1 . According to a recent report from the United Nations, the world population continues (继续) to grow. It could reach 8.4 billion in the year 2025. But during the past 10 years or so, there has been a large and rapid (快速的) drop in the world’s birth rate.
Families are smaller now than they were a few years ago. It is happening in both developing countries (such as China and India) and developed countries (such as America and England). Some families don’t want to have more babies because they believe that it’s difficult for them to raise two or more children.
China is such a country that it has already cut its rate of population growth since 1970. Most Chinese families have no more than one child. And it reached a zero population growth rate in 2010. But in 2021, the Chinese government passed laws to encourage (鼓励) families to have three babies, because there are too many old people now. Some factories can’t find enough people to work. That’s terrible.
Several countries in Europe already have a negative growth rate. Experts say that these countries could face a serious shortage (短缺) of workers in the future. And those who are working could face higher taxes (税) to help support the growing number of retirees (退休人员).
1. The world population will reach ________ in 2025.| A．13.7 billion | B．13.4 billion | C．8.4 billion | D．7 billion |
| A．The world population has increased fast. |
| B．The world’s birth rate has a rapid drop. |
| C．The world population growth can’t be controlled (控制). |
| D．Most people want to have more babies. |
| A．In 1970. | B．In 2007 | C．In 2010 | D．In 2016 |
| A．负的 | B．正的 | C．快速的 | D．积极的 |
| A．World’s birth rate | B．Negative growth rate. |
| C．World population | D．Zero population growth. |
2 . “Chinese brands (品牌) are much better now and they can make the best things in the world, but few people know about them,” said Xu Yajun, the maker of the popular short videos (抖音) —Made in China.
Xu, 30 years old, was born in Henan. At a young age, he moved to Guangdong with his parents. In 2016, Xu left his well-paid job. Then he started making videos about clothes. It was not a new thing for him. He worked in a clothes factory for four years after middle school.
At the beginning, he mainly talked about the quality (质量) of different Chinese clothes brands in his videos. Soon he found many people didn’t know about the stories behind these clothes brands. In late 2017, he traveled to Hangzhou to make a video of some clothes brands’ factories and workers. The video first appeared on the Internet in January 2018. It also became the first video of Made in China.
In the past three years, Xu has visited over 20 factories across China to make videos. With only three people in his team, they did their best to make good Chinese brands known. For example, after watching his video about snow shoes from a village in Henan, many foreigners came to the village to buy shoes.
“I hope our videos can help both Chinese brands and buyers.” said Xu. If buyers know brands and quality better, they can know more clearly what is good and what is bad. “I believe people will know more about Chinese brands.”
1. Which is TRUE about the first video of Made in China in Paragraph 3?| A．Xu started to make the video in early 2017. |
| B．It took him over one year to finish the video. |
| C．It was about the stories behind these clothes factories. |
| D．It was his first video about clothes brands’ factories and workers. |
| A．Short videos of Made in China | B．The stories behind Chinese brands |
| C．Snow shoes in Henan | D．The stories about some clothes brands |
| A．In a travel guide. | B．In a newspaper. | C．In a science book. | D．In a diary. |
3 . The 14th China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition (中国国际航空航天博览会), also known as the Airshow China or the Zhuhai Airshow, was held in Zhuhai, Guangdong. It turned out to be quite a success. From November 8th to November 13th, 2022, many people from different countries went to the airshow.
On November 11th, like any other day, a large crowd of people came to the airshow. When most people at the airshow were taking pictures of the great shows, an old man stood out in the crowd. He had a picture in his hands and raised (举起) it in the air. And the rest of the people couldn’t help but wonder: What is he doing?
“This is my father,” Feng Jianhu, the old man, explained and pointed at a man in the picture. “This is a picture of him and his friends. They were the first student pilots in the PLA Naval Aviation University in 1950. They took this picture when they left the university on May 20th, 1952. And my father became one of the first pilots at that time.”
