_______as a great discoverer, he has made a good number of experiments on the mice.

A.To honor B.To be honored C.Honoring D.Having honored

The last decade of the 20th century ___ the rapid, steady development of China in various fields.

A.was witnesses B.is witnessed C.had witnessed D.witnessed

Due to the fact ____there is plenty to see, it would be better if you make a list of____ you want to go in advance.

A.that; where B.what; where C.that; which D.which; when

We all see Zhao Wei’s performance skills, yet little _____attention to her singing talent.

A.do we pay B.we paid C.had we paid D.we have paid

With Public English Tests _______,all the candidates have been making preparations.

A.approached B.to be approached C.approaching D.having approached

—Here are some fashionable trousers.

—OK, I’d like to have a look at _______.

A.one B.it C.a pair D.that

—Mr. Johnson has been promoted in the past five years.

—_________.And _________.

A.So he has; so you have B.So he has ; so have you

C.So has he ;so have you D.So he has ; so you have

-- It’s many years since I saw you last； I _____ you at all.

--- I wouldn’t have, either, if someone ______ you by the name.

A.didn’t recognize; hadn’t called B.didn’t recognize; didn’t call

C.haven’t recognized; didn’t call D.recognized; had called

— My cousin would like to risk ____the weight-loss pills rather than ____in a gym.

—Really ? She must be mad.

A.to take; work out B.to take ; working out

C.taking, working out D.taking; work out

The cloth ______easily if _______on a table.

A.measures, spreading B.will be measured, spread

C.measures, spread D.is measured, spread

Experts recommended parents _____their children to play computer games for more than an hour a day.

A.not allow B.do not allow C.mustn’t allow D.couldn’t allow

______ excuse you have, you should apologize for not having finished the task in time.

A.Wherever B.Whatever C.Whenever D.However

The course normally attracts 60 students per year, ______up to half are from Europe.

A.in which B.for whom C.with which D.of whom

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。

A mother is a person who, seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie.

—Tenneva Jordan

I knew I was not supposed to be quite so excited. I was too old for that. At age eleven, the oldest and my mom's "grown up" girl, I had to keep my cool. I was in middle school after all. But every chance I got, when I was alone, I checked each present under the tree. I read every tag and felt every package, guessing at the contents within. I had examined each gift so often that I could tell which present went to which person without even looking at the tags.

It had been a tough year for my family. Whenever my mom looked over at the tree and scattered（撒） presents, she would sigh and warn us, "There won't be as much for Christmas this year. Try not to be disappointed." Christmas had traditionally been a time for my parents to spoil us. In years past, the presents would pile up and spill out from under the tree, taking over the living room. I had heard the phrase "giving is better than receiving," but thought that whoever had said that must have been out of their mind. Getting presents was the whole point! It was the reason I couldn't get to sleep on Christmas Eve.

On Christmas morning, we eagerly waited in the hallway until Dad told us everything was ready. We rushed into the living room and let the wrapping paper fly. We made weak attempts to wait and watch while other family members opened their presents, but as the time passed we lost our self-control.

"Here's another one for you,” said Mom as she handed me a package. I looked at it, confused. Having spent so much time examining the presents before Christmas, I recognized this one. But it had not been mine. It was my mom's. A new label had been put on it, with my name written in my mother's handwriting.

"Mom, I can't...”

注意：1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；

2.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；

Paragraph 1:

I was stopped by my mother's eager, joyful look.

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Paragraph 2:

I have always remembered that Christmas fondly.

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假如你是某国际学校的学生会主席，你校的英语社团准备举办“英文电影周”活动。请你根据所给提示用英语写一则通知。内容主要包括：

1、活动目的；丰富课外生活，了解异域文化等；

2、参与方式：推荐自己喜欢的电影，在观看后进行讨论等；

3、放映周为9月1日至7 日,电影征集截止日期为8月29日。

注意：1、80字左右；

2、可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Notice

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Student Union

请认真阅读下列各小题，并根据上下文语境和所给首字母或中文的提示，写出下列各句空格 中的单词，注意保持语义和形式的一致。请将答案的完整形式写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。

1.It's no use reasoning with him now because he is as s ______ as a mule.

