1 . When I was an incoming(即将入学的）student in University of Oxford，I participated FYSOP. Ever since then, whenever it comes up in conversation, I am met with the following question: “What is FYSOP?”     1    

FYSOP stands for First Year Student Outreach Project, which focuses around a week service to the city of Oxford and its various neighborhoods.     2     They volunteer for the Oxford community at local sites helping out schools, parks or non-profit organizations.

Students are divided into groups and led by student leaders. These leaders ensure that each place is prepared and that the students get there safely.    3    In this way the incoming students are able to reflect on what it means to give back and to be a part of the community. These conversations are important for incoming students because of the change they experience starting out in college.

    4     Students obtain valuable volunteer experiences and meet new people. Also, FYSOP participants get to move in a week earlier than most other students. This means that you get to skip out on the hurried move in schedule and might even get a slightly cheaper flight than if you were moving in with the other 140,000 college students.

    5     Through my personal experience, I met some of my best friends, got a better understanding of the layout(布局) of Oxford，and really enjoyed volunteering at various non-profits. If you are not, maybe consider staffing FYSOP in the future.

A．Here’s a brief introduction.

B．Here’s why it has been established.

C．The participants are all incoming students.

D．There are so many bonuses being a part of FYSOP!

E．If you’re an incoming student, FYSOP is worth looking into.

F．Both the community and the students benefit a lot from the project.

G．Leaders also open up conversations throughout the service experience.

2 . “Mirror,mirror on the wall.Who's the prettiest of them all?”Everyone is. Including you.No matter what TikTok's beauty trends want you to believe.

The popular video-sharing platform needs no introduction. Anyone in the world can create anything and post it on the widespread platform. But what happens when more and more fault-finding contents - especially in regard to people's looks-are created?

“You're attractive if you have 8 to 10 teeth showing when you smile.”

“Apparently， this filter （滤镜） shows how good your eyebrows look.”

“Use this effect to adjust the size of your features.”

We are born with a tendency to follow the crowd to gain approval. As a result, we look at the huge number of views on these posts and think following these trends is the right thing to do. So we hurriedly download the filters or rush to the mirror to pretend to smile broadly and curiously count our teeth.

Media has been keeping western beauty standards for generations and has failed to consider that different cultures and countries have their own beauty standards. You might not believe it, but I find dark circles (the proof you worked hard until late at night) and scars (the proof that you've survived battles) beautiful. And I'm sure there are plenty of others who do, too.

TikTok beauty standards sort people into groups according to the sizes of their noses, foreheads, or lips. They judge a person by their looks. Actually, people are whole individuals with far more interesting qualities than their forehead size.

It's the way your eyes light up when talking about your favorite book or the way you take care of your sad friend that makes you beautiful. As we age and grow wrinkles, it's the things we did that we'll be remembered for, not what we looked like 20years ago. Trust me, no one's actually counting and committing to memory how many teeth are in your smile.

1. Why is the famous line from a story used at the beginning of the passage?

A．To remind readers of the magic mirror.

B．To make the beginning understandable.

C．To introduce the author's beauty attitude.

D．To display popular belief towards TikTok.

2. Why do we follow the beauty trends according to the passage?

A．To get acceptance.	B．To satisfy curiosity.
C．To put on more posts.	D．To create a better self.

3. What is beautiful according to the author?

A．Scars from a bar fighting.	B．Dark circles from playing games.
C．Eyebrows shown through the filter.	D．A lame leg from saving a child in a fire.

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

A．Worrying Future for TikTok Followers.	B．Unique Beauty Standards on TikTok.
C．Harmful TikTok Beauty Trends.	D．Dangerous TikTok Platform.

3 . When it comes to becoming eco-conscious, many people choose to start with something simple: recycling. But it’s not as simple as everyone seems to believe.

Indeed, the desire for some people to recycle can lead to ill-informed decisions about what can and cannot be recycled, and non-recyclable objects are accidentally put into the recycling bin. The practice is what is known as wishcycling.

Wishcycling boils down to the idea that just about anything can be recycled, and that if you put it into a recycling bin, those who are responsible for it will find a way to recycle it. This is obviously not true, because, despite everything that you’ve been told by the media, not everything is recyclable.

