Have you ever read the famous novel Robinson Crusoe (《鲁滨逊漂流记》)? Do you know that it was based on a real life story of a Scottish sailor, Alexander Selkirk？
Selkirk was born in Scotland in 1676. As he grew up, he became a sailor (海员). One day, he was asked to fight around South America, while the ship was damaged by the Spanish. He was surprised that the ship would sink, so he tried to land on the next island. The island was Mas a Tierra and it is known as “Robinson Crusoe Island” today.
The island in the Pacific was far away, with nobody around, but Selkirk managed to live there alone for over 4 years. At first, he didn’t realize it would be more than 4 years. He mainly passed the time by reading his Bible (圣经). Though there was nobody else on the island, there were animals, including rats, cats and goats. The rats were such fierce animals that he had to use wild cats to protect himself during the night. During the days on the island, there were at least two ships coming close. Unluckily, they were not friendly and even opened fire on Selkirk, but he escaped successfully.
Finally, on the first of February 1709, when two British ships arrived at the island, Selkirk was rescued. It turned out that his choice was right because no long after his landing on the island, the ship sank. The archaeologists (考古学家) today discovered a campsite of a European on this island and it proved the story true.
1. How old was Selkirk when he was rescued from the island?2. How did Selkirk spend his early days on the island?
3. What happened to the ship after Selkirk landed on the island?
4. If you are left on an island with nobody around, can you live there for 4 years? Why or why not? Write 30 words or more.
2 . Mr White helps his mother move into a new house this Sunday. He starts at 5:30 in the morning. First he cleans the windows. Then it takes him a lot of time to carry the heavy bed into the new house. He helps his mother hang the curtains up（挂窗帘）, too.
Mr White is very tired when he gets home. It is 9:15 p.m. He can’t find the right key to the front door. Then he tries the back door, but he can’t open it, either. “I should climb in through the window,” Mr White says to himself. He doesn’t want to wake up his wife and children.
But suddenly, a big black dog comes to him. Mr White is very afraid. He doesn’t have a dog! He realizes (意识到) he is at the wrong（错误的）house! The police come when he is leaving. “What are you doing, young man?” asks a policeman.
“I’m not a thief（小偷）,” says Mr White. “I’m at the wrong house!”
根据短文内容, 判断下列句子正（T）误（F）。
1. Mr White is very busy this Sunday.
2. Mr White carries the bed into the new house easily.
3. Mr White leaves his keys in his mother’s house.
4. Mr White has a big black dog.
5. The police think Mr White is a thief.
Can laughing every day help keep the heart attack (心脏病) away? Maybe so. Laughter, along with an active sense of humor, may help protect people against the heart attack, according to a recent study from the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore.
“The old saying that ‘Laughter is the best medicine.’ seems to be true when it comes to protecting your heart,” said Michael Miller at the University of Maryland Medical Center.
In the study, researchers compared the humor responses (反应) of 300 people. Half of them had suffered a heart attack. The other 150 did not have heart disease. Researchers provided people from the first group with a series of multiple-choice (多选的) questions to find out how much or how little they laughed in certain situations. And the second group were given true or false questions to help researchers know more about anger.
Miller said the most important study finding was that “people with heart disease responded less humorously to everyday life situations” They generally laughed less, even in positive (乐观的) situations, and they showed more anger. “We know that exercising, no smoking and eating foods low in fat will help cut down on the risk of heart disease. Perhaps hearty laughter should be added to the list.” Miller said.
It may be possible to put laughter into our daily activities, just as we do with other heart-healthy activities, such as walking up the stairs instead of taking the lift. According to Miller, every one of us is supposed to read something humorous or watch a funny video, and try to find ways to take ourselves less seriously.
