Daniel likes to do something to protect the environment in his daily life. Next Sunday is his friend’s birthday. He is going to buy some gifts online for his friend. Now he is visiting the following website for some information about gifts.
Welcome to Nature Posters - the world's largest collection(收集) of nature posters and fine art prints! We make a donation to help the environment when each nature poster is sold through this website! Please tell your friends about us, and remember us when you are gift shopping. |
Daniel chose the following two beautiful pictures as gifts from the website:
Parrots in Blue: $5.99 Sharks: $7.99Nature Posters is a website ________.
| A．to help people plan their birthday parties |
| B．only to provide information about nature |
| C．to tell people how to buy birthday presents |
| D．to help protect nature by selling posters or prints |
Daniel should pay ________ for his gifts.
| A．$5.99 | B．$13.98 | C．$7.99 | D．$2.00 |
阅读短文，根据首字母或所给词的适当形式填空，使文章语义通顺。
Electric cars may seem to be a recent invention, but they have been around for years. In the early 1900s, there were more electric cars on the road （1）t＿＿＿＿ gasoline（汽油）cars. At that time, gasoline was expensive compared with other fuels（燃料）, so electric cars were more popular.
When gasoline prices （2）d＿＿＿＿ and new technologies on gasoline cars were developed, electric cars were out of date. Gasoline cars became more popular （3）i＿＿＿＿.
During the 20th century, gasoline cars got bigger, （4）＿＿＿＿（heavy）and faster. More and more people had bought gasoline cars. More fuel was needed. So this （5）c＿＿＿＿ more air pollution. When people began to （6）r＿＿＿＿ that there were not enough oil on the earth, they required car （7）＿＿＿＿（make）to produce more efficient（高效能的）cars.
One method of （8）＿＿＿＿（solve）the problem was a “hybrid” car, one that ran partly on gasoline and partly on electricity. Hybrid cars became popular in the 2000s because gasoline prices went up while prices of hybrid cars went down.
An all-electric car uses no gasoline. （9）H＿＿＿＿, the problem is that electric cars are not suitable for long journeys. Many people are not pleased with it. The government and the car factories are working together to develop safe, cheap and （10）＿＿＿＿（use）electric cars. When more and more people have these electric cars in the future, a gasoline station may disappear.
阅读以上信息，从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳的选项。
（1）Who are the main characters in the book?
| A． |
Blue Wing and Eva. |
B． |
Maple and Kiran. |
C． |
Blue Wing and Maple. |
（2）What do you know about from the book?
| A． |
At first, the two girls get on well with each other. |
| B． |
The two girls are quite different from each other. |
| C． |
The two girls search for treasure at the bottom of the ocean. |
（3）What do you think of the writer’s childhood?
| A． |
Relaxing. |
B． |
Boring. |
C． |
Hard. |
（4）What do you need to do for a free copy?
| A． |
To make a telephone call. |
B． |
To send an e-mail. |
C． |
To write a letter. |
（5）The passage above may come from _______.
| A． |
a book website |
B． |
a story book |
C． |
a sports magazine |
It is reported that about 300 million people in China have eyesight trouble. More and more parents hope to save their children’s poor eyesight with medicine or by correcting the ways that kids read and sit. But in fact, you should start with the exercise on your feet. Here are some ways to save eyesight.
Don’t tie your shoes too closely. Try wearing comfortable or soft socks. You can look after your eyesight by walking without socks or shoes at home. While you are traveling, try wearing cloth shoes to improve blood moving.
Walking on tiptoes（脚趾）is good for your eyesight. It can fight against eyesight trouble. Numbers show that most of ballet（芭蕾）dancers’ eyesight is better.
Rope skipping can also be good for your eyesight. While skipping rope, you have to move rapidly. Skipping rope makes not only the brain but also the eyes excited. Maybe it also helps you grow taller. So start skipping rope now.
Above all, you should often let doctor check your eyesight.
根据文章内容，判断句子正（T）、误（F）。
（1）Nowadays, a lot of people have problems with eyesight.
（2）In order to improve blood moving, you should tie your shoes closely.
（3）Skipping rope is useless for the brain and the eyes.
（4）Walking on tiptoes can improve your eyesight.
（5）The passage tells us that exercising on the feet can save eyesight.
阅读下面文字，从A到F选项中为每个段落选出一个最适合的标题。
What makes you happy? Different people have different answers—doing well at school, being picked to play in a sports team or receiving the birthday present you wanted.
（1） Every year since 2013, the world has celebrated International Day of Happiness. It falls on 20 March and was created by the United Nations（UN）. The UN set up the day to tell people that happiness is important.
（2） This year, the goal for International Day of Happiness is “keep calm, stay wise and be kind”. Keeping calm reminds people not to let their worries out of control. Staying wise means choosing activities increases your happiness. Be kind to the people around.
（3） Research has shown that happiness is good for people’s health. The happy people seldom get sick. The happier people will live longer and serve more to the communities where they live.
（4） Lots of scientific research shows we can improve our happiness if we use the right ways, such as trying a new sport, setting a new goal, telling a friend something you like about them and so on.
（5） No one feels happy all the time. Everybody may feel angry, nervous or sad from time to time. If you feel upset for a long time, you should talk to an adult you trust or share your feelings with your best friends.
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A. How to make yourself happy B. The meaning of happiness C. The advantages of happiness D. How to deal with unhappiness E. The date of International Day of Happiness F. The goal for International Day of Happiness |
根据短文内容，回答下列各题。
Gui Haichao became the country’s first payload expert（载荷专家）in space and the first Chinese civilians（平民）to go on a space flight. He went into space in the Shenzhou-16 together with Jing Haipeng and Zhu Yangzhu. They set out for the space station from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert.
Gui’s interest in science started when he was a child. He read a lot about space from a set of books he had at home. After finishing his studies at Beihang University, Gui went to Canada to do research and wrote many papers. Since then, he had been working at Beihang University as a teacher. In 2018, China planned to choose its third group of astronauts. Gui was chosen and went through really hard training for his body and mind. He even had to learn how to deal with high G-force during his training. Gui and his team also went to the Badain Jaran Desert in northwest China to learn living skills. They had to collect water and repair their tools in very difficult situations. During the training, Gui’s shoes broke and he had to walk on the hot sand for two hours, which was very painful.
The Shenzhou-16 is the first crewed mission（载人任务）since China’s space station entered its application（应用）and development stage. Gui Haichao is a member of the team, and he did lots of research to help scientists learn more about space. “I’m sure we can finish the mission successfully,” he said.
（1）Where was the Shenzhou-16 sent to the space station?
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（2）What did Gui Haichao do in Canada?
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（3）What was Gui Haichao before going on a space flight?
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（4）What’s the purpose of the text?
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（5）According to the text, how do you like Gui Haichao?
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