1 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Where does David stay during his summer camp?

A．In a tent.

B．In a hotel.

C．In a cabin.

2. What may David do in the afternoon?

A．Go fishing.

B．Go hiking.

C．Draw pictures.

3. What food did David finally make for dinner yesterday?

A．Salad.

B．Hamburgers.

C．Hot dogs.

4. When will David arrive home tomorrow?

A．At 2:00 p.m.

B．At 6:30 p.m.

C．At 7:00 p.m.

2 . Most of the time, we know what weather is heading our way — thanks to meteorologists (气象学家). Will it be sunny or rainy, hot or cold? Every day, people turn to the TV, computer or radio to _________.

For some, a(n) _________ in weather starts early. It did for Samantha Gibbons, a 10-year-old from the USA. She says she loves watching the weather. Every week, Samantha studies the science behind weather _________ the Internet. In January, she was the youngest kid to attend the 2015 American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Meeting. During the Q&A discussion at the event (晕轮) appears. One expert answered her question. “I was very _______ to take part in the meeting! It was like I was meant to be there,” said Samantha.

Not only does Samantha study the numbers behind weather, but she also _________ speaking on air. As a member of her school’s broadcast club, she helps produce the school’s morning programs. “I love being on TV, “ she said.

On September 3, 2014, Samantha _________ her first TV show on NBC Channel 12 in Phoenix, USA. Before her _________, she woke up at 4 a.m. to arrive at the station by 5:30 a.m., a typical _________ for many meteorologists. “To prepare, I practiced in front of the mirror,” said Samantha. “I learned I needed a lot of practice on camera!” Her future plans are simple: do well in school and practice _______.

What’s her ________ for other kids interested in becoming meteorologists? “Ask lots of questions,” said Samantha. “Always believe what you’re doing and keep pursuing (追求) your dream.”

1.

A．see

B．find out

C．find

D．read

2.

A．interest

B．ability

C．thought

D．decision

3.

A．through

B．by

C．in

D．with

4.

A．unhappy

B．excited

C．glad

D．generous

5.

A．remembers

B．minds

C．feels like

D．practices

6.

A．gave

B．got

C．made

D．watched

7.

A．arrival

B．stay

C．appearance

D．action

8.

A．afternoon

B．evening

C．night

D．morning

9.

A．watching

B．broadcasting

C．studying

D．speaking

10.

A．questions

B．suggestions

C．plan

D．advice

3 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Why do some workers take online language courses?

A．To pass their free time.

B．To enrich their life.

C．To meet the bosses’ expectation.

2. What does the speaker say about learning languages online?

A．Cheap.

B．Time-consuming.

C．Boring.

3. What is the speaker mainly talking about?

A．The pleasure of learning languages online.

B．The disadvantages of learning languages online.

C．The differences between learning languages online and offline.

4 . We are now in the 22nd century. With the development of science and technology, people can change their bodies ________ the way they want.

As years went by, Mr. Smith was bored of his look. Several months ago, Mr. Smith went to a body engineering shop and _______ a small nose. Small noses were very ________ these years. After the operation, he looked at himself in the mirror (镜子) and found that his ________ hair no longer fit his new look. Then he wanted a change to long hair. When he was leaving, the shop keeper ________ told him that the shop had a special offer on ears. At last, Mr. Smith went out of the shop with a small nose, long hair and two new ears.

In the next few weeks, Mr. Smith’s interest in his ________ kept growing. He bought new eyes, new hands and new feet. After that, he looked very young for his age, and _______ different. He felt satisfied with himself. ________ , the change in the face and fingerprints brought him much trouble. He was _______ to enter places like railway stations and airports. In the end, he decided to have his old body back! To his surprise, Mrs. Smith was unhappy with his ________ because she could not bear (忍受) the bad smell of his old feet.

1.

A．in

B．by

C．on

D．of

2.

A．cared for

B．waited for

C．asked for

D．sent for

3.

A．popular

B．similar

C．strange

D．useful

4.

