1 . Chinese Culture Shown to the World with Love Li Ziqi, a short video blogger specializing in traditional Chinese cooking and handicrafts has gained worldwide popularity.

Li has about 20 million followers on Sina Weibo, China's equivalent to Twitter，plus 7 million followers on overseas social media networks. Many foreigners say they have got to know traditional Chinese food culture via her channel.

It is the spirit of craftsmanship（技艺） behind her works that makes Li's video clips attractive. She strictly follows the authentic traditional steps and procedures in making traditional Chinese food and handicrafts, such as peach flower wine and silk, and goes to great lengths to ensure her videos are accurate. Sometimes she spends several months producing one of her videos.

Li has been inheriting（继承） traditional Chinese culture in a rather creative way. A closer look at her videos will show that they are never with any "analysis" that makes people feel bored. They just show the audience each and every detail of traditional Chinese culture so that the latter knows how Chinese live their beautiful and elegant lives. It is that universal appeal that makes her works so attractive. Thanks to Li's efforts, many intangible cultural heritages that only existed in memories and written records now appear before our eyes. Via her short videos, Li presents the image of a beautiful and friendly China.

With the growth of the Chinese economy, people overseas are showing more interest in traditional Chinese culture. Li has shown how to satisfy that interest in a good way, namely showing the best parts of traditional Chinese culture with her heart.

To effectively present the beauty of Chinese culture to the world, we need more Li Zigi.

1. What can we learn about Li Zigi's video clips?

A．They promote the sales of Chinese food and handicrafts.

B．They attract a large number of foreigners to visit her online shop.

C．They aim to introduce traditional Chinese food culture and handicrafts worldwide.

D．They are based on her family's recipes of making traditional Chinese food.

2. What could be inferred from Paragraph 3 and Paragraph 4？

A．Analysis of Chinese culture in Li's videos makes people bored.

B．Details and accuracy play significant roles in the success of Li's videos.

C．Li makes sure all of her video clips are short enough to be downloaded.

D．Cultural heritages usually exist in memories and written records.

3. What does the underlined word "intangible" in Paragraph 4 mean?

A．nonphysical

B．inaccessible

C．invaluable

D．unnoticeable

4. What is the author's purpose in writing the passage?

A．To provide guidance on cooking and making handicrafts.

B．To suggest a way of attracting more followers on Sina Weibo.

C．To give an example of how to gain worldwide popularity as a short video blogger.

D．To encourage more people to make efforts to bring Chinese culture to the world.

2 . Next week, as millions of families gather for their Thanksgiving feasts (大餐), many other Americans will go without. According to the United States Department of Agriculture, more than 12 million households _________ enough food for everyone in their family at some time during the year — including _________.

Hunger is surprisingly widespread in our country — one of the world’s wealthiest — yet the government estimates that we waste almost 100 billion pounds of food each year, more than one-quarter of our total supply.

Reducing this improper distribution of _________ is a goal of America’s Second Harvest, the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization. Last year, it _________ nearly 2 billion pounds of food to more than 23 million people in need.

America’s Second Harvest is a network of 214 inter-connected food banks and other organizations that _________ food from growers, processors, grocery stores and restaurants. _________, the network distributes food to some 50,000 soup kitchens (施食处), homeless _________ and old people’s centers in every county of every state.

A great deal of work is involved in distributing tons of food from thousands of _________ to thousands of small, non-profit organizations. Until a few years ago, America’s Second Harvest lacked any _________ way to manage their inventory (存货). Without accurate and timely information, soup kitchens were sometimes empty while food was left to __________ in loading places.

In 2000, America’s Second Harvest began to use a new inventory and financial-management system — Ceres. It is a __________ designed specifically for hunger-relief operations. It is used by more than 100 America’s Second Harvest organizations to __________ food from donation to distribution.

Ceres has helped __________ the spoiling of food and improve distribution. An evaluation found that the software streamlined (精简) food banks’ operations by 23 percent in the first year alone.

With more accurate and timely reports, Ceres saves time, frees staff members to focus on finding new donors, and __________ more efficient use of donations.

Hunger in America remains a(n) __________ social problem. Technology alone cannot solve it. But in the hands of organizations such as America’s Second Harvest, it is a powerful tool that is helping to make a difference — and helping more Americans to join in the feast.

1.

A．serve

B．lack

C．reserve

D．order

2.

A．workdays

B．birthdays

C．holidays

D．paydays

3.

