Earth is our home. It has air that we can breathe(呼吸). It has water for us to drink. It has plants and animals that we can eat. Earth is not too hot or too cold for us. It has everything we need to live.
We are on earth, but we can see things that are not on earth. Early in the morning, we can see the sun comes up. All day, the sun seems to move across the sky. Later in the day, we can see the sun goes down.
But the sun is not really moving around us. We are the ones who are moving. Every morning, we turn towards the sun. Every night, we turn away from it. Every year, we go around it. Earth is our spaceship. All of us in the spaceship are riding around the sun.
At night, we can often see the moon and stars. From earth, stars look like little points of light because they are so far away. But stars are really big. A star is a great mass(一团) of burning gas. It gives off light and heat. Our sun is a star.
There are eight planets moving around our sun. Earth is the third planet around the sun. Some of the planets have moons. A moon goes around a planet just as a planet goes around a star. Earth has only one moon. Some planets have more.
Answer the questions according to the passage.
1. Why is earth our home?
2. Is the sun really moving around us?
3. Why do stars look small?
4. How many planets move around our sun?
5. Some planets have more moons, don’t they?
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【推荐1】Is there intelligent (有智力的) life on other planets? For years, scientists said “no." or “we don't know." But today this is changing. Seth Shostak and Alexandra Barnett are astronomers(天文学家). They believe intelligent life exists (存在) somewhere in the universe. They also think we will soon contact these beings(人：生物).
Why do Shostak and Barnett think intelligent life exists on other planets? The first reason is time. Scientists believe the universe is about 12 billion years old. "This is long enough for other planets to have intelligent life," say Shostak and Barnett. The second reason is size—the universe is huge. "Tools like the Hubble Telescope(哈勃望远镜) have shown that there are at least 100 billion galaxies," says Shostak. "And our galaxy, the Milky Way, has at least 100 billion stars. Some planets going around these stars might be similar to Earth.
In the past, it was hard to look for signs of intelligent life in the universe. But now, powerful telescopes(高倍望远镜) allow scientists to discover smaller planets—the size of Mars or Earth—in other solar systems. These planets might have intelligent life.
Have beings from space already visited Earth? "Probably not," says Shostak. "It's a long way. However, intelligent beings may contact us in other way, such as radio signals(信号). In fact, they may be trying to communicate with us now, but we don't have the right tools to receive their messages. However, this is changing. By 2025, we could make contact with other life forms in our universe and we might help each other.
1. How many galaxies are there in the universe?2. Which galaxy is Earth in?
3. What allows scientists to discover smaller planets?
4. Why haven’t beings from space visited us yet according to Shostak?
5. What do you think of intelligent life on other planets in our universe?
【推荐2】When we talked about the space,we know the universe means the earth, the sun, the moon, the stars and so on in space. Many of the stars are so far away that we can’t see them.
Through our geography lessons, we know the earth (1)goes around the sun, and the moon goes around the earth.
We have day and night because the earth keeps moving all the time. Just because the moon is closer to the earth than the sun, it looks much bigger than the sun.(2)The sun is bright enough to give out very strong light. The moon can’t give any light at all, but it looks quite bright, too. Why? In fact, the light from the moon comes from the sun.(3)But in fact the stars are much bigger and brighter than the moon.
(4)在宇宙中仍然有许多其他的行星。But of all these planets, only on the earth there are living things. People on the earth have studied the space all the time. They’ve sent many spaceships into the space many times. On November 3 and 14, 2011, Chinese scientists let Shenzhou Ⅷ successfully dock with(对接) the Tiangong Ⅰ twice. This is one of the greatest events in the history of China’s space.
1. 画线(1)处的汉语意思是2. Why do we have day and night?
3. 写出画线(2)处的同义句。
4. 把画线(3)处的句子译成汉语。
5. 把画线(4)处的句子译成英语。
The moon goes around the earth every 27. 3 days. But do you know you can always only see one side of the moon? We call it the near side. The other side always turns away from us. We call it the far side or the dark side.
If you’re on the moon, you’ll be much lighter. You’ll weigh about one sixth of your weight on the earth. There are many places to go if you want to feel like you’re weightless.
Everybody knows that human have been on the moon, but not everyone knows that the moon now is like a picnic area. The astronauts left much rubbish after they left the place. Scientists estimate that there are 181, 437 kilograms of man-made materials(材料）.
Many believe that the full moon(满月) brings out the strangest acts in people, although science hasn’t been able to offer exact proof(证据).Research by scientists at Basel University in Switzerland has found that,around a full moon, people may take longer time to fall asleep, sleep less and sleep less deeply. Next time, if you can’t get to sleep, have a look out of the window. If there’s a full moon, it might not be your partner’s tossing and turning keeping you awake—it could be the full moon.
