| A．priority | B．potential |
| C．criticism | D．elements |
（1）对Jason来中国表示欢迎。
（2）推荐的活动及理由。
注意：（1）词数不少于100字；
（2）可适当加入细节，使内容充实、行文连贯。
参考词汇：唐诗（Tangpoems）剪纸（Paper-cutting）___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Marga Allen might be around 93 years old. However, she wouldn’t put her feet up. Every week, she leads a 90-minute fitness class in her community for her ladies, and the youngest of them is 60. The class is a mixture of Scottish dancing, line-dancing and routine. “I want to make it fun for them,” says Marga , “I’ve been teaching classes since 1965.” At that time, 8 ladies attended her class, but now there are as many as 18.
And when Marga isn’t out, she is a writer of poetry. She has written 6 books and is now going on a seventh. “I write in the evenings, about anything and everything,” say Marga. In writing about her life, Marga isn’t short of materials. Born in the 1920s, Marga was a gifted pianist from a young age and even won a scholarship to the Royal College at the age of 14. Marga stopped work as a railway worker when she had the first child. Then she was a volunteer of the Red Cross for more than 40 years.
She now has four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; the youngest of them is just six-month old. In spite of her astonishing activity level for her age, Marga says that loneliness is the concern of society and that all the things she does still don’t fill up her time.
Whenever she gets lonely or down, she picks up the phone and chats with friends, which makes her in high spirits. “I miss people most of all. But a lot of people are lonely, and I’d love to help them all.”
1. Why does Marga Allen give a fitness class in her community each week? (No more than 10 words)2. Why doesn’t Marga Allen lack materials when writing about her life? (No more than 10 words)
3. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 1 mean? (No more than 10 words)
4. What does Marga Allen usually do when she feels depressed? (No more than 10 words)
5. What do you think of Marga Allen? And why? (No more than 20 words)
4 . MINNEAPOLIS—A 13-year-old entrepreneur (企业家) who was reported for operating a hot dog stand outside his house without a license is still in business, thanks to Minnesota officials who could have shut it down.
The Minneapolis Department of Health received a complaint this summer about the hot dog stand that Jaequan Faulkner had set up outside his home. But instead of closing down the operation, officials decided to help. “We helped Jaequan become permitted and went through some food safety techniques and procedures with him so he could operate legally and safely,” said Minneapolis Health Department supervisor Ryan Krick. Besides, the staff of health department raised the money for his permit fee, which was $87.00. Daniel Huff, the environmental health director for the department, says his agency was excited to give him coaching for some business knowledge, instead of shutting down the operation.
Jaequan says he is supported widely. “I was actually kind of surprised at first, because usually I would have one person at a time help me, but then so many people came at once. Now I realize how much people enjoy it, ” he added.
Jaequan began operating with a license on Monday. He started the hot dog stand with help from his uncle, who said Jaequan handles about 90 percent of the business. The teen now works four—hour days, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., and spends his free time “thinking about what’s next.” Maybe a food cart, so he can take his operation on the road.
Jaequan said he’s also thinking about donating some of earnings to charities that help people with depression.
1. According to the passage, why was Jaequan complained?| A．Because he was too young. | B．Because he didn’t get the license. |
| C．Because he chose an improper location. | D．Because he sold some unhealthy foods. |
| A．offering advice on food security | B．helping him get the official permit |
| C．asking him to pay for the permit fee | D．coaching him for some business knowledge |
| A．Grateful. | B．Terrified. | C．Confused. | D．Doubtful. |
| A．Leaving his business to his uncle. | B．Expanding his business to some extent. |
| C．Working full time on his hot dog stand. | D．Giving away all his earnings to the poor. |
| A．To inspire teenagers to establish their own career. |
| B．To call on people to donate their earnings to charities. |
| C．To inform people of a touching story in Minneapolis. |
| D．To persuade people to support Jaequan’s business. |
—I have the same feelings.
| A．explain | B．remember | C．remind | D．hurry |
| A．finally | B．gradually | C．actually | D．frequently |
7 . On September 1, Hurricane Dorian hit the Bahamas. Many areas were left without power or water. As soon as the storm passed, a team of cooks and other volunteers sprang into action: They set up makeshift (临时替代的) kitchens. Leading the charge was José Andrés, who owns popular restaurants in the United States. He’s also the founder of World Central Kitchen (WCK), which cooks meals for people affected by natural disasters and other emergencies (突发事件). “We will make it to everyone who needs food,” Andrés said. At press time, WCK had served about 300,000 meals there.
WCK began its work in 2016, when Hurricane Matthew hit Haiti. It left many people without food. Usually, after an emergency, governments give out prepackaged meals, but some of the food isn’t very healthy. Andrés thought he could do better. The food served by WCK is fresh and healthy. When possible, it adds in local ingredients (原料), which suit the tastes of the area.
WCK cooks have shortcuts to cooking lots of food quickly. Andrés grew up in Spain, where cooks use massive pans (巨大的锅) to make a rice dish called paella. He realized paella pans could be used for all kinds of food. Now WCK cooks use them for everything and they can cook for 500 people at a time this way.
WCK has about 25 staff members. But much of its work is done by volunteers. Twenty thousand volunteers served almost 4 million meals after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, in 2017. Andrés said a 10-year-old girl there named Lola ran a whole part of the kitchen on her own, and he thought she was a heroine.
