阅读短文内容，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

They’re neither medical workers in close contact with the novel coronavirus nor government officials who receive the 1. (late) updates of the situation — yet they’re keeping us 2. (inform)of the development of the epidemic. They are the media, and their eyes are far-seeing.

Zhu Xingxin is one such member: a 3. (photograph) with China Daily. Having putting on protective gear (装备) like the doctors, he visited Tongji Hospital in Wuhan on Feb 3 to report on the lives of medical workers.

The eyes of the media are not just here to see, but 4. (examine). On Feb 9, for example, a bus in Wuhan carrying severely ill patients 5. (catch) in traffic with no one guiding them and no hospitals claiming them. The incident was witnessed by Global Times journalists and was soon reported online. It ended with all the patients 6. (settle) properly in hospitals and officials in charge being held responsible. But it’s possible 7. without journalists this incident would never have been exposed.

“I do hope that by writing about 8. (they) stories, I’m helping things change for 9. better.” said Li Xueqing, a China Daily journalist. Indeed, the media is like a pair of eyes watching out 10. us as they report on the world’s most important news.

    Ice and snow were beating the window and the wind almost swept everything away outside. I _________ how I would get home. The 12-mile route took me up and down steep hills and around _________ turns. I whispered a prayer for _________.

My old green Blazer SUV was doing wonderfully over the _________ roadway. _________ as I climbed one of the steepest and scariest hills, I noticed the tires were slipping, and I decided it was time to _________ to four-wheel drive. Slowly the tires _________ the road, and the top came _________ sight. Unfortunately, I had just made it when the _________ stopped. I pushed and pulled the lever (档杆)—nothing happened. I was ____________ with snow and ice balls around.

Even though I had met no one on this lonely road, I hoped someone might come to ____________. After a few minutes, I ____________ an old pickup truck. A smiling young man I’d never seen before rolled down his window, asking if I needed help. I ensured him I did. Then he showed me how to operate the four-wheel-drive shifting gear (齿轮), locking it into ____________.

____________, I got the Blazer starting. When I thanked the stranger and asked if he lived around the area, he just said,  “Oh, over there.” Do I believe in angels? You ____________!

1.A.wondered B.realized C.assumed D.stated

2.A.smooth B.sharp C.simple D.slight

3.A.liberty B.priority C.safety D.recovery

4.A.ice-covered B.flood-ruined C.badly-built D.well-equipped

5.A.But B.Or C.So D.And

6.A.attend B.appeal C.switch D.lead

7.A.lost control of B.took charge of C.got along with D.held on to

8.A.into B.beyond C.over D.from

9.A.wind B.snow C.vehicle D.driver

10.A.hurt B.stuck C.engaged D.panicked

11.A.life B.power C.help D.mind

12.A.boarded B.missed C.called D.spied

13.A.comfort B.scene C.action D.place

14.A.By no means B.In no time C.In some way D.In the meanwhile

15.A.fail B.approve C.count D.bet

Why Do Brides Wear White

In many societies the color white has been associated with purity and virtue, and that is one reason why some brides choose to wear white, especially in the West. Usually, you will hear that brides wear white because “it’s a tradition”. But, historically, white was not the only color considered for wedding dresses. 1.

For many centuries in Western societies, wedding dresses had different colors. 2. Brides tended to buy a wedding dress that could be worn again, or they simply wore the best dress they already owned. And white is not practical: it is difficult to keep clean and is therefore not ideal for many situations or for repeated wear.

Many brides chose to wear dresses of other colors for their wedding and beyond. 3. They do so largely thanks to a trend that started with Queen Victoria’s 1840 wedding to Prince Albert.

4. Although not in as many different media as we have now, they still had a tendency to be trendsetting. So Victoria chose to wear a white gown (女礼服)—reportedly to show off the fine detailed Honiton lace produced by the British lace industry, which was depressed at the time. Her fashion choice was widely reported in newspapers and magazines. 5. Eventually, the trend of a white wedding gown spread across all economic levels and it was strengthened as “tradition” in the 20th century.

A.So why do so many of today’s brides wear white?

B.But why are brides so particular about their dresses?

C.Royal weddings in those years received a lot of reporting.

D.It reflected the growth of the wedding industry at that time.

