Many parents don’t know how much exercise their children need to do every day to stay
The Youth Sport Trust leader, Ali Oliver said, “We have seen a drop in young people’s physical activity in recent
Meanwhile, figures from Sport England show only 17.5% of children are doing sports continuously. There is also a
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2 . In the past decade, the use of social media has grown in a way that no one could have guessed. It has turned some teenagers into celebrities and turned the famous into the infamous, overnight.
A key feature of social media, however, is its volatility. Trends come and go, disappearing almost as quickly as they appeared.
Short video apps such as TikTok and its Chinese equivalent (等同物) Douyin, took the world by storm. The Telegraph reported that TikTok was ranked 8th on Apple’s App Store in April. And Douyin had more than 300 million domestic monthly active users in June, CNBC said.
Why are these short videos — which are rarely longer than a few minutes — so popular? Jiang Yige, Singapore-based analyst at FengHe Fund Management, has a theory. “Short videos are just right to fill in the little gaps in our busy schedules,” he told CNBC.
These videos — apart from being very convenient — are important to teenagers because they allow them to express themselves, according to Teen Vogue.
Liza Koshy, a user of the US app Musical, who has over 2 million followers, said, “The sense of community that users of short video apps get is another appealing feature.”
Live streaming (直播) is a feature of our social media life that now seems as natural as sunrise. It’s a pretty neat idea: You can watch anyone, anywhere, live. However, China has taken live streaming to a whole new level. In China, more than 100 million viewers monthly watch a live streaming video. Forbes thought that a number of factors had led to the popularity of the live streaming. Among them is viewers’ ability to interact with unknown names.
However, the quick development of social media may be having side effects too. Fake news is one serious problem it causes. Materials shared on these platforms are often not checked for accuracy. The most basic content can be false and can mislead users one way or another. We use social media all the time, which doesn’t mean that we understand the influence it is having on us. We should be mindful of both the time we spend on it and its impact on our minds.
1. What does the underlined word “volatility” in Paragraph 2 possibly mean?| A．Being changeable. | B．Being steady. |
| C．Being promising. | D．Being violent. |
| A．They are very convenient. | B．They help people kill time. |
| C．They provide a sense of community. | D．They allow people to express themselves. |
| A．The information from social media is totally reliable. |
| B．When it comes to social media, people only know short videos. |
| C．People can’t communicate with each other without social media. |
| D．There is still much room for social media to make improvement. |
| A．Objective. | B．Subjective. |
| C．Favourable. | D．Disapproving. |
3 . If it had not been for Fan Jinshi and her team, the world cultural heritage of Dunhuang Mogao Caves in a remote Chinese desert might have long been destroyed by sand, weather or humans.
Born in Beijing and raised in Shanghai, Fan has spent half a century fighting an uphill battle to preserve the ancient Buddhist wall paintings at Dunhuang, in Northwest China’s Gansu Province. The 1,653-year-old Dunhuang Mogao Caves are a huge collection of Buddhist art—more than 2,000 buddha figures and 45,000 square metres of paintings spread among 735 caves. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Archaeologist Fan was sent to Dunhuang after graduating from Peking University in 1963. While in Dunhuang, a remote village in the desert then, Fan lived in an abandoned temple. At first, she did not even dare to go out to the toilet at night. To protect the treasures from sand and dampness, Fan and other workers put doors on the caves, planted trees and started monitoring temperature and humidity in the caves. They also controlled the number of visitors.
In the late 1990s, with tourism booming nationwide since national holidays were extended, the local government planned to go public with Dunhuang Mogao Caves, but found Fan firmly in_their_way. “The heritage would have been destroyed if it had been listed，” she said.
Dunhuang Academy has now photographed and cataloged online all the sculptures and paintings. “Despite our efforts to minimise damage, we can’t completely stop them from being eroded. But the digital database will last.”
Fan was grateful when her husband joined her in Dunhuang in 1986 after 19 years of separation. Her two sons grew up seldom with her accompany. “I have not been a good mother or wife. With regard to my family, I’m full of guilt，” she said. Fan, 81, retired four years ago as the director of Dunhuang Academy but continues her efforts as a national political adviser.
