假定你是李华，大学刚毕业。你看见某公司在China Daily上刊登了一则广告，招聘英文秘书一名，要求如下。请你根据其要求，写一封求职信。

1. 20~25周岁，身体健康，身高1.75米以上；

2.本科以上学历，有工作经验者优先；

3.具备扎实的英语基础，擅长写作。

注意: 1.词数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear sir,

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

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

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下画一横线，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。

To get teenagers better involved in creating an environmental friendly society, an activity was called “I Make a Contribution to Environmental Protection” will be organized at the City Square this Sunday. It will start at 9:00 in the morning or end at 5:00 in the afternoon. Volunteers were expected to gather at the school gate at 8:30 am. Then we will walk together to a square to pick up litter. We will also give instructions to passer-by on how to help protect the environment by start in their own backyard.

Those interesting in participating, please sign up at the Student Council office before this Thursday. Please inform Li Hua, the activity director, any suggestions you have about the activity.

We are looking forward to you early participation.

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。

Turning Deserts to Oases

Miracles are occurring in northwest China where stretches of deserts are turning green with thriving trees and luxurious grass. Decades of efforts have resulted 1. victory in the battle against desertification and China has not only achieved the UN sustainable development goal of zero net land degradation by 2030 well ahead of schedule, but also reversed（逆转）the trend of desertification and sandification.

The eco warriors have come up with a series of 2. （success） practices to end desertification, like the farmers’ group in Minqin, 3. county in Gansu Province, northwest China. Their success in fighting the approach of the desert offers important experience for desertification prevention and treatment. It is also the Chinese 4. （wise） for global ecological management.

China has the largest desert area in the world, with the largest number of people 5. （expose） to deserts and sandstorms. It is home to eight major deserts and four major sandy lands, which cover one 6. （five） of its territory. The western and northwestern parts are 7.（serious） affected by desertification.

Since the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949，the goverment 8. （give） priority to the prevention and control of deserts, 9. is listed as one of the strategic missions of the nation.

Major ecological projects have been carried out to green the country. The Great Green Wall also known as the Three-North Shelter Forest Program, is the biggest tree-planting project in the world, 10. （create） a green barrier to keep the encroaching desert in the north at bay.

    Do you remember the last time you spoke to your mother and expressed how much you love her? If you do, when? I am ______ if it was only me but we that tend to have the habit of avoiding ______ how important our parents are to us.

I am not ______ to expressing how much I love my parents. It is not because I am ______ about tilling it, but because I don’t feel like saying it.

But that ______ the moment I learned that my mother had been ______ with stage 3 breast cancer in November 2016. We followed all her ______ advice. For two years, she continued to fight against the big C, going through the ______ of chemotherapy（化疗）and all.

People around did everything they could to help her—______ and mentally. Her co-church goers, uplifting her spiritually whenever she felt like ______, became more than a family to us. All through her journey, I’ve ______ how these people became a part of her. I couldn’t be too______ for their generosity.

However, after nearly two years of ______, that day finally arrived on March 25, 2018.

It wasn’t easy to ______. It wasn’t easy not to ______ what she had done for me and my siblings. I know it isn’t too late to ______ all the things a mother had done to their children. However, only when they aren’t around us can you notice it ______.

This is one of the things we tend to ______—to appreciate whatever our parents do to us. I know it isn’t late for those whose ______ are still around them. Let them know how much you appreciate all their ______. All they have done in your life is just to make sure you are in good condition.

1.A.unsure B.certain C.aware D.skeptical

2.A.pretending B.admitting C.expressing D.approving

3.A.devoted B.delighted C.ashamed D.accustomed

4.A.awkward B.shy C.annoyed D.indifferent

5.A.changed B.stopped C.continued D.disappeared

6.A.diagnosed B.sentenced C.faced D.concerned

7.A.friends’ B.physicians’ C.neighbors’ D.family’s

8.A.danger B.sorrow C.process D.trial

9.A.officially B.practically C.occasionally D.financially

10.A.holding on B.picking up C.taking off D.giving up

11.A.suspected B.experienced C.witnessed D.wondered

12.A.careful B.regretful C.grateful D.thoughtful

13.A.appreciating B.battling C.observing D.challenging

14.A.understand B.admit C.forget D.accept

15.A.notice B.hear C.say D.know

16.A.admire B.appreciate C.enjoy D.value

17.A.more B.often C.seldom D.less

18.A.forgive B.treasure C.remember D.forget

19.A.children B.parents C.colleagues D.siblings

20.A.preference B.expense C.efforts D.achievements

    Many people take entry-level jobs in a company for experience and to get their foot in the door. 1. For those who want to get a promotion in the company, the following may be helpful.

Get a Mentor.

A mentor can help you learn how to approach a career, learn the company, and find position openings. 2. They can help to get through the challenges to show that you are a valued employee. Mentors may make a great reference if a person is going for a promotion.

Cautiously Self Promote.

No one likes people who do nothing but boast of their accomplishments and greatness. A person can offer to type up meeting notes and related information and send it out to others in the company. When sending the email there should be the email signature with name and title. 3.

4.

If a person makes a mistake, he should own up to it. This will show that the employee is trustworthy. Everyone makes mistakes sometimes but how a person handles it affects their position in the company. If they handle it correctly, it will show they can take responsibility.

Solve Problems.

Whether you work in a small office, or a big one, space problem solving is essential. Doing so at work can show you’re ready for bigger roles. You also need to consider how complicated projects are handled and look for solutions to make the process easier.

5. If a person shows that they are responsible, can complete the workload, and can work as a team player, they can move up in the company and advance their career.

