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1. Hw did the girl g t schl in her primary schl?【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
A. B. C.
2. Which picture are they talking abut? 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
A. B. C.
3. What part f the cmputer desn’t wrk?【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
A. B. C.
4. What type f bks des Peter like reading?【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
A. B. C.
5. What des the girl think f the film?【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
A. Wnderful.B. Exciting.C. Bring.
6. What time will Mr. Wang leave fr the theatre? 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
A. At 6:45.B. At 7:00.C. At 7:15.
7. Why hasn’t Helen finished her maths hmewrk? 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
A. Because she is t busy.
B. Because she’s frgtten t d it.
C. Because she isn’t able t d it.
8. Hw lng did the wman stay in Sydney? 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
A. Fr 7 years.B. Fr 17 years.C. Fr 70 years.
9. What des the wman mean?【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
A. Tny is never late.B. Tny is ften late.C. Nbdy will be late.
10. Where are the tw speakers talking?【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
A. At a bus stp.B. At an airprt.C. At an undergrund statin.
听一段材料，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
11. What’s in Eddie’s hand?
A. A newspaper.B. A ticket.C. A pht.
12. Hw is tday’s Shenzhen?
A. Small and quiet.B. Mdern and beautiful.C. Mdern but quiet.
听一段材料，回答以下小题。完成信息记录表。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
13. A. EnglandB. AustraliaC. America
14. A. by trainB. by shipC. by plane
15. A. key ringsB. strybksC. presents
听下面一篇短文，回答下列各小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
16. Hw did the shp wner feel after a day’s hard wrk?
A. He felt tired.B. He felt angry.C. He felt excited.
17. What happened just as the shp wner went t bed?
A. The dr pened.B. A man came in.C. The telephne rang.
18. What questin did the man ask after a few minutes?
A. “What time d yu pen yur shp?”
B. “Why d yu g t bed s early?”
C. “What time d yu clse yur shp?”
19. Why did the shp wner becme angry?
A. Because he didn’t want t pen the shp.
B. Because smething was wrng with the telephne.
C. Because he didn’t want t answer the man’s questin.
20. Where was the man?
A. At the shp wner’s huse.B. In the shp.C. In frnt f the shp.
二、单项选择
21. —Why nt take ________ ne-hur nline tur? Yu can pick ________ Eurpean cuntry t visit different views.
—Great idea. Thank yu fr yur gd advice.
A. an; aB. an; anC. the; anD. a; a
22. The ld lady sat _________ me, s I culd see the happiness clearly n her face.
A. betweenB. ppsiteC. utsideD. behind
23. Tm and Jerry are very funny. I can’t stp ________ when I watch them.
A. singingB. laughingC. sleepingD. talking
24. —Hb and Eddie ________ the cinema t watch the film Ztpia.
—Oh, that’s why I can’t find them nw.
A. have gne tB. have been tC. has gne tD. has been t
25. The island cuntry ________ England, Sctland, Wales and Nrthern Ireland.
A. is made fB. is made up fC. is made frmD. is made in
26. －Have yu finished yur husewrk ?
－Yes, I've dne that .
A. yet; alreadyB. already; yetC. ever; neverD. still; just
27 The ________ f A Brief Histry f Time have reached 10 millin ________ arund the wrld.
A. sales; cpiesB. sale; cpyC. sells; cpyD. sell; cpies
28. —Must I return the bk this week?
—N, yu ________. Yu can ________ it fr anther 10 days.
A. needn’t; keepB. needn’t; brrwC. mustn’t; keepD. mustn’t; lend
29. —Ww, Mark, it’s cl t make a shrt vide with yur mbile phne.
—Just with a sftware called Meipai. Let me shw yu ________.
A. which t useB. hw t use itC. what t useD. where t use it
30. —Thanks fr listening t my prblem and telling me what t d.
—________. That’s what friends are fr.
A. My pleasureB. Never mindC. With pleasureD. All right
三、完形填空
One day at a restaurant, a cckrach (蟑螂) suddenly flew frm smewhere and landed n a lady. The lady ____31____ shuting. She tried t use her hands t push away the cckrach, but it didn’t wrk. With the ____32____ f getting away frm it, she began t jump. She was s afraid that everyne in the grup als gt ____33____. They started t shut and jump, t. The lady ____34____ pushed the cckrach away, but it ____35____ anther lady in the grup.
