1 . What will our life be like in 50 years? No one knows the answer exactly (确切地), but we are sure that it will be very different from the life today. My brother Jim Green makes some predictions. Here are some of his ideas.
First, people will have less work to do, and robots will do most work. People will use robots to make cars, do the housework, look after sick people and teach students. People will spend most of their time playing sports and traveling. So people will become stronger and healthier, and they will live to be about 200 years old.
Second, cars will become very small and computers will control (控制) their speed. So there will be fewer accidents on the road. Planes will be very popular and most people would like to take them to travel.
Third, people will be able to live in the sea, on the moon or on Mars. The earth won’t be crowded or noisy. So there will be more space for people to plant trees. There will be less pollution, and the air will become much fresher.
Finally, water shortage will become one of the most serious problems. If people don’t save water now, there will be water wars in 50 years.
1. Jim Green thinks that in 50 years robots will help people do the following things EXCEPT(除了) ________.| A．look after sick people | B．drive cars |
| C．teach students | D．do the housework |
| A．by bike | B．by plane | C．by train | D．by car |
| A．every family will have a car |
| B．people won’t need to work |
| C．computers will control the cars’ speed |
| D．the earth will become crowded and noisy |
| A．短缺 | B．丰富 | C．清澈 | D．浑浊 |
| A．the schools | B．the cars | C．the robots | D．the life |
2 . We are now living in the 21st century. Is your classroom living in the 21st century, too? Tony is a student in Grade 8 at an American middle school. He was surprised when he saw his modern
In Tony’s classroom, there are many new electronics, like iPads. This semester, they will
The school uses new technology in classrooms to help students see, hear, touch and sometimes experience their tasks, “Technology is pretty common in most of our classroom now,” the head teacher said, “We’re trying to use technology to
Mr. Miller now regards himself as a guide of learning
| A．dormitory | B．playground | C．library | D．classroom |
| A．allow | B．use | C．want | D．help |
| A．boring | B．relaxing | C．amazing | D．disappointing |
| A．on | B．by | C．at | D．with |
| A．open | B．look | C．put | D．call |
| A．wrong | B．slow | C．quick | D．bad |
| A．because of | B．instead of | C．according to | D．thanks to |
| A．why | B．what | C．when | D．how |
| A．But | B．And | C．Or | D．So |
| A．stand | B．hate | C．enjoy | D．dislike |
3 . The Internet joins millions of computers all over the world, and today it is used by people all over the world. It was invented in the 1960s in the USA. The American government needed a network of computers for its army. Then in the 1970s scientists and business people also wanted to use the Internet to send and receive messages. For some years, they weren’t allowed to use the US network, and when they were allowed to, the messages were in very simple text without photos.
The World Wide Web was invented by a British scientist named Tim Berners-Lee in 1989. He wanted to send documents to other scientists, so he developed the World Wide Web. This allowed him to send and receive scientific documents with text, drawings and photos(also called multimedia documents). In the 1990s, more and more people began to use the Internet and the World Wide Web.
So what’s the difference between the Internet and the World Wide Web?The Internet is the hardware. It allows us to communicate with other people. The World Wide Web is the software. It allows us to create, see and read multimedia documents.
The Web is made up of millions of documents called Web pages. These pages are held in computers all over the world. Many people have a favorite website with a number of Web pages on the same subject.
The email is a way of using your computer to send and receive messages. It’s cheaper and quicker to use emails than send normal mails. New users call the normal mail “snail mail” because it’s too slow. It took 50 years for 100 million people to listen to the radio. It took 15 years for 100 million people to watch television. By the year 2000, it had taken only about three years for 100 million people to use the Internet. What will happen next on the Internet?
1. The Internet was first invented for _________.| A．scientific work | B．the American army | C．business people | D．the American government |
| A．communicate with others | B．create,see and read documents |
| C．send and receive scientific documents | D．send and receive simple text without photos |
| A．in the 1970s | B．in the 1990s | C．in the late of 1980s | D．by the year 2000 |
| A．the Internet has a greater influence than radio and TV | B．radio and TV will be replaced by computers |
| C．the use of the Internet spreads very quickly | D．people spend much more time on the Internet |
| A．The effect of the greatest invention | B．The development of the Internet |
| C．The movement of new technology | D．The history of the World Wide Web |
4 . Our skin is soft, but it’s also very tough (强韧的), as it can heal (修复) itself over time.
