初中英语

Do you know Liu Xiuxiang?This name might be strange to you,but you must have herd about the story of him.He "carried" his sick mom to his university while studied in Shandong.His mom wasn't able to look after herself after his dad passed away.He had to support the whole family.Life was difficult,but he went on studying hard.Finally he got into the university.

   Many years later,Liu was noticed by public again.He won the honor - the "May 4th" Medal of Chinese Youth.After he graduated from university in 2012,Liu refused many highly paid job and went back to his hometown,Guizhou Province.There he has been working as a teacher for 9 years.He said, "I hope to do something for more children whose lives are similar to mine."

   In fact,Liu supported three poor children when he was in high school.Till now,he has helped more than 1,700 students and given more than 1,000 speeches.His story has warmed many people.As the song sings "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger." There is no doubt that he will give more hope to more children in the future.

(1)Why did Liu Xuxiang "carry" his mom to the university?    

A.

Because his mom couldn't take care of herself.

B.

Because his mom wanted to work in the university.

C.

Because his mom was too lonely.

D.

Because Liu was not independent.

(2)Liu Xiuxiang worked as a    after he graduated from the university.

A.

a policeman

B.

a doctor

C.

a teacher

D.

an officer

(3)Where is Liu Xiuxiang's hometown?    

A.

In Shandong.

B.

In Guizhou.

C.

In Sichuan.

D.

In Henan.

(4)When did Liu start to support poor children?    

A.

When he graduated from university in 2012.

B.

After he won the May 4 thMedal of Chinese Youth.

C.

When he got into the university.

D.

D When he was a high school student.

(5)What do you think of Liu Xiuxiang?    

A.

Kind and helpful

B.

Honest and brave.

C.

Polite and responsible.

D.

Hard﹣working and shy.

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One cannot discuss Chinese music without mentioning the guqin,one of the four arts-along with game of go,calligraphy(书法)and painting.It first appeared over 3,000 years ago and stands for China's solo musical instrument tradition.

   At first,the guqin had only five strings(弓玄),meaning the five elements(元素)of metal,wood,water,fire and earth.Later,in Zhou Dynasty,King Wen of Zhou added a sixth string for his son.King Wu of Zhou,added a seventh string to encourage his army to fight with the Shang.

    Ambiencewas important in playing the guqin.Usually,it was practiced in a quiet setting and never for public performance.Ancient artists enjoyed performing by a stream in the mountains.The sound of the guqin mixed with the echoes(回音)from the mountains,until the musician felt he was at one with nature.Playing it in snow was also an enjoyable activity for ancient artists,who believed the instrument was the purest of its kind in the world.Also,a night with moonlight was considered wonderful for playing the guqin.Wang Wei(701-761),a highly talented man of the Tang Dynasty,liked playing it in a bamboo forest on nights with moonlight most.

   Guqin pieces are usually three to eight minutes long,with the longest being Guangling Verse,which is 22 minutes long.Other famous pieces include Plum Blossoms in Three Movements,Wild Geese Landing on the Sandbank and Eighteen Songs of a Nomad Flute.

   Nowadays,there are fewer than one thousand well﹣trained guqin players and perhaps no more than fifty living masters.The original number of several thousand pieces has greatly reduced to only one hundred works by today.The guqin and its music was added to the list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity(人类非物质文化遗产)in 2003.

(1)Today,the guqin has        strings.

A.

four

B.

five

C.

six

D.

seven

(2)What's the meaning of the underlined word "Ambience" in Paragraph 3?    

A.

演奏技巧.

B.

环境氛围.

C.

天气状况.

D.

弹奏曲目.

(3)According to the passage,playing the guqin    is a right choice.

A.

at a quiet restaurant

B.

at a welcome party

C.

in a peaceful yard with flowers

D.

on a dark night with rainstorm

(4)According to the passage,which of the following is TRUE?        

A.

The guqin has a history of less than 3000 years.

B.

The strings mean metal,wood,water,fire and stone.

C.

The longest guqin piece is Guangling Verse.

D.

The guqin is very popular and many people can play it.

(5)What does the passage mainly talk about?        

A.

The guqin and its music.

B.

The guqin and its players.

C.

Four Chinese traditional arts.

D.

