1 . Soon a computer and other machines will be able to remember you by looking at your eyes!
The program can work because everyone’s eyes are different. So in the future you won’t have to remember a long code when you want to use a machine or take money out of a bank. You just have to look at the machine and it will be able to tell who you are.
The eye-recognition (眼睛识别) program is being tested in some shops and banks. Soon this technology will change all the other ways of recognition.
We have already had machines that can tell who you are from your voice or the mark made by your fingers. Scientists are working on other systems (系统). Machines will soon be able to know you from the shape of your face or hands or even your smell!
But eye-recognition is better than other kinds because your eyes don’t change as you get older, or get dirty like hands or fingers. And even twins have different eyes, so the program can be up to 94% correct, depending on how good the technology is. In Britain it was found that 91% of the people who had tried it said that they liked the idea of eye-recognition.
In the future your computer will be looking at you in the eyes. So smile!
1. Where is the eye-recognition program being used in a few countries?| A．In shops and banks. | B．In shops and schools. |
| C．In banks and schools. | D．In schools and hospitals. |
| A．You look at the machine and type a number. |
| B．You look at the machine. |
| C．The machine looks at your face. |
| D．You need to speak and then look. |
| A．密码 | B．字母 | C．卡片 | D．数字 |
| A．Your eyes don’t change as you get older. |
| B．Eyes don’t get dirty like hands or fingers. |
| C．We can’t see anything without eyes. |
| D．Everyone’s eyes are different, even twins have different eyes. |
| A．Some eyes are the same. | B．Eyes can change. |
| C．Eyes can get dirty like hands. | D．It is not always correct. |
2 . When visiting Yunnan, you’ll find the 18 oddities in Yunnan (云南十八怪). For example, “girls wear flowers in all seasons” and “three mosquitoes (蚊子) make up a dish”. Maybe you’ve never heard of these expressions before. Now more and more people fall in love with the delicious flower dishes in Yunnan.
The people in Yunnan have been eating flowers for a long time. After the Spring Festival, March is always the best time to eat the flowers. One popular kind of flower is Tangli Flowers (棠梨花), which can be picked in the mountains. The flower sellers say it is very hard to pick two kilos of these flowers each time. They have to climb up to the tall trees and pick up the flowers carefully. Have you ever tried Tangli flowers? They taste a little sweet!
The other kind is Jinque Flowers (金雀花). This kind of flower is also used as helpful medicine when people don’t want to eat anything! My grandma can cook Jinque Flowers very well. She says it’s a traditional way to cook Jinque Flowers with eggs. How delicious and healthy!
1. How many kinds of popular flowers are mentioned in this passage?| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
| A．In March. | B．In January. |
| C．Before the Spring Festival. | D．During the Spring Festival. |
| A．Because the flowers taste a little sweet. |
| B．Because the flowers are very expensive. |
| C．Because people can hardly sell the flowers. |
| D．Because people have to climb up to the tall trees. |
| A．Tangli Flowers. | B．Eggs. | C．Jinque Flowers. | D．Roses. |
| A．The 18 oddities in Yunnan. |
| B．Girls wear flowers in all seasons. |
| C．Three mosquitoes make up a dish. |
| D．The delicious flower dishes in Yunnan. |
3 . Do you hope to do a lot of homework every evening? Are you interested in your classes? Who do you want to be taught by? Maybe you have lots of questions in your mind before school starts.
Well, I want to give you some good advice on these problems.
First, keep calm (平静的). Don’t worry about all the questions you have. Put your heart into learning, and you can find something you are interested in.
Second, try your best to finish your homework quickly. Don’t spend a lot of time on it. Do more reading or writing in English. Don’t stay up late, or you can’t study well the next day.
Third, think of something instead of copying or repeating. If you can remember the words in your way, you can tell your teachers you don’t like the way of copying them again and again. If you are sure you can pass tests well, I think your teachers will agree with you. And they can give you something interesting to do.
School is really a good place for you to learn. Believe in your teachers and yourself.
You are the best one and you can do everything well.
1. What is the purpose (目的) of this passage?| A．To ask students not to do their homework. |
| B．To give students some good ways of learning. |
| C．To ask students not to listen to the teachers carefully. |
| D．To tell students what a good teacher and a good school are like. |
| A．Three. | B．Four. | C．Five. | D．Six. |
| A．They should spend much time on it. |
| B．They should do homework as slowly as possible. |
| C．They should do more reading or writing in English. |
| D．They should stay up late doing their homework. |
| A．Studying in your own way. | B．How to get high marks. |
| C．How to get on well with teachers. | D．How to copy words. |
| A．Themselves and their parents. |
| B．Their parents and their teachers. |
| C．Their classmates and their friends. |
| D．Themselves and their teachers. |
4 . Imagine you’re enjoying dinner with your friends at a nice restaurant. You’re having a great time when suddenly you hear a phone ringing at the table next to you. A man takes out his phone and starts talking about problems he’s having with his girlfriend. He keeps talking for almost ten minutes! How will you feel? Maybe you will feel uncomfortable, but you can do nothing about it.
