1 . A lot of travellers who are going to new cities are often told to begin their trips with a bus tour. This thinking is that they can then go to the places that _______ them. But that is wrong. What you see from the inside of a moving bus is _______ and removed from the real sights, sounds, and smells outside. So the best way to experience any place is on foot and with absolutely no travel plan. _______ go wherever your feet and your interests _______ you.

You will not only get to the _______ sites that are on the bus tour — the museums, the monuments, the city hall — but you will have seen much more. You will have _______ the present life of the city.

But there is a problem: What if I get lost? No one ever gets _______ lost in a major city. At first you can find your way back to a well-known place. If it frightens you to be “lost”, just find a taxi and go back to where you started. However, the _______ things can happen if you get lost. You can _______ at a sidewalk cafe to have a rest. You can ask the local people near you. And ________ they don’t speak your language, your trip becomes more memorable because of the ________. Here are a few more ways to get the most out of your travel.

First, know before you go. ________ a few hours before your trip learning about the history and culture of your destination.

Second, move around like a local. Use the subways and buses of the city you are ________. You will not only save money, but also learn how people really live.

Third, check the bulletin boards. Sometimes you can find advertisements for free concert, and ________ fun activities on bulletin boards around universities.

So the next time you see a travel poster wishing you to have a bus tour, just save your money. Instead, wander ________. I promise you a time you will remember with great pleasure.

1.

A．please

B．disappoint

C．encourage

D．interest

2.

A．unreal

B．true

C．real

D．common

3.

A．Particularly

B．Simply

C．Generally

D．Especially

4.

A．move

B．lead

C．say

D．tell

5.

A．different

B．wrong

C．same

D．right

6.

A．left

B．lived

C．felt

D．led

7.

A．possibly

B．hopelessly

C．finally

D．terribly

8.

A．worst

B．nicest

C．hardest

D．saddest

9.

A．reach

B．get

C．stop

D．arrive

10.

A．in case

B．as a result

C．in fact

D．even if

11.

A．experience

B．conversation

C．talk

D．trip

12.

A．Spend

B．Talk

C．Pay

D．Use

13.

A．going

B．walking

C．seeing

D．visiting

14.

A．the other

B．another

C．other

D．others

15.

A．of your own

B．on your own

C．of yourself

D．on yourself

2 . Teenagers in England do much the same as those in America do. They enjoy sending messages by their mobile phones and they also like swimming, listening to the latest music, watching TV and surfing the Internet.

How do teenagers in England spend their free time and holidays? Let’s follow Sally, a British teenager, and spend five days with her during her school holiday.

Day One

After breakfast, Sally’s mother went out and left her alone at home. She checked her mobile phone during lunch—one of her friends sent her a message early in the morning. Dinner was at 6:30 p. m. After that, she finished her English homework. Then she surfed the Internet.

Day Two

Sally and her mother paid a visit to their friends and went swimming together. Later, they went shopping for clothes and books, and had dinner in a restaurant.

Day Three

She went to the supermarket with her mother to buy fish and chips for lunch as well as some pens. After she got back home, she spent the next few hours surfing the Internet and watching TV.

Day Four

She surfed the Internet. Her mother took her out for lunch before she went to work. Sally then read stories after lunch.

Day Five

She woke up at 2 p. m., and so did her mother. They went to a park. Her mother met some friends there. When they got home, it was already time for dinner. Afterwards, she did her homework until 10 p. m.

1. When did Sally do her homework?

A．In the morning.	B．In the evening.
C．At lunch time.	D．In the afternoon.

2. Sally and her mother went shopping for the second time to buy 　　　.

A．some fish and clothes	B．some books and pens
C．food for lunch and pens	D．food and books

3. Which of the following things did Sally do on Day Four?

A．She went swimming.	B．She went out for breakfast.
C．She went shopping.	D．She read books.

