Paul lives in a small village in the north of England. He usually gets up at four o’clock every morning when it’s still dark. He lives and works on the farm so he doesn’t need to travel. After a big breakfast in his house, he walks out of the front door and he’s already at work.
There are many things to do on the farm all day. Paul doesn’t have the same work hours that office workers in the city have. He does jobs when there needs to be done and that could be early in the morning or late at night. Paul has cows, sheep, pigs and chickens on his farm. He has to make sure they are free of sickness. He also grows wheat and vegetables so there are many things to look after.
In the evening, Paul likes to play with his children. He has two children, a boy and a girl. They are six and eight years old. Paul also likes to study. Right now he is studying Chinese by distance learning. He is very interested in China and it’s his dream to see the Great Wall one day.
Paul loves movies. His wife calls him a “movie fan”. But there isn’t a cinema in his village so he doesn’t get the chance to go very often. He goes about twice a year, usually when he goes to London with his family. They take a weekend break there when Paul is not too busy on the farm. His wife loves looking in the clothes shops and he likes all the crowds and the noise. Paul also likes to buy a few cigars. Unfortunately, his wife isn’t as fond of them as he is. His son and daughter love to ride on London’s red buses and especially love to go on the tube!
1. What does the underlined word “free” mean in Paragraph Two?| A．自由的 | B．免费的 | C．空闲的 | D．没有 |
| A．Six | B．Five | C．Four | D．Three |
| A．see movies | B．ride on London’s red buses | C．see the Great Wall | D．have pets |
| A．when they are busy | B．when they have time |
| C．early in the morning | D．when he wants to buy some cigars |
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【推荐1】Last week I had to attend an event that required me to look better than my regular self (having left "effortless beauty" behind somewhere in my 20s), so I did what any self-respecting woman would do, which was to go for a blowout at a nearby Drybar. After the visit, my hair looked much better - so much better, in fact, that I was feeling almost effortlessly beautiful until I got back to my desk to find an email from Drybar, asking if I would rate my experience.
Life is so complicated now. In order to buy, visit or do anything, you need to follow this six-step process:
1. Decide and plan to do the thing
2. Do the thing
3. Take a photo of yourself doing the thing
4. Post the photo of you doing the thing on social media
5. Repeatedly check how many likes the post of you doing the thing got
6. Rate the thing
However, sensible ones like me would usually like to stop after step 2.
As I see it, there are two problems with our rate-everything way of living. First, the mystery-of-life issue. By my completely unscientific estimation, every time a new social-media platform is introduced, before long we will all know everything about everybody, and most of it will be things you don't want to know in the first place. Though some people may argue that expressing ourselves through ratings can help businesses perfect themselves. I dare say there can be more power in keeping your opinions to yourself than in giving a business a terrible review. I once worked for a legendarily scary woman whose power was all about her inscrutability. Every day her staff is doing anxious tea-leaf reading. " Did she like that thing you showed her?" "I don't know, she hasn't responded." "Where did she go all afternoon?" "I don't know, she didn't tell anybody." She was strict, changeable, reserved, and above all, mysterious, which both explained her attraction and enabled her to keep us firmly within her control.
Second problem: the time-suck factor. No, Drybar, I do not want to be in a committed, dynamic relationship with you. I don't want to fill out a survey, and while I appreciate the email from user-support associate Katie, I feel upset for the time I spent reading it. Katie, if I need more help, I will reach out. Am I just a bad-tempered middle-aged lady who left effortless beauty behind in her 20s and now mostly wants to be left alone? Perhaps yes!
In summary, and to businesses everywhere: I just want you to provide me with something that I pay for, and then I want no contact with you until the next time I need you. Isn't it enough that I gave you my credit-card number? If time is indeed money, then by taking my money and afterword making me rate the experience of your taking my money, you're essentially double-billing me. And I'm pretty sure that's illegal, as least in most states.
