Small drones（无人机）can help carry packages to your home. For two years, Google has been working hard in their secret research lab. They have made great progress. Their latest project is called Project Wing. Project Wing is Google’s invention of a drone delivery service. It is half plane and half helicopter（直升机）and is slightly bigger than a seagull. It can deliver packages to customers’ doors.

The first drone test was made on a farm in Warwick, Australia. It sent sweets and dog treats to a farmer. The drone flew to the farm, hovered（盘旋）, and released the package with a wire. Delivery is here!

The best thing about drone delivery services is that delivery times will be greatly cut down. You’ll be able to order online in the morning. And by noon, the delivery drone will deliver you package.

Throughout history, there have been a series of inventions that have helped people move things around, said Astro Teller, lead scientist of Google Wing, to CNN. Teller thinks Google drones will be the next big step in the series.

Interestingly, drones are not that young. The USA has been using armed（武装）drones since 2002. But drones may also get another use. Film companies have asked to use drones to shoot videos from the sky.

Google’s delivery drones won’t be able to fly to customers any time soon. However, Google has proved that drone delivery is possible. And with Amazon announcing their drone delivery service last year, the heat is on to make safe and suitable drones to fly the skies for customers.

1.Paragraph 2 of the reading is mainly about ______.

A.what a drone is B.how a drone works

C.how a drone is produced D.how a drone is designed

2.According to the reading, Project Wing ______.

A.flies very high B.releases the package without a wire

C.is not big in size D.flies faster than birds

3.According to the passage, drones have been in use in the following fields except______?

A.military (军事) B.films C.delivery D.education

4.Which of the following is NOT true about the invention?

A.The new invention can cut down the time of delivery.

B.Astro Teller is the lead scientist of Project Wing.

C.Google drones are the next big step in helping people move things around.

D.Drones will take a long time to deliver a package.

Many expressions that we use in American English come from novels. Today we will look at some of them from Lewis Carroll’s famous novel “Alice in Wonderland” in detail.

The story is about a young girl falling down a rabbit hole. When she finally lands, she finds herself in a strange world and meets some strange characters.

The first character Alice meets is the White Rabbit, who runs past her and says some strange words. Alice runs after him, and that is where her adventures begin.

In English, chasing a white rabbit means chasing an impossible clue and finding yourself in a misleading situation.

Then, as she runs after the rabbit, she falls down the rabbit hole into Wonderland.

To fall down the rabbit hole can mean to enter a situation which makes people feel puzzled. However, usually we use this expression to mean we get interested in something to the point of distractions(分神). It often happens by accident and is about something not that meaningful.

Later in the story, Alice meets the March Hare and the Hatter at a crazy tea party. Hares have long been thought to behave excitedly in March, which is their mating（交配）season. Scientifically, this may not be true. But to be mad as a March Hare means that someone is completely mad, or crazy. The expression mad as a Hatter also means to be completely crazy. Of the two, mad as a Hatter is more common.

Near the end of the story, Alice meets the Queen of Hearts. A woman who is called a Queen of Hearts likes controlling others and always tries to control everything and everyone around her.

1.Which of the following situations best fits the expression “to fall down a rabbit hole”?

A.When Jack was sitting in the study, he got bored with the homework and felt sleepy.

B.When Sue turned On the TV, she chose to watch her favourite programme as usual.

C.When Jim was looking for a sport book online, he lost himself in reports on superstars.

D.When Lily was thinking about how to solve a math problem, she came up with a good idea.

2.According to the passage, the expression “to be mad as a March Hare” .

A.describes how hares behave in March

B.shows hares’ characteristics in a funny way

C.is used more often than the expression mad as a Hatter

D.has the same meaning as the expression mad as a Hatter

3.Which of the following characters wants others to obey his or her orders in every situation?

A.Alice. B.The March Hare. C.The Hatter. D.The Queen of Hearts.

4.The writer mainly wants to ________in this passage.

