Over 100 panda fans sang Happy Birthday as they celebrated the 38th birthday of Xin Xing at Chongqing Zoo on August 16th, 2020. Xin Xing enjoyed a cake made of ice covered by her favorite foods, including bamboo leaves and shoots, apples, carrots and watermelon.

A pandas average age in the wild is 14-20 years. Xin Xing is the world’s oldest giant panda. A panda of 38 years old is like a person of about 110 to 130 years old. Xin Xing is expected to break the Guinness world record. Good genes (基因) and special scientific care are probably the main reasons for Xin Xing to live so long.

Xin Xing, born in Sichuan Province in 1982, was saved in the wild and sent to Chongqing Zoo in 1983. She visited Canada during the 1988 Winter Olympics, where she attracted over 1 million visitors. She is also a hero mom, having given birth to 10 pandas.

Now she is in good physical condition and she is going to 100 kg in weight. She eats seven meals a day, including 30 kg of bamboo shoots, 1 kg of bamboo leaves and some fruit. The zoo also pays much attention to her health, including daily blood pressure checks.

“We spend so much time together, and she is like a family member to me,” said Zhang Naicheng, who has looked after her for 28 years. In recent years, Zhang has spent most of his nights staying in Xin Xing’s panda house in case she needs him. “It’s hard work, but I have fun looking after the panda,” he said. Since she is too old to eat the hard skin of the bamboo shoots, the zookeepers choose fresh bamboo leaves that they can cut into small pieces.

Xin Xing’s 38th birthday encourages people to try to protect the animals, especially those in danger.

11. What do we know about Xin Xing’s 38th birthday?
① Fans sang a song for her.             ② It was celebrated at the zoo.
③ She enjoyed a birthday cake.       ④ It broke the world record.

A．①②③

B．①③④

C．②③④

D．①②④

12. From Paragraph 3, we can know all the following EXCEPT ________.

A．Xin Xing’s birthplace	B．Xin Xing’s abroad experience
C．the number of Xin Xing’s babies	D．Xin Xing’s weight

13. What does Zhang Naicheng think of his job?

A．Hard and boring.

B．Easy but boring.

C．Hard but interesting.

D．Easy and interesting.

14. What can we learn from this special birthday?

A．We should hold a special birthday celebration for every panda.

B．The animals in danger need good protection.

C．Pandas should live in zoos instead of living in the wild.

D．Good genes are the only reason for Xin Xing to live so long.

Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System (太阳系). Sometimes Mars is also called the “Red Planet”. Mars is the second closest to Earth and it is easy to see in the night sky. Like Earth, it has clouds, winds, seasonal weather and mountains and other familiar features. A day on Mars is about 24 hours and 37 minutes, while a day on Earth is about 23 hours and 56 minutes. Humans have started to explore Mars since the 1960s.

Elon Musk, the founder and CEO of Space X, is considering getting people to go to Mars and finally setting up a base that can serve as an actual city, supporting one million people there.

To build a city on Mars, rockets should be sent to Mars continually until there are enough resources (资源). The SpaceX team will build rockets that are able to be used 1, 000 times. With the rockets, spaceships with people and things will be sent to Mars. The spaceship is central to the plan. Each spaceship can carry up to 100 people and about 450 tons of things at a time and it will take about 80 days to get to Mars. To support the project, SpaceX is going to build 1,000 spaceships.

Because it is really cold on Mars, human-friendly living spaces will be built under ground. On the ground, spaces will be built with special glass with plant life inside, where humans could walk around without spacesuits (宇航服). As for food, plants could grow in water instead of soil on solar-powered farms.

“There is a good chance that we will not succeed,” Elon Musk says, “but we are going to do our best and try to make as much progress as possible.” Let’s hope that we will live a better life on Mars in the future.

22. What do we know about Mars?

A．It’s the fourth closest to Earth.	B．It can’t be seen in the night sky.
C．It’s the second planet from the Sun.	D．It has something in common with Earth.

23. What is Musk’s final plan?

A．To build rockets to fly people to Mars.

B．To have one million people live on Mars.

C．To carry things from Mars back to Earth.

D．To make Mars a place for people to have fun.

24. How long will it take for a spaceship to fly to Mars?

A．23 days.

B．80 days.

C．100 days.

D．450 days.

25. How does Musk feel about the plan?

A．It is a piece of cake.	B．It is sure to succeed.
C．He may not make it but others will.	D．He knows it may fail but he will try.

31. The film Hi, Mom has gotten a high s________ of 8.1 on the movie rating website Douban. Many people said they were touched by its raw (质朴的) emotion.

