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The morning after an evening struggle to care for my three- year-
old daughter, I couldn’t wait
to get her to school. I, as a mother, was tired from the anger and her inability to communicate
because of her slowed language development.
As I accompanied her into the car, I felt desperate. Nothing was right with our world. She’d
been born around the same time when the nation was witnessing the birth of another Great
Recession. My job and my house had been th
is happened. My child’s language delay
was identified, but doctors struggled to properly help her, I felt like we both needed to he rescued.
I returned that afternoon as disenchanted with the little girl I loved as when I left. Walking
slowly toward the sc
hool’s playground gate, I found her preschool teacher racing to greet me.

“You should have seen her today!” His breathy words were supported by excitement. I didn’t
interrupt. “See that climber. ” He pointed to a wooden piece of playground equipment that l
ooked
like a rock wall. I nodded. “Well, every day since she started school, she’s tried and failed to make
it to the top. ” He took a breath. “And today she did it!”

He expressed his joy just as he’d witnessed her conquering Mount Everest! “She cheered an
d
celebrated! I wish I’d recorded it!” His words comforted me. My daughter had conquered her
mountain.
As she ran toward me, I recognized something I hadn’t before. I saw her perseverance
(
毅力
).
I saw her strength. I saw a Hero.
Everyday greatness celebrates ordinary people who do unusual things in big and small
ways, showing courage, kindness, love and selflessness. We encourage you to click these brief
accounts and invite you to share your own story.
did the author rush her daughter to school?
A. She was busy with her work as a doctor.
B. She had a fight with her daughter last night.
C. She broke down when dealing with her daughter.
D. She had to sell their house due to Great Recession.
of the following best explains “disenchanted” underlined
in paragraph 3?
A. Happy.



B. Concerned.



C. Careful.


D. Disappointed.
did the little girl’s preschool teacher feel excited?

A. She succeeded in standing on Mount Everest.
B. She managed to climb up the wooden equipment.
C. She got the first place in the school sports meet.
D. She began to communicate with others normally.
which is the text most probably taken?
A. The radio.


B. A magazine.


C. A newspaper.


D. The Internet.








































B


While elephants born without tusks (
长牙
)are not unheard of, they normally form just 2 to 6
percent of the population. However, that is not the case at Mozambique’s Gorongosa National
Park, where an astonishing 33 percent of female elephants born after the country’s ci
vil war ended
in 1992 are tuskless. While that may appear to be just a coincidence, Joyce Poole, an elephant
behavior expert, has another theory. The researcher thinks we may be witnessing unnatural
evolution of the species due to the constant hunting of elephants for valuable ivory.
Poole says before the country’s 15
-year-long civil war, the 100,000-acre park was home to

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over 4,000 elephants. However, by the time the conflict ended in 1992, about 90 percent of them
had been killed for ivory to help finance weapons (
武器
)and meat to feed the soldiers. Of the less
than 200 survivors, over 50 percent of adult females had no tusks. Therefore, it is not surprising
that the park’s tuskless elephant population has grown greatly.

This is not the first time researchers have observed a great change in the population of
elephants. At Zambia’s South Luangwa National Park and Lupande Game Management Area
,
areas which were heavily hunted in the 1970s and 1980s, 35% of elephants 25 years or older and
13% of those younger than 25 are now without tusks. A 2008 study published found that the
number of tuskless females at the Ruaha National Park in Tanzania went from 10.5 percent in
1969 to almost 40 percent in 1989, largely due to illegal hunting for ivory.
The recent ban on ivory in both the US and China should help get rid of, or at least reduce,
elephant hunting. However, scientists are not sure how long it will take for elephants with a higher
rate of tuskless females, to change the trend.
is the probable cause of the phenomenon mentioned in Paragraph 1 ?
A. Illegal hunting.


B. Constant farming.

C. A pure coincidence.

D. Natural evolution.
did people kill so many elephants during the civil war in Mozambique?
A. To get funds by selling ivory.






B. To develop new weapons.
C. To provide food for local people.



D. To make ivory products.
of the following had the earliest record on tuskless elephants?
A. Gorongonsa National Park.






B. South Luangwa National Park.
C. The Ruaha National Park.







D. Lupande Game Management Area.
does the underlined phrase “the trend” in the last paragraph refer to?

A. Elephants facing greater danger.






B. Elephants growing more slowly.
C. Fewer female elephants staying alive.


D. More female elephants being tuskless.






































C
Microplastics are small plastic pieces that have accumulated in the marine environment
following decades of pollution. These pieces can cause significant issues for marine organisms
that ingest them, including inflammation, reduced feeding and weight-loss. Microplastic pollution
may also spread from organism to organism when one creature is eaten by others. Since the pieces
can bind to chemical pollutants, these associated poisons could accumulate in predator species.
Mesopelagic fish serve as a food source for a large variety of marine animals, including tuna,
swordfish, dolphins, seals and sea birds. Typically living at depths of 200-1,000 meters, these fish
swim to the surface at night to feed then return to deeper waters during the day. Through these
upright movements, mesopelagic fish play a key role in the cycle of carbon and nutrients from the
surface to the deep sea
—
a process known as biogeochemical cycle. This means they could spread
microplastic pollution throughout the marine ecosystem, by carrying microplastics from the
surface down to deeper waters, affecting deep- sea organisms.
To investigate this further, researchers set out to catch fish in a remote area of the Northwest
Atlantic Ocean. The researchers caught mesopelagic fish at varying depths, then examined their
stomachs for microplastics back in the lab. They used a specialized air filter so as not to introduce
plastic fibers in the air from the lab environment.
The team found a lot of microplastics in the fish stomachs. As the researchers were extremely
careful to clear pollution with fibers from the air, they are confident that the fish had eaten the
fibers in the sea all over the world.


