1 . Bringing goods into the UK

You are allowed to bring some goods for personal use without paying tax or duty.

Arrivals from EU countries

You can bring goods from EU countries without being charged tax or duty if they are:

● transported by yourself; ● a gift or for personal use; ● bought with tax and duty included.

You can bring alcohol and tobacco from EU countries without restriction but an inquiry(调查) might be required depending on the amount of your goods.

Arrivals from outside the EU

You will be free of duty or tax on certain amounts of goods brought from outside the EU, as long as they are for your own use. Any goods that are beyond your allowance should be declared.

Alcohol & tobacco allowance:

Type of goods	Cigarettes	Cigars	Tobacco	Beer	Wine(not sparkling wine)	Spirits	Alcoholic drinks
Amount	200	50	250 grams	16 litres	4 litres	1 litre	2 litres

Allowance for other goods:

The maximum value of other goods you can bring is £390. Any single item that is worth more than the allowance will be charged duty or tax on its full value.

The rate of duty or tax on items above the allowance is:

● 2.5% for goods worth up to £630;

● decided by the type of goods worth above £630 — check by calling the VAT, Customs.

Banned and restricted goods

Goods banned include:

● illegal drugs; ● offensive weapons; ● endangered animal and plant species;

● meat and dairy(乳制的) products from most non-EU countries.

Food and plant products restricted include:

● products containing pests and diseases; ● products grown outside the EU;

● products not for your own use.

1. Which of the following products from outside the EU has the largest duty-free allowance?

A．Beer.

B．Wine (not sparkling wine).

C．Spirits.

D．Alcoholic drinks.

2. How much tax shall one coming from China pay for a ring bought in America worth £500?

A．£ 2.75

B．£ 12.5

C．£ 110

D．£ 130

3. Which of the following items shall be banned or restricted?

A．A set of Russian dolls.

B．A bottle of French wine.

C．A brick of Japanese cheese.

D．A package of Spanish cigarettes.

2 . 阅读下面的材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Celebrities like Olivia Munn are among those     1    have opposed wearing animal fur. Now, San Francisco has become the     2    (large) city in the USA to ban people from selling new fur to their consumers.

The ban is aimed to send     3     strong message to the fur industry that the cruelty these animals endure for the purpose of becoming clothing is not consistent     4    the values of our city.

As we know, West Hollywood became the first city in the United States     5    (forbid) the sale of new fur items in 2011, and Berkeley passed a ban on the sale of fur clothing last year.     6    (actual), in 2000, the UK took action first,     7    (follow ) by Australia in 2004. More recently, the Netherlands, the European Union’s largest producer of fur, banned fur farming in 2012 and plans to end mink farming by 2024. Earlier this month, Norway banned fur farming and     8    (end) fox and mink farming in the following several years.

It     9    (report )that San Francisco’s ban will go into     10    (affect) in 2019. Hopefully, efforts like this will continue to encourage businessmen and customers to stop purchasing real animal fur and, thus, further protect the lives of animals everywhere.

3 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Which place will have the strictest ban on smoking according to the text?

A．Britain.

B．Finland.

C．Hong Kong.

2. What does the government mean by saying“once and for all”?

A．It can’t ban smoking forever.

B．It wants to ban smoking now.

C．It wants to ban smoking thoroughly.

3. Which public place is allowed to smoke in Hong Kong?

A．Restaurants.

B．Cars.

C．Shopping malls.

4. What would be the best title for this passage?

A．Smoking and Cancer.

B．Smoking in Hong Kong.

C．Anti-smoking Laws.

4 . 阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。

Parents usually teach their children how to cross the street safely—by looking both ways for cars. But do they also teach them to put away their cellphones? According to statistics from years of studies, they almost never say so. In view of this, the city of Honolulu, Hawaii wants everyone to learn that lesson.

Texting while crossing the street will soon be banned in the city. Beginning on October 24，you can be fined from$15 to$99 if you step into a Honolulu street while looking at your phone．Honolulu is the first major U.S. city to ban what is called “distracted walking”. It recently passed a law, which says no pedestrian shall cross a street or highway while viewing a mobile electronic device.

The law includes all electronic devices with screens, from cellphones, tablets, gaming devices, digital cameras to laptop computers. However, the law does permit an exception: pedestrians may use such devices in the street to call emergency services and rescue workers, such as firefighters and police officers.

Pedestrian deaths have been increasing as the use of cellphones rises in the past few years. The Governors Highway Safety Association, or GHSA, says pedestrian deaths in the United States increased 25 percent between 2010 and 2015. That trend continued in 2016 with the number of pedestrian deaths rising to almost 6, 000, 11％ higher than in 2015.

Other U.S. cities may follow Honolulu. The state of Washington was the first to outlaw distracted driving back in 2007. Now, 46 other states as well as Washington D. C. ，Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands, have laws against texting while driving.

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5 . Beijing's transportation commission released a new regulation on Wednesday banning passengers from eating or drinking on the subway in a move intended to create a more comfortable space for travelers. Uncivilized behavior, such as selling products or playing loud music, are also prohibited under the regulation.

