The Silk Road is the name of different roads that long ago connected Europe, Africa and Asia. People reached these different places along these roads. Scientists believe people began to travel the Silk Road about 3000 years ago. By the time the Chinese silk trade became important in the world, the Silk Road covered almost 6500 kilometers. It spread from Rome to China, which is from the West to the Far East.

Traders travelling along the Silk Road carried silk, of course. They also carried and traded spices(香料),cloth, valuable stones and gold.

There is a famous old story along the old road. It is said that Roman soldiers travelled through central Asia. They started to live somewhere near the ancient Chinese village of Liqian. Some of these Romans married local Chinese women and the story of blue-eyed villages of China was started.

During its busiest period, .the Silk Road allowed people from many different cultures and countries to meet each other and mix. The Silk Road allowed the sharing of valuable goods and new ideas. These included people and trading goods from the Mediterranean, Persian, Magyar, Armenian, Bactrian, Indian and Chinese areas. All these peoples travelled the Silk Road, and they shared goods, stories, languages, and cultures.

In modem times, the old Silk Road routes(路线）are still used, but now they are crossed by trains instead of camels and horses. There is even a Silk Route Museum in Jiuquan in China. It has over 35,000. objects from all along the Silk Road. In this way, China protects the history of many countries and peoples.

1.How many kilometers did the Silk Road cover?

A. About 3000. B. Nearly 6500. C. Almost 2000 D. Over 35,000

2.Which of the following goods is not mentioned in the passage?

A. Silk B. Cloth. C. Gold. D. Tea.

3.Who married ancient Chinese women in the story of blue-eyed villages of China?

A. European soldiers. B. African soldiers.

C. Asian soldiers. D. American soldiers.

4.What can we infer(推断）from the passage?

A. Valuable things could not be sold along the Silk Road.

B. The Silk Road allowed people from different countries to mix.

C. Ancient Chinese along the Silk Road maybe able to speak different languages.

D. The objects in the museum in Jiuquan in China are from all along the Silk Road.

5.Which part of a magazine can this passage come from?

A. History and Geography. B. Sports World.

C. Man and Animals. D. Popular Science.

Don’t be too surprised if you see a car going down the road without a driver in Beijing these days. It might be one of Baidu’s self-driving cars.

Self-driving cars have been in development since 2010, when Google announced that it was making such cars. Since then,companies like Tesla, Uber and Baidu have been working to produce and test their own self-driving cars.

Self-driving cars are expected to change the way we get around. They are safer and more environmentally friendly than usual cars. They can remove the stress of driving and allow disabled or blind people to get around more easily.

But self-driving cars have their own flaws (缺陷)as well. 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(激光束）was in its way and slowed down or changed direction. Flaws like this could be used by people to trick self-driving cars.

The software (软件)that is used to direct the cars may not be safe enough. It may crash (崩溃),When we use our computers or smart phones, they sometimes crash without any reason. But if this happened to a self-driving car, the results could be deadly. Improvements to the software could be a way to deal with this problem.

Anyway, whether you like it or not, it’s only a matter of time before they’ll become more affordable and popular on our roads.

1. was the first company to develop self-driving cars?

A. Google. B. Telsa C. Uber. D. Baidu.

2.What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about?

A. Solutions for disabled people. B. Tips for riding in self-driving cars.

C. Reasons for testing self-driving cars. D. Advantages of self-driving cars.

3.When sensing an obstacle(障碍物）in the road，self-driving cars will .

A. attack it with a laser pointer B. slow down or change direction

C. crash into it to get past it D. stop and move around it

4.Which of the following statements is WRONG according to the passage?

A. Self-driving cars free people from the stress of driving.

B. Self-driving cars can reduce traffic accidents.

C. Researchers have solved the problems self-driving cars have.

D. The software of the self-driving cars needs improvements.

5.What’s the writer’s opinion about the self-driving cars?

A. They are more dangerous. B. They’ll be well developed in the future.

C. They cause more pollution. D. They’ll be more expensive in the future.

A father and his son went to a kite-flying festival. The son was happy when he saw the sky filled with colorful kites. He wanted to fly a kite, too 1.

The son started to fly the kite. 2..After a while，the son said, “Father，it seems that the string(线）is stopping the kite from flying higher. If we cut it, it will be free and fly even higher. Can we cut it?” The father cut the string off of the reel (线轴).3..This made the little boy happy.

4. It soon fell to the ground. The son was surprised to see this. He asked his father, “I thought that after cutting the string, the kite would fly higher. Why did it fall down?”

The father explained, “5. ，but it was helping it stay in the sky. You helped the kite go up in the right direction using the string. But when you cut the string, it could no longer support the kite.”

We may sometimes feel like there are certain things that are holding us back and stopping us from growing. But in fact, these might be the things that support us the most.

A. The kite started to. go higher.

B. The string was not stopping the kite from going higher.

C. Soon it was high up in the sky.

D. The father then bought a kite for his son.

E. But then the kite started to come down slowly.

情景交际根据情景提示，完成下列各题

1.你想感谢他人对你的帮助，会这么说：__________.

2.你想跟你的同学说上学别再迟到了，可以这样说：

_________ again,

3.你想知道你朋友Jane的鞋子是多大号码的，可以这样问：

_________ ，Jane?

4.你想知道对方早上是否锁了门，可以这样问：

__________________________________________________________this morning?

5.你想知道对方是否介意你坐这里，可以送样问：

__________here?

看图写话根据每小题所提供的图画情景和提示词，写出一个与图画情景相符的句子

76.full 77. than 78. enjoy

79.yesterday 80. when, ring

1._______

2._______

3._______

4._______

5._______

阅读下面短文，根据语境、音标或单词的提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的单词，使短文意思完整、行文连贯。

More than 700 years ago, Scotland was fighting with England. The King of England wanted to control Scotland. He had a strong army, so it was difficult for the Scots to fight. Scotland lost many 1.（time). Eventually, King Robert of Scotland had to 2.[r?n]from the English army.

One rainy day，King Robert 3. (hide) in a cave. He thought that he was not good enough to be the king. He was so 4.[?w?rid] that he didn’t even see a spider (蜘蛛）near him. He looked up when he saw the spider climbing. It was trying to climb up to its web (珠网）at the top of the cave, but it fell down.

“How sad!” thought King Robert. i4The spider is like me. It’s not strong enough He watched while the spider tried again. It fell down a5. time. “Be careful, little spider，’’ he said. “Life is so hard. You’ll never get back to your web.” 6. the spider tried again and again. King Robert watched while it 7.(slow) climbed back to its web. After an hour, the spider reached the web.

“You are really great," the king said. “If you can keep trying, 8. can’t I? I must carry on fighting.” Then the king’s army grew 9. (strong) than before and successfully stopped the English army.

10. [?n??b?di] knows if this is a true story. Many parents tell it to their children because they want them to keep trying.

书面表达

宽容是一种美德，人与人之间难免会有磕磕绊绊，面对矛盾，多一份包容和谅解，生活 就会多一缕阳光。请用英语写一篇短文谈谈生活中你原谅他人的一次经历，主要内容包括: 你们之间发生了什么，你为什么原谅了对方，以及原谅对方之后的感受。字数80字左右。 注意：不得出现真实的校名和人名。

提示词语：forgive原谅

提示问题：What happened between you and him/her?

Why did you decide to forgive him/her?

How did you feel after forgiving him/her?

I still remember what happened between ...

Earth is only home to everyone．Let’s try to make it greener world to live in．

A. a；a B. the；a C. a；the D. the；the

—How are the two college students getting on with their project work？

—Pretty well． of them enjoys working with the local students．

A. Both B. All C. Each D. Any

To people’s great surprise，the old building still after the strong earthquake．

A. refused B. remained C. required D. reviewed