1 . The 24th Beijing Winter Olympics will begin on 4th February, 2022. The Winter Paralympics(残奥会) will begin a month later. Let’s meet the mascots!
I’m Bing Dwen Dwen. I’m the mascot(吉祥物) of the 2022 Winter Olympics. I am a black and white panda wearing a full-body ”shell” made of ice. The red heart shape in my left palm(手心) means welcoming the friends from other countries. The bright colors of the circles around my face stand for ice and snow sports tracks, meaning connectivity and advanced technologies. I look like an astronaut, making full use of new technologies for a future with all kinds of possibilities.
Shuey Rhon Rhon is here! I’m the mascot of the 2022 Winter Paralympics. What do you think of when you see me? Does a red lantern come into your mind? That’s what I look like. Take a look at my head. There are paper cuttings of doves(鸽子). They make up a circle. Follow me. I’ll light the way to the Paralympics.
1. When will the 2022 Winter Paralympics start?| A．On 4th March, 2022. | B．On 4th January, 2022. |
| C．On 4th February, 2022. | D．On 4th February, 2023. |
| A．A child. | B．A lantern. | C．An astronaut. | D．A sports track. |
| A．It’s on Shuey Rhon Rhon’s face. | B．It’s on Bing Dwen Dwen’s neck. |
| C．It’s on Shuey Rhon Rhon’s lantern. | D．It’s on Bing Dwen Dwen’s left palm. |
| A．Paper cuttings of pandas. | B．Paper cuttings of doves. |
| C．Bright colors of the circles. | D．Chinese characters of Olympics. |
| A．The 2022 Winter Olympic Games are coming. |
| B．The 2022 Winter Olympic Games will be held, in Beijing. |
| C．Chinese culture will be used in 2022 Winter Olympic Games. |
| D．Let’s see mascots of the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. |
2 . Animals
Corona viruses are common in animals. Sometimes, animals get infected (感染的) with these viruses which may then spread to human beings. To protect yourself, you should not visit live animal markets or have direct contact with wild animals. Stay away from raw meat, animal organs and other undercooked animal products.
When an infectious pet was found in Hong Kong, some may wonder if one can get virus from their pets. Until today, there is no evidence that a dog, cat or any pet can transmit (传播) COVID-19. Please do not kill or give up pets!
Touching surface with virus
Studies suggest that COVID-19 virus may stay on surfaces for a few hours or up to several days. However, the number may change under different conditions such as type of surface, temperature or the environment.
If you think a surface may be infected, clean it with ethyl alcohol (酒精). After touching it, clean your hands with alcohol or wash them with soap and water. Avoid touching your eyes, mouth, or nose.
Package (包裹)
Before delivering to your home, a package has been moved, travelled, and exposed to different conditions and temperature. Therefore, the possibility of being infectious because of your package from COVID-19-reported areas is rather low. There is no need to send your package back.
Smoking
An article posted on Wechat recently says that cigarette can protect smokers from COVID-19 and thus make cigarettes sell very well. It is an online rumor (谣言)! As has been known, smoking harms people’s health. It weakens the immune system and worsens diabetes and blood pressure. No smoking is still a must!
Transportation
According to Feng Luzhao, an expert from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the major routes of transmission are still through respiratory droplets and direct contact. In order to protect yourself in underground station, wearing a mask and keeping your hands clean are good ways. People are also encouraged to use a personal transportation card or pay for the ticket via an app. After taking public transportation, washing hands is necessary.
