A kind of little cars may some day take the place of (代替) today’s ones. If everyone drives such cars in the future, there will be less pollution in the air. There will also be more space for parking cars in cities, and the streets will be less crowded. Three such cars can fit in the space now needed for one car of the usual size.
The little cars will cost much less to own and to drive. Driving will be safer, too, as these little cars can go only 65 kilometers an hour.
The cars of the future will be fine for getting around a city, but they will not be useful for long trips. Little cars will go 450 kilometers before needing to stop for more gasoline (汽油).
If big cars are still used along with the small ones, two sets of roads will be needed in the future. Some roads will be used for (被用于) the big, fast cars and other roads will be needed for the slower, small ones.
1. There is much pollution in the air today because ________.| A．people drive big cars | B．people drive little cars |
| C．the cars go 65 kilometers an hour | D．the cars can go 450 kilometers an hour |
| A．much smaller than | B．much the same as | C．three times as large as | D．a little larger than |
| A．Big cars cost more to own and to drive. |
| B．Big cars are not useful for long trips. |
| C．The cars of the future will be smaller than today’s cars. |
| D．Small cars are slower than big cars. |
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【推荐2】My name is Mike. I’m from England. Now I’m studying in Germany（德国）.I get to school at 7:30 every morning. I find many of my schoolmates come to school by bike.
This is an interesting thing for me. In England people usually drive, take a bus or walk somewhere, for example, to school. In Germany, I often see people, even people over eighty years old going somewhere by bike. It makes me think:
My father gives the answer. We are living in Northern Germany.
I like riding bikes now. I know
| A．Are English people too lazy or is this something important for Germany？ |
| B．a bike can take me somewhere quickly and help me keep healthy. |
| C．But in England, my schoolmates don’t do that often. |
| D．It’s good for the environment.（环境）. |
| E．We don’t like walking. |
| F．It is very flat（平坦的）. |
【推荐3】In London, the traffic is very heavy. Sometimes a journey of a few kilometers can take more than an hour. So what’s the best way to get across London? For a very short journey, it’s a good idea to walk. But what happens when you want to go further?
The presenters (节目主持人) on a popular TV car program (节目) did an experiment (实验) to find out. They chose different ways to make the same 27-kilometre journey. One presenter went by bike. One went by car. Another chose the bus. And the last one travelled by boat up the River Thames. They all started at the same time and the same place in West London, but who got to City Airport in East London first? The bike came first. In second place was the boat. The bus came third and the car was last.
The bike was quicker than all the other ways and the car was the slowest. The presenters weren’t very happy with the outcome because they wanted the car to win. They made fun of it and said the bike wasn’t a real winner because it was more dangerous. But, of course, the bike is the real winner. It’s cheaper than a bus and healthier for you than a car. It’s also better for our cities because the bike doesn’t pollute (污染) the air.
So next time you need to travel in the city, think before you and your parents get into the car: “Can we make this journey by bike?”
1. When you want to have a very short journey in London, you’d better________.| A．go on foot | B．drive a car | C．go by boat | D．ride a bike |
| A．help people know more about the car |
| B．make sure the bike is the best way to travel |
| C．show the bike is the quickest of all the ways |
| D．find out what the best way to get across London is |
| A．The presenters must cross the River Thames. |
| B．The presenters left City Airport at the same time. |
| C．The presenters took the journey with different vehicles. |
| D．The presenters finished the experiment in West London. |
| A．Two. | B．Three. | C．Four. | D．Five. |
| A．To teach people how to do an experiment. |
| B．To advise people to move around by bike more. |
| C．To tell people how heavy the traffic is in London. |
| D．To ask people to watch a popular TV car program. |
【推荐1】We are all busy talking about and using the Internet. But how many of us know the history of the Internet?
Many people are surprised when they find that the Internet was set up in the 1960s. At that time, computers were large and expensive. Computer networks (网络) didn’t work well. If one computer in the network broke down, then the whole network stopped. So a new network system had to be set up. It should be good enough to be used by many different computers. If part of the network was not working, information could be sent through another part. In this way, computer network system would keep on working all the time.
At first, the Internet was only used by the government. But in the early 1970s, universities, hospitals and banks were allowed to use it, too. However, computers were still very expensive and the Internet was difficult to use. By the start of the 1990s, computers became cheaper and easier to use. Scientists had also developed software (软件) that made surfing the Internet more convenient (方便的).
