1 . Many parents set rules for their children’s online activity, such as limiting ( 限 制 ) the mount of time they can spend online. But some children in the US and UK are saying that theyd like to makerules for parents, too. Their main complaint? That their parent share too many photos them online.

In a 2016 study, it was found that parents in the US share an average of 116 photos of their kids after they are born. Most were taken before the child tumed 8 years old. Many of the photos showed kids in embarrassing situations, like having food all over their faces,Quartz reported.

Parents do like to share their childs progress as he or she grows up. But their kids don’t like it as much. In a survey of UK children between the ages of 12 and 16, 70 percent said they feltheir parents didn’ t respect their online privacy( 隐私),Accroding to Digital Pareting magazine.

In addition, many kids said that other students at school sometimes picks on (捉弄)them aftertheir parents post photos online, CBS News noted. In one case, a girl was bullied (欺负)by boys at school after they found her moms’s blogs,which had many family photos.

“ Each time a photo or video is uploaded, it creates a digital footprint of a child, which can follow them into adult       life , “ a spokeswoman for a leading children’s charity in the UK said. “ It’s always important to ask children for their permission (允许)beforeposting photos or videos of them.”

What is sharenting？

There’s a new word English to describe it when parents post pictures of their online –”shareting”, or a combination of the world “share” and “parenting”.

1. According to the first paragraph, what do kids in the US and UK complain about?

A．Their parents setting rules fortheir online activity.

B．Their parents limiting the amount of time they spend online.

C．Their parents posting too many photos of them online.

D．Their parents setting high expectations for their schoolwork.

2. According to the 2016 study, many US parents like to     .

A．share photos online after they get married

B．post photos of their kids in embarrassing situations

C．take more photos of their children after they are 8 ,

D．pick on their kids and make them feel embarrassed

3. About 70 percent of UK teenagers think their parents     .

A．care too much about their progress in school

B．forget to set good examples for them

C．don’t care enough about their online safety

D．don’t respect their online privacy

4. What do we know from the story?

A．Parents should ask kids for permission before sharing their photos.

B．UK kids don’t mind that their photos are shared by their parents

C．Sharing photos online helps kids live a better adult life.

D．Kids don’t get bullied at school when their photos are shared online.

5. You might see this article from the     column in the newspaper.

A．Nature Today	B．All about Space
C．Society and Culture	D．Philosophy for Life

2 . Join the discussion ……

LakeLander — 2 hours ago

Today, a man talked very loud on his phone on a train between Malvern and Reading, making many passengers upset. I wonder how he would react if I were to read my newspaper out loud on the train, I have never had the courage to do it, though.

Pak50 — 57 minutes ago

Why not give it a try? Perhaps you should take lessons on a musical instrument. The late musician Dennis Brian is said to have asked a fellow train passenger to turn off his radio. When his request was refused, he took out his French horn(号) and started to practice.

Angie O’Edema — 24 minutes ago

I don’t see how musical instruments can help improve manners in public. Don’t do to others what you wouldn’t like to be done to yourself. Once, a passenger next to me talked out loud on his mobile phone. I left my seat quietly, giving him some privacy to finish his conversation. He realized this and apologized to me. When his phone rang again later, he left his seat to answer it. You see, a bit of respect and cooperation can do the job better.

Taodas — 19 minutes ago

I did read my newspaper out loud on a train, and it turned out well. The guy took it in good part, and we chatted happily all the way to Edinbergh.

Sophie 76 — 8 minutes ago

I have not tried reading my newspaper out loud on a train, but, several years ago, I read some chapters from Harry Porter to my bored and noisy children. Several passengers seemed to appreciate what I did.

1. Who once read a newspaper out loud on a train?

A．Pak50.

B．Angie O’Edema.

C．Taodas.

D．Sophie76.

2. What is the discussion mainly about?

A．How to react to bad behavior.	B．How to kill time on a train.
C．How to chat with strangers.	D．How to make a phone call.

3. Where is the passage most probably taken from?

A．A webpage.

B．A newspaper.

C．A novel.

D．A report.

3 . American and Canadian ocean scientists are taking an unexpected opportunity presented by the coronavirus pandemic（冠状病毒大流行）. They are trying to discover whether Pacific Northwest whales benefit from the drop in boat traffic and underwater noise.

Stay-home laws have greatly reduced entertaining boat trips and ferry crossings this spring. Commercial（商业的）whale watching tours remain on hold. Large ships carrying goods continue to come and go less often. Noise and boat disturbance are considered main reasons for the decrease of the Northwest’s endangered killer whales besides reducing food supply and pollution.

“From a killer whale’s point of view, not having fast moving boats around might be quite beneficial,” said oceanographer Scott Veirs of Seattle, who is in charge of an underwater microphone network called Oreasound.

