Sill Alice

In this film, we can catch a glimpse of a family’s relationships, fears, concerns and struggles. Alice, the film’s main character, deals bravely with Alzheimer’s disease: she’s the perfect example of an iron-willed woman.

Julianne Moore’s amazing performance adds extra charm to this character. Not surprisingly, Julianne Moore won the 2015 Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role.

Elizabeth

This is a wonderful film about Elizabeth I, who was faced with the difficult task of becoming a wise and strong monarch (君主).

Cate Blanchett is amazing in the role of the queen—majestic, powerful, and strong-willed—who opens a “golden age” in the history of England.

Suspense, passion, betrayal, adventure—all these things are combined in this thrilling and epic (史诗的) movie with perfect scenes and wonderful performances by the actors.

Thelma & Louise

Louise is working in a diner as a waitress and has some problems with her boyfriend Jimmy, who, as a musician, is always on the road. Thelma is married to Darry who likes his wife to stay quiet in the kitchen so that he can watch football on TV. One day they decide to break out of their normal life and jump in the car and hit the road. Their journey, however, turns into a fight when Louise kills a man who threatens to harm Thelma...

Erin Brockovich

The film is about Erin Brockovich, a strong woman. She may no be a genius, but her persistence (坚持)and concern for the fate of others allow her to achieve the impossible: a victory over a powerful and major corporation that is poisoning people on purpose.

When you are about to give up on something, simply watch this movie for motivation.

The Devil Wears Prada

As assistant to impossibly demanding New York fashion magazine editor Miranda Priestly, young and smart Andy Sachs has landed a job that “a million girls would die for”. Unfortunately. her heaven-sent appointment as Miranda’s personal girl just might be the death of her!

1. Which movie shows the struggle against an evil company?

A．Thelma & Louise.

B．Erin Brockovich.

C．Still Alice.

D．The Devil Wears Prada.

2. What do we know about Elizabeth?

A．Julianne Moore is the leading actress in the film.

B．The main character, Alice, is the perfect example of an iron willed woman.

C．It’s a true story about family’s relationships, fears, concerns and struggles.

D．The film is full of fantastic scenes and amazing performances.

3. What do these movies have in common?

A．When people are to give up on something, simply look for women for help.

B．Women are strong, independent, wise, talented and brave, and can teach us a lot.

C．It is extremely difficult for young women to work and get promoted in a fashion industry.

D．It is quite normal for women to help each other when they are in need.

Artificial intelligence becoming self-aware and ending the human race is a common theme in science fiction. The levels of high intelligence that AI could reach is a real concern among some scientists. But with more talk of AI and smart devices in the home, what are the merits of bringing these things into your life?

Hans Rosling, a professor of international health, once spoke about the impact and changes that the washing machine made. The once tough task of cleaning clothes by band was taken on by a machine and freed you more time for other activities. There are so many smart devices that you can fill your home with. Imagine waking up to find a hot, freshly brewed cup of coffee, spotless floors that have been recently cleaned and the house set to the perfect temperature. With smart devices, these things can happen while you sleep. The potential to pre-program and automate (自动化) parts of your life means that you can focus on other tasks in your life.

But there is a difference between smart devices and AI. Smart devices are the things that get on with the tasks, while AI can “think” or interact, and can be used to control the smart devices. There are many voice activated AI systems which can control the smart devices around your home. You can ask these devices to start making coffee, dim the lights when they’re too bright or even make sure the house is secure. You can inquire as to the weather outside, ask them to play music or search the internet for you when you have a burning question about history or the latest cooking recipes. Some of these devices even have a sense of humor, and upon asking them certain questions, they will answer. In short, in some ways, they can act as company.

But how far will it go? Well, we already have self-driving cars and sentient (智能的) tech that can automatically order the delivery of certain products to restock our fridge when we’re running low, but often in films and games we see robots taking over all of the domestic duties. It seems for now, that those things only live in our imaginations, but we could be seeing them sooner than we think.

8. What does the underlined “merits” word in paragraph 1 mean?

A．Dangers.

B．Positives.

C．Tasks.

D．Troubles.

9. What is the advantage of having smart devices according to Hans Rosling?

A．People can write more science fictions about them.

