2014年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(上海卷)
英语
本试卷分为第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。考试时间120分钟，试卷满分
150分。
第I卷（共103分）
I. Listening Comprehension
Section A
Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.
1. A. A policewoman. B. A judge. C. A reporter. D. A waitress.
2. A. Confident. B. Puzzled. C. Satisfied. D. Worried.
3. A. At a restaurant. B. At a car rental agency.
C. In a bank.
D. In a driving school.
4. A. A disaster. B. A new roof. C. A performance. D. A TV station.
5. A. Catch the train. B. Meet Jane.
C. Get some stationery.
D. Clean the backyard.
6. A. Ask for something cheaper. B. Buy the vase she really likes.
C. Protect herself from being hurt.
D. Bargain with the shop assistant.
7. A. Use a computer in the lab. B. Take a chemistry course.
C. Help him revise his report.
D. Get her computer repaired.
8. A. Amused. B. Embarrassed.
C. Shocked.
D. Sympathetic.
9. A. She doesn't plan to continue studying next year.
B. She has already told the man about her plan.
C. She isn't planning to leave her university.
D. She recently visited a different university.
10. A. It spoke highly of the mayor.
B. It misinterpreted the mayor's speech.
C. It made the mayor's view clearer.
D. It carried the mayor's speech accurately.
Section B
Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.
Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.
11. A. 70. B. 20. C. 25. D. 75.
12. A. The houses there can't be sold. B. It is a place for work and holiday.
C. The cabins and facilities are shared.
D. It is run by the residents themselves.
13. A. A skiing resort. B. A special community.
C. A splendid mountain.
D. A successful businesswoman.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following news.
14. A. Those who often sent text messages. B. Those who suffered from heart disease.
C. Those who did no physical exercise.
D. Those who were unmarried.
15. A. They responded more slowly than usual. B. They sent more messages.
C. They typed 10 percent faster on average.
D. They edited more passages.
16. A. Why chemical therapy works.
B. Why marriage helps fight cancer.
C. How unmarried people survive cancer.
D. How cancer is detected after marriage.
Section C
Directions: In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks
with the information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.
Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.
Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.
Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
(A)
My Stay in New York
After graduation from university, I had been unable to secure a permanent job in my small town. So I decided to leave home for New York, （25）______I might have a better chance to find a good job. （26）______ (earn) some money to pay the daily expenses, I started work in a local
café as a waiter. I believe that （27）______ ______ ______ I was offered a good position, I would resign at once.
Over time, the high cost of living became a little burden on my already （28）______ (exhaust) shoulder. On the other hand, my search for a respectable job had not met with much success. As I had studied literature at university, I found it quite difficult to secure a suitable job in big companies. Mother had just said that （29）______ I want to have a better career advancement, I had to find work in the city. Perhaps （30）______my mother had told me was deeply rooted in my mind. I just did as she had expected.
Soon I had lived in the city for over six months but I still did not like it. Apparently, I had difficulty （31）______ (adapt) myself to life in the city, let alone finding a job to my delight. After nine months of frustration, I eventually decided to go back to my small town. Not until I returned （32）______I realize that a quiet town life was the best for me.
(B)
The giant vending machine (自动售货机) is a new village shop Villagers have long been used to facing a drive when they run out of basic supplies. However, help is now nearer at hand in form of the country’s first automatic push-button shop. Now residents in the Derbyshire Village of Clifton can buy groceries around the clock after the huge vending was installed outside a pub in the village this week.
Peter Fox, who is （33）______electrical engineer, spent two and a half years working on the project. The machine （34）______ (equip) with securing cameras and alarms and looks like a mini shop with a brick front, a grey roof and a display window.
Mr. Fox said he hoped his invention, （35）_____ is set to be installed in other villages in the area over the coming months, will mark a return to convenience shopping for rural communities. He said:“ I had this idea a few years ago but I couldn’t find a manufacture who could deliver what I wanted, so I did it by （36）_____. The result is what amounts to huge outdoor vending machine. Yet I think the term “automatic shop” is far（37）______ (appropriate)
In recent years, the commercial pressure from supermarket chains （38）_____ (force) village shops across the country to close. In 2010, it was estimated that about 400 village shops closed, （39）______ (urge) the local government to give financial support to struggling shops or
set-up new communities stores.
Hundreds of communities have since stepped in and opened up their won volunteer-run shops, but Mr. Fox hopes his new invention will offer a solution （40）______those villages without a local shop.
