1 . China’s disability-related expense at all levels has increased year by year. Last year saw the completion of the National Ice Sports Arena for People With Impairments in light of the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games. The Games officially opened on March 4, marking not only a great event for the Olympic family, but also the advancement of China’s path for developing the cause of people with disabilities.
Protection of those differently abled in employment, social security, public facilities, and education keeps improving in laws and regulations ensuring the rights and interests of persons with disabilities.
China has 85 million people with disabilities, who need more attention and help—from government and public alike. The possibility of people with disabilities falling back to poverty is high; the total amount of public services for people with physical impairments is not enough and their distribution remains uneven; their diverse needs, such as education, medical services, and recovery, are not adequately met; discrimination, too, still occurs; less developed and rural areas are not suitable for them.
According to the arrangements for the protection and development of people with disabilities during the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25) period issued in July 2021, basic systems providing multi-level social security will be in place by 2025 to ensure the livelihood of this social group continues to improve. By 2035, the differently abled will live a richer material and cultural life, and the gap between them and the average national level will have been remarkably narrowed.
To achieve these goals, the Chinese Government is revising regulations on the employment of those differently abled, aiming to help them live better and more fulfilled lives through their work. In addition, the country is accelerating the upgrading of the social security system, so that the differently abled with unstable income will be included in government aid under China’s social safety net program.
1. What is paragraph 3 mainly about?| A．The problems people with disabilities meet. |
| B．The uneven distribution of medical services. |
| C．The poverty level of people with disabilities. |
| D．The growing attention to the differently abled. |
| A．Improving livelihood. |
| B．Basic commercial security. |
| C．The narrowed gap. |
| D．A materially satisfying life. |
| A．Quickening. | B．Receiving. | C．Considering. | D．Assessing. |
| A．Critical. | B．Favorable. | C．Objective. | D．Uninterested. |
2 . Lake Baikal(贝加尔湖)is the biggest body of fresh water on Earth. It’s about 1.6km in depth and is also the deepest. Several unusual animals call it home, including the world’s only species of freshwater seal. There are a large number of Baikal seals, about 8, 000-10, 000. But the lake is nutrient-poor, so how they do so well has been a puzzle. A study conducted by Yuuki Watanabe of the National Institute of Polar Research, in Tokyo, suggests a possible answer.
Most seals eat fish. And Baikal seals do have needle-like teeth. But in 1982 researchers noted that they had some specialized comb-like teeth behind the needle-like ones. At the time, nobody knew what they were for. But Dr. Watanabe supposed that they might be an adaptation for feeding on other tiny creatures living in the lake.
Seals arrived in Baikal two million years ago, from the Arctic Ocean. So did some much smaller sea creatures, known as amphipods(片脚类动物). They have diversified into more than 340 native species. Sea creatures the size of seals would normally see amphipods to be too small to hunt. But Dr. Watanabe wondered if Baikal seals’ comb-like teeth might have evolved to enable the seals to hunt these tiny creatures to make them useful prey-just as some whales collect extremely small shellfish using comb-like structures. He and his colleagues therefore attached waterproof video cameras to a few seals to monitor what they were getting up to.
Scenes from the cameras showed that the seals were indeed pursuing the groups of amphipods at night. Dr. Watanabe estimated that each seal caught an average of 57 amphipods per dive and thus thousands of them a day. The needle-like teeth are not useless, for the seals do hunt fish as well. They compete with those fish for the amphipods, thus perhaps maintaining themselves in larger numbers.
1. Which aspect of Baikal seals remains unknown?| A．Why they live in Lake Baikal. | B．How they got into Lake Baikal. |
| C．When they reached Lake Baikal. | D．How they grow well in Lake Baikal. |
| A．Researchers. | B．Comb-like teeth. |
| C．Baikal seals. | D．Needle-like teeth. |
| A．To take control of their behaviour patterns. |
| B．To record how they coexist with amphipods. |
| C．To confirm if they live on small water creatures. |
| D．To find the similarities between seals and whales. |
| A．There is a sharply growing trend towards Baikal seals. |
| B．Baikal seals prefer hunting amphipods at night. |
| C．Needle-like teeth are of little use to Baikal seals. |
| D．Baikal seals feed on fish besides amphipods. |
3 . In the coming months, we are bringing together artists from all over the globe, to enjoy speaking Shakespeare’s plays in their language, in our Globe, within the architecture Shakespeare wrote for. Please come and join us.
National Theatre Of China Beijing｜Chinese
This great occasion (盛会) will be the National Theatre of China’s first visit to the UK. The company’s productions show the new face of 21st century Chinese theatre. This production of Shakespeare’s Richard III will be directed by the National’s Associate Director, Wang Xiaoying.
