Rivers are the veins of the Earth, transporting the water and nutrients (营养物) needed to support the planet’s ecosystems, including human life. While many nutrients are essential to the survival of life, there is one element transported by water in rivers that holds the key to life and to the future of our planet — carbon.

Carbon is everywhere and understanding the way it moves and is either released or stored by the Earth system is a complex science in itself. Carbon starts its journey downstream when natural acid rain, which contains carbon dioxide from the atmosphere,  melts minerals in rocks. This helps transform carbon dioxide to bicarbonate (碳酸氢盐) in the water that then flows in our rivers. This is a very long process, which is one of the main ways carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere. Carbon is transported by rivers to oceans and once that carbon reaches the ocean, it is stored naturally in deep sea sediments (沉淀物) for millions of years.

As carbon travels down a river, different processes may impact whether it continues to flow downstream or whether it is released into the atmosphere. For example, human engineering, like extensive dam construction, will result in dramatic changes to how water and sediments travel down the river. Some carbon that fails to reach the sea may return to the atmosphere in some way, which causes more warming.

Earth’s climate is closely related to the carbon cycle. We all know about the essential role of plants in consuming carbon dioxide, but do we know enough about rivers? Changing the chemistry and the course of rivers may have significant impacts on how they transport carbon. Remember: wherever we live, we all live downstream.

1.Where is the carbon in rivers originally from?

A.The atmosphere. B.The rocks.

C.The acid rain. D.The upstream areas.

2.Why is human engineering mentioned in Paragraph 3?

A.To show how important to life carbon is.

B.To explain how necessary it is to build dams.

C.To show how a natural process is interrupted.

D.To explain how humans fight global warming.

3.What does the author want to convey in the last paragraph?

A.We’d better move upstream to live.

B.We should protect plants along rivers.

C.We’d better seek more help from plants.

D.We should be cautious about river management.

4.What is the best title for the text?

A.What Humans Do with Rivers

B.How Rivers’ Transporting Carbon Counts

C.What the Carbon Cycle Means to Us

D.How Living Downstream Affects the Earth

Panic Buying

Shoppers around the world are crazy buying because of fears over the coronavirus(新型冠状病毒), which caused a critical plague in China and even other countries at the beginning of 2020. People in countries such as England, Japan, Singapore and Australia have been emptying supermarket shelves of toilet paper, face masks, hand wash products and dried and canned food. Photos and videos of shoppers in Australia quarreling over the last pack of toilet roll in a supermarket have spread across social media swiftly.

However, governments have advised their citizens that there is no need to “panic buy”. They added that panic buying would only reduce the supply of products needed by patients and medical staff, which could exacerbate the problems the COVID-19 virus is causing. Singapore's prime minister comforted Singaporeans that: “We have enough supplies. There's no need to stock up.” A week after the panic buying fever, things have calmed down and shoppers have gone back to purchasing items in normal quantities.

Psychologists say panic buying is an “unwise” behaviour that is part of a condition called FOMO - the fear of missing out. Dr. Katharina Wittgens said a herd mentality(从众心理) sets in during disasters that causes people to copy the actions of others. People watch the news of items being bought in quantity and immediately rush out to the stores to do the same. She said people were taking on too much the risks of dying from the coronavirus. She said: “Far more people die in car accidents or household accidents per year but we don't panic about these things in the morning before we go to work.”

1.What made shoppers in different countries crazy buying?

A.The approach of 2020 New Year’s Day.

B.The shortage of resources and supplies in their nations.

C.Their concern about the virus.

D.The discount from supermarkets.

2.What does the underlined word in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A.solve B.release C.worsen D.quicken

3.What is the reason for this behavior according to expert?

A.People tend to follow others’ actions in the period of disaster.

B.People are wiser in making decisions.

C.People think no one needs the supplies.

D.People do not believe what others said.

4.What can be concluded from the last paragraph?

A.People should not panic over the virus.

B.More people die from car accidents.

C.People buy little when they go to the stores.

D.We should panic about the situation.

    It was about five in the morning in Ontario, Canada, when Donna Strickland's phone rang. The Nobel Prize committee was on the line in Stockholm, calling to tell her she had won the prize in physics.

"I wondered if it was a joke," Strickland said in an interview with a Nobel official after the call. She had been asleep when the call arrived. "Something was wrong because it came so early in the morning. But then I knew it was the right day, and it would have been a cruel joke."

Strickland, an associate professor at the University of Waterloo, shares the honor with two other scientists for their work in the 1980s in transforming lasers(激光)into tiny tools that today have countless application. The prize money $1.4 million will he shared among the three. Half the prize went to Strickland and her cooperator Gerard Mourou, a professor at the Ecole Poly technique in France. The other half was awarded to Arthur Ashkin, a retired physicist who worked at the famous Bell Labs in the United States.

Strickland's win is historic in more than one way. It's been over 55 years since a woman was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics. In 1903, Marie Curie became the first-ever woman to win a Nobel Prize in Physics. For the next 60 years, no women physicists were awarded. Maria Goeppert Mayer became the second woman physicist to win the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963.

Strickland herself was surprised to learn she was the third woman to receive the honor in physics. "Is that all, really? I thought there might have been more." she said at a press conference Tuesday. "We need to celebrate women physicists, because we're out there. Hopefully, in time, it will start to move forward at a faster rate."

1.What was Donna's first reaction after she received the call?

A.She felt all efforts paid off. B.She was too excited to say a word

C.She was doubtful about it. D.She was annoyed at being waken up.

2.How much was Donna rewarded for winning the Nobel Prize?

A.About $350,000. B.About $2.8million.

C.About $700,000. D.About $1.4 million.

3.What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?

A.Strickland's achievements in physics.

B.The history of the Nobel Prize in Physics.

C.Strickland's struggle to win the Nobel Prize.

D.Three women winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics in history.

4.What does the underlined "it" in the last paragraph refer to?

