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閱讀下面短文，根據要求回答問題。

IlovenatureandIamveryconcerned（擔心的）thatalotofpeopleare

pollutingtheearthwithoutrealizingit.Pollutionismadewhensomebodyputs

harmfulthingsintotheair,waterorland.Peopleshouldnotpollute.When

peoplepollute,ithurtsthepeople,theanimalandtheplant.

Whenpeopleputchemicalsintotheland,theygointooursoilandintoour

water.Whenpeopleandanimalsdrinkthewateritmakesthemsick.Theymaynot

realizeitrightawaybutfinallytheyfeelit.Whenchemicalsgetintothe

grounditaffectsthewholefoodchain（食物鏈）一Theinsect,theanimal,the

plantandthepeopleareaffected.

Whenpeoplecutdowntreestheyreducetheamount（數量）ofoxygen（氧氣）and

theytakeawayhomesforanimals.Mostpeopledon,trealizehowcuttingdown

treeshurtspeopleandanimals.

IfIcouldmakelaws,noonecouldputgarbageintothewateroronthe

landandallcarswou1drunonfuel（然料）madefrombeans.WhenIgrowup,Iwant

toliveonacleanearthwithlotsoftalltreesfullofanimals.Pleasedon't

pollute.

1.Howarepeoplepollutingtheearthaccordingtothepassage?

2.Arepeopleaffectedifwepollutetheearth?

3.Mostpeopledon'trealizehowcuttingdowntreeshurtspeopleandanimals,

dothey?

4.Wheredochemicalsgowhenpeopleputthemintotheland?

5.Whatisagoodearthlikeforthewriter?

1.Somebodyputsharmfulthingsintotheair,waterandland.

2.No,theydon,t.

3.Yes,theyare.

4.Theygointooursoilandintoourwater.

5.Acleanearthwithlotsoftalltreesfullofanimals.

Everfeellikenoonereallyunderstandsyou?Well"Pepper“couldbe

aboutto

changeallthat.Pepperisthefirstrobottoreadhumanfeelings.Usingits

emotion

recognitionfunctions,Peppercanreacttopeoplewhenitisnearthem---

making

jokes,dancingandevensinginginJapanese.

Theman-likerobotlookslikeasmallgirl.Itisfour-feettallwitha

tabletcomputersettoitschest.Ithashuman-likehands,agirl-1ikebodyand

baby-likevoice.ItwasshowntocuriouspeopleinTokyostoresonFridayby

Softbank,aJapaneseroboticscompany.

Peppercanexaminefacialexpressions（面部表情），humanvoiceandsigns,

thenmakeananswer.Pepperisdesignedtobeafamilyrobot,butitisn't

likeRosiewhocandohouseworkonthecartoon.Pepperisusedatthehomeor

thestore,whereweprovidefunandentertainment.

Peppergetspowerfromloveinsideafamily.Notonlyishemakingjokes,

makingthemlaugh,itcanalsohelppeoplewhentheyareintrouble.Ina

naturalaccident,itcanhelpmakethosepeoplewhoaresadorlonelyfeel

relaxed,encouragethemormakethemlaugh.

PeppergoesonsaleinJapanforaround$2,000inFebruary2015.Fornow,

severalPeppersareatSoftbankstoresinTokyoforpeopletovisit.The

creatorssaybeforesellingPeppers,theywanttherobotstostoremore

knowledge,todobetteringettingalongwithhuman.

根據上面短文的內容回答問題(每題不超過8個單詞)

1.WhatkindofrobotisPepper?

2.WherewasPeppershownonFriday?

3.WhatcanRosieprobablydoathome?

4.HowcanPepperhelphumansinanaturalaccident?

5.WhencanpeoplebuyaPepper?

1.(It,s)Thefirstrobottoreadhumanfeelings.

2.InJapan/InTokyo(stores).

3.(Itcan)dohousework.

4.Bycheeringthemup/Bymakingthemrelaxed./Byencouragingthemormaking

themlaugh./Itcanhelpmakethemfeelrelax./Itcanencouragethem/make

themlaugh.

5.InFebruary,2015

Likemanyotherprimaryschoolpupils,nine-year-oldMinnalwentabroad

withherparentsduringtherecentschoolholidays.Itmaycomeasasurprise

tolearnthatsheneithershoppedatamallnorateatafancyrestaurant.She

climbedamountain.

