Children may not be putting coins in piggy banks for much longer. With the move towards a cashless society, pocket money is moving digital.

To reflect this trend, many mobile budgeting apps for children have sprung up worldwide：GoHenry, Osper, and Gimi, to name but a few. These apps offer a simple money management service for children, often for a monthly fee paid by the parents. Parents can add money to children's accounts, set limits and monitor transactions(交易). Children can choose to save their money or spend it using a prepaid card.

These apps aim to teach young childrenfinancial concepts, such as budgeting, interest rates and income. For instance, the Swedish app Gimi—with 1.2 million users globally—has virtual savings jars where children can deposit money. Parents can pay children interest as they save. There is also a chores feature, where parents can pay children for completing household tasks. The account is attached to a prepaid card that is currently available in Sweden only, but is expected to be launched elsewhere in Europe in 2020.

Haglund, CEO of Gimi, believes the app can teach children responsible spending habits. "You don't become better at money management just because you have a degree in economics. It's more about the attitude and the relationship you have with parents' money when you're 6 to 12 years old," he says.

But Catherine Winter, managing director of financial capability at The London Institute of Banking and Finance, warns that while digital tools can help there needs to be a more structured approach to financial education. The area should "have regular, dedicated, classroom time and ideally should be taught as a standalone subject," she said. “Children would then have the right context and foundation to get the most out of both the apps and their money.”

1.What does the underlined part "this trend" in paragraph 2 refer to?

A.Putting coins in piggy banks

B.Pocket money moving digital

C.Mobile budging apps springing up.

D.Money management service being offered

2.What do we know about the Swedish app Gimi?

A.It pays children interest as they save.

B.It has 1. 2 million users all over Sweden.

C.It can teach children concepts related to money

D.It is attached to a credit card available in Sweden only.

3.What can we learn from Winter's words?

A.Digital tools can help a lot with spending habits

B.Money management requires financial capability.

C.A regular classroom-based financial education is needed.

D.Children can get the most out of their money with the apps

4.What's the passage mainly about?

A.The rise of the digital piggy bank.

B.The trend towards a cashless society.

C.The importance of financial education.

D.The popularity of money management apps.

    Recently, the phrase "hair loss" has been trending among young people in China. A recent report on overall health showed that hair loss ranked fifth among top health concerns, following bad skin conditions, depression and anxiety, poor sleep, and digestive tract(消化道)discomfort and illness.

But hair loss isn't just a concern for Chinese youth. It is an inconvenient reality for many people in China and the world over. According to a survey, 250 million Chinese people are troubled by hair loss, most of them between 20 and 40 years old. In the United States, about one in five people is suffering from hair loss.

There isn't really any single reason for hair loss. Humans naturally lose about 50 to 100 hairs each day, which usually regrow later. However, genetic and environmental factors can mean, for some people, these lost hairs won't regrow. In addition, certain factors can further worsen hair loss, including too much stress from work school, too little sleep, and a bad diet.

Is there anything you can do to protect your remaining hair? There are many products out there ready to help you keep a full head of hair. Shampoos, lotions, surgery, even laser-helmets say they can help. Hair loss treatments represent a $3. 6 billion industry in the United States alone. While many of these products make bold promises about their capabilities to restore your hair, the reality is that fixing your hair loss will ultimately depend on finding the specific causes.

If it is due to stress, lack of sleep, or poor nutrition, then a lifestyle change might not only stop hair loss, but also restart the growth of hair. For most young people who want to protect their receding(后移的)hairlines, it starts with their personal health. All they need to do is change unhealthy living habits and pay more attention to their psychological well-being.

1.What can we learn about "hair loss" from the passage?

A.It is common among most people in China.

B.It is the top health concern for Chinese youth.

C.Only Chinese youth are suffering from hair loss.

D.It bothers people of different ages and countries

2.What stops the regrowth of the lost hairs for some people?

A.Genetic and environmental factors.

B.Stress from work and school.

C.Too little sleep.

D.A bad diet.

3.What's the author's attitude towards many hair loss treatments?

A.Critical. B.Objective.

C.Optimistic. D.Supportive.

4.What's the author's suggestion to young people with hair loss?

A.To use hair-growth products.

B.To change unhealthy lifestyle.

