【推荐1】Whenever you walk past a cafe, you might be drawn in by the smell of freshly made coffee. But the minute you try this dark drink you will regret it, because it tastes like bitter Chinese medicine.

Why does something that smells so good taste so bad? Many people are curious about this, but now scientists say they have found the answer—it lies in our “second sense (感觉) of smell,” according to the Telegraph.

“We have two senses of smell,” explained Barry Smith, professor of the University of London. “One is when you breathe in things from the environment, and the other is when the air comes up the nose and is breathed out through the nose.”

When we drink coffee, for example, the act of swallowing (吞咽) sends a burst of smell up the back of our nose from inside the mouth. This wakes up the second sense of smell in our brain. But it is weaker and less sensitive (敏感的) to flavors (味道). As a result, it gives us a completely different feeling.

In fact, the second sense of smell plays a big part in our eating experience. It may be common sense that we smell through our nose and taste using our tongue (舌头). But the truth is 80 percent of what we think of as taste actually reaches us through smell. Just hold your nose while eating and you will notice that your tongue can only catch a very small part of the flavor.

1. What does the 1^st paragraph show us?
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2. Why does something that smells so good taste so bad?
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3. What is the “second sense of smell”?
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4. Which body parts play a role in sensing the flavor?
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5. According to the last paragraph, how do we get the real taste when eating, by smelling or tasting?
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6. What does this passage mainly talk about?
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【推荐1】Passage 1   根据短文内容回答问题，并将答案写在答题卡的相应位置。

What foods are successful? Hamburgers and pizzas are popular. But instant noodles(方便面) have also become a world success. Now instant noodles are celebrating their 61^st birthday!

Instant noodles were invented by a Japanese named Momofuku Ando. To find a way to make noodles last longer, Ando began experimenting(实验) in 1955 and three years later, he made the first bag of instant noodles. Now, 61 years on, they’re eaten all over the world. In fact, they’re so popular that Japanese consider instant noodles as their best invention!

Each year, 95 billion packets of instant noodles are eaten around the world. In the UK, people call instant noodles “pot noodles”. University students like them a lot. During the first term at college, you may be given a gift bag that includes instant noodles. Instant noodles are cheap and easy to eat. But watch out! People may think you are lazy if you are an instant noodle lover.

The UN often sends instant noodles as part of its food aid. This is because of their long life and high fat, which makes people feel full for longer time.

However, instant noodles aren’t totally innocent(无辜的). They are high in fat and salt. Health experts say they are bad for us and we shouldn’t eat them too often.

1. How many years did Ando spend inventing instant noodles?
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2. What are instant noodles called in England?
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3. Why do people think instant noodle lovers are lazy?
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4. Are instant noodles high in fat and salt?
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5. What do you think of instant noodles?
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【推荐2】Many Chinese students are good at English grammar, but their spoken English is so poor that they can’t speak in class or have a talk with others. There may be some reasons for their problems with spoken English.

First, they fail to express themselves clearly because of a limited (有限的) vocabulary. The useful way is to enlarge their vocabulary. However, you can still communicate with others with a limited vocabulary, if you are active. Others will understand you with the help of your body language.

Second, they are worried about making mistakes. Because they are shy and nervous, sometimes they may make mistakes easily. Yet we should know what we aim at is FLUENCE (流利) not ACCURACY (精确) when speaking. So we should speak as quickly and well as we can, even though sometimes we may use a wrong word or tense (时态), but it doesn’t matter because others will still understand you.

The third reason is that they don’t pay enough attention to listening to what others are saying. So while you are speaking, you can’t find the suitable topic or words to say. You have one mouth but two ears! What you hear is necessary for you to start speaking.

Fourth, most Chinese students are passive (被动的) language learners. They just sit there waiting for speaking chances, and don’t actively look for chances to improve their spoken English. All they can get is to accept the fact that their English remains poor.

So please be active from now on, try to catch every chance to speak wherever you go.

1. ________ many Chinese students are good at English grammar, they can’t speak in class or have a talk with others ________ their spoken English is poor.
2. If students have a wide vocabulary, they will ________ themselves clearly. However, they will be ________ by others with their body language even if they have a limited vocabulary.
3. Students needn’t ________ about making mistakes. It doesn’t matter that they may use wrong words or tenses when speaking, what matters is that they should speak quickly and well ________.
4. They should pay attention to listening to others’ ________. And it is necessary for you to use ________ you hear to start speaking.
5. Few Chinese students are active to learn languages in class. They’d better look for chances to improve their spoken English ________ ________ sitting there waiting for speaking chances.

