2 . Beijing will provide COVID-19 vaccinations (接种疫苗) for certain groups in nursing homes, including the elderly and caregivers, on a voluntary basis to prevent a renewed outbreak at nursing homes during autumn and winter, the local government said.

Those who will receive the vaccines include nursing home kitchen workers, security guards and cleaners, Beijing Daily reported on Friday.

Xing Yinli, director of Jingkangyuan, a nursing home in Fengtai district with about 290 elderly residents (居民), said they have received the document (文件) recently and will strictly follow its guidance.

“It’s our top duty to strengthen prevention and control,” Xing said, adding they have been using methods such as keeping detailed records of resident contacts outside the nursing home, and encouraging online visits for family members.

As to vaccinations, she said they will ask for permission from residents, their family members and workers before giving vaccines.

In late October, Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province carried out an emergency COVID-19 vaccine program, allowing the public to ask for injections (注射) in advance, with key groups first. A similar program was also organized in Jiaxing, Ningbo and Yiwu in Zhejiang.

Nationwide, emergency use of home-grown COVID-19 vaccines was approved in June and launched in late July. China now has four coronavirus candidate vaccines in the third stage clinical trials (临床试验).

The document from Beijing also said nursing homes should conduct nucleic acid testing (核酸检测) every month among kitchen workers and residents who leave the nursing homes to see a doctor. Tests will cover all people in nursing homes considered at high risk if new infections are reported in the city. Besides, routine disinfections (消毒) should be strengthened in kitchens, storerooms and restrooms, it said. The document also recommended non-contact visits from family members.

1. Where can you probably find this article?

A．In a newspaper.	B．In a fashion magazine.
C．In a book review.	D．In a travel journal.

2. How can we understand the underlined sentence in Paragraph 7?

A．China is providing vaccinations nationwide.

B．The four candidate vaccines have finished clinical trails.

C．China has taken the lead in coronavirus vaccines worldwide.

D．China has made great progress in coronavirus vaccines.

3. What’s the main idea of this passage?

A．Nursing homes should conduct nucleic acid testing.

B．Beijing nursing homes are to be provided vaccines.

C．Certain groups will have vaccines first in late June.

D．Routine disinfections should be strengthened in kitchens.

4. What’s Xing Yinli’s attitude towards vaccinations?

A．Supportive.

B．Curious.

C．Doubtful.

D．Dissatisfied.

3 . Knowing how to communicate well needs very personal attention between you and another human being. Is there a better way to learn how to communicate effectively? Yes, there is. Please follow the 3 basic steps below.

* Relax and breathe

Whether it's a business meeting or a first date, the first thing you must do in order to communicate is to relax.

When you relax, you are in control. You control your reactions and your reactions do not control you. Breathing is central to relaxation. Take a few deep breaths and your body will begin to be more at ease. This will help you apply what you already know about how to communicate well.

* Think and you will be prepared

Have you ever heard the old saying "think before you speak"? Well, it is true. By thinking ahead about how the conversation might flow, you will be better prepared, more at ease and more confident.

* Follow the flow of the conversation

If you are uncomfortable, being silent will only make it worse and make the other person uncomfortable as well. So when all else fails, follow through with small talk until a common topic appears.

A good way to keep a conversation going is to ask the other person questions. People love to talk about themselves and if you do this, they will leave the conversation, thinking very highly of you. Learning good communication skills is not something out of reach. If you make an effort, you will succeed.

1. Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

A．How to Begin Your Conversation Effectively.

B．Preparation and Conversation.

C．Personal Attention and Communication.

D．How to Communicate with People You Meet.

2. If you want to talk with others successfully, the most important thing you should do is ________.

A．to make a good preparation for the conversation.

B．to take as many deep breaths as possible.

C．to keep calm and relax yourself fully.

D．to follow the flow of the conversation.

3. Why does relaxation play an important part in your good communication?

A．Because it can help you keep excited and react quickly in the communication.

B．Because it will help you organize good sentences for your communication.

C．Because it can help you put your communication skills that you know into use.

D．Because no one likes to communicate with a nervous person.

4. If you feel uncomfortable, you'd better ________.

A．talk small things until you find a topic you both like.

B．speak freely so as to run across the topic you like.

C．keep silent in order to give the chance of speaking to others.

D．ask questions which you are interested in.

5. What's the meaning of the underlined sentence?

A．You will be good at communication if you try.

