Section B
Directions:Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by veral questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choo the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
(C)
The poet Lovelle Drachman once said, “blesd are the curious, for they shall have adventures.”, which is certainly true of people with wanderlust.
‘Wanderlust’ is derived from a German word meaning ‘a love of hiking’ and now ud to describe the burning desire to escape the everyday and explore the unfamiliar. Wanderlust is a common, but not universal experience. What makes some people catch that travel bug while others are apparently unaffected?情侣条约
One theory is to do with our genes. Scientific rearch has identified a variant of the DRD4 gene that affects nsitivity to dopamine（多巴胺）, the neuro-transmitter often relead in the brain when we d
o something we enjoy. Actually, it’s not that the 7R version of the DRD4 specifically creates a thirst for travel, but people with the 7R variant are less nsitive to that delicious dopamine hit.
So simple things that bring other people pleasure, like a jog in the park or a cheeky chocolate treat, might not cut it for them, which makes tho with the 7R type of the DRD4 gene more likely to be risk takers to get incread dopamine levels. That’s way DRD4-7R has been called the wanderlust gene. Other rearches have also linked the same 7R variant to far riskier behaviours, such as addiction and offensive behaviour. By comparison, the strong sudden desire to go travelling ems like the better end of the Theory of Evolution.
But another theory looks at the psychology of living in our inter-connected human society, one in which we are constantly aware of what friends and social media influencers are doing and keep comparing ourlves to them in two distinct ways. Upwards social comparisons, comparing ourlves to tho we e as more successful than us. And downward social comparisons, comparing ourlves to tho we e as wor off than us. In the age of social media, it’s very easy to compare ourlves unfavourably with the idealized version. How can we compete with influencers, with their
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perfectly dark brown legs on neat and clean while sand, and their once in a lifetime sunts over Machu Picchu?
Whether the motivation to explore the world is genetic, psychological or something el, there are far more harmful hobbies than the desire to explore the world. Venturing outside your comfort zone, to learn about new cultures, meet people you might otherwi never have had the chance to meet, and finally, learn who you are in different situations. Sounds like a life well-lived. As the novelist Jack Kerouac said, “Becau in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain.”
63. The underlined phra “catch that travel bug”in Paragraph 2 is clost in meaning to __________.
A. be crazy about travelling
B. be curious about travelling
C. escape daily life by travelling
D. experience common travelling
64. Why are people with the 7R type of the DRD4 gene more likely to have wanderlust?
A. Becau they are more fascinated by risks and unfamiliar things.
B. Becau the 7R variant cau them to be less nsitive do dopamine hit.
C. Becau they have comparatively higher level of dopamine than other people.
D. Becau the 7R variant, also called wanderlust gene, helps create a craving for travelling.
65. The author will probably agree to the statement that __________
A. a well-lived life doesn’t involve venturing outside comfortable zone
B. the 7R variant is inevitably linked with some more risky behavior such as addiction
C. people tend to forget their daily routine, but adventures really leave footprints in their hearts
D. when people compare themlves with less successful ones, it may give ri to mixed feelings
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66. What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. Wanderlust and its two main categories.
B. A less harmful hobby and analysis of its different cau.
C. The distinctions between gene variants and social comparisons.
D. Physical and psychological reasons for the desire to explore the world.
Keys: 63 - 66 ABCD
Section B
Directions:Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by veral questions or unfinished statements. For each of them. There are four choices marked A, B, C and D. choo the one that fits best according to the Information given in the passage you have just read.
(C)
Scientists in Antarctica have recorded, for the first time, unusually warm water beneath a glacier (冰
川)the size of Florida that is already melting and contributing to a ri in a levels.
脸部水肿怎么办The rearchers, working on the Thwaites Glacier, recorded water temperatures at the ba of the ice of more than 2℃, above the normal freezing point. Critically, the measurements were taken at the glacier's grounding line, the area where it transforms from resting wholly on bedrock to spreading out on the a as ice shelves. It is unclear how fast the glacier is getting wor: Studies have forecast its total collap in a century or in a few decades. The prence of warm water in the grounding line may support estimates at the faster range.
