For a moment nothing happened, then ______ all shouting together.

A.voices had come B.did voices come

C.voices would come D.came voices

What worried the child most was ______ to visit his brother n hospital.

A.his not being allowed B.his not allowing

C.his being not allowed D.having not been allowed

It is clear that in modern society high ______ and demands are placed on students.

A.motivations B.expectations C.standards D.opportunities

Mary is always ready to do some ______ work at the local nursing house in her spare time.

A.responsible B.exhausting C.voluntary D.professional

This restaurant has an inviting, homelike atmosphere ______ many others are short of.

A.where B.when C.which D.what

With our country entering an aging society, ______ the retirement age is probably unavoidable.

A.having delayed B.delaying C.being delayed D.to be delayed

Many experts stick to the view ______ teacher development is the key to the education quality.

A.which B.what C.that D.where

As a great team leader. Yao Ming has got to think that he’s the best player out there. That way, he can______the game.

A.defend B.confirm C.attain D.dominate

No matter how busy he is, Tom makes ______a rule to see his parents every week.

A.this B.that C.it D.him

This dictionary, which I bought yesterday, has been highly______by my professor.

A.acknowledged B.appealed C.recommended D.commanded

    Monroe took the full-time job as an English teacher in Wuhan to get her teaching certificate. She never ______that an outbreak of coronavirus would turn all her plans ________.

When the epidemic first ________, my supervisor and I got lots of food and other necessities in ________ and weren’t too focused on work she told the Global Times on Sunday.

Although the US ________ to have its citizens evacuated （撤离）from the city, Monroe decided to stay in Wuhan________she felt living alone in her apartment in the city was more ________ than on a plane with a lot of people.

Since the lockdown of Wuhan, Monroe has been _________videos about her ________ in the city on TikTok （抖音）as well as producing ________ including audio recordings, video clips, and other anecdotes for her students every day.

Additionally, she also shared her experience ________ on TikTok .In the video, Monroe can be seen wearing gloves and a hazmat suit as she delivers big bags of vegetables, eggs, fish to residents who ________ them online since most residents are not ________ to go out of their homes ________ some sort of permission. She explained that the service is a type of "no contact" ________. and that she was very ________ to help the community.

“I felt ________ to be out of the apartment and interacting with people. Even though 1 can’t speak Chinese yet! I could still empathize with these people,” she said.

Monroe said a lot of people have also followed her TikTok account to stay ________ on her life. The videos have ________ many Chinese netizens （网民）,with many expressing their thanks in the comment section.

“________ does not have a border. Thank you, our foreign friend. We care about you and hope you can protect yourself,” one Chinese netizen wrote.

1.A.accepted B.expected C.1 earned D.pretended

2.A.upward B.away C.upside down D.back and forth

3.A.broke out B.set off C.occurred D.took place

4.A.debt B.charge C.surprise D.panic

5.A.forced B.forbade C.arranged D.disagreed

6.A.as B.though C.while D.if

7.A.lonely B.interesting C.annoying D.secure

8.A.watching B.sharing C.recording D.selling

9.A.life B.work C.hobbies D.family

10.A.entertainment B.lessons C.speeches D.classes

11.A.modelling B.travelling C.volunteering D.performing

12.A.appointed B.hired C.requested D.ordered

13.A.prepared B.occupied C.limited D.allowed

14.A.in B.for C.without D.from

15.A.donation B.distribution C.reputation D.contribution

16.A.delighted B.amazed C.shocked D.terrified

17.A.terrible B.nice C.ashamed D.sympathetic

18.A.updated B.escaped C.inspired D.repeated

19.A.reflected B.witnessed C.frightened D.touched

20.A.Challenge B.Warmth C.Love D.Communication

We Are All Fighters

We are facing a dark time right now. Some of us are stuck at home. Some arc stuck far away from home. Some of us have lost their jobs. Some have to shut down their businesses. Some of us arc cutting down the expenses. Some can’t even pay their rent and bills. 1. Some can’t get back to their jobs. And some of us are still working day and night, no matter how exhausted they are, or how dangerous it is. Some of us have become infected. They are isolated from their families, their loved ones, and have to be alone in the wards. Or even worse, it is their children, their parents, or loved ones that are infected and they don’t even have a chance to say goodbye.

The virus is rampaging. The numbers are increasing. The rumors arc spreading. 2. It seems that all of a sudden the whole country lost its vitality and prosperity.

