1 .

A. consider, B. familiar, C. common, D. servious, E. seems

Phone calls are no longer the everyday habit they once were. The development of digital technologies over the past twenty years means it’s now more     1     to “talk” by sending messages. You might not make frequent phone calls. As with anything, the less     2     you are with a certain task, the more likely you will have problems with it.

Speaking on the telephone     3     more challenging than other forms of communication. Social media, email and texts give you time to     4     what you want to say. You have space to think about what people might really mean and what your answer is going to be.

A. information, B. shape, C. practice, D. connected, E. popular

Although the phone might not be your preferred or most     5     choice of communication, it’s still necessary to learn how to make a phone call. Having conversations on the phone can strengthen relationships. Hearing a friend’s voice can help you to feel more     6     than simply seeing their words appear on a screen. Sometimes the phone is the quickest way to get the     7     you need-when you start working, it could also be essential. However, it takes a little bit of     8     to feel a lot more confident.

2 .

My Idols（偶像）
	Posted3/15/21 4:53PM
	My idol is Zhong Nanshan. He is a Chinese medical expert. During the SARS in 2003, Zhong Nanshan helped the country control the disease and around 18 years later, he fought against the COVID-19. Zhong and his team helped our country control the COVID-19 rapidly. The 85-year-old elderly man got the Medal of the Republic in August, 2020, the country’s highest honor, because of his great contributions to the nation’s development.
	Posted 3/15/21 6:25PM
	My idol is Christina Li and she started her free, week-long classes to teach girls to build robots. Through Hello World, her computer science camp is organized for middle school girls every year. Today, each camp hosts about 30 girls, in the hopes of bridging the gender（性别）gap that exists in STEM fields（science, technology, engineering and math）.
	Posted 3/16/21 5:20PM
	My idol is Sidney Keys. He has a deep love of reading, but he had a difficult time finding many books with characters he could relate to as an African-American. To share his passion for reading with his partners, Sidney created Books n Bros, a club for boys between the ages of 8 and 12 that focuses on African-American literature and culture. He is making a positive influence in his community and all the boys are having such a good time in his book club.
	Posted 3/16/21 7:46PM
	Ryan is my idol. His dad took him along on a trip to his local recycling center. They collected cans and bottles for money to keep them from polluting our oceans. With the help of family, friends and the wider community, 8-year-old Ryan has recycled more than 275,000 cans and bottles. Through Ryan’s Recycling, he is also helping clean up the beaches and spread his message of protecting the planet.

1. Li Ming’s idol is ________.

A．Zhong Nanshan

B．Christina Li

C．Sidney Keys

D．Ryan

2. Christina Li started her free, week-long classes to________.

A．fight against the COVID-19	B．teach girls to build robots
C．share her passion for reading	D．help clean up area beaches

3. How many cans and bottles has Ryan recycled?

A．2003.

B．30.

C．12.

D．275,000.

3 . During the 1980s, artist Wilder created a song in about 30 minutes. That song, Break My Stride, has been played in films and TV shows over the years and turned him into a one-hit wonder.

Now, nearly forty years later, the song is being listened to by people who weren’t even born when it was created, thanks to its popularity on the social media（社交媒体）TikTok.

On TikTok, users usually share very short, usually 15-second, videos of themselves dancing, singing or doing something funny, most often set to music. Break My Stride became popular on TikTok earlier this year and has been used in over 800,000 videos. School students have posted videos of themselves dancing to the song. The pop song has the magic to make people feel like dancing. In one TikTok video that was liked 3.5 million times, the creator took a video of his mom sleeping and then photoshopped her into different backgrounds related to the words of the song, such as traveling across the sea to China in the row boat.

“Now with the coming of TikTok, it’s like having a hit record all over again with a whole new generation（一代人）,” Wilder, 67, told CNN. Break My Stride recently has been on Apple Music’s Top 100 songs in over 20 countries.

