Let's suppose it is a common day of 2060. Of course, things have changed and life is very different.
Trips to the moon are being made every day. Taking a holiday on the moon today is as easy as taking a holiday in Europe in the 2010's. At a number of scenic spots(风景胜地) on the moon, many hotels have been built. In order that everyone can enjoy the beautiful scenery on the moon, every room has at least one picture window. Everything imaginable is provided for entertainment of the young and old.
What are people eating now? People are still eating food. But many foods now come in pill(药片) form, and the food that goes into the pill comes mainly from green plants.
Because people in the world today are many more than those about fifty years ago, most of the earth's surface has to be filled. The deserts are irrigated with water and crops are no longer eaten by pests(害虫). The harvest is always good.
Farming, of course, is very highly developed. Very few people have to work on the farm. It is possible to run the farm by just using a few computers.
People are now largely vegetarians, and they eat only bread, vegetables, fruit and so on and they don't eat meat or fish. You see, as the number of people increases, the number of animals decreases. So people have to be vegetarians. We are healthier both in our bodies and in our minds, and we know how to deal with all kinds of illnesses. No one has to be ill any more. Such would be our life in 2060.
1. What will be on the moon in 2060 according to the passage?| A．Many green plants. | B．Many wild animals. | C．Many interesting places. |
| A．冲刷 | B．灌溉 | C．淹没 |
| A．People only eat foods in pill form. |
| B．People don't have plenty of crops. |
| C．People run the farms by using high technology. |
| A．Because they want to be healthier. |
| B．Because vegetables can make the patients well. |
| C．Because there will be more people and fewer animals. |
| A．He feels pretty hopeful about the future. |
| B．He is not very satisfied with some things of the future. |
| C．He seems really sad about what is happening in the future. |
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【推荐1】Life in the future will be different from life today. Between then and now many changes will happen. But what will the changes be?
The population is growing fast. There will be many people in the world and most of them will live longer than people live now.
Computers will be much smaller and more useful and there will be at least one in every home. And computer studies will be one of the important subjects in schools then. People will work fewer hours than they do now and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and travel. Traveling will be much cheaper and easier. And many more people will go to other countries for holidays.
There will be changes in our food, too. More land will be used for building new towns and houses for all the people. Then there will be less room for cows and sheep, so meat will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat it every day. Instead they will eat more fruit and vegetables. Maybe people will be healthier. Work in the future will be different, too. Robots will do dangerous and hard work. Because of this, many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem.
根据短文内容判断正（A）误（B）。
1. In the future there will be fewer people.
2. Every family will have at least a computer in the future.
3. In the future people will have to work for more hours than now.
4. People may not eat meat as much as they do today.
5. This passage is about the imagination (想象) of people’s future lives.
【推荐2】By 2050, the world will be urbanized(都市化的). Nearly 70% of the world’s population will live in cities. Many of them will develop into large cities with a population of more than 10 million. Moving people around each large city will be a very big challenge. The traffic speed in London will fall to about 7 miles per hour. Around the same speed it was 150 years ago, in the days of the horse and cart.
But city planners are working on ways to solve the problem.
 Self-driving Cars  Robot Taxis | Self-driving cars or robot taxis will play a part. It’s predicted(预测) there’ll already be more than 30 million self-driving cars on the road by 2040. People don’t need to drive by themselves. By 2050, there will be robot taxis in the city streets. We can call the taxis just at a single touch. |
 Buses | Pubtie transport(交通工具) like buses will be highly personalixed(个性化). People don’t need to look through the bus timetable. Buses will be connected on the Internet and make the way by themselves according to where the people need to go. |
 Bikes | Bikes will be helpful on that slow last mile of travel, too. Cities could build special roads for them high above city streets. Xiamen in southeast China already has an 8-kilometer bicycle way to protect riders like that. That may be another kind of urban transport in 2050. It will be multi-level(多层次). |
For many people, urban transport in 2050 might be cool.