A．resources

B．incomes

C．missions

D．services

4.

A．exposed

B．introduced

C．distributed

D．addicted

5.

A．harvest

B．prepare

C．recommend

D．gather

6.

A．For example

B．In contrast

C．Above all

D．In turn

7.

A．backyards

B．shelters

C．garages

D．cabins

8.

A．donors

B．survivors

C．farmers

D．victims

9.

A．innovative

B．impressive

C．effective

D．productive

10.

A．grow

B．recycle

C．spoil

D．stir

11.

A．theory

B．action

C．remedy

D．software

12.

A．advertise

B．relieve

C．track

D．migrate

13.

A．produce

B．reduce

C．shift

D．simplify

14.

A．promises

B．ceases

C．admits

D．locates

15.

A．troubling

B．demanding

C．touching

D．imposing

3 . One day, it was raining heavily and I didn't have an umbrella. I had just _______ a bus and had to walk back to my house. I _______ walking in that direction, when I heard somebody shouting, “Sister, sister.” I looked back and _______ the stationery shopkeeper. I went to him and asked what was the _______. He said that since it was raining heavily, I could take a _______ in his shop, have a look at his new _______ and go home when the rain stopped.

I hesitated (犹豫) for a moment, but the _______ of getting to have a look at the pens made me nod.

To my surprise, I found that the _______ was larger than I thought. The stationery shopkeeper offered me a chair and took out the pens for me. I _______ a beautiful Parker (派克) pen and had a try. It __________ so smoothly that I wanted to buy it with all my heart, __________ as expected it was very expensive. The shopkeeper said, “I can give you the pen for ninety-five dollars __________ one hundred.” I looked up and thanked him for the __________, but refused politely as it was __________ quite expensive for me. By that time, the rain had __________, and after appreciating his kindness, I quickly walked back to my house.

After that day, the shop became my favourite place to hang out. Although both of us knew nothing about each other, we had a deep friendship based on our common interests.

1.

A．run into

B．got off

C．run after

D．got on

2.

A．started

B．tried

C．considered

D．preferred

3.

A．observed

B．answered

C．saw

D．remembered

4.

A．reason

B．trouble

C．event

D．matter

5.

A．drink

B．seat

C．breath

D．test

6.

A．umbrellas

B．books

C．pens

D．backpacks

7.

A．idea

B．dream

C．importance

D．result

8.

A．station

B．shop

C．factory

D．bar

9.

A．made use of

B．ran out of

C．thought little of

D．caught sight of

10.

A．wrote

B．ran

C．walked

D．moved

11.

A．and

B．or

C．so

D．but

12.

A．up to

B．instead of

C．more than

D．because of

13.

A．rescue

B．choice

C．offer

D．expression

14.

A．still

B．again

C．ever

D．even

15.

A．came

B．stopped

C．continued

D．poured

4 . Have you ever made your life look a little more attractive on social media than it actually is? If so, you may be damaging your mental health.

The posts we make on social media platforms allow us to look back and see what we did on a given day. But what happens when, in an effort to impress our online friends, photos and videos we post become beautiful versions of the things we did?

A young girl named Sophia went out to a romantic anniversary dinner with her boyfriend, had a near relationship-ending fight during dessert, then came home and posted, “Had the best time out with the love of my life!”—even with a photo of the meal. No surprise, but according to a new study, Sophia was by no means unique. Two-thirds of users admit lying about their lives on social media with 20 percent of young people between the ages of 18 and 24 stating that they edit their own stories by frequently lying about relationships and promotions.

By beautifying our online stories, we are harming our memories. We start believing the stories we tell rather than remembering what really has happened. Soon, the real experience is lost and all that remains is the beautified version of history.

Scientists fear that these edited stories will end up changing our memories. It’s well confirmed through research that our own memories are often unreliable and can be easily controlled. Writing down one’s life in the form of a journal, or even on social media can help us keep our memories undamaged, but only if we tell the truth. And recording our experiences through whatever medium, to later recall lessons we have learned, is not only acceptable but desirable. In fact, looking back on our own past—however embarrassing or uncomfortable—is not just healthy but can be enjoyable.

1. Why did Sophia post her story with a photo of the meal?

A．To make herself attractive.	B．To show her photography skill.
C．To convince others of her story.	D．To show how amazing the meal was.

2. In what kind of tone did the writer write the text?

A．Encouraging.

B．Critical.

