1 . A man recently helped a woman, who had been knocked down by a car in Taizhou, Jiangu province, reach a hospital. But before doing so, he took a photograph of the scene with the woman to avoid being charged with knocking her down. Several similar cases were reported across the country during the Spring Festival, leaving people with mixed feelings, says Cao Pengcheng in an article in People's Daily.
Altruism(利他主义) is part of Chinese culture, and there is no lack of good Samaritans(乐善好施者) in the country. But recently, says Cao, some good Samaritans were blackmailed by the people who they helped. It made altruism a tough issue.
Cao says that it is a good thing for people to become more business-minded.but it is one thing to do as cost-benefit analysis (分析) in business, and quite another to measure whether a person in need is worth helping. I people always make such materialistic calculation(物质计算),they will further lower social and moral (道德) standards.
Fortunately,says Cao,there are still people like the man in Taizhou who deepen our belief in altruism and kindheartedness by continuing to help others, despite knowing that the existing system and rules in the county do not offer enough protection for good Samaritans.
1. What did the man do in Taizhou?A.He charged the woman with knocking him down. |
B.He helped the woman knocked down by a bicycle. |
C.He sent the woman knocked down by him to a hospital. |
D.He took a photo of the scene before helping the woman. |
A.Appreciated. | B.Threatened. | C.Killed. | D.Helped. |
A.will lower social and moral standards |
B.is bad for doing business with others |
C.is good for helping a person in need |
D.will slow down people's business mind |
A.To Help or Not to Help | B.Traditional Chinese Culture |
C.A Bad Traffic Accident | D.How to Do Good Business |
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3 . Acupuncture (针灸) is a traditional Chinese medical practice of treating various physical and mental (心理的) conditions. It won respect and interest in the United States after New York Times reporter James Reston visited China with President Nixon and needed an operation. Chinese doctors used acupuncture on James after surgery (外科手术) to reduce his pain, and his recovery was quick. Curious about this, James was allowed to watch surgery on patients who received acupuncture for anesthesia (麻醉). Patients talked with their doctors during the operation and then walked back to their rooms on their own.
The effectiveness of acupuncture left James such a deep impression that he wrote a front- page article in New York Times about his operation upon returning to the United States. “A leading medical expert sent by Premier Chou En-lai removed my appendix (阑尾). I was awake in the whole process. ”
The National Institutes of Health began to organize some of their top doctors to visit China to investigate acupuncture and its possible functions in western medicine. With years going by, acupuncture has become popular across the world with magical effect.
1. What’s the main idea of this text?A.The features of acupuncture. | B.The development of acupuncture. |
C.The functions of acupuncture. | D.The spreading of acupuncture. |
A.It is a traditional Chinese medical practice. |
B.It treats physical and mental conditions. |
C.It is a kind surgery to reduce pain. |
D.It is popular for its magical effect. |
A.He wasn’t awake during the operation. |
B.He received acupuncture for anesthesia. |
C.He was then President of the United States. |
D.He introduced acupuncture in New York Times. |
A.Spread. | B.Study. | C.Introduce. | D.Develop. |
4 . The Internet is an amazing tool, especially for children who want to learn. But it also has dark side. Parents have to ask themselves, “When is the right time to let my child go online?”
This is a much bigger problem than it used to be. Now we live in a time when a family could have more than one computer. It is common for children to have their own computers or laptops. Some also have phones and tablets (平板电脑).
Parents do have difficulty in acting correctly. On the one hand, it would be foolish to keep children from the Internet as they can learn a lot from it. But on the other hand, parents shouldn’t let children do whatever they like on the Internet. The problem is that everybody is busy nowadays, and this is certainly true for parents. How many parents have the time to sit don with their kids when they do their homework online? Some do, but more are just not able to.
So at what age should children be allowed to use the Internet? According to a survey, the average age when parents allow their children to go online independently is about eight years old.
As a nonparent (无子女者),I do find it hard to agree. I always believe that education is the key to success. However, I think children as young as eight may face a lot of dangers when they use the Internet without parents being around. So I think schools and parents have the responsibility to teach children not only how to use the Internet, but also how to do it safely.
1. What does the author want to tell in paragraph 2?A.It is very easy for children to use the Internet. |
B.Parents spend more time online than their kids. |
C.Computers or laptops aren’t common at home. |
D.Parents don’t care about their kids going online. |
A.They have a lot of time to look after their kids. |
B.They have no trouble in acting in a correct way. |
C.They are unwilling to help their kids with homework. |
D.They can’t stay with them when their kids study online. |
A.parents should keep their kids away from the Internet |
B.kids will not face dangers when they use the Internet |
C.it’s unnecessary to cut out harmful information online |
D.kids should be taught to use the Internet in a proper way |
A.Reasons for Children to Use the Internet |
B.The Age for Children to Use the Internet |
C.The Effects of Children’s Using the Internet |
D.Ways to Keep Children Away from the Internet |
5 . According to the World Food Program, one third of the food of the world is lost or wasted. It’s up to some 1.3 billion tons every year, worth about $1 trillion. Moreover, a report in 2021 Sugests that 8 to10 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions (排放) are associated with wasting food.