A.Take Responsibility.

B.Ask for Additional Responsibilities.

C.The more your name is known, the better.

D.They can give tips to do the work efficiently.

E.To get better positions, people need to show they are willing to work.

F.These are ways by which a person can move up ahead in a company.

G.The jobs may be below their level but they offer steady paycheck and advancement.

    When fisheries biologist James Drymon noticed feathers in the vomit of a tiger shark, he first assumed they belonged to some unfortunate seabird: a gull, perhaps, or a pelican. But when he and his team genetically sequenced the feathers, the results surprised them: the feathers came from a land-based songbird called a brown thrasher. So what was it doing in a tiger shark’s stomach in the Gulf of Mexico?

Drymon, a researcher at Mississippi State University’s Coastal Research and Extension Center, and his colleagues sorted songbird from a tiger shark’s stomach through the stomach contents of 105 juvenile tiger sharks between 2010 and 2018. Nearly 40 percent had recently feasted on birds that come from dry land. In all, the scientists counted 11 terrestrial bird species showing up on the sharks’ menu. The results were published online in May in Ecology. Researchers have known since the 1960 s that sharks sometimes eat songbirds. “But what was interesting to us was the prevalence of the behavior,” Drymon says, “This is something that happens every year in a high number of sharks.”

Every fall and spring, songbirds undertake dramatic migrations across the Gulf of Mexico. If bad weather comes along, they can be forced to land on the water—which is effectively a death sentence. “The estimate for the number of migrants that die because of storm-related events is in the billions,” Drymon says. He suspects that sharks have long taken advantage of this twice-yearly nutritional bounty raining down from the skies, but scientists have only recently had the genetic tools to confirm this by identifying partially digested feathers.

“The results stressed how interconnected marine and terrestrial ecosystems can be,” says University of Miami marine ecologist Neil Hammerschlag, who was not involved in the study, “It shows how opportunistic these sharks are.”

1.How did James Drymon and his colleagues identify the feathers?

A.By making comparison. B.By checking their DNA.

C.By observing them closely. D.By analyzing previous data.

2.What do we know about tiger sharks?

A.They dislike terrible weather. B.Most of them feed on land birds.

C.They actively catch songbirds for food. D.They are good at making use of opportunities.

3.According to the passage, what do songbirds fear most when they migrate?

A.Sharks in the sea. B.Other larger birds.

C.The stormy weather. D.The long distance.

4.What is the text mainly about?

A.Tiger sharks’ eating habit. B.Researchers’ identification of feathers.

C.Land birds’ suffering a lot when migrating. D.Land birds’ being on the menu of tiger sharks.

    What do you do when you need to look something up? Go to the library? Open an encyclopaedia? Click onto the internet? These days, most people go straight to Wikipedia, the online encyclopaedia. But how reliable is it?

There’s no denying the popularity and usefulness of Wikipedia. It attracts a massive 78 million visitors every month, and the site is available in more than 270 different languages. It’s one of the most comprehensive resources available, and it’s got much more information than an ordinary encyclopaedia. The site is updated on a daily basis by thousands of people around the world. Anyone with an internet connection can log on and edit the contents or add a new page. And you don’t need any formal training.

Of course, there are some controls. Wikipedia has a team of more than 1,500 administrators who check for false information. But with more than 16 million articles to keep an eye on, it isn’t easy. So, while Wikipedia benefits from being constantly updated with information from all over the world, it’s also open to “destroyers”.

Some of the damage is easy to notice. One prankster(搞恶作剧者) drew devil horns and a moustache on Microsoft chairman Bill Gates’ photo, while another edited Greek philosopher Plato’s biography to say he was a “Hawaiian weather man who is widely believed to have been a student of ‘Barney the Purple Dinosaur’ and to have been deeply influenced by his dog, Cutie.”

But other things are harder to spot. The most common form of vandalism involves adding tiny items of false information into the biography of a famous person. Incredibly, some of this misinformation has appeared in newspapers, with The Daily Mail, The Guardian and The Independent all having fallen victim to the pranks. For example, it was reported that TV theme tune composer Ronnie Hazlehurst had written the S Club 7 hit “Reach”. Of course, not true.

So, if you’re going to use any information from Wikipedia, make sure you double-check it first.

1.According to Paragraph 2, what is right about Wikipedia?

A.It is the most useful look-up tool.

B.Only professionals can edit its contents.

C.New information is added to it every day.

D.You can find information in any language on it.

2.Why does the author mention Bill Gate’s photo in Paragraph 4?

A.To prove Wikipedia is unreliable.

B.To tell us what Bill Gate looks like.

C.To accuse someone of misbehavior.

D.To give an example of people’s pranks.

3.What does the underlined word “vandalism” probably mean in Paragraph 5?

A.Damage. B.Recovery.

C.Repair. D.Protection.

4.What is the author’s attitude toward the information from Wikipedia?

A.Favorable. B.Cautious.

C.Ambiguous. D.Disapproving.

    I took a job as a receptionist for a vet almost five decades ago. As a keen animal lover, I accepted the position on the condition that I wouldn’t have to assist with any wounded animals. I couldn’t bear to see any creature in pain.

At the end of my first week, we were closing the office for the day when a young man ran up to us holding a severely injured Doberman puppy in his arms and begging us to save his life. The four- month-old pup had been hit by a car.

The doctor and I ran back into the operating room. The only place the skin was still attached to this poor little animal’s body was around one shoulder. The vet worked tirelessly for what seemed like hours, stitching him back together again. That was the easy part. The puppy had broken multiple bones, including his spine(脊椎). If he survived the next few days, we were quite sure he would never walk again.

