It is late at night. People in Cape Town,South Africa,line up to collect water from a spring. One by one,they fill their plastic bottles. Each person can take up to 13 gallons（加仑）. Policemen stand by to keep the rules. In a few months,that number will be cut in half.
Cape Town is a city of four million people. It is running out of water. For three years,the city has faced a drought（干旱）. It is the worst in a century. Local reservoirs（水库）are mostly sand and dried earth. Officers are telling people to save water.（A）_______, the city will one day be forced to cut off the supply to homes and businesses. That day is being called Day Zero. At press time,Day Zero was expected to be June 4.（B）_______ the date may change based on water levels in local reservoirs.
"There are a lot of people who have not realized the problem." said Shirley Curry. She waited at a spring to get her share of water. "Now they suddenly realize this is for real."
On Day Zero, each person's daily water supply will drop to about 6.5 gallons. (The average American uses 80 to 100 gallons of water per day.) Lines at the city's 200 water collection points will probably get even longer.
Some places will not be included in the cutoff. The water will keep running in hospitals and schools. It will stay on in poor areas, too. This is to prevent illness. Areas popular with tourists may also have water. More than 10 million people visit Cape Town each year. Tourism provides nearly 10% of South Africa's economy.
Across the city,people are making an effort to save water. They are taking 90-second showers. They are washing their clothes less often. Using tap water to wash cars or fill swimming pools is not allowed. Those caught using too much water are punished.
For some people,rationing（定量供应）now feels normal. Kelson da Cruz keeps one container of water near the shower. Another he uses for brushing his teeth and washing his face. He uses non-drinking water to flush（冲洗）the toilet.
1.在A、B空白处各填入一个合适的单词或短语。A______________B_______________
2.将画线句子翻译成汉语。___________________________________________________________________
3."This" 指代：_____________________________________________________________________________
4.How much water will each person in Cape Town get in a few months?_______________________________
5.What's the fourth paragraph mainly about?______________________________________________________
Nowadays,more and more people have received all kinds of strange calls. Most of them took place while the people were using mobile phones. If you are not 1.（careless）,you will fall into a telephone fraud（欺诈）and even lose your life.
What is a telephone fraud? It is a kind of fraud conducted over the phone. The cheaters manage 2.（communicate）with you on the phone. Then they advise you to buy something cheap or ask you something about your 3.（person）information. When you meet such a case,perhaps you are facing a fraud.
Generally speaking,there are some typical 4.（way）of frauds such as pretending to be your families,friends and other familiar people in order to get your information;asking you to transfer some money to get a prize or advising you to buy something cheap online. Some cheaters may even force you to offer them some money to avoid 5.（be）hurt.
Over 1546 million people 6.（fall）into telephone frauds in the last three years.
The number is increasing. It is reported that about 438 million people 7.（meet）telephone frauds last year. And three university students 8.（kill）in the fraud.
In most cases,we can recognize the fraud if we pay attention to it. And if you fall into such a fraud,you must keep calm and call the police to ask for help at once.
9.（usual）the traps（陷阱）are left for the greedy（贪婪的）cat. If you don't long for the cheap things and think 10.（two）before you act,such cases won't happen to you!
My son has been in hospital again,this time with an emergency（急症）. From our local health center he was ______ in an ambulance（救护车）to hospital which is just over an hour away from there.
In this country most ambulances are driven by firemen and this was the ______ . One fireman drove,and the other was in the back ______ me and my son. He started talking with my son as soon as he sat down next to me. He first asked my son whether he'd prefer English or Portuguese.
When my son said ______ of them,the fireman requested speaking English ______my son could practice. Of course,that gave him a chance to draw my son's attention to offering "tuition(学费)"—It was just a joke. And the fireman talked on and off for the full ______ . He'd tried his best to keep my boy awake. And he did so skillfully that my son didn't ______ we were tearing （狂奔）along with lights flashing.
The back of an ambulance is an awful place,and I got ______ and had to open the window a little. It was very ______ ,so the fireman took his jacket off and covered it around my son.
These kind firemen stayed with us during check,and ______ left when I told them that my husband was on his way in the car.
I was so thankful for the firemen's help. They're heroes.
1.A.asked B.called C.sent D.hit
2.A.same B.different C.old D.new
3.A.among B.for C.by D.with
4.A.all B.either C.both D.none
5.A.as well as B.as long as C.so that D.even though
6.A.hour B.day C.week D.month
7.A.imagine B.remind C.forget D.realize
8.A.sadness B.sick C.worry D.joy
9.A.cold B.warm C.sunny D.cloudy
10.A.already B.yet C.ever D.only
As we know,there are differences between Western culture and Chinese culture. 1.
