China Media Group, the country’s state broadcaster, released the country’s top 4 science and technology news stories in 2021 on Monday.

1. China’s “artificial sun” sets new world record

China’s “artificial sun” nuclear fusion reactor in Hefei, capital of east China’s Anhui Province, has set a new world record after running at the temperature of 120 million degrees Celsius for 101 seconds in May, laying the foundation for the country to build its own nuclear fusion energy station in the future. Click here to read more.

2. China’s first self-operated deep-water gas exploration platform starts production

China’s first self-operated 1.5-kilometer deep-water gas exploration platform, “Deep Sea No. 1,” started production on June 25. Located in south China’s Hainan Province, it is expected to supply 3 billion m³ of deep-sea natural gas each year to Guangdong, Hainan and Hong Kong. Click here to read more.

3. China Space Station now able to host long stay for astronauts

China’s unfinished space station has welcomed two groups of astronauts for months-long stay. The Shenzhou-12 crew, including three astronauts, entered the space station’s core module Tianhe in mid-June and lived there for three months till mid-September. The Shenzhou-13 crew, including a female astronaut and her two male coworkers, arrived at Tianhe in mid-October and will stay there for six months. Click here to read more.

4. China’s unmanned submersible explores deepest sea on Earth

China’s self-developed unmanned submersible “Haidou-1” has realized full detection exploration in Mariana Trench-the deepest point known on Earth-for the first time with a max diving depth of 10, 908 meters and a non-stop working time of over eight hours. Click here to read more.

1. Which two pieces of news are related to energy?

A．1 and 2.

B．2 and 3.

C．3 and 4.

D．4 and 1.

2. In which year did “Haidou-1” dive to the depth of 10, 908 meters for the first time?

A．In 2019.

B．In 2020.

C．In 2021.

D．In 2022.

3. Where can this text be found?

A．On a web page.	B．In a storybook.
C．In a newspaper.	D．In a sci-fi movie

Ice cream season is here! Let’s hope you have enough money for your favorite flavors. But have you ever thought about getting paid to eat ice cream?

The idea isn’t pie in the sky. It’s how American Derek Spors, 32, makes his living. Although he simply calls himself a product developer at Ben and Jerry’s, an ice-cream company based in Vermont. His job is something delicious.

So how did he become an ice-cream expert in the first place? Spors received a degree in food science from the University of Wisconsin. However, some research and development staff in the company come from culinary (厨师的) backgrounds.

This makes for a good mix. People with a food science background and those with a culinary background both know a lot about food, but the things they know are different. “In studying food science, you learn about food functionality, but you don’t really learn how to make it taste good.” Spors said. “To the consumer, it’s all about the taste.”

Great tastes are exactly what Spors spends his days inventing and perfecting.

So how is a new product developed? According to Spors, the process has to begin with a new idea for a flavor. Next comes the formulation (配方) of “base” mixes. This lays the foundation (基础) for new flavors, which involves complex science. On top of all these chemical experiments, the mix has to taste good.

Being an ice-cream inventor does have its own rewards-who wouldn’t want a chance to create a new ice cream flavor? For Spors, it’s terrific to know his work makes others happy when he goes to the grocery store and sees someone buy ice cream he developed.

4. Which of the following is closest in meaning to “pie in the sky” in Paragraph 2?

A．Unlikely.

B．Simple.

C．Unusual.

D．Decent.

5. What is Spors’s job?

A．Developing new markets.

B．Inventing good tastes.

C．Making phone calls.

D．Eating delicious food.

6. What is the fourth paragraph mainly about?

A．How to make ice cream taste good.

B．What helps make a good mix.

C．What Spors learned at university.

D．How others’ work helps Spors.

7. How does Spors feel about his job?

A．It’s terrible.

B．It’s awesome.

C．It’s tiring.

D．It’s well-paid.

It is a scene by now observed by countless parents, from Tokyo to Paris and beyond. In a classroom or on a stage, a small army of very young children are playing the violin with great calmness and surprising musical skill. “Little geniuses!” the observers comment admiringly.

