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International News English · Grade 9 Advanced NEWS-BASED ENGLISH 国际新闻英语阅读暑假训练 宁波地区新九年级 · 拔尖版 新闻时段：2026年7月20日—7月28日（北京时间） PART I Cloze Tests 完形填空 5篇 · 每篇15空 · 每空四选一 CLOZE TEST 1 · 中国｜暑期文旅、研学与交通 Cloze 1 A Cooler Journey, a Deeper Lesson 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。 At the foot of Changbai Mountain（长白山）, a group of middle school students walked through thick forest in late July. The temperature was about 22°C—far cooler than in many cities. They had not travelled only to __1__ the heat. Their programme mixed geography, wildlife study and local culture, turning a holiday into a learning experience. Across China, this kind of summer travel has become part of “Shuyun”（暑运）. School holidays and the busiest travel season __2__ at the same time, so families, students and other visitors move in huge numbers. The national railway system expected about 1.01 billion passenger trips during a 62-day period ending on August 31. Young travellers and families were expected to __3__ for more than 60 percent of the total. The figures are impressive, but they do not explain the whole change. Destinations are designing trips around study, sports, health and cultural events. A mountain is no longer sold only as a beautiful view; it may also become an outdoor __4__. A museum visit may be connected with a neighbourhood walk or a craft lesson. Transport makes these choices easier. Special trains and customised（定制的） services help travellers __5__ places that once seemed inconvenient. Better connections do not automatically create a meaningful trip, however. The experience still depends on good planning, safe activities and guides who can __6__ facts clearly. The boom brings opportunities to local businesses. Hotels, restaurants and cultural centres can welcome more customers. Yet success should not be __7__ only by visitor numbers. If a place becomes overcrowded（过度拥挤的）, the environment and the daily life of residents may suffer. A strong tourism plan therefore spreads visitors across time and space instead of sending everyone to the same famous spot. Study tours also require balance. Students should be active learners, not simply passengers following a flag. They need time to observe, ask questions and __8__ what they see with classroom knowledge. A busy schedule filled with photo stops may look efficient but teach very __9__. Parents, meanwhile, should examine what a programme really offers. A high price or a fashionable name does not __10__ quality. Useful questions include: Who teaches the course? How large is the group? What safety plan is in place? Will students create or discuss something after the visit? For overseas visitors, summer events can open a window onto contemporary（当代的） China. Food, transport, festivals and everyday conversations may make culture feel __11__ than a short description in a guidebook. This kind of understanding grows through contact rather than slogans. The summer travel boom is therefore more than movement from one station to another. It shows how climate, education, culture and transport can __12__ one another. The coolest destination may attract the first click, but a thoughtful experience is what people __13__. If tourism is planned well, a trip can support local life while protecting the place people came to enjoy. It can also give teenagers a chance to practise independence, teamwork and curiosity. The real __14__ is not simply how far they travel, but how carefully they notice the world along the way. When a journey produces better questions, it has already gone __15__ sightseeing. Choose the best answer. 1. A. escape B. collect C. measure D. produce 2. A. disappear B. overlap C. improve D. separate 3. A. search B. wait C. account D. care 4. A. classroom B. factory C. market D. theatre 5. A. protect B. reach C. describe D. avoid 6. A. explain B. hide C. record D. repeat 7. A. borrowed B. measured C. prevented D. divided 8. A. compare B. replace C. fill D. lend 9. A. enough B. much C. little D. well 10. A. promise B. require C. discover D. influence 11. A. stranger B. poorer C. nearer D. quieter 12. A. compete with B. learn from C. depend on D. belong to 13. A. remember B. cancel C. order D. remove 14. A. result B. point C. value D. process 15. A. against B. without C. beyond D. beside CLOZE TEST 2 · 美国｜森林生态与可控燃烧 Cloze 2 When a Small Fire Protects a Giant Tree 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A new NASA-funded study has given strong evidence for an idea that may sound __1__: carefully setting a small fire can help a forest survive a much larger one. Researchers found that giant sequoias（巨杉） were nearly four times more likely to survive an extreme wildfire in forests managed with prescribed burns（计划性燃烧）. Giant sequoias grow naturally only on the western side of California's Sierra Nevada mountains. They can live for more than 3,000 years and rise over 90 metres. Their size makes them famous, but their ecological（生态的） role is just as important. They store carbon, filter water and provide __2__ for birds, insects and small animals. Fire has always been part of these forests. Low and moderate fires remove fallen branches and young plants. When fire is kept away for many years, however, dry material __3__ on the forest floor. It becomes fuel for a hotter fire that can climb into the tops of old trees. A prescribed burn is planned for suitable weather and watched by trained crews. Its purpose is not to destroy the forest but to __4__ the amount of dangerous fuel. The method carries risk, so planning and public communication are essential. Yet avoiding every controlled fire may leave a much larger risk __5__. The research team studied 26,403 trees in 19 groves after the severe fire seasons of 2020 and 2021. They combined ground maps, high-resolution images, lidar（激光雷达） and computer models. By comparing treated and untreated areas, they estimated that prescribed burns had __6__ about 1,800 giant sequoias. Before this work, many forest managers already believed controlled fire was useful. Much of the support, however, came from experience and individual examples. The new study turned that practical knowledge into __7__ evidence across a large number of trees. The finding does not mean that every forest should be burned in exactly the same way. Weather, plant types, nearby homes and local history all __8__. A method that works in one ecosystem may need to be changed in another. It also does not mean wildfire can be completely controlled. Climate, drought（干旱） and wind can still create extreme conditions. Prescribed fire is one tool in a __9__ plan that may also include thinning small trees, improving emergency routes and reducing human-made sparks. The study offers a lesson about risk. People often prefer an action that looks perfectly safe now, even if it creates more danger later. A small column of planned smoke is easy to see and criticise; the dry fuel that remains after years without fire is far less __10__. Good decisions therefore require both short-term and long-term thinking. They also require trust. Residents need to know why a burn is planned, how it will be monitored and what will happen if conditions __11__. Remote sensing（遥感） helped the scientists view thousands of trees, but the technology did not replace field knowledge. It worked best when different kinds of information were __12__. The same principle applies to forest management: science, local experience and public safety must inform one another. For the giant sequoia, survival may depend on accepting that fire is not always an enemy. The key question is what kind of fire, under what conditions and for what __13__. Nature is rarely protected by a single simple rule. The oldest trees have lived through centuries of change. Helping them face the next extreme wildfire will take preparation rather than luck. In this case, using fire __14__ may keep a far more destructive fire from deciding the forest's future. What looks like a contradiction（矛盾） becomes a practical form of __15__. Choose the best answer. 