| A．In the station. | B．On the road. | C．In an office. |
| A．Having a class. | B．Having a trip. | C．Taking a training. |
3 . Famous Modern Chinese Buildings
The Beijing International Airport
The first place most visitors see when they arrive in China is the Beijing International Airport. The airport was constructed in the 1950s. It has an indoor garden, a children’s playground, and over 70 food businesses in Terminal 3 alone.
The Shanghai World Financial Centre
Completed in 2008, SWFC took over 10 years to complete due to financial shortages and the construction delays. Since its completion, it has won countless architectural awards. Tourists are welcome at SWFC’s viewing platform, which is the world’s highest closed viewing platform.
The Water Cube
It was constructed for use during the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics. Now visitors can express surprise at the architecture of the building. They can enjoy the indoor atmosphere as well. Among the offerings of the Water Cube are a restaurant, a bar, a shopping area, and Water World, a family water park.
The Bird’s Nest
It was designed mainly for the 2008 Summer Olympics. It can hold up to 80,000 people. Nowadays, it also functions as a tourist attraction. Its main income is from tourism. It draws more than 20,000 tourists every day.
The National Centre for the Performing Arts
It was completed in 2007. The building is surrounded by a man-made lake, requiring guests to enter via an underground hallway. It is home to an opera hall, a music hall, and a theatre.
1. Which of the following buildings was first constructed?| A．The Beijing International Airport. | B．The Shanghai World Financial Centre. |
| C．The Water Cube. | D．The Bird’s Nest. |
| A．It needed more construction workers. | B．It was short of money. |
| C．It added an extra viewing platform. | D．It faced too much terrible weather. |
| A．By renting the winter theme park. | B．By increasing its opening time. |
| C．By charging tourists for admission fees. | D．By giving some live concerts. |
| A．Enjoy sports events. | B．Eating. |
| C．Attend science lectures. | D．Watch different performances. |
| A．The sea. | B．The beautiful cities. | C．The beautiful beaches. |
| A．Three. | B．Five. | C．Four. |
1. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
| A．A cafe shop. | B．A new supermarket. | C．A toy department. |
| A．All of the food there can be tasted. |
| B．The price there is reasonable. |
| C．It has so many interesting products. |
| A．Next to the “Foods of the World” section. |
| B．On the first floor. |
| C．Behind the toy department. |
| A．Skating. | B．Football. | C．Gymnastics. |
8 . New Zealand has announced it will outlaw smoking for the next generation, so that those who are aged 14 and under today will never be legally able to buy tobacco.
New legislation (法规) means the legal smoking age will increase every year, to create a smoke-free generation of New Zealanders, associate Health Minister Dr Ayesha Verrall said on Thursday. “This is a historic day for the health of our people,” she said.
The government announced the rising age alongside other measures to make smoking unaffordable and inaccessible, to try to reach its goal of making the country entirely smoke-free within the next four years. Other measures include reducing the legal amount of nicotine in tobacco products to very low levels, cutting down the shops where cigarettes could legally be sold, and increasing funding to addiction services. The new laws will not restrict vape (电子烟) sales.
New Zealand's daily smoking rates have been dropping over time - down to 11.65% in 2018, from 18% a decade earlier. But smoking rates for Maori and Pacifika were far higher - 29% for Maori and 18% for Pasifika. “If nothing changes, it would be decades till Maori smoking rates fall below 5%,” Verrall said. She said to end smoking in the next four years was within reach: “I believe it is. The issue is, though, if we don't change what we’re doing, we won’t make it for Maori - and that’s what the plan is really focused on”.
Smoking has already been widely replaced by vaping among teenage New Zealanders, which is also attracting many young people who would never have taken up smoking - according to surveying of 19,000 high school students this year, nearly 20% were vaping daily or several times a day, the majority with high nicotine doses. That’s compared to 3% of those aged 15-17 who smoked daily in 2018, or 13% who smoked a decade earlier.
