1 . On January 27, in order to win the new pneumonia Resistance War (抗击新型肺炎战)，the Ministry of Education issued (公布) a notice on putting off the start time of school in spring 2020. It was said that school should not start before February 17. The exact start time of school will depend on situations and further notices.
However, many parents are very worried that putting off the start of school may affect children’s studies. If they have such a long winter vacation, children will not learn any knowledge, read books or study at all. They may forget what they have learned before. Staying at home for a long time will make them keep eating, sleeping and playing, which seriously affect their physical and mental health.
In short, the close of school influences learning and develops bad habits, so how should we avoid these problems? Local education departments have also issued a notice, that is, to organize online teaching and create a network platform (平台) where necessary courses will be shown every day, and online teaching will be given by excellent teachers of the subject, and students can learn at home through computer or mobile network.
It should be said that such a method is very good. It can not only keep students indoors and not worry about the infection (感染) of the disease, but also make them study at home, improve their learning ability, and truly achieve “no suspension of classes”. Both the platform itself and the recorded lesson resources are more useful, and are welcomed by parents and teachers.
Of course, except for learning at home, it is also necessary to teach children about health knowledge, especially how to keep away from touching virus and other knowledge popularization; at the same time, it is also necessary for children to do some physical exercises or some games, which is good for physical health at home.
1. Parents worried about putting off the start time of school because________.| A．children may be infected by virus | B．they don’t like the idea of online learning |
| C．children’s study may be affected | D．parents have no time to look after children |
| A．plan | B．stop | C．growth | D．change |
| A．Students would rather go to school. | B．The date of going to school is decided. |
| C．Online teaching will help student’s study. | D．Parents believe children can teach themselves. |
| A．A Special Way to Learn at Home | B．A New War with a New Chance |
| C．A Way to Keep Mentally Healthy | D．A Method to Make Parents Worried |
2 . Have you ever rushed to some place very important only to realize you’re on the
Last Sunday, Mason was on her way to see her 79-year-old mom who lives in a nursing home. Due to its recent regulations,
Rather than offer routine
By pure
Actually, Bailey is only one of the serving members during the COVID-19 pandemic (流行病), who have been
| A．wrong | B．slow | C．last | D．crowded |
| A．registered | B．experienced | C．presented | D．interviewed |
| A．within | B．before | C．through | D．beyond |
| A．visits | B．numbers | C．courses | D．emotions |
| A．reminded | B．determined | C．realized | D．doubted |
| A．merry | B．angry | C．upset | D．lonely |
| A．promoting | B．explaining | C．applying | D．reflecting |
| A．announcement | B．sympathy | C．apology | D．laughter |
| A．move around | B．run off | C．calm down | D．take action |
| A．drivers | B．patients | C．passengers | D．nurses |
| A．drove | B．invited | C．sent | D．directed |
| A．regular | B．direct | C．long | D．safe |
| A．arrangement | B．necessity | C．chance | D．mistake |
| A．trouble | B．plan | C．name | D．tale |
| A．received | B．made | C．broke | D．reported |
| A．content | B．crazy | C．silent | D．famous |
| A．working | B．waiting | C．changing | D．preparing |
| A．imagine | B．ensure | C．examine | D．check |
| A．properly | B．quickly | C．smoothly | D．equally |
| A．brief | B．quiet | C．key | D．nice |
3 . Queen Elizabeth II in her Christmas Day message shared the pain she felt after the death of her husband as she encouraged people everywhere to celebrate with friends and family, despite the grief caused by a pandemic(流行病) now stretching into its second year.
Saying she understood the difficulty of spending the holiday season “with one familiar laugh missing,” the queen delivered her address beside a photograph of Prince Philip, who died in April at age 99. “Although it’s a time of great happiness and good cheer for many, Christmas can be hard for those who have lost loved ones,” the queen said in the prerecorded message broadcast when many British families were enjoying their traditional Christmas dinner. “This year, especially, I understand why.” She added the country still has the great future.
Despite her own loss, the queen said her family was a “source of great happiness”, noting that she had welcomed four great-grandchildren this year. “While COVID again means we can’t celebrate quite as we may have wished, we can still enjoy the many happy things, be it the singing of carols—as long as the tune is well known—decorating the tree, giving and receiving presents or watching a favorite film where we already know the ending,” she said. “It’s no surprise that families so often treasure their Christmas routines.”
As the highly transmissible Omicron coronavirus variant(新冠病毒变种奥密克戎) spreads rapidly across the U.K., the 95-year-old queen has decided not to spend Christmas at Sandringham, the royal estate in eastern England where she traditionally spends the festive season with family. The palace said Monday that the queen would spend the holidays at Windsor Castle, west of London, where she has remained throughout most of the pandemic.
