The Internet joins millions of computers all over the world, and today it is used by people all over the world. It was invented in the 1960s in the USA. The American government needed a network of computers for its army. Then in the 1970s scientists and business people also wanted to use the Internet to send and receive messages. For some years, they weren’t allowed to use the US network, and when they were allowed to, the messages were in very simple text without photos.
The World Wide Web was invented by a British scientist named Tim Berners-Lee in 1989. He wanted to send documents to other scientists, so he developed the World Wide Web. This allowed him to send and receive scientific documents with text, drawings and photos(also called multimedia documents). In the 1990s, more and more people began to use the Internet and the World Wide Web.
So what’s the difference between the Internet and the World Wide Web?The Internet is the hardware. It allows us to communicate with other people. The World Wide Web is the software. It allows us to create, see and read multimedia documents.
The Web is made up of millions of documents called Web pages. These pages are held in computers all over the world. Many people have a favorite website with a number of Web pages on the same subject.
The email is a way of using your computer to send and receive messages. It’s cheaper and quicker to use emails than send normal mails. New users call the normal mail “snail mail” because it’s too slow. It took 50 years for 100 million people to listen to the radio. It took 15 years for 100 million people to watch television. By the year 2000, it had taken only about three years for 100 million people to use the Internet. What will happen next on the Internet?
1. The Internet was first invented for _________.| A．scientific work | B．the American army | C．business people | D．the American government |
| A．communicate with others | B．create,see and read documents |
| C．send and receive scientific documents | D．send and receive simple text without photos |
| A．in the 1970s | B．in the 1990s | C．in the late of 1980s | D．by the year 2000 |
| A．the Internet has a greater influence than radio and TV | B．radio and TV will be replaced by computers |
| C．the use of the Internet spreads very quickly | D．people spend much more time on the Internet |
| A．The effect of the greatest invention | B．The development of the Internet |
| C．The movement of new technology | D．The history of the World Wide Web |
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【推荐1】We use our mobile phones to do many things every day. Many of us have become so reliant (依赖) on them. However, it is bad for our eyes and health to use the phone for too long.
A study says that many people start to use their mobile phones early in the morning. They check (查看) emails and Wechat (微信). And before they get out of bed, many people often check the weather, read the news, and send messages (发信息) to friends. After getting up, they often take photos of food, themselves, and even whatever they can see with their phones. They share (分享) their photos with their friends. The study finds that users pick up their phones more than 1,500 times to do different things in a week. And the mobile phone users are on their phone for more than three hours a day. That is to say, people use their phones for almost one full day each week.
Using phones will take much time and it’s also bad for our health. Many people stay up late to play phones, and mobile phones will influence our sleep. Without using the phones, many people will feel sad. Many people also find they use their phones without realizing (意识到) they’re doing so.
What do you think of their using the phones too much?
1. Before getting up, many people use their phones to do things EXCEPT (除了) ________.| A．checking weather | B．sending messages | C．reading news | D．taking photos |
| A．改善 | B．影响 | C．有益 | D．增加 |
| A．will feel unhappy | B．will stay up | C．can’t work | D．can’t live |
| A．In a newspaper. | B．In a dictionary. | C．In a storybook. | D．In a history book. |
| A．We use our mobile phones to do many things every day. |
| B．All the people like playing the mobile phone. |
| C．We should use the mobile phones wisely (理智地). |
| D．The students shouldn’t have their own mobile phones. |
【推荐2】“If I had one million yuan, I would buy you a palace! Do I have one million yuan? No, I don’t! So I only can spend ten fen on this short message, sending you my best wishes!”
Today, SMS—Short Message Service is popular, and China Mobile says that every second, there are 410 messages being sent.
Look around you! People are watching their mobiles, smiling or laughing. Thumbs (拇指) are moving quickly on mobiles, bringing happiness to their friends. Through SMS, we know the weather report, share jokes and news, express (表达) love and friendship.
SMS is becoming more and more popular. It is reported that 67% of young people like to send short messages to greet each other. Internet SMS will be more helpful to people. I am thankful for the progress because SMS saves me much money. Just on the top end of a thumb, so much joy can be found!
