1 . According to the Global Times, it is reported that two online videos showing children telling their parents “I love you” have gone viral in China. The first, filmed by an Anhui TV station, shows a number of college students telling their parents they love them. The responses are mixed. “Are you drunk?” asked one parent. In another similar video, shot by a Shanxi TV station, a father responded even less patiently — “I am going to a meeting, so cut the crap.”
Why don’t Chinese families use those words? Theories revolve around the nature of Confucian teaching. “The parents’ responses show that many Chinese are not good at expressing positive emotions,” Xia Xueluan, a sociologist from Peking University, told the Global Times. “They are used to educating children with negative language.”
This isn’t the first time that China has done some soul-searching about familial love — last year China Daily asked a cross-section of people if they said “I love you” to their parents, spouses, and children. “I have never said ‘I love you’ to my family, and I don’t think I will in the future,” one 56-year-old man told the paper. “Saying it aloud is embarrassing for me.”
Still, that doesn’t mean that love can’t be expressed. In a separate article, China Daily spoke to Zhao Mengmeng, a 31-year-old woman who said she had never told her father she loved him face-to-face (“I find it a bit odd”). Sometimes actions speak louder than words. Zhao gave her father a photo album featuring photographs of them together on almost every one of her birthdays in June 2012. The pictures went viral online, being forwarded hundreds of thousands of times on Weibo.
“I didn’t sleep the night I heard about it,” her father told China Daily after the story attracted mainstream attention. “I have now memorized some of the comments on the collection of pictures.”
1. What can we infer from the text?| A．It is not direct for Chinese families to say “I love you”. |
| B．Chinese parents are too proud to express “I love you”. |
| C．Chinese parents are good at expressing positive emotions. |
| D．Young parents in China are willing to express “I love you”. |
| A．Because they can’t express it. |
| B．Because they are not in the habit of expressing so. |
| C．Because they think it unnecessary. |
| D．Because they think it should be done only among young couples. |
| A．giving him an album containing their photos | B．kissing her father’s face and telling him by words |
| C．speaking it out bravely in a TV program | D．writing out the three words in a letter |
| A．Opposed. | B．Objective. | C．Critical. | D．Indifferent. |
2 . This year some twenty-three hundred teenagers (young people aged from 13-19) from all over the world will spend about ten months in US homes. They will attend US schools, meet US teenagers, and form impressions of the real America. At the same time, about thirteen hundred American teenagers will go to other countries to learn new languages and gain a new understanding of the rest of the world.
Here is a two-way student exchange(交流/交换) in action. Fred, nineteen, spent last year in Germany with George's family. In turn, George's son Mike spent a year in Fred's home in America.
Fred, a lively young man, knew little German when he arrived, but after two months’ study, the language began to come to him. The school was completely different from what he had expected—much harder. Students rose respectfully (尊敬地) when the teacher entered the room. They took fourteen subjects instead of the six that are usual in the United States. There were almost no outside activities.
Family life, too, was different. The father's words were the law, and all activities were around the family rather than the individual. Fred found the food too simple at first. Also, he missed having a car.
“Back home, you pick up some friends in a car and go out and have a good time. In Germany, you walk, but you soon learn to like it.”
At the same time, in America, Mike, a friendly German boy, was also forming his idea. “I suppose I should criticize(批评) American schools," he says. "It is far too easy by our level. But I have to say that I like it very much. In Germany we do nothing but study. Here we take part in many outside activities. I think that maybe your schools are better in training for citizens. There ought to be some middle ground between the two.”
1. This year _______ teenagers will take part in the exchange program between America and other countries.| A．twenty-three hundred | B．thirteen hundred |
| C．over three thousand | D．less than two thousand |
| A．help teenagers in other countries know the real America |
| B．send students in America to travel in Germany |
| C．let students learn something about other countries |
| D．have teenagers learn science |
| A．there is some middle ground between the two teaching buildings |
| B．there are a lot of outside activities |
| C．students usually take fourteen subjects in all |
| D．students go outside to enjoy themselves in a car |
| A．a better education should include something good from both America and Germany |
| B．German schools trained students to be better citizens |
| C．American schools were not as good as German schools |
| D．the easy life in the American school was more helpful to students |
3 . It is difficult for doctors to help a person with a damaged brain. Without enough blood, the brain lives for only three to five minutes. More often the doctors can’t fix the damage. Sometimes they are afraid to try something to help because it is dangerous to work on the brain. The doctors might make the person worse if he operates on the brain.
