You’re probably used to getting takeaway（外卖）delivered（递送）to your home these days. Maybe you and your parents even order pizza sometimes. But the first pizza delivery in history took place nearly 150 years ago in Italy.
In 1878, Queen Margherita became the first queen of Italy. As the story goes, the queen grew tired of eating “fancy” meals and wanted to eat “common” food. Raffaele Esposito, the most famous pizza chef（厨师）at that time, was asked to deliver a pizza to the queen.
He prepared a pizza with tomatoes, cheese and basil—the red tomatoes, white cheese and green basil standing for the colors of Italy’s new national flag. As soon as the pizza was out of the oven, he quickly delivered it to the queen himself.
The queen had never eaten pizza before and said it was one of the best things she’d ever eaten. Esposito named the pizza after the queen, and it has been served in nearly every pizza restaurant in the world ever since.
Today, pizza remains one of the world’s most popular fast foods. In 1973, US pizza company Domino’s Pizza promised to deliver its pizzas in “30 minutes or less”—if the pizza was late, it would be free.
1. What does the underlined word “fancy” mean in Chinese?| A．随便的 | B．固定的 | C．清淡的 | D．精美的 |
| A．strange | B．fresh | C．delicious | D．hot |
| A．pizza’s popularity around the world | B．today’s pizza delivery services |
| C．the development of US pizza companies | D．different kinds of delivery |
| A．speed | B．price | C．taste | D．size |
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【推荐1】The scientists in Mosa Meat, a company in the Netherlands, grow meat in a lab. It looks just like the meat you buy in a supermarket.
Why are people making lab-grown meat? It might be better for the environment. Most meat comes from animals that are raised on factory farms. The animals are crowded into a small space. A lot of gas is produced and makes the climate worse.
Johanna Melke is a biologist(生物学家) at Mosa. “People want to eat meat and we can grow meat in a lab,” she says. “This is how we solve the problem.”
To produce the meat, a tiny piece of muscle(肌肉) is taken from a cow first. It doesn’t hurt much. The muscle is taken to a lab and put into a special broth(液体培养基) that helps the muscle grow. From this, something like hamburger meat is made.
Mosa is not the only company to do this. More than 70 companies make more than just beef. They can grow meat from a chicken, fish, even a mouse. That’s used to make cat treats.
Mark Post helped set up Mosa Meat. He says people know that factory farming can be harmful, but it’s hard for them to give up meat. “I wanted to make the choice for those people easier,” He says.
So how does lab-grown meat taste? Laura Jaekisch is a scientist at Mosa. She abandoned meat years ago. She tasted Mosa’s lab-grown beef. “I started loving beef again.” she says.
1. How do the scientists in Mosa Meat produce meat?| A．They raise animals on factory farms. | B．They buy meat from a special supermarket. |
| C．They use a special broth to grow meat in a lab. | D．They grow some plants to make meat. |
| A．put up | B．took up | C．made up | D．gave up |
| A．pay attention to food safety | B．introduce us a new kind of meat |
| C．tell us to give up eating meat | D．ask us to protect the environment |
【推荐2】After a full week of working or studying, maybe you're too tired to get up early on Saturday morning. When you finally get up, you've already missed breakfast, but lunch is still a few hours away. So what do you do?
Well, brunch is a good choice. Brunch gets its name from the first two letters of breakfast and the last four letters of lunch. Sometimes, it makes breakfast an artistic（艺术的）level. For example. blueberry cakes might take the place of common cakes for brunch. Brunch is becoming more popular with young people. Beautiful brunches help them get more "likes" on Wechat. In Melbourne, brunch culture is also popular. I decided to try it with my friend. We visited a cafe that is famous for its flower theme. There was a wall full of different kinds of fresh and colorful flowers. The food and drinks also had this theme. They used rose petals（玫瑰花瓣）to decorate a cup of coffee. It tasted as sweet as it looked. The brunch tasted great. Though I was full after having such a big meal, I still wanted to have another one.
1. What does underlined word theme probably mean in Chinese?| A．难题 | B．主题 | C．题目 | D．题材 |
| A．people can't get up early to have breakfast and lunch is a few hours away |
| B．people don't like breakfast and lunch is too artistic |
| C．brunch serves good coffee but breakfast doesn't |
| D．brunch is always with a flower theme and some rose petals |
| A．the meal can be more artistic | B．the meal becomes brunch |
| C．people can't be hungry any more | D．the meal is fresher |
| A．The Differences between Breakfast and Lunch |
| B．The Food for Breakfast and Brunch |
| C．The History of Brunch |
| D．The Introduction of Brunch |
【推荐3】My name is Mike.
| A．He thanks me for the oranges. |
| B．My good friend, Chen Dan, will visit me. |
| C．I have many apples. |
| D．He has many oranges. |
| E．We can often visit each other. |
【推荐1】Have you seen a red panda before? What about a video of it? Some time ago, a video about a red panda getting into a hotel room was popular online. The person who took the video seemed happy to finally have the chance to closely play with this “cute” animal. However, experts warned that the cute things it did could actually be dangerous to humans!
