1 . Every year in late April, students at Renmin University of China become the subjects of admiration and jealousy of their peers on other campuses in Beijing.

Why?     1     It has been a unique tradition of Renmin University for a decade.

Experts say the spring break is not just for students to enjoy a few days off, but for them to gain new experiences beyond the campus walls.

Push them out

The traditional Chinese belief of the exploration of knowledge and truth emphasizes “reading 10,000 books and travelling 10,000 miles”.     2     But while Chinese universities have the tradition of spring outings, what’s the benefit of making spring break an institution?

Qin Jianguo, from Shenzhen University, thinks the idea of the spring break in some universities in China comes from the intention of pushing students out of the ivory tower to experience more diversity in their lives. He said. “A week traveling is a very different experience to a one-or two-day outing. When put out in an unfamiliar context, students are expected to acquire the spirit of teamwork and compromise.     3    ”

Diverse approaches

Many countries have similar vacations in the middle of the semester for students to do things out of their own interest. Instead of partying like their US counterparts, many Japanese students choose to work as interns or engage in study-related projects.

    4     Pan Yingzhao, 22, majoring in finance at Renmin University of China, participated in a social project on the theme of “The Chinese Dream”. She and her teammates interviewed people on the street to see how they understood “The Chinese Dream”.

    5    

Apart from Renmin University, only a few other universities, have a spring break for their students. The concept in China is still far from the culture and norms built around it in the US.

Wei Xiang, a professor of Beijing International Studies University, said that the spring break is a good experiment for universities to make study schedules smoother in order to give students more options to arrange their own leisure and study activities.

A．Not a legend

B．Not a trend yet

C．As for Chinese students, many tend to do volunteer work.

D．They have to learn survival and communication skills as well.

E．It does indicate the importance of experience as much as theory.

F．Because they get a week off in the middle of tern, the so-called spring break.

G．To sum up, a spring break helps students expand their horizons and improve ability.

2 . 假如你是李华，你所在的学校社团将举行一场交流分享会，主题是“如何准备听说考试”(How to Prepare for the Listening and Speaking Test)。请你用英文给你的交换生Peter写一封邮件，邀请他参加，告诉他具体的时间、地点和主题，并建议他做一些准备。
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Yours,

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3 . 阅读下面短文，完成短文后的问题。

Why do Chinese people think getting a haircut in the first lunar month will harm their uncles?

In Chinese tradition, it is said that getting a haircut during the first lunar month would cause one’s mother’s brother to die. Although this is not true, some people still choose to avoid cutting their hair during this time. They wait until Dragon Head-Raising (龙抬头), the second day of the second lunar month, to line up outside barber shops (理发店).

Nobody knows why haircuts have anything to do with one’s uncles. One popular theory (理论) says the tradition might have started during the early years of the Qing Dynasty (清朝). At the time, as new rulers, the Manchu people forced the Han people to cut their hair in the Manchu style. Many Han people refused to do it. They decided not to cut their hair during the first lunar month, saying it was to “commemorate the former dynasty”, or in Chinese, “思旧”. Since “思旧” sounds very similar to “dead uncle”, there may have been a misunderstanding and thus the “no haircut” tradition.

Ancient Chinese people thought that the human body, including one’s skin and hair, was something that was naturally given by one’s parents and should not be changed. Therefore, they cherished their hair very much and considered cutting hair to be a great insult (侮辱) to one’s parents.

But this doesn’t mean they never took care of their hair. They would wash, comb and trim (修整) their hair regularly.

1. Why do many Chinese people avoid cutting their hair during the first lunar month?
___________________________________________________________
2. According to one popular theory, when did the “no haircut” tradition start?
___________________________________________________________
3. Many people refused to cut their hair and used the first lunar month to              .
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4. What did ancient Chinese people think of their skin and hair?
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5. How did ancient Chinese people take care of their hair?
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4 . 阅读下面短文, 在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The fastest driverless train is running on the first smart high-speed railway in the world. It     1    (call)Fuxing, running on the Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed railway. It connects Beijing and Zhangjiakou—the two host     2    (city)of the 2022 Winter Olympics.

The new high-speed railway was built along an old historic railway, the Beijing-Zhangjiakou railway. It was known     3    the first railway designed and built by Chinese people alone. It was completed in 1909 and was designed by Zhang Tianyou, the “Father of China’s Railway”.

The train on the railway is the first of its kind that is covered by China’s Beidou Navigation Satellite System(北斗卫星导航系统). The train runs between stations all by     4    (it). It starts and stops, opens and closes doors, as well as deals with what happens     5    (sudden). What’s more, the train can be repaired by robots. All the stations along the railway have different robots to work for passengers(乘客), like     6    (carry)luggage and giving directions.

There are 10 stations along the 174-kilometer railway. The train can run     7    (quick) , and the travel time between the two cities is cut down     8    over 3 hours to 47 minutes.

