1 . Like many other countries around the world, China hopes to explore the moon. It has already done so with several probes (探测器) and lunar rover (月球车). But it has even bigger plans to put a man on the moon in the near future.
Yang Liwei, China’s first man in space, said that it will “not take long” for a manned mission (任务) to get official agreement and money support, according to the Xinhua News Agency.
China’s space program is still young compared to those of the United States and Russia. But it has already made great achievements in exploring the moon. Its moon mission began with Chang’e 1, an unmanned orbital (轨道) probe that was sent up in October, 2007. It collected data that was used to create a 3-D map of the moon’s surface.
China achieved another achievement with the Chang’e 3 mission. For this mission, China’s first lunar rover, Yutu, successfully landed on the moon.
For China’s space program, it was another great achievement that Chang’e 4, the second lunar rover successfully landed on the moon’s far side, an area that has not yet been explored, in December, 2018.
China will follow Chang’e 4 with a series of other lunar mission. These missions will include taking lunar soil and rock samples, building “moon base”, and hopefully landing a human on the moon’s surface around 2030, according to Zhao Xiaojin, a senior official at the China Academy of Space Technology.
Last year, when Yang Liwei was asked if he had any plans to visit the moon himself, he replied, “If I am given the chance, no problem!” It is likely that many other Chinese share Yang’s excitement about this new stage of China’s space exploration efforts.
1. Which of the following countries may be better than China in space program?| A．Russia. | B．The UK. | C．Canada. |
| A．the first lunar rover and landed on the moon |
| B．the second lunar rover and landed the moon’s far side |
| C．an unmanned orbital probe and began the moon mission |
| A．is China’s first man on the moon |
| B．is worried about China’s future space program |
| C．believes it won’t take long to put a man on the moon for China |
| A．Hope for Future | B．China for Space | C．A Moon Base |
2 . The winter holiday is usually a good time to sleep in. But Gao Yuqi, a 14-year-old boy from Anhui, got up at 7:00 am to run at least 2 kilometers every day during the holiday. In fact, this exercise was part of this homework.
Gao was not alone. Many schools across the country required students to exercise during the winter holiday. Part of the reason is that physical education test scores are now worth more on the senior high school entrance examination. And the score is now worth up to 60 points.
Because of this, Gao’s school now asks students to run when the weather is nice, and exercise indoors if it is bad. Students have to post (公布) exercise photos in their classes’ QQ groups. At the Golden Apple Jincheng No. 1 Middle School in Chengdu, students have daily exercise plans. For example, they have to skip rope (跳绳) for two minutes and do three sets of sit-ups (仰卧起坐) each day. Their parents sign of (签名) on their plans when they finish exercising.
This has been a big challenge for many students, but has also helped to make exercise a bigger part of their lives. Many students like Gao used to hate running, but now they are able to run for over half an hour every day. They fell in love with exercise during the holiday.
1. How many kilometers did Gao Yuqi run every day during the holiday?| A．At least one kilometer. | B．At least two kilometers. | C．At least three kilometers. |
| A．To call their teachers. |
| B．To put their plans online. |
| C．To post exercise photos in their classes’ QQ groups. |
| A．Skipping rope. | B．Swimming. | C．Sit-up. |
| A．Exercising is becoming part of students’ homework. |
| B．Exercising is a big challenge for many students. |
| C．Physical education test scores are important now. |
3 . Whether you will be a doctor or a police officer in the future, there are teachers in your life right now. They teach you and help you to know who you are. Of course, you want to thank them.
Teachers’ Day is the perfect chance for students around the world to thank their teachers. The festival falls on different days in different countries.
In China, Teachers’ Day is on Sept 10, but in the US, teachers have a whole week to celebrate. Teacher Appreciation（感谢）Week is in the first full week of May every year. Kids used to bring apples for their teachers because apples are healthy. Now they bring gifts with pictures of apples, such as mugs（马克杯）, picture frames（画框）and teddy bears. Some students also make DIY gifts for their teachers. During the week, teachers are often offered free breakfast or a cup of coffee by school clubs.
South Korea’s Teachers’ Day is on May 15. Many students offer carnations（康乃馨）to their teachers. Cards are also a traditional gift. Thousands of students prepare personalized cards and give them to their favorite teachers.
Although different countries have different Teachers’ Days, there is one day for the whole world to honor teachers. On Oct 5 of every year, over 100 countries, such as Canada and Philippines, express their thanks by celebrating World Teachers’ Day. UNESCO（联合国教科文组织）started the day in 1994. It wants to remind people of the importance of the teacher.
1. Which of the following is true about Teacher Appreciation Week in the US?| A．It is always in the first week of May every year. |
| B．Kids used to send gifts with pictures of apples to teachers. |
| C．Some students make gifts for their teachers. |
| A．Sept 10 | B．Oct 5 | C．May 1 |
| A．to help people understand the importance of teaching. |
| B．to introduce Teachers’ Day around the world. |
| C．to remind us to send gifts to teachers On Teachers’ Day. |
4 . Father’s Day has a very short history. It was started because there was a Mother’s Day, and just because some Americans thought that if we had a Mother’s Day, we should also have a Father’s Day. Father’s Day has become important in North America. And shopkeepers（店主）found it was a good way to get people to buy presents for their fathers, presents from their shops.