A.introduce a famous novel and its language style

B.introduce a famous writer Lewis Carroll and his novels

C.explain some English expressions from a famous novel

D.explain why many expressions in English come from novels

Body language sometimes speaks louder than words. Body language can tell you whether someone is interested or not, and whether someone is happy to see you or not. One of the most important things that body language can tell, however, is whether a person is lying or not. Here’s how you can determine whether someone is telling you the truth or not, based on body language alone.

The eyes are said to be the windows of the soul and one of the things that the little windows will show you is whether someone is honest or not. When you talk to people, you should look at their eyes and judge whether they are turning away from your close watch or not. People are usually subconsciously(潜意识地) uncomfortable when lying to the person that they are talking to. Besides lying, eyes that have a lot of movement usually show that the person is about to lie or that the person has told a lie.

People who lie often touch their noses and other parts of their faces. If you notice that your partner or someone talking to you unconsciously touches his nose, this probably means that he is lying. The reason why people touch their faces when they lie is that lying usually leads to an increase in blood circulation, and then an itch(痒) in the small blood vessels（血管）in the nose or in the cheeks will appear.

Another common body language suggestion that someone is lying is when a person crosses his arms. If the person crosses the arms, it means that the person is both being defensive and shutting himself off. People who are telling the truth will usually make an open gesture(姿态). They put the arms on the side to show that they are not hiding anything. Subconsciously, however, people will cross their arms when they are lying.

If you plan to use body language to determine whether someone is lying or not, make sure that you are focused and that you are looking in the face and the person’s body all at the same time.

Do you have the experience of taking music lessons a1. your wishes？Perhaps you have complained about it because you thought it took you much playtime. But now you'd better thank your parents for s2. their time and money on your musical training. A recent study suggests music lessons can make children have b3. memories than their peers （同龄人）.

The Canadian study showed that after one year of musical training, children did better on a memory test than t4. who didn't take music lessons.

The researchers made the children aged b5. 4 and 6 into two groups—one group of children took music lessons outside school, and the o6. didn't take any musical training. In one year, they took four tests in different times. The r7. showed brain development changes at least every four months.

The children taking music lessons not o8. did better in musical listening but also made faster p9. in other ways, such as reading, writing, Maths and IQ.

People say music is the good medicine for a broken heart. Now it seems music can also help us to i10. our memories. We are sure to find more and more in the wonderful world of music.

句子翻译

1.学生们常常怀疑花这么多时间练习是否值得。

2.尽管他的演讲持续了一个半小时，但我们没有觉得无聊。

3.我认为观看对著名球员的采访并不是浪费时间。

4.除非你亲眼所见，否则你不会意识到这个问题有多严重。

5.让我惊讶的是，他已决定死后捐献遗体供医学研究。

假如你是Daniel。最近,你班就“My hero”展开了一次调查。下表是调查结果,请根据表格内容写一篇英语短文,向英语校刊投稿。

注意：

1.词数100左右（短文的开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数）；

2.短文必须包括所有要点,可适当发挥,使短文连贯通顺。

Recently we did a survey in our class about their heroes. Here're the results.

Fill in the blanks according to the phonetic transcription.

1.Trees remove dust and _____/pr??dju:s/ the oxygen we ____ /bri:?/. Trees reduce sound pollution for city center and _____/?d/ beauty to cities.

2.In the last 200 years, more than ______/hɑ:f/ of all the trees on the Earth have been destroyed. For every tree being ____ /pla:nt?d/ today, 30 trees are being _____ /k?t/ down. We need more trees.

3.We ______ /w?:ml?/ welcome anyone who would like to______ /d???n/ us in this project.

__________ old lady in white is __________ university teacher.

A.An…a B.An…the C.The…a D.The…an

Trees are _______ biggest and oldest living things on the earth.

A.a B.an C.the D./

We should learn from him and think less of __________ than others.

A.us B.ourselves C.our D.ours