1 . Cruz Genet, 11, and Anthony Skopick, 10, couldn’t agree. Were the birds out on the ice ducks or geese? So on a cold January evening last year, the two friends ventured (冒险) onto the frozen pond near their homes in Frankfort, Illinois, to get a better look. First, they threw a rock onto the ice to test it, Cruz told NBC 5 Chicago. “Then we stepped on it.” Convinced the ice would hold their weight, Anthony took a few steps, but then he fell through the seemingly frozen surface.

Cruz rushed to help his panicked friend. However, the pond swallowed him, too. Cruz managed to lift himself out of the extremely cold water and onto a more solid section. He then gingerly worked his way toward Anthony. But the ice didn’t hold, and he fell in again. This ime, he couldn’t get out.

The boys were up to their necks in icy water and quickly losing feeling. Any chance of their freeing themselves was slipping away. Cruz was sure that he was going to die.

Anthony’s older sister had seen the boys fall through the ice and started screaming, wishing someone to save them.

John Lavin, a neighbor driving nearby on his way to the grocery store, heard her. He quickly pulled over. Seeing the boys, he grabbed (抓住) a nearby buoy (救生圈), kicked off his shoes, and ran into the cold water, struggling his way through the ice. Lavin made his way to Cruz and Anthony and pulled them back to land.

The boys were taken to the hospital, where doctors discovered that their five- minute stay in the water had lowered their body temperature nearly ten degrees. Fortunately, they have fully recovered, though they are still a little amazed by their fearless neighbor. “Just to think,” says Cruz, “if he hadn’t been there, I could have died.”

1. Why did the boys venture onto the frozen pond?

A．To have a better look at the frozen pond.

B．To catch the birds in the pond with rocks.

C．To find out what the birds on the ice were.

D．To test the thickness of the ice in the pond.

2. What does the underlined word “gingerly” in paragraph 2 probably mean?

A．Casually.	B．Proudly.
C．Firmly.	D．Cautiously.

3. What drew John Lavin’s attention to the boys?

A．Anthony’s older sister’s cry for help.	B．Cruz’s loud and frightening scream.
C．Their shoes along the nearby pond.	D．Their neighbors’ pulling them back.

4. Which of the following words can best describe John Lavin?

A．Hard-working and helpful.	B．Warm-hearted and courageous.
C．Curious and selfless.	D．Active and generous.

2 . 72 Hours in Beijing

Traveling to China is no longer a luxury for many foreign passport holders. The Chinese government has permitted a 72-hour visa-free policy that offers access to visitors from 53 countries including the US, France and Austria. Let’s start with the capital of China, Beijing. Here’s a pick of the best in Beijing!

Mutianyu Great Wall

Your trip to Beijing isn’t really complete without seeing one of the “New Seven Wonders of the World”, the Great Wall of China. The Mutianyu section of the Great Wall is by far the most well-preserved of all. Taking a one-hour bus ride Mutianyu would be your ideal location for a half day of hiking away from the large crowds in the city. Also the authorities have allowed tourists to paint graffiti on a specific section of the Great Wall since 2014. The Great Wall was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1987.

798 Art Zone

This would be on the top of my list! Named after the 798 factory that was built in the 1950s. The art zone is home to various galleries, design studios, art exhibition spaces, fashionable shops and bars. You could easily spend half your day wandering around the complex, feeling the contrast of the present and the past.

Summer Palace

Located in northwestern Beijing, the Summer Palace is by far the city’s most well-preserved royal park. With its huge lake and hilltop views, the palace offers you a pastoral escape into the landscape of traditional Chinese paintings. The Summer Palace was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1998.

Sichuan Provincial Restaurant

While in Beijing, apart from trying the city’s best-known Peking duck the Sichuan provincial restaurant is one of the places where you can enjoy regional delicious food. It offers one of China’s eight great cuisines, Sichuan, which ranges from Mapo tofu to spicy chicken.

1. Which of the following is true about the Mutianyu Great Wall?

A．You can paint graffiti anywhere.

B．You need a half day to get there.

C．It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2014.

D．It is the most well-preserved part of the Great Wall.

2. When was the Summer Palace added to the UNESCO World Heritage List?

A．In1950.

B．In 1987.

C．In 1998.

D．In 2014.

3. Which place is the author’s first choice when visiting Beijing?

A．Mutianyu Great Wall.	B．Summer Palace.
C．798 Art Zone.	D．Sichuan Provincial Restaurant.

3 . Newton's law of motion ( 运动定律）.where every action has a reaction, is appropriate not just to physics.     1     from the value of products and prices of produces to customer choices, advertising affects society and plays an important role in increasing business sales.

    2     When companies use advertising, sales increase, according to Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, founder of a French advertising company. The increase in business sales also promotes the quality of life for consumers. Basically, advertising causes a chain reaction that increases the economy of the area where the product or service ad is.

