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

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分

My little brother was almost three years old while I took him to the post office in our town for a first time. As I fill out my return receipt form, my brother looked around at another people in line. I noticed him staring at the pictures on the wall. “Who is the people on the wall?” he asked. I explained patiently him that they were bad people that the police were searching for them. My brother looked up at me with the sweetest face but asked curiously, “Then why didn’t they keep them when take their pictures?” I was complete without words.

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Dujiangyan was built over 2,200 years ago in what is now Sichuan Province in Southwest China. It is 1. oldest man-made water system in the world. This amazing engineering achievement is still used today to irrigate over 6,000 square kilometers of farmland, take away floodwater and provide water for fifty 2. (city) in the province.

In ancient times, the region in 3. Dujiangyan now stands suffered from regular floods 4. (cause) by the overflow from the Minjiang River. Li Bing, the governor of the region, together with his son, decided to find a way to solve the problem.

The simplest way was to build a dam, 5. this would ruin the Minjiang River. So Li designed a series of channels that would take away the floodwater while leaving the river flowing 6. (free). Better still, the extra water could be directed to the dry Chengdu Plain, making it 7. (suit) for farming.

Once the system was finished, no more floods occurred and people were able to live peacefully. Today, Dujiangyan 8. (admire) by scientists from around the world because of one feature. 9. (like) modern dams where the water is blocked with a huge wall, Dujiangyan still lets water flow through the Minjiang River naturally, making it possible for ecosystem and fish populations 10. (exist) in harmony.

    From the age of five, I was constantly surrounded by fear. It started when I was sent to boarding school. I used to ________ the bed and, the first night it happened, I knocked on the nuns’ (修女) door to ask for ________. Instead, they made me do the ‘walk of ________’, carrying a packet of wet sheets through all the ________ as they announced, ‘Make way for the bed-wetter,’ and ________ the children to laugh and shout horrible things. That happened ________.

I grew into a problem ________ and spent much time in bars drinking to forget the hopelessness and ________. That’s where I met my first husband, who turned out to be a ________ man. It was only when he ________ me into a state of unconsciousness that things changed. I knew I couldn’t go back—if I did, I would ________. So I decided to remove the layers of pain and cruelty and ________ them with happiness and success. I started to read books about how to think highly of yourself. I got into ________ and won competitions, I realised, ‘I am not a ________ person like the nuns and my husband told me.’ I decided to take the ________ I used in sport-my determination to keep ________—and apply them to everything in my life. That’s when I ________ I was a really good business person.

Whatever your past has been, don’t ________ it for who you are today. Thy and find something ________ in it. That’s the only possible way to ________ those things, be brave and turn everything around.

1.A.wet B.make C.warm D.clean

2.A.direction B.help C.permission D.advice

3.A.pride B.comfort C.shame D.apology

4.A.toilets B.offices C.classrooms D.dormitories

5.A.forced B.persuaded C.encouraged D.reminded

6.A.naturally B.regularly C.eventually D.secretly

7.A.teenager B.mother C.adult D.wife

8.A.failure B.loss C.disappointment D.fear

9.A.violent B.gentle C.responsible D.forgetful

10.A.brought B.talked C.scared D.beat

11.A.survive B.change C.die D.fight

12.A.associate B.replace C.compare D.fill

13.A.sport B.debt C.shape D.trouble

14.A.guilty B.useless C.desperate D.horrible

15.A.skills B.tips C.principles D.methods

16.A.cool B.changing C.fit D.going

17.A.imagined B.forgot C.discovered D.suspected

18.A.aim B.blame C.repeat D.make

19.A.positive B.relevant C.necessary D.unforgettable

20.A.give up B.come across C.let alone D.get over

    Politeness is the practical application of good manners, the goal of which is to make all of the parties relaxed and comfortable. It's a flexible management of words and actions, by which we make other people have a better opinion of us and themselves. It seeks to build a positive relationship. 1..

However, in the rush of daily life being polite is social behavior that we find rare nowadays. 2.. They don’t even take the time to look around. This has led to the loss of simple social rules some might take for granted and that are particularly powerful.

3., people become less and less attentive to others’ feelings, for human interaction (互动) is almost lost. Take for instance the rudeness we tolerate when a person is looking at his phone when talking to us.

Being polite is not just a simple social elegance. 4.. These days “Please” and “Thank You” are forgotten. And not many people are aware that these two simple words can easily open or close any door to us. Unfortunately, they often forget to say these words.

Hope is not lost. There are many ways we can improve our behavior to achieve skills in politeness. There are simple things we can do to be considered as a polite and well-mannered person.5., they will respect you back. Just make a change in our behavior to start. Use simple words like “Excuse me”, “Please”, and “Thank you” every day. Be kind to receive kindness. Care and politeness will get you far in all aspects of life.

A.As technology progresses

B.People have become more self-absorbed

C.As long as you show your politeness for people

D.Since for many people being polite remains a challenge

E.Many languages have specific means to show politeness

F.It aims to respect a person’s need to be liked and understood

G.It’s also about being kind, caring and respectful to another person

    Compared with solar and wind energy, which are booming, tidal (潮汐的) power is a loser in the clean-energy competition. But if you did want to build a tidal power station, there are few better sites than the mouth of the River Severn, in Britain. Its tidal range, the difference in depth between high and low tides, of around 15 metres is among the largest in the world.

Engineers and governments have been toying with the idea since at least 1925. But none of the suggested projects has materialised. Price is one objection. A study thought that tidal energy might cost between ￡216 and ￡368 ($306-521) per MWh of electricity by 2025, compared with ￡58-75 for seagoing wind turbines (轮机) and ￡55-76 for solar panels. Environmentalists also worry that any plant would change the tides, making life harder for wildlife.

