1 . China has set new rules limiting the amount of time children can play online games. The rules limit children to just three hours of online game playing a week. That is one hour between 8 p. m. and 9 p. m. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday most weeks.
Li Zhanguo has two children aged 4 and 8. Even though they do not have smartphones, they enjoy playing online games. Like many other parents. Li is happy with new government rules. But experts say it is unclear if such policies can help prevent addiction to online games. Children might just get addicted to social media instead. In the end, experts say, parents should be the ones to set limits and support good practice.
There has been a growing concern in China about gaming addiction among children. Government reports in 2018 found that about one in ten Chinese children were addicted to the Internet. The new rules are part of an effort to prevent young people from spending too much time on unhealthy entertainment. That includes what officials call the “irrational fan culture”
Under the new rules, the responsibility for making sure children play only three hours a day as largely on Chinese gaming companies like Net Ease and Ten cent. Companies have set up real-name registration systems to prevent young users from going past game time limits. They have used facial recognition technology to check their identities. And they have also set up a program that permits people to report what is against the law. It is unclear what punishments gaming companies may face if they do not carry out the policies. And even if such policies are performed, it is also unclear whether they can prevent online addiction.
A specialist treating Internet addiction expects about 20 percent of children will find ways to break the rules by borrowing accounts of their older relatives and find a way around facial recognition. In his opinion, short-video alps such as Douyin and Kuaishou are also very popular in China. They are not under the same restrictions as games.
1. When can children play games according to the new rules?| A．Between 8 p. m. and 9 p. m. On Friday. | B．Between 8 p. m. and 9 p. m. On Tuesday. |
| C．Between 10 p. m. and 11 p. m. On Saturday. | D．Between 10 p. m. and all p. m. On Thursday. |
| A．the new rules can stop children’s addiction to social media |
| B．companies are more responsible for kids ‘ obeying the rules |
| C．the new rules will help prevent children playing online games |
| D．parents play a greater part in limiting the time of online games |
| A．Design an advanced program. | B．Use facial recognition systems. |
| C．Set up real-name registration systems. | D．Borrow accounts of their older relatives. |
| A．Rules Limiting Short-video alps | B．Rules Limiting Video Game Time |
| C．Rules Banning Irrational Fan Culture | D．Rules Breaking Addition to Social Media |
2 . Liu Xiuxiang was born in a poor family. When he was 4, his father died. His mother developed mental (精神的) health problems. When he was 10, his elder brother and sisters left and never returned. To make a living, Liu collected rubbish, and in high school he worked 18 hours a day during summer vacations. However difficult it was, he never gave up his study.
In 2007, Liu failed the Gaokao. He got lost. He wondered if he should continue studying. After working in a bathhouse for about 50 days, he decided to go back to school. In 2008, he finally passed the Gaokao and went to university.
After graduation, he became a history teacher in his hometown. “I want to come back to tell the children, who are as poor and lost as I was, that education has changed my life.” Liu set a good example for them to take control of lives through education.
Now Liu gives speeches around the country. His story inspires (鼓舞) many students and encourages people to help those from poor families. Since 2012, he has helped more than 1,900 students and called on more teachers to work in poor areas to improve the quality (质量) of education.
Liu was titled “the most beautiful teacher” in 2020. His story moves us a lot.
1. How long did Liu Xiuxiang work during summer vacations in high school?| A．4 hours a day. | B．10 hours a day. | C．12 hours a day. | D．18 hours a day. |
| A．丢失的 | B．错过的 | C．迷路的 | D．迷茫的 |
| A．speeches | B．money | C．education | D．jobs |
| A．space | B．time | C．persons | D．opinion |
3 . You must have many hobbies, reading, painting and so on. One day, you happen to see a poster, “World Book Day.” Interested, you stop and read the poster.
Hello and welcome to World Book Day
World Book Day is here to change lives through a love of books and shared reading, and bring books to the children who need them most. World Book Day is an excellent chance for everyone to celebrate the joy of reading.
·Share A Story Live-our exciting digital events programme beaming authors straight into your school.
·Raising money, raising readers-our fund-raising ideas to help us change lives through reading.
·World Book Day Book Club-a new online reading community.
