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1.What should you do according to the rules?

A.I can borrow 5 books at a time. B.I can keep the books for a month.

C.I can read newspapers in the library. D.I can take magazines out of the library.

2.What can’t you do in the library?

A.Read my favourite book. B.Wear a mask.

C.Keep far from others. D.Eat a hamburger.

We’ll finally grow up someday, leaving our parents and facing the challenges in life. Parents may not be able to solve every problem for us. Instead, we should have enough life skills to deal with the problems that come our way.

This is what our country tries to do now: Helping more students gain working spirit. To stress(强调) the importance of hardworking spirit education(劳动教育) among students of different ages, the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council released(颁发) a guideline recently.

The guideline calls for students to respect work. Students should learn basic life skills and form good working habits through such education.

The government has been trying to stress the importance of hardworking spirit education. But this has been overlooked(忽视) in recent years. Many teens do not value the importance of working hard and are uninterested in doing so.

According to a study of nearly 3,000 students that was done by Ningbo Evening News in March, only 22 percent of primary and middle school students help with everyday housework around the house.

Schools and families play an important role in teaching students about the value of working hard, the guideline says.

Primary and middle schools should provide students with hardworking spirit classes every week, according to the guideline. Schools can also hold activities to give students real-world work experience. For example, schools can teach children how to plant trees on Tree-Planting Day.

As children’s first teachers, parents should also encourage children to learn how to do housework at home. Students should master one or two life skills every year. These skills can include cooking, washing their own clothes and tidying their rooms.

1.Why was the guideline released?

A.To teach students how to do housework at home. B.To call for students to respect work.

C.To help students solve life problems. D.To ask students to be more independent (独立的).

2.What does the word “this” in Paragraph 4 refer to?

A.Challenges in life. B.Basic life skills.

C.The recently released guideline. D.Hardworking spirit education.

3.What is Paragraph 5 trying to tell us?

A.About one-fifth of students help with housework. B.Students pay no attention to work spirit.

C.Only 3,000 students help with housework. D.Students depend on their parents.

4.According to the guideline, what should schools do?

A.They should teach students how to plant trees.

B.They should hand out the guideline to every student.

C.They should provide both guidance and chances for real work.

D.They should give parents homework.

The novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP) has already made a number of people sick. Where did the virus come from? Scientists say it probably came from bats.

Bats can carry and transmit (传播) more than 60 viruses that can infect（传染） humans, Live Science noted. They include the world's deadliest viruses, such as Ebola and HIV. Because of their strong immune systems (免疫系统), bats are able to host these viruses and not get sick. At the same time, the viruses keep developing inside the bats to create new variants (变体). These variants can then infect new hosts, such as other wild animals.

Pangolins (穿山甲), for example, might be an intermediate host (中间宿主) for NCP, according to a recent study by Chinese scientists. This means that bats might have given the virus to pangolins, with pangolins then spreading it to humans.

Wild animals like snakes, hedgehogs (刺猬) and bamboo rats also carry different virus. But since they live in the wild, there should be little chance for humans to come into contact with them and get infected - unless the animals are eaten or used to make animal products. When people hunt, buy and eat wild animals, they can introduce viruses to the rest of the population.

But this doesn't mean that we should kill wild animals. Each species has a role in the ecosystem (生态系统) and all of them are important in keeping a natural ecological balance. The lesson we can learn from disease outbreaks is to protect animals and to live in harmony with them instead of hunting, killing, or eating them.

1.Why can bats host many viruses without getting sick?

A.Because these viruses are not deadly. B.Because they have strong immune systems.

C.Because the viruses are kept in balance. D.Because they can spread the viruses to other animals.

2.According to a recent study, humans might get infected with COVID-19 from _________.

A.pangolins B.snakes C.hedgehogs D.bamboo rats

3.What does the underlined word "harmony" in the last paragraph probably mean?

A.隔离 B.伤害 C.和谐 D.集中

4.According to the story, what lesson should humans learn?

A.Research more about wild animals. B.Exercise regularly to stay healthy.

