One-year-old Tallulah turned purple and stopped moving after the sweet became stuck in her throat. Her mum Leigh-Anne said the drama began during a visit to her grandma’s house when her grandparents gave her older kids some sweets.

“Then at about 4:45 pm, Tallulah started to choke—we all went into a panic.”

“It seemed like it went on for ages. Not one of us knew what to do.”

“I rang an ambulance while my grandma and granddad tried to get the sweet to come up.”

“Tallulah was panicking at first but then she started to go purple—she almost had no oxygen left in her.”

With her daughter limp (无力的) and time running out, Leigh—Anne knew she couldn’t afford to wait for the ambulance to arrive.

“The only thing I could think was to go out into the street.” She said.

“I rushed out and screamed for someone to help while my grandma rushed out crying with Tallulah.”

At exactly the moment, Caitlin, who is studying public services at Redcar College, was passing by Queen Street. She said, “I was waiting to go to work when I heard someone screaming for help, so I ran straight over.”

The 17-year-old girl added, “Something just clicked and I went into auto mode. The little girl was completely limp, so I checked her airways and tilted (使倾斜) her over and started hitting her back. I turned her round and tapped on her chest, then after what felt like forever she coughed up the sweet and spat it out.

As soon as she started crying I felt a huge relief. I was just so pleased I was able to help.”

Caitlin was taught her lifesaving skills when she joined the Army Cadets four years ago.

1.When did Tallulah get choked?

A.While eating sweets. B.While enjoying a drama.

C.While having a meal. D.While taking some medicine.

2.Why did the family go out into the street?

A.To buy some needed tools. B.To search for timely help.

C.To get a breath of fresh air. D.To wait for the ambulance to arrive.

3.Which of the following can best describe Caitlin?

A.Brave and selfless. B.Kind and energetic.

C.Determined and generous. D.Quick-thinking and helpful.

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

A.First aid skill sounds important. B.Screaming for help makes sense.

C.Eating sweets endangers baby girl. D.Heroic teenager saves baby girl’s life.

    Temples have existed for thousands of years. They are the proof of cultures and civilization that existed many years ago. With their excellent architecture and structure they fascinate visitors from around the world.

Temple of Heaven

The Temple of Heaven is a Taoist temple in Beijing, the capital of China. The temple was constructed in the 14th century by Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty as his personal temple, where he would pray for good harvest and to make up for the sins of his people. The temple's architecture is quite interesting: Everything in the temple, which represents heaven, is circular whereas the ground levels, which represent the earth, are square. It symbolizes the relationship between the earth and heaven, the human world and God's world, which stands at the heart of Chinese cosmogony.

Wat Rong Khun “White Temple”

Immediately upon entering the grounds of Chiang Rai's ''White Temple'' in Thailand, you’ll realize this contemporary, unconventional temple stands out, even in a country crowded with places of worship. The White Temple is incredibly different and unique in its architecture, art and design. In fact, it's designed in a very modern way, but still sticking to and respecting the conventional Buddhist principles. This temple is all white with many artistic decorations and statues full of mirrors that create nice silvery/glittering reflections.

Kinkaku-ji

Kyoto is filled with beautiful shrines and temples, but none can be compared to the beauty of Kinkaku-ji. This Buddhist temple has acquired a lot of fame recently and has become one of the most visited places in Japan. Whether you visit during the fall when there are red momiji leaves contrasting the gold, in winter when the gold is topped with pure white snow, in spring with the cherry blossoms, or in summer allowing you to see the beautiful temple's golden reflection—there is never a bad time to visit this beautiful temple.

Golden Temple

The Golden Temple in Punjab, India is the most sacred shrine of Sikhism. For the Sikhs, the Golden Temple symbolizes endless freedom and spiritual independence. The site of the temple began with a small lake that was so peaceful that even Buddha came there to meditate (冥想). Thousands of years later, Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism also lived and meditated by the lake. The temple itself is decorated with marble sculptures, gilded in gold and covered in precious stones.

1.If you're interested in meditation, you would like to go to _________.

A.Kinkaku-ji B.Temple of Heaven

C.Golden Temple D.Wat Rong Khun “White Temple”

2.What do the four temples in the text have in common?

A.They are all located in Asia.

B.They are all Buddhist temples.

C.They have the same type o£ architecture.

D.They are all suitable to visit all the year around.

3.What's the purpose of the text?

A.To praise the architecture of the temples.

B.To introduce some world-famous temples.

C.To persuade visitors from around the world to come.

D.To inform the long history of the well-known temples.

