1 . 假设你是李华，你们年级下周要举办一次主题为“展望未来新生活”的英语演讲比赛，请根据以下内容，通过合理想象，写一篇演讲稿。包括：
1. 太空、海洋探索；       2. 人工智能开发；
3. 材料的回收利用等。
注意：
1. 词数80字左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头和结尾已经为你写好，不计入总字数。
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2 . After astronaut Rusty Schweickart looked down at the Earth from space for the first time, he described a sense of awe that has become common to almost every space traveler since. “You realize that on that little blue and white thing there is everything that means anything to you, all history and music and poetry and art and death and birth and love, all of it on that little spot out there you can cover with your thumb.” No matter what country you’re from, you return from space with a feeling that our home is tiny, fragile, and something we need to protect.

Anyone who reads the new book Growth by one of my favorite thinkers will come with similar urgency. The author, Czech-Canadian profe Vaclav Smil, approaches things from a scientist’s point of view, but he reaches the same conclusion: The Earth is fragile and “before it is too late, we should launch the most fundamental task of making any future growth consistent with the long-term preservation of our planet.”

Before I get into how Smil came to this conclusion, I should warn you. Although Growth is a brilliant combination of everything we can learn from patterns of growth in the natural and human-made world, it’s not for everyone. Long sections read like a textbook or an engineering guidebook. And it has 99 pages of references!

The book covers everything from agriculture to steel production to smartphone use. Smil’s goal is to show that no matter what field you’re talking about, eventually you hit growth limits. As Smil writes, “My aim is to explain varieties of growth in evolutionary and historical perspectives and to appreciate both the accomplishments and the limits of growth in modern ivilization…”

I don’t agree with all of his analysis. In particular, I'm more optimistic than he is about the degree to which today’s renewable energy technologies carl be used, and the pace at which scientists and engineers will develop new clean sources. In my view, Smil underestimates our accelerating ability to model the physical world using digital technologies equipped with artificial intelligence.

But I've always felt that Smil’s great strength isn’t predicting the future, but documenting the past. There’s great value in that—you can’t see what’s coming next if you don’t understand what’s come before. Nobody sees the big picture with as wide an aperture(光圈孔径) as Vaclav Smil.

1. What does the underlined phrase “similar urgency” refer to in paragraph 2?

A．To protect our home is difficult.

B．It’s too late to protect the Earth.

C．The Earth means everything to us.

D．We need to protect the fragile Earth.

2. What’s the writing style of the book Growth?

A．Causal.	B．Academic.
C．Humorous.	D．Straightforward.

3. How does the writer of this article feel about the renewable energy technologies?

A．Anxious.	B．Objective.
C．Optimistic.	D．Pessimistic.

4. What information does the last paragraph intend to tell us?

A．Smil intends to document the history.

B．Smil sees the world from a great angle.

C．Smil shows great concern for the future.

D．Smil describes a promising future for us.

3 . 阅读下面短文，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。

There is no doubt that humankind dreams of making Mars our second home. However, sending people there will require all the skills, courage and     1     (intelligent) of the human race. While the Moon can be reached within days, it would take months to reach Mars,     2     (travel) through dangerous solar radiation. And even if the first settlers do reach Mars safely, staying alive will be     3    daily challenge, but as proved by the Biosphere experiment, not impossible.

As early as the 1980s, scientists were building Biosphere 2 in the Arizona desert. It consisted of a closed space    4     people, animals and plants could live together. The “closed” concept meant that the space was designed     5     (function) with its own oxygen, food and water, needing nothing from the outside world.     6     the two-year experiment was not a success, it did provide us with a better understanding of how humans might be able to live on another planet. More recently, scientists     7     (succeed) in growing a variety of plants in an environment similar to that on Mars. That     8     (definite) is a big step forward.

For now, human settlement of Mars is still     9     (decade) away. In the meantime, scientific research shows that the planet Earth is getting     10     (warm). This change is having a terrible effect on the biosphere.

4 . Have you ever seen a rushing car without a driver?    1     Companies like Google and Tesla have been designing and testing these cars.

So how do they work? The cars have sensors all around which can detect other cars and obstacles in the road. Sensors on the wheels also help when parking, so the car knows how far it is from the kerb (马路牙子) or other parked cars. Road signs are read by cameras, and satellite navigation systems are used so the car knows how to get to your destination.     2    .

Sound like your idea of heaven? Sitting back, looking out of the windows and even watching a film or reading a book while “driving” would be possible with this new technology.     3     They would drive more safely than people and they have quicker reaction time in case of an emergency.

    4     For example, computers would have difficulties making ethical (伦理的) decisions: if a child ran into the road, would the computer choose to hit the child or swerve(突然转向) and potentially kill the car’s passengers?

