1 . Asia,the largest continent on Earth,is home to more than half of the world’s population. With so many different cultures and languages, each country is worth a lifetime to travel around. Here are some top countries for you to have an unforgettable travel experience .

China
China owns one of the world’s oldest civilizations(文明). Wherever you go, you can easily recognize many amazing historical and cultural landmarks. For example, the Great Wall of China, the Terracotta Army in Xi’an and the Forbidden City in Beijing attract many visitors all over the world. However,other people come to enjoy China’s beautiful scenery that includes high mountains and the Gobi Desert. As the most populous(人口多的)nation on Earth, China is also home to many modern cities.

India

Home to one of the world’s richest and oldest civilizations, India has many different cultures, religions, peoples and traditions. With the Himalayas lying in the north, jungle and beaches can be found in the rest of the country. From temples to food and history to wildlife, the beautiful country has something for everyone.

Thailand

Thailand is a very popular tourist attraction. Its golden sands and beaches attract lots of people every year. Many also come to party in its beachside towns, visit some beautiful and peaceful islands such as Ko Tao, or enjoy the attractive scenery at Krabi.

Japan

Although it consists of almost 7,000 islands, most of Japan’s main sights and tourist attractions can be found on the four largest of them.   Lying to the east of Asia, the island nation is an attractive place as a mixture of traditional palaces and modern buildings Covered in mountains and forests, the country is home to some delightful nature and scenery.

1. Which one is the most populous country on Earth?

A．China

B．Japan

C．India

D．Thailand

2. Where should you go if you want to enjoy the beaches according to the text?

A．India and China	B．Japan and China
C．China and Thailand	D．India and Thailand

3. In which section of a newspaper may this text appear?

A．Sports

B．Music

C．Science

D．Travel

2 . 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。

A promising subject will provide you with knowledge and also better career     1     (opportunity).

So what subject should you choose in college? In October, Shanghai Ranking Consultancy     2     (announce) the 2020 edition of the Best Chinese Subjects ranking.

The ranking selected the universities on the Chinese mainland,     3     offer master’s degrees in 96 national first-level subjects.     4     (base) on factors such as research projects, awards and achievements etc, the consultancy evaluated the universities’ performances in each subject.

    5     (Fortunate), in terms of quantity, Zhejiang University ranked first with 59 subjects on the list, followed by Tsinghua and Wuhan University with 58 entries each.

There are 236 subjects from 90 universities that     6     (regard) as "top Chinese subjects". Peking University and Tsinghua University tied for first place with 24 top subjects. Eight subjects of Zhejiang University ranked among the top three,     7     (include) optical engineering and civil engineering. Subjects were classified into 13 fields. For computer science and software engineering, Tsinghua University had the     8     (high) score.

Experts point out that     9     number of subjects provided by Chinese universities is growing. Meanwhile, thanks     10     consistent investment (投资) into China' s higher education departments and programs like the Double First-Class Initiative (双一流), the academic programs are improving.

3 . 语法填空

Due to a medical error, 44-year-old Safiya became blind. She felt    1    （help）. And all she had to depend    2     was her husband Meraj. Meraj wanted to help Safiya gain her confidence again.

Finally, Safiya felt ready to return to her job,    3    now would she get there? She used to take the bus, but now too frightened to get around the city by herself. Meraj promised    4    （ride）the bus with her.

For two weeks, they made the journey together each morning and Meraj    5    （take）a taxi back to his office. Finally, Safiya decided to try the trip    6    . Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday…Each day she went on her own. It went perfectly.

On Friday morning, Safiya took the bus to work as usual. When she got off the bus, the driver said; "Lady, I sure envy you. You know, every morning for the past week, a gentleman stood across the corner    7    （watch）you. He makes sure you cross the street    8    （safe）, and he won't leave until you enter your office building."

Tears of    9    （happy）poured down Safiya's cheeks. Her husband had given her a gift    10    （powerful）than sight—the gift of love that can bring light.

4 . "Could you load(把碗碟放入)the dishwasher?" How many times have we asked our teenage children to do a chore(家务活)and found later that it was done so poorly that we have to finish the job?     1     Kate Kelly, author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Parenting a Teenager, has some suggestions.

    2    

Don't expect teens already know how to do something. Kelly says."We left my teenage daughter alone for a few days.     3     What a mess!" If you explain a chore, you will probably find it's been done well.

Use the team method.

Kelly says, "We do so much for our kids.     4     "So, according to Kelly, when teens do something like cleaning the floor, they enjoy giving something back to the family."And always remember teens should be thanked and praised."Give one task at a time.

If you can’t stand how clothes are always being left on the floor, don’t let your teens got away with it .    5    Tell them that if they keep throwing their clothes on the floor, they won’t be allowed to see their friends at the weekend, and that’s it.

Keep chores gender-neutral(不分性别的).

Don't leave all the kitchen chores for daughters, and jobs like washing the car or fixing things for sons.

A．Explain the job.

B．Remember to say thank you.

C．However, she had no idea how to separate rubbish.

D．Watering the plants can be a good way of relaxation.

