2. You may think that all gossip(八卦) is meant to put someone down, but there are actually other reasons you may end up talking about someone _________ their back.

A．after

B．for

C．against

D．behind

4. A person can’t be really happy if ________ he enjoys doing is thought of no importance.

A．that

B．what

C．how

D．which

5. —The house buyer got a good price and the seller was happy to sell quickly.
—Indeed. It was a win-win ________.

A．conversation

B．situation

C．success

D．condition

6. If you are feeling that life just ________ be any worse for you, it will be challenging to think something cheerful.

A．can’t

B．mustn’t

C．should

D．may

8. —It ___________ boring to take such a guessing game.
—Well, it depends.

A．heard

B．proved

C．remained

D．discovered

9. The best way to break the ice with someone you just met is to find some __________ ground to talk about.

A．practical

B．everyday

C．common

D．hidden

11. —Some people never get tired of making a basket in one online shop then to another.
—Perhaps they want to see _________.

A．if they can get the same or similar items cheaper

B．that they can find the very things they really need

C．that they were the lucky dog to get their basket for free

D．when can they receive their items they ordered earlier

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Spring Festival, Chun Jie is the first day of the Chinese lunar calendar. When Chun Jie is coming, people are busy buying good, cleaning the house, cooking traditional food, making Spring Festival couplets, and hanging spring festival pictures. Dumplings areessentialto the dinner. Dumplings means reunion and goodwill. The whole family gather to enjoy quality family time. On Chun Jie, Lunar New Year’s Day, people in new clothes visit each other, and give money to kids to send good wishes. During Chun Jie holidays all kinds of celebrations are held, including temple fairs, performances, a Lantern show which lasts nearly half a month.

The Qing Ming Festival is a day of reverence for Chinese. People hold ceremonies (仪式) for ancestors (祖先), and sweep their tombs (墓) on April 5th every year. According to tradition, during the Tomb Sweeping, people put food in front of the tombs, add new soil on the tomb. Decorate the tombs with some fresh branches and knock head. Now it is a public holiday in China. Although ceremonies have changed a little with time. Chinese still express their sadness for the dead.

In ancient times, there was a great poet called Qu Yuan. He couldn’t bear the pain when his motherland was invaded, so he drowned himself in the river. Local people drop the rice balls into the river to take away fishes’ attention from Qu’s body. Later people memorialized Qu’s patriotism by rowing and making Zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival, Duanwujie. That’s how the tradition of dragon boat racing and eating Zongzi were started.

The Qixi Festival, also known as the Chinese Valentine’s Day, falls on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month on the Chinese calendar. It says that a fairy named Zhi Nv, who lived in heaven, fell in love with a cow herder named Niu Lang during her trip to earth. Zhi Nv decided to settle down on earth and lead an ordinary life with Niu Lang.

Just like an ancient Chinese poem says, the moon was rising from the sea and all the people were sharing this moment …

28. What does the underlined wordessentialmean in paragraph 1?

A．delicious

B．meaningful

C．important

D．necessary

29. What can you learn from the passage?

A．Dumplings are the most important for people to celebrate the Spring Festival.

B．People have to sweep the tomb at the Qing Ming Festival.

C．Qu Yuan is the main story behind the festival of Duanwujie.

D．The Qixi Festival, is known as the Valentine’s Day, telling a love story.

30. What may be talked about in the last paragraph?

A．The Mid-Autumn Festival

B．The National Day

C．The May Holiday

D．The Double Ninth Day

When I was a senior in college, I came home for Christmas vacation and expected a fun-filled week with my two brothers. We were so excited to be together and we volunteered to watch the store so that my mother and father could take their first day off in years. The day before my parents went to Boston, my father took me quietly aside to the little den behind the store. He took out a cigar box, opened it and showed me a little pile of newspaper articles.

“What are they?” I asked.

Father replied seriously, “These are articles I’ve written and some letters to the editor that have been published.”

As I began to read, I saw at the bottom of each article the name Walter Chapman. “Why didn’t you tell me you’d done that?” I asked.

“Because I didn’t want your mother to know. She has always told me that since I didn’t have much education, I shouldn’t try to write. I wanted to run for some governmental office also, but she told me I shouldn’t try. I guess she was afraid she’d be shameful if I lost…”

He watched me as I read over a few of the articles and when I looked up, his big blue eyes were wet. “I guess I tried for something too big this time,” he added.

“Did you write something else?”

“Yes, I sent some suggestions in to our church magazine on how the national nominating committee could be more fairly(公平). It’s been three months since I sent it in. I guess I tried for something too big.”

This was such a new side to my fun-loving father that I didn’t quite know what to say, so I tried, “Maybe it’ll still come.”

