1 . Before you throw that old cell phone in the trash, or hide it away in a drawer, think again. There are actually many ways to deal with a mobile phone that you are no longer using.

First, you should be aware that in many places, throwing away cell phones is actually illegal because the batteries, especially in very old phones, can contain poisonous metals.     1    .

    2    . In fact, most companies that recycle them get paid to do so. This had led to many charities making a small amount of money by collecting old phones. There are large organizations that will take unwanted phones. However, you might also want to think locally.

Many schools and local charities now have recycling programs. And they do make a little bit on each donation.     3    , you might consider starting a small local one, perhaps for a local public school. Check first, since so many schools have gotten the jump on recycling them already.     4    , or smaller and better phones, there are plenty of old cell phones just waiting for a place to land, and smart schools have provided that place.

You might also want to hang onto any accessories(配件)that you have.     5    . Continuing to use

A．You certainly don’t need to pay to recycle an old cell phone

B．There are better places to get rid of them than your trash can

C．Things like chargers or covers can often be used with your new phone

D．Local charities have contributed a lot in repairing unwanted phones

E．As people move to bigger and better phones

F．The saying that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure certainly applies

G．If you can’t find a large cell phone recycling program in your area

2 . South Korea has the biggest rate of Internet addiction in the world and it is increasingly the country’s children who are spending every waking moment immersing themselves in fantasy role plays or gaming In the remote mountains of South Korea, teenage Internet addicts are turning up for a 12-day boot camp.

Kyle Won’s addiction is out of control. He spends 10 hours a day on the Internet. Now Kyle’s smartphone is taken away. The teachers here do what they can to get them socializing again; for many, the only friends they have had are online. “I have relationships on the Internet and a real distance has gown with my real-life friends and I know it’s not good,” Kyle said. The teachers show them other possibilities and bring back dreams and hopes that have been buried by their addictions. “We teach them methods of managing their desire to use the Internet so that they can continue to use it when they go back home,” Shim Yong-school, a teacher here, said. After just two days Kyle said It was helpful. He’s set a good example to others though he hasn’t reached the goal completely.

Sout Korean psychiatrists (精神病专家) are urging more/action as they are finding evidence that too much screen time is a barrier to the developing minds. Professor Kang Seak Young from Dankook, University said the addiction was damaging critical thinking. “It affects the frontal lobes (额叶) which are important to critical analysis” Professor Kang said. “Reading a book and guessing what happens in the story next show activity in frontal lobes but playing popular computer games for a long time shows no activity.”

South Korea is one of the most wired nations on Earth, but it does have a cost. One in every ten kids is an addict so the country is now learning how to manage its high-tech future to avoid more serious consequences.

1. What do the teachers in the camp teach teenagers to do?

A．Self-manage their smartphones.	B．Attain something beyond the Internet.
C．Make online friends more wisely.	D．Keep away from electronic products.

2. Why does the author mention Kyle’s story?

A．He faced the most serious addiction.	B．He has succeeded in kicking the addiction.
C．He’s the representative of the addicts.	D．He participated in the camp actively.

3. What does Paragraph 3 intend to tell us?

A．The importance of offline reading.	B．The effects of frontal lobes on thinking.
C．The popularity of kids’ Internet games.	D．The harm of Internet addiction to brains.

4. Which saying can explain the underlined sentence in the last paragraph?

A．There are two sides to every coin.	B．No pain, no gain.
C．It’s good to learn at another man’s cost.	D．Prevention is better than cure.

4 . One of the most important things of the U. S. government’s routine in 2020 is to raise the federal (联邦) legal age for buying tobacco from age 18 to 21.

Beginning in the summer of 2020, it will be against the law to sell tobacco to anyone under the age of 21. Since 1990, the legal age permitted to buy cigarette is at least 18. The law also includes e-cigarette, not just traditional tobacco products like cigarettes and cigars, adding regulation to this industry, which has developed largely unchecked.

The use of E-cigarette has increased sharply among U. S. teenagers. According to the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, 27.5% of U. S. high school students have used e-cigarette in the past month. Raising the age one can buy tobacco is intended to avoid what many people are calling an epidemic, which is doing great harm to the health of American teenagers.

A recent outbreak of the disease related to e-cigarette has raised even more concern about e-cigarette products , although the disease is largely linked to cartridges (药筒) filled with addictive Vitamin E acetate sold in black market.

In a statement to TIME, the American Lung Association considered raising the age one can buy tobacco as an easy way to protect children’s health and prevent them from getting addicted to nicotine.

Those in favor of e-cigarette have made it clear that they support raising the legal age permission for buying and using tobacco, arguing that e-cigarette products are never designed for young people. Some anti-cigarette (反对吸烟) people have expressed their doubt of this opinion.

