--- Dad, it is said that the Chang’e-4 spacecraft landed on the far side of the moon. Could you tell me __________?

-- Sorry. Let’s search for the information on the Internet.

A. whether it is the first spacecraft to land on the far side of the moon

B. when did the amazing thing happen

C. if the spacecraft has done experiments or not

D. how long the spacecraft has landed on the far side of the moon

---The CCTV March 15th Evening Party showed that the snack ‘spicy strip’ which children like eating is poisonous.

--- Yes. Something __________ be done to make producers pay attention to food safety.

A. need B. ought C. may D. must

--- I hear that The Wondering Earth is popular now. I have never watched it. What about you?

--- __________, but I am very busy this week. How about seeing it together next week?

A. I don’t agree with you B. Me too

C. Me neither D. I’m afraid so

Once upon a time there was a hamburger in the restaurant, who had many lives. Each day she would wake up and patiently wait her turn to be prepared by the _____ before they were served to the customers. She would do everything possible to make herself really _____ while being eaten. But with the customer’s final bite, she would feel like the lights had gone out and she had simply fallen asleep. The next day all would repeat.

The little hamburger wanted to quietly _____ this way for many years. But one day, she heard one of the customers say she was “junk food”. And this made her _____! From then on she found that many people used that _____ name about her and her sisters. And after listening closely to the radio about junk food, she accepted the fact: it was _____, and she was “junk food”.

Now she _____ why most of her favourite customers were now much fatter than before, and why they didn’t look so _____. The hamburger felt bad, so she tried to find some way to change that ______.

Then she got a(n) _____. The hamburger told all her sisters not to have any flavor (味道) whenever they were with a customer that visited too often, but to be even more delicious only when the customer _____ came.

In this way they began to see fewer unhealthy-looking faces, and many of their old friends started looking much better.

And these hamburgers became much more popular from then on, because more people think it’s nicer to ______something after a while of not having had it.

1.A. cooks B. doctors C. workers D. waiters

2.A. beautiful B. clever C. useful D. delicious

3.A. share B. live C. make D. show

4.A. sad B. hungry C. excited D. interested

5.A. nice B. fantastic C. funny D. terrible

6.A. polite B. boring C. special D. true

7.A. doubted B. forgot C. understood D. asked

8.A. tired B. sick C. rich D. well

9.A. name B. size C. appearance D. colour

10.A. answer B. trouble C. message D. idea

11.A. often B. never C. seldom D. once

12.A. taste B. touch C. throw D. make

A science fiction flying car looks like a normal car, but it is an aircraft(飞行器)that anybody can fly directly from any place to another without using roads or runways. Science fiction writers have written about flying cars for a long time. But now flying cars will soon fly out of the world of science fiction into our real world. And the dream of the science fiction writers will soon come true.

The first-known sky car is the FSC-1. The FSC-1 looks like an expensive sports car. You can drive the FSC-1 on the road like a normal car. If you touch a button, its wings and propeller (螺旋桨) fold out and then it can take off, fly and land as an airplane. The owners of the FSC-1 can choose if they want to drive or fly.

Another flying car or sky car is the Moller Skycar M400. Although you can’t drive it on the roads, it is small and easy to fly and can take off and land like a helicopter (直升飞机). Urban Aeronautics’ X-Hawk is another type of sky car. It is expected to be available for about $3 million.

Just like any new technology, flying cars have taken a long time to be developed. But some experts think the technology is far from what people imagine when they are sitting in traffic. It still needs to be improved.

1.The FSC-1 can ______.

A. change itself into a robot B. move on water like a ship

C. be flown only like an airplane D. be driven like a car and flown like an airplane

2.The Moller Sky car is different from the FSC-1 because ______.

A. it can’t fly B. it can’t be driven like a car

C. itis difficult to land D. it is much more expensive

3.Some experts think the technology of flying cars is ______.

