1 . For your next out-of-this-world vacation, you now have the option of really going out of this world—but it’ll cost you $ 40 million. According to a new report from Popular Mechanics, Russia is looking to build a luxury hotel in outer space. There you will wake up to a breathtaking blue planet—the Earth! The hotel is expected to be stationed on the International Space Station (ISS).

According to Popular Mechanics, the hotel will include a luxury orbital suite with big windows, personal hygiene (卫生) facilities, exercise equipment, and yes, WiFi. Because if you can’t share your experience on social media, did it really even happen?

Of course, the reasons behind the hotel aren’t just for fun and games. Apparently, space tourism might be able to help the Russians pay for another module (组件) to add to the international Space Station. Russian space contractor RKK Energia is currently building the first such module, which will give scientists a laboratory and power supply station from which to conduct tests.

If any of this is going to happen, however, Russia is going to have to hurry. With the ISS expected to be out of use in 2028, there’s little time to build the hotel and find wealthy tourists to actually buy a trip into outer space.

So if you’ve recently come into a fortune and are interested in investing in what could be the time of your life, ISS is calling your name.

1. What do we know about the hotel from the first paragraph?

A．It is quite affordable.	B．It will be built in Russia.
C．It will offer an amazing view.	D．It costs $ 40 million to build.

2. What can be inferred from Paragraph 2?

A．Hotel guests won’t be able to see into space.

B．Visitors are required to take exercise each day.

C．Space travel is not possible without the Internet.

D．Tourists tend to share traveling experiences online.

3. What does the underlined word “conduct” in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A．prepare for

B．carry out

C．keep on

D．take place

4. What will the hotel provide Russian scientists with?

A．Fun and games.

B．Financial support.

C．Space contractors.

D．More time in space.

5. According to the passage, which statement is NOT true?

A．The hotel may be built on the International Space Station.

B．Tourists can use personal hygiene facilities and exercise equipment in the hotel.

C．The hotel is not the only module to add to the international Space Station.

D．The International Space Station is expected to run forever.

2 . The first AI-driven (人工智能驾驶的) bus went on a road test in Shenzhen on December 2nd last year. So the unmanned (无人驾驶的) car is no longer a far dream.

Most people are excited about AI-driven cars. AI could be a “better driver” than humans as its reaction (反应) time is much shorter than humans’. Also, AI never gets tired and there is no fear of it driving under the influence (影响). Besides, when two humans drive too close on a road and one has to slow down to avoid (避免) an accident, both would expect the other to do so, and the problem could be serious because they cannot talk to each other. However, that problem will not happen to two AI-driven cars because they could “talk” through the cloud and decide which one should slow down.

But some people are worried. The test in Shenzhen was done on a special road. There are more uncertain things on real roads, such as being driven fast by some bad people. And the biggest problem for AI is not about learning to remember road signs, but about whether it can take instinctive (本能的) action in sudden and unexpected situations (情况). Also many cases of people taking control of the computers which are fixed in unmanned cars have been reported. This could be very dangerous.

All in all, AI-driven cars will keep improving and all the possible problems will be solved (解决) before they are widely used. We will meet them soon in the future.

1. Did the first AI-driven bus go on a road test in Shanghai on December 2nd?
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2. Why could AI be a “better driver” than humans according to the passage? (Just list one reason)
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3. What can we know about the AI-driven car from the passage?
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4. What is the biggest problem for AI-driven cars?
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5. What is the writer’s opinion towards AI-driven cars?
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6. What does the passage mainly talk about?
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4 . Common Sense Media did a study about kids and technology(科技). It was about many different kinds of activities, from reading and listening to the radio, to new favorites like using social media users (社会媒体用户) and video chatting(视频聊天). More than 2,600 kids took part in the study. Here are some truths:

Truth 1: Some children spend too much time looking at screens(屏幕).

One in five children uses more than six hours of computers each day, and 18% of children are looking at their screens for more than 10 hours a day. But children spend only 30 minutes reading every day.

Truth 2: Boys prefer video games; girls prefer social media.

Among boys, 71% enjoy playing video games, twice as many as girls. Girls spend about 40 minutes more each day on their screens than boys do.

Truth3: Music is their favorite.

For children, while 57% have TV sets in their rooms, music is their favorite. However, only about a third listen to music on the radio. Most children listen to it on their smartphones(智能手机).

Truth 4: Gamers get out less and less.

For gamers, their play time is the least, only 47 minutes every day. Social media users are the most active, spending one hour and 13 minutes every day doing sports.

1. How long do children spend reading every day?

A．40 minutes.

B．30 minutes.

C．47 minutes.

D．13 minutes.

2. What does the underlined word “truths” mean in the first paragraph?

A．理想

B．方案

C．计划

D．事实

3. Most children prefer listening to music ________.

A．on the computer .

B．on TV

C．on their smartphones

D．on the radio

4. Who plays sports the least a day?

A．A gamer.

B．A student.

C．A girl.

D．A boy.

5. What’s the best title for the text?

A．Boys Prefer Video Games	B．Music is Their Favorite
C．Gamers Get Out Less and Less	D．Truths About Kids and Technology

5 . 阅读下面短文，根据语境、音标或所给单词的提示，在每个空格内填入一个恰当的词，要求所填的词意义准确、形式正确，使短文意思完整、行文连贯。

You may hear adults—especially your parents—ask you to spend less time in front of screens. But at a camp called iD Tech, computers are a necessary tool (工具) for learning about     1     (robot) and video games.

Logan Doyle, 12, spent last week at this camp     2     (learn) to write computer instructions for a video game he was creating. “I am trying to make the beginning     3     this game,” said Logan.

In the room, boys were playing a 3-D racing video game. When they were done, they talked about     4     they liked and didn’t like about the game. Then the camper who designed the game could make it     5     (good).

Their teacher, Will Whitney, said the kids were learning problem-solving. “Kids meet a problem and think of different ways to solve it,” said Whitney. Like a lot of the teachers at the camp, Whitney attended iD Tech camp while growing up. As a kid, he loved video games. He loved the camp so much that he had     6     (be) in it for seven years. “It was always the best time of my summer,” he said.

Like English and math, it is important to understand     7     /tek'nɒlədʒi/. It will be important for many jobs in the future. “Technology is     8     /evriweə(r)/ in our society,” said Jan Plane, a computer science professor at the University of Maryland. “Whatever field kids are going to go into, having some knowledge of technology is going to make     9     difference.”

Maybe the right kind of     10     /skri:n/ time is not such a bad idea after all.

9 . 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或用所给单词的适当形式填空。

Now the robots can help people do many things, such as babysitting (照看) kids, watering flowers and sweeping the floor. In the future, there     1     (be) many different types of robots. Here’s a kind of robots used in hotels in Japan.

    2     you prefer your vacations with a robot, you might try a hotel in Japan this summer. There are only 10 human     3     (work) in the hotel, but that doesn’t mean you won’t get good or fast service. Robots will be ready to help you with everything from reception (接待) to     4     (clean) and carrying your bags.

Developed at Osaka University, the robots look like young     5     (Japan) women. They can speak several languages and move their eyes     6     (communicate) with you.     7     the hotel, rooms will start at $60 a night. Robots don’t     8     (general) ask to be paid, and that will help reduce the     9     (hotel) cost. It is a “smart hotel” in the world.

“We will make     10     (powerful) and comfortable hotel in the world,” Hideo Sawada says. “In the future, we’d like to have more than 90% of hotel service operated by robots.”