A.The Nobel Prize in Physics.

B.The achievement of men physicists.

C.The celebration of the Nobel Prize winners.

D.Awarding women physicists the Nobel Prize in Physics.

    An increasing number of students worldwide are considering studying abroad. The application process varies from country to country. If you’re looking for a university with a strong international outlook but feel swept over by all the application options, here is some guidance to get you started.

UK

International students must apply to universities in the UK through a system known as Ucas. This system allows students to apply to up to five universities with just one application. It costs £20 for a single choice or £25 for more than one choice.

The application consists of a series of questions to determine the student’s schooling and predicted grades. The biggest part of the application form is the personal statement, in which applicants should describe their personal interests and related experiences.

Switzerland

Switzerland has four official languages and is bordered by five countries so it is no surprise that its universities are among the most international in the world. International applicants may need to take an entrance exam if they have a foreign school certificate, and must also prove that they have a good grasp of the French language, usually through taking a language exam. The full application costs 50 Swiss Francs for a holder of a Swiss diploma and 150 Swiss Francs for holders of foreign diplomas.

Canada

International applicants have to write up a personal profile as part of their application, which is very similar to the personal statement required for a UK university application. Students will also have to prove their English-language competency—there are nine ways to meet the English Language Admission Standard, which are listed on many university websites.

Singapore

The process of applying to a Singaporean university is very much alike, but overseas students may be delighted to find that the domestic applicants have to cover the same procedures: filling out an online application form and submit identification documents, supporting documents and an application fee of S$20.

1.Which country requires international applicants know French well?

A.UK. B.Switzerland.

C.Canada. D.Singapore.

2.What part of the application is similar between the UK and Canada?

A.The application system. B.The number of universities.

C.The application cost. D.The personal statement.

3.What’s special about the application process in Singapore?

A.Applicants need to pay a lot. B.It is much simpler than elsewhere.

C.It’s no different for native students. D.The competition is even more fierce.

假设你是李华，你的美国朋友Lucy写信来询问你校在4月23日世界读书日这天所举行的相关活动。 请你给她回一封信，主要内容包括以下几个方面：

1. 活动举办的时间，地点及参与人员。

2. 介绍主要活动（不少于两项）。

3. 你的感受。

Dear Lucy,

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours sincerely,

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。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在该词下面写出该加的词。

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. 只允许修改5处，多者（从第6处起）不计分。

2. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词：

From February to March in 2020, all of us had to stay at home. Only at that time we realize normal life was so valuable. We need to learn something important from all that we experienced it. For example, when faced with challenges, choosing to believe that everything will be better. When something unexpected happens, the biggest problem is if we can keep calm. Positive attitudes have an excellent effect for our lives.

阅读下面材料，在空白处堆入适当的内容（1个单词）括号内单词的正确形式。

Beijing has introduced new 1. (regulate) that ban uncivilized behavior, such as not covering one's mouth when coughing in public. Citizens are also required to dress 2.（neat） in public. Beijing bikini may 3.force） out of style, which refers to the practice 4. men roll up their shirts and expose their stomachs during the hot summer months. Some citizens argue that the behavior would have been out of sight, if the government 5.（pass） the laws earlier. In my view, it's never too late to take action.

    Liz Woodward worked as a waitress at the Route 130 diner in Delran, New Jersey. One Thursday morning around 5:30 am, she was serving two firefighters, Young and Hullings. Quite _______ she heard that they had been up all night putting out a _______warehouse fire, which took 12 hours to get under control.

Touched, Liz decided to honor these two heroes by picking up their _______ and writing them a heartfelt message of gratitude. It _______ "Your breakfast is on me today-thank you for all that you do. Fueled by fire and driven by_______, what an example you are! Get some rest. "

This simple act of kindness meant so much to the_______ firefighters. The firefighters _______ and thanked her before leaving the restaurant.

To return the young lady's kindness, upon his arrival home, Hullings posted a Facebook update _______ his friends to go eat at the diner, which was quickly _______ more than 3,000 times.

________, it was not until afterwards that they realized Liz was really the one that could use the help. When they found out that Liz was trying to ________ money for her paralyzed father to get a wheelchair-accessible van, Young posted with a ________ to a Go Fund Me page for Liz's dad, and the support ________.

The total donations reached $60,000 and went beyond Liz's wildest dreams. She had never expected that her small gesture would be paid in such a/an ________ way. "I'm truly blessed that those two walked through the doors today and ________ for the opportunity to be a part of something so positive and inspiring." Liz Woodward said on Facebook.

1.A.in private B.by accident C.in public D.on purpose

2.A.potential B.slight C.rare D.fierce

3.A.money B.uniforms C.check D.breakfast

4.A.replied B.went C.indicated D.read

5.A.concern B.courage C.confidence D.curiosity

6.A.exhausted B.brave C.modest D.anxious

7.A.ended up B.sat up C.teared up D.showed up

8.A.helping B.forcing C.reminding D.urging

9.A.shared B.collected C.examined D.removed

10.A.Thus B.Instead C.However D.Besides

11.A.raise B.donate C.change D.count

12.A.picture B.link C.note D.click

13.A.doubled B.rolled in C.declined D.spread out

14.A.generous B.conventional C.extreme D.rapid

15.A.greedy B.eager C.prepared D.grateful

    How to become happier is what most of us are after. The things that we think will make us happier—bigger paychecks, nicer homes, slimmer bodies— 1.But practices such as exercising more, socializing, getting enough sleep, and being kind to others do.

2..

Exercise causes hormonal (荷尔蒙的)changes in the body that make us feel good and help interrupt negative thoughts. Anyone who has ever experienced a runner's high will surely agree.

Increase social connections

Reconnecting with a friend can boost happiness, but so can a meaningful encounter with a stranger. 3.. In fact, many studies have found that the more we use social media, the less happy we are.

Get enough shut-eye

 4..

