In China, Chinese chess and table tennis are very popular among teenagers, many of _____ have been playing them since they were very young.

A.who B.them C.theirs D.whom

We tend to have a better memory for things that excite our senses or _____our emotions than for straight facts.

A.find out B.appeal to C.put down D.come across

_____ teens are using the Internet for both social and intellectual development, they are also facing significant challenges on how to manage their relationships online.

A.Unless B.While C.Once D.Until

— How do you know Jimmy will come out first in the final exam?

— _____. He is always working hard and he is very clever.

A.You are right B.It's my guess C.No wonder D.No offence

Susan has _____ more than 5,000 dollars in the last three months, with which she can buy new bicycles for those poor children.

A.accelerated B.accompanied C.accumulated D.acknowledged

（2018·天津）I didn't mean ___________anything but the ice cream looked so good that I couldn’t help_______ it.

A.to eat；to try B.eating；trying

C.eating；to try D.to eat； trying

If you are _____ a food or drink, you can remove it from your diet.

A.cautious about B.allergic to C.satisfied with D.associated with

— I'm going to Appleby tomorrow.

— _____!  I'm going up there, too.

A.Go ahead B.Good luck C.What a coincidence D.Cheer up

假设你是李华。你所就读的新华中学是一所乡村中学。半年前美国某慈善组织曾为新华中学捐款五万美元，请给对方写封邮件，内容包括：

1. 表达谢意；2. 说明捐款的用途；3. 期待进一步交流。

注意：

1. 词数100字左右；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

My 71-year-old grandpa run a small food stand in a night market in my city, provide local snacks for people working overtime. Receiving payments has always been problem for him before I helped him. He often had to feel in his pocket for changes on cold nights while keeping eye on the food in the oven. After learning this I helped him set up with mobile payment apps like WeChat Pay and Alipay. Now my grandpa is content with which did for him, for about 95 percent of his customers pay with his phones. Mobile payment has become an essential part of our everyday life. It not only deep changes the life of young people, but provides convenient for the elders.

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Chinese animators (动画制作人) have been drawing inspiration 1. Chinese folk stories and mythology ever since the country’s first animated film, Princess Iron Fan in 1941. In recent years its animated-film industry has witnessed several blockbusters based on classic Chinese tales, among 2. Nezha is the subject of the 3. (late) hit, which officially opens in cinemas in China on Jul 26.

Nezha earns enthusiastic reviews and 4. (consider) even better than Monkey King: Hero is Back. It is also China’s first 3D animated feature film released in IMAX format. Nezha has more than 1, 300 shots with special effects, and it took over 20 Chinese special-effects 5. (studio), employing more than1,600 people, 6. (realize) the film’s fairy tale setting, the mysterious Dragon King’ s palace, and an amazing fight between fire and water.

The film is loosely based on the Chinese novel The Investiture of the Gods. In the novel Nezha is born during the Shang dynasty (1600BC-1050BC) and is famous for fighting against the Dragon King. 7. third son of his father Li Jing, he never 8. (please his father and eventually commits suicide. However, compared with the 9. (origin) novel and past animated versions, the relationships between the characters are given modern meaning. In Yang’s film he is fighting prejudice: Nezha is hated and feared as the rebirth of devil (恶魔). But Nezha believes his fate is not predetermined and that he can choose to be a devil 10. a god.

    I love to watch my father paint. Or really, I love to hear him talk while he _________ on the layers of a landscape. Mostly the things he talked about floated around me, but _________ something would happen and I would _________ exactly what he had meant. “A painting is _________ than the sum of its parts,” he would tell me, and then go on to explain how putting unnoticeable divisions together _________ magic. I understood what he was saying, but I never _________ what he was saying until one day when was up in the sycamore tree.

My mom told me that it was the biggest tree she’d seen and had been at the top of the hill forever. I had always played in the tree, but I didn’t become a serious _________ until the fifth grade, when I went up to _________ a kite that was stuck in its branches. It was a long way up, and when managed to have the kite free, I was miles off the ___________ I needed a minute to rest and ________________ before starting down. So ________________ looking at the ground below me, which made me ________________ and weak in the knees, I held on ________________ and looked out. Out across the rooftops.

That was when the fear of being up so high began to ________________, and in its place came the most ________________ feeling that I was flying above the earth and sailing among the clouds. Then I began to ________________how wonderful the gentle wind smelled. It smelled like sunshine. Like sunshine and wild grass and pomegranates and rain! I couldn’t stop ________________ it in, filling my lungs again and again with the sweetest smell I’d ever known. It was on a day like that when my father’s notion of the whole being more than the sum of its parts moved from my head to my ________________. The ________________ from my sycamore was more than rooftops and clouds and wind and colors combined. It was ________________.

