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Unit 1单元话题
The Wrld’s Fastest Trains
Discver the high speed autmbiles (汽车) n tracks (轨道) , the fastest frms f public transprt (交通) in the wrld.
1．Shanghai Maglev started t run in ________ .
A．1964.B．1980C．2004D．2014
2．What is the picture f Shinkansen H5 & E5?
A．B．C．D．
3．Which f the fllwing is TRUE?
A．Shanghai Maglev is the fastest transprt in the wrld.
B．Shinkansen H5 & E5 has a histry fr ver 60 years.
C．Ital and Frecciarissa is built using entirely renewable unis.
D．China built Jingzhang Intercity especially fr the 2022 Winter Olympic Games.
Mre and mre peple like bicycling and it is n surprise. It is fun, healthy and gd fr the envirnment. Maybe that’s why there are 1.4 billin bicycles and nly 400 millin cars n rads wrldwide tday. Bikes can take yu almst anywhere, and there is n il cst!
Get n a bicycle and ride arund yur neighbrhd. Yu may find smething new all arund yu. Stpping and getting ff a bike is easier than stpping and getting ut f yur car. Yu can bike t wrk and benefit (受益) frm the enjyable exercise withut plluting the envirnment. Yu dn’t even have t ride all the way.
Flding (折叠) bikes wrk well fr peple wh take the train. Just fld the bike and take it with yu. Yu can d the same n an airplane. A flding bike can be packed in a suitcase. Yu can als take a cmmn bike with yu when yu fly. But be sure t lk fr infrmatin by getting n airline websites. Nt all airlines are bicycle-friendly t travelers.
Health Benefits f Bicycle:
●It helps t prevent heart disease.
●Bicycling helps t cntrl yur weight. A 15-minute bike ride t and frm wrk three times a week burns ff five kils f fat in a year.
●Bicycling can imprve yur md. Exercise like bicycling has been shwn t make peple feel better mre relaxed and self-cnfident.
Bicycling is healthier than driving. If yu want t learn mre abut it, just click n the “Next” icn at the bttm f the page.
4．What is the main reasn peple are chsing t bicycle accrding t the passage?
A．It is cheaper than driving.B．It is fun and gd fr health.
C．Bicycles are easier t park.D．Bicycles can g faster than cars.
5．What are the health benefits f bicycling mentined in the passage?
A．It helps t prevent heart disease, cntrl weight, and imprve md.
B．It helps t prevent heart disease and imprve eyesight.
C．It helps t cntrl weight and increase yur knwledge.
D．It helps t imprve md and increase height.
6．What can we learn abut flding bikes frm the passage?
A．They are nt suitable fr traveling by train.
B．They can be packed in a suitcase and taken n airplanes.
C．They are mre expensive than cmmn bikes.
D．All airlines allw passengers t bring flding bikes n bard.
7．Where can yu find the passage?
A．In a magazineB．On the radi.C．In a stry bk.D．On the Internet.
Imagine yu are living in a mving huse. Inside the huse, there is a small kitchen, a bathrm and a bedrm. Everything yu need is clse at hand. In the US, yu can really see these mving huses n the rad. They are called recreatinal vehicles (RV). Peple call them huses n wheels. When it’s hliday time, the whle family ften get int this lvely huse and hit the rad fr a trip acrss the cuntry.
Cmpared t a real huse, this hme n the rad is small fr a family wh has t spend every hur f every day tgether. But the best thing abut it is that it changes yur jurney int a free explratin.
Yu can drive as lng as yu like withut wrrying abut finding htels. Or yu can just stp smewhere nice and stay fr a few weeks. Yu may als cme acrss ther families wh are n rad trips. Tgether, yu take ut yur tents and snacks. It’s camping time with a lt f chat and laughter.
Of curse, RVs are nt always cnvenient. They can smetimes break dwn and yu have t spend time mending them. But this type f rad trip still wins peple’s hearts because they can g whenever and wherever they want.
8．In the US, peple call RVs mving ________.
A．carsB．wheelsC．husesD．buses
9．Which f the fllwing abut RVs is TRUE?
A．They dn’t have any wheels.B．They are always cnvenient.
C．They are bigger than real huses.D．They may break dwn smetimes.
10．Why d peple prefer traveling in RVs?
A．They like eating snacks in RVs.
B．They can explre their jurney freely.
C．They may leave RVs in htels fr a few weeks.
D．They will never cme acrss ther traveling families.
Yajiap Village is in Tai’an, Shandng, and it is als called the “qiuku village”. As the temperatures drp, many peple put n qiuku, knwn as lng jhns in English, t fight against the cld, and the village becmes busy prducing (生产) lng jhns.
The village has been making lng jhns fr mre than 40 years. Abut half f hmes in the village d the business (生意) fr a living. It prvides jbs fr ver 1,700 peple in the village and its neighbring areas. Every mrning, the villagers g t the market t cllect materials they need and take them hme. Each huse acts as a small wrkshp, turning the materials int thermal (保暖的) clthing, pants and underwear. Then they are sld arund China and even t cuntries in Africa.