C.To have a health check in hospital

D.To pay attention to physical well-being

    My father died when I was nine, and I remember doing the household chores(杂务)to help my mother. 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, I was doing chores at home alongside my wife. One day the vacuum cleaner was screaming away, and I had to empty the bag because I could not find a replacement for it. With this lifelong hatred of the way the machine worked. I decided to make a bagless vacuum cleaner.

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(设计原型). 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.

I just had a passion for the vacuum cleaner as a product, but I never thought of going into a business with it. 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.

That gave me the courage to keep going. Then, in 1993, when my bank manager personally persuaded Lloyds Bank to lend me $1 million, 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. Go out and brainstorm your ideas. You are not bound to any rules—in fact, the stranger and riskier your idea, the better.

1.Why did James Dyson decide to make a bagless vacuum cleaner?

A.Because he lost his father at an early age.

B.Because he didn't like to do household chores.

C.Because he could find a replacement for the old cleaner

D.Because he didn't like how the old vacuum cleaner worked.

2.What can we learn from paragraph 3?

A.Dyson found the design of the cleaner easier than expected.

B.Dyson was in financial difficulties while designing his cleaner.

C.Dyson's wife had to give art lessons to make money for five years.

D.Dyson was discouraged by the tough times in designing his cleaner.

3.What happened to Dyson's design of vacuum cleaner?

A.It went into production immediately.

B.It got a licensing agreement very quickly

C.It had the same business model like others.

D.It was not accepted by major vacuum makers.

4.What is the purpose of the text?

A.To compare two types of vacuum cleaners.

B.To persuade people to buy a Dyson vacuum cleaners.

C.To encourage people to face risks and failures bravely.

D.To introduce the reader to the life story of James Dyson.

Language Engineer Wanted

Are you a linguist（语言学家）with technical skills? Or are you an engineer with a passion for（human）languages? Come work on Alexa! We're building the speech and language solutions behind Amazon Echo and other Amazon products and services. Our goal is to delight our customers by adding new features to Alexa. We also improve our existing speech recognition and natural language processing systems.

Specifically, you will:

●design the natural language processing components of new Alexa experiences and features;

●discover and solve production issues that are impacting the Alexa customer experience;

●work with other language engineers in creating the best solutions to improve customer satisfaction.

Basic qualifications:

●Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

●Experience in computational linguistics(计算语言学), language data processing, etc.

●Experience working with speech and text language data in several languages

●Experience in Python, Perl, or other programming languages

Primary qualifications:

●Advanced degree in a relevant field

●Familiarity with database queries（数据库查询）and data analysis processes

●Experience with statistical language modeling

●Fluency in a language other than English

Application instructions:

Please click "Apply Now" and follow our online application process

Deadline: September 30, 11:59 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time（EDT）. We highly recommend that candidates submit résumés up to two weeks in advance of the deadline. Submitting on the deadline day is NOT recommended, and applications received late will not be accepted.

You must submit the name of your résumé in this exact format: LastName_FirstName_CV_Language Engineer

1.What does a language engineer do?

A.Build speech and language solutions for Google

B.Work with linguists to improve customer satisfaction.

C.Add new features to Alexa to satisfy the customers' needs.

D.Invent speech recognition and natural language processing systems

2.What kind of person would probably apply for the position?

A.One with a bachelor's degree in literature

B.One familiar with data analysis processes

C.One fluent in spoken and written English.

D.One with years' of experience in customer service.

3.Where is the passage most likely to be found?

A.A webpage. B.A newspaper.

C.A textbook. D.A report.

假设你是高一学生李华，你的日本同龄朋友 Yuki 因为疫情也被隔离。现在在家利用钉钉进行网课的学习。但是她非常不习惯这种学习方式，担心会影响学业。同样在家学习的你想要帮助她，请给她写一封英文邮件，内容包括：

1. 安慰鼓励 Yuki；

2. 给她关于网课学习的建议，例如如何记笔记，如何和老师在线沟通，如何安排时间等；

3. 给予祝福。

参考词汇：疫情 epidemic 隔离 quarantine 钉钉 Ding Talk

注意：

1. 词数100左右；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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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 Leo,

Know that you are in low spirits for the quarrels with your parents，I would like to help you, but I can totally understand your feelings.

To start with it, you should know what this kind of communication problem worries nearly all the teenagers. Therefore, you don’t have to blame yourself not having a good relationship with your parents.

