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By Global Times
May 12th, 2022
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China’s Zhurong rover (祝融号) has found evidence (证据) showing that water has been on Mars (火星) much longer than expected.
Zhurong, named after the Chinese god of fire, landed safely on Mars on May 15th, 2021, making China only the second behind the United States to fully succeed.
Zhurong, the Mars rover, is 1.85 meters high and weighs about 240 kilograms. It has six wheels and four solar panels (太阳能面板) and it can move at 200 meters an hour on Mars.
The rover’s three-month primary mission (任务) was to search for signs of ancient life. It has done research on the minerals, environment and location of water and ice in the plain. The rover continues to research into its landing place and send information back to the Tianwen-1. The rover returned some information from its primary survey of the basin. It shows that Utopia Planitia basin had water during a time, but many scientists used to believe Mars to be dry and cold.
“Mars is the planet we are most likely to live on in the future. That’s why we want to understand it,” said Ge, a scientist in China’s space program. “Zhurong’s evidence of water on Mars makes great progress in future Mars missions!”
1. China becomes only the ________ to land a rover successfully on Mars according to the passage.| A．first | B．second | C．third | D．fourth |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．the news came out on May 15th, 2021 | B．the rover returned three months ago |
| C．the rover may send pictures back to the Tianwen-1 | D．Mars used to be dry and cold in the ancient time |
| A．Tianwen-1. | B．Mars. | C．Future. | D．Zhurong. |
| A．The new findings on Mars | B．The future life on Mars |
| C．The appearance of Zhurong Rover | D．The landing of Zhurong Rover |
2 . Birthday is a special day for most people. We may spend much time celebrating it. On birthdays, we may go for a trip, have a party or watch a movie with our parents and friends. We can also enjoy some special food. Do you know what people eat on their birthday all over the world? Here are three people from different countries. They tell us what food they eat on their birthday.
Liu Jing is from Beijing, “The long noodles are a symbol of long life. In China, red is a symbol of luck. We think red eggs bring us good luck. So you can see Chinese eat long noodles and red eggs when they celebrate their birthday.” says Liu Jing.
“I am so happy because today is my birthday. I want to have a birthday party. At the party, we can play games, sing and dance. We can also eat a big birthday cake with fifteen candles. I’m sure we can have a good time at my birthday party.” says David from America.
“In Canada, people put a coin (硬币) into the cake. If the birthday person eats the cake with the coin, he or she will be lucky. I am so happy because I eat the cake with a coin,” says Sandy.
1. According to the first paragraph, people may ________ on their birthday.①go for a trip ②watch ball games ③watch a movie ④have a birthday party
| A．②③④ | B．①③④ | C．①②④ | D．①②③ |
| A．China | B．Canada | C．America | D．Australia |
| A．coin | B．candles | C．egg | D．ring |
| A．why we have long noodles on birthday | B．three persons from different countries |
| C．how to make birthday cake | D．what to eat on one’s birthday in different countries |
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Over time, the cuckoo (布谷鸟) has learned to get other birds to care for its babies. The cuckoo is an amazing bird. Most birds lay their eggs and look after them until their babies hatch out. Then they feed their babies until they are ready to leave the nest.
Some birds are not such good parents. Cuckoos lay their eggs in the nest of other birds and do not care for their own babies. They get other birds to act as the parents. The other birds raise the young cuckoos as well as their own babies!
If the cuckoo egg hatches first, the baby cuckoo will often push the other eggs out of the nest so that it can get all the attention of its new mother. The young cuckoo sometimes even push the other babies out of the nest. The young cuckoo has a loud cry and is often bigger than the other baby birds, it will take all the food and the space in the nest.
If the cuckoo lay around 25 eggs each year in the nests of other birds. This means that many other birds spend all their time looking after young cuckoos instead of their own babies. Some birds have learned to recognize the cuckoos’ eggs and they push them out of their nests. But the cuckoos have also found ways of fooling (欺骗) the other birds. They can change their eggs to make them look just like the other birds’ own eggs.
