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考前特训 期中考 任务型阅读 仿真模拟 考前特训（江苏专用） 学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________ 特 训 范 围 Unit 1 Past and present Unit 2 Amazing China Unit 3 The world at one click Unit 4 A good read Passage 1 根据短文内容完成表格，每空一词。 Long before Hollywood aliens visited, Devils Tower had become a symbol of beauty and culture of eastern Wyoming, a state in the United States. Named America’s first national monument (纪念区) by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1906, Devils Tower has been around for thousands of years. The rock is about 264 meters tall and 305 meters wide and can be seen from 160 kilometers away on a clear day. After it appeared in the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind in 1977, about 500,000 visitors come to Devils Tower every year. Devils Tower is also famous as “Bear’s Home”. There’s an interesting story behind it. Two lost boys came across Mato, a big bear. They prayed for help. Then, the ground rose from under them, taking them 1,000 feet high into the air. However, Mato tried to get at the boys, leaving scratches (抓痕) all over the rock. Finally, the big eagle (鹰) Wanablee saved the boys off the top. When you visit Devils Tower in the summer, the line can be a little long, especially at noon. As you enter the park, you’ll pass through a large prairie dog town. And then, don’t forget to visit the “Wind Circle” sculpture (雕塑) there. It’s the work of a Japanese artist, and it’s really great. After that, you can begin your climbing. Since the mid 1890s, Devils Tower has been one of the most popular and challenging climbing places in the United States. And climbers may meet snakes, birds or some other animals, but don’t hurt them. Every June, there are some important events, so climbers can’t go climbing during that time. So add this place to your travel list. It is worth a visit. Devils Tower Basic information ☆It’s in Wyoming, 1 . ☆It is the 2 US national monument. ☆The rock is about 264 meters in 3 and 305 meters wide ☆The “Wind Circle” sculpture in it is made by an artist from   4 . A 5 ☆Bear Mato went after two boys. ☆The rock grew with the boys on top of it, ☆Mato scratched the rock and the boys were 6 by Wanablee. Popularity ☆It became more popular because of a 7 . ☆About 500,000 visitors 8 Devils Tower every year. ☆It has been one of the most popular and challenging 9 places in the United States since the mid 1890s. ☆It isn’t 10 to climbers every June. 【答案】 1. America 2. first 3. height 4. Japan 5. story 6. saved 7. film/movie 8. visit 9. climbing 10. open 【导语】本文介绍了美国怀俄明州魔鬼塔的基本概况、背后的本土传说以及它的游玩特色与受欢迎程度，点明了魔鬼塔的游览价值，呼吁旅行者将这处景点加入旅行清单前往参观。 1. 根据第一段“Devils Tower had become a symbol of beauty and culture of eastern Wyoming, a state in the United States”可知，魔鬼塔位于美国怀俄明州，应填“America”。 2. 根据第一段“Named America’s first national monument by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1906”可知，它是美国第一个国家纪念区，应用序数词first。 3. 根据第二段“The rock is about 264 meters tall”可知，它高264米，“in height”表示“在高度上”，因此此处应填名词height。 4. 根据第四段“And then, don’t forget to visit the ‘Wind Circle’ sculpture there. It’s the work of a Japanese artist”可知，雕塑来自日本艺术家，from后跟国家Japan。 5. 第三段整段介绍了魔鬼塔别名“熊之家”背后的故事，所以这一部分是介绍一个故事，故填story。 6. 由第三段“the big eagle Wanablee saved the boys”可知，鹰救了男孩们，此处“boys”作主语，应用被动语态，save需变为过去分词saved。 7. 根据第二段“After it appeared in the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind in 1977, about 500,000 visitors come to Devils Tower every year”可知，它因为一部电影变得更受欢迎，此处应用名词“电影”，film或movie都可以，前面有冠词a修饰，名词用单数。 8. 根据第二段“about 500,000 visitors come to Devils Tower every year”可知，每年约50万游客游览魔鬼塔，此处应用动词visit“游览”，作谓语，时态为一般现在时，主语是复数，动词用原形。 9. 根据第四段“Since the mid 1890s, Devils Tower has been one of the most popular and challenging climbing places in the United States”，自19世纪90年代中期以来，它一直是美国最受欢迎和最具挑战性的攀岩地点之一，填climbing。 10. 由第四段“Every June...climbers can’t go climbing during that time”可知，六月不向攀岩者开放，open“开放的”，作形容词，位于be动词后表示状态。 Passage 2 Last summer holiday, my family and I went to Beijing for a vacation. We went to many places of interest, but it was Peking University that touched my heart deeply. Peking University is one of the best universities in China. We entered the school from the east gate. There are many traditional buildings at the university. Boya Pagoda (博雅塔) is a typical example of traditional Chinese architecture (建筑). We then walked to Weiming Lake. The lake is a popular spot at the university. The word “weiming” means “without being named” in Chinese. Many students like to walk around the lake. In winter, the lake is frozen. Students can walk or skate on the frozen lake. As we walked around in the school, we saw some modern teaching buildings, classrooms and dorms (学生宿舍). There are also museums and libraries at the university. Inside the libraries, many students were busy learning. They gave up their summer holiday and spent every minute learning. They are the future of our country. We really love the beautiful campus, rich history, achievements (成就) in culture and the hard-working students of Peking University. I hope I can enter Peking University for further study when I grow up. The place that I was most 1 in Peking University is one of the best universities in China. It is famous for its traditional buildings and 2 history. Inside Peking University Boya Pagoda is a typical example of traditional Chinese architecture. Weiming Lake is a popular place, and students enjoy 3 around it. They often walk or skate on the frozen lake when winter 4 . There are modern teaching buildings, classrooms, dorms, 5 and libraries. The students in Peking University are really 6 . They didn’t want to 7 a minute during the summer holiday. My 8 about Peking University I love everything in Peking University and I hope to 9 at Peking University when I 10 high school. 【答案】 1. interested 2. rich 3. walking 4. comes 5. museums 6. hard-working 7. waste 8. feelings/thoughts 9. study 10. finish 【导语】本文主要讲述作者去年暑假和家人前往北京旅行，重点参观北京大学的经历，表达了对北大的喜爱以及未来考入北大深造的愿望。 1. 文章第一段指出“it was Peking University that touched my heart deeply”，表达作者对北大最感兴趣，因此表格第一空应填interested。 2. 文章第三段提到“rich history”，修饰history表示“丰富的”，因此第二空应填rich。 3. 文章第三段提到“Many students like to walk around the lake”，enjoy doing sth.为固定搭配，后接动名词，因此第三空应填walking。 4. 文章第三段提到“In winter, the lake is frozen”，表示冬天来临后湖面结冰，学生可在冰面行走或滑冰，因此第四空应填comes。 5. 文章第四段提到“There are also museums and libraries at the university”，因此第五空应填museums。 6. 文章第四段提到“the hard-working students of Peking University”，因此第六空应填hard-working。 7. 文章第四段提到“spent every minute learning”，说明学生们珍惜时间、不想浪费，因此第七空应填waste。 8. 文章第五段是作者对北京大学的感受与想法，表格标题为 “My ________ about Peking University”，因此第八空应填feelings/thoughts。 9. 文章第五段提到“I hope I can enter Peking University for further study”，表达作者希望在北大学习深造，因此第九空应填study。 10. 文章第五段提到“when I grow up”，结合语境指高中毕业后，因此第十空应填finish。 Passage 3 What forms of transportation would you prefer when you travel—planes, trains or cars? All of the above will be improved with 5G technology. Gacha, the world’s first all-weather robot bus in Finland, is a good example. Telecoms company Nokia has set 5G transmitters (信号发射器) in 15 lamp posts along a route. These transmitters are then used to control buses, making them driverless and work perfectly even under difficult conditions—rain, snow or mud. There are also 5G roads. These roads have 5G transmitters and cameras. They can provide many services. For example, the roads can tell electric car drivers where the nearest charging station (充电站) is. In Seoul, a smart management system is being used in one of the city’s underground stations. This system has many smart features, including a 3D map, sensors (传感器) and a modern camera system that make the station more efficient (高效的) and safer. Even airplanes will become smart in the near future. Airbus, one of the world’s biggest airplane makers, is working on new planes that will have many sensors and 5G transmitters. The sensors will keep track of (了解……的动态) many things, such as whether the toilet needs to be refilled with soap, or whether passengers have fastened their seat belts. We believe that 5G will bring a brighter future for smart travelling. 5G technology makes travelling smart Robot bus ● The robot bus is 1 Gacha. It is the world’s first all-weather robot bus. ● Nokia has set 5G transmitters in lamp posts along a route. These transmitters control the buses that have no 2 . They can work even under difficult 3 conditions. 5G roads ● These roads have 5G transmitters and cameras. They can 4 many services to people. ● Electric car drivers can 5 the nearest charging station through the roads. Management system ● A smart management system is being used in one of 6 underground stations. ● This system makes the station more efficient and safer 7 a 3D map, sensors and a modern camera system. Airplanes ● Airbus is making 8 planes that will have many sensors and 5G transmitters. ● The sensors will keep track of many things—whether the toilet needs 9 with soap, or whether passengers have fastened their seat belts. We believe that 5G will make the 10 of smart travelling brighter. 【答案】 1. called 2. drivers 3. weather 4. offer 5. find 6. Seoul’s 7. with 8. new 9. filling 10. future 【导语】本文主要讲述5G技术如何在机器人巴士、智能道路、地铁站管理系统和飞机等交通领域得到应用，以及它将为智能出行带来更光明的未来。 1. 第二段指出“Gacha, the world’s first all-weather robot bus”，说明这款机器人巴士被称为Gacha，需用被动语态，应填called。 2. 第二段提到“These transmitters are then used to control buses, making them driverless...”，说明这些发射器控制的是没有司机的巴士，应填drivers。 3. 第二段提到机器人巴士“work perfectly even under difficult conditions—rain, snow or mud”，说明它们能在恶劣的天气条件下工作，应填weather。 4. 第三段提到“These roads have 5G transmitters and cameras. They can provide many services.”