The sun is going to expand into the orbit of ...

The sun is going to expand into the orbit of Mercury (水星) according to scientific calculations, which will result in the entire Earth catching fire, destroying all life. In order to survive, the United Earth Government prepares 10,000 giant engines on Earth to drive it away from its original orbit. The whole trip is expected to last 2,500 years.

This imaginative tale is at the heart of the science-fiction movie The Wandering Earth. The original novel was written by Liu Cixin, one of China’s most outstanding science-fiction writers and a prize winner of the Hugo Award in 2015 for his novel The Three-Body Problem.

Perhaps thanks to Liu’s fame, as well as the huge marketing efforts of the movie team, The Wandering Earth posted ticket sales of 670 million yuan when it was shown on the first day. More importantly, The Wandering Earth is the first “made-in-China” science-fiction movie on the big screen, as the director, Guo Fan, is also Chinese.

As a fan of Liu, having read almost all of his science-fiction books, I should mention the movie follows a rather different form from his novel. Actually, it only borrows from the novel the idea of the Earth having to escape the solar system. That’s just the point. It means Chinese movie production teams have grown enough to develop new ideas on the creative basis of science-fiction writers, while the writers are willing to work together with movie productions so that the film results in the best possible performance.

Liu may be a highly regarded science-fiction writer in China, but he is not the only one. There are many writers with rich imaginations, and their works can be adapted into movies, too. Someone has predicted that 2019 will mark the starting year of success for Chinese science-fiction movies. Only time will tell whether that prediction will come true. But if more professional movie teams and creative writers could work together, we can certainly expect more success for the domestic (国内的) science-fiction movie industry.

1.Why does the Earth have to escape from its original orbit in the story?

A.Because the sun is about to hit the Earth.

B.Because its original orbit will be occupied by Mercury.

C.Because the giant engines’ strong power will drive it away.

D.Because it has to avoid being destroyed by the coming disaster.

2.What can we learn about the movie from the passage?

A.It is adapted from a science-fiction novel.

B.Its author was once awarded for The Wandering Earth.

C.It achieved huge success mainly because of its author’s fame.

D.Its director Guo Fan is also a famous science-fiction writer in China.

3.What does the underlined word “it” in the fourth paragraph refer to?

A.The unexpected success of the movie.

B.The great success of the original novel.

C.The creative adaptation from the novel.

D.The imaginative idea from the novel.

4.What does the author think of the future of Chinese science-fiction movies?

A.There is a long way to go.

B.They will definitely success.

C.They have great potential.

D.It cannot be predicted.

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The sun is going to expand into the orbit of Mercury according to scientific calculations, which will result in the entire Earth catching on fire. Who will save the world?

This imaginative tale is at the heart of the latest Chinese sci-fi movie The Wandering Earth. Unlike many American space-themed films where the solution to a disaster Earth faces is always fleeing (逃离) the planet in spaceships, this time we’re taking the Earth with us. The film, which has made it the country's most successful film of all time, has offered a different and more ambitious idea.

The “ambition” didn’t come from nowhere. For thousands of years, “homeland” has had a soft spot in the hearts and minds of Chinese people. One old idiom that shows a strong feeling that Chinese people have had for their homeland is “luoyeguigen”, which means returning to one’s homeland in old age, like fallen leaves returning to the roots of their tree.

“What is Chinese sci-fi?” Guo Fan, the film’s director, said in an interview. “A vehicle that really expresses our cultural and spiritual core ( 核 心 ) can be called Chinese sci-fi. Otherwise, we’re just following others and telling the same Hollywood stories.”

And the makers of The Wandering Earth may have chosen the best time to tell its Chinese sci-fi story. The film was released on Feb 5, the first day of Chinese New Year. It was a time when many people had just made the hard journey back to their hometowns. So to them, there is only one possible way to tell the story: Earth goes wherever humans go, because it’s our home.

1.The main purpose of the opening paragraph is to　 .

A. give a brief account of the film B. warn people of the coming threat

C. explore ways to avoid the disaster D. introduce the topic of the passage

2.The underlined phrase “a different and more ambitious idea” refers to　 .

