I love my family very much. It was the 1. (28) of March. My husband was 2. (enjoy) the day off from work and watching me scurry(疾走) about the house.
I picked 3. his dirty clothes, put away his work shoes, carried out his popcorn bowl which was 4. (use) for night’s football watching, washed the breakfast dishes, wiped the coffee he’d spilled and ironed his shirts. It seemed that everything was 5. unnecessary thing he created for me.
I found that he was thinking 6. (careful). I wondered 7. he was beginning to realize how 8. (importance) I was for him. Maybe he would offer to help. “I will give you a penny if you tell me what you have thought about.” I said.
“I was thinking,” he replied, “that one of the 9. (thing) I like best about you is how you always find ways to keep 10. (you) busy.”
Bicycle sharing systems are also known as yellow bicycle programs, white bicycle programs, public bikes, or free bikes. They are increasingly popular in Europe now. Paris has the world’s largest urban (城市的) cycle rental system.
This is a bike rental station in Paris. The workers are showing how to use a new self-service bike. They say that Paris will become “a green capital of bikes” and they plan to park 20,000 bicycles at 1,600 stations. Paris created this plan to reduce waste gas displacement (废气排气量).
At a rental station, you only have to put your credit card into the machine to rent a bike. It provides French, German, English and Chinese services. If you ride the bike for only 30 minutes to relax, you needn’t pay for it. A two-hour bike rent only costs you 4 euros.
These stations work for 24 hours every day, so a bike is rented for 10 to 14 times a day. In this way there are 200,000 people using bikes a day.
In the past few years, Paris has encouraged its people to ride bikes, but something unhappy has happened now and then. Some people break the traffic rules during rush hours. Some park their bikes everywhere. So how to park their bikes is a problem that Paris will face. But this project is still a helpful way to improve its traffic environment.
1.Bicycle rental system can help Paris become a ______.
A. fashion capital
B. sleepy city
C. green capital of bikes
D. green capital of stations
2.The machine at a bicycle rental system offers ______ language services.
A. two B. three C. four D. five
3.According to the passage, the problem that Paris will deal with is ______.
A. how to encourage its people to ride bikes
B. how to park their bikes
C. how to improve its traffic environment
D. how to obey the traffic rules
4.From the passage we can infer (推断) that the writer ______.
A. thinks bicycle rental systems are great
B. thinks Paris is a bicycle capital
C. doesn’t agree with the idea of bicycle
D. thinks bicycle rental systems are bad
Sometimes people come into your life and you know at once that they were sure to be there. They serve some sort of purpose, teach you a lesson or help find out who you are or who you want to become. You never know who these people may be: your classmate, neighbor, teacher, long-lost friend or even a real stranger. But you know that every moment they will affect (影响) your life in some serious way.
Sometimes things happen to you. At the time they may seem terrible, painful (痛苦的) and unfair. But later you realize that without getting over those difficulties you would have never realized your further ability and strength. Everything happens for a reason and nothing happens by chance or with good or bad luck.
The people you meet affect your life, and the successes and failure (失败) you experience, create who you are. Even the bad experiences can be learned from. In fact, they are probably the most poignant and important ones.
Enjoy every day even every moment and take from it everything that you possibly can, for you may never be able to experience it again. Talk to people you have never talked to before, and really listen. You should set your sights high, hold your head up, tell yourself you are a great one and believe in yourself.
You can make your life anything you wish. Create your own life and then go out and live it.
1.The people we meet .
A. all know where to find us B. serve us on no purpose
C. won't become our neighbor D. will change us in some way
2.From the passage, we know that bad things can make us .
A. terribly meet bad luck B. realize our further ability
C. find no serious success D. possibly enjoy every moment
3.The underlined word "poignant" in the passage means " ".
A. 平淡的 B. 明显的 C. 深刻的 D. 艰苦的
4.Which is the best title for the passage?
A. Create Your Own Life B. Hold Your Head Up
C. People You Meet in Life D. Things Happen to You
Jinshanling Great Wall
The Great Wall’s Jinshanling section in Chengde, Hebei, is the most beautiful and charming part in the eyes of many photographers.
In spring, it is in the middle of the white apricot blossom (杏花林). During summertime, the Jinshanling section is full of green trees and plants. In autumn, it shows a sunny golden scene with maple (枫树) leaves everywhere on the mountain. And winter puts the Great Wall in a world of pure white snow.