1. At the very beginning of this article, the topic is introduced by ________.| A．an example | B．a question | C．a problem | D．an experiment(实验) |
| A．Why they suffered a heart attack. |
| B．Whether they had heart disease or not. |
| C．What helped protect them against heart disease. |
| D．How much or how little they laughed in certain situations. |
| A．the first group of people generally laughed more | B．the second group of people showed more anger |
| C．exercising can keep people away from getting sick | D．laughing can help cut down on the risk of heart disease |
| A．It is time to take ourselves less seriously. | B．Laughter is as important as walking up the stairs. |
| C．Every one of us should do something to keep fit. | D．Laughter is the best medicine to keep heart healthy. |
| The Coffee Pot Restaurant | We’re looking for assistants in our busy restaurant. The job will include setting and clearing tables, serving customers and helping in the kitchen. We’re looking for polite and patient people who can work under pressure. Hours: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. every day Pay: £5 an hour+free lunch |
| Film Extras Wanted | Have you ever wanted to be in the movies? Are you interested in acting? We’re making a film in the local area during July and August and we’ll need several young people as extras （临时演员）. We’re looking for active teenagers from 14 to 18 with related experience. Pay: £50 a day+meals |
| Newspaper Boys/Girls | We’re looking for honest young people to deliver （投递）newspapers. We need one person for morning deliveries（7 a. m. - 8 a. m.）and two people for evening deliveries （5 p.m. - 6 p.m.）. You must be at least 13 years old and have your own bicycle. Pay: £30 a week When you apply, please say whether you prefer mornings or evenings. |
1. Jenny wants to work in the restaurant for 2 weeks, how much money will she get in total?
| A．£300 | B．£420 | C．£560 | D．£700 |
| A．polite and patient | B．tall and handsome |
| C．honest and strong | D．outgoing and experienced |
| A．A restaurant assistant. | B．A film extra. |
| C．A newspaper boy. | D．No job for him. |
| A．notice | B．poster | C．found and lost | D．job advertisement |
Many of you have probably had this experience: You get on a train and are ready to take a nap (打盹) or read a book, only to find that the passenger in front of you is watching a TV show on his tablet (平板电脑) without headphones (耳机). The child next to you won’t stop crying. And the old lady behind you talks on her phone during the whole trip.
Wish the train could be less noisy? There might be a solution for you. The Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway, one of China’s busiest high-speed rail lines, will have “quiet” carriages (车厢) starting from Dec 23, Xinhua reported.
In quiet carriages, onboard videos (车载视频) will be muted (静音) and announcements (公告) will be made at a lower volume (音量). Doors at the ends of the carriage will be kept closed to reduce noise from other carriages, CGTN noted. Train attendants (乘务员) will be responsible for making sure that passengers remain quiet and follow the rules.
Passengers who are willing to obey (遵守) the rules can choose the quiet carriages when booking their tickets, according to China’s national railway operator (铁路运营商).
Some people have pointed out that this kind of quiet environment should be offered in all carriages. They say that having quiet carriages might give people the impression that they don’t need to be quiet in non-quiet carriages.
While some internet users are in favor of the new service, it has also sparked (引发) discussion about just how quiet travelers should be in quiet carriages. Many people have raised questions such as “What if I snore (打呼噜)?” and “Can we talk to our travel companions (同伴) if we need to?”
1. Paragraph 1 is written to show that ________.| A．many people watch TV shows on trains |
| B．people do all kinds of things on trains |
| C．traveling by train is very common |
| D．people on trains are sometimes very noisy |
| A．Train attendants won’t make any announcements. |
| B．No one will make sure passengers follow the rules. |
| C．Passengers won’t be allowed to watch videos. |
| D．The doors of these carriages will stay closed. |
| A．in need of | B．in support of | C．in search of | D．in place of |
| A．The rules should be made more clear. |
| B．Most people don’t like the service. |
| C．It’s hard to make trains perfectly quiet. |
| D．The service is better for solo (独自的) travelers. |
| A．Train attendants. | B．Policemen. | C．Teachers. | D．Doctors. |
6 . How many of you do household chores at home? It’s reported that few teenagers would like to spend time on them. In their opinion, it’s a complete waste of time. Some even think they should be taken good care of by their parents all the time. However, such life skills are really necessary.