That day forever changed my life. The vet mentored me, and I became his assistant in all things medical. One of my first jobs was to give that Doberman puppy daily physical therapy. I remember moving his tiny legs to try to keep his muscles from withering.

Weeks went by until one day, I felt this little fighter push back ever so slightly. And he continued to push back till he could finally use his legs.

Fas-forward about a year, I walked into the clinic’s crowded waiting room and called the name of the next client. Suddenly, a huge Doberman who had been standing quietly with his owner on the opposite side of the room broke loose and rushed toward me. I found myself pinned against the wall with this magnificent dog standing on his hind legs, his front paws on my shoulders, washing my face with abundant and joyful kisses!

I am still amazed at the display of love and gratitude the dog had for me that day all those years ago. I went on to be a vet tech for 14 years, and since retirement, I’ve volunteered at a no-kill animal shelter.

1.Why was the author unwilling to assist the vet with injured animals at first?

A.She didn’t like animals at all. B.She couldn’t stand working with the vet.

C.She had no experience of tending animals. D.She would feel sad seeing animals injured.

2.After the operation, the author thought the puppy___________.

A.would not survive B.would lose the ability to walk

C.would recover soon D.would suffer great pain

3.Which of the following best describes the author?

A.Humorous. B.Caring.

C.Ambitious. D.Demanding.

4.What’s the best title for the text?

A.A dog’s gratitude. B.An experience in clinic.

C.I, an animal lover. D.An incredible miracle.

Receptionist / Clerical(文职人员的) Assistant / Part Time

Overview

Covenant Care was founded in 1994 by healthcare industry professionals who wanted to create a company that would exceed customer expectations through quality care. Through modest and focused growth, our“Family" has grown to include over 8,000 healthcare professionals in over 55 healthcare and rehabilitation centers. We care for over 4,000 residents and patients in our facilities.

Key Job Function

●Provide timely, friendly, accurate and helpful telephone support.

●Provide information and accurately answer resident and patient, family, employee and visitor inquiries.

●Handle volume of calls and visitors, and distribute messages accordingly.

●Timely and accurately maintain all assigned data bases and list, including residents, emergency telephone numbers, clergy, on call personnel, etc.

Minimum Requirements

●Must possess at a minimum a High School diploma or equivalent.

●Must have at least 2 years’ experience in a clerical position or successfully completed a secretarial science program from an accredited school / college.

●Must meet the general health requirements set forth by the policies of the facility or department which may include a medical and physical examination.

To learn more about Covenant Care and our recent successes, please click on the following link to view our Quality Report.

1.What do a Clerical Assistant’s duties include?

A.Visiting every resident. B.Caring for patients.

C.Dealing with telephone calls. D.Asking visitors questions.

2.Which of the following applicants is likely to be employed?

A.A person suffering poor health. B.A person with no work experience.

C.A person who just graduated from high school. D.A person who received training in secretarial work.

3.Where is this passage most likely from?

A.A web page. B.A magazine.

C.A guidebook. D.A textbook.

假如你是李华，将向你的外国朋友Tom介绍你所在城市的休闲广场的情况。要点包括：

1. 积极作用；

2. 利用情况；

3. 展望。

注意：1. 词数100字左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3. 开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。

参考词汇：休闲广场leisure square

Dear Tom,

How is everything going!

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

All the best!

Yours,

Li Hua

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

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

I bought a book Sister Carrie in your online bookshop for its convenient and good service. I am very glad to receive it yesterday. Therefore, when I opened the package, I was sorry to find something wrong for it.

Firstly, the cover of the novel is breaking and there are some dirty spots on it due to the poor packaging. In an addition, some pages are missing, that makes it impossible to read.

I would like you change it for a new one and post it to me as soon as possible. Please do check the book and being careful with the packaging beforehand this time. I hope you can live up to the expectation of my customer.

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。

As the first domestic soy sauce (酱油) factory in Cuba has 1. (begin) to produce Chinese-style soy sauce, the history of such products being imported by the island may soon come to an end.

The factory is part of a project 2. (support) by the Chinese Association Min Chih Tang in the 3. (center) province of Ciego de Avila, located some 400 km east of the Cuban capital Havana.

The project is headed by Mey Ru Chen, 4. 34-year-old Chinese woman 5. came to Cuba in 2006 to study tourism. “This is another way to promote Chinese culture. It is 6. (actual) a project whose outcome will highly benefit Cuba, as all soy sauce consumed on the island 7. (import) mainly from Europe. It will help the country reduce imports,” she said.

Her 8. (product) are well accepted by locals, Chen said. “Cubans love soy sauce or ‘Chinese sauce’ as they also call it here. It is used to dress a wide variety of dishes; that is why it is so popular 9. the people of Ciego de Avila.”

“We 10. (receive) high quality training in China two years ago. Our main interest at the moment is to diversify our production in the factory and to continue to foster our traditions,” Morgado, Chen’s husband, said.

    When I was younger, I was accustomed to obeying orders. Go to school. Go to play basketball. _________ the parents. One of the most _________ commands was: Be quiet.

So, I learned to stay quiet—about problems, desires and feelings. I developed a rich _________ world and my thoughts were to be _________ mostly to myself.

On the _________ side, that made me more _________. But it also caused that I didn’t experience what I wanted, as the wants and the communication both got stopped by a blanket of _________.

It was a long time before I knew it was okay to _________ about needs, desires, and feelings. As I got older, I found people _________ me to open up and share more. That was difficult to do though. I wasn’t ____________ it. When people wanted to know more about me, ____________ felt like they were shining a burning spotlight into my ____________. But this left me ____________ inside my own thought. I couldn’t talk about what I felt, needed, and wanted, no one could help me make ____________. Even if people offered ____________, it was misguided because they didn’t really know what I wanted. They had to ____________, but their guesses were wrong.

