1 . Cars will run on solar power or electricity and will be much cleaner.
Since there won’t be any spare place, new cities will have to be built in the sea.
New technology will be used to make TVs that are only 5 cm thick.
Many new ways to treat illnesses will be successful using products of genetic engineering (基因工程). Treatments will be found for the flu (流感) and the common cold. However, some new illnesses will appear.
| A．Cars will be more and more. |
| B．Biotechnology (生物技术) will make food better and healthier. |
| C．Some cities on water will have two floors. |
| D．They will be much safer. |
| E．They will have pictures that are as clear as photos. |
2 . Have you ever stopped to think about your life goals? Life goals are the things you’d like to achieve, in order to be satisfied with your future and who you become. Luckily for you, this passage is all about how to set life goals that will set you up for a life of success.
Find what you love doing. If you do a job you really don’t like, you may feel like you are wasting your time and doing nothing useful. Luckily, it’s never too late to find your true hobbies and turn them into something more. Be honest about what you enjoy and what you don’t. Listen to your instincts (本能) and you’ll find it.
Start taking care of yourself. Let this be one of the personal goals you set: to finally make more time for yourself. Start saying “no” when you don’t want to do something. And say “yes” to the desires (渴望) that you’ve been hiding deeply for so long. Self care is a way of life. It can begin by writing a journal and experiencing all the healthy benefits it brings.
Learn to give. Another one of the examples of life goals worth setting is about giving, because it’s true that the more you give, the more you will get in return. Giving means leaving behind your own wants and needs to see if you can be of help to others.
1. Setting life goals can help you be pleased with your _________.| A．dream | B．future | C．job | D．health |
| A．can’t finish it | B．are wasting time |
| C．can’t be honest | D．don’t follow your desires |
| A．self care | B．personal goal | C．deep desire | D．health benefit |
| A．tell us how to find a job that we like | B．give us advice on how to look after ourselves |
| C．tell us how important life goals are | D．talk about some ways on how to set life goals |
3 . International Volunteer Day is on December 5 every year. It started on December 17, 1985. It’s a day to honor volunteers all over the world.
Every day and every minute, volunteers around the world work out of their own kindness and make the world a better place. They protect the environment, build schools, care for animals. Most volunteers work without getting paid, and many do so using their own money. International Volunteer Day offers us a chance to do so.
Celebrating International Volunteer Day also lets more people know about the work and encourages them to join the volunteer team. When people see how volunteering is changing things for the better, they may want to donate (拼赠) their time and play their part.
Doing volunteer work is also meaningful.Volunteering is a good way to open our eyes. We may do something we never do and meet different kinds of people. We can talk with them and get their good ideas. Volunteers especially students can learn much from practice, get some experience and know how to solve problems.
There are many problems in the world. No one has answers to all the problems. But when we face them together, we’re able to find good ways to solve them. The things we care about today will help build a better world tomorrow.
1. What do we know about International Volunteer Day from Paragraph 1?| A．It is on December 17. |
| B．It started about in the 1980s. |
| C．People celebrate it every 5 years. |
| D．A volunteer came up with the idea of it. |
| A．Volunteers only protect the environment on International Volunteer Day. |
| B．Most volunteers work with getting paid and not using their own money. |
| C．International Volunteer Day never provides us a chance to do volunteer work. |
| D．Celebrating the day can encourage more people to join the volunteer team. |
①Open their eyes and get good ideas.
②Learn a lot from practice and get experience.
③Know how to solve problems.
④Learn to protect themselves.
| A．①②④ |
| B．②③④ |
| C．①②③ |
| D．①③④ |
| A．When one gives, two get happy. |
| B．You don’t need a reason to help others. |
| C．Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much. |
| D．We can't change the past, but we can change the future. |
The weather is getting hotter. You are thirsty after playing basketball or riding home from school. A cold drink may be just the thing. But be careful of what you are drinking. Something that looks cool may not be good for your health.
There are plenty of “energy drinks” on the market. Most of them have beautiful colors and cool names. The lists on them tell you they are helpful to your health. Sounds great! But after a careful check, you may find that most energy drinks have lots of caffeine in them. These drinks are especially aimed at young people, students, busy people and sports players. Makers sometimes say their drinks make you better at sports and can keep you awake. But be careful not to drink too much.
