【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 e dreams. D. Be a person of dreams. D If you want to cook something quickly, you heat it from both sides. That’s what’s happening to the We st Antarctic ice sheet(南極洲西部冰蓋 ). A new study reveals that the area under the ice sheet is far hotter than previously thought, fed by an unexpected flow of geothermal energy(地?zé)崮?). While the CO2 we send out heats the atmosphere above the continent, earth is melting us ice from below. If you were to drill (鉆 ) deep at some place on the continents, you would find that the temperature increases about 25℃ for every kilometer deep into the hole on average. Scientists call this the geothermal gradient(地?zé)崽荻?). Until recently, no one had drilled deeply enough through the West Antarctic ice to determine the geothermal gradient underground. For the new study, researchers drilled all the way through the ice and into the mud. They found that the geothermal gradient was about 200℃, which is several times the global average on continents. Few predicted this result, although it had been showed that the earth below the West Antarctic ice is unusually hot. Even with the new discovery, though, we still don’t know exactly where the heat is ing from. One interesting possibility is volcanoes, which are under the ice. As recently as 2021, scientists were still discovering volcanoes under the ice in the area, and there may be many more. Some people say that these volcanoes, rather than manmade climate change, are responsible for melting the area’s ice. While it’s true that heat ing from within the earth, including heat related to volcanoes, makes the melting faster, it is just one contributor to the loss of the West Antarctic ice sheetnot the main cause. Today’s study could help us understand how the whole system, including global warming, is melting the ice. 32. What’s happening to the West Antarctic ice sheet? A. The ice sheet is getting hotter and hotter. B. It is heated from below rather than from above. C. The ice sheet is producing a new kind of energy. D. It is melting from both sides. 33. What can be learned from the second Paragraph? A. It was the first time that researchers had tried to measure geothermal gradients. B. The geothermal gradient showed where the heat came from. C. The result was beyond the researchers’ expectations. D. Researchers never knew the earth under the West Antarctic ice was hot. 34. The author would probably agree that ___. A. the new discovery is unhelpful without a certain conclusion B. no volcano has been found to support the researchers’ idea C. volcanoes are the most important reason for the melting of the ice D. global warming is surely one reason for the melting of the ice 35. What’s the main idea of the passage? A. The West Antarctic ice sheet is in danger. B. Researchers are trying to stop global warming. C. The West Antarctic ice sheet’s melting will bring terrible consequences. D. It has been known how to stop the melting of the West Antarctic ice sheet. 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)。 How You Can Be Calm Even When Things Get Rough 1. Cry if you need tofor a while. Some people are more emotional than others. But repressing（壓制） your emotions doesn’t always help. If you do repress them, ____36____. You can do it for a while, but it will eventually e back to the surfaceand sometimes in an explosive manner. So have a good cry once in a while. Let the emotions out in order to help yourself think more clearly afterwards. 2. Be solutionoriented. Concentrating on the negatives won’t change anything. Let’s say you just lost your job. ___37_____. So you’ve had your cry or the time to freak out （嚇壞） , and then you made the decision to put your logical hat on. Now look at the possibilities. Start applying for jobs. Think about a career change or starting your own business. Look at the actions you can take to make your situation better. Then do something. 3. Ask for help. Unfortunately, ____38____. It’s not! Where has it ever been written that everyone needs to go through their problems alone? Nowhere! Having other people support youeither emotionally or by actually doing something to helpwill make you feel like you have less of a burden on your shoulders. Less burden equals more calm, collected, and lighter feelings. 4. Believe that things will get better. Hope. ___39_____. If you don’t believe that things will change, then they won’t. I always love to quote Henry Ford when he said, “Whether you think you can or you think you can’t either way, you are right.” If you think things will get better, then they eventually will. If you think they won’t, then they won’t. your beliefs shape your experience. Staying calm when life gets rough takes practice, but it can be done. If you practice these steps on a regular basis, eventually ____40____. A. Maybe it was a shock B. it’s like holding a beach ball under the water C. It might feel like you’re staying in the same place D. Hope is everything E. Maybe you didn’t lose your job F. it will bee second nature to you G. a lot of people think that asking for help is a sign of weakness 第三部分 英語(yǔ)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；每題 ，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)。 Competitive swimming was a big part of my life as a teenager. So I was very excited when my sons decided to tak