However, in order to seek for personal ____________, I read lots of books and listened to many audio programs. I liked it when other people ____________ their stories, goals, ambitions, mistakes, and feelings. Every now and then, I’d come across something that struck me as really ____________ and authentic. And I gradually found I really need to ____________ my quiet and safe area now.

1.A.Obey B.Refuse C.Reward D.Thank

2.A.strange B.practical C.common D.incredible

3.A.outer B.inner C.upper D.physical

4.A.sent B.carried C.kept D.introduced

5.A.negative B.curious C.particular D.positive

6.A.self-respected B.self-dependent C.self-released D.self-evident

7.A.silence B.blame C.surprise D.noise

8.A.communicate B.hear C.argue D.complain

9.A.training B.inviting C.encouraging D.forbidding

10.A.related to B.devoted to C.aware of D.used to

11.A.both B.one C.it D.each

12.A.body B.soul C.room D.house

13.A.stuck B.happy C.free D.moved

14.A.profits B.mistakes C.improvements D.promises

15.A.support B.money C.meals D.courses

16.A.forget B.guess C.doubt D.declare

17.A.statement B.right C.space D.development

18.A.wrote B.reported C.shared D.created

19.A.horrible B.honest C.amusing D.amazing

20.A.walk around B.build up C.stay inside D.step out of

How to Become a More Effective Learner

In order to be an effective learner, we must be able to do certain things first. Time organization, power of will, and recollection are just some of the factors that influence how good of a learner we are. It will take some practice and effort to become the best learner of them all.

1. One of the ways that would make you more efficient is to never stop learning. What does this mean? If you are learning a new language, you should practice using it every day. This way, you will never forget a word or have problems with fluency, for example. Moreover, your proficiency would increase. 2.

Experiment with the learning techniques. In order to find out what is the best technique for you, you should experiment and try to learn in several different ways. 3. Then, you should try retelling it to a friend, or maybe even writing it down. The point is to involve as many parts of your brain as possible.

4. Lastly, once you have finished learning, you should test your knowledge out. This is the best way to be sure you have actually comprehended the things you have learned. Some of the testing options include transferring your knowledge to another person, as in being a teacher.

All in all, becoming a better learner will take time. 5. You should go at its full speed and focus your mind on the knowledge you will get by the end of the learning process.

A.Test your knowledge.

B.Achieve your knowledge.

C.Whatever you do, do not stop learning.

D.First, you could read and repeat the material.

E.First, you could experiment it in a different way.

F.Moreover, it will take a lot of effort and practice.

G.In addition to languages, this can be applied for every other thing you might be learning.

    Dr. Sylvia Earle wants you to stop eating fish. It’s not because fish are endangered, though wild fish stocks in many oceans are very low. It’s not because they’re bad for you, though fish in many areas are exposed to poisonous substances in the water. It’s because they’re smart.

“Fish are sensitive, and they have personalities,” says the marine (海洋) biologist. For Earle, eating a fish would be like eating a dog or a cat. “Personally, I would never eat anyone I know.”

There’s a lot more about fish: they talk to each other, they like to be touched, and they engage in behavior that can seem very human. They can remember things and learn from experience. Earle and a growing number of animal rights activists see these as strong arguments against eating fish altogether.

The activists also point out that fish feel pain and fish suffer horribly on their way from the sea to the supermarket. “While it may seem obvious that fish are able to feel pain, like every other animal, some people think of fish as swimming vegetables,” says Dr. Lynne Sneddon. “Really, ifs kind of a moral question. Is the enjoyment you get from fishing or eating fish more important than the pain of the fish?”

Fishermen and fish lovers are doubtful. “I’ve never seen a smart fish,” says Marie Swaringen as she finishes off a plate of fish at a Seattle seafood restaurant. “If they were very smart, they wouldn’t get caught.”

“For years, everyone’s been telling us to eat fish because it’s so good for us,” says another diner. “Now I’ve got to feel guilty while I’m eating my fish? What are they going to think of next? Don’t eat salad because cucumbers have feelings?”

1.What does Dr. Sylvia think of fish?

A.Clever. B.Endangered.

C.Poisonous. D.Low.

2.Who doubts about fish being smart?

A.Dr. Sylvia. B.Marie Swaringen.

C.Dr. Lynne Sneddon. D.Earle.

3.What could be the best title of the text?

A.Is Fish Feeling Painful? B.Dr. Sylvia Earle and Fish

C.A Fish’s Adventure D.Eat Fish or Not?

    Having hundreds of friends on Facebook is no substitute for a handful of close friends in real life, a study has found. Researchers discovered that people with only a few friends were at least as happy as those with far more if many of theirs were online. The number of “peripheral others” someone connected with online — former classmates and coworkers, for example — had no bearing on how satisfied they felt.

Social media, the researchers said, has encouraged younger people to have larger but more impersonal networks of “friends”. But instead of trying to amass friends, they added, a better cure for loneliness might be spending time with those you’re closest to.

Scientists from the University of Leeds did their study using data from two online surveys conducted on 1,496 people by a non-profit research organization. People taking part in the study offered their ages, the make-up of their social networks, how often they had different types of social interactions, and their own feelings of happiness. They included details of how often and how they interacted with family or neighbors, and whether they included people who provided services to them in their networks. The number of close friends someone had appeared to be the only thing which influenced how satisfied they were with their social life.

