Qian Xuesen was born in Shanghai on December 11th, 1911. He is known as “the father of China’s space program” and “the king of the rocket”.
When he was 24 years old, Qian went to America for further study. After graduation, he worked in America for a few years, where his working conditions were better. In the early 1950s, he heard New China had been founded and decided not to stay in America any longer. He succeeded in coming back to his motherland in 1955 though the American government tried to stop him.
In 1956, Qian Xuesen suggested setting up a special organization, which later became the leading organization for China’s rocket and air travel programs. In June 1964, China successfully created its first medium rocket. Qian also played an important role in developing China’s first man made satellite (卫星). On April 24th, 1970, “Dong fanghong-Ⅰ” was successfully sent into the air.
Zhu Yilin, who was said to be the last student of Qian Xuesen, once said, I learned a lot of professional knowledge as well as the spirit and attitude that a scientist should have from Mr. Qian, especially his deep love for the motherland. Without that, he couldn’t have helped to develop science and technology when New China was badly in need of scientists for its development. Without that, he would not have made the great contributions(贡献)to rocket industry in the late 1950s and early 1960s when conditions in China were too hard.”
Mr. Qian has been dead for few years, but he will live in the memory of Chinese people forever.
1. Why did Qian Xuesen go to America when he was young?| A．To find a new job. | B．To receive further study. |
| C．To meet with his parents. | D．To find better working conditions. |
| A．In 1955. | B．In 1956. | C．In 1964. | D．In 1970. |
| A．His love for the motherland. | B．His professional knowledge. |
| C．His working experience. | D．His anger towards America. |
| A．Qian was not welcome in America in the 1950s |
| B．Qian came back to China from America easily in 1955 |
| C．New China was in great need of scientists like Qian |
| D．Hard conditions made it easier to develop rocket industry |
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【推荐1】Hello, my friends! My name is Daming. And I’m a student in a middle in Xi’an, China. Here is a picture of my room. What’s this? It’s a bed, my bed. My schoolbag is on it. There are two baseballs in my room. But where are they? Oh, they are under my bed!
Can you see a desk in room? Yes, it’s a brown desk. A computer is on the desk. I like playing computer games. A clock and a radio are on it, too. But the radio isn’t mine. It’s my grandpa’s.
Oh, no, where is my model plane? It’s under the desk. Where are my keys? They are under the chair. Where are books? Oh, they are on the sofa, under the chair and even (甚至) under my bed!
1. What is on Daming’s bed?| A．His pencil box. | B．His picture. | C．Baseballs. | D．His schoolbag. |
| A．Two | B．Three | C．Four | D．Five |
| A．fine | B．not tidy | C．nice | D．welcome |
| A．Darming has 3 baseballs. | B．Daming likes listening to radio. |
| C．Daming’s desk is brown. | D．Daming lost his keys and books. |
【推荐2】Wang Fengqin, a 61-year-old woman in Beijing, volunteers to sort (分类) rubbish in her living area in Beijing’s Chaoyang District.
At 6:30 every morning, while half of Beijing is still in sleeping dreams in bed or enjoying a delicious breakfast, Wang rushes through her busiest hours in the day. She gets up, gives her face a quick wash, takes a simple breakfast and rushes to the four rubbish dustbins beside the gate of her living area. There she checks the waste left by her neighbors to make sure it is sorted correctly.
“Sorting rubbish will improve the environment for all of us and it only takes a minute,” Wang said. “I want to help my neighbors develop good habits.”
As Wang spoke, an old man came by and threw a plastic bag full of rubbish into the dustbin marked “recyclable”
“Hey, please, there are some orange peels (皮) and fish bones in your bag, so they are supposed to be put into the dustbin marked ‘kitchen waste’,” Wang told him.
Learning the old man was in a hurry, Wang let him go, opened the bag herself, picked out the kitchen waste and threw it in the right dustbin.
Wang has been doing this every day from 7:30 a. m. to 9 a. m. and from 6 p. m. to 8 p. m. since March 10. She says people usually go downstairs and throw out rubbish at this time.