B．Good communication skills can be learned if you try.

C．Not all people can learn good communication skills.

D．Communication skills can be improved easily.

5 . I work at a grocery store in Montreal's Plateau neighbourhood,which gets a lot of regulars.On March 12,the Quebec government announced to close all public places to stop the spread of the pandemic(流行病）of coronavirus.

The next day the store was the busiest I've ever seen.The six cash registers had to be kept open from 10 a.m.until close It was nuts.I didn't have time to eat lunch,and whenever one of us on cash had to use the bathroom,we d have to bring in a coworker off the floor to cover for us.

Since then,the atmosphere in the store has been different.Customers are mostly considerate,but whenever someone coughs or sneezes,everyone turns around to make sure that person sneezed into their elbow.I've even seen customers come in wearing some strange get-ups.One guy even came in with a plastic Walmart bag wrapped around his entire head,with a slit cut out for his eyes.

A lot of my coworkers have left to avoid a public-facing job during the pandemic.Grocery store workers across Canada are putting their health at risk every time they come in to work,but a lot of us are still making close to minimum wage.I realized that I feel more exhausted than normal even though        I'm working the same hours.

There still have been some moments of kindness in the midst of the chaos.I've overheard people talking on the phone who sounded as though they were organizing grocery deliveries for those stuck at home.And this past weekend a very nice lady thanked us for continuing to work.I know everyone is worried,but it's useless having the same scary conversations day after day.Instead,tell us a funny anecdote,or about something nice.We'll appreciate the distraction,and you'll make our day just a bit brighter.

1. What does the author intend to show by"It was nuts."in paragraph 2?

A．The goods were in short supply.

B．The store was having a big sale.

C．The cashiers complained about their work.

D．The locals rushed to do shopping like crazy.

2. What does paragraph 3 convey about customers?

A．They like to shop here in disguise.

B．They are panicky about the disease.

C．They are more friendly to each other.

D．They have taken proper preventive measures.

3. What is the best title for the text?

A．It is not work but worry that kills

B．Helping others is helping ourselves

C．Moments of kindness shine in a time of chaos

D．Here is what it's like working in the pandemic

6 . I am a good mother to three children. I have tried never to let my profession stand in the way of being a good parent. I no longer consider myself the center of the universe. I show up. I listen. I try to laugh. I am a good friend to my husband. I have tried to make marriage vows(誓约) mean what they say. I am a good friend to my friends, and they to me. Without them, there would be nothing to say to you today.

So here's what I wanted to tell you today:

Get a life. A real life, not a desire of the next promotion(提升), the bigger paycheck, the larger house.

Get a life in which you are not alone. Find people you love, and who love you. And remember that love is not leisure(空闲); it is work. Pick up the phone. Send an email. Write a letter. And realize that life is the best thing and that you have no business taking it for granted.

It is so easy to waste our lives, our days, our hours, and our minutes. It is so easy to exist instead of to live. I learned to live many years ago. Something really bad happened to me, something that changed my life in ways that, if I had my choice, it would never have been changed at all. And what I learned from it is what, today, seems to be the hardest lesson of all: I learned to love the journey, not the destination. I learned to look at all the good in the world and try to give some of it back because I believed in it, completely and totally. And I tried to do that, in part, by telling others what I had learned.

By telling them this: Read in the backyard with the sun on your face. Learn to be happy. And think of life as a deadly illness, because if you do, you will live it with joy and passion(激情) as it ought to be lived.

1. What's the author's attitude toward work?

A．Do it well to serve others.

B．To earn enough money to make life better.

C．Try your best to get higher position and pay.

D．Don't let it affect your real life.

2. The underlined sentence “It is so easy to exist instead of to live.” in the fifth paragraph probably has the same meaning as “________”

A．it is so easy to keep alive but not to live a real life

B．it is very hard to live a real life

C．it is so easy to make a living

D．it is more difficult to exist than to live a happy life

3. How did the author form her view of life?

A．By working and social experience.

B．By learning from her friends.

C．Through an unfortunate experience.

D．From her children and husband.

4. The best title of this passage probably ________.

A．Love Your Friends	B．Live a Real life
C．Don't Waste Time	D．Be a Good Mother and Wife

7 . Work is a part of living—my grandparents understood that. They lived and worked on a central Pennsylvania farm that has been in my family for 150 years. Hess Farm, at that time, was self-sufficient. They raised beef cattle for meat, chickens for eggs and hogs for pork and lard. Dairy cows were kept for milk and the cream from which Grandma made butter and cheese. That little yard they had became a garden.

