1 . When we think of Hollywood, we think of films and famous film stars. They are part of Hollywood’s history. Today people make films in other places too. Not all famous film stars live in Hollywood. But Hollywood is still a very special city in Los Angeles. There is a big sign on the hills. It says “HOLLYWOOD”. The white letters are fifty feet tall. You can see the sign from far away. The Hollywood sign is a famous Hollywood landmark (标记) in Los Angeles. Many postcards show this famous Hollywood landmark.
In the hills of Hollywood, there is also the Hollywood Bowl. This is an open-air theatre. It is one of largest open-air theaters in the world. It has seventeen thousand seats and a very different stage (演奏台). The design of the stage was by a great American named Frank Loyed Wright. You can listen to all kinds of concerts at the Hollywood Bowl.
1. The best title for the reading should be ________.| A．Hollywood |
| B．Famous Films and Film stars |
| C．The History of Hollywood |
| D．Famous Hollywood Sign |
| A．“HOLLYWOOD” can just be seen from far away |
| B．Hollywood is now a place only for travelers |
| C．all the films are made in Hollywood |
| D．Hollywood is one part in Los Angeles |
| A．new | B．rich | C．famous | D．unusual |
| A．all postcards are made |
| B．only 7000 people can get together |
| C．music can be enjoyed |
| D．you can hardly listen to different kinds of concerts |
| A．some famous film stars don’t choose to live in Hollywood |
| B．film stars don’t think Hollywood is a good place to make films |
| C．the Hollywood Bowl is larger than any other open-air theater in the world |
| D．the Hollywood Bowl is a hill in Hollywood |
2 . Life in the future will be different from life today. Between then and now many changes will happen. But what will the changes be?
The population（人口）is growing fast. There will be many people in the world and most of them will live longer than people live now.
Computers will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least（至少）one in every room. And computer studies will be one of the important subjects in schools then. People will work fewer hours than they do now and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and travel. Traveling will be much cheaper and easier. And many more people will go to other countries for holidays.
There will be changes in our food, too. More land will be used for building new towns and houses for all the people. Then there will be less room for cows and sheep, so meat will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat it every day. Instead they will eat more fruit and vegetables. Maybe people will be healthier. Work in the future will be different, too. Robots will do dangerous and hard work. Because of this, many people will not have enough work to do.
This will be a problem.
1. In the future there will be ________.| A．much more fruit | B．more people | C．less vegetables | D．less people |
| A．robot | B．cow | C．TV set | D．computer |
| A．work long hours | B．work fast | C．walk on foot | D．eat meat |
| A．many people don’t have to work | B．many people will not be able to find work |
| C．people have to work fast | D．all the work will be done by robots |
3 . Hello, everyone! My name is Bob. Now let me tell you something about my school library. The building is big and nice. It has three floors (楼层) and there is a reading room on each (每个) floor. There are about 50 desks and chairs in each room. The desks and chairs are white. On the walls, there are pictures of the school. There are all kinds of books in the library. I go there to read after school every day. My favorite books are about animals. There is a lost and found box (失物招领箱) in the library. It is on the right of the gate of the library.
Do you like my school library? Come and visit it!
1. There are ______ reading rooms in the library.| A．two | B．three | C．four | D．five |
| A．Green. | B．Orange. | C．White. | D．Yellow. |
| A．sport | B．the city | C．science | D．the school |
| A．The books. | B．The library gate. | C．The reading room. | D．The lost and found box. |
| A．My school. | B．My classroom. | C．My school library. | D．My favorite books. |
4 . Recently, “cloud tourism” has attracted millions of people in China. “Cloud tourism” refers to a new form of travel that depends on high technologies such as 5G and virtual reality (虚拟现实). During the May Day Holiday, 250 million people took an online tour by livestream (直播) on TikTok (the short video app), Taishan, a popular channel, livestreamed the sunrise at the top of Mount Tai on May 1st and attracted 330, 000 views.
China Daily made a survey of 2, 000 people on cloud tourism. According to the survey results, 74.8% of them said they were willing to take an online tour and 59.7% said they had a good online traveling experience.
