Salt in the soil has always made it impossible to grow crops.But that's now changing.
Famous agriculturalist （农学家）Yuan Longping said they would grow a special rice.They would turn 100 million mu of saline﹣alkali （盐碱的）land into farmland in the country over the next 10 years.
In 2017，Yuan's team successfully grew rice on the saline﹣alkali land in Jiangsu Province.It is called sea rice.Now they have made great progress.Both China and many other countries around the world have large saline﹣alkali land.If all of it can be used to grow rice and grain，it is very important for food security（安全）.And it will help the UN zero﹣hunger goal come true.
Yuan Longping was named as"Father of Hybrid Rice".He helped China make a great wonder—feeding nearly 20% of the world's population with less than 9% of the world's farmland.Then Yuan had a much bigger dream—to save the world from hunger.The world is seeing China's sea rice as a way to fight food insecurity.
"I had a dream.Rice was as high as sorghum （高粱）；ears （穗）were as long as brooms；grains were as big as peanuts （花生）.I could actually enjoy the cool under the rice crops." Yuan said of his childhood dream.And he was one step closer to his dream.
"I'm confident in the future of my country，and I want to do more for my motherland." said Yuan.
（1）What was Yuan Longping？
A.A famous reporter.
B.A famous pianist.
C.A famous headmaster.
D.A famous agriculturalist.
（2）What did Yuan's team grow on the saline﹣alkali land in 2017？
A.Corn.
B.Vegetables.
C.Sea rice.
D.Hybrid rice.
（3）What will happen if all saline﹣alkali land around the world is turned into farmland？
A.The people in China will stay away from hunger.
B.The people in Africa will stay away from hunger.
C.The people in many countries will stay away from hunger.
D.The people in the world will stay away from hunger.
（4）Yuan Longping helped China feed nearly of the world's population with less farmland.
A.one fifth
B.one tenth
C.four fifths
D.nine tenths
（5）What was Yuan Longping's bigger dream？
A.The rice was as high as sorghum.
B.He could save the world from hunger.
C.The ears were as long as brooms.
D.He could enjoy the cool under the rice crops.
Dear Reader,
Imagine an 11-year old girl whose days are often spent washing clothes, looking after a baby, working hard in the field.
Imagine a little girl who knows there will not be enough food for dinner, who can’t fill her stomach with water because it’s polluted, and who has watched life slip away from her father, little brother and sister because the family is too poor to see a doctor.
Is it hard to believe? For Maria Pastora, these are the real life.
Maria would gladly walk miles to school, but her mother, now alone, needs her badly at home. If Maria grows up without any schooling, what will be her future?
But for just 52 pennies a day, you can sponsor a child like Maria. Through “Save the Children”, you can help Maria’s mother get the tools and ways she needs to turn their poor food into a good dinner and the money she needs to buy clothes and school things for Maria.
To help Maria most, your money is put together with that of other sponsors, so hard-working people can help themselves. Build a school, a hospital…bring in clean water. This is what “Save the Children” has been about since 1932.
For you there are many rewards. Have the chance to write to or hear from your sponsored child. Receive photos or progress reports. Know you are reaching out to another person. Not with a handout(施舍物), but a “handup”. That’s how “Save the Children” works. But without you, it can’t work. Please take a moment now to fill in and post the form below to help a child like Maria and her village.
It can make such a difference in her life and yours.We can most probably read the letter in __________.
| A．somebody’s diary | B．a newspaper |
| C．a progress report | D．a storybook |
From the passage, we can infer （推断）that _________
| A．Maria is an 11-year-old girl. |
| B．Maria’s family is very poor. |
| C．Maria has to do a lot of hard work. |
| D．Maria is hoping to get schooling. |
What is “Save the Children”?
| A．An organization to help poor children go to school. |
| B．An office of the government to collect money. |
| C．A program shown at theatres to help the poor. |
| D．A group who works for children in poor places. |
The underlined word “sponsor” means “__________” in Chinese.
| A．回报 | B．资助 | C．感恩 | D．抢救 |
What does the last sentence in the letter mean?
| A．If Maria goes to school, you will be rewarded. |
| B．What you give is more than what you take. |
| C．Both Maria’s life and yours will change a lot. |
| D．Marie and you can help each other at school. |
根据下表，选出最佳答案。
Mason’s Clothing Store
| Clothes（衣服） |
Color（颜色） |
Price（价格） |
| socks |
white, blue |
$4 |
| pants |
black |
$11 |
| sweater |
red, white |
$8 |
| T-shirt |
red, green, black |
$7 |
| hat |
black, red |
$6 |
—Which is the cheapest（最便宜的）of all? —_______
| A．Hat. | B．T-shirt. | C．Pants. | D．Socks. |
—How much are two sweaters and a hat? —_______
| A．$14. | B．$20. | C．$21. | D．$22. |
You can buy（买到）_______.
| A．black pants | B．a blue sweater | C．a green hat | D．red socks |
You like red and you only have $6. You can take_______.
| A．a sweater | B．a hat | C．a T-shirt | D．none（全无） |
You only have sixteen dollars. You can buy_______.
| A．a sweater and a pair of pants（裤子） |
| B．two T-shirts and a pair of socks |
| C．a sweater and two pairs of socks |
| D．a sweater and two hats |
When you are ill, you will see a doctor. The doctor will write a note to take to the chemist for some medicine. Chemists are usually good at reading doctor’s notes. But sometimes doctors write too badly and even the chemists can’t read them.