假如你是李华，你的英国朋友Steven高中毕业后打算到中国留学，他写信询问你什么样的学生最受高校青睐，请你根据下列要求要点给对方写一封回信。

1. 语言是道硬门槛；

2. 适应能力很重要；

3. 兴趣爱好被看重；

注意：1. 词数100左右；

2. 开头和结束语已为你写好，不计入总词数。

Dear Steven,

I’m glad to hear that you want to study in China.

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Yours,

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：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。

When I am a little girl, I wanted to be a film star. I thought it would be cool to be in the middle of the stage. I used to thinking if I became a film star, I would make many money and lead a happy and rich life. But I changed my dream. Over the recently months, I have seen many doctors and nurses who tried their best save others despite the danger they face and tiredness. They are real hero in our society. They are the most beautiful people in your heart, who, as a matter of fact, deserves our highest respect. I have been made up my mind to be one of them and to be an useful person.

    A stolen baby goat was returned home to its community garden in Baltimore late Tuesday night.

Ed was reported _______ from the Filbert Street Garden on Monday night. His caretakers _______ in a Facebook post that two teenagers tore through a fence, _______ a lock and got into a barn (谷仓) to steal the animal. The animal _______ just 20 pounds (9 kilograms) and depends on its mother’s _______ to survive.

“We’re not _______ whether they are going to sell him or just kill him,” the Filbert Street Garden post said. “The community begs whoever did this to please just _______ return Ed. He is not _______ enough to live away from his mother yet and could die.”

The garden has since _______ a large number of photos of Ed. Many people ________ attention to it and hoped that it would be back ________ and sound. Security video obtained by the police ________ to show someone walking down the street with the goat in a suitcase as the animal ________.

To everyone’s surprise, the poor little ________ was returned by someone unknown before 10 pm on Tuesday. What’s more, it was really unharmed. In an update Tuesday, the garden ________ Ed’s safe return and ________ police for their help. The people who are knowing the little goat are happy with its ________ and safety. One man in the community said, “It is so ________ to see the little goat together with its mom. Actually, it’s a(n) ________ scene to return it to its dear ________ and let it live in this new world with us.”

1.A.missing B.escaping C.losing D.raising

2.A.witnessed B.kept C.wrote D.settled

3.A.broke B.found C.fixed D.reached

4.A.feels B.weighs C.seems D.hopes

5.A.food B.vegetable C.fruit D.milk

6.A.concerned B.frightened C.sure D.guilty

7.A.sharply B.quietly C.recently D.frequently

8.A.old B.kind C.smart D.smooth

9.A.taken B.owned C.posted D.required

10.A.exchanged B.paid C.cut D.admitted

11.A.special B.short C.hungry D.safe

12.A.appeared B.meant C.led D.planned

13.A.gave out B.cried out C.worked out D.worn out

14.A.dog B.pig C.goat D.parrot

15.A.experienced B.insisted C.signed D.celebrated

16.A.phoned B.thanked C.rewarded D.comforted

17.A.return B.recovery C.appearance D.choice

18.A.annoyed B.believable C.worried D.pleased

19.A.confusing B.amusing C.touching D.boring

20.A.dad B.sister C.bother D.mom

    Social distancing isn’t easy for anyone, but it can be especially tricky when many people live together. 1. Find out how to explore this new experience.

Create a schedule. If you want your relationship to survive, you need to have a schedule that allows partners to spend time together. 2. Setting an alarm, getting up together, doing chores, keeping the house tidy, having some physical activity and spending time alone are all important.

Plan for alone time. Be open and honest with each other about your emotional needs. 3. If you need attention, ask for that, too. While it can be hard to provide, time in the form of a short walk alone or a hot bath in a bathroom is absolutely necessary. Constantly being around anyone, including your partner can be stressful.

Make time for exercise. Fitness is good for your body. It also offers big benefits for your mind and overall well being. There are a lot of emotions and uncertainty right now and just doing some simple movements will get the blood flowing through your body and give you a lot of energy. 4.

Get outdoors. You need a minimum distance of six feet from others. 5. We are experiencing the greatest life indoors further separating ourselves from what our bodies and brains need to survive: nature. Spending time walking outdoors increases focus and energy levels...and more.

A.If you need time alone, voice it.

B.Here’s how to be left alone if you live with your family.

C.That could cause or worsen a sense of disconnection and loneliness.

D.A schedule is vital because it will help people to still feel productive.

E.Even if you’re wildly in love with the people, you need your space and time.

F.Whether you join an online class or go for a jog on your own, you’ll enjoy the benefits.

G.Taking a walk in nature in one of the most ignored yet most powerful things we can do.

