1 . Find out some key words in Activity 2 of the book and guess what they will be talking about.

Ben Drake, an expert on air pollution, is being interviewed on the radio. He said that smog was a severe problem in the early 20th century in Britain. At that time, Britain was experiencing a boom in industry. Factories and homes used lots of coal, which created smog. He also mentioned the heavy smog in London was particularly bad and caused over 4000 deaths in 1952. Later the UK government restricted burning coal   in homes and forced factories to move away from city centers. As smog is harmful to everyone, the expert advised us to replace coal with cleaner forms of energy, use new energy-efficient vehicles and further develop green technology.

1. The expression “    1    ” originated in Britain and means a     2    of “smoke” and “fog”.
2. Smog became a severe problem in Britain because people at that time burnt lots of    3    .
3. The worst smog in British history happened in London in 1942.
4. The Great Smog of London claimed 5,000 lives.
5. Later, the UK government ordered people not to burn     4    in their homes.
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2 . 任务型阅读

How many hands?

Do you know the saying “Many hands make light work”? Well, my sister Pippa and I figured that out the disastrous (灾难性的) way.

We love to skate, so when Mom said that she was taking us to the indoor ice-skating rink (冰场), we were excited. The next second saw us racing outside and scrambling (争抢) to get into the car.

“I bet I’m still faster than you,” I laughed at Pippa, reminding her of the last time at the rink when she fell far behind and was reduced to tears.

“You wish. I’ve been practicing on my inline skates every day for weeks, and I’m definitely faster than you now,” she replied confidently. Arguing was second nature to us.

“You two are too competitive for your own good, and if you’re determined to race, then you can stay away from me,” Mom said.

We should have listened. Pippa and I were both determined to prove who was faster. As soon as we arrived, we laced up our skates and hit the ice. We skated in circles to warm up, and then we danced and spun (旋转) and did anything we could to show our exceptional skills. But that soon got tiresome, and it was time to put our boasting (自夸) to the test.

“Race you to Mom,” I challenged Pippa as I sped away. Skates flashing, we raced across the ice, me leading, then Pippa, then me, then...

BANG! We smashed (撞击) straight into Mom!

We ended up at the hospital, me with a cracked elbow (肘部), Pippa with a wrist sprain (扭伤), and Mom with a torn knee ligament (韧带), She was not impressed.

When we got home, Mom said, “Your ridiculous competing got us into this mess, so you can just cooperate for once and figure out how to get us out of it.”

We were confused and asked her at the same time, “What do you mean?”

“I obviously can’t move around very well,” she said, “so you two can start by bringing in the laundry, and then we’ll tackle dinner.”

1. 根据文本内容从方框中选择恰当的词并用其正确形式填入文本图示中，每词限用一次，有两词为多余选项。

race, right, stay, cooperate, remind, argue. tear. time, compete, skill, trouble, injure,

________ was second nature to us.

·My sister and I   ________ outside and scrambled to get into the car. ·I laughed at Pippa,________ her of what had happened last time. Mom said we are too________ for our own good. ·We tried our best to show our________. But that soon got tiresome, and it was________ to put our boasting to the test.

We ended up________. ·I had a cracked elbow. ·Pippa had a wrist sprain. ·Mom had a________ knee ligament.

·Mom said it was our ridiculous competing that got us into the________. She suggested that we________ for once to get us out of it. ·Mom couldn’t move around well, suggesting we start by bringing in the laundry and then tackle dinner.

2. How did the author get along with his/her sister?
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3. What did Mom ask them to do in order to get out of the mess?
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4. What did the author mean by figuring out the saying “Many hands make light work” in a disastrous way?
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3 . Research has shown that when we volunteer — where we devote ourselves to helping others — we actually end up benefiting too. Our happiness grows. We feel more satisfied with life. We even have more energy and creativity. Basically,we have more to give.

I’ve noticed a pattern with my friends. Sometimes,they get into the habit of gossiping about others. They will constantly complain about their bosses or coworkers. It seems as if they get caught in this loop(闭环) of complaining,and their frustration distracts them in other parts of their life. When this happens,they become uninterested in new events or become annoyed by their colleagues or things that happen at work.

Meanwhile,I’ve also seen other friends go out of their way to help someone on their team or to help out on a project that have very little — or even nothing — to do with their main work. Although it seems like they won’t receive anything in return,my friends benefit from these interactions. My friends have told me about the stronger relationships they’ve built at work and the fun they had working on new and interesting projects. They’ve told me about how the people they helped before have returned the favor later on. Not only that,but they have even talked about times where their boss recognized them for their work or when they were informed in advance about upcoming projects.