You are not the only one who is worrying. You are not the only one who is fearing. You are not the only one who is struggling. We are all facing a dark time right now. Our whole country is facing a dark time right now.

This is a war! 3. But it’s a war with virus, doubts, fears, rumors, and discrimination.

But we shall all be fighters, my dear fellows! 4. But all of us should be the fighters in this war. We shall fight against fear. We shall fight against uncertainty. We shall fight against doubts. We shall fight against selfishness. We shall fight against rumors. We shall fight against discrimination. This is going to be a fierce and cruel war. But don’t be afraid, because we’re going to win this war together in the end!

Our people may get sick, our city may get sick, but we as a brave nation, will never get sick. Because we have the spirit, history and determination to win.

In each dark time, we’ve always fought together, no matter how strong our enemy was, or how impossible it seemed to win. We just kept fighting, because we are all fighters!

When all of this is over, we’ll have another great and heroic story to tell our children, our grandchildren and they will tell the next generations. 5.

A.The fear is growing.

B.Some can’t go back to school.

C.It’s a war concerned with all of us.

D.It’s a war without guns, bombs, or smoke.

E.And that’s what makes us the greatest nation ever.

F.That’s how we’ll pass this great spirit on, and keep it alive forever!

G.Not just the doctors, the nurses, the policemen and the scientists should fight.

    The 3D-printing industry is accelerating its efforts to help fight the new coronavirus and the disease it causes, COVID-19.

On Tuesday, HP announced it’s working with those who bought its 3D printers to make medical face shields, hands-free door openers and an adjuster for face masks for medical staff who often must wear them for hours. It’s also testing “hospital-grade” face masks meeting the higher-end FFP3 (过滤式面罩) standard and parts for simple emergency ventilators (呼吸机) and it’s looking into nasal swabs to test for COVID-19 infection. HP also is offering free downloads of its 3D-printed medical equipment designs.

Carbon, whose 3D printers are used to make everything from bicycle seats to teeth straighteners, said it plans to send face shield designs to its network of customers who’ve bought its 3D printers. Carbon co-founder and Executive Chairman Joseph DeSimone said on Monday the company expects to send the designs by early Tuesday.

3D-printcr makers typically sell their products to others that actually do the 3D printing. One such customer, Ford, said Tuesday that it’s made 1,000 face shields and shipped them to Michigan hospitals, with plans to make 100,000 face shields a week. It is also working with 3M and General Electric on respirator masks and ventilator designs.

The effort is one of several to apply 3D-printing technology to the fight against coronavirus. 3D printing isn’t as fast at churning out products as conventional mass production methods. But 3D printers are flexible and able to make many different parts anywhere there’s a printer and raw materials like the plastic resins Carbon printers use.

Some 3D-printing efforts have focused on ventilators, which expected to be in short supply with a surge of COVID-19 patients suffering from respiratory (呼吸器官) problems. Also in short supply arc N95 masks that can be useful in reducing the likelihood a wearer will spread COVID-19 to others.

Carbon’s DeSimone is cautious about the enthusiasm, though, saying that regulatory approval is important and that 3D-printcr enthusiasts shouldn’t be making components not intended for close human contact that might release unhealthy gases.

1.What is the passage mainly about?

A.An introduction about 3D-printing.

B.The 3D-printing industry’s efforts to help fight COVID-19.

C.The products that 3D-printing makers sell.

D.How 3D-printing makers produce medical equipment.

2.HP announced to help its customers to make the following products except for_____________.

A.medical face shields B.hands-free door openers

C.an adjuster for face masks D.emergency ventilators

3.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A.Carbon’s company will finish its design after Tuesday.

B.Ford has made 1,000 face shields end plans to make 10,000 more in a week.

C.3D printers arc more flexible than traditional mass production methods.

D.Most 3D-printings focus on making ventilators and N95 because of their short supply.

4.What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A.3D-printing may release unhealthy gases.

B.DeSimone is cautious about 3D-printing.

C.Carbon’s company didn’t gain regulatory approval of making medical equipment.

D.3D printers aren’t enthusiastic about making components designed for close human contact.

    Dutch author Marieke Lucas Rijneveld has become one of the youngest writers to be shortlisted （列入候选） for a Booker prize, after their debut novel （处女作）made the final line-up for the International Booker.