E.It soon influenced domestic and international wedding trends.

F.In fact, other colors were chosen far more frequently than white.

G.This was for reasons of being practical as much as anything else.

    Is there a link between social media and depression? Do Facebook and Instagram have a negative impact on your mental health? It’s complicated.

Sometimes, looking through Instagram just makes you feel bad. You try not to envy your friends, but they always seem to be traveling somewhere cool, eating something fancy, or looking cute in perfect just-rolled-out-of-bed hair. On the other hand, there are times when you laugh at funny memes (表情包), catch up with old friends, and feel happy to belong to fun social media communities, Clearly, social media isn’t all bad.

People are increasingly suspect that there’re the potential problems of social media. Things like cyberbullying, screen addiction, and being exposed to endless filtered images (美颜) that make it impossible not to make comparisons between yourself and others often make the news. In July, a big study came out in the journal JAMA titled “Association of Screen Time and Depression in Adolescence.” This big headline seems to confirm what a lot of people have been saying-screen time is horrible for young people.

The study followed over 3800 adolescents over four years as part of a drug and alcohol prevention program. Part of what the investigators measured was the teens’ amount of screen time, including time spent on social media, as well as their levels of depression symptoms. One of their main findings was that higher amounts of social media use were associated with higher levels of depression. That was true both when the researches compared between people and compared each person against their own mental health over time.

Case closed? Not so fast. Before we end the debate once and for all, let’s take a closer look at this and other studies. Let’s ask ourselves: what exactly is the relationship between social media use and depression? It turns out there are several warnings.

1.Why do people sometimes feel bad when looking through Instagram?

A.They feel unbalanced.

B.They can travel nowhere.

C.They don’t look perfect.

D.They lack contact with old friends.

2.Why is the article in journal JAMA mentioned?

A.To comment. B.To suggest.

C.To prove. D.To explore.

3.Which may agree with the findings of the study?

A.Teens’ amount of screen time is limited.

B.Depression is related to social media use.

C.It is not easy to tell reasons for depression.

D.Social media use contributes to mental health.

4.What’s the best title of the text?

A.How to reduce depression?

B.Shall people reduce screen time?

C.Does social media cause depression?

D.Why is it time to give up social media?

    Pigeons (鸽子) may be considered mice of the sky, but some scientists have found greater value in these urban birds: the blueprint for a new generation of flying machines.

Birds can transform the shape of their wings by fanning out their feathers or moving them closer together. Those adjustments allow birds to cut through the sky more flexibly than rigid drones (无人机). Now, using new insights into exactly how pigeons ‘joints control the spread of their wing feathers, researchers have built a robotic pigeon. This research paves the way for creating more light aircraft, says Dario Floreano, a roboticist in Switzerland not involved in the work.

“What’s really cool about this robot is that you can make adjustments in a robotic wing that you could never do when studying flight in a bird”, says David Lentink, an engineer and biologist at Stanford University. A controllable robotic pigeon solves that problem. In flight tests, Lentink’s team observed that bending only the fingers of one wing eased the robot into a banked turn-offering the first evidence that birds may sometimes use just their fingers to direct in flight. In a second study, Lentink’s group used their robotic wing design to confirm another insight into bird flight: how gaps are prevented from forming between feathers on extended wings.

This is the best set of robotic wings yet for testing how birds adjust their flight feathers to move through the air, says Tyson Hedrick, a biomechanist. But “there’s plenty of room for improvement.” For instance, a future flying robot could include a shoulder joint to investigate how waving a bird’s wings up and down influences flight, he says.

1.What is the newly-found worth of pigeons?

A.They help study other species.

B.They protect other urban birds.

C.They provide proof of mice’s harm.

D.They inspire a new aircraft.

2.What is Dario Floreano’s attitude to the research?

A.Negative. B.Positive.

C.Neutral. D.Critical.

3.What do the underlined words “that problem” in paragraph 3 refer to?

A.Pigeons in flight can hardly be observed.

B.People can’t make adjustments in birds’ wings.

C.It is difficult for pigeons to make a banked turn.

D.Pigeons fail to control the spread of their wing feathers.

4.Where does the text probably come from?

A.A travel journal.

B.A travel brochure.

C.A science fiction.