Caffeine makes your heart beat fast. Because of this, the International Olympic Committee has limited (限制) its use. Caffeine in most energy drinks is at least as strong as that in a cup of coffee or tea. Possible health dangers have something to do with energy drinks. Just one box of energy drink may make you nervous. Scientists say that teenagers should be discouraged from taking drinks with a lot of caffeine in them.
1. What would you like most when you are thirsty after playing basketball in the hot weather according to the passage?2. Who are the main consumer group (消费群体) of the energy drinks?
3. What will happen if you drink a bottle of energy drinks?
4. What would you do in your daily life after reading this passage?
5 . Do you know that the falcon (猎鹰) is among the fastest animals in the world? It can fly at a speed of about 200 miles per hour. You might think a bird that could fly so fast would be safe from most type s of danger. But that is not true. By the 1970s, they had already been endangered. Luckily, people begin to protect them. The number of falcons is rising now.
One unusual thing about falcons is that they like to make their nests (巢) in high places. In nature, they often nest on mountain tops and on the sides of cliffs (悬崖). Falcons have also got used to life in cities. They nest on tall buildings and bridges in cities. The height of these nests is from 50 to 200 feet in the air.
They also like to return to the same nesting place every year. Both the mother and father falcons help to raise the babies. The mother stays more time in the nest. The father hunts and brings back food for her and the babies.
Many people all around the country work very hard to help falcons live to adulthood. There are even video cameras fixed up in many places. This way, people can make sure the birds and their eggs stay protected. Falcons are lucky to have so many people who keep an eye on them.
1. What can we know about falcons?| A．Falcons can fly about 200 metres in 60 minutes. |
| B．The number of falcons hasn’t risen now. |
| C．Falcons only live on the sides of cliffs. |
| D．Falcons have been used to living in cities. |
| A．The mother. | B．The father. |
| C．The babies. | D．Both the father and the mother. |
| A．disappointing | B．hopeful |
| C．worrying | D．dangerous |
| A．A sports book. | B．A business book. |
| C．A nature book. | D．A life book. |
6 . What will travel be like in 2070? Maybe travel will become smarter and easier by that time. Here are some amazing predictions about traveling that might happen in 2070.
You will use “heart be at passport” at the airport. And passport checks will not be used anymore. Because everyone’s heartbeat is different and it can tell you who you are and where you will go. Also, it provides more personal information.
3D print technology will develop surprisingly fast. It can print almost everything like clothes and food. Therefore, when you get to the hotel, suitcase will not be needed any more.
The trip will become interesting and colorful. Many kinds of services will be provided during the trip. If you want to see what happened in the Ming Dynasty or the first Olympic Games, you can just wear a special headset or glasses.
1. According to the passage, travel will be ________ in 2070.| A．smarter and easier |
| B．more expensive |
| C．more difficult |
| D．much cheaper |
| A．heartbeat passport |
| B．personal information |
| C．personal body shape |
| D．3 D print technology |
| A．help us to check passports |
| B．provide many kinds of movies |
| C．print almost everything like clothes and food |
| D．take us to see the first Olympic Games |
| A．Heartbeat Passport |
| B．A Future dream |
| C．3D Print Technology |
| D．Travel in 2070 |
Have you ever imagined how people eat in space? It’s not easy. In a word, it is different from that on Earth. The food that astronauts carry with them doesn’t look like the food you eat.
Some food is carried in closed bags. It is cooked and frozen before the astronauts get it. All the water is removed (去掉) from the food. In the space capsule (太空舱), the astronaut puts the water back. He “shoots” hot or cold water into the food bag with a special gun (枪). He eats the food through a small hole in the bag.
Other foods come in bite-size (一口大小的). The astronaut puts a whole piece in his mouth each time. There can’t be crumbs (食物碎屑). Crumbs would float around the capsule and get in the way. Meat, cakes and cereal (麦片) often come in bite-size pieces.
Astronauts can’t drink water from open cups. The water would float in drops in the air. The water is put in the special gun. The astronaut shoots the water into his month.
Do you think it difficult to eat in space? Astronauts must learn to eat this way.
1. What is the food the astronauts get like?2. Why do some foods come in bite-size?
3. What will happen if crumbs float around the capsule?
4. If you are in space, how will you eat or drink? (Write 30 words or more)
8 . Health problems which are related to climate change are getting worse, say two research reports.
The reports followed 44 health problems that are related to climate change around the world. They include heat deaths, infectious diseases (传染病) and hunger. “All of them are getting worse,” said Marina Remanello. She is research director of the Lancet Countdown project. “With globalwarming getting worse, doing nothing on climate and health will cost more than acting now,” one of the reports says.
