Task?1

Today，?much?of?the?worlds?ocean?is?still?a?mystery.?Only?5?percent?of?it?1.?????????????????????（explore）?so?far.?In?fact，?we?know?more?about?some?areas?of?Mars?2.????????????some?parts?of?the?worlds?ocean.

New?technology，?however，?is?helping?scientists?explore?these?3.???????????（hide）?worlds.?For?example，?scientists?are?using?4.?????????????underwater?vehicle?called?Deepsea?to?explore?seamounts—underwater?mountains.

Scientists?have?used?Deepsea?to?study?Las?Gemelas，?an?area?of?seamounts?near?Costa?Rica.?A?huge?5.????????????（vary）?of?species?lives?around?Las?Gemelas.?Some?of?these?species?may?have?chemicals?6.?????????????can?help?people?fight?illnesses.

The?7.????????????（deep）?location?of?the?Earth?is?the?Mariana?Trench?in?the?Pacific?Ocean.?The?ocean?floor?there?is?approximately?11，000?meters?deep.?In?2012，?filmmaker?and?explorer?James?Cameron?reached?the?Mariana?Trench?in?a?vehicle?called?Deepsea?Challenger.?He?was?the?first?8.????????????（complete）?the?journey?alone.?Cameron?took

9.????????????（photo）?and?made?videos?on?the?ocean?floor.?Deepsea?exploration?also?helps?us?in?other?ways.?For?example，?we?are?learning?how?underwater?earthquakes?cause?tsunamis.?As?Cameron?said，?“This?is?the?10.????????????（begin）?of?opening?up?a?new?frontier.”

Task?2

The?traditional?Chinese?lunar?calendar?divides?the?year?into?24?solar?terms.?The?Awakening?of?Insects?（驚蟄）?falls?on?March?5?and?ends?on?March?19?this?year.

The?Awakening?of?Insects?signals?1.?????????????rise?in?temperature?and?increased?rainfall.?As?the?third?solar?term?in?the?lunar?year，?2.????????????（it）?name?suggests?the?fact?that?animals?sleeping?in?winter?are?awakened?by?spring?thunder?and?that?the?Earth?begins?to?come?back?3.?????????????life.?It?is?the?key?time?for?spring?agricultural?activities.?It?is?also?a?good?time?for?people?4.????????????（enjoy）?the?fun?outdoors，?especially?for?people?living?in?the?city.?Driving?to?the?suburbs，?5.????????????（fish）?in?a?lake?or?enjoying?the?singing?birds?will?make?for?a?perfect?weekend?in?spring.?The?most?popular?fruit?in?this?season?6.????????????（be）?pears.

The?custom?of?eating?pears?is?7.????????????（wide）?practiced?around?the?Awakening?of?Insects.?As?the?weather?gets?warmer?and?the?air?becomes?8.????????????（dry），?people?tend?to?feel?their?mouths?and?tongues?are?dry，?9.?????????????can?cause?colds?or?coughs.?Pears?are?sweet，?juicy?and?cold，?moistening（使變得濕潤）?the?lungs?to?arrest?a?cough.?10.????????????，?pears?are?recommended?during?the?Awakening?of?Insects.

Task?3

Though?most?big?companies?begin?as?small?businesses，?not?all?small?business?owners?are?entrepreneurs?（企業(yè)家）.?If?we?look?1.????????????（much）?closely?at?its?definition，?we?can?find?three?common?features.

Creating.?Entrepreneurship?generally?means?offering?a?new?product，?applying?a?new?technique?or?technology，??2.????????????（open）?a?new?market，?or?developing?a?new?form?of?organization?for?the?purpose?of?producing?a?product.

Running?a?business.?A?business?uses?resources?3.????????????（produce）?goods?or?services.?Entrepreneurship?means?setting?up?a?business?to?make?money.