Nw it was the turn f a secnd lady in the grup t ____36____ like the first lady. Everyne kept ____37____ here and there. Hw terrible! When the waiter saw it, he walked ____38____ twards them. During their running, the cckrach fell upn the waiter quietly. The waiter std calm and watched the cckrach staying n ____39____ shirt. When he was cnfident enugh withut any secnd, he caught it ____40____ his finger and threw it ut f the restaurant.
Drinking my cffee and watching the whle thing, I had a few ____41____ and started thinking. Was it the cckrach that scared s many peple? Was the cckrach really ____42____? If s, then why was the waiter s calm? He caught it with his fingers wisely, withut any truble. Surely it was nt the cckrach, ____43____ the act and feelings f thse peple wh saw the event that scared the ladies.
I realize that it is nt the shuting f my father r my mther r my bss that trubles me but it is that I culdn’t cntrl my ____44____ well. That means it’s my attitude (态度) t the prblem that makes truble in my life. In ther wrds, maybe yu can’t run away frm smething ____45____, but yu can chse the way f treating.
31. A. likedB. startedC. frgtD. practiced
32. A. factB. helpC. hpeD. advice
33. A. wrriedB. angryC. sadD. scared(害怕的)
34. A. finallyB. firstlyC. latelyD. secndly
35. A. landed nB. tk upC. lked atD. picked up
36. A. playB. actC. sitD. stand
37. A. runningB. lyingC. watchingD. thrwing
38. A. beautifullyB. happilyC. quicklyD. easily
39 A. myB. herC. yurD. his
40. A. byB. withC. thrughD. f
41. A. ideasB. newsC. nticesD. messages
42. A. surprisedB. seriusC. dangerusD. sad
43. A. rB. butC. andD. as
44. A. beginningB. sayingC. meaningD. feeling
45. A. terribleB. happyC. excitingD. surprising
四、阅读理解
A
46. Hw lng des it take Jill t get t the train statin by bus?
A. Abut 30 minutes.B. Abut 35 minutes.C. Abut 40 minutes.D. Abut 45 minutes.
47. Wh lives in a small village?
A. Jill’s classmate.B. Dave’s friend.C. Jill.D. Dave.
48. Which f the fllwing is NOT true?
A. Dave sees his friend n Saturdays.
B. Trains are ften late in Clark’s city.
C. Dave gets t the village at abut twelve.
D. Jill ften gets t his ffice at eight thirty.
B
49. Accrding t the passage, there are ________ steps t make raisins.
A. One.B. Tw.C. Three.D. Fur.
50. In rder t make sure that grapes can turn int raisins, we shuld ________.
A. make them in winterB. let yur dg watch ut fr them
C. remve the skin f the grapesD. take care f them every day fr 14 days
51. The reasn why we have t be patient and wait until grapes becme dry is that ________.
A. we can nly pick the grapes in late summer
B. the water may nt disappear until fur weeks later
C. the grapes must becme wet
D. the water inside is easy t g int the air
C
AI (人工智能) makes ur lives easier and better Let’s see the wnderful AI.
Cl driverless (无人驾驶) bus
A bus dr pens and yu get n. Wait! Where is the driver? Here is a new kind f driverless bus called Aplng. It has 14 seats and desn’t need a driver. The bus fllws traffic rules. It stps as sn as it sees a stp light.
Yur clse friend
Hi, everyne. I’m Xiabing, a chatbt (聊天机器人). I speak like a 17-year-ld girl. If yu feel lnely, yu can talk with me. I’m talented in singing, writing pems and telling stries, I want t be yur friend!
Wrld’s first AI anchr (主播)
Hey, lk! The famus Chinese anchr Qiu Ha is reprting the news fr us. But, is “he” really Qiu Ha? The answer is “n”. This is the wrld’s first AI anchr. It lks and speaks just like a real persn. It can wrk 24 hurs and desn’t make any mistakes. Yu might see it n TV sn.
Ppular AI artist
This beautiful painting was at an auctin (拍卖) in 2020. The painting is wrth (值) abut 3 millin yuan! But it is nt a wrk by a famus painter, such as Vincent van Ggh. It was painted by an AI artist. Three Frenchmen created the AI artist. It studied ver 15,000 paintings. In this way, it learned t paint.