Dr. Robert White, a famous professor and doctor, thinks he knows a way to help. He thinks doctors should make the brain very cold. If it is very cold, the brain can live without blood for 30 minutes. This gives the doctor a longer time to do something for the brain.
Dr. White tried his idea on 13 monkeys. First he taught them to do different jobs, then he operated on them. He made the monkeys’ blood back to the monkeys’ brains. When the brain’s temperature was 10℃, Dr. White stopped the blood to the brain.After 30 minutes he turned the blood back on. He warmed the blood again. After their operations the monkeys were like they had been before. They were healthy and busy. Each one could still do the jobs the doctor had taught them.
1. The brain operation was made possible mainly by ____.| A．taking the blood out of the brain | B．trying the operation on monkeys first |
| C．having the blood go through a machine | D．lowering the brain’s temperature |
| A．can last as long as 30 minutes | B．can keep the brain’s blood warm |
| C．can keep the patient’s brain healthy | D．can help monkeys do different jobs |
a. send the cooled back to the brain b. stop the blood to the brain
c. have the blood cooled down d. operate on the brain
| A．a, b, c, d | B．c, a, b, d | C．c, b, d, a | D．b, c, d, a |
4 . The animal kingdom is full of beautiful and attractive creatures, and it is inviting to purchase exotic animals and call them pets. But undomesticated(未驯化的) pets may affect the health and safety of both the animals and the people who keep them.
The umbrella cockatoo, for instance, is a type of parrot, which can live up to seventy years. It is often purchased as an exotic pet. It requires a very large living place and a great deal of attention. When its specific needs are unmet, the bird commonly bites itself or becomes aggressive. Similarly, the ball python one of the most popular pet snakes, requires special conditions to survive. Like the umbrella cockatoo, the snake's long lifespan—up to forty years—presents serious practical challenges to any owner, no matter how devoted.
Exotic pet owners are most likely identified as animal lovers who purchased their animals in order to feel a deep connection to the natural world. However, the mere ownership of such an animal means it's probable that the person participated in the illegal trade. This trade—the capture and sale of wild animals——is often cruel to species. Countless animals suffer and die each year.
The problems continue when exotic pets are sold to non-professional owners. When they find they cannot care for them, owners take their exotic pets into the wild and abandon them, as proved by the case of Burmese pythons in Florida. This non-native species multiplied quickly seriously threatening the Florida ecosystem. Also , exotic pets pose a danger to their owners: some emerging infectious diseases, which thousands of people per year are stricken with, and especially occurred in children.
Wild animals are undoubtedly attracting, but they should be admired in their own natural environments. Penning animals as exotic pets harms their quality of life. Pet ownership of any kind is a serious responsibility, and that's why animal lovers should choose domesticated animals that will Boom under the care of humans.
1. What can we infer about exotic pets in paragraph 2?| A．They can live longest in the animal kingdom. |
| B．They need professional care from the owner. |
| C．They require special training from their owner. |
| D．They can’t have a satisfying life under human care. |
| A．To get high income. |
| B．To build a bond with nature, |
| C．To help prevent illegal pet trades. |
| D．To make exotic pets' life comfortable. |
| A．Improving the native ecosystem. |
| B．Increasing the number of rare species. |
| C．Losing control of illegal wildlife trading. |
| D．Putting humans and exotic wildlife at risk. |
| A．Wild animals are more dangerous than ordinary pets. |
| B．It's inappropriate to keep undomesticated exotic pets. |
| C．Exotic pets should be kept in better conditions. |
| D．Rules of the exotic pet trade should be updated. |
5 . With coronavirus outbreaks at different stages around the world, in many countries lockdowns are being carefully eased off while urging citizens to keep on practicing the social distancing rules. Singapore is trying a new way of carrying it out—a robot dog.