1.A.writes B.brushes C.composes D.draws

2.A.once in a while B.sooner or later C.without exception D.little by little

3.A.forget B.abandon C.grasp D.indicate

4.A.broader B.more C.bigger D.richer

5.A.ends up with B.results from C.carries out D.appeals to

6.A.questioned B.appreciated C.earned D.felt

7.A.learner B.climber C.painter D.explorer

8.A.fasten B.rescue C.fly D.paint

9.A.landscape B.tree C.branches D.ground

10.A.adapt B.entertain C.recover D.reflect

11.A.in case of B.in addition to C.owing to D.instead of

12.A.dizzy B.thrilled C.astonished D.satisfied

13.A.narrowly B.firmly C.vertically D.stubbornly

14.A.form B.deepen C.lift D.move

15.A.confusing B.frightening C.amazing D.curious

16.A.remember B.notice C.wonder D.accept

17.A.inviting B.pulling C.feeling D.breathing

18.A.heart B.eye C.toes D.chest

19.A.journey B.sighting C.view D.range

20.A.impressive B.complicated C.beautiful D.magic

Four ways the increasingly mobile workforce is transforming office design

As more and more office employees start working from home full-time or only come into work on certain days of the week, it no longer makes sense for employers to keep the office in the old fashion.1. So, be ready to say goodbye to the days of cubicles (隔间) and fixed desk stations and welcome the following changes in modern offices.

Including more resting spaces and leisure areas

While some people tend to work more productively in traditional desk-and-chair environment, others feel better when they’re working from a sofa or bean-bag chair. 2. These could range from joined tables for those who want to work in a more relaxed manner and socialize with co-workers, to sound-proof spaces for those who prefer to work alone or in silence.

3.

Traditional board rooms and conference rooms with tables big enough to host 20 people also fall victim to the remote workforce movement. In the new mobile climate, many employees are starting to come into the physical office merely for face-to-face meetings with co-workers or to bring in clients for presentations. This means that employees are specifically coming into the office for access to these meeting rooms, so these rooms should be sized accordingly.

Using high-tech methods that narrow the gap between office and home

4. To do this, some offices are using VoIP phones, which make phone calls through the internet rather than regular landlines, to help employees around the world appear as though they’re calling from the office.

Creating smaller carbon footprint

There are huge benefits, both financially and environmentally, to offices employing more mote workers. Fewer people in the office equal less needed space. 5. For employees, the ability to work remotely means an erased commute, which in turn will reduce air pollution and help create a smaller carbon footprint.

A. Building smaller conference rooms.

B. Providing more places for face-to-face communication.

C. In this way, employees can find the spot that best suits them on a given day.

D. Instead, offices are transforming in order to better serve employees floating in and out.

E. Huge amount of money can be saved for employers by using less energy and water, lowering their utility bills.

F. That’s why offices are creating a new mixture of furniture zones that offer both relaxing and traditional seating options.

G. With more employees working from home, it’s critical to have the proper technology to connect people together easily.

    Up until a few decades ago, our expectation of the future were largely positive. Science and technology would cure all the ills of humanity, leading to lives of satisfaction and opportunity for all.

Now the utopia (乌托邦) has grown unfashionable, as we have gained deeper appreciation of the range of threats facing us, from natural disasters to deadly flu to climate change. You might even be tempted to assume that human beings have little future to look forward to.

But such negative attitude doesn’t make sense. The fossil record shows that many species have existed for millions of years- so why shouldn’t we? Take broader look at our species’ place in the universe, and it becomes clear that we have an excellent chance of surviving for tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of years.

So what does our deep future hold? Perhaps it may be easier to think about the question in long time periods than about the more immediate future. The potential evolution of today’s technology, and its social consequences, is astonishingly complicated, and it’s’ perhaps best left to science fiction writers and futurologists (未来学家) to explore the many possibilities we can merely imagine. That’s one reason why we have launched Arc, a new publication dedicated to the near future.

But take a longer view and there is a surprising amount that we can say with considerable assurance. As so often, the past holds the key to the future: we have now identified enough of the long-term patterns shaping the history of the planet, and our species, to make evidence-based forecasts about the situations in which our future generations will find themselves.

