1. What did the woman do to what the man said?
| A．She wrote it down. | B．She repeated it. | C．She typed it out |
| A．Riding a bike. | B．Listening to music. | C．Getting on a car. |
| A．At 7:20 a. m. yesterday. |
| B．At 7:20 a. m. today. |
| C．At 7:20 p. m. today. |
| A．Record their conversation |
| B．Copy his ID card. |
| C．Sign his name |
2 . The word mukbang is from the Korean words “muk-ja” (let’s eat) and “bang- song” (广播). Hosts eat amounts of food in front of a camera while interacting with their audience. The show appeared first in South Korea, where the videos became popular via live stream(直播)channels.
The show comes from South Korea but other countries follow in significantly different ways. Take America as an example, Koreans plan their streams around dinnertime hours so viewers can feel like they are sharing a meal with a friend. And yet Americans tend (倾向于) to be more conversational in their videos which are pre-recorded. Korean mukbangers tend to eat traditional Korean dishes while American mukbangers eat a wider variety of foods.
Why are millions of people so drawn to watching perfect strangers eat in the first place? It’s a combination of sensory, psychological, social, emotional, environmental even neurological factors, says Rachel Herz, a neuroscientist at Brown University Alpert Medical School. She specially explains how food attracts our senses and develops our behavior when it comes to what we like to eat. A big part of that neurological factor is the ASMR (autonomous sensory-motor response), described as a brain feeling which can help people relaxed from the familiar sounds of eating in the mukbang videos.
Earning the popularity and money, more and more mukbangers appear. However, the show has not come without its unfavorable comments. As our habits change, we spend more and more social engagement on social media. It’s only a matter of time before mukbang affects our behavior around food. Viewers could probably develop unhealthy eating habits from watching. Despite the negative comments, mukbang continues to do well on the Internet and it doesn’t look like it’s slowing down anytime soon.
1. What do we know about Mukbang?| A．It is an eating live show. | B．It is a TV channel |
| C．It is an eating competition. | D．It is a video website. |
| A．Play them without a stop. | B．Show various dishes in them. |
| C．Record them after dinnertime. | D．Chat more with friends in them. |
| A．Strangers like to eat what is on show. |
| B．The viewers’ bad behaviors can get adjusted. |
| C．Weak-minded people are most likely to overeat. |
| D．The eating sounds can easily cause viewers’ interest. |
| A．The changes of our habits. | B．The comments of viewers. |
| C．The management of the show. | D．The development of the Internet. |
3 . As more schools open for in-person learning and some organized sports start again, many children are returning to the world after having packed on extra body weight. While data is few on whether there’s been a rise in children’s weight over the pandemic(大流行病), some health professionals have seen worrisome signs. Suzannah Stivison, a nurse in Kensington, Md. , said that some of her patients put on what she calls “the other COVID- 19”— as in, 19 pounds
A loss of daily arrangements, in school and extracurriculars, left kids looking for a sense of control that many have found in eating. One of the ways that people regained a routine and a schedule within their families was most likely around meals. Since last March, adults joined the bread-baking craze and ate junk food as they liked.
Stivison herself admits the bad effect of the pandemic. “I never have Cheetos in my house. But all of a sudden, they appeared, ”she said. “And this has been a phenomenon that I have seen in lots of houses. Eating became something we could control. And it’s also something we use for comfort.”
Children tend to gain weight during periods like summer vacation, when fewer are getting regular exercise through organized sports and physical education. But there are supportive ways parents can help get their kids back to a healthier lifestyle. It’s less about talking and more about setting an example. Talking about risk factors such as Type 2 diabetes and heart disease doesn’t really work, especially with younger kids. Kids know they’re heavier than their peers. They know they get out of breath.
However, parents can model good habits like exercising an hour a day or keeping the house stored with healthier foods. “It really comes down to the modeling and the opportunity we can control what food comes into the house, ” Stivison said. “And so guess what? I’ve stopped buying Cheetos. ”
1. What does the phrase “the other COVID- 19”in paragraph 1 mean?| A．Patients’ dress size. | B．A serious disease. |
| C．Children’s weight gain. | D．An effective treatment. |
| A．They ate unhealthy food. | B．They helped prepare meals. |
| C．They arranged schoolwork. | D．They learned bread-baking. |
| A．To prove the benefit of eating. | B．To recommend a popular food. |
| C．To share a way to find comfort. | D．To show a change in eating habit. |
| A．Set an example of positive living. | B．Ask the kids to exercise regularly. |
| C．Talk about the risks of extra weight. | D．Control the amount of food at home. |
4 . In the U.S., speaking more than one language fluently is not very common — except in Los Angeles, California. The city has one of the largest populations in the U.S. of young people between the ages of 18 and 34. More than half of them in Los Angeles are bilingual (会双语的).
Maria Elena Burgos, a mother of two American-born daughters, is cooking a Mexican breakfast. She says making Mexican food is just one of the many traditions in her home. Another is speaking Spanish to her children. “We want to keep Spanish somewhere in their learning too, not only at home.” Ms. Burgos thinks being bilingual will give them more opportunities in the future. Knowing Spanish also means the children can talk with their relatives in Mexico.
