“Will you come with us，Susan？”cried several girls．“We are going to the woods，do come，too．”
“I should like to go with you，”replied Susan，“but I can't finish the task Grandmother set me to do．”
“How boring it must be to stay at home to work on a holiday！”said one of them，shaking her head．“Susan's grandmother is too strict．”
At this，Susan lowered her head，wiped away a tear，and thought of the pleasant afternoon the girls would spend gathering wild flowers．
Soon she said to herself，“What harm can there be in moving the mark Grandmother put？The woods must be beautiful today，and how I should like to be there！”
“Grandmother，”said she，a few minutes afterwards，“I'm ready now．”
“What，so soon，Susan？”Her grandmother took the work，and looked at it very closely．
“True，Susan，”said she，“true，I have counted it，and，as you’ve never deceived（欺骗）me，you may go and enjoy yourself．”
Susan's face turned red，and she did not say“thank you”．As she left，she walked slowly away，not singing as usual．
“Why，here is Susan！”the girls cried．“But what is the matter? Why have you left your dear grandmother？”they jokingly added．
“it's nothing．”As Susan replied，she felt she was trying to deceive herself．
When the girl had reached an open space，they ran about enjoying themselves except Susan．Sitting on the grass，how she wished she were at home confessing（承认） her fault．
After a while Rose cried out，“Let’s make a crown of violets，and put it on the head of the best girl here．”
“It will be easy enough to make the crown．but not so easy to decide who is to wear it，”said Julia．
“Why，Susan is to wear it，of course，”said Rose，“is she not said to be the best girl in school and the most obedient（顺从的） at home？”
“Yes，yes，the crown shall be for Susan，”cried the other girls．
“Now，Susan，”said Rose，“put it on in a very careful way，for you are to be our queen．
The crown was placed on Susan’s head．But in a moment，she snatched it off，threw it on the ground and said，“No crown for me；I do not deserve（值得）it．”
The girls looked at her with surprise．“I have deceived my grandmother，”said she，while tears flowed down her cheeks．
“Do you think that bad？”asked one of the girls．
“I’m sure it is and I have been miserable all the time I have been here．”
Susan ran home，as soon as she saw Grandmother，she cried，“（）Grandmother！I should be punished，for I moved the mark．Do forgive me；I am very sorry and unhappy．”
“Susan，”said her grandmother，“I knew it all the time，but I let you go ou，hoping that you can realize your fault．I am so glad that you have confessed your fault．”
“Now！”was the quick reply，and Susan's grandmother kissed her forehead．
1.Which is the correct order of the things below？
a．The girls made a crown of violets in the woods．
b．Susan said sorry to Grandmother for her fault．
c．Susan's grandmother set her to do the work．
d．The girls invited Susan to play in the woods．
e．Susan threw the violet crown on the ground．
A. c-d-a-e-b B. c-b-d-a-e C. d-b-a-e-c D. a-e-c-d-b
2.According to the passage，we can see Susan's grandmother ．
A. was always very strict with Susan
B. didn't know Susan was lying at first
C. could think about Susan’s feelings
D. still didn't forgive Susan the end
3.The meaning of the underlined word“miserable”is close to ．
A. surprised B. excited C. regretful D. cheerful
4.Which can be the best title for this passage？
A. A pleasant afternoon trip B. No crown for me
C. A kind-hearted grandmother D. A deserving crown for me
Each year on Feb 21, UNESCO ( 联合国教科文组织) holds an International Mother Language Day (IMLD ). The event is to help people to pay attention to the disappearance of the world's languages; many of them are disappearing each year. UNESCO sees this as a terrible fact.
What happens when a language dies out? Something great is lost-not just sounds and marks but the way that people understand the world and communicate with each other. We keep different cultures and traditions through languages. Kill a language and all these are killed too.
Through IMLD, more and more people come to realize he terrible situation and try to stop it.
Google's 2018 Endangered (濒临灭绝的) Languages Project is a good example. Many speakers and protectors of endangered languages upload (上传) texts, audios and videos to the project website. They want to introduce the way that people communicate and express themselves around the world.
The Myaamia Project is the same kind of effort to revive the language spoken by the Miami tribes (部落) of the United States. Project members work to encourage people to study and communicate with this language , which died out in the 1960s.
These activities give life to those endangered languages. People who work to keep Languages
alive are not limited to the past. Many young people design apps and use social media to support their activities. They "spread the word " to save the world.
So, while the problem of disappearing languages remains a very serious one, there is hope. We all have a special feeling of our mother language. This is why we should remember the wise words of late president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela: "If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to a man in his own language，that goes to his heart."
1.UNESCO holds IMLD every year in order to help people to _______________.
A. learn and use endangered languages
B. show their talents in learning languages
C. practice reading skills of mother languages
D. realize the situation of endangered languages
2.What did people do in Google's 2018 Endangered Languages Project?
A. Discuss how to make good use of Google.
B. Offer online courses on endangered languages.
C. Share materials about endangered languages online.
D. Translate endangered languages into mother languages.
3.What does the underlined word "revive" mean in Paragraph ( 段落) 4?
A. 创造 B. 学习 C. 复活 D. 清除
4.What can we infer ( 推断) from Paragraph 5?
A. It is more difficult to protect endangered languages.
B. The disappearance of languages has already stopped.
C. Young people don't care about endangered languages.
D. Young people have creative ways to protect languages.
5.The writer mentions Nelson Mandela's words in order to __________________.
