-
Passage 1
Billions of
dollars have already been spent in planning how to
set foot on Mars. So why do we
want to
go there so badly? 1._______
Dutch organization Mars One
wants to put people on Mars by 2027. The
researchers say it is just
the next
step in human
curiosity
（好奇心）
. “Why did
Columbus travel west? Why did Marco Polo
head east? 2._______” their website
says. Mars One also thinks Mars exploration will
improve the
development of recycling,
solar energy(
太阳能
), food
production and even medical technology.
Billionaire businessman
Elon Musk runs a company in the United States. Its
name is Space X.
3.________
Musk,
who
was
born
in
South
Africa
but
is
now
a
US-Canadian
citizen,
agrees
that
curiosity plays a part.
But his main reason for going to Mars is the
survival(
生存
) of the human
race.
To survive,we must learn to live
somewhere other than Earth.
4.________ In 2011, along with Russia,
China planned to send a
probe(
探测器
) to the
planet.
Another
probe will reach Mars by 2021.
US space agency NASA is
al
so excited to get to Mars. 5._______
“Future exploration will find
evidence
（证据）
of
life, answering one of the biggest
mysteries
of the
universe(
宇宙
): Does life
exist
beyond
Earth?”
the
NASA
website
says.
According
to
it,
Mars
and
Earth
have
lots
of
things
al
ike. Exploring Mars also helps us learn
more about our own planet’s history and
future.
A. Japanese
also hopes to do a project on Mars.
B. Well, different organizations have
different reasons.
C. Its
final goal is to help humans live on other
planets.
D. China has a long
period dream of reaching Mars one day.
may be new species on Mars which can
surprise us a lot.
F. And
NASA thinks it helps humans learn more about the
universe.
G. Because that
adventure makes humans find new places to
explore.
Passage
2
An
international
freight
railway
network
(
货运铁路网
)
is
connecting
China
to
cities
across
Europe.
1._______
2,000
years
ago,
it
took
a
year
to
get
goods
from
China
to
Europe
along
the
ancient silk road. But today, goods
from China can reach London by rail in just 14
days. It takes less
time than
before.
Yiwu is
a city that is located in China’s Zhejiang
Province. In Yiwu, it once took two hours by
the road to send European goods to the
nearest seaport(
海港
).
2._______ But today, a new freight rail
link connects Yiwu to Europe along an
ancient trade route.
Yiwu
railway
station
is
a
big
freight
station now. 3._______
It’s
part
of the
multi
-billion-
US-
dollar Belt and Road Initiative (
倡
议
).
It is set up in order to develop the international
trade.
4._______
It
spreads
across
13,000
kilometers
through
France,
Germany,
Poland,
Belarus,
Russia and
Kazakhstan. Along the way, the train transfers (
换乘
) three times because of
different
track gauges
(
轨距规
) in China, Europe and
Russia.
With
transfers
only
taking
1
minute
per
container
(
集装箱
),
the
rail
link
cut
Europe-China
transportation
time
by
half.
5._______
Now
foreign
products
are
easier
and
cheaper
to
buy
for
Chinese.
A. Silk Railroad is very
important.
B. It is called
as the new “Silk Railroad”.
C. It will take a long time to travel
to Yiwu City.
D. Then it
took a two-month journey across the
oceans.
E. It began to
transport goods overland to Europe in
2014.
F. And it only takes
people three weeks to get goods from
Europe.
G. The Yiwu-Madrid
railway is the longest rail link in the whole
world.
Passage 3
In many big cities in the
world, many people think the overuse of cars is
one of the main causes
of air
pollution. Cars in the future must be environment-
friendly. 1.______
Some
experts think that today’s cars are in trouble
because they use too much petrol(
汽油
).
2._____ The
car of tomorrow will be made without air
conditioning. The tomorrow’s car will be very
small, so that only takes up very
little room. It needn’t have a
pollution control system because it
won’t use petrol. 3.______ Very few
people will be killed in accidents because the top
speed will be
very low. However, we are
also warned not to ask for pretty colors because
the cars will come in
grey
only.
4._______
They
are
sure
that
people
will
be
happier
in
the
future.
They
think
that
all
our
problems will soon be
solved by car companies with the production of the
supercar(
超级汽车
).
5. The supercar will have
four rooms, TVs, running water, heat, air
conditioning and
maybe a
swimming pool. Large families will
travel on long trips comfortably. The supercar
will not
pollute
the environment because they will run on
water.
A. What’s the
problem?
B. What will cars
be like in the future?
C.
Other car experts do not hold the same
idea.
D. I think the car on
the future will be more useful.
E. In fact, this car will be pushed by
clean energy.
F. They say
the car of the future will be much
smaller.