52. The fact abut Aplng is that ________.
A. the bus dr can’t pen itselfB. it stps as sn as it sees a stp light
C. there are 24 seats in itD. it desn’t fllw the traffic rules
53. Xiabing can NOT ________.
A. make a pizzaB. talk with yu if yu feel lnely
C. tell striesD. be yur friend
54. Accrding t the passage, the painting ________.
A. was at an auctin in 2002
B. is wrth abut 3, 000, 000 yuan at an auctin
C. is a wrk painted by Vincent van Ggh
D. was studied by three French artists ver 15, 000 times
55. What can we learn frm the passage?
A. AI makes ur lives harder and wrse.
B. This new kind f driverless bus als needs a driver t cntrl it.
C. Xiabing is a 17-year-ld girl.
D. The AI anchr can wrk 24 hurs and desn’t make any mistakes.
D
Gulliver enjyed travelling. He wrked as a dctr n a ship called the Antelpe. On May 4th, 1699, they were ging t the Far East.
One night, his ship crashed against the rcks. Gulliver was lucky t swim safely t a beach and fell asleep. When he wke up, he fund himself a prisner (囚犯) f tiny peple. They were less than 6 inches tall and lived in the island cuntry f Lilliput. After he prmised t fllw their rules, they set him free and he culd visit the city.
Gulliver learnt abut the war between Lilliput and Blefuscu and helped the king: he pulled large Blefuscu ships t Lilliput. The king was happy. He wanted t make the peple f Blefuscu his slaves (奴隶), but Gulliver did nt like this plan. The king gt angry. Sme bad men in wanted t kill Gulliver. Gulliver had t run away frm Lilliput t Blefuscu.
He was welcmed by the king f Blefuscu. Three days later, he saw a bat f nrmal size- that is, big enugh t carry him verturned (翻倒) in the water. He asked the king f Blefuscu t help him fix it. After abut a mnth, the bat was ready and Gulliver set sail. He arrived safely back in England.
56. Hw did Gulliver help the king f Lilliput?
A. By fighting with Blefuscu.B. By stealing Blefuscu ships.
C. By killing the king f Blefuscu.D. By catching the peple f Blefuscu.
57. Wh des “He” refer t in the underlined sentence in paragragh 3?
A. The king f Lilliput.B. The king f Blefuscu.
C. Gulliver.D. One f the bad men in Lilliput.
58. Which f these is NOT the reasn why Gulliver ran away frm Lilliput?
A. The king was unhappy abut him.B. Gulliver felt he was in danger.
C. Gulliver didn't agree t the king's plan.D. Gulliver killed sme bad men in Lilliput.
59. Hw did Gulliver g back t England?
A The king f Lilliput sent him back.B. The king f Blefuscu gave him a nrmal bat.
C. A ship passed by and saved him.D. He fund a nrmal bat and sailed back t England.
60. Which is the best title fr this passage?
A. Gulliver’s travels in LilliputB. The war between Lilliput and Blefuscu
C. A trip t the land f tiny pepleD. Sailing t England
五、信息还原
阅读下面短文，从所给选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使短文通畅，结构完整，其中有一项为多余选项。
These days s many things are ging digital (数字化), and bks are t. Peple can buy e-bks r cheap bks nline. This means that sme bkstres have a hard time staying pen. ___61___.
Bkstre sales in the USA went up 2.5 percent frm 2014 t 2015. ___62___, such as hlding events, adding a cffee shp and fd and creating a fun experience fr bk lvers.
“That’s what small bkstres have t ffer,” Nicle Sullivan, wner f Denver’s BkBar, said, “a mre persnalized (个性化的) experience and a sense f cmmunity.”
___63___ The Shakespeare and Cmpany Bkstre in New Yrk is adding the Espress Bk Machine, which can print any bk yu want in five minutes at the stre. This special machine is great fr peple lking fr bks which are hard t find.
And smetimes if yu can’t beat them, it’s kay t jin them. ___64___ Secnd Stry Bks in Washingtn D. C. is ne f them. It sells bks n Amazn and makes mre mney.
While bkstres still face difficulties, it seems there are ways fr them t succeed. ___65___ Yu are sure t enjy a really special experience.