    GPS has completely transformed how we get around. But other animals have long had their navigation (领航) systems built right in.

“We know their eyes are quite sensitive to polarized (偏振的) light and the sky has a particular pattern of polarized light relative to the position of the sun,” Barbara Webb, a researcher at the University of Edinburgh, says.

You can see polarized light firsthand if you take a pair of polarized sunglasses and spin them against the sky-the light passing through the glasses changes. Webb says the insects have polarization like that built into their many eyes. “You can think of it as having lots of sunglasses pointing in different directions.”

But Webb was curious whether there’s really enough information in the sky to give insects an accurate sense of direction. So her team built a sensor (传感器) modeled after a desert ant eye and put it under artificial light meant to simulate the sky. They then put that sensor into a model meant to model the brains of desert ants and other insects. And they found that with the insects’ sensing and processing equipment, they can likely sense direction down to just a couple degrees of error.

A system based on that of insects could someday be a cheap, low-energy choice to GPS. Insects have very tiny brains. A brain the size of a pinhead that’s using hardly any energy. And yet they’re still able to navigate better than we can with GPS, which is surprising. Webb is now working on building a robot that can use light to get its directions.

1.What can we learn from the text?

A.GPS is not accurate enough.

B.Insects have better eyes than humans.

C.Light changes passing through polarized sunglasses.

D.Insects have tiny brains that use no energy.

2.What does the underlined word “simulate” in paragraph 4 probably mean?

A.Pretend. B.Cover.

C.Block. D.See.

3.What did Webb’s research find?

A.Insects can’t find their ways during nights.

B.Insects can find directions with little mistakes.

C.Insects always make mistakes finding directions.

D.Insects have sensing and processing equipment in their eyes.

4.Which of the following can best describe insects’ navigation ability?

A.Disappointing. B.Interesting.

C.Amazing. D.Confusing.

    As the global novel coronavirus (新型冠状病毒) speeds up, many are wondering about the effectiveness of masks and when it’s appropriate to wear them. Most people from the East believe that wearing a mask is essential to control the spread of the disease. But people in the West generally would argue that, unless one is already ill, wearing a mask is simply unnecessary.

In Eastern countries like China, mask-wearing is rooted in their cultures. In fact, people in the East wear masks not just to protect themselves from illness but also for a variety of other reasons. Young people in Japan, for example, wear masks as a fashion statement, expressing their personal style through unique designs and patterns. Wearing a face mask is also an outward expression of group-centered values. With one’s face partly covered, one becomes part of a giant group. In many Asian countries, masks are worn in many conditions in daily life, such as doing housework or visiting patients in the hospital. They can give people the comfort of being protected.

In Western countries, however, individual values are the most important. It is up to the individuals to decide whether to wear masks or not. A face mask is reserved only for those showing symptoms (症状) of illness.

As a citizen, it is one’s duty to prevent the spread of illness by following proper procedures. Whether from the East or the West, social culture has played an important role in one’s decision on whether or not to wear a mask. That’s because human beings are social creatures who take into consideration what other members of society think of us. The most important thing is to respect others’ opinions, no matter how different they are.

1.What is the function of the first paragraph?

A.To lead to the topic of the text. B.To show how serious the disease is.

C.To confirm the influence of culture. D.To prove it is essential to wear a mask.

2.What is the reason why some young people in Japan wear masks?

A.They wear masks to show respect for others.

B.They want the comfort of being protected.

C.It is fashionable for the young to wear masks.

D.They wear masks to be the focus of their group.

3.What is the author’s attitude towards people’s decision on wearing masks?

A.Subjective. B.Objective.

C.Doubtful. D.Positive.

4.Where is the text most likely taken from?

A.A diary. B.A guidebook.

C.A novel. D.A magazine.

    My brother and I had the typical older-sister, younger-brother relationship. He loved to annoy me and I wanted to boss him around. I am five years older so we didn’t really share friends or activities but we always got along well. That all changed in 2013 when my mom died.

Sorrow does strange things to people. My brother and I dealt with it differently. He was 18 then and put his feelings into finishing his final year of high school. I turned to drug. I’d been using a painkiller for years to help with my kidney disease and I’d never abused it. But that changed in a moment. My mother’s death took over my life. I remember swallowing a handful of painkillers and then calling a local drug dealer to bring me more pills.

My addiction progressed and I became even more irresponsible. I even risked losing my son when child protective services became concerned enough about my ability to be a good parent. I’ll never forget the fear on my brother’s face when he came to the police station. My brother was confused by my decisions. He didn’t realize addiction was a mental illness. I could see the anger and hopelessness in his eyes. Seeing him walk away from me was one of the worst feelings I’ve ever experienced.