Break My Stride isn’t alone. A number of other artists have seen their songs become popular on TikTok. The success of Lil Nas X’s Old Town Road depends heavily on its popularity on TikTok, where the song has been used in 7.5 million videos. The song finished 2019 in the UK as “Song of the Year”.

The success of these songs, both old and new, highlights the influence that social media have on arts and culture. TikTok is changing how musicians create and publicize their work.

1. What can be learned about the song Break My Stride?

A．It has become popular again.	B．It was written 20 years ago.
C．It was first used in a TV show.	D．It was hardly known at first.

2. What does TikTok allow users to do?

A．To get music for free.	B．To watch long videos.
C．To share videos of their own.	D．To study different kinds of music.

3. What is Paragraph 5 mainly about?

A．Famous artists on TikTok.	B．The success of social media.
C．“Song of the Year” in the UK.	D．The popularity of other songs on TikTok.

4. What does the writer say about TikTok?

A．It has a long history.	B．It has about 7.5 million users.
C．It is more popular than TV shows.	D．It has a strong influence on arts.

5. The underlined word “highlights” has the closest meaning to _________.

A．catches

B．shows

C．promises

D．uses

4 . 近些年来，短视频(short video)红遍大江南北，许多人热衷于发视频和看视频。同时，有人担心短视频最终会取代文本阅读，但也有人认为不会。针对此现象，英文校刊社Green Buds面向全体同学征文，请你就此写一篇短文，发表自己的看法并简单地说明原因。

要求：1.明确自己的观点和态度，并说明原因；
2.文中不得出现真实的校名和人名；
3.词数：80-100；
4.短文的开头已给出，不计入总词数。

My View on Short Videos

Over the past few years, watching short videos online has become a part of many people’s daily life. Some people fear that video will one day replace text. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5 . WeChat groups between parents and teachers were supposed to be an easy communication channel.     1     Some parents said they’ve even been asked to help their children clean the classroom and help with food service in the school canteen.

    2     In the group, they have to answer questions and requests from parents at any time. One teacher Mr Liu said that he felt "afraid" of WeChat because there were always a lot of unread messages from parents.

Local authorities and educational institutions（机构）have come up with possible solutions. On Nov 11, Liaoning province banned teachers from asking parents to grade their students’ homework. Taiyuan and Beijing also issued similar rules forbidding teachers to ask parents to help with homework.     3    

This move has been welcomed by parents and teachers alike. A 35-year-old father agreed that teachers, parents and school need to make some changes. Teachers are already overworked and don’t want to spend their free time being bothered by parents.     4     A high school biology teacher held that parents should make sure their kids finish their homework on time and that’s enough.     5    

A．However, he added that parents still need to join in some school activities with their kids.

B．However, many said that some teachers are transferring（转移）their work to the parents.

C．After the work is done, group chats related to school homework will have to disappear.

D．WeChat groups have increased the worries of parents and teachers.

E．In fact, many teachers are not happy with the chat groups either.

F．Every coin has two sides.

6 .

A 76-year-old grandmother, dressed in hanfu, impressed (给……留下印象) hundreds of thousands of netizens (网民) with her beauty and love for life.

The first short video was filmed by her grandson Liu Haochen in early October, and received 1.76 million likes and over 60,000 comments (评论) on Tik Tok within a month. Now known as vlogger “Grandma of Chenchen” with 200,000 fans, she has tried on many different costurnes. Liu, also a lover of hanfu, said he wanted to share happy memories with his grandma and to record her life at old age. And he found she was quite suitable for the clothing.

The grandma said she agreed Liu to shoot a video for her. “I didn’t really know what it was about at the time. I thought it would be good to spend some time with Chenchen,” she said, as Liu had been busy working far from home.

In October, she took part in a catwalk show (时装秀) in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, with performers much younger than her. The show began at 1 a.m. and it was raining, but she said she quite enjoyed it. “When I was on the stage, the audience (观众) kept shouting my name. I was very cheerful,” she said.

