听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.Who is Clifford?

A.A little girl.

B.The man’s pet.

C.A fictional character.

2.Who suggested that Norman paint for children’s books?

A.His wife.

B.Elizabeth.

C.A publisher.

3.What is Norman’s story based on?

A.A book.

B.A painting.

C.A young woman.

4.What is it that shocked Norman?

A.His unexpected success.

B.His efforts made in vain.

C.His editor’s disagreement.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.What kind of camera does the man want?

A.A TV camera.

B.A video camera.

C.A movie camera.

2.Which function is the man most interested in?

A.Underwater filming.

B.A large memory.

C.Auto-focus.

3.How much would the man pay for the second camera?

A.950 euros.

B.650 euros.

C.470 euros.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.Why does David want to speak to Mike?

A.To invite him to a party.

B.To discuss a schedule.

C.To call off a meeting.

2.What do we know about the speakers?

A.They are colleagues.

B.They are close friends.

C.They’ve never met before.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.What does Bill often do on Friday night?

A.Visit his parents. B.Go to the movies. C.Walk along Broadway.

2.Who watches musical plays most often?

A.Bill. B.Aarah. C.Bill’s parents.

How can the man improve his article?

A.By deleting unnecessary words.

B.By adding a couple of points.

C.By correcting grammar mistakes.

When will the flight arrive?

A.At 18:20. B.At 18:35. C.At 18:50.

What does the man do?

A.He’s a tailor. B.He’s a waiter. C.He’s a shop assistant.

What did Carl do?

A.He designed a medal. B.He fixed a TV set. C.He took a test.

Where does the conversation probably take place?

A.In a supermarket. B.In the post office. C.In the street.

你校正在组织英语作文比赛。请以身边值得尊敬和爱戴的人为题，写一篇短文参赛，内容包括:

1. 人物简介；

2. 尊敬和爱戴的原因。

注意:

1. 词数100左右；

2. 短文题目和首句已为你写好。

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

增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。

修改:在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意:1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

Today I tried cooking a simply dish myself. I like eating frying tomatoes with eggs, and I thought it must to be easy to cook. My mom told me how to preparing it. First I cut the tomatoes into pieces but put them aside.  Next I broke the eggs into a bowl and beat them quickly with chopstick. After that I poured oil into a pan and turned off the stove， I waited patiently unless the oil was hot.  Then I put the tomatoes and the beaten eggs into pan together.  ＂Not that way，＂ my mom tried to stop us but failed.  She was right.  It didn’t tum out as I had wished.

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。

China has become the first country to land a spacecraft on the far side of the moon. The unmanned Chang’e-4 probe (探测器) - the name was inspired by an ancient Chinese moon goddess 1. (touch) down last week in the South Pole-Aitken basin. Landing on the moon’s far side is 2. (extreme) challenging. Because the moon’s body blocks direct radio communication with a probe, China first had to put a satellite in orbit above the moon in a spot 3. it could send signals to the spacecraft and to Earth. The far side of the moon is of particular 4. (interesting) to scientists because it has a lot of deep craters (环形山)， more so 5. the familiar near side. Chinese researchers hope to use the instruments onboard Chang’e-4 6. (find) and study areas of the South Pole-Aitken basin. ＂This really excites scientists,＂ Carle Pieters, a scientist at Brown University, says, ＂because it 7. (mean) we have the chance to obtain information about how the moon 8. (construct)＂ Data about the moon’s composition, such as how 9. ice and other treasures it contains, could help China decide whether 10. (it) plans for a future lunar (月球的) base are practical.

    Since our twins began learning to walk, my wife and I have kept telling them that our sliding glass door is just a window. The _______ is obvious. If we _______ it is a door, they’ll want to go outside _______. It will drive us crazy. The kids apparently know the _______. But our insisting it’s _______ a window has kept them from _______ millions of requests to open the door.

I hate lying to the kids. One day they’ll _______ and discover that everything they’ve always known about windows is a _______.

I wonder if _______ should always tell the truth no matter the ____________. I have a very strong   ____________ that the lie we’re telling is doing ____________ damage to our children. Windows and doors have ____________ metaphorical(比喻) meanings. I’m telling them they can’t open what they absolutely know is a door. What if later in ____________ they come to a metaphorical door, like an opportunity(机会) of some sort, and ____________ opening the door and taking the opportunity, they just ____________ it and wonder, ＂What if it isn’t a door?＂ That is, ＂What if it isn’t a ____________ opportunity?＂

Maybe it’s an unreasonable fear. But the ____________ is that I shouldn’t lie to my kids. I should just ____________ repeatedly having to say, ＂No. We can’t go outside now.＂ Then when they come to other doors in life, be they real or metaphorical, they won’t ____________ to open them and walk through.

