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C.introduce Vincent van Gogh. D. To attract tourists to the museum.
B
In March 2013, on a rainy night，my partner Reece remembered that he had forgotten a bo in his car and went out to get it. On his way bac inside he noticed a small shadow moving on the driveway. As Reece moved towards the shadow he realied it was a young hedgehog (刺猬），all wet. The hedgehog was unable to move about quicly. He quicly removed his jacet and piced it up.
We named the hedgehog Alf because, just lie the TV show character of the，80s，this little hedgehog was
Not only did he learn to eat his dinner and drin water
from his bowls, but he also learnt to wait for us inside and also jump into his pet carrier whenever we too him out with us.
Unfortunately in April 2014, I was in a car accident and had to spend two months in hospital and I did miss Alf Reece told me that Alf would search around the house for me, checing in places where I’d normally be，lie at my des, my favourite seat in front of the TV and even my side of the bed. One evening, Reece set up a video call for me from my hospital bed and I felt etremely happy when I saw him appear on my cell phone.
When I told Alf that I was oay and that I would be home soon, he started moving his head and reaching out his arms as if trying to touch me through the screen. The fact that Alf recognied that it was me gave me the strength to get through my recovery.I cannot describe the feeling when I arrived home and saw his little face again.
25. How was Alf when he was found on the driveway? A.He was wea. B. He was frightened. C.He was curious. D. He was nice. 26. What did the author thin of Alf? A. Clever. B. Brave. C Strange.
D. Stubborn.
27.Reece set up a video call in order for the author . A.to contact her parents B.to find doctors easily C. to communicate with Alf D. to ill time in the hospital
C
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On her first day tutoring students from low-income families at an after-school program in New Yor City, A lyssa apasi noticed how many ids were lining up for free sandwiches and fruit in the cafeteria. One of the teachers eplained that many of these students didn’t get enough to eat at home, so a school lunch or an after-school meal might be the most food they would get all day.
apasi，who attends a private high school, was shoced. What’s more, she was determined to help .“I want my classmates to understand that if you see a problem, you don’t have to wait to be an adult to fi it，” says apasi. She and a group of friends are now putting their programming sills to wor to create an app called Food for Thought, which will allow parents，students，and even indhearted strangers to donate to a lunch account for a student in need at a nearby school.
About 20 million American ids receive free lunches. Two million more qualify for reduced-price meals, and those students’ families have to pay for part of their food. When they don’t have the money on any given day, the students might have to settle for small amounts of “alternative meal” such as a cheese sandwich.
One smart feature of the app — which is being funded by corporate and social investors, and a GoFundMe page 一 is that it provides anonymity (匿名）to lunch recipients and gives.To receive financial help，a family will need only a recommendation from school headmasters, and no one else has to now,
“I want to mae my platform an application that all users feel no shame in using，”says apasi. She hopes to test the app in a school district this fall, 28.Why did many ids queue up in the cafeteria? A.To buy sandwiches and fruit. B.To learn cooing instructions. C.To get some free food. D. To do voluntary wor.
29. How docs apasi help those students in need? A.By teaching them for free. B. By developing a hunger app. C.opening a lunch account D. By donating much money.
30. What will a needy family do to get financial help? A.eep in touch with givers. B.Mae their names nown.
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C. Get permission from apasi. D. Offer a letter from a headmaster.
31.What can we learn about the hunger app according to the tet? A.It saves a lot of money. B.It has been widely used. C.It shows respect for users. D.It maes recipients lose face.
D
The Ventura County Public Wors Agency (VCPWA) has conducted a study to observe the effectiveness of haws (鹰）in controlling wild rodent (啮齿动物）populations because these ground rodents cause great damage to dams and other flood control channels every year. This
study was done in order to discover if these birds could be more effective than poisons to control rodent populations in California.
Unfortunately,these poisons are not only effecting the rodent populations; other larger animal in the area have also been poisoned in this process. Dead foes, wolves, and mountain lions in the area have been found with poisons in their blood. This is the first. time that any agency has tested the influence of these birds on wild rodent populations.Over the course of 17
months ,the agency freed haws into highly populated rodent areas and studied the effects of their presence on the rodent populations. These birds were able to reduce the populations safely, eliminating the need for poisons in the area.
According to this information, as well as the poisoned blood found in dead larger animals in the area, the Ventura County Board of Supervisors order all county agencies to discontinue the use of poisons.
This study has not only proven that these birds are an environmentally-friendly substitute to using poisons, but that they are more effective than using harmful poisons in the circa. The VCPWA showed in this study that using these birds to hunt the rodents actually reduced damage by 50 percent when compared to using poisons. “We believe the study is the first to calculate the great impact of attracting birds and finds a natural, chemical-free way to control the rodents，” said arl Nova, VCPWA Deputy Director of Operations and Maintenance. “We thin that comprehensive monitoring and continued epansion of the haw program will result in cost effective and environmentally safe rodent control.”
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32. What were haws used to do in the VCPWA study? A. Hunt foes. B.Test poisons. C.Protect dams. D.ill rodents.
33. What does the underlined word “eliminating” in Paragraph 3 mean? A. Removing.
B. Considering.
C.Meeting. D. Showing.
34. What is arl Nova’s attitude to the VCPWA study? A. Cautious.
B. Favorable.
C. Ambiguous. D. Disapproving.
35. Which of the following can be the best title for the tet? A. Replacing Poisons with Haws for Rodent Control B. Protecting Large Animals in Ventura County C.Defending Dams Against Rodent Populations D. Rescuing Haw Populations in the Wild Area 第二节（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分）
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If you want to be productive, you must complete wor. Almost everything we do has many stages to completion. 36 Farmers can’t sell their grain until it is harvested. Car maers can’t sell cars that have made it 90% of the way through the production line.
Now all those things require starting, but if you have wor in progress, the most valuable thing you can do is to pic something and finish it. Finishing is where you start benefiting from the value you’ve created, I've noticed that many successful people aren’t the ones who are the smartest or have the best ideas. 37 A good idea fully carried out is better than a great idea that never gets completed. 38 Not necessarily, but if you don't thin something is finishing, be honest with yourself and end the project. Don1! leave hundreds of half-finished efforts lying around physically or mentally acting lie you are going to come bac and pic them up. 39.Sometimes if you've put significant effort into a project, you may still benefit from finishing it even if you wouldn’t start it again based on changed circumstances. 40 Someone who focus on finishing will loo for ways to get value from their final goal. For eample, a community college degree as a step toward a four-year degree locs in some value from your education in two years that you can use for your four-year
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