However, the decrease in sea traffic by the coronavirus pandemic may be short-lived, meaning archers have to act fast to document if the quieter seas make happier, healthier whales.

“We are all trying to remain ready,” Veirs said. “If the pandemic continues to affect boat traffic for the next couple of months, we’ll have a very rare activity when noise levels are reduced. I hope that happens, opportunity to observe killer whale activity when noise levels are reduced. I hope that happens.”

The population of killer whales in the waters of the U. S. Pacific Northwest and southwestern British Columbia has reduced to around 73. They use sound to hunt. locate and communicate, and noise from boat engines can affect the sound waves they make for echolocation（回声定位）. Other larger whales that live in Northwest waters communicate over longer distances in a frequency band（波段）that is almost the same with the low frequency noise made by large container ships.

Viers believes if we continue to not have any commercial whale watching and limit our entertaining boating, the killer whales would certainly experience less of noise disturbance with the boats.

1. What do killer whales benefit from the coronavirus pandemic?

A．Stricter laws on ocean pollution.

B．More whale watching tourists.

C．Reduced noise and boat disturbance.

D．Increased food supply.

2. What is the concern of Scott Veirs?

A．The ocean traffic may increase before long.

B．The echolocation function of whales is damaged.

C．The frequency band whales use is similar to boats.

D．The population of killer whales drops too quickly.

3. What is paragraph 6 mainly about?

A．The population of killer whales.

B．The frequency band killer whales use.

C．How killer whales use sound waves.

D．Why noise from boats affects the life of whales.

4. Where does the passage come from?

A．A brochure.

B．A news report.

C．A science fiction.

D．A travel diary.

4 . China has taken new measures to boost new-energy vehicle (NEV) and home appliance consumption. On June 6, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Ecological Environment and the Ministry of Commerce jointly released a guideline. It aims to upgrade the country’s consumption and form a strong domestic market in 2020.

According to the guideline, the cost of NEV production will be largely lowered and the research of a new generation of NEV batteries will be accelerated. Local governments are strictly banned from imposing any limit on the consumption and use of NEVs. Places where the limits exist should call them off. The guideline also encourages local governments to subsidize (补贴) the purchase of first NEVs of car-free families and reduce parking fees for NEVs. In this way, the move would help meet the demand for millions of vehicles in cities across the country, analysts say.

Amid the flat market in China’s auto industry, “methods to boost consumption in the auto market are still being rolled out in first-tier cities such as Beijing and Shanghai,” said Cui Dongshu, secretary-general of the China Passenger Car Association.

Some netizens held that the measures could be difficult to carry out in metropolises due to traffic pressure. Cui responded that “the traffic problems could be eased by upgrading the traffic management systems.” Cities like Beijing and Shanghai should address traffic problems in different areas based on their different levels of congestion (堵塞) through corresponding driving restrictions. The restrictions on NEVs could also be eased in some far-reaching areas in the cities, he explained.

China saw strong and healthy sales growth of NEVs in the first four months this year with 360, 000 NEVs sold, jumping by 59.8 percent from the same period a year earlier. The market could see a new round of increases under the efforts, according to industry experts.

1. Where can we most probably read the passage?

A．In a newspaper.	B．In a car magazine.
C．In a guideline book.	D．In an advertisement.

2. Why did they release the guideline?

A．To increase home consumption.

B．To boost overseas consumption.

C．To occupy a powerful overseas market.

D．To build up a powerful market home and abroad.

3. Which measure is proper to boost consumption of NEVs?

A．No parking fees are allowed for NEVs.

B．The research of new NEV batteries will be sped up.

C．Families can be subsidized when buying their first NEVs.

D．Local governments have no right to monitor the use of NEVs.

4. What does Cui Dongshu think of the measures?

A．Useless.

B．Successful.

C．Practical.

D．Creative.

5 . For a long time, the smartwatch industry had just a few big companies that could set any prices they wanted and kept cheating customers. But now one new tech company is turning the $5 billion smartwatch industry on its head. The company called OshenWatch has found a way to offer a far advanced product at a part of the original price.

Let’s meet the OshenWatch. OshenWatch combines the functions of a fitness band （手环）， digital watch, and health monitor all into one. It feels comfortable to wear. Even better than some of the expensive smartwatches I own from other big tech companies. Extreme indoor and outdoor sports? No problem, the hardened aluminum shell （铝壳）and the lowered-temperature touchscreen glass won't break easily even if you tried.

In my opinion, the OshenWatch is the next generation of smartwatches. Take calls, sleep monitoring, show incoming messages, etc…The watch has all the basic functions that a good smartwatch must have and much more.

