1 . 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。

Do you know what the ballet, jeans, and eyeglasses have in common? They     1     (invent) in Italy. Now, another Italian symbol is making headlines as a possible solution to a huge     2    (environment) problem. In a time when the world searches for ways     3     (reduce) plastic waste, pasta straws might be one of the answers.

Recently, a picture     4    （show）the initiative (倡议) some bars in Italy have been taking was posted on the Internet,     5     has been spreading like crazy.

    6     (interest), there are already a couple of companies that sell pasta straws: Stroodles and The Amazing Pasta Straw. The straws are tasteless while in cold beverage, as they're just made of wheat and water. According to the Stroodles website, the straws last roughly     7     hour before softening up, after which they can be composted (制成堆肥) or even consumed.

"Stroodles is not just a straw company and there is a much     8     (big) picture, as I feel I can leave a long-term impact by creating a ripple effect (连锁反应) by triggering many small challenges all across the world, especially among people that are less conscious     9       sustainability and their respective     10     (act) and behaviors, "company founder Maxim Gelmann said.

2 . 从1921年到2021年，中国共产党已经走过了百年奋斗历程，即将迎来百年华诞。学校将组织党史学习教育活动。假如你是李华，请你代表学生会主席，根据下面所给的要点提示，用英语给全校学生写一封倡议书。词数80左右。
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1. 认真学习党史。2. 向老一辈共产党人学习。3. 用实际行动传承优良传统。
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参考词汇：共产党人communist
Dear schoolmates,

From 1921 to 2021, the Chinese Communist Party has gone through a century of struggle and is about to celebrate its 100th anniversary.

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Li Hua

3 . Scientific Ways to Improve Our Memory

If you have trouble in remembering the date or the number, you are not the only one.     1     However, a research study at UCLA in 2006 has shown that there are scientific ways to improve brain functions through simple lifestyle changes.

Exercise regularly

    2     So put on your trainers, go outside and start working up a good sweat. It’s healthy for both your mind and your body.

    3    

It’s a well-known fact eating vegetables can help keep your body healthy, and includes your brain. Various research papers state that vegetables can help lower oxidative stress in your brain as well as help retain healthy cognitive functions.

Reduce stress levels

Research found that intense and persistent stress, especially at high levels, can easily impair our memory and disturb our cognitive skills.     4     You can do this by meditating or taking a walk.

Play video games

Yes, you heard us. Get on that controller and spend a couple of hours playing your favorite video game. It’s good for your mind, according to a recent study that illustrated how these pastimes can help improve the functioning of various memory-associated regions in the brain.     5    

A．Try healthy foods.

B．Eat your vegetables.

C．Hundreds of students suffer from poor memory.

D．Memory is to experience reporting in the mind in the past.

E．So slow down, and ease yourself into taking it down a notch (冷静).

F．But don’t go overboard, too much of a good thing can be bad for you.

G．Research found that leading a sedentary(久坐不动的) lifestyle can lead to memory loss.

4 . Electronic waste, also known as e-waste, consists of a discarded phones, printers, TVs, electric toothbrushes and many other electronic goods no longer in use.

A shocking 53. 6 million tons of electronic waste was generated worldwide in 2019 — less than a fifth of which was recycled, according to UN's Global E-waste Monitor 2020 report.

Of the total e-waste last year, Asia contributed the biggest amount — 46.4 per cent — followed by the Americas(24.4 percent), Europe (22.3 percent), Africa (5.4 percent) and Oceania (1.3 percent).

The combined heap of e-waste for 2019 averaged 7. 3 kg for every man, woman and child on Earth. The UK averaged the second-biggest in the world, at 23.9 kg, behind Norway, which averaged 26kg.

The report also reveals that just 17.4 percent of the e-waste was properly collected and recycled. E-waste is a health and environmental hazard (危害), containing hazardous substances such as mercury, which damages the human brain.

