【推荐1】Soon computers and other machines will be able to remember you by looking at your eyes. The program works because everyone’s eyes are different. So in the future you won’t have to remember a number when you want to use a machine or take money out of a bank. ________

The eye-recognition (眼睛识别) program has already been tested (测试) in shops and banks in the US, Britain, Italy and Turkey. Soon this technology will take the place of (代替) all other ways of finding out who people are.

However, scientists are also working on other systems. Machines will soon be able to know you from the shape of your face or hand, or even your smell. We already have machines that can tell who you are from your voice or the mark made by your finger.

Eye-recognition is better than the other kinds because your eyes don’t change when you get older, and they don’t get dirty easily like hands or fingers (手指) , and even twins have different eyes.

1. How does the eye-recognition program work?

A．You look at the machine and type a number.	B．You need to speak and then look.
C．The machine looks at your face.	D．You just look at the machine.

2. The eye-recognition program has already been tested in ________.

A．shops and banks	B．shops and schools
C．banks and schools	D．schools and hospitals

3. Which of the following sentence can be put in ________ in Paragraph 1?

A．You just need to provide your sign of your fingers and it will tell who you are.

B．You can make a face to the machine.

C．You just need to look at the machine and it will be able to tell who you are.

D．You just need to speak to the machine and it will be able to tell who you are.

4. Which of the following isn’t the advantage of the eye-recognition program?

A．Your eyes don’t change when you get older.

B．Eyes don’t get dirty easily like hands or fingers

C．Everyone’s eyes are different, and even twins have different eyes.

D．We can’t see anything without eyes.

5. Which of the following is the right structure of the passage?

A．

B．

C．

D．

【推荐2】When you watch your favorite movies, you might not think about science. Of course, there’s a lot of science behind movies like Interstellar or The Martian but not movies like Frozen or The Avengers, right? Think again.

Animated(动画) movies use a lot of science and math to make things look as real as possible. For example, snow was used in many parts of the movie Frozen, but making the snow look real was a challenge. The snow needed to act differently in different situations, like if it was melting(融化) or blowing in the wind.

Mathematicians(数学家)had to create a computer program to make the snow look more natural. Joseph Teran, a mathematician at the University of California, US, faced this challenge with Frozen, according to the Society for Science and the Public.

He and his team used math equations(等式) to treat snow like many different pieces instead of one large thing, as movies had done in the past. They worked for months to make a computer program do this.

Science is important for superhero movies too. Superheroes are supposed to have special powers that can’t always be explained. But moviemakers still want to make their actions realistic(现实的).

For example, Raychelle Burks, a chemistry professor from the American Chemical Society, told the Daily Mail that some of the science behind The Avengers could be real. Iron Man’s suit is possible because it can be made of a light but strong material. In the movie , Tony Stark also makes new elements by making atoms collide(使原子对撞), much like scientists do in real life.

So next time you see a movie, don’t forget to think about the science behind it.

1. A lot of science and math are used in animated movies to _______.

A．make them like Interstellar and The Martian

B．make the audience think about science

C．make things as realistic as possible

D．make snow smelt or blow in the wind

2. The example of The Avengers in Paragraph 6 is used to show _______.

A．how superheroes have super powers

B．how science makes action realistic

C．Iron Man’s suit is made of light materials

D．how Tony Stark makes new elements

3. What can we learn from the passage?

A．Every movie should be made to look as realistic as possible.

B．Science and math play important roles in movie making.

C．Animated movies use less science than other movies.

D．Scientists can make things in movies become real.

【推荐3】The Palace Museum also known as the Forbidden City, is shaping a new image for itself. With technology, it brings 600 years of history and culture closer to visitors.

The museum opened websites in Chinese and English. Visitors could check the latest information and book tickets on them before their trip. Interestingly, to attract more young visitors, there is also a website for children. It shows information and notices in short sentences with colorful cartoons.

Technology is making the visiting experience impressive(令人印象深刻的). The Palace Museum opened a digital gallery(数字馆) at Duanmen Gate. With VR, visitors may walk directly into the emperor’s living room and bedroom, make food that emperors had, wear their clothes and see their collections. Visitors can even talk to an AI senior minister(大臣)! Although buildings are of the same style in this big museum, visitors won’t get lost. A real time map with audio guide(语音导览器) on WeChat leads visitors to all the halls they plan to visit. It tells the buildings’ stories along the way.

Visitors can enjoy the museum home by visiting its online shops. Things like watches, books, paintings and scarves are quite popular among young people. Another way to enjoy the museum back home is following it on Weibo. Six million fans there have seen wonderful distant views of the museum. Don’t miss them!

1. Visitors could check the latest information and book tickets ________ before their trip.

A．in a magazine

B．on the websites

C．by telephone

D．by e-mail

2. With VR, visitors may not ________.

A．see a real time map with audio guide

B．make food that emperors had

C．wear emperors’ clothes and see their collections

D．walk directly into the emperor’s living room and bedroom

3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Visitors can even design an AI senior minister by themselves.