Actually, it isn't easy for them to talk about myself with my parents either, so my solve is to write down my thoughts in a letter to them. We need to tell them what we want and learn to negotiate. For example, I once get my parents to let me hang out with my friends on weekends unless I got better scores.

What’s more, trust the love of your parents for you and have some faith in them.

They will absolute listen to you and understand you in the end.

I’m looking forward to your good news.

Yours,

Li Hua

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1 个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Age is not a problem when it comes to 1. (achieve) what you wish for. If you have the will power, you can’t be stopped.

2.wants to show his or her special skills to the whole world can use You Tube as a platform. There are so many You Tubers, some of3.are liked by thousands of fans. But our favorite You Tuber is not a young person but a grandmother. Mastanamma is 106 years of age. She lives in a village. She is famous on the4. (society) media for her You Tube videos of cooking various dishes. In her videos, she teaches her followers how to prepare different kinds of dishes,5.(use) natural ingredients.

This journey6.(begin) when one day her grandson Lakshman and his friend decided7. (upload) a video of her on You Tube. Lakshman wanted to show how people cooked8.(tradition) in the old days.

This lovely granny is an9.(inspire) to thousands, and it is very thoughtful of her grandson to promote her skills on such10. platform.

    What is a family? Why does it_________? These questions seem_________important in the_______ season when it is often our tradition to celebrate together.

My mother was one of twelve_______. As they grew up, married and had kids of their own, most of them lived_______ enough in a small town in the mountains of North Carolina so that they didn’t need to travel a long way to see each other in the holidays.

I can’t recall getting many gifts from them._______, I remember the sense of being part of something that told me I was loved. The time we spent together was always filled with happiness.

I_______the laughing, playing and fighting with my crazy cousins.

I watched my granddad and uncles sit_______the door arguing about politics and trying to _______the problems of the world as if they were working in the White House. I listened to my grandmother, mother and aunts chat about their lives, hopes and dreams and gossip about any sister who failed to________so that we wouldn’t forget about them in their absence.

The food was always plentiful and delicious. But for me, the food was ________the highlight (亮点). The highlight was________being together.

However, they're all gone now. My parents and grandparents, my aunts and uncles have________ this world. My cousins are scattered (分散) here and there. And yet the memories________, along with the love that we shared.

I________ those memories as well as the things they taught me. They told me that families aren't________, but they prepare us to find our way in this imperfect world.

My husband and I are growing a________ family, while keeping close to our old families. Our life is a beautiful________ of kindness, traditions, nurturing and friendships, which grows year after year.

I hope this holiday season will fill you with lovely memories of the family that ________you, and surround you with all the people who ________“family” to you now.

1.A.mean B.change C.matter D.teach

2.A.especially B.possibly C.mainly D.precisely

3.A.business B.duty C.holiday D.harvest

4.A.parents B.children C.relatives D.members

5.A.near B.far C.quietly D.peacefully

6.A.Besides B.However C.Therefore D.Otherwise

7.A.hated B.ignored C.forgot D.enjoyed

8.A.on B.in C.by D.around

9.A.invent B.approach C.motivate D.conclude

10.A.carry on B.break down C.bring out D.show up

11.A.always B.never C.often D.sometimes

12.A.hardly B.fast C.easily D.simply

13.A.left B.gone C.passed D.come

14.A.look back B.fade away C.stick around D.get out

15.A.praise B.concern C.consider D.treasure

16.A.perfect B.wonderful C.terrible D.meaningful

17.A.small B.fresh C.new D.big

18.A.brand B.introduction C.separation D.mixture

19.A.prepare B.raise C.help D.praise

20.A.mean B.alarm C.guide D.allow

    Fearmongering (散布恐慌) against China more dangerous to global economy than coronavirus.

After weeks of attempting to make chaos and spread fear about the outbreak of the novel coronavirus epidemic in China, some overseas media outlets and individuals have shifted focus to another battlefield — the Chinese economy. They paint a rather dark picture not just for the Chinese economy but for the global economy.

1.People cannot help but panic about the global economy, which is already facing serious challenges like trade wars. It is easy to point fingers at China for “causing” such a mess for the world.

Anyway, these media outlets are right about a couple of things. 2. After all, consumers across the country are trapped in their homes and businesses and factories have been shut for a good part of this year. Second, we have to be fully aware of these challenges and risks in order to address the problem. The first step to solve a problem is to recognize there is one.

