1 . You may have heard the continental breakfast (欧式早餐).
Nowadays, many hotels worldwide are offering continental breakfasts.
A continental breakfast is usually provided in hotels for a specific period of time during the morning. The food is typically placed on a large table. Objects like forks and knives are put beside. There might be tables and chairs where guests can sit and eat.
| A．Such meals become more popular. |
| B．Continental breakfasts are common. |
| C．A continental breakfast means a light breakfast. |
| D．Firstly, these items are more cost-effective for hotels. |
| E．The term “continental breakfast” had its beginning in Britain. |
| F．Many times, a limited amount of food will be provided each day. |
| G．They can also take their breakfast back to their rooms or elsewhere. |
2 . It is known that not all heroes wear capes (披风), but Chris Van Dorn does, who has saved dozens of animals in animal shelters (收容所). He has given these animals a second chance of life while dressed as the Dark Knight.
Van Dorn has been a big fan of Batman and grew up watching the TV series about animals. He also became a fan of animal rescue (营救) when his family took in a shepherd dog named Mr. Boots.
“While dressing like Batman is not necessary to rescue animals — anyone can be a superhero by adopting (收养) shelter animals — it does keep the focus on saving animals, not the man behind the cape. The dress just makes everybody happy and smile. It’s special to see Batman walking around, and when they find out that he’s doing a good deed in the world, they get even more excited,” Van Dorn said.
Van Dorn always wanted to be an unknown hero. “When I was first starting out, I would sign everything ‘Bruce Wayne’ and not put my real name out there,” Van Dorn said.
Van Dorn will spend long hours in his Batmobile — a Honda Accord — to take four rescued animals at a time to their new homes. He hopes to be able to buy a large truck so he can transport even more animals. He also hopes to use his pilot’s license as a means to transport animals further away quickly.
Now Van Dorn wants to share what he does with more people, saying, “I challenge anyone to go to their local animal shelter because it’s a sad place, but if you can help out in any way — whether that’s to adopt a dog or just volunteer your time, then you should do it.”
1. What made Van Dorn turn into a fan of animal rescue?| A．The advice from his parents. | B．The experience of raising Mr. Boots. |
| C．The influence from the TV series. | D．The visit to a local animal shelter. |
| A．To learn from Batman. | B．To show others his cool clothes. |
| C．To bring others happiness. | D．To make himself the focus of attention. |
| A．Gaining a big truck. | B．Getting a pilot’s license. |
| C．Building homes for animals. | D．Repairing his Batmobile. |
| A．Share their stories. | B．Get ready for challenges. |
| C．Take care of their pet. | D．Support animal shelters. |
3 . There are a lot of ways the people around us can help improve our lives. I live in New Orleans. The city not only has some of the most beautiful
In 2009, I
With the help from old and
I didn’t know what to expect from this experiment,
So this ever abandoned space became a meaningful one, and people’s hopes and dreams made me laugh out loud. And they
| A．architecture | B．parks | C．communities | D．signs |
| A．caught | B．lost | C．explored | D．helped |
| A．frightened | B．annoyed | C．unexpected | D．amazed |
| A．graceful | B．stressful | C．powerful | D．meaningful |
| A．determined | B．anxious | C．new | D．curious |
| A．fence | B．sight | C．plate | D．chalkboard |
| A．sentence | B．line | C．square | D．statue |
| A．give up | B．pick up | C．turn up | D．break up |
| A．design | B．share | C．admire | D．attract |
| A．and | B．so | C．but | D．or |
| A．flashing | B．competing | C．growing | D．waiting |
| A．terrify | B．observe | C．escape | D．die |
| A．prefer | B．rent | C．trap | D．plant |
| A．hardly | B．completely | C．obviously | D．narrowly |
| A．rescue | B．affect | C．comfort | D．calm |
There I was stuck AGAIN. This was the same feeling that overwhelms me every year. But this year it was different, because if I failed this exam I would not graduate. I sat there, panic stricken, unable to move. Pressure crushed in on me. What if I could not go to high school? Would Dad and Mum kick me out of their house?
I took two deep breaths and looked up. I could see the teacher pacing up and down. The classroom was dead silent except for the clock. Tick Tock. Tick Tock. I checked the clock for the third time. Ten minutes left! I clenched (握紧) and unclenched my fist in an attempt to calm myself. Think! I told myself. I knew I could do this. My hand couldn’t help trembling. Then I scribbled (胡乱写下) the first few words that hit me.
