A total of 3.41 million people were expected to take part in China’s 2020 national entrance exam for postgraduate(研究生) studies, 510,000 more than last year, the Department of Education said.
That’s a rise of 17.5 percent, and with a record 8.74 million university students expected to graduate next year, a survey by education website found that growing competition in the job market was the primary reason for the increase. When asked whether postgraduate study would help them find a job, 57 percent of exam applicants said they believed it could make them more competitive in the job market, 42 percent said it would be somewhat helpful, and only 1 percent did not expect it to improve their chances. When asked why they wanted to get a master’s degree, 61 percent of respondents said it would improve their competitiveness in the job market, 53 percent said they wanted to get a higher degree, 25 percent said they did not like their undergraduate majors（本科专业）, and 25 percent said they wanted to wait for a few years before entering the job market.
Zhang Sijia, 22, a senior majoring in accounting at the University of Science and Technology Beijing, says she wants to study finance at Central University of Finance and Economics, also in Beijing. “It’s impossible that I cannot find a job if I enter the job market now, yet I think a master’s degree in finance will give me better opportunities to find a high-paying job,” she said. Many jobs have higher academic requirements nowadays. “Almost half my classmates have signed up for the exam, as getting higher degrees has become necessary if you want to find a better job,” Zhang said.
However, the report said students would find it harder to enter for postgraduate studies.
1. How many students took part in China’s 2019 national entrance exam for postgraduate studies?| A．2.9 million | B．3.41million | C．0.51million | D．3.92 million |
① Postgraduate studies may help them find a well-paid job.
② Some of them don’t want to enter the job market immediately.
③ More than half of them don’t like their undergraduate majors.
④ Nowadays many jobs require higher academic studies.
| A．①②③ | B．①②④ | C．②③④ | D．①③④ |
| A．she wants to take part in the exam with her classmates |
| B．she wants to study at the University of Science and Technology |
| C．she can’t find a job without a master’s degree |
| D．she can find better work opportunities with a master’s degree |
| A．more and more students will become postgraduates |
| B．more and more students will not find jobs |
| C．it’s harder to pass the entrance exam for postgraduate studies |
| D．it’s easier to pass the entrance exam for postgraduate studies |
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【推荐1】Do you know how to cook, clean or grow plants? From this term, the students in my school start to have labor education (劳动教育) to learn these skills (技能). How do students feel about this new subject? Let’s have a look.
| Tan Yuxi, 12, Class 11 Grade 7 At school, I learned how to cook egg noodles. I think cooking is fun. We’re very happy when we cook delicious food. We can also live better if we have these skills. |
| Yu Rui, 13, Class 3 Grade 8 Our school teaches students to grow plants such as corn (玉米), tomatoes, cabbages and so on. It’s not easy because they have different needs. For example, Chinese cabbages need more water and we need to clear away the grass (草) for the corn. But we think that labor education is very interesting and relaxing. |
| A．Grow plants. | B．Feed chickens. | C．Cook egg noodles. |
| A．the subject easy | B．teachers tired | C．students relaxed |
【推荐2】Teens will finally grow up some day, leaving their parents and facing the challenges in life alone, so they should learn basic life skills and form good working habits.
The government has been trying to pay attention to the importance of hardworking spirit education (劳动教育). But this has been overlooked in recent years. Many teens do not value the importance of working hard. There is a teenager girl named Nancy, she never helps out around the house. Once her mother was on vacation for a week, leaving her alone at home. When her mother came home from vacation, she could not find a clean dish or a clean shirt.
Schools play an important role in teaching students about the value of working hard. Primary and middle schools should provide students with hardworking spirit courses every week. To our joy, some schools have provided each class with a piece of field to plant their favorite vegetables. For example, No.38 Middle School in Hefei, set up a 500-square-meter farm on an open platform (露天平台) of their teaching building. Each class are asked to grow and pick vegetables there.
Parents should also encourage children to learn how to do chores at home. Teens should master one or two life skills every year. These skills can include cooking, washing their own clothes and tiding their rooms. The basic skills may help teens to solve the problems they will meet in the future.
1. What does the underlined word “overlooked” mean in Chinese?| A．强调 | B．忽视 | C．珍惜 | D．蔑视 |
| A．Nancy is too busy to help with chores at home. |
| B．Many teens do not value the importance of working hard. |
| C．Nancy’s parents don’t want her to help with chores at home. |
| D．Many teens are unhappy when their parents are away from home. |
| A．Playing computer games. | B．Washing clothes. |
| C．Cooking. | D．Cleaning. |
| A．Students are supposed to learn some necessary life skills. |
| B．Schools should teach students the value of working hard. |
| C．Parents should encourage their children to do chores at home. |
| D．The government never pays attention to education on the hardworking spirit. |
| A．Self-study. | B．School education. |
| C．Family education. | D．Education on the hardworking spirit. |
| Although students are busy studying, it is important to remember another area of study life skills, such as washing clothes and growing vegetables. They are useful in our daily life. Here are some opinions about life skills education. | |||
 | Mrs. Blair |  | Li Ping |
| Children need to learn most of the life skills at school. As parents, we can help them take part in activities around the house and in the neighborhood. | We have life skills classes at school. They’re quite useful. They help prepare for everyday real-life situations, from washing dishes to preparing a meal. These classes give us knowledge we need to live on our own. | ||
 | Kevin |  | Mary |
| I’m not sure whether it is necessary because I haven’t tried life skills classes yet. In my school, many students pay no attention to learning life skills. They don’t think it will improve their chances of getting into college. | Having life skills classes at school is important. Besides, there are other ways for us to learn life skills. We can watch videos on the Internet. We can also learn from our parents and take part in the activities with them. | ||