1. How often does the moon go around the earth?It goes around the earth
2. How much do you weigh on the moon if you are 60 kilograms on the earth?
You weigh about
3. Why is the moon like a picnic area?
Because the astronauts left
4. Which word means “估计” in the third paragraph?
It is “
5. What strange acts may happen to people when there is a full moon?
People may take longer time to sleep,
【推荐1】New York, London, Paris and other big cities are exciting places to live in. There are many interesting things to see and to do. You can go to all kinds of museums, and see all kinds of plays and films. And it's easy to get to these places by bus, taxi and subway. ①You can also buy things from all over the world.
But there are serious problems in big cities, too. It’s ②costly to live there. Three kilos of potatoes may cost 6-9③euros（60-90 RMB）in France. With that money, we may have a good meal in a nice restaurant in China. And there are many people in big cities, too. Every year many people move to the cities to find jobs, study at good schools and receive good medical care. So you have to wait in line when you get to many places. But sometimes ④these people can’t find work or good places to live in. Also it is hard to keep the cities safe and clean.
Some people enjoy living in big cities, however, others do not. Before they move to big cities, they should think about the problems of living there.
1. 请①You can also buy things from all over the world. 翻译成中文。2. 填空：②costly means
③euros means
3. ④these people指代的是
4. 对号入座：请将城市名字与所在国家连线。
| Beijing —— A. China London B. France New York C. the UK. Paris D. the USA |
Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou are all big cities in China. Do you want to live or work there when you grow up? Why or why not? （至少三句话）
In 1901, an Austrian scientist discovered that there are four types of blood. These four blood types were named A, B, AB, and O. People have one of these four types.
Blood type O is the most common around the world. Blood type A is the second most common, and type AB is the least common. If people with type A blood are given type B blood, or people with type B blood are given type A blood, they will probably die.
In 1927, a Japanese doctor found out that people with different blood types also had different personalities. He said that people with type A blood are usually calm and serious; people with type B blood are curious, cheerful, and outgoing; people with type O blood are generous and honest; while those with type AB blood are often caring and talented.
More recently, a doctor in the United States wrote a book that links blood types and what people eat. For example, his book suggests people with type O blood should eat more meat and less bread. A diet for people with type A blood includes more vegetables. His book Eat Right for Your Type has been a hit with people who want to lose weight. However, Dr Peter D’Adamo believes that eating food that matches a person’s blood type can do more than help them lose weight. He thinks it will make the person healthier in other ways, too.
1. An2. It isn’t
3. People with different blood types have different
4. An American doctor found there was a relationship
5.
How do we know about things that happened thousands of years ago when there were no videos or photos? One answer is written records. The earliest written records of Chinese civilization (文明) are known as oracle bone inscriptions (甲骨文).
More than 3, 000 years ago, people in the Shang Dynasty (about 16th—11th century BC) liked to ask fortune tellers (占卜师) about the future. For example, what will the weather be like next week? Where should I go to make money? Will my wife give birth to a boy or a girl? From work to love, people asked questions about many topics. The fortune teller would write the question on an oracle bone, heat it up, and then read the cracks (裂纹) in it to find an answer.
Tens of thousands of oracle bones have been found so far. They can tell us a great deal about how people lived during the Shang Dynasty. “They help us understand the origins of Chinese philosophy (哲学) and thought, and figure out where our culture comes from,” Song Zhenhao, a leading oracle bone expert, told China Daily.
In addition to (除了) telling us about ancient Chinese culture, the oracle bones are also key to understanding the growth and development of the written form of the Chinese language. Many of the characters (汉字) we use today are similar to those used 3, 000 years ago. “The oräcte bone inscriptions, as the earliest-known mature (成熟的) form of Chinese characters, represent the beauty and uniqueness (唯一) of a language that has been passed down,” said Chen Nan, a professor at Tsinghua University.
In 2017, UNESCO added oracle bone inscriptions to its Memory of the World Register (“世界记忆”名录). They are indeed a valuable memory of ancient China.
根据上面短文内容，回答下列问题（每小题答案不超过6个单词）。
1. According to the passage, who could tell the people in the Shang Dynasty the future?
2. What does the underlined word they in the third paragraph refer to (指代)?
3. Are many of the characters we use today similar to those used 3, 000 years ago?
4. When did UNESCO add oracle bone inscriptions to its Memory of the World Register?
5. What do you think of oracle bone inscriptions?
Crazy about Selfies
Since the 2014 Oscars ceremony selfie (自拍) of Bradley Cooper stormed the Internet, it seems that every one shows great interest. And now people are sharing even their most private moments. TV star Kim Kardashian could be called “the queen of the selfie”. She’s turned hundreds of her selfies into a book — at every possible moment, in all poses.
