2 . Nowadays, we can read almost all "truths" on social media sites. But are they really reliable? Sites such as the micro-messaging service, the social networking site and the photo-sharing app Instagram might "misrepresent the real world", according to a study by computer scientists from McGill University and Carnegie Mellon University.

The scientists warn that gathering information about public views and trends from these sites is unwise. There are still large parts of the population who do not take part in social media activities. Also, there's a risk that many social media users are under-represented. Instagram, for example, appeals to younger adults in urban areas while Pinterest is used mainly by females aged 25 to 34. And only 5 percent of the micro-messaging service users are over 65 years old, according to the study. However, this is not the only issue, according to the scientific team. The design of a website can influence how people behave online, creating what the researchers call "Internet bias". For example, micro-blogging sites such as Weibo promote "popular" stories. It saves time for some but it also limits readers' choice of what they see. In the end, many people open those stories and make them more "popular". But it's not because they choose those stories. Rather, it is because the content is right in front of them.

Besides, it's possible that not everyone on your social networks is real. There might actually be a few fake accounts among them. Fake "bots" pretend to be humans and are often included when measuring or predicting human behaviors online.

The findings might be more important than you would think, since many social media studies are used to inform and justify decisions and investments among the public and in industry and government, according to Derek Ruths, an assistant professor of Computer Science at Mc Gill University.

If the team is right, you might have to think carefully next time you say, "It's true, you know; I read it on Weibo."

1. Why does the author mention the micro-messaging and Instagram?

A．Because they are the best social media sites today.

B．Because they are not in favor of the current study.

C．Because the public are sharing truths on these sites.

D．Because information on these sites may not be reliable.

2. How is the passage developed?

A．By giving examples.	B．By making comparisons.
C．By dividing into groups.	D．By analyzing causes.

3. Which word can best describe the author's attitude toward information on social media sites?

A．Ambiguous.

B．Favorable.

C．Disagreeable.

D．Cautious.

4. What's the author's main purpose in writing the passage?

A．To analyze why information gathered from social media sites may not be trustworthy.

B．To remind readers of things they should watch out for when using social media.

C．To point out the advantages and disadvantages of social media.

D．To recommend popular social networking sites for readers.

3 . Many children first learn the value of money by receiving an allowance. The purpose is to let children learn from experience at an age when financial mistakes are not very costly.

The amount of money that parents give to their children to spend as they wish differs from family to family. Timing is another consideration. Some children get a weekly allowance. Others get a monthly allowance.

In any case, parents should make clear what, if anything, the child is expected to pay for with the money.

At first, young children may spend all of their allowance soon after they receive it. If they do this, they will learn the hard way that spending must be done within a budget. Parents are usually advised not to offer more money until the next allowance.

The object is to show young people that a budget demands choices between spending and saving. Older children may be responsible enough to save money for larger costs, like clothing or electronics.

Many people who have written on the subject of allowances say it is not a good idea to pay your child for work around the home. These jobs are a normal part of family life.

Paying children to do extra work around the house, however, can be useful. It can even provide an understanding of how a business works.

Allowances give children a chance to experience the three things they can do with money. They can share it in the form of gifts or giving it to a good cause. They can spend it by buying things they want. Or they can save it.

1. What is special about children learning financial management by experience?

A．They learn more quickly.

B．They are not as likely to make mistakes.

C．Their mistakes won't matter so much.

D．They have plans made by their parents.

