1 . When a friend comes to you after a stressful day, how do you comfort him? Do you let him complain? Do you pour him a glass of coffee? Those could work. But a new study finds that a very effective technique is also simple and easy—hugging.

“Individuals who reported noticing the availability of a network of supportive individuals tend to show better adaptation when faced with stress. But just because you have a support network does not mean that you absolutely feel that support,” said Michael Murphy, a psychology expert at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. He wanted to know if people who received hugs regularly could handle anxiety and stress better.

So Murphy and his team interviewed 404 men and women every evening for two weeks. During these interviews, the participants were asked a simple yes or no question—whether somebody had hugged them that day—and a simple yes or no question of whether they had experienced conflict with somebody that day. They also were asked to respond to questions about negative and positive mood states.

And the researchers found that people who experienced a conflict were not as negatively affected if they received a hug that day as participants who experienced conflict and didn’t get a hug. And they were also found not to carry the negative effect to the next day, while those who did not receive one would. The findings are in PLOS ONE.

Murphy does include this warning: “So our findings should not be taken as evidence that people should just start hugging anyone and everyone who seems upset. A hug from one boss at work or a stranger on the street could be viewed as neither agreeable nor positive.”

1. Why does the writer write the first paragraph?

A．To introduce the topic of the text.	B．To tell the background information.
C．To show the importance of a hug.	D．To make a summary of the text.

2. The aim of the researchers interviewing those people is to ______.

A．find out causes of their conflicts	B．ask for advice on relieving stress
C．test the influence of hugging	D．seek ways to comfort troubled people

3. What is one of the results of the study?

A．People not receiving a hug are affected less negatively than those with a hug.

B．People receiving a hug will get better immediately from the conflict.

C．People not receiving a hug stop being affected by the conflict the next day.

D．People receiving a hug are less affected by the conflict than those with no hug.

4. What do Murphy’s words warn in the end?

A．The interview results prove their findings.

B．There are some limitations of their findings.

C．People should hug others regularly and actively.

D．A boss should comfort workers by hugging.

2 . Over 70 percent of the “double single-child couples” in China need help from their parents in taking care of their own kids, according to a recent survey.

Women of China magazine and a consulting company carried out a survey recently on young couples of the “single-child” generation, the Morning Post reports. The couples surveyed were around 29 and have been married for three years on average, with university education and monthly income of 4,000 yuan. Among them, 43.5 percent have kids.

Results show that 71.9 percent of the young couples have help from their parents in taking care of their kids.

Grown up as the “single-child”, the only child in a family since the family planning policy (政策) was adopted in 1979, this generation depends much on their parents.

The parents of the “single-child” generation focused more on their children’s physical well-being rather than their attitudes and values, according to some psychologists.

The research also found that the “double single-child couples” follow a rather traditional value system.

Survey shows that 27.5 percent of them got married after dating for one to two years, 25.2 percent two to five years, and 20 percent didn’t tie the knot until dating for five years. Also, 30 percent of the couples were schoolmates, while 43.8 percent were introduced by someone.

Since their marriage is based on enduring relationships, 65.2 percent of the husbands and 62.9 percent of the wives think that compromise and tolerance are necessary in their marriage. Meanwhile, 21.7 percent of the husbands and 37.1 percent of the wives support the idea that happiness is the key standard for a marriage.

1. The best title for the text should be ______.

A．The Problem of the Single Child

B．Single-child Family Planning Policy

C．Mom and Dad, Take Care of My Kid Please

D．A Recent Survey by Women of China

2. Which of the following statements is NOT supported in the text?

A．Most “double single-child couples” in China depend much on their parents.

B．Less than 40 percent of the wives think happiness is of significance in marriage.

C．43.5 percent of the double single-child couples surveyed have children.

D．The parents of the “single-child” generation care more about their education.

