1 . Jiqing Street in Wuhan is a good place to try local food and experience the everyday life of local people. Since Wuhan was unlocked on April 8th, there have been many people lining up at snack shops there.
In the evening, hundreds of street-side stalls (摊位) come out on the street and provide popular snacks and local food at low prices. Travelers can enjoy hot dry noodles, tasty chicken soup and Chinese dumplings... Don’t miss Jiujiu duck necks. Chi Li, a popular writer, tells a love story of a beautiful lady who sells duck necks in this street in her novel Life Show. Thousands of people come to search for the scene (场景) in the novel.
Local people like to order several best-known dishes and some bottles of beer and spend their evening time with friends there. For traveler, another exciting thing is the folk music performed by folk musicians at your table. You can enjoy delicious food when listening to music.
With the street becoming busy, the city began to breathe again.
1. Jiping Street is a good place to ________.| A．study English | B．try local food |
| C．Tell love stories | D．go skating |
| A．Chinese dumplings | B．hot dry noodles |
| C．Chicken soup | D．duck necks |
| A．The air becomes fresh again. | B．The water gets clearer. |
| C．The city becomes lively again. | D．The food gets nicer. |
| A．a travel website | B．a history book |
| C．a science magazine | D．a dictionary |
1. The pork on cold day can keeps fresh.
2. The question is that whether she will speak at the meeting.
3. You can’t return the MP3 now. You may keep it until next month.
4. I will go to his birthday party if he invited me.
5. Her pen was broken. She buys a new one last week.
6. She can’t help cry when she heard the bad news.
7. He arrived at the railway station only find the train gone.
8. His parents can make the plan finishing on time.
9. Thirty years are a long time for every one.
10. This is the most wonderful film which we have seen.
A: Good morning.
B: I’m looking for some books for my father. His birthday is coming.
A: Well. What is he interested in?
B:
A: It’s a good hobby. Is he good at it?
B: No, not really. He often comes back without any fish.
A: I see.
B: Let me have a look. Oh, it’s for beginners.
A: Yes. It’s very helpful. I’m sure your father will like it.
B: Hmm… Thanks.
A:
B: Here you are.
A: Thank you.
A. What about this one?
B. Can you help me?
C. It’s too expensive.
D. 25 yuan.
E. What can I do for you?
F. I will take it.
G. He is interested in fishing.
| A．idea | B．dead | C．head | D．ready |
| A．India | B．silence | C．blind | D．tidy |
| A．chair | B．headache | C．teach | D．change |
| A．suburb | B．sunshine | C．unkind | D．statue |
| A．guard | B．war | C．cartoon | D．arm |
| A．die | B．tie | C．piece | D．lie |
| A．soft | B．cost | C．song | D．post |
| A．trouble | B．country | C．enough | D．mouth |
| A．lamp | B．plant | C．flat | D．fan |
| A．wave | B．have | C．race | D．save |
5 . How do we make traditional Chinese culture alive and popular again among young people? Livestreaming (直播) has made it. It is not only fun, but has also provided a new stage for traditional culture artists.
On video websites and apps such as Douyin and Bilili, many traditional artists are trying livestreaming for the first time. Some of them sing Peking Opera, some show their hand-made art pieces, while others perform classical music.
Li, 59 years old, is a laosheng(old male role) Peking Opera performer who started livestreaming this year. Unlike performing on a formal (正式的) stage, Li uses everyday places as his stage, including his backyard, study room, and even a sofa. Besides singing, Li also teaches viewers about Peking Opera in a funny way. People can ask him questions and get answers directly. “Livestreaming has brought this great art down to earth,” one viewer said. “It allows young people to know this traditional art and learn more about it in an easier way.”
Other kinds of artists also see livestreaming as a new opportunity. On March 26, the third China Huafu Day, Bilibili livestreamed a fashion show. Performers showed beautiful clothes in traditional Chinese styles , including those from Wei, Tang and Ming dynasties. During the show, viewers enjoyed the clothes and watched how performers used ancient styles of make-up. For example, one blogger taught people how to draw the guiye eyebrow (桂叶眉), which was a typical make-up style during Tang Dynasty.
