1 . Do you want to know what our life will be like in the future? Let’s have a look. You may get a surprise. You will go to the kitchen when you are hungry. You will give orders to the kitchen robot. The robot will cook the food for you in a few minutes. Then it will bring it to you.
In the kitchen you will find a special food machine. The food machine will tell you what your body needs. It will help you eat healthily. The food machine will be connected with (连接) the kitchen robot. The robot can get messages from the food machine. After having a meal, you can go to your home office. You will work at home and you don’t need to go out to work any more.
You will have a special information screen. You can get any information on the screen. When you receive a message from a friend in America, your information screen will be turned on automatically (自动地). Your friend’s face appears on the screen. Then you can talk to your friend easily.
1. What is the second paragraph about?| A．It’s about healthy food. |
| B．It’s about the kitchen robot. |
| C．It’s about a nice kitchen. |
| D．It’s about a robot which can do homework. |
| A．the kitchen robot |
| B．the food machine |
| C．the information screen |
| D．the computer |
| A．丢失 | B．复制 | C．接收 | D．保存 |
| A．on the wall | B．on the screen |
| C．on the Internet | D．on TV |
| A．Our life in the future |
| B．A food machine |
| C．A special information screen |
| D．A kitchen robot |
2 . How can we think in English? I think the best way is to practice as what a football player does every day. During the practice, the football players pass the ball to his teammates over and over again, so they won’t have to think about passing the ball in the game, they will just do it. You can train yourself to think in English in this way. The first step is to think of the words that you use daily, simple everyday words like book, shoe or tree. For example, whenever you see a “book”, you should think of it in English, instead of in your language. After you have learned to think of words in English, you’d better go on to the next step — thinking of sentences in English.
Listening is very useful way to learn English. Listen first and don’t care too much about whether you fully understand what you’re hearing. Try to say what you hear as much as possible. The more you listen, the better you learn. After you reach a higher level, start having conversations with yourself in English. This will lead you to think in English.
1. What does the underlined words “do it” mean in the passage? (no more than 3 words)2. What is the second step to think in English? (no more than 5 words)
3. Will having conversations with others in English lead you to think in English? (no more than 3 words)
4. 请将文中画线的句子翻译成汉语。
5. 请给短文拟一个适当的英文题目。
3 . Language students often think they have memory problems. They worry because they can't remember words. In fact, the problem usually isn't with their memory. The problem is with how they study.
To remember words better, you need to understand ________ memory works. There are two kinds of memory: short-term and long-term. When you see, hear, or read something, it goes first into short-term memory. But short-term memory lasts for only a few seconds. You will only remember something longer if it goes into long-term memory. Your long-term memory is like a very big library with many, many books. And like a library, it's organized (有条理的). When you put away a book-or memory-you can't just leave it anywhere. You have to choose a place where you can find it again.
How can you do this with vocabulary? The answer is to work with the word and think about the word in new ways. You can do this by making up new sentences with it. Even better, you can make up a short story about the word, with people or places that you know. Another way is to create a picture in your mind with the word. For example, if the word is "height", you can think of the tallest person you know and try to guess his or her height. All of these activities are good ways to memorize words. They make the meaning of the words stronger in your long﹣term memory. And they give a way to find a word when you need it.
1. In the writer's opinion, students can't remember words because ________.| A．they have memory problems | B．they are too worried |
| C．they don't like to study | D．they don't do it in a right way |
| A．what | B．how | C．where | D．who |
| A．Short-term memory is not used often. |
| B．What we see goes into long-term memory first. |
| C．We will forget a word soon if it goes into short-term memory. |
| D．We will never forget a word if it goes into long-term memory. |
| A．Listening to some familiar stories. | B．Making up sentences with the word. |
| C．Talking with people that you know. | D．Drawing pictures of the word on paper. |
| A．language students' problems in study |
| B．short﹣term and long﹣term memory |
| C．how to make the meaning of words stronger |
| D．how to improve ways to remember words better |
4 . Can you understand the following words? “Long time no see.” “Good good study, day day up.” “I like your smile, but unlike you put your shoes on my face.”
Yes, we call these examples Chinglish, like “people mountain, people sea”.
Chinglish usually means English vocabulary with Chinese grammar on street signs or products.
However, many English speaking tourists love them. Tom has been living in Beijing for years. “I think many Chinese people dislike Chinglish. But I love it. It’s quite interesting. I think if the translations of English in China are all perfect, something will be lost from Chinese culture.” However, Chinglish will probably become a part of history in future. Beijing has made a plan to correct Chinglish within (在……之内) five years. “It is so funny to see Chinglish on the signs. And they are a kind of trouble for communication between the Chinese and foreigners.” a Beijinger said.
However, some people in China like Chinglish. They think that English has “borrowed” a lot from other languages such as German, French and Spanish in the past, and now it’s Chinese’s turn.
