Life in the future(将来) is different from now. There are not any paper money in the future. People use their credit cards when they go shopping. There are not so many shopping malls. At weekends, people needn’t go out. They usually do some shopping at home on the Internet.
Children don’t get up early to go to school. They have lessons at home on the Internet, too. Teachers teach their students and give them homework on the Internet. Children give the homework to their teachers on the Internet, too.
People don’t need to do much work. There are more robots(机器人). Robots do hard work for people. Parents don’t cook or wash clothes. A cooking robot cooks breakfast. In fact, robots do all the housework for us.
There are more holidays. Parents spend much time with their children. They spend a lot of time travelling around the world.
I think life in the future is very interesting. Do you think so?
What is the Chinese for the underlined phrase “credit cards”?
| A．身份证 | B．户口本 | C．信用卡 | D．优惠卡 |
Teachers teach their students in the future.
| A．in the classroom | B．over the radio |
| C．on TV | D．on the Internet |
In the future, robots are helpful and they can .
| A．eat dinner | B．cook meals for us |
| C．talk with our friends | D．watch films |
Which is the best title(标题) for the passage?
| A．Shopping online | B．Studying at home |
| C．Robots in the future | D．Life in the future |
Shanghai’s Maglev Train(磁悬浮列车) runs from Longyang to Pudong International Airport(国际机场). The whole trip takes about 8 minutes.
Time
| First train |
Longyang Road station |
6:45 |
| Airport Station |
7:02 |
|
| Last train |
Longyang Road Station |
21:40 |
| Airport Station |
21:42 |
Tickets
| Economy Class(普通座) |
VIP |
|
| Single Trip(单程旅行) |
50 yuan |
100 yuan |
| Round Trip(往返旅行) |
80 yuan |
160 yuan |
Children at or under 120 cm tall don’t need to buy tickets to take the train, but they cannot take the train by themselves. Children above 124 cm must buy a full-price ticket.
If you buy a round ticket, you can get on the train at Longyang Road Station or Pudong Airport Station, and get off at the other station. The return part of the ticket must be used on the same day.How long does it take to travel from Longyang Road Station to Pudong International Airport by Shanghai Maglev Train?
| A．About five minutes. | B．About six minutes. |
| C．About eight minutes. | D．About nine minutes. |
Mr Wang will buy an Economy class ticket to Pudong International Airport with his 120 cm tall son. He should pay___________ for the trip.
| A．50 yuan | B．100 yuan | C．150 yuan | D．200 yuan |
The first train from Airport Station to Longyang Road Station leaves__________.
| A．6:30 | B．6: 45 | C．7:02 | D．7:20 |
A passage( 乘客) who buys a round trip ticket__________.
| A．can take the train three times |
| B．must take the train back on the same day |
| C．can only get on the train at Longyang Road Station |
| D．can only get off the train at Pudong Airport Station |
A boy who is 130 cm tall__________.
| A．can take Shanghai Maglev Train by himself |
| B．doesn’t need a ticket to take the train |
| C．has to take the train with his parents |
| D．can take the train with a half-price ticket |
An English traveler found himself in Norway with only enough money to buy the ticket for his journey back home, As he knew that it would take him only two days to get to England, he decided that he could easily spend the time without food. So he bought a ticket and got on the ship. The man closed his ears to the sound of the lunch bell(铃子). When dinner time came, he didn’t go to dinner room, saying that he was not feeling very well.
The next morning he still didn’t have breakfast and at lunchtime he again stayed in his room. But at dinner time he was so hungry that he went to the dinner room and ate everything the waiter put in front of him. He got ready for the quarrel(吵架).
“Bring me the bill (账单),” he said. “The bill, sir?” said the waiter in surprise, “There isn’t any bill, On our ship meals are included (包括) in the money for the ticket,” said the waiter. The story happened_________.
| A．in England | B．on a ship from Norway to England |
| C．in Norway | D．on a ship from England to Norway |
Why didn’t the traveler go to the dinner room first?
| A．Because he had no money | B．Because he didn’t feel very well. |
| C．Because he didn’t want to eat anything. | D．Because he didn’t hear the sound of the bell. |
The traveler went to the dinner room to eat something because__________
| A．his friend had given him some money | B．The waiter had asked him to change his mind |
| C．he learned that there was no bill on the ship | D．he was too hungry |
How many meals did the traveler have on the ship?
| A．Only one. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．None. |
After the traveler finished eating,___________.
| A．he had a quarrel with the waiter over the bill |
| B．he drank a lot |
| C．he asked the waiter to bring him the change (零钱) |
| D．he came to know that travelers on the ship had free (免费的)meals |
Do you like traveling? How can you make your trip interesting? Here’s some advice.
Read!
Before you leave, you should find some information about the place, such as its geography, history and people. You can introduce that place better by reading.
Take photos!
