Reading newspapers has become an important part of everyday life. Some people read newspapers as the first thing to do in the morning, while others read newspapers as soon as they have spare time during the day so that they can learn what is happening in the world.
Sometimes, we do not have enough time to read all the news carefully, so we just take a quick look at the front page. At other times, we may be in such a hurry that we only have a few minutes to look at the headlines(标题) of the passage.
Newspapers can be found everywhere in the world. We can get many different kinds of newspapers in big cities, but in some mountain villages we can see few newspapers.
Some newspapers are published once a week, but most of the papers are published once a day with many pages, some even published twice a day! You know different people enjoy reading different newspapers. Some like world news and others prefer short stories. They just choose what they are interested in.
Today newspapers in English have the largest number of readers in the world. The English language is so popular that many Chinese students are reading English newspapers such as China Daily or 2lst Century as they bring us more and more information together with the Internet.People read newspapers in order to _____.
| A．read the short stories |
| B．find the morning news |
| C．learn the latest news |
| D．meet their own different needs |
From the passage we can see that _____ when people get newspapers.
| A．they just read the headlines |
| B．not everyone reads all the pages |
| C．they have no time to read them |
| D．they read them very carefully |
Newspapers have so many pages because _____.
| A．newspapers become cheaper |
| B．more pages mean more money |
| C．more and more people like to read them |
| D．people enjoy reading something different |
Newspapers _____ are the most popular in the world.
| A．in Chinese | B．in English |
| C．in other language | D．with many pages |
Life is full of unexpected surprises. Paul was 71 years old and came from England. He liked using a 3D printer to make models.
One day, while Paul was searching for something online, he saw a red car on a website. It was his father’s favorite car made in the 1950s. He felt so shocked!
The car brought Paul back to the “good old days”. When he was a child, his dad always drove him around London. He sat in the back seat of the red car excitedly. When he went abroad to work, this car took him away from home to say goodbye to his father. To his surprise, many years later, the car showed up online!
Paul decided to buy the car. With his son’s help, he bought it. It was a really difficult job to repair the car because it was old and broken. But Paul didn’t give up. He spent a long time repairing it. After he tried many times, he finally made the car as good as it used to be with the 3D printer. Paul drove it here and there.
Paul said driving the old car reminded him of his father. The car was seen as a connection between his father and him. It was a treasure for him from the past.
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
（1）How old was Paul?
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（2）Where did Paul see his father’s favorite car?
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（3）When did Paul’s dad always drive him around London?
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（4）Why was it a difficult job to repair the car?
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（5）What was the connection between Paul and his father?
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It might be difficult to make yourself better. If you try the following ways, they may help you.
（1） You can’t decide what you look like, but you can decide what you want to be. So accept yourself, and then anything will be possible.
（2） Learning is a lifelong journey. No matter how old you are, there will always be lessons in front of you. As the saying goes, “It’s never too old to learn.”
（3） Good leaners keep practicing what they have learned. Try new things and practice them over and over again to make yourself better and better.
（4） Life is like a mirror. If you smile at it, it will smile back at you. There is a lot of trouble in your life. Keep smiling when you are in trouble.
（5） Maybe you don’t dare to take part in school activities. That’s because you don’t believe in yourself. But actually you are great. Just have a try.
（a）根据短文内容，从方框中选出每段的主旨大意，其中有一个选项是多余的。
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A. Trust yourself. B. Smile at your life. C. Talk with others. D. Never stop learning. E. Try to accept yourself. F. Practice makes perfect. |
（b）根据短文内容，补全下面的表格，每空一词。
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The （6） making yourself better |
★It's never too （7） to learn. |
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★Try new things and （8） them again and again. |
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★Keeр smiling （9） you are in trouble. |
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★Believe （10） yourself. |
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★Accept yourself. |
Qian Xuesen was a great scientist. （1） He is also known as “the King of the Rocket.” Thanks to his research, China’s space technology has progressed in a rapid way.
