1 . A group of wild Asian elephants have traveled more than 500km across China over the last 15 months. Being famous at their home, they have received a lot of global (全球的) attention as well.
Some international media (国际媒体), including AP, CNN, BBC and the Guardian have followed the 15 northward-moving elephants. AP called them “international stars”, while some media have described them as “smart” and “adventurous (有冒险精神的)”. The New York Times even made an interesting guess about the reasons why they left their home in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan: “Maybe they’re looking for better food. Maybe they’ve gotten lost. Maybe they’re just having a good time.”
YouTube is full of videos of the elephants. The videos show us that the elephants lean close to (依偎) each other. One of them also shows that older elephants help stop two little elephants from falling into a hole. It is particularly popular.
The world has seen China’s efforts (努力) to protect the wild elephants. For over a month, China’s government has sent police to protect the elephants, cleared roads to help them pass, and used food to lead them to safe places. The attitude (态度) of Chinese people toward the elephants is not only fascinating, but also offers key lessons to Africa. Chinese people treat the wild animals with respect.
1. Which media isn’t mentioned in the 2nd passage?| A．AP. | B．CNN. | C．BBC. | D．RT. |
| A．Maybe they’re looking for somewhere warm. |
| B．Maybe they’re looking for better food. |
| C．Maybe they’ve gotten lost. |
| D．Maybe they’re just having a good time. |
| A．Completely. | B．Exactly. | C．Especially. | D．Politely. |
| A．The government has paid a lot for the wild elephants. |
| B．China is trying its best to protect the wild elephants. |
| C．Chinese have taken many photos for the wild elephants. |
| D．The government has known clearly why the elephants go out. |
| A．A film about elephants |
| B．The fight between humans and elephants |
| C．How to protect elephants |
| D．Global attention about a group of elephants |
2 . Teens are really good at ignoring (忽视) their parents’ messages, which is why Nick Herbert, a father from London, created an App called ReplyASAP.
Nick came up with the idea for ReplyASAP after realizing that simply giving his son a mobile phone didn’t make getting in touch with him easier. He wasn’t answering Nick’s messages as fast as Nick had expected. It was driving the father crazy, so he set out to create a messaging App that would make reaching kids easier for parents. It took eight months and a lot of money to complete the project. But Nick thinks ReplyASAP could become popular, as it is likely to give parents some peace of mind.
ReplyASAP is designed with parents in mind. It lets them know if their child has seen their messages, or if their phone is turned off. However, most importantly, it makes it impossible for kids to ignore messages. When they receive a text from their parents, the App basically locks their phone, taking over the home screen and sounding an alarm until the message is answered.
It seems that ReplyASAP will become teenagers’ biggest nightmare (噩梦), by making it impossible to ignore their parents. Nick agrees that it’s a possibility, but adds that his App shouldn’t be parents’ most important way of communicating with their children.
RcplyASAP is free to download, but offers different plans, depending on how many people you are planning to get in touch with. It works only on Android now. But Nick wants to make ReplyASAP available on the Apple Store as soon as possible.
1. Why did Nick want to create ReplyASAP?| A．Because his son didn’t have a mobile phone. | B．Because he wanted to get in touch with his son easier. |
| C．Because he wanted to be famous. | D．Because his wife asked him to do so. |
| A．4 months. | B．8 months. | C．4 years. | D．8 years. |
| A．A phone. | B．A computer. | C．Peace. | D．ReplyASAP. |
| A．His son didn’t need a mobile phone. | B．All the teenagers liked his App. |
| C．Many parents would like his App. | D．His App will work only on Android forever. |
We know fruits and vegetables are healthy foods. They are good for us and don’t make us fat. Doctors and parents want us to have fruits and vegetables for breakfast, lunch and dinner. But after eating some fruits and vegetables too much, our skin (皮肤) can get yellow.
Some fruits and vegetables have carotene (胡萝卜素). After eating too many fruits and vegetables with carotene, we may have hypercarotenaemia (柑皮症) and our skin will get yellow. We don’t need to go to see a doctor after having hypercarotenaemia. If we don’t have fruits or vegetables with carotene for about four weeks, our skin can be OK.
Carrots, tomatoes and oranges are some of these fruits and vegetables. So don’t eat too many carrots, tomatoes or oranges. Doctors say we can only have two or three oranges a day, and it’s good to have them after lunch and dinner.
1. What do doctors and parents want us to do?| A．To have fruits for breakfast only. |
| B．To eat too many vegetables. |
| C．To have healthy food. |
| D．To have fruits and vegetables to be fat. |
| A．Not eat fruits or vegetables for a week. |
| B．Ask doctors and our parents for help. |
| C．Not eat any fruits or vegetables. |
| D．Not eat fruits or vegetables with carotene for about four weeks. |
| A．Oranges. | B．Pears. |
| C．Apples. | D．Strawberries. |
| A．Healthy food is not always good for us. |
| B．Don’t eat too much food with carotene. |
| C．Too many fruits and vegetables aren’t good for us. |
| D．We need to eat right fruits and vegetables. |
4 . Under the dark water of New York Bay (海湾), there is a small family of flying fish. Kevin, the young son of the family, dreams of going to Barbados (巴巴多斯). It is a small country and has clear water. It’s the home of flying fish.