An engineer called Rod Rainey thinks he has a way around both problems. He plans to replace the conventional turbines of previous plans with a much older technology. Specifically, he plans to span (横跨) the river mouth with a line of water wheels. This is a design that dates back to the early days of the Industrial Revolution. Examples can be found fixed to the sides of old watermills (水磨).

But there would be nothing old-fashioned about Mr Rainey’s wheels. Thirty metres high and sixty wide, they would be made from ordinary steel. Two hundred and fifty of them, along with the supporting structures, would be floated into place and secured to the seabed, creating a line 15km long. Together, they could supply power at an avenge ate of 4GW. That is about as much as two biggish nuclear power stations would manage. Substituting one of the wheels with a set of locks would provide a shipping channel about twice the width of Panama Canal, permitting upstream ports such as Avonmouth and Cardiff to continue operating.

1.What is special about the mouth of the River Seven?

A.The tidal range there is about 15 meters.

B.It has the largest tidal range in the world.

C.The tidal power station has been built there.

D.Its power plant makes life harder for wildlife.

2.What was people’s initial attitude towards tidal power?

A.Opposed. B.Supportive.

C.Controversial. D.Doubtful.

3.What are the locks used for?

A.Support. B.Transportation.

C.Securing wheels. D.Producing electricity.

4.What’s the best tittle for the text?

A.Rainey invented turbines.

B.Rainey’s tidal power station.

C.Tidal power in the River Seven.

D.An old idea might be made practical.

    Many people criticize today’s newspapers as sensationalist, satisfying the public’s abnormal curiosity. But journalism a century ago was just as notorious (臭名昭著). Publishers at that time routinely competed with each other for wild stories that could draw in the most readers. Meanwhile, it was an ideal atmosphere for a courageous reporter like Nellie Bly to spring into fame.

Bly, whose name was Elizabeth Corcoran, had to work to make her way in the world. Different from many women of the time, however, she refused to let the working world scare her away. Her first big opportunity as a reporter came in 1885 after she wrote an angry letter denouncing the Pittsburgh Dispatch for an article it had run criticizing women forced to work outside the home. The interested and excited editor hired Bly for her “spirit,” and soon she was investigating the situations of female factory workers. Bly cared less about their jobs than their lives after work -their amusements, their motivations, their fears and ambitions. She produced an article totally different from what other reporters of the time were writing: personal, thoughtful, meaningful.

By 1887 Bly had a job with the New York World, one of the leader papers of the day. She quickly became famous for undercover stories about women in a mental hospital. Soon she had investigated life as a maid, a chorus girl, and even a street girl. In her best-known brave deeds, in 1890, Bly beat the famous “around the world in 80 days” trip Jules Verne had described in his novel. Traveling by steamship, train, even ricksha, Bly reported from each stop. A spellbound nation hung on every word. Only 25, Bly had become internationally famous.

1.Bly’s first newspaper job was ________.

A.with the New York World

B.with the Pittsburgh Dispatch

C.to interview mental patients

D.to experience life of chorus girls

2.What does the underlined word “denouncing” in Para. 2 probably mean?

A.Praising. B.Questioning.

C.Informing. D.Condemning.

3.How did Nellie Bly gain world-wide fame?

A.By criticizing Jules Verne.

B.By competing with other reporters.

C.By writing stories through investigation.

D.By caring about women from different classes.

4.Which of the following best describes Nellie Bly?

A.Daring and practical. B.Acute and confident.

C.Critical and dependent. D.Calm and enthusiastic.

    The Great Depression that followed the stock market crash of 1929 saw hundreds of thousands of Americans out of work. In the years of great fear and depression, a lot of American citizens looked desperately to the federal government for assistance. Of all the programs designed by President Roosevelt when he took office in 1932, few were more criticized---or had more lasting impact---than the Work Projects Administration, better known as the WPA.

The intention of the WPA, which functioned from 1935 to 1943, was to design and administer public works projects to help relieve unemployment. The majority of these projects involved historic or artistic attempts. The WPA’s Writers Project, for example, was responsible not only for such practical works as state guidebooks but also for the collection of historically valuable oral histories. Over 2,900 of these records were collected in 24 states. They provide an irreplaceable firsthand account of people’s diets, customs, celebrations, and political and religious beliefs at the time.

The artworks created through the Federal Arts Project are one of the WPA’s most lasting achievements. Out-of-work painters, both famous and unknown, created paintings that beautified schools, libraries, and government buildings, WPA photographers traveled across the country recording the hardships of life on small rural farms. When the United States entered World War Ⅱ in 1941, WPA artists were enlisted to produce posters supporting the war effort. Many WPA artworks, including hundreds of small drawings picturing scenes of everyday life, still exist today.

1.When did the Work Projects Administration begin to work?

A.In1929. B.In1932.

C.In1935. D.In 1943.

2.What can be inferred about the WPA?

A.It was made up of several components.

B.It was President Roosevelt’s favorite project.

C.It played an important role during World War Ⅱ.

D.It trained artists before sending them out to work.

3.How does the author mainly develop this text?

A.By examples. B.By comparison.

C.Through a true story. D.Through a persuasive argument.

4.What’s the main idea of the text?

A.President Roosevelt designed the WPA.

B.The WPA helped relieve unemployment.

C.WPA artists painted pictures in schools and libraries.

D.The WPA produced many valuable and lasting works.

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1.Who is the course mainly intended for?

A.Experienced editors. B.Full-time novelists.

C.Freshmen in writing. D.Professional writers.

2.Which of the following does the course provide?

A.Book sales. B.Learning for free.

C.Extra spending money. D.Convenient ways of studies.