A. tell the importance of one's mother language
B. show his contributions to language protection
C. tell the trouble in learning endangered languages
D. show the possibility of protecting mother languages
Artificial intelligence (AI, 人工智能) can help us make phone calls. It can guide us to where we want to go. It can play games. And now, AI can do even more things.
Researchers from Microsoft have created the first machine translation system that can translate news articles from Chinese to English, Business Standard reported.
According to Microsoft's official website, researchers tested the system by asking it to translate hundreds of sentences taken from news stories. Then, language experts compared the results to two translations that were done by humans. The experts concluded that the system's translations were as good as the human translations.
Machine translation is always challenging. This is partly because different words can be used to express the same meaning. It can be hard to say which word is more “correct”.
Experts used several methods to improve the system's translation abilities. “Much of our research is really inspired (得到启发) by how we humans do things,” lead researcher Liu Tieyan said.One method is called dual learning. In this method, the system translates every sentence from Chinese to English, as well as translates the sentences back from English into Chinese. This way, the system can improve itself and learn from its own mistakes. This is similar to what humans do to make sure their translations are accurate (准确的).
Another method makes use of deliberation networks. The researchers taught the system to repeat the process of translating the same sentence over and over. Gradually, the system can improve the quality of its translations. This is similar to how people revise their own writing by going through it again and again.
1.Microsoft created a system that can _____.
A.make phone calls B.give people directions
C.play games with people D.translate news articles
2.What did the experts say about the system's translations?
A.They were not accurate.
B.They were as good as human translations.
C.They were better than human translations.
D.It's hard to tell whether the translations were correct.
3.Dual learning trains the system to translate _____.
A.more quickly B.different sentences
C.more accurately D.the same sentence repeatedly
4.What is the main idea of the story?
A.What artificial intelligence can do for us.
B.How sentences are translated from Chinese to English.
C.How the machine translation system was developed.
D.Why Microsoft created a machine translation system.
School holiday activities at the library
| Activity When Cost Who | Cartooning with Eva Leung Tuesday 7 June, 9-11 a.m. ﹩3.00 to. cover the cost of art paper and pencils 5 to 8-year-olds |
| Activity When Cost Who | Cartooning with Eva Leung Wednesday 8 June, 9-11 a.m. $3.00 to cover the cost of art paper and pencils 9 to 10-year-olds |
Eva Leung is famous for her cartoons published regularly in KIDStime magazine | ||
| Activity When Cost Who | Kite-making Wednesday 8 June, 2-4 p.m. $3.00 to cover the cost of paper, string and other materials 5 to 10-year-olds |
| Activity When Cost Who | Kite-making Thursday 9 June, 2-4 p.m. $3.00 to cover the cost of paper, string and other materials 5 to 10-year-olds |
1.Who is this poster for?
A.Cartoonists. B.Librarians. C.Writers. D.Children.
2.On which day are there two different activities?
A.Monday. B.Tuesday. C.Wednesday. D.Thursday.
3.Why are there two cartooning classes on the program?
A.Because the classes are for different age groups.
B.Because more time is needed to learn cartooning
C.Because there is a strict limit on numbers for each class.
D.Because some children might want to do both the classes.
Dad had a green comb. He bought it when he married Mum. Every night, he would hand me his ________and say, "Good girl, help Daddy clean it, OK?"
I was ________to do it. At age five, this dull task brought me such joy. I would excitedly turn the tap ________ and brush the comb carefully. Satisfied that I'd done a good job, I would happily return the comb to Dad.
He would smile at me and place the comb on his ________. Two years later, Dad started his own ________, which wasn't doing so well. That was when things started to ________. Dad didn't come home as early and as much as he used to. Mum and I became with him for placing our
family in trouble. With ________, an uncomfortable silence grew between us.
After my graduation, Dad's business was getting back on track. On my 28th birthday, Dad came home early .
As usual, I helped him carry his bags into his study. When I turned to leave, he said, "Hey, would you help me ________ my comb?" I looked at him a while, then ________the comb and headed to the sink.
It hit me then: why, as a child, ________Dad clean his comb was such a pleasure. That routine(习惯) meant Dad was home early to the evening with Mum and me. It ________a happy and loving family.
I passed the clean comb back to Dad. He smiled at me and still ________placed his comb on his wallet. But this time, I noticed something ________. Dad had aged. He had wrinkles(皱纹) next to his eyes when he smiled, ________his smile was still as heartwarming as before, the smile of a father who just wanted a good________ for his family.
1.A.bag B.wallet C.comb D.brush
2.A.sad B.bored C.afraid D.happy
3.A.out B.over C.in D.on
4.A.wallet B.table C.desk D.bag
5.A.family B.business C.task D.journey
6.A.help B.change C.improve D.guide
7.A.time B.money C.speed D.energy
8.A.sharpen B.repair C.clean D.keep
9.A.dropped B.took C.handed D.threw
10.A.watching B.letting C.helping D.hearing
11.A.brought B.broke C.meant D.supported
12.A.excitedly B.hurriedly C.noisily D.carefully
13.A.different B.exciting C.interesting D.necessary
14.A.for B.or C.so D.but
15.A.habit B.life C.house D.education
---- You must hand in your report tomorrow.
----What? .We can't finish it that quickly.
A.No way B.No problem C.That's right D.That's for sure
