专题02 阅读理解 九年级下册英语期末专项训练牛津译林版（含解析）

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专题02 阅读理解 九年级下册英语期末专项训练 牛津译林版（含解析）
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The Spanish flu also known as the 1918 Mu pandemic was a deadly pandemic in recent history. It spread worldwide during the year 1918—1919. The virus infected 500 million people about a third of the world’s population at the time.
The outbreak of the Spanish flu was caused by an HIN1 virus with genes of avian (禽类) origin. Historians now believe that World War I could have been partly responsible for spreading the virus. Lack of hygiene(卫生) and malnourishment(营养不良) may have also been responsible for weakening the immune system.
There is no agreement about the origin of the virus. The 1918 flu was first observed in Europe, the United States, and parts of Asia before swiftly spreading around the world. It is believed that censorship(新闻审查制度) was the main reason why this pandemic was referred to as the Spanish flu. To maintain morale(斗志), World War I censors(审查官) reduced early reports of illness and death rate in Germany, the United Kingdom, France, and the United States. However, because Spain wasn’t at war with any country, newspapers were free to report the epidemic’s effects in Spain, such as the serious illness of King Alfonso XIII. These stories created a false impression of Spain as especially hard hit. This gave rise to the name ‘Spanish flu’. Historical and epidemiological (流行病学的) data are not enough to identify with certainty the pandemic’s geographic origin, with varying views as to its location.
In 2015, nearly a century after the Spanish flu struck, the World Health Organization (WHO) called on scientists, national authorities and the media to follow best practices in naming new human infectious(传染性的) diseases to reduce unnecessary negative effects on nations, economies, and people. More modern terms for this virus include the “1918 influenza pandemic”, the “1918 flu pandemic”, or variations of these.
Unlike most influenza outbreaks that largely kill the very young and the very old, with a higher survival rate for those in between, the Spanish flu pandemic resulted in a higher than expected death rate for young adults. The death toll was estimated to be at least 50 million worldwide, possibly as high as 100 million, making it one of the severest pandemics in human history.
1．What was the world’s population at the time of the 1918 flu pandemic
A．Around 500 million. B．About 1.5 billion.
C．At least 150 million. D．As high as 3 billion.
2．What is NOT believed to be responsible for the spread of the virus
A．WWI. B．Lack of hygiene.
C．Malnourishment. D．Censorship.
3．Why is there no agreement about the origin of the virus
A．Because the flu was first found in more than one country.
B．Because the WWI censors tried to cover the truth.
C．Because of weak historical and epidemiological support.
D．Because stories in the Spanish media misted the people.
4．What might be included in WHO’s best policies of naming a new human infectious disease
A．Geographic locations. B．General descriptions.
C．People’s names. D．Cultural references.
5．Which group of people was far more likely to be hit hard by the 1918 flu
A．Young adults. B．The very young.
C．The very old. D．The gold and young.
WELCOME TO NEW CITY ZOO
SCHEDULE FOR SUMMER 2022ZOO HOURS: 9:00 a.m.— 6:00 p.m. Weather may affect some activities.
EXPERIENCES
WATCHING STARTING TIME LENGTH
Elephant 10:00 am. 25 mins
Lion 11:00 a.m. 15 mins
Bear 2:30 p.m. 25 mins
Wolf 4:00 p.m. 25 mins
Monkey 4:30 p.m. 20 mins
To have a close look at the animals, please check the time listed above.
FOR HEALTH & SAFETY:·Do not cross safety lines to take photos. ·Do not touch or feed any animals. ·Keep children in sight at all times. Thank you for treating animals and their living space with respect! For more information, please contact the visitor centre(825-202-1202) or visit .
6．What time does New City Zoo open
A．At 9:00 a.m. B．At 10:00 a.m. C．At 10:30 a.m. D．At 11:00 a.m.
7．At 4:05 p.m., visitors can have a close look at ________.
A．elephants B．monkeys C．wolves D．bears
8．Which of the following about the zoo is TRUE
A．Parents don’t need to keep their children in sight at all times. B．Visitors can visit for more information.
C．No activities will be affected by the weather. D．The schedule is for the summer of 2021.
From red apples and yellow lemons to blueberries and green melons, fruit comes in many different colors. Why do different kinds of fruits have so many colors
According to Chinese Academy of Sciences, fruit colors actually come from their different pigments (色素), such as red or yellow carotenoid (类胡萝卜素) and blue or purple anthocyanin (花青素). These pigments appear in different amounts, depending on the fruit’s environment. This causes the fruit to turn a certain color.
To find out how the environment affects fruit colors, Chinese scientists studied more than 280 different fruit colors, including white, red, blue, purple and black.
They found that red fruit tends to grow in cooler places. And instead of just growing in one place, you can find them growing in many places around the world. Blue and purple fruit mostly grows in warm places. These fruit tends to grow a lot in just one special area. The scientists also found that the closer the fruit is to the equator (赤道) , the darker its color will be.
Animals have also had an impact on the evolution (进化) of fruit colors. Animals eat fruit and drop the seeds in other places later. This helps the fruit spread and grow in different places. Therefore, in order to attract animals, some fruits develop colors that are easy for animals to see.
However, animals see colors in a different way. Fruit needs to develop colors that are suited to animals’ visual abilities. For example, birds can see red more easily than humans can. Therefore, there tends to be more red fruit in areas where birds live. The lemurs (狐猴) of Madagascar are red-green color-blind. Many yellow fruits can be found in their habitats (栖息地), as they can easily see this color.
9．You are more likely to find blue and purple fruit in ________ places.
A．cooler B．warmer C．higher D．lower
10．Some fruits develop certain colors to ________ .
A．scare animals away B．absorb more sunlight
C．attract animals to eat them D．protect themselves
11．What do we know from the passage
A．Dark fruit tends to grow close to the equator. B．Green fruit tends to grow in cool places.
C．Humans can see red more easily than bird. D．Lemurs are color-blind and can’t see any colors.
12．Which of following factors have influenced the evolution of fruit colors
a. the environment b. the pigment c. animals d. scientists
A．ad B．bc C．ac D．bd
The year 2022 is a big year for sports in China. That’s because it held the 24th Winter Olympics in Beijing, and it will hold the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou.
On August 6th, 2018, the official emblem (会徽) for the Hangzhou Asian Games was released (发行) . The city won the hosting rights for the 2022 Asian Games in 2015. It was the third Chinese city to host the Asian Games after Beijing and Guangzhou in 1990 and 2010.
First held in 1951, the Asian Games is the largest multi-sport (多项目的) event in Asia. It also means a lot to China. The Beijing Asian Games was the first large international sports event to be hosted by China, China News Service reported.
