1 . A Powerisers

The ability to jump two meters in the air may not be something you have thought too much about. And most people have never considered running at 30 kilometers an hour. But just stop for a moment and think about how our new product could change your life.

Your daily journey to your place of work is probably a mad dash for the bus. There is no point in taking your car because there are traffic jams, and anyway the car parks are probably very expensive or, worse still, full. Here is where Powerisers can help. It takes just a couple of minutes to put them on and then you are away, going past others or even jumping over the object which blocks your way.

That is the practical use for our product, but then there is sport and exercise. Powerisers are set to be the next extreme sport and the deep-fit tools. You can imagine the 100 meters, the high jump or basketball performed by athletes wearing Powerisers. And what better way to build your muscles and keep fit?

Our product is very simple. It is powered by a superlight spring, which uses the gravitational(重力的) pull from your body weight and pushes you with superhuman strength. There have been no records of serious injury related to the use of Powerisers, but extreme caution is recommended. We strongly advise the wearing of protective clothing, including at least a helmet(头盔).

Powerisers make you feel as if you were walking on the moon. Now we make two different models: Basic and Professional. The Basic model is designed for the occasional users and costs around $ 500. The Professional model, which is designed for the competitive use, has a strongly-made structure and different springs, though that comes at the increased price of $800. Our Powerisers are guaranteed for two years and will be replaced without question if they fail during that period. That is how confident we are.

1. According to the passage, Powerisers can help you ______.

A．get on the bus	B．jump over blocks
C．relax hard muscles	D．lift heavy weights

2. A helmet is recommended to users to _______.

A．prevent them from being injured

B．provide them with superhuman strength

C．Offer them the feeling of walking on the moon

D．Bring them good results in competitive situations

3. What is the author’s purpose of writing the passage?

A．To advertise a sports product.

B．To show advantages of taking exercise

C．To explain basic principles of Powerisers.

D．To introduce the development of Powerisers

2 . Monster Zoo

Monster Zoo is one of the largest zoos in the world, covering more than 15 km squares. It is home to more than 50 species of rare and native animals. The zoo is located 70 km from the city New South Australia.

Monster zoo was founded in 1983 as a breeding area (繁殖区). Officially open to the public in October 1993, Monster Zoo is now home to more than 500 animals.

Opening Hours

Monster zoo is open daily from 9:30 am to 5:00 pm with last entry at 3:00 pm. The zoo is open every day of the year, including Christmas Day and all public holidays. The exception to this is if the forecast temperature for Monster Zoo is 40 degrees or above, it will be closed.

To get the most out of your visit we recommend setting aside a minimum of four to five hours to fully enjoy the Monster zoo.

Tickets

Child (4-14 years old) : AU $28.50

Adult (15 years old and over) : AU $ 51.75

Family / Mini Group: AU $132.75

Meet the Keeper

Monster zoo offers various daily zoo keeper talks and animal feeds that give guests the chance to interact (互动) with our friendly workers and learn about the zoo’s unique residents.

Looking for a more unique animal experience? Consider booking a Behind the Scenes Animal Experience to come face to face with some of our special animal residents.

Café

Ketabi Café is open from 9:30 am to 5:00 pm daily and offers a variety of tasty treats, small snacks and hot meals.

Picnics

For those who prefer to bring their own meals, special picnic areas are available close to the Visitor Center. Please note that due to fire risk, the zoo does not allow for the use of BBQs.

1. What can we learn about the zoo from the text?

A．It is the largest zoo in the world.

B．It is open daily all year except Christmas Day.

C．It is open to the public ten years after it was founded.

D．It is home to 500 species of animals.

2. If three young men aged 12, 14 and 19 visit the zoo, how much will they pay?

A．AU $155.25.	B．AU $108.75.
C．AU $85.25.	D．AU $132.75.

3. Where does this text most probably come from?

A．A health newspaper.	B．An animal book.
C．A travel website.	D．A fashion magazine.

3 . Making beers on the moon might seem like a pipe dream to many, but for a group of students from the University of California at San Diego, there is a chance to take their research beyond Earth’s surface.

The Lab2Moon competition, held by TeamIndus, is offering students the chance to secure a spot on the TeamIndus rocket this year.

