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一、阅读理解
It’s not just people that are social distancing. Brands are doing it too.
McDonald’s, Coca-Cola, Audi and Volkswagen are just a few of the big companies that are interpreting “social distancing” with logo (商标) redesigns.
The term, social distancing, meaning standing 6 feet apart from others in an effort to lower the risk of being infected (感染) by diseases, has become popular recently.
“Our current global situation is no joke. It’s a serious matter,” Douglas Sellers, executive creative director for firm Siegel + Gale told CNN Business. “And brands designing social distancing logos have the potential to decrease the severity of what we are going through. The creativity, passion, and thought that goes into wanting to help, educate, and be part of the physical distancing movement is a worthy note,” Sellers said.
McDonald’s Brazil
Last week, McDonald’s Brazil pulled apart its iconic (标志性的) golden arches in a picture posted to its Facebook page. The ad agency explained that despite the temporary separation between its customers and the company caused by closures of some of its restaurants, they can always be together. McDonald’s is offering food through delivery.
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola is currently running an ad in New York’s deserted Times Square that shows each letter of its logo separated with the slogan “Staying apart is the best way to stay united”. The brand typically celebrates togetherness and love in its ads.
Audi and Volkswagen
Two companies that share ownership, Audi and Volkswagen, changed their logos for their social media accounts. Audi separated its four rings in a short video telling people to stay at home and keep their distance. Volkswagen also promoted a similar video with inspirational messages and separated the V and W. 1．Why did the brands redesign their logos? A．Because they no longer like their logos. C．To draw more attention from the public.
B．Because they want to sell new products. D．To remind people to keep social distance.
2．Which brand may provide its customers with take-away service?
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A．Coca-Cola. B．McDonald’s Brazil. C．Audi. D．Volkswagen.
3．What did two companies Audi and Volkswagen do with their logos? A．They put newly-designed logos on their products. B．They ran ads in New York’s deserted Times Square.
C．They put up posters with four separated rings and the V and W. D．They each separated their logos for their social media accounts.
This time there was no showboating for the cameras — or dark and long nights of the soul. Instead, on a heart-warming afternoon at the Genting Snow Park, the Winter Olympics witnessed the greatest story in its history.
For 16 years Lindsey Jacobellis has been known as the snowboarder who was miles clear of the Turin 2006 Olympics board cross final — until she fell on the last jump while showing off by taking a celebratory grab (抓取) of her board. It was an act that turned gold into silver, and led to her spending years trying to process what had happened. Yet somehow, in her fifth Olympics, the woman sprang a considerable shock by finally winning a gold medal at the age of 36.
For good measure, her gold in the snowboard cross was also her nation’s first of these Games. As Jacobellis motored towards the finish in the final, she could hear the French boarder Chloé Trespeuch closing. But this time she wasn’t going to let gold slip away. Afterwards she acknowledged that without that mistake in 2006 she may never have won gold in Beijing. “ Probably not, and I probably would have quit the sport at that point because I wasn’t really having fun with it. There was so much pressure on me to be the golden girl. I’d won so many races going into it and it’s a lot for a young athlete to have on their plate, ” she said.
But this day was mostly about Jacobellis, a five-time snowboard cross world champion, who finally secured the first prize. Afterwards she said that when she got to the start line of the final, she felt unusually calm. She said, “ They can keep talking about it all they want. Because it really shaped me into the person that I am. It kept me hungry and really helped me to keep fighting in the sport. ”
4．What does the author mainly want to convey in Paragraph 1? A．There were dark and long nights in the winter of Beijing. B．There was a champion born in the Beijing Winter Olympics.
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C．There was a heart-warming story happening in the boating race. D．There was the greatest photo taken in the competition in 2022. 5．Why did Lindsey Jacobellis fail to get a gold medal in 2006? A．She fell on her last jump as grabbing her board to celebrate. B．She had a mental disorder during her board cross competition. C．She had her leg broken while training before the competition. D．She was forbidden to join in the competition for some reason. 6．What does the author think of Lindsey Jacobellis? A．Warm-hearted. C．Well-educated.
B．Strong-minded. D．Born-gifted.
7．What is the purpose of the author in writing this passage? A．To stress the power of social media. C．To show the importance of not giving up.
Salvador Dali had a strange way of refreshing his mind — “slumber (睡眠) with a key”. In a book, he described how it worked. “You were to grasp a heavy key, hanging above a plate.” Then, he continued, “As you were progressively asleep, the key would slip from your fingers and fall on the plate, awakening you.” He claimed the brief moment spent between wake and sleep would refresh your physical and mental being.
Now Dali’s mysterious-sounding method has been, to some degree, proven by science — napping with an object in hand might help to tap into this creative sweet spot.
Delphine Oudiette is a sleep researcher at the Paris Brain Institute. She was curious to find out why — so she and her colleagues asked 103 volunteers to complete a series of math problems.