To make the Games a great success, Chinese people worked hard to prepare. Beijing built a great number of roads and gyms, including the famous Beijing Olympic Sports Center and Asian Games Village. The Games helped the world see China and its achievements. Since then, China has improved its global image (国际形象) , China Youth Daily reported.
For the 2022 Asian Games, Hangzhou has already started building 33 sports venues (场馆) , according to China Youth Daily. The themes (主题) of the Hangzhou Asian Games are “green, smart, economical (节俭) and civilized (文明) ” . All the Games’ buildings will be environmentally friendly.
13．Which city hosted the Asian Games in 2010
A．Hangzhou. B．Guangzhou. C．Shanghai. D．Beijing.
14．What are the themes of the Hangzhou Asian Games
A．One world, one dream. B．Together to the future.
C．Better city, better life. D．Green, smart, economical and civilized.
15．How did the Beijing Asian Games influence China
A．It made China become much richer.
B．It helped China attract more tourists.
C．It helped the world see China and its achievements.
D．It made China become the biggest country in the world.
16．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage
A．China only held the Winter Olympics in 2022.
B．Hangzhou has built a great number of roads and museums.
C．Hangzhou won the hosting rights for the 2022 Asian Games in 2018.
D．The Beijing Asian Games was the first large international sports in China.
17．What is the main idea of the passage
A．The development of the Asian Games in China.
B．Why China wants to host the 19th Asian Games.
C．How the 19th Asian Games emblem was designed.
D．How to prepare for the Asian Games.
Shipping containers are gaining popularity as a replacement for traditional houses. People can get these 20- or 40-foot steel containers with only several hundred US dollars every piece, and it’s not surprising that some industry professionals and even city planners consider them the future of home building. Here are details of some amazing homes made out of shipping containers.
London Container City (I and II)
London Container City first appeared in the heart of the docklands in 2001. It took just five months to complete the original 12 work studios. Shortly after that, a fourth floor of studios and living apartments were built on top of these. The first container city was so successful that another—Container City II—was added to it.
Los Angeles Redondo Beach house
With its modern lines and attractive spaces, the award—winning Redondo Beach House is an excellent beachside showpiece built from eight recycled steel shipping containers, along with some traditional building materials. According to the architects, the modified containers are very strong and can hardly be destroyed.
Amsterdam Keetwonen
Amsterdam’s large Keetwonen complex provides houses for 1,000 students and it is the largest container city in the world. The housing project is a great success and the units are quiet and comfortable. Each student enjoys a bathroom, kitchen and separate sleeping and studying quarters. The complex even has central heating and high-speed internet as well as areas for parking bikes.
Mexico M2ATK Container House
M2ATK designed this simple house with three containers for an artist. There are great paintings on the walls. It’s fully equipped with heating and cooling, a kitchen and bathroom. On the bottom floor are “public spaces” such as the kitchen and living room. The second floor is the bedroom, and the top floor is a studio space in which to work, read and “let fly the imagination”.
18．Compared with traditional houses, container houses are________.
A．easier to take care of B．less expensive to build
C．more fashionable in style D．more comfortable to live in
19．What can be learned about Amsterdam’s Keetwonen complex
A．It has won a design award. B．It provides modern services.
C．It is the first container city in the world. D．It includes living space and car parks.
20．Which of the following picture might be Mexico M2ATK Container House
A． B． C． D．
21．What’s the best title for the passage
A．Home in a Steel Box B．Housing Problems and Solutions
C．Future Home Challenges D．Recycled Material for Ideal Home
Every morning Hannah Griffiths and her workmates walked into the rainforest in the Maliau Basin in Bormeo, where they had set up a set of experiments to look at the ecological effects of small creatures: termites.
Termites get a bum rap in USA．They are thought to make the loss of billions of dollars each year because they bite up a huge number of woods. And they are responsible for something like 2 % of global carbon emissions, simply because of their huge populations and their like for biting through some special materials. People hate them and are trying to kill them.
But they play a key role in many natural ecosystems. Scientists have known for years that in tropical forests, termites eat up fallen leaves and dead wood. They help keep the fallen material under control. They let nutrients from the dead material back into the system to be used by other plants, insects, and animals. But scientists didn’t know exactly how important the insects were in keeping the forest healthy and functional, so they removed termites from a particular place in the forest and saw what would happen.
Hannah Griffiths and her workmates started their experiment. It chanced that the forest was hit by an extreme drought at that time. During the non-drought years, they saw there was wasn’t much difference between the normal places and the ones where they’d removed the termites. but during the drought, the effects were easy to see. What they found was unexpected: in the termite-rich areas, the soil stayed slightly wet, more trees sprouted, and the system was still full of activity during the long, dry period.
For Griffiths, she thought that they could pick out the real importance of termites to the system only because they accidentally studied termites during the drought. She pointed out, An “And that rings alarm bells in my head,” she said, “because it makes me think: what else don’t we know If we start damaging biological com munities, what will happen And what if a species dies out ”
22．Which of the following best explains “bum rap” underlined in Paragraph 2
A．bad impression B．good image C．positive influence D．special like
23．What have scientists learned about termites
A．They do serious harm to tropical rainforests.
B．They speed up the loss of nutrients in the rainforest.
C．They act as food for other plants, insects and animals.
D．They do something good to the ecosystem they live in.
24．From the finding of Griffiths’ experiment, we can infer that termites ________
A．help rainforests survive the drought
B．enjoy enting trees during the drought
C．prefer drought years to non-drought ones
D．benefit more from the forest during the drought
25．Griffiths might want to tell us ________
A．termites are now in danger
B．termites damage biological communities
C．we should think twice before damaging a species
D．we should study the drought to improve the system
It is a common experience: You’re checking through a social media page, and you see pictures of friends traveling or going to parties. Suddenly you start to wonder why you are not doing those things. Are you missing out on something fun or exciting This experience is known as FOMO—the fear of missing out. In some ways, people have always been worried about missing out on social events. But with the rise of social media, FOMO is becoming much more common.
While wanting to take part in exciting things is completely normal, it can bring about some negative (负面的) effects. For some people, it leads to an obsession (沉迷) with checking their phones to find out what other people are doing. Even while doing things that are fun or necessary, people can feel like there’s something better going on elsewhere. This strong wish to connect can make them disconnect from the people they are actually with. It stops them from being satisfied with the good things in their lives. It can even be dangerous; some people try to check messages while driving.
So what can we do to overcome FOMO Firstly, it is important to remember that what people prefer to pick and choose to post on social media doesn’t necessarily show their life overall, so we only know a small part of anyone else’s life. It is also important to accept your limitations. You can’t be everywhere and do everything that might be interesting, and that’s OK. It might even be necessary to turn off your phone or log out of social media for a while. Stay away from the constant reminders of everything that’s happening in the world. You can even set particular times in your day to check email or social media. By stepping away for a time, you can view others’ lives in a reasonable way. Finally, focus on the things in front of you. Relish them, do them well and let everything else go. When you are fully involved in life, you will worry less about what you are not doing.
