Train stations and airports are crowded, babies are crying, and passengers are arguing. The same story also happens during rush hours in big cities every day. When there is a crowd, people lose their tempers（脾气）easily. What makes polite travelers suddenly forget their manners?
One of the causes is a crowded cabin（车厢）. It makes you feel a distance from your sense of self. In other words, you’re no longer yourself.
Tiredness also makes travelers lose their self-control. Think about all those traffic jams on the way to a train station, the long line waiting to enter the station and the busy phone calls from family, friends and workmates. When travelers finally get on the train, their patience has already run out.
Besides, a lack（缺乏）of sleep gives travelers a temper. If we are forces to get up early, many of us will act much more impatiently.
So, how can we make the world a better place when we’re traveling with a big crowd? Try to improve the atmosphere（气氛）. If it’s a flight, the air hostess could stand in front of the cabin, saying things like, “How many of you are going home?” or “Raise your hand if you’ve never been on an airplane before.”
What’s more, everyone can be helpful, such as giving the person next to you a smile, offering the seat to a needy person, and saying “It’s OK”if someone steps on your feet.
Dealing with Travelers’ Bad Tempers | |
Causes of losing tempers | In a 1. cabin, people are no longer themselves. Travelers may lose their self-control because of 2. Travelers don’t have enough sleep. |
Ways of solving bad tempers | Try to improve the atmosphere. 3. to the person next to you. Offer the seat to the person 4. . Say “It’s OK”if someone 5. . |
For most of the twentieth century, people communicated by telephone or by mail. This is now changing, and email is becoming the preferred method of communication. It's faster than traditional mail. 1. . As email is becoming popular, here are some rules we need to know.
Be polite and friendly.
Start your message with a greeting. If you are writing to a friend, you can begin with Hi, Sandra. If you are writing to your teacher, begin with your message with Dear Mr. Atonso. 2. Many people just type their names. Others say Bye, Cheers, or use abbreviations（缩略语）like BFN（bye for now）.
Look good.
When someone receives an email message from you, they might not know anything about you. 3. , so make yourself look good. Type your message, and then read it again. Sometimes sentences seem clear when you write them, but they don’t make sense when you read them back.
4.
If you start to use your email several times a week, your message box will soon fill with mail. After a few weeks, you can have a list of 60 or 70 messages! It is easy to delete the message you don’t want any more. 5. , you can save them in folders（文件夹）.If you don’t know how to do that, just ask your friends for help. It only takes a few minutes to learn.
从方框中所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，补全短文。其中有一项为多余选项。
A. If your messages are important B. It’s cheaper than a phone call C. They will judge（判断）you from your email message D. You need a clothing at the end of your email. E. Introduce yourself first F. Organize your email |
You know how much your telephone has changed over the past 10 years? Your car will change even more than that in the next 10 years. One of the biggest changes is that cars will drive themselves.
“We certainly have the technology for it now.”says Andrew Poliak of automotive（机动车辆的）technology supplier QNX.“We expect self-driving cars to be a mainstream thing between 2020 and 2025.”
The American company Google has been working on self-driving cars for years. These cars are already on the roads in the United States and are truly self-driving. They have to steering wheels（方向盘）or pedals（踏板）. Last week, the police ordered one of Google's cars to stop for driving too slowly on a public road. The car was not breaking any law, so no one was punished.
Another American company, Tesla, added an “Autopilot” feature to its cars last month. With the Autopilot turned on, the vehicle drives itself. The car will speed up, slow down, brake and drive by itself. You can take over driving any time by turning the steering wheel or touching a pedal. The car uses sensors（感应器）to know when driveway changing is safe and whether it should speed up or slow down.
Tesla Autopilot is made for cross-country driving. It keeps you in the driveway and helps you avoid hitting other cars. It does not work well on local roads, for it will not stop at a red light or stop sign.
Reporter Carolyn Nicander Mohr tried the Autopilot feature of a Tesla earlier this month. She had a hard time trusting the car to do what it should do. She thought about disabling the Autopilot feature many times during her trip. She wanted to take control at every bend in the road and hit the brake when the car in front of her slowed down. Yet the car drove perfectly.
Other companies are working on self-driving cars, too. Marcedes-Benz, Audi, BMW.Volvo and Toyota all have plans for such vehicles.
根据短文内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。
1.What do Andrew Poliak's words probably mean?
A. It is too difficult for people to make self-driving cars now.
B. Self-driving cars will be first put on the market in 2020.
C. There will be more self-driving cars in use in the future.
D. Nobody loves to use self-driving cars at the moment.
2.Why did the police stop the Google car?