In Haiti, it’s common for school meals to be cooked indoors over open fires. This can be dangerous. WCK wants to help. The group has built or repaired more than 140 schools in Haiti. In many of them, it has fitted gas stoves (煤气灶) and water lines. Together, this has made schools cleaner and safer for more than 65,000 people.
1. Why did Andrés start WCK?| A．To comfort the injured people. | B．To rebuild popular restaurants. |
| C．To provide meals for those in need. | D．To teach people how to survive a natural disaster. |
| A．What WCK is. | B．How WCK started. |
| C．What WCK’s food is like. | D．Where WCK’s food is from. |
| A．Basic rules. | B．Strange suggestions. |
| C．Abilities to compete. | D．Ways of saving time. |
| A．It prefers children volunteers. | B．It brings cooks a good return. |
| C．It employs good Spanish-style cooks. | D．It depends greatly on voluntary helpers. |
| A．Clean and safe cooking. | B．Prepackaged meals. |
| C．Highly-competitive schools. | D．Professional and easy-going cooks. |
8 . First impressions are important, but are first impressions correct? Personally, I’m not so sure, and according to new research, neither is science.
You really shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but I certainly have, and I’m willing to bet (打赌) you’ve done it, too. Consider this, though: If I’d let my opinion on, say, the boring cover of John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath stop me from reading this great novel, I would have missed out on one of my favorite books to date. First impressions are important because they can influence you one way or another, but they shouldn’t be the be-all and end-all of your opinion on someone.
According to Jonathan Freeman, a professor at New York University, first impressions are collected within only a few hundred milliseconds and are often based on the person’s facial appearance.
“First impressions of faces can influence how we make decisions about people,” Freeman explained in a statement. Therefore, in order to put an end to such first impressions, you have to understand where your first assuṃptions (假设) come from. In order to do this, a team of researchers in Switzerland performed two experiments: The first required participants to judge the personalities of dozens of people only based on photos they were shown online. For example, in this part of the study, researchers took note of how participants related personality features like friendliness with various appearances. The second experiment explored what kind of facial features were connected with exact personality features. For example, someone who has a round face with “babyish features” might be considered as friendlier or more harmless than someone who isn’t smiley in their photo.
The results showed that first impressions often aren’t all right. Look, it’s really unfortunate that first impressions aren’t always right. Still, these first impressions happen regardless of whether or not they’re right, so the best thing you can do is try to put your best foot forward without, of course, giving up your authenticity (真实性); you are exactly who you were meant to be, and all you can do is be the best person you can.
1. What does the author want to show by mentioning John Steinbeck’s novel?| A．First impressions are influential. | B．The cover of a book is unnecessary. |
| C．We shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. | D．Few people tend to make judgments at first-sight. |
| A．First impressions are difficult to change. |
| B．How a person looks influences his first impression. |
| C．It takes some time to form the first impression. |
| D．First impressions are influenced by many factors. |
| A．Choose photos they like. | B．Relate personalities with photos. |
| C．Show their opinions of smiley faces. | D．Talk about their impressions of other participants. |
| A．People find it hard to make a good impression. | B．Faces show personality features correctly. |
| C．First impressions are not always reliable. | D．One’s facial appearance is really important. |
| A．Don’t be too realistic. | B．Try to be your best self. |
| C．Don’t be judgmental. | D．Disregard others’suggestions. |
“I have some good news for you! ”My husband’s promising words on the phone stopped me from setting the table for dinner.
“What?” I barely waited for him to finish. I really waited for him to finish. I really expected some good news. I was so tired. My infant opened his eyes at 2:30 in the morning and kept crying. I could self-diagnose: sleep debt.
“We’ll have a dinner next Thursday.” His words brought hope and happiness to my tired soul. This event would take place in a music building. The more I heard, the more my heart longed for the evening. I hung up and called my parents to ask about babysitting. Five minutes later, the baby was arranged well. Then reality took over. I felt very upset. What would wear? Post-pregnancy pounds left few options. I had neither the time, money, nor the energy to stop for a new dress. Three days before the dinner, I built up enough courage to open the closet door and find something to wear. First, I tried a blue dress but it was too tight. Then, I held my breath, and tried a green one. I couldn’t believe it. It almost fit! Then, I dug through my drawer for something with the words “tummy control (收腹)”.
When that Thursday came, I walked down the stairs wearing my green dress, high heels and jewelry, and my two-year-old son asked in amazement, “Mommy, are you a fairy?” Those words wouldn’t leave until we got in the car. My husband leaned over and said, “Husband and wife, not mommy and daddy.”
At the dinner, there were cloth napkins. Waiters in white shirts and bow ties served us. My husband said, “Thanks for your hard work. You are as beautiful as ever. Sometimes you just need some time that belongs to yourself.” I was moved to tears. I always complained that no one understood me, but actually, my husband knew everything and helped me out.
1. Why was the author so tired? (no more than 10 words)2. Please explain the underlined word in English in Paragraph 4? (no more than 1 word)
3. What made the author upset before the dinner? (no more than 10 words)
4. Seeing the author dressing up, how did her kid react? (no more than 5 words)
5. What do you think of the author’s husband? Why? (no more than 20 words)
(1)介绍你或你的班级参加的活动的过程(如比赛前的准备，比赛过程及结果)；
(2)分享你的感受，收获和受到的启示。
注意:(1)词数不少于100； (2)可适当加入细节，使内容充实、行文连贯。
(3)参考词汇：
篮球比赛 a basketball game 合唱比赛 the chorus competition
辩论赛 the debate contest 英语演讲比赛 the English speech competition
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