1 . 阅读下面短文，根据语境、音标或单词的提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的单词，使短文意思完整、行文连贯。

Punch Out is a TV show     1     is talking about a long fight between police and bad people. The main     2     [ˈkærɪktə] in this story is An Xin, which is played by a famous actor by Zhang Yi. He is a nice policeman in Jinghai City. He fights bad people as well     3     their helpers. He always does the right thing. Among all the characters, I like An Xin best because he is a     4     [ɡreɪt] policeman. He is not only brave but     5     strong. He makes me     6     about the hard work of the police.

The TV show is called Punch Out, which has something to     7     with boxing, meaning “knock down the opponent” or “one-hit kill”. It shows us the life-and-death confrontation (对决)     8     the police and the criminals in the TV series. In     9     [ tʃai’ni:z ]  it is called “狂飙”. It comes from a poem by Chairman Mao, which says “The international sad song sings a song, the storm falls from the sky for me” (国际悲歌歌一曲，狂飙为我从天落).

In     10     word, I like the TV show very much.

2 .

Eleven young people from different countries sit around a meeting table, and have a discussion about the hottest topics at the moment. More amazingly, they do that all in Chinese. Isn’t that exciting? If you feel the same, you had better watch Hubei Satellite TV’s show Informal Talks.

First aired in April, 2015, the show is already in its seventh season. As one of the most popular TV programmes, it has scored at least 8 out of 10 for each season on the Internet. Its producer（制片人）Yu Qing says when choosing the topics, they would first think about what interests the young people most.

Da Zuo, one host of the show, says he looks through comments（评论）on the Internet to know people’s opinions on the show. To better take part in the talks, he has also read a lot of books about the histories of different European cultures or such classics as A Brief History Time by Stephen Hawking.

Brian Gonzalez, better known as Gong Biyang in China, has been a guest of the show for the past eight years. To him, the beauty of the show is that everyone shares true stories that happened in their own lives.

The show is so interesting that it has attracted a large number of online viewers（观众）. They will also take part in the discussion by sending danmu or short live comments when watching the show on Bilibili. Liu Bin, a computer programmer and a big fan of the show says, “It satisfies my curiosity（好奇）about different places in the world.” “I used to read lots of books to learn about the culture and history of other countries, but now I find a more lively way to learn about them—watching the show.”

1. How long is the history of Informal Talks?

A．8 years.

B．10 years.

C．15 years.

D．22 years.

2. How does the host Da Zuo prepare for the show?
① Choosing the topics carefully.       ② Reading the online comments.
③ Studying European cultures.       ④ Reading Stephen Hawking.

A．①②③

B．①②④

C．①③④

D．②③④

3. According to the passage, what is NOT mentioned about the show?

A．Its guest.

B．Its producer.

C．Its score online.

D．Its theme song.

4. What is the purpose of the passage?

A．To invite people to Hubei.	B．To discuss different cultures.
C．To introduce a TV programme.	D．To encourage the young to learn.

3 . 阅读下面短文，根据语境、音标或所给单词的提示，在每个空格内填入一个恰当的词，要求所填的词意义准确、形式正确，使短文意思完整、行文连贯。

An English documentary, Du Fu: China’s Greatest Poet,     1     aired on BBC 4 on April 6, 2020, has shown traditional Chinese literature to people all over the world.

Although Du is known across     2     /ˈeɪʒə/, he has still remained largely unknown to people in the Western world. As the     3     (one) English-language documentary about Du, it compared him to Shakespeare, which helps people to have     4     better understanding of his achievements in literature. The show also invited famous British actor Ian Mckellen to read 15 of the poet’s     5     (piece) in English.

Du spent his lifetime     6     (write) many poems. But only 500 works have been passed down over the ages. Du’s early poems mostly celebrated the beauty of nature,     7     the later works dealt with social problems at that time. Du had always wanted to serve in the government and     8     /tʃeɪndʒ/ the life of common people.

“That is why he was honored     9     a Poet Saint(圣人) by later generations. A life full of difficulties and his     10     /ˈspɪrɪt/ of caring about the world helped him create so many great works,” said the producer of the documentary.

4 . In a further survey on the Internet, “China’s Better Life Survey” found that the top three forms of mobile entertainment（娱乐）are watching short videos, playing games and watching TV dramas. Short videos have undoubtedly become the first way for people to “kill time”, and the proportion（比例）of women brushing short videos is higher than that of men.

The survey also found that more than thirty percent of people love online shopping in their spare time (31.47%). Those who like online shopping most are young people born after 1995, and people over 60 years old don’t seem to be weak, being second.

Looking at the choice of different types of cities, first-tier cities like to shop on mobile apps, while second-tier and third-tier cities have a higher proportion of live commerce and social e-commerce than first-tier cities.

根据短文和图表内容，选择最佳答案。
1. The first way for people to “kill time” is ________.

A．playing games	B．watching TV dramas
C．watching short videos	D．shopping online

2. About ________ of the people love online shopping in their free time.

A．31.47%

B．28.53%

C．30.58%

D．36.34%

3. First-tier cities like to shop ________ most.

A．in local shops	B．through live commerce
C．through social e-commerce	D．on mobile apps

4. About ________ of the second-tier cities like to shop through social e-commerce.

A．8.97%

B．11.45%

C．12.29%

D．70.71%

5. From this passage, we can know ________.

A．few men watch short videos

B．people over 60 don’t like shopping online

C．young people born after 1995 like online shopping the most

D．second-tier cities like shopping through live commerce more than third-tier cities do

5 . 根据音标或所给单词填空。

Who’s your favorite Marvel superhero（漫威超级英雄）? Your answer     1     /maɪt/ be Black Panther, Black Widow or Iron Man. But do you know where the ideas of these superheroes come from? In fact, these stories were written by     2     same person—Stan Lee.

