1 . TikTok has pushed a new safety update to its app that allows parents to take more control of their teenager’s accounts, as social media companies come under increasing pressure to make their platforms safer for children.

The company said that its Family Pairing now enables parents to turn off comments on their children’s videos entirely or limit them to friends only. Parents whose accounts are linked to their kids will also be able to set their accounts to private ones, turn off the search function for content or users, and limit who can see which videos their children have liked.

The Family Pairing lets parents see how long their children are spending on TikTok each day and limit the content they can see.

TikTok allows children to register (注册) and create an account if they’re over the age of 13. All they need to do is provide their date of birth. However, because TikTok doesn’t require registrants (注册人) to prove their identities, some children under 13 have registered by lying about their age, according to U.K. regulator Ofcom (英国通信管理局)

Alexandra Evans, head of child safety public policy for TikTok in Europe, told CNBC that Family Pairing has “put itself in parents’ shoes”since it was launched. “If we’re thinking of it as a toolbox, we want to offer more tools,” she said on a video call ahead of the announcement.

1. What is the second paragraph mainly about?

A．The safety tips from TikTok.

B．The limits on Family Pairing.

C．New apps explored by TikTok.

D．The functions of Family Pairing.

2. What is Ofcom mainly concerned about?

A．The low age limit of users.

B．The demand for users’ birth dates.

C．TikTok’s failure to check identities.

D．The difficulty in opening an account.

3. What’s Evans’ attitude toward the new Family Pairing?

A．Uninterested.

B．Objective.

C．Disappointed.

D．Favorable.

4. What might be the best title of the passage?

A．TikTok’s Safety Update

B．New Guidelines for Safety

C．Family Pairing under Debate

D．Controlling Your Kids Online

2 . Many people like to explore the Internet. Exploring the Internet is one of the most important activities of the day. The Internet brings the outside world closer to people’s homes. Some people say the world is smaller than before because of the Internet.

What’s going on in other countries? How do people live in faraway places? Is there a good sports game somewhere? What’s life like in the deepest part of the sea? If you want to answer all these questions, just come to the Internet. Of course, people can also learn through reading or listening to the radio. But with the Internet they can learn better and more easily. A lot of information can be collected at a great speed.

Can we go shopping without leaving home? Can we see a doctor without going to the hospital? Can we study without going to school? All these things seemed to be impossible, but now they have become true.

The Internet helps us to open our eyes. The Internet also helps to open our minds. The Internet often gives us new ideas. In a word, it helps us in many ways. Great changes have taken place in our life since the use of the Internet.

1. What’s the main idea of the second paragraph?

A．We can learn only through reading or listening to the radio.

B．We can know nothing through the Internet.

C．A lot of information can be collected at a great speed through the Internet.

D．We can become wise because of the Internet.

2. According to the third paragraph,we can do the following on the Internet EXCEPT 　　　.

A．go shopping without leaving home

B．see a doctor without going to the hospital

C．study without going to school

D．draw money without banks

3. We can infer from the underlined sentence that 　　　.

A．we cannot think without the Internet

B．something is wrong with our minds because of the Internet

C．our minds can’t be opened unless we search the Internet

D．we can get some new ideas from the Internet

3 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或所给单词的正确形式。

Lifting a spear, Li Jinqi pulled it across her shoulders and spun (旋转) it     1     (quick). Following her example     2     (be) ten peers in two rows (排) who wore the same Kungfu — style garments (服装) and produced the same movements.

Li is a 24-year-old Ph.D. Student at Bei hang University in Beijing,     3     she is more widely known on campus as a martial arts master and led the university’s martial arts club. Despite being busy with research and coursework (课程作业), the Ph.D. student said     4     (practise) martial arts has become a daily routine for herself over the past five years. She has studied various styles, boxing and swordplay (击剑)     5     (include), and won several cross — campus martial arts competitions held in the capital city

Gao Xiaoya, majoring in electronic information engineering at Beihang, who also joined the martial arts club,     6     (share) that she draws inner peace and strength from the sport. Gao is     7     the many young people who were first attracted to martial arts as a way to keep fit, but who found that their     8     (enthusiastic) grew as they practiced more.

“The rapid growth of the Internet and social media also facilitates communication about traditional Chinese culture, enabling young people to have     9     (easy) access to rare art forms,” said Song Yu,     10     assistant researcher at the Institute of Sociology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

4 . 语法填空

When you are online, you can be anyone or anything. You can create your own image and a new personality. These digital identities,     1     (know) as avatars,     2     (be) a key part of how people use the Internet to communicate and express themselves. 

The first simple 2D avatars appeared in role-playing computer games in     3    1980s.Yet,very few people knew that future avatars would have such a wide     4     (various) of forms and uses.     5     the late 1990s, they had been used in web chats. 

When people started creating their own avatars, they     6     (discover) that they were going to have the power to create new identities     7     did not look or act like their real selves at all and they could create different avatars for different occasions. Besides, the avatar you choose says a lot about your     8     (personal). Nowadays, avatars are everywhere. In most web chats, people choose an avatar from a selection of ready-made images, or create their own images. 

The use of avatars has also caused a few     9     (concern). Some users worry that they may be     10     (addict) to the virtual worlds and that people can use avatars to cheat others online. However, other users view avatars in a more positive light.

5 . 语法填空

Hello, everyone! Welcome to our city! And I’m your tour guide today. Let me show you     1     the city. As you can see, at present there are some places     2     (rebuild) in order to make the city more beautiful. Look! A new supermarket     3     (build) in the centre. And the main roads     4     (widen) so far. Next, let’s come to the old museum     5     many art works     6     (exhibit). What’s more, a new one is     7     construction behind it. And now we’re coming to the park in     8     you can see that different kinds of activities     9     (do) by people of all ages. Oh, look, there is a good juice shop where fresh and delicious drinks     10     (prepare) for you if you feel thirsty.

