Nowadays, more and more service robots have become a part of people’s daily life. According to a recent report, the average annual (年均的) growth of the Chinese robotics industry (机器人行业) over the past five years has reached 22 percent.
Many Chinese companies have made robotic dogs. For example, one company in Hangzhou made a robotic dog and it could carry 3 kilograms of things and it could serve as a running partner for its owner. In 2021, a company also made a robot that was able to “see” and “sense” its environment with face and body recognition (识别) technology. The robot could follow its owner and avoid obstacles (障碍) automatically (自动地).
Robots are now helping people in many ways. They are widely used in houses, acting as people’s personal helpers, such as robot cleaners and cooking robots.
In education, robots are used as great teachers and coaches. Recently, a board game robot was used in Guangzhou. Besides teaching students to play Chinese chess, it could also tell the culture and rules of the game.
Robots are also used in elderly (年长的) care. Some products that could improve old people’s self-care have already been in use on the market.
Now, service robots are made to offer more convenient and intelligent services. Our life will be different with the help of these robots in the future. Do you think so?
1. What percent has the average annual growth of the Chinese robotics industry reached over the past five years?2. Is there a robot that can “see” and “sense” its environment?
3. According to Paragraph 3, what can robots do in houses as people’s personal helpers?
4. In which ways can robots be used according to the passage?
5. What do you think of service robots?
The science and technology backyard program was started by China Agricultural University in Beijing. This program sends students to help solve practical (实际的) farming problems. Hou Yulin, 25, studies at this university. He has taken part in the program. On a recent afternoon, he went to a green field. He walked around to spread fertilizer (肥料) over crops (庄稼) together with several farmers in Handan, Hebei.
Under the program, students do research in fields and use their knowledge to help farmers. On May 3rd, Chinese President Xi Jinping replied to a letter from students taking part in the program. Xi Jinping praised (C) them for their work on the front line of farming. Zhang Fusuo, a professor (教授) at China Agricultural University, started the first science and technology backyard project in 2009 in Hebei province.
His idea is simple. “The farmers don’t understand our research. We need to find a way to go down to the countryside. (A) That will make technology truly useful in solving practical problems,” Zhang said. His wish has come true. Take Hou for example, Hou studies resource utilization (资源利用) and plant protection to help improve crop output (产量).
So far, the university has developed 139 science and technology backyard projects in 24 provincial-level (省级) areas in China. (B) Another 780 such projects will be set up across the country in the future. The program has also been introduced in eight countries in Africa.
1. 把（A）处画线句子翻译成汉语。2. 把（B）处画线句子翻译成汉语。
3. 写出（C）处画线单词指代的内容。
4. 在文中找出侯同学为了帮助提高庄稼产量进行的两项研究。（名词短语）
5. 找出或概括能体现本文大意的句子。
3 . China has made a system of laws to protect the environment. It has helped build beautiful China, according to a work report.
The system includes the Environmental Protection Law and a lot of laws in some other areas, such as the Yangtze River Protection Law, the Yellow River Protection Law, the Black Soil (土壤) Protection Law, the law on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and so on. These environmental protection laws assist with beautiful China.
China protects and improves the environment in which people live. It has made great efforts to prevent and control pollution. Over the past five years, the air quality (质量) has stayed at the good level on 86.5 percent of the days in cities. The country has also made progress in preventing and controlling soil pollution and continued to protect forests, rivers, lakes and so on. What’s more, China has managed to make laws to protect wild animals and plants, provide homes for many animals and teach the public to help them. Animals are friends of humans, and protecting animals is also to protect the home of humans.
A good environment is important to humans. Without the fresh air or clean water, we can’t live on the earth. The Chinese government has taken action to protect both the environment and ourselves.
1. There are at least ________ laws in Paragraph 2.| A．5 | B．6 | C．7 | D．8 |
| A．part | B．agree | C．help | D．deal |
①providing homes for many animals
②giving animals more food
③teaching the public to help animals
④making laws to protect wild animals and plants
| A．①②③ | B．①③④ | C．①②④ | D．②③④ |
| A．bad | B．terrible | C．poor | D．good |
| A．A system of laws has been made to protect soil around China. |
| B．The country has made progress in preventing river pollution. |
| C．China protects and improves the environment in which people live. |
| D．China has taken action to protect the environment and humans. |
Set in the Tang Dynasty, 1,300 years ago, the film Chang An tells the stories of the poets.
Li Bai is one of China’s greatest poets. In the film, the Tang general Gao Shi tells of his lifelong friendship with Li Bai. Forty-eight poems created by different poets of the period are cited (引用) in the film.
The poem, which many Chinese people know by heart, starts with this:
“Can you see the Yellow River decanting (倒入) from the sky and racing to the sea never to return?” The popularity of its writer, Li Bai, box office (票房) sales topped 700 million yuan.
