1 . There is such a group of singers in the western musical circle at present, who enter the business as online celebrities (名人)and then become top idols and giant stars globally. They become popular for their videos online and then they are discovered by talent agents and gradually cause huge storms in the musical circle. Troye Sivan, a singer who is nicknamed “chuoye”, became popular on YouTube from an early age.
As a popular video sharing website, YouTube has given rise to plenty of stars, creating a new celebrity culture. Providing a platform where anyone can post videos, YouTube presents the opportunity for anyone to achieve fame by simply uploading a short video. Sivan has been making YouTube videos since he was 12 to show his singing talent. In the digital age, Sivan has already developed large devoted audience online and his touching video blogs have earned him extreme popularity.
A survey has showed that US teenagers are more attracted to YouTube stars, which is a surprising result. YouTube stars are judged to be more attractive, outstanding and related than traditional stars. Looking at the survey comments and feedback, teens enjoy a close and real experience with YouTube celebrities, who aren't carefully directed by design. Teens also say they appreciate YouTube stars, sense of humor and risk-taking spirit, which are often limited by Hollywood stars. As a result, singers who make their first show in the traditional way no longer have a complete advantage in front of the audience. Online platforms open up a lot of doors for people. They become the best place to be discovered.
1. Why is Troye Sivan mentioned in Paragraph 1?| A．To give an example for the topic. |
| B．To uncover the secret of success online. |
| C．To add more background information. |
| D．To introduce the topic of the passage. |
| A．Learning to sing at an early age. |
| B．Developing lots of fans online. |
| C．Sharing his family stories online. |
| D．Starting a different music style. |
| A．They are more firmly connected with teens. |
| B．They are more hardworking than traditional stars. |
| C．They are often carefully designed. |
| D．They are discovered in a traditional way. |
| A．Worried. | B．Regretful. | C．Supportive. | D．Doubtful. |
2 . We often hear "Honesty is the best policy, and no one likes to be called a liar. But is dishonesty always wrong? Not necessarily.
According to psychologists, there are two types of lies: lies that help your relationships and the people around you are called pro-social lies; and lies that hurt them are called antisocial lies.
How often have you clicked "Like" on Moment Wechat, not because you actually like what your friends posted, but because you want to show your support? This white lie is an example of a pro-social lie. But when people tell lies on social networks to make their own lives seem more exciting, or to make others jealous, this is antisocial lying.
Workplace lies range from harmless lies to destructive untruthful statement. An example of a pro-social workplace lie is complimenting someone on their presentation—even though it was only average—because you know they were nervous beforehand. In this case your intention is simply to protect your colleague’s feelings. However, people sometimes tell bigger lies at work for the purpose of avoiding blame or to stay on the boss’s good side. These are antisocial lies. It's antisocial because your boss is likely to discover the truth and as a result, will probably stop trusting you.
Lying is also a significant part of the natural world. So it’s little wonder we resort to it almost reflexively. Human babies sometimes pretend to cry, check to see if anyone is listening, and then start crying again. By the age of five, children learn to say things that are completely untrue, and most nine-year-olds have mastered keeping secrets to protect themselves.
Lying can be incredibly harmful to our relationships and to the people around us. But that’s only true for antisocial lies. Pro-social lies have the opposite effect — they can actually help us.
