1 . A company called Compass Pools has some good news for height and swimming enthusiasts.Recently，the company announced their novel design—a first of its kind 360­degree pool which is set to be placed on a skyscraper in London.The Infinity London will be the first and only building in the world to include this cutting­edge pool design.The pool will be laid on top of a 55­story skyscraper and will allow people to float over 200 meters above the London skyline with unobstructed(没有障碍的) views of the city.

The entrance to the pool is hidden.People began to raise questions about how anyone would get inside the pool.Compass Pools explains：“Swimmers will access the pool through a rotating spiral(螺旋形的) staircase based on the door of a submarine，rising from the pool floor when someone wants to get in or out.”

But that is not the only unique technology of the pool.The designers found a way to make sure the wind doesn't blow the water down to the streets.They included a built­in anemometer(风力计) to monitor the wind speed.It is linked to a computer­controlled building management system which will also take care of the temperature of the water.

Alex Kemsley promises that this unique pool will surpass everyone's expectations.“It's quite a strange feeling to swim in the SkyPool at The Shard and have helicopters flying past at your level but this pool takes it a step further，”he says.“Putting your goggles(游泳镜) on and with a 360­degree view of London from 220m up，it really will be something else—but it's definitely not one for the acrophobic(恐高的)！”

While the exact date of the construction is not clear yet，if things go well，it may begin in 2022.The location has yet to be confirmed too.

1. What can we learn from the first paragraph?

A．The Infinity London is the only building to swim in.

B．Swimmers can enjoy the views of London in the pool.

C．The pool is located on the first floor of a skyscraper.

D．Compass Pools has built many 360­degree pools in the world.

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

A．How to get a view of London.

B．How to monitor the wind speed.

C．How to get into or out of the pool.

D．How to keep the water in the pool.

3. Who might not be suitable to swim in the SkyPool?

A．People who enjoy flying.

B．People who lose weight.

C．People who fear heights.

D．People who have poor sight.

4. What can we know about the SkyPool at The Shard?

A．It is not certain when people can swim in it.

B．The exact location of the construction is clear.

C．Swimmers can expect its designs easily.

D．It's impossible to monitor the temperature of the water.

2 . “If you don't behave, I'll call the police”is a lie that parents might use to get their young children to behave. A new psychological(心理学的) study led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore suggests that it is connected with harmful effects when the children become adults.

The research team asked 379 Singaporean young adults whether their parents lied to them when they were children, how much they lie to their parents as adults, and how well they respond adulthood challenges.

The first questionnaire asked these young adults to recall if their parents told them lies about eating, leaving or staying, spending money and so on. Some examples of such lies are “If you don't come with me now, I will leave you here by yourself”and“I don’t bring money with me today, we can come back another day”.The second questionnaire included questions that could show how often they lie to their parents as adults. Lastly, these young adults filled in two other questionnaires that asked them about their psychological problems and tendency (趋势)to behave selfishly and impulsively(冲动地).

Adults who reported being lied to more as children were more likely to report lying to their parents in their adulthood. They also said they faced greater difficulty in meeting psychological and social challenges.

Lead author Setoh Peipei from NTU Singapore's School of Social Sciences said, “Parenting by lying can seem to save time, especially when the real reasons behind why parents want children to do something are difficult to explain. When parents tell children that‘honesty is the best policy’，but display dishonesty by lying, such behavior can send negative messages to their children. Parents' dishonesty may finally erode trust and encourage dishonesty in children”

“Our research suggests that parenting by lying is a practice that has negative influence on children when they grow up. Parents should be aware of these possible risks and consider other ways to replace lying, such as knowing children's feelings, giving information so children know what to expect, offering choices and solving problems together, to encourage children to have good behavior, ”said lead author Setoh Peipei.

But the study has its limitations. Some limitations of the study include depending on what young adults report about their parents' lying. “Future research can explore using many informants(提供信息的人), such as parents, to report on the same thing”suggested Setoh.

1. What did the research team do during the study?

A．They turned to 379 Singaporean children

B．They looked for questionnaires on the Internet.

C．They collected answers to some sets of questions

D．They asked the young adults parents for information

2. What does the underlined word“erode”in Paragraph 5 mean?

A．build

B．enhance

C．destroy

D．recover

3. Which of the following might Setoh Peipei agree with?

A．Parents can sometimes tell harmless lies to their kids

B．Parents had better explain to their kids why they’ve lied

C．Parents who like lying are more likely to behave selfishly

D．Parents should use positive ways instead of lying during parenting

4. What is the main idea of the text?

A．Parents 'lying to children can influence them negatively

B．Parents lie to children to save themselves some trouble.

C．Children's behavior can be affected by their parents

D．Children may lie more if their parents often lie.

3 . As the commercialization of 5G accelerates in China, more companies are exploring what smart cities will look like in the 5G times.

