1 . To figure out what you want to do, maybe you can do what you know best: read everything; find the most useful tips and start putting a plan into action. There are some tips for you to think about what to do with your life.

    1    

It may feel impossible to predict what exactly you’ll be doing next, but what you can do is connecting the dots and looking back. Find the common thread. What did you do?     2     Let that be the compass for how to make future decisions.

    3    

Schedule it in your calendar and give yourself the space to think. You’ll make progress even if it’s just a few hours every other week.

Seek knowledge, not results.

If you focus on the excitement of discovery, your motivation will always be fueled. If you focus only on results, your motivation will be like weather - it will die the minute you hit a storm.

    4    Keep thinking about what you are learning along the way and what you can improve.

Collect experiences.

Look backward and take the lessons. Learn to collect experiences from the past to guide current behaviour in time. Your career and life are long. You may have one or many callings, and there will be multiple pathways.     5    And you’ll do what you want to do.

A．Take time to reflect.

B．Explore them all or not.

C．Start by looking backward.

D．What did you learn?

E．Who were you?

F．So the key is to focus on the journey, not the destination.

G．Try to work hard on the pathway you chose.

2 . Here are some charities for you. It’s a good time for you to give people love. If you are a loving person, go ahead.

Family Promise of NewRock

It is in need of household supplies including paper products, cleaning products, laundry detergent (洗衣粉), and dryer sheets. For more information on how you can donate, please call 770-262-7816. If you would like to make a financial donation please visit www.familypromiseofnewrock.org.

Rockdale Emergency Relief (RER) Community Food Bank

It needs your help in donating food items to help those in need within the community. The most needed items are: canned meat. Hamburger Helper, instant mashed potatoes, pork & beans, and canned tomato products.

The RER Community Food Bank

It is also looking for part-time volunteers who can help this summer when some of our regular volunteers will be on vacation. If you have time available to work in the warehouse area where you would receive donations of food, we could use your help! Volunteers need to be at least 18 years of age and able to lift 20-25 pounds on occasion. Please call Susan Clark at 770-922-9210 for more information. We would love to have you help us serve our community this summer!

Refuge Pregnancy Center

It is a non-profit organization here in Old Town Conyers. Currently they are in need of baby car seats with base, baby food, diapers (尿布) and baby clothes.

If you are a part of a local charity and wish your immediate needs to be published on our website at www.emetrotimes.com/share-the-love, please email info@emetrotimes.com. We will update this list monthly.

1. If you want to donate money, you should ________.

A．call 770-262-7816

B．email info@emetrotimes.com

C．call Susan Clark at 770-922-9210

D．visit www. familypromiseofnewrock. org

2. Which charity needs donations of baby supplies?

A．Refuge Pregnancy Center.

B．Family Promise of NewRock.

C．The RER Community Food Bank.

D．Rockdale Emergency Relief (RER) Community Food Bank.

3. What’s the author’s purpose in writing the text?

A．To advertise products.

B．To show what the community needs.

C．To introduce some food and clothes to people.

D．To provide some charities for people to give love.

3 . There are some people who are always surrounded by friends, and there are others who are always standing on the outside, looking at the crowd of friends.     1     Here are four tips that will help.

1. Be yourself.

Nobody likes a liar.     2     When the time comes that you feel comfortable enough to act like yourself again, you may not be well received, because you are a totally different person. Let people get to know the real you.

2. Start with people you know.

Even if you don’t think that you have a lot of friends, you are likely to know a lot of people. Reach out to get in touch with acquaintances and reconnect with old friends you haven’t seen for a long time. Don’t forget about friends of friends.     3     If you are invited to go out, go. If you stay home, you will have no chance to meet people.

3. Be open-minded.

    4     Instead, be open to other people’s views, and that will help you meet new friends easier.

4. Be there.

In order to have a good relationship with your friends, you need to be a friend. This means that you need to be there when your friends need you. For example, if one of your friends calls you in the middle of the night crying, don’t hang up.     5     Just listen to him and let him feel your concern about him.

A．You may see some really cool people just by hanging out with your friends and their friends.

B．When you meet new people, ask them questions about themselves.

C．In fact, if you aren’t yourself, it isn’t you that others are becoming friends with.

D．If you don’t know where to start, join a community group or a club.

E．He calls you because he considers you to be a friend.

F．If you are one of the outsiders, it is time to come out of your shell and start making new friends.

G．Don’t go into a situation with a judgmental attitude which will make you less popular.

4 . You don’t know me. I have chosen you to be my pen friend. Our English teacher said it would be a good thing if we all chose a pen friend, as it would help with our writing. I chose you from a list of people wanting a pen friends in last Sunday’s paper. I hope you haven’t had so many letters that you can’t reply to me.

I chose you for two reasons. I like the sound of your name, and you live in the country. I’ve only been to the country once. We live in high buildings — our flat is on the tenth floor. But that doesn’t mean people can’t look in. I mean in the city planes go past all the time, and you never know who could be in them. And, anyway, at night when the lights are on, people from other flats can look in, and who would want that?

