So, aged 21, she decided to leave university and look after him herself. She lived close by, popping in every day to make sure he was eating, and that the house was tidy, before heading off to her work.

Besides challenging moments, there was a time when looking after her dad was a pure joy. "We’d wake up, I’d ask what he wanted to do that day, and however ridiculous the adventure is, off we’d go."

Sadly, in 2009, 5 years later, Laura lost her father. Before he died, Laura went to a hospital appointment with him, where doctors mentioned that his form of Alzheimer’s disease was genetic meaning there was a fifty-fifty chance that she had inherited it. For several years Laura agonised over whether to be tested, finally finding out in August 2017 that she has the APP gene, meaning that, like him, she will develop the condition within a decade.

At first, she struggled, feeling as if her life lacked purpose. Then, during a sleepless night in the summer of 2018, she decided at around 2 a.m. to enter the 2019 London Marathon sponsored by the charities Alzheimer’s Society and Alzheimer’s Research UK.

She hoped to start the conversation around early-onset Alzheimer’s disease and to encourage people to talk about it more openly. "I remember when Dad was ill, people wouldn’t know how to react, but I want to be honest and open," she added. "The more information we can get, the less of a taboo(忌讳) we will feel. That said, the support I’ve received so far after going public has been amazing — that’s what is carrying me through."

【1】Laura noticed her father’s dementia when .

A.her father told her his condition in person

B.people nearby informed her of his father’s condition

C.her father forgot his own birthday party

D.her father forgot to attend her 21-year-old birthday party

【2】The underlined word "agonised" in Paragraph 4 probably means .

A.excitedB.struggled

C.shockedD.delighted

【3】Laura started the open talk in the hope of .

A.getting people to talk about Alzheimer’s disease openly

B.earning some money to help treat her Alzheimer’s disease

C.making herself stronger to fight against Alzheimer’s disease

D.raising funds for charities Alzheimer’s Society and Alzheimer’s disease Research UK

【4】Which words can best describe Laura?

A.Caring and positive.B.Careful and honest.

C.Patient and cautious.D.Devoted and modest.

【1】There was such a long queue waiting for the tickets that e_________ we gave up.

【2】Her job is to a________ labels to the luggage of the passengers at the station.

【3】The new railway under c_________ can lead to Shenzhen.

【4】Man has already begun e_________ the Mars, hoping to find signs of life there.

【5】He refused my invitation for v_________ reasons.

【6】This ________ (理论) helps to explain how animals communicate with each other.

【7】The new owners have tried to give the restaurant a more family-friendly ______ (气氛).

【8】Her _______ (主修的) subject is chemistry.

【9】It’s not a problem worth _______ (争论)about.

【10】He was ________ (逮捕) for drunk driving.

【1】When my friends came to visit me, I felt _________ (尴尬) about how untidy and messy the house was.

【2】In some cases, modern English even shows a _________ (区别) between upper-class French and lower-class Anglo-Saxon in its words.

【3】At the age of fifteen, Braille created a system with patterns of six raised dots _________(代表) each letter.

【4】_________ (不幸的是), more than 3 million people have been affected the COVID-19 disease and more than 250，000 people lost their lives to it.

【5】_________(商业) organizations and activities are concerned with making money or profits, rather than ,for example , with scientific research or providing a public service.

【6】Even the newly-built tower was _________(摧毁) in this terrible earthquake.

【7】Medicine should not be kept where it is _________ (可获得的) to children.

【8】It’s widely admitted that Kobe Bryant’s __________(贡献) to the Lakers go beyond the basketball court.

【9】All the persons present sighed with __________ (宽慰) when the police found the missing boy in the forest.

【10】The medical teams __________ (组成) of doctors and nurses all over the country went to give support to Hubei Province.

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Right now in schools across the country children are busy selling Pepsi-Cola in the name of education. They are part of Pepsi’s “Learn and Earn Project” -- a competition 【1】 (set) up by Pepsi once a year that encourages students to sell the soft drink at parties.

According to materials the company 【2】 (send) to the teachers，the project declares “help strengthen students’ broad understandings of business, particularly its broad marketing and management aspects”.

【3】 it fulfills this objective or not, it does succeed in selling Pepsi.

The “Learn and Earn Project” is just one example of the hundreds of ways food companies 【4】 (encourage) the buying of their products in schools. Particularly in the fields of nutrition and home economics, companies send numerous “teaching aids”: highly professional films, shiny workbooks and pamphlets, 【5】 available to teachers at well below commercial rates 【6】 free.

For example, the Savennach Sugar Refining Corp.，put out a book for students called “Sugar Through the Ages” which includes statements such as “Scientists have found that generous amounts of sugar 【7】 (be) a valuable part of well-balanced diets for growing children”.

By far, 【8】 (large) supplier of nutrition materials to schools is the National Dairy Council, which provides all sorts of pamphlets 【9】 (address) questions ranging from “How am I doing socially?” to “How am I doing physically?” These materials are full of things about dairy products, daily calcium requirement, etc.

But nutrition and home economics are not the only areas 【10】 companies have found a Lucrative (有利可图的)form of advertising.

The research into friendship shows that our social circle peaks at 26 years and 7 months, at which we typically have five close friends.Women are most popular at 25 years and 10 months, with men hitting the highest friendship point a little later at 27 years and 3 months.

The research, by Forever Friends, shows that about a third of adults meet their closest friends while at school，with about a fifth saying they meet them at work.

Social networks such as Facebook and Twitter now also play a major role in building new friendship.The research points out that 25 to 34yearolds make 22 friends via Facebook, compared to 18 to 24yearolds who make 12, and 35 to 44yearolds who make just four.

