1 . Would you like to make our readers smile? Enter this funny story-writing competition and you could see your story printed in The Week Junior and published in a special downloadable book.

Things can feel quite strange and serious at the moment. Sometimes we all need a break from reality to escape into a story that makes us laugh out loud. That's where you come in. Guy Bass (author of Stitch Head and Skeleton Keys) want you to give him the giggles. Usually it's Guy's job to make his readers laugh, but now he's turning the tables as he searchers for the funniest young writers who can give him A WRITELAUGH. He's looking for nine funny stories written by children aged from five to 13, to publish in a special book.

What you win

 There are three age categories: 5-7 years, 8-10 years, and 11-13 years. There will be a first, second and third-placed winner in each category.

 The Week Junior's editorial team will be selecting one of the winning stories to publish in the magazine.

 Each of the nine winners will have their story included in a special e-book that will be available online.

 Also up for grabs are stacks of funny books, and a year's subscription to The Week Junior magazine for the overall winner.

HOW TO ENTER

 Stories should be no more than 500 words long. They can be on any topic, but they must make the judges laugh out loud.

 Ask a parent or guardian to send your entry to awr itelaugh@littletiger co.uk       Don't forget to include your name and age.

 Before you enter the competition, make sure your parent or guardian has read the terms and conditions.

 The dosing date for entries is midnight on Friday 31 December.

Not sure where to start? Guy has asked lots of his author friends to supply hints and tips to help get your creative juices flowing. Visit authorfy.com/masterclasses/awr itelaugh to watch video from Guy Bass, Liz Pichon, A. F. Harrold, Swapna Haddow and many more!

*Team & Conditions: A Write Laugh (the "Competition") is organized by the Little Tiger Group. To view the full terms and conditions and rules for entry please go to littetiger.co.uk/a-write-laugh

Privacy: Any personal data relating to entrants will not be disclosed to third party without the individual's permission. We will only use the information you provide to determine your admissibility and to contact you in relation to your entry. Data relating to entrants will be kept by Little Tiger Group for a reasonable period of time after the competition closes, to assist Little Tiger Group to operate the competition in a steady manner and to deal with any inquiries on the competition.

1. To enter the competition, the entrants must________.

A．send his/her story to awritelaugh@littletiger.co.uk

B．hand in his/her entry on Friday 31 December

C．use ideas from authofy.com/masterclasses/awritelaugh

D．write a short funny story on the topic given by Guy Bass

2. What are the prizes for the winners?

A．All the first-placed winners' stories will be published in The Week Junior.

B．The winners will see their stories included in an e-book.

C．The winners will have the chance to talk with famous authors.

D．The winners can subscribe to The Week Junior at a discount.

3. According to the terms and conditions,________.

A．personal data won't be disclosed under any circumstance.

B．Little Tiger Group owns the copyright on all the stories

C．personal data will be used in relation to the competition

D．Litter Tiger Group will remove all data right after the competition

2 . Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. aired；B. insured；C. operation；D. streaming；E. equivalent F. driver；G. wide-ranging；H. involved；I. additional；J. injected；K. brand

Japan's Prime Minister and the International Olympic Committee agreed to postpone the Summer Olympics until 2021 because of the coronavirus outbreak.

The decision, announced Tuesday, has    1    ramifications for the sports world as well as for NBC, the network that has become synonymous with the event.

The Olympics, which were scheduled to take place from July 24 to August 9 in Tokyo, are both a global athletic competition and a major television event in which NBC and its parent company, Comcast (CMCSA), are heavily invested.

NBC has    2    every summer Olympics since 1988. Postponing this year's games disrupts multiple pans of NBC, from its ad revenue business to the promotion of Peacock, the, network's new     3    service. “This is significant to NBC because They've built their    4     around it. They're the network of the Olympics, said Jay Rosenstein, a former vice president of programming at CBS Sports. "The peacock is intertwined with the rings.” Rosenstein added that nearly every part of NBC is    5    with putting together the games, including its sports, news and cable divisions.

Japanese PM and IOC chief agree to postpone 2020 Olympics until 2021. "This is much more than just a two-week    6    for them. They have to prepare for it for years. Pausing and restarting it is a big challenge, Rosenstein told CNN Business. 'It's also a(n)     7    challenge because the Beying Winter Games in 2022 would likely only be six months later now."

Patrick Crakes, a media consultant and former Fox Sports executive, said that the Olympics are a “top-five investment for Comcast." "Every two years the whole company goes all in to present one of the world's unifying premiere events,” M Crakes told CNN Business, Ulf’s    8    to turning around an aircraft carrier to do all this again next year.

The games are a huge advertising and ratings    9    . NBC Sports announced that it exceeded $1.2 billion in ad sales for the upcoming Olympics - a new record for the games.

Brian Roberts, Comcast’s CEO, said earlier this month that he was "optimistic" that the Olympics would lake place as scheduled, but added that the company is    10    if the games are interrupted or canceled by the outbreak.