Jiankou Great Wall
For many backpackers, exploring the “wild wall” is a great experience. The wild wall refers to sections that were kept in a natural state and not rebuilt. The Jiankou section is one of the most famous ones. There, the wall is overgrown with plants. Trees stick out from in between the stones. In some places, you have to climb the rocks, pulling your body up with your arms if you can’t find a place to put your feet. This challenging adventure makes visiting the wild wall more fun.
Badaling Great Wall
The Great Wall’s Badaling section began to be repaired in the 1960s. Now it is the busiest part of the Great Wall. Over 400 leaders of countries around the world have visited it, according to Xinhua.
Indian former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was the first foreign leader to visit the Badaling Great Wall, in 1954.
1.As a photographer, you like to visit _________best.
A. Jinshanling Great Wall B. Jiankou Great Wall
C. Badaling Great Wall D. above all
2.The underlined word “ones” in the second part means “________”.
A. plants B. stones C. rocks D. sections
3.Indian former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru visited the Badaling Great Wall _________.
A. before 1954 B. between 1954 and 1960 C. after 1960 D. after 1960s
4.Which of the following is TRUE about the Great Wall?
A. Exploring the Badaling Great Wall is a great experience.
B. More than 400 leaders have visited the Jiankou Great Wall.
C. You can see a sunny golden scene with maple leaves on the Jinshanling Great Wall in spring.
D. The sectionsling Great Wall is busier than the other parts of the Great Wall.
Students have to take tests. Sometimes, robots do too. Torobo from Japan is one of these robots. Torobo is a robot brain with two arms. It is part of a project called “Can a Robot Get into the University of Tokyo?” A group of Japanese scientists started it in 2011.
To go to the University of Tokyo, Torobo has to take Japan’s national college entrance exam. So in 2013, the robot started to take the test with Japanese students.
Sadly, Torobo has failed the test every year. It couldn’t get a good enough score for the University of Tokyo. This year it was the same.
Torobo has a big database (数据库). So it is good at knowledge and calculations (计算). That’s why it got high scores in physics, history and math.
But Torobo is not good at thinking by itself. So it got poor scores in language and writing.
Scientists started the Torobo project to learn about the intellectual abilities (智能) of machines.
Now after Torobo’s four years of hard work, they may have learned a lot.
1.According to the passage, Torobo is __________.
A. a student B. a robot C. a scientist D. a project
2.Why did Torobo get poor scores in language and writing?
A. It only has a robot brain.
B. It failed the test many times.
C. It is good at knowledge and calculations.
D. It is not good at thinking by itself.
3.Which of the following is not TRUE?
A. Torobo is a robot brain with two arms.
B. Torobo is better at writing than at physics.
C. Torobo is better at math than at writing.
D. Scientists may be studying the intellectual abilities.
4.The passage comes from_______.
A. a newspaper B. a film C. an advertisement D. a novel
Talking to human-like devices (设备) can be great fun – just ask Siri to tell you a joke. But it may also lead to problems.
A recent study by scientists in the US found that human-like devices keep people from finding out normal human interaction when they feel lonely.
During a series of experiments, participants were asked to write about a time when they felt lonely. Participants were then introduced to human-like products. They were also asked to think about their phone in human-like terms.
The results showed that the participants were happy with the comfort they got from the machines and didn’t need to seek out normal human interaction.
But the team also found that there were limits to how far this effect would enlarge.
Researchers believe the results are important for consumers to realize how these types of products could affect their social interaction with real people, especially because so many new products feature interactivity.
“If someone notices they are talking more to Siri lately, maybe that has something to do with feeling lonely,” Olson said. “From that point of view, it’s important to be aware of it.”
The study could also help companies design products that can increase the well-being of people who feel lonely, without losing normal social interaction.
“Maybe it is more about improving our current relationships,” Olson said, “such as taking a break from screens and focusing on developing your real personal connections.”
1.Who did the recent study?
A. The human-like devices.
B. The normal human interaction.
C. The scientists in the US.
D. The human-like producers.
2.What’s the Chinese meaning of the underlined word “participants” in Paragraph Three?
A. 指挥者 B. 参与者 C. 协调者 D. 疏导者
3.What should people do during the series of experiments?
A. They should tell a joke.
B. They were asked to think about their phone.
C. They were introduced to human-like products.
D. They were asked to find out the well-being of people.
4.What’s the advantage of the recent study?
A. Companies will design more products.
B. People will spend more time talking to Siri.
C. People will never feel lonely.
D. People will improve their current relationships.
