1 . What will life be like in the future? How will things change? Here are some ideas. Which ones will come true?
In the future, a change (变换) of weather won’t mean a change of clothes. We’ll wear a new kind of clothes. They’ll be warm when we’re cold, and cool when we’re hot.
There will be no more light rain or cold wind in spring. The weather will be quite warm or even hot all year round, without heavy rain or wind. The sea level (海平面) will be much higher.
We won’t travel by bus or by bike any more. Every family will have a small plane. No more expensive cars-it’ll be cheap to travel everywhere by plane, not only over land, but also over the sea or even into space. Maybe there will be traffic jams (交通拥堵) in the air.
Do you like long holidays? Well, you’re going to like the future because machines and robots will do all the heavy and difficult jobs, and we’ll only do light and easy work. Working hours will be short so people will have long holidays.
1. According to this passage, we will wear ________ clothes in different weather in the future.| A．cold | B．warm | C．different | D．the same |
| A．hotter | B．wetter | C．drier | D．colder |
| A．Everywhere. | B．On the sea. | C．In the air. | D．Over land. |
| A．Because they will have no jobs. | B．Because robots will do all the easy jobs. |
| C．Because their jobs will be too tiring. | D．Because they won’t need to work for a long time. |
| A．Work in the Future | B．Robots and Traffic |
| C．Clothes Change in the Future | D．Life in the Future |
2 . What are you going to do if you are in a burning house? How will you escape (逃走)? Do you know how to save yourself? Please read the following passage.
Escaping a fire is a serious matter. Knowing what to do during a fire can save your life. It is important to know the ways you can use and show them to everyone in the family, such as stairways and fire escapes, but not lifts.
From the lower floors of the buildings, escaping through windows is possible. You have to learn the best way of leaving by windows with the least chance of serious hurt.
The second floor window is usually not very high from the ground. It is about the height of an average man. Of course, it is safer to jump a short way than to stay in a burning building.
Windows are also useful when you are waiting for help. Be sure to keep the door closed, or smoke and fire may be drawn into the room. Keep the window open and keep your head low at the window to be sure you get fresh air rather than smoke that may leak (渗) into the room.
On a second or third floor, the best windows for escape are those that open onto a roof. From the roof a person can drop to the ground more safely. Dropping onto cement (水泥) might end in injury. Bushes (灌木丛) and grass can help to break a fall.
1. It is important to ________ during a fire.| A．put out the fire in the burning house |
| B．keep the door closed |
| C．know the ways to escape the fire |
| A．if you have a long rope (绳子) |
| B．if you live on a lower floor |
| C．if there are some bushes on the ground |
| A．using a lift to come down at once |
| B．going down through stairways |
| C．escaping from the windows that open onto a roof |
| A．you can get fresh air | B．you can call for help | C．you can easily jump off |
| A．Waiting for Help |
| B．Saving Yourself in the Burning House |
| C．Escaping from the Windows |
Because of COVID-19 this term, our school learning becomes not normal. We had to have classes online and learning online will be common for us in the future. Unless you listen to the teacher carefully, you can’t learn online well. The educational expert gives following good steps to learn online better.
First of all, you should make your own learning plan with a study calendar. Then, you’d better make a good preparation before each class—your textbook and notebook, a quiet room and a clean desk are also important. Third, please watch the screen in class all the time, be active to think what teacher says and how to answer teacher’s questions, write down the key points in your notebook. Finally, if you want a good result of learning online, make sure to go over what you learned online.
I’m sure these ways can help you learn well online.
1 题完成句子；2、3 题简略回答问题；4 题找出并写下全文的主题句；5 题将文中画线句译成汉语。
1. After making learning plan, you’d better
2. From the passage, how many steps are mentioned (提到) about learning online?
3. What should you do if you want a good result of learning online?
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Do you use emojis on your smartphone? Emoji is a kind of pictograph (象形文). Shigetaka Kurita created it in Japan and it was popular on the Internet and among mobile phone users. The purpose of creating Emoji was to make people’s expressions (表达) more interesting. It has developed to be more like a new language and has its own special nature. It can be seen everywhere in our daily online talks. By using it we can understand the feelings behind the words, and even an emoji can show our feelings.
One of the nice things about emojis is that people from all over the world can understand them. But I have recently learned that some emojis have different meanings in China.
Take the basic smiley face emoji as an example. At first, I thought it was just a normal, friendly smile. But later, I found out that it can mean something different. It can mean that someone is looking down on you or even laughing at you. I read online that although the emoji is smiling, its eyes are looking down, which makes it look like an unreal smile. What about the smiling face with a waving hand? It certainly looks friendly enough. But actually, Chinese people use this emoji to show that they don’t want to talk to someone—the hand is waving “goodbye”.
