1 . Carol Heffernan, a 43-year-old woman from Oshkosh, Wisconsin, regularly felt worn out from working, driving her two kids to school, and taking care of housework. But when COVID-19 hit in March, 2020 and the kids were suddenly home all day and learning remotely, her usual weariness quickly turned into full-on exhaustion. “All the extra responsibility and the mental load—it just added up,” she says. “I felt tired, and it wasn’t due to lack of sleep.”

If there’s one thing many of us have in common, it’s that we’re tired. Doctors even have a name for it: “tired all the time,” or TATT for short. The solution isn’t always as simple as getting more sleep; nearly a quarter of people who get seven or more hours of rest a night report that they still wake up feeling tired most days.

A few weeks after feeling tired, Heffernan decided to drop everything and go for a walk, which she hadn’t done since the pandemic(大流行病)began. “I just wanted to be by myself,” she says. “I needed a break.” When she returned, she felt recharged and decided to make a habit of it.

Doing something active when you’re feeling sluggish(懒洋洋的)will actually increase your energy, but it will not consume the little that you have. In fact, researchers at the University of Georgia found that just ten minutes of low or moderate intensity exercise gave study participants a noticeable energy boost.

In another recent study, people who committed to working out for 20 minutes three times a week increased their energy levels by 20 percent in six weeks. “When we don’t work out regularly, our muscles can become weakened, so when we do use them in everyday activities, we’re more tired,” explains Dr Yufang Lin, a physician at the Cleveland Clinic’s Center.

Now, Heffernan goes for a daily 45-minute stroll. “It feeds me spiritually, emotionally, and physically,” she says. “I have something to look forward to every afternoon. I’m in a better mood. And after putting the kids to bed, I have the energy to stay up and talk to my husband.”

1. What problem did Carol Heffernan have at the beginning of the pandemic?

A．A lack of sleep.

B．Having trouble driving kids to school.

C．Feeling exhausted all the time.

D．Too much pressure from remote learning.

2. How did Carol solve her problem?

A．By getting more sleep at night.	B．By turning to doctors for help.
C．By strengthening the weak muscles.	D．By taking exercise regularly.

3. What does Yufang Lin aim to stress in Paragraph 5?

A．The necessity of working out regularly.

B．Ways to work out efficiently.

C．The frequency of regular workouts.

D．The duration of workouts.

4. What does the underlined word “stroll” in the last paragraph mean?

A．Walk.

B．Stretch.

C．Race.

D．Drive.

3 . 假定你是某国际学校的学生会主席李华，你校组织了一场关于抗击新冠状病毒的校园安全讲座，请你就此写一则通知，内容包括：
1.讲座的时间、地点；
2.讲座的主要内容；
3.其他注意事项。
参考词汇：新冠状病毒novel coronavirus
注意：1.词数80左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

4 . Charvi Goyal is a high school student from Dallas, Texas, who helps out other classmates by tutoring them between classes.

When Goyal’s high school moved online last spring because of COVID-19, she decided to also take her teaching online. The 17-year-old junior and three of her fellow students created TutorScope, a program that offers free tutoring services to other children, including younger ones. It started with a small number of tutors who helped young people in their city. But it has grown into a group of 22 tutors from Texas, Arizona and Ohio. They have helped more than 300 students, some from as far away as South Korea.

TutorScope aims to give the one-on-one help that teachers have traditionally given while walking around their classrooms. But now, many teachers cannot provide that one-on-one support because they lack time or have issues with technology.

Sarah Newman said her children, 7-year-old twins, have had helpful TutorScope experiences. The service has freed up her and her 17 year old son. “With these tutors, I realize they have time,” she said. “I think they are very patient with these younger kids. I have patience with other things, but I don’t have patience to teach.”

What makes the TutorScope effort special is the connection between the teenage volunteers and the other students they are helping. Although the pandemic (传染病) has forced many students to look inward, Goyal said that working with others on a big project has permitted her to look outward. “My confidence level has increased,” Goyal said. She added that she has made friends with other students from her school. She said one of the best things about running a growing non-profit program is fliat it does help with the boredom of being stuck at home.

1. What did Goyal do last spring?

A．She helped her classmates at school.

B．She got active in fighting COVID-19.

C．She offered online tutoring to other students.

D．She went to South Korea to help.

2. What’s the purpose of TutorScope?

A．To give online help.	B．To make profits.
C．To make friends.	D．To choose volunteers.

