北京高考英语阅读理解专项训练

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Side hustles for college students deliver spending money while still offering the flexibility that a full class schedule requires.
Take class notes
One side hustle for college students involves taking notes in class and selling them.
Three sites — StudySoup, NexusNotes and Stuvia — offer attractive pay for uploading and selling class notes to other students at your university. Each has its own pay formula. But you usually get a bonus when someone signs up to get access to your notes, plus a payment for each set of notes that sell. Students say they can earn $250 to $500 per class, per semester. Because this job requires taking great class notes, you’re likely to do better in school.
Become a tutor
Many younger students have fallen behind academically as they struggled with distance learning. That opens an opportunity for those who have mastered a subject, from high school algebra to Spanish, to teach that subject to others. A number of tutoring platforms allow you to sign up and tutor online or in person.
Some of the best: Wyzant, Varsity Tutors, and, for those who want to teach music, LessonFace.
Be a survey taker
The best option in this category is a site called Prolific, which helps researchers find pre-screened survey participants. What makes this site better than most is that it asks you to answer qualifying questions — age, income, family status, etc. — in advance. Then, the site sends you only the surveys that you’re qualified to take. You’re given an estimate of the time it will require to take each survey and how much it pays. You decide whether it’s worth your time.
Charge scooters
Big campuses are often littered with electric scooters and bikes that can be unlocked and ridden around campus. Riders can drop the scooters just about anywhere. So scooter companies, such as Bird and Lime, enlist “chargers” and “juicers” to pick them up, charge them overnight and return them to a designated area early the next morning.
If you have a late class, there are two benefits to signing up to charge. First, you earn between $5 and $20 for each scooter you return fully charged. You also get to ride the scooters home for free, which isn’t a bad way to get back to your dorm.
1．Which site allows one to get paid by uploading their class notes?
A．Prolific. B．LessonFace. C．Wyzant. D．StudySoup.
2．What may make Charge scooters attractive?
A．It pays riders for charging scooters.
B．It provides more benefits for students.
C．It offers a means of free transportation.
D．It helps solve litter problem on campus.
3．The passage mainly introduces ________.
A．methods to do better in school
B．job options for college students
C．after-class activities for students
D．ways to meet a full class schedule

As 17-year-old Norwood drove through St. Petersburg, Florida, last February, the laughter and chatter from the four teenage girls inside her car quickly gave way to screams. As they approached a crossroad, another car T-boned them, sending their black car sailing into the yard of a nearby house, coming to a stop only when it crashed into a tree.
As smoke rose from the other car, a bystander shouted, “It’s about to blow up! Get out!” .The impact had caved in Norwood’s driver’s side door, jamming it shut. Shaken, but still OK, she crawled out through the window. Along with two of her friends, who’d also managed to free themselves, she ran for her life.
But halfway down the street, she realized that her best friend, Simmons, wasn’t with them. Norwood ran back to the seriously damaged car and found Simmons lying in the back seat. “She wasn’t moving,” Norwood told the reporter. She threw open the back door and pulled her friend out, avoiding the broken glass as best she could. She dragged Simmons a few feet to safety and laid her on the ground. “I checked her pulse.” Nothing. “I put my head against her chest.” No sign of life. “That’s when I started CPR.”
If the accident had happened a few weeks earlier, she might not have known what to do. But Norwood, who wants to pursue a career in medicine, had earned her CPR certificate just the day before. Kneeling on the lawn and looking down at her dying friend, Norwood knew she had precious little time to practice what she’d learned.
She started pressing Simmons’s chest with her crossed fingers and breathing into her friend’s mouth in hopes of filling her lungs with the kiss of life. No response. And then, after the 30th press, Simmons began coughing and gasping for air. The CPR had worked!
Soon, an ambulance arrived and rushed Simmons to the hospital, where she received stitches(缝合) for a wound in her forehead. And then she heard how her best friend had saved her life. “I wasn’t shocked,” said Simmons. “She will always help any way she can.”
4．Norwood ran back to the damaged car just in order to ______.
A．practice CPR B．help her friend out
C．open the back door D．stop the explosion
5．Which of the following words can best describe Norwood?
A．Brave. B．Creative. C．Ambitious. D．Optimistic.
6．What’s the best title of the passage?
A．Pursuit of dream B．Breath of life
C．Recovery from injury D．Loss of memory

Gas boilers, which are popular as a choice for heating our homes, are filled with problems. Lack of room-by-room control means you could be left cold and unhappy, meanwhile possibly polluting the environment with harmful gases. The inefficiency of gas heaters could also cost you hundreds of pounds in repairs.
The Future is Electric
The Fischer EB is an electric boiler that has been built with the future in mind. With no need for outside water tanks (置水箱), the Fischer EB is a modern and efficient heating solution to replace your outdated heating. Made from a special steel, Fischer EB is built to last and simple to operate. And with no additional need for servicing, you can enjoy peace of mind knowing there is no risk of your boiler breaking down.
Complete Control
Fischer EB comes with a wireless thermostat (恒温计) that has been designed for easy and simple use. Program your Fischer EB boiler to make sure you are getting the right temperature when you need it. No wasted heat, no wasted energy and no more fear when the weather takes a turn for the worse. At the touch of a button you will experience the warmth and comfort of Fischer EB．
Make a difference to the environment
Fischer Electric Boilers run only on electricity, meaning if you are supplied with renewable energy you can heat your home without worrying about any harmful gases or pollutants. Installation (安装) is easy and simple. You can relax when knowing there is no need for maintaining or service.
A cleaner future
Act now! Apply an energy efficient Fischer Electric boiler and replace your huge, inefficient gas or oil boiler. Benefit from controllability and comfort this winter. You can learn more about Fischer EB by calling 0800 1032 672 or by visiting the website at: www.fischerfurureheat. com.
7．The Fischer EB is environmental friendly mainly because ______.
A．it runs only on electricity B．it’s simple to operate
C．it costs less money in repairs D．it’s easy to maintain
8．With a Fischer EB, people can control the temperature by ______.
A．using a special steel B．programming the boiler
C．installing a water tank D．adding an extra button
9．The purpose of the passage is to ______.
A．find an applicant B．share a technology
C．introduce a service D．promote a product

ECycling refers to the recycling of electronic items, which are becoming a common problem in American home and throughout the world. The EPA, or Environmental Protection Agency, has actually started a program to help and motivate the recycling of electronics.
To get the program to the regional and neighborhood levels, the EPA directed “Plug-In to eCycling Partners”. These partnerships support electronic reusing programs in individual communities. They provide local governments, retailers and manufacturers with opportunities to reuse and recycle their items. Those who make and offer electronic devices then promote programs and opportunities for consumers to reuse their second-hand electronic products. One of the EPA’s goals is to enlighten customers about why the recycling of electronics is so important. They likewise wish to make eCycling chances easily accessible to specific consumers and their family electronics. According to the EPA, the eCycling program has actually been quite successful. In 2008, the EPA collected 66.5 million pounds of electronic devices through their Plug-In Partners.
Local governments have actually likewise got on board and passed laws intended to handle used electronic devices. Huge corporations have actually introduced eCycling programs at their local retail stores. One seller offers customers small, medium and big boxes for sale, which the customers then load with used electronics and go back to the store. Typically, customers bring their recyclable electronics to a location. When the electronic items are gathered by the EPA (typically this is done by the Partners), they are reused or recycled.
Reused items are repaired and refurbished, and passed on to others as a contribution. You can repair or recondition your very own electronic devices too, extending the life of the items and conserving the energy of making new materials. Reusing electronic devices includes making use of the products and parts of the items. These materials and parts are then made use of to produce another item. This is more efficient than making items from new materials.
Some items that are commonly eCycled consist of televisions, computer monitors, printers, notebook computer, keyboards and cable televisions. Less usual items include copying machines, CD players, voice mail machines, computer hard drives, mobile telephones, remote controls, radios, batteries, telephones, facsimile machines and computer games. Occasionally, electronic items such as microwaves, fans, vacuums, smoke alarms, and toasters are eCycled.
As the eCycling program continues, you or your organization may want to get involved. Check the EPA’s internet site (www.epa.gov) for regional eCycling programs, or for details on how your company can participate. Their website has links to organizations that are taking part in the eCycling program.
10．The EPA brought about “Plug-In to eCycling Partners” to ________.
A．make and offer electronic devices to consumers
B．make customers understand the importance of eCycling
C．make it possible for consumers to reuse their used e-products
D．make the program accessible to local regions and communities
11．The Plug-In Partners are mainly engaged in ________.
A．offering customers different boxes for sale
B．reusing second-hand e-products
C．gathering recyclable electronics
D．repairing electronic device
12．What is the main purpose of this passage?
A．To call on local governments to support Plug-In Partners.
B．To attract people to join in the eCycling programs.
C．To teach customers how to recycle electronics.
D．To introduce a new way to save costs.

