| A．She is not surprised at the news. |
| B．She has no interest in the news. |
| C．She is shocked by the news. |
1.发布倡议的目的;
2.燃放烟花爆竹的危害;
3.你的呼吁与倡议。
注意:
1.写作词数: 80~100;
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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3 . China has announced that couples will be permitted to have up to three children in a major policy shift from the existing two-child limit, after recent data showed a dramatic decline in births in the world's most populated country.
"To actively respond to the ageing of the population…a couple can have three children," state media Xinhua reported on Monday, citing a committee meeting hosted by President Xi Jinping
Early this May, China reported the slowest population growth since the early 1960s, despite scrapping its one-child policy in 2015 to encourage more births and avoid a potential population crisis.
A once-a-decade survey showed that the overall population of China grew to 1,41178 billion in the 10 years to 2020, up by 5. 38%. The increase reflects an average annual rise of 0.53%, down from 0.57% reported from 2000 to 2010.
The announcement drew a chilly response on Chinese social media, where many people said they could not afford to have even one or two children. "I am willing to have three children if you give me 5 million yuan (£554,350)," one user posted on Weibo. As a matter of fact, experiment of the three-child policy in Heilongjiang province in the last few years also resulted less effectively than expected.
It is not only China that is facing such a population challenge. Across east Asia, authorities have, for years, been struggling to persuade couples to have more babies. South Korea and Japan both have used allowance to encourage.
The policy change will come with "supportive measures, which will be beneficial to improving our country's population structure, fulfilling the country's strategy of actively coping with an ageing population and maintaining the advantage of human resources", Xinhua said. It did not specify the support measures.
1. Why did China announce the three-child limit this May?| A．To completely stop the population from ageing. | B．To show concern over the ageing population. |
| C．To increase the birth rate of the country. | D．To remove the two-child limit. |
| A．Issuing. | B．Changing. | C．Adopting. | D．Canceling |
| A．China has a smaller population in 2020 than in 2010. |
| B．Many couples can't afford to raise two or more children. |
| C．Hei Longjiang has the smallest population among the provinces. |
| D．Korea and Japan have managed to cope with ageing population. |
| A．A book review. | B．An online newspaper | C．A travel brochure. | D．A biology textbook. |
4 . LANZHOU-When an international olive oil competition announced its winners in Greece in late June, excitement spread across the village of Daoqi in Northwest China.
“The award-winning olive oil was made from our fruit,” said Ru Ciming, 50, an olive planter from the village under the city of Longnan, Gansu province. The variety of olive trees in Ru’s orchard (果园) was introduced from Spain. In the eyes of locals, the foreign trees have not only pulled the city, once among the least-developed regions in China, out of poverty, but they have also brought them international fame.
Olives originated in the Mediterranean (地中海地区) and their oil, often called liquid gold, is used widely in food, cosmetics and medicine. In the 1960s, the Albanian government gifted China more than 10,000 olive saplings (树苗), which were then planted in many parts of the country on nationwide trials. Longnan began to plant olive trees in the early 1970s and experts concluded that the region was ideal for the resettlement of the olive trees due to its climate and soil condition. After years of experiments and promotion, it is now the largest olive cultivation (栽培) base in China.
In recent years, the local olive oil industry has continued to expand as Longnan has improved cooperation with Mediterranean countries that have a long history of olive planting, including Italy, Greece and Spain. The improved cooperation aims to introduce better varieties and initiate technical exchanges.
Pedro J. Rodriguez Sanchez, a Spanish olive seedling expert, was one of the early contributors to olive exchanges. He arrived in Longnan in 2009, when only half of the local olive tree seedlings had survived. His technical guidance helped raise the survival rate to over 90 percent.
Zhao Haiyun, an official in charge of promoting the olive industry in Longnan’s Wudu District, said that many more European experts have arrived since Sanchez. They have visited orchards to offer guidance to farmers, and helped companies improve their processing and storage procedures.
They have helped the district, as well as the city of Longnan, to jump on the bandwagon of China’s rising demand for high-quality olive oil, especially among well-off urban families, said Zhao.