1. What may help us tell a pro-social lie from an antisocial lie?| A．The purpose it serves. | B．The way it is told. |
| C．The occasion where it is told. | D．The people it is told to. |
| A．To keep a positive relationship. | B．To make our boss feel better. |
| C．To ease his/her nervousness. | D．To avoid hurting his/her feelings. |
| A．Admit to. | B．Turn to. | C．Show respect to. | D．Look forward to. |
| A．We usually tell pro-social lies to protect our own feelings. |
| B．Lying always hurts both the liar and the person being lied to. |
| C．Lying on social media is pro-social, but face-to-face lying isn’t. |
| D．Sometimes, making people feel good outweighs telling the absolute truth. |
| A．Lies that harm us. | B．Lying is a second nature. |
| C．Lies that we need to tell. | D．Honesty is the best policy. |
| A. troubled B. adult C. sharing D. expert E. accepted F. solution G. hints H. inspired I. prevent J. curious K. determined L. encourages |
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But I'm learning very slowly that talking at is not the same as talking with. I’ve decided to become a better parent by being a better listener. It’s not an easy task, but I am
4 . Road traffic crashes kill 1.25 million people each year worldwide. The statistics are part of the “Global Status Report on Road Safety 2015”. The report surveyed 180 countries, and it shows the number of annual deaths from traffic crashes is stabilizing（稳定）.And that is good news as the number of motor vehicles grow worldwide. But the data also show that road crashes are the NO.1cause of death among young people aged 15 to 29. Young adults around the world are the worst driving risks. Even in the U.S..drivers aged 15 to 24. account for about 30 percent of all driving-elated accidents .But the World Health Organization(WHO) says they are preventable.
The WHO report also finds a big gap in road safety and deaths between poor and rich countries Poor countries have only 54 percent of the world’s vehicles. But those countries have some of the worst safety statistics in the report. “Africa has only two percent of the world’s vehicles, but has the highest death rate on the road,” says Etienne Krug. The head of the WHO Department of Non-communicable Diseases. Sweden, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom are leaders in preventing traffic deaths.
Stronger road safety laws and stricter vehicle safety requirements in developing countries would prevent many accidents .Laws can quickly influence driving behavior. In only three years. 17 countries became safer by putting tougher road safety laws into effect. Some of those laws include banning drunk driving ,requiring cyclists and motorcycle drivers to wear helmets and making safety belts mandatory（强制性的）in all vehicles. Good injury care after a crash can cut the number of deaths from road injuries in half. Of course, there are also many other ways to make roads safer.
1. What does the underlined word “they” in Paragraph 1 refer to?| A．Motor vehicles | B．The statistics |
| C．Traffic crashes | D．Young drivers |
| A．People in developed countries are very skilled at driving. |
| B．Africa has to take some measures to prevent traffic deaths. |
| C．The Netherlands has done the best in avoiding traffic accidents. |
| D．Poor countries need to buy fewer cars to reduce traffic accidents. |
| A．Suggestions on good injury care. |
| B．More ways to make roads safer. |
| C．The number of deaths from accidents. |
| D．Other road safety laws in poor countries. |
| A．The danger of driving alone. |
| B．The ways to avoid road accidents. |
| C．The No.1 killer among the youth. |
| D．The importance of helmets in driving cars. |
5 . An ordinary trip turned dramatic for 18-year-old Justin Gavin, and extremely fortunate for a young family. Walking down the street, he saw something that made him
Drivers were honking (按喇叭) and getting out of their cars to get the
By this time, the Police Department had already received several calls about a car on fire with a woman
He chased the car down the street to help the family
Gavin finally reached the car
Gavin said, “It’s kind of
| A．greet | B．wait | C．stop | D．exercise |
| A．covered | B．raised | C．destroyed | D．dropped |
| A．partly | B．nearly | C．extremely | D．particularly |
| A．comment | B．admiration | C．attention | D．identity |
| A．amazing | B．obvious | C．likely | D．necessary |
| A．flooded | B．packed | C．trapped | D．hidden |
| A．action | B．power | C．debate | D．conversation |
| A．suffer | B．differ | C．separate | D．escape |
| A．since | B．when | C．while | D．until |
| A．side | B．seat | C．shelter | D．direction |
| A．dying | B．leading | C．growing | D．rolling |
| A．car | B．mother | C．children | D．site |
| A．cool | B．light | C．tight | D．frightening |
| A．in time | B．for free | C．with care | D．on purpose |
| A．driver | B．teen | C．policeman | D．firefighter |
6 . On the way home from his job at a cake shop on one August evening, Craig Schum stopped his car at the East Hampton Airport for a break. He got out of the car and kicked off his shoes to relax.