We often think that when we help someone else,we aren’t doing anything for ourselves. But we actually often end up getting back just as much as we give. When we step in to help someone,we often turn out to be helping ourselves as well.

Research shows when we help others，we end up     1     too.

Our happiness grows. We feel more satisfied. We are more    2    . We     3    .

We have more to give. We often turn out to be     4    .

4 . Where to put your trust “Why did she spill the beans (泄露秘密)?” I thought regretfully. I’ll always remember that day, when I was so surprised by all the strange looks everyone was giving me. Those thoughts will always stay with me. And I couldn’t believe I would lose the friendship of the person I trusted the most.

Five years back, Sally was the new kid in class. I don’t know what it was, but something unique about her drew me to her. She was the friendliest person I knew. We started as classmates, but after a few months, we were like best friends. So, I never expected her to hurt me in such a big way.

I don’t know what made me tell Sally about my personal life. She made the matter bigger than it was, adding her own spin (倾向性描述) on it and telling everyone at school. It was like someone had stabbed (刺) me in the back. After she gave away my secrets, everyone at school started laughing at me, looking at me and giggling (咯咯地笑) whenever I passed by. After this terrible situation, I changed schools. Sally called me many times, but I didn’t answer. My heart was broken.

I tried hard to heal (治愈) from the scars she left on my heart. I started a new life. After five years, my life went back to the way it was, with new friends. But one day, I met Anna at the market. She was my classmate from 3rd grade. She told me that Sally wasn’t the one who brought my secrets to light. Mary was. Mary was our school’s big mouth who always wanted to stick her nose into other people’s business.

I was at a loss. I wished I could have asked Sally about this. I wished I could go back in time and fix my mistakes. From that, I learned a life lesson that we should trust those we love because one little mistake could really damage our lives.

1. 根据文本内容从方框中选择恰当的词并用其正确形式填入文本图示中,每词限用一次,有两词为多余选项

laugh       sad       secret       break       happy       heal amuse       fix       regretful       bring       unique       change

Where to put your trust I told Sally, my best friend, about my personal ______ . I felt ______ to have a best friend. Other students ______ at me and giggled whenever I passed by. I ______ school and cut off contact with Sally. I was surprised and disappointed. My heart felt ______ and I was hurt. I tried to ______ from the scars left by Sally and started a new life. I moved on from the ______ of the past I met my classmate from 3rd grade. She told me that it was actually Mary, not Sally, who had ______ my secrets to light. I realized I had misunderstood Sally. I wished I could go back in time and ______ my mistakes. I felt ______ . I learned the importance of trust and realized that one mistake can have a big influence on our lives and relationship.

2. Why did the author make friends with Sally?
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3. What did the author do after her secrets were given away?
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4. What will the author do after knowing about the truth?
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5 . 阅读下面的短文，并根据短文内容回答所提问题。

The Double Ninth Festival is a special day for older people in China. It started long ago. The festival is on lunar September 9th. On this day, people show love and respect to their grandparents.

There are many ways in which Chinese people express their respect. When an older person enters a room, everyone stands. People are introduced from the oldest to the youngest. When we present a book to an older person, two hands are used. Young people always offer their seats to older people on a crowded subway or bus.

Respecting older people is a tradition in China. That’s because the Chinese know that older people have knowledge and experience that young people can learn. Chinese people are proud of being old.

In Western countries, however, older people seldom think they are old. They are called “seniors” instead of “old people”. They’d rather do everything themselves. Even after retirement (退休) they take up hobbies, part-time jobs and new activities to keep their bodies working well.

Westerners respect their older people, too. Usually, seniors don’t have to buy tickets for trains and buses. They are given discounts (打折) in stores and restaurants.

But Western seniors don’t often live with their children—they live alone. For holidays, the family usually gather at the grandparents’ home, and a great smile and a warm hug for their parents are enough for grown children to show their respect.

1. When is the double ninth Festival?
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2. Where is it a tradition to respect older people?
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3. What can the young learn from older people?
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4. Can seniors in Western countries take the trains for free?
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5. How do Western grown children show their respect?
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6 . 阅读下面短文，并根据短文内容完成下列各题。

On Thanksgiving, Scott Macaulay is preparing a full turkey dinner for a whole bunch of people he’s never met. His 70 guests—elderly people, low-income people, at-risk teens, and others—have one detail in common: Without Macaulay, they’d be alone on Thanksgiving.

“What I do isn’t a big deal, really,” the 52-year-old said. “I just cook some food.”