I started treatment. As my brother saw the work I put into my recovery, he began to let go of his anger. Little by little, we repaired our relationship. I know our mother would be proud. I remember someone telling me that my mother’s death would either destroy our family or bring us closer. At first, it tore our family apart but, from ashes to beauty, I firmly believe her death and all of the hardship along the way have made us closer than ever. I am forever grateful.

1.How did the brother react to their mother’s death?

A.He lost hope for life. B.He started to take drugs.

C.He quit school immediately. D.He focused on his study.

2.Why did the author nearly lose her son?

A.She couldn’t afford to raise him.

B.He was taken away by the police.

C.She was not considered a responsible parent.

D.She didn’t want to take care of him any longer.

3.What repaired the author and her brother’s relationship?

A.Her efforts put into recovery. B.Her devotion to her brother.

C.Somebody else’s kind words. D.Good memories of their childhood.

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

A.Sufferings after Mother’s Death

B.Drugs-Not a Good Way to Kill Sorrow

C.Kicking Away My Drug Addiction

D.Getting together with My Dear Brother

    Looking for an extreme thriller to get stuck into? We asked our readers to tell us the best thriller they’ve ever read and why. We collected the responses to produce this list of must-read titles for your next break.

Don’t Say a Word

Don’t say a Word by Andrew Klavan. It still gives me chills (寒冷) to think of anyone doing that to my family. It also sent me searching out all of Klavan’s other novels, and he is a master of the emotionally involving thriller, so it introduced me to a lot of good reading.-Lorraine Cormack

IT

IT by Stephen King. To this day I am scared of clowns and balloons. I don’t walk in the rain. The book has put the “IT” fear in me. —Eliatha Cyprus

Those Bones Are Not My Child

Those Bones Are Not My Child by Toni Cade Bambara. The story unfolds with the disappearance of a 12-year-old boy and his mother’s tireless search to find him. Throughout the pages of the novel, Bambara enveloped me into the mind of a community turned upside-down by violence. From beginning to end , her words offered me a heartbroken picture of a family changed by tragedy and a nonstop search of America’s past. It’s a believable and urgent story about love and loss.-Helen Schulz

Tell No One

Tell No One by Harlan Coben. A doctor’s sadness over his wife’s murder transforms into tricks, then addiction, once he doubts the possibility that she might still be alive. The story had one good plot twist (翻转) after another and I couldn’t put it down, although I had things to do! It messed with my head! -Mara Evans

1.Who is the author of Don’t Say a Word?

A.Stephen King. B.Harlan Coben.

C.Andrew Klavan. D.Toni Cade Bambara.

2.What is Helen Schulz’s favor book about?

A.Love and loss. B.Justice and fairness.

C.Life and hope. D.Devotion and friendship.

3.What is the purpose of the test?

A.To educate. B.To introduce.

C.To persuade. D.To convince.

阅读下面短文，然后按要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

Big or small, rejection affects us all. Harry Potter was rejected. So was The Twilight Saga. If authors J. K. Rowling and Stephenie Meyer hadn’t kept trying with publisher after publisher, we’d all have missed out on some great adventures.

Rejection doesn’t have to be about the big thing like not getting into your top college, not making the team, or not getting asked to the prom (舞会). Everyday situations can lead to the feeling of rejection, too, like if your joke doesn’t get a laugh, if no one remembers to save you a seat at the lunch table, or if the person you really like talks to everyone but you.

Feeling rejected is the opposite of feeling accepted. But being rejected (and we will all be at times) doesn’t mean someone isn’t liked, valued, or important. It just means that one time, in one situation, with one person, things didn’t work out.

Rejection hurts. But it’s impossible to avoid it altogether. In fact, you don’t want to— people who become too afraid of rejection might hold back from going after something they want. Sure, they avoid rejection, but they’re also 100% guaranteed to miss out on what they want but won’t try for.

（写作内容）

1. 以约30个词概括上文的主要内容。

2. 以约120个词就“How to deal with rejection”这一话题发表你的看法，内容包括：

(1) 讲述一次你被拒绝的经历； (2) 你当时的感受； (3) 你认为应该如何正确面对拒绝。

（写作要求）

作文中可以使用亲身经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子。

（评分标准）

概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，语篇连贯。

根据所读内容在文章后图表中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。注意：每空1个单词。

Introduction to anger

Anger is a natural reaction which comes out when we feel that we have not been given a fair treatment. The positive side of this negative emotion is that it has helped us to evolve as humans and cope in a better manner with our surroundings. However, it tends to become a problem when we fail to control it. Many a time it happens that your anger has hurt others or has spoiled one of your relationships for which you regret later. It has some bad effects on the health, too.