At present, twenty states have already raised the legal age to buy cigarette to 21.

1. What can we learn about the new law for buying tobacco?

A．It’s good for the tobacco market.	B．It also works for e-cigarette.
C．It aims to stop selling cigarette.	D．It’ll be illegal to buy cigarette.

2. What does the underlined word “epidemic” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A．Crime.

B．Shoplifting.

C．Disease.

D．Burglary.

3. Which of the following may an anti-cigarette people agree?

A．E-cigarette products are aimed at young people.

B．Cigarettes only do harm to young people.

C．E-cigarette should not be allowed.

D．People don’t have to obey the legal law.

4. In which section of a newspaper may this text appear?

A．Science.

B．Culture.

C．Health.

D．Economy.

5 . For many people, going a few hours without your smartphone can feel like a lifetime. Now, one expert claims that humans are becoming so dependent on technology, that we’re actually merging (融合) into it.

Speaking at the Fast Company European Innovation Festival, Professor Yuval Noah Harari, a historian at the Hebrew University claimed that it’s becoming more and more difficult to tell where humans end and machines begin. He said: “It’s increasingly hard to tell where I end and where the computer begins. In the future, it is likely that the smartphone will not be separated from you at all. It may be embedded in your body or brain, constantly scanning your biometric data and your emotions.”

During his speech, Professor Harari highlighted how humans have affected our environment over time, and suggested that now may be the time to affect ourselves. He said: “Humanity has always remained constant. If we told our ancestors in the Stone Age about our lives today, they would think we are already Gods. But the truth is that even though we have developed more wonderful tools, we are the same animals. We have the same emotions, the same minds. The coming revolution will change that. It will change not just our tools, it will change the human being itself.”

If we do manage to merge with machines, Professor Harari suggests it could open the door to setting up civilizations beyond Earth. He added: “Life will be able to break out of planet Earth and no longer be confined to this flying rock.”

While Professor Harari’s claims may sound farfetched (牵强的), he isn’t alone in his vision of a machine-human world. Back in 2017, Elon Musk claimed that humans should merge with machines, or risk becoming irrelevant. He said: “Over time I think we will probably see a closer merger of biological intelligence and digital intelligence.”

1. Why does the author mention smartphone in Paragraph 1?

A．To collect data for his speech.	B．To catch up with the development of science.
C．To say it is harmful to the environment.	D．To have a good lead-in of the topic.

2. What do we know about Professor Harari?

A．His opinions gained much support.

B．He is the first expert to put forward the idea.

C．He thinks technology will change ourselves as well.

D．His suggestion of us staying on planet Earth is considerate.

3. What’s probably Elon Musk’s attitude to Professor Harari’s speech?

A．Neutral.	B．Favourable.
C．Indifferent.	D．Disapproving.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．Humans are Near to Combining with Machines

B．Call on People to Develop Advanced Machines

C．A Speech Caused People’s Concerns on Machines

D．Finding New Ways to Break away From Apps is Vital

6 . It’s normal to long for the taste of potato chips or a cheese-covered pizza. Even though they’re full of calories, eating them occasionally won’t do much harm. However, according to the new numbers, young people are becoming more gluttonous. The BBC’s Good Food Nation Survey showed that on average, 16 to 20-year-olds ate fast food at least twice a day in the UK. So what’s behind this fast food binge (狂热)?

WebMD, an online publisher of news and information of human health and well-being, surveyed nearly 600 teenagers and adults in the United States. They found that the most common reason was our busy lifestyle. More than 92.3 percent of respondents said they were too busy to cook. Many find it challenging to balance work and life, and the convenience of fast food meets their needs. Fast food is readily available in corner stores and vending machines (自动售货机). Remember those instant noodle cups from the supermarket? They’re ready in minutes, and you can store them at home for a long time.

But many people think this trend does no good. Sarah Toule, head of health information at World Cancer Research Fund, told the BBC: “It’s frightening that people, especially younger generations, are eating so much fast food loaded with fat, sugar and salt, but offers little nutritional value.”

She added, “Especially high in calories, fast food leads to unhealthy weight gain-which in turn increases the risk of 11 cancers later in life.”

So what is the right thing to do? Toule suggested that young people should prepare meals in advance and learn to include the different food groups in their diets.

1. What does the underlined phrase “more gluttonous” in Paragraph 1 mean?

A．Smarter.

B．Healthier.

C．Greedier.

D．Lazier.

2. What is the main idea of paragraph 2?

A．People should make a change to their busy lifestyle.

B．Fast food helps people balance their work and life.

C．Fast food is becoming popular with teenagers and adults.

