【推荐1】Fifty-two-year-old American Henry Evans is one of the world’s first teletourists (远程游客). Henry has travelled to different places all over the world. Under normal environment, this journey would be impossible for him because he is disabled. A serious illness when he was 40 influenced his brain and left him without speech and unable to use his arms or legs. But with the help of technology, Henry is able to overcome his difficulties and get out to see the world.

When Henry wants to visit a museum, he uses a robot called the Beam, a big computer monitor (监视器). Using head movements, he can drive the machine around the halls, talking to the guide just like any other visitor. Several world’s museums already use these machines, and Henry hopes there will soon be more.

To see what is happening outside, Henry uses a tool called Polly. Polly is made up of a monitor and a camera. He controls it by moving his head, so that it turns around and shows him everything his partners can see and hear.

Thanks to technology, Henry can fly drones (无人机) which also enable him to search for something from the air. When he wants to go further a field, he has found a website which has 5,000 drone videos from all over the world. These give him a chance to all kinds of attractive places.

No journey is too far for Henry, who is currently creating the possibility of travelling into space. He got the idea from an article he came across on the Internet. He read that a research team was trying to get access (使用权) for PC users to a robot on the International Space Station.

1. Why didn’t Henry travel many places under normal environment?

A．Because his brain hurt.	B．Because he had no arms.
C．Because he couldn’t stand.	D．Because he had no brain.

2. What helped Henry to travel the world?

A．The partners.	B．The technology.
C．The PC.	D．The website.

3. What does the underlined word “it” refer to in Paragraph 3?

A．Camera.

B．Beam.

C．Monitor.

D．Polly.

4. What can we infer from the passage?

A．PC users will go into space through the Internet.

B．Robots like Beam will be used in other museums within a year.

C．Polly was once a robot that provided voice services for the couples.

D．Henry might travel around the world through drone videos on the website.

【推荐2】When were the cameras invented? Let’s go into the past. In the 1500s, men made experiments (试验) on cameras that made images. But it was not until the early 1800s that someone found a way to make the pictures permanent (永久的). Then photography was a new technology. Most families couldn’t take pictures themselves. They would turn to a photographer. People didn’t have their own cameras because it was too difficult to take pictures and develop the film (冲洗胶片).

In 1884, George Eastman invented a kind of film that fitted back to a small camera to change photography and the new film was easy to use for many people, so they began to buy cameras. When they had used up (用完) their films, people sent their cameras back to the factory. The film was developed in the factory and helped print pictures. Then more and more people could use the cameras and film.

Eastman’s invention made it easy to take photos. Today’s cameras are even easier to use and people can put in films themselves. Taking photo has become a growing hobby.

There are also many new jobs in the field such as newspapers, magazines and televisions. They all need pictures to tell their stories well. With the help of photographers, scientists can take pictures through microscopes (显微镜) and telescopes (望远镜). Deep-sea divers take pictures of ocean plants and animals, while astronauts take their cameras into space.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. In 1884, George Eastman changed photography by inventing a new kind of _______.

A．image

B．factory

C．film

D．camera

2. Long ago, people sent their cameras to factory because _______.

A．they wanted to have the cameras cleaned

B．they wanted their film developed

C．they broke their cameras when taking pictures

D．they wanted to have their pictures taken by a photographer

3. Why did people begin to buy their own cameras?

A．Taking and developing pictures became easier.	B．They didn’t like photographers.
C．They wanted to see what a camera looked like.	D．Cameras are very cheap.

4. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A．Deep-sea divers do not use cameras.

B．Photographers can not find jobs today.

C．There are different kinds of cameras.

D．Eastman found a way to make photographers aid scientists.

5. In a word, the passage is about _______.

A．the field of photography	B．the life of George Eastman
C．how photographers help scientists	D．George Eastman invented cameras

【推荐2】How do people find their ways? At first, people did it by looking at the sun, the moon and stars. Later, we started to use the compass(指南针).Today, there are navigation satellite systems(卫星导航系统).

A navigation satellite system uses groups of satellites(卫星), they send information to a receiver, such as your smart phone. Then they can find where you are.

The earliest navigation system is the Global Positioning System(GPS)（全球定位系统） of the United States. The US has put 24 satellites into space to make sure GPS can locate a person correctly and globally. Russia's GLONASS and European Union's Galileo can also work globally.

The BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) is China's homegrown navigation system. It was set up in 2000. On June 23rd 2020, the last satellite of China’s Beidou Navigation Satellite system was sent into space. Beidou, China’s own navigation system, was finally completed. On July 31, Beidou started providing full-scale global services(全面的全球服务). More than 120 countries and regions (地区) are now using Beidou services. Since 2000, China has sent 55 Beidou satellites.

BeiDou can find you wherever you are. It helps you go faster by finding shortcuts and using correct directions. When you are in trouble and call the police, they will know exactly where you are if you have a smart phone that uses BeiDou.

BeiDou also has a unique messaging ability. It allows people to send text messages up to 1,200 Chinese words when mobile phone services are interrupted(中断) because of some reasons.

1. How did people find their ways at first according to this passage?

A．By looking at the sun, the moon and stars.

B．By using the navigation satellite systems.

C．By looking at the compass.

2. What does a navigation systems do?

A．It helps people plan trips.

B．It helps people find where they are.