We should control anger so that it does not cause harm to us or to those around us whom we love. One of the best ways to control anger is to get help from others. If you feel that you are unable to manage your anger, it can make you more upset. So tell someone that is close to you, a friend or a family member, about your problem. When you discuss a matter with others, there is a better chance of finding a solution to your problem. Besides, there are no better stress relievers than humor. When you feel that it is because of stress that your anger is becoming unmanageable, you can use humor. It can help you look at difficult things in a lighter way and you will feel better about the things around you.

Anger tends to make us have a lot of negative thoughts. Therefore, we have to change the negative thoughts into positive ones. For this you have to first refuse all the negative thoughts that are in your mind one by one. This can be done with a lot of practice. Once you are successful in that, you have to maintain your focus only on the positive things of life.

Meditation (冥想) is an excellent anger management technique. In addition, what we do is disconnect ourselves from the outer world and focus all our attention into the inner world. This helps us develop a sense of controlling our thoughts that tend to cause anger.

    Shelly hugged her husband."Be careful, Billy."

"Come on, Shell!" Bill rolled his eyes. "You worry too much, Honey. Me and the boys will be OK. It's just a three — day trip. We'll catch enough halibut to be able to fix up the baby's room the way you want it." '

"Billy, I love you and worry every time you go to sea, especially in winter."

"Shell, I promise I'll be careful. I may be the youngest captain in this port, but I'm the most careful. I learned at the helm of Daddy's boat, which I was practically raised on."

They hugged again. Bill planted a tender kiss on her cheek, rested his open palm on her slightly swollen stomach, "Besides, I need to be here. Little Billy will need his daddy." Shelly slapped him on the shoulder. "It's Billy Jean and you know it.”

Bill laughed, "Not on my watch, Girl. I gave you a boy to take over as captain."

Their laughter broke the tension. "I have to go, Shell. See you in a few days?" He turned to leave and then turned back, reached into the pocket of his heavy coat and pulled out an envelope."I almost forgot. Here's my letter?"

Shelly took the crisp envelope and slipped into the pocket of her dress. "Thanks，Billy.” It had been their custom since they started dating. Billy gave her a note before he went to sea. She wasn't allowed to open it until the next day. He usually wrote of love or sometimes something silly - both made her smile. She wrote a reply and left it on the kitchen table for him. Reading her reply was the first thing he did when he came home.

She watched as her husband walked the'length of the pier to where the forty-five foot “Shelly Girl” and his crew waited. He gave a final wave and climbed aboard.

Shelly stood by their pickup truck and watched until the boat rounded the point and disappeared from view. "I love you, Billy.” she whispered. "Be safe." ①

That evening, five hundred miles to the south, a small winter depression moved north along the Atlantic coast of the USA. Experts found an unexpected change in the jet stream, which would make the small depression become a raging winter storm. ②

Shelly woke in the morning and listened to the weather report on the battered radio sitting on kitchen table. The phone rang."Hello."

“Shelly?"

"Hi, Gail!" She recognized the voice of her friend, who was the wife of one of Billy's crew. “Have you heard the weather?"

"Hang on a second. I just turned the radio on." Shelly's face paled as she heard the weather person say a major winter depression had moved into the area. "Oh crap!"

"That's what [ said too.”

"They'll be OK, Gail. They're experienced fishermen." Shelly said to Gail It was a attempt to convince herself that her man would be safe. ③

Off the south shore of Nova Scotia, Bill struggled to control the Shelly Girl in the growing waves. Wind and water attacked Bill and his crew from all directions. The forty- and fifty-foot walls of water were too much of a challenge for the young captain.

The force of the water flipped the boat over, tore the wheelhouse off and tossed Bill and his crew into the icy Atlantic.

The water, only a few degrees above the freezing point, soon overcame Bill's will to live. “Shelly!

He took a last painful breath of salt water and slipped below the surface. ④

The crisp envelope bent beneath her fingers as she laid it on her lap and read. "Shelly, you are my life,, my love and soon-to-be mother of our son一girl if that is what you really want. I'll always come home."

Shelly reached for the pen in her dress pocket. Tears dripped from her face and stained the paper she wrote on, “________."

Her note sits on their kitchen table still — never read.

1.Why was Shelly worried too much when Billy go to sea this time?

A.Because she and their baby Billy Jean needed Billy's protection and care.

B.Because she knew from the radio that a major winter depression would come.

C.Because she had a feeling that Billy would never return home.

D.Because she cared about Billy's safety in the sea, especially in winter.

