【推荐1】根据语篇内容，从方框中选择恰当的单词，并用其正确形式填空。将单词填写在答题卡对应的横线上。每个单词只能用一次。

special       start       body       still       water       autumn       kind       cold       most       prepare

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms (节气). It     1     from the Beginning of Spring and ends with the Greater Cold, moving in cycles. It is     2     useful today to guide people’s lives through     3     foods, cultural ceremonies and even healthy living tips.

Grain Buds (小满), the 8th solar term of a year, begins on May 21 this year, and ends on June 4. It means that the seeds (种子) from the grain are becoming full. During the Grain Buds, summer harvest is about to begin. A saying about rain during this time mentions, “A heavy rainfall makes the river full.” Because of the great increase in rainfall, rivers are full of     4    .

Frost’s Descent (霜降), the 18th solar term of the year, is the last solar term of     5    , during which time the weather becomes much     6     than before and frost begins to appear. The apple is one     7     of recommended (推荐的) fruit during Frost’s Descent.

Minor Cold (小寒) is the 23rd one. For     8     areas of China, it marks the start of the coldest days of the year and people always start to     9     for New Year. According to traditional Chinese medicine thoughts, people need to eat food that has more yang energy to prevent cold from harming their     10    . Another important traditional food for Minor Cold is Laba porridge (腊八粥).

【推荐2】Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each word can only be used once.

A. is good for       B. similar       C. caused       D. higher       E. lower

Spending two or three hours playing outdoors each day can reduce the chance of becoming short-sighted, a research shows. It challenges the belief that short-sightedness is     1     by computer use, watching TV or reading in weak light.

The Australian government researchers believe that the sunlight     2     people’s eyes. They compared the vision (视力) and habits of 100 seven-year-old children in Singapore and Australia. In all, 30% of the Singaporean children were short-sighted—this rate was ten times     3     than Australian children.

Both groups spend a     4     amount of time reading, watching television and playing computer games. However, the Singaporean children spent an average of only half an hour a day outdoors—90 minutes less than the Australian children.

A. reason       B. save       C. why       D. stops          E. go to school

Professor Ian Morgan, from the Australian Research Council’s vision Center. Said, “Humans are naturally long-sighted, but when people begin to     5     and spend little or no time outdoors, the number of short-sighted people gets larger.   We’re also seeing more and more short-sighted children in cities all around the world and the main     6     may be that city children spend less time outdoors.”

Daylight can be hundreds of times brighter than indoor light. But     7     does playing outside prevent us from becoming short-sighted? Scientists believe that natural light has a special chemical which     8     the eyeball from growing out of shape and prevents people from becoming short-sighted.

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A. for example            B. in many ways            C. closer to            D. a collection            E. very clever F. short for                 G. able to                      H. also                  I. but                       J. a new view

We all know robots from science fiction and children's toys. But what are robots, exactly?

There are two kinds of robots. The first kind is a machine     1     do something that is usually done by people. For centuries, people have made mechanical robots,     2     in ancient Greece and China. They made mechanical birds that could fly and sing. In those days, people didn't call them robots,     3     "automata".

Czech author Karel Capek was the first to use the word "robot" in 1920, in his play R.U.R. In this play, robots are made in a factory, but they look, think and act like humans. They are     4     the robots we see in science fiction films. We sometimes call this second kind of robots "androids".

R2D2 is a cute robot character in the Star Wars films. They call him a "droid". That is     5     "android", and he became very popular. He looks like a robot but     6     he can behave like a human. He moves his head and body like a human, and he says things we could     7     say.

A more human-looking android in science fiction is Data, an officer on the spaceship Enterprise in the Star Trek films series. Although     8    , he cannot understand human behavior. He wants to have feelings like humans. But he is always an outsider, and he looks at human beings with the eyes of a stranger. However, his difficulties with how people behave give fans of the series     9     of what they themselves are like as human beings.

In 1950, the writer Isaac Asimov published     10     of stories, I. Robot. These stories predict that useful robots will become more important, but they also ask the question, "What does this mean for humans?"

【推荐1】阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。

many   use   with   as   how   thing     we   for   see   free

How has technology made your life easier? When you go to a shopping mall, you can enjoy     1     Wi-Fi there. When you want to take a taxi, you can book one     2     your phone. In fact, all of these     3     can be seen as the first building blocks of a smart city.

The idea of a smart city was suggested by US company IBM in 2010. Actually, a smart city is a city that uses digital technology, such     4     networks and the “Internet of things”, to improve city planning, save money and resources, and make     5     life more convenient.

Smart cities will allow us to save resources. By     6     5G networks to check the usage of water, gas and electricity, city managers can figure out     7     to use these resources more efficiently.     8     example, water and gas pipes could remind repair workers when there is a leak. Air pollution could be more closely monitored, too.

Of course, it will take time to build the smart cities of the future. But since we’ve already     9     successful examples, it won’t be long until     10     cities join in. Tech Republic says that by 2050, about 60 percent of people worldwide will live in smart cities.

【推荐2】根据短文内容，用方框内所给词的正确形式填空，使短文完整、正确（每个词只能用一次，有两个多余词）。

connect     nearly     sense     awful     who     safety     they     convenient     for     worth     teenager     at

Today, many     1     have already put technology to good use. Here are two good examples.

A new reader (阅读器) for the blind

Meng Shuqi and Feng Boyao,     2     are only 14 years old, invented a new kind of reader to help the blind read books. The new reader can turn words into raised dots (盲点) when it is     3     to a computer.

As we know, the blind read by touching raised dots. However, there weren’t enough books with raised dots, so the blind can’t get new information in time. Knowing this, the two boys made     4     decision to invent a reader for the blind. They worked hard on it and finally they succeeded. They hoped that the new reader could be widely used to help more blind people.

A smart system (系统) for the old

A 16-year-old American boy Vetri Vel created a smart system. It is made up of a small computer and a camera. The system can     5     a person’s falling and send messages for help     6     the same time.

After Vetri’s neighbor had fallen down alone at home and     7     died, Vetri realized that falling down was a common problem for many old people. It may even lead to death. Vetri hopes that his invention can be helpful for old people’s     8     and health.

Teenage children’s inventions full of love and intelligence are making our lives easier and     9    . Why not make your own invention to help others? It’s     10     a try.

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young; fly; cheap; country; they

Today, big planes can take many people. But some people enjoy     1     in small planes. In 2014, a young man flew around the world. His name is Matt Guthmiller. He was only 19 years old then. His trip took about six weeks. He stopped in over ten     2    . He was the     3     person to fly around the world.

       Many people now dream of flying into space. And     4     dreams may soon come true. Many companies (公司) are making space planes. It will be expensive to go to space at first. But over time, it should become much     5    . Then more people’s dreams of flying into space will come true.