1 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Socializing with my friends online is my life. The moment I wake     1     I check through all my social networking     2     (app), reading my emails and posting updates. I have 500 friends online and I live with several roommates, but I feel lonely. It seems that I have an active social life,     3     (attend) parties and playing sports, but I’m absent-minded because I     4     (strong) obsess over my phone.

Social networking     5     (be) the master of my life. Though sometimes I set deadlines    6     (tear) myself away from my phone, I fail again and again. Spending so much time socializing online. I always feel     7     (depress) and alone. As a result, I can’t finish what I should do in my real life.

It is common that at parties or at a family holiday, most members fix their eyes on their phones,     8    they think is normal rather than rude.

What is most worrying is that it is     9     (possible) to drop my phone. I need it for my studies because my teachers and classmates need to contact me. It is     10     problem that we are so close but really so far.

2 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Zhang Jiacheng has lived his life in a village for more than sixty years. Zhang spends his days     1     (look) after his apple farm. His work is     2     (entire) physical, including planting and watering trees and picking fruit. Now his work, though, is sort of different from the one     3     it used to be: Livestreaming (直播).

When I visit Zhang’s land in mid-September,     4     66-year-old farmer is preparing to pick up apples in his fields. The branches (树枝)of his apple trees     5       (weigh) down by red delicious fruit.They can produce 30,000 kilograms of apples each year.

    6       (help) the villagers make their fortune, the government began offering free courses in 2013 to teach villagers how to use the internet to enlarge their businesses. Over 20,00 people have attended     7     (class) covering different topics from e-business to livestreaming.

“Before taking the livestreaming class, I was making 4,000 to 5,000 yuan per year,” Zhang says. “Now,     8     makes me excited is that I can earn 200,000 yuan each year.”

To be frank, the change is     9     (surprise) and tells us the advantages of using technology to connect farmers in the country and other workers with more people.

Now, using social media such as Taobao’s livestreaming, Pinduoduo, Douyin, these workers can help sell their crops across the country, which contributes     10     the developing of the villages.

3 . Mosquitoes are one of the few unpleasant parts of summer. As the temperature rises, these disease-carrying pests become a common sight, especially around standing water. Thankfully, these tiny annoying creatures don’t follow us into the winter, right? Wrong. According to researchers in Florida, climate change will likely keep mosquitoes active even in the colder months of the year. “In tropical (热带的) areas, mosquitoes are active all year, but that isn’t the case for the rest of the world. Outside of the tropics, winter temperatures cause mosquitoes to go into a kind of hibernation called diapause (滞育). We call these mosquitoes ‘cold bounded’ because their activity is limited by these lower temperatures,” says Brett Scheffers, assistant professor in the wildlife eco logy and conservation department, in a university release.

“However, with climate change, summers are to get longer and winters are to become shorter and warmer. What will that mean for those cold bounded mosquitoes? How will they respond?” To see just how adaptive mosquitoes are already becoming to changing temperatures throughout the year, researchers collected these insects during each season in Gainesville, Florida.

Study authors caught over 28,000 insects from 18 different mosquito species during their experiment. Scientists lured the pests by using a trap that produces carbon dioxide. Mosquitoes seek out this gas, which both humans and animals blow out when they breathe. For these pests, the gas signals that a tasty meal is nearby. The team randomly selected 1,000 of these mosquitoes to test in their lab temperature experiment. They placed each insect in a test tube before putting it in water. From there, researchers continued to change the temperature, from cold to hot. At the same time, the team monitored when each mosquito became inactive—marking their upper or lower temperature thresholds (阈点).

As for what is allowing mosquitoes to make these rapid adjustments to the weather, the answer is still unclear. However, researchers believe evolution could be working at a much faster rate in tinier creatures. Study authors believe their findings will help communities better prepare for insect season as climate change continues to lengthen summer.

1. What does Brett Scheffers think of those cold bounded mosquitoes’ behaviors?

A．Less active.

B．More alarming.

C．More annoying.

