We humans live in different parts of the world, but we have the same “mother”. She gives us everything we need in our daily life. She is our Mother Earth. Everybody wants to live in a green city. A green city is a healthy and pleasant place for people to live in. It can get its energy from something like solar and wind power. Also, it is connected by clean public transportation.
| The Hyperloop (超级高铁) The Hyperloop is a high-speed transportation. It works by having capsules (舱) with passengers in. The capsules run on the air. The Hyperloop plans to run from Los Angeles to San Francisco. With an average speed of 962 km per hour, it is only 35 minutes between the two cities. The solar panels (板) provide power to the Hyperloop. |
| Smart Wheel Smart Wheel is a bicycle wheel with a motor. This invention can easily fit onto almost any bike. And the motor allows bikes to travel up to 50km once. Smart Wheel is different from other electric bikes. It can be controlled through your smartphone’s Bluetooth. The smartphone can show your speed, distance and travel time. |
| Solar Sidewalk (太阳能步道) George Washington University made a special path in 2013. The path is about 9 square meters. It is covered with solar panels that can provide energy to power 450 LED lights. These lights can light the walkway after dark. The solar panel is also strong enough for people to walk on. |
A green city is ________.
| A．clean and tidy |
| B．full of plants |
| C．healthy and pleasant |
| D．rich for energy |
It is ________ from Los Angeles to San Francisco.
| A．About 962 km. | B．About 560 km. |
| C．About 700 km. | D．About 450 km. |
About Smart Wheel, which is Not right?
| A．It can travel 50km once. |
| B．It can fit onto almost any bike. |
| C．It’s a motorbike with a bicycle wheel. |
| D．The smartphone’s Bluetooth can control it. |
What can solar panels do?
| A．They can run on the air. |
| B．They can provide energy. |
| C．They can carry passengers. |
| D．They can show your travel time. |
What do you think of the public transportation?
| A．Modern and clean. |
| B．Green and dangerous. |
| C．Exciting and crazy. |
| D．Expensive and impossible. |
Sometimes people come into your life and you know at once that they were sure to be there. They serve some sort of purpose, teach you a lesson or help find out who you are or who you want to become. You never know who these people may be: your classmate, neighbor, teacher, long-lost friend or even a real stranger. But you know that every moment they will affect your life in some serious ways.
Sometimes things happen to you. At the time they may seem terrible, painful (痛苦的) and unfair. But later you realize that without getting over those difficulties you would have never realized your further ability and strength. Everything happens for a reason and nothing happens by chance or with good or bad luck.
The people you meet affect your life, and the successes and failure (失败) you experience, create who you are. Even the bad experiences can be learned from. In fact, they are probably the most poignant and important ones.
Enjoy every day even every moment and take from it everything that you possibly can, for you may never be able to experience it again. Talk to people you have never talked to before, and really listen. You should set your sights high, hold your head up, tell yourself you are a great one and believe in yourself.
You can make your life anything you wish. Create your own life and then go out and live it.The people we meet.
| A．all know where to find us | B．serve us on no purpose |
| C．won't become our neighbor | D．will change us in some way |
From the passage, we know that bad things can make us.
| A．terribly meet bad luck | B．realize our further ability |
| C．find no serious success | D．possibly enjoy every moment |
The underlined word "poignant" in the passage means " ".
| A．平淡的 | B．明显的 | C．深刻的 | D．艰苦的 |
The writer's suggestion is that we should .
| A．try not to talk to strange people |
| B．learn as much as we can each day |
| C．avoid failure in our life |
| D．not believe in others but ourselves |
A young man went to the local expert(专家) on gems and said he wanted to become a gemologist(珠宝家). The expert turned him down because he feared the youth would not have the patience to learn. The young man asked for a chance. Finally, the expert told the youth, "Be here tomorrow."
The next morning the expert put a jade(玉) stone in the youth's hand and told him to hold it. The expert then went about his work, cutting, weighing and setting gems. The boy sat quietly and waited.
The following morning the expert again put the jade stone in the youth's hand and told him to hold it. On the third, fourth and fifth days, the expert asked the young man to do the same thing. On the sixth day, the youth held the jade stone but he could no longer stand(忍受) the silence. "Master, when am I going to learn something?" he asked.
"You will learn." the expert said and went about his business.
Several more days went by and the youth almost lost his patience. But one morning as the master put the stone in the youth's hand, the young man said without looking at his hand, "This is not the same jade stone!"
"You have begun to learn." said the master.
Practice makes perfect. The experience we learned from practice teaches us and develops our abilities. Experience is the best teacher. Even the most successful person had no absolute confidence once. It is experience that gives people confidence. The truth is: if you do the work and gain the experience, you'll have more confidence because you'll actually know what you're doing.The phrase "turned ... down" probably means _______.
| A．refused | B．accepted | C．forgave | D．doubted |
The expert let the young man hold the jade stone for so many days because he wanted to see if the young man was _______.
| A．brave | B．patient | C．clever | D．honest |
What may be the best title for this passage?
| A．An Experienced Gemologist | B．Experience, the Best Teacher |
| C．Experience of a Young Man | D．A Confident Teacher |
Come And Join Us!