，说明这些道路可以提供多种服务，情态动词can后接动词原形，应填offer。 5. 第三段提到“the roads can tell electric car drivers where the nearest charging station (充电站) is”，说明电动汽车司机可以通过道路找到最近的充电站，情态动词can后接动词原形，应填find。 6. 第四段提到“In Seoul, a smart management system is being used in one of the city’s underground stations.”，说明该系统被用于首尔的其中一个地铁站，需用名词所有格，应填Seoul’s。 7. 第四段提到“This system has many smart features, including a 3D map, sensors and a modern camera system...”，说明该系统凭借3D地图等让车站更高效安全，应填with。 8. 第五段提到“Airbus... is working on new planes that will have many sensors and 5G transmitters.”，说明空客正在研发新飞机，应填new。 9. 第五段提到“The sensors will keep track of (了解……的动态) many things, such as whether the toilet needs to be refilled with soap...”，说明传感器会追踪厕所是否需要填充肥皂，need doing表被动含义，应填filling。 10. 文章最后一句提到“We believe that 5G will bring a brighter future for smart travelling”，说明5G会让智能出行的未来更光明，应填future。 Passage 4 阅读下面的短文，并根据所读内容，在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。（注意：每个空格只填一个单词） World Book Day was set up by the UNESCO in 1995. It is held on 23rd April every year to encourage people of all ages, especially teenagers to enjoy the pleasant time of reading. World Book Day calls on people to turn off the TV, put away the video games and enjoy reading. World Book Day encourages people everywhere to organize their own activities to promote (促进) reading. In a school, students read a page from a book that they like best. In a workplace, workers join an after-work book club. Old people can reread the book that helps them in their lives. Many countries celebrate World Book Day. On that day, millions of school children in the UK can buy books of special price, a much lower price than usual, in any bookstore. It has been done every year since 1998. In China, some libraries provide some special shelves. There the book-lovers can exchange their books and joy by taking others’ books home while offering some of their own. Schools organize students to exchange their ideas about reading. Through the activities on World Book Day, people can see more clearly the importance of reading. Books give us knowledge and help us know more and better about the world around us. Books offer us inspiration (灵感) so we can have ideas for making or designing things that we didn’t have before. Book, magazines, newspapers and other kinds of reading materials can help us to improve ourselves. So we need to spend time reading not only on World Book Day but also every day. World Book Day 1 of World Book Day ● To encourage people of all ages to enjoy the 2 of reading. ● To call on people to read books 3 of watching TV or playing video games. 4 to promote reading ● Students choose their 5 books to read in a school. ● Workers join book clubs after work. ● Old people reread some helpful books. ● In the UK, school children pay 6 money for a book than usual on World Book Day. ● In China, book-lovers take others’ books and offer their 7 books to exchange books and joy in some libraries. Importance of reading ● Books 8 knowledge for us and help us understand the world better. ● They give us inspirations to help us make or 9 new things. ● Different kinds of reading materials can help make us perfect. Conclusion ● We need to read on World Book Day. ● It’s also 10 for us to get into the daily reading habit. 【答案】 1. Purposes 2. pleasure 3. instead 4. Activities 5. favorite 6. less 7. own 8. provide 9. design 10. necessary 【导语】本文主要介绍了世界读书日。 1. 根据右栏的“To encourage people of all ages to enjoy the … of reading.” “To call on people to read books … or playing video games.”可知，这是世界读书日的目的，purpose of “……的目的”，此处用其名词复数形式，首字母要大写。故填Purposes。 2. 根据“It is held on 23rd April every year to encourage people of all ages, especially teenagers to enjoy the pleasant time of reading.”可知，它鼓励各个年龄段的人享受阅读的乐趣，此处用形容词pleasant“愉快的”的名词形式pleasure“乐趣”。故填pleasure。 3. 根据“World Book Day calls on people to turn off the TV, put away the video games and enjoy reading.”可知，它呼吁人们读书，而不是看电视或玩游戏。instead of表示“而不是”。故填instead。 4. 根据右栏的内容可知，这些都是世界读书日的活动，用activity“活动”的名词复数形式，首字母要大写。故填Activities。 5. 根据“In a school, students read a page from a book that they like best.”可知，学生们选择他们最喜欢的书在学校阅读，favorite“最喜欢的”。故填favorite。 6. 根据“On that day, millions of school children in the UK can buy books of special price, a much lower price than usual, in any bookstore.”可知，在世界读书日，孩子们以比平时更少的钱购买书籍，less表示“更少的”。故填less。 7. 根据“There the book-lovers can exchange their books and joy by taking others’ books home while offering some of their own.”可知，爱书的人拿走别人的书，并提供自己的书来交换书籍和乐趣，one’s own表示“某人自己的”。故填own。 8. 根据“Books give us knowledge and help us know more and better about the world around us.”可知，书籍给我们知识，帮助我们更多更好地了解我们周围的世界，provide sth. for sb.表示“给某人提供某物”。故填provide。 9. 根据“Books offer us inspiration (灵感) so we can have ideas for making or designing things that we didn’t have before.”可知，书籍给我们设计东西的灵感，design表示“设计”，help sb. do sth.表示“帮助某人做某事”，此处填动词原形。故填design。 10. 根据“So we need to spend time reading not only on World Book Day but also every day.”可知，我们需要每天都要花时间阅读。It’s+adj. for sb. to do sth“某人做某事……”，此处填形容词necessary“必要的”。故填necessary。 Passage 5 A good book can teach you things beyond (超出) your class. It can open your eyes and clear your minds. If you want to get into a good reading habit, there are a number of ways to develop it. Plan your time You should give yourself at least thirty minutes in all for reading every day. When time is set, nothing can change it. For example, you should keep a good reading habit during breakfast or lunch time. Always carry a book Wherever you go, take a book with you. When you leave the house, you should always carry a good book as well as your school things. Remember that a book always stays with you. Find a quiet place Find a place in your home where you can sit in a comfortable chair. When you read a book, no one will trouble you. There should be no television, computer, music or even noisy family members around you. Have a library day Have a library card, and you read as many good books as possible in the library. Go on a trip to the library every week, you can save a lot of money. Blog it One of the best ways to develop a good reading habit is to put it on your blog. If you don’t have one, create one. It’s free. Ask your friends and family to go there to share your ideas and offer you suggestions. Title Some ways to have a good reading 1 Plan your time You should read at least 2 an hour every day. Make it a habit to 3 during breakfast or lunch time. Always carry a book Don’t 4 to carry a book with you wherever you go. Find a quiet place Find a place at home 5 a comfortable chair and without televisions. 6 , music or noisy people around you. Have a 7 day It is very cheap way to read good books in the library. Go on a(n) 8 trip to the library. Blog it It 9 no money to create a blog. Your friends and family can share your ideas and 10 you with some suggestions online. 【答案】 1. habit 2. half 3. read 4. forget 5. with 6. computers 7. library 8. weekly 9. needs 10. provide 【导语】本文介绍了培养良好阅读习惯的几种方法，包括规划阅读时间、随身携带书籍、寻找安静环境、定期去图书馆以及通过博客分享阅读心得等。 1. 根据“If you want to get into a good reading habit, there are a number of ways to develop it.”及全文可知本文主要介绍了培养良好阅读习惯的方法，因此标题应该是“一些培养良好阅读习惯的方法”。故填habit。 2. 根据“You should give yourself at least thirty minutes in all for reading every day.”可知每天应该至少阅读30分钟，即半个小时“half an hour”。故填half。 3. 根据“For example, you should keep a good reading habit during breakfast or lunch time.”可知应该养成早饭或午饭间阅读的好习惯，“to”后面用动词原形“read”，构成动词不定式。故填read。 4. 根据“Wherever you go, take a book with you.”可知无论去哪，都要带本书，也就是不要忘记带书，“Don’t”后用动词原形“forget”。故填forget。 5. 根据“Find a place in your home where you can sit in a comfortable chair.”可知要在家里找一个可以坐在舒适的椅子里的地方，带有“with”。故填with。 6. 根据“There should be no television, computer, music or even noisy family members around you.”可知阅读的地方应该没有电视、电脑、音乐或者甚至是吵闹的家人。因此此处应用“computer”，并且应和前面的“televisions”并列，用复数形式“computers”泛指类别。故填computers。 7. 根据小标题“Have a library day”可知此处指要有一天图书馆日。故填library。 8. 根据“Go on a trip to the library every week, you can save a lot of money.”可知每周应该去一次图书馆，此处修饰名词“trip”，应用形容词weekly“每周的”。故填weekly。 9. 根据“If you don’t have one, create one. It’s free.”可知创建博客是免费的，也就是不需要钱，此处应用“need”，主语“It”是第三人称单数，动词需变为单三形式“needs”。故填needs。 10. 根据“Ask your friends and family to go there to share your ideas and offer you suggestions.”可知你可以让朋友和家人去博客分享你的观点，并给你提供建议，此处应用动词provide“提供”，provide sb. with sth.“给某人提供某物”，位于情态动词“can”后用原形即可。故填provide。 Passage 6 根据短文内容在文章后表格中的空白处填入一个最恰当的词，每空一词。 Raden works in a library in Germany. She has a project—lending books to children in exchange for waste they collect. Raden likes her job. Raden rides her three-wheeler (三轮车) with books at the back to the village from Mondays to Fridays. There, many children are waiting to exchange books with old cups, bags and other useless things. When she arrives, the children gather around her three-wheeler, the “Litter Library”, and the books fly out quickly. Raden collects about 100 kg of waste each week. She has more than 6,000 books to lend and plans to go to more places, too. Raden’s project is a new way to increase (增加) kids’ reading. She is happy that it will take the kids more time to read books than to play online games as a result. She thinks that it can help build a culture of reading from young age. The project is also a way to clean up the environment. It can help to take care of the waste to fight climate (气候) change and to protect the earth. Kevin is a reader of the “Litter Library”. He’s 11 years old. He often looks for waste lying in the village. “When there is too much waste, our environment will become dirty and it’s not healthy. That’s why I look for waste to borrow a book,” he says. More and more people realize that it’s important for kids to read and protect the environment. That must be good news to Raden. Raden’s project—the Litter Library About Redan ● Her 1 is a librarian in Germany. ● She 2 books to children for waste. About her job ● On 3 , she rides her three-wheeler with books to the village. ● Children exchange her books with the 4 they collect. ● She has 5 6,000 books to lend and plans to go to more places, too. ● She is happy that the kids will 6 more time on books than online games as a result. About the purposes ● To make the kids 7 more—build a culture of reading from young age. ● To 8 up the environment—fight climate change and make the earth 9 . About the effect (效果) ● More and more people know the 10 of reading in kids and protecting the environment. 