Perform acts of kindness

Volunteering to help someone or helping others pay for their bus tickets can make us happy. Giving others a hand takes the focus away from our own worries and problems, which can boost happiness.

These constant practices arc really what's required to boost our happiness. It's like a tire that we put air into. Occasionally it leaks, and we have to put more air into it. It's not one-time thing where we learn it and we're good. 5.. Anyone who adopts and practices the strategies can truly become happier.

A.Burn some calories

B.Prioritize free time

C.don't really matter in our lives

D.But Facebook friends don't count

E.don’t actually add joy to our lives

F.We actually have to put the work in

G.We can set an alarm to signal ourselves to get ready for bed

    Educators today are more and more often heard to say that computer literacy is absolutely necessary for college students. Many even argue that each incoming freshman should have his or her own microcomputer. What advantages do computers offer the college students?

Any student who has used a word processor will know one compelling reason to use a computer: to write papers. Although not all students feel comfortable composing on a word processor, most find revising and editing much easier on it. One can alter, insert, or delete just by pressing a few keys, thus ridding students of the need to rewrite or retype. Furthermore, since the revision process is less difficult, students are more likely to revise as often as is necessary to end up with the best paper possible. For these reasons, many freshman English courses require the use of a word processor.

Computers are also useful in the context of language courses, where they are used to drill students in basic skills. Software programs strengthen ESL (English as a Second Language) instruction, as well as instruction in French, German, Spanish, and other languages. By using these programs on a regular basis, students can improve their skills in a language while proceeding at their own pace.

Similarly, business and accounting students find that computer spreadsheet (电子表格) programs are all but important to many aspects of their work, while students pursuing careers in graphic arts, marketing, and public relations find that knowledge of computer graphic (绘图) is important. Education majors learn to develop grading systems using computers, while social science students use computers for analyzing and graphically displacing their research results.

It is no wonder then, that educators support the purchase and use of microcomputers by students. A useful tool, the computer can help students learn. And that is, after all, the reason for going to college.

1.What does the underlined phrase “computer literacy” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?

A.The purchase of computers. B.The ability to use computers well.

C.The computer hardware and software. D.The computer science and technology.

2.According to the author, a word processor can be used to___________.

A.revise and edit papers B.rewrite or retype papers

C.complete a freshman’ course D.improve students’ writing skills

3.According to the author, the reason for students to go to college is__________.

A.to learn something B.to perfect themselves

C.to improve computer skills D.to find one's passions

4.What is the main idea of Paragraph 4?

A.Educational experts have developed grading systems.

B.The computer has fund its way into social science.

C.Rarely do accounting students use computers.

D.Computers benefit various majors in college.

5.Which of the Allowing is TRUE according to the passage?

A.More college students should major in computer science.

B.Machine learning and big data is the future of computer application.

C.Some computer progams can be employed to aid language learning.

D.Educators are reluctant to increase computer use in their own classroom.

    The Wuhan Institute of Shipbuilding Technology was used as a quarantine site （隔离区） from Feb 8 to March 28. Cheng Shining, a junior of Central China Normal University in Wuhan, was responsible for collecting and distributing supplies for quarantined people and medical staff. As the youngest volunteer at this site, he also chose to live there so that he could show up whenever he was needed.

One day Cheng and two other volunteers took more than 3 hours to move all 1,462 boxes of mineral water to storage with 50 firemen's help. Cheng says. "A single person's strength is limited, but we know the whole country is helping us."

Cheng was a volunteer for the Military World Games held in Wuhan last October. It was the first time he saw his hometown under the world's spotlight. "I've experienced the highlight of Wuhan, and now when my hometown touched a low point, I want to get through the difficulty together with the city," Cheng says.

Like Cheng, 28-year-old Wuhan local Zhu Aobing also volunteered to help his home city. He signed up right away to be a volunteer for the vaccine. A total of 108 Wuhan locals became the first group of COVID-19 vaccine volunteers in March. They are healthy adults aged from 18 to 60 selected from thousands of people who applied.

"Since the lockdown, I've always been thinking what I can do for my hometown during the epidemic," he says. Zhu is a freshman of Hubei University of Technology in Wuhan. He joined the army when he was 18 years old and served for five years. However, Zhu didn't want to miss the chance to study further, so he decided to go to college last year.

"No matter how long I have finished my military service, I always have the responsibility to go to the front line when the country needs me, and when facing this pandemic（疫情），being a vaccine volunteer is what I should do," he says.

1.How does Cheng sound when talking about the help from the firemen?

A.Descriptive and serious B.Generous and exciting

C.Appreciative and optimistic D.Cautious and supportive

2.How can Zhu help his home city?

A.By serving the Military World Games. B.By helping run a quarantine site.

C.By studying further in college. D.By being a vaccine volunteer.

3.What do Cheng and Zhu have in common?

A.They are Wuhan locals. B.They served in the army.

C.They are of the same age. D.They graduated from university.

4.Which of the following is most likely said by President Xi to them during the epidemic?

A.Diligence is crucial for the development of our country.

B.Chinese dream is what pushes the whole country ahead.

C.Life is a book and you are responsible for your own page.

D.The Chinese youth of the new era can shoulder great missions.

5.What is the purpose of this passage?

A.To compare two people. B.To tell two volunteers' stories.

C.To present an argument. D.To report a piece of news.

    I have been worrying for weeks now about what to give my mother for Mother's Day. For most people, this is a modest problem, solved by the purchase of a bathrobe or a box of candy. For me, however, Mother's Day represents an annual challenge to do the impossible---find a gift that will make neither Mama nor me feel terrible.

Expensive gifts—which Mama defines as costing over $1. 98—are out, because they make Mama feel terrible. (“This is awful," she says, examining an apron（围裙））. "I feel just terrible. You shouldn't have spent the money on me） Inexpensive presents---under $1. 98---please Mama, but they make me fell terrible. There is always the danger that a gift given to Mama will bounce swiftly back to the giver. If I give her a plant, she cuts off the top for me to take home. If I give her something edible (可使用的），she wants me to stay for lunch and eat it.

