Modern festival-goers who worry about ending up with a dead mobile phone battery(电池) after days stuck in a muddy field with no electric plug power points may now have a solution——power boots(靴子).
Mobile phone company European Telco Orange has introduced a phone charging(充电) prototype—— a set of thermoelectric gumboots or Wellington boots with a “power generation sole” that changes heat from the wearer’s feet into electrical power to charge battery-powered hand-helds.
The boot was designed by Dave Pain, managing director at GotWind, a renewable energy company. Pain said the boot uses the Seebeck effect, in which a circuit made of two dissimilar metals conducts electricity if the two places where they connect are held at different temperatures. “In the sole of the Wellington boot there’s a thermocouple and if you apply heat to one side of the thermocouple and cold to the other side it produces an electrical charge,” Pain said. “That electrical charge we then pass through to a battery which you’ll find in the heel of the boot for storage of the electrical power for later use to charge your mobile phone.” These thermocouples are connected electrically, forming an array of multiple thermocouples (thermopile). They are then sandwiched between two thin ceramic wafers. When the heat from the foot is applied on the top side of the ceramic wafer and cold is applied on the opposite side, from the cold of the ground, electricity is made.
But the prototype boot does have one drawback. You have to walk for 12 hours in the boots to make one hour’s worth of charge.
1.The passage is probably taken from _____________ of a website.
A. the business book B. the sports book
C. the science book D. the health book
2.What’s the main idea of the third paragraph?
A. How the boot works to make electricity.
B. How long the boot can be used.
C. Who invented the power boot.
D. The weakness of the boot.
3.Which of the following can replace the underlined word “drawback” in the last paragraph?
A. Benefit. B. Disadvantage.
C. Patience. D. Function.
4.The invention seems to be good news to those___________.
A. who like traveling in the wild
B. who work at home
C. who study at school
D. who work at an office
“Keep your eyes on the ball.” That is good advice when you are on the playing field, and good advice for everyday life. “Keep your mind on what’s important,” is the way I’d put it. But people are funny. They think too much about the details.
I had a secretary once. She was very hardworking. I ran a school and people used to call up to enroll(登记) for courses. Berry used to get angry at the phone. “If they keep on ringing, I’ll never get my typing done!” she’d shout.
People just don’t see the big picture. One evening, after leaving work, I was sitting next to a man on the train. I was feeling tired. My eyes fell on the paper he had spread out in front of him. You know how you feel to read over someone’s shoulder?
I read the page and leaned back. I guessed I was waiting for him to turn it. After a while, I realized—he wasn’t turning the page. He just kept on reading.
Now if you knew the page he was reading, you’d know that there weren’t many words on the page to read anyway. The layout（版面） was mostly pictures. So I turned to the man and said,” You know, you really read very slowly.”
“What do you mean?” he asked. “Well,” I told him, “I read the page in about a minute, and you have taken about ten. And you are still reading. You know,” I went on “If you learned to read faster, you could get more reading done.” He remained silent for a minute or two. “If I read too fast, my paper wouldn’t last me to my station.”
1.The writer wasn’t satisfied with his secretary because ___.
A. she didn’t put first thing first
B. she was too busy
C. she was easy to get angry
D. she couldn’t finish her work on time
2.The man read newspaper in order to___.
A. take in information B. enjoy pictures
C. save time D. kill time
3.The writer thinks that people seem to need a sense of ___.
A. what to read first B. how to read fast
C. what is important D. what is funny
Fuzhou Road is famous for its book stores.
Shanghai’s City of Books (Nandong)
Address: No. 345, Nanjing Road. E. near Shandong Road N.
Tel: 6322-1557
Opening Hour: 9:30—21:30
It is a branch of Shanghai’s City of Books. It doesn’t sell any foreign language books, but you can buy CDs of computer games and software.
Traffic: Metro Line No. 2 (Nanjing Road E. Station)
Shanghai’s City of Books
Address: No. 465, Fuzhou Road
Tel: 6391-4848
Opening Hour: 9:30—20:30
This is the biggest book store in Shanghai with six floors. Each floor has different kinds of books, but most English books are for Chinese students preparing for exams.
