Cars are lots of fun, but they could also be dangerous. We have to be careful when we drive them or ride in them.
It’s always a good idea to put on your seat belt (安全带) when you’re in a car. Why? Think about this example: You put an egg on a skateboard and give it a push. If the skateboard hits a stone, it will stop, but the egg won’t. It will fly through the air, hit the ground and break.
Now, think what would happen if you tied the egg to the skateboard. When the skateboard hits a stone, the egg won’t go flying; it will stay safely on the skateboard.
Volvo, a famous Swedish carmaker, was the first to use seat belts in 1849.
Air bags are also very important for car safety, because sometimes a seat belt isn’t enough. If the car is going really fast and runs into something, seat belts could even hurt the people who wear them. Most new cars have air bags in front of and next to the seats. When a car hits something, its air bags will come out quickly in less than one second to keep the people inside safe.The passage mainly tells us ______.
| A．two important ways to keep safe in cars |
| B．how air bags work to make cars safe |
| C．how seat belts work to make cars safe |
| D．why we must tie the egg to the skateboard |
The writer gives the example of the egg to ______.
| A．tell us that eggs are easy to break |
| B．show how to wear a seat belt |
| C．show why it’s important to wear a seat belt in a car |
| D．tell us what a skateboard is |
Seat belts can make us safer because ______.
| A．we are interested in them |
| B．they can stop us from hitting other cars |
| C．they can help us stay safely on the seats |
| D．they are made of strong materials |
Air bags are important for cars because ______.
| A．they are made of plastic |
| B．they can also help us to keep safe in a car |
| C．they can keep cars running slowly |
| D．they’re put in front of and next to the seats |
Which of the following is TRUE according to this passage?
| A．When a car hits something, its air bags will come out a few minutes later. |
| B．It won’t be dangerous if there are seat belts or air bags in a car. |
| C．Now most of new cars still have only one air bag. |
| D．Volvo was the first to use seat belts. |
TOKYO, JAPAN – What do you do when you see a cockroach (蟑螂)? Do you hit it with a newspaper? Do you step on it?
When researchers at Tokyo University see a cockroach, they take the remote control and make the cockroach turn around, run left or right, or go forward. These scientists are changing the cockroaches into robots（机器人）. Each cockroach has a very small packet that has in it a microprocessor (微处理器). Then researchers can send signals (信号) from the remote control to the packet. The signals control the movements of the cockroaches.
Why does anyone want to control a cockroach? “Insects can do many things that people can’t,” says Isao Shimoyama, head of robot research at Tokyo University. In a few years, he says, these robot insects will carry very small cameras. They will be able to move through earthquake rubble (瓦砾) to look for people or move under doors to find information about someone.
This may seem strange, but the Japanese government thinks the research is very important. The government is giving the scientists $ 5 million for this research.
First, the research keeps hundreds of cockroaches. They use only the American cockroach because it is bigger and stronger than other cockroaches. Then they choose the best cockroaches and remove their wings and antennae (触须). They put small packets where the antennae were. The packets weigh about three grams, or about two times the weight of the cockroaches themselves. “Cockroaches are very strong,” says Ralph Holzer, who is a researcher at Tokyo University. “They can lift 20 times their own weight.”
With a remote control, the scientists send signals to the packets. When a cockroach gets the signal, it moves. The problem is that the cockroaches don’t always move in the right direction.The scientists are changing the cockroaches into robots because _________.
| A．they want cockroaches to do things people can’t in the future |
| B．they want to control the movements of the cockroaches |
| C．they want cockroaches to take photos of the earthquakes |
| D．they want to send signals to the packets on the cockroaches |
Scientists control cockroaches’ movements _________.
| A．by removing their wings |
| B．by sending signals from the remote control |
| C．by using very small cameras |
| D．by removing their antennae |
What can cockroaches do to help people?
| A．They can lift 200 times their own weight. |
| B．They can help people to carry very small cameras. |
| C．They can keep hundreds of cockroaches. |
| D．They can search for those people in rubble after an earthquake. |
What problem do the cockroaches meet with?
| A．The cockroaches sometimes don’t move. |
| B．The cockroaches are too big to move through earthquake rubble. |
| C．The cockroaches sometimes move in the wrong direction. |
| D．The cockroaches can only lift 20 times their own weight. |
“He could have lived on his good looks, but instead he chose to live on talent and hard work.” This is how Internet users praised Chinese swimmer Ning Zetao.
On Aug 6, the 22-year-old won the 100-meter freestyle at the 2015 FINA Swimming World Championships in Russia. He was the first Asian to ever achieve this. Overnight the 191-cm-tall, handsome young man became the nation’s hero. Ning didn’t let the sudden fame(名声) get to his head. He said he only saw “a slight change” in his life after winning.
“My life is full of changes and challenges,” he said . “I welcome them and am never afraid of them.” The first big change in Ning’s life came at 2009.At the time, he specialized(专攻) in breaststroke(蛙泳) and was successful. But he felt a sharp pain in his knee. He suffered(遭受痛苦) every time he practiced his kicks. When he was 16,the knee pain got worse, and he had to stop swimming the breaststroke. Then he switched(转换)to sprint freestyle swimming. Ning didn’t let the change bring him down. Instead, he took advantage of it and became one of the best freestyle swimmers. Last year, he won four gold medals in freestyle races at the Incheon Asian Games in South Korea.