In recent years, Chinese animation (动画片) filmmakers have connected animations with traditional Chinese culture. The film, Ne Zha, is about Ne Zha fighting with a dragon king. Now Chinese animation has also been more and more popular.
根据短文内容，完成下列小题。
1. What’s the relationship (关系) between Gao Shi and Li Bai?
2. How many poems are cited in the film?
3. Who is the main character in the film Ne Zha?
4. Chinese animation hasn’t been more and more popular, has it?
5. Do you like the film Chang An? Why? At least 20 words.
When the first person looked up to the sky, people’s imagination of space began. In China, there are many stories about the exploration(探索) of space.
Thousands of years ago, there was a lady named Chang’e that flew to the Moon and lived there with a rabbit. It’s just a story in myths(神话).
In the Ming Dynasty, a man named Wan Hu used a machine which was made of a chair, some fireworks and a kite as a rocket to fly to space but failed. He was considered as the first human that tried to explore space.
Our exploration of space never stopped until it became a reality in modern times. Without doubt, Chinese space technology has made great progress.
In 2003, when Shenzhou V set off successfully, Yang Liwei’s words “I am proud of our motherland” brought tears to our eyes. Carrying the flying dream of the Chinese nation for thousands of years, as the first space visitor of China, he started the Space Age for the Chinese.
In 2008, Zhai Zhigang in Shenzhou VII had the first Chinese spacewalk, “I am out of the capsule(太空舱), and I feel good,” he told the world proudly.
In the next years, China kept making its way in order to step further on exploring space. Especially in the recent years, China has sent up Shenzhou XI and Shenzhou XV. Six astronauts have been sent to space with two women included. On May 30, 2023, Jing Haipeng, Zhu Yangzhu and Gui Haichao in Shenzhou XVI were sent into space successfully.
From 2003 to 2023, Chinese people go farther and farther in space, In the near future, China will send astronauts to the Moon and explore the Moon.
Stories about China’s | |
Thousands of years ago | Chang’e flew to the Moon in myths. |
In the Ming Dynasty | Wan Hu made a machine and tried to explore space. |
In 2003 | Yang Liwei started |
In 2008 | Zhai Zhigang had the first Chinese spacewalk. |
In the next years | We Chinese people kept making our way |
On | China sent Shenzhou XVI into space successfully. |
In the future | Chinese astronauts |
6 . Youngsters should always be passionate（热情的）. We still remember that about 100 years ago, millions of brave people together founded the Communist Party of China. They devoted（献身）themselves into the development of our country. It’s they who brought us today’s peaceful life.
As modern young people, we all have our own dreams. And it’s our passion that drives us forward. I have a friend who loves music and often posts his own works on the Internet. He receives lots of followers and praise. He can not only develop his interest, but also have an influence on others. And I realized that millions of young people like him are now bravely chasing（追逐）their dreams.
At the same time, we have to take up our social responsibility. No matter when a big accident happens, there are always armed police officers around the country fighting there. Among them, some are even 00s. In addition, it’s touching to see many people offer help online by donating money and clothes. Young people have a sense of responsibility to stand up in the face of difficulties at any time.
By being passionate and responsible, we should show the world that under the leadership of the CPC, Chinese youth will certainly shoulder the heavy task of national development.
1. What did millions of brave people bring us about 100 years ago?2. What does the writer believe youngsters should do according to Paragraph 2?
3. What does the underlined words “a sense of responsibility” probably mean in Chinese?
4. How does the writer feel about people donating money and clothes ?
5. What spirit do you think Chinese youth should have, and why?
For many years, archaeologists (考古学家) have wondered why the people who built Stonehenge used huge rocks that came from more than 300 kilometers away.
Now, a team of researchers believes the rocks may have been chosen because they produce musical sounds.
Stonehenge was built during the Stone Age. Archaeologists think it was at first used as a burial ground (墓地) and temple (庙宇).
Stonehenge was made with two types of stones: sarsens (砂岩) and bluestones. Sarsens were the rocks used to build the outer circle. They were found locally.
The older, inner circle includes bluestones. These are believed to have come from a place called Carn Menyn, in the Preseli Hills in southwest Wales, about 300 kilometers away.
Recently, a team of researchers from the Royal College of Art in London went to the Preseli Hills to study the landscape (地形). They found that there were many “ringing rocks” in the area—rocks that make a musical bell—like sound when struck with a small hammerstone (石锤), or a round rock that fits easily into the hand and was used as a tool by early humans.
They think this may be the reason Stone Age people brought bluestones all the way from Wales when they built Stonehenge.
One of the researchers, Paul Devereux,said that many prehistoric (史前的) cultures around the world thought that stones that make interesting sounds were very powerful. They believed ringing rocks with echoes (回声) were the homes of spirits.
