Life is filled with changes. As we get older we _______ realize that those challenges are the very things that _______ us and make us who we are. It is the same with the challenges that come with _______.

When we are faced with a challenge, we usually have two _______. We can try to beat it off, or we can decide that the thing _______ the challenge isn’t worth the _______ and call it quits. Although there are certainly _______when calling it quits is the right thing to do, in most _______all that is needed is _______ and communication.

When we are committed to something, it means that no matter how ________ or how uncomfortable something is, we will always choose to ________ it and work it through instead of running away from it. Communication is making a ________ for discussion and talking about how you feel as opposed to just saying what the other person did wrong. ________ you can say to a friend, “I got my feelings hurt,” ________ “You hurt my feelings,” you are going to be able to solve the problem much faster.

In dealing with the challenges that friendship will bring to you, try to see them for ________ they are: small hurdles you need to jump or ________ on your way through life. Nothing is so big that it is ________ to get over, and hurt only ________ to make us stronger. It is all part of growing up, it ________ to everyone, and some day you will ________ all this and say, “ Hard as it was, it made me who I am today. And that is a good thing.”

1.A.seem to B.come to C.hope to D.try to

2.A.design B.promote C.direct D.shape

3.A.confidence B.pressure C.friendship D.difficulty

4.A.opportunities B.expectations C.choices D.aspects

5.A.demanding B.deserving C.predicting D.presenting

6.A.comment B.loss C.trouble D.expense

7.A.spans B.times C.dates D.ages

8.A.cases B.fields C.parts D.occasions

9.A.assessment B.commitment C.encouragement D.adjustment

10.A.doubtful B.shameful C.harmful D.painful

11.A.keep B.control C.face D.catch

12.A.space B.plan C.topic D.room

13.A.If B.As C.While D.Unless

14.A.other than B.rather than C.or rather D.or else

15.A.what B.who C.where D.which

16.A.pass by B.come across C.get through D.run over

17.A.unnecessary B.necessary C.impossible D.possible

18.A.helps B.means C.aims D.attempts

19.A.opens B.appeals C.goes D.happens

20.A.look down on B.look back on C.look forward to D.look up to

阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇 60 词左右的内容概要。

Two years ago, Li Yuhua's daughter taught her how to shop online. Since then, the 51-year-old farmer in Wushan has been a regular online shopper. Shoppers like Li Yuhua are the new target for China's ecommerce giants, including Alibaba Group, which operates the Taobao platform, and JD.com. Rural China added 3 million more Internet users in the first half, taking the total number to 225 million, or 26.3%, of the country's total Internet population of 854 million, according to a report on rural ecommerce development released last week by the China International Electronic Commerce Center. That helped improve rural online sales in the first half of the year by 21% to 777.1 billion yuan (US$109.6 billion), outpacing the national growth rate by 3.2 percentage points.

''However, it is a little bit early to say that China's ecommerce battlefield is moving to rural China, '' said Chen Tao, a senior analyst at consultancy Analysys. Unlike urban residents, most rural Chinese haven’t experienced ecommerce shopping. While that provides online platforms with one of the last undeveloped markets for ecommerce, progress has been slow due to the lack of infrastructure(基础设施)and logistics(物流)support.

To address that problem, China's second-largest ecommerce operator, JD.com hired more deliverymen and tested drone(无人机) delivery services to improve service in rural China. Alibaba Group, China's largest ecommerce player, announced in April last year that it had invested US$717 million in Huitongda Network Co., which helps to boost sales in 15,000 towns across 18 provinces.

Another inhibiting factor in the development of rural ecommerce is the income gap. In 2018, annual per capita disposable income(人均可支配收入)in rural areas was 14,600 yuan (US$2,065) compared with 39,300 yuan (US$5,559) in cities. ''Lower disposable incomes in rural areas limit the consumption,'' said analyst Chen. ''It also takes time to educate rural residents to accept ecommerce services as most of them are new to online. There is still a long way to go to popularize online shopping in rural China.''

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假定你是高三学子李华。因新冠疫情，高考延迟了一个月。面对新形势，你对学习感到迷茫，所以写信给心理学家 Dr. Smith 询问缓解压力的方法。

内容包括:

1. 写信目的；2. 咨询内容；3. 期待回复注意:

1. 词数 80 左右； 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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阅读下面材料，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。

Being a doctor, you may think I would always suggest a bottle of something for what makes you ill.