The next morning our parents left on the bus to the railway station where they took a train to Boston.

Early that evening I looked out the store window and saw my mother get off the bus—alone.

“Where’s Dad?” We asked together.

“Your father’s dead.”

She told us they had been walking through the Park Street Subway Station in the crowds of people when father had fallen to the floor. A nurse bent over him, looked up at mother and said simply, “He’s dead.” Mother had stood by father, not knowing what to do as people tripped (绊倒) over him in their rush through the subway. Mother told us the shocking tale without running a tear. We didn’t cry either and we took turns waiting on the customers.

On the morning of the funeral (葬礼), I noticed the church magazine on the table. Normally I would never have opened it, but maybe that special article might be there—and it was. In the magazine I also found a two-page letter to my father from Henry Cabot Lodge, Sr., thanking him for the campaign suggestions. I took out the box and put them in it.

I didn’t tell anyone about the box.

31. What may be the direct causes of Father kept the box hidden?
a. Father received little education.
b. Some suggestions father made to magazine might bring danger to the family.
c. Mother considered it a shame to make the box go public.
d. Father knew he would die soon.

A．ab

B．ac

C．bc

D．bd

32. Which one shows the order of the events happened?
a. My father showed me a little pile of newspaper articles.
b. Our parents took a train to Boston.
c. My father’s article to the church magazine was published.
d. I came home for Christmas vacation.
e. My father died in an accident.
f. My father sent some suggestions to the magazine.

A．f-d-a-b-e-c

B．d-a-f-b-e-c

C．d-f-c-a-b-e

D．f-d-b-a-c-e

33. Which is the best title for this passage?

A．The Death of My Father	B．Father and I
C．The Mystery of A Hidden Box	D．A Sad Christmas Vacation

But ugly fruits should be loved, too. In recent years, a new crop of “ugly produce” companies have been around the U.S. These start-ups sell those ugly fruits that supermarkets refuse. And they send them right to your door.

The companies say they’re on a mission（使命）. They want to stop billions of pounds of imperfect produce（农产品）from going to waste. Think of it this way: Is a banged-up (be knocked and some places broken) banana any less tasty in a peanut butter sandwich? Why should it be thrown away?

Sounds like these companies have the right idea. They even offer deep low prices. That’s great news for customers. But not everyone is happy. Some people say these companies may be thinking only about themselves.

△

Imperfect produce isn’t always wasted.

Many small farmers had already been selling imperfect produce to customers and farmers markets. Then the ugly produce companies started growing up. These companies, such as Imperfect Produce, can offer more fruits and veggies from large farms around the country. They make it harder for smaller farms to compete. So the farmers are losing money.

Also, ugly fruits and veggies already have uses. Take the food service industry for example. There, produce is sliced, diced, blended, and more. No one cares if the fruit is pretty or ugly. On farms, fruits can be fed to animals. Rotted（腐烂的）fruit is added back into soil for nutrients. And, what’s more, ugly produce companies have been charged with taking food away from the needy.

Are these start-ups causing more bad than good?

Not So Bad, After All?

What do ugly produce companies say? They are guarding themselves.

In March 2019, Imperfect Produce told people that the company doesn’t take away from the needy. It gets resources from farms only after food banks take what they want, it said. Also, the company often gives food to food banks. Put that in your food basket!

It is true that produce goes to waste in America. The Department of Agriculture has said that food waste is a big problem. In fact, about 30 to 40 percent of the country’s food is wasted.

But Imperfect Produce says both farmers and ugly produce companies can help reduce food waste. It doesn’t have to be either-or.

No matter whose side you’re on, remember this: It’s what’s on the inside that counts.

34. What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about?

A．Ugly produce companies are doing more good than bad.

B．Not everyone supports ugly produce companies’ missions.

C．Ugly produce companies are loved because of lower prices.

D．Ugly produce companies make the most use of imperfect produce.

35. What is the most suitable for the △ ?

A．The Ugly Truth?	B．Not So Good, Above All.
C．But So Bad, Really?	D．The Ugly Wasted.

36. What fact does the passage provide?

A．It’s important for smaller farms to get more customers to make money.

B．Food waste is caused because supermarkets refuse ugly produce.

C．Ugly produce companies sell imperfect produce to prevent waste.

D．Customers are interested in stopping food waste and saving money.

37. The writer probably wrote the article in order to ______.

A．tell ugly produce companies to give unwanted fruits and vegetables to the needy

B．show the reasons why there are more and more ugly produce companies

C．offer readers an introduction to ugly produce companies and their missions

D．make readers only buy food from companies that work with smaller farms