1 . Everyone gets angry. Many things may make you angry. Maybe your teacher gave you too much homework. Or maybe a friend borrowed your favorite video game and then broke it. You may get angry. You may get angry when something doesn’t go your way. Maybe you get mad at yourself when your team loses an important game. Or maybe you become a road rager（路怒族）when a driver accidentally cuts in front of you. That makes you angry!
You need to know what to do with your anger. Here are some things you can do when you feel angry:
◆Talk to a friend you can trust.
◆Count to 10.
◆Get or give a hug.
◆Take some exercise.
◆Draw a picture of your anger.
◆Play a video game.
◆Run around the outside of the house five times as fast as you can.
◆Sing along with the CD player.
◆Pull weeds（草）in the garden.
◆Think good thoughts(maybe about a fun vacation or your favorite sport)
◆Take a bike ride, go skating or play basketball—do something active!
Never getting angry is impossible. But when you’re angry, you can do something and it can make things better or worse. Don’t let anger be the boss of you. Take charge of it.
1. In the passage, the writer gives us _________ pieces of advice.| A．ten | B．eleven | C．twelve | D．thirteen |
| A．when you get lost | B．when things don’t go as you imagine |
| C．when you meet with something difficult | D．when you are on a wrong way |
| A．1,300 meters | B．1,300 kilometers | C．1,360 meters | D．1,360 kilometers |
| A．how to deal with your anger |
| B．letting anger be the boss of you |
| C．drinking more water when you’re angry |
| D．doing nothing active when you’re angry |
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3 . Mark began to introduce the guest speaker to the listeners, but then stopped for a while. He had forgotten her name.
Barbara hid her valuable things when she went on vacation. When she came back, she couldn’t remember where she’d put them.
Perhaps you’ve had such experiences like these. Many people have. But they haven’t realized that they have a memory problem. Neither do they know a simple but important fact: Memory can be improved. If you just accept that, the following will show you how.
First, relax. If you are over worried about something, you’ll forget it. If you keep telling yourself that your memory is bad, your mind will come to believe it and you won’t remember things. When you forget something, don’t follow up with saying like “Oh, my god! I always forget things!” Such words will have a bad result on you and your memory.
But relaxing isn’t enough. To improve your memory, you’ll need to take an active role. Like your body, your memory can be made strong through exercise. Look for opportunities to exercise your memory. For example, if you’re learning a language, try to actively remember a lot of new words.
If you don’t notice things actively, you won’t remember them. So, you can make pictures of what you see in your mind every day. For example, don’t just put your keys down! If you want to find them again, make a mind picture of the place where you’re putting them.
1. The first two paragraphs just tell us ________.| A．language problems of two persons | B．Barbara was a very rich person |
| C．examples of memory problems | D．Mark often forgot his friends’ names |
| A．places | B．doctors | C．chances | D．projects |
| A．doing sports every day | B．making mind pictures of what you see |
| C．realizing your memory problems | D．talking to your friends |
| A．introduce the guest | B．forget unhappy things |
| C．remember new words | D．improve your memory |
4 . On Dec.9, 2021, three Chinese astronauts gave a science lecture 400 kilometers above Earth. Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu, who are working abroad the Tiangong space station, showed millions of students their life there. They also did some fun science experiments. Let’s take a look at some of them.
Use it or lose it
The human body grows with the pull of Earth’s gravity. But in space, our bones and muscles (肌肉) don’t need to sustain our body’s weight. This will cause bone and muscle loss. NASA says that astronauts can lose up to 20 percent of their muscles after just a couple of weeks. That is dangerous because they will be too weak to work.
Astronauts have different ways to prevent this. During the lecture, Zhai introduced a special uniform Ye was wearing. It’s called a “penguin suit”. There are many elastic bands (弹力带) inside the suit. Wearing it, astronauts use their muscles to stretch the bands. This keeps their muscles strong.
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During another experiment, Wang made a water film (膜). Then she added more water drops onto the film to make it a water ball. This can never happen on Earth. Why?
We need to first understand the surface tension (表面张力) of water. It is like a “skin” of water. The “skin”is there because water molecules (分子) are drawn to each other. Most of the time, gravity is too strong and it breaks the “skin”. But with zero gravity in space, the “skin” stays strong and the water ball will not break.
Water in space acts differently from water on Earth in other ways. For example, water will not flow downward if you try to pour it into a cup. That’s why astronauts usually drink water through straws in sealed bags.