Taking?risks.?The?term?“risk”?means?that?the?result?cant?4.????????????（know）.?Entrepreneurs，?therefore，?are?always?working?under?5.?????????????certain?degree?of?uncertainty.?They?cant?know?the?results?of?many?of?the?6.????????????（decision）?that?they?have?to?make.?Thus?many?of?the?steps?they?take?are?inspired?mainly?by?their?7.????????????（confident）?in?creation?and?their?understanding?of?the?business?environment.?Entrepreneurs?are?people?8.?????????????start?companies?to?develop?new?or?9.????????????（improve）?products.?They?struggle?to?meet?a?need?thats?not?being?met，?10.?????????????their?goal?is?to?grow?the?business?and?finally?expand?into?other?markets.

Task?4

My?dad?is?an?enthusiastic?runner?who?1.????????????（great）?influenced?me?when?I?was?young.?So?I?was?very?sporty?before?the?age?of?14.?However，?when?my?family?moved，?my?new?school?didnt?pay?much?attention?2.?????????????sports?and?had?no?afterschool?activities?like?football?or?running.?Over?the?next?few?years，?I?3.????????????（stop）?exercising?apart?from?during?physical?education?lessons?at?school.?It?looked?like?I?was?4.?????????????（health）;?however，?I?was?not.

One?day，?I?was?late?for?a?bus，?tried?to?run?after?it?and?in?under?a?minute?was?out?of?breath.?This?made?me?realize?how?unfit?I?was.?5.????????????（help）?myself?get?in?shape?again，?I?made?a?6.????????????（decide）?that?I?would?take?up?a?kind?of?sports.

A?friend?of?mine?suggested?a?swimming?pool?7.?????????????she?goes?to?a?few?times?a?week.?Now，?Im?a?swimming?lover！?I?find?swimming?in?the?pool?very?8.????????????（relax）.?I?swim?for?9.?????????????hour?three?times?a?week.?I?hope?that?I?will?soon?start?to?feel?the?benefits?of?regular?exercise，?and?will?become?10.????????????（fit）?than?before.

Task?5

Sanxingdui?is?believed?to?have?sat?at?the?heart?of?the?Ancient?Shu?Country，?which?historians?know?1.????????????（relative）?little?about?due?to?few?written?records.

More?than?50，000?ancient?artifacts?2.????????????（find）?at?Sanxingdui?since?the?1920s，?3.?????????????a?local?farmer?accidentally?came?upon?a?number?of?relics?at?the?site.?A?major?breakthrough?4.????????????（occur）?in?1986，?with?the?discovery?of?two?ceremonial?pits

5.???????????（contain）?over?1，000?items，?elaborate?and?wellpreserved??bronze?masks?included.?Many?of?the?items?are?now?6.?????????????display?at?an?onsite?museum.

The?site?has?revolutionized?experts?understanding?of?how?civilization?developed?in?ancient?China.?In?particular，?evidence?of?a?unique?Shu?culture?suggested?that?the?kingdom?developed?independently?of?neighboring?societies?in?the?Yellow?River?Valley，?which?was?considered?to?be?7.?????????????cradle?（搖籃）?of?Chinese?civilization.

The?discovery?of?silk?fibres?and?the?remains?of?textiles?may?also?expand?8.?????????????（we）?understanding?of?the?Shu.?Head?of?the?excavation?team，?Tang?Fei，?said?in?a?press?conference?that?the?discovery?indicates?that?the?kingdom?“was?one?of?the?important

9.????????????（origin）?of?silk?in?ancient?China”.

Though?not?yet?10.????????????（recognize）?as?a?UNESCO?World?Heritage?Site，?Sanxingdui?is?on?the?organizations?“tentative?list”?for?possible?future?inclusion.

Task?6

A?Chinese?company?says?it?has?created?a?new?facial?recognition?system?that?can?identify?people?even?if?they?1.????????????（wear）?masks.?Engineers?at?Huihua?Technology?Co.?Ltd.?say?their?system?is?the?first?to?be?created?to?2.?????????????（effective）?identify?people?wearing?face?masks.