Section B
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
Let's say you've decided you want to eat more healthfully. However, you don't have time to carefully plan menus for meals or read food 41at the supermarket. Since you really 42 yourself to a healthier lifestyle, a little help would come in handy, wouldn't it? This is where a "choice architect" can help43some of the burden of doing it all yourself. Choice architects are people who organize the contexts in which customers make decisions. For example, the person who decides the layout of your local supermarket-including which shelf the peanut butter goes on, and how the oranges are piled up — is a choice architect.
Governments don’t have to44healthier lifestyles through laws for example, smoking bans. Rather, if given an environment created by a choice architect-one that encourages us to choose what is best-we will do the right things. In other words, there will be designs that gently push customers toward making healthier choices, without removing freedom of choice. This idea combines freedom to choose with 45hints from choice architects, who aim to help people live longer, healthier, and happier lives.
The British and Swedish governments have introduced a so-called "traffic light system" to 46foods as healthy or unhealthy. This means that customers can see at a glance how much fat, sugar, and salt each product contains 47by looking at the lights on the package. A green light48that the amounts of the three nutrients are healthy; yellow indicates that the customer should be49; and red means that the food is high in at least one of the three nutrients and should be eaten in50. The customer is given important health information, but is still free to decide what to choose.
2016年上海市高考英语试卷 I. Listening Comprehension Section A Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. 1．（1分）A．It is satisfactory． B．It is luxurious． C．It is old﹣fashioned． D．It is disappointing． 2．（1分）A．On August 5th． B．On August 6th． C．On August 7th． D．On August 8th． 3．（1分）A．A waiter． B．A butcher． C．A porter． D．A farmer． 4．（1分）A．In a theatre． B．In a library． C．In a booking office． D．In a furniture store． 5．（1分）A．She expected to a better show． B．She could hardly find her seat． C．She wasn't interested in the show． D．She didn't get a favourable seat． 6．（1分）A．The woman often eats out for breakfast．
2010年6月高等学校英语应用能力考试(PRETCO)2010-06-A Part I Listening Comprehension ( 15 minutes) Directions: This part is to test your listening consists of 3 sections. Section A Directions: This section is to test your ability to understand short are 5 recorded dialogues in each dialogue, there is a recorded the dialogues and questions will be spoken only you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A) , B) , C) and D) given in your test you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Example: You will hear: You will read: A) New York City. B) An evening party. C) An air trip. D) The man’s joB) From the dialogue we learn that the man is to take a flight to New , C) An air trip is the correct should mark C) on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. [A] [B] [C] [D] Now the test will begin. 1. B A) The man can have a room with a shower. B) The man can’t have a room at present. C) The man should come tomorrow. D) The man booked a double room.
Part I Cloze Test Directions: This part, numbered 1 to 15, is to test your grammar and vocabulary ability. Each of the blanks (N0.1 to No.15) is followed by four choices of suggested choices marked A), B), C) and D). Make the best choice and write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. A "dark horse "is one that shows unexpected racing speed and comes in first, 1 the experts said he had little chance of winning. In politics, an 2 candidate (候选人) for office who 3 a nomination(提名)or election is called a "dark horse". British Prime Minister Benjamin Disrael is believed to 4 the first to use the phrase. In his novel, "The Young Duke ", published in 1831, Disrael described a horse race and told how the two top choices fell 5 ,while "a dark horse "which had never been thought of rushing past the grandstand (看台)in a sweeping triumph. From racing to politics was a short step. As a political phrase, “dark horse ” 6 for the first time in the national Democratic Party congress of 1844. The "dark horse" was James Knox Polk who became the llth President of the United States. Polk had been the leader of the House of Representatives from 1835 to 1839. He had 7 been Governor of the state of Tennessee. But as a national leader, he was considered a political 8 . Nevertheless, he 9 won the Democratic nomination and was elected 10 .Martin Van Buren of New York, A former President, seemed sure of getting the nomination. But he opposed making the territory of Texas part of the United States as mother state. He was 11 it because there was slavery in Texas. Van Buren did not want another slave state in the Union. As a result, he 12 support among those Democrats who supported slavery. At the 1884 congress, Van Buren could not get enough votes to win the nomination. The congress got into 13 . Therefore, the Democratic leaders decided that the only wise thing would be to run a "dark horse ", 14 who could unite the party. And so, one of the party leaders, George Bancroft, proposed the name of James Knox Polk. He won, and the party 15 behind him, And he defeated his opponent , Henry Clay of the Whig Party. After the 1844 congress, the "dark horse "candidates became an established fact of national political life. One historian said, "The invention of the dark horse was in itself a remarkable product of our professional politics. "This made it possible for party leaders to choose candidates who were not tied to certain ideas. Therefore, they represented nothing and had developed few enemies. 1. A. so B. even though C. so that D. as if 2. A. unknown B. famous C. popular D. known 3. A. accepts B. looks forward to C. refuses D. wins 4. A. be B. being C. been D. have been
2014年高考英语试题及答案全国卷2
2014年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试新课标II卷 英语 本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。考试结束后，将本试卷和答案卡一并交回。 注意事项： 1．答第I卷前考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。 2．选出每小题答案前，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动,用橡皮擦干净后,再选涂其他答案标号框,不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。 第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） 第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，满分40分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑． A Arriving in Sydney on his own from India, my husband, Rashid, stayed in a hotel for a short time while looking for a short time while looking for a house for me and our children.
