1 . 近期你校对中秋、国庆双节学生度假情况进行了调查，并且制作成了图表。请你就此写一篇短文。要求如下：

1.描述图表内容。

2.发表你的看法及建议。

注意：1.词数 80 左右；2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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2 . Every day Juanita Mengel, a 67-year-old woman from the state of Ohio, wakes up and puts on her prosthetic (假体的) leg.

Then, Mengel does the same for Lola-Pearl, her five-year-old cat. Lola-Pearl also missed her back left leg. Mengel has many cats. Most of them have disabilities. But Lola-Pearl is special. She is a therapy (治疗) cat. And, she and Mengel are partners of a kind. They are among 200 therapy cat teams registered in the United States by the non-profit group, Pet Partners.

The group helps humans and pets alike by setting them up into teams to provide animal-assisted (帮助) therapy. The teams visit hospitals, nursing homes and schools and assist those in need. Besides dogs and cats, Pet Partners registers other species as therapy animals, including horses, rabbits, rats, guinea pigs, birds and mini pigs.

Taylor Griffin is national director at Pet Partners. She said, “Therapy animals are animals who’ve been gauged whether they are suitable for assisting some people, and are based on their ability to meet new people and enjoy the process.”

Mengel said Lola-Pearl showed signs that she would make a good therapy cat soon after the animal joined her family. “I just knew she would be a good therapy because she was so good with people. People really were attracted to her, too,” Mengel said.

Mengel was a traveling nurse when she was in a car accident that almost killed her. One of her legs could not be saved. Later, she connected with a friend in the state of Missouri who had a severely injured kitten. The cat’s legs were twisted together. An animal medical specialist worked to repair the damage, but in the end, they had to remove one of the baby cat’s legs. That kitten was Lola-Pearl.

Mengel took Lola-Pearl as her cat after talking with her friend. Despite the difficulties Mengel has faced, she is grateful to Lola-Pearl and their work in Pet Partners.

“It’s a really rewarding experience,” she said. “I get just as much out of it as the people that I visit.”

1. What can we know about Pet Partners?

A．It mainly provides animal-assisted therapy.	B．It is a non-profit group founded by Taylor Griffin.
C．It only offers help to patients in hospitals.	D．It doesn’t register birds as therapy animals.

2. What does the underlined word “gauged” mean in paragraph 4?

A．Guessed.

B．Designed.

C．Explained.

D．Measured.

3. How did Juanita Mengel get to know Lola-Pearl?

A．By working in Pet Partners.	B．Through one of her friends.
C．By repairing Lola-Pearl’s leg.	D．Through moving to Missouri.

4. Which of the following can best describe Juanita Mengel?

A．Optimistic and helpful.	B．Proud and humorous.
C．Talkative and thoughtful.	D．Honest and talented.

3 . 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。

Jianbing has a     1     (long) history than almost any other Chinese street food. It is thought to have originated in Shandong Province during the Three Kingdoms Period (220–280 AD).

Jianbing is one of China’s most popular street breakfasts. The recipe     2     a modern-day jianbing holds fairly closely to this principle. A thick, sticky wad of dough (面团) is quickly spread into a giant pancake, using a thick wooden paddle. While the jianbing cooks, an egg or two are cracked onto its uncooked surface and spread evenly. Then topped with     3     (fine) chopped (剁碎) vegetables, the jianbing     4     (fold) in half like a fan,     5     sweet and spicy layer of sauces spread on the back to taste. And each one is cooked fresh to order on a circular cast-iron grill, just the way that you want it.

The batter (面糊) and fillings     6     (use) in jianbing differ by region. In southern China, the batter might be made from green beans,     7     in Tianjin, they use you tiao (fried dough sticks) rather than fried wontons (馄饨) as filling, calling them jianbing guozi. Other fillings vary too, ranging from Chinese sausage to chopped carrot, chicken, or even—in Shanghai—slices of bacon.

