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【题目】 Surprise! High School Student Discovers New Planet Three Days Into NASA.

When 17-year-old Wolf Cukier accepted an internship (实习) at NASA, he expected to be challenged and gain insights into pursuing a career in astrophysics (天体物理学) . Instead, he attained worldwide fame for an achievement finding a new planet!

The teenager came across the distant world while examining images of the variations in star brightness captured by NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and uploaded to Planet Hunters TESS by amateur citizen astronomers. “I was looking through the data for everything the volunteers had marked,” Cukier said. “About three days into my internship, I saw a signal from a system called TOI 1338. At first, I thought it was a stellar eclipse (日食) but the timing was wrong. It turned out to be a planet.” Further research revealed that TOI 1338 b, as it is now called, is a rare circumbinary planet (环双星行星) — a world orbiting two stars. Even more exciting, TOI 1338 b is the first circumbinary world discovered by the TESS mission.

The researchers believe that TOI 1338 b is about 6.9 times larger than Earth. The experts claim that TOI 1338 b's two stars vary in size. It is also the only planet in the TOI 1338 system, which lies 1,300 light-years away from Earth.

Not surprisingly, the High School senior is looking to pursue a career in physics and astrophysics. When asked of his plans to seek out a job at NASA, the youngster said, “I've no idea about NASA's hiring practices but it can't hurt!” He added, “A career in space research is appealing.”

【1】What kind of writing does the text belong to?

A.A biography.B.A novel.

C.A diary.D.A news report.

【2】What can we know about TOI 1338 b?

A.It is a rare planet with only one star.

B.It is about 6.9 times smaller than Earth.

C.It lies 1,300 light-years away from Earth.

D.It is the first cirumbinary planet discovered by human.

【3】What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A.Cukier is very proud of himself.

B.NASA is very strict on hiring practices.

C.Cukier has great interest in working at NASA.

D.Cukier knows nothing about NASA'S hiring practices.

【4】Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A.A New Planet.B.NASA's Tess Mission.

C.A World-famous Teenager.D.The Discovery of a New Planet.

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】C

【4】D

【解析】

这是一篇新闻报道。文章介绍了一名高中生实习生进入美国宇航局三天就发现了一颗新行星TOI 1338 b。

【1】推理判断题。根据第一段Surprise! High School Student Discovers New Planet Three Days Into NASA. 可知，惊喜！一名高中生进入美国宇航局三天就发现了一颗新行星。由此可知，这是新闻报道的写作口吻。故选D项。

【2】细节理解题。根据第四段中It is also the only planet in the TOI 1338 system, which lies 1,300 light-years away from Earth.可知，它也是距地球1300光年的TOI 1338星系中唯一的一颗行星。由此可知，TOI 1338 b距离地球1300光年。故选C项。

【3】推理判断题。根据最后一段中When asked of his plans to seek out a job at NASA, the youngster said, "I've no idea about NASA's hiring practices but it can't hurt!" He added, “A career in space research is appealing. ”可知，当被问及到NASA找工作的计划时，这个年轻人说：“我对NASA的招聘方法一无所知，但这没什么坏处！”他补充说：“太空研究的职业很有吸引力。”可由此知，Cukier对在NASA工作很感兴趣。故选C项。

【4】主旨大意题。根据第一段Surprise! High School Student Discovers New Planet Three Days Into NASA.可知，惊喜！一名高中生进入美国宇航局三天就发现了一颗新行星。接下来文章主要介绍了新行星TOI 1338 b。由此可知，“一颗新行星的发现”适合做本文最佳标题。故选D项。

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How can horses find their way back from a strange environment? For most people, that would be impossible without a map. Horses have a special system in their brains, and it works just 【1】 GPS. It shows signs for trees and other objects in their home areas. It also takes notes of new things in new areas. 【2】 horses keep their attention on those signs, they know which directions 【3】 (go). Who needs a self-driving car when you can have a horse? You’ll always get home safe and sound.