2.What can we learn from the passage?

A.Billy could read Shelly's reply letter only when he returned home from the sea.

B.Billy and Shelly wrote letters to each other since they got married.

C.Shelly read Billy's letter eagerly each time she got his letter.

D.They exchanged their letters with each other every time Billy went out.

3.Which word can be filled in the blank in the passage?

A.weak B.strong C.hard D.desperate

4.Where can the sentences "Shell sat in her favorite spot on the porch of their weathered beach house, the salty air sticking to her heavy winter clothes. The oncoming storm blew sand across her winter boots.," be put in?

A.① B.② C.③ D.④

5.Which of the following may be Shelly's reply to Billy's letter?

A.Billy, you were so brave, I always knew.

B.Billy, I always knew the ocean was your home.

C.Billy, I always knew, you would come back.

D.Billy, I love you, I would always wait for you.

6.Which of the following can be the best title of this passage?

A.An unlucky Billy B.A storm in life

C.A broken Shelly D.Never read

    “Without trust,” writes Rachel Botsman, “society cannot survive, and it certainly cannot thrive."

Clearly, we are in trouble. Two-thirds of people surveyed last year in 28 countries expressed low levels of trust in "mainstream institutions" of business, government and media.

In “Who Can You Trust?” Botsman, an Oxford lecturer offers a timely and accessible framework for understanding what trust is, how it works, why it matters and how it is evolving. It is an important guidance to the obstacles and opportunities we face as a society if we are to repair and redefine trust.

Through human history, trust has evolved in three basic stages: Local trust was enough when people lived in small communities and everybody knew everybody else; industrialization and urbanization required institutional trust so that people could trust complete strangers running governments, corporations, and standards for international trade, commerce and finance. We are now living through a massive global .shift of trust from institutions to individuals: distributed trust facilitated by high-tech platforms, many of which are run by the private sector.

This shift is caused by several factors. First, accountability is unequal. Rich, powerful and well-connected individuals have been able to accumulate vast quantities of often undocumented wealth by avoiding tax and anti-bribery laws, while ordinary people are likely to be caught and punished for lawbreaking. Second, people in power are no longer seen to deserve greater respect as the details of their lives are exposed.

Botsman does not prescribe how we deal with that. But if the old ways of giving and cancelling trust such as voting, markets and consumer choice are no longer functioning, then we must change or replace them. Systems must be "driven democratically and rationally," become more "transparent, inclusive, and accountable" and, most important, be designed to "put people first," which profit-driven platforms have failed to do sufficiently.

Tech executives are responding to the trust crisis mainly with promises of more and better technology. But Batsman warns that the responsibility for ensuring that the robots being used are trustworthy lies with the human beings who design and use them. We have not thought through how we hold those people accountable, let alone their robots. She warns against a natural tendency "to become over-reliant on machines." Ideally machines should be programmed to "understand" their own limitations and even seek human help or intervention.

A growing number of people hope that new trust mechanisms can be established through the use of exciting new technologies such as the blockchain（区块链）. In essence, blockchains are digital public ledgers of transactions that cannot be changed, thereby creating greater transparency and accountability and making corruption much harder.

However, Botsman warns that the blockchain is no panacea for human trust. Whether blockchain systems lead to more accountable governance and a more just global economy will depend on their design and the intentions of those who build them. There is no app for fixing trust.

"Who Can You Trust?" does make a clear case for why it is important for the companies, governments and other institutions to be much more transparent and subject themselves to new mechanisms that can credibly hold them accountable. It is the only way they can hope to earn and maintain trust in the future.

1.Which of the following orders of trust evolution is right?

A.institutional trust→ industrialized trust→ individual trust

B.urbanized trust→ local trust→ institutional trust

C.local trust→ institutional trust→ distributed trust

D.local trust→ urbanized trust →individual trust

2.What can we conclude from the passage?

A.Profit-driven platforms pay no attention to the importance of people.

B.It is the people who design and use technology that count in restoring trust.

C.New technologies, such as the blockchain can prevent corruption from happening.

D.People should rely on new technologies to create transparency and accountability.

3.What do the underlined words “no panacea" mean?

A.not a Herculean task B.a hard nut

C.not a cure-all medicine D.a catch -22

4.What's the author's attitude toward the possibility of using technology to restore trust?

A.Supportive B.Negative

C.Indifferent D.Skeptical

    You are about to hear a strange but true story. Legend has it that, Harry Houdini, the master magician, once claimed that he could break out of any jail cell in the world. All he had to do was walk into that jail cell with his street clothes on. 'I will be out of there in one hour. No problem!' He said. A very old jail down South heard about Houdini's claims and they accepted the challenge. On the day of the event, many people gathered outside. Very confidently, Houdini walked into the jail and into the cell and they shut the metal door behind him.

