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Last week,we took part in a press conference at NASA’s Johnson Space Center promoting the release of The Martian movie. We spoke with several NASA officials and an astronaut about their plans to help humans set foot on Mars. They all shared with us the big challenges ahead in order to accomplish that. However,it is something they take seriously,and are determined to achieve.

In an interview at Space Center Houston,The Martian producer Aditya Sood told us the experience of working on the movie with NASA employees was amazing. He said he enjoyed interacting with folks who tried to solve a lot of difficult problems every day. We got an idea of what Sood was talking about when we interviewed some of the scientists responsible for getting humans to Mars.

Planetary Science Division Director Jim Green told us that getting humans on the surface of Mars in 2035 is probably too ambitious. They are actually looking to get a “human presence in the neighborhood” by the 2030s,meaning in Mars* orbit. Their goal for landing on Mars is for the 2040s or 50s.

The spacecraft that will take humans to Mars will be the Orion. It is not quite as futuristic-looking as the spaceship in The Martian. In fact,the Orion looks more like the spacecraft that took us to the moon. However,according to their website ,“NASA’s Orion spacecraft is built to take humans farther than they’ve ever gone before."

When asked if they will really be ready to go to Mars in the 2030sr Stu McClung,the manager of Mechanical,Pyrotechnic,Landing and Recover Systems,told us with confidence and pride,MMy capsule will be ready!” Although,he did make that statement with a bit of a wry smile(苦笑) .That is because he adfnits they still have a lot to figure out.

9. What does the underlined word “that” in Paragraph 1 refer to?

A. The press conference.

B. Taking humans to Mars.

C. The release of The Martian.

D. Speaking with NASA officials.

10. After interviewing some scientists,the author realized that.

A. Aditya Sood had been lying

B. making The Martian wasn't so difficult

C. working with NASA employees was successful

D. NASA employees really faced a lot of challenges

11. What does Jim Green think they can achieve by the 2030s?

A. Helping humans land on Mars.

B. Taking humans into Mars,orbit.

C. Finding the landing spot on Mars.

D. Learning about the neighborhood of Mars.

12. What do we know about the Orion?

A. * It can be seen in The Martian.

B. It once landed on the moon.

C. It has an amazing look.

D. It will land on Mars.

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NASA计划将人类送上火星，但面临着很多挑战。

9. B. 篇章结构题。根据划线词前面的to help humans set foot on Mars 可知，that 指代的是“将人类送上火星”。

10. D. 细节理解题。根据第二段中的Hesaidhe enjoyed interacting with folks who tried to solve a lot of difficult problems eveiy day 以及后面段落中那些人提到的面临的问题可知，作者意识到 NASA的工作人员面对很多需要解决的难题。

11. B. 细节理解题9根据第三段.中的Theyare actually looking to get a “human presence in the neighborhood” by the 2030s,meaning in Mars’orbit可知，科学家们有望在二十一世纪三十年代，让人类出现在火星轨道上。

12. D. 细节理解题。根据第四段中的me spacecraft that will take humans to Mars will be the Orion可知，这艘宇宙飞船将会登陆火星。

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My name is Virginia Mahoney. My father Bill Mahoney was a kind-hearted man. He was always ready to help others. He had 41 good sense of humor and made people smile everywhere he went. He was also a loving husband and father. 42 (sad) , we lost him on April 30 ,2013 because cancer took his life away.

After the death of my father,my elder sister Jojo and I were very sad. But it didn’t take long for us 43 (cheer) up. We decided to do something in memory 44 our father. We talked for a few hours and then agreed to start a dub 45 (call) B kind. We wanted to encourage acts of kindness in our everyday lives,just like my father 46 (do) . After we told our mother about our 47 (decide) , she was very supportive. So some days later,B kind was started.

B kind believes that even the 48 (small) acts of-kindness are worth recognizing,worth celebrating,and worth 49 (build) a community around. Being kind can change someone's life; it ’can also change the world. Now we encourage and help kids start B kind clubs at 50 (they) schools.

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In 2014 and 2015,a Gallup World Poll surveyed people m 119 countries. A group of scientists analyzed how people answered two of the questions: How much do you know about global warming,and how serious was it to you and your family? And they were surprised.

Most scientists think the world's climate changing fast,yet many people do not share the scientists,view.What's more,how people responded depended on various reasons. These included where people livd,how;many years they'd gone to school,how much money they earned,their gender — even things such as how polluted the air was in the place where they lived. It's the first time those have been studied for their possible link to people' s thoughts on climate change.

Many people were not even aware of global warming. Most people in Africa and the Middle East had!never heard of the concept. In contrast,people in the wealthier and more highly educated nations were quite familiar with global warming. Among people who were ： aware of global warming,those in the poorer nations i tended to judge it as a far bigger threat. And in Latin Amenca and Europe people were more likely to see global warming as a bigger menace (威胁) when they understood the role that humans have played in that ： warming. In Africa people were more likely to see :

climate change as a risk if it was tied to local temperatures or air pollution.

