假定你是“古风社”( Ancient Society)社长李华。新学期伊始，古风社要招募新成员，你得知你的美国朋友Jerry希望加入。请你给Jerry 写一封信，邀请他参加招募新成员的面试。

要点如下:1.时间，地点；2.面试要求；3.表示期待。

注意：1.词数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Jerry,

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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。

增加:在缺词处加一个漏词符号( ∧)，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限一词；

2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

Today is our graduation day, it marks the end of our senior high school but the beginning of a new life for all of us. We supposed to feel joyful on such an unforgettable day and being full of hope for the future. I am deeply moving by these things on the day, and I feel more, either. It is at this moment that I realize that I have to say good-bye to my school, my classmates and my teacher. The thing I desire to do most is to express how thankfully I am to my teachers and parents. I will always remember that what they have done for me. I will thank them from the bottom of your heart.

阅读下面材料，在空白处填人适当的内容(1 个单词)或括号内的正确形式。

Auckland, the capital city of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous (人口众多的) urban area in the country.

When 1.( plan) a trip to New Zealand, most people skip over Auckland as a destination. Everyone floods to Queenstown, or heads out2.( spend) time enjoying themselves in nature. However, as anyone who has visited it knows, there are even 3. ( many) things to do in Auckland, compared with those in Queenstown. All of these things make4. a great destination for all travelers.5. you are a backpacker, you will in, particular enjoy the huge range of free and cheap things to do in Auckland, especially in a country which is known6. its high living cost.

The city's trendy neighborhoods can7.(explore) on foot, and the skyline can be viewed from the water for the cheap price of a ferry ticket.8.( particular), you will have the chance to taste9.(variety) of snacks and the city doesn't shy away from a good happy hour. Give yourself10. couple of days to enjoy it, and check out some of our favorite things to do in Auckland. Auckland, you shouldn't miss it!

    Do you know what is the most beautiful sound in the world?

Being in the same dormitory in university, one of my classmates, who was from a big city, had never______his parents. He said that there was no phone at home and it was OK for. him ,to write to his parents. We were_____ - he lived in a modern city, why not_______ a telephone at home?

After the summer vacation, he often went to bed to listen to a tape_____, which was taken from his home. Sometimes he was crying in______. We proposed to_____ his tape to listen to. However, he____. One time when he was out, we got the ___. After we listened to it, it seemed that there wasn't______ in it. We were puzzled and put it back under his pillow. In the coming of graduation, he told us that his parents were deaf and unable to____. To make a living； his parents_____ all hardships and never got others’ ____. For his study, his parents' paid much attention to creating the best conditions for him. He had to ____ his parents to go to university after their living condition was better. He often_____them, especially when the night fell. His____was from “Silent Love” of his parents. He taped the sound of their______. He listened to it every night, feeling his_____ being with him.

We were_____ . Care from family is like light to____our misfortune ,and_____love is the most beautiful sound in the world.

1.A.commented B.phoned C.contacted D.mentioned

2.A.surprised B.delighted C.excited D.interested

3.A.change B.select C.carry D.fix

4.A.eagerly B.patiently C.secretly D.casually

5.A.doubt B.sadness C.panic D.anger

6.A.borrow B.wipe C.record D.release

7.A.sighed B.nodded C.hesitated D.refused

8.A.pillow B.recorder C.telephone D.tape

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

10.A.speak B.read C.see D.walk

11.A.forgot B.suffered C.overcame D.feared

12.A.blame B.abuse C.commitment D.respect

13.A.allow B.leave C.persuade D.abandon

14.A.missed B.accompanied C.upset D.misunderstood

15.A.achievement B.confidence C.kindness D.talent

16.A.singing B.quarreling C.breathing D.sobbing

17.A.friends B.roommates C.parents D.relatives

18.A.confused B.scared C.puzzled D.touched

19.A.put out B.settle down C.cast away D.take in

20.A.blind B.silent C.deep D.true

    With college starting for freshmen across the country, now is the time to be thinking about money. 1..You have to make some serious decisions with what you have, so here we prepare some amazing tips to go with you.

●Keep your personal finances mobile

2.. Actually, in this case, youth of this generation are way luckier than their parents once were, because there are now a lot of convenient APPs on your smart phones that can give you real time images of your money and spending.

●Use your credit responsibly

My best financial advice for college students is to be smart with your first credit card. Ask the salespeople to explain all the terms to you and look for cards with no annual fee, good rewards, and of course, reasonable interest rates. Think twice before you make the final decision.3., especially if they tell you that :the offer is only good for that day.

●4.

Occupying a position in your spare time is important because you can earn “spending money”. And your job can have an even bigger impact if it's one that allows you to do your homework. There are many on-campus jobs out there that allow you to sit down and have limited responsibilities.

●Network for your future career

Remember why you're in college十prepare yourself for the challenging future. You should work on your network by taking internships and getting into various kinds of organizations as much as possible. No money item could be more important than your network because the quickest way to secure a job is all about who you know.5.