C.Stop keeping animals as pets. D.Don't buy or eat wild animals.

In a faraway country, there were two carpenters (木匠) who were both so good at their job that no one could tell who was better.

One day, the country's king thought of a way to figure out which one was better. He would have them compete against each other in a contest. The winner would become the official royal（皇家的）carpenter.

The king sent for the two carpenters and the contest began. The carpenters were given three days to carve (雕刻) a wooden mouse. Whoever carved the most lifelike mouse would be the winner.

The first carpenter carved a fine mouse with vivid (生动的) and lifelike feature. The second carpenter's mouse, however, looked quite rough. In fact, it hardly even looked like a mouse at all.

The king and his ministers (大臣) agreed that the first carpenter was the winner.

The second carpenter said, "This judgment is unfair. We should ask a cat which mouse looks the most realistic. Cats can recognize mice much better than humans, after all."

The king thought this was a good idea. He ordered his ministers to catch several cats and bring them to judge (评判) the carpenters' mice. Surprisingly, all of the cats were more attracted to the second carpenter's mouse.

The king asked the second carpenter, "How did you make the cats believe that your mouse looked more real?" The carpenter said, "Your Majesty, if you look closely, you can see that I carved a mouse holding a fishbone! The cats care not about how real it looks, but how delicious it might taste."

1.Whose carved mouse looked quite rough?

A.Neither of the two carpenters' B.Both of the two carpenters'

C.The first carpenter's D.The second carpenter's

2.Why did they catch some cats to judge the two carpenters' works?

A.Because they thought cats could recognize mice much better than humans.

B.Because people didn't like the two carpenters' carved mice.

C.Because they wanted to cancel the difficult contest.

D.Because they all wanted to become the official royal carpenter.

3.What’s the correct order of the following things?

① They caught some cats to judge the two carpenters' carved mice.

② The second carpenter became the final winner at last.

③ The king and his ministers agreed the first carpenter was the winner.

④ The king held a contest to choose the best carpenter.

A.①②③④ B.④③①② C.③②①④ D.④②①③

4.What's the best title of this article?

A.Two Silly Carpenters. B.An Unfair Contest.

C.A Clever Carpenter. D.A Mouse and Cats.

从短文后所给的选项中选出能填入短文空白处的最佳选项，使短文通顺连贯，其中有两项是多余选项。

Some people succeed, while others may not. This is because some people own some qualities, which others do not. 1.

The first thing you must remember is that in order to succeed, you must be optimistic(乐观的). If you don't expect to win, you will not try as hard as those who do expect to win. You also need to have a clear purpose and a reason for doing something. 2. If you don't have a purpose, then you'll not try your best and pay attention to every detail.

3. They should be able to think about things in a different way and wondering how other people would do the same thing. Think about some successful people you know. They might be successful with a little creativity, but the most successful people are the most creative ones.

Reading is another to success. 4. If you want to learn how to set up a successful business, you should read books about people like Bill Gates and Jerry Yang. The two people have achieved amazing success in the areas of business.

5. There is a saying that " practice makes perfect. " Practice every day at whatever career you are in, and by doing so, you will see yourself, your business and your self-confidence begin to grow. If you feel confident about what you do, this confidence will make other people believe in you as well. Your team members will be happy to work with you, and your boss will give you more trust.

Finally, if you're a successful person, you will be able to look people in the eye and smile confidently.

Follow these steps and the success will be waiting for you in the near future.

A.This is because motivation (动力) is a key to achieving success.

B.You won't achieve success without luck.

C.What should you remember on the way to success?

D.Another quality that helps people succeed is creativity.

E.It will help you learn about how other people have achieved success by reading some useful books.

F.Practice is also very important if you want to succeed.

G.Don't keeping complaining about your life.

When spring comes, the _________(树叶) turn green and many birds come back.

The song 2020 is thought _________(高度地) of by people of all ages.

It is said that the food on the earth will be __________（美味的）than the food on Mars.

The boy complains that he has to go to school every day _________(除了) Sunday now.

The Chinese government has _________（提供）a lot of masks for people in the past few months.