ForeightdaysinMay,Minnalhikednearly100kilometrestoreachthe

5364-metre-highEverest(珠穆朗瑪峰)basecampinNepal.Thegirltalkedabout

herspecialtrip,“Ithoughtthiswasthemostmeaningfultripforme."It

hasnotbeenconfirmedifthePrimaryFourpupilisindeedtheyoungest

Singaporeantoreachthebasecamp,asnosuchrecordsarekept.

Everest?ssouthbasecampinNepaliswhereclimbersplanningtoclimbthe

world,shighestpeak,staytogetusedtothealtitude（海拔高度）.However,it

willbesomeyearsbeforeMinnalcanactuallyclimbtheEverestasclimbers

rhavetobeatleastsixteenyearstoclimbthepeak.

Howdiditallstart?ItallbeganlastyearwhenMinnalJsmotherdecided

shemightwanttoclimbthefamousHimalayas.Asagoodhiker,sheaskedboth

fatheranddaughteriftheywereupforthechallenge.Thisyear,on20May,

thefamilyflewtoNepal.

Minnalsharedthatmostoftheeightdayswerespenthikingtentofifteen

kilometresfrom8a.m.to6p.m.eachday,withthehelpofthreelocalguides.

Luckily,sheadded,nobodyfellillwithaltitudesickness.Shealsosaidthat

sheisthinkingofclimbingEverestinthefuture.

1.WhatdidMinnaldoduringtherecentschoolholidays?

2.HowlongdoesMinnalhavetowaittoclimbtheEverestyspeak?

3.Whohelpedthefamilytomakesuretheydidn,tlosetheirway?

4.WhatdidMinnalthinkoftheclimb?

5.HowwillyoudescribeMinnal?（自擬一句話）

1.Sheclimbedamountain.2.Forsevenyears.3.Threelocalguides.

4.Shethoughtitwasmeaningful.5.Sheisabravegirl.

Atthestartofanewyear,studentswillusuallywrite

articlestoreviewlastyear'sworkandsetgoalsforthe

comingyear.Well,theChinesegovernmentdoesthistoo---it

writestheGovernmentWorkReport.

Everyyearinspring,theNationalPeople'sCongress

（全國人民代表大會）meetingsareheldinBeijing,andbig

thecountryarediscussed.AtonemeetingonMarch5th,

PremierLiKeqiangbroughtoutthisyear?sGovernmentWorkReport.Thisyear

isquitespecialbecause2016isthebeginningofthe13thFive-YearPlan,Thus,

thisreportlaysout「（制定）abigplan,whichChinawillfollowoverthenext

fiveyears.

Foralongtime,Chinahasseenfasteconomicdevelopment.Boththecountry

anditspeoplehavebeenbecomingricherandricher.Butlastyear,Chinasaw

theslowesteconomicgrowthspeedinthepast25years.Thereportpointedout

thatpeopledon'thavetoworrybecauseChinaiswelcominga“neweconomy”.

Goalsfortheeconomyarealwaysoneofthemosteye-catchingparts.

Chinausedto（依靠）alotonindustrieslikemakingclothesandtoys,

whichdon'tneedmuchscienceortechnology.ButnowChinaischanging.It

willfocusmoreondevelopinghigh-techcompaniesandserviceindustrieslike

tourism,accordingtothereport.

Thereportalsoplanstohelppeoplehavebetterlives.Thegovernment

needstomakesurethatcityairisclean80percentoftheyear.Chinawill

alsohelpmorepeoplegetgoodmedicalcare,andtheywanttoincreasethe

averagepersonyslifetimebyoneyear.

Althoughfacingdifferentkindsofproblems,thereportbelievesina

brightfutureforChina."Fromthestart,Chinahasbeendevelopingwhile

dealingwithchallenges.Thereisnodifficultywecannotgetbeyond,“wrote

thereport.

（請將答案寫在答題卡上）

1.HowoftenaretheNationalPeople'sCongressmeetingsheldinBeijing?

2.Howhavethepeopleofourcountrybeenbecomingwiththerapideconomic

development?

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3.Whywillourcountryletpeoplegetgoodmedicalcare?

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4.Whatwillourcountrypaymoreattentiontoaccordingtothereport?（請考生

根據短文內容，自擬一句話作答）

5.Whatdoyouwanttodoforourcountryafterreadingthepassage?（請考生根

據自己的想法，自擬一句話作答）

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1.（TheNationalPeople'sCongressmeetingsareheldinBeijing）everyyear.