2.Trump is a（n）______（了不起的）father who impressed on his children the importance of independence and hard work when they were young.

3.As you go further south, you will notice a g ______ change of climate, warmer and warmer.

4.Maybe we should r ______ ourselves of modem technology and return to simpler times.

5.Film fans usually consume much popcorn, especially when watching a ______（令人紧张的）thriller.

6.The government made a statement ______（谴责）the bombing which killed hundreds of innocent citizens.

7.There are stories about his g ______ and the massive amounts of money he gave to charities.

8.The former Secretary-General of the United Nations is ______（热爱）by people all over the world for his noble character.

9.Living in ______（极度）poverty, children in this area don't have a chance to get educated, which in turn, worsens the situation.

10.The new Employment Promotion Law, coming into effect in early 2008, will introduce new measures to root out d ______ against women in employment.

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。

“Climate emergency” was picked by Oxford Dictionaries as the word of the year for 2019 after 1. (use) on average 100 times more than in 2018.

Defined as “a situation 2. urgent action is required to reduce or stop climate change and avoid environmental damage resulting from it ”, the word became one of the most important 3. (term) of 2019. “Climate” did not have a place in the top words 4.(typical) used to modify (修饰) “emergency” in 2018. Instead, the top types of emergencies that people wrote about 5. (be) health, hospital and family emergencies. But with climate emergency, people saw something new, 6. extension of emergency to the global level. The choice was reflective, not just of the rise in climate awareness, but the focus specifically 7. the language used to discuss it. Oxford said the rise of “climate emergency” 8.  (show) an intentional push towards language of urgency.

The dictionary’s word of the year is chosen 9. (reflect) attention of the passing year and should have lasting potential as a term of 10. (culture) significance. Previous winners of word of the year include “toxic” in 2018 and “youthquake” in 2017.

Face shape lets Al spot rare disorders

People with genetic syndromes （综合征）sometimes have revealing facial features, but using them to make a quick and cheap diagnosis can be _______given there are hundreds of possible conditions they may have. A new neural (神经系统）network that analyses photographs of faces can help doctors _______ the possibilities.

Yaron Gurovich at biotechnology firm FDNA in Boston and his team built a neural network to look at the overall impression of faces and _______ a list of the 10 genetic syndromes a person is most likely to have.

They _______ the neural network, called Deep Gestalt, on 17,000 images correctly labeled to match more than 200 genetic syndromes. The team then asked Al to _______potential genetic disorders from a further 502 photos of people with such conditions. It included the correct answer among its list of 10 responses 91 per cent of the time.

Gurovich and his team also _______ the neural network's ability to distinguish between the different genetic mutations （父异）that can lead to the same syndrome. They used photographs of people with Noonan syndrome, which can result from mutations in any one of five genes. Deep Gestalt correctly identified the genetic source of the physical appearance 64 per cent of the time. It's clearly not _______, but it's still much better than humans are at trying to do this.

As the system makes its assessments, the facial regions that are most helpful in the determination are _______ and made available for doctors to view. This helps them to understand the relationships between genetic make-up and physical appearance.

The fact that the diagnosis is based on a simple photograph raises questions about_______ . If faces can reveal details about genetics, then employers and insurance providers could, in principle, ________ use such techniques to have a ________ against people who have a high probability of having certain disorders. ________ , Gurovich says the tool will only be ________ for use by clinicians.

This technique could bring significant________ for those who have genetic syndromes. The real value here is that for some of these ultra-rare diseases, the process of diagnosis can be many, many years. This kind of technology can help narrow down the search space and then be confirmed through checking genetic markers. For some diseases, it will cut down the time to diagnosis dramatically. For others, it could perhaps add means of finding other people with the disease and, ________ , help find new treatments or cures.