This makes the negative predictions of our future seem more likely to be temporary and unreliable. To be sure, the future is not all rosy. But we are now knowledgeable enough to reduce many of the risks that threatened the existence of earlier humans, and to prevent the lot of those to come.

1.What used to inspire our expectation of the future?

A.Our desire for lives of satisfaction.

B.Our faith in science and technology.

C.Our awareness of potential risks.

D.Our belief in equal opportunity.

2.Which of the following is true according to Paragraph 4?

A.Are limits the range of futurological studies.

B.Technology offers solutions to social problem.

C.The interest in science fiction is on the rise.

D.Our near future is comparatively hard to predict.

    Children with attention problems in early childhood were 40% less likely to graduate from high school, says a new study from Duke University.

The study included 386 kindergarteners from schools in the Fast Track Project, a multi-site clinical trial in the U.S. that in 1991 began tracking how children developed across their lives. With this study, researchers examined early academic attention and socio-emotional skills and how each contributed to academic success into young adulthood. They found that early attention skills were the most consistent predictor of academic success, and that likability by peers (同龄人) also had a modest effect on academic performance.

By fifth grade, children with early attention difficulties had lower grades and reading achievement scores than their peers. As fifth-graders, children with early attention problems obtained average reading scores at least 3% lower and grades at least 8% lower than those of their peers. This was after controlling for IQ, socio-economic status and academic skills at school entry.

Although these may not seem like large effects, the impact of early attention problems continued throughout the children’s academic careers. Lower reading achievement scores and grades in fifth grade contributed to reduced grades in middle school, thus contributing to a 40% lower high school graduation rate.

Social acceptance by peers in early childhood also predicted grades in fifth grade. Children not as liked by their first-grade peers had slightly lower grades in fifth grade, while those with higher social acceptance had higher grades.

“This study shows the importance of so-called non-cognitive’ or soft skills in contributing to children’s positive peer relationships, which, in turn contribute to their academic success,” said Kenneth Dodge, director of the Duke Center for Child and Family Policy.

The results highlight the need to develop effective early interventions (干预) to help those with attention problems stay on track academically and for educators to encourage positive peer relationships, the researchers said.

“We’re learning that student success requires a more comprehensive approach, one that includes not only academic skills but also social, self-regulatory and attention skills,” Dodge said. “If we ignore any of these areas, the child’s development struggles. If we attend to these areas, a child’s success may strengthen itself with positive feedback.”

1.What is the focus of the new study from Duke University?

A.The contributors to children’s early attention.

B.The predictors of children’s academic success.

C.The factors that affect children’s emotional well-being.

D.The factors that determine children’s development of social skills.

2.What do we learn from the findings of the Duke study?

A.Modest students are generally more attentive than their peers.

B.There are more children with attention difficulties than previously thought.

C.Attention problem accounts for most academic failures.

D.Children with worse attention skills are less likely to succeed academically.

3.What does the Duke study find about children better accepted by peers?

A.They do better academically. B.They are teachers’ favorites.

C.They are easy to get on with. D.They care less about grades.

4.What can we conclude from the Duke study?

A.Children’s success is related to their learning environment.

B.School curriculum should cover a greater variety of subjects.

C.Social skills are playing a key role in children’s development.

D.An all-round approach should be adopted in school education.

    There it was. A test of will power. I’m on a special diet with foods carefully selected for balanced nutrition and caloric value. A piece of cheese cake is not an option. So here was my dilemma: Should I not eat the cheese cake, feel dissatisfied and take out my frustration on the annoyingly skinny physical instructor at the gym? Or should I eat the cheese cake and work off the calories?

The latter seemed like a win-win solution. Not only would I get to enjoy the cheese cake, but I’d get an exercise session. And then it hit me: a delicate plan to use my cheese cake as an exercise incentive. I plated a thin slice of cheese cake and carefully walked it up the stairs and set it on my bedside table with a small fork. I put on my exercise outfit and went downstairs.

The appeal of the cheese cake got stronger so I launched my plan: I would run up and down the stairs and then back up again. My reward: one small bite of cheese cake. If I wanted another, I’d have to run down and up and down and up again. Off I went. Ah, creamy vanilla goodness without guilt. I wanted another bite so I quickly sprinted through another stair climbing run.

Admittedly, it is harder to enjoy the creaminess of the cheese cake when my tongue was dry from over-breathing. I placed a bottle of water next to the cake.

Down and up and down and up again. When I struggled over to the cheese cake, my hand bypassed the plate and went for the water instead. I didn’t want the cake any more. I wanted all this sweat and effort to do more than cancel the calories from cheese cake. I was exhausted and sure the cheese cake tasted fine but just not good enough to make me run up and down the stairs one more time.