6 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

Social media is one of the fastest-growing industries in the today’s world. A study conducting by the United States showed that 92 percent of teenager go online daily. High school student Elly said, “Social media often reduces face-to-face communication. It made people’s relationships harder before because people are likely to fix their attention to their phones.” And some people hold a belief that social media has made them easier to start relationships with anyone from anywhere. Beth met her friend whom is living in France now through social media. They two can frequent communicate to each other with the help of social media.

7 . Use Phones Respectfully

You probably spend more time on your smartphone than any other possessions. You take it everywhere—to school, to meals, and even to the bathroom.     1     But we have to learn to use our phones respectfully or at least without offending others around us. Here are some tips for smartphone usage. Take a look.  

Use “do not disturb” instead of “vibrate (振动)”.

Loud vibrations in your trousers are disturbing. People can hear your phone vibrate or not, depending on how violently it vibrates.     2    

Tell others what you’re doing.

Sometimes, you will be in a situation where you need to use your smartphone.     3    If you don’t, people will think that you’re either interacting with someone else or just getting bored.  

    4    

Respect others’ privacy such as text messages and e-mail senders by not letting what they type appear on the home screen of your phone when you receive a new message. While you’re at it, use a password to make sure the information stays between you.

Ask permission to swipe (滑动).

When people hand you their phone to look at a photo, this doesn’t mean you can look through all of their photo albums.     5    

A．They probably want you to see the one photo they hand to you, not every photo they have taken.

B．Just tell people what you’re doing and why you’re doing it.

C．It is difficult to ignore it and it distracts people from what they are doing.

D．Don’t use the feature of SMS Preview on your home screen.

E．You should use your smartphone secretly.

F．Of course, using the smartphone is a great way to keep in touch and share life events.

G．So it’s thrilling to look through all their photos.

8 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

From London’s Trafalgar Square to major cities across Britain, tens of thousands of British people have joined Chinese communities    1     (welcome) the arrival of the Chinese New Year.

In Manchester there was a Dragon Parade,    2     (lead) by a very breathtaking 54-meter long dragon, ending in Chinatown    3    people could enjoy a wide range of Chinese food and enjoy a spectacular fireworks show.    4     (celebrate) also took place in Liverpool, Birmingham, Lake District, Durham, Edinburgh, Leeds and Newcastle.

Academic Dr. Wu Kegang said, “ The Chinese New Year event in Britain is now     5    (impress) than ever and it is growing every year”.

On arrival in Britain 26 years ago from Guangdong, south China,    6     first thing Wu noticed was that Chinese New Year was celebrated    7    (main) in towns and cities with big Chinese communities. “You would go to London Chinatown and join your countrymen to celebrate,    8     to Chinatowns in places like Liverpool and Manchester for events almost only held for Chinese people,” Wu recalled.

“    9     is different now, is that we are seeing local communities all over the country taking part alongside their own Chinese populations,” he said. “ It is clear to me that the event will continue to grow in Britain where Chinese New Year    10    (earn) its place in the calendar of events so far.”

9 . 语法填空

Christopher Reeve was born in September, 1952. He was in his first school play     1     he was eight and he started to act in TV shows and films while he was still in college. He made many     2     (success) films and TV shows but he is most famous     3     his Superman films.     4     (lucky), disaster (灾难) came in 1995 when he fell from his horse and     5     (break) his back. The doctors did not expect him to live. However, he made     6     (amaze) progress. At first, he couldn’t breathe without a machine, but he learnt to breathe on     7     (he) own. He would never walk again but he started     8     new life with great courage. The second year after his accident, Christopher returned to film making. He also raised a lot of money     9     (promote) medical research into back injuries. He made speeches all over the USA about his experiences. This not only drew public attention to research into back injuries but also encouraged a lot of people     10     (live) with all kinds of problems.

10 . Talking to solve friendship problems

Sometimes our friends’ behaviour can offend us; sometimes we can see changes they need to make — but how do we tell them?     1    

It’s important to have solid evidence that there is indeed a problem. Evidence that can be agreed upon makes it easier for other people to recognise issues.     2     Psychologist Andrea Bonior suggests framing problems with “I”. Saying “I feel hurt that you spend less time with me” is less accusatory (责难的) than “You never spend time with me!” and is focused more clearly on the impact.

Staying calm is vital.     3     Bonior recommends that you should acknowledge the conversation could make you anxious. If you think about this yourself, it can help you focus on positive results. If you admit your anxiety to your friend, you will show a more human side. Another psychologist, Laura Brennan, points out how it’s important that we let go of our ego and don’t focus on the need to be proved right. This can help reduce tension.

    4     We can lower the potential for conflict by listening to the other person and asking questions. Many experts recommend planning your words before having a conversation, so that you can say things in a way that avoids conflict. However, Bonior cautions against overplanning as this can stop you being flexible enough to genuinely follow and participate in the discussion.

Be realistic. Complicated problems are unlikely to be solved with one conversation. Consider what is possible in one discussion, and that it may be harder than you initially thought.     5    

A．Plan ahead properly to make a better conversation.

B．Are there any ways to make difficult conversations easier?

C．Learn to listen to carefully instead of merely blaming others.

D．This will help you to set realistic goals for what you can achieve.

E．Becoming tense might lead you to react badly and cause an argument.

F．Once you have proof, it’s important to highlight how it impacts us and others.

G．Talking about the problems realistically is the best approach to resolving the conflict.