1 . One day a poor farmer was taking a bag of rice to the town. Suddenly the bag fell down from his horse on the road. He didn't know what to do about it because it was too heavy for him to lift(举起) by himself. He only hope that somebody would soon pass (经过) by and help him.
Just at this moment a man riding a horse came up to him. But the farmer was very disappointed (失望的) when he saw who he was. It was the great man living nearby. The farmer had hoped to ask another farmer or a poor man like him for help.
But to his surprise, the great man got off his horse as soon as he came here. He said to the farmer, "I see you need help, my friend. How good it is that I'm here just at the right time!" Then he took one end of the bag, and the farmer took the other. They together lifted it and put it on the horse.
"Sir," asked the farmer, "How can I pay you?"
"It's quite easy," the great man answered with a smile, "Wherever(无论在哪里) you see anyone in trouble, do the same for him."
1. What happened when the farmer went to town?| A．His horse's leg was hurt. | B．The bag fell down from his horse. | C．The farmer lost his bag. |
| A．The bag was broken. | B．The horse went away. | C．The bag was too heavy. |
Because he thought the great man ________.
| A．couldn't see him. | B．could take away his bag. | C．couldn't help him. |
| A．The great man. | B．Another farmer. | C．A poor man. |
| A．We should help the man who is in trouble. |
| B．Everyone couldn't learn from the farmer. |
| C．We should pay for others' help. |
2 . Jeff and Joe are brothers. They are thinking about their future. In ten years, they will be twenty-four and have their own (自己的) jobs. Jeff will be a football coach and Joe will be a jazz (爵士乐) musician.
First, Jeff will finish college. At college, he will take classes in science, health and education. He will not take art or history. Jeff will probably play football in the college team. He will be busy but he will enjoy the sports and classes. After college, Jeff will teach in a high school. He will teach science and coach the school's football team. Jeff will love coaching football. His team will work hard and practise four times a week. They will have fun and maybe they will win a lot of games.
Joe will start a jazz band (乐队). He will play the drums. The band will practise every day and write their own songs. Joe's band will probably play in clubs in New York. Joe hopes the band will become successful and famous. Then Joe and the band will travel around the world by car. Joe will not forget his family. He will find time to visit them.
Jeff and Joe will work hard on their plans. Their parents are sure about Jeff 's plan, but they have doubts about Joe's plan because being a successful musician is a very difficult thing.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. How old are Jeff and Joe?
| A．10. | B．12. | C．14. |
① Art ② Health ③ History ④ Education ⑤ Science
| A．①②③ | B．③④⑤ | C．②④⑤ |
| A．Jeff is not good at history |
| B．Joe's band will play in clubs in London |
| C．Joe loves travelling around the world by bike |
| A．信任 | B．怀疑 | C．赞扬 |
| A．future plans | B．favorite colleges | C．school lives |
3 . Plastic is all around us. It's in the TVs we watch at home, the desks we use at work, and the pens we write with at school. It's even wrapped around the food we buy. Some people have had enough of plastic, though, and have chosen a new lifestyle. These people have become plasticarians, meaning they try to live life without buying or using plastic.
British student Thomas Smith decided to go plastic-free, telling reporters, "A bit of plastic you had for a second lasts longer than your lifetime," Smith tried to avoid buying anything that had plastic in it, which made getting even the simplest items, like toilet paper, difficult. Over a period of six months, he lost five kilograms in weight and finally gave up.
Beth Terry, a woman in California, has lived mostly plastic-free for more than six years. For Beth, choosing a plasticarian lifestyle came out of concern for the planet and her health. Studies have linked some kinds of plastic to cancer and heart disease, and chemicals in these plastics can influence a baby's development. That's why some doctors say it is important that women who are having babies in their bodies avoid eating food stored in plastic containers.
It's never too late to start reducing the amount of plastic. You can start by giving up bottled water and teas. Instead, buy a reusable stainless-steel bottle and boring drinks from home. You can also buy food from farmers' markets, where fresh produce and meat are not packaged in plastic. Finally, it's better to use soap and shampoo bars that are wrapped in paper than liquid soaps and shampoos that come in plastic bottles.
While cutting plastic out of your life all at once may be too much to manage, every journey begins with one step. Choose one plastic item to live without today, and you will be on your way to a healthier life and a cleaner planet.
1. How does the writer show the fact that plastic is all around us?| A．By telling a story. | B．By describing a picture. | C．By giving examples. | D．By using numbers. |
| A．He wanted to experience how to live without plastic in his life. |
| B．He thought that plastic could help him lose weight. |
| C．He wanted to be healthier. |
| D．He wanted to help the environment. |
| A．You should use a plastic bottle and fill it with water over and over again. |
| B．You can start to bring drinks from home rather than buy bottled teas at a store. |
| C．It's better to buy soap and shampoo bars wrapped in paper. |
| D．Studies have shown that chemicals in the plastics can be harmful to a baby's development. |
| A．showing a prediction of using plastic in our daily life | B．introducing the results of cutting plastic out of life at once |
| C．expressing a feeling about stopping using plastic things | D．giving advice on cutting down plastic use |
4 . Artificial intelligence (人工智能) is set to benefit mankind in many ways. It will make everyday tasks easier and bring efficiency to many industries. It might be one of man's greatest inventions.
