1 . It is most likely that you have seen a train, it may have been passing through your town, or you might have even been     1     (luck) enough to ride on one. Trains are a cool way to travel.     2     (actual), the earliest trains were just a series of carts (老式马车) joined together,     3     ran along wooden tracks and were usually pulled by horses and even people.

Around 1775, steam was being experimented with as    4     source of power. And in the early 1800s, the steam engine was invented and used into the train. This made    5     (pull) goods easier and a lot faster. Thanks to the trains, people and products could    6     (carry) off to other locations. By around the 1860s, the idea of the train had spread to the United States. Here trains were being used to pull grain (粮食)    7     farms to factories. And soon wealthy people wanted to take the train all the way to the Pacific coast. Then two    8     (company), Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads,     9     (get) the right to take on this great task of laying the track. And it took over six years and many lives    10     (complete) the first transcontinental (横贯大陆的) railroad.

2 . Have you gotten price shock lately when you looked at the cost of a new car? It’s not your imagination .The average price of a new car is the highest ever for the first quarter, according to CNBC. At $33, 319, the price is about $1,000 more than in 2018. Because of that, new car sales dropped by as many as 2.5 million units compared to the same quarter last year.

You’d think the drop might concern car makers, but as it turns out, the increase of the price reflects a choice. Many carmakers are stopping producing less expensive cars in favor of SUVS and pickup trucks, which bring in bigger profits(利润).

“Carmakers always say they build what people want.” The Wall Street Journal reporter Dan Neil said. “But they never mention the fact that they spend billions telling people what they want. It wasn’t that consumers wanted to have a truck that was as big as a house. No, that was a gradual process. And it has been mainly pushed by carmakers because bigger equals more profits.”

In late 2018, Ford announced it was gradually stopping producing its Fiesta, Focus, and C-max models in the United States while continuing to make the Mustang and Focus Active. Other big carmakers did the same, with General Motors ending production of the Chevy Volt, Cruz, Impala, Buick Lacrosse. Cadillac XTS, and Cadillac CT6 in the United States. And Fiat Chrysler is putting the Dodge Dart and Chrysler 200 to an end. “I can tell you right now that both the Chrysler 200 and the Dodge Dart, as great products as they were, are the least financially rewarding business that we’ve carried out in the last eight years,” said Fiat Chrysler CEO.

So where does that leave consumers? Well, if you’re in the market for an SUV or a top-of-the-line pickup truck, you can expect better features. But if you’re looking for a smaller, less expensive car you might be squeezed (挤)out of the market. More and more buyers are likely to look to used cars instead. But before car shopping, make sure you know the secrets car dealers don’t want to tell you.

1. What caused the drop in new car sales this year?

A．The decline of cars quality	B．The rising price of new cars
C．The change of market demand	D．The decrease of carmakers’ number

2. What do Dans words imply about the car market?

A．Carmakers always know the true need of consumers

B．Carmakers produce bigger cars because of the social trend

C．Consumers really depend less on carmakers in buying cars

D．Consumers’ shopping decisions are influenced by carmakers

3. Paragraph 4 suggests that carmakers production plans_________.

A．are driven by profits	B．can be unwise sometimes
C．may influence the quality of cars	D．fail to meet some people’s demands

4. What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A．Most people don’t prefer small cars any more.

B．Producing small cars brings less profit to carmakers.

C．Small cars can’t provide better features for consumers.

D．Buying second-hand cars is a good choice for some people.

3 . Do you want to travel the world? Toronto-based travel company G Adventures has picked out the best places to visit in 2019.

Uzbekistan

In 2018, Uzbekistan relaxed its visa entry requirements(签证政策) by introducing a new e-visa for 51 countries, including Canada. Because of the easy visa entry requirements, it attracts more travellers. And G Adventures has seen a 72 percent increase in travellers to Uzbekistan. It’s no wonder that the beautiful buildings, historical importance and friendly people make Uzbekistan one of the best places to visit in 2019.

Taiwan China

Recently called by The New York Times “Asia’s most- food- obsessed (对食物着迷的) place”, Taiwan is heaven for travellers who enjoy food very much. Its culture shows through its busy cities natural landscapes (风景) and mouthwatering night markets。

Jordan

With year-over-year traveller growth of 71 percent for G Adventures, it’s probably safe to say that Jordan is back. Travellers can see Petras amazing tombs and ancient buildings carved (雕刻) into rock walls, and learn about Bedouin culture during an overnight stay in the desert.

