Kunming is the capital of Yunnan Province. It’s a city with a long history. Kunming has a population of more than 5,000,000. Though the weather in Yunnan changes from place to place, Kunming is famous for her beautiful weather. It’s neither too hot in summer nor too cold in winter. That’s why more and more people like to travel and even to live here. You can see that great changes have taken place here. A lot of tall buildings, cinemas and hospitals have been put up. You can cross the streets over footbridges in the city. You can buy whatever you want in shops and supermarkets in or around the city. People’s lives are becoming better and better.
At weekend or on holiday, people like to relax themselves in different places and in different ways. In winter, people, especially old people would like to climb the Western Hills. From the top of the Hills, you can have a good look at the beautiful scenery of Kunming. Far away from the Hills, you can enjoy the Sleeping Beauty among the Hills. After supper, families take a walk along the bank of Dianchi Lake. The Golden Temple and EXPO Garden are two famous places of interest in the north of the city. EXPO Garden is known to people both at home and abroad. You can spend a whole day visiting the world-famous garden. A little farther away from the southeast of the city, a special forest welcomes you. It is not a tree forest, but a stone forest. So it is called the Stone Forest.
People in Kunming are really friendly. They often invite their friends home to try delicious food, like rice noodles. If you want to know more about Kunming and taste her food, please visit her yourself!
1. —What’s the population of Kunming?—_______.
| A．Over five million | B．Over five thousand | C．Over five billion | D．Over five hundred |
| A．the same in different places | B．neither too hot nor too cold |
| C．different in different places | D．different in the same place |
| A．person | B．hill | C．shop | D．film star |
| A．The Western Hills | B．The Stone Forest | C．The Golden Temple | D．EXPO Garden |
| A．invite tourists to Kunming | B．visit Kunming | C．taste her food | D．know more about Kunming |
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【推荐1】The Boston Museum of Science has an extensive collection of exciting science-based exhibits.
The following sections are the brief introduction.
Museum of Science Highlights
The main Museum of Science Highlights building offers hands-on taxidermy(动物标本) and a butterfly garden. Also, you can see real chickens hatching(孵化)from the eggs and check out the natural animal habitats.
Children’s Discovery Center
For the kids,the Boston Science Museum has a discovery Center located directly across from the musical stairs.It offers a safe,enclosed play area specifically designed for children under five.
Theater of Electricity
The Van de Graff generator(发电机)provides a risk-free opportunity to witness lightning at a close range.Lighting shows are daily at 12:00 noon and 2:00 pm.
Chick Hatching Station
Learn about the development of chicks and watch them as the hatch from their shells before your eyes.
Charles Hayden Planetarium(天文馆)
The Planetarium at the Boston Science Museum is a high-tech planetarium in New England Please click here to get more information about the show time.
Hours
(Regular)Saturday to Thursday:9:00 am-5：00 pm;Friday:9:00am-7:00 pm
(Regular)Saturday to Thursday:9:00 am-7：00 pm;Friday:9:00am-9:00 pm
Cost
$23.00 for adults,$20.00 for children aged between 3 and 11, free for children under 3,and $21.00 for seniors aged above 60.
Location
Science Park,Cambridge,MA map
Parking
Parking is available at the Boston Science Museum for 1,000 cars.The garage(停车场)fills up on busy days.If you come late,be sure to order your tickets in advance.Take public transportation if you can：Green Line to Science Park.
1. Which is the best choice if you visit the museum with a 3-year-old child?| A．Theater of Electricity. | B．Chick Hatching Station |
| C．Children’s Discovery Center. | D．Museum of Science Highlights. |
| A．At 12:00 noon every day. | B．At 7:00 pm every day. |
| C．From 9:00 am to 7:00 pm on Fridays | D．From 2:00 pm to 7:00 pm every day. |
| A．Theater of Electricity and Children’s Discovery Center. |
| B．Chick Hatching Station and Museum of Science Highlights. |
| C．Children’s Discovery Center and Charles Hayden Planetarium. |
| D．Museum of Science Highlights and Charles Hayden Planetarium. |
| A．You Can always get parking in the garage. |
| B．Visitors can just take Red Line To Science Park. |
| C．It costs $46 if a couple and a girl aged 2 visit the museum. |
| D．You should order your tickets in advance if you come to the museum early. |
| A．A story. | B．A magazine. | C．A poster. | D．A website. |
【推荐2】In September, 2021, I had the chance to come to China for the first time and visited Yunnan province.