“Loneliness has less to do with the number of friends you have, and more to do with how you feel about your friends,” said Dr Wändi Bruine de Bruin. “It’s often the younger adults who admit to having negative opinions of their friends. Loneliness occurs in people of all ages. If you feel lonely, it may be more helpful to make a positive connection with a friend than to try and seek out new people to meet.”

1.What does the underlined word “amass friends” probably mean?

A.Make more friends. B.Help their friends.

C.Meet their friends. D.Recognize their friends.

2.What does Para.3 mainly talk about?

A.Introducing research ways. B.Social interaction.

C.Feelings of happiness. D.Carrying out the study.

3.What makes people happy in social life?

A.Having good appearance. B.Living alone.

C.Having close friends D.Making as many friends.

4.What does Dr Wändi Bruine de Bruin talk about?

A.The quantity of friends. B.Loneliness.

C.Negative opinions. D.Friendship.

    “I want to mention an example,” Guo said. “How should a director choose a film project among 100 film scripts? A good story is an important criterion, under which 95 film scripts may be less than adequate. Eventually we have five good stories to enter our final considerations. In this case, an additional criterion should be considered if the story gives strong messages about our Chinese culture. If so, we may undertake it. But if not, why should we bother to make a film that filmmakers from other nations can also produce?”

Smash hit The Wandering Earth is based on works by Liu Cixin, who has tried to create an obviously Chinese style of science fiction. Also, critics owe the film’s domestic success to its unique cultural context because it tells a story Chinese people are quite familiar with. For instance, the Chinese people in the film wanted to help make the Earth move as it was coming to a stop. Some critics have pointed out that this plot point is linked with Chinese farming culture.

Regarded as a science fiction director, Guo continued to say that a style of Chinese sci-fi film hasn’t been set up yet. He believes that China is not ready to make ‘soft’ sci-fi films, which put more focus on characters, culture and sociology.

“There’s a logical order in it. We may find there are both lots of soft and hard science fiction films in Hollywood. But the hard sci-fi movie, a category characterized by focusing on scientific accuracy and logic, came first to serve as a foundation,” Guo said. “Hollywood filmmakers spent decades making hard sci-fi movies, which paved the way for the growth of soft sci-fi films afterwards. China is still young in making sci-fi films.”

There’s a whole new world in sci-fi film. Moviegoers will first have to believe in such a world before getting interested in it. “So, gaining their trust is important, otherwise they wouldn’t be interested in the characters as well as their emotions in the films,’’ Guo Fan said.

1.What attracts a film director’s attention?

A.A. good actor. B.A. good story.

C.An important criterion. D.An adequate film.

2.What’s The Wandering Earth based on?

A.A true story. B.An author’s works.

C.A Chinese style. D.A. successful man.

3.Why is The Wandering Earth a success?

A.It tells a story about Chinese culture. B.It made many actors famous.

C.It aroused a widespread discussion. D.It makes the earth move again.

4.What can we know from the passage?

A.Hard sci-fi films mainly focus on characters. B.The Wandering Earth was made in Hollywood.

C.China has a long way to go in Sci-fi films. D.The soft sci-fi films mainly center on logic.

    Last semester in my final year of high school, I had a kind teacher whom I can never forget. I was not the best student when it came to writing tests. I had to work extra hard to get good marks, although I enjoyed learning. Anyway, this class that I truly enjoyed still had me struggling to do well on my tests. My teacher willingly helped me and was always willing to answer my questions, and I greatly appreciated it. He was a remarkable teacher, always reaching out to students and helping them achieve their greatest potential.

I remember the day of writing my final exam, I was the last one still writing in the exam room as always, reviewing my exam paper, while everyone else had already finished and left the room. After turning in my exam-paper, I started to leave the classroom, but decided to turn around and say what I had meant to say.

What I did right then was that I sincerely thanked my teacher for everything. What I said to him lastly meant a lot more to him than I thought it would —“I really enjoyed this class.” I did not think much about it. I was just being honest with him, but the look on his face was remarkable. He seemed really touched and appreciated my simple comment, just knowing that one of his students had truly enjoyed his class. That is what I call a simple, yet very meaningful act of kindness to brighten a teacher’s day, because they work so hard for us and truly inspire us to learn.

It is what we say and do to show concern to others that can make somebody else’s day extra special. I believe that a simple praise can mean a lot more than one can think.

1.What can we know from the first paragraph?

A.The author was good at learning.

B.The author didn’t do well in writing.

C.The classes had me struggling.

D.The teacher answered all my questions.

2.Why is the author thankful to his teacher?

A.He taught him how to learn.

B.He let him pass the tests.

C.He helped arouse his potential.

D.He listened to him patiently.

3.Which words can describe the teacher?

A.Honest and kind. B.Kind and outstanding.

C.Special and patient. D.Skillful and clever.

4.What does the passage mainly talk about?

A.A teacher is always helping his students.

B.We should be honest with others.

C.We should appreciate others’ help.

D.A simple comment matters a lot to others.

假定你是李华，是校乒乓球社团负责人。你校英国交换生Peter打算学习乒乓球，来信询问你们社团暑期的乒乓球公益培训项目情况。请给他回信，内容包括：

1.培训时间和地点；

2.培训内容，如接(receive)发(serve)球，对抗训练等；

3.报名方式。

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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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（八），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。

There was a lively discussion held in my class last Friday. It was main about protecting the fine Chinese culture. Some suggested raising people's aware of preserving our culture and making people fall in love with them. For example, we could conduct creative activity like discovery tours and culture shows to help people have better understanding of our culture. Others think some courses should be offered in schools, which goal was to help students learn more about our customs, ways of life and so on. And in my view, what was mattered was that everyone should feel proud in our own culture. Also, we should attempt to passing our fine culture down from generation to generation.