C．It lets people send text messages

3. How many navigation satellite systems are mentioned in the passage?

A．Two

B．Three

C．Four

4. What does the underlined word "locate "in the third paragraph mean?

A．位于

B．设置

C．定位

5. What do you know about the BeiDou system?

A．It was set up before GPS.

B．BeiDou systems were completed in June.

C．Only China can use BeiDou system services.

【推荐3】Historically, most cars have run on gasoline(汽油), but that may change in the future: cars can also run on other liquid fuels(液体燃料) and electricity.

Gasoline is from oil. The energy in gasoline comes from hydrocarbons(碳氢化合物). Gasoline provides great power for cars. However, it causes environmental problems, like air pollution and temperature rise. So gasoline can’t be the best fuel.

Another choice is electricity. Electricity cars can be as efficient(效能好的) as cars using gasoline, and they produce less pollution. But electric cars themselves are more expensive. Good news is that the cost has been lower and there are more and more places for the cars to get electricity ever since 2010.

The other choices are other liquid fuels. Many of these can be stored in the same places as gasoline, and used in the same cars. They can also be friendly to the environment.

One way to make such fuels is to get CO₂ from the air and put it in water. Through chemical reaction, hydrocarbons can be created. However, these fuels take up more space.

Another way is to make such fuels from plants which take in carbon from the air. These fuels are greener in use. But not all of them can be as efficient as gasoline.

For a fuel to be the best, people have to be able to afford it. Unluckily, almost every green technology is more expensive than that of using gasoline. Governments and car producers are doing everything they can to cut down the costs. In the end, the best fuel will be both affordable for car users and green for our planet.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1. What would be the best title for the passage?

A．How Do We Make Fuels for Cars?

B．What Are the Fuels’ Differences?

C．What Is the Best Fuel for Cars?

2. According to Paragraph 3, we can infer(推断) that electric cars ________.

A．will produce more pollution

B．will become more and more expensive

C．will become more popular

3. Gasoline provides cars with ________.

A．great power

B．fresh air

C．enough space

4. Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage? (P=Paragraph)

A．

B．

C．

【推荐1】

Ann Lo, S2 student I love Japanese fashion so I love going to Trendy Zone. Trendy Zone has lots of small shops selling Japanese fashions. It’s also the best place to buy gifts for your friends. If you want to find cool gifts for your friends, you should go to the shop that sells photo frames to which you can add words and drawings of your choice.

Ken Lai, S3 student My favorite shopping center is APM, which has a variety of popular shops. It’s open later than other shopping centers so it’s the best place for a midnight snack. The most interesting thing about APM is that there are over a hundred LCD and plasma TVs all around the shopping center. The TVs give shoppers the latest news, and information about events and special offers in the shopping center.

Amy Li, S1 student I like to shop at New Town Plaza with my family. It’s one of the biggest shopping centers in town and it has something for everyone in the family. There are lots of shops such as department stores, clothes shops and chemists. There’s even an outdoor playground called Snoopy’s World. My younger sister, Sandy, likes to go there because she loves Snoopy. I prefer hanging out in McDonald’s.

1. What can people do in Trendy Zone?

A．Find wonderful Japanese gifts.	B．Find something to eat late in night.
C．Get newest information about fashion.	D．Have fun with a cartoon character, Snoopy.

2. Joe’s family decide to hang out in town, but they have different interests. Where can they find something for everyone?

A．In Trendy Zone.

B．In APM.

C．In McDoald’s.

D．In New Town Plaza.

3. What do the students mainly want to tell us?

A．The best gift shops in town.	B．Some interesting places for children.
C．Their favorite shopping centers.	D．The most popular clothes stores.

【推荐2】

When do children start to talk? If you ask a group of parents when this happened, most will say “around twelve months of age”. They will probably even remember what the children said. Many parents keep a diary of their child’s “first words”.

We can never predict what a first word is going to be. Often it’s the name for “mummy” or “daddy”, but it could just be the word for an animal or a favorite toy. Everything depends on what has most caught the child’s attention. But one thing is certain: after the first word, others come quickly. By 18 months, most children have learned about 50 words. By two, the total has risen to around 200.

Early words are actually one-word sentences. One of the first features(特征) of language a child learns well is to control the rise and fall of the voice to make the difference between stating and questioning. In English, daddy with a high rising tone(声调)means “Is that daddy?” Daddy with a high falling tone means “There’s daddy”. Of course, only very basic meanings can be communicated using tones alone. So it soon becomes necessary to learn some grammar.

In English, grammar means learning to put words in different orders. Children have to see that mummy push is different from push mummy. They start practising such changes at around 18 months. By two, they have learned the basic patterns of word order, and we hear them saying such things as man kick ball and where daddy go.

What are the parents doing all his time? They’re acting as teachers and they always have an active role to play in their child’s language learning.

1. What might an English child say first when learning to talk?

A．Mummy.

B．Push mummy.

C．Man kick ball.

D．Where daddy go?

2. How old are most children when they have learned about 50 words?

A．About 6 months old.	B．About one year old.
C．About 18 months old.	D．About two years old.

3. What’s Paragraph 4 mainly about?

A．Word order.

B．Word tones.

C．The first words.

D．Correcting words.

4. What can a 4-year-old child probably do according to the text?

A．Use grammar well.

B．Tell stories.

C．Write passages.

D．Make speeches.

5. Who is most responsible for a child’s early language learning?

A．Teachers.

B．Parents.

C．Friends.

D．Grandparents.