1 . Tim Berners-Lee. If you don’t know his name, you’ve surely used his famous invention—the World Wide Web, a system we use to search for information on the Internet.

On Oct. 29, the Internet officially turned 50 years old. “This birthday must mark the moment we take on the fight for the Web we want.”

Speaking at the University of California, he pointed out three problems today: Web-criminal behavior, ad-based clickbait websites, and offensive online communication. These problems led Berners-Lee to create the Web Foundation and a contract for the Web. Both aimed to protect Internet users.

In the contract, he mentioned the need for companies to make sure that everyone had access to the Web, and called for a reduction in offensive material and more personal data privacy. The latter is a hot topic right now. Big companies, like Facebook, have misused users’ personal information by sharing it with advertisers.

Despite all of these bad sides, we shouldn’t forget about all the benefits the Internet brings.

In this digital age, the Internet connects the world through social media, and cashless payment has become an instant source of information. It can also make a positive difference through activities that push for positive change, education or aid.

One such campaign is Movember. The movement, held every November, encourages men to grow moustaches for the whole month, post pictures online, and donate. The charity promotes physical health, mental health, and suicide prevention for men.

Not to mention, the Internet is also a source of fun. From funny kitten videos on Weibo to your very own Tik Tok videos, the Internet allows you to share what you create.

As to the Web Foundation, Berners-Lee said, “The Web has become a public square, a library, a doctor’s office, a shop, and a school, and it has given marginalized groups a voice.” 

“In the next 30 years, if we give up trying to build a better Web...we will have failed it. We need to come together as a global community.”

1. Why were the Web Foundation and the contract for the Web created?

A．To celebrate the Internet’s 50th birthday.	B．To build a protected network environment.
C．To increase Internet speeds around the world.	D．To fight online crime.

2. What is the purpose of Movember?

A．To encourage men to do charity work.	B．To promote a healthy lifestyle.
C．To support men’s health issues.	D．To draw public attention to mental health issues.

3. What do “marginalized groups” in the second-to-last paragraph probably refer to?

A．Wealthy people.

B．Old people.

C．People in power.

D．Disadvantaged people.

4. What is the main idea of the article?

A．The future of the World Wide Web.

B．The history of the World Wide Web.

C．Tim Berners-Lee’s plan to save the World Wide Web.

D．The problems with the World Wide Web.

2 . 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.

2. W hat exhibition do visitors prefer to see in Natural History Museum?

A．The Rosetta Stone.	B．Early morning yoga.
C．Dinosaur skeletons.	D．Silent discos practice.

3. What do Natural History Museum and Victoria & Albert Museum have in common?

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.

3 . 语法填空

Hello，I’m Helen.I’m introducing you to one of the most famous     1    (theatre) in the world，     2    you can hear and see wonderful performances of opera and ballet.It’s the Royal Opera House.The Royal Opera House was built in 1858.And it     3    (be) actually the third theatre that we have had on this land at Covent Garden.The first theatre was built in 1732，and it burnt down in 1808.The second one was built in 1809 and it burnt down in 1856.

But it’s not just the     4    (build) that makes it     5    (impress); it’s also the performances on stage that make it an amazing place     6    (visit). The Royal Opera House is home     7    two companies，the Royal Ballet and the Royal Opera.They are both full－time here，and they give almost 300 performances of opera and ballet every year.

The Royal Ballet and the Royal Opera have dancers and singers from all over     8    world.In recent years，we’ve had two famous singers from China—Zhang Liping and Dai Yuqiang.

There are some cheap tickets     9    (offer) there，but the number of them is limited，so I think the best thing to do is buy     10    (they) in advance.

4 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Harvard is older than the United States. In the early 1630s some settlers suggested that a university     1    (found) just to improve the quality of their descendants so that they could     2    (well) build the new home. Thus, it was established in 1636 by vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Like many other     3    (university) at that time, Harvard at the early stage often ran into financial crisis. The school board often had to go to Europe to raise     4    (donate), but as you can predict, they often came back     5    their hands empty.

