Birth order﹣﹣﹣does it matter？ Are you different because you are the first， second， or third child in your family﹣﹣﹣or maybe the last of nine？
A study found that first﹣borns have an average（平均的）IQ that is three points higher than people who fall into a different place in the birth order， perhaps because first﹣borns often help younger brothers and sisters， which improves their own skills． In 2007， an international organization of CEOs found that 43% of CEOs are first﹣borns ，33% are middle children， and 23% are last﹣borns． First﹣borns are more likely （可能的）to be doctors and astronauts and get higher pay．
If first﹣borns are more successful， last﹣borns are generally more agreeable． They are also more likely to be funny， possibly to get attention from all the bigger people at the dinner table． Mark Twain and Stephen Colbert were both the youngest in large families， and Jim Carrey was the youngest of four． According to a 2007 Time magazine article， "The power of Birth Order，" last﹣borns are more likely to be artists and successful businessmen．
Then there are the middle children； we have not ignored（忽视） them! Many middle children are short of one﹣on﹣one time with their parents． They often feel short﹣changed： the oldest gets more rights， and the youngest is "spoiled（宠坏的） "．Though they may be ignored， middle children are more likely to grow into easygoing adults．
Many factors（因素）make us who we are， but if the research is correct， birth order may be one of the most important factors．
（1）Who is most likely to be a CEO？
A． A first﹣born．
B． A second﹣born．
C． A third﹣born．
D． A last﹣born．
（2）What can we learn about Jim Carrey？
A． He was likely to be given low pay．
B． He was likely to be agreeable．
C． He was a first﹣born．
D． He was a middle child．
（3）What does the underlined word "short﹣changed" in Paragraph 4 probably mean in Chinese？
A．受亏待的
B．受控制的
C．受宠爱的
D．受欢迎的
（4）We can learn from the research that birth order ．
A． has no influence on IQ
B． matters a lot at the dinner table
C． may decide who we are
D． is a factor in making us powerful
（5）What would be the best title for the text？
A． Where Is Your Place in the Family？
B． Who Improves Your Social Skills？
C． What Makes You Successful in Life？
D． How Can You grow into a Big Man？
Lockheed Martin，American space system company（空间系统公司）has found a really cool way to inspire the young minds of today to the research fields in Science．Technology Engineering and Math（STEM）．
It may look like a normal yellow bus，but all the magic happens once you get inside．Meet the"Mars（火星） Experience Bus，"part of Lockheed Martin's new"Generation Beyond"national education program to get the kids joining in studying what goes on outside of our home planet．The bus offers a virtual reality（VR，虚拟现实） experience making the teenagers feel like they are driving on Mars．
The VR experience was developed by taking advantage of software（软件）created for today's best video games，so you can imagine the picture shown is top level．The kids do seem really excited to see the bus take a virtual trip on the red planet and search unknown places．It's certainly a great way of learning about the universe by virtual reality working on a common bus．
The Lockheed Martin's bus will start a tour in the United Stated to allow kids from different parts of the country to take a ride in it．The Generation Beyond project also includes an iPhone app for IOS providing real﹣time information about weather reports for Mars，and there's also a free deep space course for middle school teachers and students．
57．"A really cool way"in the first paragraph refers to ．
A．a science subject
B．Mars Experience Bus
C．video game software
58．"Generation Beyond"is a/an ．
A．school bus
B．education project
C．vacation trip
59．The VR experience was developed from ．
A．video games
B．space science
C．driving systems
60．Which of the following statement is TRUE according to this passage？
A．It just looks like a normal school bus after you get inside．
B．Kids are sure to be more interested in all subjects after the experience．
C．You can get the real﹣time weather reports for Mars with an iPhone．
61．The best title of this passage may be ．
A．The common yellow bus．
B．The mysterious red planet．
C．The magic VR tour．
Car﹣hailing company DiDi signed an agreement with TAL Education Group to provide free online courses for the children of taxi drivers．The courses，worth 30 million yuan，cover
all subjects from primary to high school．Children can study courses at home，saving parents time to spend or pick up children from off﹣line after﹣school classes．
According to Zhu Jingshi，vice president of DiDi，all 153 million registered（注册）taxi drivers of DiDi can ask for the courses on the company's mobile app．The car﹣hailing company will evaluate （评价）the drivers and provide courses on the basis of the time they became registered drivers with the company，the number of passengers served and evaluation from passengers．
