Come and meet the world’s only painting pig! Pigcasso the pig is from South Africa. She gets her name from the great artist Picasso (毕加索). She knows how to use different colors to paint. She paints with the pen in her mouth. She even “signs” her paintings with her snout (猪鼻).
This all started when Joanne saved Pigcasso from a factory farm. She was only 4 months old then. “To make her happy, I gave Pigcasso some balls, pens and other toys to play with. But she basically ate or destroyed everything except these pens. She loved them so much.” Joanne says. So Joanne began to teach her to paint. Soon she did very well in it.
So far Pigcasso has painted 400 paintings. Last year, one of her paintings, “Wild and Free” was sold (卖) 1,000. The money goes to an animal group. Now Joanne wants to have a show of Pigcasso’s work sometime next year. She wants more people to know that factory farms are not nice places for animals to live. She wants animals to have better living places.
1. Pigcasso gets her name from Picasso because ________.| A．she learns from the great artist |
| B．she does very well in painting |
| C．she is as rich as Picasso |
| D．she draws a picture of Picasso |
| A．mouth | B．snout | C．foot | D．leg |
| A．balls | B．pens | C．toys | D．pictures |
| A．Pigcasso could paint well when she was 4 months old |
| B．so far Joanne has sold 400 paintings of Pigcasso |
| C．Joanne will use the money to help more animals |
| D．Pigcasso likes to live and paint in factory farms |
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【推荐1】My favorite animals are swans (天鹅). They are white. They can swim very well. I think they look like beautiful girls in white dresses. They have pair of wings (翅膀).
| A．But they are our good helpers. |
| B．And they can also fly well. |
| C．And it is beautiful. |
| D．Because they are our friends |
| E．I also love dogs. |
| F．Dogs have the best hearing and eyes. |
| G．They are dangerous. |
【推荐2】When pets get sick, you can usually take them to an animal doctor or an animal hospital. Sometimes animals are so sick or hurt that you shouldn’t move them. That’s why Dr. Bird, a veterinarian, has a traveling hospital. Dr. Bird drives his hospital, which is really a van(车厢), to the animals.
Dr. Bird has run(经营) the hospital for over 10 years, and he has saved(已经挽救) the lives of many pets. The van has an operating(手术) table, medicine and everything else he needs to treat animals. Dr. Bird says that there will soon be many traveling hospitals to help sick or injured animals.
根据短文选择最佳答案。
1. The best title is “_______”.
| A．Why People Get Sick | B．A Traveling Hospital | C．Dogs Make Good Pets |
| A．more than 10 years. | B．10 years | C．9 years |
| A．no medicine | B．no lights | C．medicine |
| A．house | B．van | C．park |
| A．animal doctor | B．nurse | C．farmer |
【推荐3】Everybody has a home. We people have homes. Animals have homes, too. People live in many different kinds of houses. Animals have different kinds of houses, too.
Some animals live under the ground. The woodchuck（美洲旱獭）lives in holes（洞）under the ground. His home has two doors. If anybody comes through one door, he goes out of the other door. Some birds live in holes in trees. They come out for food in the daytime and go back to sleep at night. But many birds live just in the trees. It’s quite interesting that turtles（海龟）carry their homes on their backs. Bees（蜜蜂）work hard to make their homes. There are many, many little rooms in their house. Cat, dogs, and chickens live in people’s homes.
We see all kinds of animals in the zoo. It is a big home for lots of animals.
1. People live in ________.| A．holes |
| B．trees |
| C．mountains |
| D．different kinds of houses |
| A．some trees | B．some people |
| C．some animals | D．the homes of animals |
| A．All the animals | B．All the woodchucks |
| C．All the bees | D．All the birds |
| A．One. | B．Two. |
| C．Three. | D．None. |
| A．not the same | B．the same |
| C．in holes | D．in trees |
【推荐1】The Internet is shaping our lives. We already have online shopping services and mobile payment. However, this is just a start. The world's leading tech companies plan to build smarter online communities. They discussed this at the World Internet Conference.
The development of artificial intelligence (AI) was a hot topic at the conference. If a machine can learn and solve problems as humans do, it can be called AI.