3.What can we lean from the text?

A.The full course will last fifteen days.

B.You can call anytime for information.

C.Fees will be returned when you finish your course.

D.Previous writing experience is required when you enroll.

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Although it was autumn，the snow was already beginning to fall in Tibet. Our legs were so heavy and cold that they felt like blocks of ice. Have you ever seen snowmen ride bicycles？That's what we looked like！Along the way children dressed in long wool coats stopped to look at us. In the late afternoon we found it was so cold that our water bottles froze. However，the lakes shone like glass in the setting sun and looked wonderful. Wang Wei rode in front of me as usual. She is very reliable and I knew I didn’t need to encourage her. To climb the mountains was hard work but as we looked around us，we were surprised by the view. We seemed to be able to see for miles. At one point we were so high that we found ourselves cycling through clouds. Then we began going down the hills. It was great fun especially as it gradually became much warmer. In the valleys colorful butterflies flew around us and we saw many yaks and sheep eating green grass. At this point we had to change our caps, coats, gloves and trousers for T-shirts and shorts.

In the early evening we always stop make camp. We put up tent and then we eat. After supper Wang Wei put her head down on her pillow and went to sleep but I stayed awake. At midnight the sky became clearer and the stars grew brighter. It was so quiet. There was almost no wind-only the flames of our fire for company.

Part 1

As I lay beneath the stars I thought about how far we had already traveled.

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Part2

We will reach Dali in Yunnan Province soon, where our cousins Dao Wei and Yu Hang will join us. We can hardly wait to see them!

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假设你是李华，你的美国朋友Jim对中国的历史文化感兴趣。他来信询问孔子的“己所不欲勿施于人”（“Do not do to others what you don't want others to do to you.” by Confucius）这句话的含义。请你回信举例解释。

内容包括：

1.你对这句话的理解；

2.你在实际生活中对这句话的应用实例。

注意：1.词数80左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3.开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Jim,

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Yours,

Li Hua

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When the winter approaches, tanghulu, a traditional Chinese snack can be found on the street corner in northern China. Since the ancient times, it 1. (be) very popular with natives, especially children.

Tanghulu is 2. (common) made of haws (山楂), which are rich in vitamin C and are known 3. (have) traditional Chinese medicine properties. According to a legend, 800 years ago, one of the emperor’s 4. (wife) was sick and had 5. poor appetite. The doctor suggested that she eat 10 haws 6. (boil) with sugar before dinner. She recovered within two weeks. Later, the prescription was passed on 7. ordinary people. People put haws on a stick, dipped them in hot sugar syrup (糖浆) and dried. The syrup finally turned into a solid coating, like crystal on the surface of haws. That is 8. they are also called bingtanghulu. 9. origin story says that the very first tanghulu only had two haws: a small one on the top and a big one below, making it resemble a hulu, a bringer of good luck.

With sour haws and sweet sugar, the taste of tanghulu is a combination of flavors, which often 10. (remind) people of their happy childhoods.

    A friend of mine is a musician. He always seems to be learning new tunes, new _______, and new ways of making music in cool ways. At the weekends, he _______ to go into Central Park in the center of Nagoya during the daytime where lots of bands _______ .Some of these bands are really good, but some of them are quite _______.One of the reasons why my friend likes watching all the bands is that they are free! And as he says to me, “_______ expensive things don't necessarily mean that they're good, free things don't necessarily mean they have no _______.You have to listen and look yourself and_______what is valuable for you. And _______, as you listen and look, you may learn different things.”

So my friend goes to the park every week when the weather is fine, and he says he learns_______ from every single band！ When he watches and listens to the really good bands, he learns new concertos from the ________ and cool rhythms from the drummers. I guess that it’s not ________that you can learn a lot by watching ________performs. But what impress me are my friend’s words—You can learn by watching and listening to the bad performers, too. When I watch a bad performer, I think to myself — wow, that’s another thing that I'm going to ________ .”

So my friend makes ________ by leaning from both good and bad performers. And he says he also finds ________and pleasure in learning and improving in ways that he never even imagined!

1.A.games B.systems C.instruments D.languages

2.A.loves B.wishes C.agrees D.affords

3.A.compete B.perform C.study D.succeed

4.A.poor B.shy C.unlucky D.fierce

5.A.Since B.For C.While D.Unless

6.A.price B.fault C.soul D.value

7.A.find out B.wait for C.bring out D.call for

8.A.in short B.of course C.at first D.as usual

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

10.A.listeners B.learners C.players D.dancers

11.A.touching B.exciting C.surprising D.satisfying

12.A.excellent B.strange C.energetic D.amateur

13.A.come up with B.get hold of C.look down on D.get rid of

14.A.time B.money C.progress D.way

15.A.duty B.fun C.pride D.respect

    There are some children who love to fly and then there are the kids who are afraid of the unknown. The following tips may help you if you want to travel with your children by plane.

●1. If you tell the child he will soon be flying on an airplane and leave it at that, his imagination can turn to fear. Instead, tell him how wonderful it is to fly.

● Don’t tell children about the dangers of flying. 2.And you can promise him that the plane will not crash.

● Read a book to your children. 3.Reading may also make your children fall asleep.

● Bring a comfort thing that your child enjoys. 4. Be sure to bring that blanket along as it will provide a safety net for the child. Having this blanket along may also help him fall asleep. Bring a safe electronic device that shows movies or supports video games, and offers children puzzles.

● Bring snacks. Children are picky eaters and may not like the food being offered. Three to five hours can be a long time on an airplane without food. 5. When they are upset, it is easier to let fear of the unknown take control.

A.Children may get upset when they are hungry.

