The Palace Museum is one of the must-see places in Beijing and has millions of cultural relics (文物) inside its walls. However, the museum can only show a small part of its relics to the public. Experts can’t fix as many cultural relics as they want. And more importantly, the museum can’t provide a proper service if the number of visitors goes over 80,000 every day. Why? Because there is not enough room inside the museum!
For nearly ten years, the Palace Museum has planned on its new building—a second home for the cultural relics, a second office for the experts, and a second museum for people to visit. Thirty kilometers away from the Palace Museum, the new museum will include places for the display, restoration and storage (修复和贮存) of the cultural relics. And there is even a garden. Experts can better work on the protection and restoration of the cultural relics. And more visitors will be able to see the relics and learn more about our culture and history. Although the new museum looks like a traditional Chinese building and has similar colors to the Palace Museum, it is modern and environmentally friendly.
For example, it can save a lot of energy: The walls on the south side can let in a lot of air during the summer and keep it cool; during the winter, the walls on the north side can keep the cold air out and help the building stay warm.
The construction (施工) of the new Palace Museum started in December 2022, and it may be open to the public in 2025. The Palace Museum will be 100 years old then. The new museum will surely be a great birthday gift for it.
1. What can we learn from Paragraph 1?| A．The Palace Museum needs more room these days. |
| B．80,000 people visit the Palace Museum every day. |
| C．Most of the cultural relics of the Palace Museum are on display. |
| A．By making a joke. | B．By showing numbers. | C．By giving an example. |
| A．The new Palace Museum will be ready for the public. |
| B．The Palace Museum will start building its third home. |
| C．The new Palace Museum will be the world’s largest museum. |
| A．A perfect birthday gift | B．A new Palace Museum | C．A must-see place in Beijing |
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【推荐1】If you want to enter the subway, you have to hold your transportation card or smart phone in your hand. It would be a trouble if you are busy with other things, such as taking care of your children or dogs.
Now, a subway line in Shenzhen uses 3D facial recognition (人脸识别) technology to help recognize (辨认) passengers. All they need to do is downloading (下载) the required app, and then they can enter the station just by looking into a screen at the gate for about two seconds (秒). In this way, they can enter the subway more quickly than scanning a QR code (扫描二维码). Now, about 30 to 40 passengers can pass through the entrance (入口) every minute.
Facial recognition has been used in many other areas of our life. At KFC stores across China, customers can order their meals by scanning their faces in front of a self-serving screen. Customers used to carry bank cards or mobile phones to withdraw money, but now they can do that just by scanning their faces at the ATMs of banks. With the help of this technology, the security (安全) check step can be completed in about 12 seconds, according to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport.
1. How many areas of using the facial recognition technology are mentioned in the passage?| A．Two. | B．Three. | C．Four. |
| A．取款. | B．浪费. | C．赠送. |
| A．Every passenger can save two seconds entering the subway station. |
| B．Customers in China can’t scan faces to order meals at KFC now. |
| C．The security check time at Baiyun Airport is longer than that of subway station in Shenzhen. |
| A．Safer. | B．Smaller. | C．Quicker. |
| A．How to withdraw money at the ATMs of banks. |
| B．The wide use of facial recognition technology. |
| C．The development of public transportation. |
【推荐2】Most students in America like popular music. They carry small radios with earphones and listen to music before class, after class and at lunch. Adult drivers listen to music on the car radio as they drive to work. They also listen to the news about sports, the weather and the life of American people. Most of the radio programmes are about music.
Popular music singers make much money. They make CDs or tapes which radio stations use in many places. Once the popular singer is heard all over the country, young people will buy his or her CDs or tapes.
There are other kinds of music that are important to Americans. One is called folk music (民谣) which tells stories about the common life of Americans. Another is called western or country music. It was started by cow-boys who would sing at night to the cows which they were watching. Today, any music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music.
根据语篇内容，判断下列句子正误，正确的在答题卡上将“T”涂黑，错误的在答题卡上将“F”涂黑。1. American students listen to music before class, in class and after class.
2. Most of the radio programmes in the USA are about music.
3. Radio stations make CDs or tapes for popular music singers.
4. Folk music tells stories about the common life of Americans.
5. There are four kinds of music in America according to the passage.
【推荐3】What will the future be like? Will life in the future be better, worse or the same as now? Scientists think that life will probably be very different in 2050.
First of all, people won’t use TV channels (频道) by 2050. Instead, people will choose a program from a “menu” and a computer will send the program to the television.
Water will become a very serious problem. We’ll need much more water, but there won’t be enough. Some scientists are afraid that there may be wars (战争) because of water.
Cars will run on new and clean energy (能源) and they will go very fast. There won’t be any accidents (事故) with the help of computers. On the other hand, space planes will take people around the world in two hours.
