2 . What are scientists?They are often described as gray-haired white-coated dull scholars.

But the world has changed.Young scientists are making their voices heard and releasing their powers on the world stage.

This is also true in China.Rising stars include new materials expert Gong Yongji,university professor Liu Mingzhen,and biologist Wan Ruixue.At the age of 28 in 2018,Wan Ruixue received the 2018 Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists.This is a global prize to reward outstanding scientists at an early stage of their careers.

She focuses mainly on biomedicine (生物医学) and artificial intelligence.“Both are cutting-edge (前沿) technologies at an early stage of development,” she said.

“So,I think they have great potential to be developed.I think in the study of cutting-edge technologies,China and other leading countries in the world are standing on the same starting line.And in the study of structural biology,China is likely to become the leader.”

She felt it was her fate to become a biologist.“I grew interested in the natural world,when I was very young,” she said.In 2009,she entered Sun Yat-sen University.

In her third year at the university,she realized that she wanted to do something related to biomedicine.So she emailed China’s top biologist Shi Yigong,hoping to join his lab at Tsinghua University.

Shi recognised her talent and welcomed her.Years of efforts at the lab have paid off.Her research on the high-definition 3D structure of spliceosome led to a scientific breakthrough.

Unlike many of other young scientists who choose to pursue further study abroad,Wan currently has no plan to go overseas.

“The whole ecosystem for scientific research is continually improving in China,” she said,adding that the country has great science facilities.

1. What does the underlined word “releasing” in paragraph 2 mean?

A．Giving out.	B．Getting over.
C．Finding out.	D．Taking over.

2. What does Wan Ruixue feel about the study of cutting-edge technologies in China?

A．Anxious.	B．Confident.
C．Disappointed.	D．Satisfied.

3. What can we learn about Wan Ruixue’s journey of becoming a biologist?

A．Her teacher led her into the field.

B．She finds it’s easier than she thought.

C．Her contribution has been recognised.

D．She thinks it’s boring but worth trying.

4. Which can be the best title of the text?

A．China’s Breakthrough in Science

B．Rising Young Scientists in China

C．Wan Ruixue:A Successful Young Scientist

D．New Image of Chinese Scientists

3 . Before James Blunt became a musician, he served in the army. He spent four and a half years there, with six months in Kosovo as part of the peace­keeping force. Before leaving the army, Blunt had decided to achieve his dream of becoming a musician. In 2003, he was discovered by a music producer Linda Perry who signed him to her Custard label. However, the road to success never runs smoothly. It seemed that he would become another struggling singer trying to live from hand to mouth (现挣现吃地) when his first two singles failed to make an impact on the British charts. But everything changed when his third single You’re Beautiful made it all the way to No.1 on the UK singles charts, and remained there for five weeks. The album (专辑) Back to Bedlam soon followed and quickly became one of the biggest selling records of the year, remaining ten continual weeks at No. 1. Since then, he has sold more than three million records, making him the first British artist to top the American singles charts in nearly a decade.

Blunt, 34, a throwback (返祖者)to the 1970s soft rock golden age, has been quoted by Western media as saying that he will never get used to people screaming at him in the street.

His success proves a lasting theory: You spend years chasing the right song. Then, if you’re lucky, and if the song really takes off, you spend the rest of your life trying to escape it, or learning to live with it. A few years removed from You’re Beautiful, he can still fill stages worldwide with fans who stay until the end.

1. Which of the following can describe James Blunt’s life as a musician before he sang the song You’re Beautiful?

A．Difficult.

B．Happy.

C．Boring.

D．Smooth.

2. What is the reason for Western media to conclude that “he will never get used to people screaming at him in the street” in the second paragraph?

A．Blunt will never adjust himself to the noisy environment around.

B．The popularity of Blunt has been gaining him an increasing number of fans out of his expectation.

C．What Blunt sings disturbs people so much that they yell to him their anger.

D．People in the street are rude civilians who are against any form of entertaining, including Blunt’s songs.

3. We can infer from the last paragraph that ________.

A．Blunt is well­known in the world for his talent

B．Blunt’s fame as a musician came easily

C．Blunt wasn’t lucky enough to win his fans’ support

D．Blunt has to face the inconvenience his fame has caused

4 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Yu Rong, a Chinese artist, thinks of a new way to introduce     1     ancient story of Hua Mulan in her picture book. In the book, I Am Hua Mulan, she tells the story by     2     (combine) Chinese paper-cutting with international artistic styles. She places Shaanxi papercuts over western-style pencil sketches (素描)    3     (create) typical presentation of Chineseelements (要素), which turns out to be a     4     (success) and impressive breakthrough.

Hua Mulan,     5     story has been told by generations in China, was a fighter from the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534). As a devoted daughter, she dressed herself as a man to serve in the army     6     place of her father. Mulan’s character, such as courage, kindness and a disinterested attitude towards fame and fortune, made     7     (she) one of the most respected historical Chinese heroines. Mulan’s story has been adapted     8     (frequent) in modern media. For example, in 1998, Disney produced a film named Mulan, which     9     (consider) a great success by critics and the public right after its release.

To better tell the story, Yu Rong takes inspiration from her several     10     (visit) to sites of ancient battles and Henan Province’s Yu Opera. After years of preparation she finally makes this extraordinary work.

5 . John von Neumann was the oldest of 3 children of a banker, and his speed of learning new ideas and loving problems stood out early. At 17, his father tried to persuade him not to become a mathematician because he might lead a poor life being a mathematician, so von Neumann agreed to study chemistry as well. In 1926, at 23, he received a degree in chemical engineering and a Ph. D. in mathematics. From then on, mathematics provided well enough for him, and he never had to turn to chemistry.

