What will our life be like in 50 years? Although we don’t know the answer, we believe that it will be very different from the life today.
First of all, transport should be much better. Now, our spaceships are too slow to carry lots of people to space-it takes months. However, in the future, it will take us two or three days to get to Mars by spaceship!
Secondly, human beings need food, water, and air to live. Scientists will be able to develop plants that can be grown on Mars.
There is a problem for us. Mars pulls us much less than the Earth does. This will be dangerous because we can easily jump too high and fly slowly away into space.
Food will look like pills and will not be as delicious as it is today. Also, space travel will make many people feel ill.
| A．Life on Mars allows people to have more free timẹ. |
| B．In the future, I think we will live on Mars. |
| C．These plants will produce the food and air we need. |
| D．To stop this, humans on Mars have to wear special shoes to put on weight. |
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When you’re not at home, many worries may start to crowd your mind. Did I turn the coffee maker off? Did I lock the door? Are the kids doing their homework or watching television? With a smart home, you can quiet all of these worries.
A smart home is a home with a communication network. This network connects devices(装置), such as lights and TV sets, and allows them to be controlled from far away through electrical wiring, mobile phone communication or WiFi over the internet.
More and more people may start to consider owning a smart home, because it makes life much more convenient. It can help keep your room at a certain temperature. It can record what happens inside the home and send the video to your phone. When you are on vacation abroad, you can use a smart home controller to switch on or off the electricity when necessary. Some smart homes can receive a visitor, allowing him to come in and offering him a drink. They can even feed the cat and water the plants.
Besides, smart homes are easy to fix. Most smart home technology and devices are wireless and can be set up with a minimum of tools, using only the guiding information. When a problem appears, you can deal with it yourself without paying a professional.
However, for home-users, the smart home technology is far from perfect. It can be rather expensive to own the technology and the devices. Also, because the smart home system allow its owner to get home information from anywhere, it leaves the home easy to be attacked by hackers(黑客),who may secretly use or change the information in the system.
Now, many scientists are excited at the future of smart home technology. Imagine being able to get fashion advice from your mirror, or receive food shopping suggestions from your refrigerator. While there are others who worry that those smart devices will make people lazier and lonelier. Whatever it is, one thing is for sure---smart home technology will change the way we live and work.
1. According to the passage, nowadays a smart home can lock the door through______________.
| A．electric lights | B．mirror technologies |
| C．mobile phones | D．shopping programs |
| A．the steps to use smart systems |
| B．the prices of smart programs |
| C．the advantages of a smart home |
| D．the tools for setting up smart devices |
| A．People will become less happy in the future. |
| B．People’s life style will be different in the future. |
| C．Mobile phones are the most important in smart homes. |
| D．Smart homes are much better than other smart systems. |
【推荐2】Can’t find any place on Earth for your next holiday? Lucky for you, Space tourism is no longer a thing of science fiction. A Californian company is going to offer you a chance to take a vacation in space by building a hotel in orbit (轨道).
The Orbital Assembly Corporation plans to build Voyager Station, a space hotel that includes rooms for tourists, in 2026, and open it in 2027. It will be able to carry up to 400 people.
The space hotel will be shaped like a large wheel, with 24 space pods (舱) around the outside of the 200-meter-wide structure. Each pod is 24 meters long and 12 meters wide. The pods will be used for restaurants, bars, gyms, rooms for tourists, laboratories for research and so on.
The company says that some pods will even be private homes that people can buy. “Finally, going to space will just be another choice for people’s vacation, just like going on a cruise, or going to Disney World,” said Tim Alatorre, senior architect (建筑师) of the space hotel. He said that the space hotel may even include a concert hall and a movie theater.
The company says that the space hotel will have gravity (重力) that is about one-sixth as strong as Earth’s. The low gravity means people can do things like jump higher, lift heavier things and enjoy sports such as basketball in a new way.