“We can make a pair f lng jhns in just three minutes, prducing 1,300 t 1,400 pairs a day,” said Zhang Feng, a 40-year-ld villager whse family has been in the business fr 35 years. “The busy seasn fr selling are frm August t the Chinese Lunar New Year,” he added. When Zhang was a child, his parents culd nly make arund 20 pairs a day. At that time, they used scissrs and an ld-style sewing (缝纫) machine t make lng jhns. Nw, with autmated (自动化的) sewing machines, peple can wrk much faster than befre.
Anther villager, Shi Hui, has als intrduced better machines t help save water and prtect the envirnment. The village is als planning t build a large industrial (工业的) park. In the future, peple will see a mre mdern “qiuku village”.
11．What are lng jhns?
A．Clthes made in Yajiap Village.B．Clthes made by a man named Jhn
C．Clthes that can make peple cl.D．Clthes that can keep peple warm.
12．Frm the secnd paragraph, we can knw that ______.
①hw many hmes make lng jhns ②hw many peple live in the village
③where the villagers make lng jhns ④where the villagers sell their lng jhns
A．①②③B．①②④C．①③④D．②③④
13．What des the writer mainly talk abut in Paragraph 13?
A．The best time t sell lng jhns.B．Imprvements in lng jhns making.
C．The histry f Zhang’s family business.D．Different machines fr lng jhns making.
14．What’s the village’s next plan?
A．T pen a big factry.B．T build an industrial park.
C．T d business with freign cuntries.D．T intrduce greener machines.
Imprvements in technlgy ften happen vernight. Sme gadgets get smaller and faster. Others are replaced (代替) by newer things like smartphnes. Here are sme ld gadgets that peple used t use. ①
D yu have a landline at hme? These are phnes that peple plug (插入) int their living rm walls. Mbile phnes didn’t use t be s ppular at that time, s mst families had a landline. But landlines nly wrked at hme. What did peple d when they were utside and needed t call smene? They lked fr a pay phne! Then, mst peple had their wn mbile phnes and many hmes n lnger had landlines. ②

Peple tday stre plenty f infrmatin nline, r n SD cards. But in the 1980s and 1990s, peple used t use flppy disks. The first flppy disks were large, expensive, and nt very useful—each disk culd stre just 175 KB f infrmatin! Later, flppy disks gt smaller and better. But even the best nes culd nly hld 1.44 MB．Yu wuld need three r fur disks just fr ne sng, and abut 22,000 disks t match the strage (储存空间) available n a 32 GB phne! ③

It’s easy t take phts tday. Peple ften have thusands just n their phnes! But phts used t cst much, and peple tk fewer f them. T take a pht, yu had t buy a rll f film. This allwed yu t take up t 30 phts. After finishing the rll, yu left it at a shp. The shp develped the phts t make them be seen, which yu culd cllect after a few days.
Technlgy changes all the time, and the gadgets we use tday will ne day be ld. What d yu think will be next t disappear (消失)?
15．What is the title f each paragraph?
a. Gdbye Disks b. Music t my Ears c. Picture This
d. Call Me e. Film Develpment
A．①—d; ②—b; ③—eB．①—d; ②—a; ③—c
C．①—c; ②—a; ③—bD．①—c; ②—b; ③—e
16．What can we get frm the passage?
A．N hmes had landlines nw.
B．Flppy disks culd stre much infrmatin.
C．Yu culd take 40 phts with a rll f film.
D．The imprvements in technlgy change peple’s life.
17．What wuld be the best title fr the passage?
A．The Changing PhnesB．The Gadgets f Tmrrw
C．The Gadgets We are UsingD．The Tls We Used t Use
Unit 2单元话题
18．Xining t Lhasa Railway is called “the way t the sky” because __________.
A．the train travels n high-altitude railway lines
B．it gives travellers a feeling f flying.
C．there are many high muntains alng it
D．it travels thrugh many big cities n the way
19．As fr Chengdu t Kunming Railway, we can knw that __________.
A．it is abut 2,000 kilmeters lng
B．it has been in service fr 70 years
C．the gegraphy alng the line is special
D．it passes thrugh mre than ten prvinces
20．The three wnderful railway lines __________.
A．have the same ticket price fr different classes
B．run frm the east t the west f China
C．take us t enjy the beauty f ur mtherland
D．g acrss Tibet all the way
Have yu ever heard f vlunteer travel? Durıng the trip, vlunteer travelers ften prvide services (服务) like teaching, cking, animal caring, and cultural activities. In exchange fr their help, they get meals, classes r smething else fr free r at a lwer price.
Yu may think this kind f jurney can nly be pssible in these years by mdern transprt. But in fact, vlunteer travel dates back t 1958. At that time, Alec Dicksn and his wife Mra frm the UK started Vluntary Service Overseas (VSO)—an rganizatin (机构) prviding vlunteer wrk all ver the wrld.
