Marco Polo was from Venice, Italy. In 1271, at age 17, Marco went on a trip with his father and uncle to China. Today people often travel to different places around the world. But it was very hard for people from Europe to visit China then. After three and a half years, the Polos reached China on 1275.

While he was there, Marco Polo worked for Kublai Khan, the emperor（皇帝）of China. He was able to learn and experience many things that were new to Europeans. In his diary, he wrote, “Kublai Khan’s palace is the greatest I’ve ever seen. The streets of the new capital, Daidu, are so straight and so wide.” Paper money also took him by surprise, since it was not yet in use in the West at that time. Homes were heated with “black stones... which burn like wood.” These stones were coal, and most of the Europeans knew little about it then.

After 17 years in China, Marco and his family finally returned to Venice in 1292. After he returned home, Marco completed a book about his trip, full of facts about his wonderful experiences in China.

1.How was Marco Polo’s three-and-a-half-year journey to China?

A. Expensive. B. Comfortable. C. Difficult. D. Smooth.

2.The Polos finally got to China in .

A. 1271 B. 1275 C. 1288 D. 1292

3.What did Marco do when he was in China?

A. He worked for the emperor. B. He learned to build city streets.

C. He helped to dig for coal. D. He finished a book about his trip.

Emma Watson, 26, brings her childhood Disney character to life. The British actress played the beautiful girl Belle in Disney’s new live-action movie Beauty and the Beast(野兽). She also sang for the role, the first time she has done so in her career. The movie came out in China on March 17. Originally an animation film, it tells how a cursed man-beast is changed into a handsome prince by the love of Belle.

To play the lead role in Beauty and the Beast, Watson turned down the offer of La La Land, which won six awards besides the Best Actress at this year’s Oscars. However, she does not regret it. She told Vanity Fair that she believes the movie says something that is important for people to hear.

This is not her first time being invited to play a Disney princess. She refused the offer to play Cinderella. But she happily took on Belle because she saw her as a better role model. Belle doesn’t mind Beast’s ugly appearance and sees his good heart within. “She remains curious, compassionate (有同情心) and open-minded,” she told Total Film. “She’s not easily swayed by other people’s ideas.”

But to build her own version of Belle, Watson had a hand in shaping the character. She wanted Belle to be busy instead of just playing in the castle all day. So she had the idea of turning Belle into an inventor, like her father. And Belle even made a washing machine herself, though people broke it. She wanted it to free girls from chores (杂务) and allow them to learn how to read. She told Entertainment Weekly that people who broke the washing machine was symbolic (象征的) of people who broke Belle’s spirit and pushed her to become the woman they wanted her to be.

1.According to the passage, what does the movie Beauty and the Beast tell us?

A. The reason why the beast has an ugly appearance.

B. Beauties always fall in love with the ugly beasts easily.

C. Belle loves the beast and doesn’t care about his appearance.

D. A cursed man-beast is changed into a handsome prince by love.

2.Why did Watson play the lead role in Beauty and the Beast?

A. Because she refused to play Cinderella.

B. Because she had no chance to play in La La land.

C. Because she saw Belle as a better role model.

D. Because she thought the movie was important for people.

3.Why did people break Belle’s washing machine?

A. Because they thought the machine was useless.

B. Because they had an idea of turning her into an inventor.

C. Because they wanted to push her to be the woman they liked.

D. Because they wanted her to be busy instead of playing in the castle.

4.Which may be the best title for this passage?

A. A Disney’s Princess. B. More than a Beauty.

C. Beauty and the Beast. D. A beauty’s love story.

The Vieira family moved to the United States in 1981.At that time, they decided to stop speaking Spanish at home and only communicate in English. This was because they were now living in an English-speaking country.

Now the Vieira children are adults, and they sometimes travel to Spain to visit their family and friends. But they can't communicate with them. Unfortunately this is common. When people move to new countries, they often leave their own customs and mother language behind. This is a mistake because there are many benefits to knowing more than one language.

One advantage of speaking more than one language is that you can communicate with more people around the world. You don't have to depend on others to talk for you, so you are more independent. People who know only one language must use others to help them communicate.

Furthermore, speaking the second language also allows people to experience other cultures and customs more effectively .Local expressions, vocabulary, and even jokes can have a powerful effect on a person's understanding of other culture. So knowing more than one language increases your knowledge of other cultures.

Finally, having more multilanguage speakers improves relationships between countries. If people from different countries can communicate well, the world can become closer. Countries will then have more respect for each other and better understand each other's problems.

The benefits of knowing more than one language are clear. In fact, there are no disadvantages. It is very sad that many people don't try to learn another language. It's even worse when people let themselves forget their mother language and become silenced.

1.The passage begins with the experience of Vieira family in order to ________.

A. discuss the need of teaching a new language

B. introduce the passage's main characters to the readers

C. describe the advantages of moving to another country

D. show the problem of speaking only one language

2.The underlined phrase “multilanguage speakers” (paragraph 5) means “people who know ________.”

A. their mother language B. a new language

C. more than one language D. baby language

3.According to the passage, if you can speak more than one language, you can ________

A. find a better job B. make more friends

C. better understand history D. communicate more independently

4.Based on the last paragraph, which of the following is the worst?

A. Not knowing another language. B. Forgetting one's language.

C. Refusing to learn another language. D. Failing to communicate with others.

根据短文内容，从下面方框中选择适当的选项补全短文。

Don’t be too surprised if you see a car going down the road without a driver in Beijing these days. 1.Last month, Baidu began to test its self-driving cars on open roads in Beijing.