Most people had no idea about sorting rubbish at first, but now 90 percent can put rubbish in the correct dustbin, Wang says. However, she plans to keep doing this job until all her neighbors sort correctly.
1. When does Wang Fengqin usually get up in the morning?| A．At 7:30. | B．At 6:30. | C．At 9. |
| A．Four. | B．Five. | C．Six. |
| A．he was afraid of Wang | B．he didn’t know where the dustbin was | C．he was in a hurry |
| A．orange peels | B．broken toys | C．fish bones |
Robert with his family lived on a farm in a small village. They grew corns to make a living. Robert was really interested in machines. He liked to find out how they worked. Robert wanted to go to high school to learn how to help his family. It was his dream.
One year, there was no rain for long. The people didn’t have much food. Robert and his family could have only one meal a day. Sometimes his father went without a meal to leave more food to his family. Although Robert’s parents knew how important the school was and how good it would be for Robert, they didn’t have enough money to send him to high school.
Robert couldn’t go to school. However, he could read books in the library. Robert was at the library one day when he saw a book with windmills (风车) on the cover. He knew that a windmill used wind to make electricity (电). The book gave Robert an idea. There was a lot of wind in his village. He would build a windmill!
Robert used a dictionary to help him understand and follow the diagrams in the book. He went out to look for what he needed and made all the parts himself. Some kids laughed at him because they thought he wouldn’t be successful. But that didn’t stop Robert.
At last, Robert found an old broken bicycle and some other old things he needed. Then he began to make a windmill. Many villagers laughed at him when he tried to put it up. However, the wind caught the blades (叶片). The blades ran faster and faster. Then the bicycle light he attached (链接) to the windmill came on. The laughing became cheering (欢呼). Robert did make electricity with the windmill!
1. In Paragraph 1, Robert dreamed of ________ to help his family.| A．teaching machines | B．learning in high school |
| C．growing corns | D．working on the farm |
| A．his parents | B．the corns | C．a book | D．a villager |
| A．The laughing. | B．The library. | C．The mistake. | D．The dictionary. |
| A．With the corns and light. | B．With the help of his friend. |
| C．With the help of the wind. | D．With the old things he found. |
| A．A Dream Came True | B．Junk Turned Into A Windmill |
| C．A Boy Lived A Hard Life | D．Machines Helped Robert A Lot |
【推荐1】The greatest scientists were famous not only for their discoveries, but also for their interesting lives. Having a special, uncommon mind often goes hand in hand with unusual acts.
Nikola Tesla is known for many inventions. One is the alternating-current（AC） electricity（交流电）. While inventing, Tesla was good at keeping things in mind, because he used picture thinking and imagined every step in his mind before even picking up a pencil. Tesla said he wanted to do it because of his mother, who invented small electrical machines when he was a child.
In his later years, Tesla had many strange habits. He slept only two hours every night and dined at exactly 8:10 p. m. After dinner, he’d often work until 3 a. m. Before bed, Tesla curled（卷曲）each foot 100 times, saying it was good for his brain.
Another scientist encouraged by his mother was Albert Einstein, though what he got from his mother was a love of music. In fact, Einstein often played music on the piano and violin to help him brainstorm.
Einstein’s great works include the most famous E = mc2 and his theory of relativity. However, thanks to his wild hair, he is also well-known for the looks of a “mad scientist” and you can tell that he had some interesting quirks. For example, he had a strong dislike of wearing socks. And Einstein was so withdrawn（内向的）as a boy that he couldn’t speak until he was three.
Sometimes, the smartest of us are also the strangest. That quiet child in the corner may one day be the next Tesla or Einstein.