1. Among the following actions, which will most probably cause infection?| A．Visiting a zoo. | B．Eating raw food. |
| C．Playing with your pet. | D．Buying food from a live animal market. |
| A．a smoker will not get the virus |
| B．we can touch surface with virus |
| C．we should pay for the subway ticket via an app |
| D．animals will certainly transmit COVID-19 virus |
| A．Smoking market is getting better and better because of the virus. |
| B．We should not smoke because of the virus. |
| C．Smoking is still harmful to our health. |
| D．An online rumor becomes a fact. |
| A．Wearing a mask outside home. | B．Using personal transportation card. |
| C．Protecting your pets. | D．Sending your packages back. |
| A．A medical guidebook. | B．Your biology book. | C．A fashion magazine. | D．A fiction. |
3 . What makes you who you are as a person? You probably have some ideas of your own personality. Are you similar to Martin Luther King or Albert Einstein? Read about these types and find out.
| The Dreamer A dreamer thinks there is a “right”way to do things. This person wants to live in the“perfect world”. A dreamer is often hard-working and organized. Many are good listeners and like to help others. Many dreamers work as teachers, lawyers, and in leadership roles. Famous dreamers: Mohandas Gandhi, Martin King Jr. | The Partners A partner wants to be in a group. For this person, group harmony is important. And rules can help us live in harmony because they can keep everything in good order and help the members avoid arguing. Partners are often serious, careful people. Many do well as teachers, managers, police officers, and politicians. Famous partners: Mother Teresa, Queen Elizabeth II |
| The thinker For thinkers, understanding things is very important. They like to solve problems and make new things. Thinkers can also be competitive. They like to win. They are independent and often have very strong opinions. Many thinkers work as scientists, inventors, politicians, and engineers. Famous thinkers: Bill Gates | The Artist Artists want to be free. They don’t want to follow the rules all the time. Artists like action and are often impulsive ( 冲动的). They also like trying new things. Like thinkers, many artists have strong opinions. Many artists are creative and do well as musicians, actors, fashion designers, and athletes. The motto of artists might be “Variety is the spice of life.” Famous artists :Russell Crowe, Madomma |
| A．Mother Teresa | B．Queen ElizabethⅡ | C．Bill Gates | D．Barack Obama |
| A．a scientist | B．a lawyer | C．an inventor | D．a musician |
| A．the dreamer | B．the partner | C．the thinker | D．the artist |
| A．They don’t like to follow the rules all the time. |
| B．They are usually careful and organized. |
| C．They like action and are often impulsive. |
| D．They like trying new things and have strong opinions. |
| A．different jobs | B．famous people | C．similar groups | D．personality types |
4 . Let me tell you something about sharks. Sharks are among the oldest animals in the world. There are about three hundred different kinds of sharks in the world. Most sharks are about two meters long and live in the ocean.
Sharks can smell something in the water, for example, the blood of animals. That helps them find their food. Sharks mainly eat fish, other sharks and plants in the ocean.
Most sharks bite (咬) people by mistake. They think a person is a large sea animal. When the sun goes down or comes up, sharks are looking for food. So at these times people shouldn’t go swimming in the ocean.
Today people kill sharks for food and their skins. The number of sharks in the world is dropping fast.
1. How many kinds of sharks are there in the world?| A．Less than 300. | B．About 300. | C．About 200. | D．Over 400. |
| A．Fish, other sharks and plants. | B．Fish and plants. |
| C．Other sharks and plants. | D．Fish and other sharks. |
| A．Because they think a person is dangerous. |
| B．Because they think a person is a large sea animal. |
| C．Because they think a person can hurt them. |
| D．Because they think a person can take away their food. |
| A．Sharks are everywhere at those times. |
| B．Water is cold then. |
| C．Sharks are looking for food then. |
| D．Sharks are looking for a person then. |
| A．It is dropping fast. | B．It is rising fast. | C．It is not changing. | D．We don’t know. |
5 . Bill is from Australia. He lives in Sydney. He can speak French and English, but he can’t speak Chinese. He has a pen pal in the United States. Her name is Lisa and she lives in New York. Bill’s favorite sport is basketball and he can play the guitar. Lisa’s favorite sport is tennis. She can’t play the guitar, but she can play the piano and sing very well.