Rijneveld. a rising star in Dutch literature, is 28― lightly older than British author Daisy Johnson was when she was shortlisted for the Booker prize in 2018 age 27. The author, who identifies as male and uses the pronouns they/them, was shortlisted after a six-hour virtual (虚拟的) judging meeting for the £50,000 prize, which is shared equally between writer and translator, for The Discomfort of Evening, translated by Michele Hutchison. The novel, tells of a girl whose brother dies in a skating accident and draws from Rijneveld’s own experiences: when they were three, their 12-year-old brother was knocked over and killed by a bus.

“Rijneveld’s language renders (重现) the world again, revealing the shocks and violence of early youth through the angle of a Dutch dairy farm. The strangeness of a child looking at the strangeness of the world is in it,” said judges of the work.

“The Discomfort of Evening is one of six novels in the running for the International Booker, each of which,” said chair of judges Ted Hodgkinson, “restlessly reinvents （重 塑）received narratives, from foundational myths to family folklore, plunging us into discomfiting and delightful encounters with selves in a state of transition (过渡)”.

Hodgkinson chaired a panel （专家组）of five judges who selected the shortlist from 124 submissions. The coronavirus pandemic meant their meeting had to be virtual, but Hodgkinson said he and his panel still managed to discuss the line-up for more than six hours.

The winner will be announced on 19 May.

1.We can learn from the 2nd paragraph that_____________.

A.Rijneveld is a young male writer.

B.Rijneveld and the translator Michele Hutchison will share the $50,000 prize.

C.Daisy Johnson was the youngest writer shortlisted for a Booker prize this year.

D.The Discomfort of Evening is partly adapted from Rijneveld’s own experiences.

2.Which can we infer from the passage?

A.Rijneveld’s brother died from a skating accident.

B.The judges of the work speak highly of Rijneveld’s language.

C.Six novels reveal the shocks and violence of early youth on a Dutch dairy farm.

D.Hodgkinson and his panel were unhappy to discuss the line-up online for over six hours.

3.Why did the panel have a virtual judging meeting?

A.Because of the coronavirus pandemic.

B.Because there were too many submissions.

C.Because it was more effective online.

D.Because the judges lives too far away from each other.

4.What is the most suitable title of the passage?

A.Booker prize winner will be announced

B.Rijneveld, one of the most youngest Booker winner

C.International Booker prize shortlist led by 28-year-old’s debut

D.The Discomfort of Evening a novel running for the International Booker

    I watched my Dad close the door. It was a really cold night in dead silence and I was all alone at home. My parents left because they had been running fever for several days and they were showing other symptoms of COVID-19. It was the 9th day of Wuhan lockdown starting on January 23.

The virus we now know as COVID-19 is somehow fearsome partly because it does not discriminate (区别对待) in choosing who it infects. But that is only partly true. All the evidence suggest that it can be merciless to older people, so I was wondering whether my parents would make it and whether we would ever take family photos, which my parents and I had talked about during the Spring Festival holiday..

On their second day away my parents called and asked me how I was. We talked using FaceTime, and the moment I saw mom lying there with an oxygen mask and my dad could not talk without breathing heavily, I realized that I had to live on my own.

But two weeks later, I came across a fever and had to go into quarantine (隔离) and be put under medical observations for 14 days. Fortunately, my illness turned out to be due to a bacterial infections but not COVID-19.

Everything there was hectic, there seemed to be a shortage of medical staff and materials were in short supply. Even though the doctors and nurses were covered from head to toe, I could see how tired they were when I looked into their bloodshot eyes.

They would work a whole day preparing for new patients and seemed incredibly apologetic for not having everything that was needed. Most of the patients were really understanding, but of course there were those who were not, and complained loudly, but all the doctors and nurses tried their best to deal with it in a calming way. And they are all from other cities like Shanghai and Guangzhou, and some of them are just three or four years older than me.

When the quarantine was over, every patient effusively thanked the workers for what they had done, but the answer they received was exactly the same: “That’s what we’re here for.”

1.When did the author’s parents leave her for the hospital?

A.January 23. B.January 30.

C.January 31. D.February 1.

2.What does the underlined phrase “make it” in Paragraph 2 mean?

A.Succeed. B.Join in.

C.Arrive. D.Survive.

3.What can we learn according to the passage?

A.Both the author and her parents got infected with COVID-19.

B.The majority of the patients understood the doctors and nurses.

C.The patients apologized to the doctors and nurses because they were too tired.

D.The author didn’t get infected with COVID-19 because the virus can only infect the older.

