1 . World Wildlife Fund (WWF) 向中国青少年征集一封写给在美大熊猫“小奇迹”的生日祝贺信。内容包括:
1.祝它周岁生日快乐;
2.表达对它的喜爱;
3.关注对大熊猫的保护。
注意:1.词数100左右;
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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2 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填人1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Language is the best approach to    1    ( understand) a country. We know that language is a bridge for people to communicate. Chinese is one of the most beautiful languages in the world as well as    2    most-spoken one.

The beauty of Chinese language lies in its form, structure and rhythm. Every sound, stroke, word and sentence have their own stories. In the process of learning Chinese，I hope you will learn to appreciate the Chinese language and its profound cultural heritage. Some foreign friends say that Chinese is difficult    3    ( learn). It shows that those who learn Chinese have great courage and    4    ( wise).

Only after learning Chinese will you know the meaning    5    ( contain) in the Chinese characters. For example, the Chinese character “人”which means “people” consists    6     two supporting strokes, showing people need to support each other. The Chinese character “大”which means “big or great” is like the Chinese character“人”opening arms. This means people opening arms are of great vision. The Chinese character“天”is like “人”standing against the sky. That’s the reason    7    it has the meaning of “sky”. The Chinese character“信”means “trust”. Its left side is “人” and the right side “言” which means “words”. When the two parts    8    ( put) together, it means people keeping their words win trust. You can understand the philosophy at first glance.

There are many    9    ( example) like this. There is no other language in the world that can create so much beauty with just two thousand    10    ( common) used characters. When you try to learn Chinese，you will feel China, understand China better, and even fall in love with China.

3 . Quan Hongchan was born in the city of Zhanjiang in China's Southeast Guangdong Province. She______diving at the age of 7. In 2018, she joined the Guangdong Diving Team,______three years there before ______the national team at the end of 2020.

He Weiyi is a diving coach at the Guangdong Diving Team. Quan was under the______of He for 3 years. Up on the 10-meter-high diving platform, Coach He says this is where Quan showed her talents,______expectations despite her young _______.

But Coach He says talent alone doesn't______success. For Quan, hard work has been the ______. As for her big win at the Olympics, coach He says there were challenges along the way. He says she's only fourteen and that the Olympic medal is a(n)______foundation. But he hopes Quan can make full use of her physical______, and continue on the road of______.

It looks high up the platform, but believe it or not, in just three years' time, Quan could______ some very difficult sets of movements. She was______able to do some______men's movements. Her development was much quicker than most______. Audiences admitted she's got______ talent.

Quan practices harder than other athletes around her age. She's the most______. She asked the coach______whether her positions and flights were OK, whether she did well. She'd get unhappy if he couldn't answer her______ . Young as she is, her spirit is a______for perfection.

1.

A．ended

B．started

C．examined

D．witnessed

2.

A．saving

B．wasting

C．spending

D．killing

3.

A．breaking into

B．turning down

C．relying on

D．looking into

4.

A．hat

B．weather

C．nose

D．guidance

5.

A．recognizing

B．fueling

C．discovering

D．recalling

6.

A．age

B．background

C．appearance

D．ability

7.

A．ruin

B．guarantee

C．change

D．control

8.

A．sample

B．clue

C．key

D．option

9.

A．possible

B．extra

C．shallow

D．solid

10.

A．advantages

B．shortcomings

C．limitations

D．possessions

11.

A．choices

B．wealth

C．adjustments

D．progress

12.

A．appreciate

B．adopt

C．manage

D．observe

13.

A．still

B．even

C．just

D．never

14.

A．standard

B．absurd

C．unique

D．clumsy

15.

A．coaches

B．athletes

C．adolescents

D．classmates

16.

A．outstanding

B．comforting

C．amusing

D．delighting

17.

A．considerate

B．emotional

C．devoted

D．sensitive

18.

A．gradually

B．eventually

C．constantly

D．instantly

19.

A．frequently

B．temporarily

C．occasionally

D．immediately

20.

A．curiosity

B．result

C．patience

D．desire

4 . Feeling stressed out and over-loaded? Try smiling. According to recent studies, smiling has the power to reduce stress and increase our ability to deal with hard situations.    1    . It also can force us to breathe deeper, resulting in a calmer outlook and increased ability to deal with problems.