Small non-recyclable objects that are attached to recyclables are generally acceptable. For example, glue and tape attached to paper will be removed in the recycling process without any trouble. But improperly recycling broken eyeglasses, plastic shopping bags, food waste and greasy(油渍)pizza boxes could cause problems to the recycling process.

The objects in the recycling bin are typically sorted by machines at recycling centers, not people. These complex machines are designed to separate plastics, paper, and other recyclables. If something is thrown into the bin that shouldn’t be there, it could end up damaging the machine, which means the recycling center could lose time and money every time people decide to wishcycle. Sometimes, a non-recyclable object is able to sneak(溜)past these sorting machines. If this happens, the non-recyclable object ends up in a load of recyclables that will be sold for the recycling center to make a profit. However, having just one non-recyclable thing mixed in can pollute the entire load of recyclables, which has to be thrown away.

So what you as a consumer need to do is make your own recycling practice most functional. The best way is to educate yourself. There are certain general rules when it comes to recycling that everyone should know.

1. What do we know about wishcycling?

A．It is misled by the media.	B．it leads to a better ecology.
C．It is related to ill intentions.	D．It comes from people's hope.

2. Which of the following can be put into the recycling bin according to the passage?

A．Paper with glue on it.	B．Oily pizza boxes.
C．Plastic shopping bags.	D．Left-over food.

3. What is paragraph 5 about?

A．The problems from wishcycling.	B．The need to update the machines.
C．The reasons for making less profit.	D．The objects unsuitable for recycling.

4. What might be talked about in the paragraph that follows?

A．Reducing waste.	B．Making rules.
C．Recycling properly.	D．Consuming wisely.

4 . Are you moving out for the school term when you have food that you don’t want or no longer need? Donate it through Student Food Rescue’s food drive-Holiday Food Rescue!

Student Food Rescue at the Boston University Community Service Center is collecting non-perishable(不易腐烂的)food from students across campus. Whether it’s unopened canned or boxed food you already own or you decide to buy a few extra canned goods during your next grocery store trip, all food will be donated to local soup kitchens, homeless shelters and organizations that help fight food insecurity in the Boston area.

When and Where Can I Drop Off Food?

We will be collecting food from December 13th to December 18th. To make the donation processes as easy and accessible for students of Boston University, there will be donation boxes at various places across campus:

East Campus: Myles Standish Hall

Central Campus:Community Service Center

South Campus:518 Park Dr near the mailroom

West Campus:Sleeper Hall near the entrance to West dining hall

West Campus:1019 Commonwealth Ave

Donations will be collected in big cardboard boxes on the ground. There will be a public notice attached to the box, so it is clearly identifiable.

Where Will the Donations Be Taken?

The sourced donations will be taken to select community partners in the Greater Boston Area.

Have Questions?

Feel free to reach out to the SFR Program Managers Saahil Adusumilli and Alexia Lance at sfr@bu.edu.

1. Who is the drive to help?

A．The owners of nearby stores.

B．Students in Boston University.

C．The local people in need of food.

D．Some food organizations around.

2. How many days do the donations last?

A．5.

B．6.

C．13.

D．18.

3. At which place are the donations collected on South Campus?

A．Myles Standish Hall.

B．1019 Commonwealth Ave.

C．Community Service Center.

D．518 Park Dr near the mailroom.

5 . Japanese artist Ei Wada discovered that old television sets made great percussion instruments(打击乐器) by mistake, but he managed to turn this inadvertent discovery into an art. Today, his unique Braun Tube Jazz Band is famous all over the world.

Wada first became interested in percussion music at the age of four, after attending a Gamelan music performance in Indonesia. He was impressed by the sound of the percussion instruments, recalling that he felt “taken to another world”. This memory stuck with him, and a few years later, while playing some old cassette tapes, he realized that the sounds they produced were very similar to the Gamelan music that had made such a big impression on him. Since then, he has been focusing on producing sounds with old devices that people usually throw away.

While attending university, Wada met three other boys who shared their love for unconventional musical instruments, and together they founded Open Reel Ensemble—a band that specializes in making music with other old tech. And that’s how the Japanese musician discovered his most successful instrument—the old TV sets.