A. normal B. traditional

C. not good enough D. strange

Bassanio looked at the three boxes, but he didn't read the writing on them. He looked at the gold and silver. “The world is tricked by appearances，” he said. “People often hide ordinary things with beautiful gold, silver, and jewels. People always agree with those who speak well, even if they say foolish things. Many people who seem brave are cowards(懦夫). I don't want these beautiful boxes of gold and silver. I will choose the lead(铅) box with its ordinary colour. It speaks more to me than all the gold and silver in the world. Please give me the key to the lead box. Let happiness be mine.” When Bassanio opened the box and saw the picture of Portia inside it, he loved her even more because the picture was very beautiful, but Portia herself was even more beautiful than the picture.

The writing inside the box told him that he had chosen the right box. It said that he should go to Portia and look into her eyes. She would be his wife. Bassanio could not believe it.

“Is it really true? Will you really be my wife? I am afraid to believe it until you say so.” Bassanio asked Portia.

“Look at me，”said Portia. “I am yours. Everything I am and everything I have is yours. Until now, I was the ruler(统治者) of this palace, master of my servants, and queen of myself. Now the palace, the servants and I are yours. I give them to you with this ring. Let it always be the symbol(象征) of our love. If you lose this ring, or sell it, or give it away, it will mean that you no longer love me.

(Adapted from The Merchant of Venice)

1.What kind of box did Bassanio choose?

A. Gold. B. Silver. C. Lead. D. Wood.

2.What did Bassanio see in the box?

A. A dead animal. B. A picture of a fool.

C. A picture of Portia. D. Lots of jewels.

3.Why did Bassanio choose the lead box?

A. Because he didn't like gold and silver.

B. Because he knew that Portia's picture was in the lead box.

C. Because Portia told him to choose the lead box.

D. Because he thought that the world is tricked by appearances and the lead box speaks more to him than all the gold and silver in the world.

Fashion treadmill desks (跑步机办公室) might actually help improve job performance after employees get used to working while walking, according to new research.

A yearlong study of workers at a company St. Paul, Minn, found that the productivity of 40 treadmill users dropped at first because they were unable to master typing and operating a mouse while walking at a speed of up to two miles per hour.

But within four to six months, measures (测量) of performance-quality, the amount of work done, and the quality of interactions(互动) with workmates rose gradually, according to weekly surveys. At the end of the survey period, workers with treadmill desks improved their performance, which was 0.69 points higher than that before the project began.

For tasks like solving problems or taking conference calls, “ A little bit of walking is useful because it means there’s more blood flow to the brain,” said Avner Ben-Ner, a professor at the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management and an author of the study. “ You get more oxygen (氧气) and it increases the ability to think .”

Treadmill desks have got attention because of research which showed the negative (负面的，消极的)effects of sedentary lifestyles and jobs that leave workers sitting all day. But data on the effectiveness of the desks has been relatively rare.

There are other downsides (不利方面) , as The Wall Street Journal wrote last year, including the possibility of falls and injuries.

Mr. Ben-Ner noted that treadmill users need some time to get used to the ergonomics (人体工程学) of walking while working, including the proper desk height. His team provided no training to employees, and he said that employers who provide such desks should offer help to get users comfortable on the machines.

“This wouldn’t be very good for people who use a needle for their jobs,” he said. “ But everyone who does brain work knows that if you need fresh ideas, taking a walk helps.”

1.According to the passage, fashion treadmill desks offer users many advantages EXCEPT to_______.

A. improve their quality of work B. increase their amount of work

C. make their health become better and better D. keep good relationships with workmates

2.Which of the following does Mr. Ben-Ner agree?

A. People can do different kinds of work when walking on treadmill.

B. The treadmill desks are fit for people solving difficult problems.

C. The more oxygen you get, the better your mood is.

D. A little walk can make your brain work more actively.

3.The underlined part “sedentary “in Paragraph 6 probably means leading a life with ____________.

