Ladybirds (瓢虫) didn't have black spots on the...

Ladybirds (瓢虫) didn't have black spots on their backs at first. Then a storm broke out, and their famous guide, Caius Insectus, disappeared into the flood (洪水), and the few ladybirds who survived had to choose a new leader to guide them out of trouble. They decided that their new leader would be the first ladybird to successfully travel south to the Great Lake and return to describe it.

Many young ladybirds moved off immediately into this adventure. One by one they returned and told of how beautiful the southern lake was at that time of year, with its clear waters and flowers. However, the last of the ladybirds was late in getting back. He hadn't managed to reach the lake. Everyone criticized (批评) him, and they prepared to continue their journey the next day.

Following their new guide, they spent a morning walking northwards until they reached some tall thick grassland, where they stopped. There were no clear waters or flowers in front of them. The heavy rain had turned the place into a huge green puddle (水坑). Everyone understood what had happened. When the ladybirds had gone out looking for the lake, they had gone in the wrong direction. Now they could see that, except that one late ladybird, they had lied in order to get what they wanted.

And so, the late little ladybird was made the Great Guide. They also decided that every time one of them was discovered lying they would paint a black spot on that ladybird's back. From then on, when a ladybird looks at another's back, it can tell whether that ladybird can be trusted.

1.Why did the ladybirds decide to choose a new guide?

A. They lost their way in the storm.

B. They weren't satisfied with Caius Insectus.

C. They needed someone to lead them out of danger.

D. They needed someone to help prepare for the storm.

2.Many young ladybirds lied because they ________.

A. didn't want to be in danger

B. wanted to be the new guide

C. wanted to make others happy

D. didn't want to get spots on their backs

3.How did the ladybirds probably feel when they stopped at the tall thick grassland?

A. Nervous.　　　　　　 B. Afraid.

C. Excited.　　　　　 　 D. Angry.

4.What's the main idea of the text?

A. Why ladybirds have black spots on their backs.

B. How ladybirds choose their leaders and guides.

C. What the black spots on ladybirds' backs mean.

D. Why ladybirds lie to each other.

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Most mornings, the line begins to form at dawn: scores of silent women with babies on their backs, buckets balanced on their heads, and in each hand a bright-blue plastic jug. On good days, they will wait less than an hour before a water tanker goes across the dirt path that serves as a road in Kesum Purbahari, a slum on the southern edge of New Delhi. On bad days, when there is no electricity for the pumps, the tankers don’t come at all. “That water kills people,” a young mother named Shoba said one recent Saturday morning, pointing to a row of pails filled with thick, caramel (焦糖)-colored liquid. “Whoever drinks it will die.” The water was from a pipe shared by thousands of people in the poor neighborhood. Women often use it to wash clothes and bathe their children, but no­body is desperate enough to drink it.

There is no standard for how much water a person needs each day, but ex­perts usually put the minimum at fifty li­ters. The government of India promises (but rarely provides) forty. Most people drink two or three liters—less than it takes to wash a toilet. The rest is typically used for cooking and bathing. Americans consume between four hundred and six hundred liters of water each day, more than any other people on earth. Most Europeans use less than half that. The women of Kesum Purbahari each hoped to drag away a hundred liters that day—two or three buckets’ worth. Shoba has a husband and five children, and that much water doesn’t go far in a family of seven, particularly when the temperature reaches a hundred and ten degrees before noon. She often makes up the difference with bottled water, which costs more than water delivered any other way. Sometimes she just buys milk; it’s cheaper. Like the poorest people every­where, the people of New Delhi’s slums spend a far greater percentage of their incomes on water than anyone lucky enough to live in a house connected to a system of pipes.

1.The underlined word “slum” most likely means ______.

A. a village

B. a small town

C. a poor area of a town with badly-built, over-crowded buildings

D. the part of a town that lacks water

2.Sometimes the water tanker doesn’t come because ______.

A. the weather is bad

B. there is no electricity

C. there is no water

D. people don’t want the dirty water

3.Which of the following statements is wrong?

A. water is the biggest expense for people in New Delhi’s slums

B. Shoba has a family of seven people

C. in Kesum Purbahari milk is cheaper than bottled water

D. Americans uses the largest amount of water each day

4.The passage mainly tells us ______.

A. how women in Kesum Purbahari gets their water

B. how much water a day a person deeds

C. that India lacks water badly

D. how India government manages to solve the problem of water

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_________about the girl’s safety, the police didn’t catch the robber on the spot.

A. Concerned　　　　 B. Concerning

C. Having concerned　　　 D. To concern

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Not believing their eyes, the visitors on the spot _______ the flying plane, doing some most difficult and dangerous tricks in the sky.

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But for the fact that the firefighters _____ at the spot in time, more people ______ their lives in the fire.

A. arrived; died                B. had arrived; would lose

C. arrived; would have lost       D. has arrived; could have lost

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But for the fact that the firefighters _____ at the spot in time, more people ______ their lives in the fire.

A. arrived; died                B. had arrived; would lose

C. arrived; would have lost       D. has arrived; could have lost

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He was hit by a falling tree and killed ______.