Now China has     9    (excellent)high-speed railway system in the world. From 35 to 350 kilometers per hour, the both old and young railway is a witness(见证者)to the rapid     10    (develop)of China’s railway.

5 . It was a sunny day yesterday. After a whole day’s work in my office, I walked home. On the busy street, I saw a young man ___________ some small toys around the corner. Usually, I would hurry past such sellers and never buy anything. But when I noticed he was ___________, I decided to stand there for some time. I wanted to see how he sold his toys.

Soon, a little girl came with her mother and wanted a toy that could ___________ a noise. Kids liked such toys because the noise sounded really funny.

The toy was 18 yuan. The mother ___________ out a 20-yuan note. She told the young man how much she was giving him and wanted the change(找零)___________. I was wondering what he was going to do next. He told the mother to put the money in his bag and get the change ___________. Then she did so.

What the young man did shocked me. He chose to trust people even if he couldn’t see. He let me know believing in people is a ___________ thing. It brings us warmth and love. I was so touched that I made a decision to buy a toy although I didn’t need it at all. He said it ___________ 18 yuan and I told him that I had only one 20-yuan note. Again he told me to do the same thing as the mother. I put my 20 yuan in his bag, but I didn’t take any change.

As I walked down the street, I saw another little girl with her father and gave her the toy I bought. She looked at me in surprise and then thanked me ___________ I was happy to see the smile on her face.

The young man was a good example to us all. On my way home, I kept thinking the world would be a better place if we all could learn to trust people more, just like the young blind   ____________.

1.

A．using

B．buying

C．selling

D．washing

2.

A．fat

B．deaf

C．short

D．blind

3.

A．hear

B．make

C．avoid

D．mind

4.

A．cut

B．kept

C．took

D．worked

5.

A．up

B．out

C．off

D．back

6.

A．itself

B．herself

C．myself

D．yourself

7.

A．beautiful

B．bad

C．silly

D．direct

8.

A．paid

B．bought

C．cost

D．sold

9.

A．politely

B．unluckily

C．simply

D．angrily

10.

A．girl

B．father

C．boy

D．man

6 . Do you want to celebrate your birthday in space? It would be very different from what you might do on earth. For example, your birthday cake would be flying. The candles could not be lit because astronauts can not start a fire in the spaceship.     1     Voices are almost the only things that are not changed by being weightless, which means that everything has almost no weight in space.

Some astronauts feel sick for the first few days in space. Some feel as if they have a cold all the time. That’s because without gravity(引力), the fluids(液体) in their bodies move towards their heads. Their faces look a little fatter.     2    .

And because gravity is not pressing on the spine(脊椎). The spine relaxes and stretches(舒展).     3     But when they come back on earth, they turn to their regular height.

Since nothing has weight, astronauts can lift(举起) heavy objects easily.     4     However, it is harder to stay still in space than to move around, so the astronauts always hold onto something or tie themselves to something.     5    

A．For the same reason, their waists(腰围)get smaller.

B．They can even lift each other.

C．There are pieces of Velcro to stick things in order to keep them from floating(漂浮) around.

D．Your friends could still sing Happy Birthday to You.

E．Astronauts grow one or two inches(英寸)in space.

F．In space, bone and muscles get weaker.

7 . In today’s world, sleep experts say that for a better night’s rest, Americans should turn off their smartphones or iPad before sleeping. Such electronic products make the brain more active, and then influence their sleep. But according to a latest survey, more than 90% of Americans regularly use a computer or some other kinds of electronic products in the hour before bed.

Researchers are finding that man-made light from some electronic products at night may reduce the brain chemicals(化学物质) that help sleep. The researchers showed that sitting in the light from computer tablets clearly lowered levels of the chemical which manages our body clocks and plays a role in the sleep cycle.

In the study, the researchers let volunteers read, play games and watch movies on a tablet for different time while measuring(测量) how much light their eyes received. They found that two hours of sitting before a bright tablet screen at night reduced the sleep chemical levels by about 22%.

Studies of students using computers at night have got the similar results. And researchers say that may not only cause sleeplessness, but also raise the risk of obesity(肥胖症), diabetes(糖尿病) and other diseases.

To be on the safe side, the researchers advise us to use computers less before bed, or at the very least turning down your screen as much as possible.

1. What can we learn from the first paragraph?

A．Americans don’t get enough sleep.

B．Electronic products are very popular.

C．The brain becomes more active at night.

D．Sleep experts never use smartphones.

2. The volunteers in the study did the following things EXCEPT ________.

A．listening to music

B．playing computer games

C．watching movies

D．reading electronic books

3. The underlined word “that” probably means ________ in the passage.

A．making a survey about sleep

B．using smartphones in the daytime

C．sitting in a bright room

D．using computers at night

4. What does the passage tell us to do to have a good sleep?

A．Learn to use smartphones or iPad.

