3 . Although problems are a part of our lives, it certainly doesn't mean that we let them rule our lives forever. One day or another, you'll have to stand up and say—problems, I don't want you in my life.

    1    Problems with friends, parents, girlfriends, husbands, and children—the list goes on. Apart from these, the inner conflicts within ourselves work, too. These keep adding to our problems. Problems come in different shaped and colors and feelings.

But good news is that all problems can be dealt with. Now read on to know how to solve your problems.

Talk, it really helps. What most of us think is that our problem can be understood only by us and that no talking is going to help.     2    Talking helps you move on and let go.

Write your problems.     3    When you write down your problems, you are setting free all the tension from your system. You can try throwing away the paper on which you wrote your problems. By doing this, imagine yourself throwing away the problems from your life.

Don't lose faith and hope. No matter what you lose in life, don't lose faith and hope. Even if you lose all your money, family…you should still have faith.     4    

Your problems aren't the worst. No matter what problem you get in life, there are another one million people whose problems are huger than yours.     5    Your problems might just seem big and worse, but in reality they can be removed.

Go about and solve your problems because every problem, however big or small, always has a way out.

A．Of course, we've been fighting troubles ever since we were born.

B．When we have a problem, a pressing, critical, urgent, life-threatening problem, how do we try and solve it？

C．Having a personal diary can also be of huge help if you don't want a real person to talk with.

D．But the truth is that when you talk about it, you're setting free the negative energies that have been gathering within you.

E．We can often overcome the problem and achieve the goal by making a direct attack.

F．Tell yourself：when they can deal with them, why can't I？

G．With faith and hope, you can rebuild everything that you lose.

4 . My favourite book, The Secret by Rhonda Byrne, talks about a formula called “SFF” which stands for “stopping finding fault”. I used to be a critical person and tried to find fault. I guess I somehow inherited this character from my father. Actually, many good qualities of my father are worth admiring except this.

My father is a person who constantly looks for mistakes in other people and he thinks no one is perfect in the world. His character created a negative atmosphere in my family. I was the same as my father, so I often felt angry, disappointed, depressed, and lonely in school.

After I had read my favourite book I began to seek “good things” in other people. It has completely changed my life. Now I feel happier, I have more friends, I have more trust in people, and I realize everyone has his own strength! Another important lesson I got from this book is that I should always behave myself in a positive manner. Let's admit that we sometimes complain about our situation. That's not good. Believe it or not, people don't like to listen to negative opinions.

One more valuable lesson I got from the book is that I should be a good listener. When I was younger, I only wanted people to pay whole attention to my words so that I could show them how important I was. I was very proud and would show off my achievements in school without considering others' feelings. I had very few friends and most people considered me as an arrogant person. Now, I find it much easier to make friends after making some changes!

1. What do you know about the author's father?

A．He makes his son feel angry and disappointed.

B．He likes finding fault with people around him.

C．He seems a critical person but in fact easy-going.

D．He can create a negative atmosphere when necessary.

2. The underlined word “arrogant” probably means “________”.

A．self-important	B．admirable
C．troublesome	D．cold-blooded

3. What is the author's purpose of writing the text?

A．To persuade readers to be good listeners.

B．To share his painful experience of making changes.

C．To tell readers the influence of a book on him.

D．To show the result of his father's negative character.

5 . Have you ever had a chat with Siri? Do you ask Google to play your favorite song? Have you ever had Alexa order a pizza for dinner?     1    

Voice assistants are programs on digital devices that listen and respond to verbal (口头的) commands. Users can say, "What's the weather like?" and the voice assistant will answer with the weather report for that day and location. They could say, "Tell me a story," and the assistant will jump into a tale. But how do voice assistants understand us? A complex system of codes? An actual person listening on the other end?     2    

It all starts with a signal word. Have you ever called a friend's name to get their attention? Users say the names of their voice assistants for the same reason. They might say. "Hey Siri!" or simply, "Alexa!"     3     It signals to the voice assistant that it should begin paying attention.

After the voice assistant hears its signal word, it starts recording. The device waits for a pause to know you've finished your request. It then sends your recorded request over the Internet to its database. Once in the database, your request is compared to other requests.     4     The database then sends these commands back to the voice assistant. Once it receives the commands, the voice assistant knows what to do next.

Voice assistants are improving all the time. Have you ever asked a voice assistant for something and received results you didn't expect?     5     That teaches the device that the command it received from its database was wrong. It communicates that with the database and tries to do better next time.

A．The battle for voice assistant market share is fierce.

B．Whatever the signal word is, it wakes up the device.

C．The answer is less complicated than you might think.

D．Voice assistants are inside smart speakers in our homes.

E．Each time this happens, the voice assistant learns from its mistake.

F．Today's voice assistants can help you out with just about anything.

G．It's split into separate commands your voice assistant can understand.