2. When the writer says some young children "will learn the hard way that..." in Para. 4, he means ________ .

A．they will know how hard it is to learn budget

B．they will have an easy time learning the lesson

C．what they will learn is absolutely true

D．their parents will teach them a hard lesson

3. Judging from the article, it is all right if a couple give their son an allowance ________ .

A．regularly twice every month

B．whenever he has run out of money

C．telling him to ask for permission before spending

D．without telling him what to spend on

4. The writer would agree to encourage the kids to ________ to deal with a tight budget.

A．borrow money from others	B．ask their parents for more money
C．get paid for their household routines	D．earn money by extra work

4 . Social comparison is natural human behavior and there are two types of it: upward social comparison, where we look at people who we feel are better off than we are and downward social comparison, where we look at people who we feel are worse off than we are. These comparisons aren’t always bad for us, but they can sometimes be less helpful than we think.     1    

Whether social comparison is helpful or harmful is decided by our self-respect, the stressors (压力因素) we already have in our lives, and whether we’re making upward or downward social comparison. For example, when we make downward social comparison and compare ourselves to those who are less well-off, it generally makes us feel better. However, those who are experiencing greater threats or stress in their lives tend to use downward comparison more often.     2    

In addition, social media has taken social comparison to a whole new level in the last few years. We see who is doing what were not, and we may become stressed wondering if we’re doing enough, earning enough, or enjoying life enough.     3     not knowing whether they’re just posting their highlights or they’re really sharing casual events as they happen.

If you feel somewhat hooked on (沉迷于) feelings of superiority from downward social comparison or beating yourself up when you make upward social comparison, it’s important to get out of this mental trap. To train your brain to care less about what others are doing or thinking, find role models and learn from them without adding the element of competitiveness to your own life. You can also create a supportive circle:     4    . Or you can start an exercise group or join a training group.

    5     if you’re feeling envious of someone else’s success. It also helps to maintain an ongoing gratitude journal so you stay in the frame of mind of counting your blessings rather than what you lack. Additionally, it’s also a good idea to develop a habit of helping others and seeing what small things you can do to do for your friends and strangers.

A．This can lift their mood

B．Focus on your own failures

C．Try to be a modest person

D．This can be a group of friends sharing a common goal

E．Remind yourself of what you have achieved and are good at

F．And sometimes they’re bad for our happiness and stress levels

G．We compare our regular lives with other people’s best memories

5 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

It is often the case, when having meals, waiting buses or at tending lectures, you can always find people addicted to their cellphones, completely ignoring others.

This is really a common phenomenon in our daily life. The reason is why smart phones nowadays can be used to playing mobile games and keep in touch with friends. However, too much exposure to phones are bad for people in terms of healthy. Moreover, people involving in phones fail to communicate well with these around them.

As far as I am concerned , people should be wisely make use of their phones to help with their work and study. Meanwhile, they should care much about their family and friends than mobile phones.

6 . Last August, Joe and Mary Mahoney began looking at colleges for their 17-year-old daughter, Maureen. With a checklist of criteria in hand, the Dallas family looked around the country visiting half a dozen __. They sought a university that __ the teenager's intended major, one located near a large city and a campus where their daughter would be __.

‘The safety issue is a big one,’ says Joe Mahoney, who quickly discovered he wasn't __ in his worries. On campus __ other parents __ similar concerns, and the same question was __ asked: ‘what about crime?’ But when college officials always gave the same __- ‘That's not a problem here,’ --Mahoney began to feel __. 

‘No crime whatsoever?’ __ Mahoney today. ‘I just don't __ it.’ Nor should he: in 1999 the U.S. Department of education had __ of nearly 400,000 serious __ on or around our campuses. That includes 754 homicides(自杀案), almost 6500 sexual assaults and __ 175,000 incidents of theft. ‘Parents need to understand that times have changed since they went to college,’ says David Nichols, author of Creating a Safe Campus. ‘Campus crime __ the rest of the nation.’

But getting __ information isn't easy. Colleges must report crime statistics   by law, but some __ for fear of bad publicity, leaving the honest ones looking __. ‘The truth may not always be serious,’ warms S. Daniel Carter of Security on Campus, Inc., the nation's leading campus safety watchdog group.

To help __ parents, Carter promised to visit campuses and talk to experts around the country to find out major crime issues and effective __.

1.

A．schools

B．families

C．communities

D．hospitals

2.

A．created

B．offered

C．developed

D．designed

3.

A．safe

B．hardworking

C．favored

D．cheerful

4.