1. A. ordinary B. impossible C. contradictory D. traditional 2. A. habitat B. energy C. culture D. progress 3. A. disappears B. gathers C. freezes D. shines 4. A. increase B. record C. reduce D. divide 5. A. behind B. over C. through D. away 6. A. removed B. saved C. planted D. measured 7. A. broader B. stranger C. weaker D. quieter 8. A. matter B. happen C. agree D. follow 9. A. balanced B. private C. sudden D. narrow 10. A. helpful B. visible C. serious D. common 11. A. settle B. improve C. change D. arrive 12. A. hidden B. separated C. corrected D. combined 13. A. order B. purpose C. choice D. result 14. A. wisely B. quietly C. widely D. heavily 15. A. tourism B. conservation C. competition D. invention CLOZE TEST 3 · 韩国｜围棋、人工智能与公平竞赛 Cloze 3 The Board Where Human and AI Both Learned 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。 For years, stories about artificial intelligence and Go（围棋） have often focused on machines becoming stronger. In Seoul this July, the story took a different turn. Korean professional Shin Jin-seo defeated KataGo in a three-game series, winning the last match after 221 moves and finishing with a 2–1 __1__. The result did not prove that people are generally stronger than the best Go programs. The match used a two-stone handicap（让子）, giving Shin an advantage because KataGo's calculating power was greater. This rule was not a hidden detail; it was part of the contest's design. A fair reading of the event must __2__ both the victory and the conditions. Shin lost the first game, then won the second after nearly five hours and 290 moves. In the final game, he played with unusual accuracy. His comeback（逆转） made the series exciting, but the deeper lesson was how he __3__ after failure. AI can examine enormous numbers of possible moves. A human cannot search the board in the same way. Human players instead depend on pattern recognition（模式识别）, judgement, memory and the ability to focus for hours. The contest therefore did not compare two identical kinds of __4__. Shin himself described AI with respect. He said programs such as KataGo had helped human Go develop and had supported his own growth. His view avoids a simple “human __5__ machine” story. A tool can be an opponent in one match and a teacher during years of practice. This relationship appears in many fields. Chess players study computer analysis; doctors use systems that notice patterns in scans; students ask digital tools for feedback. The useful question is not only whether AI can __6__ a person, but how people should learn from it without giving up responsibility. The handicap also raises an interesting question about competition. Rules can be changed to make a contest meaningful when abilities are unequal. Yet the adjustment should be transparent（透明的）, or the result may be __7__. Knowing the conditions allows the audience to admire the player's achievement without drawing a false conclusion. Another lesson concerns pressure. A machine does not become nervous after losing a game. A person does. Shin had to manage emotion, tiredness and public attention while continuing to __8__ each position. Those human limits can be weaknesses, but overcoming them is also part of sport. The series attracted attention because the outcome was uncertain. If spectators already know the winner, even perfect play may feel less __9__. The two-stone rule created a narrow space in which skill, risk and endurance could matter. Some people may treat the victory as evidence that AI progress has stopped. That would be a __10__. KataGo remains extremely powerful, and one special match cannot describe every system or future development. Others may say the result means nothing because of the handicap. That also misses the point: performing under agreed rules still required exceptional skill. The most balanced conclusion lies between celebration and dismissal（否定）. The match showed that human expertise can remain __11__ when technology is stronger in raw calculation. It also showed that people can improve by studying the very systems they compete with. After the final stone was placed, there was no need to choose one permanent winner in the wider human–AI relationship. The board had become a place for __12__: machines pushed players toward new ideas, and players tested what those ideas meant under pressure. For students, this is a useful model. Technology should neither be feared blindly nor followed without question. Use it to find patterns, check reasoning and discover alternatives; then decide __13__. Learning still requires attention and judgement. Shin's victory was historic partly because a human had not beaten a top Go AI in an official contest for about ten years. But history is more than a scoreboard. The lasting __14__ may be that progress is not always a race with only one side moving forward. Sometimes a strong opponent makes us more capable. On that July day, the black stones recorded a win. The larger story, however, was not about replacing AI or being replaced by it. It was about building a form of competition in which human __15__ remained visible. Choose the best answer. 1. A. score B. record C. point D. match 2. A. borrow B. ignore C. explain D. include 3. A. relaxed B. adapted C. travelled D. promised 4. A. intelligence B. culture C. energy D. luck 5. A. and B. beside C. against D. through 6. A. feed B. beat C. follow D. serve 7. A. misunderstood B. remembered C. recorded D. encouraged 8. A. fill B. analyse C. protect D. hold 9. A. balanced B. attractive C. necessary D. serious 10. A. surprise B. rule C. mistake D. choice 11. A. valuable B. private C. absent D. common 12. A. exchange B. order C. silence D. danger 13. A. cheaply B. carelessly C. suddenly D. independently 14. A. method B. message C. habit D. direction 15. A. effort B. size C. wealth D. speed CLOZE TEST 4 · 新加坡｜关键基础设施与网络安全 Cloze 4 Defending the Systems We Rarely See 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。 Electricity, water, transport and banking depend on digital systems that most people rarely notice. Singapore calls the most essential of these systems critical information infrastructure（关键信息基础设施）. On July 22, its Cyber Security Agency said an updated code of practice would be released later in 2026, together with a new code for cloud services（云服务）. The change responds to a threat landscape that has become faster and more __1__. Advanced persistent threats, or APTs（高级持续性威胁）, may remain inside a network for a long time while quietly searching for valuable information. Artificial intelligence can also help attackers discover weaknesses and launch operations at a larger __2__. AI is not automatically harmful. Security teams can use it to study unusual activity, connect warnings and respond more quickly. The same technology may therefore support both attack and __3__. Rules need to focus on behaviour and risk, not simply on the name of a tool. A code of practice turns broad goals into specific expectations. Organisations may need to know which machines are connected, who can enter each system, how data are protected and what to do after an incident（事件）. Without such preparation, teams may waste precious time trying to __4__ basic information during an emergency. Cloud services create another challenge. They allow organisations to use computing power and storage without owning every server. This can improve flexibility, but it also means that one provider may support many customers. A weakness in a shared service can therefore have a __5__ effect. Good cybersecurity is often described as “defence in depth”（纵深防御）. Instead of trusting one wall, an organisation builds several layers. Strong passwords, limited access, backups, monitoring and staff training all __6__. If one layer fails, another may slow or stop the attacker. People remain important because many attacks begin with a message that creates fear or urgency. An employee may be told to open a file immediately or send private information. Training should not make workers afraid of every email. It should help them pause, check and __7__ suspicious requests. Speed matters, but so does accuracy. Blocking a hospital system or a transport network because of a false warning can cause real harm. Security teams must judge whether an unusual event is dangerous before they __8__. The updated code will not remove every threat. No rule can guarantee perfect safety, especially when technology keeps changing. Its value lies in creating a common __9__ for preparation and responsibility. Cybersecurity also depends on cooperation. A cloud provider may see a pattern that one customer cannot. A public agency may receive reports from several