It was Monday. Mrs Smith’s dog was hungry, but there was not any meat in the house.
Considering that there was no better way, Mrs Smith took a piece of paper, and wrote the following words on it, “Give my dog half a pound of meat” Then she gave the paper to her dog and said gently, “Take this to the butcher(卖肉者), and he’s going to give you your lunch today.”
Holding the piece of paper in its mouth, the dog ran to the butcher’s shop. It gave the paper to the butcher. The butcher read it carefully, recognized that it was really the lady’s handwriting and pleasantly did as he was asked to. The dog was very happy, and ate the meat up immediately.
At midday, the dog came to the shop again. It gave the butcher a piece of paper again. After reading it, he gave it half a pound of meat once more.
The next day, the dog came again exactly at midday. And as usual, it brought a piece of paper in the mouth. This time, the butcher did not take a look at the paper, and gave the dog its meat, for he had thought of the dog as one of his customers.
However, the dog came again at four o'clock. And the same thing happened once again. To the butcher’s more surprise, it came for the third time at six o'clock, and brought with it a third piece of paper. The butcher felt a bit puzzled. He said to himself, “This is a small dog. Why does Mrs Smith give it so much meat to eat today?”
Looking at the piece of paper, he found that there were not any words on it!
1. When Mrs Smith’s dog was hungry, what did she give to the dog?| A．Some chicken. | B．Half a pound of meat. |
| C．A hot dog. | D．A piece of paper with some words on it. |
| A．cruelly | B．fairly | C．kindly | D．unfriendly |
| A．only the paper with Mrs Smith’s words on it could bring it meat |
| B．a piece of paper could bring it half a pound of meat |
| C．the butcher would give the meat to it whenever he saw it |
| D．Mrs Smith would pay for the meat it got from the butcher |
| A．the dog was clever enough to write on the paper |
| B．the dog dared not go to the butcher’s any more |
| C．the butcher was told not to give any meat to the dog |
| D．the butcher found himself cheated by the clever animal |
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【推荐1】Jules Verne, the “Father of Science Fiction”, lived in the era of steamships and telegraphs, but was able to imagine technologies that wouldn’t be invented for over a century. Reading Verne’s novels made me wonder how he was able to predict so much and write so technically when he wasn’t a trained scientist, physicist or engineer. How did he do it?
Like a lot of people, Verne’s parents had their own ideas about his future. They had their hearts set on Verne becoming a lawyer. He knew he wanted to be a writer, but played along and went to school to become a lawyer like his father.
Verne was mostly pretending to study law in Paris while holing up in the National Library of France and digging into articles on discoveries in geology and science. Eventually, he came clean with his family that he wanted to write in a new genre (风格) that combined travel and science.
While he studied scientific journals and let all of the age’s cutting-edge discoveries feed the fires of his imagination, Verne surrounded himself with people who could be useful for his writing.
His brother was a naval officer, and Verne would often ask him to double-check what he had written about ships and maritime travel. He also asked his cousin, a math professor, to look at his equations (等式) and a mining engineer friend to help him with physics, according to author Walter James Miller, who wrote annotations (评注) to Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.
“He predicted a lot of things that have happened, but that’s because he was reading a lot and talking with people who knew what was going on in the world around him, so why should we be surprised?” according to Rosalind Williams, a historian at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “It wasn’t magic. He was just paying attention to things,” she said.
1. What is the purpose of the first paragraph?| A．To lead in the topic. | B．To explain a phenomenon. |
| C．To present an argument. | D．To introduce a concept. |
| A．A scientist. | B．A writer. | C．An engineer. | D．A lawyer. |
| A．Agreed excitedly with. | B．Admitted honestly to. |
| C．Talked hopefully with. | D．Complained impatiently to. |
| A．His genius. | B．His law study. |
| C．His devotion to writing. | D．His parents’ support. |
【推荐2】A New Jersey high schooler, Selina Zhang is no stranger to the spotted lanternfly (斑衣蜡蝉). The now 18-year-old first noticed it when visiting a market near her hometown of Annandale in primary school. It jumped from a plant to a plant to feed on their sap (汁液), affecting over 70 species. In its wake, the plants became stressed, which increased their chances of falling ill and being attacked.
