You are invited to a large party. Loud music is playing, and lots of people are dancing. Do you dance or talk to as many people as you can call all night? Later, you cannot fall asleep—you want more conversations! Or do you prefer a quieter corner? Or perhaps you cannot wait to go home early and relax by yourself.
Which of these people sound most like you? Person A, who tries to talk to everyone and stays late? Or Person B, who prefers to keep quiet and leaves early?
If you said Person A, you are probably more extroverted (外向的). If you said Person B, you are probably more introverted (内向的). Or perhaps you are Person C and fall somewhere in the middle. Introverted and extroverted people are two commonly used words to describe a person’s personality. And they are also commonly misused (误用) and misunderstood (误解).
Introverts may be thought as quiet, shy and timid (胆小的). Extroverts may be thought as brave, confident, loud and full of energy. Introverted and extroverted people may fit those descriptions. But these same descriptions do not define (定义) introversion and extroversion properly.
Introverts and extroverts use their brains differently, and they get their energy differently. Introversion is connected with one’s own mental (精神) life. Extroversion is the opposite. Extroversion is connected with what is outside oneself.
People who consider themselves introverts may say they “need to be alone to charge their batteries (充电)”. However, introverts may still live being social and going to parties. But such activities require time to prepare.
Extroverts may say, “I don’t need ‘alone time’, I feel more relaxed being around other people.” Even so, extroverts can still feel unsure or not confident among other people.
根据短文内容，判断句子正（T）、误（F）。
1. If Person B is invited to a large party, he will prefer a quieter corner and go home early.
2. According to the passage, everyone must be extroverted or introverted.
3. The three words in this passage are used to describe introverts are quiet, shy and timid.
4. Introverts don’t need time to prepare for going to the parties.
5. Extroverts usually make themselves relaxed by staying around other people.
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【推荐1】Everybody knows that cats like to sleep. They spend more than half of their lives sleeping and enjoying every minute of it. Other animals have different sleeping habits, however. Horses may not look like they are asleep. But they are! Horses spend about six hours sleeping every day and they do it standing up!
Fish also sleep every day but they have a strange habit. They don’t close their eyes when they are sleeping. When ducks sleep, they keep one eye open and one half of their brain (大脑) awake. It helps them stay alert (警惕的) and watch out for dangerous animals.
So what about us? Well, most people sleep for about a third of their lives. The number of hours you sleep, however, has to do with your age. Most newborn babies sleep a lot. They spend about 75% of their time sleeping every day! As we get older we need less sleep. Children need about eleven hours and adults sleep for eight hours every night. So, yes, you spend many hours a year doing nothing—sleeping in bed!
But you are not just asleep—you are not really doing nothing. Your body and your mind relax during this time, but a lot of things happen during sleep. Dreams are one way that the mind relaxes after a busy day. A person spends about 20% of every night dreaming. That means you have about four or five dreams every night or about 1 ,600 dreams a year.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. From the passage, we know that a horse ________.
| A．sleeps with one eye open | B．keeps standing up when sleeping |
| C．spends half of its life sleeping | D．doesn’t close its eyes when sleeping |
| A．Fish. | B．Cats. | C．Ducks. | D．Horses. |
| A．About 12 hours. | B．About 14 hours. | C．About 16 hours. | D．About 18 hours. |
| A．How we can have a good sleep. |
| B．Why some people don’t have dreams. |
| C．How many dreams we have every night. |
| D．What our body and mind are doing when we’re sleeping. |
| A．An art book. | B．A storybook. | C．A science book. | D．A medical book. |
A tree has roots. People have roots too. If you get to the root of a problem, you will solve it. It’s the same thing with words. Dig deeply into a big, unfamiliar word and you will understand where it came from.
As readers, especially those reading in a second language, we need to deal with the text as if we were detectives (侦探) looking for information to unlock the unknown. Like any good detective arriving on the crime scene, the first thing to do when meeting a new and difficult word is to judge the situation, to look at everything that is known and see if it helps us to understand what it means.
