725 Tenth Avenue, Hell’s Kitchen New York, NY 10019, United States of America

This hotel is located in the Clinton/Hell’s Kitchen District, which features world famous restaurants. The hotel has an indoor pool with views of the Manhattan skyline. WiFi is available throughout the hotel.

Times Square and the Theater District are within 15 minutes’ walk from the hotel. The 50th Street Subway Station is close to The Skyline and provides access to the attractions of Manhattan.

【1】What’s the information above mainly about?

A.Cooking.B.Booking.C.Parking.D.Swimming.

【2】Which is TRUE according to the information given?

A.The price for two adults and a child for two nights is CNY 1,661.

B.Your pets are not allowed to stay with you in the Skyline Hotel.

C.WiFi is available throughout the hotel except the swimming pool.

D.It may take you 15 minutes to get to Times Square from the hotel on foot.

Finally I was away from Pap, that crazy and cruel man. I was glad to come up with the idea of being killed. I was sure, only with the b【1】 and hair, he would never find me. No one followed, my escape s【2】! Now I was on a canoe(獨(dú)木舟）. It took me several miles downstream, where Jackson Island was.

I was happy there for three days, hunting and f【3】 for food in the river alone. So when I met the black slave（奴隸）Jim, we b【4】 scared each other badly. He didn't believe himself and even thought that I was a ghost because everyone, in the town knew I was d【5】. We talked the whole day. And I liked talking with him because he knew a lot. He saw some birds flying low in the sky and said, "It's going to r【6】 later."

Sure enough, a heavy storm came. We had to hide in a cave, which was wet and cold. We started a fire to keep w【7】. But it rained so hard that the water r【8】 over the banks at last. We had to continue our canoe trip.

Then one night, we saw a wooden house floating in the water, in front of us. We climbed in and s【9】 everywhere . With good luck, we got many interesting and useful things. I even got a nice old straw hat. It was just my s【10】 so I took it.（取材于揚(yáng)州市“五個(gè)一百工程”指定書(shū)目《哈克貝利.費(fèi)恩歷險(xiǎn)記》）

A. put down B. put off C. put up D. put away

--- The story ____is good, but I felt ____because of its length---over three hours.

A. itself; boring B. myself; boring

C. itself; bored D. themselves; excited

People all over the world are now taking action to fight against COVID-19. But what they do may depend on their own culture and traditions.

On Feb 26, when an Italian lawmaker (議員) went into the country’s Lower Chamber with a mask to prevent the novel coronavirus, he was criticized (批評(píng)) by his workmates for “causing panic (恐慌)”. Articles from Western media carry headlines such as “No, you do not need face masks to prevent coronavirus.” You might be surprised, as in China and other Asian countries, people have willingly put masks on during the outbreak.

Western thoughts about masks

In the West, people are taught to wear masks only when they get sick. Masks are seen as a tool to protect sick people and prevent the disease from spreading, so healthy people don’t need to wear them. Therefore, during the novel coronavirus outbreak, overseas Chinese students said that they would be “stared at like a virus spreader” if they go out with a mask. According to a survey done by Global Times among some European and American people, wearing a mask in public can make them feel “worried”, “shy”, and “afraid of being looked at differently”.

But as the number of COVID-19 cases continues to grow around the world, many people in the West are changing their attitudes (態(tài)度). In the US, for example, the need for masks is very high now. The US surgeon general (衛(wèi)生局局長(zhǎng)) has been asking people to avoid hoarding (囤積) masks, as they are more needed in hospitals than by the general public.

Mask culture in the East

In Asian countries like China and Japan, there has been a long tradition of mask-wearing. In China, for example, when doctor Wu Liande invented the modern medical mask during the pneumonic plague (肺鼠疫) in 1910, the mask became a symbol of China’s position as a modern, scientific nation. The 2003 SARS epidemic again led to the wide use of masks as a form of anti-viral (抗病毒的) protection in China and elsewhere in East Asia.

In Japan, wearing masks has long been seen as a manner to reassure (使安心) others when one catches a cold or flu. Some Japanese also turn masks into fashion accessories (配飾), with different colors and styles to match their clothes. Wearing masks is also a way to “hide” for young women when they don’t have their makeup (化妝) on.

In more collectivist (集體主義的) cultures in Asia, wearing masks might also be a symbol of solidarity (團(tuán)結(jié)) during the outbreak, according to Christos Lynteris. “Mask culture in Asia creates a sense of a fate (命運(yùn)) shared, common obligation (責(zé)任) and civic (公民的) duty.” People wear masks “to show that they want to stick together” in the face of danger, Lynteris wrote.

【1】Why don’t healthy people in the West wear masks?

A.They don’t think masks can prevent disease.B.They think masks are for sick people to wear.

C.Only medical workers need to wear masks.D.Wearing a mask looks funny.

【2】Masks have been widely used in China since ________.

A.the invention of the modern medical maskB.the pneumonic plague in 1910

C.Christos Lynteris wore one publiclyD.the outbreak of SARS in 2003

【3】What isn’t the reason for Japanese wearing masks?

A.They wear masks to reassure others when catching a cold or flu.

B.Some Japanese wear masks as fashion accessories.

C.Some young women wear masks when they don’t make up.

D.They wear masks to make others feel worried.

【4】What does Lynteris mean in the last paragraph?

A.People have no sense of duty if they don’t wear masks.

B.Mask culture creates a sense of collective obligation.

C.Asian people are more united in the face of danger.

D.We are a community with a shared future for mankind.

【5】The purpose of the story is to ________.

A.explain why Westerners don’t wear masks

B.prove the importance of wearing masks during an epidemic(流行病)

C.show how opinions about masks differ between different countries

D.explain the history of masks

Word Bank:

contact vt&n.接觸，聯(lián)系maximum adj.最多的；

【1】How much is the writing course?

A.￡30B.￡60C.￡95D.125.

【2】On Sunday a student can _________________.

A.take the writing courseB.meet the native teachers

C.practice listening D have a speaking class

【3】What time does the school close on Sunday?

A.At 5: 00 pm.B.At 8: 00 pm

C.At 9: 00 am.D.At 10: 00 am

【4】What’s the number of the maximum students in the school?

A.30B.60C.80D.90

注意：

1. 參考詞匯：顱腦受損 brain damage；死亡原因 death cause；

2. 文中不得出現(xiàn)你的真實(shí)姓名和學(xué)校名稱；

3. 語(yǔ)言通順，意思連貫，條理清楚，書(shū)寫(xiě)規(guī)范；

4. 詞數(shù)80左右，開(kāi)頭已給出，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)。

Helmet is important!

From 1 July, 2020, people in Nanjing must wear helmets when they ride e-bicycles. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

—I think it is .

A. sadness and beauty B. sad but beautiful

C. the most moved D. sadness but beauty

—It’s so interesting.

A. play B. played

C. plays D. playing

A. In; the comfortable place

B. Of ; the most comfortable place

C. In ; the comfortablest place

D. Of ; the more comfortable place