【推荐3】Big data (数据) is a lot of sets of information that are put together so they can be used by a computer program. The computer program looks for different kinds of answers or patterns in the data. Big data can have different kinds of information from many sources, such as information that comes from schools, social media sites, companies and governments.

Big data can be used in many ways. The government uses it to understand how many people travel on buses or trains. This information is then used to make bus or train systems better. Some schools use big data to understand which children may need extra help in class. The teacher can then give certain students more help or support so those students can succeed in school. Companies use big data, too. It helps them understand who buys their products. For example, one company uses weather data to see when people eat the most ice cream.

Big data can be used for good reasons. Some hospitals use big data to predict if a baby who is born too early will get sick. The hospital can then take extra steps to take care of that baby so he or she does not get sick. Big data can also be used for bad reasons can be used to predict which kinds of people probably break the law or hurt others, even if they have not done anything wrong

How can big data be used for good and bad thing? It is because the computer programs which are used to look at big data and understand it are written by people. People think a certain way and build a model of the ideas. These ideas are then used to look at the data. Sometimes, these ideas are helpful for people or businesses. Other times, bad ideas can cause problems for certain groups of people.

An     1    to Big Data
The meaning of big data	It is many sets of information that are put together so they can be used by a computer program. And it can have different kinds of information from many sources.
Usages of big data	●The government uses it to do researches on how many people use     2    like buses or trains to improve bus or train systems. ●Some teachers use it to know who may need extra help in class so that they can help or support the students more in school. ●Companies use big data to understand their     3    habits.
Reasons for using big data	●On the one hand, hospitals use it to make     4     about the health conditions of babies who are born too early. And the hospitals can take better care of them. ●On the other hand, it can be used to predict which kinds of people probably break the law or hurt others, even if they have not done anything wrong.
Conclusion	Big data has been widely used nowadays. It can be helpful, but sometimes, It can also cause problems. That     5     the ideas of the people who write the computer programs.

【推荐1】After traveling more than seven months in space, Tianwen-1, China’s first Mars probe（探测器）successfully entered Mars orbit（轨道）in February, according to the China National Space Administration（CNSA）. It will stay in orbit for about three months before it lands on the red planet.

A small step on the red planet will be a big step for human beings. Humans have launched（发射）46 Mars exploration tasks since October 1960, but only 19 of them have been successful, according to China Daily. It’s China’s first spacecraft to Mars, and the tasks are quite ambitious（野心勃勃的）. Tianwen-1 aims to（目的是）achieve “orbiting, landing, and roving（漫游）” all in one journey, which will make the country the world’s first to complete all three goals（目标）with one probe, task scientists said.

Among the three tasks, landing on the red planet is the most difficult. The result mainly depends on the “breathless seven minutes,” which will deploy（部署）several kinds of cutting-edge（尖端的）technologies and accurate（精确的）timing of each action to make sure a safe landing, according to the Global Times.

February was Mars month. Tianwen-1’s final goal is to land on Mars in May or June and it will do research on Mars’ soil, geological structure（地质构造）, atmosphere（大气）, environment and water, according to China Daily.

“When we step into the far planets of the solar system（太阳系）, plenty of the resources and time we require will take a global commitment（奉献）,” US Congressman（议员）Frank Lucas said, highlighting（强调）the importance of international cooperation（合作）in space.

根据上面短文内容填空。
1. Tianwen-1, China’s first Mars probe, ________ entering Mars orbit in February and it will stay in orbit for about three months before it ________ the red planet.
2. ________ Tianwen-1 is to achieve “orbiting, landing, and roving” all in one journey. It will make the country become the ________ to complete all three goals with one probe.
3. Landing on the red planet is ________ than the other two tasks. The result mainly depends on the “breathless seven minutes” which will deploy several kinds of cutting-edge technologies and accurate timing of each action ________ to make sure a safe landing.
4. Tianwen-1’s final goal is to land on Mars ________ or June and it will do research on Mars’ soil, geological structure, atmosphere, ________.
5. The passage mainly talks about Tianwen-1’s ________ to Mars and from the last paragraph we know that it’s ________ to have international cooperation in space.

