Baseball is very popular in America now, and it has a long history. Its history can date back to (追溯到) 1744, in a children’s book A Little Pretty Pocket-Book in the UK. There was a game called baseball. Later on, people got to know much other early information about baseball game.
In 1749, Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales, played “Baseball” in English. Then some students began to play with balls ruled by Princeton College in 1787. And a baseball club came into being in 1825.
The Boy’s Own Book (1828) told the rules to today’s game of baseball. People should play the baseball on a diamond-shaped infield (菱形的内场). When a player hit (击) the ball through or over the infield, he could run. If the ball hit somewhere else, which was against the rule, he could not run. Three missed batting (击球) meant the player lost the game.
In The Book of Sports (1834) by Robin Carver, he brought the baseball to the Americans for the first time. And now, the baseball is very popular all over the world. Many people like playing it for fun. It’s also a way to keep healthy.
1. How long is the history of baseball?| A．More than 300 years. | B．Less than 200 years. |
| C．About 300 years. | D．Almost 200 years. |
| A．In 1744. | B．In 1749. | C．In 1825. | D．In 1828. |
| A．When the ball was flying in the sky. |
| B．When he missed the batting for three times. |
| C．When he hit the ball outside the infield. |
| D．When he hit the ball through or over the infield. |
| A．① | B．② | C．③ | D．④ |
| A．How to Play Baseball | B．Baseball in America |
| C．Some Books About Baseball | D．The History and Rules of Baseball |
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【推荐1】Animation (卡通片绘制) means making things which are lifeless come alive and move.
In the world of cartoon animation, nothing is impossible. You can make the characters you create do anything that you want them to.
A famous early cartoon character was Felix the Cat, created by Pat Sullivan in America in the early 1920s. Felix was an extraordinary (非凡的) cat. He could do all sorts of things no natural cat could do like taking off his tail (尾巴), using it as a handle (把手) and then putting it back.
Most of the great early animators lived and worked in America, the home of the moving picture industry (工业). The famous Walt Disney cartoon characters came to life after 1928. Popeye the Sailorman and his girl friend Olive Oyl were born at the Max Fleischer studios in 1933.
But to be an animator, you don’t have to be a professional (专业的). It is possible for anyone to make a simple animated film without using a camera at all. All you have to do is draw directly on to blank film and then run the film through a projector.
1. What’s the main topic of the passage?| A．American history. | B．Cartoon making. |
| C．Movements. | D．Cartoon characters. |
| A．taking it off | B．putting it back |
| C．eating it up | D．using it as a handle |
| A．In the 19th century. | B．In 1928. | C．In 1933. | D．In the early 1920s. |
| A．only professionals can create cartoon characters |
| B．Walt Disney cartoon characters were born earlier than Pat Sullivan’s |
| C．animation means making things lifeless |
| D．the cartoon industry started in the United States |
| A．It’s interesting but hard to do. |
| B．We need professionals to instruct us. |
| C．It takes a lot of time to draw on to blank films. |
| D．It isn’t a difficult job for everyone to do. |
【推荐2】There is a popular belief that goldfish only have a three-second memory. But a 15-year-old schoolboy from Adelaide has just finished an experiment（实验）to tell us that it is not true. He shows everybody that the goldfish is smarter than we think.
“I don’t believe that they had a three-second memory because animals need their memory, so they build up over time a knowledge of where the food is,” said Roy Stokes, a student at the Australian Science and Mathematics School.
He did the experiment in small tank（鱼缸）of goldfish. “I decided to get a bit of red Logo and just feed them next to that. Every day I’d put it in and spread food around it.” He said.
“At first they were a bit scared of it, but by the end of the three weeks, they were actually almost coming before I put the food in.”
After leaving the fish alone for a week, Rory placed the red Logo block in the tank again.
“They remembered perfectly well,” he said.
“They actually had a time faster than the average of the three feeds before I left.”
The goldfish showed that not only could they store information, they also had the ability to get it back as a later date.
Culum Brown, a research fellow at Sydney’s Macquarie University, has studied fish behavior for more than ten years.