D．Less consistent.

2. Why did the researchers conduct the experiment?

A．To find out why summer gets longer.

B．To see how mosquitoes spread in tropical areas.

C．To learn how mosquitoes are adapting to climate change.

D．To learn why climate change is related to species evolution.

3. Which can best replace the underlined word “lured” in paragraph 3?

A．Killed.

B．Attracted.

C．Changed.

D．Protected.

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

A．Cold bounded mosquitoes are easily trapped

B．Wildlife ecology helps better prepare for insect season

C．Mosquitoes will be a year-long problem due to climate change

D．The cause of mosquitoes’ rapid adjustments to the weather is clear

4 . I grew up in a house with an unusual design feature. The floor of part of the house was made of pieces of chalkboards that my father gathered from the local high school when it was repaired. He added a second large piece on the wall, too.

The result was that we always had a place to write notes, draw pictures, do quick calculations, and keep an ongoing grocery list to which anyone could contribute. The wall chalkboard was used for important notes, while the floor was most handy for messages that were meant to catch someone’s eye the moment they came in the house, things like “I’ve run out to the store, back in 30 minutes” or “Please start dinner at 5:30”.

When I was young, I thought that every house would have a large writing area, but then I moved away and realized that wasn’t the case. For years, especially since having kids, I’ve tried to keep information organized. Though my Moleskine paper planner has given some semblance (表象) of order to my life, it doesn’t make up for a good chalkboard.

But now things have changed. I’m pleased to say that a proper chalkboard has finally been fixed in my kitchen—something that should have happened years ago! My dad recently came for a visit and brought a piece of slate (石板) that fits the wall behind the door, adding a board for chalk.

All of a sudden we have an obvious place to go to store information where all family members can see it, a place where important thoughts can be written down.

I think every house should have a proper-sized chalkboard — a real slate one, if you can find it. It’s a game-changer, a family unifier, and an effective organizer. I may not have a chalkboard floor, but once again I have a chalkboard wall, and now my home feels complete.

1. What developed the author’s love for houses with a chalkboard?

A．His father’s expectation of him.	B．Usual visits to an old house.
C．The environment he grew up in.	D．His habit of writing something.

2. What happened to the author after he had children?

A．He was too busy to relax.

B．He developed an interest in chalkboards.

C．He grew poorer at collecting information.

D．He had trouble organizing information at home.

3. What can we know about the author’s father?

A．He bought slate from a school for the author.

B．He lived together with the author all the time.

C．He got a chalkboard fixed at the author’s home.

D．He had a chalkboard wall built in his own kitchen.

4. What is the benefit of having a chalkboard at home according to the author?

A．Making one healthier and wealthier.

B．Helping to keep the family life in order.

C．Increasing one’s sense of belonging.

D．Developing children’s interest in learning.

5 . One November day, two weeks before Thanksgiving, my mom was travelling through Kentucky when her old car had trouble. She pulled over, ________ and helpless. Then, a truck carrying chickens pulled up behind her. After the driver knew the ________, he told my mom to leave her car there, convinced her to get in his truck and ________ her to his home.

Seeing my mom, the driver’s wife didn’t ask any questions, but welcomed her ________ and treated her to a delicious dinner. After dinner, the driver and his friends went back to the road and ________ my mom’s car. She was so surprised by the whole situation that she didn’t get their names. Nor did she ________ why these strangers took the time to help her get to ________, introduce her to the driver’s beautiful family with such kindness, and then get her back on the road for free.

Two weeks later, my mom wanted to ________ the family for what they did for her. She ________ to send the family a check for $ 550 and a letter of thanks. She ________ it to “The Chicken Farmer, Bonnieville, Kentucky”, and to her ________,not only the mail carrier got it to the right place, but she received a letter with an amazing story.

It ________ that the money she sent them was the exact amount they ________ to keep their chicken farm from being sold. They took the money, ________ their debt and bought a Thanksgiving dinner with the rest.

Their actions ________ illustrated the meaning of Thanksgiving.

