【推荐1】

	An online market for films and TV programs was launched in Shanghai on July 31, 2020 during the 23rd Shanghai International Film Festival. The market aimed to create a more efficient platform for communication and business between film and TV companies during the COVID-19 pandemic (大流行病). It was well received and attracted more than 700 exhibitors, about half of which were from overseas. Running through Aug 5, the market featured online exhibitions of films and TV programs, and a variety of online services, including copyright and insurance consulting.
	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, the first movie in the popular Harry Potter scries, returned to China with a 3D version on Aug 14,2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic cased in most parts of China and movie theaters gradually reopened in the county’s low-risk areas.
	The Bad Kids, a web drama adaptation of a popular mystery fiction by Chinese writer Zijin Chen, was released on the online streaming platform iQiyi on June 16, 2020. It was about a murder crime witnessed by three children. The 12-episode mystery drama was streamed with two episodes each evening from Tuesday through Thursday every week.
	Disney’s fantasy war drama film Mulan was postponed again to August amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The China-set live-action film was first scheduled to hit US theaters on March 27 but was later rescheduled to July 24 due to the pandemic. Hollywood studios delayed nearly all of their big-budget movies in the United States and other countries as theaters were shut down in an effort to fight against the coronavirus.

1. What do we know about the online market for the 23rd Shanghai International Film Festival?

A．It promoted film business successfully.

B．It appealed to over 700 domestic exhibitors.

C．It lasted more than one week.

D．It aimed to protect films’ copyright.

2. What does the return of Harry Potter movie reflect?

A．The theatres were opened nationwide.

B．The COVID-19 pandemic was partly eased.

C．The film was adapted from a web drama.

D．The film is bound to be an international hit.

3. Which of the following can best describe The Bad Kids?

A．A comedy.

B．A thriller.

C．A documentary.

D．A war drama.

【推荐2】When Wu Jia, then aged 23, returned from Canada to work for her father’s Hangzhou-based Zoland Animation (动画) in 2007, she found Chinese animation productions were just-so-so. Back then, Chinese animation shown at overseas events, received a poor response.

But things soon changed following a boom in China’s movie and television industries. By 2011, China developed into one of the world’s largest animation producers, with animation and cartoon products reaching a record of 260,000 minutes.

However, that figure has witnessed a fall in recent years. The latest statistics show that China made only 244 animated productions totaling 83,600 minutes in 2017. But Wu says: “Chinese animators are changing from quantity to quality and Chinese animators are now producing more quality works” at the 14th China International Cartoon & Animation Festival.

Wu, now the chairman of Zoland Animation, is among those who are part of China’s rapidly growing animation industry. She says the company has so far displayed more than 8,000 hours of animated content to 93 countries and regions, including the United States, United Kingdom, France, South Korea and Russia.

Magic Eye, one of Zoland’s most popular animated works, which was sold to just Singapore in 2006, is now reaching the screens of nearly 80 countries and regions worldwide. The 500-episode animated series about an alien boy’s adventures on Earth also has a sequel (续集) series Magic Eye is Back, which has 104 episodes. Thanks to Magic Eye’s popularity, the sequel quickly arouses interest in overseas markets and is being displayed in 38 countries and regions.

Speaking about how to succeed abroad, Wu says: “First, the works should be good. And, you need an experienced team who knows international markets.”

1. Which chart can describe the development of animation production in the past ten years?

A．	B．
C．	D．

2. What does the author attempt to tell the readers in the third paragraph?

A．China’s animators should produce more works like before.

B．China has become the largest animation producer.

C．China’s animation industry is shifting from quantity to quality.

D．China’s animation industry is developing blindly.

3. “Magic Eye” is mentioned in the passage to suggest that       .

A．China’s animation industry is expanding its market overseas

B．China’s animation industry is growing at home rapidly

C．The animation about kids’ adventure is always popular

D．Long animated series can always arouse kids’ interest

4. What can we predict from Wu Jia’s words in the last paragraph?

A．She will go back to Canada to learn animation.

B．She will move her company overseas.

C．Her company will leave from the international market.

D．Her company will try to create products of high quality.