1. Which is NOT true about Drybar?| A．Women gain self-respect there. | B．It is near the author's place. |
| C．It's a place making women look good. | D．It collect customer's reviews. |
| A．we can know everything about everybody |
| B．we actually didn't want to know all the things |
| C．ratings can help business leaders in perfection |
| D．there's more power in keeping opinions to oneself |
| A．wants others to solve her mysteries |
| B．is reluctant to answer questions |
| C．doesn't like to reveal her feelings |
| D．likes to stay and act alone |
| A．I am very satisfied because of your wonderful service. |
| B．Spending time reading it and rating really disturbs me. |
| C．I feel upset because you make me lose my beauty. |
| D．Do I need to worry about leaving you my credit-card number? |
【推荐2】Farms are a crucial part of our world. However, the number of farmers are decreasing day by day. One of the best ways to help solve the problem is to visit a farm.
You can learn how your food is raised.
When you visit a farm, you get firsthand experience on how your food is raised.
You can reconnect with nature.
Nowadays, all we have are big buildings, highways, and countless cars. We spend too much time in front of screens. However, when you visit a farm, you will be away from all of that and will actually be able to breathe in some fresh air.
We all read success stories about farmers in magazines and even TV shows, but the people in these stories are real people with real families. And quite often, people with a real love for what they’re doing. People that appreciate the people who purchase things from their farm. People with a real commitment to making their visitors feel like home.
| A．You can connect with farmers and their families |
| B．We should be grateful to these people |
| C．You can pick the products yourself |
| D．You will be able to get away from the “concrete jungle” and purify your body and your mind. |
| E．This is a unique experience for people from all age groups |
| F．And here are some great reasons why you should visit a farm |
| G．Visiting farms can help stimulating your appetite for learning more about nature |
【推荐3】I have been in England for three months now. I hope you don’t think I’ve forgotten you. There have been so many places to see and so many things to do that I’ve not had much time for writing letters.
I shall soon be starting my studies at King’s College in London. So far I’ve been learning about England and British ways of living. There are lots of books you can read and lots of pictures you can look at about this famous city. I’m sure you’ll be more interested to know what I think about life here.
I find some of the customs interesting. People here do not shake hands as much as we do in the mainland of Europe. During the first few weeks I was often surprised because people did not put out their hands when I met them. Men raise their hats to women but not to each other.
1. The writer came to London from ______.| A．Asia. | B．the mainland of Europe. |
| C．America. | D．Africa. |
| A．she had forgotten her friend. |
| B．she was lonely and sad in this strange land. |
| C．she was too busy to write. |
| D．she was too busy studying at King’s College. |
| A．to study. | B．to make a living. |
| C．to learn British ways of living. | D．for sightseeing (观光) only. |
【推荐1】Supporters of education technology have always imagined the bright future in the past twenty years: that by 2019, half of all middle school courses would be online; videos and practice apps could let students learn maths at their own speed; or that students with internet-connected computers could learn anything without the help of schools or teachers.
Then in 2020, 1 billion students around the world turned to online learning as the pandemic( 疫情) shut down schools. It was education technology’s big moment, but for many students and families, online learning has been a disappointment. When the world needs it most, why has education technology seemed so lackluster?
Technology education has a long history, but throughout the history there have been two main challenges. The first is that most people depend on human connection to stay motivated. When a student fails to concentrate on what the teacher is saying in a classroom, the teacher can notice it and take action. But when the same thing happens while using an education technology product, no one can see it. Assessments(评价) are also a challenge. Computers can show students standard answers. In some subjects, like maths, education technology can immediately tell whether the answer is right. But if we ask students to write a passage that explains why the Second World War broke out, computers can not assess the answer, part of which may be incorrect.
Education technology has long promised to change education, but for large areas of school learning, we don’t have online tools that are any better than printed books. For most teachers, the road to successful teaching with technology is not a total change to traditional education, but a slow process towards finding a right tool or way that is suitable for students.