Today it is easy to get online and it is said millions of people use the Internet every day. Sending e-mails is more and more popular among students.
The Internet has now become one of the most important parts of people’s life.
1. The Internet has a history of about ________ years.| A．twenty | B．sixty | C．forty | D．seventy |
| A．make computers much cheaper | B．break down the whole network |
| C．make computers large and expensive | D．make itself keep on working all the time |
| A．the government | B．universities | C．hospitals and banks | D．schools |
| A．Computers | B．Scientists | C．Software | D．Information |
| A．The Use of the Internet | B．The Types of Computers |
| C．The Popularity of Computers | D．The History of the Internet |
【推荐2】It s an all too common story: A young child walks off during a party and falls into a backyard pool. No one notices she’s missing—until it’s too late. When Grayson Barron learned of such a tragedy in a friend’s neighbourhood, the 18-year-old immediately jumped into problem-solving mode. The new pool alarm system he’s just developed sends out several types of warnings when someone or something splashes into an unguarded pool.
Grayson calls his floating system “The Buoy（浮标）”. The idea is to turn it on when no one is using the pool. A large splash will trigger its built-in sensors to send out a series of alerts一a flashing light, an alarm that sounds like a loud doorbell and a text to the owner’s mobile phone. You could be on the other side of the world and know if somebody has just jumped in your pool.
Grayson’s is not the first pool alarm, but the teen says others all have drawbacks. Some are very costly. Other floating alarms can become stuck in corners of a pool or lose balance. He wanted a low-cost option that was reliable（可靠的）. Grayson 3-D printed the main part of his device, then attached sensors. They detect its direction and movements. He then equipped the device with a light, a speaker and a wireless network that can send texts. A battery, which is hooked up to solar panels, keeps the system charged for months.
While hard to design, the new system “is so easy to use,” says Grayson. “All I do is turn it on and throw it into a pool.” After that, he says, it just “does its thing”.
1. Why was a child falling into a pool mentioned in the first paragraph?| A．To remind the importance of safety. | B．To prepare for the topic of the text. |
| C．To praise Grayson Barron. | D．To show accidents are everywhere. |
| A．Cause. | B．Ask. | C．Encourage. | D．Persuade. |
| A．It is very expensive. | B．It s easy to get stuck. |
| C．It easy to lose balance. | D．It s difficult to design. |
【推荐3】You are out and about, and you’re thirsty. So, you go into a store to get a drink. You’re not alone. Customers worldwide buy more than 1.4 trillion bottled drinks a year. But the big question is: What do you do with that bottle when you drink up? If it’s not recycled properly, it will become one of billions that spread across rivers, oceans and rubbish bins.
Rather than dropping that container (容器) in a rubbish bin, save it for a reverse vending machine (RVM). They’re showing up in parks, schools, airports and supermarkets, so they are easy to find.
RVMs take used, empty bottles or cans and the user can get an award. These rewards could be subway tickets, phonecards and more. RVMs in some stores, such as 7-Eleven, offer shopping credits (积分) that can be used in that store. Another kind of RVM, the ECOCO machine, can be found in some countries. It gives credit for using in partner stores.
The first RVM, which only accepted plastic bottles, was made in Sweden in the 1950s. It was improved in the 60s to accept other recyclable materials. It was also changed to accept more than one bottle at a time.
The machine works by reading the Universal Product Code (UPC) on a received object. It then adds the UPC to a database that records the number of objects someone is recycling. Next, the containers are broken into pieces. Once the machine can’t hold more containers, the containers are returned to the correct recycling companies.
RVMs reduce the need for raw materials to make new containers. Besides, the objects are separated by machine rather than by hand. And although the machines are not huge, they hold a lot before needing to be emptied.
Enjoy your drink, recycle and get something back at an RVM!
1. Why does the writer use the question in Paragraph 1?| A．To show care for drinkers. | B．To present the topic. |
| C．To describe the container. | D．To sell more drinks. |
| A．People need to pay for using RVMs. | B．RVMs can be found in public places. |
| C．People buy things cheaply in RVMs. | D．The first RVM could accept cans. |
| A．Where RVMs can be found. | B．What benefits RVMs bring. |
| C．How RVMs work. | D．How people use RVMs. |
| A．Natural. | B．Standard. | C．Man-made. | D．Cruel. |
| A．Make new containers. | B．Separate containers. |
| C．Empty themselves. | D．Hold bottles a week. |
【推荐1】Hello! My name is Daniel. Now let me tell you something about my dream school.
