1 . Let’s listen to a radio show and answer some questions.
1. What is the name of the radio show?
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2. What does “paying it forward” mean?
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3. What does the guest want the listeners to do?
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2 . 听对话，完成下边短文。

I am Tingting. I brought my foreign friends Anna and Lisa to my favourite     1     today. Anna had never heard of Hunan cuisine before I introduced it to her. I told her the     2     between Hunan cuisine and Sichuan cuisine. Hunan cuisine is much     3     than Sichuan cuisine. While the heat of Sichuan cuisine comes from chillies and Sichuan peppercorns, Hunan cuisine is often hotter, and the heat usually comes from just chillies. I also shared with them why Hunan people like such food. I believe it shows they are a     4     people, and hot food can help them     5     the effects of rainy or wet weather there. I recommended some popular dishes to them, for example, the steamed fish head covered with chillies, which is quite tender with very few small bones. I also suggested     6    , which has a lighter taste. As Lisa was hungry for some pork, we ordered     7    , the most famous Hunan dish. We had a wonderful meal together.

3 . 听下面一段材料，填写空白。

Welcome to the Confucius Institute.

Learn to     1     and all about     2    !

Our institute has grown! We started with     3     but now we have many more. It is a centre for     4    . You can learn and practice fascinating Chinese traditions. Knowledge of the Chinese language and culture is important because of increasing     5    . Many students go on to great jobs in     6    .

Join us today to help break down language and     7     and bring the world together!

4 . 听下面一段独白，根据所听内容完成表格，每空填写不超过三个词。

Voice Mail from Kelly Black 1. Call Mr. Brown to     1     the appointment time. 2. E-mail the staff members about next week’s     2    . 3. Ask the repairman to fix the broken     3     in the office. 4. Give a list of all the employees to the     4     owner. 5. Take     5     on the desk to the post office 059.

5 . 听下面一段较长对话，完成下面图片的描述。

Photo A: A giant dish: when you speak into it, it     1     the sound back and     2    . You can use it to speak in a     3     to someone 17 meters away.

Photo B: A giant     4     that you can use your feet to play. Instead of playing the sounds of a piano, it plays the voices of     5    .

Photo C: You look at a blue screen for a while, and then suddenly you can see     6     moving around on it. These are our     7    .

Photo D: A     8     where you can see yourself reflected thousands of times.

Photo E: You stand in front of     9     and it casts different shadows of you, in     10     the rainbow.

6 . 听下面一段独白，根据所听内容完成表格，每空填写不超过四个词。

Hunger Problem in the UK

Background	· Many parents are unable to work because of the novel coronavirus; · Many poor children who used to     1     free school meals now do not get them, because they have to study at home.
A famous person	· Marcus Rashford, a famous footballer, is     2     to solve this problem.
Reasons for caring	· He did not always have     3     food when he was growing up. · Even though his mother worked very hard at three different jobs, she did not get enough money to     4    .
Actions	· He managed to escape his hunger and his poor childhood because of his football skill. · He wants to force the government to create laws that make sure that no children     5     as he and his family did.

7 . 听下面一段独白，根据所听内容完成段落，每空填写不超过四个词。

Beijing offers high-tech naps to Games reporters

    1     reporting on the Winter Olympics are being offered the chance to sleep on the job thanks to     2     at the Beijing media center. The cabins are just one of a number of innovations unveiled at the Games. Anyone can access the pods by scanning a QR code on their phone. The spacious cabins contain the same beds Olympians sleep on in the Athletes’ Village, with the user able to     3     with     4     or mobile phone. The beds even have a “zerogravity mode” meant to     5     on the body—you don’t quite float, but it’s pretty comfortable. Zhao Yufeng, a spokesperson for cabin manufacturer Keeson Technology, said 30 to 40 people a day have been using them so far. “We’ve placed sleeping cabins here for journalists to give them an environment to work, rest and relax,” she said.

8 . A race against time.

Rescuers dig through the rubble of flattened buildings, searching for     1    of China’s deadliest earthquake in     2    years.

The    3     is working against them, reducing the window of opportunity for finding people alive.

The     4    magnitude quake struck Gansu province at around midnight local time, sending late-night diners scrambling and containers tumbling from     5    .

Daylight laid bare the full scale of the destruction.

More than     6     buildings were damaged, collapsed or buried.

This village was hit by a landslide triggered by the quake.

Survivors spent the night huddling around    7    to stay warm as overnight temperatures plunged to -15 degrees.

Gansu is a     8     region that lies on the border with Mongolia. It’s a remote area, but help has arrived.

Temporary shelters are being set up with    9    , folding beds and quilts, but they’re no match for the bitter cold.

Medical teams are converging in the province,    10     the injured and trying to prevent a bad situation from becoming even worse.

9 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What creates a magical atmosphere in the Glowworm Caves?

A．Starlight

B．Glow-in-the-dark paint

C．Thousands of glowing creatures

2. Where are the Glowworm Caves located?

A．Australia

B．New Zealand

C．Canada

3. How do visitors explore the caves?

A．Walking tours

B．Boat tours

C．Helicopter rides

4. What is the main attraction of the Glowworm Caves?

A．Waterfalls

B．Glowing stalactites

C．Thousands of glowworms on the walls and ceilings

5. Why are the caves compared to a fairy tale?

A．Because of the dark atmosphere

B．Due to the presence of magical creatures

C．It resembles a medieval castle

6. What is the lasting impression visitors have after touring the caves?

A．The smell of caves

B．The sound of dripping water

C．A mesmerizing, glow-in-the-dark experience

7. How are the walls and ceilings of the Glowworm Caves decorated?
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8. Describe the type of tour visitors can take to explore the Glowworm Caves.
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9. Why is the experience of visiting the caves compared to stepping into a fairy tale?
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10. What country is home to the Glowworm Caves?
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10 . 听下面一段独白，请根据题目要求，从所听到的内容中获取必要的信息，填入空格中。

Google, the Internet search     1    , will now offer a free operating system for personal computers. The     2    hopes to loosen Microsoft’s hold on the market. Microsoft Windows is on more than     3     percent of PCs. Google is basing the new     4     on its Chrome Web browser and the Linux open-source operating system. The Google Chrome OS is expected to be available     5    .