B.Tell your children how much fun it is to fly before the trip.

C.Most kids have a stuffed animal or a blanket that they love.

D.If a child brings them up, tell him that flying is perfectly safe.

E.Leave a little extra time so you can make your children walk.

F.Bring a favorite book and a new book your kids have never read.

G.Your phone is another favorite tool for keeping them happy on a flight.

    The CoVID-19 and flu are both respiratory infectious diseases，with similar symptoms including fever and cough，but they aren't the same.

Both the CoVID-19 and flu are diseases caused by a virus. In the case of flu the pathogens（病原体）are flu viruses，and for COVID-19，it is a novel coronavirus（新型冠状病毒）.

Common symptoms for flu and novel coronavirus are nearly identical-fever，cough and tiredness sometimes sore throat and diarrhea. In several cases they result in pneumonia（肺炎）and even death in the worst cases. Flu has seasonal ups and downs. Although it can exist all year round，the virus infects more people in winter and spring. As for the novel coronavirus，the median age for the infected is 51.But the novel coronavirus is a brand new virus no one has total immunity no matter their age.

Both the flu and the novel coronavirus are transmitted in the similar ways，by direct contact with infected patients or small droplets from the nose or mouth when a person with virus coughs or breathes.

FIu can be spread by an infected person for several days before their symptoms appear. As for the novel coronavirus，spread might be possible before people show symptoms，but this is not thought to be the main way the virus spreads.

For the novel coronavirus，there is also a risk for aerosol transmission（气溶胶传播）In health facilities，people may catch the virus if they breathed in aerosol, the suspension of find solid or liquid particles in the air, which have been contaminated by the virus. The novel coronavirus has also been found in patients’ fecal (排泄物) samples, but  fecal-oral transmission does not appear to be a major transmission route.

1.What can we learn about the novel coronavirus?

A.It has seasonal changes

B.It causes less deaths than flu.

C.It may spread among people of all ages.

D.It only spread after people show symptoms

2.Which of the following is not the way the novel coronations transmit?

A.aerosol transmission B.contact transmission

C.fecal-oral transmission D.age transmission

3.The author’s main purpose of writing the article is probably to         .

A.prove that flu has less harm to humans than coVID.1g

B.raise people's awareness of protecting their health

C.prove that COVID-19 won't cause human deaths

D.provide some suggestions to avoid CoVID-19 infection

4.What does the passage mainly talk about?

A.New treatment on the novel coronavirus

B.the latest research on the COVID-19 and flu

C.the difference between the novel coronavirus and flu

D.how to identify the CoID-19 and flu on symptoms

    The 2016 Rio Olympic Games have come to an end. Without doubt, many Chinese sports fans sat in front of the TV and cheered our athletes on, hoping that they would get as many gold medals as possible.

But sometimes our desire for gold medals can result in the sadness of failure. When Liu Xiang, China’s track hero, pulled out of the Beijing Olympics due to injury, he greatly disappointed many Chinese sports fans.

But things are different now. In the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, we saw a healthier Chinese attitude towards the sports people, fully in line with the Olympic spirit.

China didn’t win any gold medals on the first day. But, instead of criticizing(批评) the athletes who failed to win, most of the fans were happy with their efforts. “Looking at the results in the right way when an athlete misses out on gold shows the maturity(成熟) of a person, and is also a challenge for a country to face up to in the process of development,” commented CRI.

Swimmer Fu Yuanhui won fans’ hearts, even if she only won the third place in the 100m backstroke final. Her fans on her Sina Weibo have increased 100,000 to over 6 million. Many sports fans appreciated her straightforward character and attitude towards competitions.

“The warm support from Internet users shows that public attitude towards competitive sports and the Olympics has gotten to a higher level”, said an article in the People’s Daily.

1.What can we know from Paragraph 2?

A.Gold medals can also cause sadness.

B.Liu Xiang always disappoints his fans.

C.Fans have high expectations of Liu Xiang.

D.Liu Xiang got injured before the Olympics.

2.What is people’s attitude now towards the athletes who failed?

A.Interested. B.Understanding.

C.Angry. D.Disappointed.

3.What makes people like Fu Yuanhui?

A.Her Sina Weibo. B.Her kindness to the fans.

C.Her attitude to competitions. D.Her winning a gold medal.

4.What does the author mainly want to tell us in this passage?

A.Winning gold medals is important.

B.Changing attitude to athletes is a must.

C.Results are not important in the competition.

D.Peoples’ attitude towards competitive sports is healthier.

    I earned about the zero waste movement in 2010 after reading a book about it in the library. It was eye-opening and encouraged me to remove as much single-use package as possible.

But as I followed the advice，I met many challenges. It turns out that small town Ontario isn't nearly as progressive as San Francisco when it comes to allowing reusable containers in grocery stores.

That’s when I wished I still live in downtown Toronto which would give me access to many health food store that allowed reusable containers. It took a while, but finally I realized that my location give me one key advantage over city’s people. I now live at the center of food production, which means I can go directly to producers to get ingredients that are not only package-free but the freshest and most delicious.

“Zero waste should be thought as more of an ideal than an hard-and-fast rule. It’s so geographically independent on what is in your area, so I think it is about doing your best to make use of the resources you have.” said Celia Ristow, founder of a website. It is refreshing to see that fact accepted by others. It’s true that the best-known zero waste supporters are city’s people, who have access to many stores and restaurants that are willing to work with them.

However, wherever you are, it is impossible to find a places that meets all the ideals criteria. But that doesn’t mean we should stop trying. The food scene in my small town has changed greatly in the past six years and far more reusable choices have been available than before. We have a food co-op that allows for online ordering and home delivering, many locations for dropping off milk bottles, a growing summer farmer’s market and large pick-your own fruit farm.