A. Many have already clsed dwn.
B. Many bkstres als sell bks nline.
C. S why nt pay a visit t a bkstre next time?
D. This isn’t a new prblem, but things are finally turning arund.
E. Als bkstres are trying t bring in new shppers in cl ways.
F. They have fund success by trying new things.
六、词汇
66. He had sme unusual ________ (经历) while he was travelling in the desert.
67. The car is mving at a ________ (速度) f eighty kilmetres per hur.
68. Yu can travel arund the wrld withut a ________ (护照) by taking an nline tur.
69. It is amazing t knw that the cws have three mre ________ (胃) than humans.
70. All the villagers’ living ________ (状况) have changed greatly in recent years.
71. Tm hurried ________ (walk) acrss the rad. Hw dangerus!
72. I saw sme ________ (Germany) eating Chinese htpt happily in the restaurant yesterday.
73. The palaces and castles all ver the UK were thse ________ （rule) in the past .
74. Great changes ________ (take) place in ur city ver the past ten years.
75. T be ________ (success), yu must wrk harder and harder.
One day, a baby snail（蜗牛）fund that he had t carry a big and heavy shell at any time. He was cnfused（困惑的）, s he went up t his mther and asked, “Why was I brn with a shell that grew s hard and heavy?” His mther said, “Because we dn’t have bnes t hld us up. We can nly mve slwly, s we need a shell t prtect us.”
The baby snail asked again “The caterpillar（毛毛虫）has n bnes, either, and she can’t mve quickly. Why can she live withut a shell?” The mther snail answered, “That’s because a caterpillar will becme a butterfly（蝴蝶）. She can fly high int the sky. The sky can prtect her.
The baby snail had ne mre questin, “But the earthwrm（蚯蚓）mves like us. He has n bnes and he wn’t turn int a butterfly. Why desn’t he carry a hard and heavy shell?” His mther said, “ He can dig a hle and hide in the grund, and then the earth can prtect him.”
The baby snail then cried, “ We are s pr! We have n prtectin frm the sky r frm the grund!” His mther smiled at him, “That’s why we have a shell. My dear, imagine that if we dn’t have the shells, what will happen t us? Ht sun will dry ut ur bdies and we’ll have nwhere t sleep. What’s mre, we’ll die in the heavy rain. Hw terrible it is! We dn’t depend n the sky r the grund fr prtectin. We shuld depend n urselves.”
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
76. Whm did the baby snail ask fr help, his mther r father?
_____________________________________________________________________________
77. What will the caterpillar in the stry becme when she grws up?
_____________________________________________________________________________
78. Where can an earthwrm hide?
_____________________________________________________________________________
79. Hw many questins did the baby snail ask?
____________________________________________________________________________
80. Wh shuld the snails depend n accrding t the stry?
____________________________________________________________________________
八、书面表达
81. 读书使人明智，读书使人聪慧，读书使人明理，读书使人善辩。假如你是李明，你的英国网友Peter给你写了一封信，想具体了解你和你的同学进行课外阅读的相关情况。请你根据Peter的来信，用英语写一封回信。
Dear Li Ming,
Glad t hear frm yu. Yu said at present nly a few students d sme reading in their free time. I’m very surprised t hear that. Why dn’t they have enugh time t read bks? Hw much time d yu spend n reading? What types f bks d yu like best? In yur pinin why d the students need t read bks? Hpe t hear frm yu sn.
Best wishes!
Peter
注意：
1.信件必须包含所有提示内容，可适当发挥，要求语句通顺、意思连贯；
2.词数100左右，信件的首尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Peter,
I’m very happy t share my ideas abut reading with yu. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Best wishes!
Li Ming
Jenny’s vacatin
Where t g
____13____ , with her parents.
Hw t get there
She went there ____14____
What t d
She visited many places and bught sme ____15____.
D yu like taking the train? Many peple need t g t wrk r smewhere by train.
Jill
Hw d I usually g t wrk? I take the bus first, and then I take the train. My bus t the train statin leaves at abut half past seven. I get t the train statin at eight ’clck. My train leaves at a quarter past eight. I ften get t my ffice at eight thirty. But smetimes I g t wrk by car and I leave hme at five past eight.
Dave
One f my friends lives in a small village. I see him every Sunday by train. The train leaves at a quarter t ten in the mrning and gets t the village at abut twelve. I g hme n the evening train. It leaves at ten past six and I get hme at ten past nine.
Clark
I g t wrk by train. The train leaves at eight thirty. It takes me twenty minutes. Trains are ften late in my city. It’s cmmn fr my train t be ten minutes late.