【题目】假设你是红星中学高三学生李华。你得知2022年冬奥会和冬残奥会（Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games）赛会志愿者全球招募, 请你给相关部门负责人写一封申请信，内容包括：

1. 介绍你的基本信息；

2. 说明你的优势；

3. 表示你希望被录用。

注意：1.词数不少于50；

2.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Sir or Madam,

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Sincerely,

Li Hua

【题目】 Five years ago, as a new nurse working at night-time at Norwalk Hospital in Connecticut, Kelly Depanfills stopped to chat with one of her favorite patients, a middle-aged man with leukemia, a type of blood disease. He was in the hospital for treatment, but what he really hoped for was a bone marrow (骨髓) transplant. He talked about “Be The Match”, a foundation that connects patients with donors. “It made me want to see if I matched with anyone,” Depanfills says. “He said, ‘Well, get on there!’”

Depanfills was shocked at how simple “getting on there” turned out to be: all she had to do was sign up and swab (拭抹) her cheek. She just didn’t imagine she’d get the chance so quickly. Not long after being swabbed, Depanfills got a call about a possible recipient (接受者): a 6-month-old boy born without an immune system — meaning one cold could become life-threatening. Within six months, she was checked in to the hospital as his no-named transplant donor.

After the operation, she was told the recovery time was 20 days and could include pain and tiredness, but she had only some soreness. “Honestly, the next day, I went out shopping,” she says. The boy who received her bone marrow cells is now recovering well and able to run around the playground like other kids.

Depanfills was so energized by the experience that she started volunteering at registry events, and last year she started her own at Norwalk Hospital. “One couple drove 45 minutes just to get swabbed,” she says. In a single day, about 50 hoping to be donors signed up. Every year there are 20,000 people who might benefit from a bone marrow transplant. “When you say such things, people get nervous,” Depanfills says. “But I want everyone to know how easy giving this gift can be.”

【1】The function of “Be the match” is to_____.

A.link donors with recipients.B.perform transplant operations

C.improve patients’ immune systemD.raise money for Norwalk Hospital

【2】Which of the following statements about Depanfills is true?

A.She cured a middle-aged man.

B.She was saved by “Be the match”.

C.Her signing up for the donation was hard.

D.Her name was unknown to the recipient.

【3】According to the text, we can know that_____.

A.the usual recovery time is less than 20 days

B.many people are inspired by Depanfills’ action

C.the recipient is normally free of pain and tiredness

D.there are 20,000 people every year waiting for donations

【4】What can be a suitable title for the text?

A.A Non-profit ProjectB.A Cure for a Blood Disease

C.A Marrow Transplant OperationD.A Caring and Can-do Donor

【题目】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限一词。

2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Yesterday evening I went out for a walk without my parents in a nearby park after a long day of study.

There were many people especially women dancing with music happily and energetically. Suddenly, no music was heard. It seemed what their equipment didn’t work. A young man came up into the crowd and offered to examine them. However, all the efforts he made seem in vain. People began to get a little impatience with it. Just at the moment a little boy had noticed the electrical socket(插座) was disconnected. After the unexpecting accident, people enjoyed themselves once again. Seen this, my parents and I smiled in relief. What nice evening！

【题目】 Large gatherings such as weddings and conferences can be socially overwhelming. Pressure to learn people's names only adds to the stress. A new facial-recognition app could come to the rescue, but privacy experts recommend proceeding with caution.

The app, called Social Recall, connects names with faces via smartphone cameras and facial recognition, potentially avoiding the need for formal introductions. “It breaks down these social barriers we all have when meeting somebody," says Barry Sandrew, whose start-up, also called Social Recall, created the app and tested it at an event attended by about 1,000 people.

After receiving an invitation to download Social Recall from an event organizer, the user is asked to take two selfies and sign in via social media. At the event, the app is active within a previously defined geographical area. When a user points his or her phone camera at an attendee's face, the app identifies the individual, displays the person’s name, and links to his or her social media profile. To protect privacy, it recognizes only those who have agreed to participate. And the app’s creators say it automatically deletes users’ data after an event.

Ann Cavoukian, a privacy expert who runs the Privacy by Design Center of Excellence praises the app’s creators for these protective measures. She cautions, however, that when people choose to share their personal information with the app, they should know that “there may be unintended consequences down the road with that information being used in another context that might come back to bite you”.