D．Nowadays people have more challenges both in work and life.

3. According to Sarah Toule, fast food ______.

A．can’t provide enough nutrition for eaters	B．will lead to 11 cancers
C．can help lose weight	D．is easy to prepare ahead of time

4. In which part of a newspaper can you read the text?

A．Culture.

B．Education.

C．History.

D．Health.

7 . The widespread application of Internet technology has made our lives easier but poses a big challenge to senior citizens, who are not always comfortable with smart phones and so many new apps.

In China, only a few senior citizens are able to enjoy the benefits that new technologies offer. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, the number of people aged 60 and above was 254 million in2019, which is 18 percent of China’s population. But only 23 percent of the senior citizens were able to access the Internet. That means more than three-fourths of the elderly are deprived of the digital convenience.

Failure to access the Internet or use smart phones has increased difficulties for them. They cannot even take a taxi easily in this era of app cabs. There have been reports of many shops turning away elders who don’t know how to pay using smart phones, instead of letting them pay in cash. Many elders who can’t use smart phones are facing difficulties during this pandemic, as they cannot access the Internet-based health code required for entry into many public places as part of the epidemic prevention and control measures.

New technologies become popular because they are often of great use in our daily lives. But many senior citizens, especially those living in rural areas or those whose grownup children don’t live with them, cannot access the Internet or smart phones, either because of financial restrictions or because they cannot learn new things beyond a certain point. The digital gap between the elderly and the young is becoming more pronounced.

However, the senior citizens should not become a silent group deprived of digital benefits. It is society’s responsibility to help them bridge the digital gap, and be patient with them when they face difficulties keeping pace with times.

1. What do we learn from the text?

A．Not all the elderly are able to enjoy the smart life services.

B．Internet technology has made everyone’s life easier.

C．About one-fourth people have easy access to the Internet.

D．Smart phones and apps are not designed for the elderly.

2. What fact do the examples in Paragraph 3 present?

A．Many elders don’t know how to hire a taxi.

B．Many elders always go shopping without their smart phones.

C．Many elders have trouble in using the health code.

D．Many elders are not allowed to enter public places.

3. Which is the closest in meaning to the underlined word “pronounced” in Paragraph 4?

A．Predictable.	B．Obvious.
C．Unimportant.	D．Narrow.

4. What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A．Digital gap makes everything harder.

B．Grownup children should live with the elderly with digital problems.

C．The Internet technology provides easy lives for seniors in all respects.

D．The society should be responsible for the elderly’s digital problems.

8 . Fantasy literature, a reading genre(类型)that was introduced from the Western world, has recently been developing rapidly in China. It is now popular among not only adult readers but also children.

A forum (论坛会)was recently held in Beijing during which participants agreed that such development trend would have an increasingly strong effect on children’s literature in China. Xu Dexia, direetor of China Children’s Press and Publishing Group, believes fantasy fiction will continue to heat up in China this year though it is still in its beginning.

Of the fantasy literature, science fiction is the most popular with children. 13-year-old Liu Wangding is a great fan of such books. He said, “I like reading science fiction, and one of my favorite books is 20, 000 Leagues Under the Sea. Fantasy literature satisfies my curiosity, and I’m always interested in learning about science.”

A senior editor of children’s literature at the People’s Literature Publishing House, Feng Zhen, says it is good to see that fantasy literature becomes popular in China. Fantasy literature is purely imported from Western countries. Chinese authors took some time to get used to it before being able to produce such stories of their own. That is why there has been blank in the domestic market. With the Harry Potter storied introduced into China, such books quickly became popular in this country.

“Even though Western fantasy literature is popular, Chinese children still have difficulty fully appreciating such stories simply because of different cultural backgrounds,” Feng Zhen said. “Therefore, Chinese writers have a huge role to play in helping develop this branch of literature for our young readers.”

Feng Zhen praised the success of Luoling’s Magic, a best seller written by Chinese writer Chen Liuhuan. The book tells a 13-year-old alien girl growing up on Earth. The series has sold 1. 6 million copies since hitting the shelves.

1. The underlined words “heat up” in Paragraph 2 probably mean ________.

A．become popular

B．develop slowly

C．sell out

D．work hard

2. According to the third paragraph, 20, 000 Leagues Under the Sea is ________.

A．a science report

B．a fairy fale

C．a science fiction

D．a love story

3. According to Feng Zhen, we can infer that ________.

A．translated works stop fantasy literature from spreading in the world

B．Feng Zhen’s work Luoling’s Magic made a great success ________.

C．Chinese writers do a better job than Western ones

D．children can’t fully understand Western fantasy literature

4. What’s the main idea of the text?

A．A forum about fantasy literature was held in Beijing.