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The researchers plan further studies to learn more about how these fish are ingesting and
spreading microplastics. It will be particularly interesting to see whether the fish eat these
microplastics directly as mistaken food, or whether they ingest them through eating prey species,
which have previously eaten the microplastics.

does the underlined word
“
ingest
”
in Paragraph 1 mean?
A.

Attack



B. Swallow


C. Ignore


D. Avoid
2.

What does Paragraph 2 mainly talk about?
A.

How deep-see fish feed themselves.
B.

Why mesopelagic fish are important.
C.

How microplastics spread to the deep sea.
D.

How dangerous microplastics are to the deep sea.
conclusion did the researchers draw from the study on mesopelagic fish?
A.

Fish in the remote area are safe to eat.

B. Plastic fibres in the air may enter fish.
C. They are all polluted by microplastics.

D. Mesopelagic fish live at varying depths.
4. What will further studies focus on?
A. In what way microplastics enter mesopelagic fish.

B. How seriously microplastics affect sea creatures.
C. Whether fish with microplastics harm humans.
D. How microplastics spread in the deep ocean.







































D
What do you do at the end of the day when you re finished with work? How you spend your
free
time
can
have
a
big
impact
on
your
mental
health.
Hobbies
can
help
you
relax
and
ease
pent-up(
郁结的
)
stress
caused
by
all
that
time
in
the
office
or
in
front
of
the
computer.
But,
interestingly, how you spend your free time can also impact your work performance.
Researchers at the University of Sheffield's
Institute of Work Psychology in the UK found
that developing hobbies can develop your confidence about how well you perform your job. But
your hobby has to be significantly different from what you do from 9-t0-5 work.
To
study
the
connection
between
work
and
leisure
activities,
researchers
employed
129
people who worked and were active in hobbies like rock climbing, musical theater and singing.
They had them complete surveys to see how serious and committed they were to their hobbies and
how demanding their jobs were. Then, each month for seven months, participants were asked how
many hours they spent on their hobbies and how they rated their ability to perform at work.
Researchers found that if people have hobbies similar to what they do at work and that they
do in an intense (
强烈的
) way, their on the job confidence can suffer. It's likely because their work
and leisure time have the same mental and physical demands, so they
’
re always feeling drained.

In contrast, people who have hobbies different from their work are happier and healthier. This
is also true of those who choose a similar hobby but only participate in a lighthearted way. Those
playful recreations act as a barrier between their professional and personal lives, giving them rest
time to
“recharge their batteries
researchers say.
“When
we
feel
like
we
have
the
confidence
to
handle chall
enges
in
our
jobs,
we'
re
more
likely to be able to build a sustainable(
可持续的
) job and remain healthy, productive, happy and
employable over our lifetimes. It's important to consider how our leisure activities might play a
role in that process,
28. Why can your hobby improve your mental health?

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A. It helps you to recover from your stress. .






B. It surely improve your physical strength.
C. It enables you to behave more actively.








D. It increases your willingness to work hard.
29. Which of the following is advised according to paragraph 2?
A. A basketball coach goes running. .














B. A writer keeps a diary every day.
C. An e game developer surfs the Internet. .









D. A doctor sometimes climbs rocks.
30. What does the underlined word
“drained” in p
aragraph 4 probably mean?
A. Worried. .





B. Tired. .





C. Unconfident. .





D. Disappointed.
31. How can people benefit from hobbies similar to their work?
A. Take them seriously. .












B. Set strict schedules for them.
C. Participate in them just for fun.





D. Develop them into their business.
(ADBC)






































E
John Low. a 60-year-old Singaporean diving instructor spent four days and three nights
floating in the South China Sea after his boat was turned over last month.
On May 4
th
, John Low was getting ready for a dive off the coast of Tioman Island, in the
South China Sea. when a strong wave hit his boat and threw him into the water. Before he could
even realize what had happened. the boat started taking water and eventually sank. All John could
retrieve was a ring buoy
（救生圈）
and his backpack, but he wasn't too worried at first, as he
figured he could swim his way back to land. However, try as he might, he couldn't fight the
currents, which constantly pushed him out into the open sea. By 10 pm. he could no longer see the
shore and he started panicking. For the next four clays, he was all alone, with no food and
drinking water.

your face,” Low said in an interview.
But because my face is all scarred, for I had been in the water for four days and three nights, so it's
either 1 face the pain in the sun or the pain in the water. Though the physical torture
（折磨）
and
mental torture of being by myself with nothing but Fait water continued increasing. I hung on and
stood the not for myself but for my family.
”

On the fourth night of his experience, a passing ship called the Diogo Cao noticed the buoy
and lifted it. He nearly lost his consciousness
（意识
). All he could remember from his rescue was
thinking
hospital and recently met the crew of the Diogo Cao to thank them for saving his life.
does the underlined word
A. Pray.

B. Carry.
C. Check
D. Find.
made John Low start to feel afraid?
A. The pain in the water.



away from the shore.
C. The burning feeling.



pushed by the wave.
can we know about John Low when he was saved?
A. He was sound asleep.

greeted the ship warmly.
C. He was half dead.


lo5t the ability to speak.
27. Which of the following best describes John Low?
A. Determined.
B. Adventurous.
C. Hard working.
D. Unlucky.
(DBCA)


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