1 . It’s been nearly two decades since the traditional clothing style Hanfu first started to reemerge in China. Since then it has gone from a small cultural movement celebrating an ancient fashion to a trend that is booming on social media, having been adopted by China’s Generation Z as a means of connecting with their past. Instead of following other cultures blindly, Generation Z now have different opinions about what trend is by promoting local culture while having an objective view of exotic cultural products.
The new tastes of Generation Z—young people born after 1995—are well represented on Bilibili. In the recent New Year’s Eve gala presented by Bilibili, it attracted more than 100 million views within 48 hours with a colourful set of programmes ranging from Peking Opera to classical Chinese cartoons. The same is also true of movie industry. Last year, for the first time, the top 10 most viewed films in China were all domestic films, while the ticket sales for imported films have dropped to only 16.28 percent.
”Generation Z grew up with the rapid development of China and under good economic conditions. With the development of the Chinese Internet industry, they have more access to diverse international information and culture, which bring them a much broader vision and makes them more open and confident in analyzing foreign culture. Apart from taking pride in China’s rapid development, this generation also pursues individuality and values devotion to the country,“ Professor Zhang Yiwu said.
He also noted that the popular rock and punk culture pursued by the 70s and 80s generation is more of a challenge against real life and local culture. Some people who were born in the 1970s and 1980s did not grow up in the Internet age—they experienced the transformation of China going from poor to rich first-hand. This kind of longing and admiration of the West came from a lack of confidence.
However, Generation Z now have the confidence to look at Western culture with equal status. This kind of cultural confidence will result in China being more active and creative in its development on the international stage in the future.
1. What does the underlined word ”exotic“ in Paragraph 1 mean?| A．Foreign. | B．Fashionable. | C．Traditional. | D．Elegant. |
| A．To confirm the rise of new media. |
| B．To promote Chinese Internet industry. |
| C．To highlight the popularity of domestic art. |
| D．To show the popularity of New Year’s Eve gala. |
| A．They have a stronger cultural identity. |
| B．They are longing for cultural diversity. |
| C．They have made China develop rapidly. |
| D．They are more fond of foreign culture. |
| A．Confident China, Better Future |
| B．China’s Progress Results in Cultural Confidence |
| C．China’s New Generation Redefine Local Culture as Trendy |
| D．Hanfu Style, Connector of Ancient Fashion and Modern Trend |
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We had a wonderful party tonight at the school hall. It not only was meant to welcome the freshmen, and also allowed them to meet senior students in a relaxing and happily environment. At the first, our headmaster gave a speech. He said which the party was a really great way strengthen the friendship between students and teachers. Actually, the party also provided students for a good chance to show them. Some of my classmates, who was responsible for the party, arranged for singing, dancing and other entertaining activity. The party ended with the song Young Heart, which inspired both the senior students and the new ones. How a great party it was !
3 . Four Recommended Books This Year
Summer
Author: Ali Smith
Price: £16.99
Ali Smith’s Summer continues the interplay between the past and modern society that marks out her works as insightful. The top of a hugely ambitious and fast-paced literary project that aims to display big events of 2020 — Brexit, global COVID-19 pandemic, immigration detention centers, homelessness and the murder of George Floyd-with burning immediacy. Summer is one of the absolute must-reads.
Actress
Author: Anne Enright
Price: £16.99
A beautifully realized novel of mother-daughter relationships and the dark side of fame and adulation (盲目崇拜), skillfully unpacks the secrets and lies of a well-known theatre performer and the effects of her bad fame on the child who admired hen. With a sharp eye for female interaction and familial meaning, Actress finds the former Booker Prize winner on excellent form.
Grown Ups
Author: Marian Keyes
Price: £20.00
There are few writers as capable of showing the fictions of family life with as much humor and accuracy as Marian Keyes and her latest sees her on flashing form. When one woman’s accident leads to an outpouring of long-contained complaints and secrets, it calls into question just how civilized and “grown-up” any of us actually are.