Within seconds, though, Schum saw something shocking: A small plane dived and crashed into the woods at about 100 yards from the run-way. “I don’t remember making the decision that I should go help out,” he says. “I just started running.” Schum rushed across the street barefoot before taking off his apron (围裙). Then he climbed over a six-foot-high fence and ran toward the woods.
When he got there, he discovered the pilot, Stephen Bochter－his head was covered in blood－beside the burning plane. Brochter’s only passenger, his wife, Kim Brillo, was on the ground, unable to move. “She had blood all over her,” says Schum. “I thought she was dead.”
Without a second thought, Schum struggled to lift the fence and brought Brochter and Brillo out from under it. There was only one thought in Schum’s mind that he must bring the couple to safety as quickly as possible. Moments later, the entire plane exploded (爆炸). After the ambulance arrived, Bochter and Brillo were taken to a nearby hospital and treated for injuries.
Brochter, an experienced pilot, later said that the plane’s electrical system had failed shortly after take-off. He had been trying to land at the East Hampton Airport when the plane began to fall. He managed to level the wings before crashing into the woods. “Everything was on fire, and Schum came out of nowhere to save us,” says Bochter. “We are extremely lucky to have lived through it because of him.”
1. What did Schum do upon seeing the plane crash?| A．He called the police at once. | B．He decided to pull over. |
| C．He rushed to rescue without thinking. | D．He got back to put on his shoes. |
| A．How Schum got to the crash site. | B．How terrible the crash was. |
| C．How Schum helped with the crash. | D．How the injured were treated. |
| A．The crash of the plane was no surprise. |
| B．Schum came to help at Brochter’s request. |
| C．The plane broke down near its destination. |
| D．Brochter appreciated Schum’s timely help. |
| A．An Angel in an Apron | B．An Experienced Pilot |
| C．A Terrible Plane Crash | D．A Couple in Love |
7 . If you visit Rwanda’s capital city of Kigali, you’ll see how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the city. There are dozens of hand-washing basins at the city’s bus stations that allow passengers to wash their hands before getting on the bus. Layla Mc Cay, director of the Centre for Urban Design and Mental Health in the AUAS? told the BBC, “If everyone was washing their hands actively, we would see a reduction in all types of infection.”
In fact, every time there is a serious disease outbreak somewhere in the world, city planners come up with new ideas to fight it. Pandemics have been shaping our cities for a long time.
In 1854, for example, a cholera (霍乱) outbreak in London, UK led to the design of modern sewers (下水道).At that time, Londoners’ drinking water came from groundwater. It was heavily polluted by wastewater. The sewer system separated the wastewater from the groundwater. This stopped the spread of cholera.“By sewering certain towns in England, the death rate from lung diseases alone was reduced by 50 percent,” George Pierson wrote in his book The Separate System of Sewerage.
In New York,US,tuberculosis(肺结核)killed many people in the early 1900s. One reason was the overcrowded conditions in apartment buildings. Eventually the New York government made laws that required all apartments to have air shafts, windows, running water and indoor toilets.
During this year’s pandemic, Mayor of Paris Anne Hidaogo introduced the idea of decentralizing the city——every neighborhood should have a mix of stores, homes, offices, and other important buildings. Every basic need should be just a 15-minute walk away. This would reduce crowding on public transportation and prevent the spread of disease.
1. What can we know about Kigali, according to the paragraph 1?| A．Layla Me Cay takes charge of the city. |
| B．Passengers can’t board the bus without washing hands. |
| C．You can only find dozens of hand-washing basins in public places. |
| D．The government provides facilities to reduce the risk of infection. |
| A．Allowing the city more focused. | B．Making the city more attractive. |
| C．Dividing the city into several parts. | D．Having the city less central. |
| A．By listing examples. | B．By giving comments. |
| C．By making comparison. | D．By following the order of time. |
| A．Keeping our cities beautiful. | B．Pandemic changes city design. |
| C．Several severe diseases in history. | D．How COVID-19 changed our life. |
8 . My wife has watched me write, blog and make speeches for a few years now. I’ve encouraged her to do her own video blog (vlog), too, because she is always watching them, but she hasn’t been interested in the spotlight.
Now that enough time has passed, she is ready to go for it! Angelika is a great cook, so she is going to do a cooking show. I am just thrilled that she has found a passion to pursue in a way that works for her.
I’m smart enough to step back and let her go at her own pace. I know that being there for emotional support or however she needs me is important. Now that my wife will have a studio worthy of her talents and personality, she will only make the kitchen look better.
Part of me hopes that I will spend the rest of my life watching and tasting her creations. When you start to express your creative drive, it can be a wonderful ride. When the love of your life takes the ride with you, and starts to drive, it’s pretty cool way to travel through life.
I am at my best when being creative, whether in front of a keyboard or a live audience. I have always encouraged creative answers to life. There is always more than one right way to do something.
Yes, public attention in our social media world has become a marker of success, but it means more when you are sending a positive message. Helping people enjoy their lives a little more is a big deal.
This project will not just make her happy but make us closer. I am aware that this is her project, not mine. I will answer any questions she asks but be careful about offering unwanted advice. What she doesn't know she will learn. You never want to take that process away from anyone.
1. Why didn’t Angelika try vlogging before?| A．She was too busy to do it. | B．She had no such talent or skill. |
| C．She lacked self-confidence. | D．She didn’t enjoy being on camera. |
| A．Worried. | B．Doubtful. | C．Supportive. | D．Unconcerned. |
| A．Delivering positive messages with creativity. |
| B．Showing how successful you are. |
| C．Experiencing the ups and downs it brings. |
| D．Interacting with a live audience. |
| A．He will prepare ingredients. | B．He will provide emotional support. |
| C．He will offer comments. | D．He will guide her every step. |
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10 . Instead of going on a trip or buying herself new clothes:Xiao Tong from Wuhan, Hubei province,chose to celebrate her senior high school graduation in a different way. She went to a beauty clinic to have plastic surgery on her nose."I want to make a good impression and start my university life with a brand-new look,"the 18-year-old told Changjiang Daily.
Like Xiao Tong,many young Chinese are anxious about their looks, and more and more subject themselves to plastic surgery.Young people do it for different reasons,and improving self-confidence is one of them.
Wang Fang,18,from Beijing, felt that her eyes were too small. In 2019,after she got in university,Wang had a minor operation done on her eyelids."Before I had the surgery, I had a negative view of myself.Therefore,I had no confidence,"Wang told Beijing Youth Daily.
But Jiang Wenxiu of the Department of Psychiatry, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University in Jiangsu,advised that people should think twice before going under the knife. ＂Medical beauty apps only show how great plastic surgery can be,"Jiang told China Daily. ＂They leave out all the negative things."
Today beauty clinics are well aware that these young students are mostly short of money,so they use summer discounts, installment plans and other ways to attract their attention.
Xiao Zhen,17,from Chengdu,Sichuan province,is one of the victims. She took out a loan(贷款） of about 20,000 yuan to get plastic surgery.But the large sum of money became a big burden. She had to drop out of school and go to work to pay off the loan.
Besides the financial burden, potential health risks of plastic surgery also need to be considered.
＂If you have big problems with your look, you should wait until you are a full adult, and then decide if you want to do something about it,"Jiang said."Then,with a stable(稳定的）mind,you can consider inner and outer beauty,and whether plastic surgery is for you.”
1. Why does the author mention Xiao Tong in the first paragraph?| A．To explain what plastic surgery is. |
| B．To praise her bravery to live a different life. |
| C．To show the popularity of plastic surgery. |
| D．To introduce a new way to start university. |
| A．Freedom. | B．Education. | C．Health. | D．Confidence. |
| A．Admiring. | B．Worried. | C．Cautious(谨慎的） | D．Satisfied. |
| A．Popular plastic surgery. |
| B．Never take plastic surgery. |
| C．What makes plastic surgery popular? |
| D．Show your confidence in plastic surgery. |