Forever Friends' relationship coach Sam Owen says, “It is no coincidence that over a third of us meet our best friends at school. It is a key time in our lives when friendship is growing through sharing notes，giving gifts, seeing each other regularly and laughing a lot. As adults we can often forget how powerful these small things are and how the little things can make a difference.”

Later in life we find ourselves losing friends. Over half of us lose friendship through moving, while 36% say that over time they grow apart from close pals. Having children also causes 19% to drift away from childhood friends.

With growing pressure being put on friendship these days，it's important to make time for our friendship.

【1】How many friends can a 20yearold college student make via Facebook?

A.4.B.12.

C.18.D.22.

【2】In Paragraph 5，the author is trying to tell the readers________.

A.how important making friends is

B.that friendship is not easy to keep

C.how much has been done to keep friendship

D.School time is an important period to develop friendship.

【3】The underlined phrase “drift away from” in Paragraph 6 means “________”.

A.make sense ofB.lose touch with

C.feel sorry forD.make up with

【4】This passage is most probably taken from________.

A.Facebook or TwitterB.an advertisement

C.a textbookD.a newspaper

How to Avoid the Coronavirus? Wash Your Hands

As a New York Times reporter in China, I covered the SARS outbreak in 2002 and 2003 【1】 a new virus was first detected in Guangdong. My two children attended elementary school in Beijing throughout the outbreak.

The International School of Beijing, where my children were students, 【2】(be) one of the few in Beijing that stayed open.

The school conducted several simple precautionary【3】(measure): a serious note to parents warning them that students would【4】(screen) for fevers with ear thermometers at the school door. There was no【5】(share) of food at lunch. The teacher led the kids to wash their hands【6】(frequent) throughout the day at classroom sinks, while singing a “hand washing song”【7】(ensure) they did more than a quick pass under the faucet (水龙头) with water only.

With all these, I observed something of【8】public health miracle: Not only did no child get SARS, but it seemed no student was infected【9】anything at all for months on end.

The World Health Organization declared the SARS outbreak contained in July 2003. But, oh, those habits persisted. The best ways of【10】(prevent) against SARS or the new coronavirus are the ones that Grandma taught us.

Silence is unnatural to man. He does all he can 【1】(make) a noise in the world, and he fears silence more than anything else. Even his conversation is an attempt to prevent a fearful silence. If he【2】(introduce) to another person, and a number of pauses occur in the conversation, he regards himself as【3】failure, and is full of envy of the emptiest-headed chatterbox (喋喋不休的人).He knows that ninety-nine percent of human conversation 【4】(mean) no more than the buzzing of a fly, but he is anxious to join in the buzz and to prove that he is a man and not a waxwork figure (蜡塑人像).

The aim of conversation is to keep up the buzzing sound. There are, it must be admitted, different qualities of buzz; there is even a buzz that is as【5】(annoy) as the continuous noise made by a mosquito (蚊子). But at a dinner party one would rather be a mosquito 【6】a quiet person. Most buzzing, fortunately, is pleasant to the ear. and some of it is pleasant even to the mind.

Those【7】 hate to pick up the weather as a【8】(conversation) opening seem to me not to know the reason why human beings wish to talk. Very few human beings join in a conversation in the hope of【9】(learn) anything new. Some of them are content if they are 【10】(mere) allowed to go on making a noise into other people's ears.

The child went missing on January 22 while playing with friends near his grandmother's house in North Carolina. When the other children returned but Casey did not, the family searched the area for almost an hour before calling the police.

Police formed a search team to look for the young boy in the nearby woods. But two days went by and—no Casey.

Then on January 24, someone called the police saying he heard a child crying in the woods. Police followed up on the information and found Casey at about 9:30 that night. He was in good health.

Casey told the rescuers he had hung out with a black bear for two days, a bear he called his "friend".

The police officer Chip Hughes spoke with reporters from several news agencies. He said Casey did not say how he could survive in the woods for two days in the cold, rainy weather. "However," the police officer said, "he did say he had a friend in the woods that was a bear with him."

Hundreds of people helped in the search and rescue efforts, including some 600 volunteers, police and members of the army. Doctors at the medical center gave Casey some examination. He was then sent to his family on January 25.

His mother talked with reporters and thanked everyone who joined the search for her son. "We just want to tell everybody that we're very thankful that you took the time out to search for Casey," said his mother. "He is up and talking He's already asked to watch cartoons."

【1】When did Caseyget lost?

A.On January24.

B.After a 911 call.

C.Before his playmates returned home.

D.After he left his grandmother's house.

【2】What can we know about the boy?

A.He survived with the help of a bear.

B.The rescuers rescued him from a bear.

C.Someone offered key information to find him.

D.He was eventually found by officer Hughes.

【3】Why did the mother say that in the last paragraph?

A.To report the detailed situation.

B.To show her gratitude and relief.

C.To invite everyone to watch her child.

D.To appreciate searchers and the bear.

【4】Where is this text most likely from?

A.A newsreportB.A guidebook.

C.A diary.D.An adverisement

(注:以上表格中的数字近年来已有改动。2015年上海人口已排名世界第三位。)

【1】According to the information, which problem is associated with rapid population growth?

A.Excess food being wasted.B.Too many people living in the city.

C.Experimentation with food production.D.More people practicing medicine.

【2】According to the information about “urban population,” which of the following statements is true?

A.In 1900, about 10 percent of the world population lived in cities.

B.Los Angles and Shanghai have the same population.

C.The population of Bombay is greater than that of New York.

D.The third most populated city is Tokyo.

【3】The overall purpose of this information is to ____.

A.show how the standard of living in poor countries has recently improved

B.describe how poor countries with large populations feed their people

C.report on worldwide trends in population and living standards

D.question the reason for high life expectancy in wealthy countries