Whenever we see something new, we wish to write it down in one form or another. We will be happier if we share our experience with others. Then _______can we write better travel stories? The following may be helpful.

Memory and notes

Don’t believe your _______.You may have a good memory, but is it possible for you to remember _______ ? You are seeing and hearing so much information _______ you’re on a trip. When you return to write about your travel stories, you may_______something. So you should make notes, take photographs, and if _______, take videos. In this way, you can describe your travel _______missing anything.

Photographs and your stories

Photographs are very useful for you to remember what you have seen. As you see the photographs, you can describe your experiences _______. When you are writing about your travel stories, make sure they are not too short as your reader may not get the full impression(印象) of them and make sure they are not _______long that the readers may get bored.

Popular factors(因素)

Make sure your stories have popular factors and the readers will find your travel stories not only pleasant to read, but useful as well. Popular factors are __________ to eat, places to stay and the things to look out for while travelling. They should also include what you’ve found useful and the things you miss so much.

1.A.what B.how C.when D.which

2.A.feeling B.hobby C.memory D.habit

3.A.anything B.something C.nothing D.everything

4.A.while B.until C.before D.unless

5.A.provide B.design C.forget D.invent

6.A.possible B.important C.relaxing D.special

7.A.through B.including C.except D.without

8.A.simple B.easily C.softly D.politely

9.A.so B.very C.too D.quite

10.A.wine B.menu C.food D.clothes

When I was in primary school, I got into a major argument(爭論) with a boy named Michael in my class. I have forgotten what the argument was about, but I have never forgotten the lesson I learned that day.

I was convinced that I was right and he was wrong, and Michael was just as convinced that I was wrong and he was right. The teacher decided to teach us a very important lesson. She brought us up to the front of the class, placed Michael on one side of her desk and me on the other. In the middle of her desk was a large, round object. I could clearly see that it was black. And she asked Michael what color the object was, “White,” he answered.

I couldn’t believe he said the object was white, when it was obviously black! Another argument started between Michael and me, this time about the color of the object.

The teacher told me to go stand where Michael was standing and told him to come and stand where I had been. We changed places, and now she asked me what the color of the object was. I had to answer, “White.” It was an object with two differently colored sides, and from his viewpoint（視角）it was white. Only from my side it was black.

My teacher taught me a very important lesson that day. You must stand in the other person’s shoes and look at the situation through their eyes in order to truly understand their perspective.

1.What was the argument about between the author(作者) and Michael at first?

A.The color of the object. B.The answer of a math question.

C.The author was not sure. D.The time of beginning class.

2.The author feel ________ when he heard Michael’s answer.

A.happy B.unbelievable C.tired D.helpless

3.What’s the meaning of the word underlined in Paragraph 2?

A.確信 B.辯解 C.懷疑 D.猜測

4.What did the teacher put in the middle of her desk?

A.A round and colorful object. B.A white and black bottle.

C.An object with two mirrors D.An object with two colors.

Every day of the week has its own color. Here’s what colors days show.

Monday is like a white paper for you to picture anything you want. On Monday almost everyone chooses to close their mouth to be silent and wait for something. So it’s white.

Tuesday is light gray. As you might have already guessed, Tuesday is more interesting than the first day of the week. It means that the white paper starts getting some colors on it.

Wednesday is red because you’re in the middle to start an exciting weekend. You should meet friends and have fun together on the day. So this day is with colorful activities.

Thursday is dark gray. Thursday shows a condition of mind that suffers from the difficult tasks and expects Friday.

Brown is a color full of surprises. Friday is brown because this day is full of things that are interesting and exciting.

Green should be a favorite color. The same goes about Saturday because it’s people’s favorite day of the week. You’re free today and will be free tomorrow too. Green color helps people relax.

Sunday is orange. It’s bright. As the weekend comes to its end, people try to do everything, so this day fills with fun. Sunday evening is also the best time to have a deep talk with others.

1.Which day shows the red color?

A.Tuesday. B.Wednesday. C.Thursday. D.Friday.

2.What does the underlined phrase “suffer from” mean in Chinese?

A.受迫害 B.使化解 C.使冒險 D.受折磨

3.From the passage, we can know that ______.

A.Monday is more interesting than Tuesday

B.Thursday is the most difficult day of all

C.Saturday is green, so it helps people’s eyes

D.Sunday afternoon is a better time to talk deeply

4.This passage mainly talks about ______.

A.different colors and feelings B.what you can do in a week

C.the colors of every day of a week D.how colors affect feelings

5.Where are we most likely to find this type of passage?

A.In a book about life. B.On a traveling website.

C.In a magazine about food. D.In a morning newspaper.

There are hundreds of marathons (馬拉松) held around the world each year, from the North Pole to the Sahara Desert. Here are some of the biggest and the best.

1.According to the passage, the London Marathon is ______.

A.the earliest B.the coolest C.held in winter D.the best at raising money

2.How many people finished the first New York City Marathon?

A.About 5,000. B.Over 50,000. C.Nearly 10,000. D.55.

3.The idea of the Boston Marathon was born thanks to the marathon held in _______.

A.1896 B.1897 C.1898 D.1900

4.How long is the history of the world’s coolest marathon?