The red panda’s back is brown. There are fewer than 10,000 red pandas in the world. The number is expected to continue to fall. The red panda is on the verge (边缘) of extinction.
They face many dangers, including less bamboo to eat, fewer places to stay, and animal trade. Over half of red panda deaths connect directly to human activity.
When red pandas walk into humans’ places, it usually means they have nowhere to go. Naturally, they like to hide in the woods. So for them, it is not a normal (正常的) thing to walk around near humans. It means that they are influenced by us humans too much!
For humans, it is dangerous to play with wild animals like red pandas. You may think that a red panda looks cute when it is standing like humans or lying down and showing its belly, but these are actually signs that it is very scared (恐惧的).
We all know that men and nature should live in harmony (和谐). But if people think of wild animals as pets or “friends”, there must be someone trying to catch them, keep them or use them to make money. The best way to protect either wild animals or ourselves is to keep distance.
1. The cute red pandas are actually ________ to humans in the wild.| A．friendly | B．patient | C．dangerous | D．warm-hearted |
| A．兴盛 | B．灭绝 | C．发展 | D．繁殖 |
| A．in the woods | B．near humans | C．in the zoo | D．next to the stream |
| A．It will play with humans. | B．It will walk around humans. |
| C．It will hurt humans. | D．It will look for bamboo to eat. |
| A．To make friends with wild animals. | B．To keep distance. |
| C．To raise wild animals carefully. | D．To live with wild animals. |
【推荐2】Who would win in a competition to remember numbers, a chimp（猩猩）or a teenager? In fact, scientists proved that the chimp did better than the teenager in this competition.
Do you still remember last year’s summer holiday? When you think back on it, you might think of the night you spent watching the concert of Langlang. But how do youstorethese things in your mind? By using your memory. Memory is our ability to learn something, save it and recall it when needed. When something happens, our brains save the important information and put it in our memory.
Scientists say that there are different types of memory---short-term memory and long-term memory. Your short-term memory saves information for a few seconds or a few minutes. Long-term memory means the meaningful information you try hard to keep in your mind. People start to forget things just after they learn them. They learn about something one day, but have forgotten half of it the next day. A week later, they remember just a third of what they learnt. So remember to go over our lesson after you learn it.
Scientists agree that people remember things in different ways. Some remember things better with the help of pictures. Others remember better when they take in the information by hearing it. But one thing is for sure, if you remember things with different ways together, you can get a better result. So try imaging pictures with English words, and at the same time listening to recordings of the same words. Maybe studying English won’t be a difficult thing.
1. Who won in the competition to remember numbers?| A．The teenager. | B．The chimp | C．The scientist. | D．Langlang. |
| A．Save | B．Make | C．Put | D．Learn |
| A．There are a number of different types of memory. | B．Short-term memory keeps meaningful information. |
| C．People forget a third of what they learnt in a week. | D．We should go over our lesson to remember it long. |
| A．To introduce some different types of memory and ways to remember things. |
| B．To tell that learning English is not so difficult as you used to imagine. |
| C．To tell us some interesting facts about memory. |
| D．To tell us the chimps are cleverer than humans. |
| A．Fashion. | B．Sports. | C．Science. | D．Stories. |
【推荐3】Every mammal（哺乳动物）needs sleep, so do birds. But what about insects（昆虫）? Do they need sleep? Scientists have been trying to discover the truth about insects’ sleep behaviors for many years. Scientists first thought that insects didn’t need sleep. According to them, insects’ body structure is simple and their brain was also simple. Scientists said that some kinds of brain activities, like dreaming, were sleep behaviors. Insects don’t dream, so scientists said that they didn’t need sleep. They believed that insects rested, instead.
However, new studies have shown that some insects may sleep. There are four kinds of behaviors during sleep. First, sleeping people and animals don’t move much. Also, they have a position for sleeping; For example, they lie down. Besides, they don’t wake up easily when hearing noises or seeing light. Lastly, they are able to come out of sleep quickly if they are stimulated （刺激）.
Scientists have now seen some similar behaviors in fruit flies （果蝇）. For example, fruit flies become motionless every night for about seven hours. At these times, they don’t move a lot. They sit in a different way. The flies began to move around when louder noises are made. Scientists think that some insects may have their own special kinds of sleep.
1. Scientists say that insects didn’t need sleep at first because _________.| A．they like to have a rest | B．they never lie down |
| C．they are quiet at night | D．they don’t dream |
| A．They have a good place for sleeping. |
| B．They become quiet while sleeping. |
| C．They may not wake up when seeing lights. |
| D．They can wake up quickly when they are stimulated. |
| A．insects always move around | B．insects may sleep at night |
| C．insects are afraid of loud noise | D．insects have different behaviors |
| A．quiet | B．moved | C．awake | D．active |
| A．Why Do Insects Sleep | B．What behaviors Do Insects Have |
| C．How Do Insects Move | D．Whether Insects Need Sleep |
【推荐1】Puberty is the stage of life when young people leave childhood and head into adulthood. It is a difficult process for teenagers because it has an effect on both their minds and bodies. They need to understand what is going on with their bodies, how to deal with those changes and how to start taking responsibility for themselves.