On the first day, we went to a village named Xiaopingzhai. I was amazed to discover that a small tea factory could bring in 6 million yuan a year with only 20 workers.
The next stop of our trip was the village of Kangmian. Many families now live there after leaving uninhabitable(不适合居住的) area. The new village has 450 housing units. There I have learned that the government helps the people by providing jobs so that they can support themselves. Of the 1, 331 villagers, 609 now have jobs.
In Shuiduichong, a traditional Yao ethnic(瑶族) group village, we visited the workshops for making silver ornaments(饰品). We discovered the skill had a history of more than 200 years. Besides the traditional use of silver ornaments in Yao culture, _________.
A set of silver ornaments can be sold for between 10,000 and 20,000 yuan on the market. The making of silver ornaments creates jobs in the village. Shuiduichong now has more than 20 family workshops.
This trip was over. I have realized that through the hard work of the Chinese government, great changes have taken place in Yunnan. These impressive results should serve as an example for other developing countries.
1. In Kangmian the government helps the people by _______.| A．selling products | B．giving money | C．opening factories | D．providing jobs |
| A．tourists like them very much | B．these objects have a high value |
| C．people buy them as gifts | D．they can be seen everywhere |
| A．①/②③/④⑤/⑥ | B．①/②③④/⑤⑥ | C．①/②③④/⑤/⑥ | D．①/②③④⑤/⑥ |
【推荐3】Giethoorn is a magical village in northern Netherlands. It’s so fantastic that some people have a hard time believing it’s real. Although the small village has no roads or cars, it has plenty of boats!
Giethoorn’s most noticeable feature（特色）is its canals（运河）. These serve as the village’s roads, so it gets the nickname（绰号） “Dutch Venice”. Local people get around by boat or bicycle, and if they have cars, they have to park them outside the village. Wooden bridges connect homes and businesses, but some houses can only be reached by water. That’s why postmen have to deliver mail by boat.
The second thing that visitors notice is the quiet. With a population of just about 2,600 and without any noisy traffic, the village is what many people call a quiet oasis（绿洲）. “Here in Netherlands’ water village of Giethoorn, the loudest sound you can normally hear is the sound of a duck or the noise made by other birds,” reads the village’s website.
But that isn’t to say the village is not a popular place. In fact, it become quite a place of interest, offering comfortable hotels and delicious meals at waterside restaurants, and electric “whisper boats”.
With all those wonderful views, Giethoorn is a perfect place for vacation. Would you go there if you had a chance? Visiting Giethoorn is certainly on many persons’ tour list. We only have one question: When can we book the air ticket to Netherlands?
1. What kind of transport will be the first choice in Giethoorn?| A．Traveling by car. | B．Traveling by bike. |
| C．Traveling on foot. | D．Traveling by boat. |
| A．The tour cost. | B．The best visiting line. |
| C．The service in Giethoorn. | D．The reason why Giethoorn is unpopular. |
| A．Giethoorn is worth visiting. | B．Giethoorn is a perfect place to live in. |
| C．No other places is better than Giethoorn. | D．The best way to go to Giethoorn is by plane. |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
It is often said that dogs are “man’s best friends”. But for some children in China, this idea has taken on a deeper meaning.
Wu Qi, a dog trainer in Shanghai, started the Paw for Heal (PFH) program in China about eight years ago. The program trains dogs for animal-assisted therapy (动物辅助治疗). These animals help old people feel quiet and less stressed. They also help people with mental (精神上的) illnesses.
In Shanghai, the dogs have been trained to help kids with autism (自闭症) who are easily scared by their environments. When the PFH dogs are around, they feel much better.
Pet owners can train their pets to become therapy dogs through PFH. Although this training is difficult (only 20 percent of dogs can pass the program), it also helps a lot of people.
“She (my dog) makes me happy every day, and I think she can bring happiness to other people in need as well,” one of the pet owners Wang Lei said in a report by Sixth Tone.
Animal-assisted therapy is new to China. But Wu has high hopes for the future, as he is now working together with a British university to improve his program.