Now, more than 70 years later, most pioneers of the Chinese air force (中国空军先驱), including (包含) Feng’s father, have passed away, but Feng has never forgotten their stories and experiences. ▲ So Feng drove to Zhuhai along with his wife.
“Today, I’m here to fulfill my father’s dream,” Feng said. “I’m taking my father and his friends to the Zhuhai Airshow. I want them to know that everything they fought for and dreamed about for a lifetime has come true.”
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. How long did the 14th Zhuhai Airshow last?
| A．Five days. | B．Six days. | C．Seven days. | D．Eight days. |
| A．He carried a camera. | B．He raised a picture in the air. |
| C．He was the oldest man in the crowd. | D．He made an important speech at the airshow. |
| A．They are all his uncles and aunts. |
| B．His father and his friends took the picture in the 1950s. |
| C．His father was interested in engineering a lot when he was young. |
| D．His father’s biggest dream was to see advanced (先进的) home-built fighter planes. |
| A．实现 | B．告知 | C．满足 | D．发现 |
| A．Unit 1 Friends | B．Unit 2 Dreams | C．Unit 3 Music | D．Unit 4 Health |
Running from Sep 23 to Oct 8, the Hangzhou Asian Games have 40 sports. But there are only 32 sports in the Paris Olympic Games in 2024. Why do the Hangzhou Asian Games have more sports?
According to the International Olympic Committee(国际奥委会), sports in the Olympic Games should be popular enough. For example, for a men’s sport to be in the Olympics, it should be played in at least 75 countries and on four continents(洲). For a women’s sport, it is at least 40 countries and on three continents. Second, the Hangzhou Asian Games need to have some sports that are only popular in some parts of Asia. Besides, China wants to use the chance to encourage more Asian athletes to take part in this sports events.
Kabaddi (卡巴迪) and sepak takraw (藤球) are two examples. Kabaddi,with a history of over 4,000 years, started in Asia. As the sport version (版本) of the game “eagle catching chickens” , kabaddi only needs an area that is 13 meters long and 10 meters wide. Sepak takraw is also a sport that first became popular in Asia. It is similar to the traditional Chinese shuttlecock kicking (踢花毽) skill.
“If these ‘non-Olympic’ sports can shine brightly at the Asian Games, it will be helpful to make the world know them better,” reported Xinhua.
1. How long does the Hangzhou Asian Games last for?| A．15 | B．16 | C．17 | D．18 |
| A．One | B．Two | C．Three | D．Four |
| A．Kabaddi and sepak takraw are two popular Asian games. |
| B．Kabaddi needs a very large area to play. |
| C．Sepa takraw is different from the traditional Chinese shuttlecock kicking. |
| D．Sepak takraw started to become popular in Europe. |
| A．Asia’s sports shine brightly at the Hangzhou Asian Games. |
| B．Some new sports in the Olympics Games. |
| C．The difference between men’s sports and women’s sports. |
| D．The introduction of the sport “kabaddi”. |
| A．A guidebook. | B．A newspaper. | C．A storybook. | D．A science magazine. |
5 . News
Four girls, Liang Xiaojing, Wei Yongli, Yuan Qiqi and Ge Manqi, did a good job in the Women’s 4×100m Final at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, Zhejiang.
3 Oct 21:05—Official (官方的)
Race Results
Rank▲ Lane ▲ Team Result (排名) (赛道) |
1 8  CHN China 43.39 |
| Bib (号码) Name |
| 174 LIANG Xiaojing |
| 185 WEI Yongli |
| 188 YUAN Qiqi |
| 167 GE Manqi |
2 5  THA Thailand 44.32  |
3 7  MAS Malaysia 45.01 |
4 9  HKG Hong Kong, China 45.24 |
5 3  SGP Singapore 45.34 |
6 6  MDV Maldives 47.54 |
Current Records—Women’s 4×100m Relay (当前纪录：女子 4×100 米接力)