6 . Slowly but surely, we’re moving closer and closer to 5G world. From smart-home security to self-driving cars, all the internet-connected devices in our life will be able to talk to each other at lightning-fast speeds with reduced delay. Objectively speaking, the fastest 4G download speeds in the US top out at an average of 19.42Mbps. But by comparison 5G promises gigabit (千兆) speeds.

“5G is one of those heralds (使者),along with artificial intelligence, of this coming data age.” said Steve Koenig, senior director of market research for the Consumer Technology Association. The self-driving vehicle is a great emblem of this data age, and that is to say, it is a sign of time, because with one single task, driving, you have massive amounts of data coming from the vehicle itself, and a variety of sensors are collecting a lot of information to model its environment as it moves. It’s pulling in data from other vehicles about road conditions down the lane. It could be weather information, and also connected infrastructure (基础设施) construction. There’s lots of data behind that task, which is why we need the high speed.

And virtual reality glasses and headsets haven’t yet broken the mainstream, but tech companies are joyfully betting that these devices will eventually replace our smartphones. With 5G, that could actually happen. This is notable because companies such as Apple are reportedly developing AR glasses to assist — or even replace — smartphones.

Ericsson stated at February's Mobile World Congress how smart glasses could become faster and lighter with a 5G connection, because instead of being weighed down with components, the glasses could rely on hardware for processing power.

But don’t get too excited. There’s still a lot of work to be done in the meantime, including various trials to make sure the radios play nicely with hardware and infrastructure construction so 5G isn’t concentrated only in big cities.

1. What is the first paragraph mainly about?

A．The security of 5G.	B．The present world of 5G.
C．The future of 5G.	D．The super speed of 5G.

2. Which of the following can replace the underlined word “emblem” in Paragraph 2?

A．exhibition

B．symbol

C．sponsor

D．explanation

3. What do some tech companies expect of virtual reality glasses?

A．They will be heavier than present ones.	B．They will process power on their own.
C．They will bring a big fortune to tech companies.	D．They will take the place of smartphones.

4. What will the author tell us in the next paragraph?

A．How to fully expand 5G coverage.	B．How to effectively reduce 5G trials.
C．How to nicely operate 5G hardware.	D．How to widely construct 5G big cities.

7 . Saul and Keon have never felt bored with a day of work picking up trash in Miami Beach. They were especially ______ when they were covering their route this week as a beautiful ______ awaited them. When their   huge truck rolled down the street into the North Bay Road community, they found most residents (居民) lining the street with signs and balloons, all to ______ say “we love you”.

Jennifer Elegant wanted to show her family’s appreciation ______ she organized the socially-distancing surprise “thank you” ______ to honor the workers. Even the Miami Beach mayor, Dan Gelber showed up to ______ the two heroes-because Saul Scruggs and Keon Richardson do so much more than ______ trash. “They bring incredible energy to the ______ neighborhood,” Jennifer said. “In a word, they spread ______.”

What is ______ about the two men is the positive energy that they bring with them. They always have ______ on their faces and never ______ a chance to say hello and ______ someone’s day. They also go out of their way to help others and ______ nothing in return. One day, Saul spent 45 minutes helping a neighbor dig through her trash to ______ her lost wedding ring. He also waited for over an hour with another ______ who was having heart problems and needed a(n)______.

Jennifer has had “meaningful discussions” with the amazing workers about their inspiring levels of happiness and often shares their ______ with her students. “Every day we are ______ by heroes who bring us inspiration but too often we are unable to ______ these great people. I want Saul and Keon to know that we are thankful.”

1.

A．thrilled

B．curious

C．calm

D．relaxed

2.

A．dream

B．surprise

C．trip

D．show

3.

A．regularly

B．gradually

C．simply

D．legally

4.

A．but

B．if

C．before

D．so

5.

A．invitation

B．celebration

C．discussion

D．graduation

6.

A．follow

B．welcome

C．help

D．salute

7.

A．pick up

B．put aside

C．sort out

D．give away

8.

A．only

B．dirty

C．entire

D．right

9.

A．joy

B．respect

C．trust

D．safety

10.

A．puzzling

B．special

C．complex

D．controversial

11.

A．concern

B．tears

C．doubt

D．smiles

12.

A．offer

B．value

C．miss

D．seize

13.

A．arrange

B．record

C．brighten

D．exchange

14.

A．expect

B．reserve

C．replace

D．conduct

15.

A．store

B．find

C．polish

D．bury

16.

A．friend

B．colleague

C．relative

D．neighbor

17.

A．trash truck

B．instrument

C．ambulance

D．wedding ring

18.

A．wisdom

B．luck

C．quietness

D．talent

19.

A．compared

B．chosen

C．reported

D．surrounded

20.

A．rescue

B．recognize

C．support

D．accompany

8 . Last night, my sister sent me a message: “The 1196 weather service will come to an end. So if you want to listen, today is the last _________.”

