1 . “友善”是中华民族的传统美德，你校以“友善”为主题举办英语征文比赛,内容包括：
1. 日常生活中的友善行为；
2. 友善行为的意义或价值；
3. 提出倡议。
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：传统美德traditional virtues
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2 . When it comes to family holidays in Australia, most people look to hot spots such as Sydney or the Gold Coast. However, Perth makes for a strong competitor, with plenty of museums and theme parks to keep the kids entertained, as well as historic sites and botanical gardens.

To give you a travel guide, we take a look at the best things to see and do in Perth.

King’s Park

Located in the heart of Perth’s business district, the four-square-kilometre park is perfect for spending an afternoon and making the most of the sunny weather. Here you’ll find plenty of picnic spots, play areas for little ones, and a host of activities and things to see. However, if you only visit one thing, make it the park’s impressive botanical gardens where you’ll find colorful plants.

Bibbulmun Track

Hikers, this one’s for you! This track is one of the world’s great long distance walks. Along the way you can expect amazing scenery, comfortable campsites, and a host of exciting wildlife and plants to look out for.

Perth Mint

You can discover a century’s worth of metals from gold to silver and even Coca-Cola bottle caps here. There are plenty of activities too from a live gold pouring session that you can watch to countless exhibitions.

Perth Zoo

The unusual creatures at the Perth Zoo are sure to keep small children’s attention! Giraffes, lions, elephants and monkeys are just some of the wildlife living in the zoo, which focuses on protecting various species.

1. What do we know about King’s Park?

A．It is in the hot spot Perth.	B．It is a good place for a picnic.
C．It is perfect for long-distance walking.	D．It is home to various plants and animals.

2. What do the Bibbulmun Track and Perth Zoo have in common?

A．They have a lot of wildlife.	B．They have large exhibitions.
C．They are in a business centre.	D．They are noted for campsites.

3. What is the purpose of this text?

A．To introduce Australia.	B．To celebrate some events.
C．To attract visitors to Perth.	D．To announce new activities.

3 . Make Your Application (申请表) Stand Out

Colleges and universities in the US receive thousands of applications every year from within the US and from countries all around the world.     1     How can you make yourself more memorable among these students?

Realize that “recommended” equals “required”.

The very first thing any applicant to a college should realize is that it is a competitive process.     2     In fact, certain parts may even be presented that way in university application materials — but the reality is that anything that the university presents as “optional” or “recommended” is usually seen as “required” in the minds of admission officers.

Don’t hesitate to send in extra material.

While it used to be the case that universities would make it very clear that they would not accept extra materials, that is no longer true in most cases, and in many cases, universities will accept all kinds of materials.     3     — but it could make the difference when you are on the borderline.

    4    

During school breaks, make sure that you are doing something that shows your academic curiosity, your initiative, and your willingness to work hard. Bonus points if your activity produces something that could be easily understood by admission offices, and if, this activity is something you’ve been doing for two or more years.

Be eager and focus on quality communication.

    5     Answer emails without delay; send thank-you letters; and ask good and thoughtful questions. Language that might be OK when messaging your friends is certainly not the right tone when communicating with admission officers. It is likely that all of your emails go into your admission file, so you will make sure that all of it will be able to stand close examination by the admission committee.

A．One might think of many parts of the application as optional.

B．You are expected to present yourself thoroughly in the process.

C．Use your extra time wisely.

D．Communicating well will generally be to your benefit.

E．But how can you make yours stand out from the pile?

F．Make sure the language you use is formal and careful.

G．Extra materials won’t suddenly make you competitive.

4 . 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。

Crosstalk, Xiangsheng in Chinese, is a     1    (tradition) Chinese comedic performing art and one of China's most popular cultural forms. It's     2    (general) believed that crosstalk developed sometime in the Qing Dynasty. After the People's Republic of China     3    (found) in 1949, this art became increasingly popular. Today, it is     4    important part in the CCTV Spring Festival Gala and other countless shows in China.

There are four     5    (skill) in crosstalk: speaking, imitating, teasing and singing. Most of the time, it is performed by two actors-one serves as the leading actor while the other plays a supporting role. However, sometimes it is performed as a monologue (独白)，    6    is completed by one person mainly telling jokes, and at other times it is performed by more than two actors,     7     (call) group performance. Crosstalk is humorous and its language is lively and rich     8    puns (双关语).

Jump into a taxi in Beijing, and chances are that your driver will be listening to a radio broadcast of a crosstalk show. These days, more and more foreigners are becoming interested in     9     (study) the art of crosstalk. Crosstalk is a huge part of Chinese culture and it appears as if it's getting even     10    (big).

5 . Eat nuts, live longer.Researchers have found that those who eat a handful of peanuts every day significantly decrease their risk of dying from all causes compared to those who do not eat nuts.A new study concludes that all types of nuts seem to be protective.

Researcher Ying Bao is with the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard University Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts.She and her colleagues looked at the impact of nut consumption by analyzing two huge studies that began in 1980 ----the Nurses’ Health Study, which tracks the well-being of more than 76,000 women, and 42,000 men enrolled in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study.

Among the questions asked at the beginning of the studies was, “how frequently do you eat nuts?”The information was updated every two to four years.Bao says the participants were followed for three decades.