| Record Mark Team Location Date (纪录) (地点) |
WR 40.82  USA United States of America London (GBR) 10 Aug 2012 |
AR 42.23  CHN People’s Republic of China Shanghai (CHN) 23 Oct 1997 |
GR 42.73  BRN Bahrain Jakarta (INA) 30 Aug 2018 |
根据语篇内容，选择最佳选项。
1. What does the passage tell us about the Women’s 4×100m Final at the 19th Asian Gamesin Hangzhou?
| A．Its future. | B．Its results. | C．Its meaning. |
| A．40.80 seconds. | B．42.23 seconds. | C．43.39 seconds. |
| A．The team from Malaysia. | B．The team from Bahrain. | C．The team from Singapore. |
| A．In Shanghai. | B．In Jakarta. | C．In London. |
| A．On 23 Oct 1997. | B．On 10 Aug 2012. | C．On 30 Aug 2018. |
 The latest smart phone The latest smart phone from Huawei, the Mate 60 Pro, does not have 5G written on it. However, some people bought the phone after it came out on Wednesday, and they found its download speed (下载速度) is 500MB a second. It is really 5G speed. |
A bad drought (旱灾) report A report showed that 43,000 people lost their lives because of Somalia’s longest dry and hot weather. After three very dry years, many people had to leave their homes and millions of farm animals also lost their lives. This means that people couldn’t get enough food. |
Fight against letting nuclear-contaminated water (核污水) run into the sea Japan let nuclear-contaminated water run into the sea. On Tuesday, many Japanese people went to a meeting. They thought the plan was bad for the environment (环境). “The mountains and rivers will never return to the past, and the radiation (辐射) will not go away easily,” they shouted. |
The first snowfall in Johannesburg in 11 years Children make snowmen and enjoy snowball fights as it snows in the country’s biggest city Johannesburg for the first time since 2012. South Africa is in the southern hemisphere (半球). It is winter there at the moment. Parts of the country do get snow sometimes, but it rarely falls in Johannesburg. |
1. Which is TRUE about the Mate 60 Pro?
① It is too expensive. ② It works at 5G speed.
③ It sells well in the world. ④ Huawei makes the Mate 60 Pro.
| A．①② | B．③④ | C．①③ | D．②④ |
| A．In China. | B．In Somalia. | C．In Japan. | D．In South Africa. |
| A．There won’t be fish in the sea. | B．There won’t be trees on mountains. |
| C．The radiation is bad for the environment. | D．We will never see the mountains or rivers. |
| A．Sometimes. | B．Never. | C．Seldom. | D．Always. |
| A．weather | B．science | C．history | D．radiation |
Easier to Read Reading can be a big challenge for tens of millions of people. They may have poor vision (视力) or reading difficulties. But OrCam Read can help them! It’s the first of its kind reading pen with a smart camera and an AI system. After scanning (扫描) a page of text with the click of a button, it can read the text aloud to the user. You don’t need to connect it to the Internet. You can use it offline at home, work, school, or even in stores when you need to read a price tag. Sweet Idea  Honey is produced by bees (蜜蜂). But today’s beekeeping business is not good for these hard-working insects. Bee farmers may kill them after harvesting honey because it’s cheaper than feeding the bees through the winter. To save bees, US company MeliBio has found a way to make the world’s first bee-free honey. They used synthetic biology (合成生物学) to create honey directly from plants. ________________  When you feel angry or unhappy, what do you do about it? Scientists say you can try to calm yourself. This can help you calm down. That’s why Purrble was invented. This furry (毛茸茸的) bear—like toy has 9 sensors (感应器). It has a quick “heartbeat” and can respond to your touch. As you hold and pet it, its heartbeat slows. And it purrs (发出咕噜声) like a cat. It sounds like it really enjoys your touch! Through petting Purrble, you will easily notice your own feelings and learn to calm yourselves. |