Shinichi Suzuki, born in 1898 in Japan, was the man who made the mini-masters. He opened countless Suzuki studios around the world, teaching music to very young children. His approach to teaching was inspired by the “mother tongue” model. Kids start to speak by listening to grownups talking, and, in the same way, they can learn music by getting exposed to a lot of music. Suzuki’s success had him convinced that playing the violin was not, as the Europeans still insisted, an inborn gift of the great players. Rather, it was a specific, learnable skill.

There was a built-in ambiguity (含混不清) in Suzuki’s approach. On the one hand, he didn’t think that musical prodigies were a special class of children, with some special inborn gift. On the other hand, he believed that kids learned music not by drill and repetition but by exposure. All you had to do was expose them early to the right input. This ambiguity proved fruitful as a public-relations tool — he could point to this or that prodigy who had been trained by his method as proof that it worked. But he could also insist, in the face of all the kids who would never play at the concert-hall level, that the point was not to make a prodigy but to allow the power of music to expand their emotions. No bad result was possible.

Most linguists and psychologists these days tend to think that the direct connection Suzuki saw between learning language and learning music is not much more than an appealing metaphor (暗喻). We are all Mozarts in our native languages — fluent, endlessly inventive, able to produce new sentences effortlessly — but, Mozart aside, even the most hardworking of music students progress on and off. Yet it’s hard to quarrel with Suzuki’s practical idea that small children are surprisingly capable of learning difficult things if they’re motivated by their own curiosity and someone else’s enthusiasm.

12. What is the purpose of describing the young violin players in Paragraph 1?

A．To show how well children can play.

B．To show how surprised the parents are.

C．To show the success of Suzuki’s teaching.

D．To show the importance of learning the violin.

13. How did Suzuki teach young kids to play the violin?

A．By organizing them to perform on stage.

B．By getting them listening to violin pieces.

C．By developing their inborn musical talent.

D．By making them practise playing repeatedly.

14. What is the author’s attitude towards Suzuki’s approach?

A．Uncaring.

B．Neutral.

C．Positive.

D．Critical.

15. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A．Most linguists agree with Suzuki.

B．Kids cannot all learn the violin well.

C．Learning music is similar to learning language.

D．Kids can become music masters by working hard.

When you’re facing adversity in life, remember the popular saying, “Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger”.     16     If you’re still struggling with adversity, here are 3 tips that may help.

The mindset

    17     Unfortunately, sometimes you refused to use this positivity for strength. However, having a positive mindset remains one of the best ways of facing adversity. Although it’s hard to smile while you’re getting your heart ripped out, keep in mind that you have this secret weapon-a good mindset. It’s okay to feel sad or angry, but as long as you can feel those emotions and return to positive, you already have a head start on the others who are struggling.

Learning

Did you know that facing adversity is a chance to learn something new? Believe it or not, going through negative situations or dealing with mean people can teach you many things about life. For instance, you can learn to be patient when dealing with difficult individuals.     18     You can even learn how to find peace when you cannot control your situation.

Talk yourself through

Talking to yourself during adversity can work both ways.     19     This is where you make one of the most important decisions after facing adversity. Instead of saying bad things about yourself, try saying positive things instead. For instance, don’t say, “I can’t do this”, but instead, say, “I can make things right”.

If you’re facing adversity, stay calm and take a moment to understand which way you should approach your problem.     20    

A．It’s actually quite true.

B．Your mindset matters a lot.

C．If you can’t, seek advice beforehand.

D．You’ve heard things about positivity all your life.

E．It can lift you up or it can further bring you down.

F．Then, with skill and wisdom, you can keep moving forward.

G．You can learn to do things differently when projects fall through.

Tim was working in his office when he was asked to check on Tony. Feeling _______, Tony had taken himself off to a quiet meeting room to _______ . When a colleague (同事) found him, something was _______wrong.

When Tim walked into the _______, he saw Tony sitting in a chair, looking poorly and breathing very rapidly. He _______ that Tony was having a heart attack.

Tony was in his fifties and generally a _______ man. But the symptoms of a heart attack were there. He was sweating and _______to breathe. He was also complaining of chest pains, so Tim called for a(n)_______ .