By the way, very few countries have a Father’s Day, though some have Children’s Day, or a special day for boys and another for girls. More and more countries are having Mother’s Day, so maybe Father’s Day will also become popular before too long. Now, what do people in North America do on Father’s Day? The newspapers, radios and TV tell children what they should do—buy a Father’s Day present for your father. They even tell a wife to buy a Father’s Day present—not for her father but for her husband, even if he is not yet a father. And they tell grandchildren to buy a Father’s Day present for their grandfathers.
The important thing to remember about Father’s Day is that American children can show their love to their fathers in a more open way.
1. Father’s Day was started just because ________.| A．there was a Mother’s Day | B．there was a Children’s Day | C．people liked their fathers very much |
| A．Very few countries have a Father’s Day. |
| B．Americans never care about Father’s Day. |
| C．Father’s Day has become important in North America |
| A．go shopping with their fathers | B．help their fathers do something | C．show their love to their fathers |
| A．people to buy as many presents as possible |
| B．children to buy presents only for their fathers |
| C．women to buy presents only for their husbands |
| A．the writer is against Father’s Day |
| B．many countries have a Father’s Day |
| C．shopkeepers can get more money on Father’s Day than usual |
5 . Many people would like to watch sport matches. First, you need to know about audience manners.
Most sporting arenas have rules for audience written on the back of the tickets. Read your ticket carefully before you arrive. Try to reach your seat half an hour before the start of the event and don’t leave when a game is in progress. When you leave, remember to take away your soft drink bottles and other rubbish.
During exciting games, try to control yourself. Don’t criticize the performance of players and coaches. Be careful with your words. Since some may cause anger among other people in the Audience.
Clapping is a special form of body language you can use to communicate with players, but you should do it properly. When player find appear, clap your hands together to welcome them, but don’t go on for too long. After an excellent performance, clap warmly. If someone fails, your clapping will help encourage them.
Clapping is not welcome, however, while player need to keep their attention. Various sports have various rules for the audience.
Enjoying artistic gymnastics requires silence. But lots of cheering can really help basketball and football player. When you watch snooker and table tennis matches, flash photography is not allowed. Mobile phones are not allowed in shooting centers.
To be a good audience, you should take time to learn the game-particular mules and related endure of each event.
阅读短文，填写信息。（每空一词）
Title： Good Audience
Topic | Rules | |
| Before games | Sporting arenas | Read your tickets carefully. Reach and leave there in time. Take your rubbish away when you leave. |
| During games | Exciting games | Pay attention to your behavior and |
| Do it properly. | ||
| Artistic gymnastics | Keep silent. | |
| Basketball and football | You should | |
| Snooker and table tennis | You should not take photos. | |
| Shooting centers | Don’t | |
| Conclusion | How to be a good audience | To learn the game particular rules and culture. |
6 . Do you always feel busy and tired but still there is lots of work waiting for you to do? You are too busy to have time for your hobbies. How could you find more time in you day? There are lots of ways to do that.
Get up earlier
Get up fifteen minutes earlier. Getting up just a little earlier can give you some free time. You don't need to do all the things in a hurry(匆忙) or leave home without having breakfast. It'll give you time to sit down and enjoy your breakfast. Maybe you can use that fifteen minutes a day to read through a book or a magazine.
Make a plan
At the start of your day, make a plan. Write down three important tasks(任务) you want to finish quickly that day. Put a big star next to the most important. Now, before you get into the busy work, start on the important task and finish them one by one.
Many people don't spend any time in planning their day. They end up spending lots of time on unimportant tasks without really finishing anything big.
Finish Work on Time
Finally, one of the best ways to make more time in your life is to finish your work on time! If you're students, you must finish your homework on time every day.
If you try these ways, you can have many more hours in a day. What do you want to do with these hours every week? It's up to you. You can do anything you like to make your life happier and better.
1题判断正误(T表示正确，F表示错误)；2题完成句子；3题简略回答问题；4题在文中找出同义句；5题将文中划线句子译成汉语。
1. There aren't many ways to make more time in your day.
2. If you
3. When should you make a plan?
4. Many people spend no time in planning their day.
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You are so tired at night, but you can’t sleep. Here are some good ideas.
First, you should be in a quiet room. That’s important. You should put your feet in some warm water before you go to bed, and that’s a traditional way. You should have a glass of milk. It’s good for sleeping. You should think you are in a beautiful place. It’s very quiet here, and there are many trees and you walk slowly. That sounds like a good idea. It can help you sleep soon.
Sleeping is important to our health. Don’t be worried. Go to bed early, eat more vegetables and do some exercise. And everyone will have a good sleep at night.