4.What may the author think of the medical workers according to the passage?

A.Admirable. B.Outgoing.

C.Impatient. D.Thankful.

2 Killed in Knife Attack in French Town Under Lockdown

In what was described as a potential terrorist attack, a knife-wielding man killed two people and wounded five others on Saturday morning in a town in southern France with only a few shops open under a national lockdown to prevent the coronavirus pandemic (新冠肺炎).

The attacks took place about 11 a.m. local time outside a bakery and other shops. Witnesses said that the suspect yelled, “Allahu akbar!" as he lunged at his victims, according to France Bleu. The assailant （行凶者）randomly attacked bystanders on the street, first cutting the throat of a man in his 40s in front of his companion and his son, in the center of Romans-sur-Isere, just south of Lyon, according to the French authorities and news media.

He then attacked two workers and a customer inside a tobacco store before heading to a butcher’s shop. The suspect, a 33-ycar-old man of Sudanese origin, was arrested by the police as he was "found on his knees on the sidewalk while praying in Arabic," said the country’s antiterrorism prosecutor’s office, which is handling the investigation into the attack. At the man’s home, investigators found religious writings in which the author complained of living in a "country of infidels （没有信仰的）the prosecutors said in a statement.

The suspect—who the French news media said was an asylum-seeker （避难者）from Sudan—was not immediately identified by name. President Emmanuel Macron vowed that "light would be shed on this odious （可 憎的）act which casts a shadow on our country, which has already been severely tested in recent weeks. "

1.Where docs the attacker come from?

A.Iraq B.Saudi Arabia C.France D.Sudan

2.The first victim was accompanied with      when he was attacked.

A.his son B.his companion C.his wife and his son D.none

3.Which of the following statements is Not True according the passage?

A.The attack was in the street.

B.The suspect was an infidel man.

C.The suspect’s name wasn’t known to the French new media at first.

D.President Emmanuel Macron eared much about the case and promised to make it clear.

阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

Old Man Donovan was a mean man who hated children. He threw rocks at them and even shot at them with a shotgun. At least that's what we had heard.

His small farm bordered our neighborhood where my younger sister, Leigh Ann,and I lived when we were growing up. His farm was long,narrow,and quaint. It held two treasures. One was his beautiful fruit.

There were many varieties of fruit:pears,apples,and lots more I just can't think of. The fruit naturally drew the children to his land. It made them into thieves. But my sister and I didn't dare to take his fruit because of the horrible rumors we had heard about Old Man Donovan.

One summer day,we were playing in a nearby field. It was time to head back home. My sister and I were feeling very daring that day. There was a short cut to our house that went through the Donovan farm. We thought he wouldn't be able to see us run across his property around the luscious fruit trees. We were almost through the farm when we heard, "Hey,girl! "in a gruff,low voice. We stopped dead in our tracks! There we were,face to face with Old Man Donovan. Our knees were shaking. We had visions of rocks pounding our bodies and bullets piercing our hearts. "Come here, "he said,reaching up to one of his apple trees. Still shaking,we went over to him. He held out several ripe,juicy,red apples. "Take these home, "he commanded. We took the apples with surprised hearts and ran all the way home. Of course, Leigh Ann and I ate the apples.

As time went on,we often went through Old Man Donovan's farm,and he kept on giving us more luscious fruit. One day,we stopped by to see him when he was on his front porch. We talked to him for hours. While he was talking,we realized that we had found the other hidden treasure: the sweet,kind heart hidden behind his gruff voice. Soon,he was one of our favorite people to talk to. Unfortunately,his family never seemed to enjoy our company. They never smiled or welcomed us in.

注意：

a.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；

b.应使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语；

c.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；

d.续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。

Paragraph 1:

Every summer,we would visit Mr. Donovan and talk to him.

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Paragraph 2:

The next winter,word got around that Old Man Donovan had died.

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假定你是李华，你的英国笔友 David 给你发了一封邮件，倾诉他因疫情居家进行线上学习所遇到的烦恼，请你针对 David 的问题回复邮件。

Dear Li Hua,

I have some problems. Due to the COVID-19, all of us now have to keep social distance and take online courses at home. I find it hard to constantly focus on studying. I feel tired easily. Worse still, I have become so anxious and short-tempered. I do want to change the situation, but I don’t know how. What should I do?