My plan worked. Now, any time I felt tempted to indulge in a former favorite, I remembered my stairs trick.

1.What can we infer about the author from paragraph 1?

A.She has weak will power.

B.She is bad-tempered and very critical.

C.She needs assistance with making the choice.

D.She hesitated over eating something against her diet.

2.What does the underlined word “incentive” in paragraph 2 mean?

A.Motivation. B.Excuse.

C.Substitute. D.Companion.

3.What do we learn about the author’s plan?

A.It involved much energy consumption.

B.It rid the cake of the pleasant taste.

C.It changed the author’s preference for food.

D.It was exhausting and caused suffering.

4.What may be the best title for the passage?

A.A costly dilemma.

B.An evil cheese cake.

C.A trick that worked.

D.A sweating experience.

    The Grand Canyon (美国大峡谷) is an unfolding mystery. No photograph, however stunning, can do justice to the Grand Canyon. No account, however expressive, can describe it in sufficient detail. To appreciate its marvel, you must see it for yourself. To get you started on your journey, here are several things you’ll want to know before you go.

Crowds

About 6 million people visit the Grand Canyon each year. Fortunately, the park is spread over about 2,000 square miles, so there’s plenty of chance for peace and privacy. There are several ways to avoid the crowds. First, visit the park in spring, fall or winter. Second, avoid the busy South Rim in favor of the more peaceful North Rim. Remember, about 12 people die each year in the Grand Canyon. Causes of death include drowning, falling, overheating and “killfies” — selfie-related deaths.

Internet and cellphone

There is spotty internet and cellphone coverage in the North Rim and South Rim visitor centers and in some of the larger hotels, including El Tovar and Grand Canyon Lodge. But if you venture inside the canyon and wander in places such as Tuweep Campground, assume you’ll be isolated. Always inform a friend or family member about where you’re going and for how long.

Railway

Since the late 1800s, the Grand Canyon railway has carried passengers from Williams, Arizona to the South Rim’s train station. It’s a pleasant ride through Ponderosa pine forests and wide-open grasslands. You won’t see the canyon from the train.

Skywalk

In 2007 the Hualapai tribe (部落) approved the construction of Skywalk, a bridge with a glass walkway sticking out 70 feet into the canyon, at Eagle Point in Grand Canyon West. Tickets start at $69 per person, which includes shuttle bus service and access to Guano Point, Eagle Point and Hualapai Ranch viewpoints.

1.According to the passage, when is the busiest season for the Grand Canyon?

A.Spring. B.Summer.

C.Autumn. D.Winter.

2.Cellphone signals can be picked up in the following places EXCEPT ________

A.Visitor centers. B.El Tover.

C.Grand Canyon Lodge. D.Tuweep Campground.

3.How can you enjoy the view of the Grand Canyon to the fullest?

A.By visiting South Rim when it is hot and sunny.

B.By posting selfies on social media websites while visiting.

C.By taking the pleasant train ride across the canyon.

D.By walking on a glass walkway at Eagle Point.

假如你是校学生会主席李华，你校要举办一次（Hanfu）表演。请你写一封电子邮件邀请在你市做交换生的英国好友Chris观看演出。内容包括：

1．发出邀请；

2．演出时间，地点和目的；

3．建议他上网搜索，简要了解汉服。

注意：1.词数100 左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Mr. Chris,

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处.每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号() 并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。

修改:在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意:.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

Dear Tom,

How are you getting on? I don’t think this a good idea to travel a lot and visit as many places possible. Last July Bell pay a visit to Europe. Europe is very beautiful, but his holiday wasn’t very nicely. He visited several country, and was in each of the countries for only three days. He visited a great many of places of interest, and was always in a hurry. When he returned from Europe, he was very tiring. So I suggest you spent your holiday in a different way. You’d better travelled with a friend to one country and visit only one city, that will do good to your body and mind.

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Xi to attend import expo in Shanghai

The second edition of the expo, which 1. (hold) from Tuesday to Nov 10, will be a 2. (large) event than the first expo and will likely attract more attention, Wang said. Sixty-four countries, three international organizations and more than 3,000 companies will promote their products and services at the event. More new technologies and services will debut 3. the expo, according to the Ministry of Commerce.

"Holding the expo is 4. important decision China has made to push a new round of high-level opening-up. It will promote high-quality development of the Chinese economy," Wang added.