Smiling tends to produce chemicals. When you smile, even when you force it, your body releases the “feel good” hormones and endorphins (安多芬)，which will put you in a much better mood and relieve stress. Endorphins interact mainly with receptors (接收器) in cells found in regions of the brain responsible for blocking pain and controlling emotion.     2    

Smiling can improve your physical health. Your body is more relaxed when you smile.    3    . In addition to making you look more attractive, successful and approachable, smiling may also protect you from the common cold. According to recent data， smiling can help boost the immune system by decreasing stress levels, which in turn increases white blood cell count and releases beneficial antibodies that help fight infection and disease.

    4    . It is rare to smile when reading a funny passage from a book on our own, but when that same passage is read out loud to us, or even if other people are in the room，most people are likely to smile then. Have you ever been around someone who seemed to be smiling all the time? Chances are，you found yourself smiling as well. This is because smiling is incredibly infectious.     5    . So, next time you're feeling down, seek out your happiest friend and let the smiles begin.

A．Smiling is infectious

B．Smiling is ignored by most people

C．We all need to find the person whom we'd like to smile to

D．It contributes to good health and a stronger immune system

E．Happy people can easily influence the people closest to them

F．This is largely owing to the fact that smiling can boost endorphin output

G．They are produced as a response to certain things, especially stress, fear or pain

5 . Derived from the words ‘glamorous’(迷人的) and ‘camping’, glamping is an outdoor escape that combines the closeness to nature associated with camping with the luxury and convenience of proper self-provided accommodation. Though associated with luxury, glamping varies greatly. Some locations may offer every item you could ever need, along with special features like hot tubs, saunas, and more, while other glamping options will be limited to far more fundamental accommodation.

Whatever the type of accommodation, glamping should have a genuine connection to the outdoors, and give guests the chance not only to enjoy comforts but also to run wild, climb trees, splash in rivers，star-gaze and have the sort of experiences that we associate with camping. Glamping has a massive appeal to almost every type of traveler. It gives you the chance to really immerse yourself in a location and step directly from your door into your surroundings.

During the October, 2020, online searches for “glamping” surged 400 percent year-on-year. Data from one popular lifestyle platform showed that glamping-related posts increased 271 percent year-on-year, while views of such posts surged 170 percent year-on-year. Between Jan.1 and May 31 this year, glamping searches were 428 percent higher than that in the same period of last year. With the popularity of glamping, “glamping gear” , “campsite recommendations” and “glamping photos” become hot topics on the website.

Lyu, working in one school of Tourism Sciences, said: “Currently, camping, especially new-type camping, which is luggage-free, is very popular among young consumers. The new-type, high-end glamping is expected to become an important, rising form of leisure activity in the suburbs.” Lyu said the popularity of glamping is partly because the pandemic has added to people’s preference for open spaces. Besides, young people, who are a major consumption group, are the main users of social media and content platforms.

1. How can we define glamping?

A．It is an item.

B．It is an indoor activity.

C．It is an outdoor experience with luxury.

D．It is a location that offers basic accommodation.

2. What can we infer about glamping in paragraph 2?

A．It is no better than camping.

B．It requires advanced outdoor equipment.

C．Its travelers care little about accommodations.

D．It highlights comfort and connection with nature.

3. What does the underlined word “surge” in paragraph 3 probably mean?

A．Reduce.	B．Increase.
C．Halve.	D．Stress.

4. Which of the following could be the best title for this text?

A．The Brief History of Camping

B．The Appropriate Ways of Glamping

C．How Tourists Are Struck by Glamping

D．What You Can’t Miss about Glamping

6 . Starting your morning with a good cup of coffee can be a great way to get an energy boost. But besides helping you get over your sleepiness, it turns out it might also be boosting your brain, too. A study out of the Krembil Brain Institute has found that drinking your coffee a certain way can actually reduce your risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease (阿尔茨海默氏症).

“Coffee consumption does seem to have some relation to a decreased risk of developing Alzheimer’s,” Donald Weaver, the study‘s co-author, said. “But we wanted to investigate which compounds (化合物) are involved and how they may affect age-related cognitive decline.”

