1 .

A night concert at Tsinghua University in Beijing attracted (吸引) more than 1,500 students and traditional Chinese music fans last weekend. The concert celebrated the university’s 110th anniversary. Fang Jinlong, a master of the traditional Chinese instrument pipa and three humanoid (人形的) robots from the Tsinghua Moja Robot Band performed several Chinese music pieces.

“I’m happy to see our performance can mix science and technology with traditional Chinese culture,” said Fang.

The band is made up of three robot musicians, Yuheng, Yaoguang and Kaiyang, named after three stars of the Big Dipper. They play three kinds of traditional Chinese instruments.

Set up in 2018, the team to develop the band is mainly made up of students, teachers and graduates from Tsinghua University. As the team’s leading scientist, Mi Haipeng is a professor of art. He joined in the research and development of a robot rock band when he studied in Japan. That experience inspired his dream to make a Chinese robot band.

Mi said the music pieces in the concert were specially tailored (专门制作) for the robots to play. The robots’ shells and stage clothes were made by 3D printing technology. According to Mi, there are more performance plans for Moja in the future, introducing new music pieces. The team, meanwhile would improve the musical sense and emotional (感情的) expression of robots, he added.

“Robots stand for science and technology, which are popular among young people. We hope this robot performance will take root in traditional Chinese music and inspire young people’s interest in our culture,” Mi said.

“We want to show our achievements of science, technology and art through the stage. We also plan to spread traditional music and culture with artists in a new way,” said Zhao Hong, director of the concert.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案
1. What was special about the concert?

A．It was held at night on weekends.	B．It had robot musicians.
C．Its purpose was to honor a master.	D．Its fans were mainly students.

2. From the passage we can know Fang Jinlong ________.

A．was the director of the concert	B．set up the robot band several years ago
C．is satisfied with the concert	D．can play the music better than robots

3. What can we know about the Tsinghua Moja Robot Band from the passage?

A．They are good at playing the pipa.

B．They cannot express emotion.

C．They were made by scientists and professors.

D．They will introduce new music pieces to people.

4. What is the purpose of the robot performance according to Mi’s words?

A．To connect the modern technology with Chinese traditions.

B．To protect traditional music from disappearing in the future.

C．To get young people interested in traditional Chinese culture.

D．To show a new way of spreading traditional music and culture.

5. Where can you probably find this passage?

A．In a storybook.	B．In a science fiction novel.
C．In a travel magazine.	D．In a news report.

2 . Recently, Luoyang Tengfei Middle School in Henan held an activity. It asked students to tell the stories of their family heirlooms (传家宝). More than 300 students took part in the activity. They brought photos of their heirlooms to school and shared their stories. Here are the results from three students.

Name	Age	Heirloom	Owner	Prize
Sun Chenxi	14	Cassette radio	Grandmother	The first prize
“My grandmother bought the radio in the 1980s and listened to the news on it.” “My mother used it to listen to music and old poems for me on the radio.” “There are now many more cool players. But we still keep this cassette radio because it recorded beautiful memories of my family.”

Yao Xue	14	Food coupons	Grandmother	The first prize
“My grandmother used to tell her stories about food shortages (短缺) when she was a kid.” “Back then, even buying rice needed a special ticket.” Without the ticket, they can’t buy things they need. “My grandma wants me to be thankful for what we have today and work hard for a better tomorrow.”
Guo Xingke	13	Medal of honor	Grandfather	The first prize
“My grandfather took part in the War to Resist Us Aggression and Aid Korea (抗美援朝战争).” “The medal stands as an honor for my family.” “Whenever I see my grandfather’s medal, I feel very proud. In my heart, my great grandfather is a hero. I see him as an example and will make my country a better place in his honor.”

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. Which photo is not mentioned in the passage?

A．

B．

C．

D．

2. Why does Sun Chenxi and his family still keep the cassette radio?

A．Because it stands as an honor for her family.

B．Because her grandma wants her to be thankful.

C．Because her grandmother likes to listen to music on it.

D．Because it brings back her family's beautiful memories.

3. Whose heirlooms are about people's daily life in the past?

A．Guo Xingke’s & Sun Chenxi’s.	B．Yao Xue’s & Guo Xingke’s.
C．Sun Chenxi’s & Yao Xue’s.	D．Guo Chenxi’s & Yao Xingke’s.

4. What’s the purpose of the activity held in Tengfei Middle School in Henan?

A．To let the students get the prizes by telling stories.

B．To learn from the past and care for the present life.

C．To know how much money the heirlooms are worth.

D．To know how many families have their own heirlooms.

5. Where is the passage most probably from?

A．A story book.

B．A school newspaper.

C．A guide book.

D．A science textbook.

4 .

Last week, a fire happened in Rapa Nui National Park on Chile’s Easter Island. The fire caused serious damage (损坏) to several of the large, ancient stone statues (雕像) that the island is famous for.

Easter Island is home to about 900 large stone statues. The large statues were created over 500 years ago by the Rapa Nui people. There are still many questions about how they were able to create, move,and stand up such statues.