sectors. Sharing useful information can reveal a larger attack, but organisations must still protect personal and business data. For ordinary users, much of this work stays invisible. When an online payment succeeds or a train signal works, few people think about the systems behind it. Security is often noticed only when it __10__. This can make investment difficult to appreciate. The best defence culture treats safety as a daily process rather than a special project. Software is updated, access is reviewed, practice exercises are held and lessons are recorded. Each small step makes the organisation more __11__. AI shortens the time between finding a weakness and using it. That means defenders must “find first and fix fast,” but they should not rush without understanding. Fast action built on poor information may __12__ a new problem. Singapore's planned codes show how standards can develop alongside technology. They do not tell every engineer exactly which button to press. Instead, they set outcomes that organisations must be able to __13__. Students can learn from the same idea. Protecting a phone is not about downloading one magical app. It involves updates, careful passwords, backups and thoughtful choices. Safety grows from several habits working __14__. The digital systems supporting a city are complex, but the principle is simple: know what matters, prepare before trouble and learn after each event. A secure system is not one that never faces danger; it is one that can detect, respond and __15__. Choose the best answer. 1. A. familiar B. complex C. peaceful D. silent 2. A. scale B. moment C. side D. level 3. A. freedom B. defence C. trade D. culture 4. A. remove B. lend C. collect D. order 5. A. limited B. common C. wider D. private 6. A. matter B. happen C. arrive D. agree 7. A. report B. follow C. praise D. repeat 8. A. disappear B. act C. relax D. smile 9. A. question B. result C. baseline D. message 10. A. improves B. fails C. begins D. spreads 11. A. resilient B. colourful C. polite D. central 12. A. record B. measure C. create D. avoid 13. A. explain B. demonstrate C. imagine D. promise 14. A. quickly B. alone C. together D. again 15. A. recover B. compete C. explore D. produce CLOZE TEST 5 · 巴西｜世界遗产、建筑与城市记忆 Cloze 5 Two Theatres, One Amazonian Story 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。 In July 2026, UNESCO added the Amazonia Theaters（亚马孙剧院群） in Brazil to the World Heritage List. The new site is not a single building. It brings __1__ two theatre-and-square groups in Belém and Manaus, cities separated by a great distance but connected by the history of the Amazon rubber trade. The Theatro da Paz and Praça da República stand in Belém. The Teatro Amazonas and Largo de São Sebastião are in Manaus. Built during the rubber boom between 1879 and 1912, the theatres show how new wealth changed Amazonian cities. Their designs were influenced by French and other European architecture, while local __2__ and materials connected them to the region. At first glance, the buildings may seem to tell a simple story of beauty and success. Heritage, however, asks people to look more closely. The rubber economy brought urban development and international connections, but it also involved unequal power and difficult working conditions. Protecting a building should not mean __3__ the less comfortable parts of its history. The two theatres were centres for music, performance and public life. Their surrounding squares are also important because architecture is experienced in __4__. A theatre without its urban setting would lose part of the story about how people arrived, gathered and saw the city. UNESCO calls this a serial property（系列遗产）, meaning that separate places form one World Heritage site. The idea recognises that historical meaning does not always fit inside one __5__. The connection between Belém and Manaus helps explain a regional change larger than either theatre alone. World Heritage status may attract more visitors and money for conservation（保护）. It can also create pressure. Crowds, traffic and commercial activity may affect nearby residents. Managers will need to __6__ tourism with ordinary city life. Conservation is not the same as making every surface look new. Old materials carry evidence of time and use. Repairs should protect the building's character rather than replace it with a perfect but __7__ copy. Climate adds another challenge. Heat, humidity（湿度） and heavy rain can damage roofs, paint and wood. Regular maintenance may seem less exciting than a grand restoration, yet it often prevents the most expensive __8__. Local participation matters too. Residents are not background characters in a photograph for tourists. Their memories, work and cultural events keep the places __9__. If decisions are made only by distant experts, protection may lose community support. The inscription also invites schools to use the theatres as learning spaces. Students can study architecture, economics, geography, music and social history through the same site. One building can therefore open __10__ into many subjects. Visitors should be encouraged to ask who designed the theatres, who built them, who performed there and who could enter. Such questions turn sightseeing into historical __11__. The Amazon is often imagined only as forest and river. These theatres add an urban chapter. They show that the region has long been part of global movements of people, money, technology and artistic ideas. At the same time, global recognition should not flatten local differences. Belém and Manaus have their own identities. The value of the serial site lies in a relationship, not in pretending the two cities are __12__. The listing is therefore a beginning rather than a final prize. Plans must be updated, buildings cared for and benefits shared fairly. A name on an international list cannot do that work by __13__. The most useful kind of heritage connects past and present. It protects materials while allowing music, conversation and everyday life to continue. A silent theatre may be well preserved physically but poor in __14__. Together, the Amazonia Theaters show how architecture can hold both ambition and contradiction. Their future depends on whether people can celebrate beauty, study history honestly and keep the sites meaningful for those who live __15__ them. Choose the best answer. 1. A. together B. forward C. away D. down 2. A. prices B. rules C. motifs D. orders 3. A. recording B. hiding C. explaining D. comparing 4. A. silence B. danger C. context D. turn 5. A. market B. border C. process D. area 6. A. balance B. connect C. divide D. replace 7. A. famous B. empty C. modern D. false 8. A. damage B. culture C. promise D. choice 9. A. tidy B. alive C. central D. quiet 10. A. windows B. messages C. roads D. sides 11. A. practice B. memory C. inquiry D. order 12. A. perfect B. identical C. ancient D. independent 13. A. itself B. either C. anyone D. someone 14. A. money B. size C. spirit D. light 15. A. through B. inside C. among D. around PART II Task-based Readings 任务型阅读 6篇 · 每篇五选四 · 重点考查衔接与段落功能 TASK READING 1 · 加拿大·美国｜山火烟霾与空气质量 Task Reading 1 Smoke Without Borders 阅读短文，从方框内 A—E 五个句子中选择四个还原到文中，使短文完整、通顺。 In July, wildfires in Canada sent smoke across a large part of North America. NASA used a model（模型） to follow brown carbon（棕色碳）, a component of wildfire smoke, from July 14 to 20. ____1____ The moving map was powerful, but colour alone did not tell people exactly what they were breathing. A plume may look thick from space while remaining high above the ground. Local sensors and weather reports are still needed to judge exposure（暴露） at street level. ____2____ The smoke affected cities in both Canada and the United States. It showed why air-quality information cannot stop at a national border. Winds, not passports, decide where particles travel. ____3____ The model also separated brown carbon from black carbon produced by vehicles and industry. That helped researchers identify the part of the pollution linked specifically to fires. ____4____ A useful warning therefore combines source, direction, ground conditions and practical advice. A. Neighbouring regions benefit when data and warnings are shared quickly. B. It showed the smoke moving from fire areas toward major cities. C. In other words, a satellite view needs information from much lower down. D. The safest response is to close every school for the whole fire season. E. Better identification can improve both scientific study and public messages. TASK READING 2 · 日本｜高温预警与风险沟通 Task Reading 2 After the Rain, the Heat 阅读短文，从方框内 A—E 五个句子中选择四个还原到文中，使短文完整、通顺。 