And yet, like any other technology, AI will also bring risks. In February 2018, a group of AI experts got together to discuss the possible disadvantages of AI. What they found was that "Every AI developed by the good guys is also helpful for the bad guys, too." according to Quartz.
Their biggest worry was that the bad guys could use AI for bad things. One of the areas they looked at was the use of AI to create websites that could be used to steal people's personal information. Another possibility is that AI programs could be used to hack software and break into computer secure systems (安全系统).
There are some other worries as well. It is possible that AI could be used to create fake imagines and videos. Baidu, in fact, has developed a program called Deep Voice that can "clone (克隆)" anyone's voice by studying a 3.7-second audio sample (音频样本).
Many leading people have expressed worries about AI. People like Bill Gates and Elon Musk have called for the industry to be more strictly controlled, as there are few laws right now on the use of AI.
However, this is set to change. In March 2018, the European Union plans to set up a group that will discuss the moral and ethical (伦理道德的) dangers of AI, which will help to keep it safe for mankind.
1. ________ might be one of man's greatest inventions according to the passage.| A．Many industries | B．AI | C．Baidu | D．Clone tech |
| A．保护 | B．对比 | C．入侵 | D．学习 |
| A．protecting computer secure systems | B．stealing people's personal information |
| C．controlling all the industry | D．cloning people's voice |
| A．Bill Gates and Elon Musk | B．The European Union |
| C．A group of AI experts | D．All of the mankind |
| A．The benefits of artificial intelligence. | B．How to use artificial intelligence. |
| C．People's worries about artificial intelligence. | D．The future of artificial intelligence. |
5 . Taking a bus or subway, paying for things online, or just walking-these daily activities can help turn China's deserts(荒漠) into forests if you are using Ant Forest.
Ant Forest is a feature (功能) in the Alipay mobile payment app. It records users' low-carbon(低碳的)activities-taking a bus to work not driving, for example – and gives users "green energy". When the user’s green energy gets high enough, Ant Forest and its partners will plant a real tree for the user.
Ant Forest recently got the 2019 Champions of the Earth award（地球卫士奖), the UN's highest environmental honor, for encouraging people to live greener lifestyles and protect the environment.
About half a billion (十亿) people have used Ant Forest since it came out in August 2016. Ant Forest and its partners have planted about 122 million trees in China's driest areas, including parts of Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Qinghai and Shanxi. The trees cover a total area of 112,000 hectares ( 公顷 ) . This makes Ant Forest China's largest tree-planting project started by a private ( 私营的 ) company.
Executive director of the United Nations Environment Program Inger Andersen said that Ant Forest shows us how we can use technology to solve environmental problems. Ant Forest has "fundamentally ( 从根本上) redesigning how we make a difference to our planet," said Anderson.
1. You can get "green energy" in Ant Forest by ________.| A．opening the app | B．planting trees | C．paying bills | D．driving a bus |
| A．it helps people save money |
| B．it is the first company to plant trees |
| C．is solved a serious environmental problem |
| D．it encourages people to protect the environment |
| A．Alibaba has already planted a lot of trees. |
| B．Alibaba only plants trees in poor areas. |
| C．The trees planted by Alibaba have fully covered China’s deserts. |
| D．More than half of Chinese are using Ant Forest. |
| A．Planting tree is a good way to protect the environment. |
| B．There are many low-carbon activities. |
| C．Alibaba is helping to protect our planet. |
| D．Ant Forest is the best feature of Alipay. |
6 . We know music is very important in our daily life. Do you notice music playing at any of those places when you go somewhere? Today most stores, stations, restaurants and other places play music. You might even hear music in an office or on a farm.
Scientists believe that music influences the way people behave. They think that the sound of western classical(古典的) music makes people feel richer. When a restaurant plays classical music, people spend more money on food and drinks. When the restaurant plays modern music, people spend less money. Without music, people spend even less.
Scientists also believe that loud，fast music makes people eat faster. Some restaurants play fast music during their busy hours. This makes people eat faster and leave quickly. Restaurants can make more money in this way.
Some scientists think that music makes you think and learn better. They say that music helps students to be more active. It is true that people learn better when they are relaxed. And listening to music can help you relax.
The next time you hear music somewhere, be careful. It might influence the way you do things.