Don’t let the fear of missing out cause you to miss out on the good things you have in life. Relax, enjoy what you do and let other people enjoy their lives without envying (羡慕，嫉妒) them.
26．Experiencing FOMO, people may ________.
A．like to drive fast B．miss out on social events
C．prefer to stay alone D．be unsatisfied with real life
27．What does the underlined word “relish” probably mean
A．Break. B．Change. C．Enjoy. D．Remember.
28．According to the passage, what can help people overcome FOMO
A．Breaking their own limitations.
B．Staying away from social media.
C．Making friends as many as possible.
D．Checking social media at particular times.
Travel young, travel far
I’m not a full-time traveler. I spend most days working to make a living just like you do. So whenever I have a chance to visit a far-off country. I always jump at it. When I was studying abroad in New Zealand, I traveled all over the country with two friends. We booked everything from whale watching to a private flight over the Southern Alps, and used up all the money we took. Another international student almost looked down her nose at our pricey adventures（冒险）, saying that she had come to New Zealand to study, not to spend all her savings on travel.
My question to her came. Why would you come literally halfway around the world to save your money and keep your nose pressed（压扁的） into a book every weekend Would you go to China and not visit the Great Wall because it costs money Would you go to Italy without a visit to the Vatican because it requires a ticket
I know where I would like my life to go in the coming months and years. But there are no guarantees（保证）that things will go as planned. In fact, nothing will go as planned.
“Oh, I’ll travel when I retire（退休）.” “I’ll travel when the kids are grown.” “I’ll travel when the house is paid off.” How often do we hear others say these I hear these excuses all the time. But you know what happens Age. And stress. And, well, life. Life happens, and by the time you retire and your kids are grown and your house is paid off, you have bad knees and weak lungs（肺）and you simply can’t visit all those places you dreamed about in your youth. How sad! I don’t want to end up like that, holding on to youthful travel dreams that will never be reality.
So I often think, what if “sometime later” never came
So, if you are lucky enough to be able to afford to travel, then you should attack it with curiosity and energy and a sense of adventure.
So travel young, and travel far. Never stop dreaming.
At the end of the day, I’d rather die with a million memories than a million dollars. Money won’t comfort me on my deathbed, but knowing that I lived a full and satisfying life might.
29．Why did the writer mention his travel experience in New Zealand
A．To show his impression of New Zealand. B．To prove his love for travel.
C．To look back on a wonderful experience. D．To attract the readers’ attention.
30．What does paragraph 4 mainly talk about
A．The uncertainties of future for travel. B．The regrets of missing some journeys.
C．The difficulties of travel in the future. D．The excuses for going travelling.
31．What does the underlined word “attack” in paragraph 6 mean
A．Hurt someone badly. B．Control something completely.
C．Make decisions at once. D．Go travelling at once.
32．What’s the purpose of this article
A．To show the advantages of travel. B．To tell his own travel experience.
C．To encourage readers to travel young. D．To compare his life with travel.
A one-legged Chinese athlete at the World Orsay Pro beauty contest(世界奥赛专业健美大赛) caught people’s attention. Gui Yuna, the 36-year-old Chinese woman from Nanning, Guangxi Province, showed her best form and won the titles of Miss Qipao and Miss Bikini.
Gui lost her right leg at the age of seven in a car crash. At the age of 17, she started training in high jump and long jump for amputees(被截肢者).
One of the highlights of her professional career as an athlete was in the 2004 Summer Paralympic Games(残奥会) in Greece, where she won the seventh place in women’s long jump. She also broke the world record of women’s high jump for amputees in 2007 National Games for Disabled Persons. Before the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games, Gui served as a torch bearer. She won the National Model Worker award in 2015 as well.
Gui retired from professional sports in 2017, and then went to Yancheng to start a business. She now owns her own brand for decorative paints.
Invited by the World Orsay Pro organizer Hua Bo, Gui attended the beauty contest in a hurry and without much training. But her habit of maintaining a healthy lifestyle and exercising helped her keep a good physical shape and shine on stage.
“Sports gives me confidence, and makes me look younger than my peers. I hope more and more people can gain confidence from my action and join the fitness career,” Gui told CGTN.
33．What of Gui Yuna caught people’s attention at the World Orsay Pro beauty contest
A．Being young. B．Being disabled. C．Her nationality. D．Her best form.
34．What is the 3rd paragraph mainly about
A．Gui’s efforts to win the award.
B．Gui’s training experience as an athlete.
C．Gui’s achievements before her retirement.
D．Gui’s influence on other amputee athletes.
35．What did Gui Yuna start to do after her retirement
A．She worked as a judge. B．She became a business woman.
C．She trained other athletes. D．She organized beauty contests.
36．What can we learn from the passage
A．The disabled shouldn’t be looked down upon.
B．Everybody should join the fitness career.
C．It is important to stay mentally and physically healthy.
D．We can win a prize by chance without much training.
37．On which page of a newspaper can we read this passage
A．Sports. B．Travel. C．Nature. D．Science.
But ugly fruits should be loved, too. In recent years, a new crop of “ugly produce” companies have been around the U.S. These start-ups sell those ugly fruits that supermarkets refuse. And they send them right to your door.
The companies say they’re on a mission（使命）. They want to stop billions of pounds of imperfect produce（农产品）from going to waste. Think of it this way: Is a banged-up (be knocked and some places broken) banana any less tasty in a peanut butter sandwich Why should it be thrown away
Sounds like these companies have the right idea. They even offer deep low prices. That’s great news for customers. But not everyone is happy. Some people say these companies may be thinking only about themselves.
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Imperfect produce isn’t always wasted.
Many small farmers had already been selling imperfect produce to customers and farmers markets. Then the ugly produce companies started growing up. These companies, such as Imperfect Produce, can offer more fruits and veggies from large farms around the country. They make it harder for smaller farms to compete. So the farmers are losing money.
Also, ugly fruits and veggies already have uses. Take the food service industry for example. There, produce is sliced, diced, blended, and more. No one cares if the fruit is pretty or ugly. On farms, fruits can be fed to animals. Rotted（腐烂的）fruit is added back into soil for nutrients. And, what’s more, ugly produce companies have been charged with taking food away from the needy.
Are these start-ups causing more bad than good
Not So Bad, After All
What do ugly produce companies say They are guarding themselves.
In March 2019, Imperfect Produce told people that the company doesn’t take away from the needy. It gets resources from farms only after food banks take what they want, it said. Also, the company often gives food to food banks. Put that in your food basket!
It is true that produce goes to waste in America. The Department of Agriculture has said that food waste is a big problem. In fact, about 30 to 40 percent of the country’s food is wasted.
