【正文】 7, passed away at home on Tuesday morning, January 7, 2020. Shaw was one of the founding directors of TVB in 1967. He did much charity work and donated more than 10 billion HK dollars to support the education in China’s mainland. 51. Yuan Zai was born _______. A. in July last year B. on Monday C. in June last year D. on January 6, 2020 52. Xue Long icebreaker belongs to ________. A. China B. the Antarctic C. Russia D. America 53. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A. Run Run Shaw passed away at home in Taiwan. B. Run Run Shaw was a famous actor in TVB. C. Xue Long icebreaker saved 52 passengers stranded aboard a Chinese ship. D. Yuan Zai made its first public debut on Monday B You may feel curious(好奇 ) about students in other countries: Do they also have much homework? What do they do in their free time? On April 8, a report came out on the lives of high school students in China, Japan, South Korean and the USA. It surveyed around 6,200 students from the four countries last year. You will find the answers to many of your questions in this report. Who studies hardest? Chinese students spend the most time studying. Nearly half of Chinese students spend more than two hours on their homework every day. That’s much more than students of the US (%), Japan (%) and South Korea (%). Who sleeps most often in class? Japanese students fall asleep in class most often. About 45% of them said they sometimes doze off in class. In South Korea, it’s 32%。 I still respect them. 58. Jack brought the couple their food very fast because _______. A. the manager asked him to do so B. he respected the elderly C. the couple wanted him to do so D. he wanted more pay 59. When Jack called the couple “elderly”, they became _______. A. nervous B. satisfied C. unhappy D. excited 60. In Jack’s hometown, _______. A. people dislike being called “old” B. people are proud of being old C. many people reach the age of seventy or eighty D. the elderly are the first to get food in restaurants 61. After this experience, Jack _______. A. lost his job in the restaurant B. made friends with the couple C. no longer respected the elderly D. changed his way with older people D Six years ago, Ann graduated（畢業(yè)） from college with a degree of Art. Now she is twentynine and works for a large puter pany. She takes classes twice a week after work. She is learning to use the puter program PowerPoint. “I enjoyed the college, but my job doesn’t use the information I learned at college,” Ann says. “The course is helping me to do my job better.” In the past, when students graduated from college and got a job, they usually stopped studying. Today, lifelong learning is being more mon(普通的 ).In many countries, some people return to school in their late twenties, thirties, or even older to get a higher degree. More people are taking training courses to improve their working skills after work. People can also get degrees or training through the Inter. Ann’s sixty yearold mother and father are taking courses in Art and Music. “We love these two subjects. Learning is so much fun,” they say happily. “It’s never too old to learn.” 62. Ann graduated from college when she was . A. twentynine B. twentysix C. twentythree D. twenty 63. The underlined word ‘degree’ means ‘ ’ in Chinese. B. 程度 C. 學(xué)位 D. 位置 64. More people are taking training courses after work in order to . A. improve their working skills B. enjoy Art and Music C. study puter programs D. make more money 65. Which of the following is TRUE? A. Ann doesn’t want to use the information she learned at college. B. People in the past usually stopped studying after graduating from college. C. People can only get information from their teachers. D. Ann’s parents are too o ld to learn Art and Music. 五．用所給詞的適當(dāng)形式填空： (10分 ) 66. The teacher spent much time (解釋 ) the Maths problem to us. 67. He had so many pleasant ____________(經(jīng)歷 ) when he visited America. 68. I’m afraid we can’t e, but thanks for your invitation ________. ( 即使這樣 ) 69. We get ____________（知識(shí)） not only from books but also from our daily life. 70. How long have you ____________(借 ) the book? 71. There is more air (pollute) in the city than in the country. 72. It is ___________(please) to enjoy a good read in our spare time. 73.. Parents should teach their children to behave ___________(polite) in public. 74. I’m sure it’ll be ______________ (success) because we have tried our best 75. You can’t judge a book by its cover, as the old ___________( say) goes. 六．任務(wù)型閱讀： (10分 ) A speaker was giving a speech to his student on what to do with stress(壓力 ). He held up a glass of water and asked the students, “How heavy do you think this glass of water is?” The students’ answers were different， from 20g to 500g. “It doe