D.A science magazine.

    I remember doing the household chores to help my mother when I was nine. I hated changing the vacuum cleaner (真空吸尘器) bag and picking up things the machine did not suck up. Twenty years later, in 1978, with this lifelong dislike of the way the machine worked, I decided to make a bagless one.

Easier said than done, of course. I didn’t realize that I would spend the next five years perfecting my design, a process that resulted in 5,127 different prototypes (样机). By the time I made my 15th prototype, my third child was born. By 2,627, my wife and I were really counting our pennies. By 3,727, my wife was giving art lessons for some extra cash, and we were getting further and further into debt. These were tough times, but each failure brought me closer to solving the problem.

In the early 1980s, I started trying to get licensing agreements for my technology. The reality was very different, however. The major vacuum makers had built a business model based on the profits from bags and filters (滤网). No one would license my idea, not because it was a bad one, but because it was bad for business. But soon after, the companies that I had talked with started making machines like mine. I had to fight legal battles on both sides of the Atlantic to protect the patents on my vacuum cleaner.

I was still in financial difficulties until 1993, when my bank manager personally persuaded Lloyds Bank to lend me $1 million. Then I was able to go into production. Within two years, the Dyson vacuum cleaner became a best-seller in Britain.

Today, I still embrace risk and the potential for failure as part of the process. Nothing beats the excitement of invention,

1.What drove the author to make a bagless vacuum cleaner?

A.His willingness to help mom.

B.His curiosity about machines.

C.His trouble in doing family chores.

D.His discontent with existing cleaners.

2.What does paragraph 2 mainly tell us?

A.The help from the author’s wife.

B.The financial problems of the family.

C.The tough process of the new invention.

D.The procedures of making a bagless cleaner.

3.Why did the companies refuse to license the author’s technology?

A.They thought they might suffer loss.

B.They considered it not good enough.

C.They faced legal problems themselves.

D.They had begun making such machines.

4.What lesson may the author learn from the experience?

A.Think twice before acting.

B.Failure is the mother of success.

C.Actions speak louder than words.

D.A good beginning makes a good ending.

    The UK’s music festivals are world famous but there are plenty more to celebrate in the country.

Burns Night, Scotland

On 25 January. Scots celebrate the life and works of Scotland’s national poet Robert Burns by holding a special Burns Supper. This can be a casual gathering of friends or a huge formal dinner. Guests take it in turn to recite Burns’ poems or sing one of his songs.

Hay Festival, Hay-on-Wye, Wales

For 10 days each May, the small town of Hay-on-Wye on the edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales is filled with writers, filmmakers, musicians, comedians, politicians, and people who come to hear them talk and exchange ideas. The festival celebrates great writing of all genres (体裁) and it all takes place in a tented village in the town.

Camp Festival, Dorset

As a branch of a festival held in Dorset, it’s one of the best family festivals in the UK. Held every year in the grounds of the historic Lulworth Castle in Dorset, the festival includes top live music acts but, as the organizers say, “kids are king” at Camp Festival, with a wide variety of entertainment, workshops and fun for kids. The 2020 Camp Festival takes place from 25 to 28 July.

Guy Fawkes Day or “Bonfire Night”

All over the UK on 5 November, the British light bonfires and set off fireworks in their back gardens or, more commonly these days, at organized events in public parks. They celebrate the Catholic Guy Fawkes’ failed attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament on 5 November, 1605.

1.Which festivals are related to literature?

A.Burns Night and Hay Festival.

B.Hay Festival and Camp Festival.

C.Burns Night and Guy Fawkes Day.

D.Camp Festival and Guy Fawkes Day.

2.When does the festival most appealing to children take place?

A.In January. B.In May.

C.In July. D.In November.

3.What does Guy Fawkes Day celebrate?

A.A historical event.

B.A successful explosion.

C.An organized strike.

D.An impressive building.

Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.

你校学生会正开展主题为“The first job I want to take”的英语征文比赛，请你撰文参加（文中请不要出现真实的校名和人名）。你的征文内容需包括：

1.离开校园、步入社会后，你想从事的第一份职业是什么；

2.你想从事这份职业的原因（可从个人特点、职业价值等方面进行阐述）。

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Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.