With the industry rapidly developing, space tourism for common people is around the corner, and it might come much faster than we think. Who knows what the future might be like?
1. What does the underlined word “It” in Paragraph 2 refer to?| A．The space tourism. | B．The corporation. | C．The space hotel. | D．The large wheel. |
| A．To introduce the company. | B．To describe the space hotel. |
| C．To support the architect’s opinion. | D．To express the tourists’ feelings. |
| A．5 kilograms. | B．10 kilograms. | C．100 kilograms. | D．360 kilograms. |
| A．Going on a cruise. | B．Going to Disney World. |
| C．Playing basketball. | D．Building a laboratory. |
| A．possible | B．hopeless | C．dangerous | D．tiring |
| Tommy | In the future, I will be a reporter for a TV station. I’m going to read many books and practice writing every day. I’m going to write articles and send them to magazines and newspapers. I like talking with people. I will meet different people every day and ask them questions. |
| Alice | I like maths and I do quite well in it. And I love business, too. I want to be an accountant (会计) in a company in the future. I will work with money every day, so I need to be very careful. |
| Peter | I want to be a policeman because I am always ready to help other people. The job may be dangerous but I’m not afraid of (害怕) it. I will get myself ready to “sweep away” all the bad things for people. |
| Nancy | I like children and I enjoy staying with them. I will be a teacher in the future. I will teach my students about the places all over the world. I hope they like the subject and know more about the world we live in. |
1. What does Tommy want to be in the future?
| A．A policeman. | B．A maths teacher. | C．An accountant. | D．A reporter. |
| A．Because she likes children and enjoys staying with them. |
| B．Because she wants to help other people. |
| C．Because she does well in maths. |
| D．Because she likes reading books. |
| A．Alice loves business but she isn’t good at maths. |
| B．Nancy will teach geography in a school. |
| C．Peter is afraid of being a policeman. |
| D．Tommy is going to be a reporter for a newspaper. |
【推荐1】The International Space Station (ISS) became human’s first “home” in space in 2000. It welcomed its first worker that year, making the way for 20 years of future research.
“ We should know that we’re all citizens(公民) of not a country, but of the planet,” NASA astronaut Scott Kelly said while talking about working in the ISS.
Over the past 20 years, the ISS has mainly been used as a science lab, hosting 241 people from 19 countries, according to NASA. They’ve gone on spacewalks, done research on how space affects the human body, and even grown different plants in space.
The station’s development has also been good for people on Earth. For example, the station’s water purification technology has been used in poor areas to provide clean water drinking water. The station also plays a role in warning us of natural disasters(灾难).
However, after working for over 7,000 days, the station is starting to get old. It has leaked(泄露) air a few times. Scientists think that the station can keep working until 2024. After that, they’ll bring it down to Earth. It’s believed the Earth’s atmosphere(大气层) will burn up most of the station. The rest of it will fall into the Pacific Ocean.
In the future, space will be home to more stations like the ISS. NASA is building a space station that is smaller than the ISS near the moon. Also, China’s space station will be put into use in 2022.
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1. Which of the following things haven’t the astronauts from the ISS done?
| A．Going on spacewalks. | B．Growing different plants. |
| C．Stopping natural disasters. | D．Doing research. |
| A．Making something wet. | B．Making something dry. |
| C．Mixing dirty things into something. | D．Removing dirty things from something. |
| A．What astronauts have done in the ISS. | B．Who have visited the ISS over the years. |
| C．How the ISS has helped humans on Earth. | D．What astronauts’ life in the ISS is like. |
| A．Building a space station takes a long time. | B．More new space station will be built. |
| C．It will be easier to go to space in the future. | D．China will send some astronauts to the ISS. |
| A．The future of the ISS. | B．Human’s home on Earth. |
| C．The future of the NASA. | D．Human’s home in space. |
【推荐2】Wang Yaping, together with Zhai Zhigang and Ye Guangfu, went into space aboard the Shenzhou XIII on October 16th, 2021. The 41-year-old Wang became the first Chinese female(女性的) astronaut to enter Tiangong space station.
