听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.What will the presentation start with?

A.The different types of clouds. B.The formation of clouds. C.The functions of clouds.

2.Why does the man suggest having small cards?

A.To make the presentation interesting.

B.To remind him of what to say.

C.To organize all the research.

3.What will the man do?

A.Prepare the cards.

B.Make the presentation slides.

C.Look for pictures of clouds online.

4.What section will the woman talk about?

A.The introduction. B.The low-level clouds. C.The medium-level clouds.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.How old is the woman?

A.25 years old. B.60 years old. C.70 years old.

2.What kind of shops does the woman never visit?

A.Big chain stores. B.Small shops. C.Independent shops.

3.What is the woman’s opinion about fashions?

A.They never repeat.

B.Jeans are the most fashionable.

C.Some of them may return years later.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.Which team does the man support?

A.The Reds. B.The Cubs. C.The Mets.

2.What does the woman say about the Cubs?

A.They have a new base runner.

B.They have a great record this year.

C.They won every game this season.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.Where does the woman’s brother work?

A.At the police station. B.In a small store. C.In a college.

2.How is the woman’s relationship with her parents?

A.Terrible. B.Just so-so. C.Good.

What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A.The nice weather. B.The strong wind. C.The beautiful leaves.

Who is the man probably?

A.A policeman. B.A gas station clerk. C.A driving coach.

How much time does the woman’s watch gain?

A.Ten minutes. B.Five minutes C.Fifteen minutes.

Where does the man want to go?

A.Beech St. B.East Main. C.Linden Ave.

What does the man suggest the woman do?

A.Put up a notice. B.Search the canteen. C.Buy a new textbook.

假如你是李华，你的美国笔友Peter得知你最近正在准备高考，特来信鼓励你，并询问高考以后同学们对即将到来的假期的安排。请你给他写封回信。

注意：1、词数：100词左右；

2、可以适当增加内容，以使行文连贯；

3、回信的开头与结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。

Dear Peter,

How is everything with you?

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Yours,

Li Hua

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(^)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

In our daily life, we unavoidably come across various challenge now and then.

For me, the biggest challenge happens when I entered senior high school. I was shocking to find the physics teacher was teaching was totally beyond me. Thinking I just lacked a gift for physics, I stopped to making an effort and my grades were poor. Unfortunately, my teacher didn’t give up on me. Instead, he helped me analyse a problem and I realized I needed to rise to the challenge bravely. Now, I’m one of the top students in physics.

From my experience, I have learned that it is not our inborn gifts and our efforts that helps us achieve success. When we come across challenges, you should fight bravely instead of giving up.

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。

The production of coffee beans is a huge, profitable business, but, unfortunately, full-sun production is taking over the industry and bringing about a lot of damage. The change 1. coffee is grown from shade-grown production to full-sun production endangers the very 2. (exist) of certain animals and birds, and even disturbs the world’s ecological balance.

On a local level, the damage 3. (cause) by full-sun fields affects the area’s birds and animals. The shade of the forest trees provides a habitat 4. birds and other species that depend on the trees’ flowers and fruits. Full-sun coffee growers destroy this forest home. As a result, many species are 5. (quick) dying out. On a more global level, the destruction of the rainforest for full-sun coffee fields also threatens human life.

Medical research often makes use of the forests’ plant and animal life, 6. the destruction of such species prevents researchers from finding cures for certain diseases. In addition, new coffee-growing techniques are poisoning the local water and 7. (poison) the world’s groundwater in the future.

The loss of shade trees is gradually causing 8. slight change in the world’s climate, and studies show that loss of oxygen-giving trees also leads to air pollution and global warming.

It is obvious that 9. (grow) much full-sun coffee affects many aspects of life, from the local environment to the global ecology. But consumers do have a choice. They can purchase shade-grown coffee whenever possible, although at a higher cost. The future health of the planet and mankind 10. (be) surely worth more than an inexpensive cup of coffee.

    Near the Nebraska border lies the little town of Monowi. It is so small that, if you know the mayor, the treasurer (会计), and the __________, you would know the __________ town of Monowi. Not only that, but you would know the one person that comprises (构成) the entire __________, Elsie Eiler.

Monowi has not always been this __________ populated. __________ in 1902, the town’s population was well over 100 people in the 1920s and 1930s. The town had its own post office, two banks, a church, rows of houses, and __________ a high school. __________, Monowi lost farmers who could no longer __________ during the Great Depression and were thus __________ to move to the places where they could make a living.

