閱讀短文，并按要求完成文后小題。

Technology is everywhere. Computers and smart phones are at the center of almost everything we do. We text our friends during the day, sleep with our devices by our beds and check our messages as soon as we wake up.

In the future, technology will no longer interrupt(打斷) us all the time. Instead, we will use calm technology—it was first developed by scientist Mark Weiser in the 1970s.

Calm technology works quietly without stopping, at the edge of our attention. We know it is there, but we don't focus on it. According to Mark, the best technology should be invisible(無形的) and let you live your life.

We already use many different types of calm technology in our everyday lives. A smoke alarm checks the air for smoke and quietly keeps you safe. It only reminds you it's there when you've burned your toast! There may be lights at home or school that are sensitive to movement. When somebody passes by their sensor(傳感器), the lights turn on. Even a microwave oven is an example of calm technology. You're not standing at the stovetop heating your food: the microwave is doing it for you.

In the future, our houses will use calm technology to do a lot of things. For example, open the windows for us in the morning, turn down the heat when we leave, or even choose the best music for us. When we walk into the door, our house will turn on the lights, set the heater, and prepare for our dinner!

1.完成句子We often sleep with our devices by our beds and ________________________________ when we wake up.

2.完成句子In the future, technology will no longer_________________________ all the time and we will use calm technology, instead.

3.回答問題What should the best technology be according to Mark?

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4.找出并寫下第四段的主題句 ________________________________________________________________________

5.將文中畫線句子譯成漢語。 ________________________________________________________________________

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容所給提示，在文中的橫線上填寫一個正確的單詞。

When I was tidying up my room yesterday, I found an old box of my father's. He gave it1. me two years ago. It was2.(real) interesting to discover something about my father's life as a child. He once told me about his hobbies as a child. He 3. (write) to people from all over the world, and they sent him letters back. As a result, he had 4. book of stamps. From these s5., he learned a lot a6. famous people and history. People also gave him things from different 7. (country), such as a silk fan from China, a little model car from Germany 8.a small model ship from Australia. My father even kept the tickets from his 9.(one) football match. The box made me think about 10.(I) hobby. I want to keep my old picture books and magazines for a long time , too.

將所給詞語連成句子，標點已給出。

要求:符合語法，語句通順，大小寫正確，詞語不得重復使用。

1.biggest, to, happy, be, our, is, goal

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2.friends, you, are, your, kind, are, to

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3.to, book, please, me, the, pass

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4.teacher’s, she, the, advice, took

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5.a, is, what, day, it, wonderful

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英語課上，同學們正在準備舉行以“真實的自我”為主題的演講活動。請你以李華的名義寫一篇演講詞，向同學們介紹一下自己。

提示:(1) What are your strong points?

(2) How do you improve yourself?

(3) What is your dream for the future?

注意:1. 短文須包括所有提示內(nèi)容，可適當發(fā)揮；

2. 文中不得出現(xiàn)真實的人名、校名和地名；

3. 詞數(shù):80個左右。(開頭和結(jié)尾已經(jīng)給出，不計入總詞數(shù))

Lying comfortably upon a sofa. Harker Brayton smiled as he read that book “Marvels of Science”. Suddenly something in a dark corner of the room___________ his attention. In the shadow,___________ the bed, he noticed two _________of light about an inch apart, shining with a greenish glow. His ___________ was now directed fully to those shining points. There, almost ___________under the foot-rail of the bed he saw the body of a large ___________. The points of light were its ____________! Its ugly head was turned ___________ his direction. The eyes were no longer merely meaningless points of light; they looked into his eyes with evil strength and hate.

Brayton rose to his feet and prepared to back softly away from the snake. At that moment,__________, he felt strangely unwilling to do so. Instead of moving backward as planned, he took a step___________ and then another! The man cried out. The snake made neither sound nor motion, but its evil eyes were shining as if electrified, sending needles of light through the shadows. Something struck his face and chest. He had ___________ to the floor. Brayton lay upon his stomach.

When the doctor was pulling Brayton away, he chanced to look under the ___________. “Good God!” he cried. “A snake!”