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。

Hidden beneath the ocean waters and often1.(call) the " rainforests of the sea", coral reefs(珊瑚礁)are some of the most diverse ecosystems on Earth, with perhaps one-quarter of all ocean species relying on reefs for 2. (survive).  Being home to countless sea3.(creature), coral reefs are important ecosystems for coastal people, too. It is estimated4. coral reefs contribute billions of dollars to world economies annually, 5.  (provide) food, protection of shorelines, and jobs.

Unfortunately, coral species are being 6. (severe) threatened, many of which7.(destroy) by pollution, overfishing practices, and other impacts over the past centuries. Climate change, which results in rising ocean temperatures and ocean acidification(酸化)，8. (be) the most pressing threat to coral reefs now. High water temperatures cause corals to lose the algae(海藻) that provide them with food, 9. makes the corals appear white or bleaching (白化)and can increase outbreaks of infectious disease.

A team of researchers are trying to develop super corals at their research center at the moment. They began by selecting certain coral species that seem to have adapted. to the changing ocean conditions better 10.others. Hopefully, the super corals will not only survive but thrive in the warmer and increasingly acidic oceans.

    Music is something I could never live without. As a little kid, singing my heart out and trying out for the school play really made me_______. There was nothing that could keep me away from my_______until high school.

Every eighth grader who wanted to be in the high school show choir _______the audition(试唱) for a program. When it was my_______to enter the room, I got very_______----my throat was dry and my heart raced. The audition_______1L like this, the introduction, the song of choice and the range check—the choir director played a note on the piano which I had to_______. Before I knew it,  the audition was over.  I felt nothing but_______, for the vibrato(颤音) was amazing and I also hit every_______.

Weeks passed and the list of who had made it into the show choir was posted. When I was ________the show choir list, I found my name.________, this wasn’t what I had expected. “Angelica—alternate(候补者).”

An alternate? Was my audition that________? I thought to myself. After I saw this, my________disappeared.  My outside showed I wasn't________but on the inside my whole world had broken up.  I had no ________of taking the show choir at all.

A year later, one day I was at a restaurant that held karaoke to the customers. My parents begged me to go up and sing. I said no at first but finally I got enough________ to go up. It made me ________ at the beginning, but I started off my song and gained more confidence as I continued. When I hit the high notes in “I know I'm not the only one”, the people eating cheered for me. I________I hadn't got into one program but that did not mean I had to give up all hope, and that I________had that passion. The lesson I learned was if you are ________or do not get the outcome you want, and it is something you're in love with, don't give up.

1.A.stressed B.quiet C.confused D.happy

2.A.adventure B.curiosity C.passion D.sympathy

3.A.attended B.held C.passed D.abandoned

4.A.duty B.privilege C.habit D.turn

5.A.calm B.touched C.nervous D.angry

6.A.ended B.went C.occurred D.changed

7.A.match B.take C.learn D.review

8.A.guilt B.relief C.regret D.pain

9.A.note B.target C.post D.wall

10.A.drawing up B.handing in C.taking down D.looking through

11.A.Otherwise B.Therefore C.However D.Instead

12.A.familiar B.terrible C.impressive D.natural

13.A.patience B.imagination C.independence D.confidence

14.A.sad B.cool C.serious D.grateful

15.A.wisdom B.chance C.intention D.impression

16.A.courage B.knowledge C.luck D.permission

17.A.march B.relax C.sweat D.complain

18.A.doubted B.realized C.promised D.advocated

19.A.just B.yet C.even D.still

20.A.laid off B.turned down C.looked down upon D.made fun of

The Best Way to Stop Bad Information

A lot of misinformation about a disease can sometimes flood the Internet and experts call on the public to practice "information hygiene(卫生)".What can you do to stop the spread of bad information?

1.Before you forward it on, ask some basic questions about where the information comes from. It's a big red flag if the source is" a friend of a friend" or "my aunt's colleague's neighbor."

We recently tracked how a misleading post from someone's "uncle with a master's degree" went viral (病毒式地传播)．Some of the details in the post were accu rate—some versions, for example, encouraged hand washing to slow the spread of viruses. 2.That was potentially harmful.

Could it be false? Appearances can be misleading. They may possibly pretend to be official accounts and authorities, including some famous news agencies and the government. Screenshots can also be changed to make it look like information has come from a trusted public body.3.If you can't easily find the information, it might be a trap. And if a post, video or a link looks fishy -it probably is.

Don't share if unsure whether it's true. 4.You might be doing more harm than good. Often we post things into places where we know there are experts like doctors or medical professionals. That might be OK, but make sure you're very clear about your doubts.

Think about your preference. Are you sharing something because you know it's true or just because you agree with it? "We're more likely to share posts that support our existing beliefs," says Carl Miller, research director of the Centre of the Analysis of Social Media. It's when you're angrily nodding your head that you are easily taken in.5.

A.Check your source.

B.Consider their opinions carefully.

C.Check known and confirmed accounts and websites.

D.You can't forward things on "just in case" they might be true.

E.But others made unproven claims about how to diagnose the illness.

F.So, above all, you just need to slow down everything that you do online.

G.Your followers read what you share, after all, but they may disagree with you.

    Walls blanketed in moss(苔鲜)are popping up in major cities, along with promises that they can reduce air pollution—but can a few square metres of plant matter really deal with the smog?

