阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。
I don’t think it’s my parents’ job to check my homework. Since we have already grown up, we cannot act like little1. (baby) and depend on our parents all the time. We must learn to be 2.(independence).
I remember when I was in Grade Three, my parents 3. (ask) me to check my homework by myself. I didn’t know what to do at first, so I only cried. But after that, I got used to 4.(check) my own homework in my studies.
Checking homework by ourselves is 5.good habit. It can help us find mistakes in exams more 6. (easy), it can also save the teachers a lot of time 7. they check our homework, and it can also let our parents worry 8.(little) about our studies.
Some day in the future, Mum and Dad 9. (leave) us. So we should start to learn to do everything by 10. (we) and really understand how important independence is.
There is little rain in desert. Because deserts are so dry, they have no “quilt” to help stop the soil from going away. As a result, they may get very hot during the day with the sun shining, but don’t hold the heat overnight. Many deserts can quickly get cold once the sun goes down. Some deserts can reach temperatures of over 100 degrees F during the day and then drop below freezing (32 degrees F) during the night.
The largest hot and dry desert in the world is the Sahara Desert in Northern Africa. The Sahara is a sandy desert with great sand hills. It covers over 3 million square miles of Africa. Other large deserts include the Arabian Desert in the Middle East, the Gobi Desert in Northern China and Mongolia, and Kalahari Desert in Africa.
Animals that live in the desert are also used to needing little water. Many get all the water they need from the food they eat. Other animals keep water that they can use later. The camel stores up fat in its hump while other animals keep something they need in their tails.
Only certain types of plants can live in the terrible environment of the desert. You won’t see a lot of tall trees in the desert. Most plants have a way to keep water in their leaves, or trunks so they can live a long time without water.
Now deserts cover around 20% of the world’s land, but they are growing. This is called desertification and is caused by different reasons including human activities. The Sahara Desert is growing larger and larger each year. What should we do with it ?
1.How is the weather during the night in the desert?
A. Hot. B. Cold.
C. Cool. D. Sunny.
2.Where does the camel store up fat?
A. In its hump. B. In its stomach.
C. In its tail. D. In its body.
3.Why won't we see a lot of tall trees in the desert?
A. Because of few people there. B. Because of the sun shining.
C. Because of the terrible environment. D. Because there are no trees there.
4.How much of the land do deserts cover in the world?
A. One fifth. B. Less than 10%.
C. Two fifths. D. Three fourths.
Many people thought a computer wasn't supposed to be able to beat a top master at the ancient Chinese game, Weiqi, for at least another 10 years. But AlphaGo, an artificially intelligent system(人工智能系统) designed by Google, made it. It easily beat Lee Sedol last year, one of the best players in the world. It challenged the world's top players to show how much progress it had made over the past few years.
In the late of May, 2017, AlphaGo appeared in China and played against 19-year-old Ke Jie in Wuzhen, China. He is No. 1 player now in the world. However, the result wasn't out of people's expectation. He lost the matches. Though Ke Jie tried his best and he once saw the victory just a step away, he lost his best chance when he became excited.
At the press conference(新闻发布会) after the match, Ke Jie was interviewed by the reporters.He said he had realized how powerful AlphaGo was, and it was getting perfect. When a Chinese reporter asked him in English, the reporter spoke so fast that the interpreter(口译员 ) couldn't catch him. Ke Jie got kind of angry and told him that it was unnecessary for two Chinese to speak English. The reporter apologized to him and offered to ask him for a coffee.
The cat and mouse game is over, but the challenge between man and robots will still go on.
1.Which was the most probable date when Ke Jie played against AlphaGo?
A. May 5. B. May 23.
C. May 18. D. May Day
2.Why did Ke Jie get angry at the press conference?
A. Because he lost the game.
B. Because the reporter couldn't catch the interpreter.
C. Because the reporter asked him in English.
D. Because the reporter wasn't able to speak Chinese well.
3.According to the passage, which of the following statements is True?