G. Tomorrow’s cars
will be smaller, faster, and
more
comfortable.
Passage 4
Smart
wristband(
智能手环
),
a
new
welcoming
product,
is
changing
our
lifestyle.
Having
a
smart electronics
gadget
（小装置）
on your hand can
really make huge differences. So from now on
it will be a great fun to maintain your
health in a more interesting way. 1.______ And
there are also
many different brands to
choose, such as Apple or Huawei.
Here are the reasons why
people choose a wristband.
2._______ The wristband can also be
connected to the mobile phone. You are able to use
it to
answer the phone, but a
traditional watch can never do that.
Besides,
the
smart
wristband
looks
fascinating.
3.
______
We
often
see
teenagers
wearing
wristbands.
Thirdly, at present many people have
realized the importance of health. Some people
play sports
every day to keep healthy.
4. ______ The wristband shows the results every
day and you’ll know
whether you achieve
your aim or not.
However,
some parents are still against using it. 5.
______They think the teenagers are under the
radiation(
辐射
) all
the time.
Each coin has
two sides. Use it or not, it’s up to
you.
A. It’s so expensive
that few people can buy it.
B. First of all, it can tell the time
like a normal watch.
C. A
wristband is helpful to know how far they have
run.
D. It’s very popular
among teenagers because it’s cool
enough.
E. More and more
people choose a smart wristband in their
lives.
F. For them, wearing
wristbands for a long time may cause
cancer.
G. Now a British
Intelligent Environment company has produced the
software.
Passage
5
When throwing away trash,
do you know which bin it should go in? Some of you
might not be
able
to
answer
this
question.
1.
_______
Not
knowing
how
to
deal
with
waste
is
harder
to
save
energy and protect the
environment.
If
you don’t deal
with your garbage, it
will go to a landfill(
垃圾场
)
and be buried (
埋
)
together.
2.
_______ The
electronic waste you throw away can pollute the
soil and groundwater. Other pieces
of
garbage can be used to make other things if they
are properly recycled.
3.
_______ For
example, Shanghai announced in July that divide
the garbage into four groups:
wet, recyclable, harmful and
dry.
4.
_______ “ They
are things you don’t want but that pigs can eat,”
Guangzhou Daily explained.
Paper,
metal, glass and other things that can be refused
are recyclable waste.
Harmful waste includes things like
medicine, batteries and fluorescent
bulbs(
荧光灯泡
). These
things are not recyclable. 5. _______
Other Chinese cities,
including Shenzhen, Guangdong plan to use this way
to deal with their
garbage. Let’s
encourage each other to deal with our waste well
to protect the environment.
A.
They will go in the “ dry waste ”
bin.
B.
It’s our duty
to protect the environment.
C.
“Wet” waste is
also known as household waste.
D.
These landfills can take up large areas
of ground.
E.
Studying how to stop throwing waste is
a life skill.
F.
But it’s important to know how to deal
with your waste.
G.
Many cities in
China have already taken action in recent years.
Passage 6
Baobabs
（猴面包树）
are
a symbol
of Africa, and they are
sometimes called “the tree of life” .
1. _______ Nine of the thirteen oldest
trees, aged between 1,000 and 2,500 years, died in
the early
part of this century.
Researchers say there have never been so many old
trees dying in such a
short
time.
2.
_______ But
they do not think baobabs across the continent of
Africa are dying out. Baobabs
will
probably stop growing in some areas, and start
growing in other areas.
Baobabs are often found in areas where
elephants, rhinoceros(
犀牛
)
and other wildlife live. 3.
_______
Baobabs
take
in
lots
of
water
during
the
rainy
season
and
store(
储存
)
it
in
their
trunks
and
branches. 4. _______ Elephants can get
water to drink from the trees.
Baobabs are also important
to people. They use the baobab fruit to make
drinks and mix with
milk to create a
kind of yogurt. 5. _______ It’s like a kind of
medicine, and people can get energy
from it. The leaves of the tree are
used for making soup and it has some medical
purposes.
A. However, some baobabs are
dying.
B. But baobabs become
dangerous to people.
C. And eating baobab fruit makes people
strong.
D.
Researchers do not know for sure why the trees
died.
E. Large
trees can store as much as 140,000 liters of
water.
F.
Baobabs can provide rich food for people all over
the world.
G.
Elephants help the trees spread when they eat the
baobab fruit.
Passage 7
The word “cosplay” is made
up of “costume” and “play”. 1. People wear
costumes to dress up
as their favorite
character and express their love for fictitious
（虚构的）
characters.
The word “cosplay“ came
from Japan in 1984 at a science fiction
conference, which began with
the first World Science
Fiction Conference in New York City in 1939.
