Zhang Qian’s travels to the west of China helped _______ Central Asia to China.

A. set off B. set up C. open up

Have you found that boys seem to do well in science while girls have a better vocabulary? If your answer to the question is “Yes”, you are________. Here are some facts, according to a _______ in Modern Science.

In general, men score higher, on _______ about math, physics, chemistry and the kind of solving skills. But women _______ better ability about spelling, vocabulary and memory. It is _______ that bones, muscles and nerves（神经）grow faster in baby girls. Usually, too, baby girls _______ at an earlier age than boys do. Scientists think that there is a________ reason for that. The left side of the brain develops faster in girls than boys. And it is just this side of the brain that runs a person’s ability to _______ words, to spell and to remember things.

By the time the children start school, little girls have an advantage that boys don’t have. And the advantage is very _______ for them to study well. So girls are always________ than boys in class, especially in primary school. Do you agree?

1.A. right B. wrong C. true

2.A. job B. research C. task

3.A. day B. night C. exams

4.A. show B. do C. make

5.A. 1ooked B. seemed C. believed

6.A. talk B. work C. play

7.A. careless B. physical C. popular

8.A. speak B. like C. use

9.A. difficult B. helpful C. kind

10.A. more confident B. lazier C. healthier

Is it worth taking after-school activities for kids in their daily life? Kids in Australia usually do after-school activities in their free time. The activities usually include part-time jobs, community service, sports training and club activities.

Amy, Rose and May, three teenagers from Marryatville High School, gave us their views.

1.Which of the following is NOT an after-school activity mentioned in the passage?

A. A part- time job B. Community service

C. Helping with housework D. Basketball training

2.According to Amy, teenagers should ___________.

A. not take too many after-school activities

B. take as many after-school activities as possible

C. not take after-school activities

D. try to take only one after-school activity

3.Who thinks teenagers can feel relaxed by taking after-school activities?

A. Amy B. Rose C. May D. We don’t know

4.What does the underlined sentence mean?

A. The more activities you take, the better you will be.

B. Quantity is always more important than quality.

C. Quality is always more important than quantity.

D. You can take the activities although you don’t care about them .

Stephen Hawking was born in Oxford, England on 8th January,1942. He was a world-famous British physicist. He also wrote a children’s book with his daughter. He said the book would be “a bit like Harry Potter” but without the magic and explain the wonders of the universe.

He was probably the world’s most famous scientist after Albert Einstein. He was an expert on black holes. He had put his whole life into digging into the beginning (and the end) of the universe. “My goal is simple,” he once said. “It is to completely understand the universe, why it is as it is and why it is there at all.”

He had a bad illness that kept him from moving or talking. For a period of time, he had no way to communicate except by blinking(眨眼).

He often sat on a wheelchair with a computer by his side. To communicate with others, he moved two fingers to control the computer’s mouse. He selected his words from the screen, which were then spoken by a voice synthesizer(合成器).

“I have had the disease for most of my life,” he once said. “Yet it has not stopped me from being successful at my work.”

Although he was such a disabled man, he made great achievements. He had received many awards for his work over the years. These include winning the Albert Einstein Award.

1.In the first paragraph, the book that Stephen Hawking wrote is _______.

A. The same as Harry Potter B. quite different from Harry Potter

C. about the magic D. about science

2.What does the underlined word “selected” mean?

A. chose B. considered C. invented D. prepared

3.What can we learn from the passage?

A. Hawking was more famous than Einstein.

B. Hawking was less famous than Einstein.

C. Both Hawking and Einstein were famous.

D. Neither Hawking nor Einstein was famous.

4.According to the passage, which of the following statements is a fact?

A. Hawking had received many awards except the Albert Einstein Award.

B. The illness stopped Hawking from moving or talking.

C. Hawking communicated with others by speaking.

D. The illness stopped Hawking from being successful.

“Gift” comes from the old Germanic root for “to give”. It meant an act of giving, and then turned into the thing being given. In Old English it meant the dowry(彩礼) given to a bride’s parents. “Present” comes from French. A present is the thing presented or given. But from the 13th century, the two words were in use for the idea of something given to others without paying.

However, they still have some differences in meaning and usage.

“Gift” has more meanings. Gifts can be talents. For example, you can have the art gift or a musical gift. Gifts can be invisible. There is the gift of understanding or the gift of a quiet day.

But we don’t use presents for things like this. Presents are real objects. If your whole family donated to pay for your college on your birthday, would you say “I got a lot of presents”? It doesn’t exactly sound wrong, but since you never hold these donations in your hand, “gifts” seem to fit better.

“Gift” can also act like an adjective to be put in front of another noun. What do you call this kind of shop where you can buy presents? A gift shop. What do you call the basket of presents that you can send to others? A gift basket. “Present” can’t be used like this. We may have gift boxes and gift cards, not present boxes or present cards!

“Gift” is used more often than “present” in modern English. “Present” also means “the time now”.

1.We can use the following expressions EXCEPT _________ .

A. Bill has a gift for sports

B. Mary got into a present store

C. Jack has received lots of birthday gifts

D. Rose enjoys shopping at present

2.What can we know about the words “gift” and “present” from the passage?

A. They both have the same meaning from the beginning.

B. “Present” is used more often than “gift” in modern English.

C. We can call the basket of gifts sent to others “a present basket”.

D. They’re both used for describing something given to others for free.

3.What does the passage mainly want to tell us?

A. “gift” has more meanings than “present” in English.

B. “Gift” and “present” come from different language families.

C. “Gift” and “present” have some differences in meaning and usage.

D. “Gift” and “present” have similar meanings, but people prefer to use “gift”.

4.Where can we probably read the passage?

