1 . 假定你是李华，你的美国朋友Jonah对中国的饺子文化很感兴趣。请你根据以下要点给他写一封信介绍我们的饺子文化。要点如下：
1.饺子是一种中国传统美食，大多数中国人会在过年的时候吃饺子；
2.饺子的寓意和吃饺子的原因：饺子像古代的金银锭子（ingot）,象征着财富。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。
DearJonah,

I’m so glad you are interested in Chinese dumplings and honored to introduce them to you.

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Welcome to China and enjoy dumplings!

Yours sincerely,

Lihua

2 . 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。

Thanks to an online facial recognition system, a    1    (China) man who was separated from his parents as a child has found his family.

Fu Gui, 33, was re-connected with his birth parents on April 1, 2018 after    2    (use) “Baby Come Home”, a website that is     3     (special) used to help people find their missing relatives.

The website uses a facial recognition system,     4     matches the portraits offered by parents who are looking for their missing    5    (child)with people who are trying to find their parents.

This is the first time in China missing children and their parents    6    (be)re-connected with-the help of facial recognition technology.

As his father recalled, Fu Gui     7    (bear)in Chongqing, south-west China, in 1984 and went missing in 1990.     8    (find)his son, the man uploaded Fu Gui’s information to the website “Baby Come Home” and attached a picture of Fu Gui    9    he was little.

The re-connection of Fu Gui and his parents marked    10    first case in China for missing children and their families to be matched with the help of facial recognition technology.

3 . In the summer I turned 16, my father gave me his Chevy Malibu car as a gift. To my joy, Hank and I could _______ around Tucson with the top down. Hank was my best friend, a year younger but much _______ than me. My mother always said, “Hank’s _______ .” And sure enough, that summer he_______with a modeling agency. He was_______taking the catwalk for the fashion show.

One day on the way home from the cinema, we _______ at the McDonald’s drive-through (免下车餐馆), putting the_______ on the seat between us to share. Then we rode around for a while. _______ too fast, I went through a mud wall and drove into a full-grown tree. The front wheels came to _______ halfway on the tree trunk. Fries spread on the floor and ________ covered Hank’s face.

In the emergency room, my parents said ________, “Even the best surgeon in the city...End of his ________ dream.” I’d damaged my cheekbone on the wheel; Hank’s ________had split wide open on the dash. When his mother, Sharon, came into my hospital room, I started to________, preparing myself for her anger. ________ to expectations, she comforted me, took my hand and said, “I ________ you. Hank will too.”

Sharon’s forgiveness ________ Hank and me to get back in the car together that summer and to stay ________ until now. There are still scars below his hairline, but it left no ________on our friendship. Every time I want to hate someone for his wrong, I   ________ her gift of forgiveness.

1.

A．walk

B．drive

C．gather

D．turn

2.

A．wiser

B．quieter

C．taller

D．braver

3.

A．funny-looking

B．outspoken

C．warm-hearted

D．handsome

4.

A．signed

B．dated

C．bargained

D．interviewed

5.

A．rather

B．still

C．seldom

D．already

6.

A．toured

B．followed

C．stopped

D．hesitated

7.

A．gifts

B．drinks

C．tickets

D．fries

8.

A．Turning off

B．Turning up

C．Breaking in

D．Breaking down

9.

A．skip

B．rest

C．pass

D．circle

10.

A．leaves

B．branches

C．blood

D．sweet

11.

A．excitedly

B．loudly

C．firmly

D．sadly

12.

A．modeling

B．acting

C．singing

D．exploring

13.

A．jaw

B．forehead

C．lip

D．neck

14.

A．argue

B．accuse

C．cry

D．wave

15.

A．Similar

B．Contrary

C．Related

D．Opposed

16.

A．forgive

B．hate

C．understand

D．mistake

17.

A．forbade

B．allowed

C．warned

D．begged

18.

A．neighbors

B．colleagues

C．friends

D．strangers

19.

A．trap

B．recovery

C．signal

D．mark

20.

A．think of

B．bring up

C．go against

D．let out

4 . Tips on How to Become Better

Try not to complain.

Stop complaining about every single thing around you.    1    You should feel satisfied and happy with your life, as there are always so many happy things filled with your life, so tell yourself to be happy every day.

Start forgiving.

Make peace with someone you had unpleasant experiences with in the past.    2    So let go of your anger and stop being angry with the person. You will be surprised to see how this step of yours will help you to grow in life and be a better person

Recognize your mistakes.

If you wish to become a better person, then you should learn to realize your mistakes. Think of those incorrect things which you do in your daily life.     3     Remember, this is not an easy job, it requires a lot of patience and courage to change yourself.

    4    

One of the best ways of becoming a better person in a relationship is to say sorry for your past mistakes. By doing so, you can give an impression to your close ones that you are willing to change.

Make your present better.

Forgetting the past misbehavior and thinking about the present and the future is one of the best ways to become a better person. This is because it is impossible for you to change the past.    5    

A．Respect others.

B．Apologize for your mistakes

C．And learn to be thankful for what you have.

D．Life is too short to hold unfriendly feelings.