He _________out his hands and pulled out the snake, and ___________it to the centre of the room, where it lay without motion. It was a snake made of cloth and filled with cotton. Its eyes were two __________.

1.A.paid B.realized C.attracted D.followed

2.A.on B.in C.by D.under

3.A.points B.rays C.shadows D.room

4.A.way B.attention C.hands D.feet

5.A.right B.left C.very D.much

6.A.mouse B.cat C.dog D.snake

7.A.heads B.eyes C.legs D.hands

8.A.to B.in C.of D.by

9.A.but B.and C.however D.therefore

10.A.forward B.leftward C.rightward D.toward

11.A.dropped B.fallen C.put D.threw

12.A.shoes B.bed C.quilt D.roof

13.A.went B.got C.arrived D.reached

14.A.moved B.carried C.threw D.followed

15.A.bottoms B.buttons C.needles D.rolls

The quick action of Nick helped five people escape a fire on Hope Road. Nick said he usually left his house about 5:30 a.m. to do morning exercises, but that day he decided to stay at home to get his daughter ready for school. As he looked at his neighbor’s house, he realized that it was on fire. “I saw smoke and flames and ran over and started beating on the side of the house, shouting, ‘Your house is on fire! Your house is on fire!’” Nick remembered it was at about 9 a.m. that the firefighters put out the fire.

Beverly Penny and her husband, Clark, along with their younger daughters, were sleeping in the living room next to the kitchen when they heard Nick beating on the walls. She opened the bedroom door and black smoke came in. She managed to get her kids out. Her dog tried to hide under the bed, but Penny caught it by the leg and threw it out of the door. However, chickens in one of the rooms weren’t so lucky.

Firefighters got the call at about 7:05 a.m. “When we arrived with our fire trucks, there were heavy flames outside on the house.” Jerry said. He called Nick a hero, saying that without his quick responses, the result could have been much worse. “The firefighters were fast,” Nick said, “They arrived here within about three minutes.”

“They did a great job and I can’t thank them enough.” Penny said, then looked at what remained in the house and shook her head as tears rolled down in her eyes. “Everything I have is gone. Luckily nobody was hurt in the fire.” She said the fire could have been caused by an electrical problem. “We’ve been having problems with mice, so that we could have had something to do with it.” she added.

1.What do you know about Nick?

A.He left house at 5:30 am that day. B.He has a son who goes to school.

C.He lives next to Beverly Penny. D.He had a day off on Thursday.

2.Which of the following is true?

A.Clark got hurt in the fire. B.Penny’s dog saved her kids.

C.Penny’s dog was killed in the fire. D.Penny’s chickens were killed in the fire.

3.When did the fire break out?

A.At about 5:30 am. B.At about 7 am.

C.At about 8 am. D.At about 9 am.

4.We can infer that ____ __.

A.Jerry is a firefighter B.Jerry found the fire

C.Jerry called the police D.Jerry helped Nick escape the fire

5.According to Penny, which of the following might be criticized(批評) for the fire?

A.Her dog. B.Her husband. C.Her chickens. D.Some mice.

Agatha Christie used to go out at night. She will never forget the night when she met a robber many years ago.

That evening she was invited to a birthday party which lasted till 2 o’clock in the morning. Without company Agatha walked home along the quiet street. Suddenly from the shadow of a dark building, a tall man with a sharp knife in his right hand ran out at her. “Good morning, Lady.” the man said in a low voice, “I don’t think you wish to die here!” “What do you want?” Agatha asked.

“Your earrings. Take them off!” Agatha suddenly had a bright idea. She tried to cover her necklace with the collar(衣領(lǐng)) of her overcoat while she used the other hand to take off both of her earrings, and then she quickly threw them on the ground.

“Take them and let me go.” she said. The robber was uncertain. He saw that the girl didn’t care for the earrings at all, only trying to protect the necklace. He realized the necklace would cost more, so he said, “Give me your necklace.”

“Oh, sir. It’s not worth much. Please let me keep it.”

“Stop talking rubbish. Quick!”

