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Apple Club

●Two outdoor tennis courts（场地）with lights．

●Four badminton courts， a room with six table tennis tables and one equipment shop．

It costs 180yuan for personal training and group training is 60yuan．

●Rent（租用）facilities from six to ten every evening for 100yuan an hour．

●It costs 30yuan an hour to rent equipment（It costs 30yuan an hour to rent equipment（设备）．

Victory Club

●The club has running， bike and weight machines． At least ten of each．

●The club has a swimming pool and a café．

The trainers can make you a perfect exercise plan and a personal diet plan．

●Become a member for 800yuan a month and bring a friend for free．

●Call 531 4122to find out more about the classes．

（1）Which club will you choose if you want to play tennis？　　　

（2）How many weight machines does Victory Club have？　　　

（3）Who can provide exercise and diet plans for you in Victory Club？　　　

（4）When can people rent facilities in Apple Club？　　　

（5）What kind of clubs are Apple Club and Victory Club？　　　

Imagine having a simple app（应用程序） that works like： When you need help， just open the app， touch the "notOK" button and a text message will be sent to five pre﹣selected（预先选定的）people， along with a location（位置）to show where you are． The message reads， Hey， I'm not OK． Please call me， text me， or come to find me．"

US teenagers Hannah Lucas， 15， and her brother Charie， 13， have created an app called notOK． People just need to pay ￥1.99（12.5yuan） each month to use it．

Hannah was inspired（启发） to create the app during a dark time in her life last year． She suffered from a disease that caused her to pass out at school． Other kids sometimes bullied （欺凌）her about this． She felt sad and wanted to find an app that would allow her to get help when she wasn't feeling OK．

She asked her brother Charlie， whose nickname is "Tech Support"， to find such an app． When they couldn't find they decided to create one themselves．

They came up with some designs for the app first Charie took a programming class last summer and built a website for the app． Hannah also shared her idea in her summer business class． Some app developers showed interest and decided to help her． At last， the app came out in the US and Canada on January 31．

Hannah is happy that her app is helping others． "It makes everything I went through last year worth it，" she said．

（1）Who will know you're in trouble when you touch the "notOK" button？　　

A．	Five pre﹣selected people．
B．	Five family members
C．	Five app developers
D．	Five close friends．

（2）What do the underlined words "text me" in Paragraph One probably mean？　　

A．	Send me a report
B．	Send me an email
C．	Send me a message
D．	Send me an exam

（3）The main purpose of inventing the app is to allow people 　　．

A．	to build a website
B．	to take classes
C．	to earn money
D．	to ask for help

（4）The right order of the following statements about the invention of the app is 　　．

a． Hannah suffered from a disease last year

b． Charlie took a programming class last summer

c． The app came out in the US and Canada in January．

d． Hannah and Charlie failed to find such a useful app

A．	c， d， a， b
B．	c， d， b ，a
C．	a， d， b， c
D．	a， d， c， b

（5）The best words to describe the app are 　　．

A．	simple and helpful
B．	pleasant and dangerous
C．	expensive and creative
D．	interesting and pre﹣selected

My children are growing up fast． My daughter is 16and my boy is already in junior high school． As they get bigger， our house seems to get smaller． So we want to sell some of our things in a yard sale（庭院拍卖会） and give the money to a children's home．

We have already cleared out a lot of things from our bedrooms． We have decided to each sell five things that we no longer use． My son was quite sad at first． Although he has not played with his old toys for a long time， he still wanted to keep them． For example， he has owned a train and railway set since his fourth birthday， and he played with it almost every week until he was about seven And he did not want to lose his toy monkey， either． He slept next to the monkey every night when he was a child． My daughter was more understanding， although she also felt sad to part with（出让） certain toys， and my wife wouldn't like to lose her hats which were out of fashion．

As for me， I did not want to give up my football shirts， but， to be honest， I have not played for a while now． I am getting older， too!