The development of guqin music.

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It was Saturday again.Lily and Lucy disliked Saturdays.That was another thing the twins had in common.They shared the same clothes and tied their hair in the same manner.In fact,it was hard for their classmates and teachers to tell them apart sometimes.

   Unlike their classmates,they had to get up early at seven every Saturday to prepare for their lessons.Lily had to attend the art lesson and Lucy had to attend her ballet lesson. "How I wish I could do something different today," said the twins with one voice.All at once,an idea came to Lily and Lucy at the same time. "Do you have the same idea as me?" they asked each other and laughed.It seemed like a wonderful plan to them.After giving each other a description of their own friends,Lily put on Lucy's ballet dress while Lucy put Lily's brushes and paints into her bag.Then they left for their classes.

   When the art lesson started,Lucy couldn't understand the art teacher.Unlike Lily,Lucy was poor at drawing.When the art lesson finally ended,Lucy didn't dare to hand in her work.

   Meanwhile,Lily was struggling in the ballet class as well.As she had no idea about the dance steps,she had to follow her classmates blindly.As a result,she kept knocking into them.Their ballet teacher became impatient with her, "Lucy,you should remember the basic steps.You can't depend on copying what others are doing."

   When Lily and Lucy arrived home,they were tired out.They decided that they would never try to be someone else that they were not.

(1)What was the twins' plan?    

A.

To have a day off.

B.

To be each other for a day.

C.

To wear the same clothes.

D.

To have a normal day like their classmates.

(2)How did Lucy feel at the beginning of the art lesson?   

A.

Lost.

B.

Excited.

C.

Mad.

D.

Sleepy.

(3)What does the underlined word them refer to?    

A.

The teachers.

B.

The classmates.

C.

The dance steps.

D.

The ballet dresses.

(4)The ballet teacher became impatient because   .

A.

she wasn't herself that day

B.

"Lucy" wasn't patient that day

C.

"Lucy" did very badly that day

D.

she had discovered the twins' plan

(5)What did the twins learn from the experience?   

A.

Don't try to run before you can walk.

B.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

C.

Saying is one thing and doing is another.

D.

The grass is not always greener on the other side.

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Boyan Slat has been dreaming of cleaning up the world's oceans for a long time.

In 2010,he went on a diving (潜水)vacation in Greece and was shocked."I saw more plastic bags than fish in the water," he said.

From then on,Slat began to pay more attention to ocean pollution.He decided to give up higher education and set up the Ocean Cleanup,a non﹣government organization.Its purpose is to clean up ocean rubbish.He has set up the world's first ocean cleanup system ( 系统)with his team.

Every year,over 8 million tons of plastic end up in our oceans,and it can take up to 500 years to break down.In 2018,the World Economic Forum predicted that the weight of ocean plastic would match that of all the fish in our oceans by 2050.Sea animals easily get caught in plastic.They can't move.They can even die if they eat it.Smaller plastic pieces can also enter the food chain (链)and end up in our bodies.

Slat's plan was to create an environmentally﹣friendly,large system to clear out plastic rubbish from the ocean.

After seven years of tests,on October 2nd,2019,a machine called System 001/B came out.It successfully caught and collected a large amount of plastic rubbish floating in the ocean.

Slat and his team are working to improve System 001/B.Their dream is to clear out 90 percent of all the ocean plastic by 2040.

(1)What did Boyan Slat care more about after his vacation in Greece?    

A.

Diving.

B.

Plastic bags.

C.

Ocean pollution.

D.

Higher education.

(2)How long does it take to break down 8 million tons of plastic?    

A.

More than 7 years.

B.

Up to 30 years.

C.

Less than 40 years.

D.

About 500 years.

(3)From the prediction of the World Economic Forum in 2018,we can learn    .

A.

little pollution ends up in the ocean

B.

ocean plastic pollution is serious

C.

animals prefer plastic

D.

people like sea food

(4)How did System 001/B work?    

A.

It collected much plastic rubbish in the ocean.

B.

It dealt with all the rubbish in the ocean.

C.

It cleared out rubbish everywhere.

D.

It cleared out 90% of the plastic.

(5)What's the main idea of the passage?    

A.

Animals and humans.

B.

Plastic problems.

C.