1.这位诗人的作品以天马行空而著称。(famous)

_______________________

2.越来越多的旅游公司开始涉足自助游项目的开发。(involve)

_______________________

3.在全球教育市场上,美国和英国仍占主导地位,但中国正在快速迎头赶上。(the lead)

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4.我们所需要的是这样的科学家,他们能用通俗的语言解释复杂的问题,并且敢于就重要的事情提出自己的见解。(What)

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Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.

Does your memory fail as you age?

I’m 62 years old. Like many of my friends, I forget names that I used to be able to recall effortlessly. When packing my suitcase for a trip. I walk to the bedroom and by the time I get there, I don’t remember what I came for. And yet my long-term memories are perfect. I remember the names of my third-grade classmates, the first record album I bought, my wedding day.

This is widely understood to be a classic problem of aging. But the problem is not necessarily age-related I’ve been teaching undergraduates for my entire career and I can prove that even 20-year-olds make short-term memory errors — loads of them. They walk into the wrong classroom; they show up to exams without the required No. 2 pencil; they forget something I just said two minutes before. These are similar to the kinds of things 70-year-olds do.

The relevant difference is not age but rather how we describe these events, the stories we tell ourselves about them. Twenty-year-olds don’t think, “Oh dear, this must be early-onset Alzheimer (早老性痴呆症).” They think, “I really need to get more than four hours of sleep.” The 70-year-olds observe these same events and worry about their brain health. This is to say that every error of short-term memory doesn’t necessarily indicate a biological disorder.

So how do we account for our subjective experience that older adults seem to search for words and names with difficulty? First, there is a generalized cognitive (认知的) slowing with age-but given a little more time, older adults perform just fine. Second, older adults have to search through more memories than younger adults to find the fact or piece of information they’re looking for. Your brain becomes crowded with memories and information. It’s not that you can’t remember — you can — it’s just that there is so much more information to sort through.

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Directions: Read the following. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.

Framing risk,reducing panic

For four decades,psychologists have studied how people see risk and what causes them to overreact to terrorist attacks and other extreme events.Those misplaced reactions can lead to the shame of people and prevention of daily activities,causing a new set of problems on top of a current crisis.1.

Timely,honest communication from a source an audience considers credible is essential to containing fear,but governments have the tough job of explaining risk and telling people how to act without also seeding alarm.2.

Messages may be more helpful when delivered in creative formats.Visuals are very powerful.We can't just tell people things,we have to show them.When people are using the more primary part of their brain,visuals are more powerful than our higher order tools, including language.

3. People can understand just about anything if you do your job right as a communicator.That includes keeping it simple and communicating what people need to know,versus what is nice to know,expressing risk in numbers--”there's a 30 percent chance of rain”--and reminding people of the opportunity cost of waiting for more evidence.

Psychologists working in the field of risk communication assume we have too much control through our messaging.4.

A.Research has shown that different threats push different psychological buttons.

B.It's also important that the content and tone of communications speak to the intended audience.

C.Giving people concrete, detailed actions to take can help reduce panic and overreaction when a new threat emerges.

D.In response, psychologists are helping governments and other groups communicate real risk levels to the public to help make sure actions meet needs.

E.The discipline is very straightforward: Identify the few things that people most need to know and figure out how to explain them in clear, trustworthy terms.

F.We need to step back and allow for high emotions and missteps by people as long as we help them make well-informed decisions that eventually protect them.

    Scientists in Antarctica have recorded,for the first time,unusually warm water beneath a glacier (冰川)the size of Florida that is already melting and contributing to a rise in sea levels.

The researchers,working on the Thwaites Glacier,recorded water temperatures at the base of the ice of more than 2℃,above the normal freezing point.Critically,the measurements were taken at the glacier's grounding line,the area where it transforms from resting wholly on bedrock to spreading out on the sea as ice shelves.It is unclear how fast the glacier is getting worse:Studies have forecast its total collapse in a century or in a few decades.The presence of warm water in the grounding line may support estimates at the faster range.

That is worthy of attention because the Thwaites,along with the Pine Island Glacier and several smaller glaciers, acts as a brake on part of the much larger West Antarctic Ice Sheet, which , if melted, would raise the world's oceans by more than a meter over centuries,an amount that would put many coastal cities underwater.