Jianbing     8     (stand) are the simple breakfast architecture of every Chinese city. Every city has its own jianbing vendor serving breakfast     9     dawn through mid-morning,     10     (satisfy) hungry locals on their way to work.

4 . This year, an unusual eight-day-long holiday will mark both the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day. Here are the upcoming films designed to entertain audiences during the break.

The Volunteers: To the War

The Volunteers: To the War, directed by Chen Kaige, boasts an all-star cast, shows the sacrifices made by China’s People’s Volunteer Army during the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953). Production took over a year and involved a monumental scale. No other film captures the National Day spirit quite like it. The film hits Chinese screens on Sept. 28.

Under the Light

The crime drama Under the Light, directed by Zhang Yimou, also boasts an all-star cast. Zhang has described it as an exploration into fields he hasn’t dealt with before, characterizing it as urban, modern, and cool. The film will be released nationwide on Sept. 28.

Lose to Win

Directed by Gao Hu, Lose to Win is a Chinese remake of the 2018 Spanish film Champions, which is targeted toward audiences seeking lighthearted entertainment. The narrative centers on a conceited (自负的) basketball coach assigned to train a team of players with learning disabilities as part of his community service. Lose to Win opens across China on Sept. 28.

Moscow Mission

Moscow Mission, an explosive action film by Herman Yau, follows a cross-border manhunt, showing a horrible robbery and rape on a Moscow-bound train from Beijing. Inspired by true events from 1993, Yau has said how many of the scenes are nothing like he’s ever shot in his career previously as well as some he never imagined he’d film. Moscow Mission debuts in Chinese theaters on Sept. 29.

1. Which film will most probably attract audiences on the National Day?

A．The Volunteers: To the War	B．Under the Light
C．Lose to Win	D．Moscow Mission

2. What do the films by Zhang Yimou and Herman Yau have in common?

A．They have an all-star cast.	B．They reflect the directors’ creativity.
C．They are based on real life events.	D．They are released on the same day.

3. What is special about Lose to Win?

A．It is a tragedy.	B．It is about conceited basketball players.
C．It is a new version.	D．It takes five years to shoot.

5 . Professor Zhu Yunxia, an award-winning researcher and educator at the University of Queensland and has an international reputation in cross-cultural management and strategy, believes that anyone can learn to overcome cultural barriers with the right approach. She offers the following suggestions.

Be prepared for surprises.

One country might contain different cultures—China, for example, is composed of 56 ethnic groups—and within these, people may act in different ways in different contexts and with different groups of people.     1    

    2    

While speaking the language is not necessary to understand the culture, it is important to know basic greetings and courtesies (客气话) for social interaction such as “hello” and “thank you”. These everyday phrases and rituals (礼节) are entry points which allow you to access the culture. People will also appreciate that you have made the effort.

Learn to “make strange”.

In day-to-day life, we tend to take many of our own customs and behaviors for granted without recognizing that these might appear odd from others’ point of view.     3       

Use a “cultural bridge”.

The customs of another culture can be too strange or too foreign to understand.     4     “Cultural bridges” are people whose knowledge enriches our own and who can help us understand what’s going on. Having arrived as a Chinese student, Dr. Zhu has spent over 20 years in Australia but still sometimes seeks a second opinion from her daughter who was brought up here and occasionally calls up old friends for advice in China.

Don’t focus on yourself.

    5     Instead of giving in to thoughts such as “I’m a stranger in a foreign land” or “Nobody talks to me”, try to forget yourself and focus on others. By taking a more positive approach, you can even find ways to use cultural differences to your advantage.

A．Learn the“cultural grammar”.

B．Consequently, wait for the unexpected.

C．Develop and expand cooperative awareness.

D．Sometimes an “insider” can help us to bridge the gap.

E．Be open-minded and always try to aim for a win-win situation.

F．Being too self-conscious can harm your ability to interact and learn.