Although being driven around by a machine would perhaps mean that no one needs a driving license, saving money for everyone, many people would be put out of a job by the dawn of driverless cars.     5     I’m not convinced I’d want a driverless car --- but it’s only a matter of time before they’ll become more affordable and commonplace on our roads.

A．All you have to do is type in the address!

B．There would also be many legal decisions to be made.

C．However, there are many drawbacks of driverless cars.

D．Driverless cars have many advantages as well as disadvantages.

E．It sounds crazy, but driverless cars will soon be filling roads near you.

F．In addition, computers are generally more efficient drivers than humans.

G．Bus, taxi, train and tram drivers as well as driving instructors would be made unnecessary.

5 . You are just waking up in the spring of 2030. Your Internet of Things bedroom opens solar powered e-windows and plays gentle music while your smart lighting displays a montage (剪辑的)of beachfront sunrises from your recent vacation.

Your shower uses very little water or soap. It recycles your grey water and puts the extra heat back into your home's operating system. While you dress, your artificial intelligence (Al) assistant shares your schedule for the day and plays your favorite tunes.

You still start your day with a coffee but it comes from your lot refrigerator which is capable of providing a coffeehouse experience in your home. A hot breakfast tailored to your specific nutritional needs (based on chemical analysis from your trips to the “smart toilet” is waiting for you in the kitchen.

When it's time to leave, an on-demand transport system has three cars waiting for you, your wife (or husband) and your kids. On the road, driverless cars and trucks move with mathematical accuracy, without traffic jams, routine maintenance or road rage. Accident rates are near zero.

On the way, you call your R&D team, who are enveloping a day's work in Shanghai. Your life-sized image is projected (投射)into the China Innovation Centre and your colleagues see you as if you were sitting in the room. It’s a bit surreal for them to see you in the morning light given that it's dark on the Bund, Shanghai's waterfront, though the novelty disappears after a few uses.

You review the day's cloud-based data from your Shenzhen manufacturing center, your pilot project in San Diego, and your QA team in Melbourne. The large amounts of datasets were collected in real-time from every piece of equipment and have been beautifully summarized by your company's AL All these facilities are closely maintained and operated through a advanced predictive analytics platform.

Pleased with the team's progress, you end the call and ease into a good book.

This is the future and it will be here sooner than you think.

1. How can we describe the life in the future?

A．Artificial

B．Accurate

C．Remarkable

D．Intelligent

2. What can we do in the year 2030 according to the passage?

A．We can have a bath without using water.

B．We can drive to work without concerning any accidents.

C．We can enjoy the coffeehouse experience without going there.

D．We can deal with all our work at home without turning to others for help.

3. How does the author develop the passage?

A．In time order.	B．In logical order.
C．By comparing.	D．By offering examples.

4. What's the purpose of writing the passage?

A．To attract us to use the Al system.

B．To introduce the life in the future.

C．To teach us how to use the Al system.

D．To encourage us to study hard for the future.

6 . In the future, when robots can be used both in homes and in other areas, they could improve the living standards of people.     1     When robots can complete such jobs, people can spend more time with their family and friends.

Experts believe robots can be used on certain jobs to avoid accidents caused by careless behavior of some people. When robots are used on such work, it does not risk any human life due to accidents at the workplace. Human resources can be efficiently used by performing tasks which demand human skills like critical thinking and problem solving.     2    

While some people talk about how robots can be useful to humans, others voice their concerns. When robots become cheaper to produce, employers may prefer to use more robots than humans. As the technology constantly improves the abilities of robots, it could weaken the value of humans.     3     Some may even develop the habit of using robots on tasks that they can easily do. This could create a lazy society.

    4     Without them, the nation’s health care system will break down. There will simply be too many elderly people to care for as the nation faces a decreasing birth rate, an aging population, and the loosening of family ties.     5     Above all, Japan needs its dreams of robots in the home to come true because its immigration policy is anti-immigration.

A．Robots have been widely used in Japan.

B．Many people may rely on robots heavily.

C．They can free people from such tasks as cooking.

D．Most people believe robots have changed their life.

E．Japan sees it as a must to build robots to take care of the elderly.

F．Robots can be also used on low-end jobs like moving heavy things.

G．However, many elderly people would prefer human helpers to robots.

7 . Let us suppose it is now about A.D. 2060. Let’s make believe it is about 45 years from now. Of course, things have changed and life is very different.

Voyages to the moon are being made every day. It is as easy to take a holiday on the moon today as it was for the people in 1960 to take a holiday in Europe. At a number of scenic spots on the moon, many hotels have been built. The hotels are air­conditioned, naturally. In order that everyone can enjoy the beautiful scenery on the moon, every room has at least one picture window. Everything imaginable is provided for entertainment of young and old.

What are people eating now？People are still eating food. They haven’t yet started to take on heir (继承) supply of energy directly as electrical current or as nuclear power. They may some day. But many foods now come in pill form, and the food that goes into the pill continues to come mainly from green plants.