1. How did Tesla remember things?| A．By taking things down. | B．By thinking in pictures. |
| C．By drawing mind-maps. | D．By reading aloud. |
| A．奇怪的个性 | B．谨慎的个性 | C．冲动的个性 | D．固执的个性 |
| A．Tesla hated having to wear socks. |
| B．Tesla did some foot exercises before bed. |
| C．Einstein was outgoing when he was a child. |
| D．Einstein was also famous for his hair color. |
| A．They both had great inventions of electricity. |
| B．They both took up inventing because of their mothers. |
| C．They both thought and acted in unusual ways. |
| D．They both played the piano for better working. |
| A．The special things about well-known scientists. |
| B．The living habits of smart people. |
| C．The mothers of Tesla and Einstein. |
| D．The inventions of great people. |
【推荐2】Professor Stephen Hawking was born on 8th January, 1942 in Oxford, England. When he was eight, his family moved to St. Albans, a town about 20 miles north of London. At the age of eleven, Hawking went to St. Albans School and then went to University of Oxford in 1959, where his father once studied. Hawking wanted to study maths although his father asked him to learn medicine. Since maths was not a choice at that university, he chose to study physics instead. Three years later, he won a very important prize in natural science. In 1963, Hawking suffered from a serious disease and was told that he couldn’t live more than two years. In fact, he lived for another fifty-five years, until he died in March, 2018, but he had to use a wheelchair for the rest of his life.
Hawking was also a famous writer. His first book, A Brief History of Time, came out in 1988 and became an international best seller. He also wrote a children’s book, George and the Big Bang, with his daughter, while he was on a visit to Hong Kong for the first time over 10 years ago. Hawking said the book would be a bit like Harry Potter but without the magic. “It explains the wonderful universe (宇宙),” said Hawking.
In 2014, a movie called The Theory of Everything was shown in cinemas. It was based on (以……为根据) Hawking’s life. Hawking liked the film and said it made him think over his own life. “Although I’m disabled, I have been successful in my scientific work.” Hawking wrote on Facebook in November, 2014. “I have traveled widely and I hope to go into space one day.”
1. What does the underlined word “It” in Paragraph 2 refer to?| A．George and the Big Bang. |
| B．A Brief History of Time. |
| C．Harry Potter. |
| D．The Theory of Everything. |
a. His first book came out.
b. He got a serious disease.
c. He went to University of Oxford.
d. A movie based on his life was shown in cinemas.
e. He moved to a town about 20 miles north of London.
| A．b-c-d-a-e | B．c-b-a-e-d |
| C．e-c-b-a-d | D．e-b-c-a-d |
| A．He won a very important prize in match. |
| B．His father was a student of Oxford before. |
| C．He chose to study medicine because his father wanted him to. |
| D．He suffered from a serious disease in 1963 and died soon. |
| A．Stephen Hawking’s lifetime. |
| B．Stephen Hawking’s hard work in science. |
| C．How Stephen Hawking fought against his disease. |
| D．Why Stephen Hawking’s books are sold well. |
【推荐3】Hu Hailan was born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province in 1973. She studies very well. In fact, she used to study at Peking University and the University of California, Berkeley. They are famous universities in the world. Now she is a professor (教授) of Zhejiang University School of Medicine.
Hu thinks being a scientist is the best job for her. She loves science a lot. She tries her best to find out what truly causes depression (抑郁症 ). Her great findings are good for researching and developing the medicine for treating depression. All in all, everything she does is to give people with mental illness a better life.
Hu received the L’Oreal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Awards (欧莱雅—联合国教科文组织世界杰出女科学家成就奖) in Paris in June, 2022. The award was set up by UNESCO and Foundation L’Oreal in 1998. It is held to praise five outstanding women scientists every year. Interestingly, Hu is the youngest woman who won the award this year. At the same time, she is the seventh Chinese winner of the award. Though she has got lots of awards in her life, she still keeps going on the way to help people with mental illness.
We can see that Chinese women scientists are showing their better abilities in different areas of the world now. They are really great role models for us.
1. What do you know about Hu Hailan?| A．Hu now works at Peking University. |
| B．Hu is about sixty years old now. |
| C．Hu is from a medicine family of Hangzhou. |
| D．Hu is a nice medicine scientist in Zhejiang. |
| A．The parents of those who are with mental illness. |
| B．The parents of those who want to have babies. |
| C．The parents of those who are terrible with heart problems. |
| D．The parents of those who have heavy and fat body sizes. |
| A．In Music World. | B．In Medicine Field. |
| C．In Building Art. | D．In Traditional Food. |
