阅读下面短文，根据短文内容完成下列各题。

What will the home of the future look like? A team of architects (建造师) in Hong Kong say that city homes will be tiny, as populations continue to grow and space becomes more expensive. They have designed “space flats”. 83它们只有30 平米大。These flats have three small rooms, a living room, a bathroom and a bedroom, as well as a balcony (阳台),but everything is carefully planned to make good use of the limited space.

The living room is the main room of the flat. It can be used as an office, a kitchen or even a second bedroom. There is a sofa that can be changed into a bed. The dining table can be changed into a computer desk. And, if not needed, both the sofa-bed and the table can be folded away and stored into a small apace in the wall. There is a flat-screen TV, which can also serve as a computer monitor. In one corner of the room, a small cooker, a microwave oven and a miniature refrigerator are hidden out of sight.

The other rooms are small but useful. The bathroom contains a toilet and a shower. The double bed in the bedroom can also be a sofa, if necessary, The balcony has enough room for two people to sit and enjoy the view from the block of flats. All the rooms have high ceiling to provide as much storage space as possible, while the flat has large windows to let in plenty of sunlight.

“Space flats “are now being tested in a building in Hong Kong. “It’s wonderful,” said one resident(居民) “84. The flat is so well designed that you feel that there is plenty of space”

1.Why do the architects think that “Space flats “will be important in the future?

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2.How many rooms can a “space flat ” have in all ?

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3.将划线句子译成英语。

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4.将划线句子译成汉语。

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5.请给短文拟一个合适的题目。

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根据汉语提示及句子意思，在横线上填入恰当的单词或词组。

1.Animals are our friends. We shouldn’t be ________ (残酷的) to them.

2.The noise here almost makes me __________ (发疯).

3.Do you know who will play the _________ (角色) of the Monkey King in the new film?

4.More and more foreign people are interested in Chinese ________ (文化).

5.It’s not polite to make the OK __________ (手势) with your fingers in some countries.

6.He is too young to ___________ ___________ (照顾) his sister.

7.The student was so careless that he __________ __________ (掉进) the river.

8.Her mother will _________ the supper _________ (为……准备) her family.

9.Tom _________ the __________ (度过晚上) at his grandfather’s house last night.

10.__________ __________(起初), I didn’t like English.

阅读理解

Betty is an American school girl. She is very happy because her parents will take her to China for a visit. They are going to fly from New York on June 30 and get to Beijing on July 1. They will stay at Lido Holiday Inn. Their Chinese friends will show them around Beijing. They are going to visit the Palace Museum, the Summer Palace, the Temple of Heaven and the Great Wall. They will also visit some Chinese homes and try some Chinese food. They will spend a week in Beijing and then go to Xi’an, Guilin and some other places for sightseeing. The whole trip will take three weeks and she is sure she will have a great time in China.

1.Betty is very happy because she will _______ with her parents.

A. visit China 　B. go home 　C. watch TV

2.Their _______ friends will show them around Beijing.

A. Australian   B. Chinese  　C. American

3.From the text we can know that they will _______ in Beijing.

　A. cook Chinese food  B. Learn to speak Chinese

C. try some Chinese food

4.After they visit Beijing , they will go to _______.

A. Xi’an and Guilin   B. The Summer Palace

C. Shanghai

5.How long will the whole trip take?

　A. one week 　B. two weeks 　C. three weeks

Do you know the game "Rock, paper or scissors"? Maybe you think it's just a simple game for children. But in fact, some adults use it to make decisions and solve their problems. It is also popular in many countries.
There are different stories about the history of the game. But many people believe the game  came from Japan, and Japanese have played it for a long time. Later it came to Europe in the middle of the 18th century. In 1842, England founded the Paper Scissors Stone Club and from then on people could get together to play the game for honor (荣誉).
There is even an international club named the World Rock Paper Scissors Club in Toronto. The club makes "Rock, paper or scissors" more and more popular. It holds the world championship (锦标赛) every year. Top players from around the world take part in it and the champion (冠军) can get a lot of money and the honor of all the fans of "Rock, paper or scissors".
【小题1】Who use the game to make decisions and solve problems according to this passage?