1.A.convincing B.practical C.reliable D.tough

2.A.narrow down B.result in C.bring about D.arise from

3.A.wait B.present C.mail D.feed

4.A.focused B.touched C.based D.trained

5.A.adjust B.identify C.change D.cure

6.A.recognized B.showed C.tested D.acquired

7.A.perfect B.acceptable C.specific D.workable

8.A.covered B.highlighted C.excluded D.monitored

9.A.privacy B.accuracy C.reality D.objectivity

10.A.legally B.regularly C.secretly D.efficiently

11.A.vote B.fight C.argument D.prejudice

12.A.Furthermore B.Similarly C.Otherwise D.However

13.A.available B.impossible C.ready D.rare

14.A.challenges B.damages C.benefits D.concerns

15.A.by contrast B.on the contrary C.in addition D.in turn

Without Her Name

It is a truth universally acknowledged that Pride and Prejudice by English novelist Jane Austen is one of the most popular tales ever written. But behind the global admiration she enjoys today lies a sad fact.1.

In Pride and Prejudice, she was simply the author of Sense and Sensibility, which had carried the title “By a Lady.” The anonymity(匿名) worked so well that even friends of the Austen family had no idea that dear, sweet Jane was a novelist. A friend of Jane' s brother Henry actually told him that Pride and Prejudice was “much too clever to be the work of a woman.”

2.Tom Paine, a Founding Father of the United States, kept his identity hidden for a short time after the publication of his famous Common Sense.

For a woman, however, there was the added burden of societal expectations. Any sort of publishing or public display of talent was considered improper behavior for a woman.

It wasn't only fear about “bad manners” that discouraged women from writing under their own names.3. Charlotte Bronte, author of Jane Eyre, once sent her poetry to Robert Southey, a famous poet. Southey simply responded: “Literature cannot be the business of a woman's life.” Bronte used her pen name, Currer Bell, to publish Jane Eyre in 1847.Her sister Emily published Wuthering

Heights as Ellies Bell in the same year.

4.Mary Shelley' s Frankenstein(《科学人》) had come out without her name in 1818.Mary Anne Evans wrote Middlemarch and her other novels under the pen name George Eliot.

The 20th century saw great progress towards gender equality. In theory, it should be unnecessary for women writers to follow Austen' s path any longer, unless driven by personal reasons.5. Joanne Rowling, author of the Harry Potter novels, was advised to become J. K. Rowling. That's because boys might dislike the feeling of picking up a book by a woman. Connie Ann Kirk explained in her biography of Rowling.

A.Jane Austen has attracted a great deal of critical attention in recent years.

B.Women 's writing was seldom taken seriously.

C.Politicians, for reasons of safety, also frequently chose to be invisible.

D.In practice, however, certain prejudices just won't go away.

E.in a 2016 interview, Italian novelist Elena Ferrante claimed her use of a pen name let her concentrate on writing.

F.in her own time, Austen 's name never appeared on her books.

G.They joined a long list of women authors who felt they had to hide.

    I’m Dina Asher-Smith. Growing in Orpington, southeast London, I love being the hunter. The one in pursuit. In training, I’ll latch on to the boys and chase them down. Even when I was younger, I tended to race girls who were older than me — at 17 I was racing 30-year-olds. It’s where I’m comfortable. But the hunter can go on to become the hunted. And this year at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, I won gold in the 200m. At 23, I became the first British woman to win a world championship sprinting (短跑) title. The morning after the race, I was in the media tent and was told that I’d been mentioned in the Parliament.

Track and field is a mental game. You’re in your own little world, competing to be the person who can run the fastest in a straight line. My job is to take my body to a place where I think it can’t do any more and then keep going. To do that, I need to know my strengths and weaknesses. People get caught up in embarrassment or shame when they’re not good at something, but I just don’t have that in me. I do have a voice in my head that tells me if I’m not good at things, but it doesn’t make me feel negative about myself I use it to identify where I can improve and then I just keep going to training every day.

I’ve inherited personality traits from my parents that help me in my career. My mum is excitable and when I’m on the track, I have her fire-wanting to go for everything. I always know when I finish a race that I can turn around and find her in the front row, jumping up and down. My dad is more reserved. He has a cool exterior and that’s useful for me when I need calmness. I know to look for him a few rows behind my mum. They gave me opportunities to try whatever I was interested in. When I wanted to try golf my dad bought me cut-down clubs and had me attempting to putt balls (推球入洞) in the back garden. My mum used to play hockey with me outside the house. They took me to so many clubs and classes.

