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| C．Strengthen thinning hair. | D．Repair damaged hair. |
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2 . My faith in human nature has never been so great as it was last weekend after our family get-together in the town of Vail.
On Saturday, we all went to the market right in the middle of the town. Near the end, we all
After we returned to the hotel late in the afternoon, my 7-year-old son Ponder
Ponder has never
He was upset, not about the Gameboy, but about the watch. "But Dad," he said, through massive
Our dinner reservation was at a restaurant just on the other side of the bridge, so I
As we exited from the parking garage, we could see the fountain as we walked down the long staircase. I saw something black
"See it, Dad?" Ponder shouted. "Don't get too
I literally
What a charmed life, eh? I believe this was a perfect
| A．drove | B．hiked | C．met | D．united |
| A．landed | B．left | C．settled | D．slept |
| A．responded | B．recognized | C．realised | D．recalled |
| A．contained | B．combined | C．comprised | D．covered |
| A．preparation | B．checkup | C．revision | D．search |
| A．wasted | B．lost | C．sough | D．deserted |
| A．emotion | B．time | C．money | D．stuff |
| A．tears | B．fists | C．reliefs | D．outbreaks |
| A．hesitant | B．curious | C．sad | D．eager |
| A．promised | B．informed | C．warned | D．taught |
| A．worn out | B．caught up | C．put away | D．turned in |
| A．hiding | B．sitting | C．swinging | D．flowing |
| A．assess | B．declare | C．tell | D．predict |
| A．excited | B．puzzled | C．relaxed | D．amused |
| A．already | B．even | C．almost | D．still |
| A．take | B．see | C．touch | D．protect |
| A．panicked | B．exploded | C．collapsed | D．cried |
| A．dreams | B．claims | C．efforts | D．passions |
| A．mode | B．lesson | C．option | D．plot |
| A．range | B．pressure | C．weight | D．harvest |
3 . The Forbidden City is well known for being full of Chinese cultural and historical relics. But Masters in the Forbidden City (《我在故宫修文物》) does not just focus on the stories of the past.
Instead，the documentary movie，which came out in Chinese cinemas on Dec. 16, focuses on ordinary people—the restorers (修复者) of relics and antiquities (古董).
The stories are told at a slow and relaxed pace, reflecting the restorers’ work. Restoration of cultural relics and antiques can be time-consuming, and sometimes boring. Yet these restorers’ patience and peace of mind are especially precious in a society where everything is changing so fast.
“If you choose this job，you have to stand hours of work sitting on a chair. You need to be quiet and get used to being quiet,” says Wang Jin' an ancient clock repair expert.
A touching part of the documentary is the spirit of craftsmanship (工艺) in the restorers. “Years of humdrum work requires not only skill，but also faith and spirit, China Daily commented. Looking for preciseness and perfection, devoting yourself to work, patience, endurance (忍耐)，loneliness... All these qualities come from the craftsman spirit.”
But unlike the popular idea of serious experts who sit around being serious, the documentary shows off the enthusiasm of the restorers. They play their guitars and make jokes about each other after a long day of restoration work.
One scene that has been very popular with Internet users features a young female restorer riding a bicycle through the empty Forbidden City on a Monday. While she is doing this, a narrator says,”The last person to do this was Puyi, the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty.”
Masters in the Forbidden City has proved wrong many people’s ideas about antique restorers, allowing them to realize that they are not old, dull professors, but people in their 40s, 30s and even 20s who can be quite pleasing to the eye.
