1 . A popular Chinese mobile game, “King of Glory,” has been criticized for promoting an inaccurate representation (展现) of ancient Chinese history.
State media Guangming Daily published an article on March 28 blaming the game for “distorting history.” The article claimed that, despite using many famous names from Chinese history, "King of Glory" completely misrepresented the figures’ true stories and status.
According to the newspaper, famous poet Li Bai from the Tang Dynasty became an assassin ( 刺 客 ),while noted doctor Bian Que from the Spring and Autumn Period was cast as an expert on poison. More than 60 characters in the game were characters from history, including many from the classic novel “Romance of the Three Kingdoms.”
“They (the characters in the game) not only travel through time and space to fight together, but also take on historical figures’ names with no connection at all to their experiences in history,” the newspaper argued, adding that this characteristic could easily confuse young players. Some 54 percent of the game’s players are aged between 11 and 20, the newspaper added.
“King of Glory” is a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game designed by Tencent Games. It was launched in 2015. In 2016, the total profit of the game reached nearly 7 billion RMB, some 18 percent of the total profit for mobile gaming in China.
The Guangming Daily article was met with significant support and approval. Some people pointed to online search results for the historical figures, which increasingly provide information about the characters in the game rather than the real historical figures.
However, some hit back at the criticism, arguing that games are supposed to be creative, and that “King of Glory” doesn’t claim to be set in any specific historical period.
“I am aware that there are many young players, some even in primary school. Some might be affected by the game in certain ways, but it can do a lot of good if students become interested in the characters and do more research to that end,” one “King of Glory” player told the People’s Daily Online.
1. What does the underlined word “distorting” in paragragh 2 mean?| A．Reflecting. | B．Recording. |
| C．Twisting. | D．Creating. |
| A．About half of the game’s players range from11 to 20 in age. |
| B．Many young players become interested in the historical figures through the game. |
| C．You may get information about the assassin Li Bai in the game through a search engine. |
| D．In 2016 the total profit for mobile games in China amounts to about 39 billion RMB. |
| A．To explain why the game is popular. |
| B．To convince people that the game is distorting history. |
| C．To introduce the game to the public. |
| D．To present that the game has become a target for criticism. |
| A．Doubtful. | B．Objective. |
| C．Favorable. | D．Disapproving. |
2 . Years ago I was hiking (徒步旅行) in the Himalayas and had made the mistake of changing a large amount of money into the local currency(货币). As I walked through the villages of the Annapurnas, it soon became
On this particular day I was left behind by my fellow hikers and found myself in a valley. As I made myself down, I noticed a young girl of around 13
| A．possible | B．unnecessary | C．strange | D．obvious |
| A．own | B．supply | C．obtain | D．export |
| A．goods | B．questions | C．surroundings | D．activities |
| A．clothes | B．flowers | C．money | D．bricks |
| A．victim | B．contributor | C．millionaire | D．donator |
| A．dislike | B．charge | C．treasure | D．display |
| A．optimistic | B．embarrassing | C．pleasant | D．honorable |
| A．encouraged | B．hurt | C．brought up | D．impressed |
| A．effect | B．shadow | C．result | D．limit |
| A．hurting | B．gathering | C．caring | D．feeding |
| A．choose | B．continue | C．help | D．remember |
| A．on | B．over | C．off | D．away |
| A．pause | B．smile | C．word | D．voice |
| A．attacked | B．stared | C．shouted | D．glanced |
| A．expression | B．impression | C．view | D．idea |
| A．offer | B．escape | C．eat | D．buy |
| A．anxiety | B．poverty | C．mind | D．bag |
| A．besides | B．apart from | C．rather than | D．more than |
| A．value | B．amount | C．weight | D．package |
| A．experiences | B．fortune | C．changes | D．presents |
3 . A typical school day in the UK starts around 8:30 am. This is often even earlier elsewhere in the world, with students sitting down to their first lesson at 7:30 am in the US. The average teenager ideally needs eight to nine hours’ sleep each night, but in reality a lot of teenagers struggle to get this much. A lot of the problems arise because our sleep patterns are not fixed, and they change as we grow.
So a later school start time could help to solve this problem, by ensuring to get their eight plus hours of sleep and react properly to their body’s natural rhythms (规律). There has been a general shift over the past 25 years to shorten the school day. This is not at the cost of teaching time (which has remained constant) but at the cost of natural breaks, which has led to reduced lunch time and lesson breaks.
Later start times could help teens’ grades and health. This is mainly because it makes the management of children easier. Supervising (监管) hundreds of children “playing” requires effective staffing (人员配备). And there is always the fear that behavior worsens during breaks. So the theory goes that having them in class and strictly supervised must be better.
But this means that students barely have enough time to absorb what they were doing in maths before suddenly they are thrust into ancient history. And teaching staff also transit from one class to another, with hardly a rest or time to refocus.
Clearly rethinking the school day could benefit everyone involved. Anyway, it could also lead to better achievement in teenagers and less of a struggle for parents in the mornings. For teachers, it could also mean a less stressful day all around and what could be better than that?