Verrall said the legislation would be introduced in 2022, with the age limits coming in in 2023.
1. What’s the final goal of the new legislation?| A．To forbid the people aged 14 and under to buy tobacco. |
| B．To make the country entirely smoke-free within years. |
| C．To make buying tobacco hard. |
| D．To increase the legal smoking age. |
| A．Everyone is allowed to purchase tobacco with permit. |
| B．Purchase of smoking becomes easier and less pricy. |
| C．The vape sales will be greatly influenced. |
| D．It benefits the building of a smoke-free generation. |
| A．New Zealand’s daily smoking rate is quite low. |
| B．It has taken a long time to decrease the rate of smoking. |
| C．Smoking rates are not equal among different parts in New Zealand. |
| D．The smoking rate will be higher over the years. |
| A．A Historic Day of Smoking |
| B．Decreasing Smoking Rate of New Zealand |
| C．Vape-replacement of Tobacco |
| D．New Zealand to Ban Smoking for Next Generation |
9 . New parents often spend a long time debating what to call their newborn. Should they name them after a relative, a famous person or just pick a name at random?
Names usually stay with us for a lifetime, unless we decide to change them.
And what if your name is no longer popular? While names like Ethel and Gladys were once in fashion, they now sound a bit out of date, which can be embarrassing.
However, if you choose an unusual name, it's not all bad news. According to a study conducted by Professor David Zhu, people with uncommon names can develop a sense of uniqueness and can often become more creative and open-minded.
So, when choosing your offspring's name, there are a fair few things to consider
| A．They become part of our identity. |
| B．So, what if you don't like your given name? |
| C．For many of us it can be a difficult and tiring task. |
| D．Have you experienced something unpleasant due to your names? |
| E．And when it comes to unpopular names, they may even affect our love lives. |
| F．However, many children say they dislike the name their parents have chosen for them. |
| G．But going for something too common or too old-fashioned may not be a great choice |
10 . New Orleans native Keiana Cave, at the age of 18, is one of the youngest Americans named in the 2017 Forbes 30 Under 30 list, which presented 30 up-and-coming young groundbreakers in different categories from music to law and policy. The college girl developed a molecule (分子) for dispersing (分解) oil, which she presently produces through her company Mare.
Cave is comparatively much younger than those selected to her category, but this by no means discounts her unusual ability. To see her daughter’s name on the list, Vanessa Cave-Herazo was surprised, but she said she knew it was coming because “Keiana has always been destined (注定) for great things.”
After learning about the negative effects of the oil dispersant used in the Gulf Coast during the B.P. oil spill cleanup, Cave decided to create her own dispersant. Cave raised $1.2million from Chevron, an American energy company, to develop her molecule in 2016. “It aims at certain poisons in the sea water, and breaks them up into water,” she said of her dispersant. “It is one of the few legal oil dispersants,” Cave added.
Despite this achievement, Cave believes she has not quite yet reached success. She regards success as the amount of influence she has made on the community and the world. The creation of the molecule is an achievement, but she believes seeing her work being put to use will truly be her success.
While Cave may have made the Forbes 30 Under 30 list early in her career, she is never going to slow down. She will make an effort to increase the growth of Mare, which is devoted to developing molecules to solve major social issues. “Right now, Mare consists of this one molecule that I hope to expand and live up to the Forbes name,” Cave said.
1. What caused Cave to come up with her invention?| A．Her mother’s encouragement. | B．An imperfect dispersant in use. |
| C．The huge market of dispersants. | D．Her wish to be awarded by Forbes. |
| A．To develop her company Mare. | B．To create legal oil dispersants. |
| C．To raise money for her project. | D．To enter Chevron after graduation. |
| A．She is worried about poisons in rivers. |
| B．She finds it hard to manage her company. |
| C．She has a strong sense of social responsibility. |
| D．She is fed up with new studies about molecules. |
| A．To announce a competition. | B．To introduce a new company. |
| C．To advertise an oil dispersant. | D．To report on a teenage inventor. |