My dream life should be exciting. I like to get up late, so my dream school starts at nine in the morning. It finishes at 3:00. In my school, I will have lots of time for after school activities. I have an hour for lunch. There is a big dining hall, and I can eat lunch and chat there. I eat fruit and vegetables every day.
Do you want to know something about my class and favourite subject? Let me tell you. I can have math every day because I like it best. I also like computers, so I have computer science three times a week. The classes are quite small. There are only 15 students in each class.
I only have a little homework every day. And I do not do homework at weekends. Every month I can go on a school trip to a museum.
1. Daniel’s dream school starts at _______.| A．8:00 a.m. | B．3:00 p.m. | C．9:30 a.m. | D．9:00 a.m. |
| A．Forty. | B．Fifty. | C．Fifteen. | D．Thirty. |
| A．Daniel’s favourite subject. | B．School clothes. |
| C．Homework. | D．Dining hall. |
| A．likes visiting museums |
| B．doesn’t like having a school trip |
| C．likes to go on a bus trip to the city |
| D．has no interest in school trip |
【推荐2】In the future cities, will we have smart buildings and flying cars? Or robots that will do our housework? What about schools? Will we still travel to school or will we study online at home?
Maybe…or maybe not, but what we do know is that in the future, cities are going to have more and more people living in them. More than half of the world’s people already live in cities, and by 2050, cities will become home to about 6.5 billion people. That’s a lot of people and very little space! More people means that we’re going to have more pollution, traffic and noise. It also means that we’ll need more homes, schools, hospitals and jobs. We’ll need more resources, like water and trees, and more ways to grow food too. Oh, and more parks to play in!
Many cities are already planning for the future. For example, Bristol is a cycling city in England. You can ride bikes on the cycle road. In Singapore, people are looking “up” to grow food! To save space, they grow vegetables in lots of layers (层) in special tall buildings, called “vertical farms”. In Amsterdam in North Europe, there are houses built on water instead of on land!
1. Why does the writer ask the questions in the first paragraph?| A．To predict what cities will be like. | B．To describe the old cities. |
| C．To introduce new ways of life. | D．To show the importance of cities. |
| A．More jobs | B．Less food. | C．More noise. | D．More pollution. |
| A．经历 | B．效率 | C．信息 | D．资源 |
| A．People use it to ride bikes. | B．People plant trees on them. |
| C．People use it to save space. | D．People build them on water. |
| A．Culture Corner. | B．Future Life. | C．Art World. | D．Science Study. |
【推荐3】What picture do you have of the future? Will life in the future be better, worse or the same as now? What do you hope for about the future? Scientists think that life will probably be very different in 2050.
First of all, it seems that people won't use TV channels(频道) by 2050. Instead, people will choose a program from a “menu" and a computer will send the program directly to the television.
Water will become a very serious problem. We'll need much more water, but there won't be enough. Some scientists think that water would be the cause of war(战争).
Cars will run on new, clean energy and they will go very fast. And there won't be any accidents with the help of computers. On the other hand, space planes will take people around the world in two hours.
Robots will work in factories instead of people. Many factories have already used robots. Big companies prefer robots--they do not ask for money, and they work for 24 hours a day...
In a word, by 2050, our life will change a lot and our future will be quite different from now.
根据短文内容，判断以下句子的正误。你认为正确的句子，请在答题卷相应空格内写 “T”，错误的写“F”。(共5小题，
1. Maybe people won't use TV channels any more by 2050.2. There will be a lot of car accidents by 2050.
3. Water could be the cause of war.
4. Robots will work in big companies and ask for money.
5. According to the passage, our life in the future will be better.
【推荐1】Imagine having everything you need—hospitals, stores, parks—just a few steps from home. This is the idea behind the 15-minute city. Here, people can get all the services they need within 15 minutes from home. This social model is being developed in cities around the world, from Paris to Moscow. It could make people healthier and build stronger relationships with neighbors.
Carlos Moreno is a strong supporter of the 15-minute city. He was encouraged by the need to fight against climate (气候) change. In a 15-minute city, car travel is not the best choice. People should build more foot roads and bike roads. Walking or biking across the city is of great use in cutting down CO2 emissions (排放).