A. much sitting B. daily stress C. no money D. great worry

I needed to buy a digital camera, one that was just good at taking good photos, maybe sometimes for magazines. I went online, spent 15 minutes reading product reviews on good websites, wrote down the names of three top recommendations and headed for my nearest big friendly camera store. There in the cupboard was one of the cameras on my list. And it was on special offer. I pointed at it and asked an assistant, “Can I have one of those?” He looked perturbed (不安).“Do you want to try it first?” he said. It didn’t quite sound like a question. “Do I need to?” I replied. “There’s nothing wrong with it?” This made him look a bit unhappy and I started to feel bad. “No, no. But you should try it.” he said. “Compare it with the others.”

I looked across at the others: shelves of similar cameras along the wall, offering a wide range(范围) of slightly different prices and discounts, with each company selling a range of models based around the same basic box. With so many models to choose from, it seemed that I would have to spend hours weighing X against Y, always trying to take Z and possibly H into my choice. But when I had finished, I would still have only the same two choices that I had entered the store with: first, soon after I carried my new camera out of the shop, it would be worth half what I paid for it; and second, my wonderful camera would veryquickly be replaced by a new model.

In the end, I agreed to try the model I had chosen. The assistant seemed a nice man. So I let him take out my chosen camera from the cupboard, show how it took excellent pictures of some shoppers... and when he started to introduce the special parts, I stopped him and asked whether I needed to buy a carry-case and a memory card as well.

Why do we think that new choices still offer us anything new? Perhaps it is because they offer a chance to prevent facing the fact that our real choices in this culture are far more limited than we would like to imagine.

1.The shop assistant insisted that the writer should __________.

A. try the camera to see if there was anything wrong with it

B. compare the camera he had chosen with the others

C. get more information about different companies

D. believe him and stop asking questions

2.What does the writer mean by “it would be worth half what I paid for it”?

A. The camera would soon fall in value. B. The price of the camera was very high.

C. The quality of the camera was not good. D. He should get a 50% discount.

3.The writer decided to try the model he had chosen because he __________.

A. knew very little about it

B. didn’t believe the shop assistant

C. had a special interest in taking pictures of shoppers

D. wanted to make sure the one he chose would be the best

4.It can be inferred（推断）from the passage that in the writer’s opinion, __________.

A. people waste too much money on cameras

B. cameras have become an important part of our daily life

C. we don’t actually need so many choices when buying a product

D. famous companies care more about the money they can make than quality

阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。

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The hardest thing in the world is saying yes to the world. Do you say yes to the world? Most of us have a habit of going through our days saying no to the things we don’t like and yes to the things we like, and yet, everything we face is our life. We won’t say yes to the things we do not like, because we are afraid that we will not remove them forever.

But in fact, it is only through accepting the existence(存在) of what’s not working for us that we can begin to change our ideas. When we say yes to the world, we begin to believe that whatever our situation is, we can work with it. We express belief in ourselves, and the world, and we also express a willingness to learn from whatever happens to us, rather than running and hiding when we don’t like what we see. Therefore, in one word, saying yes is really good for our life.

The question we might ask ourselves is what it will take to get to the point of saying yes. For some of us, it takes dealing with something we can’t run away from or refuse, and so we have no choice but to say yes. For others, they might make a decision to say yes to life no matter what happens to them. Saying yes to life might be difficult at first, and even painful at times, but if we continue to say yes to life, it will be far less difficult in the end. And we will find the joy of being in a positive(积极的) talk to the world with a very powerful word ‘yes’. We should accept everything life puts in front of us.

根据所给中文完成句子翻译

1.年轻人很难想象没有网络的生活会是什么样子。

It’s ___________________________________________________________________________.

2.你期望得到他们宝贵的建议吗？

_____________________________________________________________________________？

3.Neil Armstrong在历史上起着多么重要的作用啊！

______________________________________________________________________ in history!

4.我们想知道她已经离开非洲多长时间了。

We want_______________________________________________________________________.

5.老师对南希评价很高，所以常叫她来参加英语辩论赛的选拔。

Nancy is _________________by her teacher, so she ________________________English Debate.

6.我认为防止人们污染环境很值得关注。

I think ________________________________________________________________________.