“Through learning from the European team, China may shorten the time to catch up with Western countries in this field by several years.” Wu said in the Sixth Tone report.
1. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 1 actually refer to?| A．Dogs are man’s best friends. | B．Dogs can play with kids. |
| C．Dogs can help sick kids feel better. | D．Dogs are smarter than other animals. |
| A．It trains dog trainers. | B．It trains dogs for therapy. |
| C．It takes care of elderly people. | D．It helps with mental illnesses. |
| A．He is the first Chinese person to write for Sixth Tone. |
| B．He is now working for a British university. |
| C．He does not agree that animals should be used for therapy. |
| D．He thinks China needs to improve its animal-assisted therapy. |
| A．worrying | B．doubtful | C．hopeful | D．disappointing |
【推荐2】It seems that technology (技术) is everywhere. Computers and smart phones are at the center of almost everything we do. They constantly (持续地) require (需要) our attention: We text (发短信) our friends with them during the day, sleep with them by our beds and check our messages as soon as we wake up.
In the future, technology will no longer be troubling us all the time. Instead, we will use calm (平静) technology which was first developed by scientist Mark Weiser in the 1970s. In his opinion, calm technology works quietly but constantly. We know it is there, but we don’t pay much attention to it. According to Mark, the best technology should be invisible (隐形的) and let you live your life.
We already use many different types of calm technology in our everyday lives. Do you have a smoke alarm (警报器) in your house? That smoke alarm is always there, checking the air for smoke and quietly keeping you safe. It only reminds (提醒) you it’s there when you’ve burnt your bread! Or there may be lights in your home or school. When somebody passes in front of their sensors (传感器), the lights turn on. You don’t think about this type of technology until you see the light go on.
In the future, we can imagine our houses will use calm technology to open the curtains for us in the morning, to turn down the heat when we leave, or even to choose the best music for our mood (情绪). The minute we walk through the door, our house will respond (响应) by turning on the lights and music, and perhaps even starting to prepare our dinner!
1. Which of the following is an example of calm technology?| A．A computer. | B．A smart phone. | C．A smoke alarm. | D．A radio. |
| A．Calm technology keeps us safe in many ways. |
| B．Calm technology can help you to do housework. |
| C．Calm technology has been used in our daily lives. |
| D．Calm technology plays an important part in schools. |
| A．The light won’t go on unless we touch the sensor. |
| B．Calm technology will make our life more convenient. |
| C．People will depend more on smart phones in the future. |
| D．People won’t have to work because of calm technology. |
| A．You’ll burn your bread if you don’t use the smoke alarm. |
| B．Calm technology can be used to open curtains for us in the future. |
| C．We often use smart phones in our daily life. |
| D．Some lights turn on when you pass their sensors. |
【推荐3】When watching a movie or play, people expect the actors to be like the characters that they play. For example, if a character is an Asian (亚洲人), we would expect an Asian actor or actress to play the character, right? Not in the old days!
Until now, more and more people think that actors should match (匹配) the character that he or she played. For example, think about the characters in Shakespeare’s plays. All of his famous plays included (包括) women characters. But all of the actors in Shakespeare’s day were men or boys. It was more than 40 years after Shakespeare’s death before a woman acted in one of his plays.
What’s more, many characters in movies have not been given to actors who look like the characters. For example, the Indian movie Mary Kom (《巾帼拳王》) is about a famous fighter from a small town. They chose a beautiful Indian actress to play Mary Kom. But she did not look anything like the real Mary Kom.
However, in 1998, Disney chose an Asian American woman to voice Mulan of movie Mulan and a black actress for the voice of a main character. These were important changes in the actor choosing.
There are many different cultures in the world. Movies need to show these and use actors that match their characters. People of different cultures can also have a different view of the world. This helps the characters they play be more acceptable (可接受的).
1. What can we know from Paragraph 2?| A．Shakespeare liked men to act his plays. | B．Women couldn’t act in Shakespeare’s time. |
| C．Famous plays shouldn’t include women characters. | D．There were no women characters in Shakespeare’s plays. |
| A．喜好 | B．看法 | C．风格 | D．口味 |
| A．Work with Famous Actors | B．Actors Learn about Characters |
| C．Use Actors that Match the Characters | D．Famous Characters in Different Movies |
| A．In a film magazine. | B．In newspaper. | C．In a storybook. | D．In a travel guide. |
A few days later, the man saw a small hole in the cocoon. He sat and watched for several hours as a butterfly struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it stopped.