Macaulay’s unconventional Thanksgiving tradition began in 1985, right around the time his parents decided to get divorced. The holidays got messy that year, and Macaulay, who was 24 at the time, sensed he’d be spending Thanksgiving alone. It was a terrible feeling.

“Thanksgiving isn’t about fireworks or band concerts,” he said. “It’s a celebration around a table with food. It’s not fun to do that by yourself.”

Macaulay placed an ad in his local paper with a simple message: If people thought they might be alone on Thanksgiving, they could give Macaulay a call.

A few people showed up at Macaulay’s place that first year. It was nice. So he placed another ad the following year, and the year after that.

In recent years, Macaulay has been hosting his Thanksgiving dinners at local churches with lots of space. He still buys and prepares all the food himself and spends about 40 hours putting the whole affair together. On Thanksgiving Day, he runs around nonstop from about 5 a.m. to p.m. Macaulay said he’d love to see other people hold similar dinners all over the country. “I think someone in every town should do this,” he said, “so nobody has to be alone.”

1. What does the underlined word “bunch” in the first paragraph mean? (1 word)
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2. What feature did those 70 people have in common? (no more than 10 words)
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3. How did people know Macaulay’s invitation for Thanksgiving? (no more than 15 words)
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4. What’s the last paragraph mainly about? (no more than 10 words)
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5. What do you think of Scott Macaulay? (no more than 25 words)
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7 . 认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填1个单词。

Drinking alcohol (酒) is dangerous for kids and teenagers and sometimes for grown-ups, too. Like many drugs, alcohol changes a person’s ability to think and speak. A person might lose his or her balance (平衡) and have trouble walking. When people drink too much, they might hurt themselves or other people. Worse still, drinking too much alcohol can cause alcohol poisoning (中毒), and it can kill a person. Drinking too much alcohol can be bad for their health.

Some grown-ups seem to be able to enjoy it with no problems, but other people can develop problems with it. Sometimes, that’s called alcoholism. People with alcoholism have little control over their drinking and can’t stop without help. Alcoholism continues over time and it often gets worse.

Therefore, as teenagers, you should say no to alcohol, though it can be hard if you feel unpopular because of your decision. True friends won’t stop being your friends just because you don’t want to drink alcohol. If you feel this kind of pressure, talk to someone you believe in. And if you’re worried about a friend who’s drinking, you should tell your mother or your father or one of your teachers. Then someone can talk with your friend before the alcohol causes a big problem.

In short, with help, anyone who has a problem with alcohol can be successful at stopping. And if you’re still a kid, help yourself by not starting in the first place!

Title	Drinking alcohol
1	●Changing one’s     2     to think and speak ●Causing loss of one’s balance ●Making it     3     for one to walk ●Making one     4     oneself or others ●Making one possibly     5     from alcohol poisoning
Alcoholism	●People who suffer from it have little control over drinking and are     6     to give it up without help. ●Continuing and even getting     7     over time
Tips	For teenagers	●Staying away from alcohol ●Believing you won’t lose friends though you     8     to drink
	For your friends	Let a grown-up     9     your friends’ problem with drinking
Summary	Anyone can be helped to stop     10    .

8 . Experts say that the ability of dogs to smell is one million times stronger than that of humans. With so much sniff (闻) power, it’s hardly surprising that they stick their heads out of car windows. They don’t care about the scenery. What they’re after are the smells.

When dogs put their faces into the wind, their upper lips and noses are sniffing, their eyes partly closed, and their ears folded back. It looks as if they’re enjoying themselves very much, but mainly they’re concentrating. It’s as though they’re closing down all the rest of their senses to concentrate on this one. Every dog loves to hang his head out of the window, and all dogs have an excellent sense of smell. This ability is increased when they are moving quickly, which is one reason that they take advantage of open car windows. It also probably makes them excellent hunters.

Smell is so important to dogs that they have two systems for it. One is in the nose, which consists of a huge amount of tissue (组织) with scent receptors (嗅觉感受器). This area takes up about 1/2 square inch in humans, but up to 20 square inches in some dogs. As air moves over the tissue, odor molecules (气味分子) reach the millions of scent receptors. The more air flowing there is, the better dogs smell. So they love to put their faces into the wind.

Dogs have a second system in their mouths, where a tiny pipe leads to Jacobson’s organ (犁鼻器). Its task is to catch different types of smells. Dogs depend on it to find the sources of smells.