A.Get a job, but a flexible one

B.Open the credit card to get the profit

C.Just do yourselves a favor and walk away

D.It is essential for you to pay your educational fee

E.Keeping accounts for oneself matters for all beginners

F.This will make you more money than opening a bank account

G.This will really be your first time to handle money on your own

    More than 30 volunteers organized by the village Party committee were participating in a group effort to produce gauze (纱布) masks, alcohol liquid and sterilizing powder (消毒粉) at a factory in southwest China's Yunnan Province to help arm the fight against the novel coronavirus (新型冠状病毒). Some villagers also had given away their sewing machines for the production work at Yunnan Xiangsha Medical Material Company in Anning City.

Volunteers addressed the labor, shortage during the Spring Festival holiday at the factory, which had begun to produce on. Friday. They received body temperature checks and training before the work started, with volunteers able to use the sewing machines being more than 50 years old on average. Seventy-nine-year-old Chu Shudong, who had 30 years of tailoring experience, volunteered to repair the sewing machines.“I've not done tailoring for 20 years. I'm old and my eyesight is poor. I hope to do what I can here and make more masks so that people are protected, ”he said. The youngest volunteer, 22-year-old Bi Qiling, joined the: team. She's available because the new semester at her university in Beijing was delayed because of the novel coronavirus outbreak.

“With the volunteers, our production capacity is higher. We have 65 people, divided into two groups, and work on two shifts (轮班) a day. All the machines are working around the clock,”said Hang Kaijin, head of the factory, which has the ability to produce two tons of alcohol liquid and 200 kilograms of sterilizing power every day.

It sent its production information to the city government on a daily basis and the products were all allocated by the government.

1.What did villagers donate for the production?

A.Raw materials. B.Clean gauze.

C.Sewing machines. D.Alcohol liquid.

2.What can we know about the volunteers from paragraph 2?

A.The average age of the volunteers able to use sewing machines was over 50.

B.Chu Shudong, an experienced tailor at the age of 78, offered to do some sewing.

C.Volunteers having 30 years of tailoring experience should receive body temperature checks. .

D.Bi Qiling, a girl, was turned down by the university because of the novel coronavirus outbreak.

3.How did the volunteers work?

A.Most of the volunteers worked twice a day.

B.All of the volunteers. worked. 12 hours in the daytime.

C.Two groups of volunteers took turns to work 24 hours a day.

D.Volunteers were divided into two groups, each working 8 hours.

4.The act of the volunteers proved that____

A.great minds think alike B.more hands produce a stronger flame

C.two heads are better than one D.God helps those who help themselves .

    An extreme drought is threatening South Africa's wildlife industry. Farmers are keeping fewer animals and vacationers are visiting in smaller numbers. Parts of the country have been affected by repeated years of hotter than normal weather and below average rainfall. The conditions have burned feeding grass and dried up watering holes. In 2015, the area saw the driest year on record. The agency Wildlife Ranching South Africa ( WRSA) collets data on more than 9,000 wildlife ranches ( 牧场) in the nation. It estimates that the Northern Cape Province has lost more than .two thirds of its game over the last three years. WRSA is talking to ranchers around the country to gather information on animal loss and the financial impact the drought is having.

WRSA Chief Adri Kitshoff-Botha told Reuters News Agency the drought has continued for some time. “In some areas we've seen it has been going on for six years, ”she said. The wildlife industry brings money to South Africa's economy through tourism, hunting, breeding and meat production. Hunting —the shooting of carefully chosen animals in particular—made $ 140 million in 2016, topping the list of the four mentioned, above, breeding ranking the least, though.

In the past, the lodge (度假区) was home to around 4,500 wild animals—including 35 different species from antelope to rhino. But it has lost around 1 ,000 animals because of the drought. Now, dead animals sit in old and unused mines on the edge of the property. “The lodge has seen its spending rise as it buys more feed for animals for the sake of the drought. At the same time, hunters are paying less, and fewer tourists are visiting because the animals are in poor condition over the past year,” said WRSA’s Kitshof-Botha. The drought has also hit other parts of South Africa. In Botswana, more than 100 elephants died in two months in 2019. Botswana is home to almost one-third of Africa's elephants.

1.Which is the indirect result of the drought?

A.Economy is barely declining. B.Feeding grass has been burned.

C.Watering holes have dried up. D.Vacationers are becoming fewer.

2.Which took the lead in South Africa's wildlife industry in 2016?

A.Hunting. B.Breeding.

C.Tourism. D.Meat production.

3.The lodge's expense is going up because_____

A.some local species need more attending in hot weather

B.the animals in poor condition are dying out in the drought

C.the lodge has to offer animals more food due to the drought

D.dead animals' bodies need to be buried in' old and unused mines

4.What does the passage mainly talk about?

A.South Africa's wildlife industry is under the threat of an extreme drought.

B.The rapid decreasing of national economy affects wildlife in South Africa.

C.Most wildlife ranchers in South Africa are suffering a lot from the drought.

D.Wildlife industry is playing a vital part in South Africa's national economy.

