1 . Many Chinese students think American students enjoy more freedom than them at school. But American schools also have their rules. If the students break the rules, they willget punishment, too. On the first day of a new term, 128 students of Morton High School were sent home for wearing the wrong clothes. There are altogether 1200 students in the school. Usually only 20 students break the school dress rule every day. So the headmaster Theresa Mayerik said it was the worst new term she had ever seen.

At Morton High School, students’ favorite clothing such as baggy (宽大的) trousers, low-necked shirts and tanktops (紧身短背心) are not allowed in classrooms. Some students think they have the right to choose what to wear. But the headmaster doesn’t think so. “I’d be supportive if half the school was sent home, because 99% will get the message that our school are for education.” “Freedom” does not mean “free of restrictions (约束)”. That is to say there is no total freedom in the world, no matter in the US or in China.

1. 128 students of Morton High School were sent home for _______.

A．not finishing their homework	B．being late for school
C．not wearing the right clothes	D．not listening to the teachers in class

2. Some students in Morton High School think that they have the right to ________.

A．decide when to go to school	B．go to school or not
C．eat and drink in class	D．choose what to wear

3. What does the underlined word “supportive” mean in Chinese?

A．高兴的

B．支持的

C．害怕的

D．反对的

4. What’s the writer’s attitude to the school dress rule?

A．Agree.

B．Disagree.

C．Not sure.

D．Unclear.

2 . 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。

The University of Cambridge    1    (use) scores on gaokao as part of its admission criteria for Chinese students for the last few years, according to its official Weibo account.

However, it does not admit students simply     2     (base) on their test scores. In addition to top scores on gaokao, Chinese    3     (apply) also need to meet English language requirements, participate in an interview    4     take a subject-specific written admission assessment.

Internet users have     5     (broad) welcomed the move,     6     (say) this is a blessing for Chinese students    7    want to enter the university, though the requirement     8    (set) high, reported China Daily.

Stephen Toope, vice-chancellor of the university, said the reason for accepting gaokao scores is that Cambridge wants as much information as possible to evaluate candidates who are possibly suitable    9    studying here.

“Global universities must seek connection, communication and collaboration if we wish to see changes that will make the world a better place for everyone,” he said in March during a visit to Peking University, “All the universities are now trying to seek an approach to    10     (provide) an equal environment for students from all over the world.”

4 . 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。

Billionaires Race to Space

In late July 2021, Jeff Bezos achieved an out-of-this-world ambition. The billionaire founder of Amazon     1     (fly) to the edge of space—62 miles (100 kilometers) above Earth’s surface—on a rocket designed by his company Blue Origin.

“Best day ever,” Bezos said over the radio to mission control after landing safely back on Earth,     2    others weren’t so impressed. They called the mission     3    huge waste of money. Bezos, they argued, should be spending his billions to improve things on Earth.

Bezos wasn’t the first billionaire to set his sights on space. Nor was he the first     4     (criticize) about wasting enormous personal wealth. A week     5    the Amazon founder made history, business owner Richard Branson did, too. Branson became the first person to fly to space on a rocket he helped fund,     6     (develop) by his company Virgin Galactic.

Critics say that the money     7     (go) toward commercial space travel would be better spent on     8    they see as more important pursuits. These include working to cure diseases, reducing poverty, and helping to solve the climate crisis. Besides, launching spacecrafts is harmful to the planet, critics declare. As naturalist Holly Haworth pointed out in Sierra magazine, “traveling in rockets is arguably the most carbon-emitting thing an individual can do.”

But supporters of commercial space travel argue that it does benefit humanity. Personal funds are put toward high-paying jobs and a new industry. That’s money they could have spent on new luxury cars or villas for     9    (they), supporters say. Plus, their companies are investing in new technologies     10     increase access to space and drive innovation in other areas as well.

5 . A new trend called “praise groups” or “in-need-of-praise” chat groups has become popular on Chinese social media. In Chinese culture, where modesty (谦逊) is valued, openly seeking and giving praise is uncommon. These chat groups provide a platform for people to receive compliments (赞扬) and encouragement, which are often lacking in their daily lives.

To join a praise group, users can pay a fee on e-commerce sites, starting at 50 yuan for five minutes of compliments. The group members will then show the person with praises and kind words. The compliments can be designed for a friend or loved one as well. Participants have found that being praised by strangers can help lift their spirits and improve their self-confidence.

For example, Meng Zha, a student at Shanghai’s Tongji University, tried the service and found it amusing and uplifting. She received compliments on her appearance and even quotes (引用) from popular songs. Ms Meng couldn’t help but laugh at the compliments and expressed her desire to post such high-quality praises in the future.

Praise groups have appeared as a way for people in China to seek and receive compliments and encouragement that may be lacking in their daily lives. It provides a positive and uplifting experience for participants, improving a sense of happiness and self-worth.