1. According to the text，scientists believe that music can ______.| A．influence the way people behave | B．help us to develop good habits | C．develop our interest in money |
| A．a sign of being slower | B．something about manners | C．a sign of being richer |
| A．Light music. | B．Rock music. | C．Sweet music. |
| A．worry about studies | B．care about manners | C．more active |
| A．Music and Behavior | B．Good and Bad Music | C．Types of Music |
7 . He tried it once more and he felt himself going when he turned the fish. The fish righted himself and swam off again slowly.
I'll try it again, the old man promised himself, although he had little strength now and could not see things clearly.
He tried it again and it was the same. So he thought, and he felt himself going before he started; I will try it once again.
He took all his pain and what was left of his strength and his long gone pride and he put it against the fish's pain and the fish came over onto his side and swam gently, his mouth almost touching the boat.
The old man dropped the line and put his foot on it and lifted the harpoon(鱼叉) as high as he could and drove it down with all his strength, and more strength he had just gathered, into the fish's side just behind the great chest fin that rose high in the air to the height of the man's chest. He felt the iron go in and he leaned(倚靠) on it and drove it further and then pushed all his weight after it.
Then the fish came alive, with his death in him, and rose high out of the water showing all his great length and width and all his power and his beauty. He seemed to hang in the air above the old man. Then he fell into the water with a crash that sent spray over the old man and over all of the boat.
From The Old Man and the Sea
By Ernest Hemingway
1. What words would you use to describe the old man?| A．Optimistic (乐观的) and happy. |
| B．Humorous and powerful. |
| C．Brave and strong-willed. |
| D．Active and helpful. |
| A．where the old man fought the fish |
| B．what the old man used to fight |
| C．why the old man fought the fish |
| D．how the old man fought the fish |
| A．The old man gave up fighting in the end. |
| B．The fish died as soon as the iron went in. |
| C．The fish fell into the water after getting hurt. |
| D．The old man caught the fish in the end. |
8 . My name is Mary. A year has twelve months. My favorite month is October. October 1st is National Day (国庆节). We have a seven-day holiday. During(在……期间) the holiday, my parents always take me to see my grandparents.
Our school has some interesting things in October. On the 12th, we have a soccer game. I don't love basketball. I think it's difficult for me. But I love soccer games. We have a book sale on October 20th. I have three old books and I want to sell them. The art festival is fun. We have it on October 29th. My birthday is on this day, too. October is really a great month for me.
1. A year have ________ months.| A．eleven | B．twelve | C．thirteen |
| A．September | B．October | C．December |
| A．interesting | B．relaxing | C．difficult |
| A．On October 20th | B．On September 20th | C．On October 29th |
| A．Mary's favorite food. | B．Mary's favorite month. | C．Mary's room. |
9 . As a saying goes, "Your tongue has the power of life and death." This means that your words have power to finally cause things to happen, even life or death.
We may all experience the power of words in our life, even when we were very young. A child is blamed (责备) by teachers or parents, and after that, he might probably think of himself as a bad child. Most kids have that experience. They say it is important to praise children four times for each bad word. Blaming will make things worse, while good words are helpful especially when being in trouble or in need. When we fail the exam, encouraging words from our teachers, parents or even from ourselves make us work harder at our lessons.
Encouraging words can go quite a long way. They lift people up. For example, encouraging words to someone who is sad can help them make it through the day. Words can have a powerful effect on your brain. And it will in turn (相应地) have a great influence on your action.
Everything you do depends on what you choose to do. It's not your parents, your past relationships or your job, but you and only you that are responsible (负责认的) for your dreams. If you have dreams in life, write them down and speak them out. Your words are likely to bring out something amazing.
1. From the first paragraph, we can know that "your tongue" means ________.| A．what you say | B．what you hear | C．what you see |
| A．relaxed | B．happy | C．sad |
| A．blame | B．encouragement | C．experience |
| A．We can only experience the power of words after growing up. |
| B．Our action can be greatly influenced by words. |
| C．Our parents are responsible for our dreams. |
| A．action speaks louder the words | B．easier said than done | C．words are powerful |
10 . The best way of learning a language is using it. The best way of learning English is talking in English as much as possible. Sometimes you’ll get your words mixed up and people will not understand you. Sometimes people will say things too quickly and you can’t understand them. But if you keep your sense of humor（幽默）, you can always have a good laugh at the mistakes you make. Don’t be unhappy if people seem to be laughing at your mistakes. It’s better for people to laugh at your mistakes than to be angry with you, because they don’t understand what you are saying. The most important thing for learning English is: “Don’t be afraid of making mistakes because everyone makes mistakes.”
1. The writer thinks that the best way to learn a language is________.| A．writing | B．listening | C．using it |
| A．Be careful not to make any mistakes. |
| B．Speak English as much as you can. |
| C．Laugh more often. |
| A．not care | B．be happy | C．feel worried |
| A．keep quiet | B．keep your sense of humor | C．get angry |
| A．people never make mistakes |
| B．few people make mistakes |
| C．there is no one who doesn’t make mistakes |