“Warm waters in this part of the world,as remote as they may seem,should serve as a warning to all of us about the potential terrible changes to the planet brought about by climate change,” said David Holland, director of New York University's Environmental Fluid Dynamics Laboratory.

Glaciologists have previously raised alarm over the presence of warm water melting the Thwaites from below.This is the first time,though,that warm waters have been measured at the glacier's grounding line.

To observe activity beneath the glacier,Dr.Holland's team drilled a hole -about 30 centimeters wide and 600 meters deep-from the surface to the bottom and then placed equipment that measures water temperature and ocean turbulence,or the mixing of freshwater from the glacier and salty ocean water.Collecting the data took about 96 hours in subzero weather.Warm waters beneath the Thwaites are actively melting it, the team found.

While scientists may not yet be able to definitively predict how soon glaciers like the Thwaites will melt, human-caused climate change is a key factor.The biggest predictor of “how much ice we will lose and how quickly we will lose it,”Dr.Holland said,”is human action.”

1.What does warm water found in the glacier's grounding line indicate?

A.Sea levels should be remeasured.

B.It may take a century for the glacier to melt.

C.The grounding line is getting shorter.

D.The glacier might disappear sooner

2.The Thwaites and other glaciers are important because ______.

A.they hold back ice

B.they are extremely large

C.they are located at bedrocks

D.they are collapsing

3.What can be inferred from the passage about the researchers’ viewpoints?

A.We can predict how much ice can be kept.

B.Human beings are to blame for the loss of ice.

C.Glaciers serve a more important purpose than expected.

D.More data needs to be collected to support the estimates.

4.What is the passage mainly about?

A.The efforts made to avoid the presence of warm water.

B.The alarm voiced on the worsening situation of glaciers.

C.The tools employed to measure the temperature of Antarctica.

D.The prediction based on a scientific study of the grounding line.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is “UNICEF”?

UNICEF is the United Nations Children’s Fund

When created in 1946 to help children in war-torn Europe, China and the Middle East, UNICEF stood for “United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund”. In 1947, UNICEF USA was founded, one year after UNICEF, to support UNICEF’s lifesaving work for children.

By 1953, UNICEF's task was extended to address the needs of children in the developing world. At that time, the words “international” and “emergency” were dropped from the organization’s name, making it simply the United Nations Children’s Fund. UNICEF has helped save more children’s lives than any other humanitarian organization.

What is UNICEF USA’s mission?

We work for the survival, protection and development of children worldwide through fund raising, advocacy and education.

How can I volunteer for UNICEF in the field?

UNICEF secures volunteers, who must have at least a Bachelor’s Degree and two-to-five years’ experience in their field of expert knowledge and skills, through the United Nations Volunteers program.

If you are a citizen of the United States and meet the above standards, send your resume to the United Nations Volunteers program at the following address for more information: United Nations Volunteers, c/o Peace Corps, 1111 20th St.N.W, Washington, DC 20526.

If you are interested in volunteering within the United States, click here to learn how.

May I donate non-cash goods for emergency relief?

Some have asked us about donating goods here in the U.S. for emergency relief efforts abroad. While we are grateful for the desire to help, UNICEF does not accept non-cash goods. Why?

Financial donations are the fastest and most efficient way to provide assistance. Donated goods must be screened, sorted, stored and transported. UNICEF pre-positions supplies to speed up delivery and sources them locally whenever possible. A blanket donated today can take weeks, or even months, to arrive abroad. A dollar donated today, however, will be arranged tomorrow to buy lifesaving supplies.

We also purchase supplies in large quantities to save money. That means your financial donation will get more supplies to more kids in need than your donation of non-cash goods.

1.Which of the following statements is true of UNICEF USA?

A.It no longer provides emergency fund.

B.It is localized to focus on national affairs.

C.It was originally created for kids’ education.

D.It supports children growth at home and abroad.

2.If you want to be a UNICEF USA volunteer,______ is NOT a must.

A.required education background B.related working experience

C.American nationality D.educational program participation

3.Financial donation is a better choice than non-cash goods because of_________.