What is the next change Ning would like to see in his life? He said he wants to improve on his English. “English will help me communicate with foreign coaches and compete in the world games in the future.” Obviously Ning has high expectations for himself at the Rio Olympics next year. We wish him good luck.The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 3 means_________.
| A．changes and challenges | B．Ning’s fans |
| C．Internet users | D．other swimmers |
What is Ning’s first big change in his life?
| A．Ning won the 100-meter freestyle at the 2015 FINA Swimming World Championships in Russia. |
| B．Ning switched to sprint freestyle swimming because the knee pain got worse. |
| C．Ning improved his English to communicate with foreign coaches |
| D．Ning specialized in breaststroke and was successful. |
The best title of the article is ______________.
| A．The freestyle swimming | B．Change for the best |
| C．Ning’s life | D．The first Asian swimmer |
To write a great news story, you have to make sure it is correct, relevant and fresh.
For a start, all the information in a story must be correct. Not only the spelling and grammar, but also the facts.
Any mistakes that appear in a story can get a newspaper into big trouble. For example, if a newspaper said that Yang Liwei was the first man to go into space, it would be wrong. He wasn’t the first. The newspaper would probably lose lots of readers because of that mistake.
A news story is not only correct, but also relevant to its readers. People are mostly interested in news that happens near to them. That is why you care more about what happens at your school than at American schools. It is also why newspapers in Beijing don’t talk about much news in Shanghai or Hong Kong.
Finally, news must always be fresh. When you pick up your evening newspaper, you want to read about news that happens that day. You don’t want to read about news from last week!
So, now you know what makes a good news story. Have a good look at our newspaper and see if it is full of good news. You can try writing a news story for our newspaper like a real reporter.What is the meaning of the underlined word “relevant”.
| A．相关的 | B．有趣的 | C．最新的 | D．正确的 |
According to the writer, newspapers in Wuxi should talk about news in ________.
| A．Hong Kong | B．Wuxi | C．Shanghai | D．Beijing |
Which of the following is true?
| A．A small mistake can’t get a newspaper into trouble. |
| B．A lot of people like reading about news from last week. |
| C．The passage doesn’t tell us who was the first man to go into space. |
| D．People are mostly interested in news that happens far away from them. |
阅读填空先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后根据短文内容和所给首字母，在空格内填入一个适当的词，使短文意思完整。所填单词在题后横线上必须完整写出。
Do students in your country go directly to university or college after school or do they have a break first? Taking a gap year (空档年)between high school and university is quite common in the UK, and there are lots of different ways to spend your time.
A gap year is a period of time, usually a year, when a student takes a break before going on to study in university. It is often spent traveling or working.
People used to think that taking a gap year was not acceptable. In the past you took a gap year if you had to retake exams or had problems with your study. But now, universities encourage a gap, and it is more possible for a student who takes a gap year to be offered jobs when they graduate. A gap year can give young people useful learning experiences, help them pick up new skills.
A student often takes a gap year at about eighteen years old, before going to university. It can also be taken at a different time.
Many gap year students choose to do voluntary work. Others want to travel around the world for more experiences. Lots of gap year students just want to see more of the world.
Most students who are planning a gap year take on a part-time job to save up for the trip. Some students travel for three or six months and then work for the rest of the year.
| A gap year in the UK |
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| What is a gap year? |
It is the time when a student takes a break from formal |
| Advantages（优势） |
Though people didn’t |
| A student take a gap year at about eighteen years old, before going to university or at a different time. |
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| What to do? |
The gap year is usually |
| How to make money? |
They save up for the trip |
One day I went to a store with a list. “Excuse me,” I said. A lady with glasses looked up, saying, “I’m Miss Bee. Come closer and let me look at you. I want to be able to describe you to the police if something is missing from the store.”
“I’m only a little girl, not a thief (小偷)!” I was surprised.
“But I think you’re potential (有可能的) ,” she said.
“I need these,” I said, holding up my list.
“So what? I am not a person who works for you. Go to get them.” she said.
The store was a puzzle to me. It took me two hours to find everything on the list. “That packet of beans is only 29 cents, but you asked me for 35 cents. ” I corrected her. She didn’t seem unhappy, just looked at me over her glasses.
The following summer I visited Miss Bee some times a week. She always found ways to fool me. Or shortly after I remembered the places of something on the shelf, she arranged (重排) the shelves again and made me hunt for them again. By the end of the summer the shopping trip that had once taken me an hour was done in 15 minutes.
One morning I was to get a packet of chocolate. “Miss Potential, what did you learn this summer?” she said. “That you’re a meanie (刻薄鬼)!” I answered angrily. But she laughed, “Well, I believe my job is to teach every child I meet life lessons to help them. When you get older, you’ll be glad our paths crossed!” Glad I met Miss Bee? Ha! It was absurd.
Until one day my daughter said, “ Could you finish my math problems for me?” “How will you ever learn to do it yourself if I do it for you?” I said. Suddenly, I was back at that store where I had learned the hard way to check my bill. Now I have known what Miss Bee did for me. She is my good teacher.Why did Miss Bee arrange the shelves again and again?
| A．To laugh at the writer. |
| B．To teach the writer some skills. |
| C．To think about other customers’ need. |
| D．To avoid her things being stolen. |
What does the underlined word “absurd” mean?
| A．开心的 | B．令人兴奋的 |
| C．令人费解的 | D．荒谬的 |
Which word can best describe the writer’s feelings for Miss Bee in the last paragraph?
| A．Thankful. | B．Hateful. |
| C．Uncomfortable. | D．Unkind. |
The purpose of writing the text is to tell us _________.
| A．the facts about a kind person－Miss Bee |
| B．how to teach your children life lessons |
| C．people should check everything carefully |
| D．the good teacher isn’t only in the school |