When I give public lectures about the climate crisis, the most common question people pose is: “Are you an optimist or a pessimist?”
My answer is yes. California has achieved dramatic emissions reductions in a thriving economy, which makes me hopeful, yet in general the fossil-fuel industry is determined not to change. The second most common question is: “What can I, personally, do?”
That’s a tough one. The major drivers of climate change are collective enterprises such as power grids, industry, large-scale agriculture and transportation systems. Substantial emissions reductions in these settings most likely will not come from personal actions; they will come from laws and policies such as carbon-pricing systems, revised building codes and supports for green investment.
Some people have argued that calls for individual action actually distract us from corporate responsibility. That could explain why the fossil-fuel industry is fond of such requests. Oil giant BP popularized and promoted the idea of a carbon footprint, deflecting attention to its customers who, it suggests, should take personal responsibility by lowering their carbon footprints. One study found that focusing on individual activity actually undermines support for more effective policy initiatives such as a carbon tax. Another problem with personal behavior is that people do not like to be told what to do.
Yet individual acts can grow into influential group activity. One effective act, and one that can be amplified, is to eat less red meat. Cutting meat consumption is a powerful and personal thing most Americans can do to tackle the climate crisis, and they can do it immediately. About 40 percent of greenhouse gases come from agriculture, deforestation and other land-use changes. Meat — particularly beef — drives climate change in two ways: first, through cows’ emission of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, and second, by destroying forests as they are converted to grazing land to satisfy the global demand for beef. By eating less beef, we can start to decrease that demand. You do not have to become a vegan to do this. If every person in the U.S. cut their meat consumption by 25 percent, it would reduce annual greenhouse gas emissions by 1 percent. That might not sound like a lot, but it would help protect the rain forest, so the positive effects — including reduced water and fertilizer use, improved biodiversity and safeguarded rights of indigenous peoples — would be amplified.
Perhaps most important, social action is contagious — in a good way. If lots of us begin to eat less meat and if we talk about it constructively, we will likely influence others. Pretty soon the 1 percent reduction becomes 2 percent or more. Reduced demand for meat could motivate my local supermarket to carry better produce, making it easier for me and my neighbors to prepare a few more satisfying meat-free meals. Ultimately changes in demand will influence industry. Forty years ago few mainstream supermarkets carried organic products; now nearly all do. Consumer demand did that.
Cutting back on red meat also has the added benefit of being good for your health. So while I wouldn’t advise governments to order people to stop eating hamburgers, if anyone asks, “What can I do?” a simple and accurate answer is: “Eat less meat. It’s in your control, and you can begin right now. It benefits both you and the planet.”
13．Which one plays the most decisive role in emissions reductions according to the passage?
A．Individual actions. B．Fossil-fuel industries.
C．The thriving economy. D．Effective laws and policies.
14．What do we learn from the passage?
A．Indigenous peoples turn forests into grazing land.
B．Meat is considered as the biggest driver of climate change.
C．Small individual acts can make a big difference collectively.
D．Most Americans have to become vegans to tackle the climate crisis.
15．What does the underlined word “contagious” in Paragraph 6 mean?
A．Appealing. B．Poisonous. C．Harmonious. D．Spreading.
16．What is the purpose of the author writing this passage？
A．To explain ways to reduce carbon footprint.
B．To persuade people to cut meat consumption.
C．To evaluate the effects of healthy eating habits.
D．To argue against the emission policies of industries.

About 20 years ago, Daniel Hoffman, a classically trained violinist met a young musician playing in the town square in Marrakech, an ancient city in Morocco. They communicated in the little French they both knew, but their main common language was music. On the back of a motorbike of the fellow violinist, Hoffman weaved through the back streets of the city and then learned his first lessons in Andalusian music, the classical music of North Africa.
That experience gave birth to an idea: What would it be like to try to learn how to play different violin styles around the world in just one week? Oh. yes, and at the end of that week, play a concert. He even got a name for the concept “musical extreme sports”.
It took him almost two decades to launch that dream with a friend, who introduced him to the wonders of Kickstarter, a funding platform for creative projects. Up to now, the dream has taken the form of a new documentary currently airing on American public television stations called “Otherwise, It’s Just Firewood.”
In the documentary, Hoffman travels to County Clare, Ireland, where he takes lessons with James Kelly, a master Irish violin player, for less than a week and then performs together with him in front of an audience, many of whom are star Irish musicians.
The film is what Hoffman hopes will be the first of an eventual series of short documentaries, showing him learning to play the violin in a variety of styles, including the folk music of south India, Sweden, Greece, Romania, and West Virginia.
That would add to his extensive repertoire (全部曲目), which already includes Balkan, Middle Eastern, and Turkish styles. “The big joke is what’s the difference between the fiddle and the violin? It’s the person who plays it,” says Niall Keegan, a traditional flute player. “It’s the music you make on it that makes it Irish or English or French or classical or jazz or whatever else. It’s how we imagine it and how we create through it that make it and give it character.”
“Otherwise, it’s just firewood,” he says, words that became the film’s title.
17．Where does Hoffman’s idea of musical extreme sports come from?
A．His exploration of the local music.
B．His cooperation with the young violinist.
C．His sightseeing tour on a motorbike seat.
D．His constantly changing taste in violin styles.
18．According to the passage, the series of documentaries ________.
A．help Hoffman to become a master violin player
B．are funded by American public television stations
C．introduce different styles of musicians around the world
D．record Hoffman’s experience in learning various violin styles
19．The title of the documentary “Otherwise, It’s Just Firewood” is used to emphasize ________.
A．the power of diversified artistic expression
B．the pleasure in learning traditional music
C．the technique of instrument playing
D．the importance of famous artists

While youth is often a time of great promise and achievement, a life well lived can also be filled with any number of next chapters and second or even third — acts that add depth, nuance (细微差别), and meaning to our stories. At 65 years old, Somerset native Carole-Ann Warburton experienced a plot twist that led to the fulfillment of a long-cherished dream she’d never even spoken of aloud.
After an illness incapacitated (使失去正常生活能力) her, Warburton was left with the question of what to do going forward. During her convalescence (康复), her daughter brought around some real estate listings for the sort of homes in which she thought her mum might best spend her golden years. Coincidentally, amongst the notices was an offering for a small barbershop with an above-stairs apartment.
For Warburton, although she admitted “the place was awful”, it was love at first sight and the perfect opportunity to do something she’d longed to do for almost as long as she could remember — work in a bookshop. Less than three months after coming to her decision, Warburton handed in her retirement notice, sold her house, bought the store, and using a personal inventory (库存) totaling between 8,000 and 9,000 titles — she launched her new bookshop, The Book Rest.
A decade on, The Book Rest recently celebrated its 10th anniversary. Although the pandemic has slowed foot traffic, since Warburton’s driving motive isn’t monetary profit, but rather, something of a deeper, more special personal value, she has no plans to close up the shop.
Having achieved her own dream, Warburton sees every day in the bookstore as an opportunity to help others realise theirs as well. “All the dreams are in the books,” she told The Guardian. “They are all there waiting to be picked up... Someone can walk in tomorrow and say, I have been looking for that for an awfully long time!” And as gatekeeper to her own small universe of literary wonders, Warburton says she plans to stay around as long as she can to ensure that they do.
20．What does the author want to say in the first paragraph?
A．There are possibilities at any stage of life. B．One should grasp the youth to make achievements.
C．Changing the way of life is crucial at the age of 65. D．Realising a long-cherished dream is all that matters in life.
21．What did Warburton do to seek her dream?
A．She invested much money in opening a bookstore.
B．She used her possessions to develop real-estate business.
C．She started her career with her daughter in a small barbershop.
D．She sought her daughter’s advice on where to rent the apartment.
22．What makes Warburton want to keep her bookstore open?
A．Her strong desire to attract more customers. B．The increasing decline of economic situations.
C．The huge financial burden of illness treatment. D．Her seeking of an inner world of self-fulfillment.
23．Which of the following can best describe Warburton?
A．Curious and ambitious. B．Brave and adventurous.
C．Creative and pioneering. D．Enthusiastic and determined.

Matt Doogue, a 34-year-old nature photographer, had been suffering from depression when he first found his passion for taking pictures of insects and his work is now featured in National Geographic. He says that he tried to take his own life nine years ago after hitting rock bottom. “In the beginning, I was so paranoid (多疑的) and angry that I couldn’t leave the house,” says Doogue. “When I attempted to end my life, I knew I needed to see someone. I went to the doctors and got treatment, but I knew that I needed something more and that’s when I started photography.”
Now a dad of two, Doogue found that looking at insects through a camera helped him in ways he could never have imagined and it proved to be the lifeline he needed. It had a calming effect that helped him to disconnect from stress; and his astonishing images, showing insects and spiders in amazing detail against brightly colored backgrounds, caught the eye of publishers at National Geographic. “I ended up as one of their featured photographers,” recalled Doogue. “It was the peak of my career. It was incredible.”
Originally from Salford, Greater Manchester, he now lives in Armadale, West Lothian, Scotland. Though he fears that Scotland is in the middle of an epidemic (流行病) of male suicide, he believes that sharing his love of nature photography can help others to cope with their mental health issues as well. “I think the problem is this man-up approach; the idea that men need to be strong puts so much pressure on young males to be fine all the time,” says Doogue. “This is why I try and be so open about my own experience. Whenever I am out with my camera, I don’t think about my other worries. It is just me and the environment around me. You can lose yourself in a spider making its web.”
24．What does paragraph 1 mainly tell us about Doogue?
A．Why Doogue wanted to end his life. B．Why Doogue took up photography.
C．How Doogue became depressed. D．When Doogue turned photographer.
25．How did photography benefit Doogue?
A．It gave him a new way to express himself. B．It provided him with life-saving skills.
C．It helped him to escape from pressure. D．It offered him an opportunity to explore nature.
26．What causes Scottish men to develop mental health problems?
A．The way men employ to solve problems.
B．The lack of love for men’s life and work.
C．The worry that men get separated from people.
D．The belief that men are expected to be strong.
27．What is the main purpose of the author in writing the text?
A．To warn the seriousness of mental problems.
B．To show the benefits of nature photography.
C．To introduce Doogue’s fighting depression.
D．To advise the readers to get close to nature.

Sleeping with a dim light like a television or nightlight is enough to the raise blood sugar and heart rates of healthy people, according to a new study. Light helps our body maintain an internal clock, but artificial light at night can interrupt the rest and repair that should happen during the sleep. New research suggests that even when our eyes are closed, a small amount of light can disrupt the way our bodies normally keep our blood sugar within a healthy range.
In the study published in Sciences on Monday, scientists asked 20 participants ages 19 to 36 to spend two nights in their lab. On the first night of sleep, the volunteers slept in a very dark room. For their second night of sleep, half of the group snoozed with a small light like the glow of television at night, or streetlights through a window—and half spent their second night in a dark room.
During the trial, all participants were connected to devices that measured different markers of their sleep quality. They were each connected via a special tube, allowing researchers to collect samples without waking the individual. Researchers also recorded participants’ heart rates and brain waves.
When the volunteers awoke in the morning, the team tested their blood sugar and found that participants that slept in rooms with a dim light spent less time in deep sleep. In addition to having slightly worse blood sugar control, the group exposed to dim light had a higher heart rate on average. “By comparison, those that spend two nights in the dark room had little difference in their blood sugar control. They thought they slept well, but your brain knows that the lights are on,” says Zee, “you should clearly pay attention to the light in your bedroom. If you can’t give up your night light, keep it dim and at floor level.”
Earlier work has linked exposure to light during sleep to an increased risk of obesity in women. Zee recommends, “make sure that you start dimming your lights at least an hour or two before you go to bed to prepare your environment for sleep.”
28．What did the underlined word “disrupt” in paragraph 1 mean?
A．bother B．keep C．disagree D．follow
29．How did the researchers draw a conclusion from the study?
A．By analyzing the data from scientific texts. B．By conducting the experiments.
C．Using questionnaires. D．By comparing earlier work.
30．What did the study find if the participants slept in dark rooms?
A．The participants would have a higher heart rate.
B．The participants would have higher blood sugar.
C．The participants’ blood sugar control would not change.
D．The participants actually sleep more than average.
31．Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?
A．Sleeping With a Dim Light Can Raise Health Problems
B．How to Sleep Well With a Dim Light
C．Sleep Well, Eat Well, Good Health
D．The Darker, the Lower Blood Sugar