If you want to take some photos, remember to choose the most special sights. Don’t choose the sight you can see in other places. For example, Qingdao and Ningbo are coastal cities, so don’t only take photos of the sea. You should take photos of something else, too.
Taste!
You’d better taste some specials(特产) in the area. Food in some places is very delicious. So why not taste it? Maybe you have just one chance to taste it in your life.
Write!
When you visit a place, you should take a pen and a notebook, so you can write down what you see and what you think during the trip.How many pieces of advice about traveling are mentioned(提及) in the passage?
| A．Two | B．Three | C．Four. | D．Five |
Before we travel to a place, we should__________.
| A．learn something about it | B．decide which hotel to stay at |
| C．decide when to leave | D．Know which bus to take |
The underlined word “coastal” means_________ in Chinese.
| A．内陆的 | B．新兴的 | C．沿海的 | D．现代的 |
You should_______ during your trip.
| A．take no photos | B．taste some specials | C．write down what you eat | D．read more books |
What’s the best title(题目) for the passage?
| A．How to make your trip interesting | B．The most popular way to travel |
| C．How to make a travel plan | D．The best place to travel |
Everyone needs friends. Friends bring us happiness and hope in our lives. But the ability to make friends changes from person to person. To some people, making friends is easy, and to others it’s very difficult.
Making friends is a skill, and the first thing is to know how to get on with others.
If you have trouble in making friends, maybe I can tell you how to do it.
Realize your own good points. You have skills and talents(才能) that others will like.
Believe that you are a good person and have something nice to share with others.
Be humourous. Learn to laugh at yourself and your weakness. Remember to smile at others.
Respect(尊敬) the others. Everyone has his own idea. Learn how to listen to others’ ideas without trying to make them accept(接受) yours.
Be kind. If you are kind to others, they will usually be kind to you. There are hundreds of little things you can do to show your kindness. Open the door for someone. Wave to a friend and so on.
Don’t complain(抱怨). Learn to accept what you can’t change, and work hard to change what you can. No one is willing to hear your complaints all the time.
Never give up. Even if you are faced with some closed-minded people, never give up. And try to find someone who will understand you.Why do we need friends according to the passage?
| A．Friends can do everything for us. | B．Friends can bring us happiness. |
| C． Friends accept our ideas all the time. | D．Without friends, we could not live. |
What’s the first thing we should learn in order to make friends?
| A．To help others. | B．To smile to others. |
| C．To get on with others. | D．To listen to others’ complaints. |
Which of the following shows a sense of humour?
| A．Opening the door for someone. | B．Complaining to others all the time. |
| C．Laughing at ourselves and our weakness. | D．Finding someone who will understand us. |
How many pieces of advice does the writer provide when we have trouble in making friends?
| A．Five. | B．Seven. | C．Nine. | D．Eleven. |
What should we do when we have trouble in making friends?
| A．Respect others. | B．Complain. | C．Give up. | D．Laugh at them |
In the 13th century, the famous Indian traveller, Marco Polo, travelled a long way to China. He saw many wonderful things. One of the things he discovered was that Chinese used paper money. In western countries, people did not use paper money until the 15th century. However, people in China began to use paper money in the 7th century.
A Chinese man called Cai Lun invented paper almost 2,000 years ago. He made it from wood. He took the wood from trees and made it into paper. He then put these pieces of paper together and made them into a book.
Now paper still comes from trees. We use a lot of paper every day. If we keep on wasting so much paper, there will not be any trees left on the earth. If there are no trees, there will be no paper. Every day, people throw away about 2,800 tons of paper in our city. It takes 17 trees to make one ton of paper. This means that we are cutting nearly 48,000 trees every day. Since it takes more than 10 years for a tree to grow, we must start using less paper now. If we don’t, we will not have enough time to grow more trees to take the place of those we use for paper.
So how can we save paper? We can use both sides of every piece of paper, especially when we are making notes. We can also use cotton handkerchiefs（手帕） and paper ones. When we go shopping, we can use fewer paper bags. If the shop assistant does give us a paper bag, we can save it and refuse (拒绝) it later.
Everyone can help to save paper. If we all think carefully, we can help protect trees. But we should do it now, before it is too late.When he was in China, Marco Polo __________ .
| A．discovered Cai Lun invented paper | B．learned to make paper |
| C．saw many wonderful things | D．read a lot of books |
People in western countries first used paper money in the _________ century.
| A．17th | B．15th | C．13th | D．7th |
About ________ tons of paper are thrown away every day in our city.
| A．1,700 | B．2,000 | C．2,800 | D．48,000 |
Which of the following is the way of saving paper?
| A．To use both sides of every piece of paper. |
| B．To use the paper bags from shops more than once. |
| C．To use cotton handkerchiefs and paper ones. |
| D．All of the above. |
Which is the best title（题目） of the passage?
| A．Saving paper. | B．The history of paper. |
| C．Cotton handkerchiefs back again. | D．Cai Lun, the great inventor. |