I’ll tell you a bit about myself. I’ve worked hard at being interesting, because I’m not much to good at. My name is Maria. I hate it. There are five Marias in our class. I am by far the most exciting of the five.

I live in Richmond, in Melbourne, with my beautiful mother and boring father, and a brother who is best ignored. I go to South Richmond High School, and I’m fourteen, just.

My mother works with a cosmetic company (化妆品公司). My father is a public servant and does nothing. Actually, he is a clerk in the railways but I prefer to call him a public servant. It makes him sound cleverer than he is.

I think you are the only one called Emily in your class. Please answer soon and tell me about yourself and your family and everything.

1. Why did Maria choose Emily as her pen friend?

A．The girl was good at writing.	B．The girl was different from her.
C．The girl loved reading newspapers.	D．The girl wanted to be her pen friend.

2. What does the underlined word “that” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A．Being seen by others.	B．Seeing planes flying by.
C．Living in high buildings.	D．Having unfriendly neighbors.

3. What does Maria think of herself?

A．Clever.

B．Boring.

C．Interesting.

D．Good-looking.

4. What does Maria expect Emily to do?

A．Serve the public.	B．Reply to her letter.
C．Work hard at school.	D．Teach her how to write.

5 . 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。

Smartphones are mobile phones that have lots of    1    same features as a personal computer. Technology is moving on very    2    (rapid). Smartphones have become an important part of everyday life for many people. However, they also have negative effects (影响),     3    means some people are giving them up.

Some people think smartphones can cause health problems. Smartphones offer so many ways    4    (communicate) that people are having less face-to-face communication. This can lead to loneliness and     5    (sad). What’s more, all the activities that can be done on phones can lead to fewer real-life experiences. Being less active can influence your health. Finally, some people become nervous if they    6     (separate) from their phone and can’t check their messages or social media.

Others still say smartphones are useful and fun. Smartphones allow you to keep    7    touch with people in different ways. They are really good for video-calling faraway friends and family. You can also get    8     (direction) on them. Having Internet access(访问) on your phone allows you to get news and information—it is really    9    (help) for homework and so are education apps. Smartphones are great entertainment(娱乐) on long journeys. They are fun to use with friends, taking photos and    10     (make) videos.

6 . Eventually, I am strongly eager to know which aspects of China traditional culture arouse your________ (curious) most. (所给词的适当形式填空)

7 . 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。

On the evening of September1, 2020, “First Class for the New Term”     1     (broadcast) on CCTV-1. This year’s “First Class for the New Term” takes “strong youth, strong China” as the theme, and focuses on the three chapters of “    2     (responsible), unity and science” through many important guests including Zhong Nanshan, Zhang Boli, Zhang Dingyu, Chen Wei and Xie Jun.

The post-90s     3     the national medical team of Peking University in Hubei Province came to the stage of “First Class for the New Term”. They told their stories of fighting the COVID- 19 through pictures, and showed the responsibilities of the young generation. Young people are strong, and China is strong. They proved     4     (they) responsibility with action.

Zhang Dingyu, the president of Jinyintan hospital in Wuhan, with ALS (渐冻人症), came to the stage . He has become a hero for many people over the past months. Without time     5     (care) about his illness, he saved hundreds of COVID- 19 patients. He felt that a person’s strength is small, but the strength of unity is huge,     6     can be gathered into great energy and confidence.

Zhang Wenhong, the director of Huashan Hospital, gave     7     interesting science lesson to the students. He sent ten “children’s health treasure book” for everyone. One of the most important and     8     (close) to students is that healthy growth is more important than achievement. He also said that as long as we     9     (real) know the information of the virus well, the virus will no longer be so terrible. This is the power of science.

The stories of these     10     (speaker) were so touching that the pupils’ eyes were red. Audience also said that they cried and praised the speakers as “heroes” and “backbone (脊梁) of the nation”

8 . “How can I make your darling son eat his food?” My husband shouted. I ________ to the scene from the kitchen. “Bill darling, why not ________ a mouthful of rice? Just for mom’s sake, dear.” Bill ________ his tears with the back of his hand. “OK, mom. I will eat the ________ lot of this. But, mom, if I eat all the rice, will you give me whatever I ________ for?” “Promise.”

Slowly and painfully, he ________ eating the whole quantity. After that, Bill came to me with his eyes wide with ________. “Mom, I want to have my ________ shaved this Sunday!” It was ________ for me to make the decision. “Our promise must be ________. Bill, your wish will be achieved.”

On Monday morning, I dropped him at his ________. It was a sight to watch my hairless Bill walking ________ his classroom. Just then, a girl got out of a car and shouted, “Bill, please wait for me!” What ________ me was the hairless head of that girl.

