2 . 春节越来越近。为了保护环境，营造宁静、祥和的新春佳节，近期市政府出台了春节期间禁止燃放烟花爆竹(fireworks) 的政策。假如你是李华，受学生会委托在校英文报上发布一则倡议书，号召所有同学积极响应。具体内容包括:
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.

2. What's the meaning of the underlined word scrapping in para 3?

A．Issuing.

B．Changing.

C．Adopting.

D．Canceling

3. What can we infer from para 4 to para 6?

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.

4. Where is this text most probably from?

A．A book review.

B．An online newspaper

C．A travel brochure.

D．A biology textbook.

4 . Let’s say you want to purchase a camera, and you’re comparing two different advertisements. In one, the pictures, colors, and instructions make the information easy to read. The other has an unclear style that takes more time for you to understand. If you decide to purchase the second camera with the more confusing advertisement, new research out of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute shows that, over time, you’ll likely be happier with your choice.

In a paper co-authored by Gaurav Jain, an assistant professor of marketing in the Lally School of Management at Rensselaer, researchers found that nonstop stimuli (刺激), or the difficulty for an individual to process a message, increases people’s attitudes toward that message after a time delay.

“This research has a real-life impact,” Jain said. “Most of the time, marketing communicators try to make their message clear. What we learned, however, is that there are certain times, especially when people need to make choices, when we should actually use nonstop stimuli so that whatever people are choosing, they will like it once time has passed.”

Using primary data collection designed by Jain of about 500 diverse individuals, researchers also found that consumers judge the time spent in the decision-making process wrongly. Rather than recognizing that the lengthy decision came from trying to understand the information, when looking back on the process, consumers instead believe they spent the time on making the decision. This leads the consumer to believe the decision they made was informed and worthy.

These findings are meaningful for marketing communications in many fields.

“When people are making decisions,” Jain said, “like choosing insurance products, retirement funds, or even when choosing an elected official, marketers and designers need to remember that if we can make an individual spend some time in that choosing process, it’s more likely people will stick with the option they chose over time.”

Jain says that when consumers’ attitudes about a product increase, the impact on post-purchase decisions like returns and reviews of the product will be more favorable to the brand.

1. How does the author introduce the topic?

A．By listing figures.	B．By giving examples.
C．By using others’ words.	D．By showing people’s reviews.

2. What should marketing communicators do according to Gaurav Jain?

A．Make their message short.

B．Make their message attractive.

C．Make their message easy to understand.

D．Make their message hard to understand.

3. In which aspect can this discovery be used for marketers?

A．Writing a paper.	B．Selling a product.
C．Choosing a camera.	D．Designing a new brand.

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

A．Time Delay: What is it

B．Suggestions to the Marketers

C．How to Make Consumers Happy

D．Difficult Decision, Satisfactory Choice

5 . “I think kawaii, or cute feelings, can remind us of human connection that we sometimes forget,” says Hiroshi Nittono, director of the Cognitive Psychophysiology Laboratory at Osaka University.

“Viewing cute images of baby animals gives us a desire to act tenderly and responsibly to protect them,” he explains. “This idea holds that weak and defenseless but cute things set off caregiving behavior in the beholder.” Cute things make us feel protective, and when we’re protective, we might be naturally more focused.

Engineers, advertisers, and developers have taken advantage of this phenomenon, using kawaii to control user experience and consumer behavior. Researchers call it cute engineering. It’s a way to harness positive feelings and emotions to motivate (激励) and shape the user’s behavior in a positive way.

Sometimes cute engineering is subtle (微妙的), but it’s often quite obvious. Engineers use kawaii in the field of robotics, for instance—the cuter the robot, the more humans will want to engage with it. There’s also the iMac, which over the years, Apple designed to be subtly adorable (可爱的). It persuaded traditionally non-computer users to buy into the world of computing so that they could sell more units.

There’s also “cute filtering (萌物滤镜)”, a component of cute engineering that allows consumers to personalize their kawaii experience, just like the way iMac users could choose the color of their units. In this way, users can create their own kawaii experience. Using a “cute filter”, users can freely choose the cuteness parameters (参数) such as color, size, motion, smell, and taste to adjust their desired cute output.

1. Why would people like to protect cute baby animals according to Hiroshi Nittono?

A．People have no choice but to do it.

B．People are taught to protect animals.

C．Cute things motivate people to protect them.

D．Cute baby animals are too weak to protect themselves.

2. What does the underlined word “harness” probably mean?

A．Focus on.

B．Figure out.

C．Throw light on.

D．Make use of.

3. Why was the iMac designed to be adorable?

A．The iMac could shape people’s preference.

B．Computer producers could make more money.

C．Engineers could design computers to their taste.

D．Consumers would like to have more kawaii experience.

