One bag, that’s it.
The importance of packing light cannot be overemphasized(过度强调). Limit yourself to 20 pounds in a carry-on bag. A 9’× 22’ ×14’ bag fits under most airplane seats. And after you enjoy that sweet mobility and freedom, you’ll never go any other way.
You’ll walk with your luggage(行李) more than you think you will. Before leaving home, give yourself a test. Pack up completely, and practice being a tourist for an hour. Fully loaded, you should enjoy window-shopping. If you can’t, go home and thin things out.
Packing light isn’t just about the trip over and back—it’s about your traveling lifestyle. Too much luggage marks you as a typical tourist. It slams the back door shut. Changing locations becomes an important operation. With only one bag, you’re mobile and in control. Take this piece of advice seriously. Pack light, and pack smart. These days, you can’t bring anything possibly dangerous—such as knives, lighters or large amounts of liquid (液体)—in your bag.
What to bring?
How do you fit a whole trip’s worth of luggage into a small backpack or suitcase(衣箱)? The answer is simple: bring very little.
Bring out everything you think you might need on the floor. Pick up one item(件) at a time and check it. Ask yourself—not “Will I use it?”, but—“Will I use it enough to feel good about carrying it all the way? The world is getting really small—you can buy Colgate toothpaste, Nivea cream and Gillette razors in almost every country.
Think about what you can do without—not what will be convenient on your trip. When in doubt, leave it out.What do the last two paragraphs mainly talk about?
A.Packing light is a kind of travelling lifestyle. |
B.Packing light can give you mobility and freedom. |
C.How to find out what to take and what not to take on a trip. |
D.How to find out if your luggage is too heavy. |
You are allowed to take _______with you when you travel according to the passage.
A.Colgate toothpaste | B.Lighters | C.Knives | D.a great deal of liquid |
The underlined part “thin things out” possibly means________.
A.make things thin to bring |
B.make your luggage lighter |
C.take out dangerous things |
D.throw useless things away |
The author seems to believe that _________.
A.people had better bring nothing when they travel |
B.people can use Nivea cream only in their home town |
C.the importance of packing light is overemphasized now |
D.you will be easily seen as a tourist with a lot of luggage |
What is the best title for the passage?
A.Dying for a trip |
B.Things to take on a trip |
C.Pack light and pack right |
D.Travelling: a typical way of life |
Bi Sheng was born in Song Dynasty. He lived in a small village which lies in Huanggang today.He invented the printing around 600 AD(公元).He was the worlds first inventor of the printing. It is about 400 years earlier than the printing in Germany.
The printing is also called the movable type printing (活字印刷).But how did it work in the past?
First of all, the clay was made into movable types. Then words were engraved (雕刻) carefully onto the types. After that the words were chosen and put in right order in a box according to the text. Next, the workers brushed ink onto the movable types. Finally the types could be used for printing. They could be used again and again for different books.
The movable type printing plays an important role in Chinese culture.With the help of it, Chinese culture spread around the world more quickly. At the same time,the movable type printing was widely used in the world at that time. As a result, more and more culture communication among countries took place.
The movable type printing, the compass (指南针),gun powder and the paper﹣making are called four great inventions of China. They make China own an important and even top position in the history of human civilization (文明).
(1)When was the movable type printing invented?
A. About 600 years ago.
B. Around 600 AD.
C. Before Song Dynasty.
D. About 400 years ago.
(2)What should the workers do after the words were chosen and put in right order?
A. Brush ink onto the types.
B. Make the clay into movable types.
C. Print by using the types.
D. Engrave words onto the types.
(3)How many steps were there in the movable type printing?
A. Three.
B. Four.
C. Five.
D. Six.
(4)What does the word "it" in Paragraph 4 refer to?
A. the compass
B. gun﹣powder
C. the paper making
D. the movable type printing
(5)What's the passage mainly about?
A. Four great inventions and their position in the history of human civilization.
B. Bi Sheng invented the movable type printing after trying many times.
C. The movable type printing and the importance for the culture communication.
D. How Bi Sheng invented the movable type printing in Song Dynasty.
Three﹣two ﹣one, fire!
At the moment of 9:43 am, on Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020, at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center (卫星发射中心) in Sichuan Province, the last satellite of the third﹣generation nehoork (第三代导航系统)was sent into space. It is the 55th member in the family of BeiDou. It belongs to China's Beidou Narigation Satellite System (BDS北斗卫星导航系统). So far. 59 satellites, including the first four test ones, have been launched from Xichang With the development of China, we have already owned three other famous satellite launch centers﹣﹣Jiuquan, Taiyuan and Wenchang.
After a period of tests in space, this new satellite has started to work with other Beidou satellites together. It is designed to work for at least 12 years. So far,China has completed the third﹣generation network of China's BDS. It was a new milestone in the nation's space research work. The launch showed our country has completed our largest space ﹣based system. I's one of four global(全球的) navigation networks,including the United States' GPS, Russia's GLONASS and theEuropean Union's Galileo.
BDS has been widely used as public resources( 资源) in our daily life. It has been shared by the whole world. It will provide more services around the world. BDS is the common wealth of the development of human beings.
(1)Where did China launch the last satellite of the third﹣generation network?
A. Xichang.
B. Jiuquan.
C. Wenchang.
D. Taiyuan.
(2)How many members are there in the family of Beidou?