But Imperfect Produce says both farmers and ugly produce companies can help reduce food waste. It doesn’t have to be either-or.
No matter whose side you’re on, remember this: It’s what’s on the inside that counts.
38．What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about
A．Ugly produce companies are doing more good than bad.
B．Not everyone supports ugly produce companies’ missions.
C．Ugly produce companies are loved because of lower prices.
D．Ugly produce companies make the most use of imperfect produce.
39．What is the most suitable for the △
A．The Ugly Truth B．Not So Good, Above All.
C．But So Bad, Really D．The Ugly Wasted.
40．What fact does the passage provide
A．It’s important for smaller farms to get more customers to make money.
B．Food waste is caused because supermarkets refuse ugly produce.
C．Ugly produce companies sell imperfect produce to prevent waste.
D．Customers are interested in stopping food waste and saving money.
41．The writer probably wrote the article in order to ______.
A．tell ugly produce companies to give unwanted fruits and vegetables to the needy
B．show the reasons why there are more and more ugly produce companies
C．offer readers an introduction to ugly produce companies and their missions
D．make readers only buy food from companies that work with smaller farms
There are about 1.4 billion people in China. WeChat is part of life for many Chinese. We use it to chat, send photos, pay for things, etc. It is playing a bigger role. But do you know who invented the WeChat The man behind it is Zhang Xiaolong. He is the vice president(副总裁) of Tencent and is called “Father of WeChat”.
Zhong Xiaolong was born in Shaoyang, Hunan province in 1969. He graduated from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 1994. While at university, he had many hobbies, such as chess, tennis and bowling. His classmates said whatever he did, he could get quite good at it after trying hard for several years. He liked to sleep late, but that didn’t mean he was lazy. He would keep working hard on something for many hours till midnight.
Such a clever and hard-working man would surely succeed. In 1997, he created Foxmail and achieved success. He created WeChat in 2011 and it became a bigger success. It is so easy to use. _______ Because of it, Zhang has become rich and successful, but he always keeps a low profile(低调). Few people know about him. He only lets his work speak for him. You may have a good understanding of him by using WeChat.
January 21, 2021 was the 10th birthday of WeChat. It’s said that Zhang Xiaolong is making his another 10-year plan for WeChat. Will he surprise us again That’s for sure.
42．Zhang Xiaolong left his university ________.
A．in 1969 B．in 1994 C．in 1997 D．in 2011
43．According to Zhang’s classmates, he was ________ at university.
A．lazy B．hard-working C．relaxed D．friendly
44．Which of the following can be put in the “________” in the third paragraph
A．About one billion people use it now. B．Few people find WeChat very interesting.
C．People never use WeChat in their daily life. D．Someone likes using WeChat to do many things.
45．Which of the following is TRUE
A．Zhang Xiaolong likes speaking for himself.
B．People have used WeChat for less than ten years.
C．WeChat is playing a bigger role in people’s lives.
D．Zhang Xiaolong can get good at something easily.
Soon computers and other machines will be able to remember you by looking at your eyes! The program works because everyone’s eyes are different. So in the future you won’t have to remember a number when you want to use a machine or take money out of a bank. You’ll just have to look at the machine and it will be able to tell who you are.
The eye-recognition program has already been tested in shops and banks in the USA, Britain and other European countries. Soon this technology will take the place of all other ways of finding out who people are.
Eye-recognition is a course of recognizing iris(虹膜), which includes the following steps. First, a kind of machine needs to collect different examples of one’s iris from his eyes and store them. Second, when this person goes to the bank to take out money, this machine will have iris feature extraction(采集). Then, this machine will compare the examples kept in it with iris feature extraction. Once the examples and the feature extraction are the same, this person will be identified(确认), and he will take out the money from the bank successfully.
However, scientists are also working on other systems. Machines will soon be able to know you from the shape of your face or hand or even your smell. We have already had machines that can tell who is you are from your voice or the mark made by your finger. Eye-recognition is better than other kinds because your eyes don’t change as you get older, and don’t get dirty like hands or fingers, and even twins have different eyes. So the eye-recognition program can be up to 94% correct, depending on how good the technology is. However, some other programs may only be 51% correct now. In Britain, it was found that 91% of people who had tried it said that they liked the idea of eye-recognition.
In the future, your computer will be looking at you in the eye. So smile.
46．How does the eye-recognition program work
A．You type in your number. B．You say your name,
C．You look at the machine. D．You smile.
47．Which recognition program has been already in use according to the passage
A．Remembering smells. B．Remembering fingerprints.
C．Remembering the shape of faces. D．Remembering eyes.
48．What’s the passage mainly about
A．You won’t have to remember number when you take money out of a bank.
B．We have already had machines that can tell who you are from your voice.
C．Tell people how the eye-recognition program works and what advantages it has.
D．The eye-recognition program has already been tested in shops and banks.
For many people, having a cup of coffee right out of bed is the best way to start a day. But a report from Asap Science says otherwise.
It says the worst time for coffee is soon after we get up. When we wake up, our bodies start to make cortisol (皮质醇). Cortisol helps us to think clearly and be quick to understand and act. The cortisol levels (数值；浓度) rise after we wake up and climb to the highest in about an hour. So there are two problems when we drink coffee during this time: ①our bodies will make less cortisol, and②the cortisol will make coffee less useful. And that’s why some of us drink more and more coffee.
Then, when’s the best time to have coffee When the cortisol levels are going down, the report says. Cortisol levels are usually highest between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m., between noon and 1 p.m., and between 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. So if you want to have coffee, enjoy it after these times, and this popular drink will help you the most.
49．Which idea is talked about in the passage
A．How often we should drink coffee. B．What happens when we have too much coffee.
C．How to help the body make the cortisol we need. D．What happens when we have coffee at the wrong time.
50．What does it mean when someone thinks “otherwise” about something
A．They are serious about it. B．They have no idea about it.
C．They think differently about it. D．They do not think it is a problem.
51．What is cortisol
A．It is something that can help us to think clearly and be quick to understand and act.
B．It is something that can rise after we wake up and climb to the highest in about an hour.
C．It is something that can make us choose the best time to drink coffee.
D．It is something that can make us drink more and more coffee.
52．The picture below shows how the cortisol levels rise and fall during the day. From the passage, which is a good time for coffee
A．A B．B C．C D．D
53．Four people read the passage and wrote what they thought about it. What did they think about the passage
A．They wanted to try what it said. B．They were sad about what it said.
C．They did not agree with what it said. D．They were not surprised at what it said.
Have you ever looked at the sky and thought about darkness Is it nothing Or is there something in the dark Cosmologists (宇宙学家) try to answer questions about things in space. They even study the darkness in space. They say the universe is about 5 percent “normal” matter—things we can see, like Earth and other planets, and the sun and other stars. But about 70 percent of the universe is something called dark energy.
