1 . With the Mid- Autumn Festival coming, the mooncakes are the most talked- -about topic. As a must-have traditional sweet during the celebration, a mooncake carries mixed feelings: Some love it because it is so delicious; others hate it because it contains too much fat.     1    .

●Mix with fresh vegetables

Mooncakes contain high level of sugar and oil, and each 100g can offer 20% of the daily energy supply for an adult.     2    . It’s highly recommended to take a mooncake as main meal, together with fresh vegetables and grains, which would help to digest and control caloric intake (热量的摄入)。

●Drink tea.

Green tea can help quicken sugar metabolism (新陈代谢), which is a perfect match with the mooncakes. The water temperature for green tea should be under 70℃, otherwise the heat will damage the Vitamin C that tea leaves contain. According to traditional Chinese medicine theory, green tea is cold-natured(性寒).     3    .

●    4    

Due to high calories a mooncake contains, it is a good choice for breakfast when people need more energy supplement after a whole night sleep. A mooncake plus milk, vegetables and fruit equal a nice Chinese-style breakfast.

●Eat less and exercise more

    5    . During the three-day festival holiday, many cultural events are held around the city, such as exhibitions, music concert and different forms of artistic performances, so it’s good to walk around and enjoy the full moon and spend the night with your loved ones.

A．Have a good breakfast

B．Take mooncakes as breakfast

C．It is better not to take more than 100g of mooncakes per day

D．Therefore those with a weak stomach should not drink too much

E．Here are four solutions for you to enjoy it without gaining weight

F．Although mooncake contains much sugar and fat, some people like to take it as dinner

G．The most efficient way to avoid getting fat during the Mid-Autumn festival is to eat less mooncakes and do more exercise

2 . Apple officially launched (推出) its Apple Pay service in China on February 18, through a partnership (合伙) with China UnionPay, entering the country’s competitive mobile payment race.

Instead of scanning a bar code, which is required by mobile payment services provided by Alipay and Wechat, users of the iPhone 6 or more advanced versions, certain iPads and Apple Watches will be able to use their devices. The devices are equipped with near-field communication technology (NFC) for users to buy things in stores in China-Apple’s second-largest market.

The customers of 19 Chinese banks will be able to link their bank accounts to Apple Pay, and UnionPay has provided proper point-of-sale (POS) machine for users to complete the transactions. The transaction will be completed when users hold their devices near a POS machine with a Unionpay’s built-in chipset.

McDonald’s said on Thursday that it will accept this payment in 1,700 restaurants in China. Apple also lists Lane Crawford, Carrefour, 7-Eleven, Burger King, and KFC among the merchants already accepting in-store Apple Pay in China.

Several Chinese Internet firms also began accepting Apple Pay. Chinese restaurant review and group buying services Meituan and Dazhongdianping and online retailer dangdang.com have also launched its version for Apple Pay.

The project failed to gain a sizable share of the mobile payment market, in part because of different technical standards (标准) employed by telecom operators and lack of merchant interest.

“It’s fast and no password is required. All I need to do is place my iPhone in front of the POS machine, put my fingers on the Touch ID and it’s done.” said Wang Tian, an office worker who bought lunch at KFC using Apple Pay on Thursday in Beijing.

“Curiosity (好奇) will surely drive a lot of sign-ups to Apple Pay, but the key challenge for Apple and UnionPay is how to turn this initial interest into deep-rooted habits in the long term.” said Sandy Shen, research director at tech consultancy firm Gartner.

1. What do we know about the Apple Pay service?

A．It is guided by China UnionPay.	B．It frees users from carrying bank cards.
C．It is used only by iPhone 6, iPads.	D．It requires a bar code scanning.

2. What can we learn about the market of Apple Pay?

A．Dangdang.com agrees to use Apple Pay.	B．McDonald’s has used Apple Pay.
C．China is the biggest market.	D．I’ll be an easy ride for Apple Pay in China.

3. How does Wang Tian feel about Apple Pay?

A．Puzzled.

B．Worried.

C．Satisfied.

D．Surprised.

4. What may be the best title for the text?

A．Apple Pay Service Hits the World

B．The Key Challenge for the Apple Pay Service

C．Buying Enters into the Competitive Digital Payment

D．Apple Pay Steps into the Crowded Market

3 . 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。

Adaptation to climate change, including sea defences, desalination plants, drought-resistant crops, will cost a lot of money. That is a particular problem for poor countries,     1     risk a bad cycle where the impacts of climate change     2     (continue) rob them of the hope for development. International agreements stress the need to support the poorest     3     (country) in their efforts to adapt to climate change and to grow     4     (wealth) enough to need less help. Here the rich world is avoiding     5     (it) duties.