1. What is Chinglish according to the passage?| A．The English words easy to pronounce. |
| B．The Chinese words difficult to translate. |
| C．The English words with Chinese grammar. |
| A．There are many people. | B．Humans are powerful. | C．All the people are running. |
| A．It shows Chinese are popular. |
| B．It is hated by all foreign tourists. |
| C．It is also a part of Chinese culture. |
| A．put English words into Chinese | B．change English and Chinese | C．correct Chinglish in future |
| A．French | B．Chinese | C．Spanish | D．German |
Gabriel Garcia Márquez, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982, passed away at the age of 86 on April 17, 2014. The world paused to remember the cultural giant.
Garcia Márquez was born in Colombia, but he spent most of his adult life in Mexico City. As one of the most famous writers, he was widely regarded as "a giant of 20th-century literature". Garcia Márquez wrote in a style called "magical realism". In such works, people live a daily life in a certain period of time in history. But meanwhile, magical things happen to them.
Garcia Márquez is best known for his 1967 novel, One Hundred Years of Solitude, which has sold about 50 million copies. It tells the tale of the small and isolated town of Macondo which was separated from the outside world—of its founding and its troubled history over a hundred years. The story is a metaphor for the development of Colombia since the 19 century. As Colombian President Juan Manuel Santons said, Garcia Márquez wrote about "the very essence of the Latin American beings".
1. Garcia Márquez was born in the year ______.| A．1914 | B．1928 | C．1967 | D．1982 |
| A．was born in Mexico City | B．spent most of his adult life in Colombia |
| C．had a writing style called "magical realism" | D．was famous but lived a simple daily life |
| A．隔绝的 | B．安逸的 | C．喧嚣的 | D．繁华的 |
| A．He was the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982. |
| B．His novel One Hundred Years of Solitude was a great success. |
| C．He was widely known as "a giant of 20th-century literature". |
| D．Magical things happened to him during his stay in Mexico City. |
6 . On April 26, 2017, a big Chinese ship caught the eyes of the whole world. China’s first homemade aircraft carrier（航空母舰）hit the water in Dalian, Liaoning.
The new big ship is China’s second aircraft carrier. It was designed in China and built in China, too. It is about 315 meters long and 75 meters wide. That is a bit larger than three soccer fields.
An aircraft carrier is like an airport on the sea. It can carry planes and troops to war. Planes fly from the carrier and land back on it, and soldiers work and live on it, too. But building an aircraft carrier is so hard and expensive. It costs a lot of money and needs a large amount of steel and other special materials. For example, a basic aircraft carrier is made of 60,000 tons of steel. It also uses complex（复杂的）technologies, including radar, electrics, mechanics and weapons. Finally, it takes years to build one. Today, not many countries own an aircraft carrier or have the ability to build one. China has become the seventh country in the world that can build an aircraft carrier by itself, after the USA, Russia, England, France, Italy and Spain.
1. In which year did China’s first homemade aircraft carrier hit the water？____| A．In 2017． | B．In 2016． | C．In 2018． | D．In 2019． |
| A．An Airport on the Sea | B．China Has Bought the Second Aircraft Carrier |
| C．China’s Homemade Aircraft Carrier | D．The Sixth Country to Build an Aircraft Carver |
| A．special materials | B．technologies | C．steel | D．wood |
| A．proud | B．worried | C．upset | D．hopeless |
7 . Everyone knows that buildings don’t move. They can’t change the way they look. However, architect(建筑师) David Fisher wants to change that.
Fisher has an amazing idea. He wants to make 80-storey buildings that change shape. Each floor will move around slowly. The floors will move at different speeds. Because of this, the shape of the building is always changing. “These buildings will never look the same,” says Fisher.
His idea is an interesting one. However, Fisher doesn’t stop there. He also wants the building to be green. The building will make its own energy. In most buildings, only the top floor has a roof(屋顶). In Fisher’s building, each floor will have its own roof. The roofs each have solar panels(太阳能板). This means a lot more solar energy. Also, machines between each floor of the building will catch the wind. They will turn the wind into energy.
Fisher’s ideas sound impossible. However, that’s what people also said before humans traveled into space!
1. Why does Fisher’s building look always different? (回答问题，不超过14个词)2. How does the building make its own energy? (回答问题，不超过17个词)
3. Does Fisher’s building own one roof? (回答问题，不超过4个词)
4. 请将文中画线的句子翻译成汉语。
5. 请给短文拟一个适当的英文题目。
8 . Taking care of pets can be a great way to teach children responsibility, but it's important to be realistic (现实的). If you're keen on bringing an animal into your home and you've designed a plan for its proper care, here are some choices.
FISH
First-time owners should consider getting cold-water fish as no tank (鱼缸) heater is required. They should research what kinds of fish get along in the same tank, and be aware of life expectancies—some goldfish can live up to 20 years.
RABBITS
Though rabbits, or nickname bunnies, may seem like a lovely choice, they can live up to ten years and require an amount of care similar to that of a dog or cat. They have their special diet needs, and often don't behave well around small children. Each year, quite a lot of Easter bunnies become homeless when families feel tired of them.