Title	Dogs’ Sense of Smell
The most     1     sense dogs have is that of smell.	a. All dogs love to hang their heads out of car windows and put their faces into the wind. It seems as if they’re just     2     themselves, but actually they’re     3     on the smells. b. All dogs have an excellent sense of smell, and this ability is     4     when they are moving quickly. Maybe this is why they are good at     5     .
The two smelling systems in dogs	The one in   their    6	Their noses have a huge amount of tissue with     7     of scent receptors. It covers as much as 20 square inches in some dogs. Odor molecules reach the receptors as     8     moves over the tissue.
	The one in their mouths	A tiny pipe in the mouth leads to Jacobson’s organ, which dogs     9     on to determine types of smells, and find their     10    .

9 . 任务型阅读

Could you imagine being in a car driven by a computer, not a human? Recently, China has made a big step toward self-driving cars.

Since August, driverless taxis can run on roads in Wuhan, Chongqing and Shenzhen. Self-driving cars bring us many benefits. They use computers to sense the things around them and make better use of space. This means fewer traffic jams and better parking of cars. For disabled or blind people, self-driving cars can also help them get around more easily.

According to US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 1.35 million people are killed on roads around the world every year. Many more are injured. Self-driving cars could reduce road accidents by 90 percent and save governments a lot of money, said the website TechDim. The main cause of car accidents is human mistakes. By using computers, self-driving cars don’t make poor decisions or lose attention like humans do.

But self-driving cars aren’t perfect. If something unexpected on the road happens, self-driving cars can’t react as fast as a human driver could. Also, during weather events like heavy snow, self-driving car s would struggle (费力) to see the lines on the road. It might lead to an accident. The car’s computer system could also get hacked (非法入侵) by someone, causing it to crash or change its destination (目的地).

It’s clear that there is a lot of work to do to make self-driving cars a common and safe sight on our roads.And China is taking the lead in making this happen.

Title     1
Benefits	◆There will be fewer traffic jams with the use of computers in the car. ◆The cars can make good use of the space, and people can park cars easily. ◆The lives of the disabled will be     2     ◆    3     human, self-driving cars won’t suffer from loss of attention or make poor decisions, so they can also reduce car accidents.
Imperfection(不完美)	◆The cars can’t react faster than a human driver if something unexpected on the road happens. ◆The cars would     4     seeing the lines on the road to lead to an accident during the weather events. ◆Getting the car’s computer system hacked will lead to the     5     of car crash and destination change.

10 . 任务型阅读,根据各部分要求作答

When Yi Xiaoyang was two, he fell in love with skiing (滑雪). His first time on snow, however, wasn’t successful. He slept on the ski lift until the coach found him. He started to learn how to ski from then on. Yi was a fast learner, and at the age of six, he began to ski in other parts of the world.

In 2015, Beijing got the chance to hold the 2022 Winter Olympic Games. Yi felt it hopeful to take part in the Olympics. He decided to take training courses like a professional athlete (职业运动员).

As a student, Yi has to take classes like others. At the same time, he has to train full day on weekends and half day on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. In summer, the training goes on.

At the beginning, that was a big challenge (挑战). “When I started to train like an athlete, everything seemed to change, ” said Yi, “I lost my interest. I even got angry with my coaches. They talked to my parents and decided to give me a one-week break from training.”

Luckily, during that break, he picked up his joy in skiing. “I found that skiing had already become one important part of me, ” said Yi. After that, he moved back on his fight for his dreams.

“I might have dreamed of becoming an Olympic champion (冠军) before, but now it comes much clearer. I want to take part in the Olympics, and that will be my goal.”

从下面方框中选出10个单词，将其正确形式填入表格，使其与原短文一致。（每词限用一次）
1.

Beginning	Yi Xiaoyang started________at the age of two. He fell in love with skiing at first sight,but his first time on snow was ________ . When he was six, he began to ski in other parts of the world.
Rising Action	In 2015	Beijing got the________ to hold the 2022 Winter Olympic Games. Yi was________ about it and hope to take part in it. He ________to take training courses like a professional athlete.
	About the training	As a student, he had to take classes while ________at the same time. He trained full day on weekends and half day on Tuesday,Wednesday and Thursday like an athlete. He lost the interest in skiing and got mad at his coaches sometimes. He ________ his parents for help and decided to have a week’s break from training.
	About his dream	________, he picks up his joy in skiing and it becomes the________part of him.He went back on his fight for his dreams. He wants to take part in the Olympics and ________ his dream.

2. Was Yi Xiaoyang’s first time on snow successful? Why?
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3. What makes Yi Xiaoyang a good skier?
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4. Do you think Yi Xiaoyang should stick to the dream of becoming an Olympic champion? Why or why not?
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