together, achieve success, and mae positive changes. Remember that the other schools in the district are signed up for the Count-Your-Steps too, and each one will try to tae more steps than our school. I hope many will agree to this challenge and show everyone the Star Middle School Cougar Spirit. Please tae into careful consideration this valuable and well-planned program, and then sign up today! In the words of Mr. Thomas, “Together we can enjoy the advantages of waling.” Sincerely, Cora Jeffries 36. firstly suggested the Count-Your-Steps waling program. A. Mr. Thomas C. Ms. Howser
B. Ms. Earley D. Cora Jeffries
37. The goal of Count-Your-Steps waling program is to . A. show the school spirit B. mae friends with others C. develop a habit of running D. appreciate the benefits of waling 38. The pedometer is used to . A. find the routes C. number the steps
B. record the days D. count the walers
39. The purpose of the passage is to . A. introduce school rules
B. call on students to join a program C. eplain the guidelines
D. persuade students to buy a pedometer
B
The Amaing Penguin Rescue
The summer of 2016, the ship MV Treasure sun, creating an oil spill. Thirteen hundred tons of fuel oil were flowing right in the middle of the African Penguins’ habitat. Soon the oil covered about 20,000 penguins. Without swift help, the seabirds would have no chance for survival. Volunteers were showing up
by the thousands and I also too part in what was the largest animal rescue operation ever.
A warehouse was turned into a rescue center near the habitat and hundreds of pools were built to hold about 100 oiled birds each. When waling into the center, I couldn’t believe my ears. I had epected to wal into a chorus of honing and squawing(叫声). Instead, the center sounded lie a library. The penguins were dead silent. My heart ached for the painful birds. Cleaning them all seemed lie an impossible tas. But we had to carry on lie doctors in an emergency room. There was no time for doubt. Cleaning oil off a penguin wasn’t easy. Even with more than 12,500 volunteers, it too a month to bathe all 20,000 birds at the center.
While volunteers were busy bathing the oiled penguins, another crisis (危机) was developing. Oil from the spill had started moving north. Tens of thousands of penguins were in the oil’s path. But we already had our hands full with 20,000 recovering birds. If any more birds were oiled, we wouldn’t have enough resources to save them.
One researcher came up with an idea What if the penguins were temporarily moved out of harm’s way? Eperts decided to have a try. Volunteers rounded up the penguins and released them 500 miles away. The hope was that by the time the seabirds swam home, the oil would be gone. The plan wored! Another 20,000 penguins were saved.
The entire penguin rescue too about three months. More than 90% of the oiled penguins were successfully returned to the wild. Looing bac on the rescue, I am still amaed by the wor of the volunteers. What I could hardly believe was that we accomplished an impossible tas. 37. The African penguins were in danger because of . A. a noc by a ship
B. a spill of oil
D. a lac of help
A. a change of habitats
38. When waling into the rescue center, the author felt . A. ambitious
B. hopeless
C. shoced
D. inspired
39. The crisis was ended by . A. stopping the flow of the oil B. cleaning the polluted habitat C. asing more volunteers to help D. moving the penguins from home
40. The author mainly intends to tell us that . A. many hands mae great wor B. where there is a will there is a way C. the future of wildlife is in our hands D. unite to mae the earth pollution-free
C
Researchers at Brigham found about one in five teenagers now have some degree of hearing damage. The researchers did not say why hearing loss has risen, but other eperts have strong suspicions. One liely culprit, they say, is MP3 players.
An MP3 player can be dangerous to hearing when its decibel level is turned up too high. High-decibel sounds can damage nerve endings, called hair cells. If a sound is loud enough, the damage can be permanent. A loud sound can shae the membrane (薄膜) on which the hair cells sit- “lie an earthquae”. That shae can brea or even uproot hair cells. When that happens, the hair cells are finished. Human ears cannot regrow hair cells. Therefore, when listening to an MP3 player, set a volume limit and avoid eposure to loud sounds.
On the other hand, the loudness of today’s music may not be totally under your control. Music companies have been purposely turning up the volume. It’s a trend called the fight for loudness.
Play a CD from the 1990s. Then play a newly released tune. Don’t touch the volume control. You’ll probably notice that the new CD sounds louder than the old one. Why? Sound engineers who create CDs are using dynamic range compression (压缩), a technology that maes the quiet parts of a song louder and the loud parts quieter. The overall effect of compression is a louder recording.
Many musicians and sound engineers aren’t pleased. They say that compression is driving down the quality of today, s music, maing it sound flat and blaring. Gray Hobish, a sound engineer, eplains that music should be a combination of loudness and softness. But music companies want to mae music louder so it will stand out. That’s important in the competition among recording companies.
What about listeners? Many teenagers listen to music on the go in noisy places and through headphones, all of which reduce sound quality. So young listeners may not notice the poorer quality of modem recordings. “To their ears,” says Hobish, “the music sounds fine. And they are not aware of the
hidden threat of the music they are enjoying.”
41. The phrase “lie an earthquae” in Para. 2 aims to eplain . A. that volume can strongly affect parts of the ear B. how our body is unable to regrow hair cells C. how much damage the ear can avoid D. that hair cells are easily damaged
42. What can we learn about today’s music business? A. New technology improves the quality of music. B. Young listeners today prefer louder sound. C. Music companies sacrifice quality for loudness. D. Sound engineers face tough competition. 43. What is probably the best title for the passage? A. The Loudness War B. Your Hearing Is Going! C. The Damaged Ears D. Are You a Good Listener?
D
Antiquities are ancient objects and artwors. Museums acquire wors to display from many different sources. Sometimes they purchase them. Other times they receive donations. Today there are strict rules forbidding art that has been stolen from other countries. However, antiquities that have been at museums for decades or even centuries may have arrived there by questionable means. Now, some countries claim that museums have a responsibility to return these antiquities to their original locations.
There are many eamples of this debate. Perhaps the most famous is the argument between Greece and the U over the Elgin marbles. In the early 19th century, the Earl (伯爵) of Elgin had numerous sculptures taen from Greece to the U. When Elgin did this, Greece was still a part of the Ottoman Empire. He claimed that he had received a permit to eport the sculptures. Today the marbles are on display in the British Museum^ However, Greece wants them to be returned to their original location.
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