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It was a lifesaving task as thrilling as any in the months-long battle against the wildfires

that have torn through the Australian bush. But instead of a race to save humans or animals, a

specialized team of Australian firefighters was bent on saving invaluable plant life: hidden groves

(

树林

) of the Wollemi pine, a prehistoric tree species.

Wollemi pines peaked in abundance 34 million to 65 million years ago, before a steady decline.

Today, only 200 of the trees exist in their natural environment. The trees are so rare that they were

thought to die out until 1994. That’s the year when David Noble, an officer with the New South

Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service, came across a grove of large trees he didn’t recognize.

Noble brought back a few branches and showed them to other biologists and botanists. A

month later, Noble returned to the grove with some scientists. It was then that they realized what

they had found: “a prehistoric tree species that has

outlived the din

osaurs.” the American Scientist

explains. So when Australia’s wildfires started burning toward Wollemi National Park in recent

weeks, firefighters from the parks and wildlife service put a carefully planned operation into action.

Large air tankers dropped fire retardant (

阻燃剂

) around the pines. Firefighters set up an

irrigation (

灌溉

) system around the trees to keep them wet. “If the fire did go through, we wanted it

to be a cool burn as opposed to a hot burn to give them the best chance of survival,” Kean said. The

fire did sweep through the groves where these trees have somehow survived for millions of years.

For a few days, the smoke was so thick that it wasn’t clear whether the plan had worked. At last the

smoke eased off. A few trees had been burned by the flames, and two died. But the efforts had paid

off. “Finally,” Kean said, “we were able to get in there and see that, thank goodness, the trees were

saved.”

20.

What do we know about Wollemi pines?

A.

Scientists searched for them in the wild.

B.

They used to grow in parts of Australia.

C.

There were a considerable number of them long ago.

D.

Firefighters and biologists cooperated to keep them alive.

21.

Which of the following can best replace the underlined word “outlived” in Paragraph 3?

A.

been superior to.

C.

died earlier than.

22.

What can be learned from the last paragraph?

A.

It was cool to drop retardant over the fire.

B.

It wasn’t clear whether the trees were saved.

C.

It helped the trees survive to keep them wet.

D.

It worked best for the trees to keep a hot burn.

23.

What is the passage mainly about?

A.

An investigation into Wollemi pines.

B.

A hard-won battle against the wildfires.

C.

Constructing a firefighting system for the trees.

D.

Saving world’s rare pine species from wildfires.

B

Chinese researchers have developed a robot designed to help doctors treat the new

coronavirus and other highly infectious diseases. The machine has a long robotic arm attached to a

base with wheels. It can perform some of the same medical examination tasks as doctors. For

example, the device can perform ultrasounds (

超声波扫描检查

), collect fluid samples from a

person’s mouth and listen to sounds made by a patient’s organs. Cameras record the robot’s

activities, which are controlled remotely so doctors can avoid coming in close contact with infected

patients. Doctors and other medical workers can operate the machine in another place.

The robot’s main designer Zheng Gangtie, an engineer and professor at China’s Tsinghua

University, told Reuters news agency that he got the idea for the device when his medical friend told

him that one of the biggest problems in dealing with COVID-19 was that healthcare workers

B.

been related to.

D.

existed longer than.

treating patients were getting infected themselves. Zheng said he wanted to do something to help

this situation. So the engineer gathered a team and went to work on the robotic device.

Zheng said the devices use the same technology that is used for space equipment, including

moon explorers. The new robot is almost completely automated. It can even disinfect itself after

performing actions involving patient contact.

However, Zheng said he had heard from some doctors that it would be better not to build such

robots to be fully automatic. This is because many patients still desire a personal presence to help

calm them during treatment.

The team currently has two robots and both have been tested by doctors at hospitals in Beijing.

One machine was taken to Wuhan’s Union Hospital, where doctors there got trained to use it. The

plan is to use the robot to help treat coronavirus patients, along with assistance from nurses and

other hospital workers.

Zheng would like to build more of the robots, but says money from the university has run out.

Each robot costs about $$72,000 to make. He says he does not plan to commercialize the design, but

hopes that a company can begin that process.

24.

What do we know about the newly-invented robot?

A.

It is used for space exploration.

B.

It completely operates on its own.

C.

It carries out complicated surgical treatments.

D.

It protects doctors from risky contact with patients.

25.

Which of the following may accelerate the development of the machine?

A.

Assistance of AI.

C.

Community help.

B.

Financial support.

D.

Professional advice.

26.

What can we infer from the last three paragraphs?

A.

The device may not be welcomed by all patients.

B.

The device has been widely used to treat patients.

C.

Zheng has received further funds from companies.

D.

Zheng continued the production for official support.

27.

What is the best title for the passage?

A.

Promising Future for the Robot

B.

Novel Device to Cure Coronavirus

C.

New Assistant to Fight Coronavirus

D.

Helpful Design to Save the Patients

C

What is a family? Why does it matter? What does it teach us that we can’t learn on our

own? These questions seem especially relevant in the holiday season when it is often our tradition to

gather as families and celebrate together.

My mother was one of twelve children. As they grew up, married and had children of their

own, most of them lived near enough to gather for holidays

at my grandparents’ home in a small

town in the mountains of North Carolina.

I don’t recall getting many gifts from them .I remember the sense of belonging, of being part of

something that assured me I was loved and not alone.

I delighted in the laughing, playing and fighting with my crazy cousins. I watched my

granddad and uncles sit on the porch, rain or shine, smoking and joking, arguing about politics and

trying to solve the problems of the world. I listened to my grandmother, mother and aunts stir (

搅拌

)

pots on the stove and talk about their lives, hopes, dreams and disappointments, and gossip about

any sister who failed to show up.

The food was always plentiful and delicious-country ham, sweet potatoes, green beans,

biscuits and my grandmother’s banana

pudding. But for me, the food was never the highlight. The

highlight was simply being together. A family.

However, they’re all gone now. My parents and grandparents, my aunts and uncles have left

this world for the next. My cousins are scattered here and there. And yet the memories linger, along

with the love that we shared.

I treasure those memories and the things they taught me. They told me that families aren’t

perfect, but they prepare us to find our way in an imperfect world. They made me realize that all

families are crazy in their own particular ways.

My husband and I are growing a new family, while keeping close to the surviving members of

the families. It’s a beautiful blend (

混合

) of kindness, traditions, nurturing (

养育

) and friendships,

which grows year after year.