“It isn’t my fault...”
I stared blankly at those words. At the comer of my eye, I could see my teacher walking towards me. She was checking on our progress! Dread built up within me. Then, I glanced at the four words again. Without any warning, my hand moved to write.
Hair on my arms stood as the teacher leaned in and started to read my work. I peered over to see my teacher’s expression, praying that my work had not brought in disappointment. To my astonishment, she displayed a clear satisfaction! That was good, wasn’t it? I hurriedly looked down at my essay.
I skimmed it through. I felt proud. Now, there’s something I was still worried about. I checked the clock. Two minutes left! I was still writing!
I bit my lip, took a deep breath, and concentrated on writing. I heard the teacher leave.
“There’s one minute left. Please check your work.” the teacher reminded us.
注意：
1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右;
2.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。
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“One minute left?” I exclaimed.
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A week later, the teacher handed the papers back to us.
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5 . Have you ever walked through a door and thought to yourself, “What was I going to do?” If you have, you are not alone. Psychologists believe that walking through a door and entering another room creates a “mental block” in the brain. This is generally referred to as the doorway effect.
In the early years of brain research, scientists thought that human memory was like a closet, with many sections in which we could store little boxes of experiences from our lives. Boxes would remain there forever, and whenever we had to look into them, we could just go to that particular section and find that box of memory.
Beautiful as this description of human memory formation sounds, it is not true. Our brain is much more complex than that. Psychological studies suggest that our memories are episodic(情节性的)in general. If you think back on anything, you’ll probably quickly realize our memories don’t function as clear narratives. Instead, they’re more episodic and divided into parts.
A new research led by psychologist Oliver Baumann from Bond University in Australia suggests that it’s not so much the doorways that cause a memory wipe, as moving from one location to a significantly different one—it’s the abrupt change of scene that prepares our minds for something new. “A good example is moving around in a department store,” says Baumann, “Taking the elevator between floors may have no effect on our memory, but moving from the store to the parking lot might cause us to forget something that we need to buy.”
Baumann also points out that a busy and perhaps overloaded brain does seem to play some part in this phenomenon. In other words, walking through open doors is thought to reset memory to make room for a new episode.
The good news is that experiencing such forgettable episodes after entering another room does not tell you anything about your memory and intelligence. So when you enter a room and suddenly forget why you are there, you should not think that Alzheimer’s disease is creeping up on you!
1. Which of the following would most probably be “doorway effect”?| A．You missed a call and forgot to ring back. |
| B．You read a book and forget what it is about. |
| C．You entered the office and forgot what to get. |
| D．You saw a man years ago and forget who he is now. |
| A．All memories are linked in the brain. |
| B．Memories are clearly separated in the brain. |
| C．Not all the memories can be found in the brain. |
| D．Memories are stored in particular sections of the brain. |
| A．Taking an elevator stimulates new memory. |
| B．Walking through open doors results in memory loss. |
| C．A sudden change of the scene boosts intelligence development. |
| D．An overloaded brain increases the possibility of doorway effect. |
| A．Insignificant. | B．Beneficial. |
| C．Influential. | D．Damaging. |
6 . 14 million liters of water get wasted every year, just through the water we leave behind in restaurants. Are you shocked? Yes, but what can you do with it? The same question concerned Garvita Gulhati. But unlike the rest of us, who gave a shrug and moved on with our lives, she refused to let the fire in her die down.
She started by setting up Why Waste?, a non-profit organization with the help of four friends in 2016. They worked with restaurants by persuading them to serve half-full glasses of water. The Glass Half Full concept aims to help prevent wastage of water left in glasses while also educating the public as well as restaurants about the need of taking care of the limited water resources.
However, persuading restaurant owners was challenging. Most owners said it was against the basic rules of welcoming guests to keep a half-filled glass at the table where customers sat. But Gulhati refused to give up and came up with new strategies to try to persuade restaurant owners and staff to change their ways. Several campaigns (活动) were organized in public spaces to increase awareness.