2.Thepeopleofourcountryhavebeenbecomingricherandricher.

3.Becausetheywanttoincreasetheaverageperson?slifetimebyoneyear.

4.Itwillpaymoreattentiontodevelopinghigh-techcompaniesandservice

industriesliketourism.

5.Iwanttostudyhard./Iwanttoprotectourenvironment""

（Anyreasonableanswercanbeaccepted）

Youcanbeproudofyourselves,evenifyoucanonlymakeoneortwoof

thesegreenchanges.Thegoalhereisto1imitcarbondioxide（二氧化碳）and

othergreenhousegases,whicharecloselyconnectedtothebigproblemof

global-warming（全球變暖）.

WAY1:BringyourowncuptoStarbucks.You'11geta10-centdiscount,and

it'sonelesspapercuptoendupinadustbin.Thestorewon,tcreatemore

wastewhentheythrowawayacup.

WAY2:Turnoffyourcomputer.Wheninstandbymode（待機模式），yourPCis

stillusingenergy.Turningoffamonitor（顯示器）for40hoursaweekmayonly

save$5amonth,butitreducesC02by750pounds.

WAY3:Reuseplasticbags.Insteadofthrowingaway100billionplastic

bagsa「year,tryandgetasecond,third,ortenthuseoutofthem.Betteryet,

nexttimeyoushop,tryareusablebag.Theamountofoilitwouldtaketomake

just14plasticbagswouldrunyourcarforonemile.

WAY4:Userecycledpaperinthebathroom.Mostofthetoiletpaperweuse

ismadefromtreesfoundinforests.Ifeveryfamilytooktheplaceofoneroll

oftoiletpaperwitharrecycledone,424,000treeswouldstillbestanding.

WAY5:Plantatree.Addinggreentoyourgardenisbeautifulandearth-

pleasing.Justonetreewillhelpmakecleanerairandsavetheenvironment

from5,000poundsofhotcarbondioxideeachyear.

1.Howmanywaysarementionedinthepassage?

2.WhatishappeningwhenyourPCisinstandbymode?

3.Whichwayssuggestrecyclingorreusingofthings?

4.Howdothesewaysdogoodtoourenvironment?

5.Whatdoyouusuallydotoprotectourenvironment?（請自擬一句話作答）

1.Five（ways）.

2.Itisstillusingenergy.

3.Way3andWay4./Ways3&4.

4.Theyproducelessgreenhousegases./Theyhelplimitcarbondioxideand

othergreenhousegases

5.Iusuallygoshoppingwithmyownbags/Iusuallytakeshortershowersto

savewater./1usuallyturnoffthelightswhenIleavearoomtosave

power./IusuallydomoreexerciseandwatchlessTV./???

Yoursmartphonemayseemlikethecentreofyourentertainment,butaKent

StateUniversitystudyshowsthattoomuchphoneuseistakingthefunright

outofoursparetime.

Researcherswatchedagroupofnearly500studentsandrecordedtheir

dailysmartphoneuse.Thosewhowereconsideredinthe“high-use“group

experiencedmorestressduringtheirsparetimethantheothergroup.

Sowhatcanwedoinordertoreallytakeadvantageofoursparetime?We

havecollectedthefollowingactivitiesthatalsotakeafewhourstocomplete,

butbestpartofall,you'11improveyourhealthintheprocess（過程）.

Whetheryou'reathomeoronholiday,it'simportanttodisconnectfrom

theWi-Fi.Walkinginanaturecandogoodtoyourhealth.Asaprofessional

（職業的）traveler.SamanthaBrownputitinarecentpassage,“Iputmymap

inmybackpocket,putdownmyphonesandtakeagood,longwalk.Justwalk

around.”

Gotobedearlier.Whatcanhelpimproveyourmood?Extrasleep,

naturally.Gettingtherightnumberofsleepisveryimportanttoourhealth

andstudiesshowthatwedon,tgetenoughofit.

Readabook.Andletyourselfgetlostinagoodstory.Researchshows

thatreadingcanreducestress,keepyourbrainsharpandcanevenhelpyou

sleepbetter.Everyoneshouldspendatleast30minutesreadingeveryday.

Puttingpentopaperisagoodexercise.Trywritingdownyourthoughts.

Writinghasalotofhealthadvantages.Besides,writingdownyourthoughtsmay

evenhelpclearyourmind.

Answerthefollowingquestionswithnomorethan5words.

