1 . The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met) is one of the world’s largest and finest art museums. Following the suggested route will help you explore the museum.

The Temple of Dendur

This 2000-year-old building stood near the Nile River, surrounded by a wall that no longer exists. But you can still peek through the gateway. Whose “house” is this? It's not for people. It’s for gods.   Can you identify them? They face out. A king faces in, bringing offerings.

MetSpeaks

Bringing together some of the most respected thinkers on a given subject, MetSpeaks features   lectures, discussions, talks, films, and forums in which compelling voices explore timely issues that connect to the Met’s exhibitions and permanent collection. Program times, audiences, and topics vary.

Time to Sketch

Settle down for a few minutes, pick something in this gallery, and have fun drawing it. Enjoy the chance to look carefully as you create your own sketch. You’ll be surprised at how much more you notice, thanks to exploring art by sketching.

MetAccess

Make the Met yours! Choose from a variety of services and exciting programs that are offered to meet the needs of visitors with disabilities. Program times, audiences, and topics vary.

Ask for the Access Information brochure and Access Calendar at Information Desks, download the Access Calendar (PDF), or call 212-650-2010 or email access@metmuseum.org.

Admission Fee includes admission to the Main Building and same-week admission to the Cloisters museum and gardens.

Recommended	Fee
Adults	$25
Seniors (65 and older)	$17
Students	$12
Members (Join Now)	Free
Children under 12 (accompanied by an adult)	Free

1. How much is recommended to pay for 4 adult and 2 student visitors?

A．124

B．111

C．103

D．99

2. What can you know about the Temple of Dendur?

A．A high wall is surrounding the 2000-year-old building now.

B．The building is designed for Emperor to live in.

C．The Nile River witnessed the history of the building.

D．A king faces out, bringing offerings in the temple.

3. Which of the following is TRUE about the Met?

A．Issues connected with agricultural economy will be discussed in MetSpeaks.

B．Visitors can choose something in the gallery and have fun drawing it on the wall.

C．You can email access@metmuseum.org for more Admission information.

D．Disabled people will find various services and programs offered especially for them.

4 . In the age of online shopping and e-readers, devoted staff and customers keep the doors of Auntie's Bookstore open for 40 years. “When you're in Portland, you go to Powell's Books. When you're in Seattle, you go to Elliott Bay. When you're in Spokane, you go to Auntie's,” said John Waite, the owner of the bookstore. “I can't imagine Spokane without Auntie's,” he said. “A lot of people can't imagine Spokane without Auntie's, either,” Waite said.

Turning visitors into regular customers is important to the store's success. Auntie's markets itself as a destination. A half-dozen book clubs meet there. Most weeks, the store hosts two to four author readings or literary events. “We want people to come down, hang out and experience the feel of having a book in their hands,” Waite said.

Eager readers not only want to read books, but want to discuss them, said Kerry Halls, the store manager. Auntie's offers them that chance, she said.

“You can't go to Amazon and talk to someone about your favorite novel, or discuss what you think of the latest Stephen King's book compared with Pet Sematary,” she said.

To compete with the convenience of shopping online, Auntie's tries to predict what books will become a trend. They store these books in advance. But Waite doesn't sugarcoat the realities of selling books in the era of Amazon and other online retailers (零售店). “Even the big guys can’t make it,” he said, noting physical retailers are striving nationally. As the United States' oldest national bookstore chain, Barnes&Noble has to constantly reorganize to stop the declining sales.

At Auntie's, regular customers are very important to its survival and development. Sales of children's and young adults' books are increasing in recent years. Waite said. “For a long time, older customers have kept bookstores alive, "he said. "Now, it's starting to attract younger people.” Another reason of Auntie's longevity (长寿) is Northwest culture, which Waite said encourages new ways of thinking and the diversity of ideas. "I think it's a great book town, “Waite said. "People are enthusiastic about reading.”