Wada said it happened completely by mistake. After plugging a sound cable into a composite(复合的) video connector port and seeing the sound on the screen as an image, he started pairing many TVs with PC-controlled video decks at different pitches(音高), thus turning them into percussion instruments. Then, he connected the guitar to his feet and started touching the TV screens to produce buzzing noise. Today, he can make the old television sets sound like electric drums.

The Japanese artist uses old TVs to transform light into sound. It sounds strange, but just take a look at the video of Wada performing and you'll see it's actually pretty cool.

1. What does the underlined word “inadvertent” in paragraph l mean?

A．Wonderful.

B．Mysterious.

C．Accidental.

D．Creative.

2. What happened to Ei Wada after attending a Gamelan music performance in Indonesia?

A．He began doing scientific experiments.

B．He became interested in percussion music.

C．He began making percussion instruments himself.

D．He formed his own band—Braun Tube Jazz Band.

3. When did Ei Wada found Open Reel Ensemble?

A．After he graduated from college.

B．Before he attended a Gamelan music performance.

C．When he played some old cassette tapes.

D．When he was studying at a university.

4. What does the fourth paragraph mainly talk about?

A．Ei Wada’s passion for music.

B．The influence of Braun Tube Jazz Band.

C．Ei Wada’s impression on the Gamelan music.

D．How Ei Wada turned old TVs into percussion instruments.

6 . Some ways to help and protect wildlife

There are more than 7 billion people on Earth. Imagine what will happen if every one of us is willing to do one thing — no matter how small — to protect wildlife every day.     1    . Here are some ways to help and protect wildlife.

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Take a walk and see and enjoy the wildlife all around you — the birds, reptiles and small and large mammals (哺乳动物). Spend more time outside appreciating, enjoying and learning about wildlife.

Speak up for wildlife

    3    . Call on more people to become concerned about wild animals’ survival. Share your passion for wildlife conservation (保护) with your family. Tell your friends how they can help. Ask everyone you know to stop illegal wildlife trade, wild animals used for entertainment, and much more.

Pick up litter

Picking up litter can save the life of an animal. Litter isn’t just ugly, it’s harmful. Birds and other animals can trap their heads in plastic rings. Fish can get stuck in nets. Plus, trash pollutes everyone’s natural resources.     4    .

Donate or volunteer

When you visit your local zoos and nature reserves, pay the recommended entry fee. Your donations help maintain these conservation areas.     5    . Many organizations and zoos have volunteer programs. You can help clean beaches, rescue wild animals or teach visitors.

A．Go outside and connect with wildlife

B．Do your part by putting trash in its place

C．Become a voice for wildlife on social media

D．Find new ways to use things you already own

E．If you don’t have money to give, donate your time

F．Learn more about our planet’s species from experts

G．Even minor actions can have a difference when we all work together

7 . Are you considering visiting some places in a few weeks, or a few months’ time, and are you looking for the safest places to travel? If yes, this travel guide will provide some places you can visit.

New Zealand

New Zealand has proven to be the world’s safest places to travel after Iceland and they are known for their wonderful dishes such as fish & chips, Hokey Pokey Ice Cream, etc. Whangarei Falls is a twenty-four feet high flowing water with a beautiful view that makes it one of the best waterfalls looking attractive in photographs.

Belize

A visit to Belize would give you experiences such as world-class diving, explorations of jungles, etc. When you are in Belize, you should try the following foods: Rice and Beans, Tamales, Stewed Chicken, Fry Jacks and lots more. Belize is known for Mayan ruins and caves, jungle adventures, and is also known as “Nature’s best-kept secret”.

Greenland

Greenland is said to be a place where you do not have to worry about crime, so you need not worry too much about your safety. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, and it is the world’s largest island. Major tourist offers in Greenland include trips on hiking, tours on dog sledding (雪橇), watching of icebergs, etc.

Tunisia

Tunisia is said to be one of the most visited African countries. Some attractive places include its great capital city of Tunis, the beach resorts of Mahdia and La Kabash Square in Tunis. Tunisia is popular for her beaches which have this golden ring and pocket-friendly expensive items. Tunisians are always willing to help. Some of the delicious dishes that Tunisians enjoy include Traditional Tunisian Bread, Tajine, Meats, etc.