C．Humorous.

D．Enthusiastic.

3. The last paragraph implies that many people don’t realize __________.

A．recalling the unpleasant past can also be enjoyable

B．writing down our life on social media does no good to us

C．recording our experiences through media is unacceptable

D．editing our own stories will make us unreliable

4. What is the most probable conclusion that can be drawn from the passage?

A．Leaving others a good impression is desirable.

B．Editing our online stories weakens our memory.

C．Posting our experiences on social media is risky.

D．Beautifying our history ends up hurting ourselves.

5 . There is more of a connection between food and culture than you may think. On an individual level, we grow up eating the food of our culture. It becomes a part of who we are. Many associate food from our childhood with warm feelings and good memories and it ties us to our families, holding a special and personal value for us. Food from our families often becomes the comfort food we seek as adults in times of frustration and stress.

On a large scale, traditional food is an important part of culture. It also operates as an expression of cultural identity. Immigrants bring it wherever they go, and it is a symbol of pride in their culture and means of coping with homesickness.

Many immigrants open their own restaurants and serve traditional dishes. However, the food does not remain exactly the same. Some materials needed to make traditional dishes may not be readily available, so the taste and flavour can be different from what they would prepare in their home countries. Additionally, immigrants do not only sell dishes to people from the same countries as them, but to people from different countries. Therefore, they have to make small changes in the original dishes to cater to a wider range of customers. Those changes can create new flavours that still keep the cultural significance of the dishes.

We should not only embrace our heritage (传统) through our culture’s food, but also become more informed about other cultures by trying their food. It is important to remember that each dish has a special place in the culture to which it belongs, and is special to those who prepare it. Food is a window on culture, and it should be treated as such.

1. What’s the function of food mentioned in the text?

A．To help motivate homesickness.

B．To show cultural identity.

C．To reflect a country’s history.

D．To show a community’s superiority.

2. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A．The specific traditional food.

B．The national culture.

C．A traditional expression of food.

D．The old-fashioned taste.

3. Why do some immigrants have to change the original dishes in their restaurants?

A．To attach cultural importance to their dishes.

B．To announce the beginning of their life on foreign soil.

C．To make the dishes popular among customers.

D．To present their own food culture in a new way.

4. What’s the author’s attitude towards different food cultures?

A．Negative.

B．Balanced.

C．Unfair.

D．Unchangeable.

6 . Every week in China, millions of people will sit in front of their TVs watching teenagers compete for the title Character Hero, which is a Chinese-style spelling bee. In this challenge, young competitors must write Chinese characters by hand. To prepare for the competition, the competitors usually spend months studying dictionaries.

Perhaps the show’s popularity should not be a surprise. Along with gunpowder and paper, many Chinese people consider the creation of Chinese calligraphy(书法) to be one of their primary contributions to civilization. Unfortunately, all over the country, Chinese people are forgetting how to write their own language without computerized help. Software on smart phones and computers allows users to type in the basic sound of the word using the Latin alphabet. The correct character is chosen from a list. The result? It’s possible to recognize characters without remembering how to write them.

But there’s still hope for the paint brush. China’s Education Ministry wants children to spend more time learning how to write.

In one Beijing primary school we visited, students practice calligraphy every day inside a specially decorated classroom with traditional Chinese paintings hanging on the walls. Soft music plays as a group of six-year-olds dip brush pens into black ink. They look up at the blackboard often to study their teacher’s examples before carefully attempting to reproduce those characters on thin rice paper. “If adults can survive without using handwriting, why bother to teach it now?” we ask the calligraphy teacher, Shen Bin. “The ability to write characters is part of Chinese tradition and culture,” she reasons. “Students must learn now so they don’t forget when they grow up.” says the teacher.

1. What can we learn about the Character Hero?

A．It’s open to people of all ages and all walks.

B．It’s the most-viewed TV programs in China.

C．It aims to spread Chinese culture to the world.

D．It draws great public attention across the country.

2. Why are Chinese people forgetting how to write the characters?

A．Chinese people don’t refer to dictionaries very often.

B．Chinese people no longer use brush pens or practice calligraphy.

C．Chinese people are using the Latin alphabet instead of the characters.

D．Chinese people needn’t write by hand as often with the help of technology.

3. .According to Shen Bin, being able to write characters by hand is_________.

