【题目】阅读短文,按要求完成各题。

How has technology made your life easier? When you go to a shopping mall, you can enjoy free Wi-Fi there. When you want to take a taxi, you can book one with your phone. In fact, all of these things can be seen as the first building blocks of a smart city.

The idea of a smart city was first suggested by tech company IBM in 2010. Generally, a smart city is a city that uses digital (电子的) technology, such as 5G networks and the “internet of things”, to improve urban planning, save money and resources (资源), and make our lives more convenient.

Cities like Boston, Amsterdam and Copenhagen are already using smart technology to improve public services. In the US cities of Boston and Baltimore, smart trash bins can sense how full they are and tell workers when they need to be cleaned. In Amsterdam, traffic is monitored (监测) and adjusted according to real-time data gathered from sensors around the city. There are fewer traffic jams.

Smart cities will allow us to save resources. By using sensors and 5G networks to check the usage of water, gas and electricity, city managers can figure out how to use these resources more efficiently. For example, water and gas pipes (管道) could remind repair workers when there is a leak (泄漏). Air pollution could be more closely monitored, too.

Of course, it will take time to build the smart cities of the future. But since we’ve already seen successful examples, it won’t be long until more cities join in. Tech Republic estimates (估计) that by 2050, about 60 percent of people worldwide will live in smart cities.

1What is a smart city?

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2Which country does the city Boston belong to?

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3How will smart cities help us save resources?

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4It won’t take a long time to build the smart cities of the future, will it?

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5How many people will live in smart cities by 2050 according to Tech Republic?

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【题目】根据短文内容按要求完成任务。

Firusa Khafizova is a pop star in the Democratic Republic of Tajikistan. Recently she got fined 5,000 somoni ($530) for celebrating her birthday (A) in the company of friends outside her home. She broke one of Tajikistan’s most special laws— “Regulation of Traditions and Customs in the Republic of Tajikistan”. According to the law, people mustn’t celebrate their birthdays in public places. They can only celebrate them at home. (B) It was reported that 648 people were fined for breaking this unusual law in 2018 alone and in total 3 million somoni ($325,000) was fined in these cases.

The law was introduced in 2007. It sets strict limits on the number of guests and dishes allowed at weddings, funerals (葬礼) and birthdays. Tajikistan is probably the only country in the world where celebrating a birthday outside the family home isn’t allowed.

It seems the special ban (禁令) is not welcome among the people who like to have a birthday party outside their homes. Many of them have used social media to express their displeasure with the ban, thinking it interferes (干涉) in their private lives. However, the government doesn’t think so. In (C) its eyes, banning public celebrations encourages people to spend their money on the needs of their families rather than on unnecessarily expensive birthday parties. Also (D) it’s a useful way to stop families from going into debt (债务) to host huge events.

1(B)处划线句子翻译成汉语:_________

2(D)处划线句子翻译成汉语:__________________

3请写出文中(C)处划线部分指代的内容:__________

4请根据上下文意思,写出(A)处词组的汉语意思:_________

5请写出文章的主旨句:__________

【题目】 Imagine a man who cannot read or write. Now imagine that same man creating a brand new alphabet (字母表). It sounds impossible, doesn’t it? Yet that is exactly what one man did—a man named Sequoyah.

Born around 1770 in America, Sequoyah was a Cherokee (切罗基人). Like other Native Americans (美国土著) of that time, he could neither read nor write. He noticed, though, how white people wrote to one another on pieces of paper. They often used these “talking leaves”, as some Native Americans called them, to communicate.

Back then, the Cherokee had no way to write down words in their own language. Sequoyah believed it was essential for the Cherokee to have a system of writing. So, in 1809, he set out to create an alphabet that the Cherokee could use to do just that.

Sequoyah started by drawing pictures, with each one symbolizing (代表) a different word or idea. He soon realized that writing sentences using pictures would be much too difficult. Sequoyah decided to try a different way. He began to develop symbols to stand for the sounds, or syllables (音节), that made up words. Twelve years later, he completed a system of writing with 86 different symbols. Each one stood for a different syllable in the Cherokee language. The symbols could easily be put together to form words. Soon thousands of Cherokee were able to read and write in their own language.

Sequoyah’s work did not end there, however. He helped to set up a print shop and began publishing (出版) a bilingual newspaper in both Cherokee and English. In later years, Sequoyah became a political leader (政治领袖) among the Cherokee.

Sequoyah died in 1843, but many Cherokee of today still use the alphabet he invented. Thanks to him, the Cherokee now have a written history that will never be forgotten.

1What do the underlined words “talking leaves” refer to?

A.Paper with words on them.B.Leaves with words on them.

C.Paper with pictures on them.D.Leaves with pictures on them.

2The underlined word “essential” is closest in meaning to “ ”.

A.strangeB.luckyC.difficultD.important

3When did Sequoyah complete his system of writing?

A.In 1770.B.In 1809.C.In 1821.D.In 1843.

4What did Sequoyah do right after he completed his system of writing?

A.He began to learn English.B.He worked as a political leader.

C.He helped to start a newspaper.D.He improved his drawing skills.

5Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A.Sequoyah’s alphabet is still being used today.

B.Sequoyah read many books when he was small.

C.Sequoyah’s family moved to America around 1770.

D.Sequoyah’s system of writing included pictures and syllables.

【题目】 Can you remember a time when somebody was kind to you? Perhaps a person allowed you to go in front of him or her in a long line. 1 Or perhaps a stranger or a friend helped you in a much deeper way. There are many ways to offer kindness. Few people would disagree with the idea that an act of kindness is a win-win situation. 2

Many organizations try to encourage people to do kind acts, wherever and whenever they can. The idea behind this is that it doesn’t take much to be kind, just a little bit of effort. 3 It works with schools and companies to teach people kindness skills. It holds the belief that kindness can be taught and can spread.

According to the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation, there are three kinds of kindness. 4 Some examples are giving away old clothes to people in need or writing a positive online comment (积极的网上评论) about a restaurant that you like. The second is environmental kindness, which could mean simple recycling or organizing a group event to clean up a local park or beach. The third is personal kindness, which means treating yourself kindly. 5 By being kind to yourself, you will be kinder to the world around you.

根据材料内容, A-E 五个句子填入文中空白处,使材料完整、通顺。

A.The first is interpersonal kindness.

B.Maybe your sister phoned you to ask how your week was going.

C.Some examples are taking a walk in nature or watching a film after a week’s hard work.

D.Perhaps the strongest supporter of this idea is the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation.

E.It benefits (使受益) both the receiver of this kind action and the person who does the action.

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