The company Alibaba uses AI technology in its unmanned supermarket in Wuzhen. There is no salesperson in the supermarket, just a tablet on a desk that says "please smile". The bigger you smile, the more discounts you get. Payment is done through your Alipay account. When you first enter the supermarket, the supermarket's AI recognizes your face and your account.
There is also AI that can read lips. Sougou brought its lip-reading system to the conference. It recognizes your mouth's movements and turn them into voice or text messages. This could be very useful when you are trying to talk to someone on your phone in a noisy place.
1. Internet shapes our lives in many ways, including the following ways except .| A．shopping | B．payment | C．lip-reading | D．schooling |
| A．technology | B．smarter online communities |
| C．artificial intelligence | D．unmanned supermarket |
| A．salesperson | B．tablet | C．smile | D．Alipay account |
| A．By reading your smile, the lip-reading system can get messages. |
| B．Lip-reading system can turn mouth movement into voice. |
| C．Lip-reading system can be useful everywhere. |
| D．We can use lip-reading system in our daily life now. |
| A．If we do translation work through a machine, it can be called AI. |
| B．Unmanned supermarket can be easily seen in China now. |
| C．Lip-reading system can't be used because of the system itself. |
| D．Alibaba and Sougou are the biggest tech companies in China. |
【推荐2】Air is all around us. It is around us as we walk and play. From the time we were born, air is around us on every side. When we sit down, it is around us. When we go to bed, air is also around us. We live in air. We can live without food or water for a few days, but we cannot live for more than a few minutes without air. We take in air. When we are working or running we need more air. When we are asleep, we need less air. We live in air, but we cannot see it. We can only feel it when it is moving. Moving air is called wind. How can we make air move? Here is one way. Hold an open book in front of your face, close it quickly. What can you feel? What you feel is air.
根据语言材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. The underlined（划线）word “moving” in the article（文章）means “________” in Chinese.
| A．移动的 | B．感人的 | C．动人的 |
| A．a few weeks | B．a few minutes | C．a few days |
| A．Sleeping. | B．Having a rest. | C．Running. |
| A．If we don’t have air, we can’t live for more than a few minutes. |
| B．We can see air and also feel it. |
| C．Moving air is named cloud. |
| A．What is Air | B．How to Make Air Move | C．Sometimes Air is around Us |
【推荐3】If you have only three minutes to get something that you can take from your home, and the other things are lost forever, what will you take? The following information will help you.
B. O. B. | B. O. B. is short for Bug of Bag (求生背包) . It’s a bag with a collection of things that are needed for life in it. |
Reasons to use A B. O. B. | When disasters (灾难) like earthquakes and heavy rainstorms happen, many people will have to run away from their homes and they may not return for a long time. They need to continue to live without food, water or a shelter in some unexpected situations. |
Things in a B. O. B.
| A sleeping bag, or at least a thin quilt. Drinking water. High-calorie foods, such as chocolate and biscuits. Necessary medicines. Something for making a fire, and a small pot to boil water or cook. A few basic tools like a knife and some ropes. A flashlight. Money. A copy of all your important papers. (Be sure to make a B. O. B, as light as possible.) |
Places to keep a B. O. B | You should put a B. O. B at a place where you can get it at once when disasters happen. Your home, your car, or your office can be a good place to put it. |
A B. O. B. is very helpful to the people in need. You’d better prepare more than one B. O. B. if possible. Then think of the difference a B. O. B. will make if those disasters happen. So prepare one now.
1. A B. O. B. has a collection of things ________ in it.| A．for study | B．for sports | C．for life | D．for traffic |
| A．they have to save many people’s lives |
| B．they have no other useful things to take |
| C．they need to continue to live after disasters happen |
| D．they must make a new home with it |
| A．light | B．huge | C．heavy | D．useful |
| A．at home | B．in the car | C．in the office | D．on the road |
| A．Expensive things should be put in a B. O. B. safely. |
| B．It’s better to prepare more than one B. O. B. if possible. |
| C．People should take a B. O.B. with them everywhere. |
| D．A B. O. B. can make your everyday life different. |