Yours, David

注意：

1. 词数不低于100；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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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，并将答案填写在答题卡相应的位置上。

English playwright Arthur Wing Pinero said, “Where there’s tea, there’s hope.” Similarly in China, it is said1.firewood, rice, cooking oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea are the seven necessary2.(item) to begin a day. Tea is, without doubt, welcomed all over the world. Tea is much more than just a hot drink. It’s a big part of many cultures around the world. People in China use top-grade tea3.(show) respect when4.（receive）important guests. Meanwhile,5.British tradition of afternoon tea is an important part of that country’s identity. As an 6.(express) of Moroccan hospitality and tradition, mint tea – a mix of green tea, spearmint (绿薄荷) leaves and sugar –7.(serve) during gatherings and negotiations. Apart from its 8.(culture) significance, tea is also a medicine, 9.(use) from ancient times to modern day. “Tea is cold and lowers the fire,” Chinese herbalist Li Shizhen once said. The health benefits of tea are still being discovered today: preventing heart disease, obesity and cancer have all been linked10.drinking green tea.

    Catherine decided to rescue Khan after seeing him at the animal shelter. Khan was a (an) _______ dog with a broken leg from being beaten. _______ her family heard about dogs and babies not getting along, to their _______, Khan walked right over to their 17-month-old daughter Charlotte when they were _______. The two sat on the grass and played _______, forming a bond that the family hoped would continue for the rest of Khan’s life.

One day, _______, Khan seemed to be slightly aggressive towards Charlotte. He even _______to push her away from where she played. The family kept a close eye on Khan and that’s when _______ caught their attention. A _______ was hiding right near Charlotte. Khan tried numerous times to push her out of the way but it didn’t ________ and the snake was determined to ________. Wang The family screamed ________ as their daughter’s life was in danger.

In one last ________, Khan grabbed Charlotte by the back of her shirt and ________ her over his shoulder. She ________ more than 3 feet away and the family ran over to her. As it ________, Khan had been bitten as he tried to get in between Charlotte and the snake.

While Khan was at the ________, a local newspaper was covering the incident. They couldn’t ________ an abused rescue dog who had only been with this family for four days would be so heroic. ________ after a couple of days in the hospital, Khan was ________ to return home and he was doing much better.

1.A.experienced B.abused C.fierce D.trained

2.A.As B.Because C.Since D.Although

3.A.regret B.shame C.disappointment D.surprise

4.A.blamed B.warned C.introduced D.teased

5.A.cheerfully B.sadly C.separately D.skillfully

6.A.however B.instead C.therefore D.otherwise

7.A.remembered B.pretended C.managed D.attempted

8.A.nothing B.everything C.something D.anything

9.A.baby B.snake C.dog D.mouse

10.A.fit B.continue C.work D.matter

11.A.strike B.rush C.dive D.hide

12.A.in relief B.in amazement C.in horror D.in excitement

13.A.test B.try C.pull D.fight

14.A.passed B.held C.put D.threw

15.A.landed B.climbed C.jumped D.waited

16.A.got out B.worked out C.turned out D.came out

17.A.shelter B.hospital C.gate D.backyard

18.A.believe B.know C.notice D.accept

19.A.Surprisingly B.Interestingly C.Naturally D.Thankfully

20.A.forced B.allowed C.invited D.persuaded

    Over the past few months, COVID-19 has caused great uncertainty around the world affecting people's lives in all aspects.Education is also greatly affected. With students all turning to online instruction, live-streamed classes have become popular among schools and universities.  1.

In China, the use of e-learning is unusual not only in size but also in depth. 2. For another, it proves how modern technology changes the way students are educated and encourages further research and development of educational technology to introduce virtual communities between students and teachers.

In fact,online instruction as an alternative teaching mode has been expanding rapidly in recent years.Many Chinese start-ups focus on AI applications in online courses,and various online educational platforms are set up.3. The online education platform MOOC,where a wide variety of courses is available,has attracted the world's top universities to upload and share resources with students around the world.

Compared with formal instruction,online courses save abundant costs and create a flexible teaching mode(模式）－homeschooling,especially during a crisis. 4.For example,rural students with no access to the Internet and television might be left behind in this new mode.When e-learning becomes the only solution for delivering knowledge,the existing divide could be widened,further deepening education inequality.Also,the quality of teaching becomes heavily dependent on uncertain factors,such as a stable connection to the Internet and technical skills.

5.Yet,the pandemic(流行病）has undoubtedly affected the teaching style in a sweeping manner and given educators around the world plenty of time and space to think about the alternative educational modes.