1. What has the cuckoo learned?| A．Making a wonderful nest. | B．Singing songs. |
| C．Catching food quickly. | D．Getting other birds to care for its babies. |
| A．They will look after them until their babies hatch out. |
| B．They will do nothing but leave them in the nest. |
| C．They will push the eggs out of the nest. |
| D．They will eat all the eggs. |
| A．Lay eggs. | B．Eat eggs. | C．Get out of the eggs. | D．Push eggs. |
| A．push the other eggs out of the nest | B．fly to find its own parents |
| C．help to warm the other eggs | D．do nothing but wait for food |
| A．The young cuckoos look like the other babies in the nest. |
| B．No birds can recognize the cuckoos’eggs and push them out of the nest. |
| C．Some birds can recognize the cuckoos’ eggs and push them out of thenest. |
| D．It’s impossible for cuckoos to lay eggs in the nests of other birds. |
4 . Lao She wrote Teahouse in 1957. The play shows the life in China in between 1898 and 1945. It takes place in a teahouse in old Beijing and it tells us the story of Wang Lifa and his customers (顾客). Finally, it says goodbye to old Beijing and its people.
The story starts in 1898 during the Qing Dynasty. It continues in 1916, and finally, it brings the audience to the end of the Anti-Japanese War in 1945. After the war, Wang Lifa loses the teahouse and dies.
Lao She was born in Beijing in 1899. His parents sent him to the Teachers’ University in Beijing and he became a teacher. From 1924 to 1929 he taught in the University of London in the UK. He wrote many plays, novels (小说) and short stories. He was named a “People’s Artist” and a “Great Master of Language”. He was one of the greatest Chinese writers of the 20th century.
In Lao She Teahouse today, waiters bring tea to the customers and traditional Chinese food as well. If you like Beijing Opera, folk music, acrobatics or magic shows, you can enjoy them in the teahouse. Lao She Teahouse gives a wonderful welcome to everyone from China and from all over the world.
1. When does Wang Lifa lose the Teahouse in the play?| A．In 1898. | B．In 1916. | C．Before 1945. | D．After 1945. |
| A．Lao She. | B．Lao She’s Teahouse. |
| C．The story of Teahouse. | D．The play Teahouse. |
| A．a boss of Teahouse | B．a people’s Artist |
| C．a teacher | D．a Great Master of Language |
① tea② Beijing Opera③ rock music④ acrobatics⑤ magic shows
| A．①②③④ | B．①②③⑤ | C．②③④⑤ | D．①②④⑤ |
5 . ①Walk or drive to work? Which way is lower in carbon（碳）? To be friendly to the environment, you may choose to walk. Have you ever tried to live a low-carbon life through your diet（日常饮食）?
②A new study from the University of Oxford has looked into the health and environmental influences of 15 foods common in western diets. Among these, plant-based（基于植物的）foods included fruits, vegetables, nuts and potatoes. It also studied animal-based foods, including red meat, chicken, milk products, eggs and fish.
③According to the study’s lead researcher, Michael Clark, “Choosing better and greener diets is one of the main ways people can improve their health and protect the environment.” That is to say, plant-based diets are much healthier for us and kinder to the environment.
④To get this result, researchers compared the influence of eating another portion（一份）of each food with the increased risk of a few illnesses. They also find out the environmental harm for each animal-based food and each plant-based food.
⑤By using this method, the study found that red meats were the most unfriendly foods to the environment. Keeping farm animals produces a large number of methane（甲烷）that keeps 30 times more heat than CO2. As well as making the earth warmer, eating too much red meat is known to increase the risk of a few illnesses, such as heart trouble.
⑥Plant-based diets can give us the same health benefits in a much greener way. According to the study, without eating or using meat and milk products, global farmland use could be cut down by more than 75% and still feed the world.
⑦Speaking to the Guardian, Tim Benton of Chatham House said, “If we can give people reasonable official advice of what a healthy and green diet is, the world and its people would be in a much better place.”
