1 . Do you find it easy to change?
Alex | Two months ago my doctor told me I needed to eat less salt. Before then I put spoonful of salt on almost everything I ate. I thought food was tasteless without it. At first it was difficult but now whenever I eat out, I feel the food tastes too salty. |
Vicki | We’ve got a new baby. Just two weeks old. We love him very much but he doesn’t sleep through the night. We used to have at least eight hours’ sleep. Now we’re lucky if we get two hours before he wakes us up. We used to stay in bed until mid-morning at the weekend, but now we don’t have a weekend anymore! |
Chloe | I’ve just started my first job after university and life is not so nice. At university I got up at about nine o’clock and now I have to start work then. I used to work when I felt like working. But now, my boss says when I should work and when I can have a break. |
John | My family moved to Canada earlier this year and we’ve found it difficult to adapt to the cold winters. We used to live in New Mexico, USA where the winters weren’t so cold. The best piece of advice I was given was to buy a very warm coat and hat! |
A.eat out | B.eat a little | C.eat lots of salt | D.eat with spoon |
A.She doesn’t get enough sleep. | B.She has to work at the weekend. |
C.Her baby always cries during the day. | D.Her husband always wakes her up at night. |
A.get up | B.leave home | C.start work | D.have a break |
A.预测 | B.接触 | C.控制 | D.适应 |
A.John. | B.Alex. | C.Vicki. | D.Chloe. |
A. The Mid-Autumn Festival Family members to get together and enjoy the beauty of the full moon. B. The Dragon Boat Festival It’s the most important traditional festivals in China. Eating zongzi and having dragon boat races are very important customs. C. The Spring Festival On the Spring Festival morning, people usually visit relatives. Older people give lucky money to children. D. Thanksgiving Day Give thanks for food in the autumn. Turkey is always the most important food in this festival. E. Mother’s Day Mother’s Day is on the second Sunday of May. It is a time to show mothers our love. F. April Fool’s Day On this day, practical jokes are played on friends and family. G. Christmas Day At Christmas, family members get together to eat Christmas dinner. Parents always give children gifts. |
A. Take your money and other valuable things with you and escape quickly to an open area like a playground. B. Cover the cut with a clean cloth and press it hard. Then go to see the doctor for further treatment. C. Place him on his back on the ground. Give him mouth-to-mouth breathing immediately. When he can breathe, send him to the hospital as soon as possible. D. Try to escape from a fire exit. Don’t use the elevator (手扶梯). Don’t open a hot door and stay close to the floor when you escape. E. Don’t make any sound in order not to be found by him. Call the police for help. Protect yourself well before the police arrive. F. The lift is convenient. Take the lift to the first floor quickly. G. Move to a safe place in the room quickly such as under a strong table or desk. Stay away from windows, large mirrors, heavy furniture and so on. |
A. We are a public service organization. Now it is cold winter. Many students in poor areas don’t have enough clothes to keep them warm. If you have some clothes you don’t need, please send them to us. We will be very thankful for your help. B. Don’t throw your old bottles here and there. In our park, you have to put them into the dustbins around you. Remember not to break the bottles, or they may hurt you or the cleaners who go to clean them C. This is the school library. You are allowed to do some reading here. If you have some books which you don’t need, you can give them away to us. We’ll be thankful. D. In our waste collecting shop you can sell all the things you don’t need, such as old newspaper paper bags, bottles and so on. We will offer you a very high price for your old things. E. If you have old furniture you don’t need, you can give them away to the charity (慈善机构). Maybe someone else needs it. Don’t throw it into the dustbin. F. The batteries can do great harm to the earth where you throw them. They will pollute the earth for a long time. So, don’t throw your old batteries everywhere, just put them into a certain dustbin which has the best way to deal with them. G. This dustbin is set here for the visitors to throw their waste, especially something that can be recycled Batteries and something like them are not allowed to throw here. |