For 20 years, a caller could dial 1196, _________ an area and then hear the weather forecast read by a computer-spliced (电脑合成的) version of my father’s _________. This was the 20^th-century service that _________into the 21^st century. Soon, it would be _________ by the newly-developed weather app.

Dad’s love for the job was _________ my imagination. He stuck to making most of the recordings after he had cancer. I remembered _________ him to the recording room in my spare time. He would sit there for a whole day,_________ thousands of words with headphones on. He pronounced each word carefully. The _________ headphones and the precise pronunciation all took him back to his previous job as a radio journalist. And he was __________   of his voice. It sounded strong and held its fine timbre (音色) __________ he was in poor health.

The whole recording was really a large __________ with many sessions. In the end, Dad was too __________ to go to the recording room. __________, the sound engineer came to my parents’ house to __________ the last parts.

Finally, I plucked up(鼓起)the courage to dial the number to say another goodbye to my father.

1.

A．challenge

B．offer

C．suggestion

D．chance

2.

A．select

B．identify

C．cover

D．show

3.

A．style

B．mind

C．voice

D．taste

4.

A．continued

B．transformed

C．put

D．broke

5.

A．adopted

B．replaced

C．accepted

D．prohibited

6.

A．against

B．over

C．beyond

D．with

7.

A．tracking

B．guiding

C．inviting

D．accompanying

8.

A．reading

B．checking

C．reviewing

D．correcting

9.

A．complex

B．humble

C．familiar

D．appreciative

10.

A．tired

B．proud

C．shy

D．skeptical

11.

A．in case

B．as if

C．even if

D．so that

12.

A．system

B．routine

C．target

D．project

13.

A．weak

B．busy

C．panic

D．nervous

14.

A．Besides

B．Otherwise

C．Meanwhile

D．Therefore

15.

A．adjust

B．complete

C．provide

D．analyze

9 . 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。

Protect traditional Chinese culture plays a very important role in the diversity and inheritance of Chinese culture.

We are delighted to find that traditional crafts like paper cutting has been protected and inherited, or else we would lose such great treasure soon. It is the same valuable Chinese teachings like Confucianism.

As far as I was concerned, some measures should be taken to effective protect traditional Chinese culture. To start with, we must arouse people’s aware of cultural protection, for the more importance we attach, the less support we can get from the public. However, schools should pay a more attention to cultural education so that students are fully aware of the significance of cultural protection.

In a word, it is high time for ourselves to treasure and develop our own valuable culture.

10 . As a CEO of a startup, you get used to hearing"no".You also face an endless continuation of what feels like shocking crises, like nearly running out of cash, losing a key customer,discovering a widespread product failure, or having to shut down operations because of a global pandemic. But it turns out that these disasters can actually be good for you. In fact,I'm not sure whether you can innovate without them. Here's what all our crises have taught me.

It's good to be uncomfortable. We once had a key customer request-a battery capability that we'd never developed before. The customer made it clear that if we couldn't develop this capability, they'd be less confident in our product. We wrestled with the risks, not least of which was the potential embarrassment if we couldn't meet the customer's needs. We knew we'd face many technical problems if we tried to go into operation. Yet we decided to try to satisfy the customer, even if it wasn't obvious at first how we could get it done. A few weeks later we delivered something beyond what the customer had asked for, and we've since grown this capability into a powerful sales tool and potential revenue stream-not to mention it strengthened our relationship with the customer.

Short-term failure is good. A few years ago, our company began to expand our manufacturing output in response to a customer's need. In the process we discovered something unusual we hadn't seen during smaller-scale production. Our team dived into failure analysis, and we finally put the problem down to a single material within the battery. We'd used this material for years, but now we needed a replacement. Once we made that change,the battery quality and reliability greatly improved.

It's okay to show weakness. One of my hardest days as CEO was the day when I found out I was pregnant.We were in the middle of raising a funding round, and I had been traveling nonstop for a year. Until that day, I had assumed that my role as CEO was to display strength and confidence. With the mounting pressure I was harder on myself than I needed to be, and now I had the added stress of being pregnant.I decided to acknowledge to my team that I was breaking down. They united together and found ways to operate more smoothly and communicate more effectively, supporting me to focus my time on most pressing goals. This gave me not only the space to plan for the company’s future,but also to prepare for my own new normal: leading while becoming a first-time mother.

1. What does the underlined word "them" in Paragraph 1 refer to?

A．Frequent rejections.

B．Financial crises.

C．Global pandemics.

D．Endless disasters.

2. What does the author want to convey in Paragraph 2？

A．Customers' requests should be carefully evaluated.

B．Meeting challenges can bring about extra benefits.

C．The company should keep launching new products.

D．Innovation is the only way to win fierce competition.

3. How does the author prove short-term failure is beneficial?

A．By drawing a comparison.

B．By giving an example.

C．By challenging assumptions.

D．By doing an experiment.

4. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?

A．Learn to let go

B．Make it as a CEO

C．Think deep sometimes

D．Make friends with crises