1 . 一家英语报社向中学生征文，主题是“十年后的我”。请根据下列要点和你的畅想完成短文。
1. 家庭；
2. 工作；
3. 业余生活。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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2 . In 2017,the United Arab Emirates announced its ambition to colonize Mars within the next 100 years. But architects are already imagining what a Martian city might look like-and planning to recreate it in the desert outside Dubai.

Mars Science City was originally scheduled to cover 176,000 square meters of desert-the size of more than 30 football fields-and cost approximately 135 million dollars. To create a space for Dubai's Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) to develop the technology needed to colonize Mars,architects Bjarke Ingels Group were asked to design a prototype of a city suitable for sustaining life on Mars-and then adapt it for use in the Emirati desert.

For this unique commission,the architects first had to overcome the immense challenges of creating a design to make the severe environment of Mars habitable. Mars has a thin atmosphere and no global magnetic field,so there's little protection from harmful radiation. Temperature is another problem-the average on Mars is a chilly 63 degrees C. The thin atmosphere also means there's little air pressure,so liquids quickly evaporate into gas; despite freezing temperatures,an unprotected human's blood would boil on Mars.But according to Jonathan Eastwood,director of the Space Lab at Imperial College London,the biggest challenge in terms of a sustained presence on Mars is not the engineering or scientific challenge,but the human and personal one.More researches need to be done to test the effects of isolation on mental and physical health of astronauts.

The MBRSC hopes that,in future,such research could take place in Mars Science City.This is going to be our platform where we can develop the science and the technology that will help us in our future missions to Mars,said Adnan AlRais,Mars 27 Program Manager at MBRSC."We want to come up with a totally new facility that will help the international community.”

1. What information can you get about the Martian city?

A．It is planned to be completed in the next 100 years.

B．It occupies more than 30 football fields of Dubai.

C．It has been put into use in the desert outside Dubai.

D．It serves as a prototype for sustaining life on Mars.

2. Which is not the challenge for living on Mars?

A．A thin atmosphere exposes people to harmful radiation.

B．High temperature makes unprotected human's blood boil.

C．Little air pressure causes liquid to turn into gas quickly.

D．A long period of isolation may affect physical health.

3. What's the attitude of Adnan AIRais towards building MBRSC?

A．Positive

B．objective

C．critical

D．skeptical

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

A．The research on the effects of living on Mars.

B．A Martian city designed for the desert outside Dubai.

C．The United Arab Emirates' ambition to colonize Mars.

D．The challenges of surviving the inhabitable environment of Mars.

3 . 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.

4 . 一家英语报社向中学生征文，主题是“十年后的我”。请根据下列要点和你的畅想完成短文。
要点：1.家庭；2.工作；3.业余生活。
注意：1.写作词数为80左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡相应位置作答。

Me in 10 Years

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5 . 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。

A company     1     (name) “Future Tours” transported Li Qiang and his friend Wang Ping     2     (safe) into the future in a time capsule. They climbed in through a small opening and soon the journey     3    (complete). They were still on the earth but 1,000 years in the future.

Confused by the new surroundings, Li Qiang was hit by a lack of fresh air. Li Qiang chose     4     hovering carriage driven by computer and began     5    (move). There were so many carriages     6     he lost sight of Wang Ping. A few minutes     7    (late), Li Qiang caught sight of Wang Ping.

    8    (arrive) at a house, he was surprised to see tree     9    (leaf) surrounding the house and they provided the house with much-needed oxygen.     10     a good dinner, Li Qiang felt exhausted, so he slid into bed and fell fast asleep.

6 . Ever since the beginning of human civilization, we are trying to reduce manual efforts by making simple to extremely complex machines. The next step in the same process is robotics and automation. Robotics and automation is a field with abundant potential. It expands its scope from household applications to solving mysteries of the Universe to curing untreatable medical conditions.

