2 . Guess what former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and United States president Donald Trump’s granddaughter, Arabella Kushner, have in common?     1    

Although Chinese is known as one of the hardest languages to learn, a lot of people from different backgrounds are studying it with hopes of big benefits. On Nov. 2, more than 120 people, coming from 105 countries, compete in the finals of the 12th “Chinese Bridge” Competition for foreign secondary school students. Held in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, the finals were mainly made up of speech contests and talent shows.     2    

While reasons for learning Chinese were different, a common one was interest in the country’s rich culture and rapid development. Raissa, 17, from the Union of the Comoros, developed a strong emotional connection with China after her grandmother was cured by doctors of the Chinese medical team in Africa three years ago.     3     Fascinated by Chinese culture, the competitor has taken part in activities on traditional Chinese medicine and folk arts during her first trip to China. “My dream is to study medicine in China so that I could cure patients like the Chinese doctors did, ” she said. For Fekete Marcell Zoltan, 17, from the Hungarian-Chinese Bilingual School, studying Chinese may secure him a future job as a Hungarian diploma to China. “After graduation from high school,     4    ” he said.

Robert Davis, director of the Chinese-language program in Chicago’s public school system, may give you a hint. “    5     It’s the new English, which is widely used all over the world. ”he told CGTN.

A．Chinese isn't the new French.

B．It may not be the best choice.

C．Shaolin Temple attracted them to Henan.

D．I would like to further my studies in China.

E．They all study Chinese as a second language.

F．The contestants also visited the Shaolin Temple, Longmen Grottoes and other historical sites in Henan.

G．This led her to learn Chinese at a local Confucius Institute.

3 . 你校校刊（英文版）征文，请你以如何减少食物浪费为话题，写一篇征文，内容包括：
1.浪费现象严重；
2.浪费食物坏处：
3.解决措施。
注意：1.词数100左右；2.可以适当增加细节以使行文连贯

4 . When my friend suggested going to the op shop (二手商店)，instantly I thought “I hope no one I know sees me”. It was the same when my cousin commented on my new furniture and Japanese, fine-bone-china bowls and asked where I got them. They were from the local op shop but instead I said “from the antique shop”.

Many people in my Greek-Cypriot community would look down on me if I said I shopped at the op shop. They may pity me, consider me poor, a failure. Immigrants sacrificed their families and homes for a better life. Buying a house and having enough money to live comfortably, to educate your children and see them also live comfortably, are a big part of the immigrant dream, But has this dream made us materialistic at the cost of our own planet?

Our love for purchasing the latest trendy clothes or furniture, then donating them when we are tired of them has become normal. I was once like this. But after watching the documentary The True Cost I learned donated clothes that don’t get sold are sent to developing nations, many of them ending up in landfills (垃圾填埋地). In addition, your new dress requires electricity and materials to make. But if you buy a second-hand dress, that’s one less dress in a landfill and one less new dress to be made.

A friend introduced me to op shopping only a few years ago. My first item was a dress she gifted me. It was lovely and I loved it. Nobody could tell it was second-hand. This opened me up to purchasing more second-hand high quality branded clothes. Once I visited a friend and was impressed by how she decorated her apartment. “It’s all second-hand,” she said. I couldn’t believe it. The truth is a lot of things sold at the op shop are in new or almost new condition. That’s when I made the decision to only buy second-hand things.

Selling second-hand things isn’t anything new but what the planet needs is more buyers. There is so much excess (过量) production in the world. So stop feeling ashamed, and let’s get shopping.

1. What kind of feeling is expressed in Paragraph 1?

A．Pride.

B．Embarrassment.

C．Delight.

D．Sympathy.

2. What are many people in the author’s community like?

A．They are probably materialistic.

B．They care about the environment.

C．They think highly of op shopping.

D．They look down upon immigrants.

3. What was the author encouraged to do after visiting her friend’s apartment?

A．Watch the documentary The True Cost.

B．Donate more to local charities.

C．Avoid shopping too much.

D．Stop buying new things.

4. What’s the purpose of the text?

A．To entertain.

B．To advertise.

C．To persuade.

D．To describe.