The beginning of baseball in China traces back further than most would think, in 1863. From that time, Chinese universities soon began to stage baseball activities. The first game, as documents recorded, was held in Shanghai in 1905. National interest in this traditionally American sport picked up quickly, and in 1915, China placed second in the Greater Asia baseball tournament held in Shanghai. Several decades later, baseball was as popular as it would ever be. In 1959,teams from 30 regions came together in a national competition.
Founded in 2002, the China Baseball League (CBL) is China’s professional league for the sport, with seven teams around the country. The opportunity to capture a huge new market with China’s growing interest saw the US Major League Baseball (MLB) open its first China office in Beijing in 2007, which has since then developed the Chinese market and educated young athletes.An example is the youth baseball program Play Ball in major Chinese cities. In the same year, the CBL partnered with Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), agreeing to allow Japanese clubs to send coaches and players to China and Chinese players to train at Japanese facilities. This program helps Chinese schools integrate baseball into their physical education curriculum, build professional development centers. More and more Chinese youths are getting involved with the sport, taking baseball class on the weekends or after school. Many programs for children have been established and often hold classes at many baseball fields.
Through these different partnerships and co-operations, China has created opportunities for the citizens to experience another culture. China might just be the future of baseball. Through heavy investments since 2017, the CBL hopes to one day cultivate a Yao Ming of baseball, which would bring huge exposure to the sport.
1.What’s the main idea of paragraph 1?
A.The beginning of baseball in China.
B.The development of baseball in China.
C.The national competition of baseball in China.
D.The interest in this traditionally American sport.
2.How does the writer develop this text?
A.By the time order.
B.By the cities adding.
C.By China’s interest growing.
D.By partner countries increasing.
3.Which of the following can replace the underlined word "capture" in paragraph 2?
A.lose. B.found.
C.seize. D.control.
4.What can we predict from paragraph3?
A.Baseball remains a mystery to most of Chinese people.
B.The interest in developing baseball is limited in China.
C.Chinese schools will have baseball education curriculum.
D.More baseball talents and fans will spring up in China.
Classified advertising is that advertising which is grouped in certain sections of the paper and is thus distinguished from display advertising. Such groupings as ―Help Wanted, RealEstate(不动产), Lost and Found are made, the rate charged being less than for display advertising. Classified advertisements are a convenience to the reader and a saving to the advertiser.
The reader who is interested in a particular kind of advertisement finds all advertisements of that type grouped for him. The advertisers may, therefore, use a very small advertisement if it was placed among larger advertisements in the paper. It is evident that the reader approaches the classified advertisement in a different frame of mind from that in which he approaches the other advertisements in the paper. He turns to a page of classified advertisements to search for the particular advertisement that will meet his needs.
As his attention is voluntary, the advertiser does not need to rely too much extent ondisplay type to get the reader’s attention. Formerly all classified advertisements were of the same size and did not have display type. With the increase in the number of such advertisements, however, each advertiser within a certain group is competing with others in the same group for the reader’s attention. In many cases, the result has been an increase in the size of the space used and the addition of headlines and pictures. In that way, the classified advertisement has in reality advertisement. This is particularly true of real estate advertising?
1.The following facts are advantages of classified advertising EXCEPT ____.
A.It helps to reduce the advertising cost.
B.It attracts the target readers’ attention easily.
C.It provides more information for the readers.
D.It doesn’t have to rely too much on display type.
2.Which is the example given of types of classified advertisement?
A.Houses for sale. B.People who are asking for help.
C.Job hunting. D.People who are lost.
3.What do readers usually do when they look through classified advertisements?
A.They are in a new frame of mind to buy anything.
B.They look for something they need.
C.They feel lost in so many classified advertisements.
D.They maintain the same emotions as reading display advertisements.
4.According to the text, in which way have the classified advertisements changed nowadays?
A.They are charged for no money.
B.They are divided into more groups.
C.They are less formal than ever.
D.They depend more on display type.
I grew up in Hastings, a small coastal town in East Sussex, famous for 1066 years of history and seaside charm. I have a memory as a boy, saving my pocket money by placing it in a special drawer, the golden pound coins collecting into a neat pile. When I was 14 in 2007, I saved up money for a gap year, by working at a bingo hall, and I put the money into a savings account. I remember getting £70 ($91) interest rates one year, which made me feel very rich indeed.
Skip forward to 2018 and I was living and working in Beijing, China, as a journalist. All around me Beijing residents were paying for everything using just their smart phones. They would walk up to a counter of a restaurant, shop, or convenience store, and offer up a QR code(二维码)for the cashier to scan. Once scanned, the online system would immediately deduct(扣除) the exact amount owed from the payer’s e-wallet. No reaching for cash and waiting for change. The transaction would take seconds.
But I was a stubborn holdout. My friends, both Western and Chinese, would make fun of me for being so traditional – for sticking to ―dirty cash. But there were a couple of reasons why I kept using physical money and avoided getting into e-payments and e-wallets. Firstly, it felt safer. I wasn’t really aware of how electronic money would work on my smart phone and I feared it would somehow get easily taken away. Secondly, I feared that by moving to e-payments, I would end up spending more. I would lose all sense of how much, day by day, I would be spending.
Were these fears justified? As more and more people across the world escape cash, these are essential issues for me to consider.
1.Which of the following made the writer feel very rich?
A.Saving £70 ($91) by placing it in a special drawer.
B.Collecting £70 ($91) coins into a neat pile.
C.Putting £70 ($91) into a savings account in bank.
D.Getting £70 ($91) interest rates from a bank.
