1、写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。3.非选择题的作答：用签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。4.考试结束后，请将本试题卷和答题卡一并上交。第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AFoods of the FutureWe asked young scientists to write an advertisement that answers this question: How will food options, food availab
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6、uschke falko. buschkegmail. com21. Which of the following needs you to provide the information of your genes?A. Meat. B. Fresh Fruit. C. NextGen Voices. D. Personalized Meal Plans.22. Who should you contact if you want to have fun with your family?A. Jennifer Sills. B. Yongsheng Ji. C. Falko Buschke
7、. D. Ada Gabriela Blidner.23. Which of the following best describes the steaks in Meat?A. Fresh. B. Green. C. Expensive. D. Personalized.BAmanda Seyfried didnt grow up with dogs. With her busy work schedule, she didnt think she could take care of a dog. In fact, she wasnt looking for a furry friend
8、at all.But then she met Finn. Today, the 34-year-old actress, whos known for films Mamma Mia, is a dog owner and a spokeswoman at the welfare organization Best Friends Animal Society.“I cant imagine my life without him,” Seyfried says of 6.5-year-old Australian shepherd Finn, who is allowed on her U
9、.S. set. If for some reason he cant join Seyfried on location - like on a recent trip when she traveled from France to China, Seyfried requests from her dog sitter twice daily videos of him.Now with a new video for Best Friends Animal Society, she calls herself Finns “stage mother.”Seyfried and Finn
10、 shot an 80s-themed video for the 9000StepsChallenge, which asks animal owners to walk 9,000 steps with their pets on the ninth day of the month to raise awareness to the fact that more than 9,000 dogs and cats are euthanized （安乐死） in shelters each day because theres not enough room.As for the video
11、 shoot, in which Seyfried and Finn walked the 9,000 steps - it was more exhausting than a long walk. Seyfried was Finns trainer on the shoot. She believes that instead of being Finns cp-star, shell go back to being BFFs.24. Why did Seyfried originally refuse a pet dog?A. She wasnt not yet a spokeswo
12、man. B. She wasnt used to being with a dog.C. She was too busy to care for a dog. D. She had not enough room for a dog.25. Who does the underlined word “him” in paragraph 3 refer to?A. Finn. B. Seyfried. C. The dog sitter. D. Finns best friend.26. Why did Seyfried shoot the video together with Finn?
13、A. To show how deep she loves Finn. B. To train Finn to have a long walk.C. To take part in an animal cp-star show. D. To call on public attention to pets life.27. Which section of a newspaper is this text most likely from?A. News B. Life C. Education D. SportsCPinocchio may be just a childrens fair
14、y tale, but Spanish scientists at the University of Granada recently investigated this so-called “Pinocchio effect” and found that our noses dont grow when we tell a lie, but actually shrink a bit.Dr. Gmez Miln and his team developed a lie detector test that used thermography（体温计） to tell if people
15、were lying, and found that whenever participants in their research were being untruthful, the temperature of the tip of their nose dropped up to 1.2, while the temperature of their forehead increased up to 1.5. Scientist also found that drop in temperature at nose level actually caused it to slightl
16、y shrink, although the difference is undetected by the human eye.“One has to think in order to lie, which rises the temperature of the forehead,” Dr. Gn explained the findings. “At the same time we feel anxious, which lowers the temperature of the nose.”For this study, researchers asked a number of
17、60 students to perform various tasks while their temperature is scanned by technology. One of these tasks required making a 3 to 4 minutes call to their parents or a friend and telling a significant lie. Participants had to make up the lie themselves during the call. Interestingly, this lie detector
18、 picked up the “Pinocchio effect” temperature difference in 80 percent of the test subjects, which is a better rate of success than that of any modern lie detector.“With this method we have achieved to increase accuracy”, said Dr. Gn, who added that law enforcement interviewers could one day combine
19、 other lie detection technology with thermal imaging to achieve better results.28. Why does the writer talk about Pinocchio in the first paragraph?A. To tell a fairy tale. B. To give an example.C. To talk about a scientist. D. To introduce the topic.29. What is “Pinocchio effect”?A. Our noses will g
20、row when we tell a lie.B. Our noses will shrink when we tell a lie.C. The temperature of the forehead falls if we lie.D. The temperature of the student rises for anxiety.30. How did Dr. Gn feel about the lie detector?A. Doubtful. B. Surprised. C. Confident. D. Puzzled.31. What lesson can we learn fr
21、om the text?A. A lie will travel very hard. B. Many ways to bring a liar to light.C. A lie never lives to be old. D. Once a liar always a liar.DEast Africa is experiencing the worst desert locust outbreak in decades. Climate events have accelerated breeding of the pest across the region, and with a
22、sudden rise in the locust population expected in coming weeks, urgent actions and funds are needed to prevent a human crisis.Twenty million people in six of the eight East African countries are most affected by an ongoing desert locust outbreak at risk of serious food insecurity. Considered among th
23、e most destructive of moving pests, an adult locust can consume 2g of plants per day, affecting crops and grasslands. A group typically holds 20 to 150 million locusts per square kilometer and can move hundreds of kilometers per day, invading areas covering millions of square kilometers. An active g
24、roup, therefore, can destroy crops and grasslands within a very short period of time.That global warming could increase the risk of desert locust crisis was proposed over ten years ago, and in February, the UN Secretary-General Antnio Guterres stated that the current outbreak is linked to the effect
25、s of climate change: “warmer seas mean more perfect breeding ground for locusts”. The outbreak has its origins in 2018, when a series of windstorms in the Arabian Peninsula （阿拉伯半岛） enabled the warm and wet conditions the desert locust requires to breed and band undetected in remote regions. Though o
26、ur focus here is migration west, dreadful outbreaks of the desert locust have been experienced to the east.The situation is going out of control. A rescue operation and financial support admit no delay. The Food and Agricultural Organization （FAO） can take out only US$138 million for rapid response
27、and immediate action controlling the spread of the desert locust and safeguarding livelihoods. They say the maths is clear: about half the funding （资助） is needed for supervision, ground and sky control, and uniting efforts; the other half is needed for livelihoods and food security of farmers. As fo
28、r the huge gap, they have called on the international community to act now through funding. However, by the end of February, just US$69 million had been promised.This most alarming crisis has developed and is worsening in East Africa. The funds needed to control the situation become very difficult t
29、o achieve and the gap is a big concern.32. Why does the crisis happen in East Africa?A. There is a big population there. B. There are large deserts and grasslands.C. Africa lies west of Arabian Peninsula. D. Good climate for breeding plays a role.33. Why does the writer list those figures in Para 2?
30、A. To warn of the terrible damage by locusts. B. To help us understand how locusts live.C. To show how many locusts there are now. D. To draw a picture of the present Africa.34. What can we infer from the text?A. The crisis is not noticed until recently. B. More fund is needed to prevent the crisis.
31、C. The crisis has been the focus of the world. D. Locusts are all from the Arabian Peninsula.35. Which is the best title for the text?A. Killing locusts before too late B. Global warming, a world problemC. Funding Gap for Locust Crisis D. Africa, a crisis-stricken place第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10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。选项中有两项为多余选项。You know that eating healthy, staying active, and solving a few brain games can help keep your memory. But the
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