Cosmologists say the other 25 percent of the universe is dark matter. Dark matter has some weight. It’s heavy so we know it’s there. But we can’t see it, so it is very hard to study something that you can’t see!
One possible kind of dark matter is a brown dwarf (褐矮星). A brown dwarf is too big to be a planet and too small to be a star. Brown dwarfs are colder than stars, and they don’t give off light that people can see. Cosmologists found them by using a telescope that finds heat. They found the first brown dwarf in 1995.
Cosmologists know a lot about one kind of dark matter—black holes. In 1783, an English astronomer, John Michell, guessed that there were black holes. But cosmologists didn’t find any black holes until 188 years later. Since then, they’ve found many black holes in space.
It’s very dark with much gravity (引力) in a black hole. There is so much gravity in a black hole that nothing can get out, not even light. This is why we can’t see them. Cosmologists find black holes by looking at things around them.
For example, stars and gases near a black hole move very fast.
Things in space can fall into a black hole, and when they do, they can never get out. But don’t worry—Earth will never fall into a black hole because there is not one close enough.
54．When did cosmologists first find black holes
A．In 1783. B．In 1971. C．In 1995. D．In 1595.
55．What can we know about brown dwarfs
A．They are as big as planets or stars. B．They give off light that people can sec.
C．The first one was found by using a telescope. D．They are much hotter than stars and planets.
56．What would be the best title for the passage
A．Black Holes in Space. B．Dark Energy in Space.
C．Normal Matter in the Universe. D．Dark Matter in the Universe.
57．What can we infer from the passage
A．We have known nothing about dark matter so far.
B．Earth could fall into a black hole in several centuries.
C．The earth is too far away from a black hole to fall into it.
D．The biggest black hole is as big as ten billion of our sun.
China has taken a whole new step in its moon exploration. President Xi Jinping on Dec. 17, 2020 congratulated the complete success of the Chang’e-5 mission(任务) that brings back the country’s first samples collected from the moon. Following America and Russia, China has become the third country in the world to collect rocks from the moon.
Chang’e-5 first took off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in Hainan on November 24, 2020. It landed on a massive lava plain (熔岩平原) of the moon on December 1, 2020. Then it started to collect the samples. The samples may help scientists understand more about the moon’s origins. It may help work out how the moon comes into being and how it develops. Hopefully, the success of the collection will set an example for other more difficult missions in the future which will be carried out on other planets.
After the returning capsule (太空舱) landed back on Earth, it will be taken to Beijing by plane, where the capsule will be opened and the samples will be ready for study. “China will also provide some of the samples to scientists in other countries”, said Pei Zhaoyu, a director at the CNSA．
As the Chang’e-5 mission has been completed successfully, Chinese scientists are already making plans for future moon exploration, including project to build a scientific research station on the moon. “We hope to work together with other countries to build the international lunar scientific research station, which could provide a shared platform for lunar scientific exploration and technological experiments,” Pei said.
58．The Chang’e-5 mission was to ________.
A．try a circle around the moon
B．help other countries to bring back the rocks
C．send congratulations to other countries from the moon
D．bring back the rocks from the moon to the Earth
59．The Chang’e-5 started to collect the samples ________ after it took off.
A．a month B．about a week C．twenty-four hours D．twenty-three days
60．What does the word “origins” in Paragraph 2 mean in Chinese
A．起源 B．未来 C．温度 D．地形
61．Which of the following is true
A．Three countries have collected rocks from the moon since the 1970s.
B．China will build the international lunar scientific research station alone.
C．Some of the samples may be shared with other countries scientists.
D．The capsule will be sent to Hainan for further study.
62．The passage is mainly about ________.
A．the future plans to explore the moon
B．the place where Chang’e-5 landed or
C．the purpose of collecting samples from the moon
D．China’s success in completing the Chang’e-5 mission
Who is Li Ziqif For 7 million YouTube viewers and 20 million Weibo users, it's easy to answer. The 29-year-old vlogger's videos about her country life recently went viral(走红). Her fans call her "the goddess of nature".
She is worthy of this title. Cooking, painting, designing, farming she practises and is master of many kinds of skills. In her videos, Li wears hanfu that she made herself. She also keeps silkworms in order to sew quilts. Li grows plants as well. She is often seen preparing meals with vegetables picked from her backyard. She eats a seasonal diet.
"She performs the work of a farmer with the grace of a fairy," the South China Morning Post said.
Li was raised by her grandparents in a small village in Sichuan province. When she was 14, she went to the city to work, but returned to the countryside in 2012 to take care of her sick grandmother.
To make a living, Li runs an online store. At first, she just used her videos to advertise her products. But the simple pleasures she presented quickly won her many fans. "In such a tech-driven age, where everything comes so quickly, it's beautiful to watch such a slow process unfold(展现)without her getting stressed," one of her fans said online.
For her global audience, what is even more interesting is Li's deep knowledge of food, nature and Chinese culture. "I can see how good Chinese people are at cooking! I never thought of preserving(保存)meat like that!" one foreign fan wrote on YouTube.
As China Daily said, Li shows the world that Chinese people love good food and are good at making art out of the simplest materials. With her videos, she has spread Chinese culture to the world.
63．Why does the writer think Li Ziqi is worth of this title "the goddess of nature"
A．because she masters many kinds of skills.
B．because her country life recently went viral.
C．because she has many fans.
D．because she has the ability to make a living through net.
64．What does the underlined word "silkworm" in Paragraph 2 mean
A．蝉 B．蝗虫 C．蚕 D．萤火虫
65．The writer mainly wants to tell us ________ in Paragraph 5.
A．why Li made the videos. B．why Li runs an online store.
C．how fans got less stressed D．why fans liked Li and her videos.
66．Which is the correct order according to the passage
①Li came back to the village to look after her sick grandmother.
②Li made videos to advertise the products she sold in her online store.
③Li grew up in a small village with her grandmother.
④Li became famous at home and abroad because of the videos.
⑤Li practised all kinds of skills, such as cooking, painting, designing, farming.
A．③⑤①②④ B．⑤②③①④ C．⑤③①②④ D．③①⑤②④
67．Where can you probably find this article
A．an advertisement. B．a newspaper C．a science book D．a storybook
Why do we cook food Well, we didn’t have to cook food before people discovered fire, just like wild animals do. The strange thing is, even after fire was discovered, that no one realized that they could use it to cook! They built fire mainly to scare away (吓跑) wild animals.
Some scientists think that one day, someone must have dropped a bit of meat or fish in the fire. After a while they noticed how good it smelled, tasted it and realised the heat had made it much more enjoyable to eat. Cooking was born, and finally everyone was doing it because it has three very important effects (效果) on our food.
