1 . We sometimes have the wrong ideas about the things around us, for example, some things about cats that people believe might not be true. These myths (荒诞的说法) can make cat owners confused (困惑的). Let’s learn the truth about them.

Some people think that cats need to drink milk. That is not true. If a cat eats well, it does not need to drink milk. Does your cat drink milk? Most cats like milk, but too much of it can make them sick. They can only have a little milk.

Some people put garlic in cat food. They believe it will keep worms (寄生虫) away from a cat’s body. Does it work? No, it does nothing to worms. It will give the cat bad breath! If your cat has worms in its body, take it to see a doctor. The doctor will give medicine to the cat.

Some people think that a cat’s whiskers (须) can help it keep balance (平衡). In fact, whiskers have nothing to do with balance at all. They help the cat know about things around.

Have you heard these myths about cats before? Don’t believe them. Cats need good owners to care for them. It’s a good idea to learn how to care for cats by reading books or talking to experts.

1. If there are worms in a cat’s body, what should we do?

A．Put garlic in cat food.	B．Take the cat to see a doctor.
C．Give some milk to the cat.	D．Let the cat drink more water.

2. What’s the fourth paragraph mainly about?

A．The size of a cat’s whiskers.	B．The color of a cat’s whiskers.
C．The use of a cat’s whiskers.	D．The shape of a cat’s whiskers.

3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Some myths about cats in the passage are true.

B．Most cats need to drink much milk.

C．A cat’s whiskers can help it keep balance.

D．Cats can only have a little milk.

4. Where do you think this passage may come from?

A．A guidebook.	B．A science magazine.
C．A health magazine.	D．A storybook.

5. Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage?

A．

B．

C．

D．

2 . 阅读短文， 根据语篇要求填空，使短文通顺，意思完整。 每空限填一词。

One of the world’s most dangerous sports is mountain climbing, and one of     1     most popular places for this is the Himalayas. The Himalayas lie on the southwestern border of China. Of all the mountains, the Qomolangma rises the highest and is the most famous. It is about 8,848 metres high and so is very dangerous to climb.       2     is very hard to take in air as you get near the top.

The first Chinese team reached the top     3     May 25th 1960, while the first woman to succeed was Junko Tabei from Japan in 1975.

    4     do so many climbers risk their lives? One of the main reasons is that people want to challenge themselves in the face of difficulties. The spirit of these climbers shows us that we should never give     5     trying to achieve our dreams.

4 . 阅读短文，根据语篇要求填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词。

Water is the most important of all the things we eat and drink. The human body can go without food for a long time. Yet two     1     three days without water can usually make people dying. Man     2     live without water.

A lot of people don’t understand how     3     water the human body needs to work well, and many people, especially young people, do not drink enough,     4     in very hot weather. Our body has mostly water, about 65% to 75%. That is to say about two thirds of our body is water. We do sports, some of the water will get     5     from our body. If we don’t drink some water. Maybe we will get ill. So you know how important water is to us.

5 . 阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词。每词限用一次。

eat   happen   for   it   like   subject   use   join   other   enough

At 9:31 a.m. on May 30th, 2023, China sent     1     astronauts (宇航员), Jing Haipeng, Zhu Yangzhu and Gui Haichao, into space. They     2     in the latest Shenzhou-16 mission (任务). Do you want to become astronauts     3     them? How can you become astronauts?

Be healthy. To be an astronaut, you need to be very healthy. It is important     4     you to have a healthy body. You can’t have     5     small problems. For example, you can’t have scars (伤疤). They may split (裂开) in space.

Become stronger with hard training (训练). For example, you need to be strong     6     like sports players. You will also wear a 200-kilogram uniform (衣服) and do missions under-water for six or seven hours without     7     or going to the toilet. It is     8     for these astronauts to face the space.

Learn knowledge. Learning is important, too. Astronauts study 60     9     to get ready for a mission like math, English, spacecraft design, physics and so on so that they can know what to do when something bad     10     during the mission.

6 . Everybody knows that cats like to sleep. They spend more than half of their lives sleeping and enjoying every minute of it. Other animals have different sleeping habits, however. Horses may not look like they are asleep. But they are! Horses spend about six hours sleeping every day and they do it standing up!

Fish also sleep every day but they have a strange habit. They don’t close their eyes when they are sleeping. When ducks sleep, they keep one eye open and one half of their brain (大脑) awake. It helps them stay alert (警惕的) and watch out for dangerous animals.