B．Fantasy literature has become popular in China.

C．Children like reading fantasy literature most.

D．Chinese writers have developed fantasy literature.

9 . Two hundred years ago, the clock began to control the world of work. Paid on the basis of how many hours they worked, people rushed to and from work.

The clock’s power may at last be weakening. Flexible working existed well before the pandemic?(疫情). Now remote working has brought a greater degree of freedom. A survey of 4,700 home-workers across six countries conducted by Slack, a corporate-messaging firm, found that flexible working was viewed very positively, improving both people’s worksite balance and productivity. Flexible workers even scored more highly on a sense of belonging to their organization than those on a nine-to-five schedule.

It is hardly surprising that workers prefer flexibility. Working an eight-hour schedule is restricting. Those are also the hours when most shops are open, and when doctors will take appointments. Parents on a conventional routine may be able to take their children to school in the morning but are unlikely to be able to pick them up in the afternoon.

It is also not astonishing that home-workers feel they are more productive. After all, few people can concentrate for eight hours on end. There are points in the day where people feel like staring out of the window or going for a walk; these may be moments when they find inspiration or recharge themselves for the next task. When they do this in an office, they risk the boss’s disapproval; at home, they can work when they are most motivated.

What is striking about Slack’s study is the widespread support for home-working. Overall Just 12% of the workers surveyed wanted to return to a normal office schedule. In America black, Asian and Hispanic employees were even more enthusiastic than their white colleagues. Women with children were generally happy about it, reporting an improvement in their work-life balance.

Of course, the new schedule carries dangers: people may lose all separation between work and home life. To maintain some human contact, companies may adopt a mixed model in which workers go into the office for part of the week. But overall office-workers’ freedom is to be welcomed. The clock was a crud master and many people will be happy to escape its control.

1. What is the benefit of remote working according to the text?

A．Workers can spare more time to work.

B．Workers can balance work and life well.

C．Workers can earn more money by working at home.

D．Workers can take more jobs to increase their income.

2. Which proverb can be quoted to support Para 4?

A．there is a will, there is away.

B．God helps those who help themselves.

C．All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.

D．Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

3. Which is impressive about Slack’s study on flexible working?

A．Workers’ preference for office-working.

B．Workers’ widespread favor of flexible working.

C．Workers’ great worry about flexible working.

D．Workers’ productivity increased by home-working.

4. What advice is given to companies interested in taking the new schedule?

A．To fix a time for their employees to work in the office.

B．To give their employees as much freedom as they need.

C．To require their employees to separate work from home life.

D．To praise their employees for being punctual for their work.

10 . When you were at school, the last thing you probably wanted to do was to spend your weekends going to work. There was homework to do, sports to play and fun to have. But our parents probably persuaded us to find a job to earn some money and get some life experience. When I was a teenager I delivered newspapers to people’s homes. I then progressed to a Saturday job in a supermarket: stacking shelves and working at the checkout.

Today in the UK you are allowed to work from the age of 13, and many children do take up part-time jobs. It’s one of those things that are seen almost as a rite of passage(成人仪式). It’s a taste of independence and sometimes a useful thing to put on your CV(简历). Teenagers agree that it teaches valuable lessons about working with adults and also about managing their money.

Some research has shown that not taking up a Saturday or holiday job could be deleterious to a person later on. A 2015 study by the UK Commission on Employment and Skills found that not participating in part-time work at school age had been blamed by employer’s organizations for young adults being ill-prepared for full-time employment, but despite this, recent statistics have shown that the number of schoolchildren in the UK with a part-time job has fallen by a fifth in the past five years.

So, does this mean that British teenagers are now afraid of hard work? Probably not. Some experts feel that young people feel going out to work will affect their performance at school, and they are under more pressure now to study hard and get good exam results and a good job in the long term. However, Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, told BBC News that “Properly regulated part-time work is a good way of helping young people learn skills that they will need in their working lives.” In reality, it’s all about getting the right balance between doing part-time work and having enough time to study and rest.

1. How did the author feel about doing part-time jobs on weekends when he was a teenager?

A．Delighted.

B．Interested.

C．Unwilling.

D．Angry.

2. Which of the following may NOT be the benefit of school children’s doing part-time jobs?

A．Learning to be independent.	B．Gaining some life experience.
C．Being prepared for future jobs.	D．Spending what they earn as they like.

3. What does the underlined word “deleterious” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A．Valuable.

B．Harmful.

C．Necessary.

D．Impossible.

4. What can we learn from Paragraph 4?

A．Students should spend all their time on studies.

B．Students should have as many part-time jobs as possible.

C．Doing part-time jobs must affect students’ school results.

D．It’s important for students to balance part-time jobs and studies.