In 1638, John Harvard, pastor of Charlestown, passed away. He left his library and half his estate to the institution,     6    were the biggest donation ever since its establishment. Therefore, the university was named after his name. Today, you can find a statue of John Harvard     7    (stand) in front of the University Hall in Harvard Yard, and it is perhaps the university’s best     8    (know) landmark.

Like other world famous universities, Harvard also has many colleges and Harvard Business School is one of them. There is     9    saying in education that Harvard is the crown of American education     10    Harvard Business School is the shining diamond on it.

5 . Millions of people pass through the gates of the Disney parks in California, Florida and Tokyo, Japan each year. What makes these places almost universal attractions? What makes foreign kings and queens and other important people want to visit these Disney parks? Well, one reason is the way Disney serves their “guests”.

All new employees, from vice-presidents to part- time workers, begin their employment by attending Disney University and taking “Traditions”. Here, they learn about the company’s history, how it is managed and why it is successful. They are shown how each department relates to the whole. All employees are shown how their part is important in making the park a success.

After passing “Traditions”, the employees go on to more specialized training for their specific jobs. No detail is missed. A simple job like taking tickets requires eight-hour days of training. When one ticket taker was asked why it took so much training for such a simple, ordinary job, he replied, “What happens if someone wants to know where the restrooms are, when the parade starts or which bus to take back to the campgrounds? We need to know the answers or where to get them quickly. Our constant aim is to help our guests enjoy themselves.”

Even Disney's managers get involved in the daily management of the park. Every year, the managers leave their desks and business suits and put on special service clothes. For a full week, the bosses sell hot dogs or ice cream, take tickets or drive the monorail, and take up any of the 100 jobs that make the park come alive. The managers agree that this week helps them to see the company’s goals more clearly.

All these efforts to serve the public well have made Walt Disney famous. Disney is considered by many as the best mass service provider in America or the world.

1. What do all new employees do on the first day they come to Disney parks?

A．They begin by receiving on-the-job training.	B．They must learn several jobs.
C．They begin as ticket takers.	D．They have already attended Disney University.

2. What is the main objective of the Disney employees?

A．To learn all parts of the business.	B．To see that their guests enjoy themselves.
C．To be able to answer all kinds of questions.	D．To keep their important guests happy.

3. Why do managers wear special service clothes and work in the park each year?

A．To set a good example to employees.

B．To remind themselves of their beginnings at Disney.

C．To gain a better view of the company's objectives.

D．To replace employees on holiday.

4. What does this passage mainly talk about?

A．How Disney employees are trained.

B．The history and traditions of the Disney enterprises.

C．Why Disney enterprises make a lot of money.

D．The importance Disney enterprises place on serving people well.

6 . After spending 13 years raising three boys, Stephanie Connolly wanted to get back into the workforce, but she was worried that her computer skills were obsolete. Not only was the long employment break a concern, but she had never used Microsoft Office programs. Her last employer had only used WordPerfect.

A year later, Connolly is so skilled in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint that she is helping others, and has just completed a fixed amount of work as a teaching assistant in a computer class. She's also on the job hunt, armed with a new resume (简历), interview skills, and the latest knowledge of how to conduct Internet job searches, fill out Web­based applications, and upload resumes.

''I can walk through the doors of the company and feel very confident. The course instructors have given that to me'' said Connolly, who owed her development to classes offered by the Harvard Allston Workforce Development Collaboration (HAWDC)．The collaboration is part of a series of programs, and neighborhood improvements that began with an agreement reached between Harvard University and the city of Boston five years ago.

The agreement grew out of discussions between the University and the city over the construction of Harvard's science Complex in Allston. Although the construction paused in 2009, the implementation (实施) of the non­construction­related aspects of the agreement has continued.