    Nowadays, we depend on advanced technology too much. However, a the saying goes, a coin has two sides. The tool bringing you convenience may also put you in trouble. Here is a modern-day horror story:

A young mother was employed in doing her writing when her son, aged 2, burst into tears somehow. She did all she could to ease her son. But in vain. She had no way to comfort him. Meanwhile, her iPhone rang aloud, which attracted his son's attention. He stopped crying temporarily. It occurred to her that the iPhone might help. Thus, she handed her iPhone to her son: What happened next? The child entered an incorrect passcode on his mother's phone so many times that the device became locked for 251 14984 minutes, about 47 years, making it absolutely useless to its formerly digitally connected owner. That's the scene now facing a Shanghai mother, identified only as Ms Lu by Chinese news reports, whose kid played with her phone and unfortunately began the process of disabling the device for, basically, forever. According to a news report, Ms Lu waited two months to see if the situation would improve, but the iPhone remained locked. “I couldn't really wait 47 years and tell my grandchild it was his father's mistake, ”she reportedly said. The alternative mode of accessing the phone is to wipe it with a factory reset. This is why you should always backup ( 备份) all your data.

iPhone can become locked with six failed attempts at entering a passcode on the locked screen, and the amount of time for which the phone is locked can compound (增加) with ongoing attempts to break in. So, for all the parents out there: see to it that you don't let your kid loose on your phone, assuming you want to still use it when he's done, of course.

1.Why did the young mother hand her phone to her son?

A.To focus on her housework. B.To comfort her crying kid.

C.To let him answer the phone. D.To play the phone with him.

2.What happened to Ms Lu?

A.The system of her iPhone broke down.

B.She couldn't use her iPhone back then.

C.Her iPhone was locked for two months.

D.She forgot the passcode of her iPhone.

3.To solve her problem, Ms Lu should____

A.backup all the data immediately

B.wipe the iPhone with a factory reset

C.enter the correct passcode for six, times

D.set a new passcode to unlock the iPhone

4.What does the underlined part in the last paragraph mean?

A.Don't hand your own phone to your young kid.

B.Let your kid feel loose when using your phone.

C.Make sure to set a passcode to lock your phone.

D.Be careful when your kid plays with your phone.

    Westlake Institute for Advanced Study (WIAS) is a private and comprehensive research institute located in the beautiful city of Hangzhou, China. WIAS aims to become a top research institute in the world, pushing the frontiers of science, and technology. English' is an official language of WIAS.

WIAS has four research institutes:

●NATURAL SCIENCES (covering math, physics, chemistry, astronomy and emerging fields of science)

●ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ( covering all branches of engineering)

●BIOLOCY (covering all branches of modern experimental biology and computation biology)

●BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES ( covering all branches of medical sciences)

Each institute has 50 faculty positions at all ranks, to be filled in the next 5-10 years.

WIAS offers equal opportunities and encourages qualified individuals of all ethnic backgrounds and from all countries to be applicants. Applicants must have doctoral degrees.

Each hired faulty member will receive an internationally competitive salary, generous housing, extra benefits and ample start-up funds, Long term, stable research funds are available for faculty members who are at the forefront of their chosen research fields. All faculty members are encouraged to attack scientific problems of the most challenging and most significant type.

Please send your application to talent@ wias.org.cn

Please also arrange three letters of references to be sent directly to the above email address.

Please remember to mark your application for one of the four research institutes: Natural Sciences, Advanced Technology, Biology, Basic Medical Sciences.

Additional Information

Ms TTN Lingfang

Department of Human Resources

Westlake Institute for Advanced Study

18 Shilongshan Road, Cloud Town Xihu District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.

Qualified candidates are encouraged to apply for the “Thousand Talents Program” or the “Youth Thousand Talents Program” through WIAS.

For more information please visit: http:/ / www.wias.org.cn/

1.What is the goal of WIAS?

A.To set up four research institutes.

B.To fund its members to attack scientific issues.

C.To become a pioneer of research institutes in the world.

D.To free humans from labour through science and technology.

2.Who might be qualified for a position in WIAS?

A.An accounting major to achieve his doctor's degree.

B.A graduate from USA, who has a master's degree in art.

C.A Chinese graduate obtaining a doctor's degree in architecture.

D.An African doctor graduating from School of Engineering of MIT.

3.Which of the following will WIAS provide each hired faculty member?

A.Equal salary. B.Shared housing.

C.Stable benefits. D.Ample start- up funds.

假设你是红星中学高一学生李华，你的英国朋友Jim在邮件中询问你的高中生活。请给他回邮件，内容包括：

1. 你遇到的挑战；

2. 你为此所做的努力。

注意：1. 词数不少于50：

2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Jim.

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。并按答案书写在相应位置。

There are two especially interesting things to admire about the Inca civilization. The first is the roads 1. paths which they built to connect their important cities. These Inca roads were made up of two north-south highways and many small roads crossing the mountains east to west. The roads were for Inca soldiers and their officials. Second, the Incas built wonderful cities full of 2. (amaze) architecture--but there were no markets in these cities. One of the interesting 3.(question) of history is how the Incas lived without shopping!

阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。并按答案书写在相应位置。

But hope was not lost. Soon after the quakes, the army sent 150,000 soldiers to Tangshan to dig out those 1. were trapped and to bury the dead. More than 10,000 doctors and nurses came to provide medical care. Workers built shelters for survivors 2. homes had been destroyed. Hundreds of thousands of people were helped. Water and food 3. (bring) into the city by train, truck, and plane. Slowly, the city began to breathe again.

阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。并按答案书写在相应位置。

Jordan says that the secret to his success is learning 1. his failures. “I can accept failure; everyone 2. (fail) at something. But I can’t accept not trying.” Losing games taught him to practice harder and never give up. In life, Jordan has learned 3. (share) his success with others. The Boys and Girls Club which he started in Chicago 4. (help) young people since 1996.