In 1930, von Neumann visited Princeton University for a year and then became a professor there. His first book was published in 1932. In 1933, the Institute for Advanced Study was formed, and he became one of the 6 full-time people in the School of Mathematics (Einstein was one of the others).

World War Ⅱ hugely changed von Neumann’s areas of interest. Until 1940 he had been a great pure mathematician. During and after the war, he became one of the best mathematicians who put mathematical theories into practice. During the last part of the war, he became interested in computing machines and made several fundamental contributions. After the war, von Neumann continued his work with computers, and was generally very active in government service. He received many awards, was president of the American Mathematical Society and was a member of the Atomic Energy Commission. He died of cancer in 1957.

Von Neumann made several great contributions and any one of them would have been enough to earn him a firm place in history. He will be remembered as one of the greatest minds of the 20^th century.

Von Neumann really was a legend in his own time, and there are a number of stories about him. His driving abilities is a part of his legend. He reported one accident this way: “I was driving down the road. The trees on the right were passing me in an orderly fashion at 60 miles per hour. Suddenly one of them stepped in my path.”

1. According to the text, von Neumann’s father believed that _________.

A．a mathematician needed a good memory

B．von Neumann had the ability to learn two subjects at the same time

C．von Neumann had the gift for solving problems at a high speed

D．a mathematician couldn’t earn a lot of money

2. How old was von Neumann when he published his first book?

A．25.

B．26.

C．29.

D．32.

3. How did World War Ⅱ affect John von Neumann?

A．He lost interest in chemistry.

B．He began to research how to put mathematics into practice

C．He realized the importance of engineering.

D．He left college and served at the government department.

4. From the last paragraph, we can infer John von Neumann was __________.

A．humorous

B．intelligent

C．brave

D．calm

6 . Sara Hinesley, who is 10, doesn’t understand why it is so remarkable that she won a national handwriting competition.

Sara, a third-grade student at St. John Regional Catholie School in Frederick, Maryland, won the 2019 Nicholas Maxim award for her cursive (草书的) handwriting.

She paints and draws, and sculpts clay. She can write in English and some Chinese. When she learnt to write in cursive this year, Sara said, she thought it was “kind of easy”. This is all despite the fact that Sara was born without hands.

To write, Sara holds her pencil between her arms and then focuses on the shapes of letters, each point and curve. “Writing in cursive feels like creating art work,” Sara said. “I like the way the letters are formed. It’s kind of art.”

Sara has never worn a prosthesis (artificial arms), and when she is offered help or a tool that might ease some tasks — such as cutting paper with scissors — she rejects it, said her mother, Cathryn Hinesley She has this independent trend where she just knows that she can do it and she'll figure out her own way. She is beautiful and strong and mighty just the way she is, and she just lives that way. She really does. She moves through life in this way that you never really see her as having a disability because she has a “can do, I-can-solve-anything attitude”

“Sara is an evidence of strong will and the human spirit,” Cathryn said. “Every day I am amazed at the things she is capable to do and that she chooses to do. She doesn't attempt to find her way to avoid s difficulty. She finds a way to finish the task.”

Sara received her national award — a medal — at an award ceremony on June 13, where she was also given a $500 prize. She is the first student from St. John’s to ever receive the Nicholas Maxim award.

1. We can infer from the first sentence that              .

A．Sara makes every effort to win the award

B．Sara considers it easy to win the award

C．Sara doesn’t take the award seriously

D．Sara is excited at winning the award

2. Which of the following words can be used to describe Sara?

A．Brave.

B．Intelligent.

C．Generous.

D．Strong-minded.

3. What is implied in Cathryn’s words?

A．She expects Sara to be independent.	B．She is greatly proud of Sara.
C．She doesn’t think Sara has a disability.	D．She is concerned about Sara's future.

4. In which section of a newspaper may this text appear?

A．Health.

B．Education.

C．Science.

D．Entertainment.

9 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

When Beethoven was only four, his father decided to make him a musician. Beethoven was made to practice     1     (play) different musical instruments hour after hour. Whenever he did not put his heart into his practice, his father would be strict     2     him.

    3     (fortune), the boy loved music very much and learnt so fast that he was able to go around and give     4     (concert) when he was only 11. When he was 17, he received high praise from Mozart,     5     great Austrian composer. A few years later, Beethoven went to Vienna     6     ( study) under Haydn, another great Austrian composer. Then he     7     (write) a great deal of music, even at his most difficult time. But after one illness, he suddenly found     8     (him) deaf at the age of 31.

However, this didn’t stop Beethoven. During his life, he composed about 30 pieces of music. It is     9     (amaze) that he wrote some of his best pieces after he became deaf, many of     10     are well known and loved all over the world.

10 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

As Dr Lin Qiaozhi said, “To a person nothing is     1    (precious) than their life…” These words of her give us a look into the heart of this amazing woman, and     2     carried her through a life of hard choices.

At age 18, she chose to study medicine instead of following the traditional path of     3    (marry) like the majority of girls. At age 26, she was hired as     4     resident physician in the OB-GYN department of the PUMC Hospital     5    (immediate) after she graduated. Within six months, she was assigned to a higher position     6     usually took four years to achieve. After working for a few years, she was sent to study abroad, where she     7    (reject) the offer from her foreign colleagues. She wanted to serve the women and children at home.

In 1941, she became the first Chinese woman ever     8    (appoint) director of the OB-GYN department of the PUMC Hospital, but later, the department was closed because of the war. So she opened a private clinic to help the people in need and charged very low     9    (fee) and often reduced costs for poor patients.

The new People’s Republic of China saw Dr Lin Qiaozhi playing a key role. Though Lin Qiaozhi never married, she was known as the “mother of ten thousand babies”,     10    (deliver) over 50,000 babies in her lifetime.