A. To stop the world from being polluted by cars, we have to make some changes. For example, we can go out by bus or by underground. B. You can call on some students to clean the parks in your city. It’s also a good idea to put up some “No Littering” signs in the parks. C. Always keep in mind that electricity should be cut off before you leave. You’ll not only save money but also save energy (能源) by doing so. D. Here are two pieces of advice on how to save water in our daily life. Don’t leave the tap (水龙头) on when washing or brushing. Take a short shower instead of a long one. E. The rubbish on the beach can be swept into the sea. And all kinds of rubbish will put animals in the sea in danger. Always collect rubbish on the beach and never throw rubbish into the sea. F. Saving paper is a good way to save trees and protect the earth.Students should use both sides of paper. We should also develop the habit of sorting (整理) the rubbish so that the waste paper can be recycled. ( 回收) G. Saving forests also helps a lot. Forests are useful. Please stop cutting them down and plant more trees and plants every year. Make our world a green one to live in. |
A. Flipboard is one of the hottest news apps. Open the app, choose whatever interests you, and click the “+” button. you’ll have your own magazine with news, articles and information. B. Baidu Map can provide an online map searching service for you conveniently. It covers nearly 400 cities in China. With the app, you can search the streets, restaurants and so on. When you want a guide in a new city, it’s the best choice. C. Apple Pay came to China in 2016. People who have cards from 19 banks can use it with Apple products, like iPhone or Apple Watch. D. Many people like Moment Camera because of its continuous shooting and different-sized frames. The photos are clear and the app is easy to use. E. Mobike is a bike-sharing app. It’s a good way of solving the “last mile” problem. Download this app and you can find the nearest bike. You don’t need to walk for a long way to the place you would like to go. F. A radio app like Douban FM might be the right music app for you. You can use the button to mark the songs you like. Those marked with a heart will be kept. G. This app tells you how many English words you need to learn every day. Baicizhan can also be fun. The learning is like playing a guessing game. And you can practice remembering the new words in different ways. |
A. Try to get the main idea of the tape and do not stop to think when you hear the words you don’t know. You don’t need to know every word in the passage. B. Take short rests and plan your work reasonably(合理地). C. Ask the teacher after class. You can also write the questions down on a piece of paper and give it to the teacher. D. Review the words again until you remember them. E. Do reading exercises in a given time. Try to read fast. You don’t need to know each word. F. Listen to others carefully and write down what they say. It’s a good way to practice your listening skill. G. Don’t worry about that. Try to speak English more with your close friends first. Once you can do it well, talk with the others. |
A. Super Mario Run offers you an unforgettable experience on playing Mario games. New adventures, new settings, new tasks with our old heroes. Come and join us now! B. With Great Photo you will start learning photography by practicing with the help of interactive lessons, you will gradually gain understanding of the art of photography. C. Discover the world with Google Maps. It is a great helper when you are traveling. Experience Street View, 3D Mapping, turn-by-turn directions, indoor maps and more through your devices. D. Hello English is used by more than 30, 000, 000 English learners. This app focuses on helping you master reading, writing, speaking and listening skills besides building your vocabulary. E. Vista is an app for you to learn about the latest news around the world. It also has a weekly review of important events, so you can’t miss anything important! F. Map My Walk is a fitness tracking application that makes you able to use the built-in GPS of your mobile device to track all of your fitness activities. G. It is very convenient for you to use our Photos Go. Just click one button when you can add funny icons to your photo. |
(Later that night in Princess Ann’s bed chamber. She stands on her bed dressed in her nightgown, her hair let down. She picks up the skirt of her nightgown and drops it.)
ANN: I hate this nightgown. I hate all my nightgowns. And I hate all my underwear too.
COUNTESS: (coming over to tend to her bed, dressed in a bed robe and wearing glasses) My dear, you have lovely things.
ANN: But I’m not two hundred years old! (Dropping down on the bed) Why can’t I sleep in pyjamas?
COUNTESS: Pyjamas!
ANN: The top half. Did you know there are people who sleep with absolutely nothing on at all?
COUNTESS: (opening the window) I rejoice to say that I did not.
ANN: Listen. (She jumps up out of bed and runs over to the window, looking out.)
COUNTESS: Oh, and your slippers. Please put on your slippers and come away at the window.
ANN: (Ann walks back to the bed, dejected, as the Countess shuts the window. The Countess holds a tray)
Countess: Your milk and crackers.
ANN: Everything we do is so wholesome.
COUNTESS: They’ll help you to sleep.
ANN: (stubbornly) I’m too tired to sleep — can’t sleep a wink.
