1 . ①Experts believe that there are more than 8 million restaurants in the world today. So it might surprise you to learn that restaurants, as we know them, have only existed for a few centuries. Before 1765, there were no restaurants. That is, there were no places that provided the restaurant experience. There was nowhere in which a waiter brought you food and drink that you picked from a menu. In fact, there were no menus anywhere.
②There were eating places travelers could go to centuries before that. The countryside was full of inns（旅店） that would serve food. And there were taverns（酒馆） where one could get drinks. The rich could also eat special meals prepared by private cooks. But none of them could be called a "restaurant".
③A man called Boulanger changed that. In 1765, he opened a place in Paris that sold soups. On his sign he used the word "restaurant" to describe what he was selling. At that time, soups were considered something that could help "restore" (恢复) your health—in French the word "restore" is "restaurer"—so he called the soups "restaurants". Soon, people started buying Boulanger's soups even when they were not ill. And over time, people began to use the word "restaurant" to refer to a place selling soup rather than the soup itself. More "restaurants" opened in France, and people began to buy soups more often.
④Later, restaurants in Paris began to serve other food besides soup. In the 1790s, menus started to appear. By the mid-1800s, there were many types of restaurants throughout the world. The United States offered coffee shops. Tea houses became popular throughout China. Paris created beautiful restaurants for the rich. The British began to copy the French, and the restaurant idea spread throughout the British Empire.
⑤Today, cities are filled with all types of restaurants. Diners have millions of options from which to choose.
1. What is the passage mainly about?| A．How restaurants developed. | B．What made a good restaurant. |
| C．Who created the first restaurant. | D．Why restaurants became popular. |
| A．Restaurants only served food. | B．Restaurants were more expensive. |
| C．Restaurants were mainly in cities. | D．Restaurants had a list of meal choices. |
| A．Rich people. | B．Sick people. | C．Travelers. | D．Workers. |
| A．①②-③④-⑤ | B．①-②③-④⑤ | C．①-②-③④-⑤ | D．①②③-④-⑤ |
2 . ①As you grow older, you'll be faced with some challenging decisions—like whether to cut class or try cigarettes. Making decisions on your own is hard enough. But when other people take part in and try to pressure you one way or another it can be even harder. People who are your age, like your classmates, are called peers. When they try to influence how you act, to get you to do something, it’s called peer pressure.
②Peers can have a positive influence on each other. Maybe another student in your science class taught you an easy way to remember the planets in the solar system. Maybe you got others excited about your new favorite book, and now everyone's reading it. These are examples of how peers positively influence each other.
③ Sometimes peers influence each other in negative ways. For example, a few kids in school might try to get you to cut class with them. Your soccer friend might try to convince you to be mean to another player and never pass him the ball.
④ It is tough to be the only one who says “no” to peer pressure, but you can do it. Paying attention to your own feelings and beliefs about what is right and wrong can help you know the right thing to do.
⑤You’ve probably had a parent or teacher advising you to “choose your friends wisely”. Peer pressure is a big reason why they say this. If you choose friends who are never absent from class, smoke cigarettes, or lie to their parents, then you probably won't do these things either, even if other kids do.
⑥If you continue to face peer pressure and you're finding it difficult to deal with, talk to someone you trust. Don't feel guilty（内疚）if you've made a mistake or two.
1. The passage is most probably written for _________.
| A．doctors | B．parents | C．teachers | D．students |
| A．wise | B．difficult | C．helpful | D．impolite |
| A．Spending more time with classmates. | B．Taking up more relaxing hobbies. |
| C．Choosing friends with no bad habits. | D．Helping others who are in trouble. |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
3 . Do you have a lucky number? What is it? Many people have a special number that they hope will bring them good luck.
In Chinese culture, some numbers are believed to be lucky or unlucky based on the Chinese word that the number sounds similar to.
For example, the word for the number 8 sounds similar to the word for “making a fortune”. So, people consider it a very lucky number. Some people will even spend a lot of money to have 8s in their phone number or on their vehicle license plate (车牌照) number. The opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics began at 8:08 pm on Aug 8, 2008.
The number 9 is also a lucky number because of its connection to the emperors of China. There were nine dragons on emperors’ robes (龙袍) and Chinese myth held that the dragon had nine children. The number 9 also stands for “long lasting”. That’s why a man always proposes (求婚) to a woman with 99 or 999 roses.
So what’s an unlucky number in China? One example is 4. Many Chinese people see 4 as an unlucky number because it sounds similar to the character for “death”.
Because of this, many buildings skip (跳过) the fourth floor, and simply call it the fifth floor. In Hong Kong, some buildings even skip all floors numbered with 4, such as 4, 14, 24, 34 and all 40-49 floors. Some buildings also skip the 13th floor, as this is considered an unlucky number in the West. As a result, a building whose highest floor is 50 may have only 35 physical floors.