1. Most of people will live ________ by 2050.| A．in big cities | B．in small cities | C．in London | D．in villages |
| A．Two | B．Three | C．Four | D．Five |
| A．People need to go out by robot taxis. | B．People need to have a driver on their own. |
| C．People don’t need to drive by themselves. | D．People need to drive a car when they go out. |
| A．The traffic speed in London will be slow because of the large population. |
| B．There will be robot taxis in the city streets by 2040. |
| C．Buses can make the way by themselves. |
| D．Roads for bikes will be high above city streets. |
| A．Cars In The Future | B．Buses In The Future |
| C．Bikes In The Future | D．Transport In The Future |
【推荐3】What’s going to happen in the future? Will robots control our planet? Will computers become smarter than us? Not likely. But here are some things that scientists say are most likely to happen in 10-30 years from now, according to the BBC.
Bionic (仿生的) eyes
They are no longer something only in a science fiction movie. People who are blind may have a chance to see things clearly—by wearing bionic eyes.
A blind eye can no longer sense light, but a bionic eye can use a camera to “see” the environment and send information to the mind. Now the bionic eye only allows patients to see lights and unclear shapes. A bionic eye with very clear pictures could be just in a few years away.
Digital money
We used to pay with cash for everything we bought. Now when we use a Wechat Pay or Alipay to shop, money is spent without us seeing it. That means we are already using digital money. People only need to take a mobile phone wherever they go. Using these ways is much easier than searching our pockets for change. It is also safer than carrying a lot of cash.
It’s reported that people in Sweden completely stopped using cash last year, and the US might be next.
Self-driving cars
Unlike a human driver, a self-driving car won’t be influenced by a phone call, the radio or something outside the window. Sensors (探测器) and cameras on the car would allow it to follow the rules of the road and keep a safe space from other cars. This would greatly make the number of road accidents smaller. You could even take a rest while the car drives itself. In the future, driverless cars would be widely accepted.
1. Which of the following payments is not mentioned in this passage?| A．Cash. | B．Wechat Pay. | C．Alipay. | D．Credit card. |
| A．computer | B．camera | C．mind | D．heart |
| A．bionic eyes only appear in the science fiction films |
| B．the blind wearing bionic eyes may see clearly in the future |
| C．self-driving cars will be influenced by something outside |
| D．there will be no accident at all if self-driving cars are used |
| A．the blind could use glasses to see things around |
| B．robots would control the world |
| C．there would be a number of self-driving cars on the road |
| D．we would live a hard life with digital money |
【推荐1】Many people think bamboo is a tree. But it is not — it is a kind of grass. There are 1,500 different kinds of bamboo. It grows mainly in East and Southeast Asia. It also grows in Latin America, India and parts of Africa and Australia. People all over the world use it.
People in the past used bamboo for many things. They made musical instruments (乐器) and weapons (武器) with bamboo. Artists used it for paintbrushes and paper. Fishermen used it to make tools for catching fish. Some people even made boats from bamboo!
In China and India, doctors use bamboo in traditional medicine. Bamboo is also very useful for cooking. People put food inside the empty bamboo plant. This is a good container for cooking soup, rice or tea. But people also eat bamboo as a healthy food. Most Asian countries have special foods made from bamboo shoots.
There are many modern uses for bamboo. In 1879, Thomas Edison made the first light bulb (灯泡). He made it with bamboo! People also use bamboo to make beautiful cloth. It is even in some machines to clean water! Bamboo is an amazing plant!
These are just a few of the many ways people use bamboo. But bamboo is useful for a much more important reason. It is useful while it grows! Growing bamboo helps the environment in many ways. Bamboo makes the air clean and it does this more quickly than trees. Bamboo also provides shade and shelter from the sun. Bamboo can grow about 60 centimeters in only one day. The bamboo plant grows to its full size in just three or four months. Some kinds of bamboo then become dry and hard. So, bamboo is ready to use in only three years.
1. What do people think of bamboo as food?| A．Delicious. | B．Terrible. | C．Important. | D．Healthy. |
| A．angry | B．surprised | C．sad | D．bored |
| A．Bamboo is a kind of grass. | B．Bamboo grows all over the world. |
| C．Bamboo grows very fast. | D．Bamboo makes the air clean. |
| A．introduce different kinds of bamboo | B．explain the reasons of people loving bamboo |
| C．show bamboo has always been useful | D．describe the history of people growing bamboo |
【推荐2】Proverbs are popular around the world. They are shorter expressions that usually pass on some type of wisdom. Many proverbs give advice on how to live. Some proverbs are hundreds of years old, but they are still used today.
