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| Telephone Message Date: January 3, 2021 Time: 9:30 From: Bob William To: John Smith Caller’s number: 0314-2157739
Message: He wants to know what time you are meeting him and Jack Green at the restaurant tonight. Received by: Tom Lin |
1. The telephone message is to _________.
| A．Bob William | B．John Smith | C．Tom Lin | D．Jack Green |
| A．To ask where his friend wants for dinner. | B．To ask for a phone number. |
| C．To ask what time he will meet his friend. | D．To talk about a restaurant. |
| A．The caller will call again sometime. | B．The caller wants Tom to answer the call. |
| C．The caller wants to see John at home. | D．The caller wants John to call back. |
2 . If life can be compared to a meal, I think the mistakes are like salt and the success is a candy.
“Hey,” said the boy whose name I couldn’t remember, sitting next to me. “Don’t worry. Take your time.” And so I did. But I still couldn’t pronounce my Chinese name that was given by the teacher. I was so embarrassed on my first day of learning Chinese.
I took Chinese classes during my summer vacation. Every morning I walked for 25 minutes to the class while having a Chinese pancake from one of the breakfast carts(推车) on the way. Learning Spanish in school was a cushy job for me, because I could speak French and Italian which helped me with it. However, learning Chinese was difficult at first. As a boy who was born in America and grew up in America, I knew nothing about the language and had no experience of learning the language. I chose it mainly because my goal was to teach and work internationally.
As the classes went on, I slowly found that I was making connections. My 10 years of playing the piano has allowed me to perform for others. My several years of writing has led me to become a school reporter. I knew that my Chinese classes would allow me to speak Chinese well. As the teachers helped me build up the confidence, I soon began tasting the sweetness.
So what did my summer really taste like? It tasted like the Chinese food that, for the first time, I did not order in English, my mother language.
1. Why did the writer feel embarrassed in his first Chinese class?| A．Because he had no Chinese name. | B．Because he forgot his Chinese name. |
| C．Because he had bad Chinese pronunciation. | D．Because he couldn’t write his Chinese name. |
| A．common | B．easy | C．popular | D．interesting |
| A．French | B．English | C．Italian | D．Spanish |
| A．He is good at playing the piano. | B．He doesn’t like Chinese food at all. |
| C．He is interested in writing and painting. | D．He wants to be a Chinese teacher in the future. |
| A．An unpleasant day at school. | B．How to get on with Chinese teachers. |
| C．How to develop an interest in Chinese. | D．A sweet experience of learning Chinese. |
3 . To improve children’s fitness. Freestyle360 has introduced some fun fitness classes for children between nine and thirteen years old. We want to encourage children to turn energy into sports and have social fun in a caring and professional environment.
 Kids Karate（Mondays） Time:16:30-17:30 Coach:Brett Ukich It is a fun karate class for children to increase skills. They will also learn some of the Japanese terminology（术语）. |  Fitness Fun（Wednesdays） Time:16:30-17:15 Coach:Lynsey McDonald This class offers fun lessons including body-weight exercises. Its purpose is to help children get stronger. |
 Team Games（Thursdays） Time:17:00-18:15 Coach:Lorraine Clayton This class teaches children to work as a team. We offer fun fitness games so there is something for everyone. |  Physical Activity-Better Health By exercising, children will become happier and fitter. |
 | Price:£7.5/lesson or £28/month Tel:01386 700039 or 07818 033629 Email:info@freestvle360.co.uk Address:Draycott Road, Blockley, GL569DY |
1. Who will train the children on Monday afternoons?
| A．Brett | B．Lynsey | C．Loraine | D．Draycott |
| A．30 minutes. | B．45 minutes. | C．60 minutes. | D．75 minutes. |
| A．£7.5 | B．£15 | C．£28 | D．£30 |
| A．Lynsey gives lessons on Thursdays. | B．Lessons of Kids Karate start at 17:30. |
| C．6-year-old Jim cannot attend the classes. | D．The fitness games at Team Games are boring. |
4 . Shawneen Mountain is a perfect place for skiing. Lifts (电梯) can help tourists get to the top of the mountain in 3 minutes. The following is the price table of the lift ticket.
LIFT TICKETS | |||
| Tourists | Weekday (open to close) | Weekend (open to close) | Night (3 p.m. to 10 p.m.) |
| Adult* (Ages 19 to 60) | $48 | $55 | $34 |
| Young Man* (Ages 18&. under) | $37 | $41 | $34 |
| Child (46cm tall &. under) | FREE | FREE | FREE |
| College Student [College ID (证件)needed] | $38 | $49 | $34 |
| Soldier (Active Duty ID needed) | $38 | $49 | $34 |
| Elders* (Ages 60 to 69) | $38 | $49 | $34 |
| Super Elders* (Ages 70+) | FREE | FREE | FREE |
| *proof (证明) of age needed | |||
Lift Hours Monday～Friday: 9 a.m.～10 p.m. Weekend: 8 a.m.～10 p.m. Christmas Day: Noon～5 p.m. | |||