Online Level 1 Course
OVERVIEW
The Online Level 1 Course includes two components:
A self-paced online course that can be completed at home. The course begins with lecture-based and interactive instruction on the fundamental principles and movements of CrossFit and ends with a 50-question multiple-choice test.
A live webinar (网络研讨会), where participants can engage in a Q&A with CrossFit’s top coaches and receive coaching through foundational movements in a small group setting.
WEBINAR TIME ZONES
All Level 1 webinar start times are displayed in Pacific Time, but start times have been varied to accommodate participants in different time zones and provide options that will support our worldwide CrossFit trainer community.
Please note: All participants must complete the online part of this course before their webinar.
PREPARATION
Read the Level 1 Certificate Course Participant Handbook.
Study the CrossFit Level 1 Training Guide.
PRICE
Currency Course Price Preferential Price
USD         $1000          $750
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Is there a deadline to register for the online Level 1 webinar?
Registration for each live webinar offering is available until the webinar is full or the course begins, whichever comes first. However, completion of the online course is required prior to registering for your webinar.
What equipment is required to take the Online Level 1 Course and webinar?
For the online course and test, you will need a personal electronic device with an active internet connection. A laptop or tablet is recommended. The webinar is held on the Zoom platform.
How and when are certificates delivered?
Certificates are individually mailed and can take four to six weeks to arrive for those living in the United States and eight to twelve weeks for those living outside the United States.
32．Which of the following is required to register for the webinar?
A．Having a Q&A with CrossFit’s top coaches.
B．Completing an online course.
C．Being the first one to register.
D．Paying $1, 000 for the fees.
33．What might “Zoom” be in the answer to Question 2?
A．An online translator.
B．A famous computer brand.
C．A method of connecting to the internet.
D．An online audio and video conferencing tool.
34．When will Jenny in London get her certificate after finishing the course?
A．In at least a week.
B．In at least four weeks.
C．In at least six weeks.
D．In at least eight weeks.

Four Pre-College Summer Science Programs
Sustainable Animal Husbandry
This 3-week program is worth attending! In addition to some lectures and class discussions, students will also tour a variety of animal farms, practice animal handling techniques, and learn about the relationships between domestic (家养的) animals and humans.
Where: Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
How Much: $6,310 including tuition (学费) and room & board
Biological Research and the Health Professions
You will spend six weeks exploring different aspects of life as a researcher or doctor in this program. Activities include dissecting (解剖) a chicken with a world-famous zoologist, learning about non-traditional medical therapies (疗法), measuring electrical communication signals in living fish, talking with a top cancer researcher, and much, much more.
Where: Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
How Much: $12,825 including tuition and room & board
Clark Scholars Program
The seven-week summer research program offers students an opportunity for hands-on practical research with leading researchers and members of Texas Tech University. This unique opportunity, which includes weekly discussions and field trips, also pays students a $750 tax-free stipend (津贴) and provides room and board.
Where: Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
How Much: Students receive a $750 tax-free stipend
Program in Mathematics for Young Scientists
Mathematics is an important part of science, and this 6-week program is the perfect summer program for ambitious and motivated students to improve their math skills. They’ll team up with other students, research mathematicians, and professors, and visit scientists for a typical day of number theory lectures, seminars, independent and group work and research, hands-on experiments, and plenty of fun activities.
Where: Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
How Much: $6,600 including tuition and room & board
35．Which program best suits a student interested in farming?
A．Clark Scholars Program.
B．Sustainable Animal Husbandry.
C．Program in Mathematics for Young Scientists.
D．Biological Research and the Health Professions.
36．What can you engage in without having to pay?
A．Practical research. B．Medical therapies.
C．Animal science. D．Mathematics.
37．What does each of the four programs provide?
A．Field trips. B．Class discussions.
C．Hands-on activities. D．Interviews with scientists.

It is a general belief among academics that the humanities are in crisis. According to Harvard historian James Hankins, part of the problem is the dominance of “critical” reading over “primary” reading. Primary reading takes a text at face value and simply tries to understand what the author intended to say. Critical reading assumes an author’s statements can never be taken at face value. Instead, they must be “seen through” to expose the text’s real meaning, which is determined in accord with this or that fashionable theory.
Mr. Hankins says primary reading “must be recovered” for higher education in the humanities to be effective. I would go further. Primary reading isn’t important only for the humanities, or even for education more generally. The restoration of primary reading could be a crucial weapon in fighting the “idle talk” that troubles American society.
Idle talk was philosopher Martin Heidegger’s term for inauthentic discourse(不可信的言辞). It involves adopting and circulating others’ opinions about something without ever personally engaging that thing for yourself. People engaged in idle talk speak in accord with expectations for their particular identity or role. They hold and express the opinions a person in their role is expected to hold.
Idle talk can be harmless. Each year my mother forms strong opinions about which films should win Academy Awards without seeing any of them, after reading articles by critics she favors. But idle talk can also be dangerous. Consider journalism. The norm nowadays is for one reporter to break a story, followed by dozens or hundreds of journalists recycling that content. They may add a little spin of their own but rarely look into the issue for themselves—even when this would require but a few clicks and a couple of minutes to read a legislative(法律的) text. Some journalists even just search social media for the story of the day and rewrite it in their own words.
The Covid pandemic highlighted the problem, from exclusion of those daring to discuss the tradeoffs of lockdowns to the promotion of masks as a political identity marker completely disconnected from medical or scientific justification. Not to mention the misleading statement that arose over “the science” and the social trend to “follow” it.
Social media has contributed to the spread of idle talk. Authentic discourse requires time, effort and good-faith engagement, but social media tends to encourage the opposite. As journalists comment on every topic, however small or traditionally unnewsworthy, the all-knowing chorus of global gossip becomes a roaring crowd. Social media raises this voice, pushing it into user feeds 24/7. We hear about everything, and we can’t hear about anything without also being told what opinion we should have about it. Opinions before facts; know what to think about something before actually looking into it for yourself. And really, why even bother with that?
Primary reading isn’t only something the humanities need. Our entire culture needs its value to be recognized and restored.
38．What do we know from the first two paragraphs?
A．Primary reading focuses on the deep meaning.
B．Critical reading leads to the crisis in humanities.
C．Critical reading is generally preferred nowadays.
D．Primary reading once dominated higher education.
39．What does the underlined word “spin” in paragraph 4 probably mean?
A．Practice. B．Priority. C．Investigation. D．Interpretation.
40．What does the author think of idle talk?
A．It broadens people’s understanding.
B．It affects independent thinking ability.
C．It shakes people’s trust in news report.
D．It promotes the advance of social media.
41．What message does the author convey?
A．Readers should stay away from idle talk.
B．Readers should read original texts carefully.
C．Readers should limit the impact of social media.
D．Readers should take a balanced view on reading.

There is a connection I feel with horses that is unlike anything I have ever experienced. They can be frightening because of their size, speed and unpredictability, but they also force you to be calm. I think that was the smartest thing my first riding teacher taught me when I was seven: if you’re calm, they will be calm.
I have never owned a horse, but for a year I got to take care of a pony, Baronet, that I had found abandoned when I was 11. I had moved to England for the second time in my short life. This period was filled with anxiety and instability and there were a lot of unaccompanied moments.
I saw him one day while I was out walking in the woods. He was staring at me from where he stood, wild and dirty. I just went to him and he came to me. I found the farmer who owned him, who said he was a lost cause: “Too difficult,” he said. When I asked if I could care for him, he didn’t hesitate: “Sure, take him.”
He wasn’t trained. He was stubborn and picky and angry. He had been labelled “difficult” just as I was labelled “Sunshine Girl”. It’s not a good thing to be labelled. “Sunshine Girl” made me feel like I couldn’t complain. I didn’t want to make anyone unhappy. I always felt I had to go with the flow.
Baronet saved me that year. He gave my life a sense of purpose and meaning. I would wake up early and walk two miles to the barn to feed him and try to train him, and the moment I came home from school I would run back to the barn to spend time with him.
Looking back, I see Baronet as a wonder. In some magical way I found Baronet when I needed him most and, as sad as I was to leave him at the end of the year, when we moved yet again, I saw the progress we had made together. Seeing that I could make a difference was a huge awakening for me as a child.
42．How did the writer probably feel when moving to England?
A．Worried. B．Surprised. C．Puzzled. D．Excited.
43．What did the farmer probably mean by saying “he was a lost cause”?
A．Baronet was always alone.
B．Baronet could easily get lost.
C．Baronet could hardly survive.
D．Baronet was hard to deal with.
44．How did Baronet influence the writer?
A．It taught her not to complain.
B．It inspired her to be easygoing.
C．It helped her to get over loneliness.
D．It encouraged her to accept her label.

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45．What is a must for your taking the course?
A．A peaceful room. B．Access to the Internet.
C．An advanced computer. D．Basic knowledge of programming language.
46．What can we learn about the course?
A．It prepares students for university exams.
B．It provides downloadable resources.
C．It involves face-to-face activities.
D．It focuses on foreign languages.
47．Where is the text most probably taken from?
A．A report. B．A newspaper.
C．A poster. D．A webpage.