If Kardashian is the queen, then you could say Barack Obama is the king. But though Kardashian has nothing to lose by sharing too much, the same can’t be said of the US president. Politicians have to be careful with selfies. The photo he took at the funeral (葬礼) of Nelson Mandela divided public opinions. Some felt it made him look like one of us — glad to record a moment with his “mates”. Others felt the head of state behaved like a crazy teenager.
Unfortunately for the US congressman (国会议员) Anthony Weiner, his habit of sending his private selfies to women killed his political career (事业).
Being crazy about selfies can also harm your health. Todd Fassler from California ended up in hospital after he found a snake — he tried to take a selfie with it. The animal wasn’t interested in the idea and bit him.
Why do we take so many selfies? Dr. Terri Apter, from Cambridge University, told the Daily Telegraph: “We all like the idea of being in control of our image and getting attention, being part of the culture. There’s celebrity (名人) culture — unless you’re being noticed, you’re nobody. You have to get enough attention and show your life is amazing, even if it isn’t.”
The word selfie was Oxford Dictionaries’ word of the year in 2013. But many believe it started much earlier in 1839 as Robert Cornelius, a chemist from Philadelphia, uncovered the lens (镜头), ran into the shot for a minute before running back to cover the lens again. These days, you don’t need to run for a photo anymore and soon, you don’t even have to spread your arms. Now you are even able to take a selfie by drone (无人机)! Fix your camera onto it, and it will follow your every move. Does it sound exciting to you?
1. What could Kim Kardashian be called?
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2. Do politicians have to be very careful with selfies?
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3. What happened when Todd Fassler tried to take a selfie with a snake?
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4. According to the passage, why do the celebrities take selfies?
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5. Do you think the selfie is good? Why?
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【推荐2】Building blocks(积木) are still one of the most popular traditional toys today. Their interesting design and easy use attract children (A) ________ all ages. Most traditional toys, like building blocks, were first made of wood. Today, (B) 木质积木仍在使用, but now there are several other types of building blocks to choose from, like plastic building blocks.
① Children build all kinds of things that they see in everyday life with building blocks. This gives them the chance to learn new things and life skills.
Building blocks can help children practice their language skills. Most children talk to each (C) ________ as they build things with these traditional toys. ②As they begin to join groups playing with building blocks, they learn to take turns, to share, and to solve problems with others. However, these are not the only advantages of playing with building blocks.
Building blocks can also help develop children’s skills in math and science. They allow children to work according to the steps of scientific discovery, which are first to watch and think, and then to test. Traditional toy building blocks also come in different shapes, colors and sizes. These types of building blocks encourage children to develop skills in dividing (分配) things. ③(D) Playing with building blocks is not only fun but also very helpful. Maybe that is the reason why building blocks are still favorite today.
1. 在文中(A) 和(C) 的空白处分别填入一个适当的单词：2. 将文中划线部分(B) 译成英语：
3. 在文中①②③选出能够填入“This type of toy helps develop the skills that children need in life. ”的位置：
4. 将文中划线部分(D) 改写为：
Playing with building blocks is
5. 从文中找出能够说明本文主旨大意的句子：
Now and then we all get ill. Then we usually go to see a doctor. Doctors know a lot about what makes us ill. They may give us something to take. The medicine often makes us well again. But sometimes the doctor’s medicine doesn’t work. A sick person does not get well. The pain will not go away. This happened to one man. He was in hospital, but he was not getting well. Then he found a new “doctor” inside himself. This new “doctor” was his own sense of humor (幽默感). He saw funny films. He read funny books. And something wonderful happened. Laughing took away his pain. Then he was able to sleep and rest. His own happy feeling helped him to feel well again. He said laughing was his best “medicine”. His doctor thought so, too.
Another man was also ill, and he had a terrible pain in his back. The doctors could not stop it from hurting. So the man began to “Picture” his pain. In his head he “drew” a picture of a dog. He imagined it as a real dog. And he made friends with the dog. And his pain went away!
These stories may surprise you. But more and more people are getting well in this way. So visit the “doctor” inside your own head and you can stay happy and well.
1. Does medicine always work?
2. How many sick men are mentioned in this passage?
3. Who was the first sick man’s new “doctor”?
4. Who made the second sick man well again, the doctor or the “dog” in his head?
5. Why does the writer ask us to visit the “doctor” inside our head?
