Some people have a very poor sense of direction (方向感) _______, I am one of them. I have visited a place many times but I may still ______ there the next time.

When I was a little girl, I never dared ask strangers the way. And I used to walk round in circle and ________ that by chance I would get to the place I was going to.

Now, I am no longer too shy to ask people for ______, but I often get helpless or even _______information from them. So I try to avoid giving people wrong directions. For example, if anyone asks me the way somewhere, I would always answer “Sorry, I am a stranger here.”

Once on my way to______, I was stopped by a man. He asked me if I could tell him the way to the Friendship Building. I gave him my usual _______. But just as I walked on only a few steps, I realized that he was asking the way to __________office building. However, I had no time to turn back and look for him because I was rushing to meet with someone at my office and I didn’t want to keep him waiting.

When I got to my office, my secretary(秘书)_______in the man, he was just the one who had asked me for directions. Imagine how embarrassed ( 尴 尬 的 ) I was and how________ he was when we saw each other at the first sight!

1.A.Luckily B.Unluckily C.Lively

2.A.get lost B.be sad C.think about

3.A.doubt B.decide C.hope

4.A.directions B.money C.time

5.A.right B.wrong C.useful

6.A.work B.school C.place

7.A.question B.reply C.example

8.A.my B.his C.your

9.A.believed B.showed C.gave

10.A.happy B.excited C.surprised

A

The company Diligent Robotics has built a hospital robot called Moxi. It can help nurses do non-patient-facing tasks so that they have more time for patient care.

B

Around the world, 300 million

tons of plastic are created each year, and about 10% ends up in the sea. Over 100 million animals in the ocean die each year from being hurt by plastic.

C

Scientists has made the “smartest” prosthetic(假体的)hand.The hand uses AI to help it “learn” from users. It’s cheaper than other prosthetic hands, because it uses 3D printing. Each hand is printed based on the users’ needs.

D

Have you ever seen the watermelon snow?People found the snow was red and smelt like watermelon in the Antarctic(南极)area.The snow has changed its color which caused by a kind of ice-loving algae(雪衣藻). Because of the global warming, the Antarctic is experiencing the very warm temperatures. More algae hold more heat into the snow, which creates more melting(融化). And because the red color of the algae doesn’t reflect back light well, the snow appears red.

E

Some rich land becomes desert. We call this process “desertification (沙漠化)”. Desertification affects about 70 percent of all dry land in the world. Over 1 billion people are affected by desertification around the world. That’s about one-sixth of the world’s population.

F

Lenovo has introduced a new kind of laptop(手提电脑)called the ThinkPad X1Foldable in 2019. You can hold it like a tablet(平板), or fold it like a book. You can also hold it like a traditional laptop. You can use the virtual(虚拟)keyboard

to type.

1.Match passage A~F with the two topics:① Environment; ②Invention. Which of the following is right?

A.①-ACE; ②-BDF B.①-BDE; ②-ACF C.①-ABF; ②-CDE

2.Which question can be answered in the passages?

A.What’s the price of the Thinkpad XI Foldable?

B.Why does rich land become desert?

C.How does the watermelon snow appear?

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passages?

A.1/3 animals in the ocean die each year from being hurt by plastic.

B.A man who lost a hand may play a piece of music on the piano with the “smartest” prosthetic.

C.Lenovo has introduced a new kind of laptop that is completely different from the traditional one.

4.Which of the following leads to the figure“30,000,000”?

A.The weight of waste plastic which is poured into the sea.

B.The number of sea animals die from being hurt by plastic.

C.The population that is affected by desertification.

5.What can we learn from the six passages?

A.The warmer the temperature is in the Antarctic area, the more algae grow.

B.The “smartest” prosthetic hands are cheaper because of AI technology.

C.Moxi can treat the patients as well as doctors.

Tess was an eight-year-old girl when she heard her Mom and Dad talking about her little brother, Andrew. All she knew was that he was very sick and they were completely out of money. Only a very expensive surgery(手术) could save him. Her dad said to her tearful Mother , “Only a miracle(奇迹) can save him now.”

Tess went to her bedroom and pulled a box from its hiding place. She poured all the change out and counted it carefully. Then she went to Rexall’s Drug Store. The pharmacist asked: “What do you want?” “Well, I want to buy a miracle. My brother’s really, really sick. He has something bad growing inside his head and my Daddy says only a miracle can save him now. So how much does a miracle cost?” “We sell kinds of medicines but don’t sell miracles here, little girl. Sorry!” “Listen, I have the money to pay for it. If it isn’t enough, I will get the rest. Just tell me how much it costs.”

Just then the pharmacist’s brother came in. “How much do you have?” asked the man from Chicago. “One dollar and eleven cents.” “Well,” smiled the man, “It’s the exact price of a miracle for little brothers!”

That man was Dr. Carlton Armstrong, a doctor especially experienced in neurosurgery(神经外科). The surgery was completed for free and it turned out to be a big success. Tess’s Mom said, “I wonder how much the miracle would have cost.” Tess smiled. She knew exactly how much a miracle cost — one dollar and eleven cents.

1.What happened to Tess’s family?

A.Her parents argued, which made her mother tearful.

B.Her brother had a serious illness and her parents were poor.

C.Her parents often talked about her brother when she was out.

2.What does the underlined word “pharmacist” mean in Paragraph Two?

A.药剂师 B.借款人 C.科学家

3.From Paragraph Two, we know that ________.

A.Tess was a rich girl

B.Tess was warm-hearted

C.Tess loved her brother very much

4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A.Tess would try her best to get enough money to pay for the things she wanted.

B.The man from Chicago was not only skillful, but also kind and helpful.

C.Tess’s parents paid the doctor one dollar and eleven cents.

5.What’s the best title for the story?

A.A Lovely Girl, Tess B.The Price of a Miracle C.A Successful Surgery

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