1. Where does David stay during his summer camp?
| A．In a tent. | B．In a hotel. | C．In a cabin. |
| A．Go fishing. | B．Go hiking. | C．Draw pictures. |
| A．Salad. | B．Hamburgers. | C．Hot dogs. |
| A．At 2:00 p.m. | B．At 6:30 p.m. | C．At 7:00 p.m. |
1. He was ban from driving for 3 months.
2. Mr. Baker preferred to stay at home rather than to go out for a party.
3. People often feel uneasy in familiar surroundings.
4. At the sight of the horrible scene, the little boy got frightening.
5. I had told them the reason, which I didn’t attend the meeting.
6. I dare not to go winter swimming alone.
7. My clothes are all wet. I’ve been worked in the rain all day.
8. Tom thought that I did it deliberate, just to annoy him.
9. If exposing to the outside surroundings, they'll be stronger and better prepared for their future.
10. Enjoying mooncakes is a Chinese traditional on the Mid-Autumn Day.
3 . We are now in the 22nd century. With the development of science and technology, people can change their bodies
As years went by, Mr. Smith was bored of his look. Several months ago, Mr. Smith went to a body engineering shop and
In the next few weeks, Mr. Smith’s interest in his
| A．in | B．by | C．on | D．of |
| A．cared for | B．waited for | C．asked for | D．sent for |
| A．popular | B．similar | C．strange | D．useful |
| A．long | B．short | C．thick | D．thin |
| A．silently | B．foolishly | C．carelessly | D．suddenly |
| A．shape | B．age | C．life | D．look |
| A．probably | B．hardly | C．nearly | D．completely |
| A．Because | B．But | C．However | D．Although |
| A．guided | B．refused | C．forced | D．allowed |
| A．interest | B．condition | C．decision | D．situation |
1. The railway station is at a distant of two miles away from our school.
2. You can even eat while watch the fish swim by.
3. People say that a person should be judged by his behave, not his words.
4. My heart was beating fast and I was a little out of breathe.
5. He has run out all the money his parents gave him.
6. It is bad manner to talk with your finger pointing at another person.
7. The biggest dolphins can measure four meters length.
8. Tom, as well as his parents, like hiking very much.
9. Mary’s confidence made good impression on everyone in the speech contest.
10. He has to take the responsible for everything.
5 . A nighttime building fire in southern Taiwan Province that took hours to bring under control killed 46 people on Thursday. Officials in the city of Kaohsiung said at least 41 people were injured.
The fire started early Thursday morning local time. A statement by the fire department described it as “extremely fierce.” Flames and smoke poured from the lower floors as firefighters tried to control the fire.
The number of dead rose during the day as rescue workers searched the building which combined businesses and homes. By late afternoon, officials confirmed 32 people had died, while 14 people, who showed no signs of life, were among 55 taken to the hospital. In Taiwan, official confirmation of a death is made at the hospital.
Firefighters could be seen spraying water into the middle floors of the 13-floor building. One woman, who was not identified, said on Taiwanese television that her 60-to-70-year-old parents were still inside as rescue efforts continued. Taiwan’s Central News Agency reported that officials said the building’s age and waste blocking many areas made search and rescue efforts more difficult.
Many of the people living in the 40-year-old building were retired and lived alone in apartments as small as 13 square meters, local media reported. The building had 120 living spaces on the upper floors. It also had a closed movie theater, disused restaurants and karaoke businesses below them, the Central News Agency said. Mayor Chen Chi-mai said the building was partly abandoned.
The United Daily News, a major newspaper, said fire extinguishers(灭火器) had been put in place last month. But there were only three on each floor because the residents could not pay for more.
The fire appeared to have started on the ground floor. Investigators were examining a first-floor tea shop whose owner reportedly fought with his girlfriend the day before. They had not ruled out that the fire may have been set on purpose, The United Daily News reported.
1. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to Paragraph 3?
| A．No signs of life were found when rescuers came. |
| B．The exact number of victims could not be confirmed. |
| C．There are hidden dangers in the building itself. |
| D．The building is used for business and residential purposes. |
| A．the fire made lots of firemen in trouble |
| B．all the victims have been properly relocated |
| C．the accident caused many injuries and deaths |
| D．the local hospital has organized blood donations |
| A．Why was the building partly abandoned? |
| B．How do the residents live in the small apartments? |
| C．Why weren’t there enough fire extinguishers in the building? |
| D．What happened to those on the ground floor that morning |
| A．The waste in the building. |
| B．Narrow rescue space |
| C．Too many retired old people. |
| D．The TV station’s live broadcasting. |
1. What can the students do in the TWC Cafeteria?
| A．Do homework and watch TV. |
| B．Have meals and meet friends. |
| C．Have some drinks and enjoy concerts. |
| A．In the TWC Cafeteria. | B．In the Lower Café. | C．In the Globe. |
| A．From 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. on Friday. |
| B．From 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. on Saturday. |
| C．From 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. on Sunday. |
| A．Services at all times. | B．Advice on social health. | C．Training in medical care. |
1. Who is the speaker talking to?
| A．Some students. | B．Some parents. | C．Some teachers. |
| A．Turn to the bus driver for help. |
| B．Pick it up quickly by himself. |
| C．Ask other children for help. |
| A．Warning them of various dangers. |
| B．Sending them to school yourself. |
| C．Making preparations in advance. |
| A．How to cross the street safely. |
| B．How to avoid bus dangers. |
| C．What rules to obey on the bus. |
8 . The United States has over 50 famous, well-traveled national parks. Among them are Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Yellowstone and Acadia. The country also has several roads called National Parkways. These long, winding paths let Visitors experience nature, history and culture from a car. Like the parks, the roads are managed by the National Park Service.
The parkways cut through some of the most scenic parts of the country. One of the longest and most popular is the Blue Ridge Parkway.
National parkways are made up of scenic roads and surrounding land. They were designed to give people driving cars a chance to see beautiful parts of the country. They have also been important for improving local economies.
The idea for National Parkways began in the early 1930s, during the Great Depression. The Great Depression was a difficult economic time in the United States. Families and communities suffered. Many people were without work.
To create more jobs and improve the economy, the U.S. government built roads that passed through beautiful parts of the country that had suffered during the Depression.
One of these roads was the Blue Ridge Parkway. The early goal for the parkway was to build a road through the Appalachian Mountains that connected Shenandoah National Park with the Great Smokey Mountains National Park.
In the beginning, building the parkway created some problems for local communities. People who had been living in the area were forced to move. Also, people were not permitted to drive vehicles on the parkway while carrying items for sale. But, in the end, the Blue Ridge Parkway brought jobs and money to the communities. And today, it is an important part of the local economy. In the last year, the Blue Ridge Parkway earned over a billion dollars from tourism. That is more money than any other place managed by the National Park Service.
1. What is the text mainly about?| A．The U.S. national parks. |
| B．The National Park Service. |
| C．The U.S. National Parkways. |
| D．The history of National Parkways. |
| A．Offering comfortable driving. |
| B．Avoiding depressed emotions. |
| C．Watching the scenery of National Parks. |
| D．Experiencing beautiful parts of the country. |
| A．To link two national parks. |
| B．To improve the economy. |
| C．To enjoy natural beauty. |
| D．To create more jobs. |
| A．Its natural beauty. |
| B．Its economy value. |
| C．Difficulty in building it. |
| D．Its problems for local people. |
On the top of my list is The Secret by Rhonda Byrne. It is basically the book version of the world-famous film of the same title, and it’s a wonderful companion to life.
What could be more motivating than a book that teaches you how to achieve everything that you’ve ever wanted to achieve — whatever that may be — using the law of attraction? This is a book that says nothing is impossible and more importantly, makes you believe it.