“So far, the campaign has been successfully launched by over 80,000 restaurants across India. People have become more aware and this simple step has helped save millions of liters of water across the country,” says Gulhati, adding, “Next time you eat out, make sure your glasses are empty before leaving the food joint.” Gulhati further says, “After launching the Glass Half Full campaign, we wanted to design a module, which would attract more people to save water.”
1. Why did Gulhati come up with the Glass Half Full concept?| A．To publicize water safety. | B．To prevent water pollution. |
| C．To educate people to save water. | D．To help the restaurants recycle water. |
| A．Curious. | B．Angry. | C．Worried. | D．Interested. |
| A．Reuse our waste water. | B．Eat out less to save water. |
| C．Bring our own water when possible. | D．Empty the glasses when eating outside. |
| A．Brave and successful. | B．Responsible and determined. |
| C．Creative and confident. | D．Outgoing and humorous. |
7 . Earth is experiencing its sixth mass extinction: somewhere between 30 and 159 species(物种) disappear every day, and more than 300 types of animals have died out since 1500. This is not good for the future of life on our planet, but what if we could make some of the extinct species come back to life? Thanks to ongoing advances in DNA recovery and cloning technology, de-extinction may soon be realized, and we may see Tasmanian Tigers, or Dodo Birds back into existence in the near future.
Some scientists are confident and optimistic about de-extinction. They think that the best reasons for de-extinction have more to do with ecology than tourism. “If this is always going to be a zoo animal, then stop,” says Ben Novak, the lead researcherat Revive & Restore—a foundation devoted to rescuing endangered and extinct species in San Francisco, California. “The goals have to be about ecological restoration and function.”
Take passenger pigeons for example. Their numbers reached nearly 5 billion at the start of the 19th century, and they played an important role in shaping the forests they inhabited(居住). After their extinction, the forests have never been the same. “The passenger pigeon is a very important ecological species if we want their original habitat back.” Novak says.
However, we need to think twice about Novak’s idea. Any new scientific initiative is bound to have risks, so is de-extinction. Although some assume that de-extinction may help the environment, we can’t be so sure. The de-extinct animals would now be strangers to their habitats. As the habitat is no longer what it was, the species role within the ecosystem may have also changed. This could be actually a threat to the other species within the environment as the de-extinct animals enter the area and compete for food sources. Once again we’re trying to force nature to act in a certain way, rather than letting it remain natural.
Many scientists also believe that priorities(优先权) would change within the conservation of currently endangered species. Would we still put in the effort to preserve living animals if we knew we could just magically bring them back from the dead? Douglas McCauley, an ecologist at University of California, Santa Barbara, stresses this worry. “Honestly, the thing that scares me most is that the public absorbs the misimpression that extinction is no longer scary. The general attitude becomes: Deforest, no worry, we can reforest. If we drive something extinct, no worry, we can de-extinct it.” said McCauley.
It seems that with the subject of de-extinction, we must look at our reasons for doing such a thing. Yes, we may, in the near future, be able to de-extinct the extinct species. But does that mean we should? Are the risks really worth it? Does it make sense to focus on the dead than the living? And who are we truly benefiting in the end?
1. Ben Novak probably agrees that ________.| A．the value of de-extinctionlies in tourism |
| B．de-extinct animals are unfit to live in the zoo |
| C．de-extinction results from the change of ecosystem |
| D．de-extinction aims to bring back former environment |
| A．People’s impressions on lost species. |
| B．Change of public attitude towards de-extinction. |
| C．Importance of the conservation of living animals. |
| D．Effects of de-extinction on the protection of endangered species. |
| A．Optimistic. | B．Doubtful. | C．Neutral. | D．Supportive. |
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8 . Parents annoyed by their little ones’ picky food choices often sigh in anger, thinking, “They’ll grow out of it by college.” Maybe not, suggests a new study from Bowling Green State University in Ohio. Some young people continue their picky eating into early adulthood, often restricting their diets to 10 foods or even fewer. Such a deficient diet can mean they’re not getting the fibre and vegetables they need, which could be a health problem. They study also suggests picky eaters may also be experiencing other challenges such as social phobias (恐惧症), including around eating. The social phobia is the fear of being judged by others during everyday activities, often resulting in fear or embarrassment.