I tell people and remind myself to remove what you can. Maybe the farmer’s market share are only seasonal, and you have to be perfect, in fact, as the saying goes, “Perfection is the enemy of progress.”

1.What advantage does the author have over city's people?

A.An access to delicious food B.A chance to avoid wasting food

C.A direct access to farmer D.A chance to refusing food containers

2.What does Celia Ristow say about zero waste?

A.It should be viewed as a rule. B.It requires you to start small.

C.It is more widely supported. D.It has geographic limitation.

3.Which of the following is suggested in the text?

A.Making good use of what you have. B.Finding some more zero waste methods.

C.Trying to improve your surroundings. D.Buying supermarket produce once a week.

4.What might be a suitable title for the text?

A.Zero Waste makes no place perfect B.Zero Waste depends on where you live

C.Zero Waste is a hard-and-fast rule D.Zero Waste calls on you to start small

    When Faith Wan jiku graduated from the Technical University of Kenya last year, she immediately enrolled (注册) at the Confucius Institute in Kenyatta University. She wanted to learn Chinese，as she believed that it would help her land a good job.

She has just completed the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK) 3 exam. HSK is a test of Chinese language level for non-native speakers, organized by the Confucius Institute Headquarters.

However，this level isn't enough for Wanjiku，who plans to pass HSK 6. She wanted to increase her level or Chinese and improve her spoken Chinese. And Wanjiku isn’t alone. The number of people taking the HSK reached 6.8 million in 2018 and went up 4.6 percent from a year earlier, the Ministry of Education said on May 31.

Chinese is becoming an increasingly popular choice of language to study around the world. Currently， middle school students in Russia can take Chinese as an elective languages test in the country’s national college entrance exam, Sputnik News reported.

In May，Zambia became the fourth country in Africa- after Kenya, Uganda and South Africa – to introduce Chinese languages to its schools.

Behind the growing popularity of Chinese language leaning is the international community’s positive attitude toward China’s future developments, as well as the peoples longing to learn about Chinese civilization and culture.

Indeed，it’s as the former president of South Africa Nelson Mandela put it，“if you talk to a man in a langrage he understands，that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his in language，that goes to his heart.”

1.What did Wanjiku do after graduating from university?

A.She went abroad. B.She learned chinese.

C.She found a job. D.She traveled to China.

2.HSK is a test for          .

A.non-native speakers B.native speakers

C.middle school students D.college students

3.What does the underlined sentence mean?

A.Wangjiku has lots of friends.

B.Lots of people want to pass HSK 6 exam.

C.Wangjiku has passed HSK 3 exam.

D.Many people want to live in China.

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 have seen amazing things.

My first visit was to a space station considered the most modern in space. Described as an enormous round plate, it spins slowly in space to imitate the pull of the earth’s gravity. Inside was an exhibition of the most up-to-date inventions of the 31st century. A guide showed us around along a moveable path.

Guide: Good morning to all our visitors from 2008. First we’re going to examine one of the latest forms of communication among our space citizens! Messages can now be sent using a “thoughtpad”. You place the metal band over your head, clear your mind, press the sending button, think your message and the next instant it’s sent. It’s stored on the “thoughtpad” of the receiver. It’s quick, efficient and environmentally friendly. The only limitation is if the user does not think his or her message clearly, an unclear message may be sent. But we cannot blame the tools for the faults of the user, can we?

During the explanation I looked at the pair of small objects called “thoughtpad” on a table. They just looked like metal ribbon. So ordinary but so powerful! While I was observing them, the path moved us on.

Guide: And now ladies and gentlemen, we are in the “environment area”. People used to collect waste in dustbins. Then the rubbish was sent to be buried or burned, am I right?（We nodded.）Well, now there’s a system where the waste is disposed of using the principles of ecology. A giant machine, always greedy for more, swallows all the waste available. The rubbish is turned into several grades of useful material, such as “fertilizer” for the fields and “soil” for deserts. Nothing is wasted, and everything, even plastic bags is recycled. A great idea, isn’t it?

I stared at the moving of the waste machine, absorbed by its efficiency. But again we moved on.

Part 1

Our third stop shows the changes that have happened to work practices. Manufacturing no longer takes place on earth but on space stations like this one.

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Part 2

My mind began to wander. What job would I do? My motivation increased as I thought of the wonderful world of the future.

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假定你是李华，你的外国笔友Jack在网上看到了中国学生在疫情期间做家务的照片，发来邮件想了解你的相关情况。请你回复邮件，内容包括：

1.你做的家务；

2.家人的态度；

3.你的感受。

注意：

1.词数80左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3.开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Jack,

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Yours,

Li Hua

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。

Did you grow up in one culture, your parents came from another, and you are now living in a 1. (total) different country? If so, then you are a third-culture kid.

The term ''third-culture kid'' 2. (use) in the 1960s for the first time by Dr. Ruth. She first came across this phenomenon while 3. (research) North American children living in India. In general, third-culture kids benefit from 4. (they) intercultural experience and they often reach excellent academic results.

Yet many 5. (difficulty) may arise from this phenomenon. Third-culture kids may not be able to adapt themselves completely 6. their new surroundings. Also, they often find it hard 7. (develop) new friendships. Additionally, for third-culture kids, it is often 8. (easy) to move to a new country than to return to their homeland. For example, after living in Australia for many years, Louis finally returned to Turkey as a teenager. But she felt out of place when she returned to the country 9. she was born. She didn't know anything about current TV shows 10. fashion trends. And she didn’t share the same values as other teens of her age.

    Inspiration can be a strange thing. You never know when it might hit. And sometimes, it can come from the most _______places.

