1 . As vulnerable (易受伤害的) states suffer, US is blamed for not donating its required money for the Green Climate Fund, or GCF.

In Kenya’s countryside, people are facing one of the most serious droughts in memory. Some regions have been without rain for two years, and more than half the crops and most of the farm animals have died. Up to 4 million people may require food aid in the coming months.

Kenya isn’t the only country to suffer the fallout from climate change in recent years. Countries least responsible for the climate crisis are most vulnerable to its effects. In South Asia, Bangladesh already spends $2 billion each year on climate-related damage, according to a report from the International Institute for Environment and Development. A dozen island nations are at risk of disappearing entirely.

The international community has realized the urgency. In 2010, the United Nations created an institution, the Green Climate Fund, or GCF, to support developing countries that aren’t historically responsible for causing the climate crisis to cut their emissions (排放物) and deal with climate impacts.

However, the UN climate fund now has warned that carbon-cutting projects in developing countries would have to be cut without more money coming in.

Campaigners have blamed the United States—one of the GCF’s founders—for the potential cuts. “If the GCF needs to limit its operations in the near future due to lack of funding, it’s hard to find any single country more at fault than the US,” Action Aid’s policy director Brandon Wu told Climate Home News.

In 2014, then-US president Barack Obama promised the GCF $3 billion but gave only $1 billion before the end of his term. His successor, Donald Trump, didn’t give any money to the fund and, so far, neither has President Joe Biden. The US owe s the fund $ 2 billion.

Last year, 46 climate and green groups signed a letter that urged the White House to give the $2 billion to the GCF. The climate and green groups also asked the administration to commit an additional $6 billion to bring the US in step with other donor countries.

In 2019,1 3 countries—mostly in Europe but including South Korea and New Zealand—announced a doubling or more of their contributions to the GCF to help fun d green projects for 2020-23.

1. Why is the situation in Kenya mentioned in the second paragraph?

A．To tell us the impact of climate change.

B．To tell us the living conditions in Kenya,

C．To tell us how Kenya deals with climate change.

D．To tell us how the crops and the farm animals have died.

2. Which can replace the underlined word “fallout” in paragraph 3?

A．Disease.

B．Poverty.

C．Mistake.

D．Consequence.

3. How much should the White House deliver to the GCF in total?

A．$3 billion.

B．$ 6 billion.

C．$8 billion.

D．$9 billion.

4. What is a suitable title for the news report?

A．UN creates Green Climate Fund	B．GCF needs to limit its operations
C．GCF to help fund green projects	D．UN climate fund starved of cash

2 . Facing a fear of fish soup

I loved eating fish when I was a child. However, once I _______ got a fishbone stuck in my throat, so I have never eaten fish since.

But recently, my mom made fish soup and I was so attracted by its smell that my stomach rumbled(咕噜作响) .I couldn’t _______ to have the fish soup. _______ suddenly, my consciousness(意识) seemed to bed vided into two halves, half an angel and half a demon(魔鬼).The angel said to me, “Be _________! You must not get stuck again.” But the demon said to me, “Have it! It’s so delicious!” But I still remembered how it felt to have the bone stuck in my mouth—the _______ bone was stuck in my throat, making me heave(呕吐) while it stayed motionless(不动的).

My mother felt very _______ and asked, “Didn’t you say you wanted to have fish soup today?”I _______ my head sharply, not admitting that I had said so.

As I watched my mom eat, the fish soup began to attract me again. I started to imagine the fish soup _______ my stomach. I suddenly thought since the meat in the fish soup had been stewed(炖), the bones must be stewed into the soup. It seems to be a bowl of fishbone soup. It must be dangerous to have the _______ with this fish soup!

I quickly called out, saying, “Mom, don’t have the rice with that soup. If you do that, you will get a bone stuck in your throat!” Mom looked at me with a ________ look, and then she nodded. She gave me a bowl of soup. I was puzzled when I heard my mother say, “It only ________ once! Why won’t you eat fish again? Eat it while it is __________.You won’t get stuck again!”

I ________ the bowl and was about to drink it, but __________, I put it down. Mom laughed and said, “Once ________, twice shy!”

1.

A．accidentally

B．purposely

C．significantly

D．hurriedly

2.

A．pretend

B．promise

C．learn

D．wait

3.

A．Besides

B．However

C．Otherwise

D．Therefore

4.

A．ashamed

B．humorous

C．careful

D．open-minded

5.