B．People take total control of these devices.

C．People have more time to do other tasks.

D．People can interact with smart devices.

10. How is paragraph 3 mainly developed?

A．By listing figures.	B．By presenting causes.
C．By providing examples.	D．By following time order.

11. What is the author’s prediction about AI?

A．It will kill all human beings in the future.

B．Our world will be kept under control by AI.

C．Human beings do not need AI in the near future.

D．Our life will become totally automatically convenient with AI.

Traditional wisdom says that if you want to be richer, a useful thing to do is get married. Life is cheaper when only one mortgage (贷款) to pay and someone else can do certain tasks — cooking or car repair — more efficiently than you. The research by Ohio State University’s Zagorsky shows the married increase their wealth an average 16% a year, while those who are single increase their net worth at half that rate.

Yet the economic benefit of marriage isn’t what it used to be. In a book, Changing Poverty, Changing Policies, a social scientist show that the marriage premium (附加值) has fallen. Cancian, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, set out to study how the changing make-up of American families has affected the number of people below the poverty line. Considering how the rate of marriage has fallen and the rate of divorce has risen, the researcher expected the number of people with their born younger generation living below the poverty line to grow by 2.6%. But when he looked at the data, poverty had increased by less than half that amount.

Why? Because single women, even those with kids, have an easier time supporting themselves outside of marriage than they used to. More women are working, increasingly for wages that are competitive with those of men. Women are having children later in life, and fewer of them. Besides, a growing percentage of women who have children but aren’t married don’t live on their own. In 1970, 62% of single mothers were the only adult in their household, but by 2019, just 55% are living without another means of support — thanks to more women living together with a male partner or grandparent.

That’s not to say marriage doesn’t coincide with (与一致) economic benefits. A child in a single parent family, for instance, is five times as likely to live below the poverty line. What Cancian tries to illustrate, though, is that marriage wouldn’t necessarily produce more wealth. Marrying someone who is unemployed for a long time might very well not be an economic increase.

12. According to paragraph 1, what’s the benefit of getting married?

A．The wealth of the married people increased more.

B．One could leave the housework to the other.

C．The couple could own more than one house.

D．The couple would become the rich people.

13. Paragraph 3 is centered on ______.

A．women do not want to have children or just fewer of them

B．more women are working and can make more money than men

C．single women meet fewer challenges to feed themselves than before

D．single mothers now enjoy living with a male partner or grandparents

14. According to Cancian, what produces more wealth in marriage?

A．One of the marriage partners must have strong economic background.

B．The couples are not trapped in unemployment for a long time.

C．The men who support the families have a good salary.

D．The women can earn much more than their partners.

15. What is the purpose of the text?

A．To give information about marriage and wealth.

B．To suggest a new method of building more wealth.

C．To compare married persons with single ones.

D．To persuade people to get married.

How to get energetic after working hours

After a long workday, all you want to do is go home, sit on the couch and turn on the TV. So you’ve planned to go to the gym after work? “I’ll go tomorrow, I promise.”     16     Here are some tips for getting yourself to hit the gym after a tiresome workday, offered by Women’s Health magazine:

    17    

Why not change the “Keep calm and carry on” poster to some inspirational shape-up-messages around your workplace? If you think “No pains, no gains” is too ordinary, how about “And though she may be but little, she is fierce.”? When your colleagues ask about it, tell them the quote is from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Eat breakfast.

Even though it’s hours before your trip to the gym, having a balanced breakfast will keep you energized throughout the rest of the day.    18    

Eat a little lunch.

No matter what you’re eating, if you have too much of it, your blood sugar is going to rise rapidly and then drop back down.     19     Try to avoid foods with refined carbohydrates or lots of sugar. Keeping your blood sugar steady will stabilize your energy, help you get more done, and feel awake enough to make it to the gym.

Set the goal really low.

    20    And once you’re at the gym, you might think: “Well, I could probably stay just a little longer.” Also remember, some HIIT (high intensity interval training) workouts are short but very effective. Just search for HIIT workouts online and you can find loads to teach yourself.

A．Take advantage of tech.

B．This will leave you sleepy and unproductive.

C．But of course, tomorrow will be exactly the same.

D．This will guarantee that you won’t “forget” to go to workout.