I started training with my coach, John Blackie, in my mid-teens. We met when I was eight as he ran the kids academy at my running club. Along with my parents, the three of them always emphasized that they just wanted me to be happy. They never pushed me too early. And, as I’ve got older, I’ve realized that’s unique. When running became serious, I knew that if it all stopped being fun for me, I could stop doing it. They put Dina the person before Dina the runner. Yes, the public might be disappointed and the newspapers might have a pop (抨击), but my parents and friends are still going to love me, and my coach is still going to be there. That knowledge allows me to stay relaxed under pressure.

Being as prepared as I can be is crucial as it keeps me calm and able to deliver in the moment. When I was studying history at university, I’d choose exams over coursework because I knew I could put the work in and perform under pressure. I was studying heavy things every day, like people facing prejudice because of their skin, or women sacrificing their lives for others to have the right to vote. It made me realize how lucky I am that the thing that gets me most frustrated is somebody beating me on the track. While, yes, I make sacrifices-some easy, such as not drinking and going out, and some harder, like restricting the food that I eat — ultimately, what I do is entertainment.

Everyone’s asking me about Tokyo Olympics, but I’m more focused on today. It’s important for me to keep my hopes and dreams separate from other people’s. I’m grateful everybody wants me to do well, but my next step has to be for me, not anyone else.

1.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 probably mean?

A.Asher-Smith is the victim of the sprinting world.

B.Asher-Smith becomes the focus of media coverage.

C.Asher-Smith now runs faster than those she chased.

D.Asher-Smith is no match for older racers in competitions.

2.Paragraph 4 indicates that Asher-Smith’s parents and coach                .

A.prioritize her personal well-being

B.justify her failure to continue running

C.put her interests above the other runners

D.shelter her from the criticism of the media

3.What impact does her university life have on her?

A.It makes her lead a cosy life today.

B.It allows her to face prejudice bravely

C.It enables her to be better prepared as an athlete.

D.It inspires her to fight for women’s human rights.

4.What does the passage mainly talk about?

A.What it takes to be a gold medal sprinter.

B.Why it is hard to rise to fame in sprinting.

C.Who one can turn to in pursuit of the dream.

D.How parents discipline a sprinting champion.

Bill Gates on how to fight future pandemics

WHEN HISTORIANS write the book on the covid-19 pandemic, what we've lived through so far will probably take up only the first third or so.The bulk of the story will be what happens next.

I believe that humanity will beat this pandemic, but only when most of the population is vaccinated(接种疫苗）.Until then, life will not return to normal.

As the pandemic slows in developed nations,it will accelerate in developing ones.Their experience,however,will be worse.In poorer countries,where fewer jobs can be done remotely,distancing measures won't work as well.The virus will spread quickly,and health systems won't be able to care for the infected.

Wealthy nations can help.But people in rich and poor places alike will be safe only once we have an effective medical solution for this virus,which means a vaccine.

My hope is that,by the second half of 2021,facilities around the world will be manufacturing a vaccine.If that's the case,it will be a history-making achievement: the fastest humankind has ever gone from recognizing a new disease to immunizing （免疫）against it.

Apart from this progress in vaccines,two other big medical breakthroughs will emerge from the pandemic.One will be in the field of diagnostics.The next time a novel virus crops up,people will probably be able to test for it at home.Researchers could have such a test ready within a few months of identifying a new disease.

The third breakthrough will be in antiviral drugs.We haven't been as effective at developing drugs to fight viruses as we have those to fight bacteria.But that will Researchers will develop large diverse libraries of antivirals,which they'll be able to scan trough and quickly find effective treatments for novel viruses.

All three technologies will prepare us for the next pandemic by allowing us to intervene(干预）early when the number of cases is still very low.

Our progress won't be in science alone.It will also be in our ability to make sure everyone benefits from that science.In the years after 2021,I think we'll learn from the years after 1945. With the end of the Second World War, leaders built international institutions like the UN to prevent more conflicts.After covid-19, leaders will prepare institutions to prevent the next pandemic.

