【正文】 e dance floor. As the song came to an end, a huge round of applause erupted from the audience. 24. Why did Tracey build the dance studio in the church? A. It is free of charge. B. It is near her home. C. It?s easy for the disabled to use. D. It is big enough to hold dancers. 25. Tracey offered her dance class________. A. for free B. twice a week C. only to girls in wheelchairs D. with the help of volunteers 26. What can best describe Tracey? A. Brave and determined. B. Talented and strict. C. Devoted and hopeful. D. Generous and kind. 27. What could be the best title for the passage? A. Tracey and her Dancing Career B. A Wonderful Dance Performance C. Children in Wheelchairs Struggle in the Dance Studio D. Children in Wheelchairs Realize Dancing Dreams C A biologist once criticized for stealing eggs from the nests of the rarest bird in the world has been awarded the “Nobel Prize” of conservation after his methods saved nine species from extinction. Professor Carl Jones won the 2020 Indianapolis Prize — the highest accolade in the field of animal conservation — for his 40 years of work in Mauritius， where he saved an endangered kestrel from being the next Dodo. When the 61yearold first travelled to the east African island in the 1970s, he was told to close down a project to save the Mauritius kestrel. At the time there were just 4 left in the wild, making it the rarest bird on Earth. However he stayed, using the techniques of captive breeding(人工繁殖 )， which involved taking eggs from the birds? nests and hatching them under incubators, forcing the mothers to lay another set of eggs in the wild. A decade later， the number of Mauritius kestrels had increased to over 300 and today there are around 400 in the wild. It has also been necessary for the biologist in efforts to bring other rare species back from the edge of extinction， including the pink pigeon, echo parakeet and Rodrigues warbler. Prof. Jones was awarded the $ 250,000 prize at a ceremony in London. “As a young man in my 20s, I certainly didn?t enjoy the stress and the tension of the criticism I received.” Reflecting on the start of his career, he said the Mauritius kestrel project had been seen as a “dead loss” at the time. In the 1970s there was fierce opposition to the captive breeding techniques, with critics arguing that they were too risky and took the emphasis off breeding in the wild. Prof. Jones has devoted his whole life to his work, only being a father for the first time eight years ago, at 53. He said receiving the prize was particularly important to him, because it proved that his work to save birds was right. 28. What does the underlined word “accolade” mean in Paragraph 1? A. Return. B. Level. C. Honor. D. Research. 29. According to the passage, Dodo is____________. A. an endangered bird B. an extinct bird C. a popular bird D. a fierce bird 30. What can we know from the figures in Paragraph 3? A. The method of taking eggs from the nests has worked well. B. The wild environment for kestrels has changed a lot. C. Kestrels have adapted to the life in the wild pletely. D. Kestrels have been harmful to other rare species in the wild. 31. Prof. Jone?s idea of taking eggs from the birds? nests_________. A. was proved to be a total failure B. was widely accepted by the public C. was approved by the government D. was criticized by some people D White British pupils are falling behind students from other racial backgrounds by the time they reach their GCSEs (General Certificate of Secondary Education), a report has shown. The research, by the CentreForum thinktank, suggests white British children are among the top three highest achieving groups at the age of 5. But by the age of 16, the group?s performance slips to 13th. Researchers said parents? aspirations (渴望 ) played a smaller role than their support for the pupil, with those from minority racial backgrounds being more supportive of their children than white parents. Jo Hutchinson, CentreFohim?s associate director for education, told the newspaper: “What is bigger than aspiration is parental engagement. We are talking about things such as parents attending parents?evenings at school， talking to their children about subject options, supervising (監(jiān)督 ) homework, ensuring that the family eats together and has regular bedtimes.” “Those sorts of things appear to be more associated with this effect than pure aspirations. It?s not just aspirations but behaviors that support the aspirations. ” “Most parents actually want their children to continue and be successful in education. What sometimes differs is the extent to which they have the knowledge and the tools and resources to help them to make that aspiration real. ” A Department for Education spokeswoman said: “We wele this report which shows the clear choice we face in education today — either we prepare today?s young people to pete with the best in the world, or we don?t. That39。ve taken the decision to set the new GCSE 39。 in line with the average performance in highperforming countries such as Finland, Canada, the Netherlands and Switzerland. Every