So the man decided to help the butterfly. He took a knife and cut a bigger hole in the cocoon. The butterfly came out of the cocoon but it had a weak body and small, thin wings. The butterfly didn’t start to fly.
In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling(爬行) around with a weak body and thin wings. It was never able to fly.
The man acted with kindness but he didn’t understand that he had done something wrong. When a butterfly crawls out of the cocoon, it must struggle. The hard work of getting out of the cocoon forces the fluid(液体) from the butterfly’s body into wings. It helps the butterfly be ready to fly. If the butterfly never has to force itself out of the cocoon, its wings never get the fluid and it can never fly.
Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our lives. If we lived our lives without any problems, we would never learn or grow. We would not be as strong as we could have been and we would never fly.
So, the next time you are faced with a challenge or a problem, remember the butterfly.
Struggle a little – then fly!
1. Why did the man cut a bigger hole in the cocoon?
| A．To catch the butterfly easily. |
| B．To play with the butterfly. |
| C．To help the butterfly come out. |
| D．To make the butterfly stronger. |
| A．It died soon. |
| B．It had a strong body and wings. |
| C．It could fly after a few days. |
| D．It couldn’t fly during the rest of its life. |
| A．it got out of its cocoon without struggle |
| B．nobody had taught it to fly |
| C．all newborn butterflies could not fly |
| D．the man broke its wings |
| A．Kindness in our lives can help us grow. |
| B．Try to be ready to help others. |
| C．Without other’s help we can still succeed. |
| D．Hard work leads to success. |
| A．The Old Man and the Butterfly | B．Life Struggle |
| C．How To Help a Butterfly Fly | D．Kindness and Rush |
Lin Wei, one of the panda keepers at the Chengdu Research Base, says, “Pandas are so cute and lovely. I take care of them like they’re my own babies. I wash, feed and play with them every day. They’re very special to me.” In fact, many people around the world love these black and white animals. Pandas have become so popular that they are now a symbol of China.
Scientists say there are now fewer than 2,000 pandas living in the forests. Another 300 or so live in zoos or research centers in China and other countries. Pandas do not have many babies, maybe only one every two years. The babies often die from illnesses and do not live very long. Adult pandas spend more than 12 hours a day eating about 10 kilos of bamboo. Many years ago, there were a lot more bamboo forests and pandas in China, but then humans started to cut down these forests. As the forests get smaller and other human activities cause more problems, pandas cannot find enough to eat and they are having fewer babies.
1. Lin Wei takes care of his own babies every day.2. Pandas are a symbol of China.
3. Pandas live only in China.
4. Every day adult pandas spend most of the time eating bamboo.
5. Now pandas cannot find enough to eat.
【推荐3】One Monday morning, Paul and his classmates were in the science laboratory for their chemistry lesson. The students were going to work in pairs to do an experiment. Before they began, the teacher gave them this description of the different stages of the experiment.
Stage 1: Prepare the equipment: a test tube, a crucible（坩埚）, a Bunsen burner（煤气灯）and tongs（钳子）.
Stage 2: Weigh 5 grams of baking soda (小苏打) and put it in a crucible.
Stage 3: Heat 10 ml of hydrochloric acid (盐酸) in a test tube.
Stage 4: Pour the warm acid onto the baking soda and continue to heat the mixture.
Result: The acid reacts with the bicarbonate（碳酸氢盐）to form water, carbon dioxide gas and salt.
The hotter the mixture, the quicker the reaction. Continue to heat the mixture until the water evaporates（蒸发）, leaving the salt in the crucible.
Paul and his partner followed the instructions and set up their equipment. Paul went to the cupboard to get a bottle of hydrochloric acid. He found that there was only one bottle in the cupboard so he took that. There was no label on the bottle and Paul didn’t check with the teacher if it was the right solution(溶液).
He measured the liquid and poured it into a test tube. Using tongs to hold the test tube, he heated it over the Bunsen burner. That’s when things started to go wrong. The liquid in the test tube was not hydrochloric acid. When it was heated, it formed a thick cloud of white gas. Soon the room was full of this strong smelling white gas.