The English language has a very large number of proverbs. One is “Better late than never”. This means it is better to do something late than never to do it. Another is “Two heads are better than one”. This means a second person can often help one person to do something. And “An apple a day keeps the doctor away” is a common saying. It means that eating apples every day helps you keep healthy. So the person will not get sick and won’t have to see a doctor.
In different situations, people use proverbs to express special meanings. For example, my son is just like his father in many ways. We often say the two of them prove the proverb that “The apple does not fall from the tree”. I also tell my children “Two wrongs do not make a right”. You should not do something bad just because someone did the same to you. Some people often worry about what they will do in a situation that might happen in the future. We could tell them “Do not cross that bridge until you come to it”.
1. There are ______ proverbs mentioned in the passage.
| A．three | B．four | C．five | D．six |
| A．Better late than never | B．Old habits die hard |
| C．A good friend is like a mirror | D．An apple a day keeps the doctor away |
| A．Two wrongs do not make a right | B．Love me, love the dog |
| C．Doing is better than seeing | D．Don’t cross that bridge until you come to it |
| A．A boy gets better grades than his friends |
| B．Two boys work together and do a better job. |
| C．Two boys make the same mistake at the same time. |
| D．A boy asks his friend to do all his homework for him. |
| A．listing facts | B．giving example |
| C．explaining reasons | D．answering questions |
【推荐3】As we know, the Beijing Opera is our national opera with a long history. It is an important part of Chinese culture. Do you like watching the Beijing Opera? Why does Bao Zheng always have a black face? Why does Guan Yu have a red face? Let’s take a look at the art of the Beijing Opera facial painting or lianpu.
Different colors and patterns of the Beijing Opera facial painting are for different roles. For example, a red face is for brave people; a blackface is for fair people; a white face is for bad people; a blue and green face is for heroes and a gold face is for gods.
There are five big roles in the Bejing Opera: sheng, dan, jing, mo and chou. Sheng is the biggest role for a man. Dan is the biggest role for a woman.
1. Guan Yu has a red face. He is a ________ man.| A．fair | B．bad | C．brave | D．big |
| A．red | B．gold | C．blue | D．black |
| A．Three. | B．Four. | C．Five. | D．Six. |
| A．sheng | B．dan | C．jing | D．mo |
| A．Bao Zheng is a fair(公平的) man. |
| B．Sheng is the biggest role for a man. |
| C．Bad people have a black face. |
| D．Different roles have different colors of facial painting. |
【推荐1】The story of the English language is a story of change. Old English is very different from Modern English. While some of the words stay the same, many of the old words are no longer used. The story of the English language began some time after the year of A.D. 449 when many groups of people came to England from North-West Europe. They helped to make up Old English. In Old English, the ends of words were very important because they carried many meanings such as past and present time. In Modern English most of these endings are gone. This is one example of the differences between old and Modern English.
All languages change over time and this is often influenced by some outside events. For example, when the church became important, Old English became a written language. Before this, only a few people could read and write. Latin, the old language of Italy, was used in the church and because of this, many Latin words entered the English language. For example, the word “school” came from the Latin language.
In the year of 1066, France attacked England and for a long time French became the language used by the royal family(王室) and the rich people in England. However, everybody else continued to use English. However, slowly English became important again and many of the schools began to use English instead of French. English language between about 1150 and 1500 is called Middle English. Over this time, many French words came into the English language. Often there were two words for one thing, a French word and an English word. Some time after 1500 we had the beginning of Modern English. Modern English was becoming more widely used. Writers, like William Shakespeare, used the language in beautiful and new ways.
1. How does the writer explain the differences between Old and Modern English?| A．By listing reasons. | B．By telling a story. |
| C．By listing numbers. | D．By giving examples. |
| A．In Old English, the beginnings of words carried many meanings. |
| B．Latin, the old language of Italy, was not used in the church. |
| C．French was used by the royal family and rich people after 1066. |
| D．There were two words for one thing, an English word and a Latin word. |
| A．Old English | B．Middle English | C．Modern English | D．French and English |
| A．There’re many differences between Old English and Modern English. |
| B．English language develops from Old English to Modern English. |
| C．English language is greatly influenced by some outside events. |
| D．Shakespeare used English language in beautiful and new ways. |
【推荐2】Searching for parking spaces has long been a headache for many office workers in big cities across China, especially for those working in central business areas. Parking near their companies for five days a week could cost them a lot of money. At the same time, with prices for parking lots in residential areas(居民区) rising, but most of their spaces remain unoccupied(闲置的) during workdays.