（1）The family decided to sell some of their things 　　．

A．	to buy a bigger house
B．	to make more spaced
C．	to hold a yard sale
D．	to become richer

（2）The son got the train and railway set at the age of 　　．

A．	four
B．	seven
C．	fourteen
D．	sixteen

（3）How did both of the kids feel about selling their old toys？　　

A．	Nervous
B．	Angry
C．	Happy
D．	Sad

（4）The passage was probably written by 　　．

A．	the son
B．	the daughter
C．	the father
D．	the mother

（5）The passage is mainly about 　　．

A．	popular science
B．	family life
C．	healthy diet
D．	shopping plan

Cai Lun invented paper around 2， 000 years ago in China． It is an important invention． Before the invention of paper， people had to remember lots of information or write it on stone， wood， leaves， etc．

Today everyone in the world uses paper． With paper， we can make books and print newspapers． Sharing information is a lot easier with the help of paper．

People use paper every day． Students do homework and keep a diary on paper． Paper is a great invention．

Alan Turing was born in London， England， in 1912． He attended Cambridge University from 1931to 1934． Turing was a mathematician（数学家）and a computer scientist． Many people called Turing the father of computer science． He created the first design（设计） for a modern computer．

Turing wanted to know if a machine could think for itself and trick someone into believing they were having a conversation with another person． This became known as the Turing test． In the test， a human talked to two other people through a computer． One was a machine， and the other was person． This idea is still used today．

（1）When was paper invented by Cai Lun？　　

A．	Around 2， 000 years ago
B．	About 200 years ago．
C．	Around 1， 000 years ago．
D．	About 100 years ago

（2）People can do the following things with paper EXCEPT 　　．

A．	sharing information
B．	printing newspapers
C．	having the Turing test
D．	making books

（3）Many people considered Alan Turing to be 　　．

A．	the inventor of paper
B．	the father of modern education
C．	the inventor of paper
D．	the father of computer science

（4）In order to have the test， Turing needed 　　．

A．	three people， one computer and a machine
B．	two people， one computer and a machine
C．	two people， two computers and a machine
D．	one person， one computer and a machine

（5）From the passage， we know Cai Lun's invention and Turning idea are 　　．

A．	hard to accept
B．	not used any more
C．	unknown to people
D．	still used today

In recent years． China has been making great progress in technology． A number of inventions have made our daily lives more convenient． Among them， four stand out． They are known as "four new great inventions'' of modern China．

High﹣speed trains China created its first high﹣speed railway line in 2008． Since then，the number of passenger trips has grown by over 30 percent every year． It is reported that high﹣speed train network （网） will connect 80 percent of major cities in China by 2020．China's high﹣speed railway technology is also being used abroad． More and more high﹣speed railways are being set up in foreign countries like Turkey and Russia．

Mobile payment Mobile payment is turning China into a "cashless（无现金） society"．Customers now only need to pay for goods by typing a short password（密码）into certain app like Alipay（支付宝）on their mobile devices（设备）． Users can also pay their bills through Alipay． such as their water and electricity bills． Alipay also allows users to buy things on international websites and apps．

Shared bikes China has surprised the world with how quickly it has spread the shared bikes． Users simply pick up or park a bike on the street through GPS and smartphone apps．China's two leading bike﹣sharing companies， Mobike and Ofo． have been spreading their business to markets abroad． People are riding their bikes in Singapore， the UK and the United States．

Online shopping China has been the world's largest and fastest﹣growing online shopping market． Online shopping now takes15.5 percent of total retail（零售） sales in China． It also helped to create jobs of countryside areas．In 2016， online shopping created than 20 million jobs in countryside areas．

China's（1）
High﹣speed trains	It is reported that 80 percent of major cities in China will（2）　　by high﹣speed train network by 2020．China's high﹣speed railway technology is also being used abroad．
Mobile payment	China is being turned into a "cashless society"．Customers only need to use mobile apps like Alipay（3）　　goods or pay water and electrcity bills
（4）	More and more people are enjoying them．Not only people in China but also people in Singapore and the US are using them now．
Online shopping	Chinese online shopping market is growing very fast．And it helped people from countryside to find（5）

A．a poster from a club	B．an advertisement for films
C．a note to parents	D．an introduction of a cinema

A．A 2 – year – old baby	B．A 19 – year – old student
C．A 30 – year – old parent	D．A 10 – year – old pupil

A．MEET THE ROBINSONS	B．TWO BROTHERS
C．TREASURE PLANET	D．MR BEAN’S HOLIDAY