G．Learn to look at situations with fresh eyes, starting with our own culture.

6 . While Huawei’s official website does not call Mate 60 Pro a 5G smartphone, the phone’s wideband capabilities are on par with other 5G smartphones, raising a related question: As a leader in 5G technology, has Huawei managed to develop a 5G smartphone on its own?

The answer is not simple. Huawei, as a pioneer in global 5G communication equipment, has played a leading role in the commercialization of 5G technology, with its strong system design and fields such as baseband chips (基带芯片), baseband processors and 5G modems.

However, basebands and modems are not the only aspects that define 5G wireless communication. The stability and high-quality signals of a 5G smartphone also depend on other critical components such as RF transceivers (射频收发器) and RF front ends and antennas (天线) . These components are largely dominated by four US high-tech giants—Qualcomm, Avago Technologies, Ansem and Qorvo—which account for a surprising global market share.

Huawei has faced significant challenges in getting critical components because of the sanctions imposed by the United States which are primarily responsible for the inability of the Chinese company to launch 5G smartphones in the past three years. However, Mate 60 Pro, despite not being labeled a 5G device, exhibits mobile network speeds comparable to Apple’s latest 5G-enabled devices, offering a stable communication experience. This suggests Huawei has, over the past three years, overcome the 5G development and production limits due to the US sanctions by cooperating with domestic partners, and establishing an independent and controllable stable supply chain.

Considering that Huawei has not explicitly marketed this device as a 5G smartphone, it is possible that it is yet to fully overcome some key core technological and componential shortcomings. For the time being, we can consider Huawei’s Mate 60 Pro as 4.99G. But when combined with the satellite communication capabilities of Mate 60 Pro, it is clear Huawei has been trying to find more advanced wireless communication solutions for smartphones and making significant progress in this attempt. This should be recognized as a remarkable endeavor, even a breakthrough.

1. What do the underlined words “on par with” mean in Paragraph 1?

A．as poor as.

B．as good as.

C．worse than.

D．better than.

2. Why was it tough for Huawei to develop a 5G smartphone three years ago?

A．Its system design and fields needed to be updated.

B．It only focused on the commercialization of 5G technology.

C．It was unwilling to cooperate with high-tech giants in America.

D．It lacked critical components mainly controlled by US high-tech giants.

3. What does Paragraph 4 centre on?

A．The US sanctions.	B．Critical components.
C．Apple’s latest 5G-enabled devices.	D．Progress in Mate 60 Pro.

4. What is the text mainly about?

A．Huawei faced with significant challenges

B．Huawei’s Mate 60 Pro—a 5G smartphone

C．Huawei’s Mate 60 Pro—a remarkable breakthrough

D．Huawei leading in global 5G communication equipment

7 . The snowstorm swept across my city, with biting wind piercing (划破) the silence of the empty street. I was a nurse in the emergency room. It was a (n) ______ quiet day on New Year’s Eve.

Quiet, that is, ______ the nurses who were standing around the nurses’ station ______ about having to work at such a special time.

I was having a cup of hot tea in the nurse’s station when an admitting clerk came and told me I had five patients waiting to be evaluated. So I went straight out and called the first name. Five bodies ______ at my triage desk (分诊台) , a pale little woman and four small children in somewhat ______ clothing.

“Are you all sick?” I asked ______.

“Yes,” she said weakly.

“Okay,” I replied, unconvinced, “Who’s first?” One by one they sat down, and I asked the usual questions. When it came to descriptions of their presenting problems, things got a little ______. Something was wrong with the picture. When I explained that it might be a little while before the doctor could see them, the mother responded, “ ______ . It’s warm in here.” She turned and, with a smile, guided her children into the waiting room.

I checked the registration. No address. I went back to the nurse’s station and mentioned we had a ______ family in the waiting room.