After a device is discarded and e-waste is warmed up, toxic chemicals are released into the air, damaging the atmosphere. E-waste in landfills can also seep (渗透) toxic materials into groundwater, affecting animals and plants.

Gold, silver, copper, and other high-value materials were collectively valued at $57 billion. However, they were mostly dumped or burned rather than being collected for treatment and reuse. In countries with developing markets, an increasing number of household electronics like refrigerators, air conditioners, and lamps are now being bought, leading to the rapid increase in e-waste. A global obsession with smart phones, which tend to be replaced by an updated model after a year, also helps build e-waste piles.

It's not that countries don't have policies to fight e-waste since 2014, the number of countries that have adopted a national e-waste policy has increased from 61 to 78, the report says. But advances are slow, enforcement (执行) is poor, and policies fail to encourage the collection and proper management of e-waste. The lack of effective policies around the world needs to be addressed (解决) as soon as possible.

1. According to official figures, how much e-waste was recycled in 2019?

A．53.6 million tons.	B．10.8 million tons.
C．9.3 million tons.	D．20.1 million tons.

2. E-waste does harm in many aspects EXCEPT ________________.

A．health condition	B．electronic products
C．energy resources	D．environmental protection

3. What's the attitude toward reducing e-waste according to the report?

A．Tolerant.

B．Indifferent.

C．Ambiguous.

D．Critical.

4. What's the main idea of this text?

A．E-waste is increasing.	B．E-waste is being reduced.
C．E-waste is harmful to people.	D．E-waste is being encouraged.

5 . A proud and happy all-female Delta flight crew lit up the skies earlier last October, flying 120 female students from Salt Lake City to NASA in Houston for tours of the facilities and to meet with female leaders in the industry.

The flight was part of the airline’s Women Inspiring our Next Generation (WING) program, which was created in 2015 to help close the gender gap in aviation (航空) and expose more young girls to STEM(Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) careers. This is the fifth WING flight, with more than 600 female students flying Delta so far through the program.

The flight was planned and executed (执行) completely by women, including pilots, ramp agents, gate agents and flight control.

“At Delta, we believe you have to see it to be it, “said Beth Poole, general manager of pilot development, who helped start Delta’s WING initiative, in a statement. “We’re taking ownership to improve gender diversity by exposing girls at a young age and providing a pipeline so that 10 years from now, they will be the pilots in the Delta cockpit (驾驶舱) inspiring generations of women who follow. ”

While the students, who ranged in age from 12 to 18, were in Houston, they met with female mentors in aviation. They toured NASA’s Mission Control Center, Johnson Space Center and other key facilities in areas of flight and space exploration.

“It didn’t seem realistic to go after a career in aviation, but today I realized, ‘Hey, I can do this too’, ” said Katelyn J, age 17, a 12th grader from Advanced Learning Center.

Delta has achieved 100% pay parity for employees in frontline jobs. In the past four years, 7. 4%of the airline’s newly hired pilots have been women. The WING program is one of the ways they’re hoping to increase those numbers.

“I’ve loved being able to look at all of the things these successful women have accomplished, ” said Shanae C., 17, a 12th grader from Jordan Technical Institute. “I think we ill learn from them and build on their foundation of success.”

1. What can we know from this text?

A．Female pilots receive their training at the early age.

B．More and more female pilots will take males’ place.

C．Male pilots are more likely to have air crash than female pilots.

D．The WING program is intended to train more youngsters in STEM.

2. What does the word underlined mean?

A．Minority.

B．Diversity.

C．Equality.

D．Majority.

3. Where is this text most likely from?

A．A poster.

B．A travel brochure.

C．A novel.

D．A newspaper.

4. What’s the best title of this text?

A．The Gender Gap Is Closed	B．The Sky Has No Limit
C．Female Pilots Are Better Than Males	D．Gender Discrimination Exists in Aviation

6 . Avoid These Foods Before Bed

Chocolate

Chocolate is packed with sugar, which can have a serious impact on how well you sleep. A study found that people who ate more sugar and saturated fats（饱和脂肪）experienced less deep sleep and woke up more throughout the night. Chocolate also contains some caffeine, which can stimulate the nervous system and keep you awake for hours.