Life in the future.

D.

Ocean cleanup.

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After opening a free online Harry Potter center in April,British writer J K.Rowling brings even more good news.

In May,Rowling started writing a new story called The Ickabog,which was free to read online to help amuse people who stayed at home because of COVID﹣19.

The new story centers around a monster (怪物)known as the Ickabog,a fiercechild﹣eating monster who lives in the northern tip of an imaginary land known as Cornucopia and has super powers.

Though the book is written for children,it is also fascinating to adults.It talks about many things,such as weak leadership,and suppression (镇压)of disagreement.

   "The Ickabog is a story about truth and the abuse (滥用)of power," Rowling wrote on the website."The themes are timeless and could be used in any era or any country."

Rowling put the first two chapters online on May 26,with daily writing to follow until July 10.

She is also panning 10 publish (出版)the book in print later this year and then give away the money from its sales to projects and organizations helping the groups most influenced by COVID﹣19.

(1)When did Rowling begin writing the new story The Ickabog online?    

A.

In April.

B.

In May.

C.

In June.

D.

In July.

(2)What does the underlined word "fierce" in Paragraph 3 probably mean?    

A.

凶猛的.

B.

失落的.

C.

善良的.

D.

兴奋的.

(3)Which theme is mentioned in the story The Iekabog?    

A.

COVID﹣19.

B.

Good leadership.

C.

The abuse of power.

D.

Working together.

(4)How did Rowling finish The Ickabog?    

A.

She finished the whole story in one go.

B.

She wrote part of it every day online.

C.

She printed the story by herself.

D.

She told the whole story twice.

(5)From the end of the passage,we can most probably learn Rowling is       .

A.

helpful

B.

famous

C.

hard﹣working

D.

powerful

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In a small village there was a middle﹣aged postman,who just turned 20 years old and started delivering (投递)all kinds of happy or sad stories to each home day after day for 50 kilometers,20 years flew by,and so many changes took place,but the road from the post office to the village always hadn't had any tree and nothing but the flying dust (尘土)could be seen.

   "How long shall I go along this lonely road?"

   As soon as he thought he must spend his life riding the bike on the dusty road with no flower or

tree,he felt somewhat sorry.

   One day when he finished delivering the letters and was ready to return,he happened to pass by a flower shop."Right,that's it!" He walked into the shop,bought a handful of wild flower seeds (种子),and from the next day on put these seeds along the roadside,Thus,after one day,two days,one month,two months...he always kept putting the wild flower seeds along the roadside.

   Before long,on the lonely road,where he had come and gone for 20 years,grew up a lot of little flowers,in all seasons endlessly.

   For the villages,the flowers were more enjoyable than any mail the postman delivered in all his life.

   On the road without dust but full of peals (花瓣),the postman rode his bike,losing himself in the sweet smell and not feeling lonely and anxious any more.

(1)How old was the postman when he started his job?    

A.

About thirty years old.

B.

About twenty years old.

C.

Over forty years old.

D.

Over fifty years old.

(2)What was the road like before?    

A.

Covered with flowers.

B.

Covered with trees.

C.

Full of flying dust.

D.

Full of seeds.

(3)What did the postman buy at the flower shop?    

A.

Wild flowers.

B.

Bikes.

C.

Wild flower seeds.

D.

Petals.

(4)According to the passage,which of the following is true?    

A.

The villagers showed no interest in the flowers.

B.

The postman enjoyed the road full of flowers.

C.

The villagers helped buy the flower seeds.

D.

The postman still felt lonely in the end.

(5)What does the writer want to express in this passage?    

A.

Little things make a big difference.

B.

Failure is the mother of success.

C.

Practice makes perfect.

D.

Old habits die hard.

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We've all haul bad experiences with restaurants,stores or hotels.Maybe you've been to a restaurant that served terrible food.Perhaps you've been to a store that had high prices and bad service.Or maybe you've booked a hotel and found out later that the room was nothing like the advertisement(广告).

    These days,we have a better chance of slopping these unpleasant surprises.We can do this by using apps.An app is a computer program on a smartphone.You cam use apps to do almost anything.App can help you play games,get directions,talk to friends,and so on.