A young person may begin puberty at 8, while another may not start puberty until 14 or 15. In general, girls start puberty two years before boys do. For both girls and boys, it is usually complete by the age of 18.
During these years, the body develops in many ways. Feelings can also change quickly.
Teenage boys at this stage often begin to take unnecessary risks. Their focus is on having fun and being accepted by others. They need to think before they act and make good decisions for themselves.
A girl's personality often does not develop in the same way as a boy's. Teenage girls sometimes lose confidence in themselves. They are no longer certain about their own feelings. Yet they are usually afraid to tell their parents or teachers about their problems. For this reason, teenage girls should be encouraged to discuss things with trusted adults.
Parents, schools and communities can do a lot to care for and help young people. It is everyone's responsibility to make sure that young people grow into healthy adults.
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1. Where is the passage probably from?
| A．A health magazine. | B．A comic book. |
| C．A story book. | D．A children's book. |
| A．what is going on with their bodies |
| B．how to deal with those changes |
| C．how to start taking responsibility for themselves |
| D．how to be accepted by adults |
| A．At the age of 15. | B．At the age of 14. |
| C．At the age of 18. | D．At the age of 16. |
| A．Think before they act. |
| B．Make good decisions for themselves. |
| C．Communicate more with the adults who they trust. |
| D．Not tell their parents or teachers about their problems. |
| A．Puberty is a difficult process for teenagers to go through. |
| B．Boys and girls start their puberty at different ages. |
| C．Boys and girls develop in the same way during puberty. |
| D．Everyone is responsible for helping young people grow into healthy adults. |
【推荐2】New York City’s Chinatown is in the est of Manhattan（曼哈顿）. About 150,000 people live there. There are many things to do and many places to visit.
Shopping in Chinatown
You can find all kinds of Chinese things there just like you are in China: food, clothes, jewelry(珠宝), and so on. On the north side of the Canal Street there are many jewelry shops. And on the south side of the Canal Street there are small present shops, handbag shops, watch shops and some big supermarkets.
Eating in Chinatown
Chinatown has more than 200 restaurants. You can find many Chinese foods there. The foods come from all over China: Beijing, Shanghai, Suzhou, etc.
Sightseeing(观光) in Chinatown
You should visit Chinatown when you are travelling in New York City. A lot of people visit Chinatown every day. It is the biggest Chinatown in the USA. It is famous for(因…著名) its restaurants, jewelry shops, food markets, and busy streets, such as Canal, Mott, Pell and Doyers Streets. And Canal Street is famous for its handbags.
1. New York City’s Chinatown is ________.| A．in the west of Manhattan | B．a famous restaurant |
| C．the biggest Chinatown in the USA | D．on the north of the Canal Street |
| A．Pell Street | B．Doyers Street | C．Canal Street | D．Mott Street |
| A．About 150,000 | B．More than 200 | C．200 | D．More than 2,000 |
| A．You can buy many Chinese things in Chinatown. |
| B．People can eat Beijing Duck in the restaurants in Chinatown. |
| C．You can buy some small presents in Chinatown. |
| D．Only a few people visit Chinatown every day. |
| A．Shopping in Chinatown | B．Eating in Chinatown |
| C．Sightseeing (观光) in Chinatown | D．New York City’s Chinatown |
【推荐3】Ordering takeouts is very popular nowadays because it is convenient (便利的). More than 60 percent of the people in China order takeout food at least twice a week. If people don’t want to eat out, they can just order takeouts on the smart phone and wait for it to be delivered (送达). What about people living in ancient times? Did they eat takeouts?
In fact, there was takeout as for back as the Song Dynasty. According to history books, Emperor (皇帝) Xiaozong (1127—1194) liked to order takeouts late at night. His servants (仆人) then went around the city to pick up the dishes and bring them back to the palace.
Ordinary (普通的) people also ordered takeouts. Restaurant waiters would go out into the streets and yell out which dishes could be ordered that day. After hearing the waiters, people could then place an order. Later, delivery workers would bring food to their homes. In the famous Song Dynasty painting Along the River During the Qingming Festival (《清明上河图》), people can see a takeout worker on a delivery with food in hand.
People at that time even had a special meal box for takeout dishes. It was a long wooden box with several layers. People also used warming plates made of two layers of porcelain (瓷). Hot water could be put between them to keep dishes warm.
1. According to the passage, takeout has a long history of about ________ years in China.| A．900 | B．1000 | C．1100 | D．2000 |
| A．throw | B．find | C．shout | D．give |
| A．Only the Emperor could order takeouts in ancient times. |
| B．People used special bamboo boxes for takeout dishes in ancient China. |
| C．There’s a takeout worker in Along the River During the Qingming Festival. |
| D．Many people like to order takeouts nowadays because it is very cheap and delicious. |