A．long

B．short

C．thick

D．thin

5.

A．silently

B．foolishly

C．carelessly

D．suddenly

6.

A．shape

B．age

C．life

D．look

7.

A．probably

B．hardly

C．nearly

D．completely

8.

A．Because

B．But

C．However

D．Although

9.

A．guided

B．refused

C．forced

D．allowed

10.

A．interest

B．condition

C．decision

D．situation

5 . The United States has over 50 famous, well-traveled national parks. Among them are Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Yellowstone and Acadia. The country also has several roads called National Parkways. These long, winding paths let Visitors experience nature, history and culture from a car. Like the parks, the roads are managed by the National Park Service.

The parkways cut through some of the most scenic parts of the country. One of the longest and most popular is the Blue Ridge Parkway.

National parkways are made up of scenic roads and surrounding land. They were designed to give people driving cars a chance to see beautiful parts of the country. They have also been important for improving local economies.

The idea for National Parkways began in the early 1930s, during the Great Depression. The Great Depression was a difficult economic time in the United States. Families and communities suffered. Many people were without work.

To create more jobs and improve the economy, the U.S. government built roads that passed through beautiful parts of the country that had suffered during the Depression.

One of these roads was the Blue Ridge Parkway. The early goal for the parkway was to build a road through the Appalachian Mountains that connected Shenandoah National Park with the Great Smokey Mountains National Park.

In the beginning, building the parkway created some problems for local communities. People who had been living in the area were forced to move. Also, people were not permitted to drive vehicles on the parkway while carrying items for sale. But, in the end, the Blue Ridge Parkway brought jobs and money to the communities. And today, it is an important part of the local economy. In the last year, the Blue Ridge Parkway earned over a billion dollars from tourism. That is more money than any other place managed by the National Park Service.

1. What is the text mainly about?

A．The U.S. national parks.

B．The National Park Service.

C．The U.S. National Parkways.

D．The history of National Parkways.

2. What do National Parkways benefit people driving on them?

A．Offering comfortable driving.

B．Avoiding depressed emotions.

C．Watching the scenery of National Parks.

D．Experiencing beautiful parts of the country.

3. What was the original purpose in building the Blue Ridge Parkway?

A．To link two national parks.

B．To improve the economy.

C．To enjoy natural beauty.

D．To create more jobs.

4. What did the author stress about the Blue Ridge Parkway in the last paragraph?

A．Its natural beauty.

B．Its economy value.

C．Difficulty in building it.

D．Its problems for local people.

6 . Facebook has developed the first machine learning model that can translate between any two of 100 languages without going into English first. It says the new multilingual machine translation model was created to help its more than two billion users Worldwide. The company is still testing the translation system-which it calls M2M-100-and hopes to add it to different products in the future.

Angela Fan, a research assistant at Facebook, said the model produces better results than other machine learning systems that depend on English to help in the translation process. The other systems use it as an intermediate step-like a bridge-to-translate between two non-English languages.

One example would be a translation from Chinese to French. Fan noted that many machine translation models begin by translating from Chinese to English first, and then from English to French. This is done “because English training data is the most widely available,” she said. But such a method can lead to mistakes in translation.

Facebook says about two-thirds of its users communicate in a language other than English. The company already carries out an average of 20 billion translations every day on Facebook’s News Feed. But it faces a huge test with many users publishing large amounts of content in more than 160 languages.

One difficulty the team faced was trying to develop an effective machine translation system for language combinations that are not widely used, Facebook calls these “low-resource languages”. The data used to create the new model was collected from content available on the Internet. But there is limited Internet data on low-resource languages.

For now, it plans to continue exploring new language research methods while working to improve the new model. No date has been set for launching the translation system on Facebook.

But Angela Fan said the new system marks an important step for Facebook, especially for the times we live in. "Breaking language barriers through machine language translation is one of the most important ways to bring people together, provide authoritative information on COVID-19, and keep them safe from harmful content,” she said.