3. What does the underlined part “tie the knot” mean in the text?

A．get tied	B．get married
C．have kids	D．have jobs

3 . 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：在错的词下划一横线，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。

It was raining heavy when I got up yesterday. After a quick breakfast, I took a umbrella with me and went to school in a hurry. It was fifteen minutes after school began. I was running quickly when I see an old man walking slowly in the rain. I stopped, wondered whether to help him or not, as I might be late for school. Then I made a decision walk him home. About ten minutes late, we arrived at his house. He thanked for me again and again. I was late when I got to school. Hearing my story, the head teacher, that was giving his lecture, praised me before all the student.

4 . 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，并在该词下而写出修改后的词。
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。

The other day, I was invited my friend Sam's home for dinner. I felt a bit surprising when I saw Bill there. It was two month since we two had quarreled, so I was embarrassed and didn't know how to do. I sat down on the sofa but began to watch TV. Later, Sam came to ask me to make up with Bill. Until then I realize that Sam had arranged the dinner on purpose. He went up to Bill and greeted him warmly, smile at him. He looked verb happy and talked with me excited. That night, we had a great fun together.

5 . What happens when human beings are not allowed to sleep for long periods of time? To answer this question, a New Yorker, Peter Tripp, offered to stay awake 200 hours.     1    

After three days of staying awake, he began to show signs of his mental breakdown. He laughed at things that were not funny, and wept(哭泣)at things that were not sad. Complaining of pressure caused by a hat on his head, he tried repeatedly to take it off. Tripp, of course, was not wearing a hat.

    2     Then he imagined he was in another city; he tried to run away from the building, insisting it was on fire; and he thought the 200-hour mark had been passed but that the doctors were still trying to keep the experiment going. After 200 hours without sleep, “Tripp,” said the doctors, “was suffering from mental illness.”     3    

Hardly able to stand, Tripp was helped across the street to a room in a hotel.     4     The doctors predicted he would sleep for twenty or thirty hours. “Peter Tripp will sleep the deepest sleep in history”, said the doctors. Tripp slept all right—for nine hours and eleven minutes. When he awoke, his first words were, “I feel fine.”     5    

A．He was nearly mad.

B．After a medical check, his greatly surprised watchers said that he was sound and well.

C．On the fourth day, he could still think about things clearly.

D．He was awake.

E．On the fifth day he cried out that a doctor’s jacket looked like crawling worms.

F．There, after being awake for 201 hours and thirteen minutes, he fell asleep.

G．During that time Tripp was observed by a group of doctors, who reported on his progress.

6 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的词(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

To celebrate the birthday is important in one’s life in China. When one is young, usually he will eat noodles before his birthday,     1     the long noodles indicate the longevity in China. After middle age, his birthday will be     2    (great) than before. On the wedding day, it is also a custom to serve various nuts as good     3    (wish) to the couple.

To most Chinese people, returning home after long     4    (absent) or departure from home is     5    (equal) important and there are dining customs     6    (connect) with this. The return home is greeted with noodles and off home while a farewell     7    (offer) with dumplings. This is especially popular in Northeast China. In Central China, when a baby is born, the happy father will send red boiled eggs to announce     8     news. Eggs with a black pointed end and dots in a number such as six or eight, indicate a boy’s birth; those without a black pointed end and dots in a number like five or seven say the baby is a girl.

In addition     9     these, fish has always been used     10    (suggest) the accumulation of prosperity and wealth with meals on New Year’s Eve.

7 . The expression “a thirst for knowledge” may soon have a new meaning for millions of people who have no way to get clean water. Researchers have developed a book with specially treated pages that can turn dirty water into clean and drinkable water. They say their invention could improve the lives of many in the developing world.

About 700 million people around the world are at risk of disease or even death because their drinking water is not clean. The water is polluted by harmful bacteria.

The book contains 25 pages. Each page is about one millimeter thick. The pages contain very small particles of silver. The pages can be used as filters to remove harmful microorganisms that can pollute drinking water. The filter kills the organisms that pass through it.