Foreign Language Bookstore
Address: No. 390, Fuzhou Road
Tel: 6322-3200
Opening Hour: 9:00—18:00
You can find many English novels on the ground floor, as well as dictionaries. There is a corner on the ground floor for foreigners who want to learn Chinese.
On the higher floors, you can find some professional books in English. Of course, many of the books are for Chinese students.
Shanghai Culture Commercial Building
Address: No. 355, Fuzhou Road
Opening Hour: 9:00—17:30
This store has a variety of stationery (文具) and painting materials. If you major in painting or art, this is a good place to find professional materials.
1.If you want to buy CDs of computer games, you can get off at ______.
A. Nanjing Road E. Station B. Shandong Road N. Station
C. Fuzhou Road E. Station D. Nanjing Road N. Station
2.If your foreign friends want to learn Chinese, you can suggest they go to ______.
A. No. 345, Nanjing Road. B. No. 465, Fuzhou Road
C. No. 390, Fuzhou Road D. No. 355, Fuzhou Road
3.From the introduction of the four book shops, Li Hua can buy a drawing-board as a birthday gift for her sister between ______.
A. 9:30 and 21:30 B. 9:30 and 20:30
C. 9:00 and 18:00 D. 9:00 and 17:30
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—20每题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。
On a cold November afternoon, my mother and I were walking home from a pizza store. We were dressed warmly and ________ with the rented video , I was feeling a little ________ , as I was carrying our shopping bags of snacks and the ________ .They were so heavy that I decided to ________ some things. So I started to walk towards the garbage can(垃圾筒) ________ I noticed a poor man walking his bike out of the restaurant in front of us. He _________ a paper bag with his dirty hand. He headed over to another nearby garbage can and started ________ it.
I suddenly felt very ________ because I was about to do away with a new drink just ________ it was heavy. I knew this man would take all he could ________ , so I walked up to him and ________ the drink and some snacks to him. The man looked up ________ and took what I gave him. A huge smile spread ________ his face and this caused me to feel indescribable ________ . I felt like I ________ be happier with myself, but then he said, “This is my son’s lucky day!”
With that, he ________ me happily and started off on his bike. I even heard him ________ a song as he rode away. I got a warm feeling inside and I knew I had done something good, for the man and his family. I now understand what is ________ by the saying “Giving is getting”.
Since then, every time I have the ________ to do something nice, the image of the man’s happiness caused by my small gift appears in my mind. This is the ________ of charity.
1.A. equipped B. covered C. done D. offered
2.A. upset B. happy C. tired D. excited
3.A. video B. books C. pizza D. clothes
4.A. send off B. throw away C. put away D. send out
5.A. after B. when C. before D. while
6.A. owned B. presented C. held D. sought
7.A. going into B. finding out C. looking through D. working out
8.A. stupid B. guilty C. disappointed D. happy
9.A. since B. until C. because D. when
10.A. get B. search C. hear D. see
11.A. dropped B. kept C. turned D. handed
12.A. sadly B. coldly C. thankfully D. patiently
13.A. in B. across C. by D. through
14.A. regret B. satisfaction C. failure D. curiosity
15.A. couldn’t B. shouldn’t C. needn’t D. mustn’t
16.A. smiled B. told C. saw D. thanked
17.A. singing B. whispering C. listening D. making
18.A. referred B. said C. meant D. spoken
19.A. time B. chance C. idea D. effort
20.A. power B. effect C. result D. mystery
假如你叫李华，是校报的英语小记者。校报英语园地本期的话题是Festivals and Holidays。你打算以My Favorite Festival为题进行演讲，请根据写作提纲，介绍你最喜欢的传统节日——春节。
内容包括：1. 春节的重要性；2. 主要庆祝活动； 3. 你喜欢的原因。
注意：字数100字左右。
参考词汇：对联couplet 压岁钱lucky money
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It was almost five years since I began to learn English. I’m glad to say I’m getting along well with it. However, first I came across a lot of difficulties. I couldn’t pronounce English sounds good, nor could I remember the words I had learned. In class, I couldn’t understand that the teacher had said. I almost lost my heart when the teacher said to me, “Keeping on and you will do well.” I was greatly encouraging. I started working hard at English. With the help by my teacher and classmates, I made some progresses. I’m very pleased, but I will work harder.