A.the good will B.operational efficiency

C.local assistance D.the reliable supply

    Katherine Jonson,winner of the presidential medial of freedom,refused to be limited by society5 expectations of her gender and race while expanding the borders of humanity’s reach--President Barack Obama,2015

Using little more than a pencil,a slide rule and one of the finest mathematical minds in the country,Mrs.Johnson, who died at 101,calculated the precise path that would let Apollo 11 land on the moon in 1969 and,after Neil Armstrong's history-making moonwalk,let it return to Earth Wet throughout Mrs.Johnson's 33 years in NASAN& Flight Research Division and for decades afterward,almost no one knew her name.She was just one of those unheralded women who,well before the modem feminist(女权)movement,worked as NASA mathematicians.But it was not only her gender that kept her long marginalized and long unsung Katherine Johnson,a West Virginia native,was also African-American.

But over time,the work of Mrs.Johnson and her colleagues--countless calculations done mainly by hand,using slide rules,chart paper and inefficient desktop calculating machines--won them a level of acceptance that for the most competitive race.

“NASA was a very professional organization,”Mrs.Johnson told The Observer of Fayetteville,N.C.,in 2010. “They didn't have time to be concerned about what color I was.”Nor,she said,did she.”I don't have a feeling of inferiority,”Mrs.Johnson said on at least one occasion.”Never had.I m as good as anybody,but no better.”

To the end of her life,Mrs.Johnson refused praise for her role in sending astronauts into space,keeping them on course and bringing them safely home.”I was just doing my job,”Mrs.Johnson repeatedly said so.But what a job it was--done,no less,by a woman born at a time when the odds were more likely that she would die before age 35 than even finish high school.

1.The underlined word “unheralded”most probably means______.

A.not adequately paid

B.not previously mentioned

C.not officially rewarded.

D.not fast promoted

2.It was ___________ put together that made Mrs. Johnson a miracle.

A.her skin color, her gender and the facilities

B.her gender, her intelligence and the facilities

C.her skin color, her gender and her intelligence

D.her intelligence, her skin color and the facilities

3.From Mrs. Johnson's comments on NASA and her own job, we can conclude that ____________.

A.she was confident and modest

B.NASA shows no interest in staff's races

C.She was superior to most women in her age

D.NASA is professionally organized and supportive

4.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A.Woman Made Calculations

B.NASA Marginalized Mathematicians

C.Gender Divided Organizations

D.Mathematician Broke Barriers

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

Retailers(零售商) closed more than 9,000stores in 2019. Some people call what has happened to the shopping landscape “the retail ______ .” It is easy to chalk it up to the rise of e-commerce, which has thrived while physical stores struggle. But this can be ______. Online sales have grown tremendously in the last 20 years, but Internet shopping still represents only 11 percent of the entire retail sales total. Collectively, three major ______ forces have had an even bigger impact on brick-and-mortar retail than the Internet has.

To begin with,we have changed______ we shop - away from smaller stores like those in malls and toward stand-alone “Big Box” stores,which is a greater problem for most physical stores.

Also, Rising income______ has left less of the nation’s money in the hands of the middle class, and the traditional retail stores that ______ them have suffered.  It is estimates that since 1970, the share of the nation’s income earned by families in the middle class has fallen from almost two-thirds to around 40 percent. As the  ______ of income at the top rises, overall retail suffers simply because high-income people save a much larger share of their money. The government reports ______ for different income levels in the official Consumer Expenditure Survey. In the latest data, people in the top 10 percent of income  ______ almost a third of their income after taxes. People in the middle of the income distribution spent 100 percent of their income.  ______, as the middle class has been squeezed and more has gone to the top, it has meant higher saving rates overall.

Lastly, We have spent ______ less of income on things and more on services. Since 1960, we went from spending 5 percent of our income on health to almost 18 percent, government statistics show. We spend more on education, entertainment, business services and all sorts of other products that aren’t ______ in traditional retail stores. Economists debate theories of why we have ______ to services and away from goods but no one questions that it has happened. It means that over time, retailers selling ______ will have to run harder and harder just to stay in place.

In short, the broad forces hitting retail are more a lesson in economics than in the power of ______. It’s a lesson all retailers will have to learn someday.

