任务型阅读--2024-2025学年牛津译林版八年级下册期末专项

1 / 6 任务型阅读-牛津译林版八下期末专项（解析版） Passage 1 1. tennis：根据 “My favorite is tennis” 可知作者最喜欢网球。 2. three：文章提到作者放松的方式有看或做运动、听音乐、旅行，共三种。 3. Light music：由 “but for me, I believe I can study better by listening to light music” 可知轻音 乐能让作者学习更好。 4. Now let me tell you some of my favorite ways to relax：文章主要围绕作者最喜欢的放松方式展 开，此句为主题句。 5. 运动不仅能让身体 “放松”，而且我发现，在一天的辛苦工作之后，它真的很酷，也是让 我的大脑 “放松” 的好方法：“not only...but (also)” 表示 “不仅……而且”，“physically” 意为 “身体上”，“a good way of...” 意为 “……的好方法” 。 Passage 2 1. Because he fell asleep during the race：从 “While Shiny’s great grandfather fell asleep during the race” 可知 Shiny的曾祖父没赢是因为比赛时睡着了。 2. In the jungle newspaper：依据 “The next day there was a notice in the jungle newspaper” 可知 动物们在丛林报纸上看到比赛通知。 3. The bear’s house：根据 “The race started from the bear’s house” 可知比赛从熊的家开始。 4. They were worried：由 “But they saw the swift water and stood there because they were worried” 可知动物们看到湍急的水很担心。 5. They helped each other during the race：从“Shiny and Smily helped each other during the race and they won” 可知他们互相帮助赢得比赛。 Passage 3 1. It is in Southeast Asia：根据 “It is a country in Southeast Asia” 可知泰国在东南亚。 2. Bangkok：由 “Bangkok is a wonderful place to shop for jewelry and clothes” 可知曼谷是购买 珠宝和衣服的好地方。 3. Because people here are very friendly：从 “Thailand is called ‘Land of Smiles’ because people here are very friendly” 可知是因为这里的人很友好。 4. It is delicious but sometimes a little spicy：依据 “Thai food is delicious, but it is sometimes a little spicy for me” 可知作者认为泰国食物美味但有时有点辣。 5. No, it isn't：根据 “Chinese food is very good, and it isn’t as spicy as Thai food” 可知中国食 2 / 6 物没有泰国食物辣。 Passage 4 1. F：文中提到 “‘Green’ is more than just a colour. It means that you should live to protect the environment”，说明绿色不只是一种颜色，所以答案为 F。 2. but：“pollution is a great problem now” 和 “the Earth is still a beautiful and interesting place to explore” 之间是转折关系，用 but连接。 3. Three：文章提到 “Reduce it”“Reuse it”“Enjoy it” 这三个成为绿色孩子的步骤。 4. The bear toy：根据 “if your younger sister doesn’t play with her bear toy, you can give it to your neighbour” 可知 it指代熊玩具。 5. 刷牙的时候关掉水龙头：“Turn off” 意为 “关掉”，“when” 引导时间状语从句，意为 “当……时候”。 Passage 5 1. On Jan. 1st, 2024：从 “Xu climbed the tallest peak in Africa on Jan. 1st” 及开头 “On the very first day of 2024” 可知徐卓媛在 2024年 1月 1日攀登了非洲最高峰。 2. On a family trip to Xizang and Sichuan：依据 “Xu’s mountaineering journey began on a family trip to Xizang and Sichuan four years ago” 可知她在去西藏和四川的家庭旅行中开始登山之旅。 3. Because she wanted to improve her climbing skills：她热爱登山并计划攀登七大洲的最高峰，所 以进行艰苦训练提升技能 。 4. The big temperature differences above 4000 meters：由 “ Above 4000 meters on Mount Kilimanjaro, the weather is similar to a desert, with big temperature differences” 可知攀登乞力马扎 罗山的主要挑战是 4000米以上温差大。 5. To climb the highest peak on each of the seven continents：根据 “She plans to climb the highest peak on each of the seven continents” 可知她的新目标是攀登七大洲的最高峰。 Passage 6 1. To make the heavily polluted Seine clean for swimming again：从 “The French capital is now working hard to make heavily polluted Seine clean for swimming again” 可知巴黎政府努力让塞纳 河变干净以便人们能再次在河中游泳。 2. Traders in the Middle Ages：依据 “Along its riverbanks, traders in the Middle Ages arrived and lived there” 可知中世纪的商人曾住在塞纳河河岸。 3. ①The river has been used as a dump site；②Tons of wastewater end up in the river every year：从 “The river has been used as a dump site. And every year, tons of wastewater end up in the river” 可 3 / 6 知塞纳河被污染的原因。 4. ①A venue for the 2024 Paris Olympics；②A new place for people to avoid the summer heat：根 据 “The cleaned - up Seine will then be used as a venue for the 2024 Paris Olympics. A clean Seine could also be a new place for people to avoid the summer heat” 可知干净的塞纳河的用途。 5. 塞纳河是巴黎诞生的原因：“The reason why...” 表示 “……的原因”，“was born” 意为 “诞生”。 Passage 7 1. No, it doesn't：美国教师节在五月的第一周的周二，不在 9月 10日，所以答案为 No, it doesn't。 2. The school will have special parties and give teachers gifts：根据“During the week, the school will have special parties and give teachers gifts” 可知学校会举办特别派对并给老师送礼物。 3. 美国老师最喜欢收到孩子们的手工艺品：“US teachers”意为“美国老师”，“arts and crafts” 意为 “手工艺品”，“like...best” 意为 “最喜欢……”。 4. Arts and crafts from children：从 “US teachers like getting arts and crafts from children best” 可 知美国老师最喜欢收到孩子们的手工艺品。 5. They should always thank their teachers：“应该” 用 “should”，“一直” 用 “always”， “感谢” 用 “thank”。 Passage 8 1. Going camping：根据 “Going camping is the best fun in the world if we know how to do it” 可 知作者认为露营是世界上最有趣的事。 2. Four：由 “A group of four members makes a good number for a camping trip” 可知四人一组是 露营的好人数。 