Pictures on the pages show the dangers of dirty water and how to use the book for those unable to read. The pages are made of filter paper. They are designed to be torn from the book. Water can be poured through the paper to be cleaned.

Ms. Dankovich, the inventor, says each page can treat up to 100 liters of water. She recently presented her invention at the meeting of the American Chemical Society in Boston, Massachusetts. She was asked whether she had considered adding classic literature on the book’s pages.

“The idea of classic texts — that’s of interest maybe later. We have discussed a little bit more exciting text. But we really haven’t had the time to go through that part,” she says.

Teri Dankovich and another researcher tested the drinkable book in Bangladesh, Ghana and South Africa. The tests proved to be successful.

Water for Life, a non-governmental organization, has provided financial support for the project.

1. What do we learn about the book from the text?

A．It sells well around the world.	B．It is about environment protection.
C．It has pages with several functions.	D．It can treat about 100 liters of water.

2. What does the underlined phrase “that part” in Paragraph 6 refer to?

A．Classic texts.	B．Invention presentation.
C．Exciting discussion.	D．Financial support.

3. What is the main idea of the passage?

A．Researchers have found a way to save those being ill.

B．Millions of people are in great need of drinkable water.

C．Knowledge is as important as drinkable water.

D．Book pages could provide safe drinking water.

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

Have you ever tasted or perhaps heard of sugar painting? As fewer people choose to make sugar paintings, the traditional Chinese folk craft might have become a    1    (distance) memory in some ways. However, a 38-year-old craftsman, Li Jiangzhong, is devoted to     2     (keep) the art of sugar painting alive.

Li worked as a miner for more than ten years. After the mine closed down, Li turned     3     housing decoration until he     4     (force) to give that up due to a finger injury. Earlier this year, he discovered sugar painting, something he really had     5     interest in.

Since there was no sugar painting craftsman in his village, he studied by     6    (he) through large quantities of videos and information on the Internet. Li loved painting when he was young, and he found it easy to learn the skill in sugar painting. He soon mastered the skill and could make     7     (vary) of sugar paintings. A sugar painting is made with     8            (melt) brown or white sugar. Craftsman     9    (basic) paint animals and flowers on a stone board with the syrup (糖浆). When the sugar cools down,     10    appears is a piece of sugar art.

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1. When would you leave on Tuesday from MHK to ORD?

A．5:50 a.m.

B．1:30 p.m.

C．4:03 p.m.

D．8:25 p.m.

2. Which flight would you take if you go from DFW to MHK on Monday night?

A．3589.

B．4179.

C．3532.

D．3523.

3. What should you do if you want to take a flight from MHK to DFW?

A．Buy an ERJ-145 ticket ahead of time.

B．Follow the schedule after August 4th 2020.

C．Check in at least 45 minutes earlier than departure time.

D．Arrive at the airport one hour earlier before departure time.

10 . 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。答案写在题号后的横线上。

From something tasty     1     good skincare, the mushroom (蘑菇) is experiencing something amazing. “I have come to the conclusion that much can be learned about music by     2     (devote) oneself to the mushroom,” says John Cage in his book. The experimental musician was not alone in     3     (he) belief that the mushroom is, in fact, quite valuable. Chefs, skincare experts, and     4     (artist) alike are harvesting the various benefits of the mushroom for their own creations. Recent studies have shown that the mushroom is not only a tasty addition,     5     also a large source of health benefits. A daily dosage (剂量) is said to make sure that your blood sugar     6     (remain) balanced. Beauty experts are also making good use of the unique benefits of mushrooms. “I was so excited     7     (discover) the wide range of amazing benefits mushrooms have in the skin, says Dr. Dennis Gross,     8     has used mushrooms in his skincare line. The mushroom will     9     (certain) become an even more popular ingredient, as our growing attention to health leads to a     10     (great) interest in natural solutions.