E．We drive them everywhere, and help with their homework.

F．Few parents are happy with the way housework is done by their teenagers.

G．Make them pick the clothes up, but don’t add on other chores at the same time

5 . 上次考试中李华的几位同学因为作弊考得比他好，而李华的父母只关心分数，对他的成绩不满意，为此他很苦恼，请你写一封E-mail安慰李华。
内容包括：
1. 考试作弊（cheating in the examinations）的危害；
2. 和父母多交流，尽可能得到他们的理解；
3. 其他建议。
注意：1. 词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，使行文连贯；
3. 作文中不能出现与本人相关的信息；
4.开头不计入总词数。
Dear Li Hua,

I’m glad that you didn’t cheat in examinations.

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours sincerely ,

Wang Lei

6 . Parents are the closest people to you in the world. They love you just because you are you. And they would do anything for you.

Like a lot of middle school students, Zhuang Shuxia has her problem. She and her parents don’t get on well. “I really want to be my Daddy’s little girl. But he just doesn’t understand. He speaks to me but doesn’t listen to me, ” said Zhuang, a Junior 3 student in Hebei. Of course, lots of kids feel that way. But you and your parents will be much happier if you can be friends. Why don’t you take a walk and have a talk with your parents first? Here are some ways to have a good talk with them:

◆Find a good time to talk, like when you’re having dinner, going out for a walk or watching TV.

◆Tell them something you’re interested in, or ask them about their lives when they were young. They love to talk about it.

◆Listen to them carefully, and look at them in the eyes.

◆Be honest. Your parents will trust(信任)you more. And a trusting family is a happy family.

1. Who are the closest people to us according to the passage?

A．The people who love us.	B．The people who understand us.
C．Our father and mother.	D．All the family members.

2. Zhuang Shuxia’s problem is ________.

A．her father doesn’t think she works hard enough

B．her father doesn’t like to speak to her

C．she really wants to be a big girl

D．she can’t get on well with her parents

3. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Your parents love you just because you are such a good child.

B．Children and their parents will be happier if they make friends with each other.

C．It is a good time for children to talk with their parents when having dinner.

D．Children can win their parents’ trust if they are honest.

7 . As a student of International Relations and Chinese, I have been living in China for the past three years. Tibet was a region I was eager to travel to but its remoteness and my inability to find the right time to go delayed my journey. After a few e-mails back and forth with my dad in the UK, who doubted my choice, we decided to take a pause in our lives to begin our journey early in the morning of July 3rd.

We started our journey on Saturday morning at the Guangzhou train station. It was a good thing that we had secured a couple of soft seats as we were about to begin the journey. We started the first part of the journey, admiring the mysterious mountains of south China. The next day it changed quite suddenly to the dry landscape of central-west China as we passed through Shaanxi and Gansu Provinces. That evening we arrived in Qinghai Province, where we hoped for the Xining-Lhasa train.

We were greeted on the train with Tibetan yogurt. The following afternoon we arrived in Lhasa. Later that day, we started our journey to the Qomolangma base camp by road from Lhasa. Along the way we stopped to admire the beautiful and large river, the beautiful clouds and huge freshwater lake that is one of the three largest sacred lakes in Tibet. All the beauty contributed to making a picturesque countryside Tibet.

About a week later, we arrived at the Qo olangma basecamp in the afternoon. We were staying in a guesthouse just next to the basecamp and then we headed straight outside to see the wonderful Mt Qomolangma. The tip of the mountain could be seen through clouds, astonishing us with its unbelievable height and wonderful scenery. The clouds cleared away and we watched the sunset over the top of the mountain. Each of us was really impressed by Mt Qomolangma’s magnificence (壮丽) .

1. What made the author start a journey to Tibet?

A．His strong desire to visit it.	B．His father’s encouragement.
C．His classmate’s advice.	D．His love for remoteness.

2. When did the author get to Qinghai Province?

A．OnJuly3rd.	B．OnJuly7th.
C．On Saturday morning.	D．On Sunday evening.

3. What does the author think of Mt Qomolangma?

A．Large but unattractive.	B．High but flat.
C．Impressive and amazing.	D．Dangerous and scaring

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

A．To describe a high mountain.	B．To introduce a memorable trip.
C．To explain a cultural phenomenon.	D．To recommend a travel destination.

8 . In 2020, compared with the previous year’s film market, the popularity of domestic films this year improved, the themes were more diverse, and the coverage was more extensive. Here are some of the top 10 domestic box office movies in 2020.

The Eight Hundred

It is based on the battle of Songhu in 1937 and tells the story of a camp of the Chinese National Revolutionary Army and its adherence in Shanghai. To strengthen the momentum, the actual number of 400 people was changed to 800 people. The “800 heroes” fought hard for four days and it wasn’t until Oct. 30th that they were ordered to withdraw to the British concession (租界).

The film was released in Chinese mainland on Aug. 21st, with a total box office of 3.09 billion yuan ($ 472.39 million) by Oct.25th.