These will be a mix of national,regional and global organizations.I expect they will participate in regular"germ games”in the same way as armed forces take part in War games.These will keep us ready for the next time a novel virus jumps from bats or birds to humans.

I hope wealthy nations include poorer ones in these preparations,especially by devoting more foreign aid to building up their primary health-care systems.This pandemic has shown us that viruses don't obey border laws and that we are all connected biologically by a network of microscopic germs,whether we like it or not.

The best analogy(类比）for today might be November 10th 1942.Britain had just won its first land victory of the war,and Winston Churchill declared in a speech: “This is not the end.It is not even the beginning of the end.But it is,perhaps,the end of the beginning.”

1.What are the three technologies that will prepare us for the next pandemic?

①manufacturing a vaccine fast     

②diagnosing a virus at home

③developing antiviral drugs 

④allowing us to intervene early

A.①②③ B.①②④ C.①③④ D.②③④

2.As far as poorer countries are concerned,which of the following is TRUE according to this passage?

A.pandemic disease is more likely to begin in poorer countries

B.Working from home can work well in poorer countries.

C.Health systems are sufficient to care for the infected in poorer countries.

D.Virus will cross borders if poorer countries fail to contain it.

3.Why is the Second World War mentioned in Para.8?

A.The fight against the COVID-19 is similar to the Second World War.

B.People are suffering just as they were in the Second World War.

C.We should cooperate globally just as we did after the Second World War.

D.Countries are fighting each other like in the Second World War.

4.What is the tone of this passage?

A.pessimistic B.optimistic

C.neutral D.indifferent

    The new garbage sorting regulation has taken effect in Shanghai starting July 1. Many citizens are still confused about the classification of the four different types of trash. Thankfully, authorities have released an official guideline to clarify the new rules.

The guideline, published by the Shanghai Greenery and Public Sanitation Bureau, provides a rather clear definition on the four kinds of waste: recyclable waste, hazardous (有害的) waste, household food waste and residual (剩余的) waste.

Hazardous waste, as the name suggests, includes assorted poisonous materials like used batteries, light bulbs, out-of-date medicines, paint and pesticides.

Household food waste, which is translated to “wet trash” in Chinese，refers to food leftovers, rotten food, pet food, fruit peels, remains of TCM herbs (中药) and flowers.

Paper, plastic, glass, metal and textiles (纺织品) are counted as recyclable waste.

The definition of residual waste is a little confusing. Anything that is not listed above belongs in this category.

As specific as the new guideline is, residents still have a hard time sorting trash correctly and are finding it challenging to memorize them all. For instance, both plastic bottles and bubble tea or coffee cups are plastic materials. However, the former falls to the category of recyclable waste and the latter belongs to residual waste. To save the hassle, some netizens have come up with their own ways to sort trash.

“We should do this from a pig’s angle,” commented one netizen. “Those edible (可食用的) for pigs are household food waste. Those even pigs don’t want to eat are residual waste. If a pig consumes something and dies of it, then something must be hazardous waste. Those which can be sold and the money we gain can be used to purchase pigs are recyclable waste.” The new regulation has gone into effect on July 1. Those who do not sort their trash properly will be fined RMB200.

1.What do the old thrown-away sweaters belong to?

A.Residual waste. B.Hazardous waste.

C.Recyclable waste. D.Household food waste.

2.What does “wet trash” have in common?

A.They are completely wet. B.They all come from plants.

C.They can give off bad smell. D.They can break up easily.

3.What is the tone of the netizen?

A.Humorous. B.Serious.

C.Delightful. D.Uncertain.

4.What is the main idea of the text?

A.Shanghai bans four sorts of garbage.

B.Shanghai launches garbage sorting enforcement.

C.Citizens in Shanghai still question garbage sorting.

D.Citizens in Shanghai welcome the garbage sorting policy.

阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为 150 左右。

I was lacking in everything needed to start a new friendship.

