2 . Yang Le Ge Yang, a game on WeChat’s mini program platform, has spread widely on Chinese social media, with a related topic lopping the trending charts (排行榜) on Weibo.

The game is characterized by comic-like art design and background music and its brief introduction that less than 0.1% of players can complete all the levels.

In order to pass the level efficiently, a huge crowd, especially the teenagers, focus their energy and pocket money on seeking the strategy, with little knowledge of the potential risk of being cheated.

Hanging over the situation, China’s top legislature (立法机关) took an effective measure against telecom and online fraud (诈骗) on September 2 by adopting widely expected law that will smooth out these crimes (犯罪) which have long disturbed the public and led to people’s financial losses after receiving spam messages (垃圾短信) and calls.

The law on telecom and online fraud, which has 50 articles, was passed after being reviewed three times by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress. China’s top legislative body, aiming to offer strong protection of people’s rights and punish cheaters.

As some people, particularly teenagers, were defrauded by being tricked into buying online game equipment, the Cyberspace Administration of China has worked with the Ministry of Public Security in the fight against cheaters since the beginning of this year. So far, they have dealt with more than 12,000 such cases and asked internet operators to improve the public’s channels to provide fraud-related information.

1. Why does the passage begin with a popular game?

A．To share a hot game.	B．To entertain the readers.
C．To introduce the topic.	D．To attract readers’ attention.

2. What can be inferred from paragraph 3 and 4?

A．Telecom and online fraud is a new crime.

B．Teens focus on the game as a result of feeling secure and protected.

C．China’s legislation will take action to fight against the online fraud.

D．Some individuals fail to recognize the truth of spam messages and calls.

3. What can be learned about the law against the online fraud?

A．It was officially reviewed 50 times.

B．It didn’t reach the public’s expectation.

C．It hardly contributed to guarding against online fraud.

D．It was passed to protect people’s rights and punish cheaters.

4. What might the writer continue to write in the following paragraph?

A．The ways to rise to frauds.

B．The details of various frauds.

C．The frauds that teenagers were tricked into.

D．The channels to provide fraud-related information.

3 . 假设你是李华，下面是你的笔友Jenny给你发来的一封邮件。

Dear Li Hua, How are you? A new law has been passed in my city. Smoking is banned in public places. I think it is a wise decision. Do you think so? Best wishes, Jenny

请根据邮件内容给她回复，要点如下：
1. 表明你的观点；
2. 给出理由（至少两点）；
3. 得出结论。
注意：1. 词数100左右（开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数）；2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Jenny,

I’m happy to receive your email.

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Best wishes,

Li Hua

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。

A revised law     1     requires children to visit their aging parents on a regular basis has been welcomed by many, but some say it will be just symbolic. Family members should care about the psychological needs of their older relatives,     2     they should visit them or send greetings     3     (regular).

The law was passed     4     (protect) the lawful rights and interests of parents aged 60 and older, and to carry on the Chinese virtue of filial piety(孝顺). To highlight the implementation of the law, a court in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province,     5     (hold) public hearing on Monday and passed judgement that the two defendants must visit their aging mother at least once every two months after both failed to supply support to her. Filial piety,     6     (consider) a key virtue of traditional Chinese culture, generally means respect for one’s parents and ancestors,     7     (include) being good to one’s parents and fulfilling one’s duty to take care of them.

The law also states that China will deal     8     an aging population as part of its long-term national strategy, and will improve social     9     (secure) for old people. Although it is difficult to carry it out now, many people think the law will     10     (apply) more effectively in the future.

5 . ZHAO ZHIZHONG, a professor of geography at Hainan Normal University, recently proposed to make the law and forbid pupils below the age of 16 to use smartphones. Beijing Youth Daily comments:

With the prosperity of the economy, many families choose to buy a smartphone for their children at school to search for materials and assist in studying.     1    .

In and out of class, the pupils have smartphones in their hands.     2    . While enjoying their lunch, they hold them in their hands. Even on the bed before sleeping, they hold one in their hands.

It seems the heavy addiction to smartphones is affecting ever more pupils at young ages.     3    . The addiction to smartphones, which is popular among pupils, is a problem that affects them in many aspects. It distracts them from their academic studies and prevents them from talking with each other. That’s why quite many people agree to limit the use of smartphones among pupils. That’s also why Zhao’s proposal got quite a wide welcome among the public.

    4    . This is because smartphones, if used well, do play a key role in helping the pupils get wider access to the outside world and broaden their horizon. Besides, the school might not have the power to forbid pupils from using their own properties that do not pose harm to others.

There are certain countries that limit pupils from using smartphones in class but allow them to use them after it.     5    . But that can offer some food for thought.

A．While walking, they hold them in their hands.

B．So a flexible ban can be considered to avoid the trouble.

C．They, just like their parents, have become enslaved by smartphones.

D．However, it remains doubtful whether a simple ban is proper.

E．Perhaps a child model for smartphones can also be introduced.

F．The actual effect remains to be seen.

G．In fact, when children get their smartphones, the situation is different.

6 . Michael Jackson had Bubbles, a chimpanzee(黑猩猩). Justin Bieber had Og Mally, a capuchin(卷尾猴), until it was seized by German customs officials and put in a zoo. Rihanna has been photographed bottle-feeding a baby monkey on holiday. The stars would find few fans in the British government, which on December 12, 2020 placed new restrictions on keeping primates(灵长目动物)as pets. Somewhere between 1,000 and 5,000 marmoserts, lemurs, tamarins and other little species of primates are kept in private ownership in Britain, the government says, often bored to misery.

