I work with Volunteers for Wildlife, a rescue and education organization at Bailey Arboretum in Locust Valley. Trying to help injured, displaced or sick creatures can be heartbreaking; survival is never certain. However, when it works, it is simply beautiful.
I got a rescue call from a woman in Muttontown. She had found a young owl(猫头鹰) on the ground. When I arrived, I saw a 2-to 3-week-old owl. It had already been placed in a carrier for safety.
I examined the chick(雏鸟) and it seemed fine. If I could locate the nest, I might have been able to put it back, but no luck. My next work was to construct a nest and anchor it in a tree.
The homeowner was very helpful. A wire basket was found. I put some pine branches into the basket to make this nest safe and comfortable. I placed the chick in the nest, and it quickly calmed down.
Now all that was needed were the parents, but they were absent. I gave the homeowner a recording of the hunger screams of owl chicks. These advertise the presence of chicks to adults; they might also encourage our chick to start calling as well. I gave the owner as much information as possible and headed home to see what news the night might bring.
A nervous night to be sure, but sometimes the spirits of nature smile on us all! The homeowner called to say that the parents had responded to the recordings. I drove over and saw the chick in the nest looking healthy and active. And it was accompanied in the nest by the greatest sight of all — LUNCH! The parents had done their duty and would probably continue to do so.
1.What is unavoidable in the author’s rescue work according to paragraph 1?
A. Efforts made in vain.
B. Getting injured in his work.
C. Feeling uncertain about his future.
D. Creatures forced out of their homes.
2.Why was the author called to Muttontown?
A. To rescue a woman.
B. To take care of a woman.
C. To look at a baby owl.
D. To cure a young owl.
3.What made the chick calm down?
A. A new nest.
B. Some food.
C. A recording.
D. Its parents.
4.How would the author feel about the outcome of the event?
A. It’s unexpected.
B. It’s beautiful.
C. It’s humorous.
D. It’s discouraging.
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Programs from the Pierson Library
Dinoman Visits Today: The Shelburne Town Gym will be filled by huge dinosaurs at 1:00 pm. Learn about these animals that once walked on the earth during a visit by Dinoman on Thursday, July 5.
Book Discussion: The book group for men meets at La Villa at 7:30 pm on July 5 to discuss Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan. Join Andrew Everett for reading and discussing the book as well as enjoying cookies and drinks.
Family Tree Help： Volunteer John Kelley is in the library on Wednesday afternoons.
Have John help you learn how to find out your family trees using the library.
Summer Study Program: Kids need to keep a reading record to keep track of the number of pages read through August 16 at 8:00 pm. The student with the highest page count will take home a$50 gift card for the Flying Pig Bookstore.
Musical Story Time: Get ready for a guitar concert at 10:30 am on July 7. Music teacher Sue Rule leads a morning of music and stories with the guitar concert. For ages 3 and up. Guitars are provided.
Special Programs：Some special programs include Field Days at 1:00 pm on August 12 and the Teddy Bear Picnic at 10:30 am on August 14. The library is also preparing for its move to the Shelburne Field House on Athletic Drive on August 16 ahead of the library rebuilding project. The library will be closed during the move.
1.What can visitors do in Dinoman Visits Today?
A.Learn about dinosaurs.
B.Watch modern animals.
C.Find out their family trees.
D.Visit a writer named Jennifer Egan.
2.What do we know about Special Programs
A.They include a guitar concert.
B.They will take place in August.
C.They include a course on buildings.
D.They will take place after the library rebuilding project.
3.Which programs are related to reading?
A.Family Tree Help and Musical Story Time.
B.Dinoman Visits Today and Book Discussion.
C.Book Discussion and Summer Study Program.
D.Summer Study Program and Musical Story Time.
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What a day! I started at my new school this morning and had the best time. I made lots of new friends and really liked my teachers. I was nervous the night before,but I had no reason to be. Everyone was so friendly and polite. They made me feel at ease. It was like I’d been at the school for a hundred years!
The day started very early at 7∶00 a.m. had my breakfast downstairs with my mom. She could tell that I was very nervous. Mom kept asking me what was wrong. She told me I had nothing to worry about and that everyone was going to love me. If they didn’t love me，Mom said to send them her way for a good talking to. I couldn’t stop laughing.