He says his studies of Australian native fish show fish were intelligent creatures that know how to avoid enemies and catch food like any other animal.
“The thing that I really liked about Rory’s experiment is he not only got that classical conditioning going but the fact that he could get them next just to that specific coloured market. I thought it was really good.” He said.
1. Rory began his research by ______.| A．discussing with his classmates | B．making friends with goldfish |
| C．asking his teacher for advice | D．questioning a popular belief |
| A．connect food with the color | B．make the tank nicer to look at |
| C．feed the fish at the same place | D．give the fish something to play with |
| a. find a tank of goldfish b. feed the fish next to the Logo c. leave the goldfish alone for a week | d. take out the Logo e. put a red Logo into the tank f. put the Logo back into the tank |
| A．adbecf | B．aebdcf | C．dabefc | D．adebcf |
| A．Rory’s research was highly praised by experienced experts. |
| B．Rory’s experiment failed to meet the scientific standard. |
| C．Many scientists had already done the experiment before. |
| D．Fish are the cleverest animal in Australia. |
| A．Fish can become smarter with the help of red color. |
| B．What everybody believes is not necessarily true. |
| C．Scientists should learn from middle school students. |
| D．Young people are generally smarter than aged ones. |
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Fire has played an important role in human life since the dawn (黎明) of history. It allows us to produce light and heat, to cook food, etc. The discovery of fire, or, more precisely(准确地), the use of fire, was one of mankind’s first great innovations (新发明，改革).
Long long ago, people make fires from lightning (闪电). But they had to keep the fire burning, for they couldn’t start it again if there was no lightning. Later, they found out hitting two pieces of stones together could make a spark (火花). The spark could fire dry leaves. In this way they could make the fire again if it went out. Then people also learned to make a fire by rubbing (摩擦). They made a hole on a piece of wood and put a smaller stick into the hole. They turned the stick again and again. After a few minutes they got a fire.
As years went by, people learned other ways to make a fire. Sometimes they used the heat from the sun. They held a piece of glass in the right way and made a piece of paper on fire.
About two centuries ago, people began to make matches (火柴). Matches brought people a quick and easy way to make fires. Today matches are still being used, but people have more new ways to make fires. One of them is to use an electric fire starter. Of course an electric fire starter is much expensive than a box of matches. But it is very useful.
1. What can we learn about the spark from the passage? ________| A．It can fire any leaves. |
| B．It can burn anything. |
| C．It can burn dry leaves. |
| D．It can keep fire burning. |
| A．Make a hole on a piece of wood. |
| B．Put a smaller stick into the hole. |
| C．Turn the stick for a while. |
| D．All of the above. |
a.with a match
b.from the sun
c.from lightning
d.by rubbing
e.with an electric fire starter
| A．a-b-c-d-c |
| B．b-c-a-e-d |
| C．c-d-b-a-e |
| D．d-a-c-b-e |
【推荐1】The year is 2045. A group of robots compete in the World Cup. Robots? Is that possible? Many scientists believe it can happen. After all (毕竟), there are already robots that can play soccer. Of course, today’s robots don’t just play sports.
Early robots could do just simple things, mainly in factories. Humans operated them. However, today’s robots can operate on their own (not completely, of course). Some can only
move around a little, like the robots which can sweep the floor, but others such as Honda ASIMO can do much more. He can run, climb, dance, and yes, even play soccer. Then there are robots made to be like humans. These robots have faces and can show feelings. Such robots can learn new things, and show us how they feel. Actroid -DER is one of them.
Scientists are also making robots that look and act like animals. At NASA, scientists are making robot snakes. These snake-bots can get into holes. They might one day help scientists look for signs of life on Mars. Other animal robots include the frog-bot, which can jump over objects, and the sticky -bot, which can walk up walls. There’s even a robot called Water Runner that can walk on water.
But can a robot soccer team ever play as well as a human team? Many scientists think so. Anything is possible. One day, they may even be world champions.