1. What can we learn about the lecture from space?| A．It is a part of the astronauts’ daily work. | B．It took place in the International Space Station. |
| C．It is one of the astronauts’ ways to ask for help. | D．It took place 400 kilometers above Earth. |
| A．astronauts | B．muscles | C．bones | D．bodies |
| A．Space water is valuable | B．Space water is different |
| C．Space water is important | D．Space water is interesting |
| A．To raise people’s interest in space exploration. |
| B．To explain the importance of space experiments. |
| C．To ask readers to do more science experiments. |
| D．To introduce the space lecture given by Chinese astronauts. |
5 . Overwork is one of the main reasons why so many students feel tired and stressed. There are some ways for you to learn to relax.
Such as reducing some of the jobs you do each day. So you can leave time for some relaxing and fun activities, like reading a good book, listening to a sweet music, going for a walk or taking a relaxing bath.
Secondly, get a good night’s sleep. Getting enough sleep will help you keep your body and mind in the best form. If you stay up late and need to get up early for school the next day, you may not be able to concentrate on the things you need to do.
Next exercise often and eat healthy. You’d better eat less fast food.
Another way is getting to know pleasant people. Some people are optimistic (乐观的), while others not Choose optimistic people as your friends and spend more time them. Then you’ll be as happy as them.
Next learn to keep calm when you face problems. You know that you can probably solve the problems, and it is a good way to build up your self-confidence.
Finally, have a happy attitude. Your attitude decides the way to see things. For example, is your cup half full or half empty?Learn to think more positively about the difficulties you face.
1. Why do lots of students feel stressed and tired?| A．Because they think studying is boring |
| B．Because they have too much work to do |
| C．Because they watch TV a lot at night |
| D．Because they can’t get on well with their friend |
| A．The ones working hard. |
| B．The ones who are optimistic |
| C．The ones loving sports |
| D．The ones they like |
| A．They can ask the teachers for help |
| B．They can get the ideas from their friends |
| C．They can solve the problems only by themselves |
| D．They should learn to be calm |
| A．Six. | B．Seven. | C．Eight. | D．Nine. |
6 . The secret to losing weight isn’t just about what you eat. It has something to do with what you drink. For example, some popular soft drinks might sabotage your weight loss plan. They may even make you put on some weight. Here are four kinds of drinks for you if you don’t want to put on weight.
Water
It’s important to remember that water is the best choice for weight loss. Water is not tasty. Lots of people don’t like to drink water. If you are one of those people, try adding fresh lemon slices (薄片), cucumber, or a slice of tomato. These things may make your water tasty.
Vegetable juice
Vegetable juice is an excellent choice to get nutrients (营养) your body needs. Vegetable juice is good for your body, and it can also help you lose weight.
Black coffee
A morning cup of black coffee or an afternoon iced black coffee can help you lose weight. It can hold back your feeling of hunger. Just be careful about what you add to your coffee. If necessary, skim milk (脱脂牛奶) or a little sugar is enough.
Skim milk
Milk is good for our health. But you’d better not drink milk with too much fat. You can choose skim milk. Skim milk is not tasty, is it? If you think so, you can choose to drink low fat milk.
1. What does the underlined word “sabotage” probably mean in Chinese?| A．破坏 | B．制订 | C．铭记 | D．执行 |
| A．Two. | B．Three. | C．Four. | D．Five. |
| A．not to drink vegetable juice |
| B．to drink water with enough sugar |
| C．not to drink skim milk or low fat milk |
| D．to drink black coffee with a little sugar |
| A．Food that doesn’t have too much fat. |
| B．Drinks which are good for your health. |
| C．Drinks that can help you lose weight. |
| D．Soft drinks which are bad for your health. |
7 . In many English homes, people eat four meals a day: breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner.
People have breakfast at any time from seven to nine in the morning. They eat porridge, eggs or bread. English people also drink tea or coffee at breakfast.
Lunch comes at one o’clock. Afternoon tea is from four to five in the afternoon, and dinner is about half past seven. First, they have soup, then they have meat or fish with vegetables, After that, they eat some other things, like bananas, apples or oranges, But not all English people eat like that. Some of them have their dinner in the middle of the day. Their meals are breakfast, dinner, tea and supper. All these meals are very simple（简单）.
1. Many English people have ________ meals a day.| A．two | B．three | C．four | D．five |
| A．tea and eggs | B．porridge, eggs, bread, tea or coffee |
| C．tea and coffee | D．bread and eggs |
| A．any time | B．nine | C．five | D．one |
| A．at one o’clock | B．at any time | C．in the middle of the day | D．in the evening |
8 . Many companies today hold meetings to discuss their new plans. As people are paying more attention to the environmental problems, more companies are looking for ways to reduce their bad influence on the environment. Many of them achieve this by using the Web meeting.
The Web meeting is a technology that allows people to communicate better over the Internet. It’s an easy way of hosting and attending a meeting. Participants (参与者) don’t have to leave the office. Each of them will receive an invitation with the meeting time and date on it. When the meeting is ready to begin, they must sit before their computers.