"The event will help to introduce diversified foreign products into China and further fulfill the demand of Chinese consumers 5. are seeking high-quality lifestyles. The expo will also provide opportunities for consumers to communicate 6. (direct)with foreign companies," Tu said.

"The expo is also expected to help drive 7. (invest). The Chinese government will be able to see 8. kinds of foreign products are more attractive to Chinese consumers, and thus it can encourage the producers to invest in the domestic market 9. (satisfy) local demand," he said.

The United States will have 192 companies participating in the expo — including a large number of Fortune Global 500 companies — up 18 percent year-on-year. Their exhibition area will reach 47,500 square meters, 10. ( represent) the top spot, the ministry said.

    My bed is supposed to be the best part of my home — the place where I go to find _____and relaxation after a long, stressful day. So, lately, why do I get ______ just looking at it? I can’t leave this problem unsolved to the next day, because I can’t get to ______ in the first place: I am a victim of insomnia (失眠).

I’m not ______: studies show that more than one in three people worldwide ____ insomnia. It takes different ______: some people can get to sleep on time, but ______ much too early; others get a full-night’s sleep but still ______ very tired when they wake up. And then there are people like me, ordinary insomniacs who toss and turn all ______, trying to fall asleep.

Insomnia is most commonly a side effect of depression, but it can ______ be caused by many other ailments(小病痛). To find the ______, doctors first find out the cause by ______ a “sleep diary,” in which you record your sleep habits. The diary may reveal(揭示) lifestyle patterns, ____ an afternoon nap, which are causing your _______. Dr. Mark Dyken, a specialist in sleep disorders, writes that, “a good sleep diary can often ______ the patients to ‘cure themselves.’”

A good night’s sleep is created during the day. ______ in the beginning or middle of the day, and ______ from caffeine, alcohol and cigarettes in the afternoon and evening. After dark, dim the lights and try to ______ stress. Our bodies like consistent patterns, so we should let ____ know that it’s time to wind down.

If you can’t fall asleep, keep the lights ______.Try reading a book or listening to soft music. You’ll most likely be asleep.

1.A.courage B.knowledge C.decision D.energy

2.A.nervous B.comfortable C.calm D.satisfied

3.A.live B.rest C.sleep D.play

4.A.sad B.alone C.pleased D.afraid

5.A.suffers from B.benefits from C.quarrels about D.struggles for

6.A.ways B.effects C.results D.forms

7.A.get up B.wake up C.dream D.turn over

8.A.feel B.become C.prove D.look

9.A.evening B.day C.night D.time

10.A.still B.also C.even D.only

11.A.cause B.reason C.excuse D.cure

12.A.keeping B.discussing C.writing D.describing

13.A.as B.like C.for D.about

14.A.illness B.question C.problem D.worry

15.A.have B.allow C.let D.make

16.A.Sleep B.Work C.Read D.Exercise

17.A.stay away B.come out C.stay out D.make out

18.A.remember B.increase C.keep D.reduce

19.A.it B.that C.them D.this

20.A.bright B.low C.bad D.good

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Japan’s famously diligent workers spend more hours at the office than employees in almost any other country. Authorities have a message: Stay home. 1. . Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Olympic and Paralympic events in Tokyo during the 2020 Games, putting additional pressure on the city’s already notoriously crowded commuter routes. Officials also hope that promoting working from home during the Games will encourage a more easy-going approach in a country known for its cases of karoshi, or death from overwork.

On July 22, one year before the Games, Tokyo rolled out a month-long “Telework Days” campaign, with government offices and private businesses committing to avoiding peak commuting hours. 2. . The government has been urging employers to be more flexible, hoping to help parents and others caring for elderly relatives to better balance their work and home responsibilities. Officials hope the campaign will show firms that employees can actually “work even more effectively” when they stay home.

3. . Such as concerns over the security of sensitive information, the difficulty of controlling working conditions and the fact that corporate culture stresses the importance of face-to-face communication.

Experts and government officials hope that Olympic efforts to expand telework might serve as something of a legacy for the Games. “Tokyo 2020 is a chance to actively introduce telework, which can create a stress-free lifestyle,” said Azuma Taguchi, a professor of engineering at Chuo University. 4. . And he also urged to take serious measures to tackle Olympic traffic.

5. . “This is a chance to make telework a legacy of the Games that will take root” in Japanese society, Industry Minister Hiroshige Seko said in a recent forum to promote flexible work. And some officials are hoping that a more open-minded approach to work could encourage people to take “workstations” — working remotely from far-flung locations with attractive leisure options.