【答案】 1. job 2. lends 3. weekdays 4. waste 5. over 6. spend 7. read 8. clean 9. safe 10. importance 【导语】本文主要介绍了Raden的“垃圾图书馆”项目，包括她的职业、工作内容、项目目的和产生的效果。 1. 根据“Raden works in a library in Germany.”可知，此处说她的工作，job表示“工作”，故填job。 2. 根据“She has a project—lending books to children in exchange for waste they collect.”可知，她借书给孩子们，句子是一般现在时，主语是第三人称单数，谓语动词用lends，故填lends。 3. 根据“Raden rides her three-wheeler (三轮车) with books at the back to the village from Mondays to Fridays.”可知，周一到周五是工作日，weekdays表示“工作日”，故填weekdays。 4. 根据“She has a project—lending books to children in exchange for waste they collect.”可知，孩子们用收集的垃圾换书，故填waste。 5. 根据“She has more than 6,000 books to lend and plans to go to more places, too.”可知，more than等同于over，表示“超过”，故填over。 6. 根据“She is happy that it will take the kids more time to read books than to play online games as a result.”可知，此处表示孩子们在读书上花费时间，spend time on sth.“花费时间做某事”，固定搭配，故填spend。 7. 根据“Raden’s project is a new way to increase (增加) kids’ reading.”可知，项目目的是让孩子多读书，make sb. do sth.“让某人做某事”，此处填read，故填read。 8. 根据“The project is also a way to clean up the environment.”可知，此处表示清理环境，clean up“清理”，故填clean。 9. 根据“It can help to take care of the waste to fight climate (气候) change and to protect the earth.”可知，清理垃圾对抗气候变化能让地球安全，make sth. + 形容词“使某物……”，safe“安全的”，故填safe。 10. 根据“More and more people realize that it’s important for kids to read and protect the environment.”可知，人们知道了阅读和保护环境的重要性，the后跟名词importance，故填importance。 Passage 7 根据短文内容完成表格，每空一词。 A scenic (风景优美的) two-hour drive out of London city, in England, leads to a lovely, historical town in the country. The town is named Stratford-upon-Avon. It is famous because William Shakespeare was born here in 1564. Shakespeare grew up in this town and lived in a house near the river. He wrote many poems and plays. People still enjoy his work today. Stratford-upon-Avon means the crossing of the River Avon. Bridge Street leads into the town. It is very wide and goes all the way through the town to the old bridge across the River Avon. The river runs through the town and many of the famous buildings are along the banks of this river. Along the river, one can visit the homes where Shakespeare, his mother and children lived. These are all museums now. They have the same furniture and household things from Shakespeare’s time. Further along the walk, there is a stunning garden. The Bancroft Garden has lovely lawns and flowers. There are some statues (雕塑) of William Shakespeare in the garden. The garden is in front of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. Here, they will perform many of Shakespeare’s plays. Walking back along the town roads is an easy walk. The roads are in a square grid pattern, so it is easy to find places. Many of the buildings are old and have been fixed up; they still look like they did many years ago. They are painted black and white and look very neat. Some buildings still have the old-style wavy roofs. Before you leave this town, you have to visit Holy Trinity Church, where Shakespeare was buried (埋葬). You can also see the church if you do a boat trip, as the church is on the bank of the River Avon. A day trip to this beautiful town is very special. You will learn a lot about Shakespeare and about life in those times. The introduction to Stratford-upon-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon is a town with a long 1 . It’s famous because it is Shakespeare’s 2 . Shakespeare 3 many famous poems and plays, and people still enjoy them today. Many of the famous buildings are on 4 bank of the river. The homes where Shakespeare, his mother and children lived all have 5 museums now. The Bancroft Garden is a stunning garden 6 lovely lawns and flowers and some statues of William Shakespeare. It’s not 7 to walk back along the town roads because they are in a square grid pattern. Many of the buildings are old and have been fixed up. But they still remain (保持) the 8 as they did many years ago. You have to visit Holy Trinity Church, where Shakespeare was buried before 9 this town. Conclusion A day trip to this beautiful town is special and you can learn 10 about Shakespeare and about life in those times. 【答案】 1. history 2. birthplace 3. wrote 4. each/either 5. become 6. with 7. difficult/hard 8. same 9. leaving 10. much 【导语】本文介绍了英国埃文河畔斯特拉特福这座美丽且历史悠久的小镇。 1. 第一段提到“a lovely, historical town”，Stratford-upon-Avon是一个有着悠久历史的城镇，a后加可数名词单数history“历史”。 2. 第一段提到“It is famous because William Shakespeare was born here in 1564.”，它出名是因为它是莎士比亚的出生地，birthplace“出生地”符合。 3. 第二段提到“He wrote many poems and plays.”可知，莎士比亚写了许多著名的诗歌和戏剧，填过去式wrote“写”。 4. 第三段提到“The river runs through the town and many of the famous buildings are along the banks of this river”，许多著名建筑在河的两岸，“each”侧重于指两者或两者以上中的每一个；“either”表示两者中的任意一个，也可用于指两者中的每一方。 5. 第三段提到“These are all museums now.”，莎士比亚、他母亲和孩子住过的房子现在都变成了博物馆，此处是现在完成时，用过去分词become。 6. 第四段提到“The Bancroft Garden has lovely lawns and flowers and some statues of William Shakespeare.”，Bancroft花园有可爱的草坪、鲜花和一些威廉·莎士比亚的雕塑，“with”表示“具有，带有”。 7. 第五段提到“The roads are in a square grid pattern, so it is easy to find places.”，沿着城镇道路往回走不难，“not difficult/hard”表示“不难”。 8. 第五段提到“they still look like they did many years ago”，它们仍然保持着和多年前一样的样子，“the same as”表示“和……一样”。 9. 第六段“Before you leave this town”，在离开这个城镇之前，你得去参观Holy Trinity教堂，“before doing sth.”表示“在做某事之前”，此处填leaving。 10. 最后一段提到“You will learn a lot about Shakespeare and about life in those times.”，一天的旅行能让你对莎士比亚和那个时代的生活了解很多，“learn much about...”表示“对……了解很多”。 Passage 8 What is your perfect vacation? Popular trips include relaxing on a warm beach. Or they involve sightseeing in a beautiful city. Increasingly, though, many of us don’t want to just visit a place. We want to experience it. Experiential travel allows us to get closer to local people and their culture. For example, experiential travellers might stay a few weeks with local hosts. They might take classes to learn a craft. In other words, these travellers immerse (沉浸) themselves in a different culture. One such trip is in Fujian. There, a small group of travellers meet with a local fisherman. They learn how to fix nets and throw them into the water. They can fish together. Afterwards, they all cook and eat a meal with the fisherman's family. Experiential travel helps people become better citizens. First of all, it lets them understand a place more deeply than tourists usually do. As one traveller says, traditional travel is“like” studying science without ever doing a scientific experiment. Since they often stay and work in one place, travellers learn more about the lives of local people. It exposes (使接触到) them to different ways of living and working. Experiential travellers often make life-long friends with local people. They stay in touch after the trip has finished. Experiential travel helps travellers—and local people—feel like they are part of a global community. You don’t need to use a travel company to get the benefits of experiential travel. You can do it by yourself. You can ask local people questions when you travel. Ask a driver about her life. You can also join a soccer game in the street. Listening to people’s stories and interacting (交流) with local people will change your understanding of the place you are visiting. Experiential travel What Experience 1 life when travelling. Why Help people become better citizens Encouraging them to have a deeper 2 of a place. Improving their 3 about how local people live. Making it 4 for them to experience different ways of living and working. Making lasting 5 between travellers and local people. Helping them feel like they 6 global community. How Do it 7 . Your idea Think of an experiential trip in Nanjing for your friend. Place: 8 is a good place for experiential travel. Activity 1: 9 Activity 2: 10 【答案】 1. local 2. understanding 3. knowledge 4. possible 5. friendships 6. share 7. alone 8. Xuanwu Lake 9. Take a boat ride on Xuanwu Lake and learn about the history of the lake from a local guide. 10. Visit a traditional tea house and participate in a tea ceremony with the locals. 【导语】本文介绍了体验式旅行的核心特点、优势及实现方式。 1. 根据“Experiential travel allows us to get closer to local people and their culture”“immerse themselves in a different culture”可知，体验式旅行的核心是融入当地文化、贴近当地人的生活，故填local。 2. 根据“it lets them understand a place more deeply than tourists usually do”可知，体验式旅行能让旅行者更深入地了解一个地方，此处需要名词形式understanding“理解”，故填understanding。 3. 根据“Since they often stay and work in one place, travellers learn more about the lives of local people”可知，体验式旅行能让旅行者积累更多关于当地人生活的相关知识，knowledge“知识”，不可数名词。故填knowledge。 4. 根据“It exposes (使接触到) them to different ways of living and working”可知，体验式旅行可以让旅行者有机会接触到不同的生活和工作方式，也就是让这种体验成为可能，possible“可能的”。故填possible。 5. 根据“Experiential travellers often make life-long friends with local people”可知，体验式旅行能让旅行者和当地人建立起长久的友谊，此处需要名词复数形式friendships“友谊”。故填friendships。 6. 