The government has arranged Spot, a yellow and black robotic dog made by Boston Dynamics Company, at one local park. The same robot has been previously seen dancing to hit song “Uptown Funk.”However, 2020 is an extremely difficult year and the company is trying to assist the national coronavirus-control effort. In turn, the job has been handed over to Spot.
The four-legged robot dog patrols(巡查) the park and broadcasts a pre-recorded message to encourage visitors to observe safe distancing measures. As it walks around the park, the dog says in a female voice, “Let's keep Singapore healthy. For your own safety and for those around you, please stand at least one meter apart. Thank you.”
Spot is one of the world's most advanced robots and unlike wheeled robots, it is capable of going pretty much anywhere a dog can go and can walk up to three miles per hour over different areas, making it ideal for operation in public parks and gardens. Furthermore, it is remotely controlled and has cameras with 360-degree vision and analytic tools to scan the surroundings and help officials estimate the number of people gathering in the park.
For now, the pilot project is currently set to run in a limited trial for two weeks at one park during off-peak(非高峰)hours. But if all goes well, authorities will consider expanding the program to improve enforcement(强制)of social distance throughout on Singapore
Spot is also being used in other ways during the public health crisis beyond just patrolling a park. The government says it's also using Spot in another capacity- at a local isolation facility where the robot helps bring medicine to patients.
1. What do we know about Spot in the passage?| A．It's a dog-like robot that can speak. | B．It’s a robot that can sing a popular song. |
| C．It’s a wheeled robot that can walk anywhere. | D．It's a robot newly invented during the pandemic. |
| A．It enforces people to follow the rules. | B．It politely reminds people to keep apart. |
| C．It works day and night to patrol the park. | D．It warns visitors against littering anywhere. |
| A．Some smart features of the robot. | B．The robot dog's basic equipment. |
| C．The working condition of the robot. | D．The experiment process of the project. |
| A．Spot, A Dog like Robot, Walks In The Park | B．A New Program Is Expanding In Singapore |
| C．A Multi-skilled Robot Goes Beyond The Park | D．Singapore Leads The Top In Fighting The Crisis |
6 . If you're out for a run, what difference does it make if you're able to tough it out for another 50 seconds? If you're less than a minute from the top of the hill, that extra time can make the difference between having reached your goal and snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
How do you get those extra seconds of energy? A research team at the Texes Tech University developed a study to measure what effect listening to music would have on exercise tolerance. The researchers based the study on a stress testing. As part of the testing, they noted any changes in heart rate and blood pressure as participants underwent physically stressful exercise.
The tests were done on treadmills (跑步机), which increased in both speed and incline (坡度) through three stages. In the final stage, the treadmills moved at 10 miles per hour at a 14-percent grade. Most of these tests were designed to last up to 40 minutes. The average gym-goers lasted 30 minutes. For this study, they divided 127 participants into two groups. One listened to upbeat(快节奏) music, while the other group had earbuds in but did not listen to music.
The group that listened to music was able to outlast the non-music group by an average of 50.6 seconds. Again, being able to go an extra minute may seem like a no-brainer ,but “after 30 minutes, you feel like you are running up a mountain, so even being able to go 50 seconds longer means a lot," said the study's lead author, Waseem Shami, MD.
The study has confirmed something runners and gym-goers have suspected for years: Listening to music during workout can be beneficial to your endurance. "Our findings reinforce the idea that upbeat music can help you exercise longer and stick with a daily exercise routine," said Shami. When doctors are recommending exercise, they might suggest listening to music, too."
1. Why did Shami’s team conduct the research?| A．To test the effect of music on health. | B．To know the cause of failure in sports. |
| C．To improve runners' exercise tolerance. | D．To record the body change of participants |
| A．They ran much faster than average runners. | B．They created a new record of indoor sports. |
| C．They could run a little longer with music on. | D．They all enjoyed extreme physical challenge |
| A．A dull activity. | B．A foolish action. |
| C．A demanding task. | D．An easy practice |
| A．Developing a daily exercise routine. | B．Listening to music while working out |
| C．Participating in physical stress testing. | D．Taking exercise as doctors recommend. |
7 . National Museums in London
British Museum
Address: Great Russell Street, London WC1, England, UK
Attention schedule: daily 10:00- 18:00
One of the best museums of the world, British Museum, founded in 1753, has around 7 million objects and presents over two million years of human history. Take the history of the 5 continents illustrating every place of the world. World-famous objects such as the Rosetta Stone, Parthenon sculptures, and Egyptian mummies are visited by up to six million visitors per year.