Scientists from Saudi Arabia made the new “e-skin”.
However, the new e-skin doesn’t have these problems. Scientists used a hydrogel (水凝胶) to make the e-skin.
The new e-skin can also get medical information, such as someone’s blood pressure.
| A．This makes it very stretchy. |
| B．In fact, e-skin is not totally new. |
| C．They are also not as sensitive (敏感的) as real skin. |
| D．Thee-skin is very special to most common people in some fields. |
| E．Scientists have made a new kind of skin that is as tough as human skin. |
| F．In the future, scientists hope to use the skin to make robot, aircraft (航空器) and even furniture. |
5 . “Life is speeding up. Everyone is getting unwell.”
This may sound like something someone would say today. But in fact, an unknown person who lived in Rome in AD(公元) 53 wrote it.
We all love new inventions. They are exciting, amazing and can even change our lives. But have all these developments really improved the quality of our lives?
Picture this. You’re rushing to finish your homework on the computer. Your mobile phone rings, a QQ message from your friend appears on the screen, the noise from the television is getting louder and louder. Suddenly the computer goes blank and you lose all your work. Now you have to stay up all night to get it done. How happy do you feel?
Inventions have speeded up our lives so much that they often leave up feeling stressed and tired. Why do you think people who live far away from noisy cities, who have no telephones, no cars, not even any electricity often seem to be happier? Perhaps because they live simpler lives.
One family in the UK went “back in time” to see what life was like without all the inventions we have today. The grandparents, with their daughter, and grandsons Benjamin, 10 and Thomas, 7, spent nine weeks in a 1940s house. They had no washing machine, microwave(微波炉), computer or mobile phones.
The grandmother, Lyn, said, “The more things you have, the more difficult life becomes.” The boys said they fought less. Probably, they said, because there was less to fight over, such as their computer. Benjamin also noticed that his grandmother had changed from being a “trendy(赶时髦的), beer-drinking granny”, to one who cooked things.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
1. The writer uses the quote(引号) at the beginning of the story to ________.
| A．tell us a truth about our lives |
| B．tell us what life was like long time ago |
| C．point out what causes such a thing to happen |
| D．point out some problems we will meet in the life |
| A．have speeded up our lives | B．have improved the quality of our lives |
| C．may make people feel very happy | D．may bring people some trouble |
| A．they loved to live simple lives |
| B．they wanted to know how people lived without modern inventions |
| C．they were troubled by modern inventions |
| D．living in a different time would be a lot of fun for them |
| A．People who live far away from noisy cities often seem to be happier. |
| B．An unknown Roman was sure that the quality of life would get better. |
| C．The family had some changes when they lived in a 1940s house. |
| D．With the improvement of our lives, we often feel stressed and tired. |
| A．problems with technology |
| B．improvements of our lives with technology |
| C．changes happening to technology |
| D．the importance of technology |
6 . Wouldn’t it be nice to have a robot do your housework? Imagine not having to vacuum (吸尘) or clean your room! Today, many scientists and researchers are
Today, scientists and researchers are making great progress in the
A different type of robot, which you may not
| A．working out | B．working on | C．learning | D．busy |
| A．much easier | B．easily | C．easy | D．more easily |
| A．develop | B．developing | C．developed | D．development |
| A．build | B．built | C．building | D．named |
| A．look | B．is looking | C．was looked | D．looks |
| A．special | B．especial | C．especially | D．actually |
| A．consider as | B．treated as | C．regarded as | D．think of |
| A．make sure | B．make | C．keep | D．be sure of |
| A．But | B．If | C．Although | D．When |
| A．can | B．could | C．to sure | D．to be able to |
7 . A Letter from Mars
Dear Earthmen,
I have enjoyed my stay on your interesting planet.
I think I understand the life on the earth now and I would like to give my impressions(印象).
First of all, you live in boxes. Every morning you leave your big boxes and get into smaller boxes on wheels(轮子). All these small boxes run around and around, and finally stop to rest. You leave these boxes on wheels and go to very large tall boxes.
After resting all day, you get back in your little boxes and return to your big boxes. There you sit and look at every small glowing(闪闪发光的) boxes with moving pictures on the front.
There is only one thing I don’t understand. I went to a football game one day. A group of angry boys fought a little round ball. Everyone shouted but they kept fighting. They were angry, because they had been kept in boxes all day. I think.
Thank you earthmen for this chance to get to know you.