Hamburger

According to Health, the problem with hamburgers is their high amount of fat content. More fat means more acid production in the stomach, which means more heartburn due to acid reflux（反流）—a no-no before bed.

Broccoli

These vegetables are high in soluble fiber（可溶性纤维）, which is great for digestion during the day but can leave the body focused on digestion as opposed to sleep at night. This can cause discomfort or trouble sleeping.

Spicy foods

Spicy foods like chili also contribute to heartburn. If someone experiences acid reflux from spicy foods and lies down right after eating spicy foods, the acids from the stomach can flow back into the esophagus（食道）more easily, causing a burning sensation in the chest, which may disturb sleep.

1. Which of the following will cause excitement?

A．Chocolate.

B．Hamburger.

C．Broccoli.

D．Chili.

2. What's special about broccoli?

A．Broccoli can cause acid reflux.	B．Broccoli does good to digestion.
C．Broccoli disturbs sleep due to heartburn.	D．Broccoli contributes to sound sleep at night.

3. What should be done after eating hot food to avoid acid reflux?

A．Lie down to rest immediately.

B．Eat hamburgers to reduce acid reflux.

C．Walk for a while to avoid acid flowing back.

D．Play with the mobile phone in bed to distract the attention.

7 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

I have been in Taiyuan, the provincial capital of Shanxi, for two years since I     1     (admit) to a PhD program in Shanxi University as an international student from Bangladesh.

Over the two years, I found myself     2     (fall) in love with Shanxi and China. I liked to cycle on the streets in Taiyuan and visit places I encountered     3     (random). The cycling tours helped to deepen     4     (I) understanding of the city. In my eyes, Taiyuan is a city     5     both history and modernity.

The city has     6     history of more than 2,500 years, the longest among all cities in China. An abundance of well-preserved ancient     7     (structure), like the temples in Jinci, the double pagodas in Yongzuo Temple, are the material evidence to help you get a glimpse into     8     ancient China looked like. Taiyuan is also a fast-growing modern city. It is ranked among the world’s top 500 cities in terms of     9    (science) research according to a recent Nature Index rating.

I hope more international students come to study in Shanxi University and to live and work in China     10     is full of opportunities.

8 . How to learn a language in just weeks

When you want to study abroad, you need to learn the language; otherwise you will miss out on the best part!     1     Therefore, I want to give you some tips how to learn a language in just weeks, and have fun while doing it.

Free Podcasts (播客)

Search for free language podcasts and listen to them where ever you go, in the car, bus, while you exercise, do dishes and in bed before you are going to sleep.     2     Instead, just get used to the pronunciation and try to remember the words without any pressure.

KISS-Keep it Simple, Stupid

    3     Yeah, that's right-no grammar!!! Always remember, when a foreigner comes up to you and asks you something like: Where find toilet I? You will still understand what he or she means, right? Grammar does matters, but it is more important that people will understand the basic meaning of what you are saying than perfect grammar use, don't you agree?

    4    

Make a list of 150 very important words and expressions that are essential for everyday communication. Write them on flash cards and put them into categories, such as: which expressions can I use on the road, at home, in class, with friends, etc.     5     I always put some in the kitchen and bathroom over the sink and read them, while I was doing dishes or brushing my teeth.

I hope these tips on how to learn a language in just weeks in an interesting, interactive and practical way were helpful to you.

A．You can also write these words on sticky notes and put them up all over your room.

B．Try not to focus too much on grammar rules, pronunciation and exceptions.

C．Focus on important words.

D．But you can speak the language whenever possible and try not to be afraid of mistakes.

E．Use the language for everyday communication.

F．But studying vocabulary lists and grammar rules are boring.

G．You don't have to memorize it.

9 . When Ludwig von Beethoven died in 1827, he was three years removed from the completion of his Ninth Symphony(交响乐). He had started work on his Tenth Symphony but, due to declining health, wasn’t able to make much headway: All he left behind were some musical sketches.