    3     In the minds of consumers, advertising can add value to a product. The image or brand that advertising helps to create becomes a part of the product, which is what makes one product brand more valuable than the competitors. This is why a consumer may be willing to pay a higher price for a name brand product rather than buy a brand they are not familiar with at a lower cost.

Pricing.     4     It spurs （促进）a sense of competition. When one company advertises a product for its price, its competitors want to stay competitive. Then they may lower their prices to meet the competition.

Consumer choice. Advertising also has an influence on businesses because it leads to the creation of new products and improvement of existing products to meet consumers' needs.     5    However, when advertising introduces a new product that is better than the existing one. market share can quickly shift to the company offering the newly-advertised product.

A．Product value.

B．Product quantity.

C．Economic influence.

D．Advertising can be a form of price control.

E．An increase in competition has effects on the market.

F．One company may possess a larger share of the market for a time.

G．It is also true that advertising causes reactions that occur in society and business.

4 . Exercise may hold the key to youth, according to a study published on Monday which showed people who keep fit are up to nine years biologically younger than those who do not. The findings are the first to show in humans how keeping fit affects the ageing process.

The study of 2,40twins found that a sedentary（久坐的）lifestyle raises the risk of a range of problems from heart disease to cancer and appears to play a key role in the ageing process.

It all appears to boil down to（归结为）the length of structures called telomeres（染色体终 端）---which protect the DNA on the chromosomes（染色体）,the researchers from King's College London wrote in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

Many studies have shown telomeres get shorter over time, suggesting the cells are ageing or dying. The study, which extracted （提取）a DNA sample from their volunteers, found people who exercised more each week had longer telomeres.

Exercise lowers the risk of a range of problems such as heart disease, diabetes and cancer, the researchers said. “It is not just walking around the block. It is really working up a sweat." said Tim Spector, a genetic epidemiologist who led the study, in a telephone interview.

The study found people who exercised energetically 3 hours each week had longer telomeres and they were 9 years biologically younger than people who did under 15 minutes.

Spector's team, who also adjusted for body weight, smoking, economic status and physical activity at work, also said moderate（适度的）exercise for 1-2 hours each week provided a four- year advantage.

Studying twins also provided a unique opportunity to judge the effects of exercise on people with the same or similar genetic make-up. the researchers said.

The reason why exercise has this effect is not clear but the researchers said they believe physical activity somehow defends against the natural process called oxidative stress （氧化应激反应）.which damages and kills cells.

1. What is the risk of sedentary lifestyle?

A．It can cause diseases.

B．It can make our cells alive.

C．It can lengthen telomeres.

D．It can keep us fit.

2. What do we know from the text?

A．Exercising can shorten the telomeres.

B．The less exercise, the longer telomeres.

C．Sitting often boils more chromosomes.

D．Telomeres affect human being's ageing.

3. What can cause ageing according to the last paragraph?

A．Cells with diseases.	B．Oxidative stress.
C．Genetic structure.	D．Physical activities.

4. What is the purpose of the text?

A．To introduce some exercise.

B．To show how to do research.

C．To encourage people to exercise.

D．To advise people to lose weight.

5 . Short-term overseas visitors can now use mobile payments on the Chinese mainland. China's leading mobile payment company Alipay backed by Alibaba announced on Tuesday.

The digital payment giant just introduced an international version of its popular app. designed for overseas travelers to provide them with convenience when paying with their smartphones for shopping, eating and traveling in the Chinese mainland, according to Alipay.

In China, users can have access to services such as paying for taxis and booking hotel rooms and movie tickets directly within the app. However, if a user needs to open the payment function in the app. a local phone number and a Chinese bank account are required, which is inconvenient for short-term international visitors.

Now with the international version of Alipay, there is no more need to open a Chinese bank account. Visitors can use the "Prepaid Card" service provided by the Bank of Shanghai to top up Chinese yuan and enjoy services including scanning a QR code （二维码）to pay at restaurants and shops, as well as making online purchases.

An increasing number of visitors are choosing China as their travel destination, as the country eases visa requirements to promote tourism. In 2018, China welcomed about 30.54 million international visitors to the mainland, a year — on — year increase of 4.7 percent, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

1. What do we know about Alipay?

A．It offers enough money to consumers.

B．It has shifted its business to China.

C．It has moved its business to the world.

D．It is a new app for mobile payment.

2. Why does Alibaba develop the international version of Alipay?

A．To offer overseas visitors convenience.

B．To help visitors gain a bank account.

C．To promote the company's smartphones.

D．To prove the app is the most popular.

3. What does the underlined words “ceases" probably mean?

A．lowers	B．increases
C．raises	D．explains

4. What is the writer's attitude to the international version of Alipay?

A．Worried.	B．Doubtful.
C．Supportive.	D．Indifferent.

6 . I never thought a misunderstanding over strawberries would send my mother-in-law out to the hills at dusk, just to pick an entire basket for me, an English.

