PlaceofInterestBeihuParkDongji-优题课

For Schultz，a 77﹣year﹣old man，this is a chance of a lifetime．Schultz is part of a group of around 50 Germans who are on a bus journey along the ancient Silk Road．

Speaking of his journey，he says："I have been deeply interested in the Silk Road since I was a child，but now I finally have a chance to experience it．"

The two﹣month bus journey will take the group through Germany，Russia，and other 4 European countries．They will then enter China from the country's western part．It will be an unforgettable memory for them．

Nearly half of the 13，000﹣kilometer trip will be inside China．From Xinjiang in the west to Shanghai in the east，the German visitors will see more than 20 Chinese cities．"We have managed the trip of the Silk Road for around 10 years．An increasing number of people，not only from German﹣speaking countries，have been joining us，"says Liu Guoqiang from China Tours．

Almost 26 million foreigners traveled to China in 2015，and about 5 million of them were from Europe．Beijing，Xi'an，Shanghai and the Changjiang River are traditional Chinese travel destinationsfor European tourists．Speaking of where he wants to go，Schultz says，"Compared with modern cities，the culture in western China attracts（吸引）me more．

As Shi Xiang，head of the China Tours，says，"Being a new brand to attract foreign visitors，the Silk Road is good for people to know more about China，especially the northwestern part of the country．"

（China Daily）

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51．How will the group of around 50 Germans have the tour？　　

A．	By car．
B．	By train．
C．	By bus．
D．	By subway．

52．Where will the German group enter China？　　

A．	From the western part of China．
B．	From Beijing．
C．	From the eastern part of China．
D．	From Shanghai．

53．According to Liu Guoqiang，how long has China Tours managed the trip？　　

A．	For 26 months．
B．	For around 10 years．
C．	For 2 months．
D．	For about 20 years．

54．What's the meaning of the word"destinations"in Part 5？　　

A．	标志
B．	道路
C．	品牌
D．	目的地

55．Which is the best title（题目）for this passage？　　

A．	Silk Road：A fashionable way to buy silk
B．	Silk Road：An old brand to attract Chinese
C．	Silk Road：A new way to learn about China
D．	Silk Road：A better chance to see modern cities．

Xiaofan，a smart boy from Shenzhen，used to have difficulty in getting up on time，and his alarm clock was of no use at all．It made him very upset．One day，he had a good idea．

Xiaofan went to a shop and bought a tape．Back home，he started to record what he wanted．After that，he took out a tool box and connected his tape player with the new tape to his alarm clock．A special alarm clock was born．At a certain time in the morning，the tape player would play soft music with a low and sweet voice of a young girl，"Wake up，please．"Five minutes later，the tape player would play again，and it might be loud music．At the same time，he could hear a recording of his parent，"Wake up at once，or you'll be late!"

Several days later，Xiaofan got used to the sound of the recordings．After the recordings，he was still sleepy，and even fall asleep again．That was terrible!So he went to the library and borrowed plenty of books home to deal with his problem of getting up late．

He made it!With the help of what he had learned from the books，he put a mechanical（机械的）arm at the end of the bed．Now if Xiaofan still doesn't get up at last，the arm in the bed will"beat"him，and even make him out of the bed．

The special bed with a mechanical arm helps Xiaofan a lot，but it is not sold in stores．

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46．　　used to be Xiaofan's problem in the morning．

A．	Playing soft music
B．	Making a new bed
C．	Falling asleep
D．	Being difficult to get up on time

47．Xiaofan bought 　　in the shop．

A．	an alarm clock
B．	a tape
C．	a tool box
D．	a tape player

48．Xiaofan went to the library to 　　．

A．	return some books
B．	write a book
C．	borrow many books home
D．	read plenty of books there

49．Now if Xiaofan still doesn't get up at last，　　．

A．	the alarm clock will ring again
B．	the arm in the bed will"beat"him
C．	he will hear a recording of his parent
D．	the tape player will play a recording of a young girl