Hundreds of stone statues are standing near the Rano Raraku volcano (火山) inside Rapa Nui National Park. The area has been named by the United Nations as an area that’s important to protect. Sadly, that’s also where the fire was the strongest.

A fire spread quickly through the Rapa Nui National Park on October 4. Park workers and firefighters worked for hours. But the fire spread easily through the grassland around the area. It wasn’t until late the next day that the fire was brought under control. The park says it didn’t have enough volunteers to fight the fire more quickly.

Experts (专家) are still examining, but it’s clear that the fire has damaged some of these stone statues.

The cause of the fire isn’t known yet. But Mr Edm unds Paoa, the mayor of Easter Island, believes the fire didn’t start naturally. “All the fires on Rapa Nui are caused by humans,” he said. He believes the island needs more government support to be able to deal with situations like this one.

The stone statues have made Easter Island a very popular tourist site. Easter Island has about 160,000 visitors a year, and it has now been closed as experts try to learn more about the damage caused by the fire.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. What is Easter Island famous for?

A．The Rapa Nui people.	B．The beautiful grassland.
C．The ancient stone statues.	D．The Rano Raraku volcano.

2. Why wasn’t the fire controlled quickly?
① There weren’t enough volunteers.
② Park workers found the fire too late.
③ The grassland made fire spread easily.
④ Fire fighters left after working for hours.

A．①②

B．②③

C．①③

D．②④

3. What’s the experts’ attitude (态度) towards the cause of the fire?

A．Hopeful.

B．Worried.

C．Doubtful.

D．Uncertain.

4. What does the underlined word “it” refer to?

A．The fire.

B．Easter Island.

C．The government.

D．Pacific Rim Natural Park.

5. What is the text?

A．A news report.

B．A book review.

C．A diary entry.

D．A science survey.

5 .

① Do you ever worry about math when you’re at school? One important thing is to sit up straight when you’re taking your math exams, according to the scientists. Good posture (姿势) can help people feel more positive and careful. Sportsmen, musicians and public speakers can all get advantages from good posture.

② We all know air pollution is bad for our health. But it can also harm us in other ways. Scientists have found that air pollution may lead to more crimes. According to a study of 86 million people in the US, the worse the air pollution was, the more violent crime (暴力犯罪) there was. Scientists think the small pieces and toxic gas (毒气) in air may affect people’s actions. This might make them more violent.

③ Can AI read our minds? This might not be far away. Scientists from Australia and Germany have developed a type of AI that can guess people’s feelings by tracking (跟踪) and studying their eye movements. This finding could make robots and computers better at understanding humans.

④ Believe it or not, sportsmen tend to have worse teeth. A study shows that half of the top athletes (运动员) have tooth problems. This seems strange. They usually pay more attention to their health than the rest of us. Scientists found that sports drinks and energy food can cause tooth problem. Most sportsmen use these products for energy. But they have a lot of sugar which is bad for teeth.

根据材料内容，选择最佳答案。
1. What is the news ① mainly about?

A．Good posture helps people get good grades in math exam.

B．Good posture helps people be excited.

C．Good posture helps people be more positive and careful.

D．Good posture helps people get moved.

2. We can know that air pollution probably makes a man ________.

A．get mad at himself	B．do harm to the society
C．have problems in his brain	D．get sick seriously

3. What is the purpose of inventing AI in news ③?

A．To do with people’s eyes.

B．To make robots and computers better at understanding human’s mind.

C．Find the illness in people’s eyes.

D．To make our life more dull (无趣).

4. Which news above has positive or negative (消极的) influence on us?

A．①③-positive; ②④-negative

B．①④-positive; ②③-negative

C．①②-positive; ③④-negative

D．②③-positive; ①④-negative

5. In which part of the newspaper can we find these passages?

A．Travel.

B．Science Study.

C．History.

D．Sports.

6 .

	Flying Fish Drones（无人机） are common these days. This one is known as TJ-Flying Fish. It was developed by Tongji University. Unlike most other drones, it can not only fly in the air but also swim in the water. The drone weighs 1.63 kg. The battery charge（电量） lasts for six minutes of flight or about 40 minutes of movement in the water.
	___________ Researchers from Cornell University, US, made a pair of glasses. It looks nothing special, but it can actually read lips! There are sensors（传感器 on the frame. They can understand silent speech based on lip and mouth movements. Then it can send the text to a smartphone. For people who cannot speak, the eyeglasses will give them a voice. It is correct 95 percent of the time.
	Subway Tickets in the Palm of Your Hand Beijing Subway has introduced a new technology which can be used to pay for a ticket—a system for scanning（扫描）people’s palms. Palm print scanners can be seen installed at ticket gates along the Daxing International Airport Line. Compared with other technologies such as the QR code, palm print payment can help people to get on the train in case their mobile phones run out of battery.

1. In which section of the newspaper can we read the news?

A．Star Stories.

B．Amazing Inventions.

C．Reading Fun.

D．Imagine the Future.