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1. Which one is animal-based food?
| A．Milk products. | B．Fruits. | C．Potatoes. | D．Vegetables. |
| A．Many people choose to walk to work. | B．Plant-based diets are healthier and greener. |
| C．The more we eat, the better the environment is. | D．15 foods common in western diets are not healthy. |
| A．The harm of CO2. | B．The risk of heart trouble. |
| C．A reason for keeping animals. | D．Two disadvantages of red meats. |
| A．问题 | B．方式 | C．益处 | D．状况 |
| A．Teaching farmers to plant vegetables correctly. | B．Offering doctors new methods to treat patients. |
| C．Guiding people to lose weight by doing exercise. | D．Giving official advice on health and environment. |
6 . A team of scientists are carrying out a project at the University of Greenwich in London. They are trying to find ways to make food on Mars (火星) in the future. The project is called Feeding Mars. It tries to use water, fish and fish waste to grow fruit and vegetables on Mars.
It would take at least 21 months to reach Mars, learn about its surface and return to Earth. So it would be a big help if the spacemen could grow fresh food on Mars itself.
Farming on Mars, however, will be very hard. There’s plenty of water that could be taken from ice just below the surface, but the land on Mars is missing the nutrients (养分) that living things need. The team say that they could solve the problem by growing plants and fish together. Fish waste can then be used to provide nutrients for plants.
“It is expected that you can grow lots of food, such as vegetables, salads, teas and medicinal plants on Mars,” said Dr Benz Kotzen, who leads the project. “You can even harvest (捕获) fish for food then.”
1. What does the underlined word “It” in Paragraph 1 refer to (指的是)?| A．The future. | B．The project. | C．The land. | D．The planet. |
| A．Ice below the surface. | B．Too much fish waste. |
| C．The missing of living things. | D．The poor land condition. |
| A．Hopeful. | B．Doubtful. | C．Surprised. | D．Funny. |
7 . Forgot your password (密码) or your ID? Well, you’ll never forget your face. Using your face as your ID is quick and convenient. You could take the subway or board a flight with just your face alone. This is how facial recognition (人脸识别) works. It has also been used to catch criminals.
In China, facial recognition systems have been used in many areas. In Zhengzhou, people can now get on the subway by using facial recognition technology. Students at Peking University can pass through the school’s gate by scanning (扫描) their faces.
However, nowadays there are no laws to require how to use and collect the facial information, according to Zhao Zhanling, a law researcher at the China University of Political Science and Law. Many people are worried about the collection and use of this information by governments and companies. Why is it necessary to collect data (数据) about your face and what will the data be used for? These are some common questions about the facial recognition arguments.
“I feel uneasy because I don’t know how the company is using my facial information or whether they will tell others,” Feng Yi, a tourism company worker, said about Zhengzhou’s subway smartphone app. When someone steals your personal information, you can change your bank card and password, but can you change your face when your facial information is stolen? It’s dangerous!
As facial recognition is used more and more in our daily lives—from college schoolyards and subways to street corners and smartphones—we must ask ourselves whether or not this new technology is worth the risk.
1. What does the writer think of using your face as your ID?| A．Slow and expensive. | B．Quick and convenient. |
| C．Slow but convenient. | D．Quick but expensive. |
| A．Tsinghua University. | B．Zhengzhou University. |
| C．Peking University. | D．Tianjin University. |
| A．worried | B．relaxed | C．bored | D．excited |
| A．To tell us facial recognition is very safe. |
| B．To tell us everyone likes using facial recognition. |
| C．To tell us facial recognition is not always safe. |
| D．To tell us facial recognition is not easy to use. |
| A．It’s easy to forget your password or your ID. |
| B．Facial information shouldn’t be used. |
| C．It’s difficult to change your bank card and password. |
| D．Facial recognition systems are widely used in China. |
What can be red or green, round or sharp, big or small, and more importantly, loved or hated by someone? Yes, the answer is chilies (辣椒).
Many of us in China enjoy adding chilies to our food, but did you know that this spicy vegetable could also be dangerous? A 34-year-old US man recently ended up in hospital after eating a Carolina Reaper, the spiciest chili people have known so far. After taking just a single bite of one, the man suffered from serious headaches in the following days, reported BBC News.
In fact, eating spicy food causes a stomachache and a headache. But if chilies are harmful, why do people like to eat this vegetable? So what makes people love chilies so much? The human body is influenced by natural chemicals that produce “a sense of happiness”, noted BBC News.
