1. When was Youth Club started?
| A．Seven years ago. | B．Ten years ago. |
| C．Five years ago. | D．Six years ago |
| A．Three | B．Four | C．Five | D．Six |
| A．date of birth | B．telephone number |
| C．favorite sport | D．email address |
2 . Conversation 1
Teacher: Shh! Listen carefully!
Teacher: Did you hear that? No? How about this?
Teacher: If you couldn’t hear the first one, it means you’re not a dog! [Laugh.] Dogs can hear very high frequency sounds, but people can’t. And if you could hear the second one, you’re younger than 25.
Student: Wow! Why is that?
Teacher: Our ears change when we get older. Children and young people can hear the second one, but most people older than 25 can’t.
Conversation 2
Teacher: Today’s topic is “Should teenagers date?” Team A, please begin.
Team A: We say no, they shouldn’t. One reason is that teenagers are too young. They should think about schoolwork and spend more time studying.
Team B: We don’t agree with Team A. Our answer is Yes. Teenagers can date if they want. It is quite natural for a teenager at that age to feel he or she likes somebody. We think it’s possible for teenagers to date and study at the same time.
Teacher: Team A?
1. What are they learning about in Conversation 1?
| A．Dogs. | B．Sounds. | C．Hearing. | D．People. |
| A．Schoolwork. | B．Dating. | C．Teenager. | D．Relationships |
| A．Science Club and Ballet Club. | B．Ballet Club and Nature Club. |
| C．Nature Club and Debate Club. | D． Debate Club and Science Club. |
3 . In the dining hall
Max: Hi, Amy! How’s it going?
Amy: Great. How about you?
Max: I’m good. Let’s go and sit down.
Amy: What do you think about senior high school?
Max: So far, so good, Amy. I’ve had maths and English this morning. The maths class is getting more difficult but it’s really interesting. It’s my favourite class so far. How about you?
Amy: I think science is more fun. Chemistry’s my favourite.
1. What is Max’s favorite subject?
| A．Maths. | B．English. | C．Science. | D．Chemistry. |
| A．Difficult. | B．Easy. | C．Boring. | D．Interesting. |
4 . Mark Twain was a great writer in America. He was also a funny man. There were many interesting stories about him.
In his city, a man didn’t like Mark Twain. On April Fool’s Day, the man wanted to play a joke on the great writer. A newspaper in New York said that Mark Twain died. All his friends around the country were sad when they read it. Then they decided to visit his home. When the friends got there, they found Mark Twain writing in front of his desk. They got a big surprise and thought the newspaper did a bad thing. But Mark Twain didn’t get angry. He smiled and said, “The report(报道)about my death is right. But the time is too early.”
1. The report about Mark Twain was on ______.| A．June 2nd | B．April 2nd | C．June 1st | D．April 1st |
| A．前往 | B．居住 | C．拜访 | D．悼念 |
| A．listening to the radio | B．reading |
| C．writing | D．watching TV |
| A．didn’t like that man | B．was a funny man |
| C．didn’t like the newspaper | D．knew he wouldn’t die |
5 . Xiao Ming gets up very late. He rides his bike to the school quickly. He doesn’t look at the traffic lights, so he hits a car. The driver takes him to the hospital right now. The doctor looks over Xiao Ming very carefully. Xiao Ming wants to go to the school but the doctor and the driver ask him to stay in bed.
“ Now my boy,“ says the doctor.“ Could you tell me your name, please?”
“ What are you going to do?” asks Xiao Ming.
“I’m going to tell your parents and your teacher. ”answers the doctor.
“But my parents know my name and my teacher knows my name, too.“ says Xiao Ming.
1. How does Xiao Ming go to school?| A．by bike | B．by car |
| C．by bus | D．on foot |
| A．His teacher | B．His parents |
| C．The driver | D．His students |
| A．Because he is very happy. |
| B．Because he doesn’t notice the traffic lights. |
| C．Because he doesn’t like going to school |
| D．Because he can’t see anything |
| A．He is very lovely. |
| B．He is very bad. |
| C．He is very lazy. |
| D．He is very good. |
6 . A nice girl is in my class—Class Five, Grade Seven. She is fifteen years old. She is tall. She has a round face, big black eyes and a small nose. Her mouth is wide, and her ears are small. Her hair is short and black. She likes skirts, now she is in a short blue skirt. It’s nice. She is in a white T-shirt. She has a white dog. It is her friend. Who is she? She is Julia.
1. The nice girl is ______ years old.| A．13 | B．15 | C．16 | D．14 |
| A．long; small | B．round; wide | C．round; small | D．small; big |
| A．short skirt | B．blue T- shirt | C．pink cap | D．long dress |
| A．class | B．mom | C．name | D．dog |
7 . In the adviser’s room
Amy：Good morning, Ms. Li.
Ms. Li：Morning, Amy. How are you doing?
Amy：Very well, thank you. Ms. Li, I want to be a teacher in the future, so what courses do you think I should choose?
Ms. Li：Oh, interesting! Well, first of all, I think a language course like Chinese would be helpful to you. And there are some other courses...
1. What does Amy want to be in the future?
| A．An engineer | B．A designer. | C．A teacher. | D．doctor |
| A．English | B．IT. | C．Art. | D．Chinese |
8 . Foreign universities and education have always attracted students.
