Amos Dudley, a 24-year-old boy who studies digital design at New Jersey University of Technology, felt ashamed about his teeth. But being a student, Dudley didn’t have the money to get braces(牙箍). So, he decided to
3-D print his own and marked down the DIY project in a recent blog post. His braces totaled less than $60, and after wearing them for 16 weeks, his teeth are also getting straighter.
Months ago, he mentioned on his blog that he avoided smiling for a while because he was unhappy with his teeth.
However, clear braces can get pricey, costing up to $8,000. But after studying some images of these expensive clear braces, something comes up on him--they looked like that one which can come from a 3-D printer.
So he decided to hit up his school’s 3-D printing equipment and scanned and printed models of his teeth. He
then made non-harmful plastic molds (模子) around them to make 12 sets of braces.
Dudley, who does not recommend attempting any of this at home said that he didn’t ask a dentist for his project. But the student did get information from journal articles and textbooks. And though this was a perfectly
friendly choice to buy braces. He didn’t accept the project just to save money--he was also up for the challenge. “When I realized that I could do something that was a little bit special, while proving my skills as a designer
and a maker, and fixing something that was making me self-conscious for actually free, I felt it was more than worth the risk.” he said.
1.Dudley got the information on making a 3-D printed braces from___________.
A. a professional magazine
B. a recent blog post
C. journal articles and textbooks
D. a 3-D printer user
2.Why did Dudley choose a 3-D printer braces over-buying them?
A. He didn’t have enough money.
B. He felt ashamed about his teeth.
C. He studies digital design at school.
D. He wanted to be a famous person.
3.What made Dudley get the idea of using 3-D printed braces?
A. The advice from the dentist.
B. The advice from his friends.
C. His major studies at university.
D. The possibility of making 3-D braces.
4.According to the page, Dudley___________.
A.has got a 3-D printer at his home
B.did the project totally for challenge.
C.made each set of braces cost less than 5 dollars
D.supports others to try making their own 3-D braces
5.The article is mainly about___________.
A.a 3-D printer made braces cheaper
B.A college student made fantastic 3-D braces.
C.digital design major student created 3-D printers
D.3-D braces with non-harmful plastic molds became popular
Alicia Keys was born in 1981 and grew up in New York. She had music and dance classes when she was a child and she first appeared on TV in the Cosby Show at the age of four. She started piano lessons when she was seven and learned classical music before she began to write her own songs at the age of 14.
Alicia signed a contract with J Records in 1999. She recorded several songs for films before her first album, Songs in Minor, came out in 2001. This was a fantastic success. It entered the charts at number one, sold 236,000 copies in its first week, and went on to sell over 12 million copies worldwide. Alicia won five big awards, including
Song of the Year for Fallin’, the album’s top single, which was a number one hit for six weeks.
Since then, Alicia has sold over 30 million albums. She has also become an actress and a record producer with her own studio. She plays the piano as well as singing on all her albums and she has written some great songs for other artists. She has performed in TV programmes and she made her first film, Smokin’ Aces, in 2007. Her other
films include The Nanny Diaries (2007) and The Secret Life of Bees (2008),’
1. Which of the following statements is NOT true when Alicia Keys was a child?
A. She lived in New York.
B. She took classical music lessons.
C. She learned dancing and singing.
D. She often appeared on television.
2.When did Alicia start writing songs?
A. In 1995
B. In 1999
C. At the Cosby Show
D. At the age of seven
3.The underlined words Song of the Year for Fallin’ in the second paragraph refers to?
A. A number one album in 2001.
B. The top sale album copies in a week.
C. The name of a hero in Songs in A Minor.
D. The song which was at the top of the charts for weeks.
4.What has Alicia done since 2001?
A. She has opened her own studio.
B. She has started playing the piano.
C. She has recorded all her songs herself.
D. She made her first film The Nanny Diaries.
5.Which of the following shows the right order of what happened to Alicia?
①Made the film Smokin’ Aces
②Signed a contract with J Records
③Appeared on TV in The Cosby Show
④Songs in A Minor sold 236,000 copies ⑤Become an actress and a record producer
A. ③④②⑤① B. ③①④②⑤
C. ③⑤④②① D. ③②④⑤①
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A
Several years ago, Kevin Stephan, then aged 11, was playing baseball when a player accidentally hit him with a bat.
Kevin fell down and his heart stopped. Penny Brown, the mother of another player, was watching the game.Penny usually worked in the evenings as a nurse, but luckily that evening she wasn’t working. Penny ran to helped Kevin and saved his life.
Nearly seven years later, Kevin was washing up in the kitchen of the Hillview Restaurant in Buffalo, New York State. Normally, 18-year-old Kevin had school in the afternoon, but that week there were exams and he didn’t have any class. At about 2 p.m., Penny Brown was having lunch with her family in the restaurant. She was eating when some food got stuck in her throat. She was very frightened because she couldn’t breathe.
