1 . How to Respond when Someone Judges You

Dealing with judgment from other people can be tough, especially when it’s coming from a friend, family member, or colleague. Judgmental people are unavoidable, but you can easily deal with their criticism using positivity and compassion.

Rid yourself of the judgment. Remember that a judgmental person’s words are a reflection of their own beliefs-and not yours. Critical people criticize themselves more than anyone else.     1    .

Be sympathetic. Practice sympathy to understand the source of this person’s judgment. It could be that they were judged by parents, family, or friends, in which case this person’s critical attitude would be something they learned(and not necessarily intentional). While that doesn’t excuse their behavior, having sympathy can inform your response. Say things like “    2    ,” or “I see where you’re coming from, but…” when you respond to someone’s judgment.

Ask for clarification.     3    . Ask this person to explain what they said, and find out their motivation for saying it. You could ask then, “What are you trying to say? If you have constructive criticism, I’m open to hearing it.” That way, you’re giving the other person a gentle reminder to phrase their words constructively.

    4    . Be polite but firm when you call out judgmental people. If somebody crosses a line and makes you feel criticized, tell them how you feel. If someone is giving you criticism you didn’t ask for, you could say, “    5    , and I have a plan that works for me.”

A．Stop talking like this

B．Set boundaries in the conversation

C．I understand why you feel that way

D．I feel like I need to deal with this in my way

E．I know you want to talk but this is a sensitive subject for me

F．Judgmental people may not know they’re being rude or unreasonable

G．So the judgment they pass isn’t actually about you, though it can feel personal

3 . Sites for free online education enable you to learn courses in your comfortable place. The courses of these websites are offered by top universities. You can learn a specific subject without much investment. These websites offer many videos, articles, and e-books to increase your knowledge.

Coursera

Coursera is a free learning platform that offers MOOCs courses from well-known universities. All courses contain pre-recorded video lectures that you can watch when it is convenient for you. Coursera has programs together with universities that allow you to get a master’s degree. You can explore various college courses without any trouble.

CodeHS

CodeHS is a learning site that’s specially designed for students to learn computer science. This website provides lesson plans where you can access various resources to learn it. The courses are designed in a way that suits your personal needs. The videos can be viewed online as well as offline.

Khan Academy

This site is useful to match your learning goals. You choose this site to personalize your learning experience. This free platform can be used for learners and teachers. The resources of this site are available online as well as offline. The content of Khan Academy is available in English, French, German, and more.

Connections Academy

Connections Academy is the best online course website that helps students to learn from home. The courses of this platform are designed for elementary school and middle school. The site provides personalized learning experiences and enables you to easily meet teachers and classmates in the virtual classroom.

1. What's special about CodeHS?

A．It satisfies personalized needs.

B．It focuses on a particular subject.

C．It offers access to video resources.

D．It serves both learners and teachers.

2. Which of the following best suits junior high students?

A．Coursera.

B．CodeHS.

C．Khan Academy.

D．Connections Academy.

3. What is the purpose of this text?

A．To recommend learning sites.

B．To introduce various courses.

C．To share on-line experiences.

D．To guide off-campus students.

5 . Children will become more and more independent and will do what they would like to do. However, as parents, you ought to take care of your own children and have a better understanding of them in the following cases.

School work becomes increasingly difficult as children grow up. So this is a time when some kids begin to do better in their school work while others struggle to understand more advanced and more difficult lessons. When they get home, talk with them about their school lessons and find out what they don’t understand. It’s a chance for you to stay close with your children as before and get them to relax.

For many families, homework can be a serious struggle. Many school-age kids are reluctant to sit down and study for a spelling test or complete their math homework. It’s natural for them to be bored with their homework, but you have to think of ways to help them form the right habit to finish their homework when they get home.

Many kids are busy with sports, music, and after-school activities. Others, however, may prefer to spend too many hours on the screen. It’s important to keep kids active at this age.