During the first week of his stay, he went out one day to do some shopping. He came back in the late afternoon to discover that his suitcase was gone. He was extremely worried as the suitcase had all his important papers, including his passport. He reported the case to the police and then sat there，lost and lonely in strange city, thinking of the terrible troubles of getting all the paperwork organized again from a distant country while trying to settle down in a new one. Late in the evening, the phone rang. It was a stranger. He was trying to pronounce my husband’s name and was asking him a lot of questions. Then he said they had found a pile of papers in their trash can（垃圾桶）that had been left out on the footpath. My husband rushed to their home to find a kind family holding all his papers and documents. Their young daughter had gone to the trash can and found a pile of unfamiliar papers. Her parents had carefully sorted them
上海高考英语试题 集团文件版本号：（M928-T898-M248-WU2669-I2896-DQ586-M1988）
2010年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（上海卷） 英语试卷 本试卷分第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分，共150分，考试用时120分钟。考试结束，将答题卡和答题卷一并交回。 考生注意： 1．本试卷分为第Ⅰ卷和第Ⅱ卷两部分。满分150分。考试时间120分钟。 2．答第Ⅰ卷前，考生务必在答题卡和答题纸上用钢笔或圆珠笔清楚填写姓名、准考证号、校验码，并用铅笔在答题卡上正确涂写准 考证号和效验码。 3．第Ⅰ卷（1—16小题，25—80小题）由机器阅卷，答案必须全部涂写在答题卡上。考试应将代表正确答案的小方格用铅笔涂黑。 注意试题题号和答题卡编号一一对应，不能错位。答案需要更改 时，必须将原选项用橡皮擦去，重新选择。答案不能涂写在试卷 上，涂写在试卷上一律不给分。第Ⅰ卷中的第17—24小题，第 81—84小题和第Ⅱ卷的试题，其答案用钢笔或水笔写在答题纸 上，如用铅笔答题，或写在试卷上一律不给分。 第Ⅰ卷（共105分） L listening comprehension Section A Directions In section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a
question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. 1．A．A shop assistant. B．A dentist C．An cloarician D．A bank clerk. 2．A．The exam score. B．The world news. C．A soccer match. D．A basketball team. 3．A．At a post office B．At a flower shop C．At a department store. D．At a bus station 4．A．5 hours B．7 hours C．9 hours D．10 hours 5．A．Tim’s not seriously injured B．Tim will get to the hospital quickly. C．The woman’s heard all about Tim’s illness. D．The woman doesn’t know how Tim is now. 6．A．She isn’t the mood to travel. B．France is too far for family holiday. C．Family holiday no longer interests her D．She has had too many holidays this year.
高等学校英语应用能力考试(A级) (2015年12月) Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) Directions: This part is to test your listening ability. It consists of 3 sections. Section A Directions:This section is to test your ability to understand short dialogues. There are 5 recorded dialogues in it. After each dialogue, there is a recorded question. Both the dialogues and questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A, B, C and D given in your test paper. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Example:You will hear: You will read: A. New York City. B. An evening party. C. An air trip. D. The man’s job. From the dialogue we learn that the man is to take a flight to New York. Therefore, C. An air trip is the correct answer. You should mark C on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. [A] [B] [C] [D] Now the test will begin. 1.A) The price of the product. C) The delivery of his order. B)The charge of the service. D) The packing of the goods. 2.A) Giving a lecture. C) Preparing a party. B)Taking an interview. D) Having an exam. 3.A) Its food is delicious. C) It is close to his office. B)Its price is reasonable. D) It provides good service. 4.A) By sea. B) By air . C) By train. D) By truck. 5.A) Asking the way. C) Buying air tickets. B) Renting a car. D) Booking hotel rooms. Section B Direction:This section is to test your ability to understand short conversations. There are 2 recorded conversations in it. After each conversation, there are some recorded questions .Both the conversations and questions will be spoken two times. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A, B, C and D given in your test paper. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Conversation 1 6.A) Open a new shoe store. C) Invite the woman to his company. B) Participate in a trade fair. D) Pace an order with the woman. 7.A) An advertising brochure. C) An invitation letter. B) A price list. D) A few samples. Conversation 2 8.A) At a hotel. C) In a restaurant. B) At the airport. D) In a bank. 9. A) To buy a ticket. C) To place an order.