Elsie moved to this town with her husband in 1971. At that time, there were about 25 residents. Later, these __________ moved out. More than two years ago, her husband, the __________ mayor of the town, died of cancer. Elsie, who is now in her seventies, decided to __________ here. Now she is the mayor, and also the __________ resident of the town.

A white metal house is the only habitable building and is home to the town library of 5,000 books. Elsie manages the library since to run a library was her husband’s __________. Elsie also __________ a bar. People who __________ the town sometimes come for a __________. The work in the bar keeps Elsie busy. Elsie has a son named Jack, but Jack is living outside the town with his family. People often ask Elsie if she feels __________, but one of her friends that __________ her well said, “Elsie is living a perfect life. Living in Monowi, she knows what peace and __________ is.”

1.A.guide B.librarian C.headmaster D.lawyer

2.A.whole B.mysterious C.poor D.separate

3.A.population B.class C.industry D.society

4.A.heavily B.strangely C.independently D.thinly

5.A.Gathered B.Destroyed C.Founded D.Invented

6.A.even B.still C.almost D.then

7.A.Therefore B.Otherwise C.Meanwhile D.However

8.A.make it up B.make ends meet C.make a difference D.make a contribution

9.A.allowed B.forced C.attracted D.intended

10.A.guests B.visitors C.neighbors D.relatives

11.A.former B.would-be C.short D.brave

12.A.develop B.leave C.settle down D.stay

13.A.oldest B.temporary C.only D.extra

14.A.career B.wish C.choice D.campaign

15.A.relies on B.supports C.operates D.involves

16.A.live in B.pass by C.belong to D.return to

17.A.visit B.talk C.drink D.date

18.A.bored B.special C.tired D.lonely

19.A.helps B.admires C.recognizes D.knows

20.A.happiness B.loneliness C.wealth D.depression

    Here are my favorite tips for staying physically, mentally and emotionally healthy during the winter months. Vacation not included. 1.

Raise your vitamin D levels naturally (without pills or sunlight). We’ve all heard about the marvels of vitamin D: heart health, skin health, immune health, mental health… But you don’t need to take pills or risk skin cancer to get high vitamin D levels. The big secret is that vitamin D levels are associated with healthy lifestyle changes. For example, if you lose just 5 percent or more of your body weight, your vitamin D blood levels will shoot up. Vitamin D likes to stay in fatty tissue, so when you lose fat, the vitamin D levels in your blood go up. 2.. And when you eat your wild salmon, bake it rather than fry it. Other good food sources are trout, mushrooms and egg yolks, and my favorite, plain Greek yogurt.

3. Winter can be a tough time for many of us. All that darkness can take its toll on our mental health. The winter months can be very isolating for many people. My suggestion is that you and a close friend sign up for yoga, cooking or sewing class. 4.

Eat more plants—the ones that are sources of omega-3 fatty acids. According to the famous Harvard Nurses’ Health Study, there was no relation between depression and intake of omega-3 fatty acids from fish, 5.. And again, the wintertime is when many people have a higher risk of depression.

A.Take a class with a friends

B.but they did find a reduced risk of depression in those with moderate intake of plant-based omega-3 fatty acids

C.Isolate yourself during wintertime

D.The following three simple suggestions are things that anyone can do easily and inexpensively to stave off the winter blues and sniffles (鼻塞).

E.Not only do these kinds of classes improve your mental and physical fitness, but they help to fill that social craving (渴望) that we have as human beings, too

F.and there was no evidence to show the benefit of plants

G.Other ways to increase vitamin D naturally are to lower your cholesterol (胆固醇) exercise and eat more fatty fish, such as wild salmon

    There is a truth generally acknowledged by drivers in India, honk your horn (按喇叭) loud enough and the traffic light will surely change to green. But, fed up with the drivers who have no patience and cause a deafening noise every time they are forced to stop, the police in Mumbai have come up with a new system to punish those people. The new system, said the police, was quite simple: “Honk more, wait more.”

Known as “the punishing signal”, the Mumbai police fixed a new traffic light system to deal with the problem of “reckless honkers”, which resets the red traffic signal every time the sound of car horns goes above 85 decibels. For particularly honk- happy drivers, it could mean a very long wait at the lights.

Mumbai was recently listed as the fourth most congested city in the world, according to the TomTom traffic index, with 65% congestion and drivers spending an average of eight days and 17 hours in traffic each year. Speaking to local media, Mumbai traffic police commissioner Madhukar Pandey said, “Sadly, many Mumbaikars are addicted to reckless honking which not only causes noise pollution, but hurts eardrums, increases heart rates, causes stress and adds to traffic disturbance.”