A．soft

B．tasteless

C．light

D．sharp

6.

A．relaxed

B．terrified

C．puzzled

D．worried

7.

A．nodded

B．shook

C．buried

D．bent

8.

A．leaving

B．dirtying

C．cleaning

D．entering

9.

A．vegetables

B．rice

C．bread

D．noodles

10.

A．strange

B．sad

C．grateful

D．cheerful

11.

A．arrived

B．happened

C．sank

D．stood

12.

A．clear

B．salty

C．hot

D．cold

13.

A．put away

B．turned over

C．picked up

D．looked for

14.

A．nervously

B．angrily

C．proudly

D．finally

15.

A．bitten

B．lost

C．trapped

D．controlled

3 . After a magnitude 6.8 earthquake hit Luding county in Southwest China’s Sichuan province on Monday, rescuers from across the province have rushed to the hardest-hit areas to help affected local people.

During the search and rescue operations, the photo of a young rescuer holding a 2-month old baby in his arms has pulled the heartstrings of many people. Zhang Zili and fellow members from the Forest Fire Brigade of Aba Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture (自治区) discovered the baby and her grandmother trapped at their home in a village on Tuesday. The rescuers have carried the baby, who suffered as light head injury, and his grandma to safety. The baby’s father is also a firefighter who was participating in rescue operations after the quake hit the area. His mother and grandfather were seriously injured and sent to hospital.

The photo of Zhang holding the baby moved many people. Zhang was lovingly referred to as “brother Wen chuan” for the characters of “Wenchuan” on his armband, which indicates that he is from the Wenchuan squadron (中队) of the Aba forest fire brigade.

The 20-year-old is a native of Maoxian county, which is close to Wenchuan county, the epicenter(震中) of a 7.8-magnitude earthquake that killed more than 69, 000 people in 2008. 14 years ago, Zhang witnessed the devastating earthquake, which brought down his family’s house. He and his family lived in a temporary, shelter setup at a school playground. “I remembered the tent we lived in was dark, and I was scared,” Zhang said. Here called how emergency supplies were air-dropped from” helicopters and how soldiers of the People’s Liberation Army and rescuers helped locals get over the difficulties. “Then a uncle of the PLA came to me. He taught me songs to sing and played with me. He kept saying, “Don’t be afraid. We are here now.” The words left a deep impression on the boy’s heart.

This year, when he learnt that the local forest fire brigade was recruiting (招聘) firefighters, he did not hesitate to join it. Since then, in less than four months, he has taken part in several forest firefighting missions and rescue operations of the latest earthquake.

1. Who was injured slightly in the family during the earthquake according to the second paragraph?

A．The baby’s father.	B．The baby’s mother.
C．The baby’s grandpa.	D．The 2-month-old baby.

2. What does the underlined word “devastating” mean in paragraph 4?

A．Rather usual.	B．Quite frequent.
C．Extremely harmful.	D．Very weak.

3. How did the soldier help Zhang Zili when he was in the tent?

A．By treating his injuries.	B．By calming and comforting him.
C．By taking him to safety.	D．By offering him some food.

4. Which can serve as the best title for the news report?

A．14 years on, rescuer passes on love and kindness

B．A magnitude 6.8 earthquake hit Luding county in Sichuan

C．Volunteers rush to Luding county to help affected people

D．20-year-oldman takes part in rescue operations in Luding

4 . Cody McCasland is a double above-knee amputee(被截肢者) .He was born with a rare birth weakness that caused his legs to form both missing tibiae(胫骨) and knees. He has been receiving care at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children (TSRHC) since he was just two months old. After discussions, doctors decided that it was in Cody’s best interests to amputate(截肢) his legs to give him a chance to walk freely using artificial limbs. This surgery was completed when Cody was just 15 months old, and he received his first set of artificial limbs when he was 17 months old.

Over the past few years Cody has continued to challenge himself physically. Cody has competed in many athletic competitions, winning gold medals in running and swimming. He once ran the last part of the Team Cody Relay at, the Dallas White Rock Marathon. He competes as a double amputee on a normal competitive USA swimming team. He also enjoys horse riding, playing baseball and many other sports.

Team Cody was formed in 2014.Through the years, Team Cody has raised nearly $92, 000 for TSRHC, and in 2018, it also raised over $3, 500 for Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF). In 2019, Cody was asked to be a spokesperson for CAF. Cody attends events to help further the mission of CAF by supporting physically challenged persons to reach their athletic goals. Cody also serves as a teacher for new challenged athletes.