On June 3, 2020, the Ministry of Education(MOE) produced a document(文件) for high schools. According to the document, labor education is listed as a compulsory(必修的) course for high school students. It would be as important as the foreign language or physics. And each of them takes six credits(学分). Voluntary service, as part of labor education, would take two credits. The MOE also asks schools to make sure students do 40 hours of voluntary service during the full three school years.
A recent study shows that teenagers in China are doing very little housework. Primary and middle school students spend only 12 minutes a day on chores, compared to 72 minutes in the US, 42 minutes in South Korea and 30 minutes in France.
Parents think doing household chores would make students pay less attention to their school work. In fact, it is very helpful for teenagers. According to Northwest Educational Service, chores can not only teach teamwork and problem-solving skills but also give people a sense of pride. “Through such education, students are expected to develop working abilities as well as a better understanding of the world,” said Zheng Fuzhi, vice-minister of the MOE.
1. How do most teenagers feel about doing chores?| A．It is meaningless work. | B．It can help them kill time. |
| C．It is necessary to do chores. | D．It can help them deal with stress. |
| A．Two. | B．Four. | C．Six. | D．Eight. |
| A．China | B．America | C．South Korea | D．France |
| A．how to encourage teenagers to do chores |
| B．why it’s good for teenagers to do chores |
| C．why teenagers should develop different skills |
| D．how long teenagers should do chores every day |
| A．Most teenagers depend a lot on their parents. |
| B．Labor education is more popular with parents. |
| C．Doing chores can get in the way of students’ studies. |
| D．More attention is paid to developing students’ life skills. |
7 . We always think that it’s OK for us to leave our plants alone during our vacation. That’s because plants won’t scream (大叫) like pets, so they must be okay, right?
A recent study done by a group of scientists at the Tel Aviv University has found that some plants will scream in a high frequency (频率) when they are having stress.
The research was carried out on tomato plants and tobacco (烟草) plants by cutting their stems and taking water away from them. When they started cutting the stems, they found out that the plants started “screaming” between 20 and 100 kHz and they believe that this scream is meant to warn other plants nearby.
When the tomato plants’ stems were cut, 25 ultrasonic distress sounds (超声求救信号) were recorded during an hour, and on the other hand, 11 ultrasonic distress sounds were recorded from the tobacco plants.
When they took water away from the plants, the tomato plants recorded even more distress sounds with 35 distress sounds in an hour while the tobacco plants recorded 15 distress sounds.
The group of scientists then said that this changes the way we think of plants as we had always made sure that they are silent, but the thing is that their voices are too high to be heard.
1. Why do the plants scream according to the passage?| A．To take water away from them. | B．To help other plants feel better. |
| C．To tell other plants to be careful. | D．To record other plants’ scream. |
| A．Tomatoes and tobaccos had the same screaming frequency. |
| B．Tobaccos responded the same under different kinds of stress. |
| C．Tobaccos gave out stronger distress sounds than tomatoes when out of water. |
| D．Tomatoes gave out stronger distress sounds than tobaccos when the stems were cut. |
| A．The high frequency. | B．The scientists’ finding. |
| C．The distress sound. | D．The immediate danger. |
| A．By doing tests. | B．By making guesses. |
| C．By telling stories. | D．By showing others’ opinions. |
| A．A magic book. | B．A medicine book. |
| C．A travel magazine. | D．A science magazine. |
8 . Are robots going to take over the world? This was one of the biggest fears people had about the development of technology. But since then, those fears have been largely replaced by COVID-19. Now, more and more people are beginning to regard robots as a useful way for social distancing problems.
Robots have been used for years, even though you might not connect these tasks with robots ATMs in banks are common examples of everyday robots. There are many companies using robots even before the pandemic(疫情). Robots have also been used for tasks considered dangerous.