1. According to the text，what’s the main purpose of the documentary Masters in the Forbidden City?| A．To show people how antiques are restored. |
| B．To display relics seldom seen by ordinary people. |
| C．To draw attention to Chinese antique restorers' lives. |
| D．To praise the craftsmanship of Chinese antique restorers. |
| A．Masters in the Forbidden mainly talks about the story of the past. |
| B．Masters in the Forbidden talks about the story of serious expert. |
| C．Masters in the Forbidden shows the enthusiasm of the restorers. |
| D．The idea of the documentary came out on Dec.16. |
| A．he often gets tired with his work |
| B．there is no need to do restoration work fast |
| C．antique restorers need to be patient and peaceful |
| D．it takes years of hard work to adapt to antique restoration |
| A．boring | B．different | C．relaxing | D．unusual |
| A．remind the audience of the last Qing emperor |
| B．show the strange hobbies of young antique restorers |
| C．encourage the young to consider a career in antique restoration in the future |
| D．show that the documentary breaks from the old，dull image of antique restorers |
4 . Let me explain a bit by telling you where the challenge came from. I have many things in common with my dad, like music taste and sense of humour, but sadly reading isn't one of them. I can happily spend a whole day curled up with a book but my dad can't read a book for longer than about 5 minutes. He reads emails, websites and documents for work, but not books. I think that sitting down to read for just 15 minutes a day is a good, way to relax. Giving yourself a goal or a challenge is a good way to change a habit or achieve something, so why not try to create a new habit of reading?
I know lots of people would rather relax on their computers or in front of the TV. Everyone is different and has their own interests, but I think there are lots of benefits from reading, which screen-based activities (games, films, TV) don't have.
One thing I personally love about reading, is being transported to another world. I often forget the time or thing that are going on around me! Reading is a great way to switch off before you go to bed, so you can truly relax. I know you can be transported to a different world in a film or a TV show, but I think books do it better. While watching a film, I often talk to my flatmates, send texts, or paint my nails. A book, on the other hand commands your full attention.
Reading gives you the chance to get to know hundreds of new people! It also teaches you to see things from other people's point of view, and understand other people's decisions or opinions. With a book, you can hear everything a character is thinking or feeling—you really can be inside someone else's head!
So give it a go! Take 15 minutes when you're waking up, going to bed, eating lunch, or having a coffee. If you read a lot, why not try 15 minutes of an English book, or pass the challenge on to someone else? Good luck, and happy reading.
1. What can we learn about the author's father from Paragraph 1?| A．He is kind-hearted. | B．He lacks humour. |
| C．He has a gift for singing. | D．He doesn't like reading. |
| A．Because she bears too much pressure. |
| B．Because it benefits her a lot. |
| C．Because it's the best way to kill time. |
| D．Because she hates to be in front of the TV or computers. |
| A．Reading needs more attention than watching TV does. |
| B．Watching TV makes one more relaxed than reading does. |
| C．Reading can widen people's interest while watching TV can't. |
| D．Watching TV brings one to a different world while reading doesn't. |
| A．By listing benefits of reading books. | B．By shown the urgency of reading books. |
| C．By analyzing various characters in books. | D．By stressing the convenience of reading. |
| A．Reading helps to relax | B．Is reading really challenging? |
| C．The 15 minute reading challenge | D．The gap between my father and me |
5 . Drawing For Fun
You will learn some basic techniques using soft pencils. These and different types of paper are provided. Just bring yourself and a willingness to ''have a go''. This is a start-up day so people who have already attended courses should not apply.
Time: 1:00 PM-3:00 PM
Focus On Landscapes
This course is designed for students who are familiar with painting in watercolours, but are having difficulty with some techniques. We will discuss choice of materials, colour mixing and other areas that may be raised.
The day will start with a demonstration, followed by a chance to paint outdoors. After a light lunch cooked in the studio, there will be a further practice session.
Time: 9:30 AM-3:00 PM
Find Your Voice
You may feel you can’t sing or you may be a good singer who wants to develop singing skills. You will be shown how to sing correctly and how to project your voice. You may atend this course more than once and each time you will have a wonderful experience. Everyone can sing and it's great fun.
Time: 2:00 PM-5:00 PM
The Music Takeaway
Get some friends, family or coworkers together for your own music course in a place of your choice, which could be your front room, basement or workplace. We send two guitar teachers to lead a one-day course for you in the sty le of music you prefer, such as rock, country, funk or blues.