1.A.relief B.target C.reason D.case

2.A.admit B.believe C.mean D.realize

3.A.gradually B.constantly C.temporarily D.casually

4.A.result B.danger C.method D.truth

5.A.merely B.slightly C.hardly D.partly

6.A.reviewing B.approving C.receiving D.attempting

7.A.win out B.give up C.wake up D.stand out

8.A.dream B.lie C.fantasy D.fact

9.A.parents B.twins C.colleagues D.teachers

10.A.restrictions B.explanations C.differences D.consequences

11.A.demand B.fear C.desire D.doubt

12.A.physical B.biological C.spiritual D.behavioral

13.A.traditional B.important C.double D.original

14.A.life B.time C.reply D.history

15.A.by comparison with B.in addition to C.regardless of D.instead of

16.A.get hold of B.stare at C.knock on D.make use of

17.A.real B.typical C.similar D.limited

18.A.safety rule B.comfort zone C.bottom line D.top secret

19.A.delay B.regret C.enjoy D.accept

20.A.hurry B.decide C.hesitate D.intend

A Few Tips for Self-Acceptance

We all want it… to accept and love ourselves. But at times it seems too difficult and too far out of reach. 1. Here’s a handful of ways that will set you in the right direction.

●2. Do not follow the people who make you feel not-good-enough. Why do you follow them? Are you hoping that eventually you will feel empowered because your life is better than theirs? Know that your life is your own;you are the only you in this world.

●Forgive yourself for mistakes that you have made. We are often ashamed of our shortcomings, our mistakes and our failures. 3. You will make mistakes, time and time again. Rather than getting caught up in how you could have done better, why not offer yourself a compassionate (有同情心) response? ＂That didn’t go as planned. But, I tried my best.＂

●Recognize all of your strengths. Write them down in a journal. Begin to train your brain to look at strength before weakness. List all of your accomplishments and achievements. You have a job, earned your degree, and you got out of bed today. 4.

●Now that you’ve listed your strengths, list your imperfections. Turn the page in your journal. Put into words why you feel unworthy, why you don’t feel good enough. Now, read these words back to yourself. 5. Turn to a page in your journal to your list of strengths and achievements. See how awesome you are?

A.Feeling upset again?

B.Where do you start?

C.Nothing is too small to celebrate.

D.Remember, you are only human.

E.Set an intention for self-acceptance.

F.Stop comparing yourself with others.

G.When does the comparison game start?

    The connection between people and plants has long been the subject of scientific research. Recent studies have found positive effects. A study conducted in Youngstown，Ohio，for example, discovered that greener areas of the city experienced less crime. In another，employees were shown to be 15% more productive when their workplaces were decorated with houseplants.

The engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT)have taken it a step further changing the actual composition of plants in order to get them to perform diverse，even unusual functions. These include plants that have sensors printed onto their leaves to show when they’re short of water and a plant that can detect harmful chemicals in groundwater. ＂We’re thinking about how we can engineer plants to replace functions of the things that we use every day,＂explained Michael Strano, a professor of chemical engineering at MIT.

One of his latest projects has been to make plants glow(发光)in experiments using some common vegetables. Strano’s team found that they could create a faint light for three-and-a-half hours. The light，about one-thousandth of the amount needed to read by，is just a start. The technology, Strano said, could one day be used to light the rooms or even to turn trees into self-powered street lamps.

In the future，the team hopes to develop a version of the technology that can be sprayed onto plant leaves in a one-off treatment that would last the plant’s lifetime. The engineers are also trying to develop an on and off＂switch＂where the glow would fade when exposed to daylight.

Lighting accounts for about 7% of the total electricity consumed in the US. Since lighting is often far removed from the power source(电源)-such as the distance from a power plant to street lamps on a remote highway-a lot of energy is lost during transmission(传输).Glowing plants could reduce this distance and therefore help save energy.

1.What is the first paragraph mainly about?

A.A new study of different plants.

B.A big fall in crime rates.

C.Employees from various workplaces.

D.Benefits from green plants.

2.What is the function of the sensors printed on plant leaves by MIT engineer?

A.To detect plants’ lack of water

B.To change compositions of plants

C.To make the life of plants longer.

D.To test chemicals in plants.

3.What can we expect of the glowing plants in the future?

A.They will speed up energy production.

B.They may transmit electricity to the home.

C.They might help reduce energy consumption.

D.They could take the place of power plants.

4.Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A.Can we grow more glowing plants?

B.How do we live with glowing plants?

C.Could glowing plants replace lamps?

D.How are glowing plants made pollution-free?

    Race walking shares many fitness benefits with running, research shows, while most likely contributing to fewer injuries. It does, however, have its own problem.