1. All the news above have something to do with ________.
| A．magical world | B．cultural differences |
| C．useful inventions | D．environmental protection |
| A．Use it to scan the text they need to read. | B．Use it to scan images they can’t see. |
| C．Connect it to a small camera. | D．Connect it to the Internet. |
| A．Bees can do what they want. | B．Spend less money feeding bees. |
| C．No bees are needed. | D．Bees can be set free after working. |
| A．Purr Like A Cat | B．Slow Your Heartbeat | C．Play With A Pet | D．Keep You Calm |
| A．the new kind of honey can help make more money |
| B．Purrble can help you know about your feelings |
| C．the new kind of honey is made from real honey |
| D．Purrble’s sensors can make you angry |
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Reuse It With Ridwell In 2020, Starbucks set goals to reduce by 50% its carbon footprintatw (碳足迹), water usage and its production (产量，生产) of waste by 2030. To help it get there, Ridwell, a green company has been working with Starbucks. They are now testing the Borrow a Cup program in a few Starbucks stores in Seattle. _______________________  After seeing serious plastic pollution on the beach in South Florida, Sasha Olsen, the ten-year-old girl joined forces with her cousin Narmina, and started the “I Want My Ocean Back” movement. “I want my family and friends to care about the ocean as much as I do.” said Olsen. Wash Your Jeans Less!  Believe it or not, our love for jeans may be bad for the earth. Denim (牛仔布) might be polluting water. According to some studies, in the process of making jeans, cotton fibers (纤维) are treated with many types of man-made chemicals which harm animals. Every time we wash our jeans, tiny bits of denim is left in the water. Maybe we all can do a little help by washing our jeans less. |
1. In which section of the newspaper can we read the news?
| A．CLOTHING. | B．ENVIRONMENT. | C．SCIENCE. | D．BUSINESS. |
| A．save people’s money | B．test all the Starbucks |
| C．help Starbucks waste less | D．improve the production of coffee |
| A．Reuse Plastic Bags | B．Use Less Plastic |
| C．Pollution on the Beach | D．I Want My Ocean Back |
| A．pay attention to the health of animals | B．call on people to wash their jeans less |
| C．save water by not washing clothes | D．use other kinds of material to make clothes |
| A．Ridwell is another coffee company in Seattle |
| B．what really harms animals might be some chemicals |
| C．Olsen forced her cousin to join in her movement |
| D．jeans do the most harm to the sea animals |
News
Four girls, Liang xiaojing, Wei Yongli, Yuan Qiqi and Ge Manqi, did a good job in the Women’s 4×100m Final at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. 3 Oct. 21:05—Official (官方的)
Race Results
1. When was the Women’s 4×100m Final?
| A．On September 30. | B．On October 1. | C．On October 2. | D．On October 3. |
| A．43.39 seconds. | B．44.32 seconds. | C．45.01 seconds. | D．45.24 seconds. |
| A．The team from Thailand. | B．The team from Malaysia. |
| C．The team from Hong Kong, China. | D．The team from Singapore. |
Writing a good story is not an easy task. What’s the secret? Mo Yan, a Nobel Prize winner in literature (文学), believes his success comes from a large number of reading.
Mo was born into a farming family in a village in Shandong Province. He grew up listening to folk stories about gods, spirits and foxes. Those stories later became the inspiration (灵感) for Mo’s writing.
Mo left school at the age of 12 and started to work in the fields.
Although he was tired after his daily hard work, Mo was always hungry for books. However, there were few in the village. He read his older brother’s textbooks and even dictionaries. He helped others with farm work in exchange (交换) for books.
“When I finished reading all the books around, I thought I was the most knowledgeable man in the world,” he told Xinhua.
After Mo left his hometown and joined the army in 1976, he began to read widely, including works by Lu Xun and many other famous writers. He studied from these writers but did not copy them. Instead, he developed his own style. As the first Chinese to win a Nobel Prize in Literature, Mo told a group of reporters in his hometown shortly after he won the award. “I grew up in an environment filled with folk culture. It enters my novels whenever I pick up a pen. This has influenced, even decided, my style.”
1. Mo Yan comes from2. Mo Yan began to work when he was
3. Mo Yan helped others do some farm work because he was hungry for their
4. Mo Yan was the
5. Do you like Mo Yan and his works? Why or why not?