根据“feel like they are part of a global community”可知，体验式旅行能让旅行者感觉自己共享这个全球社区，share“共享”，故填share。 7. 根据“You don’t need to use a travel company to get the benefits of experiential travel. You can do it by yourself”可知，体验式旅行不需要依赖旅行社，独自就能完成，alone“独自”。故填alone。 8. 开放性试题，言之有理即可。玄武湖是南京标志性景点，兼具自然景观与历史底蕴，适合开展体验式活动。故填Xuanwu Lake。 9. 开放性试题，言之有理即可。参考答案：Take a boat ride on Xuanwu Lake and learn about the history of the lake from a local guide. 10. 开放性试题，言之有理即可。参考答案：Visit a traditional tea house and participate in a tea ceremony with the locals. Passage 9 阅读下面短文，根据所读内容，在文章空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填一个单词。 For over 100 years, it is convenient (方便的) for people to go from one place to another by taxi. But sometimes there are no taxis coming to the place you are waiting. However, this has become a thing of the past since Uber app appeared. What is Uber Uber is an American company that provides a taxi service through an app on the smartphone. It was set up in March, 2009 and has grown quickly. An app, in fact, is a computer program working on smartphones, computers and other communication devices. By using your smartphone, it’s easy for you to order a taxi that takes you to any place. Uber app makes you feel good The nicest thing about Uber app is that you can see the place your taxi is or how long it will take to arrive at your place on your smartphone screen. And when you wait for the taxi, you can call or send messages to the driver because Uber app will give you the telephone number of the driver. Uber taxis are always available(可获得的) Uber is always there 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. If you want to go somewhere, you can easily open Uber app at home or anywhere in the open air, then it connects you to the nearest driver. Usually it takes only between 5 and 15 minutes to get a Uber taxi by using Uber app. The advantages of Uber Many people like Uber because it is simple and very user-friendly. You are not related to(与……有关) a taxi company. If you are not happy with the ride and the driver, you can write complaints and give the driver a low score through Uber app, so Uber taxi drivers usually serve well. Generally speaking, Uber is simple and time-saving, and most importantly, it is very easy to use. The cost of a Uber taxi At Uber, the payment is easy through your bank card. How much you need to pay depends on the country and the city that you are in. There is no doubt (疑问) that Uber taxis are much cheaper than taxis you used to take. Uber 1 People’s Life More Convenient Brief (简要的) introduction ◆It is a company that provides a taxi service through an app on the smartphone. ◆It was set up in March, 2009 in the USA and has grown quickly. ◆You can order a taxi to take you to any place 2 . Good 3 Uber app brings you ◆The nicest thing is that you can see 4 your taxi is or how long it will take to reach your place. ◆The telephone number of the driver is shown in Uber app, so you can call or send messages to the driver while 5 . Uber taxis available ◆If you want to go somewhere, you can easily open Uber app at home or anywhere in the open air, then it can 6 you to the nearest driver with its help. ◆It’s usual for you to 7 between 5 and 15 minutes getting a Uber taxi by using Uber app. Advantages ◆You have nothing to do with a taxi company. ◆You can complain about the driver if you are not 8 with the ride and the driver. Generally speaking, Uber is simple and time-saving. ◆The most 9 advantage is that it is very easy to use. Cost ◆At Uber, the payment is easy through your bank card. ◆It’s certain that Uber taxis cost much 10 than the taxis you used to take. 【答案】 1. makes 2. easily 3. feelings 4. where 5. waiting 6. connect 7. spend 8. happy/pleased/satisfied 9. important 10. less 【导语】本文主要讲了一款打车app——优步，它让人们出行变得更加方便。 1. 根据第一段的叙述可知，优步让人们出行变得更加方便，空处缺谓语动词，make表示“使，让”，时态为一般现在时，主语是单数，make用三单形式。故填makes。 2. 根据第二段“By using your smartphone, it’s easy for you to order a taxi that takes you to any place.”可知通过智能手机可以轻易地叫出租车。修饰动词order用easy的副词形式easily。故填easily。 3. 根据第三段小标题“Uber app makes you feel good”并结合空处可知，是一个同义句转换，good是形容词，修饰名词，用可数名词复数表示类别。故填feelings。 4. 根据第三段“The nicest thing about Uber app is that you can see the place your taxi is or how long it will take to arrive at your place on your smartphone screen.”可知，能够看到你叫的车在哪儿，空处仅限一词，用where引导宾语从句。故填where。 5. 根据第三段“And when you wait for the taxi, you can call or send messages to the driver because Uber app will give you the telephone number of the driver.”并结合空处可知，是一个同义句转换，指等车的时候，while后省略了you are，wait“等待”用现在分词waiting。故填waiting。 6. 根据第四段“you can easily open Uber app at home or anywhere in the open air, then it connects you to the nearest driver.”并结合空处可知，它能让你与最近的司机联系上，情态动词后接动词原形。故填connect。 7. 根据第四段“Usually it takes only between 5 and 15 minutes to get a Uber taxi by using Uber app.”可知，本句是原文的同义句转换，结构是：spend+时间+doing sth。不定式符号后接动词原形。故填spend。 8. 根据第五段“If you are not happy with the ride and the driver, you can write complaints and give the driver a low score through Uber app”可知，如果对司机不满意，可以投诉，be happy/pleased/satisfied with sb“对某人满意”，故填happy/pleased/satisfied。 9. 根据第五段“and most importantly, it is very easy to use.”可知，最重要的是，它很简单，空处用形容词作定语。故填important。 10. 根据最后一段“There is no doubt (疑问) that Uber taxis are much cheaper than taxis you used to take.”并结合题目句子可知是同义句转换，即变为“优步出租车肯定比你以前坐的出租车花费更少”，故填less。 Passage 10 阅读并根据下面的短文，在表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。 Sage of calligraphy Wang Xizhi was born in Linyi of Shandong Province. He served as a general and officer in the Jin Dynasty, and was a famous calligrapher. Wang is still known as the calligraphy sage (圣人). Wang’s uncles and cousins were all famous calligraphers of their time. At seven, Wang began a systematic (系统性的) study of calligraphy under a female calligrapher, WeiShuo. He kept copying the Wei-style calligraphy for years and learned much from the works of calligraphers. To practise calligraphy, wherever he went, he would try to find out the styles of previous calligraphers and copy them, through collecting many calligraphic materials. There were writing brushes, ink sticks and ink stones in his study, yard and even outside the toilet. Whenever he thought of a well-structured character, he would write it down right away. Wang wrote with smoothness and grandness (宏伟). Some people have described his calligraphy as “the dragon jumping over the heavenly gate and the tiger lying in the palace of the phoenix (凤凰)”. Wang was good at many types of calligraphy but the xingshu-style Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Collection (《兰亭集序》) is the most popular of his works. There is a story behind this work. In 353, Wang invited famous people to get together at a party with 41 guests at the Orchid Pavilion, where they drank. The guests were asked to write poems. The poems were collected, and Wang wrote Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Collection on his own, describing how happy these men were. Wang’s talent in calligraphy was brought into full play during it. The Song Dynasty scholar Mi Fu called Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Collection the world’s best work in xingshu style. It’s said that Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty treasured the work and had it buried in his tomb. Wang left behind calligraphic works, and Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Collection is one of them. The Sage of Calligraphy Wang Xizhi The 1 to Wang Xizhi His life 2 and family background · being born into a family of calligraphers · working 3 a general and an officer · 4 calligraphy at 7 under Wei Shuo · copying for years and learning from the works His Calligraphy style · practising frequently, and recording his 5 at any time and place. · praising his calligraphy as “the dragon jumping over the heavenly gate and the tiger lying in the palace to the phoenix”. Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Collection The 6 of the work · In 353, Wang hosted a party at the Orchid Pavilion. His guests drank and wrote poems before Wang 7 wrote preface to the collection. · It shows the happy scene of these men and Wang’s calligraphy 8 . The influence of the work · Song Dynasty Mi Fu praised that no works can be 9 with Preface to Orchid Pavilion collection. · Tang Dynasty Emperor Taizong thought it was so 10 to him that he had it buried with him. 【答案】 1. introduction 2. experience/experiences 3. as 4. studying 5. inspirations/thoughts/ideas 6. birth 7. himself/independently 8. talent 9. compared 10. valuable 【导语】本文主要介绍了书法圣人王羲之的生平经历、家庭背景、书法风格，重点介绍了《兰亭集序》的创作背景、内容以及该作品的影响。 1. 根据表格中“to Wang Xizhi”以及后文内容可知，此处是对王羲之的介绍，“introduction”表示“介绍”，符合语境。故填introduction。 2. 根据表格中“family background”以及后文“being born into a family of calligraphers... copying for years and learning from the works”可知，此处说的是王羲之的人生经历，“experience”表示“经历”，此处可用单数也可用复数。故填experience/experiences。 3. 根据第一段“He served as a general and officer in the Jin Dynasty”可知，他在晋朝担任将军和官员，“serve as”表示“担任”，此处用“work as”替换“serve as”，表示“担任……工作”。故填as。 4. 根据第二段“At seven, Wang began a systematic study of calligraphy under a female calligrapher, Wei Shuo”可知，七岁时，王羲之开始跟随女书法家卫铄系统学习书法，“study”表示“学习”，此处用动名词形式与“copying”并列作“working”的宾语。故填studying。 5. 根据第三段“Whenever he thought of a well-structured character, he would write it down right away”可知，每当他想到一个结构良好的字，他就会马上写下来，由此可知他随时记录自己的灵感、想法，“inspiration/thought/idea”表示“灵感/想法”，此处用复数形式表示泛指。故填inspirations/thoughts/ideas。 6. 根据表格中“The...of the work”以及后文“In 353, Wang hosted a party at the Orchid Pavilion”可知，此处说的是《兰亭集序》的创作背景，“birth”表示“起源，创作背景”，符合语境。故填birth。 7. 