First, it makes a lot of raw, hard food softer and easier to eat. Take a potato, for example. It starts off as a solid part but cooking can turn it into soft potato.
Second, it makes our food safer to eat. Sometimes food has microbes (微生物) that could make us ill. However, most of these microbes don’t like really hot temperature. Cooking kills them, so they can’t make us sick.
Third, and this is the most exciting effect for a cook like me cooking can change food into something that looks, smells and tastes wonderful.
68．Why did people build fire at first
A．To keep warm. B．To cook food. C．To scare away animals. D．To get light at night.
69．Which effect is not mentioned about cooking
A．It can kill the microbes. B．It can make food softer to eat.
C．It can make food delicious. D．It can make good use of food.
70．The writer is a (n) ________.
A．teacher B．cook C．scientist D．artist
Learning Chinese is a challenging but good experience as it gives you the opportunity to communicate with more than a billion people.
Foreigners think Chinese is a mysterious and difficult language because it is very different from the Roman alphabet (罗马字母). In fact, Chinese is not much more difficult than learning any other language. One reason is that Chinese does not require memorizing the kind of complex tenses like European languages.
Although it is certainly not easy for foreigners, in my experience you can learn Chinese fast. You will certainly find differences between the language in textbooks and people’s everyday speech. One example of this is the difference between language on the street and written Chinese. It produces new phrases and vocabulary. In real life nowadays, people often use short, less conversational phrases to communicate with each other. China has many provinces and their dialects are different.
After you learn and understand the Beijing dialect, you may find it is hard to understand Shanghai dialect. The language continues developing. So it is still not easy for learners, no matter how well they learn from textbooks.
I hope that one day more Chinese courses are able to connect with “real” spoken Chinese and the way in which Chinese people speak daily. It will help foreign learners to help bridge the gap between learners and native speakers.
71．According to the passage, which sentence may agree with the writer’s idea
A．Chinese is more difficult to learn than any other language
B．People often use long sentences in the real life nowadays.
C．The development of language is still going on.
D．Learning Chinese requires different kinds of tenses.
72．What does the underlined word “dialects” in the third paragraph mean
A．Some special people in one area. B．Some special languages in one area.
C．Some special customs in one area. D．Some special provinces in one area.
73．According to Paragraph 5, what should you do if you want to learn Chinese well
A．Learn some dialects in Chinese daily life. B．Learn written Chinese in Chinese daily life.
C．Learn real spoken Chinese in Chinese daily lite. D．Learn some long and difficult phrases in Chinese daily life.
74．What can we infer from the text
A．Learning Chinese is more difficult than European languages.
B．The Shanghai dialect is quite different from that in Beijing.
C．Chinese can be learnt well thorough textbooks.
D．The gap between the foreigners and the native speakers is missing.
From tiny seeds (种子 ), great discoveries grow. A mini-garden carried on China's Chang'e 4 moon lander recently became home to the first plant to grow on another world. This is yet another success for Chang'e 4. On January 2, the probe (探测器)became the first lander to touch down on the far side of the moon. This is the unknown face of the moon that is always looking away from us, so we never see it from down here on the earth. Although it is often regarded as the dark side of the moon, the far side actually gets as much sunshine as the near side. For example, when all we can see is a silver moon, the far side of the moon is in full sunlight.
Part of Chang'e 4's mission (使命) is to see how a moon base could be built for humans, including exploring(探索) whether humans could grow food and other plant products there. Chang'e 4 carried a mini-garden with air, water and soil with seeds planted in it. When plants shoot(发芽)on the earth, their stems grow away from the gravity (the force that keeps your feet on the ground), and so they always shoot upwards. The moon's gravity is a sixth as strong as the earth's, so Chang'e 4's experiment was a test: would the earth plants know which way was up on the moon Four days after landing, a tiny cotton shoot showed that they do.
Night has now fallen on the far side of the moon, sunlight will not return until the start of February. As a result, the cotton shoots died. Besides the darkness, the plants can't stand the cold(it can drop to-170°C on the moon at night). However, the experiment is a success, since it has proved that it is possible for plants to grow in space.
75．The passage is mainly about __________.
A．another success for Chang'e 4 B．the unknown face of the moon
C．the cotton shoots on the moon D．the steps of an experiment
76．Which of the following sentences is TRUE
A．The far side of the moon gets less sunlight.
B．Chang'e 4 carried a big garden to the moon.
C．We can see the far side of the moon from the earth.
D．The earth plants know the way to grow on the moon.
77．In which part of a magazine can we probably read the text
A．Travel and life. B．Science and technology.
C．History and culture. D．Health and environment.
Good books are like wise friends. They support you to walk forward, and help you understand the world. TIME listed three best books of 2014 for teens. Have you read all of them
Names of Books Writers Stories
ThisOne Summer Jillian Tamaki &Mariko Tamki, Canada Every summer, Rose goes with her parents to a lake house. It’s their relaxing time. But this summer is different. Rose’s parents keep fighting. Rose meets a local teen. But later he is caught up in something bad. It’s really a summer of sorrow（悲伤）and growing up.
The Fourteenth Goldfish Jennifer L. Holm, US Ellie has never liked change. She misses everything in the past, especially her dearly dead goldfish. Then one day a strange boy who looks like Ellie’s grandfather shows up. He’s always obsessed（着迷的）with immortality（永生）. Has he finally found the secret to immortality with Ellie
Absolutely Almost（完全几乎） Lisa Graff, US Albie has always been an “almost”. He’s almost good at everything. In fact, Albie has a long list of the things he’s not very good at. But when Albie meets Calista, she helps him work out all of the things he is not good at. What will happen to this “almost” boy
78．What are good books like
A．Parents.
B．Brothers and sisters.
C．Wise friends.
79．What’s the difference for Rose this summer
A．She lost something important.
B．She can’t meet her friend.
C．Her parents keep fighting.
80．If you’re interested in the secret to immortality（永生）, you can read______.
A．This One Summer
B．The Fourteenth Goldfish
C．Absolutely Almost
81．The book Absolutely Almost is written by_____.
A．Jillian Tamaki
B．Jennifer L. Holm
C．Lisa Graff
82．Which of the following is TRUE
A．Ellie misses her dearly dead goldfish a lot.
B．Rose has the same summer as before.
C．Albie never does well in everything before.
Being thankful and expressing it to others is good for our health and happiness. It also helps us build trust and closer relationships with the people around us.
These benefits have mostly been seen when two people are involved: one person gives thanks and the other receives thanks. Now, a new study suggests that expressing gratitude (感谢) not only improves one-to-one relationships, but could bring whole groups together—inspiring (激发) a will to help and connect in people who simply see an act of gratitude.
In this study, Sara Algoe and her team ran several experiments to find out how seeing gratitude influences people’s feelings toward the thankful person and the person who is thanked.