3. If not, why would they invest hundreds of billions of dollars into the economy if they weren’t aware of the problem? Why would they roll out a great number of measures to support businesses?4.

Regardless of how severe the impact will be, the epidemic does not change the fundamentals of the Chinese economy.5. There will be no reason that the vast Chinese consumer market will abruptly disappear or the world will suddenly no longer need products from the massive Chinese manufacturing sector, not to mention the country’s huge investment projects. So it can be safe to say that fearmongering against China is more dangerous to global economy than coronavirus.

A.With the effective measures taken by the whole country, the epidemic will be definitely under control.

B.Certainly, that paints a completely different picture we have seen from abroad.

C.First, the epidemic will make the Chinese economy suffer a little.

D.Still, there are many indicators to look for in assessing the potential damage on the Chinese and global economies.

E.Their articles are filled with scary headlines and exaggerated (夸大的) facts.

F.Why would they take extraordinary risks in encouraging factories to restart production?

G.Actually, Chinese officials have been very clear about the potential impact of the epidemic on the economy.

    For an old person, his brain may perform not so well as before. But a new study suggests that some parts of brain may already decline in young adulthood.

The study, which followed more than 2,000 healthy adults between the ages of 18 and 60, found that certain mental functions — including measures of abstract reasoning, mental speed and puzzle-solving — started to dull as early as age 27. Meanwhile, the decline of memory generally became apparent around age 37.

On the other hand, indicators of a person’s accumulated knowledge — like performance on tests of vocabulary and general knowledge — kept improving with age, according to findings published in the journal Neurobiology of Aging.

The results do not mean that young adults need to start worrying about their memories. Most people's minds function at a high level even in their later years, according to researcher Timothy Salthouse. “According to these patterns, some kinds of flexibility in the brain decline relatively early in adulthood, but throughout adulthood the knowledge pool in one’s command and the effective combination with one’s capabilities may be on the increase without the attack of diseases.” Salthouse said in a news conference.

The study included healthy, educated adults who took standard tests of memory, reasoning and perception at first and at some point over the next seven years.

The tests are designed to detect subtle (细微的) changes in mental function, and involve solving puzzles, recalling words and details from stories, and identifying patterns in collections of letters and symbols.

In general, Salthouse and his colleagues found that certain aspects of cognition (认知能力) generally started to decline in the late 20s to 30s.The findings explain normal age-related changes in mental function, which could aid in understanding the process of dementia (痴呆), according to the researchers. “By following individuals over time,” Salthouse said, “we gain insight in cognition changes, and may possibly discover ways to slow the rate of decline.”

The researchers are currently analyzing the study participants’ health and lifestyle to see which factors might influence age-related cognitive changes.

1.According to the text, what is the common view of mental function?

A.It varies from person to person.

B.It weakens in one’s later years.

C.It gradually expands with age.

D.It indicates one’s health condition.

2.What does Timothy Salthouse say about people’s minds in most cases?

A.They tend to decline in people’s later years.

B.Their flexibility determines one’s abilities.

C.They function quite well even in old age.

D.Their functioning is still a puzzle to be solved.

3.Although people’s minds may function less flexibly as they age, what is their strength?

A.They may be better at solving puzzles.

B.They can memorize things with more ease.

C.They may have greater facility in abstract reasoning.

D.They can put what they have learned into more effective use.

4.According to Salthouse, how may their study help us?

A.It will find ways to stop mental functions dulling fast.

B.It will find ways to improve our memories.

C.It will help us understand the complex process of mental functioning.

D.It will help us understand the relation between physical and mental health.

    As the school year barely starts in Denver, French teacher Melanie is filled with worry that her students are always absent-minded. Yet, the problem isn’t messaging, enjoying video games or delivering notes. Surprisingly, the problem is about the ongoing heat wave in Denver.

“Today was a little bit hot, so I noticed kids were very sleepy and they were having to get up to drink water quite often.” said Melanie, who works at Denver’s East High School. “If you lose too much water, and you have to keep going to the water fountain, that can take away from their classroom experience.” While nodding off in class on a warm day may seem acceptable for the average teen, Melanie’s observation carries a bigger consequence than dry lips.