Papa, a sensible man, long ago stopped trying to shop for Mama. Instead, on Mother's Day, her birthday, and other appropriate occasions, he writes a short epic poem in which he tells of their meeting, courtship, and marriage. After nearly 30 years of poems, Papa sometimes worries that the edge of his poetic inspiration has dulled, but Mama doesn’t complain. She comes into the room while he is struggling over a gift poem and says, "It doesn’t have to rhyme（押韵）as long as it's from the heart. "

This year, finally, I think I, too, have found a painless gift for Mama. I am going to give her a magazine article, unrhymed but from the heart, in which I wish her “Happy Mother’s Day" and tell her there's nothing Papa or I could ever buy, find, or make her that would be half good enough anyway.

1.The author considers finding a Mother’s Day gift a yearly problem because______________.

A.it is impossible to find a gift B.it represents a modest problem

C.it is hard to make both sides happy D.it has to be a bathrobe or a box of candy

2.What does the author's mom feel about gifts over $1. 98?

A.They are out. B.They are awful.

C.They cost too much. D.They are from the heart.

3.What can be inferred from Paragraph 2?

A.The author's mom is picky. B.Giving gifts can be dangerous.

C.Picking gifts might be terrible. D.The author's mom will share the gift.

4.What does the author's Dad do for his mom on various occasions?

A.He composes a poem. B.He writes a love letter.

C.He struggles over a gift. D.He stops to shop for her.

5.What is the best title for this passage?

A.A Loving Daughter B.A Special Mother’s Day Gift

C.How to Pick a Gift for Moms D.What to Do on Mother's Day

假如你是李华。你的朋友Tommy是一个手机低头族，无论站着、坐着、走着，他都在低头玩手机。请就此给Tommy写一封信，说服他改掉这个坏习惯。

注意：1．词数100左右；

2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3．开头语和结尾语已给出，不计入总词数。

参考词汇：过度使用overuse

Dear Tommy,

There are many people now playing with their cell phones no matter where they are. And I know you are not an exception.

____________________________________________________________________________________________

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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。

Students in our school is free to choose some special courses according to their interest. These course will help students relaxing after school. There are many courses what students can choose, such as English drama, football and singing. If you want to improve of your spoken English, English drama may be first choice. If you are interesting in football, you can take football as it will help me realize the importance of good teamwork. Besides, it was also good for your health. I like the singing course most because I sing good and want to improve my singing skills.

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．

Fido, a little dog,was very anxious to get the favor on his master. He took care, however,  neither to be troublesome,1.would he follow him into the living room unless he was asked. He also tried to make2.(he) useful to his kind master. He would drive away strange pigs and other animals3.came into the yard．

Once when his master was sick, Fido4.(lie) at the room door and did not leave, even to get his food．When his master was well enough, Fido 5. (admit) into the room, and showed so many signs of joy that his master was more fond 6. him than ever．

Fido even had a chance of 7.(save) his master's life． His master was sleeping in a summerhouse with Fido at his side． Suddenly8.dog saw the wall shake, and dirt fall from the ceiling． Fido knew that there was danger, and began barking9.( awake) his master． As this did not succeed, he jumped up, and10.( gentle) bit his finger． His master had just time to get out of the door when the whole building fell． Fido was hurt by some of the rubbish． And his master had him kindly taken care of till he got well．

Many years ago a big earthquake hit America,killing over 30,000 people.A father ___ his wife safely at home and rushed to the ___ where his son was supposed to be,___ to discover that the building was as flat as a pancake.

Seeing this,he remembered the ___ he had made to his son,“No matter what happens,I’ll always be there for you!” Tears began to ___ his eyes.As he looked at the pile of ___ that once was the school,it looked ___,but he kept remembering his words to his son.

He began to concentrate ___ where he had ___ his son to class before.Remembering his son’s ____ had been in the right back corner of the teaching building,he rushed there and started digging ____ the ruins.

He kept digging and digging.Hours later,other ____ parents tried to pull him off ____ had been his son’s classroom,saying,“It’s too late!They’re all dead!”

But the father kept digging for his son.The fire chief ____ and said,“Fires are breaking out.You’re in ____.Go home.” Hearing this,the American father,____ very tired now,asked politely,“Are you going to help me?”

He went on ____.He dug for 8 hours ...12 hours ...24 hours ...36 hours ...then,in the 38th hour,he heard his son’s ____.He screamed his son’s name,“ARMAND!” And he heard his son shout back,“Dad?!It’s me,Dad!I told the other kids not to worry.I told them that if you were ____ you’d save us.You promised no matter what happened,you’d always be there for me!You did ____,Dad!”

1.A. left    B. stayed    C. reached    D. had

2.A. house    B. company    C. school    D. office

3.A. hardly    B. mainly    C. surprisingly    D. only

4.A. belief    B. promise    C. decision    D. advice

5.A. rise    B. cover    C. fill    D. suffer

6.A. ruins    B. disasters    C. earth    D. bricks

7.A. sad    B. hopeless    C. needless    D. useless

8.A. at    B. in    C. to    D. on

9.A. walked    B. let    C. run    D. seen

10.A. doorway    B. situation    C. classroom    D. entrance

11.A. from    B. through    C. by    D. across

12.A. cold-hearted    B. well-meaning    C. good-looking    D. hard-working

13.A. who    B. when    C. whose    D. what

14.A. showed up    B. showed off    C. got up    D. got off

15.A. frustration    B. difficulty    C. danger    D. fear

16.A. and    B. but    C. if    D. though

17.A. lonely    B. alone    C. together    D. as well

18.A. sound    B. voice    C. noise    D. shout

19.A. right    B. dead    C. alive    D. injured

20.A. that    B. this    C. one    D. it

    We need to vent（发泄）about the place we work sometimes. Whether it is the long hours you put in ,an unreasonable boss, or lack of recognition for your efforts-every workplace has enough fuel to lighten the frustration（挫折）.