4. According to the passage, it can be inferred that 　　　.

A．parents shouldn’t leave teenagers alone at home

B．surfing the Internet has become an important part of teenagers’ lives

C．teenagers don’t usually do their homework during their school holidays

D．a park is the best place to meet a friend

3 . Liu Jichen, 23, a student from Tsinghua University, has developed a WeChat mini-program called “Clear Your Plate”. After a meal, users can open the mini-program and take a picture of their empty plates. Once the image is recognized by the AI(Artificial Intelligence), students can collect points and use them to buy gifts or purchase charity meals to children in impoverished(贫困的) rural areas.

Liu and his team, together with other organizations, launched the “Clear Your Plate” campaign in November for the third year. It has swept over 1,017 universities across the country. The one-month campaign attracted almost 1.6 million participants and collectively reduced food waste by 862 tons and carbon emissions(碳排放) by 3,337 tons.

“Technological innovation is a good way to reduce food waste,” Liu thought. He organized a team of 20 members to work on the project at the end of 2017. To solve the AI’s problem of identifying photos of empty plates, the team spent half a year collecting over 100,000 samples in canteens and restaurants. In 2018, the mini-program was officially put into operation on Oct 16, World Food Day. They then launched a campaign later that year.

“There were so many unknowns in research and development. For our team members, the biggest challenge was whether we were confident enough to complete it,” Liu said. They not only achieved their goal, but now, the mini-program has more than 5 million registered users, according to Liu. “We hope our efforts can start a new trend among the younger generation by encouraging them to cherish(珍惜) their food and develop the habit of thrift(节约),” Liu added.

1. What can we know about the “Clear Your Plate” mini-program?

A．It aims to put an end to waste and encourage thrift.

B．Its 6 million users are mostly students.

C．It helped reduce food waste by 3,337 tons.

D．It is an exchange of food for rewards to help poor children.

2. What challenge did Liu and his team face?

A．They found it tough to promote the campaign.

B．They felt uncertain whether they could complete the project.

C．They lacked professional technical support.

D．They had difficulty gathering enough samples.

3. Which of the following best describes Liu Jichen?

A．Optimistic and demanding.	B．Generous and responsible.
C．Talented and humorous.	D．Creative and determined.

4. Where is the text probably from?

A．A guidebook.

B．A news report.

C．A book review.

D．A textbook.

5 . An old man lived with his little grandson. Every day the old man got up early to read books.

One day the grandson asked, “Grandpa, I want to read books as you do. But I always forget what I read. What are the advantages of reading?”

The grandfather didn’t answer him, but said, “Take this little basket to the river and bring me back a basket of water.” The boy did as his grandpa said, but all the water leaked out before he got back home. The grandfather laughed and said, “You’ll have to walk faster next time.”

The next time the boy ran faster, but the basket was still empty before he returned home. The boy said, “See, Grandpa, it’s no use!”

“Is it no use?” the old man said. “Look at the basket.”

The boy looked at the basket and found that the basket was different. It was cleaner, inside and out.

“That’s what happens when you read books. You might not understand or remember everything, but when you read them, you will be changed, inside and out.”

1. What did the old man do every day?

A．He carried water.	B．He wrote something.
C．He read books.	D．He did some chores.

2. After the grandson read books, he 　　　.

A．was too busy to do it	B．got up late
C．he slept late	D．always forgot what he read

3. How many times did the grandson go to the river to get some water?

A．Twice.

B．Once.

C．Three times.

D．Four times.

7 . Ireland has had a very difficult history. The problems started in the 16th century when English rulers tried to conquer (征服) Ireland. For hundreds of years, the Irish people fought against the English. Finally, in 1921, the British government was forced to give independence to the south of Ireland. The result is that today there are two “Irelands”. Northern Ireland, in the north, is part of the United Kingdom. The Republic of Ireland, in the south, is an independent country.

In the 1840s the main crop, potatoes, was affected by disease and about 750,000 people died of hunger. This, and a shortage (短缺) of work, forced many people to leave Ireland and live in the USA, the UK, Australia and Canada. As a result of these problems, the population fell from 8.2 million in 1841 to 6.6 million in 1851.

