Washington D.C. has a lot of great museums with special programs for kids including lots of hands-on activities that are educational as well as entertaining. Here are some that you can consider visiting.

National Air and Space Museum

It is a Smithsonian museum with two locations, the first one on the National Mall in Washington D. C. and the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Northern Virginia near Dulles Airport. Kids love to explore the planes and spaceships and watch an IMAX movie. The downtown location is close to other attractions, while the Virginia museum has many more airplanes and spacecraft on show.

National Museum of American History

The Smithsonian American History Museum is a great place for kids of all ages to use their imaginations and learn about our nation's history. Be sure to check out the Spark Lab, a hands-on science and invention center and America on the Move where you'll see how transportation shaped America.

National Museum of the American Indian

The National Museum of the American Indian with its Imaginations Activity Center offers hands-on activities for kids, showing the diversity,' history, culture, and achievement of tribes (部落) across the Western Hemisphere. Interactive (互动的) games, storytelling programs , and craft workshops are its features.

National Museum of Natural History

It is one of the Smithsonian's most popular and one of the best in Washington D. C. for kids, offering something special for all ages. The Discovery Room is a great hands-on show for young children. Feel the skin of a crocodile, examine the jaws and teeth of different animals, or try on clothes from around the globe. Be sure to check out the Insect Zoo, Dinosaur Hall, and Sea Life Hall.

1. What can children do in National Air and Space Museum?

A．Travel in a spaceship.	B．Visit some other attractions.
C．Learn about spaceships.	D．Experience the life in the future.

2. What do the second and third museums have in common?

A．They are related to history.	B．They are for both kids and adults.
C．They both have storytelling programs.	D．They have clothes from around the globe.

3. Which museum can attract children who are interested in animals?

A．National Air and Space Museum.	B．National Museum of Natural History.
C．National Museum of American History.	D．National Museum of the American Indian.

Wiley James is a tall and thin, long-haired, 10-year-old kid. He is going to prepare a meal as part of an online cooking camp run by a famous cook in Austin, Texas.

Now, he stands in front of a stack of shelves lined with more than a dozen kinds of canned beans. He’s got a shopping list in his hand and a mask on his face. This is the first time he’s been in a grocery store in over five months. His cart is loaded with various fruits, vegetables and meat.

Wiley is my son, and one measure of how much the world has changed in the last half year is that the list of at he needs for summer camp does not include a sleeping bag, a flashlight, or even bug spray. That’s because Wiley — who lives in western Massachusetts is about to join 30 other kids from as far away as Vancouver, Canada, San Jose, Ca. and Washington D.C. in a special project: they will cook dinner for their own family for a whole week. The location of summer camp 2020 is each kid’s own kitchen.

Welcome to Dinner Club. The menu this week includes Indian butter chicken, Greek salad with falafel, and fish tacos — every dish made completely with hands.

Dinner Club is designed and taught by Pascal Simo, known to her students as Cook Pascal. The German-born cook has been teaching baking classes to kid out of her home kitchen in Austin, Texas, for ten years. She’s had a popular following for years among foodie families and homeschoolers in the city. Simon says that up until a few months ago her cases were mostly focused on “cute stuff” like cookie, Pop Tarts, and French macaroons. A popular offering every summer was called “Cupcake Camp”.

4. What is Wiley doing in the grocery store?

A．He’s doing shopping for his mom.	B．He’s relaxing himself.
C．He’s preparing for a meal.	D．He’s doing a part-time job.

5. What do we know about Wiley from paragraph 3?

A．He is tired of summer camp.	B．He hasn’t got ready for summer camp 2020.
C．He asks his parents for camp equipment.	D．He needn’t stay in the wild for summer camp 2020.

6. What did the author stress about the foods of Dinner Club?

A．They are handed out to the homeless.	B．They are free for students.
C．They are popular among foreigners.	D．They are created by hand.

7. Why does the author write the last paragraph?

A．To introduce other cooking programs.	B．To give a new topic for discussion.
C．To offer some background information.	D．To make a summary of the above paragraphs.

Trick-or-treating is the main Halloween activity for children and families. Children dress up in costumes and then go door-to-door to ask for candy, while singing “Trick-or-treat! Thick-or treat! Give me something good to eat!” Even people without children enjoy dressing up in costumes and giving out candy to children who come to their door. This year, however, COVID-19 means Halloween will look a little different.

Trick-or-treating presents health worries in the time of COVID-19. Children usually need to get close to the person giving out the candy. It is difficult to stay a safe distance away. Each area of the United States is dealing with trick-or-treating differently. Many cities and states have canceled tick-or-treating. And many parents are still considering whether to let their children go trick-or-treating.

In Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood, Jamie Bender is mom to two kids, ages3 and 5. She said she was still considering whether her family would go trick-or-treating. “If our neighbors are wearing masks when they open the door,” she said, “we will let the kids trick-or-treat a few houses.” Bender added she would then clean the candy covers before letting her children eat it.

People are thinking of safer ways to give candy to trick-or-treating. Some say they will use long sticks or other tools to safely send candy from a distance. Others say they will just throw candy to children and hope it lands close by.

Fifteen-year old Alina Morse lives in Detroit, Michigan. She developed a candy company. She also created a Halloween Tree. The tree lets children pick a piece of candy (or two, or three) but still stay physically distanced. Alina told the AP that “selecting a treat from the tree makes the safe, self-serve experience much more fun.”

Miranda Leon of Albany, Georgia, still plans to buy Halloween candy. And she plans to take her children to tick-or-treating and give out candy.

8. What’s the problem with trick-or-treating this year?

A．Wasting too much money.	B．Cutting close to each other.
C．Lacking support from parents.	D．Bringing misunderstanding for each other.

9. In which situation will Jamie allow her children to trick-or-treating?

A．Neighbors wear masks to meet her children.

B．Neighbors give candy to her children with a long stick.

C．Neighbors clean the candy covers before handing it out.

D．Neighbors create a Halloween tree with a lot of candy.

10. How did Alina protect children from COVID-19?

A．By giving them candy in her house.	B．By throwing candy to them from a distance.
C．By preventing them playing trick or treating.	D．By asking them to pick candy by themselves.

11. What can be the best title for the text?

A．COVID-19 Brings Loss to Candy Makers

B．Children Spend a Dull Halloween This Year

C．COVID-19 Changes Halloween Celebrations

D．No Children Ask Neighbors for Candy on Halloween

When I started graduate school, I wanted to know how many hours a day I was expected to be in the lab. Not that I was planning to put in the least effort — instead, I was young and loved working, and I didn’t have much else to do anyway.

I don't remember who answered my question. But I do remember that they shrugged and said “It doesn't matter, as long as you get your work done.”

That seemed reasonable. After all, I knew from my previous research experience that sometimes I'd end up staying in the lab until midnight. I also knew that sometimes I wouldn’t get to the lab until noon because I was taking or teaching cases in the mornings. An “as long as you get your work done” policy seemed like a great way to say that graduate students are largely responsible workers who enjoy science.

I never stopped to think about the most important word in that phrase: “done”. As long as I get my work done? Super! But come to think of it. I've never met a scientist who has, even for a day, considered their work “done”. There are always more experiments to do, discoveries to make and questions to answer.

There are always interesting new problems to research into and scientific truths to elucidate. But if there’s no such thing as “done” in science, and you're supposed to work until you get your work done, your working hours are not certain.

Though it may seem like a wise opinion—responsibility in place of flexibility — the truth is that you can never really pull away from work. You can always do a little more, and a little more, but that extra effort doesn’t ease tomorrow’s workload.

12. What can we know about the author from paragraph 1?

A．He could spend much time in the lab.	B．He had made plans for his other wok.
C．He wanted to reduce lab hours to the least.	D．He didn’t meet the teacher's requirements

13. What did the author think of “as long as you get your work done” at first?

A．It was difficult to carry out	B．It was fit for graduate students.
C．It was a duty for graduate students.	D．It forced graduate students to work long hours.

14. Which word best describes a scientist's work according to the author?

A．Boring.

B．Exciting.

C．Endless.

D．Difficult.

15. What does the underlined word “elucidate” in paragraph 5 probably mean?

A．Explain.

B．Change.

C．Create.

D．Treasure.

Reasons Why Running Is the Easiest Exercise

Some people think that running is hard. I once thought that too.     16     Here's why it is such an easy activity to start and stick to.

☆It can be as easy or hard as you want.

Many people start running by going out and running as fast as they can for as long as they can. That is not so fun.     17    But easing into it is a different story. Start slowly and cover a short distance. Then gradually work your way up. In this way, running can be pain-free and actually wonderful.

☆    18    

Classes at the gym are great but they always end up never working for me. With a busy life, I find it hard to attend a class. On the other hand, with running, you just need to find the time whenever you can, here and there, and change it around.

☆The gear (装备) is simple.

    19     However, that's really just about all you need. There is no gear. Expensive sport-specific clothes are available (可用的) but not required. If you fall in love with running, you may think you need some seasonal running clothes. Even so, that will be cheaper than bike gear.

☆You can do it anywhere.

You can run in the city. You can run in the county. You can run on a track, in a park, on the steer even on the beach. You can run at home. You can run when you travel. And in fact, running around new cites when traveling is great fun.     20    

A．You can do it on your own schedule.