And chilies do good to people in another way. Scientists found that the death rate of those who eat spicy food once or twice a week is 10 percent lower than those who eat it less than once a week. The death rate is 14 percent lower for those who eat spicy food six to seven times a week. This encourages people to eat more spicy food to improve health and bring less death risk at an early age. So, don’t worry if you love spicy food. It seems that chilies are actually good for us.
1. What is the main idea of the Paragraph 2?| A．Eating chilies can be dangerous. | B．The US man died in hospital. |
| C．US man often had a headache. | D．The Chinese enjoy eating chilies. |
| A．chilies do no harm to people | B．the chilies is a kind of vegetable |
| C．they can get personal enjoyment | D．chemicals in chilies make them mad |
| A．酸的 | B．苦的 | C．有害 | D．辣的 |
| A．The more chilies you eat, the longer you must live. |
| B．Scientists encourage us to add chilies to our food. |
| C．We should eat chilies seven times a day. |
| D．Proper spicy food may improve our health. |
| A．a menu | B．a magazine | C．a story book | D．a novel |
9 . Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and other big cities are exciting places to live in. There are many interesting things to see and do. You can go to different kinds of museums, and see all kinds of plays and films. You can also buy things from all over the world.
But there are serious problems in big cities too. It’s expensive to live there, and there are too many people in some places in big cities. Every year many people move to the cities to find jobs, to study at good schools and receive good medical care. But sometimes these people cannot find work or good places to live in. Also it is hard to keep the cities safe and clean.
Some people enjoy living in big cities, others do not. Before they move to big cities, they should think about the problems of living there.
1. In big cities people can do all of the following except ________.| A．living there with little money | B．seeing many kinds of plays and films |
| C．buying things from all over the world | D．going to different kinds of museums |
| A．All people like to live in big cities. |
| B．Big cities are not clean and safe enough. |
| C．People can always find work to do in big cities. |
| D．People can easily find good places to live in big cities. |
| A．big cities don’t have serious problems |
| B．people in big cities are usually very dirty |
| C．people will no longer like living in big cities |
| D．Beijing is an exciting place for people to live in |
10 . Wang Yaping, together with Zhai Zhigang and Ye Guangfu, went into space aboard the Shenzhou XIII on October 16th, 2021. The 41-year-old Wang became the first Chinese female astronaut（女航天员）to enter Tiangong space station.
Wang’s space dream started in 2003, when China sent its first astronaut Yang Liwei into space. At that time, Wang was a pilot in the Chinese army. After having safe flights for 1,600 hours over nine years, Wang was a strong candidate（候选人）to become an astronaut in 2010. She pushed herself hard, getting the same training as men. “The space environment won’t change because you are a woman,” she told Xinhua.
The hardest part is the high-G training. Sitting in a spinning（旋转的）machine, Wang would become blind for a while because her brain was short of blood. “There’s a red button（按钮）”, said Wang. “If you can’t stand it, you can press it to stop.” But Wang never used it. “There is no such red button in my heart.” That strong spirit finally made her dream come true in 2013. She joined the team for the Shenzhou X mission（任务）.
Wang said that as astronauts, women have their own advantages（优势）. “Women may be more patient and can better deal with loneliness. Women’s hearts are also easier to adapt to the weightless environment, making them more suitable for long-term missions.”
Wang Yaping went a long way before becoming the first woman to enter the Tiangong space station. She sets a good example for all women who dream of going to space.
1. Wang’s words mean _________ in Paragraph 2.| A．The space environment is easy to change. |
| B．Only men can go to space station in the world. |
| C．Both male and female astronauts can go to space. |
| D．Men and women will face the same difficulties in space. |
| A．合适 | B．改编 | C．适应 | D．接受 |
| A．Wang is the first female astronaut in the world. |
| B．Wang dreamed of being an astronaut in 2003. |
| C．It was a short time before Wang made her dream come true. |
| D．Wang pressed the red button when she became blind after the high-G training. |
a. More patience. b. Less weight. c. More problem-solving skills. d. Better ability to deal with loneliness.
| A．ad | B．ab | C．bc | D．bd |
