Delivery hero

Chinese delivery driver, Gao Zhixiao, was featured on the cover of Time magazine in March because of his remarkable sense of responsibility. Alongside five others, he was picked by the magazine as one of the heroes when the novel coronavirus ________.

Ever since the outbreak of COVID-19, many ________ shut down or switched to takeout-only services. Millions of people stayed home to ________ getting infected. “People choose to order food online ________ buy fruit and vegetables to cook at home,” Gao told Time. As a result, delivery orders ________, placing a huge burden (负担) on delivery couriers (快递员).

Born into a ________ family in the Ningxia Autonomous Region (自治区), Gao started to make a living in Beijing at age 16. After the novel coronavirus broke out, Gao thought about stopping working, but then picked up orders because he thought customers might be ________.

Due to the danger of person-to-person transmission (传染), Gao must take a regular health test and ________ 20 minutes disinfecting (消毒) his motorcycle and clothes each morning to prevent viruses from spreading during his route around Beijing. ________ delivering goods, Gao once warm-heartedly cooked for an elderly customer who was living alone at her home.

Ordinary people like Gao who have ________ the biggest contributions in the fight against COVID-19 deserve the praise.

1.

A．outbreak

B．broke out

C．broke into

D．ended up

2.

A．restaurants

B．bookshops

C．schools

D．hospitals

3.

A．escape

B．avoid

C．wait

D．keep

4.

A．but

B．or

C．so

D．for

5.

A．decreased

B．added

C．reduced

D．increased

6.

A．poor

B．warm

C．rich

D．wealthy

7.

A．in need

B．at home

C．in danger

D．in calm

8.

A．use

B．cost

C．take

D．spend

9.

A．During

B．With

C．Among

D．Besides

10.

A．got

B．made

C．received

D．earned

Host: Boys and girls, welcome to Teen Talk. Do you often make friends on the Internet? Do you have difficulties when you are chatting with your net friends? What problems make you puzzled（困惑的）? Today, David Smith is here. He will give us some advice.
Problems	Advice
Peter: If my net friends want to know my phone number, what should I do?	David: You’d better not tell strangers your phone number. Knowing your phone number, they might know where you live, and they can call you or your parents often. Sometimes it will bring you much trouble.
John: Sometimes, I meet some adults. I have nothing to chat with them. What should I do?	David: If you don’t like talking with them, skip it. And look for some information you like. But sometimes, adults may give you some useful advice.
George: If they want to visit my home or invite me to their homes, what should I do?	David: If you want to see them, make sure that at least one of your parents can go to meet them, too. Inviting them to your house is good, or let a parent take you over to their houses. Be sure you have a parent along with you.
Victor: Then, what else should we pay attention to?	David: If someone asks you not to tell your parents about him/her, you must tell your parents at once. If they don’t tell you much about themselves, maybe they’re not the ones they say they are.
Host: It’s time to end the program. Thank you.
David: Boys and girls, if you are often online, be careful. Don’t let strangers know you very easily.

11. This passage is a _______.

A．talk show

B．piece of news

C．speech

D．class

12. What’s the problem with the kids?

A．They don’t know how to talk with David Smith.

B．They don’t know what to do on the Internet.

C．They don’t know how to look for information on the Internet.

D．They don’t know what to do when their net friends ask them to do something.

13. The underlined words “skip it” mean “_______” in Chinese according to the passage.

A．忍受

B．不用理会

C．跳起来

D．安静地听

14. If your net friends want to invite you to their homes, according to David’s advice, _______.

A．you should be friendly to them

B．you could meet them alone

C．make sure a parent is along with you when you meet them

D．make sure a friend is along with you when you meet them

15. What’s David’s opinion?

A．Don’t tell much about yourself to strangers on the Internet.

B．Don’t make friends on the Internet.

C．Don’t chat with adults too much online.

D．You should believe in what your net friends say.

How would you feel if someone decided to take away your park? Well that’s what’s happening in my community. There’s a park that some people want to turn into a golf course. Let me tell you why I think it’s a bad idea.

First, a park is meant to be for the whole community. Not everyone likes golf, so not everyone will get to use the park. This isn’t fair. A community park should have open spaces for everyone to use.