2.Which’s not the advantage of e-payments?
A.No reaching for cash. B.No waiting for change.
C.Taking only few seconds. D.Spending more money.
3.Why didn’t the writer like to accept the e- payments at first?
A.Because he was too traditional to save money.
B.Because he liked the sense of paying in cash.
C.Because he thought e-payments would deduct more.
D.Because he knew how e-payments work on smartphones.
4.What can we infer about the writer from the last paragraph？
A.He accepted the idea that money is abstract.
B.He eventually turned to using e-payments.
C.He thought the pain of e-payment is delayed.
D.He insisted that having physical cash is safer.
European architecture in Tianjin is a window showing China’s historical changes. In a one-day tour, you can see some old western-style private residences, former Imperial Gardens and enjoy Tianjin snacks, like a time traveler.
The Garden of Jingyuan
The Garden of Jingyuan was constructed in 1921. It’s now an excellent example of an old private residence in Tianjin, which is now well-preserved. The last emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Puyi, once lived here after his abdication(退位), from July 1929 to November 1931. He changed the name to Jingyuan, which references his desire to strengthen and ennoble his spirit by living in a peaceful environment.
Address: 70 Anshan Road, Heping District
Transport: Anshan Road (Subway Line 1)
Tickets & Opening Hours: Closed Monday; Tuesday to Sunday, 8:30-5:00p.m. RMB ¥20 per person
Zhangyuan Garden
This grand mansion was built in 1915 by Zhang Biao, a former high-ranking official in the Qing Court. In 1924, Dr. Sun Yat-sen and his wife Soong Ching Ling stayed in it for several months. In 1925, Puyi, the last emperor of China, had a brief stay here after his abdication from Beijing. It is certainly a strange coincidence that the founder of the Republic of China and the last emperor chose exactly the same place to live, though at different times.
The mansion is visible from the street, but the buildings and gardens are not open to the public at present.
Italianate Street
Nearly 200 European-style buildings have been conserved in the old Italian Concession(租借地)and form the modern --Italian-style Street on the north bank of the Haihe River. The street has been developed as a shopping center and entertainment district. A square named after Marco Polois surrounded by numerous Italianate large buildings. Pictures of their former residences will be a highlight of your photo albums.
Address: The Cross Between Shengli Road and Ziyou Road, Hebei District
Transport: Jianguo Road (Subway Line 2)
Tickets & Opening Hours: Access all day for nothing
If you want to feel old-people’s lives and taste snacks in Tianjin, you can tour to Confucian Temple near the Ancient Culture Street . Most snacks in Tianjin are made of flour. Some are deepfried or baked while some are made into sticky sweets. Goubuli steamed stuffed baozi, ear-hole fried cake and Guifaxiang fried dough twists are the top three local snacks.
1.What can we know from Puyi’s renaming the place to Jingyuan?
A.He wanted to feel old-people’s lives and taste snacks.
B.He desired to strengthen and ennoble his imperial palace.
C.He was determined to well preserve this Chinese-style residence.
D.He would like to lead a quiet and calm life after his abdication.
2.Which of the following tourist attractions is not open to the visitors?
A.The Garden of Jingyuan B.Italianate Street
C.Zhangyuan Garden D.Confucian Temple
3.What’s the best thing you can do in Italianate Street?
A.Buying Italian clothes for your family.
B.Taking pictures with Italian friends.
C.Enjoying European-style buildings.
D.Walking around the Marco Polo Square.
假如你是高三学生李津，请你代表你的同学们，结合下面要点提供的信息给你们的外教 Mr. Black写一封电子邮件，向他提出一些建议。
要点：
（1）问候并说明大家都很喜欢上他的课；
（2）今天受同学的委托向老师提几点建议；
（3）想了解美国同龄人的学习和生活；
（4）想了解美国一些著名大学的信息。
注意：（1）词数不少于100；
（2）开头和结尾已经写出，不计人总词数；
（3）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：同龄人peer
Dear Mr Black,
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Your student,
Li Jin
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When I started my medical career, I worked 80 to 100 hours a week as a family doctor in a small town in Idaho. Sleep was an afterthought. It was the early 1990s and I bought a coffee machine, and served up 4 to 5 cups of coffee a day. I lived an extremely tiring life and pushed my way through on adrenalin (肾上腺素).
I learned how to keep myself awake despite my exhaustion. I didn’t have a stop button. I lived on adrenalin until my adrenalin ran out and I suddenly got very ill. Every system in my body broke down. I didn’t choose to change my life-my body chose for me. That is when I had to learn to rebuild my life and my energy and respect the way my body worked. I learned the hard lesson that my body was a biological organism that needed care. I realized that if I wanted to enjoy my life, I would have to learn the care and feeding instructions needed for being a healthy woman.
Unfortunately, many suffer the same fate I did. We have all been given a beautiful creation--- our physical body. But none of us were born with an operating manual or instruction book. How do we make it feel good, take care of it, make it run like it was designed--- balanced and in perfect rhythm? Most of us don’t learn how to manage our energy and bodies well. We use drugs, sugar, caffeine and alcohol to manage our energy and moods.
Now it’s time to make a change for the benefit of your health. If you don’t, your health will suffer. Don’t burn the candle on both ends. Without health, you can do nothing.
1.Why did the author use to drink 4 to 5 cups of coffee a day? (no more than 10 words)
2.What did the author learn from her sudden illness? (No more than 10 words)
3.How do you understand the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2? (No more than 10 words)
4.How do many people manage their energy and moods? (No more than 10 words)
5.What lesson can you learn from the story? (No more than 20 words)