3. Your mother or someone else：依据“take a few cooking lessons from your mother or someone else” 可知可以向妈妈或其他人学习烹饪。 4. He/She goes ahead and gives directions：从 “choose a leader...because if someone goes ahead and gives directions, the life in camp will run much more easily” 可知领队要提前规划并指引方向。 5. Some lakes or rivers near large cities or the forest：根据 “Near every large city there are some lakes or rivers where you can find a good camping site...go into the forest” 可知有经验后可以去大 城市附近的湖泊、河流或森林露营。 Passage 9 1. low - carbon life in China：文章主要讲述中国许多年轻人的低碳生活方式。 2. 40 minutes：从 “Every morning, she takes a bus to her office. It takes her about 40 minutes” 可 4 / 6 知郑希宇坐公交上班大约花费 40分钟。 3. the environment and her health：依据 “And it’s better for the environment and my health” 可 知她认为骑车上班对环境和健康更好。 4. They go off themselves when people don't need them：由 “These lights go off themselves when people don’t need them” 可知李林办公室灯的特别之处。 5. Advice about saving energy and protecting the environment：根据 “On the website, there is much advice about saving energy and protecting the environment” 可知网站上的建议内容。 Passage 10 1. unable to：“couldn't” 相当于 “be unable to”，表示 “不能”。 2. of；with：“eighty - three percent of them” 表示 “它们中的 83%”；“help sb. with sth.” 表 示 “帮助某人做某事”。 3. near；hope：“close to” 意为 “靠近”，与 “near” 同义；“wish” 意为 “希望”，与 “hope” 同义。 4. Going to school changed my life：“上学”用“Going to school”作主语，“改变”用“changed”， “我的生活” 用 “my life”。 5. The Spring Bud Project：文章讲述春蕾计划帮助作者改变命运。 Passage 11 1. Yes, we can：根据 “They say it is four times stronger than regular concrete and is sustainable. And you can eat it” 可知这种像水泥的食物残渣制品能吃。 2. Sakai and his student Machida：从 “Sakai and his student Machida had successfully made cement from food waste without plastic” 可知是他们制成的。 3. Each type of food waste requires different temperatures and pressure levels：依据 “The most challenging part was that each type of food waste requires different temperatures and pressure levels” 可知制作难点。 4. Four：文中提到“including tea leaves, orange peels, coffee grounds, and leftover lunch materials”， 共四种食物残渣。 5. It's a creative and useful invention：这种食物水泥能变废为宝，还可能有助于减缓全球变暖， 很有创意且实用（答案不唯一，合理即可）。 Passage 12 1. Because it’s safer and cheaper：根据“Many people may like traveling by train because it’s safer and cheaper” 可知人们喜欢坐火车旅行的原因。 5 / 6 2. Over 20,000 kilometers：从 “With this railway, China’s high - speed railways are over 20,000 kilometers long” 可知 2016年 9月 10日后中国高铁长度。 3. Japan：依据 “Japan started 50 years ago, while Germany did 20 years ago. China only began to build its high - speed railways 14 years ago” 可知日本最先建造高铁。 4. Yes, it is：根据 “Yet, China’s building of high - speed railways is still going on” 可知中国高 铁建设仍在进行，反意疑问句根据事实作答，所以是 Yes, it is。 5. I will choose the high - speed railway：答案不唯一，结合文章中高铁的优势，选择高铁较合适。 Passage 13 1. importance；healthy：世界水日让人们意识到干净水的 “重要性”，用 “importance”；人 们多喝水保持 “健康”，用 “healthy”。 2. cook；grow：“cook meals” 意为 “做饭”；农民用水让植物 “生长”，用 “grow”。 3. fact；around 750 million：关于水的 “事实” 是大约 7.5亿人没有干净的水喝，“fact” 意 为 “事实”，“around 750 million” 表示人数。 4. easily；instead：喝脏水很 “容易” 生病，用 “easily”；孩子们为取水走路而 “代替” 上 学，“instead of” 意为 “代替”。 5. clean water；6 km：人们组织活动筹钱获取 “干净的水”，“clean water”；学校孩子提着 沉重的水瓶走 “6公里”，“6 km”。 Passage 14 1. Some simple things like flowers：根据“For local people, some simple things like flowers are good gifts” 可知在墨西哥，像花这样简单的东西是好礼物。 2. Because it is not polite：从 “But as tourists in the US, it is not polite to ask people’s age” 可知 在美国问别人年龄不礼貌。 3. Six months of their life：依据“Usually, it takes a British person six months of their life in queues” 可知英国人一生大约有六个月在排队。 4. Take off my shoes：根据 “You should take off your shoes before going into the fitting room” 可 知在日本进试衣间前要脱鞋。 5. Cultural taboos in several countries：文章主要介绍了几个国家的文化禁忌。 Passage 15 1. Because it has been built through a hole in a 19 - storey building：从“In fact, there’s such a special light railway track in the city of Chongqing. It has been built through a hole in a 19 - storey building” 可知重庆轻轨轨道特殊的原因。 6 / 6 2. It is one of the four largest cities in the southwest of China：“one of + the + 形容词最高级 + 可 数名词复数” 表示 “最……之一”，“in the southwest of China” 意为 “在中国西南部”。 3. 你可能认为车站的噪音会困扰住在那里的人：“You may think”意为“你可能认为”，“trouble” 在此处意为 “困扰”，“living there” 作后置定语修饰 “the people”。 4. amazing：火车噪音被大幅降低很 “令人惊奇”，用 “amazing”。 5. A Special Light Railway Track：文章围绕重庆特殊的轻轨轨道展开，以此为标题合适。 