Pulp (纸浆) magazines were cheap magazines fill...

Pulp (纸浆) magazines were cheap magazines filled with science fictions and adventure (冒险) stories. They were printed from 1896 to the 1950s. People called them "pulp magazines", because the paper used to print them came from wood pulp. This was the cheapest kind of paper. Pulp magazines were popular because they didn't cost much money.

Pulp magazines usually had a very pretty cover picture. It was bright and colorful. It usually showed a woman in trouble and a hero coming to save her. In the magazine, there were many stories written by different writers. Some pulp magazines featured (以……为特色) detective (侦探) stories. There were terror (恐怖) pulp magazines and romance (浪漫) pulp magazines too.

One of the most famous pulp magazines was called Amazing Stories. This was a science fiction pulp magazine. It started in 1926. There were stories of young handsome heroes saving the earth from danger. There were stories that imagined life in the future. Before they were famous, many science fiction writers had begun writing for Amazing Stories. Isaac Asimov, for example, wrote a story called Marooned off Vesta that Amazing Stories printed in 1939.

Many pulp magazines stopped printing in the 1950s. One of the reasons was the growth of the television. Watching TV became a hobby for many people. Paperbacks also became more popular at the same time. They were more expensive than pulp magazines but people had more money than before. They spent it on paperbacks.

1.Why were pulp magazines popular?

Because pulp magazines were _______________ and people could save some money.

2.What does the underlined word "It" in the second paragraph refer to?

The underlined word "It" in the second paragraph refers to _______________.

3.What's Amazing Stories about?

Amazing Stories was a _______________ pulp magazine.

4.When did many pulp magazines stop printing?

Many pulp magazines stopped printing _______________.

5.What is the best title of the passage?

__________________________

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英英释义。选出正确的英文解释填入相应的括号内

1. comic            a. almost no

2. hardly       b. fill with fear

3. insect       c. books or magazines with stories in the form of drawings

4. terrify      d. winged animals with 6 legs

5. dark         e. having little or no light

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He was very excited and his eyes were ____tears

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The boy’s eyes were _______ tears when he saw his parents again.

A.fill of B.fill with C.full with D.full of

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The girl was excited and her eyes were ____ tears.

A.full B.filled

C.full with D.filled with

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Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words

In the White House, there were some children. They lived with their fathers or grandfathers or visited them often. Here, I’ll tell you s___1.____ about them.

Chelsea, daughter of Bill and Hillary Clinton, enjoyed s___2.____ time with her father. She liked maths and foreign languages best in school. She was very i____3._____ in soccer and ballet.

Amy Carter, President Jimmy Carter’s daughter, moved into the White House at the age o___4.____ nine. She was m___5.____ younger than her three brothers, s__6.___ she lived in the love of “four fathers”.

President John F. Kennedy’s children, John and Caroline, often came to visit their father in the office. The president enjoyed their company and loved watching them play. Caroline had a pony named Macaroni. It walked freely around the White House gardens.

Thomas Lincoln was the youngest son of President Abraham Lincoln. Once he d__7.__how to make all the White House bells ring at the same time. It surprised all the people in the building!

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Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words.

In the White House, there were some children. They lived with their fathers or grandfathers or visited them often. Here, I’ll tell you s___1.___ about them.

Chelsea, daughter of Bill and Hillary Clinton, enjoyed s____2.____ time with her father. She liked maths and foreign languages best in school. She was very i____3.____ in soccer and ballet.

Amy Carter, President Jimmy Carter’s daughter, moved into the White House at the age o___4._____ nine. She was m___5.___ younger than her three brothers, s____6.____ she lived in the love of “four fathers”.

President John F. Kennedy’s children, John and Caroline, often came to visit their father in the office. The president enjoyed their company and loved watching them play. Caroline had a pony named Macaroni. It walked freely around the White House gardens.

Thomas Lincoln was the youngest son of President Abraham Lincoln. Once he d__7.___how to make all the White House bells ring at the same time. It surprised all the people in the building!

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Fill in the blanks with proper words （在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给）

Thirty engineers were working as a team in a company. They were young and e1. to learn. The management decided to teach them about finding real solutions to problems. One day, the team was called for a game in a hall. They were quite surprised and all reached the hall holding v2. thoughts. As they entered, they found a box placed in the center, full of flat balloons.

The manager asked everyone to pick a balloon and how it up. Then they were asked to write their names on their respective（各自的）balloons c3. so that the balloons wouldn’t blow out. All tried, but not everyone was successfully. Five balloons blew out due to pressure（压力）.Those who failed to m4. their names on the balloons were ruled out of the game. As a result, 25 engineers came to the next level. All the balloons carrying their names were collected and then put it into a room, here and there.