Japan's weather agency said the rainy season had likely ended around Tokyo and Nagoya. On July 20, Tokyo reached 35°C, its first “extremely hot” day of the year. More than 600 of 914 observation points had already reached at least 30°C that morning. ____1____ A national alert creates attention, but people experience heat differently. An outdoor worker, an older person living alone and a student in an air-conditioned library do not face the same risk. ____2____ Heat advice also has to be specific. “Be careful” is easy to say but hard to act on. Clearer messages name the hottest hours, suggest water and rest, and remind people to check on those who may not ask for help. ____3____ The end of the rainy season does not mean the weather will remain dry every day. It describes a change in the usual pattern. ____4____ Good communication gives a clear direction while leaving room for local updates. A. Forecasts should therefore be checked again as conditions change. B. The figures turned a general feeling of heat into a measurable event. C. The agency promised that no more rain would fall in eastern Japan. D. A warning becomes useful when it is connected to a person's situation. E. Practical instructions reduce the distance between information and action. TASK READING 3 · 印度尼西亚｜泥炭地与气候研究 Task Reading 3 The Carbon Bank Beneath a Swamp 阅读短文，从方框内 A—E 五个句子中选择四个还原到文中，使短文完整、通顺。 Tropical peatlands（热带泥炭地） cover only about 0.3% of Earth's land but store a large amount of carbon. Waterlogged（长期积水的） soil contains little oxygen, so dead plant material breaks down slowly and builds up for thousands of years. ____1____ Researchers compared three sites in Central Kalimantan: a nearly natural forest, a drained forest and an area repeatedly burned after drainage（排水）. The sites were close together, which made their different histories easier to compare. ____2____ The team found that drainage removed centuries of stored carbon and that repeated fires burned away peat up to 3,000 years old. Across Indonesia, the released amount was estimated at 800 million to 3.7 billion tonnes. ____3____ The method can also help test restoration. Filling drainage channels may raise groundwater and keep peat wet, but managers need evidence that the action works. ____4____ Protecting peat is not only about preventing one fire; it is about rebuilding the wet conditions that allowed the carbon store to form. A. A measurement tool can show whether hidden losses begin to slow. B. This makes peatland a long-term carbon sink（碳汇）. C. The result suggests that a carbon bank built over ages can be emptied quickly. D. Scientists therefore decided that every dry field should become a lake. E. The comparison helped separate the effects of drainage and fire. TASK READING 4 · 欧洲｜人工智能透明度 Task Reading 4 When a Screen Must Say “I Am AI” 阅读短文，从方框内 A—E 五个句子中选择四个还原到文中，使短文完整、通顺。 The European Commission published guidelines to help organisations meet AI transparency（透明度） rules that begin to apply on August 2, 2026. The central idea is simple: people should be able to recognise when they are interacting with AI or viewing content made or changed by it. ____1____ For interactive systems, users may need a clear notice that the “person” answering is a machine. AI-generated material may also need a machine-readable mark（机器可读标记）. ____2____ Labelling alone, however, does not decide whether information is true. Human-made content can mislead, and AI-made content can be accurate. ____3____ The rules also address deepfakes（深度伪造内容） and some uses of emotion recognition. The challenge is to make notices visible without filling every screen with confusing warnings. ____4____ Transparency works best when it helps people make a better judgement at the moment they need it. A. A useful label informs the user instead of becoming background decoration. B. Transparency removes the need to check evidence and sources. C. The label therefore tells people about origin, not final quality. D. This can reduce deception（欺骗） without banning every creative use. E. Such a mark can help software detect altered or generated content. TASK READING 5 · 马来西亚｜文化节与旅游体验 Task Reading 5 A Country in Four Colours 阅读短文，从方框内 A—E 五个句子中选择四个还原到文中，使短文完整、通顺。 From July 24 to 26, Citrawarna 2026（马来西亚缤纷文化节） brought performances and cultural activities to Merdeka Square in Kuala Lumpur. The festival used four “colours”: parade, flavour, culture and art. ____1____ A cultural festival can attract visitors, but its value is not measured only by crowd size. Artists need fair opportunities, traditional food should not become a meaningless photo object, and explanations should help visitors understand what they see. ____2____ Interactive activities may be especially useful for young people. Watching a craft is interesting; trying one carefully can reveal the patience and knowledge inside it. ____3____ Since Citrawarna began in 1999, it has presented Malaysia's cultural diversity to visitors. Yet tradition is not frozen. ____4____ A strong festival lets heritage enter the present without turning every difference into the same colourful show. A. Each part offered a different route into the country's heritage（文化遗产）. B. Culture remains meaningful when communities continue to shape it. C. The organisers replaced all local performances with foreign pop music. D. Participation can turn entertainment into a form of learning. E. Good tourism supports the people who keep the culture alive. TASK READING 6 · 坦桑尼亚｜传统技艺与可持续生计 Task Reading 6 A Skill That Restarts a Life 阅读短文，从方框内 A—E 五个句子中选择四个还原到文中，使短文完整、通顺。 At a UNESCO forum in Tanzania, participants discussed how cultural skills can create work, confidence and stronger communities. The Crafting Change project has supported organisations teaching such abilities as tailoring, music and traditional crafts. ____1____ One participant described receiving medical treatment and then learning to sew. The skill allowed her to earn an income and rebuild confidence. Her story shows why training is more than a short course. ____2____ Projects often celebrate the day someone finishes training, but the harder question comes later: can the benefit continue? Learners may need tools, customers, business knowledge and a network of support. ____3____ The forum therefore looked beyond individual success stories to partnerships and future festivals. Culture was treated neither as decoration nor only as something old. ____4____ When knowledge passes to a new generation and supports a fair livelihood（生计）, preservation and development can strengthen each other. A. Long-term planning turns a useful lesson into a sustainable opportunity. B. It can change how a person sees her own future. C. The forum concluded that machines should replace every hand skill. D. It was also presented as a source of creativity and practical work. E. The programme links cultural knowledge with education and employment. PART III Long Readings 长篇阅读理解 7篇 · 每篇4题 · 偏难压轴 READING COMPREHENSION 1 · 美国｜海洋酸化、厄尔尼诺与渔业 Reading 1 A Thirty-Day Check-up for the Pacific 阅读短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。注意主旨、推断、词义与写作意图。 