1., first and foremost, I believe in the “do no harm” motto when it comes to health care. For example, you may first try music before2. (take) a pill. It is safe and it does no harm to your money.

For most people, music is already an important part of daily life. Some rely on music 3. (get) them through the boring journey to work, while others turn up their favorite music to stay pumped during a ke wan gworkout. Many even have the stereo on when they4. (cook), taking a shower, or folding the laundry.

Music is often linked to mood. 5. certain song can make us feel relaxed, happy, 6. (energy), or sad. Because music can have such an impact 7. mindset and well-being, it should come as no surprise 8. the connection between music and health has been studied for use in managing different 9. (condition). Music 10. (believe) to have healing effects, but types of music differ in the feelings they arouse. For example, classical music has been found to cause comfort and relaxation while rock music may lead to discomfort.

    Michael Evans was standing in line at the Treasurer’s Office last August, waiting to pay his taxes, when he heard a(n)____sound ahead of him. The elderly woman at the window was crying. He heard the cashier ____the woman that her house was in foreclosure( 丧失抵押品赎回权) and headed for auction(拍卖). He also heard the woman tell the cashier that her daughter had recently died. Evans, a businessman who had just buried his father, couldn’t____the idea of this woman losing her home ____after losing her child. He ____the window. “I don’t mean to butt in,” he said to the cashier, “but ____you can get her house back, I’ll pay for her taxes.” The amount added up to $5,000.

The old woman was shocked. Her despair turned to ____. The cashier left for a moment to___ that it was all right for Evans to pay it. Evans promised to go ____to the bank and come back with the money. But when he returned to the treasurer’s office, he asked  someone else waiting in line to hand the $5,000 check to the cashier. Evans was trying to ____quietly and, preferably, anonymously(匿名地).

“I didn’t want this attention,” he explained.

___, attention found him. It’s not every day that someone pays a stranger’s tax bill. As is reported, Evans often finds himself on the giving end of charitable situations, though for years he went unrecognized for it. ____ paying the elderly woman’s taxes, Evans said he did it for ____ but to make sure the lady stayed in her own house.

A few weeks after the tax____, Evans received the Spirit of Detroit Award for his lifetime of ___. Again, he didn’t want the attention, but his son felt the honor was overdue. “It was good to see my dad finally get the____ he deserves,” his son said. Michael Evans is nearing 60 and will retire soon. Before he does, he hopes that his son will ____ him in a fund-raiser to pay for a wheelchair for a boy with an incurable bone disease. And he’ll continue to___ the local youth football league team, paying for their equipment, uniforms, and out-of-state travel. His son is willing to___ the business, saying that he ____ his life after his father.

1.A.disturbing B.frightening C.appealing D.exciting

2.A.ensure B.inform C.talk D.state

3.A.hand B.stomach C.eye D.finger

4.A.even B.quite C.right D.only

5.A.approached B.passed C.accessed D.marched

6.A.because B.unless C.if D.before

7.A.disbelief B.sorrow C.guilt D.fright

8.A.conduct B.confirm C.compensate D.comprehend

9.A.constantly B.frequently C.outside D.straight

10.A.run away B.slip away C.pass away D.put away

11.A.Consequently B.Unfortunately C.Otherwise D.However

12.A.As for B.According to C.Owing to D.In case of

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

14.A.accident B.coincidence C.incident D.event

15.A.generosity B.courage C.optimism D.modesty

16.A.concentration B.recognition C.passion D.pride

17.A.attend B.instruct C.serve D.join

18.A.train B.promote C.sponsor D.offer

19.A.get on B.hold on C.go on D.carry on

20.A.copies B.models C.imitates D.reproduces

Culture Shock

Moving to a new country can be an exciting experience. In a new environment, you somehow feel more alive. Soon, however, the new and delightful feeling turns into stress and discomfort.1. Although not everyone experiences culture shock in exactly the same way, many experts agree that it has roughly five stages.

In the first stage, you are excited by your new environment. Your feelings about the new culture are positive, so you are eager to make contact with people and to try new foods.

2.This is the second stage of culture shock. Because you do not know the social customs of the new culture, you may find it difficult to make friends. For instance, you do not understand how to make “small talk,” so it is hard to carry on a casual, get-acquainted conversation. These are not minor challenges; they are major frustrations.

