1 . Searches on Google, finding friends through Facebook and being able to buy simply anything on Amazon have all been made possible thanks to major leaps forward in technology over the past 15 years.
However, that comes at a price. As our lives are gradually automated, many people are losing their jobs. And advancing technology has not delivered jobs as it should. At the end of 2015 a total of 74, 505 employees were working for Google's Alphabet and Facebook, accounting for less than a third of Microsoft's total staff. However, the combined stock-market value of these companies was twice as big as Microsoft's. Newcomer tech giants in the market are in need of even fewer workers. In 2016, semiconductor manufacturers slashed their number of workers by half to just 359,000.
Despite major concerns about the future of jobs and the economy in general, 140 years of data has shown technology as a whole has actually brought to life more jobs than it has ended. Technology has been described as a “great job-creating machine”. For instance, while roles in the agriculture, washers, and examples of repetitive services, have decreased, there has been a rise in caring posts, such as teaching, educational support assistants; welfare, housing, youth and community workers; and care workers and home caring.
The aging battle between man and machine will continue as it has for centuries. The question is “Are machines taking over our jobs, or is our workload being eased by their presence?” This will be an ongoing debate especially with the current rise in machine learning technology and artificial intelligence.
1. What does the underlined word “slashed” in Paragraph 2 mean?| A．Cut. | B．Increased. | C．Counted. | D．Predicted. |
| A．Introduce a view. | B．Prove a theory. | C．State the opposite. | D．Draw a conclusion. |
| A．Farmers. | B．Washers. | C．Miners. | D．Teachers. |
| A．Is technology leading us nowhere? | B．Is technological progress real progress? |
| C．Does technology destroy or create jobs? | D．Does technology bring convenience to humans? |
| 大多数学生的观点 | 部分老师及家长的观点 |
| 1.便于和父母及朋友联系 2. 增加乐趣， 丰富学生的生活 | 1.分散注意力， 不能集中精力学习 2. 花费高 |
| 你的观点…… | |
1. in favour of
2.keep in touch
3. concentrate on
4.spend too much money on ...
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2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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3 . Volunteering jobs from 4 organizations
Ageing Well
The aim of this organization is to improve the health of older people by encouraging and supporting them to be more active—particularly those who join little or no physical activity. Ageing Well is looking for enthusiastic volunteers to come forward with new ideas for activities of the program.
Availability:from Monday to Friday/Morning or Afternoon
Minimum（最低的)age:50
G64 COVID Help
During the COVID-19 pandemic(流行病), the role of volunteers within our community has never been more important. These job chances include helping with shopping,driving and check-in calls for those who can't leave their houses.There are also many other activities you can get involved in to help make a difference in your local community. In addition,personal protective equipment will be supplied.
Availability:from Monday to Saturday/Morning or Afternoon
Minimum age:16
Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland
Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland（CHSS)supports people across Scotland with heart or brain conditions. When knowing such diseases, many people experience fear and loneliness and struggle with the influence on their lives. CHSS helps deal with that. The care and support they deliver every day make sure that people can live the life they want.
Availability:from Monday to Friday/Morning or Afternoon
Minimum age:16
Give Blood 4 Good
Give Blood 4 Good is looking for students at the University of Edinburgh to raise awareness of blood donation（献血)in Scotland. We also focus on educating young people （aged17-24) about blood donation because the regular donation is the lowest among this age group in Scotland. We want to raise awareness and educate people about blood donation.
Availability:from Monday to Sunday（24 hours day/night)
Minimum age:17
1. Which volunteer below may Ageing Well prefer?| A．The volunteer who has higher education back grounds. |
| B．The volunteer who is able to work at weekends. |
| C．The volunteer who is sociable and creative. |
| D．The volunteer who can speak at least one foreign language. |
| A．By taking care of hard-working volunteers. |
| B．By helping treat some deadly diseases. |
| C．By reducing patients' mental stress. |
| D．By teaching people how to fight against pandemics. |
| A．Give Blood 4 Good | B．G64 COVID Help. |
| C．Ageing Well | D．Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland. |
4 . The Internet plays a big part in human life. We use it for work and pleasure. We use it to learn a new language. We find advice on it. We use it to keep in touch with events we care about. The list goes on and on.
