John Snow, a well-known doctor in London, became
(1)它是中国的传统节日之一；
(2)家人团聚；
(3)赏月、吃月饼；
(4)还有旅游、访友等其他活动。
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3 . Satellites are an important part of our ordinary lives. For example, the information for weather forecasts is sent by satellite. Some satellites have cameras which take photographs of the earth to show how clouds are moving. Satellites are also used to connect our international phone calls.
Computer connections of the World Wide Web and Internet also use satellites. Many of our TV programmes come to us through satellites. Airplane pilots also sometimes use a satellite to help them find their exact location.
We use satellites to send television pictures from one part of the world to another. They are usually 35,880 kilometers above the equator. Sometimes we can see a satellite in the sky and it seems to stay in the same place. This is because it is moving around the world at 11,000 kilometers an hour —exactly the same speed that the earth rotates. A satellite must orbit the earth with its antennae(天线) facing the earth. Sometimes, it moves away from its orbit. So there are little rockets on it which are used to put the satellite back in the right position. This usually happens about every five or six days.
Space is not empty! Every week, more and more satellites are sent into space to orbit the earth. A satellite usually works for about 10~12 years. Satellites which are broken are sometimes repaired by astronauts or sometimes brought back to earth to be repaired. Often, very old or broken satellites are left in space to orbit the earth for a very long time. This is very serious because some satellites use nuclear power and they can crash into each other.
1. Which of the following is NOT done by satellites according to the passage?| A．Sending information for weather forecast. |
| B．Taking photographs of the earth. |
| C．Sending TV pictures. |
| D．Providing food for airplane pilots. |
| A．35,880 kilometers per hour. | B．335,880 kilometers per hour. |
| C．11,000 kilometers per hour. | D．110,000 kilometers per hour. |
| A．A satellite. | B．A little rocket. |
| C．A satellite seems to stay in the same place in the sky. | D．The satellite puts the rockets in the right position. |
| A．A satellite usually works for about 10~12 years. |
| B．Every time a satellite gets broken, it is brought back to the earth to be repaired. |
| C．A broken satellite is never left in space. |
| D．They often crash into each other. |
4 . When I was 25 years old, I had a big dream in my mind. I wanted to travel around Africa with my
It sounded
“But if you study, ask questions, and try to
When I was on my tour way to Cancún, I was
This time, I made a promise to myself that I would be a
| A．friend | B．classmate | C．backpack | D．family |
| A．started | B．ended | C．settled | D．arrived |
| A．Certainly | B．Luckily | C．Truly | D．Sadly |
| A．met | B．encouraged | C．protected | D．found |
| A．plan | B．site | C．tip | D．choice |
| A．simple | B．funny | C．boring | D．amazing |
| A．ignore | B．remember | C．mention | D．realize |
| A．cultures | B．events | C．traditions | D．destinations |
| A．strange | B．old | C．new | D．interesting |
| A．hear from | B．learn from | C．depend on | D．compete with |
| A．life | B．dream | C．imagination | D．experience |
| A．just | B．still | C．already | D．quite |
| A．pictures | B．sights | C．valleys | D．mountains |
| A．upset | B．shock | C．disappoint | D．attract |
| A．knowing | B．seeing | C．introducing | D．doubting |
| A．hoped | B．paid | C．made | D．done |
| A．hopeful | B．cheap | C．real | D．proud |
| A．hurried | B．successful | C．full | D．complete |
| A．enrich | B．continue | C．judge | D．share |
| A．reminded | B．woke | C．educated | D．satisfied |
My cousin and I travelled across Canada by train. We saw some great scenery and many wild
6 . A 24-year-old female space commander has become a viral sensation on Chinese social media for her work.
Zhou Chengyu was in charge of the rocket connector system---described as a vital role. Her story in particular has drawn the public’s attention given her young age. Social media users have been celebrating her brilliance and referring to her as pride of the country.
Being the youngest of the team, Zhou Chengyu was born in 1996 in the province of Guizhou. She is certainly not “old” enough compared with her colleagues, but she is known at work as "Big Sister” as a sign of respect. Once in a 3-km running contest, she actually beat half of her male counterparts. Although work shifts are not uncommon at the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site, each shift requires tremendous courage because of the different background knowledge. However, for Zhou Chengyu, she experienced multiple positions in 5 launching tests and now she is the youngest commander at the site.
Despite carefulness and high responsibility at work, she is just like her peers in normal life. Eating snacks and shopping are her favorite free-time activities. Her high school teacher remembers her as tough and determined. “She always had a dream of becoming scientist,” said her physics teacher.
According to her colleague, Zhou Chengyu was very surprised when she found out she went viral online. She said that she was happy when she saw people online regarding her as the pride of the country, and yet she kept saying that she was “nobody but normal worker at a launch site” and there are a lot more people just like her going unnoticed while doing the hardest job to guarantee a better future for the Chinese space program. She also said that she wished to remain her current status and continue doing her work with or without the popularity.
1. What makes Zhou Chengyu the pride of the country?| A．Her young age. | B．Her vital role in her work. |
| C．Her great courage. | D．Her responsibility at work. |
| A．Learned and confident. | B．Respectable and generous. |
| C．Patient and responsible. | D．Modest and determined. |
| A．took pride | B．made a contribution |
| C．became a hit | D．made an achievement |
| A．A Young Pride | B．A Successful Colleague |
| C．An Extraordinary Dream | D．An Ambitious Commander |
7 . Television will turn 85 years old on September 7, 2012, and it has never looked better. In its youth, television was a piece of furniture with a tiny, round screen showing unclear pictures of low-budget programs. In spite of its shortcomings, it became popular. Between 1950 and 1963, the number of American families with a television jumped from 9% to 92% of the population.