It happened in May many years ago. I lived with my in-laws （公婆）in their _______. One day at the dinner time. I thought I had _______ somebody say miaozi., the term for strawberries in the local _______ . They were my favorite fruit in _______ . so I didn't wait to ask if there were some in the house.

It turned out that I was _______ ,but that didn't stop my Chinese in-laws from regarding my _______ as a veiled （含蓄的）request. Then. my father-in-law, _______ my mother-in-law to go into the hills and _______ some for me.

I was so _______ and I begged her not to do this. ________ she just smiled and disappeared into the kitchen for a while. Just as we prepared to ________ the table after the meal, she appeared in the dining room, carrying a basket of the very fruit.

Although I ________ my head for that was not my intention. I also ________ it for what it really was—another way to show how much she ________ me.

My Chinese in-laws have ________ told me "I love you." nor have they ever ________ or kissed me like my parents do. But I've felt that same care and regard in ________ ways.

While all this has meant learning a ________ language of love. I've come to appreciate just how ________ Chinese families will go to show their affection—even into a hillside in such a rural ( 农村的）village at __________   looking for strawberries.

1.

A．city

B．village

C．hotel

D．apartment

2.

A．helped

B．made

C．heard

D．lei

3.

A．dialect

B．motto

C．farm

D．school

4.

A．March

B．April

C．May

D．June

5.

A．right

B．lucky

C．reasonable

D．wrong

6.

A．question

B．explanation

C．order

D．answer

7.

A．assisting

B．urging

C．taking

D．leading

8.

A．produce

B．buy

C．gather

D．borrow

9.

A．annoyed

B．satisfied

C．appreciated

D．embarrassed

10.

A．for

B．but

C．or

D．so

11.

A．leave

B．set

C．wash

D．repair

12.

A．nodded

B．raised

C．washed

D．shook

13.

A．predicted

B．recognized

C．remembered

D．proved

14.

A．missed

B．admired

C．loved

D．needed

15.

A．never

B．sometimes

C．often

D．always

16.

A．believed

B．consulted

C．blamed

D．hugged

17.

A．boring

B．expected

C．unspoken

D．enthusiastic

18.

A．global

B．different

C．crazy

D．difficult

19.

A．far

B．wide

C．well

D．short

20.

A．sunrise

B．noon

C．midnight

D．sunset

7 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. How did the servants deal with their earnings in Victorian times?

A．They paid for the housing.

B．They bought food and clothes.

C．They sent them to their families.

2. What was a nurse’s main duty?

A．Cooking meals.

B．Looking after children.

C．Educating children.

3. How did the Victorian upper class parents treat their children actually?

A．Cruelly.

B．Kindly.

C．Strictly.

4. What will the speaker talk about next?

A．Lower class families.

B．Upper class children’s situation.

C．Comparisons between upper and lower classes.

8 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What time was the plane originally scheduled to leave?

A．At 3:00.

B．At 4:00.

C．At 5:00.

2. Why is the woman worried?

A．The weather is bad.

B．The report is not finished.

C．An appointment will be delayed.

9 . What does the man mean?

A．The film is terrible.

B．The film can be seen online.

C．The film is worth the money.

10 . Britain seems to have great creativity — especially in the performing and visual arts.

Theatrical tradition

Theaters in Britain date back at least to the 16th century, and the most famous playwright is of course William Shakespeare. A company was founded in his name, with a stage at his birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon. It has trained generations of actors. In the 20th century, classical and more modern plays were also performed at many regional theaters, where actors and writers gained experience.

Film stars

The world of film-making has involved British creative talent from the beginning. Charlie Chaplin, born in poverty in London’s East End, began as a child entertainer in music halls. He then became a pioneer of silent movies in Hollywood and created many black-and-white classics during the First World War. British actors, who were often classically trained in theater, Laurence Olivier and Alec Guinness became house-hold names after the Second World War.

Supporting talent

Film-making creativity has been supported by two major studios. Productions at Shepperton have included Richard Attenborough’s Gandhi and Ridley Scott’s Alien. Pinewood’s most famous products must be the James Bond films. Both theater and film have their own annual festivals, including one of the biggest festivals in Scotland’s capital, Edinburgh.

Visual expression

The visual arts also show Britain’s creative spirit, from Romantic Age painters like Turner and Constable to groups such as the Pre-Raphaelites and the modernist sculpture of Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth. Today’s famous artists — Damien Hirst or Tracey Emin — regularly show in the newspapers, and their works are sold at high prices.

1. Which of the following helps actors and writers a lot?

A．Musical theaters.	B．Stratford-upon-Avon.
C．London’s West End.	D．Regional theaters.

2. What can we learn from the passage about Charlie Chaplin?

A．He came from a rich family.

B．He went to theater school as a child.

C．He began as a child entertainer in Hollywood.

D．He contributed to the early film industry in Hollywood.

3. What do we know about Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin?

A．You have to pay a lot to buy their works.

B．They have both invented new art forms.

C．They mainly learnt from Romantic Age painters.

D．You can buy their works from many major galleries.