1 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Who is the speaker talking to?

A．Tourists.

B．Students.

C．Writers.

2. What are the places where people park cars in the UK?

A．Parking lots.

B．Car lots.

C．Car parks.

3. What is the speaker’s opinion of British humor?

A．It is dry.

B．It is boring.

C．It is obvious.

4. What are compared between the two cultures in the end?

A．The numbers of artists.

B．Styles of buildings.

C．Standards of living.

2 . The Most Populous Cities in the World

The cities listed below are the most populous (人口稠密的) in the world, according to a 2018 U. N. report.

Tokyo, Japan

Population in Urban Area: 37,340,000

Population in City Area: 13,960,000

Tokyo is the most populated city in the world and the largest “Megacity” in the world.

The city called the “Capital of the East” is located on the eastern coast of the Japanese main island of Honshu.

Delhi, India

Population in Urban Area: 31,181,000

Population in City Area: 20,591,874

Delhi, also known as the National Capital Territory of India is the largest city in the country. According to a U. N. report, the Indian capital is expected to be the spot of the world’s second most populous city through at least 2030.

Shanghai, China

Population in Urban Area: 27,796,000

Population in City Area: 22,315,474

This is China’s most populated and also wealthiest city. Situated in the Yangtze River Delta, in eastern China, it has a huge business district, two large airports (Pudong and Hongqiao) and the world’s fastest train (the Shanghai Maglev).

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Population in Urban Area: 22,043,028

Population in City Area: 10,021,295

This busy metropolis (大都市) in southeast Brazil, is the largest city of the Southern Hemisphere (半球) and the largest Portuguese-speaking city in the world.

1. How many people are there in City Area of Delhi?

A．10,021,295.

B．20,591,874.

C．22,315,474.

D．13,960,000.

2. Which of the following cities is the richest in its country?

A．Tokyo, Japan.

B．Delhi, India.

C．Shanghai, China.

D．Sao Paulo, Brazil.

3. What do the listed cities have in common?

A．They belong to the same hemisphere.

B．They are the largest cities in their countries.

C．They all have a larger population in their countries.

D．They are all the richest in their own countries.

3 . One of the best ways to understand war comes from studying letters written by soldiers on the battlefront. During the participation in World War II, some soldiers fought across Europe, Africa and Asia. Many soldiers wrote moving letters home about their experiences. The following accounts tell the stories of soldiers who fought around the world and experienced the terror of wars.

Edgar Shepard wrote to the parents of Russell Whittlesey, who saved his life on Guadalcanal, an island in the South Pacific. “Russ and I went through several battles together, never leaving each other’s side. I was hit and dropped to the ground. With Russ’s assistance，I could move a bit. Then we met a group of Japanese soldiers. Russ stood over me with a knife in hand while three guys charged him with bayonets (刺刀). He managed to kill the first two, but he was attacked by the third one in the back. He lay down beside me and said, ‘Well, Shep, I guess this is where we came in’. Then he went to sleep.”

Frank J Conwell, 34 years old, was attracted by the beauty of the Ardennes Forest in Belgium, where so many soldiers died in the Battle of the Bulge. He wrote to his aunt and uncle on February 6,1945. “There’s a lot of snow on the Western Front these days, and the country looks like a Christmas card. But the snowmen are German soldiers. The snowballs are bombs. And when you’re wet and cold there’s no place to go, nothing to look forward to, nothing but snow.”

Lawrence Leonard, was stationed in Japan after the war. On November 3,1945, he wrote to a friend back home. “Here are greetings from downtown Kure. But it really isn’t ‘downtown’ because there just isn’t a town. All that is left of Kure is a pile of ashes and burned steel…”

1. What does the author intend to do by sharing the letters?

A．Prove wars are unavoidable.	B．Call on people to hate wars.
C．Help us to understand wars.	D．Tell the history of World War II.

2. To whom did Edgar Shepard write the letter?

A．His parents.

B．His friend.

C．Russ’s parents.

D．Russ.

3. What can we infer from the 3rd paragraph?

A．Belgium was filled with happy atmosphere.

B．The battle on the Western Front was violent.

C．Frank missed his family while in Belgium.

D．Frank didn’t like Belgium’s cold weather.

4. Whose letter can reflect wars’ destruction to a place?

A．Edgar Shepard’s.	B．Frank J Conwell’s.
C．Russell Whittlesey’s.	D．Lawrence Leonard’s.

4 . The proposal for a new Indonesian capital city has been on the cards ever since the country gained independence from the Dutch in 1945. The political and economic crises which followed have long delayed the plan, but current president, Joko Widodo, now appears determined to make the move a reality. The government officially confirmed that the capital will be moved from Jakarta to a new location within Kalimantan, part of the island of Borneo in Indonesia.

What is the suitable title for the passage?

A．Move to new	B．City built on swamp
C．Protect the Forest City	D．Abandon the home

5 . 阅读下面短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个恰当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

Today, there are groups of native people around the world that still live a traditional lifestyle. Some live in remote parts of South America,     1     way of life is in danger of disappearing. The Korubo are native people who live in the Amazon rainforest. They make their own tools, grow their own crops, and hunt and fish. Their main weapons are clubs and poison-tipped arrows, used     2     both hunting and protecting their territory against     3    (outsider).

6 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。1.

A．Britain

B．France

C．Spain

D．American

2.