Ms. Burgos’ daughters both want to know their family’s culture. “We are doing this in order to go back to our roots because that’s part of who we are,” they say.
The U.S. Census Bureau says more than half the adults in the Los Angeles area between 18 and 34 years old speak a language other than English at home. For the whole country, the number of bilingual adults is only 25 percent. The number of bilingual speakers has gone up since the 1990s.
University of California Los Angeles professor Raul Hinojosa says that in the past, the children and grandchildren of immigrants (移民) did not continue to speak the parents’ native language. But now the opposite is true.
In the last ten years, more immigrant parents say they want their children to keep speaking their native language. Mr. Hinojosa calls their choice the “path of pride”. The decision to keep a native language is clear in Los Angeles now. And, as the number of minorities (少数民族) in the U.S. continues to grow, he thinks bilingualism will spread to the rest of the country.
1. Ms. Burgos hopes her two daughters can ________.| A．have a healthy diet | B．become true Americans |
| C．develop many good habits | D．have a competitive advantage |
| A．Bored. | B．Worried. | C．Interested. | D．Surprised. |
| A．are proud of their new country |
| B．speak English very fluently |
| C．are learning a second language |
| D．are forgetting their parents’ native language |
| A．more people will immigrate to the U.S. |
| B．the U.S. is on the path to bilingualism |
| C．the population of Los Angeles will drop |
| D．more minorities will be accepted by the U.S. |
On the Internet, a sea of articles advise us how to make sleep perfect. Also, lots of advice columns tell us we’re sleeping wrong. Even
The first problem is that seven to eight hours of sleep, while recommended for adults, is just
The second problem is that it can be misleading, especially for people who do have trouble
According to Dr. Colleen Carney, head of the Ryerson University Sleep Lab, the basic questions you should ask yourself are: Do I feel
6 . Stereotypes (刻板印象) are widely held but very general, simplified opinions about other people. Many of us start to use stereotypes at school — the cool kids or the hot kids — we know all the different ones by heart.
Looks, clothes, personal traits (特征) and interests are all aspects which, on the surface of it, make us different from our contemporaries. Students pounce on these in order to categorise others. “When you’re a social animal, you need to understand who is a member of your pack, and who is a member of a different pack,” says psychology professor, John Dovidio.
A girl dressed all in black may seem a bit depressed. But perhaps, deep down inside, she just likes black and is actually cheerful. She has the same interests as you — (the “cool kid”) — but she just dresses differently. The problem of typecasting is that it involves using labels which are merely shells (外表) containing assumptions. It makes one wonder why people see only a narrow view of a complicated human being.
According to Dovidio, even if we think we don’t stereotype others, we do. “We categorise immediately and without thinking,” says Dovidio. “And we stereotype others not just on their appearance, how they dress or act, but — wrongly — on their race and sex too.”
Student stereotypes may have special meanings, as teens are in the process of forming their own identity and figuring out who they feel most comfortable with. To some extent, stereotyping offers a sense of order, direction and connection to the close friends they make over time. But it’s too simple to make assumptions that “they” — teenagers in other groups — are alike or different from “us”. It’s easy to throw a group of people into a bucket (水桶) and judge them as a whole; it’s much more difficult to look at each person as an individual. On the other hand, Jim, another high school student, says “by labelling people we’re actually highlighting similarities not differences. If we didn’t stereotype, it would make many things today impossible. Think of marketing studies focused on specific audiences, or clubs for people with similar interests or hobbies.”
1. Which can best replace the underlined part “pounce on” in paragraph two?| A．Put up with. | B．Make fun of. |
| C．Take pride in. | D．Catch hold of. |
| A．Don’t distinguish yourself from others. |
| B．Don’t make simple things complicated. |
| C．Don’t identify others by their appearance. |
| D．Don’t label others according to their personal traits. |
| A．We cannot avoid being stereotyped. |
| B．We may correctly recognise others’ sex. |
| C．We cannot help the way we react to others. |
| D．We may make wrong judgements about ourselves. |
| A．Positive. | B．Uninterested. | C．Uncertain. | D．Critical. |
7 . Every week, Wu Lin, a 19-year-old college student, will wait at a store selling food nearing its expiration date(保质期), and return to school with a bag of snacks. “These products are usually sold at 30% to 50% off and many of them are from big brands. I’m really a big fan of them, ”she said.
Wu is among a growing number of young Chinese who buy near-expired food. According to a report by iiMedia Research, China’s near-expired food market went beyond 30 billion yuan last year and 47. 8 percent of the consumers were aged 26 to 35. Unlike the traditional thought that buying such food is penny-pinching or embarrassing, more and more young people like Wu regard it as a way to help reduce food waste. “I don’t care much about the date, as long as I can eat them before their expiration dates. It meets my needs while saving resources and protecting the environment, which is a good thing, ” says Wu.
Physical stores selling near-expired food have sprung up(突然兴起)in cities across China. HotMaxx, a chain store that opened in 2020 in major Chinese cities, has increased to more than 200 in number across the country. Online shops selling such food are growing rapidly, too. On Taobao, around 2. 1 million people buy near-expired food every year.