E．What's most important is to try to avoid them as far as possible

F．If you don't like anything about a person, then try to tell him directly.

G．However, by doing good things at the moment, you can make your present brighter.

5 . When Matty Sallin was working on a degree in art and technology at New York University, he got an interesting assignment in electronics class: Create something for the household. He decided to create an alarm clock.

“Everybody has to deal with these every day, and they are extremely unpleasant!" he says. He asked different people what they’d like to wake up to instead of a clanging, noisy alarm. A lot of them said, "The smell of bacon.”

So Sallin and two classmates invented a new kind of alarm clock: a wooden box with a pig face and a digital clock that uses the smell of cooking bacon rather than sound to wake someone up. He explains, “There’s no danger of burning, because it uses halogen light bulbs（卤素灯泡）instead of a flame for cooking and turns off automatically after ten minutes.”

Just a few easy steps are required to set the “alarm.”

“What you do is to put a couple of frozen pieces of bacon in the night before,” says Sallin. “If you set the alarm for 8:00, it will turn on at 7:50 and slow cook for ten minutes under the halogen bulbs,” he says. Then the bulbs turn off and a fan blows the smell out through the pig nose.

“So instead of an alarm or a beep or a radio, you smell yourself awake,” says Sallin. “Then you can open the door on the side and pull the bacon out and eat it.”

When Sallin was a kid, he spent a lot of time making drawings of inventions. “I wanted to make an elevator in my back yard and a special tree house,” he says. “But I never really thought I’d be called an inventor!”

1. Why did Sallin choose to create a new alarm clock?

A．His classmates had no alarm clocks.	B．His alarm clock in use was out of fashion.
C．Many people disliked the noisy alarm.	D．Many people had difficulty in waking up.

2. In what way is Sallin’s alarm clock special?

A．It wakes people up with the smell of bacon.

B．It warns people of the danger of burning.

C．It can also be used as a lamp.

D．It is very small in size.

3. The pig nose on the alarm clock is used _______.

A．to cook the bacon	B．to let the smell out
C．to sound the alarm	D．to blow the flame.

4. What do we know about Sallin?

A．He decides to make more alarm clocks.

B．He has a special gift for clock designing.

C．He always forget the time.

D．He showed an interest in invention at an early age.

6 . It was realized that if an apparatus (装置) could be designed to send out radio waves all the time and record the echoes from any approaching airplanes, it would be a wonderful method of defense in the last war.

Scientists set about solving the problem and radar was invented. An apparatus was made which sent out waves in pulses, and the presence of a distant airplane was shown on the screen (this is what we have in a television set). In this way radar station could detect the approach of enemy aircraft.

After the war radar was put to peaceful uses. It is now installed at airports to guide airplanes down safely in fog. It is fitted to ships so that they are warned of obstructions (障碍物) ahead, such as icebergs. It guides ships into port. It provided airplanes and ships with a magic eye, with which they can see far into the distance, in the dark or in fog.

1. What does “the last war” in the first paragraph refer to?

A．the World War I	B．the World War II
C．The Oct. Revolution	D．the Chinese Liberation War

2. For what purpose did scientists first invent radar?

A．To help find their enemies.	B．To guide ships into port.
C．To send out sound waves.	D．To help airplanes land safely.

3. The invention of radar _________.

A．has nothing to do with the reflection of sound waves.

B．is exactly the same as the reflection of sound waves

C．is on the basis of the reflection of sound waves

D．is by changing sound waves into radio waves

4. From the passage we may infer that radio waves can ________.

A．only be reflected from airplanes

B．be reflected from anything not far away

C．be reflected from almost everything

D．only be reflected from anything made of metal

7 . My brother and I often fight with each other over small things. One day our father said to us, “Tomorrow we will take part in the Ray Home Sports Day. Both of you must go with me. Perhaps you can learn something from those children.” My brother laughed, “Dad, Ray is a home for physically disabled children. What can we learn from them?”

“You will see,” our father said.

Our father works as a volunteer at Ray. The children there have problems with their hands, speech, walking or hearing. Every day, he spends hours helping them to move or exercise their legs or arms.

The following day, he took us to Ray Home. When we got there, we found a nice place to sit down. Finally, the sports began. There was a 50-meter race to see who could run fastest. All the runners were physically disabled. As the race started, all the children moved as fast as they could. Just then, one of the girls fell over and hurt her leg. She began to cry at the top of her voice.

All the children stopped to help the poor girl. Then they all held hands and finished the race together. My brother and I were surprised to see this: the children weren’t interested in winning the race－they were more interested in helping each other to finish the race.

1. Why did the father take the writer and his brother to Ray Home?

A．The father wanted them to do something at Ray.

B．The father asked them to help the children at Ray.

C．The father wanted them to take part in the Sports Day.

D．The father wanted them to learn something from the children.

2. What does the father often do in Ray Home?

A．He works as a teacher there.	B．He helps the children there.
C．He watches the games there.	D．He does sports with his sons.