A．St. Augustine was destroyed by the hurricanes in 2017.

B．American became in charge of St. Augustine in 1821.

C．The United Kingdom is the real owner of St. Augustine now.

D．The visitors do not like to see the coastal views there.

3.

A．The extraordinary history of St. Augustine.

B．The hardships St. Augustine once suffered.

C．The popular coastal tourism of St. Augustine.

D．The beautiful architecture and scenery in St. Augustine.

7 . Team up with former enemies

Dozens of Israeli climate-tech companies are teaming up with once-unfriendly neighbors in the Arab world, working together to stop the threat that climate change will render much of their region uninhabitable.

“It's a matter of human existence,” said AI Anoud AI Hashmi, chief executive of the Futurist Company in the UAE, whose government-supported project-management firm has been working with Israeli companies and organizations since the relation-normalization deals were signed.     1     “We need to put the same money, the same commitment that we used for war toward an ecosystem for peace and prosperity in the region.”

Elad Levi, the vice president for the Middle East and Africa for the Israeli company Netafim, agreed that “there's an opportunity to work together.” The company invented the world's first drip-irrigation systems, developed at tiny Kibbutz Hatzerim in Israel's Negev desert, which covers half of the country.

    2     They signed peace treaties with Israel decades ago but their relations with the Jewish state long remained chilly. Last month, Israel announced plans to sell 50 million cubic meters of water a year to Jordan, the largest known water sale in the history of the two countries. The arrangement is possible because of Israel's development of desalination plants, which now supply 80 percent its drinking water.

“It's not out of generosity,” said Gidon Bromberg, the Israeli director of the regions environmental organization Eco-peace. “It's out of an understanding that Jordan is particularly vulnerable.     3    .”

Since the normalization deals, Israeli business with the Arab world has risen quickly. Trade between Israel and Arab countries has grown 234%, according to Israel's Bureau of statistics. He agreements “have opened the floodgates,” said Fleur Hassan-Nahoum, deputy mayor of Jerusalem. She estimated that trade just between Israel and the UAE has reached $1 billion.

In Glasgow, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett pledged net-zero emissions by 2050. In a meeting with Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Bennett announced plans for a climate-change working group focused on water solutions and other regional climate issues.     4    

A．It is Israel's own security needs to help Jordan meet its water needs.

B．Despite Israel's advances in climate technology, scientists warned that decades of governmental neglect have left the country unprepared for the coming crisis.

C．He said Israel was committed to exporting its "brainpower" and experience as its main contribution to the global fight against climate change.

D．Over the years, Israel has used technology to transform the vast desert into an agricultural region where high-tech, water-saving farms grow crops.

E．She insists that the region can no longer afford to spend resources on conflicts.

F．The normalization agreements have also given a boost to Israel's economic ties with Jordan and Egypt.

8 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. How many countries in Africa speak Portuguese?

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Five.

2. What fact about Portugal is the speaker probably most proud of?

A．It has its own national type of music.

B．It has the oldest bookstore in the world.

C．It is the oldest country in Europe.

3. What is the speaker’s favorite area of Portugal to visit?

A．The beaches.

B．The major cities.

C．The northern forest area.

4. When will the speaker probably return home?

A．After finishing university.

B．After a few years of work.

C．After his retirement.

9 . 你在某外文网站上看到一篇题为“My Home Tradition”的帖子，大家纷纷在其下面回帖，讲述自己的国家、文化和家庭的传统或者习俗。请你用英语写一篇跟帖，要点如下：
1. 阅读其他跟帖之后的感受；
2. 讲述自己家乡的传统或文化习俗。
注意：1. 词数80左右；
2. 首句已为你写好。

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10 . The capital of a country is often a very populated city where much history has been made due to the high-level political and economic functions that occur there. However, sometimes government leaders decide to move the capital from one city to another. Capital relocation has been done hundreds of times throughout history. The ancient Egyptians, Romans, and Chinese changed their capital frequently.

Some countries choose new capitals that are more easily defended in a time of invasion (侵略) or war. Some new capitals are planned and built in previously undeveloped areas to promote development. Countries sometimes change their capital because they expect some type of political, social, or economic benefit. They hope and expect that the new capitals will surely develop into cultural treasure and hopefully make the country a more stable place.

Here are capital relocations that have occurred in approximately the last few centuries.

Asia	Japan	from Kyoto to Tokyo — 1868
	Turkey	from Istanbul to Ankara — 1923
	Israel	from Tel Aviv-Jaffo to Jerusalem — 1950
Europe	Poland	from Krakow to Warsaw — 1596
	Finland	from Turku to Helsinki — 1812
	Italy	from Turin to Florence to Salerno to Rome — 1871
The Americas	The US	from New York to Washington — 1800
	Jamaica	from Port Royal to Spanish Town to Kingston — 1872
Oceania	New Zealand	from Auckland to Wellington — 1865

1. Why did some countries decide to move the capital?

A．To further expand their land.

B．To uncover ancient treasure.

C．To develop undeveloped areas.

D．To declare war on another country.

2. Which country was the earliest to move its capital?

A．Turkey.	B．Poland.
C．The United Sate.	D．New Zealand.

3. What do Italy and Jamaica have in common?

A．They moved the capitals more than once.

B．Their capitals were destroyed in the war.

C．They moved their capitals in the same year.

D．Their capitals moved because of the economy.