1.

A．excited

B．anxious

C．rude

D．proud

2.

A．trouble

B．change

C．power

D．business

3.

A．wished

B．invited

C．caused

D．permitted

4.

A．coldly

B．angrily

C．formally

D．warmly

5.

A．rented

B．painted

C．fixed

D．washed

6.

A．know

B．wonder

C．trust

D．remember

7.

A．strength

B．safety

C．thought

D．health

8.

A．thank

B．blame

C．visit

D．praise

9.

A．refused

B．forgot

C．decided

D．agreed

10.

A．answered

B．addressed

C．stamped

D．devoted

11.

A．horror

B．shame

C．puzzlement

D．amazement

12.

A．turned out

B．set out

C．seemed

D．mattered

13.

A．offered

B．afforded

C．needed

D．raised

14.

A．avoided

B．paid

C．collected

D．borrowed

15.

A．truly

B．rarely

C．suddenly

D．toughly

6 . While some people might view breakfast as optional, most Shanghainese, despite living in arguably the most fast-paced city in China, won’t be caught skipping this meal no matter how busy they are.

In fact, Shanghai was even named by the Ministry of Commerce as a pilot city for the National Breakfast Demonstration Project in 2011. According to the authorities, the project is aimed at improving the quality of life and making high-quality breakfast options more accessible to the masses. Since the beginning of the project, the city has built 24 industrialized and standardized central kitchens which supply food to 7,800 stores selling breakfast items. By August 2020, there were more than 20,000 shops in the city offering breakfast food.

In the current stage of the ongoing project, the focus has shifted from increasing options to improving the convenience of purchasing this meal. To do so, the local government issued a guideline last August to promote digital breakfast services in convenience stores, mobile food trucks, retailers, and Internet platforms. Companies have also been encouraged to come up with new nutritious meals and adopt the use of eco-friendly packaging materials.

For office workers like Qian Li, buying breakfast no longer involves having to brave long queues. Rather, all she has to do now is place an order using the app for the Ego convenience store near her work place before picking up her freshly made meal from a smart locker.

The guideline has also resulted in developments like cooperative deals between e-commerce giant Alibaba and three major food truck enterprises. According to this agreement, mobile breakfast trucks, including those operated by local food company LiangFood, can establish a digital presence on Alibaba’s take-out and delivery platform Eleme, allowing customers to order their meals online without having to queue.

The introduction of more healthy breakfast options is also in preparation. To date, 12 enterprises have developed 208 nutritious breakfast sets catering to specific groups of people—patients with diabetes, the elderly, children and teenagers.

1. What is the original purpose of the project in 2011?

A．To make Shanghai a fast-paced city.	B．To raise the awareness of having breakfast.
C．To improve the quality of breakfast served.	D．To help people have more choices for cooking.

2. What can we learn about Qian Li mentioned in the text?

A．She is tired of making breakfast.	B．She enjoys the new mode of breakfast.
C．She has to stand in line for her breakfast.	D．She prefers getting meals at convenience stores.

3. What does the underlined words “catering to” in the last paragraph probably means?

A．Satisfying the need of.	B．Making use of.
C．Making a difference to.	D．Being connected with.

4. Which of the following can best serve as the title of the text?

A．Breakfast does matter for your health	B．Breakfast has gone digital in Shanghai
C．Shanghainese think highly of breakfast	D．Joint efforts are made to encourage breakfast

7 . Sometimes it only takes a shopping trip to change your life. When Shannon Murray-Doffo headed out to buy a shirt for her four-year-old son in 2019, little did she imagine it would be the spark to start her own kid-friendly clothing company. What Murray-Doffo found at not one but six different children’s clothing stores was that boys’ clothing is a disappointment.

“Boys’ clothes in every store were in gray, black or white—I mean, who buys white for a four-year-old boy? The graphics on the shirts were either giant rubbery logos across the chest or grown man or monster (怪兽). I remember coming home empty-handed and disappointed,” she said.