Design Museum
Address: 28 Shad Thames London SE12YD
Attention schedule: daily 10:00- 17:50
The museum was founded in 1989 and became the first museum of modern design in the world. It offers inspiring insights into the world of design with exhibitions on fashion. architecture, furniture, transport and digital design. Alongside its cutting edge program of permanent exhibitions, the museum also hosts a variety of talks and family activities.
Natural History Museum
Address: Cromwell Road London SW7 5BD, UK.
Attention schedule: daily 10:00- -17:45
Created in 1881, the Museum has more than 70 million objects with areas of botany; mineralogy, paleontology and zoology. Other treasures from the Museum's unique exhibitions can be seen across its many permanent galleries, which include one of the world's most impressive dinosaur skeletons(骨架). There are also exciting after-hours events featuring early morning yoga, silent discos practice and plenty of interactive activities.
Victoria & Albert Museum
Address: Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL
Attention schedule: daily 10:00-17:30
The Victoria & Albert Museum is the world's leading museum of art, design, and performance, representing more than 3,000 years of human creativity. Founded in 1852, one of its main attractions is the architecture of the museum, carvings and designs of great artists. In recent years, the V&A has undergone a dramatic program of renewal, expansion and restoration.
1. According to the text, which museum has the longest history?| A．British Museum. | B．Design Museum. |
| C．Natural History Museum. | D．Victoria & Albert Museum. |
| A．The Rosetta Stone. | B．Early morning yoga. |
| C．Dinosaur skeletons. | D．Silent discos practice. |
| A．Both are located on the same road. | B．Both have been rebuilt and expanded. |
| C．Both host different interactive activities. | D．Both are famous for great artists' works. |
8 . Times of difficulty can bring out the best in humanity, and that's certainly the case for 10-year-old Chelsea Phaire. This young resident in Danbury, Connecticut lifted the spirits of foster children by sending them over 1,500 art kits (艺术包)since the outbreak of Covid-19.
Chelsea's passion project began in 2018 when she received an art kit for her 8th birthday, which contained art supplies, books, activities, and puzzles. It suddenly struck her: so many less fortunate children lacked access to the same art supplies. Determined to help kids in need, Chelsea encouraged her friends and family to donate supplies and create art kits. Chelsea put together 40 art kits, which she hand-delivered to children living in homeless shelters in Danbury.
But that was only the beginning, Chelsea kept the ball rolling. She shared her wish list on Amazon, listing the needed supplies to make even more art kits. She even donated her own tooth fair airy money toward the project. By the time the pandemic (流行病)hit, her relatives and friends all got involved. With their help, Chelsea gathered nearly 1,500 art kits to send to Children in homeless shelters across the country.
Chelsea always had a strong desire to start a charity from the time she was only 5 years old. When she got a little older, her parents agreed and helped her found Chelsea Charity. aiming to provide more art supplies and art lessons for children who need it most. You can follow the latest updates and fundraising activities on Instagram@ chelseascharity.
We can all learn a little something from Chelsea. Even in times of trouble, something as simple and seemingly small as an art kit can bring remarkable joy to others. And as is the case with Chelsea, kindness has a ripple( 连锁) effect. One person's act of generosity inspires those around them to do the same.
1. Why did Chelsea start her passion project| A．To celebrate her eighth birthday. | B．To donate art supplies to charity. |
| C．To lift kids' spirits in the pandemic. | D．To spread kindness to kids in trouble. |
| A．She was proud of her wish list. | B．She was devoted to her project. |
| C．She was interested in fairy tales. | D．She was dying for more donation. |
| A．By delivering art kits to children in person. | B．By employing more people for her project. |
| C．By getting it well publicized through media. | D．By providing art lessons for homeless people. |
| A．A small act of kindness can go a long way. | B．We should be generous and kind to everyone. |
| C．Great things can only be done by mass effort. | D．We should just be ourselves in times of trouble. |
9 . Throughout history, people have always been surprised at the intelligence of some birds. Crows(乌鸦)are such an example. Crows’ brain is only about the size of a human thumb, so how smart could they be?