1 / 13 任务型阅读-牛津译林版八下期末专项（原卷版） Passage 1 Everyone wants to relax after walking or studying for a long time. So do I. Now let me tell you some of my favorite ways to relax. I am a big sports fan, so the usual way I relax is to watch or play many kinds of sports. My favorite is tennis, but I am interested in all kinds of sports. Whether I am playing tennis or watching a game on TV, it is exciting to see team members doing their best. It's amazing to see players playing very well. It's true that playing sports is not only physically(身体上 ) "relaxing", but I find it really cool and a good way of "relaxing" my brain after a day's hard work. I enjoy listening to music and I always have some music played during my free time. I listen to all types, but I enjoy listening to beautiful piano music. Some people can study while listening to pop music, but for me, I believe I can study better by listening to light music. Some people choose to relax by traveling. I don't have a favorite place, but hear that traveling in Chengdu is really relaxing. I like visiting different kinds of places and eating famous snacks there. I also enjoy sightseeing and seeing how the culture and people change from place to place. 1、2题完成句子: 3题简略回答问题: 4题找出并写下全文的主题句: 5题将文中画线句子译成汉 语。 1. The writer is a big sports fan and he likes __________ best of all sports. 2. In the passage, the writer gives us __________ ways of his favorite relaxing. 3. What music can make the writer study better? _________________________________________ 4. _________________________________________ 5. _________________________________________ Passage 2 Rabbit Shiny and tortoise(乌龟) Smily were neighbors. One day they were reading a story about their great grandfathers: Shiny's and Smily's great grandfathers decided to have a race. While Shiny's great grandfather fell asleep during the race, Smily's great grandfather won the race by slowly walking towards the finishing line. Smily said, "If your great grandfather didn't go to sleep, my great granddad might never win. So his win was not a real win." The next day there was a notice in the jungle(丛林) newspaper. It said that there would be a race and the winner would win many prizes. The race started from the bear's house. From there, the runners 2 / 13 had to cross the river. But most of the animals could not both run fast and swim fast. So they didn't know what to do. Shiny and Smily made a plan. Shiny ran, while smily was sitting on his back. He and other animals, like the deer, reached the river side at the same time. But they saw the swift(湍急的) water and stood there because they were worried. None of them liked the idea of crossing the river. Smily quickly got into the water and Shiny sat on his back. Smily started swimming. Soon they reached the other side of the river. Shiny got down from Smily's back and Smily climbed on Shiny's back again. Shiny ran fast. They reached the finish line first. "Both of them are the winners." The president of the jungle said, "Shiny and Smily helped each other during the race and they won. So let's give them a big hand." 1. Why didn't Shiny's great grandfather win the race? ________________________________________ 2. Where can the animals read the notice about the race? ________________________________________ 3. Whose house did the race start from? ________________________________________ 4. How did the animals feel when they saw the swift water? ________________________________________ 5. How could Shiny and Smily win the race? ________________________________________ Passage 3 Have you ever been to Thailand? It is a country in Southeast Asia. I've been in Thailand for a few days with my parents. We are here for a holiday. Now we are staying in Bangkok. It is the capital of Thailand and it is a very interesting place to visit. Yesterday we visited some places of interest in the city. They are great! This morning we went shopping. Bangkok is a wonderful place to shop for jewelry(珠宝) and clothes. My mother bought a nice necklace(项链) . My father and I bought some fashionable T-shirts. Thailand is called "Land of Smiles" because people here are very friendly. And it's true! When we eat in the restaurants in Bangkok, the waiters are really nice and they are always smiling. Thai food is delicious, but it is sometimes a little spicy(辛辣的 ) for me. You can also get Chinese food here because a lot of Chinese people came to live in Bangkok many years ago. Chinese food is very good, 3 / 13 and it isn't as spicy as Thai food. Our American food can also be found in Bangkok. However, I don't eat it. You know, I'd like to try new things when I travel The weather has been very hot. Yesterday it rained and got a little cooler. But today it's hot again. 