Several years ago, I read about William Helmreich walking every street in New York City. I thought, “I can do that for Montreal.” With little hesitation, I devoted the next five years of my life to the project.
I’m a keen walker, but I did little preparation for this undertaking. All I did was to buy a map. It didn’t even show all of Montreal. So, when I say I walked every street in Montreal, I actually walked the full length of every street on my map.
I never walked through any shabby neighborhoods. From one end of my map to the other, all houses were well looked after. People went to great lengths to decorate their homes, and with this came one of the great pleasures of my walks: the different measures they took to decorate their frontage(正面).
I discovered that pigs are a popular decorative element throughout the city. The type that is dressed up as humans, I mean. I saw pigs wearing dresses, shirts, and even swimming costumes. They weren’t the only animals around either. One garden’s giant moose was particularly eye-catching.
Every outing has its wonders. Never assume a neighborhood has little of interest to offer. You must be trained to seek out strange things. Otherwise, you might never spot the clothes on the sidewalks. If I stopped to collect everything I saw lying around abandoned, I could fit out a small country. Where did they come from? How did people lose their shoes while out walking? A puzzle.
There was enough fun in my walks that I’d have a few laughs and come home lighter-hearted than when I left.
As my project progressed, I felt like I owned the city. I could get off at any subway station and my feet remembered the route to the best shops. They also conveniently recalled the location of the closest washrooms.
Anyone can get in on this walking game. I admit with some shame, I used to feel completely fulfilled huddled(蜷缩) in my part of town but walking its streets has truly opened my eyes to Montreal’s full menu. So just head to a neighborhood to nose around. I can assure you that you’ll feel like a pioneer with the discoveries you bring back.
48．Why did the author decided to walk the streets of Montreal?
A．Her friends told her to do so.
B．She wanted to do some research.
C．She wanted to get some exercise.
D．She was inspired by somcone’s experience.
49．What do we know about houses in Montreal?
A．Many houses are abandoned.
B．All houses are decorated with pigs.
C．People enjoy decorating their houses.
D．Most people keep pets in their houses.
50．What amazed the author during her trips?
A．Large numbers of houses.
B．The decoration of subway stations.
C．The clothes deserted on sidewalks.
D．Animals walking on the streets.
51．How did the author feel on her walk?
A．Cheerful and satisfied. B．Thrilled and energetic
C．Relieved and grateful. D．Puzzled and disappointed

The morning had been a disaster. My tooth was aching, and I’d been in an argument with a friend. Her words still hurt, “ The trouble with you is that you won’t put yourself in my place. Can’t you see things from my point of view? ” I shook my head stubbornly-and felt the ache in my tooth. I’d thought I could hold out till my dentist came back from holiday, but the pain was really unbearable. I started calling the dentists in the phone book, but no one could see me immediately. Finally, at about lunchtime, I got lucky.
“ If you come by right now, ” the receptionist said, “ the dentist will fit you in. ”
I took my purse and keys and rushed to my car. But suddenly I began to doubt about the dentist. What kind of dentist would be so eager to treat someone at such short notice? Why wasn’t he as busy as the others?
In the dentist’s office, I sat down and looked around. I saw nothing but the bare walls and I became even more worried. The assistant noticed my nervousness and placed her warm hand over my icecold one.
When I told her my fears, she laughed and said, “ Don’t worry. The dentist is very good. ”
“ How long do I have to wait for him? ” I asked impatiently.
“ Come on, he is coming. Just lie down and relax. And enjoy the artwork, ” the assistant said.
“ The artwork? ”I was puzzled.
The chair went back. Suddenly I smiled. There was a beautiful picture, right where I could enjoy it: on the ceiling. How considerate the dentist was! At that moment, I began to understand what my friend meant by her words.
What a relief!
52．Which of the following best describes the author’s feeling that morning?
A．Upset. B．Nervous. C．Cheerful. D．Satisfied.
53．What made the author begin to doubt about the dentist?
A．The laughing assistant of the dentist.
B．The surroundings of the dentist’s office.
C．The dentist’s being as busy as the other dentists.
D．The dentist’s agreeing to treat her at very short notice.
54．Why did the author suddenly smile?
A．Because the dentist came at last. B．Because she could relax in the chair.
C．Because she saw a picture on the ceiling. D．Because the assistant kept comforting her.
55．What did the author learn from her experience most probably?
A．Strike while the iron is hot. B．Put oneself in other’s shoes.
C．A friend in need is a friend indeed. D．Have a good word for one’s friend.

Pre-College Program Courses
The Harvard Pre-College Program will be hosting all courses online for Summer 2021. To encourage interactive learning, class sizes are small and typically range from 12 to 18 students. In this collegial setting, you will practice the art of healthy debates, learn to communicate clearly on complex topics, and deliver presentations on your own research, all under the guidance of Harvard instructors for a true Ivy League experience. At the end of the program, you will receive a written evaluation from your instructor, as well as a Harvard transcript with a grade of AR or NM (“requirements met” or “requirements not met”). Please note: You need to attend every online class in its entirety to receive a passing grade of “Met All Requirements”.
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• Jul 5—Aug 16, Mon. to Thurs., 8:30—11:00 am
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What is care? How can and do communities encourage care as a tool for building healing and hope? This course requires students not only to ask how they might engage in caring acts with their own communities, but to complete a locally based community project that brings care.
Course: Introduction to neuroscience
• Jul 7—Jul 25, Wed. to Fri., Noon—3:00 pm
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This course is an introduction to the nervous system, with emphasis on the structure and function of the human brain.
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• Jul 1—Jul 22, Thurs. to Sat., 8:00—11:30 am
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This course introduces students to college writing by taking them through the steps required to complete a five page analytic essay. Students read a range of classic and contemporary short stories, and develop strategies for careful close reading via class discussion and in-class exercises.
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• Jun 17—Jul 29, Sun. to Thurs., 3:15—6:15 pm
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What causes cities to grow, and what limits their growth? What are the costs of urban living, and how can they be overcome? We examine a range of major urban issues from an economic view: traffic and transportation; water, public health and the role of cities in generating economic growth and technological innovation.
56．What is the function of the first paragraph?
A．To explain the requirements of the courses.
B．To introduce the program instructors.
C．To offer an overview of the program.
D．To present the contents of the program.
57．Which course can you take if you are available on Friday afternoons in July?
A．Care in Critical Times. B．College Writing.
C．Introduction to neuroscience. D．The Economics of Cities.
58．Whose course should you choose if you are fond of modern short story?
A．Andrea Wright’s. B．Martin T. Greenup’s.
C．Grace Francis’s. D．Thomas Shay Hill’s.

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If you are worn out, stressed out, or just looking forward to relaxing your mind, body, and spirit, please join me for 75 minutes of gentle yoga. My mission is to make yoga accessible to everyone, regardless of race, age, gender, income level, or body size. The primary goal of the class is to help you find a small bit of peace and relaxation during stressful time. No experience necessary.
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All classes are taught via TikTok from Los Angeles, California. You will receive a TikTok link about 30 minutes before class begins. Registration closes one hour before class begins. Only the first 500 applicants to join TikTok will be admitted to the class.
Frequently asked questions:
What time does the class start?
I am located in Los Angeles, California. Class is on Saturday at 6 pm. If you are located in a different time zone and are confused or unsure of when that is, here is a link to a world clock that will allow you to type in Los Angeles and your city to figure out when the class will begin: https://wrwrw.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meeting.html
What do I need?
Just a pillow and a blanket or towel. It doesn’t matter what kind—whatever you have at home will work just fine.
What should I wear?
I recommend wearing whatever makes you feel comfortable like sweatpants or shorts. The main purpose for the class is simply relaxation so we won’t be getting sweaty but you’ll need to wear something you can move around in a little.
What if I don’t want to be on camera?
No worries! You are more than welcome to turn your camera off. You will still be able to see and hear me but you won’t have to be seen if you prefer not to be.
59．What is a must to attend the online yoga class?
A．A slim figure. B．Being under 60 years old.
C．Being the first 500 applicants. D．A high salary.
60．What is the link to a world clock used for in the text?
A．Signing up for the yoga class.
B．Making sure of the time of the class.
C．Knowing more about the class.
D．Waiting to be admitted to the class.
61．What can we know about the yoga class?
A．One can’t attend it without a camera.
B．A towel is a must to wipe out the sweat.
C．It can be attended from Monday to Friday.
D．One should wear clothes that suit movements.

Alone in the wilderness. Nothing but jungle. A world of shadow with the rays of light falling like blonde hair from the crowns of the giant trees. Jungle in the midday sun. Everything motionless. Not a sound from sky or earth. Complete silence. Only some coconuts falling, at long intervals, very far away. The world reduced to the soft touch of cool grass along my naked back, and a sweet smell of rich soil and vegetation. Stretched out with closed eyes beside my heavy burden of fruit and firewood, I enjoyed the feeling of fresh blood streaming through every part of my body and fresh jungle air filling every corner of my lungs.
Resting motionless, I could see the sun through my closed eyelids, alone in the sky, as lonely as I, and as motionless and silent as everything else. The earth had surely stopped turning and somewhere on this planet there was supposed to be roaring traffic in busy streets. What a crazy, unbelievable thought!
Another coconut fell, to make the world come to a complete standstill. I had to roll over onto my stomach to feel that at least I could move and make noises. Then I found company. A little brown ant was struggling to find its way with a bit of dry straw through the jungle of leaves and grass below my nose. I wondered if I could give the little fellow a lift with its burden, but it showed not the slightest sign of tiredness and struggled on with all six legs, head first or head last, waving its feelers energetically as if the trip had just started. Who ever saw a tired ant? Tiredness, disagreeable tiredness, is restricted to hunted animals, slaves and modern man. It is as great an effort for an office clerk to walk five blocks with a loaded brief-case as it is for a jungle-dweller to cross a valley with a goat on his back. It is as hard to get up and climb or run when you have been seated for years as it is to get up and walk when you have been in bed for months. The body is strange. Spare it, and you get really tired for almost nothing; use it, and almost nothing makes you really tired.
I rose to my feet. I had heard a horse neighing down in the valley. Above me, on the open highland plains, there were wild horses. But down in the valley there was never a horse unless there was a man on it. Somebody was making his way up the valley and my wife was alone.
62．The author mentions coconuts’ falling to ________ .
A．show his loneliness B．add beauty to the jungle
C．express his love of nature D．stress the absolute silence
63．How does the author feel about the ant?
A．He admired its attitude toward work.
B．He was amazed at its tireless efforts.
C．He showed sympathy for the little ant.
D．He was content to have it as a companion.
64．It can be inferred from the last paragraph that the author would probably________.
A．make his way home B．stay in the valley
C．work harder than before D．talk to the man on the horse