“For our parents and the older generations,‘clearing your plate’ is more about saving some food for a rainy day.”Liu Jichen, founder and CEO of Clear Plate, an anti-food wasting program, told us.
The idea for Clear Plate came to Liu after one dinner at a restaurant in late 2017. The customers who finished all the food they’d ordered would be given a card, and then they could exchange their cards for rewards. “Yet it was limited to one restaurant’s actions, so I thought, why not try it on a larger scale (规模)? And how?” Liu wondered. And then he teamed up with some of his friends,founded a startup and developed the Clear Plate applet.
“The Clear Plate team is trying to deal with the issue (问题) of food waste. After a meal, users of WeChat take photos of their clean plates, post these on WeChat, collect points, and then exchange their points for gifts or charity donations,” Liu explained.
Starting in 2018, Clear Plate has now more than 4.3 million users with about 45 million participations in anti-food wasting actions, reducing food waste by 1,700 tons and carbon emissions by 6,600 tons. Liu’s determination represents a small change of the Chinese lifestyle and more people are turning toward a healthier, greener and more low-carbon lifestyle.
1. How much food of the world is wasted every year according to the World Food Program?A.About 1 billion tons. | B.About 1.3 billion tons. |
C.About 8 billion tons. | D.About 10 billion tons. |
A.A plate. | B.A point. | C.A photo. | D.A card. |
A.In 2016. | B.In 2017. | C.In 2018. | D.In 2021. |
A.The program Clear Plate. |
B.The World Food Program. |
C.The world food wasting. |
D.An introduction to WeChat. |
6 . Modern inventions have greatly increased people’s love of speed. Motor cars cover a hundred miles in a little more than one hour, aircraft cross the world within a day, while computers operate at lightning speed. Indeed, this love of speed seems never-ending. Every year we produce motor cars which go even faster and each new computer is said to save precious seconds in handling tasks.
All this saves time, but at a price. When we lose or gain half a day in speeding across the world in an airplane, our bodies tell us so. We get the uncomfortable feeling known as jet lag (时差反应): our bodies feel that they have been left behind in another time zone. Again, spending too much time in front of computers results in eye pain or finger pain. Mobile phones also have their dangers, according to some scientists. Too much use may do harm to our brains, a bad result we do not like to think about.
What do we do with the time we have saved then? Certainly not relax. We are so used to constant (连续不断的) activities that we find it difficult to sit and do nothing or even just one thing at a time. Perhaps the days are long gone when we might listen quietly to a story on the radio, letting imagination take us into another world.
Modern inventions have brought us great benefits, but at the same time, we have lost a lot of fun as human beings. There was a time when some people’s lives were devoted simply to the farming of the land or the care of cattle. Their lives went on at a much slower speed, and in a familiar pattern. We might admire a way of life like this, yet such a lifestyle will be just a dream for us nowadays. Modern technology has changed everything.
1. The underlined word lightning in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ________.A.fast | B.unexpected | C.possible | D.exciting |
A.happiness | B.health | C.wealth | D.safety |
A.happier and more relaxing | B.faster and less enjoyable |
C.simpler and less comfortable | D.slower and healthier |
A.life in the future will be better | B.we should do more physical work |
C.we cannot enjoy modern life | D.our life cannot be what it used to be |
A.Business. | B.Education. | C.Sports. | D.Life. |
7 . In many families today, both the mother and the father have jobs outside the home. This can make it difficult to take care of the children. To help, some companies are changing the work rules. These companies are trying to be more family-friendly.
What are companies doing to become family-friendly? Many companies are allowing their employees (雇员) to work flexible (灵活的) hours. With flexible hours, people can work full time, but they don’t have to work to a nine-to-five schedule. Some employees choose to come early and leave early. Some employees choose to work ten hours one day and six hours the next. Most companies say that flexible hours increase productivity. In the United States, about one-third of full-time employees have flexible work schedules.
Family-friendly companies also allow two employees to share one job. Each employee does half the job and gets half the salary. In the United States, 27% of the companies offer some kind of job sharing.
Many family-friendly companies also give paid leave to both parents when a baby is born. In many countries, employers have to give female workers time off before and after the birth of a child. In the United States, for example, female employees get 12 weeks of unpaid time off. New mothers can stay at home, but they don t get their salary. In some countries, employers have to give all workers paid leave for the birth of their child. In Finland, for example, both male and female employees get paid leave. Women get 105 days of paid leave and men get 42.