US chip giant Intel Corp, for instance, is teaming up with partners such as China Unicom to build a 5G smart park in Nanjing, to offer a peek into the future of such smart cities.

The future smart city must be data-centric (以数据为中心) and intelligently interconnected. So how to better capture, transmit, store and analyze data will be the center of the future. Intel’s advantages can be found in its hardware and software solutions which can meet demands of multiple scenarios (多情景分析). The company will be devoted to opening cooperation, creating an innovative ecology and working with partners to create an intelligent future.

The company’s project, the Future Technological Smart Center in Nanjing, aims to gather a wide range of domestic and foreign partners around artificial intelligence, internet of things, 5G, cloud computing and other technological innovations to explore what future cities will look like. Intel said the Nanjing project is designed to build industry benchmarks, implement excellent solutions, and offer experience for the construction of smart cities and parks in the Yangtze River Delta region and even the entire country.

A Deloitte report said that China has already included the smart city initiative in its national strategy and made significant investments in these projects.

Both first-tier cities and small and medium-sized cities are home to smart city projects. The nation has formed many smart city groups across the eastern and southern coastal areas of China, Deloitte said.

Deloitte senior partner Ma Jionglin said in an earlier interview that China is one of the most active countries in the world in building smart cities. With advances in urban management and the increasing emphasis on the work and lifestyle of people, smart cities will be entering a new stage of development.

1. Why is the US Intel company mentioned?

A．To show Intel is a high technical company.

B．To accelerate 5G commercialization in China.

C．To offer a peek into the future of such smart cities.

D．To prove many companies are exploring 5G smart cities.

2. How will Intel Corp create an intelligent future?

A．Through intelligent interconnection.

B．Through the help of foreign partners.

C．Through teamwork and innovative ecology.

D．Through advanced hardware and software technology.

3. What’s Ma Jionglin’s attitude towards building smart cities in China?

A．Negative.

B．Positive.

C．Critical.

D．Indifferent.

4. What is the text mainly about?

A．The construction process of smart cities.

B．Intel’s exploration to build smart cities in China.

C．Chinese national strategy and investments on smart cities.

D．China’s leading role in building 5G technology in the world.

4 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Do you Douyin？

Got a moment – or, perhaps, 15 seconds? In the age of fragmented(碎片化的) time, Douyin, which is a massive hit in China right now, can perfectly fill in the gaps when people have nothing     1    (good) to do between two events; its daily plays     2     (spread) over one billion in the past few years. The Vine-like app allows users to produce creative short videos that combine music with mouth shapes or body moves. They can dance, sing, cook or   do     3     their hearts desire.

    4     (launch) in September 2016, Douyin is owned by Zhang Yiming, one of China's top tech leaders; he chairs ByteDance. Similar to how Vine worked    5    a time-limited video platform, Douyin is a     6     (collect) of brief 15-second music videos, mainly focused on young people,    7    it's certainly suitable for all ages.

On the platform, childish and strange behaviours are     8     (total) acceptable. In high-pressure world, it is no surprise that Douyin has become so successful – all you need to do is pick up your phone and open     9     app to relieve some stress and relax yourself. It pushes related videos and products based on users' preferences and consequently, Douyin can be quite addictive – many people just want to enjoy a few minutes at first, but end up     10       (consume) several hours' video time.

5 . Once upon a time, a group of businessmen were sailing on the Atlantic Ocean, _______ much American goods back to Paris, however, they ______across a terrible thunderstorm, both the men and ship ______into the Atlantic Ocean ______their goods.

The only survivor of the shipwreck was washed up on a small, ______island. Every day he ______ desperately for God to rescue him, but none seemed to appear. ______, he eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to ______him from bad weather, and to store his few ______. But then one day, after searching for food, he arrived home to find his little hut in flames, the smoke ______ up to the sky. The worst had happened; everything was lost. He was shocked with ______and anger. "God how could you do this to me!" he cried.

Early the next day, ______, he was awakened by the ______of a ship that was ______ the island. It had come to rescue him. "How did you know I was here?" asked the ______man. "We saw your smoke ______," they replied. It is easy to get discouraged when things are going bad. But we shouldn't lose heart, because God is at work in our lives, even in the midst of pain and ______.

Remember, next time your little hut is ______to the ground, it just may be a smoke signal that calls for the grace of God. For all the ______things we have to say to ourselves, God has a positive ______to it.

1.

A．developing

B．carrying

C．raising

D．pushing

2.

A．went

B．put

C．cut

D．came

3.

A．sinking

B．diving

C．inserting

D．bringing

4.

A．in spite of

B．in relation to

C．as well as

D．in charge of

5.

A．constructed

B．deserted

C．borrowed

D．defended

6.

A．asked

B．demanded

C．commanded

D．prayed

7.