What has meant to the neighbors is the opening of the Harvard Allston Education Portal, a community­centered education facility that serves as Harvard's front door to the neighborhood and access to certain University programs and facilities. Information about the agreement's benefits to the community, as well as about Harvard's deep ties with Cambridge and Boston, is available on the new community­oriented Public Affairs website.

1. The underlined word ''obsolete'' in Paragraph 1 probably means ''________''．

A．out of reach	B．out of date
C．out of order	D．out of danger

2. Which of the following words can best describe Connolly's attitude to the HAWDC?

A．Critical.	B．Grateful.
C．Indifferent.	D．Neutral.

3. According to the passage, Harvard Allston Education Portal ________．

A．benefits people living in Boston

B．raises money from the local people

C．is merely accessible to college students

D．makes people concerned about the environment

4. In which part of Harvard University's website can we find this passage?

A．Multimedia.	B．Harvard Science.
C．Arts & Culture.	D．Campus & Community.

7 . When our ancestors were peasants in the earliest days of agriculture, the daily schedule was: work in field all day, eat midday meal in field, continue working in field. Today, after centuries of human advancement, it goes something like: work in coffee shop all day, buy and eat lunch there, continue toiling away on laptop until the sun sets. Though it may seem like the tech boom and gig economy(临时工经济) led the way in this modern mobile work style, working and dining have always been intertwined. In major cities like New York, Washington D.C., Sydney and Hong Kong, restaurants are changing into official co-working spaces during off-peak hours.

Dr. Megan Elias, director of the gastronomy program at Boston University, says food and business have been linked since as far back as the ancient Sumer (who established civilization as we know it around 4000 B.C.) “What we think of as street food has always been part of human civilization,” she says. “There have always been marketplaces where humans came together to conduct some kind of business — like trading grain, trading animals or building houses. As long as there have been marketplaces, people have been eating at them while also doing business.”

The first example of a brick-and-mortar “restaurant” came during the merchant economy in the 15th and 16th centuries, according to Elias. During this stage in European, African, and East and South Asian history, inns allowed merchant businessmen to rest — and of course, eat — throughout their travels. During the colonial era of the 1600s and 1700s, concrete examples of American restaurants emerged as “Coffee Houses”. Coffee Houses were places that had newspapers, which at the time were very small and commercial," author and social historian Jan Whitaker explains.

Coffee houses remained tradesman staples throughout the early 19th century, with simple menu items like rolls and meat pies. More “grand meals,” as Elias calls them, were still taking place within homes for non-traveling folk. But, when the U.S. began industrializing in the 1840s and people stayed near workplaces during the day, eating establishments popped up around factories.

“Industrialization of the city is also restaurantization of the city,” Elias says. “Places sprung up to serve a business lunch crowd and an after-work dining crowd again, still doing business.”

1. How does the author mentioned our ancestors in paragraph1?

A．To make comparisons	B．To present figures.
C．To raise questions	D．To give examples

2. When did restaurants begin to provide not only eating but sheltering?

A．around 4000 B.C.	B．in the 15th and 16th centuries.
C．During the 1600s and 1700s.	D．In the early 19th century.

3. What can we learn about Coffee houses?

A．Newspapers were produced there first.

B．The food served there was limited at first.

C．They were especially popular around factories.

D．It was a perfect place for entertainment and eating.

4. What can be best title of the text?

A．the function of eating out.	B．The slow formation of the modern city.
C．the evolution of the restaurant.	D．The age of more work, less eating.

8 . 假定你是李华，从互联网上得知某国外野生动物保护组织正在招募志愿者，你希望成为其中的一员。请你写一封电子邮件申请加入。内容需包含以下要点：

个人情况	年龄性别、学历
申请条件	性格爱好，英语能力等
参加意图	宣传怎样和动物相处；保护动物的重要性等。

写作要求：
1. 词数90左右，开头和结尾部分已经写好，不计入总词数；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 文中不得透露学校、姓名等任何个人信息。
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9 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

The International Horticultural Exhibition(世界园艺博览会) 2019 Beijing opened to the public on Monday at the foot of the Great Wall in the Chinese capital’s Yanqing District. Chinese President Xi Jinping declared the     1     (open) of the Beijing expo on Sunday evening.