The Depression, therefore, didn’t make a dramatic change in their lives. But it did bring an unending flow of men out of work, drifting from job to job, to the farm. The first man to show up on the kitchen porch was ragged-looking, but polite. He took off his hat and quietly explained that he hadn’t eaten for a while. Grandpa stood watching him a bit, then said, “There’s a pile of firewood stacked against the fence behind the barn (畜棚). I’ve been needing to get it moved to the other side of the fence. You have just about enough time to finish the job before lunch.” With that, he stuck out his rough hand to the stranger.

Grandma said a surprising thing happened. The drifter got a shine in his eyes and, behind his beard, he smiled. He hurried to the barn in a near trot (小跑). She set another place at the table and baked an apple pie. During lunch, the stranger didn’t say much, but his shoulders straightened when he left. “Nothing ruins a man like losing his self-respect”, Grandpa later told me.

Soon after, another man showed up asking for a meal. This one was dressed in a suit and carried a small, worn suitcase. Grandpa came out and then offered a handshake. “There’s a stack of firewood along the fence down behind the barn I’ve been meaning to get moved. It’d sure be a help to me. And we’d be pleased to have you stay for lunch.”

The fellow set his suitcase and neatly laid his coat and vest on top. Then he set off to work.

Grandma says she doesn’t remember how many strangers they shared a meal with during those Depression days—or how many times that pile of wood got moved.

1. What is the result of the Depression?

A．Some people earned a lot of money.

B．A large number of people went abroad.

C．Many people were laid off.

D．Quite a few people died of a strange disease.

2. Which of the following best describes the grandpa?

A．He pretended to be generous.

B．He pretended to be mean.

C．He shared meal with everyone who came to his door.

D．He gave meal to the poor without losing their self-respect.

3. How many strangers did Grandpa and Grandma share a meal with during those days?

A．They shared a meal with only two people.

B．They shared a meal with twenty people.

C．The passage doesn’t mention the number.

D．They didn’t share a meal with anyone.

4. What can we know about the stranger from the underlined sentence?

A．The stranger was full after lunch.

B．The stranger earned his bread through his own work.

C．The stranger wanted to show his gratitude.

D．The stranger wanted to stretch his body.

8 . Many children first learn the value of money by receiving an allowance. The purpose is to let children learn from experience at an age when financial mistakes are not very costly.

The amount of money that parents give to their children to spend as they wish differs from family to family. Timing is another consideration. Some children get a weekly allowance. Others get a monthly allowance.

In any case, parents should make clear what, if anything, the child is expected to pay for with the money.

At first, young children may spend all of their allowance soon after they receive it. If they do this, they will learn the hard way that spending must be done within a budget. Parents are usually advised not to offer more money until the next allowance.

The object is to show young people that a budget demands choices between spending and saving. Older children may be responsible enough to save money for larger costs, like clothing or electronics.

Many people who have written on the subject of allowances say it is not a good idea to pay your child for work around the home. These jobs are a normal part of family life.

Paying children to do extra work around the house, however, can be useful. It can even provide an understanding of how a business works.

Allowances give children a chance to experience the three things they can do with money. They can share it in the form of gifts or giving it to a good cause. They can spend it by buying things they want. Or they can save it.

1. What is special about children learning financial management by experience?

A．They learn more quickly.

B．They are not as likely to make mistakes.

C．Their mistakes won't matter so much.

D．They have plans made by their parents.

2. When the writer says some young children "will learn the hard way that..." in Para. 4, he means ________ .

A．they will know how hard it is to learn budget

B．they will have an easy time learning the lesson

C．what they will learn is absolutely true

D．their parents will teach them a hard lesson

3. Judging from the article, it is all right if a couple give their son an allowance ________ .

A．regularly twice every month

B．whenever he has run out of money

C．telling him to ask for permission before spending

D．without telling him what to spend on

4. The writer would agree to encourage the kids to ________ to deal with a tight budget.

A．borrow money from others	B．ask their parents for more money
C．get paid for their household routines	D．earn money by extra work

9 . China and the UK have made great efforts to enhance global cooperation in response to the pandemic and global public health. Both countries have supported the WHO playing a central role in the global health crisis.