“As I got older, I wanted to take concrete action,” says Zhang. “So I’ve built ArTreeficial, a solar -powered, self-cleaning and artificial -intelligence-driven tree that attracts the spotted lanternfly and removes it using an electric shock.”
On top of conducting an extensive literature review of existing researches, Zhang carefully observed the spotted lanternflies in the wild for weeks, tracking how they grew over time and how they travelled over unfamiliar structures. She took over 500 photos of them, which she logged in a personal database.
Zhang wanted to create a tree-like structure that copied the tree of heaven, a known host plant of the spotted lanternfly, as the primary lure (诱饵) for her trap. So, she uprooted the umbrella from her family’s yard and got to work. First, she used ultrasound to give off a smell made from the essence of the tree of heaven from ArTreeficial’s trunk to attract them. Second, she designed a double-layered electric net for the tree, which would use machine learning to shock spotted lanternflies once they landed on the tree. Then, Zhang used her database of photos to inform and program her AI model.
Zhang’s net s are divided into multiple squares going up and down the structure. When a spotted lanternfly steps on the inner net, the Al model operates. Electricity courses through that particular section, while the rest remain inactive, and the insect is attacked.
Julie Urban, a spotted lanternfly expert at Pennsylvania State University, says that Zhang’s AI approach is incredibly innovative and could be useful in multiple environments.
1. Why does the spotted lanternfly jump onto the plants?| A．To avoid falling ill. | B．To satisfy its hunger. |
| C．To attract other species. | D．To play with them. |
| A．She conducted field observation. | B．She copied online photos. |
| C．She referred to others’ database. | D．She consulted researchers. |
| A．The electricity. | B．The net. | C．The smell. | D．The umbrella. |
| A．Critical. | B．Unclear. | C．Unconcerned. | D．Approving. |
【推荐3】When I was young, my grandma would watch me and my brother after school. Sometimes she would drive us a town away to a fast food restaurant with a playground. Every fast food restaurant almost looked the same. It was almost a habit for us. We would stand in line and wait to order. After getting our food, we found a nice shaded table outside to eat our food. It was so nice, and there was a cool summer. I loved the taste of the warm chicken nuggets(块) and the delicious hamburger. My brother and I liked to play on the playground.
“Finish all your nuggets first and then you can play.” She always smiled while saying that. My brother always managed to finish his food before me, but he was always nice enough to wait for me. Looking over the table, I saw my grandma eating her slices of fish, wearing her sunglasses.
As we left, I would stare at the playground and watch us drive away from the playground. My grandma was driving and said, “Don’t worry. We will be back again next week” and I knew we would be. During this time, I was a kid in an elementary school who did not have a care in the world, having a fun-filled childhood. As I’ve grown, I am no longer seven years old playing at the playground of a fast food restaurant. I am 18 years old, in college courses, living on my own. I am also the same happy person with a fun-filled life who loves her family. Looking back, I am happy to have had these beautiful childhood memories to hold onto.
1. Where did the author use to have the fast food?| A．At the table in the fast food restaurant. |
| B．At a shaded table outside of the restaurant. |
| C．On the playground. |
| D．At home. |
| A．French fries. | B．Cool chicken nuggets. |
| C．Hamburgers. | D．Slices of fish. |
| A．Kind. | B．Strict. | C．Humorous. | D．Hopeful. |
| A．The grandma wasn’t very rich. |
| B．The grandma didn’t like fast food. |
| C．The author had a happy childhood. |
| D．The author’s character has changed much. |
【推荐1】Once there were two mice. They were friends. One mouse lived in the country; the other mouse lived in the city. After many years the Country mouse saw the City mouse; he said, "Do come and see me at my house in the country.” So the City mouse went. The City mouse said, "This food is not good, and your house is not good. Why do you live in a hole in the field? You should come and live in the city. You would live in a nice house made of stone. You would have nice food to eat You must come and see me at my house in the city." The Country mouse went to the house of the City mouse. It was a very good house. Nice food was set ready for them to eat. But just as they began to eat they heard a great noise. The City mouse cried," Run! Run! The cat is coming!" They ran away quickly and hid. After some time they came out. When they came out, the Country mouse said. “I do not like living in the city. I like living in my hole in the field. For it is nicer to be poor and happy, than to be rich and afraid."