Wang’s space dream started in 2003, when China sent its first astronaut Yang Liwei into space. At that time, Wang was a pilot in the Chinese army. After having safe flights for 1,600 hours over nine years, Wang was a strong candidate(候选人) to become an astronaut in 2010. She pushed herself hard, getting the same training as men. “The space environment won’t change because you are a woman,” she told Xinhua.
The hardest part is the high-G training. Sitting in a spinning(旋转的) machine, Wang would become blind for a while because her brain was short of blood. “There’s a red button(按钮)”, said Wang. “If you can’t stand it, you can press it to stop.” But Wang never used it. “There is no such red button in my heart.” That strong spirit finally made her dream come true in 2013. She joined the team for the Shenzhou X mission(任务).
Wang said that as astronauts, women have their own advantages. “Women may be more patient and can better deal with loneliness. Women’s hearts are also easier to adapt to the weightless environment, making them more suitable for long-term missions.”
Wang Yaping went a long way before becoming the first woman to enter the Tiangong space station. She sets a good example for all women who dream of going to space.
1. Wang’s words mean ________ in Paragraph 2.| A．the space environment is easy to change |
| B．only men can go to space station in the world |
| C．female astronauts will face less challenges |
| D．men and women will face the same difficulties in space |
| A．Wang is the first female astronaut in the world. |
| B．Wang dreamed of being an astronaut in 2003. |
| C．It was a short time before Wang made her dream come true. |
| D．Wang pressed the red button when she became blind after the high-G training. |
①More patience ②Less weight
③More problem-solving skills ④Better ability to deal with loneliness
| A．①④ | B．①③ | C．②③ | D．②④ |
【推荐3】Tang Hongbo: The first person to return to the “Tiangong”
On September 16, 2021, before the Shenzhou-12 crew (班组) left the core module (核心舱) of the space station, Tang Hongbo returned to the capsule (舱) and took a turn, secretly promised to himself, “I must come back in the near future”.
Just 2 years and 1 month later, Tang Hongbo’s wish came true—on October 25, 2023, Tang Hongbo appeared at Wen Tian Hall for the second time to meet with Chinese and foreign media reporters.
The difference is that this time he was the leader of the Shenzhou-17 crew to space. From the first manned flight of the space station stage to the second manned flight in the new stage of space station application and development, Tang Hongbo became the first astronaut to return to the “Tiangong” and the Chinese astronaut with the shortest interval (间隔) between two missions so far.
“At this moment, my mood is calm and firm. Always being ready to go to space for the motherland is my dream and responsibility when I joined the astronaut team. It has never changed, and I have never been lazy for a second.” Tang Hongbo said.
In October 1975, Tang Hongbo was born in Xiangtan, Hunan, a place where heroes are born. Growing up with listening to the stories about these great men like Mao Zedong, Peng Dehuai, Tang Hongbo also planted a heroic dream in his heart early.
In 1995, he was admitted to the dream college and became a flying cadet (学员). Here, this “post-70s” constantly improved himself by hard work—he was at the bottom of the class in physical tests, and he ran on the playground every day until he got “excellent”.
In the end, Tang Hongbo graduated with honors and became a fighter pilot in the Air Force.
1. The passage might be from ________.| A．a newspaper | B．a story book | C．a science fiction |
| A．Tang Hongbo isn’t in Shenzhou-17 this time. |
| B．There is no Chinese astronaut returning to the “Tiangong” like Tang Hongbo. |
| C．The second manned flight has not applied any new technologies. |
| A．the astronaut team | B．Tang Hongbo’s dream | C．Tang Hongbo’s mood |
| A．He wanted to grow up like these great men. |
| B．He was admitted to the dream college when he was 20. |
| C．He got “excellent” when he entered the college. |