A. fleeing the Earth in spaceships B. bringing in huge success

C. filling the gap in Chinese sci-fi movies D. helping Earth make its escape

3.Which of the following is unlikely to account for the success of the film?

A. The rich imagination of the story. B. Hollywood-style space stories.

C. The special cultural background. D. The time chosen to release the film.

4.What is likely to be title for the passage?

A. Chinese Sci-fi Catches Up B. The Most Successful Chinese Sci-fi

C. Chinese Sci-fi Sets a New Path D. Chinese Sci-fi Challenges Hollywood

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The company ran into trouble when it tried to expand too quickly, _____ was that it was short of money.

A．some of them                          B．most of which

C．one of them                           D．part of which

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Every morning,many girls in the African country of Zimbabwe rise with the sun and go to fetch water

for their families.They have to walk many miles an carry the water home on their heads. Where they live,there is no running water they can get at all.

“You have to relax your neck and head and make it follow the load(负荷)，”one girl told me ,“It is easy for you to do that if you practice for many times.” I have lived in Zimbabwe all my life.But I had never tried to balance a pot on my head.I have made efforts many times and I have also practiced it for long.But it was not east at all.I managed to walk only several yards before the pot fell off my head.The girls watching covered their mouths and laughed at my poor head-balancing skills.

In reality,water is not the only thing that requires head-balancing skills in everyday life.In most of these villages,there is no electricity for cooking,so fire wood is used instead.The girls must collect and carry it back to their villages.They insist the easiest way to do this is on their heads.

Even at school,head-balancing skills come in handy.At a school,I saw a group of girls fetching bags of sand that were to be used to build a new classroom.They carried these bags with ease.When I tried,I could not beat the weight.

Girls in many countries worldwide prefer to carry things on their heads.They are taught this skill at a young age and grow up to have strong necks and great posture.For these girls,balance is simply a way of life.

1.According to the text,Zimbabwe girls _______.

A. go to fetch running water for money

B. catty water every evening

C. do pleasant jobs in their family

D. like carrying things on their heads

2.To get the head-balancing ability,a girl should _______.

A. have a short neck　　 B. take a light load　　 C. practice many times　　 D. cover her mouth

3.Why do the girls have good head-balancing skills?

A. Their necks are strong and their heads are round.

B. They are farced to carry things on their heads.

C. They find no other ways to carry things.

D. They have learned them since they were young.

4.What is the best title of the text?

A. A special living ability

B. Girl’s head-balancing skill

C. Carrying things from far away

D. Using our heads in different ways

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The temperature of the sun is over 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit at the surface, but it rises to perhaps more than 16 million degrees at the center. The sun is so much hotter than the earth that matter can exist only as a gas, except at the core. In the core of the sun, the pressures are so great against the gases that, despite the high temperature, there may be a small solid core. However, no one really knows, since the center of the sun can never be directly observed.

Solar astronomers do know that the sun is divided into five layers or zones. Starting at the outside and going down into the sun, the zones are the corona, chromosphere, photosphere, convection zone and finally the core. The first three zones are regarded as the sun’s atmosphere ends and the main body of the sun begins.

The sun’s outermost layer begins about 10,000 miles above the visible surface and goes outward for millions of miles. This is the only part of the sun that can be seen during an eclipse such as the one in February 1979. At any other time, the corona can be seen only when special instruments are used on cameras and telescopes to shut out the glare of the sun’s rays.

The corona is a brilliant, pearly white, filmy light, about as bright as the full moon. Its beautiful rays are a sensational sight during an eclipse. The corona’s rays flash out in a brilliant fan that has wispy spikelike (一束束穗状) rays near the sun’s north and south poles. The corona is thickest at the sun’s equator.

The corona rays are made up of gases streaming outward at tremendous speeds and reaching a temperature of more than 2 million degrees Fahrenheit. The rays of gas thin out as they reach the space around the planets. By the time the sun’s corona rays reach the earth, they are weak and invisible.

1.Matter on the sun can exist only in the form of gas because of the sun’s ______.

A. size　　　　　　　　 B. age　　　　　　　　 C. location　　　　　　　　 D. temperature

2.With what topic is the second paragraph mainly concerned?