Leap

The film tells the story of China’s women’s volleyball team’s life and death battle from its first World Championship in 1981 to the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. It also tells the legend of several generations of women’s volleyball players who have experienced setbacks but remained indomitable (不屈不挠) and constantly struggling.

The film was released on Sept. 25th, with a total box office of 827.37 million yuan ($126.43 million) by Nov. 8th.

Love You Forever

A young dancer finds Lin Ge’s diary while rescuing the elderly theater manager. In the diary, the old man with white hair is like her best friend. To fulfill his promise, Lin Ge goes back to the past, corrects his mistakes and saves his love. However, he is teased by fate and cannot be satisfied.

The film was released on Aug. 25th, with a total box office of 510.1million yuan ( $76.47 million) by Sept. 27th.

Coffee or Tea?

It tells the story of three young people with different personalities who return to an ancient village in Yunnan from a big city to start their own business. They understand that e-commerce going the countryside is not only to sell things in the city to the countryside, but also to sell things from the countryside. They change everyone with sincerity and start an extraordinary journey.

The film was released on Oct. 4th, with a total box office of 306.19 million yuan ($46.79 million) by Nov. 8th.

1. Which film is related to online commerce?

A．The Eight Hundred	B．Love You Forever
C．Coffee or Tea?	D．Leap

2. What does the text mainly talk about?

A．The Rio Olympic Games.	B．Some amazing stories.
C．Some exact deadlines.	D．A few popular films.

3. In which part of a newspaper can this text be found?

A．Entertainment.	B．Tourism.
C．Education.	D．Science.

9 . A new 20-volume collection of the late Chinese writer Wang Zengqi’s works has been recently published by Zhejiang Literature& Art Publishing House, as a way to celebrate the 100^th anniversary of his birthday.

Born in 1920, Wang was a reputed contemporary Chinese novelist, essayist and Peking Opera writer. At the National Southwest Associated University in 1939, he studied under the supervision of Shen Congwen, widely considered to be one of the greatest Chinese writers. He has been especially popular among reader for his faithful, vivid descriptions of people and the details of daily things, gourmet dishes if particular.

He saw, firsthand, the development of the modern Chinese literary tradition after the May Fourth Movement in 1919. He was not just an observer, but an important participant and builder of socialist literary traditions after 1949, and then, again, arguably a leader of the modern literary tradition established in the 1980’s.

“This 20-volume collection reflects Wang’s literary view and writing style in a general sense,” says Wang Lang, the eldest son of Wang Zengqi.

They don’t reflect the whole picture of his writing, however. There was also time when he was furious and wrote articles about social issues. It was also his view that writers should take social responsibility. Although his works in this respect are limited, they are an important part of his writing career, Wang Lang says.

One outstanding characteristic of Wang Zengqi’s writing is the use of colloquial language, which combined his mother tongue of Gaoyou from Jiangsu province and the Beijing dialect, because he worked in the capital for a long time, says Li Er, deputy director of the National Museum of Modern Chinese Literature. An exhibition of Wang Zengqi’s paintings is currently running at the museum.

Unlike many other popular writers in the 1980s, Wang Zengqi remains popular among today’s readers.

1. What makes Mr. Wang popular among readers?

A．The vivid descriptions of surroundings.	B．the vivid descriptions of daily details.
C．the faithful descriptions ofscenes.	D．The faithful descriptions of Opera.

2. What is Mr. Wang famous for writing?

A．Essays.	B．Poems.
C．Kun Opera.	D．Reports.

3. What did Mr. Wang contribute a lot to?

A．Vividly describing people.	B．Establishing Peking Opera.
C．Founding the modern literary tradition.	D．Celebrating the 100th anniversary.

4. What isn’t Wang probably interested in?

A．Writing.	B．Gourmet dishes.
C．Paintings.	D．Photography.

10 . How to live with an elderly person

Living with an elderly person has both rewards and challenges for everyone involved.     1    Both parties need to be patient and understand their unique living situation in order to make it work. Here are some tips to live with an elderly person.

Communicate with your elderly roommate.     2    If you don’t communicate, you won’t know each other’s problems and concerns. As a result, you won’t be able to form a relationship that respects both of your unique qualities.

    3     Both parties need to come to an agreement about each other’s space, independence, and autonomy (自主性). You need to understand what your elderly person is comfortable with when it comes to being assisted. Talk to them about their expectations about your relationship. Discuss use of shared space like the bathroom, kitchen, or living room.

Figure out finances. Figure out who pays for what ahead of time. Having finances decided and agreed upon ahead of time could save you from a headache or even legal fees in the future. Records will make a big difference here, so if you start out knowing who pays for what, and have it written down, you are ahead of the game.     4    

Give the person privacy. When possible, they should have as much privacy and personal space as it is practical to allow. Don’t turn yourself into a caregiver. Don’t become a nurse without need.     5    Always communicate first if you are concerned about your elderly roommate.

A．Decide boundaries.

B．Respect each other.

C．Don’t leave them alone.

D．Don’t enter their personal space.

E．This will help you avoid problems in the future.

F．Communication is the most important element of any relationship.

G．But we also need to respect the need of older people to feel independent.