In the past, vlunteer travel usually tk place in freign cuntries. Hwever, mre peple have taken part in vlunteer trips in their wn cuntries in recent years. Accrding t (根据) Sanlian Lifeweek magazine, vlunteer trips t the cuntryside are attractive t peple living in the city. They hpe t take a rest frm the fast and busy city life by ding sme vlunteer wrk in villages.
Vlunteer travel helps city peple get a taste f village life. Many peple are bred with the busy life in the city. They ften say t themselves, “D I need t mve t the cuntryside fr a quiet life?” Vlunteer travel may help them find ut the answer. What’s mre, vlunteer travel helps lcal peple imprve their lives. When mre turists visit the villages, they can get mre jbs and make mre mney.
Vlunteer travel can nt nly shw kindness t peple in need, but als help peple get different life experiences (经历). Why nt have a try next time?
21．What d we knw frm Paragraph 2?
A．A cuple started VSO in 1958.
B．VSO nly prvides vlunteer wrk in the UK.
C．Vlunteer travel is impssible withut mdern transprt.
D．It was difficult t start a vlunteer rganizatin in the 1950s.
22．The underlined wrds “are attractive t” prbably mean ________.
A．are bad frB．are shrt fC．are ppular withD．are famus fr
23．Paragraph 4 is mainly abut ______.
A．what peple like t d while travelling
B．hw peple d vlunteer wrk while travelling
C．what prblems peple face during vlunteer travel
D．what benefits (好处) peple can get frm vlunteer travel
24．Why des the writer write the passage?
A．T intrduce a special way f travelling.B．T help peple keep away frm busy life.
C．T advise peple t live in the cuntryside.D．T invite peple t travel t freign cuntries.
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25．If yu jin in Alan Travel Service’s jurney t Lndn, yu will spend ________ days.
A．sevenB．eightC．nineD．ten
26．If Mr. Li and his 7-year-ld sn visit St. Paul’s Cathedral, they shuld pay ________.
A．£12B．£18C．£20D．£24
27．Which f the fllwing is TRUE accrding t the ad?
A．In Hiltn Htel yu wn’t have free breakfast.
B．Mrs. Li and his sn shuld pay 19,740 yuan fr their jurney t Lndn.
C．If yu want t find mre infrmatin abut traveling, yu can call 0551 66780510.
D．Yu can visit Big Ben n June 26 if yu jin in Alan Travel Service’s jurney t Lndn.
A Trip t the Muntains
Last summer, I went n a trip t the muntains with my family. We had always wanted t explre the natural beauty f the muntain area, and finally, we had the chance. We planned ur trip carefully, deciding t stay in a small cabin near the base f the muntains.
The jurney began early in the mrning. We packed ur car with camping gear (护具), snacks, and clthes fr the cler weather. The driver tk us thrugh winding rads and beautiful landscapes. As we gt clser t the muntains, the air became fresher, and the scenery mre breathtaking.
When we arrived at the cabin, we were greeted by the sund f birds singing and the smell f pine trees. The cabin was cmfrtable and had a lvely view f the muntains. We spent the first day setting up camp and explring (探索) the nearby trails (小路). The trails were full f nice waterfalls and valleys.
On the secnd day, we decided t hike t the tp f a nearby peak. The hike was lng and tiring, but the view frm the tp was wrth every step. We culd see fr miles, with the muntains stretching ut in all directins. It was ne f the mst beautiful sights I had ever seen.
In the evening, we gathered arund a campfire, rasting marshmallws and sharing stries. The night sky was clear, and we culd see millins f stars. It was a perfect end t a perfect day.
The trip t the muntains was an unfrgettable experience. It reminded us f the beauty f nature and the imprtance f spending time tgether as a family. We returned hme feeling refreshed and grateful fr the memries we had made.
28．When did the family g n their trip t the muntains?
A．In the winter.B．In the summer.C．In the spring.D．In the fall.
29．What did they d n the first day f their trip?
A．Hiked t the tp f a peak.B．Went swimming.
C．Stayed in the cabin.D．Explred nearby trails.
30．What did the family learn frm their trip?
A．Hw t drive lng distances.
B．The imprtance f spending time tgether.
C．Hw t ck utdrs.
D．Hw t build a cabin.
Many peple dream f travelling t Eurpe. Whether yu are taking yur first trip by yurself, ging there with a little mney, r just searching fr new cities, cultures and fd, Eurpe has smething fr everyne.
Eurpe is ne f the mst interesting cntinents (大陆) yu can visit. It has a deep-rted (根深蒂固的) histry and welcmes cultures frm all ver the wrld. And it’s ne f the easiest places t travel arund with the cnvenient transprtatin (交通).
There are several parts f Eurpe: Eastern Eurpe, Nrthern Eurpe, Suthern Eurpe and Western Eurpe. Amng these, the eastern ne is a gd chice fr travelers wh want t save mney. Nrthern Eurpe is knwn fr its natural phenmenn (现象)—the Nrthern Lights. If yu want t see them, yu need t visit in the winter nly when cnditins are at their best. Suthern Eurpe is made up f all the cuntries clse t Mediterranean (地中海) and it’s knwn fr its natural wnders and ancient histry. Western Eurpe is the mst ppular part f Eurpe, and it has lts f famus sptlights, like the Eiffel Twer and the Van Ggh Museum.