I recently read about an author named Nnedi Okorafor. When she was in college, she had a serious spine disorder（脊椎病）. Okorafor was told that a simple operation could_________it. But when she woke up from her_________, she found that she couldn’t move her legs and was in great pain.

Okorafor got well later. But before she did, she saw strange things in her hospital room. She imagined her_________as a beast that hunted her from the shadows. But she also_________a woman-a woman who could fly. In fact, this   _______woman inspired her and helped her forget her pain. “I felt myself become_________.” she wrote in her book Broken Places & Outer Spaces: Finding Creativity in the Unexpected.

We never know where we might find the inspiration to create. As a_________, most of my inspiration comes from other people’s music. But I also find_________in other places. Books, movies and__________just moments in everyday life can lead to new creations.

__________, I recently rewatched the film Blade Runner. I’ve seen it plenty times before; it’s one of my favorite movies. But this time, for some reason, I saw it__________. I decided to make that could create the same feeling as the ________. It’s not done yet, but the music I’m working on now is heavily influenced by the movie’s setting and characters.

Anything can  __________us. You just have to be__________to catch inspiration when it hits.

1.A.interesting B.ordinary C.unexpected D.dangerous

2.A.fix B.make C.remove D.control

3.A.dream B.shock C.recovery D.operation

4.A.curiosity B.pain C.anger D.fear

5.A.asked B.met C.imagined D.visited

6.A.confident B.smart C.honest D.magical

7.A.richer B.greater C.busier D.quieter

8.A.director B.dancer C.musician D.writer

9.A.tips B.messages C.examples D.ideas

10.A.even B.again C.not D.only

11.A.In short B.In addition C.For example D.After all

12.A.differently B.perfectly C.vividly D.smoothly

13.A.story B.song C.play D.film

14.A.impress B.inspire C.amuse D.challenge

15.A.free B.thankful C.ready D.careful

    You know that eating healthy, staying active, and solving a few brain games can help keep your memory. But the following lesser-known habits work wonders too.

1. 1.

When we sit with our shoulders bent forward, this defeated position actually causes us to feel anxious or depressed — which makes it harder to think clearly and remember things. Conversely (反过来), straight upright posture apparently improves memory because it boosts blood and oxygen flow to the brain.

2. Exercise — Once

Having trouble remembering faces? 2. In a study, pictures of faces were shown to

older folks after they pedal a stationary (静止的) bike at an intense pace or simply sit on a self-pedaling bike. On average, people remembered the faces better after the intense exercise. What’s more, the memory gains after a single workout were similar to the gains after 3 months of regular exercise.

3. Limit TV

Every parent and grandparent has heard that too much screen time can hurt a child’s

cognitive development. 3. According to a study, people (aged 50 or older) who watched

more than 3.5 hours of TV a day for 6 years experienced a greater drop in verbal memory test scores than those who watched less.

4. Draw aimlessly

A research shows those who drew the words remembered the most when recalling words. That’s because while some parts of the brain about getting memory back become worse as people

grow older, the picture processing regions usually don’t. 4.

5. Walk Backward

5. Walk back! Backward motion — whether real, imagined, or watched — helps people remember the information better than sitting still and, in most cases, better than forward motion. It may be that moving backward in space mentally helps us move back in time to the moment we learned something.

A.Sit Tall.

B.Stand Straight.

C.Start more workouts.

D.Sweat for physical training.

E.Thus sketching can help adults keep their memory sharp.

F.But what about those at the other end of their life span?

G.Next time you’re trying to recall something, don’t just think back.

What Is Social Media?

Not many people ask the question “what is social media?” anymore. Social media has been around for years now, and most of us would probably describe it as any Internet medium that can be used to share information with others, including blogs, forums, applications, games, websites and other stuff.

But let me ask you this: what exactly is so “social” about sitting before a computer setting up a blog and blogging for days without anybody reading it, or scrolling through your Facebook feed of information from 500 friends you barely know? If you ask me, it can be way more anti-social than anything.

Social media is not a “thing”. It’s not just Facebook, WeChat and Weibo It’s more of a frame of mind and a state of being. It’s about how you use it to improve your relationships with other people in real life. However, we tend to rely on technology and social media so much that it can actually tear apart those relationships.

Social media isn’t about numbers. When someone says “social media,” web giants like Facebook, Twitter, WeChat and Weibo instantly pop into our minds, often because they have more updates, more friends, more followers, more links, more photos, more everything. We tend to get distracted by the number game, thinking “volume, volume, volume”. It’s led to a lot of meaningless noise and information overload. As the old saying goes, quality over quantity is usually the way to go. So, social media is not just about lots of people aimlessly pushing around lots of information.

Social media needs to have an “IRL” factor-an Internet slang standing for “In Real Life”. It should affect how a person thinks or acts offline. After all, social media shouldn’t be an end in itself. It was built to enhance your actual social life, in real life. Take for example an event that a person attends because they are invited by the host on Facebook through a Facebook event page. Something like that definitely has the IRL factor. Likewise, a WeChat photo that touches someone so much that they feel the need to bring it up and describe it to someone else during a dinner date also has the IRL factor.

So, is it really considered to be social to spend an hour scrolling through photos on Weibo, with no thoughtful or emotional effect and no interaction with others? In fact, there is no wall between real life and Internet life where true social media exists. Social media is not a specific place on the Internet or just a thing you use to see what other people are doing. It’s all about creating meaningful experiences and relationships wherever you may be.

1.What does the underlined phrase “tear apart” in Paragraph 3 mean in the text?

A.Destroy. B.Change.

C.Continue. D.Strengthen.

2.The writer thinks that social media should be ________.