Find out how to apply. You can apply directly through the institution’s website and submit all your documents online. Some universities may require you to send documents via post.
Write your motivation letter nicely. Make sure that you write a motivation letter, if required, in the proper format and make it as unique as possible to stand out. Be honest in your explanations and experiences.
Paperwork is vital.
Keep specific regulations in mind. Some countries have guidelines for international aspirants (有抱负的人). Many EU nations need entrance examinations, while some institutions require portolios (作品选辑) or personal interviews. Most universities in the UK only take applications via UCAS for undergraduate degrees, while universities take direct applications for postgraduate degrees or via UKPASS.
| A．Always keep options in hand. |
| B．Decide on a particular university |
| C．They want to go there to pursue the best academic course in the world. |
| D．You may also have to apply through platforms in some countries. |
| E．If you want to study in the USA, start searching for a programme at least a year before applying. |
| F．Many foreign universities will have entrance exams in addition to application deadlines. |
| G．All documents require translations into the official language of the country you are applying to. |
9 . As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, healthcare workers continue to risk their lives to treat patients. Under the current system, diagnosing, monitoring, and managing COVID-19 are contributing to its spread through contact. In an effort to improve this situation, data analytics company SDG Group has announced a new smartphone application called Docdot to help doctors collect relevant clinical data through telemonitoring.
Docdot uses facial recognition technology on smartphone cameras to detect a patient’s vita signs and process them using artificial intelligence. This recognition and processing technology (photoplethysmography) was developed by Binah. ai. It enables smartphone cameras to use the light reflected by blood vessels (血管) under the skin to detect and record changes in the volume of blood flowing in blood vessels under the skin, and that occur due to variations in respiration (呼 吸), blood pressure, etc. The app converts this into measurements reportedly 90 percent as accurate as hospital-grade monitors.
Docdot enables people to look into their smartphone’s screen and share early indicators of infection .It gives health workers the information they need to triage (分诊) patients at a safe distance, preventing unnecessary visits to hospitals and reducing the risk of exposure among health workers and patients. This maximizes the availability of healthcare resources for those who need them most, and contributes to slowing the spread of the virus.
“Use of this technology for virus monitoring and detection is new,” says Heather Beardmore, SDG Group UK chief executive. “This healthcare innovation is the first remote-monitoring and triage tool with potential to transform diagnosis and management.” It is also recognized by World Health Organization (WHO) and Forbes as being one of the most innovative digital health solutions worldwide. Docdot has undergone clinical trials in Canada India and Japan, and is now used in the USA hospitals.
1. What is the function of Docdot?| A．To manage COVID-19 effectively. |
| B．To detect COVID-19 patients accurately. |
| C．To monitor COVID-19 patients remotely. |
| D．To treat COVID-19 patients successfully. |
| A．How Docdot works. |
| B．How to use Docdot. |
| C．Where to use Docdot. |
| D．What advantages Docdot has. |
| A．Positive. | B．Negative. | C．Skeptical. | D．Indifferent. |
| A．Effective Measures Against COVID-19 |
| B．Global Cooperation Against COVID-19 |
| C．Doctors — Heroes who Fight COVID-19 |
| D．Docdot — A Mobile App that Helps Doctor |
10 . It is generally acknowledged that the older we get, the more slowly we react. However, the new findings suggest that mental speed — the speed at which we can deal with issues requiring rapid decision-making — does not change substantially over decades.
Under the leadership of Dr Mischa von Krause and Dr Stefan Radev, psychologists at Heidelberg University evaluated data from a large-scale online experiment with over a million participants. They came to the conclusion that the speed of cognitive information processing remains largely stable between the ages of 20 and 60, and only deteriorates at higher ages.
In the online experiment, subjects had to press a button to sort pictures of people into the categories “white” or “black” and words into the categories “good” or “bad”. According to Dr Mischa von Krause, the content focus was of minor importance. Instead, the researchers used the large number of data as an example of a response-time task to measure the duration of cognitive decisions.
When evaluating the data, Dr Mischa von Krause and his colleagues noted that, on average, the response time of the test subjects rose with increasing age. However, with the aid of a mathematical model, they were able to show that this phenomenon was not due to changes in mental speed. They think that older test subjects are slower mainly because they reply more cautiously and concentrate more on avoiding mistakes. At the same time, motor function speed slows down during the course of adult life: older participants in the experiment needed longer to press the appropriate key after they had found the right answer.
Another finding of the study was that average information processing speed only progressively declined with participants over the age of 60. “It looks as though, in the course of our life, we don’t need to fear any substantial losses of mental speed — particularly not in the course of a typical working life,” says Dr Mischa von Krause.
1. What is the common assumption about the adults’ mental speed?| A．It declines with age. | B．It is faster at the old age. |
| C．It is not affected by the age. | D．It is constantly changing with age. |
| A．Stays stable. | B．Becomes worse. | C．Changes suddenly. | D．Increases rapidly. |
| A．Their emotional stability. | B．The decline of mental speed. |
| C．Their mature and cautious nature. | D．The lack of exercise for the older. |
| A．To describe an online experiment. | B．To appeal to people to respect the elderly. |
| C．To tell people how to improve mental speed. | D．To reveal the conclusion of an online experiment. |
