1. Who persuaded Armani to start his own design shop?
| A．His brother Sergio. | B．A friend in Milan. | C．A teacher in Verona. |
| A．He created some perfumes. |
| B．He worked in a military hospital. |
| C．He started selling clothes in America. |
| A．English sports clothing. |
| B．University team uniforms. |
| C．Italian uniforms for the World Cup. |
1. What helps Karl most to become successful?
| A．Hard work. | B．Good training. | C．A set schedule. |
| A．He has good meals. | B．He has a good rest. | C．He does more training. |
| A．At about 8: 30 a. m. | B．At about 9: 00 a. m. | C．At about 9: 50 a. m. |
| A．To avoid the mistakes they’ve made. |
| B．To relax themselves completely. |
| C．To know the opposing team. |
1. What’s a disadvantage of the woman’s new house?
| A．It is costly. | B．It is too large. | C．It is inconvenient. |
| A．Old. | B．Modern. | C．Remote. |
| A．In the back of the house. |
| B．In the front of the house. |
| C．Around the house. |
| A．A dining room. | B．A bathroom. | C．A green room. |
4 . Patriotic Zhang Weili won her historic fighting championship in Shenzhen on August 31, 2019. The 30-year-old fighter from Hebei Province produced a huge upset to knock out Brazilian Jessica Andrade and became China’s first UFC world champion.
Zhang entered the straw weight bout as a big loser to Andrade, who is tied with the most UFC wins(11) by a woman. However, after a series of devastating knee kicks and punches(重拳), Andrade was floored in the 42nd second of the first round and the challenger was declared winner by TKO. “Last year in Beijing I vowed(发誓)to become the first Chinese champion, and I did it!” said Zhang. “As a Chinese, I feel so proud. Today, I want to dedicate this victory to my motherland,” she added.
UFC boss Dana White declared Zhang “the most vicious woman on the planet right now” and revealed he is already planning the new champion’s next fight in the United States. Zhang appealed to White to smooth out some reasonable concerns she has about a US fight. “Please make sure all my corners can come because last time they couldn’t come for visa issues,” she said. “But all my coaches are here with me, supporting me and I won the belt.”
With six years’ experience in UFC, Andrade has a reputation for crucially seeing off opponents. But Zhang, who is known for her fierce “buzz saw” attacking style, never allowed Andrade to get going. “I think the keys to my win were my calm mindset and the strategy defined by my coaches. All the strategies were practical and predicted every move to help me seize every opportunity,” Zhang said.
She was the first Chinese fighter to even get a title shot from the UFC, which is now pushing hard into a Chinese market where interest in MMA is growing rapidly. Afterwards, Zhang hoped to inspire more young Chinese women to take up MMA and to be a source of inspiration for women, both in MMA and everyday life.
1. What can be inferred from paragraph 2?| A．Andrade is a great opponent. | B．Andrade has 9 UFC wins so far. |
| C．Zhang owed her victory to her efforts. | D．Zhang was afraid of Andrade’s attacks. |
| A．Opponents. | B．Coaches. | C．Relatives. | D．Friends. |
| A．strict teaching of her coaches |
| B．support from her coaches and friends |
| C．her strong body shape and enthusiasm |
| D．her mindset and strategies developed by her coaches |
| A．Women can make a big difference as well. |
| B．Women should not ignore their appearance. |
| C．Women should compete with men to show their abilities. |
| D．Women can change their fate by winning UFC. |
It was exam time at Marc’s school. Every day, their teachers gave them loads of homework and told them the test was very important and that they ought to spare no effort to perform well in it. Everyone followed the teachers’ instructions and made preparations for it, except Marc. He just turned a deaf ear to it. He thought he would rather play football than study.
His mum and dad repeated the importance of revision for exams over and over again. They told him that he should be working hard preparing for the test. But the weather was sunny and he thought he had better things to do.
“Shall we go to the park?” he said to his friend Huck one afternoon. “It’s a nice day. We could play football and kick around.” Huck shook his head. “I’m supposed to review my lessons,” he said. “I’m going home to do some math.”
Marc was amazed. “You’d rather do math than play football?”
“Math is important. Besides, my mum says she will buy me a mountain bike if I do well in the math exam.”