A.4.
B.55.
C.59.
D.114.
(3)What does the underlined word "milestone" mean in Chinese?
A.记录
B.事业
C.里程碑
D.起点
(4)GLONASS belongs to .
A. China
B. the United States
C. Russia
D. the European Union
(5)According to the passage, we can know that .
A. The last satellite of BDS was launched at 9:43 pm, June 23rd, 2020
B. The new satellite is designed to work for at most 12 years
C. BDS is shared only by China as public resources
D. So far, China has completed the third﹣generation network of China's BDS
A girl was working as a nurse in a private hospital.One day,a patient with serious disease was brought to the hospital ,but had to be transferred (转移) to another hospital at once for an operation( 手术).However, the director of the hospital said the patient couldn't be transferred unless he paid his bill first.The patient's family was very poor. They had no choice but to ask if they could pay the bill after the operation because the patient was close to death.But their request was refused.
The nurse, who had just arrived to work,heard about the situation and made a decision.She took off her gold ring, took it to the eashier's desk(收银台) and said she would use it to pay for the patient's bill.Although the ring was the only piece of valuable gift her parents gave her, the nurse gave it away to save the patient. Thanks to her help, the patient was at once transferred to another hospital and his life was saved. Though the patient was a stranger, the nurse gave so much to him.
The nurse's action caught the attention of the doctor on duty that day. The doctor saw everything in the hospital and he was deeply moved by the nurse. He later fell in love with the nurse and they finally got married. The patient attended their wedding (婚礼) as well and returned the ring.
Things like this happen every day in our life. Sometimes, giving can bring you something that you have never expected before. As Mother Teresa once said,"In our life, it is not how much you do,but how much love you put into what you do."
(1)Why did the patient have to be transferred to another hospital?
A. The patient's disease was not serious enough.
B. The patient needed an operation at once.
C. The patient's family was very poor.
D. The director of the hospital was too strict.
(2)Who paid for the patient's bill when his family's request was refused?
A. The patient.
B. The director.
C. The nurse.
D. The doctor.
(3)Which of the following statements is not true according to the passage?
A. The director refused the request from the patien's family.
B. The patient was saved in the end with the nurse's help.
C. The director married the girl because of her action.
D. Sometimes, giving can bring something unexpected to you.
(4)What do you think of the girl in the passage?
A. Kind and helpful.
B. Hard﹣working and brave.
C. Clever and active.
D. Outgoing and careful.
There are two kinds of opinions on"the life in the past and the life today".
A:The life today is quite different from it in the past.On the one hand, the important technological developments do help humans solve a lot of problems.But on the other hand, the life in the past brought more happiness to people than it does today.
①____However, as the population of the world is getting larger, competition is getting fiercer(更激烈的).If you are not able to do your job well, someone will replace you soon.
B:The life today is much better than it was in the past.②______The rice cookers,gas stoves and microwave ovens are of great help to many housewives.The rice cooker is a realtime﹣saver.It is so simple to use that even a child can cook rice with it.There are some other gadgets(小机械) which save the long hours of doing housework for the housewives.
There are may other inventions which can make our life better.For example, the phones help people get in touch with each other more conveniently and the Internet makes people's life more colorful.
(1)从A、B、C中为①②处选出恰当的选项,使文章通顺连贯、合理.
A.There are many new inventions that make our life easy and interesting.
B.The life was simple in the past.
C.The life is becoming richer and richer.
① ;② .
(2)What will happen if you can't do your job well!?
A.You can change your jobs.
B.You will have no pay.
C.Someone will take the place of you.
D.The boss will be angry with you.
(3)请用一个英文短语替换下列句中划线词.
On the one hand, the important technological developments do help humans solve a lot of problems.
(4)The underlined word "it" in Paragraph 4 refers to .
(5)请找出能反映文章主旨的主题句并写在答题卷的相应位置.
A number of years ago, a man went to visit a circus(马戏团) in New York.He was able to walk around looking at the lions, monkeys, bears and other circus animals.As he was passing the elephants, he suddenly stopped.He found that these huge elephants were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg.No chains, no cages.It was clear that the elephants could,at anytime,break away from their ropes but for some reason, they did not.
He saw a trainer nearby and asked why these animals just stood there and didn't try to get away."Well,"the trainer said,"when they are very young and much smaller,we use the same size rope to tie them and,at that age,its enough to hold them.As they grow up.they still believe they can not breakaway.They believe the rope can hold them, so they never try to break free."
"How could it be?"said the man.These animals could at anytime break free from ropes.But because they were always stuck right where they were, they believed they couldn't.
Just like the poor elephants, how many of us go through life believing that we can not do something, just because we failed at it once before?
Failing is part of learning.
(1)Where were the animals kept?
A.In the circus.
B.In the zoo
C.In the fore
D.In the park.
(2)What does the underlined phrase"break away"mean?
A.击败
B.打破
C.挣脱
D.折断
(3)How were the elephants held?
A.By a strong rope
B.In cages
C.With chains.
D.By a small rope.
(4)Which of the following is NOT true?
A.The elephants were held in this way when they were young.
B.There were many kinds of animals in the circus.
C.The animals were trained to perform.
D.The elephants often escaped.
(5)What can we learn from the passage?
A.Well begun is half done.
B.The early bird catches the worm.
C.We should never give up.
D.One tree can't make a forest.