1. What makes New Zealand attractive?

A．Beautiful waterfall.	B．Jungle adventures.
C．Low crime rates.	D．Golden beaches.

2. Which place should you go to if you are fond of diving?

A．New Zealand.	B．Belize.
C．Greenland.	D．Tunisia.

3. What can be known about Tunisia?

A．Tunis is the world’s largest port city.	B．It is the most visited country in Africa.
C．Tunisians are both warm and friendly.	D．It offers first-class hiking experience.

8 . No matter what profession or occupation you hold you will need to work with others to meet your goals. Group work is a great way to showcase your own skills while getting help from your teammates in areas where you might not be as strong.     1    

Clarify the team expectations so everyone is on the same page.     2     It’s likely that each teammate has a different idea about what’s expected of them, as well as what everyone else needs to be doing. It’s essential that the team discuss these expectations and agree on one universal list of expectations that everyone will follow.

    3     No one likes a teammate who barely contributes to the project. Take on an equal part of the work, and speak up if you realize you aren’t doing your fair share. Not only will your group mates appreciate your work ethic, it will show your supervisor or instructor that you’re a good team player.

Direct your concern toward the problem, not your teammates. Don’t accuse or blame anyone on your team for causing the conflict, even if you believe they did.     4     Have your team work through conflict, using it to their benefit.

Focus on the success of the group, not your personal success. When you’re on a team, everyone’s success depends on each member working toward a common goal.     5     Keep your focus on your team’s success, and your own success will follow.

A．Make sure you do an equal share of the work.

B．Volunteer to take on extra work when necessary.

C．Treat the team’s accomplishments as a group success.

D．Our guide will show you how to boost your teamwork skills.

E．State the issue you’re having, then listen to what everyone has to say.

F．Instead, keep all of your comments focused on the issue and how your team can solve it.

G．This can include explaining the expectations or asking questions if you find them unclear.

9 . An augmented-reality (增强现实的) helmet that gives cyclists a 360-degree view of the road could help prevent accidents.

Unlike cars, bicycles don't come with rear view mirrors (后视镜), which is why British product design firm DCA created the Optic helmet. The helmet has front and rear cameras and a drop-down visor (面罩) that can display road conditions in real-time from the rear camera onto a rider's field of view. The visor can show warnings. If a vehicle is overtaking (超过) the rider, it can warn the rider by combining data from the cameras on the front and back of the helmet. In addition, the Optic helmet can provide GPS navigation information for riders who want to track their performance. The design is now just a concept, but it won the “Best of the Best” Red Dot Design Award recently.

Richard Price, a designer at DCA and the brains behind the project, said the helmet is aimed at reducing cycling accidents. Because the helmet is just a concept design, some of the details have yet to be decided, such as the exact method for projecting video onto the visor. However, Price said Google Glass has already shown that this is practical. The Optic helmet will be able to connect to a smartphone via Bluetooth to allow maps and routing information to be updated, but actual navigation will be carried out by the helmet using its onboard (自身携带的) GPS unit. It can be controlled either by a touchpad next to the visor or by using gestures picked up by the front camera.

“Users can order what is shown in the visor to suit their needs and to make sure the display doesn't distract them.” Price said. Since the designs were made public, Price said the design firm has received plenty of positive feedback from cyclists and cycling companies. But actually, putting the device into production will require lots of money, so it is unclear when or if the helmet will be available to consumers.

1. Which is NOT right about the Optic helmet?

A．It has been put into mass production.

B．It can provide GPS navigation information.

C．It can give cyclists a 360-degree view of the road.

D．It has front and rear cameras to provide road information.

2. What can we know from the text?

A．Richard Price designed the Optic helmet.

B．Google offered help in designing the helmet.

C．The Optic helmet is mainly made of steel.

D．Consumers can order the new helmet online now.

3. Why has the helmet been designed?

A．To win the Red Dot Design Award.

B．To make a large amount of profit.

C．To help reduce cycling accidents.

D．To give cyclists a cool experience.

4. What is the possible attitude of the public towards the Optic helmet?

A．Critical.	B．Doubtful.
C．Negative.	D．Positive.