It’s reported that a high-speed railway opened on December 30th, 2019 between Beijing and Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, construction (施工) of which started in April, 2016. According to China Railway (CR) , the 174-km-long railway line, an important project for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, will shorten the trip between the two host cities from over three hours to only 47 minutes.
It will be the world's first high-speed railway on which self-driving trains can reach a speed of up to 350 kilometers per hour. "Now, the drivers only need to push button and the system will independently speed up, slow down, stop and open the passenger doors," said Liu Chunyu, a high-speed train driver.
Known as China's first "intelligent high-speed railway line", the Beijing-Zhangjiakou line features not only self-driving, but also intelligent modules. "We want to connect the high-speed train with different new technologies, like cloud computing, big data and AI, making passengers feel at home, " Zhang Bo, a researcher from China Academy of Railway Sciences, said. What’s more, there is a mobile news center where passengers can watch live Olympic broadcasts on the train.
The line has 10 stations, five in Beijing and the others in Hebei Province, including one at the Badaling section of the Great Wall. All the stations are equipped (配备) with smart devices, robots and 5G networks for the convenience of passengers.
"Today, the line also begins to connect some cities in Inner Mongolia and Shanxi Province to the high-speed railway loop (环线) in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei," said Zhu Dianping, an officer from China Railway Beijing Group. The line will finally connect Beijing with most parts of northwest China together.
1. It takes people _________ to get to Beijing from Zhangjiakou by taking the high-speed train.| A．three hours | B．1 hour and 47 minutes |
| C．three hours and 47 minutes | D．47 minutes |
| A．174 | B．305 | C．350 | D．206 |
| A．Self-driving trains are popular with passengers. |
| B．The new high-speed railway line is really smart. |
| C．Passengers can watch live Olympic games on the train. |
| D．There will be more intelligent high-speed railway lines in China. |
| A．Workers spent nearly 4 years building the new railway. |
| B．Liu Chunyu has been a high-speed train driver for years. |
| C．Over five stations of the new line can be found in Hebei. |
| D．It’s impossible for people in northwest China to take the train. |
| A．Travel by taking self-driving trains | B．Amazing new technologies on the train |
| C．Have good time at high-speed train stations | D．High-speed railway for 2022 Winter Olympics |
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In Hong Kong, most of our food comes from other countries. For example, we have rice from Thailand, we have chicken from mainland China, and we have fish from Japan. We have milk from. Australia and New Zealand. Cars, ships, and planes transport（运送）food to Hong Kong.
They cause pollution when they transport food. Food from Hong Kong does not need much transport. If we buy food that is from Hong Kong, we help reduce（减少）pollution. Try to buy food that is from places near Hong Kong!
1. We get_________ from Japan.| A．rice | B．fish | C．chicken | D．apples |
| A．Thailand | B．Japan |
| C．Australia | D．Australia and New Zealand |
| A．transport | B．reduce | C．cause | D．chicken |
| A．cars | B．ships | C．planes | D．all of the above |
| A．Food from Hong Kong | B．A Food Problem |
| C．Transporting Food to Hong Kong | D．Places near Hong Kong |
【推荐2】On September 7th 2023, the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway (雅万高铁) built by China and Indonesia was put into use. It shortens (使变短) the travel time between the two cities from 3.5 hours to just 40 minutes. From September 7th to September 30th in 2023, people could ride for free. Tickets would officially go on sale in early October.
The railway is the first high-speed railway in Indonesia and even Southeast Asia. The whole railway line is built using Chinese technology and following Chinese standards. It connects Jakarta, the Indonesian capital, with Bandung, a famous tourist city. The total length of the railway is 142.3 kilometers, with a speed of 350 km/h. The railway start s in Jakarta, passes through several cities and counties and finally reaches Bandung. There are four stations along the way. Before the railway was put into use, China and Indonesia actively carried out a large number of tests. ________
The opening of the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway will greatly improve the local traffic conditions. It will not only provide greater convenience for people along the railway, but also encourage business development and drive the growth of the tourism industry. All these will bring new chances to the local development.
The Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway also marks the entry (进入) of China’s high-speed railway into the international market.
1. How long does it take from Jakarta to Bandung?| A．40 minutes. | B．2 hours. | C．3.5 hours. | D．4 hours. |
| A．Indonesia has put a lot of effort into building it. |
| B．It took China and Indonesia several years to complete it. |
| C．Tens of thousands of Indonesian workers took part in the project. |
| D．This was to make sure that the railway met all the necessary conditions for safety. |
| A．When was the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway put into use? |
| B．What results will the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway achieve? |
| C．What effort did China and Indonesia make to complete the railway project? |
| D．How many stations are there along the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway? |
| A．Tourism industry in Indonesia | B．China’s high-speed railway |
| C．Indonesia’s first high-speed railway | D．Relationships between China and Indonesia |
The world’s highest highway tunnel（公路隧道）, Mila Mountain Tunnel, was open to traffic on April 26, 2019, at an altitude（海拔）of over 4,750 meters above sea level in Southwest China’s Tibet.
The two-way tunnel is over 5.7 km long, which is a part of the 400-km highway connecting Lhasa with Nyingchi. People started building the tunnel on the 5,018-meter-high Mila Mountain in 2015. And it was finished in 2019, helping shorten the 18-km distance（距离）over the mountain to 5.7 km.
It wasn’t easy to build the highest tunnel in China. Terribly cold weather and too little oxygen（氧气）were two main difficulties. Besides, carrying everything to the building site（工地）was a great challenge for over 2,000 workers.
However, everyone at the site worked hard to finish building the tunnel on time and more than 10 latest techniques were developed while the workers were doing this great project. “We’ve worked here for several years and lived in simple houses,” said Xu Yong, the leader of the project. “Everything was so difficult, but we never feel sorry for ourselves here. It is a great project.”
The highway is an important way to the eastern part of Tibet. It can help to make more people visit Tibet and bring traffic convenience to local people.
1. How long did it take to finish building the two-way tunnel?| A．About three years. | B．About four years. |
| C．About five years. | D．About six years. |
| A．How long the tunnel is. | B．Where the tunnel is built. |
| C．How high the Mila Mountain is. | D．What materials were used to build the tunnel. |
| A．Why people wanted to build the tunnel. |
| B．How many workers worked in the construction（建设）of the tunnel. |
| C．What problems the workers faced when building the tunnel. |
| D．How the workers solved the problems of building the tunnel. |
| A．It’s worth putting much time and work into building the tunnel. |
| B．It took them many years to get used to living there. |
| C．They earned a lot of money by building the tunnel. |
| D．Their living and working conditions were not very bad. |
| A．To show the development of Tibet. |
| B．To encourage more people to travel to Tibet. |
| C．To introduce the altitude of the highway tunnel. |
| D．To tell something about the world’s highest highway tunnel. |
Many people drive their cars to school or work now. So there are lots of cars on the streets. Sometimes, it’s not easy for you to get to school or work on time. Then you want to take a plane to school or work. Can your dream come true? Yes!
Four people in Germany (德国) make a new plane—Lilium Jet. It doesn’t look like a plane but an egg. Many people think it looks funny. The nice “egg” can take two people and “run” about three hundred kilometers an hour.
The Lilium Jet is not very big, as small as a car. So it doesn’t need an airport (机场). A small area is OK. It can even take off (起飞) from a garden.
Some people also call the Lilium Jet “a flying car”. It’s not difficult for you to learn to drive it. You can drive it like driving a car. Then is it safe to drive the “flying car”? Of course “Yes”! Some people have tested (测试) it for many times. “It’s really cool to see the Lilium Jet take to the sky. Everyone should have a try.” says one of the makers.
Maybe you can buy one next year if you like it. I’m sure your trip to school or work will be great.
1. Sometimes, people can’t get to school or work on time because ________.| A．they don’t leave home early | B．there are lots of cars on the streets |
| C．they don’t like their schools or jobs | D．they don’t have cars |
| A．the US | B．the UK | C．Japan | D．Germany |
| A．place | B．street | C．car | D．plane |
| A．The Lilium Jet looks like a ball. | B．It’s not safe to drive the Liulium Jet. |
| C．People can learn to drive the plane easily. | D．The Lilium Jet can take four people. |
| A．①→②③④→⑤ | B．①②→③④→⑤ |
| C．①→②③④⑤ | D．①②→③④⑤ |
【推荐2】Stefan Klein designed (设计) a flying car. A big company made the car. In 2021, the car took its first flight at an airport in Slovakia, and it flew for 35 minutes in the air.
The flying car can change from a road car to a flying car in less than three minutes. It weighs about 1,100 kilograms, and it can carry things as heavy as 200 kilograms. It has a 1.6-liter engine (发动机) and it can fly for about 1,000 kilometers without stopping.
According to the company, the flying car is very easy and comfortable to use. With a flying car, people will not need to travel to the airport anymore. They can fly where they need to go and then park the car in the car park.
Some people hope that one day flying cars can be a big part of everyday life. The company says that maybe we can see many flying cars in our cities by 2030. The company also says it plans for a flying car that can also be used on water.
1. The underlined word “flight” means “_________” in Chinese.| A．飞行 | B．拍卖 | C．访问 | D．发布 |
| A．how to use the flying car | B．what the flying car can do |
| C．the ways to make the flying car | D．some information about the flying car |
| A．The flying car weighs about 200 kilograms. |
| B．Flying cars will be a part of our lives next year. |
| C．By 2030, people may see a lot of flying cars. |
| D．The flying car can be used on water now. |
| A．a storybook | B．a newspaper |
| C．an art magazine | D．a travel guide |
【推荐3】When we talk about the UK, there will be many images in mind: the Ferris wheel, Big Ben, red telephone boxes and black London taxis, The taxi has an important role in London.
But what is so special about a simple taxi? First of all, the shape and style are very different from those taxis in other cities. It looks like a half-car and half-van. It has plenty of room in the back, which means it’s easy for disabled people to use.
The drivers have to pass a taxi driving test, and in London it is very difficult. As there are many tourists in London, drivers must know many roads well.
In the taxi, it is easy for the driver and passenger to have a talk. Getting a taxi means you will share a public space with the driver. The image of a London taxi driver is one that is nice and talkative. Most times when I get into a taxi, I ask how the driver is. Then we usually talk about sports or new events.
1. The Ferris wheel, Big Ben, red telephone boxes and black taxis are ________ of the UK.| A．shape and style | B．images | C．events | D．taxi drivers |
| A．It looks like taxis in other cities. | B．It looks like a black box. |
| C．It looks like a half-car and half-van. | D．It looks like a room. |
| A．Because the taxi drivers are nice and talkative. |
| B．Because the taxi drivers can pass a test. |
| C．Because there is plenty of room in the front. |
| D．Because there is plenty of room in the back. |
| A．Paragraph（段落）1 | B．Paragraph 2 | C．Paragraph 3 | D．Paragraph 4 |
【推荐1】Nowadays pollution has become more and more serious. People always try their best to solve the problem. In many countries, people are advised to buy electric cars. They are told that driving an electric car is good for the environment. But is that true? The University of Minnesota recently studied emissions （排放物）from different cars. The scientists found that sometimes, electric cars are more harmful than petrol cars.
Are you surprised at the result? Well, please pay attention to the word “sometimes”. Electric cars should be clean. The problem lies in the power. What’s the power? It is used to charge（给充电）electric cars. If the power comes from wind or solar energy, electric cars will cause little pollution. However, if the power comes from coal（煤）, electric cars will be very harmful. According to the study, emissions from these cars kill about 3,000 people a year. Pollution caused by petrol cars leads to about 880 deaths a year.
In fact, you can believe sales people’s words when they say electric cars are clean. However, they are right only when the power used to charge their cars is also clean. In France, more than half of the power comes from nuclear stations（核电站）. Driving electric cars is good for the environment. In some other countries, however, power still mainly comes from coal. India, for example, depends on coal for 61% of its power. Only 2% of its power comes from nuclear energy. In countries like India, electric cars are not clean at all! They should prepare clean power for their electric cars.
So how clean electric cars are depends on where people drive them. Do you think so?
1. Why are people encouraged to buy electric cars according to Paragraph 1?| A．To have better traffic. | B．To save much money. |
| C．To get some exercise. | D．To protect the environment. |
| A．They are too expensive. |
| B．They need to be charged often. |
| C．They cause more people to die than petrol cars. |
| D．They can’t work well in hot weather. |
| A．To tell us petrol cars are very harmful to the environment. |
| B．To tell us why solar energy is better than coal. |
| C．To ask us to drive electric cars in the future. |
| D．To tell us electric cars may not be as friendly to the environment as we thought. |
| A．health guide | B．car magazine | C．storybook | D．travel guide |
【推荐2】How do people greet (欢迎、问好) visitors? Some shake hands. Some say “hello” or “hi”. Some kiss (吻) each other on the cheek (脸颊). However, the world is made up of many different cultures. Some cultures have unique customs.
Tibet (西藏), China
People welcome guests by presenting them with a long narrow scarf called a “hada”. You take it gently in your hands and make a bow (鞠躬).
Tuvalu (图瓦卢)
You’d better be clean and smell nice all the time when you are in Tuvalu. Their welcome greeting is to press their face to a person’s cheek and then breathe deeply!
Kenya (肯尼亚)
Perhaps this is the longest welcome greeting you’ll ever receive. In some tribes (部落) of Kenya, people receive visitors by dancing the “adamu”—the jumping dance. The dancers often try to make the highest jump. Sometimes, they also offer a mixture of cows’ blood (血) and milk to visitors.
Thailand
Thai people welcome visitors with a “wai”. They press their own hands together and say “Sawasdee ” before bowing their heads.
1. The passage is probably taken from the “______” section (部分) of a magazine.| A．World News | B．Health | C．Education | D．Culture |
| A．famous | B．similar | C．unusual | D．common |
| A．Tibet, China | B．Kenya | C．Tuvalu | D．Thailand |
| A．introduce greetings of welcome in different countries |
| B．show people skills that they need to know when traveling abroad |
| C．teach people how to properly receive visitors from other countries |
| D．encourage people to travel widely and communicate with foreigners |
【推荐3】①On May 30, 2023, China successfully launched Shenzhou XVI, and three astronauts began their journey into outer space. The work of astronaut in space is very busy. On the one hand, astronauts follow the “eight-hour workday” in space just as they do on the ground. On the other hand, astronauts can arrange their daily work according to their own condition. Therefore, life in space is not all about work, and astronauts can also relax and carry out a variety of activities after work.
②Are you interested in what Chinese astronauts on board the Tiangong space station do in their free time? The astronauts in space can watch the games. They watched the games only in their free time, because there was so much work for them to do. Astronauts can also look through news, listen to music, read books, as well as make video calls with their families. So they can spend their free time as if they live on the earth.
③Besides their daily work, the astronauts in spaceship also spent much time exercising. The environment of space is different from that of the earth. In order to stay healthy, they need to do some exercise every day.
④The China Manned Space Agency said that the astronauts can use a set of specially designed (设计) machines, including a treadmill (跑步机) and an exercise bike, to exercise according to their personal exercise programme. They also played table tennis in their free time.
⑤Astronauts are happy to work in the outer space as on the ground and they are enjoying doing something interesting to make their space life more colourful.
1. What does “arrange” in Paragraph ① mean in Chinese?| A．完成 | B．挑战 | C．安排 |
| A．Communicate with their families. |
| B．Watch the games at any time. |
| C．Designed the exercise bike. |
| A．2 | B．3 | C．4 |
| A．①/②③④⑤ | B．①/②③④/⑤ | C．①②③④/⑤ |
| A．The Work of Astronauts in Space. |
| B．The Exercise of Astronauts in Space. |
| C．The Life of Astronauts in Space. |
【推荐1】Long long ago a man went to India and he had never been there before. When he got there, he saw lot of fruit, but much of it was expensive because they couldn't grow much for there was little water. Finally he saw a big basket of some very red and long fruit. And it was the cheapest in the shop.
So he went up and asked. "How much is each kilo?" and the shop keeper said, "Two rupees(卢比). " Two rupees in India was nothing. So he bought a whole kilogram of the fruit and started eating it. But after he ate some of it, oh, my god! His eyes watered, his mouth watered and burnt, and his face became red. He jumped up and down, saying, "Ah! Ah! Ah!"
But he still continued to eat the fruit! Some people who were look at him shook their heads and said. "You're crazy, man. Those are chilies (辣椒)! You can't' eat so many! People use them as a condiment (调料), but only a little bit to put into food for taste. You can't just eat them like that." But the silly man said. "No, I can't stop! I paid money for them, and now I'll eat them up. It's my money!"
And you think that man was silly, right? We sometimes do a lot of things like that. We spend money, time or effort doing something. And even though it's been a long time, hard experience tells us it won't work, and we know there's no more hope, we still continue just because we've put money, time, effort and love in to it. Just like the man who ate the chilies and felt so bad but couldn't stop because he didn't want to waste the money he'd paid. So even if you've lost something, let it go and move on. That's better than continuing to lose.
1. The man chose to buy the red and long fruit only because ________.| A．he hadn't eaten it before | B．he was hungry | C．it was cheap | D．he hadn't seen it before |
| A．he went to a place that he had never been before | B．he ate up all the chilies that he had paid |
| C．his face became red and he jumped up and down | D．he bought a whole kilogram of the fruit |
| A．we shouldn't waste money | B．we shouldn't eat chilies |
| C．we shouldn't buy something cheap | D．letting something go is better than keeping on losing |
Mark Twain was asked one day if he could remember the first money he ever earned．
He thought a long time and then said , “Yes, it was at school．I can remember everything about it ．School boys in those days did not take good care of their chairs and desks．There was a rule in our school that if anyone damaged his desk or chair, he would have to pay five dollars or the teacher would beat him in front of the whole school．”
“One day I damaged my desk in some way, I had to pay five dollars or be beaten before the whole school．My father said it would be too bad to have our family disgraced in front of the whole school．He agreed to give me five dollars to hand over the teacher．But before he gave me the money, he took me upstairs and gave me a beating．”
“But as I had one beating and I decided I would take another beating at school and keep the five dollars．So that’s what I did．That was the first money I ever earned．”
1. Mark Twain earned his first money _________．
| A．when he was a pupil | B．when he became a writer |
| C．when he taught at a school | D．when he was beaten by his father |
| A．teach the students well | B．give the students a beating |
| C．keep the desks and chairs well | D．ask the students for more money |
| A．was happy to give him the money |
| B．got angry when he knew what Mark Twain had done at school |
| C．said sorry to the teacher when he heard the news |
| D．agreed to beat Mark Twain and then give him the money |
| A．at home | B．only by his father | C．at school | D．both at school and at home |
【推荐3】Each term our school takes us on one field trip. During my first field trip, we went to Couzy, Laon, Lille and Amiens. All are in Northern France. All 41 students went along with three of our professors. The first place we went to was an old palace up on a hilltop. It was mostly remains, but very beautiful in its own way. The next place we visited was the village of Laon. We toured an elaborate Notre Dame Cathedral there.
After we visited these two places, we then went to Lille, the fifth largest city in France. We walked around Lille and looked at various buildings. All were very interesting and each professor told us their own ideas of each building. This became a more interesting way for us to learn architecture（建筑学）. The next day we travelled to Amiens to look at another Notre Dame Cathedral. Amiens is a nice little town. As there is a famous university, we were able to see how other students in Europe live and go to school.
All in all, this was a great trip. It was tiring but very helpful for us to understand every aspect of architecture.
1. The old palace on a hilltop lies in _________.| A．Couzy | B．Laon | C．Lille | D．Amiens |
| A．Lille is the fifth largest city in France | B．the old palace they visited is in Lille |
| C．there is a famous university in Couzy | D．there are only two cathedrals in France |
| A．this first field trip | B．the first lesson of this term |
| C．learning architecture | D．the tour around a university |
| A．Building in Northern France | B．Touring Around Beautiful Remains |
| C．A Way to Learn Architecture | D．A Great Field Trip |