50．From the passage，we can know that Xiaofan is 　　．

A．	creative
B．	outgoing
C．	lazy
D．	careless．

Are you afraid of going to the dentist（牙医）？ If so， you're not alone．

These fears could just be in our heads， however． According to a recent survey by Martin Tickle， a professor at Manchester University in the UK， the pain isn't felt most of the time in dental surgeries（牙科手术）． In fact． among the 451 interviewed patients，75% reported no pain at all during their visits， including situations when they had their teeth pulled out．

Could it be the sound of the drill（钻头）then？

"I found that the sound of drilling can evokedeep worry in dental patients． Actually they don't have any pain． " Hiroyuki Karibe， a scientist at Nippon Dental University in Tokyo， told the Guardian．

To find the reason why a drill might bring on a racing heart， Karibe divided the volunteers into low﹣fear and high﹣fear groups based on how much they feared a trip to the dentist． Volunteers were played the sound of a drill while their brain activities were watched by a machine．

What Karibe found in the low﹣fear group was increased activity in the areas of the brain relative to auditory processing（听觉处理）， which means， for these people， the sound of dental drills is no different from other sounds

In the high﹣fear group， however， the brain area that was activated（激活）was different． It was the area that carries out a number of duties， including learning， feelings and， most importantly， memory． This means that these volunteers not only heard the sound， but they remembered it﹣they made connections between the sound of a drill and the worry it produced in the past， causing their worry to return．

Understanding how brains reply to the sounds of dentists ' drills could help scientists find ways to make patients more relaxed， according to Karibe， because patients who worry about going to the dentist might keep putting off their visits． But the best way is to keep your teeth healthy．

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（1）How does the writer explain that the pain isn't felt most of the time in dental surgeries？　　

A．	By showing facts with numbers．
B．	By asking questions one by one．
C．	By giving examples group by group．
D．	By comparing results of patients．

（2）According to the fourth paragraph， what does the word " evoke" mean in Chinese？　　

A．	减轻
B．	引起
C．	显示
D．	阻止

（3）How did the sound of drilling produce different results to the volunteers in the study？　　

A．	It produced some worry in the volunteers in the low﹣fear group
B．	For the low﹣fear group， it activated the brain area dealing with learning， feelings and memory
C．	For the high﹣fear group， it caused more activities in the brain area relative to auditory processing．
D．	It made people in the high﹣fear group remember their past uncomfortable memories

（4）What is the last paragraph mainly about？　　

A．	How the study might be useful．
B．	Some new ways to treat teeth
C．	The proper way to treat dental patients．
D．	The importance of keeping our teeth healthy．

（5）What's the purpose of the passage？　　

A．	To show us different areas of fear in brains．
B．	To introduce us a recent survey by a scientist．
C．	To help us have less fear of a trip to the dentist．
D．	To make it clear that the sound of drilling is not terrible．

One day， a man saw an old lady sitting inside her car at the side of the road． Though it was dark， he could see she needed help． So he stopped his car and walked towards her． The old lady was worried， even though she noticed the smile on his face． Was he going to hurt her？ "I'll help you start your car， madam． By the way， my name is Bryan Anderson， " he said．

While Anderson was fitting a spare tired（备胎） to her car， the lady began to talk to him． She thanked him much for coming to help．

Anderson just smiled as he put his tools away． The lady asked how much she should pay him． He told her that if she really wanted to pay him back， the next time she saw someone who needed help， she could give them the help theyneeded． He waited until she started her car and drove off．

A few miles down the road， the lady saw a small restaurant． She went in and a waitress came over with a sweet smile． The old lady noticed the waitress was nearly eight months pregnant（怀孕的）， but she never let the pains and aches change her smile when she served her．