“That’s crazy,” said Marc. Huck shrugged (耸肩) and replied, “Wait until I beat you in the test and you will watch me riding past on my mountain bike!”
“You won’t beat me,” said Marc.
“Oh yes, I will.”
“Oh no, you won’t! That will never happen. Just wait and see!”
For the first time ever, Marc wanted to perform well. He couldn’t bear it if his friend came top and he did badly. So when he got home, he opened his math book. But there was so much to do. All of a sudden, he felt like he’d forgotten everything he had learned that year! He didn’t know where to start. When his sister Lily came in, he was sitting expressionlessly by the desk, just staring out of the window.
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“You don’t look happy, Marc. What’s wrong?” she said.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________On the day of the exam, Marc went to school with great confidence.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________6 . Most students hate tests. The fear of failing them is really unpleasant.
1. Survey your textbook before you read.
Take a couple of minutes to find the word-list, index, questions and other important information. Then, when you sit down to study, you’ll know where to find the answers you are looking for.
2.
As you read, summarize each section of the chapter on a post-it note. After you have read the entire chapter, go back and review the notes. It is an easy and efficient way to review information. And you can easily find the information you need.
3. Make your own practice test.
After you finish reading, pretend you are a professor writing a test for the chapter. Review the material you just read and make up your own practice test. Include all vocabulary words, study questions, and highlighted words you can find, as well as any other important information.
4. Create visual flashcards.
Flashcards will help you remember important terms, people, places and dates. On the front of the card, write down the term or the question. This will help ensure that you grasp the study material.
| A．Use sticky notes. |
| B．Prepare a note book. |
| C．Take the test to see if you remember the information. |
| D．If all the questions are included, there is no need to worry. |
| E．But there are a few tricks you can learn how to avoid the worry. |
| F．On the back write down the definition or the answer. |
| G．Make sure you read any study questions before you read the chapter. |
7 . Desperate to help his 96-year-old mother to speak her mother tongue again, Keith McDermott made an appeal on social media and was met with a flood of kind responses. The old lady, Ray, was moved to tears after talking on the phone with one of the enthusiastic respondents in Welsh.
Ray moved to America after meeting her husband when she was only 18, hence waving goodbye to her life in Wales. She continued to speak Welsh with her mum-keeping a little bit of home. But she lost her beloved mum four decades ago and hadn't spoken Welsh ever since.
Despite suffering from short-term memory loss and sometimes not remembering what she has done recently, Ray's childhood memories in Wales remain clear. “She wants to return but I know, given her age, such long-distance travel is out of the question.” said Keith, “Once she mentioned ‘I wish I could speak Welsh again but I suppose I never will.’ It was then that I thought I should make her wish happen.”
So Keith, 70, posted on social media in the New York Welsh area asking for any Welsh speakers that could speak Welsh with his mum. And he was touched, as well as a little shocked, to receive over 30 responses within half an hour. Keith thanked everyone and eventually asked Melisa to give his mum a phone call. “Speaking with Melisa, her (Ray's) Welsh was a little rusty. A few more Welsh conversations and I think she'd be fluent again,” added Keith.
“When you have a parent in their nineties, you will find you two have something in common: you're both old, so I am very sympathetic to my mother's feelings of loneliness and isolation (孤立). I'm feeling it myself.” Keith hopes to set up more Welsh phone conversations for his mum and Melisa has promised to send Ray some short stories in Welsh to remind her of her life in Wales.
1. Why did Keith post a message on social media?| A．To gather American Welsh speakers. |
| B．To help his mum speak Welsh again. |
| C．To slow down his mum's memory loss. |
| D．To track down his family's Welsh origin. |
| A．Surprised and moved. | B．Concerned and thankful. |
| C．Sympathetic and excited. | D．Astonished and isolated. |
| A．Social media contribute to closer family ties. |
| B．Mother tongue means more than a language. |
| C．Childhood experiences shape one's later life. |
| D．One will be more sensitive when getting older. |
| A．A community noticeboard. |
| B．A health magazine. |
| C．A language-learning website. |
| D．A local newspaper. |
8 . SEA Summer High School Programs 2022
Science at SEA
Science at SEA is a four-week program for rising high school juniors and seniors, as well as recent high school graduates, which focuses on the coastal and offshore marine environment around Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The program includes a shore component on the SEA campus in Woods Hole and a sea component aboard the Sailing School Vessel (SSV) Corwith Cramer.