Race walkers are conditioned athletes. The longest track and field event at the Summer Olympics is the 50-kilometer race walk, which is about five miles longer than the marathon. But the sport’s rules require that a race walker’s knees stay straight through most of the leg swing and one foot remain in contact (接触) with the ground at all times. It’s this strange form that makes race walking such an attractive activity, however, says Jaclyn Norberg, an assistant professor of exercise science at Salem State University in Salem, Mass.

Like running, race walking is physically demanding, she says, According to most calculations, race walkers moving at a pace of six miles per hour would burn about 800 calories(卡路里) per hour, which is approximately twice as many as they would burn walking, although fewer than running, which would probably burn about 1,000 or more calories per hour.

However, race walking does not pound the body as much as running does, Dr. Norberg says. According to her research, runners hit the ground with as much as four times their body weight per step, while race walkers, who do not leave the ground, create only about 1.4 times their body weight with each step.

As a result, she says, some of the injuries associated with running, such as runner’s knee, are uncommon among race walkers. But the sport’s strange form does place considerable stress on the ankles and hips, so people with a history of such injuries might want to be cautious in adopting the sport. In fact, anyone wishing to try race walking should probably first consult a coach or experienced racer to learn proper technique, she says. It takes some practice.

1.Why are race walkers conditioned athletes?

A.They must run long distances.

B.They are qualified for the marathon.

C.They have to follow special rules.

D.They are good at swinging their legs.

2.What advantage does race walking have over running?

A.It’s more popular at the Olympics.

B.It’s less challenging physically.

C.It’s more effective in body building.

D.It’s less likely to cause knee injuries.

3.What is Dr. Norberg’s suggestion for someone trying race walking?

A.Getting experts’ opinions.

B.Having a medical checkup.

C.Hiring an experienced coach.

D.Doing regular exercises.

4.Which word best describes the author’s attitude to race walking?

A.Skeptical. B.Objective.

C.Tolerant. D.Conservative.

    Returning to a book you’ve read many times can feel like drinks with an old friend. There’s a welcome familiarity - but also sometimes a slight suspicion that time has changed you both, and thus the relationship. But books don’t change, people do. And that’s what makes the act of rereading so rich and transformative.

The beauty of rereading lies in the idea that our bond with the work is based on our present mental register. It’s true, the older I get, the more I feel time has wings. But with reading, it’s all about the present. It’s about the now and what one contributes to the now, because reading is a give and take between author and reader. Each has to pull their own weight.

There are three books I reread annually .The first, which I take to reading every spring is Emest Hemningway’s A Moveable Feast. Published in 1964, it’s his classic memoir of 1920s Paris. The language is almost intoxicating (令人陶醉的)，an aging writer looking back on an ambitious yet simpler time. Another is Annie Dillard’s Holy the Firm, her poetic 1975 ramble (随笔) about everything and nothing. The third book is Julio Cortazar’s Save Twilight: Selected Poems, because poetry. And because Cortazar.

While I tend to buy a lot of books, these three were given to me as gifs, which might add to the meaning I attach to them. But I imagine that, while money is indeed wonderful and necessary, rereading an author’s work is the highest currency a reader can pay them. The best books are the ones that open further as time passes. But remember, it’s you that has to grow and read and reread in order to better understand your friends.

1.Why does the author like rereading?

A.It evaluates the writer-reader relationship.

B.It’s a window to a whole new world.

C.It’s a substitute for drinking with a friend.

D.It extends the understanding of oneself.

2.What do we know about the book A Moveable Feast?

A.It’s a brief account of a trip.

B.It’s about Hemingway’s life as a young man.

C.It’s a record of a historic event.

D.It’s about Hemingway’s friends in Paris.

3.What does the underlined word ＂currency＂ in paragraph 4 refer to?

A.Debt

B.Reward.

C.Allowance.

D.Face value.

4.What can we infer about the author from the text?

A.He loves poetry.

B.He’s an editor.

C.He’s very ambitious.

D.He teaches reading.

Train Information

All customers travelling on TransLink services must be in possession of a valid ticket before boarding. For ticket information，please ask at your local station or call 13 12 30.

While Queensland Rail makes every effort to ensure trains run as scheduled，there can be no guarantee of connections between trains or between train services and bus services.

Lost property(失物招领)

Call Lost Property on 13 16 17 during business hours for items lost on Queensland Rail services.

The lost property office is open Monday to Friday 7:30am to 5:00pm and is located(位于)at Roma Street station.

Public holidays

On public holidays, generally a Sunday timetable operates. On certain major event days，i.e.

Australia Day, Anzac Day, sporting and cultural days, special additional services may operate.

Christmas Day services operate to a Christmas Day timetable，Before travel please visit translink. com. au or call TransLink on 13 12 30 anytime.

Customers using mobility devices

Many stations have wheelchair access from the car park or entrance to the station platforms.