He added, “All recognize it, but do little to control it. With this, I am sure that our road discipline can become better and the new system ensures honk-less, noise-free and stress free travel on Mumbai roads.”

The idea, which was tested in November and December, 2019, has already gained momentum and there is a plan for rolling it out in other cities in India. Across the country, Indian cities have the worst traffic in the world. Bangalore was recently named as the world’s most congested city, with drivers spending an average of 10 days stuck in traffic, while both Delhi and Pune were also in the top 10.

1.From the passage, we can infer that ________.

A.Mumbai’s traffic jam is very serious

B.overusing horns causes harm to the economy

C.Mumbai drivers doubt the new traffic light system

D.the new traffic light system works as soon as drivers honk

2.What information can you get from Madhukar Pandey’s words?

A.The new traffic light system has many disadvantages.

B.He thinks that the new traffic system is useful.

C.It is too late to carry out the new traffic light system.

D.It’s difficult to deal with overuse of horns in Mumbai.

3.According to the last paragraph, we can know that ________.

A.the new traffic system works well

B.Delhi’s traffic condition is better than that of Pune

C.the new traffic system will be spread around the world

D.people of Bangalore like to honk their horns when driving

4.What is the best title for this passage?

A.Mumbai Rewarded Patient Drivers

B.Mumbai Warns Honk-happy Drivers by Traffic Lights

C.Honk-happy Drivers Will Have No Way to Drive

D.“Honk More. Wait More”: Mumbai Tests Traffic Lights

    Over the last 50 years, illegal trade in wildlife has become one of the greatest threats to our natural world. Traffickers (贩子) are exploiting communities in developing areas, driving them to illegally hunt down animals for their body parts. These criminal networks only pay a tiny portion of the final price they get for the animals they receive. Beautiful animals are shipped off to faraway markets, whole or apart.

Angry? We’ve barely started yet. The animal parts are being shipped along with weapons, drugs, even people". These heartless profiteers don’t care about the destruction they cause. Live animals are hidden during transport with no thought for their survival. Many of them don’t make it. Perhaps it’s a mercy when traffickers choose to kill and freeze the animals, before hiding them in the containers the size of a small bus. It’s not one or two animals here and there—it’s entire species that we are seeing driven towards extinction, lost forever from our global heritage. And for one reason alone: to put more money in the pockets of these criminals—whatever the cost.

Now, humans reap as they have sown. COVID-19 has “affected us all. It’s breaking our economies. It has sealed us in our homes and is attacking the weakest among us. In a short period? almost every person on the planet has been affected and we still don’t know the final toll. The source could well be these criminal profiteers. We don’t know for certain how the pandemic started. Some scientists suggest that the disease might have been transferred to a person from a pangolin (穿山甲) being traded illegally in one of these markets—these are most trafficked mammals in the world, with over a million consumed by the trade since 2000.

Yet we would never have imagined that these markets for body parts of wild animals would affect us in this way. It’s time to say “enough”. Dr, Rebecca Drury, Head of Wildlife Trade at Fauna & Flora International (FFI) says, We would like to see stronger action to stop illegal hunting, trafficking and consumption of illegally- sourced wildlife. It is no longer an option to ignore the dangers of illegal and unregulated wildlife trade and consumption, to human health and to healthy, functioning ecosystems needed for life on earth to thrive. We must ensure that the lessons from COVID-19 pandemic are applied to prevent repeats of this global crisis.

The governments of the world are doing what they can. But while bans are put in place, the greedy individuals driving the trafficking will try to use their illegal networks to keep selling, lining their pockets until they are stopped. It’s precisely because this is a trade that happens in the shadows, so we must stop it at source. That’s why FFI is raising funds—to help put a stop to this mean trade. To do so they are asking readers of The-Week to make an urgent contribution today.

1.What can we know from Paragraph 2?

A.Most of the live animals can’t survive the long trip.

B.Most of the live animals were killed and frozen during the trip.

C.Generally, the animal parts won’t shipped along with drugs or people.

D.Traffickers will give it a second thought when considering the cost of the trafficking.

2.What does the author want to convey mainly in Paragraph 3?

A.Humans are paying a price for the illegal animal trafficking.

B.COVID-19 has brought disasters to humans.

C.COVID-19 originates from the pangolin.

D.Scientists have known the transferring path of COVID-19.

3.Which of the following statement is TRUE?

A.Dr Rebecca Drury suggests stopping the trade of wildlife.