    If you want to find information about a store or a hotel,you cam use a review app.Review apps help us evaluate(评价)service and products before we hand over our money.The idea is very simple.After you go to a restaurant or stay in a hotel,you can post a review with one of your apps.You can say anything you want.If you like a hotel that you stayed in,you can tell people that it was wonderful.If you think that the food in a certain restaurant was bad,then you can tell people not to eat there.Other people can use their app to read your reviews.

    Plenty of people prefer not to use these review apps.Many of these people think that it's a waste of time to look through websites and read reviews.These people prefer to go out and decide for themselves whether or not a service is good.However,review apps are getting more and more popular every day.Some apps are for exact services.For example,trip adviser gives attention to travel,and good reader pays attention to books.There are also other larger apps that provide information for just about every service that you can think of.

(1)What does the article say about apps?      

A.You can use apps for many things.

B.There are very few good apps.

C.Apps are only useful for travel.

D.Apps are very expensive to use.

(2)If you want to book a hotel,how can a review app help you?      

A.It can help you write better reviews.

B.It can tell you how to use a smartphone.

C.It can tell you about the hotel before you book it.

D.It can tell you about other people who post reviews.

(3)In the third paragraph,what does the underlined word "it" refer to?    

A.A restaurant.

B.A hotel.

C.A review.

D.A store.

(4)According to the article,why do some people prefer NOT to use review apps?    

A.They don't trust review apps.

B.They think review apps are too hard.

C.They prefer to make their own decisions.

D.They don't know how to use review apps.

(5)Where can you probably rind the passage?       

A.In a music magazine.

B.In a travel guide book.

C.In a story book.

D.In a newspaper.

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A small cloud moves slowly through the air in a hospital operating room (手术室).In the room a patient with cancer(癌症),lies on a table.The cloud is all around the patient,covering her body and filling her lungs(肺).The cloud is not smoke.It is made of millions of nano﹣robots(纳米机器人).These tiny robots move from cell (细胞) to cell in the patient's body,killing the cancer.

    Fighting cancer with nano﹣robots is only an idea today,but scientists say that it could be possible in the future.Using nano﹣robots for good purposes such as fighting the illness or repairing the environment may be the way to many of today's problems.

    However,nano﹣robots could be a dangerous risk as well.Because nano﹣robots are so tiny,they will have to work in large teams of many thousands to many millions.For this reason,nano﹣robots will have to be programmed(被编程)to build themselves.Scientists will not have the ability to build millions of nano﹣robots one by one.

    This ability to re﹣produce is making some scientists worried.What will happen if something goes wrong in the programming?Quite a lot of crazy nano﹣robots would be far worse than any illness.Some people think that if they get out of control,nano﹣robots could make the Earth gone.

    What should be done?Should we continue researching nano﹣robots or should we search for other methods?This is one of the many difficult decisions that we have to make in the future.

(1)What is the cloud in the passage?    

A.Smoke in the air.

B.Millions of nano﹣robots.

C.Something full of drops of water.

D.Clothes to cover a patient.

(2)What does the underlined word it in Paragraph 2 refer to(指代)?    

A.Fighting cancer with nano﹣robots.

B.Moving from cell to cell.

C.Killing the cancer.

D.Repairing the environment.

(3)Which of the following is NOT the reason why some scientists are worried about using nano﹣robots?    

A.Nano﹣robots have the ability to build themselves.

B.Something may go wrong in the programming.

C.Scientists have to build millions of nano﹣robots one by one.

D.Nano﹣robots in large teams may be out of control.

(4)What does the writer think of using nano﹣robots in the future?    

A.He agrees to the idea.

B.He disagrees to the idea.

C.He doesn't talk about his own opinion.

D.He is crazy about it.

(5)What is the best title?    

A.Future Robots

B.The Ways to Fight Cancer

C.Nano﹣robots in Use

D.A Cloud of Hope and Danger

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Last Saturday,I went to a coffee shop to meet a friend of mine.I got there ten minutes earlier.

    So I ordered a cup of coffee and sat by the window,watching people.There were some boys playing football on the street and a small boy was running after the ball as it rolled across the road.

    Suddenly,there came a car.It was going very fast.When the driver saw the boy in his way,he braked(刹车)hard.But it was too late …The small boy was lying on the street without moving.To everyone's surprise,the car didn't stop.It drove away quickly.