This happens all the time, not only in restaurants, but also on buses, at the cinema, everywhere!
phones are useful in our daily lives. But be careful not to be noisy phone users and disturb others. You are supposed to control your own behavior. Here are a few rules:
Follow the rules! When you’re in public places and see a sign that says “Turn off phones”, don’t use your phone. If you are allowed, speak softly for a short time and try to keep away from other people.
Phone off! Never make calls in a theater, when you are watching a movie or enjoying a concert.
Pay attention! Talking on a phone while driving is dangerous. And watch where you’re going when you’re walking down the streets and talking on the phone.
As more people use phones, things are going to get worse. So, the next time you’re getting ready to make a call, stop and consider the people around you.
1. In paragraph(段落) 1, the writer mainly tells us ________.| A．what the man talks on the phone with his girlfriend |
| B．an example of bad manners |
| C．how bad phones can be to people |
| D．why using phones is not allowed in a restaurant |
| A．in a restaurant | B．on a bus | C．on the street | D．in a theater |
| A．帮助 | B．支持 | C．打扰 | D．利用 |
| A．using earphones | B．making short talks |
| C．keeping away from people | D．talking in a low voice |
| A．public manners are important in our lives | B．phones lead to people’s bad relationship |
| C．people should turn off phones in public places | D．phones have become the most useful tools in our lives |
When we play a game with our classmates or friends, we usually need to make some rules first. I think it’s very important to have rules.
In the school library, you are free to read books. You don’t have to pay any money. But remember, you must be quiet. Don’t talk loudly. You can’t make the library dirty.
We have to follow the traffic (交通) rules. We can go at green lights (灯) and stop at red lights. The traffic rules make us safe.
When we take a car and sit next to the driver, we have to wear the safety belt (安全带). Also, little children need to take the back seats. The car rules make us safe, too.
1. We don’t need to make rules any time.2. The books in the library is not free.
3. You can’t talk loudly in the library.
4. The traffic rules make us safe.
5. When we take a car and take the back seat, we don’t have to wear the safety belt.
6 . As COVID-19 spreads in the world, many countries are changing their social habits in order to protect themselves.
France
France is famous for its romantic greetings. They touch each other’s faces and make a kissing sound. But now, this habit may have to stop. A French manner expert said that simply looking into a person’s eyes can be enough as a greeting.
Brazil
In Brazil, chimarrao is a special drink that is commonly shared among a group of close friends. The tea is passed around in a cup, and everyone takes turns to drink it. But at present, people are encouraged not to share it.
Australia
Australians are quite free when it comes to greetings. “G’day（你好）, mate”, a handshake, and smile will be enough. But now the Australian government is asking Australians to take a pat on the back instead of a handshake.
Iran
Traditionally, people in Iran shake hands to greet with one another. But today, COVID-19 has made “footshake” a new way of greeting. A video has been popular in Iran, showing three friends meeting-hands in their pockets-tapping their feet against each other as a greeting.
1. The purpose of changing social habits is to ________.| A．change the eating habits | B．ask people to stay at home |
| C．protect themselves | D．change the way of greeting |
| A．social habits | B．special drinks | C．local languages | D．foreign countries |
| A．touch her face | B．pat her back | C．share a drink | D．look into her eyes |
| A．France | B．Brazil | C．Australia | D．Iran |
| A．a story | B．a science article | C．a notice | D．a novel |
When you wear clothes made of cotton, do you know where the cotton comes from? Countries like India are believed to have grown cotton for the first time, but China is the world’s largest cotton producer now.
China produces about 22% of the world’s cotton, of which 87.3% comes from Xinjiang according to the latest data (数据). Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (新疆维吾尔自治区) in the northwest of China is home to the nation’s largest cotton-producing area.
The planting of cotton in Xinjiang dates back to the late Western Han Dynasty. According to historical records, cotton was introduced from West Asia to Xinjiang. It soon spread across Xinjiang because of the area’s full sunlight and plenty of water, which the plant needs.
Xinjiang is famous for its long staple cotton (长绒棉). In the past, people mainly picked the cotton by hand, but now machines have gradually taken its place. It prevents the cotton from being polluted and improves its quality.
After bags of cotton are packed and transported to many factories, they become clothes, shoes, dolls, toys and many other things. So we also call the cotton—“white gold”.
1. China is the world’s largest cotton producer now.2. Xinjiang produces about 87.3% of the world’s cotton.
3. Xinjiang is fit to plant cotton because of its modern machines.
4. Cotton is mainly picked by machine in Xinjiang now.
5. The best title of the passage can be “White Gold” in Xinjiang.
8 . The year 2022 will be a big year for sports in China. That’s because it held not only the 24th Winter Olympics in Beijing, but also the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou.
On August 6th, 2018, the official emblem (会徽) for the Hanghou Asian Games was released (发行). The city won the hosting rights for the 2022 Asian Games in 2015. It was the third Chinese city to host the Asian Games after Beijing and Guangzhou in 1990 and 2010.