My parents moved to the town when they decided to look for new jobs but they didn’t realize I was really hurt when I said goodbye to my old friends. It felt awful to be a new student in the school and when my classmates were chatting, what I could do was to be caught up in my thoughts watching the clouds outside the window. I was not good at math or history; nor was I good at drawing or dancing. I was shy and timid. I had a few friends back at my hometown and it seemed that they were the only ones who I could be friends with for my whole life. I felt I had achieved a point of saturation with regard to having friends and I could make no further addition to my friend list. I was ashamed of myself, so I believed I deserved no notice from others until Emily came to my world.

Emily was fearless, outspoken and easy to go. She was everything I was not and I was too shy to come out of my shell. I met Emily in school almost every day and yet I never talked to her. We were in the same class but we were like poles apart. How I wished I could be like her or at least be a friend of hers!

It was another ordinary day.

I wandered to the bus stop in the morning and waited for the school bus. Birds were singing songs with their friends but who could I sing songs with? I got on the bus and went straight to my usual seat, complaining in a low voice about getting up early and going to school like every other day, and about how things were going to be the same all over again. Little did I realize something different would happen that day.

Para. 1:

When I got up to get down the bus, my schoolbag was stuck in the armrest. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Para. 2:

I got noticed by Emily, who brought me courage to start a new friendship!

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假定你是李华，你校英语社团要举行一个主题为“绿色校园建设”的演讲比赛。请你给交换生 Tom 写一封邮件，邀请他参赛，内容包括：

1. 比赛时间、地点；

2. 参赛要求。

注意：

1. 词数 100 左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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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。

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. A half-century ago, activists  1.(walk) to the street to speak out for the protection of the planet in  2.(respond) to one of the worst oil spills (原油泄漏) in history. These activists inspired important changes in how our society views the environment, 3.(lead) to the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency. But protecting the earth is also a social justice issue. People of color and poor people are often the first  4. (suffer) from the climate change, because they live near highways, factories, or garbage dumps,  5. there are more pollutants, for example, and they may not be able to afford fresh green foods.

But you don’t have to be an activist to make  6.difference—in fact there are many tiny everyday  7.(effort) you can make to help the planet. The environmental movement didn’t start with Earth Day and indigenous people (原住民) protecting the earth as 8.(they) way of life were the pioneers. I wish that everyone would see the  climate crisis this way and take it  9. (serious) as well. It isn’t just polar bears and plastic bags 10.an issue that will determine the future of life. So, actually, every day is Earth Day.

    Most of us go through some hardships in life. But few things match the _______brought upon people by the genocide (种族灭绝) of Jews during World War II and it's still _______people nowadays. Luckily, today's story has a happy _______for two men and their families. The two cousins _________got to meet after being separated 75 years ago during the holocaust (大屠杀).

Morris and Simon were best friends as kids  _______the Nazis invaded their country Romania in 1940. However, their families lost _______as they didn’t flee the country together. Both grew up believing the other died. Until some time ago their children _________the two families on Facebook.

Morris’ niece came across Simon's daughter while   _______for relatives online only to find out that Simon is _______in the UK. Morris settles in Israel. It took some time but they organized a ________for the two long-lost men in Tel Aviv, Israel. Someone recorded a video of this emotional meeting and ________it online, leaving people all over the world ________.

________the fact that both men are in their 80's, they plan to keep in touch and see each other often, reconstructing the beautiful ________they had as children. And it will surely not ________with time.

1.A.gains B.embarrassment C.sufferings D.hope

2.A.encouraging B.reaching C.leading D.affecting

3.A.ending B.plot C.background D.design

4.A.hurriedly B.eventually C.suddenly D.unwillingly

5.A.since B.before C.but D.though

6.A.contact B.relation C.news D.approach

7.A.found B.responded C.called D.reconnected

8.A.searching B.asking C.hoping D.waiting

9.A.happy B.sociable C.alive D.safe

10.A.party B.dinner C.reunion D.travel

11.A.mailed B.shared C.donated D.supplied

12.A.in silence B.in doubt C.in panic D.in tears

13.A.Despite B.Beyond C.Though D.In case of

14.A.wishes B.understanding C.friendship D.ideas

15.A.pass B.come C.show D.decline

    Humans were made for walking. With our upright posture and strong leg muscles, our bodies were designed with walking in mind --- which is what makes it such perfect exercise. 1.And best of all, it’s a great way to see new things and meet new people!

