| A．Korea. | B．Canada. | C．China. |
| A．He wants to be different. |
| B．He wants to be like his friends. |
| C．He thinks it is cool to play the guitar. |
(1)你推荐的减市；
(2)推荐的理由（不少于两条）；
(3)美好祝愿。
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4 . If you could travel in time, where would you go? Perhaps you would watch an original performance of a Shakespeare’s play in Elizabethan England? What about hanging out with Laozi in the Spring and Autumn Period? Or maybe you’d voyage far ahead of the present day to see what the future holds.
The possibility of time travel is indeed appealing. Stories exploring the subject have been around for hundreds of years. Perhaps the best known example is the science fiction novel The Time Machine, which was written by H. G. Wells and published in 1895 for the first time. It was adapted into at least two feature films of the same name, as well as two television versions, and a large number of comic book adaptations. It is generally credited with the popularization of the concept of time travel using a vehicle that allows an operator to travel purposefully and selectively. The term “time machine”, coined by Wells, is now universally used to refer to a vehicle transporting people into the far future.
But could time travel actually be possible? Some scientists say yes, in theory. They propose using cracks in time and space called “wormholes”, which could be used as shortcuts to other periods. Einstein’s theory of relativity allows time travel in extreme circumstances. And British physicist Stephen Hawking said you could travel into the future with a really fast spaceship—going at nearly the speed of light. Though building such a spaceship would of course be no simple task.
Even if you could travel into the past, there is something called the “grandfather paradox”. It asks what would happen if a time traveller were to go back in time and have his own grandfather killed for some reason, and therefore prevent himself from being born. If the time traveller wasn’t born, how would he travel back in time?
And would you really like to visit the future? In H. G. Wells’ book, the main character travels into distant time where he arrives at a beach and is attacked by giant crabs. He then voyages 30 million years into the future where the only living thing is a black object with tentacles (触角). If that’s what’s in store, maybe we are better just living in the present day after all.
1. The novel The Time Machine mentioned in Paragraph 2 aims to show .| A．people’s interest in time travel |
| B．the special features of the book |
| C．the long history of time travel |
| D．the contribution of H. G. Wells |
| A．have similarities in many ways |
| B．push the invention of the first spaceship |
| C．have proved wrong by some time travellers |
| D．suggest the possibility to invent the time machine |
| A．the traveller is prevented from meeting his grandfather |
| B．the traveller goes back in time to seek for his grandfather |
| C．the grandfather’s death makes the traveller’s birth impossible |
| D．The reunion of the traveller and his grandfather brings happiness |
| A．Unclear. | B．Skeptical. |
| C．Supportive. | D．Unconcerned. |
5 . The sun is going to expand into the orbit of Mercury according to scientific calculations, which will result in the entire Earth catching on fire. Who will save the world?
This imaginative tale is at the heart of the latest Chinese sci-fi movie The Wandering Earth. Unlike many American space-themed films where the solution to a disaster Earth faces is always fleeing (逃离) the planet in spaceships, this time we’re taking the Earth with us. The film, which has become the country’s most successful film of all time, has offered a different and more ambitious idea.
The “ambition” didn’t come from nowhere. For thousands of years, “homeland” has had a soft spot in the hearts and minds of Chinese people. One old idiom that shows a strong feeling that Chinese people have had for their homeland is “luoyeguigen”, which means returning to one’s homeland in old age, like fallen leaves returning to the roots of their tree.
“What is Chinese sci-fi?” Guo Fan, the film’s director, said in an interview. “A vehicle that really expresses our cultural and spiritual core (核心) can be called Chinese sci-fi. Otherwise, we’re just following others and telling the same Hollywood stories.”
And the makers of The Wandering Earth may have chosen the best time to tell its Chinese sci-fi story. The film was released on Feb. 5, the first day of Chinese New Year. It was a time when many people had just made the hard journey back to their hometowns. So to them, there is only one possible way to tell the story: Earth goes wherever humans go, because it’s our home.