Those who support the groups, see them as an antidote to extremely bad moods (情绪) which are often associated with things happening on the Internet. “At first, the purpose of this group is to make us learn to praise others and accept others’ praises confidently. Here we can drop everything, and use our heart to praise and support others,” one member said. But the life journey is long and there are some unexpected situations that we can only count on ourselves to face when there is no one out there to offer help.

1. What is the purpose of praise groups?

A．To make praise popular.	B．To have everyone supported.
C．To share common interests.	D．To give people hope and happiness.

2. What can we learn about Meng Zha in paragraph 3?

A．She was not strong enough.	B．She was under working stress.
C．She was satisfied with the service.	D．She was a gifted singer in her area.

3. What does the underlined word “antidote” mean in the last paragraph?

A．A way of making new friends.	B．A kind of medicine.
C．A method of being confident.	D．The wisdom of solving problems.

4. What is the author's attitude to praise groups?

A．Objective.

B．Critical.

C．Supportive.

D．Unclear.

6 . In modern society there is a great deal of argument about competition. Some value it highly, believing that it is responsible for social progress and prosperity. Others say that competition is bad; that it sets one person against another; that it leads to unfriendly relationship between people.

I have taught many children who held the belief that their self-worth relied on how well they performed at tennis and other skills. For them, playing well and winning are often life-or-death matters. In their single-minded pursuit (追求) of success, the development of many other human qualities is sadly forgotten.

However, while some seem to be lost in the desire to succeed, others take an opposite attitude. In a culture which values only the winner and pays no attention to the ordinary players, they strongly blame competition. Among the most vocal are youngsters who have suffered under competitive pressures from their parents or society. Teaching these young people, I often observe in them a desire to fail. They seem to seek failure by not trying to win or achieve success. By not trying, they always have an excuse: “I may have lost, but it doesn’t matter because I really didn’t try.” What is not usually admitted by them is the belief that if they had really tried and lost, that would mean a lot. Such a loss would be a measure of their worth. Clearly, this belief is the same as that of the true competitors who try to prove themselves. Both are based on the mistaken belief that one’s self-respect relies on how well one performs in comparison with others. Both are afraid of not being valued. Only as this basic and often troublesome fear begins to dissolve can we discover (缓解) can new meaning in competition.

1. What does this passage mainly talk about?

A．Competition helps to set up self-respect.

B．Success is a necessary experience in competition.

C．Opinions about competition are different among people.

D．Competition is harmful to personal quality development.

2. What dose the underlined phrase “the most vocal” in Paragraph 3 mean?

A．Those who try their best to win	B．Those who value competition most highly
C．Those who rely on others most for success	D．Those who are against competition most strongly

3. What is the similar belief of the true competitors and those with a “desire to fail”?

A．One’s success in competition needs great efforts.

B．One’s success is based on how hard he has tried.

C．One’s achievement is determined by his particular skills.

D．One’s worth lies in his performance compared with others’.

4. Which point of view may the author agree to?

A．In competition, every effort should pay off.

B．Competition should be encouraged by schools.

C．There should not be fear of failure in competition.

D．Winning should be a life-or-death matter at school.

7 . Languages have been coming and going for thousands of years, but in recent times there has been less coming and a lot more going. When the world was still populated by hunter-gatherers, small, tightly knit(联系) groups developed their own patterns of speech independent of each other. Some language experts believe that 10,000 years ago, when the world had just five to ten million people, they spoke perhaps 12,000 languages between them.

Soon afterwards, many of those people started settling down to become farmers, and their languages too became more settled and fewer in number. In recent centuries, trade, industrialisation, the development of the nation-state and the spread of universal compulsory education, especially globalisation and better communications in the past few decades, all have caused many languages to disappear, and dominant languages such as English, Spanish and Chinese are increasingly taking over.

At present, the world has about 6,800 languages. The distribution of these languages is hugely uneven. The general rule is that mild zones have relatively few languages, often spoken by many people, while hot, wet zones have lots, often spoken by small numbers. Europe has only around 200 languages; the Americas about 1,000; Africa 2,400; and Asia and the Pacific perhaps 3,200, of which Papua New Guinea alone accounts for well over 800. The median number(中位数) of speakers is a mere 6,000, which means that half the world’s languages are spoken by fewer people than that. Already well over 400 of the total of 6,800 languages are close to extinction(消亡), with only a few elderly speakers left.

1. What can we infer about languages in hunter-gatherer times?

A．They developed very fast.	B．They were large in number.
C．They had similar patterns	D．They were closely connected.

2. Which of the following best explains “dominant” underlined in Paragraph 2?

A．Difficult.

B．Confusing.

C．Powerful.

D．Modern.

3. How many languages are spoken by less than 6,000 people at present?

A．About 6,800

B．About 3,400

C．About 2,400

D．About 1,200

4. What is the main idea of the text?

A．New languages will be created.