For many years, the majority of Irish people earned their living as farmers. Today, many people still work on the land but more and more people are moving to the cities to work in factories and offices. Life in the cities is very different from life in the countryside, where things move at a quieter and slower pace.

The Irish are famous for being warm－hearted and friendly. Oscar Wilde, a famous Irish writer, once said that the Irish were “the greatest talkers since the Greeks”. Since independence, Ireland has revived (复兴) its own culture of music, language, literature and singing. Different areas have different styles of old Irish songs which are sung without instruments. Other kinds of Irish music use many different instruments such as the violin, whistles, etc.

1. What does the author tell us in Paragraph 1?

A．How the Irish fought against the English.

B．How Ireland gained independence.

C．How English rulers tried to conquer Ireland.

D．How two “Irelands” came into being.

2. We learn from the text that in Ireland ________.

A．food shortages and a lack of work in the 1840s led to a decline in population

B．people are moving to the cities for lack of work in the countryside

C．it is harder to make a living as a farmer than as a factory worker

D．different kinds of old Irish songs are all sung with instruments

3. The last paragraph is mainly about ________.

A．the Irish character	B．the Irish culture
C．Irish musical instruments	D．a famous Irish writer

4. What can be the best title for the text?

A．Life in Ireland	B．A Very Difficult History
C．Ireland, Past and Present	D．The Independence of Ireland

8 . New research added brain degradation such as Alzheimer’s disease (阿尔茨海默氏病)to the growing list of effects of fine particles (微粒). A study of 63 million adults older than 65 in the United States showed that from 2000 to 2016, first­time hospital admissions for Alzheimer’s disease and related diseases rose by 13 percent with every 5­microgram (per cubic meter of air) increase in annual concentrations of PM2.5. Such particles are produced mainly during the burning of fossil fuels, especially coal and oil. The risk remained high even when concentrations were below 12 micrograms per cubic meter of air, a level the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency currently considers safe.

“Our study builds on the small but clear evidence indicating that long­term PM2.5 exposure is associated with an increased risk of worsening brain health,   even when PM2.5 concentrations are well below the current national standards，” said Xiao Wu, a doctoral student in Harvard.

Antonella Zanobetti, a co­author of the study, said the new research results showed that the current U. S. regulations are inadequate to protect the aging American population, highlighting the need for stricter standards and policies that help further reduce PM2.5 concentrations and improve air quality overall.

Women and urban populations, particularly those in the northeast, were particularly at risk, the research showed. The researchers figured that the increasing effects on urban populations might be due to the “abundance of metal­bearing particles in the urban atmosphere, which have very small size and can access the brain directly”. They owed the increased risk to women to longer life, which meant the probability of death from other causes before developing Alzheimer’s disease was higher in men.

1. What can we learn about the new research in Paragraph 1?

A．It proved PM2.5 was caused by fossil fuels.

B．It aimed at improving the elders’ brain health.

C．It showed Alzheimer’s disease was linked to air pollution.

D．It focused on the effect of PM2.5 on the environment.

2. What is the researchers’ attitude towards the current U.S. PM2.5 national standards?

A．Supportive.	B．Disapproving.
C．Cautious.	D．Ambiguous.

3. Why do women have higher risk of brain health problems?

A．Because they mainly live in cities.

B．Because they are in much worse condition.

C．Because they are affected by PM2.5 more easily.

D．Because they live longer than men.

4. What’s the purpose of the text?

A．To present findings of new research.

B．To call on us to protect the environment.

C．To analyze various reasons for Alzheimer’s disease.

D．To draw our attention to the elders’ health.

9 . Not long ago, people could only buy organic food in small shops. Today it is common in most major supermarkets. The reason for the increase is that more and more people are demanding food grown without chemicals. Since the 1990s, organic farm production has gone up continuously. This pattern is expected to continue around the globe.

