1 . 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。

Shanghai Culture Square(SCS)on March 24 announced the plans for the performing year 2021, which will begin with the presentation of four     1     (origin)Chinese musical productions.

SCS is celebrating its 10th birthday this year. According to its artistic director, the theater     2     (develop)a healthy industry chain during the past decade. It is not merely for musical performances,     3     it has been producing new musical projects.

This year, the theater plans to take six of its musical productions on a nationwide tour, three of     4     will first be put on in Shanghai and Nanjing.

A series of revolutionary—themed     5     (production)will also be presented at the theater to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party.

The theater     6     (be), despite the COVID-19 pandemic, able to present 179 shows     7    (total)in 2020. The theater also took three musical productions on a tour of 18 cities in China.

Its outdoor stage,     8     (introduce)last year, will again play an important role in the theater’s plans for 2021. In the subsequent months, the outdoor stage will present more concerts     9     (feature)young singers from leading art schools in Shanghai.

SCS has also announced its new partnership with Modern Sky, the leading music label in China and organizer of outdoor music festivals. It is declared that the company will take its live show series Ziran Xing     10     the outdoor stage of SCS.

2 . A Little Is A Lot For Those With Nothing

Each year, 22 million people die from preventable causes, such as polluted water or the lack of nutrition, according to a new report from the World Health Organization. These groups are taking some of the top lights:

**** A child dies every eight seconds from water-borne disease. Global Water builds wells in very poor communities in Romania, Central America and Africa. Go to global www.water.org.

**** As much as 80 percent of the world’s population may be lacking in iron. UNICEF supplies iron supplements (补充) to women and children in more than 100 countries, preventing anemia (贫血症), low birth weight and death. Their greeting cards, calendars and gifts help fund the program; visit www.unicef.org

**** Mercy Corps fed more than 150,000 mouths in 2003. Still, more than one-quarter of children worldwide are underweight. One dollar helps feed 15 kids in developing countries like India; learn more at www.mercycorps.org.

1. What is the purpose of the advertisement?

A．To ask readers to do their bit for the people who are likely to die from preventable causes.

B．To attract people’s attention to the problem of water pollution.

C．To help the homeless children in developing countries.

D．To ask the readers to surf the Internet and become aware of the miserable things in the world.

2. You can help the children lacking in iron by ________.

A．buying special greeting cards or gifts from UNICEF

B．helping the program of digging wells in poor area

C．doing some volunteer work for them

D．keeping our environment from being polluted

3. Supposing there are 300,000 starving children, how much money will be needed to help them according to 2003 standard?

A．15 dollars.	B．20, 000 dollars.
C．4, 500, 000 dollars.	D．2, 200, 000 dollars.

3 . The process of finding your best fit in a retirement community has improved dramatically over the past decade. Below are some options that will have you get going on a retirement lifestyle that makes every day seem like a vacation.

Saddle Brooke

Saddle Brooke is an Active Lifestyle Community with excellent restaurants and a Mountain View course for golfers. Saddle Brooke’s Arts Center offers various shows and performances. Fitness centers, basketball and volleyball courts, and swimming pools are just around the corner!

Lakewood Ranch

Lakewood Ranch comprises residential villages, parks, educational institutions, town centers, and a center specializing in brain research and cancer care. For three years running, it’s been the fastest-selling, all-ages community in America.

Dataw Island

Dataw Island provides beautiful mansions (公寓楼)，independent shops and restaurants. There are two golf courses, eight tennis courts, world-class grasslands, and plentiful social clubs. Residents can also enjoy deep sea fishing in minutes.

The Forest at Duke

In the covid-19 era, it’s easy to get lost in separation. But that’s hardly the case at The Forest at Duke, where residents continue to enjoy socially distanced chats with neighbors, the satisfaction of activity in nature, and find belonging in their new home.

1. For whom is this text written?

A．Officials.

B．Retirees.

C．Teachers.

D．Travelers.

