James Bender, in his book How to Talk Well tells the story of a farmer who grew awardwinning corn.Each year he won a blue ribbon.One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something interesting about how he grew it.

The reporter discovered that the farmer shared his seed corn with his neighbors.“How can you afford to share your best seed corn with your neighbors when they are entering corn in competition with yours each year？” The reporter asked.“Why，” said the farmer, “didn't you know? The wind picks up pollen(花粉) from the ripening corn and carries it from field to field.If my neighbors grow bad corn, crosspollination(异花受粉) will slowly reduce the quality of my corn.If I am to grow good corn, I must help my neighbors grow good corn.”

He is very much aware of the connectedness of life.His corn cannot improve unless his neighbors' corn also improves.The lesson for each of us is this: If we are to grow good corn, we must help our neighbors grow good corn.

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2．以约30个词概括短文的要点；

3．以约120词发表你的看法，谈谈你的认识。

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2．作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

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But the world has changed. Young scientists are making their voices heard and releasing their powers on the world stage.

This is also true in China. Rising stars include new materials expert Gong Yongji, university professor Liu Mingzhen, and biologist Wang Ruixue. At the age of 28 in 2018, Wan Ruixue received the 2018 Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists. This is a global prize to reward outstanding scientists at an early stage of their careers.

She focuses mainly on biomedicine(生物医学)and artificial intelligence(人工智能). "Both are cutting-edge(前沿)technologies at an early stage of development," she said.

"So, I think they have great potential to be developed. I think in the study of cutting-edge technologies, China and other leading countries in the world are standing on the same starting line. And in the study of structural biology, China is likely to become the leader."

She felt it was her fate to become a biologist. "I grew interested in the natural world, when I was very young," she said. In 2009, she entered Sun Yat-sen University.

In her third year at the university, she realized that she wanted to do something related to biomedicine. So she emailed China's top biologist Shi Yigong, hoping to join his lab at Tsinghua University.

Shi recognized her talent and welcomed her. Years of efforts at the lab have paid off. Her research on the high-definition 3D structure of spliceosome led to a scientific breakthrough.

Unlike-many of other young scientists who choose to pursue further study abroad, Wan currently has no plan to go overseas.

"The whole ecosystem for scientific research is continually improving in China," she said, adding the country has great science facilities.

【1】What does the underlined word "releasing" in Paragraph 2 mean?

A.Giving out.B.Getting over.

C.Finding out.D.Taking over.

【2】What does Wan Ruixue feel about the study of cutting-edge technologies in China?

A.Anxious.B.Confident.

C.Disappointed.D.Satisfied.

【3】What can we learn about Wang Ruixue's journey of becoming a biologist?

A.Her teacher led her into the field.B.She finds it's easier than she thought.

C.Her contribution has been recognized.D.She thinks it's boring but worth trying.

【4】Which can be the best title of the text?

A.China's Breakthrough in ScienceB.Rising Young Scientists in China

C.Wan Ruixue: A Successful Young ScientistD.New Image of Chinese Scientists

What is special about these celebrations in India is that people celebrate their common culture in their communities. There is a wide variety of festivals in India because of the presence(存在)of many different religions, beliefs, ideas and cultures. It is even said that some places in the country celebrate festivals 365 days a year. They are mainly religious festivals, cultural festivals and tourist festivals that are organized to keep the traditions, values and heritage of the region.

Religious festivals are celebrated as part of the Indian belief system. They are organized to honor spiritual personalities and events related to the journey of a religion. Cultural festivals in India are organized to provide a platform for different forms of music, dance and other art. To keep their artistic traditions alive and even make them become more popular in the future, many cities in India are active in cultural events. The rich cultural heritage of India attracts the Western world during the celebration of important festivals such as Onam, Holi and Durga Puja. Tourist festivals in the country are organized to celebrate the heritage of the land for tourism purposes. These celebrations every year bring good results and attract a large number of tourists, both within the country and abroad.