1. What can we learn about Auntie's from Paragraph 1?

A．It is very popular in the local area.

B．It is a highly profitable physical bookstore.

C．It takes full advantage of the e-business platform.

D．It has a longer history than Powell's Books and Elliott Bay.

2. What is Auntie's goal?

A．To set up a literary environment.

B．To have more regular customers.

C．To awaken people's interest in reading.

D．To encourage readers to learn about more authors.

3. What does the underlined word “striving” in Paragraph 5 probably mean?

A．Celebrating.

B．Progressing.

C．Struggling.

D．Compromising.

4. What does the last paragraph mainly talk about?

A．The future of Auntie's.

B．The major customers of Auntie's.

C．The influence of Auntie's.

D．The reasons for Auntie's longevity.

5 . The Sabi Sand Game Reserve in South Africa is one of the richest wildlife regions in the African continent. Over 200 species of mammals and 350 different birds can be found in its vast plains, grasslands and forests.

I spoke to Michael Rattray, chairman of the Sabi Sand management committee, about the management policies. “If in a thousand years' time the reserve is still a wonderful habitat for wildlife, then we will have succeeded in our mission. Various measures are being put in place. These include dealing with the problem of erosion (侵蚀). In 1996 we had abnormally high rainfall. This could have been absolutely destructive. However, we have successfully fought erosion using gabion stretchers, which are wire baskets filled with rocks. We have also used a lot of old aerial photographs, which have helped us return the land to its earlier state. This meant recreating open grassland areas to attract different types of animals,”he said.

Apart from these measures, the reserve employs a wide range of local workers. Building staff accommodation of any sort would make a big impact on the environment and would go against the aim of keeping the reserve as natural as possible. Instead, transport is provided so employees can live a normal life with their families outside the area, and the human impact is kept to a minimum.

Visitors to the reserve spend about six hours a day in open vehicles, observing wildlife on game drives. They are accompanied by a ranger and a local tracker. I shall never forget the moment on a game drive when a cheetah with her five cubs was pointed out to me. She was lying in a sea of long yellow grass, her markings almost invisible. We got close enough to hear her purr.

The Sabi Sand Game Reserve is a place where animals have no fear of humans. It is impossible to quantify the benefits of spending time in such an environment.

1. What helped solve the problem of erosion?

A．High rainfall.	B．Gabion stretchers.
C．Empty baskets.	D．Aerial photographs.

2. What can we know about visitors to the reserve?

A．They can walk to the open fields.

B．They must have very good eyesight.

C．They cannot go around the reserve alone.

D．They have two ways to enter the reserve.

3. What would be the best title for the text? .

A．An introduction to the Sabi Sand Game Reserve.

B．The importance of protecting wildlife.

C．Some advice on visiting the Sabi Sand Game Reserve.

D．The Sabi Sand Game Reserve—the biggest wildlife region.

6 . The signs appeared practically overnight. They’d been planted everywhere—in front of homes, along sidewalks, around the local high school. Each featured just a few uplifting words in simple black type: “Don’t Give Up,” “You Are Worthy of Love,” “Your Mistakes Do Not Define You.” The high school in Newberg, Oregon, had lost four students and three former graduates to kill themselves that year, so the town of 25, 000 instantly understood the messages.

Amy Wolff had done so, in part, because she’d lost her own teenage brother in an accident about 20 years earlier. It was compassion (同情) for compassion’s sake.

Yet as Wolff saw the deep emotion her sign inspired in her neighbors, she decided to step forward to share her message publicly. Instantly, her inbox was flooded with requests for more signs. Since then, the Don’t Give Up Movement has spread from Newberg to the hearts and yards of people in every state. Wolff charges only the cost of materials and shipping. “It’s a terrible business decision if we wanted to function like a business,” she says.

