1 . A books-for-food program in Guatemala is helping feed needy children as hunger rates rise during the pandemic(疫情). It is run by a local nonprofit organization that aims to feed nearly 400 children.

The program is simple. People choose a book they want from a list of donated titles, and in return give bags of Incaparina, a high-protein drink mix. Bonifaz Diaz works for the program. By bringing the books-for-food program directly to people's homes, Diaz makes sure donations keep flowing. He has traveled more than 2,000 kilometers on his bicycle, delivered loads of books and carried back thousands of kilograms of Incaparina for the nonprofit group 32 Volcanoes. Diaz sometimes pulls a small cart that helps him carry up to 57 kilograms of product. He has traveled as far as 60 kilometers for a delivery to a town in the Western Highlands, where road conditions are poor.

Nearly a year into the books-for-food program, two more cyclists have joined Diaz and donations keep flowing in. Ana Castillo is a 29-year-old high school teacher who recently received the sociology book from Diaz. She donates to the program often. The 1.8 kilograms of Incaparina she provided will help one family eat for a month.

Castillo looks forward to choosing her books from the titles Diaz posts on social media. She also loves the feeling of a "growing circle" of giving and receiving. "You might not get to those places, but your help can. "she says.

Diaz says he plans to continue cycling against hunger as long as the need exists. He has faced his own economic difficulties since the theater company he co-founded closed last spring. But the program has kept him active. "It's an opportunity to serve in which we all benefit. "Diaz said.

1. What is the purpose of the program?

A．To serve the readers.

B．To produce Incaparina.

C．To offer poor children food.

D．To fight the pandemic.

2. What did Diaz do for the program?

A．He set up a social media.

B．He made donations frequently.

C．He rented a cart to carry goods.

D．He traveled to deliver books and food.

3. How is the program going now?

A．More people are involved in it.

B．Only two cyclists work for it.

C．Over 400 adults benefit from it.

D．Financial difficulties put it to an end.

4. Which word best describes Diaz's attitude towards the program?

A．Indifferent.

B．Supportive.

C．Tolerant.

D．Unwilling

2 . The World 's Greatest Bookstores

Getting lost in a great bookstore can take you on travels around the world. Put a bookmark beside the names of these booksellers for your next trip.

Atlantis Books, Santorini, Greece

Atlantis books is on the sun-washed islands of Santorini. It was started by university friends with little more than a cat, a dog, and an Idea brought by a bottle of wine. Today, Atlantis takes up the basement of a big house, offering everything bestsellers to books on Greek history and culture.

Barter Books, Northumberland, Northeast England

The store is in Ainwick, a Victorian railway station that dates back to 1887, and model railway sits overhead. Pull up a chair to the working fireplace to eat a cookie and have a cup of coffee, or search the shelves for a wide variety of titles.

Shakespeare and Company, Paris, France

From its home by the Seine River, Shakespeare and Company often has a line of customers and tourists waiting to get in, eager to search its collection of rare books new reads and self-published titles. When you enter this English-speaking store which opened during the 1950syou get a sense of stepping back in time

Ealite Taipei, China

Of all the stores in the Eslite chain, the 24-hour Eslite Dunnan branch is the most popular. With more than 250,000 books to choose from, the store draws tourists and locals who stay for hours, reading books (as if they are in a library), listening to music or watching dance performances and films.

1. How was Atlantis books build up?

A．It was a student’s graduation project.

B．It began during a chat among friends.

C．It was set up by a famous university.

D．It was a collection of the big house’s owner.

2. Where is the Barter Books?

A．By a river	B．On a street
C．In a basement	D．Under a railroad

3. Which bookstore provides entertainments besides reading?

A．Eslite	B．Barter Books
C．Atlantis Books	D．Shakespeare and Company

3 . Nineteen-year-old Beau Jessup is studying Social Anthropology at the London School of Economics. She started her own business ______ she was just 15. She is paying her way through college by helping Chinese ______ find names for their children through her ______ Special Name.