In the third stage, you no longer have positive feelings about the new culture. You feel that you have made a mistake in coming here. Making friends hasn’t been easy, so you begin to feel lonely and isolated. 3. You begin to spend most of your free time with students from your home country, and you eat in restaurants that serve your native food.

You know that you are in the fourth stage of culture shock when you have negative feelings about almost everything. 4. You become critical, suspicious, and irritable. You believe that people are unfriendly, that your teachers do not like you, and that the food is making you sick.

Finally, you reach the fifth stage. As your language skills improve, you begin to have some success in meeting people and in negotiating situations. 5. After realizing that you cannot change your surroundings, you begin to accept the differences and tolerate them.

A.Your self-confidence grows.

B.You’ll regret making the decision.

C.These are the causes of culture shock.

D.In this stage, you actively reject the new culture.

E.This is the phenomenon known as culture shock.

F.Now you want to be with familiar people and eat familiar food.

G.Sooner or later, differences in behavior and customs become noticeable to you.

    Across the United Kingdom, as the COVID-19 crisis has bitten deeper, its citizens have started a new practice: Emerging from self-isolation every Thursday night at 8 p.m. to clap, cheer, and bang pots and pans to show support for the country’s front-line doctors and nurses.

But as the death toll today hit a single-day U.K. record of 980-and with the peak death rate still estimated to be two weeks away-the crisis caused by the scale of the pandemic has been worsened here by a new degree of political uncertainty. Prime Minister Boris Johnson was admitted to the hospital on Sunday and has spent his days and nights in intensive care fighting the virus, surrounded by the doctors and nurses of the National Health Service.

The U.K. is not alone in showing new found public affection for key workers, nor in facing an unprecedented public health emergency that has, in Europe, especially affected Italy, Spain, and France. A recent U.K. government appeal for 250,000 volunteers to help the NHS (National Health Service) yielded an army of 750,000 would-be helpers.

But the pandemic finds the U.K. at a politically uncertain moment, as a nation finally emerging from three and a half years of political issue over its chaotic departure from the European Union. A December election that gave a decisive victory to Mr. Johnson and the ruling Conservative Party added clarity to a Brexit mandate and was seen by many as a potential first step in healing deep divisions in Britain’s political and social structure.

Acknowledging the impact of the coronavirus on daily lives, Queen Elizabeth II, in a rare address  on Sunday, praised the “national spirit” and thanked NHS and care workers, whose “every hour” of hard work “brings us closer to a return to a more normal time.” Calling on citizens to “remain united and resolute” to overcome the pandemic, she sought to provide comfort. “While we may have still more to endure, better days will return We will meet again,” she said.

1.What contributed to worsening the current crisis in the U.K?

A.The pandemic of COVID-19. B.Political instability.

C.The vote for Brexit. D.The December election.

2.The British showed widespread support to the fight against coronavirus EXCEPT by  .

A.clapping, cheering, and banging pots and pans every Thursday night

B.advocating volunteers to help the NHS

C.organizing 750,000 helpers to join the army

D.praising the “national spirit” in Queen’s speech

3.It can be inferred from the passage that  .

A.The death toll set a new single-day record and the peak death had arrived

B.Prime Minister Boris Johnson was receiving good medical treatment

C.the COVID-19 has been found in European history

D.Conservative Party has healed the deep political and social divisions

4.Where might the passage come from?

A.A noticeboard. B.A private e-mail.

C.A research paper. D.A newspaper.

    Feeding bread to the ducks is a fond pastime for many of us, reminding us of our happy childhood trips to the local park. But did you know that bread actually poses a danger to birds, as well as the environment? Eating it can cause our feathered friends to develop a condition called Angel Wing, which is when too much bread makes birds’ feathers grow too quickly. This additional weight puts a strain on their muscles, causing their wings to twist and drop open, and if not treated fast, they can lose the ability to fly.

“Angel Wing can be remedied if we reach birds before it has developed too severely,” says Caroline Simpson, a trustee of UK charity Swan Lifeline, which has rescued and treated more than 30,000 birds over the last 20 years. “Otherwise the consequence can be awful—such as amputations(截肢)of the wing.” Adult swans can also develop gut and heart disease, so it’s important we do our bit to prevent this by feeding wild birds with the right kind of food.

