To travel around the world is the dream of many adventurous（有冒險精神的） people. But very few people can afford a global tour because hotels, food and airplane tickets are too expensive. Some people, however, have thought of some ways to realize their dreams.

Laura Cody and Tanbay Theune, a couple from Britain, decided to travel around the world. They have found a good way to pay for their trips. They look after pets for rich house owners. In exchange, they can stay in the houses for free. They have looked after horses, cows, cats, dogs and fish. In two years, the couple has been to Australia, Germany, Spain and Italy. They have stayed in big cities and small villages. The home owners are usually generous and have given them food, wine and day trips.

Another person who tries to realize her travel dream is photographer Rhiannon Taylor. She travels around the world to visit, review and take photos of the best hotels. She shares the places she stays and the food she eats on the Internet with tens of thousands of followers.

With these ways of making money, traveling around the world is no longer a dream. More and more young people are thinking creatively to make their dream come true.

1.Why do most people feel hard to make their travel dream come true?

A. Because they can hardly find hotels.

B. Because the food is not healthy.

C. Because the cost of travel is high.

D. Because they are afraid of adventure.

2.The best word to describe the way of realizing the travel dream is _______.

A. special B. creative C. rich D. adventurous

3.It is known from the passage that Laura and Tanbay paid for their trips by _______.

A. staying in the house for free

B. being given food and day drinks

C. going to Australia and other countries

D. looking after pets for rich house owners

4.The underlined word “generous” here probably means _______.

A. mean with money B. willing to give freely

C. careful D. cold-blooded

Doctor Seuss was born in 1904. By the middle 1950s, he had become one of the best-loved and most successful children's book writers in the world. His books are very popular with young readers. They enjoy the invented words and the pictures of unusual funny animals and plants.

In 1954, life magazine published(刊登) a report about school children who could not read. The report said many children's books were not interesting. Doctor Seuss strongly hoped to help children and decided to write books that were interesting and easy to read. He used words with the same ending sound, like fish and wish. He did not receive training in art. Yet he drew the pictures for most of his books.

In 1957, Dr. Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat. He used less than 230 words to write the book and even a six-year-old kid should be able to read it. It was a fun story and easy to read. Children loved it. Their parents loved it, too. Today it is still one of the stories they like best. The success of The Cat in the Hat made him want to write more books for children. In 1960, he wrote a book using less than fifty words. The book is called Green Eggs and Ham.

In 1984, Doctor Seuss won a Pulitzer Prize (普利策獎). He was honored for the education and enjoyment his books provided American children and their parents.

He died at the age of 87, but his influence remains. Millions of his books have been sold worldwide. People say his books helped change the way American children learned to read. Yet, his books are loved by people of all ages. Doctor Seuss once said, “I do not write for children. I write for people.”

1.People like his books because the books _______.

A. are cheap and easy to get

B. were written in different languages

C. are easy and interesting to read

D. were written with in invented words

2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Doctor Seuss wrote Green Eggs and Ham with over 230 words.

B. Doctor Seuss wrote books only for children in the United States.

C. The Cat in the Hat was written only for six-year-old children.

D. His books provided education and enjoyment for Americans.

3.From the text we know that Doctor Seuss _______.

A. won a Pulitzer Prize soon after his death

B. sold millions of his books himself worldwide.

C. changed American children’s way of reading

D. wrote the largest number of books in the world

From China to the United States, facial recognition technology is being used and tested like this at the Los Angeles International Airport. This pilot program that takes a picture of the passenger and compares it to the passport picture, is just one way facial recognition technology can be used for safety. The facial recognition technology can also be used for surveillance（監(jiān)視）and for the commercial use（商業(yè)用途）.

Great achievements have been made in facial recognition technology in recent years.

The technology is used to identify a missing child. Computers are finally fast enough to process all the data that we need to process. Machines can now match faces even when the lighting isn't good or when a full shot of the face is not available. a side shot or moving image of the face may be enough for artificial intelligence to make a match.

Face first is one of many companies developing facial recognition software with endless possible uses. Try to imagine that everyday items that we have such as our house keys, our car keys, our ATM cards, our passwords are all starting to go away and instead, We’re going to be using facial recognition, Smart phones, of course are now using facial recognition. Laptops have facial recognition on them.

The ability to get an image of a person without permission comes with privacy worries.

“My biggest worry is actually not the government, it’s the big companies where there are really no limits on how they can share data, what they can use it for, how they can use it.”

Facial recognition researchers say some social rules should be created to guide the use of this technology, so it can be used safely to do good to society.