So what about us? Well, most people sleep for about a third of their lives. The number of hours you sleep, however, has to do with your age. Most newborn babies sleep a lot. They spend about 75% of their time sleeping every day! As we get older we need less sleep. Children need about eleven hours and adults sleep for eight hours every night. So, yes, you spend many hours a year doing nothing—sleeping in bed!

But you are not just asleep—you are not really doing nothing. Your body and your mind relax during this time, but a lot of things happen during sleep. Dreams are one way that the mind relaxes after a busy day. A person spends about 20% of every night dreaming. That means you have about four or five dreams every night or about 1 ,600 dreams a year.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. From the passage, we know that a horse ________.

A．sleeps with one eye open	B．keeps standing up when sleeping
C．spends half of its life sleeping	D．doesn’t close its eyes when sleeping

2. What animals sleep with one eye open and one half of their brain awake?

A．Fish.

B．Cats.

C．Ducks.

D．Horses.

3. According to the passage, how long do most new-born babies sleep one day?

A．About 12 hours.

B．About 14 hours.

C．About 16 hours.

D．About 18 hours.

4. What is the last paragraph mainly about?

A．How we can have a good sleep.

B．Why some people don’t have dreams.

C．How many dreams we have every night.

D．What our body and mind are doing when we’re sleeping.

5. Where does the passage probably come from?

A．An art book.

B．A storybook.

C．A science book.

D．A medical book.

9 . Usually before an earthquake happens, people don’t know it is on the way. And these earthquakes are very dangerous. In fact, earthquakes kill more people than snowstorms and rainstorms every year. So scientists are always looking for ways to predict earthquakes.

Now they can predict the earthquake, but it is not always right every time. And scientist can say that an earthquake is possible to happen in some place, but they can’t predict the right place or time. And they can not tell how strong the earthquake will be.

How do scientists make these guesses? First, scientists make sure which place the big earthquake will strike by studying the earth plates (板块). Second, to help predict earthquakes, scientists study history of the areas where earthquakes happened. Studying the history can also help in another way. Scientists can guess how often an earthquake may happen in this area. Last, scientists watch rocks under the surface for months. When rocks break, earthquakes happen. And scientists also watch the water level to predict an earthquake.

Scientists hope that one day we can have earthquake warnings.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. Which of the following kills the most people every year?

A．Snowstorms.

B．Rainstorms.

C．Earthquakes.

D．Animals

2. What can scientists guess about earthquake now?

A．An earthquake may happen in some place.	B．An earthquake happens in the right place.
C．An earthquake happens at the right time.	D．An earthquake warning.

3. What does the underlined word “predict” mean in Chinese in the passage?

A．降低

B．预测

C．防止

D．制止

4. What happens to rocks under the surface when earthquakes happen?

A．Rocks under the surface change.	B．Rocks under the surface move.
C．Rocks under the surface break.	D．Rocks under the surface shake.

5. What can we infer (推断) from the passage?

A．Studying the history of areas can’t help scientists to predict the earthquake.

B．Scientists can know earthquakes by watching the rocks on the earth.

C．Scientists can’t predict an earthquake by watching the water level.

D．Now sometimes scientists can’t tell people the right information about the earthquakes.

10 . 阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。

say     people     use     miss     hand     about     strange     what     cut       rapid

Who do works created by AI belong to? Here’s an answer.

A man made a picture by     1     AI in February. And then, he posted the picture on Xiaohongshu. However, a lady used the picture in March and     2     off the Xiaohongshu watermark(水印).

The court (法院) found that this was against the law and     3     the lady must pay 500 yuan to the man.

The law is still not clear     4     AI-made works like this. Decisions on such problems are expected to change     5     over the next several years.

How to recognize an AI-made picture?

1. Look at     6    . AI often draws human hands wrong. Sometimes the number of fingers is not right, and sometimes the shape looks     7    . The photos AI uses to learn often show hands in different gestures (姿势), so it isn’t sure     8     a “hand” really looks like.

2. Pay attention to the details. For example, people in an AI-made picture may     9     an earring or apart of their glasses. If there’s text in an image, such as a poster, the text is usually unreadable.

3. Check the background. AI is also terrible at dealing with the background. If there’s crowd in the image,     10     faces in the corner are not clear or they don’t have a face at all!