2014年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（浙江） 英语试题 选择题部分（共80分） 第一部分：英语知识应用（共两节，满分30分） 第一节：单项填空（共20小题，每小题0.5分，满分10分） 从A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。 1. ---I am going to Spain fort a holiday soon. --- ______. A. It’s my pleasure B. Never mind C. Leave it alone D. Good for you 2. The paper is due next month, and I am working seven days ______ week, often long into ______ night. A. a; the B. the; 不填 C. a; a D. 不填；the 3.An average of just 18.75cm of rain fell last year, making ______ the driest year since California became a state in 1850. A. each B. it C. this D. one 4.Joe is proud and ______, never admitting he is wrong and always looking for someone else to blame. A. strict B. sympathetic C. stubborn D. sensitive 5.I don’t become a serious climber until the fifth grade, ______ I went up to rescue a kite that was stuck in the branches of a tree. A. when B. where C. which D. why 6.We most prefer to say yes to the ______ of someone we know and like. A. attempts B. requests C. doubts D. promises https://www.doczj.com/doc/4412193053.html,st week a tennis ball hit me on the head, but I tried to _______ the pain, believing that it would go away sooner or later. A. share B. realize C. ignore D. cause 8.“Every time you eat a sweet, drink green tea.” This is _____ my mother used to tell me. A. what B. how C. that D. whether 9.No matter how carefully you plan your finances, no one can _____ when the unexpected will happen. A. prove B. imply C. demand D. predict 10.While staying in the village, James unselfishly shared whatever he had with the villagers without asking for anything ______ . A. in return B. in common C. in turn D. in place 11.Sofia looked around at all the faces: she had the impression that she _____ most of the guests
2014年全国普通高等学校招生统一考试 上海英语试卷 考生注意： 1.考试时间120分钟，试卷满分150分。 2.本考试设试卷和答题纸两部分。试卷分为第Ⅰ卷（笫1-12页）和第Ⅱ卷（第13页）， 全卷共13页。所有答題必须涂（选择题）或写（非选择题）在答题纸上，做在试卷上一律不得分。 3.答題前，务必在答題纸上填写准考证号和姓名，并将核对后的条形码貼在指定位置上， 在答題纸反面清楚地填写姓名。 4.本文档由上海高考基地高考英语命题研究组校对版权归上海考试院所有。 第I卷（共103分） I. Listening Comprehension Section A Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. 1. A. policewoman. B. A judge. C. A reporter. D. A waitress. 2. A. Confident. B. Puzzled. C. Satisfied. D. Worried. 3. A. At a restaurant. B. At a car rental agency. C. In a bank. D. In a driving school. 4. A. A disaster. B. A new roof. C. A performance. D. A TV station. 5. A. Catch the train. B. Meet Jane. C. Get some stationery. D. Clean the backyard. 6. A. Ask for something cheaper. B. Buy the vase she really likes. C. Protect herself from being hurt. D. Bargain with the shop assistant. 7. A. Use a computer in the lab. B. Take a chemistry course. C. Help him revise his report. D. Gel her computer repaired. 8. A. Amused. B. Embarrassed. C. Shocked. D. Sympathetic. 9. A. She doesn't plan to continue studying next year. B. She has already told the man about her plan. C. She isn’t planning to leave her u niversity. D. She recently visited a different university. 10. A. It spoke highly of the mayor. B. It misinterpreted the mayor’s speech. C. It made the mayor’s view clearer. D. It earned the mayor’s sp eech accurately.
大学英语应用能力考试试 题及答案 Prepared on 21 November 2021
Part I Cloze Test Directions: This part, numbered 1 to 15, is to test your grammar and vocabulary ability. Each of the blanks to is followed by four choices of suggested choices marked A), B), C) and D). Make the best choice and write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Every year, almost 2 million Americans are injured while they're 1 work. Every day, 240 are killed on the job. The 2 job is cutting down trees. Being a policeman is safer than many jobs, including driving a truck, collecting garbage and 3 airplanes. One of the safest jobs is being a librarian. The government inspects(检查) most factories and offices. 4 have to 5 fines if their factories or offices are unsafe. In California, employers often go to prison if one of their workers is 6 because a factory didn't 7 safety measures. But President Bush cut down the number of government inspectors 8 15 percent. Many people say working is less safe 9 . For women workers, the greatest danger so far is murder. Forty-- two percent of all 10 who die at work were killed. Many of them work 11 clerks in stores 12 they are by themselves at night. Experts say they can protect themselves by putting the cash desk in full 13 of the street. The numbers of deaths and accidents at work don't take into 14 people who become sick from 15 that they are exposed to at work. Doctors don't know if some chemicals cause illness. There are no government rules for many new chemicals. Inspectors say employers turn their backs on safety problems because they don't want to pay the bill for fixing them. They also say some workers don't want to complain about dangers because they may lose their jobs.