1. The first paragraph is a(n) ________.| A．e-mail | B．short message | C．piece of news | D．story |
| A．knowing the weather report | B．sharing jokes and news |
| C．expressing love and friendship | D．spending more time travelling |
| A．SMS helps people a lot | B．young people dislikes SMS |
| C．he makes SMS more popular | D．he will buy a palace for his friend |
| A．how to search Internet | B．ways of saving money |
| C．how to send short messages | D．the joy of SMS |
We can use our smart phones to order our favorite books from the library and the book stores. They will be sent to our home in a few hours. The project is called “love to read at home.”
The Chengdu library has this service for readers. Readers can use a mini program to borrow books. They only need to pay a delivery fee (运费) of 6 Yuan for one to three books. And they will pay one more yuan if they want to borrow each additional (添加) book. Each user can borrow eight books every month. The readers can choose from more than 20,000 books.The most popular choices are history, educational books and earth science books.
These books come from twenty-two libraries around Chengdu. The program covers all the city. So far, more than 300 books have been sent out to readers.The farthest delivery reaches Dujiangyan, some fifty kilometers from Chengdu. Besides Chengdu, the service has appeared in many other cities. In Beijing, Chaoyang Library has a similar service, too.
The library’s new O2O (online to offline) way can cut down the “time cost” for readers. And it lets people know that reading culture in China is a necessary part of people’s everyday life. It is an important part to let all the people read.
Now, there are more than 3,300 public libraries and more than 100,000 book shops across the country. Chinese people’s interest in reading has been growing. The reading percent has grown from 76.3 percent to over 81.8 percent.
1. How much is the delivery fee if you want to borrow four books?| A．6 Yuan. | B．7 Yuan. | C．9 Yuan. | D．Free. |
| A．8. | B．30. | C．80. | D．300. |
| A．History, science books and medicine books. |
| B．History, educational books, and earth science books. |
| C．Cookbooks, travel guides, and children’s books. |
| D．Science books, picture books, and story books. |
| A．Dujiangyan. | B．22 libraries in Chengdu. | C．Beijing Library. | D．Chaoyang Library. |
①It cuts down the “time cost” for readers.
②It lets more people read.
③It saves money and readers don’t need to pay a delivery fee.
④It makes people know that reading culture is important.
| A．①② | B．①②③ | C．①②④ | D．①②③④ |
Band-Aids(创可贴)
The first Band-Aid was made by an American named Earle Dickson in 1921.The idea came to him by chance.Dickson’s wife Josephine often cut her fingers in the kitchen.At that time gauze(纱布) and adhesive tape (胶带)didn’t come together.People had to cut them to the right size.Dickson found they were always too big and soon fell off.So he put a piece of gauze on the centre of a piece of tape.This is how he made the first Band-Aid.
Later,Dickson’s new invention became very popular all around the world.
Bubble gum(泡泡糖)
Bubble gum was invented by accident.In 1928,American gum company worker Walter E.Diemer played around with new chewing gum recipes.Chewing gum had already been invented more than half a century before then.But Diemer found that the gum he made was easy to blow.He blew a bubble and then saw the possibilities.He took some of his new gum to a shop and it sold out in a single afternoon.Since then,Dubble Bubble—the first brand of bubble gum—has made kids happy all around the world.
1. Josephine often in the kitchen.
| A．made bubble gum | B．hurt her fingers |
| C．played with new recipes | D．cut gauze to the right size |
| A．the gauze and adhesive tape were always small |
| B．people had to cover the cut with a piece of cloth |
| C．people had to be careful to cut the gauze quite big |
| D．people had to cut the gauze and adhesive tape to the right size |
| A．American doctor | B．American gum shopkeeper |
| C．American housewife | D．American gum company worker |
| A．30 | B．50 | C．80 | D．100 |
| A．a day | B．a morning | C．an afternoon | D．two days |
【推荐2】We use our smart phones to carry out many tasks every day. Many of us become so reliant (依赖的) on them. However, it is bad for our eyes and health to spend too much time on phones.
A study shows that smart phone owners usually start to use their phones early in the morning. They check personal emails and WeChat (微信). And before they get out of bed, many people often check the weather, read the news, and send a message or two to friends. After getting up, they often take photos of food, and even whatever they can see with their phones. They share their photos with their friends. The research finds that users pick up their phones over 1,500 times to do different tasks in an average (平均的) week. And the smart phone users are on their phones for three hours and sixteen minutes a day. That is to say, people use their phones for almost one full day each week.
Using phones can take much time and it’s also bad for our health. Many people stay up late to play phones. And mobile phones can influence (影响) our sleep. Without using the phones, many people may feel sad. Many owners also find they use their phones without realizing they’re doing so.