Tim offered Tony an aspirin pill to _______ slowly, which can help to thin the blood and may help someone who is having a heart attack. He made sure that Tony continued to ________ in a comfortable position. For peace of mind, he asked a colleague to find an automated external defibrillator (自动体外除颤器), ________ Tony became unresponsive and stopped breathing. ________ he didn’t need to use it.

Tim continued to ________ Tony until the ambulance arrived and Tony was then taken to hospital where he had emergency surgery on his heart. Despite the ________ of the situation, Tony was saved and is now fully recovered.

“Without the first aid skills I learnt, I don’t know if I would have been so level headed when this happened.” Tim said when asked about his ________ actions.

21.

A．disturbed

B．unwell

C．innocent

D．impatient

22.

A．rest

B．hide

C．read

D．lie

23.

A．probably

B．actually

C．morally

D．terribly

24.

A．room

B．office

C．company

D．hospital

25.

A．insisted

B．admitted

C．suspected

D．claimed

26.

A．single

B．weak

C．healthy

D．hardworking

27.

A．forgetting

B．struggling

C．stopping

D．longing

28.

A．doctor

B．examination

C．surgery

D．ambulance

29.

A．chew

B．taste

C．absorb

D．recover

30.

A．move

B．sit

C．work

D．sleep

31.

A．so that

B．or else

C．in case

D．as soon as

32.

A．Hopefully

B．Normally

C．Gradually

D．Thankfully

33.

A．encourage

B．monitor

C．support

D．tolerate

34.

A．sadness

B．awareness

C．seriousness

D．madness

35.

A．calm

B．brave

C．selfless

D．voluntary

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。

The key to China’s future lies in the younger generations. A strong body is important for the     36    (develop) of young people.

In schools, the class hours for physical education continue to increase. More than 37 million rural students     37    (receive) compulsory education (义务教育) have benefited from the student nutrition improvement program. In 2018, 92 percent of students aged between 14 and 19     38    (pass) the physical fitness test, and the number of the students rated good     39     excellent increased greatly.

In communities, young people participate     40     (active) in mass sports. Running, swimming and ball games are popular. Sport and fitness places     41     (crowd). The Beijing Olympic Winter Games have boosted young people’s enthusiasm for winter sports in China.

Youth aged 18 to 30 are the main force in winter sports,     42     the participation rate reaching 37.3 percent.

Inspired by the Chinese Women’s Volleyball Team     43    (know) for its unbreakable spirit, Chinese youth have taken golds and silvers in competitive sports     44     (event).

Chinese youth enjoy, value, and participate in sports, becoming     45     active force in building a country strong in sports.

47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Julia had a habit of carelessness, which her mother failed to correct. Her parents were afraid if this carelessness were not corrected, it might produce very unhappy consequences. One morning, the following conversation took place between Julia and her mother:

“Julia, my dear, did you put the china cups in the cupboard when I told you?”

Julia started. “Oh! I forgot!”

“Where did you leave them?”

“I believe I left them in little Henry’s room-yes, I did, mom; but I’ll go and put them up this minute.”

Without a moment’s delay, Julia ran into Henry’s room. What she found were broken pieces of the cups on the floor. Two-year-old Henry, in lifting his toy horse down, had overturned and broken the cups. What’s worse, she saw a ruined book on the desk near the window. Caroline, Julia’s sister who was one year older than her, had brought home from school a very interesting picture book. Julia read it and forgot to put it away. She forgot to close the window too. Now the book and the curtains were wet from the rain outside.

“Oh, the cups! And the book! Mom, I am sorry!” Julia cried.

“Yes, Julia, I believe you are sorry; but make this sorrow of use to you. It is true the broken cups and the book can not be restored; but let it be a warning to you in future. If you continue to be so careless, you will not only suffer from it yourself, but it will be a constant source of trouble to others. ”

“Mom, I will change—indeed I will.” Throwing her little arms round her mother’s neck, Julia promised sincerely.

Time passed on; Julia grew older, and no very bad effects resulted from her carelessness. Her mother gladly hoped that the habit was conquered; but no, Julia was far from that.

注意：
1．续写词数应为150左右；
2．请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
One night the family were alarmed by Caroline’s cry: “Fire! Henry’s room!”
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Everybody praised Julia for saving Henry, but suddenly Julia remembered she had left her candle there the night before.
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