The well-known “new great inventions” of modern China have made our daily lives more convenient.
High-speed trains
China created its first high-speed railway line in 2008. Since then, the number of passenger trips has grown by over 30 percent every year. By 2016, more than 5 billion trips had been taken on the trains. By 2020, one-fifth of the country’s 150, 000-km railway network will be used by the trains. This network will link more than 80 percent of the major cities across China.
Mobile payment
Mobile payment is turning China into a “cashless society”. Instead of paying by cash, customers now pay for their goods and some kinds of bills simply by typing a short password into the Alipay or Wechat app on their mobile phones.
Shared bikes
China has surprised the world with how quickly shared bikes are widely used. Nowadays, bike users can simply pick up or park the bikes on the street through GPS and smartphone apps. China’s two leading bike-sharing companies, Mobike and Ofo, have been opening their overseas markets in Singapore, the UK and the USA.
Online shopping
With around 751 million Internet users, China has been the world’s largest and fastest-growing online shopping market. Because of lower costs and fewer licensing requirements, it’s easier for sellers to open an online shop in China. In 2016, more than 20 million jobs in rural areas were created, with over 8.1 million running their own online shops.
1. What’s the passage mainly about?| A．The fast-developing technology. | B．Modern China. |
| C．China’s new great inventions. | D．Convenient daily lives in China. |
| A．30% | B．50% | C．20% | D．80% |
| A．needn’t take cash | B．can go shopping without mobile phones |
| C．don’t have to use a password | D．needn’t pay the bills |
| A．Lower costs | B．Fewer licensing requirements |
| C．More job chances | D．A, B & C |
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【推荐1】Video cameras are everywhere — schools, theatres and stores. But in recent years, they have entered our homes. Many parents set up cameras at home to watch their children’s online classes and homework. Are cameras really helpful? What do students think of them?
| Li Dan Earlier last year, I liked to lie in bed and watch videos instead of studying. This influenced my studies and made my grades worse. So my parents set up a camera to keep an eye on me. It worked. With the camera watching, I had to do my homework first and make plans for studying at home. When I was alone at home, the camera made me feel safe because I knew that my parents were watching on the other side. My grades improved after a year. | Zhang Hua When I was in Grade 8, my parents set up a camera in my room. I really didn’t like it because I felt like there were always eyes watching me. I felt so uncomfortable that I couldn’t sleep well at night. Knowing there was a camera around when my friends came to my home, they would speak quietly and carefully. I was sad. So I asked my parents to take the camera away. They agreed as long as I promised to behave (表现) well. I feel happy and free now. |
| A．Video cameras. | B．Children. | C．Stores. | D．Theatres. |
| A．To work at home. | B．To study with her. |
| C．To make her feel safe. | D．To keep an eye on her. |
| A．Because he has more friends. | B．Because his grades become better. |
| C．Because he has less homework. | D．Because the camera was taken away. |
Do you have bright ideas？ideas for inventions that change society or，at least，make life easier for somebody？Perhaps we all do sometimes，but we don't often make the idea a reality.
Recently, in Britain, there was a competition called British Designers for Tomorrow. The competition encourages young people to carry out their bright ideas. There were two groups in the contest: Group One was for schoolchildren under 16; Group Two was for schoolchildren over 16, and there were eleven prize-winners altogether. Neil Hunt, one of the prize-winners, was called "Sunshine Superman". It's important when people study the weather to be able to record sunshine accurately. We need to know how many hours of sunshine we have and how strong it is. Most sunshine recorders only record direct sunlight. Neil's is more accurate and this is very important for research into the way of using solar power. You can do so much with animated cartoon. Look at Simon West's idea for animated road signs. He uses pictures which appear to move as you go nearer to or farther from them. This isn't a new idea. But itis new to use these pictures on road signs. "We found that people were more likely to see moving signs," said Simon.
So now, you can really see rocks falling, trains moving, horses running or a car falling over the edge of a cliff. Quite a caution! The ideas in the competition were so inventive that we are surprised that British industry doesn't ask more schoolchildren for suggestions. Perhaps this will be the start of "pupil power!"
1. The writer seems to. be encouraging the British industry to__________.| A．help schoolchildren in their studies |
| B．take better care of schoolchildren. |
| C．stop asking schoolchildren for suggestions. |
| D．pay more attention to schoolchildren's inventive power |
| A．recording direct sunshine |
| B．knowing how strong sunlight is |
| C．using the energy of the sun |
| D．recording the hours of sunshine |
| A．become good designers for future Britain |
| B．win as many prizes as they could |
| C．design something useful for the next day |
| D．invent something for immediate use |
| A．To add to the beauty of a city. |
| B．To warn people on the roads of the danger ahead. |
| C．To help make a car trip more exciting. |
| D．To warn people to be careful while working. |
| A．recommending | B．warning | C．serving | D．ordering |
| A．dictionary | B．novel | C．science magazine | D．history book |
【推荐3】Can you imagine a cloud floating (漂浮) in the middle of your room? Do you want to know what it feels like to fly like a bird? Here, we have picked out four interesting inventions to share with you.