Unknown to the participants, there was a quick shortcut to solve all the problems. ( Sixteen of the volunteers figured that out and were excluded from the rest of the study. ) The volunteers who didn’t determine the secret were asked to emulate (模仿) Dali’s method — but grasping a plastic bottle with their fingertips rather than a key. Some took a Dali-style micro nap (小睡), some napped longer and others didn’t nap at all. After the nap, the researchers asked all the volunteers to do hundreds more of these math problems. And they found that volunteers who took micro naps were nearly three times as likely to figure out the problem-solving trick, compared to those who didn’t nap at all.
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B．To mark an experience of an athlete. D．To share the greatest joy with others.
Oudiette said, “We think that’s maybe in this short period, you have the best of the two worlds: sleep and wake. So you lose control of your thoughts and have loose associations, which could be helpful for creativity. But at the same time, you still keep some awareness that might help you to recognize when you have a great idea. Those who slept for longer periods actually did worse than both those who briefly slept and those who stayed awake. The next step of my work will involve repeating the experiment with other creative tasks to know more about the mechanism — and maybe to teach people to reach this creative sweet spot.” 8．Why did Dali use a heavy key and a plate? A．The key and the plate could help him sleep faster. B．The key and the plate were easy to find in his house. C．The plate could prevent the key slipping onto the floor. D．The key would make a loud noise when hitting the plate. 9．What does the underlined word “that” in Paragraph 4 refer to? A．Dali’s method. C．The quick shortcut.
10．Which is a fact in Oudiette’s study? A．All the participants didn’t nap in the process. B．Only 16 participants worked out the math problems. C．87 volunteers tried sleeping with a key in their hands. D．Those who napped were asked not to do the math problems. 11．What can be inferred from Oudiette’s words? A．Sleep and wake have loose associations. B．People have relaxed minds when sleeping. C．Those staying awake did worst in the study. D．She has fortunately found out the root cause.
When colds or flu attacks, many people treat themselves to the comfort of warm blankets and hot chicken soup. Chicken soup has been shown to be more than just a comfort food, however.
An ancient Greek manuscript (手稿) written around 200BC describes how chicken soup can be used to treat respiratory (呼吸的) disorders, such as colds and flu. In the 12th century another Greek scholar wrote that chicken soup eases the symptoms people have when they
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B．Oudiette’s study. D．The maths problem.
have colds and flu. Modern research is showing that there is a basis for this old belief that chicken soup can help the common cold or other respiratory problems.
When a person gets a cold, the cold virus makes itself at home in one’s nose, sinuses and throat, resulting in swelling in these areas. The result is sore throat, headache, congestion (充血), coughing, etc. One experiment showed that hot chicken soup can clear the congestion that comes with a cold.
Chicken soup contains compounds (化合物) that stop the swelling which causes this problem. Scientists still don’t know why chicken soup works, but they are sure that it does. They have also found that in order to be effective, the soup must be made with vegetables. Scientists think that it may be due to the presence of some healthful elements (元素) found in plants. Perhaps the best evidence for the effectiveness of chicken soup comes from the research of one scientist who found that chicken soup is rich in a chemical widely used in cold medicines.
Thus, when your mother or grandmother tells you to eat chicken soup when you have a cold or flu, go ahead and enjoy it. You will be doing something worthwhile for your body as well as pleasing her.
12．Why are the two Greeks referred to in Paragraph 2? A．Because Greece has a long food history. B．Because Greeks like drinking chicken soup. C．To prove colds and flu spread widely in Greece. D．To show chicken soup has some medical effects.
13．How can chicken soup have a better treatment on a common cold? A．Eat it at the right time. C．Add vegetables into it.
14．The author may agree that ________.
A．scientists find that chicken soup can kill cold viruses B．scientists doubt if chicken soup really helps a cold C．it takes less money to treat a cold with chicken soup D．elders tend to appreciate the effects of chicken soup 15．What can be the best title for the text? A．Chicken Soup Helps to Cure a Cold C．You May Well Need Chicken Soup
B．Why Not Eat Chicken Soup Often D．How to Deal with a Common Cold B．Choose healthy chicken. D．Take it with cold pills.
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二、七选五
From the young to the old, everyone takes missteps and gets things wrong sometimes or the other. ____16____ Here are three common mistakes young people make, and you can learn from them.
Not valuing time
Time is valuable, and it’s impossible to recover the time lost. Most young people know it but still, waste their precious time doing meaningless things. In today’s digital world, where too many distractions (使人分心的事物) surround you from notifications, or mail alerts, it’s already a struggle to keep up with your priorities (优先权) and do productive work.
____17____ Use it meaningfully to learn new things, acquire skills and increase your expertise so that you can grow and build yourself up for success.
Giving up too soon
Success doesn’t come overnight or with the snapping of fingers. ____18____ It requires you to practice self-discipline, work consistently and persevere (坚持).
You meet many difficulties and challenges on your journey to success. To be successful, you have to train yourself to stay put in the face of problems and hardships. With commitment and dedication, it’s possible to find your way through the barriers.
Believing failure means it’s all over
____19____ Every path you take goes through some kind of failure. If you let failure take the best of you, you’ll never be able to bounce back and get on your feet again.
When you experience setbacks, instead of letting them shake your self-belief, focus on what went wrong and how you could have prevented it. Getting to the root cause helps you figure out what went wrong so that you don’t repeat the mistake.