Qian was born in Shanghai on December 11th, 1911. （2） After graduation, he worked in America for a few years. In the early 1950s, he heard that New China had been founded（建立）, and he decided to give up the good working conditions in America. Although the American government tried to stop him from leaving, he succeeded in coming back to China in 1955.
（3） Then it became the leading organization for China’s rocket and air travel. At that time, the conditions in China were too hard. （4） On April 24, 1970, China’s first man-made satellite（卫星）, “Dongfanghong I” was successfully sent into the air.
A student of Qian Xuesen, Zhu Yilin, once said, “I learned professional knowledge and working spirit from Mr. Qian. （5） When New China needed scientists badly, he returned to help in the rocket industry.”
根据短文内容，将下面的选项还原到文中空白处，使短文内容完整、通顺，每个选项只能用一次，其中有一个选项是多余的。
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A. I sensed his deep love for our country, too. B. Who visited Qian Xuesen when he was in China? C. At the age of 24, he went to America to study. D. But Qian and his team still faced the difficulties bravely. E. He is known as “the Father of China’s Space Program.” F. In 1956, Qian Xuesen suggested starting a special organization. |
More tigers are moving from Russia into northeastern China. This is because the environment is better for them to live in.
As human activities become less and the number of the wild animals is rising, tigers come to China for food.
Also, there is a cross-border corridor（跨境走廊）between China and Russia. It helps the tigers travel around freely. Data（数据）from a research team show that between 2013 and 2016, nearly 80 percent of the tigers moved across the corridor.
Besides, China started a number of projects to protect the tigers. As we all know, tigers need large areas to move around, so it’s important to build national parks. In 2021, the Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park was set up in Heilongjiang Province and Jilin Province. It covers around 14,100 square kilometers. The national park creates a shared home for the animals. As a result, the number of the tigers has grown.
One more reason is that experts from China and Russia work together to research on tiger protection. Many volunteers go to protect tigers around the forests every year. It’s believed that there will be more tigers in the near future.
根据短文内容，判断下列句子正（T）、误（F）。
（1）Between China and Russia, there is a cross-border corridor.
（2）Nearly 90 percent of the tigers moved across the corridor between 2013 and 2016.
（3）It’s important to build the national parks because tigers need large areas to move around.
（4）The Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park was set up in 2023.
（5）Many volunteers go to protect tigers around the forests each year.
When I was a little boy, I lived next to David. He liked to plant trees in his large yard on weekends. But the way he planted trees was quite different. He never watered his new trees. I asked him why he did so, and he said that watering trees would spoil them. “If you water the trees, each baby tree will grow weaker and weaker.” said David. He told me that watering these new trees would make roots（树根）shallow（浅）, but deep roots were very important for trees. I didn’t understand his words at that time.
Several years after I left home, I came back to visit my parents. When I walked by David’s house, I saw the trees that he planted. They are strong now. I suddenly realize that planting a tree is like raising a child. As a father of two children, I shouldn’t care for them too much. Instead, they should depend on themselves. In that case, whatever happens, they can make their own decisions.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
（1）When did David like to plant trees?
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On weekends. |
B． |
On Fridays. |
| C． |
On sunny mornings. |
D． |
On rainy days. |
（2）What does the underlined word “spoil” probably mean in Paragraph 1?
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be bad for |
B． |
be famous for |
C． |
be similar to |
D． |
be thankful to |
（3）Why didn’t David water his new trees?
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Because he didn’t have enough water. |
B． |
Because he was too old to water trees. |
| C． |
Because he wanted to make roots deep. |
D． |
Because he didn’t know how to water trees. |
（4）How are the trees that David planted now?
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Dead. |
B． |
Strong. |
C． |
Small. |
D． |
Weak. |
（5）What does the writer learn from his experience?
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Children should plant trees. |
B． |
Parents should water trees all the time. |
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Children should depend on themselves. |
D． |
Parents should care for their kids too much. |