“There have been quite a few media reports about teachers noticing that students weren’t able to focus on hotter days,” said R Jisung Park, a researcher, “Does a hotter climate during the school year actually affect the rate of learning?” The drops in academic achievement couldn’t be explained by hotter weekends or hotter summers, but the trend was connected to higher temperatures on school days alone.

The connection between lost learning and a greater number of hot days is one more example of how climate change is already affecting our lives — and it’s an alarm bell for what we stand to lose in the future. Humans still have time to lessen the worst consequences of continued global warming. Without the unlikely important changes in the next 10 years, the globe will be trapped in an unavoidable era of heat waves that were unprecedented (前所未有的) for human beings.

1.What may cause students absent-minded according to the text?

A.Video games. B.Text messages.

C.Heat waves. D.Classroom notes.

2.What can be inferred from the second paragraph?

A.Kids often go to the water fountain for lack of water.

B.Extreme heat may lower a kid’s ability to learn.

C.Nodding off in class is a sign of respecting teachers.

D.Kids are more interested in drinking water than sleeping.

3.How does the author feel about dealing with the future global warming?

A.Optimistic. B.Uncertain. C.Worried. D.Indifferent.

4.What does the text mainly talk about?

A.The way that global warming continues.

B.The reasons why kids are absent-minded in class.

C.The hotter it grows, the more focused kids become.

D.The hotter it grows, the harder it will be for kids to learn.

    Upon first look, the world of business is no place for young women. And many people have told my cofounders and me that in many circumstances. Pessimistic though people are about women’s chances in conducting business, three of us female college students, without any experiences, started our business with a greatly aggressive goal: to set up a seaweed farm in North Carolina and grow as much seaweed as possible to help cut down carbon emissions (排放) and pollution filled with nutrition from agricultural activities.

In the beginning, our ideas were either ignored or mocked by the researchers from whom we sought help and advice. But we carried on with our research–if others wouldn’t provide us with answers, we weren’t afraid to try to work them out by ourselves. We experiment on species which could grow in warmer waters, and we had identified potential markets into which we planned to sell the product. We've spent the last two years setting up the first seaweed farm in NC, applying for a patent (专利) and competing with five final teams in front of the United Nations for 2 million.

Despite all of our efforts, many industry experts remained unwilling to take us seriously. But as often happens in business, the same characteristics we were ignored for were, in reality, our biggest competitive advantage. Our age gave us the strength to learn from failure, and our background as environmental scientists, rather than businesswomen, helped us find new marketing opportunities. For every 10 farmers who claimed nobody would ever want to feed their cows seaweed, we found one who was interested. For every 15 cosmetics producers who refused to answer our cold calls, we stuck to the one with an interesting idea for a seaweed lotion.

Over the course of our early business development efforts, we have had access to a wealth of resources, programs, and individuals who work constantly to help us succeed. By staying focused on bringing our ideas to light, our team has demonstrated that entrepreneurship (创业) is exactly the right place for the hopeful.

1.What was the major cause for their difficulty in starting business?

A.They were women. B.They were young.

C.They lacked experience. D.They suffered prejudice.

2.What did they do to make their business successful?

A.They expanded their seaweed farms.

B.They experimented on seaweed species.

C.They got their product officially recognized.

D.They consulted the United Nations.

3.What is the third paragraph mainly about?

A.How they got others interested in seaweed.

B.How they succeeded from their so-called weaknesses.

C.How they made themselves more competitive.

D.How they approached potential customers.

4.Which of the following can best describe the three women?

A.Innocent and simple-minded. B.Ambitious and self-centered.

C.Adventurous and persistent. D.Courageous and stubborn.

    Of all the American blockbusters, some popular movies are rolled out for the teenagers. With the preparation of popcorns, you can choose one of them for your teen to watch with you or their friends.

1. Dead Poets Society

An English teacher, called Mr. Keating, guides his students, who hope to be lawyers and doctors, to poetry and free-thinking. With each student coping with some issues, he urged them to set up Dead Poets Society for reading and writing poems.

2. The Hunger Games

Based on a book by Suzanne Collins, the story set in Panem, a destroyed country in North America. Each year, boys and girls, coming from 12 districts of Panem, take part in Hunger Games. Broadcast alive, this competition is exciting because all the participants play the games against death.

3. The Breakfast Club

It begins with five students at the Shermer High School, Claire, a princess, John, a criminal, Andrew, an athlete, Brian, a bookworm and Allison, an unfortunate person, who are forced to spend 9 hours together on a Saturday. In spite of their differences, they find that their social problems are more similar than they think.