This bothered her, as she felt the fashion industry was sending a damaging message to little boys—that their clothes don’t matter as much as girls’, due to their location in the store and far fewer options, and that they should be violent.

She decided to start her own clothing company called Living Loudly. The result is a collection of T-shirts with fun, creative, and non-violent designs that appeal to boys and their parents.

The material makes a kid keep reaching for the same shirt day after day, and will stand up to hours of rough physical play. The T-shirts are shipped in a plastic-free, zero-waste cardboard tube used as shipping container and packaging. Inside, the shirt is wrapped in a sheet of seed paper, which will bloom if planted. A story is printed on the paper to entertain and educate the child about valuable lessons. “From developing self-control and healthy emotional expression to discovering the importance of being heard, our short stories give families fun, easy, and teachable moments. ”

Being the innovative entrepreneur as she is, Murray-Doffo didn’t stop at T-shirts. While conducting market research into her target audience, she spent a lot of time on online parenting forums to follow trending topics.

1. Why did Murray-Doffo come home empty-handed?

A．The shirts were too expensive.	B．She wanted to make shirts herself.
C．The shirts she wanted were sold out.	D．She considered the shirts unsuitable for boys.

2. What is Murray-Doffo’s opinion about boys’ clothes?

A．They matter a lot to boys.	B．They should feature monsters.
C．They provide too many options.	D．They should lead the fashion.

3. What is paragraph 5 mainly about?

A．Why Living Loudly was originally started.

B．How Living Loudly makes shirts appealing.

C．What Murray-Doffo plans to do in the future.

D．Where Murray-Doffo got the inspiration of her shirts.

4. Which word can be used to describe Murray-Doffo?

A．Patient.

B．Generous.

C．Creative.

D．Humorous.

8 . Students at St. Stanislaus High School in Mississippi are among the volunteers along US coasts raising oysters (牡蛎) to help restore, or repair weakened reefs (礁). Oyster reefs are an important part of coastal environments. Each oyster cleans 95 to 190 liters of water a day. The reefs provide living space for shrimp, crabs and fish. They also protect coastlines. In the states of Maryland, Virginia, Mississippi, and Alabama, now there are more than 1,000 oyster gardens. Most of them are in wire cages hanging from private ports.

Colin Wood, one student looking after the St. Stanislaus garden, said he was excited by the hands-on work. “I didn’t realize oysters had a big influence on the environment. And 50,000 to 55,000 adult oysters grown here each year go to reefs in Mobile Bay,” he said.

In the 1950s, an average of 37,400 tons of oysters were taken yearly from partly salty waters in the US. But US oyster harvests fell sharply in the 1990s. Data showed the cause of the drop could be overharvesting, pollution, pests and other problems. Then oyster gardening started.

Oyster gardening uses many of the same methods as farming. Farmers around the country grow oysters near the surface of water. Oysters develop much faster where the water holds more food they eat and enemies can be more easily removed. But the oysters are not being grown to be eaten. Oyster gardens get pulled from the water every seven to ten days. The time out of the water is used to clear out small animals, keep oysters from growing through the wires, and dry and clean off plant-life growing on the wires.

Bob Stokes, the director of the Galveston Bay Foundation in Texas, says, “Oyster gardening is as much about education as it is restoration.”

1. How does Colin Wood feel about his work?

A．Simple.

B．Tiring.

C．Creative.

D．Meaningful.

2. What does the author mainly intend to show in paragraph 3?

A．The use of oyster gardening.

B．The influence of oyster harvests falling.

C．The reason for starting oyster gardening.

D．The problems oyster gardening is facing.

3. Why should oyster gardens be pulled from the water regularly?

A．To repair the cages.

B．To pick weak oysters out.

C．To examine the water quality.

D．To keep a good environment for oysters.

4. What can be the best title for the text?

A．What oyster gardening is

B．Oyster reefs are becoming endangered

C．Volunteers keep oysters to restore reefs

D．Why oysters are growing popular in the US

9 . For some experienced Chinese travelers who have visited many destinations at home and abroad, their focus has changed toward exploring the less traveled domestic road and sharing their stories online.