B．People’s lifestyles are reflected in languages.

C．Human development leads to fewer languages.

D．Geography determines language evolution.

8 . The food delivery industry (外卖行业) now is a hotly competitive business, attracting the world’s biggest moneybags such as Alibaba and SoftBank. Balancing the needs of diners, cooks and couriers (专递公司) is complicated. Most new companies lose money. Yet they have received more than $30bn (十亿) from venture capitalists (资本家) in the past five years. And they are likely to get more.

The food-delivery business can be divided into two camps: mostly profitable veterans (老手) and loss-making newcomers. The veterans, founded at the start of the century, are led by Grubhub in America, and Just Eat and Takeaway in Europe. They account for the largest share (份额) of the market, offering customers online access to restaurants. Their relatively simple business model, in which they take a cut of the bill from the restaurants, has enabled Grubhub and Just Eat to turn a profit for years. Takeaway makes money in its home market (本土市场) of the Netherlands.

The newbies, born more recently, have turned a once-tidy business into a food fight (食物大战). They include listed firms such as Meituan of China and Delivery Hero of Germany, Uber Eats (part of Uber), Ele.me (owned by China’s Alibaba), and privately held DoorDash, based in San Francisco, and Deliveroo, from London.For most of them, delivery is their core business, so they share their cut of the bill with riders as well as restaurants. This substantially broadens the market to restaurants. But profit suffers.

The only attractive aspect of the delivery business is its potential size. According to Bernstein, almost a third of the global restaurant industry is made up of home delivery, takeaways and drive-throughs, which could be worth $1trn (万亿) by 2023. In 2018 delivery amounted to $161bn, leaving plenty of room for online firms to expand.

Yet it is by no means clear if anyone can make money by delivering meals. In fact, the economics may be even worse. Delivery businesses have ways to cut their losses. One is to diversify further, by delivering groceries, flowers, booze, and even people, as well as meals. Another is to provide cheaper meals by centrally supplying ingredients to restaurants. In the dog-eat-dog world of food delivery, it will still be hard.

1. How can the veterans make a profit?

A．They get lots of support from capitalists.

B．They offer customers great convenience.

C．They draw a part of profit from restaurants.

D．They balance the complicated needs successfully.

2. What makes the delivery business attractive?

A．Massive profits.	B．Satisfying service.
C．Efficient management.	D．Development prospects (前景).

3. What is the author’s attitude towards making money by delivering meals?

A．Positive.	B．Definite (确定的).
C．Uncertain.	D．Confident.

4. Which can be the best title for the text?

A．Delivery businesses balance some complicated needs

B．Meal delivery attracts the world’s biggest moneybags

C．The two camps of delivery businesses compete fiercely

D．The food-delivery business is far from tasty business

9 . It seemed like any other day when fitness instructor Chantelle Lister set off to work at 7 am. It was the school holidays, so her daughters Loren and Mollie, 17 and 6, and 11-year-old son Charlie were still ______ in bed.

But within an hour, the family home in Kettering, England, went up in flames. The fire started downstairs, and deadly smoke started ______ the second floor, where the children were sleeping.

______, the family’s beloved dog, Bailey, rushed to their ______. Although the thick smoke ______ to climb the staircase, the 4-year-old dog made his way ______   and kept barking outside Loren’s door until she woke up.

Loren opened the ______ to thick black smoke covering the stairs and the sound of smashing glass. Struggling to ______, the teenager ran into the other bedroom and managed to get the ______ children out through a window and onto the roof.

After successfully raising the ______, Bailey ran back downstairs to try to get out. Unfortunately, he was trapped in the ______ house.

“The firemen pulled Bailey out and tried to save him, but he was dead,” Chantelle said. “They put a blanket over him and I kept ______, ‘That could have been one of my children. ’Bailey was such a character and so ______. The children wouldn’t be here ______ him. He’s my hero and I’ll be ______ to him forever.”

1.

A．sleepy

B．asleep

C．awake

D．silent

2.

A．filling

B．flowing

C．leaving

D．escaping

3.

A．Finally

B．Thankfully

C．Naturally

D．Obviously

4.

A．yard

B．kitchen

C．danger

D．rescue

5.

A．started

B．failed

C．happened

D．stopped

6.

A．out

B．through

C．upstairs

D．downstairs

7.

A．eyes

B．mouth

C．door

D．window

8.

A．breathe

B．walk

C．speak

D．stand

9.

A．angry

B．curious

C．frightened

D．confused

10.

A．alarm

B．voice

C．sound

D．child

11.

A．shining

B．exploding

C．broken

D．burning

12.

A．apologizing

B．thinking

C．explaining

D．expecting

13.

A．interesting

B．loving

C．strange

D．flexible

14.

A．beyond

B．besides

C．without

D．despite

15.

A．loyal

B．convenient

C．available

D．grateful