1. Hw did the girl g t schl in her primary schl?【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
A. B. C.
2. Which picture are they talking abut? 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
A. B. C.
3. What part f the cmputer desn’t wrk?【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
A. B. C.
4. What type f bks des Peter like reading?【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
A. B. C.
5. What des the girl think f the film?【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
A. Wnderful.B. Exciting.C. Bring.
6. What time will Mr. Wang leave fr the theatre? 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
A. At 6:45.B. At 7:00.C. At 7:15.
7. Why hasn’t Helen finished her maths hmewrk? 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
A. Because she is t busy.
B. Because she’s frgtten t d it.
C. Because she isn’t able t d it.
8. Hw lng did the wman stay in Sydney? 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
A. Fr 7 years.B. Fr 17 years.C. Fr 70 years.
9. What des the wman mean?【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
A. Tny is never late.B. Tny is ften late.C. Nbdy will be late.
10. Where are the tw speakers talking?【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
A. At a bus stp.B. At an airprt.C. At an undergrund statin.
听一段材料，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
11. What’s in Eddie’s hand?
A. A newspaper.B. A ticket.C. A pht.
12. Hw is tday’s Shenzhen?
A. Small and quiet.B. Mdern and beautiful.C. Mdern but quiet.
听一段材料，回答以下小题。完成信息记录表。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
13. A. EnglandB. AustraliaC. America
14. A. by trainB. by shipC. by plane
15. A. key ringsB. strybksC. presents
听下面一篇短文，回答下列各小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
16. Hw did the shp wner feel after a day’s hard wrk?
A. He felt tired.B. He felt angry.C. He felt excited.
17. What happened just as the shp wner went t bed?
A. The dr pened.B. A man came in.C. The telephne rang.
18. What questin did the man ask after a few minutes?
A. “What time d yu pen yur shp?”
B. “Why d yu g t bed s early?”
C. “What time d yu clse yur shp?”
19. Why did the shp wner becme angry?
A. Because he didn’t want t pen the shp.
B. Because smething was wrng with the telephne.
C. Because he didn’t want t answer the man’s questin.
20. Where was the man?
A. At the shp wner’s huse.B. In the shp.C. In frnt f the shp.
二、单项选择
21. —Why nt take ________ ne-hur nline tur? Yu can pick ________ Eurpean cuntry t visit different views.
—Great idea. Thank yu fr yur gd advice.
A. an; aB. an; anC. the; anD. a; a
22. The ld lady sat _________ me, s I culd see the happiness clearly n her face.
A. betweenB. ppsiteC. utsideD. behind
23. Tm and Jerry are very funny. I can’t stp ________ when I watch them.
A. singingB. laughingC. sleepingD. talking
24. —Hb and Eddie ________ the cinema t watch the film Ztpia.
—Oh, that’s why I can’t find them nw.
A. have gne tB. have been tC. has gne tD. has been t
25. The island cuntry ________ England, Sctland, Wales and Nrthern Ireland.
A. is made fB. is made up fC. is made frmD. is made in
26. －Have yu finished yur husewrk ?
－Yes, I've dne that .
A. yet; alreadyB. already; yetC. ever; neverD. still; just
27 The ________ f A Brief Histry f Time have reached 10 millin ________ arund the wrld.
A. sales; cpiesB. sale; cpyC. sells; cpyD. sell; cpies
28. —Must I return the bk this week?
—N, yu ________. Yu can ________ it fr anther 10 days.
A. needn’t; keepB. needn’t; brrwC. mustn’t; keepD. mustn’t; lend
29. —Ww, Mark, it’s cl t make a shrt vide with yur mbile phne.
—Just with a sftware called Meipai. Let me shw yu ________.
A. which t useB. hw t use itC. what t useD. where t use it
30. —Thanks fr listening t my prblem and telling me what t d.
—________. That’s what friends are fr.
A. My pleasureB. Never mindC. With pleasureD. All right
三、完形填空
One day at a restaurant, a cckrach (蟑螂) suddenly flew frm smewhere and landed n a lady. The lady ____31____ shuting. She tried t use her hands t push away the cckrach, but it didn’t wrk. With the ____32____ f getting away frm it, she began t jump. She was s afraid that everyne in the grup als gt ____33____. They started t shut and jump, t. The lady ____34____ pushed the cckrach away, but it ____35____ anther lady in the grup.