1. What can we learn from the third paragraph?| A．Olive oil is named liquid gold and has many uses. |
| B．The Albanian government sold some olive saplings to China. |
| C．Longnan has a history of about 30 years of planting olive trees. |
| D．Longnan is fit for the growth of olive trees due to its rich water resources. |
| A．Italy. | B．Albania. | C．Spain. | D．Greece. |
| A．Policy. | B．Habit. | C．Fashion. | D．Model. |
| A．Olives link Northwest China with world |
| B．Oliver trees pull Longnan out of poverty |
| C．Longnan is largest olive cultivation base in China |
| D．Longnan improves cooperation with Mediterranean countries |
Political advisers and legislators(立法者) have called for full performance of policies offering children from single-child families paid leave(带薪休假) to take care of their parents as caring for seniors
China started to relax
The advance of technology in our lives has been kind of stopped in New York City. Up to now, lawmakers
Businesses that break the new regulation could face heavy fines of up to $ 1,500 for each offense (违法行为). Critics of cashless businesses say they discriminate (歧视) against people who are much
7 . Would you believe it, Bangladesh is the happiest nation in the world! The United States, on the other hand, is a sad story: it ranks only 46th in the World Happiness Survey. That's far behind India, the fifth happiest place in the world, and others including Ghana and Latvia, Croatia and Estonia.
The research was led by London School of Economics professors into the link between personal spending power and the quality of life. It has proved that money can buy everything but happiness. The study revealed that people in Bangladesh, one of the poorest countries in the world, act far more happiness from their small incomes than, for example, the British (32nd on the list) do from their relatively large bank balances. In fact, people in most rich countries are much unhappier than poorer people in countries like the Domini can Republic and Armenia.
Most unfortunate, however, are Russians and people in some other parts of the former Soviet Union. They are neither rich nor happy, indicates the World Happiness Survey.
The study shows that although the British have twice as much money to spend in real terms compared with 40 years ago, their quality of life has not improved. Earlier surveys showed that many Britons thought money could bring happiness. The new study shows that such a link still exists in poor countries because a small increase in income can mean large improvements in lifestyle.
The researchers have concluded that although Britons are rich compared with most other countries, many suffer from an emotional poverty caused by consumerism (消费主义) and the breakdown of family life. “We are being seduced by a huge economic power and our personal needs are not being met,” said nip Marks, a social sciences researcher at survey University who also worked on the report.
1. How is the second paragraph organized?| A．By giving reasons. | B．By making a comparison. |
| C．By giving numbers. | D．By following the time order. |
| A．attracted | B．reduced | C．contracted | D．Prohibited |
| A．Favorable. | B．Doubtful. | C．Objective. | D．Unclear. |
| A．Some effective ways to act happiness. | B．Results from the World Happiness Survey. |
| C．The belief that money could bring happiness. | D．Introduction of the happiest nation in the world. |
More than 2.000 years ago, the brave and hardworking people of Eurasia explored and opened up several routes of trade and cultural exchanges that linked the major civilizations of Asia, Europe and Africa，
When Chinese President Xi Jinping
9 . Smartphones are perhaps one of the things we like most or least. While they create a shared and communicative digital(数字的) experience，their use also greatly reduces the amount of direct communication we have. So, while we feel closer than ever through smartphones，research shows that we’re actually lonelier than ever.
We see this situation most commonly among the youth who were born into the digital age. Phones have increased the level of isolation (孤立). Janet Behrens, principal of Iowa Valley Junior-Senior High School, noticed it in the lunchroom, where students had their heads down looking at their phones and had little conversation with each other.
Then, she created a lunchroom policy, which requires all students to leave their phones behind during Friday lunches and sit at a table with students they may not know. During Friday lunches, kids pick a card that shows which lunch table they will be sitting at that day. Each table provides ideas for conversation starters. in case students have trouble thinking of things to talk about with kids they might not know
Anyone who knows teens knows that they are likely to refuse to follow this kind of forced socialization(合群). So they may not quickly agree with such an idea. However, the new program is different. After taking a few weeks to get used to the new program, kids are kinder to each other and they actually look forward to Friday lunch hour. Sahara Kanke, a ninth grader, said, “I think it’s fun I was a bit confused when I first knew the program. But I like doing it now. People are nicer to each other now because they got to know each other at lunch”
Policies like this are important. ABC News reported that students who use phones and computers less during class scored half a grade higher than students with smartphones. Due to the advantages of reducing smartphone use among the youth, schools around the world have been testing different methods to help students overcome the difficulties
1. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?| A．Students’ dislike of school food. |
| B．Students’ loneliness brought by smartphones |
| C．Students’ refusing to follow some school rules |
| D．Students’ making new friends through the Internet |
| A．It aims to get students to share their problems |
| B．It can improve students’ problem-solving ability |
| C．It calls on students to stop chatting online at school |
| D．It encourages face-to-face communication among students |
| A．It is pretty difficult to get along with teenagers |
| B．It is challenging to carry out the new program in school |
| C．The new program has drawn students closer to each other |
| D．Young students were glad to join the program at the beginning |
Mr. Green lived in the woods with his wife and children. He