1. How do schools often shorten the school day?| A．They reduce children’s lunch time and lesson breaks. |
| B．They reduce the teaching time. |
| C．They properly adjust children’ natural rhythms. |
| D．They increase more holidays. |
| A．To supervise children more easily. |
| B．To make children quickly take in what they. Learned. |
| C．To reduce children’s excitement. |
| D．To make children behave better in class. |
| A．It will add to the teacher’s pressure. |
| B．It has always been there for 25 years. |
| C．Parents may support it. |
| D．It benefits the students only. |
| A．The benefits of a less stressful day. |
| B．The benefits of later school start time. |
| C．How to solve teenagers’ sleep problem. |
| D．The reasons why teenagers sleep differently. |
4 . Protect Children from Cyber-bullying
When you think about bullying, you might think of a child being bullied by another in the schoolyard. As more young people have access to computers and cell phones, traditional bullying has gone digital, which has not yet gained awareness in Chinese parents.
Cyber-bullying, first invented by Canadian educator Bill Belsey, is the use of the Internet and related technologies to harm other people, in an intentional, repeated, and unfriendly manner. It involves threatening text messages, the spread of online rumors on social networking sites, and intentionally keeping someone out of an online group. Cyber-bullying is at an all-time high in the US. According to a study from the US Department of Justice, more than 43% of teenagers report
being victims（受害者）of cyber-bullying.
Compared to face-to-face bullying, cyber-bullying is considered to have a worse emotional effect on the victims, and kids could feel more desperate and depressed. Severe, long-term or frequent cyber-bullying can leave victims at greater risk for anxiety, depression, and other disorders. Research says that cyber-bullying victims were almost twice as likely to have attempted suicide compared to youths who had not experienced it.
In traditional schoolyard bullying, at least home is a safe place for the victims. But cyber-bullying is endless---it could happen anytime. Moreover, in the digital world, bullying is much easier, as a bully can pick on people with a much lower risk of being caught.
Actually, cyber-bullying has become a worldwide issue. In the US, as several teens committed suicide because of cyber-bullying, some schools set rules to punish cyberbullies. Laws to punish cyber-bullying have been introduced in some states. In China, cyber-bullying is still considered by many parents and educators as a problem that involves physical contact. However, as cell phones and laptops are becoming common equipment for teenagers, social interactions have increasingly moved from personal contact to virtual contact. Cyber-bullying is spreading faster than expected.
For schools and parents, safety rules should be set in the virtual world for kids, such as telling them not to let out anything to a stranger. Active steps should be taken to make the public aware of the seriousness of this problem, because it would be too late to take measures after
tragedy strikes.
1. According to the writer, which of the following is cyber-bullying?| A．Saying unkind words to classmates. |
| B．Attacking one’s computer with virus. |
| C．Stopping someone from joining a club. |
| D．Threatening someone in text messages. |
| A．can be found out easily |
| B．hasn’t been punished by law |
| C．can cause more lasting sufferings |
| D．has made twice more youths killed |
| A．cyber-bullying first started in Canada |
| B．measures should be taken against cyber-bullying |
| C．there is no escape from cyber-bullying for students |
| D．Chinese students are not facing serious cyber-bullying |
| A．Parents and educators. | B．Victims and parents. |
| C．Teachers and students. | D．Researchers and victims. |
5 . The health problems about cloned animals , particularly those who appear healthy but have hidden illnesses or problems that appear unexpectedly later in life, have the potential to cause real risks to the safety of the food products from those animals. Ian Wilmut, a lead scientist involved in the creation of Dolly, the first cloned animal, has warned that even small imbalances in a clone’s hormone, protein, or fat levels could bring its milk or meat into danger.
As part of its risk assessment on animal cloning, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) concluded that milk and meat from cloned animals and their offspring (后代)are as safe to eat as products from conventional animals. The FDA further announced that it would not require food products from cloned animals or their offspring to be labeled as such.
Consumer watchdog groups pointed out that the FDA’s analysis was based on limited data supplied mainly from the cloning companies themselves. In addition, while food safety is an obvious concern of consumers, it is not the only issue that makes people uncomfortable with animal cloning. For example, surveys indicate that 63 percent of consumers would not buy food from cloned animals even if it were labeled as “safe”. Concerns about the morality of cloning, as well as concerns for animal welfare, lead a big majority of people to oppose cloning animals for 
food. However, these issues were not considered by the FDA. Without labels to identify cloned foods, consumers who oppose animal cloning would be forced to make purchases against their p
rinciples without knowing. Consumers have a right to know how their food is produced so they can make informed decisions about what they buy and what they feed their families.
| A．Approving. | B．Cautious. |
| C．Uncertain. | D．Indifferent. |
| A．Safe. | B．Expensive |
| C．Unsafe | D．Conventional. |
| A．consumers didn’t believe what the FDA said |
| B．the FDA took consumers’ concerns seriously |
| C．consumers were well-informed about the safety of food |
| D．the FDA forced consumers to buy things they didn’t want |
| A．Concerns for animal welfare. |
| B．The problems with animal cloning. |
| C．Why people are uncomfortable with animal cloning. |
| D．Concerns about the food products from cloned animals. |
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
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As you know it, food shortages have hit many countries in the world and even cause social unrest in some areas. But who is responsible for the current world food crisis? First, annual world grain output has declined because climate change. Then lots of farmland have been lost due to the rapid development of industry and urbanization. Then how should we do to deal with the problem? On one hand, we should focus on the environmental protection or improve the ecology. On other hand, strict measures should be taking to protect farmland. And for the moment, I think, we should study hardly to develop sciences and solve the food shortage in the future.