1.A.business B.disaster C.investment D.strategy

2.A.advanced B.confirmed C.overstated D.undervalued

3.A.economic B.legal C.physical D.political

4.A.how B.what C.where D.why

5.A.distribution B.inequality C.level D.tax

6.A.aim at B.approve of C.compete with D.stem from

7.A.concentration B.influence C.security D.source

8.A.education B.employment C.housing D.spending

9.A.concealed B.donated C.earned D.saved

10.A.Instead B.However C.Moreover D.Therefore

11.A.cautiously B.intelligently C.proportionately D.prospectively

12.A.available B.insufficient C.popular D.uncommon

13.A.applied B.committed C.shifted D.tied

14.A.ideas B.patents C.services D.things

15.A.consumption B.habit C.income D.technology

Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Lego wants your old Legos back

If you have a box of old Lego bricks sitting unused in a garage, Lego now wants them back. In a new program, consumers in the U.S. can dump old bricks in a box, print a free shipping label, and send them off to Give Back Box, a social enterprise1. will clean the toys and repackage them for Teach for America and the Boys and Girls Club of Boston.

“The classic Lego brick is made from a tough material2. (call) ABS, and the toys can be played with for decades without breaking. It’s already fairly common, of course, that Legos 3. (hand) down from one child to another.” says Tim Brooks, vice president of corporate responsibility at Lego Group.

The company looked for a partner that could process the used toys while4. (maintain) Lego’s standard of quality. “We want to make sure that all kids are getting a great experience,” he says. “You shouldn’t get a really inferior experience 5. the bricks are donated. If the program goes well,” Brooks says, it 6. expand.

He sees it7. one version of the circular economy, a system of keeping materials in use-and argues that the toys themselves illustrate the idea of the circular economy. “You can build a rocket and then you can take 8. apart and build a ship, or a car, or a house, or 9. you like,” Brooks says. As toys are reused, that’s another circular system. We intend10. (show) that great quality toys like Lego can be used in lots of repeating circles-used, reused, donated, used, reused, donated.”

A.He often goes back home late for dinner.

B.He shares some of the household duties.

C.He dines out with friends from time to time.

D.He cooks dinner for the family occasionally.

A.Students prefer living out of town.

B.It's impossible to find an ideally located town.

C.They have the flat that will satisfy the woman.

D.He will make sure where the vacancies are.

A.Work with her colleagues.

B.Make coffee for others.

C.Stay alone in the office.

D.Socialize with her co-workers.

A.He will hand it in tomorrow.

B.It's a difficult job for him.

C.It's about a strike.

D.He'll consult his friend about it.

A.Have a job interview.

B.Make ant advertisement.

C.Open the letter box.

D.Buy a copy of Daily Mail.

A.What the department library offers.

B.Where the man can find what he wants.

C.What professional articles the man needs.

D.Where general books are available.

A.Egg. B.Fish. C.Pork D.Steak

A.A Chinese restaurant. B.Bill's company.

C.Gold Road. D.The Ground Theatre.

A.5 weeks. B.15 weeks. C.20 weeks. D.25 weeks.

A.In an art gallery. B.In a classroom. C.In a railway station D.In a ward.

假定你是李华。你的笔友Helen给你发来电子邮件，询问你在当地历史博物馆当志愿者 的经历。请根据以下提示给她回一封电子邮件，与她分享这一经历。

要点提示：

1.活动的经历和感受；

1） 充当讲解员（narrator）,帮助参观者了解当地的历史和文化；

2） 给参观者，尤其是残疾人提供便利。累并快乐着：

2.活动的意义。

注意：1. 词数120左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Helen,

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Looking forward to your early reply!

Yours,

Li hua

阅读下面句子，根据所给首字母或汉语提示在空白处填入适当的单词。

1.Today, the spread of' borrowed words' is mostly due to the easily a ________ Internet and television programmes from across the world.

2.U ________humans, pigeons never get lost and can always find their way home.

3.Variety encourages communication, which in turn p ________ learning and their further development.

4.Education, employment, social w ________, living conditions and environment all concern the people's sense of happiness.

5.Realizing that cigarettes contained p ________chemicals, Bhutan became the first smoke-free country in 2004.

6.China is winning international ________ （认可； 赞赏）for making all-out efforts to control the spread of COVID-19.

7.The centre has a strong team which ________（组成）of top medical experts in psychology.