It will be included in the passenger's credit record that if a passenger disobeys the rules, and the he could be forbidden from taking the subway in the future, the commission said. The commission also assigned special inspectors and supervisors to identify improper behavior on subway trains. Prohibitions against smoking electronic cigarettes and using fake tickets were also added to the rules.

Liu Daizong, China transport program director at the World Resources Institute, applauded the new measure and said that as an enclosed space, a subway car will be filled with odors if passengers are allowed to have food. "These easily cause arguments between passengers, but there was no basis for law enforcement（实施） officers to get involved before," he said.

In January, a woman named Wang caused heated discussion online after she was filmed eating snacks and spitting out the food debris onto the floor of a car on Beijing's Line 13.She was later found by netizens to be the same woman previously filmed eating chicken claws and spitting out bones in a Shanghai subway car. Netizens had dubbed her "chicken feet lady". Other passengers asked Wang to clean up her mess but she refused, leaving the food packages in the subway car when she got off.She was later controlled by police in Beijing on suspicion of disrupting public transport.

Han Yanni, a 26-year-old white collar worker in the finance industry in Beijing, said drinking water and bread is her daily routine on the subway, especially in the morning rush. "Except for onions or sunflower seeds, I can put up with most of the eating behaviors," she said. "Especially if they take a garbage bag for their trash."

1. Which statement is true according to the passage?

A．It is not prohibited that a man smokes electronic cigarettes on the subway.

B．If a person breaks the rule, he may lose the chance of taking the subway now.

C．A passenger may be supervised by someone when taking the subway in Beijing.

D．One can eat bread if he or she brings a garbage bag in Beijing subway.

2. What does the underlined word “odors” mean in paragraph 3?

A．an awful smell of food

B．food remains

C．used napkins

D．food package

3. What can we learn about the woman Wang?

A．She had spitted out all she had eaten in a Shanghai subway car.

B．She got away with what she had done in Shanghai.

C．She called herself “chicken feet lady”.

D．She had cleaned up the mess she had caused on Beijing’s line 13.

6 . Facebook and other social media companies should make children aware that their online activity is monitored by their parent or carer, under a code to improve child Internet safety in the UK.

Turning off the “like” function, and limiting data collection and geolocation tools on popular platforms such as Instagram and Facebook, are among a 16-point list of recommendations for age-appropriate design released by the Information Commisioner’s Office (ICO).

It said some techniques, which platforms employ to encourage users to use them, including Facebook “likes”, should not be used to try to keep under-18s online for longer. Other recommendations under the ICO’s code of practice for Internet companies, which platforms would be responsible for carrying out, include:

*Limiting how children’s personal data is collected, used and shared by social media companies.

*Making “high privacy” the default (默认) setting for children using social media platforms unless there is a convincing reason not to.

*Requiring social media companies to show that all staff involved in the design and development of services likely to be used by children obey the code of practice.

*Introducing age checks on platforms or treating all users as if they were children.

Companies that do not stick to the code could face fines of up to 4% of their global turnover, around $1.6 bn for Facebook. The consultation ended at the end of May, and the final version of the code of practice, regarded as a new international standard is expected to come into effect by 2020.

Elizabeth Denham, the information commissioner, said, “This is the connected generation. The Internet and all its wonders have been a part of their everyday lives. We shouldn’t have to prevent our children from being able to use it, but we must demand that they should be protected when they do. This code does that.”

The ICO sought views from parents and children while developing the code of practice, as well as those of designers, app developers and academics.

The NSPCC children’s charity said social networks had “continually failed to put child safety first in their design”, resulting in “bad consequences”. “That’s why it is vital this code requires children to be given the highest privacy settings by default and forces companies to act in the best interests of children,” the NSPCC’s associate head of child safety online Andy Burrows said.

Lady Beeban Kidron, the chair of the 5Rights Foundation and who led the debate about the creation of the recommendations, said, “For too long we have failed to recognize children’s rights and needs online. I firmly believe in the power of technology to transform lives, be a force for good and rise to the challenge of promoting the rights and safety of our children. But in order to fulfill that role, it must consider the best interests of children, not simply its own commercial interests.”

1. Why did the ICO create the code?

A．To protect social media companies.

B．To ensure children’s safety on the Internet.

C．To prevent under-18s from staying online.

D．To reduce the functions of popular platforms.

2. What will happen to social media companies if they don’t follow the code?

A．They’ll be fined.

B．They’ll receive warnings.

C．They’ll be required to apologize.

D．They’ll have to stop their platforms.

3. What can we learn from Denham’s words?

A．She has a low opinion of popular platforms.

B．She considers the code to be quite necessary.

C．She fails to recognize children’s needs online.

D．She expects children to avoid using the Internet.

4. What does the underlined word “fulfill” mean in the last paragraph?

A．Praise.

B．Define.

C．Meet.

D．Find.

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1、上海率先实施； 2、垃圾须分四类（干、湿、可循环、有害）； 3、社会反响。
参考词汇：垃圾分类 trash sorting
注意：词数 120 左右；可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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8 . Texas has been one of the most restrictive gun-rights states in America.Thanks to a new law,however,the state will be one of the most relaxed,to the degree that police are discouraged from even asking about someone's guns. And if they do, they may not have much power to do anything if the person refuses to show a license.

