2 . One of the most important things of the U. S. government’s routine in 2020 is to raise the federal (联邦) legal age for buying tobacco from age 18 to 21.

Beginning in the summer of 2020, it will be against the law to sell tobacco to anyone under the age of 21. Since 1990, the legal age permitted to buy cigarette is at least 18. The law also includes e-cigarette, not just traditional tobacco products like cigarettes and cigars, adding regulation to this industry, which has developed largely unchecked.

The use of E-cigarette has increased sharply among U. S. teenagers. According to the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, 27.5% of U. S. high school students have used e-cigarette in the past month. Raising the age one can buy tobacco is intended to avoid what many people are calling an epidemic, which is doing great harm to the health of American teenagers.

A recent outbreak of the disease related to e-cigarette has raised even more concern about e-cigarette products , although the disease is largely linked to cartridges (药筒) filled with addictive Vitamin E acetate sold in black market.

In a statement to TIME, the American Lung Association considered raising the age one can buy tobacco as an easy way to protect children’s health and prevent them from getting addicted to nicotine.

Those in favor of e-cigarette have made it clear that they support raising the legal age permission for buying and using tobacco, arguing that e-cigarette products are never designed for young people. Some anti-cigarette (反对吸烟) people have expressed their doubt of this opinion.

At present, twenty states have already raised the legal age to buy cigarette to 21.

1. What can we learn about the new law for buying tobacco?

A．It’s good for the tobacco market.	B．It also works for e-cigarette.
C．It aims to stop selling cigarette.	D．It’ll be illegal to buy cigarette.

2. What does the underlined word “epidemic” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A．Crime.

B．Shoplifting.

C．Disease.

D．Burglary.

3. Which of the following may an anti-cigarette people agree?

A．E-cigarette products are aimed at young people.

B．Cigarettes only do harm to young people.

C．E-cigarette should not be allowed.

D．People don’t have to obey the legal law.

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

A．Science.

B．Culture.

C．Health.

D．Economy.

3 . 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。

Each time I take the underground I find myself     1     (surround) by dozens of passengers playing smartphones. They almost won’t even give a glance at the outside world. You may think it is normal to play smartphones     2     (kill) time. What’s worse, when I talk with some of my     3     (friend), they talk as playing, which is really an annoyance.

I really miss the old days when I chatted with some passengers on the train. Now things are     4     (difference). Everyone just concentrates     5     their smartphones. When talking with them, it seems that you are disturbing their playing smartphones. I could not just blame them for I am moving to be one like them. Sometimes I just feel we     6     (large) ignore our neighbors and want to keep in touch with distant strangers through the Internet. We care about the things far away     7     pay no attention to the needs nearby.     8     ridiculous the situation is! In a way we     9     (control) by smartphones. Are you     10     (experience) the same situation like me? Do you have any ways to avoid that?

4 . For many Chinese consumers, a satisfying breakfast is one that includes either hot porridge or steamed buns. Cold sandwiches, which are usually popular with Westerners, are probably one of the last options on their minds. But that is not to say that consumers, especially those in an international city like Shanghai, would avoid everything considered Western for breakfast. For instance, coffee, which has steadily grown in popularity in the country, is one drink that many cannot do without today.

To satisfy this growing demand for breakfast sets that combine elements from the East and the West, food companies have been rolling out a host of new offerings to attract the customer. One example is Shanghai Qiao Coffee, which was launched by local time-honored food company Qiaojiashan at the end of 2019. Apart from its traditional dim sum, the store also sells various types of coffee.

According to Shen Yan, deputy manager of Shanghai Qiaojiashan Food Development Cold, the most popular breakfast set at the moment is the steamed vegetable bun paired with black coffee. “The calories that one gets from a meal featuring Chinese dim sum and coffee are less than those of a Western breakfast. Since a steamed bun has nearly 200 calories and a cup of black coffee barely has any calories, this combination can be considered healthy and delicious," said Shen.

Even the smaller shoppers in the food scene are jumping on the East-West breakfast trend. Western food establishments, too, have been rolling out Chinese breakfast options. "Consumers and even cultural heritage will also benefit from the increased competition. If not for the current trend which has revived interest in certain traditional dim sum, these foods could soon be lost to history," Shen said.

1. What can we leant about breakfast in Shanghai in paragraph!?

A．People prefer porridge and steamed buns.	B．Cold sandwiches are a popular choice.
C．People avoid western food for breakfast.	D．Coffee is a must for many people.

2. Why does the set of the steamed vegetable bun with black coffee sell well?

A．Because it's newly launched.	B．Because it contains more vegetables.
C．Because it's traditional.	D．Because it's tasty and healthy.

3. What can we learn from Shen's words in the last paragraph?

A．The competition for breakfast sets is of no benefit to consumers.

B．Only big companies have the ability to seize the market share.

C．Western food companies don't care about East-West breakfast.

D．Some traditional foods might disappear without the combination trend.

4. What does the author intend to tell us?

A．Chinese consumers show more interest in western food.

B．Western breakfast is warmly welcomed by Shanghai people.

C．The Chinese-Western breakfast set is becoming a hit in Shanghai.

D．Shanghai Qiao Coffee has won great success for its breakfast sets.

5 . I want to talk about the economy. Not "the economy" we hear about endlessly in the news each day and in politicians' speeches. I want to talk about the real economy, the one we live in day by day.

Most people aren't particularly interested in "the economy". "Share prices are flying high； interest rates are soaring(猛增的); the Dow Jones Index closed sixty-three points down on 8472.35. " We hear this and subconsciously switch off.