As you know, prefixes (前缀) and suffixes (后缀) can be added to the beginning or end of words to change the meaning. Know them, and you will have the word building power. But root words are the key. Take time to learn a few of these, put them in your memory, and you will become a master word detective.
Let’s look at one common root word used in English. “Alter” from the Latin word means “other”. When you meet this root word, you know that the bigger word has something to do with “other”. Examine the word “alternate”. Can you find the Latin root in it?
| ·If you and your friend like to eat out, first you pay and the other pays the next time. You are alternating paying. ·If you go to the movies on alternate Saturdays, you go on one Saturday, but not the other Saturday. ·If you have no alternative, you have no other choice. |
Learn as many root words as possible in the language you are studying. Then use your “rooting for words” skills. Like any new skill, practice and hard work are always paid back.
1. What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 2 refer to?| A．The situation. | B．The crime scene. |
| C．A new and difficult word. | D．Everything that is known. |
| A．They each pay half. | B．Jim pays every time. |
| C．They take turns paying. | D．Their parents pay for them. |
| A．By giving a fact. | B．By taking an example. |
| C．By telling a story. | D．By having a discussion. |
| A．My brother is my senior by two years. | B．He was ill so he was absent from school. |
| C．A criminal was sentenced to death by law. | D．60 students were present at the sports meeting. |
(①=paragraph 1 ②=paragraph 2,…)
A． | B． | C． | D． |
【推荐3】A long time ago, people were very different from the way we are now. Over time, the human body changes to adapt to(适应) a new way of life. Can we expect the human body to change in the future? For sure. The development of technology is changing how we live. What kind of changes can we expect?
In the future, people will probably be even taller. Most of us now have much better food than people in the past and we grow more. However, our muscles will not be as strong as now because we won’t do a lot of physical work.
We are already using our feet less, and our hands more. So we can expect that our legs will get shorter and our feet smaller, and at the same time, our fingers will get longer. And our fingers and our eyes will both get better because they’ll have to do more work together.
It’s very possible that people will have four toes, not five. The little toe really isn’t needed any more, so it will probably disappear(消失) sometime in the future.
Now, what about the mouth? It’ll get smaller, perhaps, because technology improvement will mean that we don’t need to talk so much, and also because our teeth will get smaller.
Last but not least, people won’t have much hair on their bodies as now, as we don’t need it to keep ourselves warm any more.
Will all these things happen? If so, when? These are questions no one can answer for sure.
1. The underlined sentence in paragraph 1 is to ________.| A．give some advice | B．dig the topic |
| C．introduce the following parts | D．show the writer’s worry |
| A．They will do less physical work. |
| B．They will have better food to eat. |
| C．Their legs will get longer and longer. |
| D．Their muscles will be much stronger. |
①feet ②hands ③fingers ④mouth
| A．①② | B．②③ | C．①④ | D．③④ |
| A．Future life. | B．Body changing. |
| C．Unknown questions. | D．Technology improvement. |
【推荐1】Xin Nan looks like an ancient beauty that comes from somewhere hundreds of years ago. She is wearing Hanfu or Han clothing. It was traditional Chinese clothing before Qing dynasty (朝代).
Hanfu has been the dress on important Chinese holidays such as the Mid-Autumn Festival and the Spring Festival. But these days, Hanfu has become popular again thanks to the historical shows. It has stepped on to the world stage (舞台). It has even found its way to the New York and Paris Fashion Week. Hanfu is one of the most important symbols of Chinese national culture. Today on the streets of big cities in China, you will see many girls in this beautiful dress.
“Nowadays, more and more people are fascinated with wearing Hanfu as if it were their everyday clothing.” says Xin Nan.
Experts say we should hold a national Hanfu Day. Now there have been already Hanfu festivals all over China. Xin Nan is happy to join the festivals. Last October, she took part in Beijing Hanfu festival. And in this May, she was a judge at Chongqing’s first-ever Hanfu festival.
To Xin Nan, Hanfu is more than just a style of dress, but a way of life. “I think Hanfu has a special beauty. When I am wearing it, I feel I’ve returned to an ancient dynasty,” she says. “Whenever I put on Hanfu, I’ll have an elegant (优雅的) feeling.”