2.Wherever you are, in the city or at the campground, you’ll find plenty of walking going on. Studies have shown that taking a walk every day significantly reduces your risk for heart disease and high blood pressure, and it even lowers stress levels. Recently, science has proved that walking is even good for your body shape and brain.

To get started, sit down with a map and make a plan. 3.Do you want to meet other people? See new places? Get out into the wilderness or explore a city? Knowing your strengths will help you decide on the type of walk you want to do.

If making friends and socializing is your goal, call up your friends and schedule walks with them. Ask your friends where they like to walk and go there, since this will introduce you to new places. Go online and look up your local mall or shopping center. Many malls have groups that come every day, or every weekend, to “walk the mall. 4.

From the benefits to your heart to your overall happiness, walking is just plain good for you.

This month pick up a map and start walking.5.

A.Headed to a new city?

B.It’s good for our bodies and great for our waistlines.

C.This month, why not focus on walking with a purpose?

D.These groups are always happy to include one more walker!

E.You might find open groups of dog walkers at your local park.

F.It’s a fantastic way to get to know the world, using your own two feet.

G.Ask yourself, what do you want to get out of walking aside from the health benefits?

    Want to pick up that new best-seller for your flight, but not sure you want to spend the money?

This will change your mind.

If you’ve done a lot of traveling, you’ve probably noticed that the bookstores at airports all look pretty similar. They’ve all got familiar logos, the walls of inviting plane snacks, and, of course, the towers of new hardcover books. Chances are you’ve wanted to grab one of those books for the plane ride. However, those hardcover books are a little pricey. Is it worth it to splurge, just to relieve the midair boredom?

Yes it is—because of a cool program that these bookstores have in place. These similar airport stores are all owned by the company Paradies Lagardère, and all of those stores take part in what’s called the “Read and Return program.” It’s exactly what it sounds like. Whenever you buy one of those books, you’ve got six months to finish it and bring it back to the same, or another, Paradies Lagardère location. When you do that, you get half your money for the original purchase back.

If you’re going on a trip, buy that book you’ve been dying to read. When you go back to the airport for the return trip, bring the book back with you and get half the money back. While you’re still in the bookstore, go ahead and get that other book you’ve been dying to read. Or the sequel to the book you read on the way there. Either way, your boredom on the flight back will be cured. And it gets better: the book you gave back will be re-sold for half price! Here’s what you can get for free at an airport.

There are two things you do need to make sure of. You have to bring back the receipt to get your money back. Also, the book needs to be in decent condition. But other than that, this program couldn’t be easier. In a way, it’s like a buy-one-get-one-half-off deal for books. Or get two books for the price of one-and-a-half. Either way, count us in.

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

A.Spend the money. B.Take the effort.

C.Take the trouble. D.Spend the time.

2.How does the “Read and Return program” run?

A.You can read books for free in any Paradies Lagardère store.

B.You can buy books for half price in airport bookstores.

C.You need to return the book to the same store where you buy it.

D.You can get half your money back if you return the book timely.

3.What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A.It is difficult to take part in the program.

B.The receipt is necessary if you want to return the book.

C.The program is popular with readers.

D.The program runs successfully.

4.Why does the author write this passage?

A.To encourage people to read on airplanes.

B.To introduce Paradies Lagardère company.

C.To advertise the “Read and Return program”.

D.To show the advantages of reading on airplanes.

    If the three Rs (reduce, reuse and recycle) is a guideline to save the planet, garbage-sorting is where the  efforts start. Since May 1, Beijing has started to carry out mandatory garbage-sorting in new efforts to better protect the environment. Under the new regulation, residents are required to classify household waste into four categories: kitchen, recyclable, hazardous and other waste. People who fail to sort their garbage properly can be fined from 50 to 200 yuan, reported Xinhua.

Some residential communities in Beijing have introduced rewards to encourage residents to sort their garbage. According to Xinhua, residents can earn points by classifying their domestic waste correctly and then exchange the points they accumulate for daily necessities such as soap.