Notice that "the economy" is not the same as the economy, "The economy" is what men in suits play with to make vast personal wealth. The economy is where the rest of us live on a daily basis, earning our living, paying our taxes, and purchasing the necessities of life.

We are supposed to be benefiting from all the advantages of a well-off society. So why do we feel tired and stressed? We have no time for anything other than work, which is ridiculous given the number of labor-saving devices in our lives. Our towns become more and more crowded. We poison our air and seas, and our food is full of chemicals. There's something wrong here. If times were truly good, then you may think we'd all feel optimistic about the future. Yet the majority of us are deeply worried. More than 90 percent of us think we are too concerned about ourselves and not concerned enough about future generations.

The term "economic expansion" suggests something desirable, but expansion simply means spending more money. More spending doesn't mean that life is getting better. We all know it often means the opposite—greed, crime, poverty, pollution. More spending merely feeds our whole economic system, which is based on production and consumption. Unless money keeps circulating, the economy breaks down. If we don't keep consuming, the whole system goes into stalemate(僵局).

How do we break the cycle and make some changes? We need to become far more aware of the results of our actions. We buy clothes that are made in sweat shops by virtual slaves in poor parts of the world. We create mountains of waste. We demand cheap food, mindless of the fact that it totally lacks taste and is produced using chemicals that poison the land.

The consumption culture makes us unaware of the effect of our own behavior. Our main problem is not that we don't know what to do about it. It is gathering the desire to do it.

1. According to the author, which one belongs to the real economy？

A．The Dow Jones Index.	B．Increases in interest rates.
C．Shopping in a supermarket.	D．Skyrocketing share prices.

2. It can be concluded from Paragraph 4 that .

A．people are benefiting from a well﹣off society

B．the future generation is a big concern for most people

C．the majority of people are optimistic about the future

D．people still feel much pressure despite labor-saving devices

3. What is true about economic expansion？

A．It guarantees a better life for us.	B．It may lead to some social problems.
C．It will stop the circulation of money.	D．It has only brought desirable effects.

4. The author writes the passage mainly to .

A．call on us to change our behavior	B．suggest a solution for over-consumption
C．make a distinction between two economies	D．inform us of the effects of economic expansion

6 . The favorite food in the United States is the hamburger, a kind of round sandwich of cooked beef.     1     At fast food restaurants, people order their food, wait a few minutes, and carry it to their tables themselves. People also take their food out of the restaurant and eat it in their cars or in their homes. At some fast food restaurants, people can order their food, pay for it and pick it up without leaving their cars.

    2     Most of them sell hamburgers, French fries and milkshakes, which are traditionally popular foods among Americans. In addition, there are many fast food restaurants that serve Chinese food, Mexican food, Italian food, chicken, seafood and ice cream.

The idea of a fast food restaurant is so popular that nearly every kind of food can be found in one. Fast food restaurants are popular.     3    

First, they are not formal restaurants. Customers wear any type of dress when they go to a fast food place.     4     People who are busy do not want to spend time preparing their own food or waiting while someone else prepares it. In fast food restaurants the food is usually ready before the customer even orders it. Finally, most food in a fast food restaurant is not expensive.     5     However, they may not be able to afford a more traditional and more expensive restaurant very often.

A．Second, they are fast.

B．Chinese diets are also welcome.

C．In fact, they reflect American life style.

D．They will go to a good restaurant for important guests.

E．The favorite place to buy a hamburger is a fast food restaurant.

F．Therefore, people can afford to eat at a fast food restaurant often.

G．There are many kinds of fast food restaurants in the United States.

7 . Some educators told us that more years of school could help students get higher scores on intelligence tests.That was a finding of a study of teenage males in some countries.Now，another research shows that physical activity may help students do better in their classes.

The research comes as educators in some countries are reducing time for activities like physical education.They are using the time instead for academic(学术的) subjects like math and reading.The studies appeared between 2008 and 2014.They included more than 55,000 children，aged 6 to 18.

Amika Singh：“According to the results of our study，we can conclude that being physically active is beneficial for academic performance.There are，first，Physiological explanations，like more blood flow，and so more oxygen to the brain.Being physically active means there are more hormones(荷尔蒙) produced like endorphins(内啡肽)．And endorphins make your stress level lower and your mood improved，which means you also perform better.”

Also，students taking part in organized sports learn rules and how to follow them.This could improve their classroom behavior and help them keep their mind on their work.

The study leaves some questions unanswered，however.Ms Stash says it is not possible to say whether the amount or kind of activity affected the level of academic improvement.This is because of differences among the studies.

The researchers said they found only two high­quality studies.They needed more high­quality studies to confirm(证实) their findings.They also pointed out that “results for other parts of the world may be quite different”．

Still，the general finding was that physically active kids are more likely to do better in school.Ms Singh says schools should consider that finding before they cut physical education programs.Her paper on “Physical Activity and Performance at School” is published in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine.

1. The passage mainly tells us that         .

A．a research on physical education has been done by the researchers

B．there is a possibility that physical activity leads to higher grades

C．the amount or kind of activity directly affects academic level

D．the research shows that the children aged 6 to 18 don’t do sports

2. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Being mentally active is good for academic subjects.

B．The more hormones you have，the more stressed you will get.

C．The researchers have found many high­quality studies to prove the research.

D．The educators in some countries think studies,not exercise,mean much to students.

3. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 6 probably means         .

A．good marks result from high­quality study

B．findings are probably different in different areas

C．physical activity will spread all over the world

D．academic performance depends on the surroundings

4. What’s the purpose of writing the passage?

A．To call our attention to the sports at school.

B．To introduce all types of physical activities.

C．To represent the academic performance.

D．To improve students’ health.