A．wrong

B．interested

C．confident

D．alone

5.

A．meetings

B．games

C．tours

D．admissions

6.

A．announced

B．admitted

C．voiced

D．predicted

7.

A．seldom

B．regularly

C．constantly

D．instantly

8.

A．introduction

B．answer

C．expression

D．translation

9.

A．angry

B．unsettled

C．satisfied

D．depressed

10.

A．comments

B．suggests

C．considers

D．scolds

11.

A．want

B．like

C．buy

D．know

12.

A．letters

B．charges

C．complaints

D．reports

13.

A．crimes

B．accidents

C．problems

D．stories

14.

A．just

B．merely

C．some

D．relatively

15.

A．mirrors

B．attacks

C．defeats

D．breaks

16.

A．true

B．helpful

C．enough

D．accurate

17.

A．give them up

B．hold them back

C．turn them away

D．take them in

18.

A．safe

B．stupid

C．different

D．dangerous

19.

A．special

B．fearful

C．experienced

D．concerned

20.

A．suggestions

B．solutions

C．supports

D．explanations

7 . 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.

8 . Half decade ago, at the end of my first semester teaching at Wharton, my student Kevin stopped by for office hours. He sat down and burst into tears. My mind started cycling through a list of events that could make a college junior cry: His girlfriend had broken up with him; he had been accused of cheating in exams; he forgot to turn in papers before the deadline. “I just got my first A-minus(减),” he said with his voice shaking.

Year after year, I watch in depression as students are crazy about getting straight A's. Some sacrifice their health; a few have even tried to charge their school after falling short(倒挂). All hold the belief that top marks are a ticket to best graduate schools and rewarding job offers. I was one of them. I started college with the goal of graduating with a 4.0. It would be a reflection of my brainpower and willpower, showing that I had the right stuff to succeed. But I was wrong.

The evidence is clear: Academic excellence is not a strong predictor of career excellence. Across industries, research shows that the connection between grades and job performance is modest in the first year after college and unimportant within a handful of years. Take Microsoft for example, once employees are two or three years out of college, their grades have no bearing on their performance. (Of course, it must be said that if you got D's, you probably didn't end up at Microsoft.)

Academic grades rarely assess qualities like creativity, leadership and teamwork skills, or social, emotional and political intelligence. Yes, straight A students master large amounts of information and reproduce it in exams. But career success is rarely about finding the right solution to a problem—it’s more about finding the right problem to solve. This might explain why Steve Jobs finished high school with a 2.65GPA, and Martin Luther King Jr. got only one A in his four years at Morehouse.

1. Why did the student Kevin feel sad?

A．He was caught cheating in exams.	B．His girlfriend abandoned him.
C．He didn’t hand in his papers before headline.	D．He failed to get straight A's.

2. What did the author once believe?

A．Marks didn’t reflect willpower and brainpower.

B．Top marks meant well-paid job offers.

C．It was wrong to care too much about marks.

D．Straight A's don't bring creative performances.

3. Why are the employees at Microsoft mentioned?

A．To stress the company values employees with top marks.

B．To indicate academic performance is important.

C．To show academic excellence isn’t a strong predictor of career performance.

D．To introduce successful example in the technology industry.

4. What should people focus more on to succeed according to the passage?

A．How to be a creative leader.	B．What to do with detailed information.
C．How to solve a problem.	D．What problems to be solved.

9 . Global warming is the increase of the earth’s average surface temperature due to the effect of greenhouse gases, for example, carbon dioxide, which traps heat that would otherwise escape from the earth. After the trees are cut down and more greenhouse gases are released. the “blanket” around the earth called the ozone layer（臭氧层）, will get thicker. This catches more heat and makes the earth hotter. Luckily, there are many things that every citizen of the earth can do to help reduce the effects of global warming, and it’s never too late or too early for children to take action.