1.Where does the passage probably come from?

A. A guide book. B. A science report.

C. A fashion magazine. D. A novel.

2.From the first paragraph, we learn that the facial recognition technology is used ______.

A. in all the airports in America.

B. only for safety

C. for safety, surveillance and commercial use

D. in the airports in China

3.What can we infer from the passage?

A. The recognition technology is perfect.

B. The recognition technology has made a lot of achievements.

C. The recognition technology has caused some privacy worries.

D. The use of facial recognition technology will increase if it improves.

完成句子：根據(jù)所給漢語意思，用單詞或短語完成下列英文句子。

1.我們必須查清事情的真相。

We must ________________ the truth.

2.他明智地作出了決定。

He made his decision ________________.

3.為了提高口語，她參加了英語角。

In order to improve her ________________, she joined the English corner.

4.在這兩島之間有一座橋。

There is a bridge ________________.

5.藍色會讓人感到平靜。

Blue can make people ________________.

短文填空: 用方框中所給的單詞的適當形式填空，使短文完整正確。（每個單詞限用一次，每空只填一個單詞。）

I decide failure taste good salt father hang be small

I decide failure taste good salt father hang be small

When I was young, I was always frustrated（挫敗的），and almost everything ended in failure.

I 1. out everywhere all day. When my father saw me like that, he 2. to cheer me up.

One day, he gave me a cup of water and asked me to taste it. I found it 3. . My father said he just put one small spoonful of salt in the cup. And then, he led 4. to a lake, where he threw a big handful of salt into the lake, and scooped （舀）up a spoonful of water and let me5. it again. He asked, "Does it taste salty?"'

"Not at all, it tastes6. ,"I said. My father said, "Now you may know the root (根源) of your pains: You 7. just a cup of water, not a lake. Be a lake and you won't feel sad anymore."

I came to understand my8. purpose. I feel sad that my heart is as9. as a cup of water without great dreams.

To be a lake with great dreams, your feeling of10. and frustrations will be melted ( 融化) like the salt thrown into the lake.

任務型閱讀.閱讀下面短文，根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，完成下列各題。

Red is the color of China. Among all the colors, red id most easily seen. The color red is fresh and pure, and in China we call it China Red. Chinese people are attracted by the color red not only because it makes people excited, but also because it has rich meaning in Chinese culture and history.

No country in the world has ever use a color in such a way as China. Here, red is a symbol. It gives color to the soul (靈魂) of the nation. In the past, red represented（代表） dignity (尊嚴) and mystery（神秘）. Even now it is also an everlasting theme for China, and an important color for the Chinese people "China Red" has become a very popular phrase, attracting the world's attention.

Finding red-colored things in China is very easy , as you can see the color everywhere. All traditional red things playing special roles in China, Things like the wall of ancient palaces, Chinese knots（結）, and even red tanghulu. It is the color of luck , health, harmony, happiness, peace, wealth and so on.

Red carries the ancient history and culture of the Chinese nation, “China Red” is filled with mysterious charm beyond description and it is right here in China waiting for you to feel and discover!

1.Why are Chinese people attracted by the color red ?

Because it makes people excited and has rich meaning in ________________.

2.In the second paragraph, what does the underlined word “it” mean?

The underlined word “it” means ________________.

3.Is finding red –colored things easy or difficult in China?

________________

4.Besides the red walls of ancient palaces and red Chinese knots. What red things played special roles in China?

________________.

5.“In China, red is more than just a color.” Can be put in front of which paragraph?

It can be put in front of the ________________ paragraph.

書面表達

每個人都有自己的夢想和理想，為了理想而努力可以成就一個人的事業(yè)。請根據(jù)提示內(nèi)容，以“My Dream”為題，寫一篇英文短文，向同學們介紹一下自己的夢想。

要求：1.參考提內(nèi)容，可適當發(fā)揮

2. 語句通順，意思連貫， 書寫工整

3. 文中不得出現(xiàn)任何真實（姓名、校名和地名等）；

4. 詞數(shù)：不少于70詞。（開頭和結尾已給出，但不計入總詞數(shù)。）

My Dream

Everybody has his dream. My dream is to be________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________

Jane ate _______ apple and _______ pie for dinner yesterday.

A. a; a B. an; a C. a; an D. an; an

Bob plays football very well and he’s _______ the school football team.

A. to B. for C. in D. at

Charlie can’t find _______ pen. _______ has to buy a new one.

A. he; He B. his; He C. he; His D. his; His