A Berlin-based firm, Green City Solutions, believes so. Its moss walls, called the CityTree, are roughly 4 square metres in size. Armed with Wi-Fi sensors to monitor the health of moss, a City Tree functions autonomously and requires very little maintenance(维护). The wall collects rainwater, which is pumped through a built-in irrigation system to the plants, powered by solar energy. As a result, the firm says each CityTree is able to “eat” around 250 grams of particulate(颗粒) matter a day (nearly 90 kgs a year) and removes about 240 metric tons of CO2 annually. It also cools the surrounding air.

Aware that getting the surrounding air in contact with the moss wall is crucial for the CityTree to be effective, the inventors ensure that the location of each installation (安装) is chosen carefully. Spots where pollution is heavy due to traffic and where air flow is limited are picked. The importance of this step is explained by the fact that the waste gas from a car generally goes vertically a few kilometres into the air.

But this doesn’t mean moss walls will necessarily protect people from pollution. In the Netherlands, researchers found that eight walls installed in Amsterdam failed to reduce the concentration of particulate matter (PM) and nitrogen dioxide (N02). Their report concluded that even doubling the number of moss walls would do little to improve their effectiveness.

The CityTree is not meant for parks or to substitute for street trees, but to add greenery to concrete-heavy spaces where planting is not an option. It’s important to remember that street trees provide a whole host of other benefits, including shelter and habitat for urban wildlife, shade and cooling for people on the street, and reduction of urban heat islands.

1.What do we know about the CityTree?

A.It can absorb some air pollutants. B.It can irrigate other street plants.

C.It produces electricity to cool water. D.It is aimed at saving water in cities.

2.What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?

A.The importance of CityTree.

B.The function of CityTree.

C.How to operate CityTree.

D.Where to place CityTree.

3.Why is the example of Amsterdam mentioned in Paragraph 4?

A.To show that CityTree can’t always work well.

B.To prove that CityTree can reduce air pollutants.

C.To emphasize the necessity of building moss walls.

D.To analyze the reasons for the failure of the program.

4.What is the author’s attitude towards replacing street trees with moss walls?

A.Ambiguous. B.Disapproving.

C.Supportive. D.Cautious.

    Tired of standing in line? Wait a bit longer, and you may never have to again. Everyone from Amazon to Silicon Valley startups is trying to lines in retail stores.

Amazon has opened 24 of its Amazon Go stores, which use cameras and artificial intelligence to see what you've taken off shelves and charge you as you walk out. Some startups are closely copying Amazon's approach to using AI-powered cameras fixed in ceilings. But others are trying an entirely different way to skip the checkout: smart shopping carts. These companies have added cameras and sensors to the carts, and are using AI to tell what you’ve placed in them. A built-in scale weighs items, in case you have to pay by the pound for an item. Customers pay by entering a credit card, or through an online payment system. When a customer exits the store, a green light on the shopping cart indicates that their order is complete, and they’re charged.

The startups behind the smart carts, including Caper and Veeve, say it’s much easier to add technology to the shopping cart than to an entire store. Amazom's Go stores rely on hundreds of cameras in the ceiling. The shelves also include sensors to tell when an item is removed. Ahmed Beshry, co-founder of Caper, believes the technology to run Go is too expensive to use in a large­ format grocery store. Neither Caper nor Veeve have said how much their smart shopping carts will cost, making it difficult to compare the different formats. Shariq Siddiqui, CEO of Veeve, said he’s finding increased interest from retailers given Amazon’s steady expansion of Go since opening the first store in Seattle in 2018. “We’re always happy when Amazon is doing something,” Siddiqui said. “They force retailers to get out of their old school thinking.”

Each time a business uses artificial intelligence and cameras, it raises questions about customer privacy and the impact on jobs. Beshry notes that the cameras in his shopping cart point down into the cart, so only a customer’s hand and part of their arm will be captured on camera.

1.What do we know about the smart shopping carts?

A.They are linked to the cameras fixed in the ceilings.

B.They can tell customers where to find what they want.

C.They flash the green light when the order is cancelled.

D.They are able to recognize purchases placed in them.

2.What does Beshry think of the technology applied in Amazon’s Go stores?

A.It is far more expensive than their shopping carts.

B.It may increase the cost of running a store greatly.

C.It has attracted many more retailers than before.

D.It is likely to help retailers to think differently.

3.What is the best title for the text?

A.The New Technology Promotes Retail Sales

B.AI-powered Cameras Are Used in Retail Stores

C.Smart Shopping Carts Will Let You Skip the Line

D.Artificial Intelligence Affects the Future Job Market

Sharon Okpoe has lived her entire 17 years in Makoko, known as the world’s largest “floating slum (贫民窟)”, built on a lake in Lagos, Nigeria. Okpoe’s father is a fisherman, and her mother sells smoked fish.

As many as two-thirds of the city’s 21 million residents live in slums. “Most girls are trapped in a terrible cycle of poverty. Many of them are not thinking of education, a plan for the future,” Abisoye Ajayi-Akinfolarin, a computer programmer in Lagos, recalls. But several times a week, girls like Okpoe get a glimpse of another world when they attend GirlsCoding, a free program run by the Pearls Africa Foundation that seeks to educate and excite girls about computer programming. Since 2012, the group has helped more than 400 disadvantaged girls gain the technical skills and confidence they need to transform their lives.

It’s the vision of Ajayi-Akinfolarin, who left a successful career to devote herself to this work. She'd noticed how few women worked in this growing field-a 2013 government survey found that less than 8% of Nigerian women were employed in technology jobs. She wanted to fix the gender gap. “Technology is a space that’s dominated by men. Why should we leave that to guys?” she said. “I believe girls need opportunities.”