B.The most trafficked mammals in the world are the pangolin.

C.FFI is trying to find the source of the illegal wildlife trade.

D.Humans can prevent global crisis if they stop the illegal wildlife trade.

4.What is the purpose of the article?

A.To show us millions of endangered animals are being cruelly killed.

B.To confirm illegal wildlife trade threatens some of our beloved animals.

C.To discuss how to stop the trafficking.

D.To call on immediate action to end the illegal wildlife trade.

    When Mike Mushaw decided to join the national bone marrow (骨髓) registry nearly three years ago, he never ready gave it a second thought. After all, he did it only because his college, football coach had encouraged him and his teammates to register. But about six months after the sign-up, he did get a call. The now 21-year-old linebacker’s bone marrow matched a patient in Virginia. Mushaw had to decide whether to go all in. It would mean spending a night in the hospital and undergoing general anesthesia, which carries some risk. And he’d likely never know whether his donation worked. “Once they took 17 vials (试管) of blood, I was like, ‘All right this is real. This is going to happen.’”

His donation went to a five-month-old girl named Eleanor who was sick with a rare immune-deficiency disease that was diagnosed when she was only three month old. Eleanor had rarely left her house other than to travel to the hospital or the doctor. “Eleanor was going to die without a bone marrow transplant,” her mother, Jessica, told NBC.

Still, there was no guarantee of success. Eleanor’s family had hoped that she would have some improvement from the transplant, enough to live a more normal, life. Instead, after a few weeks, the doctors at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C., came back with shocking news: Eleanor’s condition hadn’t just improved—Mushaw’s bone marrow had cured her.

Mushaw didn’t know any of this until months after his donation. In most cases, the donor and recipient remain anonymous to each other. But about six months after the procedure, Eleanor’s parents sent him an e-mail to thank him for saving her life.

“When they told me it was a little girl, I got a little choked up,” Mushaw says. But their surprising connection was only beginning. Mushaw asked whether he and Eleanor could FaceTime regularly so he could check on her progress. “It was amazing to watch her and be a part of her life,” he says. Eleanor kept tabs on him, too, by watching his football games on TV. Mushaw often invited her family to drive from Virginia to Connecticut to meet at his games where tiny shouts of “Mike! Mike!” could be heard from the stands as the little girl cheered on her very own hero.

“I had waited by that point well over a year to finally give a hug to this guy who saved my daughter’s life,” Jessica says. “We felt like we were on cloud nine all weekend getting to spend time with him and have him be with Eleanor.” In January, Mushaw reunited with Eleanor, this time in Virginia, to celebrate her birthday. It will likely be the first of many celebrations together. “As a parent, it feels really great to watch someone love your kid as much as you do,” Jessica says. We were two complete strangers, and now we’ve become such a big part of each other’s lives.”

1.What can we learn from the first paragraph?

A.Mushaw decided to join the national bone marrow registry on his own.

B.Mushaw was unwilling to donate his bone marrow.

C.Mushaw at first wondered whether his donation would work.

D.Mushaw signed up the bone marrow registry at 21.

2.What does the underlined phrase “kept tabs on” in paragraph 5 mean?

A.pay a price to B.pay close attention to

C.keep a record of D.keep pace with

3.What can we know about Eleanor from the article?

A.Eleanor was often taken out to travel before deceiving the donation.

B.Eleanor’s family was certain that she could be cured with the donation.

C.Eleanor was excited when watching Mike’s football game.

D.Eleanor first saw Mushaw when Mushaw went to Virginia to celebrate her birthday.

4.Which is the best title for the article?

A.A Little Life Saved, A Big Friend Made

B.A Medical Miracle

C.A Lucky Transplant

D.Donation Working, Girl Saved

    Mini Cooper introduced its fastest street legal model yet at the Los Angeles Auto Show this week.

Mini has already decided that the car number 0001 will go to a customer in the United States, but hasn’t decided yet how to choose who will get it. It will not be decided through an auction (拍卖). said Mike Peyton, Mini’s vice president for the Americas.

On this Mini John Cooper Works GP, the fender flares (轮眉) are made from carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic. The material is recycled waste left over from the production of BMW i3 and i8. The rear wing is actually two wings combined and provides downforce at the back of the car to keep it pressed to the ground at high speeds. The turbocharged four-cylinder engine is the most powerful that has ever been used in a Mini. It has 75 horsepower more than the next most-powerful Mini John Cooper Works model.