On July 20, researchers sailed from San Diego aboard the R/V Sikuliaq（西库利亚克号科考船）. During a thirty-day journey north to Washington State, they planned to measure ocean chemistry, tiny organisms and physical conditions. The mission forms part of a long record of ocean acidification（海洋酸化） along the west coast of North America. Ocean acidification happens as seawater absorbs carbon dioxide. The change can make it harder for some shell-building animals to form calcium carbonate（碳酸钙）, the mineral used in shells. Yet coastal water is shaped by more than one process. Upwelling（上升流） can bring naturally acidic deep water toward the surface, and El Niño（厄尔尼诺） can change temperature, rain and ocean movement. Scientists therefore need repeated measurements rather than a single alarming number. The 2026 cruise was unusual because El Niño was expected to be very strong. Warm water can shift communities of phytoplankton and zooplankton（浮游植物和浮游动物）, which sit near the base of marine food webs. A change among these small organisms may later affect fish, seabirds and fishing businesses. The team hoped to observe the system while several conditions were changing together. Researchers would collect environmental DNA, or eDNA（环境DNA）, as well as ordinary water samples. Living things leave small pieces of genetic material behind in water. Analysing those pieces can reveal which organisms are present even when they are difficult to catch or see. This does not make nets and direct observation useless. It adds another view. Two days after the ship left, an unmanned SeaTrac vehicle was scheduled to travel south from Washington. Moving in the opposite direction, it could add coastal measurements during the season when acidification and low oxygen are often strongest. A ship offers many instruments and scientists; a smaller robot can reach places at another time or cost. Together, they reduce gaps. The data also support forecasts. One model, J-SCOPE, looks six to nine months ahead. Fishery managers can use such information when considering valuable species including crabs, clams and oysters. A forecast cannot tell a fisher exactly what will be caught on a particular morning. It can show where conditions may become more or less favourable. This distinction matters. Scientific information is most useful when users understand both its power and its limits. If a model is presented as perfect, one wrong local result can destroy trust. If uncertainty is used as an excuse to ignore the model, years of evidence are wasted. Good decisions lie between those extremes. The cruise is therefore not only a search for dramatic discoveries. Its greatest value may be consistency. Measuring the same coast again and again creates a benchmark（基准） against which unusual years can be recognised. It also helps scientists test whether sensors and models remain accurate. A month at sea will not solve ocean acidification. It can, however, connect chemistry with living communities and connect research with people who depend on marine resources. The Pacific check-up matters because change in the ocean is rarely visible from the shore until its effects have travelled through the food web. 1. Why was the 2026 cruise especially useful? A. It could observe several changes during a strong El Niño. B. It was the first ship ever to cross the Pacific Ocean. C. It promised to remove acidic water from the coast. D. It replaced every earlier survey with a longer record. 2. What is the main advantage of eDNA in the passage? A. It predicts the exact size of every catch. B. It detects life that may be hard to observe. C. It changes carbon dioxide into shell material. D. It allows ships to travel without scientists. 3. Why does the writer discuss the limits of forecasts? A. To argue that fishing should stop completely B. To separate useful guidance from false certainty C. To prove local knowledge is always more accurate D. To show that models work only after an event 4. Which idea best captures the passage? A. One new tool has made fieldwork unnecessary. B. Strong science connects repeated kinds of evidence. C. Ocean change can be understood from shore alone. D. The main purpose of research is a dramatic headline. READING COMPREHENSION 2 · 欧洲｜伽利略卫星导航 Reading 2 The Satellites That Joined After Launch Day 阅读短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。注意主旨、推断、词义与写作意图。 A rocket launch looks like the beginning and end of a space story: engines burn, a vehicle rises and satellites separate. For two Galileo（伽利略） navigation satellites launched in December 2025, however, useful service began only after months of quieter work. On July 24, the European Space Agency announced that SAT 33 and SAT 34 had officially joined the system. The satellites first had to survive launch and unfold their solar panels. Operators then checked basic equipment and guided them toward their places about 23,222 kilometres above Earth. The satellites sent their first navigation signals to a testing station in Belgium, but a signal appearing was not enough. Engineers needed to know whether it was accurate, stable and secure. Commissioning（在轨测试与启用） is the process of proving that a new spacecraft can do its job without weakening the wider system. Teams tested atomic clocks（原子钟）, navigation equipment, radio devices and security functions. Because billions of phones and many transport services depend on Galileo, adding one faulty satellite would be worse than waiting. SAT 33 was approved earlier in 2026, and SAT 34 entered service on July 23. Together, they add redundancy（冗余备份）. This word can sound like “something unnecessary,” but in engineering it often means a backup that protects continuity. If one part fails or needs maintenance, another can carry the work. Galileo is used for more than showing a blue dot on a phone. Precise time signals help financial networks, railways and communication systems. Farmers use positioning for accurate field work, ships use it at sea, and rescue teams can locate people in danger. The same invisible signal serves very different decisions. The two satellites also illustrate why precision depends on a system rather than a single object. A receiver calculates its position by comparing signals from several satellites. Ground stations monitor the constellation（卫星星座）, correct information and help maintain time. Space hardware, ground equipment and user devices have to agree. Europe plans to launch four more first-generation Galileo satellites. More launches will attract attention, but the July announcement reminds us that “in space” is not the same as “ready for service.” A satellite becomes useful only after tests, approvals and integration. There is a wider lesson about technology here. People often celebrate invention and overlook maintenance. A new bridge has an opening ceremony; inspection years later receives less attention. A new app is praised for features; the team fixing security problems stays invisible. Reliable systems depend on this quieter work. The wait between launch and service was therefore not wasted time. It was evidence that the system treated trust as something to be demonstrated. Speed matters in innovation, but so do checks that prevent one exciting addition from creating a hidden weakness. For a user asking a phone for directions, the result feels immediate. Behind that quick answer stand years of design, a precise launch, months of testing and constant cooperation between orbit and Earth. The satellites' real achievement began not when they left the ground, but when the whole network could safely depend on them. 1. Why did the satellites not enter service immediately? A. Their launch vehicle had missed the planned orbit. B. Their performance had to be tested within the system. C. Their solar panels were designed to remain folded. D. Their signals could be used only by rescue teams. 2. What does redundancy mean here? A. Extra capacity that supports continued service B. Unused equipment that should be removed C. A repeated signal that confuses receivers D. A cheaper method of launching spacecraft 3. Why does the writer mention bridges and apps? A. To compare the price of three technologies B. To show maintenance is less visible but essential C. To argue ceremonies should be cancelled D. To explain how satellite clocks are built 4. What is the author's main message? A. A launch matters more than later ground work. B. Reliability is created through careful integration. C. Navigation depends on one perfect satellite. D. Faster approval always produces safer technology. READING COMPREHENSION 3 · 韩国｜软体机器人与无障碍设计 Reading 3 Clothes That Move Before the Wearer Does 阅读短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。注意主旨、推断、词义与写作意图。 