What makes the OshenWatch so popular? The green laser （激光）behind the watch is the secret! It is the heart rate monitoring function. This watch lets you measure your blood pressure, heart rate, blood oxygen level, calculate your beats per minute. Give you extremely important time to catch problems early, and seek medical help before it's too late.

This is the reason why the OshenWatch will be the best-selling smartwatch of 2020. No other watch is that advanced. It could actually save your life one day!

1. What is the advantage of the OshenWatch?

A．Its price is the lowest.	B．It has various functions.
C．It is made of aluminum.	D．It can lower the temperature.

2. Which of the following can be measured by the OshenWatch?
①blood pressure②blood sugar level       ③heart rate       ④blood oxygen level
⑤eye pressure

A．①③④

B．②③④

C．①②⑤

D．②③⑤

3. Where is this text most likely from?

A．A diary.

B．A guidebook.

C．A novel.

D．A magazine.

6 . Cars could be able to "talk" to each other to warn about dangers on the roads using 5G technology in future, according to researchers.

Researchers at Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) believe 5G may enable driverless cars to send each other messages about dangers such as ice or deep holes.

And they believe the high-speed, low -delay (低延迟的) nature of 5G will improve driverless cars to the point where they will be safer than the cars being driven today. They predict the number of road traffic accidents which cause more than 1. 3 million deaths and up to 50 million people injured worldwide every year will drop greatly as a result.

Dr Dimitrios, a member of the research group, said, “To have a better idea of what the future will look like, think of having cars that not only use sensors (感应器) to find what's around them, but also can talk to each other about safety information nearby.”

“I'm sure anyone who has had a bad experience on frozen roads would have benefited from knowing about the dangerous conditions ahead of time so they could have changed their speed or, if possible, even avoided that route (路线) altogether.”

With the help of 5G, an early warning system in vehicles will come into use within the next few years. Cars that are close enough to the danger area will pass warning messages to other cars around them using communication technologies, but also to cars further away using 5G, fast and reliably. Then those cars will send the same information to cars near them and 80 on, forming a joined-up.

5G is an exciting mobile technology, which will give a great boost to smart cities and autonomous (全自动的) vehicles among many other things.

1. Which of the following will Dr Dimitrios agree?

A．Cars can talk with drivers using 5G.

B．5G will improve the safety of car driving.

C．Massages sent by 5G will never be delayed.

D．Over 1.3 million deaths are caused by driverless cars.

2. What will cars probably do with dangerous conditions with 5G EXCEPT____________.

A．changing their speed	B．turning to another route
C．getting closer to the danger area	D．sending warnings to nearby cars

3. What does the underlined word "boost" in the last paragraph mean?

A．Recovery.

B．Push.

C．Danger.

D．Fame.

4. In which part of a newspaper is the passage probably found?

A．Science and Technology.

B．Entertainment.

C．Life.

D．Transport.

7 . Managing a popular tourist attraction can be kind of like throwing a party — everyone wants to come and have fun, but nobody wants to help clean up when it's over. But the Faroe Islands have come up with a creative way to take care of their home and welcome visitors at the same time.

An official notice on the islands' national tourism website reads "closed for maintenance (维护), open for voluntourism.”Following a successful plan this year, the country has made the decision to "close” its major tourism sights and attractions during the weekend of April 16-17, 2020. Hotels will be open, and flights will continue. That weekend, people all over the Faroe Islands will be working on environmental protection projects.

However, people who are just dying to visit the Faroe Islands during that weekend can sign on to help with the housekeeping. The islands are looking for 100 volunteers to come to the country to help with the caretaking efforts. There were thousands of applications for the 2019 plan, so would-be islanders better apply fast.

"For us, tourism is not all about numbers, " Director at Visit Faroe Islands told CNN Travel earlier this year." We welcome visitors to the islands each year, but we also have a responsibility to our community and to our beautiful environment, and our aim is to protect the islands, ensuring responsible growth." The first group of voluntourists included travelers from Mexico, Israel, Australia, China and the United States. The director said that because of the surprising popularity of the volunteering weekend in 2019, the Faroes will host the event yearly. According to the Faroes' tourism authority, visits to the country have increased by 10% over the past few years.

1. Who can visit the Faroe Islands on April 16-17, 2020?

A．Any tourists.	B．Selected voluntourists.
C．Housekeepers.	D．All islanders.

2. Why do the Faroes host the yearly event?

A．To protect and develop their home.	B．To make more money in tourism.
C．To attract more foreign visitors.	D．To please the tourists.

3. What can we infer from the passage?

A．All travelers have a chance to volunteer in 2020.

B．The Faroe Islands are likely to hold a party yearly.

C．The plan has made some difference in recent years.

D．Some tourism sights and attractions are closed for all.