Each time you meet with failure, learn from it, start with better preparations, and get into action again. ____20____ A．The only failure is not trying. B．There’s no surefire way to succeed. C．Understand and respect the value of time.
D．It’s believed that achieving any goal takes time and effort.
E．Life is purposeful when you spend it running after a worthwhile goal.
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F．However, certain mistakes are typical of the youth and can cost them dearly.
G．Never let temporary roadblocks shake your confidence or doubt your ability to succeed.
三、完形填空
My freshman year started out predictably stressful for me. I had never made friends ____21____ or been able to start conversations with strangers. But I was ____22____ to become a better person.
I remember that day when I was having my lunch ____23____ at a bench, planning my ____24____ into the student community. Suddenly my daydreaming was ____25____ when a girl passing by said “hello” to me, ____26____ and waving her hand!
You’d never think a simple “hello” could actually change the ____27____ of someone’s life. But that unexplained little act of ____28____ was all that I needed. Next thing I knew, I was ____29____ into the book discussion club. Here and there, I would still _____30_____ that girl around, and she kept on smiling and waving at me every time she passed by. All until one day when, passing by, she _____31_____ said “Hey there, Janice!” and went away.
Oh gosh, she _____32_____ my name! This was starting to _____33_____ me. I thought, maybe I should ask her _____34_____, but it was too late to ask. But finally a miracle (奇迹) _____35_____ — thanks to roll call I found out that she was called Anne! The mystery was _____36_____, and I didn’t need to feel _____37_____ anymore!
Thanks to her little “ hello ” that day and the _____38_____ it gave me to get into the book club, where I _____39_____ my future husband, Michael. You can always _____40_____ my bridesmaid, Anne, in the photos. She’s always waving her hand and smiling! 21．A．easily 22．A．supposed 23．A．apart
B．carefully B．aided B．right
C．actively C．persuaded C．alone C．duty C．taken C．smiling C．principle C．friendliness
D．deliberately D．determined D．well D．guidance D．frozen D．approaching D．course D．appreciation
24．A．breakthrough B．impression 25．A．shaken 26．A．rushing 27．A．chance 28．A．harmony
B．broken B．shouting B．tradition B．gesture
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29．A．admitted 30．A．avoid 31．A．vividly 32．A．mistook 33．A．please 34．A．name 35．A．existed 36．A．hidden 37．A．awkward 38．A．energy
B．pushed B．see B．casually B．confirmed B．amuse B．number B．occurred B．ignored B．shocked B．relief
C．driven C．follow C．cautiously C．recalled C．worry C．hobby C．changed C．built C．curious C．promise C．dropped by C．recognize
D．headed D．detect D．quickly D．knew D．scare D．identification D．survived D．solved D．regretful D．courage D．wished for D．admire
39．A．got married to B．came across 40．A．describe
B．overlook
四、用单词的适当形式完成短文
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。
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday signed a presidential order awarding four persons the national medal and honorary title for ____41____ ( they ) outstanding contributions to fighting the COVID-19 epidemic. Xi’s presidential order came after the Standing Committee of the 13uh National People’s Congress voted ____42____ ( adopt ) a decision to award the national medal and honorary title to the four renowned (有名望的) specialists.
The Medal of the Republic was awarded to disease expert Zhong Nanshan, who ____43____ ( be ) a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and director of the National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease. He is a ____44____ ( high ) popular figure among the public for being outspoken. He made a ____45____ ( conclude ) that the novel coronavirus could be transmitted between ____46____ ( human), stressed strict prevention and control efforts, and led the work ____47____ drafting COVID-19 diagnosis and treatment plans.
The national honorary title, “ the People’s Hero ” , was awarded to Zhang Boli, Zhang Dingyu and Chen Wei, all of ____48____ played an important role in the fight against CQVID-19.
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____49____ ( decorate ) with patterns of China’s national emblem (徽章),
_____50_____ medal so far has only been awarded to eight people, including Yuan Longping, father of hybrid rice, Tu Youyou, Nobel Laureate in medicine, and Yu Min, father of China’s hydrogen bomb.
五、短文改错
51．假如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。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。 删除：把多余的词用斜线（∧）划掉。
修改：在错的词下面划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
While in my first year of high school, I live in the dormitory and could only go home at weekends. Therefore, I learned to be independently. Once, I couldn’t bear the dirtiness of my shoe after playing basketball. I decided to wash them of my own for the first time. In a fact, I even hadn’t seen my mother do the job. What should I get it done? 1 borrowed a brush and some washed powder from one of my roommates, and with his help I managed to make my shoes as clean a new pair. I was about to cheer himself when I heard him say, “ Maybe you should use more water next time. You’ve wasted too much. ”
六、其他应用文
52．印度博主Sam想到中国旅游，希望中国网友推荐合适的地方。请你用英语在他的社交账号评论区留言，内容包括： 1.推荐的地方； 2.推荐的理由； 3.出行方式。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.开头已为你写出，不计入总词数。
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I’d like to recommend you a place in China.
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