These festivals in India focus on enriching people’s "Indian" experience in the most real way. For this purpose, foreigners are very interested in attending the festivals, which are organized to show the rich and colorful side of the country.

【1】In India，the whole nation often celebrates festivals actively to .

A.have much fun on special occasionsB.exchange special gifts and greetings

C.keep the traditions of their festivalsD.meet all their family members and relatives

【2】Why does India have so many festivals?

A.Because the Indians like singing and dancing.

B.Because the Indians want to attract more tourists.

C.Because there are a great number of old attractions.

D.Because there are many different religions, ideas and cultures.

【3】The cultural festivals are usually celebrated by .

A.performing different art forms

B.visiting the famous old buildings

C.having a journey of honoring spiritual personalities

D.getting together and attending fairs

【4】In which part of the website can we read this passage?

A.Travel.B.Culture.

C.Economy.D.Technology.

【1】

A.His college life is too boring.

B.Some principles of science are too difficult for him to understand.

C.Students can’t quite follow his teaching.

D.He can’t concentrate when talking about some basics.

【2】

A.Freshmen are usually highly motivated.

B.Jane White teaches chemistry in college.

C.Susan is popular with her students.

D.The man will try something new.

It might ______ the White House or the police, or forward your personal address book to a marketing company. Or it could simply eat into the phone's operating software, turning it ______ and erasing your personal information.

Similar viruses have already made mobile phone owners ______ in Japan and Europe.

Mr.Hypponen, chief technical officer of a computer security company in Finland, said a virus “can get your ______ and send them elsewhere. And it can record your ______. ”

Mobiles are now able to surf the net, send emails and ______ software. So they are an easy ______ for the same hackers who have sent viruses to computers over the past decade.

“It's technically ______ now，” said Stephen Trilling, director of research at antivirus ______ maker Symantec Corp based in the US.

“If the phone is connected to the ______ , it can be used to transmit threats and ______ targets just as any computer can. ”

In Japan, if you opened a certain email message ______ your mobile phone, it would cause the phone to repeatedly ______ the national emergency (紧急)number.

So phone operators had to ______ emergency calls until the ______ was removed.

In Europe, the mobiles' short message service, ______ SMS, has been used to send codes that could damage phones.

Mobile users can ______ viruses, of course, by sticking to their traditional phones ______ web links, some experts said.

【1】A. get B. force C. make D. damage

【2】A. speak B. talk C. tell D. say

【3】A. lead B. cause C. control D. call

【4】A. off B. out C. down D. on

【5】A. interested B. angry C. excited D. terrified

【6】A. messages B. passages C. news D. information

【7】A. voice B. passwords C. music D. address

【8】A. make B. destroy C. download D. develop

【9】A. job B. task C. mission D. target

【10】A. possible B. impossible C. useful D. valuable

【11】A. hardware B. software C. computer D. equipment

【12】A. computer B. television C. Internet D. radio

【13】A. strike B. visit C. inquire D. attack

【14】A. in B. by C. on D. with

【15】A. send B. dial C. count D. press

【16】A. cancel B. forbid C. stop D. prevent

【17】A. bug B. mistake C. fault D. email

【18】A. and B. not C. or D. but

【19】A. stop B. avoid C. kill D. find

【20】A. beyond B. with C. over D. without

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China accounts for almost 22 percent of the world’s population and is one of the world’s largest and most rapidly growing economies. However, it has only 10 percent of the world’s total cultivated area and is having increasing difficulties in securing water for agricultural purposes.

Despite population growing at an average rate of around one percent a year and its economy at around 9 percent a year since the early 1990s，China has so far maintained approximate self- sufficiency in agricultural products overall, in the sense that exports have been approximately matching imports. In fact, China has been the world’s fourth largest importer after the European Union, the United States and Japan.

The ability of China's agriculture to keep pace with growing demand reflects a few key factors. Yield improvements have been achieved through more intensive use of inputs such as fertilizers, agricultural machinery and irrigation, and the introduction of advanced technologies in agricultural production.