阅读下面短文并按要求完成阅读任务。

Why play games? Because they are fun, of course, and a lot more besides. Following the rules...planning your next move...acting as a team member...these are all “game” ideas that you will run into throughout your life.

Think about some of the games you played as a young child, such as hopscotch and hide-and-go-seek. These games are more than a hundred years old, and children all over the world play them.

The games of children’s cultures are entertaining and fun. But perhaps more importantly, they translate life into exciting dramas that teach children some of the basic rules they will be expected to follow the rest of their lives, such as taking turns and working together.

Many children’s games have a practical side. Children around the world play games that prepare them for work they will do as grown-ups. For example, some Saudi Arabian children live in the desert. They play a game called bones, which sharpens the hand-eye coordination (协调) needed in hunting.

Many sports encourage national or local pride. The most famous games of all, the Olympic Games, bring athletes from around the world together to take part in friendly competition. Audience wave flags, knowing that a gold medal is a win for an entire country, not just the athlete who earned it.

Sports are also a unifying event. Football is the most popular sport in the world. People on all continents play the game--some for fun and some for a living. Nicolette Iribarne, a football player from California, has discovered a way to spread hope through football. Iribarne created Futbol 4 Refugees after joining in an international football match. The aim of the group is to provide children living in refugee camps with footballs. Other groups such as Playing for Peace and Right to Play provide opportunities for children who otherwise might never play football or throw a Frisbee.

The next time you play your favorite game or sport, think about why you enjoy it. What skills are needed in your favorite game or sport? Do you think these skills will help you in other aspects of your life? But most importantly, the next time you play, have fun.

1.What can games teach children? (不超过5个词)

2.What is the value of the Olympic Games? (不超过8个词)

3.According to the author, what is most important when we play games? (不超过5个词)

4.Please give a title to this passage. (不超过8个词)

    Antiquities are ancient objects and artworks. Many people visit museums to view antiquities. They enjoy seeing these relics of the ancient world as a way of understanding past cultures and sometimes connecting with their own heritage.

Museums get works to show from many different sources. Sometimes they buy them. Other times they receive donations. Today there are strict guidelines forbidding art that has been stolen from other countries. However, antiquities that have been at museums for many years or even centuries may have arrived there by dishonest means. Now, some countries say that museums have a duty to return these antiquities to their original locations.

Should museums return the antiquities? Experts disagree. Malcolm Bell says yes. Bell is a professor of art at the University of Virginia. He says, “Many antiquities and works of art have special cultural value for a particular community or nation. When these works are taken from their original cultural setting, they lose their context and the culture loses a part of its history.”

According to Bell, a country’s request for the return of an antiquity “usually has a strong legal basis.” “It was exported (出口) illegally, probably also dug out illegally, and is now stolen property (财物).” He called the return of antiquities “an expression of justice”.

James Cuno says not always. Cuno is the president of the J. Paul Getty Trust, an art museum in Los Angeles. Cuno agrees that museums have a legal duty to return illegally exported antiquities. However, he doesn’t support the return of works which were got legally. “Land held today by a given nation-state in the past likely belonged to a different country...even if one wanted to return those stolen works of art, where would one do so? Which among the many countries, cities, and museums that own parts of a work of art should be the home of the returned work?” Cuno believes that museums should collect art from the world’s various cultures. This should be done “through buying or long-term loan (长期租借) and working together with museums and nations around the world.”

This debate is far from over. As a complex question with no easy answer, the issue requires more study.

1.What can we learn from the first two paragraphs?

A.Museums got antiquities through various means.

B.Antiquities from other countries are more valuable.

C.Antiquities are greatly appreciated by foreign visitors.

D.Museums around the world have lost many antiquities.

2.Both Bell and Cuno seem to agree that ___________.

A.illegally-owned antiquities should not be shown

B.museums should return illegally-owned antiquities

C.antiquities from other countries may lose its cultural value

D.museums should collect antiquities from different cultures

3.What is the author’s attitude toward the issue?

A.Positive. B.Negative.

C.Objective. D.Uninterested.

4.Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?

I: Introduction P: Point SP: Sub-point C: Conclusion

A. B.

C. D.

Elephant Transit Home

In both Africa and Asia elephants are being threatened by changes in their natural habitats. People are moving into the elephants’ habitats and endangering their survival. In the country of Sri Lanka, there is one place where elephants are not only protected but also respected. It is called the Elephant Transit Home (ETH).

Set up in 1995, the ETH aims to protect and nurture baby elephants that are found injured or living without their mothers in the wild. Every year about 30 baby elephants in Sri Lanka need help. As many as possible are brought to the ETH. There they are given food, shelter, and medical care. Most importantly, they are given the chance to be with other elephants and become part of a herd (象群).

A day at the ETH begins early in the morning when the baby elephants are given their first feeding of milk. During the day, each baby will drink an average of 13 gallons of milk. Older elephants are fed mostly coconut leaves and other native plants. Then the elephants are allowed to walk around, eating the grass and forming a herd. The cost of caring for the baby elephants is high. The ETH spends about $125,000 each year on powdered milk for the baby elephants.

