1 . A lot of people are crazy doing the shopping through the Internet now. Why is it so popular? There are some reasons. First, more and more people have their own computers and their computers can be joined with the Internet. So it is possible for many of them to do the shopping through the Internet. Second, shopping online can save money and lots of time. Third, they don’t need to go to the shop themselves.
Because of these good facts, few people refuse it. On the other hand, some people don’t like this new way of shopping. They are worried about the safety of shopping online. Customers can only see the pictures of products on the Internet. And they can’t enjoy the pleasure of buying things in large supermarkets or some wonderful stores. These are the reasons why they don’t like it.
But I think more and more people will like this kind of shopping in the future.
根据短文内容，判断下列句子的正(T)误(F)
1. Only a few people are interested in shopping online.
2. Shopping online can only save money.
3. All the products on the Internet are not good.
4. Some people dislike shopping online because they don’t have their own computers.
5. The writer of the passage supports shopping online.
2 . In your school bags, most of you may have a pencil, some kinds of pens, a ruler and some books. None of these things grow in the fields. They are all made in factories and invented by someone. But thousands of years ago no one knew about these things.
Who invented them? We don’t always know. There have been many thousands of inventions, large or small, in the history. Some of these inventions have changed the world, such as paper, printing and radios, and we know the inventors. But we have forgotten most of the other inventors. Who invented the clock, for example, or the lock to the door? We don’t know. There have been thousands of inventors and we should be thankful to them when we grow up.
1. Where will you usually put your pens and books?| A．In the school bags. | B．On the bed. | C．Everywhere. |
| A．At schools. | B．In factories. | C．In the fields. |
| A．Cups, printing and sand. | B．Paper, printing and grass. | C．Paper, printing and radios. |
| A．We have forgotten most of the inventors. |
| B．Inventions should be large, not small. |
| C．Thousands of years ago, people couldn’t invent anything. |
| A．Thankful. | B．Uninterested. | C．Uncertain. |
3 . Let's suppose it is a common day of 2060. Of course, things have changed and life is very different.
Trips to the moon are being made every day. Taking a holiday on the moon today is as easy as taking a holiday in Europe in the 2010's. At a number of scenic spots(风景胜地) on the moon, many hotels have been built. In order that everyone can enjoy the beautiful scenery on the moon, every room has at least one picture window. Everything imaginable is provided for entertainment of the young and old.
What are people eating now? People are still eating food. But many foods now come in pill(药片) form, and the food that goes into the pill comes mainly from green plants.
Because people in the world today are many more than those about fifty years ago, most of the earth's surface has to be filled. The deserts are irrigated with water and crops are no longer eaten by pests(害虫). The harvest is always good.
Farming, of course, is very highly developed. Very few people have to work on the farm. It is possible to run the farm by just using a few computers.
People are now largely vegetarians, and they eat only bread, vegetables, fruit and so on and they don't eat meat or fish. You see, as the number of people increases, the number of animals decreases. So people have to be vegetarians. We are healthier both in our bodies and in our minds, and we know how to deal with all kinds of illnesses. No one has to be ill any more. Such would be our life in 2060.
1. What will be on the moon in 2060 according to the passage?| A．Many green plants. | B．Many wild animals. | C．Many interesting places. |
| A．冲刷 | B．灌溉 | C．淹没 |
| A．People only eat foods in pill form. |
| B．People don't have plenty of crops. |
| C．People run the farms by using high technology. |
| A．Because they want to be healthier. |
| B．Because vegetables can make the patients well. |
| C．Because there will be more people and fewer animals. |
| A．He feels pretty hopeful about the future. |
| B．He is not very satisfied with some things of the future. |
| C．He seems really sad about what is happening in the future. |
We can’t remember clearly since when we started to take our mobiles to a dinner table. This happens a lot, especially when we eat out. Once a dish comes, instead of lifting our chopsticks, we take out our mobiles and click. Later, we post the photos onto Weibo or Wechat, waiting to be “liked”. Then we check our mobiles from time to time during the meal, to see whether we get “liked” or not. We just cannot leave our mobiles for only a meal.
Does that sound familiar to you? Do you do that often? If not, how do you feel when others do that when having dinner with you?
A recent study suggests that what we are used to doing is not so good. Spending time taking photos of food makes the food less pleasant. To test this, some researchers did an experiment. Some people were asked to take photos before they could enjoy food. As a result, it showed that the more photos they took, _______________. So, why not stop taking photos and just enjoy the food in front of you?