The Chinese government has had a policy of agricultural self-sufficiency. However, China's membership of the World Trade Organization (WTO) since 2001 could signal a greater preparedness to accept imports and embrace opportunities provided by export markets. Importantly, however, more than three decades of reforms have permitted the market to have a greater influence on what farmers are producing and selling. Reflecting these factors，China has been gradually shifting its agricultural production away from land intensive products，such as cereals, toward higher value, labor intensive products such as meat, fruit, vegetables, eggs, milk, fish and seafood. That is, China is producing more in line with its comparative advantage.

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Recently, educators and parents become concerned about the poor performance of boys in school. The so-called “boy crisis” in education refers 【1】 both their academic performance and their behavior. In both areas boys’ results are much 【2】(bad) than girls’.

USA data shows that boys rank behind girls in almost all areas of schooling. They earn lower 【3】 (grade) overall in primary school and high school. They are behind girls in reading and writing, and 30 percent of them are in bottom quarter of standardized tests, 【4】(compare) with 19 percent of girls.

Although the causes of the “boy crisis” are not 【5】(full) understood, some experts believed that the same-sex classrooms and schools may help solve the problem. The idea is【6】(remove) some of the distractions(分心) caused by the opposite sex, in order to improve students’ concentration and hopefully their grades. The first Chinese school to experiment with this idea 【7】(be) Shanghai No.8 Middle School, 【8】began “boys-only” classes in September, 2012. Although it is too early to tell if the reform has made 【9】difference, its supporters argue that the results are 【10】 (promise).

Homeschooling is not what it used to be. What emerged in the 1970s as a way for Catholic (信天主教的) parents to infuse (灌输) religion into their kids’ education is now probably the fastest-growing form of education in the U.K. The number of homeschooled children has risen by about 40 percent over three years. Here are a handful of reasons why homeschooling makes sense in the 21st century.

Contrary to the name, homeschooling takes place in an actual home only a small part of time. A great deal of instruction happens in libraries, museums and community colleges. These experiences have the effect of helping kids mature much more quickly and developing a trait of open-mindedness.

The key idea of homeschooling is that kids need to learn at the speed, and in the style, most appropriate for them. Without formal curriculum to guide their education, homeschoolers get the chance to explore a range of topics that might not be normally offered until high school or college. They can study psychology in the fourth grade, or finance in the eighth grade.

The most common misunderstanding about homeschoolers is that they lack social skills. However, social media makes it convenient for homeschoolers of today to have just as much opportunity to make friends as kids studying in traditional schools. Meanwhile, they do not need to deal with the potential problems of being around kids in a school environment, including bullying, which might result in anxiety and depression.

For most people, school is really good, and it works for them because they learn in the way that school teaches. However, there are so many different ways of learning and processing (处理) information and knowledge. It does not necessarily work for everyone.

【1】What is the attitude of Ben’s mother towards homeschooling?

A.Favorable.

B.Critical.

C.Indifferent.

D.Doubtful.

【2】Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A.Homeschoolers grow up more quickly.

B.Homeschoolers have trouble making friends.

C.Homeschooled children learn in the way they like.

D.Homeschooled children just stay at home and get knowledge.

【3】The underline word “trait” most probably means ______.

A.ability.

B.disadvantage.

C.thought.

D.characteristic.

【4】What is the best title for the passage?

A.Homeschooling is on the rise.

B.Homeschooling is not for everyone.

C.Homeschoolers can learn freely.

D.Homeschoolers can make more friends.

【1】What difference does the speaker talk about first?

A.Some expressions.B.Traffic rules.C.The food.

【2】What does the speaker think of the weather in London?

A.Changeable.B.Great.C.Uncomfortable.

【3】When does the speaker finish work now?

A.At 5 p.m.B.At 8:30 p.m.C.At 9 p.m.

【4】Where did the speaker use to go on Friday evening in America?

A.To the club.B.To the gym.C.To the restaurant.