1. Shawneen Mountain is a perfect place for ________.
| A．skiing | B．walking | C．climbing | D．riding |
| A．$41 | B．$48 | C．$37 | D．$74 |
| A．It takes 3 hours to get to the top of Shawneen Mountain by lift. |
| B．Tourists can’t take the lift at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday morning. |
| C．A soldier shouldn’t pay $55 for the ticket at weekends with his Active Duty ID. |
| D．People aged over 70 are also welcome to Shawneen Mountain. |
5 . Everyone gets sick of hearing. “Put on your seat belt!”But it’s good advice. People who wear seat belts are 45 percent less likely to be killed while riding in the front seat of a car.
The US government wants more seat belt laws. It says children aged 4 to 15 are often killed in car accidents. In 2005, there were 1,627 children aged 4 to 15 killed in car accidents. More than 1,000 of those children were not wearing seat belts. If they had been wearing seat belts, 500 of those children could be alive today.
These children are too old to be in car seats, but they often sit in the back seat. Seat belt laws in many states, including Wisconsin, only require people in the front seat to wear seat belts. Children who aren’t wearing seat belts can be thrown from the car. The risk of dying in an accident is three times greater if the person is thrown from the car.
New laws could require children aged 4 to 8 to be in booster seats in the car. Booster seats help seat belts fit children properly. Right now, only 5 percent of children aged 4 to 8 are seated in booster seats (儿童座椅).
While parents have the choice of whether wearing seat belts or not, children are too young to make that choice. Even if you decide not to wear a seat belt, make sure your children are in seat belts and car seats. It’s the law and it will save their lives.
1. The underlined sentence “Everyone gets sick of hearing”in the first paragraph means“________”.| A．there is something wrong with everyone’s ears |
| B．all people fall ill when they hear something |
| C．many people don’t pay attention to wearing seat belts |
| D．none of the people knows it is a piece of good advice |
| A．they weren’t using seat belts |
| B．they were too careful when they walked on the road |
| C．they were not old enough to sit in the car |
| D．they wore seat belts |
| A．keep them comfortable in the car seat |
| B．keep them safe |
| C．keep them awake in the car all the time |
| D．prevent all kinds of traffic accidents |
| A．Children Should Put on Seat Belts |
| B．Too Many Traffic Accidents Happened Recently |
| C．Traffic Laws Are Very Important |
| D．Parents Are Important to Children |
MOVIE GUIDE THURSDAY | |||
| Rush Hour 15:00 23:00 | My Life as Mcdull 9:00 13:00 | ||
①Action Movie Do you like Jackie Chan? Rush Hour is another movie of his. It’s so exciting. Come and have fun! |  | ②Cartoon Mcdull is a little pig. He’s kind of silly but he’s very cute. Do you want to enjoy happiness with him? Be sure to watch it! |
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| Mr. Bean 11:00 19:00 | Harry Potter Ⅲ 17:00 21:00 | ||
③Comedy Rowan is a great actor. His movie Mr. Bean is coming. It’s very funny. Don’t miss it! |  | ④Science Fiction Harry Potter has been in the wizardry school (魔法学校) for three years. He begins a new life. How is everything going? |  |
根据材料内容，选择正确答案。
1. What do you think of Mcdull?
| A．Exciting. | B．Silly but cute. | C．Funny. | D．Happy. |
| A．Rush Hour. | B．My Life as Mcdull. | C．Mr. Bean. | D．Harry Potter Ⅲ. |
| A．Action Movie. | B．Cartoon. | C．Comedy. | D．Science Fiction. |
| A．Jackie Chan. | B．Rowan. | C．Mcdull. | D．Harry Potter. |
7 . Everybody wants to succeed, but how can we be successful? We must keep working hard to achieve our goals and it always begins first with a baby step. Why do we call them baby steps?
Baby steps are the first steps we take as an act of faith (信念). We see others stepping out and we want to show our ability to walk by following them. As we grow, we continue our development by taking extra (额外的) baby steps. Sometimes we fall; sometimes we fail. After that, all steps become an act of faith; we just become more practiced. If you say to yourself “I don’t want to make a fool of myself” or “I’d better be good at this”, you’ll probably never take the baby steps towards your goals and end up lying in your own self-pity.
As a culture, we focus on results. We think about every risk that must be taken to reach our goals. There are few people who are excellent performers of any tasks the first time they try them. They practice their skills and use their talents through baby steps before they are ready to prove (证明) them to the whole world.
So, take those baby steps to reach the goals. As you become more experienced, your baby steps become a walk, then a jump, and finally a sprint. That’s how our baby steps lead us through the marathon (马拉松) of life.