In a TED Talk in 2016, Jessup ______ that during a trip to China about two years ago, one of her father’s colleagues asked her to ______ an English name for her daughter. Based on the ______ from her father of the young girl’s personality, Jessup picked a name that ______ the colleague. This experience ______ her to build the Chinese-language website specialname. cn to ______ Chinese parents pick English names for their kids.

Jessup ______ a database of 4,000 names for the website with five characteristics. Each name ______ what that name means. After parents enter the gender（性别） and characteristics of the child, the website will recommend three ______ and provide examples of famous people ______ to each name.

“The parents involve their family and friends in the final ______, making their chosen name both appropriate and special,” Jessup explained.

Jessup at first provided the service for free, but after naming 162,000 babies, she ______ customers for a fee.

“Most of my customers are parents who ______ that their children will study abroad... The English names used by our Chinese friends are ______ names which is used primarily to help them fit in ______ stand out when they study abroad.”

“The first time a parent sent me a photograph of their baby, a beautiful little girl ‘Ellen’, the mother ______ me for giving her an English name and she said that she hoped this name would help her ______ friends in the future.”

1.

A．until

B．when

C．so

D．that

2.

A．parents

B．friends

C．relatives

D．colleagues

3.

A．website

B．phone

C．college

D．magazine

4.

A．learned

B．whispered

C．explained

D．added

5.

A．announce

B．present

C．call

D．pick

6.

A．imagination

B．description

C．direction

D．income

7.

A．annoyed

B．defeated

C．delighted

D．worried

8.

A．inspired

B．discouraged

C．commanded

D．advised

9.

A．hear

B．see

C．help

D．feel

10.

A．sold

B．collected

C．proved

D．built

11.

A．likes

B．requires

C．hopes

D．represents

12.

A．companies

B．names

C．destinations

D．patterns

13.

A．related

B．invited

C．returned

D．compared

14.

A．hobby

B．point

C．decision

D．practise

15.

A．paid

B．charged

C．cost

D．provided

16.

A．hope

B．find

C．confirm

D．complain

17.

A．family

B．professional

C．additional

D．exact

18.

A．other than

B．rather than

C．but also

D．even if

19.

A．thanked

B．influenced

C．greeted

D．changed

20.

A．answer

B．show

C．take

D．make

4 . When the company was small, Google cared a lot about getting kids from Harvard, Stanford, and MIT. But Laszlo Bock, Google’s former Senior Vice President of People Operations, said it was the "wrong" hiring strategy. Experience has taught him that there are exceptional kids at many other places, from state schools in California to those in New York. "What we find is that the best people from places like these are just as good if not better as anybody you can get from any Ivy League school," said Bock, who authored a book titled "Work Rules!".

So what else does Google not care about:

Grades: Google’s data shows that grades predict performance for the first two years of a career, but do not matter after that.

Brain-teasers: Gone are interview questions such as: Why are manhole covers (井盖) round? How many golf balls can fit in a school bus? "Our research tells us those questions are a waste of time," Bock said. "They’re a really coachable skill. The more you practice, the better you get at it."

Here’s what Google does care about:

Problem solvers: Your cognitive (认知的) ability, or how well you solve problems.

Leaders: The idea is not whether you were president of the student body or vice president of a bank, but rather "When you see a problem, do you step in and help solve it?" and then critically, "Are you willing to let somebody else take over, and make room for somebody else? Are you willing to give up power?"

Googleyness: That’s what Google calls its cultural fit. It’s not "Are you like us?" Bock said. "We actually look for people who are different, because diversity gives us great ideas."

"What’s most important is that people are intellectually humble, willing to admit when they’re wrong, and care about the environment around them ...because we want people who think like owners not employees," Bock said.

1. What does Bock mean in Paragraph 1?

A．People from state schools can be as good.

B．Google prefers kids from Ivy League schools.

C．Hiring is a hard job for Google.

D．State schools are worse than Ivy League ones.

