【推荐1】

This year's annual meeting of robots was held last month in Paris， France.
A very special event was the robot cookery class. I think all the robots especially enjoyed the Italian cookery class一robots from Italy taught everyone how to make delicious pizzas and spaghetti. It was great fun !
The title of "Most Beautiful Robot" went to Electrica Robottie from India. She needed to travel a long way to get to Europe，but she was pleased to be at the meeting in Paris. After dancing, beauty arid intelligence tests，the judges agreed that Electrica Robottie was the winner of this year's competition.
Next was the competition for the strongest robot. Robots from around the world carried cars and ran long distances to show us their strength,   All the robots did very well. This year, the strongest robot was Techo Tim from Germany. He is 190 cm tall.
In odder for us all to see the new types of robots this year, there was a new robot show on the final day of the meeting. We saw robots from China with digital cameras inside them. We also saw a new type of robot from Switzerland一it is powered by solar batteries(太阳能电池).
The president of the International Robot Society，Kim Pyoota from South Korea，closed the meeting by thanking all the robots for coming to Paris.
"This year's annual meeting is a great success ! " President. Kim said，"And hope to meet you all again in Sydney, Australia next year! "
1. The underlined .word "spaghetti"   in Paragraph 2 may mean           .

A．披萨

B．工艺品

C．意大利面

D．手工皮鞋

2. The passage tells us that        .

A．India is a country which is not very far from France

B．the winner of the competition for the strongest robot is from China

C．the robot from Switzerland is powered by clean energy

D．the new robot show was at the beginning of the annual meeting

3. We can infer from the passage that         .

A．the annual meeting is a great success

B．the next meeting will be held in Sydney，Australia

C．it is easy for Electrica Robottie to win the competition

D．Techo Tim won the competition because it is very tall

【推荐2】“Five, four, three, two, one, blast off.” At 0:23 on October16, 2021, China launched the manned spaceship Shenzhou-13, sending three astronauts to its Tiangong space station. About 6.5 hours after the launch, the spaceship successfully docked (对接) with the Tianhe core module of the station.

The three-person team is the second crew (工作组) to have entered Tiangong. The team is led by China’s first space walker Zhai Zhigang. The other two astronauts are Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu. They will live and work together at the station for six months. This will be China’s longest-ever manned mission.

During their six-month stay, the crew will carry out a number of tasks. For example, they will do two to three spacewalks to fix equipment in preparation for future construction work. Wang Yaping, the first Chinese woman to perform spacewalk, said “Apart from the tasks, we also hope to do more space science education. This will bring space closer to the general public. As a result, they will learn more about the astronauts’ life in space.”

Shenzhou-13 was China’s last major space mission in 2021. Another six missions are planned for this year to finish the construction of the space station. Once its completed, Tiangong will be about one-fifth the size of the International Space Station (ISS). The ISS will reach the end of its life in 2024. Tiangong is likely to be the only operational near-Earth orbit (近地轨道) space station by then. China looks forward to hosting astronauts from other countries.

Denis Simon, at Duke Law in the US, told Xinhua that China’s success in space continues to be impressive (令人赞叹的). “It is now well on its way to being a leader in space exploration.” he said.

1. Shenzhou-13 will probably return to the earth in ________.

A．March, 2022

B．April, 2022.

C．March, 2024.

D．April, 2024.

2. What can we know about Tiangong space station? ________

A．The crew have entered Tiangong twice.

B．The construction of Tiangong will be finished in 6 months.

C．The size of Tiangong will be 25% of ISS in 2024

D．Tiangong will welcome foreign astronauts in the future.

3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the text? ________

A．It took Shenzhou-13 6.5 days to dock with the Tianhe core module.

B．Wang Yaping was the first Chinese woman to perform a spacewalk.

C．This space trip will be China’s shortest- ever crewed mission.

D．Shenzhou-13 was the first major space mission in 2021.

4. The passage is written mainly to ________.

A．show China’s achievements in space field

B．introduce the missions of Shenzhou-13

C．explain the success of launching Shenzhou-13

D．describe the importance of Tiangong space station

【推荐1】A total of 3.41 million people were expected to take part in China’s 2021 national entrance exam for postgraduate(研究生) studies, 0.51 million more than last year, the Department of Education said.