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| Advice | |
| Before going to bed | |
| About diet(饮食) and exercise |
When the teacher asks a question in class, Wang Xiaobin never raises his hand and this situation is very common at middle schools. This 15-year-old boy always waits for other classmates or the teacher to give the answer. “What if my answer is wrong?” Wang asks.
Wang said only six or seven students in his class raise their hands when a question is asked. ①“I think the problem influences our studies, but I am afraid of making mistakes in front of my classmates,” he said.
When we asked the teacher, Hu Wei, why the students didn’t raise their hands, he said, “They lack (缺乏) confidence, they are afraid of showing off, or they’re afraid of losing face by giving wrong answers.”
To encourage students to raise their hands in class, Hu suggests that teachers should repeat the question, then try to guide and encourage students to offer their answers. Hu also advised students not to be shy, but brave enough to try.
Sun Pin, 16 of Fujian, always raises her hand as soon as she comes up with the answer, _______ she isn’t sure she has gotten it right. Sun can’t understand why some of her classmates keep silent in class. She enjoys raising her hand a lot. “It keeps me enthusiastic(热情的) and confident to express my idea,” Sun said. “Raising my hand has really made me excellent.”
任务一：从文中找出与 “If I don’t answer the questions right, what will happen?” 句子意思相同或相近的句子，并写在答题卡上。
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任务二：参照示例，列举学生不敢举手的两个原因。
2. ① Be afraid of showing off.
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任务三：在句子空白处填一个恰当的连词。
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任务四：将短文中画线的句子译成汉语。
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任务五：给短文拟一个适当的标题
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If you look at the top of your phone, you will usually see a little symbol that says 3G or 4G. The G means “generation（代）” of your mobile network. But these symbols will become things of the past after 5G networks fully arrive.
On March 30, Shanghai vice-mayor (副市长) Wu Qing made the first 5G video call on a Huawei Mate X Smartphone, CGTN reported. Shanghai has also become the first city in China to start testing 5G networks.
About 100 times faster than 4G networks, 5G will let people download and upload data faster than ever before. But 5G won’t just bring faster mobile internet. People can use it for many other things well. For example, 5G will help to make self-driving cars safer. Today’s self-driving test cars have one problem—lag (延迟). When the car “sees” something, it sends this information to a data center and receives instructions.
However, it takes time to send and receive this information. With this kind of lag, the cars might crash because they don’t receive instructions in time. With 5G, this lag will be greatly lowered, making the cars safer, according to CNN.
5G could also be used to improve the Internet of Things (IoT物联网). This means a large online network that connects all things and people. Fast Internet speeds will be the key to developing this technology.
The IoT could be used in a lot of ways. For example, with IoT, your fridge could place an order online for eggs when it finds that there are no eggs left inside.
1. We can get from the passage that ________.| A．5G is all over China | B．there are no symbols at the top of our phones |
| C．5G networks are much faster than 4G and 3G | D．we can now buy self-driving cars |
| A．explain how self-driving cars work | B．show us how advanced self-driving cars are |
| C．warn about the possible dangers of self-driving cars | D．explain how 5G’s fast speed can be helpful |
| A．碰撞 | B．伤害 | C．崩溃 | D．贬低 |
| A．a robot that can do housework | B．an online store where you can buy anything |
| C．a large online network that connects things and people | D．a type of high technology fridge |
Nowadays, phone calls and messages help us get in touch with others. It means that we seldom write letters now. But a TV show, Letters Alive (《见字如面》), is bringing back this old habit.
Letters Alive invites famous actors and actresses, but there are no funny jokes or competitions. It’s just one person walking up to a microphone (麦克风) and reading a letter. The letters were written by people from different times in history. For example, in one period, they read a letter written by famous writer Xiao Hong to her younger brother in 1941. The letter shows that Xiao Hong missed her brother so much and had great hopes for his future.
“Every letter opens another world for us,” according to Guan Zhengwen, the director of the TV show. “We can also touch the heart of the writers’.” Since its first period on Dec. 5, Letters Alive has been widely praised. Many audiences said that it had provided a kind of fresh air to today’s TV shows.
Besides Letters Alive, some other cultural TV shows have also been well received by Chinese audiences. Chinese Poetry Conference (《中华诗词大会》) is a traditional Chinese poetry competition. And Readers invites people to read poems and articles they like or wrote. It shows that cultural values and true feelings are becoming our interest.
1. Letter Alive, a TV show invites famous people to ________.| A．tell audiences jokes | B．read and share letters |
| C．walk up to a microphone to sing | D．take part in different competition |
| A．Xiao Hong missed her brother but had no hopes for his future. |
| B．Letters Alive is not popular enough to audiences. |
| C．The heart of the writers’ can be touched by reading letters. |
| D．Chinese Poetry Conference invites people to read poems. |
| A．Phones Have Taken the Place of Letters | B．Interview Our Cultural TV Show |
| C．Letters Make Us Communicate | D．Cultural TV Shows Are Becoming Popular |