3 . Charlie Boice from Georgia has been crowned this year’s “Papa” Hemingway at a look-alike contest. The 56-year-old retired air traffic controller won the annual competition at Sloppy Joe’s Bar in Florida—a place Hemingway often visited during his time in Key West in the 1930s—on his 15^th attempt.

Dressed in a wool fisherman's sweater in a bid to imitate photographer Yousuf Karsh's famous portrait of the world-famous American writer, Boice looked extremely happy as he was declared winner. He was chosen as the winner by the judging committee made up of former “Papa” Hemingways, all of whom look strikingly similar. Speaking to CBS Miami, Boice said. “Winning the Hemingway Look-Alike Contest is fantastic. I feel like a champion. Hemingway was a champion.”

During the contest, the 122 competitors had to take to the stage and attempt to convince the judges that they were the most similar to the “Papa” character of Hemingway, who won the Nobel Prize in literature in 1954 but committed suicide in 1961.Many did so by performing poetry or singing.

The competition, which helps to raise money for a Hemingway Look-Alike Society-administrated college scholarship fund, is a highlight of the annual Hemingway Days festival honoring the author. Just before the competition, an unusual event Running of the Bulls took place with the look-alikes. The video made by Florida Keys News Bureau shows the white-bearded men chanting and singing as they march through Key West's historic downtown with several life-sized, but fake bulls.

Also on Saturday, a California community college professor won the Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition, which attracted as many as 857American and international entries. Riba Taylor of Palm Springs won the first award with her story titled “Between My Ribs.” Lorian Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway’s granddaughter, said Taylor displayed deep sympathy in her story to the woman who lost her love, a life changed and the power of memory.

1. What did many competitors do to prove that they were the most similar to Ernest Hemingway?

A．They should wear fisherman’s sweaters.

B．They should pay a visit to Sloppy Joe’s Bar in Florida.

C．They should perform poetry or sing on the stage.

D．They should march with several life-sized fake bulls.

2. What is the significance of the annual Hemingway Days festival?

A．The event takes place to raise money for a college scholarship fund.

B．The festival is held in memory of Ernest Hemingway.

C．The event takes place in honor of the Nobel Prize winners in literature.

D．The festival is held in hope of passing down the local traditions.

3. What can we infer from the passage?

A．Many people look like Ernest Hemingway in the US.

B．Bull fighting is very popular throughout the world.

C．There are many people interested in writing short stories.

D．Ernest Hemingway is loved and respected worldwide.

4 . Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. peak            B. bound       C. considerate          D. announced     E. defeated          F. related             G. determination       H. measure     I. fever               J. serve               K.   considerable

It was very hot outside. The Chengdu Little Warriors were facing off against the Legendary Mighty Dragons of Beijing at a local indoor skating-rink (溜冰场). When I arrived, the Little Warriors, whose oldest player was eight years old, had just     1     their northern competitors. Near the lockers, a poster advertised hockey classes. Olympic     2     has begun to spread so far south that Chengdu now has nine skating-rinks and local hockey leagues for both kids and adults. It clearly shows China’s     3     to take the opportunity of holding the Olympics to promote winter sports across the country.

The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games were praised as a success by almost every     4    : the wonderful opening ceremony, the tight security, the large crowds of     5     volunteers, and Team China’s place atop the gold-medal rankings. Each aspect of the event signaled the country’s arrival as a world power, capable of competing with the best and winning.

If 2008 was about China getting a seat at the table, the 2022 Winter Olympic Games     6     a different purpose. China's status as a global power is no longer in question. Beijing 2022 will not be just a two-week sporting event but the     7     of a multi-year campaign to promote winter sports. “ We no longer need to put on shows of ten thousand people performing Tai Chi,” said Zheng Kan. “ Now we just want to show that we are relatable.”

While the audience for winter sports may still be a small, relatively rich group, it is growing. To prove his commitments (承诺) to winter sports, President Xi Jinping     8     a “ three hundred-million-person winter-sports plan.” The plan is aimed at raising China’s participation rate in winter sports from less than two percent to twenty-two percent. Some schools in Beijing have already introduced courses     9     to winter sports. A high-speed rail line that was opened at the end of 2019 cuts travel time between Beijing and Zhangjiakou, where many of the events will be held in 2022, to under an hour.

With all these efforts, the 2022 Winter Olympic Games are     10     to be wonderful and unforgettable.

5 . 听下面一段较长对话,回答以下小题。
1.

A．Because he was still in his younger days.

B．Because he was an amateur 50 years ago.

C．Because only the US had professional competitions.

D．Because the rules 50 years ago differed from today’s rules.

2.

A．A marked zone.

B．A defense zone.

C．A heart.

D．A key hole.

3.

A．Using tactics or depending on the team.

B．Man to man or a zone defense.

C．Forcing long shots or avoiding close shots

D．Buying some books or practicing things from the books.

4.

A．The team just ran to their opponents’ goal zone.

B．All the five players stood at the front row.

C．The five players of the team moved as a team.

D．A coach arranged for the team to play the game properly.