One day a woman wrote to a doctor to invite him to have dinner with her family in the restaurant. The doctor wrote an answer, but he wrote too badly and the woman could not read it.
“What shall I do?” she asked her husband. “I don’t know whether he is going to come or not. I don’t want to call him and say that I don’t understand him.”
Her husband thought for a few minutes and then he had and idea. “Take it to the chemist,” he said. “He will be able to read it for us.” The woman went to the chemist’s shop and gave the doctor’s “note” to him. The chemist looked at it for a long time.
“Could you wait a moment, Miss?” he said. Then he went to the back of the shop. After a few minutes he came back, carrying a large bottle(瓶子). He gave the bottle to the woman.
“Take one spoonful(一匙) every day,” he told the woman.
根据短文内容判断正误，正确的在答题卡上涂A, 错误的在答题卡上涂B.The doctor invited the woman to dinner one day.
The woman couldn’t read the note because the doctor wrote it badly.
The husband asked his wife to go to the chemist’s shop and get some medicine.
The chemist gave the woman a large bottle of medicine.
In fact, the chemist didn’t know the meaning of the doctor’s note at all.
Do you know that women’s brains are smaller than men’s? Normally the women’s brain weighs 10% less than men’s. Since research has shown that the bigger the brain, the cleverer the animal, men must be more intelligent（聪明的） than women. Right? Wrong. Men and women always score similarly on intelligence tests, despite the difference in brain size. Why? After years of study, researchers have concluded that it’s what’s inside that matters, not just the size of the brain. The brain is made up of “grey matter” and “white matter”. While men have more of the white matter, the amount（数量）of “thinking” brain is almost the same in both men and women.
It has been suggested that smaller brain appears to work faster, perhaps because the two sides of the brain are better connected in women. This means that little girls may learn to speak earlier, and that women can understand sorts of different information at the same time. When it comes to talking to the boss on the phone, cooking dinner and keeping an eye on the baby all at the same time, it’s women who come out on top every time.
There are other important differences between two sexes（性别）. As white matter is the key to spatial（空间的）tasks, men know better where things are in relation to other things. “A great footballer always knows where he is in relation to the other players, and he knows where to go,” says one researcher. That may explain one of life’s great mysteries: why men refuse to ask for directions … and women often need to!
The differences begin when fetuses（胎儿）are about nine weeks old, which can be seen in the action of children when they are very young. A boy would try to climb a barrier before him or push it down while a girl would ask for help from others. These brain differences also explain the fact that more men take up jobs that require good spatial skills, while more women speech skills. It may all go back to our ancestors, among whom women needed speech skills to take care of their babies and men needed spatial skills to hunt, according to one research.Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragraph 1?
| A．Grey matter controls thinking in the brain. |
| B．Men’s brain is 10% less than women’s. |
| C．Grey matter plays the same role as white matter. |
| D．Men and women have the same amount of white matter. |
What can you infer from Paragraphs 2 and 3?
| A．Men have weaker spatial abilities. |
| B．Women do not need to tell directions. |
| C．Women prefer doing many things at a time. |
| D．Women do many jobs at a time better than men. |
What can you learn from Paragraph 4?
| A．Our children needed more spatial skills. |
| B．Women may have more feelings than men. |
| C．Young boys may be stronger than young girls. |
| D．More women take up jobs requiring speech skills. |
The passage is mainly about _______.
| A．ways of being more intelligent |
| B．differences between men and women |
| C．studies on brains between two sexes |
| D．studies on white matter and grey matter |
When Kyle walked into Ernie's Pet World, he looked very worried. He walked quickly to the front counter（柜台）. The owner of the shop, Ernie, jumped out to greet Kyle. He was the shop's first shopper of the day.
"Good morning, sir!" Ernie said. "What can I help you with?"
"Well, I...," Kyle started to say.
"Wait, don't tell me," Ernie interrupted (打断) him. "You're looking for a … a little dog... for
your daughter 's birthday. Right?"
"No T really, l just..."
Ernie didn't let him finish. "Ah, I've got it, You just moved into a new house, and you want some fish for it. I have some very nice tanks over here."
"In fact, I..." Kyle was starting to look very nervous (紧张的). His face had a strange expression（表情）on it.
"No fish? Ah, a cat! You look like a cat person. At Ernie's Pet World, we have the best kinds. Take a look at this Persian — long, white hair, and look at that cute expression. She's looking at you. She's thinking, ‘Take me home. Take me home.’ Would you like some cat food and toys as well?"
"No, thank you," Kyle said. By this time, he was walking up and down. He had a pained (痛苦的) look on his face. "Really, I'm not interested in cats or fish or little dogs."
"What do you want, then?" Ernie asked.
Kyle looked like he was going to cry. "I just want to know if I can use your bathroom!" he finally said.What does the writer want to tell us?
| A．A good pet owner. | B．A funny story. |
| C．A wonderful shopkeeper. | D．A strange pet shop. |
What was true about Ernie's Pet World?
| A．The shop was not busy. | B．Kyle went there often. |
| C．The shop was about to close. | D．Kyle knew the shop owner well. |
What do you think of Ernie?
| A．He is careful. | B．He is helpful. |
| C．He likes talking. | D．He is clever. |
Why did Kyle look anxious and pained?
| A．He wanted to get a cat very much. | B．He didn't like animals. |
| C．He was late for work. | D．He was not comfortable. |