1. Where is Thailand? ________________________________________________________________ 2. Which city is a good place to shop for jewelry and clothes? ________________________________________________________________ 3. Why do people call Thailand "Land of Smiles"? ________________________________________________________________ 4. What does the writer think of Thai food? ________________________________________________________________ 5. Is Chinese food as spicy as Thai food? ________________________________________________________________ Passage 4 "Green" is more than just a colour. It means that you should live to protect the environment, such as the water, the land and the air. You can be a green kid by following these steps: Reduce(减少) it. When you use less of something, you do a good thing for the Earth. For example, a shorter shower means you use less water. (1) Turn off the water when you are brushing your teeth. Reuse it. Many times, even if you don't need something, someone else might just need it. (2) For example, if your younger sister doesn't play with her bear toy, you can give it to your neighbour. Try to change books, toys, even clothes with friends. Enjoy it. It's true that pollution is a great problem now, (3) ________ the Earth is still a beautiful and interesting place to explore(探索 ). Go for a hike, visit nature gardens, climb mountains and take a boat in the rivers... Outdoor activities are good for you. You can also plant trees, collect reusable(可重 复使用的) things... Being a green kid is so easy. 1. Green is just a colour.(判断正误，"T"表示正确，"F"表示错误) ___________________________________ 2. 在文中划线部分(3)的空白处填上一个恰当的连词使句子通顺完整，符合逻辑。 4 / 13 ___________________________________ 3. How many steps(to be a green kid) are mentioned in the passage? ___________________________________ 4. 文中划线(2)的"it"指代的是什么？ ___________________________________ 5. 将文中画线句子(1)译成汉语。 ___________________________________ Passage 5 "On the very first day of 2024, I saw the snows of Kilimannjaro," said Xu Zhuoyuan Xu climbed the tallest peak(山峰 ) in Africa on Jan. 1st. She even stood on top of Mount Qomolangma last May, making her the youngest Chinese girl to climb the world's highest peak. Xu's mountaineering journey began on a family trip to Xizang and Sichera n four years ago. Passing by Mount Siguniang in Sichuan, she was fascinated by its beauty and decided to try climbing it. She fell in love with mountaineering right then and there. For the next few years, Xu did hard training. She went to the mountains in Yunnan and Sichuan every month, climbing peaks over 5000 meters and doing daily physical exercises like running Above 4000 meters on Mount Kilimanjaro, the weather is similar to a desert, with big temperature differences. The whole climb took seven days. Looking ahead, Xu has set a great goal(目标) for herself. She plans to climb the highest peak on each of the seven continents(大陆) 1. When did Xu Zhuoyuan climb the tallest mountain in Africa? _______________________________________________________ 2. Where did Xu begin her first mountaineering journey? _______________________________________________________ 3. Why did Xu do hard training for a few years? _______________________________________________________ 4. What's the main challenge while climbing Mount Kilimanjaro? _______________________________________________________ 5. What is Xu's new great goal? _______________________________________________________ Passage 6 5 / 13 The Seine, one of the world's most famous rivers, is in the southeastern part of Paris. The French capital is now working hard to make heavily polluted Seine clean for swimming again. The Seine has formed Paris for centuries. Along its riverbanks, traders in the Middle Ages arrived and lived there. Later, the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre Museum have been built. "The Seine is the reason why Paris was born." says Deputy Mayor. The Seine used to be safe for swimming. But the locals didn't value that. The river has been used as a dump site(垃圾场 ). And every year, tons of wastewater end up in the river. Because of the pollution, people were not allowed to swim in the Seine since 1923. Now, if all goes well according to plan, local people will be able to swim in the river again in 2024. The cleaned-up Seine will then be used as a venue(地点 ) for the 2024 Paris Olympics. The government has predicted that many different kinds of fish will return. A clean Seine could also be a new place for people to avoid the summer heat. Last summer, scientists tested the water in the Seine. They reported that 90% of the samples were already clean enough for swimming. Still, it's hard to say how many Parisians will feel safe enough to swim in the river. In a 2021 survey of 1,000 French people, 70% didn't think the water was clean enough. City officials may have to think about how to build people's confidence in this project. 1. What is Paris government trying to do? __________________________________________________________ 2. Who used to live along the riverbanks of the Seine? __________________________________________________________ 3. Why did the Seine use to be polluted?(List two reasons) ①________________________________________________________ ②________________________________________________________ 4. According to the passage, what will a clean Seine be used as? ①________________________________________________________ ②________________________________________________________ 5. 请将文中划线句子翻译成汉语。 __________________________________________________________ Passage 7 Chinese students thank their teachers on September 10th, Teachers' Day. How do American students thank their teachers? 6 / 13 First of all, US schools thank their teachers the whole first week in May. Their special Teachers' Day falls on the Tuesday of that week. During the week, the school will have special parties and give teachers gifts. There are "Thank you" signs everywhere to thank teachers. US students give small gifts to their teachers to let them know how great they are. It could be a simple gift like a thank-you card with a personal message. US teachers love it because they think it's meaningful. They like it even more when students say "thank you" directly(直接地 ) to them. US teachers like getting arts and crafts(手工艺品) from children best. Little things to decorate(装饰) their classroom are also common gifts in the US. This could be a small plant. It doesn't take much to celebrate a Teachers' Day. But students shouldn't just wait until Teachers' Day. 他们应该一直都感谢他们的老师。 1. Does American Teachers' Day fall in September 10th? ___________________________________________ 2. What will the school do during the week? ___________________________________________ 3. 将划线句子翻译成汉语。 ___________________________________________ 4. What gifts do American teachers like getting best? ___________________________________________ 5. 将划线句子翻译成英语。 ___________________________________________ Passage 8 Going camping is the best fun in the world if we know how to do it. Every healthy boy and girl, if possible, should enjoy living outdoors for a week or two every year. A group of four members makes a good number for a camping trip. They will probably agree better than two or three. They can do much of the camp work in pairs. No one needs to be left alone to look after the camp while the others go fishing or hunting or to some nearby towns for food and drinks. It is always better to go camping with someone who has "camped out" before. If he cannot be found, then make your plans, decide what you will do and how you will do it, and take a few cooking lessons from your mother or someone else. First, choose a leader, not because he is more important than the rest but because if someone goes 7 / 13 ahead and gives directions, the life in camp will run much more easily and everyone will have a better time. If it is your first experience in camping, you had better go somewhere near home. The best place is one that can be reached by car. If you have to carry your supplies(补给品 ) on your back or in a canoe(独木舟), the amount(数量) you can take will be much less. After you have had some experience near home, you can safely try the other way. Where you go is of little importance. Near every large city there are some lakes or rivers where you can find a good camping site. Campers always have more fun if they are near some water, but if such a place is not easily found where you live, go into the forest. Try to get away from towns or villages. The wilder the place is, the better. 1. What does the writer think is the best fun in the world? __________________________________________________________ 2. How many members make a good number for a camping trip? __________________________________________________________ 3. Who can you learn cooking from before you go camping? __________________________________________________________ 4. What does a leader usually do for the life in camp? __________________________________________________________ 5. Where should you go after you have had some experience near home?