Friends become a bigger deal for children during this time too. Attending birthday parties or playing with kids on the playground can be good for their development.

Bullying (恃强凌弱的行为) can become a problem around this age. It’s important to talk to your child about kindness and respect so he doesn’t become a bully and it’s also quite necessary for you to talk about what he can do if he becomes a target.

1. What would happen with school lessons getting more difficult?

A．Children are divided in their school lessons.

B．Children have more homework to do at home.

C．Parents have more chances to show themselves.

D．Parents find it more difficult to teach their children.

2. What does the underlined word “reluctant” in Paragraph 3 mean?

A．Excited.

B．Worried.

C．Unwilling.

D．Interested.

3. What does the author advise school children to do?

A．Spend more hours on the screen.

B．Be active both mentally and physically.

C．Organize parties at home and school.

D．Bully other students at school.

4. Who are the intended readers of this text?

A．Students.

B．Teachers.

C．Parents.

D．Office workers.

6 . In China, tea has become an important part of everyday life for thousands of years. As the tea-processing methods and tea culture have evolved over the years, tea sets have also changed to meet the practical and cultural needs.

During the Tang Dynasty(618~907AD), tea leaves were traded across the country and Asia. For the convenience of transportation and storage, tea leaves were pressed into bricks. To prepare tea, drinkers had to cut them into small pieces and boil them in heat-resistant teapots.

By the Song Dynasty(960-1279), drinkers started to turn the hard bricks into powders (粉末) that could be whipped (搅打) in a cup with boiled water. This whipped tea is most commonly associated with Japanese tea ceremonies today.

By the 1500s, tea bricks gave way to the form of rolled leaves. This innovation led to the invention and use of teapots as we know them today. These teapots originally came from the Yi Xing region of China and were soon copied throughout the world. Then Japanese teapot-makers moved the handle from the side to the top of the teapots.

Tea finally reached Europe in the 1600s, along with the necessary tea sets made in Japan and China. As English teapot-makers began to adapt the tea sets to their country men’s tastes, they eventually added a handle to the tea bowl because of the English habit of drinking hot black tea, which was consumed at higher temperatures. The size of teacups also grew to accommodate milk and sugar in their tea.

By the early 1900s, innovations in tea drinking became an American affair. The most revolutionary one was the tea bag, which was accidentally commercialized by Thomas Sullivan. He had been sending customers tea wrapped in silk bags. Rather than take the leaves out of the bags, as Sullivan intended, the customers put the bags into their teapots instead. Not only did the tea bags push the teapot back to the sidelines of tea service, they were also too large for teacups and led to the modern practice of drinking tea from mugs.

1. Which was used to make the whipped tea in Japan?

A．Rolled tea leaves.	B．Freshly picked tea leaves.
C．Powdered tea leaves.	D．Loosely pressed tea leaves.

2. Which innovation was first introduced by the British?

A．Tea bags and mugs.	B．Tea bowls with handles.
C．Heat-resistant teapots.	D．Teapots with top handles.

3. What can we learn from Thomas Sullivan’s story?

A．Customers are very creative.	B．Innovations are relatively easy.
C．Marketing strategy is critical.	D．Good ideas can be born by accident.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．The Development of Tea Sets	B．Varieties of Tea Leaves
C．Various Tea-making Methods	D．The Spread of Tea Trades

7 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

It was Friday, and I was at my daughter’s place in Manhattan. My husband and I had gone out for breakfast with my daughter and son-in-law and their child. After breakfast, we took a taxi to Central Park. The plan was to take my 2-year-old grandson on his first horse and buggy(小马车)ride，pick up our bags from my daughter’s house and drive to my friend’s home in Flatbush, Brooklyn, for a visit.

The horse ride went well, and we all had a great time. My grandson was filled with joy and excitement all the time. We arrived back at my daughter’s apartment, picked up our bags and then I said to my husband, Moishe, “Where is your phone?” Usually, I will check everything before we leave a taxi since things can fall out, but this time, I guess I didn’t, and we could not seem to find it.