If yu are backpacking (背包旅行) thrugh Eurpe, the best time t travel is frm Nvember t March, when yu’ll find cheap tickets fr planes and htels. Hwever, if yu are planning a ski (滑雪) vacatin, yu’ll find large crwds f travelers. The busiest time f year fr Eurpe is summer. Frm June t August, travelers frm all ver the wrld g t this place t enjy the gd weather.
31．Why d many peple travel t Eurpe accrding t the passage?
A．Because they can spend less mney n htels.
B．Because they can enjy different cultures and fd.
C．Because they can buy lts f cheap clthes.
D．Because they want t find part-time jbs while travelling.
32．Suthern Eurpe is famus fr ________.
A．gd transprtatinB．famus museums
C．natural wnders and histryD．cheap prducts
33．What des the underlined part “this place” refer t (指代)？
A．Eurpe.B．Western Eurpe.C．Suthern Eurpe.D．Eastern Eurpe.
34．What can we learn frm this passage?
A．We can visit the Eiffel Twer in Nrthern Eurpe in summer.
B．Yu can spend the least in December if yu backpack in Eurpe.
C．Only a few peple wuld like t ski in winter in Eurpe.
D．Eastern Eurpe is the mst ppular in travelers’ hearts.
Unit 3单元话题
Maybe yu think that many parents have learnt a lt abut what their children are ding nline. Accrding t a recent survey by Symantec Cmpany, there’s a “huge difference between parents and their children”. Symantec makes many security (安全) sftware fr hme and business cmputers.
Hw much time d children spend nline each week? Parents f children under the age f 18 said their children spend abut three hurs a week n average (平均). The children, aged 8 t 17, wh tk the survey said they were spending an average f seven hurs nline each week.
“I really think that’s because f the time they spend n their mbile phnes and cmputers, when their parents dn’t even knw they’re nline,” says Symantec’s Bill Rsenkrantz. “Remember, cell phnes and vide game machines all make it pssible t surf the Internet. Yu dn’t have t sit in frnt f a cmputer screen.”
And what are the children ding n the Web? “They’re ding things, like dwnlading music, ging t scial netwrking sites and shpping nline, when parents dn’t think they’re ding thse kinds f activities,” says Rsenkrantz. Nearly a quarter f the children (23 per cent) might d things their parents wuld nt agree.
S hw des a mdern parent deal with (处理) this type f situatin? “The first thing we strngly recmmend is that parents spend time with their children nline,” says Rsenkrantz.“Sit dwn with them and understand what they’re ding. Secndly, have a talk abut it. Have a talk abut what’s an acceptable activity, what’s an unacceptable activity, and set sme rules—time nline, things yu can and can’t d. Really have thse talks. That’s the mst imprtant.”
There are a lt f bad peple n the Internet. That’s why it’s s imprtant fr parents t knw what their children are ding nline.
35．The data in the secnd paragraph are used t shw _______.
A．parents dn’t exactly knw children’s nline time
B．time spent nline changes with children’s ages
C．children always spend t much time nline
D．children spend mre time nline than their parents
36．What can we learn frm the passage?
A．Parents are t busy t pay attentin t their children.
B．Mst parents knw what their children are ding nline.
C．Symantec makes many special hme and business cmputers.
D．Sme children surveyed may g against their parents’ wishes.
37．In Rsenkrantz’s pinin, parents shuld _______.
A．stp their children’s nline activitiesB．shrten the time their children spend nline
C．have a talk with their children and make sme rulesD．use security sftware in cmputers
38．What’s the purpse f the passage?
A．T intrduce a kind f useful security sftware.
B．T advise parents t ntice what their children d nline.
C．T give reasns fr children’s bad Internet habits.
D．T talk abut the dangers children may face n the Internet.
The Sydney Opera Huse is a very famus building in the wrld. The Opera Huse with a “sailing rf (屋顶)” was designed by a famus Danish architect (丹麦建筑师), Utzn. Cnstructin started in 1959, years befre the designs were finished. In 1967, wrk n the inside began. It tk 14 years in ttal t build the Opera Huse. Queen Elizabeth fficially (正式地) pened it n 20 Octber, 1973.
Building the Sydney Opera Huse cst arund $100 millin and the cst was mstly paid by a state lttery. The glass f 6,225 square metres was used t build it. The Opera Huse includes abut 1,000 rms. It is abut 185 metres lng and 120 metres wide. The building’s rf weighs abut 15 tns. Each year, this fantastic building attracts (吸引) mre than 10 millin turists.
The Opera Huse reaches ut int the harbur. It is amazing and unfrgettable, ffering peple a strng sense f beauty.
39．The designer f the Sydney Opera Huse was frm ________.
A．AmericaB．AustraliaC．EnglandD．Denmark
40．The underlined wrd “cnstructin” means “________” in Chinese.
A．创立B．设计C．施工D．竣工
41．Building the Sydney Opera Huse lasted ________.