(至少列举 2条) __________________________________________________________ Passage 9 In China, more and more people have realized the climate(气候) change. Many young people live a low-carbon(低碳的) life. Zheng Xiyu is one of them. Every morning, she takes a bus to her office. It takes her about 40minutes. But Zheng thinks of changing this. She wants to try cycling. "Riding a bicycle to work," the woman says, "It takes about the same amount of time as taking a bus. However, cycling is easier. And it's better for the environment and my health." The teacher Li Lin also leads a low-carbon lifestyle. Her office uses special lights. These lights go off themselves when people don't need them. This has saved a lot of electricity(电) . Another way to save energy(能源) is to double-print the paper. Li says these small actions are important for protecting the environment. "Let's say you have saved one ton of paper. That means you have saved one ton of 8 / 13 energy used for making the paper. That's about two and a half tons of CO₂ ," Li says. Lin Hui always chooses things with a longer life when he shops. He says this helps to reduce waste. Two years ago, Lin and his friends set an environment website. On the website, there is much advice about saving energy and protecting the environment. It's easy to change to a low-carbon lifestyle. Everybody can do this and make a change. 1. The passage mainly talks about ________________.(10个词以内) 2. Zheng Xiyu spends about ________________ taking a bus to her office every day.(5个词以内) 3. Zheng Xiyu thinks cycling to work is better for ________________.(6个词以内) 4. What is special about the lights in Li Lin's office? ________________________.(12个词以内) 5. What kind of advice do Lin Hui and his friends post on their website? ________________________.(10个词以内) Passage 10 My name is Feng Guixiang. I want to tell you about the China Children and Teenager's Fund(CCTF) and how it helped me. One of the CCTF's special activities is the Spring Bud Project. In 1989, 4.8 million children in the country, aged from seven to fourteen (A) couldn't go to school. Eighty-three percent (B) _______ them were girls. Because of this, the CCTF launched(创办), the project has helped millions of girls return to school. It has also built a lot of schools. The very first Spring Bud class was here in Guangxi in 1989. The Spring Bud Project paid for me to attend that class. It also rented a room (C) close to the school for me. Before the project started, I stayed at home and helped my mother (D) _______ the housework. (E) 上学改变了我的生活. I learnt to read and write and do many other things. Now I work as a teacher at a Spring Bud school here in Guangxi. I (F) wish to help other girls the way the Spring Bud Project helped me. 1. 将文中画线部分(A) 改写为：were ________ ________ attend school. 2. 在文中(B) 和(D) 的空白处填入适当的单词：________: ________ 3. 写出文中画线部分(C) 和(F) 的同义词或近义词：________: ________ 4. 将文中画线部分(E) 译成英语：________ 5. 从文中找出改变本文主人公命运的活动名称：________ Passage 11 9 / 13 Food waste(食物残渣 ) is a big problem in Japan and the world. In 2019, Japan produced 5.7 million tons of food waste. The government is working on reducing this to 2.7 million by 2030. Now, University of Tokyo researchers in Japan have created a new technology that uses food waste in a surprising way. Student Kota Machida and Professor Yuya Sakai say the operation can turn food waste into a strong material like cement(水泥). They say it is four times stronger than regular concrete and is sustainable. And you can eat it. Through a process of drying, crushing, and compressing(压缩 ) the food waste, Sakai and his student Machida had successfully made cement from food waste without plastic. "The most challenging part was that each type of food waste requires different temperatures and pressure levels," Sakai said. The team have used different types of food waste to make the cement, including tea leaves, orange peels, coffee grounds, and leftover lunch materials. They've adjusted flavors with different spices and found the colors, smell and taste of the cement can be quite attractive. Machida and his two friends have created a company called Fabula, Inc. They are working with other companies to use the material to make products for the home. "If this cement could replace plastic and cement products, it may help slow global warming linked to food waste," said Machida. 