Date & Time: Saturday 28 April, 2.30 p.m. & Sunday 29 April, 1.30 p.m. & 6.30 p.m.
“Deafinitely” Theatre London｜British Sign Language (BSL)
By translating the rich and humorous text of Love’s Labour’s Lost as well as As You Like It into the physical language of BSL, “Deafinitely” Theatre creates a new interpretation of Shakespeare’s comedy and aims to build a bridge between deaf and hearing worlds by performing to both groups as one audience.
Date & Time: Tuesday 22 May, 2.30 p.m. & Wednesday 23 May, 7.30 p.m.
Habima National Theatre Tel Aviv｜Hebrew
The Habima is the centre of Hebrew-language theatre worldwide. Founded in Moscow after the 1905 revolution, the company eventually settled in Tel Aviv in the late 1920s. Since 1958, they have been recognized as the national theatre of Israel. This production of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice marks their first visit to the UK.
Date & Time: Monday 28 May, 7.30 p.m. & Tuesday 29 May, 7.30 p.m.
1. Which play will be performed by the National Theatre of China?| A．Richard Ⅲ | B．As You Like It |
| C．Love’s Labour’s Lost | D．The Merchant of Venice |
| A．It is the leading theatre in London. | B．It is good at producing comedies. |
| C．It performs plays in BSL. | D．It has two groups of actors. |
| A．On Tuesday 22 May. | B．On Sunday 29 April. |
| C．On Saturday 28 April. | D．On Tuesday 29 May. |
4 . The most eye-catching performance from the final weekend of the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials didn’t break a world record or send a teenager to Tokyo. But Lindsay Flach still became the shining star. Lindsay Flach competed in the heptathlon(七项全能) 18 weeks pregnant and showed off a growing belly. Though she finished a distant last among the 15 women who made it through all seven events of the heptathlon, her participation this past weekend was a victory in itself.
The 2020 season was supposed to be Flach’s last chance to compete in the heptathlon, the sport that developed into her enthusiasm over the past decade. She intended to grasp a chance on the U.S. Olympic team one final time before marrying her longtime boyfriend and starting a family together.
In early 2020, Flach quit her job, temporarily left her soon-to-be-husband behind and moved nearly 250 miles south to train with her new coach at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. She intended to remain there through the 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials. Then the pandemic(疫情) struck three months into her training.
When the spread of COVID-19 forced the postponement(延迟) of the Tokyo Games and cast doubt on whether they would ever happen, Flach, 31, decided she could no longer put her life on hold. In March, Flach began struggling to hit marks that had previously been routine to her. She took a pregnancy test that came back positive, a result that made her doubt whether her Olympic hopeful.
The pregnancy weakened Flach’s strength and energy but not her desire to say goodbye to track and field on her own terms. While Flach’s final score was less than half her personal best, she’s trying not to focus on that aspect, nor on the fact that she never qualified for an Olympics in her career. She’s excited for what’s to come in her life, excited she was able to participate in a third Olympic Trials and excited that she showed how strong would-be mothers can be.
1. When did Flach begin to love the heptatblon?| A．At the age of 18. | B．At the age of 21. |
| C．At the age of 30. | D．At the age of 31. |
| A．Determined. | B．Ambitious. |
| C．Unfortunate. | D．Organized. |
| A．She was expecting a new life. |
| B．She won the third Olympic Trials. |
| C．She could marry her loved boyfriend finally. |
| D．She was chosen to take part in the Olympic Games. |
| A．Teens. | B．Sports. |
| C．Economy. | D．Advertisement. |
FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 is now a hot blooded carnival for fans around the world for 28 days. It’s the first World Cup held by a country that has not participated in the World Cup before, and also the first time to be held in a Middle Eastern country.
First let’s talk about its mascot, La’eeb, shaped like a walking headscarf, is an avatar (化身) with no fixed shape. This Arabic word means a highly skilled player. The mascot wears a rope and is soft, whose body can make various and difficult movements at will-it gives fans full imagination. The design of the mascot is very novel and this playful image is loved by many fans. Its facial expression is full of determination with an inspirational, upward and positive attitude, just like a strong-willed athlete who never gets discouraged in the face of difficulties.
Considering the high temperature of about 50 degrees in Qatar in summer will affect the athletes’ competitive status, this World Cup is the first time to be held in the northern hemisphere in winter. To successfully hold this World Cup, Qatar has invested heavily in the construction of venues and supporting transportation, communication, accommodation, even with over 1,000 luxurious Bedouin-style tents in the desert, etc. Service facilities, with a total investment of 220bn US dollars, make it the most expensive World Cup game at present.