Humans are fascinated by the source of their failings and virtues. This preoccupation inevitably leads to an old debate: whether nature or nurture (养育) shapes us more. A revolution in genetics has poised this as a modern political question about the character of our society: if personalities are hard-wired into our genes, what can governments do to help us? It feels morally questionable, yet claims of genetic selection by intelligence are making headlines.
This is down to “hereditarian (遗传论的)” science and a recent paper claimed “differences in exam performance between pupils attending extraordinary and ordinary schools mirror the genetic differences between them”. With such an assertion, the work was predictably greeted by a lot of absurd claims about “genetics determining academic success”. What the research revealed was the rather less surprising result: the educational benefits of extraordinary schools largely disappear once pupils’ inborn ability and socio-economic background were taken into account. That is to say, there’s nothing to support strongly either a hereditary or environmental argument.
Yet the paper does say children are “unintentionally genetically selected” by the school system. Central to hereditarian science is a tall claim: that identifiable variations in genetic sequences can predict an individual’s ability to learn, reason and solve problems. This is problematic on many levels. A teacher could not seriously tell a parent their child has a low genetic tendency to study when external factors clearly exist. Unlike-minded academics say the inheritability of human traits is scientifically unsound. At best there is a weak statistical association and not a causal link between DNA and intelligence. Yet sophisticated statistics are used to create a frightening atmosphere of scientific certainty.
While there’s an undoubted genetic basis to individual difference, it is wrong to think that socially defined groups can be genetically accounted for. The fixation on genes as destiny is surely false too. Medical predictability can rarely be based on DNA alone; the environment matters too. Something as complex as intellect is likely to be affected by many factors beyond genes. If hereditarians want to advance their cause it will require more balanced interpretation and not just acts of advocacy. Genetic selection is a way of exerting influence over others, “the ultimate collective control of human destinies,” as writer H. G. Wells put it. Knowledge becomes power and power requires a sense of responsibility. In understanding cognitive (认知的) ability, we must not elevate discrimination to a science: allowing people to climb the ladder of life only as far as their cells might suggest. This will need a more skeptical eye on the science. As technology progresses, we all have a duty to make sure that we shape a future that we would want to find ourselves in.
65．What did a recent research paper claim?
A．The type of school students attend makes a difference to their future.
B．Genetic differences between students are far greater than supposed.
C．Students’ academic performance is somewhat determined by their genes.
D．The advantages of extraordinary schools are too obvious to ignore.
66．What does the author say about the relationship between DNA and intelligence?
A．It is one of scientific certainty. B．It is not one of cause and effect.
C．It is subject to interpretation of statistics. D．It is not fully examined by gene scientists.
67．What do hereditarians need to do to make their claims convincing?
A．Take all relevant factors into account in interpreting their data.
B．Conduct their research using more sophisticated technology.
C．Gather gene data from people of all social classes.
D．Cooperate with social scientists in their research.
68．What does the author warn against in the passage?
A．Losing sight of professional ethics in conducting research.
B．Misunderstanding the findings of human cognition research.
C．Promoting discrimination in the name of science.
D．Exaggerating the power of technology in shaping the world.














参考答案：
1．D 2．A 3．B

【导语】本文是一篇应用文。文章介绍了四份适合大学生的兼职。
1．细节理解题。根据Take class notes部分“Three sites — StudySoup, NexusNotes and Stuvia — offer attractive pay for uploading and selling class notes to other students at your university. (studsoup、NexusNotes和Stuvia这三个网站为上传和出售课堂笔记给你所在大学的其他学生提供了诱人的报酬)”可知，四个选中只有StudySoup允许通过上传课堂笔记来获得报酬。故选D项。
2．细节理解题。根据Charge scooters部分“If you have a late class, there are two benefits to signing up to charge. First, you earn between $5 and $20 for each scooter you return fully charged. You also get to ride the scooters home for free, which isn’t a bad way to get back to your dorm.(如果你有晚课，报名充电有两个好处。首先，每还一辆充满电的小型摩托车，你就能赚5到20美元。你还可以免费骑摩托车回家，这是回宿舍的好方法)”可知，Charge scooters吸引人的地方是它会给为小型摩托车充电的骑车人付钱。故选A项。
3．主旨大意题。通过全文，并结合第一段“Side hustles for college students deliver spending money while still offering the flexibility that a full class schedule requires.(适合大学生的兼职，既能得到零用钱，又能保证完整课程表所要求的灵活性)”可知，本文主要介绍了四份适合大学生的兼职。故选B项。
4．B 5．A 6．B

【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了17岁的Norwood在遭遇车祸后，如何用自己所学的心肺复苏术及时救助了好朋友。
4．细节理解题。根据第三段“But halfway down the street, she realized that her best friend, Simmons, wasn’t with them. Norwood ran back to the seriously damaged car and found Simmons lying in the back seat. “She wasn’t moving,” Norwood told the reporter. She threw open the back door and pulled her friend out, avoiding the broken glass as best she could.(但是走到一半的时候，她发现她最好的朋友Simmons没有和他们在一起。Norwood跑回损坏严重的汽车，发现Simmons,躺在后座上。“她没有动，” Norwood告诉记者。她猛地打开后门，把她的朋友拉了出来，尽量避开破碎的玻璃。)”可知，Norwood跑回受损的汽车是为了帮助她的朋友脱险。故选B。
5．推理判断题。根据第二段第一句“As smoke rose from the other car, a bystander shouted, “It’s about to blow up! Get out!” .（当另一辆车冒出浓烟时，一名旁观者喊道：“就要爆炸了！快出去！”）”和第三段“But halfway down the street, she realized that her best friend, Simmons, wasn’t with them. Norwood ran back to the seriously damaged car and found Simmons lying in the back seat. “She wasn’t moving,” Norwood told the reporter. She threw open the back door and pulled her friend out, avoiding the broken glass as best she could. She dragged Simmons a few feet to safety and laid her on the ground. (但是走到一半的时候，她发现她最好的朋友Simmons没有和他们在一起。Norwood跑回损坏严重的汽车，发现Simmons,躺在后座上。“她没有动，” Norwood告诉记者。她猛地打开后门，把她的朋友拉了出来，尽量避开破碎的玻璃。她把Simmons拖了几英尺到安全的地方，把她放在地上。)”可知，Norwood明知有危险，还去救朋友，表现出了勇敢的品质。故选A。
6．主旨大意题。根据倒数第二段“She started pressing Simmons’s chest with her crossed fingers and breathing into her friend’s mouth in hopes of filling her lungs with the kiss of life.(她开始用交叉的手指按压西蒙斯的胸部，向她朋友的嘴里呼吸，希望能让生命之吻充满她的肺部。)”及全文可知，文章主要讲述的是Norwood在遭遇车祸后，冒着汽车爆炸的危险救出自己的朋友，当发现朋友没有气息时，她又用自己的急救知识为朋友施行心肺复苏术，成功救了自己的朋友。所以朋友重新恢复气息时，象征着朋友活了下来。所以“Breath of life (生命的呼吸)”作为文章标题最为合适。故选B。
7．A 8．B 9．D

【导语】本文是一篇应用文。文章是一则广告，主要介绍了Fischer EB电锅炉。
7．第一句细节理解题。根据第四段“Fischer Electric Boilers run only on electricity, meaning if you are supplied with renewable energy you can heat your home without worrying about any harmful gases or pollutants.( Fischer电锅炉只靠电力运行，这意味着如果你使用的是可再生能源，你就可以为你的家供暖，而不用担心任何有害气体或污染物。)”可知，Fischer电锅炉环保的主要原因是它只靠电力运行。故选A。
8．细节理解题。根据第三段第一二句“Fischer EB comes with a wireless thermostat(恒温计) that has been designed for easy and simple use. Program your Fischer EB boiler to make sure you are getting the right temperature when you need it.(Fischer EB配备了一个无线恒温器，其设计目的是方便和简单的使用。给你的Fischer EB锅炉编程，确保你在需要的时候得到正确的温度。)”可知，人们在使用Fischer EB电锅炉的时候，可以通过对温度编程来控制温度。故选B。
9．推理判断题。根据最后一段前三句“Act now! Apply an energy efficient Fischer Electric boiler and replace your huge, inefficient gas or oil boiler. Benefit from controllability and comfort this winter.(现在就行动！使用节能的Fischer电锅炉，取代你的巨大，低效的燃气或燃油锅炉。这个冬天您将从可控性和舒适性中获益。)”可推断，文章的主要目的是推销这款产品。故选D。
10．D 11．C 12．B

【导语】这是一篇说明文。主要介绍了eCycling这一项目的开展情况和人们的参与情况。
10．细节理解题。根据第二段“To get the program to the regional and neighborhood levels, the EPA directed “Plug-In to eCycling Partners.”(为了将该项目推广到地区和社区层面，美国环境保护署指导了Plug-In to eCycling Partners项目。)”可知，美国环境保护署推出了Plug-In to eCycling Partners计划，是为了使当地地区和社区都可以使用该项目。故选D项。
11．细节理解题。根据第二段“They provide local governments, retailers and manufacturers with opportunities to reuse and recycle their items. Those who make and offer electronic devices then promote programs and opportunities for consumers to reuse their second-hand electronic products.(它们为地方政府、零售商和制造商提供了重复使用和回收其产品的机会。然后，那些制造和提供电子设备的公司会为消费者提供重复使用二手电子产品的项目和机会。)”可知，Plug-In Partners主要从事的活动是收集可回收利用的电子产品。故选C项。
12．推理判断题。根据最后一段“As the eCycling program continues, you or your organization may want to get involved. Check the EPA’s internet site (www.epa.gov) for regional eCycling programs, or for details on how your company can participate. Their website has links to organizations that are taking part in the eCycling program.(随着eCycling计划的继续，您或您的组织可能希望参与其中。查看美国环境保护署的网站（www.epa.gov）了解区域eCycling项目，或了解贵公司如何参与的详细信息。他们的网站上有与参与电子产品回收项目的组织的链接。)”可知，本文的主要目的是吸引人们参加eCycling项目。故选B项。
13．D 14．C 15．D 16．A

【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了通过个人的努力，也可以为减少碳足迹贡献自己的力量。
13．细节理解题。根据第三段“they will come from laws and policies such as carbon-pricing systems, revised building codes and supports for green investment.(它们将来自法律和政策，如碳定价体系、修订的建筑法规和对绿色投资的支持。)”可知，有效的法律和政策在减排中起决定性作用。故选D。
14．推理判断题。根据第五段“Yet individual acts can grow into influential group activity. (然而，个人行为可以发展成有影响力的群体活动。)”及下文所举少吃肉的例子可推断，小的个人行为可以产生大的影响。故选C。
15．词句猜测题。根据划线词后文“Reduced demand for meat could motivate my local supermarket to carry better produce, making it easier for me and my neighbors to prepare a few more satisfying meat-free meals. (如果我们很多人开始少吃肉，如果我们建设性地谈论它，我们很可能会影响其他人。很快，1%的减少就变成了2%或更多。)”可知，社会行动具有传染性。所以contagious为“感染性的；传播性的”之意。故选D。
16．推理判断题。根据最后一段“So while I wouldn’t advise governments to order people to stop eating hamburgers, if anyone asks, “What can I do?” a simple and accurate answer is: “Eat less meat. It’s in your control, and you can begin right now. It benefits both you and the planet.”(所以，虽然我不会建议政府下令人们停止吃汉堡包，但如果有人问：“我能做什么?”一个简单而准确的回答是:“少吃肉。”一切都在你的掌控之中，你现在就可以开始。这对你和地球都有好处。”)”及全文可推断，作者写这篇文章的目的是解释如何通过个人努力减少碳足迹的方法。故选A。
17．A 18．D 19．A