Bread can also cause harmful changes to the natural ecosystem. Rotting bread at the bottom of  rivers and lakes allows bacteria to breed, spreading disease and attracting rats and other vermin to our waterways. It can result in algal(藻类的)blooms and the presence of a mould(霉菌)called Aspergillus too, which has the potential to kill waterfowl(水禽)and other wildlife if it gets into their lungs.

But this doesn’t mean we have to stop fun trips to feed the ducks. Giving birds the right food-like frozen peas, sweetcorn and lettuce leaves-is good for both them and the environment. So, next time  you visit your local park, take a healthier alternative with you and do your bit to protect our precious wildlife.

1.The underlined word “remedied” in Paragraph 2 probably means  .

A.reduced B.expected C.caused D.corrected

2.Which of the following is NOT a consequence of feeding waterfowl with bread?

A.Harmful creatures will be drawn to waterways.

B.Water birds will be overfed and risk losing their bodily functions.

C.The water will be enriched thanks to the nutrients in bread.

D.The eco-balance at the bottom of rivers or lakes will be disturbed.

3.The purpose of writing this passage is to  .

A.stop people from feeding waterfowl.

B.instruct people how to raise waterfowl.

C.warn people of the danger threatening waterfowl.

D.promote a safe and healthy way to feed waterfowl.

    I’m originally from Orange County, California, where I had the pleasure and honor of serving as a Newport Beach ocean lifeguard. Whenever I could, I got shifts working the Point. The Point was known for its massive rip currents(退潮流).

So, late in a shift, I was working Tower 15. Two blocks to my right was another guard named Mike, working Tower 17. He called me, “Hey, I got a couple of kids. I gotta go and give them a warning. Keep an eye on us.” I said, “Sure.”

And sure enough, as soon as he hung up the phone and grabbed his buoy(航标), a rip was snapped up under these two kids, and they were getting sucked out. All I saw was two small noses bobbing in the water. Mike was dashing toward the ocean.

By now, the mother of the two kids realized what was happening. She was screaming. I started rushing toward her, but before I was even halfway there, Mike reached the kids.

Mike swam sideways out of the rip current into the clear water and started bringing them in. When I reached their mother, Mike was in waist-deep water. The kids were so exhausted, so Mike was carrying them, one under each arm.

I turned to their mom, “Hey, it’s OK. They’re safe.” I saw her terror start to fade.

She glanced back and got her first good look at Mike. He had a number of really scary tattoos( 纹身), and his shaved head showed the scar he got from a broken beer bottle.Then a crazy thing happened. I saw a new kind of panic wash over her as though there was some new, equally dangerous threat on her kids’ lives. She rushed up to Mike and snatched her kids. Not even a thank-you.

Mike just glanced at me, shrugged, and jogged back to his tower.

If any other guard had worked at that night, including me, there would be a very real chance that that mother wasn’t going home with both her kids.

1.Which of the following words can best describe “ Mike’s reaction to the two kids in danger” ?

A.Rude and aggressive. B.Quick and brave.

C.Careless and risky. D.Slow and cautious.

2.Why didn’t the woman say “ thank you” to Mike?

A.He was rude to her kids.

B.She was too exhausted to say any words.

C.He got tired of being highly thought of.

D.He looked like a threatening guy with tattoos and scars.

3.What information does the author want to convey in the story?

A.Be a friendly and easy-going lifeguard.

B.Watch out for your kids playing on the beach.

C.Don’t let fear or prejudice prevent you recognizing a hero.

D.Never judge a hero by his way of rescuing.

听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。

1.Who got a new phone?

A.Daniel. B.The man. C.The man’s father.

2.What was the main problem of Daniel?

A.He wanted to have a phone like the speaker.

B.He didn’t want the speaker to leave for college.

C.He was sad that the speaker spent less time with him.

3.How old was the speaker when he realized his mistake?

A.15 years old. B.17 years old. C.19 years old.

4.What did Daniel probably want the speaker to do?

A.Think about what he was missing.

B.Turn his phone off for a day.

C.Stop playing games on the phone.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.Where are the speakers?

A.In Toronto. B.In Vancouver. C.In Manila.

2.How many inches is the snow now?

A.About seven. B.About two. C.About five.

3.What did the man do yesterday?

A.He watched the snow fall.

B.He made a snowman.

C.He cleared the road.

4.What does the woman dislike about the snow?

A.Missing school.

B.Losing electricity.

C.Driving in the snow.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.What is the woman’s speech mainly about?