A．necessary for adults to survive in China

B．a requirement made by the Education Ministry

C．helpful to keep Chinese tradition and culture alive

D．an ability to be developed only when you are students

4. Where does this text probably come from?

A．A news report.	B．A science report.
C．An advertisement.	D．Children’s literature.

7 . Winter Solstice (冬至), an important solar term in the traditional Chinese calendar, as the name implies, means the coming of winter. It generally occurs between December 21st and 23rd. According to the traditional Chinese calendar, one year is divided into twenty-four solar terms. On this day, in the Northern Hemisphere the period of daytime is the shortest of the year and the period of night is the longest.

In Northern China there is a custom of eating dumplings during winter solstice. The tradition of eating dumplings during winter solstice has its origin in early times. It is said that dumplings were invented by Zhang Zhongjing, a well-known doctor from the Eastern-Han Dynasty.

One winter, he noticed that many people’s ears were frozen, which made him sad. In order to prevent and cure the freezing injury caused by the cold, he asked his followers to boil mutton, chilies and other ingredients with medicinal properties in a pot for fending off cold. After these were boiled, they ladled (舀取) the mutton and other ingredients out of the pot, cut them into pieces, and then wrapped them with dough skins in the shape of ears. Afterward, they put these into pots to boil again.

On the day of the winter solstice, the people whose ears were frozen were sent to eat the dumplings. People who ate it felt warm from head to toe and had their cold injury healed. Thereafter, every winter solstice people ate dumplings. Then there became a saying that if you eat dumplings during the winter solstice, then you won’t freeze your ears off. Afterwards, Zhang Zhongjing died on the day of winter solstice. In order to honour him, every year on the day of the winter solstice every household makes dumplings.

1. Which of the following should be the best title of the passage?

A．The Custom of Eating Dumplings	B．The Inventor of Dumplings
C．The Importance of Eating Dumplings	D．The Origin of Winter Solstice

2. According to the passage, which is TRUE of the following description?

A．Winter solstice is the most important among twenty-four solar terms.

B．Australia in the Southern Hemisphere has the longest period of daytime on Winter Solstice.

C．If people don’t eat dumplings, they will have their ears frozen off.

D．China has the longest period of daytime on Winter Solstice.

3. What does the underlined phrase “fending off” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A．Put off.	B．Put out.
C．Keep up.	D．Keep out.

4. According to the passage, people make dumplings to eat every winter solstice because          .

A．they want to honour Zhang Zhongjing, who invented dumplings to cure people’s freezing injury.

B．they want to celebrate the important solar term in the traditional Chinese calendar.

C．dumplings boiled with mutton, chilies and other ingredients with medicinal properties taste delicious.

D．they can feel warm from head to toe and have their freezing injury healed.

8 . Have you seen people who take pictures of food for more than 10 minutes before eating? My friend Stella is such an example. Every time we went to a restaurant she would not take a bite until all the dishes we ________ were on the table. Then she would spend five minutes in ________ the dishes in a seemingly random but in fact ________ order. Then the most important part: taking pictures. After that, she would choose one of the ________ and click in the filter app. The food eventually looked 10 times more delicious than it really was, but we had no ________ to really enjoy it—it all went cold, actually Stella’s real life is much less elegant. For example, she hates to wash the dishes, so she leaves them in the sink for days.

Many people care too much about others’ opinions and try too hard to ________ others. They find it hard to be ________ and to accept themselves, and thus they are afraid to show their ________ life on social media. What they are trying to prove is ________ what they lack in reality. But this will not bring any ________ to reality, as they still ________ the same old pattern of life.

If they really want an elegant life, they should put more ________ into achieving it ________ fabricating it. Being more confident, ________ themselves and trying their best to be better are much more meaningful than ________ their life on social media.

1.

A．ordered

B．served

C．offered

D．prepared

2.

A．cooking

B．washing

C．setting

D．collecting

3.

A．messy

B．arranged

C．casual

D．missed

4.

A．dishes

B．restaurants

C．tables

D．pictures

5.

A．chance

B．choice

C．excuse

D．reason

6.

A．comfort

B．please

C．inspire

D．discourage

7.

A．independent

B．generous

C．responsible

D．confident

8.

A．real

B．secret

C．peaceful

D．healthy

9.

A．rarely

B．hardly

C．exactly

D．nearly

10.

A．difficulty

B．change

C．guidance

D．harm

11.

A．question

B．dislike

C．doubt

D．follow

12.

A．effort

B．ambitions

C．feeling

D．money

13.