Tuotuo and Susu are known for their first-person video blogs about less visited destinations in China. The couple’s short videos attract over 1.66 million followers on Sina Weibo, many of whom are youngsters with an urge to travel.

The couple has traveled to quaint villages where tourists seldom visit. For example, they visited Laozhai village in Lingshan county, Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region (自治区). The ancient Yao ethnic group village only has about 200 residents (居民) in 48 households.

During their travels, Tuotuo and Susu dine and rub shoulders with the locals and enjoy rural life. “These travels allow us to meet many interesting Chinese people and experience their unique lifestyles,” said 33-year-old Tuotuo.

However, the couple’s travels aren’t always without challenges. For example, when they visited a cattle-farming family in Yangdong village, Liping county, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous region in Guizhou, they had to drive on a winding road and a bumpy mud path, but the wonderful view of fields proved to be worthwhile.

“It’s like a Land of Peach Blossom in modern society. Their material life may not be as good as those in big cities, but they lead a life of ease and comfort,” Tuotuo said.

“Rather than common scenic areas, frequent visitors prefer in-depth travel and are interested in the local lifestyles and local people. For them, tourism has become a kind of lifestyle, and lifestyle has also become an essential part of tourism,” said Liu Simin, vice president of tourism at the Beijing-based Chinese Society for Future Studies.

1. Where can we probably learn about Tuotuo’s traveling video blogs?

A．From the advertisement.	B．From the Internet.
C．From the travel brochure.	D．From the textbook.

2. Which of the following can best explain the underlined word “quaint” in paragraph 3?

A．Old-fashioned and unusual.	B．Newly-built and wonderful.
C．Well-known and modern.	D．Long-standing and wealthy.

3. What can be learned about Tuotuo and Susu from the text?

A．They will probably live in the country.

B．They hate good material life in big cities.

C．They are deeply attracted by local lifestyles.

D．They are more interested in traveling abroad.

4. What is the main idea of paragraph 5?

A．The couple’s travels are always challenging.

B．The scenery in the country is quite impressive.

C．The conditions in Yangdong village are very poor.

D．Difficulties on the way won’t discourage the couple.

10 . Jobs for Teens

Teenagers earn more than just money at a part-time job, they also earn experience, financial independence, responsibility, and savings for college. Here are some popular jobs for teens to earn extra money while getting valuable experience for the future.

Babysitting

Babysitting is a true way for any teenager who enjoys kids to make money. Neighbors, family friends, and relatives with small children often need help and want someone they know and trust. In order to offer more valuable services, teens can take classes on dealing with possible dangerous situations.

Coffee Shop

If your teen enjoys coffee, music, laptops, and people, then working as a waiter at a coffee shop can be a great part-time job choice. Coffee shops often offer a peaceful atmosphere (氛围) perfect for people watching. Besides, he can earn tips (小费)! If your teen wants to serve people, working at a coffee shop part-time could be the job for him.

Dog-Walking

Many elderly neighbors, friends on vacation, and people who work long hours need help washing and walking their pets. If your teen enjoys working with animals and is responsible for his work, then this is the job for him. His part-time business will begin to pick up once he sets himself up as a reliable animal lover.

Food Services

If your teen loves communicating with people, restaurant employment might be right for her. She can choose from such positions as cashier, server, food runner, dish washer, and prep cook. Food industry positions can help your teen develop people skills, self-respect, and responsibility, while enjoying a bit of socializing.

1. Which job is especially fit for pet lovers?

A．Babysitting.	B．Coffee Shop.
C．Dog-Walking.	D．Food Services.

2. What do Coffee Shop and Food Services have in common?

A．They offer music and laptops.

B．They help improve teen’s social skills.

C．They have a peaceful atmosphere.

D．They provide tips for employees.

3. Who is the text probably for?

A．Parents.

B．Teenagers.

C．Teachers.

D．Graduates.