How do you think people use their phones too much?
1. What does the underlined word “check” in Paragraph 2 mean?| A．Look over. | B．Close. | C．Hear. | D．Find out. |
| A．checking weather | B．sending messages | C．reading news | D．taking photos |
| A．In a newspaper. | B．In a travel magazine. | C．In a storybook. | D．In a history book. |
| A．The ways people use their smart phones. |
| B．The history of smart phones. |
| C．The reason that people love smart phones. |
| D．The influences that smart phones have on people. |
【推荐3】“One more video...OK, now just one more...I will stop after this one...Well, maybe just a short one...”
It can be hard for many people to stop using TikTok, a video app. Many users spend too much time watching the app’s short videos. Before they know it, hours have passed! TikTok wants to help users get control of their screen time. It is adding new features (特色) to remind people to take breaks.
One of those features lets users set a limit (限制) for their screen time each day. Now, this control is going one step futher. TikTok users will be able to set how long they can watch at a time. Once they hit that time, they will get a reminder from TikTok—it is time to take a break!
Cutting down onscreen time can help in a lot of ways. Experts say less screen time leads to less stress and better sleep. Keeping away from the screen also lets you enjoy area life. People can exercise and spend more time with friends and family members，
To get control, you need to know how much time you are spending looking at the screen. Another new feature of TikTok’s helps with that. It’s a screen time page, which tells users how much time they spend on TikTok each day and each week.
“Having a good relationship with digital devices (数字设备) isn’t just about screen time, said Jordan Furlong, a TikTok leader. “It is also about feeling in control of how we use technology.” Are you ready to get control of your screen time?
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. How does the writer start the text?
| A．By showing some thoughts. | B．By listing some numbers. |
| C．By answering some questions. | D．By giving some examples. |
| A．More and more people watch short videos on TikTok. |
| B．People spend lots of time watching short videos on TikTok. |
| C．There should be more reminders about new short videos. |
| D．It is very important for users to control their screen time. |
①They can set a limit for their screen time each week.
②They can set how long they can watch at a time.
③They can know what are the most popular short videos on TikTok.
④They can know how long they use TikTok each day and each week.
| A．①③ | B．①④ | C．②③ | D．②④ |
| A．The importance of enjoying colorful life. |
| B．Methods to make good use of digital devices. |
| C．The influences of cutting down onscreen time. |
| D．Suggestions on being in control of technology. |
| A．TikTok: An important app | B．TikTok: Time to take a break |
| C．Creative ideas are always popular | D．Short videos make life meaningful |
A. When I was watching the news that our Chinese survey team had reached the top on May 27, I was quite excited. I took pride in them. B. When I got up, I heard the news about the crash online. I was very sad about it. I felt like losing a relative or friend. His death reminded that life was short. C. I was busy shopping online that day. A friend sent a video message to me on WeChat. I fell in love with the boy in the video. His smile was wild, sweet and pure. I hoped to visit Litang someday. D. I heard the news on TV. I thought the new president was better than the former one, and he would bring a new America. E. I didn’t watch the historic task on TV that day because I was at school. But I felt proud when I heard the news. Although China explored space much later than America, it has made larger progress over the past ten years. Our country is stronger and stronger. F. A doctor in Wuhan’s Zhongnan Hospital said he had learned the news that Mongolia would give away sheep to Hubei, and he was grateful as he ate the mutton with people who he’d fought against the virus with. G. I was preparing for my new year at home when I heard the exciting news of the vaccines. I was proud of being Chinese. I believed that we would beat the virus soon. |
We usually take the subway with our subway cards or by using QR codes (二维码) on our smartphones. But the development of science and technology (科技) makes a difference to people’s lives. The subway line, Beijing Daxing Express, became the first in China to use the technology of scanning the palms (扫描手掌) in May, 2023. To enjoy the service, people need to record their palms on machines in subway stations. Then, they have to turn on the palm-scanning function (功能) on their smartphones. After they finish this, they are allowed to go through the ticket gates without subway cards or smartphones. If they finish their rides, their smartphones will pay the money.
Many people welcome the new technology. They think it helps them to travel faster and more easily. They needn’t take out their subway cards or smartphones in rush hours. What’s more, the palm-scanning technology is very friendly to people because they sometimes forget to bring their subway cards. If your phone is dead, your palms can get you into the subway station. Besides Beijing, some other cities like Shenzhen also put the new technology into service in subway stations.