A. How the sun evolved.

B. The structure of the sun.

C. Why scientists study the sun.

D. The distance of the sun from the planets.

3.All of the following are parts of the sun’s atmosphere EXCEPT the _______.

A. corona　　　　　　 B. chromospheres

C. photosphere　　　 D. core

4.According to the passage, as the corona rays reach the planets, they become _______.

A. hotter　　　　　　 B. clearer

C. thinner　　　　　 D. stronger

5.The paragraph following the passage most likely discusses which of the following?

A. The remaining layers of the sun.

B. The evolution of the sun to its present form.

C. The eclipse of February 1979.

D. Scientists will cost more money on researching the corona.

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The temperature of the sun is over 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit at the surface, but it rises to perhaps more than 16 million degrees at the center. The sun is so much hotter than the earth that matter can exist only as a gas, except at the core(核心). In the core of the sun, the pressures are so great against the gases that, despite the high temperature, there may be a small solid core. However, no one really knows, since the center of the sun can never be directly observed.

Solar astronomers do know that the sun is divided into five layers or zones. Starting at the outside and going down into the sun, the zones are the corona, chromosphere, photosphere, convection zone and finally the core. The first three zones are regarded as the sun’s atmosphere. But since the sun has no solid surface, it is hard to tell where the atmosphere ends and the main body of the sun begins.

The sun’s outermost layer begins about 10,000 miles above the visible surface and goes outward for millions of miles. This is the only part of the sun that can be seen during an eclipse (日食) such as the one in February 1979. At any other time, the corona can be seen only when special instruments are used on cameras and telescopes to shut out the glare(刺眼的强光)of the sun’s rays.

The corona is a brilliant, pearly white, filmy light, about as bright as the full moon. Its beautiful rays are a sensational sight during an eclipse. The corona’s rays flash out in a brilliant fan that has wispy spikelike (一束束穗状) rays near the sun’s north and south poles. The corona is thickest at the sun’s equator.

The corona rays are made up of gases streaming outward at tremendous speeds and reaching a temperature of more than 2 million degrees Fahrenheit. The rays of gas thin out as they reach the space around the planets. By the time the sun’s corona rays reach the earth, they are weak and invisible.

1.Matter on the sun can exist only in the form of gas because of the sun’s ______.

A. size　　　　　　　 　　 B. age

C. location　　　　　　　　 D. temperature

2.With what topic is the second paragraph mainly concerned?

A. How the sun evolved.

B. The structure of the sun.

C. Why scientists study the sun.

D. The distance of the sun from the planets.

3.All of the following are parts of the sun’ s atmosphere EXCEPT the _______.

A. corona　　　　 　　 　　 B. chromosphere

C. photosphere　　　　　 D. core

4.The paragraph following the passage most likely discusses which of the following?

A. The remaining layers of the sun.

B. The evolution of the sun to its present form.

C. The eclipse of February 1979.

D. Scientists will cost more money on researching the corona.

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No product is allowed to go into the market if it fails to _____ the quality standard.

A. live             B. come up to         C. meet            D. go through

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Sitting on the peaceful coast of Galapagos Islands. Ecuador, watching the sun move quietly into the sea, you shouldn't forget that Charles Darwin (1809-1882) arrived here in 1835. He stayed on the islands for five weeks, observing various animals. This finally inspired his famous work, On the Origin of Species. You can certainly follow Darwin's footsteps and enjoy a trip from four to seven days to the islands. The islands are certainly a paradise (天堂) for wildlife, as there are no natural killers on the islands and the number of boats and visitors is under government control. Though you cannot walk freely as Darwin did about 200 years ago, each day is as impressive as it could be. The most well-known animal of the Galapagos is the giant tortoise(巨型海龟), which can be seen moving slowly around the highlands of Sanra Cruz, the second largest island in the archipelago(群岛). Some of these creatures are so old that they might have been seen in their youth by Darwin himself. Despite strict control over activities and timing, your stay on the Galapagos will be remembered as a chain of incomparable pictures diving with sea lions that swim and play within inches of you; feeling small sharks touch your feet as you swim; and, most magically, seeing a whale and her baby surface with a great breath of air.