But Kevin’s father asks him to give up his dream because it’s really hard to get to Barbados. Kevin wants to do something different. He swims out to the open sea by himself. Sadly, fishing ships catch him. They take Kevin to a Chinese restaurant in Chinatown. There, Kevin meets the owner’s son Xiao Bao. The boy wants to be a great explorer (探险家), but his father wants him to be a cook. The two quickly become friends and Xiao Bao decides to help Kevin leave the restaurant.
How will Kevin make his way back home to his family and to the sea he loves? Find out in the movie Back to the Sea. It’s a great movie for the whole family.
1. Who is Xiao Bao?| A．A small fish. | B．A little boy. | C．The owner of the restaurant. | D．A cook. |
| A．Shy. | B．Kind. | C．Quiet. | D．Hard-working. |
| A．Kevin is the young son of the family. |
| B．Xiao Bao wants to do something exciting. |
| C．Kevin’s father helps him make his dream come true. |
| D．Xiao Bao and Kevin become friends because they both have dreams. |
5 . Last week, I asked my students what the future would be like. Let’s look at some answers.
 Tom | In the future, I will have many robots at home. They can be helpful in many ways, like cleaning the house, cooking dinners and playing with me like human friends. |
 Kate | The teacher asked us an interesting question last Wednesday. I think in the future people will go to work by plane because it is more convenient. |
 Frank | I think there will be no need for students to go to school in the future. They can stay at home and learn things from the teachers on the computers. I usually use my computer to find information online. |
1. The teacher asked the students the question ________.
| A．last Monday | B．last Tuesday | C．last Wednesday | D．last Thursday |
| A．clean the house | B．make dinners | C．play with him | D．make money |
| A．By plane. | B．By car. | C．By bike. | D．By bus. |
| A．There will be more students. |
| B．There will be fewer teachers. |
| C．Students will have more homework. |
| D．Students will spend more time on computers. |
6 . As we all know, normal high schools are mainly divided into two kinds: high middle school and vocational high school (职业高中). In the near future, more professional workers are needed. In terms of the policy, our government has done a lot to promote the development of vocational high school in recent years. According to the survey in the early 2010s, the number of vocational high school are getting bigger and bigger. The following shows the results in 2020:
The Number of High School in Big Cities
1. Zhengzhou has ________ vocational high school.| A．84 | B．99 | C．77 | D．110 |
| A．Beijing and Xi’an. | B．Guangzhou and Wuhan. |
| C．Wuhan and Shanghai. | D．Beijing and Zhengzhou. |
| A．Beijing has less vocational high school than Shanghai. |
| B．Students in Guangzhou can’t go to vocational high school at all. |
| C．Zhengzhou has the third largest number of vocational high school. |
| D．Xi’an has the most high schools. |
| A．Did the writer try to teach us skills on forms? |
| B．Did the writer help us understand ideas? |
| C．Did the writer want to show us some recent conditions? |
| D．Did the writer asked us to attend a kind of school? |
7 . Being a teenager can be hard, for you have to face a lot of difficult problems. Perhaps you’re dealing with higher expectations and the process of finding your place in the world. But that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy the teen years. There are many things you can do to make a huge difference!
Understand that there is not a single way to enjoy your teen years. Everyone is different in their teen years. Some teens prefer to spend time with friends, while others prefer to study and work; some prefer to be quiet, while others are loud. Saying that there’s only one way to enjoy your teen years is wrong.
Develop your sense of self, focusing more on your own thoughts. For lots of people, the teen years are full of worries. Stop paying so much attention to them as many of them are based on what other people think instead of what you think. Go ahead and do what you want without taking others’ opinions seriously.
Work on your value. What you achieve in your teen years may decide chances in your adulthood, so offer some time to study and do your best. There are lots of things you don’t know how to address. Learn how to choose and improve your studying skills. It may not seem enjoyable, but it’s helpful later on in life.
Keep good relations with your family as much as possible. Family is one of the most important connections in your life. Family members, especially parents, probably worry about you during your teen years. You see them every day—why not make it nice to spend time with them?
1. Why is it necessary to help teens?| A．Because they are in need of high expectations. |
| B．Because they may lose themselves in this world. |
| C．Because they have many problems to face. |
| D．Because they are too weak to deal with lots of difficulties. |
| A．Spend more time with friends. | B．Consider others’ thoughts seriously. |
| C．Keep good relations with others. | D．Develop your sense of self. |
| A．Look for. | B．Deal with. | C．Talk about. | D．Learn from. |
| A．Family relationship. | B．The lack of life experience. |
| C．The decision among teen years. | D．Balance between study and play. |
| A．How to Make a Difference to the World? | B．How to Enjoy Being a Teenager? |
| C．How to Solve Difficult Problems? | D．How to Get Along with Teenagers? |
8 . I love breakfast. It’s my favorite meal of the day! I think it is important to eat a big breakfast because I can have enough energy (能量) for the day.