Ever since then, Beethoven fans and musicologists have puzzled over what could have been. Now, thanks to the work of a team of scientists, Beethoven’s vision will come to life.

The scientists were divided into two parts-the human side and the machine side. The human side deciphered (破译)and transcribed the sketches from the Tenth Symphony, trying to understand Beethoven’s intentions. Meanwhile, the A. I. side faced more challenges.

First, and most fundamentally, they needed to figure out how to take a short phrase and use it to develop a longer, more complicated musical structure, just as Beethoven would have done. Next, because the continuation of a phrase also needs to follow a certain musical form, the A. I. needed to learn Beethoven’s process for developing these forms. The A. I. also needed to learn how to take a melodic line and harmonize it and how to bridge two sections of music together. Finally, once they had a full composition, the A. I. was going to have to figure out how to orchestrate it, which involves assigning different instruments for different parts. And it had to pull off these tasks in the way Beethoven might do so.

The success of the attempt proves they were on the right track. But these were just a couple of minutes of music. There was still much more work to do. At one point, one of the music experts on the team said that the A. I. reminded him of an eager music student who practices every day, learns, and becomes better and better. Now that student, having taken the baton from Beethoven, is ready to present the Tenth Symphony to the world.

1. What can we know about Beethoven’s Tenth Symphony?

A．Beethoven lost his health in an attempt to finish it.	B．It was highly thought of by fans and musicologists.
C．It aroused great interests among Beethoven fans.	D．Beethoven didn't start to create it until 1824.

2. What does paragraph 4 mainly talk about?

A．the difficulties the AI side solved	B．the contributions of the human side
C．Beethoven’s music composition process	D．how a symphony was usually created

3. In the process of completing Beethoven’s Tenth Symphony, which description is not true?

A．It’s a great challenge for the AI technology.

B．The human side should imitate Beethoven’s music creating process.

C．It is a combined effort of human and AI technology.

D．It's more demanding for the machine side than human side.

4. What’s the author’s attitude towards the Tenth Symphony completed by A. I.?

A．skeptical

B．positive

C．negative

D．indifferent

10 . It was Jennifer William's mother who got her hooked on books. As a librarian, she read to her three children every day. “Not until we went to kindergarten,” Williams told the local news site. “Until we went to college.”

When Williams, now 54, became an elementary school teacher and tutor in Danville, Virginia, she wanted her students to fall in love with reading just as she had. But early on, she realized that some kids had limited access to books.

To Williams, the solution was simple: Give kids books. In 2017, as part of a civic event called Engage Danville, she gave away 900 used children's books over three days. Most people would be satisfied with that.

“I was like, ‘Anybody could do that,’” she said. “I wanted to do something that's going to stretch my faith, my work ethic, my everything.”

So she raised the ante considerably by setting a new goal for herself: Give away one million books. It sounds like an unreachable number, but as Williams posted on Face book: “Don't complain in the bleachers if you aren't willing to work hard out on the field.”

In the four years she's been devoted to her work. The Book Lady, as Williams has come to be known, has given away more than 78,000 books—only 922,000 more to reach her goal! And she's not slowing down. It's too important for kids with few options.

“Reading can take you anywhere,” she said. “You can travel in time and space. If you can read, you can learn almost anything.”

1. We can learn from the first paragraph that Jennifer Williams ________.

A．often reads to her children	B．works in a local library
C．credits her love for books to her mother	D．didn't like reading until her college time

2. How did Jennifer Williams feel after she donated 900 books in 2017?

A．Proud.

B．Unsatisfied.

C．Unhappy.

D．Admirable.

3. What does the underlined phrase "raised the ante" mean in paragraph 5?

A．found a new direction	B．set up a higher aim
C．made a different decision	D．improved one's ability

4. What's a suitable title for the passage?

A．The Book Lady	B．One Million Books
C．Children Needing Books	D．A Great Teacher