Taking craft beer to the next level, the students want to test whether it’s possible for yeast(酵母) to work and create beer on the moon. However, they believe the experiment is not just a creative concept for astronauts, it’s also important for the development of drugs and yeast-containing food, like bread.

“The idea started out with a few laughs among a group of friends,” said Neeki Ashari, a fifth-year bioengineering students at UC San Diego. “We all appreciate the craft beer. When we heard that there was an opportunity to design an experiment that would go up on India’s moonlander, w e thought we could combine our hobby with the competition by focusing on the practicality of yeast in outer space.”

The preparation work for the beer — up to the stage of adding yeast — will all be done on Earth, and rather than separating the fermentation ( 发酵) and carbonation stage of making beer, the team plans to combine them.

This removes the need to release CO2 accumulated in the process, which may result in cleanliness and safety issues out in space.

If selected, Team Original Gravity will be the first to make beer in outer space, and the fermentation will take place in a container no bigger than a soda can.

All teams competing for the place will showcase their ideas in Bangalore, India, in March.

Sadly, you won’t be enjoying moon beer in your local craft beer bar anytime soon, as no samples will be brought back. However, this small experiment could provide important data on just how practical it is for us to make and create our own resources on other planets and moons by learning how consumables (消耗品) behave in different environments.

1. How did the students feel when they got the chance to design the experiment ?

A．Excited.	B．Nervous.
C．Confident.	D．Casual.

2. What does the underlined word “This” in Paragraph 6 refer to?

A．The mixing of two stages.	B．Adding yeast on Earth.
C．The preparation work on Earth.	D．Fermentation and carbonation.

3. What can we learn about the experiment from the passage?

A．It has been designed based on similar experiments.

B．It’s quite competitive compared with other designs.

C．It’s design has already been approved by TeamIndus.

D．Its process was adapted to make it safer and greener.

4. What does the author think of the students ’ idea?

A．It seems like a pipe dream.	B．It’s extremely complicated.
C．It’s meaningful and hopeful.	D．It’s creative but impractical.

4 . 阅读下面的短文和问题，根据短文内容，在相应题号后的横线上写下相关信息，完成 对该问题的回答.答语要意思清楚，结构正确，书写工整.

It’s hard to imagine life without smartphones or mobile devices. But it wasn’t until 3G that smartphones began to influence and change our life. Since then, faster network speeds have been contributing to the creation and widespread use of cloud technology enabling ride-sharing apps， HD entertainment, and video calls. While 3G and 4G powered these services, 5G represents another connectivity jump beginning this year.

5G is known for last speeds, low latency—the time between data request and its delivery, and more capacity—the amount that the data can be contained, setting the stage for immediate improvements to existing experiences as well as the development of new, yet-to-be-imagined technological advancements.

From day 1, 5G is designed to make everything faster, providing fiber-like speeds to support great demand for unlimited data. You should notice improved download speeds, superior quality video streaming and virtually instant cloud access as 5G is launched in 2019. And it should be easier than ever to download your favorite series at the airport or deliver massive files to colleagues when you’re on the go. What’s more，5G is designed to deliver entirely new real-time experiences we’ve never had before.

One good thing about 5 G and edge computing is extended reality， which could transform your experience from passive watching to living the moment. The other good thing is AR shopping， which can make the shopping experience more fun， an experience that can allow you to see how a sofa will fit in your home， a try-it-before-you-buy-it type of experience.

2020 has been declared the year in which 5G will become commercially possible. Global carriers have started 5G speed trials. Developed cities will be the first to experience 5G， as rural areas currently lack the infrastructure (基础设施) to support the network. In order to continue to advance technologically， we will need a stronger network. The future of innovation (创新) depends on the successful implementation (实现) of 5G—and when we get there， it will truly revolutionize the world.

1. What is 5G known for? (不多于7个单词)
_______________________
2. What are the two good things about 5G? (不多于5个单词)
_______________________
3. Where will 5G first be experienced? (不多于3个单词)
_______________________
4. What is the purpose of the passage? (不多于4个单词)
_______________________

5 . It was my first day of sixth grade. I looked at my schedule and saw that I had Mrs.Foxwell and this made me happy. Over the next three years, Mrs.Foxwell taught me many important things that I will never forget.