4. Eighth Grade

Kayla is a shy, socially anxious girl trying to get by the last few weeks of middle school. She earns the “most quiet” girl title in school, but at home, she posts online self-help and motivational videos that not many people watch. Kayla is raised by her single father Mark, who tries to disconnect Kayla from the social media.

1.Who helps teenagers form a Dead Poets Society?

A.Mr. Brain. B.Mr. Keating.

C.Suzanne Collins. D.Ms. Claire.

2.Which film is adapted from a book according to the passage?

A.Eighth Grade. B.Dead Poets Society.

C.The Hunger Games. D.The Breakfast Club.

3.Whom is the passage most likely to be targeted at?

A.Teachers. B.Teens. C.Friends. D.Parents.

听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。

1.How did the speaker prefer to get scientific ideas?

A.From magazines. B.From websites. C.From books.

2.What field did the speaker’s team work in?

A.Biology. B.Physics. C.Chemistry.

3.What did the teacher advise the speaker’s team to do?

A.Make the experiment as specific as possible.

B.Write each part of the process.

C.Do enough experiments.

4.What was the difference between the speaker’s team and the other teams?

A.It designed a display.

B.It took a lot of photos.

C.It wrote about the experiment.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.What are the speakers talking about?

A.Room decoration.

B.A family get-together.

C.Preparations for a surprise party.

2.What is the relationship between the speakers?

A.Father and daughter.

B.Husband and wife.

C.Mother and son.

3.What will the man do on the 22nd of next month?

A.Go out for dinner.

B.Go to see a movie.

C.Meet his friends.

4.How will the woman prepare food?

A.She’ll cook it herself.

B.She’ll have her friends do it.

C.She’ll order it from a restaurant.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.Where are the speakers?

A.At home. B.In a restaurant. C.In a supermarket.

2.What do we know about the woman?

A.She has taken too many products.

B.She has eaten too much ice cream.

C.She has spent too much money.

3.How much is the soap?

A.$0.99. B.$1.50. C.$3.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.What did the man think of his weekend?

A.Boring. B.Tiring. C.Satisfying.

2.What is the Italian city like?

A.Ancient with a long history.

B.Modern with tall buildings.

C.Crowded with heavy traffic.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.When will the film finish?

A.At 4:30. B.At 5:00. C.At 5:20.

2.Where will the speakers go before going home?

A.To a cafe. B.To a library. C.To a shop.

What has the man done?

A.He has had a competition.

B.He has painted a picture.

C.He has filled in a form.

How many children does the woman have?

A.Two. B.Three. C.Six.

What could the woman be?

A.A teacher. B.A secretary. C.A nurse.

How will the man send his application?

A.By fax. B.By post. C.By e-mail.

Where does the woman come from?

A.Mexico. B.Spain. C.The United States.

假定你是李华，你的美国朋友Brown来信询问中国改革开放以来取得的成就，请你写封邮件告知有关信息。内容包括：

1．很高兴收到来信

2．取得的成就（生活、教育、住宅、交通等）

注意：

1.词数100左右；

2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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假定英语课上英语老师要求同桌之间互相修改作文，请你修改你同桌的以下作文。

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

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。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1、每处错误及修改均仅限一词。

2、只允许修改10处，多者（从11处起）不计分。

Last Sunday, my classmates and I went to the park near the school. Can you guess that we did there? We take part in a volunteer activity. We reached in the park at nine o’clock and then we divided into three groups. I was in Group Three. All groups had different tasks. Group One planted trees. Group Two picked up rubbish leaving by the tourists and cleaned benches. A group that I was in wiped all the equipments in the Children’s House. All of us worked hardly. Before noon, they finished working. Each of us felt a little tired, and we were happy because we had done a good deed.