Chrisanne Moger commented on one of the movement’s posts about the need for one particular sign, “We’re All in This Together.” She thought it would really speak to a world huddling together under the cloud of COVID-19. Wolff agreed, and she received 750 orders within a week of its creation. A mother in Colorado, unable to travel during the quarantine (隔离), contacted the organization after her stepson’s sudden death. “I saw one of your signs recently and it was a touching message from above to hang on.” she wrote.

Aware of the added emotional challenges isolation brings, the Don’t Give Up Movement has since offered to send handwritten letters of support to anyone in quarantine who needs it.

1. Why did the signs suddenly appear everywhere in Newberg?

A．They featured some inspiring words.

B．The high school had lost several students.

C．They conveyed simple messages.

D．The outbreak of COVID-19 scared people.

2. What do you know about the Don’t Give Up Movement?

A．It is a non-profit organization.

B．It met all requests of neighbors.

C．It gradually won the hearts of people.

D．It was started in honor of Amy’s brother.

3. What effect do the messages from the posts have?

A．They bring emotional challenges.

B．They offer great encouragement.

C．They provide information for COVID-19.

D．They improve interpersonal relationships.

4. What do you think of Amy Wolff?

A．She’s active and open-minded.	B．She’s talkative and sociable.
C．She’s decisive and ambitious.	D．She’s selfless and devoted.

7 . 假定你是李华，是校学生会国学社（Society of Sinology）的社长。为扩大社团影响力，弘扬传统文化，国学社欲招收外籍学生会员。请给在你校国际班就读的美国学生John用英语写一封电子邮件，向他介绍国学社，并请他帮忙在外籍学生中推广。邮件内容包括：
1、国学社简介，如研究历史等；
2、社团的活动；
3、帮忙推广。
注意：
1、词数100字左右；
2、可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3、开头及结语已写好，不计入总词数。
Dear John，

How are you doing these days?

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Looking forward to your early reply.

Yours’

Li Hua

8 . For top students from low-income families, applying to colleges is particularly difficult. One approach makes this whole process easier? Provide an adviser for them.

That's the idea behind CollegePoint, a program to help gifted students go to schools that match their intelligence. When a high school student takes a standardized test—the PSAT, SAT or ACT—and they score in the 90th percentile, and their families make less than $ 80, 000 a year, they get an email from the program offering them a free adviser. The advisers listen, guide and answer students' questions.

Connor Rechtzigel, an adviser in Minnesota, sees the importance of his role, for research shows that low-income students are far more likely to undermatch because they don't think they have what it takes to get in and because many don't even know what schools are out there. He helped high school senior Justice Benjamin, the first in his family to apply to college, thinking about what his ideal learning experience was. Finally, Justice narrowed in on smaller schools where he could study environmental science and made his final choice: Skidmore College in New York.

Figuring out how to pay for college is a major part of what CollegePoint advisers do. Nakhle, an adviser in North Carolina, is working with Hensley, an Ohio high school senior who can't get extra financial help from her family. They spent a lot of time comparing and analyzing her financial-aid award letters, which made her decision much clearer. Finally, the Ohio State University offered an option where she would pay nothing. Staying in-state wasn't her first choice, but it was the best option for her.

1. What is the second paragraph mainly about?

A．How CollegePoint works.	B．The history of CollegePoint.
C．Ways to apply for a free adviser.	D．The challenge of choosing colleges.

2. What prevents low-income students from attending proper colleges?

A．Thinking highly of their abilities.	B．Knowing little about colleges.
C．Lack of enough learning experience.	D．Failure to pass the entrance exam.

3. Why did Hensley finally choose the Ohio State University?

A．She didn't want to stay far from home.	B．Her favorite major was provided there.
C．She would show her talents to the full.	D．The university met her financial needs.

4. What is the best title for the passage?

A．Steps for Students to Choose Suitable Colleges

B．CollegePoint—How to Be a Financial Adviser

C．Advisers Helping College Students to Score High

D．CollegePoint—Helping Students Select Ideal Colleges