Talking Gloves
Four foreign students have created a pair of gloves, and it helps people to communicate (交流) with people who have hearing and speaking problems. The gloves are equipped with sensors (配备传感器). They recognize (识别) sign language and translate it into text on a smartphone. Then the smartphone changes the text to spoken word. Thus you can understand sign language easily.
Google Glasses
Google Glasses are like a computer built into a pair of glasses. Then the glasses allow you to surf the Internet (上网) and make calls without even lifting a finger. The glasses also have a camera and the GPS mapping system. Users can take and share photos, check maps and surf the Internet just by looking up, down, left and right.
Indoor Clouds
That’s a real world. An artist, Smilde, managed to create a small but perfect white cloud in the middle of a room using a fog machine. But it required careful planning — the temperature, and lighting all had to be just right. The cloud only lasted for a short while, though.
Wingsuits
The suit realizes your dream of flying like a bird. Well, not exactly flying, but gliding (滑翔) through the air. It increases the surface area of the human body, which makes it easier for people to float in the air. Fliers wearing wingsuits can glide one kilometer in about 30 seconds.
1. What do “Talking Gloves” help people to understand?| A．Spoken words. | B．Sign language. | C．Written words. | D．The smartphone. |
| A．By speaking to the glasses. | B．By touching the glasses. |
| C．By lifting a finger. | D．By moving the eyeballs. |
| A．With a computer. | B．With right temperature. |
| C．With a fog machine. | D．With right lighting. |
| A．Talking Gloves. | B．Wingsuits. | C．Google Glasses. | D．Indoor Clouds. |
| A．Four Interesting Inventions. |
| B．Four Famous Inventions. |
| C．The Advantages of Four Inventions. |
| D．Four Dreams of the Future. |
【推荐1】With the help of apps(应用程序), we can use our mobile phones to do many things. Here are parts of the most popular apps.
 | Ctrip can help you when you feel it is hard to buy the train or plane tickets. You can buy tickets at any time if you have a mobile phone or a computer. |
 | Ximalaya Reading has millions of books such as poems, short stories, novels(小说) and even fairy tales(神话故事) for children to listen. |
 | For children under three years old, Baby Bus is a very good friend. Kids can learn to speak, understand numbers and draw pictures with the help of this app. |
 | With the app, you can find cheap foods, wonderful KTVs, ice-cream rooms, clothes shops for girls and even shopping centers. |
1. Ctrip is a useful app for _________.
| A．ordering meals | B．booking tickets | C．drawing pictures | D．learning English |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．speaking | B．walking | C．running | D．swimming |
| A．Fairy tales. | B．Plane tickets. | C．English songs. | D．Wonderful KTVs. |
| A．mobile phones | B．some popular apps | C．shopping | D．weather |
Some of the world’s most important scientists think the idea of people living on Mars will come true one day. Stephen Hawking believed humans must move into space to live. “Once we spread out into space and build independent colonies (殖民地), our future should be safe,” he said. Robert Zubrin, a rocket scientist, agrees and thinks sending people to Mars will allow us to learn a lot—for example, about the ability of humans to live in a very different environment.
★ Terraforming means changing the environment on a planet so that it is similar to Earth’s. One of the main goals of terraforming Mars is to warm it up because the average temperature there is about -60 °C. One idea for warming Mars is to build factories there that produce greenhouse gases. This could take many centuries. However, it should lead to rainfall and the growth of plants, resulting in more air that people can breathe.
Another big concern for scientists is whether humans can move to Mars and still stay healthy in mind and body. As a test, six people lived in a Mars-like environment in Hawaii for a year before “returning to Earth” recently. It was a 1, 200-square-foot room that was on the side of a volcano (火山) and used the sun for energy. Christiane Heinicke, one of the people who lived there, said that one of the biggest problems was feeling bored. Another important finding was that the people living together should all be able to get along and work together.
One particular organization based in Europe is planning to send the first humans to Mars before 2030. However, many experts think the project’s cost of $6 billion is too low for it to be successful. The American space agency NASA believes that sending people to Mars would cost about $100 billion, although this estimate (估价) is based on bringing them back to Earth, too. Anyway, it seems that humans living on Mars may well happen a lot sooner than most people believe.
1. Paragraph 1 mainly focuses on ________.| A．how we can move to another planet | B．why we work on moving to Mars |
| C．when we will move to Mars | D．where the Mars is |
| A．However, scientists need to terraform Mars for people to live. |
| B．And people are trying to send the people to Mars. |
| C．But scientists can’t do anything about this. |
| D．However, it is not easy to move to Mars. |
| A．the cost of moving to Mars | B．the energy on Mars |
| C．the physical quality of people | D．the food on Mars |
| A．humans | B．scientists | C．planets | D．cost |
| A．The temperature on Mars is 60 degrees above zero. |
| B．It is sure to send the first humans to Mars after 2030. |
| C．$6 billion is enough to send people to Mars. |
| D．Moving to Mars would be good for mankind. |
【推荐3】In 79 AD, the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, in southern Italy, was broken by a volcanic eruption (火山喷发). Many of its buildings were buried. To study the life in Pompeii before the eruption, some researchers have done their best to show it by using virtual reality (VR虚拟现实) technology.