Cody has been enable to train, travel, compete in various athletic events and act as an inspiration for others. He has taken opportunities to meet some disabled people, spend time with them and-encourage them.

1. How can we describe Cody according to the text?

A．Funny and gentle.	B．Friendly and strong-willed.
C．Honest but shy.	D．Awkward but sympathetic.

2. What can we learn about Cody’s athletic career?

A．He is quite good at swimming and running.

B．He joined a normal USA swimming team in 2014.

C．He managed towing old medals in world-class competitions.

D．He has been supported by CAF to compete for so many times.

3. How does Cody affect others?

A．He gives CAF chances to hold competitions.

B．He can train the disabled people to win races.

C．His experiences encourage others, especially those who are disabled.

D．He offers money to those who are poor or disabled through Team Cody.

4. What can we know about Cody?

A．The surgery for his legs was completed when he was just 15 months old.

B．He once ran a full Dallas White Rock Marathon by himself.

C．He has been disabled since he was a young teenager.

D．He became a spokesman for CAF in 2018.

5 . It was May 17, 2015, and Brian Koonoon, then 36, had been out of contact since the 13th. He had gone missing in the Arctic.

Brian climbed the hill next to his camp and checked his radio, hoping to catch a signal. He looked back to see that the snow had already covered his tracks. Any search planes would have a hard time finding him — a tiny bit of color in a sea of white snow.

For the first time since losing contact, Brian felt a sense of despair. He thought about his family — his wife and five daughters. Then he made his decision: if he wanted to see his family again, he would just have to start walking.

He was still 40 miles away from Repulse Bay, the closest village. It would be a tough walk, but by this point he had no other choice.

He gathered his stove and tent into his bag, but soon realized that dragging it would be impossible. He made the decision to fill his bag with necessities: his remaining bread, candles, a knife, his radio and GPS. Then he started walking.

Brian made his way about 15 miles until he couldn’t walk anymore. He found a snowdrift against a rock. With his knife, he built a snow cave. He cut enough room for his body. He crawled in, ate and fell asleep. When he woke up a few hours later, Brian felt energetic and ready to walk.

Brian arrived in Repulse Bay at 5:30 am on May 20. He met a woman on the street and explained what he had been through. The woman stared at him. “You’re the guy we were looking for,” she said. Her husband had been part of the rescue operation.

Today, safe at home. Brian still misses the welcome he received. “Everyone was very happy everywhere I went,” he says. He recalls the way the village’s elders came to meet him — the man who had survived in the wild, and the man who had refused to give up.

1. Why did Brian Koonoon climb a hill?

A．To search for a way to the nearest village.

B．To find his tracks in the snow.

C．To let the airplane see him.

D．To receive a radio signal.

2. For what reason did Brian decide to walk to Repulse Bay?

A．It was the closest way home.

B．There was a rescue team there.

C．He could turn to others for help there.

D．He could keep in contact with his family there.

3. What do we know about Brian’s adventure from the text?

A．A rescue team found him in the end.

B．It took him about four days to arrive at Repulse Bay.

C．He dragged the bag with the stove and a tent to head for the village.

D．He only had 15 miles left to reach the village after a good sleep.

4. What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A．Brian’s not giving up was respected by the villagers.

B．Brian was proud of his courage to survive.

C．Brian considered his experience a horrible one.

D．Brian was unwilling to take an adventure again.

6 . Here are some pet-friendly universities in the UK and US.

University of Illinois

Students are allowed up to two pets in each apartment, as well as a fish tank of no more than 50 gallons.

To keep a pet, you will need to get approval from the Family & Graduate housing department at the University of Illinois. You will have to provide proof that your pet is up to date with its vaccinations(疫苗), and pay a monthly US$30 pet fee, which is non-refundable(不可退款的).

Your pet can’t be left for extended periods of time, and if there’s evidence that you’ve left it alone due to vacation or illness, the university may remove it.

Harvard University

With as many as 12 pet-friendly apartments, Harvard is a very pet-friendly university. It allows students to have fish in a tank of no more than 50 gallons, except for Harvard’s Cronkhite Graduate Center.

In Harvard’s pet-friendly apartments, you’re allowed: one cat or one dog, which can’t be over 40 pounds when fully grown. At most, two pet birds.

University of British Columbia Students can take advantage of the university’s B. A. R. K program, which uses the calming power of therapy dogs to help them.