Nw it was the turn f a secnd lady in the grup t ____36____ like the first lady. Everyne kept ____37____ here and there. Hw terrible! When the waiter saw it, he walked ____38____ twards them. During their running, the cckrach fell upn the waiter quietly. The waiter std calm and watched the cckrach staying n ____39____ shirt. When he was cnfident enugh withut any secnd, he caught it ____40____ his finger and threw it ut f the restaurant.
Drinking my cffee and watching the whle thing, I had a few ____41____ and started thinking. Was it the cckrach that scared s many peple? Was the cckrach really ____42____? If s, then why was the waiter s calm? He caught it with his fingers wisely, withut any truble. Surely it was nt the cckrach, ____43____ the act and feelings f thse peple wh saw the event that scared the ladies.
I realize that it is nt the shuting f my father r my mther r my bss that trubles me but it is that I culdn’t cntrl my ____44____ well. That means it’s my attitude (态度) t the prblem that makes truble in my life. In ther wrds, maybe yu can’t run away frm smething ____45____, but yu can chse the way f treating.
31. A. likedB. startedC. frgtD. practiced
32. A. factB. helpC. hpeD. advice
33. A. wrriedB. angryC. sadD. scared(害怕的)
34. A. finallyB. firstlyC. latelyD. secndly
35. A. landed nB. tk upC. lked atD. picked up
36. A. playB. actC. sitD. stand
37. A. runningB. lyingC. watchingD. thrwing
38. A. beautifullyB. happilyC. quicklyD. easily
39 A. myB. herC. yurD. his
40. A. byB. withC. thrughD. f
41. A. ideasB. newsC. nticesD. messages
42. A. surprisedB. seriusC. dangerusD. sad
43. A. rB. butC. andD. as
44. A. beginningB. sayingC. meaningD. feeling
45. A. terribleB. happyC. excitingD. surprising
四、阅读理解
A
46. Hw lng des it take Jill t get t the train statin by bus?
A. Abut 30 minutes.B. Abut 35 minutes.C. Abut 40 minutes.D. Abut 45 minutes.
47. Wh lives in a small village?
A. Jill’s classmate.B. Dave’s friend.C. Jill.D. Dave.
48. Which f the fllwing is NOT true?
A. Dave sees his friend n Saturdays.
B. Trains are ften late in Clark’s city.
C. Dave gets t the village at abut twelve.
D. Jill ften gets t his ffice at eight thirty.
B
49. Accrding t the passage, there are ________ steps t make raisins.
A. One.B. Tw.C. Three.D. Fur.
50. In rder t make sure that grapes can turn int raisins, we shuld ________.
A. make them in winterB. let yur dg watch ut fr them
C. remve the skin f the grapesD. take care f them every day fr 14 days
51. The reasn why we have t be patient and wait until grapes becme dry is that ________.
A. we can nly pick the grapes in late summer
B. the water may nt disappear until fur weeks later
C. the grapes must becme wet
D. the water inside is easy t g int the air
C
AI (人工智能) makes ur lives easier and better Let’s see the wnderful AI.
Cl driverless (无人驾驶) bus
A bus dr pens and yu get n. Wait! Where is the driver? Here is a new kind f driverless bus called Aplng. It has 14 seats and desn’t need a driver. The bus fllws traffic rules. It stps as sn as it sees a stp light.
Yur clse friend
Hi, everyne. I’m Xiabing, a chatbt (聊天机器人). I speak like a 17-year-ld girl. If yu feel lnely, yu can talk with me. I’m talented in singing, writing pems and telling stries, I want t be yur friend!
Wrld’s first AI anchr (主播)
Hey, lk! The famus Chinese anchr Qiu Ha is reprting the news fr us. But, is “he” really Qiu Ha? The answer is “n”. This is the wrld’s first AI anchr. It lks and speaks just like a real persn. It can wrk 24 hurs and desn’t make any mistakes. Yu might see it n TV sn.
Ppular AI artist
This beautiful painting was at an auctin (拍卖) in 2020. The painting is wrth (值) abut 3 millin yuan! But it is nt a wrk by a famus painter, such as Vincent van Ggh. It was painted by an AI artist. Three Frenchmen created the AI artist. It studied ver 15,000 paintings. In this way, it learned t paint.
52. The fact abut Aplng is that ________.
A. the bus dr can’t pen itselfB. it stps as sn as it sees a stp light
C. there are 24 seats in itD. it desn’t fllw the traffic rules
53. Xiabing can NOT ________.
A. make a pizzaB. talk with yu if yu feel lnely
C. tell striesD. be yur friend
54. Accrding t the passage, the painting ________.
A. was at an auctin in 2002
B. is wrth abut 3, 000, 000 yuan at an auctin
C. is a wrk painted by Vincent van Ggh
D. was studied by three French artists ver 15, 000 times
55. What can we learn frm the passage?
A. AI makes ur lives harder and wrse.
B. This new kind f driverless bus als needs a driver t cntrl it.
C. Xiabing is a 17-year-ld girl.
D. The AI anchr can wrk 24 hurs and desn’t make any mistakes.
D
Gulliver enjyed travelling. He wrked as a dctr n a ship called the Antelpe. On May 4th, 1699, they were ging t the Far East.
One night, his ship crashed against the rcks. Gulliver was lucky t swim safely t a beach and fell asleep. When he wke up, he fund himself a prisner (囚犯) f tiny peple. They were less than 6 inches tall and lived in the island cuntry f Lilliput. After he prmised t fllw their rules, they set him free and he culd visit the city.
Gulliver learnt abut the war between Lilliput and Blefuscu and helped the king: he pulled large Blefuscu ships t Lilliput. The king was happy. He wanted t make the peple f Blefuscu his slaves (奴隶), but Gulliver did nt like this plan. The king gt angry. Sme bad men in wanted t kill Gulliver. Gulliver had t run away frm Lilliput t Blefuscu.
He was welcmed by the king f Blefuscu. Three days later, he saw a bat f nrmal size- that is, big enugh t carry him verturned (翻倒) in the water. He asked the king f Blefuscu t help him fix it. After abut a mnth, the bat was ready and Gulliver set sail. He arrived safely back in England.
56. Hw did Gulliver help the king f Lilliput?
A. By fighting with Blefuscu.B. By stealing Blefuscu ships.
C. By killing the king f Blefuscu.D. By catching the peple f Blefuscu.
57. Wh des “He” refer t in the underlined sentence in paragragh 3?
A. The king f Lilliput.B. The king f Blefuscu.
C. Gulliver.D. One f the bad men in Lilliput.
58. Which f these is NOT the reasn why Gulliver ran away frm Lilliput?
A. The king was unhappy abut him.B. Gulliver felt he was in danger.
C. Gulliver didn't agree t the king's plan.D. Gulliver killed sme bad men in Lilliput.
59. Hw did Gulliver g back t England?
A The king f Lilliput sent him back.B. The king f Blefuscu gave him a nrmal bat.
C. A ship passed by and saved him.D. He fund a nrmal bat and sailed back t England.
60. Which is the best title fr this passage?
A. Gulliver’s travels in LilliputB. The war between Lilliput and Blefuscu
C. A trip t the land f tiny pepleD. Sailing t England
五、信息还原
阅读下面短文，从所给选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使短文通畅，结构完整，其中有一项为多余选项。
These days s many things are ging digital (数字化), and bks are t. Peple can buy e-bks r cheap bks nline. This means that sme bkstres have a hard time staying pen. ___61___.
Bkstre sales in the USA went up 2.5 percent frm 2014 t 2015. ___62___, such as hlding events, adding a cffee shp and fd and creating a fun experience fr bk lvers.
“That’s what small bkstres have t ffer,” Nicle Sullivan, wner f Denver’s BkBar, said, “a mre persnalized (个性化的) experience and a sense f cmmunity.”
___63___ The Shakespeare and Cmpany Bkstre in New Yrk is adding the Espress Bk Machine, which can print any bk yu want in five minutes at the stre. This special machine is great fr peple lking fr bks which are hard t find.
And smetimes if yu can’t beat them, it’s kay t jin them. ___64___ Secnd Stry Bks in Washingtn D. C. is ne f them. It sells bks n Amazn and makes mre mney.
While bkstres still face difficulties, it seems there are ways fr them t succeed. ___65___ Yu are sure t enjy a really special experience.
