—She is very shy. She speaks so ________ that I can hardly hear her.

A.loudlyB.clearlyC.quietly

—In my opinion, reading on mobile phones too often is the ________ of having poor eyesight.

A.costB.resultC.cause

Li began to work as a company salesman in Liaoning Province in 2012. He tried to find a part-time job as a wedding host to improve his confidence.

Around the spring festival in 2014, he started listening to audiobooks (音频书). After being a listener for two years, he decided to record himself reading books. Then, he posted his first audiobook Youth Will Not Return on Qingting in 2016. It was broadcast (广播) and listened to about 20 million times.

A year later, after he had read three audiobooks, he was signed up as a voice performer by Qingting. However, he was under great pressure (压力) when he was signed up by Qingting. "To improve my ability, I didn't sleep for more than five hours a day during that year. I had better results the following year. "Also, to improve his performance, Li attended a training course at Communication University of China to learn dubbing(配音) and how to write a play in 2018. So far, he has completed nearly 30 works on Qingting.

On the road to success, Li put a lot of effort. Many people tried to get a foothold (立足地) but failed, while he made it!

When talking about the secret of his success, he said, "Many people have good abilities and many work very hard, but they may fail. Early birds get worms. I believe they will get chances and succeed sooner or later if they hold on to their dreams and keep on trying."

【1】Why did Li work as a wedding host?

A.To develop his interestB.To make a living.C.To make friends.D.To improve himself.

【2】How did Li feel after being signed up by Qingting?

A.Happy.B.Sad.C.Worried.D.Lucky.

【3】What can we learn from the last two paragraphs?

A.Li succeeded easily.B.Li never failed.

C.Li succeeded through hard work.D.Li succeeded because of good luck.

【4】Put the following into correct order according to the passage.

①Li posted his first audiobook.

② Li went to the university.

③Li started to listen to audiobooks.

④Li was signed up by Qingting.

A.①②③④B.③①④②C.③①②④D.④①②③

【5】Which is the best title for the passage?

A.A friend in need is a friend indeed.B.Chances favor (偏爱) the prepared mind.

C.Two heads are better than one.D.Time waits for no man.

Close friends, think alike?

"What! You, too? I believed I was the only one." Have you ever said something like this to someone? 【1】

It seems that similarity often helps form friendship. The Greek thinker Aristotle once said, "People regard friendship as a matter of similarity; they say that we love those who are like our-selves." 【2】 Scientists from University of California said friends have similar behaviors, Scientific American reported.

The scientists invited 42 university students to take part in a test. Each student watched the same set of videos, which included a comedy, a discussion and a soccer match. 【3】According to their scans, friends who watched the same video reacted in similar ways. Similar parts of their brains lit up while watching the videos, especially parts that are connected with motivation(动机), learning and memory. 【4】

"Seeing one's friends have similar behaviors will reinforce(强化)one's own values, opinions, and interests," lead scientist Carolyn Parkinson told Business Insider. 【5】 Scientists from the University of Leipzig, Germany, found that friendship is also based on how physically close you are to someone. The scientists did a test with first-year college students the first time they met in class. In this test, students who sat in neighboring seats were more likely to become friends.

A.Now, there is some science behind this idea.

B.If so, you may have ended up becoming friends with this person.

C.Friends share a lot of similarities, though there are some differences.

D.But brain similarity is not the only thing that can result in friendship.

E.However, people who weren't friends had different reactions to the same videos.

F.At the same time, scientists scanned their brains and recorded their brain activity.

B: No. I had to stop smoking because of a serious illness. The doctor told me that many 【1】 smoking had weakened my health.

A: Could you tell me how you started to smoke?

B: When I got my first job, I was very young. I couldn’t finish the tasks in time and even made many mistakes. You can’t imagine how helpless I was 【2】 I began to smoke as I felt 【3】 at work.

A: 【4】 it’s harmful to do so. It cannot lower the pressure 【5】 only to do harm both to own health and to that of people around you. The 【6】 and dangerous things from the smoke easily get into people’s body and the chances of being sick 【7】.

B: That’s true. I quite agree with you.

A: Some people start smoking at a young age because their parents smoke.

B: Exactly. People always say children like to 【8】 their parents.

A: Yes, children like to follow the examples of their parents in many ways.

B: But some parents don’t pay enough attention to their influence on children.

A: I agree. 【9】, smoking is one of the main reasons for fires. Sometimes those 【10】 smokers even cause dangerous fires.

B: Surely, smoking can cause lots of serious problems. I will never smoke again.

The technology can tell if the person is the right one by scanning his or her hand. The scanner examines things such as finger prints. It then sends a picture to a certain center which can decide who the person is.

In September 2019, Amazon made a payment system for a US supermarket. People can pay _______ by scanning their hands under a machine. Their hand scan is connected to their bank cards, so they can pay successfully. It's quite convenient, especially for _______ people. With this new technology, people _______take their cards with them. They just scan their hands.

【1】A.possibleB.importantC.strange

【2】A.eyesB.facesC.hands

【3】A.usuallyB.simplyC.really

【4】A.oldB.poorC.smart

【5】A.mustn'tB.can'tC.needn't

Gina: Me, too. 【1】

Jane: Yeah. What shall we eat? Do you have any good ideas?

Gina: Em… 【2】

Jane: Sounds good.

Gina: Let's go to Uncle Bob's. Their beef hamburgers are delicious.

Jane: Really? 【3】

Gina: It's on Long Street. 【4】

Jane: Oh, I see. How can we get there then?

Gina: It's not far, 【5】

Jane: OK. Let's go.

A.We can walk there.

B.Where is Uncle Bob's?

C.How about some hamburgers?

D.And it's across from Sunshine Park.

E.Why don't we get something to eat?

—Yes. ________schools put it into practice, students will be more independent and helpful.

A.WhileB.UnlessC.If

—Of course, Ms. Clark, I was hard-working.

A.what you studiedB.when you studiedC.if you studied hard

Dear Angelica,

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Alan