“I hate large crowds and long queues (队列), which make me annoyed when visiting museums in person,” said Wang Bo, a museum lover in Beijing. “What’s more, ‘cloud tourism’ helps cut traveling cost and offers more tourist attractions.”
“Cloud tourism” has made huge contributions to the local development and a rise in sales of cultural products after livestreaming shows, according to Xinhua News Agency.
1. What is “cloud tourism”? ________| A．A new app. | B．A new way of travel. | C．A new tourist attraction. | D．A popular channel. |
| A．About 500. | B．About 800. | C．About 1,200. | D．About 1,500. |
| A．Angry. | B．Excited. | C．Relaxed. | D．Useless. |
5 . There are three cartoon films for little kids.
 | Snow Kid is also called Snow Child. It is a popular Chinese cartoon film produced in 1980. The story is about a rabbit and a snowman. The rabbit and the snowman become good friends and play happily together. One night, the young rabbit falls asleep and suddenly there is a fire in his house. The snowman runs into the burning house and saves the young rabbit but he himself melts（融化）in the fire. |
 | Regular Show is created by J. G. Quintel for Cartoon Network on September 6th, 2010. The series is about the life of two friends, a blue bird named Mordecai and a raccoon（浣熊）named Rigby—both work as groundskeepers at a local park. |
 | Steven Universe is an American cartoon created by Rebecca Sugar. The show is about a young boy by the name of Steven Universe, who is a hybrid（混合物）of a gem（宝石）and a human. He lives with his gem friends, Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl. |
| A．boy | B．girl | C．woman | D．rabbit |
| A．Garnet. | B．Mordecai. | C．Rigby. | D．Steve. |
| A．A snowman. | B．A blue bird. | C．His parents. | D．His three friends. |
| A．three American films | B．three sad stories |
| C．three Chinese films | D．three cartoon films |
6 . Do you remember the funny Popeye the sailor (大力水手)? He wears the sailor’s uniform, takes a pipe in the mouth and loves to eat spinach (菠菜).
Of all the famous cartoon characters, Popeye is at the top. It encourages lots of young people to eat spinach to become as strong as Popeye.
Popeye the character first appeared in the newspaper in 1929. And in 1933 it appeared on the big screen. A survey in 1938 showed that Popeye was the most popular Hollywood cartoon character. Almost everyone loves this super hero. Kids love him because he is strong. Young people love him because he loves his girlfriend Olive. For old people, Popeye is a brave and kind man, and he always helps the poor people.
1. What is Popeye like?| A．He is tall. | B．He loves eating. | C．He is funny. | D．He always works. |
| A．In 1929. | B．In 1933. | C．In 1938. | D．In 1939. |
| A．Because he is strong. | B．Because he loves his girlfriend. |
| C．Because he is a sailor. | D．Because he is kind and brave. |
| A．In a scientific fiction (科幻小说). | B．In a history book. |
| C．In a kid’s magazine. | D．In a movie poster. |
7 . What is your favorite color? Do you like yellow, orange or red? If you do, you must be an active person who enjoys life. Do you like blue? Then you are probably quiet, shy, and would rather (宁愿) follow than lead (领导).
Colors do influence (影响) our moods. Yellow room makes most people feel more cheerful and more relaxed than a dark green one, and a red dress brings warmth and cheer to the saddest winter day. On the other hand, black is depressing. There was a black bridge over the Thames River near London. The number of people who killed themselves on that bridge used to (过去常常) be larger than on any other bridge in the area until it was repainted green.
Light and bright colors make people not only happier but also more active. In the factory the workers will work better, harder and have fewer accidents (事故) when their machines are painted orange rather than black.
1. An active person may like ________.| A．yellow, orange or red | B．orange, blue or black |
| C．black, red or orange | D．black, red or orange |
| A．loud | B．enthusiastic (热情的) | C．shy | D．sad |
| A．令人振奋的 | B．使人放松的 | C．令人压抑的 | D．使人愤怒的 |
| A．worse | B．harder | C．more slowly | D．more angrily |
| A．Cheerful Colors | B．Your Favorite Color |
| C．The Secret of Color | D．The Color of a Bridge |
The kiwi (几维鸟) lives only in New Zealand. It’s a very strange( 奇特的) bird because it can’t fly.