·Share A Story Corner-stories to encourage families to read together.
Happy World Book Day!
For up-to-date information, visit our website worldbookday.com!
1. World Book Day is a special day for people to ________.| A．celebrate the joy of reading | B．change lives by raising money |
| C．meet famous authors at home | D．enjoy writing in local communities |
| A．Share A Story Live | B．Share A Story Corner |
| C．World Book Day Book Club | D．Raising money, raising readers |
| A．catch readers’ attention | B．encourage families to write books |
| C．help readers form reading habits | D．recommend different types of books |
4 . Australians are pretty bold (大胆的) when it comes to humour. Not afraid of saying something insulting (冒犯的) in the name of a good laugh, they generally don’t hold back. This is always done in fun, however.
You get yourself a haircut before going to meet your new Aussie friend. You’re expecting to be praised, but what you hear is, “Did ya have a fight with a lawnmower (割草机)?” You might take this as an insult, but it’s just your friend’s way of saying that you’ve had a haircut.
Your friend comes knocking at your bedroom door one morning to tell you’re late for class. You were up studying late the night before and you look a mess. Your friend thinks you need to put a brush through your hair before leaving, but instead of just saying so he says, “Wow. Your hair looks like a bush pig’s arse.” He’s trying to be nice.
Australia is one of the cultures on this planet where making fun of someone is a sign of friendship. If you find yourself being made fun of lots, it could be that you’ve scored yourself a whole lot of new friends. Consider yourself lucky — these insults are all part of building a relationship.
Australians also use a lot of sarcasm (讽刺). You foolishly say something that’s obvious. For example, “A six pack of beer is named after the number of beers you get in the pack, the number being six.” A normal answer would be, “That is the most obvious statement I’ve ever heard”, but an Australian would say, “Really? You’re so clever.”
Now let’s say your teacher tells you that there will be a test the following day. Australians might say, “Great. I can’t wait to add preparing for a test to my already long to-do list. Thank you for this gift.”
1. What does the author advise you to do when you are laughed at by an Australian?| A．Accept it readily. |
| B．Fight back bravely. |
| C．Mind your behaviour. |
| D．End the relationship. |
| A．Dislike. | B．Worry. |
| C．Gladness. | D．Thankfulness. |
| A．By telling stories. |
| B．By making comparisons. |
| C．By providing examples. |
| D．By examining differences. |
| A．by telling funny jokes |
| B．by making fun of friends |
| C．by laughing at themselves |
| D．by showing unfriendliness |
5 . One of the stories goes like this：in ancient times, there was a hero named Hou Yi who was excellent at shooting(射击).One year, there were ten suns in the sky, and the strong heat from them caused a lot of problems for people. Hou Yi shot down nine of the suns and left only one to provide light. After that, many people came to learn shooting from him. Hou Yi later got married to the kind and beautiful Chang’e.
An immortal(神仙) gave Hou Yi a kind of medicine that could make him live forever, but he didn’t want to leave Chang’e, so he let her keep the medicine.On the fifteenth of August, Feng Meng, one of Hou Yi’s students, wanted to take the medicine away when Hou Yi went out. Chang’e didn’t want to give it to him, so she had to take the medicine herself and flew up into the sky. Since she loved her husband very much and hoped to live nearby, she chose to stay on the moon.
When Hou Yi came back and learned about what had happened, he was very sad. He put the fruit and cakes that Chang’e liked in the yard to show her his love. People soon learned about this, and began to copy Hou Yi’s activities. From then on, the custom of enjoying the full moon during the MidAutumn Festival was kept.