根据短文内容，用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空，使文章通顺、完整。(每词限用一次)

by, express, foreign, find, another, online, they, bridge, how, name

What is the difference between Chinese and Western cultures? For Cao Siyu, a Chinese artist, the answer is often a simple one and it usually can be     36     in her comics (漫画).

Cao Siyu, born and raised in Beijing, left home at 20 to study in the US and, later, in the UK. Now she works in Paris, France. Being in     37     countries for 12 years, she has a better understanding of both Chinese and Western cultures. She started drawing the web comics to help people understand different cultures. Using her pencil, Cao also wants to build a     38     between different cultures.

Tiny Eyes Comics, first created in late 2016, tells the stories of a Chinese girl     39     Tiny Eyes. Cao has posted more than 300 comics     40     and the attracted (吸引) about 41, 000 followers. Her comics are about family relationships, food, different ways of thinking and social customs.

This year, COVID-19 has made her realize     41     important it is to help people from different cultures to communicate with each other. One of her comics shows the cultural differences about wearing masks. To wear or not to wear, that is the question that has been heatedly discussed. In the comics, she explains that Chinese people wear masks to protect     42     from infection (感染), as well as avoiding passing the virus to others.

One of her comics shows different ways of     43     love. In her comics, an American girl tells her mother directly that she loves her over the phone; the girl Tiny Eyes expresses her love     44     asking her beloved ones about their health and buying nice things to make their life more comfortable.     45     difference between the Chinese and Westerners is about hot water. French restaurants always serve sparkling water (苏打水) before the meal; in the US, restaurants serve iced water; while in China, people drink hot water a lot.

阅读下面的短文，并根据短文后的要求答题。(请注意问题后的字数要求)

[1] Chinese paper cutting is an art of cutting out pictures from paper ① ________ the help of a pair of scissors or a knife. In 2009, the Chinese paper cutting was added to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

[2] Paper cutting originated (起源) in China, which has been around for over 1,500 years. But long before that, when paper wasn’t invented, Chinese people already used similar skills to make cutouts on leaves, leather and silk. It reached the top during the Qing Dynasty (1636-1912). From the common people to royal families (王室), paper cuttings became popular among them.

[3] Chinese paper cutting artworks can be about anything, from natural plants and animals to historical events and fairy tale characters. Although other art forms, like painting, can show them, paper cutting still stands out for its beauty-exacting lines and creative patterns (图案) ②________ are all hand-made.

[4]学起来容易但是完美地做这件事却非常困难。To make the 3D pictures come out from the paper, one must use the imagination and practice drawing skills.

[5] Paper cutting was invented for decoration (装饰) from the beginning. People also find hope and comfort in showing wishes with paper cutting artworks. For example: in celebration of the Spring Festival, cutouts of the Chinese character "Fu" will be put on ③________, walls and doors for good luck; for a wedding ceremony, a big red paper character "Xi" (Happiness) is a traditional must on the door; at the birthday party of the old, the character "Shou", meaning longevity (长寿), will add joy to the whole celebration.

46. What tools do we usually need to make paper cutting artworks? (No more than 7 words)
________________
47. When did paper cutting originate in China? (No more than 5 words)
________________
48. How can we make paper cutting artworks perfectly? (No more than 12 words)
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49. Fill in each blank in the passage with a proper word.
① ________ ②________ ③________
50. Translate the underlined sentence in the fourth paragraph into English.
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51. What are the main purposes for Chinese paper cutting artworks? (No more than 10 words)
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52. 假设你是张明。你的好朋友李磊上周给你写了一封信，信中和你分享了他上周科学课后对于人工智能AI ( artificial intelligence) 的一些观点，并表述了他对于人工智能即将代替人类的担忧。请以此为背景，根据写作提示写一封回信。

写作提示：
1.建议李磊不要过分忧虑；
2.在信中阐述人工智能的优点 (参考下表)：

人工智能的优点	可以代替人类从事危险工作，从而保证人类安全
	可以代替人类进行单调重复的工作，从而从繁重工作中解放 (free v.) 自己，有时间去做一些感兴趣的事情
	在我国科技领域扮演着重要角色，这就是政府更加关注的原因
	……

3.在信尾总结你对人工智能的看法。
写作要求：
1.要点齐全，不要逐句翻译，可适当发挥；语句通顺，书写规范；
2.100词左右，开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；
3.文中不得出现考生真实姓名和校名。
Dear Li Lei

I’m glad to receive your letter and get a chance to discuss artificial intelligence with you.

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Yours sincerely,

Zhang Ming