The John Cooper Works GP has a special eight-speed automatic transmission, according to the company. It also has paddle shifters (换档器) on the steering wheel so the driver can shift modes by hand. To save weight, the car only has front seats which are special light weight sports seats.

There’s no choice of paint color on this Mini Cooper. The cars will be painted in Racing Gray, with the mirrors finished in Melting Silver.

The cars are named for John Cooper, a racing driver and race car designer who worked with the British Motor Corporation to create performance versions of the original Minis in the 1960s. Those cars became extremely popular with car racers.

Details:

Engine power: 301 horsepower

Top speed: 165 miles an hour

Amount: 3000

Time of production: July, 2020

Price: starting about: $45,000

1.What makes this Mini Cooper environment friendly?

A.Parts of it are made from waste.

B.It’s completely powered by electricity.

C.Its fender flares are produced by BMW.

D.Its ownership won’t be decided through an auction.

2.The new Mini Cooper doesn’t provide ________.

A.manual shifters B.backseats

C.back wings D.automatic modes

3.We can know from the passage that the new Mini Cooper ________.

A.is designed by John Cooper

B.mainly aims at car racers

C.is not yet on the market

D.will be produced in the British Motor Corporation

假如你是晨光中学的李津，为配合学校的科技月活动，你校英语社团的微信公众号开展征文活动。要求同学们写一篇英语短文，介绍我国科学家设计的一款生活型智能机器人。现请你投稿，文章内容包括：

1. 简要介绍这款生活型智能机器人。

2. 谈谈这款生活智能机器人的功能（至少写2点）

3. 说明生活型机器人的意义。

注意：1. 词数不要少于100。

2. 可适当加入细节，使内容充实，行文连贯。

3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

参考词汇：智能机器人intelligent robot

June 10, 2020

Here I would like to introduce a new type of intelligent household robot to you.

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David Carter stands outside of the University of Texas’ Austin campus every day, offering the same warm greeting to students who pass by. “Hello, my friend!”

Carter, now 68, is a beggar who once attended the school from 1972 to L975. Then, he was involved in a crash and got serious injuries. He then had trouble with substance abuse and faced mental health challenges, leading him to drop out before completing his degree.

“If I could change one thing about my past life, I would have stayed in school,” Carter says. He says he knows an education can change someone’s quality of life.

Carter had to beg in the last few years fora simple reason. “I’m always flat broke,” he said. While most people would walk right by a beggar, Ryan Chandler, a junior at the university, decided to stop and chat with Carter-and he learned a valuable lesson: You can’t judge a book by its cover.

“A lot of UT students see them as criminal vagrants (无业游民,乞丐) or think that they are dangerous or unfriendly, and that idea just isn’t true,” says Chandler.

Chandler got to know Carter and saw his potential. “He completed 87 hours of course credits, which is enough for a degree for most people, but he just never finished,” Chandler says.

The student wrote a blog post about his new friend, and luckily, the right people heard about Carter and stepped in to help. The University of Texas readmitted Carter as a student, and a kind person who used to be a student UT offered to pay for Carter’s tuition.

“I want to be a student and I want to learn,” Carter said. Since the course requirements have changed, Carter is far from having the amount of credits needed to graduate. But his friend knows he’s willing to take up the challenge. “He is capable, he is ready, and he is dedicated to this,” Chandler says.

1.Why didn’t Carter finish his study at UT more than 40 years ago? (no more than 10 words)

2.How does Carter feel as a dropout? (no more than 5 words)

3.What does the underlined part in the fourth paragraph probably mean? (no more than 5 words)

4.What can be inferred about Carter in his study at UT? (no more than 15 words)

5.What do you think is the right way to know someone? Please explain. (no more than 25 words)

    We all have our bad days. No one is going to wake up each and every morning in a cheery mood. Sometimes we all feel just a little bit grumpier (脾气暴躁的) than usual, and that’s just a part of being human. Yet once we get to the office, many in the workforce feel it necessary to hide their emotions, whether they are in frustration, anger, or sadness. Interestingly, a new study finds keeping one’s behavior at the office authentic will result in greater productivity and a better relationship with co-workers. In other words: act how you feel, and don’t fake it.

It’s extremely common for the average workspace to preach an attitude of continuous positivity. While this may be beneficial from the CEO’s viewpoint, it just isn’t realistic when applied to real people with real problems and daily hardships. That’s why, the research team have concluded, employees will actually feel better, work harder, and connect more with their colleagues if they don’t hide their feelings with a fake smile.