The engineers were told to p5. the balloon with his or her names on. All the 25 engineers began to search for the respective balloons in a rush. It was almost 15 minutes but no one was able to find the right one. The second level of the game was over. Then came the final level. The engineers were asked to pick any balloon and give it to the person named on the balloon. Within a c6. of minutes, all balloons reached the hands of the respective engineers.

The manager announced this was the real solution to the problem. Many times in our life, s7. and helping others give us real solutions to problems.

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Some cool inventions are listed in Science Magazine's 25 best inventions of 2018. They are "making the world better, smarter and -- in some cases -- a little more fun", according to the magazine's website. Do you want to lean more about some of the inventions? Let's find out.

● Spark

Spark is a new type of drones (飞行器) made by a Chinese company (公司) in Shenzhen called DJI. It can help people take photos and videos. Spark might be the smallest drone ever made. When folded, it is as small as a can of cola (可乐罐). The coolest part is that users can control the small drone just by using hand gestures(手势). For example, if you wave (挥动) your hand from left to right, the drone will fly in the same direction. When you want it to land, you just put your hand out. The drone will come to you and land on your hand.

● Social Robot

Robots may not be good communicators. But Jibo, made by US company Jibo Inc, may be different. With a big, round head and round, fat body, Jibo looks like a cartoon character. As soon as you say, "Hey, Jibo." It will giggle(咯咯地笑), dance and turn to face you. When it talks to you, it moves its head and body naturally to communicate with you. Although it has no eyes or mouth, Jibo uses animated icons (生动的表情), such as a smile icon, to show emotions. Right now Jibo can only do some basic things, like taking photos or reading the news to you. But it may learn to do more in the future.

1.According to the passage, we know _______.

A. Spark might be bigger than any other drones.

B. Spark is controlled by using hand gestures.

C. Spark can only fly towards the same direction.

D. Spark is created by a US company.

2.Jibo is ________.

A. a robot

B. a drone

C. a wheel

D. the name of a magazine

3.What can we know about Jibo?

A. It has a round head and a thin body.

B. It looks like a cartoon character.

C. It can do lots of difficult work.

D. It has two eyes and a mouth.

4.What do the two inventions have in common?

A. Both of them are made by Chinese companies.

B. Both of them have big bodies.

C. Both of them can fly in the sky.

D. Both of them can help us take photos.

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The Science magazine reported that scientists had successfully grown meat in their laboratory by November, 2018. The news aroused heated discussion among the public. Is the meat safe? Is it any different? Why do we have to grow meat in a lab? People have tons of questions about this. And the scientists said that the lab-grown meat is produced when cells from animals are grown under lab conditions. It isn't like plant-based meat substitutes (替代品) made from vegetable proteins (蛋白质), since cell-based meat is grown from actual animal cells. This means that it is an animal product, so not suitable for vegetarians.

Is cell-cultured meat the same as ordinary meat? The muscle fibers (纤维) produced in the lab are the same as those found in steak, said leading researchers in this technology at Maastricht University in The Netherlands. But they pointed out that to get the same nutrient. (营养物) content that is found in red meat, they need to make some changes to the procedure. Scientists say they are also looking into changing the type of fat in lab-grown meat, for example.

Some people have concerns with growing meat in the lab. Some say this method of meat production would result in less land and water use. Others argue that growing meat in the lab would influence the environment more negatively than our traditional way of raising cattle. It would take massive amounts of energy resources to produce meat in this way, they say.

Some groups have petitioned (请求) the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to better define the term “meat”. They want to know if we are buying the traditionally produced type or the cultured variety. Hopefully we will see some labeling guidelines on these products before they show up in grocery stores. And that may be a few years away. Regulatory issues and cost - the first lab-grown hamburger patty (肉饼) cost $330,000 (2274,900 yuan) - could delay the arrival of cultured meat.

1.It’s reported that the scientists have successfully ______ in their lab in November.

A.grown meat B.eaten meat

C.got nutrient D.made a hamburger patty

2.According to the passage, the lab-grown meat ______.

A.is the same as ordinary meat

B.has the same muscle fibers as those in pork

C.has the same nutrient content as that in red meat

D.will perhaps have different types of fat

3.From the last paragraph, we can know ______.

A.the US FDA feels it necessary to label different kinds of meat

B.grocery stores have already been selling cultured meat to the public

C.it's for sure that no one will buy cultured meat in the future

D.cultured meat will meet challenge because of regulatory issues and cost

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