A.a number of websites where people communicate

B.a set of social tools like Facebook. WeChat and Weibo

C.a collection of online applications where ideas are exchanged

D.a group name for online platforms used to strengthen meaningful relationships

3.According to the author, which of the following cases has an IRL factor?

A.Updating Facebook on a regular basis.

B.Following new friends in real life on Facebook.

C.Visiting a museum with friends after reading a story on Weibo.

D.Reading Twitter to see what other people are doing and thinking about.

4.What is the author’s purpose of writing this article?

A.To explain the importance of social media.

B.To inform the negative effects of social media.

C.To call on readers to use social media to promote real social life.

D.To encourage readers to interact with others in real life more often.

Health advice on hand sanitizers

Antibacterial hand sanitizers（免洗洗手液）are marketed as a good alternative（替代品）when soap and water are not available. Manufacturers say that their sanitizers kill 99.9 percent of germs（细菌）, but research suggests that this not the case.

How do hand sanitizers work?

Most sanitizers are alcohol-based; they work by removing the outer layer of oil on our skin, then the alcohol kills the bacteria.

However, Barbara Almanza, associate professor at Purdue University, notes that hand sanitizers do not significantly reduce the amount of bacteria, and in some cases, can increase it.

So the question arises, how can manufacturers say sanitizers kill 99.9 percent of bacteria?

How can manufacturers make the 99.9 percent claim（声称）?

Manufacturers test their products on bacteria-tainted surfaces. In this controlled environment, hand sanitizers do kill 99.9 percent of bacteria. However, the human hand is a lot more complex and goes through a lot of different changes in a day compared to a controlled surface.

These tests allow manufactures to obtain consistent results. But , in reality, how effective are hand sanitizers in killing bacteria in everyday life?

Hand sanitizer VS hand soap and water

Almanza says that soap and water are the best way to clean your hands. Hand sanitizer cannot and should not be a direct replacement.

However, they are a useful alternative. To effectively kill bacteria, studies recommend that people use sanitizers that are at least 60 percent alcohol. Also, sanitizers won’t work if you have dirty hands, so wipe them with a tissue or napkin before sanitizing.

What about antibacterial soaps?

Research has shown that regular soap is just as effective as antibacterial soap in reducing bacteria-related illnesses.

In fact, some consumer antibacterial soap may increase some bacteria’s resistance to antibiotics（抗生素）, making them more dangerous.

Other studies show that overly clean environments will negatively affect children by preventing their immune（免疫的）system development. Children need to fight off common germs to develop their immune systems.

1.What do we know about antibacterial hand sanitizers?

A.Most work similarly to hand soap.

B.Most use alcohol to kill the bacteria.

C.Most can’t remove oil on our skin.

D.Most bring more bacteria to people.

2.What problem does the research find about the manufacturers’ claim?

A.Their conclusion isn’t drawn from real-life environments.

B.Manufacturers don’t test their products before selling them.

C.Their products don’t kill the bacteria people usually have.

D.Manufacturers don’t tell the public how they get their conclusion.

3.Which is the first choice to clean your hands, according to Almanza?

A.Wet tissue.

B.Hand sanitizer.

C.Hand soap and water.

D.60 percent alcohol and water.

4.What does the text tell us about antibacterial soaps?

A.Some contain dangerous antibiotics.

B.They kill more bacteria than regular soaps.

C.They might be harmful for children’s development.

D.Some are proved to increase the amount of bacteria.

    Retired judge Davison hated all the quiet. Evy, his wife of 66 ears, had passed away, and he was lonely and sad in the months after her death. But he knew how to beat those feelings; he decided to build a pool.

Davison contacted a family-run company in Hopkins, Minnesota, that had built a pool for his previous house 40 years ago. “They did such a great job before and were still in business, so they came out and planned it,” Davison said.

Kevin, who works on new pools for the company, helped Davison with everything, from initial planning and completing contracts back in March to teaching him how to filter the water once the pool was finish in July.

“If You build it, they will come,” he thought. He invited all the neighborhood kids over to swim. Now it’s not so quiet anymore.

He hears the sounds of laughter and splashing as he sits on a chair in the shade, watching happy children play in his backyard.

“I knew they’d come.” 94-yvear-old Davison told KARE-TV.

Neighbor Jessica thought the judge was joking when he talked about putting in a pool until she saw the work starting. Now she and her four kids have been regulars since the pool was finished in July.

“It’s him spreading joy throughout our neighborhood for these kids.” Jessica said.

Davison’s pool includes a diving board and reaches nine feet in the deep end under the board. It’s especially welcome in a town that doesn’t have a public outdoor pool.

Although Davison has three adult children, he doesn’t have any grandchildren.

Jessica says she’s told him, “You kind of adopted our whole neighborhood of kids. These are your grandkids.”

The judge’s rules require that a parent or grandparent stay while the children are swimming. Once the kids leave. he likes to swim, too.

Davison tells KARE-TV that he realizes that putting in the pool didn’t make a lot of financial (经济的) sense for an old man. But that didn’t matter to him.

“I’m not sitting by myself looking at the walls.” he says. “What else would you think of doing where you could have a whole bunch of kids over every afternoon?” The 94-year-old judge now hears laughter all day as he watches children splash in his backyard pool.

1.Why did Davison build a swimming pool?

A.To remember his dead wife. B.To earn some money for a living.

C.To fight against his loneliness. D.To please the kids in the neighborhood.

2.What does the underlined word “they” in Paragraph 4 refer to?

A.The neighborhood children. B.His three adult children.

C.Reporters from KARE-TV. D.The workers who built the pool.

3.What rules do children have to follow while swimming in the judge’s pool?