One of the benefits of cutting loose from the European continent is that Britain can fully express its passion for animals. Politicians are only too happy to work for it, for pet-friendly policies are cheap and popular. In the previous election, the Tory Party promised to help reunite missing pets with their owners by making it compulsory to put chips into the bodies of cats and dogs, and to deal with animal smuggling(走私). The Labour Party promised to ban the live-boiling of lobsters in restaurants.

Yet, Britain’s animal welfare laws are already among the most comprehensive in the world, according to the Animal Protection Index.

Wild animals in traveling circuses were banned by law last year, but a decreasing public appetite for parades of elephants and tigers balanced on chairs had already put an end to the business. By the time the ban came into force, only two licensed animal circuses were left in Britain. Members of Parliament are moved by the sad loss of pets because of motor accidents. James Daly has proposed Gizmo’s Law, named after a cat, the victim of a hit-and-run accident, which was burned without its owner’s knowledge. The law requires that dead animals be brought back from the roadside to scan them for microchips, so that they can be reunited with their brokenhearted owners rather than being burned without their names being known. A draft bill in 2018 proposed criminalizing drivers who failed to stop after striking a cat. Hit-and-runs on dogs, pigs, goats and humans are already illegal.

1. What does the author want to introduce by mentioning the three stars in Paragraph 1?

A．A recent pet-friendly policy in Britain.

B．British people’s passion for animals.

C．A trend towards keeping primates as pets.

D．The present situation of primates in Britain.

2. What do we know about Britain’s politicians?

A．They’re two-faced about animal welfare.

B．They disapprove of European animal welfare.

C．They used to blame each other on animal welfare.

D．They devoted to making laws on animal welfare.

3. Why are dead animals in Gizmo’s Law scanned?

A．To track the hit-and-run driver.

B．To help the animals find their way home.

C．To inform their owners of the accidents.

D．To find out the exact locations of the accidents.

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

A．Animal welfare: all you need to know

B．Could Britain be a leader in animal welfare?

C．Could animal welfare plans be smart politics?

D．Animal welfare: a favorite issue for politicians.

8 . My generation — people born after 1990 — are accustomed to “all-in-platform” life, where we use mobile apps of different platforms to do almost everything in life.

For instance, I ordered a cup of coffee on Monday using an online delivery app. Then, I called a taxi by tapping on the app of a ride-booking service. Next, I bought some necessities on shopping platform Taobao. That done, I moved on to various other online destinations to get my daily fix of music, reading, social networking and so forth.

Platforms now play an increasingly important role in almost all aspects of day-to-day life, not just in economic and political processes. Consumption and social interaction are closely linked to platforms now.

But, I began to get confused recently. I thought I was being treated differently. My friend and I called a taxi at the same time on a ride-hailing platform (打车平台) and found that for the same destination, the prices were different. The price indicated on my phone was higher. One of the potential reasons could have been that I regularly use the ride-hailing platform and have a higher ranking while my friend doesn’t use it that often. So, the ride-hailing platform offers discounts to newbies like her, to attract and have such customers.

China’s latest efforts in regulating monopolistic or improper market behavior are of great significance in protecting consumers’ lawful rights.

“The essence of platform-based monopoly (垄断) is that a large number of users are gathered on only a select few platform companies, leading to uneven data gathering different platforms. But in China some platforms use their own data and traffic (流量) to expand capital in a disorderly way,” said Wang Yong, deputy director of the Institute of Economics at Tinghua University.

Data monopoly also brought another inconvenience for comumers — platforms block links to each other. For instance, link to WeChat Pay of Tencent is not available on Alibuba’s Taobao while there is no Alipay link on JD app’s payment options.

Last year, Meituan was charged with preventing customers from using Alipay as a payment option on Meituan apps and platforms.

In July, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology launched a six-month special rectification (专项治理) for the internet industry, asking platform operators to stop blocking each other’s link.

“More efforts should also be made to strike a good balance between personal information protection and interconnectivity between platforms Companies are being encouraged to further develop data encryption (加密) technology so that the data are available but not visible.”

1. What is the author’s purpose in writing Para.2?

A．To offer some tips on using apps on mobile phone.

B．To share his experience with mobile apps.

C．To further explain what is “all-in-platform” life.

D．To help readers familiarize themselves with mobile apps.

2. What could be inferred from Paragraph 4?

A．The author encountered so called “big data price discrimination”.

B．The author and his friend were treated differently by taxi drivers.

C．Due to the author's higher ranking, the platform offered him a cheaper price.

D．The ride-hailing platform offers discounts to regular customers.

3. The purpose of the platforms blocking each other's links is________.

A．to gather personal information

B．to expand capital

C．to protect consumers' rights

D．to use their data and traffic wisely

4. What is the author's attitude towards data monopoly?

A．Sympathetic.	B．Approving.
C．Critical.	D．Grateful.

5. What does the passage focus on?

A．Data monopolies and the inconvenience they bring to mobile app life.

B．Mobile apps have greatly changed our lives.

C．How to protect personal information on mobile apps.

D．Platforms have impacted every aspect of our daily lives.