Besides the scientific result, there are also some other bad influences of taking photos of food before meals. After posting the photos onto the Internet, one will not be able to control himself and check his mobile many times. “Does everyone like my photos? I hope a lot of people like them!” It seems that your mobile secretly calls your name all the time, even when you are with real people.
So, next time you go out to have dinner with your family or friends, how about not taking photos of food? Let the food be delicious as it is and share your life with people around you. Trust me, it will be a wonderful time.
1. From the passage, what happens a lot at the dinner table nowadays?| A．People talk about their Weibo or We chat. |
| B．People take photos of food and post them before eating. |
| C．People like taking photos with friends or families. |
| D．People learn from each other how to cook dishes. |
| A．the less cheerful they became |
| B．the less delicious the food seemed to them |
| C．the more interested they were in the food |
| D．the more “liked” they got on Weibo or Wechat |
| A．The reasons for checking your mobiles. |
| B．The ways of posting the photos onto the Internet. |
| C．The tips (提示) of making others like your photos on the Weibo. |
| D．Some other bad influences of taking photos of food before meals. |
| A．We take out our mobiles and click when a dish comes. |
| B．We check our mobiles from time to time during the meal. |
| C．Some people were asked to take photos before they could enjoy food. |
| D．Spending time taking photos of food makes the food less pleasant. |
| A．Take photos of food in order to have a wonderful life. |
| B．Take photos of delicious food and share them with others. |
| C．Enjoy the life with people around us instead of taking photos of food. |
| D．Remember to have dinner with our family and friends at home. |
5 . With the development of science, more and more students don't like taking notes by hand. Instead, they use digital cameras to take pictures of the words that their teachers write on the blackboard or record what their teachers say in class.
The children might think there are too many notes to take or their teachers write or speak so fast that they can't take more specific notes. They are trying to find ways to make things easier, so they use digital cameras. In fact, children are very clever to make use of technology.
But do digital cameras really make taking notes easier?
Not really. Before you read notes from digital cameras, there are a lot of things you have to do. To begin with, you have to find a computer. Then you need to copy the photos into the computer. Next, you have to find a printer(打印机) to print the photos. Another thing is that you can't hear the sound from the digital cameras clearly because there is usually lots of noise. You will have to listen to it slowly several times before you understand everything.
In fact, taking notes by hand has many advantages. For example, it can help you remember and understand what you are learning. In order to save time, you can choose the most important things or the things you don't understand to write down. You don't have to write down everything.
Don't be afraid to take notes by hand. It's really an effective(有效的) way.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。
1. Why do more and more students take notes with digital cameras but not by hand?
| A．Because they want to take right notes. |
| B．Because their teachers want them to do so. |
| C．Because they want to make taking notes easier. |
| D．Because they always want to try new things. |
| A．具体的 | B．可能的 | C．必需的 | D．微妙的 |
| A．Four. | B．Three. | C．Two. | D．One. |
| A．You shouldn't be afraid to write down everything. |
| B．To save time, you should remember instead of taking notes. |
| C．You should write down all the words that your teachers write on the blackboard. |
| D．You only need to write down what you don't understand or some key words. |
| A．By taking pictures of the words that teachers write. |
| B．By recording what teachers say in class. |
| C．By using a computer. |
| D．By taking notes with your hand. |
6 . Every morning my father buys a newspaper on his way to work. Every evening my mother looks through magazines at home. And every night, I look at the posters with photos of Lee MinHo on my bedroom wall before I go to sleep. Can we imagine life without paper or print?
Paper was first created about 2,000 years ago, and has been made from silk, cotton, bamboo, and since the 19th century from wood. People leaned to write words on paper to make a book. But in those days, books could only be produced one at a time by hand, As a result, they were expensive and rare (稀有的), And because there weren't many books, few people learned to read.
Then printing was invented in China. When printing was developed greatly at the beginning of the 11th century, books could be produced more quickly and cheaply. As a result, more people learned to read. After that, knowledge and ideas spread quickly.
Today information can be received online, downloaded from the Internet rather than found in books, and information can be kept on CDROMs or machines such as MP3 players.
Computers are already used in classrooms, and newspapers and magazines can already be read online. So will books be replaced(替代) by computers one day? No, I don't think the Lee MinHo poster on my bedroom wall will ever be replaced by a computer two meters high!