We warmly welcome you to the Shine Sports Centre!
All the young people in this city can become members of the Shine Sports Centre and each member should pay $10 every year. To be a member of us and get your membership card（会员卡），you need to come to us between 2 pm and 6 pm, Monday to Thursday. I have to tell you that we don't accept new members on Friday. Now, there are three things that you must remember to bring with you when you come for a membership card. They are your ID card, a recent passport-sized photo of yourself and the money. We can't give you the card unless
you bring all the three.
Once you have got your membership card, you need to bring it with you whenever you come to book or use any facility(设备）in Shine Sports Centre. Booking over the phone is not allowed, so you have to come here with your card when you want to book. There is one more thing I have to tell you. Our opening hours is from 9 am to 10 pm on weekdays and from 10 am to 6 pm on weekends. We hope that every member can have a great time in the Shine Sports Centre.You can use the facilities in the Shine Sports Centre at_______.
| A．9 am on Sunday | B．5 pm on Wednesday |
| C．7 am on Thursday | D．9 am on Saturday |
You and your classmate have to spend ______ on the membership card for two years.
| A．$10 | B．$20 | C．$30 | D．$40 |
What does the underlined word "book" mean in Chinese in this passage?
| A．书 | B．账册 | C．预定 | D．记录 |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．All people have the chance to be members of the Centre. |
| B．You can get the membership card at 6 o'clock in the morning. |
| C．You can't book the facilities over the telephone. |
| D．You don't need to bring the membership card when you need to use the facilities. |
Who is the advertisement written for?
| A．Young people. | B．Old people. | C．Couples. | D．Little kids. |
Difficult times often bring out the best in people. Many well-known people come to help those who are in trouble. And this was the case for basketball player Yao Ming. He hosted a television show in Shanghai and raised US $ 300,000 to help researchers (研究员) find a medical cure. Fund-raising, or charity, is an act of goodwill(好意) towards others.
Charities in the West have more ways. Look at a typical day for Ruth, a rich woman in the UK, for example. Ruth wakes up in the morning and collects her post. There’s a letter addressed to her with a picture of a half-dead, beaten(筋疲力尽的) horse. It’s from a charity asking Ruth to donate money to save the animals. She turns on the television, and sees a picture of a wide–eyed child dying of hunger in Africa with a request (请求) for money to help the child. The tickets for the charity shows often cost her a lot of money, but she doesn’t mind because most of the money is going to a charity that fights AIDS. She feels good about going because she’s helping the sick.
Edna, a little old lady, looks after a second-hand shop—a charity shop. Any profit (收益) it has made goes to a cancer(癌症) charity. Now that she doesn’t have to work, she has lots of time to offer her services for free.
For people like Yao Ming, Ruth and Edna, charity is a virtue (美德) that holds the same importance in life as faith and hope. “As you look back on your life, the moments that stand out are the moments when you have done things for others,” said Scottish writer Henry Drummond.Yao Ming hosted a television show to _____.
| A．make more money | B．raise money for his basket team |
| C．make himself more famous | D．raise money for researchers to find a cure for SARS |
We can infer (推断)from the passage that _____.
| A．Edna may not be a rich lady but she is willing to do something for others |
| B．Ruth is angry because she has been asked to donate too much money |
| C．Ruth leads a busy life and she feels very tired |
| D．Yao Ming wants to be a television host |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．Only Yao Ming, Ruth and Edna try their best to do things for charity. |
| B．Ruth has given a lot of support to charity although she is not very rich. |
| C．The writer hopes that more people can do things for charity. |
| D．Edna is very rich because she has her own shop. |
One morning, Ruth received a letter with a picture of a horse in it because _____.
| A．she lost her horse |
| B．a charity wanted her to donate some money |
| C．she loved horse very much |
| D．she wanted to keep a horse as a pet |
The underlined(划线) part in the last paragraph probably means that _____.
| A．what impresses people deeply is what they have done for others |
| B．when you want to do something for others, you need stand out |
| C．the moment you stand out, you can do something for others |
| D．when you look back sometimes, you need stand out |
There are many different ways to travel to Paris from London. One of the quickest and most popular ways is by train. From Waterloo Railway station, you can travel all the way to Paris. The journey takes about three hours. The train, called the Eurostar, is very modern, and the seats are comfortable.
You can also travel to France by ship. First, you go to Dover, on the coast (海岸), by bus from London. The bus stops at the Ferry Terminal Seven in Dover. You can buy your tickets there. People who travel by car can drive on to the ferry (渡轮), too.
Another way to travel to Paris is by plane. There are several airports with international flights to Paris and other cities in France. You can travel to London Airport by bus or underground. Some people even go by taxi but this is a very expensive way to travel!The most popular way to Paris is .
| A．by ship | B．by plane | C．by car | D．by train |
Traveling from London to Paris by taxi is .
| A．quick | B．expensive | C．comfortable | D．pleasant |
The passage mainly tells us about _______.
| A．the journey taking the train called the Eurostar |
| B．international flights from London to Paris |
| C．buses stopping at Ferry Terminal Seven in Dover |
| D．different ways traveling from London to Paris |