根据第五段“The poems were collected, and Wang wrote Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Collection on his own”可知，诗被收集起来，王羲之自己写了《兰亭集序》的序言，“on one’s own”表示“独自地”，此处用“himself”表示“他自己”，也可用“independently”表示“独立地”。故填himself/independently。 8. 根据第五段“Wang’s talent in calligraphy was brought into full play during it”可知，王羲之的书法天赋在《兰亭集序》中得到了充分发挥，“talent”表示“天赋”，符合语境。故填talent。 9. 根据最后一段“The Song Dynasty scholar Mi Fu called Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Collection the world’s best work in xingshu style”可知，宋代学者米芾称《兰亭集序》为世界上最好的行书作品，由此可知此处说的是宋代米芾认为没有作品能与《兰亭集序》相提并论，“compare with”表示“与……相比”，此处用被动语态“be done”结构。故填compared。 10. 根据最后一段“It’s said that Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty treasured the work and had it buried in his tomb”可知，据说唐太宗珍视这部作品，并将其葬于自己的陵墓中，由此可知此处说的是唐太宗认为这部作品对他来说非常珍贵，“valuable”表示“珍贵的”，符合语境。故填valuable。 Passage 11 阅读并根据下面的短文，在表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。 The history of prepared food can go back to ancient times when early humans used methods like drying, smoking, and salting to keep food, so that they could get something to eat during food shortages. In modern times, China’s prepared food industry has a late start and has mainly gone through a three-stage development process. In stage one, which began around 2000, prepared food mainly appeared in some restaurants to meet the needs of busy city life and changing dietary patterns. Over time, it could be found everywhere and entered people’s daily lives. Stage two, known as the standstill (停滞) period, lasted until 2013. During this period, the prepared food industry in China went through slow growth because the food processing technology did not have any great improvements. Stage three marked a period of rapid growth that started in 2014 with the development of the take-out industry. The rise of the take-out industry has created a fast increase in the need for convenient food, driving the growth of the prepared food market. Changes in people’s lifestyles have further sped up this direction. For people who have no time or cooking skills to prepare meals, prepared food has become a convenient solution to the fast-paced nature of modern life.   While the rapid growth of the prepared food market in China has provided convenient choices for busy lifestyles, offering different kinds of food from frozen ready-to-eat meals to canned products, worries still stay regarding the nutritional (营养的) quality of precooked food, health standards, and the environmental influence of packing materials, especially when it comes to introducing prepared food into schools. Achieving a balance among these considerations, while keeping the convenience, taste, and safety of the food, is of great importance for the future of the precooked food industry. 1 of China’s prepared food industry Introduction of the topic The history of prepared food 2 a long time ago. In China, prepared food started late and has developed through three 3 stages. Stage 1: Around 2000 Restaurants 4 prepared food to suit the busy lives and new eating habits of city people. Later, it became a 5 part of daily life. Stage 2: The standstill period Stage 2 lasted until 2013. China’s prepared food industry grew 6 because there was no great development in the food processing technology. Stage 3: The period of rapid growth The development of the take-out industry has increased the need for convenient food and made prepared food grow 7 . It becomes more popular as people’s lifestyles 8 . Its convenience helps people 9 time or cooking skills. Conclusion It’s 10 to find a good balance among the nutritional quality, health standards and the environmental influence. 【答案】 1. Development 2. started 3. main 4. offered/provided 5. common 6. slowly 7. quickly/rapidly/fast 8. change 9. without 10. important 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了中国预制菜行业的发展历程、快速增长的原因及面临的相关担忧，并强调需平衡各方因素以促进行业未来的发展。 1. 通读全文，文章主要介绍了中国预制菜行业的发展历程（三个阶段），故表格第一行主题为“中国预制菜行业的发展”，development“发展”符合，首字母大写，故填Development。 2. 根据“The history of prepared food can go back to ancient times”可知，预制菜的历史“开始”于很久以前，start“开始”符合，时态为一般过去时，动词用过去式，故填started。 3. 根据“China’s prepared food industry has a late start and has mainly gone through a three-stage development process.”可知，是“主要的”三个阶段，main“主要的”符合语境，故填main。 4. 根据“prepared food mainly appeared in some restaurants to meet the needs of busy city life and changing dietary patterns.”可知，餐厅“提供”预制菜，offer/ provide“提供”符合，时态为一般过去时，动词用过去式，故填offered/provided。 5. 根据“Over time, it could be found everywhere and entered people’s daily lives.”可知，预制菜成为日常生活中“常见的”一部分，common“常见的”符合语境，故填common。 6. 根据“During this period, the prepared food industry in China went through slow growth”可知，行业“缓慢地”增长，slow“缓慢的”符合，此处用副词修饰动词grew，故填slowly。 7. 根据“Stage three marked a period of rapid growth”可知，预制菜行业“快速地”发展，quickly/rapidly/fast“快速地”符合语境，副词修饰动词grow，故填quickly/rapidly/fast。 8. 根据“Changes in people’s lifestyles have further sped up this direction.”可知，随着生活方式的“改变”，预制菜更受欢迎，change“改变”符合语境，时态为一般现在时，主语是复数，谓语动词用原形。故填change。 9. 根据“For people who have no time or cooking skills to prepare meals, prepared food has become a convenient solution to the fast-paced nature of modern life.”可知，预制菜帮助“没有”时间或烹饪技能的人，without“没有”符合语境，故填without。 10. 根据“Achieving a balance among these considerations, while keeping the convenience, taste, and safety of the food, is of great importance for the future of the precooked food industry.”可知，在营养品质、健康标准以及环境影响之间找到一个良好的平衡是很重要的，important“重要的”符合语境，形容词作表语。故填important。 Passage 12 Maps mark seas, countries, cities and our homes, and guide us through the world. To know them better, let’s take a look at how maps have changed over the centuries. Many ancient countries used maps. One of the first is thought to have been drawn on the wall in Lascaux, France, around 16,500 years ago. Hidden among the drawings of birds and bulls (公牛) is a map of the stars. The Babylonian Map of the World is the oldest known earthly map, which shows Babylon and its neighbouring towns on the stone. Claudius Ptolemy made maps go worldwide. Born in Egypt around 100 CE, he was the first person to try to make a world map.With the help of Maths, Ptolemy marked around 10,000 locations from Britain to Asia and Africa. Perhaps the most commonly used world map is the Mercator projection. It was introduced in 1569 by Gerardus Mercator. An important part of maps is the imaginary lines of longitude, latitude and the equator (赤道). Mercator took the globe and made it flat, but to do this, he had to make the areas further north and south larger, while the areas nearer the middle stay about the right size. The reason for this is that the Earth is like a ball, but a map is flat. It is easy to find places, but some people said it was unfair because places, including Canada, the UK and Europe, appeared much bigger than they really were. In the 19th and 20th centuries, modern technology allowed mapmakers to produce maps showing locations exactly. Today, many people view maps on their phones. Researchers are working to map the floor of the oceans and to locate every tree on Earth. Scientists are also trying to map the past by using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). This invention will collect light from stars and may find the secrets about the beginning of the universe (宇宙). The 1 of Maps Maps provide us with information of 2 . Ancient maps * One of the first maps is a map of the 3 from around 16,500 years ago. * The 4 earthly map is the Babylonian Map of the World. 5 maps * The first world map was drawn by using 6 . * The imaginary lines introduced to the Mercator Projection made it most commonly used, but it still needed 7 . Maps and 8 technology * Maps can be used on the 9 . * Maps can help us know more about the 10 and the universe through JWST. 【答案】 1. History/Development/Changes 2. geography 3. stars 4. oldest 5. World 6. Maths 7. improvement/improving 8. modern 9. phones 10. Earth 【导语】本文主要介绍了地图在几个世纪以来的发展演变，从古代的星图、最古老的地球地图，到托勒密的世界地图、墨卡托投影地图，再到现代技术支持下的精准地图，展现了地图如何帮助我们认识世界、探索宇宙。 1. 通读全文，文章主要介绍了地图的历史演变，故表格主题为“地图的历史/发展/变化”，History/Development/Changes均符合，首字母大写。故填History/Development/Changes。 2. 根据“Maps mark seas, countries,cities and our homes…”可知，地图提供地理信息，geography“地理”符合语境。故填geography。 3. 根据“One of the first is thought to have been drawn on the wall in Lascaux, France, around 16,500 years ago. Hidden among the drawings of birds and bulls is a map of the stars.”可知，最早的地图之一是星图。故填stars。 4. 根据“The Babylonian Map of the World is the oldest known earthly map…”可知，巴比伦世界地图是最古老的地球地图，oldest“最古老的”。故填oldest。 5. 根据第三、四、五段可知本部分主要介绍世界地图的发展，文中提到“he was the first person to try to make a world map”和“the most commonly used world map is the Mercator projection”，均围绕world map展开，故填World。 6. 根据“With the help of Maths, Ptolemy marked around 10,000 locations from Britain to Asia and Africa.”可知，第一幅世界地图是用数学绘制的。故填Maths。 7. 根据“it was unfair because places, including Canada, the UK and Europe,appeared much bigger than they really were”可知，墨卡托投影地图仍需改进, improvement“改进”，名词或improving“改进”，动名词，均符合语境。故填improvement/improving。 8. 根据“modern technology allowed mapmakers to produce maps showing locations exactly”可知，此处指现代技术。故填modern。 9. 根据“Today, many people view maps on their phones.”可知，地图可在手机上使用。故填phones。 10. 根据“Researchers are working to map the floor of the oceans and to locate every tree on Earth.”可知，地图帮助我们更多地了解地球。故填Earth。 25 / 25乐思英语 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $考前特训 期中考 任务型阅读 仿真模拟 考前特训（江苏专用） 学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________ 特 训 范 围 Unit 1 Past and present Unit 2 Amazing China Unit 3 The world at one click Unit 4 A good read Passage 1 根据短文内容完成表格，每空一词。 