1 . 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。

If you live in the United States, the law says you can’t have a full-time job until you are 16 years old. At 14 or 15, you can work part-time after school or     1     weekends, and during summer you can work 40     2     (hour) each week. Does all that mean that if you are     3     (young) than14, you can’t earn your own money? Of course not! Kids     4     are between the ages of 10 and 13 can earn money by doing lots of things.

Valerie, 11, told us that she made money by     5     (clean) up other people’s yards. Lena, 13, makes money by knitting (织) dog sweaters and selling     6     (they) to her neighbors, and Reisa said she had started taking art classes and showing her work to people. People have asked her     7     (draw) pictures for them and they pay her for them.

Earning     8     (be) learning. By working to earn your own money, you are learning the skills you will need to succeed in life. Some people think that asking for money is a lot easier than earning it.     9    , the five dollars that you earn will     10     (probable) make you feel a lot better in your hand than the twenty dollars you ask for.

2 . Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.

People can be addicted to different things,for example,alcohol,drugs,certain foods,or even television. People who have such an addiction are compulsive(强迫的);i. e.,they have a very powerful psychological need that they feel they must satisfy. According to psychologists,many people are compulsive spenders.    1    This compulsion,like most others,is impossible to explain reasonably. For compulsive spenders,charge accounts(赊购帐户)are even more exciting than money.     2    Their pleasure in spending enormous amounts is actually greater than the pleasure that they get from the things they buy.

There is even a special psychology of bargain hunting. To save money,of course,most people look for sales,low prices,and discounts.     3     They want to believe that they are helping their budgets,but they are really playing an exciting game. When they can buy something for less than other people,they feel that they are winning. Most people,experts claim,have two reasons for their behavior: a good reason for the things that they do and the real reason.

It is not only scientists,of course,who understand the psychology of spending habits, but also business people.     4     They consider people's needs for love, power, or influence, their basic values, their beliefs and opinions, and so on in their advertising and sales methods.

Psychologists often use a method called “behavior therapy” to help individuals solve their personality problems. In the same way, they can help people who feel that they have problems with money.

A．Stores, companies, and advertisers use psychology to increase business.

B．Recognize and change the spending habits that can cause you to be overloaded with debt.

C．Compulsive bargain hunters, however, often buy things that they don't need just because they are cheap.

D．In other words, compulsive spenders feel that with credit, they can do anything.

E．They feel that they must spend money.

F．Stop buying so much stuff and try to spend more money on experiences.

3 . 语法填空

This summer I travelled from noisy Beijing to Wuzhen，a     1     (beauty) village in Zhejiang Province. Unfolded before me was a unique image of this water country-the stone bridge and the water flowing， all like fairy tales to me.

However，     2     impressed me most was not the natural scenery but the scene of a grandma bathing a little baby in a wooden basin with the door open. My friends couldn't help     3     (take) pictures of them. To my surprise， the grandma smiled and waved at us. Suddenly， my heart was filled with 4.     4    (warm). I shared the photo and my     5     (believe)experience with my friends. They were     6     (simple)moved as I was， but at the same time they reminded me of the unpleasant experiences in big cities. We feel embarrassed to see people quarrelling in public because they     7     (step)on accidentally by strangers.

According to a recent survey     8     (make)in November， 45 percent of the residents don't know the names of their neighbours； 63 percent don't look forward to     9     (talk)to their neighbours； 67 percent think that the relationship       10     them and their neighbours is just so-so， or even bad.

4 . 阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。

While contact between adolescents(between the ages of fifteen and nineteen) and their peers(同龄人) is universal characteristic of all cultures， the nature and the degree of such contact vary a great deal. In American contemporary society adolescents spend much more time with their peers than with younger children or adults.

This pattern of age segregation(隔离) in American society did not become usual until the beginning of the industrialized society. Changes in the workplace separated children from adults， with adults working and children attending school. The dramatic increase of mothers in the workplace has further contributed to the reduction in the amount of time adolescents spend with adults.