My mom dropped me off at the school gates about five minutes before the bell. A little blonde(金发的) girl got dropped off at the same time and started waving(招手) at me. She ran over and told me her name was Abigail. She was very nice and we became close straight away. We spent all morning together and began to talk to another girl called Stacey. The three of us sat together in class all day and we even made our way home together! It went so quickly. Our teacher told us that tomorrow we would really start learning and developing new skills.
I cannot wait until tomorrow and feel as though I am really going to enjoy my time at my new school. I only hope that my new friends feel the same way too.
1.How did the author feel the night before her new school?
A. Tired. B. Excited.
C. Worried. D. Relaxed.
2.What did the author think of her mother’s advice?
A. Clear. B. Funny.
C. Reasonable. D. Excellent.
3.What happened on the author’s first day of school?
A. She met many nice people. B. She had a hurried breakfast.
C. She learned some new skills. D. She arrived at school very early.
4.What can we infer about Abigail?
A. She disliked Stacey. B. She was shy and quiet.
C. She got on well with the author. D. She was an old friend of the author.
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When we were very small, we realized that having friends was important.Some of us even had imaginary(想象中的)friends. The need for friends continued as we grew into our teens.Friends played a big part in forming our personalities(性格). As adults，it is still important for us to have friends.
True friends are people who like us though we made mistakes and who listen to us and tell us the truth. Friends support our decisions and tell us when we’re foolish. They laugh with us and share our sadness. They are our partners and share interests with us. They stimulate us when we are feeling down. They are people we aren’t afraid of telling our secret wishes to or what is really on our minds.
Friends are our supporters. When you can depend on friends, you feel safe and warm. Friends offer acceptance and emotional(情感的)support. At times, they also help with our everyday lives, cooking a meal, doing chores, or giving us a lift when we need one. Friends also are there to offer advice, an ear to listen, or a shoulder to cry on.
Friends also help us reduce stress. Not only do they listen to us when we feel stressed, but they also discuss what is stressing us. Sharing interests and doing activities with friends help us forget about problems at work or at home. For a short time, we can lose ourselves in a pleasant activity and perhaps laugh and breathe more easily.
1.What is the best title for the passage?
A.How to Reduce Stress
B.How to Make New Friends
C.The Importance of Friends
D.The Qualities of Good Friends
2.The underlined word“stimulate” in Paragraph 2 probably means________.
A.educate B.encourage
C.surprise D.dislike
3.We can learn from the third paragraph that friends always________.
A.laugh at us when we’re foolish
B.tell us other people’s secrets
C.share our sadness and interests
D.support us when we need help
4.We can learn from the passage that________.
A.people should make friends anytime
B.friends are people who allow you to cry
C.a friend helps you in many ways
D.good friends are always difficult to meet
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Lots of people find it hard to get up in the morning, and put the blame on the alarm clock. In fact, the key to easy morning wake-up lies in resetting your body clock.1.Here’s how to make one.
● 2.In order to make a change, you need to decide why it’s important. Do you want to get up in time to have breakfast with your family, get in some exercise, or just be better prepared for your day? Once you are clear about your reasons, tell your family or roommates about the change you want to make.
● Rethink mornings. Now that you know why you want to wake up, consider re-arranging your morning activities. If you want time to have breakfast with your family, save some time the night before by setting out clothes, shoes, and bags. 3. That’s a quarter-hour more you could be sleeping if you bought a coffee maker with a timer.
● Keep your sleep/ wake schedule on weekends. If you’re tired out by Friday night, sleeping in on Saturday could sound wonderful. But compensating (补偿) on the weekends actually feeds into your sleepiness the following week, a recent study found. 4.
● Keep a record and evaluate it weekly. Keep track of your efforts and write down how you feel. After you’ve tried a new method for a week, take a look at your record. 5. If not, take another look at other methods you could try.
A. Get a sleep specialist.
B. Find the night motivation.
C. A better plan for sleep can help.
D. And consider setting a second alarm.
E. If the steps you take are working, keep it up.
F. Stick to your set bedtime and wake-up time, no matter the day.
G. Reconsider the 15 minutes you spend in line at the café to get coffee.
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Sare Niccoli, the 17-year-old daughter of a rich textile owner was freed by her kidnappers(绑匪)after 118 days. She said she ______ most of the time in a tent in the woods ______ one foot tied to a tree. ______ was freed late on Friday ______ her family paid a ______ of $1.8 million, the largest ransom(赎金) ever paid in Italy.