2. Which community has a medical research centre?

A．Dataw Island.	B．Saddle Brooke.
C．Lakewood Ranch.	D．The Forest at Duke.

3. What do Saddle Brooke and Dataw Island have in common?

A．They provide sports facilities.

B．They offer art performance.

C．They feature nature activities.

D．They suit shopping convenience.

5 . GoGolf Indoor and Outdoor Golf Programme

An indoor and outdoor golf programme for kids. It is fun and easy to learn, and is a great exercise! The GoGolf Programme has been designed to introduce children from 4 to 12 years of age to the global sport of golf in a manner that is progressive, active and safe. The GoGolf programme combines advanced technique with active golf exercises and games. Check us out for after-school programmes and summer camps.

(905)771-7511〡josh@gogolfprogram.com〡www.gogolfprogram.com

Camp Trillium

Camp Trillium is a charitable organization that provides recreational programming for children living with cancer and their families in the province of Ontario. All programmes are operated at no cost to the family. Camp Trillium offers 54 programmes ranging from family camps to youth and preschool groups to day camps to in-clinic programmes. These programmes operate 12 months of the year.

1-888-999-CAMP〡info@camptrillium.cab〡www.camptrillium.com

TenTen Tennis

TenTen Tennis makes tennis easy. It is active, dynamic, fun, easy to learn, and is a great exercise. TenTen Tennis contains all the basic elements of tennis. It has been created to develop the skills of tennis easily and effectively. TenTen Tennis offers a varied programme consisting of ball skills, technique instruction and exercises. Check out our programmes and Summer Camps in Toronto, Richmond Hill and GTA.

(905)771-7511〡tenten@tententennis.com〡www.tententennis.com

Avenue Road Arts School

Offer full-year Tolddler (幼儿期) arts and Kinder Arts programmes. Let’s make Music classes for babies, as well as Fall, Winter and Spring after-school and Saturday sessions for children & teens and performing arts. Adult daytime and evening classes and visitor Summer Camps and Classes are also available.

(416)961-1502〡contactus@avrartsschool.com〡www.avrarsschool.com

1. Mr Smith whose son suffers from cancer will probably attend ________.

A．Camp Trillium	B．TenTen Tennis
C．Avenue Road Arts School	D．GoGolf Indoor and Outdoor Golf programme

2. What can we infer about the Avenue Road Arts School?

A．It is free of charge for kids.	B．It is suitable for babies only.
C．Visitors can only attend it in summer.	D．Adults can only attend classes during the day time.

3. We can learn from the passage that _______.

A．GoGolf Indoor and Outdoor Golf Programme is located in Toronto, Canada

B．rooms in Avenue Road Arts School are open 24 hours

C．TenTen Tennis makes playing golf easy for kids

D．Camp Trillium offers full-year programmes

6 . On January 22nd, 2021, China said it has established a new monitoring and research center for greenhouse gases and carbon neutrality(碳中和) in order to contribute more to fighting climate change. The official announcement of the Monitoring and Assessment Center for GHGs and Carbon Neutrality (温室气体及碳中和检测评估中心), located in Beijing, was made by the China Meteorological Administration. It is expected to play a vital role in providing both technical and scientific support for researchers. The center will gather top scientists in the field from both home and abroad. Apart from providing ways to achieve carbon neutrality, it will also be helpful to make technological breakthroughs in the next three to five years.

The center is tasked with creating a system to evaluate the effectiveness of the country’s efforts to fight climate change. The recruitment (招募) of staff members is expected to be finished in the next two months. A scientific steering committee will also be started in April to guide the center’s operation.

China is determined to peak(达到峰值) its carbon dioxide emissions(排放) before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality before 2060. One of the lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic is that humankind must pursue a green development path and green lifestyle. China will lower its carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP by more than 65 percent from the 2005 level and increase its share of non-fossil fuels in primary energy consumption to around 25 percent. By 2030, China will also increase its forest stock by 6 billion cubic meters from the 2005 level, and bring its total installed capacity (装机容量) of wind and solar power to over 1.2 billion kilowatts.