Putting on a jacket is so ordinary that many people never think of it as a difficult task. For an older adult, a person with a disability or someone in rehabilitation（康复）, guiding an arm through a sleeve can require pain, time or help from another person. A Korean research team has approached the problem by making the clothing move. The garments（衣服） look fairly normal until air is pushed into structures inside them. The folded material turns and unfolds along the body, wrapping around an arm or leg. The idea comes from soft growing robots（软体生长机器人）, which extend through air pressure in a way that resembles a plant climbing. Earlier dressing robots often used an external machine to pull clothes onto a person. Such devices can be large and must react safely to different body positions. Clothing is soft, and the wearer's posture changes from day to day. A rigid machine may find this uncertainty difficult. The new design moves the active parts into the clothes. Pneumatic actuators（气动执行器） allow sleeves, jackets or trousers to unfold themselves. In tests, the garments followed the body's shape without applying excessive pressure. The wearer did not have to adapt as much to a separate robot. This change illustrates an important idea in design: sometimes the environment or object should adapt to the user, rather than demanding that the user adapt to it. A ramp changes a building; captions change a video; self-moving clothing changes a garment. Each can increase independence without “fixing” the person. Still, a successful laboratory demonstration is not a finished product. Designers must consider washing, noise, cost, weight and what happens if air pressure fails halfway. Users will also differ in strength, body shape and preferred level of assistance. A device that works well for one group may need another version for someone else. Safety is particularly important because clothing touches the body. The system must not squeeze too hard, trap heat or move unexpectedly. A clear manual control and an easy way to stop the process may matter as much as the clever unfolding structure. The research could extend beyond daily clothing. Protective equipment for firefighters, infection control or industry can be difficult to put on quickly. An automated garment might reduce effort in those settings, though stronger materials and more demanding safety tests would be necessary. The project received recognition at an international robotics conference. Awards can help an invention gain attention, but the best test will come from people who use it in ordinary life. Engineers may measure pressure and speed; users may care more about privacy, appearance and whether the clothing makes them feel independent. This is why inclusive design（包容性设计） should involve users early. Asking people only after a product is finished can reveal problems too late. Co-design may change the shape of a sleeve, the location of a button or even the assumption that every user wants full automation. The technology is striking because the “robot” almost disappears. Instead of standing beside the wearer, it becomes part of a familiar object. That invisibility is not the goal by itself. The goal is to make assistance feel natural, safe and controlled by the person receiving it. The self-dressing clothes do not remove every difficulty of disability or ageing. They do, however, change one daily question from “Who can help me?” toward “What can this object help me do myself?” That shift—from dependence to choice—is the invention's most meaningful movement. 1. How is the new approach different from earlier dressing robots? A. It places the moving mechanism inside clothing. B. It uses metal arms to pull every garment. C. It requires the wearer to remain completely still. D. It works without air pressure or controls. 2. What does the ramp example help explain? A. Buildings are easier to automate than clothes. B. Good design can adapt surroundings to users. C. Every disability needs the same solution. D. Robots should be hidden from public view. 3. Why does the writer distinguish lab success from a product? A. To show that practical use adds many requirements B. To deny that the experiment worked at all C. To suggest awards decide commercial value D. To prove ordinary clothes are always safer 4. What is the deepest value of the invention? A. Making fashionable garments more expensive B. Replacing family care with a single machine C. Giving users more control over a daily task D. Helping robots copy the way plants grow READING COMPREHENSION 4 · 中东｜红海航运、能源通道与外交 Reading 4 The Price of Risk on a Narrow Sea Route 阅读短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。注意主旨、推断、词义与写作意图。 On July 24, the United Nations warned that attacks in the Red Sea and wider fighting in the Middle East could lead to further escalation（升级）. The immediate concern was human safety, but the warning also mattered to people far from the region because two narrow waterways carry a large share of world trade. The Red Sea connects to the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal（苏伊士运河）. To its south, ships pass through the Bab el-Mandeb strait（曼德海峡）. Farther east, the Strait of Hormuz（霍尔木兹海峡） is a key route for oil and gas leaving the Gulf. Geography concentrates movement: many ships must pass through relatively small spaces. This does not mean every warning stops every vessel. Risk affects trade before a route closes. Insurance may become more expensive, crews may demand stronger protection, and companies may choose a longer path around Africa. A longer journey uses more fuel, takes more time and ties up ships that could otherwise carry another load. These costs travel through supply chains（供应链）. A factory may wait for a part, a shop may receive seasonal goods late, and energy markets may react to the possibility of shortage. The final price of a product includes not only materials and labour but also time, uncertainty and transport. Yet economic language can make a conflict sound like a problem of containers alone. The people working on ships, living near ports or caught in fighting face risks that cannot be reduced to a shipping rate. Responsible reporting keeps the human and commercial effects in the same picture. The UN called for restraint（克制） and diplomacy. Diplomacy can appear weak because it lacks the dramatic image of military action. Its purpose, however, is to create a path away from decisions that become harder to reverse. A negotiated pause may protect lives and also allow shipping plans to become more predictable. Companies still need practical choices while diplomats work. They may divide goods across routes, hold extra stock or share information with partners. These steps build resilience（韧性）, but they are not free. Holding more stock costs money; changing routes can raise emissions; avoiding one risk may create another. For governments and businesses, the difficult task is to prepare without treating the worst outcome as certain. Too little preparation leaves systems exposed. Too much panic can itself create shortages if buyers suddenly order far more than they need. The same balance is important for readers. Maps help explain why a strait matters, but a map does not explain motives, law or the experiences of people in the region. Headlines about global trade should be read with several questions: What has actually happened? What remains only a possibility? Who is affected now, and who may be affected later? The Red Sea story is thus a lesson in connectedness. A local attack can alter a route, the route can change a delivery date, and that delay can reach a distant business. But connection also creates reasons for cooperation. Many countries and companies benefit from safe passage, which gives them a shared interest in preventing wider conflict. No shipping plan can substitute for peace. Still, understanding how risk moves through trade helps explain why calls for restraint are not abstract. In a narrow waterway, a small geographical space can carry very large consequences. 1. How can risk affect trade before a route closes? A. It can raise costs and change shipping decisions. B. It makes every product disappear immediately. C. It forces all vessels to use the Suez Canal. D. It removes the need for insurance and planning. 2. Why does the writer warn about economic language? A. It may hide the human impact of conflict. B. It makes shipping routes too hard to map. C. It proves prices matter more than safety. D. It prevents companies from sharing data. 3. What tension appears in preparation? A. Longer routes always reduce emissions. B. Resilience measures also carry costs. C. Extra stock guarantees lower prices. D. Planning makes diplomacy unnecessary. 4. Which title best fits the passage's argument? A. Why Maps Can Replace Diplomacy B. How Local Risk Travels Through Trade C. Why Every Ship Must Follow One Route D. How Shortages End International Conflict READING COMPREHENSION 5 · 加纳·非洲｜公共健康与公平可及 Reading 5 Health Justice Is More Than a Hospital Door 阅读短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。