1. Who does “one familiar laugh ” in the text refer to?| A．Prince Philip. | B．Prince Charles. |
| C．A friend of the queen. | D．A great- grandchild of the queen. |
| A．Delighted but anxious. | B．Confident but upset. |
| C．Painful but hopeful. | D．Helpless but calm. |
| A．It is considered as a treasure. | B．It is their tradition to do so. |
| C．It is familiar to British people. | D．It is a famous film around the country. |
| A．At Sandringham. | B．At Windsor Castle. |
| C．In Southern England. | D．In East of London. |
4 . A new test for COVID-19 is coming to store shelves throughout the U.S. This is the first test for the disease that you can do at home. It does not need a prescription, or doctor’s approval, to use.
Currently, the U.S. is testing nearly 2 million people daily, and most health experts agree the country needs to be testing many more people than that. Most tests still require a nasal swab (鼻拭子) performed by a health professional, followed by processing at a laboratory. That typically means you have to wait days for the test results.
For months, health experts have stressed the need for fast, widespread home testing, which allows people to screen themselves and avoid contact with others if they have an infection. With this new home test, people can “swab their nose, run the test and find out their results in as little as 20 minutes,” said FDA commissioner Stephen Hahn.
The test kit includes a small tool to help you to take nasal swab, or sample from inside your nose. Once you swab your nostril (鼻孔) you place the swab onto a small cartridge. This cartridge analyzes the sample and sends the results to an app on your smartphone. The app displays the results and then helps you interpret them. Users can also connect with a health professional through the app.
Ellume’s test works differently than other tests. Most tests look for the genetic material of the virus. This is the material that hakes up its genes, which influence how the virus looks and acts. However, Ellume’s test looks for proteins that the virus sheds (散发). These viral proteins are large molecules that can trigger a response from your immune system, which is the collection of cells and their responses that help the body fight off infections.
Like other COVID-19 tests that look for proteins, Ellume’s test still has a shall chance of errors. FDA officials say that people who get a negative result but still have coronavirus symptoms should follow up with a doctor.
Although the price of the test could prevent some people from using it, Dr. Michael Mina, a professor at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, called the new test “a great addition” to existing options.
1. What is the problem with current testing in the U.S.?| A．It is not efficient enough. | B．It leads to poor management. |
| C．It based on nasal swabs. | D．It results in outbreak of virus. |
a. analyze the sample
b. send the result to an app
c. take a nasal swab
d. place the swab on a cartridge
e. interpret the result
| A．cadbe. | B．cdabe. | C．dcbae. | D．dcabe. |
| A．It’s unaffordable for some people. |
| B．It has a great chance of errors. |
| C．It’s an addition to existing options. |
| D．It causes people to get infected. |
| A．Smartphone apps for analysis. |
| B．A tool for taking Nasal swab. |
| C．More options for recovering. |
| D．Home test for COVID-19. |
5 . When you find something you love to do, you should do something about it, as one man has proved by turning his hobby into a dream
Former waiter, Bartek, who lives in London, started cooking as a way to
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The TikTok star, who is originally from Poland,
His audience has continued to grow ever since and he
The new cook has become so
| A．job | B．journey | C．state | D．food |
| A．tell | B．waste | C．take | D．pass |
| A．hardly | B．completely | C．partly | D．frequently |
| A．expecting | B．producing | C．obtaining | D．offering |
| A．managed | B．refused | C．failed | D．hated |
| A．finished | B．stopped | C．started | D．interrupted |
| A．add | B．place | C．focus | D．post |
| A．dressed | B．interested | C．involved | D．caught |
| A．host | B．monitor | C．waiter | D．star |
| A．showing | B．practising | C．explaining | D．selling |
| A．asked . | B．responded | C．pretended | D．decided |
| A．hand | B．try | C．ride | D．reason |
| A．avoided | B．quit | C．continued | D．allowed |
| A．editing | B．downloading | C．copying | D．buying |
| A．devotes | B．donates | C．leads | D．owes |
| A．hide | B．collect | C．steal | D．absorb |
| A．polite | B．sensitive | C．successful | D．curious |
| A．published | B．bought | C．borrowed | D．lent |
| A．book | B．video | C．restaurant | D．kitchen |
| A．suddenly | B．really | C．carefully | D．cautiously |
6 . The COVID-19 has led to a great demand for bikes and biking. Bikes stores are struggling hard to keep up with the demand. In the United States, bike sales have seen their jump since the 1970s. Sales of adult bikes in April of 2020 were three times as high as last year. The situation is similar in Asia and Europe. Around 90% of the bikes sold in the US are made in China. But because of the COVID-19, even the normal supply of bicycles wasn’t being created. That demand began to go up in mid-March, as people began looking for ways of getting around that didn’t involve crowded public transportation. Because biking happens in the open air, and the chance of catching the disease while riding is very low.