Now, dozens of girls aged 10 to 17 get trained in computer programming technology. “I believe you can still find diamonds in these places,” Ajayi-Akinfolarin said. “They need to be shown another life.” One way her program does this is by taking the students to visit tech companies — not only showing them what technology can do, but also helping them visualize themselves joining the industry.

Okpoe, for one, has taken this to heart. She helped create an app called Makoko Fresh that went live this summer, enabling fishermen like her father to sell seafood directly to customers. She even wants to become a software engineer and hopes to study computer science at Harvard. “One thing I want my girls to hold onto is, regardless of where they are coming from, that they can make it,” Ajayi said. “They are coders. They are thinkers. Their future is bright.”

1.What can we learn about GirlsCoding?

A.It encourages girls to land a job in education.

B.It offers Nigerian girls in need part-time jobs.

C.It helps girls working in Lagos to fight poverty.

D.It teaches girls in Makoko computer programming.

2.What did Ajayi-Akinfolarin say about the growing field in Paragraph 3?

A.Men could do far better in technology jobs.

B.Girls should get equal work opportunities.

C.Men normally got paid more than women.

D.Girls tended to devote themselves to work.

3.What does the underlined word “this” in Paragraph 4 refer to?

A.Rebuilding the girls’ confidence.

B.Training the girls to find diamonds.

C.Presenting a different life to the girls.

D.Taking the girls to technology companies.

4.What can we infer about Okpoe from the last paragraph?

A.She got fishermen to benefit from her app.

B.She was admitted to Harvard University.

C.She took her father’s suggestion to heart.

D.She made some changes to computer science.

Shanghai University of Sport (SUS) Invites Global Talents

The Physical Fitness teaching team is one of the excellent national-level course teaching teams at SUS. The main courses of this team are Theories and Methods of Healthy Fitness Assessment, Sports Prescription and Sports Health Management. The following positions are available for applicants worldwide.

Leading Expert

Qualifications:

* A Ph.D. degree or an MD degree from an accredited(授权的)institutionis required.

* Applicants have productive research activities, including, but not limited to, publications, conference presentations, and copywriting.

Faculty Member Qualifications :

* A Ph.D. degree or an MD degree from an accredited institution is required.

* Applicants have successful teaching experiences at the undergraduate and graduate level.

* Disciplines: Physical Health Monitoring, Fitness Assessment, Preventive Medicine, Statistics, Child Health, Nutrition and Food Safety, and Data Science.

Postdoc Fellowship Qualifications :

* A Ph. D. degree from an accredited institution is obtained within the last 3 years; fresh graduates are given priority in consideration.

* The first author publications in peer-reviewed journals and a strong publication record are preferred.

* Strong communication and cooperation skills and an interest in working in an inter- disciplinary environment are also required.

Research Assistant Qualifications:

* An MD degree from an accredited institution is obtained within the last 3 years in sports rehabilitation(康复)medicine or closely related fields.

* Strong publications in top international journals (the first author) are preferred.

* Good hands-on skills and good English communication skills are required.

Please email all materials as a PDF file to Dr. Kailimi Li at likailimi@ sus. edu. en with the subject: the title of the position for which you are applying. Application deadline: July 31, 2020 or until filled.

1.Which position favors a recent graduate with a Ph.D. degree?

A.Leading Expert. B.Faculty Member.

C.Postdoc Fellowship. D.Research Assistant.

2.Who is most likely to get the position of Faculty Member?

A.A regular contributor to international journals.

B.A researcher in sports rehabilitation medicine.

C.A writer giving many conference presentations.

D.A professor teaching Nutrition and Food Safety.

3.What is the common qualification required by all the positions?

A.A degree from an accredited institution.

B.Communication and cooperation skills.

C.The first author publication record.

D.A good command of English.

假定你是李华，你班外教Ms. Cindy任教期满即将回国。作为班长，你将代表班级 在告别会上发言致谢,并赠送带有中国文化特色的礼物。内容包括：

1. 感激之情；

2. 礼物寓意；

3. 美好祝愿。

注意：1. 词数100左右；

2. 可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。

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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.

Recently, my class has participated an activity organized by our school for Earth Day. We felt this our duty to arouse people’s awareness of protecting our earth. First, we make some handcrafts with some plastic bottles and that waste paper. Then, we held a exhibition in a community and gave them up to visitors. What inspired us more was their love and praise to our handcrafts. At last, at that shared meeting, our monitor gave a speech. But he said that only if each of us took measure to protect our earth could we make a better earth.

    A drop in tourism during the coronavirus crisis is making it more difficult for some organizations to protect 1. (threaten) wildlife in Africa. Wildlife 2. (official) fear poaching (偷猎) activity will rise because the collapse of the travel industry leaves less money for guarding animals.

African rhinos have long been 3. threat from poachers who kill them for their horns. The illegal trade is fueled by the belief, in some cultures, 4. the horns have medicinal value which has not been proven by science.

The number of black rhinos in Africa 5. (increase) slowly. But a report in March by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) said it still considered the animals “critically endangered”. In part, it credits the comeback of the rhinos to effective law enforcement. 6., the enforcement measures are very

costly. The organization spends about $10,000 each year for every rhino to pay for the protection.

The IUCN expects to lose $3 to $ 4 million this year and the 7. (lose) severely limits the group’s ability 8. (protect) the rhinos. Wildlife activists across Africa are now waiting to see how poachers will react to the current situation, and whether more rare wildlife 9. (kill).

The IUCN said the population of black rhinos grew at a 10. (year) rate of 2.5 percent between 2012 and 2018. Now, there are more than 5,600 animals. That growth was predicted to continue over the next five years, the environmental group said.