注意主旨、推断、词义与写作意图。 Leaders and health experts gathered in Accra, Ghana, on July 21 and 22 for an African Union health summit. The meeting connected several large goals: ending AIDS and tuberculosis（结核病）, reducing preventable maternal deaths（可预防的孕产妇死亡）, addressing long-term illnesses and building health systems that can survive future shocks. The list may seem too broad for one summit. Yet the problems are connected. A clinic treating tuberculosis needs trained workers, reliable laboratories, medicine and public trust. The same network may support pregnancy care, vaccination or diabetes checks. Strengthening one well-designed system can benefit several needs. The theme included justice, equity（公平） and universal health coverage（全民健康覆盖）. These words do not mean that every person receives exactly the same service at the same moment. Equity asks whether different barriers are being recognised. A rural family may face a long journey; a city resident may live near a hospital but be unable to afford care; a young person may avoid a clinic because of stigma（污名）. Coverage is therefore more than a hospital door that is technically open. Care must be reachable, affordable and trusted. Information should be available in language people understand. Health workers need enough time and supplies to provide safe treatment. Targets such as ending AIDS or tuberculosis by 2030 are useful because they create direction and allow progress to be measured. They can also create a danger if leaders focus only on a final number. A national average may improve while a remote group remains far behind. Data should be broken down by place, age and other relevant factors. Funding matters, but so does how money is used. Emergency campaigns can save lives during a crisis. Long-term strength also requires less dramatic work: maintaining laboratories, training nurses, improving records and delivering medicine regularly. A system becomes resilient when it can continue essential care while responding to an unexpected event. The summit also placed infectious diseases beside non-communicable diseases（非传染性疾病） such as heart disease and diabetes. Many health systems were built around urgent infections. As people live longer and lifestyles change, long-term conditions require repeated care rather than one short treatment. Prevention can be difficult to celebrate because success often looks like an event that did not happen. A child who never develops a preventable illness does not produce a dramatic hospital photograph. Good records and long-term comparison are needed to make prevention visible. Communities must also have a voice. A programme designed without listening may offer a service at the wrong time, ignore transport or use language that makes people uncomfortable. Local knowledge does not replace medical science; it helps scientific care reach real lives. An international summit cannot repair every clinic. It can create shared goals, compare approaches and encourage partners to continue work after the meeting. Its success should be judged later—in shorter journeys to care, medicine that is available when needed and fewer families losing someone to a preventable cause. A healthier Africa will not begin from one speech alone. But Accra can serve as a meeting point where separate efforts become a more coherent plan. Health justice is achieved not when a system offers an ideal service on paper, but when people with different lives can actually use it. 1. Why does the writer say the summit's goals are connected? A. One strong health network can serve several needs. B. Every disease requires exactly the same treatment. C. Hospitals can work without public trust or medicine. D. Long-term illness has replaced all infections. 2. What does equity mean in the passage? A. Giving identical services regardless of barriers B. Recognising why groups may need different support C. Building hospitals only in the largest cities D. Replacing professional care with local opinion 3. Why can a national average be misleading? A. It may hide groups that have not improved. B. It records only diseases without treatment. C. It makes prevention impossible to measure. D. It always reports a result below reality. 4. How should the summit's success finally be judged? A. By the number of speeches delivered in Accra B. By practical improvements in people's access C. By one large hospital built after the meeting D. By removing every difference between patients READING COMPREHENSION 6 · 中国（宁波）｜青少年三人篮球与体旅融合 Reading 6 Three Players, One Fast Classroom 阅读短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。注意主旨、推断、词义与写作意图。 From July 24 to 26, Ningbo hosted the men's national final of China's U18 three-on-three basketball championship（全国U18三人篮球锦标赛）. Sixteen teams played 36 games through group rounds and knockout stages. The event was designed both to find young talent and to connect sport with summer travel. Three-on-three basketball uses one hoop and a half court. The shorter game is not simply a small version of five-on-five. With fewer players, each athlete must attack, defend, pass and make decisions. There is little time to hide a weakness or wait for a coach to solve the next possession（球权回合）. This makes the sport an intense classroom. A player who loses the ball must switch to defence immediately. Teammates communicate through short words, eye contact and movement. Because the game is fast, a mistake cannot receive a long discussion. The team has to learn and continue. The national final followed qualifying events in Shanghai's Chongming and Zhangjiagang in Jiangsu. Reaching Ningbo therefore represented more than one good weekend. Teams had already faced pressure, adjusted line-ups and learned how different opponents played. The championship also followed international three-on-three rules. Using a recognised format can help young players understand the demands of higher-level competition. Yet youth development should not be reduced to copying professional sport. Teenagers are still growing, and coaching must protect health, education and long-term confidence. Winning matters in a national final, but talent identification is broader than the final score. Coaches may notice how a player responds after an error, supports a teammate or reads space. A scorer who refuses to defend may be less valuable than a balanced player whose contribution is harder to see. The event appeared in a national summer list encouraging people to “travel with sports.” Families visiting for games might also explore the host city, use local transport and eat nearby. This can bring business to an area and make youth sport more visible. However, sport–tourism links should be planned carefully. A young athlete is not a tourist attraction. Travel activities should fit the competition schedule, and commercial promotion should not add pressure. The best connection allows visitors to enjoy the city while athletes receive proper rest and a serious playing environment. Hosting can also leave a local legacy（长期影响） if schools and clubs gain interest, coaching knowledge or opportunities to use facilities. A successful event is not measured only by full seats during the final. It may also be seen months later when more teenagers join safe, regular sport. For students in Ningbo, the tournament offered a close example of skills often discussed in class: quick judgement, communication, resilience and fair play. These abilities do not appear automatically because someone wears a uniform. They develop through practice, feedback and responsibility. Three players share a small court, but the lessons are wide. Each person has more space to act and fewer teammates to cover a poor decision. That combination makes individual responsibility and collective trust visible at the same time. When the final whistle sounded, one team owned the title. The larger value of the event, however, depended on what all sixteen teams carried forward. A championship can discover a winner in three days; developing athletes and a sporting culture takes much longer. 