Over 2,500 working adults, from a variety of industries such as finance or engineering, took part in this research via surveys. The questionnaires measured two distinct types of on-the-job emotional regulation: surface acting and deep acting. Surface acting means faking happiness while interacting with other employees; and deep acting refers to actively trying to change one’s emotions and feelings in order to be more pleasant at work. The study’s authors were interested to see how common it is for working adults to regulate their emotions while on the clock, and if so. Why? What benefits are employees gaining from such behavior?

After analyzing all of the survey responses, researchers identified four distinct types of individuals who hide or regulate their emotions around co-workers. “Non-actors” rarely hide their true feelings, and if they do, only to a very small extent. “Low actors” usually take part in only slight deep and surface acting. “Deep actors” perform lots of deep acting and low levels of surface acting, and “Regulators” exhibit high levels of both surface and deep acting.

By far non-actors were the smallest identified group in the study. Regulators, or employees who tend to hide their true feelings most often, are usually motivated by feelings of self-interest. These people believe that by hiding their feelings they will gain access to additional work resources and look good in front of their managers and co-workers. Deep actors, on the other hand, are usually more motivated by “pro-social” factors. This means they choose to hide their emotions because they believe it develops a healthier working environment. Regulators are the most likely of the four to experience great emotional tiredness and exhaustion. Meanwhile, deep actors tend to achieve improved well-being most frequently.

1.Many office workers tend to ________.

A.show their anger B.behave naturally

C.focus on their jobs only D.pretend to be happy

2.What does the underlined word “preach” mean in the second paragraph?

A.Promote. B.Forbid. C.Change. D.Ignore

3.How was the study carried out?

A.By performing experiments.

B.By analyzing questionnaire data.

C.By taking field trips to offices.

D.By interviewing CEOs.

4.What do we know about “regulators”?

A.They are straightforward and like to help others.

B.They are more surface acting than deep acting.

C.They like to build an image that will benefit them.

D.They are self-interested and will do whatever it takes to succeed.

5.What conclusion can we draw from the passage?

A.“Non-actors” always hold back their true feelings on purpose.

B.“Low-actors” are, most likely to display their true feelings.

C.Hiding true feelings is sure to leave a good impression.

D.It is worthwhile to become deep actors in a way.

6.Through the passage the author mainly intends to

A.stress the significance of displaying true feelings

B.highlight the importance of hiding true feelings

C.urge people to keep a cheerful emotion at work

D.persuade people to better their working efficiency

    Purdue University researchers have engineered flying robots that behave like hummingbirds, trained by machine learning algorithms (计算程序) based on various techniques the bird uses naturally every day. The robot would be able to fly better through collapsed buildings to find trapped victims.

Even though such a robot can’t see yet, it senses by touching surfaces. Each touch changes an electric current, which the researchers realized that they could track. Xinyan Deng, a professor, and her colleagues at Purdue have been trying to decode (破译) hummingbird flight so that robots can fly where larger aircraft can’t. Deng’s group studied hummingbirds themselves for many summers in Montana. They documented key hummingbird actions, such as making a rapid 180-degree turn, and translated them to computer algorithms that the robot could learn from when connected with a simulation (模拟操作).

Further study on the physics of insects and hummingbirds allowed Purdue researchers to build robots smaller than hummingbirds--and even as small as insects-without compromising the way they fly. The smaller the size, the greater the wing flapping frequency, and the more efficiently they fly. The robots have 3D-printed bodies and wings made of carbon fiber. The researchers have built one hummingbird robot weighing 12 grams--the weight of the average adult hummingbird. The hummingbird robot can lift up to 27 grams.

Designing their robots with higher lift gives the researchers more room to eventually add a battery and sensing technology, such as a-camera or GPS. Currently, the robot needs to be tied to an energy source while it flies-but that won’t be for much longer, the researchers say. The robots could fly silently just as a real hummingbird does, making them more ideal for covert (转换) operations.

Robotic hummingbirds would not only help with search-and-rescue tasks, but also allow biologists to more reliably study hummingbirds. In their natural environment through the senses of a realistic robot. This work is part of Purdue’s 1501° anniversary. This is one of the four themes of the celebration’s Ideas Festival, designed to show Purdue as an intellectual center solving real-world issues.

1.The hummingbird robot could be helpful in searching for victims           .

A.in a very wide area B.in a desert

C.in a dark place D.in the sea

2.What can we know about the hummingbird robot?

A.It is as light as an insect. B.It can fly to any place.

C.It can see where to go. D.The smaller it is, the better.