Palm-scanning has appeared in people’s lives. People believe that the technology will be widely used in more places in the near future, like paying in the supermarkets or restaurants.
1. Where was the technology of scanning the palms first used?| A．At a subway line. | B．In subway stations. | C．At an airport. |
| A．Turn on their smartphones. |
| B．Record their palms |
| C．Pay for their subway tickets. |
| A．People can travel faster. |
| B．People can go out without money. |
| C．People can stop travelling in rush hours. |
| A．The new technology is helpful to people. |
| B．The new technology takes the smartphone’s place. |
| C．The new technology is good. for people who get lost easily. |
| A．Science And Technology Is Developing Quickly |
| B．A New Technology That May Change Our Lives |
| C．How To Get Into Subway Stations With Your Palm |
【推荐3】Before we upload a photo of ourselves to social media, like WeChat, we’ll use an app to smooth our skin, make our eyes look bigger, and give us longer eyelashes and fuller lips. With a couple of touches on our mobile phone, we’re able to present the best pictures of ourselves to others. However, the problem is, when we simply edit our imperfections（瑕疵） away, we’re also changing the way we look at our ourselves. ①_________
Last month, researchers from the US Boston University published an article Selfies —Living in the Era of Filtered（滤镜） Photographs. The article listed the bad effects of photo editing on people and the possibility to cause appearance worries. ②_________ The researchers think that these apps make it difficult to tell between reality and fantasy（虚幻）. “These apps allow one to change his or her appearance in minutes and follow an unrealistic standard of beauty,” the article says. ③_________
In the past, people might compare their looks to those who were famous that time. But for today’s young people, beauty standards are most likely set by what they see on social media. “From birth, they are born into an age of social platforms, and their feelings are connected to how good they look,” a British doctor Escho said.
④________ “Now you’ve got the comparison of your real self to fake self that you present on social media,” Renee Engeln, a professor at Northwestern University, told the Huff Post website. He further pointed out that when people spend too much time comparing with others, they may become “beauty sick” and find it difficult to accept what they actually look like.
So when we look in a real mirror, we shouldn’t think to ourselves, “Do I look as good as myself in the Beauty Cam（美颜）?” Instead, we should think, “I feel good, I have my health.”
1. What may people do before they present the best of themselves on social media?| A．Wearing false eyelashes. |
| B．Redding their lips before going out. |
| C．Using apps to edit photos. |
| D．Smoothing their skin in the morning. |
| A．④ | B．③ | C．② | D．① |
| A．Everybody looks as good as himself in the Beauty Cam. |
| B．These apps make it easy to tell between reality and fantasy. |
| C．The article listed the bad and good effects of photo editing on people. |
| D．People today pay more attention on how good they look than in the past. |
| A．To call on people to care more about appearance. |
| B．To call on people not to use apps on mobile phones. |
| C．To call on people to spend too much time comparing with others. |
| D．To call on people to learn something more important than appearance. |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
【推荐1】How do you feel about nature? After spending hours indoors, do you feel better when you visit your local park?I believe the answer must be “YES”. We should walk into nature so that we can enjoy the natural beauties around.
Most people think that nature is good for our bodies and brains. However, humans are spending more time inside and less time outside. For example, the number of visitors to Canada’s national parks is getting lower every year. And in countries such as the USA, only 10% of teenagers spend time outside every day. Many doctors feel that this is a problem in the twenty-first century.
As a result, some doctors are studying the connection between nature and health: one example of this is the work of Dr. Matilda in Sweden. The doctor gave people a math test. During the test, their heart rates (心率) were fast. After the test, one group of people sat in a 3D-virtual-reality (虚拟现实) room for fifteen minutes with pictures and sounds of nature. Their heart rates were slower than people’s in the other group.
The virtual touch with nature helped them feel more relaxed. The natural world allows our brains to rest and slow down, and can trigger positive feelings and a sense of peace. Being in nature can leave us feeling happier and less stressed. Another good example of how nature is good for health comes from Canada. In Toronto, researchers studied 31,000 people living in the city. In general, they found that healthier people lived near parks.
