题型:阅读选择 题类: 难易度:普通
湖北省武汉市七一华源中学2023-2024学年九年级上学期月考英语试卷(1月份)
A Space Hotel Will Open Soon A Californian company wants to build a hotel in orbit (天体等运行的轨道). The space hotel will open in 2027. It will be able to carry up to 400 people. The space hotel will be shaped like a large wheel, with 24 space pods (舱) around the outside of the 200-meter-wide structure. The pods will be used for restaurants, bars, gyms, rooms for tourists, laboratories for research and so on. ▲ Researchers at Fudan University in Shanghai have made a new type of cloth that can be used as a digital display (数字显示) . Professor Peng Huisheng and his team have spent 10 years trying to make "digital cloth" with a silver-plated yarn (银镀纱) and a kind of thread. The cloth could allow a driver to view a GPS map on their arm while driving. It could also help people communicate better if they have language barriers or disabilities. A Gift Box Made from Mycelium A UK company Seedlip has released (发布) a gift box that uses packaging (包装材料) made from mycelium (菌丝体). Seedlip is working with Magical Mushroom Company to make the packaging. Magical Mushroom adds mycelium to natural materials that farmers no longer need. As the mycelium tries to break the materials down, it grows threads (线) that form a strong and light material that can be used as packaging. And after being used, it breaks down naturally in about 40 days in a garden. |
Here are some students' ideas about a good friend.
I think a good friend should be honest. That is more important than any other thing. If a friend isn't honest, he may lose his friends' trust. —Cindy |
I think a good friend has to be generous. Here "generous" doesn't mean he has to give his friends his lunch money or his clothes. It means he should share his ideas and feelings with his friends. —Jerry |
In my eyes, a good friend should understand his friends. When there's something wrong, he must put himself in his friends' place and think more for his friends. —Mary |
We are all busy talking about and using the Internet, but do we know the history of the Internet?
Many people are surprised when they find that the Internet appeared in the 1960s. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} And the net among computers didn't work well. If one computer in the net broke down, then the whole net stopped. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Inshould be good enough to be used by many different computers.
{#blank#}3{#/blank#} But, in the early 1970s, universities, hospitals and banks were allowed to use it, too. However, computers were still very expensive and the Internet was difficult to use. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Scientists had also developed software that made" surfing" the Internet more convenient.
Today it is easy to get online and millions of people use the Internet to chat with each other every day. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} The Internet has now become one of the most important parts of people's life.
A. At first, the Internet was only used by the government. B. At that time, computers were large and expensive. C So a new net had to be built up. D. Sending messages by WeChat is more and more popular among people. E. By the start of the 1990s, computers became cheaper and easier to use. F. At last, the Internet was only provided by the government. |
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