【推荐3】It never occurred to anybody, not even the creators that the world would care about the complex lives, loves and sufferings of a group of attractive and witty New Yorkers. But there’s no doubt that Friends(老友记) has become more than just a successful situation comedy—it has established itself as one of the last great television phenomena of the last century. Along the way, it has made its half-dozen leading actors famous.
Looking back on the strong friendship between the group of three men and three women who frequently gather at each other’s apartments and at Greenwich Village’s Central Perk coffee house, Friends was created by television producers, David Crane and Marta Kauffman. In 1993, the pair met producer Kevin S. Bright. Then the three became partners and got a deal to produce a new comedy for Warner Brothers. What they came up with was based on Crane and Kauffman’s after-college years, when they hung out at the local coffee house and involved themselves in every aspect of each other’s lives.
It didn’t take long for viewers to make friends with Friends. The situation comedy quickly became a top ten hit. Critics loved it as well. Entertainment Weekly said the show operated like a Broadway show, with twisty plots and unique jokes. The television theme song has also been a success with the public. The song’s success helped save the television theme song. An ABC(美国广播公司) executive was ready to order very short music intros(前奏) on his network’s shows, thinking that viewers would hit the remote control as soon as the opening started. But the success of the Friends theme song led the ABC executive to change his mind—remote controls or not, the TV theme song would stay.
Years have gone by, but Friends remains and will remain an example of a modern US situation comedy that is both hugely entertaining television and nothing short of a genuine latter-day social phenomenon.
1. What is stressed in the second paragraph?

A．The role models of Friends.

B．The popularity of Friends.

C．The origin of Friends.

D．The brilliance of Friends.

2. Which of the following is TRUE about Friends?

A．It has a simple but entertaining plot.

B．It is about friendship between college students.

C．It was criticized by Entertainment Weekly.

D．It first came into being in the 1990s.

3. What can we learn from the passage?

A．The ABC executive thought highly of the theme song of Friends.

B．Producer, Kevin S. Bright, graduated from the same college as David Crane.

C．ABC once replaced the theme song of its TV show with a short music intro.

D．Marta Kauffman expected Friends to achieve great success.

4. What might the author think of Friends?

A．Its merits outweigh its shortcomings.

B．He/she shows great affection towards it.

C．Its success lies in the lack of good situation comedies.

D．He/she has a reserved attitude towards its success.

【推荐1】Steve and Yaser first met in their chemistry class at an American university. Yaser was an international student from Jordan. He was excited to get to know an American. He wanted to learn more about American culture. Yaser hoped that he and Steve would become good friends. At first, Steve seemed very friendly. He always greeted Yaser warmly before class. Sometimes he offered to study with Yaser. He even invited Yaser to have lunch with him.

But after the term was over, Steve seemed more distant. The two former(以前的) classmates didn’t see each other very much at school. One day Yaser decided to call Steve. Steve didn’t seem very interested in talking to him.. Yaser was hurt by Steve’s change of attitude. “Steve said we were friends,” Yaser complained. “And I thought friends were friends forever.” Yaser is a little confused.

He is an outsider(局外人) to American culture. He doesn’t understand the way Americans view friendship. Americans use the word “friend” in a very general way. They may call both casual acquaintances(熟人) and close companions(伙伴) “friends”. Americans have school friends, work friends, sports friends and neighborhood friends. These friendships are based on common interests.

American society changes rapidly. Studies show that one out of five American families moves every year. American friendships develop quickly, and they may change just as quickly. People from the United States may at first seem friendly. Americans often chat easily with strangers. They exchange information about their families, hobbies and work. They may smile warmly and say, “Have a nice day.” or “see you later.” schoolmates may say, “Let’s get together sometime.” But American friendliness is not always an offer of true friendship.

1. According to the text , what made Yaser a little confused ?

A．Steve’s inviting him to dinner	B．Steve’s studying with him
C．Steve’s cold attitude	D．Steve’s misunderstanding him

2. In Paragraph 4, what does the underlined word “ they ” refer to ?

A．American families	B．American friendships
C．People from the United States	D．Misunderstandings

3. Why do American friendships develop and change so quickly ?

A．Americans may not only call casual acquaintances but close companion “friends”.

B．American society changes rapidly, and the families move frequently.

C．Americans often seem friendly, and chat easily with strangers at first.

D．Americans think friendship means a strong lifelong relationship between two persons.

4. This text mainly tells us __________.

A．that people should not make friends with Americans.

B．that everyone needs friends.

C．the importance of keeping friendship.

D．how Americans view friendship.