At the ETH, workers try to reduce human connection with the elephants. They also try to increase bonds (联系) between the elephants. It usually takes three years for a baby elephant to be set free into its natural habitat. The elephants are sent back to the wild together with other orphans with whom they have bonded. This program helps them return to the wild as members of a herd that will communicate with each other and take care of each other.

The ETH is considered one of the best animal protection sites in the world. Not only are the elephants cared for, they are treated with respect. Most importantly, they go back to live in the wild, where they belong.

1.What does the underlined word “nurture” in Paragraph 2 mean?

A.Set free. B.Care for.

C.Focus on. D.Relate to.

2.What do we know about the ETH?

A.It receives about $125,000 each year. B.It is the largest animal protection site.

C.It helps to keep baby elephants safe. D.It changes elephants’ habitats for the better.

3.The workers reduce human connection with the elephants to ___________.

A.train them to stay away from hunters B.provide them with more living space

C.study them better in a natural environment D.help them make it in the wild as a herd

4.What’s the purpose of the passage?

A.To show the ways of wildlife protection.

B.To explain the threat baby elephants face.

C.To introduce an animal protection project.

D.To persuade the readers to protect elephants.

New Zealand Cruise (游轮) & Australian Open Tennis

Includes tickets to the Women’s and Men’s Finals at the Australian Open

Number of days: 16 days (Leaving: 31 January 2020)

This holiday serves up the perfect experience for any tennis fan with tickets to the Australian Open, hotel stays in Melbourne and Sydney and a cruise around New Zealand’s coastline.

Discover your itinerary (日程安排)

Dayl-4 Melbourne (Hotel stay & Australian Open)

Melbourne is famous for its markets, where you’ll find everything from local produce to arts and fashion. During your stay, experience all the excitement of the Australian Open, one of the world’s most exciting sports tournaments and 2020’s first Grand Slam (大满贯). With tickets to the Men’s and Women’s Finals, you’ll see the best tennis stars in the world compete for glory in game like no other.

Day 5-8 Sydney (Hotel stay)

Sydney is far more than the Opera House, Harbor Bridge and inviting beaches. Walk along the coastal paths, with rock pools, where you can watch surfers ride the waves.

Day 9-12 At sea

Day 13 Milford Sound (Scenic cruising)

You’ll travel through amazing natural beauty in South West New Zealand, where mountain tops are shown in mirror-smooth waters. In this important wildlife habitat, you could see a Little Blue penguin (企鹅) or two, as you travel past the breathtaking sight.

Day 14 Dunedin

Don’t miss the gardens at Larnach Castle, including the Serpentine Walk, the Alice Lawn and a native plant path; a true dream for plant lovers.

Day 15 Tauranga

As you sail into Tauranga’s scenic harbor, you’ll pass Mount Maunganui, a dead volcano crossed with walking paths and dotted with hot saltwater pools.

Day 16 Auckland

1.In which city can you buy the local produce of Australia?

A.Melbourne. B.Sydney.

C.Dunedin. D.Tauranga.

2.When will you be able to see the dead volcano?

A.On Day 8. B.On Day 13.

C.On Day 14. D.On Day 15.

3.The tour is mainly designed for __________.

A.sports stars B.tennis fans

C.surfers D.climbers

My Chinese speaking experience

It’s one thing to study and learn a language, but it’s quite another when you finally get to use it.

On the ______ from Venice to Paris, a group of girls my age sat around me. I had caught enough of the conversation to know that they were speaking Chinese, but at first I didn’t feel ______starting a conversation with the stranger next to me. If it didn’t ______ well, I’d be stuck next to them for the rest of the flight.

As the food cart began to make its way down the aisle (过道) ______ us, I finally found my chance. I ______ to the girl to my left and asked, “Will you be having lunch?” in Chinese. She nodded her head, then realizing the language I had ______, and asked me in English, “You speak Chinese?”

I was a bit surprised. I ______ again in Chinese. “A little bit but not very well.” She nodded again and then returned to her magazine, ______ my effort to communicate with her. Perhaps I should have lied and said that I spoke better...

Another time, at a dinner I sat next to a man who I knew spoke Chinese. I told him that I was learning Chinese, but ______ only speak a little and not very well. When ______ me use the language, he suddenly began to speak ______ in Chinese, but all I caught was that he told me that for Chinese people, the ability to speak a little bit is actually a lot. His behaviour was the complete opposite of my earlier ______. I felt somewhat overwhelmed (不知所措). I never quite   ____ the chance to continue or make any further efforts because the conversation returned to ____ as other people joined the table.

All in all, my experience has ____me that I still have a lot of work to do.