“To our knowledge,this is the first and only truly global study,”according to the study's lead author Lee.; Lee says the new analysis indicates that there's still much work to do to get the word out about global warming. Indeed,helping people in different parts of the globe understand it may require explaining the data and risks in;very different ways. Those explanations might have to differ from one neighboring country to another.

5. What surprises scientists according to the text?

A. People's different opinions on climate change.

B. Different causes of global warming.

C. The seriousness of global warming.

D. The fast pace of climate change. t

6. What can we infer from Paragraph 3 ?

A. Africa has suffered severe air pollution.

B. In Europe most people have studied climate change.

C. Most people knew about the reasons for global;warming.

D. Highly educated people were more aware of global wanning.

7. What does Lee learn from the research findings?

A. It takes more effort to popularize global warming.

B. Global warming will need more data to prove.

C. Global warming puts people at great risk.

D. It's difficult to stop global warming.

8. Where does this text probably come from?

A. A lesson plan. B. A news report.

C. A fashion magazine. D. A tourist guidebook.

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Kashy Keegan is a British singer and songwriter. He is best known for his song This Is My Dream.

Keegan was bom on July 18 ,1983 in England. He wrote This Is My Dream in 2007. The song was originally a London 2012 Olympics motivational song and was later discovered by a music supervisor(音乐总监) after Keegan had (上传) it to the website The song was chosen as the theme music for a documentary series called The Challenge. And on October 27 ,2013,about 30,000 people watched Keegan perform his song This Is My Dream in Hong Kong,China. The song reached the number 1 position on a music chart outselling major international artists like Lady Gaga,Katy Perry and Justin Bieber.

“I wrote that song seven years ago,and had never performed it,J, says Keegan,who by that time had given up on a musical career after 15 years of doing other jobs to pay for studio time. “That's the (奇异可笑之处) of life,I guess. Things happen when you least expect it."

Keegan has released two albums independently Kashy Keegan and Looking In until now. He moved to Hong Kong,China to pursue his music career and signed to a record label Evosound in May 2014 and released an album This Is My Dream on December 1 ,2014r He writes and produces all of his own material and is influenced by classic pop music. He says his favorite album is Tracy Chapman by Tracy Chapman because of its socially conscious lyrics.

When asked to describe his own music,Keegan uses the words “inspiringM and “empowering” before reluctantly admitting that UI guess it is pop,but …deeper."

Clearly,he values (实质) over style. “For me,an artist is not so much how well he sings; it's having the genuine heart behind that,” he says.

5. What do we know about This Is My Dream?

A. It failed to reach No. 1 on a music chart.

B. It was the 2012 London Olympics theme song.

C. It was uploaded to the website by a music supervisor.

D. It was chosen to be the theme music for The Challenge.

6. What Keegan says in Paragraph 3 means .

A. he hates paying a lot for studio time

B. he will never give up his musical career

C. he is surprised by the success of his song

D. he has devoted himself to music for seven years

7. The underlined word ^pursue^ in Paragraph 4 can be replaced by .

A. prove B. develop C. abandon D. complain

8. Which album does Keegan like best?

A. Looking In. B. Kashy Keegan.

C. Tracy Chapman. D. This Is My Dream.

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Reading is important for children to grow up. If you want touching or funny or unusual or classic picture books,there are some books to excite your interest.

The Day the Crayons Came Home

by Drew Daywalt,illustrated by Oliver Jeffers

Duncan has some interesting crayons. Mine just sit there until I use them to color things. Duncan's crayons,however,get fed up and leave home or take adventures. They* re anything but dull. If your child loved The Day the Crayons Quit,this newest colorful adventure should be at the top of your reading list.

Little Red Gliding Hood

by Tara Lazar,illustrated by Troy Cummings

The newest take on Little Red Riding Hood is a fairy tale full of fun. Little Red needs a new pair of ice skates,but the only way to get them is to win a competition. With most of the fictional characters having partners,she may need to team up with someone unexpected.

Finding Winnie

by Lindsay Mattick,illustrated by Sophie Blackall

Most of us are familiar with Christopher Robin and Pooh Bear,but few people realize that Pooh grew out of the imagination of A. A. Milne who was a playwright and was inspired to write stories for his son Christopher Robin. In 1914,a vet named Harry Coleboum rescued a baby bear,took it to war with him,and later brought him back to England and then to the London Zoo where the bear met the real Christopher Robin. The rest,as they say,is history.

Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova

by Laurel Snyder,illustrated by Julie Morstaa

Aspiring dancers will be fascinated by both the story and artwork of Swan. The story captures a small girl's enchantment(着迷) with ballet and her rise to become one of the world's most respected woman dancer in ballet.

13.Which of the following books is illustrated by Troy Cummings?

A. Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova.

B. The Day the Crayons Came Home.

C. Little Red Gliding Hood.

D. Finding Winnie.

14. The book Finding Winnie tells the story of.

A. a little girl B. a baby bear

C. some swans D. A.A. Milne

15. Who wrote the book about a ballet dancer?

A. Lindsay Mattick. B. Drew Daywalt.

C. Laurel Snyder. D. Tara Lazar.

16. The main purpose of the text is to .

A. introduce four picture books

B. inspire us to write a picture book

C. encourage children to buy the picture books

D. tell us the importance of reading picture books

Feel too old or too stupid to learn a second ：

language? It may be worth peraeven(坚持).A study that tracked hundreds of Scottish people for decays gives the strongest evidence that speaking an extra language slows the mental decline that accompanies ageing. The benefits hold regardless of your IQ and even if you learn vour second language as an adult.