B. A. R. K started at the University of British Columbia, after an assistant professor called Dr. John-Tyler Binfet noticed that he couldn’t walk across campus without students running over to play with his dog, Frances. The students told him they were homesick and missed their pets, which encouraged Binfet to establish B. A. R. K as a way of fighting their loneliness.

University of Oxford

The University of Oxford is famous for its resident pets, who happily wander around college grounds. Many Oxford colleges have their own tortoise and take part in the annual Corpus Christi tortoise race.

Although you are not allowed to keep your own pet as a student, several Oxford colleges hold dog petting and walking therapy sessions.

1. What is one of the rules for keeping pets at the University of Illinois?

A．Pet keepers should pay a monthly US$ 30 pet fee which will be returned.

B．Pets can’t be left alone in the apartments due to vacation or illness.

C．Students have to keep fish in a fish tank of no more than 20 gallons.

D．The cat or dog can’t be over 40 pounds when fully grown.

2. Why did Dr. John-Tyler Binfet start B. A. R. K?

A．To help students to fight against homesickness.

B．To do research on dogs and train them to be pets.

C．To help more professors to do exercise on campus.

D．To give assistance to the pet dogs by offering them foods.

3. Which university doesn’t allow students to keep pets?

A．Harvard University.

B．University of Oxford.

C．University of Illinois.

D．University of British Columbia.

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。

It was at least two months before Christmas when nine-year-old Almie Rose told her father,     1     profession was an artist, and me that she wanted a new bicycle. We were     2     favour of her request. She cracked     3     smile. Her dream was to be a geologist when she grew up and her hobby was watching     4     (cartoon). With Christmas drawing nearer, her desire for a bicycle seemed to die, or we thought so. She didn’t constantly ask for one. The next day we bought some lovely dolls, and a doll house. Then, much to our surprise on December 23rd, she said that     5     (get) a bike was her real     6    (prefer). It was just too late to take the time to select the “right bike” for our little girl. It was Christmas Eve around 9:00 pm. Almie and her six-year-old brother, Dylan, lay comfortably in their beds. Now we could only think of the bicycle and the disappointment of our child. “I am     7     (make) a little bicycle out of clay (黏土) and I will write a note that she could trade the clay model for a real bike.” her dad said. “This is an expensive item and she is ‘such a big girl.’” Then her dad began to make one. After some time I said to my husband. “You     8     (work) with clay to make a tiny bike for three hours. I wonder when you can finish it.” He said he could complete it in one hour.

On Christmas morning, we were excited for Almie to open the little heart-shaped package with the beautiful red and white clay bike and the note. She asked, “Does this mean that I can trade this bike that Daddy made me for a real one?” I said, “Yes.” Almie had tears in her eyes when she     9     (mere) replied, “I could never trade this beautiful bicycle that Daddy made for me. I’m very     10     (appreciation) of the clay model.”

8 . When I think of my childhood, I remember cycling with my friends and buying orange candies, but most of all, going home to see my grandma waiting at the doorstep and asking, “How was your day, bunny?”

Nana (I call my grandma Nana) saw me _________. She left me many great _________. She told me stories of the fairies and princesses but also of the wars and how she _________ those days.

Nana was born during the Second World War with a very different lifestyle and childhood from me. She didn’t get _________. In fact, she had to help with the housework. Even when her siblings (兄弟姐妹) got the opportunity to learn, she would only watch them read and write. But she never _________. That is the most important lesson she had taught me.

She taught me to be _________ whatever things I had in my life. When I _________ to be selected in my school’s cheerleading team, I was very upset, but she made me realize that, if not in the cheerleading team, something else was out there in the world that was going to happen to me, and it did. I _________ a state-level gymnast.

As years went by, Alzheimer’s disease (老年痴呆症) ate her from the inside. The _________ who once refused to call me by any name but her “little bunny”, now didn’t even remember what my name was. Soon, she forgot who I was until l sang Frank Sinatra’s Fly me to the Moon. The tiny spark (火花) of __________ in her eyes was what I __________. The little glimmer (微光) in her eyes meant that I was her “bunny” once again.

One day, the glimmer __________ disappeared from her eyes and that was the day when I knew I had lost my nana. On her last day on this earth, as I sat beside her bed watching her fall in and out of sleep, I heard her hum Fly me to the Moon __________. That was the last time when I heard her __________, but I will keep it in my heart forever.

Nana took a piece of my childhood with her when she __________. She is my world, and I know she is proud of me.

1.