1. What do we know about M2M-100 from the first paragraph?

A．It is still in the testing stage at present.

B．It can translate any of the world languages.

C．It is the first translation system in the world.

D．It has been widely used by two billion users.

2. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 most probably refer to?

A．The model.

B．The machine.

C．English.

D．A non-English language.

3. What are “low-resource languages”?

A．Languages that are used worldwide.	B．Languages that are seldom used.
C．Languages that have data on the Internet.	D．Languages Facebook uses in its system.

4. What is Angela Fan’ attitude towards the new system?

A．Doubtful.

B．Negative.

C．Positive.

D．Objective.

7 . Do you like potato chips? Can you imagine someone postponing graduation just to make them? This is exactly what happened with Du Haotian, a graduate student from Shaanxi province.

The potato chips Du is making are called guoba, originally made of millet rice, but here Du chose colored potatoes as the ingredients.

Zhenba County, located in the southern part of Shaanxi, has been striving to promote high-quality potato sales, despite the inconvenient geographical conditions. Du Haotian, a graduate student of Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, together with his team, introduced NWAFU’s colorful potato to solve the problem. After adjusting the recipe several times, it gradually turned into a popular snack at Du’s university. “We sold 10,000 yuan (of chips) in an hour during the trial period,” Du said.

At the end of last year, Du’s team set up their own factory in the village to commercialize the colorful potato and derivative snacks, planting and producing the products locally. At the beginning of this year, the production line was officially put into operation. It can process 5,000 tons of potato snacks per year, increasing the added value by 1,000 yuan to 1,500 yuan per ton of potatoes. However, while helping the local community, Du Haotian is under pressure to graduate.

Although he was supposed to graduate in June 2020, Du applied for a postponement for one year. Du said the production line project is still under construction and he wants to live up to the expectations of the villagers. “A lot of my friends and teachers told me not to do that, but I still want to stay and support the village for another half year. Otherwise, if the factory is built but does not work out, then it would be against my original intention.” Eventually, Du’s mentor supported him. Once, a villager recommended the potato snack to Du before realizing he was the founder. “At that time it warmed my heart and I experienced a sense of recognition.” Recently, Du’s potato snacks took part in a college food competition on behalf of his university. His product once soared to the top of the list with the support of many local villagers, which touched Du.

1. What factor affects local potato sales?

A．People’s lack of skills in sales.	B．The local geographical conditions.
C．People’s little knowledge of outside world.	D．The poor quality of potatoes produced there.

2. The local community benefited a lot from          .

A．creating more job opportunities	B．enjoying delicious potato snacks
C．increasing values of the potatoes	D．harvesting more potatoes than before

3. The purpose of Du in the very beginning is         .

A．to make potato chips a popular snack	B．to show his ability in making money
C．to help local villagers earn more money	D．to set up a factory for making potato chips

4. Which word can best describe Du?

A．Courageous and calm.	B．Cooperative and generous.
C．Enthusiastic and confident.	D．persistent and kind-hearted.

8 . Chewbaca climbed into the pilot seat of the Milemium Falcon as fireworks exploded above Disneyland in Anahein, California, Wednesday. Chewbacca is an imaginary creature born in the first of the Star Wars series of movies. He was in Disneyland for a ceremony to open the new Star Wars area at the theme park.

“Chewie, let’s fire up the Falcon,” said Mark Hamill, the actor who played Luke Skywalker. He also attended the event to open the more than five-and-one-half hectare area called Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge. It opened to the public Friday.

The furry Chewbacca had trouble starting the huge spaceship, which led actor Harison Ford to Surprise the crowd and offer an assist. Ford played the Siar Wars character Han Solo. He hit the side of the ship and said “Peter, this one’s for you,” in honor of Peter Mayhew, the actor who played Chewbacca in five films and died in April.

Ford stood on stage with Hamil, Disney Chief Executive Bob Iger, Star Wars creator George Lucas, and Bily Dee Williams, who performed the part of Lando Calrissian in Star Wars.