With shaky hands, Agatha took off her necklace. As soon as the robber disappeared, she picked up her earrings and ran as fast as she could to her home.

The earrings cost 480 pounds and the necklace the robber had taken away cost only six pounds ten shillings.

1.What did Agatha come across one night?

A.She met a robber. B.She had a birthday party.

C.She went out running. D.She bought a necklace.

2.Why did she try to protect her necklace?

A.She would rather have it robbed. B.It was more expensive than the earrings.

C.She didn’t want the robber to notice it. D.It was worth keeping because of its value.

3.How did Agatha protect her earrings?

A.Hid them under the collar of her coat. B.Pretended not to care about them.

C.Threw them away in the rubbish. D.Persuaded the robber to give them up.

4.What word can be used to describe Agatha?

A.Generous. B.Foolish. C.Sensitive. D.Smart.

5.Why will Agatha never forget the night?

A.She was robbed of her earrings. B.She had such a nice time at the party.

C.She was robbed but she fooled the robber. D.It is dangerous for a girl to walk alone at night.

“Cleverness is a gift while kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy- they’re given after all. Choices can be hard.” - Jeff Bezos.

I got the idea to start Amazon 16 years ago. I came across the fact that the Internet usage was growing at 2,300 percent per year. I’d never seen or heard of anything that grew that fast, and the idea of building an online bookstore with millions of titles was very exciting to me. I had just turned 30 years old and I’d been married for a year. I told my wife Mackenzie that I wanted to quit my job and go to do this crazy thing that probably wouldn’t work since most start-ups don’t and I wasn’t sure what to expect. Mackenzie told me I should go for it. As a young boy, I’d been a garage inventor. I’d always wanted to be an inventor and she wanted me to follow my passion.

I was working at a financial firm in New York City with a bunch of very smart people, and I had a brilliant boss that I much admired. I went to my boss and told him I wanted to start a company selling books on the Internet. He took me on a long walk in Central Park, listened carefully to me, and finally said “That sounds like a really good idea, but it would be an even better idea for someone who didn’t already have a good job.” That logic made some sense to me, and he persuaded me to think about it for 48 hours before making a final decision. Seen in that light, it really was a difficult choice, but finally, I decided I had to give it a shot. I didn’t think I’d regret trying and failing. And I believed I would always be haunted(縈繞) by a decision to not try at all.

After much consideration, I took the less safe path to follow my passion, and I’m proud of that choice. For all of us, in the end, we are our choices.

1.What inspired the author with the idea of building an online bookstore?

A.The desire to follow his passion. B.The strong support of his wife.

C.The increasing usage of the Internet. D.A bookstore with millions of exciting titles.

2.What was the author’s situation before starting Amazon?

A.He was a garage inventor. B.He was in search of a good job.

C.He was more than thirty years old. D.He was satisfied with his working condition.

3.Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined phrase in Para.3?

A.Try to do it. B.Guess it.

C.Take a picture. D.Do quickly.

4.What can we know about the author from the passage?

A.He got approval(批準) from his boss. B.He wanted someone else to try the idea.

C.He might not regret if he failed the idea. D.He might go back to his boss if he failed.

5.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A.Cleverness and Kindness B.The Starting of Amazon

C.Following My Passion D.We Are What We Choose

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Have you ever1. (meet) any difficult problems in your life? Have you ever wondered how to be happy? If you have these questions, you will find the book “Being a Happy Teenager” 2. (use). While I 3. (read) this book, I kept thinking a question: Why do teenagers always have troubles in their life? How can teenagers live 4. (happy)? In this book, Matthews gives us the answer.

About problems with parents and friends, the book says we should stop5. (be) angry and forgive. The book tells us some skills such as how to put everything that we have learned from life into beautiful pictures.

Many teenagers think that happiness comes from a good exam result or praise from6. people. But you can still be happy even if there are no such “good” things.

Success comes from7. good attitude. If you learn from problems, you 8.(have) success in the future.

Some school students have problems such as being too tall9. too short. But Matthews tells us that we should think about things 10. a positive way. This is Matthews’ most important lesson: you choose to be happy!