As far as the Internet being a part of our lives--well, that train has left the station. There is no going back to an Internet-free life. But can using the Internet too much be bad for our health? It might be, say researchers. A new study finds that heavy Internet use may be connected to high blood pressure（高血压） in a group---teenagers.
The study results show that teens who spend at least 14 hours a week only online may cause high blood pressure, which makes your heart and blood vessels( 血管) work too hard. Over time, this extra strain (压力) increases their risk of a heart attack. High blood pressure can also cause other diseases.
The Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan did the study. 335 young people, from 14 to 17 years old, took part in it. 134 of the teens were described as “heavy Internet users”. And researchers found that out of these 134 teens, 26 had high blood pressure. The researchers say the study is the first to connect heavy web use with high blood pressure.
The lead researcher of the study is Andrea Cassidy-Bushrow. She said, “Using the Internet is part of our daily life but it shouldn’t ruin us.” Ms. Gassidy-Bushrow adds that it is important for teens to have a rest regularly from their computers or smart phones and do some kind of physical activity. She also suggests that parents shouldn’t let their children use the Internet for more than two hours a day, five days a week.
1. What does the underlined part “that train has left the station” mean in Paragraph 2?| A．The train has stopped at the wrong station. |
| B．There is something wrong with the station. |
| C．Life without the Internet is nowhere to be found. |
| D．The train has changed its course. |
| A．Heavy Internet users might have high blood pressure. |
| B．There is no relation between high blood pressure and Internet use. |
| C．There are more advantages than disadvantages of Internet use. |
| D．High blood pressure will do harm to teens. |
| A．Teenagers shouldn’t use the Internet. |
| B．The Internet will ruin human life in the future. |
| C．Smart-phones are more harmful than computers. |
| D．Regular breaks are necessary when using the Internet. |
| A．How to prevent teenagers from the Internet |
| B．Teenagers should keep away from the Internet |
| C．Too much Internet use may be bad for teenagers |
| D．Every coin has two sides--So does the Internet |
5 . Earth Hour is organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature. It's a big event usually at the end of March every year. On this evening, people “go dark”.
It's true that turning off lights for just one hour saves only a small amount of power.
But on another level, a large number of people’s acting together sends a powerful message to governments and companies.
The logo(标识) of Earth Hour is “60+” .The number 60 is for the 60 minutes of Earth Hour.
| A．But this is only the beginning. |
| B．Earth Hour represents every hour of every day. |
| C．After all, everyone has to answer for what they have done. |
| D．Besides turning off the lights, people get involved in other events. |
| E．It pushes them to take urgent measures by making changes to policies. |
| F．That is, they switch off all unnecessary lights at the same time for one hour. |
| G．The plus invites people to continue their action even after Earth Hour is finished. |
6 . 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. |
| A．Because it's newly launched. | B．Because it contains more vegetables. |
| C．Because it's traditional. | D．Because it's tasty and healthy. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
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8 . We’ve all heard the dangers of helicopter parenting. Remaining too involved in a kid's life, especially throughout college, can lead to depression, lack of self-reliance and some other mental problems.
This wisdom seems sound. But some academics and educators now say they see signs of a troubling resistance. The concern: that too much of warnings and horror stories — the cover of Julie Lythcott-Haims’ bestseller How to Raise an Adult instructs moms and dads to avoid “the overparenting trap” — is discouraging parents from getting involved at all.
“Yes, parents can be intruders（unpopular people）,” says Marjorie Savage, a researcher in the University of Minnesota. “At the same time, there are increasing examples of parents refusing to step up when students genuinely need their family.” At Hofstra University, for example, parents now ask embarrassedly about mental-health and campus-safety resources, as if bringing up those topics were forbidden, says Branka Kristic, who heads the family-outreach programs. And Savage recalls talking to a mom who kept quiet about her son’s signs of depression until right before he failed a semester. She did not want to “helicopter in”.