“I was ______ well,” the girl told the ______ during the interview, “Biscuits, cakes, often hot food and ______ stewed beef.” She said her nearly four months in trouble was spent in a tent pitched(set up) in a ______ area.
“I never ______ their faces and when they ______, they changed their voices in nasal tones(speaking through nose passage) on ______,” she said. “They kept ______ that the only thing they wanted was the money and that they didn’t want to have anything to do with me or my family.”
The high ______ student, who was seized by three face-covered and armed men on July 2, 1983 from her family’s country villa(别墅) in Tuscany, said she still had no idea ______ on earth she had been held.
1.A.got B.had C.took D.spent
2.A.and B.including C.with D.although
3.A.She B.Her friend C.Her father D.Her mother
4.A.so B.after C.unless D.if
5.A.lot B.amount C.total D.figure
6.A.treated B.understood C.considered D.tested
7.A.family B.reporters C.police D.friends
8.A.a bit B.at times C.somewhat D.containing
9.A.dangerous B.wooded C.kidnapping D.farm
10.A.watched B.remembered C.saw D.looked at
11.A.cried B.sang C.spoke D.laughed
12.A.purpose B.average C.holiday D.time
13.A.repeating B.doing C.talking D.asking for
14.A.society B.family C.class D.school
15.A.which B.what C.why D.where
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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
A university in southeast China has a new server in 1.(it) canteen making noodles for the students. The video2.(show) a robotic chef working in the kitchen and making noodles 3.dough (面团) at South China Agricultural University.
It was given human-like facial features (特征) and can be seen4.wear) a face mask, hat and chef's uniform. The robot was designed5.(improve) the traditional way of making “Dao Xiao Mian”, 6. is a specialty in Shanxi Province in northern China.
7.traditional), a chef will hold a large piece of dough in one hand and a knife in the other before starting to peel strips(条) off the dough. 8.dough will then fall into the pot of boiling water and cook into noodles. A student said: “I’ve heard that there are always long 9.(queue) at the knife-cut noodle stall at the canteen.”
However, web users on Chinese social media said the robot chef10. （be） not something new. The use of robots in restaurants is becoming increasingly popular in China over the past few years.
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短文续写
Once upon a time, in a small town, a man stole some money from a house. The police began to look for the thief. After two days, they found him. They brought him to the police station and found some of the money in his coat.
There was a new policeman at the police station, and they wanted to give him some work.
“Take this thief to the city,” said one of them.” You must go there by train. It will leave very soon. Don’t be late.
“The policeman and the thief went to the station. On their way, they came to a shop selling bread.
“We have no food, and we must eat something on the train,” said the thief. “It’s a long way to the city, and it will take a long time to get there. I’ll go into this shop and buy some bread. Then you and I can eat it on the train. Wait here for me.
The policeman was happy. “At least I’ll have some food on the train,” he thought. “Be quick,” he said to the thief. “We don’t have much time.”
The thief went into the shop, and the policeman waited in the street for a long time. He began to worry. He thought about the train, and at last, he went into the shop.
“Where’s that man who came to buy some bread?” asked the policeman.
“Oh. he went out of the back door,” said the shopkeeper.
The policeman ran outside, but he could not find the thief. So, he had to go back to the police station and tell the others what had happened. They were very angry with him, and he was very unhappy.
All the policemen in the town began to look for the thief again, and they soon caught him. They brought him back to the police station and called the same policeman.
注意：（1）所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
（2）应使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语；
（3）续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
（4）续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
Paragraph 1:
The police officers at the police station told the new policeman to take the thief to the city again.
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Paragraph 2:
The policeman lost the thief again.
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难度: 中等查看答案及解析
假定你是李华，得知你的英国留学生朋友Peter在CCTV举办的《中国诗词大会》(The Chines Poetry Competition)决赛中失利。请你给他写封邮件，内容包括：
1. 给予安慰和鼓励；
2. 愿意提供帮助。
注意：1. 词数80-100词；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Peter,
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Yours,
Li Hua
难度: 中等查看答案及解析