1 . Covid-19 has brought a great deal of trouble for all of us since March 2020. During this time, mobile phones have been the solution for the boredom and restlessness caused from staying indoors. The most downloaded apps on play store 2020 are;

TikTok

TikTok was the most downloaded app. With over 111.9 million downloads, TikTok has seen a huge growth in 2020, twice more than what it got in 2019. 20% of its total downloads were from India and around 9. 3% of the total downloads were in the US.

Zoom

Zoom was the second most installed app in the overall downloads category. With nearly 94. 6 million installs, Zoom is the most used app for online meetings and virtual classrooms. 17% of its downloads were in the US and India. Offices and educational institutes were shut down and to continue working and studying from home, people relied heavily on Zoom for video conferencing and calling.

WhatsApp

WhatsApp ranked third in overall downloads with more than 100 million downloads. It is one of the most popular and widely used chat applications; WhatsApp also supports communication between international phone networks.

Facebook

It ranked fourth in the overall downloaded list. Facebook is the world’s most popular social networking application. Facebook builds technologies that give people the power to connect with friends and family, find communities and grow businesses.

1. What do we know about TikTok?

A．It is an India-based app.	B．It has most users in America.
C．It is used for growing business.	D．It has doubled its download than in 2019.

2. Which app is the best to turn to for online education?

A．TikTok.

B．Zoom.

C．WhatsApp.

D．Facebook.

3. What function does Facebook probably serve?

A．Communication.

B．Training.

C．Teaching.

D．Payment

2 . You probably know who Marie Curie was, but you may not have heard of Rachel Carson. Of the outstanding ladies listed below, who do you think was the most important woman of the past 100 years?

Jane Addams (1860-1935)

Anyone who has ever been helped by a social worker has Jane Addams to thank. Addams helped the poor and worked for peace. She encouraged a sense of community (社区) by creating shelters and promoting education and services for people in need. In 1931, Addams became the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

Rachel Carson (1907-1964)

If it weren’t for Rachel Carson, the environmental movement might not exist today. Her popular 1962 book Silent Spring raised awareness(意识) of the dangers of pollution and the harmful effects of chemicals on humans and on the world’s lakes and oceans.

Sandra Day O’Connor (1930-present)

When Sandra Day O’Connor finished third in her class at Stanford Law School, in 1952, she could not find work at a law firm because she was a woman. She became an Arizona state senator (参议员) and in 1981, the first woman to join the U. S. Supreme Court (最高法院). O’Connor gave the deciding vote in many important cases during her 24 years on the top court.

Rosa Parks(1913-2005)

On December 1,1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Rasa Parks would not give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger. Her simple act landed Parks in prison. But it also set off the Montgomery bus boycott (抵制). It lasted for more than a year, and kicked off the civil-rights movement. “The only tired I was, was tired of giving in,” said Parks.

1. What is Jane Addams famous for in history?

A．Her social work.	B．Her teaching skills.
C．Her efforts to win a prize.	D．Her community background.

2. What was the reason for O’Connor’s being refused by the law firm?

A．Not having training in law.	B．Her little work experience in court.
C．Her identity as a woman.	D．Her poor financial conditions.

3. Who made a great contribution to the civil-rights movement in the U.S.?

A．Jane Addams.	B．Rachel Carson.
C．Sandra Day O’Connor.	D．Rosa Parks.

4. What can we infer about the women mentioned in the text?

A．They are highly educated.	B．They are truly creative.
C．They are pioneers.	D．They are peace-lovers.

3 . In August last year, my parents and I visited our relatives in Princeton Junction, New Jersey. Every day I enjoyed walking a circular way starting from their house. One evening I decided to be _________ and changed from my _________ way-I was looking forward to a longer walk, confident that I would be able to find my way back.

My walk took me _________ the living area and into a beautiful place with an expanse of fields on both sides of the road. With the sun beginning to _________, it was really a wonderful sight. After about thirty minutes, I noticed that I was not _________ back in the direction I had come. I searched for my mobile phone to get help, but it turned out to be left at home.

However, I remained _________. Although there weren’t any people about, there was some _________ and I was sure that someone would stop and point me in the right direction. As each car or truck came, I stopped and _______, but time after time each one passed me by. No one seemed to feel any sympathy for me. About forty minutes, I was beginning to feel _________. There was no one ____________ and my family was completely in the dark as to my position.

When I just gave up all hope, a black SUV ____________ me and stopped. A mother and daughter were willing to help. I told them I was lost and gave them my address. The mother pointed to a turning a little further down the road and ____________ me I was pretty close to home. Expressing my thanks, I started off at a fast ____________.