Yet, even if it were to fulfil them, all the effects of climate change can by no means be adapted away. The further change     6     (go), the less adaptation will be able to compensate for it. That leads to     7     other need: the reduction of emissions.     8     reasonable technological improvements and lots of investment, it is possible     9     (produce) electricity grids(电网) that need no carbon-dioxide-emitting power stations. Road transport can be electrified, though long-distance shipping and air travel     10     (be) harder. Industrial processes can be renewed.

4 . A few years back a group of young teachers from another school was spending a day in my class. They were energetic, bright and _______. However, I noticed a key _______in their approach to teaching. Their desire to help kids was so strong that they never allowed the students to get the wrong answer or take a _______.

We were building _______that week. My students were working in groups of four. Each group was _______a small Viking model rocket, instructions, and the materials with which to put it _______. The challenge for each team was to precisely measure, _______, and assemble their project. One group was trying hard but making mistakes in the placement of missile sections. Several of the teachers _______going over to the kids to show them how to build the rocket _______. On a number of occasions I had to politely but firmly ask them to leave the kids alone.

It’s important to remember that we ________individually define the word failure. In my class, a rocket that doesn’t fly is not a failure. Failure ________only when students stop trying to solve a problem. It may he solved in five minutes, or it may take two months, as was the case where my students built an enormous roller coaster and could not create a loop with enough centripetal force to allow the cars to move along the track safely. ________those two months of failed trials were some of the most fascinating and exciting times the kids had in science that year. And when the roller coaster finally ________, the kids could say they did it themselves. They ________the physics of the roller coaster. I did the best teaching during those two months when I decided to ________and leave the kids alone.

1.

A．curious

B．cute

C．caring

D．encouraging

2.

A．role

B．reason

C．goal

D．mistake

3.

A．fall

B．break

C．guess

D．tour

4.

A．cars

B．roller coasters

C．rockets

D．tracks

5.

A．showed

B．given

C．called

D．awarded

6.

A．together

B．down

C．back

D．aside

7.

A．present

B．plan

C．buy

D．read

8.

A．avoided

B．forbade

C．suggested

D．kept

9.

A．quickly

B．firmly

C．correctly

D．politely

10.

A．students

B．parents

C．friends

D．teachers

11.

A．continues

B．happens

C．stops

D．matters

12.

A．Thus

B．Now

C．Then

D．But

13.

A．broke

B．appeared

C．worked

D．opened

14.

A．taught

B．understood

C．created

D．changed

15.

A．shut up

B．come up

C．get up

D．keep up

5 . Leland Scales has been interested in food most of his life. He started working in restaurants when he was 14. He has a Master of Arts in food studies from Chatham University. Scales now works for an organization in Pittsburgh called 412 Food Rescue. Here is an interview with him.

Q: At Chatham University, you learned about social justice and food.     1    

Scales: It completely changed my perspective on many aspects of the food system. I have to credit my experiences there for a great deal of the social justice work I am doing with 412 Food Rescue. It shaped my path for life.

Q: How did you get interested in 412 Food Rescue?

Seales:     2     So when I graduated, I came on board as a part-time truck driver.

Q: What do you do at 412 now?

Scales: I find non-profit organizations that get free food to people, such as an after-school program for kids that includes feeding them.     3     I try to build communities around Pittsburgh that work to end food waste. Honestly, though, my duties are not fixed because we all just fill in where we are needed depending on the day’s situations.

Q: Sounds like you wear lots of hats. What do you love about your job?

Scales: I love that we are able to help organizations get food to the people who really need it on a daily basis.

Q:     4    

Scales: It’s known that even with all the great work we do to get food into the hands of those who need it, there’s still tons of food waste and there are still people out there who are in need of food.

Q: How does your organization use technology to fight hunger?

Scales: Our Food Rescue Hero app allows us to alert our food rescue heroes of donations in the area.     5    

Q: Food rescue heroes? Who are they?

Scales: They are people who volunteer to help us get food to the organizations we partner with.

A. What did you do there?
B. What’s the worst part of your job?
C. Technology is better at ending hunger.
D. How did what you learn there affect you?
E. A colleague of mine from graduate school began working there.
F. We pair those donations with non-profit partners that are nearby.
G. I help these organizations get the food they need to run their programs.