A．immediately

B．eventually

C．hardly

D．continuously

8.

A．prevent

B．take

C．shelter

D．keep

9.

A．goods

B．wages

C．possessions

D．thoughts

10.

A．rolling

B．winding

C．flashing

D．rushing

11.

A．imagination

B．sorrow

C．expression

D．hesitation

12.

A．furthermore

B．therefore

C．besides

D．however

13.

A．scene

B．sound

C．light

D．dream

14.

A．approaching

B．striking

C．attacking

D．leaving

15.

A．great

B．poor

C．old

D．wise

16.

A．evidence

B．exhibition

C．motivation

D．signal

17.

A．suffering

B．peace

C．disturbance

D．existence

18.

A．thundering

B．burning

C．moving

D．falling

19.

A．positive

B．different

C．negative

D．common

20.

A．part

B．side

C．aspect

D．answer

6 . It was 3:21 a.m. when nine-year-old Glenn Kreamer awoke to the smell of burning. Except for the cracking(爆裂声) of flames somewhere below there was not a sound in the two-storey house at Baldwin Long Island.

With his father away on night duty at a local factory, Glenn was worried about the safety of his mother, his sister Karen, 14 and his 12-year-old brother Todd. He ran downstairs through the smoke-filled house to push and pull at Karen and Todd until they sat up. Then he helped each one through the house to the safety of the garden. There, his sister and brother, taking short and quick breaths and coughing, fell down onto the lawn.

The nine-year-old boy raced back into the house and upstairs to his mother's room. He found it impossible to wake her up. Mrs. Kreamer, a victim of the smoke, was unconscious(昏厥的), and there was nobody to help Glenn carry her to the garden. But the boy remained calm and, as a fireman said later, "acted with all the self-control of a trained adult."

On the bedroom telephone, luckily still working, Glenn called his father and, leaving Mr. Kreamer to telephone the fire brigade and ambulance service, got on with the task of saving his mother.

First he filled a bucket with water from the bathroom and threw water over his mother and her bed. Then, with a wet cloth around his head he went back to the garden.

He could hear the fire engine coming up, but how would the firemen find his mother in the smoke-filled house where flames had almost swallowed up the ground floor?

Grasping firmly a ball of string(线) from the garage, Glenn raced back into the house and dashed upstairs to his mother's room. Tying one end of the string to her hand, he ran back, laying out the string as he went, through the hall and back out into the garden.

Minutes later he was telling fire chief John Coughlan, "The string will lead you to mother." Mrs. Kreamer was carried to safety as the flames were breaking through her bedroom floor.

1. Why did Glenn run downstairs first?

A．He wanted to find out what was happening.

B．He was worried about his mother's safety.

C．He wanted to save his sister and brother.

D．He went to see if his father had come back from work.

2. Who called the fire brigade and ambulance service?

A．Glenn.	B．Glenn's father.
C．Glenn's sister.	D．Glenn's neighbor.

3. Glenn saved his family because _______.

A．his father had taught him to do so on the phone

B．he had learned something about first aid

C．he had dealt with the emergency (突发事件) calmly and wisely

D．he had followed his mother's instruction

4. This passage is likely to appear in________.

A．a native newspaper	B．a scientific report
C．a travel journal	D．a fashion magazine

7 . A young man was one day taking a walk with his professor, who was well-known for his kindness to everyone. As they went along, they saw a pair of old ____, which belonged to a poor man who had almost____ his day’s work on the field.

The student ____ to the professor, saying: “Let us play the man a ____; we will hide his shoes, and hide ourselves behind those trees, and wait to see his ____ when he can not find them.”

“My young friend” answered the professor, “we should never do it at the ____ of the poor man. Please put a coin into each shoe, and then we will hide ourselves and watch how the discovery ____ him.”

The student ____so, and they both hid behind the trees close by. The poor man soon finished his work, and came to the place ____ he had left his coat and shoes. While____ on his coat he slipped his foot into one of his shoes; but feeling something hard, he ____ down to see what it was, and found the____. An expression of ____ was seen upon his face. He looked at the coin, turned it round, and looked at it again and again. He then looked around him on all sides, but no person was to be seen. He now put the money into his pocket, and ____to put on the other shoe; but his surprise was doubled on finding ____ coin. His feelings overcame him; he fell upon his knees, looked up to heaven and uttered aloud a thanksgiving, in which he spoke of his wife, sick and ____, and his children without bread, whom the timely help, from some unknown hand, would save from starving.

The student stood there ____affected(受打动), and his eyes filled with tears. “Now”, said the professor, “are you not much more ____ than if you had played your trick?”

The youth answered, “You have taught me a ____ which I will never forget. I feel now the truth of those words, which I never understood before: “It is more blessed to give than to ____.”

1.

A．trousers

B．shoes

C．coats

D．coin

2.