1. What makes Chinese people believe a number is lucky or unlucky?| A．The shape of the number. | B．The sound of the number. |
| C．The history of the number. | D．The spelling of the number. |
| A．35 | B．44 | C．50 | D．60 |
(①=Paragraph 1 ②=Para. 2 ③=Para. 3 ④=Para. 4 ⑤=Para. 5 ⑥=Para. 6)
| A．①; ②③④; ⑤⑥ | B．①②; ③④⑤; ⑥ |
| C．①②; ③④; ⑤⑥ | D．①; ②③④; ⑤⑥ |
| A．Lucky and unlucky numbers in Western culture. | B．Meanings of different lucky numbers. |
| C．Meanings of different unlucky numbers. | D．Lucky and unlucky numbers in Chinese culture. |
4 . With the development of the technology, 3D printing is becoming more and more popular. We are now able to print things such as clothing, musical instruments and even cars. People and businesses are able to create the things they need very quickly and easily by using 3D printers.
But can you imagine printing food? Some scientists are trying a new way to get the dining experience by doing this. They hope that having a 3D printer in the kitchen will become as common as the oven or blender. Scientists say that they are easy to use: you simply have to choose a recipe (食谱) and put the uncooked “food ink” into a printer.You can also change the instructions to make the food you want. This means that it would be very quick and easy to create tasty and rich meals.
Using 3D printers to create your meals would also be saving the environment. There would be less need for traditional growing, shipping and packaging processes as food products would be a lot quicker and better For example, tree leaves and insects could be turned into tasty products! Printing food could also help people who have a swallowing (吞咽) trouble. They could program the printer to print softer kinds of foods so that they would not have difficulty swallowing them.
▲ It could take away many jobs, including those for growing, shipping and packaging food. Imagine a world where there was no need for growing or producing and the same tastes could be printed from an uncooked “food ink”. Besides, traditional restaurants might lose business. Also, we have to consider: is it really possible to get everything we need from them?
As we know, cooking and eating together with family and friends has long been a traditional and enjoyable activity. It is hard to imagine a world where the pastime of cooking is dead and meals can be created at the touch of a machine.
1. The writer gives the example in paragraph 3 in order to _________.| A．show us how 3D food printing works in our daily life |
| B．tell us how good it is to use 3D printers to print food |
| C．help us to know what things we can use to print food |
| D．let us better understand when to use 3D food printing |
| A．However, a future of 3D-printed food would cause lots of problems. |
| B．What’s more, 3D food printing could make people’s life much better. |
| C．What’s worse, people would not get the food from the 3D printers. |
| D．Anyway, using 3D printers could offer people more chances to find jobs. |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．The development of 3D printers | B．Whether people cook or not |
| C．Reasons of inventing 3D printers | D．A new way to use 3D printers |
5 . Many students like drinks. Some drinks are good for our health, but some are bad for our health. Let me give you some examples.
Cola is bad for our health. Cola is sweet, because it has sugar in it. Too much sugar can let you get fat. Drinking one bottle of cola each day can make you get fifteen pounds（磅）each year. And because the sugar in cola can make you feel full, you can’t eat many healthy things, such as fruit, vegetables and rice. And cola is bad for your teeth and bones（骨头）.
Drink water, please. Water is very important to our body. It keeps us healthy. We get water from drink and food, especially（特别是）from fruit and vegetables. But it’s better to drink water. If you don’t like plain（清淡的）water, you can put a little 100% fruit juice into it.
Remember: Drink more water and less cola. You will be healthier and healthier.
1. How many pounds can you get in two years by drinking one bottle of cola each day?| A．5 pounds. | B．30 pounds. | C．15 pounds. | D．25 pounds. |
①By drinking milk. ②By drinking soup. ③By playing basketball.
④By eating fruit and vegetables.
| A．①②③ | B．①③④ | C．②③④ | D．①②④ |
| A．Put some tea into the water. |
| B．Add some ice cream to the water. |
| C．Add some sugar to the water. |
| D．Put a little 100% fruit juice into the water. |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
6 . Need to buy something? Why go to a store? Buy it on the internet! Need it now? Why wait? Ask for next-day delivery! Each day, more and more people try online shopping. In fact, online sales have doubled in the last ten years. But not everyone is excited. Some scientists now say that online shopping is bad for the environment.
People are surprised to hear this. “They think, I don’t need to drive, and the business doesn’t need to build a store, so there will be less pollution,” says Nuria Prost, an environmental scientist. “But it is not so simple. In fact, online shopping is wasteful. It also adds to air pollution.”