In particular, China and the UK will host the 15th Conference on Biodiversity and the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference in May and November respectively (各自地).The two sides are enhancing communication on global environmental protection and climate change.

Despite all these positive factors, 2020 was not without tests for the relationship.

A series of wrong actions by the UK side on issues related to Hong Kong and Xinjiang caused severe difficulties for bilateral(双边的) relations.

Will the relationship return to the normal track and will cooperation return in the new year? This will, to a large extent, depend on whether the UK sees China as a partner 'or a competitor, respects China's core interests, and follows the basic rules in international relations, including non-interference(干涉) in each other's internal affairs. The ball is in the court(球场) of the UK side.

The year 2021 has historic significance for both China and the UK. There will be new opportunities for the relationship this year, and there will be promising future for China-UK cooperation in trade, investment, financial services, science and technology, education and health care, as well as in protecting multilateralism (多边主义), fighting against the pandemic, addressing climate change, and promoting the global recovery.

As I am about to complete my tour of duty in the UK, where I have served as Chinese ambassador for 11 years, I would like to express my two wishes for the China-UK relationship.

First, I hope China and the UK will continue to deepen their pandemic cooperation, promoting the research and contributing to an early global victory.

Second, I hope China and the UK will deepen mutual (相互的) trust, resist disruptions(干扰) and avoid "political viruses" in the spirit of mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit, so as to ensure the healthy and steady development of our relationship and jointly promote the building of a global community                                                                   of health for all.

1. What can we infer from the text about the relationship between China and UK?

A．They make efforts to fight against the outbreak of pandemic respectively.

B．The relationship between them is not positive all the time.

C．The relationship will return to the normal.

D．What the UK has done has no severe influence on the bilateral relations.

2. What is the author's attitude towards the China-UK relationship according to the last three paragraphs?

A．Positive.	B．Negative.
C．Doubtful.	D．Indifferent.

3. What does the underlined sentence "The ball is in the court of the UK side" mean?

A．The UK wins the ball game.

B．The UK's international status puts it in a superior position in the competition with China.

C．Whether the relationship will be normal depends on the UK.

D．The UK has no rights to judge the future of, the relationship with China.

4. What can be the suitable title for the text?

A．Spring is around the corner

B．Rome is not built in one day

C．The cooperation between China and UK

D．Better to be friends than competitors WK

10 . My father had died when I was young, so if I didn’t acknowledge my mother’s birthday, likely no one would. On her birthday, I decided to bake her some cookies, take them to her house and leave them with a little note for her.

But what to write about? My mother and I had not always been close. Pouring out words of love seemed insincere, but there were plenty of things I did appreciate, so I wrote a letter expressing my appreciation for what she had taught me. She taught me to live within our means and not to go into debt. She taught me the color of someone’s skin was irrelevant. She taught me helping others in need was its own reward. She taught me to value the elderly. She taught me how to see the shapes in the clouds. She taught me to appreciate the way the air smelled after a rain.

Having finished the letter, I sent the cookies and the handwritten letter to my mother. That evening, she called and thanked me, saying it was a wonderful birthday present.

Two years later, she suffered a fatal heart attack. While cleaning out her house, I came across a photocopy of the birthday letter I had written to her in the drawer of the bedside table in the guest room. And then room after room, drawer after drawer revealed more photocopies of the same letter. There was one in the kitchen drawer and one taped to the inside of the kitchen cabinet. I also found one in a drawer in both bathrooms, another in the living room and two more in her bedroom.

Finally, I opened the drawer beside her bed, where I found an old handkerchief and as I pulled it out, a wrinkled piece of paper fluttered to the floor. It was the original birthday letter. It had been smoothed over and over again. I realized at that moment that the best things I could have given my mother weren’t really things at all.

1. What did the author learn from her mother?

A．Live a happy life regardless of how much money one has.

B．We should treat people of different skin colors differently.

C．One can be rewarded a lot of money when helping others.

D．It’s of great importance to explore the beauty of nature.

2. While cleaning out his mother’s house, the author probably felt ________.

A．alarmed but convinced	B．confused but happy
C．surprised but touched	D．puzzled but inspired

3. What does the author mean by saying the underlined sentence in the last paragraph?

A．What her mother value was her love not the gift itself.

B．She should never have sent any present to her mother.

C．Of all the gifts she had given her mother, nothing was best.

D．No gift was better than what she had given her mother.