A．finished

B．started

C．begun

D．left

3.

A．came

B．arrived

C．turned

D．reached

4.

A．fun

B．fool

C．laugh

D．trick

5.

A．happiness

B．pleasure

C．excitement

D．anxiety

6.

A．end

B．cost

C．beginning

D．age

7.

A．goes

B．comes

C．influences

D．happens

8.

A．made

B．did

C．got

D．told

9.

A．where

B．which

C．that

D．there

10.

A．dressing

B．having

C．wearing

D．putting

11.

A．lay

B．stood

C．fell

D．bent

12.

A．note

B．money

C．coin

D．dollar

13.

A．happiness

B．joy

C．wonder

D．sadness

14.

A．started

B．continued

C．finished

D．stopped

15.

A．the other

B．another

C．other

D．others

16.

A．useful

B．useless

C．helpful

D．helpless

17.

A．wide

B．widely

C．deeply

D．deep

18.

A．surprising

B．pleased

C．pleasant

D．surprised

19.

A．lesson

B．course

C．class

D．promise

20.

A．refuse

B．receive

C．forget

D．own

8 . It was a cold and windy night. My friend and I had met after a long time, and were chatting for hours. We did not notice the time passing by, and soon it was close to ten in the night. We decided to take an auto rickshaw(黄包车) to go to our house.

It started raining, and we hurried to get into an auto rickshaw and reach our place. None of the auto rickshaws stopped for us, except one.

The driver asked us where we wanted to go and we told the place. Without saying anything about the fee, he said, “please get in.”

We thanked him and got in.

Since it was very cold, I asked the driver to stop at any small restaurant or a tea shop. We wanted to have a cup of hot tea. The driver stopped near a small restaurant. We ordered tea and asked the driver to join us and have a cup of tea. The driver refused. I insisted, but he refused again politely.

I was really surprised.

In 15 minutes we reached our house. We paid the fee and the driver thanked us. On an impulse, I stopped him, as I really wanted to ask him why he refused to drink tea with us at the restaurant.

He thought for a moment and replied, “Sir, My son passed away this morning in an accident. I don’t have enough money for his funeral(葬礼), so I made a promise not to drink anything until I earn enough money. That’s why I didn’t drink tea when you offered. Please don’t misunderstand.”

We both were touched and offered him more money for his son’s funeral. He politely refused.

“Thank you for your generosity, sir. In one or two hours, if I get one or two more customers, I will earn the money I need.” Then he left the place.

1. Which of the following is not true?

A．The driver stopped near a small restaurant because of the author’s requirement.

B．The author got into the driver’s auto rickshaws without knowing the fee.

C．The driver accepted the money the author offered him for his son’s funeral.

D．It was a long time before the author and his friend met.

2. Why did the driver refuse to join them and have a cup of tea?

A．Because he didn’t like tea.

B．Because he didn’t like the author.

C．Because he had made a promise to his son that he would never drink tea again.

D．Because he had made a promise not to drink until he earned enough money for his son’s funeral.

3. Which words can best describe the driver?

A．strange and serious.	B．unfriendly and greedy.
C．determined and self-respected.	D．honest and hard-working.

9 . Love to write? Want to see your work published and win some cash along the way? Then read on. The national Spark a Story writing contest is calling in all young storytellers!

Who can participate?

The contest is open to students in grades 9, 10, 11 or 12, or those who are being home-schooled in the United States.

Deadline and requirements

You’re able to send your short story up to October 7th. It will be judged on creativity, originality and overall quality of writing. Your story must be original works and should be no longer than 5000 words. There is no minimum length requirements.

How can I send my short story?

There are three easy ways to send your short story:

*Online at http: // learn. hmhco.com / hmhsparkamind

*Send your short story as a PDF or Microsoft word document to Sparka@hmhco.com

*Send your short story via U.S. Mail to: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

222 Berkeley Street Boston, MA 02116

What will I win?

The best stories will be published next year. Winners will receive a free copy of the book and cash price of $100.

1. The passage is written for _______ to read.

A．students

B．teachers

C．parents

D．foreigners

2. Which of the following children can take part in the contest?

A．Maria, grade 7, from New York.	B．Justin, grade 9, from London.
C．Catherine, grade 11, from Washington	D．C. D. Bastian, homeschooled from Paris.

3. Your story will not be acceptable if it is ________.

A．longer than 5000 words	B．shorter than 5000 words
C．an original work	D．sent before October 7th

4. Which of the following ways is not a correct way to send your story?

A．Sending it online.	B．Sending it by email.
C．Sending it by US mail.	D．Sending it by fax.

10 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What happened to the man?

A．He had a terrible weekend.

B．He was hit by a car.

C．He fell off his bike.

2. How is the bike now?

A．It is in good shape.

B．It is under repair.

C．It is completely damaged.