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9、influences gaining a foothold in the county, But now ,the process can also be viewed in the opposite way. The outside world is opening up as a receptacle for Chinese culture. Where once it was all a matter of Chinese people fascinated by Hollywood movies, a new “soft power“ trend is taking Chinese p
10、op music, TV series and novels to appreciative audiences abroad. Englishwoman Hollie Sowden and American Nora Wilson developed a website called “Written Chinese,“ with a Chinese woman named Chamcen Liu. The website provides a dictionary and other Mandarin learning tools. Wilson says, “At the beginni
11、ng, it was just a Facebook page where we posted characters, their meanings and example sentences. That page expanded like crazy, with nearly 280,000 followers. Thats why we decided to develop a dictionary app and then the website.” Sowden and Wilson arent the only eager to tap world interest in Chin
12、a. Years ago, groups formed in the US to provide English subtitles for popular Chinese TV dramas. There are also websites translating Chinese novels, especially fantasy series. Wuxiaworld and Gravity Tales are two examples, with tens of thousands of followers on their Facebook pages. Chinese music,
13、too, is walking through the open door that once was a one-way street. Melody C2E is a student chub at the Shanghai International Studies University, which is trying to spread Chinese pop songs to the world. It now has around 300,000 subscribers. The inspiration is rooted in 2016, when Pan Jianghao h
14、eard a youth envoy (公使) for the United Nations say that the world wanted to hear more from Chinese young people. Motivated by his words, Pan and Lin Hongying decided to found a new musical group and share Chinese pop, songs with the rest of the world via English translation. 24. What does the underl
15、ined word “receptacle” in paragraph 1 probably mean? A. Container. B. Source. C. Center. D. Foundation. 25. What do we know about “Written Chinese“? A. It has nearly 280,000 followers. B. It helps learn Chinese characters. C. It involves daily living in China. D. It is developed by two foreigners. 2
16、6. Why was Melody C2E set up? A. To motivate Chinese young people. B. To preserve Chinese traditional songs. C. To improve its members translation skills. D. To introduce Chinese pop songs to the globe. 27. What is the best title for the text? A. Foreign Websites with a Chinese Touch B. Competition
17、Leading to a Culture Boom C. Chinas Cultural Footprint on Foreign Shores D. Reform and Opening up Shaping a New Generation C It was a red-letter day in the history of medicine-“Target Zero Day“, May 8th, 1980, marking the complete removal of smallpox, a terrifying disease. It was untreatable but, lu
18、ckily, it turned out that vaccination (接种疫苗) provided good protection- -and that mass immunization (免疫) could wipe out the small- pox virus by blocking its spread. According to legend, vaccination was invented by Dr Edward Jenner. Jenner showed that healthy children vaccinated with cowpox, a mild in
19、fection of cattle, could not catch smallpox. He was supposedly inspired by a comment from a local milkmaid, but there is evidence that the idea came from a medical friend, John Fester, who had experimented with cowpox. Nevertheless, Jenner deserves credit for introducing vaccination into the medical
20、 mainstream with his paper published in 1798. In 1966, 160 years after the prediction that vaccination would clean off the disease, the World Health Organization launched its Smallpox Eradication Programme. This heroic 1-year drive was directed by two American public health doctors, DA Henderson and
21、 Bill Forge. Their hardships were enormous: One WHO official even promised to eat a tyre if smallpox was removed; Henderson promised to send him the tyre and wished him good appetite. But Henderson and Foeges hard work paid off-three years after the last smallpox case was informed (to make sure no o
22、utbreaks had been missed) Target Zero Day was declared. 40 years on, shy should we remember Target Zero Day? First, to celebrate victory of preventative medicine and freedom from a cruel disease. Then, we must remember the victims of smallpox. It had previously killed 1 in 12 worldwide. In 1914, a C
23、anadian professor warned against forgetting smallpox, which was fast disappearing from North America. It went on to kill at least another 250 million people - three times more than both world wars combined. Target Zero Day also reminds us of undefeated infections, including polio, measles, malaria,
24、and of course the coronavirus Covid-19. Lets recognize Target Zero Day for what it is: a milestone in world history and a monument to the art of the possible. 28. What inspired Jenner to invent the vaccination? A. A medical friend. B.A local milkmaid. C. Cattle. D. Children. 29. What is the writers
25、purpose of mentioning the WHO officials promise? A. To introduce the support from the WHO. B. To stress the importance of good appetite. C. To suggest the difficulty in removing smallpox. D. To show his determination to carry on the drive. 30. Where can you find the figures that best support“smallpo
26、x is a terrifying disease? A. In paragraph 1. B. In paragraph 2. C. In paragraph 3. D. In paragraph 4. 31. What message does the text convey? A. A promise made is a debt unpaid. B. A trouble shared is a trouble halved. C. Something is better than nothing. D. Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
27、 D In habitats across the planet, animals periodically drop everything to walk, fly or swim to a new place. Wildlife such as whales and geese learn migration (迁移) paths by following heir parents. Others, including small songbirds, gain the distance and direction of their migration within their genet
28、ic (遗传的) code And some animals use a combination of genetics and culture to guide their migration. Another group of migrators does not quite fit either model, and researchers have only recently started to figure out how they find their way. Take the Corys shearwater, an oceangoing sea bird that migr
29、ates over the Atlantic every year. The young do not migrate with their parents, so culture cannot explain their journeys. And the exact paths vary wildly from individual to individual, making genetics equally unlikely. Corys shearwaters are long-lived, rarely producing young successfully before age