I live in England with other young people from all over Europe (欧洲). I feel that breakfast habits vary a lot. I know that different countries have different food.
As English, I eat bread for breakfast, but Italians just want to eat chocolate chip biscuits (饼干) and drink coffee. I think they are crazy (疯狂). Later, I eat some biscuits, and I think they are very delicious. And I also liked the French habit of drinking hot chocolate with their breakfast. The Germans give me ham and cheese (火腿和奶酪) to eat with my bread!
At last, we find that we like bread and chocolate, so we eat them every morning.
1. From the first paragraph we can know ________.| A．the writer only eats breakfast | B．the writer has enough energy for the day |
| C．the writer doesn’t think breakfast is important | D．the writer cooks breakfast for other people |
| A．强体魄 | B．学传统 | C．吃美味 | D．有差异 |
| A．Two. | B．Three. | C．Four. | D．Five. |
| A．Because they don’t eat meals. |
| B．Because they want to eat the writer’s food. |
| C．Because they just want to eat chocolate chip biscuits and drink coffee for breakfast. |
| D．Because the writer eats bread and chocolate every morning. |
| A．Different Breakfast Habits | B．Young People from Europe |
| C．Ham and Cheese | D．My Favorite Meal |
9 . The Chihuahuan Desert in West Texas is larger than any other desert in North America. There winters are cool and summers are very very hot. This area is also home to a mysterious phenomenon (神秘现象) called the Marfa Lights.
The Marfa Lights are bright lights that appear in the night sky all of a sudden and then fly to faraway places and disappear. They are about the size of basketballs and are often described as white, blue, yellow, red or other colors. The lights sometimes even get close to people’s houses. One woman who lived on a farm told the story of what she experienced one night. She was in bed and suddenly she saw the lights shining through her bedroom window. She watched them change color for a few minutes. Finally, they went away. Pilots who used to train in the desert in the 1940s also reported that they once saw these mysterious lights.
What causes this phenomenon? People have different opinions on this. A popular interpretation is the lights might have something to do with headlights from cars on the road nearby. Scientific research also suggests that some of the lights are caused by the refraction (折射) of light between layers (层) of air that have different temperatures. However, not all of them can be explained so easily.
Anyway, people will continue to study the lights to find out where they come from. No matter what these lights really are, they are as mysterious today as when they first appeared. But it is certain that the mystery behind them will ever be solved one day.
1. The first paragraph tells us about the ________ of the Marfa Lights.| A．color | B．size | C．speed | D．place |
| A．They move slowly. |
| B．They only have three colors. |
| C．They appear in the late afternoon. |
| D．They are about the size of basketballs. |
| A．she was driving a plane |
| B．she was in her bedroom |
| C．she was making a report |
| D．she closed her eyes immediately |
| A．explanation | B．rule | C．excuse | D．introduction |
| A．Different opinions on the Marfa Lights. |
| B．The Marfa Lights come from cars on the road nearby. |
| C．The Marfa Lights are caused by the refraction. |
| D．Nobody can explain the cause of the Marfa Lights. |
10 . The world is a much smaller place now. A person can fly from New York at lunchtime and arrive in London in time for dinner. People like to enjoy local food when they are in different countries. The following will help you avoid making mistakes while dining around the world.
FRANCE
◆Keep your hands above the table. Do not rest them on your lap.
◆It is OK to use bread to soak up sauce (吸收酱汁).
◆If you haven’t finished eating, cross your knife and fork on your plate with the fork over the knife.
◆Finish everything on your plate. Leave your wine glass nearly full if you do not want more.
◆JAPAN
◆Drink directly from a soup bowl as spoons are uncommon.
◆Do not cross your chopsticks or stick them into a bowl of rice.
◆Make a loud noise while eating to show that you like the food.
◆Do not pass food using chopsticks, which takes place at funerals (葬礼) only.
◆ITALY
◆Always follow the lead of the host.
◆An honored guest should make a toast (祝酒) later in the meal.
◆The host is the first to sit, eat, give a toast and get up at the end of the meal.
◆It’s very impolite to put extra (额外的) cheese on top of your pizza, and worse still to add it to seafood.
1. It’s impolite to ________ in France.| A．put your hands on the lap |
| B．soak up sauce with bread |
| C．cross your knife and fork |
| D．eat up your food |
| A．drink soup with a spoon |
| B．cross your chopsticks |
| C．make a noise while eating |
| D．pass food with chopsticks at table |
| A．Passing food. |
| B．Making a toast. |
| C．Leaving your wine glass full. |
| D．Adding extra cheese to your pizza. |
| A．Tips on flying around the world. |
| B．Table manners in different countries. |
| C．Where to find delicious food in some countries. |
| D．How to avoid mistakes while cooking food. |
