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Open an app, place your order, and wait for your food to be delivered(递送) to your home—this is how many people eat in China these days. According to the latest data(数据) from the China Internet Network Information Center, 421 million Chinese people use online food delivery services. That’s equal to half of the total number of internet users in China.

Which group of people is ordering food online the most? Unsurprisingly, it’s mainly young people. A recent report that was jointly(联合) published by the China Hospitality Association and Meituan, a food delivery service, showed that 86.3 percent of the service’s users are between 20 and 34 years old. These people, who are more likely to live in small families, are the major force driving the development of the food delivery industry(行业).

Small families depend greatly on food delivery services. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, Chinese families have changed in size over the past decade. In 2002, only 7.7 percent of families were single-person households. But this number increased to 15.6 percent in 2017. The percentage of two-person families rose from 18.4 in 2002 to 27.2 in 2017. For small families, cooking is relatively(相对) more time-consuming and resource-consuming(耗时耗材), so ordering food online has become more popular. The improvement of China’s food delivery services has also attracted more customers. According to Meituan’s report, the average time it takes to make a food delivery dropped from 38 minutes in 2016 to 29 minutes in 2022. Many delivery platforms(平台) are also offering more services, delivering products such as fruit, vegetables, medicine and flowers. As its services continue to improve, it’s likely that the food delivery industry will keep growing. When do people order food online? Look at the bar graph on the right.

1. How many internet users are there in China?

A．210.5 million.

B．421 million.

C．631.5 million.

D．842 million.

2. People in which age group use food delivery services the most in China?

A．People who are younger than 20 years old.	B．People who are between 20 and 34 years old.
C．People who are between 10 and 34 years old.	D．People who are older than 30 years old.

3. According to the last paragraph and the bar graph, which of the following is NOT true?

A．People order their lunch online most often.	B．It takes less time to get a food delivery in 2022.
C．We can buy potatoes, pears and sunflowers from the delivery platforms.	D．The services on the delivery platforms are the best now.

4. According to the passage, ________.

A．most Chinese people don’t cook at home	B．food delivery industry will be better
C．57.2 percent of Chinese families have less than three people in 2017	D．the delicious food has also attracted more customers

5. What is the story mainly about?

A．Young people’s eating habits.

B．A food ordering app.

C．The food delivery industry.

D．Single-person families.

【推荐3】Your house may have an effect on your shape of your body. Experts say the way you design(设计) your home could play a role in whether you put on the pounds or keep them off. You can make your environment work for you instead of against you. Here are some ways to change your home into part of your diet plan.

Open the curtains(窗帘) and turn up the lights. Dark environments are more likely to encourage overeating, for people are often less awkward when they’re in poorly lit places—and so more likely to eat lots of food. If your home doesn't have enough window light, get more lights and flood the place with brightness.

Mind the colors. Research suggests warm colors make us eat more. In one study, people who ate meals in a blue room consumed(消化) 33 percent less than those in a yellow or red room. Warm colors like yellow make food appear more appetizing, while cold colors make us feel less hungry. So when it's time to repaint, go blue.

Don't forget the clock—or the radio. People who eat slowly seem to consume about 70 fewer calories(卡路里) per meal than those who rush through their meals. Begin paying attention to the time, and try to make dinner last at least 30 minutes. And while you're at it, actually sit down to eat. If you need some help slowing down, turn on relaxing music. It makes you less likely to rush through a meal.

Downsize the dishes. Big serving bowls and plates can easily make us fat. We eat about 22 percent more when using a 12-inch plate instead of a 10-inch plate. When we choose a large spoon over a smaller one, total intake(摄取量) jumps by 14 percent. And we’ll pour about 30 percent more liquid(液体) into a short, wide glass than a tall, skinny glass.

1. The passage is especially helpful for those who care about _______.

A．house buying	B．their body shape
C．healthy diets	D．their home comforts

2. A home environment in blue can help people _______ .

A．take in food better	B．burn more calories
C．reduce food intaken	D．feel less awkward

3. The underlined word “appetizing” probably means _______ in the passage.

A．精致的

B．恶心的

C．饱腹的

D．开胃的

4. People are advised to _______ at mealtimes.

A．eat quickly	B．play fast music.
C．use smaller spoons	D．turn down the lights

5. The best title for the passage is _______.

A．Ways of Serving Dinner	B．Is Your House Making You Fat?.
C．Effects of Self-awareness	D．Is Your Home Environment Relaxing?

