78. In which part of a magazine can we read the text? A. science.
B. Geography. C. Culture. D. Sports.
C
It’s a cold, grey Sunday afternoon in March. The British are all working in their gardens. They’re digging, cutting leaves and planting new seeds(种子). By summer, their gardens will the full of bright colours.
The British love their gardens. A British newspaper recently asked people for their opinions about them. Around 70% of the people felt it was important to spend time in the garden, and over 50% of these described gardening as the most enjoyable thing they ever did.
Only one in ten houses in Britain do not have a garden. People who live in houses without gardens often rent(租用) land from the government.
At first, only very rich people had gardens. You can still see the gardens around houses with a long history, such as Chatsworth House or Castle Howard. In the early twentieth century, however, gardening became a hobby. People bought different kinds of seeds and plants for their gardens. Although roses, sunflowers and tomatoes are often grown in British gardens, they originally(起初) grew wild in other countries.
Every year, there are competitions for the largest vegetables, but don’t expect to win: Britain’s biggest carrot is almost six meters long. 79. In summer, British gardens are often ______. A. full of people digging there B. colorful with different plants C. too hot for people to work there D. covered with grey leaves and plants
80. A recent survey showed that ______ of the British felt it important to do some gardening. A. around 70% B. over 50%
C. only 20% D. about 10%
81. We can infer from Paragraph 4 that ______. A. seeds were provided for free
B. roses were first grown in Britain C. gardening is a hubby in the world
D. the owner of Chatsworth House was rich
82. What does the writer mean by the underlined sentence? A. It is easy to grow big vegetables. B. It is hard to win the competition. C. The carrot is much easier to grow. D. The carrot is his favorite vegetable.
D
Would you like to live in a city where buildings turn the lights off for you, and self-driving cars will find the nearest parking space themselves? Although it might sound a little far from you, living in a “smart” city like this could happen sooner than you think.
Great changes have taken place in towns that we have lived in for centuries, while completely new cities are being built. One such place is the city of Songdo. Every home there will have a “telepresence” system(远程遥控系统)－ allowing users to control the heating and looks, take part in video meetings, and receive education, healthcare and government services. Around the city, escalators(自动扶梯) will only move when someone is on them, and offices and schools will all be connected to the system.
The great mind behind Songdo is from the company Cisco. In fact, technology companies around the world such as IBM, Siemens and Microsoft are already in the business.
About 75% of the world’s population will live in cities by 2050, so cities will need to be more modern to deal with the coming problems. “making cities smarter is one way out, and I think this will in turn make cities greener,” said Dan Hill, head of a research company.
83. According to the text, living in a “smart” city ______. A. is not a green way B. will be far from you
C. will soon become true D. is completely impossible
84. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about? A. A city of the future. B. A meeting in Songdo. C. A plan to build a house. D. A report on public health.
85. Which company offers the great mind to build Songdo? A. Cisco. B. IBM.
C. Siements. D. Microsoft
86. Dan Hill thinks that making cities smarter is one way to ______. A. drive people out of cities B. control the world’s population C. develop his own company
D. solve the cities’ coming problems
87. Which of the following might be the best title for the text? A. Future Education B. Smart Cities. C. Government Services. D. Famous Companies.
阅读下面短文，并用英语回答问题(请注意每小题后面的词数要求)。
E
Mr. Beynolds, my teacher, handed us a list of thoughts, and asked us to write a paper on one of those thoughts. I chose the topic “I wonder why things are the way they are.”
I wrote down all the questions that puzzled(困扰) me about life. I realized that many of them were hard to answer, and perhaps others could not be answered at all. When I handed in my paper, I was afraid that I might fail because I did not answer the questions.
The next day, Mr. Reynolds handed me the paper and asked me to read it for the class. The