Maybe we left it in the buggy, or it might have fallen out in the taxi? I wondered. Or perhaps we left it in the restaurant at breakfast? I was in a state of panic, wondering what the one with the phone could do with it. Moishe was evidently at a loss as to what to do. My sensible son-in-law, Leon, had a clever idea of calling the phone to see if anyone would answer it.

With butterflies in my stomach, I watched as Leon dialed and got through. He turned the loudspeaker of his phone on so that we all could hear but what we heard was a lady’s poor, broken English. The person on the other side of the phone obviously had difficulty communicating with Leon. Leon was very patient and was speaking very slowly but I could see that he didn’t get much useful information before he had to hang up.

After some discussion, we decided to send a text message to the lost phone saying, “We will pay money to get our phone back, please tell us where you are.” This idea worked out well. Soon we got a reply message saying “119 Ocean Parkway, Mrs. Hichens”.

注意：1．续写的词数应为150左右;
2．请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

In no time, we all got into our car and headed for the address.

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With Laura’s help, Mrs. Hichens was able to explain to us what had happened.

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8 . One summer night in a seaside cottage, a small boy was in bed, sound asleep. Suddenly, he felt himself _________from bed and carried in his father’s arms on to the beach. Overhead was the clear starry sky. “Watch!” As his father spoke,_________, one of the stars moved. It _________across the sky like a golden fire. And before the _________of this could fade, another star leapt from its place, then another...

“What is it?” the child asked in _________.

“Shooting stars. They_________every year on a certain night in August.”

That was all: just an _________encounter of something magic and beautiful. But, back in bed, the child stared into the dark, with mind full of the falling stars.

I was the_________seven-year-old boy whose father believed that a new experience _________more for a small boy than an unbroken night’s sleep.

That night, my father opened a door for his child, leading him into an area of splendid_________.Children are naturally curious, but they need someone to_________them. This art of adding new dimensions to a child’s world doesn’t _________require a great deal of time. It simply_________doing things more often with children instead of for them or to them. Good parents know this: The most precious gift they can give a child is to spark their flame of _________That night is still deeply_________in my memory. Next year, when August comes with its shooting stars, my son will be seven.

1.

A．hidden

B．robbed

C．lifted

D．kicked

2.

A．incredibly

B．accidentally

C．apparently

D．actually

3.

A．exploded

B．circled

C．spread

D．flashed

4.

A．success

B．wonder

C．exhibition

D．discovery

5.

A．amazement

B．horror

C．relief

D．delight

6.

A．blow up

B．turn up

C．show off

D．give out

7.

A．uncomfortable

B．unbearable

C．undetected

D．unexpected

8.

A．curious

B．determined

C．fortunate

D．chosen

9.

A．worked

B．mattered

C．deserved

D．proved

10.

A．newness

B．emptiness

C．freedom

D．innovation

11.

A．protect

B．challenge

C．guide

D．believe

12.

A．absolutely

B．basically

C．possibly

D．necessarily

13.

A．involves

B．risks

C．admits

D．resists

14.

A．hope

B．curiosity

C．faith

D．wisdom

15.

A．trapped

B．set

C．lost

D．rooted

9 . A week ago, in search of an extremely _________ flower called the tagimoucia, I travelled to Taveuni, where the plant only grows.

My host Vagoni told me that many locals may have only seen the flower in pictures. He also told me that I’d be _________ to climb the mountain without a _________. “You’ll be on the steep (陡峭的) service road before you _________ the rainforest on an unmarked track to have any chance of finding the tagimoucia. There’s thick _________ and it’s always raining,” he said. “At best, you don’t find the _________. At worst, you get completely _________.”

I asked Vagoni _________ this worst case had happened before. “_________!” he said. “Just two weeks ago, a group of seven locals went up without a guide and got lost in the cloud. There was a search-and-rescue mission. What a __________!”