2014年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(新课标I) 英语 注意事项： 1. 本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。第Ⅰ卷1页至10页，第Ⅱ卷11页至13页。 2. 答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名，准考证号填写在本试卷相应的位置。 3. 全部答案在答题卡上完成，搭载本试卷上无效。 4. 第Ⅰ卷听力部分满分30分，不计入总分，考试成绩录取时提供给高校作参考。 5. 考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 第Ⅰ卷 第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分） 做题时，现将答案标在试卷上，录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。 第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 听下面5段对话，每段对话后有一个小题。从题中所给的A,B,C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 例：How much is the shirt? A.￡ 19.15 B.￡ 9.18 C.￡ 9.15 答案是C。 1.What does the woman want to do ? A. Find a place B. Buy a map C.Get an address 2. What will the man do for the woman? A. Repair her car B.Give her a ride C.Pick up a aunt 3. Who might Mr Peterson be? A. new professor B.A department head C.A company director 4. What does the man think of the book? A.Quite different B.Very interesting C.Too simple 5.What are the speakers talking about? A.Weather B.Clothes. C.News.
高等学校英语应用能力考试（B级） 2018年6月 Part I Listening Comprehension (25 minutes) Directions: This part is to test your listening ability. It consists of 4 sections. Section A Directions: This section is to test your ability to give proper responses. There are 7 recorded questions in it. After each question, there is a pause. The questions will be spoken two times. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D) given in your test paper. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Example: You will hear: You will read: A) I’m not sure. B) You’re right. C) Yes, certainly. D) That’s interesting. From the question we learn that the speaker is asking the listener to leave a message. Therefore, C) Yes, certainly is the correct answer. You should mark C) on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. [A][B][C][D] Now the test will begin. 1. A) Oh, yes. Please. B) I like it very much. C) Sit down please. D) Fine. And you? 2. A) Take care. B) My pleasure. C) It' s great. D) This way, please. 3. A) See you tomorrow. B) Ok, it doesn’t ' t matter. C) Sorry, all our rooms are booked. D) Here is the room key.
2014年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(山西新课标 I) 英语 第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分60分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题3分，满分45分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A The Cambridge Science Festival Curiosity Challenge Dare to Take the Curiosity Challenge! The Cambridge Science Festival (CSF) is pleased to inform you of the sixth annual Curiosity Challenge. The challenge invites, even dares school students between the ages of 5 and 14 to create artwork or a piece of writing that shows their curiosity and how it inspires them to explore their world. Students are being dared to draw a picture, write an article, take a photo or write a poem that shows what they are curious about. To enter the challenge, all artwork or pieces of writing should be sent to the Cambridge Science Festival, MIT Museum, 265 Mass Avenue, Cambridge 02139 by Friday, February 8th. Students who enter the Curiosity Challenge and are selected as winners will be honored at a special ceremony during the CSF on Sunday, April 21st. Guest speakers will also present prizes to the students. Winning entries will be published in a book. Student entries will be exhibited and prizes will be given. Families of those who take part will be included in the celebration and brunch will be served. Between March 10th and March 15th, each winner will be given the specifics of the closing ceremony and the Curiosity Challenge celebration. The program guidelines and other related information are available at: https://www.doczj.com/doc/4412193053.html,. 21. Who can take part in the Curiosity Challenge? A. School students. B. Cambridge locals. C. CSF winners. D. MIT artists. 22. When will the prize-giving ceremony be held? A. On February 8th. B. On March 10th. C. On April 21st. D. On March 15th. 23. What type of writing is this text? A. An exhibition guide. B. An art show review. C. An announcement. D. An official report. B Passenger pigeons(旅鸽) once flew over much of the United States in unbelievable numbers. Written accounts from the 18th and 19th centuries described flocks(群) so large that they darkened the sky for hours. It was calculated that when its population reached its highest point, there were more than 3 billion passenger pigeons – a number equal to 24 to 40 percent of the total bird population in the