1. From the passage, we know that__________.| A．The City mouse and the Country mouse finally lived together. |
| B．The Country mouse would live in his Country field. |
| C．The cat had eaten the Country mouse. |
| D．The City cat have a rich and safe living. |
| A．Because he dislike living with the City mouse. |
| B．Because he dislike the food in the city. |
| C．Because he prefer a poor but happy life. |
| D．Because he want to avoid the cat. |
| A．Two mouses and a cat. |
| B．The difference of city and country. |
| C．Two mouses,two choices. |
| D．Mouses and cats can not live together. |
【推荐2】There are many kinds of heroes. Even animals can be heroes. This month’s newsletter tells about three amazing animals. Each one is a hero!
Thumper the Dog
Thumper was a dog that lived with a family which had a three-year-old son named Benjamin. One day Benjamin wandered into a large field. The grass in the field was taller than he was, so he could not find his way out. Hundreds of people began to search for Benjamin. When they found him, they saw Thumper stayed with Benjamin and kept him warm. So Benjamin had stayed safe and calm.
Lulu the Pig
The Altsmans had a pet pig named Lulu. One summer the couple went camping and took Lulu with them. The husband went fishing one morning. The wife didn’t feel well, so she and Lulu stayed in the camper. Suddenly Mrs. Altsman fell to the floor. Lulu pushed the camper door open and climbed out to locate help. When a car came by, she lay down in front of it. When the driver got out, Lulu led him back to the camper. The man called for help and Mrs. Altsman was taken to hospital.
Sugar the Cat
Sugar was a beautiful cat. Three years ago she wandered onto the Woods’ farm in California and Mrs. Woods began feeding her. Mrs. Woods noticed something wrong with the cat’s left leg, but this didn’t make Sugar any less special. Mrs. Woods loved Sugar. Later the couple moved to a new farm in Oklahoma. They gave Sugar to a neighbor who would take good care of her, because they knew she wouldn’t like riding in cars for days. However, Sugar walked across deserts and mountains and traveled more than 1,500 miles to the Woods’ new farm! Mr. and Mrs. Woods could hardly believe their eyes. No one knows how Sugar found her way to Oklahoma.
1. What is the passage mainly about?| A．Lovely pigs. |
| B．Unknown heroes. |
| C．New friends. |
| D．Amazing animals. |
| A．By searching for him in the field. |
| B．By finding the way out for him. |
| C．By staying with him all the time. |
| D．By cutting the grass around him. |
| A．To get help. |
| B．To watch the cars. |
| C．To have a sleep. |
| D．To ask for a lift. |
| A．Sugar tried to find help. |
| B．Sugar protected her owners. |
| C．Sugar went camping with her owners. |
| D．Sugar went a long way to find her owners. |
【推荐3】Two Chinese police officers were sitting in the car at Guilin Highway. Suddenly a cute dog appeared by their window, seemingly asking for help. According to the media, a cute golden retriever (寻回猎犬) sought the help of the two police officers. Obviously, the dog was lost and his owner was nowhere near the neighborhood.
One of the police officers said that it was already 1 a.m. when the dog approached them with his leash (狗链) in its mouth. The dog even followed them while they worked, but because people might get frightened and for the dog's own safety, the two decided to just take the dog to the police station. There, they gave him food and water to drink.
The dog stayed in the police station until the policemen came back at 8 in the morning. To their surprise, the dog quickly jumped inside the police car after they got ready to work that day. He just sat there as if asking the two officers to help him find his way back to his owner. Touched by the dog's friendly behavior, the officers decided to ask the public to help them find the owner.
A couple of hours later, the dog's owner was informed and quickly rushed to the police station. The owner said that his 2-year-old golden retriever had a habit of hunting for mice and must have wandered far from home and got lost. He said that his dog was trained for a short while at a Nanning police base.
1. What happened to the dog?| A．It couldn't find its owner. | B．It was driven away by its owner. |
| C．It escaped from hunters. | D．It was terribly frightened. |
| A．The trouble brought by the dog. | B．The pressure from the public. |
| C．The dog's friendly behavior. | D．The dog's strange behavior. |
| A．It stayed at the station for over a day. |
| B．It didn't want to go home. |
| C．It likes eating mice. |
| D．It was once trained by the police. |