Time: 2:30 PM-9:00 PM
1. Those who attend Drawing For Fun are required to_____________.| A．bring their own works |
| B．be a newcomer to the course |
| C．be good at watercolour painting |
| D．bring their own pencils and paper |
| A．Paint outdoors. |
| B．Discuss the painting materials. |
| C．Improve the students painting techniques. |
| D．Teach how to start watercolour-painting. |
| A．Find Your Voice. |
| B．Drawing For Fun. |
| C．Focus On Landscapes. |
| D．The Music Takeaway. |
| A．Find your Voice. | B．Drawing For Fun. |
| C．The Music Takeaway. | D．Focus On Landscapes. |
| A．All last a whole day. | B．All offer free lunch. |
| C．All are related to the arts. | D．All are open to all levels. |
6 . The moon may shine white above us most nights of the year, but how much do we know about Earth’s neighbor and what lies beneath its surface? Scientists are aiming to find out.
On Jan 3, 2019, China’s Change 4 spacecraft landed on the far side of the moon a first for humanity. It released a small probe（探测器）,Yutu 2, or Jade Rabbit 2, which began to search beneath the moon’s surface using Lunar Penetrating Radar（探测雷达）. These radio signals can reach 40 meters underground, three times the depth of the Chang’e 3 lunar probe launched in 2013 for the near side of the moon, China Daily reported.
In a study published in the journal Science Advances, researchers found that the lunar soil’s top layer on the far side of the moon was much thicker than expected ﹣ about 40 meters. Other scientists only expected about 6 millimeters of soil based on NASA observations during the Apollo moon landings, according to The New York Times.
“It’s a fine, dusty, sandy environment, said one of the authors of the study, Elena Pettinelli, a physics and mathematics professor at Rome Tre University, Rome.
Yutu 2 is specifically exploring the Von Karman crater（大坑）,a large hole that’s 180kilometers wide and also the landing site of Chang’e 4. It’s part of an even larger, older crater spanning more than 1,770 kilometers.
“The subsurface at the Chang’e 4 landing site is very complex,” said Li Chunlai, a research professor and deputy director﹣general of National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Observations suggest that the subsurface material is totally different than the previous landing site of Chang’e 3, she said.
Radar waves revealed various layers beneath the moon’s surface: grainy（ 颗粒状的）material, boulders（岩石）,and further layers of fine and coarse（粗糙的）particles. This information is helping scientists to gain new understanding of the moon’s history and formation, as well as volcanic activity and lunar impacts.
Yutu 2 is the longest﹣working rover（巡视器）on the moon, but it won’t last forever. China plans to launch the Chang’e 5 probe later this year, Xinhua News Agency reported. The spacecraft is expected to bring pieces of the moon back to Earth for closer study.
1. What can we learn about the Chang’e 4 probe?| A．It was the first to land on the moon’s near side. |
| B．It explored areas as wide as 1,770 kilometers. |
| C．Its signals could reach 40 meters beneath the moon’s surface. |
| D．It is three times as large as the Change 3 lunar probe. |
| A．It looks like a large hole. |
| B．It is about 6 millimeters thick. |
| C．It goes farther down than expected. |
| D．It is covered by boulders and fine and coarse particles. |
| A．It observed material beneath the moon’s surface which is helping scientists to know the moon better. |
| B．It has offered us relevant information on the near side of the moon. |
| C．It told scientists the landing site is very complex. |
| D．It revealed the surface material on the moon which is helpful to know the moon’s activity and impact. |
| A．Explore the Von Karman crater. |
| B．Replace Yutu 2 to explore the moon. |
| C．Identify the moon’s various layers. |
| D．Bring lunar samples back to the Earth. |
| A．A history of Chinese lunar missions. |
| B．How Yutu 2 explored beneath the moon’s surface. |
| C．report on the Chang’e 4 probe’s findings. |
| D．A comparison of the Change 3 and 4 probes. |
7 . Humans once opposed coffee and refrigeration. Here’s why we often hate new stuff.