“Madam, your son Bill is ________ indeed!” Without introducing himself, a man got out of the ________ and continued, “That girl is my daughter Lily. She is ________ from a serious disease. She lost all her hair due to the side effects of the ________. She refused to return school, fearing the ________ teasing of her schoolmates. Bill promised her that he would ________ the teasing issue. However, I ________ imagined he would sacrifice his lovely curly hair for my daughter!”

I stood there and then I swept, “My kind son, you’re teaching me how selfless real love is!”

1.

A．fled

B．rushed

C．adapted

D．appeared

2.

A．take

B．change

C．bring

D．drink

3.

A．flowed

B．collected

C．wiped

D．checked

4.

A．mere

B．near

C．far

D．whole

5.

A．ask

B．mean

C．charge

D．benefit

6.

A．avoided

B．denied

C．finished

D．missed

7.

A．anxiety

B．expectation

C．angel

D．sadness

8.

A．head

B．face

C．back

D．beard

9.

A．mind

B．belief

C．fame

D．time

10.

A．forgotten

B．kept

C．broken

D．built

11.

A．family

B．class

C．school

D．house

12.

A．from

B．behind

C．outside

D．toward

13.

A．surprised

B．scared

C．annoyed

D．amused

14.

A．selfish

B．great

C．busy

D．naughty

15.

A．tent

B．lab

C．car

D．room

16.

A．learning

B．hearing

C．suffering

D．resulting

17.

A．economy

B．poison

C．system

D．medicine

18.

A．cruel

B．happy

C．funny

D．normal

19.

A．get away from

B．look forward to

C．take care of

D．catch up with

20.

A．again

B．never

C．always

D．once

9 . Effects of Daylight Saving Time (DST)

We lose an hour of sleep as we turn our clocks an hour ahead on Sunday morning. An hour may not seem like a lot, but it can have significant effects on the body.     1    

Heart attacks increase after the spring time changes.

A study found, compared to other Mondays during the year, a 25 percent jump in the number of heart attacks occurs on Monday after DST starts. The total number of heart attacks didn’t change for the whole week, though.     2     It could be the combined stress of a typical back-to-work Monday.

Tiredness is more common.

Sleep loss can have more obvious health effects, like fatigue and decreased productivity at work.     3     It suggests that sleep deprived employees are spending more time on the Internet for relaxation while pretending to do work.

    4    

High school students may be particularly vulnerable to DST-induced sleep loss, since their internal clocks make it difficult for them to shift their sleep patterns an hour earlier. A study found that teens lost significant sleep after the spring time changes, and showed increased sleepiness, delayed reaction time, and more mind wandering on subsequent days.

Terrible headaches may strike.

    5     It happens especially after the increase in warmth and light. The number of headaches increase around DST changes (in the spring and the fall), or around the summer and winter solstices (至，至日) —the longest and shortest days of the year.

A．Teens are especially exhausted.

B．Depression diagnoses rise in the fall.

C．The pressure just shifted to earlier in the week.

D．Spending time outdoors may provide some protection.

E．For people getting terrible headaches, attacks often occur around seasonal changes.

F．Google searches for entertainment rise sharply on Monday after the spring time changes.

G．Indeed, studies have noted all kinds of effects are associated with DST.

10 . People climbing Qomolangma are two times as likely to reach the top and less likely to die on the climb than 20 years ago, a new study finds. Everest is the tallest mountain above sea level on the earth. It reaches 8,848.86 meters into the sky. Between2006 and 2020, around two thirds of climbers were successful in their attempt to reach the top. In the 15 years before that, only about one-third went all the way to the top.

The study was a project of researchers at the University of Washington and the University of California, Davis. They found that the risk of dying on the mountain was 0.5 percent for women and 1.1 percent for men in recent years. That is down from 1.9 percent and 1.7 percent in the period from 1990 and 2005.

The study noted that on a single day in May of last year, 396 climbers had gathered at the narrow path just below the top. The area, known as the “death zone”, is so narrow that only a small number of climbers can pass through, one directly behind another.

A picture of climbers waiting their turn to go up and down through the death zone became famous as it was shared online. Yet researchers say the crowds were not the main reason for the deaths last year. However, overcrowding does make the climb more dangerous. If crowding slows climbers (as is expected), this increases their exposure to the elements, which should increase risk of an accident or illness. An unexpected storm, earthquake, or landslide could be disastrous.

Climbers have expressed concern that Nepal was giving anyone willing to pay the government $11,000 authorization to climb Everest.

1. What was the current death rate among female mountaineers?

A．0.5%.

B．1.1%.

C．1.7%.

D．1.9%.

2. Why does the “death zone” make climbers more dangerous?

A．It is too hard to pass.	B．It slows down climbing.
C．It often makes people ill.	D．It usually causes climbing.

3. What does the underlined word “authorization” in the last paragraph probably mean?

A．Choice.	B．Attempt.
C．Permission.	D．Encouragement.

4. What’s the best title for the text?

A．The New Height of Mount Everest

B．The Location of the Death Zone

C．The Reason Why People Climb Mount Everest

D．A New Study of Climbing Mount Everest