A.However,online teaching has its own disadvantages.

B.The traditional face-to-face teaching style has been challenged.

C.Chinese colleges and universities started the spring term online.

D.Moreover,online education is fairly acceptable to college education.

E.Online teaching provides a chance to reconsider the current education system.

F.For one thing,the impressive practice sets a good example to other countries.

G.So,it's early to predict how the future of the education system will look like.

    Elon Musk has expressed his company – Neuralink is close to announcing the first brain-machine interface (接口) to connect humans and computers. Musk told followers in Twitter the technology would be “coming soon” – though he failed to provide details.

Neuralink was set up in 2016 with the ambitious goal of developing hardware to strengthen the human brain. However, little about how this will work has been made public. Neuralink describes the interface as an extremely high-speed connection between the human brain and computers.

Musk has frequently claimed the rapid rise of artificial intelligence poses an existential risk to humanity. Such an interface, he says, is essential if humans are to compete with such technology in the future. At a technology conference in 2016, Mr Musk said humans risked being treated like house pets by AI machines if a brain-computer interface was not built. Last year on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast, Musk said Neuralink’s technology would allow humans to “effectively combine with AI”.

A paper published in Nature Nanotechnology in 2015 described a concept for this connection, explaining how a flexible circuit (回路) could be injected into a living brain. “We’re trying to lessen the distinction between electronic circuits and neural circuits,” said Harvard researcher Charles Lieber, who co-authored the study. Despite the technology’s potential to increase the human brain, experts have warned that brain-computer interfaces risk being controlled by vicious (恶意的) artificial intelligence.

Such an action could lead to AI controlling the thoughts, decisions and emotions of a person using a brain-computer link. “Technological developments mean that we are on a path to a world in which it will be possible to discover people’s mental processes and directly operate the brain mechanisms underlying their intentions, emotions and decision,” stated a Nature comment piece written by 27 scientists and machine intelligence engineers. “The possible medical and social benefits in it are vast. But we must guide their development in a way that respects, protects and enables what is best in humanity.”

1.What message did Musk convey about his Neuralink?

A.It sells brain-machine interfaces.

B.It offers rich data about interfaces.

C.It has followers to connect humans and computers.

D.Its new technology will be accessible to the public soon .

2.What can we know from Paragraph Two?

A.Neuralink aims to know the human brain better.

B.How the hardware functions is already known.

C.The brain-machine interface was invented in 2016.

D.The interface is expected to link the human brain and computers rapidly.

3.According to Musk, why are brain-machine interfaces important?

A.Because they may treat human like house pets.

B.Because they may make AI serve human better.

C.Because they build neural circuits in human brains.

D.Because they rapidly develop artificial intelligence.

4.What is the attitude of Nature to brain-machine interfaces?

A.Objective B.Favorable

C.Opposed D.Indifferent

    The coronavirus outbreak has sparked panic buying of toilet paper and cleaning products in countries across the world, but one UK businessman is determined to spread some happiness among the anxiety and confusion.

Rob Braddick, 48, who owns Braddick’s Holiday Park in Westward Ho, Devon, in the southwest of England, has filled the toy grabber machines in his amusement park with two of the country’s most sought-after cleaning products.

Customers could previously try their hand at grabbing “Frozen 2” or “Peter Rabbit” toys from the machines, but no more. “They got removed this morning,” Braddick said of the toys, replacing them with toilet roll and hand sanitizer (洗手液). Visitors can now pay 50p for three goes on the toilet roll grabber, or a go for Carex, which Braddick described as the “Rolls- Royce of hand sanitizers.”

Braddick said that his decision was born of a desire to make people feel less stressed in uncertain times. “It’s a bit of light relief with everything that’s going on,” he said. “Hopefully it will raise a smile, which I think everybody needs.”

Around the world, travel plans have been severely affected, and tens of millions of people remain at home as part of global efforts to fight against coronavirus. Supermarkets have seen shortages of toilet paper and hand sanitizer as anxious consumers stockpile the products.

Braddick said the family business, which has been running since 1932, has received more than a dozen calls from potential customers who say they don’t want to travel abroad for their holidays and would rather stay in the UK. As for his own measures against coronavirus, Braddick said staff have been told to wash their hands every half hour, which is particularly important for those handling money.

1.What is the third paragraph mainly about?

A.New practice of the game. B.Prizes of the game.