    People ran to the boy.There was a cut on the boy's head and he lost a lot of blood.The coffee shop owner telephoned the police.Soon an ambulance(救护车)arrived and took the boy to the hospital.At 6:30 pm,the police arrived and started questioning people.About half an hour later,they asked me to go to the police station because I saw everything.I gave them all the information I knew because I really wanted them to catch the driver.I didn't leave the police station until 8:00 p.m.After that I went home because I didn't want to talk to anyone.

    The next day,the boy's parents called me to say thanks.They also told me their boy was fine and the driver was at the police station now.

(1)Why did the writer go to the coffee shop?    

A.To relax himself.

B.To meet his friend.

C.To help a boy.

D.To watch people.

(2)What happened to the boy while he was running after the football?    

A.He was taken away by someone.

B.He fell down by accident.

C.He knocked into a man in the street.

D.He was hit by a car suddenly.

(3)Who called the police?    

A.The writer.

B.The owner of the coffee shop.

C.The writer's friend.

D.The waiter.

(4)Which of the following is the right order?    

①The writer ordered a cup of coffee.

②There was a cut on the boy's head.

③A car came very fast.

④The writer got a call from the boy's parents.

⑤The writer went back home.

A.①②⑤③④

B.③②①⑤④

C.①③②⑤④

D.③①②④⑤

(5)How might the writer feel at the end of the story?    

A.Happy.

B.Sorry.

C.Worried.

D.Popular.

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DNA is the whole"map" of the human body.It is something that all humans have,and it tells the body what to do.DNA is the reason that we look like our parents,because we get some of their DNA to make our own.

    People have been trying to understand the human body for a long time.In 1860,Mr Mendel discovered why we look similar to other people in our family.It is because of small things called "genes(基因)"in our body.In 1953,two scientists,Watson and Crick,found out that those small parts are real messages.They are written in the DNA with a special language.

    In 1961,another two scientists found the first "word" that they could understand in that language.It shows how DNA tells the cell(细胞) to build its parts.So far,scientists have found all the words in the DNA map,but we do not understand what they all do.By understanding what just one "word" means,we can help to save people from several illnesses.So the more we understand ,the more doctors will be able to do.

    Most people hope that this will help to make better medicine to help sick people,Other people worry that when we learn more "words" and find out more information,we will use it in the wrong way,just to make people more attractive(有吸引力的)or stop sick people getting jobs.

(1)Who discovered why we look like other people in our family in 1860?    

A.Crick.

B.Watson.

C.Mr.Harris.

D.Mr.Mendel

(2)The two scientists found    in 1961.

A.all the words in the DNA map

B.small things called "genes" in our body

C.the first "word" that they could understand in that language

D.The small parts are written in the DNA with a special language

(3)How can we help sick people if we understand more "words" in the DNA map?    

A.Make better medicine.

B.Stop them getting jobs.

C.Tell them what to do.

D.Make them attractive.

(4)According to the passage,all of the following are true except that     .

A we look like our parents because of "genes" in our body

B.we have understood what all the words in the DNA map do

C.DNA is the whole "map" of the human body

D.DNA tells the cell to build its parts

(5)What do people think of this research about DNA?    

A.It can be bad.

B.It can be good.

C.Lt can be good but won't work.

D.It can be good and bad.

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Turkey was proud of his looks.Every time he walked past the other animals,he would show off his feathers(毛) and say,"I am so beautiful.Move out of my way!"

    The other animals thought Turkey was to proud.They decided to give him a lesson,so Fox wrote a note to invite Turkey to a dance party.Turkey was so pleased.When the sun went down,he got to Fox's home.Seeing Turkey,all the animals bowed and cheered.

    Just at that time,a beautiful peacock(孔雀) showed up.When Turkey saw the beautiful feathers of the peacock,he became speechless.The other animals began to laugh."I look like a fool." thought Turkey.He ran out of the house as quickly as he could.

    And then,no one saw Turkey for several days.Everyone began to feel bad about what they did.They looked for Turkey everywhere.They just wanted to teach him to be humble.They didn't want to hurt his feelings.Finally,they found Turkey in an old tree.He looked quite sad.