7 . My wife is addicted to shopping on the Internet.
Nowadays,
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I’m very glad to have received the letter you sent me two weeks before. I have been thought about the question raised in your letter. In my opinion, you should go back after you finish your studies at abroad. For one thing, that you are studying is badly needed nowadays in our country. It will be quite easily for you to find a good job. In fact, I know that a few big company in our city hope to hire people like you. For another, I think it will be more convenient for you look after your parents because they are getting older and older. And this is only my point of view. It is up to me to make a right choice.
9 . If you need glasses to read this, you are among the majority of Chinese students. That’s because most students in China are short-sighted which means they can only see things close up and distant things will be blurry. Four-fifths of high school students wear glasses and now more and more children in primary school need glasses, too.
This epidemic of poor eyesight has two very simple causes: too much time spent indoors studying and too little time spent outdoors playing. Reading and writing for hours and hours, sometimes in poorly lighted rooms, causes eyesight to weaken. But students have to do this because there is so much pressure on them to succeed in school. And because they spend so much time indoors at school and at home, they have less time to spend outdoors enjoying the sun.
The sun, as a consequence, is important in developing good eyesight. Exposure to daylight releases a chemical in the eyes that prevents, or at least delays, short-sightedness. According to a study by Ian Morgan of Australian National University, Australian children and Chinese children have the same level of eyesight before they start school, but once they enter primary school, Chinese children only spend about an hour a day outside, while Australian children spend three to four hours each day in the sunshine. The result is that while about 40 percent of Chinese primary school students need glasses, only three percent of Australian children do.
Wearing glasses may not seem like a big deal. For some, wearing glasses can even be an opportunity to make a fashion statement. But poor eyesight at a young age can have serious long term consequences. As you get older, your eyesight can worsen and lead to things like macular degeneration(黄斑变性), a condition of the eyes for which there is no cure and which can eventually lead to blindness.
With all that in mind, don’t you think it’s time to give your eyes a break? Try spending a little less time inside and go for a walk in the park, instead. It’s the healthy thing to do and your eyes will thank you for it.
1. What does the underlined word “blurry” mean?| A．unpopular. | B．unpleasant. |
| C．unclear. | D．unconscious. |
| A．They should study less and less. | B．They should stay longer outdoors. |
| C．They should wear sun-glasses. | D．They should have a longer rest in bed. |
| A．the ever-worsening bad weather | B．the ever-increasing burden of study |
| C．the ever-decreasing sunny days | D．the ever-decreasing period of study time |
| A．To explain why Chinese students are poor-sighted. |
| B．To admire Australian children’s good eyesight. |
C．To criticize the present education system. |
| D．To call on people to protect Chinese children’s eyesight |
10 . Ask someone what they have done to help the environment recently and they will almost certainly mention recycling. Recycling in the home is very important of course. However, being forced to recycle often means we already have more material than we need. We are dealing with the results of that over-consumption in the greenest way possible, but it would be far better if we did not bring so much material home in the first place.
The total amount of packaging increased by 12% between 1999 and 2005. It now makes up a third of a typical household’s waste in the UK. In many supermarkets nowadays food items are packaged twice with plastic and cardboard.
Too much packaging is doing serious damage to the environment. The UK, for example, is running out of it for carrying this unnecessary waste. If such packaging is burnt, it gives off greenhouse gases which go on to cause the greenhouse effect. Recycling helps, but the process itself uses energy. The solution is not to produce such items in the first place. Food waste is a serious problem, too. Too many supermarkets encourage customers to buy more than they need. However, a few of them are coming round to the idea that this cannot continue, encouraging customers to reuse their plastic bags, for example.
But this is not just about supermarkets. It is about all of us. We have learned to associate packaging with quality. We have learned to think that something unpackaged is of poor quality. This is especially true of food. But it also applies to a wide range of consumer products, which often have far more packaging than necessary.
There are signs of hope. As more of us recycle, we are beginning to realize just how much unnecessary material we are collecting. We need to face the wastefulness of our consumer culture, but we have a mountain to climb.
1. What does the underlined word “over-consumption” refer to?| A．Using too much packaging. |
| B．Recycling too much waste. |
| C．Making more products than necessary. |
| D．Having more material than is needed. |
| A．the tendency of cutting household waste |
| B．the increase of packaging recycling |
| C．the rapid growth of supermarkets |
| D．the fact of packaging overuse |
| A．Unpackaged products are of bad quality. |
| B．Supermarkets care more about packaging. |
| C．It is improper to judge quality by packaging. |
| D．Other products are better packaged than food. |
| A．Fighting wastefulness is difficult. |
| B．Needless material is mostly recycled. |
| C．People like collecting recyclable waste. |
| D．The author is proud of his consumer culture. |