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. When did people dress in Hanfu in the past?
| A．After Qing Dynasty. | B．When they fought in the war. |
| C．On important Chinese holidays. | D．When they did housework at home |
| A．着迷 | B．宠溺 | C．无视 | D．厌倦 |
| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
| A．Xin Nan can return lo the ancient times when she wears Hanfu. |
| B．Hanfu has never appeared in the New York and Paris Fashion Week. |
| C．Hanfu has become popular again because of some historical shows. |
| D．We’ll see few girls in Hanfu on the streets of big cities in China. |
| A．Chinese culture | B．Hanfu festivals in China |
| C．Xin Nan, a traditional girl | D．Hanfu, more than a clothing style |
【推荐2】The third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation（“一带一路” 国际合作高峰论坛） was successfully held in Beijing from Oct. 17 to 18. This year marks the 10th anniversary（周年） of the Belt and Road Initiative（the BRI, “一带一路” 倡议）.
| Air | 57 partner countries have opened direct（直接的） air lines with China. |
| Land | 7 railways have opened, such as the Jakarta-Bandung（雅加达—万隆） High-Speed Railway in Indonesia, grain（粮食） and oil rail lines between North Kazakhstan（哈萨克斯坦） and China etc. |
| Life | 7. 6 million people are expected to get out of extreme poverty（极度贫困） by 2030 because of the BRI. |
| Language | 313 Confucius Institutes（孔子学院） and 315 Confucius Classrooms in 132 partner countries. |
| A．In 2003. | B．In 2013. | C．In 2023. |
| A．Air lines. | B．Rail lines. | C．Shared bikes. |
| A．The BRI will help many people live a better life. |
| B．People can get to Jakarta from China by train. |
| C．There will be fewer and fewer people learning Chinese |
I have two good friends .They are Peter and Gina .Here are two photos .The first one is a photo of Peter’s family ， and the next one is a photo of Gina’s room .
In the first photo ， you can see four people . They are Peter’s parents ， Peter and his sister .Peter’s father is a teacher . And his mother is a teacher too .Can you see the boy on the bed ? That’s Peter . A red hat is on his head .Who is the girl ? Oh ， she is Peter’s sister . Her name is Nancy .
In the next photo ， you can see a tidy room . It’s Gina’s room . A blue desk ， a yellow chair ， a green bookcase and a white bed are in it . A computer and some CDs are on the desk .Her red schoolbag is on the chair .A dictionary is on the bed . Gina’s room is very clean and tidy .
1. There are _____people in Peter’s family .
| A．five | B．two | C．three | D．four |
| A．he is on the sofa | B．He is on the chair |
| C．He is on the bed | D．He is under the desk |
| A．It’s red | B．It’s yellow |
| C．It’s blue | D．It’s white |
| A．Some CDs and computer games |
| B．A dictionary and a computer |
| C．A computer and some CDs |
| D．Some CDs and books |
| A．You can see a blue desk in the first photo |
| B．Gina’s schoolbag is on the chair |
| C．Gina’s room is not tidy |
| D．Gina doesn’t have a dictionary . |
I was the leader of the team. At the very beginning, one student from our team got the ball and quickly shot a basket. Oh, it went in, 2:0. All our classmates cheered.
But after a few minutes there were some mistakes and we lost eight points. I changed two players, but it didn’t help.
At that time all our teammates felt worried and we even quarreled with each other angrily. “
We had a short meeting. The second half of the match began. There was a big change. At first, our team got the ball and I shot from the three-point line at once. The ball did a beautiful curve and went straight into the basket.
I become very confident. The other team was still very strong.
A good chance came! I got the ball again and shot into the basket! 12:9! I couldn’t believe my eyes! Am I that good at shooting? How could I get so many points?
We stayed in the lead. Finally the score was 18:16. We won!
