【正文】 airplanes, only without a pilot. No one without a pilot39。 Something bad or unexpected can happen when people send up a selfcontrolled flying machine like a drone without knowing how to really control it. Drones can bee flyaways, and can be caught up on a jet stream （噴氣流） and blown away. Though drones can be harmful, they can be very helpful. They are also being a useful tool for firefighters, helping them find and fight wildfires. Drones can watch secretly on populations of animals in the wild, especially endangered ones. Some people think drones can only be used by governments to help when needed. Others think that if rules are obeyed, there should be little risk to people and property （財(cái)產(chǎn)）. ① Who should be allowed to have a drone? （3）回答問(wèn)題。s opinions, can the drones only be used by governments at any time? Why? （4）根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容完成句子。s license.（3）No, they can39?！?but you39。re in a foreign country. Like the student, many foreigners are learning Chinese. But it39。s hard to memorize them. And the following chart shows the top 3 difficulties for foreigners while learning Chinese.● Writing Chinese characters● Understanding the same word in different sentences● Reading Chinese poemsApril 20 Chinese Language Day However, Chinese is more popular around the world today. The long history and colorful culture of China attract many foreigners to learn Chinese. With the rapid development, China is staying ahead in many fields and is playing its role in the world. For example, in the UK, students used to choose between Spanish, Latin, French and other foreign languages. But now schools encourage their students to study Chinese. The increase in popularity of Chinese has been surprising. 1031 people took Chinese language exams in 2001, and the number was 2062 last year, while 2561 people chose Spanish. It39。 Just like the foreigners do, we also learn foreign languages. Different languages carry different cultures. So exchanges are necessary. By learning a foreign language, we not only have a useful tool of municating, but experience a new culture, what39。m very/ really/ quite interested in Chinese./ I take / show a great interest in Chinese/...（2）Because they have to memorize a large number of characters./ Because Chinese characters are not easy to write./ Because the same word has different meaning in different sentences./ Because they have difficulties in reading poems.（3）中國(guó)悠久的歷史和燦爛的文化吸引了許多外國(guó)人學(xué)習(xí)中文。 All of the artists began to think about the king39。t sure what his painting would be like. So one by one, they all started to politely refuse to make a painting of the king. When the artist showed the painting, everyone was shocked. In the painting, the king was sitting on a horse, on the one—leg side, holding his bow （弓箭） and aiming （瞄準(zhǔn)） something with his one eye closed. The king was very happy and gave him lots of money. advantages instead of their disadvantages. Just take an optimistic view （樂(lè)觀的觀點(diǎn)） of the event. Everyone can do a good job. （1）What did the king see in the palace hallway? （2）Why did the king invite artists to draw a painting of him? （3）Was it an easy job or a hard job to draw a painting of the king. （4）How did the king like the painting? （5）What can we learn from the artist? 【答案】 （1）（The king/He saw ）the paintings of his ancestors.（2）Because the king/he wanted his children to remember him. （too）（3）It was a hard job./ A hard job.（4）It was nice/ perfect/ wonderful/ beautiful /…（5）We should try to focus on others39。 The boy asked, Daddy, how much do you make every hour? The father was angry at his son39。t answer his son. Maybe I was too hard on you just now, the man went into his son39。s the $ 10 you asked for. t.（2）20 dollars an hour. /$20.（3）An hour of his father39。 （1）根據(jù) So he didn39。t. 。 （3）根據(jù) Can I buy an hour of your time ，可知這個(gè)男孩真正想買他父親一小時(shí)的時(shí)間，故答案是 An hour of his father39。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】考查任務(wù)型閱讀，關(guān)鍵在看懂文章，然后根據(jù)題目要求作答，注意盡量用文章的語(yǔ)言填寫答案。7．閱讀下面材料，完成信息記錄表。 Attention, please. We have exciting news for you today. Our yearly Short Story Competition for teenagers is now open.t forget to hand in your stories before September 30th. So get your thinking hats on. For more information, visit our school website.Yearly Short Story CompetitionNew Subject________WordsFewer than________Organizer（組織者）________Best storyPrinted in the magazine________Deadline（截止日期）________30th【答案】Travel；2,000；Mr Smith；New Writers；September 【解析】【分析】文章大意：介紹了青少年短故事競(jìng)賽的消息，包括主題，字?jǐn)?shù)，截止時(shí)間以及獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)等。（2）根據(jù)Your stories should be fewer than 2,000 ，000字，故答案為2,000。（4）根據(jù)The best story will be printed in the magazine, New 《新作家》上，故答案為New Writers。t forget to hand in your stories before September 30th. 可知截止日期是9月30號(hào)，故答案為September。首先通讀全文，掌握大意，然后根據(jù)表格內(nèi)容在原文中找到依據(jù)，鎖定答案。 I can fill an empty stomach with tomato and egg soup, but that39。t know what to do, or how to look after ourselves, said Zheng Chenyu. And I39。d probably watch television and burn the soup.ll learn to cook. But now parents do almost everything for us.re very lazy, she said.t learn any life skills until theygo to college.t think so.d be all right. I wouldn39。 For most teenagers it wouldn39。t learn any life skills until they go to college. in this passage. （4）The underlined phrase（劃線短語(yǔ)）depend too much on in the passage means（意思） in Chinese. （5）For most teenagers, would life be as easy for teenagers living alone as when their parents are around according to（根據(jù)）the passage? 【答案】（1）Because she would probably watch television and forget the soup.（2）As soon as he leaves home.（3）他們直到上大學(xué)才會(huì)學(xué)習(xí)一些生活技能。t. 【解析】【分析】主要講了當(dāng)父母出差時(shí)，孩子們獨(dú)自在家時(shí)的生活是怎樣的。d probably watch television and burn the ，故填Because she would probably watch television and forget the soup.。ll learn to cook可知她一離開家就學(xué)習(xí)做飯，故填A(yù)s soon as he leaves home.。（4）depend on依賴，too much太，故填太過(guò)依賴。t be a holiday at ，即生活不是簡(jiǎn)單的。t.。9．配對(duì)閱讀：左欄是不同人的生活需求，右欄是七個(gè)不同的景點(diǎn)。（ ）________Liang and Wang