show is the guest. According to different topics, each guest tells his or her own story by reading from literary works. The second focus is the writer. By listening to guests’ reading, audience can also feel the power behind their words. People are saying that VR ; (虚拟现实技术）is going to change our lives in the future. VR puts you in a new world when you’re standing in your room. You are visiting the London Bridge in Britain, but the next second you will be in France. This is what might happen in the near future with the help of VR. It was a touching moment at the National Zoo in Washington. Thousands of people from all over the country came to say goodbye to one of the area’s most popular residents (居民）Bao Bao. According to arrangements (约定）between China and the United States, giant pandas born there must move back to China at around four.

26. What does the underlined word “it” refer to? A. The smart phone. B. The QR-code. C. The Mobike. D. The app.

27. The attractive points of the TV show The Reader are _____. A. the host and the listeners B. the host and the guests C. the listeners and the writers D. the guests and the writers 28. When was Bao Bao probably born?

A. In 2011. B. In 2013. C. In 2015, D. In 2017.

29. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. You need a smart phone if you want to ride a Mobike. B. The Reader is played once a week on TV.

C. More and more people’s lives have been changed by VR. D. Bao Bao was welcomed by the people in America very much.

B

Justin was always prepared. His famous words were “Never throw anything away because you never know when it will be useful”. His bedroom was full of all kinds of things. His parents asked him to clean them out of his room, but he refused.

When Justin went out, he always carried his blue backpack. He liked to think of it as a smaller kind of bedroom — a place to put objects that he could collect. As a result, Justin had got a reputation (名声）for always getting people out of hopeless situations. Many of his classmates and neighbors liked to come to him, when necessary.

One day in the science class, Mr Tran was teaching the structure of the solar system with a model. He made a sudden gesture and the model fell apart. The students looked around on the floor for ten minutes and were finally able to get every piece except one. It fell into a crack (裂缝).“If we have a magnet (磁铁),” said Mr Tran, “we can easily take it out. But I lent all of the magnets to the primary school yesterday.”

Justin was already searching through his backpack. “I think I have some materials that will work,” he told Mr Tran. He pulled out a battery, a piece of iron, and some electrical wire. By putting the wire around the iron and putting each end to the battery, he made a magnet strong enough to lift the piece out of the crack. 30. What did Justin’s parents probably think of the things in his room? A. Helpful. B. Useless.

C. Valuable. D. Cheap.

31. What can we infer from the second paragraph?

A. Justin got on well with his classmates and neighbors. B. Justin never took off his blue backpack. C. Justin’s backpack was very large.

D. Justin didn’t like to put his books in his backpack. 32. How did Justin help his teacher? A. By offering him advice. B. By lending him his backpack. C. By listening to his problem. D. By using things in his backpack. 33. What does the passage mainly tell us?

A. Justin liked his science teacher and helped him a lot in class. B. Justin had a special backpack and it was full of magic. C. Justin never threw things away and he used them to help others. D. Justin liked inventing things and wanted to become an inventor.

C

Top student Wang Hanbing had a problem. The 14-year-old boy used to get marks of over 90 points (out of100 points) on his Chinese tests. But during last term’s final exams, his Chinese score was only 70 points. “I didn’t know what happened,” said Wang, who felt frustrated with Chinese during the following months.

Like Wang, many of us experience failure in our daily life. What would you do to deal with those problems? Would you just let them stay there and give up? Wang chose to face his problem. His parents and teacher also gave him a lot of help. After some hard work, he now gets marks between 90 and 95 points on his Chinese tests: “Don’t be afraid of difficulties,” he said. “You will beat them if you try your best.” He also said that his deskmate told him some useful advice.

Zhang Can from Shenzhen also has a story to tell. The 15-year-old girl was not good at doing sit-ups (仰卧起坐）which is necessary for the Senior High School Entrance Examination. One has to do at least 28 sit-ups in a minute to pass the test. However, she could only do 20. Feeling worried, Zhang decided to do something. She practised doing sit-ups for half an hour every day after school. After a month, she could do 30 sit-ups in a minute. “I finally know what made me slow through practice, and then I improve the skill little by little,” said Zhang. 34. What problem did Wang Hanbing have? A. He didn’t get on well with his classmates. B. He didn’t do well in his Chinese as before. C. He didn’t get on well with his Chinese teacher. D. He was bored with learning Chinese.

35. All of the following people gave Wang Hanbing support EXCEPT his A. parents B. Chinese teacher C. best friend D. deskmate

36. What similarity do Wang Hanbing and Zhang Can have? A. Both of them got success with others, help. B. Neither of them got a satisfying result in the end. C. Both of them dealt with their problems alone. D. Both of them were positive about their difficulties. 37. What is the best title for the passage? A. Face the difficulties actively. B. Experience failure in life. C. Try to be a better student. D. Do more exercise daily.

D

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