Previous studies have shown that people with disease(老年痴呆) who are fluent in two languages exhibit symptoms of the condition four or five years later than people who are(只用一种语言的) .However,it has been difficult to explain the effects of knowing multiple languages.

To resolve the issue,Thomas Bak of the Universi of Edinburgh,UK turned to the study,which has tracked about l,l00 people bom in 1936 in and around Edinburgh. AH were monolingual English speakers at age 11 ,when they had taken a series of (认知的) Although the study wasn't designed to investigate language effects,itvv provides a unique research opportunity,says Ellen Bialystok at York University m Toronto,Canada,who was the first to discover that being bilingual delays the beginning of Alzheimer 's disease .

853 of the participants were tracked down when they were in their early 70s. Almost 262 of them had learned;to speak at least one additional language and 65 had learned it after the age of 18. Bak gave the participants cognitive tests and compared these with the test scores ：from when they were 11. Those who had learned an extra;language performed better in the cognitive tests in their 70s,indicating that the extra language itself is beneficial. Bialystok says the cognitive benefits seen in the;Scottish study agree with her own work on blllngua people with Alzheimer' s disease,suggesting that thei same beneficial processes are at work:

How could languages protect the brain? A theory is that people who speak several languages constantly ：activate all the available words in each one before choosing the appropriate expression,giving them some ;：mental exercise.

9. According to the text,the mental benefits of learning a second language .

A. may decrease while ageing

B. can change with learners’ IQ

C. can help learners when they ’re old

D. are related to when one starts to learn it

10. How did Thomas Bak get his conclusion?

A. By studying Scottish history.

B. By watching participants’ behavior.

C. By comparing participants’ test scores.

D. By analyzing participants’ questionnaires.

11. What can we leam about Thomas Bak's study?

A. It was carried out in 1936.

B. Its result supports Bialystok's finding.

C. It was aimed at looking into language effects.

D. 262 of the participants failed to speak a second language.

12. Why can learning a second language benefit the brain?

A. It can raise speakers ’ spirits.

B. It increases mental activities.

C. It helps reduce mental diseases.

D. It can activate all the physical expression.

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Most people consider mushrooms to be the small,ugly cousins of the plant kingdom,but some of them are surprisingly beautiful and wonderful waiting to be explored.

Sky Blue Mushroom

Sky Blue Mushroom is a species of mushroom found in New Zealand and India. The small mushroom has a distinctive all-blue color,while the (菌褶) have a slight reddish color. Sky Blue Mushroom is not eatable because it is poisonous. This species was one of the six native fungi (真菌）featured in a set of fungal stamps issued in New Zealand in 2002. It is also seen on the $50 bank note issued by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand in 1990.

Veiled Lady Mushroom

This delicate and strange mushroom can be found in gardens and woodlands in southern Asia,Africa,Australia and the Americas. This eatable and rather healthful mushroom is used in Chinese cuisine. While the lacy （似蕾丝的) skirt is what draws our eyes,the mushroom actually uses the cap to draw attention,too.

Bioluminescent Fungi

This green mushroom emerges during the rainy season in Japanese and Brazilian forests. The bases of tree trunks,fallen branches,leaf litter and slightly wet soil provide perfect growing grounds for the mushroom. The appearance of these bright-looking fungi is due to bioluminescence (生物发光) , one of the strange but wonderful reactions that happen naturally in many plants and animals.

Red Cage Fungus

The mushroom is known as the red cage,referring to the striking fruit body that is round and empty inside with latticed(花格状的) branches. Feeding off woody plant materials,this mushroom can be found growing in leaf litter,grassy places or on garden soil. Though it isn’t clear if it is eatable,apparently its smell is enough to prevent anyone interested from eating it.

13. What do we know about Sky Blue Mushroom?

A. It's eatable and healthful.

B. It's blue with a slight reddish color.

C. It's seen on some Indian bank notes.

D. It's the only flmgus appearing in stamps.

14. Which of the following would be Veiled Lady Mushroom?

15. Where can we probably find Bioluminescent Fungi?

A. In Japan. B. In Australia.

C. In New Zealand. D. In southern Asia.

16. From the text,we can know that .

A. Sky Blue Mushroom attracts people by its special cap

B. Veiled Lady Musbroom also emerges in Brazil and Africa

C. Red Cage Fungus can be found in gardens with a bad smell

D. Bioluminescent Fungi are sometimes used in Chinese cuisine

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1. If you want to catch that train we’d better for the station immediately.

2. My brother was good at his thoughts on paper.

3. A workman carrying out repairs the fire alarm unexpectedly.

4. They want to a special school to help disabled children.

4. People in the street (流泪) with joy when peace was announced.

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