Garbage sorting practices have reached over 70 percent of housing estates in 18 cities, including Shanghai,   Xiamen and Hangzhou, according to the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development. Shanghai first enacted a mandatory garbage-sorting regulation in July 2019 and has had a 90 percent compliance (服从) rate among its housing estates.

According to a report by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, over 90 percent of the public believe that garbage-sorting is important for the protection of the environment. However, garbage-sorting is still a big problem in China. Only 30 percent of participants said they think they are completely sorting their waste, the report noted. According to Xinhua, it’s partly because many people lack the willingness to sort their own waste. Also, some previous garbage regulations didn’t include fines for people who failed to obey them.

“It’s a must to have a legal guarantee to promote garbage sorting,” Liu Jianguo, a professor from Tsinghua University, told China Daily, “Aside from China, many countries like Germany, Spain and Britain, also ask people to sort waste into specific categories. In Japan, there is a fixed time for the sorting of each kind of garbage and littering.”

1.What can we learn about the new regulation in Beijing?

A.It hasn’t been put into use yet.

B.Residents can sort the garbage as they like.

C.People can get money if they classify their domestic waste correctly.

D.Those who can’t sort the garbage as the new rule requires shall be fined.

2.What’s the problem in garbage sorting in China?

A.Most people are unaware of its importance in protecting environment.

B.Some people don’t want to take the trouble to sort the garbage.

C.Only residents in big cities can sort the trash correctly.

D.The government doesn’t have enough money to support garbage sorting.

3.What can we infer from Liu Jianguo’s words?

A.It’s difficult to carry out garbage sorting in China.

B.Some laws in garbage-sorting are needed.

C.People in developed countries can better sort the garbage.

D.We should learn from Japan.

4.What’s the best title of the passage?

A.Garbage sorting, a new start in China B.New regulations in Beijing

C.Argument on garbage sorting D.How to sort domestic garbage

    Many of us would like to spend all of our time helping dogs in need, but it can be hard to carve out that kind of time. Well, one man, Eugene Bostick, decided that when he retired, he would devote the rest of his life to helping homeless dogs feel loved.

Eugene Bostick was fortunate enough to be able to retire at the ripe age of 65 after working his entire life on his farm. His farm was located at the end of a dead-end street, and he noticed that people would, unfortunately, abandon their dogs on the farm and race off.

Eugene refused to see these pets suffer, and he quickly picked up these abandoned dogs, giving them food and taking them to the vet to make sure they were spayed and neutered.

Eugene’s farm has all kinds of animals, such as horses and goats, so these dogs have plenty of other animals to play with.

Over the last 20 years, Eugene has shown his kindness by taking on these abandoned pets, but he also saw the chance to offer them a bit of adventure. After spotting a neighbor transporting rocks behind his tractor using barrels, he realized he could do the same for his dogs. Eugene got to work to make his own train, and made sure to add some pleasant pillows so his furry friends could travel in comfort. The dogs quickly got on the train, and together, they spent hours traveling around town and through the forests nearby.

After they were spotted around town, one neighbor took a picture of Eugene that went viral, and a GoFundMe page was started that gained plenty of donations. Eugene was amazed by everyone’s generosity, and was happy to see others help these abandoned animals feel loved. Eugene will continue to care for his dogs, and we should all follow his lead!

1.What can we learn from the passage?

A.Eugene wished to retire ahead of time to care for homeless dogs.

B.People would race to the farm to pick up homeless dogs.

C.Eugene and the vet took in many abandoned dogs together.

D.Eugene’s idea for the barrel train was inspired from his neighbor.

2.What’s people’s attitude to Eugene’s act?

A.Supportive. B.Unconcerned.

C.Doubtful. D.Astonished.

3.Which words can be used to describe Eugene?

A.Serious and hardworking. B.Caring and adventurous.

C.Rich and generous. D.Playful and Childish.

4.What can be the best title for this passage?

A.A retired man’s life B.Lucky dogs

C.Train for homeless dogs D.How to help homeless dogs