1. When was Fan separated from her husband?| A．In 1963. | B．In 1967. |
| C．In 1986. | D．In the late 1990s. |
| A．Go to a place. |
| B．Be in favour of something. |
| C．Reject something. |
| D．Give in to something. |
| A．The history of Dunhuang Mogao Caves. |
| B．The attractions of Dunhuang Mogao Caves. |
| C．Fan’s devotion to preserving Dunhuang Mogao Caves. |
| D．The appeal for the protection of Dunhuang Mogao Caves. |
| A．Considerate. | B．Kind. |
| C．Humorous. | D．Devoted. |
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5 . Below is a brief description of the process involved in selecting the Nobel Laureates in Chemistry.
September-October-
February-
June-August-Writing of the report. The Nobel Committee puts together a report with recommendations to be submitted to the Academy.
September-Committee submits recommendations. The Nobel Committee submits its report with recommendations on the final candidates to the members of the Academy.
October-Nobel Laureates are chosen. In early October, the Academy selects the Nobel Laureates in Chemistry through a majority vote.
December-The Nobel Prize Award Ceremony takes place on 10 December in Stockholm.
| A．Nomination forms are sent out. |
| B．Deadline for submission of nominations. |
| C．The decision is final and without appeal. |
| D．Consultation with experts. |
| E．Nobel Laureates receive their Prize. |
| F．The report is signed by all members of the Committee. |
| G．The report is discussed at two meetings of the Chemistry Section of the Academy. |
6 . High street retail (零售业) staff are to wear cameras after a sudden large increase in the number of violent arguments over facemasks.
Tesco, Boots, Matalan, JD Sports, Co-op and Sainbury’s are equipping their employees with the recording devices to protect them.
The move comes after the retail union Usdaw said that abuse towards shop workers had doubled since the pandemic began. It added that there had been a 42 per cent increase in violent confrontations related to rows over face coverings.
Tesco said it would provide the body-worn cameras at £1,400 of its stores across the UK by the end of February. Boots has started testing the cameras which are said to prevent aggression. Co-op has invested £70 million in security measures for its staff at more than 500 stores after more than 2,000 employees were attacked in 2019. Sainsbury’s introduced neck-worn security cameras, typically used by the police, for its workers.
Reveal, a British company that provides body-worn cameras, confirmed a 30 per cent increase in sales during 2020 which it attributes to an increase in demand from UK stores.
Alasdair Field, the chief executive of Reveal, said: “For many, the pandemic has opened their eyes to some of the daily challenges faced by retail workers, from managing customer behavior to making sure that new rules are obeyed.”
Unfortunately, recent figures show incidents of violence and abuse toward staff are at the second highest ever recorded... Body-worn cameras provide support, reassurance, and confidence to staff and the public. They have been proven to reduce complaints, increase safety, limit the use of force and even increase productivity.
1. What is the function of the second paragraph?| A．To give some examples of different stores. |
| B．To give statement fact. |
| C．To add some details. |
| D．To continue from the above and introduce the following. |
| A．New rules must be obeyed. |
| B．Retail workers have to face the daily challenges. |
| C．Customer behavior should be managed. |
| D．The pandemic has opened people’s eyes. |
| A．They will promote social progress. |
| B．They may end up with chaos. |
| C．They might be of much effect despite arguments. |
| D．They could stop economic development. |
| A．Abuse towards shop workers doubled since the pandemic. |
| B．Shop workers are to wear body cameras after rise in abuse. |
| C．Incidents of violence and abuse toward retail staff increase. |
| D．Body-worn security cameras are to be used. |
7 . TYSON FROM Al features, Ms. Tyson was known for representing women of great poise struggling under great pressure.
Her life had been strewn with obstacles and marked by periods of tumult (骚乱): a childhood of desperate poverty, a deeply religious mother who considered her daughter’s career choice “immoral,” and a stormy celebrity marriage to jazz trumpeter Miles Davis in the 1980s. Also looming over her career were the persistent limitations in an entertainment industry that cast Black women in disgraceful roles as prostitutes, drug addicts and housemaids.