1. Do many scientists think that robots can play in the World Cup in the future?| A．Yes, they do. | B．No, they don’t. | C．We don’t know. |
| A．经营 | B．控制 | C．动手术 |
| A．being real animals | B．playing soccer | C．showing their feelings |
| A．It can walk on water. | B．It can walk up walls. | C．It can jump over objects. |
| A．Robots in 2045 | B．The robots are coming | C．The history of robots |
【推荐2】A box of strawberries are bad in front of you. Without doubt, you throw it away. But it’s more than just strawberries that you are wasting.
The life of a strawberry starts from a seed. A farmer plants it and waters it. Later, people pick it and pack it in a box. A truck takes it far to a supermarket. Water, labor, fuel and money must all be spent in order for a strawberry to come to you. If you waste it, you waste all of these things.
It’s hard for people to realize how much work goes into the food we eat every day. That makes food waste a big problem around the world. Every year, 1.3 billion tons of food is wasted around the world. That’s one third of the total amount of food we have. In China alone, people waste 35 million tons of food each year, according to CCTV.
As we throw food away, there are still 820 million people starving around the world. Many children go to sleep but still feel hungry, and 3.1 million of them die of hunger each year. The COVID-19 has made the situation even worse. With many countries no longer transporting food to other countries during this time, over 10,000 children are dying of hunger each month.
“Wasting food means wasting natural resources and missing the opportunity to feed a growing population in the future,” said UN Food and Agriculture Organization Director General Qu Dongyu. It’s time to take action now.
1. What are needed to make a strawberry come to you?| A．Water and sand. | B．Labor and salt. | C．Fuel and sugar. | D．Water and money. |
| A．1.3 billion. | B．3.1 million. | C．35 million. | D．820 million. |
| A．挨饿 | B．奋斗 | C．失眠 | D．挣扎 |
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A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．Ways of growing strawberries. |
| B．The food wasting problem in the world. |
| C．How to make delicious food for family. |
| D．Different kinds of food in the world. |
【推荐3】Polar bears live in environments too hard for most animals. For much of the year, they live and hunt on the frozen sea ice. Nature has prepared then for the hard conditions. But nothing has prepared the bears for the danger that threatens（威胁）the only home they know.
The polar bears’ world is melting（融化）. Studies show that the polar ice has dropped by 9.8 percent every 10 years since 1978. Scientists think global warming（全球变暖）is the main cause of the loss of polar ice. They say that weather change is harming polar bear populations.
Recently, the scientists said that they were taking steps to list the polar bear as a threatened species（物种）on the Red List of Threatened Species. The World Conservation Union warns that polar bear populations could fall by 30 percent over the next 45 years.
It’s believed that 20,000 to 25,000 polar bears live in the Arctic. They are spread across five countries. For example, about 4,700 of the bears live in the United States within Alaskan waters. Polar bears depend on the sea ice for their survival. Seals, their main food, live on the ice too. Some polar ice melts and refreezes during the year. Usually bears have three months in the spring to store fat and the extra fat is used later, when they are not actively hunting. But in a warmer world, these cycles speed up, and bears have less time to hunt.
Scientists have one year to make a final decision. If the situation becomes worse and the number of polar bears keeps falling, they will work with businesses and international officials to set strict rules to protect and help the bears.
The polar bear’s situation may seem distant to some. But many think that it is up to this age to stop global warming and its terrible results.
1. What mainly causes the dropping number of polar bears?| A．People’s awareness of protecting bears. |
| B．The hunting without strict and useful rules. |
| C．The fast warming process and the loss of ice. |
| D．The slower speed of melting and re freezing cycle. |
| A．Countries. | B．Scientists. | C．Polar bears. | D．Strict rules. |
| A．It’s hard for their babies to survive in such cold weather. |
| B．They can get the fat they mainly need in at most 3 months. |
| C．Most of them are living on the earth within Alaskan waters. |
| D．They have been listed on the Red List of Threatened Species. |
| A．Feeling the Heat | B．Taking the Steps | C．The Hunting Problem | D．The Hard Decision |