A. at spot           B. on the spot           C. in the spot            D. at the spot

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Many Americans have been leaving their cars at home and riding to work on bicycles. Andy Clark is the leader of the League of American Bicyclists. His group supports bicycling for fun, fitness and transportation.

Clark says this is good news for the environment. He says riding a bicycle to work does not burn fossil fuel or creates dangerous pollutions. Experts say the effects are the most important on short trips. The Department of Transportation says fifty percent of Americans drive eight kilometers or fewer to work. Shorter car trips set out more pollution into the air for each kilometer drive. This is because the car engine will set out the harmful air when it warms up before it can work well.

James, a members of Congress (国会), is a strong supporter of bicycle use. He says cities, counties, state governments and state highway transportation agencies are planning the roadways of the future. They are creating roads and paths for bicycles in cities and between communities.

Last year, Portland, the Pacific Northwest city in the state of Oregon, had the highest percentage of bicycle users in the United States. Portland has been doing progressive city planning for many years to create special paths for bike riders.

1. What happened in America now according to the news?

2. Where is Portland?

A. One  of the cities in the USA.    B. One of the counties in the USA.

C. One of the states in the USA.    D. A country in the northwest of the USA.

3.What does the underlined word “harmful” mean in the second paragraph? The closest meaning is “_______”.

4.What is the main idea of the passage?

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Amazon is opening its 12th high-tech convenience store Tuesday in New York. The spot will be the first of the chain to allow customers to pay with cash. The move comes with growing resistance against cashless stores, which critics say refuse to serve people who don’t have bank accounts.

At other locations of the store, shoppers enter by scanning the Amazon Go app. That's still the case for customers paying with a credit card, but people paying with cash will have an “entry associate” scan them through the turnstiles (旋转栅门). Once they’re finished, those shoppers will check out with an Amazon Go employee and receive a paper receipt. Cashless customers can still walk out by scanning a phone that has the Amazon Go app at the turnstiles. Customers using the Go app can exit without waiting and get a digitized receipt.

The 1,300-square-foot New York store-the first Amazon Go store on the East Coast-will offer prepared foods, such as sandwiches and salads, It will also have Amazon Meal Kits and locally made options.

Amazon says it will begin accepting cash at its other Go stores “over time.” A number of retailers (零售商) and restaurants, such as Sweetgreen and Dos Toros Taqueria, are facing roadblocks to their cashless recommendations.

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy recently signed a law banning cashless stores in that state. Philadelphia also passed a law to prohibit cashless stores earlier this month, and officials in New York City, Washington and San Francisco are considering similar moves. The federal government does not require retailers to accept cash.

“While card-only may be convenient for some businesses, it can actually be discriminatory against poor communities that don’t have as much access to banks or lines of credit,” said New Jersey State Senator Nellie Pou, who sponsored the state’s new law. Not accepting cash could also be bad for business. Americans use it in 30% of all business deals, according to a 2017 report from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.

1.Why is Amazon opening a new store accepting cash?

A.To persuade those critics. B.To obey the local regulations.

C.To improve its retail service. D.To compete with cashless stores.

2.What will shoppers paying with cash do at the new store?

A.Exit in line with a digitized receipt.

B.Walk out by scanning a phone with the Go app.

C.Enter through the turnstiles by scanning a phone

D.Check out with an employee and get a paper receipt.

3.How did some states and cities react to cashless stores?

A.By making laws to stop them.

B.By requiring retailers to run them.

C.By learning from Amazon to improve them.

D.By following the federal government to accept them.

4.What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

A.It s necessary to make cashless stores easily accessible.

B.More banks should be built in poor communities.

C.Card-only payment is convenient for business.

D.Not accepting cash has its disadvantages.

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1.The children’s mother was _______ (担心的) about their safety when they didn’t come back from school at the usual time.

2.The driveless cars will help ______(减少) traffic accidents caused by human drivers’ mistakes.

3.The green development means the development of the economy should be in _______ (和谐，融洽) with the protection of the environment.

4.Today, over half of the panda’s _______(栖息地) are under protection, and we feel confident that this species will have a bright future.

5.After discussing with her parents, she ____ (打算) to work as a volunteer in the earthquake-hit area last year.

6.The 5G technology is expected to make the _______(利润) of Huawei on the increase.

7.It is _______ (非法的) for anyone to be fired because of pregnancy.

8.Some couples see single women as a _______ (威胁) to their relationships.

9.Go to a part of the world you’re unfamiliar with and _______ (观察) how people live there.

10.He may break up under all this _______ (压力).

11.He got into the driving seat and started the _______ (发动机).

12.There was a small ______(溪流) at the end of the garden.

13.She had got something _______ (卡住) between her teeth.

14.The police soon established his true _______(身份) and he was quickly found.

15.Scientists have only recently been able to gain _______ (接近的机会) to the area.

16.It was a very _______(艰难的) decision but we feel we made the right one.

17.The _______ (会议) will be a celebration of women’s achievements.

18.They are often available at a _______ (折扣).

19.There was stuff in that _______ (文件) that was private between me and Dr.Denny.

20.We were still right on _______ (目标) for our deadline.

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