1 . A science fiction flying car looks like a normal car, but it is an aircraft (飞行器) that anybody can fly directly from any place to another without using roads or runways. Science fiction writers have written about flying cars for a long time. But now flying cars will soon fly out of the world of science fiction into our real world. And the dream of the science fiction writers will soon come true.
The first-known sky car is the FSC-1. The FSC-1 looks like an expensive sports car. You can drive the FSC-1 on the road like a normal car. If you touch a button, its wings and propeller (螺旋桨) fold out and then it can take off, fly and land as an airplane. The owners of the FSC-1 can choose if they want to drive or fly.
Another flying car or sky car is the Moller Skycar M400. Although you can’t drive it on the roads, it is small and easy to fly and can take off and land like a helicopter (直升飞机). Urban Aeronautics’ X-Hawk is another type of sky car. It is expected to be available for about $3 million.
Just like any new technology, flying cars have taken a long time to be developed. But some experts think the technology is far from what people imagine when they are sitting in traffic. It still needs to be improved.
1. The writer thinks that flying cars will be no longer a dream because ________.| A．science fiction writers’ ideas are stupid | B．they are too expensive to make |
| C．they will soon be available | D．they are only in science fiction |
| A．change itself into a robot | B．move on water like a ship |
| C．be flown only like an airplane | D．be driven like a car and flown like an airplane |
| A．it can’t fly | B．it can’t be driven like a car |
| C．it is difficult to land | D．it is much more expensive |
| A．normal | B．traditional | C．not good enough | D．strange |
2 . Many parents today worry about their children’s diets. Then what is a healthy diet for children? Miss Jones from Happy Children Hospital gives the following advice:
◆ Children shouldn’t eat food with too much salt because it can cause high blood pressure(高血压).◆ Children should eat food with less fat, oil and sugar. They should not eat too much junk food.
◆ Fruit and vegetables are rich in vitamins. Children need to eat fruit and vegetables often.
◆ Water is important to everyone. Children need to drink enough water every day.
◆ Children need to eat breakfast every day. It is good for their bodies and minds.
1. Probably Miss Jones is a ________.
| A．teacher | B．doctor | C．shop assistant | D．a waitress |
| A．绿色食品 | B．垃圾食品 | C．天然食品 | D．营养食品 |
| A．enough juice | B．enough water | C．enough coffee | D．enough milk |
| A．Water. | B．Junk food. | C．Sugar. | D．Fruit and vegetables. |
| A．Bad Habits | B．Junk Food | C．Advice on a Healthy Diet | D．An Unhealthy Lifestyle |
3 . In England, people often talk about the weather because they can experience (经历) four seasons in one day. In the morning, the weather is warm just like in spring. An hour later, black clouds come, and then it rains hard. The weather gets a little cold. In the late afternoon, the sky will be sunny, the sun will begin to shine, and it will be summer at this time of a day.
In England, people can also have summer in winter, or have winter in summer. So in winter, they can swim sometimes, and in summer sometimes they should take warm clothes.
When you go to England, you will see that some English people usually take an umbrella or a raincoat with them in the sunny morning, but you should not laugh at them.
If you don’t take an umbrella or a raincoat, you will regret (后悔) later in the day.
1. Why do people in England often talk about the weather?| A．Because they may have four seasons in one day. |
| B．Because they often have very good weather. |
| C．Because the weather is warm just like in spring. |
| D．Because the sky is sunny all day. |
| A．sunshine and snow | B．black clouds |
| C．summer and winter | D．spring and autumn |
| A．warm | B．cool | C．cold | D．rainy |
| A．their friends ask them to do so | B．it often rains in England |
| C．they are going to sell them | D．they are their favorite things |
| A．Bad Seasons | B．Summer or Winter |
| C．The Weather in England | D．Strange English People |
4 . In the USA, there’re many types of restaurants. Fast food restaurants are very famous. You can find McDonald’s in many countries. You look at a menu on the counter（柜台）, and say what you’d like to eat. You pay the person who serves you. You take your food and sit down or take it away. There’s no need to leave a tip.
