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00 meters deep—containing a large number of fishes according to new research by the Applied Physics Lab.Researchers tagged(給……加上標(biāo)簽) more than a dozen blue sharks off the US. Northeast Coast and monitored them for nine months. The tags relayed data back to the researchers via satellite, showing that the sharks had spent a good part of their days diving down to the ocean twilight zone through the eddies in the ocean. There, they’d spend an hour or so hunting for food like small fish before returning to the surface to warm up before diving again.Dives were less frequent at night, when many twilight zone animals make their daily migration from the ocean’s mid—water to feed at the surface. Camrin Braun, lead author of the study, said that an evening trip possibly isn’t worth the effort for hungry blue sharks since the zone isn’t particularly well filled with fish after dark.Braun said the behavior of the blue sharks was generally similar to that of the white sharks the team tracked in a previous study last year. However, the two species had different preferences when it came to water temperature. White sharks, which are warmblooded animals, used a bination of warm and cold—water eddies to reach the twilight zone, while blue sharks relied only on warm water eddies. because they belong to a coldblooded species.Blue sharks are considered a “near threatened” species due to heavy fishing pressure on populations across the globe. “This research helps fill important knowledge gaps about where they go and why, which can inform decision making to help protect them,” said biologist Simon Thorrold. “It is significant to do further research on the blue sharks.”32. What can we know about the ocean twilight zone?A. It’s a place with spinning ocean currents.B. It provides blue sharks with small fishes.C. It’s part of a surface layer of the ocean.D. It lies off the . Northeast Coast.33. Why do blue sharks less frequently dive to the zone at night?A. The tags are attached to them.B. They can’t warm up on the surface.C. They need to avoid white sharks there.D. Small fishes are not enough for them to have.34. What can we infer from the passage?A. Blue sharks and white sharks feed in different depths of the ocean.B. Blue sharks and white sharks reach the zone with the same eddies.C. Blue sharks can not regulate their body temperature to stay warm.D. Blue sharks suffered from much less overfishing than white sharks.35. What was Simon Thorrol’s attitude to the research of Camrin Braun’s team?A. Favorable. B. Doubtful. C. Opposite. D. Indifferent.第二節(jié)(共5小題;每小題2分,滿分10分)根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容,從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng),選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。I decided to go single travel. The goal was to escape the four ers of my small room and the boring daily routines. There are ments from family and friends, saying it’s impossible and unsafe. 36 Therefore, I reminded myself why I decided to travel alone: 37 Traveling alone allows me to be the “Captain of My Own Destiny”. It’s an experience of plete freedom. 38 I can rest when I want and move on when I feel ambitious. I can taste—test anything like and alternatively I won’t be forced to eat anything dislike.Challenge myself. I’m responsible to no one but myself. Every wrong turn is mine—and mine alone. Traveling alone is the greatest yet most rewarding challenges. It forced me to be confident in my choices. Every decision is based upon my own sense of selfbelief. There’s no one to turn to or rely upon, and so trusting my own instincts(本能) bees a necessary survival skill. 39 Reflect deeper senses. When traveling alone, there’s no need for boring dialogues. 40 Even so, I enjoy the longlost freedom of being “one”. It leads to my deepest reflections about myself and the world around. I give my undivided attention to myself and the experience, which makes the most of the potential for personal reflection.Travel alone helped me spread my wings and go beyond my greatest hopes and dreams.A. Enjoy myself pletely.B. Enjoy plete freedom.C. Loneliness can’t be avoided.D. I want to do what I think is right.E. I can choose to satisfy my every desire.F. I was determined to prove them wrong.G. It’s exactly these challenges that make me stronger.第三部分:英語知識(shí)運(yùn)用(共兩節(jié),滿分45分)第一節(jié)完形填空(共20小題;,滿分30分)閱讀下面短文,從短文后各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)(A、B、C和D)中,選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng),并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。As we crowded at the last small part of the adventure, we finally got word that everyone in our group had covered the upper two parts of the pool. Hopefully, we could start to move soon. Several members 41 from the cold wet air and many people 42 that they could longer feel their feet. The laughing and joking that we had 43 at the very beginning was far behind us. At that moment 44 and anxiety were rushing in among us. To keep 45 , we could do nothing but turn around carefully within our 46 space. As a few of our experienced male group members 47 the barriers on the way, the front of the 48 group decided to head toward the exit without fear.It was 49 that narrowing rock walls sending ice cold water into a steam directly in front of us 50 that exit. Worse yet, there was no end in sight. We had to 51 at the mouth of the water. It was now very dark inside the narrow valley and we could not 52 the top of the huge, steep rock walls to either side.At the front of the 53 group I stared at the water and tried to calm the 54 rising inside me. We were all freezing,