For the study, researchers surveyed 488 Midwestern college students. About 40% of the students were identified as picky eaters. And about 65% of those respondents said they ate fewer than 10 foods. “We asked participants to just tell us what challenges around picky eating might have had or any benefits they might see, and people answered differently in terms of what has an effect on them,” said co-author Lauren Dial, a doctoral student at Bowling Green State at the time of the study.
Many indicated they’d eat less or not at all outside the home. One 19-year-old man said he’d drink water half the time “due to my picky eating”, according to the study. Another 18-year-old said, “Sometimes there are some awkward comments when I am eating with my girlfriend and her family.” A 23-year-old woman said her parents would get frustrated at her refusal to try the foods she was served.
“Picky eating does have a lot to do with the presentation of foods (how they’re presented on a plate), and the texture (口感) of foods (is it a consistent texture),” Dial Said, “but there’s also fear of trying new foods and that might play into picky eating.” By learning more about picky eating in adults, the researchers said they may be able to determine how best to intervene (干预) before the problem becomes more severe for some people.
1. What can best replace the underlined word “deficient” in paragraph 1?| A．Limited. | B．Low-fat. | C．Balanced. | D．High-fibre. |
| A．Record how often they eat out. | B．Ignore what influences their eating. |
| C．Express how picky eating affects them. | D．Count how many kinds of foods they prefer. |
| A．By presenting data. | B．By providing examples. |
| C．By following time order. | D．By making comparisons. |
| A．It has something to do with family traditions. |
| B．It can be easily cured by researchers. |
| C．It often comes along with serious mental illnesses. |
| D．It can have both physical and mental reasons. |
9 . A herd of 15 Asian elephants has been making its way North across China since March 2020, and nobody is quite sure why.
The herd has covered more than 500 kilometers since they wandered out of their home in the Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve, located in southwestern China along its border with Laos and Myanmar. Authorities in China have tried to keep the animals away from populated areas with piles of fruit and vegetables and physical barriers. The herd was spotted last week on the outskirts (郊区) of Kunming.
“One potential explanation for the elephant migration is overcrowding in the nature reserve these animals once called home,” says George, an elephant specialist at Colorado State University. Asian elephants are endangered, only around 300 surviving in China, but the population living in the reserves of the Xishuangbanna region has been growing in recent years. George says this wayward (任性的) group might have set out to find a new home with less competition for resources.
“We’ve seen elephants expanding their range for decades now, as their populations increase, and they search for more food for the growing herd,” says Becky Chen, a conservation scientist at the Zoological Society of London who has studied elephant-human interactions. Other experts wonder if this is an example of a herd being misled by an inexperienced leader, or if the decision to roam was an almost random choice.
Authorities have instructed residents along the route to stay inside if the elephants are nearby and avoid disturbing the herd. If the animals can’t be turned back to their former forested home, scientists and land managers may need to make provisions (准备) for the elephants to live permanently in Kunming.
Chen says she hopes the situation will raise awareness of human-elephant conflict and elephant conservation. “What we have to learn is not how to solve the problem, but how to increase tolerance,” she says. “How can we use this event to let everybody pay attention to coexistence between people and animals?”
1. Which is the possible reason for elephant migration?| A．The population of people. | B．Inhabitant loss. |
| C．Annual migration. | D．An act of a misleading head. |
| A．Settle. | B．Wander. |
| C．Leave. | D．Accompany. |
| A．It takes long to live in harmony with animals. |
| B．It is important to reflect on how to live with animals. |
| C．The increasing elephants threaten human’s settlement. |
| D．The endangered elephants migrate due to human development. |
| A．Nature. | B．Health. |
| C．Entertainment. | D．Life. |
10 . Procrastination is the act of putting off tasks until the last minute, or past their deadline.
For many students, getting a task that is due in two months is a great thing. They have two months to slowly work on the task, making necessary improvements all along the way.
What is at the root of all of this procrastination? Some might say that it is laziness, but it is really just a problem with mindset (心态).
It is difficult to stop this terrible habit.
| A．That is how it is supposed to be done. |
| B．For many people, it has become a habit. |
| C．It takes a long time to truly change your ways. |
| D．Procrastination is a problem that usually affects students. |
| E．Procrastination can be found in the working world as well. |
| F．If it does, you probably have a problem with procrastination. |
| G．Many people don’t even consider hypnosis as a treatment option. |
