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Passage 5 According to anthropologists, people in preindustrial societies spent 3 to 4 hours per day or about 20 hours per week doing the work necessary for life. Modern comparisons of the amount of work performed per week, however, begin with the Industrial Revolution (1760-1840) when 10- to 12-hour workdays with six workdays per week were the norm. Even with extensive time devoted to work, however, both incomes and standards of living were low. As incomes rose near the end of the Industrial Revolution, it became increasingly common to treat Saturday afternoons as a half-day holiday. The half holiday had become standard practice in Britain by the 1870's, but did not become common in the United States until the 1920's. 　　In the United States, the first third of the twentieth century saw the workweek move from 60 hours per week to just under 50 hours by the start of the 1930's. In 1914 Henry Ford reduced daily work hours at his automobile plants from 9 to 8. In 1926 he announced that henceforth his factories would close for the entire day on Saturday. At the time, Ford received criticism from other firms such as United States Steel and Westinghouse, but the idea was popular with workers. 　　The Depression years of the 1930's brought with them the notion of job sharing to spread available work around; the workweek dropped to a modem low for the United States of 35 hours. In 1938 the Fair Labor Standards Act mandated a weekly maximum of 40 hours to begin in 1940, and since that time the 8-hour day, 5-day workweek has been the standard in the United States. Adjustments in various places, however, show that this standard is not immutable. In 1987, for example, German metalworkers struck for and received a 37.5-hour workweek; and in 1990 many workers in Britain won a 37-hour week. Since 1989, the Japanese government has moved from a 6- to a 5-day workweek and has set a national target of 1,800 work hours per year for the average worker. The average amount of work per year in Japan in 1989 was 2,088 hours per worker, compared to 1,957 for the United States and 1,646 for France. 　　 21. What does the passage mainly discuss?

A、Why people in preindustrial societies worked few hours per week

B、Changes that have occurred in the number of hours that people work per week

C、A comparison of the number of hours worked per year in several industries

D、Working conditions during the Industrial Revolution

??According to Paragraph 1,most previous surveys found that home

[A] offered greater relaxation than the workplace

[B] was an ideal place for stress measurement

[C] generated more stress than the workplace

[D] was an unrealistic place for relaxation

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【填空题】According to Auto News, Uber is set to ______ developing self-driving trucks that have been hauling cargo on U.S. _______. Uber is now seeking to focus its autonomous-vehicle technology only on cars. Since its acquisition of Otto in 2016, Uber has sought to change _______hauling with self-driving trucks and Uber Freight, the smartphone _______ that connects truck drivers and shippers. Transportation experts see trucking as a natural application for self-driving technology because of the relative predictability of highways.

From the report, we can know the weather also influence_________. According to a report, IQs of a group of students were very high when a very strong wind came, but after the strong wind, their IQ was 10% below.

A．mood

B．feelings

C．intelligence

4. The Round Table Knights The Round Table Knights were a group of greatest knights who had the honour to sit at the Round Table at King Arthur's court. According to a story, Arthur had a carpenter build the Round Table to show that no knight, not even Arthur himself was "head of the table". All were equal and the king was just "first among equals". The table was so large that it had enough seats for 1600 men and yet could be folded up and carried on horseback. According to another source. Merlin the magician had the table built for Uther, Arthur's father. Uther gave the table to King Leodegan. Later, Leodegan gave the table to Arthur after Arthur married Guenevere, Leodegan's daughter. Still another story says that the Round Table had 12 seats around it, like the table at the Last Supper, with an empty place representing Judas's seat. This seat was called the Siege Perilous, and was reserved for the knight so pure in heart that he would someday find the Holy Grail, the cup or dish used by Jesus at the Last Supper. Any other knight who sat in the seat would die. One day, Sir Galahad's name appeared on the seat. From then on, he occupied the Siege Perilous. Later, as expected, he found the Holy Grail with the other two knights. Knights considered it a great honour to have a seat at the Round Table. Brave men came to Arthur's court from many countries hoping to become a Round Table Knight. Many stories describe the heroic deeds of various Knights of the Round Table. Several tell of the adventures of Sir Tristram and Sir Gawin. Other famous Round Table Knights included Lancelot, Bedevere, Bors, Galahad, Perceval and Modred. The greatest adventure of the Round Table was the search for the Holy Grail. However, only the three knights---Bors, Galahad and Perceval were pure enough to be able to find the Grail. All the others had various moral defects. This fact damaged the reputation of the Round Table. To make things worse, a love affair developed between Queen Guenevere and Sir Lancelot, who was perhaps the greatest of the Round Table knights. This scandal destroyed the bonds of respect and friendship that had united all the knights. The mortal blow to the Round Table was given by Sir Modred, who tried to seize Arthur's power. In a battle between the forces of the two men, Arthur killed Modred but he himself was seriously wounded and soon died. The Round Table broke up following the death of Arthur. 7. How many kinds of story about the source of the Round Table does the passage tell us？

A、One.

B、Two.

C、Three.

D、Four.

Group Work 2: According to the Group Work 1, the company which you’ve chosen, make an video with your group members to make a company presentation. You’d better make the company presentation combined with the PPT you’ve made. The Video should be clear and good quality which lasts at least 5 minutes. 4. Please upload your video in attachment. Remarks: All group members should invovled in the group work and your score will depend on your performance in this group work.

Much of Canada’s forestry production goes towards making pulp and paper.According to Canadian Pulp and Paper Association, Canada supplies 34% of the world’s wood pulp and 49% of its newsprint paper.If these paper products could be produced in some other way, Canadian forests could be preserved.Recently, a possible alternative way of producing paper has been suggested by agriculturalists and environmentalists: a plant called hemp.

Hemp has been cultivated by many cultures for thousands of years.It produces fibre which can be made into paper, fuel, oils, textiles, food, and rope.For centuries, it was essential to the economies of many countries because it was used to make the ropes and cables used on sailing ships; colonial expansion and the establishment of a world – wide trading network would not have been feasible without hemp.Nowadays, ships’ cables are usually made from wire or synthetic fibers, but scientists are now suggesting that the cultivation of hemp hold be revived for the production of paper and pulp.According to its proponents, four times as much paper can be produced from land using hemp rather than trees, and many environmentalists believe that the large – scale cultivation of hemp could reduce the pressure on Canada’s forests.

However, there is a problem: hemp is illegal in many countries of the world.This plant, so useful for fibre, rope, oil, fuel and textiles, is a species of cannabis, related to the plant from which marijuana is produced.In the late 1930s, a movement to ban the drug marijuana began to gather force, resulting in the eventual banning of the cultivation not only of the plant used to produce the drug, but also of the commercial fibre – producing hemp plant.In fact, marijuana cannot be produced from the hemp plant, since it contains almost no THC (the active ingredient in the drug).

In recent years, a movement for legalization have been gathering strength.It is concerned only with the hemp plant used to produce fibre; this group wants to make it legal to cultivate the plant and sell the fibre foe paper and pulp production.

21.Why is pulp and paper production important to Canada?

A.Canada needs to find a way to use all its spare wood.

B.Canada publishes a lot of newspapers and books.

C.Pulp and paper export is a major source of income for Canada.

D.Hemp is a traditional plant of Canada.

22.Why was the plant hemp essential to world – wide trade in the past?

A.Ship’s ropes were made from it.

B.Hemp was a very profitable export.

C.Hemp was used as fuel for ships.

D.Hemp was used as food for sailors.

23.Why do agriculturalists think that hemp would be better for paper production than trees?

A.It is cheaper to grow hemp than to cut down trees.

B.More paper can be produced from the same area of land.

C.Hemp produces higher quality paper.

D.It causes less pollution of the environment.

24.Why was hemp banned?

A.It is related to the marijuana plant.

B.It can be used to produce marijuana.

C.It was no longer a useful crop.

D.It was destructive to the land.

25.“According to its proponents, four times as much paper can be produced from land using hemp rather than trees.” – What does “proponents” mean?

A.People who are against something.

B.People who support something.

C.People in charge of something.

D.People who do research on something.

Give the company name according to the logo.

A、China Southern Airlines

B、Hainan Airlines

C、Air China

D、China Eastern Airlines