1. Bill is from _________.| A．Australia | B．France | C．the United States | D．the UK |
| A．Chinese | B．American | C．English | D．Japanese |
| A．Chinese | B．French. | C．English. | D．Both B and C. |
| A．Tennis. | B．Volleyball. | C．Soccer. | D．Basketball. |
| A．Bill has a pen pal in the USA. | B．Bill can play the piano and Lisa can play the guitar. |
| C．Bill and Lisa like different sports. | D．Lisa lives in New York. |
6 . Grown-ups are often surprised by how well they remember something they learned as children but have never practiced ever since. A man who has not had a chance to go swimming for years can still swim as well as ever when he gets back in the water. He can get on a bicycle after many years and still ride away. He can play catch and hit a ball as well as his son. A mother who has not thought about the words for years can teach her daughter the poem that begins “Twinkle, twinkle, little star” or remember the story of Cinderella or Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
One explanation is the law of overlearning, which can be stated as follows：Once we have learned something, additional learning trials（尝试）increase the length of time we will remember it.
In childhood we usually continue to practice such skills as swimming, bicycle riding, and playing baseball long after we have learned them. We continue to listen to and remind ourselves of words such as “Twinkle, little star” and childhood tales such as Cinderella and Goldilocks. We not only learn but overlearn.
The multiplication tables（乘法口诀表）are an exception to the general rule that we forget rather quickly the things that we learn in school, because they are another of the things we overlearn in childhood.
The law of overlearning explains why cramming（突击学习）for an examination, though it may result in a passing grade, is not a satisfactory way to learn a college course. By cramming, a student may learn the subject well enough to get by on the examination, but he is likely soon to forget almost everything he learned. A little overlearning, on the other hand, is really necessary for one’s future development.
1. What is the main idea of paragraph 1?| A．People remember well what they learned in childhood. |
| B．Children have a better memory than grown-ups. |
| C．Poem reading is a good way to learn words. |
| D．Stories for children are easy to remember. |
| A．presenting research findings |
| B．setting down general rules |
| C．making a comparison |
| D．using examples |
| A．a result of overlearning |
| B．a special case of cramming |
| C．a skill to deal with math problems |
| D．a basic step towards advanced studies |
| A．It leads to failure in college exams. |
| B．It’s helpful only in a limited way. |
| C．It’s possible to result in poor memory. |
| D．It increases students’ learning interest. |
7 . Artificial intelligence (人工智能), or AI in short, is the science of giving computers and machines ability to think and work like humans. AI scientists and engineers have made a lot of cool technologies.
AI is rapidly catching up with the human ability to read faces. As a result, facial recognition (识别) is used a lot in the world. Chinese police use this technology to identify criminals (罪犯). Once they caught a criminal when he attended a concert. It also checks the ID of ride-hailing (网约车) drivers and lets people pay for things with a smile.
AI is also used in self-driving cars, which are believed to be the future of driving. Most drivers may wave or nod at passers-by to let them cross the street, but self-driving cars don’t have this ability. Car makers are testing a light signal system to help them “speak” to humans. The system can show what self-driving cars will do. For example, if a driverless car is yielding (让路), it will flash two white lights side to side. A rapidly flashing light tells passers-by that the car is about to speed up.
Service Robots also show you how powerful AI is. Imagine this—you come back home from school and your robot housekeeper is waiting for you at the door. After dinner, he teaches you to play the piano, just like a real music teacher. Such thoughts will soon happen in the real world. In the future, more and more service robots will become good home helpers.
AI is so powerful that it can help human beings and even replace us in many jobs.
1. According to the passage, facial recognition is used for ________.| A．driving cars | B．making people smile |
| C．calling the police | D．checking people’s information |
| A．减少 | B．鉴定 | C．消灭 | D．帮助 |
| A．waving to them | B．speaking to them | C．nodding at them | D．flashing lights |
| A．Service Robots at school. | B．Robots as ride-hailing drivers. |
| C．Facial recognition for payment. | D．Light signals for self-driving cars. |
| A．People use AI in many different ways. |
| B．AI will take the place of human beings in all jobs. |
| C．Self-driving cars will be able to talk like humans. |
| D．A criminal was caught for inventing facial recognition. |
8 . Welcome to your future life!