6 . Diamonds have long been one of the nature’s most valuable creations. Since the dawn of humanity, their beauty, strength and resilience have attracted many people. Their creation normally takes billions of years, huge pressure and extremely hot temperatures.

But one international team of scientists is defying nature — successfully producing the beautiful mineral in a laboratory at room temperature, and within only minutes. Scientists at the Australian National University(ANU), RMIT University, the University of Sydney and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, published their new findings in the journal Small.

Co-authors announced that they used high pressure “equivalent of 640 African elephants on the tip of one ballet shoe” to create two types of diamonds: the kind found on an engagement ring and Lonsdaleite, a type of diamond found in nature at the site of meteorite impacts.

Laboratories have produced diamonds since 1954. The jewels are usually created by subjecting carbon to intense pressure and heat. Now, for the first time, the dazzling mineral is being made at room temperature.

“Natural diamonds are usually formed over billions of years, about 150 kilometers deep in the Earth where there are high pressures and temperatures above 1,000 degrees Celsius,” Jodie Bradby, an ANU physics professor and co-lead researcher, stated in an ANU press release.

“The twist in the story is how we apply the pressure,” she continued. “As well as very high pressures, we allow the carbon to also experience something called ‘shear’ — which is like a twisting or sliding force. We think this allows the carbon atoms to move into place and form Lonsdaleite and regular diamond.”

Using advanced techniques, Dougal McCulloch, a physics professor at RMIT who also co-led the research, and his team captured slices from the samples to better understand both types of diamonds.

“Seeing these little ‘rivers’ of Lonsdaleite and regular diamonds for the first time was just amazing and really helps us understand how they might form,” stated McCulloch.

1. What can be learned about diamonds?

A．Two types of them alone exist in nature.	B．640 African elephants equal a diamond.
C．Everyone dreams about possessing them.	D．They are considered a masterpiece of nature.

2. What does the underlined word “defying” in Paragraph 2 mean?

A．Rejecting.

B．Resisting.

C．Challenging.

D．Copying.

3. Which of the following is the leading role in the latest creation of diamonds?

A．Time.

B．Pressure.

C．Temperature.

D．Depth.

4. What can be inferred according to Dougal McCulloch?

A．It is surprising to see so many diamonds at a time.

B．Diamonds can be made without any natural force.

C．Diamonds can be produced more than people wish.

D．How diamonds formed exactly was uncertain before.

7 . In tough times — and there’s no doubt that 2020 qualifies as tough times — those of us who love to read turn to all kinds of different books. Here are the books that I’d recommend.

The Spy and the Traitor

The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

by Ben Macintyre

This nonfiction account focuses on Oleg Gordievsky, a KGB officer who became a double agent for the British, and Aldrich Ames, the American turncoat(叛徒) who likely betrayed him, Macintyre’s retelling of their stories comes not only from Western sources (including Gordievsky himself) but also from the Russian perspective. It’s every bit as exciting as my favorite spy novels.

Range

Why Generalists Triumph(获得成功) in a Specialized World

by David Epstein

I started following Epstein’s work after watching his fantastic 2014 TED talk on sports performance. In this fascinating book, he argues that although the world seems to demand more and more specialization, what we actually need is more people “who start broad and embrace diverse experiences and perspectives while they progress”. I think his ideas even help explain some of Microsoft’s success, because we hired people who had a wide range of knowledge within their field and across fields. If you’re a generalist who has ever felt overshadowed by your specialist colleagues, this book is for you.

The New Jim Crow

Mass Incarceration(监禁) in the Age of Colorblindness

by Michelle Alexander

Alexander’s book offers an eye-opening look into how the criminal justice system unfairly targets communities of color and especially Black communities by explaining the history and presenting the numbers behind mass incarceration.

Breath from Salt

A Deadly Genetic Disease, a New Era in Science, and the Patients and Families Who Changed Medicine Forever

by Bijal P. Trivedi

This book is truly uplifting. It documents a story of remarkable scientific innovation and how it has improved the lives of almost all cystic fibrosis(囊肿性纤维化) patients and their families.

1. Who is Oleg Gordievsky?

A．A travel agent.	B．A writer.
C．A spy.	D．A TED speaker.

2. Which book is the most attractive to an all-around employer?

A．The Spy and the Traitor.	B．Range.
C．The New Jim Crow.	D．Breath from Salt.

3. What do these books have in common?

A．They are non-fiction.	B．They are best-sellers.
C．They tell exciting stories.	D．They record what happened in 2020.