2 . Picking a Pet Caretaker

The way to find the pet caretakers

Just make a search based on your requirements. Up to 10 pet caretakers will be informed, and it won’t be long before someone is available to get in touch with you. You can send as many messages as you like to find the perfect match, and it’s free.

The time to meet your pet caretaker

As soon as the booking is complete, we strongly recommend that you take your pet to meet the pet caretaker before he or she gets the job.

Check your account to get reply

Some of our quickest pet caretakers should respond within a few hours. You will receive an email to let you know any positive information, but remember to check your account from time to time just to be sure.

About the cost and payment

How much does it cost? When do I have to pay? Once you’ve picked and booked your pet caretaker, you’ll get his or her information including his or her phone number and email address. The price indicated on the website includes the fee and the pet caretaker’s total compensation（薪酬）. We also offer three packages（套餐）to help frequent users to save on our services.

For more information, you can surf the website www. Holidog. com.

1. What should people do to find a good caretaker?

A．Send as many messages as possible online.

B．Pay the website ahead of time.

C．Respond to him or her as quickly as possible.

D．Find the ways to get in touch with him or her directly.

2. What is the suggestion after completing booking?

A．Getting to know the pet caretaker.

B．Asking the pet caretaker about the packages.

C．Going to meet the pet caretaker with the pet.

D．Making a clear request about the pet caretaker.

3. Which of the following is free of charge according to the text?

A．Buying a pet from Holidog.

B．Applying for the packages on Holidog.

C．Hiring a pet caretaker from Holidog.

D．Sending the messages to Holidog.

4 . 语法填空

One day , an artist was coming home by     1    (train), and he gave his last few     2    (coin) to a beggar . But then he saw another one and forgot that he didn’t have any money left.

He     3    (ask) the man if he would like to have supper with     4    (he), and the beggar accepted , so they went into     5    small restaurant and had a good     6    (meal).

At the end , the artist didn’t     7    (have) money to pay the bill , so the beggar had to do it . The artist was very     8    (happy) about this, so he said to the beggar, “Come home with me by taxi and I’ll pay you back .” “Oh , no!” the beggar answered     9    (quick), “I had to pay for your lunch , but I don’t want     10    (pay) for your taxi home.”

5 . The 9th day of the 9th lunar month is the traditional Chongyang Festival, or Double Ninth Festival. It usually falls in October in the Gregorian calendar (阳历). In an ancient and mysterious book Yi Jing, or The Book of Changes, number “6” was thought to be of Yin character meaning feminine or negative, while number, “9”was thought to be Yang, meaning masculine or positive. So the number nine in both month and day create the Double Ninth Festival, or Chongyang Festival. Chong in Chinese means “double”. Also, as double ninth is pronounced the same as the word to mean “forever”, both are “Jiu Jiu”, the Chinese ancestors considered it a lucky day worth celebration. That's why ancient Chinese began to celebrate this festival long time ago.

The custom of climbing to a height to avoid popular disease was passed down from long time ago. Therefore, the Double Ninth Festival is also called “Height Ascending Festival”. The height people will reach is usually a mountain or a tower. Ancient literary figures have left many poems describing the activity. Even today, people still crowd to famous or little known mountains on this day.

On this day, people will eat Double Ninth Gao (or Cake). In Chinese, gao (cake) has the same pronunciation with gao (height). People do so just to hope progress in everything they are engaged in. There is no fixed ways for the Double Ninth Cake, but super cakes will have as many as nine layers, looking like a tower.

The Double Ninth Festival is also a time when chrysanthemum (菊花) blooms. China is proud of different species of chrysanthemum and people have loved them since ancient times. So enjoying the flourishing chrysanthemum also becomes a key activity on this festival. Also, people will drink chrysanthemum wine. Women used to stick such a flower into their hair or hang its branches on windows or doors to avoid evilness.

In 1989, the Chinese government decided the Double Ninth Festival as Seniors Day. Since then, all government units, organizations and streets communities will organize an autumn trip each year for those who have retired from their posts. At the waterside or on the mountains, the seniors will find themselves merged into nature. Younger generations will bring elder ones to the country or send gifts to them on this day.

1. Why did ancient Chinese celebrate Double Ninth Festival?

A．Because the government forced them to.

B．Because there was a beautiful story about it.

C．Because it was passed down from old times.

D．Because they thought double ninth means lucky.

2. Why do Chinese eat Double Ninth Gao in Double Ninth Festival?

A．Because gao(cake) has the same pronunciation with height.

B．Because people do so to hope for progress.

C．Because it is delicious.

D．Because it is a traditional food.

3. The fourth paragraph mainly talks about what people ________ on the day.

A．wear	B．do
C．eat	D．drink

4. Which of the following is NOT what people do on September 9?

A．People will enjoy chrysanthemum with friends.

B．People will make and eat cakes while admiring the moon.

C．The young will send gifts to their parents or grandparents.

D．People will climb mountains whether they're famous or not.

5. The author writes this passage to________.

A．give some information	B．call on people to visit China
C．give advice on festivals	D．call on people to climb mountains

7 . It had been a “long” and hard walk from home to the subway station for teenager Mandy Chan when she first put on hanfu in public. Chan is one of the founders of hanfu in Hong Kong. “It was a set with a cream-colored shirt, a brown jacket in China’s Ming dynasty style and a red pleated skirt made by me,” she recalled recently, almost 10 years later.

It was not the looks from others but her limited knowledge on the traditional Chinese clothing that had made her uncomfortable. Chan added, “If anyone had asked what I was wearing, or the history behind it, I would have been afraid I couldn’t tell them the whole picture.”