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Once every 4 years the World Cup has always deeply attracted millions of fans around the world since it 1.（hold）． As 2.matter of fact， there were two trophies in history． The first was made by Paris' technician， Friel， who was very 3.（fame） for making jewelry． The model， which was the goddess of victory，4.（dress） in ancient Rome costume， stretching her arms and holding the image of the cup， stood on the marble base． According to the FIFA regulations at that time， the World Cup champion team could keep the gold cup for 4years to the next cup return． Besides， there was an additional 5.（require）． The team who won the three world championships would always get this cup．

In the 1970 World Cup， Brazil won the title the 6.（ three） time． The "Golden Goddess Cup" flew to Brazil and was expected to be kept there7.（permanent）． Unfortunately， later the Gold Cup was stolen and melted． 8.（create） a new trophy in 1971， FIFA finally collected fifty-three designs，9.which the work of Italian Gazania was selected． He designed the trophy --- two Herchles （大力神） lifted the design of the earth． The base is made up of two layers of precious malachite （孔雀石）． In reality， FIFA rules the new cup as a mobile prize． It means 10.team wins the championship can not occupy the cup forever．

    Three years ago, I participated in Model United Nations (MUN) held by the Education Department, which was a mock (模拟的)UN activity. During the two days, students are separated in different groups which _____ different countries to debate and try to solve problems. MUN has ____ awards: best delegates (代表)，honorary mentions, and verbal mentions.

Each time I participate in MUN, I made good ____ and undoubtedly got a few awards. But I often felt as if I'd _____ because I had never won the best delegate award. I _____ those who didn't deserve to win the award but won it various times, and I was just filled with ____ at their success. I thought about why they shouldn't have won and why I should have. This ____ me to ask the director. ____ the director, he helped me patiently and _____my weakness. Later I realized that it was also _____not to get the award because I could actually ______ something, and that I shouldn't _________the best delegate award until I was the best delegate I could be. It made me ____ that if I had won the best delegate award easily, I wouldn't have learned how to become a better delegate and I wouldn't have _____ my short- comings and turned failures into victories.

Failures are completely subjective-we can look at a result as a failure or a ____ Any failure can be regarded as a(n) ____ because you can always learn something from it and do _____ next time. This is supported by John Locke's theory that we are born with blank views ; knowledge and ability are learned from our _______. That's true. If I make a mistake in the life practice, then I probably won't _______ that next time. I believe this is __ the best way to become better.

1.A.strengthen B.condemn C.inspire D.represent

2.A.various B.temporary C.identical D.false

3.A.appointments B.preparations C.predictions D.explanations

4.A.accelerated B.exited C.failed D.succeeded

5.A.approached B.trained C.expected D.witnessed

6.A.relief B.envy C.satisfaction D.delight

7.A.stopped B.refused C.invited D.led

8.A.Thanks to B.Next to C.In honor of D.In spite of

9.A.lost sight of B.pointed out C.gave up D.looked down on

10.A.annoyed B.ashamed C.good D.terrible

11.A.learn B.desert C.delete D.display

12.A.miss B.win C.deliver D.value

13.A.regret B.misguide C.doubt D.understand

14.A.overcome B.judged C.neglected D.forgotten

15.A.bond B.bet C.victory D.loss

16.A.aim B.benefit C.burden D.limit

17.A.funnier B.worse C.better D.slower

18.A.decisions B.attitudes C.positions D.experiences

19.A.repeat B.admit C.accept D.notice

20.A.wrongly B.scarcely C.truly D.narrowly

    Holidays can be a very lonely time, particularly for those who spend the holidays solo.1.

Plan your time in advance

You’ll have several days to fill up, so be proactive. Find books and movies you have always wanted to read and watch, and make a list of events that you’d like to attend.2.

Use your time wisely

3. See this time alone as a gift: a stretch of time where you have total control to do whatever you want. Use it wisely.

Don’t wallow（沉迷）

Holidays alone tend to be times when beating yourself up and getting depressed are more likely to happen. 4. Avoid solo holiday depression by re-arranging your time by yourself as an opportunity to grow. Be grateful—some people who are enduring family dinners wish they were in your place.

Volunteer

Food banks, shelters and crisis centers are short-staffed during holidays when the demand is the greatest. 5. And that will brighten other people’ s holidays in turn!

A.Do something fun, instead!

B.Meet for dinner, go for drinks, or throw a party.

C.Helping out those in need will make you feel good.

D.Regard it as an opportunity to refill your spiritual juice.

E.Here are tips to keep yourself balanced and productive over the holidays.

F.Make a list of things you have always wanted to do but never had the time for.

G.Without a plan you might find yourself being alone and bored, which will lower your spirits.