2. Which question belongs to a brain-teaser?

A．What are your grades like?

B．What is the significance of the "dead beef"?

C．How would you improve a Google product?

D．How would you solve homelessness in Seattle?

3. Who is a qualified leader according to Google?

A．One eager for power.

B．One solving problems well.

C．One willing to step aside.

D．One operating an organization.

4. What is Googleyness?

A．Being unique	B．Being diverse
C．Being qualified	D．Being loyal

5 . Why do you go to the library? For books, yes—but you like books because they tell stories. You hope to get lost in a story or be transported into someone else’s life. At one type of library you can do just that—even though there’s not a single book.

At a Human Library, instead of books, you can “borrow” people. People with unique life stories volunteer to be the “books.” For a certain amount of time, you can ask them questions and listen to their stories, which are as fascinating as any you can find in a book. (If you attend, be sure to review the habits that make you a good listener.) Many of the stories have to do with some kind of depressing topic. You can speak with a refugee, a soldier suffering from PTSD（创伤后遗症）, a homeless person and a woman living with HIV. The Human Library encourages people

to take time to truly get to know and learn from someone they might otherwise make a snap judgement about. According to its website, the Human Library is “a place where difficult questions are expected, appreciated and answered.”

The Human Library Organization came to be in Copenhagen, Denmark in 2000.Romni Abergel and his colleagues hosted a four—day event during a major Northern European festival. After the success of this event, Abergel founded the Human Library Organization, hoping to raise awareness among youth about depression, which has been growing ever since.

Though there are a few permanent human libraries, most aren’t places at all, but events. Though many do take place at physical libraries, you don’t need a library card—anyone can come and be part of the experience. There have been human library events all over the globe, in universities and in pubs, from Chicago to Tunis to Edinburgh to San Antonio. Check out the organization’s Facebook page to see when the Human Library might be arriving near you.

1. What shall we do before going to the Human Library?

A．Bring a book.	B．Get a library card.
C．Make an appointment.	D．Go over some listening habits.

2. What does the underlined word “snap” in paragraph 2 mean?

A．True	B．Quick.
C．Wrong.	D．Obvious.

3. Why did Ronmi Abergel found the Human Library Organization?

A．He expected to answer different questions.

B．He successfully held an event in Northern Europe.

C．He wanted young people to pay attention to depression.

D．He had set up the Human Libraries all over the world.

4. What is the best title of the text?

A．“Borrow” People Instead of Books	B．Human Library Organization
C．Human Library Is Near You	D．A Library in Denmark

6 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下面画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

My father and I stayed at the South Lake Hotel for a week when we visit Beijing last month. It is in the city center , but it is easy to go anywhere from the hotel by the subway. We lived in a comfortably double-room with a big bath. What I liked best were the free high-speed Internet connection in the room. I checked my email messages every day. I also shared for my friends many photos taking in Beijing. The food was wonderful with reasonable prices, and we enjoyed several local dish. It is such great hotel that I would introduce them to any friend of mine who is going to Beijing.

7 . 完形填空
阅读短文，从1-20小题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出最佳选项。
“Wanted by the FBI.” To the murderer, or the bank robber, these are the most_____words in the world. When the criminal hears them, he knows that 6,000 _____ persons are after him.
Why should he be so afraid? There are thousands of cities and_____ where he can hide, and forests and deserts, as well_____, he’s usually rich with stolen money. _____can make it easier to hide. With money, the criminal can even pay a doctor to_____on his face and make him hard to recognize. But the criminals know that as public ____, they can be found by the FBI no matter where they hide.
They know every trick the criminal knows and many more. If he makes just one ____, they’ll get him. That’s why the criminal who is_____ can’t sleep. That’s why he becomes nervous, why he jumps at every ______
The FBI began on May 10th, 1924. General Harlan Stone chose Edgar Hoover, a young lawyer, to head the new agency. “What we need is a _____new kind of police force,”he said,“_____ today are smart. They use stolen cars and even planes to make their gateways. They have learned to _____ any lock, using advanced technology. We can’t beat them with old methods. We have to train officers to_____scientifically.”
Edgar Hoover quietly _____with his plans. He picked his men carefully. They had to be between the ages of 25 and 35. He wanted only men with good manners and good_______ When working _____his officers, they would have to meet all kinds of people. Hoover wanted men who could_____a teacup as well as a gun. But the FBI cannot help in_____police problem. It can look into only certain crimes against the government. Solving all other crimes is the_____of local police forces.1.