Redhead by the Side of the Road
Author: Anne Tyler
Price: £14,99 ,
Redhead by the Side of the Road is both a deliciously perfect love story and a character study of a lovable eccentric (古怪的人), stuck in his ways. Showing the emotional warmth that has made her both a critical darling and a beloved popular author, Anne Tyler is at her winning best
1. How much should you pay for « book referring to big events of 2020?| A．£14.99. | B．£16.99. |
| C．£20.00. | D．£33.98, |
| A．Ali Smithy’s | B．Anne Tyler’s. |
| C．Anne Enright’s | D．Marian Keyes’s. |
| A．Its author is too eccentric to be loved. | B．It is about the growth of ft rising star. |
| C．It explores a strange man’s characters. | D．Its DUMB role lacks love and kindness. |
1. 面临着疫情的威胁，我们学生要尽可能地保护自己的健康安全；
2.你认为该采取哪些措施；
3.邀请读者写出评论。
注意：1. 词数100左右。
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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5 . “My Story of Chinese Hanzi”is an international competition, hosted by the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and organized by People’s Daily Online.
The entire competition consists of preliminary rounds(预赛)，semi-finals，and finals.
The first two rounds of the competition will be held online.Contestants will answer the questions and provide one-minute videos in the preliminary rounds.The second-round contestants will produce videos featuring a virtual talent show.Votes will be cast by fans online, and the top ten selected winners will move onto the finals, which will be held offline in late August.
Each finalist will deliver a seven-minute speech focusing on the theme of "Ren", a fundamental value long cherished in Chinese culture.
Eligible(具备条件的)candidates：
International students in China, including ethnic Chinese who are at least third-generation immigrants；
Foreigners working in China whose native language is not Chinese and whose parents’ native language is not Chinese；
Other non-native speakers of Chinese(including full-time students and community members)who are non-Chinese citizens.
There is no age limit for contestants.
Schedule：
Preliminary rounds—The top 30 contestants will receive participation awards and be eligible to enter into the semi-finals.
Semi-finals—The contest organizing committee will upload the videos of the winners of the preliminary rounds onto the People's Daily Online website, organize online voting, and then select ten winners after completion of online voting and scoring by the judges.
Finals—Upon finishing up the speech competition, various awards will be announced after the scoring is carried out by the judges, with the scores comparing competitors' Chinese language speaking abilities, expressiveness, the core message behind their stories, and how their stories promote exchanges between different civilizations.
To take part in the contest, please scan the QR code and complete the questionnaire.
CPAFFC reserves all rights for final explanation.
1. Who decide the winners to move onto the finals？| A．Committee members. | B．Online Fans. |
| C．International judges. | D．Non-Chinese citizens. |
| A．Occupation and gender. | B．Education and age. |
| C．Native language and nationality. | D．The stories selected. |
| A．It will be held online throughout. |
| B．Fluency will be weighed most by judges. |
| C．The scores will be given by the audience. |
| D．People can attend by scanning the QR code. |
6 . One of the greatest mysteries in science is just how Earth went from a planet with minimal oxygen to the breathable air we have now. Scientists long figured that cyanobacteria (蓝细菌) were involved, but couldn’t tell what started the great oxygen-producing cycle.
A new study published in Monday’s Nature Geoscience may provide the key. It theorizes that Earth’s gradually lengthened day from six hours to the current 24 hours kick-starts cyanobacteria into producing lots of oxygen, making most of life as we know it possible. Here are the takeaways of the study.
About 2. 4 billion years ago, there was so little oxygen in Earth’s atmosphere that it could barely be measured, so no animal or plant could live. Instead, lots of bacteria breathed in CO2, and in the case of cyanobacteria, produced oxygen in the earliest form of photosynthesis (光合作用).