That is worthy of attention becau the Thwaites, along with the Pine Island Glacier and veral smaller glaciers, acts as a brake on part of the much larger West Antarctic Ice Sheet, which if melted, would rai the world's oceans by more than a meter over centuries, an amount that would put many coastal cities underwater.
“Warm waters in this part of the world, as remote as they may em, should rve as a warning to all of us about the potential terrible changes to the planet brought about by climate change," said David Holland, director of New York University's Environmental Fluid Dynamics Laboratory.
Glaciologists have previously raid alarm over the prence of warm water melting the Thwaites fro
m below. This is the first time, though, that warm waters have been measured at the glacier's grounding line.
To obrve activity beneath the glacier, Dr.Holland's team drilled a hole -about 30 centimeters wide and 600 meters deep-from the surface to the bottom and then placed equipment that measures water temperature and ocean turbulence, or the mixing of freshwater from the glacier and salty ocean water. Collecting the data took about 96 hours in subzero weather. Warm waters beneath the
Thwaites are actively melting it, the team found.
While scientists may not yet be able to definitively predict how soon glaciers like the Thwaites will melt, human-caud climate change is a key factor. The biggest predictor of "how much ice we will lo and how quickly we will lo it," Dr.Holland said, “is h uman action."
63. What does warm water found in the glacier's grounding line indicate?
A. Sea levels should be remeasured.
B. It may take a century for the glacier to melt.
C. The grounding line is getting shorter.希望的意思
活动意义D. The glacier might disappear sooner
64. The Thwaites and other glaciers are important becau ______.
A. they hold back ice
B. they are extremely large
C. they are located at bedrocks
D. they are collapsing
65. What can be inferred from the passage about the rearchers viewpoints?
A. We can predict how much ice can be kept.
B. Human beings are to blame for the loss of ice.
C. Glaciers rve a more important purpo than expected.
D. More data needs to be collected to support the estimates.
66. What is the passage mainly about?
A. The efforts made to avoid the prence of warm water.
B. The alarm voiced on the worning situation of glaciers.
C. The tools employed to measure the temperature of Antarctica.
D. The prediction bad on a scientific study of the grounding line.
Keys: 63-66: DABB
Section B
周末安全教育Directions:Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by veral questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choo the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
(C)
Changing the Game
On a warm September evening in London, The Arch climbing wall, just south of the River Thames, is packed. Scores of people wander around on the thick crash pads, chatting, waiting their turn and offering the odd shout of encouragement to tho clinging on to the colourful climbing walls.
老人祝寿词Rock climbing was once classified as an “extreme sport”. But indoor centres like The Arch, which offer climbing without the need for rocks, are bringing it into the mainstream. The British Mountaineering Council estimates there are at least 248 public climbing walls in Britain, a number that has rin by 30% since 2010. In 2020 the sport’s governing bodies are hoping to e an even bigger increa in interest. Along with skateboarding, surfing and karate（空手道）, rock climbing will be making its first appearance as an Olympic sport at the summer games in Tokyo.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is frank about the ambition to appeal to a younger crowd who may be less familiar with longer-standing sports such as athletics and weightlifting. The crowd at the Arch is exactly what the IOC has in mind: mostly young professional letting off steam after work, who e climbing as a more engaging ans sociable alternative to jogging on running machines or pumping iron in a gym. Between them, the new sports will mean another 18 events and 474 athletes at the Tokyo games.
Officially, all four sports are delighted with their new status. But with the exception of karate, all of them have counter-cultural, anti-establishment roots. Some stars have wondered whether accepting the Olympic torch means going against their beliefs. Owen Wright, a famous surfer, has said that surfing is more art form than sport, and therefore not suitable for the games - though he has since gone back on his word, and hopes to reprent Australia in Tokyo.
Adam Ondra, a Czech who is one of the world’s climbers, said he might steer clear of the games becau of the format. The eventual Olympic champion will have to master all the three disciplines including bouldering (climbing without a rope, low to the ground, with a focus on hard,