Australia leads the world in land used as for organic agriculture. It has four times as all of Asia. However, most of the land is not very fertile, and it only produces a modest amount of food. Argentina is a distant second, followed by Brazil, the United States and China. In Africa, only a very small amount of land is registered for organic farming. That does not mean Africa relies on chemicals. In fact, many farmers do not use chemicals because they cannot afford them. Yet there are no programmes for these farmers to prove they do not use chemicals. Without these programmes their food can never be approved organic.

India has had the most dramatic recent increase in organic farming. Like many other countries, India sees continual growth in organic food sales around the world. This, of course, leads to growth in profits. Sales of organic food were more than doubled from 2000 to 2005. Like India, many countries are trying to increase commercial organic farming to get a share of the sales. This has led to criticism. Some people believe that organic farming should not just be about making money. They think the goal is to help the environment. Others say organic farming will not continue if it is not profitable. They say that people should be able to make money while providing healthy food for mankind.

1. What is the passage mainly about?

A．Organic food has become much more common.

B．Organic farming is growing around the world.

C．People do not want to eat food with chemicals in it.

D．Countries all want to make money from organic farming.

2. Why do people want to increase organic farming?

A．More and more people demand chemicals to grow food.

B．Organic food is good for Earth and the human beings.

C．There are fewer chemicals available to the human beings.

D．Profits from organic farming help make approval programmes.

3. From the passage, it can be said that__________.

A．India uses the least land to organic farming.

B．Brazil uses less land to organic farming than China.

C．the US is the fourth largest organic farming country.

D．China and India have the same amount of organic farmland.

4. It can be inferred from the passage that__________.

A．people who eat food with chemicals have shorter lifespan.

B．India will soon become the largest country of growing organic food.

C．more countries will farm organically as the environment gets worse.

D．there will be fewer organic farms if the demand for organic food goes down.

10 . Much information can be clearly conveyed, purely through our eyes, so the expression “eyes also talk” is often heard.

Can you think of any experience that further proves this? On a bus you may quickly glance at a stranger, but not make eye contact. If he senses that he is being stared at, he may feel uncomfortable.

It is the same in daily life. If you are looked at for more than necessary, you will look at yourself up and down to see if there is anything wrong with you. If nothing goes wrong, you will feel angry about other’s staring at you that way. Eyes do speak, right?

Looking too long at someone may seem to be rude and aggressive. But things are different when it comes to staring at the opposite sex. If a man continues to glance at a woman for more than 10 seconds, his intentions are obvious. That is, he wishes to make her understand that he is admiring her.

However, the normal eye contact for two people engaged in conversation is that the speaker will only look at the listener from time to time, In order to make sure that the listener does pay attention to what the former is speaking. As for the listener, he will, to a certain degree, look continuously at the speaker to tell him that he is attentive.

If a speaker looks at you continuously when speaking, as if he tries to control you, you will feel uneasy. A poor liar usually exposes himself by looking too long at the victim, since he believes the false idea that to look straight in the eye is a sign of honest communication.

In fact, continuous eye contact is limited to lovers only, who will enjoy looking at each other gently for a long time, to show affection that words cannot express.

Clearly, eye contact should be done according to the relationship between two people and specific situation.

1. What may person usually do on a bus?

A．Stare at a stranger for more than necessary.	B．Use eyes to talk to a stranger politely.
C．Talk to a stranger politely after a quick glance.	D．Glance at a stranger without eye contact.

2. What does it mean if a man looks at a woman for over 10 second??

A．He likes her eyes.	B．He knows her well.
C．He admires her.	D．He makes contact with her.

3. Why is a poor liar easy to be seen through?

A．He looks straight at the victim for too long a time.	B．He feels uneasy about others’ eye contact.
C．He wants to control the victim.	D．He thinks that he is honest.

4. What’s the main idea of the text?

A．Eye contact matters.	B．Eyes can speak.
C．Don’t stare at others.	D．Use your eye contact.