In truth, the Internet is not always as good a friend to the environment as it seems. For example, most people thought that the internet would help offices use less paper and other materials. But paper use increased by 33% between 1986 and 1997. “Online shopping could have similarly negative effects,” says Nevil Cohen, a professor of environmental science. Part of the problem is what people are buying these days. In the past, people bought things on the internet that did not require much packing material, such as books and clothing. But now people also shop online for large, heavy products such as televisions, computers, and furniture. These products need to be packed in large amount of plastic and paper. This creates a lot of waste.
Another problem caused by online shopping is air pollution. When customers buy products and ask for next-day delivery, companies often have to send them by air. Airplanes use much more fuel than cars and produce more car dioxide(CO2). When people buy a lot of different things from different online businesses, this creates even more travel by airplane.
Online product returns are also a problem. For example, an online shoe store may allow customers to return shoes without extra pay if they are the wrong size. This doubles the packing material and number airplane trips required to sell one pair of shoes.
“If people want to protect the environment, they need to think before they shop,” says Prost. “People need to ask themselves: Is this exactly what I want? Do I really need it tomorrow, or can I wait?” Online stores can also ask customers to pay money for returns. This may make people shop more carefully. “Online shopping is fast and easy,” says Prost, “but we can’t forget the negative effects it has on the environment.”
1. The passage begins with several questions to ________.| A．introduce the main topic | B．describe online shopping |
| C．show the writer’s opinion | D．list advantages of shopping |
| A．The internet is not good to the environment. |
| B．Online shopping causes more air pollution. |
| C．Online shopping is bad for the environment. |
| D．Stop online shopping to protect the environment. |
| A．Large products need more packing materials. |
| B．Paper use increased by 33 percent about ten years. |
| C．Businesses need to build a store to sell the products. |
| D．Online shopping costs less than shopping in a store. |
A． | B． |
C． | D． |
7 . Getting excited over the Christmas ads becomes a big tradition for people in the UK. This year, Sainsbury’s, the second largest supermarket in the UK, shared its ad called Mog the Cat. Now the ad is known as “the best Christmas ad ever” according to Twitter.
The ad is about a cat of the Thomas family. In the ad, the cat blew up the Christmas tree and almost burned the house. Luckily, she succeeded in phoning the fire service and saved the house.
Another reason why the ad is popular is that Mog the Cat is the star of a much-loved children’s book. The writer Kerr herself appears in this ad as a neighbor of the Thomas family. This ad also tells us some fire safety facts.
The users of Twitter were talking about and enjoyed the ad. One little boy named Jim wrote the ad was the best Christmas gift he had got this year. Jill mixed feeling with the ad. She wrote this ad made her laugh and cry at the same time. And she said, “I don’t even like cats.”Another woman wrote, “So far Christmas ad of Sainsbury’s is the best I’ve seen this year.” People like the ad not only for the funny story but also for the spirit of Christmas it shows.
1. ▲ might be the most proper sentence to be put in the blank of Paragraph 2.| A．But she made Christmas Day even greater |
| B．But she brought much fun to the Thomas family |
| C．But she was ready to live with the neighbors of the Thomas family |
| D．But she messed up Christmas Day |
①The ad shows the spirit of Christmas. ②The writer Kerr appears in the ad.
③That is the ad made by Sainsbury’s. ④Mog the Cat is a star of a much-loved children’s book.
| A．①② | B．③④ | C．①④ | D．②③ |
| A．few people like the ad Mog the Cat. |
| B．Jill doesn’t like cats any more after watching the ad. |
| C．people like the ad just because it’s really funny. |
| D．the ad Mog the Cat is very popular with people. |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
8 . On Oct. 25 this year, the Healthy China Action (2019-2030): Tobacco Control Promotion Campaign(控烟行动) came out in Beijing. It shows about 9.4 million junior high school students tried tobaccos(烟)before.
How did this happen? First of all, stopping smoking in public(公共) places is difficult. It’s easy for teenagers to buy tobaccos on streets. And it’s hard to find out who is smoking in a place full of people. And how to punish(惩处) them is a question. It will use much money to make people ask others not to smoke in public places. So, some units(部门) just have to let it go.
There’s another reason we should know. Although we can’t find tobacco ads(广告) on TV or newspapers, there are many other ways for teenagers to see tobaccos. Today we can see actors and actresses smoking in the movies and soap operas. Also, pictures of singers and actors smoking are everywhere on the Internet. As a result, 13% of the students in the schools of Beijing think smoking makes them look cooler. “Did you see Chow Yun Fat in the movie God of Gamblers（赌神）? Smoking makes him so manly and cool! If I can smoke, I’ll look fantastic, too.” said a 13-year-old boy student.