Travelling between the islands and observing the wildlife that so inspired Darwin, you will feel as though you are getting a special view of an untouched world. At night you will sleep on board the ship, leaving the wildlife in complete occupation of the islands, which are as undisturbed now as they have been since the beginning of time.

1.What do we know about Darwin's visit to the islands?

A. He completed his famous book on the islands

B. He studied different creatures on the islands

C. He was touched by the geography of the islands

D. He was attracted by well-known animals of the islands

2.Which of the following plays a role in making the islands "a paradise for wildlife"?

A. Animals on the islands feed on grass.

B. Local government forbids killing wildlife.

C. Tourists are not allowed to touch the animals.

D. People cannot visit the islands as they wish.

3.Your stay on the islands will be most impressive mainly because of_________.

A. a closer view of animals

B. Darwin's inspiring trip

C. The beautiful sea views

D. various daring activities

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

A. A Unique Attraction for Wildlife Lovers

B. Calapagos as a Paradise for Adventures

C. Charles Darwin as a Symbol of Galapagos

D. A Successful Example of Wildlife Protection

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Sharon，Aged 22

The most important thing to keep in mind when going into high school is to be yourself．Besides, I don’t know what your middle school was like, but high school teachers will not care about things such as how much homework you already have in one night．It’s best to just learn to deal with things and manage your time wisely so you can achieve everything you need to.

Frank, Aged 21

I think almost every kid feels both nervous and excited before their first day．You will probably love it．I know I did．You should join some sports or activities that will make your high school experience more enjoyable．Good luck!

Eddie，Aged 20

When I started high school I was really nervous too，especially since I had been homeschooled all through middle school and didn’t really know anyone．I suppose the best advice would be to just relax．The first couple of days can be a little bit hard，but things will become easier before you know it.

David，Aged 19

I’m not going to lie．The first day is kind of frightening(令人恐惧的)．But you’ll get used to it．Don’t be afraid of anyone；upperclassmen will pick on(刁难) you more if you let them know you’re afraid．Just take it easy．Making some friends and staying with them will greatly help you get used to high school quickly．After the first week it’s really not bad at all．Don’t worry.

1.What can we infer (推断) from Sharon about high school?

A．Teachers are quite strict.

B．Students often stay up at night.

C．Teachers provide little care for students.

D．Students should make good use of their time.

2.How did Eddie feel on his first day of high school?

A．Excited.            B．Bored.            C．Worried.            D．Relaxed.

3.Who mentions the importance of friends?

A．Frank.            B．David.            C．Sharon.            D．Eddie.

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Sharon, Aged 22

The most important thing to keep in mind when going into high school is to be yourself. Besides, I don't know what your middle school was like, but high school teachers will not care about things such as how much homework you already have in one night. It's best to just learn to deal with things and manage your time wisely so you can achieve everything you need to.

Frank, Aged 21

I think almost every kid feels both nervous and excited before their first day. You will probably love it. I know I did. You should join some sports or activities that will make your high school experience more enjoyable. Good luck!

Eddie, Aged 20

When I started high school， I was really nervous too, especially since I had been homeschooled all through middle school and didn't really know anyone. I suppose the best advice would be to just relax. The first couple of days can be a little bit hard, but things will become easier before you know it.

David, Aged 19

I'm not going to lie. The first day is kind of frightening (令人恐惧的). But you'll get used to it. Don't be afraid of anyone; upperclassmen will pick on you more if you let them know you're afraid. Just take it easy. Making some friends and staying with them will greatly help you get used to high school quickly. After the first week， it's really not bad at all. Don't worry.

1.What can we infer from Sharon about high school?

A. Teachers are quite strict.

B. Students often stay up at night.

C. Teachers provide little care for students.

D. Students should make good use of their time.

2.How did Eddie feel on his first day of high school?

A. Excited.　　 B. Bored.

C. Worried.　　 D. Relaxed.

3.Who mentions the importance of friends?

A. Frank.　　 B. David.

C. Sharon.　　 D. Eddie.

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