一、用所给词的适当形式填空
1. That old man is stopping the kids from ________(pick) flowers.
2. The temperature in the world has ________(rise) these years.
3. It is ________(believe) that he has told the truth.
4. I can see a group of children ________(fly) kites over there. They're so excited.
5. There are altogether about 600 people in the small village, ________(include) the old people and children.

1. picking 2. risen 3. believed 4. flying 5. including

二、用方框中所给词的适当形式填空
Canada basket profession hero Olympics
1. My new friend is a ________, but she is good at Chinese.
2. In the past, people usually went shopping with their bamboo ________.
3. She won the individual gold medal at the Winter ________.
4. These policemen were so brave and they are ________ in our hearts.
5. Mike wants to become a ________ basketball player when he grows up.

1. Canadian 2. baskets 3. Olympics 4. heroes 5. professional

1. —Could you tell me something about Yuan Longping?
—Yes. He's called the “Father of Hybrid Rice”. He helped to save ______ China ______ the world from hunger.
A. neither; nor
B. either; or
C. not only; but also
D. between; and

C

2. There ______ a number of books in the library and the number of them ______ increasing.
A. has; is
B. have; are
C. are; is
D. is; are

C

3. The new year is coming. Teachers encourage us ______ new hobbies.
A. develop
B. developing
C. to develop
D. developed

C

4. Larry, ______ the cake into six pieces and share them with your friends.
A. mix
B. turn
C. make
D. divide

D

5. (2024—2025 抚州期末)—I heard that you took part in a clean-up activity in Fu River.
—Yes, it ______ to protect the environment.
A. organized
B. was organizing
C. was organized
D. is organized
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C

二、阅读理解
|素养|思维品质|难度|中|
|----|----|----|----|
|主题|科学与技术|用时|8分钟|
Yang Jun'ao, a 16-year-old student from No. 1 Middle School of Nanxian County in Yiyang City, invented a lotus root harvesting robot(采藕机器人).
“I got the idea when I saw my grandmother, in her 70s, working hard to harvest lotus roots in the hot sun,” Yang said. Sometimes, his grandmother would badly hurt her fingers while using her harvesting tools. This made him stick to his idea.
To make things easier for his grandmother, Yang thought of creating a machine that could harvest lotus roots on its own. With guidance from his teacher Hong Wei, Yang spent nearly a year building a model of the machine.
The robot moves on its own through the muddy(泥泞的) field, where lotus roots grow. It uses image recognition(识别) to find full-grown roots by looking at the color of the lotus leaves. The robot's arm then cuts the full-grown lotus roots without harming them.
During the invention process, Yang faced challenges like collecting parts for the model, putting them together and using a hot glue gun for connecting. “The first time I used the hot glue gun, my hands were shaking,” Yang laughed. At first, he planned to use rotating blades(旋转叶片) for harvesting lotus roots, but it was hard to find them, so he used more common blades instead.
When Yang showed the machine to his grandmother, she was happy and gave helpful suggestions for improvement. She suggested using a voice player to show the machine's location in the thick lotus field. “My grandmother's suggestion reminded me that any technological invention must be practical to have true value,” said Yang.
Although Yang still needs to make improvements, like finding cheaper ways to make the machine, his teacher spoke highly of Yang's creative thinking and strong will to help his hometown.
1. What does the underlined word “It” in Paragraph 4 refer to?
A. The robot.
B. The muddy field.
C. The root.
D. The lotus leaf.
2. How many challenges Yang met during the invention process are mentioned in Paragraph 5?
A. 5.
B. 4.
C. 3.
D. 2.
3. Put the following information into correct order according to the passage.
a. Yang had the idea of inventing a machine to make harvesting easier for his grandmother.
b. Yang's grandmother offered suggestions to improve the machine.
c. Yang kept on improving the machine despite challenges.
d. Yang spent nearly a year building the model of the machine.
A. a-b-d-c
B. a-d-b-c
C. b-a-c-d
D. b-c-a-d
4. What is Yang Jun'ao like according to the passage?
A. Happy, helpful and honest.
B. Polite, talented and humorous.
C. Humorous, clever and friendly.
D. Hard-working, caring and creative.
5. Which of the following can be the best title?
A. Growing new ideas: a student's gift for his family
B. A teen's invention to help his grandmother's work
C. The harvesting robot: a teen's invention for farming
D. A young inventor's journey of making a useful machine
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1. A 2. C 3. B 4. D 5. B