How can we make things better? First of all, stars shouldn’t smoke in their programs too often. And news about stars and singers smoking should also become less. The less teenagers see their favorite stars smoke, the less they want to smoke themselves. Schools and families must take actions, too. Teachers and parents mustn’t smoke in front of the students or kids. And we should let teenagers know the bad things about tobaccos. We can also have people share ideas about tobacco control in schools, so students can join the action.
1. It’s difficult to stop smoking in public places because ________.| A．it’s not difficult for teenagers to buy tobaccos on streets |
| B．finding out who is smoking in public places is easy |
| C．it is clear about how to punish the smoking people |
| D．some units want to spend much money in stopping it |
| A．many teenagers like to watch movies, soap operas and pictures of stars |
| B．teenagers can’t find ads of tobaccos on TV or newspapers |
| C．actors and actresses may ask teenagers to smoke just like them |
| D．movies with people smoking may make teenagers like smoking |
A． |
B． |
C． |
D． |
| A．The Reasons Why We Smoke | B．Smoking Is Cool in Movies |
| C．Tobaccos and Teenagers | D．Schools Can Stop Smoking |
9 . As a girl growing up in Oakland, Harris was attracted to nature in college, she accepted a green lifestyle, avoiding chemicals（化学物质） in her food and beauty products lo make her carbon footprint（碳足迹） less.
Later, teaching in primary schools in poor neighborhoods, she was shocked for her students not having the ideas of protecting the environment. But she also understood. “For many communities of color, these problems often seem less important because they are dealing with daily lives,” she says.
Harris decided to teach children the advantages of sustainable（可持续的） living and in 2007 set up the grassroots group Grind for the Green（G4G）, an organization that educates kids about green subjects as well as providing training in entry-level green jobs. She used hip-hop music to draw more people’s attention. “We created it to make a deeper connection with the kids” she explains.
One early project was a free solar-powered（太阳能的） hip-hop concert- the first of its kind—-in San Francisco. Solar panels（太阳能板） on a mobile bus produced all the electricity, and the kids set up road stands（货摊） offering green food and drinks made in bicycle-powered blenders. The event was successful, leading to other G4G concerts and attracting concert organizers and producers who wanted to work with G4G. “We’ve been able to get close to a special field that other environmental groups couldn’t,” Harris says. “Our events are produced by young people who carry out the tasks faster and better” she adds.
No one can say that poor people or people of color don't care about the earth. From the story of Harris, we’ve seen communities become connected with these green subjects once they’ve been educated and learn a way to do something about it.
1. From the first two paragraphs, we can know that _______.| A．Harris has been in love with nature since high school |
| B．Harris got well prepared before teaching in elementary schools |
| C．chemical food and beauty products are chosen to make the carbon footprint less |
| D．many communities of color don't care the environment protection because of being poor |
| A．raise money for the solar-powered hip-hop concert |
| B．use hip-hop music to draw more people’s attention |
| C．to make a deeper connection with communities of color and the green environment |
| D．teach kids about environmental problems and provide training in entry-level green jobs |
a. offer green food and drinks b. be close to a field that only G4G gets to
c. have a young and efficient team d. provide training in entry level green jobs
| A．abd | B．abc | C．acd. | D．abd |
（①=Para.1 ②=Para.2 ③=Para.3 ④=Para.4 ⑤=Para.5）
| A．①; ②③④; ⑤ | B．①②; ③④; ⑤ | C．①②③; ④⑤ | D．①②; ③; ④⑤ |
10 . For many people, their first plane trip is not very good. The following will help you have a good trip.
The first and important thing is to be EARLY! Call the airport 4 hours earlier and make sure that the flight is still on time. Get to the airport 1 hour earlier. This will give you much time to take care of the things you are taking.
Be sure to take something to chew(咀嚼) when you are in the air. Taking a book with you can help you spend your free time. You also need to take some special things like glasses or medicine because you may need them on your trip. Take your ID card and enough money. Sometimes you need them when having a trip.
When you get on the plane, make sure that you are in the right seat. Don’t be afraid when the plane is taking off(起飞). Take-off may be a difficult part of your trip. When it is over, you can release(解开) your seatbelt(安全带), and you can go to the bathroom if you want.
Wish you a happy flight!
1. People should arrive at the airport ____________.| A．4 hours earlier | B．4 hours later | C．1 hour earlier | D．1 hour later |
①Something to play with. ②Glasses. ③Medicine. ④ID card. ⑤Some drinks. ⑥Money.
| A．②③④⑥ | B．①③④⑥ | C．①②③④⑥ | D．①②③④⑤⑥ |
| A．No one can have a bath on the plane. |
| B．You can take any seat on the plane. |
| C．It’s good to be afraid when the plane is taking off. |
| D．It’s important to be early for a flight. |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