2. What would be the best heading for the second piece of news?

A．Talking Glasses

B．Magical Sensors

C．Getting Smart Glasses

D．Great Researchers

3. From all the above news, readers can know that ________.

A．people can see palm print scanners at Daxing Airport

B．the smart glasses can offer exactly correct information

C．TJ-Flying Fish was invented by teachers in TJ University

D．TJ-Flying Fish can fly for 40 minutes in the sky with one battery

4. What is the advantage of the palm print payment?

A．It’s much safer than the QR code.

B．Passengers can buy tickets more convenient.

C．Passengers can pay with their palm prints at a discount.

D．Passengers needn’t worry about their phones running out of battery.

5. What do all the new inventions have in common?

A．To take less battery power.

B．To be used with smart phones.

C．To help the disabled live a better life.

D．To bring more possibilities to people’s lives.

7 . It’s reported that this year 2,300 teenagers from all over the world will spend about 10 months in US homes. At the same time about 1,300 American teenagers will go to other countries like Britain and Australia. They will learn new language and get a new understanding of the other parts of the world.

We set up a program called “Exchange for Better” to help the ones who want to be exchange students. Here is a two-way student exchange in action in our program. Fred spent last year in Germany with George’s family. In return, George’s son Mike spent a year in Fred’s home in America.

Fred, a lively young man, knew little German when he arrived but after two months’ study, the language began to come back to him. As for school, he said it was quite different from that in America. When the teacher went into the classroom, students all stood up. In the USA, students learn six subjects while in Germany they took fourteen. Outside activities aren’t nearly organized.

The situation of family life was also different. The father’s words were law. All activities were around the family. Germans regard their families as the center all the time.

America was well-known as a country on wheel(车轮). Almost every family has one or two cars. However, things are quite different in Germany. People like walking rather than driving.

Meanwhile, Mike, a German boy, also has his idea about the USA. “I have to say it’s too easy to study in American schools. In Germany we did nothing but study. But in the USA, there are so many outside activities.”

1. How many students are chosen to be exchange students according to the passage?

A．2,300.

B．1,300.

C．3,600.

D．4,000.

2. Where do the two exchange students come from?

A．Canada and America.

B．Germany and America.

C．Germany and Britain.

D．America and Australia.

3. What are mentioned between Germany and USA?
①The school life   ②The history   ③Outside activities   ④The family life

A．①②③

B．①②④

C．①③④

D．②③④

4. Which of the following sentences is correct according to the passage?

A．Germans think family is the most important.

B．Germans like to live in the center of the city.

C．Germans like driving rather than walking in life.

D．Germans think outside activities should come first.

5. Who might most possibly write this passage?

A．A newspaper reporter.

B．The exchange students.

C．A teacher in this program.

D．The exchange students’ parents.

8 .

In 2021, China introduced the “double reduction” policy. It hopes to reduce schoolwork burden (负担) on primary and junior high school students. The policy calls for reducing homework and after-school classes. According to the policy, children below the third grade will not have homework any more. It should take no more than 90 minutes for junior high school students to finish their homework. After-school training institutions (机构) are not allowed to offer extra education courses or advanced (超前的) teaching on weekends, holidays or during winter and summer vacations. How do students feel about this new policy?

“Our homework is clearly less than before,” said 13-year-old Shen Yuzhe from Beijing. “We are not encouraged to buy workbooks any more. The exercises are mainly from the textbook.”

According to Shen, students have enough time to process new knowledge now. “Our teachers are also giving us more chances to do experiments and learn from real life,” said Shen. “For example, we went to research earthworms (蚯蚓) in a field during a biology class. This is a much better way to learn things than just hitting the books.”

For 13-year-old Zhang Hangming from Tianjin, the best thing about “double reduction” is the increased time in after-school activities. “We can now spend more time taking part in clubs and activities, such as dancing, volleyball and drama. I have joined a group called ‘leadership development’ where I can learn all kinds of skills beyond schoolwork,” said Zhang.

Both Shen and Zhang find there are fewer exams now. But they think it’s not necessarily a good thing. “Exams push me to study harder. Each exam shows my progress as well as my weak points,” Zhang said.

Shen also pointed out that when burden is lightened, self-discipline (自律) becomes the key. “Some students now spend more time having fun when homework is finished early. But if you use all the free time to relax, you might fall behind other students,” he said.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. The “double reduction” policy aims to ________.

A．make vacations longer for students	B．reduce the pressure put on teachers
C．reduce students’ schoolwork burden	D．help students become more competitive

2. Which of the following is TRUE about the policy?

A．Homework is not allowed for primary students.

B．Junior high schools should reduce their homework.

C．All after-school training institutions are asked to close.

D．After-school training institutions should offer advanced teaching.

3. According to the “double reduction” policy, what kind of after-school classes CANNOT students take during vacations?

A．Sports.

B．Math.

C．Public speaking.

D．Computer programming.

4. What does the underlined word “process” probably mean in Chinese?

A．处理

B．审核

C．加工

D．审阅

5. What did Shen and Zhang mainly want to tell us in the last two paragraphs?

A．Students should learn to be self-disciplined.

B．Students should use all the free time to relax.

C．Exams aren’t necessary because they only show students’ weak points.

D．Students should spend more time having fun after finishing homework.