Huihua?is?now?selling?two?main?3.????????????（kind）?of?products?that?use?the?new?technology.?One?performs“single?channel”?recognition，?which?is?designed?to?be?used?at?the

4.????????????（enter）?to?buildings.?The?other?product?is?a?“multichannel”?recognition?system，?which?can?identify?individuals?in?5.?????????????crowd?of?up?to?30?people?“within?a?second”?by?6.????????????（use）?groups?of?surveillance?（監(jiān)視）?cameras.?When?people?wear?a?mask，?the?recognition?rate?can?reach?about?95%.?And?the?systems?success?rate?for?people?not?wearing?a?mask?7.????????????（be）?about?99.5%.

8.?????????????was?not?immediately?clear?how?Chinese?citizens?were?reacting?to?the?new?technology.?The?Chinese?government?has?already?been?using?other?surveillance?tools?in?the?fight?against?the?new?coronavirus.?9.?????????????some?citizens?have?expressed?opposition?to?such?tools，?many?others?seem?to?have?accepted?the?methods?as?a?way

10.????????????（deal）?with?the?current?health?emergency.

Task?7

Chocolate，?cheese?and?skiing?1.????????????（be）?the?reasons?to?visit?Switzerland.?Zopf，?the?countrys?national?bread，?however，?is?another?attractive?point.

Legend?has?it?that?the?zopf?first?appeared?in?the?15th?century?as?part?of?2.???????????????????????ancient?burial?tradition.?When?a?womans?husband?died，?she?would?bury?her?braided（編辮子的）?hair?in?the?tomb?in?order?3.?????????????their?souls?reunite.?Later，?this?tradition?was?abolished?and?replaced?by?a?new?one?4.?????????????a?woman?would?leave?a?braided?zopf?loaf?in?the?tomb.?While?this?story?is?just?a?tale，?it?is?popular?in?Switzerland.?Another?more?likely?explanation?of?this?breads?evolution?is?the?5.???????????（grow）?of?bakers?associations?around?this?time，?with?the?zopf?6.???????????（become）?so?popular?that?it?was?often?given?as?a?gift?on?celebratory?days.?This?tradition?lives?on?today?and?its?7.

（tradition）?to?gift?a?zopf?on?Swiss?National?Day?（1st?August）.?Its?also?known?as?Sunday?bread，?when?you?can?expect?the?table?8.???????????（load）?with?a?sizeable?loaf，?butter?and?jam.

Zopf?is?9.???????????（particular）?popular?in?Switzerlands?Emmental?region，?an?area?where?you?can?find?10.???????????（loaf）?stretching?up?to?a?metre?long.?A?writer?once?described?in?a?story?that?a?zopf?was?as?big?as?a?oneyearold?child.

Task?8

Whether?you?see?red，?feel?blue，?or?go?green?with?envy?may?depend?on?what?country?you?call?home.?And?when?they?were?given?data?on?how?1.?????????????person?associated?colors?with?emotions，?researchers?could?correctly?predict?where?he?or?she?2.????????????（be）?from.?The?scientists?surveyed?711?people?from?China，?Germany，?Greece，?and?the?United?Kingdom.?3.???????????（volunteer）?read?the?words?for?12?colors，?such?as“green”?and?“black”.?4.????????????（them）?then?indicated?what?emotion?the?colors?brought?to?mind，?and?how?strongly?the?color?was?tied?to?the?feeling.?Across?the?board，?the?colors?5.?????????????inspired?the?most?emotion?were?red，?black?and?pink，?but?brown?and?purple?didnt?have?that?strong?associations.?For?example，?black?was?associated?with?6.????????????（sad）?across?all?countries，?and?red?with?positive?emotions?7.?????????????love?and?pleasure，?along?with?negative?feelings?such?as?anger?and?hate.?Still，?there?were?some?8.????????????（culture）?differences.?For?instance，?brown?was?a?9.????????????（strong）?association?with?disgust?in?Germany?than?in?other?countries.?People?from?Greece?were?the?only?group?to?associate?purple?firstly?with?unhappiness.?White?10.????????????（consider）?as?more?negative?in?China?（people?there?traditionally?wear?white?to?funerals），?and?yellow?was?positive?in?all?countries?except?Greece.