Ms. Tyson said she refused many such roles offered to her, making a serious promise to accept only parts of “strength, pride and dignity.” Because of her uncompromising selectivity, she was out of work for months and sometimes years at a stretch, even after her breakthrough, Oscar-nominated performance as a sharecropper ‘s(佃农) wife in “Sounder’(1972), a drama set in the Depression-era South.
“I wait for roles—first, to be written for a woman, then, to be written for a black woman,” she told the Entertainment News Service in 1997. “And then I have the bravery to be selective about the kinds of roles I play. I’ve really got three strikes against me. So, aren’t you amazed I’m still here?”
At 89, she capped her career with a Tony Award for her performance as a spirited widow in “The Trip to Bountiful,” a 2013 Broadway revival of the Horton Foote drama. She returned to Broadway in 2015 opposite James Earl Jones in a revival of “The Gin Game,” D.L. Coburn’s two-character play set in a nursing home. That same year, she was a Kennedy Center honoree, receiving the award for a lifetime of powerful performances in roles that shattered boundaries for African American women. The next year, President Barack Obama awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor.
1. The underlined word strewn in the second paragraph is probably closest to ________.| A．covered | B．decorated | C．associated | D．equipped |
| A．She is easy-going | B．She is serious |
| C．She is mean | D．She is honest |
| A．There’re three factors which make it difficult or impossible for Ms. Tyson to be mature. |
| B．There’re three factors which make it difficult or impossible for Ms. Tyson to be alive. |
| C．There’re three factors which make it difficult or impossible for Ms. Tyson to selective. |
| D．There’re three factors which make it difficult or impossible for Ms. Tyson to be successful. |
| A．Sounder won Tyson the nation’s highest civilian honor in 1972. |
| B．Her great achievements won Tyson the nation’s highest civilian honor in 2016. |
| C．The Gin Game won Tyson the nation’s highest civilian honor in 1997. |
| D．The Trip to Bountiful won Tyson the nation’s highest civilian honor in 2015. |
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10 . Kite Festivals around the World
Hamamatsu Giant Kite Festival, Japan
The large kites of Japan are rectangular (矩形的)，and sometimes as large as 3.5 meters by 3.5 meters! The Hamamatsu Giant Kite Festival started in the 16th century when large kites were flown in celebration of the birth of a baby son to the Lord of Hamamatsu Castle. The audience watches excitedly as the kite fliers use friction (摩擦力) to cut the lines of their matches.
Portsmouth International Kite Festival, UK
This celebration is organized by Portsmouth Oily and the Kite Society of Great Britain. The International Kite Festival is regarded as one of the best, biggest and most popular kite festivals in the world. It has thousands of amazing and colorful kites in the sky and on the ground for visitors to enjoy and appreciate, showing the art of kite flying, kite making tradition around the world and exciting kite flying competitions.
Bali Kite Festival, Indonesia
Hundreds of competing kite teams gather from all over the island to fly their traditional kites. Traditional Balinese kites are as large as up to 4 meters by 10 meters. The kite festival in Bali started off as a seasonal agricultural (农业的) festival to thank God for harvests.
The Zilker Kite Festival, US
The Zilker Kite Festival is the oldest of its kind in the United States. Created in 1929, the Zilker Kite Festival was intended to inspire the creativity of children. The festival is a beloved, family-friendly tradition: activities for all ages, a traditional kite flying competition and show, a fun run and a children’s music concert. There are many competitions held such as Most Unusual Kite, Largest Kite, Smallest Kite, and Strongest Pulling Kite.
1. Where can visitors see all kinds of kites from around the world?| A．In Bali. | B．In Zilker. |
| C．In Portsmouth. | D．In Hamamatsu. |
| A．Bali Kite Festival. | B．The Zilker Kite Festival. |
| C．Hamamatsu Giant Kite Festival. | D．Portsmouth International Kite Festival. |
| A．They include competitions. |
| B．They are international. |
| C．They started in ancient limes. |
| D．They are intended for children. |