1.Whatdidresearchersrecordthose500studentsabout?

2.WhatisSamanthaBrown?

3.Howcanpeopleimprovetheirmoodsaccordingtothepassage?

4.Howlongshouldpeoplespendonbookseveryday?

5.Howmanyactivitiesdoesthewriteradviseustodotoimproveourhealth

accordingtothepassage?

1.Theirdailysmartphoneuse.

2.Aprofessionaltraveler./Atraveler.

3.ExtraSleep./Bygoingtobedearlier.

4.Atleast30minutes./Atleasthalfanhour./Halfanhour.

5.Four/4.

Mr.HenryStoneisawell-knownwriter.Heisnowinawritingclassat

BeijingSunshineSecondarySchool.Heisverygladtosharehiswriting

experienceswiththestudents

“Ok,Iwatchpeoplealot,IdothatwhenItravel,Ihavebeentomany

countriessuchasBritain,Italy,andSweden.SoIspentalotoftimeatthe

airports,whilewaitingformyflights,Iwatchpeoplepassingbyandstartmy

imagination.Forexample,theotherdaywhenIwaswaitingformyflightto

Greece,Isawacouple,theywerebuyingmagazinesatthat,moment,theywere

notwearingbusinessclothes,butthemanwascarryingasuitcase,everyfew

seconds,thewomenlookedaround,Iwonderedsomeonewasfollowingthem.

Perhapstheywererunningawayand,youknow,（reminded,of,me,astory,in

thenewspaper,thatday,This）:abankerstoleonemillionpondsaweek

beforeanddisappearedwithhiswife,therewasapictureoftheminthepaper,

thecouplereallylookedlikethethieves,maybeIshouldstopthem.Justthen,

Isawthemsaygoodbyetoeachother.Andthewomanwalkedaway.Oh,theyare

notthethieves,shecametoseeherhusbandoff.Well,sometimesImake

mistakeslikethat,butIfindthingslikethatveryusefulformywriting.”

1.WhatdoesMr.HenryStonedo?

2.Whatdoesheoftendowhilewaitingforhisflights?

3.WhatdidHenrylearnfromthenewspaperthatday?

4.Whywasthewomanattheairport?

1.Awriter

2.Hewatchespeoplepassingbyandstartshisimagination.

3.Abankerstoleonemillionpondsaweekbeforeanddisappearedwithhiswife,

4.Shecametoseeherhusbandoff.

Wecannotrememberclearlysincewhenwehavestartedtotakeourmobiles

toadinnertable.Thishappensalot,especiallywhenweeatout.Onceadish

comes,insteadofliftingourchopsticks,wetake

outourmobilesandclick（咔噠）.Later,wepostthephotosontomicroblog（微博）

orWeChat（微信），awaitingtobeliked,,.Thenwecheckourmobilesfromtime

totimeduringthemealtoseewhetherweget“liked“ornot.Wejustcannot

leaveourmobilesforonlyameal.

Doesthatsoundfimliliar（熟悉的）toyou?Doyoudothatoften?Ifnot,

howdoyoufeelwhenothersdothatwhenhavingdinnerwithyou?

Arecentstudyshowswhatweareusedtodoingisnotsogood.Spending

timetakingphotosoffoodmakesthefoodlesssatisfyingTotestthis,some

researchersdidanexperiment.（Somepeople,before,were,take,asked,could,

to,photos,enjoyfood,they）.Itprovedthatthemorephotostheytook,the

lessdeliciousthefoodseemedtothem.So,whynotstoptakingphotosandjust

enjoythefoodinfrontofyou?

Besidesthescientificresult,therearealsosomeotherbadinfluences

oftakingphotosoffoodbeforemeals.Afterpostingthephotosontothe

Internet,onewillinvoluntarily（不自覺地）checkhismobilemanytimes."Does

everyonelikemyphotos?Ihopealotofpeoplelikethem!”Itseemslikeyour

mobilesecretlycallsyournameallthetime,evenwhenyouarewithreal

people.

So,nexttimeyougoouttohavedinnerwithyourfamilyorfriends,how

aboutnottakingphotosoffood?Letthefoodbedeliciousasitisandshare

yourlifewithpeoplearoundyou.Trustme.Itwillbeawonderfultime.

1.Whathappensalotatthedinnertablenowadays?

2.Whatdoestherecentstudytellusabouttakingphotosoffood?

3.Whatdoesthefourthpara