【推荐2】The word "barbecue" comes from the Caribbean word "barbacoa", which originally wasn't a way of cooking food, but the name of a wooden structure used by Taino Indians to smoke their food. It was recorded that the first barbecue as a diet consisted of some sort of fish, creatures from the sea obviously being plentiful in the Caribbean. Besides used for cooking, the structure of sticks could also be used as an area for sleeping, storage, and a shelter.

Spanish explorers took the word "barbacoa" back to Spain, where it appeared in print for the first time in 1526.At first,"barbacoa"still referred to the structure in which food was cooked, but later people started using it to refer to the process of cooking food in a barbacoa and the cooked food itself.

It was in A New Voyage Round the World written by William Dampier, published in 1697 that the word firstly appeared in print in English. It referred to the structure as a place for sleeping. By 1733, "barbecue began to mean asocial gathering when meat was grilled. About two decades later, in 1755, the word"barbecue"was entered into Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language.

Today, there are different spellings as well as meanings for "barbecue". Many people use"barbeque,"BBQ", "Bar-B-Que, and other forms. The"official "spelling is generally considered to be "barbecue"with the letter"c, similar to the original. While people may debate over what should be the correct spelling or what exactly constitutes barbecue,there is one thing we all agree on: a barbecue is definitely no longer a shelter or a sleeping structure!

President George Washington himself was a big fan of barbecue. He wrote in his diary about going to a barbecue in 1769("Went in to Alexandria to a Barbecue and stayed all Night ), and hosting one in 1773("a Barbicue of my own giving at Accatinck"). Barbecue competitions have been taking place since at least 1959. The first one seemed to have taken place in Hawaii, just a few months after it became a state, but was only for men. 25 men competed for the grand prize of $10.000.

1. What do we know about the origin of "barbecue"?

A．It was originally a way of cooking.

B．The first barbecue consisted of vegetables and fish.

C．It originally referred to a wooden structure for storage.

D．It originated from the Caribbean area.

2. When was the word "barbecue" seen in print in English for the first time?

A．In 1526

B．in 1697

C．in 1733

D．in 1755

3. Which of the following statements is true about the word"barbecue"at present?

A．"Barbecue"is the only correct spelling.

B．It means a social gathering when vegetables are cooked.

C．All people have reached an agreement on the meaning of the word.

D．It no longer refers to a shelter or a sleeping structure.

4. What is the passage mainly about?

A．The origin of "barbecue".

B．The correct spelling of "barbecue".

C．The meaning of "barbecue".

D．The invention of "barbecue".

【推荐1】Healthy eating is not just about strict nutrition philosophies, staying unrealistically thin, or avoiding the foods you love.    1    . If you form the following simple habits, you’ll soon notice the difference.

It’s not just what you eat, but how you eat.    2    . Healthy eating habits can be learned and it is important to slow down and think about food as nourishment rather than just something to swallow on the way to school or work.

    3    . Chew your food slowly, tasting every bite. We tend to rush through our meals, forgetting to actually taste the flavours of our food. Reconnect with the joy of eating.

Eat breakfast, and eat smaller meals throughout the day. A healthy breakfast can speed up your digestion. Eating small, healthy meals throughout the day keeps your energy up.

Avoid eating at night. Try to eat dinner earlier in the day and then fast for 14-16 hours until breakfast the next morning. Early studies suggest that this simple dietary adjustment – eating only when you’re most active and giving your digestive system a long break every day – may help to control your weight.    4    .

Fill up on colorful fruit and vegetables. Fruit and vegetables are the foundation of a healthy diet.    5    . Colorful, deeply colored fruit and vegetables contain higher amounts of vitamins and minerals, and different colors provide different benefits.

A．Healthy eating can sometimes be expensive, with food prices on the rise.

B．Take time to chew your food and enjoy mealtimes.

C．Rather, it’s about feeling great, having more energy, and keeping yourself as healthy as possible.

D．After dinner snacks tend to be high in fat, so they’re best avoided anyway.

E．However, some vegetables can be harmful when eaten in large quantities.

F．Healthy eating is about more than just the food on your plate.

G．Try to eat a variety of fruit and vegetables every day and with every meal – the brighter, the better.

【推荐2】Have you ever seen your cat or dog eating grass? They do so because it can help their digestion, and many wild species use natural substances to prevent and control diseases. This is called “zoo pharmacognosy” or, more commonly, animal self-medication.