Most of her videos are filmed outdoors, with some at scenic spots (景点) in different cities, often with other young hanfu lovers. For her, it’s more like traveling than filming. Along with videos about hanfu, she also shares her daily life — shopping, drinking milk tea and playing with cats. She said life has become more interesting compared with before, and she is as energetic as any young person.

1. Why did Liu start taking videos for his grandmother?

A．Because his grandma likes making videos.

B．Because he wants to record her life at old age.

C．Because his grandma invited him to shoot a video.

D．Because he wants to be a vlogger.

2. Grandma agreed to Liu’s invitation because ________.

A．she wants to show Chinese traditional culture online.

B．she is a lover of hanfu.

C．she wants to try something new.

D．it would be good to spend time with her grandson.

3. What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?

A．Grandma’s videos about her daily life.

B．Grandma’s experience in a catwalk show.

C．Grandma’s love for hanfu.

D．Grandma’s feelings about wearing hanfu.

4. What can we learn from the passage?

A．No matter how old we are, we can be brave to show ourselves.

B．Just be yourself even though lots of people laugh at you.

C．We should be respectful (尊敬的) to old people.

D．There must be some difficulties on the way to success.

5. In which section of a newspaper can you read the text?

A．Fashion.

B．Music.

C．Sports.

D．Science.

7 . Five years is a rather short time in the long history of China. But for digital (数字的) development, a lot of changes have taken place in many aspects of our life.

Nowadays, it’s normal for people to communicate on WeChat, the most popular mobile social media platform in China. People take less cash (现金) with them because most of the stores and hotels accept WeChat Pay and Alipay.

In China, holding a mobile phone means having the world in your hands. You can shop, travel, communicate, have fun by using a mobile phone, and all of these tasks can be completed with a few finger taps. Without mobile phones, life would seem dull.

By the end of 2016, there were 695 million mobile phone users in China, an increase of 12 percent on year—on—year basis. The average mobile Internet data traffic reached 172 megabytes per month, which was far more than the global average.

At the two sessions (两会), Premier Li Keqiang pointed out that in 2017 the speed of mobile network would be increased and the cost would be reduced greatly. Mobile rates for domestic roaming (国内漫游) and long distance calls would be cancelled (取消).

Meanwhile, the TD-LTE 4G communication technology developed mainly in China has been accepted and widely used across the world.

In 2020, China’s 5G network is in service. It helps China’s mobile telecommunication overtake (反超) the international community’s.

1. People take less cash with them because _________.

A．cash isn’t useful any more	B．it’s easier to use online pay by mobile phone
C．many stores refuse cash	D．online pay is used in all stores and hotels

2. By using a mobile phone, you can do many things EXCEPT ________.

A．ordering something to eat	B．chatting with friends
C．playing games	D．cooking something delicious

3. What does the underlined word “dull” mean in Paragraph 3?

A．Interesting.

B．Amazing.

C．Boring.

D．Exciting.

4. According to the passage, we know that _________.

A．The cost of using mobile phones is lower

B．the speed of mobile network slowed down

C．Chinese users will make phone calls for free in the future

D．the using of mobile phones was cancelled

5. Which one is true according to the passage?

A．People can’t live without mobile phones.

B．The speed of mobile network and the cost would be increased greatly.

C．The TD—LTE 4G communication technology is only used in China.

D．China’s 5G network has already been in service.

8 . I received a private message on Facebook. It began harmlessly enough: Hey, girl. Wanted to invite you to join in my next project—30 minutes of exercise and healthy eating. Promise to help you “LOSE WEIGHT!”

It was all becoming too much. Facebook was running my life, not me.

But what killed Facebook for me was when I posted a photo, and five minutes later my son asked me how many “likes” it got. His question was a wake-up call.

“Likes” are signs of acceptance and approval. I had forgotten that acceptance and approval need to come from within and had unknowingly set him a bad example.