Since there are several times as many people in the world today as there were a hundred years ago, most of our planet’s surface has to be filled. The deserts are irrigated with water and crops are no longer destroyed by pests. The harvest is always good.

Farming, of course, is very highly developed. Very few people have to work on the farm. It is possible to run the farm by just pushing a few buttons now and then.

People are now largely vegetarians (素食者). You see, as the number of people increases, the number of animal decreases. Therefore, people have to be vegetarians and we are healthier both in our bodies and in our minds, and we know the causes and cure of disease and pain, and it is possible to get rid of diseases. No one has to be ill any more.

Such would be our life in 2060.

1. When was the passage written?

A．In about A. D. 2060.	B．In about 1960.
C．In about 2014.	D．In about 2015.

2. According to the text, what will be on the moon in about A. D. 2060?

A．Many other animals.

B．Many tourists.

C．Many plants.

D．A sea.

3. What will people eat then according to the passage?

A．Biscuits in pill form.	B．Foods in pill form.
C．Foods in liquid form.	D．Foods in gas form.

8 . 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。

Get ready and you will enjoy a space travel. The sky outside your spacecraft is mostly black. The planet you’re looking for is 4. 65 billion    1    (mile) away. Almost no light    2    (reach) it. Suddenly you see a glow (暗光) in the    3     (distant). As you approach, it becomes bigger and stranger. The light    4     (shine) ahead of you is bright pink. Getting closer, you realize    5    is giving off this glow. It's a magenta (紫红色的) planet!

    6    (name) GJ 504b, the planet is made of pink gas. It's similar to Jupiter, a giant gas planet in our own solar system. But GJ 504b is four times more    7     (mass). At 460°F, it’s the temperature of a hot oven, and it’s the planet’s intense heat that causes it to glow.

You stop your spacecraft to take     8    close look. The sky turns pink as you enter GJ 504b’s atmosphere. Since GJ 504b is made of gas, it has no solid surface. So you can fly right inside the planet, in    9    the gas envelops you like a thick fog. As you go    10    (deep), the gas begins to get darker. If you keep going down, your spacecraft could melt from the heat. You get away from this pink world and back into the darkness of outer space.

9 . What if we had the power to control time, instead of moving from the past to the present to the future? What if we could jump, loop and travel through time in a machine? What if we could go wherever and whenever we pleased?

This ability would allow us to witness historic wonders, change decisions and   see people from the past. We could right wrongs and stop wars from starting.

The mysterious puzzle of time has kept people debating its nature for hundreds of years. Science fiction writers have turned it into imaginative stories. Some scientists have even attempted to explain it using math. This math tries to make the dream of time travel come true.

The scientist Albert Einstein said that time and space are one thing. He called it “spacetime.” Einstein said that there are three dimensions in space: height, width and depth. A scientist named Hermann Minkowski added time as a fourth dimension.

Einstein introduced two ideas that have led to theories about the possibility of time travel. The first is relativity. The idea of relativity is that the force of gravity causes space to bend, which causes time to twist. The second idea focuses on special relativity. The idea is that a traveler moving super-fast through flat spacetime will enter the future. Einstein considered time “relative” because it is measured based on where we are on Earth or in space.

Stephen Hawking is a famous scientist. He believes that a time machine will never be built. If it were possible, he thinks we would already know. If a time   machine could be built, how come no one from the future has invaded us?

The first science fiction story with this theme is The Clock That Went Backward by Edward P. Mitchell, which was published in 1881. Since then, thousands of books, films and television shows have explored the idea of time travel, in which some tools such as phones, watches, photographs and old books take travelers backward and forward.

Will time travel ever happen? Who knows? Most important is to keep your eyes open and have a sense of wonder.

1. What is the author’s purpose of writing the first paragraph?

A．To show time and space are connected.	B．To show people’s interest in time travel.
C．To draw readers’ attention to time travel.	D．To make people believe time travel is possible.

2. Which of the following statement could Einstein agree with?

A．Time travel is possible in the future.	B．People can’t move faster than light.
C．Time travel is against scientific rules.	D．Spacetime is not a real thing in theory.

3. What is the last but one paragraph mainly about?

A．The first science fiction story.	B．Some tools used in time travel.
C．Edward P. Mitchell, the pioneer.	D．Different works about time travel.

4. What is the writer’s attitude toward time travel?

A．Cautious.

B．Approving.

C．Doubtful.

D．Hopeful.

10 . 假定你是李华，学校“未来科技兴趣小组”的成员。请你根据以下要点及关键词为校英文报写一篇短文，从两个方面介绍未来智能家居。要点如下：
1. 智能控制(自动控制家电；节能模式；贴心服务);
2. 定期健康检查(检测健康状况；智能床铺；智能马桶)
注意：1. 写作词数应为100左右；
2. 开头部分已写好，不计入词数；
3. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

In the not-too-distant future, we will be living in smart homes.

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