A．frm 1959 t 1973B．frm 1962 t 1973C．frm 1959 t 1967D．frm 1962 t 1967
42．________mainly paid fr the cst f building the Sydney Opera Huse.
A．UtznB．A state ltteryC．Queen ElizabethD．The gvernment
43．Which is the best title fr the passage?
A．The sailing rf.B．Travelling in Sydney.
C．The Sydney Opera Huse.D．The pening f the Sydney Opera Huse.
The Internet has changed the wrld. Peple are able t get and share infrmatin in secnds. Nwadays, peple begin t wnder: Is the Internet gd r bad? “It’s impssible t answer that questin because the Internet means s many things,” says psychlgist (心理学家) Patricia Greenfield.
Sme are truly wnderful. In many ways it makes life easier and simpler. It helps us get things dne mre quickly. It pens up the wrld t us. And if a friend lives far away, the Internet makes it easy t stay in tuch.
Hwever, the issue (话题) isn’t black and white. Sme can becme real prblems if we dn’t take care. Spending t much time nline is harmful t peple’s health. It may even cause them t be less scial with family and friends. Besides, sme peple attack the web r use the Internet t steal thers’ persnal infrmatin, even banking infrmatin. Mst f the yung students think the Internet is simply an icn n the screen. Kids wn’t realize that the Internet is a netwrk f millins f cmputers until abut 10 years ld.
The Internet can be a useful tl, but dn’t let it take up all f yur time. Use the Internet prperly (适当地) and carefully and it can make yur life mre clurful.
44．By saying “the Internet means s many things”, Patricia Greenfield means that _________.
A．the Internet is hard fr peple t master
B．the Internet brings advantages (优点) as well as disadvantages
C．the Internet has mre advantages than expected
D．the Internet has mre disadvantages than expected
45．Which f the fllwing has a similar meaning t the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3?
A．Accidents will happen.B．Actins speak luder than wrds.
C．Every cin has tw sides.D．A gd beginning makes a gd ending.
46．In the mind f very yung children, the Internet is _________.
A．harmfulB．simpleC．difficultD．everything
47．Which f the fllwing infrmatin is NOT mentined in the passage?
A．The Internet helps us get and share infrmatin quickly.
B．Nt everything n the Internet is safe.
C．Using the Internet fr a lng time is nt gd fr ur health.
D．Yung children shuld nt use the Internet.
48．What might the writer talk abut in the fllwing paragraphs?
A．Advantages f using the Internet.B．Disadvantages f using the Internet.
C．Hw t stp using the Internet.D．Hw t use the Internet wisely.
Cmputers are gd tls(工具). The Internet is als gd. But sme peple spend t much time nline. They can’t stp. Dctrs say this is a new sickness. They call this sickness Internet Addictin Disrder(互联网成瘾症)(IAD).
Peple with IAD are nline a lt. They spend hurs chatting with their friends r playing nline games. Many peple with IAD spend mre time n the Internet than with family r friends. Sme peple with IAD even quit(辞掉) their jbs!
D yu have IAD? Think abut these questins: Hw many hurs a day are yu nline? Is it a lt r a little? When yu are nt nline, are yu thinking abut playing a cmputer game r checking yur messages? When yu are nline, d yu frget the time? D yu get angry when yu can’t play a game?
If yu have IAD, what can yu d? Dr Ivan Gldberg and Dr Kimberly S. Yung have sme ideas. First, ask yurself “Why am I nline a lt?”. Then try t take a break. Fr example, use the cmputer r play games twice a week, nt every day. In this way, yu can have a gd scial life with ther friends.
49．The passage is mainly abut _________.
A．a new sicknessB．an nline gameC．messagesD．nline jbs
50．If yu have Internet Addictin Disrder (IAD), yu _________.
A．are nline fr an hur a weekB．send messages at wrk
C．are n the Internet mre than with friendsD．never use the cmputer
51．Accrding t the passage, which is NOT a sign f IAD?
A．Quitting yur jb t spend mre time nline.B．Spending time with family and friends.
C．Frgetting the time when yu are nline.D．Getting angry when yu can’t play a game.
52．Ivan Gldberg and Kimberly S. Yung _________.
A．quit their jbsB．are nline a ltC．have IADD．help peple with IAD
53．Which f the fllwing is TRUE?
A．Cmputers aren’t gd tls.
B．The Internet isn’t gd.
C．Peple with IAD have nthing wrng.
D．Play nline games twice a week, nt every day.
Cmputers are useful machines. They can help peple a lt in their daily life. Fr example, they can help peple t save much time t d much wrk, and they can help peple t wrk ut many prblems they can’t deal with easily. Our cuntry asks everyne t learn t use cmputers except the ld peple.
Tday mre and mre families wn cmputers. Parents buy cmputers fr their children. They hpe cmputers can help them imprve their studies in schl. Yet many f their children use cmputers t play games, t watch vides r t sing karake, s many teachers and parents cmplain that cmputers cannt help children study but make them fall behind. S cmputers are lcked in sme ways by parents.