1..And it is good to the productivity in the office too. Vanessa Pouthier, a researcher at the University of Melbourne in Australia, studied a team of nurses and health professionals at a hospital in the United States.2..Pouthier observed the joking and complaining that went on for 12 months and realized“it helps people to process stress and frustration,”Pouthier told ABC Radio Perth.

3.,there will always be a corner of the office or the lunch room, where a small or large collective of employees are venting to some degree.“Generally, people don’t think there is any value to it,”Pouthier says.4.;she had to look into other fields, such as linguistics, to better understand its functions.

Whether it’s politely debating the effectiveness of how an office runs, or complaining about the bosses, Pouthier found that the complaining session served as bonding function.5..

“It allows people to recognize how similar they are in the challenges they are facing every day and how they feel about them,”she says.

A.However, few people know how this happens

B.No matter what kind of environment you work in

C.It can even help staff to work through their negative feelings

D.Whether bosses accept complaints from their employees or not

E.But this common activity in every workplace was so under -researched

F.It was found that there’s actually benefits to these kinds of complaining session

G.Good news is, this workplace complaining is actually beneficial to your mental well-being.

    These days, more and more Chinese people enjoy sending and receiving messages on the phone. It can help them to get the latest news and communicate with friends. But I think I should read more books besides the textbooks, the more, the better. It can open my eyes and improve my language skills. Of course, it also can help me to get good grades. Do you know how to read more and learn more? Here are some tips for you.

◆ Clear your purpose for reading

Before you start reading, ask yourself why you are reading this book. Most people read for two main reasons, pleasure or knowledge. Clearing about your reading purpose can not only help you choose the books you really need to read, but also remind you why reading the book is important to you, so you will keep reading and complete the book faster.

◆ Read only what you are interested in

No matter what you are reading, it is important to enjoy what you read. Your friends may tell you the books they love, but those books might not necessarily be the ones you enjoy.

◆ Give up books that you don’t enjoy

You may have chosen books that you are interested in, and they are right to your purpose. But while you are reading them, there may still be some books that you don’t enjoy reading. Whenever you realize that you aren’t enjoying the book you are reading, give it up. Remember reading shouldn’t be a chore (苦差事).

◆ Set a reading goal

It is interesting that I read the books borrowed from libraries faster than those I bought. The reason is the books I bought don’t have a due date! I don’t need to return those books. Having a reading goal helps you work out how much reading you need to do in a week or even a day. Before you read each book, ask yourself what time you need to complete this book by.

1.According to the passage, the writer might be a ________.

A.teacher B.student C.doctor D.scientist

2.What should you do when you find the book which you are reading is boring?

A.Keep on reading. B.Set a reading goal.

C.Read the books your friends love. D.Give up the book.

3.The underlined words “due date” mean in Chinese _________.

A.星期 B.借期 C.还期 D.日期

4.This passage mainly tells us _________.

A.how to read more and learn more B.how to choose a good book

C.how to read faster D.why we should read more books

    Mark Elliot Zuckerberg was born on May the 14th, 1984. He is the creator of the social media site Facebook. He was a star student at school, winning prizes in astronomy, maths and physics. He was also good at Classical studies. He studied Psychology and Computer Science at Harvard University, which is where he created Facebook. His invention led to his becoming Time magazine’s Person Of The Year for 2010.

Zuckerberg excelled in everything he did in his youth. He was captain of the school fencing team, spoke many languages and was a highly skilled computer programmer. While other kids played computer games, he designed them. He created his first network while in high school to connect all of the computers - in his father’s dental surgery. He also built a media player which attracted the interest of Microsoft and AOL.

Zuckerberg started at Harvard in September 2002. In his first year, he created Facemash, a Facebook predecessor (前身), which let students select the college’s best looking people from a selection of photos.

He launched Facebook from his Harvard room in February 2004. It was the start of a rollercoaster ride that would connect half a billion people worldwide and make him the world’s youngest billionaire.

Mark Zuckerberg is now one of the most influential people on the planet. He has dined with the president of the USA and regularly attends global economic summits and technology conferences. He stated: “The thing I really care about is the mission, making the world open.” In 2010, Zuckerberg signed a promise, in which he promised to donate at least half of his life wealth to charity.

1.The underlined word “excelled in” can be replaced by ________.

A.was addicted to B.did well in

C.was absorbed in D.looked forward to

2.The 2nd paragraph is mainly about young Zuckerberg's ________.

A.advantages in sports B.computer programming ability

C.brilliant performance in many fields D.great attraction to Microsoft and AOL.

3.When did Zuckerberg invent Facebook?

A.In 1984 B.In 2010

C.In 2002 D.In 2004

4.What can we infer from the text?

A.Zuckerberg built his social media site after graduating from university.

B.Zuckerberg’s Facebook predecessor helped him become world famous.

C.Zuckerberg’s donation made him Time magazine's Person Of The Year for 2010.

D.Zuckerberg is not only an intelligent computer giant but also a kind billionaire.

    Dr. Scott Witt was at home with his family when he received a call from the hospital he works at informing him that they were going to evacuate(疏散) the patients because a deadly wildfire was spreading.

Witt decided to head to the hospital since he needed to make sure his patients were safe. He felt like these patients were like his own families. ＂The only way I could take was to get on my motorcycle,＂ said Witt, who failed to get to the hospital in his truck since the parts of the roads were closed off or impassable in big vehicles. ＂I had to avoid where the fire had spread to,＂ he said.

