Passage Two

 Sometimes I scratch my head when I read about the government' s efforts to improve schools:new standards and tests to be applied, strict teacher evaluations, and threats of school closures and job losses. They frighten the school employees, not to mention the students. Instead of making people unable to solve problems or try new ideas--which is what fear does to us--research on school reform. strongly suggests that policy-makers should encourage school leaders to take a more humane approach. In their study on the reform. efforts of twelve Chicago public schools, Bryk and Schneider found that enabling positive social relationships between the adults was the key to successful school improvement and that trust was at the heart of those relationships.   

 Trust in schools comes down to one thing:psychological safety or safety to speak one's mind,to discuss with openness and honesty what is and isn' t working,to make collective decisions.   

Yet this kind of safety doesn' t come easily to schools. According to Bryk and Schneider, the adults in school rely on each other to do their jobs correctly and with integrity （正直). The challeage is that our expectations are very diverse based on our unique backgrounds.  

For this part, you are supposed to write an essay in English in 100 - 120 words based on the following information. Remember to write it clearly. 

你(Li Yuan)组织同学进行了一次烧烤野餐(barbecue)。请给你的英国朋友Tim写一封电子邮件，内容包括：  

·野餐前的准备；  

·野餐过程；  

·印象最深刻的人或事。  

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What might be the best title of the passage?

• A.Tea-Drinking Tips
• B.Lifestyle Secrets of Ikarians
• C.Tea-Drinking Ceremony in Okinawa
• D.Blue Zones Solutions

Woman : Hello, Mr. Johnson' s office.

Man : Good morning._____56_____ ？

Woman : Sorry,he' s in a meeting at the moment._____57_____ ？

Man:Yes. This is Steve Lee from Brightlight Systems._____58_____ ？

Woman:Tomorrow afternoon in your office.

Man : _____59_____

Woman : Okay._____60_____

Man : Thank you.

56_________

What may the tea Ikarians drink daily help?

• A.To improve metabolism
• B.To lower blood pressure
• C.To lower life stress
• D.To improve social relationships

According to Paragraph 3 ,what is the recommended time for tea drinking?

• A.In the morning
• B.Any time of a day
• C.In the early evening
• D.In the afternoon

Passage three 

• An interesting project called Blue Zones is recording the lifestyle. secrets of the communities with the highest, hest concentrations of centenarians in the world.       The people in the five regions in Europe, Latin Am
• As we were examining the dietary secrets of the Blue Zones, as described in author Dan Buettner" s latest book, The Blue Zones Solution, we were struck by how essential tea drinking is in these regions. In fact, Buettner' s Blue Zones Beverage Rule--a
• If you find yourself on the island of Ikaria, the Greek Blue Zone in the middle of the Aegean, you won't be offered any tea made with tea leaves. Instead, Ikarians typically make their daily cup of tea with just one fresh herb that they have picked th
• A.People who have secret lifestyles
• B.People who enjoy physical exercise
• C.People who are one hundred years old or older
• D.People who carry the gene for being slim