2.
The idea
slowly
caught
on
with
customers.
Thanks
to
the
rising
number
of
cosplayers
since
the
1990s,
a
popular
culture has come out
in Japan and some other Asian, even Western
countries. And now thousands of
costume
players crowd into Comic Market every
year.
3.
But
with
the
development
of
the
Chinese
animation
industry,
an
increasing
number
of
cosplayers started dressing up as
characters from Chinese cartoons and comic
books.
Many
cosplays are being organized in many countries,
making this kind of culture popular
among some youths.
4.
As they grow older, they
will give up the practice.
5. And it is highly
influenced by
ACG(
电玩游戏）
products. China’s
ACG industry is likely to
see higher
growth in 2019, and Chinese animations will have
greater influence on overseas markets.
A. Most of them
are very young.
B. So
“cosplay” means costume play.
C. The cosplay culture is
in fact a kind of performing arts.
D. Many cosplayers are
adults who are about thirty years old.
E. Cosplay is a traditional
culture which can date back to 200
years.
F. At the
very beginning, many students dressed up as
foreign characters.
G. In 1978, the manager of Comic Market
first used the phrase “costume play”.
Passage 8
1.
A new way of exercise,
called plogging
（跑步捡垃圾）
, is
becoming popular around the world.
Actually, picking up the rubbish in the
forest or parks can also make you fit.
The plogging
movement
（活动）
was started by
Erik Ahlstrom in 2016 in Sweden. After moving
to Stockholm from a small ski-community
in northern Sweden, he found there was litter here
and there
while riding his bike to work
every day. He was shocked that the same rubbish
could remain on
the road for several weeks without
anyone picking it up. 2.
And he felt good in his heart
to
clean up even a small
place.
Picking up rubbish became a
habit, then a part of his exercise, as he
introduced the activity to
his
partners.
3.
Since
then,
the
movement
has
grown
systematically(
有组织地
)
around
the
world,
thanks
to the social media.
Many
people,
like
Emily
Wright, had
plogged
for
a
long
time.
She
picked
up
cigarette
ends,
plastic bottles and so on though some
of them were smelly and even made her sick.
Plogging wasn’t
always pleasant. 4. She thought it was
worth doing that and even it’s terrible
for a person not to take
responsibility
（责任）
for it.
5.
And it also calls on everyone to do
something for the environment in our daily
life.
We’d better do that from now
on.
A. So he started picking it
up.
B. The
plogging movement is good to the old.
C. In a word, this activity
is good to our health.
D. But what scared her more was to
leave rubbish there.
E. It requires people to pick up the
rubbish while running.
F. Young people are not supposed to
throw rubbish everywhere.
G. By 2016, other people were joining
in it, and plogging became official thing in
Sweden.
Passage 9
Many people are not exactly
sure about what machine learning is. 1. _______
Smart products
have already come into
our life in the following fields.
On your phone. It’s common
to use the phone to carry out a search, call your
friends and shop
online. 2. _______ For
example, in Hangzhou, readers can borrow library
books through WeChat.
It’s as simple as
shopping online: choose, pay an
d wait
for the books.
In
your
shopping
basket.
3.
_______
For
example,
a
clothes
store
may
remind
you
to
buy
a
dress
online, and Amazon
recommends(
推荐
) some books
that you may like.
In your email. Machine learning can
also be used to
distinguish(
区分
) different
objects.
4.
_______ In
this way, it can help you save some time to do
other things and bring great
convenience to you.
In hospitals. Doctors are just starting
to make a better examination by using machine
learning,
for example, finding cancer
and eye disease.
What
mentioned above is just some parts of our life. 5.
_______ Our life is closely connected to
it, which makes our life much easier
than before.
A.
Machine learning is everywhere.
B.
Everyone often studies on the machine.
C.
But it has been a part
of
people’s daily life.
D.
It’s good to
search for the information on the ipad.
E.
It’s common for you to find shopping
suggestions online.
F.
This makes it
useful to choose the emails you want to read.
G.
Those all depend on technology
supported by machine learning.
Passage
10
When I was a little
child, my parents took me to Germany. 1. _______
When I came back, I
could speak German
fluently.
During
a holiday, I stayed at home with nothing to do. My
father brought a
German book. “Why
don’t you translate it into Chinese? It
will be better than playing computer games all
day,” said my
father. 2.
_______
I
promised to do 4,000 words each day. But soon I
found it was hard to keep the promise. After
translating
only
three
pages,
I
already
lost
interest
in
the
book.
3.
_______
And
I
don’t
want
to
continue
it.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
上一篇：(完整版)小学英语情景对话
下一篇：懂你英语Lv6Unit-2