For assistance, please Queensland Rail on 13 16 17.

Guardian trains (outbound)

1. What would you do to get ticket information?
 

A.Call 13 16 17. B.Visit translink .com.au.

C.Ask at the local station. D.Check the train schedule.

2.At which station can you find the lost property office?

A.Altandi. B.Roma Street. C.Varsity Lakes. D.Fortitude Valley.

3.Which train would you take if you go from Central to Varsity Lakes?

A.6:42 pm. B.7:29 pm. C.8:57 pm. D.11:02 pm.

听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。

1.Where is Jeff from？

A.Liverpool.

B.Coventry.

C.Newcastle.

2.Where do young men go to watch big games according to Jeff？

A.Pubs.

B.Stadiums.

C.Friends’ homes.

3.Why does Jeff have to pick a team to support？

A.To avoid being bothered.

B.To open a conversation.

C.To earn respect from others.

4.What does Jeff mainly talk about？

A.England’s moment of success.

B.English flag as a symbol of hope.

C.England’s all-time favourite sport.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.What is next to the apartment building？

A.A restaurant.

B.A laundry.

C.A grocery store.

2.Which is included in the rent？

A.Electricity.

B.The Internet.

C.Satellite TV.

3.What does the woman think of the apartment？

A.It’s quite large.

B.It’s well furnished.

C.It’s worth the money.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.How did the man feel about his performance today?

A.Greatly encouraged.

B.A bit dissatisfied.

C.Terribly disappointed.

2.What did the man say helped him overcome the problem?

A.Patience.

B.Luck.

C.Determination.

3.What is the woman doing?

A.Conducting an interview.

B.Holding a press conference.

C.Hosting a ceremony.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.Why does Cathy want to quit her job？

A.She’ll join another firm.

B.She’ll run her own business.

C.She’s fed up with it.

2.What is Mark’s attitude towards Cathy’s decision?

A.Forgiving. B.Sympathetic. C.Supportive.

3.What might Cathy do for the present company?

A.Apply for a project. B.Train a new person. C.Recommend an engineer.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.Why does Pete call Lucy?

A.To say that he’ll be late. B.To tell her about his work. C.To invite her to dinner.

2.When is Pete going to see Lucy?

A.At 6:00 pm. B.At 6:45 pm. C.At 8:00 pm.

What does Donna offer to do for Bill?

A.Book a flight for him. B.Drive him to the airport. C.Help him park the car.

When will Henry start his vacation?

A.This weekend. B.Next week. C.At the end of August.

What is the woman busy doing?

A.Working on a paper.

B.Tidying up the office.

C.Organizing a party.

What will Tom do next?

A.Turn down the music. B.Postpone the show. C.Stop practicing.

Where are the speakers?

A.At a swimming pool. B.In a clothing shop. C.At a school lab.

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。

When I was young, I always knew my parents had trouble with money. We would go to yard sales all the time, buy everyday supplies at Dollarama and work and eat at a soup kitchen four nights a week.

Then, a new man walked into the soup kitchen and asked me what my name was. As I told him that my name was Angela, my mom handed me the soup spoon and hair net(发网) to start getting to work. After that, I couldn’t find the strange man again. I searched everywhere for him and even asked the other men and women in the kitchen if they had seen him. My mom thought I was going crazy, saying that there was no one with me when she came to hand me my stuff. She said I had been sitting alone and that it seemed I was talking to myself.

Later that night in the car, my mom was crying. I asked her what was wrong and she told me that the rent on our apartment had gone up and that my grandma had died. She didn’t know how she was going to pay for the funeral and the rent. I guaranteed that I would help pick up the odds and ends(杂事) before she made as much as possible.

The moment we got into the apartment building, she asked me to run to the mail room and grab the mail. I went and the only thing I could find was one single envelope. A familiar man called me back saying he thought I left something in our mailbox. I reached in and pulled out a huge envelope but I couldn’t tell what was in it.

I brought the envelopes up to my mom. She opened the first one and found our first super expensive rent bill. She then walked into her room, saying she couldn’t handle to open the other one.

Paragraph 1：

I looked at the envelope and saw this: Dear Angela and Family. Love, Your Friend.

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Paragraph 2：

I had a feeling all of a sudden that I knew who had sent it.

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假定你是校学生会主席李华，你校邀请了卫生专家通过微信视频方式讲解预防新冠病毒的知识。请你以学生会的名义给你校交换生写一份书面通知，告知他们相关情况。内容包括：

1. 讲座时间；

2. 按时收看并做笔记；

3. 最后10分钟可提出问题与卫生专家互动。

注意：

1. 词数80左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：新冠病毒novel coronavirus；微信视频WeChat video

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The Students’ Union

June 30th，2020