School reform efforts during the nineteenth century， which resulted in age-segregated schools and grades， have reduced the amount of time adolescents spend with younger children.

Finally， the changes in population are considered a factor that may have contributed to the emergence of adolescent peer culture. From 1955 to 1975， the adolescent population increased dramatically， from 11 percent to 20 percent. This increase in the number of adolescents might be a contributing factor to the increase in adolescent peer culture in terms of growth in size as well as in terms of its impact on society's other cultures(adults， younger children).

Research supports the view that adolescents spend a great deal of time with their peers. Reed Larson and his colleagues examined adolescents’daily activities and found that they spend more time talking to their friends than engaging in any other activity. In typical week， high school students will spend twice as much time with their peers as with adults. This gradual withdrawal from adults begins in early adolescence. In sixth grade， adults excluding parents account for only 25 percent of adolescent social networks. Another important characteristic of adolescent peer culture is its increasingly autonomous(自治的) function. While childhood peer groups are conducted under the close supervision of parents， adolescent peer groups typically make an effort to escape adult supervision and usually succeed in doing so.

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5 . In an era when fashion trends can change in a nanosecond(纳秒), people want to keep pace. They'll wear a look a few times and then move on to the next one. In reality, most people can't really afford this.

To meet this demand, online clothing rental services are growing in popularity. Shoppers can pay money online to rent the clothes they need, says the Fashion United website. The first company to put this idea into practice is Rent the Runway. The United States — based company has hit a $ 1 billion valuation. CEO Jennifer Hyman credits its success to the concepts of the sharing economy. She believes that the clothing rental business and the idea of dynamic ownership is a trend in the young generation. “The millennium generation(千禧一代)，the consumer, is so ready to adopt this behavior.” Hyman told CNBC.

She also points out that working women make up one of the biggest consumer groups subscribing to their services. They want more clothes but they have limited space and ability to purchase new fashion. “Rent the Runway can be a solution for them,” Hyman told CNBC, “where they can dress for the job they want and save money and time.”

Although the clothing rental business has many advantages, people still have some concerns. Journalist and author Elizabeth Cline wrote in Elle that “Renting the clothes is not as sustainable as it seems.”

Take shipping, for example, which has to go two ways if an item is rented—receiving and returning. Cline writes that consumer transportation has the second largest footprint of our collective fashion habit after manufacturing. Then there's the burden of washing, which has to happen to every item when it's returned, regardless of whether or not it was worn. For most rental services, this usually means dry—-cleaning, a high— impact and polluting process. “They can produce hazardous waste and air pollution if not handled correctly, and they're often paired with stain removers that are more toxic than the solvents themselves,” she told the Fashion Platforms website.

1. What is the article mainly about?

A．The fast changes of fashion trends.

B．The development of the sharing economy.

C．What contributes to the popularity of online clothing rental services.

D．The advantages and disadvantages of online clothing rental services.

2. What is behind the success of Rent the Runway according to Hyman?

A．Different fashion tastes.	B．Growth of delivery services.
C．The trend of the sharing economy.	D．The financial pressures facing consumers.

3. What is the main problem of online clothing subscription services, according to the text?

A．Consumers tend to rent more than they need.

B．They could lead to other unsustainable fashion habits.

C．The shipping and washing involved are not environmentally friendly.

D．People can catch infectious diseases by renting clothes from sick people.

4. According to the passage, the author's attitude towards the rental service is

A．supportive	B．indifferent
C．objective	D．passive

6 . LONDON — To get a mobile phone as a gift for 14thbirthday, Lucy declared to her parents that everyone else has one. Her parents gave in.

Curious to know how her daughter would use the phone, Jane Bidder, the mother, followed Lucy to the school bus in the morning. The bus seats 20, of whom half have a mobile phone. One rings and several adolescent owners fumble with their bags.

Many parents have just come to realize that the mobile phone is no longer for traveling businessmen — it is as likely to be found in school bags.