COUNTESS: (putting on her glasses, taking a diary from the bed table) Now my dear, if you don’t mind: tomorrow’s schedule or schedule (计划) whichever you prefer — both are correct. (Running through the items with a pen) Eight thirty, breakfast here with the Embassy staff; nine o’clock, we leave for the Polinory Automotive Works where you’ll be presented with a small car.
ANN: (disinterested; absently playing with a napkin) Thank you.
COUNTESS: Which you will not accept.
ANN: No, thank you.
COUNTESS: Ten thirty-five, inspection of food and agricultural organization will present you with an olive tree.
ANN: No, thank you.
COUNTESS: Which you will accept.
ANN: Thank you.
COUNTESS: Ten fifty-five, the New foundling Home For Orphans. You will preside over the laying of the cornerstone; same speech as last Monday.
ANN: Trade relations?
COUNTESS: Yes.
ANN: For the orphans?
COUNTESS: No, no, the other one.
ANN: “Youth and progress”.
COUNTESS: Precisely. Eleven forty-five, back here to rest. No, that’s wrong...Eleven forty-five, conference here with the press.
ANN: “Sweetness and decency” (she rolls her eyes.)
COUNTESS: One o’clock sharp, lunch with the Foreign Ministry. You will wear your white lace and carry a small bouquet of very small pink roses. Three-five, presentation of a plaque.
ANN: (to an imagined guest) Thank you.
COUNTESS: Four-ten, review special guard of Police.
ANN: No, thank you.
COUNTESS: Four forty-five back here to change to your uniform to meet the international...
ANN: (screaming at the Countess) STOP!!! (Looking away, her hair covering her face) Please stop! Stop...!
COUNTESS: (retrieving the tray) It’s alright, dear, it didn’t spill (she places the tray on the table.)
ANN: I don’t care if it’s spilled or not. I don’t care if I (throws her head into the pillow) drown in it!
COUNTESS: (putting her hands on her shoulders to comfort her) My dear, you’re ill. I’ll send for Doctor Bonnachoven.
1. Where does the scene take place?
A.On the balcony. |
B.In the bedroom. |
C.In the dining room. |
D.In the sitting room. |
A.amazed | B.scared | C.surprised | D.disinterested |
A.Ann is tired of busy work as a princess. |
B.As the princess, Ann is very hard-working. |
C.Ann was too excited to sleep — can’t sleep a wink. |
D.Ann wants to have a drink and discuss with the countess. |
A.Ann will go to sleep. |
B.Ann will drink up the milk. |
C.Ann will be checked by a doctor. |
D.Ann will continue checking her schedule. |
10 . High-speed trains, Alipay(支付宝), shared bikes and online payment are seen as the new Four Great Achievements of China by young foreigners,according to a video survey by the Silk Road Research Institute of Beijing Foreign Studies University. In the video, young people from 20 countries along the Belt and Road routes(“一带一路”)were asked to name great inventions that had influenced their lives in China.
The following is what they said from 4 young people of them.
Bond Bangkok Thailand | You can find many wonderful things that we don't have in Thailand. We don't have Alipay or other online payment apps with which I can go shopping without stepping out of the doors. I wish I could bring them back to my country! |
Yala Kathmandu Nepal | I'm from Nepal. I always go out by bike. Bicycle sharing system allows people to Kathmandu borrow a bike from point "A" and return it at point "B". It's not only cheap but also a Nepal low-carbon(低碳的)and healthy way of life. I like it very much. |
Arehana New Delhi India | My life in Beijing is quite different from that in India. Here in China,I seldom take money with me when I go out. I can pay for almost everything by Alipay. Oh, it's amazing! However, in India,if you don't take wallet with you, you'll be in trouble. |
Justin Bucharest Romania | I'm from Romania. China is really a great country and its high-speed railways are very fast, convenient and tidy. It takes me only 6 hours from Beijing to Shanghai by train. It saves a lot of time and it's cheaper than airplane. I wish we would have high-speed railways in our country someday. |
A.Fast and tidy. | B.Convenient and wonderful. |
C.Cheap and amazing. | D.Cheap and tidy. |
A.Two bikes. | B.Two riders. | C.Two places. | D.Two ways of life. |
A.Bicycle sharing system provides bikes for free. |
B.There are no high-speed railways in Romania now. |
C.Alipay is the only way of paying for things. |
D.People in Thailand can use online payment apps conveniently. |