Long before Hollywood aliens visited, Devils Tower had become a symbol of beauty and culture of eastern Wyoming, a state in the United States. Named America’s first national monument (纪念区) by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1906, Devils Tower has been around for thousands of years. The rock is about 264 meters tall and 305 meters wide and can be seen from 160 kilometers away on a clear day. After it appeared in the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind in 1977, about 500,000 visitors come to Devils Tower every year. Devils Tower is also famous as “Bear’s Home”. There’s an interesting story behind it. Two lost boys came across Mato, a big bear. They prayed for help. Then, the ground rose from under them, taking them 1,000 feet high into the air. However, Mato tried to get at the boys, leaving scratches (抓痕) all over the rock. Finally, the big eagle (鹰) Wanablee saved the boys off the top. When you visit Devils Tower in the summer, the line can be a little long, especially at noon. As you enter the park, you’ll pass through a large prairie dog town. And then, don’t forget to visit the “Wind Circle” sculpture (雕塑) there. It’s the work of a Japanese artist, and it’s really great. After that, you can begin your climbing. Since the mid 1890s, Devils Tower has been one of the most popular and challenging climbing places in the United States. And climbers may meet snakes, birds or some other animals, but don’t hurt them. Every June, there are some important events, so climbers can’t go climbing during that time. So add this place to your travel list. It is worth a visit. Devils Tower Basic information ☆It’s in Wyoming, 1 . ☆It is the 2 US national monument. ☆The rock is about 264 meters in 3 and 305 meters wide ☆The “Wind Circle” sculpture in it is made by an artist from   4 . A 5 ☆Bear Mato went after two boys. ☆The rock grew with the boys on top of it, ☆Mato scratched the rock and the boys were 6 by Wanablee. Popularity ☆It became more popular because of a 7 . ☆About 500,000 visitors 8 Devils Tower every year. ☆It has been one of the most popular and challenging 9 places in the United States since the mid 1890s. ☆It isn’t 10 to climbers every June. Passage 2 Last summer holiday, my family and I went to Beijing for a vacation. We went to many places of interest, but it was Peking University that touched my heart deeply. Peking University is one of the best universities in China. We entered the school from the east gate. There are many traditional buildings at the university. Boya Pagoda (博雅塔) is a typical example of traditional Chinese architecture (建筑). We then walked to Weiming Lake. The lake is a popular spot at the university. The word “weiming” means “without being named” in Chinese. Many students like to walk around the lake. In winter, the lake is frozen. Students can walk or skate on the frozen lake. As we walked around in the school, we saw some modern teaching buildings, classrooms and dorms (学生宿舍). There are also museums and libraries at the university. Inside the libraries, many students were busy learning. They gave up their summer holiday and spent every minute learning. They are the future of our country. We really love the beautiful campus, rich history, achievements (成就) in culture and the hard-working students of Peking University. I hope I can enter Peking University for further study when I grow up. The place that I was most 1 in Peking University is one of the best universities in China. It is famous for its traditional buildings and 2 history. Inside Peking University Boya Pagoda is a typical example of traditional Chinese architecture. Weiming Lake is a popular place, and students enjoy 3 around it. They often walk or skate on the frozen lake when winter 4 . There are modern teaching buildings, classrooms, dorms, 5 and libraries. The students in Peking University are really 6 . They didn’t want to 7 a minute during the summer holiday. My 8 about Peking University I love everything in Peking University and I hope to 9 at Peking University when I 10 high school. Passage 3 What forms of transportation would you prefer when you travel—planes, trains or cars? All of the above will be improved with 5G technology. Gacha, the world’s first all-weather robot bus in Finland, is a good example. Telecoms company Nokia has set 5G transmitters (信号发射器) in 15 lamp posts along a route. These transmitters are then used to control buses, making them driverless and work perfectly even under difficult conditions—rain, snow or mud. There are also 5G roads. These roads have 5G transmitters and cameras. They can provide many services. For example, the roads can tell electric car drivers where the nearest charging station (充电站) is. In Seoul, a smart management system is being used in one of the city’s underground stations. This system has many smart features, including a 3D map, sensors (传感器) and a modern camera system that make the station more efficient (高效的) and safer. Even airplanes will become smart in the near future. Airbus, one of the world’s biggest airplane makers, is working on new planes that will have many sensors and 5G transmitters. The sensors will keep track of (了解……的动态) many things, such as whether the toilet needs to be refilled with soap, or whether passengers have fastened their seat belts. We believe that 5G will bring a brighter future for smart travelling. 5G technology makes travelling smart Robot bus ● The robot bus is 1 Gacha. It is the world’s first all-weather robot bus. ● Nokia has set 5G transmitters in lamp posts along a route. These transmitters control the buses that have no 2 . They can work even under difficult 3 conditions. 5G roads ● These roads have 5G transmitters and cameras. They can 4 many services to people. ● Electric car drivers can 5 the nearest charging station through the roads. Management system ● A smart management system is being used in one of 6 underground stations. ● This system makes the station more efficient and safer 7 a 3D map, sensors and a modern camera system. Airplanes ● Airbus is making 8 planes that will have many sensors and 5G transmitters. ● The sensors will keep track of many things—whether the toilet needs 9 with soap, or whether passengers have fastened their seat belts. We believe that 5G will make the 10 of smart travelling brighter. Passage 4 阅读下面的短文，并根据所读内容，在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。（注意：每个空格只填一个单词） World Book Day was set up by the UNESCO in 1995. It is held on 23rd April every year to encourage people of all ages, especially teenagers to enjoy the pleasant time of reading. World Book Day calls on people to turn off the TV, put away the video games and enjoy reading. World Book Day encourages people everywhere to organize their own activities to promote (促进) reading. In a school, students read a page from a book that they like best. In a workplace, workers join an after-work book club. Old people can reread the book that helps them in their lives. Many countries celebrate World Book Day. On that day, millions of school children in the UK can buy books of special price, a much lower price than usual, in any bookstore. It has been done every year since 1998. In China, some libraries provide some special shelves. There the book-lovers can exchange their books and joy by taking others’ books home while offering some of their own. Schools organize students to exchange their ideas about reading. Through the activities on World Book Day, people can see more clearly the importance of reading. Books give us knowledge and help us know more and better about the world around us. Books offer us inspiration (灵感) so we can have ideas for making or designing things that we didn’t have before. Book, magazines, newspapers and other kinds of reading materials can help us to improve ourselves. So we need to spend time reading not only on World Book Day but also every day. World Book Day 1 of World Book Day ● To encourage people of all ages to enjoy the 2 of reading. ● To call on people to read books 3 of watching TV or playing video games. 4 to promote reading ● Students choose their 5 books to read in a school. ● Workers join book clubs after work. ● Old people reread some helpful books. ● In the UK, school children pay 6 money for a book than usual on World Book Day. ● In China, book-lovers take others’ books and offer their 7 books to exchange books and joy in some libraries. Importance of reading ● Books 8 knowledge for us and help us understand the world better. ● They give us inspirations to help us make or 9 new things. ● Different kinds of reading materials can help make us perfect. Conclusion ● We need to read on World Book Day. ● It’s also 10 for us to get into the daily reading habit. Passage 5 A good book can teach you things beyond (超出) your class. It can open your eyes and clear your minds. If you want to get into a good reading habit, there are a number of ways to develop it. Plan your time You should give yourself at least thirty minutes in all for reading every day. When time is set, nothing can change it. For example, you should keep a good reading habit during breakfast or lunch time. Always carry a book Wherever you go, take a book with you. When you leave the house, you should always carry a good book as well as your school things. Remember that a book always stays with you. Find a quiet place Find a place in your home where you can sit in a comfortable chair. When you read a book, no one will trouble you. There should be no television, computer, music or even noisy family members around you. Have a library day Have a library card, and you read as many good books as possible in the library. Go on a trip to the library every week, you can save a lot of money. Blog it One of the best ways to develop a good reading habit is to put it on your blog. If you don’t have one, create one. It’s free. Ask your friends and family to go there to share your ideas and offer you suggestions. Title Some ways to have a good reading 1 Plan your time You should read at least 2 an hour every day. Make it a habit to 3 during breakfast or lunch time. Always carry a book Don’t 4 to carry a book with you wherever you go. Find a quiet place Find a place at home 5 a comfortable chair and without televisions. 