Now a new form of sharing economy(经济) has appeared in China—the shared parking space.
It has become a huge market in some Chinese big cities.
In Qingdao, a coastal city in Shandong, up to10,000 personal parking spaces have been turned into shared ones with the help of Airparking, an online shared parking platform（平台）developed by a network company from Guangzhou. Through a special app, users can either share or order a parking place. Owners who have unoccupied parking spaces can share some information, including the parking position, license(执照) number and time limit on the platform. With the information, users can easily find the nearest place to park. The average parking cost for shared parking is four yuan each hour, almost the same as the service fee(费用) in traditional parking spaces.
Qingdao is one of the Chinese cities that encourage shared parking. Some other big cities, including Beijing, Shanghai and Hefei, have also begun to try this idea. The Shanghai government, for example, has set up more than 6,500 shared parking spaces to encourage the public to use. Shared parking will be more and more helpful to drivers.
1. In the first paragraph, the writer points out that________.| A．it’s difficult to find parking spaces in central business areas |
| B．we have found a good way to use unoccupied parking spaces in big cities |
| C．the number of parking spaces are rising quickly in China |
| D．many people want to find parking spaces in residential areas during workdays |
| A．To love the city. | B．To have an unoccupied parking space. |
| C．To use a special app. | D．To share your personal information. |
| A．it can make the cities more beautiful | B．it can help the drivers save parking fees |
| C．it can help people make a lot of money | D．it can make parking easier in the cities |
| A．Shared parking will probably become more and more popular. |
| B．It’s easy to buy parking spaces in residential areas during workdays. |
| C．Qingdao has fewer shared parking spaces than shanghai. |
| D．Shared parking is more expensive than traditional parking service. |
| A．A network company from Guangzhou | B．The shared parking lot |
| C．A new form of sharing cars | D．The problems of parking |
Fairyland Hotel requires you! 566 Wood Road, San Markers Contact us: Fairyland Hotel @ google.com or Tel .440-5568 | |
Five waiters & eight waitresses | Aged under 25; at least high school graduate |
| Good appearance; male over 1.70 meters; female over 1.62 meters | |
| Hotel experience owned will be given preference | |
Two secretaries | Aged under 30; female preferred |
| Skilled in writing & computer | |
| Those mastering English preferred | |
One accountant(会计) | Aged between 25 and 40 |
| Assistant accounting certificate (证书) | |
| At least three years' experience | |
1. People who want to know more information about the positions can ________.
| A．visit the website of the hotel | B．email the hotel | C．call the hotel at 440-5586 |
| A．Tina, 25 years old, who isn't good at writing or computer. |
| B．John, a college graduate, who is weak in writing and English. |
| C．Amy, a 26-year-old lady, who masters the English language. |
| A．there is no requirement about age to work in the hotel |
| B．if you used to work in a hotel, it will be easier to get the job as a waiter |
| C．one who only owns an assistant accounting certificate can be an accountant in the hotel |
【推荐1】Here are four original English picture books for the children who like reading English book.
 Hello, Bicycle! By Ella Boyd Daniel Griffo (Illustrator) ★★★☆☆48 comments $ 4.5 | It’s time to learn to ride a new big-kid bike. Riding a bicycle can be fun even if there are a few bumps(碰撞） along the way. Daniel Griffo’s drawings add the excitement to a child’s first try at riding a bicycle without training wheels. Don’t hurt your head. Put on your helmet, and let’s go! |
 Oh, the Places You’ll Go! By Dr. Seuss ★★★★★4,628 comments $7.3 | The book shows us: life may be a “Great Balancing Act”, but through it all “There’s fun to be done.”--- a favorite and a perfect gift for anyone starting a new phase（阶段）in their life! |
| Cool Dog, School Dog By Deborah Heiligman, Tim Bowers (Illustrator) ★★★★☆570 comments  $ 5.31 | Tinka is a cool dog, a boy’s dog, a naughty dog. Bright illustrations（插图）add excitement to the story about a boy and his “loves-to-hear-a-book” dog. |
 Are You My Mother? By P. D. Eastman ★★★★☆1,628 comments $5.94 | As soon as the mother bird goes out to look for something for her baby, the baby bird is born. He immediately sets off to find his mother, but he doesn’t know what she looks like. Still, the little bird keeps looking for his mom. |