1. What does the writer mainly discuss in the passage?| A．The importance of baby steps. | B．The power of faith in our life. |
| C．The abilities to achieve success. | D．The cause of cultural differences. |
| A．Aim. | B．Support. | C．Faith. | D．Practice. |
| A．We can’t expect to succeed without working hard at first. |
| B．Adults should learn from babies in dealing with hard tasks. |
| C．We must make full use of our skills in order to get rewards. |
| D．Baby steps are the first steps we take as an act of faith. |
| A．Long jump. | B．Sudden stop. | C．Hard climb. | D．Fast run. |
| A．Life Goals | B．Baby Steps | C．How to Succeed | D．Practice Makes Perfect |
8 . Have you ever been told a lie? Did you believe it and then tell someone else, without realizing it wasn’t true? Thanks to social media(媒体), this is happening more and more in today’s world. It is known as fake news. It became a big problem during the US presidential election(选举). People were posting untrue stories on the Internet about Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Thousands of people were sharing them, thinking they were true. People think it must be true if so many people have shared it. It isn’t just politics(政治) where it happens though. Shopping advertisements, celebrity gossip(名人流言), and even local news from your city can be fake news. Perhaps you or one of your friends has shared fake news in WeChat friend circle.
But how can you tell if it’s real or fake? Knowing about fake news can actually be very easy. First of all, “just because it’s on the Internet, it doesn’t make it true,” according to CNN’s AJ Willingham. He says there are different kinds of fake news. Some are designed by some websites. Some news has untrue titles or pictures. These things attract(吸引) people and make them click(点击) on the story.
Communications expert Melissa said that everyone should think carefully about what they read. Anyone can be fooled by fake news. “This doesn’t only happen to old people,” she told CNN, “Even the early education should be taught about communication, media and the Internet. Growing up with the Internet doesn’t necessarily mean you know it well.
1. What does the underlined word “fake” in the first paragraph mean?| A．good | B．bad | C．latest | D．unreal |
| A．Lots of people have shared the stories. | B．There was no fake news in politics. |
| C．The two people are famous. | D．The stories were from local newspapers. |
| A．it’s hard to tell fake news on the Internet | B．news on the Internet is not always true |
| C．officials don’t spread news on the Internet | D．it’s better not to use the Internet |
| A．Only older people need to think carefully about what they read. |
| B．It’s unnecessary to learn about media and the Internet from a young age. |
| C．Young people are hardly fooled by fake news. |
| D．Everyone should learn about communication ways. |
| Dear Aunt Aggie, I’m having a problem with my classmate, Rena, at school. The other day I wrote an email to another classmate, Beth, in which I said some things about Rena that perhaps weren’t very nice. Unluckily, when Beth was writing back to me, she accidentally forwarded (无意间转发) the message to Rena! Now Rena is really angry with me and won’t talk to me, and Beth is unhappy as well. She’s said sorry to me a hundred times already, but the harm is done. I feel bad. How do I get Rena to forgive (原谅) me? What should I do? Joe |
| Dear Joe, This problem is more common than you might think! Email is very useful, but also very dangerous, as you don’t know where your message might end up! First of all, you should say sorry right away to Rena. Explain that it was a mistake, and that you didn’t mean to hurt her feelings. It may take time for her to be able to forgive you, but that’s up to her. Then you might want to do something nice for her. Perhaps send her some flowers to show that you’re truly sorry. Also, you should remember that old saying: “If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all.” And good luck! Aggie |
1. What is Joe’s problem in the first email?
| A．Joe made Rena unhappy and he felt very sad. |
| B．Joe received a wrong email from Rena and became angry. |
| C．Joe’s classmate, Beth, sent Rena an email and made her unhappy. |
| D．Joe’s friend, Beth, is unhappy because Joe sent her an angry email. |
| A．Because you don’t know who the email is for. |
| B．Because you never know where the message is from. |
| C．Because you don’t know where your email was written. |
| D．Because you can never know who will get your email at last. |
| A．Joe, Rena and Beth study at different schools | B．Beth didn’t forward the message to Rena |
| C．Joe has already said sorry to Rena | D．Rena hasn’t forgiven Joe yet |
10 . In China, some places are fantastic in autumn because the leaves there change different colors. Here are some of the best places to enjoy autumn colors.
| Fragrant Hill Parks | It’s one of the most popular places to enjoy autumn leaves. In early October, the leaves begin to change color. By mid-October, the mountain is full of red, orange and purple leaves. |
| The Yellow Mountain | The autumn leaves season begins in October and lasts until early November. Besides the red leaves, many other views are worth seeing, such as the sunrise, rocks, waterfalls and pine trees. It’s known as the most beautiful mountain in China. |
| Yangshuo Countryside | To visit the Yangshuo Countryside is to get close to nature and experience real farm life in the countryside in southern China. You can ride a bike on the countryside roads to enjoy natural beauty. |
| A．In early October. | B．In mid-October. | C．In early November. | D．In mid-November. |
| A．See purple leaves. | B．Ride a bike. | C．Watch the sunrise. | D．Experience farm life. |
| A．A health magazine. | B．A travel website. | C．A science report. | D．A research paper. |
