It is the second-brightest object in our night sky after the moon. It is one of man’s greatest scientific achievements. It is the International Space Station (ISS) (国际空间站) that travels around the earth.

November 20th, 2018 marks the 20th birthday of ISS. In 1998, the first piece of the station was sent into space. Since then, 230 people from 18 countries have visited it. Five space agencies (航天局)—those of the United States, Russia, Canada, Europe and Japan—worked together to build it. Weighing about 450 tons, it has many different parts in it, including labs and solar panels. Generally, the ISS holds three to six people at one time. Astronauts living there work on different science projects. The ISS has over 1,500 such projects, according to NASA.

But the station is getting old. In 2011, Russia announced that the ISS would be stopped working in 2020 in order to prevent it from becoming dangerous “space junk”. But the US later said they would repair it to make its service life longer to 2025, International Business Times reported.

The ISS costs $3-4 billion (21-28 billion yuan) each year. Many have argued that this money could be better spent improving conditions on the Earth.

Under the pressure of the public, last February, US President Donald Trump announced plans to end support for the ISS by 2025. The US will use its money for other projects, like next-generation rockets and deep-space missions, the Washington Post reported.

What will happen to the ISS after 2025 is unknown. Former astronaut Jeffrey Hoffman told NBC News, “Other ISS partners may continue scientific studies on it. Private companies might turn it into a space hotel.”

1.After being repaired, the ISS will serve for another ________ years according to the US.

A.5 B.14 C.22 D.27

2.Which of the following is TRUE about the ISS?

A.It is the brightest object in our night sky.

B.It has received 18 people from different countries.

C.It was built by five countries including an Asian one.

D.It has less than 1, 500 projects for astronauts to work on.

3.Paragraph 4 is written to ________.

A.explain how much it is to keep the ISS running

B.explain why America made the following plans

C.show that it was not necessary to build the ISS

D.show that most people were against building the ISS

4.We can infer from this passage that ________.

A.the United States will stop supporting space work

B.nobody knows what will happen to the ISS after 2025

C.the ISS is one of man’s greatest scientific achievements

D.there will be other possible uses of the ISS in the future

阅读下面对话，从方框内7个选项中选择5个恰当的句子完成此对话，并把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。

A. Can you leave the package at my door?

B. Yes, I am.

C. Well, can I send the package tomorrow?

D. I’ll see you tomorrow at that time.

E. Yes, this is.

F. What time is it?

G. I am quite busy with my work now.

A: Hello, is that Mr. Brown?

B: 1.

A: I’m from Yuan Tong Package Delivery Company. I have your package (包裹). Are you at home?

B: Unluckily, I am at work right now. 2.

A: Actually, you need to sign your name on this package. Can I bring it to your office instead?

B: 3. I don’ t have time to leave my desk.

A: I see. 4.

B: Yes, that would be better. Can you bring it to my home at 6 p.m.?

A: Sure, that is fine. 5.

B: Great. Thank you so much.

Emily was an eighth grader. To pass her Civics course (公民课程), she had to do some volunteer service in a nursing home for a week.

One Monday, Emily went to the nursing home after school. When she arrived, she was told she would spend an hour every weekday with an elderly lady, Mrs. Blair. She was then led into a room, where an old lady in a flowery dress was sitting on a sofa. Emily stood nervously in front of the lady. She cleared her throat and said, “Good afternoon. I’m Emily.” “Good afternoon, Emily. Take a seat, please.” Mrs. Blair replied. Then, silence filled the space. Emily wondered what to say. “Tell me about yourself, Emily,” Mrs. Blair said suddenly. “Well,” Emily started, “I am not good at talking with the elderly people. I love the performing arts. I’m here mainly because I have to volunteer here to get a good grade for my Civics class.”