A.Storms. B.Rising sea levels. C.Dying ocean plants.

2.Which part of the speech is the woman worried about?

A.The introduction.

B.The general speech.

C.The question and answer period.

3.What advice does the man give the woman?

A.To research her topic.

B.To give the speech to others.

C.To look for speech tips on the Internet.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.What is the man’s challenge in learning French?

A.Practicing speaking.

B.Finding time to study.

C.Learning the grammar.

2.What do the speakers plan to do together in the future?

A.Watch French movies.

B.Join a French class.

C.Go on a trip.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.Where did the man get the information about the disaster?

A.From TV. B.From a friend. C.From her family.

2.What happened to the town this weekend?

A.A bridge broke.

B.A storm killed people.

C.A flood ruined many houses.

Where is the conversation taking place?

A.In an office. B.In a restaurant. C.In a cake shop.

What woke up the speakers?

A.A person. B.An animal. C.A clock.

What place did the woman get?

A.First. B.Second. C.Third.

Why is the woman nervous?

A.She didn’t study for her test.

B.She didn’t get a good grade.

C.She doesn’t know her grade.

What did the man order?

A.Steak. B.Spaghetti. C.Vegetables.

假定你是身在英国的交换生李华,学习之余你想在周末到当地一家咖啡馆兼职。请根据下面招聘广告写一封应聘信。

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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（A）,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只限一词；

2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

I was exciting and nervous to start a new adventure abroad. Therefore, the excitement started to fade after small number of weeks. Homesickness started to be set in, But I started to change after meeting some new friends and have a good time with them. We shared our view on many things, ate together and visited new places as a group. I suppose we should never forgot how important it is to have good people in their life. They can make such a different. To travel and visit other places is one of the best things you can do in life. My advice from my experience are to travel and try new things whenever you get the opportunity.

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。

Hannah, 14, had a science fair project last year 1.detailed mathematical analyses of musical tones were performed. The project qualified her to become a finalist in 2. ninth annual Broadcom MASTERS competition. Hannah's project was 3. (impress). After all, it allowed the girl 4. (make) it through a screening process that knocked out at least 2,200 other applicants.

Hannah 5. (play) the violin since she was eight. For her project, she asked a simple question: Does a high-cost violin produce 6. (good) music than an inexpensive one? To answer that, she turned to math, which she used to compare the tones 7. (produce) by different instruments.

The teen recorded the same notes on her smart phone as she played on different violins. Computer software then switched those recorded 8. ( sound) into graphs. This is the same sort of software that scientists use to analyze the songs of birds and whales. Hannah used these graphs to assess each violin's overall sound quality.

9.average, each of the eight most expensive violins that Hannah tested cost more than $8,000. The cheapest 16 averaged just a bit more than $ 1,250 each. Maybe it's no surprise, but the costliest instruments tended to produce better tones, Hannah found. Yet some low cost instruments sounded 10.(near) as good as the pricey violins.

    I am what you would describe as introverts (内向的人). I can sit in absolute _______and write all day long. Thinking about going to a(n)_______event gives me endless anxiety. I always _______those who can bounce around the room, talking to anyone and everyone and _______making friends. That would never be me, and I _______ that fact.

But that_______ twelve years ago. I was a busy mom of four and had just been diagnosed with depression. I _______ did want someone to talk to. I had never just gone up and _______myself to anyone before and wasn't sure I could, but I had a strong feeling I should_______.

It took me two weeks to ________ myself into doing it. I headed over to a neighbor Jane and knocked on her door,________ she would think I was some sort of ________standing at her door, but I was quite ________when she answered with a big smile. I introduced myself. We stood there ________ our kids as well as the town and baseball. Before I knew it, an hour and a half had gone by. Talking to her was like talking to an old friend. There was no awkward silence, just a great________.

We made plans to take the kids to the ________ after school. This was the ________ of hundreds of trips to that park.

I am still quiet and________,but now I understand we need to try new things to discover the beautiful ________ the world can offer, like my ________ Jane.

