1、Module 1 Deep South (建议用时：45分钟).阅读理解A(2023年昆明诊断测试)The world can be a scary place when youre young. It can be even scarier when youre a young little blue penguin(企鹅), the tiniest of the penguin species. Luckily, there are some humans willing to help. They stepped in to protect Billy, a blue penguin t
2、hat appeared on a beach in Christchurch, New Zealand.Spotted on November 29 at the slipway at Moncks Bay, near Sumner, in Christchurch, the little penguin immediately attracted a small crowd. Jeff Mein Smith saw the crowd while he was bicycling that afternoon, and he biked home to get his camera. Wh
3、en he returned to the scene, he found that the penguin had received a little sign, one that read “Hi, Im waiting for my mum to come back. DOC(Department of Conservation) knows Im here. Please leave me alone. Keep your dog away. Thanks, Billy the baby blue penguin.”Billy didnt move away from the sign
4、. The DOC arrived later that afternoon to pick up Billy, though they were surprised to see it on the beach. “Its unusual for a blue penguin to be out in the open on the beach during the day，” Anita Spencer, a DOC senior ranger, told Stuff.Billy was taken to the Christchurch Penguin Rehabilitation Ce
5、nter after being retrieved from the beach. Volunteers believe the bird may actually be a female penguin, and is around 2 months old. The chick weighs a mere 550 grams, less than a standard basketball. A blue penguin should weigh around 900 grams at this age. Most little penguins grow up to weigh 1 k
6、ilogram.The center will help the little penguin gain some weight by feeding it fish juice, before its set free into the ocean.【解题导语】本文主要讲述了一只小蓝企鹅在人们的帮助下最终得救的故事。1Why can the world be frightening to a young penguin?AIt is a rare species.BIt faces potential danger.CIt is surrounded by the crowd.DIt is
7、threatened by dogs.B解析：推理判断题。根据第二段，尤其是倒数第二、三句“Please leave me alone. Keep your dog away.”可知，当时有人在那只小蓝企鹅旁边竖立了一个牌子警示人们不要打扰它，不要让狗靠近它。由此可推知，对于那只小蓝企鹅来讲，这个世界是可怕的，因为它面临着一些潜在的危险。故B项正确。2It can be inferred from the text that Billy_Ais a female penguinBhas expressed its thanksCweighs less for its ageDprefers l
8、iving on the beachC解析：推理判断题。根据第四段中的“The chick weighs a mere 550 grams, less than a standard basketball. A blue penguin should weigh around 900 grams at this age.”可知，这只小蓝企鹅体重只有550克，而处于它这个年龄的小蓝企鹅的体重应达到900克左右。由此可推知，这只小蓝企鹅的体重低于它这个年龄的小蓝企鹅的体重。故C项正确。3Which of the following can replace the underlined word “
9、retrieved” in Paragraph 4?AIgnored.BCured.CGiven away.DBrought back.D解析：词义猜测题。根据第四段第一句“Billy was taken to the Christchurch Penguin Rehabilitation Center after being retrieved from the beach.”可知，这只小蓝企鹅是从沙滩上被带到克赖斯特彻奇的一个企鹅康复中心的。由此可推知，画线词与brought back “带回”意思相近。故D项正确。4What will happen to Billy in the cen
10、ter?AIt will be reported to Stuff.BIt will be visited by the locals.CIt will be taken good care of.DIt will be fed with fruit juice.C解析：推理判断题。根据最后一段“The center will help the little penguin gain some weight by feeding it fish juice, before its set free into the ocean.”可知，在这只小蓝企鹅被放回海洋之前，康复中心会帮助它增加一些体重
11、。由此可推知，在那个企鹅康复中心里，这只小蓝企鹅会得到很好的照顾。故C项正确。B(2023年陕西部分学校摸底检测) Scientists are preparing to launch the worlds first machine to clean up the planets largest mass of ocean plastic.The experts believe the machine should be able to collect half of the detritus in the patchabout 40，000 metric tonswithin five y
12、ears. In the past few weeks they have been busy welding together giant tubes that will sit on the surface of the sea and form the skeleton of the machine, creating the largest floating barrier ever made.The system, originally dreamt up by Mr. Slat, will be shipped out this summer to the Great Pacifi
13、c Garbage Patch, between Hawaii and California, which contains estimated 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic. It will be the first ever attempt to tackle the patch since it was discovered in 1997.Mr. Slat was 16 and still at school when he was diving in Greece and first saw for himself the amount of plas
14、tic polluting the sea. “There were more bags than fish down there，” he recalls. Two years later he came up with a solution, quit university after six months and set up The Ocean Cleanup as a company. Mr. Slat says the first plastic to arrive on shore will be a major milestone. “We as humanity create
15、d this problem, so I think its also our responsibility to help solve it，” he says.The Great Pacific Garbage Patch(GPGP) covers an area of 1.6 million square kilometers and contains at least 79，000 tons of plastic, research found last month. Most of it is made up of “ghost gear”parts of abandoned and
16、 lost fishing gear, such as nets and ropesoften from illegal fishing vessels.Ghost gear kills more than 100，000 whales, dolphins and seals each year, according to scientific surveys. Seabirds and other marine life are increasingly being found dead with stomachs full of small pieces of plastic. Creatures eat plastic discarded in the sea thinking its food but then sta