阅读下列短文 ，从每题所给的四个选项 （A 、B 、C 和 D ）中 ，选出最佳选项。

Scientific experiments can sometimes go wrong and when they do the results may range from the disastrous to the troubling. One such experiment took place in South America about fifty years ago. Whether its final consequences will cause serious damage or nothing more than a small trouble still remains to be seen.

The story began in 1956 when an American scientist working in Brazil decided to solve the problem of increasing the productivity of that country's bees. He imported a very active type of African bee from Tanzania and mated  (交配)  it with the more easy-going native variety to produce a new kind of bees. The new bees worked harder and produced twice as much honey. It seemed that Professor Kerr, for that was the scientist's name, had a total success on his hands.

Then things began to go wrong. For some reason as yet unseen, but perhaps as a result of something in their environment, the new bees began to develop extremely attacking personalities. They became bad-tempered and easy to be angry, attacked the native bees and drove them from their living places.

But worse was to follow. Having taken over the countryside, the new bees, with their dangerous stings (叮) , began to attack its neighbors -- cats, dogs, horses, chickens and finally man himself. A long period of terror began that has so far killed a great number of animals and about 150 human beings.

This would have been bad enough if the bees had stayed in Brazil. But now they are on the move, heading northwards in countless millions towards Central and North America, and moving at the alarming speed of 200 miles a year. The countries that lie in their path are naturally worried because it looks as if nothing can be done to stop them.

1.The results of the South American experiment          .

A. have caused a serious trouble

B. have proved to be wrong

C. are highly thought of

D. are not yet certain

2.The experiment mentioned in this passage was designed to          .

A. increase the amount of honey in Brazil

B. make Brazilian bees more easy-going

C. increase the number of bees in Brazil

D. make African bees less active

3.Which of the following may be the cause of the new bees' attacking personalities?

A. Their production of honey. B. Their hard work.

C. Their living environment. D. Their bad temper.

4.The last paragraph implies that          .

A. the bees have been driven to Central and North America

B. the bees may bring about trouble in more countries

C. the bees must be stopped from moving north

D. the bees prefer to live in Brazil

    The University of Birmingham is the first excellent UK Russell Group university to announce that it will accept the "Gaokao" exam for high-flying Chinese students wishing to join its undergraduate courses in 2019. High school students who complete the "National Higher Education Entrance Examination", or Gaokao, with top grades will be able to apply for direct entry onto Birmingham degree programmes without first completing a foundation year which is a routine for the freshman.

Gaokao is usually taken by students in their last year of senior high school and, every year, each province in China sets the grades required to gain admission to its universities. It is usually held across China in early June. Students are tested in Chinese, Mathematics, a Foreign Language and social sciences or natural sciences.

University of Birmingham Vice-Chancellor Professor Sir David Eastwood said: "The University of Birmingham has been challenging and developing great minds for more than a century. We welcome people from around the globe to study at Birmingham and Chinese students form an integral part of our education and research community. We are further opening access to Birmighamˈs wealth of education opportunities for the brightest and most dedicated Chinese students by accepting this strict and important qualification. I look forward to welcoming these high-flying students to the University of Birmingham. "

Gaokao is increasingly accepted by universities in Australia, the USA, Canada and mainland Europe. Birmingham will only be considering high quality students who achieve a minimum 80% Gaokao score and meet additional academic and English language requirements.

Professor J on Frampton, Director of the University of Birminghamˈs China Institute said: "The University of Birmingham has a long history of educating students from China and one of our most famous graduates is Li Siguang-the founding father of Chinese geology. I am delighted that the University is now accepting the Gaokao. This gives the brightest and best Chinese students an opportunity to move straight into the first year of our undergraduate programmes and experience the benefits of studying at a global Top 100 university, such as Birmingham. "

1.What do Chinese students have to do to enter the University of Birmingham before 2019?

A. Score over 80% of the universityˈs qualification examination.

B. Prepare Birmingham degree programmes.

C. Acquire the right to permanent residency.

D. Go through a foundation year.

2.Who is the announcement intended for?

A. Chinese students.

B. All people living in the UK.

C. The students of the UK.

D. The foreign students in China.

3.Which of the following best explains "integral" underlined in paragraph 3?

A. complete. B. indifferent.

C. necessary. D. unimportant.

4.What does the text mainly talk about?

A. The introduction to the "Gaokao" of China.

B. The University of Birminghamˈs admission to Gaokao.

C. The high quality students accepted by top universities.

D. The history of the University of Birmingham.