The start-up has also developed a version of the app for individuals who suffer from prosopagnosia, or “face blindness”, a condition that prevents people from recognizing individuals they have met. To use this app, a person first acquires an image of someone's face, from either the smartphone’s camera or a photograph, and then tags it with a name. When the camera spots that same face in real life, the previously entered information is displayed. The collected data are stored only on a user's phone, according to the team behind the app.

【1】Social Recall is used to_________.

A.identify peopleB.take photosC.organize eventsD.make friends

【2】Paragraph 3 is mainly about_________.

A.what people can do with the appB.how the app was created

C.what makes the app popularD.how the app works

【3】Social Recall helps people with prosopagnosia by ________.

A.giving names to the photos kept in their smartphone

B.showing the person's information when it spots a stored face

C.providing the information of a person when they first meet

D.collecting information previously entered in the phone

【4】What can we learn about Social Recall from the passage?

A.It can cure people’s “face blindness”.

B.It has caused unintended consequences.

C.It may put people's privacy at risk.

D.It is praised by users for its protective measures.

【题目】阅读下面短文, 根据其内容写一篇 60 词左右的内容概要。

How could we possibly think that keeping animals in cages in unnatural environments - mostly for entertainment purposes is fair and respectful?

Zoo officials say they are concerned about animals. However, most zoos remain “collections” of interesting “things” rather than protective habitats. Zoos teach people that it is acceptable to keep animals bored, lonely, and far from their natural homes.

Zoos claim to educate people and save endangered species, but visitors leave zoos without having learned anything meaningful about the animals’ natural behavior, intelligence, or beauty. Zoos keep animals in small spaces or cages, and most signs only mention the species’ name, diet, and natural range (分布区). The animals’ normal behavior is seldom noticed because zoos don’t usually take care of the animals’ natural needs.

The animals are kept together in small spaces, with no privacy and little opportunity for mental and physical exercise. This results in unusual and self-destructive behavior called zoochosis(动物精神病). A worldwide study of zoos found that zoochosis is common among animals kept in small spaces or cages. Another study showed that elephants spend 22 percent of their time making repeated head movements or biting cage bars, and bears spend 30 percent of their time walking back and forth, a sign of unhappiness and pain.

Furthermore, most animals in zoos are not endangered. Captive breeding(圈养繁殖) of endangered big cats, Asian elephants, and other species has not resulted in their being sent back to the wild. Zoos talk a lot about their captive breeding programs because they do not want people to worry about a species dying out. In fact, baby animals also attract a lot of paying customers. Haven’t we seen enough competitions to name baby animals?

Actually, we will save endangered species only if we save their habitats and put an end to the reasons why people kill them. Instead of supporting zoos, we should support groups that work to protect animals’ natural habitats.

【题目】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。

When an important holiday comes, I usually think of what gifts to buy or prepare for my family members. It is the act itself rather than the thing you buy that 【1】(matter). Either a small present, a text message or a phone call can mean a lot to the receivers. 【2】, I had never got anything from my son, who is a university student. Parents never forget to celebrate their children’s birthday, but their children seem to be very 【3】 (forget). They seldom do something in return.

Life is unpredictable, and you never know what will happen tomorrow. When my son came back during the summer vacation, my wife and I, as usual, 【4】 (meet) him at the station. 【5】arriving home, much to my surprise, my son took out a wrist watch and gave it to me, 【6】 (say) it was a birthday gift for me. It is a very fashionable watch, 【7】shows not only hours, minutes and seconds but days as well. You can imagine how surprised and excited I was at that moment.

Some people say children get too much care and love from their parents and just take them for granted. It is natural for people to have such concerns and 【8】(worry), but things may not turn out as badly as【9】(expect). We need to look more at the positive side of life, as a famous writer once said, “Life is 【10】best classroom one can never get.”

【题目】What do we know about the man?

A.He hasn’t got the chance to perform.

B.He hasn’t much time to practice.

C.He is sure of winning the contest.

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