1 . “Dad, I need your help. Come here!” My 5­-year­-old girl pulled me towards the computer. “Dad, please buy everything I have in the Amazon shopping cart (购物车). Here, take this cash from my savings!” The shopping cart showed ten items for a total of about 130 dollars. “Wait!” I replied.“That’s too much money! Why do you need all these things?”“Please, Dad! These items will get here before Christmas. I have a surprise for everyone. No peeking(偷看)!” she explained, and I bought everything.

A couple of days later, she got everything. I saw her then wrapping (包装) all her gifts. “Can I help you?” I asked.“No, Dad. I told you these are special surprises. No peeking!” she replied. Her excitement was obvious.

The day came. She was all around her gifts, planning, protecting, arranging. Everything had to be perfect. As soon as dinner was over, she jumped from her chair and took her gifts. She went around giving each one of us her piece of love. These were small items, but it was the meaning of giving her heart that we were really feeling. As she gave the gift to each person, she watched the expression on our faces. Our smiles were her greatest reward. Her last gift was for my 2-­year-­old boy—a toy car. It was hard to describe my little boy’s delight at getting this gift! For several minutes, everyone’s attention was focused on watching him go all around the house happily.

Seeing these acts of my 5­-year­-old helped me understand the power of giving—giving from the heart. Later that day, my girl received some gifts, but she didn’t need them. She focused on others, not on herself. It was clear that she was the one feeling true joy.

1. Why did the girl ask her father for help?

A．She didn’t have enough money.

B．She needed him to keep the secret.

C．She wanted to get his opinions on gifts.

D．She couldn’t make the online payment.

2. How did the girl feel when wrapping the gifts?

A．She felt proud.

B．She felt delighted.

C．She felt cautious.

D．She felt satisfied.

3. What did other family members think of the girl’s acts?

A．Pleasant.	B．Creative.
C．Reasonable.	D．Surprising.

4. What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?

A．To praise his daughter for her generosity.

B．To share his experience of raising his kids.

C．To discuss how to find happiness in daily life.

D．To share the lesson learned from his daughter.

2 . ByteDance（字节跳动）Group’s TikTok, an overseas version of Chinese short video sharing app Douyin, faces an existential crisis in the United States, as murmurs of a “crackdown”（强制取缔）from the White House forced the Chinese company to engage in talks on selling its US business to Microsoft.

TikTok is the fastest-growing registered global mobile internet app, with more than 100 million users, and its rapid growth, especially in the US, is seen as a threat to Facebook. The US government has long viewed globally competitive Chinese high-tech companies including Huawei as a threat and done whatever it could to crack down on（打击）them in the name of “national security”.

The US government has not introduced any specific policy against TikTok, only threatened it through a number of unclear statements.

According to the latest media reports, Microsoft is prepared to press ahead with the negotiations to take over TikTok’s US operations and complete the negotiations by Sept 15, following talks between Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and US President Donald Trump.

This means that TikTok will have to hand its fate over to some unpredictable power, and even have to sell its assets without the option of setting a price.

The US government has failed to find a reasonable legal excuse to deal with TikTok. All private data of TikTok’s US users are stored in the US and are unlikely to be transferred. Considering the US government is trying to deal with TikTok in a political way, TikTok should consider incorporating（合并）the dispute into the US legal process to assert（坚持）its legal rights and interests.

TiKTok’s core value lies in its unique algorithms, a product of artificial intelligence that represents the expertise of Chinese engineers and programmers with high-value intellectual property.

The US government’s move, which has forced ByteDance to sell TikTok to a US company, is similar to a forced technology transfer and an example of the US’ open seizure of Chinese intellectual property.

If ByteDance sells TikTok to a US company for “security reasons", that would set a dangerous precedent, motivating other countries where TikTok operates to follow the US administration's example and cause a chain reaction.

ByteDance is a young Chinese private company that cannot deal with a political game played by the US. But as a Chinese company that has gone global, ByteDance has reasons to take up legal means to defend its legal rights. The Chinese government can also consider examining whether the technology transfer in the deal violates China’s law and harms the country’s national interests.

1. What is the most valuable as for TikTok?

A．Its global popularity.

B．Its artificial intelligence.

C．Its registered global mobile internet app.

D．Its private data of TikTok’s worldwide users.

2. Why does the American government force the Chinese company to hand over TikTok’s US operations to a US company?

A．Out of so-called political reasons.	B．Out of so-called debt reasons.
C．Out of so-called technical reasons.	D．Out of so-called security reasons.

3. What does the underlined word “seizure”probably mean in Para. 8?

A．An untrue spoken statement about someone.

B．The use of legal authority to take sth from sb.

C．The crime of stealing sth from a person or place.

D．The act of trying to hurt somebody using physical violence.

4. What can be the best title for the news report?

A．TikTok must defend its rights legally

B．TikTok is seen as a threat to Facebook

C．ByteDance has to sell TikTok to a US company

D．ByteDance agrees to transfer technology

3 . When choosing Chinese universities, it is necessary for students to take both university conditions and self-qualifications into consideration.     1     The following factors should be considered carefully before making decisions.

Students’ graduation result

Students’ graduation result provided during the application is the key reference for the university to decide whether to admit or not. The stronger comprehensive strength and better reputation the university has, the stricter requirement for students’ graduation result will be.     2    

Economy conditions

The cost of the study in China is relatively cheap, while daily expenses are not exactly the same in different areas. In Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and other developed coastal cities, the daily expense can be relatively higher than that of inland. These cities’ living conditions are relatively better and entertainment and recreational facilities are richer. Therefore, when choosing universities, your economy factor needs to be taken into account.

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China is a large country and the northern and southern China has many differences in climate and diet custom.     4     Students need to consider whether the climate, traffic, diet, and culture of the city that university lies in are as expected before applying, so as to choose suitable universities.

Professional or comprehensive strength

In China, universities can be divided into comprehensive and professional two kinds. Which is more important, professional strength or comprehensive strength?     5     If you want to make achievements in professional field, we suggest that you consider professional kind of university. If you want to get diploma of a university which is comprehensive strength strong and well-known, the comprehensive kind of university may be better to meet your demand.

A．Location preference

B．Each city has its own characteristics.

C．There is no absolute answer actually.

D．Students sometimes get stuck when choosing majors.

E．Everyone hopes to choose suitable Chinese university reasonably.

F．You should make a reasonable assessment about self-qualifications.

G．So apply for a suitable university according to your graduation result.

4 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

As a boy, Charles Darwin showed a great interest in living things. He loved to walk through the woods,     1     (look) at plants and birds. At the age of 8, Darwin     2     (send) to school, where he studied Latin, classical literature and ancient history. Young Darwin thought that these subjects were boring and useless. He preferred     3       (science ) studies. As a result, he did     4     (poor) in his school lessons.

In 1828, Darwin's father, who was very strict     5     his son, sent him to Cambridge and he became a student of Professor John Henslow. Upon graduation, Professor Henslow asked him     6     (go) with Captain Fitzroy on a survey trip around the world. During the voyage, Darwin collected rocks, bones and     7     (insect) . He noted what he observed.

The widely     8     (accept) theory in those days was that God created all the creatures on earth. In 1859, Darwin published his famous book, The Origin of Species, in     9     he explained his famous theory of evolution (进化) .

Today, Charles Darwin is recognized as one of     10     greatest scientists the world has ever seen for his great achievements.