【导语】本文为一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了小提琴家Daniel Hoffman尝试学习如何演奏世界各地不同风格的小提琴，并将这段经历拍成了纪录片。
17．细节理解题。根据第一段“On the back of a motorbike of the fellow violinist, Hoffman weaved through the back streets of the city and then learned his first lessons in Andalusian music, the classical music of North Africa. (坐在小提琴手同伴的摩托车后座上，霍夫曼穿梭于城市的后街，然后开始学习安达卢西亚音乐，这是北非的古典音乐。)”和第二段“That experience gave birth to an idea: What would it be like to try to learn how to play different violin styles around the world in just one week? Oh. yes, and at the end of that week, play a concert. He even got a name for the concept ‘musical extreme sports’. (这段经历让我产生了一个想法：在短短一周的时间里，尝试学习如何演奏世界各地不同风格的小提琴，会是什么感觉?哦。是的，在那个周末，开一场音乐会。他甚至为“音乐极限运动”这个概念取了个名字。)”可知，霍夫曼关于音乐极限运动的想法来自于对北非当地音乐的探索。故选A。
18．细节理解题。根据第五段“The film is what Hoffman hopes will be the first of an eventual series of short documentaries, showing him learning to play the violin in a variety of styles, including the folk music of south India, Sweden, Greece, Romania, and West Virginia. (霍夫曼希望这部电影能成为一系列短纪录片的第一部，展示他如何学习以各种风格拉小提琴，包括南印度、瑞典、希腊、罗马尼亚和西弗吉尼亚州的民间音乐。)”可知，这个系列纪录片记录了霍夫曼学习各种小提琴风格的经历。故选D。
19．推理判断题。根据第六段“‘The big joke is what’s the difference between the fiddle and the violin? It’s the person who plays it,’ says Niall Keegan, a traditional flute player. ‘It’s the music you make on it that makes it Irish or English or French or classical or jazz or whatever else. It’s how we imagine it and how we create through it that make it and give it character.’ (“最大的笑话是fiddle和violin有什么区别?”，传统长笛演奏家尼尔·基根说：“是你在上面演奏的音乐让它成为爱尔兰音乐、英国音乐、法国音乐、古典音乐、爵士乐或其他任何音乐。是我们如何想象它，如何通过它创造，成就并赋予了它个性。”)”可推知，小提琴的价值在于多元的艺术表现，你在上面演奏的音乐赋予它个性，“否则，它就是一根木柴”，所以纪录片的标题“Otherwise, It’s Just Firewood”强调了多元艺术表达的力量。故选A。
20．A 21．A 22．D 23．D

【导语】本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。文章主要讲述了了65岁的沃伯顿在疾病中丧失了正常生活能力之后，开了一家书店，实现自己的理想和人生价值的故事。通过这一故事，告诉我们生活的每个阶段都充满了序曲和可能性，这也会增加生活的深度和意义。
20．细节理解题。根据文章第一段“While youth is often a time of great promise and achievement, a life well lived can also be filled with any number of next chapters and second or even third — acts that add depth, nuance (细微差别), and meaning to our stories. At 65 years old, Somerset native Carole-Ann Warburton experienced a plot twist that led to the fulfillment of a long-cherished dream she’d never even spoken of aloud.”(虽然青年时代往往是一个充满希望和成就的时代，但美好的生活也可能充满无数的后续章节和第二甚至第三幕，这些都会增加深度和细微差别, 以及对我们故事的意义。在 65 岁时，萨默塞特本地人卡罗尔-安沃伯顿经历了一场情节转折，实现了一个她从未大声说出的夙愿梦想。)可知，作者想要告诉我们，青年时代，青年时代之后，人生的任何阶段都充满了序曲，甚至65岁也有实现自己理想的可能性，A项“There are possibilities at any stage of life.”(在人生的任何阶段都有可能。)符合原文表述，故选A项。
21．细节理解题。根据文章第三段“Less than three months after coming to her decision, Warburton handed in her retirement notice, sold her house, bought the store, and using a personal inventory (库存) totaling between 8,000 and 9,000 titles — she launched her new bookshop, The Book Rest.”(在做出决定后不到三个月，沃伯顿就递交了她的退休通知，卖掉了她的房子，买下了这家书店，并使用了总计 8,000 到 9,000 本书的个人库存 —— 她推出了她的新书店 The Book Rest。)可知，她为了实现梦想，投资开了一家书店。A项“She invested much money in opening a bookstore.”(她投资了很多钱开了一家书店。)与原文表述一致，故选A项。
22．推理判断题。根据文章第四段“Although the pandemic has slowed foot traffic, since Warburton’s driving motive isn’t monetary profit, but rather, something of a deeper, more special personal value, she has no plans to close up the shop.”(尽管大流行病减缓了人流，但由于沃伯顿的动机不是金钱利益，而是更深层次、更特殊的个人价值，她没有关闭商店的计划。)可知，她开书店是为了更深层次，更特殊的个人价值，而不是为了金钱。D项“Her seeking of an inner world of self-fulfillment.”(她对达成自己愿望的内心世界的追求。)符合原文表述，故选D项。
23．推理判断题。根据文章的描述，一位65的老人，即使在一场疾病使她丧失了正常生活能力后，依然卖掉了她的房子，开书店实现自己的理想,体现出她对梦想的坚定。再根据文章最后一段“Having achieved her own dream, Warburton sees every day in the bookstore as an opportunity to help others realise theirs as well. ”(沃伯顿实现了自己的梦想，她把书店里的每一天都看作是帮助其他人实现自己梦想的机会。)证明她很热心。D项“Enthusiastic and determined.”(热情而坚定。)符合推断，故选D项。
24．B 25．C 26．D 27．C

【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述自然摄影师Doogue通过拍摄挽救了抑郁的自己，并通过分享他的作品和经历，鼓励和帮助更多患有心理健康疾病的人。
24．主旨大意题。根据第一段“Matt Doogue, a 34-year-old nature photographer, had been suffering from depression when he first found his passion for taking pictures of insects and his work is now featured in National Geographic. He says that he tried to take his own life nine years ago after hitting rock bottom. “ In the beginning, I was so paranoid (多疑的) and angry that I couldn’t leave the house, ” says Doogue. “ When I attempted to end my life, I knew I needed to see someone. I went to the doctors and got treatment, but I knew that I needed something more and that’s when I started photography. ”(34岁的马特·杜格是一名自然摄影师，当他第一次发现自己对拍摄昆虫的热情时，他一直患有抑郁症，他的作品现在已经登上了《国家地理》杂志。他说，九年前他在人生跌入谷底后曾试图自杀。“一开始，我非常偏执和愤怒，以至于我不能离开家，”道格说。“当我试图结束自己的生命时，我知道我需要见一个人。我去看了医生，接受了治疗，但我知道我需要更多，于是我开始摄影。”)”可知，文章第一段主要讲述Doogue从事摄影的原因。故选B。
25．细节理解题。根据第二段中的“It had a calming effect that helped him to disconnect from stress; and his astonishing images, showing insects and spiders in amazing detail against brightly colored backgrounds, caught the eye of publishers at National Geographic.(它有镇静作用，帮助他从压力中解脱出来；他的这些惊人的照片，在色彩鲜艳的背景下，以惊人的细节展示了昆虫和蜘蛛，引起了《国家地理》杂志出版商的注意。)”可知，Doogue通过自然摄影，帮助自己摆脱压力。故选C。
26．推理判断题。根据第三段中的“Though he fears that Scotland is in the middle of an epidemic (流行病) of male suicide, he believes that sharing his love of nature photography can help others to cope with their mental health issues as well. “I think the problem is this man-up approach; the idea that men need to be strong puts so much pressure on young males to be fine all the time,” says Doogue.(尽管他担心苏格兰正处于男性自杀泛滥的时期，但他相信分享自己对自然摄影的热爱也能帮助其他人应对心理健康问题。“我认为问题在于这种男性化的方式；男性需要强壮的观念给年轻男性施加了很大的压力，让他们一直保持健康，”道格说。)”可推断，男人被期待变强大和坚强的想法给苏格兰的年轻男性很大压力，导致他们患有心理健康疾病。故选D。
27．推理判断题。根据第一段“Matt Doogue, a 34-year-old nature photographer, had been suffering from depression when he first found his passion for taking pictures of insects and his work is now featured in National Geographic. He says that he tried to take his own life nine years ago after hitting rock bottom. “ In the beginning, I was so paranoid (多疑的) and angry that I couldn’t leave the house, ” says Doogue. “ When I attempted to end my life, I knew I needed to see someone. I went to the doctors and got treatment, but I knew that I needed something more and that’s when I started photography. ”(34岁的马特·杜格是一名自然摄影师，当他第一次发现自己对拍摄昆虫的热情时，他一直患有抑郁症，他的作品现在已经登上了《国家地理》杂志。他说，九年前他在人生跌入谷底后曾试图自杀。“一开始，我非常偏执和愤怒，以至于我不能离开家，”道格说。“当我试图结束自己的生命时，我知道我需要见一个人。我去看了医生，接受了治疗，但我知道我需要更多，于是我开始摄影。”)”及第三段中的“Though he fears that Scotland is in the middle of an epidemic (流行病) of male suicide, he believes that sharing his love of nature photography can help others to cope with their mental health issues as well. (尽管他担心苏格兰正处于男性自杀泛滥的时期，但他相信分享自己对自然摄影的热爱也能帮助其他人应对心理健康问题。)”可推断，作者写这篇文章的目的是：介绍Doogue抵抗抑郁症的经历，并希望通过分享他的经历帮助更多有心理健康疾病的人，故选C。
28．A 29．B 30．C 31．A