1. What’s purpose of paragraph 1?| A．To introduce the topic of the following text | B．To show off the great past |
| C．To tell the future of education technology | D．To share information of education |
| A．encouraging | B．powerful | C．unsatisfying | D．necessary |
| A．help students to keep focused | B．teach students communication skill |
| C．check the answers of all subjects | D．provide students with correct answers |
| A．just look for new advanced tools for education |
| B．use technology education based on students’ needs |
| C．totally change the traditional teaching way |
| D．fight against the popularity of online learning |
The students who use dictionaries most do not learn especially well either. The ones who look up every new word do not read fast. Therefore they do not have time to read much. Those who use small two-language dictionaries have the worst problems. Their dictionaries often give only one or two words as translations of English. But one English word often has many translations in a foreign language and one foreign word has many translations in English.
The most successful students are those who use large college edition dictionaries with about 100,000 words but do not use them too often. When they are reading, these students first try to get the general idea and understand new words from the context. Then they reread and use the dictionary to look up only key words that they still do not understand. They use dictionaries more for writing. If they are not sure how to spell a word, they always use a dictionary. Also, if they think a noun might have an unusual plural form, they check this in a dictionary.
1. The writer thinks that ________.
| A．choose a good dictionary, and you’ll be successful in learning English |
| B．dictionaries are not necessary to the students who learn English |
| C．it is very important for students to use good dictionaries properly |
| D．using dictionaries very often can’t help to improve writing |
| A．Dictionaries have little effect on learning to speak English. |
| B．Whatever new words you meet while reading, never use dictionaries. |
| C．Small two-language dictionaries have serious shortcomings. |
| D．Reading something for the first time, you’d better not use dictionaries. |
| A．At the beginning of the reading | B．At the end of the reading |
| C．During the first reading | D．After the first reading |
| A．that students shouldn’t use small two-language dictionaries |
| B．what were the shortcomings of small two-language dictionaries |
| C．why students should use large college edition dictionaries |
| D．what dictionary students should choose and how to use it |
| A．How to make good use of a dictionary. | B．When to use a dictionary. |
| C．How to improve spoken English. | D．How to practice reading fast. |
【推荐3】When it comes to settling down young children, parenting advice focuses mostly on one tool: What to say. Parents are taught to say this or that, or even how to apologize to an angry child. While in practice, many parents turn to another means of comforting: Touch their child. But it’s not just any type of touch. It occurs at a particular speed and with a particular pressure.
During the end of the 19th century, many European doctors actually advised parents not to touch their children because they said it would weaken them and make them dependent. This idea hit a fever height in the 1920s when the psychologist John B. Watson wrote a parenting book in which Watson advises mothers to stay away, physically, from children. He believed that by not touching young children, parents teach them to be independent at an early age.
“But then it turns out that the opposite is actually true,” Neuroscientist Helena Wasling says. “Children who get a lot of touch, support and closeness from their parents are actually the ones that dare to go out and explore, as they grow up, because they have a basic safety that they can depend on.” And of course, gentle touch can calm and relax adults, just as much as they do children, says Wasling.
After decades of research, neuroscientists are beginning to understand how our skin senses this type of touch and how that feeling lights up regions of the brain to affect our emotions. It turns out that our skin contains nerves (神经) which can sense a gentle touch. And these nerves are part of a system inside our skin that excites the warm, calm and peaceful feeling you have when you’re with people who love you. For some kids with autism (自闭症), this type of touch might not feel good, Wasling notes, and may even feel bad. “A child with autism may become over-sensitive towards physical touch.” she says. “The relationship between touch and reward (奖励) can be totally different.”
1. What was believed about parental touch according to paragraph 2?| A．It weakened kids’ intelligence. | B．It harmed kids’ physical health. |
| C．It reduced kids’ independence. | D．It hurt parent-child relationship. |
| A．They may be more sensitive. | B．They tend to become braver. |
| C．They may be more protective. | D．They tend to become smarter. |
| A．The benefit of touch does not apply to every kid. |
| B．The amount of touch does not matter to kids. |
| C．Kids with autism might be more independent. |
| D．Kids with autism should be rewarded with touch. |
| A．An Effective Method to Educate Kids |
| B．The Magical Effect of Touching Children |
| C．The Importance of Parenting Strategies |
| D．A New Research into Social Interaction |