1. What is NOT one of the names of the MidAutumn Festival?_________| A．Zhongqiu Festival. | B．The Double Ninth Festival. |
| C．Moon Festival. | D．Mooncake Festival. |
| A．On the thirteenth of August in the lunar calendar. |
| B．On the fourteenth of August in the lunar calendar. |
| C．On the fifteenth of August in the lunar calendar. |
| D．On the sixteenth of August in the lunar calendar. |
| A．she didn’t love Hou Yi any more | B．she didn’t want to give it to Feng Meng |
| C．she wanted to live on the moon | D．she wanted to live longer than her husband |
| A．It was closer to her husband. | B．The moon was very beautiful. |
| C．She had no other place to go. | D．The medicine was produced on the moon. |
| A．What people eat on MidAutumn Festival. | B．Games and activities on MidAutumn Festival. |
| C．How people celebrate the MidAutumn Festival. | D．The origin(由来) of MidAutumn Festival. |
6 . Chinese are very generous(慷慨的) in educating their children. Not caring about the money, parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the United States and Australia. They also want their children to take extra-course activities such as musical instrument learning or ballet (芭蕾) classes, or other classes. They think these will give them a good future. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is. So parents will spend much unreasonable(不合理的) money on education. Even poor parents will buy a computer for their son or daughter.
However, what most parents fail to see is that the best early education they can give their children is usually very cheap.
Parents can see that their children are very good in some areas while poor in others. Parents also can see some children are good at these skills and others do well in others. Most parents fail to realize that today’s children lack(缺乏) self-respect and self-confidence.
The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take tests and how to study well, but parents are not teaching them the most important skills that they need to be confident, happy and clever.
Parents can achieve this by teaching skills like cooking, sewing(缝纫) and doing other housework. Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking needs patience and time. It is an enjoyable but difficult experience. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and finish his job successfully. His result, a well-cooked dinner, will give him much satisfaction and lots of self-confidence.
Some old machines, such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your child to play with will make him curious(好奇心) and improve his interest. He will spend hours looking at them, trying to fix them. Your child might become an engineer when he grows up. These activities are not only teaching a child to read a book, but rather to think, to use his mind. And that is more important.
1. Parents in China, according to this passage, ____________.| A．are too strict with their children | B．are too rich to educate their children |
| C．are too poor to educate their children | D．have some problems in educating children correctly |
| A．Education is very important to children. |
| B．Today’s children lack self-respect and self-confidence. |
| C．Today’s children lack of skills for tests. |
| D．Taking extra-courses is useful for children’s future. |
| A．come from their parents | B．have nothing to do with their education |
| C．may be different from child to child | D．have much to do with their marks in the exams |
| A．learn how to serve their parents | B．learn how to become strong and fat |
| C．learn to work hard and be full of confidence | D．make their parents believe that they are clever |
| A．the parents’ ideas of educating children | B．the country’s education system |
| C．the children’s skills | D．the children’s hobbies |
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| A．In a shop. | B．In a mall. | C．On the Internet. | D．In a supermarket. |
| A．2 | B．5 | C．8 | D．10 |
| A．some buttons | B．a handbag | C．a tea pot | D．a children bicycle |
| A．three | B．five | C．seven | D．ten |
| A．two handbags | B．500 buttons | C．a handbag and a bicycle | D．a tea pot and ahandbag |
8 . When I was five or six years old, I remember watching TV and seeing other children suffer in other parts of the world. I would say to myself, “When I grow up, when I can get rich, I will save kids all over the world.”
At 17, I started my career here in America, and at the age of 18, I started my first charity organization. I went on to team up with other organizations in the following years, and met, helped, and even lost some of the most beautiful souls, from six-year-old Jasmina Anema who passed away in 2010 from leukemia(白血病), and whose story inspired thousands to volunteer as donors, to my grandmother who lost her battle against cancer in 2012. And her death is the very reason and the driving force behind the Clara Lionel Foundation(CLF). We’re all humans. And we all just want a chance: a chance of life, a chance of education, a chance of a future, really. And at the CLF, our mission is to impact as many lives as possible, but it starts with just one.
People make it seem too hard to do charity work. The truth is that you don’t have to be rich to help others. You don’t need to be famous. You don’t even have to be college-educated. But it can start with your neighbor, the person right next to you, the person sitting next to you in class, and the kid down the block in your neighborhood. You just do whatever you can to help in any way that you can. And today, I want to challenge each of you to make a decision to help one person, one organization, one situation that touches your heart. My grandmother used to say, “If you’ve got a dollar, there’s plenty to share.”