3. What’s Sarah Newman’s attitude towards the program?

A．Favorable.	B．Tolerant.
C．Doubtful.	D．Critical.

4. What can we learn from Goyal’s success?

A．Put the cart before the horse.

B．A friend in need is a friend indeed.

C．No man can do two things at once.

D．Helping others will benefit oneself.

7 . 阅读下面短文,在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空

In August, four COVID-19     1    (fight) received the top honour for their huge contributions in China’s fight against the virus. Chinese President Xi Jinping     2    (sign) a presidential order (主席令) to award Zhong Nanshan “the Medal of the Republic”,     3    highest state honour. China’s top medical adviser Zhang Boli, top Chinese vaccine (疫苗) researcher Chen Wei and Zhang Dingyu, director of Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital,     4    (award) “the People’s Hero”.

Giving the honour to them shows the spirit of the Chinese people in respecting science and professionalism. It also shows that Chinese people always stand up as one in the face of difficulties.

During this hard-won fight,     5     impressed us most is that they faced COVID-19 so bravely regardless    6    their own safety.

In the early days of the COVID-19 outbreak, Zhong, 84, decided to go to Wuhan, the hardest hit place by COVID-19. He dared to point out that the disease was likely to spread from person to person, and stressed the     7    (important) of strict prevention (预防) and control. Zhang Boli advised us to use     8    (tradition) Chinese medicine in treating patients,     9    (make) great contributions to the control of the spread of the disease. Chen Wei contributed to basic research and vaccines for COVID-19. Her team became the first in the world     10    (show ) complete phase (阶段) one clinical trial (临床试验) results. And Zhang Dingyu helped gain time for China’s proving that the unknown disease was caused by the novel coronavirus.

8 . 假定你是李华，为全面迎接开学你市将邀请钟南山院士参加有关“抗疫”知识的在线讲座。请写信通知目前在某酒店隔离的你校英国留学生Johnny参加，内容包括：
1.写信目的；2.主讲人简介；3.时间和方式：下周三上午9点到11点，钉钉（Ding Talk）在线。
参考词汇：COVID-19新型冠状病毒；anti-epidemic防疫
注意：1.词数100左右；2.开头和结尾已为你写好。
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9 . Pang Hui placed a few more pairs of chopsticks on the table for a family dinner, though she did not expect her big family of seven would use them as serving chopsticks.

Surprisingly, her 75-year-old father, who used to shrug off the idea of serving chopsticks, became a firm supporter this time, said Pang, 40, from Beihai, a coastal city of South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

Chinese people often share dishes, and diners use their own chopsticks to serve themselves food from the shared dishes, a tradition now being challenged by the outbreak of novel coronavirus.

“We feel a sense of crisis as well as the urge to desert our old habits when we see reports of family infections,” Pang said; pointing to the reports of the virus spreading via droplets (飞沫) and close contact.

Local governments are helping to encourage a shift, too. On Feb 10, local authorities of Beihai started a campaign promoting serving chopsticks and spoons, which will avoid cross-infections caused by the use of personal chopsticks.

Similar measures were also adopted in other cities like BeiJing, Shanghai and Hangzhou. Taizhou city in east China's Jiangsu Province even standardized the colours of serving chopsticks and spoons to help diners differentiate (区分) them from personal ones.

The government is also targeting the practice of eating wild animals, which remains present in certain areas.

China stopped the illegal trading and transportation of wild animals shortly after the outbreak.

The move became a permanent ban on Feb 24, when the country made a decision on thoroughly prohibiting (禁止) the illegal trading of wildlife and the consumption of wild animals.

Li Bo, with the Hainan International Center for Wildlife' Protection, said wild animal consumption could lead to the faster extinction of particular species, damage the ecological balance and harm people's health.

“The epidemic (流行病) could become a turning point to eliminate the bad habit,” Li said.

1. What can we learn about Pang Hui’s family from the text?

A．Usually more than seven people dine together.

B．They have started to use serving chopsticks at table.

C．Pang Hui’s father opposes using serving chopsticks.

D．They don't know how to avoid being infected by the virus.

2. According to the text, what has been done by the government?

A．Sharing dishes has been abandoned.

B．Cross-infections have been prevented.

C．Eating wild animals has been forbidden.

D．Standard personal chopsticks have been adopted.

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

A．Explain.	B．Discover.
C．Form.	D．Remove.

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

A．Serving Chopsticks Promoted	B．Ways to Help People Stay Healthy
C．Corona virus Leads to Change	D．China Bans Trading of Wildlife