C.Price for a try. D.People’s love for grabbing toys.

2.What’s the purpose of Braddick’s new idea?

A.To make higher profits. B.To attract more people to play the game.

C.To support his family business. D.To ease people’s anxiety.

3.What can be inferred from the passage?

A.Cleaning products will be in shortage for a long time.

B.Braddick’s business is experiencing a hard time.

C.Tourism may fall into a decline.

D.Everyone in the park is told to wash their hands every half hour.

    I'm now living in the south of France with my husband Keith and three small children, and I feel like a fish out of water everywhere but one place-the Saturday street market.It's been operating in our small town of Sommieres since the 13th century,but we've only lived here for three months.

From Monday to Friday,life is all about the kids.I'm busy helping my children deal with life in a French school.It's not easy,and their stress is the whole family's stress,as Keith and I are occupied with the daily school runs,piles of homework and school notes in French.

But on Saturday,the market is for me.I feel so peaceful as I walk along the quiet street toward the busy town square.The knife-sharpening man is there, operating a machine that looks like it dates from the Industrial Revolution.There' re street musicians with guitars and microphones,and the sound of beautiful songs fills the air.And the food,of course,is delicious.The cheese man doesn't speak-he just points and cuts,offering a piece from his knife.Lines come out of the door for fresh bread at the bakery.Organic vegetables,herbs and desserts are a feast for the eyes,before being put into the bag to be enjoyed later for lunch.The noises and smells of the market are unfamiliar and thrilling,but their procedures are clear to me.This is part of why I love the place so much:Unlike during the week,when I'm constantly faced with my own difficulties,I know how this place works.My terrible French isn't the barrier to communication that it is in other circumstances.

At school and in the village,I can't joke or join a conversation,and although the other parents at the school are kind,I'm an outsider.But at the market,I'm just another customer with a basket.Surrounded by day trippers,I feel like a local- greeting people I know and petting dogs.

My Saturday experiences allow me to hope that in the near future I'll feel equally confident in my everyday life.Until then,Saturdays prepare me for the coming week of school runs.

1.What does the author mean by saying “I feel like a fish out of water”?

A.She feels uncomfortable in new surroundings.

B.She feels free out of her daily housework.

C.She feels lonely without her children.

D.She feels unable to make a living in another country.

2.What can be learned about the author's life during weekdays?

A.She learns French together with her children.

B.She devotes herself to her children in a French school.

C.She runs to school every day to help her children.

D.She tries to balance her job and the housework.

3.Why does the author like going to the Saturday market?

A.She wants to get away from her family's stress.

B.She can talk with other customers freely there.

C.She feels relaxed and comfortable there.

D.She tries to gain confidence in the busy atmosphere.

假如你是李华，半个月前你给澳大利亚好友Jack邮寄了一些口罩以帮助他和家人防范新冠肺 炎。请给他写一封电子邮件询问他是否收到口罩并告知他一些防范经验，内容包括：

1 .表达关心；

2．询问口罩是否收到；

3.介绍防范经验。

注意：1.词数：100左右；2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：新冠肺炎COVID - 19 口罩surgical mask

Dear Jack,

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

根据首字母提示或所给意思，写出单词的正确形式。

1.Every time I feel down, he always pats me g _______(温柔地) on the back,

2.When the boss is a _______ from the meeting, the secretary will be in charge of it.

3.With the final exam a _______, students are becoming more and more stressful.

4.Just as the professor often says, the _______ (区别) between art and science are easy to find.

5.I can help you with your study. _______ (与此同时), you'd better ask your teachers for help.

6.If you come across new words while reading, you can c _______ a dictionary.

7.Jogging for 40 minutes after supper every day is b _______ to those who want to get into shape.

8.The government is _______ (呼吁) to everyone to wear masks when they are in public.

9.He was d _______ to make contributions to the society, so he volunteered to work as a teacher in the countryside.

10.Our evidence shows that spending time _______ (在户外) is good for kids' eyes.

阅读下面两段材料，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。

This afternoon a poorly - dressed man came into my restaurant. After he finished his order, a million pound banknote 1.（take） out of an envelope. I asked Mr. Clements whether it was true. Mr. Clements said yes. The reason was 2.two of this amount had been issued by the Bank of England this year.

He thought 3.the gentleman showed us couldn't be a fake （赝品）.Till now, 1 have no idea 4. a gentleman with a million pound banknote dressed himself poorly and ate in our small restaurant. What happened today made me 5.（ excite）).