    Peacock flew to Turkey and said, "Your friends are worried about you.They feel sorry for you."

    "We are sorry for the joke we played on you,Turkey." the animals said.

    "I am sorry I was so proud." replied Turkey.

    "I think we should have another dance party!" said Fox,so they went towards Fox's home together.

(1)Why did the animals invite Turkey to the dance party?    

A.Because they liked him.

B.Because they thought his feathers were beautiful.

C.Because they decided to give him a lesson.

D.Because they were proud of him.

(2)Where did they have the dance party?    

A.At Turkey's home.

B.In an old tree.

C.At Peacock's home.

D.At Fox's home.

(3)Turkey left the dance party because he    .

A.was tired

B.was fooled

C.had a fever

D.had to go home

(4)What does the underlined word "humble" mean in Chinese?    

A.善良的.

B.温和的.

C.随意的.

D.谦逊的.

(5)Which is the best title for the passage?    

A.What a party!

B.The proud Turkey.

C.Turkey's bad luck.

D.Who is more beautiful?

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A primary school headmaster became the latest star on the Internet for dancing with his students.

    Zhang Pengfei works in Xiguan Primary School in Linyi,Shanxi Province.Every morning,he leads 700 pupils to do the"ghost shuffle" routine on the playground.They dance for 30 minutes every day.They like dancing more than doing the old exercise routine,so they don't do the old one now.

    "I thought we needed a change because the students lost interest in doing the old exercise routine though it was useful for pupils." Zhang told the reporter.After all,they started to do the old exercise routine in 1951.

    Mr.Zhang saw a group of people doing the"ghost shuffle" routine by accident.Then he decided to learn it on his own."I thought the dance would be great for kids," he said, "The music is energetic and it really makes children relax." In October 2018,he introduced the dance to all the pupils of his school.Soon even teachers and workers there joined in the activity.

    "Now the pupils don't keep playing games on their phones.Sometimes they watch different dancing videos and learn new moves!" the headmaster said.

(1)The students do the"ghost shuffle" routine for    every week from Monday to Friday.

A.30 minutes

B.1.5 hours

C.2 hours

D.2.5 hours

(2)When did the students in Xiguan Primary School start to do the"ghost shuffle" routine?    

A.In 1951.

B.In 2018.

C.In 2019.

D.In 2020.

(3)How did Zhang Pengfei feel about the music of the "ghost shuffle" routine?   

A.Energetic and relaxing.

B.Slow and traditional.

C.Classical and interesting.

D.Quiet and relaxing.

(4)After Mr.Zhang introduced the "ghost shuffle" routine to his school,the pupils   .

A.became smarter

B.asked their parents to dance with them

C.didn't do other types of sports any more

D.didn't keep playing games on their phones

(5)From the passage,we know   .

A.the old exercise routine has a history of many years

B.only the students do the dance at Mr.Zhang's school

C.Mr.Zhang learnt the dance on TV

D.Mr.Zhang often dances after work

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As Internet users become more dependent on the Internet to store information,do people remember less?if you know your computer will store information,why do you store it in your own personal memory,your brain?Experts are wondering if the Internet is changing what we remember and how.

    In a recent study,Professor Betsy Sparrow made some experiments(实验).She and her research team wanted to know how the Internet is changing memory.

    In the first experiment,they asked two groups of people to put 40 unimportant facts into a computer.The first group of people understood that the computer would store the information.The second group understood that the computer would not store it.Later,the second group remembered the information better.People in the first group knew they could find the information again,so they did not try to remember it.

    In the second experiment,the researchers gave people facts to remember,and told them where to find the information on the Internet.The information was in an exact in an exact computer folder(文件夹).Surprisingly,people later remember where the folder is better than the facts.When people use the Internet,they do not remember the information.However,they remember how to find it.This is called "transitive memory (交互记忆)".

    According to Sparrow,we are not becoming people with poor memories as a result of the Internet.Instead,computer users are developing stronger transitive memories;that is,people are learning how to organize a lot of information so that they are able to get it at a later date.This doesn't mean we are becoming either more or less clever,but there is no doubt that the way we use memory is changing.

(1)Why does the writer begin the text with two questions?    

A.To explain some thoughts.

B.To introduce the main topic.