In a coffee shop you sit at the counter or at a table. Then the waitress（服务员）usually brings coffee when you sit down. You tell her what you’d like to eat and she brings it to you. You pay as you leave.
In a family restaurant the atmosphere（氛围）is casual（随意的）, but the waitress shows you where to sit. Often the waitress tells you her name, but you don’t need to tell her yours. When you pay, you add（添加）an extra（额外的）fifteen percent to the bill（账单）as a tip.
In top class（顶级的）restaurants, you need a reservation（预订）and you need to arrive on time. The waiter shows you where to sit. When you get your bill, check it and add fifteen to twenty percent to it as a tip for the waiter.
1. There’re _________ types of restaurants here.| A．three | B．four | C．five | D．six |
| A．near the door | B．in the corner | C．at the counter | D．on the floor |
| A．In a top class restaurant | B．In a fast food restaurant |
| C．In a coffee shop | D．In a family restaurant |
| A．ten percent | B．fifteen percent | C．thirty percent | D．forty percent |
| A．建议 | B．小费 | C．账单 | D．菜单 |
5 . Some students study hard by cup after cup of coffee, what is more, the test stress（压力）almost makes them crazy（疯狂）. But when you want to review as many books as possible to be ready for your test, don’t forget your health. After all, if you’re sick during your tests, every effort（努力）might be useless. Here are some tips on food, drinks and sleeping for you.
Food and drinks
The most important thing to remember about eating and drinking is to do just that: eat and drink. Never try to work when you are very hungry. Always do your homework before you get too tired.
1) Eat healthily and regularly
A banana or orange with some yogurt will fill you up better than junk food. Don’t break your food habits too much. Eat a healthy breakfast, lunch, and dinner at the same time you always do. Don’t eat take-out and junk food.
2) Drink more water
Drink water, and then drink some more. Nothing else will help your mind keep clear and keep your energy（能量）levels high. Sugary（含糖的）soft drinks will do badly for your health. You can also add some fruits like lemon to your water.
3) Drink less coffee and energy drinks
Caffeine（咖啡因）is so popular. Everyone could refresh（振奋）himself by using a cup of coffee, but drinking too much will make you uncomfortable, can’t sleep well.
Sleeping
All of that studying during finals week will be for nothing if you don’t get enough sleep.
1) Make sure about sleep time
Don’t wait until late in the evening, or the homework will seem much harder than it really is.
Arrange(安排) your time properly（合适地）before final exams. You know your body, your study habits, and your finals schedule（时间表）, so make a plan according to these.
2) Take a rest
Relax yourself after an hour’s work. Put your head down or lie down and set an alarm for half an hour to get some quick power sleep to add（增加）energy.
3) Keep your environment（环境）relaxing
Play some light music to help yourself fall asleep and give your body enough rest.
1. When someone is very hungry, he’d better ________.| A．work harder | B．not eat anything | C．stop working | D．work as usual |
| A．Junk food. | B．Fried chicken. |
| C．A banana or orange. | D．French fries. |
| A．happy | B．exciting | C．uncomfortable | D．sleepy |
| A．Drink more coffee. |
| B．Eat more take-out and junk food. |
| C．Keep studying while you are hungry. |
| D．Listen to the light music and take a rest. |
| A．Drinking too much coffee will help you more than drinking water. |
| B．Even before the final exam, you’d better make sure about your sleep time. |
| C．Eat a healthy breakfast, lunch, and dinner at the same time you always do. |
| D．You’d better relax yourself after an hour’s work by getting a quick sleep. |
6 . Why are dogs our best friends. Maybe because they can understand our words much better than we thought, according to a study in Hungary. It found that dogs understand not only what we say, but also how we say it.
“The results were very exciting and very surprising.” Said the researcher Attila Andies, from Eotvos Lorand University in Budapest.
For the study, the researchers first trained 13 dogs for months. The dogs had to sit quietly inside machine, so that the researchers could check their activity.
Then the researcher put headphones on dogs and played people’s voice to them. There were four different voice. Some were positive words,such as “well down”, or neutral（不带感情色彩的） words like “however”. The words were also in different tones（音调）. Some were positive and some were neutral.
