1 . In 1901, H. G. Wells, an English writer, wrote a book describing a trip to the moon. When the explorers landed on the moon, they discovered that the moon was full of underground cities. They expressed their surprise to the “moon people” they met. In turn, the “moon people” expressed their surprise. “Why,” they asked, “are you traveling to outer space when you don’t even use your inner space?”

H. G. Wells could only imagine travel to the moon. In 1969, human beings really did land on the moon. People today know that there are no underground cities on the moon. However, the question that the “moon people” asked is still an interesting one. A growing number of scientists are seriously thinking about it.

Underground systems are already in place. Many cities have underground car parks. In some cities such as Tokyo, Seoul and Montreal, there are large underground shopping areas. The “Chunnel”, a tunnel (隧道) connecting England and France, is now complete.

But what about underground cities? Japan’s Taisei Corporation is designing a network of underground systems, called “Alice Cities”. The designers imagine using surface space for public parks and using underground space for flats, offices, shopping, and so on. A solar dome (太阳能穹顶) would cover the whole city.

Supporters of underground development say that building down rather than building up is a good way to use the earth’s space. The surface, they say, can be used for farms, parks, gardens, and wilderness, H. G. Wells’ “moon people” would agree. Would you?

1. What surprised the explorers in H G Wells’ story ?

A．The moon people’s unique language.

B．The moon people’s friendliness.

C．The moon people’s space technology.

D．The moon people’s underground cities.

2. What does the underlined word “it” (paragraph 2) refer to ?

A．Traveling to outer space.

B．Meeting the “moon people” again.

C．Using the earth’s inner space

D．Discovering the moon’s inner space.

3. What underground systems are already here with us based on the passage?

A．Tunnels, gardens, offices.

B．Gardens, car parks, power stations.

C．Tunnels, car parks, shopping areas.

D．Offices, shopping areas, power stations.

4. What would be the best title for the text?

A．Enjoy living underground	B．Building down, not up
C．Alice Cities—cities of the future	D．Space travel with H. G. Wells

2 . My husband is more a kid at heart. He insists we find gifts for the grandkids while on a trip to Savannah.

I can be a kid at heart, too, but I also can be a mathematician — and even cheap, ugly gifts add up quickly when you have 11 grandkids.

Children like gifts and they want them. So we are digging through piles of cheap key fobs (钥匙链), plastic sun hats, chocolate treats that will melt in the heat, and funny T-shirts, finding nothing.

We go with two hats for the boys but are still empty-handed for the nine girls. Then I spot small bracelets (手链) in a rainbow of colors. He turns one over a couple of times and says, “Nice.”

The bracelets are made of small balls shaped like starfish and turtles. They all look like rock candy, which can be eaten and was popular when we were kids. We buy nine and make a mental note: tell the girls not to eat them.

As the clerk wraps the bracelets, I remember a gift I had as a girl. Once we could choose one thing in a shop to remember our trip. What I selected was a blue plastic soapbox with the lid (盖子) and topped with a pink flamingo (火烈鸟). It was cheap and tacky (俗气的) and I believed it was the loveliest thing a girl could own. It was too beautiful to put soap inside, so it sat in a dresser drawer year after year, slowly aging, yellowing, as a reminder of a family trip long ago.

The girls are married and have families of their own, and those gifts are still in the dresser drawers in their old bedrooms, but I have came to realize that every gift may have its worth and value, saying we are together even though we were apart. That’s always a good deal.

1. Why did the author say she was a mathematician?

A．Because their family was not rich enough to buy gifts.

B．Because she was good at choosing gifts for kids.

C．Because she ever studied mathematics in university.

D．Because she found it expensive to buy 11 gifts.

2. How are the gifts for the grandkids?

A．Shiny and costly.	B．Foreign and attractive.
C．Beautiful and ordinary.	D．Useful and cheap.

3. What did the gifts for the girls remind the author of?

A．The great family memories.	B．The experience in giving gifts.
C．The best gift she ever had.	D．The trip when she fell in love.

4. What is the main idea of the text?

A．Good reminders of our life.	B．How to choose gifts for kids.
C．The meaning of a gift.	D．What to expect on a family trip.