The team went into action. We prepared a ______ for our special guests. We put together candies, fruits and other things available from different departments. ______ in and out, our team made great efforts to make a party to ______ the family who just wanted to be warm on New Year’s Eve. When the party ended, as the family walked to the door to leave, the mother came running back, gave me a ______ and whispered, “Thanks for your ______ today.” As she ran back, they all waved one more time before the door closed. Inside the nurse station, there stood a group of nurses with tears in their eyes. Much as we did when there’s a medical ______ , this was a special one on New Year’s Eve.

1.

A．commonly

B．unusually

C．annoyingly

D．peacefully

2.

A．except for

B．together with

C．due to

D．rather than

3.

A．arranging

B．arguing

C．complaining

D．inquiring

4.

A．turned around

B．turned up

C．turned out

D．turned over

5.

A．clean

B．wornout

C．colorful

D．funny

6.

A．sympathetically

B．anxiously

C．doubtfully

D．softly

7.

A．obvious

B．unclear

C．depressing

D．severe

8.

A．Thank you

B．Hurry up

C．Take your time

D．Hold on

9.

A．homeless

B．hopeless

C．aimless

D．careless

10.

A．room

B．meeting

C．blanket

D．feast

11.

A．Passing

B．Rushing

C．Calling

D．Breaking

12.

A．comfort

B．welcome

C．reward

D．know

13.

A．hand

B．gift

C．hug

D．note

14.

A．reaction

B．donation

C．treatment

D．kindness

15.

A．operation

B．emergency

C．supply

D．team

8 . Do you speak a Chinese dialect in your daily life? While Mandarin is widely spoken by people across China, some local dialects are in danger of dying out. To save them, the Ministry of Education and the State Language Commission launched the Chinese Language Resources Protection Project CLRPP years ago.

This project, which surveyed the language resources of 1,712 locations including 103 with endangered Chinese dialects, has helped China successfully build the largest language resource library in the world. The online library not only meets the needs of professional researchers but also enables the public to access over 5.6 million audio files and over 5 million video files for their dialect learning.

When it comes to the reason, Dr. Zhang, chief expert on CLRPP, once expressed his concerns in an article. “For about over a decade, in Wu dialect areas, children aged 6 to 15 can understand but hardly speak the dialect. Young people above 15 years old sometimes speak it, but not fluently, Zhang said. “If this continues, dialects will disappear in a few decades. When local dialects disappear, where will our nostalgic (怀旧的) feelings find their home?”

As China is a vast country with a wide variety of dialects, national efforts have been made to establish a language resource library. “Most international language protection projects are implemented by separate efforts. But in China, it’s a national project,” said Zhang. Within five years, more than 350 universities and research institutions took part in the project, with over 4,500 professional technicians and more than 6,000 language dialect speakers involved.

Language protection not only relies on the government and experts but also on the involvement of billions of language users. The project supports schools to set up some extracurricular classes so students can learn dialects and local opera performances. Currently, the second stage of the project is underway. Its main tasks include the deeper development of digital applications, such as digital and mobile dictionaries for dialects as well as multilingual textbooks.

1. What do we know about CLRPP?

A．It has provided a large number of audio and video files for researchers.

B．It has saved at least 103 endangered Chinese dialects from 1,712 locations.

C．It has played a vital role in setting up an online library for dialect learning.

D．It has made a collection of all the endangered dialects in different locations.

2. What can we infer from Dr. Zhang’s words?

A．Young children in Wu area can no more speak the dialect.

B．Natives have urgent desire to save the dialects in the future.

C．The fluency of local dialects raised much concern nationwide.

D．People may lose a sense of belonging as local dialects die out.

3. What differs China with other countries in language protection?

A．Only China has libraries for protection of language resource.

B．Chinese government has invested more on language protection.

C．China is home to more types of dialects than other countries do.

D．People in China made joint efforts to protect their local dialects.

4. Which is helpful to language protection?

A．Promotion of local opera performances.