This World Cup will even be the very first carbon-neutral tournament, and the organizer has prepared a total of 8 stadiums, all built to be energy efficient. One of our favorites is Stadium 974， the first fully demountable (可拆卸的) stadium, built using 974 shipping containers, whose number also happens to be Qatar’s country code. The opening game and the final match will be held in the same stadium-Lusail Stadium. Moreover, thanks to Qatar’s efficient public transportation, football fans will need just under one hour of traveling time between stadiums. So if you want to, you can watch more than two games in one day and experience the World Cup like never before.
And the World Cup finale will take place on December the 18th, also Qatar’s National Day. So expect fireworks all around. And let’s have a blast together!
1. What makes the host country so special?| A．Diverse religions. | B．Extremely high temperature. |
| C．Richness in oil. | D．First participation in the World Cup. |
| A．It is named after a sport. | B．It looks inspiring and encouraging. |
| C．It is a traditional Arabic design. | D．It could not be transformed at all. |
| A．To attract visitors all over the world. |
| B．To criticize the giant waste by the host. |
| C．To show off the great wealth of the host. |
| D．To highlight its commitment to the event. |
| A．Criticism. | B．Explosion. |
| C．Good time. | D．Loud noise. |
6 . Cars could soon be communicating with each other using 5G to make drivers aware of upcoming dangers, scientists claim. The ultra-fast mobile Internet would allow for rapid information transmission and could make drivers aware of black ice, pot holes or other dangers up ahead.
Several car manufacturers are already integrating 5G into their vehicles, including as a tool to welcome the coming of self-driving vehicles. Experts believe the high-speed connection will also improve the reliability and capability of automated vehicles to the point where they will be safer than the manual cars being driven today. They predict the number of road traffic accidents — which according to the World Health Organization (WHO) account for more than 1. 3 million deaths and up to 50 million people injured worldwide every year — will drop thoroughly as a result. Dr Dimitrios Liarokapis, a member of the research group, said: “With the help of 5G, an early warning system that alerts (给……报警) drivers is possible within the next few years. Cars that are close enough to the danger area will send warning messages to other cars around them using short-range communication technologies, but also to cars further away using 5G, fast and reliably. Then those cars will transmit the same information to cars near them and so on, forming a joined-up, multi-vehicle communication chain that stretches far and wide.”
Automotive giant Ford is already working on connected cars. Earlier this year it revealed its intention to fit 80 percent of its 2020 vehicles with technology that warns drivers about up-coming road accidents, bad weather and traffic jams. The system pools data from other connected road users, emergency services and the authorities and sends it from the cloud directly to the car. Alerts are shown on the car’s dashboard display warning the driver about what lies around the corner.
1. What can we expect of the cars in the future?| A．They will be more personalized. |
| B．They may replace other vehicles. |
| C．They may be bigger. |
| D．They will be safer. |
| A．To send warning messages. |
| B．To collect drivers’ information. |
| C．To send the traffic situation to the police. |
| D．To track other drivers. |
| A．By offering practical safety programs. |
| B．By offering the fast mobile Internet. |
| C．By helping WHO calculate traffic accidents. |
| D．By helping drivers overcome dangers. |
| A．Connected cars are equipped with 5G. |
| B．Ford is the first producer to use 5G. |
| C．Cars of Ford are the most intelligent. |
| D．Warning messages are shown on phones. |
Every time Jim crossed the street on his way to work, he would see a little girl selling flowers on the street. She sat by a large green board with the names of the flowers and their prices on it. Unfortunately, no one paid attention to her, and she rarely sold anything. Jim wanted to help her, and one day he got his chance. His aunt would retire, and he thought a bouquet (花束) would be a great gift.
“Hello, could you please make me a bouquet of roses?” Jim said as he approached the girl.
The girl didn’t raise her head and just stared at the same spot on the ground. “I’m Cassy. Thank you for buying flowers from me,” she said. “Could you please select the flowers by yourself and give them to me? I will tie them together for you. I can’t see. ”
“Oh, I’m sorry,” Jim said as he picked the flowers and handed them to her. Within several seconds, the girl made a lovely bouquet for Jim.
“Here,” she said, holding the bouquet. “That’ll be $5.”
“Thanks. They’re beautiful,” Jim said and walked away after placing the money in the hat beside Cassy.
The next day, Jim went to work and he decided to have a quick talk with Cassy on the way. However, he didn’t see Cassy where she used to be that morning. He thought she might be late and decided to meet her the next day, but she didn’t show up for the next few days in a row (连续地).