The lady finished her meal and paid with a hundred﹣dollar bill． The waitress quickly went to get change， but the old lady was gone when the waitress came back． The waitress wondered where the lady could be． Then she found there was a note on the napkin（餐巾）， "You don't need to give me anything back． Somebody once helped me out the way I'm helping you． If you really want to pay me back， here is what you do﹣do not let this chain（链子） of love end with you．"

Under the napkin were four more ＄100 bills．

（1）Why did Anderson tell his name to the old lady？　　

A．	Because he wanted to check if the lady knew him．
B．	Because he hoped that may help relax the lady．
C．	Because he thought he could be paid back one day．
D．	Because he wanted to leave his name for doing good things．

（2）What does the underlined word they refer to （指的是）？　　

A．	The old lady and Anderson．
B．	The people who need help．
C．	The old lady and the waitress．
D．	The people who help others．

（3）Which is the right order of the old lady's feelings？　　

①Thankful

②Happy

③Worried

④Helpless

⑤Willing and ready to help

A．	④③①⑤②
B．	④①③②⑤
C．	③②①⑤④
D．	③①④⑤②

（4）What can be inferred（推断） from the passage？　　

A．	The meal cost the old lady 400 dollars．
B．	Anderson must be helped by someone before．
C．	The old lady was able to fit a spare tire herself．
D．	The waitress will probably help someone later．

（5）What's the best title for the passage？　　

A．	The Help of Strangers
B．	The Power of Smile
C．	The Chain of Love
D．	The Bill of Kindness

AI（人工智能）makes our lives easier and better． Let's see the amazing AI．

Cool driverless bus

A bus door opens and you get on． Wait， where is the driver？ Here is a new kind of driverless bus called Apolong．

It can seat 14 people and doesn't need a driver． The bus follows traffic rules． It stops every time it sees a stop light．

Your close friend

Hi， everyone． I'm Xiaoice， a chatbot（聊天机器人）． I speak like a 17﹣year﹣old girl． If you feel lonely， you can talk with me． I'm good at singing， writing poems and telling stories． I want to be your friend!

World's first AI anchor

Hey， look! The famous Chinese anchor（主播） Qiu Hao is reporting the news for us． But， is "he" really Qiu Hao？ The answer is "no"． This is the world's first AI anchor．

It looks and speaks just like a real person．It speaks both Chinese and English． It can work 24 hours without any mistakes． The AI anchor joins Xinhua's reporting team． You might see it on TV soon．

Popular AI artist

This beautiful painting was at an auction（拍卖） in 2018． It sold for about 3，000，000 yuan! But it is not a work by a famous painter， such as Vincent van Gogh． It was painted by an AI artist． Three Frenchmen created the AI．

The AI artist studied over 15，000 paintings． In this way， it learned to paint． Now it is among the most popular artists in the world．

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（1）The fact about Apolong is that 　　．

A．	There is a driver in it
B．	the door is opened by the passenger
C．	there are 24 seats in it
D．	it stops every time it sees a stop light

（2）Xiaoice CAN'T 　　．

A．	go out to play with you
B．	talk with you if you feel lonely
C．	be your friend
D．	sing， write poems or tell stories

（3）The painting is 　　．

A．	a work painted by Vincent Van Gogh
B．	worth about 3，000，000 yuan at an auction
C．	studied by three French artists over 15，000 times
D．	among the most beautiful paintings in the world

（4）Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？　　

A．	Xianice is a 17﹣year﹣old girl．
B．	The AI anchor can only speak English．
C．	The AI anchor can work 24 hours without mistakes．
D．	The AI artist is one of the most popular artists in China．

（5）We can probably see the passage in 　　．

A．	a guidebook
B．	a notice
C．	a novel
D．	a newspaper

Place of Interest	Beihu Park	Dongjiang Lake	Mount Mang
Location (位置)	Beihu District	Zixing City	Yizhang county(县)
Phone Number	2886699	3329666源:Z&xx&k.Com]	3726868
Price of Ticket	Free	￥150	￥120
Description	An musement park with a big lake	a lake with plenty of fresh fish	A famous forest park