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Directions: here are three passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
For most of us, having drinking water is a privilege we often take for granted. Yet in several regions of Africa, there is serious shortage of freshwater. Researchers have been developing methods to collect moisture from fog for daily water use as if it were rainwater. The difference is that fog is simply more common than rain. Fog forms when the land releases heat at night. As the ground cools down, it causes water molecules in the air to condense.
Fog collection works by utilizing mesh (网状物) hung in the air. The mesh is spread between two poles facing the general direction of the wind. The wind naturally pushes the fog toward the mesh, where water accumulates. As the water drops get bigger, they flow down to a pipe into a tank. This method can produce around 20 gallons (加仑) of water per mesh, which is enough for a family’s daily needs. The entire system is also low-maintenance without the need for electricity.
The steady supply of water has allowed communities to develop in many other ways. Locals no longer fall victim to water anxiety or the constant worry of finding water. Women can spend more time taking care of their children instead of walking long distances to collect water. The improved facilities have also opened opportunities for men to work consistent jobs.
(76) While this solution has helped many communities globally, it presents future questions. For one, such systems work best in rural regions. They don’t work in cities for lack of space. Secondly, atmospheric water only makes up 0.04% of the freshwater found on the planet. Therefore, this system can only help small communities. Furthermore, climate change also affects the amount of fog in a region’s climate, so there may also be a limit to how long this system can work.
1. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A. More Victims to Water Shortage
B. The Importance of Freshwater
C. Harvesting Water from Air
D. An Easy Way to Collect Rainwater
2. Researchers choose fog as a source of water because .
A. it is easy to collect water from fog
B. fog is more common than rain
C. fog contains more water molecules
D. it is impossible to collect rainwater
3. The function of the mesh is .
A. to accumulate water
B. to provide electricity for the system
C. to be hung in the air
D. to prevent wind from blowing
4. Which of the following is TRUE about the water collection system?
A. It allows people to find a good job.
B. It may increase people’s water anxiety.
C. It needs high cost for maintenance.
D. It can provide enough water for daily home needs.
5. According to the passage, the long-term development of fog collection may be limited by .
A. water needs
B. new technology
C. climate change
D. rural areas
In southern California, Almaraz’s new company, Allied Disaster Defense (ADD), is now all about preparing homes to face a wildfire—a business that he says has grown almost 30% in the past year.
“Most people do not contact us because they’re concerned about their home, their safety.” he says. (77) “ They contact us because the insurance is going up.” Insurers canceled or declined to renew almost 242,000 “homeowners and dwelling fire policies” in 2021, according to the latest California data.
This particularly has affected people living in neighborhoods considered at high risk because they edge into wildlands. Federal fire officials estimate that (78) close to a third of the U.S. population now lives in these communities.
Some insurance companies give people a break if they invest in home hardening. These are long-recommended techniques: fire-resistant roofs, covered gutters (地沟), no plants within 5 feet of the house, protective nets on air passages that can stop flames from flying inside.
Almaraz’s firm offers to do it all or teach people to do it themselves. He says very few companies offer so complete wildfire home preparation yet. And so, his company has started to train other contractors, even extending business to other western states by next year.
“We as a society are just starting to accept this idea that there is some degree of responsibility on us as individual homeowners for living in these risk areas,” says expert Kimiko Barrett. “Because the scale of risk is so great now, we cannot avoid it.”
On one hot afternoon in a neighborhood northeast of Los Angeles, April Schwartz with ADD is doing something beyond conventional home hardening: The former firefighter is painting pictures with fire retardant (阻滞剂).
“We almost can’t keep up,” Schwartz says about demand for her company’s home-hardening and fire-retardant services. “But that’s a good thing.”
6. It can be inferred that ADD business will possibly .
A. be decreasing
B. not cover fire retardant
C. become popular
D. not include renewal service
7. The wildfire is highly risky to those who .
A. contact ADD
B. invest in home hardening
C. live in or nearby wildlands
D. have made wildfire home preparation
8. Which of the following is NOT included in the long-recommended techniques against wildfire?
A. Using effective nets on air passages.
B. Building fire retardant roofs.
C. Planting nothing within 5 feet of the house.
D. Staying away from wildlands.
9. April Schwartz is a(n) .
A. ADD worker
B. home insurance employee
C. federal official
D. local firefighter
10. According to the passage, ADD mainly .
A. supplies fire retardant materials
B. contacts people for wildfire disasters
C. provides insurance service
D. offers wildfire home preparation
Singapore, the smallest country by surface area in Southeast Asia, is situated on an island 85 miles from the equator (赤道). As a result, the island experiences a hot and humid climate. Over the last six decades, Singapore’s temperatures have risen twice as fast as the global average. Let’s find out why Singapore is facing these issues and the solutions being explored.
