The American company Otherlab has built a new drone (无人机) which the company calls “Sky Machine”.

Compared with other unmanned aircraft (无人机), the drone is very different. It is made almost completely out of cardboard. It can be packed with materials and sealed (密封) up with tape.

The drone looks like a big paper airplane that we used to make as kids. But this light flyer is not a toy, it was designed to be dropped from airplanes. Hundreds of drones could be launched at once and then they are guided to where they are supposed to go to complete deliveries (递送) to different places over an area covering hundreds of kilometers.

The company says it can travel about 150 kilometers at speeds up to 88 kilometers an hour. Now it can carry materials weighing up to one kilogram, but future ones are expected to carry heavier loads (负荷).

One of the drone’s main advantages is that it does not have a heavy motor or large battery. This provides more room for materials and makes the drone cost less to build and work.

The technology that guides the drone can make it land within 10 meters of its target, according to Otherlab. And once the drone completes its delivery, ▲ and the cardboard material will decompose (分解) within a few months.

Otherlab says the drones can also be reused. Otherlab has received money from the U.S. Department of Defense to carry out research on the drones. The U.S. military has a need for delivery drones. But the delivery drones they usually use can be stolen and studied by others if found after use. Before they can truly disappear, the electronic materials inside the drones must also somehow disappear. Otherlab’s Sky Machine is an attempt to fill that need. Researchers are still working on ways to get the technology itself to selfdestruct (自毁).

1.What makes the new drone very different from other unmanned airplanes?

A. It will drop things while flying.

B. It can be played as a toy.

C. Its main material is cardboard.

D. It was made by Otherlab.

2.Having no heavy motor or large battery can _______.

A. make the drone fly faster

B. make it difficult for the drone to land

C. make the drone cost more to build

D. provide more space for carrying materials

3.Which of the following can be put in ▲ ?

A. it can be thrown away

B. it will go to the next place

C. it can fly back where it lands

D. it will land within 10 meters of its target

4.From the last paragraph, we can learn that _______.

A. the U.S. military is using Otherlab’s Sky Machines

B. the delivery drones the U.S. military uses are always stolen

C. the U.S. Department of Defense supports Otherlab’s research

D. the electronic materials inside a military drone can disappear easily

A 17-year-old girl 1. (name) Wu Yishu won first prize in Chinese Poetry Competition (中国诗词大会). She has won fans over with her rich knowledge of the ancient culture and works.

Wu, a high school student in Shanghai, beat the other 2. (contest) in the 3.(two) season of the Chinese Poetry Competition.

“I get feelings from ancient poetry 4. modern people cannot give me. I pay little attention 5. the competition result, but I love poetry, and it is enough as long as I enjoy the happiness brought by the poetry,” Wu said.

In the final of the competition, all the competitors 6. (ask) to recite poems by 7. (look) at sand paintings and recite as many poems as they could think of about the Chinese character Jiu (酒). Wu did 8. (good) among them. When Wu recited 9.ancient Chinese poem about the months of the year, the judges thought that she must have remembered at least more than 2,000 Chinese ancient works.

Wu’s excellent performance in the Chinese ancient poetry has won her a lot of fans and encouraged others 10. (learn) ancient works.

九年级学生的学习压力巨大。为了舒缓学习压力，你们班上周末组织了一次徒步（Hiking）活动。请你根据以下提示，以Tom的名义向你的网友Bob描述一下活动过程及感受。

活动内容：

1.集合时间和地点：上周六上午8:00，学校大门口。

2.交通工具：校车。

3.徒步地点：红树林公园。终点：深圳湾体育馆。

4.自带食物和水, 大家一起分享。

5.午餐后进行了一些户外活动，比如：玩游戏，讲故事等等。

6.下午4:00 返校。

参考词汇：

红树林公园：Mangrove Forest Park

深圳湾体育馆：Shenzhen Bay Stadium

户外活动：outdoor activity

注意：

1.写作中必须包含所给要点，可以适当发挥，不要简单翻译。

2.词数80左右，开头已经写好，不计入总词数。

3.写作中请勿提及真实校名和姓名。

Dear Bob,

In order to relieve our study stress, we went hiking in the Mangrove Forest Park last weekend. _____________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________Yours,

Tom

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A. for B. of C. by D. in

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-- I think Emily is the best

A. plan B. goal C. chance D. Choice

--What do you think of Miss Wang’s teaching?

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A. well B. best C. better D. good

-- stole my wallet when I was on the bus.

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A. Everybody B. Anybody C. Somebody D. Nobody

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A. expected B. allowed C. warned D. attracted