Yours,
The man from Mars
根据短文内容，完成下列表格中的句子。每空一词。
The description(描述) in the letter | Means |
| Your interesting planet | The |
| Big | Houses for people to live in |
| Smaller boxes on | Buses and cars |
| Very small glowing boxes with | TV sets |
| A group of angry boys fought a little round ball | A football |
8 . 世界在发展,生活在变化。社会的进步让我们的生活越来越好。请通过以下四组图片,从信息来源、购物方式、居住环境、联系方式等方面,以"How Life Changes!"为题写一篇短文。
要求:
1.词数100左右;
2.请先简要介绍表格中的四组图片,再根据生活实际列举至少一个方面,作适当发挥;
3.文稿中不得出现真实的人名、校名和地名;
4.字迹工整,语言流畅,表达正确,逻辑清晰。
| In the past | Now | |
| ① |  newspaper radio television |  mobile phone computer |
| ② |  shop |  online shop |
| ③ |  old and dirty house |  new and clean house |
| ④ |  letter postcard |  email WeChat QQ |
How Life Changes!
9 . On April 2, we said goodbye to Tiangong I, China's first space lab. According to the China Manned Space Agency（中国载人航天）, Tiangong I re-entered the Earth's atmosphere（大气层）and some of its debris（碎片）fell into the South Pacific Ocean.
There are many spacecraft（宇宙飞船）that are still in orbit（轨道）above the Earth. After finishing their trips, they will all re-enter the Earth's atmosphere like Tiangong I.
There are two types of re-entries: controlled re-entry and uncontrolled re-entry.
Some satellites and manned spacecraft come back to the Earth in a controlled re-entry. Experts calculate（计算）the path of the falling spacecraft and its speed. They can guide the spacecraft to fall in a chosen area.
Some spacecraft may have problems while in space after a certain amount of time. These spacecraft come back in an uncontrolled re-entry. It is hard to tell when and where these spacecraft will fall until the last few hours. The US space station Skylab came back partially uncontrolled in 1979. Parts of the station fell in western Australia, but no one was hurt.
During re-entry, most of the spacecraft will burn up while passing through the Earth's atmosphere. Only a small amount of the debris will reach the ground. The debris typically ends up falling into the ocean, China Daily reported.
1. The debris from Tiangong I .| A．fell into the South Pacific Ocean | B．fell in western Australia |
| C．fell in the central part of the US | D．fell into the North Pacific Ocean |
| A．burn up and disappear | B．speed up and fly back to the Earth |
| C．enter another orbit and stay in space | D．re-enter the Earth's atmosphere |
| A．one | B．two | C．three | D．four |
| A．It came back in a controlled re-entry. |
| B．Some people were hurt by its debris. |
| C．Parts of it fell in western Australia. |
| D．It was directed to fall into the ocean. |
| A．a story book | B．a movie review | C．a science magazine | D．a government report |
10 . When the bell rings, every student takes out an iPad. The light from the screens(屏幕) makes their young faces pretty and lively. That’s what happens every day at my school in the US. We use iPad in class.
I feel surprised and excited when I get an iPad the first day I get to the school. But it is not free. I spend about $100 renting(租) it for three years.
Every iPad at my school has a special learning system(系统) called Focus. Teachers put their teaching material like textbooks and PPTs on it. When we have classes, we enter the system and download(下载) the materials with our iPads.
It makes the classes interesting and efficient(高效). For example, a few weeks ago, we learned about London in the UK. Our teacher prepared a video. Through the video, we saw many places of interest in London. We could not only watch the video，but also see the words at the same time. Because of the video, I know more about the city.
We also do our homework with iPads. We can know how well we do our homework right after we submit (提交) our homework.
However, there are still some bad points about learning with iPads. Some of my classmates play games or surf the Internet in class.
I believe the key to use iPads well is to have good self-control (自制), isn’t it?
1. In the writer’s class, every student ________.| A．gets a free iPad from the teacher |
| B．plays games on iPads in each class |
| C．shares an iPad with their classmates in class |
| D．rents an iPad to use at school for three years |
| A．a special learning system | B．PPTs and videos |
| C．teachers’ teaching materials | D．the name of the iPad at school |
| A．play games | B．watch any videos |
| C．download the materials | D．submit the homework |
| A．students don't like to use iPads in class |
| B．iPads are not useful when having classes |
| C．students use iPads to watch videos every class |
| D．iPads make the classes interesting and efficient |