【导语】文章为一篇说明文，介绍了一项关于灯光与睡眠关系的科学研究。
28．词句猜测题。由第一段“Light helps our body maintain an internal clock, but artificial light at night can interrupt the rest and repair that should happen during the sleep.”（光线帮助我们的身体维持内部时钟，但夜间的人造光线会打断睡眠期间的休息和修复。）及“the way our bodies normally keep our blood sugar within a healthy range”（我们的身体正常地将血糖控制在健康范围内的方式）可知，夜晚的灯光可能会影响身体的修复，影响正常的生理功能。划线词disrupt与bother意思相近，表示“影响、打扰”。故选A项。
29．推理判断题。由第二段“In the study published in Sciences on Monday, scientists asked 20 participants ages 19 to 36 to spend two nights in their lab.”（在周一发表在《科学》杂志上的这项研究中，科学家们让20名年龄在19岁至36岁的参与者在实验室里待了两晚。）和第三段“During the trial, all participants were connected to devices that measured different markers of their sleep quality.”（在试验期间，所有参与者都被连接到测量他们睡眠质量不同指标的设备上。）可知，研究团队采用了实验法来得出研究的结论。故选B项。
30．细节理解题。由第四段“By comparison, those that spend two nights in the dark room had little difference in their blood sugar control.”（相比之下，那些在黑房间里待了两晚的人，他们的血糖控制差别不大。）可知，连续在黑房间睡两晚的人血糖控制没有变化。故选C项。
31．主旨大意题。由第一段“Sleeping with a dim light like a television or nightlight is enough to the raise blood sugar and heart rates of healthy people, according to a new study. Light helps our body maintain an internal clock, but artificial light at night can interrupt the rest and repair that should happen during the sleep.”（一项新的研究表明，在像电视或夜灯这样昏暗的灯光下睡觉，足以提高健康人群的血糖和心率。光线帮助我们的身体维持内部时钟，但夜间的人造光线会打断睡眠期间的休息和修复。）及全文内容可知， 文章主要介绍了在微弱的灯光下睡觉对健康的影响的相关性研究。A选项“Sleeping With a Dim Light Can Raise Health Problems”（在昏暗的灯光下睡觉会引发健康问题）符合全文主旨。故选A项。
32．B 33．D 34．D

【导语】本文为应用文。文章介绍了“Online Level 1 Course”网上课程的内容、上课时间、价格等事项，并回答了几个常见问题。
32．细节理解题。在FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS内容中，根据第一个问题的回答中的最后一句“However, completion of the online course is required prior to registering for your webinar.(然而，在注册网络研讨会之前，必须完成在线课程)”可知，参与者必须先完成网上课程才能注册网络研讨会。故选B。
33．推理判断题。根据划线词所在句的前一句“A laptop or tablet is recommended.(需要使用笔记本电脑或平板电脑)”可知，网络研讨会需通过电脑完成，结合划线词后的“platform”可推知，划线词Zoom指的是一种在线用的网络沟通工具。故选D。
34．细节理解题。根据最后一段“Certificates are individually mailed and can take four to six weeks to arrive for those living in the United States and eight to twelve weeks for those living outside the United States.(证书是单独邮寄的，居住在美国的人需要4到6周才能收到，居住在美国以外的人需要8到12周)”可知，居住在伦敦的Jenny至少需要8周时间才能收到证书。故选D。
35．B 36．A 37．C

【导语】本文是一篇应用文，介绍了四个大学预科暑期科学课程的相关信息。
35．细节理解题。根据Sustainable Animal Husbandry部分“students will also tour a variety of animal farms, practice animal handling techniques, and learn about the relationships between domestic (家养的) animals and humans.”（学生们还将参观各种家畜养殖场，练习家畜处理技术，并了解家畜和人类之间的关系）可知，Sustainable Animal Husbandry最适合对农业感兴趣的学生，故选B。
36．细节理解题。根据Clark Scholars Program部分“The seven-week summer research program offers students an opportunity for hands-on practical research with leading researchers and members of Texas Tech University. This unique opportunity, which includes weekly discussions and field trips, also pays students a $750 tax-free stipend and provides room and board.”（为期七周的暑期研究计划为学生们提供了一个与顶尖研究人员和德克萨斯理工大学成员进行动手实践研究的机会。这一独特的机会包括每周讨论和实地考察，还为学生支付750美元的免税津贴，并提供食宿）可知，学生们可以免费参加实践研究活动，故选A。
37．细节理解题。根据Sustainable Animal Husbandry部分“students will also tour a variety of animal farms, practice animal handling techniques, and learn about the relationships between domestic (家养的) animals and humans.”（学生们还将参观各种家畜养殖场，练习家畜处理技术，并了解家畜和人类之间的关系）；Biological Research and the Health Professions部分“Activities include dissecting a chicken with a world-famous zoologist, learning about non-traditional medical therapies, measuring electrical communication signals in living fish”（活动包括与世界著名动物学家解剖一只鸡，学习非传统医学疗法，测量活鱼的电信号）；Clark Scholars Program部分“The seven-week summer research program offers students an opportunity for hands-on practical research with leading researchers and members of Texas Tech University. This unique opportunity,”（为期七周的暑期研究计划为学生们提供了一个与顶尖研究人员和德克萨斯理工大学成员进行动手实践研究的机会）以及Program in Mathematics for Young Scientists部分“They’ll team up with other students, research mathematicians, and professors, and visit scientists for a typical day of number theory lectures, seminars, independent and group work and research, hands-on experiments, and plenty of fun activities.”（他们将与其他学生、研究数学家和教授合作，访问科学家，进行一天典型的数论讲座、研讨会、独立和小组工作与研究、动手实验和大量有趣的活动）可知，每个科学课程都提供了动手实践活动，故选C。
38．C 39．D 40．C 41．D

【导语】本文是一篇议论文。文章作者认为有必要恢复初级阅读，不仅仅是因为人文学科的需要，也是我们文化的需要。
38．细节理解题。根据第一段“According to Harvard historian James Hankins, part of the problem is the dominance of “critical” reading over “primary” reading.(哈佛大学历史学家James Hankins认为，部分问题在于“批判性”阅读压倒了“初级”阅读。)”可知，人们现在偏向于选择批判性阅读。故选C。
39．词句猜测题。根据第四段划线词前一句“The norm nowadays is for one reporter to break a story, followed by dozens or hundreds of journalists recycling that content.(如今的惯例是，一个记者报道一个新闻，随后几十或数百名记者重复报道该内容。)”可知，现在的记者只会重复其他记者报道的内容，而不会自己去实地调查。而记者在自己写报道的时候，会增加的只有自己的解读。所以spin为“解读”之意。选项A“Practice (练习)”；选项B“Priority (优先权)”；选项C“Investigation (调查)”；选项D“Interpretation (解读)”。故选D。
40．推理判断题。根据第五段“The Covid pandemic highlighted the problem, from exclusion of those daring to discuss the tradeoffs of lockdowns to the promotion of masks as a political identity marker completely disconnected from medical or scientific justification. Not to mention the misleading statement that arose over “the science” and the social trend to “follow” it.(新冠肺炎大流行凸显了这一问题，从排斥那些敢于讨论封锁利弊的人，到宣传将口罩作为与医学或科学理由完全无关的政治身份标志。更不用说出现的关于“科学”的误导性陈述和“追随”它的社会趋势。)”可推断，作者认为记者的闲聊只会导致他们报道不科学的言论，所以会动摇人们对它的信任。故选C。
41．推理判断题。根据第六段“We hear about everything, and we can’t hear about anything without also being told what opinion we should have about it.(我们听到了所有的事情，而如果没有人告诉我们应该对此有什么看法，我们就什么都听不到。)”可知，人们习惯先看到观点再去了解事实。而作者并不这样认为，作者认为“Primary reading isn’t only something the humanities need. Our entire culture needs its value to be recognized and restored.(初级阅读不仅仅是人文学科需要的。我们的整个文化需要它的价值被承认和恢复。)”，由此可知，作者认为人们应该对阅读抱有一种平衡的观点。故选D。
42．C 43．D 44．C

【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了作者通过照顾一匹被遗弃的马，度过了人生的一段困惑时期。
42．推理判断题。根据第二段中“This period was filled with anxiety and instability and there were a lot of unaccompanied moments.（这段时间充满了焦虑和不稳定，有很多无人陪伴的时刻）”以及第五段中“He gave my life a sense of purpose and meaning.（他给了我人生的目标和意义）”可知，在搬去伦敦后，作者感到很困惑。故选C项。
43．词句猜测题。根据第三段中“I found the farmer who owned him, who said he was a lost cause: “Too difficult,” he said（我找到了他的主人，他说 he was a lost cause：“太难了，”他说）”以及第四段中“He wasn’t trained. He was stubborn and picky and angry. He had been labelled “difficult” just as I was labelled “Sunshine Girl”.（他没有受过训练。他固执、挑剔、愤怒。他被贴上了“难对付”的标签，就像我被贴上了“阳光女孩”的标签一样）”可知，这个农民因为不能训练好Baronet，所以这个农民才说的这句话。所以划线句的意思为他认为Baronet很难训练，故选D项。
44．推理判断题。根据第五段中“Baronet saved me that year. He gave my life a sense of purpose and meaning. （那年，Baronet救了我。他给了我人生的目标和意义）”以及最后一段中“In some magical way I found Baronet when I needed him most and, as sad as I was to leave him at the end of the year, when we moved yet again, I saw the progress we had made together. Seeing that I could make a difference was a huge awakening for me as a child.（在我最需要Baronet的时候，我以某种神奇的方式找到了他，尽管我很难过在年底离开他，但当我们再次搬家时，我看到了我们在一起取得的进步。看到我能有所作为对我小时候来说是一个巨大的觉醒。）”可知，Baronet影响作者，帮她摆脱迷茫孤独。故选C项。
45．B 46．B 47．D

【导语】本文是一篇应用文，主要介绍的是一个Python初学者课程的相关信息。
45．细节理解题。根据Requirements:部分的“Access to an Internet connection.(连接Internet连接。)”可知，修这门课的必备条件是连接互联网。故选B。
46．细节理解题。根据This course includes:部分的“33 downloadable articles(33篇可下载的文章)”可知，这门课程提供可下载的资源。故选B。
47．推理判断题。根据文章最后的“Subscribe Here (The Ultimate Python Guide for Beginners): Click Here(在这里订阅（Python入门终极指南）：点击这里)”可知，这是一篇网上的文章，是来自于网页，故选D。
48．D 49．C 50．C 51．A