Among COVID-19 conditions new robots are being tested in many fields. At McDonald's and other fast-food restaurants, robots are being tied as waiters and even cooks. Restaurants are using robots to send their food safely to homes of old people because they're at high risk from COVID-19. Disinfection(消毒) robots have been developed to fight against COVID-19 in Qingdao, Shandong Province. They can replace human beings in carrying on the responsibility of disinfection. These newly developed disinfection robots have been put into operations in the quarantine wards(隔离病房) of some hospitals.
The arguments against robots include the loss of human jobs and the idea that machines could control our lives. But now that COVID-19 has changed the world, more people will likely be accepting robots. The situation now is showing us how technology can be used to improve the world.
1. What problems do people regard robots as a useful way?| A．Taking over the world. | B．Cleaning up the hospitals. |
| C．Social distancing problems. | D．Taking care of the patients. |
| A．At home. | B．In the library. | C．On the train. | D．In the bank. |
| A．Because they don't want to eat in the restaurants. |
| B．Because they're at high risk from COVID-19. |
| C．Because they don't have enough money. |
| D．Because their children aren't at home. |
| A．Guangzhou. | B．Changchun. | C．Shandong. | D．Beijing. |
| A．Dangerous work. | B．Interesting | C．Exciting work. | D．Surprising work. |
9 . Many foreigners find that one of the most interesting parts of Chinese culture is food. Foods that are normal in China. like chicken feet and duck tongue, are often very strange to foreigners. In fact, some of the biggest culture shocks are the kinds of animals that are eaten.
I was once invited to a special meal in China. When I arrived at the meal. I was happy to eat everything that was given to me. I did not want to be rude. I ate a meat dish that tasted rather strange，but I still wolfed（狼吞虎咽地吃）it all down. After the meal to my great surprise. I was told that I had eaten a dog. In European countries, it is a very strange idea to eat a dog. My Chinese friends explained that the dog meat is very useful for warming the body during winter and is often eaten in the north of China.
In England we call dogs “man’s best friend”. It would be against the law to eat a dog in England. In China, it is a big shock when we hear of people eating dogs, or, as I did, end up eating them ourselves.
1. What do many foreigners think of Chinese food?| A．Interesting. | B．Unusual. | C．Delicious. | D．Expensive. |
| A．Because the author was hungry. | B．Because the author had eaten a dog. |
| C．Because the author wanted to show respect. | D．Because the author liked the food very much. |
| A．is against the law to a certain degree | B．is quite popular in the south of China |
| C．can make people feel warm in cold weather | D．can make people get used to living with dogs |
| A．Man’s Best Friend | B．Living in England | C．A Culture Shock | D．Chinese Dog Meal |
Look up at the sky at night. What can you see? Less than 100 years ago, everyone could look up and see the night sky full of stars. Now, in most big cities we can see few or no stars. Why? That’s because light fills the skies over our cities.
Air, water, and noise pollution are not new to us, but do you know that light can also be a kind of pollution? The improper use of lights — known as light pollution — may have serious effects (影响) on humans, wildlife and weather conditions.
Cities and towns usually have more light pollution than the countryside. Much outdoor lighting used at night for offices, factories, streetlights and sports centers is much too bright and sometimes completely unnecessary.
Some scientists are finding ways to stop light pollution and make our lives better. The good news is that light pollution, unlike many other kinds of pollution, is controllable and each one of us can make a difference! Just realizing that light pollution is a problem is not enough: what we need is action. For example, many streetlights now have covers. The covers let the light only point to the ground. They stop the light from going up into the sky. They also save energy. The covers are a small change, but they can still have a good effect.
1. People could see ________ stars less than 100 years ago.| A．no | B．few | C．many | D．any |
| A．humans, wildlife and weather conditions | B．trees, wildlife and air conditions |
| C．oceans, animals and weather conditions | D．humans, animals and air conditions |
| A．Two. | B．Three. | C．Four. | D．Five. |
| A．All kinds of pollution are controllable. |
| B．There is no way to control light pollution. |
| C．The countryside usually has more light pollution than cities. |
| D．Streetlights with covers make less pollution than those without covers. |
| A．A night sky full of stars | B．Stop light pollution . | C．All kinds of pollution | D．The improper use of lights |