In sme ther cuntries, even sme scientists hate cmputers. They say cmputers let millins f peple lse their jbs r bring them a lt f truble. Will cmputers really bring truble t peple r can they bring peple happiness?
It will be decided by tday’s students themselves!
54．We say the cmputer is a useful machine because ________.
A．ur cuntry asks us t learn itB．it can help us a lt
C．we can use it t play gamesD．it can help us t find jbs
55．Many teachers and parents cmplain that ________.
A．their students and children use cmputers t play games
B．cmputers let them lse their jbs
C．cmputers make their students and children fall behind
D．cmputers bring peple a lt f truble
56．In this passage we knw cmputers ________.
A．als bring us trubleB．bring us happiness nly
C．are hated by pepleD．are bad fr peple’s health
57．Can cmputers really help children t study?
A．Yes, they can.B．It’s hard t say.C．N, they can’tD．Of curse nt.
58．The last sentence f this passage means that ________.
A．cmputers are used by peple
B．peple can live well withut cmputers
C．ne must decide hw t use cmputers prperly
D．cmputers are strange machines
Unit 4单元话题
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Everyne is happy n Saturday mrning, but Tm isn’t. He sits in frnt f a high fence (篱笆). “T bad! It’s a nice Saturday mrning but I must paint the fence. My friends are playing.”
Just then, he has an idea. He picks up his brush and starts t paint the fence slwly.
His friend Ben is walking dwn the street and he is eating a big red apple.
He sees Tm and says, “Tm, I’m ging swimming.”
Tm says, “I like it! I can g swimming every day, but I can’t paint a fence every day.”
Ben is surprised and he watches Tm paint slwly and carefully, and he ften smiles. He lks happy and even sings sngs. At this time, “Tm. Let me paint a little,” says Ben.
Tm lks at Ben and says, “I’m really srry, Ben, but Aunt Plly wants me t d it. Yu knw, I’m very gd at painting. My brther Sid wants t d it, but he’s nt gd at painting.”
“Oh, Tm, let me try, yu can have my apple.”
Tm is happy, but he desn’t smile. “OK, Ben.”
Then Tm’s ther friends cme by. They watch Tm paint and they all want t try, t. They give Tm a new kite, a cat, an ld knife.
Tm’s friends paint the big fence, and Tm just sits under the big tree and watches them.
— Adapted frm The Adventures f Tm Sawyer
59．Tm’s idea is t ________.
A．paint as quickly as pssibleB．finish painting alne
C．trick (欺骗) Ben int painting fr himD．play with Ben
60．Tm’s friends want t paint the fence because ________.
A．They are very gd at paintingB．they think it is interesting
C．Aunt Plly wants t d itD．they all want t help Tm
61．Which is the right rder f the fllwing things?
a. Ben starts t paint the fence. b. Tm starts t paint the fence.
c. Ben gives his apple t Tm. d. Tm watches his friends paint.
A．b—c—a—dB．d—a—c—bC．a—c—b—dD．b—a—d—c
62．Which f the fllwing is TRUE accrding t the passage?
A．Ben is ging swimming with Tm.
B．Tm’s brther Sid is gd at painting.
C．Tm sits under the tree and watches his friends paint.
D．Tm and his friends play with the kite, the cat.
63．What d yu think f Tm accrding t the passage?
A．Clever and naughty (淘气的).B．Helpful and hard-wrking.
C．Hnest and patient.D．Humrus and brave.
Once upn a time, there was a beautiful girl called Cinderella. She had a stepmther (继母) and tw stepsisters. They were nt kind t Cinderella. Cinderella culdn’t have a rest unless she finished cking, cleaning and ther chres (家务事).
One day, a letter came t the huse. It was a letter frm the prince. He wuld have a big party t find a wife. He wuld like the three girls t cme.
Cinderella culdn’t g t the party because she didn’t have beautiful clthes. Cinderella cried. She als wanted t g t the party. Suddenly, a wman shwed up. She was a fairy.
“Dn’t wrry,” said the fairy. “Yu can g t the prince’s party. I’ll help yu. But yu must leave the party as sn as the bell rings fr twelve ’clck. At 12:00, the magic will end.” Cinderella gt int the cach t g t the party.
The prince’s palace was full f peple. All the girls wanted t marry the prince. As sn as Cinderella walked int the palace, the prince saw her. He asked her t dance with him all night lng. The prince and Cinderella fell in lve. At twelve ’clck, Cinderella ran ut f the palace. Cinderella ran s fast that she lst ne f her glass shes. She must get hme befre twelve. The prince fund Cinderella’s she. “I knw this she. It belngs t that beautiful girl. I’ll find her,” he said. The next mrning, he went frm huse t huse t find her. At last, he fund his princess. Sn Cinderella and the prince gt married and lived happily.
64．Wh did all f the husewrk at hme?
A．Cinderella’s stepsisters.B．Cinderella.
C．Cinderella’s stepmther.D．Cinderella and her stepsisters.
65．Why wuld the prince have a big party?
A．T marry Cinderella.B．T dance and talk.
C．T find a wife.D．T shw up.
66．What des the underlined wrd “fairy” mean in Chinese?