While a crow’s brain may seem small compared with a human brain, what matters is the size of the brain in relation to the size of the animal. According to Professor John Marzluff at the University of Washington’s Aviation Conservation Lab, a crow is actually a flying monkey. Whether it is a friendly monkey or more like a bad one in The Wizard of Oz depends a lot on what you have done to it(or any of its friends).
Can you tell one crow from another? In this way, a crow may be smarter than you because it can recognize human faces. Marzluff’s team caught some crows, made marks on them and released them. Members of the team wore different masks. Crows would attack people wearing a mask, but only if the mask had been worn by someone who had troubled them.
If you think two crows that are watching you and crying to each other are talking about you, you are probably right. In Marzluff’s study, even crows that were never caught attacked scientists. How did the crows describe their attackers to other crows? Their communication is poorly understood. The intensity(强度), rhythm, and lasting time of crying seem to form the basis of a possible language. It turns out that crows can pass on anger to their children-even the little crows attacked masked scientists.
Another case about crows’ great memory comes from Chatham, Ontarrio. Around half a million crows would stop in Chatham during their regular travel, putting the farming community’s crops in danger. Head of the town declared war(宣战)on crows and the hunt began. Since then, the crows have, when passing Chatham, flown high enough to avoid being shot. However, this didn’t stop them from leaving droppings all over the town.
1. Why does Professor John Marzluff call a crow a flying monkey?| A．Because it looks like a monkey. | B．Because it is as friendly as a monkey. |
| C．Because it is as intelligent as a monkey. | D．Because its brain is the same size as a monkey’s. |
| A．had caused some trouble to them | B．were in Marzluff’s team |
| C．worked on scientific study | D．had done harm to their babies |
| A．They would damage the crops. | B．They would make much noise. |
| C．They would attack people in the town. | D．They would leave droppings all over the town. |
| A．Crows never forget. | B．Crows’ communication. |
| C．Crows’ brain development. | D．Crows are smarter than we have imagined. |
10 . My 10-year-old Donna said,“Mom,I made a new friend at school today.Can she come over tomorrow?” Donna was a shy girl and I wanted her to make some friends to bring her out of her shell.
“Sure, honey, that sounds great,” I said, thinking back to my own best friend,
Lillian.We lived across the street from each other in Washington Heights,New York.We met at the age of 10, too.Like my daughter,I was shy, but Lillian drew me out.She was one of the friendliest people in school, with shiny black hair and a mile-wide smile.
In senior high school,Lillian went on a trip to Florida.This was the first time we had to be away from each other for a few days.“I’ll be back soon,” she told me.But three days later,Lillian’s sister told me that she had fallen into a river and hadn’t come out any more. Soon, my family moved to New Jersey.Whenever I thought of her, tears came into my eyes.
The next day Donna brought her new friend home.“Hi,Mrs.Loggia,” the little girl said.Her hair was so shiny and black and she shot me a big smile.“My name is Laura.”
My daughter’s new friend was so much like Lillian.I was still puzzled(迷惑的) when Laura’s mom came to pick her up later that afternoon.I opened the door to let her in.“Judy!” she cried.“It’s me,Lillian’s sister, from Washington Heights.” Yes, my daughter’s friend looked familiar.She was Lillian’s niece.
1. The underlined words in the first paragraph “to bring her out of her shell” mean .| A．to help her become less shy |
| B．to help her become smart |
| C．to help her live happily |
| D．to help her walk out of her house |
| A．was Lillian’s niece |
| B．was as old as her daughter |
| C．was from Washington Heights |
| D．had shiny black hair and a big smile, too |
| A．Because she moved to New Jersey. |
| B．Because they were different from each other. |
| C．Because her best friend travelled to Florida. |
| D．Because her best friend lost her life on a trip. |
| A．Paragraph 2 | B．Paragraph 3 | C．Paragraph 4 | D．Paragraph 5 |