6 , music or noisy people around you. Have a 7 day It is very cheap way to read good books in the library. Go on a(n) 8 trip to the library. Blog it It 9 no money to create a blog. Your friends and family can share your ideas and 10 you with some suggestions online. Passage 6 根据短文内容在文章后表格中的空白处填入一个最恰当的词，每空一词。 Raden works in a library in Germany. She has a project—lending books to children in exchange for waste they collect. Raden likes her job. Raden rides her three-wheeler (三轮车) with books at the back to the village from Mondays to Fridays. There, many children are waiting to exchange books with old cups, bags and other useless things. When she arrives, the children gather around her three-wheeler, the “Litter Library”, and the books fly out quickly. Raden collects about 100 kg of waste each week. She has more than 6,000 books to lend and plans to go to more places, too. Raden’s project is a new way to increase (增加) kids’ reading. She is happy that it will take the kids more time to read books than to play online games as a result. She thinks that it can help build a culture of reading from young age. The project is also a way to clean up the environment. It can help to take care of the waste to fight climate (气候) change and to protect the earth. Kevin is a reader of the “Litter Library”. He’s 11 years old. He often looks for waste lying in the village. “When there is too much waste, our environment will become dirty and it’s not healthy. That’s why I look for waste to borrow a book,” he says. More and more people realize that it’s important for kids to read and protect the environment. That must be good news to Raden. Raden’s project—the Litter Library About Redan ● Her 1 is a librarian in Germany. ● She 2 books to children for waste. About her job ● On 3 , she rides her three-wheeler with books to the village. ● Children exchange her books with the 4 they collect. ● She has 5 6,000 books to lend and plans to go to more places, too. ● She is happy that the kids will 6 more time on books than online games as a result. About the purposes ● To make the kids 7 more—build a culture of reading from young age. ● To 8 up the environment—fight climate change and make the earth 9 . About the effect (效果) ● More and more people know the 10 of reading in kids and protecting the environment. Passage 7 根据短文内容完成表格，每空一词。 A scenic (风景优美的) two-hour drive out of London city, in England, leads to a lovely, historical town in the country. The town is named Stratford-upon-Avon. It is famous because William Shakespeare was born here in 1564. Shakespeare grew up in this town and lived in a house near the river. He wrote many poems and plays. People still enjoy his work today. Stratford-upon-Avon means the crossing of the River Avon. Bridge Street leads into the town. It is very wide and goes all the way through the town to the old bridge across the River Avon. The river runs through the town and many of the famous buildings are along the banks of this river. Along the river, one can visit the homes where Shakespeare, his mother and children lived. These are all museums now. They have the same furniture and household things from Shakespeare’s time. Further along the walk, there is a stunning garden. The Bancroft Garden has lovely lawns and flowers. There are some statues (雕塑) of William Shakespeare in the garden. The garden is in front of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. Here, they will perform many of Shakespeare’s plays. Walking back along the town roads is an easy walk. The roads are in a square grid pattern, so it is easy to find places. Many of the buildings are old and have been fixed up; they still look like they did many years ago. They are painted black and white and look very neat. Some buildings still have the old-style wavy roofs. Before you leave this town, you have to visit Holy Trinity Church, where Shakespeare was buried (埋葬). You can also see the church if you do a boat trip, as the church is on the bank of the River Avon. A day trip to this beautiful town is very special. You will learn a lot about Shakespeare and about life in those times. The introduction to Stratford-upon-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon is a town with a long 1 . It’s famous because it is Shakespeare’s 2 . Shakespeare 3 many famous poems and plays, and people still enjoy them today. Many of the famous buildings are on 4 bank of the river. The homes where Shakespeare, his mother and children lived all have 5 museums now. The Bancroft Garden is a stunning garden 6 lovely lawns and flowers and some statues of William Shakespeare. It’s not 7 to walk back along the town roads because they are in a square grid pattern. Many of the buildings are old and have been fixed up. But they still remain (保持) the 8 as they did many years ago. You have to visit Holy Trinity Church, where Shakespeare was buried before 9 this town. Conclusion A day trip to this beautiful town is special and you can learn 10 about Shakespeare and about life in those times. Passage 8 What is your perfect vacation? Popular trips include relaxing on a warm beach. Or they involve sightseeing in a beautiful city. Increasingly, though, many of us don’t want to just visit a place. We want to experience it. Experiential travel allows us to get closer to local people and their culture. For example, experiential travellers might stay a few weeks with local hosts. They might take classes to learn a craft. In other words, these travellers immerse (沉浸) themselves in a different culture. One such trip is in Fujian. There, a small group of travellers meet with a local fisherman. They learn how to fix nets and throw them into the water. They can fish together. Afterwards, they all cook and eat a meal with the fisherman's family. Experiential travel helps people become better citizens. First of all, it lets them understand a place more deeply than tourists usually do. As one traveller says, traditional travel is“like” studying science without ever doing a scientific experiment. Since they often stay and work in one place, travellers learn more about the lives of local people. It exposes (使接触到) them to different ways of living and working. Experiential travellers often make life-long friends with local people. They stay in touch after the trip has finished. Experiential travel helps travellers—and local people—feel like they are part of a global community. You don’t need to use a travel company to get the benefits of experiential travel. You can do it by yourself. You can ask local people questions when you travel. Ask a driver about her life. You can also join a soccer game in the street. Listening to people’s stories and interacting (交流) with local people will change your understanding of the place you are visiting. Experiential travel What Experience 1 life when travelling. Why Help people become better citizens Encouraging them to have a deeper 2 of a place. Improving their 3 about how local people live. Making it 4 for them to experience different ways of living and working. Making lasting 5 between travellers and local people. Helping them feel like they 6 global community. How Do it 7 . Your idea Think of an experiential trip in Nanjing for your friend. Place: 8 is a good place for experiential travel. Activity 1: 9 Activity 2: 10 Passage 9 阅读下面短文，根据所读内容，在文章空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填一个单词。 For over 100 years, it is convenient (方便的) for people to go from one place to another by taxi. But sometimes there are no taxis coming to the place you are waiting. However, this has become a thing of the past since Uber app appeared. What is Uber Uber is an American company that provides a taxi service through an app on the smartphone. It was set up in March, 2009 and has grown quickly. An app, in fact, is a computer program working on smartphones, computers and other communication devices. By using your smartphone, it’s easy for you to order a taxi that takes you to any place. Uber app makes you feel good The nicest thing about Uber app is that you can see the place your taxi is or how long it will take to arrive at your place on your smartphone screen. And when you wait for the taxi, you can call or send messages to the driver because Uber app will give you the telephone number of the driver. Uber taxis are always available(可获得的) Uber is always there 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. If you want to go somewhere, you can easily open Uber app at home or anywhere in the open air, then it connects you to the nearest driver. Usually it takes only between 5 and 15 minutes to get a Uber taxi by using Uber app. The advantages of Uber Many people like Uber because it is simple and very user-friendly. You are not related to(与……有关) a taxi company. If you are not happy with the ride and the driver, you can write complaints and give the driver a low score through Uber app, so Uber taxi drivers usually serve well. Generally speaking, Uber is simple and time-saving, and most