Kevin was a volunteer firefighter in his free time and he ran to help. A waitress tried to help her, but the food was still stuck in Penny’s throat. Kevin pulled his hands quickly into her stomach and saved Penny’s life. He didn’t know it was Penny, but his mother, Lorraine Stephan, was also having lunch in the restaurant. She realized that Penny was the woman who saved Kevin’s life, seven years before, at the baseball game. Both Penny and Kevin were completely amazed by the coincidence(巧合)!
1.What happened during the baseball game?
A. Penny fell down.
B. Penny’s son was hit.
C. Kevin hit someone.
D. Kevin’s heart stopped
2.Why was Penny at the game?
A. She liked playing baseball.
B. Her son’s friend is the player.
C. Her son was playing baseball.
D. She was working as a nurse.
3.What did Kevin usually do in the afternoon when he was 18?
A. He had some exams.
B. He studied at school.
C. He worked as firefighter.
D. He worked in a restaurant.
4.From the last paragraph, we know that __________.
A.Penny couldn’t breathe because she was frightened.
B.Kevin helped Penny when some food was in her throat.
C.Kevin was having an exam while Penny was having lunch.
D. Penny and Lorraine were having lunch together at that moment.
5.What can we learn from the story?
A. No pain, no gain.
B. It is better to give than to take.
C. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
D. God helps those who help others.
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The only survivor of a shipwreck (失事船残骸) was washed up onto a small lonely island. He prayed crazily for God to him, and every day he kept a close watch on the endless sea. No matter how hard he wished or how much he thought about leaving this , it’s no use because ships did not often come down this coast. There was nothing he could do, except struggling to survive on his own. With great effort, he finally to build a little house out of driftwood to protect him from hot sun and terrible storms, and to his possessions. But then one day, after searching for food, he arrived home to find his little house on fire, the dark smoke rolling up to the sky. The worst had happened, everything was lost.
“God, how could you do this to me!” he cried Early the next day, however, he was awakened by the sound of a ship that was heading towards the island. It had come to save him.
“How did you know I was here?” asked the tired man in surprise. “We saw your signal.” the captain replied.
It is easy to get when things are going bad. But we shouldn’t lose , because if God
closed a door in front of you, there must be a opened for you. Go ahead and stay . We can make it.
1.A. visit B. save C. concern D. respect
2.A. island B. country C. city D. town
3.A. managed B. continued C. afford D. offered
4.A. get B. take C. send D. store
5.A. hardly B. angrily C. happily D. cheerfully
6.A. smoke B. voice C. colour D. light
7.A. pleased B. ashamed C. embarrassed D. discouraged
8.A. way B. heart C. weight D. balance
9.A. window B. wall C. fence D. roof
10.A. wrong B. correct C. negative D. positive
Do you like the lovely monkeys in the stamps? They are the stamps for the Chinese year of monkey. China Post first___the monkey stamp in 1980 and now it is already_____set of monkey stamps. The 1980 monkey stamp ___by Huang Yongyu. He is a famous artist___used to be a great professor in Central Academy of Fine Arts. Although the 1980 monkey stamp cost only 8 cents when it was first sold, the price soon got much _____and you won’t get one until you pay about 12,000 yuan ____it in the post market now. ___amazing! The 2016 monkey stamp will become___valuable stamp because Master Huang Yongyu is already in ____90s. This time, he designed two pieces of stamps. In one piece, we can see a male monkey ____a peach, which represents long life in Chinese culture. In the other piece, a female monkey is____her two baby monkeys. The four monkeys stand for a happy family_____Chinese government has opened up the two children policy this year. With the ____of the Internet, few people will write letters and stamps have become less useful. However, quite a number of people would still like ___ stamps because they_____tell us quite a lot
about traditional Chinese culture.
1.A. sells B. has sold C. sold D. was selling
2.A. four B. the four C. fourth D. the fourth
3.A. designed B. had designed C. is designed D. was designed
4.A. who B. which C. why D. what
5.A. high B. higher C. more high D. highest
6.A. at B. on C. in D. for
7.A. How B. How an C. What D. What an
8.A. another B. other C. others D. the others
9.A. he B. him C. his D. himself
10.A. picked B. to pick C. picking D. to picking
11.A. looking into B. looking for C. looking after D. looking over
12.A. since B. when C. though D. unless
13.A. develop B. developed C. developing D. development
14.A. collect B. to collect C. collecting D. to collecting
15.A. can B. should C. must D. need
随着中国热的掀起，越来越多的外国人想来中国体验观光。假如你是张利，你们学校的外教Mary打算暑假邀请全家人来温州游玩，需要一名导游。请你根据下表写一封邮件推荐自己，阐明自己的优势并告知做他们的导游对你自己也有帮助。
Introduction | outgoing, good at English,… |
Reasons | make friends, happy to help others,… |
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Dear Mary,
I’m Zhang Li. I’m happy to hear that your family will come to Wenzhou this summer holiday.______________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________
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Looking forward to your reply.
Zhang Li