At first it wasn’t much. But in about 400 million years, as Earth’s rotation (旋转) gradually slowed down and the day was lengthened from six hours to the present 24 hours, the cyanobacteria breathed more and more oxygen into Earth’s atmosphere until it reached one-tenth the amount of oxygen we have now. The increased oxygen allowed plants to join in the oxygen-making party.
The authors of the study put their theory to test with the bacteria found on a 24-meter-deep seabed in Lake Huron. They exposed the smelly bacteria, which are very similar to the cyanobacteria living around 2. 4 billion years ago, to varying amounts of light, and found that the more continuous light the bacteria got, the more oxygen they produced.
“What makes the idea so convincing is that it doesn’t require any big biological changes in bacteria or the world’s oceans,” said Tim Lyons, a professor at the University of California, Riverside, who wasn’t part of the research team. “This may be a simple but plausible explanation for Earth’s oxygen increase.”
1. What started the oxygen-producing cycle according to the new study?| A．Earth’s faster rotation. | B．The lengthened daytime. |
| C．The bacteria in Lake Huron. | D．The appearance of plants on Earth. |
| A．To protect the cyanobacteria. | B．To study the similarities of the bacteria. |
| C．To provide evidence for the theory. | D．To improve the oxygen level on seabed. |
| A．Reasonable. | B．Sincere. | C．Complex. | D．Unacceptable. |
| A．The Rotation of Earth Is Slowing Down |
| B．Cyanobacteria’s Role Has to Be Re-examined |
| C．A Breakthrough Is Achieved in Ocean Protection |
| D．Earth’s Slowing Rotation Increased Oxygen Production |
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The Mogao Caves or Mogao Grottoes (莫高窟), also
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9 . Debris flow (泥石流) is a kind of destructive geological disaster. July to August is the most frequent period of debris flow in China.
Don’t overlook your surroundings while hiking. Pay attention to the surrounding environment and pay special attention to whether you hear thunder-like sound from the valley in the distance. If you hear it, you should raise the alarm.
Don’t panic and escape in the direction of debris flow. When meeting with debris flow, stay calm.
Don’t think it’s safer in the area where the debris flow just happened. Sometimes the debris flow will happen intermittently (间歇地).
| A．Don’t try to stay in your car |
| B．It is likely to be a sign of debris flow |
| C．Try to determine the safe path to escape |
| D．Don’t drive a car for a trip in the mountain |
| E．Stay calm and look at the map on your phone |
| F．If you know some emergency knowledge about debris flow |
| G．If you are walking through the area where the debris flow just happened |
10 . Butler is the manager of a shoe company. He really
Butler believes that when a (n)
But many of the less competent workers
Butler is a kind man, but he is also
To
As a result, production at the company has
| A．values | B．dislikes | C．absorbs | D．needs |
| A．excited | B．skilled | C．grateful | D．generous |
| A．tired | B．afraid | C．proud | D．guilty |
| A．purpose | B．concern | C．authority | D．appreciation |
| A．employer | B．employee | C．manager | D．leader |
| A．However | B．Therefore | C．On the contrary | D．In other words |
| A．disagree | B．announce | C．disappear | D．resign |
| A．high | B．extra | C．low | D．equal |
| A．silly | B．stubborn | C．wise | D．simple |
| A．decide | B．win | C．suffer | D．grow |
| A．workers | B．trainers | C．designers | D．customers |
| A．improve | B．compare | C．hide | D．assess |
| A．requirements | B．arrangements | C．deadlines | D．costs |
| A．forced | B．encouraged | C．tolerated | D．forbidden |
| A．trick | B．amuse | C．help | D．want |
| A．steps | B．secrets | C．measures | D．problems |
| A．productive | B．responsible | C．cheerful | D．peaceful |
| A．come down | B．sold out | C．broken off | D．gone up |
| A．smaller | B．larger | C．better | D．more |
| A．respected | B．rewarded | C．ignored | D．inspected |