To be sure, the law is strict in its own way,offering a model for regulation. Under the law, open-carry citizens have to be licensed, a process that includes safety and shooting tests. They also have to show no prior psychological problems, and they have to be at least 21 years old.

It is true that gun violence dropped sharply after restrictive laws were put in place in countries like Great Britain and Australia. However,the US public seems more interested than ever in weapons and the power they convey,despite gun control groups' concern over the increase of violence. Most states in America have steadily expanded gun rights since the end of a 10-year assault(攻击)weapons ban in 2004. Black Friday this year saw the biggest gun cache(贮存)ever purchased in one day.

Considering those trends,there's a heated debate about whether the new Texas law is a model piece of legislation(立法)for a changing America,or a walking disaster just begging for trouble. As the law doesn't provide any punishment for those who refuse to show a license to a police officer, critics fear that officers may find it tough to handle potentially deadly situations. After all, armed citizens will no longer be considered suspicious, even though a lot of people might be alarmed by the sight. Most police in Texas have been told to not engage gun carriers unless they are doing something questionable or appear drunk.

For sure,New Year's Day will be an exciting one for Texas gun owners. What's not yet known is how the rest of Texas will respond.

1. All of the following are required in the new Texas law for open carry EXCEPT

A．age limit

B．mental condition

C．online registration

D．gun-operating skills

2. What is mainly talked about in Paragraph 3?

A．The reason for putting forward the new Texas law.

B．The present situation of gun possession in America.

C．The impact of the assault weapons ban in 2004.

D．The inaction of the US government as to gun control.

3. What do critics think the new Texas law will probably lead to?

A．Heavier workload for policemen.

B．Disrespect for officers.

C．Lack of trust among citizens.

D．Difficulty in crime prevention.

4. What is the author's attitude towards the new Texas law?

A．Negative.

B．Cautious.

C．Indifferent.

D．Approving.

9 . Vegetable gardens may not be as visually pleasing as the variety of flowers, but Floridians looking to save some green by growing their own salad fixings can soon do so without fear. Gov. Ron DeSantis this week signed a law that bans local governments from carrying orders against homeowners from raising veggies in their yards.

The law, which takes effect July 1, puts an end to that particular power of towns and cities across the state to prohibit vegetable gardens for “aesthetic（审美的）purposes”.

The issue became a cause after a couple living in Miami Shores Village opposed the decision of a $ 50 a day fine for growing vegetables in their front yard, as they’d done for years.

Hermine Ricketts and her husband Tom Carroll fought City Hall in a case that wound its way up the state’s court system, with judges consistently ruling against their money-saving and health-conscious project.

After the Florida Supreme Court ruled in favor of Miami Shores’ right to control design and landscaping standards, the couple replaced their vegetables with pink flamingos (红鹳花) .

Their cause was not lost, however. State lawmakers proposed and passed a law that effectively voids the court rulings, with Rob Bradley, who sponsored the bill, reportedly calling the village’s action a “vast overreach”.

The lawmaker noted the difficulty that many families experience getting fresh and affordable food, calling bans against vegetable and fruit gardens ridiculous.

About a third of all households in the U. S. grow some of their own food, according to the National Gardening Association. The group says a 600-square-foot garden that costs around $ 70 a year to keep can grow 300 pounds of fresh produce worth about $ 600 annually.

1. Why will some Floridians plant salad fixings?

A．To protect the environment.	B．To beautify their home.
C．To build their own gardens.	D．To cut daily expenses.

2. What can be known about the couple from the passage?

A．They started a public health-conscious campaign.

B．They never gave in to the Miami Shores’ demand.

C．They paid a $50 daily fine to Miami Shores Village.

D．They were not backed by the Florida Supreme Court.

3. What does Rob Bradley think of the couple’s action probably?

A．It’s sensible.	B．It’s ridiculous.
C．It’s ambitious.	D．It’s costly.

10 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Several Mexican states     1    (propose) bans on junk food sales to children recently. The country has a high rate of childhood obesity and death for young people. Most of the bans would stop the sale of junk food to young people     2    their parent is present.

The issue has become important because of the coronavirus pandemic. The government has said that high blood pressure and obesity are the main conditions     3    may have caused the disease to become more severe.

But what     4    (exact) is "junk food?" That is the main problem for the writers of the new laws. The lawmakers want to avoid     5    (ban) traditional sweet foods. Instead, they have blamed packaged foods     6    (make) by major international companies. The new laws may be hard to enforce. Some multi-national packaged foods, like Doritos corn chips, have become part of Mexico's food culture.

The U. N. Children's Fund says child obesity is a health     7    (emergent) in Mexico. It says the country's children have one of     8    (high)rates in the world of junk food eating. Many young people there get 40 percent of their total calories from junk food.

Business groups have complained about the effect the laws will have     9    tens of thousands of small stores and street businesses that make a lot of     10    (they) money selling junk food.