The researchers tested the bluestones at Stonehenge and found several made ringing sounds. They also found that a number of the bluestones at Stonehenge show signs of having been struck by a hammer stone. Some bluestones don’t ring. But the researchers believe they would also make sound if there were more space around them for the sound waves to travel.
1. Researchers believe the rocks were picked out because ________.| A．they produce musical sounds |
| B．they were found during the Stone Age |
| C．they were used as a burial ground and temple |
| D．they came from more than 300 kilometers away |
| A．Ringing rocks look like bells. |
| B．People built the outer circle with ringing rocks. |
| C．People used ringing rocks as tools. |
| D．Ringing rocks can make a bell—like sound. |
| A．they could be found locally |
| B．they could be struck by a hammer stone |
| C．they were very powerful |
| D．they were from Wales |
| A．Wales was the home of bluestones |
| B．Stonehenge was the home of dead people |
| C．more space was needed for sound waves traveling |
| D．ringing rocks with echoes were the homes of spirits |
8 . Australia is home to a lot of interesting things, but its wildlife is truly special. Here are three strange animals you can only find in Australia.
| Platypus (鸭嘴兽)  | When scientists first saw platypus, many didn’t believe it was a real animal. This animal is a mammal(哺乳动物), but its mouth and feet look like a duck’s—and it lays eggs. Platypuses can swim in water and walk on land, and they usually only come out at night. They can live for about 20 years. Male platypuses are venomous(有毒的), and they can kill small animals and seriously hurt a human. |
| Quokka (短尾矮袋鼠)  | Quokkas are known as the world’s happiest animals because they look like they’re always smiling. A quokka is about the size of a cat, and can go a whole month without drinking any water. Quokkas are mainly found on Rottnest Island, which is off the coast of Perth in Western Australia. The island was even named after them. |
| Wombat (袋熊)  | Wombats are about 1 meter long and, like kangaroos, they have a pouch (育儿袋) that they use to carry their babies. But a wombat’s pouch opens toward the back. Wombats only come out at night, and when they do, they can run at speeds of up to 40 kilometers per hour. |
| A．Thankful. | B．Doubtful. | C．Peaceful. | D．Cheerful. |
| A．Wombat. | B．Platypus. | C．Quokka. | D．Kangaroo. |
a. Male platypus. b. Quokka. c. Wombat.
①Happy. ② Dangerous. ③ Fast.
| A．①→a; ②→b; ③→c | B．①→b; ②→a; ③→c |
| C．①→b; ②→c; ③→a | D．①→c; ②→b; ③→a |
| A．Amazing Animal World | B．Healthy Life with Animals |
| C．Moving Stories About Wildlife | D．Interesting Things About the Earth |
9 . Liu proves herself again
Who is the best female (女性的) table tennis player in China? It is probably Liu Shiwen. Liu Shiwen was born on April 12, 1991 in Fushun, Liaoning. Her hobbies are watching US TV shows and learning English. Her best table tennis skill is backhand(反手击球) instead of forehand.
On Oct 20, Liu won her fifth singles title(单打冠军) at the Women’s World Cup in Chengdu, Sichuan province. She is the first person in history to win so many titles at this event.
“It’s very important for me,” Liu said. “I won four titles before when I was much younger. I had no fear(恐惧) at all.”
At 28 years old, Liu is now under greater pressure(压力). She won the world championship(锦标赛), but then lost several tour matches(巡回赛). She needed to prove herself once again. She was able to do so in the end. Her secret was to not think about her losses.“I just played the game like it was the world championships or even the Olympics,” Liu said.
1. Where was Liu Shiwen born?________________________________________________________________
2. Does Liu Shiwen play ping-pong by backhand or by forehand?
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3. How many single titles have Liu Shiwen got?
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4. Which year did Liu Shiwen get the world championship?
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5. What do you think of Liu Shiwen?
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Imagine this: You go to pick an apple from a tree. When you take the apple, giant leaves catch you. （A）你动弹不得. You can’t get away from them. Then, the tree eats you.
This terrible dream is real. ① Thankfully, they don’t eat humans.
There are more than 600 kinds of meat-eating plants. They get most of their energy from sunlight, like（B）________ plants. But plants also need nutrients（营养）from the soil. Swamps（沼泽）and rocky places have poor soil. That’s where meat-eating plants make their homes. ②
Instead of taking nutrients from the soil, these plants catch birds, mice, even frogs（C）________ fish! ③
How do they do this?（D）They use ways to get animals to come close. For example, pitcher plants smell delicious to birds. When the birds go inside to find food, they can’t climb back out. Dinner is served.
1. 将画线部分（A）译成英语2. 在画线部分（B）和（C）的空白处各填入一个适当的单词
3. 将画线部分（D）改写为：Ways
4. 将 “There are many meat-eating plants.” 填入文中①②③处的最佳位置
5. 在文中找出一个食肉植物的代表