July 21 — August 13 Expense: $4,000
SEA Quest
SEA Quest is a two-week program that welcomes high school students and recent graduates. Participants will gain hands-on experience conducting field research, sailing at all ship, and understanding of the complexities of creating and managing marine reserves. They return home with a broader sense of the ocean's importance to our planet and the need to preserve this precious resource for future generations. Life here is fast-paced. No prior sailing experience is necessary. Strong desire to learn is required!
July 11 — July 22 Expense: $3,200
SEA Cape
This three-week summer program at SEA offers current high school students the opportunity to study the marine environment from a variety of perspectives: scientific, historical, and literary. Participants live and study at our campus in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
June 27 — July 14 Expense: $3,800
SEA Expedition
This two-week summer program for high school students, including graduating seniors, is centered on learning by doing. SEA Expedition is a multidisciplinary experience that welcomes students to participate in every aspect of a challenging offshore sailing and oceanographic expedition, and occurs entirely aboard the SSV Corwith Cramer. Life at sea is fast-paced and tough.
July 5 — July 17 Expense: $3,500
1. Which program lasts the longest?| A．Science at SEA. | B．SEA Quest. | C．SEA Cape. | D．SEA Expedition. |
| A．Previous experience in sailing. | B．Great eagerness to study the sea. |
| C．Ability to conduct scientific experiments. | D．Knowledge of sea resources preservation. |
| A．It offers opportunities of sailing. | B．It entirely takes place on a ship. |
| C．It features many relaxing activities. | D．It allows graduates to participate in. |
Keeping up seemed so important when I was a teenager. Back in 1973, if you weren’t wearing Penn Loafers (乐福鞋) you’d just as soon go around in your bare feet. There was only one problem that year, I had bought Oxfords—but Penny Loafers were in.
“I need some money for Penny Loafers.” I told my dad one afternoon at the place where he worked as a car mechanic.
Dad looked at me for a full minute before he answered, “Wear those shoes one more day. Look at every pair of shoes you see at school. If you can tell me that you are worse off than the other kids, I’ll buy new shoes for you.”
The next day, I did what Dad said. I saw many schoolmates wore torn shoes of the likes I’d never had to wear, and shoes with holes in them, but I had no intention of telling him the results.
When school was out, I rushed to the place where Dad worked. It was quiet. Only an occasional clank (叮当声) of metal could be heard as Dad worked under a car. Then dad’s shoes came into my sight. They were old and black, the kind mechanics and service-station attendants wore. I saw the mended soles (鞋底) and the spliced laces (拼接的鞋带) .
“You do what I told you today?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Well, what do you want to do?” He looked as though he might know what my answer would be.
“I still want the Penny Loafers.” I forced myself not to look at his shoes.
Dad handed me ten dollars. I took the money and went to the store two blocks down the street. A rack (货架) on a far wall appeared as if it had a million pairs of black Penny Loafers resting on it. On a rack next to it was a sign that reads “CLEARANCE 50% OFF”.Below the sign sat several “young” versions ofDad’s shoes.
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My mind was playing Pingpong
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________I ran back to the shop and put Dad’s new shoes on the seat in his car.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________10 . •While people don’t always like the old saying “the early bird gets the worm”, getting up early is actually the secret to the success of many people.
•Improve your cognitive (认知的) function. People who get up early in the morning can concentrate better, are more attentive, and stay energetic throughout the day. Since people’s brains are more active in the morning, focusing on important tasks earlier will allow you to make better decisions than people who work later. Morning people have better problem- solving skills.
•Help you sleep better. Waking up early makes going to bed early easier and helps you get consistent sleep and wake times.
•Give you more time to eat breakfast.
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| A．Give yourself more time to get relaxed. |
| B．Get you to do exercise early in the morning. |
| C．And thus this can lead to a better quality of sleep. |
| D．Setting your alarm clock early will give you extra time. |
| E．Nothing starts a day better than eating a healthy breakfast. |
| F．That’s because they can do more while the world is still sleeping. |
| G．So they can get better grades in school and obtain higher paying jobs. |