The research was set out to investigate the connection between coffee consumption and a decreased risk of Alzheimer. The researchers decided to test the compounds found in different beans, including light roast, dark roast, and decaffeinated (无咖啡因的) coffee. The team discovered the beans contained phenylindanes, a chemical compound that prevents the buildup of proteins, known as beta-amyloid and tau, which are known to lead to Alzheimer’s. Since a longer roast leads to an increase in the amount of phenylindanes, the researchers concluded that dark roast coffee provided better protection against the Alzheimer’s.

The team also discovered levels of phenylindanes were as strong in dark roasted decaffeinated coffee as they were in a regular caffeinated dark roast. “The caffeinated and de-caffeinated dark roast both had identical function in our initial experimental tests,” Ross Mancini, one of the scientists, said in a statement. “So we observed early on that its protective effect could not be due to caffeine.”

“It’s the first time someone has investigated how phenylindanes interact with the proteins that are responsible for Alzheimer’s,” Mancini acknowledged that the findings show more research is needed. “The next step would be to investigate how beneficial these compounds are, and whether they have the ability to enter the bloodstream or cross the blood-brain barrier.”

1. How does the author introduce the topic of the text?

A．By advertising a local coffee brand.

B．By arousing reader’s interest in coffee.

C．By presenting the dilemma of having coffee.

D．By giving directions on how to make coffee.

2. What's the purpose of the study?

A．To analyze the diversity of coffee beans.

B．To confirm different flavors of various coffee.

C．To determine the compounds that affect Alzheimer’s reduction.

D．To investigate how many cups of coffee per day is the most beneficial.

3. What might protect people from Alzheimer’s?

A．Light roast beans.	B．Phenylindanes.
C．Decaffeinated coffee.	D．Dark roast beans.

4. What is Mancini’s attitude towards the research?

A．Objective.	B．Indifferent.
C．Favorable.	D．Pessimistic.

7 . In August 2018, Yo-Yo Ma began a two-year journey to perform solo cello(大提琴) in 36 locations around the world. The project is motivated not only by his six-decade relationship with Bach’s music, but also by Bach’s ability to speak to our shared humanity at a time when our civil conversation is so often focused on culture division.

Bach’s 300-hundred-year-old music is one extraordinary example of how culture connects us and can help us to imagine and build a better future. For Ma, culture includes not just the arts, but everything that helps us to understand our environment, each other, and ourselves, from music and literature to science and food. The Bach Project explores and celebrates all the ways that culture makes us stronger as individuals, as communities, as a society, and as a planet.

“Bach’s music has been my constant musical companions. For almost six decades, they have given me support, comfort, and joy during times of stress, celebration, and loss. What power does this music possess that even today, after three hundred years? Does it continue to help us navigate through troubled times?” Ma said in a conference. He is more convinced than ever of the Bach’s music has the ability to create shared meaning that extends far beyond the here and now. “Over the years,” writes Ma, “I came to believe that, in creating these works, Bach played the part of a musician-scientist, expressing precise observations about nature and human nature.”

In the next few years, Ma will play cello across six continents, in familiar and unlikely locations. Accompanying each performance will be events that seek to put culture in action by bringing people and organizations together to address present social issues.

1. Why did Yo-Yo Ma want to release the project?

A．To convey his appreciation to Bach.

B．To focus more on civil conversations.

C．To perform in different locations around the world.

D．To celebrate the 300-anniversary of Bach’s birthday.

2. What does the author mainly tell us about culture in paragraph 2?

A．Its significance.	B．Its long history.
C．Its wide popularity.	D．Its target audience.

3. What do we know about Bach’s master pieces?

A．They were composed six decades ago.

B．Bach worked with some scientists to write them.

C．They concern not only nature but also human nature.

D．They have been used to treat mental illness like stress or loss.

4. In which column will you probably find the text in a newspaper?

A．History.	B．Art.
C．Travel.	D．Sport.

8 . Yunnan is rich in hot spring resources and its hot springs are ranked as first level in China. You can enjoy different kinds of hot springs based on their functions. You can add milk, red wine, rose flowers, or traditional Chinese medicine into the hot springs. Several famous spots are as follows.