Biking has also grown more popular because it is one of the few forms of exercise allowed in many lockdowns. With gyms and fitness shut down, biking fills a need for many active people. Families appreciate biking, too. With school closed and kids unable to hang out with their friends, biking is a welcome activity. Bikes are also practical. Many cities are seeing this as an opportunity to make their streets safer and greener. Cities around the world are adding mils and miles of bike lanes to their streets to encourage biking. New York says it will close off up to 160 kilometers of roads so they can be used by bikers and walkers. Paris has set up over 650 kilometers of new bike lanes. The United Kingdom plans to double its number of bike lanes. In Milan, Italy, 35 kilometers of roads have been metamorphosed.
Though many of these bike lane additions are temporary, and some people assume these additions seem to destroy the overall beauty of cities, if changes in biking habits become permanent because of additions, they could seriously cut down car traffic and help make cities a lot greener.
1. What can we conclude about the present bike situation?| A．It is more expensive. | B．It is safer than a car. |
| C．It is in short supply. | D．It is all made in China. |
| A．Repaired. | B．Changed. | C．Protected. | D．Designed. |
| A．Negative. | B．Doubtful. | C．Indifferent. | D．Positive. |
| A．Increasing Interest in Biking | B．Ride Bikes, Clean the Earth |
| C．More Bikes, Fewer Traffic Jam | D．A Great drop for Bike Exercise |
7 . Many nursing homes all over the world are locked down to protect their residents from the COVID-19. Group-f is a
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Eve Putseys came to see her 88-year-old aunt, who lives in La Cambre, a nursing home. Before she
Officials at La Cambre helped organize the crane-operated
| A．travel | B．design | C．building | D．cleaning |
| A．slowed down | B．broke out | C．fell back | D．knocked down |
| A．unpacked | B．unnoticed | C．unused | D．untouched |
| A．platform | B．ground | C．window | D．crane |
| A．secretly | B．proudly | C．cautiously | D．tearfully |
| A．chance | B．idea | C．dream | D．memory |
| A．hiring | B．sending | C．employing | D．accompanying |
| A．stand on | B．set up | C．return to | D．head for |
| A．got | B．selected | C．landed | D．exchanged |
| A．determined | B．willing | C．amused | D．able |
| A．smiling | B．moving | C．worrying | D．waiting |
| A．voyage | B．visit | C．tour | D．adventure |
| A．unnecessary | B．natural | C．practical | D．skeptical |
| A．anticipates | B．responds | C．acknowledges | D．realizes |
| A．anxieties | B．promises | C．excuses | D．regrets |
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9 . Eden Gross wants kids to know that they’re not alone when they feel afraid. “I get fearful sometimes,” said the Florida fourth-grader, who has often been drawn to dark stories. At age 8, Eden started writing songs to deal with her fears. Last month, she released (发行) her first song, “Shadows on the Wall.” It’s for kids everywhere who have problems with mental (精神的) health. The point of the song is that the fears “aren’t reality,” said Eden, now 10. “I am bigger than these fears.”
Eden began writing “Shadows on the Wall” in 2019 after attending the Throga Retreat, a youth singing program about two hours from her home in Parkland. There, she met Johnny Cummings, a New York-based singer, songwriter, and producer. After the program, the pair worked together each week through Skype. They finished “Shadows on the Wall” and a second song, “The Last Kid on Earth,” which centers on the idea that although each person is different, we all feel alone sometimes.
Eden wants more grown-ups to understand the influence of COVID-19 on children. “They’re used to running around, playing with their friends. Getting used to new realities was really hard,” Eden said.
Eden and her twin brother, Jordan, recently marked one year of distance learning (远程学习). It was unusual at first. They weren’t getting used to it and missed their days in school. “The Internet has become our whole world,” said Eden. “Technology has become our new way of connecting.”
One lesson from COVID-19, said Eden, is to “find a way to do what you love and be who you are, no matter the environment.” For Eden, that means spending time with the family’s pet, Ollie, and continuing to follow her dream of music and writing. She’s busy with her third song, “The Voices.” “It’s about judging (评价) yourself in your head when you say, ‘I’m not good enough,’” she said. “And then realizing, ‘I am good enough. I am good enough for me.’ ”
1. Why did Eden Gross start to write songs at age 8?| A．To tell people how to deal with their fears. |
| B．To give herself the courage to deal with fears. |
| C．To call on grown-ups to care about kids. |
| D．To ask kids to face reality bravely. |
| A．The experience of attending a program. |
| B．Her sadness about being alone. |
| C．Her dream of being a singer. |
| D．The spread of COVID-19. |
| A．It was satisfying. | B．It was strange. |
| C．It was boring. | D．It was useful. |
| A．Finishing her third song. | B．Staying with her family. |
| C．Going to music school. | D．Keeping a pet. |