A. It had no driver.
B. It went to slowly.
C. It broke the traffic rules
D. It had no steering wheel.
3.The underlined word “brake”probably means ______.
A. 加油门 B.刹车 C. 前进 D.后退
4.According to the text, Tesla Autopilot ________.
A. is truley self-driving B. can sense traffic lights
C. won't work on freeways D. isn't safe in crowded areas
5.From the passage, we can infer（推断）that _______.
A. self-driving cars are popular nowadays.
B. self-driving could be trusted by anyone.
C. a special driveway should be built for self-driving cars.
D. self-driving cars need improving
There is a big zoo in our city. You can see a lot of lovely animals there.
| Mina is a kangaroo. She is six years old. She is a large Australian animal which moves by jumping on its back legs. She carries her babies in the pouch（育儿袋）on her stomach. |
| Peter is a lion from South Africa. He is a large powerful meat-eating animal. Today is Peter’s fifth birthday. The workers in the zoo are having a birthday party for him. |
| This is a big elephant named Jim, with a long trunk. He is from South Africa, too. He’s ten years old. He has bad eyesight, but he can draw very well. |
| Tuantuan is a panda coming from a mountain in Sichuan, China. She is four years old. She feeds on bamboo. She relaxes about 10 hours every day. |
根据图表内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。
1.______ likes eating meat.
A. Tuantuan B. Peter C. Mina D. Jim
2.______ are from the same country.
A. Mina and Peter B. Tuantuan and Jim
C. Peter and Jim D. Jim and Mina
3.The ______ is the oldest of them.
A. kangaroo B. lion C. elephant D. panda
4.Tuantuan feeds on ______.
A. meat B. grass C. leaves D. bamboo
5.From the message above, we can learn ______.
A. Mina carries her babies in the pouch on her stomach.
B. Tuantuan can draw very well.
C. Jim comes from a mountain in China.
D. Peter has a long trunk.
How do you usually celebrate your birthday? Playing a soccer game may not be your first choice. But Lu Han, the former EXO singer, did just that and showed has an unusual side of him.
Lu Han celebrated his 25th birthday by playing a soccer game with players from Beijing No.47 High School on April 19th in Beijing, a day before his birthday. He scored three goals in the game.
Lu Han has often shown on Weibo that he is a big soccer fan and his favorite soccer team is Manchester United. He said more than once that he used to dream of becoming a professional soccer player.
So what was Lu Han's performance like on the pitch（球场）？Fan Zhiyi, the former captain of the Chinese national soccer team, played with Lu Han in a friendly match in 2013. He thought that Lu Han is a top amateur（业余）player.
根据短文内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。
1.Lu Han celebrated his 25th birthday by playing ______.
A, a soccer game B. a basketball game
C. a tennis game D. a volleyball game.
2.When is Lu Han's birthday?
A. On April 18th. B. On April 19th.
C. On April 20th. D. On April 25th.
3.How many goals did Lu Han score in the game against Beijing NO.47 High School.
A.2. B.3 C.4. D. 5.
4.Where does Lu Han show that he is a big soccer fan?
A. On QQ. B. On Weibo. C. On Wechat D. On Facebook.
5.What's the best title of the passage?
A. A Famous Writer. B. A Professional Soccer Player
C. A Popular Singer D. A Super Soccer-lover
Sometimes people around you can change your life. Let me share my story with you. The person has changed my life is Julia Masi. She has taught me so many things that I will carry with me my life.
One thing I’ve learned from Julia is how to balance . Julia has shown me how to ahead so that I can finish all my schoolwork, enjoy sports and have time for my friends. I have also learned that you can find anything interesting you connect it with something you enjoy.
Last year I hated studying vocabulary, but I loved playing computer games. Julia combined（与……相结合）the two and showed me a website called “freerice. com”where you can play a word game. Each time you use a correct word, you can donate（捐赠）5 grains of rice to the poor. Thanks to the game, I about 1,000 words in just one month.
Julia had a good effect on me. Without Julia’s help. I probably wouldn’t have how easy it is to help the poor. There are so many ways that one person can . I’ve learned to be more grateful for what I own. I am very for the opportunities that I have been given. I will never give up helping those less fortunate（幸运的）in the rest of my life.
1.A. whom B. whose C. who D. which
2.A. for B. along C. throughtout D. among
3.A. work B. money C. diet D. time
4.A. get B. plan C. move D. stay
5.A. always B. seldom C. yet D. still
6.A. while B. once C. unless D. if
7.A. learned B. read C. used D. spelled
8.A. realized B. noticed C. imagined D. dreamed
9.A. make a choice B. make a difference C. make a decision D. make a mistake
10.A. ready B. sorry C. thankful D. pleased