A.16 years. B.17 years. C.35 years. D.46 years.

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Don’t be too surprised if you see a car going down the road without a driver in Beijing these days. 1.Last month, Baidu began to test its self-driving cars on open roads in Beijing.

Self-driving cars began to develop in 2010. Since then, companies like Tesla, Uber and Baidu have been working to produce and test their own self-driving cars.

Self-driving cars are safer than regular cars. 2.They can remove the stress of driving and allow disabled or blind people to get around more easily.

3.In one test, researchers pointed a laser pointer(激光棒) at the car's sensors(傳感器) while it was moving. The car mistakenly thought that the laser beam was in its way and slowed down or changed the direction. The software that is used to direct the cars may not be safe enough. 4.When we use our computers or smart phones, they sometimes crash (崩潰) without any reason. But if this happened to a self-driving car, the results could be deadly. Improvements to the software could be a solution to this problem.

A．At times, it may break down.

B．But self-driving cars have their own problems as well.

C．And they are more environmentally friendly than regular cars.

D．It might be one of Baidu’s self-driving cars

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請將答案寫在答題卡的相應(yīng)位置上。每空限填一詞，每詞限用一次。方框中有兩個詞是多余的。

passenger, rise, exciting, smile, raise, water, land, until, wonder, high, but, I

passenger, rise, exciting, smile, raise, water, land, until, wonder, high, but, I

I climbed a hill so that I could be in a cloud. I kept climbing until I reached the top of the cloud. I looked down and saw my friends waving to me. The cloud began1.up. I found myself rising with the cloud. The cloud kept rising higher and higher2. I felt like I was touching the sky.

The cloud was very soft. I 3. what it tasted like. Oh! It was cotton candy.

It was 4. to look at everything down below. The cloud took me over an amusement park. I could see kids riding a Ferris wheel, roller coaster, merry-go-round, and other rides. The roller coaster didn’t look so big and scary from up 5..

There was so much 6.. There were many ponds, rivers, lakes, and even swimming pools. When the cloud took me over the ocean, I wondered when I would see 7. again. When I passed a huge ship, I waved to the 8. on board.

My favorite site was a castle in England. I said hello to the princess (公主), and she waved and 9. at me.

I knew it was time for 10. to go home. When the cloud reached a rainbow (彩虹), I stepped off the cloud onto the rainbow. I slid down the rainbow and landed in my backyard.

閱讀短文，根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容回答問題。

Everyone can change the world

What can we do to help protect the environment? It seems useless to just pick up a piece of trash (垃圾), but what will happen if you keep doing it every day? Tommy Kleyn, an ordinary man from the Netherlands, may give you the answer.

Tommy Kleyn walked past a polluted river on his way to work every day. It used to be a beautiful view, but the trash on the bank made it dirty and smelly. So Tommy decided to pick up the trash along the river a little bit at a time after work. “It took me about 30 minutes to fill one garbage(垃圾) bag with trash, but one garbage bag didn't seem helpful in a place as polluted as this. I decided to fill one bag of trash each day as I passed by," Tommy said. Every day, Tommy took pictures of the river and shared them on his Facebook page. To his surprise, in just six days, he had made great progress with his cleanup effort(努力). He felt happy and kept doing it. Gradually, more and more people knew about Tommy's story. Other people in the community began following in his footsteps and cleaning up trash on their way home, too.

“The idea is to encourage people to fill one garbage bag with litter each day. It only takes 30 minutes, but it really makes a difference and you will be amazed at how good you feel afterwards," he said.

People from all over the world have been moved and inspired(激發(fā)) by Tommy's story. No effort is useless if we keep doing it every day. Ordinary people like you and me can also make a difference to the world we live in if we take actions right now.

1.Did Tommy Kleyn walk past a polluted river on his way to work every day?

2.What did Tommy decide to do after work?

3.Where did Tommy share the pictures of the river that he took?

4.Who began following in Tommy’s footsteps and cleaning up trash?

5.What can you learn from the story?

翻譯

1.空氣污染變得越來越糟糕。

The air pollution is getting_________ .

2.我們應(yīng)該對幫助我們的人心存感激。

We should___________ the people who helped us.

3.學(xué)生們渴望知識。

Students________knowledge.

4.當(dāng)你離開房間的時候，不要忘記關(guān)燈。

Don’t forget ____________ the lights when you leave the room.

5.青少年應(yīng)該遠(yuǎn)離網(wǎng)絡(luò)。

6.我們應(yīng)該對我們的決定負(fù)責(zé)任。

7.在過去的五年里，盤錦發(fā)生了很大的變化。

書面表達(dá)

6月5日是世界環(huán)境保護(hù)日，我們周圍的環(huán)境變得越來越糟糕，污染越來越嚴(yán)重。環(huán)境問題影響著人們的工作，學(xué)習(xí)，生活等，作為學(xué)生，我們應(yīng)如何保護(hù)我們的環(huán)境？請以“How to protect our environment ?”為題寫篇短文。要求至少從3-4 個方面提出建議，80詞左右。

— —I’m OK. Thanks.

A.Hello! B.How are you? C.Hi! D.Good morning!