4. What can be a suitable title for the text?

A．The Power of Kawaii.	B．Protect Cute Animals.
C．A New Discovery.	D．Control Cute Feelings.

6 . 阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。

Nowadays, an increasing number of young Chinese spend money because they are “lazy”. According to a report issued in December by China’s e-commerce platform Taobao on China’s “lazy economy”, Chinese people spent 16 billion yuan on products and services online in 2018. The post-1995 generation was the “laziest” as its consumption increased by 82 percent, compared with that in 2017.

The so-called lazy economy refers to a new type of consumption of products and services which are designed to save time and labor. According to the report, many people of the post-1995 generation buy high-tech electronic devices such as floor mopping robots and automatic window cleaners, which save the trouble of doing household chores. Meanwhile, take-out food delivery services are also popular among people born after 1995.

Young people are willing to spend money on such products because they want to enjoy hard-earned leisure time after a busy and stressful day at work or school, reported Global Times. Because they need to focus on their studies or jobs, these so-called lazy people tend to use their leisure time more efficiently. For example, Wei Duo, a 21-year-old college student, is a frequent user of take-out food delivery services. “I once had a birthday cake delivered to my friend who lives far from my home. It cost me 50 yuan but it saved me almost half a day that would have been needed to deliver it myself My friend was also happy because she got to eat the cake instantly.” Wei told the Global Times.

While the “lazy economy” might be convenient for young people, it might also create problems. The lazy economy’ on campus is expressed in things like people buying food or other things without leaving the dormitory. As a result, they stay in their dormitories all day long, playing on computers and smart phones. According to Jinan Daily, this situation could lead to young people becoming less sociable and even developing problems of communicating with others. Young people should be alert (警觉的) to it.

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7 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

A three-episode documentary, titled Living in Verdant Mountains and Clean Waters — A better Life, jointly    1     (produce) by China, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand, has been completed. By doing so, they learn about the achievements and experience of poverty reduction in rural China.

China has seen    2     (it) final 98. 99 million poor rural residents being lifted out of poverty, 832 counties and 128,000 villages from poverty list shaking off poverty,     3    (mark) a major victory of the eradication (根除) of absolute poverty and region-wide poverty, according to the data released in February 2021. It     4     (reflect) the outcomes of China's targeted poverty relief work. At the same time, it is attracting global attention about how China, the country with the    5    (large) population in the world, could make     6    difference to enable its people to lead a better life.

In the documentary,     7     (reporter) from Laos, Cambodia and Thailand pay a visit to Longsheng county in Guangxi autonomous region, the village of Shibadong in Hunan province and so on,     8    they witness China’s efforts made in targeted poverty reduction, such as affordable medical care for poor people in rural areas, as well as poor counties in western region pairing up    9     cities in the east. These measures have made a great     10    (contribute) to rural poverty relief.

8 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。

The eight-day 2021 Cloud ACG Industry Trade Fair concluded in Hangzhou on May 5,     1     (draw) 5981 insiders and traders from 46 countries and regions.

    2     (consider) as a key platform to boost international exchanges when the world is still battling COVID-19 spread, the fair announced over 80 projects, with     3     (they) total finance reaching nearly 2 billion yuan. Deals, about games and animated works from 103 Chinese and foreign companies and organizations     4     (sign) during the event, reaching     5     total value of 100 million yuan, more than twice of the 40 million yuan contracted last year.

In addition     6     the online activities which involved 20 international festivals and renowned     7     (studio), the event also launched an online campaign to encourage tourists to wear traditional-style costumes to places of interest during the May Day holiday, aiming to promote young people’s rising     8     (prefer) of traditional culture and history.

The trade fair was created last year as an alternative plan     9     (support) the 17th China International Cartoon & Animation Festival,     10     influence has already reached far and wide across the globe.

10 . 阅读下面短文，在空自处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

When you purchase fresh-cut flowers, you might assume they were grown somewhere nearby. The reality,     1    , is that the cut flower trade is gradually international. Today, thanks to high-tech cooling systems, flowers can be exported and sold in a florist thousands of kilometers from     2    it was grown.

The Netherlands has     3    (increase) dominated the world cut flower trade since the 1970s. Twenty million flowers     4    (sell) here on an average day. It is also a world leader in developing new flower     5    (variety). Dutch companies and the government invest     6     considerable amount of money in flower research. Their scientists look for ways to lengthen a flower’s vase life and prevent them from    7    (damage) while traveling.

    8     the Netherlands’ dominance of the flower market, there are many places with a better climate for growing flowers. The climate of Ecuador, for example, is almost perfect. Peter is responsible for starting Ecuador’s flower industry, which     9    (grow) quickly over recent years. Every year, Ecuador’s flower industry sells about 500 million flowers to the USA alone,    10    (bring) employment opportunities and a stronger economy to regions of the country.