In one experiment, participants (参与者) were tasked with reading a movie review draft and underlining eye-catching parts for the reviewer’s benefit. First they saw an example. Several lines of text were underlined, as the task required, but many mistakes were also corrected, showing effort that went beyond the task. Some participants could see a handwritten note from the reviewer saying, “Thank you so much for catching those mistakes!”
Afterward, participants underlined parts in another article by the reviewer. Then researchers counted how many mistakes participants corrected, and asked them how much they might like to be friends with the reviewer.
The results showed that participants who had seen a note of gratitude were more willing to correct mistakes and help out, and more likely to want to become friends with the reviewer, than those who hadn’t.
Algoe and her team also discovered from other survey questions that participants wanted to help and connect with the person receiving the gratitude. “That’s because receiving gratitude marks you as a person who is effective at being supportive or helpful,” says Algoe.
These findings show that expressing gratitude not only strengthens the relationships between the people involved but also influences the people who see it in ways that could reverberate throughout a group. If people in a group notice others’ good acts and thank them for their kindnesses, the whole group could be encouraged to be kinder to one another.
Does this mean we should all express gratitude more often Yes. We can give a hug, bring a gift of flowers, or just say thank you. Gratitude expression seems to be a special kind of emotional experience that is great for building relationships.
83．What do we know about the experiment
A．Participants tried to make friends with the reviewer.
B．Participants were asked to write a movie review draft.
C．Participants were thanked for underlining eye-catching parts.
D．Participants who saw a thank you note corrected more mistakes.
84．Which of the following best matches the findings of the study
A．Tony is thanked a lot because he always helps others.
B．Susan and Mike are friends and they always help each other.
C．Linda is supportive in a group and becomes the group leader.
D．Amy wants to be friends with John because he is thanked a lot.
85．The words “reverberate throughout a group” in Paragraph 8 probably mean “________”.
A．attract more people to join a group B．have an effect on everyone in a group
C．help group members develop their strengths D．provide opportunities for everyone in a group
86．What is the writer’s main purpose in writing this passage
A．To introduce how to express gratitude properly.
B．To explain why people show and receive gratitude.
C．To encourage people to show thankfulness to others.
D．To remind people of the importance of helping others.
We surveyed (调查) 300 young people on what they like to do at weekends. One hundred people are from the ages of 11-18, one hundred 19-26 and one hundred 27-35. The following shows their answers:
87．How many people enjoy playing computer games in the 11-18 group
A．20. B．50. C．60. D．75.
88．The people of 19-26 enjoy ______ most.
A．watching TV
B．going to the movies
C．playing computer games
D．taking a walk
89．According to (根据) the survey, which two activities do most people enjoy doing
A．Playing computer games and watching TV.
B．Playing computer games and taking a walk.
C．Watching TV and going to the movies.
D．Going to the movies and taking a walk.
90．Which of the following is TRUE according to the chart (图表)
A．Fewest people like taking a walk.
B．The people of 11-18 like taking a walk most.
C．90 people like going to the movies in the 19-26 group.
D．The people of 27-35 like playing computer games most.
Welcome to the National Museum of China （NMC）, which houses more than 1.4 million objects as the symbol of China’s 5, 000-year brilliant civilization. Here are some current exhibitions. Please choose what you’re interested in.
Ancient Chinese Costurme（服饰）（ Opening on February 6, 2022; Gallery N18）
This exhibition is divided into six sections according to historical periods. A total of nearly 130 cultural relics are exhibited, including jades, bones, costurmes, gold and silver adornments.
Ancient Chinese Calligraphy（书法） and Painting （ Opening on February 9, 2022; Gallery S12）
The art of calligraphy and painting is one of the most important carriers of China’s outstanding traditional culture.52 precious masterpieces of calligraphy and painting from the Song; Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties were selected from the collection of the NMC to hold this special exhibition.
Musical Instruments in Ancient China （Opening on March 9, 2022; Galleries S3，S4）
The current exhibition. shows more than 200 precious musical instruments from the NMC collection or on loan from other museums. All these treasures show. a picture of the development of ancient Chinese musical instruments and the cultural values of traditional Chinese music.
Ancient Chinese Buddhist（佛教） Statue （On Regular Display; Gallery N19）
Most of the Buddhist statues on display in this exhibition were created in China, while some were created in ancient India and brought to China by Buddhist monks. The earliest ones date back to the 5th century AD，with more than 170 objects on display for the first time at the NMC．
Visiting hours:
9: 00 - 17: 00（ Closed on Mondays）; Last admission（入场） at 16: 00
Guided tours:
On each opening day the NMC has full-time guides or volunteer to provide free guided tours. You can also rent the audio guide device for￥40 each person, or download “Smart Guide” to your cellphone to listen to the guide for free.
91．Amy and her family are visiting China during February, which exhibitions can’t they visit
A．Ancient Chinese Costurme
B．Ancient Chinese: Calligraphy and Painting
C．Musical Instruments in Ancient China
D．Ancient Chinese Buddhist Statue.
92．Amy is always interested in Chinese ink painting, which exhibition room may she first choose to visit
A．Gallery N18 B．Gallery S12 C．Galleries S3 D．Gallery N19
93．How long does the NMC run daily
A．Six hours. B．Seven hours. C．Eight hours. D．Nine hours.
94．What can visitors do in the NMC
A．They can visit the NMC every day, as long as they enter it before 4 pm.
B．They can see things not only from the NMC collections but also from other museums.
C．They can see things only made in China to show Chinese culture.
D．They can use the, audio guide device for free.
95．Where is the text most probably from
A．A geography textbook. B．A history magazine. C．A research paper. D．A tour website.
The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the Spanish government have announced that Chinese has become an official language of the UNWTO since Jan. 25.
That means the organization will use the Chinese language, increasing China’s soft power in global tourism and the cultural domain (方面). It will help China’s tourism growth, encouraging other countries to carry out its policies (政策). Tourist places in China will also welcome more visitors, encouraging more people globally to learn the Chinese language. China’s influence on the cultural and tourism domains will surely grow.
There are two main reasons for that. First, Chinese governments have been promoting Chinese culture for long. As far as in 2016, the Spring Festival was listed as a national cultural heritage (遗产) and given special protection and promotion. Now, there are many influential festival lists in the world and almost all of them list the Chinese New Year, or the Spring Festival; many even list it at the top.
Second, the year-on-year growth in the number of Chinese tourists before 2020 has also played a part in promoting the Chinese language and culture. In 2019, the number of foreign visitors in China were more than 670 million. That means Chinese faces have become common at tourist places in the world.
Although the data for 2020 have not been published yet, the numbers are expected to have fallen because of the outbreak(爆发) of COVID-19. But with China’s great efforts in stopping the virus from spreading, the number of tourists might still be larger.