1.A.despair B.pain C.silence D.comfort

2.A.social B.historical C.international D.political

3.A.hate B.admire C.tolerate D.ignore

4.A.luckily B.patiently C.hurriedly D.easily

5.A.refused B.enjoyed C.avoided D.accepted

6.A.continued B.changed C.happened D.remained

7.A.nearly B.rarely C.really D.probably

8.A.disturbed B.scolded C.introduced D.troubled

9.A.focus B.try C.engage D.suspend

10.A.urge B.force C.persuade D.trick

11.A.noticing B.admitting C.figuring D.deciding

12.A.fool B.angel C.criminal D.hero

13.A.relieved B.embarrassed C.resistant D.rigid

14.A.fighting against B.talking about C.caring for D.quarreling over

15.A.conversation B.discussion C.performance D.experiment

16.A.zoo B.camp C.cinema D.park

17.A.last B.best C.favourite D.first

18.A.elegant B.reserved C.modest D.thoughtful

19.A.purposes B.necessities C.tendencies D.possibilities

20.A.friend B.daughter C.teacher D.reader

    Have you ever gotten the feeling that a person you were friends with had a hidden schedule or simply couldn't care about your thoughts and opinions? Trying to tell the difference between someone who is genuine and someone who is faking (虚伪) it can be as confusing as trying to tell the difference between a work of art and a well-made copy.1. Read the advice of the following signs of fake people to determine which of your relationships is worth seriously investing in.

They only respect those in positions of power. When it comes to respect, most would agree that everyone is deserving of this sentiment. Yet, fake people have a tendency to only respect people in power. Watch out for people who aren't respectful of everyone around them.2.

3. Only those who lack real quality feel the need to criticize others to keep up appearances. Sincere individuals would rather admire and praise others, while fakers may be quick to put others down in name of making themselves look better.

They make promises they can't keep. A genuine person will do their best to live up to promises and commitments, but a fake person may talk the talk without walking the walk.4.

They're only nice if there's something in it for them.5. In comparison, genuine people are just that genuine. They're nice and helpful no matter what circumstances.

Keep an eye out for these signs of fake people and make room for more meaningful, genuine relationships in your life.

A.If not, they may be faking it.

B.They work hard to build any relationship.

C.They put others down in order to look good.

D.But thanks to some advice, the former doesn't have to be.

E.In comparison, a genuine person knows when to let others shine.

F.A fake person is one who only shows kindness when it benefits them.

G.Fake people easily make commitments, but rarely follow through on them.

    Food companies engineer junk food to make it addictive. They label their products to make them seem much healthier than they are. Their advertisements target children. All of this is according to a news report read recently by students in a Texas middle school. They were taking part in an experiment run by the University of Chicago and the University of Texas. “I don't understand how this is even legal, ” said a girl who took part in the study.

Researchers had students learn about food-industry advertising strategies. They wanted to know if learning about them would change how kids feel about junk food. All over the world, kids are eating more foods that are high in salt, sugar, and fat. That is partly the result of clever ads that make junk food irresistible. Christopher J. Bryan led the study. He says that when kids question the motives behind junk food ads, they feel like they're fighting injustice. The reward is knowing they are doing the right thing.

Junk food has been linked to health problems such as heart disease, obesity, and diabetes，But in 2018，food companies spent nearly $9 billion TV ads selling unhealthy fare. Companies use varying strategies. An ad with cartoon characters may make chips seen fun to eat. A professional athlete enjoying a sugary drink may make it look cool. Advertisers                know that if kids want a product, they'll annoy their parents to buy it. Even parents don't notice the power of ads. By the time they are adults they have been used to junk-food advertising. They just don't see it.

In the Texas study, Bryan had students view ads on iPad. Their job was to write or draw on the screen, to make each ad's message true. For example, a McDonald's ad showed a Big Mac (巨无霸) and the words “The thing you want when you order salad. ” To the end of the sentence, a student added “should be salad”.

Three months after analyzing ads, students were still choosing healthier snacks: milk instead of sugary juices, fruit over cookies. Kids are becoming conscious of themselves as agents in the world. They see a chance to make the world a better place.

1.What is the purpose of the experiment?

A.To survey what snacks children like best. B.To guide children against unhealthy food.

C.To find ways to make junk food healthy. D.To teach children how to pick out legal food.

2.How do children feel about junk food advertisements after the experiment?

A.Cool. B.Legal.

C.Funny. D.Misleading.

3.Why are parents unaware of the harm of junk food advertisements?

A.Parents have never seen such junk food advertisements.

B.Advertisements have blinded them since they were young.

C.The food industry has special advertising strategies for parents.

D.Parents have to agree with their children about the junk food.