A. Many have already clsed dwn.
B. Many bkstres als sell bks nline.
C. S why nt pay a visit t a bkstre next time?
D. This isn’t a new prblem, but things are finally turning arund.
E. Als bkstres are trying t bring in new shppers in cl ways.
F. They have fund success by trying new things.
六、词汇
66. He had sme unusual ________ (经历) while he was travelling in the desert.
67. The car is mving at a ________ (速度) f eighty kilmetres per hur.
68. Yu can travel arund the wrld withut a ________ (护照) by taking an nline tur.
69. It is amazing t knw that the cws have three mre ________ (胃) than humans.
70. All the villagers’ living ________ (状况) have changed greatly in recent years.
71. Tm hurried ________ (walk) acrss the rad. Hw dangerus!
72. I saw sme ________ (Germany) eating Chinese htpt happily in the restaurant yesterday.
73. The palaces and castles all ver the UK were thse ________ （rule) in the past .
74. Great changes ________ (take) place in ur city ver the past ten years.
75. T be ________ (success), yu must wrk harder and harder.
One day, a baby snail（蜗牛）fund that he had t carry a big and heavy shell at any time. He was cnfused（困惑的）, s he went up t his mther and asked, “Why was I brn with a shell that grew s hard and heavy?” His mther said, “Because we dn’t have bnes t hld us up. We can nly mve slwly, s we need a shell t prtect us.”
The baby snail asked again “The caterpillar（毛毛虫）has n bnes, either, and she can’t mve quickly. Why can she live withut a shell?” The mther snail answered, “That’s because a caterpillar will becme a butterfly（蝴蝶）. She can fly high int the sky. The sky can prtect her.
The baby snail had ne mre questin, “But the earthwrm（蚯蚓）mves like us. He has n bnes and he wn’t turn int a butterfly. Why desn’t he carry a hard and heavy shell?” His mther said, “ He can dig a hle and hide in the grund, and then the earth can prtect him.”
The baby snail then cried, “ We are s pr! We have n prtectin frm the sky r frm the grund!” His mther smiled at him, “That’s why we have a shell. My dear, imagine that if we dn’t have the shells, what will happen t us? Ht sun will dry ut ur bdies and we’ll have nwhere t sleep. What’s mre, we’ll die in the heavy rain. Hw terrible it is! We dn’t depend n the sky r the grund fr prtectin. We shuld depend n urselves.”
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
76. Whm did the baby snail ask fr help, his mther r father?
_____________________________________________________________________________
77. What will the caterpillar in the stry becme when she grws up?
_____________________________________________________________________________
78. Where can an earthwrm hide?
_____________________________________________________________________________
79. Hw many questins did the baby snail ask?
____________________________________________________________________________
80. Wh shuld the snails depend n accrding t the stry?
____________________________________________________________________________
八、书面表达
81. 读书使人明智，读书使人聪慧，读书使人明理，读书使人善辩。假如你是李明，你的英国网友Peter给你写了一封信，想具体了解你和你的同学进行课外阅读的相关情况。请你根据Peter的来信，用英语写一封回信。
Dear Li Ming,
Glad t hear frm yu. Yu said at present nly a few students d sme reading in their free time. I’m very surprised t hear that. Why dn’t they have enugh time t read bks? Hw much time d yu spend n reading? What types f bks d yu like best? In yur pinin why d the students need t read bks? Hpe t hear frm yu sn.
Best wishes!
Peter
注意：
1.信件必须包含所有提示内容，可适当发挥，要求语句通顺、意思连贯；
2.词数100左右，信件的首尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Peter,
I’m very happy t share my ideas abut reading with yu. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Best wishes!
Li Ming
Jenny’s vacatin
Where t g
____13____ , with her parents.
Hw t get there
She went there ____14____
What t d
She visited many places and bught sme ____15____.
D yu like taking the train? Many peple need t g t wrk r smewhere by train.
Jill
Hw d I usually g t wrk? I take the bus first, and then I take the train. My bus t the train statin leaves at abut half past seven. I get t the train statin at eight ’clck. My train leaves at a quarter past eight. I ften get t my ffice at eight thirty. But smetimes I g t wrk by car and I leave hme at five past eight.
Dave
One f my friends lives in a small village. I see him every Sunday by train. The train leaves at a quarter t ten in the mrning and gets t the village at abut twelve. I g hme n the evening train. It leaves at ten past six and I get hme at ten past nine.
Clark
I g t wrk by train. The train leaves at eight thirty. It takes me twenty minutes. Trains are ften late in my city. It’s cmmn fr my train t be ten minutes late.
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