In fact, some emojis also have double meanings in Western countries. One of my favorite emojis is the “cry-laugh” emoji. At first, it meant “rolling (打滚) on the floor laughing”. But over the years, the meaning has changed. It is often used to describe situations that are so sad that you can’t help but laugh to make yourself happy.
It looks like the language of emojis changes over time, just like the real language. We should think twice how we use it when speaking to others.
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When you receive an invitation from other people, please see carefully if it has an RSVP when opening it. Some people may ask, “What is an RSVP?” In fact, “RSVP” is a short name of French words “répondez s’il vous plaît” which means “please reply”.
RSVP is a necessary action from the senders to ask the guests to reply to say if they will come to the event. Just as Judith Martin says, “when you receive an invitation with an RSVP on it, you need to give your answer to the host as early as possible.” It’s best to do it within 24 hours.
Many people don’t RSVP because they don’t want to make the hosts feel upset. However, this usually has more problems than a simple no. For example, if the host is unclear about the number of the guests, they won’t know how much food to order and how many seats to prepare.
RSVP often has a deadline (截止日期). A reasonable RSVP deadline for guests is about two to four weeks before the event. If you want to go to the event but cannot decide if you can before the deadline, it’s best to refuse. You can get in touch with the host with your sorry feelings and tell them what is keeping you from deciding if you will come. It is bad to cancel (取消) an RSVP. But if your family have some special things like illnesses or death, you can do it.
Commonly, invitation with an RSVP will have guides on how to reply. A formal (正式) invitation will have a reply card in its prepared envelope. Informal invitations, on the other hand, may have a telephone number, email address, or other ways to reply, with guides. Usually, you need to send an email RSVP if it is an email invitation. The most important thing to remember is that if you say you will go to the event, you should be there.
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On a hot summer day, you find the pond has almost dried up. Where did the water go? It goes into the air! Each drop of water is made of droplets. When the sun warms them, they go up and become part of the air. However, do you know how rain is formed (形成)?
High in the sky, the air is cooler. As the water in the air cools, it changes back into droplets. They get together to make clouds.
In the clouds, many many droplets get together and grow bigger. When they are heavy enough, they fall from the sky as raindrops, or if it’s very cold-snowflakes! The water we have on the earth is always moving and changing!
We’ve seen how the sun heats the water so it goes up, cools, and becomes a cloud. In the cloud, droplets join together to become raindrops, and fall back to the earth. Some rainwater goes u again soon, while some joins rivers, lakes, or the ocean. This is called the water cycle.
Rain falls almost everywhere on the earth. One of the world’s rainiest places is Mount Waialeale in Hawaii. It rains about 350 days a year there. One of the driest places on the earth is the Atacama Desert in Chile. It has not rained in some parts of this desert in hundreds of years.
1. Where does the water in the pond go in hot summer?| A．It goes into the rivers. | B．It goes into the lakes. | C．It goes into the air. |
| A．They’ll fall from the sky as raindrops. |
| B．They’ll get together and stay in the air. |
| C．They’ll go up and become part of the air. |
| A．How are rivers and lakes formed? |
| B．How often does it rain in Mount Waialeale? |
| C．Why does the air high in the sky become cooler? |
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| A．Education. | B．Science. | C．Travel. |
7 . Doraemon, one of the most famous cartoons, is always popular in post-80s hearts. Almost everyone wishes to have his own Doraemon. Here are the main characters.
| Doraemon is a cat-like robot from the future 22nd century. His favorite food is dorayaki (铜锣烧). He’s afraid of mice because a mouse ate his ears. |
| Nobi Nobita is the main character in the story. He’s the least smart and laziest student in his class. But he’s really kind and warm-hearted. He can always get what he wants with the help of Doraemon. |
| Honekawa Suneo is smart and was born in a rich family. His schoolwork is not bad. He thinks himself handsome. Though he can always get what he wants, he isn’t able to get Doraemon. |
| Minarmolo Shizuka is the only girl in the main characters. She’s beautiful and lovely. Also she’s kind and friendly to all people. All the boys like her. |
| This boy is Goda Takeshi. Others call him CGian. He is heavy and scary. Almost all the other children are afraid of him. He and Suneo are always playing jokes on Nobita. |
1. What can we know about Doraemon from the passage?
| A．He has two ears. |
| B．He likes to catch mice. |
| C．He is a robot from the future. |
| A．He is careful and excellent. |
| B．He is not smart but he is kind. |
| C．He is kind and hard-working. |
| A．Because he is friendly to all people. |
| B．Because he was born in a rich family. |
| C．Because he can get Doraemon’s help. |
| A．Goda Takeshi. |
| B．Minamoto Shizuka. |
| C．Honckawa Suneo. |
| A．To ask people to watch Doraemon. |
| B．To show everyone’s own Doraemon. |
| C．To introduce some characters of Doraemon. |
Cars have become more and more important now. We are happy that they have greatly improved (提高) our life. But unluckily, cars have also brought many problems, such as traffic accidents.