As the audience got larger, the technology got better. Television sets became more reliable through the 1960s. The reception improved. The picture improved. The major networks started broadcasting programs in color.
Even greater improvements were coming according to Sanford Brown, who wrote an article for the Post in 1967. Surprisingly, just about every prediction he made in the article became a reality. For example: All sets in the not-distant future will be color instruments. He also predicted that TV sets would become smaller, simpler, more reliable and less expensive and may forever put the TV repairman out of work. Smaller sets do not, of course, mean smaller screens. TV engineers expect screens to get much bigger. However, today’s 3-D TV is even farther away, if it’s coming at all. There is some doubt whether the public would be eager to pay for it, in view of people’s cold reception given to 3-D movies.
But the technology with the greatest potential, according to Brown, was cable television, which was still in its early stages then. As he predicted, the future of cable television was highly interactive. It wasn’t cable television that gave Americans their electronic connection to the world, however. It was the Internet. He even foresaw the future office: using picture phones, big-screen televisions for conferences, and computers providing information at the touch of a button.
Brown ever said, “The future of television is no longer a question of what we can invent. It’s a question of what we want.”
1. What can we infer about television sets in the 1960s?| A．They showed black-and-white pictures. | B．The reception showed no improvement. |
| C．They were very popular with Americans. | D．They were out of order now and then. |
| A．less expensive. | B．more complex. | C．cheap to repair. | D．larger and larger. |
| A．Television’s good quality. | B．The future office’s model. |
| C．The invention of 3-D TV. | D．The potential of cable TV. |
| A．The shortcomings of television. | B．The development of television. |
| C．The bright future of television. | D．The invention of television. |
8 . William Kamkwamba lives in Malawi, Africa, where most people have to grow their own food and have no electricity or running water. In 2001, when he was 14 years old, there was a terrible drought(干旱) and most families, including William’s, couldn’t grow enough food.
Because of the drought, William’s family couldn’t afford to send him to school anymore. So one day, William went to the library near his home to study. He found a science book called Using Energy, which included instructions for building a windmill(风车). Windmills are good sources of electricity, and they can bring water up from underground. William didn’t know much English, and he wasn’t able to understand most of the book, but it was full of pictures. Looking at the pictures, William thought he could build a windmill for his family.
When William started building his windmill, a lot of people laughed at him, including his mother. But William saw the photo of the windmill in the book. That meant someone else was able to build it, so he knew he could build it, too. He didn’t have the parts and equipment that he saw in the book’s pictures. So he looked for parts in junkyards to build his machine.
William changed his design little by little. First, the windmill powered only one light bulb(灯泡). Finally, it powered four lights. Then there was enough electricity for four lights and a radio. No one laughed at William after that, and people in his town started to come to his house to get power for their cell phones. Later, William built a second windmill. This one brought water up from underground. After that, William began to teach other people how to build windmills.
Now he uses his website, movingwindmills.org, to educate and give hope to people. His main message is this: “To the Africans and the poor who are striving for your dreams, trust yourself and believe. Whatever happens, don’t give up.”
1. What was William’s primary purpose of building a windmill?| A．To set up a family business. |
| B．To bring electricity to his family. |
| C．To realize his childhood dream. |
| D．To do a science experiment. |
| A．Strong-minded. | B．Courageous. |
| C．Honest. | D．Humorous. |
| A．It was sold at a high price. |
| B．It was made of thrown-away things. |
| C．It could bring water up from underground. |
| D．It looked the same as the photo in using Energy. |
| A．hoping. | B．weeping. |
| C．struggling. | D．cheering |
9 . We have heard some interesting ways that 5G wireless(无线的) technology might change our lives in the future.
5G technology promises the internet speeds between 50 to 100 times faster than 4G systems. While 5G is set to be used in some limited areas of America this year, much of the world is not expected to receive widely used service until 2023.
One project in Britain, however, is already testing this super fast technology on an unlikely group Internet users—cows. The project was developed by American technology company Cisco Systems, Inc. It also receives money from the British government. Cisco says the program seeks to explore the future of 5G in countryside areas around the world.
Testing areas were set up at farms in 3 countryside areas of England. The cows are equipped with 5G devices(装置)that connect to a robotic milking(挤奶) system,which uses sensors(传感器) and machine learning to fully automate the process. System designers say technology takes over after a cow feels ready to be milked and walks towards an automatic gate. During the milking, machines give food for the cow as a reward.
Other 5G technology tools include automated brushes that turn on when the cow rubs up(蹭) against them. Sensors also control the amount of light to the cows living areas depending on the weather. And, an automatic feeding system makes sure the animals always have enough to eat.
Duncan Forbes, head of a government-funded agricultural engineering organization, told Reauters that the project shows the farm’s cow operation can be greatly improved with 5G technology and that the experiment provided strong evidence that 5G technology can be widely used in the future, not just on farms in Britain,but in countryside across the world.
1. What is the aim of Cisco Systems Inc’s project?| A．To win financial support from the British government |
| B．To test the effects of 5G technology on animals |
| C．To promote its technological development in Britain |
| D．To expand the future use of 5G in countryside |
| A．The project | B．The company |
| C．The technology | D．The group |
| A．It is no worse than 4G in terms of speed |
| B．It is already widely used all over the world |
| C．It has made improvements in operating the cows |
| D．It is based on sensors and machine learning |
| A．Entertainment | B．Lifestyle |
| C．Education | D．Technology |
1. 参加运动的重要性；
2. 推荐一项日常运动及理由。
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