You get up in the morning and look into the mirror. You look young. In 2035, many people can live to be about 150 years old. So at the age of 40, you’re not old at all. And your parents look the same age as you!
You say to your shirt, “Turn red.” It changes from blue to red. In 2035, “smart clothes” can change the color and style as you like. You walk into the kitchen. You pick up the milk, but you hear the voice, “You shouldn’t drink that!” Your fridge remembers the information about the milk. It knows that the milk is not fresh. In 2035, every household appliance(家用电器) is like your secretary(秘书).
It’s time to go to work. In 2035, cars drive themselves. Just tell your “smart car” where to go. On the way, you can call a friend with your watch. Such “smart technology” is all around you.
So will all these things come true? “All these things will come true, even better.” says a scientist.
I couldn’t agree more with the scientist. I am looking forward to the new life.
1. How do “you” look in the mirror in 2035?| A．Young. | B．Fat. | C．Healthy. | D．Tired. |
| A．The watch. | B．The secretary. | C．The milk. | D．The fridge. |
| A．They run in the sky. | B．They don’t need gas. |
| C．They don’t need drivers. | D．They can talk with humans. |
| A．People won’t get old. | B．People don’t need to wear clothes. |
| C．People don’t need to have breakfast. | D．People can call their friends with a watch. |
| A．It will be as good as now. | B．It will be much better than now. |
| C．It will be as bad as now. | D．It will be much worse than now. |
9 . When you travel in Hong Kong SAR, you must be careful of the traffic rules, because the traffic(交通)keeps to the left. Before crossing the street, you must look to the right and then to the left. If the traffic lights are red, the traffic must stop, and people can go across the zebra line(斑马线). If the traffic lights turn green, the traffic can go, and people mustn’t cross the road.
In the morning and in the evening, when people go to or come from work, the streets are very busy. The traffic is the most dangerous. When you go somewhere by bus in Hong Kong SAR, you have to be careful, too. Always remember the traffic keeps to the left. Have a look first, or you may go the wrong way. In Hong Kong SAR, there are a lot of big buses with two floors. You’d better sit on the second floor. From there you can watch the city very well. How interesting!
1. In Hong Kong SAR, the traffic moves .| A．on the right | B．on the left | C．in the middle | D．in the park |
| A．the front | B．the right | C．the left | D．B and C |
| A．the people must stop | B．the traffic must stop |
| C．the people and the traffic must stop | D．the traffic and the people must wait |
| A．dangerous | B．interesting | C．easy | D．safe |
| A．first | B．second | C．third | D．fourth |
10 . Father’s Day has a very short history. It was started because there was a Mother’s Day, and just because some Americans thought that if we had a Mother’s Day, we should also have a Father’s Day. Father’s Day has become important in North America. And shopkeepers（店主）found it was a good way to get people to buy presents for their fathers, presents from their shops.
By the way, very few countries have a Father’s Day, though some have Children’s Day, or a special day for boys and another for girls. More and more countries are having Mother’s Day, so maybe Father’s Day will also become popular before too long. Now, what do people in North America do on Father’s Day? The newspapers, radios and TV tell children what they should do—buy a Father’s Day present for your father. They even tell a wife to buy a Father’s Day present—not for her father but for her husband, even if he is not yet a father. And they tell grandchildren to buy a Father’s Day present for their grandfathers.
The important thing to remember about Father’s Day is that American children can show their love to their fathers in a more open way.
1. Father’s Day was started just because ________.| A．there was a Mother’s Day | B．there was a Children’s Day | C．people liked their fathers very much |
| A．Very few countries have a Father’s Day. |
| B．Americans never care about Father’s Day. |
| C．Father’s Day has become important in North America |
| A．go shopping with their fathers | B．help their fathers do something | C．show their love to their fathers |
| A．people to buy as many presents as possible |
| B．children to buy presents only for their fathers |
| C．women to buy presents only for their husbands |
| A．the writer is against Father’s Day |
| B．many countries have a Father’s Day |
| C．shopkeepers can get more money on Father’s Day than usual |