importantly, it is very easy to use. The cost of a Uber taxi At Uber, the payment is easy through your bank card. How much you need to pay depends on the country and the city that you are in. There is no doubt (疑问) that Uber taxis are much cheaper than taxis you used to take. Uber 1 People’s Life More Convenient Brief (简要的) introduction ◆It is a company that provides a taxi service through an app on the smartphone. ◆It was set up in March, 2009 in the USA and has grown quickly. ◆You can order a taxi to take you to any place 2 . Good 3 Uber app brings you ◆The nicest thing is that you can see 4 your taxi is or how long it will take to reach your place. ◆The telephone number of the driver is shown in Uber app, so you can call or send messages to the driver while 5 . Uber taxis available ◆If you want to go somewhere, you can easily open Uber app at home or anywhere in the open air, then it can 6 you to the nearest driver with its help. ◆It’s usual for you to 7 between 5 and 15 minutes getting a Uber taxi by using Uber app. Advantages ◆You have nothing to do with a taxi company. ◆You can complain about the driver if you are not 8 with the ride and the driver. Generally speaking, Uber is simple and time-saving. ◆The most 9 advantage is that it is very easy to use. Cost ◆At Uber, the payment is easy through your bank card. ◆It’s certain that Uber taxis cost much 10 than the taxis you used to take. Passage 10 阅读并根据下面的短文，在表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。 Sage of calligraphy Wang Xizhi was born in Linyi of Shandong Province. He served as a general and officer in the Jin Dynasty, and was a famous calligrapher. Wang is still known as the calligraphy sage (圣人). Wang’s uncles and cousins were all famous calligraphers of their time. At seven, Wang began a systematic (系统性的) study of calligraphy under a female calligrapher, WeiShuo. He kept copying the Wei-style calligraphy for years and learned much from the works of calligraphers. To practise calligraphy, wherever he went, he would try to find out the styles of previous calligraphers and copy them, through collecting many calligraphic materials. There were writing brushes, ink sticks and ink stones in his study, yard and even outside the toilet. Whenever he thought of a well-structured character, he would write it down right away. Wang wrote with smoothness and grandness (宏伟). Some people have described his calligraphy as “the dragon jumping over the heavenly gate and the tiger lying in the palace of the phoenix (凤凰)”. Wang was good at many types of calligraphy but the xingshu-style Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Collection (《兰亭集序》) is the most popular of his works. There is a story behind this work. In 353, Wang invited famous people to get together at a party with 41 guests at the Orchid Pavilion, where they drank. The guests were asked to write poems. The poems were collected, and Wang wrote Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Collection on his own, describing how happy these men were. Wang’s talent in calligraphy was brought into full play during it. The Song Dynasty scholar Mi Fu called Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Collection the world’s best work in xingshu style. It’s said that Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty treasured the work and had it buried in his tomb. Wang left behind calligraphic works, and Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Collection is one of them. The Sage of Calligraphy Wang Xizhi The 1 to Wang Xizhi His life 2 and family background · being born into a family of calligraphers · working 3 a general and an officer · 4 calligraphy at 7 under Wei Shuo · copying for years and learning from the works His Calligraphy style · practising frequently, and recording his 5 at any time and place. · praising his calligraphy as “the dragon jumping over the heavenly gate and the tiger lying in the palace to the phoenix”. Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Collection The 6 of the work · In 353, Wang hosted a party at the Orchid Pavilion. His guests drank and wrote poems before Wang 7 wrote preface to the collection. · It shows the happy scene of these men and Wang’s calligraphy 8 . The influence of the work · Song Dynasty Mi Fu praised that no works can be 9 with Preface to Orchid Pavilion collection. · Tang Dynasty Emperor Taizong thought it was so 10 to him that he had it buried with him. Passage 11 阅读并根据下面的短文，在表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。 The history of prepared food can go back to ancient times when early humans used methods like drying, smoking, and salting to keep food, so that they could get something to eat during food shortages. In modern times, China’s prepared food industry has a late start and has mainly gone through a three-stage development process. In stage one, which began around 2000, prepared food mainly appeared in some restaurants to meet the needs of busy city life and changing dietary patterns. Over time, it could be found everywhere and entered people’s daily lives. Stage two, known as the standstill (停滞) period, lasted until 2013. During this period, the prepared food industry in China went through slow growth because the food processing technology did not have any great improvements. Stage three marked a period of rapid growth that started in 2014 with the development of the take-out industry. The rise of the take-out industry has created a fast increase in the need for convenient food, driving the growth of the prepared food market. Changes in people’s lifestyles have further sped up this direction. For people who have no time or cooking skills to prepare meals, prepared food has become a convenient solution to the fast-paced nature of modern life.   While the rapid growth of the prepared food market in China has provided convenient choices for busy lifestyles, offering different kinds of food from frozen ready-to-eat meals to canned products, worries still stay regarding the nutritional (营养的) quality of precooked food, health standards, and the environmental influence of packing materials, especially when it comes to introducing prepared food into schools. Achieving a balance among these considerations, while keeping the convenience, taste, and safety of the food, is of great importance for the future of the precooked food industry. 1 of China’s prepared food industry Introduction of the topic The history of prepared food 2 a long time ago. In China, prepared food started late and has developed through three 3 stages. Stage 1: Around 2000 Restaurants 4 prepared food to suit the busy lives and new eating habits of city people. Later, it became a 5 part of daily life. Stage 2: The standstill period Stage 2 lasted until 2013. China’s prepared food industry grew 6 because there was no great development in the food processing technology. Stage 3: The period of rapid growth The development of the take-out industry has increased the need for convenient food and made prepared food grow 7 . It becomes more popular as people’s lifestyles 8 . Its convenience helps people 9 time or cooking skills. Conclusion It’s 10 to find a good balance among the nutritional quality, health standards and the environmental influence. Passage 12 Maps mark seas, countries, cities and our homes, and guide us through the world. To know them better, let’s take a look at how maps have changed over the centuries. Many ancient countries used maps. One of the first is thought to have been drawn on the wall in Lascaux, France, around 16,500 years ago. Hidden among the drawings of birds and bulls (公牛) is a map of the stars. The Babylonian Map of the World is the oldest known earthly map, which shows Babylon and its neighbouring towns on the stone. Claudius Ptolemy made maps go worldwide. Born in Egypt around 100 CE, he was the first person to try to make a world map.With the help of Maths, Ptolemy marked around 10,000 locations from Britain to Asia and Africa. Perhaps the most commonly used world map is the Mercator projection. It was introduced in 1569 by Gerardus Mercator. An important part of maps is the imaginary lines of longitude, latitude and the equator (赤道). Mercator took the globe and made it flat, but to do this, he had to make the areas further north and south larger, while the areas nearer the middle stay about the right size. The reason for this is that the Earth is like a ball, but a map is flat. It is easy to find places, but some people said it was unfair because places, including Canada, the UK and Europe, appeared much bigger than they really were. In the 19th and 20th centuries, modern technology allowed mapmakers to produce maps showing locations exactly. Today, many people view maps on their phones. Researchers are working to map the floor of the oceans and to locate every tree on Earth. Scientists are also trying to map the past by using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). This invention will collect light from stars and may find the secrets about the beginning of the universe (宇宙). The 1 of Maps Maps provide us with information of 2 . Ancient maps * One of the first maps is a map of the 3 from around 16,500 years ago. * The 4 earthly map is the Babylonian Map of the World. 5 maps * The first world map was drawn by using 6 . * The imaginary lines introduced to the Mercator Projection made it most commonly used, but it still needed 7 . Maps and 8 technology * Maps can be used on the 9 . * Maps can help us know more about the 10 and the universe through JWST. 16 / 16乐思英语 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $