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Many of us are interested in time travel and shuttling back and forth (来回地) to the past or the future. Who wouldn’t be enthralled by returning to the past or seeing the future? But time travel seems to be possible only in our imagination or in science fiction (科幻小说).

Science fiction is a world where impossible things can become possible and that’s why most of us like it. But science fiction is not entirely fiction since it is based on science theories (理论). Time travel, for instance, is a theme used by sci-fi writers. Readers may sometimes think writers have first-hand experience of it. I have collected some of the popular ways in which time travel is made possible in science fiction:

● Through the wormhole — A wormhole is a path between points in space-time. According to Einstein, an object can pass through a wormhole if it can travel at the speed of light. An example of a wormhole is described in Riddle of the Red Bible.

● Through a black hole — A black hole is a vacuum (真空) in space where light cannot even escape or pass through. In some sci-fi movies, like Star Trek, black holes became the means to travel through time.

● Through time machines — In science fiction, time machines are vehicles that can travel faster than light. It can be a strange vehicle like the TARDIS in Doctor Who or a special car like the one used in Back to the Future. But these special vehicles would need a wormhole to travel to the past or the future.

● Through parallel universe (平行宇宙) — Another popular way to travel through time is to be able to get into a parallel universe where one can go back to a point in time and see a different reality.

Though we know time travel may not be possible, it is still an entertaining subject and a heated topic for most of us. And in science fiction, where reality is always in the imagination, time does not really matter.

1.The underlined word “enthralled” in Paragraph 1 probably means “_____”.

A. defeated B. confused

C. shocked D. attracted

2.What can we learn from the passage?

A. Time travel might become possible in the far future.

B. Time machines can’t travel to the past or the future without a wormhole.

C. Sci-fi writers have similar experiences to those they describe in their fiction.

D. An object can travel to the past or the future when its speed is faster than light.

3.What is the author’s purpose in writing this passage?

A. To arouse the heated topic of time travel among readers.

B. To introduce how humans travel through time in science fiction.

C. To introduce the author’s knowledge of time travel to the readers.

D. To compare different ways of time travel mentioned in some science fictions.

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Sydney's train service runs throughout the central city area and the surroundings. Tickets can be bought from machines that operate 24 hours a day or from ticket offices. The monorail(单轨火车)travels through central Sydney. It is the most excellent way to gain a good view of the whole city. The monorail runs every three to five minutes, and it takes 15 minutes to complete its journey.

Sydney is built around a harbor, and the Parramatta River has a large ferry(渡船)system. It serves the area around the harbor. These include Taronga Zoo, Darling Harbor, Rose Bay, the North Shore, Cockatoo Island and Sydney Olympic Park. The ferries have operated for more than 135 years and 14 million passengers take the ferries each year.

Water taxis can offer special services that some visitors enjoy, such as transporting passengers to specific locations, offering guided tours of waterways and so on. The tickets sell for 20 Australian dollars for a day or 57 Australian dollars for a week. It is strange，isn’t it?

1.What should people take when getting on the bus in Sydney?

A. Cash B. Tickets C. Change D. Bank cards

2.The underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 means that passengers________.

A. can stop the bus at any time

B. can visit the city at night

C. should buy two tickets to get on and off the bus

D. can get on and off the bus many times with a ticket

3.Which of the following is the best way to view the whole Sydney?

A. By monorail B. By bus

C. By train D. By ferry

4.Compared with the ferry，what is the advantage of water taxi?

A. It is much faster.

B. It is much cheaper.

C. It can reach more places.

D. It can provide special services.

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A lovely little girl was holding two apples with both hands．Her mum came in and．______ asked her little daughter with a smile：“my sweetie，could you give your mum one of your two apples?”The girl looked ______at her mum for some seconds，then she suddenly took a quick ______ on one apple，and then quickly on the other．

The mum feIt the smile on her face ______．She tried hard not to show her______．Then the little girl handed one of her ______ apples to her mum，and said：mummy，here you are．This is the ______ One．

No matter who you are，how experienced you are，and how knowledgeable you think you are，always ______ judgment．Give others the privilege to ______ themselves．What you see may not be the ______．Never conclude for others．Which is why we should never only ______the surface and judge others without understanding them ______．

Those who like to pay the bill，do so not because they are loaded，but because they value______ above money．

Those who ______first after a fight，do so not because they are wrong but because they value the people around them．

Those who often text you，do so not because they have ______ better to do but because you are in their heart．

One day，all of us will get______from each other；we will miss our conversations of everything &nothing；the ______that we had．Days will pass by，months，years，______this contact becomes rare…One day our children will see our ______and ask“Who are these people?”And we will smile with invisible tears because a heart is touched with a strong word and you will say：“______ WAS THEM THAT I HAD THE BEST DAYS OF MY LIFE WITH”

1.A．quickly B．softly C．curiously D．sadly

2.A．up B．down C．out D．around

3.A．look B．taste C．bite D．try

4.A．remain B．rise C．speed D．freeze

5.A．satisfaction B．disappointment C．amusement D．confusion

6.A．rotten B．deserted C．split D．bitten

7.A．sweeter B．bigger C．fresher D．juicier

8.A．offer B．delay C．stop D．pass

9.A．criticize B．reflect C．explain D．introduce

10.A．result B．purpose C．attempt D．reality

11.A．work out B．hold up C．focus on D．give up

12.A．first B．last C．wrong D．little

13.A．friendship B．material C．bill D．surface

14.A．sacrifice B．suffer C．survive D．apologize

15.A．something B．nothing C．everything D．anything

16.A．lost B．retired C．separated D．divorced

17.A．talks B．argument C．dreams D．contradict

18.A．until B．when C．though D．after

19.A．articles B．stories C．telephones D．pictures

20.A．WHAT B．IT C．THAT D．SUCH

阅读下面材料，在题后空白处填入适当的内容(每空一词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

It is becoming increasingly hard to avoid watching reality television in China，such as the Voice of China，China’s Got Talent，or Super Boy．In America，Big Brother1. (broadcast)five days a week．Survivor Finale appears on the front page of the New York Post after gaining ratings(收视率)that are much 2. (high)than NBA．Americans seem addicted to reality television programs 3. ordinary people compete in weeks—long contests while being filmed 24 hours a day．But why?

One of the most commonly repeated “4. (true)”about reality TV viewers is that they watch in order to talk with friends about the show，but the explanation is quite 5. (correct)．

In fact fans of the shows have 6. much stronger desire for status．They are much more likely to agree with statements such as “Reputation is important to me”．It represents a means to get attention．And more attention increases one’s sense of7. (important)．We think we are important if others pay attention to us and unimportant if 8. (ignore)．

Ordinary people can watch the shows，see people 1ike 9. (them)and imagine that they also could become famous by being on television．10. is the reality TV show that gives them a sense of being a star in crowd．

随着手机的普及化，越来越多的学生将手机带入校园。你作为校刊记者对一些师生就学生随身携带手机的现象进行了采访。请根据下面所提供的信息用英语给你校校刊写一篇报道，客观介绍人们的看法，并表述自己的观点。要点如下：

支持者的看法

反对者的看法

你的看法

方便与家人朋友联系；

可以放松一下自己；

一些手机应用对学习有帮助；

使学生分心，成绩下降；

影响睡眠；

？

注意：1. 内容应包括以上要点，可以适当增加细节，以使内容连贯；

2. 词数100左右，开头已给出，不计入总词数。

参考词汇：手机应用 APP 使分心 distract（动词）/distraction(名词)

It’s common nowadays in some schools that students take mobile phones with them. And people have distinctly different ideas on this issue.

Winnie-the-Pooh

By A. A. Milne

Winnie-the-Pooh has been introduced and reintroduced to generation after generation as a model of a child’s best friend. However, not everyone has found Pooh is lovely. This classic has been banned in a variety of countries at one point. So why would anyone ever want to keep children from the joy of Milne’s classic? In the case of Russia, Winnie-the-Pooh was banned in 2009 because of alleged Nazi (纳粹党的) ties.

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

By Frank Baum

Originally published in the year 1900, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is one of the foundations of the fairytale genre. Who, then, would seek to ban a book that has become so important to the American experience?

America is that who. The Detroit Library banned The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in 1957 for having no value for children.

Charlotte’s Web

By E. B. White

White’s tale of the relationship between two unexpected creatures, a spider and a pig, has been drawing children in for over half a century. Published in 1952, this classic has been readily available on most library shelves for children to read. However, some people would like to make this book never see the light of day.

In one extreme case, a school in England banned Charlotte’s Web for fear that the pig Wilbur might be offensive (冒犯的) to Muslim students. Fortunately, the Muslim Council of Britain saw the foolishness of this ban, so the book was quickly restored to its right place on the shelves.

Where the Wild Things Are

By Maurice Sendak

Though its first copy was published fifty years ago, this book hasn’t always been readily available in libraries and in stores. After its release, Where the Wild Things Are was banned in libraries all across the U.S. for its dark tone and unruly leading characters. Nowadays, you’ll find far fewer libraries that still hold this ban.

1.The books which were once banned in the same country are ______.

A. Charlotte’s Web and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

B. Where the Wild Things Are and Winnie-the-Pooh

C. Where the Wild Things Are and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

D. Winnie-the-Pooh and Charlotte’s Web

2.Wilbur is the character of the book _______.

A. Charlotte’s Web.

B. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

C. Winnie-the-Pooh.

D. Where the Wild Things Are.

3.Who are the intended readers of the four books mentioned in the passage?

A. Parents. B. Children. C. Teachers. D. Critics.

Have you ever wondered?

1. Why do airplanes take longer to fly west than east?

It can take five hours to go west-east from New York (NY) to London but seven hours to travel east-west from London to NY. The reason for the difference is an atmospheric phenomenon known as the jet(喷射) stream. The jet stream is a very high altitude wind which always blows from the west to the east across the Atlantic. The planes moving at a constant air speed thus go faster in the west-east direction when they are moving with the wind than in the opposite direction.

2. What would happen if the gravity on Earth was suddenly turned off?

Supposing we could magically turn off gravity. Would buildings and other structures float away? What happened would depend on how strongly the things were attached to the Earth. The Earth is moving at quite a speed, moving at over a thousand miles per hour. If you turn something round your head on a string, it goes around in a circle until you let go of the string. Things not attached to the Earth would fly off in a straight line. People in buildings would suddenly shoot upwards at a great speed until they hit the ceiling. Most things would fly off into space.

1. What information can we get from the first passage?

A. The jet stream always blows from the east to the west across the Atlantic.

B. Planes go slower when they are moving with the wind.

C. It takes more time to fly from NY to London than from London to NY.

D. It is the jet stream that affects how fast airplanes fly.

2. The word “shoot” underlined in the 2nd passage probably means“ ______”.

A. send for B. come out

C. move quickly D. grow quickly

3. It can be inferred that without gravity _________.

A. trees and buildings would not so easily fly off

B. buildings and other structures would float away

C. something around your head would not float away

D. everything outside buildings would fly off into space

4. Where can we most probably read this text?

A. In a student’s book B. In a short story

C. In a travel magazine D. In a research paper

--How do you usually go to work? –– I usually drive, but if it is fine, I ______ by bike.

A. will go B. would go C. have gone D. had gone

完形填空

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

I quit my office job in 2012. At that time , a strong sense of ______ bothered me. I didn’t have a clue what I wanted to do with my life. So I committed myself to ____. I took acting classes, traveled, volunteered on farms, and so forth. After a period of time, I realized my problem had ______ changed. My idea bank was full of ______. I had countless ideas for what I could perform to ______ a meaningful life. However, the number of the choices I had made me ______. Being passionate(热情的) about so many things, I didn’t know what I should _______ to find a way forward.

By chance, I read a book written by Stephen Covey, in which he _____ that people “ begin with the end in mind ” when they need to make choices. The idea means knowing your final goal_____, and then you can more_____ make the choices and take the steps _______ to reach your goal. Thanks to Covey, I knew what I should ________. I showed an interest in ______ at an early age, and I hoped to make a difference some day. So my interest ______ my final goal. And fortunately, after about two years of effort, now I have devoted myself to this ______work ----a professional dancer.

In daily life, a large number of people may have the same______---- not knowing which to choose when they have lots of ______ for many things. According to my own experience, I have realized that in order to _______ the uncertainty about choosing, knowing the final goal first really matters. Not only did it help me know________ what I should pursue(追求), but it also functioned as a firm belief that _______ me to take action to make it.

1.A .selfishnessB. aimlessnessC. weaknessD. madness

2.A. waitingB. complainingC. exploringD. escaping

3.A. slightlyB. completelyC. hardlyD. frequently

4.A. pressureB. conclusionsC. disappointmentD. choices

5.A. createB. understandC. keepD. control

6.A. satisfiedB. shockedC. excitedD. confused

7.A. agree withB. take inC. focus onD. get through

8.A. advisesB. refusesC. observesD. predicts

9.A. in detailB. on purposeC. in advanceD. by accident

10.A. easilyB. casuallyC. strangelyD. normally

11.A. convenientB. necessaryC. amazingD. obvious

12.A. acceptB. observeC. reflectD. pick

13.A. travelingB. speakingC. teachingD. dancing

14.A. changedB. separatedC. determinedD. replaced

15.A. difficultB. idealC. worthlessD. popular

16.A. discussionB. assignmentC. opportunityD. challenge

17.A. passionsB. regretsC. excusesD. requirements

18.A. considerB. removeC. believeD. criticize

19.A. graduallyB. rarelyC. clearlyD. probably

20.A. expectedB. forbadeC. inspiredD. commanded

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