Because of studies like these, some countries and cities want nature to be part of people’s everyday life. In Dubai, for example, there are plans for a new shopping mall with a large garden so shoppers can relax outside with trees, plants and water. In Switzerland, “forest schools” are popular. Schoolchildren study their subjects in the forests and do lots of exercise outside. And South Korea (韩国) is another good example: it has new forests near its cities and around 13 million people visit these forests every year. So after building cities for so long, perhaps it’s now time to start rebuilding nature.g
Nature holds a special kind of energy: it is pure and wild and spirit-renewing. In a word, we human being cannot live without nature, and Mother Nature makes us grow stronger.
1. What does the underlined word “trigger” in paragraph 4 mean? ________
| A．Cause. | B．Improve. | C．Help. | D．Reduce. |
| A．More and more Canadians will live near parks. |
| B．The math test is difficult and makes people nervous. |
| C．Nature can help people feel more relaxed and be healthier. |
| D．People’s heart rates get slower in a 3D-virtual-reality room. |
| A．Nature is more important than cities. |
| B．Country life is healthier than city life. |
| C．People have lived in the cities for so long. |
| D．Nature should be part of people’s daily life. |
| A．31,000 healthier people live near parks in Toronto. |
| B．A new shopping mall with a large garden will be built in Dubai. |
| C．10% of teenagers spend time in national parks every day in the USA. |
| D．About 13 million schoolchildren visit new forests every year in South Korea. |
The old lanes(巷子) of the Beijing hutongs, many were there hundreds of years ago during the Ming and Qing dynasties. They keep not only the traditional culture but also the way of life in the past. People can go shopping, eat delicious food, and watch the street life by visiting the Beijing hutongs. What’s more, it’s a good way to learn more about the daily life of people in Beijing.
A hutong is a lane formed by traditional courtyard compounds(筑有围墙的院子) on both sides. The compounds are called siheyuan, meaning “four joined-together courtyard.”
The hutongs have interesting names, which tell their origin(起源), location, or history. They are in these gray lanes where kids talk and play.
One of China’s most famous writers, Laoshe, was born in siheyuan in the west of the city. The memories of his childhood in hutongs were so important to him that even after he had been away from Beijing for more than 20 years, he still clearly remembered them and wrote them into a novel called Four Generations under One Roof.
Now, Beijing still has about 400,000 siheyuan for people to live in. However, most hutongs are in great danger because more and more new buildings have been built. So, we should try our best to protect hutongs, the treasure of traditional culture.
1. What can we learn about the Beijing hutongs?| A．They have a short history. |
| B．They are far from siheyuan. |
| C．They have interesting names. |
| A．how we can know the Beijing hutongs better |
| B．what we can do to protect the Beijing hutongs |
| C．why many new buildings were built in Beijing |
| A．Laoshe—A Well-known Chinese Writer |
| B．Beijing Hutongs—The Treasure of China |
| C．Siheyuan—A Picture of the Qing Dynasty |
| A．Culture Window | B．Famous People | C．Eating Customs |
【推荐3】“Your hair looks nice today.”
This is an example of a compliment. It feels nice when someone notices and praises you for something. But are there cultural differences in making compliments?
Sometimes I receive compliments for things that I don’t think I deserve. For example, when a taxi driver says “Wow, your Chinese is so good!” even though the only thing I said to him was “Hello, please take me to the airport.” It feels insincere to receive a compliment like this for saying just one simple sentence. However, I know he’s just trying to be polite.
It also seems like Chinese people are a bit more humble (谦虚的) than others when they receive a compliment. They often downplay (对……低调处理) the compliments they receive. I appreciate this quality, as people like this tend to be more honest. I’ve noticed that older people are extremely humble.
When and where should you give compliments? I try my best to compliment people in the service industry. People sometimes complain about the bad service in restaurants, stores and other places. But if I get good service, I make sure to compliment whoever served me, such as by saying “the food was delicious” or something like that. This will encourage them to continue to provide good service to others.
1. What does the word “compliment” in Paragraph 2 mean?| A．问候 | B．称赞 | C．抱怨 | D．关注 |
| A．The writer often praises taxi drivers. |
| B．The writer speaks Chinese very well. |
| C．Praising others can be a way of being polite. |
| D．Most of the compliments we receive are insincere. |
| A．Appreciative. | B．Uncomfortable. | C．Relaxed. | D．Upset. |
| A．The writer only compliments people in the service industry. |
| B．It is not proper to complain about bad service very often. |
| C．Everyone who served the writer got a compliment from him. |
| D．The writer believes that compliments can be very encouraging. |
