江苏省仪征中学2025-2026学年度第一学期高三英语限时（十）

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Come and join the fantastic team at the Wyoming State Library! The WSL has an opening for a Resource Sharing Librarian, who will support statewide resource-sharing projects for the 105 member libraries. The position may assist library staff using the Integrated Library Systems (ILS) in other areas as needed.

This position is perfect for the candidate who:

·Has experience using the ILS and Library Services Platforms.

·Can apply the ILS-related technologies such as interlibrary loan software and collection analysis tools.

·Can creatively solve problems and handle stressful situations in a positive manner.

·Is comfortable providing training using a variety of methods for users.

The person in this position will be responsible for:

·Providing support and training for library staff throughout Wyoming.

·Using reporting tools to collect and analyze data related to shared lending, and share findings with library staff throughout Wyoming.

·Participating in resource-sharing communities and taking part in educational events and conferences related to resource-sharing.

·Maintaining awareness of interlibrary loan software developments.

Preference will be given to applicants with:

·A Master’s in Library Science or equivalent from an ALA-accredited institution.

·At least two years of post-MLS professional-level work in a library, including experience with interlibrary loan platforms.

·Effective communication, organization, analytical skills and problem-solving skills.

If you have a question about this article, please contact us at statelibrary@wyo.gov .

1. Who is suitable to work as a Resource Sharing Librarian?

A. One who can use the computer.    

B. One who is devoted to his work.

C. One who has ILS & Library Platform Skills.

D. One who has working experience in the library.

2. What should the person in the position do?

A. Study the usage of the interlibrary loan software.

B. Organize some educational events and conferences.

C. Offer assistance and training to Wyoming librarians.

D. Work with other library staff to collect and analyze data.

3. Where is the text probably taken from?

A. A book review. B. An official website.

C. A news report. D. An academic article.

B

Nate had recently transferred to our school. Before he joined my class, I was informed by the headteacher that he used a wheelchair. I learned that when he was three, Nate had undergone amputations (截肢) of his legs.

One morning, I noticed that Nate’s seat was empty in the classroom. The headteacher told me that he was in the hospital for a regular surgery. I called Nate’s mother to ask if it would be alright to visit him in the hospital. She expressed gratitude, saying that Nate talked about me often. After school, I made my way to the hospital. As he saw me, his face lit up, his eyebrows raising sharply and his mouth forming a small ‘O’ of disbelief. A few days later, he was discharged and returned to school.

Unfortunately, just as Nate was about to start year three, Nate’s mom couldn’t currently look after him, and he’d been put in foster care (寄养). His social worker Jackie said Nate’s foster home was a three-hour round trip to school. I worried about how it would affect his learning, and the doctors were concerned about him missing medical appointments too. Desperate to help, I thought: Maybe I could foster him?

“I’ll have to ask Nate if he’d prefer to live with you,” Jackie explained. She called me from the hospital and put Nate on the phone.

“I’m coming to live with you!” he said and I burst into happy tears. I rushed to the hospital where nurses took me through his daily medication, and all the appointments he’d need to attend. It was demanding, but I was determined to rise to the challenge.

Nate’s 10 now. Although he’ll always have health issues, he’s such a positive boy and I feel honored to be his mom. I may have started out as Nate’s teacher, but he’s the one who taught me an incredible lesson—how to be a parent.

4. How was Nate feeling when he saw the author in the hospital?

A. Worried. B. Astonished. C. Upset. D. Satisfied.

5. What made the author decide to adopt Nate?

A. The suggestion of Nate’s social worker.  

B. The unexpected illness of Nate’s mother.

C. The thirst of the author’s husband for a child.

D. The inconvenience of Nate’s living in the foster home.

6. What can we infer from the last two paragraphs?

A. Nate hesitated to accept the adoption.  

B. Nate was pessimistic about his recovery.

C. Nate inspired the author while living with her.

D. Nate got deeply troubled by the daily medication.

7．What is the best title for the text?

A. Parenting: A Lifelong Career B. A Moving Experience on the Wheelchair

C. Love: An Unconditional Acceptance D. A Sympathetic Bond Beyond the Classroom

C

In September 2021, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declared 23 species to be newly extinct. Where traditional conservation methods have stopped, there may be another option, one that’s highly debatable, to pull a species back from extinction: cloning.

“Cloning is one type of genetic rescue. Personally, it is a necessary approach used to restore genetic diversity in a population and lower the risk of extinction. Today, we can clone some mammals, fish and amphibians,” says Ben Novak, working to boost biodiversity through genetic rescue of endangered animals. Often, when a species’ population crashes to very low levels, it undergoes a genetic bottleneck, where only a few individuals remain to pass on genes to future generations. That reduces the overall genetic diversity of the population.

In December 2020, a team of researchers cloned the first black-footed ferret named Elizabeth Ann. Today, all black-footed ferrets breed (繁殖) from only seven individuals, so every ferret is related in some way. Elizabeth Ann is a clone from a different population and has three times more genetic diversity than other ferrets alive. If she breeds successfully, she will contribute new genetic diversity.

Cloning can’t happen unless tissues samples are biobanked, which means they’re frozen for preservation and stored in a biorepository (生物库). As a species descends, it loses genetic diversity within the populations. That’s why it’s important for researchers to collect tissue samples to leave options open for the future.

“To stop extinction, what we can do right now is saving as many tissue samples as possible. I believe through this effort cloning will be possible and save many endangered species,” says the Wildlife Alliance’s Ryder. However, an animal can only be cloned if the technology already exists to breed it, because researchers need to know how to handle it and how it reproduces.

8. Why is cloning needed according to Ben Novak?

A. It changes multiple genes in animals.     B. It helps to rescue endangered animals.

C. It helps understand how normal genes work.   D. It lowers the risk of the sudden change of genes.

9. What do we know about Elizabeth Ann?

A. She lives longer than any other ferret alive.

B. She has brought challenges to gene editing.

C. She owns more genetic diversity.  

D. She has produced young ferrets.

10. What does the underlined word “descends” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A. Evolves.     B. Drops.    C. Booms.    D. Breeds.

11. How does Ryder find cloning?

A. Adventurous.     B. Debatable    C. Uncertain.    D. Promising.