1 . Educational authorities have asked schools to make sure students have 10-minute breaks between classes after hearing complaints that some school students are not allowed to leave classrooms during breaks-unless they need to go to the toilet-- to ensure their safety.

Some students said teachers often overrun by a few minutes, and that some start their classes a few minutes before the breaks are scheduled to end. In these cases students do not even have time to go to the toilet.

A mother of a primary school student in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province said her child’s school does not allow students to leave the classroom building during breaks. They are also forbidden to jump, run around or speak loudly.

The issue has caused a heated discussion on social media platforms.

“Teachers do not want to supervise students during class breaks. However, if students have accidents, some parents will still hold schools accountable,” said one netizen in a comment that received more than 10,000 likes. Another said, “Teachers are also tired, but the school makes such a requirement, and they have to follow.”

An official from the Ministry of Education said that it is important for schools to ensure students have time to rest during class breaks, which can help students relax, be healthy and avoid myopia (近视).

The ministry attaches great importance to class breaks, the official said. Apart from breaks between classes, schools should also make sure students have a 30-minute break each day for exercise. The ministry will urge local authorities and schools to implement the policies and prevent the practice of restricting class breaks in the name of “ensuring students safety”, the official said.

1. According to some parents, who is to blame if students have accidents during class breaks?

A．The children.	B．The schools.
C．Educational authorities.	D．The parents.

2. Why are students not allowed to leave classrooms during 10-minute breaks between classes?

A．Because they have a lot of homework to do.

B．Because the teachers often end the classes late than scheduled.

C．Because schools want to ensure the students’ safety.

D．Because the students are told to do so by their parents.

3. What is NOT the advantage of having a rest during classes for the students?

A．relaxation for students.	B．avoid being short-sighted.
C．wellness of the students.	D．playing happily.

4. What can we infer from the passage?

A．Schools will be urged to ensure students to have moderate class breaks.

B．Although tired, teachers are willing to supervise students during class breaks.

C．Students do not have time to go to the toilet because teachers often overrun by a few minutes.

D．Parents are in favor of not allowing the students to leave classrooms.

2 . Sam is not happy today. He doesn’t do well in his English test this time. Now he is sitting alone in his room.

Seeing this, his grandmother comes and talks to him to make him feel good. She sits down next to Sam and gives him a pencil. Sam looks at his grandmother and doesn’t take it. “Things like this are only for students who do well. I don’t do well!” Sam says.

Sam’s grandmother says, “It’s not a present for you. I want you to learn something from it. The pencil is just like you. It gets a painful sharpening(痛苦的削磨), just like how you get the pain of not doing well in your test.”

“But it will help you be a good student. See, all the good things coming from the pencil are from itself. And you too will find something good in yourself. Finally just as the pencil will make its mark (痕迹) on the paper, you will also leave your mark on anything you choose to do. Just ‘sharpen’ yourself and do well next time!”

Sam feels good right away. He plans to make a change as his grandmother says.

1. Where does the grandmother talk to Sam?

A．In Sam’s school.

B．In Sam’s room.

C．Outside the house.

D．In a pencil shop.

2. How does Sam feel when his grandma gives him a pencil?

A．He believes it too small.	B．He hates pencils.
C．He thinks it a present.	D．He doesn’t like it.

3. What does Sam’s grandma use the pencil to tell him?

A．Sam can’t do well without, the pencil.

B．Work hard and do well next time.

C．The pencil can help him do better.

D．A sharpening pencil writes well.

4. What does Sam think of his grandmother’s idea?

A．Foolish.

B．Strange.

C．Interesting.

D．Helpful

3 .

Exercise responsibly During the pandemic (疫情), you’d better exercise at home. If you have to leave your home to walk, run, cycle, etc, be mindful of other people. The following rules will help keep you and others safe. Keep your distance (距离) ●Exercise alone. ●If you stop to catch your breath, do so away from the footpath. ●Keep at least 2 meters of space when passing others. ●Give way to walkers on narrow paths. ●Bring your towel and mask ●Wipe your sweat (汗水) with a towel.     Avoid touching your face with your hands. ●If you have to cough or sneeze, do it into your towel.     ●Wear your mask unless you are doing strenuous (剧烈的) exercise.     ●Put it on before and after your exercise. ●Drink from your own water bottle and don’t share a bottle with others. ●Avoid touching public objects with any part of your body. Keep safe ●Avoid bumping into (撞上) other people. Slow down and check for blind spots (盲点). ●Say “passing on your right/left” if necessary when going past others.

1. During the pandemic, where is the best place to exercise?

A．At home.

B．In the park.

C．At the gym.

D．In the classroom.

2. What should you bring when you want to exercise outside?

A．Water bottle and paper.	B．Towel and mask.
C．Gloves and sun glasses.	D．Camera and smart phone.

3. What can you do to keep safe when exercising outside?

A．Exercise with your partner.	B．Say “Thanks” when going past others.
C．Slow down and check for blind spots.	D．Keep at least 5 meters of space when passing others.

6 . For late 19th-century North Americans and Europeans, a display of tableware (餐具)could reveal much about someone’s social position, as the wealthy took great care to get different kinds of forks for everything. Before the 18th century, people of all classes usually ate with a knife and a spoon.

The fork’s path to the table was hard-won and slow. In ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome, forks were used for slicing food into pieces or lifting meat from a pot or fire.

Following a reduction in size, the fork appeared to have entered dining areas in the courts of the Middle East and Byzantine Empire by the eighth and ninth centuries, and became common among wealthy families there by the tenth century. Early in the 11th century, it appeared in various pieces of European art. In the late 11th century, St.Peter Damian from Ostia wrote about a Byzantine princess who used forks and regarded her dying of a disease as punishment for such “luxury”.

The fork’s slow conquest of Europe was carried out from Italy. Motivated by the same concerns for hygiene(卫生)，forks were bought by wealthy Britons，inspired by Queen Victoria, who regarded fork use as a sign of good manners.

The fork’s introduction to North America dates back to 1633, when John Winthrop, a founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, was gifted a set of forks. The Industrial Revolution strengthened the fork’s presence on dining room tables as production of flatware became less expensive. Writing in 1896 inSocial Eriquere，Maud C. Cooke declared the fork had finally conquered the knife in America and “any attempt to give the knife importance at table is looked upon as an offense(冒犯)against good taste.”

1. What can we learn about forks from paragraph1?

A．They were used improperly in the 18th century.

B．They had many different types in the 19th century.

C．They were popular in Europe before the 18th century.

D．They led to North American’s rise in social position.

2. What was a function of forks in ancient Egypt?

A．To eat food.	B．To decorate tables.
C．To cut food.	D．To create works of art.

3. Who was against the use of forks?

A．St.Peter Damian.	B．Thomas Coryate.
C．Queen Victoria	D．Maud C.Cooke.

4. What marked the beginning of the fork’s introduction to North America?

A．The appearance of flatware

B．The start of the Industrial Revolution.

C．John Winthrop receiving forks as presents.

D．Maud C.Cooke writing Social Etiquette.

7 . 阅读下列材料，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

A robot is any machine that can work     1     (independent) and perform tasks otherwise done by humans. Robots as we know them started out as science fiction (假想之物). The author Isaac Asimov coined the term “robotics” and     2     (come) up with the Three Laws of Robotics. The first of these was that robots may not harm a human being and     3     (scientist) referred to Asimov’s laws when they started making real-life robots.

In 1954, Unimate, a large robotic arm, became the world’s first     4     (industry) robot.

For a long time, robots were only found in factories or laboratories. But later, robots found     5     (they) way into homes and classrooms. Nowadays, robots have become an important part of space missions.

Some people fear that robots will take too many jobs away     6     humans. This process is called automation. However, some experts think that the use of robots will allow businesses     7     (create) more jobs than have been lost. The coronavirus pandemic (冠状病毒流行病) has shown how robots and humans can work together. In Singapore, a robotic dog called Spot has been used to help enforce (执行) social distancing. It was made by Boston Dynamics,     8     has also developed a human-like robot called Atlas. In December 2020, a video showed Atlas and Spot performing a dance routine together.     9     (look) ahead, whether it’s in education, entertainment     10     exploration, we surely believe that robots will play a big part in the future of humanity.