That means colleges, which have spent the past decade learning to cope with parents who get too involved, now have a different problem. In recent years, hundreds of colleges have either launched or increased their parent offices, which serve as one-stop shops for moms and dads looking to make complaints, report problems and generally stay in touch.
Much of this began, of course, because schools were forced to cope with a generation of students connected with their parents like never before. On average, they communicate 22.1 times per week, according to research from Barbara Hofer, a psychology professor at Middlebury College. That’s more than twice the rate of a decade ago, before almost every student had a smartphone.
With some moms and dads thinking twice of contacting the school in the first place, some programs are being used to encourage a more balanced approach, often through email and other social media. Hofstra’s Kristic advises parents to “be a guide, while granting that the student owns the journey”. That means asking questions, listening to answers, being patient and trusting kids to resolve their own problems. But if issues persist, or if a student is in serious mental or physical danger, it also means hopping in the chopper, at least for a little while.
1. In paragraph 3, parents of Hofstra University students are mentioned to __________.| A．show that parents have gone to the other extreme of overparenting |
| B．provide educators with a new understanding of overparenting |
| C．give a further example of supportive overparenting |
| D．place emphasis on the necessity of overparenting |
| A．having trust in kids | B．stepping in to solve kids’ problems |
| C．joining a family-outreach program | D．turning to social media for help |
| A．Mental-health and campus-safety resources are forbidden topics among parents. |
| B．How to Raise an Adult encourages parents to get engaged in family education. |
| C．Overparenting is no longer a problem because of students’ self-reliance. |
| D．There was less student-parent communication in the past than today. |
| A．Why Colleges Need Helicopter Parents |
| B．How to Improve Parent-school Relations |
| C．Why Overparenting Is in Question |
| D．How to Communicate More as Parents |
9 . Most Chinese diners pick up food from shared large plates with the same pair of chopsticks that they then use to eat, or serve others. Usually, the same pair of chopsticks is used in many ways again and again. But the government hopes to change people’s habits by pushing them to use a second pair of chopsticks — just for serving.
State news reporters are calling it a “dining table revolution.” Dr. Zhong Nanshan and Dr. Zhang Wenhong, outspoken infectious (感染的) disease experts who have become famous since the start of the outbreak, have voiced their support. Health organizations across the country are running advertisements like: “The distance between you and civilized dining is just one pair of serving chopsticks.”
Some restaurants and diners have heeded the call. They are offering lower prices to diners who use serving chopsticks. In the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou, more than 100 well-known restaurants have formed a “Serving Chopsticks Alliance”.
Still, opposition is strong. Many see sharing food with one’s own chopsticks as among the most authentic (纯正的) expressions of China’s group culture and focus on family, no less important than hugging is to Americans or the cheek (脸颊) kiss is to the French. Serving chopsticks are usually connected with formal settings, like dinner parties and meals with strangers.
By contrast, wheat-eating northerners, and especially the men, take pride in what Chinese call “eating big and drinking big”, without care for such small concerns as germs and bacteria (细菌). Never mind a small, recent experiment by government experts who found that the level of bacteria in dishes for which serving chopsticks were used was as little as 0.4 percent the level of dishes shared in the regular fashion.
1. Why does the government encourage people to change eating habits?| A．To improve restaurant service. | B．To avoid the risk of infection. |
| C．To shorten the distance between people. | D．To stop using chopsticks. |
| A．Made. | B．Answered. |
| C．Taken. | D．Missed. |
| A．Westerners show no concern about using chopsticks. |
| B．The experts became known for giving their support. |
| C．Serving chopsticks leads to lower bacteria level. |
| D．Northerners feel proud of eating with strangers. |
| A．A Call to Eat and Drink Less |
| B．A Dining Table Experiment |
| C．Dining Revolution — Share Your Food in Groups |
| D．Serving Chopsticks — Keep You Away from Disease |
Jan Tchamani, an English teacher, benefited a lot from the Internet during her unemployed period. Thanks to the Internet, she could explore what she was