“What we observed is that people who eat more nuts are less likely to die over the next 30 years,” said Bao.“So, for example, if a person eats nuts once per day, that person has a 20 percent lower risk of dying.”

Bao says eating a handful of nuts five or more times per week is associated with a 29 percent reduced risk of dying from heart disease and an 11 percent lower risk of cancer death.A serving size is 28 grams.

Nuts contain nutrients, including high quality proteins, vitamins and minerals, all of which have anti-cancer effects and may help protect the heart.

Bao says researchers are planning studies to find out how nuts are beneficial to human health.

The study on the health benefits of nuts was funded by the International Tree Nut Council Research and Education Foundation.

1. People who often eat nuts_____________.

A．are more likely to live longer than people who often eat fruits

B．don’t need to go to hospital

C．may live longer than people who don’t eat nuts

D．don’t have to do sports

2. The underlined word “well-being” in Paragraph 2 shares the same meaning as “_____________”.

A．illness

B．health

C．diet

D．habit

3. About Bao’s research, which statement is true?

A．She has done the research by herself.

B．Her research was based on two studies.

C．Her research lasted about three years.

D．People should eat all kinds of nuts every day.

4. The passage is most probably from a journal of_____________.

A．entertainment

B．diet

C．sports

D．science

6 . If you're not sure what career to pursue, here are some steps that can help you to choose a career.

Tastes and abilities.

To choose a career, you must separate two important concepts: tastes and abilities.    1    But if not, remember that you devote much of your life to the profession of your choice, so it must be something you're passionate about. Make two columns on a sheet of paper; write what you like to do in one column and your talents and abilities in the other. Draw a line to link the skills that relate to what you like to do, so you can clarify your options by identifying the skills you have and how they relate to what you want to do.

Personal decision.

It's your life; only you can choose your career.    2    If they hold different ideas from you, it is good to hear different opinions, but the ultimate decision is yours.

    3    

Find out about the labor sector and the opportunities available for graduates from the career that interests you. It is important to recognize the level of competition you may face and the opportunities that exist.

Salary.

It never hurts to know the wage curve of a professional career. One thing is to choose a profession for the economic benefit and another to choose a career that you like. It is advisable to make a balance between pay and your tastes.    4    

Choosing a career to pursue is a major life decision that must be considered carefully.    5    A college degree is the first requirement for a successful professional future nowadays.

A．Career Interests.

B．Work Opportunities.

C．Give each aspect a weight you consider necessary.

D．People around you should respect what you choose.

E．If you are lucky enough that they match, much better.

F．First you should ask yourself what activities you enjoy the most.

G．Anyone valuing professional development must pay attention to education.

7 . When the Chinese spacecraft Chang’e-5 returned to Earth on December 17, 2020, it brought back something not seen on our planet since the 1970s: moon rock samples. This precious cargo, collected by Chang’e-5’s robotic research vehicle in the northwest region of the lunar near side, is now being studied by scientists in Beijing. The success of the latest Chinese space mission also showcased technology that may be used in future years to create human settlements on Earth’s near neighbor.

The returned lunar samples will “absolutely add new knowledge of the history of the moon, particularly its volcanoes,” says Xiao Long, a planetary scientist at China University of Geosciences. The rocks sent back by Chang’e-5 “will ask us to rethink about why and how the moon’s volcanic history lasted this long,” he says.

The Chang’e-5 mission was more than just a trip to collect moon rocks. It was also the latest stage of a long, planned sequence of robotic lunar explorations by China that have grown ever more scientifically advanced.

The program began with the 2007 launch of Chang’e-1 and Chang’e-2 three years later. These craft circled the moon collecting data used to help guide Chang’e-3 and Chang’e-4, the first Chinese spacecraft to land on the moon surface, and to direct their robotic vehicles. The robot on Chang’e-5 was able to collect rock and soil samples and return them to Earth. In the near future, an identical spacecraft called Chang’e-6 will attempt a sample-return mission from the moon’s south pole—an area of intense scientific interest-given the large amount of water ice present.

The more advanced Chang’e-7 and Chang’e-8 spacecraft are also planned to land near the south pole to carry out analysis of the region and test new technologies, including detecting and obtaining materials that could be useful to future human explorers, such as water and hydrogen, and testing 3D printing on the lunar surface.

The long-term aim of the Chang’s program is to establish an International Lunar Research Station around 2030 to support robotic and, eventually, crewed missions.

1. What is paragraph 2 mainly about?

A．The moon’s recent volcanic activities.	B．The significance of the moon rock samples.
C．New knowledge of the history of the moon.	D．Further studies of the returned lunar samples.

2. What distinguishes the mission of Chang’e-6 from that of Chang’e-5?

A．The technology they use.	B．The time they spend on the moon.
C．The specific locations they explore.	D．The amount of material they bring back.

3. Chang’e-7 and Chang’e-8 space missions are mainly intended to ________.

A．transport researchers to the moon station

B．build up an International Lunar Research Station

C．collect data necessary to guide moon-landing spacecraft

D．find and test resources and means to support living on the moon

4. Which of the following best summarizes the Chang’s space program?

A．A project to study the surface of the moon.

B．A plan to improve human settlements on the moon.

C．A set of experiments to test the possibility of manned spacecraft.

D．A series of increasingly challenging scientific lunar explorations.