With the Web meeting, all participants can attend the meeting at their own desks. They don’t need to drive a car to travel to and from the meeting. As a result, no fuel (燃料) is used and less time is taken up in attending a Web meeting.
Materials (材料) for the meeting are simply e-mailed to all the participants before it begins. Then participants can just read them on the screen. For the company, this not only saves the use of paper but also greatly reduces the mailing cost.
In a word, a Web meeting is a cheaper, greener, and friendlier way of hosting and attending a meeting. Companies that hold Web meetings are willing to work hard for a better environment. So they can find their working partners who have the same green ideas in a short time. In return, they develop good relationships with other companies and improve their business.
1. What should the participants do when the Web meeting is ready to begin?| A．They should sit before their computers. | B．They should leave the office. |
| C．They should call each other. | D．They should drive their cars to the meeting. |
| A．You can attend a Web meeting in your office. |
| B．The participants can’t read the materials on the screen. |
| C．The Web meeting can save us lots of time. |
| D．A Web meeting can save fuel. |
| A．faster | B．more expensive | C．more boring | D．greener |
| A．The Trouble of Web Meetings | B．The Ideas about Web Meetings |
| C．The advantages of Web Meetings | D．Participants of Web Meetings |
9 . The well-known “new great inventions” of modern China have made our daily lives more convenient.
High-speed trains
China created its first high-speed railway line in 2008. Since then, the number of passenger trips has grown by over 30 percent every year. By 2016, more than 5 billion trips had been taken on the trains. By 2020, one-fifth of the country’s 150, 000-km railway network will be used by the trains. This network will link more than 80 percent of the major cities across China.
Mobile payment
Mobile payment is turning China into a “cashless society”. Instead of paying by cash, customers now pay for their goods and some kinds of bills simply by typing a short password into the Alipay or Wechat app on their mobile phones.
Shared bikes
China has surprised the world with how quickly shared bikes are widely used. Nowadays, bike users can simply pick up or park the bikes on the street through GPS and smartphone apps. China’s two leading bike-sharing companies, Mobike and Ofo, have been opening their overseas markets in Singapore, the UK and the USA.
Online shopping
With around 751 million Internet users, China has been the world’s largest and fastest-growing online shopping market. Because of lower costs and fewer licensing requirements, it’s easier for sellers to open an online shop in China. In 2016, more than 20 million jobs in rural areas were created, with over 8.1 million running their own online shops.
1. What’s the passage mainly about?| A．The fast-developing technology. | B．Modern China. |
| C．China’s new great inventions. | D．Convenient daily lives in China. |
| A．30% | B．50% | C．20% | D．80% |
| A．needn’t take cash | B．can go shopping without mobile phones |
| C．don’t have to use a password | D．needn’t pay the bills |
| A．Lower costs | B．Fewer licensing requirements |
| C．More job chances | D．A, B & C |
10 . Yuan Longping, a great scientist, is the first person to develop a kind of hybrid rice(杂交水稻) which helps fight hunger in China.
Food was a big problem in China in the past. This was because China had 22 percent of the world’s population, but only 7 percent of its farmland. In the 1960s, China suffered(遭受) serious hunger. Millions of people died because they had no food. As an agronomy(农学) teacher, Yuan was very sad to see this. “How can I help them have enough food?” he thought. He decided to work on a kind of hybrid rice. It has a high output(产量).
At that time, other scientists didn’t think hybrid rice was worth studying. But Yuan and his team worked on it every day. They took very good care of their rice seeds. At last, in 1973, they grew a new kind of hybrid rice. This rice is strong. Farmers can grow it in many different kinds of farmland and also in bad weather. It can also fight disease. Its output was much greater than common kinds of rice. With the new kind, about 70, 000, 000 people could have food every year!
Yuan solved the food problem in China. But he is still working on rice. Before he retires, he hopes to grow rice in the sea!
1. Food was a big problem in China in the past because ______.| A．farmers didn’t grow rice |
| B．farmers didn’t have rice seeds |
| C．China had no money to buy plenty of food |
| D．China had a large population but a little farmland |
| A．discovered another kind of food |
| B．borrowed enough food from other countries |
| C．developed a kind of hybrid rice with his team |
| D．started being an agronomy teacher to study rice |
| A．grow rice in the sea | B．have a good rest |
| C．keep several pet cats | D．help people in Africa |
| A．the new kind of hybrid rice is worth studying |
| B．the new kind of hybrid rice was invented in China |
| C．Yuan Longping grew the new kind of hybrid rice for many years |
| D．Yuan Longping has played an important role in solving China’s food problem |