That’s a rise of 17.5 percent, and with a record 8.74 million university students expected to graduate next year, a survey by education website found that growing competition in the job market was the primary reason for the increase. When asked whether postgraduate study would help them find a job, 57 percent of exam applicants(应聘者) said they believed it could make them more competitive in the job market, 42 percent said it would be somewhat helpful, and only 1 percent did not expect it to improve their chances. When asked why they wanted to get a master’s degree(硕士学位), 61 percent of them said it would improve their competitiveness in the job market, 53 percent said they wanted to get a higher degree. 25 percent said they did not like their undergraduate majors(本科专业), and 25 percent said they wanted to wait for a few years before entering the job market.

Zhang Sijia, 22, who studies at the University of Science and Technology Beijing, says, “It’s impossible that I cannot find a job if I enter the job market now, but I think a master’s degree in finance will give me better chances to find a high-paying job,” she said. Many jobs have higher academic(学术的) requirements nowadays. “Almost half my classmates have signed up for the exam, as getting higher degrees has become necessary if you want to find a better job,” Zhang said.

However, the report said students would find it harder to enter for postgraduate studies.

1. How many students took part in China’s 2020 national entrance exam for postgraduate studies?

A．2.9 million.

B．3.41 million.

C．0.51 million.

D．3.92 million.

2. The reasons why more people want to be postgraduates may be the following ________.
1.Postgraduate studies may help them find a well-paid job
2.Some of them don’t want to enter the job market right now
3.More than half of them don’t like their undergraduate majors
4.Nowadays many jobs require higher academic studies.

A．123

B．124

C．234

D．134

3. From Paragraph 3, we know that Zhang Sijia wants a master’s degree because ________.

A．she wants to take part in the exam with her classmates

B．she wants to study at the University of Science and Technology

C．she can’t find a job without a master’s degree

D．she can find better chances to get a high-paying job

4. From the passage, we can infer(推断) that ________.

A．more and more students will become postgraduates

B．more and more students will not find jobs

C．it’s harder to pass the entrance exam for postgraduate studies

D．it’s easier to pass the entrance exam for postgraduate studies

【推荐2】Terrible weather events are harming the planet (星球，地球), and experts warn of even greater results to come. The sea ice loss and the Arctic (北极的) ice melting (融化) caused by climate change have increased much in the last ten years. So they have pushed down the number of polar bears (北极熊) and seals while polar bears depend on sea ice for hunting seals (海豹).

According to the data from the WMO, temperatures on the Antarctica (南极洲) just hit 18.3℃, which is higher than the record of 17.59℃ in March, 2015. Moreover, temperatures in this area have warmed about 3℃ over the last 50 years. Although such temperatures might be considered pleasant for a picnic or a hiking trip, this is the Antarctica we are talking about. It is home to the most inhospitable environment on the planet because it is supposed to be an extremely cold place. In fact, the average temperature of the continent’s central area is -57℃.

Besides, many places are experiencing the extreme weather this summer. Australia is undergoing its worst drought (干旱) since the 1930s, leaving bush fires (丛林大火) burning so long and causing many deaths. Meanwhile in Europe, crops in the northwest are suffering the driest weather in the past 80 years. Recently West Texas in America has also gone through its worst drought in more than 70 years, while floods have hit Eastern and Southern China.

“Climate change is bad for us human beings, which causes direct health problems. I’m afraid there will be more common events like the one that 30,000 to 50,000 persons died in Europe in 2003 due to the heat wave there,” Professor Schwartz said. “It will also cause more air pollution, diseases and lack of clean water and so on.”

1. What doesn’t bring down the number of polar bears according to this passage?

A．Hunting.	B．Climate change.
C．The sea ice loss.	D．The Arctic ice melting.

2. What can you get in this passage?

A．The Antarctica is pleasant for a hiking trip.

B．Extreme weather led to wildfires burning in Europe.

C．Climate change will cause air pollution and diseases.

D．The temperatures on the Antarctica hit the highest in March, 2015.

3. What does the underlined word “inhospitable” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A．Comfortable to live	B．Friendly to live
C．Unhealthy to live	D．Unfit to live

4. What is the main idea for this passage?

A．The whole planet is drier and drier.

B．The Antarctica is warmer and warmer.

C．Climate change is getting worse and worse.

D．The number of polar bears is smaller and smaller.