The first thing Houdini did was to take off his coat. Then, very strangely, he took off his belt. Secretly hidden in Houdini's belt, was a ten-inch piece of steel; very tough and very flexible and Houdini started working.

In about 30 minutes, that confident expression Houdini had when he walked in disappeared. In one hour, he was bathed in sweat. And at the end of two hours, Houdini in defeat, collapsed against the door, which then opened. It opened because you see, that door had never been locked. But that's not entirely true is it? That door was locked. It was firmly and thoroughly locked in Houdini's mind, which meant it was locked as if the best locksmith in the world had put his lock on it.

The mind is powerful. How many doors in your life do you think are locked but aren't? how many times have you been stuck in the mental prison of over thinking something that really had a simple solution. There is an ancient African proverb that says when there is no enemy within, the enemy outside can do us no harm.

Your mind is the most powerful force you will ever face. It will tell you lies. It will tell you can't do that. You're not meant for that. You're not good enough for that. You can't go on anymore. You don't have the energy. You must thank it for its opinion and carry on. Because as Houdini showed us the only locked doors that exist are in your own mind. The doors in reality are open and all you have to do is walk through.

1.Why couldn't Harry Houdini open the door within two hours?

A.Because he didn't open the door with his mind.

B.Because the door was locked by the best locksmith.

C.Because he had thought the door was locked.

D.Because he overestimated his own ability to open the door.

2.Which of the following story shows the "locked door," in our mind?

A.Bring the painted dragon to life by putting in the pupils of its eyes.

B.One tends to stand still and refuse to make progress.

C.The donkey has exhausted its skills against the tiger.

D.Lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen.

3.We can conclude from the passage EXCEPT ?

A.The biggest enemy in your life is in fact the enemy in your mind.

B.If you walk through the door in mind, your potential will be unlimited.

C.Unless you defeat the enemy outside, you will not defeat your enemy inside.

D.Life is really simple, but we insist on making it rigid and complicated.

    Below are four books of the 10 Best Books of 2019. Which one will you add to your booklist?

Exhalation （呼吸）

By Ted Chiang

■ Many of the nine deeply beautiful stories in this collection explore the material consequences of time travel. Reading them feels, like sitting at dinner with a friend who explains scientific theory to you without an ounce of condescension （傲慢）.Each thoughtful, elegantly crafted story poses a philosophical question; Chiang organizes all nine into a conversation that comes full circle, after having travelled remarkab1e val1eys ，，, deserts and plains.

Lost Children Archivef(档案）)）

By Valeria Luiselli

■ The Mexican author’s third novel — her first to be written in English — unfolds against a backdrop of crisis: of children crossing borders, facing death, being confined, being deported unaccompanied by their guardians.

The novel centers on a couple and their two children, who are taking a road trip from New York City to the Mexican border; the couple's marriage is on the edge of collapse and the woman tries to help a Mexican immigrant find her daughters, who've gone missing in their attempt to cross the border behind her. The brilliance of Luiselli's writing stirs anger and pity. Acutely sensitive, Luiselli has delivered an experimental book, one that is as much about storytellers and storytelling as it is about lost children.

The Yellow House

By Sarah Broom

■ In her first extraordinary, fascinating appearance, Broom pushes past the baseline expectations of memoir to create an entertaining and inventive combination of literary forms. Part oral history, part urban history, part celebration of a bygone way of life, "The Yellow House" is a full accusation of the greed, discrimination, indifference and poor city planning that led her family's home to be wiped off the map. Tracing the history of a single home in New Orleans East, from the ' 60s to Hurricane Katrina, this is an instantly essential text, examining the past, present and possible future of the city of New Orleans, and a true reflection of America.

No Visible Bruises

By Rachel Louise Snyder

■ Snyder's thoroughly reported book covers what the World Health Organization has called "a global health problem of epidemic proportions."  In America alone, more

than half of all murdered women are killed by a current or former partner; domestic violence cuts across lines of class, religion and race. Snyder exposes myths (restraining orders are the answer,: abusers never change) and writes movingly about the lives of people on both sides of the equation. She doesn't give easy answers but presents a wealth of information that is its own form of hope.

1.If you are a fan of science fiction, which book will you choose?

A.Exhalation Lost B.Children Archive

C.The Yellow House D.No Visible Bruises

2.According to the passage, which of the following sentences is TRUE?

A.In the book Exhalation, Ted Chiang describes a story told by his friend.