Sharing with the world the concept and approach of green development, the expo demonstrates Chinese people’s     2       (determine) and confidence in building a beautiful China and a beautiful world.

The Beijing expo       3     (schedule) between April 29 and Oct.7, lasting 162 days.    4     is the second time that China has held such a horticultural expo. The southwestern Chinese city of Kunming held the horticultural expo in 1999.The Beijing expo has drawn participation of about 110         5     (country) and international organizations as well as more than 120 non-official exhibitors. About 2,500     6     (culture) activities, such as parades and performances of world ethnic cultures, will be held throughout the expo,     7     average of 15 for each day.

Over the past 40 years, China’s forest area and forest stock volume have both doubled and its forest coverage rate     8     (increase) to 21.66 percent. The country is home     9       the world’s largest man-made forest in scale, with a preserved area of 69 million hectares. A recent Boston University study     10     (base) on NASA satellite data shows that China alone accounts for 25 percent of the global net increase in leaf area over the last two decades.

10 . How to Use a Modern Public Library

Has it been a while since your last visit to a public library? If so, you may be surprised to learn that libraries have changed for the better. It’s been years since they were dusty little rooms with books. They have transformed themselves into places where you can develop your love of knowledge meet interesting people, or find out how to start a business.

Check out a book. While libraries still loan out(出借)books, you’ll find it easier to get a copy of whatever you’re looking for, thanks to a cooperative network of area libraries. Via such networks, libraries share their books with each other through the use of delivery vehicles. Once the book you’ve requested is delivered to the nearest branch, they will inform you by e-mail, so you can pick it up.

Check out other items. The library is now a multimedia zone, loaded with information in many formats(载体形式). You can borrow movies on DVDs, music on CDs, and popular magazines. Some libraries even loan out toys and games. If a popular magazine you want isn’t offered and the library keeps a list of such requests, they may bring it in when enough interest is shown.

Join targeted reading groups. Libraries will often hold reading-group sessions targeted to various age groups. Perhaps you’d like to learn a language or improve your English. The library may sponsor a language group you could join. If you have difficulties reading, ask about special reading opportunities. Your library might be able to accommodate you. And you might find it relaxing to bring your small kid to a half-hour Story Time while you sit quietly in a corner with a good book.

Start a business using the help of your local library. If you want to have a business of your own, your local library can become a launch space for it. In library books and computers, you can find information on starting a business. Many libraries will help you with locally supplied information about business management shared through chambers of commerce(商会)and government agencies, and they will offer printing, faxing and database services you need.

1. Public libraries connected by a cooperative network benefit readers by______.

A．sharing their books on the Internet

B．giving access to online reading at a library branch

C．sending a needed book to a library branch nearby

D．making the checkout procedures diverse

2. According to Paragraph 3, what items may be checked out from a public library?

A．A magazine and an e-book.

B．A game and an oil painting.

C．A music CD and a kid’s toy.

D．A DVD and a video player

3. As is described in Paragraph 4, taking a small kid to a half-hour Story Time allows ______.

A．the kid to learn a new language

B．the parent to enjoy quiet reading

C．the kid to overcome reading difficulties

D．the parent to meet their program sponsor

4. Your local library can help you start a business by ______.

A．providing relevant information and supporting services

B．offering professional advice on business management

C．supplying useful information of your potential buyers

D．arranging meetings with government officials

5. What is the purpose of the passage?

A．To point out the importance of public libraries.

B．To encourage people to work in public libraries.

C．To introduce the improved services of public libraries.

D．To call for the modernization of public library systems.