All the students started coughing and their eyes hurt. The teacher immediately opened the windows and ordered the students to leave the laboratory at once. She realized that the liquid was acrylamide (丙烯酰胺) and that it is poisonous.
Fortunately, nobody was injured in the incident. However, it taught the students and the teacher a good lesson.
1. The teacher and her students planned to make ________ in the experiment.| A．water | B．salt | C．acrylamide | D．carbon dioxide gas |
| A．By putting more hydrochloric acid. | B．By heating the hydrochloric acid. |
| C．By making the water cooler. | D．By making the mixture hotter. |
| A．There was only one bottle. | B．His partner didn’t help him check it. |
| C．There was no label on the bottle. | D．He didn’t pick the right one out of the bottles. |
| A．His teacher ordered him to stop it at once. | B．The white poisonous gas was formed. |
| C．All the students left the lab at once. | D．Someone was injured in the accident. |
| A．Never leave a bottle without a label in the chemistry lab. |
| B．Obey your teacher’s instructions in the chemistry lab. |
| C．Acrylamide can’t take the place of hydrochloric acid. |
| D．While something unusual happened, leave the lab at once. |
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| A．a diving teacher | B．a diving club | C．a guidebook | D．a competitive game |
| A．About 30 minute. | B．About 50 minutes. |
| C．About 80 minutes. | D．About 120 minutes. |
| A．Some experience in diving is required. |
| B．You will enjoy diving to 50 feet deep safely. |
| C．You can contact with First Time Scuba by emails. |
| D．One can spend less money on weekdays on diving. |
| A．$200 | B．$250 | C．$300 | D．$375 |
| A．in a report | B．in a sports magazine | C．in a story book | D．on the Internet |
【推荐2】Do you want any new clothes? Come and buy your clothes at Huaxing Clothes Store!
We sell our clothes at very good prices!
| Clothes | Colors | Prices |
| socks | white, red, black | $2 |
| skirts | red, yellow, blue | $15 |
| shorts | black, yellow, blue, white | $8 |
| shoes | white, black | $28 |
| T-shirts | red, white, green | $9 |
| sweaters | blue, green, black, yellow | $15 |
| trousers | black, blue | $20 |
1. __________ kinds (种类) of clothes are now on sale in the store.
| A．Three | B．Four | C．Five | D．Seven |
| A．red | B．green | C．yellow | D．blue |
| A．$9 | B．$15 | C．$20 | D．$28 |
| A．Shorts and trousers | B．Skirts and T-shirts |
| C．Skirts and sweaters | D．Shoes and sweaters |
| A．a pair of trousers and a sweater |
| B．a skirt and a pair of trousers. |
| C．a pair of shorts and a pair of shoes. |
| D．a pair of shoes and a pair of socks. |
【推荐3】A young man once went to buy a pair of pants（裤子）. When he got home, he went upstairs to his bedroom and put them on. He found that they were two inches（英寸）long.
Then he came out of his room to see his mother and his two sisters. They were washing something in the kitchen. “These new pants are too long, they need to be shortened（缩短） about two inches. Would one of you like to do this for me, please?” His mother and sisters were busy and none of them said anything. The mother went upstairs after she had finished washing and shortened the pants two inches. But she didn’t tell her daughters about it.
Later on, after supper, the elder sister remembered her brother’s pants. So she went upstairs without saying to anyone, and shortened the pants two inches.
The younger sister went for a film, but when she came back, she also remembered what her brother had said. So she ran upstairs, and took two inches off the legs（裤腿）of the new pants.
1. The young man put on his new pants in ___________.| A．his mother’s room | B．his own room |
| C．his elder sister’s room | D．his younger sister’s room |
| A．too long for the young man | B．two inches long |
| C．six inches long | D．too short for the young man |
| A．his mother and his two sisters | B．his mother and one of his sisters |
| C．his mother | D．his mother or one of his sisters |
| A．After supper | B．After the mother finished washing |
| C．After the young man went upstairs | D．After the younger sister went for a film |
| A．Two. | B．Four. | C．Six. | D．Eight. |
| A．feel happy | B．be very sad | C．thank his family | D．be very excited |