3. Why did all the children stop in the 50-meter race stop?

A．All the children were disabled.	B．A little girl fell over and got hurt.
C．They stopped to laugh at the girl.	D．They didn’t want to finish the race.

8 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1 个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Booking clerk: Hello, can I help you ?
Customer : Yes, you know, I’d like to fly to Berlin, Germany,    1    the 13th of this month.
Booking clerk : Well, a moment please. I’ll check the    2    (flight). And What time will you come    3    ?
Customer: Let me see. I will attend a book fair    4    (hold) in Berlin, and the next two days a conference about education. Well, I haven’t decided when I’m going to return. Oh, I hope I will have the     5    (cheap) flight. By the way, how much does it cost to go there ?
Booking clerk: Oh, it’s only $870. This is the cheapest.
Customer : It’s fine. Would you like to tell me    6    the flight leaves and arrives?
Booking clerk: No problem. That’s Flight BA975. It    7    (leave) Los Angeles at 11:00 in the morning, and arrives in Boston at 2:35 in the afternoon. Then, you’ll have to change     8    Flight 301 at 4:10, and arrive in Berlin at 7:14 a.m. the next day.
Customer: I think I’ll take    9    . One more thing, I prefer to have a seat in the front and by the window, because I suffer from    10    (airsick) sometimes.

9 . Day 1 Arrival

Upon arrival in Kunming, your Kunming tour guide will wait for you at the airport and help you to transfer to the hotel.

Day 2 Kunming

[09 :00 -- 09 : 30]	Our guide will meet you up at the hotel lobby and visit the Spring City.
[09 : 30 -- 11 : 30]	Enjoy morning leisure tour to Green lake which is peaceful and a public park for local people. You will see musicians singing and playing and you can also take a paddle boat out and relax on the lake. After that, go directly to Flower and Bird Market, which is the biggest and most exciting market in Kunming where antiques, jewelry, and other handmade crafts can be found. This is a perfect place for entertainment and observing local lifestyle.
[11 :30 -- 14 : 00]	Enjoy local special food, Yunnan Rice Noodles. And drive to Stone Forest.
[14 :00 -- 16 : 00]	Visit the Stone Forest which is known as the First Wonder of the World and for typical karst landform. The magnificent, strange and steep landscape of the Stone Forest creates countless labyrinthine vistas, all of which feature stones in various formations. Animals, plants, and even human figures can be found here.
[16 :00 -- 18 : 00]	Drive back to Kunming city. For evening activity, we highly recommend the Yunnan Impression Show — Dynamic Yunnan as an option.

Day 3 Kunming →Dali (by air)

[14 : 30 -- 16 : 30]	In the afternoon, enjoy leisure tour to Three Pagodas. The elegant, balanced and stately style is unique in China’s ancient Buddhist architectures, which makes it a must-see in the tour of Dali. Hiking to the top is highly recommended where you can get full view of Dali old town and Erhai Lake. The Reflection Park is also a nice place to capture the classical photo with three Pagodas’ reflection.
[16 : 30 -- 17 : 30]	Back to the hotel and enjoy your free time at Dali Ancient Town. Unlike any other Chinese town, the traditional Bai ethnic folk houses give the town a distinctive feeling.

1. What might the tourists be doing at 11:00 on the second day?

A．Preparing for lunch.	B．Relaxing in the hotel.
C．Going to the Stone Forest.	D．Visiting the Flower and Bird Market.

2. What are the tourists recommended to do for evening activities in Kunming?

A．To watch Dynamic Yunnan.	B．To enjoy the local food.
C．To buy handmade crafts.	D．To wander about in the city.

3. Why are tourists recommended to hike to the top while visiting Dali?

A．Because it takes little effort to hike to the top.

B．Because they can get full view of the old town.

C．Because it is the only site to enjoy the scenery.

D．Because they can take pictures of the three pagodas.

10 . How to Talk to Your Parents

You need to talk to your parents about some things.     1    You might be surprised if you give them a try.

    2     Try to talk to your parents a bit every day about little things — the dog, your baseball game, what’s for dinner. This keeps you connected, so moving on to a big topic isn’t so difficult.

Know what you want to accomplish. Do you have some bad news to break to you parents?    3     Or do you just want them to listen to you, without offering any advice? Try writing down for yourself what you want from the conversation. That will help you let your parents know what you need

Pick the right time and place. It’s not a great idea to give your parent bad news when they’re rushing off to work. Talking in the car when you’re doing errands (差事) can be a good time.     4     Go for a run, cry, or hit a punching bag or pillow first.

Find other adults you trust. In some cases, it just may not be possible to talk to your parents. Maybe your mom can’t be there for you because she has her own troubles. Or your dad is not even willing to listen.     5     In that case, find another adult you trust like a favorite aunt, a teacher, or a counselor. The most important thing is to have a reliable adult that you can turn to when you need to talk.

A．But maybe you don’t like to turn to them for personal or social advice.

B．Listen when your parents talk.

C．And if you’re angry, wait until you cool off.

D．Do you need their permission to do something?

E．One of your parents may not even be around.

F．It’s tempting to dismiss your parents’ opinions.

G．Engage in small talk.