Chinese language has now become a world language in tourism. That has a lot to do with China’s improving economy and people’s rising income (收入). With China’s growth, it is hoped that its influence on other soft power domains will also grow.
96．Paragraph 2 mainly tells us ________.
A．how to encourage foreigners to learn Chinese
B．why Chinese is widely used around the world
C．about the famous tourist places around China
D．the advantages of Chinese as a tourism language
97．The underlined word “promoting” in the passage means “________”.
A．discussing B．spreading C．admiring D．researching
98．What is the best title for this passage
A．Official Languages of the UNWTO. B．China’s Tourism Growth.
C．Chinese-A Tourism Language Now. D．A National Cultural Heritage.
Teachers don’t just educate students—they also act as problem-solvers, and sometimes, even social workers to help kids in need. To change that, since 2014, the Varkey Foundation has been honoring the world’s “real superhero” with a $1 million Global Teacher Prize each year.
The prize of 2019 went to Peter Tabichi from Kenya, Africa. Tabichi beat 10,000 other teachers from 179 countries to win the $1 million prize. He began working as a teacher at a private school—one with state-of-the-art laboratories, a well-stocked library, and even a computer room. However, a field trip to the neighboring rural area made him realize his true calling was to help kids in under-served communities.
In September, 2016, he joined Keriko Mixed Day Secondary School in Pwani Village in a mountain area. With no library, a single science laboratory and one school computer, it was a far cry from Tabichi’s last school. To make matters worse, many of the students have to walk 7 kilometers to school each way. While these challenges would have led most people to leave, Tabichi faced them bravely.
Realizing that being hungry does harm to poor students, the teacher began using as much as 80% of his monthly salary to buy food and supplies for them. Since there is little rain in the area, he also taught parents how to grow drought-resistant crops. Sometimes, he even paid for the plants to help them started.
Tabichi is feeling happy now. School registration has nearly doubled since he started, from 200 to almost 400. In 2017, 16 of the 59 seniors went to college, while in 2018, the number rose to 26. Even more encouraging, girls are now doing better than boys in tests. The school’s headmaster said, “Mr. Tabichi is a teacher. He gives almost everything to education. He is really a hero.”
99．Peter Tabichi was honored with the world’s “real superhero” of _________.
A．2014 B．2016 C．2018 D．2019
100．How many dollars did Peter Tabichi get from the prize
A．1,000 collars. B．10,000 dollars.
C．100,000 dollars. D．1,000,000 dollars.
101．Which of the following is TRUE
A．Peter Tabichi has been in Pwani Village since September, 2016.
B．Peter Tabichi has worked in a village school since 2017.
C．Keriko Mixed Day Secondary School is very big and modern.
D．Students in Keriko Mixed Day Secondary School enjoy sports.
102．What does the underlined word “drought-resistant” mean in Chinese
A．防涝的 B．抗旱的 C．高产的 D．优质的
103．What can we mainly learn from the last paragraph
A．Tabichi’s work has caused amazing results.
B．There are only 200 students in the school.
C．Forty graduating seniors went to college.
D．Tabichi is a good doctor.
Countries Rubbish Sorting(分类)
China Some people might find it hard to tell which piece of rubbish goes in which bin. A mini app(应用软件) in Alipay(支付宝) can help. Type in the name of the rubbish and the app will give you an answer right away.
The US A company’s robot knows the rubbish smartly and quickly. It can sort food boxes and drink bottles by scanning their logos(图标). The robot can sort 60 different kinds of rubbish per minute.
Canada A company uses computer technology to sort rubbish on a moving belt(皮带). The more sorting it does, the better it will perform, as it learns from its work.
Japan Rubbish sorting has been practiced for many years and Japanese people have a good habit of rubbish sorting. Japanese people consider it a shame when they make wrong sorting.
104．In which column(专栏) of a newspaper can we probably read this passage
A．Sports Report B．Movie Review C．Around the World D．Advertisement
105．What can help people to sort rubbish properly in China
A．An app. B．A robot. C．Computer technology. D．Good habit.
106．In which country do people have a good habit about rubbish sorting
A．China B．America C．Canada D．Japan
Fireworks were invented in China in the 7th century. A group of Taoists(道士) were trying to create a medicine that would make people live forever. Instead, they invented gunpowder(火药) by accident. From then on, it was always used for fireworks.
Today, fireworks mark celebrations all over the world. From ancient China to the New World, fireworks have developed a lot. The very first fireworks didn’t do much more than pop(爆炸), but modern ones can create lots of shapes, many colors and different sounds. People shoot fireworks into the sky when they are celebrating a great event. It fills the dark sky with bright reds, blues, yellows, greens and whites.
Fireworks give joy and pleasure to millions of people every year, but they have to be treated with great care because they are perilous. Get too close to it and it could burn you badly or even kill you. That’s why the sale and use of fireworks is restricted(限制) by law in many countries. If you’re having anything to do with fireworks, be sure to read and follow all the safety instructions.
Often movie or television cartoons show fireworks to mark the excitement of any event or activity. One such event is falling in love. If anything can produce fireworks, it is a sweetheart’s kiss or the touch of a lover’s hand.
Fireworks can also be a useful expression. It means a great show of noisy anger. For example, when one wants to stop a loud argument, he may say, “I want no more of these fire works in this room.”
Whether you are excited or angry, there are always fireworks.
107．What can we know about the very first fireworks according to the passage
A．They can create many shapes. B．They can make different sounds.
C．They can hardly do anything but pop. D．They can fill the sky with different colors.
108．What does the underlined word “perilous” in Paragraph 3 mean
A．Serious. B．Popular. C．Dangerous. D．Convenient.
109．What’s the purpose of the passage
A．To explain how fireworks were invented.
B．To ask people to treat fireworks with great care.
C．To show the joy and pleasure fireworks bring to people.
D．To introduce fireworks and their use in different situations.
110．Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage
A． B． C． D．
The Sydney Opera House is a very famous building in the world. It has become Sydney's best-known landmark and international symbol. The Opera House with a "sailing roof" was designed by a famous Danish architect（丹麦建筑大师）, Utzon. The base for the building was started in 1959, years before the designs were finished. Utzon spent four years designing the Opera House. In 1962, the designs were finalized（定稿）and the construction began. In 1967, they started the decoration inside. It took 14 years in total to build the Opera House. Queen Elizabeth II officially opened it on October 20th, 1973.
The Sydney Opera House cost around $100 million and was paid for by the public. 6,225 square meters of glass was used to build it. The Opera House includes 1,000 rooms. It is 185 meters long and 120 meters wide. The building's roof sections weigh about 15 tons. Each year, this fantastic building attracts 200,000 tourists to come for a visit or enjoy events in it.
The Opera House reaches out into the harbour（港湾