Soon, we set out up the service road with a guide. I’d hiked Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa, and made it __________ the Everest Base Camp. __________, I quickly discovered that Taveuni’s extreme humidity and the trail’s steepness make the climbing astonishingly __________. I needed to stop to rest every 10 minutes.

An hour later, we were in the forest, ducking under fallen trees and climbing over other obstacles. Suddenly, the guide pointed up with __________. “Look! The tagimoucia!” he shouted. I couldn’t believe we’d found it — I also couldn’t see a thing, as my glasses were __________ up in the mist.

1.

A．delicate

B．beautiful

C．rare

D．tiny

2.

A．slow

B．funny

C．foolish

D．weak

3.

A．rope

B．guide

C．walking stick

D．sleeping bag

4.

A．cut into

B．search for

C．look around

D．make out

5.

A．forest

B．grass

C．snow

D．fog

6.

A．way

B．water

C．shelter

D．flower

7.

A．mad

B．lost

C．exhausted

D．defeated

8.

A．whether

B．how

C．when

D．why

9.

A．Accidentally

B．Basically

C．Frequently

D．Exactly

10.

A．chance

B．shock

C．schedule

D．mess

11.

A．with

B．to

C．for

D．at

12.

A．However

B．Therefore

C．Instead

D．Besides

13.

A．impressive

B．urgent

C．unique

D．tough

14.

A．excitement

B．interest

C．curiosity

D．fear

15.

A．straightened

B．steamed

C．pushed

D．broken

10 . Launched in Singapore last November, Hong Kong-based company Omnifoods has introduced a range of six plant-based seafood to stand in for tuna, crab and whitefish. Similar to their pork substitutes, the new products are said to offer a safe and alternative source of protein while tackling environmental concerns like overfishing and worsening of the seas.

Omnifoods' expansion comes at a time when the market for plant-based products is growing. According to Enterprise Singapore, local interest in sensible consumption doubled in 2021, and flexitarians — people who primarily eat a plant-based diet but occasionally consume meat or seafood — represent the fastest growth. The ocean is another reason cited as the need for plant-based seafood. The average person here consumed 22kg of seafood last year, surpassing the global average of 20kg. The World Wide Fund for Nature(WWF) also observed that three quarters of the seafood served in Singapore is unsustainable. Besides, fish farming involves the use of chemicals to prevent disease and parasites and these chemicals then accumulate in fish tissues, which becomes a serious threat to people's health.

Omnifoods says their products address all these concerns. Made primarily from non-genetically modified soybeans, the plant-based alternatives are free of harmful substances, absolutely safe. The company pointed out that the products share a similar look, feel and taste of the real thing. “We've done pilot taste tests with friends, family, and one sushi restaurant. Many admire the appearance and mouthfeel that our tuna product has as well as its nutritional benefits. Now we are struggling to improve our product until it's an exact match or tastes better than animal-based tuna,” added David Yeung.

Besides Omnifoods, Singapore companies are also exploring the alternative seafood market. Growthwell Group recently raised US $22 million to fund its attempt into shrimp, squid and crab made using chickpea protein. “Global demand for plant-based meats is also shooting up, with the value set to reach US $ 23.2 billion by 2024,” said market research company Euromonitor.

1. Which is the highlight of the plant-based seafood?

A．Being reasonably-priced.	B．Being physically-appealing.
C．Being environmentally-friendly.	D．Being personally-tailored.

2. What does paragraph 2 mainly focus on?

A．The recent trend in people's diet.

B．The potential risks of fishing farming.

C．The methods of Omnifoods expanding its business.

D．The factors driving the popularity of plant-based seafood.

3. Which best describes the prospect of the alternative seafood market?

A．Promising.

B．Risky.

C．Worrying.

D．Uncertain.

4. What's the best title of the text?

A．Real Seafood Is to be Replaced	B．Alternative-seafood Has a Long Way to Go
C．Omnifoods: A Pioneer of Plant-based Seafood	D．Next Food Frontier: Seafood Made From Plants