1 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Flash floods hit Longcaogou of Pengzhou, Southwest China’s Sichuan Province on Saturday. Seven people     1     (kill) and eight others slightly injured. Local authorities announced on Sunday, noting that some tourists     2     were camping in the dried-up river were trapped in the flood after failing     3     (escape) in time.

More than 500     4     (rescuer) are conducting a search of valleys and rivers to find lost tourists over the weekend, said local authorities, adding that at least 15 professional rescue teams,     5     (include) mountain rescue and diving rescue teams, are taking part in the rescue work. The rescue work at the scene     6     (draw)to a close.     7     Longcaogou was hit by floods in 2015 and 2017, it has not stopped tourists from visiting the area.

Meanwhile, Longcaogou has been     8     (wide) recommended on social media platforms     9     a “new Instagram-worthy location” and a “nice holiday resort.” Many bloggers posted pictures of the valley’s beautiful scenery and their trips on     10     lifestyle-sharing platforms with captions recommending that people go there.

2 . It is interesting to imagine how the school of the future will look like. I think it will be a happy place where children will be excitedly participating in learning activities which will benefit them greatly.    1    . But in many years or maybe even centuries, studying process at school will change completely.

In the future, the teaching buildings will be convenient and inviting. Shuttle buses will take the children from one building to another. There will be sky bridges connecting buildings, too. Not surprisingly in the future campus, students may not carry heavy schoolbags with them.    2    .

Traditional classes where a teacher sits at the table and shares his or her knowledge with the students will definitely change.    3    . Here teachers will be operators of the AI systems as well as assistants to the children. Children will be taught according to their own talent. No more exams.     4    . And there will be a chance to gain hands-on experience as students will go on field trips regularly.

    5    . Their daily performance will also be recorded in their own portfolios (学生档案袋). More relevantly, throughout their school days, their creativity plays a key role in shaping their future. With the combination of these, the school of the future will make sure that the students leave school with the necessary skills to fit the employment market and be good citizens of the country.

A．I am not saying that today’s school is absolutely bad.

B．Thus, there will be less stress for them to keep up with others.

C．Just a smart phone is enough.

D．All the classrooms will be equipped with AI technology.

E．So they will be studying in a healthy and clean environment.

F．All the changes will be helpful to both teachers and students.

G．Students’ development will include not only marks.

3 . One of the most powerful social desires expressed by teenagers is to be thought of as cool and popular by their peers(同龄人), which is quite natural.

Often, the terms “cool” and “popular” get used interchangeably as if they were just different labels for the same perception. On closer examination, however, it becomes clear that they are quite different and have a fairly complicated relationship with each other.

Let’s start by examining what popularity is all about. At first glance, popularity is easy to define and recognize: A popular person is an individual who is well-known, well-liked, and admired by others. However, the sources of the social power possessed by popular people can be quite different. Specifically, sociometric popularity (SP) primarily reflects “like ability” and it is linked with qualities such as being kind and trustworthy. However, peer-perceived popularity (PP) is based upon a judgment of how popular others think that person is among his or her peers. It reflects what we might call “status” and is often related with less desirable qualities such as being dominant, aggressive, or “stuck-up”.

So, popularity is a more complicated concept than it may seem. As complicated as popularity is, coolness is even more so.

Coolness is a broader category than popularity. One can be cool by having cool stuff, by doing cool stuff, or by just plain “being cool”. It is a combination of self presentation, fashion, and attitude. It’s push back against norms and authority that may label itself as not caring about traditional routes to success such as academic achievement and being “too cool for school”.

Hence, coolness and popularity represent two completely independent terms. The pursuit of being cool and popular will probably always be part of the human experience, especially among young people. In and of itself, this is neither good nor bad. But it may be useful to be aware of the differences in these qualities and be clear about exactly what it is that we are pursuing.

1. What is a common understanding of coolness and popularity?

A．They contradict each other.	B．They share a complex connection.
C．They are simply the same concept.	D．They can only be owned by the young.

2. Why does the author mention SP and PP in paragraph 3?

A．To make a proposal.	B．To illustrate a concept.
C．To classify popularity.	D．To list typical qualities.

3. Which can be regarded as being cool?

A．Following suit.	B．Prioritizing others.
C．Observing traditions.	D．Challenging authority.

4. What does the author think of the pursuit of coolness and popularity?

A．It’s unblamable.	B．It’s rewarding.
C．It’s undesirable.	D．It’s shameful.