A．牧师B．小仙子C．神父D．宫女
67．Why did Cinderella must get hme befre twelve ’clck?
A．Because the stepmther tld her t d thatB．Because at 12:00 the magic wuld end.
C．Because she had t d the husewrkD．Because her stepsisters ran after her.
68．What d yu think f the fairy that helped Cinderella?
A．Sad.B．Cnfident.C．Kind.D．Bad.
One mrning, the king was sitting at the table, lking at the fish.
He said “I just want fruit fr breakfast!” “I’m s srry, yur majesty,” I said. I immediately picked up the fish and brught a bwl f fruit. “I will d whatever yu want. Yu are ur gd and pwerful king,” I said. “Thank yu,” the king said, but he lked annyed. “Peple always say things like that t me, but I dn’t like it!” After breakfast, the king went t get dressed. I put his silk clthes, clak and crwn n his bed. “I just want t wear cmfrtable trusers, a shirt and shes”. He said in a lud, angry vice. I rushed in with the clthes he wanted. “I’m s srry, yur majesty. Yu are ur gd and pwerful king.” “Why des everyne always, always say “yes” t me?” “Because yu’re the king, yur majesty.” I replied. Suddenly, he said, “Everyne ges t the beach with me. Bring my thrne (宝座)”.
Sn everyne was at the beach. “S I am a pwerful king. Everyne has t bey (听从) me.” said the king. “Des the sea have t bey me?” he asked. “Of curse”, we replied. He sat dwn n his thrne at the edge f the water and shuted t the sea, “I am yur pwerful king! Yu must bey me. ▲ ”
I was excited t watch the sea stp cmpletely. But then, smething strange happened. The sea didn’t listen and the water came in. The water cvered his shes, and then was as high as his shulders. He std up and we ran t help him.
When we were all back at the beach, the king said, “Yu see, I am very wet. I am yur king but I dn’t have superpwers. I can’t cntrl the sea. S, stp always saying “yes” t me. It’s very bring!’
69．What des the underlined wrd “annyed” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A．A bit excited.B．A bit angry.C．A bit surprised.D．A bit nervus.
70．What’s the crrect rder f the fllwing?
①The king decided t g t the beach. ②The king was nearly cvered by the water.
③The king asked sme fruit fr breakfast. ④The king wasn’t satisfied with the clthes.
A．②①④③B．②③①④C．③④①②D．③①④②
71．Which f the fllwing is the best t fill in the blank “ ▲ ”?
A．Dn’t get me wet!B．Give me sme fishes!C．Bring my thrne!D．Dn’t stp saying “yes”!
72．Accrding t the passage, the king went t the beach because ________.
A．he hped t cntrl his hnest servantsB．he wanted t give a lessn t servants
C．he tried t catch sme seafd t enjyD．he decided t swim with servants happily
73．Hw did Gulliver feel when he was n the island at first?
A．Afraid.B．Surprised.C．Hungry.D．Tired.
74．Which f the fllwing can be put in the blank ▲ in Paragraph 3?
A．but it was very deliciusB．but it was very very small
C．but it was in different shapesD．but it was very expensive
75．What des the underlined wrd “enrmus” in the last paragraph mst prbably mean?
A．Very expensive. B．Very big.C．Very beautiful.D．Very nrmal.
76．What can we infer (推断) frm the stry?
A．Gulliver gt n well with the peple in Lilliput.
B．There were n peple and n huses n the island.
C．Gulliver rde the hrse t the little men’s city.
D．The language in Lilliput was t difficult t learn.
Lng ag, there was a camel wh lived alne in the desert. He was lazy. Instead f wrking, he spent his days chewing sticks, eating twigs, and drinking water.
Many ther animals wrked hard, and they tried t get Camel t help them. But each time, the stubbrn camel simply said, “Humph (哼哼).”
One day, Zebra carried sticks t make a fire fr animals. “Camel, cme and carry sticks like the rest f us,” said Zebra. “Humph,” said Camel.
The next day, Hipp carried water fr the animals t drink. “Camel, cme and carry water like the rest f us,” said Hipp. “Humph,” said Camel.
The third day, Cyte carried fd fr the animals t eat. “Camel, cme and carry fd like the rest f us,” said Cyte. Camel didn’t mve. He simply respnded, “Humph!”
This made the animals very angry. “Camel is lazy, and we wrk hard,” they said. “We will g t visit Genie (精灵) t see if he can help us.” Zebra, Hipp and Cyte went t Genie and tld him abut Camel’s laziness.
Genie went t Camel’s hme and fund him resting. “Stubbrn Camel, yu have been lazy. Yu must wrk with the ther animals and help them,” Genie said. “Humph,” Camel replied. “D nt say that again,” said Genie, “Yu have given the ther animals three days f extra wrk.” “Humph,” Camel snapped.
Genie waved his arms, and Camel’s flat back began t puff up int a big bump (隆起), as Camel watched in surprise. “Yu brught this humph (we call it “hump” nw) upn yurself by being lazy,” said Genie, “Nw yu must wrk fr three days withut drinking r eating t make up fr the wrk yu missed. Yu can live ff yur hump (驼峰).” S Camel went ff t wrk, humphing the whle day. And that’s hw the camel gt his hump.