Of all of the teachers and coaches I have had in my life, Mrs.Foxwell has been my favorite leader. In her class, she taught me how to be a successful leader. She also taught me that good leaders earn everyone’s respect.

Mrs.Foxwell is one of the most respected and respectful people I know. She is always kind to everyone and she treats others the way that she wants to be treated. She taught me respect in many different ways, but mainly how to be respectful in the business world. She told me that I needed to have a firm handshake and that I should always look people in the eye when I talk to them. Mrs.Foxwell also taught me that you could earn someone’s respect by working hard to achieve your goals.

In addition to working at Brandywine Springs, Mrs.Foxwell once worked at a bank as a manager but she gave that up to teach kids how to be successful. Mrs.Foxwell told our class how she would cry because of the amount of work she had to do in very little time. She taught our class that working all night at something you don’t love is very stressful, so you should try and do something you love. In the end, she taught me that you have to keep your head high and pull through. I don’t think I have ever worked as hard in any class as I did in her class. We created our own 28-page business plan to share with her, our parents, other teachers and our classmates. Although creating a business from nothing was a lot of hard work, I really enjoyed it and learned several lessons that will help me throughout life.

I have had a lot of role models in my life, but one of the biggest is Eva Foxwell. She taught me leadership qualities, how to be respectful and why you should work hard. She changed my life for the better and I desire to be like her.

1. Mrs.Foxwell taught the writer to show respect by_________.

A．working hard to achieve goals	B．looking at people’s laces
C．shaking people’s hands firmly	D．greeting people with joy

2. According to Paragraph 4，Mrs.Foxwell_________.

A．used to be a bank manager	B．was a business planner
C．never cried while lacing difficulties	D．insisted on doing everything well

3. From the passage， we can learn that Mrs.Foxwell is_________.

A．outgoing and polite	B．kind and patient
C．gentle and humorous	D．admirable and helpful

4. In the writer’s eyes， Mrs.Foxwell is a(n)_________.

A．engineer and coworker	B．educator and role model
C．parent and leader	D．coach and manager

6 .

New York Film Academy (NYFA) Summer Camps for Teens The New York Film Academy offers various summer camps for teens and camps during the school year designed for high school students who are interested in the performing arts.

DOCUMENTARY CAMP Offered at LA school, the Four-Week Documentary Camp is designed to provide high school students with a hands-on introduction to documentary filmmaking. Students are involved in the creative and technical demands of making a documentary while gaining experience working with industry-standard equipment on original projects that apply what students learn in the camp to original video content.

SCREENWRITING CAMP Designed for those creative individuals who prefer to create exciting and new stories through their words， NYFA,s Three-Week Screenwriting Camp absorbs future screenwriters in script writing， with no previous experience needed. If you’ve ever wanted to see whether you could write your own movie, then this is the camp for you.

GAME DESIGN CAMP From popular console games (主机游戏) to the ever-growing mobile game market， video games are everywhere you look. At NFYA’s One-Week and Four-Week Game Design Camps， students work with our staff of professional game designers to learn the base of game design and obtain the skills they require to create their own games.

3D ANIMATION CAMP Whether you’re interested in learning how to create an original 3D animated short film or simulate (模仿) realistic visual effects, NYFA’s Three-Week and Four-Week 3D Animation Camps, offered at Harvard University and our NYC and LA school, provide students with professional instructions to give them a strong footing in the field. Students can choose 3D Animation Summer Camps and spend their summer bringing their imagination to life.

Interested in learning more about NYFA’s unique Photography Summer Camps? Click here for additional information about the application process.

1. To create stories for films, you can choose_________.

A．Documentary Camp	B．Screenwriting Camp
C．Game Design Camp	D．3D Animation Camp

2. It can be learned from the passage that_________.

A．Screenwriting Camp requires experienced students

B．Documentary Camp provides a three-week program

C．students in Game Design Camp learn to play video games

D．students in 3D Animation Camp receive professional instructions

3. The passage is written to_________.

A．provide information	B．make comparisons
C．give some advice	D．express opinions

7 . Dear Sir,

There is a plan to build a new supermarket on the edge of the Whitefields housing estate（住宅区）, on the land where the local library now is. I live at Whitefields, and I would like to express my concern about this plan. It is not that I am completely against the idea of building a supermarket—I just think that as a community we need to weigh up the advantages and disadvantages before committing ourselves.