30、nine. This leaves an opening for learning and practice to develop their migration patterns. Researchers call this the “exploration-refinement“, and until now it has been hypothetical (假设的) because of difficulties in tracking migratory animals movements. But a team of researchers has done that by att
31、aching small geolocators to more than 150 of the birds aged four to nine. They found that younger birds traveled longer distances, for longer periods, and had more diverse paths than older birds. “We finally have evidence of the “exploration-refinement“ for migratory birds,“ says Letizia Campioni, w
32、ho led the study. Younger Corys shearwaters are able to fly just as fast as the adults- but they do not, suggesting that the young do more exploring, which gradually fades as they mature and settle into a preferred course. Although it may seem less efficient than other strategies, “exploration refin
33、ement could be beneficial to birds and other organisms in a rapidly changing world due to unpredictable man-made changes,“ says Barbara Frei. “It might be safer to repeat a behavior that was recently successful than to rely on patterns that were perfected long ago but might no longer be safe.“ 32. T
34、he first paragraph mainly . A. describes animals habitats B. talks about migration models C. compares different species D. introduces a tracking technology 33. What does the underlined word “his“ in paragraph 3 refer to? A. The long life of Corys shearwaters. B. The way Corys shearwaters form their
35、migration patterns. C. The opening for learning and practice. D. The process scientists track Corys shearwaters movements. 34. What docs Letizia Campionis study find about the younger Corys shearwaters? A. They travel as much as adult birds. B. They move in a predictable manner. C. They lower the sp
36、eed for exploration. D. They look for a course with their parents. 35. What can we conclude from the last paragraph? A. Man-made changes make migration easier. B. Animals make a safer journey via a fixed track. C. Course exploration contributes to birds adaptability. D.A combination of strategies as
37、sures migration success. 第二节第二节(共共 5 小题小题:每小题每小题 2 分，满分分，满分 10 分分) 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两 项为多余选项。项为多余选项。 Supporting Others Were always being told that the secret to happiness lies in helping others, Indeed, its natural to want to support those we care ab
38、out, especially if we are in a position to do so. 36 When we offer support, it may not always be wanted._ 37 In this case, offering support in the manner of”. if l were you, I would ” can feel like a scolding rather than support. If our support feels conditional it can feel burdensome. _38 When some
39、one is trying to manage illness or a house move, just saying,“What would help you today?“ can be amazingly supportive. Or, suggest what you can do for them: picking up some shopping, taking the dog for a walk. Even if its not needed, just knowing you ve been thought of can be supportive in itself. T
40、ry to be mindful of offering support that is disabling, rather than enabling. My son, when aged five, wanted to make a cup of tea. I could see how inspiring it was to him to be able to do this. So I filled the kettle and took him through the safety measures. It felt like a huge risk but it worked. H
41、is pleasure was immeasurable. The same principle applies when we offer support that increases someone elses capacity._ 39 Sometimes the only support thats needed is to listen without judgement. 40 This reassures (使安心) them that someone cares enough to listen while they ground themselves. When times
42、are tough, remember to keep things stable. Waiting until the storm has passed is all it takes. Support often works best when its a two-way process. It is good to know how to accept help from others as well as offer support to them. A. Walk alongside someone and make comments. B. Come up with a coupl
43、e of ideas for your friends. C. Ask what support is needed and provide a practical one. D. This can often be a bigger gift than just doing it for them. E. But we can do more by thinking about the support we offer. E Sometimes people arc trying to manage life in their own way. G. Just be there, occas
44、ional while someone lets out their feeling. 第三部分语言知识运用第三部分语言知识运用(共两节，满分共两节，满分 45 分分) 第一节第一节(共共 20 小题小题:每小题每小题 1.5 分，满分分，满分 30 分分) 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、c 和和 D 四个选项中，选出可以填入四个选项中，选出可以填入 空白处的最佳选项。空白处的最佳选项。 I was twelve, dependent on Mom. She raised me alone and except when I was at schoo
45、l, we were almost always together. As a_ 41, she left at 5:45 a.m, leaving me_ 42_ for waking myself up, fixing breakfast, and walking to the 7: 30 a.m. bus. I_ 43 _ being left home alone in the mornings, especially having to take the bus. Once I _ 44_ it, and I wasnt only late to school, but_ 45_ M
46、om to struggle to find someone to drive me. After that I was so worried that I left_ 46_ every day to make the half-mile walk. Before the other kids arrived, 1_ 47 by myself in painful pre-teen_ 48 as commuters (通勤者) drove by. One day as we walked through town, an older man_ 49 us. He suddenly broke
47、 into a wide smile, calling my mothers name. But l didnt_ 50 him. “Hello,“ she responded.“How are you feeling?“ “Couldnt be better! This must be your daughter, right?“ “Yes.“ She replied. “Nice to meet you. How_ 51 you are!“ I looked at him 52 with no idea what he was talking about. “You have the mo
48、st wonderful mother. When I was in the 53 , she took the best care of me. I shall never _ 54 her.“ I watched this strangers 55 in Mom. He kept thanking her. Right then it dawned on me what it all 56 for Mom to do her job-serving and loving strangers often during their 57 times. I constantly witnesse
49、d someone_58 Mom, but it was the first time I had_ 59_ why l stood at he bus stop every morning. My mom was a nurse; she_ 60 other people and me, too. I am not lucky. I am blessed. 41. A. nurse B. driver C. saleswoman D. policewoman 42. A. ready B. grateful C. responsible D. eager 43. A. hated B. escaped C. imagined D. appreciated 44.A noticed B. missed C. boarded D. hired 45 A. helped B. advised C. caused D. urged 46. A. secretly B. freely C. safely D. ea