The health and education of children have remained top priorities of Chinese parents，including taxi drivers． A survey done by DiDi and TAL showed that although the average monthly income（平均月收入）of taxi drivers is only 6000 yuan，many would like to pay 40 percent of their income for their children's education．
The survey found that most taxi drivers were born in the 1970s and 1980s and worked seven days a week．More than 70 percent of them have children under 18 but very few have time to be with family and children．Only 8 percent of them said they had guided their children in doing homework．Because of these，60 percent of drivers hope their children could receive the guidance from professional services．
（1）The online courses would help taxi drivers for their children's education．
A．find good school
B．get better teachers
C．save time and money
（2）The children of taxi drivers would like take the courses like Picture ．
（3）The underlined sentence"The health and education…"means that ．
A．most of the taxi drivers have little time to take care of their children．
B．Chinese parents care about the health and education of their children most．
C．Lots of children of taxi drivers are in poor condition of health and education．
（4）According to a survey，many taxi drivers would spend about yuan on their children's education a month．
A.2400
B.4000
C.6000
（5）This passage mainly tells us about ．
A．a new kind of transportation called DiDi．
B．The free online courses for taxi drivers'children
C．The taxi drivers working hard day and night．
There were three big fish in the lake．One of them，Demo，was wise；another one，Jimmy，was half﹣wise；Martin，the third one，was stupid．
Some fishermen came to the bank of the lake with their nets．The three fish saw them．
Demo decided at once to leave，to make the long and difficult trip to the ocean．He thought，"I won't discuss with these two about this．They love this place so much that they call it home and will stay on．How silly they are!They still haven't realized we are in great danger now．Their ignorance will cost them their lives．"
Seeing the wise fish had left，Jimmy thought，"My guide has gone and now I've lost my chance to escape．"He felt sorry for it and then thought，"What can I do to save myself from these men and their nets？Perhaps I should pretend （假装）to be already dead，giving myself totally to the water．"So he did that．He went up and down with the water，helpless，within arm's reach of the fishermen．
"Look at this!The best and biggest fish is dead．"One of the men lifted him by the tail，and threw him up on the ground．He rolled （滚动）over and over and moved secretly toward the water，and then，back in．
The third fish was aimlessly jumping about，trying to escape with his speed and cleverness．The net，of course，finally closed around him，and as he lay in the hot frying﹣pan bed，he thought，"If I get out of this，I'll never live again in the limits of the lake．Next time，the ocean!I'll make it my home．"
56．The passage is a
A．diary
B．story
C．notice
57．The underlined word"ignorance"in the passage means" "in Chinese．
A．冲动
B．勇气
C．愚昧
58．Jimmy thought that he could escape from the fishermen by ．
A．traveling to the ocean
B．pretending to be dead
C．jumping here and there
59．Who was caught by the fishermen at last？
A．Demo
B．Jimmy．
C．Martin．
60．What can we learn from the passage？
A．It is important to make proper changes in time．
B．Good chances are always given to the honest．
C．The stupid can also succeed with great efforts．
" Red envelope "（微信红包）has swept the country recently．Children can get more money by snatching（抢）red envelope． But everyone needs to understand something about money： where it comes from， how to save it and how to spend it correctly． Too many parents don't take time to teach their children about money， and as a result， many of those children don't know how to deal with money when they grow up．
When should parents begin teaching their children about money？ Experts（专家） agree that it's never too early． The more children learn about money，the more correctly they will be able to deal with money as they grow older． To begin with， parents can teach kids how to count money．
Next， parents can teach kids how to save money． For example， a kid wants a new bicycle． Parents can teach them to save part of their pocket money for that bike，while still keeping some money for ice cream and movies． In this way they will begin to understand the meaning of saving．
Also it's never too early to teach children different ways to make money besides snatching red envelopes． For example， they wash cars， clean gardens， look after babies and so on． Sit down with children and talk with them about some ways they could make money． You'll be surprised and glad at the effort they will begin making．
Teach children about how to deal with money when they're young， and their future will be brighter．
（1）Experts agree that parents should teach the children about money ．
A． when they grow up
B． when they go to school
C． as early as possible
（2）In order to teach the children about money， parents may tell them to start with ．
A． counting money
B． making money
C． saving money
（3）Parents teach kids how to save money so that the children can ．
A． buy ice cream
B． know the meaning of saving