1. Can we eat the food waste like cement? _________________________________________________ 2. Who had successfully made cement from food waste without plastic? _________________________________________________ 3. What was the most difficult part to make the food waste without plastic? _________________________________________________ 4. How many types of food waste to make the cement are mentioned? _________________________________________________ 5. What do you think of the food cement? _________________________________________________ Passage 12 (Xinhua News)What kind of vehicle( 工 具 ) will you choose when traveling between provinces?Many people may like traveling by train because it's safer and cheaper. Now the high-speed railways have connected eastern China as well as the south and the north. A new high-speed railway opened on Sept. 10th, 2016. It connects Zhengzhou in Henan Province 10 / 13 with Xuzhou in Jiangsu Province. With this railway, China's high-speed railways are over 20,000 kilometers long. It is the world's longest and makes up 60 percent of the world's total high-speed railway lines. Besides length, China also does better in speed. China is the only country with trains running at 350 kilometers an hour, such as the Beijing-Tianjin and Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railways. With these surprising numbers, it is easy to forget that China wasn't the first in the high-speed rail game. Japan started 50 years ago, while Germany did 20 years ago. China only began to build its high-speed railways 14 years ago. China's high-speed railways are developing fast now. Behind it, there is the country's growing need for transportation. According to Xinhua News, China's high-speed trains gave 961 million trips to people last year. "The high-speed railways not only bridge the distance, but connect people, information and goods,"said Huang Xin, an official from the China Railway Corp. Yet, China's building of high-speed railways is still going on. China plans to have 38,000 kilometers of high-speed railway by 2025. 1. Why may many people like traveling between provinces by train according to the passage? _______________________________________ 2. How long have China's high-speed railways been since Sept.10th, 2016? _______________________________________ 3. Which country is the first one to build the high-speed railway? _______________________________________ 4. China's building of high-speed railways isn't still going on, is it? _______________________________________ 5. If you want to go to Beijing for the coming summer holidays, what kind of vehicle will you choose? _______________________________________ Passage 13 WorldWater Day In 1993 the UN decided that March 22nd is the World Water Day. On this day every year, countries around the world hold events to educate people about the problems of dirty water and that clean water is something everyone must have around the world. The human body is 60% of water and we need to drink lots of water to be healthy. We also need 11 / 13 water for cooking. We have toilets in our houses and when we brush our teeth or have a shower, we use the bathroom. Farmers, who produce the food we eat, use water to make the plants grow. We are lucky enough to have clean water whenever(无论何时) we want, but this is not the case for many people around the world. Do you know the fact that around 750 million people do not have clean water to drink? And do you know that 2.5 billion people do not have clean toilets? That's about 1 in 3 people in the world. If we drink dirty water or we can't wash our hands when we go to the toilet, it is easy to catch diseases from the bacteria( 细 菌 ) and become ill. Every year over 500,000 children die from diarrhea(腹泻) from dirty water. In some countries children walk many kilometers every day to get water and sometimes the water isn't even clean! If children walk many hours a day to get water, they can't go to school. For World Water Day, some people in the UK walk, run or cycle 10 km, others climb mountains or even jump from a plane to the ground. At one school children walk 6 km with 6 liters of water so they can see how it feels to walk a long distance(距离) carrying heavy bottles of water. People give them money for doing these things and all the money helps get clean water to as many people as possible around the world. 根据上面短文内容填空。 1. World Water Day is on March 22nd. It makes people know the problems of dirty water and realize the ________ of clean water. People drink much water to keep ________ in daily life. 2. We ________ meals, brush our teeth and have a shower with water. Farmers use water to ________ plants. 