While astronauts in space get to do many exciting things, they miss out on ordinary things that we all take for granted—being able to walk on firm ground, hanging out with family and digging into a slice of hot steaming pizza. Though not much can be done about the first two things, there may soon be a solution to the third one, thanks to this cool 3-D pizza printer!
About a year ago, NASA offered $125,000 to Anjan Contractor, a 3-D technology expert, to build a device that would allow astronauts to make pizza on demand. The mechanical engineer promised that his invention would produce pies in large quantities that looked, tasted and even smelled like pizza made in common ovens.
Late last year, the engineer presented a video of his first prototype (原型) that begins by creating a single slice of dough (面团) that is cooked and printed at the same time. Then comes the tomato “sauce”—a mix of tomato powder, oil and water and finally, a protein slice that resembles cheese. While the video doesn’t show the baking process, the inventor says that once the pizza is printed, it can be ready to be consumed (消耗) in 7 seconds.
While the pie in the video looks delicious enough to attract any pizza lover, Anjan Contractor is far from ready for astronauts. That’s because he still has to find a solution to make the food container in the printer last for 30 years. Though that may sound unrealistic, actually it is not. Anjan Contractor believes that the only way that is possible is that the water is removed from all the ingredients and then they are reduced to the powder form. This, as you can imagine, will not be so easy. But, while the printer may not be ready for space, it certainly looks ready enough for people on earth. Hopefully, NASA and Contractor will consider selling it to those not fortunate enough to go to Mars!
1.Why does the author mention the things that astronauts in space cannot do?
A. To ask us not to take common things for granted.
B. To show they live a difficult life there.
C. To show their life is boring in space.
D. To introduce the topic of the text.
2.NASA offered $125,000 to Anjan Contractor mainly to ________.
A. create some new type of 3-D printer
B. attract more companies to work for NASA
C. help astronauts in space enjoy fresh pizza one day
D. produce pizza in large quantities to earn great profits
3.The biggest challenge that Anjan Contractor is faced with now is probably that ________.
A. he has no money left to go on with his research
B. the pizza doesn’t seem appetizing to pizza lovers
C. he has no way to make pizza that can last for thirty years
D. he cannot make the food container last for decades
4.What’s the best title of the passage?
A. NASA is trying its best to help astronauts eat better
B. Astronauts may soon be able to enjoy steaming hot pizza
C. NASA is working on making pizza for common people
D. A 3-D pizza printer has been used to make pizza
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Top chefs aren’t known for their friendly character. Assistants who overcook food by ten seconds usually struggle to get out of the kitchen alive. My father was a top chef. We’d had a stormy relationship for years, but I decided to follow in his footsteps anyway, and train as a chef. It was better than the dead-end I ‘d reach with the job I’d been doing.
After three years, I became head chef in a restaurant called The Tortoise. As the boss, I made important decision but if anything went wrong, I was the one who should take the responsibility. Experiencing the sweaty kitchens, I learned why my father was the way he was. When I began, I didn’t have my sights set on anything much---I just wanted a regular job—but soon I realized my career was taking off. The rich and famous started to visit the restaurant and eventually came the time when I had to decide about my future: I could either open my own restaurant or go and work for one of the big ones. Then life made the decision for me. My father tried and I got his job.
On my first day, I received an unfriendly welcome. No one would talk to me. What made it worse was that I was ill—I had a cold , and my hands were shaking as I went into the kitchen. I held my breath, stood up in front of everyone and said, My name is Leah Kleist. You all know my father. whether you loved him or hated him, I don’t care. He is the past. Now let’s get to work. And we did.
1.What will happen to assistants who overcook food?
A. They got punished B. They eat the food
C. They get some advice D. They get fired
2.Why did the author decide to work as a chef?
A. It was his favorite B. It was a better job.
C. He was forced to D. He lost his job.
3.What does the underline part tell us about the author?
A. He knew little about the job.
B. He misunderstood his father
C. He didn’t have a clear goal.
D. He had a very poor eyesight.
4.What caused the staff’s unfriendly attitude towards the author?
A. His lack of experience
B. His poor health condition
C. Their impression of is father
D. Their envy at his success
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书面表达
假设你是红星中学高三学生李华，请给你的美国同学Jim 写一封电子邮件，告知周末你不能参加他的生日聚会，希望他谅解。邮件的内容包括：
1．表达歉意;
2．说明理由;
3．告知已准备了生日礼物。
注意： 1．词数不少于50;
2．开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Jim，
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
Best wishes，
Li Hua
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I have no doubt that he will make it，but I wonder __________ he is really ready enough．
A．whatB．why
C．whetherD．that
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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
The“selfie”is used to describe the self-taken photo，often from a smartphone．Someone takes about 10 selfies each time he does，and he only ends up___1.___（post）one or two of those．He picks the one that he feels make him look the___2.__（good）．In that picture，he gains confidence．For that moment，everything bad or terrible that has happened to him___3.__（remove），because that smile is what gives him the___4.___（determine）to love himself．
I read__5.___poem recently and the young man said，“If I ask you__6.____you love，the answers will most likely roll off your tongue．You love to read．You love to write．You love your mom，you daughter，or your best friend．How long do you think you can go on and on before you say ‘I love___7.___（I）’？”
That statement hit me like a ton of bricks．I’ve struggled with confidence all my life．I still do．And in__8.___way am I saying that taking a selfie is a gateway___9.__confidence． __10.___，the selfie does deserve some credit for allowing individuals to express themselves．
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完形填空
Last Christmas while staying with my parents, I _________ across some old love letters that my parents wrote to each other. These letters were all piled up in a basket, dirty and _________ with dust. Deciding to read and sort them, I asked them if I could take the letters back to my Illinois home. They _________ .