There is no doubt that livestreaming has created a new channel through which traditional culture can be kept alive.
1. We can guess from Paragraph 3 that Li, as a teacher, is ________.| A．Strict | B．lazy | C．humorous | D．scary |
| A．help make Douyin and Bilibili more popular |
| B．teach where and how to perform Peking Opera |
| C．encourage young people to perform art at home |
| D．show traditional artists are using livestreaming |
| A．Wei | B．Tang | C．Ming | D．Qing |
| A．a TV show to introduce traditional clothes from different dynasties |
| B．a way to bring traditional culture back to life by sharing online videos |
| C．a program to give students many traditional Chinese cultural lessons |
| D．a stage to give performers a chance to take photos of their everyday life |
6 . You may have wondered why there are fish tanks (鱼缸) at many doctor’s and dentist’s offices. Actually these medical professionals are trying to keep their working areas less stressful (有压力的) with the help of fish tanks. Because of the soft bubbling (冒泡声) from the fish tanks, their patients are expected to feel less nervous or worried when staying there.
The sound of running water can make people feel relaxed. For this reason, places where water keeps running are often considered good choices for people to have deep thoughts and stay relaxed in mind. Even a small tabletop fountain (喷泉) can make a workspace more relaxing. Unlike loud noises, repeated natural sounds remind that everything is OK. “These slow but soft sounds are just the ones that bring us no harm,” said Orfeu Buxton, a professor at Pennsylvania State University. “It seems like they are saying, ‘Don’t worry; don’t worry; don’t worry.’”
Besides bringing a sense of peace to your indoor space, a fountain can also prevent noises from coming inside. I recently had a small indoor fountain for my workspace. I enjoy the fountain even when I’m not working at home.
If you want to have an indoor fountain too, there are plenty of wonderful ones on sale, which may cost you a lot. You can try making one yourself, using some inexpensive materials, like I did. And you will always keep it around — 1,000 doctor’s offices can’t be wrong about the relaxing effects of running water.
1. From the first paragraph, we can learn that ________.| A．bubbling from fish tanks is a little bit noise |
| B．bubbling from fish tanks makes patients less worried |
| C．doctors like to collect the fish tanks in their offices |
| D．patients feel relaxed when they see a doctor |
| A．a public library | B．a science museum |
| C．a shopping center | D．a forest river |
| A．fountains | B．noises |
| C．running water | D．repeated natural sounds |
| A．It cost the writer a lot of money. | B．It was made by the writer himself. |
| C．The writer bought it from a store | D．The writer doesn’t like it anymore. |
A: Hi, Jack.
B: I went to the Smart China Expo (智博会) in Chongqing.
A: Wow, what were you interested in most?
B: The AI technology. Humans are so creative that they can develop a smart society with the help of AI technology.
A:
B: Yes, it was. Many famous people joined in the Expo and the government played an important role in holding the Expo.
A: How can we visit the Expo?
B:
A: How about going there with me tomorrow?
B:
A: See you at the gate at 9:00 tomorrow.
B: OK. See you.
A. Was the Expo successful?
B. Did you go anywhere interesting yesterday?
C. How many people have been to the Expo?
D. Where did you go yesterday?
E. By booking the ticket online without paying.
F. You can never imagine technology has progressed in such a rapid way.
G. OK. I really want to go there again.
Yue Opera, one of the five major Chinese operas and the second
Yue Opera was born in 1906 as “little song class”. In 1938, it
Absorbing the elements of Shaoxing Opera, Yue Opera enriched them and created its own type of music. It is good
Up to now, many years of development
9 . The sky turned orange and the hospitals were in chaos. Thousands of Iraqis came to emergency rooms complaining that they could not breathe. Some had to be put on respirators. Schools closed and airports cancelled flights. Life came to a stop amid a cloud of dust.