B．Choose some training classes at the gym.

C．It is important to have proper running shoes.

D．Sarin at a running track is a great way to begin

E．That is a wonderful way to get to know a place

F．It might make you hurt or even cause injuries

G．But if you work out properly, it is easy and wonderful.

Though having one arm, Zhang Jiacheng hopes never to lose his love for basketball or willingness to improve his skills on the court. The 13-year-old recently gained wide _______ from cyber citizens in China when a video of his _______ ball controlling skills in a one-on-one situation was posted (发布) online.

“It’s so inspiring. How can you easily _______ your dreams after watching his video?” One cyber citizen wrote on Sina Weibo.

_______ in southern Chinese province of Guangdong, Zhang _______ his right arm in an accident at just five years old, which was a _______ for such a young kid. Zhang, however, _______ to face up to the hardship, and not let the fate (命运) _______ his life because he has a dream: to be a _______ player.

“How can you play basketball with just one ________?” Zhang always had to face the ________ from other kids around. “Hard work” is the only answer that Zhang has in his mind.

Be it rainy or windy, Zhang never stops playing basketball, and has ________ improved his skills.

In the video, Zhang showed his ball controlling abilities in front of a defense (防守) several professional basketball players ________ and received a loud cheer from people ________ on site.

“Your right hand has been taken away in a ________ way, but you have the best left hand. You are the real ________ in this game,” former CBA player Wang Jing said after watching Zhang’s ________.

Zhang has posted 13 videos of him ________ basketball skills on Douyin, the Chinese version of Tik Tok, and ________almost one million likes.

“Give it a try, or give it up,” Zhang wrote when posting one video. Indeed, he ________ the first one.

21.

A．alarm

B．attention

C．stress

D．experience

22.

A．formal

B．personal

C．excellent

D．confident

23.

A．give up

B．try out

C．switch off

D．pull through

24.

A．Hidden

B．Caught

C．Mentioned

D．Born

25.

A．protected

B．lost

C．hurt

D．raised

26.

A．disaster

B．warning

C．wonder

D．lesson

27.

A．asked

B．refused

C．failed

D．decided

28.

A．control

B．design

C．support

D．decorate

29.

A．football

B．tennis

C．basketball

D．volleyball

30.

A．leg

B．arm

C．ear

D．eye

31.

A．competition

B．danger

C．opinion

D．question

32.

A．peacefully

B．fortunately

C．greatly

D．smartly

33.

A．made up

B．depended on

C．suffered from

D．looked through

34.

A．reacting

B．exercising

C．watching

D．waving

35.

A．careless

B．cruel

C．general

D．basic

36.

A．partner

B．expert

C．leader

D．star

37.

A．lifestyle

B．performance

C．ceremony

D．advertisement

38.

A．practicing

B．celebrating

C．challenging

D．emphasizing

39.

A．wanted

B．missed

C．offered

D．earned

40.

A．skipped

B．considered

C．chose

D．rejected

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。

In the Ming dynasty, a Chinese man     41     (name) Wan Hu made the world’s first rocket,     42     unluckily he lost his life with it. It was not     43     April 24, 1970 that China sent the first satellite Donfanghong I to space     44     (successful). To celebrate the first big success in the country’s space     45     (develop), we now make April 24 China’s Space Day.

China also announces new plans     46     (make) a space station and go to Mars and further space. It plans to finish building     47     (it) space station around 2022. According to China’s top space scientist Zhou Jianping, at that time, becoming an astronaut will be a normal job.     48     (many) astronauts are needed than ever before. They need to be able to finish difficult tasks.

By now, China     49     (choose) astronauts mainly from pilots like Yang Liwei. In the future, astronauts will also be picked from engineers, doctors and space technology experts. Another plan is about Mars. In order to explore Mars, China sent a spacecraft,     50     name is Tianwen-1, first to Mars on July 23, 2020. It will land the and even bring back things from Mars.

51. 假定英英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

In order to help our foreign teachers better understand Chinese traditional culture or national festivals, my classmates and me held a party last Sunday. In the beginning, five students introduced to the customs of the festivals one by one with English. Then, one student recited three ancient poems about the moon, with another stood nearby and translating them into English sentence by sentence. Then, we sang and danced with our foreign teachers. We had good time. The party not only help us relax from our busily study, but also spread our traditional colure. Beside, we practiced our English.

52. 假定你是李华，你发现很多同学都喜欢使用网络语言，请你给校报的英语栏写一封信反映这种现象。
内容如下：
1.介绍这种现象；
2.网络语言的优缺点；
3.你的看法。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.邮件开头结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：网络语言cyber language
Dear Editor,
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Best wishes!

Yours,

Li Hua