1. Who wrote the book Hello, Bicycle!?
| A．Ella Boyd. | B．Dr. Seuss. | C．P.D. Eastman. | D．Joan Hoffman. |
| A．Something that keeps you warm. | B．A protective arm covering. |
| C．A protective head covering. | D．Something that keeps you cool. |
| A．Cool Dog, School Dog is the most expensive of the four. |
| B．Cool Dog, School Dog is about a schoolboy and a dog. |
| C．Tinka is a school dog which is quiet, smart and helpful. |
| D．Tinka is a teacher that is good at teaching children to read. |
| A．Writing, alphabet, colors &. shapes. | B．Life may be a great balancing act. |
| C．The importance of being true to someone. | D．A little bird’s looking for his mom. |
| A．Hello, Bicycle! | B．Oh, the Places You’ll Go! |
| C．Cool Dog, School Dog. | D．Are You My Mother? |
【推荐2】Get Your Food Online
Open an app, place your order, and wait for your food to be delivered (递送) to your home - this is how many people eat in China these days. According to the latest data (数据) from the China Internet Network Information Center, 421 million Chinese people use online food delivery services. That's equal to half of the total number of internet users in China.
Which group of people is ordering food online the most? Unsurprisingly, it's mainly young people. A recent report that was jointly (联合) published by the China Hospitality Association and Meituan, a food delivery service, showed that 86.3 percent of the service's users are between 20 and 34 years old. These people, who are more likely to live in small families, are the major force driving the development of the food delivery industry (行业).
Small families depend greatly on food delivery services. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, Chinese families have changed in size over the past decade. In 2002, only 7.7 percent of families were single-person households. But this number increased to 15.6 percent in 2017. The percentage of two-person families rose from 18.4 in 2002 to 27.2 in 2017. For small families, cooking is relatively (相对) more time- and resource-consuming (耗时耗材), so ordering food online has become more popular.
The improvement of China's food delivery services has also attracted more customers. According to Meituan's report, the average time it takes to make a food delivery dropped from 38 minutes in 2016 to 29 minutes in 2019. Many delivery platforms are also offering more services, delivering products such as fruit, vegetables, medicine and flowers. As its services continue to improve, it's likely that the food delivery industry will keep growing.
1. According to the passage, how many internet users are there in China?| A．421 million. | B．210.5 million. |
| C．842 million. | D．86.3 million. |
| A．The biggest service's users. | B．The strongest people. |
| C．The subject they study. | D．The most powerful soldiers. |
| A．A number of small families often order food online. |
| B．Most families depend greatly on food delivery services. |
| C．Chinese families have changed in size for these years. |
| D．Small families make food delivery service more popular. |
| A．Many young people order food online. | B．The population of China is getting bigger. |
| C．Food delivery services have improved greatly. | D．Chinese family size is getting smaller. |
Ma Liang is a poor boy who loves painting. He always uses his magic brush to fight against the bad people in the village. The cartoon The Magic Brush came out in 1955．
A group of tadpoles（蝌蚪）are born. They try to find their mother that they have never seen．The story is very easy，but it needs complex technology to show the artistic style of ink（水墨）painting．Little Tadpole Looking for Mom was watched in 1961 first．
The Monkey King：Uproar in Heaven（1961-1964）is China's first color cartoon. It is from the Chinese novel Journey to the West. It's successful. Not only we but also many westerners like the monkey Sun Wukong．
To beat two bad persons, an old man grows 7 calabashes（葫芦）, and they change into 7 boys. They try their best to beat the bad. Calabash Brothers（1986）is a masterpiece（杰作）of Chinese paper-cutting art．
1. _______shows the artistic style of ink painting．
| A．The Magic Brush | B．Little Tadpole looking for Mom |
| C．Calabash Brothers | D．The Monkey King：Uproar in Heaven |
| A．重复的 | B．复杂的 | C．杂乱的 | D．冗长的 |
| A．The Monkey King is from a Chinese novel． |
| B．Ma Liang punished the villagers with his brush． |
| C．Calabash Brothers is from Chinese painting art． |
| D．Little Tadpole Looking for Mom came out in 1964． |