4 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(每空不超过 3 个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

President Xi Jinping     1    (sign) a presidential order on Tuesday to award four people national medals and honorary titles for their outstanding contributions     2    fighting the COVID-19 pandemic(流行病). Zhong Nanshan, 84, an excellent disease expert, was awarded the Medal of the Republic, the     3    (high) national honor, for his outstanding work in fighting COVID-19 in China. Three others were also awarded the “People’s Hero” national honorary title for helping fight against the novel coronavirus(新冠病毒). They are Zhang Boli, a     4    (tradition) Chinese medicine expert; Zhang Dingyu, head of Wuhan’s Jinyintan Hospital;     5    Chen Wei, a medical scientist who made major achievements in COVID-19-related basic research.

Zhong also has long been devoted to the research, prevention and    6    (treat) of major infectious and chronic respiratory diseases(慢性呼吸病), and has a variety of     7     (achievement). He was a major figure in the fight against the severe acute respiratory syndrome(综合症状) outbreak in 2003 in China. Following the COVID-19 outbreak, the Chinese government encouraged the country    8    (control) the disease in Wuhan, Hubei province, after the city was locked down in late January. More than 42,000 medical workers from across the country     9    (send) to Hubei to fight the disease. The pandemic has been     10    (effective) placed under control on the Chinese mainland since early March.

5 . 假定你是李华。2022年北京冬奥会现正面向全国招募学生志愿者，你希望成为其中一员。请按要求用英文给组委会写一封自我介绍信，申请成为志愿者。内容应包括：
1.个人情况：姓名、年龄、学历等；
2.个人条件：英语好，善于交际等；
3.承诺：提供最佳服务。
注意:1.词数80左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数
Dear Sir/Madam

I’m writing to apply to be a volunteer for the 2022 Winter Olympics.

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

6 . Lawmakers in Massachusetts have introduced a law that would ban children in the seventh grade or younger from playing tackle football (冲撞式橄榄球). The Act for No Organized Head Impacts to Schoolchildren, or the NO HITS Act, was introduced last month in an effort to protect children’s heads from blows (重击) while at a particularly fragile age.

The bill would cause fines of up to $ 2,000 for each time the law is broken. People who frequently break the law, or those whose actions cause physical harm, would face bigger fines.

“It’s all about kids’ health and we have a number of studies that say that repeated contacts to the head are very bad for you and the younger that starts, the worse it is,” said Paul, who introduced the bill with House Minority Leader Bradley Jones .

According to a 2017 study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers examining 111 brains belonging to former NFL (National Football League) players found the brain disease Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, or CTE, in 110 of them. The disease is associated with repeated head injuries, not just concussions (脑震荡), and is generally found in athletes, retired soldiers and others with a history of repetitive brain injuries, according to the Concussion Legacy Foundation, a non-profit organization that works to study, treat and prevent future cases of brain injuries among athletes and other at-risk groups.

Similar laws have been considered elsewhere in the country, including California and Illinois last year, though they didn’t secure enough votes to become law. Those against previously proposed (提议的) bans have argued that adequate progress has been achieved to make the sport safer and that the sport offers too many benefits for children to totally avoid it.

Several former NFL players, who have been directly or indirectly affected by CTE, have argued differently, however. “I made the mistake of starting tackle football at 9 years old. Now, CTE has taken my life away.Youth tackle football is all risk with no reward,” Nick Buoniconti, a former NFL player, told CNN last year.

1. Why was the law introduced by lawmakers in Massachusetts?

A．To ban children from doing sports too young.

B．To make tackle football safer for players.

C．To keep young children from suffering brain injuries.

D．To encourage the popularity of some safe sports.

2. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?

A．The fines of playing tackle football incorrectly.

B．The causes of the new law in Massachusetts.

C．The consequences of breaking the new law.

D．The reason why the sport is forbidden.

3. What does the author want to show by mentioning the 2017 study?

A．Brain injuries can really be prevented with action.

B．Repeated head blows can result in brain diseases.

C．NFL players used to pay much attention to CTE.

D．Future cases of brain injuries can be reduced.

7 . Once a gentleman was traveling in a train. He felt ___and got down at a station to look for some water. But when he got to the water tap, the train had started. He ran back but __ the train.

It was getting late and he decided to spend the night at the station. The next morning he asked about the next___. He came to know that the next train was on the other day. So he decided to find a place for a day's stay. It was getting ___and he could not find a place near the station.

At last he reached a small village. He asked a villager __ he could stay in his house for a night. The villager agreed. The villager cooked him food and ___him a room to stay. But he did not ask for anything in return.

At seven in the evening, the gentleman heard a knock at the door. The villager opened the door. It was a__ man in black. He asked the man to pay his debts(债务).