The Second Best Motivational Book: The Alchemist
The most inspirational books aren’t always self-help in nature. Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist is a must on every person’s shelf.
The story is of a young shepherd boy named Santiago who goes on an exciting adventure to reach his dreams. The book is full of philosophies and talks about the importance of understanding your personal legend.
The Third Best Motivational Book: The Happiness Project
Written by Gretchen Rubin, this is possibly one of the easiest and fun reads in the list. While it is indeed one of the most inspiring books I’ve come across recently, it is never preachy (说教的) as some books often become. Reading Rubin’s work is like reading the adventures of a good friend—funny, down-to-earth and inspiring.
The Fourth Best Motivational Book: Your Best Life Now
Joel Osteen’s book is a wonderful source of good advice and motivational tips. His book is simple and would be a wonderful companion to just about anybody.
When it comes to the best motivational books, everyone has an opinion. These are the books that made it to my list and I’m sure that you have your own set, too. I hope that these can help you live a better life.
1. What’s the writer’s purpose of writing this passage?| A．To persuade readers to live a better life. |
| B．To recommend some motivational books to readers. |
| C．To present that he loves reading motivational books. |
| D．To prove that he has come across some motivational books. |
| A．love making films about wonderful companions |
| B．want to teach something to others |
| C．need to achieve something difficult |
| D．have a very strong belief in themselves |
| A．Rhonda Byrne’s. |
| B．Paulo Coelho’s |
| C．Gretchen Rubin’s. |
| D．Joel Osteen’s |
| A．The Secret and The Happiness Project. |
| B．The Alchemist and Your Best Life Now. |
| C．The Secret and The Happiness Project. |
| D．The Happiness Project and Your Best Life Now. |
| A．Motivational Book Review. |
| B．Reading Skills of Motivational Books. |
| C．Motivational Books on Sale. |
| D．The Best Sellers of the Week — Motivational Books. |
10 . Facebook has developed the first machine learning model that can translate between any two of 100 languages without going into English first. It says the new multilingual machine translation model was created to help its more than two billion users Worldwide. The company is still testing the translation system-which it calls M2M-100-and hopes to add it to different products in the future.
Angela Fan, a research assistant at Facebook, said the model produces better results than other machine learning systems that depend on English to help in the translation process. The other systems use it as an intermediate step-like a bridge-to-translate between two non-English languages.
One example would be a translation from Chinese to French. Fan noted that many machine translation models begin by translating from Chinese to English first, and then from English to French. This is done “because English training data is the most widely available,” she said. But such a method can lead to mistakes in translation.
Facebook says about two-thirds of its users communicate in a language other than English. The company already carries out an average of 20 billion translations every day on Facebook’s News Feed. But it faces a huge test with many users publishing large amounts of content in more than 160 languages.
One difficulty the team faced was trying to develop an effective machine translation system for language combinations that are not widely used, Facebook calls these “low-resource languages”. The data used to create the new model was collected from content available on the Internet. But there is limited Internet data on low-resource languages.
For now, it plans to continue exploring new language research methods while working to improve the new model. No date has been set for launching the translation system on Facebook.
But Angela Fan said the new system marks an important step for Facebook, especially for the times we live in. "Breaking language barriers through machine language translation is one of the most important ways to bring people together, provide authoritative information on COVID-19, and keep them safe from harmful content,” she said.
1. What do we know about M2M-100 from the first paragraph?| A．It is still in the testing stage at present. |
| B．It can translate any of the world languages. |
| C．It is the first translation system in the world. |
| D．It has been widely used by two billion users. |
| A．The model. | B．The machine. | C．English. | D．A non-English language. |
| A．Languages that are used worldwide. | B．Languages that are seldom used. |
| C．Languages that have data on the Internet. | D．Languages Facebook uses in its system. |
| A．Doubtful. | B．Negative. | C．Positive. | D．Objective. |