Robots will work in factories instead of people. They do not ask for money and they can work for 24 hours a day.
In a word, by 2050, our life will change a lot and our future will be quite different from now.
1. Scientists think that life in the future will be ______.| A．better | B．worse | C．the same | D．different |
| A．TV programs | B．car accidents | C．space planes | D．robots |
| A．there won’t be enough water | B．robots will work instead of people |
| C．people will need more new energy | D．there will be too many space planes |
| A．watching TV in the future | B．moving around in the future |
| C．life in the future | D．robots in the future |
【推荐1】Welcome to Fun Park. Let’s drive around and have a look at the park. Look! Here is the lake. There are some boys swimming and some people are on a boat. You can go to the small island in the lake.
Now you can see our Animal Home. We have horses and you can ride them. And there are three monkeys. You can take photos with them. They have dinner at three o’clock. You can come and watch.
Here we have red and yellow flowers and green trees. Listen to the birds singing and look at the butterflies(蝴蝶). Those black butterflies are very big. There are some chairs here and you can sit under the trees.
Here’s the playground. There are many ball games. You can choose and play. There are also bikes for boys and girls to ride.
Now we come to Food Street. You can eat and drink here. We have healthy food—chicken and vegetable noodles. Do you like shopping? Here’s our shop. Get some presents for your family and friends.
Hope your visit to Fun Park is great!
1. What happens at three o’clock?| A．Horse riding. | B．Monkeys’ dinner. | C．Ball games. | D．Shopping |
| A．shop | B．lake | C．museum | D．zoo |
| A．Presents. | B．Animals. | C．Food. | D．Flowers. |
| A．dogs | B．giraffes | C．birds | D．wolves |
| A．the colourful flowers | B．the monkeys eating |
| C．ball games | D．the boys swimming |
【推荐2】The first castles were built in Europe around the 9th century. These castles were very strong buildings where a king or prince could live safely with his army around him. Such castles let the king or prince watch out for attacks and keep out the people he did not like. The castles also let the king or prince watch the people who lived around the castle.
There were not many castles in Europe around 900 AD, but around 1000 AD things changed. Suddenly, many people were building castles because there was an increase in the fighting in Europe during this time. In 1066, William the Conqueror ordered that many castles must be built in England because he was trying to control the people of England. But William was not alone. Because there were many kings and princes fighting in Europe, many more castles were built. These castles were built to be very strong, so some of them can still be seen today.
The first castles used a simple design. A tower was put on top of a lot of earth. All this earth was put under the tower to make it very tall. Moving all this earth made a huge hole all around the tower. Often, this large hole was filled with water. Stone or wood bridges were used to go across this water to get into the tower. A wall was built around the open area near the tower. The family of the king or prince and some of the people who served him lived within this area so that they would be safe. The first castles were made largely of wood in the beginning, but stone became more popular over time. This was because wood catches fire and burns easily. Stone was a better choice for castles.
1. The first castles were built in Europe so that a king or prince ______.| A．stopped their enemies attacking |
| B．kept out the animals he did not like |
| C．watched the people who lived far away from the castle |
| D．lived a rich and happy life with his family around him |
| A．William the Conqueror let people do it |
| B．there were more fights during that time |
| C．more people wanted to control England |
| D．many kings tried to make them stronger |
| A．Stone. | B．Earth. | C．Wood. | D．Water. |
| A．To introduce the fights in Europe. | B．To introduce the castles in Europe. |
| C．To describe kings’ or princes’ lives. | D．To describe William the Conqueror. |
| A. The Museum of the Western Han Dynasty Mausoleum of the Nanyue King houses the 2,000-year-old tomb of the Nanyue King Zhao Mo in Guangzhou. The museum shows cultures throughout the Lingnan area during the Han Dynasty. B. National Museum of China is one of the largest museums in the world. There are many famous collections in the museum, like Simuwu Ding, the Four-goat Square Zun, etc. The museum also has an important collection — old coins. C. Emperor Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum Site Museum is just a small part of the mausoleum of the Qin Dynasty’s first emperor. Lots of tourists both at home and abroad visit the museum every year. D. Hong Kong Science Museum is suitable for people who are interested in science and physical education. Many teenagers like the museum very much. It is located right next to the Hong Kong History Museum. E. Shanghai Museum, a world-class museum, is big and modern. It is known for its huge collection of porcelain and pottery. It is near People’s Square of Shanghai. F. Hong Kong History Museum is one of the most popular museums in Hong Kong. Many foreigners also visit it every year. The collections of the museum include natural history, archaeology (考古学), ethnography (人种论) and local history. G. The Palace Museum is in the Forbidden City which used to be emperors’ home. It has lots of valuable collections. Among them, Along the River During the Qingming Festival painted by Zhang Zeduan is the most famous. |