Let's look at some words about animals and plants. Most expressions in Chinese about the dog,for example,"a homeless dog","a mad dog","a running dog" and "a dog catching a mouse",have bad meanings. 2.. In English,people use the dog to describe good actions. For example,"you are a lucky dog" means you are a lucky person. And "every dog has its day" means each person has good luck sometimes. To describe a person's serious illness,they say "sick as a dog". The word "dog-tired" means very tired. 3.. But in Western culture, "cat" is often used to describe a woman who is unkind. There are many other examples of how "cat" is used differently as well. .
The rose is regarded as a symbol of love in both China and some Western countries. People think the rose stands for love, peace, courage and friendship. And the rose is the national flower of England, America and many other countries.
4. . We can learn about many differences in cultures by comparing how some words are used.
A. But in Western countries, dogs are considered to be honest and good friends of humans
B. The words about plants and animals are used in good or bad ways in different cultures
C. We can see differences when we pay attention to the way words are used
D. There are some similarities in the way words are used
E. However, Chinese love cats very much
When Emma Yang was seven years old, her grandmother became forgetful. Over the next few years, those memory problems, caused by early Alzheimer's disease, worsened. Yang, who learned to write computer programs at an early age, decided to create an app to help. "When I was about 11, I got really interested in using technology for social good to help other people around the world ," says Yang, who is now 14.
In her app called Timeless, Alzheimer's patients can look through photos of friends and family, and the app will tell them who the people are and how they're related to the patients. The app also includes a simple reminder screen that lists appointments for the day, along with a simple contacts screen that shows photos of family members along with names. If a patient tries to call a contact repeatedly, the app will flash a quick reminder: "You just called less than five minutes ago." A "me" page shows the patient's own name, age, phone and address.
"There are no apps that really help Alzheimer's patients with their daily lives, "Yang says. "A lot of times people think that the elderly can't really use technology,but in fact,if you introduce it to them carefully,it can really benefit their lives. "
Catherine Possin,an associate professor at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center,agrees. "It can be hard for somebody who has a lot of memory problems to learn a new technology,"Possin says. "But if the app is simple enough,they can learn to use it through practice. "
Looking through the photos,Possin says,can be a type of social activity for the patient,helping keep family members and friends in mind. It also could strengthen memory. "I think it can be very helpful for patients to exercise memories and make them stronger and make them more resilient（可迅速恢复的）in the face of the disease."
1.What is the "contacts screen" made for?
A.To show the list of appointments for the day.
B.To show the patient's own information.
C.To show photos of family members.
D.To show the changes in the patient
2.The underlined word "them" refers to "______".
A.old people B.Alzheimer's patients C.apps D.technologies
3.What can we learn from Katherine Possin?
A.It is easy for Alzheimer's patients to learn to use apps.
B.The app can help Alzheimer's patients strengthen their memory.
C.The UCSF Memory and Aging Center is helping Yang develop the app.
D.Social activities can help Alzheimer's patients remember things about themselves.
4.What is the best title for the passage?
A.A Perfect App for the Patients-Timeless
B.Young Developer of an Alzheimer's App
C.New Medicines to Cure Alzheimer's
D.A Talented Student-Emma Yang
Nadia Comaneci,a famous gymnast,was born in Romania in 1961.
When she was doing cartwheels（侧手翻）on the playground at the age of 7,a PE teacher saw her. He told her family that she was very good and advised Nadia to train in the capital of Romania. Although it was a long way from her home,Nadia went because she loved gymnastics.
After that,she trained hard and took part in lots of competitions. In 1975,she was thought as one of the most famous athletes of the 20th century.
In 1976,Nadia went to the Olympics in Canada. She was so fantastic in the competition that everyone waited for the score,a high score. But the scoreboard showed 1.00!
Everyone was surprised. There wasn't a sound for a moment. Then a voice came,"Ladies and gentlemen,Nadia Comaneci. . . 10!"
The audience cheered very loudly. So what happened? Well,when the scoreboard was built,no one thought a score of 10. 00 was possible. The decimal point（小数点）was in the wrong place! In fact,the scoreboard only had three digits（数位）to show scores,such as 9. 50 or 9. 85 at that time.
In the 1976 Summer Olympics,Nadia Comaneci scored a perfect 10,which was thought impossible before. From then on,she was looked as a hero. In 1984,she got retired（退役的）.
1.At first,the scoreboard showed Nadia got ________in the Olympics in Canada.
A.10.00 B.9.50 C.1.00 D.9.85
2.In Paragraph 5, "Everyone was surprised" because ________.
A.she was fantastic in the competition
B.the score was too low
C.there wasn't a sound
D.she got a score of 10
3.Put the following into correct order according to the passage.
①A PE teacher saw her doing cartwheels on the playground.
②Nadia went to the Olympics in Canada.
③Nadia went to the capital to train.
④ She was looked as a hero.
A.④③①② B.③①②④ C.①③④② D.①③②④
4.This passage is probably a ______.
A.news report B.notice C.life story D.novel