From a food safety standpoint, which may concern many consumers, experts believe that such products won’t do any harm. “Near-expired food is safe and buying these products is a good practice to help prevent waste of resources, which should be encouraged, ” says Zhou Yu, a professor of food nutrition(营养)and safety at Anhui Agricultural University.
1. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 mean?| A．I am crazy about snacks. |
| B．I like this store very much. |
| C．I prefer branded products. |
| D．I’m into buying near-expired food. |
| A．Near-expired food is very popular with all customers. |
| B．Near-expired food was the best seller last year. |
| C．The young are the main buyers of such food. |
| D．There will be a bigger market for food. |
① Saving money.
②Saving resources.
③ Protecting the environment.
④Encouraging the development of stores.
| A．①②④ |
| B．①②③ |
| C．①③④ |
| D．②③④ |
| A．Good taste, no waste |
| B．A safer shopping choice |
| C．Advice on buying near-expired food |
| D．Success of the near-expired food business |
8 . The famous Spanish painter Pablo Picasso once said, “Every child is an artist. The problem he has is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”
This is both encouraging and discouraging. The fact that we were all born to be artists is certainly exciting, and yet the reality has proven that many of us have failed to remain one.
Fortunately, some people have seen the problem and want to solve it.
Western educators have suggested that we introduce the concept of “STEAM” instead of “STEM”—traditional “core majors” including science, technology, engineering, and math—since the “A”, which stands for “art”, is just as important.
And on April 11, China’s Ministry of Education issued a guideline. Colleges and universities are required to provide more art-related courses and students need to earn a certain number of art credits in order to graduate.
These efforts came after many scientific studies had found that art education helps students develop self-confidence and teamwork skills, as well as habits of mind such as problem solving and critical thinking, according to The Washington Post.
It’s true that none of these skills is aimed for specific jobs. But as former US ballet dancer Damian Woetzel told The Atlantic, the purpose of art is “to give kids the tools to become adults who are creative, adaptable, and expressive—capable of having their eyes and ears and senses alive”. And we can now see how we lost track of our born “artist self” on our way to growing up: We failed to keep our abilities to see, hear and feel, and became blind, deaf and insensitive adults.
Hopefully, art education can help turn things around.
1. What is the function of the first paragraph?| A．To introduce the topic. | B．To summarize the whole passage. |
| C．To introduce a famous artist. | D．To encourage us to be artists. |
| A．Art is as important as traditional “core majors”. |
| B．All of us should learn art in college. |
| C．Traditional “core majors” are out of date. |
| D．Western education is more helpful. |
| A．More art-related courses will appear in all schools. |
| B．College students will have to gain enough art credits to graduate. |
| C．More students will major in art at colleges and universities. |
| D．Art will become much more important than science. |
| A．Every child is an artist | B．Learning from the artists |
| C．Bringing art to life | D．Life is art |
9 . One Saturday afternoon in a small town, Emma came out of a shoe shop with some new shoes. They were
It was a
“Help! Help!” Emma cried. But nobody came. Emma
At the hospital a doctor looked at Emma’s head and back and told her to stay in hospital for a few days. Emma thanked the
Later, a policeman
After two days, in a morning a policeman came to the hospital with Emma’s new shoes and an empty bag. “A little girl
| A．nice | B．suitable | C．cheap | D．expensive |
| A．pleased | B．bored | C．patient | D．angry |
| A．drive | B．walk | C．run | D．miss |
| A．busy | B．noisy | C．quiet | D．safe |
| A．Suddenly | B．Luckily | C．Finally | D．Happily |
| A．eyes | B．nose | C．legs | D．head |
| A．sat down | B．turned around | C．fell down | D．gave up |
| A．quickly | B．slowly | C．easily | D．proudly |
| A．kind | B．strict | C．strange | D．funny |
| A．school | B．station | C．hospital | D．shop |
| A．nurse | B．policeman | C．girl | D．doctor |
| A．saw | B．reached | C．left | D．remembered |
| A．closed | B．bought | C．borrowed | D．opened |
| A．made | B．enjoyed | C．took | D．drew |
| A．dropped | B．lost | C．carried | D．found |
10 . With the job market becoming increasingly competitive every year, a growing number of fresh university graduates are choosing “delayed employment”.
Relaxation under pressure
Experts say more college students are deciding not to work upon graduation to avoid the pressure in the fight for positions. Some young people who are not faced with a heavy economic burden (经济负担) are simply staying at home, relying on parents.
More knowledge about the world
As the old Chinese saying goes, “traveling thousands of miles is better than reading thousands of books.”
There are more choices for young people born after 1995. But they are not willing to give in and take a job they don’t like.
| A．Personal interest. |
| B．Too many job choices. |
| C．Jobs related to their interests have greater attraction. |
| D．Why do these graduates decide to delay job search? |
| E．They just want to get relaxed before hunting for a job. |
| F．How do these graduates spend their time after graduation? |
| G．University students have learned a lot from books but lack practice. |
