacity to deal with the changing climate.

“With fires advancing deeper into the rainforest, more species will experience fire for the first time. These species have not evolved (进化) under conditions with regular fires, so the consequences for those species, like increased risk of population declines or extinction, can be severe,” says Xiao Feng, a biogeographer at Florida State University.

“But we don’t know how fires are impacting the biodiversity across the Amazon basin,” says Feng. The Amazon is a huge area. It’s generally impossible to go there and count the number of species before the fire and after it. So Feng and his team instead investigated how Amazonian plant and animal species’ geographic ranges have been affected by recent fires. The team gathered range maps of 11,514 plant and 3,079 animal species and compared these maps with satellite images of Amazon forest cover from 2001 to 2019. Those images let the team track how logging and fires have led to the reduction of rainforest.

Starting in 2009, when a series of rules aimed at reducing deforestation started being performed, the extent of fires generally decreased. Then in 2019, fires rose back up again, co-occurring with a relaxation of rules. Much of the fire-driven forest loss was concentrated along the more intensely logged southern reaches of the rainforest.

The change suggests effective forest protection laws can slow this trend of destruction and are essential for preventing the region from reaching a tipping point.

1. What does Feng mean based on paragraph 4?

A．Not all species will survive the fire.

B．The forest badly needs regular fires.

C．All species will die out after the fire.

D．The fire will change survival skills of species.

2. How did Feng’s team draw the conclusion about fires’ effect on biodiversity?

A．By taking field trips.	B．By doing experiments.
C．By referring to geography books.	D．By making comparisons.

3. Why did fires occur more frequently in the Amazon forest in 2019?

A．Severe drought kept on striking.

B．The new species had no time to evolve.

C．Rules of controlling logging weren’t strictly carried out.

D．The rainforest’s resistance to the changing climate weakened.

4. Where is this text most likely from?

A．A science magazine.	B．A personal diary.
C．A travel brochure.	D．A research plan.