First held in 1951, the Asian Games is the largest multi-sport event in Asia. It also means a lot to China. The Beijing Asian Games was the first large international sports event to be hosted by China, China News Service reported.
To make the Games a great success, Chinese people worked hard to prepare. Beijing built a great number of roads and gyms, including the famous Beijing Olympic Sports Center and Asian Games Village. The Games helped the world see China and its achievements. Since then, China has improved its global image (国际形象), China Youth Daily reported.
For the 2022 Asian Games, Hangzhou has already started building 33 sports venues (场馆), according to China Youth Daily. The themes (主题) of the Hangzhou Asian Games are “green, smart, economical (节俭) and civilized (文明)”, All the Games’ buildings will be environmentally friendly.
1. Which city will host the 2022 Asian Games?| A．Hangzhou. | B．Guangzhou. | C．Shanghai. | D．Beijing. |
| A．It improved China’s economy(经济). |
| B．It helped China attract more tourists. |
| C．Guangzhou built a lot of roads and gyms. |
| D．It helped the world see China and its achievements. |
| A．Green, smart, economical and civilized. | B．One world, one dream. |
| C．Better city, better life. | D．Together to the future. |
| A．China only held the Winter Olympics in 2022. |
| B．Hangzhou was the third time to host the Asian Games. |
| C．The Beijing Asian Games was the first large international sports in China. |
| D．Hangzhou has built a great number of roads and museums. |
| A．How to prepare for the Asian Games. |
| B．The development of the Asian Games in China. |
| C．Why China wants to host the 19th Asian Games. |
| D．How the 19th Asian Games emblem was designed. |
9 . China has accepted western fashion and technology as it has developed these years, but a lot of young people are turning to the past for their clothes choices and putting on traditional “hanfu”.
As the government encourages the renaissance (复兴) of traditional culture, hunfu is getting more and more popular with the teenagers. Every year, we can enjoy different hanfu shows around the cities. These shows bring us back to the Han dynasty (汉朝). We learn more about the history, culture and beauty from them.
Hanfu hasn’t been in the same style since the Han dynasty. However, this kind of clothes has something in common. They all have large soft robes (袍子), with sleeves that hang down to the knees, so the hands can’t be seen.
In modern China, the hanfu lovers are from history fans, cartoon fans to clothes fans.
“Clothes are the basic part of culture, so both the traditional clothes and modern clothes play the same role in culture,” said Zhang Jun, a famous reporter. “If the people and the country do not even understand our traditional clothes or don’t wear them, how can we talk about other important parts of our culture?”
1. Han fu is getting more and more popular with the teenagers because ________.| A．China has accepted western fashion | B．China has accepted western technology |
| C．China has different hanfu shows | D．the government encourages traditional culture |
| A．History fans, | B．Cartoon fans. | C．Clothes fans. | D．All of the above. |
| A．衣领 | B．衣袖 | C．纽扣 | D．拉链 |
| A．clothes are not the part of culture | B．it’s not necessary for us to wear hanfu |
| C．clothes help us understand our culture better | D．hanfu isn’t so important as modern clothes |
| A．Hanfu and Chinese culture. | B．The history of Hanfu. |
| C．The styles of Hanfu. | D．Different hanfu shows. |
10 . Earthquakes happen without warning（前兆）. They can happen any time of a day, at any point during the year. But don’t worry because most earthquakes are so weak that they cannot be felt. Only a few big ones hurt people. However, it’s important to know what to do when an earthquake is happening.
Do NOT go outside. You could get injured from falling glass or parts of buildings. If you are outside, stay away from buildings and power lines （输电线）.
Stay under a desk, table, or other strong furniture. Hold on to it. Or stay in a corner of the building. Cover your face and head with your arms and cover your mouth with a towel or clothing. Stay inside until shaking stops and it is safe to go outside.
Keep away from windows, pictures or advertisements on the wall or the building, and anything else that could fall and hurt you. Most people get injured by falling things during an earthquake, not by the shaking itself.
Also keep away from a fire. You could fall down and burn yourself on the fire.
If you are driving when an earthquake happens, stop the car if it’s safe. Stay inside your car until the earthquake stops, and don’t drive near bridges. Try not to stop by power lines or trees. These could fall and hurt you.
1. Most earthquakes are so ________ that they can’t hurt people.| A．strong | B．weak | C．dangerous | D．heavy |
| A．stay under a big building |
| B．stay under a strong furniture |
| C．stand by windows |
| D．drive near a big bridge |
| A．Four | B．Six | C．Five | D．Seven |
| A．how dangerous the earthquake is |
| B．how to be safe in an earthquake |
| C．we shouldn’t be afraid of the earthquake |
| D．how the earthquake comes into being |
| A．How Earthquakes Happen |
| B．How to Drive a Car |
| C．What We Should Do in Earthquakes |
| D．Why Earthquakes Happen |