Scientists have discovered that tamarin monkeys use a specific tree resin (树脂) as medicine. In the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, scientists followed several groups of them to collect data. During one of these daily studies, tamarin monkeys were observed rubbing their bodies on the trunk of a tree. At first, researchers thought that they were marking their territory, a common behaviour in this species. Botanical experts later confirmed that the tree was a species of cabreuva, which is well known for its medical properties.

Researchers decided to place camera-traps in different sites at the foot of the tree to record future visits by tamarin monkeys. The records surprisingly showed that many animals living in the forest visited it. Totally, ten species were observed. For many of them, it was the first time that behaviors similar to self-medication had been observed. More surprisingly, one species spread resin on each other’s fur in pairs. In general, the species seemed to specifically visit the tree to acquire the resin and seemingly benefit from it, either healing their wounds or fighting back parasites (寄生虫).

While further studies are needed to identify the properties of the resin and thus confirm that this is indeed self-medication, the use of it suggests that cabreuva represents a common and universal drugstore for the residents of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. It is likely to be a valuable resource helping the species maintain their magnitude by improving their health.

This discovery could have an important protection influence, as the disappearance of some trees could potentially affect the survival of some animals.

1. Why do tamarin monkeys rub themselves against the tree?

A．They would like to digest what they eat.

B．They are trying to cure diseases.

C．They are attracting companions’ attention.

D．They feel like occupying the land.

2. What do researchers find through camera-traps?

A．Animals can help each other clean the fur.

B．Many animals copy monkeys’ behaviors.

C．Resin can be used as medicine for some animals

D．The cabreduva is the habitat of tamarin monkeys.

3. What does the underlined word “magnitude” in paragraph 4 probably mean?

A．Characteristics.	B．Populations.
C．Flexibilities.	D．Similarities.

4. What is the possible significance of the discovery?

A．Increasing the production of resin.

B．Promoting evolution of creatures.

C．Motivating the study of monkeys’ diet.

D．Contributing to forest conservation.

【推荐3】Feel tired and want to have a break? People have many different ways to relax during break time at work or school. Smartphones are probably the number one choice for a quick mental vacation.

Although it might seem like a good time, looking at your cellphone may damage your mental power, according to a recent psychological study from Rutgers University in the United States.

For the study, more than 400 students were asked to finish a set of 20 word puzzles. Halfway through the task, the students were divided into three groups. One group was allowed to take a break and use cellphones to buy things online. The second group was asked to have a rest and buy things using a computer. The last group didn’t take any break at all.

Interestingly, the group that used their cellphones during the break went back to work feeling the most tired and least motivated to continue. They also had the hardest time solving the remaining word puzzles.

The cellphone group took 19 percent longer to finish the rest of the task, and solved 22 percent fewer problems than those in the other break conditions combined.

Terri Kurtzberg, co-author of the study, explained that they assumed looking at cellphones during a break would be no different from any other break – but instead, the phone may cause increasing levels of distraction that make it difficult to return focused attention to work tasks.

“Cellphones may have this effect because even just seeing your phone activates thoughts of checking messages, connecting with people, access to ever-refilling information and more, in ways that are different than how we use other screens like computers, and laptops,” Kurtzberg told Science Daily.

This is echoed (呼应) by a 2017 study from the US University of Chicago. It found that even if cellphones are turned off or turned face down, their mere presence reduces a person’s cognitive capacity (认知能力).

So, during your next break, try putting your smartphone away. Go out for a walk, get to know your classmates or even take a nap (小憩). You may be surprised by the result.

1. What did the study find about using cellphones during breaks?

A．It could make people more motivated at work.

B．It could reduce one’s ability to solve problems.

C．It could be beneficial both physically and mentally.

D．It could affect one’s relationships with others.

2. What does the underlined word “activate” probably mean in paragraph 7?

A．motivate

B．associate.

C．appreciate

D．imitate.

3. What can we learn about cellphones from Kurtzberg’s words?

A．They may influence people in the same way as computers do.

B．They may make it hard for people to concentrate on work.

C．Their negative influence is almost impossible to avoid.

D．They have become a necessary part of people’s lives.

4. What does the author suggest people do during break time?

A．Turn off their cellphones.	B．Keep their cellphones face down.
C．Replace cellphones with laptops.	D．Keep their cellphones out of sight.