Mrs. Blair didn’t seem to mind. “Many people especially teens, don’t seem to care about people like me. Now you are here and I’m going to change that about you. Ask me anything.” Emily thought for a moment, and finally decided, “What was your job?” “I was a Broadway star in the 1950s.” Mrs. Blair answered. “Cool! Can you tell me about it? My dream is to be a Broadway performer.” Emily said in excitement. Mrs. Blair smiled and showed her a bracelet (手链). “Look at the bracelet, Emily. Only the lead actress had the honor to wear the special bracelet. I was the lead in almost all of the plays, so I always wore the bracelet. Till this day, I still have it. ……”

Emily smiled along with Mrs. Blair and listened to the other stories, attentively. Days passed by quickly. Then came Friday. As she was leaving, Mrs. Blair handed a small box to Emily. Emily carefully opened the box and was surprised to see what was inside. “It’s the bracelet that you wore. Thank you!” Emily said with tears in her eyes. Mrs. Blair replied gently, “I believe you will stand on the stage of Broadway one day, wearing the bracelet.”

1.Was Emily good at talking with the elderly people at first?

____________________________________________________________________________________________

2.Where did Emily do volunteer service?

____________________________________________________________________________________________

3.What lies behind the bracelet?

____________________________________________________________________________________________

4.If you are asked to do volunteer service, what would you like to do? And why?

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

根据所给提示，完成句子。每空一词，含缩略词。

1.He hit an empty bowl at the table. (改为否定句)

He ________ ________ an empty bowl at the table.

2.Electronic money will take the place of paper money in five years’ time. (对划线部分提问)

________ ________ will electronic money take the place of paper money?

3.We don’t allow making noise in the library. (改为被动语态)

Making noise in the library ________ ________ by us.

4.“Do you often drive your mom mad, Maggie?” the teacher asked. (改为间接引语)

The teacher asked Maggie ________ she often ________ her mom mad.

5.坚持你为自己设定的目标吧。(完成译句)

________ ________ the goals you have set for yourself.

6.我们宁愿待家里，也不想和他们去爬山。(完成译句)

We would stay at home ________ ________ climb the mountain with them.

Within half a year, you will enter senior high school. Then, in Senior 2 or even Senior 1, you will have to 1. a choice—become a humanities student (文科生) or a science student (理科生). In the national college entrance examination, humanities students will take exams in history, geography and politics, while science students take physics, chemistry and biology tests. However, some may find the division (划分) is too limiting (限制的): Why must we choose 2. humanities or science?

China is actually changing its national college entrance exams now. Over 12 provincial-level regions have already said they would not have the science-humanities division in the next few years. Students are still required to choose three subjects from the six. But they can choose 3. three. That means they can freely choose the subjects they are good at or interested in.

However, not everyone likes this change. Some worry students have problems making the right decisions because there are too many choices. Others worry this change will cause students to learn more subjects if they are not sure about what subjects to choose. 4., the division seems easier, but it is not good for students’ future development. Many students are too young to have the clear ideas about their future jobs 5. the subjects they choose to learn now may be useless in the future.

And some schools in Shanghai have already 6. out a lot about how to help students face the new change. Teachers can help students get to know their advantages and disadvantages. Then students can choose the courses they want and take the classes in different classrooms. Students can also experience different jobs in real life to know what knowledge is needed. We can find that 7. not only happen in exams, but also in courses and schools.

In a word, no matter what will happen in the future, for now, you have to get used to the new situation as 8. as possible.

假如你是张华，2019年3月你校将举办中美国际文化交流活动。届时学校将迎来一批来自美国的交换生，其中交换生Mike将寄宿在你家里，由于知道东西方文化之间存在一定差异，为了让他能尽快适应在中国的学习和生活，请根据提示给Mike发一封e-mail。

参考要点：

1. 介绍你的家庭（家人情况、家规礼仪……）；

2. 介绍你的学校（校园生活、人际交往……）；

3. ……

要求：

1. 词数：80—120词，开头已给出，不计入总词数；

2. 文中不能出现自己的姓名和所在学校的名称。

Dear Mike,

Welcome to our school. I am glad you can live at my house. ________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Zhang Hua

You should stay in bed and have ________ rest.

A.a B.an C.the D./

The child found his mother. He didn't cry ________.

A.any more B.no more C.longer D.no longer

You needn't hurry. There is________ time.

A.many B.plenty C.a lot D.plenty of

________ everyone is here, let's start now.

A.Ever since B.Now that C.Because of D.As soon as