The way people work is changing. For many people, that is a good thing.
1. Some companies make some changes in their work rules to ________.A.enable parents to take care of their children |
B.give parents more time to relax |
C.provide parents with more job opportunities |
D.allow parents to work at home |
A.can arrange their work time themselves | B.can work with their babies around |
C.must work from nine to five | D.must share jobs with others |
A.Employers become busier with flexible hours. |
B.Employers have enough time to look after their children. |
C.Employees can get job-sharing opportunities in some American companies. |
D.Employees can have three months’ paid leave in some American companies. |
A.they have physical problems | B.they have a new baby |
C.they do a good job | D.they do extra work |
A.companies’ work rules about getting leave |
B.ways of job sharing in some companies |
C.job opportunities for female employees |
D.some companies’ family-friendly rules |
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9 . Farmers in India's northern state of Himachal Pradesh are now growing herbs(草药) instead of traditional crops such as rice, wheat and corn. They are trying to save their farms from monkeys eating their crops.
For years, farmers have fought a losing battle with increasing number of monkeys. The animals invade farms in several northern Indian states, searching for food and destroying crops worth millions of dollars. Many have given up on farming because of the monkey problem. Officials estimate that 40 percent of the farmland in the area is unplanted.
Agriculture experts say switching to herbs will protect farmers’ crops and bring higher profits. Monkeys do not attack herbs with medicinal properties. Farmers can make more money as demand for herbsboostsfrom Indian companies making medicinal and personal care products. India's herbal product industry is worth $4 billion and growing quickly. Some farmers have already started planting herbs with help from the medicinal plants board.
Experts have listed about 100 herbs that can be grown on the empty farmland where villagers stopped growing crops. So far, nearly 4,000 farmers have switched to growing herbs in seven North Indian states. In Himachal Pradesh, the number is 300.
An expert says the most successful farmers have strong business sense and are willing to innovate. His organization also links farmers in distant villages with possible buyers to make sure they can market their crops.
Monkeys are also becoming problems in cities, including India's capital New Delhi. They are famous for stealing food and even mobile phones.
In December, experts gave lawmakers advice on dealing with monkeys often seen around parliament (议会) . The experts advised leaving the animals alone and not making eye contact. The monkey population has increased since India banned their export for biomedical research in 1978. But many in Hindu-majority India respect and feed the animals. They link the monkeys to the Hindu god Hanuman, who takes the form of a monkey.
1. What results from the growing number of monkeys?A.The price of crops increases. |
B.More traditional crops are grown. |
C.Quite a few farms are not grown. |
D.Farmers are easy to suffer from attack. |
A.Lacks. |
B.Changes. |
C.Reduces. |
D.Increases. |
A.Leave them alone. |
B.Cover their eyes. |
C.Avoid feeding them. |
D.Comforting them. |
A.Farmers Switch to Herbs to Stop Monkeys |
B.Effective Measures to Deal with Monkeys |
C.Battle Between Farmers and Monkeys |
D.Ways to Avoid Being Attacked by Monkeys |
10 . We all know it isn't healthy to stay up late but many people still cannot get enough sleep, especially the young. Over 60 percent of Chinese youths aged 6 to 17 sleep less than eight hours a day, according to a report showed by the Chinese Sleep Research Society (CSRS) on March 17. Among 13- to 17-year-olds, the figure is more than 81 percent.
The study covered nearly 70,000 children and tens aged 6 to 17 across the Chinese mainland,Hong Kong,Macao and Taiwan. According to the study,too much homework is a major cause for a lack of sleep among young people. Another major cause is the frequent use of electronic devices(设备),such as phones.
Primary school student Li Li said she goes to bed each day around midnight after finishing her homework and playing mobile games for a few hours.
Lack (缺乏)of sleep among children and teenagers has raised concern. “It can lead to weakened immunity(免疫力) ,and memory,and can also influence physical growth, ”Wang Zan, a member of the CSRS, told People’s Daily.
To reduce students’ homework, the Ministry of Education suggested that junior high students should spend no more than 90 minutes on homework and senior high students must do their homework in a proper time limit.
1. ______ of 13-to 17-year-olds could sleep less than eight hours a day.A.Over 6 percent | B.Over 60 percent |
C.Over 81 percent | D.Over 90 percent |
A.serious sleeping problems | B.a great deal of housework |
C.too many after-school activities | D.much use of electronic devices |
A.Growth problems. | B.Poor memory. |
C.Impolite behavior. | D.Weak immunity. |
A.Needed: More Time in Bed! | B.Say Goodbye to Mobile Game! |
C.Keep Away from Your TV! | D.Needed: Fewer Morning Classes! |