Iceland

Winter is coming, and so is the craze for places in the north as the final season of Game of Thrones again shows its filming locations to audience. Iceland is no exception. The beautiful landscapes of this island nation offer perhaps the closest thing one can have to an out-of-body travel experience. From the building of Reykjavik to the black sand beaches of Reynisfjara, the country offers the perfect landscapes to travelers

1. What makes travellers to Uzbekistan increase?

A．Its improved traffic	B．Its new scenic spots
C．Its visa entry policy	D．Its living conditions

2. If you want to visit some sites of rock walls you can go to ________.

A．Uzbekistan	B．Taiwan China
C．Jordan	D．Iceland

3. Where is the text probably taken from?

A．A news report.	B．A travel magazine
C．A job guide.	D．A science book

4 . Pennsylvania-When Connie Beck and her husband awoke to strange noises last weekend, they thought high winds were rattling their home. What they found was even more unexpected: A deer was taking a bubble bath in their bathtub. “I wasn’t exactly dressed for company,” Mrs. Beck said. “We were just waking up.” The deer burst through the front door early on Saturday, ran past the couple’s bedroom and into the bathroom. Somehow he managed to turn on the water in the bathtub and knock over a bottle of bubble bath into the bathtub. He then got himself into the bubbly water. “You could hear the water running over the kicking,” Beck said. The Becks called State Game Commission officials, who arrived with tranquilizers and a lot of laughter. “A guy said, ‘There’s nothing wrong… he’s just in there taking a bubble bath,’” Mrs. Beck said. The animal was soon brought under control, removed from the house and released. “He was unharmed except for a little cut above the eye,” said Mrs. Beck. “We were also fortunate. There wasn’t much damage, except for the front door, some marks on the tub, and a few hoof prints on the floor.”

1. When did the story take place?

A．On the night of Friday.	B．On the late night of Saturday.
C．On the early morning of Saturday.	D．On Sunday evening.

2. When Mrs. Beck said, “I wasn’t exactly dressed for company,” (in paragraph 3) she ______.

A．was joking about the incident	B．meant she never liked people to visit
C．explained she was about to go to work	D．wished she could have new clothes

3. After the animal burst through the door and entered the bathroom, he _______.

A．managed to cover himself with bubbles	B．kicked over the tub
C．began to swim in the tub	D．happened to turn on the bath taps

4. When he was removed from the house, _______.

A．the deer was set free

B．the deer destroyed the tub and the floor

C．the officials made fun of the couple

D．the officials discovered the deer was badly injured in the eye

5 . Stuart Bee prayed that rescue would come before his ship slipped completely under water. The 62-year-old sailor had been washed out of his boat by a wave while he was sleeping at about midnight on Saturday, leaving him fighting for survival in the Atlantic, 86 miles off Florida.

Mr. Bee set out at 4 pm on Friday and was reported missing on Saturday by friends. On Sunday morning, 11 hours later, he was found by a container ship. “What day is it?” he asked Lacruiser Relativo, the container ship’s second officer who threw him a lifebuoy and helped him aboard.

“My ship suffered engine failure. There were long and sharp noises and I was asleep when the water gushed in the back and forced me up the front,” Mr. Bee told the US coast guard after his rescue. He said he swam in jeans and heavy work boots through the boat’s forward hatch (船口) and surfaced, with no life jacket or any flotation. Mr. Relativo said later, “He stuck to the only part of his boat that was not sunk. He told me that he thought maybe that it was to be his last night and that if it was, had he lived his life well enough? He said he realized he had a beautiful life, out there watching the moon on the open water. It was dark but he found an inner peace as he looked at the sky.”

Leisa Bee, his niece, said, “Another half hour and his boat would have completely sunk and no one would have found it or him. I keep looking at the pictures of his rescue and I can’t stop crying. My uncle lived on that boat, so his home is gone now and all his possessions, though he did manage to keep his wallet. When he called my family, he said, ‘Hey, you’ll never guess what happened to me!’ I had no clue of the thousands of people who’d been praying for me.”

1. Who first found Stuart Bee missing?

A．His niece.

B．His friends.

C．Mr. Relativo.

D．Coast guards.

2. How did Stuart Bee feel while waiting for the rescue?

A．Peaceful in mind.	B．Satisfied with his career.
C．Depressed in heart.	D．Hopeful to his future.

3. What would happen if Stuart Bee waited for another half hour?

A．He would have saved his wallet.

B．He wouldn’t have been rescued.

C．He would have been found by his niece.

D．He wouldn’t have reached his family.

4. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A．The Old Man and the Sea

B．A Hardworking Sailor Survived

C．A Narrow Escape from the Wave

D．A Lone Sailor Hung in Atlantic for Hours

6 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Mahru-Z, a robot developed by the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (韩国科学技术研究所) can clean a home, put clothes in a washing machine and even heat food in a microwave. It     1     (take) the institute two years to develop Mahru-Z,     2     is 4.3 feet tall and 121 pounds in weight. The new robot has a human-like body including rotating (旋转的) head, arms, legs     3     six fingers. The most special feature of Mahru-Z is     4     (it) ability to observe objects (物体), recognize tasks, and complete them.

Mahru-Z can also work with an earlier robot     5     (call) Mahru-M. Mahru-M can move on wheels (轮子). Both Mahru-M and Mahru-Z can be     6     (remote) controlled by a computer.

A scientist of the institute regarded Mahru-Z as     7     most advanced robot in terms of     8     (copy) human movements. Apart from doing the housework, it can also be used in conditions too difficult or     9     (danger) for humans. But production for commercial use is some way away.

The science institute spends about 3.5 million dollars     10     robot research every year. It began receiving state funds for the project in 2006.

7 . Born in California and representing the United States before switching to China, teenager Gu Ailing will be most likely to be one of the faces of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

The 17-year-old is a freeskier(自由式滑雪运动员) and grade-A student with an American father and Chinese mother. She grew up and still lives in the United States, but in June 2019 she made the “quite difficult” decision to compete for China. She wrote on Instagram that she was “proud of my heritage and equally proud of my American upbringings (培养)”.

As for the decision to compete on behalf of China, she said it is “valuable opportunity to help inspire millions of young people in China where my mom was born.”

Gu graduated from a San Francisco high school last year and is focusing on her Beijing 2022 training. It is reported that She scored 1,580 points out of a maximum 1,600 in the SAT (美国大学入学考试), and has been offered a place at Stanford.

Gu started on the snow at the age of 3, was competing in national competitions at 9 and won her first World Cup event at 15. She won two gold medals and a silver for China at the 2020 Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne, Switzerland. On Jan. 30th, 2021, Gu made her debut(首次亮 相) at the X Games in Aspen, Colorado and won two golds and a bronze.

“My goal is to win Olympic gold,” she told the official Olympic website. “It’s the top achievement. And that would be rewarding for all the work that I’ve done to achieve greatness in the sport.”

1. What do we know about Gu Ailing?

A．She grew up in China.	B．She is an average student.
C．She will graduate from a high school.	D．She decided to compete for China.

2. Which of the following words can best describe Gu Ailing?

A．Helpful and knowledgeable.	B．Modest and hard-working.
C．Clever and ambitious.	D．Creative and confident.

3. What’s the main idea of the fifth paragraph?

A．Gu Ailing won her first World Cup event at 15.

B．Gu Ailing’s achievements as a freeskier.

C．Gu Ailing’s training when she was young.

D．Gu Ailing learned to do snow sports in China.

4. What’s the best title of the passage?

A．Gu Ailing—An American Freeskier	B．Gu Ailing—A Stanford Graduate
C．Gu Ailing—A talented Chinese Freeskier	D．Gu Ailing—An Olympic Champion

8 . Basketball is a team sport played in a court with two netted rings attached to 10-foot poles on either end of the court.     1     Variations (变种) on the basic game include beach basketball, wheelchair basketball and banks hot basketball. Here’s how to play the basic game.

    2     Two players from the opposing teams try to take possession of the ball. The team that catches the ball first plays offense, and the opposing team plays defense. Players of the same team pass the ball back and forth as the opposition attempts to take possession of it. Team players are assigned different positions.     3    

The ball must be continually dribbled (运球) as players try to move it toward the extreme ends of the court where the netted rings wait.     4    . You have to dribble or shoot the ball. Each player must throw the ball within a maximum of 35 seconds. The players cannot kick the ball.

Making illegal body contact is a foul (犯规). If a team commits consecutive (连贯的) fouls, their opponents are awarded a free throw.     5    

The team that scores the most points in the stipulated time is the winner. If the teams are tied at the end of regulation, the game goes into overtime. Overtime periods are played until one team has more points than the other at the end of an overtime period.

A．The referee throws up the ball to start the game.

B．Don’t walk with the ball，which is called traveling.

C．You can learn to dribble, pass, shoot and defend at a high level.

D．Start your journey by playing against the best players in your age group.

E．They are point guard, shooting guard, small forward, power forward and center.

F．Five active players per team attempt to score points by getting a ball through one of the nets.

G．If a player commits six fouls in an NBA game, he or she will be disqualified from finishing the game.