Lee got started in comics（漫画）in 1939 and     3     /bɪˈkeɪm/ an editor（编辑）when he was 19. Together with Jack Kirby, he created Fantastic Four in 1961. Soon, with the help of Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, Lee created another     4     /ˈfeɪməs/ superhero—SpiderMan.

But Lee didn’t stop there. He went on to write the stories of Hulk and X-Men. He also created popular     5     (character) like Thor and Doctor Strange. Sometimes Lee also     6     (appear) in his films and brought people great surprises.

These superheroes have a lot in common with     7     (we) in many ways. For example, they have their good sides and also bad sides. But all in all, they are popular among many people     8     they can touch people’s hearts.

Lee died     9     95 in 2018. But people will remember him for changing the world of comics and     10     (bring) them these wonderful stories.

6 . This week, in Los Angeles, the MasterChef Junior (少年大厨) contestants (选手) showed what was supposed to be the world’s largest cake. Instead, they made the smallest cake in the world.

What happened to the great cake? They wanted to make a 3, 000-pound cake baked for 35 hours in a 6-foot-wide by 8-foot-deep pan. Sadly, the pan broke up. The chefs quickly came up with the idea to make the world’s smallest cake. But Guinness World Records (吉尼斯世界纪录) will only judge the largest food but not the smallest.

The event was held to improve the new show MasterChef Junior. They hold the competition to open the door for kids interested in cooking. Here’s how it works. Twenty-four chefs, ages 8 to 13, are selected and put through some cooking tests. Contestants are eliminated (淘汰) two at a time until one is finally named MasterChef Junior.

As the kids complete the challenges, some judges (裁判) taught or helped them. They are Gordon Ramsey, Joe Bastianich, and Graham Elliot.

The young cooks didn’t fear the adult judges. “Gordon, Joe and Graham were all really helpful and really knew about what we were doing,” said Tommy from California. He is a 12-year-old contestant on the show.

The exciting chefs agreed that competing on the show taught them useful lessons. They would remember it forever.

1. The MasterChef Junior contestants end up ________.

A．making the biggest cake

B．making the smallest cake

C．giving up the contest

D．giving up their dreams

2. The underlined word pan in the second paragraph means ________.

A．a kind of food

B．something delicious

C．something terrible

D．something for cooking

3. ________ would like to take part in the competition.

A．Kids who are interested in cooking	B．Kids who would like to eat delicious food
C．Adults who are interested in cooking	D．Adults who would like to eat delicious food

4. There are ________ judges in the competition.

A．two

B．four

C．three

D．five

5. What did the chefs think of the competition on the show?

A．Boring.

B．Interesting.

C．Helpful.

D．Expensive.

7 . 听短文，根据你所听到的短文内容，完成下面表格，每空填一词。（短文读三遍）

Guide for Tonight’s “See Asia!”
Coming soon	1     the Great Wall. Find out about the life of     2     Show us how to cook special     3     dishes.
Other Information	Today’s program will be shown again     4    . Text your     5    , and the answer to 308343 for the competition.

8 . Last month, I asked some of my classmates a few questions. They are about watching TV shows. I found that my classmates have different special favourites about TV shows. The answers to these questions were interesting.     1    

Kate likes cartoons. Snow White is her favourite one. She thinks it’s interesting. Tony likes cartoons, too. But he likes Mickey Mouse best.     2     Dally isn’t the same as them. She likes action movies very much, and she watches them once a week. But she doesn’t like soap operas at all.     3     Lisa likes soap operas. She hopes to be an actress one day. Mike likes news a lot. He watches it every day.     4     But Mike can’t stand scary movies. He thinks they are boring. Sally enjoys sitcoms. She can learn some new excellent jokes from sitcoms. But she thinks game shows are more educational than sitcoms,     5    

A．Because he wants to find out what’s going on around the world.

B．She thinks they are too meaningless.

C．Here are the results.

D．He thinks it’s wonderful and funny.

E．so she also likes game shows.

9 . Do you know mukbang? It is a South Korean word and is about the eating shows in front of the cameras on the Internet.     1    

Mukbang started in South Korean in around 2010 and has spread all over the world.     2     According to Jeff Yang, an Asian-American culture expert, eating on one’s own can be hard in a country like South Korea because it has the culture of eating together.     3     Watching mukbang can be a way to have someone to eat with. This is one of the reasons why many people around the world like watching mukbang.

    4     To attract people’s attention, some mukbangers prepare a lot of food in front of the camera. But they throw away much food secretly to make viewers believe they have eaten up everything, which causes serious food waste.     5     This can encourage bad habits and bring serious health problems. Thus, China has taken some measures to solve the problem and asked short-video platforms, such as TikTok and Kuaishou, to regulate their eating shows.

A．However, mukbang has its dark sides.

B．Why did mukbang first appear in this country?

C．But eating alone is quite common in the country.

D．Besides, the way mukbangers eat food in some shows isn’t healthy.

E．In the shows, mukbangers eat food and sometimes talk to their viewers.