3. The ________ about water is that ________ of people do not have clean water to drink. And 2.5 billion people do not have clean toilets. 4. We become ill ________ after drinking dirty water. Many children lose their lives because of diarrhea. Children have to walk to get water ________ of going to school. 5. People organize many activities to raise money to help get ________. For example, People walk, run, cycle, climb mountains or jump from a plane. And school children walk ________ with heavy bottles of water. Passage 14 Traveling to another country is exciting and fun. But if you don't learn about local traditions, your 12 / 13 trip may get into trouble. To help stop things like that, I list some cultural taboos(禁忌 ) in several countries. Let's take a look and then you can have a great trip there. Mexico In Mexico, bringing an expensive gift to someone's home is a no-no. It could be seen as a bribe(贿赂). For local people, some simple things like flowers are good gifts. But you shouldn't take along red flowers, because in Mexican culture, they symbolize death and can be connected with witchcraft(巫术). The US Americans have a tradition of tipping(给小费). You can tip waiters, taxi drivers, hotel doormen… nearly anyone with a service job. Pay attention when you talk with Americans. Questions like "How old are you?" may be common between friends. But as tourists in the US, it is not polite to ask people's age. Britain British people are known for queuing(排队). From the supermarket to the underground, queues are very common in Britain. Usually, it takes a British person six months of their life in queues. If you jump the queue in Britain, you may make them angry. Japan You should never wear shoes indoors in Japan. When visiting someone's home, it is rude to enter with shoes on. Shoes should be taken off at the door and replaced with indoor slippers(拖鞋). This is also the same when you try clothes on in a clothes shop. You should take off your shoes before going into the fitting room(试衣间). There are indoor shoes prepared for customers inside. 1. What are good gifts for local people in Mexico? __________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Why shouldn't tourists ask people's age in the US? __________________________________________________________________________________ 3. How long does it usually take a British person in queues? __________________________________________________________________________________ 4. What should you do before going into the fitting room in Japan? __________________________________________________________________________________ 5. What is the passage mainly about? __________________________________________________________________________________ 13 / 13 Passage 15 Have you ever heard that a road goes through our building? In fact, there's such a special light railway track in the city of Chongqing. It has been built through a hole in a 19-storey building. Chongqing is a city in the southwest of China. (A)它是中国西南部四大城市之一。It lies along the banks of the Yangtze River. It's 31,000 square miles in size but its population is up to 49 million. The city is called the Mountain City because it lies around forests and hills. So we can know Chongqing is such a crowded city. It's a great challenge for the city planners to make room for roads and railway lines. To avoid accidents they came up with the creative method. A special railway station was built into the block of houses and set into the sixth to eighth floors. People can take Chongqing Rail Transit No.2 at their own Liziba Station. (B)You may think the noise from the station trouble the people living there. In fact, even though they live in rooms closest to the busy train station, they just can hear the sound like the noise from a dishwasher. It's (C)_______ that the large noise from trains has been muffled(使降低) a lot. Thanks to the way, the people don't have to move. And the whole building didn't have to be taken down to make way for the train tracks. 1. 根据短文内容，回答下面的问题。 Why is the light railway track special in Chongqing? ___________________________________________________ 2. 请将(A) 处画线句子译成英语。 ___________________________________________________ 3. 将(B) 处画线句子译成汉语。 ___________________________________________________ 4. 在(C) 处填入一个恰当的词，使句意完整。_________ 5. What's the best title of the passage?(不超过 7个词) ___________________________________________________