8.The masks are comfortable, easy to ________（呼吸）through and can be reused up to 20 times depending on the user's wear time.

9.On the basis of joint development and testing, Huawei wants to turn the company's technological advantage into ________（商业的，贸易的）value.

10.The patient's anxiety was gradually ________ （解除，减轻）through the good care he received from medical workers and encouragement from other patients.

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。

Cold Food Festival is a 1.  (tradition) Chinese holiday celebrated before Qingming Festival, which usually falls on April 4 or 5.

Legend has 2. that Chong'er, a prince of Jin, experienced many hardships while he moved around the warring states. Once, when the prince suffered from 3. (starve), Jie Zitui, offered him food. Later, when Chong'er became the duke of Jin, he ordered a search for Jie who had gone into hiding in the remote mountains with his mother. The duke wanted Jie to serve 4. one of his ministers. Contrary to 5.many people might assume, Jie, who preferred living a simple life in the Mianshan Mountain to 6. (become) a politician, refused the duke's invitation. Chong'er ordered the mountain to be burned down to force Jie out of hiding. 7. (fortune), Jie did not give in and the fire ended up killing him and his mother. Feeling extremely sorry, Chong'er required that the setting of fire 8. (forbid) on the anniversary of Jie's death. This meant all food was eaten cold. Therefore the festival is thus named.

Mianshan Mountain, 9.the tragedy happened, is now a famous tourist destination in Shanxi province. In many areas of Shanxi, locals still remember this tradition. 10.cold food is not the only choice for people during the celebration, the practices of making typical cold dishes for the event have been preserved.

    Jane has been married for many years. She is always hoping for romantic moments, just like a little girl wishing for candies. However, her husband is just the _______. He hardly brings romantic moments into their life, _______ has made Jane tired of their marriage. Finally, one day, Jane told her husband that she wanted to divorce （和…离婚）him.

“Why?" he asked, in _______ .

"I am tired; there is no _______ for everything in the world!" Jane answered.

Lost in deep thought, her husband sat there, _______, with a lighted cigarette in his hands.

Eventually he asked, "What can I do to change your _______?"

Looking deep into his eyes, Jane answered slowly, "Let's say, if I want a flower on a mountain cliff （悬崖）,but picking the flower will cost you your _______ , will you do it for me?"

He answered, "you will have my answer tomorrow?"

Waking up the next morning, Jane found a piece of paper lying on the dining table, which _______: “My dear, I would not pick that flower for you, but please listen to my _______

Though it only ________ the feeling of her disappointment, Jane continued reading: "The moment you leave the house keys ________, I will have to save my legs, rushing home to open the ________ for you. You always like to stay indoors and I ________ that you will feel too lonely, so I have to save my mouth to tell you jokes and stories. You always ________ long at the computer, which will do ________ to your eyes, so I have to save my eyes so that when we grow ________,1 can help to clip your nails. Thus, my dear, unless I am sure that there is someone who loves you ________ I do, I could not pick that flower yet, and die."

Jane's tears fell on the ________ and she continued reading: “Now that you have finished reading my answer, if you are ________ , please open the front door, for I am standing outside bringing you your favorite bread and fresh milk."

________ , not words, wins arguments.

1.A.opposite B.same C.difficult D.innocent

2.A.it B.that C.when D.which

3.A.complaint B.shock C.doubt D.annoyance

4.A.result B.explanation C.cause D.reason

5.A.anxious B.panicked C.silent D.calm

6.A.attitude B.feeling C.situation D.mind

7.A.life B.injury C.happiness D.trouble

8.A.indicated B.wrote C.read D.expressed

9.A.explanation B.version C.distinction D.contribution

10.A.occupied B.ignored C.reduced D.increased

11.A.off B.out C.away D.behind

12.A.court B.door C.box D.window

13.A.worry B.doubt C.believe D.think

14.A.glance B.stare C.glare D.urge

15.A.impression B.hurt C.harm D.ruin

16.A.weak B.ill C.old D.close

17.A.more than B.rather than C.other than D.less than

18.A.photos B.flowers C.floor D.letter

19.A.determined B.hungry C.satisfied D.convenient

20.A.Consideration B.Love C.Attachment D.Concern