Second, to make way for the golf course, lots of playground equipment will have to be moved or knocked down, which is a waste of time and money. It’s also a waste of perfectly good equipment. The swings, for example, will probably end up as litter.

Third, what about giving young people something to do? Not all kids are crazy about golf. At the moment, the park has a skating place and a playground. These attract lots of kids from the community. It you turn the park into a golf course, these kids won’t have anywhere to go and they won’t have anything to do. This means that they will stay at home and turn on a video game rather than get some exercise. It also means that they might be out on the street causing trouble. Wouldn’t it be better to give them something to do at the park?

Finally, golf is expensive. Building a golf course and maintaining it cost a lot of money. Who is going to pay to maintain the golf course? What about those people who can’t afford to join a golf course? That means the golf course will only be available to people with lots of money.

Turning our park into a golf course is a bad idea. I suggest we have a community meeting before plans go any further.

16. Some people want to change the park into ___________.

A．a golf club	B．a golf course
C．a parking place	D．a skating place

17. According to Paragraph 4, having nowhere to go will make some children___________.

A．go to get some exercise	B．fall in love with golf
C．play videos games at home	D．go to the street and make friends

18. What can we know from this passage?

A．Plenty of playground equipment will be broken down.

B．It will cost a lot of money if people want to build and maintain a golf course.

C．Turning the park into a golf course will make kids get some exercise instead of playing video games.

D．Old people in the community might be out on the street causing trouble if a park is tuned into a golf course.

19. Which of the following shows the structure of the passage? (P=Paragraph)

A．

B．

C．

D．

20. What is the writer’s purpose in writing this passage?

A．To help carry out further plans.	B．To make the park more beautiful.
C．To encourage children to go skating.	D．To stop the golf course from being built.

阅读下面五位同学的需求，为五个人选出合适的软件。

A. Snapseed is the photoshop for your phone. It has almost all of the basic editing functions. If you want to edit only a part of a picture. Snapseed is there for you! B. Cookpad is the world’s largest homemade recipe-sharing app. If there is a recipe you like, but have trouble making it, you can connect with the person who posted the recipe. C. Duolinggo can help you remember new words and grammar in creative ways. It offers 30 languages, including English, French and German. D. Forest is designed to make people understand there’s more to life than phones. You plant a seed in the app. The longer you stay away from the phone, the more it grows. It becomes a tree from a seed and then a forest at last. This will encourage you to stay away from your phone. E. Headspace teaches you to face some of the toughest problems in your daily life. It has courses on how to deal with troubling feelings like anger and fear. F. Gentle Wakeup can help you wake up well. The app wakes with lights rather than sound. Start getting awake by light and you will never want to wake up by sounds again.

31. Peter: I know it’s no good playing with the mobile phone all day, but I just can’t help it. I think I am addicted to it. What can I do?
32. Lucy: When I look at the beautiful photos posted on Wechat by my friend, I always wonder how they can do that. I really want to look young and fit like them.
33. Sara: It’s not difficult for me to wake up, but I do hate the sound of the alarm clock. It makes quite nervous.
34. Jim: With so much homework to finish and tests to prepare, I get angry easily. What’s to be done?
35. Sam: I’ve always wanted to learn another foreign language, yet my English is not good enough. I don’t want to go through that again.

How much do you know about Antarctica(南极洲)? Antarctica is the coldest, windiest     36     emptiest place in the world. There is little rain all year round and it is one of the world’s     37     (dry) places. It is also home to penguins and     38     (difference) sea life along its coast. Cold weather over millions of years has made it very icy. In some places, the ice is about 1.9km thick.

Humans     39     (explore) Antarctica for many years. It is said that the first man to reach Antarctica was John Davis,     40     US seal hunter. After that, thousands of tourists visit the coast of Antarctica during the summer     41     is from November to February. They get there     42     (see) penguins, seals, whales and icy view.

Do you know who lives and works in Antarctica? They are     43     (most) scientists and their assistants. The Polar Programmes in the US support the study of Antarctica. It sends more than 100 scientists to Antarctica each year. In Antarctica, some scientists study the     44     (move) of glaciers(冰川) and the activity of volcanoes(火山). Other scientists study animals,     45     whales, seals, birds and fish.