The next morning, the gentleman ___some money on the bed. When the villager found the money, he also found a note. It said: "You __me but didn't want any pay from me. Yesterday I heard the conversation between you and the rich man. I knew that you were in need of ________. This is what you need.”

1.

A．hung

B．thirsty

C．tired

D．busy

2.

A．caught

B．missed

C．got

D．saw

3.

A．bus

B．ship

C．plane

D．train

4.

A．dark

B．clean

C．dirty

D．quiet

5.

A．and

B．or

C．if

D．but

6.

A．gave

B．built

C．had

D．bought

7.

A．poor

B．rich

C．ugly

D．nice

8.

A．forgot

B．remembered

C．left

D．borrowed

9.

A．cooked

B．taught

C．talked

D．helped

10.

A．food

B．money

C．time

D．house

8 . A new study published this week in the journal Nature Communications has concluded that a 100 percent change to organic food production in England and Wales would actually lead to a great increase in greenhouse gas emissions (排放). In turn, this would contribute to further climate change.

Although organic farming directly pours out fewer emissions than conventional farming — around 20 percent lower for crops and 4 percent for farm animals — it produces especially less food. As to this study’s findings, total organic agriculture in England and Wales would produce 40 percent less food. With less food in the market, the countries would need to increase food imports, which would produce more global greenhouse gas emissions.

Organic farming also increases the amount of absorbing carbon, a process where carbon dioxide (CO2) is “absorbed” out of the atmosphere and captured by plants and stored in the soil. However, even a total change to organic farming would only be equal to a tiny part of the higher emissions from overseas land use.

“We predict a drop in total food production of 40 percent under a fully organic farming process, compared to conventional farming, if we keep to the same national diet,” Dr Adrian Williams, lead author and reader in Agri-Environmental Systems at Cranfield University, said in a statement. “This results from lower crop quantity, because output is limited by a lower supply of nitrogen, which is mainly from other crops or solid waste from cattle on the grassland.”

Nevertheless, it is important to note that organic farming still holds some useful benefits for the environment, such as reducing exposure to chemicals and improving the varieties of creatures. In conclusion, the study suggests that organic farming will continue to play a key role in solving the world’s environmental problems. However, it’s just one part of a much wider solution.

1. What will total organic agriculture bring to England?

A．More food imports.	B．More species crop.
C．More main food.	D．More fresh oxygen.

2. How does organic farming increase the amount of absorbing carbon?

A．By changing CO2.	B．By giving off CO2.
C．By producing CO2.	D．By taking in CO2.

3. What is the last paragraph mainly about?

A．The advantages of organic farming.

B．The results caused by organic farming.

C．The solution to the environment problems.

D．The ways to reduce organic farming.

10 . Last week, 84-year-old Janet Fein received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Dallas. Fein has had a full life. She has raised five children and then had a career as a secretary until she retired at age 77. But even then, she was not ready to take it easy and rest. She said she decided to major in sociology because she felt it was very important.

Fein grew up in the Bronx area of New York City. She just wanted to get a job in high school. After graduating at the age of 16, she went to work as a secretary. After getting married, she spent 18 years staying home with her children. She held several jobs throughout her life,including 20 years as a secretary at a hospital. She also worked for 20 years on earning an associate degree. But Fein also wanted to earn a bachelor’s degree “with all of my heart”. Even with all of her life experiences, she still enjoyed reading,writing papers and learning new things.

Health experts say continuing with education later in life is one way to keep fit. Carmel Dyer, director of the UTHealth Consortium on Aging at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston,says keeping active and giving yourself something to look forward to “is just a really positive move”.

Fein kept going to class even as her health conditions worsened. During her studies,it became necessary for her to use a walker to get around and she required oxygen. She also developed knee problems. Therefore, Fein took online classes to finish the last part of her degree requirements. Her college advisor Sheila Rollerson said Fein never showed signs of giving up even with all of her difficulties. “She just kept plugging along,“ Rollerson said.

1. What was Janet Fein’s last work before she retired?

A．A teacher.

B．A secretary.

C．A nurse.

D．A doctor

2. What did Janet Fein want to do most after earning an associate degree?

A．Get a bachelor’s degree.

B．Keep fit by exercises.

C．Read all kinds of books.

D．Find a job at the hospital.

3. What can be inferred from paragraph 3?

A．Life should be full of adventures.

B．People should have their own views.

C．Further study benefits the old’s health.

D．Healthy lifestyle is just to keep active.