Jim was concerned about Cassy, wondering if something bad had happened to Cassy. Surprisingly, he finally met Cassy again on the street with her flowers.
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Jim was so delighted to see Cassy that he ran to her at once.
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Jim then drove Cassy to her home, where he met her sick mother, Jade.
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I think that you are never going to be as happy as you were when you were little. There are no worries when you are little. The things that worried you most are not important things. My most memorable moments happened when I was a child. I can not remember a lot of them because I was very little but I remember the most exciting thing for me at that time.
Some of my friends that I have now have been my best friends since childhood. It is really nice to still have them in my life. Most of them I know are from school but some of them are because of our mothers. And it is really strange to think that you have spent all your life with them. We often went out for sightseeing during holidays, which really made us kids happy and helped establish sincere friendship.
One trip that I remember a lot was when I went with one of my best friend Kate to a cruise (乘船游览) to the Caribbean islands in a summer holiday when I was 10 years old. Going there was a perfect thing that I’d always dreamed of. On the way to the cruise, we were very excited. We both were going with our families. We were together all of the time. Sometimes she came to sleep in my room and sometimes I went to hers. When we got down in the islands we also spent all of the time together because our mothers are also very good friends. On the morning of the last day of the trip the cruise stopped near a mall to let tourists go into the mall to do some shopping. Both Kate’s and my parents were busy in choosing clothes and we showed no interest in clothes, so we felt a little bored, having nothing to do.
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Kate and I decided to go to a toy counter to buy some Barbie dolls.
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Tour disappointment, our mothers didn’t appear.
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Grandpa’s Old Chair
It was the annual cleaning day for the family. John and his mom were busy cleaning the house. They cleaned upstairs, downstairs, inside and outside until everything was spotless. Exhausted, they sank into the couch. Just then, John’s mom noticed an old chair that was faded and worn. That chair was for John’s grandpa, who had lived with them since John’s grandma had died.
“John, come and help me.” John’s mom sprang to her feet. “We’ll take the chair to the curb (路边). The garbage truck is picking up on our block tomorrow.”
As they attempted to move the chair, John’s grandpa made his way through the door. Seeing what was happening, he quickly tried to stop them. “No!” he protested. “You can’t take my chair.”
“But it’s so old...” John’s mom argued. “We’ll buy you a new one.”
“No,” he persisted, trying to push his chair back into place.
John’s mom finally let go of the chair and left the room. With a sigh of relief, the old man sank into his chair and closed his eyes.
“Grandpa, why won’t you let us get rid of the chair?” John asked.
“You don’t understand, John.” His grandpa shook his head and said, “I sat in this chair with your grandma right here when I asked her to marry me. And I sat in this chair the night your father was born. Many years later,” Grandpa’s voice broke, “I sat in this chair when the doctor called and told me that your grandma was ill. I was lost without her, but the chair gave me comfort and warmth.” The old man’s sadness seemed to grow as he recalled that fateful day.
“I understand now.” John looked at his grandpa and said, “This is not just any old chair. It is more like a friend.”
“Yes,” he nodded. “We’ve gone through a lot together.”
However, that night, when John and his grandpa were asleep, John’s mom and dad carried the chair outside. It was a starless night. Snow fell silently from the black sky and covered Grandpa’s chair in a blanket of white.
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The next morning, John was woken by the garbage truck pulling up to the house.
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Hearing this, John’s mom looked at his grandpa and slowly walked towards him.
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10 . I wasn’t the most popular kid in my freshman year—I mostly kept myself buried in a book alone. Ashley was very
I looked up to Ashley, and wanted to be all of her. I even tailored my next-year
One day, arriving earlier at the classroom, I overheard what they were talking about. “She’s such a(n)
I ran home and told my mother. The advice she gave was so
When I look back, I think of it as the year I grew up. Despite the pain I felt, it was a
| A．free | B．absent | C．different | D．tired |
| A．memorize | B．imagine | C．observe | D．refuse |
| A．hung out | B．turned up | C．showed off | D．broke down |
| A．position | B．research | C．admission | D．schedule |
| A．follow | B．compare | C．guide | D．settle |
| A．hero | B．enemy | C．actress | D．loser |
| A．determination | B．personality | C．competition | D．presentation |
| A．nervous | B．desperate | C．heartbroken | D．touched |
| A．shaking | B．fighting | C．spreading | D．waving |
| A．formal | B．simple | C．modest | D．serious |
| A．select | B．praise | C．like | D．thank |
| A．convince | B．control | C．discover | D．forgive |
| A．changes | B．adventures | C．hardships | D．options |
| A．Obviously | B．Originally | C．Regularly | D．Gradually |
| A．truth | B．gift | C．promise | D．chance |
