Which topic drew the most attention from people around the world in 2019? It was climate change, according to three well-known English dictionaries.

The Oxford, Collins and Cambridge dictionaries chose “climate emergency (氣候緊急狀態(tài))", “climate strike (罷工)” and “upcycling”, respectively (分別地), as their Word of the Year". This tells us that climate change was a widely-discussed issue in 2019.

“Climate emergency” means a situation in which urgent (緊急的) action is needed to reduce climate change. “Climate strike” refers to people leaving work or school to call for more action to protect the environment. “Upcycling” refers to making new items out of old or used items to reduce waste.

Climate change has already affected the world in many ways. Take Venice, for example. Due to climate change, Venice experienced the worst flooding it has seen in the last 50 years in 2019. Many stores, restaurants and hotels were flooded. This caused serious damage totaling hundreds of millions of euros (歐元).

Although we've known about global warming for a long time, our large companies and governments have been slow to respond to it. The year 2019 might have been the turning point that will finally encourage our leaders to take responsibility.

“Decades ago, when the science on the climate issue was first increasing, the impacts (影響) could be seen as an issue for future generations,” Katharine Mach, a Stanford University climate scientist, told The New York Times. “ It's definitely our issue now.”

However, simply realizing that climate change is a threat (威脅) is not enough. We must take real action before it is too late.

1.According to the three well-known English dictionaries, people paid the most attention to_______ in 2019 .

A.Word of the Year B.climate change C.the environment D.global warming

2.________directly requests people to reduce waste.

A.Climate emergency B.Climate strike C.Upcycling D.Climate change

3.The flooding in Venice in Paragraph 4 tells us________.

A.how climate change has affected the world

B.Venice is a dangerous place to live in

C.Venice suffered serious damage in 2019

D.climate changed a lot in the world in 2019

4.What the climate scientist Mach said means________.

A.future generations will suffer the climate issue

B.climate change has increased for many years

C.many scientists are working on the climate issue

D.we must take actions to deal with climate change right now

5.From the passage, we can infer that________.

A.the leaders will take responsibility to protect the environment

B.people will use the three well-known English dictionaries

C.the climate issue will be more and more serious in the future

D.people will leave work or school to protect the environment.

The winner of the fifth season of the China Central Television's Chinese Poetry Conference (中國詩詞大會) was shown on Feb 9. Peng Min, who has fallen at the final hurdle twice before, finally won the crown (王冠) for himself.

The competitors vary in age, from teenagers to adults. Peng, 36, an associate senior editor (副主編) of a poetry magazine, is one of the most familiar (熟悉的) faces of the show. He can recite around 1,000 poems.

With a master's degree in literature, Peng is always the hot favorite to win the prize, but, surprisingly, he's lost two finals in a row－the second season he lost to a 16-year-old high school student, Wu Yishu, and in the third season he was beaten by deliveryman (送貨員) Lei Haiwei.

He cried after losing the season three final, “I realized that if I compete and fail again, at least I've tried, but if I don't sign up, that means I'm more of a failure because I'm afraid of trying. Therefore, when season five came around, I decided to give it another go,” Peng recalls.

The season five final came down to Peng and 11-year-old Han Yaxuan－again he was facing a much younger rival. This time, though, there was to be no mistake and victory was finally his.

“I want to tell people who have a similar experience that, even though you go through all kinds of misfortune (不幸的) or difficulties, as long as you are brave enough to look up, there will always be a light in the sky to guide you out of the darkness,” Peng said in his speech. “Thousands of years later, all of our shadows will vanish, only the beauty of poems will last.”

1.How many seasons of the Chinese Poetry Conference does Peng Min take part in?

A.Two B.Three C.Four D.Five

2.Who won the second season of the Chinese Poetry Conference?

A.Wu Yishu B.Peng Min C.Lei Haiwei D.Han Yaxuan

3.What made Peng Ming successful ?

A.His failure B.His misfortune C.His braveness D.His difficulties

4.What’s the meaning of the underlined phrase “vanish”?

A.存在 B.消失 C.出現(xiàn) D.停止

5.What is the best title of the passage ?

A.No Pain, No Gain. B.It Is Never Too Late to Learn.

C.Failure Is The Mother of Success. D.A Good Beginning Makes A Good Ending.

Pancake Day, or Shrove Tuesday, is a special day celebrated in many countries around the world. 1. In France, the USA and other countries, it is called ‘Mardi Gras’ or ‘Fat Tuesday’. In others like Spain, Italy or Brazil, Shrove Tuesday is at the end of Carnival（嘉年華）. On this day many people eat pancakes: thin, flat cakes made in a pan.