Up until the beginning of 2020, robots of any kind are made up of nor-living materials. Recently scientists from the University of Vermont & Tufts University introduced Xenobots, which have opened a whole new Universe for this field. Xenobots are the world’s first living and self-healing microbots. These robots are designed with the help of computer-generated- evolutionary algorithm(算法). The living cells used for its creation are skin, heart and stem cell from the African frog embryos(胚胎).

These microbots are very basic in nature, made up entirely from the organic substance. They can move forward, turn around, spin in circles and flip over. They are smaller than a millimetre and can travel inside the human body. Just imagine the possibilities we will have, once scientist is able to teach Xenobots to do the desired task. One day they even might be able to fight cancer cells. They will be able to clear microplastics in the oceans and lots more.

But if these bots are a life form, why are we calling them robots? This is because scientists are designing them to move or work according to their wills. A certain arrangement for skin and heart cells in an Xenobot will make it move in a straight line, while a different arrangement of the same cells will be required to move them in circular motions.

Xenobots are positively a great step. Scientists are also calling them a brand new life form on the planet. The future is unseen but is undoubtedly full of countless possibilities.

1. Which of the following is the potential of the robotics?

A．Making complex machines.	B．Reducing manual efforts.
C．Expanding our scopes.	D．Clearing space mysteries.

2. Where do Xenobots differ from the other previous robots?

A．In nature.

B．In size.

C．In movement.

D．In materials.

3. What are Xenobots able to do already now?

A．Travel inside the human body.	B．Create new life.
C．Fight cancer cells.	D．Clear microplastics in the oceans.

4. What is the author’s attitude towards the future of Xenobots?

A．Doubtful.

B．Positive.

C．Ambiguous.

D．Disapproving.

7 . Complete the passage with appropriate words or the correct form of the words in brackets.

A Capsule Fails the Test of Time

The US state of Oklahoma, the 48th state in the Union, celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2007. In a year full of official     1    (celebrate), one event in June attracted spectators and media from all around the world. On 15 June 2007, thousands of people gathered in Tulsa to watch the unearthing of a time capsule that had been buried half a century earlier. There was a feeling of     2    (excite) in the air. As well as     3    (wait) to see the time capsule, the crowd was also waiting to find out who had won a competition which     4    (launch) when the capsule was buried 50 years earlier.

The time capsule was a large concrete box. People said it was strong     5     to survive a nuclear strike. It had to be large and strong, because it contained a car: a brand new 1957 Plymouth Belvedere. Inside the car     6    (be) lots of everyday items from the 1950s. For example, there was a can of petrol and a case of beer in the boot. In the glove box was a handbag     7    (contain) a lipstick and other small items considered     8    (essence) for a ‘typical’ woman in the 1950s.

Before the capsule was buried, officials ran a competition. Entrants had to guess what the population of Tulsa would be in 2007. The organizers recorded all the guesses and saved     9     on a roll of microfilm. The microfilm was placed in the Plymouth Belvedere. The organizers’ idea was that     10     the time capsule was opened in 2007, the winner would be announced – and he or she (or his or her hers) would win the entire contents of the time capsule, plus the contents of the savings account.

8 . Imagine you are burying a time capsule for the people who will open it 1000 years from now. You are going to write a letter to your future friends. Include the following information in about 120 words:
1. When and why you are burying the time capsule
2. An explanation of your choice of items:
Choose at least one item for each category A-C below:
A Culture (music, literature, etc.)
B Technology
C Home life
3. One or two problems the world is facing today
Dear future friends,

My name is Li Hua._________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

9 .

News anchors(主播) must have been reluctant to read out the following news: Xin Xiaomeng began working as the world’s first female artificial(人工的) intelligence news anchor at Xinhua News Agency on Sunday, three months after a male robot joined the profession.

Unlike previous news robots though, Xin does not read news like a cold machine; she reads it almost like a human being. The muscles on her face stretch and relax-and her reactions change-as she continues reading. That’s why many news anchors were worried: Will AI replace us in the near future?