Humans have a habit of deliberately delaying their own progress. From coffee to mechanical refrigeration to genetically altered food, history is littered with innovations that caused resistance before they become fixtures in everyday life. But the past 600 years of human history help to explain why humans often oppose new technologies and why that pattern of opposition continues to this day. Calestous Juma, a professor of Harvard University, explores this phenomenon in his latest book, Innovation and Its Enemies: Why People Resist New Technologies.
Among Juma’s claims is that people do not fear innovation simply because the technology is new, but because innovation often means losing a piece of their identity or lifestyle, and separating people from nature or their sense of purpose—— two things that are fundamental to the human experience.
Juma identified in his research three key sources of opposition to innovation: those with commercial interests in existing products, those who identify with existing products, and those who might lose power as a result of change. The first group is perhaps the most obvious. Many industries have been disrupted by innovation. Just take a look at the pointless efforts of music publishers to stop the shift to digital music. Some consumers might oppose an innovation because the existing product is deeply rooted in their identity, culture or customs. Britons preferred tea time at home to sitting in a coffee shop, for example. Finally, the emergence of new technologies can also result in a shift in economic and political power, redistributing wealth and influence away from some groups, and toward others. The expansion of tractors （ 拖拉机） and other mechanical equipment reduced the need for farm labor, and the shift in population away from rural areas had significant political implications.
Humans make decisions about new innovations with their instinct rather than evidence. Opponents and enthusiasts of a new technology will often make shocking claims to support their arguments. Sometimes these claims are rooted in fact; other times they are not. People once claimed coffee could make you sterile （不育的）. Juma said beneath those arguments was typically an instinctive fear of new technologies, rather than a reasoned response. “People react intuitively, and they collect the evidence to support what they’re doing,”Juma said. “They see a new product and there is an emotional reaction to that product because it challenges their outlook on the world. This has been the story with almost every new product.”
Historically, technologists have been more concerned with the functionality of the products they create, paying less attention to the implications it may have on society at large, Juma contends. Fortunately, that may be starting to change.
1. What does the underlined phrase in paragraph 1 probable mean?| A．is in favour of |
| B．is full of |
| C．encourages |
| D．is held back |
| A．explores why history often repeats itself |
| B．focuses on the impact of technology on nature |
| C．analyzes the role of technology in social progress |
| D．researches the recurrence of a certain phenomenon |
| A．A successful technological innovation can affect population flow. |
| B．British people have a strong sense of independence. |
| C．Opposition to innovation is mainly caused by loss of cultural identity. |
| D．Young people prefer digital music to traditional recordings. |
| A．is a natural response |
| B．is not based on fact |
| C．arises from fear of challenges |
| D．reflects their prejudiced view of the world |
| A．the functionality of new products |
| B．the social usefulness of new products |
| C．the potential danger of new products |
| D．the social influence of new products |
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1. What writing style does this passage belong to?| A．Fiction. |
| B．Advertisement. |
| C．Argumentation. |
| D．Poetry. |
| A．To persuade readers to take more examinations. |
| B．To make readers believe the company is legal. |
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| D．To make readers feel the company is great. |
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9 . During the outbreak of novel coronavirus, cities are locked down and borders are closed. Science, on the contrary, is becoming more open. And this “open science” is already making a difference.
Soon after the epidemic started in China, a research team from Fudan University in Shanghai successfully sequenced（测定序列）the DNA of the virus. But they didn’t keep the information to themselves. Instead, they placed the sequences on GenBank, an open-access data platform, so researchers around the world could download them for free and start studying the virus.
Due to this openness, pharmaceutical（制药的）companies across the globe are now able to work simultaneously to develop a vaccine. “There may be room for multiple different vaccines for different purposes and different age groups,”Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Security in the US, told Al Jazeera.“The bigger menu we have of vaccines, the more resilient（有适应力的）well be against coronavirus outbreaks in the future. ”
Major drug companies around the world are also sharing their study results. Remdesivir, a drug originally developed by US company Gilead Sciences to treat Ebola, s found to be promising in fighting against the novel coronavirus. Currently, two trials of the drug are already underway in China, and the results might be available as soon as April, according to The Verge.