Such scenes have occurred almost weekly in Iraq since April. In decades past, two or three big sandstorms were expected every year. This spring, Iraq has already recorded at least eight. Sandstorms have always been a fact of life in the Middle East, and are now growing more frequently and intensely.
Scientists say dust storms are complex and poorly understood, but their main causes are natural. In 2015, some people blamed a fierce summer storm in the Levant on Syria’s civil war thinking that military vehicles travelling through fields kicked up enough dust to blanket the region. Researchers at Princeton University later cited a more ordinary mix of unusual heat and strong winds as its reason, not gunners.
Still, people plainly contribute to the problem. Demand for water is making a dry region even drier. A World Bank study in 2019 found that human actions, such as over-exploiting rivers and lakes, produce a quarter of the Middle East’s dust. Iran has drained wetlands for farming. Turkish dams on the Tigris and Euphrates mean drier riverbeds downstream. All of this means more dust needs to be swept up by the wind. The decrease of the region’s forests because of fires and cutting down trees means there is less vegetation to hold it back. Syria, for example, has lost an estimated 25% of its woodland and since 2001, most of it to summer fires. Climate change will make the problem worse.
For those who work outside, sandstorms make life unbearable. Sandstorms bring tiny particles that travel deep into the lungs. The World Bank estimates that air pollution causes 30,000 premature deaths a year in the Middle East — and rising.
Economic costs will mount, too. Workers stay at home. Crops are buried under dust. The UN puts the direct economic cost in the Middle East at $13 bn a year, with indirect costs many times bigger.
1. What do the scenes described in Paragraph 1 show?| A．The seriousness of sandstorms in Iraq. | B．The high frequency of sandstorms in Iraq. |
| C．The steps taken to address Iraq’s sandstorms. | D．The Iraqis’ negative response to sandstorms. |
| A．By offering analyses. | B．By giving an example. |
| C．By providing research results. | D．By challenging a general view. |
| A．A drier climate. |
| B．Water shortage in the Middle East. |
| C．The impact of human activities on water resources. |
| D．Decrease of forest areas across the Middle East. |
| A．Puzzled. | B．Worried. | C．Doubtful | D．Optimistic. |
10 . When most people think of drones (无人机), they think of technology and fun. Safe to say, few people would think about farming. However, a group of students from York College of Pennsylvania have been building a drone that will not only help local farmers but the environment, as well.
Samantha Gotwalt and Blayde Reich, two senior Mechanical Engineering majors at York College in the group, both found the work to be quite fascinating. According to Samantha, the idea came from a York College professor, who has worked with drones, and wanted to get students involved with a project beneficial to the community. “We really want to help farming and agriculture. It’s super-important to America and our economy,” Blayde says. “We want to help the smaller farmers, and one of the perks is not having to spend their money on fertilizer and pesticides (杀虫剂).”
The idea is to design and build a drone that will take video imagery of the fields to determine what is needed to produce the best crop, while saving money and sparing the environment by reducing pollutants in the water runoff. Ideally, that data gained will help the farmers better determine what chemicals they need — and what they don’t.
However, finding the right equipment for the project was a challenge, starting with what drone the team would design for this particular usage. Samantha says she researched durability and control of drones to help make the proper determination.
“We are flying over the field and we want to have enough efficiency and go relatively slow enough that our pictures turn out well - and fly low enough that it is not using up all of its power,” she says. “The fields are a couple hundred acres(英亩), so you need your drone to be able to fly the length of that field.”
Blayde says the team continues to learn a great deal of information that will help the farmers and the environment.
1. What does the underlined word “perks” in paragraph 2 refer to?| A．Challenges. | B．Features. | C．Benefits. | D．Solutions. |
| A．Spreading proper quantities of pesticides. |
| B．Helping to determine the chemicals needed. |
| C．Assisting to monitor the state of crops. |
| D．Measuring the areas of the fields. |
| A．Its camera capacity. | B．Its data collection ability. |
| C．Its durability and control. | D．Its material and efficiency. |
| A．Disciplined and realistic. | B．Experienced and reliable. |
| C．Humble and reserved. | D．Responsible and creative. |