C． watch movies
（4）According to the passage， it is TRUE that ．
A． parents should ask children to buy a new car
B． parents should ask children to study harder
C． parents can teach children to save part of their pocket money
（5）The best title of the passage is " "．
A． How to save money
B． How to deal with money
C． How to make money
There are millions of recipes（菜谱） hidden in the boxes and hearts of grandmother and parents． These family recipes are a special part of our family history． Some of them have been passed down from generation（一代人） to generation．
"I realized I couldn't go home every weekend for my mom's delicious dishes，" says Shreya， who is about to enter university．Shreya has recently started following her mother around the kitchen，taking notes on how to make her "masala chai" and tasty kachoris．
"Those special tastes can immediately unlock a whole flood of emotions， memories and feelings of family， love， and comfort，" says she．
She adds， "I am looking to the day when my kids will come to know of their grandmothers through the dishes they cooked．"
But many of us find it difficult to keep the food connection with our busy life．Even if we have time，not many of us take the effort to collect and record the recipes from our grandmothers and parents． We often get a recipe on the phone and take it down quickly on a piece of paper．We just stick it onto the fridge for a week or two and forget about it as soon as the paper disappears from there．
Actually，there are simple ways to keep family recipes，Scrapbooks（剪贴薄）are easily found in the market． You can even add photos to record every detail of your memories about the recipe．With the help of some popular apps like Story Scans， recording family recipes has never been easier．What is needed is to scan（扫描） the recipes and record the story behind each of them． It can become the most meaningful work you have ever done with and for your family．
Keeping family recipes is saving and honoring our tradition so that future generations can continue to make family ties stronger． Every time you remember your loved ones， recreate one of the dishes from your collection and let the memories from the good old days comfort you． So why not gift your kids a family recipe book when they are starting a new life？
（1）Why does Shreya follow her mother around the kitchen？
A． To clean up the kitchen．
B． To note down recipes．
C． To prepare family dinners．
D． To talk about family rules．
（2）What can we learn from the passage？
A． Ways to record recipes can be easy．
B． Most people like writing recipe books．
C． Recipes have become popular with kids．
D． People often buy recipe books in the market．
（3）Which of the following would be the best title for the passage？
A． Family Recipes： Secrets of Cooking
B． Family Recipes Are at a Crossroads
C． Family Recipes： Connections to Interests
D． Family Recipes Are More than Just Recipes
Once there were many thousands of Gourma Desert （沙漠） elephants in Mali， a country in West Africa． Now． there are fewer than four hundred．
Why did the number of the elephants drop so quickly？ On the one hand， the elephants' main lake． their only water source （来源） dried up． On the other hand，the land which the elephants lived on was overused by humans．
To protect the elephants' living environment， the Mali Elephant Project （MEP） was started in 07． MEP met with local people and helped them make rules of using land and water． As a result， the situation became better and there was more food， forest and grassland．
However． from 2012 to 2016， poaching （偷猎） and illegaltrade in the elephants increased rapidly Eighty﹣three elephants were lost in 2015 alone， and another fifty﹣one elephants were killed in 2016．"If this situation goes on， all the Gourma elephants will be killed by 2020．" said a member of MEP．
Luckily． the voice of MEP was heard． More organizations （组织） have joined together to educate the local people that trading elephants is against the law．Elephant poaching has dropped to a very low level． The local people have learned to live peacefully with the elephants，one of the wildlife treasures in the world．
（1）MEP was started to ．
| A． |
raise more elephants in Mali |
| B． |
stop the main lake from drying up |
| C． |
discover water source for elephants |
| D． |
protect the elephants' living environment |
（2）What does the word " illegal" in Paragraph 4 mean in Chinese？
| A． |
公平的 |
| B． |
亏损的 |
| C． |
非法的 |
| D． |
合理的 |
（3）Eighty﹣three elephants were lost ．
| A． |
in 2012 |
| B． |
in2015 |
| C． |
in 2016． |
| D． |
in 2020 |
（4）We can learn from the last paragraph that ．
| A． |
the number of organizations has dropped |
| B． |
there is much less elephant poaching now |
| C． |
the local people keep the elephants at home |
| D． |
the whole world live peacefully with elephants |
（5）This passage is mainly about ．
| A． |
the rules of using land and water |
| B． |
the education of the local people |
| C． |
the work of Mali Elephant Project |
| D． |
the situation of Gourma Desert elephants |
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