阅读下面两段材料，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。

When I packed up my life and moved from the comforts of my little hometown to Waco, I felt lost. I didn't know 1. I was ready for that. For the first few weeks, I didn't miss home because there was so much for me to learn that I had no time to think about anything. I tried my best to adapt 2. college - level classes and remember the names of every new person I met. I explored every corner, 3.（look） for the perfect place to study. Nowadays, in my second semester, I have almost been used to the university life and for me, the school life is neither dull 4.stressful. One of the best things college has taught me  5.（be） how to be independent.

    Many of us dream of making all the difference—earning a lot of money. A great scientist has achieved that big success and _______ all the money to help others. Professor Nicola Curtin of the University of Newcastle successfully _______ a new drug for cancer, but when the time came for her big _______, she chose to give some of the profits away to help the _______ people to make their life better.

The drug Rubraca is the _______ of 30 years of research and helps people who have a gene known to lead to an increasing _______of breast cancer. Rubraca helps target the cancerous cells so as to repair their DNA and finally _______ tumour cells (肿瘤细胞).The University of Newcastle _______ rights of the medication (药物)for $40. 8 million to a company, which is a pretty penny. Instead of _______herself, Curtin used her $1.2 million share to ________ The Curtin PARP Fund.

The fund ________ to help the disabled, the homeless, and anyone experiencing a disadvantage. It helps them to develop the skills to ________ difficulties so that they can get education or employment. "Those people’s ________ makes me think about life. I have ________ had everything that I need in life _________ there are many people who are leading a hard life. ________, through The Curtin PARP Fund, I want to leave a（n）________ legacy (遗产)by helping them master the basic skills for life. And I feel ________ of what I have done. ” said Curtin.

What Curtin has done tells that we can help others in many ________ by using our talent to help, and by ________ and offering much assistance, etc.

1.A.made B.passed C.donated D.showed

2.A.exchanged B.took C.accepted D.created

3.A.payoff B.celebration C.event D.benefit

4.A.honest B.needy C.friendly D.important

5.A.instruction B.improvement C.chance D.result

6.A.view B.risk C.cause D.fact

7.A.make B.study C.remove D.catch

8.A.sold B.offered C.ensured D.achieved

9.A.helping B.praising C.protecting D.treating

10.A.raise B.present C.establish D.obtain

11.A.aims B.affords C.begins D.competes

12.A.avoid B.realize C.overcome D.experience

13.A.action B.admiration C.shame D.situation

14.A.ever B.never C.still D.already

15.A.but B.so C.though D.if

16.A.Moreover B.However C.Meanwhile D.Therefore

17.A.thankful B.careful C.lasting D.interesting

18.A.afraid B.proud C.sick D.sure

19.A.aspects B.ways C.purposes D.attempts

20.A.reaching out B.setting off C.looking back D.giving up

    In Italy, summertime is a time to enjoy fantastic food with family and friends. Interestingly, these are also some of the ways in which Italians keep fit. 1. The answer is simple. Do it like the Italians do!

Buy Fresh and Wholemeal Food

Tru Italian cooking is made，using local and wholemeal foods. This approach is truly a key to staying slim and fit.2.Instead, shop for the fresh and make Italian meals. It's easier and more satisfying than you can imagine \

Enjoy Each Meal

In Italy, every meal is to be enjoyed Take the time this season to treat everything you eat as an experience, not just energy or fuel for your busy life. As a source of pleasure, you will find that eating your Italian meals slower won't result in eating too much. 3.

Eat the Pasta （意大利面）

4. Even leftover pasta warmed with olive oil meets the demand for a delicious meal. You'll have energy for your summer days and give your body a break from digesting （消化）at night when you aren't burning off the calories.

Have meals with Family and Friends

As you consider your meals, think like an Italian and plan on having a sit - down, at - a - table meal with your family or friends. 5. Making a time to enjoy food with others allows you to slow down and enjoy conversation, in addition to tasty food.

A.This summer, avoid processed and fast food.

B.Fresh food provides us with the needed vitamins.

C.One way of staying slim is to eat pasta at lunchtime!

D.So how can you continue to enjoy delicious food and still stay fit?

E.Why do many people fail to get used to Italian food in daily life?

F.Maybe you can't do it every day, but how about once a week?

G.Enjoying your meals is good for your figure and taste buds （味蕾）!