3.What is the disadvantage of the robotic hummingbird at present?

A.It barely lifts its weight. B.It’s not equipped with a battery.

C.It can’t fly too high in the sky. D.It produces a little noise outside.

4.Besides being useful in rescues, the hummingbird robot can help           .

A.biologists to study hummingbirds B.biologists to study wildlife

C.transport dangerous goods D.protect birds in the wild

    Like many other students beginning graduate school, I was quickly charged with responsibilities and had to find time for studying by letting goof many other things I valued. Letting go of football and the violin was, however, self-defeating: it might have brought me more time in the short term, but spending that extra time on work only’ made me more stressed and less productive.

Towards the end of the MSC (Master of Science program) started to lose my motivation and curiosity for science and research, as well as my creativity. Spending so much time and energy in the laboratory, and focusing all my attention on my thesis and courses, made me feel down and almost totally uninterested in my field - not to mention short-tempered and oversensitive in my personal communications.

Over time, I learnt from these experiences. When I started my PhD, I focused on balancing academic success with personal time-off, and made personal happiness a priority (首要事情) in my weekly schedule. My mentor (导师) and I discussed my work-life balance early in my program, and we arrange our lab responsibilities accordingly.

I set boundaries for myself in new ways: ‘rather than doing lab work all weekend, I’d play football or the violin, or visit loved ones, before allowing myself to work fora few hours.

This was hard at first: I worried that it would affect my standing with my peers, and superiors, but I had learnt from experiences that an overloaded schedule can drain (使疲劳) you so much that you become unfocused and start making mistakes or forgetting important details.

Since establishing a better work-life balance, I’ve been doing well in graduate school. Outside the lab, I’ve been able to take up a few leadership positions at my university because I’m not as stressed with my work. I serve as our department’s student councilor and I am also vice-president academic in the Health Sciences Graduate Students’ Association. My advice is this: a healthy work-life balance isn’t a luxury; it’s a key part of success in graduate programs.

1.What is the author’s problem?

A.He must study hard to graduate.

B.He must give up his hobby for study,

C.He didn’t know how to study more effectively.

D.He didn’t know how to deal with pressure.

2.Paragraph 2 shows ________.

A.the challenges of an MSC program

B.the consequences of giving up hobbies

C.the benefits of focusing on schoolwork

D.the importance of balancing study and hobbies

3.To balance academic and personal life, the author ________.

A.asks his peers for help

B.seeks to reduce his lab duties

C.puts his hobbies first more often

D.avoids schoolwork at weekends at all

4.When the author gets his hands too full, he ________.

A.tends to put things on hold

B.tends to lose the attention to details

C.will lose his patience with his academic work

D.will make a new schedule accordingly

5.What can be inferred from the author’s personal experience?

A.It’s never too late to make a change in the university.

B.It’s easy to be work-life balanced in our lives.

C.Multi-tasking has many advantages in the university.

D.Work-life balance is necessary in the university.

    It is often said that “a picture is worth a thousand words.” That is certainly true of the images of fleeting moments of nature submitted by international ecologists and students for the British Ecological Society’s (BES) annual photography competition. Here are a few of 2019’s winning entries.

Red Night

Photographed by Roberto Garcia Roa, it was declared last year’s overall winner. The image captures both the beauty of the magnificent snake and its fear of human threats like fires. The ecologist says, “During my visit to Madagascar, I had the pleasure of finding this snake and photographing it. To offer a dramatic scene reflecting the conditions that these snakes are suffering, I used an external red light as a source of light to capture the environment.”

The Rhino’s Annual Haircut

It was photographed by ecologist Molly Penny. The ongoing demand for rhino (犀牛) horns has reduced the population to just 30,000 globally. To try to save the species, ecologists in South Africa, home to over 20,000 southern white rhinos, have decided to saw off (锯掉) it part of the animals’ horns, which regrow every year. “The Rhino’s Annual Haircut,” captured beautifully in the black-and-white photo by Molly Penny from the University of the West of England, reduces the risk of the animals being cruelly murdered.

For the Love of Flamingos

Photographed by Peter Hudson, it captures a heart-shaped cloud of pink flamingos in Kenya, which is truly a sight like none other. The ecologist says, “Flamingos are all legs and necks but meanwhile beautiful and fascinating and I admit I have a deep passion for them, so I was thrilled when, flying high over Lake Magadi, I watched this flock from themselves into a heart shape.”.

