【正文】 ust heard.22. A) They have to look for food and shelter underground. B) They take little notice of the changes in temperature. C) They resort to different means to survive the bitter cold. D) They have difficulty adapting to the changed environment.23. A) They have their weight reduced to minimum. B) They consume the energy stored before the long sleep. C) They can maintain their heart beat at the normal rate. D) They can keep their body temperature warm and stable.24. A) By staying in hiding places and eating very little. B) By seeking food and shelter in people’s houses. C) By growing thicker hair to stay warm. D) By storing enough food beforehand.25. A) To stay safe. B) To save energy.C) To keep pany. D) To protect the young.Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices, Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.The method for making beer has changed over time. Hops (啤酒花)，for example, which give many a modem beer its bitter flavor, are a (26)_______ recent addition to the beverage. This was first mentioned in reference to brewing in the ninth century. Now, researchers have found a (27)_______ingredient in residue (殘留物）from 5,000yearold beer brewing equipment. While digging two pits at a site in the central plains of China, scientists discovered fragments from pots and vessels. The different shapes of the containers (28)_______ they were used to brew, filter, and store beer. They may be ancient “beermaking tools,” and the earliest (29_______ evidence of beer brewing in China, the researchers reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. To (30)_______ that theory, the team examined the yellowish, dried (31)_______ inside the vessels. The majority of the grains, about 80%, were from cereal crops like barley (大麥),and about 10% were bits of roots, (32)_______lily,which would have made the beer sweeter, the scientists say. Barley was an unexpected find: the crop was domesticated in Western Eurasia and didn39。 now is the time to leap. Preparation has been made。注意：此部分試題請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡2上作答。到訪前請(qǐng)先致電。s selfdriving cars have done well over a million miles across various states in the US, and until now have only reported minor accidents.Q1: According to Google, what was the cause of the accident? man in the car was absentminded.B. The test driver made a wrong judgment.C. The selfdriving system was faulty.D. The car was moving at a fast speed.Q2: How have Google’s selfdriving cars performed so far?2. have done better than conventional cars.B. They have caused several severe crashes.C. They have posed a threat to other drivers.D. They have generally done quite well.短篇新聞第二篇：Thousands of bees left a town after landing on the back of a car when their queen got stuck in its boot. Tom Moses who works at a nearby national park, noticed a “brown patch” on the back of the car after the owner parked it to do some shopping. When he looked closer he realized it was a huge group of bees.Moses said: “I have never seen that many bees in one spot. It was very unusual. They were very close together and there was a lot of noise and movements, it was interesting to see such a strange sight. But there were a lot of people around and I was a bit worried about the bees and the people stopping to look. I thought that someone might do something stupid.Moses called two local bees specialists who helped removed the bees by attracting them into a box.Moses spent three hours looking after the bees and was stung five times, he said my stings are a bit painful but I am pleased that all worked out and I could help, people need to realize that bees are valuable and they should be looked after.Q3. What do we learn about Tom Moses?3. works at a national park. is a queen bee specialist. removed the Beyonce from the boot. drove the bees away from his car.Q4. What do we know about the bees on the back of the car?4. were looking after the queen. were making a lot of noise. were looking for a new box to live in. were dancing in a unique way.短篇新聞第三篇：A new species of snake has been discovered on a remote island in the Bahamas.Scientists identified 20 of the one meterlong snakes during two trips to the Caribbean islands. The second trip was made in October last year.One of the creatures made a dramatic appearance by moving on to the head of the team leader as he slept.The snake has been named silver boa because it is metallic colored and the first specimen found was climbing a silver palm tree.The team was led by Dr. Graham Reynolds, from Harvard University, the scientist confirmed the snake was a previously unknown species after conducting a genetic analysis of tissue samples.Commenting on the find, snake expert Robert Henderson from the Museum of Natural History, said: “Worldwide new species of frogs are being discovered and described quite regularity. New species of snakes, however, are much rarer.Q5. What is the news report mainly about?5. discovery of a new species of snake. second trip to a small remote island. finding of 2 new species of frog. latest test on a rare animal species.Q6. What do we learn about the scientific team leader?6. poisonous snake attacked him on his field trip. discovered a rare fog on a deserted island. snake crawled onto his head in his sleep. fell from a tall palm tree by accident.Q7. How did the newly discovered creature get its nam