1. The passage mainly talks about________.
| A．a basketball match |
| B．a basketball team |
| C．skills of playing basketball |
| D．a famous basketball plaer |
| A．they felt upset |
| B．they kept arguing |
| C．they made mistakes |
| D．their classmates cheered too loud! |
| A．熟能生巧 | B．勤能补拙 | C．破釜沉舟 | D．覆水难收 |
| A．basketball is too hard a game to play |
| B．confidence comes from failure |
| C．failure can surely bring success |
| D．learning from failure can make one succeed |
In today’s world,many people use a mobile phone especially businessmen and businesswomen.
These people are an important part of the business world and help our economies develop. In fact in some countries even children and the elderly use mobile phones to keep in touch with family and friends.
We know how useful it is to have a mobile phone,but do we know how safe these phones are?Some scientists say that mobile phones could be a risk to our health. So,money is being given to scientific research to find out if mobile phones may be harmful in any way.
What does the future look like?Is a hands - free phone the answer?The idea behind hands - free sets is simple and maybe they are a safer way for people to communicate. The hands - free set has a piece in your ear and a microphone near your mouth which is connected to a wire that goes into your phone. Some scientists think this is a much safer way to use a phone. Some scientists have proved that a mobile phone 10 centimetres from your head is far safer than if the headset is right against your ear.
Some reports say that hands - free sets have 95% less radiation(kl)exposure,while other reports say that hands - free sets expose you to more radiation.
Governments and the mobile phone industry are researching the effects,including:
● the effects of radio waves on blood pressure and the brain,such as the abilities to concentrate, remember and learn
● the connections between mobile phone use and brain cancer
● long - term effects of mobile phone use,looking at health histories of people who have used mobiles since the 1980s.
They will be looking at both current mobile phones and the new generation of 4G phones. The results from these studies will help us understand more about the world beyond mobile communications.
Wouldn’t it be strange if scientists discovered that mobile phones were too dangerous and we had to stop using them and go back to writing letter and using the normal telephone?
1. The underlined word ＂concentrate＂ means .
| A．feel interested | B．take actions |
| C．think carefully | D．answer quickly |
| A．wearing headsets is a safer way when we communicate with mobile phones |
| B．nobody can tell exactly which is the safer way to use a mobile phone |
| C．we’d better stop using hands - free sets while scientists are looking at them |
| D．there is some connections between mobile phone use and some illness |
| A．it’s certain that new technology brings new problems |
| B．it would be strange if we stop using mobile phones |
| C．using the normal telephone can avoid the risk from mobile phones |
| D．we couldn’t stop using mobile phones though they might be harmful in any way |
【推荐3】A lot of Chinese people like to join in the tree planting activities. They plant many trees every year. But in the 1980s, the forest coverage (覆盖率) in China was only 12%. Now it is over 23%.
Greening is not only good for the country’s environment, but also good for its people. It can help build China into a beautiful country.
There are many greening ways in China. One is called Cloud Planting (云种植). It is an online activity popular with young people. Cloud Planting lets people have a real tree through the Internet. And they can visit the tree on certain dates. Another one is Ant Forest started by Ant Group, Alibaba. It wants to help people have greener lifestyles in their everyday life.
In the next five years, China will do something more for its greening plan. Many cities will build national forests through lots of greening ways.
根据短文内容，判断下列句子正(T)、误(F)。1. In the 1980s, there were more forests in China than now.
2. Greening can help build China into a beautiful country.
3. Cloud Planting is an online activity popular with old people.
4. Ant Forest wants to help people have greener lifestyles in their everyday life.
5. In the next five years, China will do something more for its greening plan.
【推荐1】Henry: I find the Internet is very good for shopping. I use it more and more for buying books and CDs, and I even bought some clothes over the Internet. The other thing I can do is to book tickets over the Internet. I booked a cheap flight once. It was very easy, and it was really good.
David: I use the Internet for games. I play chess with people all round the world. Last night I had a game with someone from Japan. I also download games from the Internet, so I can have any game I want.
Peter: I use the Internet for anything I need to help me with my school work. I use the online dictionaries, encyclopedias (百科全书) and magazines. It's great because I can download pictures or articles and use them with my homework. It's very easy to use and it's free, so I like it.