GUINEA PIGS (豚鼠，荷兰猪)
These small animals are ideal starter pets. Their cages must be cleaned daily, and they require toys to keep their ever growing teeth in check. Once they're used to the new way of life, guinea pigs need daily exercise in a small room without cracks or holes for escape. They don't want to be alone，but if you get two，make sure they're the same sex or they'll have babies.
BIRDS
Fond of a fixed timetable, birds require feeding at the same time each day. Cages should be cleaned daily and disinfected (消毒) weekly. Birds clean themselves by bathing in dishes of water and grow in cages big enough to spread their wings and fly a short time.
1. As a beginner to raise fish, you'd better ________ in a tank.| A．get some cold-water fish, which get along well |
| B．get some warm-water fish, which get along well |
| C．get some cold-water fish and some warm-water fish |
| D．get only one cold-water fish or warm-water fish |
| A．five | B．ten | C．twenty | D．thirty |
| A．Tank heaters | B．Cages | C．Toys | D．Cracks or holes |
| A．regular | B．repaired | C．full | D．mixed |
Pollution inside homes and other buildings kills more than 4 million people each year. Many people die as a result of breathing smoke or from cooking over wood-powered or coal-powered stoves.
One way to reduce the number of deaths is through cooking equipment powered by the sun. Crosby Menzies, a solar power expert in a South African company, described his latest solar cooker called the "Sol-4". "It is four square meters of mirrors, six to eight meters in length. It is quite a large cooker."
The "Sol-4" works by reflecting(反射) light from the sun off large mirrors. The mirrors direct(把……对准) the light at a cooking pan. Then the light heats the pan with solar energy.
Within two minutes, the pan is hot enough to cook sausages and onions. In just four minutes, water can be boiled. That is as fast as cooking with natural gas or electricity.
The cooker is also much "friendlier" than other models because people do not have to stand in the sun to use it. And people can prepare meals without having to collect firewood or spend money on coal. Such individuals would be less likely to have breathing illnesses from harmful smoke．
At present, the cooker only works when the sun is shining. But engineers are working on a way to make it work without sunlight.
Each cooker costs about $2000, which is a large amount of money for most Africans. To solve that problem, Crosby Menzies has created a non-governmental organization called solar Cookers for Africa. It plans to raise money through donations to provide poor people with solar cooking equipment.
1. This passage is mainly about ________.| A．solar cookers | B．smoke pollution | C．solar power experts | D．breathing illnesses |
| A．shorten the time of cooking |
| B．reduce the cost of making cookers |
| C．raise money through donations to help African people |
| D．reduce the number of deaths caused by harmful smoke |
| A．cookers | B．mirrors | C．people | D．experts |
| A．the "Sol-4" will be designed in a smaller size |
| B．more Africans can use the solar cookers in the future |
| C．the "Sol-4" is the first product of the South African company |
| D．the African government will provide poor people with solar cookers |
10 . Have you ever dreamed of traveling in space? For many kids, staring at the stars leads to daydreams about what it would be like to be an astronaut. Just think about how amazing it would be to set foot on the moon or another planet!
Although it sounds like it would be great fun to travel to outer space, it would be a lot of work, too. Traveling to outer space needs lots and lots of preparation.
Once you are in space, nothing can come on board the ship and nothing can go out. You must take all you need into outer space to keep yourself alive. Let's call these things "inputs", including food, water and oxygen. Every input creates an output. If you open a box of cookies for breakfast, what will you do with the box when it's empty? Every piece of rubbish you create in space will remain on the ship with you. ________ Your body will also output food and water. Since nothing can leave the spaceship, you will have to think of another way to deal with these bodily wastes.
Even breathing creates an output carbon dioxide(二氧化碳)! It's true that plants depend on carbon dioxide in the same way humans depend on oxygen to breathe. However, plants have other input needs. If you take a banana tree with you, you will need to bring enough water to keep it alive. You must also consider another type of output rubbish in the ship after taking the fruit as snacks-the banana peel.
See how carefully you have to plan for a trip to outer space? How can you plan your actions on earth to have the least influence on the environment and your future? Not only do you have to think about all the things you'll need, you will also have to consider the influence of those things because of the wastes they may create.
1. What can we learn from the first two paragraphs?| A．It's difficult to be an astronaut. | B．It's boring to live on the moon. |
| C．It's relaxing to stare at the stars. | D．It's challenging to travel in space. |
| A．It will make astronauts sleepy. | B．It is quite important to astronauts. |
| C．It only means things to eat and drink. | D．It can help astronauts deal with rubbish. |
| A．Isn't it possible to cook cookies in space? |
| B．Would you like to have cookies for breakfast? |
| C．Can you think of a way to cut down on the waste output? |
| D．Would you like to cook your favorite dishes in space? |
| A．How to prepare for trip to outer space | B．How to deal with wastes in the spaceship |
| C．Differences between inputs and outputs | D．Different ways to deal with wastes in space |