A．other than

B．more than

C．rather than

D．less than

14.

A．identifying

B．accepting

C．persuading

D．amusing

15.

A．simplifying

B．ruining

C．beautifying

D．worsening

9 . My name is Miranda Gibson. I have been at the top of a tree for five months now. Some people might wonder________on earth I would choose to do that.

I have walked through this forest many times. On December 12, 2011, ________rolled into the forest and the destruction (摧毁) began. I couldn’t________the thought that these forests would be________ forever. So, on December 14, 2011, I packed up my life, ________of my job plans, and climbed 60 meters to the top of this tree. I have been here ever since.

Life in the tree top can be________at times. I have times when I feel frustrated (沮丧的) and wish I could________, to anywhere, just have a ________of scenery for a minute! There are times too, when I feel terribly________.I miss my friends and family.________these times, I find myself loving the________.

Living on the tree has been inspiring. I am willing to________ here for as long as it takes,________I honestly hope it won’t be too________before I can put my feet on the ground below and stand in a forest that will never be________.

1.

A．why

B．when

C．how

D．where

2.

A．water

B．animals

C．machinery

D．tourists

3.

A．bear

B．help

C．keep

D．spare

4.

A．sold

B．stolen

C．protected

D．lost

5.

A．grew out

B．fell short

C．ran out

D．let go

6.

A．refreshing

B．risky

C．challenging

D．rewarding

7.

A．get up

B．get away

C．give in

D．give up

8.

A．change

B．look

C．search

D．touch

9.

A．confused

B．nervous

C．sorry

D．lonely

10.

A．Beyond

B．Without

C．Despite

D．Unlike

11.

A．height

B．experience

C．background

D．position

12.

A．return

B．stop

C．stay

D．hide

13.

A．but

B．though

C．because

D．so

14.

A．soon

B．long

C．near

D．bad

15.

A．moved

B．logged

C．burned

D．missed

10 . On February 6, 2020, American astronaut Christina Koch arrived back on Earth after 328 days in space. Her time in space is just one of the records set by herself. That’s the longest spaceflight ever made by a woman, and just one of the many things Ms. Koch achieved in space.

Ms. Koch took off from Earth for the International Space Station (ISS) on March 12, 2019. While in space, she made 5, 248 trips around the Earth, travelling 2, 237 million kilometers, which is roughly the same as 291 trips to the Moon and back. During her 11 months on the ISS, Ms. Koch took part in six spacewalks, spending over 42 hours in all outside the station. In October of 2019, Ms. Koch led the first ever all-female spacewalk with Jessica Meir.

But for most astronauts, space travel isn’t about setting records. It’s about doing science. Ms. Koch took part in a wide variety of special experiments, including studying how crystals (晶体) grow in space, how atoms (原子) behave in extreme cold and learning more about growing plants in low gravity. Growing plants in space could be an important way to provide food on future trips. She also tested a new way of separating liquids from gases. This experiment could lead to simple methods of cleaning water and air in space, which could be very important for future space travel.

Ms. Koch isn’t just a scientist and an astronaut. She is also being studied. She’s part of a NASA program studying how astronauts are affected by being in space for long periods of time. Her trip was only 12 days shorter than the American record set by Scott Kelly in 2016. As they did with Mr. Kelly, NASA scientists are looking carefully at ways Ms. Koch’s body has been affected by her time in space. That research is important for the longer space trips NASA hopes to make in the future, such as for a base on the moon or a trip to Mars.

1. Which of the following is an achievement Ms. Koch has made?

A．Making the longest spaceflight by herself.

B．Leading the first women-only spacewalk.

C．Cleaning water and air successfully in space.

D．Staying outside the ISS continuously for 42 hours.

2. What does the author want to tell us with so many detailed figures in Paragraph 2?

A．Koch made historic breakthroughs in space.

B．Koch went through a life-threatening space trip.

C．Koch completed admirable tasks in the space travel.

D．Koch is the most experienced astronaut in NASA.

3. Which statement agrees with the text?

A．Astronauts are competing to set new records.

B．Koch’s team produced their own food in space.

C．NASA has founded a scientific base on the moon.

D．Koch’s research is significant for space exploration.

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

A．Record-Setting Astronaut Koch Returns to Earth

B．US Astronauts Carried out Experiments in Space

C．Spacewalks Have Successfully Been Done on the ISS

D．NASA is Studying Astronauts for Longer Space Trips