A. Workstations have already appeared in Japan.

B. The concept isn’t completely unfamiliar in Japan.

C. The efforts have also run up against various barriers.

D. Tokyo tells workers to stay home to enjoy a new lifestyle.

E. The aim is to avoid traffic chaos during next year’s Olympics.

F. He warned of potentially “fatal traffic jam” if action is not taken.

G. Others also see the Games as a chance to break existing work habits.

    A remarkable variety of insects live on this planet. More species of insects exist than all other animal species together. Insects have survived on earth for more than 300 million years，and may possess the ability to survive for millions more.

Insects can be found almost everywhere—on the highest mountains and on the bottom of rushing streams, in the cold South Pole and in bubbling hot springs. They dig through the ground, jump and sing in the trees, and run and dance in the air. They come in many different colors and various shapes. Insects are extremely useful to humans, pollinating (授粉) our crops as well as flowers in meadows, forests, deserts and other areas. But ticks and some insects, such as mosquitoes and fleas, can transmit disease.

There are many reasons why insects are so successful at surviving. Their amazing ability to adapt permits them to live in extreme ranges of temperatures and environments. The one place they have not yet been found to any major extent is in the open oceans. Insects can survive on a wide range of natural and artificial foods—paint, pepper, glue, books, grain, cotton, other insects, plants and animals. Because they are small, they can hide in tiny spaces.

A strong, hard but flexible shell covers their soft organs and is resistant to chemicals, water and physical impact. Their wings give them the option of flying away from dangerous situations or toward food or mates. Also, insects have an enormous reproductive capacity: An African ant queen can lay as many as 43,000 eggs a day.

Another reason for their success is the strategy of protective color. An insect may be right before our eyes, but nearly invisible because it is cleverly disguised like a green leaf, lump of brown soil, gray lichen (青苔), a seed or some other natural object. Some insects use bright, bold colors to send warning signals that they taste bad, sting or are poisonous. Others have wing patterns that look like the eyes of a huge predator, confusing their enemies. Some insects also imitate bitter-tasting insects; hungry enemies are fooled into avoiding them.

1.Insects protect themselves from chemicals by ______.

A.hiding in tiny spaces B.flying away when necessary

C.having a strong shell D.changing colors or shapes

2.Some insects disguise like natural objects so as to ______.

A.avoid being discovered B.frighten away their enemies

C.send warning signals D.look bitter-tasting

3.The passage is mainly about ______.

A.how insects survive in different places B.why insects can survive so successfully

C.what insects can do to the environment D.where insects can be found in quantity

    “What kind of rubbish are you?” This question might normally cause anger, but in Shanghai it has brought about weary groans over the past week. On July 1st, the city introduced strict trash-sorting regulations that are expected to be used as a model for our country. Residents must divide their waste into four separate categories and toss it into specific public bins. They must do so at scheduled times, when monitors are present to ensure compliance（服从）and to inquire into the nature of one’s rubbish.

Violators face the prospect of fines and worse. They could be hit with fines of up to 200 yuan ($29). For repeat violators, the city can add black marks to their credit records, making it harder for them to obtain bank loans or even buy train tickets.

Shanghai authorities are responding to an obvious environmental problem. It generates 9 million tons of garbage a year, more than London’s annual output and rising quickly. But like other cities in China, it lacks a recycling system. Instead, it has relied on trash pickers to sift through the waste, plucking out whatever can be reused. This has limits. As people get wealthier, fewer of them want to do such dirty work. The waste, meanwhile, just keeps piling up. China churns out 80 billion pairs of disposable chopsticks a year.

Many residents appear to support the idea of recycling in general but are frustrated by the details. Rubbish must be divided according to whether it is food, recyclable, dry or hazardous（有害的）, the distinctions among which can be confusing, though there are apps to help work it out. Some have complained about the rules surrounding food waste. They must put it straight in the required public bin, forcing them to tear open plastic bags and toss it by hand. Most vexing（令人烦恼的）are the short windows for dumping trash, typically a couple of hours, morning and evening. Along with the monitors at the bins, this means that people go at around the same time and can keep an eye on what is being thrown out; no one wants to look bad.

1.What’s the purpose of the first paragraph?

A.To introduce the trash-sorting regulations.

B.To explain the four categories of the waste.

C.To present residents’ complaints about trash dividing.

D.To show the goal of trash-sorting regulations.

2.What does the underlined word “Violators” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A.People who don’t sort the waste.

B.People who argue with the monitors.

C.People who don’t throw the trash on time.

D.People who are against the regulations.