I had been walking for about five minutes when I heard a car drive up behind me and stop. It was the mother and daughter again. They realized that they had not given me the correct direction.

They offered to give me a(n) __________ home, and I was so grateful for their help. During our brief conversation I sensed that the teenage daughter was going to a school party and would now arrive late. We didn’t ____________ names but I will never forget their act of kindness.

1.

A．confident

B．independent

C．adventurous

D．tough

2.

A．similar

B．potential

C．general

D．regular

3.

A．within

B．round

C．toward

D．beyond

4.

A．shine

B．rise

C．set

D．fade

5.

A．heading

B．keeping

C．taking

D．looking

6.

A．silent

B．crazy

C．quiet

D．calm

7.

A．delay

B．control

C．traffic

D．service

8.

A．cheered

B．waved

C．sighed

D．nodded

9.

A．passive

B．ridiculous

C．fortunate

D．desperate

10.

A．in place

B．in turn

C．in sight

D．in person

11.

A．surrounded

B．approached

C．reflected

D．accompanied

12.

A．supported

B．responded

C．corrected

D．promised

13.

A．stage

B．track

C．level

D．pace

14.

A．tip

B．ride

C．desire

D．option

15.

A．seek

B．gather

C．acquire

D．exchange

4 . Four “Fun facts” that are complete lies, but you believe them

No.1 You can see the Great Wall of China from space

This seems right, doesn’t it? The Great Wall of China is huge, after all, and you can see large things from far away. But even from a low orbit, it’s pretty much invisible (看不见的) to the naked eye, and not exactly easy to pick out with an advanced camera lens. Strangely, this myth (谬论) existed before we even went into space, so it had the opportunity to become a “fact” before it could even be checked. There are many other man-made objects visible from space, but because the Great Wall is made from rocks gathered in the surrounding area, it doesn’t stand out against the landscape enough to be visible. How Stuff Works helpfully suggests that China could paint the wall in hot pink to fix the matter.

No.2 Einstein failed at school

Einstein, the modern archetypal genius (天才), failing at school is a “fact” which serves as an encouragement to under-performing schoolchildren and is repeated by motivational speakers wanting to make some point about failure and success. It would be fairly comforting if true, but reality doesn’t tend to care about how comfortable you are. There are versions of this myth focusing on maths, but in either case, it’s just not true. The myth seems to result from the fact that the grading system used in his school was changed the year after he left—from 1 being the highest mark to 6 being the highest. Einstein got 1s, but to anybody looking back at his grades, it would seem like that meant he’d failed.

No.3 ______________________

Many people claim that if you wake someone when they’re sleepwalking, the shock of finding themselves not in bed will lead them to suffer a heart attack or otherwise do some serious damage. In actual fact, waking somebody who is sleepwalking does them no harm whatsoever. They might be a little confused. In fact, they could hurt themselves by continuing to sleepwalk freely, for obvious reasons. So, it’s better to guide a sleepwalker back to bed without waking, but if you do wake him, it won’t do any harm.

No.4 Sharks don’t get cancer

This fact has gained acceptance despite having merely been invented as a reason for selling people shark cartilage pills as a cancer cure. Firstly, even if it was true that sharks didn’t get cancer, that wouldn’t mean that using a part of it was a cure or treatment for cancer. There were some initial positive results, but they were also gained with other animal cartilages and didn’t translate into a reliable treatment. In short, eating shark cartilage pills does nothing for cancer patients. And to pile more stupidity on top of it, sharks clearly do get cancer.

1. Why are we unable to see the Great Wall directly in space?

A．The colour of the rocks is not hot pink.

B．Advanced cameras are not employed.

C．It’s too small to stand out from far away.

D．The Great Wall is made from nearby rocks.

2. What does the underlined sentence in No.2 mean?

A．Failure is the mother of success.

B．Reality has something to do with imagination.

C．Success and failure should be both experienced.

D．Assumption （设想） is one thing, but reality is another.

3. Which of the following may be the subtitle of No.3?

A．Sleepwalkers might be at a loss	B．Sleepwalkers might attack others
C．Waking sleepwalkers will harm them	D．Waking sleepwalkers will shock them

4. Who are more likely to benefit from the lie “Sharks don’t get cancer”?

A．Drug sellers.	B．Health advisors.
C．Cancer patients.	D．Shark researchers.