The mobile phone seems to have become something essential for today’s teens in Britain, according to a survey published last week, by NOP, a leading market research company in Britain. Research found that 66 percent of 16-year-olds now have access to a mobile phone.

The mobile phone has been turned into a secret messaging service by teen users. When they are talking on the mobile, their parents are not able to eavesdrop on the second line.

The interview with 2,019 young people aged 7 to 16 found that they favor the text messaging service because they offer a secret way of keeping in touch. The days of secret notes in the classroom are dying out.

For example, “cul” means “see you later”; “lol” means “laugh out loud’; and “2nite” is the abbreviation of “tonight”. All these are based on shorthand phrases on the Internet.

Many schools have banned students using mobile phones. But they are not very successful. Still phones ring in the class and disturb study. Besides, people are worried about the health risk to kids using mobile phones.

Scientists believe children are especially vulnerable (易受伤的) mobile radiation.

1. The story of Lucy is told to show us          .

A．British parents always meet their children’s needs

B．how British parents accept the truth of teenagers owning a mobile phone

C．British kids have good relationship with their parents

D．why every child gets a mobile phone as a birthday present in UK

2. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A．People worry about the harm to the kids’ health by using mobile phone.

B．Teenagers want to have their own secret.

C．Teenagers like to send messages to each other

D．Lucy does not get the mobile phone she wants

3. The underlined word “eavesdrop” means          .

A．join in actively	B．interrupt rudely
C．listen secretly	D．watch carefully

4. Interviews discover children like to send messages instead of          .

A．calling each other	B．playing games online
C．writing to each other	D．greeting each other

7 . Philadelphia's Magic Gardens makes up a folk art center, gallery space, and a nonprofit organization showcasing the works of mosaicist（镶嵌设计师）Isaiah Zagar.

Zagar devoted himself to beautifying the South Street neighborhood in the late 1960s, when he moved to the area with his wife Julia. The couple helped the area by purchasing and repairing some old buildings, often adding colorful mosaics on both their private and public walls. The first such project was Julia's still-busy folk art store, the Eyes Gallery at 402 South Street.

Zagar started working on the Magic Gardens in 1994 in the deserted parking lot near his studio. He spent the next fourteen years sculpting multi-layered walls and decorating the 3, 000 square foot space. The installation（装置艺术），primarily consisting of found objects and contributions from the community, finally covers half a city block with countless patterns and colors. It shows Zagar's many artistic influences, as well as the events and experiences of his life.

In 2002，the owner of the once-unused parking lot decided to sell the land in response to rising South Street property values. Unwilling to witness the destruction of Zagar's neighborhood art environment, the community rushed to support the artist. His creation, newly titled Philadelphia's Magic Gardens, turned into a nonprofit organization with the intention of preserving and promoting Zagar's works at the site of the Magic Gardens and throughout the South Street region.

The Magic Gardens is now a permanent art institution that is open to visitors throughout the year. Trained guides are available to lead tours of the Magic Gardens and Zagar's surrounding public wall paintings. In addition, it offers monthly mosaic workshops led by Zagar himself, and regularly hosts concerts, dance performances, and other public events.

1. How did Zagar help the South Street neighborhood?

A．He moved to the area with his family.

B．He worked to improve its surroundings.

C．He opened a folk art store with his wife.

D．He managed to buy all the old buildings.

2. What does Paragraph 3 intend to tell us?

A．Great achievements of Zagar.

B．Special skills of installing art.

C．Location of the Magic Gardens

D．Early history of the Magic Gardens.

3. What do the local residents think of Zagar's works?

A．They harm environment.

B．They can bring in profits.

C．They should be removed.

D．They are precious treasures.

4. What can tourists do in Philadelphia's Magic Gardens?

A．Paint the walls on the spot.

B．Put on music performances.

C．Enjoy some Zagar's works.

D．Attend some dance courses.

8 . I work at a grocery store in Montreal's Plateau neighbourhood, which gets a lot of regulars. On March 12, the Quebec government announced to close all public places to stop the spread of the pandemic(流行病)of coronavirus.

The next day the store was the busiest I've ever seen. The six cash registers had to be kept open from 10 a. m. until close. It was nuts. I didn't have time to eat lunch, and whenever one of us on cash had to use the bathroom, we^’d have to bring in a coworker off the floor to cover for us.

Since then, the atmosphere in the store has been different. Customers are mostly considerate, but whenever someone coughs or sneezes, everyone turns around to make sure that person sneezed into their elbow. I've even seen customers come in wearing some strange get-ups. One guy even came in with a plastic Walmart bag wrapped around his entire head, with a slit cut out for his eyes.

A lot of my coworkers have left to avoid a public-facing job during the pandemic. Grocery store workers across Canada are putting their health at risk every time they come in to work, but a lot of us are still making close to minimum wage. I realized that I feel more exhausted than normal even though I'm working the same hours.

There still have been some moments of kindness in the midst of the chaos. I've overheard people talking on the phone who sounded as though they were organizing grocery deliveries for those stuck at home. And this past weekend a very nice lady thanked us for continuing to work. I know everyone is worried, but it's uneless having the same scary conversations day after day. Instead, tell us a funny anecdote, or about Homething nice. We'll appreciate the distraction, and you'll make our day just a bit brighter.

1. What does the author intend to show by " It was nuts." in paragraph 2?

A．The goods were in short supply.

B．The store was having a big sale.

C．The cashiers complained about their work.

D．The locals rushed to do shopping like crazy.

2. What does paragraph 3 convey about customers?

A．They like to shop here in disguise.

B．They are panicky about the disease .

C．They are more friendly to each other.

D．They have taken proper preventive measures.

3. Which of the following best describes the author?

A．Optimistic.

B．Talented.

C．Ambitious.

D．Efficient.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．It is not work but worry that kills

B．Helping others is helping ourselves

C．Moments of kindness shine in a time of chaos

D．Here is what it's like working in the pandemic

9 . In the future, people will work fewer hours a week than today, right?    1    Too much work takes up a most all of their time. They are busy and feel very tired. Many people are asking,“When will I get some free time?”

    2    One reason is the increase in the cost of living. In order to support a family today，many people have to work longer hours or work at a second job.    3    She works in New Jersey as a social worker from 8:30a.m.until 12:30p.m. In the late afternoon and in the evenings， she sees private customers. On the weekends, she works as caterer(宴会承办者) . It costs so much to support her family, she says, that working less is not impossible.

But there is a second reason for peoples overwork.     4    Employees feel that they have no choice. If they don't agree to work overtime, they are afraid that they will he fired by their companies. Changes in technology make it easier for people to be working all the time.With faxes， cellphones, and e-mail, people can work even when they are on holiday.

    5    If things continue this way into the future, we may never get to leave the office, at least not for long. Or people may begin to say, “This is enough. I need my relaxing time.”

A．Take the example of Lily P.

B．Most of people's work will be replaced by the robots.

C．People working longer hours will be much better paid.

D．More people are working long hours for two reasons.

E．Where will technology and the demands of the workweek take us?

F．Today, many companies are trying to do more work with fewer workers.

G．Actually, more people nowadays are working 10 to12 hours a day, six days a week than ever before.

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We also purchase supplies in large quantities to save money. That means your financial donation will get more supplies to more kids in need than your donation of non-cash goods.

1. Which of the following statements is true of UNICEF USA?

A．It no longer provides emergency fund.

B．It is localized to focus on national affairs.

C．It was originally created for kids’ education.

D．It supports children growth at home and abroad.

2. If you want to be a UNICEF USA volunteer,______ is NOT a must.

A．required education background	B．related working experience
C．American nationality	D．educational program participation

3. Financial donation is a better choice than non-cash goods because of_________.

A．the good will	B．operational efficiency
C．local assistance	D．the reliable supply