A. People thought a computer could beat humans many years ago.
B. Ke Jie was expected to lose the matches.
C. Ke Jie asked the reporter for a coffee.
D. AlphaGo had great trouble winning the game last year.
4.AlphaGo is______________.
A. Ke Jie B. Lee Sedol
C. a Weiqimatch D. an artificially intelligent system
Nowadays more and more people like to travel, especially when vacations come. A great number of people rush out of their homes or companies to travelling spots. They either drive ortake a bus, a train, a ship and so on. Some even ride bikes.
However, there is another way of travelling—poorism. People have a tour in the poorest areas of the world. Some people may take one-day poorest tour, and some even pay to stay in very poor neighborhoods to experience the lowest living standards in the world. Poorism tours take place around the world, and not just in the third world countries. You can, for instance, tour New York neighborhoods in the Bronx, in the Bund of Shanghai. Such tours can take people into the heart of poor areas within large and in some rich cities. These tours may awaken people to pay more attention to long-standing poverty, or the effects of war.
Some suggest that tours in the poor areas can raise social care. And the money from the tour
can be donated to help the people there.
1. like to travel when vacations come.
A. Few people B. Poor people
C. Lots of people D. Rich people
2.What's the meaning of the underlined word“poorism”in the second paragraph?
A. 贫困 B. 穷人
C. 穷游 D. 可怜的人
3.Some people have poorism tours_______.
A. to show how rich they are B. to experience the poor life
C. to enjoy the beautiful scenes D. to see poor people
4.Poorism tours can make people____________.
A. care for the poverty more B. know about the countryside
C. go to big cities D. go into the heart of rich cities
An old man went to live with his son, his daughter-in-law, and a four-year-old grandson. The old man's hands trembled, his eyesight was very poor, and he couldn't walk steadily(平稳地). The family ate together nightly at the dinner table. But the elderly grandfather's shaky hands and failing sight made eating rather difficult. Rice often dropped on the floor.
The son and the daughter-in-law became angry with the old man, so they put a small table in the corner. There, the grandfather ate alone, while the rest of the family enjoyed dinner at the table.Since the grandfather had broken a dish or two, his food was served in a wooden bowl.
The four-year-old son watched it all in silence. One evening before supper, the father noticed his son playing with a piece of wood on the floor. He asked the child sweetly, “What are you making?” The boy answered, “Oh, I am making a little bowl for you and mama to eat your food from when I grow up.” The four-year-old son smiled and went back to work. The words struck the parents so that they were in silence. Then tears started to stream down their cheeks(脸颊). Though no word was spoken, both knew what must be done. That evening the husband took grandfather's hand and gently led him back to the family table.
1.Why was the old man's food served in a wooden bowl?
A. Because the wooden bowl was light enough.
B. Because the old man had broken a few bowls.
C. Because there was only a wooden bowl left.
D. Because the son and the daughter-in-law became angry with the old man.
2.The word “struck” in Paragraph 3 refers to______.
A. annoyed B. worried
C. scared D. shocked
3.Why did the husband lead the old man back to the family table?
A. Because he realized his mistakes.
B. Because the old man didn't drop rice on the floor any more.
C. Because the old man was served in a wooden bowl.
D. Because a gentleman led him back to the family table.
4.What's the best title of the passage?
A. An old man and his son B. A couple and their son
C. A wooden bowl D. A dinner table
Summer vacation is coming. Most of students want to have a good trip this summer. Here is some information about trips for you
1.You should call if you want to take hot spring.
A. 4325116 B. 4258663
C. 4325611 D. 4325711
2.If you want to go to the Pine Sea, you can't enter_______.
A. at 10 :00 am B. at 6 :00 pm
C. at 11 :00am D. at 2 :00 pm
3.If a couple with a 5-year-old child go to the Big Valley, they need to pay ______ for the trip.
A. ￥160.00 B. ￥280.00
C. ￥440.00 D. ￥320.00
4.You can go to ______ for hiking.
A. the Stone Sea B. the Pine Sea
C. the Big Valley D. the Grass Lake