1. What did the author want to do at a young age?| A．Watch TV. | B．Help other children. |
| C．Become wealthy. | D．Grow up quickly. |
| A．A six-year-old kid’s request. | B．Many volunteers inspiration. |
| C．Her grandmother’s death of cancer. | D．Other organizations’ encouragement. |
| A．A chance. | B．A life. |
| C．A task. | D．An organization. |
| A．Challenge their friends to offer help. |
| B．Work hard to get a college education. |
| C．Do little things to help those around them. |
| D．Share everything they have. |
9 . Hearing aids will become more accessible thanks to a new rule. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Tuesday that people can now buy hearing aids directly from a store or online, said FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf. Before, Americans could only get a hearing aid with a prescription, visiting a hearing health professional and having a custom fitting. The new rule will help those with hearing loss to buy hearing aids over the counter.
Dr. Robert Califf said, “Today’s action will not only help those with hearing loss gain access to more affordable and innovative production options, but it’ll release the power of American industry to improve the technology in a way it’ll impact the heavy burden of disability from hearing loss that affects the world.”
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) lauded the new rule made by the FDA. “ASHA fully supports the creation of this new category of over-the-counter hearing devices, which will increase the availability and affordability of hearing aids for many Americans,” said Janice R. Trent, a leader of ASHA.
The new rule still doesn’t ensure hearing aids are covered by insurance. Hearing aids often burn a huge hole in people’s pockets with a pair costing $4,000, according to a study published in JAMA. Considering that five large companies control 90% of the global marketplace for hearing aids, FDA is counting on the new rule to bring down prices by inviting more players into the market.
“I have a big smile on my face right now,” said Dr. Frank Lin, director of the Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health. “In 1977, the only way for hearing aids to be safe and effective was that they were programmed, fitted and professionally adjusted by a licensed provider. Now the new rule could change the market. This allows more companies that are already making innovative earbuds to enter the market.”
1. What does Dr. Robert Califf focus on about the new rule in paragraph 2?| A．The background of making it. | B．Its possible positive influences. |
| C．His worries over its acceptance. | D．His explanations of its contents. |
| A．Challenged. | B．Rejected. | C．Praised. | D．Adjusted. |
| A．There is little competition. | B．They are in great demand. |
| C．They are of excellent quality. | D．More insurance is required. |
| A．More and more companies will be well monitored. |
| B．Hearing aids will be much safer and more effective. |
| C．The market of hearing aids will be more dynamic. |
| D．The process of making hearing aids will be simpler. |
10 . Please sit and click through the following online shopping websites to find the items you have been wanting to get but haven’t had time to leave the house for.
Overstock
Overstock holds tons of items in categories like furniture, home improvement, outdoor, clothing, kitchen, and many other departments. Visit the home page to see featured sales and top deals. Once you’re viewing all the items from a search or other sections of the site, there’re many relevant filtering (筛选) options. For example, if you’re looking for dining room tables, you can filter them by price, shape, material, color, brand, rating, and more.
Etsy
Anything from homemade soap to handcrafted (手工制作的) necklaces can be found at this global marketplace. You won’t find the latest movies on Etsy, but you can certainly find innovative crafts made by people in their homes. Moreover, Etsy is a great way for people who craft marketable items to make a little money on the site.
Zappos
Zappos originally started with just shoes but has since expanded to offer all sorts of items, everything from women’s clothing to kids’ clothing, accessories for men and handbags. The website is organized well with Women, Men, Kids, Brands, Departments, and Sale being the major menu items. The website is particularly well-known thanks to countless customer-submitted stories of Zappos’ employees going above and beyond to ensure their customers’ shopping experiences are good.
Wish
Known by many as a cheap online shopping website, Wish is the place to go if you’re looking for extraordinary deals. If you can deal with the occasional long waits to get your items, the deals might be worth it. Some of the categories you can browse through include toys, gadgets, home decoration, fashion, shoes and phone upgrades. Blitz Buy is a section of this shopping website where you can spin a wheel to get money off your purchase.
1. Which website is the best choice for craftsmen wanting to set up their own storefronts?| A．Overstock. | B．Etsy. | C．Zappos. | D．Wish. |
| A．Its filtering options. | B．Its influential advertising. |
| C．Its customer service. | D．Its frequent discounts. |
| A．It helps you save money. | B．It provides fast delivery. |
| C．It offers the latest products. | D．It shares good shopping tips. |
