1 . Kids and science seem to be made for each other!

The basic science is a combination of thought and experiment called the scientific method. It’s where you start with an idea, create a way to prove or disprove your idea, and show what you learned based on facts. Learning to follow this process helps you think logically and carefully. These important thinking skills can be used in many areas of study. To give a child practice with these thinking skills is like giving vitamins to a developing mind.

One of the greatest things we can teach our children is to love learning. Learning science is a great way to do so. Children are easy to be interested in science. Because much of science is hands-on, it attracts most children. Nothing makes a child sit up and take notice like the “WOW!” of a great science showing.

Science opens doors to many subjects at school. Building love for science can be helpful in other areas of study. For example, one cannot love science for very long without becoming good at its language-math! So science encourages children to study math. An interest in science is an interest in how things were once understood compared to how they are understood now. Thus studying science lends itself easily to studying history. And after you do an experiment, you need to write a lab report. Therefore, writing becomes an important part of science.

Science is the basic thing for much of our life. The science of farming shows how our food is produced; biomedical science keeps us healthy; even our beds these days are designed according to scientific facts. We almost eat, sleep and breathe with the help of science! When we prepare the next generation of voters, creators and policy makers, it is important to make sure they are not only comfortable but also good at science.

1. According to Paragraph 2, what does learning the scientific method mean to kids?

A．Learning to do experiments.	B．Learning many areas of study.
C．Helping them develop thinking skills.	D．Refusing any ideas that are not logical.

2. Which of the following statements would the author agree with?

A．Science is too difficult for children.	B．Children usually consider science boring.
C．Science can arouse children's interest in learning.	D．Children who are careless shouldn't learn science.

3. What happens to a child who works hard at science at school?

A．He usually has no time for other subjects.	B．He usually loses interest in other activities.
C．He is usually bad at such subjects like history.	D．He is likely to learn many other subjects well.

4. What would be the best title for the text?

A．Why Kids Should Learn Science	B．Why Science Is Important
C．How Kids Can Make Use of Science	D．What Kids Should Learn at School

2 . Hard work really does pay off. Scientists find that perseverance (毅力) leads to better grades and higher achievements in school.

“Being passionate (热诚的) is not enough to ensure academic success,” said researchers, who thought of “courage” as a key to success. This is also regarded as effort in reaching long-term goals, and determination to continue one’s efforts in spite of hardships.

Researchers thought that the finding could help create new training to help children develop the skill and help ensure their future success.

Researchers from the Academy of Finland studied more than 2,000 students from Helsinki. They were followed through their academic career from 12 to 16, from the sixth grade until the ninth grade in local school years. Researchers found that the factor that best predicted courage was related to goals, with previous academic achievements playing no role in developing the skill.

Professor Katariina Salmela-Aro, who led the study, said, “Courage means a young person is really interested in his or her studies and does not give up easily. A key element of courage is high perseverance when facing difficulties and hardships. The important finding is that these factors are the key to success and well-being. Our study shows the power of courage.”

Professor Salmela-Aro also thought it was important to develop new practices and qualities to improve courage in teenagers. She added, “Young people should see everyday school work as part of their life in a broader context and establish achievable goals for themselves. Schools must also serve as a place where it is safe to fail and learn to deal with setbacks. One must not be discouraged by setbacks, but gain(得到) strength and new energy from them!”

1. What can we learn about the research?

A．It takes at least three years.

B．It helps students make progress.

C．It makes many discoveries.

D．It follows 2,000 students abroad.

2. What should students do according to the researchers?

A．Focus on former grades.

B．Achieve their goals.

C．Try all their best.

D．Forget sadness.

3. What does the underlined word “setbacks” in Paragraph 6 mean?

A．Strengths.	B．Difficulties.
C．Weaknesses.	D．Efforts.

4. Which is the best title of text?

A．Hard work will lead to success

B．Failure is the mother of success

C．Schools should train students’ courage

D．Perseverance is the key to success

3 . Online eating shows, or Mukbang(直播吃饭), originated in South Korea and have gained popularity globally.

Many hosts of such shows have become popular for their ability to eat large amounts of food. But these shows have also received criticism for their waste of food. While some hosts actually do consume the amount of food shown, others may be faking it.