The kiwi is as small as a chicken. It has no wings or tails. It isn’t like other birds. It has hair on its body. Its mouth is very long. It has two feet and each (每个) foot has four toes.
A kiwi likes lots of trees around it. It sleeps in the day because the sunlight hurts (伤害) its eyes. It can smell things with its nose. It is the only bird in the world that can smell things. The kiwi’s eggs are very big. There are not many kiwis in New Zealand now. So, people there can’t kill kiwis. They want their kiwis to live.
There is a picture of kiwis on New Zealand money. Sometimes people from New Zealand are called (被称为) kiwis.
1. Why is the kiwi a kind of strange bird? ________| A．Because it lives only in New Zealand. |
| B．Because it can’t fly. |
| C．Because it has hair on its body. |
| D．Because it is as small as a chicken. |
| A．four | B．six | C．eight | D．twelve |
| A．In the pool. | B．In a forest (森林). | C．In a house. | D．In the desert (沙漠). |
| A．they need trees for food | B．their eyes are afraid of the sunlight |
| C．they like to live in the sunlight | D．they can smell things with their noses |
| A．A kiwi’s mouth is very short. |
| B．A kiwi has wings and tails. |
| C．People can’t kill kiwis in New Zealand. |
| D．We can’t call people from New Zealand kiwis. |
9 . In Thailand there are many elephants. The elephants are very big and kind. They can carry heavy things, so they can do a lot of hard work for people. And they are very cute and clever. They can act (表演) and dance. Sometimes they can play games with people. Now people from all over the world go to Thailand to have fun with elephants. It is very interesting.
But do you know there is a festival for the elephants in Thailand? It is Elephant Day. It comes at the third weekend of November. On that day, the elephants don’t work or act, so they can have a good rest. The elephants can also wear colorful clothes. And people give them a lot of good food, such as fruit and vegetables, so they are happy and have a good time.
1. What can’t elephants do in Thailand in this passage?| A．Dance and act. | B．Carry heavy things. |
| C．Take photos for people. | D．Play games with people. |
| A．The people in Thailand. | B．The elephants in Thailand. |
| C．The fruit and vegetables. | D．The people from all over the world. |
| A．Something about Elephants Day. | B．Elephants can have a good rest. |
| C．Elephants can eat good food. | D．The elephants can wear colorful clothes. |
10 . We might usually see this scene in science fiction or movies: people are traveling between cities in tubes. The tube trains are even faster than planes, and people arrive at their destinations in minutes. Well, one big step was taken to make this happen.
On May 11, 2018, the first open air test of the propulsion system (推进系统) for a tube train, which is called the Hyperloop, took place in the Nevada desert, US. The system went from 0 to 169 kilometers per hour in just over a second.
We may feel shocked at the fact but this isn’t the final goal. Elon Musk, founder of the US space company Space X, first had the idea for the Hyperloop in 2013. He wants passengers to travel in low-pressure tubes, propelled (推进) by magnets (磁铁), at a speed of around 1,200 Kilometers per hour. The common speed of Boeing airplanes is 800 to 1,100 kilometers per hour.
Musk calls the Hyperloop the fifth main kind of transportation for humans, after ships, cars, trains and planes. According to him, the Hyperloop is safe, produces fewer greenhouse gases and can work in any weather.
But right now, Hyperloop One is still far away from its final product. One major problem about making the inter-city Hyperloop available is that it could cost too much. “They’re up against airlines, and airlines don’t need to build hundreds of miles of tubes,” said Jose Gomez Ibanez, a professor of city planning at Harvard University, US. So we will have to wait and see.
1. The underlined word “destinations” means ________.| A．目的地 | B．出发地 | C．出生地 | D．户籍地 |
| A．in 2018 | B．in 2013 | C．in 2014 | D．in 2022 |
| A．The ship. | B．The car. | C．The plane. | D．The Hyperloop. |
| A．It is safe. | B．It can produce fewer greenhouse gases. |
| C．It can work in any weather. | D．Its highest speed is 1,000 kilometers per hour. |
| A．it is not convenient to take | B．it costs too much money |
| C．it isn’t as safe as the plane | D．it can’t carry too many passengers |