A．exciting

B．frightening

C．disappointing

D．depressing

2.

A．educated

B．selected

C．trained

D．deserted

3.

A．houses

B．factories

C．hotels

D．villages

4.

A．Besides

B．However

C．Therefore

D．Instead

5.

A．Forests

B．Cities

C．Money

D．Food

6.

A．judge

B．operate

C．draw

D．mask

7.

A．officials

B．officers

C．friends

D．enemies

8.

A．mistake

B．movement

C．motivation

D．murder

9.

A．checked

B．wanted

C．examined

D．targeted

10.

A．step

B．glance

C．sound

D．corner

11.

A．wholly

B．partly

C．briefly

D．simply

12.

A．Lawyers

B．Policemen

C．Citizens

D．Criminals

13.

A．close

B．open

C．make

D．destroy

14.

A．work

B．study

C．interview

D．develop

15.

A．went through

B．went off

C．went ahead

D．went out

16.

A．appearances

B．eyesight

C．tongues

D．character

17.

A．for

B．as

C．with

D．at

18.

A．handle

B．get

C．block

D．afford

19.

A．tiny

B．other

C．every

D．special

20.

A．right

B．task

C．power

D．duty

8 . Parents are a child’s first teachers. But some parents never learned from good examples. In New York City, a nonprofit agency called Covenant House tries to help homeless young mothers become good parents.
The twelve or so teenagers who live at the shelter attend parenting classes four days a week. The class is called Mommy and Me. Teacher Delores Clemens is a mother of five and a grandmother. She teaches basic skills, like how to give a baby a bath and how to dress a baby depending on the season.
She remembers one student who learned from her mother not to pick up a crying baby. The mother said that would only make the child needy and overly demanding. Delores Clemens says, “that's not true. You have to hold your baby! He is crying for a reason. If you never pick him up, he's going to keep crying. Pick your baby up. Cuddle your baby. Hug him! And she started to do that. They just want a little cuddling and a little love. And it works!”
Delores Clemens says her students also learn how to be good mothers by letting themselves be mothered. Around three hundred fifty teenage mothers graduate from Covenant House's Mommy and Me class every year.
In class, with her baby son is Natasha. She lived on the streets. She is glad not only for the warmth and shelter of Covenant House. As she told reporter Adam Phillips, she is also glad for the help they offer in seeking a more secure life.
The World Health Organization says the United States has forty-one births for every one thousand girls age fifteen to nineteen. That is higher than other developed countries, as well as some developing ones. By comparison, northern neighbor Canada has fourteen births and southern neighbor Mexico has eighty-two.
1. What is the text mainly about?

A．Parents who are a child’s first teachers.

B．A class where teens learn mothering and are mothered.

C．A nonprofit agency that offers a more secure life.

D．A kind teacher who help homeless young mothers.

2. Covenant Houses’ Mommy and Me class is intended to _____.

A．help homeless young mothers become good parents

B．provide homeless young mothers with a warm shelter

C．help mothers in New York be good parents

D．teach some parents how to love their children

3. What can we know about Delores Clemens from the text?

A．She has a mother of five and a grandmother.

B．She thinks a crying baby should be picked up and hugged.

C．She teaches advanced skills on how to be good mothers.

D．She is very glad for the warmth and shelter of Covenant House.

4. According to the World Health Organization, which country has the highest births for girls age fifteen to nineteen?

A．Canada	B．the United States of America
C．Mexico	D．Britain