The reports are called “code red for a healthy future”. One report is centred (集中) on the US and the other is centred on the whole world. The reports found some dangerous facts. At-risk populationslike older people and the very young are more easily influenced by high temperatures. For people over 65, the researchers found they stayed living in warm places where it is easier for some diseases to spread. For example, coast areas are warm enough for dangerous bacteria (细菌) to grow. In some poor nations the season for disease-spreading mosquitoes (蚊子) has got longer since the 1950s.
The research also found that 72 percent of countries saw an increase in wildfires. And in 2020, up to 10 percent of the world’s land surface was influenced by extreme(极端的) drought. In the US, the heat, fire and drought caused the biggest problems. The Pacific Northwest and Canada saw extreme heatwaves. An earlier study found that the heatwaves would not have happened if there were no human-caused climate change.
1. The underlined word “related” in Paragraph 1 probably means “________”.| A．connected | B．spread | C．accepted | D．considered |
| A．A 15-year-old boy is more easily influenced by high temperatures. |
| B．Climate change doesn't influence people who are under 65. |
| C．It’s easier for some diseases to spread in warm places. |
| D．In the US, the season for mosquitoes becomes longer. |
| A．The results of climate change. |
| B．The reasons why climate changes. |
| C．Health problems caused by climate change. |
| D．Deaths caused by human-caused climate change. |
( ①=Paragraph 1, ②=Paragraph 2, …)
A． | B． | C． | D． |
9 . Imagine a perfect day: the weather is good and everything seems fine. When, suddenly, your mobile phone loses its signal, the television has no programmes, and you can’t get online with your computer.
What has happened? These are just the types of problems a solar storm (太阳风暴) might cause. You may not think of storms as putting our society in danger. But today, a solar storm is as serious as other bad events, such as earthquakes.
A solar storm is caused by solar flares (太阳耀斑): large explosions (爆炸) near the Sun that can give off lots of energy. The strong energy can stop the satellite systems (卫星系统) that control our computers, telecom networks and so on. These storms can even cause the power to go out for weeks or months.
Scientists have recorded some of the strongest sun flares in years. One happened around Valentine’s Day, 2011. It caused radio and satellite signals to go down in some northern cities in China.
“Solar flare activity is going to be much worse than what we’ve seen in the past. We’re not talking about a few cities losing power, it could be half of the country, may be more,” SolarStormWarning.com, a US website about space weather, warned.
Scientists say that little can be done to predict such a storm. Governments around the world are trying to work together before the next storm, although they are not sure when that may happen.
1. From the first two paragraphs we can know solar storms are ________ our society.| A．good for | B．far from | C．seldom in | D．harmful to |
a. Solar flares give off lots of energy. b. People cannot get online with their computers.
c. Solar storms happen. d. Satellite systems are stopped.
| A．a-b-c-d | B．a-c-d-b | C．c-a-b-d | D．c-b-a-d |
| A．a solar storm stopped | B．an earthquake happened |
| C．a strong sun flare happened | D．the satellite systems didn’t work |
| A．To introduce what solar storms are to people. |
| B．To ask people to prevent the solar storm from happening. |
| C．To tell people how to solve the problems caused by solar storms. |
| D．To call for scientists to predict when the next solar storm will happen. |
The earliest form of writing appeared about 5,500 years ago. In the past, handwriting was an important subject in school. Now, many students sometimes do homework on a computer and hand in their tasks online. Many people thinking typing (打字) is quick and easy to read, while writing by hand may take longer than typing. But others say writing with a pen and paper is more valuable. Writing by hand has big advantages.
Research shows that when we write down ideas with a pen or pencil, we make the brain active to help us learn, remember and think. Writing by hand lets people show their creativity. No two people have the same handwriting. Writing by hand can also help people concentrate (集中注意力). When using a computer, people can go online or play computer games easily.
Handwriting may be pretty, however, people can get their ideas and thoughts down more quickly when they type. Typing can also make it easier for people to change. Once something is written by hand, you can’t delete (删除) it. If you want to make a change, you have to write it all over again. What’s more, some people’s handwriting may be hard to read. Typing makes everything clear, and no one will have to worry about their words being clear enough.
1. When did people begin to write?2. How is the brain when we write by hand?
3. How many advantages of typing are mentioned in Paragraph 3?
4. If you need to write a report, will you type or write it by hand? Why? (Write 30 words or more)