The children should learn what a carbon footprint is. A carbon footprint is the amount of carbon and greenhouse gases people make as they lead the daily life and go about the normal activities. In other words, the carbon footprint is a measure of the environmental impact（冲击）the life has. To live an environmentally friendly life that doesn’t contribute to global warming, people-want to have the smallest carbon footprint possible.

Almost everything people do contributes to global warming and is related to fossil fuel consumption. These can be direct uses of fossil fuels, like riding in a gasoline-powered car, or indirect contributions to greenhouse gases, such as eating fruits or vegetables that have to be shipped from far way to reach their tables.

If a child wants to make a contribution to reducing global warming, he should ride a bicycle to the near park, school, his friend’s house, or anywhere else instead of taking the car. Or he may try to walk or jog, which is also helpful. In addition, although trains and buses often run on fossil fuels, on average, each person uses less energy and produces less pollution to run. Next time if children with their parents have to get around town or it’s too far to walk or bike, take the bus or other public transportation instead of asking for a ride.

1. What is the main reason for global warming?

A．Too much greenhouse gases are released.

B．The ozone layer has caught more heat.

C．Much more ozone layer has been released.

D．The increase of the earth’s inner temperature results in the global warming.

2. What is the main idea of Paragraph 2?

A．Life has an impact on carbon footprint.

B．The definition of a carbon footprint.

C．People should live an environmental friendly life.

D．People make a huge amount of carbon and greenhouse gases.

3. The author wants to write the passage for_________

A．children

B．parents

C．children educators

D．adults

4. What can be a suitable title for the text?

A．What Can People Do To Use Less Energy?

B．Why Global Warming Affects Humans’ Life?

C．How Can Kids Help Reduce Global Warming?

D．How Does Carbon Footprints Measure Pollution?

10 . “Do not tell anyone”. We often hear these words when someone tells us a secret. But keeping a secret is hard. We’re often tempted（引诱）to “spill the beans”, even if we regret it later.

According to the professor, Asim Shah, keeping a secret may well “become a burden”. This is because people often have an “eager and anxious urge（冲动）to share it with someone”. An earlier study, led by Anita, a scientist at the University of Notre Dame, US, suggested that keeping a secret could cause stress. People entrusted（托付）with secrets can suffer from depression, anxiety, and body aches, reported the Daily Mail.

Secrets are so often getting out. Why do people share them at all? Shah explained that people often feel that it will help them keep a person as a friend. Another reason people share secrets is guilt over keeping it from someone close to them. A sense of distrust can develop when people who are close do not share it with each other. “Keeping or sharing secrets often puts people in a position of either gaining or losing the trust of someone, ”according to Shah.

He added that talkative people could let secrets slip out. But this doesn’t mean that it is a good idea only to share secrets with quiet people. A quiet person may be someone who keeps everything inside. To tell such a person a secret may cause them stress, and make them talk about the secret.

Shah said that to judge whether to tell someone a secret, you’d better put yourself in their position, Think about how you would feel to be told that you mustn’t give the information away. Shah also recommended that if you accidentally give up someone’s secret you should come clean about it. Let the person know that their secret isn’t so secret anymore.

1. Why does the author say keeping a secret may “become a burden”?

A．Because people are born not to be able to keep secrets.

B．Because when people have secrets, their bodies ache.

C．Because keeping secrets is certain to cause depression.

D．Because keeping secrets could probably be harmful to health.

2. How many reasons have been mentioned in Paragraph 3 why people tend to share secrets?

A．2.

B．3.

C．4.

D．5.

3. What does the underlined words “spill the beans” mean?

A．To fall by accident.	B．To let out secrets on purpose.
C．To spread secrets to everyone around.	D．To give away secrets unintentionally.

4. What can we learn from the passage?

A．Quiet people are more likely to keep the secrets to themselves.

B．Sharing secrets helps establish friendship or get over the, sense of guilt.

C．Putting yourself in others’ shoes helps realize the importance of keeping secrets.

D．A person who is asked to keep a secret will suffer from psychological problems only.