77．Which is the crrect rder accrding t the stry?
a. Camel said n t Zebra because f his laziness.
b. Camel gt a hump n his back and started t wrk.
c. Camel did nthing when Cyte was carrying fd.
d. Camel made ther animals angry and was visited by Genie.
e. Camel was nt willing t carry water fr the animals t drink.
A．a-c-d-b-eB．a-d-c-b-eC．a-e-c-d-bD．a-c-e-d-b
78．The underlined wrds “make up fr” in the stry means t “________”.
A．tell a stry r an excuseB．cmplete a task tgether
C．separate different thingsD．make a situatin better thrugh wrk
79．What is the best title fr this stry?
A．Hw the Camel Gt His HumpB．Hw the Camel Replied t Others
C．Hw the Camel Made Others AngryD．Hw the Camel Became Hard-wrking
Shanghai Maglev (磁悬浮列车) Shanghai (China)
Having been running since 2004, this train transprts passengers t and frm Pudng Internatinal Airprt every 15 t 20 minutes. The jurney cvers a distance f 19 miles in an amazing (惊人的) eight minutes r less.
Shinkansen H5 & E5
Thku t Hkkaid (Japan)
Japan’s super fast trains are sme f the mst regular. The bullet trains (子弹头列车), speedier types f the cunty’s first high-speed system, came ut in 1964, and they still g between Japan’s cities nw.
Ital and Frecciarissa
Milan t Flrence/Rme (Italy)
If the tp speed isn’t enugh, this train uses almst entirely (完全) renewable (可更新的) units. Traveling frm Milan t either Flrence r Rme can be in less than three hurs.
Jingzhang Intercity
Beijing and Zhangjiaku (China)
China is surely prud f having the wrld’s fastest driverless train, with ne f the tp speeds amng trains arund the wrld. This train was fr imprving transprt during the 2022 Winter Olympic Games.
Here are the three mst wnderful train jurneys t enjy the natural beauty f ur mtherland. Read n t see which line yu want t start yur jurney with.
Xining t Lhasa
Length: arund 1,900 km lng
Price: 781 yuan n a sft sleeper (软卧)
The railway line is ppular with travelers wh want t visit Tibet (西藏). It is the lngest high altitude (海拔) train trip in the wrld that is named as “the way t the sky”. Mst f the line is 4,000 meters abve sea level. Yu can see Qinghai Lake utside the train’s windws.
Chengdu t Kunming
Length: arund 1,100 km lng
Price: 487.5 yuan fr a secnd class
The railway line has been in service since July 1970. Frm Chengdu with an altitude f 400 meters r s, the train ges up t abut 2,000 meters acrss muntains. This line is called Gelgical Museum (地质博物馆) because f the special gegraphy alng the railway line.
Lhasa t Rikaze
Length: arund 250 km lng
Price: 64 yuan fr a sft seat
This railway line is cnnected t the Qinghai-Tibet Railway and has an altitude f abve 3,600 meters. It makes Tibet travel easier fr travellers, especially thse wh want t see Munt Qmlangma, the highest muntain in the wrld.
Time: July 20—July 28, 2024
Htel: Hiltn Htel (free breakfast)
Place f interest: Big Ben (July 23)
Ticket: £8 each (kids: half price)
Place f interest: St. Paul’s Cathedral (July 26)
Ticket: £12 each (kids: half price)
Ttal fee: ¥9,870 each (kids: half price )
Service tel: 0551 66780510
Yu can call 0044 02086528 t bk tickets.
My name is Gulliver, and when I was a yung man, I went travelling. I jined a ship and sailed t the islands f the Suth Pacific. It was a wnderful vyage (航海) at first. We sailed acrss the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean. Suddenly there was a terrible strm and I fell int the water. Finally, I swam t an island. I walked n the beach and lked arund me. There were n peple and n huses. I was very tired s I fell asleep n the sand.
When I wke up in the mrning, I culdn’t mve. I was lying n my back and my arms and my legs were tied t the grund. I was very ht in the sun and I was scared. Suddenly I saw a very small man. He was abut 15 centimeters (厘米) tall and he was walking n my leg. Then I saw lts f small men n my arms and my legs. I shuted and, in surprise, the men fell ff my bdy. Then I spke t them in English. They didn’t understand my language, but they saw that I was friendly.
I pinted at my muth t shw I was hungry and they brught me sme fd. Their fd was nrmal, ▲ and it meant I had t eat a lt. I finished my meal and then hundreds f men and thusands f hrses carried me t their city. It was a very lng jurney.
When I arrived at the city, I lked arund me. The huses were smaller than my feet and I was bigger than the trees. The king and the peple were kind t me s I stayed n the island. I learned that I was in Lilliput (小人国) and I learned their language. I played with their children and I gave them gifts such as my watch and sme cins (硬币). These things were enrmus t little men. Finally, I left the city and travelled again.