On Aug 12, CCTV exposed several Chinese hosts who were pretending to eat large amounts of food while on camera, but actually later threw it away.

To discourage this practice, many video and livestreaming platforms, including Douyin, Kuaishow and Bilibili, have removed videos that show food waste, and have promoted messages to “stop food waste and eat reasonably.”

In June 2020, the United Nations warned that the world is on the verge of the worst food crisis in 50 years.

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, about a third of the world’s food-1.3 billion tons- is wasted every year. In China alone, 50 million tons of food ends up in landfills every year, according to Beijing News.

Recently, campaigns against food waste have been further promoted. In August, President Xi Jinping stressed the need for safeguarding food security and stopping food waste.

According to China Daily, restaurants and catering associations in more than 18 provinces and all 4 municipal cities have issued guidelines to control food waste.

In Shanxi province, local restaurants have been asked to serve half portions to avoid waste. The Wuhan Catering Association proposed that restaurants adopt the “N-1 mode”. For example, a group of 10 diners should only order enough for nine people first. More food is only brought to the table if required.

In addition, a nationwide “Clear Your Plate” campaign has been launched online. Users of Sina Weibo are encouraged to share photos or videos of empty plates after finishing their meals.

Meanwhile, new laws are also being considered, according to China daily. “We will make new laws that give clear instructions on avoiding food waste,” said Zhang Guilong from the legislative Affairs Committee of the National People’s Congress. The instructions will be detailed in every year of food production, purchasing storage, transportation, processing and consumption, according to Zhang.

1. What is CCTV’s attitude toward online eating shows?

A．Supportive.

B．Critical.

C．Objective.

D．Unclear.

2. What can we infer from Paragraph 4?

A．Most video media are contributing to stopping food waste.

B．We should eat up all the food on the table.

C．It’s hard to carry out "Clear Your Plate campaign.

D．All the videos that show food waste have been removed.

3. What can we do to avoid food waste?

A．We can adopt the “N+1 mode”.

B．We can eat more food than we need.

C．We can choose not to watch online eating shows.

D．We can ask the restaurants to serve us half portions.

4. What’s the passage mainly about?

A．Online eating shows should be banned.

B．New laws should be made to avoid food waste.

C．Measures are being taken to stop food waste.

D．We should share photos or videos of empty plates.

4 . For many parents, raising a teenager is like fighting a long war, but years go by without any clear winner. Like a border conflict between neighboring countries, the parent-teen war is about boundaries: Where is the line between what I control and what you do?

Both sides want peace, but neither feels it has any power to stop the conflict. In part, this is because neither is willing to admit any responsibility for starting it. From the parents’ point of view, the only cause of their fight is their adolescents’ complete unreasonableness. And of course, the teens see it in exactly the same way, except oppositely. Both feel trapped.

In this article, I’ll describe three no-win situations that commonly arise between teens and parents and then suggest some ways out of the trap. The first no-win situation is quarrels over unimportant things. Examples include the color of the teen’s hair, the cleanliness of the bedroom, the preferred style of clothing, the child’s failure to eat a good breakfast before school, or his tendency to sleep until noon on the weekends. Second, blaming. The goal of a blaming battle is to make the other admit that his bad attitude is the reason why everything goes wrong. Third, needing to be right. It doesn’t matter what the topic is—politics, the laws of physics, or the proper way to break an egg—the point of these arguments is to prove that you are right and the other person is wrong, for both wish to be considered an authority—someone who actually knows something—and therefore to command respect. Unfortunately, as long as parents and teens continue to assume that they know more than the other, they’ll continue to fight these battles forever and never make any real progress.

1. Why does the author compare the parent-teen war to a border conflict?

A．Both are about where to draw the line.

B．Both can continue for generations.

C．Neither has any clear winner.

D．Neither can be put to an end.

2. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 mean?

A．The teens tend to have a full understanding of their parents.

B．The teens agree with their parents on the cause of the conflict.

C．The teens cause their parents of misleading them.

D．The teens blame their parents for starting the conflict.

3. Parents and teens want to be right because they want to ______.

A．give orders to the other

B．know more than the other

C．gain respect from the other

D．get the other to behave properly

4. What will the author most probably discuss in the paragraph that follows?

A．Solutions for the parent-teen problems.

B．Examples of the parent-teen war.

C．Causes for the parent-teen conflicts.

D．Future of the parent-teen relationship.

5 . In American countryside, the message we hear is this; Go and get an education._________your small town and make something of yourself, Success and opportunity will be found elsewhere.

After_________from a high school in Helena, Arkansas, I did go.

I went to Colby College in Maine. I had visited the school before._________, I knew what I was getting myself into. I knew about the difference in weather. I understood the difference in_________atmosphere and I wanted to stretch myself and_________my comfort zone. You know what? I_________loved my time there. But one thing took me by_________, that is to say, the lack of countryside representation._________of the other students at Colby were from big cities: New York, Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco... And when I had_________with these students in or outside of class—we almost focused on topics__________large American cities. In my education classes, it was always "urban this" and "urban that". It was like small towns didn't__________in the USA.

And this urban interest doesn't just happen in college. I__________an education conference a couple of years ago, and a professor—someone who had been__________to educational reform—was there to__________a speech. I was chosen to be part of a small group that got to meet with him. So there we were, five or six of us sitting in a room, and I asked him, "What are your thoughts on the state of education in the__________?" And this man was__________

I'll never forget that moment. It tells a larger__________. Towns like mine are forgotten.

This trend of__________talent and resources to our big cities—this mindset of leaving small towns and never coming back—I don't want to add to that movement. I want to make the__________ of that movement.

Now it's my turn to help people__________to me. And you know what? I'm a sixth grade teacher in a primary school in Helena now.

1.

A．Love

B．Miss

C．Build

D．Leave

2.

A．coming

B．benefiting

C．graduating

D．suffering

3.

A．Besides

B．Therefore

C．However

D．Instead

4.

A．social

B．political

C．financial

D．natural

5.

A．live up to

B．keep up with

C．draw close to

D．get out of

6.

A．slightly

B．absolutely

C．lightly

D．directly

7.

A．surprise

B．shame

C．delight

D．terror

8.

A．Some

B．None

C．Most

D．Few

9.

A．lectures

B．words

C．conversations

D．conflicts

10.

A．settling

B．involving

C．leaving

D．exchanging

11.

A．exist

B．return

C．Appear

D．approach

12.

A．held

B．attended

C．enjoyed

D．organized

13.

A．occupied

B．adjusted

C．admitted

D．devoted

14.

A．deliver

B．polish

C．prepare

D．rewrite

15.

A．college

B．cities

C．countryside

D．school

16.

A．annoyed

B．wordless

C．hopeless

D．shocked

17.

A．truth

B．appetite

C．lie

D．relief

18.

A．contributing

B．paying

C．exporting

D．showing

19.

A．follower

B．project

C．aim

D．opposite

20.

A．close

B．familiar

C．next

D．junior

6 . A 3-year-old boy who was lost in the woods for two days is now safe at home with his family. But Casey Hathaway told his rescuers   that he was not alone in the rainy, freezing cold woods. He said he was with a friend — a bear.

The child went missing on January 22 while playing with friends near his grandmother's house in North Carolina. When the other children returned but Casey did not, the family searched the area for almost an hour before calling the police.

Police formed a search team to look for the young boy in the nearby woods. But two days went by and—no Casey.

Then on January 24, someone called the police saying he heard a child crying in the woods. Police followed up on the information and found Casey at about 9:30 that night. He was in good health.

Casey told the rescuers he had hung out with a black bear for two days, a bear he called his "friend".

The police officer Chip Hughes spoke with reporters from several news agencies. He said Casey did not say how he could survive in the woods for two days in the cold, rainy weather. "However," the police officer said, "he did say he had a friend in the woods that was a bear with him."

Hundreds of people helped in the search and rescue efforts, including some 600 volunteers, police and members of the army. Doctors at the medical center gave Casey some examination. He was then sent to his family on January 25.

His mother talked with reporters and thanked everyone who joined the search for her son. "We just want to tell everybody that we're very thankful that you took the time out to search for Casey," said his mother. "He is up and talking He's already asked to watch cartoons."

1. When did Caseyget lost^?

A．On   January24.

B．After a 911 call.

C．Before his playmates returned home.

D．After he left his grandmother's house.

2. What can we know about the boy^?

A．He survived with the help of a bear.

B．The rescuers rescued him from a bear.

C．Someone offered key information to find him.

D．He was eventually found by officer Hughes.

3. Why did the mother say that in the last paragraph^?

A．To report the detailed situation.

B．To show her gratitude and relief.

C．To invite everyone to watch her child.

D．To appreciate searchers and the bear.

4. Where is this text most likely from^?

A．A newsreport	B．A   guidebook.
C．A diary.	D．An adverisement

7 . There’s no doubt that one of the greatest human achievements is the exploration of the space. Ever since astronaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person to be sent into the orbit around the moon in 1961, scientists have been pushing the boundaries further and further. But until now the exploration into the unknown has been dominated (主导) by men.

Of course, in the past, women were also included in the space projects and played an active role on the ground and behind the scenes. For example, they worked as seamstresses (女裁缝师), sewing vital spaceflight components. In fact, many of NASA’s key works would never have been possible without them. Recently Hollywood produced a movie called Hidden Figures to focus on a group of American female mathematicians, especially the black women, who helped NASA send the first American into space. But this was not women’s only contribution. Back in 1963, Soviet astronaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to be sent into space. However, after that, space flight programs were slow to employ women. In the USA. NASA didn’t accept applications from women to become astronauts until 1978.

But attitudes have changed and leading officials at NASA say that the first person to set foot on Mars should be a woman. The space agency aims to have a sex-balanced workforce but can only achieve that if equal numbers of men and women are trained for science and technology jobs. As Allison McIntryre told the BBC, “My director is a woman. We have female astronauts. We haven’t put a woman on the moon yet. And I think that perhaps the first person to step on Mars should be a woman.”

1. What did Yuri Gagarin do in 1961?

A．He landed on the moon in success.

B．He discovered many new boundaries.

C．He led scientists to explore the moon.

D．He made the first journey into the space.

2. Why does the author mention the film Hidden Figures?

A．To show women are the true heroes of NASA’s first launch.

B．To stress that black people have won equal rights in NASA.

C．To prove women can do as well as men in NASA’ projects.

D．To present women’s contributions to NASA’s space programs.

3. What is Allison McIntryre’s attitude toward women astronauts?

A．Uncaring.	B．Disapproving.
C．Supportive.	D．Disappointed.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．Will the First Person to Step on Mars Be a Woman?

B．Great Achievements Have Been Made in Space Exploration?

C．Why Men Played an Important Role in Exploring the Unknown?

D．Men and Women Have Made Equal Contributions to NASA’s Projects?

8 . At around 6:30pm local time on April 15^th in France, Notre Dame in Paris was getting angry. According to the French newspaper Le Monde, the fire started in the attic (阁楼) of the monument and then_______to the roof. In the screams of people, the Gothic tower_______collapsed (倒塌) . ''Paris was beheaded!''_______the fall of the tower, the 32-year-old Frenchman, Pierre, sent such a_______to the New York Times.

Notre Dame de Paris, which_______on the bank of the Seine, has been there for 769 years. Not only does Notre Dame have a large collection of wonderful works, but the building itself is_______.As one of the most famous tourist _______ in the world, this church has 13 million visitors a year. When the fire was still burning, the spokesperson of Notre Dame de Paris pessimistically told the media that the _______ building of France _______''great destruction'' because the inside part of the church belonged to medieval wood structure, so this fire was almost a________. At9:30 that evening, the priceless colored glass ''Rose'' window in the cathedral was too hot and then broken. As the fire continued, a large number of people from Paris________around Notre Dame. Watching the fire destroy the monument, some people couldn't help________cry, and some sang prayer songs for Notre Dame. ''At this moment I feel very________, and a small part of each of us has been burned by the fire.'' After the fire, French President Mark Long________ canceled a speech on the ''Yellow Vest Movement'', and started the disaster report.

After the French firefighters________for five hours, the fire was________.The main structure of the church was ________, but the inside decoration was completely destroyed. ________a the broken Notre Dame de Paris, the French made a(n)________to rebuild. President Mark Long later said that they would recruit (组建) the best talents from around the world to repair the art treasures, because this is what the French expect and is what history________.

1.

A．distribute

B．directed

C．spread

D．transformed

2.

A．anyhow

B．immediately

C．somehow

D．suddenly

3.

A．Admitting

B．Witnessing

C．Preventing

D．Predicting

4.

A．sigh

B．word

C．sign

D．picture

5.

A．wind

B．exists

C．sets

D．stands

6.

A．delicate

B．worthless

C．invaluable

D．weak

7.

A．points

B．scenes

C．views

D．attractions

8.

A．remaining

B．historic

C．accessible

D．favorable

9.

A．suffered

B．resulted

C．acquired

D．obtained

10.

A．decrease

B．waste

C．disaster

D．trouble

11.

A．marched

B．gathered

C．wandered

D．settled

12.

A．or

B．and

C．except

D．but

13.

A．angry

B．confused

C．sad

D．amazed

14.

A．urgently

B．angrily

C．cleverly

D．cautiously

15.

A．managed

B．fought

C．attempted

D．repaired

16.

A．put out

B．taken out

C．brought out

D．pulled out

17.

A．scarred

B．destroyed

C．remained

D．saved

18.

A．In time of

B．In danger of

C．In face of

D．In memory of

19.

A．announcement

B．determination

C．agreement

D．preparation

20.

A．deserves

B．allows

C．creates

D．holds

9 . Clothing rental is a hot new industry and retailers (零售商) are demanding to get on board in hopes of attracting green shopper.

But is renting fashion actually more environmentally-friendly than buying it, and if so, how much more? Journalist and author Elizabeth Cline investigated (调查) this question and concluded that it's 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 carbon footprint of our collective fashion habit after manufacturing.

She writes, ''An item ordered online and then returned can send out 20 kilograms of carbon each way, and increases up to 50 kilograms for rush shipping. By comparison, the carbon impact of a pair of jeans purchased from a physical store and washed and worn at home is 33.4 kilograms, according to a 2015 study by Levi's.''

Then there's the burden of washing, which has to happen for 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. All the rental services that Cline looked into have replaced perchloroethylene (氯乙烯), a carcinogenic (致癌的) air pollutant, still used by 70 percent of US dry cleaners, with alternatives, although these aren't great either.

Lastly, Cline fears that rental services will increase our appetite for fast fashion, simply because it's so easily accessible. There's something called ''share washing'' that makes people waste more precisely because a product or service is shared and thus is regarded as more eco-friendly. Uber is one example of this, advertised as ''a way to share rides and limit ear ownership.'' and yet ''it has been proven to discourage walking,bicycling, and public transportation use.''

Renting clothes is still preferable to buying them cheap and throwing them in the dustbin after a few wears, but we shouldn't let the availability of these services make us too satisfied. There's an even better step — that's wearing what is already in the closet.

1. What is Elizabeth Cline's attitude toward clothing rental?

A．Approving.	B．Unfavorable.
C．Objective.	D．Enthusiastic.

2. The Uber example in Paragraph 6 indicates that      .

A．rental services are on the rise

B．clothing rental will be as successful as Uber

C．renting clothes might waste more than expected

D．renting clothes might make people lose interest in fast fashion

3. The author suggests that we should      .

A．give up renting any clothing

B．purchase inexpensive clothes

C．rent clothes rather than buy them

D．make full use of clothes we've possessed

4. What is the passage mainly about?

A．Clothing rental is a new fashion.

B．Clothing rental is retailers' preference.

C．Renting clothes is not that eco-friendly.

D．Renting-clothes business is in a dilemma.

10 . 听下面一段独白.回答以下小题。
1. What would MAD Architects prefer buildings to be like?

A．More environmentally friendly.

B．More attractive.

C．More traditional.

2. What does MAD Architects want to provide?

A．The situation of separation from nature.

B．The experience of living in ancient times.

C．The feeling of being in the natural world.

3. Where will the Urban Forest be built?

A．In Beijing.

B．In Chongqing.

C．In Rome.

4. Who should apply for a job according to the talk?

A．Architects.

B．Engineers.

C．Office workers.