1. Why does the writer call three-on-three an intense classroom? A. Players make varied decisions with little recovery time. B. Coaches stop the game after every small mistake. C. The format removes the need for team communication. D. Athletes can specialise in only one simple role. 2. What may matter in talent identification besides scoring? A. A player's response, defence and reading of space B. The distance travelled by the player's family C. The number of advertisements around the court D. The size of the city hosting the final 3. What caution is raised about sport tourism? A. Visitors should be banned from every youth event. B. Promotion should not weaken athletes' conditions. C. Teams should tour the city before each match. D. Local businesses should receive no event benefit. 4. What does the final paragraph suggest? A. Event value extends beyond the champion. B. A sporting culture forms in three days. C. Only the winning team develops skills. D. National finals should avoid long-term goals. READING COMPREHENSION 7 · 新加坡·澳大利亚｜贸易韧性、绿色经济与人工智能 Reading 7 Trust Written into a Supply Chain 阅读短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。注意主旨、推断、词义与写作意图。 At a meeting in Adelaide on July 27, Singapore and Australia signed a protocol（议定书） on economic resilience and essential supplies. They also discussed clean energy, artificial intelligence, undersea cables and a green shipping corridor. The list may seem to contain separate topics, but each concerns how two connected economies keep important systems working. A supply chain（供应链） is often pictured as a straight line from producer to customer. In reality, it is a network of ports, warehouses, rules, finance, data and trust. A delay in one part can travel through the rest. Resilience does not mean preventing every interruption; it means preparing to continue or recover when an interruption occurs. The new protocol adds arrangements for consultation and priority cooperation in essential supplies. Such an agreement does not create food or energy by itself. Its value appears when partners share information early, avoid unnecessary restrictions and know whom to contact during stress. Singapore and Australia have complementary（互补的） roles. Australia supplies resources including liquefied natural gas, while Singapore is a major refining and trading centre. Depending on one another can create risk, but it can also create a reason to build reliable rules. Interdependence（相互依存） is safest when both sides understand the connection and prepare alternatives. The meeting also continued work under a Green Economy Agreement. A proposed green and digital shipping corridor would test ways to reduce emissions from maritime transport. A “corridor” is not simply a coloured route on a map. It may involve cleaner fuels, port equipment, data standards and companies willing to test new methods. Green change brings an important tension. Early technologies can cost more and may not work equally well for every ship. Waiting for a perfect solution delays learning; moving too quickly without safety and supply can waste resources. Pilot projects（试点项目） allow a smaller test before wider use. Undersea cables were another subject. They carry much of the world's international digital traffic. The cables are physically hidden, but damage can affect communication and business. Resilience involves good routes, repair capacity, shared standards and plans for keeping information moving. Artificial intelligence entered the discussion because it can create both economic opportunity and new questions about safety and governance（治理）. Cooperation may help countries compare standards and develop systems that people can trust. Yet a common rule should not become an excuse to stop experimentation. The challenge is to make innovation and responsibility advance together. The agreement depends heavily on trust, but trust should not be confused with hope. In international cooperation, trust is supported by repeated action, clear procedures and honest information when conditions become difficult. Written protocols matter because they turn a friendly relationship into steps that officials and businesses can follow. No bilateral agreement can remove every global risk. A storm can close a port, a cable can break and demand can change suddenly. Nor should resilience become a reason to keep all production at home. Complete self-sufficiency may be costly or impossible for smaller economies. The practical goal is a network with choices: more than one route, partners who communicate, stock for essential needs and rules that remain open under pressure. Diversity adds cost in quiet times, but it can protect continuity during a shock. The Adelaide meeting was therefore about more than trade totals. It treated energy, digital links, AI and shipping as parts of shared resilience. The strongest supply chain is not necessarily the shortest. It is the one whose participants understand their dependence, share responsibility and can adapt without losing trust. 1. What is the protocol expected to do? A. Produce essential goods without businesses B. Organise cooperation when supplies are stressed C. End all dependence between the two economies D. Replace every existing trade route 2. Why are pilot projects useful for green shipping? A. They test uncertain methods on a smaller scale. B. They guarantee one fuel will suit every ship. C. They remove the need for safety standards. D. They prevent ports from sharing information. 3. What does the writer mean by “trust should not be confused with hope”? A. Trust grows from procedures and repeated action. B. Hope is more important than written agreements. C. Friendly countries never need to share bad news. D. Businesses should ignore international rules. 4. Which statement best reflects the conclusion? A. The shortest supply chain is always strongest. B. Resilience combines options, duties and adaptation. C. Self-sufficiency is the only answer to global risk. D. Digital links matter more than energy or shipping. TEACHER'S KEY 教师用参考答案与简析 Part I 完形填空 Cloze 1 1.A (escape) 2.B (overlap) 3.C (account) 4.A (classroom) 5.B (reach) 6.A (explain) 7.B (measured) 8.A (compare) 9.C (little) 10.A (promise) 11.C (nearer) 12.B (learn from) 13.A (remember) 14.B (point) 15.C (beyond) Cloze 2 1.C (contradictory) 2.A (habitat) 3.B (gathers) 4.C (reduce) 5.A (behind) 6.B (saved) 7.A (broader) 8.A (matter) 9.A (balanced) 10.B (visible) 11.C (change) 12.D (combined) 13.B (purpose) 14.A (wisely) 15.B (conservation) Cloze 3 1.B (record) 2.D (include) 3.B (adapted) 4.A (intelligence) 5.C (against) 6.B (beat) 7.A (misunderstood) 8.B (analyse) 9.B (attractive) 10.C (mistake) 11.A (valuable) 12.A (exchange) 13.D (independently) 14.B (message) 15.A (effort) Cloze 4 1.B (complex) 2.A (scale) 3.B (defence) 4.C (collect) 5.C (wider) 6.A (matter) 7.A (report) 8.B (act) 9.C (baseline) 10.B (fails) 11.A (resilient) 12.C (create) 13.B (demonstrate) 14.C (together) 15.A (recover) Cloze 5 1.A (together) 2.C (motifs) 3.B (hiding) 4.C (context) 5.B (border) 6.A (balance) 7.D (false) 8.A (damage) 9.B (alive) 10.A (windows) 11.C (inquiry) 12.B (identical) 13.A (itself) 14.C (spirit) 15.D (around) Part II 任务型阅读 Task 1: 1.B 2.C 3.A 4.E Task 2: 1.B 2.D 3.E 4.A Task 3: 1.B 2.E 3.C 4.A Task 4: 1.D 2.E 3.C 4.A Task 5: 1.A 2.E 3.D 4.B Task 6: 1.E 2.B 3.A 4.D Part III 长篇阅读理解 Reading 1 A Thirty-Day Check-up for the Pacific 1. A 第三段强调强厄尔尼诺背景让团队有机会观察多种条件共同变化。 2. B 第四段说明环境DNA可揭示难以捕捉或直接看见的生物。 3. B 第六、七段区分趋势性指导与对单次捕捞的绝对保证。 4. B 全文强调船舶、机器人、环境DNA、长期监测和模型的互补。 Reading 2 The Satellites That Joined After Launch Day 1. B 第二、三段说明进入服务前必须完成多项在轨测试和安全验证。 2. A 第四段将冗余解释为故障或维护时仍可连续服务的备份能力。 3. B 第八段借桥梁和应用说明社会常重发明、轻维护。 4. B 全文核心是卫星通过测试、批准并融入整套系统后才真正可靠。 Reading 3 Clothes That Move Before the Wearer Does 1. A 第三、四段对比外部机器人与嵌入衣物内部的气动结构。 2. B 第五段用坡道、字幕等说明环境或产品应适应使用者。 3. A 第六至十段列出清洗、成本、安全、差异化需求和共同设计等现实条件。 4. C 结尾把发明意义概括为从依赖他人转向自主选择。 Reading 4 The Price of Risk on a Narrow Sea Route 1. A 第三段明确说明保险、绕航、时间和燃料成本会在封航前变化。 2. A 第五段提醒不能把冲突只写成运价和集装箱问题。 3. B 第七、八段指出备货和改道有代价，准备不足与恐慌过度都危险。 4. B 全文围绕区域风险如何经海峡、航运和供应链传至全球。 Reading 5 Health Justice Is More Than a Hospital Door 1. A 第二段以结核病诊疗网络说明基础系统可同时支持多类健康需求。 2. B 第三段用路程、费用和污名等不同障碍解释公平。 3. A 第五段指出整体改善可能掩盖偏远群体仍然落后。 4. B 第十、十一段把成效落到就医距离、药品可得和可预防死亡减少。 Reading 6 Three Players, One Fast Classroom 1. A 第二、三段说明每人攻守任务多、转换快，必须即时判断和沟通。 2. A 第六段明确列出失误后的反应、支持队友、防守和空间阅读。 3. B 第八段主张体旅活动不能挤压休息或增加青少年压力。 4. A 结尾区分三天决出冠军与长期培养所有运动员、体育文化。 Reading 7 Trust Written into a Supply Chain 1. B 第三段说明议定书价值在于压力下的信息共享、磋商和合作安排。 2. A 第六段指出试点可在广泛应用前检验成本、可行性和安全。 3. A 第九段把信任落实为持续行动、明确程序和困难时的真实信息。 4. B 末两段强调多路径、沟通、责任和适应力的组合。 2026.07.20—07.28 · 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $