Drones(无人机)can do a lot of things for us, taking photos, delivering things from packages to pizzas to beer and following wild animals. But they have other uses now.
Can you believe it? Drones can serve people coffee. US company IBM has made this kind of drone. It can deliver coffee to sleepy people. The drone can know when to bring a cup of coffee by studying a person's data. Then, the drone will fly to the person. There is a special device(设备)under the drone. It helps the drone to give people coffee. The drone can also learn about someone's coffee-drinking habits and predict when someone needs their next cup of coffee.
Drones can also save lives. One company in Africa use drones to deliver medicine and blood fast and save many people's lives. The drones are able to fly at speeds of up to 60 mph and when they are within a minute of the destination（目的地）, the doctors receive a text and wait nearby. The drones drops off the package and then returns to its home.
A 92-year-old hunter in Virginia was lost and had to spend a night in the woods. The police searched for him all night but failed to find him. Luckily, the drone tracked him down in 20 minutes. Also, drones helped the firefighters know about the fire in the wildfire fight.
1. How many uses of drones did the writer talk about in the passage?| A．4. | B．5. | C．6. | D．7. |
| A．Doctors use drones to save animals' lives in Africa. |
| B．Drones can only deliver packages in the wild. |
| C．The drone helped to find the lost 92-year-old man. |
| D．The drones can help make coffee at home. |
| A．In a travel guide. | B．In a story book. | C．In a science book. | D．In a cooking book. |
| A．Drones have many uses. | B．Drones can save lives. |
| C．Drones can give people coffee. | D．Drones can find the lost. |
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【推荐1】Some people have very good memories （记忆）, and can easily learn quite a long poem by heart. There are other people who can only remember things when they have said them again and again. The famous English writer, Charles Dickens, said that he could walk down any streets in London and then tell you the name of every shop he had passed. Many of the great men of the world have had wonderful memories.
A good memory is of great help in learning a language. Everybody learns his own language by remembering what he learns when he is a small child. Some children, like boys and girls, don’t live in their own country, and they seem to learn two languages almost as easily as one. At school, it is not so easy to learn a foreign language because students have so little time for it and they are busy with other lessons too.
A man’s mind is rather like a camera, but it takes photos not only of what we see but also of what we feel, hear, smell and taste. When we take a real photo with a camera, there is much to do before the photo is finished and ready to show to our friends. In the same way, there is much work to be done before we can keep a picture forever in our minds.
Memory is the diary we all carry about with us.
1. Some people are good at ___________.| A．learning long poems | B．remembering things | C．taking photos | D．keeping a diary |
| A．saying again and again | B．hearing, smelling and tasting |
| C．learning a foreign language | D．keeping a picture |
| A．didn’t live in his own country | B．had a very poor memory |
| C．spoke two foreign languages as easily as English | D．had a very good memory |
| A．keep a picture forever | B．tell others the name of every shop in London |
| C．learn a language | D．hear, smell and taste |
| A．learning poems | B．taking photos | C．learning English | D．feeling things |
【推荐2】You throw a flying disc(飞盘), and then your friend catches it. Well done! Flying discs are fun toys. They are becoming popular in China. On the lifestyle platform(平台) Xiaohongshu, there are more than 10, 000 posts about disc games, talking about things like rules and dresses.
“Flying discs are very beginner-friendly. It is easy for anyone to throw a disc almost anywhere they want to, from a park to a beach. Boys and girls can also play together, making it a good activity to get a good relationship. All these make flying discs popular with young people today,” said Xu Yingfeng, the founder of the club Yikun Discs.
For those who want to compete, there are many choices. They can try the team disc sport called “Ultimate”, Unlike other games, Ultimate encourages honesty and fair play. You must be honest. Put simply, it makes us better people. In another game called “disc golf”, players try to hit faraway(目标) with a disc. It is like golf, the lowest number of throws wins.
In fact, young people enjoyed this fun activity almost a century ago. They started with pie is(馅饼烤盘). A company in the US sold pies to Yale students. Students had great fun with them in the 1930s.
1. From the beginning of the text, we can know that flying disc is a kind of .| A．dance | B．game | C．subject |
| A．帖子 | B．包裹 | C．邮件 |
| A．what makes flying disc popular |
| B．we can throw discs anywhere |
| C．flying disc is easy for everyone |
| A．throw the disc farthest |
| B．be honest |
| C．hit the target with fewest throws |
| A．How did flying discs develop? |
| B．How to make a pie? |
| C．What can we learn from the company? |
 | The Statue of Liberty(自由女神像）is one of the tallest statues in the world and it is in New York. People sent it from France to the United States with more than 200 boxes on a ship. All the boxes were very heavy. People worked for four months to put it together. |
 | Mount Qomolangma(珠穆朗玛峰) is the highest mountain in the world. It lies between Nepal and China, and it is about 8,900 meters high. Edmund Hillary from New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay from Nepal were the first persons to climb to the top of Mount Qomolangma in 1953. Men from some different countries climbed it after that. |
 | The longest river in the world is the Nile River(尼罗河）in Africa. It is about 6,700 kilometers long, about 300 kilometers longer than the Changjiang River in China. The Changjiang River is the world's third longest river. The Nile River is very important to the people in Egypt.They like to tell stories and sing songs about it. |
 | Russia is the biggest country in the world. It is much bigger than Canada, China and the USA. But Russia is not the biggest country in another way—it does not have the most people. China has more than 1.3 billion people. It has the largest population. |
| A．in France | B．in Nepal | C．in Africa | D．in the USA |
| A．in 1952 | B．in 1953 | C．in 1954 | D．in 1955 |
| A．about 6,000 kilometers | B．about 6,400 kilometers |
| C．about 6,700 kilometers | D．about 7,000 kilometers |
| A．Canada | B．China | C．The USA | D．Russia |
| A．The Changjiang River is the world’s second longest river. |
| B．The Statue of Liberty is from England. |
| C．Mount Qomolangma is about 8,900 meters high. |
| D．Russia has the largest population in the world. |
Imagine taking a flying taxi to the airport, or flying over city streets at rush hour faster than you could in a car. Believe it or not, you may be able to do these things in an electric air taxi soon.
An air taxi is a small aircraft-something like a drone (无人机) —that can go straight up and down and carry people from place to place.
In June, a company called Joby Aviation started testing their new air taxi. By 2025, Joby hopes to start carrying people for money. They’ve worked with Delta Air Lines to fly people from their homes to the airport. Joby also wants their air taxis to provide a ride-sharing service in the air. Just like you may use an app to order a car to pick you up, you could use an app to order an air taxi.
Joby’s air taxis will be flown by a pilot, and can carry four other people. They can fly as fast as 200 MPH and can go around 100 miles before the batteries (电池) need to be recharged. Joby says their taxis are both quieter and cheaper. The company wants to ask for about $3 a mile at first. But over time, they hope to bring the price down to less than $1 per mile.
Joby isn’t the only company making air taxis. France even plans to use a few air taxis in Paris during next summer’s Olympic Games. But there’s still a lot to do before air taxis become common. For one thing, governments need to make rules about where, when, and how these taxis can fly. And some people worry that air taxis will add noise and traffic to our skies. Some think that only rich people can use them.
Still, it seems likely that air taxis will be part of the future of travel.
1. What can we infer (推断) from the passage?| A．Joby’s air taxis can carry at most 5 people at a time. |
| B．Joby’s air taxis will cost people only $3 for a whole ride. |
| C．The air taxi is designed to pick up people from airports. |
| D． The air taxi looks like a taxi but can fly high in the air. |
| A．By asking questions. | B．By telling a story. |
| C．By showing a picture. | D．By listing numbers. |
| A．Traffic rules for air taxis on the road. |
| B．Problems to discuss before getting into use. |
| C．The development of air taxis all over the world. |
| D．Whether (是否) people will take air taxis or not. |
| A．Taxi on land or in the air. | B．Flying taxi coming soon. |
| C．Ride-sharing service in the air. | D．Changes of travel cost. |
【推荐2】Jane, a reporter, is collecting information for the local newspaper. She is interested in the following things introduced in a magazine.
Smart Schoolbag
Forget to pack the books you need into your schoolbag in the morning rush?
A schoolboy aged 11 has invented a schoolbag. It tells you which books to pack. A small computer and a scanner（扫描装置）are fixed in the bag. As each book is put into the bag, it is checked by the scanner. If any book is missing, a message will be shown on the computer screen to remind you.
Weather Sweets
Can you eat weather?
A university makes that happen. It uses a 3D printer to create sweets based on the weather information of a certain day.
The shapes of the sweets are affected by wind speed.
The colors of the sweets are decided by temperature. The sweets act as a weather record of the day when they are made.
Sunrise Bed
It’s hard for you to get up in the morning, isn’t it?
To help you get up, a company has created a “tool” — a sunrise bed.
It wakes you up gently as a sunrise does. Lights built into the bed turn on and start to get brighter and brighter. When the lights are fully on, soft music will begin to play. It will be louder and louder until you turn it off. The company explains, “The gentle light tells your body that it is morning, so it stops producing a chemical that helps you sleep.”
1. What can the smart schoolbag do? ______| A．Help you repair computers. | B．Tell you when to pack books. |
| C．Teach you how to fix screens. | D．Remind you of the missing books. |
| A．lights on → music on → lights brighter → music louder |
| B．music on → music louder → lights on → lights brighter |
| C．lights on → lights brighter → music on → music louder |
| D．music on → lights on → music louder → lights brighter |
| A．Your body. | B．The bed. | C．The light. | D．Your room. |
| A．Wonderful food. | B．Future schools. |
| C．Amazing inventions. | D．Modern furniture. |
【推荐3】Bi Sheng was born in Song Dynasty. He lived in a small village which lies in Hubei Province today. He invented the printing around 600 AD (公元). He was the world’s first inventor of the printing. The printing in Germany was about 400 years later than that.
The printing is also called the movable type printing (活字印刷). But how did it work in the past?
First of all, the clay was made into movable types. Then words were engraved (雕刻) carefully onto the types. After that, the words were chosen and put in right order in a box according to the text. Next, the workers brushed ink onto the movable types. Finally, the types could be used for printing. They could be used again and again for different books.
The movable type printing plays an important role in Chinese culture. With the help of it, Chinese culture spread around the world more quickly. At the same time,the movable type printing was widely used in the world. As a result, more and more culture communication among countries took place.
The movable type printing, the compass (指南针), gun powder and the paper-making are called four great inventions of China. They make China own an important and even top position in the history of human civilization (文明).
1. What should the workers do after the words were chosen and put in right order?| A．Brush ink onto the types. | B．Make the clay into movable types. |
| C．Print by using the types. | D．Engrave words onto the types. |
| A．Three. | B．Four. | C．Five. | D．Six. |
| A．The compass. | B．Gun powder. |
| C．The paper-making. | D．The movable type printing. |
| A．Four great inventions and their position in the history of human civilization. |
| B．Bi Sheng invented the movable type printing after trying many times. |
| C．The movable type printing and the importance for the culture communication. |
| D．How Bi Sheng invented the movable type printing in Song Dynasty. |
【推荐1】China now has more than 30, 000 kilometers of high speed track, and this is expected to increase to 38,000 kilometers by 2025. Fully two thirds of the world’s high speed rail (by length) is in China. Here, we track the exciting technological developments in high speed rail and consider their cultural influence.
While the main advantage of the high speed rail lines is convenience for people to get from one city to another as quickly as possible, some of these high speed lines have become popular tourist attractions (景点). A good example of this is the Hefei-Fuzhou high speed line. Technically speaking, this was one of the most challenging high speed rail routes ever built; nearly 90% of the track was laid either on bridges or in tunnels (隧道). However, the amazing views are worth it, as the train goes through some of China’s most beautiful mountainous areas, including the Huangshan and the Wuyi Mountain Ranges.
As China has gained skills and knowledge in high speed rail, it is trying to export (出口) its technology to other countries. Its first project on the international market was the line connecting Istanbul with Turkey’s capital, Ankara, 530 kilometers away. This was followed by projects among other countries. Perhaps its most challenging project is a Trans Asian network connecting China with Europe. Although it is difficult, China will make every effort to take on this plan. It is hoped to be completed by 2030 as a part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (中国“一带一路”倡议).
Thanks to high speed rail, the travel time between main cities in China has already been reduced to only a few hours. So this convenience should improve the development within and out of China. No doubt, it will also bring the people of the country closer together, and in time bring about deep social changes.
1. What is the purpose of the example of the Hefei-Fuzhou line in Paragraph 2?| A．To prove how fast the high speed lines can be. |
| B．To stress how convenient the high speed lines are. |
| C．To show the development of the high speed lines. |
| D．To explain high speed lines can be tourist attractions. |
| A．Inventing faster trains. |
| B．Connecting China with Europe. |
| C．Designing and building its own trains. |
| D．Connecting the whole country in 2030. |
| A．Improving the peace. | B．Reducing the travel time. |
| C．Making tourism cheaper. | D．Avoiding social changes. |
| A．Racing to the Future | B．Great Changes in China |
| C．Rising China in the World | D．High Speed Rail in the World |
Thang-ga (唐卡) is a special kind of painting and picture. It was found only in Tibet. It started from the Tang Dynasty. Thang-ga paintings have interested many people in recent years. At the same time, the Chinese government has also tried hard to protect the culture.
Thang-ga was developed in the 7th century in the Tibetan area. Thang-ga shows Tibetan people’s lives. The paintings are colorful. The paints used in Thang-ga are different from those in other paintings. Because of the special environment of the Tibetan Plateau (青藏高原) and the excellent painting skills, the colors of Thang-ga look special. Through hand-making, the beautiful colors could last for hundreds of years.
However, with the development of machines, people now use cheaper and more easily-made chemicals to make Thang-ga paints. The traditional paints used in Thang-ga needed too much work and there were many secret methods. Once people stopped making the paints and forgot about them. So the skills were lost. The traditional Thang-ga paintings are difficult to find now.
Although Thang-ga isn’t popular among all Chinese people, it is still a traditional skill for our country and even a kind of Chinese culture. But now, only a few people can do this job. It’s a pity. So people should realize not only this skill should be protected, but also other traditional skills, like the paper cutting, Chinese opera, shadow puppet plays and so on. If not, they will be lost.
1. What does the second paragraph mainly talk about?| A．The paints and colors of Thang-ga paintings. |
| B．The environment of the Tibetan Plateau. |
| C．The painting skills of Thang-ga paintings |
| D．The development of Thang-ga paintings. |
| A．People still make Thang-ga paints by hand now. |
| B．The skills of making Thang-ga paints once were lost. |
| C．It’s difficult to make Thang-ga paints. |
| D．People cannot find traditional Thang-ga paintings easily now. |
| A．Only a few people can make Thang-ga now. |
| B．There are other kinds of traditional skills. |
| C．People should protect all traditional skills. |
| D．Thang-ga is a kind of Chinese culture. |
【推荐3】About 30 years ago, China was known as the “Bicycle Kingdom”. With the development of our country, people prefer to use other modern vehicles like subway and cars.
Because of the new technology(技术), in 2014, bike-sharing came into people’s lives. You find an Ofo or Mobike bike, scan its QR code, then the bike is yours. After using it, you can park the bike almost anywhere. According to a research, at the first week of this year, there are 5.85 million active users of Mobike while Ofo had 1.4 million active users. Bike-sharing has become more and more popular across China’s major cities and much news has reported it.
However, there are some problems caused by bike-sharing. On one side, bike-sharing makes it very convenient of people traveling. You can find a bicycle anywhere at any time when you want to go out for a cycling, and the price of one trip is very low. It can save time for people. On the other side, its management is not perfect. Even kids can open the lock and ride the bicycle, it is surely very dangerous. What’s more, some people break it, like throw it to the river or destroy the QR code above it.
In fact, these problems are also showed by bike-sharing systems abroad. Now, Chinese are trying to solve these problems. For example, Mobike sets a 100-point credit score(信用分数) for each user. Once a score drops below 80, bike rental(租金) is increased to 100 yuan per 30 minutes, which is 0.5—1 yuan now.
1. How many active users of Mobike bike and Ofo bike have?| A．5.85 million. | B．1.4 million. | C．4.45 million. | D．7.25 million. |
| A．Because it is convenient for people to travel. |
| B．Because the price of one trip is very low. |
| C．Because it can save time for people. |
| D．Because of all the reasons above. |
| A．经理 | B．管理 | C．信息 | D．能力 |
| A．Chinese used to ride bikes to school and to work many years ago. |
| B．Mobike has more active users than Ofo at the first week of this year. |
| C．The QR code above the bike can’t be destroyed. |
| D．Both China and the foreign countries meet the same bike-sharing problems. |
【推荐1】Mr. Wang is from China. Now he is in the USA. He speaks Chinese. And he speaks English, too. His English is very good. Many people learn to speak English in a school in New York. Some are from Japan and Italy (意大利). Some are from Brazil (巴西) and India (印度). Mr. Wang works in the school. He likes the students very much and the students like him, too. He helps them with English. One of his students is from China. He speaks Chinese to Mr. Wang, but Mr. Wang only speaks English to all the students. They soon (不久) can speak English very well. Mr. Wang is a good teacher.
根据短文内，判断对(√)错(×)。
1. Mr. Wang is Chinese, and he lives in the USA.
2. Mr. Wang teaches Chinese in New York.
3. No students are from Brazil or India.
4. Only two students are from China.
5. Mr. Wang doesn’t speak Chinese to his students.
【推荐2】I think the Buddy Club is great. I really enjoy talking with the older students about school life and growing up. They can tell me a lot. One student told me how he relaxed (放松) before exams. Another student told me about great websites about learning History and English.
The Buddy Club is also a good place to just forget about school altogether! One of the older students taught us origami (日本折纸). We made paper planes, birds and hats together.
The table tennis tournament（锦标赛) was a great idea. I didn’t do very well, but I learnt a lot from watching the doubles tournament won by a fourteen-year-old girl and a seventeen-year-old boy.
Last year, we had the annual (每年的) Buddy Club Picnic. Everyone enjoyed the games we played. After I learnt how to fish, I caught two fish in the lake. I think it might be a good idea to change the Buddy Club Picnic to a weekend camping trip. We could learn how to put up (架起) tents (帐篷) and how to find our way through a forest. Many of the older students know how to do this already, and I think they would like to teach the younger students.
I want to say again how much I enjoy the club. When I’m older, I will make friends with younger students. Then, I can tell them all about school life and growing up.
1. What does the writer enjoy doing at the club?| A．Learning Japanese. | B．Talking to older students. |
| C．Losing at table tennis. | D．Surfing the Internet. |
| A．Paper planes. | B．Origami. |
| C．History and English. | D．Relaxing. |
| A．No, and he was very unhappy. |
| B．No, but came second. |
| C．Yes, he won the doubles. |
| D．No, but he enjoyed watching it. |
| A．He wants more fish to be caught. |
| B．He wants to make it shorter. |
| C．he wants to have it in a tent. |
| D．He wants to change it to a camping trip. |
| A．How to put up a tent and make a fire. |
| B．How to put up a tent and find his way through a forest. |
| C．How to make clean water and find his way through a forest. |
| D．How to find his way through a forest and climb a mountain. |
【推荐3】Martin Lynch, an American businessman, had been going on vacation to a small Mexican fishing village for a number of years. One morning while going for a walk along the beach, he saw his friend Pablo Perez, a local fisherman. Martin watched Pablo unload his boat and pack the fish in a box.
Martin noticed Pablo was smiling and looked very happy. He could also see several large fishes in the boat. Martin greeted Pablo and asked how long it took to catch the fish. “Just a few hours,” replied Pablo. Martin asked, “Why didn’t you stay longer and catch more fish?” “I have enough for my family,” Pablo said. “And what do you do with the rest of your day?” asked Martin. “I take a nap, play with my children, spend time with my wife, and go into the village to see my friends and play cards. I have a full and busy life. ”
Martin explained that if Pablo worked longer hours and caught more fish he could make more money. With the extra(额外的) money, Pablo could buy more boats and catch more fish. By selling the fish, Pablo could open his own factory and sell directly to supermarkets.
“Then what?” asked Pablo. “Well, you would probably have to move to Mexico City to run the business. Finally, you would be able to sell your business and make millions of dollars, ” replied Martin. “How long will that take？”asked Pablo.
Martin thought for a while and said it would probably take at least 15 years.
“And then what?” asked Pablo.
“Well, that’s the best part,” Martin said. “You will be able to retire, buy a house near the ocean, sleep longer, play with your children, spend more time with your wife, see your friends, and play cards. ”
1. What is the story mainly about?| A．A businessman and a fisherman have become friends. | B．A businessman gives advice to a fisherman. |
| C．A businessman learns how to fish from a fisherman. | D．A businessman wants to become a fisherman. |
| A．many friends to visit him | B．a full and busy life |
| C．more boats and more fish | D．the house near the ocean |
| A．By buying a supermarket. | B．To move to Mexico City. |
| C．By selling his own business. | D．To work longer and catch more fish. |
| A．put … into | B．take … away from | C．break down | D．set off |
| A．the fisherman will stay the same with his life |
| B．the fisherman will leave the village for Mexico City |
| C．the business man will buy the fisherman’s boat |
| D．it takes all day for the fisherman to catch large fish |