1.A.subway B.train C.plane D.boat

2.A.satisfied B.lucky C.happy D.comfortable

3.A.go B.fit C.feel D.do

4.A.beyond B.with C.off D.towards

5.A.promised B.turned C.led D.referred

6.A.owned B.used C.written D.advised

7.A.agreed B.stressed C.tried D.delivered

8.A.ending B.making C.focusing D.increasing

9.A.should B.must C.need D.could

10.A.letting B.seeing C.hearing D.helping

11.A.rapidly B.extremely C.calmly D.seriously

12.A.class B.experience C.lecture D.attitude

13.A.got B.missed C.exchanged D.gave

14.A.Chinese B.French C.English D.Italian

15.A.requested B.left C.regarded D.taught

请选出下列各组单词中下划线部分的发音与其他单词不相同的一个单词。

1.A.amazed B.anxious C.donate D.major

2.A.means B.cheat C.sweat D.breathe

3.A.flood B.roof C.typhoon D.noodle

4.A.title B.dialect C.survival D.whistle

5.A.narrow B.however C.power D.crowd

6.A.umbrella B.studio C.ugly D.bus

7.A.recognise B.generation C.gymnastics D.strategy

8.A.creative B.civilization C.case D.clue

9.A.expert B.exercise C.extra D.exist

10.A.architect B.headache C.champion D.character

假定你是李华，最近你的美国朋友Leo在与父母相处的过程中遇到一些困惑，沟通出现问题。他心情不佳，来信寻求你的帮助。请根据以下要点给他写一封信：

1. 安慰Leo；

2. 提出建议；

3. 恰当的结尾。

注意：1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

I went to watch the ballet The Peony Pavilion last Sunday’s evening. Because I think ballet was more or less the same everywhere, I was total unprepared for its unique beauty. I was absorb as soon as the curtain rose up. The performance borrowed a lot from Chinese dance and music, but the Eastern influence on the ballet was clear. The production was filled in colours and romantic symbols, and challenged my sense in new ways. So much did I enjoy that it has changed my opinion about ballet. I can’t wait to going again!

    For a long time bats  1.(be) one of the most feared creatures in the animal kingdom. Many pop culture associations with them are2.(relate) to vampire. Though these associations are  complete misunderstandings, bats do have a dark side as a  3.(danger) disease vector (传播媒介). So there is good reason to be exceptionally cautious if you come into contact with bats. However, the fact is4.bats play a significant role in keeping a balanced ecosystem.

Many organic farmers have learned about the benefits of   5.  (have) bats nearby to help manage the amount of pests that show up without pesticides. One brown bat - about      6.size of a human thumb - can consume about 600 mosquitoes and other unwanted insects within an hour. They make for a fantastic, almost essential  7.  (add) to pest management on any farm.

Even large government organizations have realized the economic benefits of bats. The United States Geological Survey estimates that bat contributions8.pest management save the country at9. (little) 3.7 billion dollars per year. Without them, we would likely experience a dramatic drop in  food production, which would eventually make10.(it) way into our weekly grocery bills.

    William Butler Yeats, a most famous Irish writer, was born in Dublin in 1865. His childhood ___ the harmony that was ____ of a happy family. Later, Yeats shocked his family by saying that he remembered “little of childhood but its pain”. In fact, he inherited(继承) excellent taste in ____ from his family — both his father and his brother were painters. But he finally ____ literature, ____ drama and poetry.

Yeats had strong ____ in the coming of new artistic movements. He set himself the ____ task in founding an Irish national theatre in the late 1890s. His early theatrical experiments,____, were not received ____ at the beginning. He didn’t lose heart, and finally enjoyed ____ in his poetical drama.

___ with his dramatic works, Yeats’s poems attract much ____ notice. The subject matter includes love, nature, history, time and aging. Though Yeats generally relied on very traditional forms, he brought modern sensibility to them. As his literary life ____, his poetry grew finer and richer, which led him to worldwide ____.

He had not ____ a major public life ____ winning the Nobel Prize in 1923. Yet, he ____ writing almost to the end of his life. Had Yeats stopped writing at age 40, he would probably now be ____ as a minor poet, for there is no other example in literary history of a poet who ____ his greatest works between the ages of 50 and 75. After Yeats’s death in 1939, W.H.Auden wrote, among others, the following lines:

Earth, receive an ____ guest:

William Yeats is laid to rest.

Let the Irish vessel (船) lie.

Emptied of its poetry.

1.A.held B.lacked C.expected D.desired

2.A.typical B.special C.awkward D.capable

3.A.art B.poetry C.drama D.literature

4.A.carried on B.decided on C.put on D.based on

5.A.regularly B.instantly C.particularly D.finally

6.A.desire B.energy C.access D.faith

7.A.fresh B.stupid C.small D.difficult

8.A.therefore B.however C.besides D.otherwise

9.A.possibly B.honorably C.favorably D.doubtfully

10.A.failure B.fame C.pleasure D.success

11.A.Connected B.Occupied C.Compared D.Tired

12.A.admiring B.amusing C.amazing D.envying

13.A.finished B.produced C.created D.progressed

14.A.praise B.spread C.recognition D.assessment

15.A.enjoyed B.accepted C.purchased D.taken

16.A.before B.since C.until D.after

17.A.abandoned B.continued C.appreciated D.recommended

18.A.respected B.admired C.valued D.favored

19.A.prohibits B.attempts C.recommends D.produces

20.A.appealed B.advocated C.advanced D.honored

    Most Americans love Chinese food. However, the Chinese food served in most American restaurants is very different from the authentic cuisine enjoyed daily by people living in China. 1.Then many Chinese immigrants had trouble landing a job in America. To make a living, some of them opened restaurants. Over these years, Chinese cuisine has been adapted to reflect Western influences.

2.The Chinese food found in Western restaurants is mainly cooked through frying. Many dishes are cooked using various frying methods. However, traditional Chinese food is rarely cooked through frying. Instead, methods such as baking, steaming, boiling and fermenting (发酵) are more commonly used.