Jinfang Forest Hot Spring

In the morning, your driver will pick you up from the hotel, and then head for Anning City. You will have a relaxing day in Jinfang Forest Hot Spring just like in Mile hot spring. There are many kinds of spa pools in the forest, and you can wander in the forest and try different kinds of pools. It will be a totally healing tour for you. In the late afternoon, transfer back to your hotel in Kunming. Service ends.

Jiuqitai Hot Spring

Eryuan County is known as the Town of Hot Springs, of which Jiuqitai Hot Spring enjoys a good reputation. It is very popular among women since this one is especially nourishing the skin. The water of Jiuqitai Hot Spring is over 66°C，entitled as the Natural Hospital with the function of treating rheumatism (风湿病). It is a popular activity for women nearby to take bath here around the beginning of summer.

Rehai Hot Spring

Tengchong Rehai Hot Spring Scenic Area is located in Qingshui Township, southwest of Tengchong County. There exist more than 80 hot springs, offering the water over 90°C. You can see the hot springs boiling everywhere, making the scenic area foggy. It provides soft water in rather high temperature and salinity (盐度)，which is advantageous to the health. It is the best place for geothermal (地热的) therapy in China.

1. What is special about Yunnan's hot springs?

A．They are surrounded by flowers.

B．They provide free milk for visitors.

C．They are ranked as first level in China.

D．They are boiled with traditional Chinese medicine.

2. Which hot spring is the most appealing one for women according to the text?

A．Mile Hot Spring.	B．Jinfang Forest Hot Spring.
C．Jiuqitai Hot Spring.	D．Rehai Hot Spring.

3. How does Rehai Hot Spring differ?

A．It has many spa pools.	B．It is located in forests.
C．It is only available in summer.	D．Its spring water often boils.

9 . 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。

Shanghai never made anyone     1     (disappoint). Located in the mouth of Yangtze river, with the nickname “Paris of the East” or “Pearl of the Orient”, Shanghai makes     2     (it) a famous place for street food lovers from all over the world. With the mix-culture     3     East and West, Shanghai’s unbeatable and attractive food culture in sweet and oily cuisines is well-known everywhere. While     4     (comfortable) knocking about the street food corner of Nanjing West Road, you just cannot miss a few typical Shanghainese cuisines,     5     are usually served as breakfast for local Shanghainese.

Are you     6     (hunger) and don’t know what to eat? Just 4 pieces of Shanghai pan-fried dumplings can make your stomach feel better after a few hours     7     (wander) in search of food. This tasty dish is usually what Shanghai     8     (cook) are eager for after a long day inside the kitchen. Da Bing in Chinese literally refers to “large pancake”. Not only Da Bing is a popular street food dish     9     it is also a favorite in Chinese restaurants. As one of the Chinese “Four Kings of Breakfast”, Da Bing is a perfect substitute for rice at any meal and can     10     (eat) as snack at different times of the day.

10 . Many of us have piles up boxes on albums of photos that we haven’t picked up in years. The coming New Year marks the season of renewing — the perfect time to take a trip down memory track. Here are ways to finally organize, use and clear away your family photos.

    1    . If you’re a history fan, you can piece the photos together to form your family tree. If you know where the photos were taken, spend a rainy afternoon going over related information at the local library. You can also hire a genealogist (谱系专家) or upload photos online to genealogy sites if you’re willing to pay for research.

Donate. Most of us find it difficult to throw photos away, let alone the ones that have been passed down from generation to generation.     2    . These institutions welcome donations, especially if you can provide some background information about your photos.

Recall. Pass around family photos and albums at your next family gathering.     3    ! This is a great chance to learn more about your family and introduce your kids to their late relatives who they have never met.

Digitize. Printed photos are typically stored in attics, basements and closets.     4    . Just preserve photos by scanning them yourself. Saving photos to the cloud will give them a safe home where they’ll stay lively forever.

Delete. After you’ve backed up your collection with digital copies, you can feel better about throwing away printed photos that you didn’t display or use.     5    . This makes it easier to find and share important photos online.

A．Display

B．Research

C．Keep them in an accessible place

D．Light the fireplace and let the storytelling begin

E．It’s also important to remove outdated ones regularly

F．But there are some historical societies accepting them

G．Therefore, they are easily affected by fires, floods and dust