【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者受到启发，热衷于步行，走遍了所住城市每条街道，也给作者带来了更多的发现。
48．推理判断题。根据第一段中“Several years ago, I read about William Helmreich walking every street in New York City. I thought, “I can do that for Montreal.”(几年前，我读到威廉·海姆里奇走在纽约的每条街上。我想，“我可以为蒙特利尔做到这一点。”)”可推断，作者决定走在蒙特利尔的街道上，是她受到书中威廉·海姆里奇经历的启发。故选D。
49．细节理解题。根据第三段中“People went to great lengths to decorate their homes, and with this came one of the great pleasures of my walks: the different measures they took to decorate their frontage(正面). (人们竭尽全力装饰他们的家，而这也带来了我散步的一大乐趣：他们用不同的方法装饰他们的正面。)”可知，在蒙特利尔，人们喜欢装饰他们的房子。故选C。
50．细节理解题。根据第五段中“You must be trained to seek out strange things. Otherwise, you might never spot the clothes on the sidewalks. If I stopped to collect everything I saw lying around abandoned, I could fit out a small country. Where did they come from? How did people lose their shoes while out walking? A puzzle. (你一定受过寻找奇怪事物的训练。否则，你可能永远不会在人行道上看到那些衣服。如果我停下来收集我看到的所有被遗弃的东西，我可以建立一个小国家。它们从哪里来?人们是如何在外出散步时丢失鞋子的？一个谜。)”可知，在她的旅行中，被丢弃在人行道上的衣服让作者感到惊讶。故选C。
51．推理判断题。根据第六段“There was enough fun in my walks that I’d have a few laughs and come home lighter-hearted than when I left. (我散步的时候有足够的乐趣，我笑了几声，回家的时候比我离开的时候更轻松。)”和最后一段“I admit with some shame, I used to feel completely fulfilled huddled in my part of town but walking its streets has truly opened my eyes to Montreal’s full menu. So just head to a neighborhood to nose around. I can assure you that you’ll feel like a pioneer with the discoveries you bring back.(我有点惭愧地承认，过去蜷缩在我住的地方感觉非常满足，但走在这里的街道上真的让我看到了蒙特利尔的全部菜单。所以去附近转转吧。我可以向你保证，你会觉得自己是一个开拓者，因为你带来了新的发现。)”可推断，作者在散步时感到很高兴和满足。故选A。
52．A 53．D 54．C 55．B

【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。讲述了作者一大早就牙疼，且与朋友争吵了，作者感到很沮丧，然后给牙医打电话，却无法就诊，到中午有一个牙医可以医治，但作者又怀疑其能力，但当作者看见天花板是那个漂亮的图片的时候，放松了下来，轻松完成了就诊。
52．推理判断题。A. Upset郁闷的，沮丧的；B. Nervous紧张的，不安的；C.  Cheerful兴奋的；D. Satisfied满意的。根据第一段“The morning had been a disaster. My tooth was aching, and I’d been in an argument with a friend. Her words still hurt, “ The trouble with you is that you won’t put yourself in my place. Can’t you see things from my point of view? ”(那天早上真是一场灾难。我牙疼，还和一个朋友吵了一架。她的话仍然很伤人：“你的问题在于你不设身处地为我考虑。难道你不能站在我的角度看问题吗?”)”可知作者一大早上牙疼，且与朋友争吵了，她的话深深地伤害了作者，由此可知他的心情极度郁闷和沮丧。故选A。
53．细节理解题。根据第三段“But suddenly I began to doubt about the dentist. What kind of dentist would be so eager to treat someone at such short notice? Why wasn’t he as busy as the others?( 但突然间，我对牙医产生了怀疑。什么样的牙医会在这么短的时间内急着给病人看病?为什么他不像其他人那样忙?)”可知作者对这个不太忙的牙医在这么短时间内就迫切想给病人医治的行为表示怀疑。故选D。
54．细节理解题。根据倒数第二段“The chair went back. Suddenly I smiled. There was a beautiful picture, right where I could enjoy it: on the ceiling.( 椅子推回去了。我突然笑了。有一幅美丽的画，就在我可以欣赏它的地方：天花板上。)”可知天花板上漂亮的图画让作者会心的笑了。故选C。
55．推理判断题。再结合第一段作者朋友所说的话“The trouble with you is that you won’t put yourself in my place. Can’t you see things from my point of view?( 你的问题在于你不设身处地为我考虑。难道你不能站在我的角度看问题吗?)”在结合倒数第二段“At that moment, I began to understand what my friend meant by her words.”（在那一刻，我开始明白我的朋友的话的意思。）可推知作者明白要学会站在别人的角度考虑。故选B。
56．C 57．C 58．B

【导语】本文是一篇应用文。主要介绍了一个针对高中生的名为The Harvard Pre—College的项目，以及这个项目的具体食宿课程安排信息。
56．推理判断题。根据第一段中“In this collegial setting, you will practice the art of healthy debates, learn to communicate clearly on complex topics, and deliver presentations on your own research, all under the guidance of Harvard instructors for a true Ivy League experience. At the end of the program, you will receive a written evaluation from your instructor(在这个学院的环境中，你将练习健康辩论的艺术，学会在复杂的话题上清晰地交流，并在哈佛导师的指导下发表自己的研究报告，以获得真正的常春藤联盟经验。课程结束时，您将收到导师的书面评估)”可知，第一段的内容是对该预科项目的概述。故选C项。
57．细节理解题。根据文章中Course: Introduction to neuroscience部分的时间信息“Jul 7—Jul 25, Wed. to Fri., Noon—3:00 pm”可知，如果你在七月的星期五下午有空，可以选这门课程。故选C项。
58．细节理解题。根据文章中Course: College Writing部分的介绍信息“Students read a range of classic and contemporary short stories, and develop strategies for careful close reading via class discussion and in-class exercises.(学生们会阅读一系列经典的当代短篇故事，并通过班级讨论和课内练习来发展精读策略)”可知，如果对于当代短篇故事感兴趣，应当选择Martin T. Greenup的大学写作课程。故选B项。
59．C 60．B 61．D

【导语】本文是一篇应用文。文章介绍了网上免费瑜伽课程的相关事宜
59．细节理解题。根据文章第二段“Registration closes one hour before class begins. Only the first 500 applicants to join TikTok will be admitted to the class.”（上课前一小时截止报名。只有前500名加入TikTok的申请人才会被录取）可知，报名的前500名才能参加网上的瑜伽课程。故选C。
60．细节理解题。根据题干中的“a world clock”可定位答案在第三段。根据第三段中“If you are located in a different time zone and are confused or unsure of when that is, here is a link to a world clock that will allow you to type in Los Angeles and your city to figure out when the class will begin.”（如果你位于不同的时区，并且不确定是什么时候，这里有一个世界时钟的链接，可以让你输入洛杉矶和你所在的城市，从而知道什么时候开始上课）可知世界时钟的链接是确定不同地区上课的时间。故选B。
61．细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中的“I recommend wearing whatever makes you feel comfortable like sweatpants or shorts.”（我建议穿让你感觉舒服的运动裤或短裤）可知，在参加瑜伽课时要穿着舒服适合运动。故选D。
62．D 63．A 64．A

【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。作者在去树林采摘水果、收集柴火后躺在树林中休息，听着森林中偶尔掉落的椰子，独自感受着正午静谧的世界，享受着思想和身体的放松。然而这时作者感到了一只蚂蚁爬过，看着蚂蚁的辛勤，作者不由自主得对蚂蚁心生敬佩之情。
62．推理判断题。根据第一段“Everything motionless. Not a sound from sky or earth. Complete silence. Only some coconuts falling, at long intervals, very far away.(一切都静止不动。天上地下都没有声音。完整的沉默。只有几颗椰子，隔着很长一段距离，从很远的地方掉下来。)”可知，此处为一种写作手法，为了突出树林的寂静，用椰子的掉落去对比。所以作者提到椰子掉落是运用了以动衬静的写作手法。故选D。
63．推理判断题。根据第三段“I wondered if I could give the little fellow a lift with its burden, but it showed not the slightest sign of tiredness and struggled on with all six legs, head first or head last, waving its feelers energetically as if the trip had just started. Who ever saw a tired ant? Tiredness, disagreeable tiredness, is restricted to hunted animals, slaves and modern man. (我想知道我是否能减轻这个小家伙的负担，但它没有丝毫的疲倦迹象，而是用六条腿，头朝前或头朝后地挣扎着，精力充沛地挥动着它的触角，好像旅程才刚刚开始。谁见过疲倦的蚂蚁？疲劳，令人不快的疲劳，仅限于被猎杀的动物、奴隶和现代人。)”可推断，作者非常敬佩蚂蚁对工作的态度。故选A。
64．推理判断题。根据最后一段“I rose to my feet. I had heard a horse neighing down in the valley. Above me, on the open highland plains, there were wild horses. But down in the valley there was never a horse unless there was a man on it. Somebody was making his way up the valley and my wife was alone. (我站起身来。我听到山谷里有匹马在嘶鸣。在我的上方，在开阔的高地平原上，有野马。但是在下面的山谷里，只有人骑着马，才有马。有人向山谷走来，我妻子独自一人。)”可推断，作者认为有人上山来了，而他妻子一人在家，所以出于对妻子安全的考虑，作者很可能会回家。故选A。
65．C 66．B 67．A 68．C

【导语】本文是议论文。文章主要通过最近的一篇论文提醒大家，要以科学的视角来看待事物，不能以科学的名义鼓吹歧视。
65．细节理解题。根据第二段“a recent paper claimed “differences in exam performance between pupils attending extraordinary and ordinary schools mirror the genetic differences between them”.”(最近的一篇论文称“就读于特殊学校和普通学校的学生在考试成绩上的差异，反映了他们之间的遗传差异”)可知，这篇论文称：学生的学习成绩在某种程度上取决于他们的基因。故选C。
66．细节理解题。根据第三段“At best there is a weak statistical association and not a causal link between DNA and intelligence.”(充其量，DNA 和智力之间只有微弱的统计关联，而没有因果关系)可知，在作者看来，基因和智力之间没有因果关系。故选B。
67．细节理解题。根据最后一段“If hereditarians want to advance their cause it will require more balanced interpretation and not just acts of advocacy.”(如果遗传学家想要推进他们的事业，就需要更加平衡的解释，而不仅仅是倡导行为)可知，遗传学家想要让他们的观点更加的让人信服，在解释他们的数据时就要考虑所有相关因素，有更加平衡的解释。故选A。
68．推理判断题。根据最后一段“In understanding cognitive (认知的) ability, we must not elevate discrimination to a science: allowing people to climb the ladder of life only as far as their cells might suggest. This will need a more skeptical eye on the science.”(在理解认知能力方面，我们绝不能把歧视提升为一门科学：只允许人们在细胞可能暗示的范围内攀登生命的阶梯。这将需要一个更加怀疑的眼睛对科学)可知，作者反对的是以科学的名义鼓吹歧视。故选C。