Another big difference between authentic and westernized Chinese food is the ingredients used. 3. Some ingredients — like carrots, onions and tomatoes — are not often used in authentic Chinese cooking. In addition, while you can find some Western cuisines that use strange meats — like pig ears — most Western cultures are pretty conservative about the meats they consume. Authentic Chinese food, in contrast, uses a wider variety of protein sources, including tofu, snake, chicken feet, duck blood and many more that Westerners generally wouldn’t choose to eat.

4.Sweet and Sour Chicken, for example, has no equivalent（同等物）in traditional Chinese cuisine. Similarly, the fortune cookie is a completely American invention.

Indeed, there are numerous differences between authentic and westernized Chinese cuisine, but Western palates (味觉) adapt to new flavors easily. 5.

A.The history of westernized Chinese food started in the mid-1800s.

B.Westernized Chinese food features vegetables that are common in Western cuisines.

C.There are so many regions of China, and they all prepare their dishes a little bit differently.

D.So it may only be a matter of time before authentic Chinese food becomes popular in America.

E.Many of the most popular Chinese dishes in the West are not served in Chinese restaurants at all.

F.Deep frying food is quick, which is why you can usually get your Chinese food in just a few minutes.

G.One of the main differences between authentic and westernized Chinese food lies in cooking methods.

    While many of us may have been away somewhere nice last summer, few would say that we’ve “summered.” “Summer” is clearly a noun, more precisely, a verbed noun.

Way back in our childhood, we all learned the difference between a noun and a verb. With such a tidy definition, it was easy to spot the difference. Not so in adulthood, where we are expected to “foot” bills, “chair” committees, and “dialogue” with political opponents. Chances are you didn’t feel uncomfortable about the sight of those verbed nouns.

“The verbing of nouns is as old as the English language,” says Patricia O’Conner, a former editor at The New York Times Book Review. Experts estimate that 20 percent of all English verbs were originally nouns. And the phenomenon seems to be snowballing. Since 1900, about 40 percent of all new verbs have come from nouns.

Even though conversion (转化) is quite universal, plenty of grammarians object to the practice. William Strunk Jr. and E.B.White, in The Elements of Style — the Bible for the use of American English — have this to say: “Many nouns lately have been pressed into service as verbs. Not all are bad, but all are suspect.” The Chicago Manual of Style takes a similar standpoint, advising writers to use verbs with great care.

“Sometimes people object to a new verb because they resist what is unfamiliar to them,” says O’Conner. That’s why we’re comfortable “hosting” a party, but we might feel upset by the thought of “medaling” in sports. So are there any rules for verbing? Benjamin Dreyer, copy chief at Random House, doesn’t offer a rule, but suggests that people think twice about “verbifying” a noun if it’s easily replaceable by an already existing popular verb. Make sure it’s descriptive but not silly-sounding, he says.

In the end, however, style is subjective. Easy conversion of nouns to verbs has been part of English grammar for centuries; it is one of the processes that make English “English.” Not every coinage (新创的词语) passes into general use, but as for trying to end verbing altogether, forget it.

1.What can we learn about the verbing of nouns?

A.It hasn’t recently been opposed by many grammarians.

B.It is more commonly accepted by children than adults.

C.It hasn’t been a rare phenomenon in the past century.

D.It is easily replaced by existing verbs in practice

2.What is most leading experts’ attitude towards the practice of the verbing of nouns?

A.Cautious. B.Satisfied.

C.Disappointed. D.Unconcerned.

3.What does the author think of ending the verbing of nouns?

A.Predictable. B.Practicable.

C.Approaching. D.Impossible.

4.What is the best title for the text?

A.Are 40 Percent of all new verbs from nouns？

B.Are Summering and Medaling Annoying?

C.Are You Comfortable about a New Verb?

D.Are There Any Rules for Verbing?

    Your circle of friends may help you get a better reading on your overall health and wellness rather than just using wearable devices such as a Fitbit, according to researchers.

The study, published in the journal PLOS ONE, analyzed what the structure of social networks says about the state of health, happiness and stress.

"We were interested in the topololgy (拓扑学) of the social network — what does my position within my social network predict about my health and well-being said Nitesh V. Chawla, a professor at the University of Notre Dame in the US.

“What we found was the social network structure provides a significant improvement in predictability of wellness states of an individual over just using the data obtained from wearables, like the number of steps or heart rate,” Chawla said.

For the study, participants wore a Fitbit to capture health behavior data about walking, sleeping, heart rate and overall activity level. They also completed surveys and self-assessments of their stress, happiness and positivity.

Cbawla and his team then analyzed the data with a machine learning model, alongside the connections and characteristics of an individual's social network.

The study showed a strong correlation (相关性) between social network structures, heart rate, number of steps and level of activity.

Social network structure provided significant improvement in predicting one's health and well-being compared to just looking at health behavior data from the Fitbit alone.

For example, when social network structure is combined with the data from wearables, the machine learning model achieved a 65 percent improvement in predicting happiness.

The model also achieved a 54 percent improvement in predicting one's self-assessed health prediction, a 55 percent improvement in predicting positive attitude and a 38 percent improvement in predicting success.

This study asserts (断言) that without social network information, we only have an incomplete view of an individual's wellness state, and to be fully predictive or to be able to obtain interventions (干扰). It is critical to be aware of the social network, Chawla said.