1. The main purpose of the opening paragraph is to __________.| A．give a brief account of the film |
| B．warn people of the coming threat |
| C．explore ways to avoid the disaster |
| D．introduce the topic of the passage |
| A．fleeing the Earth in spaceships |
| B．bringing in huge success |
| C．filling the gap in Chinese sci-fi movies |
| D．helping Earth make its escape |
| A．The rich imagination of the story. |
| B．Hollywood-style space stories. |
| C．The special cultural background. |
| D．The time chosen to release the film. |
| A．Chinese Sci-Fi Catches Up |
| B．The Most Successful Chinese Sci-Fi |
| C．Chinese Sci-Fi Sets a New Path |
| D．Chinese Sci-Fi Challenges Hollywood |
6 . Steven Jobs, the designer of apple computer, was not clever when he was in school. At that time, he was not a good student and he always made troubles with his schoolmates. When he went into college, he didn’t change a lot. Then he dropped out(退学). But he was full of new ideas.
After he left college, Steven Jobs worked as a video game designer. He worked there for only several months and then he went to India. He hoped that the trip would give him some new ideas and give him a change in life. Steven Jobs lived on a farm in California for a year after he returned from India.
In 1975, he began to make a new type of computer. He designed the apple computer with his friend in his garage. He chose the name “apple” just because it could help him to remember a happy summer he once spent in an apple tree garden. His Apple Computer was such a great success that Steven Jobs soon became popular all over the world.
1. What did Steven Jobs always do in school?| A．He always studied hard. |
| B．He always went to school on time. |
| C．He always helped his schoolmates. |
| D．He always made troubles with his schoolmates. |
| A．Steven Jobs finished college. |
| B．Steven Jobs liked studying in college. |
| C．Steven Jobs didn’t finish college. |
| D．Steven Jobs couldn’t afford college education. |
| A．in India | B．with his friend |
| C．in an apple tree garden | D．by himself |
| A．new ideas | B．apple | C．apple computer | D．video games |
| A．Steven jobs got along well with his schoolmates |
| B．Steven jobs liked travelling in India and California |
| C．Steven jobs liked trying new things and making his new ideas become true |
| D．Steven jobs could only design video games |
7 . There was a boy and his family was very rich. One day his father took him on a trip to a place. He wanted to show his son how poor people were there. They spent several days on a farm. There were many poor families living on the farm.
On their way home, the father asked the son, “How was the trip?” “It was great, Dad,” the son answered. “Did you notice how poor people were there?” asked his father. “Oh, yes,” said the son. “So, tell me,” said his father. The son said, “Well, we have one dog and they have four. We have a pool in our garden, while they have a river that has no end. We have expensive lanterns, but they have stars above their heads at night. We have only a small piece of land to live on ,while they have the endless fields. We buy our food, but they grow theirs. We have high walls around our houses to protect us, but they don’t need walls, because their friends will protect them.”
The father had nothing to say. Then the boy added, “Thank you, Dad, for letting me see how poor we are.”
1. The father wanted to show his son _______ .| A．how people on the farm worked |
| B．how poor people were on the farm |
| C．how beautiful the farm was |
| D．how far it was from the city to the farm |
| A．great | B．tiring | C．terrible | D．boring |
| A．expensive lanterns | B．a lot of cars |
| C．stars above their heads | D．many horses |
| A．The boy was from a very poor family. |
| B．The father and the son spent several weeks on a farm. |
| C．People on the farm have high walls around their houses. |
| D．The boy thought that people on the farm lived a happy life. |
| A．A rich farm | B．A great experience |
| C．A poor family | D．A boring trip |
1. Where does the conversation take place?
| A．At a restaurant. | B．At a bus stop. | C．At the train station. |
| A．At 4:10. | B．At 4:20. | C．At 4:30. |
| A．Every 5 minutes. | B．Every 10 minutes. | C．Every 15 minutes. |
| A．Talk shows. | B．Sports programs. | C．Cooking programs. |
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
It is the end of the year. Most housewife are busy with New Year shopping. One day, at the entrance of a supermarket, my mother and I notice an old man in worn clothes. He kept greet people with “Happy New Year”. On such cold winter afternoon, some people chose to ignore about him and walked away. Therefore, that didn’t let him down. He still did it active. My mother took a sadly look at him. After shopping, I found my mother carrying a new coat in his hand. She gave the coat to the man smilingly and said “Happy New Year”, what brought tears to his eyes.