Anne Hidalgo plans to develop 15-minute communities throughout France. That means the number of parking space will be reduced to 60000 by 2024 and more bike roads will be created on every street of the city.
This type of design does more than good to the planet. Joe Zehnder is the planner of the city Moscow. He is developing “15-minute neighborhoods.” “Having stores close to homes makes people able to eat healthier food and live a better life.” Zehnder says.
Syra Madad is also a key person behind the 15-minute-city plan. He wants to make these places inclusive (包容的). As a neighborhood becomes more convenient, housing costs may increase. Madad suggests trying creating more kinds of houses, so that people of different groups can have a chance to live there.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. What’s the best way to go outside in a 15-minute city?
| A．By bus. | B．By car. | C．By taxi. | D．On foot. |
| A．Carlos Moreno. | B．Anne Hidalgo. | C．Syra Madad. | D．Joe Brown. |
| A．By opening more stores close to homes. | B．By building more neighborhoods. |
| C．By increasing the housing costs. | D．By creating more kinds of houses. |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．The Opinions of the 15-minute City | B．The Reason Why People Like the 15-minute City |
| C．The Time of Building a 15-minute City | D．The Way People Build the 15-minute City |
【推荐2】Will you tell others your QQ password(2 11)? Of course not. But if your passwords are too easy, thehackercan guess them.
These days we have too many passwords to remember.To make life easy, some people use easy passwords, like“123456”, “88888”or “abc123”. Many people also use personal information, like a birthday, as passwords. But these easy passwords are not safe online. So please use different passwords for different things and remember to change your passwords every 90 days.
Here are some ways to make a safe password.
Upper-casing (大写) your password is a good start . Put numbers and symbols(符号) in your password. Make your passwords long. For example, make a password of nine letters, with numbers and symbols in it and upper-casing it. Then it will take hackers hundreds of years to work out!
1. The underlined word“ hacker” in this passage means________ in Chinese| A．小偷 | B．邮递员 | C．黑客 | D．快递员 |
| A．about a year | B．about a month | C．about a season | D．about a week |
| A．four | B．three | C．two | D．one |
| A．abc123 | B．20040215 | C．STARWARS #520. | D．good luck |
| A．how to remember your password | B．how to change your passwords |
| C．how to use your QQ numbers | D．how to make a safe password |
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If you live in a place where most people speak the language you are learning, you may use the language for several hours each day. It may become part of your “inner speech.” In other words, you start thinking in that language. Your mind stops trying to translate things from your native language into the second language. But most of the English learners live in places where English is not the main language. This may be true for you. You may not have many chances to practice English. You may even be self-taught.
When you speak, your speech might be slower than you would like. This is because your mind is still translating from your first language, which can also sound unnatural. English, like every other language, has its own sentence structure.
The good news is that thinking in English can bring you a huge step closer to fluency (流利)! It is not very difficult, but it does need practice.
Most experts note that it’s best to start small. So, a good first step is to think in individual (单独的) words. Look around you. What do you see? In your head, try to name each object in your surroundings. Charles Thomas has taught English for over 10 years. He tells his students to name the things that they see around them, wherever they are. Start with nouns and then add in verbs, he suggests.
Another exercise that Thomas suggests is describing in your mind objects you don’t know the words for. For example, if you’re looking at your house and you see your garage, but you can’t think of the name in English. You can say, “The place inside where I put my car.” You can also use shorter phrases, such as “It’s similar to...” or “It’s the opposite of...” Thomas says doing this can help learners of any language. As a Spanish learner, he does it himself.
Next, you can move to exercises like thinking in simple sentences and in conversations. So, how much time should you spend on these exercises? Thomas says you do a little every day. “When you make things a habit, then it just appears suddenly into your mind without thinking and then, before you know it, really, you’re thinking in English.”
1. According to the writer, people may speak a second language slowly because ________.| A．they don’t live in a place people speak that language |
| B．they try to translate from their native language |
| C．they don’t have time to practice that language |
| D．they may teach that language by themselves |
| A．Your surroundings can help you translate the language well. |
| B．The sentence structure is the key to learn a second language well. |
| C．Thinking more in a second language may help you speak fluently. |
| D．Describing with shorter phrases can help spell the unknown words. |
| A．To explain why our second language sounds unnatural. |
| B．To discuss our problems of learning a second language. |
| C．To show some examples of learning English by thinking. |
| D．To encourage people to train their brains to think in English. |