C.To show an opinion.

D.To draw the readers' attention.

(2)What can we learn form the first experiment?    

A.Sparrow put the information into the computer.

B.Both groups remember the information well.

C.Group 1 remembered the information faster.

D.Group 2 remembered the information better.

(3)What do we know about transitive memory from the second experiment?    

A.People organize the information like a computer.

B.People remember how to find the information.

C.People remember how to make a folder.

D.People keep the information in mind.

(4)What's Professor Betsy Sparrow's conclusion(结论)?    

A.People become more and more clever.

B.The way people use memory is changing.

C.The way people make experiments is changing.

D.People's memories become poorer than before.

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If your pencil box is broken,the batteries(电池)in your flashlights run out,or you have some leftover food,how will you deal with these things?You will probably throw them all into one rubbish bin.But actually,we need to sort(分类)all the rubbish separately.If you don't sort your rubbish,all of it will go to a special place where it is buried(埋藏)together.As a result,it will take up some fields.Some rubbish will pollute the groundwater.Some rubbish that can be reused will be wasted.

    In recent years,some Chinese cities have been working hard on rubbish sorting.

    Shanghai has called on all the people living in this city to sort their rubbish into four groups:wet,recyclable,harmful and dry.Wet waste is known as household waste.They are things you don't want but pigs can eat.Paper,metal,glass,plastic and other things that can be reused are recyclable waste.Harmful waste includes thins like medicine,batteries.Finally,any waste that is not wet,recyclable or harmful will go to the "dry waste" bin.

    Many other Chinese cities are also using this way to sort their rubbish.For example,Deyang has been sorting its rubbish into the same four groups since several years ago.Students in Deyang have already received waste﹣sorting guidebooks.They have studied these books and known how to sort the rubbish.

    China is now improving its waste﹣sorting efforts.There is still a long way to go.But it's never too late to learn how to sort your rubbish rightly.We should take an active part in it.

(1)How many bad results will there be if all the rubbish is buried together?    

A.Two.

B.Three.

C.Four.

D.Five.

(2)What does the underlined phrase "take up" in Paragraph 1 mean?    

A.处理

B.改变

C.占用

D.从事

(3)Which of the following is harmful waste?    

A.Metal.

B.Paper.

C.Medicine.

D.Glass.

(4)What can we learn from the passage?    

A.Students in Deyang have known how to sort the rubbish.

B.Paper and metal can be thrown into a "dry waste" bin.

C.The whole world is working hard on rubbish sorting.

D.China has already succeeded in sorting the rubbish.

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Li Zixuan is a junior middle school student.He is now studying in Grade 9.He has had many dreams since he was little.But as time goes by,some new dreams have appeared and some old ones have disappeared.However,only one dream is still in his mind.

    Li Zixuan says that when he was a child,he heard about rockets and spaceships.At first,he didn't know what they were.From his father,he knew that scientists make rockets to carry things into space,and spaceships are used to carry people through space.From then on,he has had a real interest in space.Every time he sees beautiful stars and the moon in the sky at night,he gets every excited.He is always dreaming that he can fly to space to look at the early one day.His mother knows about his dream and of the encourages him.

    In school,Li Zixuan learned that the first man flew into space in 1961 and later,more astronauts succeeded in traveling into space.Some astronauts even landed on the moon.His teacher always encourages him to learn more.He knows not everyone has a chance to travel into space.More importantly,before he can fly to space,he must be trained specially.

    Li Zixuan knows it's not easy to achieve his dream,but he decided to try his best.He says, "I've had this dream for many years.it has brought me a lot of joy and always gives me power.Even if it doesn't come true in the end,I won't be sorry."

(1)What does the boy want to be when he grows up?    

A.A scientist.

B.A pilot.

C.An engineer.

D.An astronaut.

(2)Who told the boy something about rockets and spaceships?    

A.His father.

B.His mother.

C.His teacher.

D.His friend.

(3)What must the boy do before he can fly to space?    

A.Study very hard.

B.Get a driving licence.

C.Do exercise every day.

D.Get some special training.

(4)What's the best title(标题) for the text?    

A.Dream of a Boy.

B.The Love of a Father.

C.An Excellent Hobby.

D.An Unusual Experience.

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