(79) Urbanizing an area can create what is known as a heat island. Urban areas change original natural view and add concrete buildings that absorb vast amounts of heat. This leads to what is called the Urban Heat Island Effect. In Singapore, certain suburban blocks and areas are up to 7℃ hotter than undeveloped areas. Suburban areas produce 70% more global emissions (排放) than rural areas from car exhaust, industrial systems, and residential buildings. Concrete and asphalt (沥青), used in buildings and roads, absorb large amounts of heat during the day and slowly release it at night. (80) The dense buildings also block airflow, making cities hotter.
To address these effects, Singapore has made significant efforts over the last two decades to green the city, earning the name Garden City. The government plans on adding one million more trees over the next decade. However, this has to be done in a planned manner as too much vegetation can reduce wind flow which is essential for moving cool air into the city.
Singapore also includes V-shaped building designs and varying building heights to increase airflow from nearby bodies of water. There are even simple design changes hidden within the city. Buildings in newer districts face away from the sun, and others have roofs with light-reflective paints to absorb less heat.
11. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE about Singapore?
A. Singapore is best known as the heat island.
B. Singapore is the smallest country in Asia.
C. Singapore is very close to the equator.
D. Singapore’s temperature rises as fast as the global average.
12. The word “ This ” in Paragraph 2 refers to .
A. creating a heat island
B. changing original natural view
C. adding concrete buildings
D. urbanizing an area
13. According to the passage, suburban areas in Singapore .
A. are hotter than its undeveloped areas
B. use too much concrete and asphalt
C. have fewer buildings
D. release heat day and night
14. To weaken the heat island effect, Singapore government will .
A. earn the name Garden City
B. plant trees in a planned manner
C. add one million trees next year
D. plant as many trees as possible
15. Singapore has taken lots of measures to cool itself EXCEPT .
A. having better building designs
B. installing more air-conditioners
C. using light-reflective paints
D. greening the city
Directions: In this part there are 30 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
16. The number of the students in the class limited to 30.
A. have
B. are
C. is
D. will
17. It was not until she arrived in class realized she had forgotten her book.
A. and she
B. when she
C. she
D. that she
18. There is still some doubt among scientists about the of global warming.
A. review
B. cause
C. effort
D. flood
19. we have all the materials ready, we should begin the new task at once.
A. Since that
B. Since when
C. By now
D. Now that
20. I will not make a mistake next time.
A. alike
B. similar
C. same
D. near
21. At that time, many college students didn’t have sufficient access the library.
A. to
B. in
C. at
D. from
22. In Britain today, women 44% of the workforce, and nearly half the mothers with children are in paid work.
A. build up
B. stand by
C. make up
D. take to
23. We had to a lot of noise when the children were at home.
A. go in for
B. put up with
C. hold on to
D. keep pace with
24. It was difficult to guess what her to the news would be.
A. impression
B. comment
C. reaction
D. opinion
25. The patient’s health failed to such an extent that he was put into care.
A. tense
B. rapid
C. tight
D. intensive
26. Many in the credit industry expect that credit cards will eventually paper money.
A. exchange
B. decrease
C. replace
D. trade
27. None of us expected the chairman to at the party. We thought he was still in hospital.
A. turn in
B. turn over
C. turn down
D. turn up
28. One should be enough to admit their own mistakes.
A. creative
B. bold
C. attractive
D. certain
29. On Thanksgiving Day, people their harvest.
A. celebrate
B. prevent
C. make
D. delay
30. The salesman refused to over the price.
A. think
B. deliver
C. bargain
D. reduce
31. He suggested to tomorrow’s exhibition together.
A. us to go
B. we went
C. we shall go
D. we go
32. No matter how frequently , the works of Beethoven always attract large audience.
A. performing
B. performed
C. to be performed
D. being performed
33. difficulties we may come across, we’ll help one another to overcome them.
A. Wherever
B. Whatever
C. However
D. Whenever
34. I have never been to Beijing, but it’s the best place .
A. where I’d like to visit
B. in which I’d like to visit
C. that I want to visit
D. which I want to visit it
35. Craig is player that he can score points easily.
A. such a tall
B. a very tall
C. enough tall
D. so tall
36. Are you going to attend the meeting next Saturday?
A. holding
B. hold
C. will be held
D. to be held
37. My train arrives in New York at eight o’clock. The plane I would like to take from there by then.
A. will have left
B. would leave
C. had left
D. has left
38. Nobody knows motivated him to change his mind about not going to school.
A. why
B. that
C. how
D. what
39. such a good chance, he planned to learn more.