【推荐2】If you watch the sky for about an hour after the sun goes down, you may see some “moving stars”. But they’re not real stars. They’re man-made satellites（人造卫星） . And the biggest of all is the International Space Station （ISS）. It is the best season to watch the ISS flying over the earth from May to July. People can see it with their eyes.

The ISS is the biggest satellite and scientists want to live on it. They think that the best way to learn more about space is to live there.

When the space station is finished, it will be like a city in space. People will stay and study there with many of the things they have at home. Laboratories, living rooms and power stations are being built. The ISS is the most expensive space program. Billions of dollars are spent on it every year.

Scientists hope that the ISS will be（B）a stepping stone for future space exploration（探测）. “The ISS will help us understand the human body better, explore space and study the earth. It can help us make life on the earth better,” said Kathryn Cark, an ISS scientist.

Sixteen countries are part of the program: the US, Russia, Canada, Japan, Brazil and 11 European countries. China isn’t an ISS county, but it has helped to do some experiments. In 2003, China sent some rice up to the ISS to find out what space would do to it.

1. 任务一 列举出 ISS 所代表的两个世界之“最”。
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2. 任务二 文中画线 they 所指代的内容是：
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3. 任务三 写出划线短语“a stepping stone”的汉语意思。
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4. 任务四 回答问题。
①. When is the best season to watch the ISS flying over the earth ?
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②. Why will the ISS be useful in the future ?
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5. 任务五 根据短文内容填空，不多于 3 个词。

Scientists want to live on the International Space Station because they think it is _______ to learn about space. People _______ billions of dollars every year on it. There are _______ member countries in ISS. China is not one of them but China sent some rice up to the ISS to help with _______.

【推荐3】阅读下面的短文，并根据短文后的要求答题。（请注意问题后的词数要求）

[1]The Shenzhou-13 was sent into space on October 16 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwesterrn China’s Gobi Desert. with the astronauts soon entering the Tiangong station.

[2]On the afternoon of December 9, 2021, Chinese astronauts aboard the country’s Tiangong space station gave a science lecture. The lecture began at 3:40 p. m., Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu greeted students, teachers and other participants（参加者）. They then showed viewers 4.①________ they lived and worked inside the space station. The astronauts invited young viewers to do similar experiments along with them to watch the differences between space and earth environments and experience the fun. Before the end of the 60-minute event, the astronauts answered questions from some students. Groups of invited students in Beijing, Nanning in Guangxi, Wenchuan in Sichuan, Hong Kong and Macao attended the lecture and took part in video chats with the astronauts.

[3] Another lecture 4.②________ given by Chinese astronauts on March 23, 2022. It was livestreamed worldwide. What fun experiments did they do this time?

[4]Wang Yaping turned a water ball into an “ice” ball! It’s not actually ice. It’s supersaturated sodium acetate solution（过饱和乙酸钠溶液）. She also built a “bridge” with water. It’s hard to do it on Earth. But in the space station, with little gravity（重力）, it’s quite 4.③________!

[5]If we mix oil and water in a bottle on Earth, they will quickly separate（分离）because they have different densities（密度）. 5.However, if you do this in the space station, with no gravity, the oil and water will blend together. In the lecture, Ye Guangfu rotated（旋转）the bottle to create centrifugal force（离心力）. With this man-made gravity, the heavier water is pushed to the furthest point. which brings the lighter oil closer to the center.

[6]The purposes of such activities are to spread knowledge about manned spaceflights and encourage the public, especially young people, to learn more about science. The agency said, “As a national space—based laboratory. Tiangong is helpful in spreading science and technology knowledge.”

1. Why did the astronauts invite the participants to do similar experiments? （No more than 15 words）
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2. How long did the lecture last on December 9, 2021? （No more than 2 words）
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3. What will happen if we mix oil and water in a bottle on Earth? （No more than 8 words）
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4. Fill in each blank in the passage with a proper word. （No more than one word for each blank）
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5. Translate the underlined sentence in the fifth paragraph into Chinese.
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6. If you have a chance to take part in video chats with the astronauts, what will you say to them or what question will you ask them? （No more than 25 words）
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