Brain scans（扫描）showed that the dogs could recognize（辨认）words, as well as the tone of words, much like people do. The positive words with a positive tone brought the stronger activity in their brain’s reward centers（反应中枢）.
“It shows that for dogs, a nice phrase can work very well as a prize, but it works best if both words and tones match.” Said Andies.
They also found that dogs deal with meaningful words with the left side of the brain and tones with the right. Human brains work in the same way.
It gave us a new understanding of language,said Andies. That is, not only do humans understand the meaning in words, other species（物种）do too.
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1. What was found according to the study in Hungary?________
| A．Dogs can’t understand people words. |
| B．Dogs can only understand what we say. |
| C．Dogs can understand what we thought better than our words. |
| D．Dogs understand not only what we say, but also how we say it. |
| A．Researchers played with the dogs. | B．Researchers made dogs sit inside machine. |
| C．Researchers scanned the dogs’ brain. | D．Researchers played people’s voice to the dogs. |
| A．neutral words with a neutral tone. | B．neutral words with a positive tone. |
| C．positive words with neutral tone | D．positive words with positive tone |
| A．Human brains don’t work in the same way as dogs do. |
| B．Dogs deal with meaningful words with the left side of the brain. |
| C．The researchers trained dogs for years to check their brain activity. |
| D．Researcher Attila Andies was disappointed at the result of the study. |
| A．Dogs are as clever as humans. | B．Dogs are good at learning human’s language. |
| C．Dogs can understand the meaning in words. | D．Dogs can do what human do. |
7 .
| Name | Personal Information |
| Fei Junlong | Born in 1965 in Jiangsu, China An astronaut(宇航员) Traveled in Shenzhou VI in outer space with Nie Haisheng from October 12th to October 17th, 2005 |
| Yao Ming | Born in 1980 in Shanghai, China The son of two great basketball players Joined the Houston Rockets in June, 2002 |
| Jay Chou | Born in 1979 in Taiwan, China A popular singer Favorite music: Hip-Hop |
| Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) | Born in Sweden A scientist Known for the Nobel Prizes |
| Helen Keller (1880-1968) | Not able to see or hear Worked hard and became one of the famous writers in America Wrote a lot, such as The Story of My Life |
1. Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng traveled in outer space for _______ days.
| A．five | B．six | C．seven | D．eight |
| A．Germany | B．Canada | C．America | D．England |
| A．player | B．singer | C．astronaut | D．scientist |
| A．sport | B．song | C．prize | D．book |
| A．Yao Ming’s parents were players. | B．Jay Chou is from Shanghai, China. |
| C．Alfred Nobel was a French man. | D．Helen Keller couldn’t see, but could hear. |
8 .
 It’s not WASTE until it is WASTED! With the World Environment Day coming, our school is now requiring every student to form a habit of sorting the waste. Here in our schoolyard we lay four different colors of rubbish bins for different kinds of rubbish. The red is for harmful waste; the blue is for waste that can be recycled ; the green is for kitchen waste; the yellow is for other waste. The followings are some instructions for you. Glass: Empty bottles without caps can be recycled to make new glass bottles. Warning: Mirrors and light bulbs (电灯泡) must not be included in the glass waste. Paper: Newspapers, magazines, boxes must be clean enough to be recycled. Warning: Paper tissues (餐纸) and wall paper are not recyclable as paper and should be kept separately. PMD waste: Packaging made of Plastic or Metal and Drink boxes are used to make new packaging. Warning: Plastic pots (e.g. yogurt pots), plastic bags must not be included with the PMD waste. Harmful waste: out-of-date drugs, used batteries (电池), paint and oil… Besides, if you don’t need your old bikes at all, our school volunteers will collect them. We’re going to fix them up and then give them away to kids who don’t have enough money for a bike. To find out more about recycling, you can visit our school website. |