To find the answer, we have to analyse the technologies that support Xin at her job. Three key technologies are used to support Xin. First, samples of human voices are collected and synthesized (合成). This is followed by the collection and synthesis of human muscle movement samples. And third the voices and movements are married in a way that when the Al news anchor reads, the micro -electric motors behind her face move to make her expressions seem more human.

Yet we need a thorough knowledge of deep leaning technology to make a robot imitate a person’s voice. The developer needs to collect tens of thousands of pieces of pronunciations, input them Into the machine and match them with the text or the Al to lean and read. The process for imitating facial movements is similar. The developer has to analyse the movements of the 53 muscles in the human face, make a model set from the collected data for the AI news anchor to lean, and imitate the movements of facial muscles via programs

Both the technologies used to make Xin’s performance impressive are mature. The real difficulty lies in the third -the technology to match the pronunciations with facial movements so that Xin expressions vary according to the content of the news report. In fact, Xins expressions don' t always change according to the content. As a result, her expressions look anything but human. Actually. AI is still no match for human qualities.

1. What does the underlined word "reluctant "in the first paragraph mean?

A．Delighted.

B．Unwilling.

C．Confused.

D．Optimistic.

2. What can we infer about previous news robots?

A．They read news without expressions.	B．They looked like a human being
C．They could interview sports stars	D．They could interact with audience.

3. What do we know about the third technology?

A．This technology is very perfect so far

B．This technology is quite popular now

C．This technology remains at the theoretical stage

D．This technology is far from mature.

4. From the last paragraph, we can draw a conclusion that____.

A．human news anchors should learn from AT anchors to save their jobs

B．Al anchors perform much better than human news anchors at present

C．Al news anchors won 't replace human news anchors in the near future

D．Xin Xiaomeng s expressions vary so naturally that they are true to life

10 . What are your retirement plans? Keep working? Get more exercise? Or learn something new? You may put them on hold. There’s a chance that, sooner or later, you might have to move further than you were thinking, as far as mars.

On Thursday, National Geographic will show the first-ever Mars show home, giving earthlings (地球人) an idea of what their life could look like on the Red Planet. In the not-so-distant year of 2037, the igloo-shaped structure could be the home of your future.

It shows a house built using recycled spacecraft (航天器) parts and Martian soil, called regolith, which has been microwaved into bricks. Some parts of the home are recognizable—a kitchen, a bedroom—but there are fundamental differences that are important to human survival.

As the Martian atmosphere is around one hundredth as thick as the Earth’s, people will need permanent (永久的) shelter from the sun; society will move largely indoors. Most buildings will be connected by underground passages and the houses won’t have windows. The homes will have simulated solar lighting, or natural light that has been bent several times.

Walls will need to be 10 to 12 feet thick to protect people from dangerous rays (光线) that can pass through six feet of steel, and a double air-locked entrance to keep the home under proper pressure.

“We don’t think of our houses as things that keep us alive, but on Mars your house will be a survival centre,” says Stephen Petranek, author of How We’ll Live on Mars. This is not just the stuff of sci-fi. “10 to 20 years from now there will certainly be people, on Mars.” Petranek says.

“We’ve had the technology for 30 years to land people on Mars, but we haven’t had the will,” Petranek says. But two main factors have “completely swung public attitudes”.

The private companies’ participation has forced government agencies to speed up their game, and influential films such as Gravity and The Martian have caught society’s eye.

1. What can we know about the show home from the text?

A．It has no windows or doors due to security concern.

B．Its design presents the idea of environmental protection.

C．It has thick walls keeping the home under proper pressure.

D．Its underground passages connect all the building together.

2. What do the underlined words “put them on hold” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?

A．Put them off.

B．Give them away.

C．Carry them through.

D．Take them seriously.

3. According to Petranek, what has sped up the process of sending people to Mars?

A．The great influence of the Mars show home.

B．The development of related technology.

C．The competition from private companies.

D．The popularity of influential books on Mars.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．Living on Mars: Possible or Not

B．Sending People to Mars: Yes or No

C．First-ever show home: How Is It Made

D．Future Home on Mars: What Will It Be Like