1. What does the writer do before he goes to sleep?| A．He reads books. | B．He reads newspaper. |
| C．He looks through magazines. | D．He looks at the posters on the wall. |
| A．About 2000 years ago. | B．In the 19th century. |
| C．About 1000 years ago. | D．In the 11th century. |
| A．People could not read. | B．People could not write words on paper. |
| C．People could not find silk, cotton or bamboo. | D．People could only produce books one at a time by hand. |
| A．People didn’t want to buy books. | B．Printing was invented in China. |
| C．Knowledge and ideas spread quickly. | D．The Internet was introduced to people soon. |
| A．People won’t need books any more. | B．Books won’t be replaced by computers. |
| C．People prefer to find information in books. | D．Computers have already replaced books. |
7 . Deke Duncan is not an ordinary DJ. He's 73 years old and has spent the last 44 years hosting a radio show from his garden shed to a rather small audience.
In 1974, Deke Duncan created his own radio station in his garden shed. He used high-quality equipment to get that professional radio sound. This was well before the days of the Internet. The only way to reach people with a radio show was by broadcasting it on radio waves. To do this, you needed a licence. Without one, he couldn't broadcast it anywhere outside his house. However, that didn't stop him from following his passion. Every weekend, his radio played pop songs and local news to only one person: his wife! His dream was to one day share his radio show with his home town, Stevenage. With only one listener, it seemed unlikely.
44 years later, this dream is going to come true. BBC Three Counties, a local radio station for Stevenage and the nearby area, heard of his story. They decided to give him his own one-off radio show. Deke Duncan will have a one-hour show over Christmas, playing not just to Stevenage, but to three counties. "This feels really nice. For the first time in my life, I'm speechless," he told listeners on the BBC Three Counties radio station.
Even though he has moved to Stockport, Deke has still kept his radio station going. He has hosted the show with friends and still broadcasts for his family. It just goes to show that a lifelong dream can come true if you work for it and keep going, even if it does take 44 years!
1. Where did Deke create his own radio station in 1974?| A．In his living room. | B．In his garden shed. |
| C．On the internet. | D．In the BBC County Radio Station. |
| A．A licence. | B．A radio wave. | C．A radio show. | D．A radio station |
| A．In 2018. | B．In 2017. | C．In 1974. | D．In 1927. |
| A．Deke was too excited to say a word when his dream came true. |
| B．There were many ways to reach people with a radio show in 1974. |
| C．Deke had to stop his radio station because he moved to another city. |
| D．With the help of BBC, Deke had a show over Christmas only to Stevenage. |
| A．Never too late to mend | B．Never too late to learn |
| C．Never have a daydream | D．Never give up your dream |
8 . My 20-year-old daughter, Ann, living in Philadelphia, sent me a message the other day. "I need socks and shampoo." She was actually asking me to prepare those things for her, but I thought she was playing a cell phone game. I decide not to be a helicopter(直升机) mother, because experience as a mother and professor has taught me how badly that can result. Instead, I prefer a more hands-off way. From the time Ann turned 16, I don't want to know her work and life schedule any longer.
But that's not what I see at Drexel University where I teach. Most of my students talk to their parents three times a day or more. One student's mother called her son because she didn't hear from him for a few days. The son was in the library so he whispered "hello". The mother doubted that he was drinking, and insisted on asking him to take a picture of himself. Holding a newspaper with that day's date, the son had to take a photo of himself and sent it to his mother in order to prove that he wasn't telling a lie.
I always think that my students should depend on themselves. I tell them that I will not check whether they miss classes and finish homework or not. Because they are independent thinkers and they should take responsibility for their own choices.
But their parents don't treat them like me. I know a mother. She puts her eyes on her son too much. She hopes he will walk by the camera so that she can know what he is doing. Another mother checks her son's credit card daily. However, I never do that. My daughters only come to me with important things when they need my decision. I think that's because I give them space.
Many parents try to find if their kids are hiding from them. But we have to learn to respect boundaries(界限), even when technology is so powerful now. So I am going to do my best not to be a helicopter parent.
1. The underlined phrase "a helicopter mother" in Paragraph 1 means "________".| A．a mother who treats the child as an independent being. |
| B．a mother who pays close attention to their children. |
| C．a mother who prefers a more hands-off way. |
| D．a mother who gives her children space. |
| A．They trust each other. | B．They respect each other. |
| C．They care about each other. | D．They are unhappy with each other. |
| A．To show how responsible those mothers are. |
| B．To show that mothers should make decisions for their children. |
| C．To show that space is needed for children to become independent. |
| D．To show that some helicopter mothers love their children so much. |
| A．Agree. | B．Neutral(中立) | C．Disagree | D．Unknown |
| A．Advice on respect boundaries between parents and children. |
| B．The powerful technologies for helicopter parents. |
| C．The disadvantages of being helicopter parents. |
| D．The advantages of being hands-off parents. |
9 . Chinese has a long history. It has shaped other languages in Asia the way Latin has shaped languages in the West. With this history, will Chinese have a surprising future?