B.Lost Children Archive is Valeria Luiselli's first novel in English.

C.Several stories of literary forms make up the book, The Yellow House.

D.No Visible Bruises shows nothing but restraining orders are answers to family violence.

    For years, I thought a present and a gift as the same thing.

I grew up in a household where presents marked special _______ There was always a box

for each of us under the tree at Christmas. ____ Dad always gave Mom something each Valentines Day and anniversary. He would carefully plan his shopping trips to find just the _____thing. His joy in the hunt was proof of the _____ of giving and of his love for her. I saw these presents as the ______ of a husband's devotion.

So when I married a man who did not give presents on a regular basis, it was a(an)____.

I wrestled with my _____ . Gary did not___ avoid gift-giving. Gary would return from sea __ with a brown paper bag inside of which was something that reminded him of me.

I tried to change him______.I prepared gifts for Christmas and for his birthdays _______ .

He appreciated the caring, but refused to do the same thing for me.

I dropped hints, they fell on_______ ears.

I began to tell him what I wanted, giving______ instructions. When Gary left for the market one Saturday, I asked him to find me diamond earrings as a birthday present. Yet he came home with a road scraper （刮路机）.

______when the snowstorm Mt later that year and he was at sea, I used the road scraper to plow （犁）out both our driveway and our neighbor's, thinking how______ earrings would have been was then that I realized he had been giving me gifts ail along. The gestures, large and small, born of his caring and concern were the _______that he gave daily.

We ___to teach others how to love us. In that struggle, we often forget how to _______the love they already give us as only they can give it.

I finally began to understand the_______ between a present and a gift. A present is a thing. But a gift is a small act of kindness, the willingness to_______to another's needs, the sacrifice of time and effort.

1.A.locations B.situations C.occasions D.conditions

2.A.Additionally B.Originally C.Fortunately D.Consequently

3.A.cheap B.astonishing C.splendid D.right

4.A.pleasure B.ambition C.intention D.addiction

5.A.example B.emphasis C.reminder D.expression

6.A.improvement B.adjustment C.despair D.disaster :

7.A.expectations B.dilemma C.conscience 、 D.anxiety

8.A.actively B.willingly C.intentionally D.wholly

9.A.supplied B.armed C.decorated D.filled

10.A.by tradition B.by force C.by example D.by accident

11.A.on purpose B.in order C.at random D.on time

12.A.sharp B.big C.deaf D.sensitive

13.A.some B.specific C.brief D.unusual

14.A.And B.So C.Though D.But

15.A.precious B.practical C.useless D.ugly

16.A.promises B.gifts C.blessings D.instructions

17.A.struggle B.fail C.attempt D.decide

18.A.express B.appreciate C.return D.share

19.A.distance B.similarity C.difference D.conflict

20.A.subscribe B.take C.connect D.bend

The actor lately released a new film, which has met with a mixed _____ from his fans.

A.assumption B.reception C.composition D.description

There is no quick fix for the climate crisis we're facing right now. To talk about alternative energy is merely to _____ of something much deeper.

A.push the limits B.give it the edge C.scratch the surface D.land on the feet

— Tommy, you seem to be overjoyed!

—_____ ? I have just received the offer from the Sydney University.

A.Guess what B.What for C.What if D.So what

It is estimated that 12.79 million new urban jobs have been created this year, which almost doubles _____ it was last year.

A.how B.which C.where D.what

The Oxford Dictionary is useful for you to learn English, so you'd better buy _____.

A.it B.one C.that D.the one

He was on the scene and saw what happened, which makes him the only witness who provides an ______ account.

A.authentic B.ambiguous C.arbitrary D.artificial

―Why are you so excited?

—I met Tommy just now. We _____ each other for ages.

A.haven’t seen B.didn't see C.hadn't seen D.don't see

_____ by a burning desire for adventure, Li Bai left home and started to travel around in his early twenties.

A.Having driven B.Being driven C.To drive D.Driven

_____ having a roommate inevitably has its challenges, it can also be a great part of your college experience.

A.While B.When C.As D.If

A former tai chi world champion is teaching tai chi classes in New York _____ broadening the appeal of Chinese culture.

A.in place of B.in hope of . C.in praise of D.in case of

Jack had planned to visit his grandparents last weekend, but an emergency _____ and he had to reschedule.

A.should come up B.had come up C.came up D.would come up

I've had enough of your talking! It's time to _____ words into action!

A.transfer B.transport C.transmit D.translate

Hemingway used what he learned from his life in Italy to show that war _____ the best and worst in men and women.

A.holds out B.brings out C.puts out D.hands out