This openness in science is going to be even more crucial in the future. With climate change, increasing globalization, and population shifts, epidemics will not go away, and might even become more frequent, Dan Barouch, a Harvard Medical School professor, told Harvard Magazine.
He said, “No one group can do everything. It has to be a coordinated（合作的）approach. But I do think that the world has a greater sense of readiness this time to develop knowledge, drugs, and therapeutics（疗法）very rapidly.
Every epidemic is indeed a crisis, but it can also be a learning opportunity. One redeeming（补偿的）factor of the COVID﹣19 outbreak is that it is helping science adapt for the better.
1. What does the article mainly talk about?| A．Coordinated efforts to fight the epidemic. |
| B．The significance of openness and sharing of scientific knowledge. |
| C．Something positive we’ve learned from the epidemic. |
| D．What needs to be done to prevent future epidemics. |
| A．They alerted the world to the danger of the virus. |
| B．They helped remove people’s fear of the virus. |
| C．They invited collective efforts worldwide to develop a vaccine. |
| D．They showed the world how to produce a vaccine. |
| A．work at the same time. |
| B．work effectively |
| C．work continuously |
| D．work happily |
| A．To introduce a possible cure for the epidemic. |
| B．To prove that many drug companies readily share their discoveries. |
| C．To compare the treatment of Ebola and the novel coronavirus. |
| D．To show that the novel coronavirus will soon be contained. |
| A．The increase in globalization may worsen future epidemics. |
| B．Epidemics will be less frequent thanks to scientific development. |
| C．No single group can fight against the epidemics independently. |
| D．The world is becoming better prepared to deal with epidemics. |
10 . It’s good to make mistakes, and here is why.
First of all, mistakes are a clear sign that we are trying new things. It’s always good to try new things because when we are trying new things, we are growing. If we never try anything new, how can we improve? How can we expand? The simple answer is “We can’t”. Look around us. With very few exceptions, either everything you see in your physical world or every single detail of every single thing is the result of someone trying something new.
Another good thing about mistakes is this: When we are making mistakes, we are learning. Consider this --- Edison failed 10,000 times before he perfected the light bulb. When asked how it felt to fail that many times, he said that he had learned 10,000 things that didn’t work.
Finally, when we make a mistake, we are much closer to success. Why? Because when all is said and done, we will have tried some number of things before we succeeded. Every time we make a mistake, we eliminate one of those things and are one step closer.
But all this doesn’t mean that we should go through life without considering the consequences of a mistake. Quite the contrary, when we try something new, we have to be willing to set some reasonable limits so that in the event that it doesn’t work out the way we want it to, we will be in a position to try again. We all have limited resources --in the form of time and money -- so we shouldn’t blow them all on one approach to a problem. Realize that it probably won’t be perfect the first time and allocate these resources appropriately so we can learn, make corrections, and try it again. Only by accepting and using our mistakes in this way can we make significant advances in our lives.
There is an old saying that goes, “If you’re not making mistakes, you’re not trying hard enough.” So go forth and make mistakes. And learn. And grow. And prosper.
1. From the second paragraph, we can conclude that ________.| A．mistakes are unnecessary for development | B．mistakes let us see our own limits |
| C．it’s common for people to make mistakes | D．making mistakes is better than not trying |
| A．move forward | B．never fail | C．obtain nothing | D．be closer to mistakes |
| A．make up for | B．get rid of | C．avoid | D．solve |
| A．avoiding making the same mistakes | B．accepting the outcome willingly |
| C．making proper arrangements for our next try | D．reflecting on the consequences after each mistake |
| A．how to deal with mistakes | B．what benefits making mistakes brings |
| C．how to achieve success | D．how to make use of our mistakes |
| A．Never mind, I tried my best. | B．That’s all right. I’ll try again. |
| C．Great! Now I have learned something. | D．Look at this mess. Anyone would be upset. |