【推荐1】配对阅读 左栏是关于五个人对家电用品需求的描述，右栏是七种家电用品功能的介绍。请根据每个人的需求，在右栏为他们每个人选择最适合的家电用品。

1    Bob is often late for school because he always gets up late. This makes his teacher mad. He needs to buy something to wake him up in the morning.     2     Tim likes listening to music when he is free. And he has to send e-mails to his customers every day. He wants to buy something that can help him.     3     Summer has come. Tony is fat and he can’t sleep well on such hot days. This troubles him a lot. He’d like to buy something to make him feel cool.     4    Alice often washes her hair late at night. It is often wet. when she goes to bed. She is going to buy something that can dry her hair in a short time.     5    Susan is a housewife. She has to do the washing for her family every day. She gets tired of it. She is in need of a product to do it for her.

A. This electric product can make you cool during the hot days. It can help you change the temperature and control the humidity (湿度) of your room. B. You can do many things with this product, such as sending e-mails, playing games, getting online and so on. You can also listen to music with it when you want to relax. C. This electric product is useful to all of us. People often have one at home. It is often put up on the wall. If you want to know the time, just take a look at it. D. This can help you wash your dirty clothes and dry them. What you need to do is to turn it on and later hang the clothes on the line. With this electric product, life will be a lot easier for you. E. Each family needs this product. You can use it to store meat, vegetables, fruit, drinks and medicine. It can keep them cool and fresh, so that they will not go bad easily on hot days. F. It is a very useful product which tells you the time. It can wake you up with a piece of music any time you want, but you have to set the time first. G. When you wash your hair, you need this product. It can make your wet hair dry in a minute. It can also be used for drying your wet clothes or some other wet things.

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In 1987 a small company named Huawei was started in Shenzhen. After more than 30 years of development, the company has now beaten Apple and become the world’s second largest maker of smartphones. It has also become the world’s supplier (供应者) of 5G. In China and even in the world, Huawei is a wonder. Although it started producing mobile phones not many years ago, it has become one of the most famous phone companies.

But recently, Huawei faces some difficulties. The US government made a law to stop its sales in America. American officials said Huawei gave information that it collected to the Chinese government. At the same time, the US government planned to stop selling parts and services to Huawei. They believed that Huawei’s business would be hurt this way.

“We have never received such a request from the Chinese government and we have never tried to get into other systems to collect information,” Ren Zhengfei, Huawei’s president said. “The law would have little effect on our company. Huawei has enough ability to deal with the problems,” Ren added.

In an interview several years ago, Ren Zhengfei said, “I started Huawei with only £4000 at the beginning, but now it has become a 100 billion company. The experience was not as romantic as you imagine.”

Facing the law of the US, Huawei is growing. Huawei’s smartphone sales around the world rose 50 percent compared with a year earlier in the first three months of 2019. At the same time, sales from both Samsung and Apple fell. So far Huawei has grown into the world’s largest telecommunication equipment supplier (供应商), selling in 170 countries. It may beat Samsung as the largest smartphone maker in the near future.

1. How many kinds of smartphones are mentioned in total in this passage?

A．One.

B．Two.

C．Three.

D．Four.

2. Which of the following sentences is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Huawei collected the information for the Chinese government.

B．Ren Zhengfei started Huawei with only £4000 in 1987.

C．Huawei has beaten Samsung, a South-Korea phone maker so far.

D．Huawei has developed its business smoothly.

3. What does the underlined word “romantic” in Paragraph 4 mean in Chinese?

A．浪漫的

B．现实的

C．成功的

D．麻烦的

4. The last paragraph mainly tells us ________.

A．Huawei has become one of the most famous phone companies.

B．Huawei has become the largest maker of smartphones in the world.

C．Huawei has got into some systems of the US.

D．Huawei is full of hope and must succeed in the future.

【推荐3】What will the car be like in the future? Maybe we can sit in a car that can drive itself.
About 40 years ago, scientists from the United States started to develop self-driving cars (无人驾驶汽车). The most famous recent one was made by Google in 2009. There are cameras and radars (雷达) on the top of the car. They allow the computer in the car to draw a 3D map of the environment. Chinese scientists have also successfully developed a self-driving car. The car made a trip from Changsha to Wuhan.
Is a self-driving car safe? A recent study shows that robots make safer drivers than humans. If only 10% of cars on the street are self-driving, they will save 1,000 lives (生命) every year. If 90% of vehicles (交通工具) are self-driving, 21,700 lives will be saved a year. However, a self-driving car is expensive and each costs about $100,000. So it is impossible to be very popular in the near future.
根据短文内容，判断下列句子正误。正确的用“A”表示，不正确的用“B”表示。
1. American scientists started to develop self-driving cars in 2009.
2. Cameras and computers are on the top of the self-driving car by Google.
3. In China, scientists have successfully developed a self-driving car.
4. The more self-driving cars there are on the street, the fewer traffic deaths there will be.
5. The self-driving cars will be very popular in the near future.