It is clear that the library is under-used and in poor condition. It is also clear that there are very few shops near here and a supermarket would be a good thing to have. But the people who want to build the supermarket seem to think that no one wants the library any more, and that it isn’t a must because of the Internet and so on. Is this necessarily true, especially for elderly people? What about young people who don’t have the Internet at home and need to go to the library to do their homework? Where can they study if they have to share a room with a younger brother or sister?

On the other hand, there is an argument that a new supermarket would not only bring more choice of shopping and more convenience for local people, but it would also bring some much-needed jobs for younger people in the town—and this is a good point. What we need to do is consider the effect a supermarket will have on our quality of life. Certainly local people, including me, will find shopping a lot easier and more convenient. But there will also be extra traffic. In a few years from now, the roads in and around will be full of cars in the daytime and delivery lorries at night, and not only that—we will have got used to it, too. Are more jobs and more convenience worth such an influence on our daily lives? Perhaps, but this is what we have to ask ourselves.

I believe that all the people of Whitefields, and the authority, need to discuss this question in an open-minded way—and I hope that by the time a decision is taken, we will have had a full and fair discussion of the issues involved, and that the local authority will have really listened to everyone’s view. Is that too much to ask?

Yours faithfully,

Tom Watkins

1. The supporters of the supermarket probably think ________.

A．the library is no longer needed

B．the library is too poor to be rebuilt

C．the supermarket brings down goods price

D．supermarket increases local workers’ income

2. What does the underlined “it” in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A．Shopping convenience.	B．Job opportunity.
C．Life quality.	D．Traffic condition.

3. What is the author’s attitude toward the plan?

A．Approving.	B．Neutral.
C．Negative.	D．Confident.

4. Why is the letter written?

A．To promote effective public reading.

B．To call for concern over an urban project.

C．To discuss ways of improving life quality.

D．To express dissatisfaction with public equipment.

8 . The beauty of confidence is that it is possible to learn it, no matter who you are! Follow these simple steps to be confident.

Consider your strengths and success.    1    When did you help others? What are you good at? When have you taken pride in yourselves? What are you working hard for? If you have difficulty thinking of your strengths and success, ask your family member or a close friend.

Have goals. Sitting around and doing nothing will make you feel worse. Start with a small goal.    2    You'Il get more confidence achieving a small goal. Once you've achieved many smaller goals, you can set bigger goals.

    3    Failure is the mother of success. When you fail, view it as a learning experience. Often we have to fail on our own to gain experience. By failing, you have at least taken a chance.

Pick a role model. Pick a role model that is always confident and always learn from them.

Study their action, their manners and how they communicate with others.    4    However, it's a great place to start. Smile. Confident people smile often, and without much reason.    5    It tells the people around you that you're comfortable in yourself and enjoying your time

A．Learn from failure.

B．Otherwise, you'll get discouraged.

C．Smiling is a friendly and open gesture.

D．After reaching a goal, reward yourself.

E．Start projecting a more powerful you today.

F．If possible, write them down so that you can look back at them later.

G．Of course you don't want to spend your entire life copying someone else

9 . Years ago my three-year-old son, Jeremy, and I walked to our car. He _______ me with excitement. I found he was holding a _______ in his little hand. I hadn’t given it to him, so I asked, “Where did you get that?” He _______ to the store we’d just _______. But we hadn’t paid for it.

I had a lot of things to do that day, but taking _______ of this moment to teach character to my son just moved to the _______ of my to-do list. I sat him in the front seat next to me in the car without _______ it, so the two of us could talk. I _______ to him that we couldn’t just take things from stores without _______ them. When he realized he’d done wrong, tears ________ up in his eyes. I looked at my ________ boy and said, “Here’s what we have to do. We have to go back to the ________. I want you to tell the manager that you took it, and you’re sorry.” We walked back to the store, and I asked for the ________. “My son has something to tell you,” I told her. Jeremy ________ the toy and said, “I took this, and I’m sorry.” The manager ________ it beautifully, and a little boy learned an important ________.

