1 . If you could travel in time, where would you go? Perhaps you would watch a 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 science fiction novel The Time Machine, written by H. G. Wells and published in 1895 . 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 referred 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 Stephen Hawking says you could travel into the future with a really fast spaceship-going at nearly the speed of light. Though building such a spaceship wouldn’t of course be simple .

Even if you could travel into the past, there is something called the "grandfather paradox". It asks what would happen if a time traveler 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 traveler 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．the long history of time travel

B．the contribution of H.G. Wells

C．the story's different features

D．people's interest in time travel

2. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A．The Time Machine is one of the bestselling science fiction novels.

B．There are films, comic books and dramas adapted from the novel The Time Machine.

C．Works of Literature about time travel first appeared one hundred years ago.

D．It was H.G. Wells who invented the term "time machine".

3. Einstein's and Hawking's theories________.

A．suggest the possibility of time travel

B．have been proved wrong by some time travelers

C．have similarities because both are based on experiments

D．have pushed the invention of the first spaceship

4. In Paragraph 4, "grandfather paradox" probably refers to the idea that________.

A．the reunion of the traveler and his grandfather brings happiness

B．the grandfather's death makes the traveler's birth impossible

C．the traveler goes back in time to seek for his grandfather

D．the traveler is prevented from meeting his grandfather

5. According to the passage what is probably the author's attitude towards time travel？

A．Unclear.

B．Supportive.

C．Doubtful.

D．Unconcerned.

3 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10 处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
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）

Great changes had taken place in our city over the past few years.

It's obvious that it takes on an new look. First of all, fantastically parks and squares are built in the city. There also exists various transportation means, make it convenient to travel around. More importantly, our inner quality improves because society provides us more access to education. Beside, the environment we are living in is becoming more and more beautiful, which adds a lot of to people's overall happy.

In a word, it's the joint efforts of every citizen who make our city better and better.

4 . 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。

Have you ever imagined     1    (live) in 2200, about 200 years from now? A recent study describes robots, underwater cities and holidays in space. City planners, experts on space and architects    2     (ask) to give their ideas of life in 2200. According to them, the way people live, work and play will be totally different     3     how we do these things today. They also said that over twenty years ago, people couldn't imagine how the Internet     4     the smartphones would change our lives. But today, both have changed the way we communicate, learn and do daily things, and the changes in the next century will probably be even     5    (great).

Those     6    (question) in the research said that people might not go to the office in the future but would work at home instead. People will have advanced 3-D printers that will enable    7     to download a design for furniture or a food picture and then to "print" the sofa, table or pizza at home.    8     will also be less need for visits to the doctor. People will have a home health capsule that will "diagnose"    9    the problem is and provide various treatment.     10    (hopeful), they will also be going into space for holidays to get resources that have been used up on earth.

10 . 据预测，社会发展到了2080年时，照顾老年人将会成为一个突出的社会问题。你公司顺应社会需求适时推出了家用机器人。该机器人的主要功能有：
1.可以在固定的时间做饭，做饭时间可以根据个人需要进行调整；
2.可以陪老人聊天儿、下棋、做运动等；
3.及时处理突发事件，例如在老人突然病倒时及时拨打急救电话等。
请你根据以上内容写一篇发言稿，在新闻发布会上向大家推荐你公司的这一新产品。
emergency n.突发事件
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