Traffic safety is everybody’s business, so we need to follow the rules. For example, we must walk on the sidewalk. When we cross the road, stop and look right and left, then go across fast. Don’t play football on the road. And we can tell our parents not to drink before they drive, not to run through red lights, and not to talk and laugh while driving.
On one hand, when pedestrians (行人) want to be on time, they often fail to look at the cars crossing on the road. This will easily bring traffic accidents. On the other hand, the drivers also want to be on time and then ignore (忽视) the traffic rules, which is also easy to have traffic accidents. This example shows that the traffic accidents often happen because of carelessness.
Whether we are driving a car or walking on the road, we should be careful. Life is more important than Mount Tai. We know cars are important in our life, but when everybody is careful on the road, we will be really safe.
1题完成句子；2，3 题简略回答问题；4题找出并写下第二段的主题句；5题将文中划线句子译成汉语。
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9 . Spring Festival is coming soon, which means gift-giving season is also coming. Are you thinking about buying gifts for the ones you love? According to Chinese culture (文化), there are some taboos on gift giving that you should remember in mind.
Chinese people usually don’t give a clock to each other. A clock sounds as zhong in Chinese. It means “the end”. So giving someone a clock means “your time is up”. It is unlucky, especially for old people.
If clocks aren’t OK, maybe buying some fruit is a good idea. But remember not to buy pears. A pear sounds as li in Chinese. That means separation (分离). The umbrella also sounds the same as the word for separation in Chinese. Therefore, both pears and umbrellas are not good gifts.
It’s hard to choose gifts. So what is a right gift? A “red envelope” with money in it is the most popular gift in China. People give their friends red envelopes as a way to express their greetings. During the Spring Festival, the elder people will give children red envelopes to show their love.
Chinese people like to put some money inside red envelopes, the number of the money should be lucky. For example, “520” means “I love you”, “1,314” means “forever love”, “666” means “hoping that everything goes well for you” and “888” means “wishing you to be rich”.
1. ________ may have the meaning of “separation” as gifts.| A．Pears and apples | B．Pears and umbrellas |
| C．Umbrellas and clocks | D．Clocks and apples |
| A．your life is coming to an end | B．you must finish something on time |
| C．your are an unlucky person | D．you are getting old |
| A．方法 | B．禁忌 | C．秩序 | D．短信 |
| A．tell people the Chinese traditional festival |
| B．discuss the different kinds of gifts |
| C．ask people to give others some expensive gifts |
| D．help people choose the right gifts |
| A．Different Festivals in China | B．Giving Gifts for Spring Festival |
| C．Culture on Chinese gift giving | D．Lucky gifts in China |
10 . Are you a shy person? Do you want to become outgoing? Being outgoing can help a lot in your life. In fact, being outgoing is not so hard as you think. Here is some advice on how to become outgoing:
You can start to try becoming outgoing when you stay with your friends. But the real challenge comes when you meet strangers or new friends. Smile at them and usually they will smile at you, too. You may find it easy to start talking in this way.
Start a talk firstly. Try to speak first. Simple greetings such as “Hello!” “How is it going?” and “It’s a little cloudy today, isn’t it?” are a good start. After that, you can talk more. For example, you can talk about the latest news. But you’d better read some news in newspapers and have your own ideas first. Or you may find that you won’t have much to say.
The best way to become outgoing is to go out. It is also a very important step. Usually those who like to do the same things can communicate better. If you like playing sports, go to a sports club. You may make many new friends there if you get over your shyness (怯).
1. The passage gives us ________ pieces of advice on how to become outgoing.| A．two | B．three | C．four | D．five |
| A．classmates | B．parents | C．friends | D．teachers |
| A．going out | B．smiling | C．playing sports | D．starting a small talk |
| A．Did the writer hope to make friends with us? |
| B．Did the writer help us give a talk? |
| C．Did the writer try to teach us skills? |
| D．Did the writer invite us to play sports? |