A.They shall wear life jackets. B.They shall be in company with the adults.

C.They shall receive some training. D.They shall get their parents’ permission.

4.What can we learn from the story?

A.Action speaks louder than words.

B.True success comes from spiritual riches.

C.The value of life lies in respect and love.

D.One’s search for happiness brings others great joy.

Home Laundry Automatic Dryer Product

Full Two Year Warranty（保修）

Limited Five Year Warranty on Cabinet（机箱）

Warranty Provides for：

FIRST TWO YEARS Amana will repair or replace any faulty part free of charge.

THIRD THRU FIFTH YEARS Amana will provide a free replacement part for any cabinet which proves faulty due to rust（生锈）.

Warranty Limitations：

• Warranty begins at date of original purchase.

• Applies only to product used within the United States or in Canada if product is approved by Canadian Standards Association when shipped from factory.

• Products used on a commercial or rental basis not covered by this warranty.

• Service must be performed by an Amana servicer.

• Adjustments covered during first year only.

Warranty Does Not Cover It If：

• Product has damage due to product change，connection to an improper electrical supply> shipping and handling, accident, fire, floods, lightning or other conditions beyond the control of Amana.

• Product is improperly installed（安装）or applied.

Owner’s Responsibilities：

• Provide sales receipt.

• Normal care and repair.

• Having the product reasonably accessible for service.

• Pay for service calls related to product installation or usage instructions.

• Pay for extra service costs, over normal service charges, if servicer is requested to perform service outside servicer^ normal business hours.

* In no event shall Amana be responsible for consequential damages（间接损坏）.

* This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may have others which vary from state to state For example, some states do not allow the exclusion（排除）or limitation of consequential damages, so this exclusion may not apply to you.

1.According to Warranty Limitations, a product can be under warranty if      .

A.used in the U.S. A. B.rented for home use

C.repaired by the user himself D.shipped from a Canadian factory

2.According to Owner’s Responsibilities, an owner has to pay for        .

A.the product installation B.a servicer’s overtime work

C.the loss of the sales receipt D.a mechanic’s transportation

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

A.Consequential damages are excluded across America.

B.A product damaged in a natural disaster is covered by the warranty.

C.A faulty cabinet due to rust can be replaced free in the second year.

D.Free repair is available for a product used improperly in the first year.

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。

Last year at Christmas time, my wife, three children and I were on our way from Paris to Nice. Somehow everything went wrong. Our hotels were “tourist traps” and our rented car broke down. On Christmas Eve, when we checked into a dirty hotel in Nice, there was no Christmas spirit in our hearts.

It was raining and cold when we went cut to eat. We found a small restaurant poorly decorated for the holiday. Only five tables in the restaurant were taken. There were two German couples, two French families, and an American sailor, by himself. They were eating in stony silence except the sailor. He was writing a letter, and a half-smile lighted his face. In the comer a piano player was listlessly (无精打采地) playing Christmas music.

All of us were interrupted by an old French flower woman through the front door. She had a worn overcoat and her old shoes were wet. Carrying her basket of flowers, she went from one table to another. No one bought any. Exhausted and frustrated, she sat down at a table.

The sailor finished his meal and got up to leave. Putting on his coat, he walked over to the flower woman’s table.

“Merry Christmas,” he said, smiling and picking out a handful of flowers. “How much are they?”

“Two francs, sir.”

The sailor put a twenty franc note in the woman’s hand.

“I don’t have change, sir,” she said. “I’ll get some from the waiter.”

“No, ma’am,” said the sailor, leaning over and kissing the ancient cheek. “This is my Christmas present for you.”

注意：1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；

2. 至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；

3. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；

4. 续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。

Paragraph 1:

  Then the sailor headed for our table with the flowers in his hand.

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Paragraph 2:

The piano player came alive and pleasant music filled the whole room. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

假定你是李华，你家楼下住着一位新搬来的英国人James, 他在你家信箱里留了一封信，抱怨你家维修厨房时产生的噪音。请给他写一封回信，内容主要包括：

1. 表达歉意；

2. 解释原因：父母白天上班，只能晚上维修(refit/do repairs)；不专业，耗时长；……

3. 说明措施：请工人周末白天维修。

注意： 1. 词数 80 左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

Dear James,

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours faithfully,

Li Hua

根据句意补全句子。

1.The company has changed some of its working practices in response ______ complaints from the customers.

2.__________ no account should you go to bed with the gas on.

3.Time __________( permit), I will go shopping with you next Monday.

4.You can rely on _________ that they will finish their work ahead of time.

5.With the government’s aid, those ________ (affect) by the earthquake have moved for the new settlements.

6.He is such a man who is always finding fault ____ other people.

7.Along with the letter was his promise ____ he would visit me next month.

8.You ________ return my umbrella now. You can keep it till next week if you like.

9.________( appreciate) by others is something that always makes people happy.

10.I can’t have you _________ (speak) to your mother in a rude manner.

根据所给的首字母或中文提示补全下列句子，并在答题卷上写上完整的单词。

1.The headmaster demanded that you should a _______ to her for your rudeness.

2.No one knows when such a custom first came into e _______.

3.When in doubt about the meaning of a word, c______ a dictionary.

4.It is o ______ that he knew nothing about repairing cars.

5.He t_____ her into marrying him by pretending that he was rich.

6.My neighbor is as e______ as a young man and dislikes sitting around doing nothing all day.

7.The novel is too long and I only completed half of it. I have run out of ________(耐心).

8.Shelley would rather read a book at home than ______(漫步) in the street.

9.Success in life doesn’t happen by a _____. It’s the result of devoting your time to what you have set out to do.

10.A CD was a___________ to the front of the magazine to encourage people to buy it.