2. It is the day before Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent. Lent is a period of 40 days before Easter when people often give up or stop eating things that are bad for them like chocolate or fast food. At the end of Lent is Easter. 3. Easter Sunday is the first Sunday after the first full moon of spring. Traditionally, during Lent, people didn’t eat rich foods like butter and eggs, so to use them up they made pancakes from these ingredients on Shrove Tuesday.

4. People run in a race with a pancake in a pan. As they run, they have to toss the pancake (throw the pancake in the air and catch it in the pan) several times. 5.The most famous pancake race takes place in a town called Olney, in the middle of England. People say that Olney has been celebrating pancake races since 1445!

A.Easter takes place on a different date each year because it depends on the moon.

B.It is celebrated in English-speaking countries like the UK, Ireland, Australia and Canada.

C.Another tradition on Pancake Day in the UK is pancake racing.

D.Pancake Day is always on a Tuesday in February or March.

E.In some pancake races people dress up in fancy dress costumes.

情景交際 根據(jù)情景提示，完成下列各題。

1.別人向你道謝，你可以這樣回應(yīng)：

You __________________________________________.

2.你想知道時(shí)間，可以這樣問對方:

_______ __________________________________?

3.你想感謝朋友的幫助，可以這樣對她說：

________________________________________.

4.要中考,你同桌很焦慮，你可以這樣安慰他：

_____________________________________.

5.你看到有人隨地吐痰，你可以這樣對他說：

Don’t_________________________________.

閱讀下面短文，根據(jù)語境、音標(biāo)或所給單詞的提示，在每個(gè)空格內(nèi)填入一個(gè)適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~，要求所填的詞意義準(zhǔn)確，形式正確，使短文意思完整、行文連貫。

The film My People, My Country had its premier（首映）1. September 30th. Hundreds of people had flags in their hands and sang My People, My Country 2. /t??ɡe??(r)/ at the start of the film. The song is 3. with Chinese people. Singer Li Guyi first performed it in 1985. And it was reworked (翻唱) for the movie by pop singer Faya Wong.

There are seven short 4. (story) in the 158-minute film. They are from seven directors led by Chen Kaige. The film shows us the nation's 5. /?m?p??tnt/ historical moments since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949. The film 6. (main) shows events through the eyes of ordinary people.

In the short story, Going Home, Simon Yam plays a clock repairer. He saw the return of Hong Kong from British rule to China in 1997. The actor 7. (he) has the power of hope. “On the day of Hong Kong's return, I felt it wasn't just a return to the motherland, but the return of hearts, " he said. "When the flag 8. (go) up, I felt like, ‘We are home. ’" 9. /??n???(r)/ short story The Guiding Star is about a pair of brothers. They saw the landing of the capsule (太空艙) of Shenzhou XI in 2016. It changed the lives of the brothers and made them full of new hope.

The film My People, My Country has been one of the most popular Chinese films 10. 2015.

假定你是李華，你學(xué)校的英語角正在招募志愿者，你想報(bào)名參加。請根據(jù)招募信息寫一封應(yīng)聘信，介紹自己的情況，并表示愿意且能夠勝任志愿者的工作。詞數(shù)90詞左右。

Volunteer Wanted

Dear students,

The English Corner is eager to find student volunteers. If you are interested in it, please send your application(申請) letter to ECV2020@163.com. The following information should be included: Personal information. Do you have volunteer experience? Why do you want to be a volunteer? Requirements (要求) 1)Excellent spoken English 2)Ability to work with others

參考詞匯：apply for 申請

提示：1.開頭已給出，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)；

2.短文中請勿使用真實(shí)姓名、地點(diǎn)或所在學(xué)校名稱。

Dear Sir/ Madam,

I have learned from your advertisement that some volunteers are needed.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I’m looking forward to hearing from you.

Yours,

Li Hua

Uncle Wang bought two for me yesterday.

A.bread B.milk C.dictionary D.watches

—Are these books __________?

—No, they are not mine. They belong to __________.

A.your；her B.yours；her C.you；hers D.yours；she

_____ the morning of September 8th, many visitors arrived _______the train station for a tour.

A.In ;at B.On ; to

C.In ; in D.On ; at

- Can you answer this question? - Sorry, I can _________ understand it.

A.hardly B.almost C.quite D.nearly