A. To be given
B. Having been given
C. Having given
D. Giving
40. My children, while playing with a friend of , caught a butterfly.
A. their
B. theirs
C. them
D. themselves
41. I failed all my finals. I studying the whole weekend instead of partying.
A. should have been
B. could have been
C. must have been
D. might have been
42. When you buy a car, there are many things to consider the price.
A. without
B. apart
C. besides
D. other
43. I think he should himself to his new conditions.
A. adjust
B. adopt
C. close
D. suit
44. Finding a job can be disappointing and , and therefore it is important that you are well prepared.
A. amusing
B. annoying
C. profiting
D. misleading
45. All her energies are upon her children and she seems to have little time for anything else.
A. guided
B. aimed
C. directed
D. focused
Directions: Each of the following sentences has four underlined parts marked A, B, C and D. Identify the one that is not correct. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
Directions: here are 20 blanks in the following passage, and for each blank there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D at the end of the passage. You should choose ONE answer that best fits into the passage. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
Long, long ago the raven’s (渡鸦) feathers were white as snow. He was a beautiful bird, but the other birds did not like him 56 he was a thief. When they saw him 57 , they would hide away the things that they 58 for most. 59 , he always found them and took them to his nest.
One morning, the raven heard a little yellow bird singing 60 . “I will have that bird,” said the raven, and he quickly 61 the trembling little thing. The yellow bird cried, “Help, help, help!” The other birds happened to be 62 away, and no one heard her cries.
Now a wood-worm was 63 in the bark (树皮) of a tree. “The yellow bird has been 64 to me, and I will do 65 I can to help her,” the wood-worm said to himself.
When the sun went down, the raven 66 to sleep. Then the wood-worm made his 67 quietly up the tree to the raven’s nest, and bound his feet together 68 grass and pieces of bark. “Fly away,” whispered the wood-worm 69 to the little yellow bird.
The little yellow bird flew away quickly. The wood-worm 70 small branches, bark and grass, and put them around the tree. Then he 71 them all on fire. Flames went up the great tree. “Fire! fire!” cried the raven. “Come and help me! My nest is on fire!” The other birds were not 72 to see him struggle in the fire and no one came to help him.
By and by, the fire burned the grass and the bark 73 bound his feet. The raven managed to fly away. Although he was not burned, he could no longer be proud of his 74 white feathers, for the smoke had made every one of them 75 as night.
56. A. although
B. because
C. before
D. where
57. A. coming
B. getting
C. going
D. telling
58. A. saw
B. looked
C. liked
D. cared
59. A. Further
B. Though
C. However
D. Moreover
60. A. fully
B. really
C. hardly
D. merrily
61. A. gazed
B. rescued
C. seized
D. pointed
62. A. far
B. short
C. near
D. long
63. A. shouting
B. lying
C. noticing
D. jumping
64. A. poor
B. bad
C. rich
D. good
65. A. what
B. when
C. where
D. how
66. A. left
B. arrived
C. went
D. joined
67. A. line
B. way
C. road
D. home
68. A. with
B. on
C. in
D. beside
69. A. heavily
B. loudly
C. angrily
D. softly
70. A. cost
B. made
C. brought
D. took
71. A. put
B. set
C. sent
D. sat
72. A. sweet
B. sorry
C. true
D. glad
73. A. that
B. what
C. where
D. whose
74. A. smelling
B. ending
C. shining
D. shaking
75. A. dirty
B. white
C. clean
D. black
Directions: In this part there are five sentences which you should translate into Chinese. These sentences are all taken from the 3 passages you have just read in Reading Comprehension. You can refer back to the passages to identify their meanings in the context.
76. While this solution has helped many communities globally, it presents future questions.
77. They contact us because the insurance is going up.
78. ...close to a third of the U.S. population now lives in these communities.
79. Urbanizing an area can create what is known as a heat island.
80. The dense buildings also block airflow, making cities hotter.
Directions: In this part there are five sentences in Chinese. You should translate them into English. Be sure to write clearly.
81. 那位老人不太关心自己的健康。
82. 你越努力，取得的进步就越大。
83. 你明天上午最好早点去学校。
84. 如果有问题，请及时联系我。
85. 你打算什么时候让人检查这台机器？