I tried to remember what life was like before Facebook. Surfing the internet was an occasional (偶尔的) activity, and I spent a lot more time reading books and magazines. I checked in with friends through texts, emails and phone calls.

To recreate the simplicity (简单) of those days and set a healthier example for my son, I closed my Facebook account.

I’d been in the habit of checking Facebook many times a day, so I had to come up with some new habits. I carried a novel and a crossword puzzle book around with me. I rediscovered playing the piano. I started taking yoga classes.

I stopped looking at the world through my cellphone. I felt completely present at the moment. The break left me feeling better about myself, my family, my home and my life.

After a few weeks, I returned to Facebook. Now I look at the photos of my friends’ kids growing up and treasure how Facebook allows me to keep in touch with family far and wide. I have a look at it every day, but no longer with the need to post ideas and photos from time to time.

It is not an addiction (瘾) any more.

1. The writer closed her Facebook because _________.

A．she wanted to set her son a good example

B．she had received a harmful message on it

C．she wanted to create a kind of simple Facebook

D．she posted photos on it but didn’t receive many “likes”

2. What can we know about the writer?

A．She isn't interested in reading.

B．She doesn't use Facebook now.

C．Playing the piano is new to her.

D．She lived a simple life before Facebook.

3. The writer has learned a lot from her experience except _________.

A．we should eat healthily and do more exercise

B．we ourselves should control our lives, not Facebook

C．we should use Facebook correctly to make good use of it

D．we shouldn't care too much about what other people think of us

4. What can be the best title for the passage?

A．Future of Facebook

B．History of Facebook

C．Lessons from Facebook

9 . Doctor Cai Quan’s livestream broadcasts (直播) have made him popular on the Internet. In his livestream broadcasts, he answers questions about the novel coronavirus (新型冠状病毒) in a humorous way.

“    1     They also provide health education,” Cai said. “The key is to provide patients with valuable information in the way they like. We help them feel less worried. At the same time, it improves the management and work efficiency (效率) of medical workers.”

Increasing patients’ satisfaction and improving treatments with limited resources (有限的资源) are big challenges for most hospitals on the front line of the fight against the virus. Cai found that doctors had to repeat the same answers for different patients.     2     He had done them in the past to promote (普及) information on first aid for communities and primary schools.

“Mr. Li asked why his two tests have different results. Put it in a simple way: we found no virus in you with test A, but test B found the virus.     3     Congratulations!” Cai said during one of the broadcasts.

    4     In an hour-long broadcast, Cai can answer about 20 questions, which means a lot in a hospital with 270 patients.

“We have received a lot of encouragement during and after the broadcasts,” Cai said. “It encourages me a lot because I’m happy that I have helped people here and saved their lives.”

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A．The broadcasts are not just for fun.

B．His humorous words quickly drew patients’ interests.

C．It means that the virus concentration (浓度) has become low.

D．However, doctors in the hospital were too busy to answer every question in time.

E．Then the idea of livestream broadcasts came to his mind as a way to solve the problem.

10 . Have you ever heard of the live stream? Do you know Li Jiaqi? He’s one of    1     (最强大的，最强有力的) live-streamers in China. His special sales technique    2    (赢得) him the name “Lipstick Brother” since September, 2018. Viya is another    3       (著名的）one, who has several million viewers

for her daily stream.

The live stream becomes so successful that a large number of people, even farmers in small    4    (村庄)，have joined in it .They find it a good way    5    (卖）their local products to make a living and have a better life.

Why is the live stream so popular? First, the live-streamers introduce products    6       (清晰地）so that customers can get more information. There is another    7    (原因）for its popularity. That is people can buy    8    (几乎）everything during live streams at lower prices.

    9    (然而），many people will pay the bill without thinking. Some live-streamers are even dishonest for their words and products. One online customer said, UI don't plan to stop watching Li’s live streams，but I’ll    10     (检查，核对）what he said and do my own research instead of buying them right away.” Though the live stream is welcomed by most people, we should get to know two sides of it.