B．Visitors won’t get lost because of a real time map with audio guide on WeChat.

C．Things like watches, books, paintings and scarves are quite popular among old people.

D．Six thousand fans there have seen wonderful distant views of the museum.

4. What’s the best title(标题) of the passage?

A．A Successful Technology	B．With the Help of Technology
C．History and Traditional Culture	D．A New Image of the Palace Museum

【推荐1】Many people say that they are working too many hours. They don’t have enough time to relax or to stay with their family.

Work hours are different from one country to another. In France, people spend about 1,646 hours a year at work. In Japan, however, people work about 2,159 hours a year.

Why do people work so many hours? Some people work extra hours because they want to make more money. However, many companies（公司）don’t pay overtime. Their workers don’t get more pay for more work. Some people think it’s their duty（责任）to work more hours. Some are afraid of（害怕）losing their jobs if they don’t work more hours.

Many people say that their vacations are too short. In France, people get five weeks of paid vacation a year. In Germany（德国）, they get four to six weeks, and in the United States, two weeks. One study shows fewer than half of workers used all their vacation days. In Great Britain（英国）, there is a saying, “All work and no play makes Jack a dull（迟钝的）boy. “If that is true, there must be a lot of dull people in the world.

1. A Japanese worker works ________ more hours a year than French one.

A．513

B．1,646

C．2,159

D．3,805

2. The word “extra” in Paragraph 3 means ________.

A．正常的

B．额外的

C．有用的

D．少量的

3. People in ________ get only two weeks of paid vacation a year.

A．France

B．Germany

C．the United States

D．Great Britain

4. What can we infer（推断）from the passage?

A．Many workers have to work long hours.

B．Many people have vacations long enough.

C．Work hours are the same around the world.

D．There are a lot of dull people in the world.

【推荐2】In Ben Elton’s book Gridlock, aliens(外星人) come to our world to learn about people. They look at the places where we live and work, and how we travel. But they don’t understand cars. They see that every morning millions of people get into big boxes. These boxes take people many kilometers to their workplaces. But often, the big boxes can’t move because there are so many of them. Then, in the evening, the people get into their boxes and slowly drive home again.

The aliens think this really strange. Why don’t people travel in the faster boxes they call trains or buses? Or live near their workplaces? Do they like to sit in boxes for hours? Or aren’t they very smart?

The aliens are right. Why don’t we live near our workplace? It’s often because houses are too expensive in the city. People who lived in the city before have to live outside it now. But many jobs are in the city center. Cheaper houses in cities are a possible answer to traffic problems.

1. What do aliens come to the earth for?

A．To help with traffic problems.	B．To learn about human’s life.
C．To take over the earth.	D．To fight with humans.

2. What do the underlined words “big boxes” in the first paragraph refer to ?

A．Trains.

B．Workplaces.

C．Houses.

D．Cars.

3. Why did some people move out from the city center?

A．Houses are cheaper outside the city.	B．Houses are beautiful outside the city.
C．To live near their workplaces.	D．To live in a quiet place.

4. What’s the main idea of this passage?

A．The aliens in the future.	B．The ways to go to work.
C．The reasons of traffic problems.	D．The workplaces in the city.

【推荐3】Read and tick or cross.读短文，判断正误。

Pandas are lovely animals. Most of them live in the deep forest of Sichuan Province in China. They have white fur, though their shoulders, legs, ears and eyes are black. Pandas are usually very heavy, some of them can be about 1.5 meters tall and weigh about 100 kilogram.

Pandas have big, sharp teeth and live mainly on bamboo leaves. Every day each grown-up panda eats about 15-30 kilograms of bamboo leaves and they usually spend 10-12 hours eating. Panda also have spare-time bobbies. Two of their hobbies are climbing trees and sleeping.

Sadly, there are not many pandas left in the world because some people keep cutting down trees, and bad hunters are trying to kill them for money. The Chinese government is doing its best to protect pandas from being harmed or killed.

1. Most pandas live in the zoo.
2. Pandas have black shoulder, black legs, black ears and black eyes.
3. Pandas’ teeth are sharp but not very big.
4. Pandas like bamboo leaves, climbing trees and sleeping.
5. There are many pandas left because the Chinese government is doing its best to protect pandas.

【推荐1】If you look at the top of your phone, you’ll usually see a little symbol that says 3G or 4G. The “G” stands for the “generation” of your mobile network. But these symbols will become things of the past after 5G fully arrives.

On March 30th, 2019, Shanghai vice-mayor Wu Qing made the first 5G video call on a Huawei Mate X smartphone, CGTN reported. Shanghai has also become the first city in China to start testing 5G networks.

Now, 4G takes about 100 to 200 milliseconds to send and receive data. But 5G will get it down to 1 millisecond or less. This big change will not only make our mobile Internet faster. It can be used in many other ways as well.