4.How did students conduct the experiment?

A.By correcting unreal advertisements. B.By offering suggestions to food industry.

C.By making up their own advertisements. D.By studying food industry advertising strategies.

    In today's world, most workers are highly specialized, but this specialization can come at a cost——especially for those on the wrong team. New research by Harvard's Growth Lab uncovers the importance of teams and coworkers when it comes to one's productivity, earning potential, and stays of employment. The research analyzed administrative data on the 9 million inhabitants of Sweden. It found that to earn high wages and returns on education, workers must find coworkers who complement, but not substitute them.

The research offers a tool to assess the right and wrong coworkers in fields of expertise. The right coworkers are those with sills you lack, yet needed to complete a team. The wrong coworkers are those who have the same skill set as you and eventually lower your value to the employer. For example, those with a degree in architecture are best assisted by workers with engineering, construction, or surveying degrees, and negatively impacted by those with landscape or interior design degrees.

“We tend to think of sills as something personal that individuals can market to a company, ” said Frank Neffke, Growth Lab Research Director “However, this vision of sills is too simplistic. One person's sills connect to another person's sills, etc. ,and the better these connections are, the more productive workers will be, and the more they will earn” Neffke adds that the benefits of working with complementary coworkers are not the same for all workers. Those with higher levels of education seem to benefit much more from working in complementary teams than workers with lower levels. Over the past 20 years, workers with college degrees or higher have been increasingly able to find better matching coworkers.

Complementary also drives careers. The research shows that people tend to stay longer in organizations with many complementary workers and tend to leave those with many workers who substitute them. These results hold true for up to 20 years of one's career.

The research also supports several well-known facts, such as cities and large firms pay higher wages. Workers are more likely to find better fitting teams in cities, and large firms often allow workers to specialize.

1.Which group of workers can make up the best team?

A.Those who can substitute each other. B.Those who come from the same place.

C.Those who are expert in the same field. D.Those who have the complementary sill

2.Who may be the best complementary coworker for an architect?

A.A landscaper. B.A house agent.

C.A constructor. D.Another architect.

3.Employers think more of their staff’s________.

A.dependence relationship B.struggling spirit

C.physical quality D.educational level

4.What can be the best title of the text?

A.What workers your employer need most

B.How coworkers impact the value of your skills

C.How coworkers get higher wages and a long-term job

D.How complementarity improves your mental potential

    A year ago I lost my wonderful friend and colleague Rachael Bland. She died at the age of just 40, two years after being diagnosed with breast cancer.

Her death knocked me for six. I knew it was coming and we had talked about it—but nothing prepared me for actually not having her in my life every day. The thing was, while we only knew each other for a short period of time, she had a huge impact on me. When I got diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer, I made a whole new group of friends. Rachael was up there with the best of them. She understood exactly what I was going through, she shared my fears and was always there at 3 am to reassure me. She was my rock.

After Rachael died, I had a nervous breakdown. I hit numerous brick walls in the weeks and months that followed. My cancer was progressing and I fell into a dark place. I pushed it away but ignored the terror of it all and inevitably it all came crashing down around me. Great Sorrow hit me when I least expected. Her death felt like a bad dream. The emotional bit aside, one of the things I found really hard was to actually accept she died.

Rachael hoped that by starting the conversation around cancer, she could help other women avoid getting cancer too. It was her absolute determination and bravery at helping to break down taboos (禁忌) that will live on for generations to come.

Rachael showed me how to live with cancer. Even in her darkest days she was determined to show that cancer didn’t get to take over. She helped remind me to get busy living with cancer rather than worry about dying of it. She was in the bottom of my heart forever.

1.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 mean?

A.I was beaten six times.

B.Her death gave me the strength.

C.She was knocked down and died.

D.Her death made me very shocked.

2.Why did the author hit the brick walls?

A.She wanted to end up her life.

B.She couldn’t stand the pain of cancer.

C.She had been suffering from nightmares.

D.She was too sorrowful to accept Rachael’s death.

3.What is Rachael’s wish?

A.To help women fight against fear.

B.To assess women’s conversational skills.

C.To prevent other women from getting cancer.

D.To inspire sick people to hope for their future.

4.Which of the following best describes Rachael?

A.Optimistic. B.Weak.

C.Humorous. D.Demanding.