A．grow up

B．look out

C．look up

D．work out

2.

A．works

B．designs

C．truths

D．memories

3.

A．forgot

B．celebrated

C．survived

D．calculated

4.

A．care

B．education

C．assistance

D．fame

5.

A．complained

B．cried

C．struggled

D．argued

6.

A．eager for

B．upset about

C．grateful for

D．curious about

7.

A．pretended

B．failed

C．wished

D．managed

8.

A．trained

B．got

C．needed

D．became

9.

A．woman

B．master

C．neighbour

D．colleague

10.

A．ambition

B．separation

C．recognition

D．permission

11.

A．occupied

B．expected

C．represented

D．seized

12.

A．hardly

B．usually

C．completely

D．slightly

13.

A．loudly

B．beautifully

C．weakly

D．fluently

14.

A．voice

B．story

C．laughter

D．praise

15.

A．sank

B．dreamed

C．left

D．whispered

9 . A Touching Gesture

On a Monday morning, back in 2015, I remember ______ my car under a shady tree in the car park outside my doctor’s clinic. ______, grief and the loss of the idea of a complete family left me not coping well.

I wept uncontrollably. My doctor had ______ me with severe anxiety and depression. I wanted to be ______ as my son, Kai, was depending on me.

Still sobbing, I was scared to hear a knock on my car ______. A thin lady with short fair hair, probably in her 40s, ______ opened it and began to speak calmly and kindly to me. “I don’t know what you’re ______ now. But know this: what you are experiencing will pass,” she said. “Can I give you a ______?”

There I was, a weeping mess, gratefully accepting this kind embrace. All I ______ to reply in a choked-up voice was “thank you”. This was the most significant act of kindness that I’ve ever received from a(n) ______. It gave me hope in the world, in people and for me. My ______ started right there.

About a year later, when I was doing a lot better, I ______ the same kind lady at the opening of an art exhibition. She ______ me and smiled. She said that she could ______ I was doing well. We hugged again, and once more I was able to express my appreciation for her ______ —this time a little more clearly.

1.

A．parking

B．driving

C．circling

D．abandoning

2.

A．Anger

B．Embarrassment

C．Heartbreak

D．Guilt

3.

A．applied

B．examined

C．tested

D．diagnosed

4.

A．healthy

B．lovely

C．innocent

D．awesome

5.

A．seat

B．door

C．wheel

D．glass

6.

A．fiercely

B．gently

C．accidentally

D．casually

7.

A．preparing for

B．staring at

C．going through

D．talking about

8.

A．hug

B．nudge

C．smile

D．tip

9.

A．hesitated

B．refused

C．decided

D．managed

10.

A．doctor

B．stranger

C．consultant

D．assistant

11.

A．patience

B．escape

C．recovery

D．growth

12.

A．knew

B．encountered

C．ignored

D．missed

13.

A．witnessed

B．found

C．assessed

D．recognized

14.

A．record

B．repeat

C．tell

D．clarify

15.

A．honesty

B．gift

C．optimism

D．gesture

10 . Summer holiday is coming. Are you ready for flight travels? We have prepared a list of tips for making your airport experience as easy as possible.

Don’t travel with wrapped gifts.

    1     Package gifts in gift bags or gift boxes so you don’t have to re-wrap any presents later on. If you’re planning on giving someone a snow globe, just make sure that it contains less than 3. 4 ounces of liquid.

    2    

While US airports are actually busier in the summer months than during the holiday season, it still pays to arrive an hour or two early. As a general rule, it is recommended arriving two hours early for a domestic (国内的) flight and three hours early for an international flight.

It’s OK to travel with food.

Yes, it is completely permitted to travel with the fruitcake, pies and chocolates you take away from holiday dinner. But the 3.4 ounce liquid limit for carry-ons applies here, too.     3    

Don’t bring along any prohibited items.

    4     The airport won’t permit those in either checked bags or carry-ons. For a full list of prohibited items, visit the website.

Pack smartly

Consider packing your bags and dressing in ways that will make going through security faster. Wear sports clothes that don’t require a belt.     5     And pre-pack any liquid in a clear, small-sized plastic bag.

A．Go to the airport in time.

B．Arrive at the airport early.

C．Leave your match and knife at home.

D．You can bring some books or even your iPad to kill the time.

E．Food items like cookies, cake, or turkey can pass through security.

F．If your gifts lead to an alarm, you need to remove any gift wrapping.

G．Keep large electronic items accessible so you can remove and replace them easily.