Self-driving cars began to develop in 2010. Since then, companies like Tesla, Uber and Baidu have been working to produce and test their own self-driving cars.

Self-driving cars are safer than regular cars. 2.They can remove the stress of driving and allow disabled or blind people to get around more easily.

3.In one test, researchers pointed a laser pointer(激光棒) at the car's sensors(传感器) while it was moving. The car mistakenly thought that the laser beam was in its way and slowed down or changed the direction. The software that is used to direct the cars may not be safe enough. 4.When we use our computers or smart phones, they sometimes crash (崩溃) without any reason. But if this happened to a self-driving car, the results could be deadly. Improvements to the software could be a solution to this problem.

A．At times, it may break down.

B．But self-driving cars have their own problems as well.

C．And they are more environmentally friendly than regular cars.

D．It might be one of Baidu’s self-driving cars

从下面的方框中选择适当的选项补全对话。（有两项是多余的）

A．I bought it at a high price.

B．How do you feel about ads?

C．Well，not all ads tell the truth.

D．It's true that some ads can be useful.

E．I saw this kind of computer in an ad.

F．My computer broke down in the morning.

G．I must be careful when I shop in the future

A：You don't look very happy，Betty. What happened?

B：1.

A：When did you buy it?

B：Just half a year ago.

A：It must be very cheap，right?

B：No. 2.

A：Why did you buy this one?

B：3. The words in the ad sounded good，so I decided to buy one.

A：4. Some are misleading. They just lead you to buy the products，but they don't tell you anything about the quality of them.

B：You are right. We can't believe them all the time.5.

A：Sure. You should compare more products and choose the best one.

阅读下面这篇文章，根据短文后所给的任务，完成1—5小题

Who are (A)_________ at science in your class, girls or boys? Nowadays, girls start to show more interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) subjects, according to a recent study by Cambridge Occupational Analysts (COA), UK.

In the study, last year, (C) over___,____students who were in their final year in high school were surveyed. The number of girls considering university courses in STEM subjects has been larger than that of boys. Over a fifth of the girls surveyed said they were considering related jobs, such as engineering and technology. Interest has also risen in mechanical (机械学的) engineering, electrical engineering and the sciences.

(D)_________________________.In the past, there were not nearly as many women as men (B)_________ STEM subjects or working in STEM related fields. Only 13% of people who graduated from university with STEM degrees were women. Now, there are about 22%. In the past, only one eighth of the STEM jobs were held by women. This was partly because of the stereotype (刻板印象) that men are more suited to this work than women. Now it has been changed. Over 20% of the engineers are women in the UK.

In fact, STEM subjects are fun and exciting. Studying science can benefit (使……受益) girls. “It opens girls up to fascinating careers,” Niki Yates, manager of GSK’s UK Business, told The Daily Telegraph. She says(E)鼓励年轻女性们从事这些工作很重要. They will receive higher pay in these areas. More women in work also help the economy grow.

1.任务一：从方框中选择两个单词并用其适当形式分别填入(A), (B)处

(A)________________ (B)_______________

2.任务二：将文中（C）处划线句子译成汉语。

（C）_______________________________________________________________

3.任务三： 选择适当的句子还原到文中（D）处。

（D）_____________________

A. This is an important change for women in the UK.

B. Fewer men like STEM subjects in the UK now.

C. Why do more women are interested in STEM?

4.任务四：将文中（E）处划线句子译成英语。

（E）____________________________________________

5.任务五：根据短文内容回答下列问题。

What subjects does STEM include?

________________________________________________________________________

用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文完整、通顺。每词限用一次。

able，alien，circle，express，might, mystery，outdoors，purpose，see，valuable

Crop circles(麦田怪圈)are patterns in fields that appear overnight. At first they were just some simple1.，now the patterns have become very complicated(复杂的)．From a plane crop circles can look like a work of art 2.

Since the first crop circles were found in Britain in 1978，it has become a great3.．How these crop circles are made？Who makes them？What is the4. of making them?

Some scientists think that some of the crop circles 5. be man?made. They believe that thanks to modern technology，it is possible to create such complicated patterns in a short time. However，others think that crop circles might be the work of some6.. Because they often appear in areas shortly after there have been UFOs to be 7.．They also think that the circles are so complicated that nobody on earth is 8. to make a true crop circle.

Although different opinions about these crop circles have been 9.，one thing everybody agrees on. That is these crop circles are10. to the local economy(经济)．Thousands of visitors come here to see crop circles every year.

根据所给的中文意思完成句子，每空一词（含缩写词）。

1.这么热的天，我宁愿待在家里。

I _________ _________ stay at home in such a hot day.

2.没有人想让自己的父母失望。

No one wants to _______ their parents_______.

3.这个国王总是担心有人会取代他的位置。

The King always worried someone would _________ his _______．

4.中国人民在遇到困难时总是能够齐心协力。

The Chinese are always able to ____________ _________ when they meet difficulties.

5.排队等候是一种基本的公共礼仪。

Waiting ____________ ___________ is a basic manner in public.

Life is just like a mirror, you smile at it, and it smiles at you, too. 请你以“Learn to Smile”为题，根据下表所列的要点写一篇100词左右的文章（文章开头已给出）。

1、参考词汇： 对某人微笑 smile at sb. 误解 misunderstand

2、短文必须包括所有内容要点，不要逐字翻译，可适当发挥，使短文连贯通顺。

Learn to Smile

I remember a song by Westlife, the first sentence of it is “Just a smile and the rain is gone.” Do you like smiling? I think you should learn to smile .

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—Did Peter do well in _______ English test?

—Yes, he got _______ “A”.

A. the; a B. the; the C. an; the D. the; an