4. What's the writer's attitude towards the voluntourism?

A．Indifferent.

B．Doubtful.

C．Negative.

D．Objective.

5. In which section of a newspaper can you probably find this article?

A．Sports.

B．Travel.

C．Technology.

D．History.

8 . In the desert, there is very little rain and it is very hot in the day and so cold at night. If you walk or drive through the desert, it might be wise to know what you should do in order to survive in the desert.

Drink a little water every hour. But how can you get water in the desert? If you find a small piece of land where the earth is wet, dig inside to look for water. Another method of getting water is to cover a green plant with a plastic bag. As it breathes, the water vapor (水蒸气) will collect inside the bag. Little by little, you can collect enough water to drink.

Plan to travel at night and sleep during the day, if you find you have to survive in the desert for a period of time. If you can find something that makes you cool in the desert, use it as a shelter (遮蔽物) to protect you from the strong sunlight.

Wear clothing in light color. It may seem like you’ll be cooler if you wear that kind of clothes, which actually helps your body to become cool and helps protect you from being sunburnt.

Prepare to signal planes passing overhead if you are caught in the desert. During the day keep a smoky fire burning and at night, a bright, clean burning one. In this way, you are more likely to be saved.

1. What’s the weather like in the desert in the day?

A．Cool.

B．Cold.

C．Hot.

D．Warm.

2. How many ways are mentioned to get water in Para. 2?

A．One.

B．Two.

C．Three.

D．Four.

3. What is the suitable colour of clothing to wear in the desert?

A．Light.

B．Dark.

C．Blue.

D．Green.

4. Where is the passage probably taken from?

A．A travel guide.	B．A storybook.
C．A weather report.	D．An advertisement.

5. What is the best title of the passage?

A．Clothing to Wear in the Desert	B．Ways to Get Water in the Desert
C．Advice on Living in the Desert	D．Suggestions for Surviving in the Desert

9 . Why TFT is the best

Local Experiences

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Small and Diverse

Group sizes of 14-21 students allow us to travel comfortably and to make real connections to each other and the host community. Participants come from a mix of different states, regions, and countries. We also welcome solo travelers — 75% of our teens join us without a friend!

The Most Variety

We offer cultural exploration, community service, language, and photography programs to Europe, Africa, Latin America, Oceania, Asia, and North America. We have more programs in more destinations than any other teen travel company. With over 100 programs and 40+ countries to choose from, you’re sure to find a program that’s the perfect fit.

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1. What is TFT most probably be?

A．A youth travel organization.	B．An advertising company.
C．A cross-culture program.	D．A learning center for students.

2. Who’s Ethan in the text?

A．A tour guide.	B．An employee of TFT.
C．A university teacher.	D．A former customer.

3. Where is this text most likely from?

A．A website advertisement.	B．A newspaper report.
C．A textbook on tourism.	D．A geographical book.

10 . What is China’s High-Speed Rail (HSR)? Generally speaking, a rail network that offers 200–350 kph trains is an HSR network. Now, China has the largest high-speed rail network in the world. There are “4 vertical lines and 4 horizontal(水平的) lines” for the main China HSR network. This means there are four north–south high-speed rail lines and four east–west high-speed rail lines. They are the basis for the China high-speed rail network.

The four north–south HSR lines

Beijing–Shanghai Route

* Length: 1,318 km

* Design speed: 350 kph

It connects two popular cities and reduces the journey time from 12 hours to 5 hours (2 hours by air).

Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Route

* Length: 2,240 km

* Design speed: 350 kph

It is the longest passenger-transport dedicated high-speed rail line in the world. It connects North China, Central China, and South China.

Beijing–Harbin Route

* Length: 1,300 km

* Design speed: 350 kph

It connects Northeast China with the national capital, Beijing. It cuts the journey time from 12 hours to 6 hours between Beijing and Harbin.

Hangzhou–Shenzhen Route

* Length: 1,600 km

* Design speed: 250–350 kph

It connects the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta. The Hangzhou–Ningbo section is passenger-transport dedicated. The rest trip is mixed for passenger and cargo (货物) transport.

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1. What can we infer from the passage?

A．China has the largest rail network in the world.

B．Hangzhou-Shenzhen Route makes a stop at Ningbo.

C．Beijing–Hong Kong Route is the longest high-speed rail line in the world.

D．Beijing–Harbin Route takes the shorter journey time than Beijing-Shanghai Route.

2. What may be discussed following “The four north–south HSR lines” ?

A．The four vertical HSR lines.	B．The four horizontal HSR lines.
C．Big events for China’s High-Speed Rail.	D．The future development of China’s High-Speed Rail.

3. From which is the text probably taken?

A．A research paper.	B．A health magazine.
C．A China travel guide.	D．A financial newspaper.