Hotels in Canberra

University House ANU

Location: 1 Balmain Cres, 2601 Canberra, Australia

Set within the ANU Campus, University House ANU offers rooms with a balcony, a　flat-screen TV and a refrigerator. Located on site, Boffins Restaurant offers Asian-influenced, contemporary dishes and a wide selection of local and imported wines. The hotel is within 10 minutes' bus ride of Parliament House, the National Gallery of Australia and the National Library of Australia.

Couples rate it 9. 4 points for a two person trip.

Vibe Hotel Canberra Airport

Location: 1 Rogan Street, 2609 Canberra, Australia

Featuring free WiFi and a fitness centre, Vibe Hotel Canberra Airport offers spacious accommodation, situated at Canberra Airport. This hotel features picturesque views of Lake Burley Griffin and an on-site restaurant. Vibe Hotel Canberra Airport is conveniently located within 10 minutes' drive of Canberra 8 many attractions.

Couples rate it 8.1 points for a two person trip.

Southside Village

Location: 250 Canberra Avenue, 2609 Canberra, Australia

Set in Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory region, Southside Village offers accommodation with free private parking. The holiday park offers a children's playground. After a day of hiking, cycling or fishing, guests can relax in the garden. Manuka Shopping Area is 2.8 km from Southside Village. The nearest airport is Canberra Airport, 7 km from the accommodation.

Couples rate it 7. 3 points for a two-person trip.

Forrest Hotel & Apartments

Location:30 National Circuit. Forrest, 2603 Canberra, Australia

Located in the quiet Canberra suburb of Forrest, this hotel is less than 10 minutes' drive from Parliament House and the National Gallery of Australia. Forrest Hotel & Apartments offers modern accommodation with free cable TV, 500 MB of free WiFi and free private parking.

Couples rate it 6.7 points for a two person trip.

1.Which hotel may most couples like best?

A.Southside Village. B.Vibe Hotel Canberra Airport.

C.University House ANU. D.Forrest Hotel & Apartments.

2.Which location is best for passengers to catch early flights?

A.1 Rogan Street, 2609 Canberra. B.1 Balmain Cres,2601 Canberra.

C.250 Canberra Avenue, 2609 Canberra. D.30 National Circuit, Forrest, 2603 Canberra.

3.What do Southside Village and Forrest Hotel & Apartments have in common?

A.They both offer free WiFi.

B.They both offer free private parking.

C.They both offer a children's playground.

D.They are both within 10 minutes' drive from Parliament House.

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 looked out at the smiling faces packed into the school hall. Flashes from cameras lit up in all directions. The applause filled my ears. I had done it. I had really done it.

Just a few months earlier, I would never have pictured myself acting in a play in front of two hundred people."Not for a million dollars," I would have said. But when the time came, I got up on stage and faced one of my greatest fears-and discovered I could do more than I ever gave myself credit for. I found a new person inside me, a much more daring, outgoing person who had been hidden all along, just waiting for the opportunity to appear.

If not for my teacher, Mrs Sather, I might never have found that opportunity.

In the first and second grade, I was extremely shy. I had friends, but it just wasn't in my personality to be very outgoing, even when I knew someone well. I was afraid I would do or say something wrong, so usually I just smiled and listened to other people's conversations. I did well in school and I loved to write. However, I would escape into my writing, where I could be myself and never had to worry about what other people thought of me. In my stories, I was never shy.

My teacher, Mrs Sather, always encouraged me to write more. She told our class to go after our dreams and dig in with both hands. I think she was one of the first people to see my inner strength. One day, she announced that our class was going to perform a play she had written." I'll begin to cast everyone tomorrow," she said." I need someone who is not afraid to be on stage in front of a lot of people to play the lead part of Dorothy. Anybody want to try?" A few excited hands shot up-mine, of course, was not one of them-and Mrs Sather smiled." We'll talk more about it tomorrow," she said. Then the bell rang and my classmates slowly left the classroom.

Paragraph 1:

When I was loading up my backpack, Mrs Sather asked me to go to her.

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Paragraph 2:

Hearing Mrs Sather's words,I realized it was time to make a change.

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假定你是校报的编辑李华，本报计划在毕业季开展以“Highlights of My Senior Year”为主题的征文比赛。请你用英语为此事写一则通知，刊登在校报上。内容包括：

1. 活动目的；

2.参赛作品的内容及要求；

3.作品提交的时间及方式。

注意：1. 词数80左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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