The establishment of the center proves China’s determination to pursue a green development road. It’s a concrete action that China has taken to fight the climate challenge. Carbon neutrality, or a net-zero carbon footprint, means reading a balance between carbon emissions and removing pollutants through carbon sinks and other offset (补偿).

China has sped up research and development of equipment to monitor greenhouse gases and carbon neutrality and achieved encouraging results. However, there is still a long way to go to reach the top world standard.

1. Why did China start the Center?

A．To produce more greenhouse gases.

B．To gather more scientists worldwide.

C．To contribute more to fighting climate change.

D．To introduce top scientists in carbon neutrality.

2. When will the recruitment of the staff probably finish?

A．In January.

B．In March.

C．In April.

D．In May.

3. How soon will China achieve carbon neutrality?

A．In 9 years.

B．In 16 years.

C．In 39 years.

D．In 65 years.

4. What does this passage mainly talk about?

A．China’s new contribution to climate battle.

B．China peaks its carbon dioxide emissions.

C．The Center’s recruiting new members.

D．Installed capacity of wind and solar power.

8 . Look up in the sky. See that French poodle? Before your eyes it morphs into an elephant. A few seconds later, it becomes the profile of Taylor Swift floating by. Cloud-watching has captured our imaginations since we were children. Many people even have found the International Cloud Appreciation Society.

In 2003 Gavin Pretor-Pinney was living in Rome while on holiday. After seven months glancing into the heavens at the mostly clear blue Roman skies, he discovered he missed the constantly changing cloud formations that were an everyday event in his native United Kingdom. He returned home and was engrossed in learning about clouds. The subject dominated his conversation for a year. Then a friend invited him to speak about clouds at a small literary festival. Pretor-Pinney titled his presentation "The Inaugural Lecture of the Cloud Appreciation Society." Afterward, he had to inform audience members who wanted to join the society that it did not exist. A few months later he launched a website, and the society was born. Five years ago it became his full-time occupation.       

Today, the Cloud Appreciation Society enjoys a membership of more than 50,000 people scattered in 120 countries, all united through their appreciation of celestial mist. It is divided into local groups that include a chapter in St. Louis, and another in central Missouri. Illinois cloud spotter groups are near Chicago.

Pretor-Pinney thinks of the society as reconnecting people with their early relationship to the sky as children finding images in the clouds. "Clouds are for dreams, and a deep thinking of them benefits the soul. If you consider the shapes you see in clouds, it will save you money on psychoanalysis bills," Pretor-Pinney jokes.

In a positive Ted Talk about the Cloud Appreciation Society accessible on the Internet, Pretor-Pinney points out that clouds are common to everyone no matter where they are in the world. They are the most egalitarian (平等主义者) of nature's displays, because people all have a fantastic view of the sky.

1. What is the purpose of Paragraph 1?

A．To explain a natural phenomenon.	B．To recommend an international society.
C．To lead in the main topic of the text.	D．To stimulate readers' imaginations.

2. What does the underlined words "was engrossed in" in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A．Was involved in.

B．Was absorbed in.

C．Took pride in.

D．Participated in.

3. What could be inferred from Paragraph 3&4?

A．The Cloud Appreciation Society enjoys popularity.

B．The Cloud Appreciation Society has three groups.

C．The society attracts a lot of children with dreams.

D．The society helps people save money and heal their souls.

4. Which is the best title of the text?

A．A fantastic cloud-watching society	B．A group full of imagination
C．A society benefiting souls	D．A positive Ted Talk

10 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. When was the British Library founded?

A．In 1937.

B．In1973.

C．Ih1965.

2. How many books does the British Library collect?

A．About 14 million.

B．About 4 million.

C．About 40 million.

3. What about the library is mentioned in the speech?

A．It holds many concerts every year.

B．It is the oldest library in the world.

C．It has a wide collection of stamps.

4. Why are people required to provide proof of address?

A．For returning the books.

B．For security purpose.

C．For doing more research.