1.What did the study find?

A.How people choose their friend circles.

B.What factors decide your friend circles.

C.How your circle of friends influences you

D.What your circle of friends says about your health.

2.How did the researchers draw their conclusions?

A.By comparing data. B.By giving examples.

C.By analyzing cause and effect D.By describing personal experiences.

3.What does the underlined word “critical” mean in the last paragraph?

A.Easy. B.Common.

C.Important. D.Challenging.

4.What do Chawla's words in the last paragraph tell us?

A.How fitness devices can connect your circle of friends

B.That a person's social network is part of his health picture.

C.The best ways to make friends and keep a healthy social circle

D.That wearable devices are not useful for understanding someone's health.

    As a kid, Joanna Buckley wasn’t interested in science — until she had a chance to try it. That happened when she got a chemistry set for Christmas.

“Over the course of a few weeks, I’d completed every experiment. But in the process, I polluted my parent’s dining room carpet and burnt the kitchen worktop with the spirit burner,” she says.

Now science is Buckley’s job. She works in the chemistry department at the University of Sheffield in England. “I realize, first-hand, how important it is to have something or someone to show you why science is so great,” she says. Now the good news is that citizen science appears.

Citizen science takes the fun of experimenting a step further than Buckley’s at-home chemistry kit. That’s because these experiments are real, looking for novel answers.

“Compared with a one-off experiment, what’s cool about citizen science is that students get that this has a purpose,” Prunuske says. “Students want to do a good job, because they know scientists are going to use the new data in their own research.”

Long agrees. “Kids like that it’s real. And they like that it’s important, that it matters.” Citizen-science projects have made big discoveries. One found a previously unknown galaxy cluster （星系团）. Another project helped assess how much damage a big earthquake had caused in Japan. And one of the first citizen-science projects helped scientists learn where butterflies go every winter.

Some adults worry about teens losing interest in science. That’s one reason they hope that fun, exciting citizen-science projects can help them keep in touch, Long says. And she has some evidence that it’s working, “Last year, we did have a couple of students say, ‘I really think I want to be a scientist now. ’”

1.What is the purpose of paragraph 2?

A.To support trials can make teens interested in science.

B.To prove failure is the mother of success in science.

C.To state Buckley has a talent for science.

D.To praise Buckley for her strong will.

2.Why is citizen science more fun?

A.It carries out experiments frequently.

B.It must carry out experiments in groups.

C.It needs to seek for new solutions.

D.It demands to handle complex problems.

3.What can we know from what Prunuske said?

A.She participated in the experiment.

B.She took pride in what students took up.

C.Citizen science is popular with students.

D.Scientists are willing to employ students.

4.What is Long’s attitude towards citizen science?

A.Concerned. B.Supportive.

C.Doubtful. D.Unclear.

How It Feels to Float

by Helaia Fox

If you're looking for a moving story that explores themes of mental illness, grief (悲痛), and love, pick up a copy of How It Feels to Float and follow Biz as she comes of age. This moving novel will stay with you long   after you finish reading it.

Two Can Keep a Secret

by Karen M. MeManus

Put on your crime-solving cap and get swept away in this thriller about a girl, a boy, and a string of unsolved murders. As threats and clues pile up, you’ll be burning the midnight oil trying to finish the book before dawn.

Forest of a Thousand Lanterns

by Julie C. Dao

The first book in the Rise of the Empress series takes the bones of a traditional fairy tale — a poor girl fated for power, an evil queen determined to stop her, love for someone who doesn't love back and magic — and gives them a richly imagined East Asian setting.

Dune

by Frank Herbert

If the Star Wars movies have made you fall in love with the space opera, eventually you're going to read Frank Herbert's most famous creation. The story of centuries-old political plotting — about warring factions (派系) battling over control of the extremely valuable planet Arrakis — is a classic and remains a wonderful introduction to the larger, more complex world of science fiction just beyond the Star Wars trilogies.

1.What is How It Feels to Float mainly about?

A.The murder of a teenage girl.

B.A girl's space adventures.

C.Challenges of growing up.

D.A poor girl with special powers.

2.What kind of book is Two Can Keep a Secret?

A.A fairy tale. B.A science-fiction story.

C.A love story. D.A detective story.

3.Which book is about battling for control of another planet?

A.How It Feels to Float B.Two Can Keep a Secret

C.Forest of a thousand Lanterns D.Dune

假定你是武汉市某高中学校学生会主席李华，为有效配合新型冠状病毒肺炎疫情防控，湖北省教育厅宣布延期开学， 请你写一封英文延期开学通知发布在校园网上。要点如下:

1.  严禁学生假期到校。

2.  进行远程教育、在线心理辅导。

3.  如有调整，另行通知。

注意:

1.  词数 100 左右；

2.  可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 参考词汇:

心理的 psychological

疫情 epidemic

教育部 Ministry of Education

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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。

It’s been two years when I joined the campus radio station. During this time, I had done several interviews. Every time I finish to writing an article, I am proud of myself for able to introduce my schoolmates to the things I’ve seen. It was difficult at times, but when I saw my stories publish in our school newspaper, you knew that it was something worth doing. My parents, teachers and schoolmates congratulated me on that I did. I felt happily when I shared a new story with them. The greatest thing about being the reporter is exchanging idea with others.