For example, 5G will help to make self-driving cars safer. Today’s self-driving test cars have one problem—lag. When the car “sees” an obstacle (障碍物), it sends this information to a data center and receives instructions. However, it takes time to send and receive this information. With this kind of lag, the cars might crash because they don’t receive instructions in time. With 5G, this lag will be greatly lowered, making the cars safer, according to CNN.

5G could also be used to power the Internet of Things (IOT). This refers to a large online network that connects all things and people. Fast Internet speeds will be the key to developing this technology. For example, with IOT under 5G, your fridge could automatically (自动地) place an order online for eggs when it finds that there are no eggs left inside.

All in all, 5G will shape every type of technology that it touches. And you won’t have to wait too long for that to happen.

1. The writer uses self-driving cars as an example to ________.

A．explain how self-driving cars work	B．show us the advantages of self-driving cars
C．warn about the possible dangers of self-driving cars	D．explain how 5G’s fast speed can be helpful

2. The underlined word “lag” probably means “________” in Chinese.

A．延迟

B．迷路

C．暂停

D．耗电

3. The fridge is mentioned to ________.

A．describe the importance of IOT	B．encourage people to try the new product
C．introduce how to use the Internet of Things	D．show 5G would make IOT more powerful

4. Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?

A．Can 5G go any further?	B．5G has changed our life
C．5G is on the way	D．China is leading the world in 5G

【推荐2】Technology is developing fast and it has become an important part of our life. Then what will the world be like in the future?

3-D food will be both delicious and nutritious (有营养的). We can use 3-D printers to print some basic materials. And we can go further. Scientists believe that we just need to turn on a printer in the kitchen and then we can enjoy our favorite food whenever we like.

5G network will allow many more people to get information. Big companies like China Mobile and China Unicom will start to offer 5G. It is said that 5G promises download speed 10 to 20 times faster than 4G. For example, we can download a film within just 1 second. But with 4G network, it takes a few minutes. There will be much bandwidth (带宽) and we can get unlimited information.

Underwater cities will provide more space. The earth is becoming more and more crowded. We may turn to underwater homes, which will be built as low as 15 kilometers below the sea. And the different temperatures at the different depths of the sea can be used to provide power for the homes.

Space tour will be a piece of cake. For us common people on the earth, the dream of travelling around space will come true. In the coming years, spacecraft will be as popular as buses, trains and planes. We can leave our home and enter space to take an adventure. And even we will get used to living there.

1. According to the scientists, we can enjoy our favorite food when we ________ in the future.

A．buy some outside

B．turn on a 3-D printer

C．do it by ourselves

2. The download speed of 5G network is faster than that of 4G ________.

A．10 to 20 times

B．5 to 10 times

C．more than 20 times

3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．3-D food will be easy to make but won’t taste good.

B．With 5G, users will get only a little information.

C．Underwater cities will provide more living space.

4. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．What will the world be like in the future?

B．Space tour will be a piece of cake.

C．Underwater cities will provide more space.

【推荐3】China is running ahead in 5G . In March, 2019, the Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station became world's first "5G railway station". Now, it takes only 20 seconds to download a long movie there.

We are moving closer and closer to the 5G world. However, the new technology is still strange to most of us. What is 5G, after all? At first, 5G is fast. 5G will be much faster than today's 4G networks!

The first 5G modem（猫，调制解调器）of the IT company Qualcomm supports speeds of up to 5 Gigabytes（千兆字节）per second. Most of us have never experienced anything close to that speed. And we are only talking about the first generation（一代）of 5G modems, Future models are likely to be even faster.

But 5G is not all about speed. Have you ever been to a large event where your data (数据)connection slowed down? That is because 4G networks can only support a certain number of devices(设置) per square meter. 5G networks will be able to do much better. They can support up to a million devices(设置) per square kilometer.

Now, you begin to understand why 5G is a huge change over 4G. The technology is not Just for the smartphones. It has a strong influence(影响) on every connected device. With 5G, self-driving cars will be able to communicate with the world around them as quickly as possible. Wearables, Pcs and smart home devices will be able to improve as well.

Are you looking forward to that 5G world now?

1. Each of the following is mentioned about 5G EXCEPT

A．the first place where 5G is used in the world

B．the speed of using 5G to download

C．the country that runs ahead in 5G

D．the way of 5G spreading

2. Paragraph 4 shows the advantages of 5G by_________

A．using different advice

B．comparing 5G with 4G

C．some data of 5G networks

D．the condition of different areas

3. How many fields of using 5G does the passage tell us?

A．Three.

B．Four

C．Five

D．Six.

4. From the passage, which of the following is WRONG?

A．5G technology is closer and closer to us.

B．5G self-driving cars will be cheaper than any other cars.

C．IT company Qualcomm produced the first generation of 5G modems,

D．5G networks can support up to a million devices every square kilometer.

5. What's the best title for the passage?

A．What's 5G?	B．How is 5G used?
C．Is 5G good or bad?	D．How's the future life?