As I carefully opened each letter, _________ of them fragile with age, I discovered a new page _________ unknown to me in this private chapter of my parents' lives.
My father used to _________ in the army. So his letters were full of frontline _________ of the things about the war. Each of my mother's letters was marked with her 1944 dark red lipstick kiss. I was _________ to these letters like a magnet（磁铁）.
Just six weeks after our Christmas visit, Daddy became very _________ and was hospitalized. This time, he was fighting a _________ kind of war. As I sat by his bedside, we discussed the _________ . He told me how much receiving those lipstick-kissed letters had _________ to him when he had been so far from home.
It so happened that the next day would be February 14. From the _________ letters I chose the card my father had sent Mother in 1944 and brought it to my father’s bedside.
At his bedside, I talked with him, saying _________ , "Today is Valentine's Day, don’t you want to send Mother a present?" He became _________ when I handed him the old _________ . He carefully opened it and took out the card, and when he _________ it, his eyes were filled with tears.
My father, in a _________ tight with emotion (情感) read the loving message he'd sent to my mother fifty-six years _________ . And this time, he could read it to her in _________ .
1.A. came B. hit C. drew D. fell
2.A. hidden B. covered C. buried D. filled
3.A. refused B. smiled C. shocked D. agreed
4.A. all B. none C. both D. neither
5.A. recently B. usually C. previously D. occasionally
6.A. work B. study C. serve D. report
7.A. accounts B. documents C. introductions D. occupations
8.A. devoted B. addicted C. thrown D. drawn
9.A. sad B. dead C. dangerous D. ill
10.A. typical B. traditional C. different D. familiar
11.A. wars B. illnesses C. letters D. hospitals
12.A. meant B. intended C. planned D. said
13.A. divided B. sorted C. separated D. updated
14.A. sadly B. angrily C. softly D. loudly
15.A. curious B. regretful C. fantastic D. positive
16.A. card B. envelope C. basket D. lipstick
17.A. found B. wrote C. recognized D. missed
18.A. sound B. noise C. whisper D. voice
19.A. later B. earlier C. before D. ahead
20.A. person B. private C. danger D. peace
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请认真阅读下列短文,并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填1个单词。请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。
Research shows that the summer before college can be a dangerous time for teenagers, as they are between home and high school on the one side, and a more challenging and independent existence as a college student on the other.
Take drinking for example. Research has reported that teenagers tend to increase their alcohol use during the summer before college and in their first term. Such drinking can lead to tragedy: it’s estimated that more than 1,100 college students at 18 to 24 years of age die each year from alcohol-related injuries, including car crashes, and almost 600, 000 are injured under the influence of alcohol.
In addition to drinking, future freshmen may also have gaps in their knowledge about other aspects of university life. A study has found that students are “generally aware” of the fact that they have to place them into college courses and their school’s curricular requirements. In addition, many students hold misunderstandings such as “Getting into college is the hardest part”, and “I can take whatever classes I want when I get to college”. In fact, students’ courses may be determined by their level of preparation.
It is found that college-bound high-school graduates are faced with a number of potentially frightening tasks during the summer. For example, colleges typically require students to take placement tests(分班考试)and fill out a lot of paperwork, including housing and medical forms, over the summer. Completing these tasks may be especially frightening for low-income and first-generation college-bound students whose families may be short of experience with the college-going process.
In addition, it’s only in the summer after high-school graduation when students face the reality of paying the first college bill, which often includes unexpected costs like required health insurance. For college-intending students, successfully controlling the post-high-school summer thus requires a level of finance that may be unrelated to their ability to succeed in the classroom. As a result, students who have already broken through many barriers to college admission may fail to enter college.
Paring college-bound students with “fellow advisers”---students already in college who have been trained to support and coach their learners through the summer---improves the rate at which the learners show up at college. Even more wonderful, a low-cost campaign of text messages---in which researchers sent recent high-school graduates and their parents a series of eight to ten text-message reminders of key tasks to complete over the summer---is just as effective in increasing the rate of students who successfully make the change to college.
A little “summer pushing” could be a key step in getting students all the way across the finish line.
The Key to College Success: Summer | |
Facts | The summer before college throws 1. dangers to high-school graduates. |
College life is challenging and needs students’ 2. . | |
Reasons for college failure | Many misfortunes happening to future freshmen are related to 3. . |
Future freshmen have false 4. about college life. | |
Tasks related to going to college may create some 5. for a certain group of high-school graduates. | |
Finance may become a6. even to those who can give good academic performance. | |
7. | Get ready, as the level of preparations really does8. . |
Future freshmen may be recommended to 9. to “fellow advisers”. | |
Text messages can be used as 10. of completing key tasks. | |
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______ “ Double 11” somewhat overlaps with Valentine’ s Day and provides another occasion for lovers to buy each other gifts, most spending on that day doesn’t involve a change of single status.
A. Ever since B. In case
C. Even though D. As though
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书面表达
假定你是一名高三学生，名叫李华。在母亲节来临之际, 请你用英文给你的妈妈写一封信表示感恩,并借此机会和妈妈说说知心话，具体内容应包括：
1.表示感恩;
2.你的现状（生活、学习情况）。
1)你的高考奋斗目标；
2)你对自己的信心。
参考词汇：高考the College Entrance Examination
注意：
1.词数100左右；
2.可根据内容适当增加细节，使行文连贯;
3.开头已给出，不记入总词数。
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