Lucas created the Star Wars movie series in 1977 and sold it to Disney in 2012. He gave high praise to Galaxy’s Edge, which is set in Black Spire Outpost, a settlement on a planet called Batuu that appeared in “Star Wars” books but never in the film.

The Star Wars area offers visitors the chance to step into the Millennium Falcon’s cockpit and control a simulated flight. Guests can also drink blue milk, eat space meat cooked by a pod-racing engine and have a drink at an outer-space restaurant.

Expectations run high from generations of fans. Many of the movie series lovers have waited 40 years since the first film to visit a real-world version of the galaxy far, far away.

Disney also aims to appeal to a broad group of Star Wars lover s as well as people without any attachment to the futuristic series.

1. Who is a human being?

A．Chewbacca.

B．Chewie.

C．Mark Hamill.

D．Luke Skywalker.

2. What do we know about Galaxy’s Edge?

A．It’s a planet in space.	B．It’s a place in a book.
C．It’s a settlement in a film.	D．It’s a community in the US.

3. What can visitors do in the Star Wars area of Disneyland?

A．Taste space food.	B．Tour in the universe.
C．Enjoy Star Wars movies.	D．Learn knowledge of space.

4. What can be a suitable title for the text?

A．Disneyland in California Takes on a New Look

B．Actors of Star Wars Gather in Disneyland

C．Dream of “Star Wars” Lovers Has Come True

D．Disneyland Opens the Star Wars Area of the Park

9 . Are you traveling to an English-speaking country? If you are, one of the most important things you need to know is________to ask for directions. Here are some useful phrases.

Remember to be________when asking for directions, and don’t forget to say “Thank you!”

“How do I get to ...” — This is the simplest________to ask someone for directions. When you use this phrase, the other person will either tell you which mode of transport to take or will________your route.

“Where exactly am I?” — Sometimes in order to understand the directions well, you have to________where exactly you are, for example, which street you are on.

“What is the quickest way to get to ...” — Let us say that you have to go somewhere________train, and the train comes at certain times, then you need to get to the train station quickly. If you need to go somewhere________, ask this question.

“Where is ...” — This phrase is also useful________you ask for directions. If you know you are very close to your destination and you just need a little guidance in finding the place, you can________this phrase.

Now you are ready to travel to an English-speaking country and to ask for directions. Enjoy your________and have fun!

1.

A．who

B．where

C．how

D．why

2.

A．polite

B．quiet

C．honest

D．fair

3.

A．reason

B．skill

C．talk

D．way

4.

A．study

B．change

C．follow

D．explain

5.

A．work out

B．find out

C．bring out

D．take out

6.

A．by

B．on

C．with

D．from

7.

A．often

B．suddenly

C．fast

D．secretly

8.

A．since

B．before

C．though

D．when

9.

A．use

B．miss

C．invent

D．expect

10.

A．meals

B．shows

C．travels

D．questions

10 . If someone says “give me five” to you, do not search your pocket to get five yuan! It will make others laugh! The person is not asking for your money, but your fingers.

In the US, “give me five” or “give me the high five” is a popular gesture (动作). You can see it often in films or on TV. It means the clapping (拍) of each other’s raised (举起的) right hands together.

People do it when they meet for the first time or when something happy or successful happens. For example, when a basketball team wins a game, the players will give high fives to everyone around to celebrate.

This gesture may come from the old Roman gesture of raising the right arm for the emperor (皇帝). This showed that the person raising his arm did not have a sword (刀) in his hand.

Why not try to give the high five to your friends?

1. “Give me five” is a gesture to ______.

A．ask for money	B．make people laugh
C．give up dreams	D．celebrate success

2. The gesture “give me five” is the clapping of ______.

A．toes

B．hands

C．arms

D．legs

3. When you ______, you will give your friends high fives.

A．lose your money	B．go back home
C．win a basketball game	D．lose your way

4. The gesture started in ______ according to the story.

A．Rome

B．America

C．China

D．England