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Christmas had traditionally been a time for my parents to spoil us. In the past, the presents would     1    , taking over the living room.

On Christmas morning, we     2     waited in the hallway until Dad told us everything was ready. We     3     the living room and let     4    . We     5    and watch while other family members opened their presents, but     6    ，we lost our self-control.

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Jane rose at the break of day,     1    . She could     2     somewhere at a distance. Quickly she followed the sound to a stream.     3    , she also saw some berry bushes. She drank and ate a few berries.     4    . Feeling stronger now, Jane began to walk along the stream and hoped it could lead her to the lake.

7 . Several years ago, I went on a trip alone to Mozambique. Our bus broke down by the side of the road. There was certainly nothing in the way of _______ or campsites or any kind of place to sleep. I _______ I’d just have to bed down on the roadside like others. But I was pretty _______ at the idea. Most everyone else was traveling with their families or other _______, and here I was, a very young woman, alone, with pale white skin that just screamed out “I’m a foreigner and do not _______ here.” Besides, I spoke Portuguese reasonably _______ but not any of the local dialects, which _______ my difficulty.

I was trying to work out what to do when I _______ one of the women passengers I’d been chatting with _______ to me. “Come with me,” she said. I was then taken to the nearby village, where she lived. She and her large family __________ me that night. We had chips and matapa, a delicious Mozambican dish. Her kids laughed and circled around and were __________ to have a visit from a real white person. I couldn’t __________ a lot of the conversation, because only the woman spoke Portuguese, but I felt so __________ despite my foreignness.

This kind-hearted woman __________ a stranger for a night, who would have stayed trembling in __________ and hunger by the side of the road.

1.

A．hospitals

B．stores

C．hotels

D．colleges

2.

A．wished

B．figured

C．insisted

D．opposed

3.

A．terrified

B．astonished

C．excited

D．annoyed

4.

A．guides

B．villagers

C．volunteers

D．companions

5.

A．wait

B．sleep

C．belong

D．like

6.

A．frequently

B．poorly

C．fluently

D．carefully

7.

A．added to

B．attended to

C．admitted to

D．applied to

8.

A．felt

B．spotted

C．contacted

D．stopped

9.

A．explaining

B．whispering

C．complaining

D．listening

10.

A．hosted

B．interviewed

C．charged

D．comforted

11.

A．scared

B．fascinated

C．satisfied

D．embarrassed

12.

A．hear

B．remember

C．follow

D．interrupt

13.

A．proud

B．confused

C．amused

D．welcomed

14.

A．put in

B．put down

C．put away

D．put up

15.

A．disbelief

B．regret

C．doubt

D．fear

8 . It happened on a rainy Saturday morning last month. My wife Catherine and I were driving along what some people called moose (麋鹿) alley. It was so _______ that there were few cars on the road. _______, a moose jumped out across our path. I had been driving for years and was _______ in driving. In order to avoid knocking _______ the moose, I made a quick turn to the other lane. Had I not done that, the moose might have been killed, and my wife and I might have got _______, too. A few seconds later, when I stopped and looked back in my rear view mirror, the moose was getting up and then ran into the bush. Shaken but _______, we both looked at each other with a surprised expression.

From then on, I often thought about the _______ between humans and wildlife. We know that animal species have appeared and disappeared _______ since life began on the Earth, which is a(n) _______ phenomenon. However, animal species have been ________ at a much faster rate for about a century now ________ human factors such as pollution.

Certain philosophers and scientists keep repeating that if we don't save animals, how we will be able to save ourselves. A better ________ of animals gives us a better understanding of our own species. The ________ to protect animals and nature in general ________ the value of a society. And all animals play roles in nature and have a right to ________. Therefore, I think we should try our best to save endangered animals, because humans cannot live on the Earth alone.

1.

A．remote

B．peaceful

C．early

D．deserted

2.

A．Expectedly

B．Abruptly

C．Eventually

D．Obviously

3.

A．confident

B．gifted

C．involved

D．experienced

4.

A．into

B．at

C．down

D．off

5.

A．lost

B．shocked

C．injured

D．arrested

6.

A．exhausted

B．sound

C．thrilled

D．delighted

7.

A．association

B．communication

C．negotiation

D．relationship

8.

A．exactly

B．casually

C．continually

D．instantly

9.

A．strange

B．natural

C．unusual

D．recent

10.

A．disappearing

B．developing

C．promoting

D．changing

11.

A．according to

B．instead of

C．due to

D．along with

12.

A．treatment

B．consideration

C．world

D．knowledge

13.