By the time he arrived, the fire was reaching the parking lot. The hospital already smelled with a lot of smoke and he wanted to move everybody to safety. With the hospital staff’s help, Witt managed to evacuate all his eight patients into an ambulance that rushed them to a nearby hospital. Even though Witt had done more than enough, he decided to follow the ambulance onto the freeway to make sure the patients would be made to the hospital. ＂At one point, there was some fire and live wire on the freeway,＂ Witt said. ＂After getting far away from the fire, I said to the ambulance driver, ‘I don’t know if it’s the most scary thing I’ve seen but close to it.'＂

After sending the patients to safety, Witt then went back to check on his home, which was burned to the ground by the time he got back. Fortunately, he was grateful his family was unharmed in spite of their blame.

Now, Witt is being known as a hero, but he insists he just did what he felt was right.

1.What is Dr. Scott Witt’s purpose to go to the hospital?

A. He must escape from the wildfire to safety.

B. He was evacuated by the local government.

C. He wanted to move his patients from danger.

D. He had to deal with the injured in the wildfire.

2.Which of the following words can best describes Scott Witt？

A. Selfless. B. Professional.

C. Experienced. D. Undetermined.

3.According to Scott Witt, what is the wildfire like?

A. It was impossible to be put out.

B. It was very horrible for him.

C. It spread less quickly than expected.

D. It was sure to cause many injuries and deaths.

4.How would Scott Witt’s family feel about his behavior?

A. Dangerous. B. Responsible.

C. Praiseworthy. D. Complaining.

FOREIGN TEACHERS ARE NEEDED ALL OVER CHINA

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Tag: Beijing Language Teaching Part Time

We are looking for Teachers, whose Native Language is English, willing to teach in China. Schools are mostly in South of China．

The Benefit package for ESL Teachers includes:

One-year Contract 1st Mar, 2017 to 1st Jul, 2017

Salary 4,000Rmb to 5,000Rmb/Month

Teaching load & schedule: 20 teaching hours per week

A rent-free, fully furnished apartment with living room, bedroom, kitchen and bathroom.(Kitchen facilities are provided. Electric appliances water heater, microwave will be supplied)．

If you are interested, please read the information above and kindly send your application to attach the following documents (in doc or JPEG format). The subject to be mentioned is “teach in China”.

CV/Resume（简历）

A copy of academic degree/diploma/certificate/or college transcript

A photocopy of the data page of valid passport

A recent color photo

A letter of recommendation/or release letter from your previous Chinese school (Only if you worked in China previously)

Any other relevant information that you think might help your application

1.This passage is to_______．

A. introduce a school    B. attract foreign students

C. take on English teachers    D. seek a teaching position

2.What is NOT needed to apply for the job if you come to work in China for the first time?

A. Your resume．    B. Your personal passport data．

C. Your academic history．    D. A release letter．

3.Where can you mostly probably read the advertisement?

A. In a science book．    B. In a paper．

C. In a travel guide．    D. In a textbook

假如你是李华，想通过阅读自己感兴趣的英文书籍来提高英语水平，于是写信给英国朋友Steve，请他推荐相关书籍，内容包括：

1. 写信的意图；

2. 自己目前的英文水平；

3. 你希望他推荐书籍类型及原因。

注意:1词数100左右(开头与结尾已给出，不计入总词数)；

2.可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。

Dear Steve,

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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。

Dear Sir,

I think it important for children to learn how to do chores and help their parents with houseworks. Children these days, depend on their parents too much. They are always asked, "Could you get this for me? " or"Could you help me with that? " Doing chores help to develop children's independence and teach them how to look after themselves. It also helps them to understand idea of fairness. Though they live in one house with their parents, but they should know that everyone should do their part in keep it clean and tidy. Our neighbor’s son got into college but during his first year, he had no idea how to take care of him. As a result, he often fall ill and his grades dropped. The earlier kids learn to be independence, the better it is of their future.

Tommy

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。

For teacher Suzanne Cohen, film is a powerful tool to build 1. understanding of the world. She 2. (run) film-making projects with young people for two decades, and has made a point of addressing difficult and sensitive topics. Documentaries have looked at the refugee crisis, mental health, and 3.(live) with a disability.

" I didn't have this when I was a kid, "she says:" It’s quite an 4.(impress) thing to be able to do. Often I,m not sure 5. they are going to like the topic, but they just seem to love to get their teeth 6.an issue and doing something controversial."

Cohen, 7.is also a lecturer at London Metropolitan University, 8. (award) educator of the year at the Into Film Awards for her work with young people in London last year. The film-making courses is open to those 9. (age) between 13 and 19, as part of Camden Summer, University (CSU). All courses at CSU are free and run by 10. (volunteer), and range from music production and singing workshops to woodwork for young people with learning disabilities.

    I am the youngest of three children and have two older brothers. My family was always fortunate and we had a very _______ life in Shanghai. My _______ were focused on our education, but also on giving us more control over our own life so that we could move ahead _______. To use a car analogy (类比), I was the _______, but they were _______ in the passenger seat in case I needed support. So they didn’t _______ my homework but, whenever I had a question, I could _______ to them. I remember _______ my mom telling neighbors, “My daughter is very smart. She knows how to play _______.” The fact that my mother thought I was smart because I could play a sport, and not just because I was good at school work, was a huge ________. I grew up feeling ________ and had a “can do” attitude.

Shanghai is different from the rest of China as it has a more westernized environment. So, in the late 70s, when my family moved to San Francisco to ________ my grandparents, from a lifestyle point of view it was not much different. What was really ________ was my English. I love to ________ with people but I could ________ say in English, “How do you do?” “Thank you.” and “Don’t mention it.” When we arrived, my grandfather said, “Oh, Weili, living here is going to be wonderful ________ you don’t speak much of the language, because Americans are very friendly.” My parents taught us to be ________and when I went to school or the supermarket, I would say, “Thank you.” ________ the expected reply, “Don’t mention it,” ________ said, “You’re welcome.” So one day, I told my grandfather, “You were ________— people here always say I am welcome here.”