B．Watch some relaxing TV programs.

C．Turn down the screen to the lowest.

D．Try to sleep earlier than before.

8 . One Thursday afternoon, when I was in Grade 9, a new boy came into my classroom. He was short and thin. He walked up to the teacher and told her, very seriously, that he was new. His name was Christian. He sat down, took a look at me, and then looked away. I didn’t think he was very nice and I was sure he wasn’t the type I would like to make friends with.

During that year, I didn’t talk to him much, but he smiled at me when our eyes met, always shyly. He never ate lunch with anybody, and he never talked to anybody but me.

But one day I joined those unkind kids who were making fun of him. We made fun of him though I thought it was wrong.

“Haven’t you got any friends?” a kid asked Christian, who had walked past us alone, with his head down.

“No, he hasn’t got any friends. He’s too stupid and shy” I said. Then Christian looked up at me with the saddest dog eyes I had ever seen. I felt very sorry at that moment.

That night, I couldn’t sleep because I couldn’t get Christian’s face out of my mind. In the weeks that followed, he never met my eyes in class and never smiled at me. It was really hard for me to decide to write him a note asking him to forgive(原谅) me. But I thought I should.

The next day in class, I wrote him a note telling him how sorry I felt. About five minutes later, I turned and saw tears in his eyes. “You will never realize what your apology(道歉) has meant to me, Jimmy” he said to me. “I hope we can become friends.”

We had lunch together that noon and we had the best talk I had ever had. Over the years at high school, we were close friends.

When I think back, I realize that, if I had not apologized, I would never have known what a lovely person Christian was.

Apologies can really change your life, so never miss the chance to tell somebody you are sorry.

1. From the passage, we know Christian was a ______ boy.

A．tall and fat

B．short and shy

C．short and active

D．lovely and fat

2. Jimmy didn’t talk to Christian much at first because ________.

A．he didn’t think Christian was the type he wanted to make friends with

B．Christian wasn’t nice to people around him after he came to the new class

C．Christian made friends with others

D．Christian had the saddest dog eyes

3. Jimmy felt________ after he made fun of Christian with other unkind kids.

A．happy

B．interested

C．sorry

D．bored

4. This article tells us that ________.

A．we should make an apology when we hurt others

B．Jimmy’s apology was unimportant to Christian

C．Christian wasn’t lovely in fact

D．it is impossible to say sorry to others

9 . Have you ever had such an experience that a day starting out bad just continues to get worse. But why?

Sometimes there’s a “domino effect” with bad events. For example, you sleep through the alarm, so you’re stressed. And you will sit in the bad traffic, which will also make you late to work, etc.

How can we turn a bad day to a good day? Here are some ideas that have worked for me:

Smile a lot

Smiling a lot will help you feel relaxed. Research has shown that smiling produces three useful chemicals which make us feel good.

Talk to a good friend

Talk to someone who cares and listens really does help us feel better, too.

Focus on your good things

It’s hard to focus on how bad things are when you’re focusing on how good things are!

Think of 10 or more things you’re thankful for, and you’ll achieve a whole new outlook (人生观) on your day.

Get some exercise

If you can, exercise. Exercising will help you feel better and it can get your day back to be normal again.

Make the day a challenge

If you make yourself think of the day as a challenge, you’ll start to do all the things you can to make your day better.

1. What does the underlined phrase the “domino effect” mean according to the passage?

A．It’s an effect that gets one event to cause (引起) other similar events to happen.

B．It’s an effect that turns a good day to a bad day.

C．It’s an effect that makes one person affect (影响) another.

D．It’s an effect that turns bad things into good things.

2. How can the three useful chemicals that smiling produces make us feel?

A．Angry.

B．Relaxed.

C．Stressed.

D．Worried.

3. What will we do if we consider a bad day as a challenge?

A．We will try our best to do things.	B．We will give up doing things.
C．We will lose all our confidence.	D．We will go to exercise at once.

10 . 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。

College can be very expensive in America.     1     (depend)on their families, financial situations, students may receive financial aid in the form of loans or grants. Loans must be paid back to the lender, but grants(助学金)are usually free aid from either the government     2     the schools themselves to pay for     3     (education) expenses. Another form of financial help is scholarship. Like grants, they are financial assistance that doesn't need to    4     (repay).

    5           (general) speaking, scholarships are often given by private organizations or individuals. There are     6     (various) of scholarships, and students often do not know what financial aid can be available     7     them. In order to help with the processes of searching and applying, some websites such as Fastweb. com assist students in finding scholarships     8     match their abilities and interests. On the website, there is a form     9     (fill) out. This provides information like education level, interests, and experience. Another popular feature of the website is the college search function. Students can look up colleges according to location major, or a     10     (combine)of these.