A．way

B．law

C．hope

D．will

14.

A．shows

B．preserves

C．predicts

D．protects

15.

A．escape

B．survive

C．refuse

D．select

9 . One night in 1966, Michael Chapman rushed into a folk-music club in Cornwall, England to get out of the rain, and soon found himself onstage playing the guitar.

“They offered me a job to play for the rest of the summer. And I’ve been playing ever since,” Chapman says. “I’ve told that story so many times, but it’s absolutely true. If it hadn’t been raining that night, I wouldn’t be talking to you.”

The British guitar player has spent the 50 years since then on the road. He released some praised albums in the 1970s, but his health went downhill in the 80s and 90s. Like a lot of British artists in the 1960s, Chapman taught himself to play the guitar by listening to American jazz and blues records.

Chapman actually taught photography, but quit when he was 26 to play music full time. When he was starting out, he was often compared to other British acoustic guitar heroes of the time, like John Martyn and Bert Jansch.

“The fascinating thing about Michael Chapman is that he doesn’t fit in with those guys of his generation,” says Andrew Male, a music journalist. “He’s always been an outsider. He never moved to London. ”

And while he never became part of the London music scene, Chapman was noticed by those musicians. “The 70s caught up with him in the 80s,” Male says. “He had a huge heart attack at the end of the 80s that nearly finished him off. When he made his way back into the world in the early 90s, people had forgotten about him.” But not everyone. A younger generation of musicians in America, including Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth and a younger singer and guitarist named Steve Gunn, recently rediscovered Chapman.

“We wanted to capture Michael’s voice and character where he is now. You know, it’s a little road-weary, but he still has it,” Gunn says. “For me, it was really important to get that right.” “He’s the right old musician for present times,” Male says. “I think the music he makes seems quite in tune with where we’re at.”

1. Which can best describe Michael Chapman’s first involvement in music?

A．Untrue.

B．Accidental.

C．Unfortunate.

D．Reasonable.

2. What can we learn about Michael Chapman from the text?

A．He has taught photography for 26 years.

B．He taught himself to play the guitar and did far better than John Martyn.

C．To some degree, he is not accepted by other people of his generation.

D．He is one of the best guitar players in the early 90s.

3. Why did Michael Chapman quit his music career once?

A．He lost his special voice.	B．He suffered from a severe heart attack.
C．He got tired of competing with others.	D．He was almost forgotten by everyone.

4. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A．The Rise and Fall of Guitar Music	B．The Sad Story of a Guitar Musician
C．A New Generation Helps an Old Guitar Musician	D．A Brief Introduction to a Guitar Musician

10 . The way people purchase clothes has fundamentally changed in response to the “fast fashion", the result of mass -market retailers (零售商) increasing the production of inexpensive fashion lines to meet the demands of quickly changing trends. It is not uncommon for retailers to introduce new products multiple times in a single week to stay on trend. This may seem like a good thing at first glance, but it is causing more problems than it is solving.

Workers in factories in underdeveloped areas face mistreatment, including poor working conditions, low wages and forced overtime. So before making a deal, ask retailers questions such as where products are made and how many people work there. Watch for warming signs and use your judgment if something doesn't feel right.

Another reason to rethink about the trend has something to do with the impact on our rivers, lakes and oceans. Chemical pollutants are released into waterways every time those clothes are washed. What can be done is as simple as buying from brands known for their preference for using organic materials, because they are trying not to add to the pollution.

Besides, people don't keep clothes as long as they used to, and the rate of production to keep up has resulted in tons of waste. It's easy to see at manufacturing (生产) sites the massive wastes. Even holding giant sales or rewarding customers for bringing in second-hand clothes is not enough.

Only with enough customers saying “No” to fast fashion can we work toward a better future.

1. Which is a feature of fast fashion?

A．Being eco-friendly.	B．Affordable prices.
C．Guaranteed quality.	D．Setting new trends.

2. What might be a warning sign according to Paragraph 2?

A．All the workers can take days off in turn.

B．The manufacturing sites are too crowded.

C．The workers can support their entire families.

D．The factory is located in a developed area.

3. What should customers do before purchasing clothes?

A．Bring their used clothes for donations.	B．Ask manufacturers certain questions.
C．Examine the quality of materials used.	D．Weigh possible environmental effects.

4. What's the most suitable title for this passage?

A．How to Spot the Perfect Clothes	B．Customers, Who Change Markets
C．Why Fast Fashion is Troublesome	D．Say “No" to the Fashion Industry