3.What is the main direct environmental problem in Shanghai?

A.The massive traffic.

B.The increasing garbage.

C.Lack of a recycling system.

D.Lack of trash pickers.

4.What makes the residents upset most about the rules?

A.Complex distinction among the four categories of trash.

B.Short scheduled time for tossing the trash.

C.Being observed by monitors when throwing the garbage.

D.Being fined when blamed due to improper behavior.

5.What can be the best title for the text?

A.A Restart of Trash-sorting

B.A Great Change in Tackling Litter

C.A New Era of Garbage Classification

D.A Craze for Learning Waste Sorting

    Osaka, Japan — Defending champions China lifted the FIVB Women’s Volleyball World Cup trophy（奖品）with perfect 11 straight wins after easing past Argentina 3-0 here on Sunday. With their eleventh win at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Cup, China won the FIVB Women’s Volleyball World Cup.

This year, the World Cup has been played across different cities, and Team China had training sessions even on traveling days when some participating teams chose to rest up after a tiring flight. “Coach Lang focuses on details of the technique in the training sessions, and I feel our team has become more balanced.” Captain Zhu Ting said. This firm approach explains how China managed to turn the table against the United States at the World Cup. Never giving up, especially in adversity, that’s what the spirit of Chinese women’s volleyball means.

When the team struggled, Zhu was always there, doing whatever was needed to carry the team forward. That’s why she has become a national volleyball icon, just like “Iron Hammer” Lang. As for Lang, she took over the flag from her former coach Yuan Weimin, who was behind China’s rise in the beginning. From coach Yuan to coach Lang, and spiker（主攻手）Lang to spiker Zhu, the flag bearers may have changed over time, but the craving for championships and the steely desire and determination remain the same.

Volleyball is a team sport and behind the on-court team. There is always a supportive coaching team and staff. Lai was one of the members. Shouldering responsibilities as both vice director of China’s Volleyball Management Center and as assistant coach. Apart from coordinating between coaches and players, Chinese coaches and foreign coaches and sometimes within Chinese coaches, she also has to do chores. During Rio 2016, assistant coach Yuan Lingxi headed for the arena（竞技场）at 6 am every day to film the matches and would return to the Olympic Village at 2 am when he would start analyzing China’s opponents and file reports. There are many Lais and Yuans that are not known by the public, but who remain indispensable for the team to overcome difficulties and reach their peak.

1.What does the underlined word “lifted” probably mean in paragraph 1?

A.Raised. B.Won.

C.Beat. D.Expected.

2.What does the spirit of Chinese women’s volleyball mean according to paragraph 2?

A.Being a special team. B.Sticking to the end.

C.Winning every game. D.Training hard every day.

3.Why does Zhu Ting become a national volleyball icon?

A.She wins many awards in the World Cup.

B.She keeps strong desire and determination.

C.She takes lots of training after the tiring fight.

D.She does almost everything to help the team forward.

4.What does the author intend to convey in the last paragraph?

A.Hard work is vital in volleyball matches.

B.The coach has a great influence on players.

C.The staff behind the on-court team is also important.

D.Understanding opponents is necessary to win the game.

    Embassy Suites by Hilton Santa Ana Orange County Airport

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OVERALL GUEST SCORE

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Based on 163 Guest Ratings

Hotel Description

Being close to airport and freeway access makes the Embassy Suites a top choice for our guests in the area. The 300-room Embassy Suites offers homey comforts for those on business and vacation alike—suites with separate living and sleeping areas, refrigerators, microwaves, coffeemakers, Wi-Fi access and two TVs. Wake up to a free cooked-to-order breakfast and enjoy the indoor pool and fitness center. A two-hour evening reception offers drinks and appetizers and the on-site restaurant serves American favorites. The property also has a business center with copy and fax services. Parking is available for an additional fee. Less than two miles from I-405, the Embassy Suites is within a half-mile of various restaurants and just three miles from John Wayne Airport. Our guests say the Embassy Suites’ location, “brilliant” breakfast and “friendly” staff make it one of their favorite Santa Ana properties.

1.________ makes the Embassy Suites a top choice for its guests in the area.

A.The business center B.The friendly staff

C.The convenient location D.Wi-Fi access

2.According to the guest ratings, all the guests are satisfied with its ________.

A.heating system B.accommodations

C.parking fee D.breakfast

3.This advertisement is made more believable by ________.