However, her uneasiness had gradually gone with more in-depth research on traditional Chinese culture. Hanfu was the traditional clothing of China’s Han ethnic group that was formed in the main residential areas of the Han people in ancient China. The historical clothing has untold stories and ideas in every detail. The cutting and stitching line in the middle part of hanfu fits the spine (脊椎) of the human body and helps people to dress properly. This design, which has transcended (超越) itself as mere decoration, points to the qualities of the wearers as upright and moderate (温和的) individuals.,

“Instead of imitating people like what I used to do, I have jumped out of my comfort zone and found the style that suits me best,” Chan said. “Through hanfu, I have found myself and so many unexplored things in my life.” Chan added that she had found her lifelong passion through hanfu, which is a goal and dream that has never been absent from her life. Chan found she was not alone after falling in love with hanfu. She believes that classics will never go out of style and she herself has incorporated (使并入) hanfu into her everyday life.

1. Why did Chan feel uneasy when she first wore hanfu in public?

A．Her clothes were worn out.

B．She didn’t like looks from others.

C．Her clothes didn’t fit her properly.

D．She had a limited knowledge of hanfu.

2. What is special about hanfu in design according to paragraph 3?

A．It never goes out of fashion.

B．It shows personal qualities of its wearers.

C．It has many different styles for choice.

D．It appeals to people of all ages and social groups.

3. What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A．Hanfu has a strong influence on Chan.

B．Hanfu will be a big business in China.

C．Hanfu will take the lead in the fashion.

D．Hanfu allows her to get to know more people.

4. In which part of a magazine may we read this text?

A．Health.

B．Travel.

C．Sports.

D．Culture.

8 . Computer keyboards are the most widely used input devices (设备). Most of us use them almost every day, at work or at home. But have you ever wondered who invented them and why they look like this?

The origins (起源) of keyboards can be found in the first typing devices created back in the 1700s and 1800s. The first patent (专利权) for a typing machine belonged to the Englishman Henry Mill, back in 1714. Since then, many other typing devices have been patented, but none of them was put to use until 1867.

The first typing machine produced for use was the Remington typewriter, created by Sholes & Glidden. Are you wondering what it looked like? Surprisingly, it was very similar to an old sewing machine (缝纫机). This typewriter model is usually considered as "the first typewriter”.

Since this invention, typing devices went through a lot of changes in shapes, size, design and technology, increasing their efficiency (效率) and becoming more user-friendly.

In 1961, IBM made the first model of its Selectric typewriter public. This device had a very great influence on modern computer keyboards in terms of efficiency and typing speed.

Throughout the 1950s to 1970s, typewriters became the primary input devices used for computing. Things started to change in the 1970s, when the first computer keyboards made their appearance and typewriters were taken over by these new devices.

In the 1980s, IBM introduced its first personal computer, which came equipped with the Model M keyboard. This is considered the most universal keyboard design and the father of modern keyboards. This device was a big success and it’s still very popular today.

1. What is the purpose of the first paragraph?

A．To present a method.

B．To voice a different idea.

C．To introduce the topic.

D．To analyse the problem.

2. How is this text mainly developed?

A．By giving descriptions.

B．By analyzing causes.

C．By making comparisons.

D．By following time order.

3. Which of the following is regarded as the father of modern keyboards?

A．The sewing machine.

B．The Model M keyboard.

C．The Remington typewriter.

D．The Selectric typewriter.

4. What is the text mainly about?

A．The development of keyboards.

B．The future of keyboards.

C．The recent events of keyboards.

D．The new findings of keyboards.

9 . Lewis Swire is only 13 years old, but he is doing something that will surprise many people. He founded Curious Times, a free online newspaper written by young people for young people. “It’s written by the right audience (观众) for the right audience,” Swire tells The Week Junior. “One young person to another, so the understanding is direct.”

The idea came to him at the start of lockdown (隔离). With his father at high risk from coronavirus and therefore shielding (when you can’t see anyone outside your household), Swire wanted a way to connect with young people around the world.

He got to work on an idea for an online newspaper. After 150 hours, he had taught himself to set up and run a website. He recruited (招募) a team to help, and they published their first articles on14 April.

Since then, the team have won two prizes, published articles by young people in 26 countries and developed a podcast (播客) and a large social media following.

Now, as lockdown eases across most of the UK, Swire wants to keep the Curious Times newspaper going online so that it remains “environmentally friendly and easily accessible”.

Anyone can hand in an article about anything they like through the site. Swire says that almost all the articles have been “of really high quality”, and the writing style shows the place where the person comes from. The only article the team have received but haven’t published is one that didn’t seem to have been written by a young person.

The title Curious Times Times is influenced by traditional newspaper names, and what Swire thinks is a strong characteristic of young people: curiosity (好奇心). “Young people are very curious, wanting to learn more,” he says. “That curiosity never has to leave you, as long as you keep your pen.”

1. Why did Lewis Swire found Curious Times?

A．Because he wanted to do something surprising people.

B．Because he liked chatting online with different ages of people.

C．Because he was unwilling to share his stories.

D．Because he wanted to communicate with other teenagers all over the world.

2. What can be learned about Swire and his team?

A．They have worked for 150 hours.

B．They published their latest articles on 14 April.

C．They have continued keeping the online newspaper.

D．They have developed more websites.

3. What does Swire think of all the articles mentioned in paragraph 6?

A．He thinks highly of them.

B．He doesn’t care about them.

C．He is against them.

D．He fails to publish them.

4. What can be the best title for the text?

A．Never give up easily.

B．Practice makes perfect.

C．A Young boy surprises us.

D．Well begun is half done.