Over one billion people speak Chinese in the world — far more than any other language. It is the language of the country which is soon to have the world's largest economy (经济). Chinese people are found studying and doing business all over the world.
In fact, Chinese is definitely going to be a world language. Why is this certain? We must look at the economic and political power (政治影响力) of China, which is increasing every day. In the past, world languages have always been the languages of countries with powerful economics. Latin, French and English were important because of the power of the countries that spoke those languages.
Foreign interest in Chinese has developed very quickly together with the development of the Chinese economy. Chinese has become one of the most important and popular languages to learn.
As China develops, more and more people will want to learn about Chinese language and culture, to work and study in China, and to do business with Chinese companies. Chinese will one day become an international language.
1. In which way in Chinese similar to Latin?| A．They both have influenced other languages. |
| B．Both languages have over one billion speakers. |
| C．They both have a long history and bright future. |
| D．Both languages are spoken only by Chinese. |
| A．Always. | B．Certainly. | C．Never. | D．Possibly. |
| A．The more important language is, the stronger economy is. |
| B．The stronger economy is, the less important language is. |
| C．The weaker economy is, the more important language is. |
| D．The stronger economy is, the more important language is. |
| A．Because more and more Chinese go abroad. |
| B．Because people across the world travel to China. |
| C．Because many universities in China are world-famous. |
| D．Because more foreigners are becoming interested in Chinese. |
| A．Hopeful. | B．Unclear. | C．Dark. | D．Doubtful. |
As the novel coronavirus rapidly spreads to a majority of the world's nations, many countries are canceling their major sporting and cultural events.
Already, major domestic (国内的) events in China, including the National People's Congress and the World Athletics Indoor Championships, have already been postponed (推迟). Now the rest of the world seems to be following suit.
The world of soccer is also being affected. In February, Italy was the first to play its league games behind closed doors (without spectators), and following the recently announced lockdown measures throughout Europe and the US, all domestic and international games have been placed on hold (暂停), as have Asian soccer leagues, including those of Japan, South Korea and China.
In addition, Euro 2020 - a major international soccer tournament for European teams - has also been canceled to allow more time for domestic leagues to conclude. When asked about the cancelations, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said, "The health of persons is much more important than any football game."
The outbreak is also impacting cultural events around the world. Facing Europe's largest COVID-19 pandemic, with over 86,000 confirmed cases (确诊病例) by March 28, Italy cut short its iconic Venice carnival (狂欢节) and Milan Fashion Week show. The latter was being live-streamed from an empty theater.
Internationally, perhaps the biggest cancelation is the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Japanese officials were initially optimistic that the event would continue, but given the rapidly increasing number of worldwide cases, officials had no choice but to postpone the event for the first time in history. The International Olympic Committee approved the request on March 24, delaying the event until the summer of 2021. Speaking at a press conference shortly after the decision, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said, "We agreed that a postponement would be the best way to ensure that the athletes are in peak condition when they compete and to guarantee the safety of the spectators."
Supporting the move, Yvonne Maldonado, an infectious (传染的) disease researcher, told The Washington Post, "If you bring many people together, and then you ship them back all over the world: That's the perfect way to transmit. If you want to disseminate (传播) a disease, that would be the way to do it."
1. What does the underlined phrase "following suit" in Paragraph 2 probably mean?| A．Doing what you want. | B．Doing what you are told. |
| C．Doing what others are doing. | D．Doing what others don't do. |
| A．The Venice Carnival was live-streamed this year. |
| B．Euro 2020 has been canceled for health reasons. |
| C．Soccer matches in Italy were canceled in February. |
| D．Soccer leagues in Japan played as usual in February. |
| A．They decided to put them off. |
| B．They decided not to host them. |
| C．They will be held as scheduled. |
| D．They will be held in another city. |
| A．make the athletes in good health. |
| B．make the athletes in peak condition and guarantee the safety of the spectators. |
| C．make the games more popular. |
| D．respond to the call of the Olympic Games. |
| A．supported | B．doubtful | C．unsatisfactory | D．worrying |