1.A.difficult B.comfortable C.busy D.sad

2.A.grandparents B.neighbors C.brothers D.parents

3.A.lightly B.slowly C.confidently D.cautiously

4.A.passenger B.owner C.conductor D.driver

5.A.sitting B.sleeping C.waiting D.resting

6.A.hand in B.help with C.learn from D.ask for

7.A.turn B.respond C.explain D.lie

8.A.stopping B.imagining C.hearing D.minding

9.A.basketball B.tricks C.roles D.music

10.A.achievement B.encouragement C.movement D.argument

11.A.burdened B.frightened C.valued D.excited

12.A.invite B.leave C.love D.join

13.A.confusing B.challenging C.tiring D.inspiring

14.A.quarrel B.live C.communicate D.compete

15.A.hardly B.firmly C.slowly D.only

16.A.even though B.in that C.in case D.ever since

17.A.careful B.patient C.polite D.modest

18.A.Instead of B.By means of C.In spite of D.due to

19.A.nobody B.somebody C.anybody D.everybody

20.A.wrong B.right C.nice D.funny

    Do you think you got enough sleep this past week? Can you recall the last time you woke up without an alarm clock feeling refreshed, not needing caffeine ? 1.. Two-thirds of adults throughout all developed nations fail to obtain the recommended eight hours of nightly sleep.

2.. Routinely, sleeping less than six or seven hours a night destroys your immune system, more than doubling your risk of cancer. Insufficient sleep is a key lifestyle factor determining whether or not you will develop Alzheimer’ s disease. Inadequate sleep, even moderate reductions for just one week, disrupts blood sugar levels so profoundly that you would be classified as pre-diabetic.

Perhaps you have also noticed a desire to eat more when you’re tired? 3.. Too little sleep increases- concentrations of a hormone that makes you feel hungry while stopping a companion hormone that otherwise signals food satisfaction. Despite being full, you still want to eat more. It's a proven recipe for weight gain in sleep-deficient adults and children alike. Worse, 4., it is in vain, since most of the weight you lose will come from lean body mass(丢脂体重), not fat.

Add the above health consequences up, and a proven link becomes easier to accept: the shorter your sleep, the shorter your life will be. The old maxim “I’ll sleep when I m dead” is therefore unfortunate. Adopt this mindset, and you will be dead sooner and the quality of that (shorter) life will be worse. 5..

A.This is no coincidence

B.It is a tragedy to cost you your family

C.If the answers are“no, you are not alone

D.when you push yourself too hard before you go to sleep

E.The rubber band of sleep loss can stretch only so far before it breaks

F.should you attempt to diet but don't get enough sleep while doing so

G.I doubt you are surprised by this fact, but you may be surprised by the consequences

    The second little pig was unlucky. He built his house from sticks. It was blown away by a huffing, puffing wolf, which quickly ate him up. His brother, by contrast, built a wolf-proof house from bricks. The fairy tale could have been written by someone hired by the building industry, which strongly favours brick, concrete and steel. However, in the real world it would help reduce pollution and slow global warming if more builders copied the wood-loving second pig.

In 2015 world leaders meeting in Paris agreed to move towards zero net greenhouse-gas emissions in the second half of this century. That is a tall order, and the building industry makes it even taller. Cement- making(水泥制造) alone produces 6% of the world 's carbon emissions. Steel, half of which goes into buildings, accounts for another 8%. If you factor in all of the energy that goes into lighting, heating and cooling homes and offices, the world's buildings start to look like a giant environmental problem.

However, buildings can become greener. They can use more recycled steel and can be made in sections that can be put together later in off-site factories, greatly reducing lorry journeys. But no other building material has environmental credentials (证书) as exciting and overlooked as wood.

The energy required to produce a wooden beam is one-sixth of that required for a steel one of comparable strength. As trees take carbon out of the atmosphere when growing,wooden buildings contribute to negative emissions by storing the stuff. When a mature tree is cut down, a new one can be planted to replace it, capturing more carbon. After buildings are torn down, old beams and panels are easy to recycle into new structures. And for improving older buildings to be more energy efficient, wood is a good insulator(隔热材料). A softwood window frame provides nearly 400 times as much insulation as a plain steel one of the same thickness and over a thousand times as much as an aluminium equivalent.

Wood alone will not bring the environmental cost of the world's buildings into line. But using wood can do much more than is appreciated. The second little pig was not wrong, just before his time.

1.Why is the second little pig with his brother mentioned in Paragraph 1?

A.To attract readers. B.To share a story.

C.To support the main idea. D.To introduce the topic.

2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A.The world’s buildings are the biggest environmental problem.

B.The goal set by world leaders in Paris in 2015 is difficult to achieve.

C.The wooden house is not only exciting but also overlooked for a long time.

D.The building industry produces 14% of the world's carbon emissions totally.

3.How can buildings become eco-friendly?

A.Restoring them.

B.Planting more trees in them.

C.Recycling old wooden structure.

D.Substituting steel windows for wood ones.

4.What is the best title  for the text?

A.The benefit from wood

B.The building industry

C.The lesson from fairy tales

D.The house made of wood

    The world of work is changing. Are people ready for the new job outlook? A survey of 15- year-olds across 41 countries by the OECD(经合组织) has found that teenagers may have unrealistic expectations about the kind of work that will be available.

Four of the five most popular choices are traditional professional roles: doctors, teachers, business managers and lawyers. Teenagers cluster around the most popular jobs, with the top ten being chosen by 47% of boys and 53% of girls.

This selection is partly due to wishful thinking on the part of those surveyed. Furthermore, teenagers can hardly be expected to have an in-depth knowledge of labour-market trends. They encounter doctors and teachers in their daily lives. Other popular professions, such as lawyers and police officers, are familiar from films and social media.