1. According to Li Ping, what can we get from life skills education?
| A．Knowledge for college. |
| B．Chances to help our neighbors. |
| C．Knowledge for living alone. |
| A．Mrs. Blair, Li Ping and Kevin. |
| B．Mrs. Blair, Kevin and Mary. |
| C．Mrs. Blair, Li Ping and Mary. |
| A．Mary thinks we have many different ways to learn life skills. |
| B．Mrs. Blair thinks children need to learn life skills by themselves. |
| C．Kevin thinks learning life skills is helpless for attending college. |
【推荐1】It may seem easy to say that plants and animals are different. Any child can tell the difference between a tree and a dog. But those differences are far deeper then just what they look like. The cells (细胞) that plants are made up of are different. In other words, the cell wall of plants has something special.
First of all, it’s important to find that not all plant cells have a cell wall. Besides, there are many differences of a cell wall based on the kinds of plant. The following is meant to be what a plant cell wall is like.
The cell wall of a plant is on the our side of the cell membrane (膜). It is usually hard and cannot be bent easily, but the degree of flexibility (韧性) of the cell wall is different. It is based on the special use that the cell has in keeping the plant alive. Cells that make up the trunk of a tree are clearly less flexible than cells on a leaf.
Cell walls act in many ways. They serve to protect the plant. They provide support, as well as help in the movement of chemicals and wastes into and out of the cell. More importantly, they control the water that goes in and out. Plants must have good water controlling systems (系统), allowing them to keep water during dry seasons, and get rid of unnecessary water. Plants can’t walk around to find water, so being able to control water is very important.
So there you have it — what a plant cell wall is. Of course, there are many other things that are not talked about here. Knowing more about plant cell walls requires further study and research.
1. The best title of the passage can be .
| A．Different Plants | B．Different Animals |
| C．The Plant Cell Wall | D．The Uses of Cells |
| A．all plants have a cell wall |
| B．plant cells and animal cells are the same |
| C．different kinds of plant have different cell walls |
| D．there are no differences between the cells of a tree and a dog |
| A．shape-changed | B．water-kept |
| C．sun-burnt | D．skin- broken |
| A．as flexible as | B．not so flexible as |
| C．more important than | D．less important than |
| A．to protect the plant. |
| B．To provide support. |
| C．To move chemicals and wastes. |
| D．To control the water. |
Joe If I have five million, I will use the money to do everything I like. First, I will use two million to open my own shop. And I will use another two million to buy some new houses. In the future, the houses which I buy will become more expensive, and I will sell them to other people. Finally, I will use one million to buy some presents for my family and my best friends.
Anna If I have five million, I will put three million in the bank and spend two million. I will visit Paris, London and New York. I will eat delicious food, play games, and build a house with a swimming pool.
Jack I will buy an island if I have five million. Then I will be the king of the island. I will invite my friends to my island.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1. Who will do business if he / she gets five million?
| A．Sally. | B．Jack. | C．Anna. | D．We don’t know. |
| A．Do business. | B．Open a shop. |
| C．Buy an island. | D．Put three million in the bank and spend two million. |
| A．He will buy some new houses. |
| B．He will open his own shop. |
| C．He will buy some presents for his family and his best friends. |
| D．He will build a house. |
| A．China and Japan. | B．London, Paris and New York. |
| C．London, Paris and Belgium. | D．Angola, Cuba and India. |
| A．If one loses money, what will he / she do? |
| B．If one borrows five million, what will he / she do? |
| C．If one gets five million, what will he / she do? |
| D．If one builds a big house |
【推荐3】 Tea bag drinking is most Westerner’s favorite way of drinking tea. Do you know how it came about?
The tea bag was invented in 1980 by Thomas Sullivan, an American tea seller. He was sending out free tea in silk bags for people to try. People put the bags together with the tea leaves into the cup and added hot water. The tea tasted good, and people thought it was easy to clean the cup. They were not happy when Sullivan started sending them loose(散的) tea again.
Sullivan realized that he had a hot new thing in his hands, and he built a machine to pack the bags. As tea bags became popular, they were changed from silk to gauze(薄纱) and later paper. In 1952, Lipton Tea made the tea bag even more popular with its invention of the four-sided tea bag. Tea bags were soon a hit in the UK, and today 85% of the tea in the UK is packed in paper bags.
However, many people still prefer loose-leaf tea. This is because some tea companies put not very good tea in their tea bags. But for most drinkers, tea bags are still the easy, tasty way to go.
1. Who invented tea bag?| A．An English tea seller. | B．The Chinese. | C．Lipton. | D．Thomas Sullivan. |
| A．the tea in bags was free and very good |
| B．the tea tasted good and the cups was easy to wash |
| C．people were happy with the loose tea |
| D．people didn’t know any better way to enjoy the tea |
| A．Tea bags soon became popular |
| B．Tea bags surprised everyone very much |
| C．Tea bags kicked（踢）the loose-leaf out of the market |
| D．Tea bags weren’t allowed to be sold |
| A．The invention of tea | B．The way of drinking tea |
| C．The history of tea bags | D．People’s favorite tea in the world |