A. In a fashion magazine.

B. In a travel guide.

C. In a newspaper.

D. In a sports magazine.

Thirteen- year-old Shenzhen girl Victoria Qiuzhang will headline a fundraising concert at Shenzhen Concert Hall scheduled for March next year, the money of which will go to a charity fund aimed at helping children struggling in the ICU(Intensive Care Unit).

Touched by and proud of what Victoria is doing, Kevin Foyle, the principal at the private boarding school in Switzerland where Victoria is studying-- College Alpin Beau Soleil --decided to bring the good deed back to his school and help raise funds for it.

“I think the fundraising concert is wonderful, what Victoria is trying to do imitates the philosophy of our school, which is to help students discover as much about themselves as possible and to take their talents to make a difference in the world,” Foyle told the Shenzhen Daily, adding that Victoria has set a very good example for her schoolmates.

In the eyes of the principal, Victoria is a popular and advanced young lady. “Victoria is well-known and well-liked at school and she once sang in front of the principals and leaders from Nord Anglia Education, the world’s leading excellent schools organization,” Foyle said.

To support the charity project led up by Victoria, the principal said the school would raise funds by organizing events like running and skiing which are usually physically challenging for students, and the parents would sponsor their children to push themselves in these challenges.

1.Who is Victoria going to raise money for?

A. disabled children B. children with serious illness

C. poor children D. top children

2.What is the teaching aim of the school which Victoria is in?

A. helping children struggling in the ICU

B. bringing all the good deeds back to the school

C. helping students discover as much about themselves as possible

D. helping students discover as much about themselves as they can and taking their talents to make a difference in the world

3.How will the school support Victoria’s charity project?

A. by holding a concert

B. by organizing a competition in study

C. by organizing some challenging sports activities

D. by only asking parents to donate money

4.What is the best title of the passage?

A. The girl studying abroad

B. A private boarding school abroad

C. School principal supports student’s charity project

D. A girl will hold a concert in Shenzhen

LG’s rolling robots can soon arrive at the largest supermarket chain in South Korea. The tech giant has inked a deal with grocery retailer E-Mart to develop self-driving carts that can follow customers around the store.

The device will be developed under LG’s CLOi brand, which has let other robots go for other uses.

LG hopes the smart cart robot will free shoppers from the usual trouble of having to push their grocery cart around as they examine the ways for passing carefully.

“The LG CLOi CartBot get rid of the worst part of grocery shopping: standing in lines,” LG explained. “This shopping companion and trolley has a built-in bar code (条形码) scanner that rings you up(记入收款) as you shop. When you’re ready to check out, the automated payment service takes care of the bill,” the firm added.

What’s more, the self-driving cart help direct shoppers to a particular item they’re in search of. Users can also make requests through LG’s own app.

Along with its rolling robots, LG has also developed CLOi SuitBot, an AI-powered robotic suit pushing the leg movements of its wearer, letting them undertake tasks they normally wouldn’t be equipped to handle.

1.What does Paragraph 1 mainly want to tell?

A. self-driving shopping carts will be used in E-Mart soon.

B. LG is the largest supermarket.

C. The self-driving shopping carts are very popular.

D. LG’s rolling robots have arrived at the largest supermarket.

2.How many ways can the self-driving carts help customers when they are shopping?

A. one. B. two. C. three D. four

3.What kind of robots has LG developed besides rolling robots?

A. self-driving shopping carts. B. Serving Robots.

C. Porter Robots. D. CLOi SuitBot (an AI-powered robotic suit).

4.What can we infer from the passage?

A. LG is only famous in South Korea.

B. LG is not good at developing robots.

C. The self-driving shopping carts are pushed by shoppers.

D. The self-driving shopping carts are a kind of smart shopping carts.

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号内中词语的正确形式填空。

What will happen if a family is without the Internet for a month? One 1.(America) family decided to find out, so they sent an 2.(invite) to a leading US television station, expecting that it would send a film group to record their everyday life without technology for a month.

When the film group met 3.Smiths, they noticed that Mr. Smith, Mrs. Smith and their two sons were so crazy about technology 4.theyhardly did things together. At mealtimes, no one was prepared 5. (sit) at the dining table for their food. “Everyone just runs into the kitchen, takes their food and then goes back to their bedrooms and then their eyes are fixed 6. their screen.”Mrs. Smith explained. “Our family will become strangers to each other 7.we make a change!”

Returning to the normal life without the Internet was not easy, especially when all the family members lost8.(they) in it. They had to make many changes. For example, the two brothers had to go to the school library to borrow books for their scientific projects, and Mr. and Mrs. Smith needed to go out shopping because they couldn’t buy things online. Since the family picked up the new lifestyle, they 9.(find) that they can spend more time talking over meals instead of doing their own things 10.(silent).

Would they be able to go for long without using the Internet after the challenge?

翻译句子, 并将答案写在答题卷上。

1.你还记得今天早餐你吃了什么吗？

2.这些故事是如此的幽默以致于我对它们极感兴趣。

3.这个相册是我曾经收到过的最珍贵的礼物。

4.圣诞节期间，这位作家在继续写他的小说。

5.我习惯于呆在国外。

书面表达，写在答卷上

你校学生会计划为来访的美国交换生举办一个欢迎晚会，作为学生会成员，请为此活动写一份英语口头通知，邀请全校同学参加。通知涵盖以下要点：

① 晚会目的：欢迎美国交换生，帮助他们应对文化冲击

② 晚会活动：唱歌、跳舞、汉语习语游戏、交换小礼品

③ 时间地点：下周六晚7:30于学校操场

要求：80词左右，卷面整洁，可适当增加细节以使行文连贯，开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

参考词汇：welcome party 欢迎晚会 the Student Union 学生会

Dear students,

May I have your attention, please? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Everyone is welcome!