The technology allows users to step inside an ancient house and visit it as its owner would have. Also, it helps researchers better understand how ancient Roman buildings were designed.
Researchers collected information by drones (无人机). And they used the information to create a 3D computer model of the ancient home known as the House of Greek Epigrams. They then put the model into a video game engine called Unity to make a VR model. Later, the researchers asked volunteers to take a virtual tour of the house in both summer and winter light. By using eye-tracking technology, researchers followed the eye movements of the volunteers. They recorded exactly which areas volunteers looked at and for how long. From this, researchers could see what areas drew the most attention.
This study has shown that it is Possible to collect and use information from the experience in a virtual Pompeian house. Its findings may greatly help future studies and offer people a better visiting experience in the Roman bouse. Next, researchers hope to recreate what ancient Romans heard and even smelled. In that way, they’re bringing Pompeii—a town frozen by time—back to life.
1. What does the text mainly talk about?| A．A volcanic eruption broke Pompeii. | B．Researchers studied Pompeii by VR. |
| C．Volunteers traveled around Pompeii. | D．People found new bouses in Pompeii. |
| A．Studying the eruption. | B．Showing a virtual Pompeii. |
| C．Designing Roman buildings. | D．Practicing eye movements. |
①Make a VR model. ②Create a 3D computer model.
③Collect information. ④Put the model into an engine.
| A．③②④① | B．②③①④ | C．③②①④ | D．②③④① |
| A．Recreate a real ancient city. | B．Invite volunteers to live in Pompeii. |
| C．Get more people to love VR technology. | D．Add sound and smell to the VR experience. |
| A．Nature and environment. | B．Health and sports. |
| C．Science and technology. | D．Art and music. |
【推荐1】Have you ever heard of a famous charity called Operation Smile? We hope we can help you understand how we are trying to help children all over the world.
Operation Smile was started by a doctor and his wife. In 1982, together with some volunteers, they went to Philippines to help children who had holes in their lips (嘴唇) or inside their mouths. It was very difficult for them to eat and drink. These volunteers worked very hard. But they worried that they could not carry on with the work because they have run out of money. Then they decided to start a charity so that they could help these needy children. They called it Operation Smile. Operation Smile works in more than twenty developing countries and has cured over 10000 children who have problems with their mouths. Operation Smile has won many prizes for its work. On the other hand, Operation Smile trains local doctors and nurses in developing countries so that they can continue to help children when Operation Smile has left.
As to the children with much more serious problems, they will send them to America for further treatment. So show your kindness and generosity (慷慨) to the needy children now. You can send your donation to Operation Smile at local banks. Many thanks from the children who can smile now.
1. Operation Smile is a famous ________, which was started by a doctor and his wife.| A．school | B．charity | C．building | D．person |
| A．Because the doctors were too busy | B．Because there were no more volunteers |
| C．Because they didn’t have enough money | D．Because they went to America for further study |
| A．helping blind children to see again |
| B．helping poor children go back to school |
| C．offering living places to homeless children |
| D．curing the children who have problems with their mouths |
| A．To donate money at local banks. | B．To be a volunteer in Philippines. |
| C．To send cards to the needy children. | D．To be a doctor of Operation Smile. |
【推荐2】Our new foreign students are going to arrive very soon, and here are some ways to communicate with them politely.
How close do you stand when you talk to a friend? You can stand close to people in the Middle East but don’t stand too close to North Americans! Give them more personal space.
Do you know how to touch people correctly? Chinese girls often walk arm in arm with their friends. South Americans sometimes hold your arm when they talk to you, so you can’t move away! But in Britain many people don’t like other people to touch them at all.
Do you look at people when you talk? In some places, it isn’t polite to look at people when you talk, but in other countries it isn’t polite to look somewhere else. In Britain and the US, people usually look at each other when they talk.
And how do you say goodbye? That’s easy, wave (挥手) to say goodbye. But be careful! In Greece, it’s not at all polite! In fact, it’s very rude!
1. We can’t wave to say goodbye in __________.| A．America | B．Japan | C．Britain | D．Greece |
| A．Two. | B．Three. | C．Four. | D．Five. |
| A．Saying goodbye | B．Touching people |
| C．Looking at people | D．Communicating politely |
【推荐3】Everybody wants to be healthy. You know food is very important. There are many different kinds of healthy foods. You can have more bananas, apples, oranges and tomatoes, because fruit and vegetables are good for you. But don’t eat too much chocolate. It’s not good for you. It’s not healthy food. Healthy food can make you strong and happy. Remember there is a saying (谚语) “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” Sports can keep you healthy, too. Get up early and do some sports every day. Don’t be lazy! You will be healthy and happy.
根据短文内容，判断下列各句子正（T）、误（F）。
1. We all want to be healthy.
2. Eating too much chocolate is good for us.
3. Fruit and vegetables are good for us.
4. “An apple a day keeps the doctor away” means eating apples is good for us.
5. It’s bad to do some sports every day.