B．Mobile dictionaries for Chinese learning.

C．Further exploration of existing textbooks.

D．Extracurricular classes of digital development.

9 . Like many great ideas, Mike started small. In 2014, a friend inspired him to perform an act of kindness as a social media challenge.

Mike decided to choose the 79-year-old senior named Jennifer, who not only dropped off baked goods for the neighbors but also volunteered at the homeless shelter. To know Jennifer better, Mike asked to spend a day with her. “It was the first time that someone had made a day about her,” says the 30-year-old.

Their shared experience got Mike thinking: how many other seniors might benefit from that kind of attention? At the time, Cara, a student in their community, was equally interested in this question, and the pair came up with a plan: they would find local seniors with long-time dreams and work to fulfill those wishes. They even settled on a name for their new charity: We Are Young, or WAY for short. It has since delivered on 38 dreams—ranging from a helicopter trip to watching a football game.

Seniors can nominate (提名) themselves or be nominated by someone else. Melanie nominated her partner, 78-year-old Victor, to go rockhounding-a hobby he’d given up when he became physically difficult. The team at WAY borrowed a boat so they could reach the beach and enjoy the day there.

“If you lose the sense of purpose that having a passion can give you, your self-confidence goes down,” says Mike. “Now, Victor has retrieved some of his self-confidence. We want to show that anything is possible with the support of others.”

While their organization operates only in their neighborhood, Mike and Cara have their own dreams. Each WAY wish is recorded, and that’s purposeful—the pair want people watching to be encouraged to fulfill a wish for a senior in their own community. “We want to create a nationwide movement that shifts how we view, value and support seniors,” says Mike. “That is the impact we’re trying to create.”

1. Why did Mike choose Jennifer to perform acts of kindness?

A．She lived alone and could hardly cook.	B．She had difficulty in using social media.
C．She was always friendly to the neighbors.	D．She was sent to the homeless shelter recently.

2. Which of the following citizens would probably benefit from WAY?

A．A charity member planning to collect birthday wishes.

B．An elderly hoping to revisit his birthplace for a long time.

C．A senior high student looking forward to a trip to England.

D．A caretaker in the nursing home expecting a bunch of flowers.

3. What does the underlined word “retrieved” in paragraph 6 probably mean?

A．regained

B．reserved

C．remembered

D．resolved

4. What is the pair’s purpose of recording the WAY wishes?

A．To keep track of the whole process.	B．To inspire more viewers to take action.
C．To invite more elderly to participate in.	D．To give encouragement to those in need.

10 . In the forest of New Mexico, scientists are carrying two ten-day-old Mexican wolf pups (幼崽) riding in a backpack, searching for a Mexican wolf pair that has just given birth to six pups.    1    

Mexican wolves were extinct in the USA by the 1970s, but there was a plan to bring them back. The first step was to trap five wild Mexican wolves and breed them with two caged ones. In 1998, the first caged-born adult Mexican wolves were released into forests.     2    If animals have to pair up with family members, then their pups will have unhealthy genes, making them sick.

    3     Let wild wolves adopt caged-born pups-that’s how these two pups end up in backpacks. While the adult wolves are out hunting, the scientists gently place the pups with their new brothers and sisters. They rub the caged-born and wild pups together, ever letting them pee (小便) on each other to mix their smells!     4     This result makes the scientists optimistic about the plan.

The idea is that the caged pups will grow up and breed with wild wolves.     5     Thanks to this ongoing work, 250 wild Mexican wolves wander Arizona and New Mexico today.

A．The scientists were content with it.

B．So the experts came up with a new plan.

C．The wolf parents only care for their own pups.

D．In this way their healthy genes will be passed down.

E．The population slowly grew, but scientists were still worried.

F．After that, the wolf parents won’t mind taking care of the new pups.

G．The wolf mum and dad don’t know it, but they’re about to adopt two more!