E．Decorate your office space with motivational photos or slogans.

F．Try to include eggs, fruits and whole grain bread in your breakfast.

G．If you make your goal really easy, you won’t feel too reluctant (勉强的) to achieve it.

I worked as a waitress at a bar inside a health-food grocery store. Most of our _________ were well-off retirees and 30-something recently divorced men hoping to get a date with someone coming in after a yoga class. They were generally rich but _________. Forgetting to bring salt to some might be a huge offense (冒犯), but automatically bringing it causes others to give a _________ about sodium (钠) intake. It was a(n) _________ balancing act.

It was St. Patrick’s Day and we were short staffed. Needless to say, it was a crazy evening with me _________ around serving everything, and making sure no one was becoming _________.

The bar supervisor always liked to have food specials _________ for people to see. It generally just caused us to get mean looks when we told people they probably shouldn’t _________ it, as it was a sample (样品) and had been sitting out for hours.

As the night was beginning to slow down, I had an older couple sit at the only open seat — next to our food displays. I was _________ tables and leaned over to let them know I’d be right back, and ____________ a plate I was carrying, dropped right into the food display. The sauce of the food flew up, and then ____________ right into the man’s lap.

I was ____________ and apologizing in a panic while trying to set down the mountain of dishes. The man looked up at me and said, “I just have one thing to tell you.” He slowly leaned in — at which point I was thinking he was about to ____________ in my face — and he said,“I don’t have to fart (放屁) anymore because you ____________ it out of me.” It was the laugh I needed that night, and he wouldn’t even let me give him a free beer as a(n)____________.

21.

A．bosses

B．customers

C．colleagues

D．neighbors

22.

A．old

B．embarrassed

C．tense

D．delighted

23.

A．debate

B．argument

C．meeting

D．lecture

24.

A．easy

B．quick

C．boring

D．difficult

25.

A．rushing

B．staying

C．competing

D．spitting

26.

A．determined

B．annoyed

C．frightened

D．pleased

27.

A．on display

B．in demand

C．in need

D．under repair

28.

A．see

B．cook

C．eat

D．sell

29.

A．washing

B．booking

C．clearing

D．beating

30.

A．slowly

B．effectively

C．usually

D．suddenly

31.

A．jumped

B．dropped

C．rose

D．crashed

32.

A．horrified

B．relaxed

C．excited

D．confused

33.

A．run

B．spit

C．flash

D．speak

34.

A．took

B．used

C．scared

D．pulled

35.

A．task

B．gift

C．allowance

D．apology

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Founded in 2012 in Jiangmen, HEYTEA     36    (take) China’s younger generation by storm recently. HEYTEA’s naigai cha     37    (perfect) meets the changing taste of China’s young people, offering     38     “cooler” and fresher alternative to traditional tea, which is often associated with complicated drinking rituals that people are losing interest in. Last year, HEYTEA began offering coffee, which also comes with cheese toppings, at selected stores. Unlike the street side stores, HEYTEA stores     39     (locate) inside luxurious shopping malls. They are     40    (appeal) and tastefully-decorated,     41    (call) the Starbucks to mind. At HEYTEA, consumers can watch their teas being prepared, experience tastings, or wander through an exhibition     42     various tea cups are displayed.

Fierce     43    (compete) is seen between HEYTEA and Starbucks.     44     pricing each cup of tea between $3.7 to $4.5, HEYTEA is going after the same type of young and rich consumers who will buy Starbucks’ $5 coffee in China. However, HEYTEA says they will spend more time developing new products, attempting     45    (find) ingredients that can be combined with traditional tea for a fresh taste.

46. 10月16日是世界粮食日（World Food Day），中国日报社（China Daily）将举办全球青少年“节约粮食”在线论坛。假设你是李华，想申请成为发言代表。请用英文向组委会写一封申请信，内容要点如下：
1.简述个人优势：
2.介绍中国校园节约粮食的做法。
注意：1.写作词数应为80左右；
2.可根据内容要点适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Sir/Madam,

My name is Li Hua, and I’m writing this email to apply to be a speaker on the World Teenager“Saving Food" Online Forum to be held on the World Food Day.

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Sincerely,

Li Hua