Some parts of the OECD survey are disturbing. More boys than girls expect to work in science or engineering. The problem continues in higher education; with the exception of biological and biomedical sciences, degrees in STEM Subjects (science, technology, engineering and maths ) are male-dominated. In America women earn just 35. 5% of undergraduate STEM degrees and 33. 7% of PhDs. Things are even worse in technology. In Britain only one in five computer-science university students is a woman. Women are underrepresented in some important fields of technology; they have only 12% of jobs in cloud computing, for example.

Women play a much bigger role in the health- and social-care sectors. The problem is that some of these jobs are not very well paid. Home-health and personal-care aides had median annual salaries in 2018 of just over 24,000. Some jobs in health care are extremely profitable, of course. But another gender imbalance emerges here: women make up only one-third of American health-care executives. In contrast, they tend to dominate the poorly paid social care workforce.

The biggest problem in the labour market, then, may not be that teenagers are focusing on a few well-known jobs. It could be a mismatch: not enough talented women move into technology and not enough men take jobs in social care. Any economist will recognise this as an inefficient use of resources. Wherever the root of the problem lies---be it the education system, government policy or corporate recruiting practices---it needs to be identified and fixed.

1.Many teenagers would like to choose some traditional jobs because_______.

A.they are ready for these jobs

B.these jobs are better known to them

C.these jobs live up to their expectations

D.they think these jobs are available to them

2.Where do most women work?

A.In engineering

B.In technology.

C.In health care.

D.In business.

3.What would-the author most probably agree with?

A.The mismatch of resources requires improving.

B.Not enough men and women take jobs in society.

C.Teenagers have unrealistic expectations about jobs.

D.It's the education system that causes the problem in the labour market.

4.In which section of a magazine may this text appear ?

A.Entertainment. B.Education.

C.Science. D.Career.

    My brother had, for years, a delightfully tame and lively blue-fronted Amazon parrot named Papagallo, which had an extraordinary talent for speech. Living with us in Altenberg, Papagallo flew just as freely around as most of my other birds. A talking parrot that flies from tree to tree and at the same time says human words, gives a much more comical effect than one that sits in a cage and does the same thing. When Papagallo, with loud cries of “Where’s the Doc?” flew about the district, sometimes in a real search for his master, it was funny.   

Still funnier, but also remarkable from a scientific point of view, was the following performance of the bird. Papagallo feared nothing and nobody, with the exception of the chimney sweep. Birds are likely to fear things which are up above. And this tendency is associated with the natural fear of the bird of prey diving down from the heights. So everything that appears against the sky, has for them something of the meaning of “bird of prey”. As the chimney sweep in black stood up on the chimney and became outlined against the sky, Papagallo fell into a panic of fear and flew, loudly screaming, so far away that we feared he might not come back. Months later, when the chimney sweep came again, Papagallo was sitting on the weathercock, quarrelling with other birds who wanted to sit there too. All at once, I saw him stretch his neck and peer down anxiously into the village street; then he flew up and away, crying out in tough tones, “ The chimney sweep is- coming!” “The chimney sweep is coming! The next moment, the man in black walked through the doorway of the yard !

Unfortunately, I was unable to find out how often Papagallo had seen the chimney sweep before and how often he had heard the excited cry of our cook, which meant his approach. It was, without a doubt, the voice and intonation of this lady that the bird copied. But he had certainly not heard it more than three times at the most and, each time, only once and at an interval of months.

1.It can be inferred that the author_______.

A.might be a bird expert

B.must set a lot of parrots free

C.could talk with Papagallo

D.did have Papagallo look for his brother

2.What does the underlined words “bird of prey” in Paragraph 2 mean?

A.Bird flying up high.

B.Bird hunting animals.

C.Bird having black feathers.

D.Bird diving down from the sky.

3.What confused the author?

A.Why Papagallo feared the chimney sweep.

B.What the chimney sweep did to Papagallo.

C.How Papagallo had learnt to say the exact sentence.

D.How often Papagallo was seen by the chimney sweep.

4.Which of the following best describes Papagallo?

A.Gifted B.Caring.

C.Shy. D.Talkative.

    There are plenty of things to do while at home, from watching heartwarming TV to indoor fitness, but if you want to do something with the whole family, a board game is the perfect activity.

Telestrations

It is like a combination of the whisper game Telephone and Pictionary. Players draw a word and pass their sketch to the player next to them, who writes down the word they think the first player draws. The next player draws the word the previous player writes down, and the game continues in this way until the final drawing or description comes out wildly different from the original one. It is most popular among kids.

Catan

A slightly more involved game than Risk or Monopoly, Catan, previouly known as Settlers of Catan or Settlers, has become popular in the past decade or so beyond board game enthusiasts. In the game, which has many expansions available if you get bored with the original, players become “settlers”, each trying to build up individual settlements while trading resources. The bigger your settlement, the more points, and the first to a set number wins.

Ticket to Ride

It is an easy-to-understand game that is about something as simple as trains. Players use colored train cars that they are able to obtain by collecting cards of the same color to create train routes across a map of the U. S. Expansion packs have many other maps to choose from. Bigger train routes give you more points, as do building the routes shown on the secret ticket cards you draw at the beginning of the game.

Lords of Waterdeep

This board game from the makers of Dungeons Dragons is definitely more complex but is one of the most enjoyable games once you understand all the rules. Beautifully designed in fantasy style, Waterdeep is a “worker placement game”, in which players use agents to gather resources to complete quests, which generate victory points. Whoever has the most at the end of the game wins.

1.In which of the following board games is drawing needed?

A.Telestrations.

B.Catan.

C.Ticket to Ride.

D.Lords of Waterdeep.

2.Who will be the winner in Catan?

A.The one becoming the first settler.

B.The one getting needed points first.

C.The one gathering the most resources.

D.The one creating the most train routes.

3.What do the four board games have in common?

A.They have many expansions.

B.They ask players to get points.

C.They involve more than one player.

D.They are easy to understand and play.