My son is now 40, with children of his own, but he still clearly ________ that day. And, now, I’m so ________ that those character traits I tried to teach him took ________ in his heart and life. He’s now teaching them to my beloved ________.

We can impact our world by teaching our children character-by being examples of them.

1.

A．looked up at

B．looked down on

C．took care of

D．paid attention to

2.

A．sweet

B．book

C．toy

D．coin

3.

A．contributed

B．turned

C．led

D．pointed

4.

A．seen

B．passed

C．exited

D．approached

5.

A．advantage

B．care

C．control

D．charge

6.

A．top

B．tip

C．back

D．bottom

7.

A．parking

B．starting

C．selling

D．using

8.

A．announced

B．reported

C．declared

D．explained

9.

A．handing over

B．paying for

C．packing up

D．taking away

10.

A．welled

B．held

C．dried

D．dropped

11.

A．naughty

B．bad

C．precious

D．handsome

12.

A．office

B．hospital

C．car

D．store

13.

A．assistant

B．manager

C．salesgirl

D．shopkeeper

14.

A．worked out

B．figured out

C．gave out

D．held out

15.

A．exposed

B．handled

C．admitted

D．complained

16.

A．course

B．program

C．lesson

D．example

17.

A．remembers

B．realizes

C．recognizes

D．respects

18.

A．hopeful

B．grateful

C．cautious

D．certain

19.

A．place

B．action

C．root

D．effect

20.

A．students

B．friends

C．neighbors

D．grandchildren

10 . The problem of robocalls has gotten so bad that many people now refuse to pick up calls from numbers they don’t know. By next year, half of the calls we receive will be scams(欺诈). We are finally waking up to the severity of the problem by supporting and developing a group of tools, apps and approaches intended to prevent scammers from getting through. Unfortunately, it’s too little, too late. By the time these “solutions”(解决方案) become widely available, scammers will have moved onto cleverer means. In the near future, it’s not just going to be the number you see on your screen that will be in doubt. Soon you will also question whether the voice you’re hearing is actually real.

That’s because there are a number of powerful voice manipulation(处理) and automation technologies that are about to become widely available for anyone to use. At this year’s I/O Conference, a company showed a new voice technology able to produce such a convincing human-sounding voice that it was able to speak to a receptionist and book a reservation without detection.

These developments are likely to make our current problems with robocalls much worse. The reason that robocalls are a headache has less to do with amount than precision. A decade of data breaches(数据侵入) of personal information has led to a situation where scammers can easily learn your mother’s name, and far more. Armed with this knowledge, they’re able to carry out individually targeted campaigns to cheat people. This means, for example, that a scammer could call you from what looks to be a familiar number and talk to you using a voice that sounds exactly like your bank teller’s, tricking you into “confirming” your address, mother’s name, and card number. Scammers follow money, so companies will be the worst hit. A lot of business is still done over the phone, and much of it is based on trust and existing relationships. Voice manipulation technologies may weaken that gradually.

We need to deal with the insecure nature of our telecom networks. Phone carriers and consumers need to work together to find ways of determining and communicating what is real. That might mean either developing a uniform way to mark videos and images, showing when and who they were made by, or abandoning phone calls altogether and moving towards data-based communications—using apps like FaceTime or WhatsApp, which can be tied to your identity.

Credibility is hard to earn but easy to lose, and the problem is only going to get harder from here on out.

1. How does the author feel about the solutions to problem of robocalls?

A．Panicked.

B．Confused.

C．Embarrassed.

D．Disappointed.

2. Taking advantage of the new technologies, scammer can ________.

A．aim at victims precisely	B．damage databases easily
C．start campaigns rapidly	D．spread information widely

3. What does the passage imply?

A．Honesty is the best policy.

B．Technologies can be double-edged.

C．There are more solutions than problems.

D．Credibility holds the key to development.

4. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A．Where the Problem of Robocalls Is Rooted

B．Who Is to Blame for the Problem of Robocalls

C．Why Robocalls Are About to Get More Dangerous

D．How Robocalls Are Affecting the World of Technology