Flames in Flumes

Photographed by Nilanjan Chatterjee, it captures a water redstart waiting to catch an insect near a small waterfall. It was the best overall student submission. The photographer wanted to show the struggle the river birds are likely to face from the slowdown in water flow due to planned dams in rivers across India.

1.What can we know about “Red Night”?

A.Roberto Garcia Roa suffered a lot to take it.

B.It describes a snake’s suffering in the fires.

C.It won the first place in 2019 BES’ photography competition.

D.Roberto Garcia Roa was very frightened when he took it.

2.What may be the topic of “The Rhino’s Annual Haircut”?

A.The tips on saving an endangered rhino.

B.The cruelty of killing an endangered rhino.

C.The scene of taking part of a horn from a rhino.

D.The method of helping a rhino to grow a horn again.

3.Where was “For the Love of Flamingos” photographed?

A.In South Africa. B.In Kenya.

C.In India. D.In Madagascar.

4.How is “Flames in Flumes” different from the other pictures?

A.It is a student’s work.

B.It was photographed on an island.

C.It is a black-and-white photo.

D.It shows wild animals’ suffering.

5.What is the purpose of the text?

A.To introduce a photography competition.

B.To remind us to protect some animals.

C.To warn us of worsening nature.

D.To introduce some winning photos.

    “Excuse me,” he waved to the waiter. The waiter arrived at our table. “I ________ cottage cheese, but this is the mushroom.” The waiter returned with a(n) ________ smile on his face and said, “I’m sorry sir. I ________ took the order for the mushroom.” “Then change it immediately,” I said angrily. I had ________ my professor, who had retired as CEO of a billion-dollar multinational corporation, to lunch at the ________ restaurant. The waiter smiled awkwardly. I ________ to begin the “do-you-know-who-he-is” dialogue. But my professor was quicker. He said, “It’s alright. Just don’t ________ me for both dishes,” and laughed. “No, sir. Sorry, sir. Thank you, sir,” the waiter said and the ________ and gratefulness were written all over his face.

“Why did you do that, sir?” I asked, ________ .”It’s his duty to change your dish,” I said. “See how crowded the restaurant is? It’s a(n) ________ noon. Vernon,” my professor said. “Changing my order would mean more ________ for him and the chef. Maybe the waiter is ________. He probably would get a warning from the manager for this ________. Why put them through all this ________? This mushroom isn’t bad.”

When the bill arrived, my professor ________ paying it. He even left a big tip. When we walked out, he smiled at the waiter, who ________ so low that I thought he’d break his back. My professor also smiled and ________ the doorman when he thanked us for visiting.

Here was my professor, Mr. Smith, being sympathetic to people below his ________, and treating them like friends. “The true measure of a man is ________ he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good,” said Samuel Johnson. I’ll follow my professor’s ________ and try my best to do the same.

1.A.mentioned B.ignored C.noticed D.ordered

2.A.apologetic B.ridiculous C.meaningful D.unnecessary

3.A.accurately B.accidently C.primarily D.appropriately

4.A.referred B.introduced C.brought D.guided

5.A.remote B.common C.elegant D.self-service

6.A.happened B.prepared C.managed D.failed

7.A.charge B.blame C.thank D.punish

8.A.peace B.confidence C.worry D.relief

9.A.excited B.moved C.surprised D.disappointed

10.A.normal B.busy C.hot D.unique

11.A.work B.income C.value D.practice

12.A.smart B.careful C.friendly D.new

13.A.actively B.duty C.mistake D.intention

14.A.break B.boredom C.training D.trouble

15.A.put on B.insist on C.come on D.get on

16.A.bowed B.stood C.sat D.fell

17.A.acknowledge B.recognized C.observed D.understood.

18.A.age B.status C.expectation D.standard

19.A.when B.why C.how D.what

20.A.call B.advice C.procedure D.example

—I’ve been promoted to the director of HR and I’m wondering whether I can ask for a big pay rise .

—________. After all, the economy is struggling these days.

A.You can make it. B.Good for you C.You’ve gone too far D.It’s up to you

Covid-19, the most deadly virus in recent years, began to attack people at the beginning of this year, from ________ effect people are still suffering.

A.that B.those C.whose D.what

—I wonder whether Helen will be here by five.

—Her mother said she left home at half past four. She ________ be here at ten past five.

A.dare B.should C.shall D.need

—Look, some boys are doing hip pop.

—________! The performance is great.

A.Cool B.Not at all C.Absolutely D.Definitely

—You seem to be familiar with the town. ---Yes, I _________ here for 4 years. It’s great to be back again

A.studied B.have studied C.am studying D.had studied