1 . Imagine you’re moving to a new country on the other side of the world. Besides the geographical and cultural changes, you will find a key difference will be the language. But will your pets notice the difference? It was a question that nagged at Laura Cuaya,a brain researcher at the Neuroethology of Communication Lab at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest.

Cuaya set out to find the answer. She and her colleagues designed an experiment with 18 volunteer dogs—including her two Border Collies, Kun Kun and Odin—to see if they could differentiate(区分) between two languages. Kun Kun and Odín were used to hearing Spanish;the other dogs Hungarian. The dogs sat still within an MRI machine, while listening to an adaptation from the story The Little Prince. They heard one version in Spanish,and another in Hungarian.

Then the scientists analyzed the dogs’ brain activity and they found a different activity pattern for one language versus(与……相比)the other. Andics, who leads the lab where the study took place, said, “The finding suggests that dogs’ brain can differentiate between these two languages. In terms of brain imaging studies, this study is the very first one which showed that a non-human species brain can discriminate between languages. ” They also found that older dogs brains’ showed bigger differences in brain activity between the two languages,perhaps because older dogs have more experience listening to human language.

Amritha Mallikarjun, who wasn’t involved in this study but has been working on similar research about dogs and language, said, “It is a very exciting study because it shows that the ability to grasp the sounds and rhythms of a familiar language is something accessible to non-humans.”“And while this work relied on brain imaging,” Mallikarjun said, “it would be worth investigating whether dogs could differentiate between languages in behavioural studies, too.”

1. What does the underlined phrase “nagged at” probably mean in paragraph 1?

A．Astonished.

B．Troubled.

C．Benefited.

D．Dominated.

2. Cuaya’s study focused on whether dogs can

A．tell different languages apart	B．adapt to a new environment
C．understand the Little Prince	D．make sense of Spanish and Hungarian

3. What do we know about the study?

A．Researchers tested the dogs in random order.

B．It is a breakthrough on non-human brain imaging.

C．Diverse methods were adopted during the study.

D．The dogs must keep moving during the study.

4. What can we infer from what Amritha Mallikarjun said?

A．Previous work has met many kinds of limitations.

B．Brain imaging studies are likely to be very successful.

C．Non-humans are less likely to understand a familiar language.

D．Behavioural studies on dogs will be a new research in the future.

2 . When I was a teenager, I knew nothing about mental health and I didn’t care about mental health. Why would I? Like my dad always used to say, “If it isn’t broke, don’t fix it!”

But, unfortunately my mental health did “break”. Aged 17 I developed anorexia(神经厌食症). I didn’t realise at the time. When I was 23, I was found severely clinically anorexic. I had fast-tracked treatment at The Maudsley Hospital and went through 2.5 years of treatment. People are always interested to know what helped me recover. Actually, it was simple: comedy.

I’m a professional talk show actor. Comedy, for me, began as a hobby and has unbelievably progressed into a job. One of the things that initially held my attention about talk show is how it plays with pain. Humour became a way of understanding things, then a way of explaining them. Now it’s become a way of helping other people.

The combination of being told to speak out about mental health and writing comedies to play jokes on myself, actually turned into the best type of treatment I could ever have had. Nothing has ever really helped normalise a thought or feeling quite like a joke that makes people openly say, “Me too!”

That’s why I’ve come up with a six-week comedy course aimed at people with mental health difficulties. It builds lasting friendships, fights against loneliness and normalises conversations around mental health; when audiences are laughing, they have to be listening, and when they’re listening, they can learn. This unique opportunity enables comedy to reach people in a completely different way to all the sob stories, shocking statistics and dry documentaries (纪录片) about mental illness, inspiring with positivity rather than turning to negativity.

Talk show was a must to my recovery. So, I want to pay that forward and show other people that your mental health doesn’t have to be “broke” before you can “fix it”.

1. Why is “anorexia” experience mentioned in the passage?

A．To provide exact examples about mental health.

B．To introduce a kind of treatment for mental health.

C．To stress the importance of caring about mental health.

D．To make a comparison between these two times of feelings.

2. Why does comedy attract the author most at the very beginning?

A．It helps others.	B．It spreads humour.
C．It deals with pain.	D．It serves as a hobby.

3. What can we learn from the story?

A．The author is an active and ambitious person.

B．Comedy plays an important part in people’s life.

C．The author will pass on comedy to help others.

D．A six-week course is open to help the disabled.

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

A．My Life Is Full of Talk Show

B．Mental Health Should Be Fixed Earlier

C．Humorous Lifestyle — a Key to Curing Ourselves

D．Talk Show — an Efficient Way to Fix Mental Health

3 . Top Four Tourist Attractions in Denmark

Kronborg Castle

Kronborg has for quite some time been viewed as á significant illustration(例证) of a Renaissance(文艺复兴)palace. Development started in 1574 on an especially éssential strètch(延伸) of land on the Sound, the waterway that shapes a boundary between Denmark and Sweden. For quite a long time it safeguarded the Danish public and improved the terrific causes of state leaders.

Lair Gamle By

Anybody who gave to history won’t have any desire to miss this outdoor gallery in the city of Aarhus. Laid out in 1909, the gallery includes almost 100 authentic designs gathered from all edges of Denmark. A large part of the exhibition hall is built to look like what a town could have looked like during the lifetime of Hans Christian Andersen. Grown-ups and youngsters thoroughly enjoy the toy gallery, and few can oppose the charm of costumed re-enactors(重演者)exhibiting the way of life of a past period.

Legoland Billund

Open to the public in 1968, this attraction is particularly for children. The miniland show is especially attractive with its small presentation of numerous widely popular structures and places. It develops more than 50 million LEGO blocks. LEGOREDO Town provides visitors with a wild west feeling of experience while Knights’ Kingdom lays everything out for fantasy investigation.

Little Mermaid

The sculpture of The Little Mermaid sits on a stone in the Copenhagen harbor at Langelinie in Denmark. Sightseers visiting interestingly are much of the time amazed by the moderately little size of the sculpture. The Little Mermaid sculpture is just 1.25 metres highand weighs around 175 kg. Planned by Edvard Eriksen, the sculpture was raised in 1913 to celebrate a play of The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen.

1. What can a visitor do in Lair Gamle By?

A．Build Lego blocks freely.

B．Admire the Renaissance palace.

C．Get a wild west feeling of experience.

D．Experience the way of life of a past period.

2. Which place particularly appeals to children?

A．Kronborg Castle.

B．Lair Gamle By.

C．Legoland Billund.

D．Little Mermaid.

3. When was Little Mermaid built?

A．In 1913.

B．In 1909.

C．In 1574.

D．In 1968.

4 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What can people do in the Space Camp?

A．Build their own rocket.

B．Sleep in a big bed.

C．Walk in space.

2. What is the rule of the programme?

A．People must send off a rocket.

B．Children under nine can’t take part.

C．Participants have to learn to walk in space.

3. What is the ticket price for a family?

A．$550.

B．$875.

C．$1,500.

4. What’s the talk mainly about?

A．Camp activities.

B．A space travel.

C．Astronauts’ life.