1. According to the passage, ________ different colors of rubbish bins are laid in the schoolyard.
| A．6 | B．4 | C．7 | D．5 |
| A．green | B．red | C．yellow | D．blue |
| A．paper tissues | B．empty bottles | C．out-of-date drugs | D．drink boxes |
| A．sold to collect money for the poor kids |
| B．fixed up and given back to you for free |
| C．given away immediately to the poor kids |
| D．fixed up and given away to the poor kids |
| A．to look for volunteers for waste sorting |
| B．to advertise glass, paper and plastic products |
| C．to introduce the World Environment Day |
| D．to introduce waste sorting to the students |
Doing exercise is an important part of healthy lifestyle. But the novel coronavirus（新冠病毒）has kept millions of people from taking part in outdoor activities since late January. As a result, indoor activities have become an important way for people to keep healthy, especially during a special time like this.
These days, the sports community, medical experts and public health officials have all been actively suggesting indoor exercise to help people fight against the novel coronavirus. And ba duan jin, an easy-to-learn qigong exercise, is among the most popular exercises. After doing the exercise, people may feel like they are wearing a dress made of silk fabric, so it’s also called Eight Pieces of Brocade（锦缎）.
Created nearly a thousand years ago, ba duan jin has been practiced for centuries in China. Nowadays, it is almost as popular as Tai chi. especially among the old. The exercise doesn’t require much space or time. As long as people master special breathing and concentration（专注） skills, ba duan jin can help them keep both the body and mind healthy with eight well-designed movements.
This kind of qigong focuses on（聚焦于） the breathing. Through deep and slow breathing skills, it will allow the muscles to relax and empty the mind of all thoughts. The brain will get a chance to rest, and more oxygen will reach.
Ba duan jin is reported to be helpful to many health problems. What’s more, it can be learnt without a teacher. Although it may be practised by following a few pictures and instructions, success really depends on concentration, relaxation and daily practice.
1. What’s the writer’s purpose in writing the first paragraph?| A．To lead into the topic. | B．To show an opinion. | C．To give an example. | D．To make a comparison. |
| A．tiring | B．easy | C．difficult | D．excited |
| A．The young. | B．The rich. | C．The old. | D．The poor. |
| A．When was ba duan jin created? |
| B．How can ba duan jin keep people healthy? |
| C．How should people practice ba duan jin? |
| D．How long has ba duan jin been practised in China? |
Can laughing every day help keep the heart attack (心脏病) away? Maybe so. Laughter, along with an active sense of humor, may help protect people against the heart attack, according to a recent study from the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore.
“The old saying that ‘Laughter is the best medicine.’ seems to be true when it comes to protecting your heart,” said Michael Miller at the University of Maryland Medical Center.
In the study, researchers compared the humor responses (反应) of 300 people. Half of them had suffered a heart attack. The other 150 did not have heart disease. Researchers provided people from the first group with a series of multiple-choice (多选的) questions to find out how much or how little they laughed in certain situations. And the second group were given true or false questions to help researchers know more about anger.
Miller said the most important study finding was that “people with heart disease responded less humorously to everyday life situations” They generally laughed less, even in positive (乐观的) situations, and they showed more anger. “We know that exercising, no smoking and eating foods low in fat will help cut down on the risk of heart disease. Perhaps hearty laughter should be added to the list.” Miller said.
It may be possible to put laughter into our daily activities, just as we do with other heart-healthy activities, such as walking up the stairs instead of taking the lift. According to Miller, every one of us is supposed to read something humorous or watch a funny video, and try to find ways to take ourselves less seriously.
1. At the very beginning of this article, the topic is introduced by ________.| A．an example | B．a question | C．a problem | D．an experiment(实验) |
| A．Why they suffered a heart attack. |
| B．Whether they had heart disease or not. |
| C．What helped protect them against heart disease. |
| D．How much or how little they laughed in certain situations. |
| A．the first group of people generally laughed more | B．the second group of people showed more anger |
| C．exercising can keep people away from getting sick | D．laughing can help cut down on the risk of heart disease |
| A．It is time to take ourselves less seriously. | B．Laughter is as important as walking up the stairs. |
| C．Every one of us should do something to keep fit. | D．Laughter is the best medicine to keep heart healthy. |