A.providing the exact address B.using guests’ comments

C.analyzing its pros and cons D.interviewing the guests

假定你是李华，留学生Tom对中国武术很感兴趣，他得知你市的体育馆将有一场中国武术表演， 特发邮件向你询问详细信息，请你会复邮件，内容包括:

1.表演的时间和地点:

2.表演的内容:

3.表达希望:

注意:1.词数100左右:

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇:功夫Kung Fu;少林、太极和气功Shaolin，Tai Chi and Qigong

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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处:每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加: 在缺词处添加一个漏字符号(ʌ )，并在其下面写出该加的词，

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注意:1.每处者误及其修改均仅限一词；

2.只允许修改10处.多者(从第11处起)不计分。

I live in a city and frequently notice the trash throwing randomly on the sides of the roads. Every time I take my dog for a walk and go outside for something else, I am happy that to pick up at least one piece of trash. Although it seems that this small act won t make a differ, it truly makes me feel good about me for helping out.If we all do this small thing just one a day,we'll be taking part helping the planet. Gradually，our world may become the cleaner and better place. I hope this inspired even one person to pick up the rubbishes.

阅读下面短文'，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

As Alison Gopnik described in her recent book, there are two kinds of parents in modern America: The Carpenter and the Gardener. The “carpenter” thinks that his or her child can1.(shape). “The idea is that if you just do the right things, get the right skills and read the right books, you^e going to be able to turn your child 2.a particular kind of adult，” she said

The “gardener”，however, is seldom concerned about 3. (control) what the child will become and instead provides a protected space 4.explore). The style is all about:“creating a rich, nutritious but also variable, diverse，active ecosystem”.

Gopnik, a psychology and philosophy professor at the University of California, Berkeley, said. " Many parents are carpenters, and 5.is really necessary for them to bring up their children.” She spent decades researching children's development and finally 6.(find) that parents often focused too much on what their children would be as adults. The harm is that parents and their children may become7. (anxiety),tense or unhappy.

"We re so concerned about our children 8. we think have difficulty mastering their own future that we’ re unwilling to allow them to 9. (free) explore the world." she says. The truth is that the 10. (little)that parents worry about outcomes, the better their children may live in life.

    I made a request of my Guide to direct me someone who was badly in need. Then I was ____ in a huge traffic jam at a stoplight. “Rush hour. ’’ I thought. But it was an overheated car,___ on the middle lane(车道).With cars driving all around it，I couldn’t stop anywhere without making things_____ I had to turn left in the thick traffic and couldn’t pull over for a couple of blocks. I thought,”maybe this is one I should let someone else _____ But I blamed myself for that.

I turned around and parked my car on a far entrance road. Then I thought about how to help the girl in the broken car. Letting her car off the highway seemed ____,but luckily, cars in multiple lane going both ___ opened wide for me to approach her car. So I asked her to release(松开)her brake and steer(掌控方向盘) across two more lanes of rushing cars while I ____ her car to the highway’ s right side. I saw the fear and ____ in her eyes. I ____ my fear from her, so she might think I knew what I was doing. But only my Guide knew.

I just pushed and she steered. Once again the sea of rushing cars____ and her car finally was stopped at a safe ____ just before a police car ____ up behind us. The policeman was ____ at what he had witnessed. The girl thanked me with a ____ and said her friend was on the ____ and didn’t need my help anymore. Suddenly, the officer began to ____ thinking my car was ____ parked in the ocean of traffic. I explained I parked my car across the highway. I then drove away after helping out for only a few ____.

My Guide sought the “kind act” ____ and cleared the way. All I had to do was ____ being a bystander(旁观者).

1.A.lost B.settled C.caught D.absorbed

2.A.noisy B.dead C.loose D.slow

3.A.fewer B.clearer C.busier D.worse

4.A.deal with B.touch on C.look into D.take down

5.A.impossible B.unwise C.unimportant D.improper

6.A.casually B.instantly C.usually D.officially

7.A.drove B.carried C.pushed D.dragged

8.A.dishonesty B.regret C.hate D.disbelief

9.A.saved B.hid C.borrowed D.protected

10.A.froze B.exploded C.parted D.crowded

11.A.spot B.height C.destination D.target

12.A.broke B.blocked C.grew D.pulled

13.A.embarrassed B.amazed C.disappointed D.excited

14.A.wish B.goodbye C.greeting D.smile

15.A.menu B.scene C.way D.watch

16.A.panic B.apologize C.escape D.hesitate

17.A.nearly B.already C.still D.only

18.A.rounds B.days C.times D.minutes

19.A.chance B.routine C.subject D.story

20.A.understand B.resist C.mind D.prohibit