Tony: Well, the main thing I use the Internet for is to e-mail. I usually write to my customers (客户) by e-mail, and my customers answer me by e-mail, too. We probably send and receive four or five hundred e-mails a month. But of course, I also use e-mails to keep in touch with friends and family. My daughter is in Australia and we send e-mails to each other every day.
1. ________ prefers to use the Internet to buy things.| A．Henry | B．David | C．Peter | D．Tony |
| A．read books | B．book tickets | C．play games | D．download pictures |
| A．play chess | B．do some shopping | C．do school work | D．talk with his daughter |
| A．Peter is a teacher | B．Tony is a businessman |
| C．David is an engineer | D．Henry is a bookseller |
| A．Henry had an experience of using the Internet to book a cheap flight. |
| B．David had a game with a Japanese over the Internet last night. |
| C．Tony often e-mails to his customers, friends and family. |
| D．Peter needs to pay for what he gets from the Internet. |
【推荐2】In America, people often invite friends for a meal, a party (such as dancing party, housewarming party, birthday party, wedding party, New Year's party and so on ) or just coffee. They often invite others face to face or by making phone calls, and sometimes they send messages or e-mails.
When they make an invitation, they often say like this, "Would you like to come over for dinner this Saturday?" "We are having a party on Friday. Can you come?" To answer an invitation, they say "Sure, I'd love to. Thank you" to accept, or "Sorry" and give a reason to turn it down. Anyway, they must reply an invitation in a polite (礼貌的) way.
Sometimes what people say is like an invitation but they are not real invitations. For example, "Please come over for a drink sometime." "Let's get together for lunch soon." They are not real invitations because they don't talk about the date or time. They just show that person is trying to be friendly. When people hear them, they usually answer "Sure, that would be great." or "OK, thank you." So next time you hear what is like an invitation, listen carefully. Is it a real invitation or is the person just being friendly?
1. What party is NOT mentioned (提及) in the passage?| A．Holiday party. | B．Birthday party. | C．Dancing party. | D．Wedding party. |
| A．I'm sorry I won't come. | B．No, I can't come to your party. |
| C．I'm sorry I have to see the doctor. | D．Sorry, I can't. |
| A．I'm sorry I'm busy these days. | B．That's a great idea. When? |
| C．OK. Thanks for asking. | D．Sorry, I can't. |
| A．Usually in a real invitation people will tell the date and time. |
| B．You don't need to answer it when you hear an unreal (假的) invitation. |
| C．People should reply to an invitation politely. |
| D．When people turn down an invitation, they often find a good reason. |
【推荐3】Although the world is hungry, it is even thirstier. While nearly 3/4 of the earth is covered with water, we are still short of drinking water. This is because about 97% of the water on the earth is sea water. So we can’t use it for watering plants or drinking directly. Humans can only drink and use fresh water from places including rivers, lakes and underground.
How can we avoid a serious water shortage? First, we should save water and not waste it. Second, we should protect our water resources and not pollute them. Third, we should discover ways to reuse water. Scientists have made some progress in this field. Today, some large cities are reusing their water. But people’s need for water is increasing day by day. We still don’t have enough water. What else can we do?
The sea seems to have the best answer. There is plenty of water in the sea. But we need to take the salt away from the sea water. This is very expensive. If scientists can find the cheaper ways to do it, we can solve the problem of the shortage of water.
1. Why is our world thirsty while 3/4 of the earth is covered with water?| A．Because about 97% of the water on the earth is sea water. |
| B．Because they are used to water plants and wasted. |
| C．Because most of it has been polluted. |
| D．We haven’t used all the water in rivers and lakes. |
| A．We should protect our water resources and not pollute them. |
| B．We should discover ways to use less water. |
| C．Factory should make great use of water to earn money. |
| D．Try to get the salt out of the sea water. |
| A．In the rivers and lakes. | B．Below the underground. |
| C．In the sea. | D．A & B. |
| A．It’s cheap for scientists to take the salt away from the sea water. |
| B．Many cheaper ways to solve water shortage have been found. |
| C．Some large cities are reusing their water these days. |
| D．97% of the earth is covered with water. |
| A．water shortage | B．water pollution |
| C．water waste | D．the use of water |
