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A man sat at an underground station in Washington， D． C． and stared to play the violin． It was a cold day in January．He played（巴赫） pieces about 45 minutes． Thousands of people went through the station in a hurry， most of them on her way to work．

Three minutes went by and the first person． a middle﹣aged man， noticed there was a musician Playing．He slowed down and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried up to go to work．

After a minute， received his first dollar，a young woman threw the money in the Box．and continued to walk． Then another few minutes went by and someone stood against the wall to listen to him， but he young man looked at his watch and shared to walk again．Clearly he was late for work．

During the musician's performance， only a few people gave response（反应） to him： six people stopped and stayed for a while， twenty gave him money but continued to walk．When he finished playing， no one applauded （鼓掌）： No one knew the violinist was Joshua Bell，one of the best musicians in the world．

This is a real story． Joshua Bell playing in the underground station was organized by The Washington Post（《华盛顿邮报》）as part of a social experiment （实验）． What we learn from this experiment could be： If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing the best music， how many other nice things are we missing？

（1）When did the story take place？　　

A．	On a cold morning．
B．	On a warm afternoon．
C．	On a rainy evening．
D．	On a windy weekend．

（2）Who was the first person to notice the musician playing？　　

A．	A young woman．
B．	A small girl．
C．	A young man．
D．	A middle﹣aged man．

（3）How many people gave response to the musician's performance？　　

A．	6．
B．	20．
C．	26．
D．	45．

（4）Who was Joshua Bell？　　

A．	A well﹣known reporter．
B．	A poor artist．
C．	An excellent violinist．
D．	A famous pianist．

（5）What was the writer's purpose of writing this passage？　　

A．	To let us know the importance of saving time．
B．	To make us pay more attention to nice things around．
C．	To find out what people usually did in the underground．
D．	To do a survey on how many people were interested in music．

In order to make sure that you and your students have a successful and educational visit to CU Museum， here are a few suggestions for what you can do．

Before the visit

●Discuss the coming trip with your students．

●Use the pre﹣visit （参观前的） activity ideas with your class．

●Use one of the CU Museum Classroom Resources （资源）as a pre﹣visit activity．

After the visit

●Discuss the trip with your class． Talk about what you have learned and answer their questions．

●Ask them to write about their museum experience．

●Use the post ﹣ visitactivity ideas with your class…

●Use one of the CU Museum Classroom Resources as a post﹣ visit activity．

For more information on how you can make your visit a success please call us at （303）492﹣1666 or send an email to cumuseum@colorado．edu． You can also write a letter to 781 N．Blue Lake Street， Green Island．

（1）Why should you follow the suggestions？　　

A．	To know he museum resources better．
B．	To learn more activity ideas with the class．
C．	To make the students interested in the tip．
D．	To have a successful and educational visit．

（2）What should you do before the visit？　　

A．	Discuss the coming trip with the class．
B．	Talk about what you have learned．
C．	Write about the museum experiences．
D．	Find the answers to some questions．

（3）What docs the underlined word"post﹣visit" mean in Chinese？　　

A．	失踪的
B．	有益的
C．	参观后的
D．	邮寄后的

（4）The passage is probably written for 　　．

A．	guides
B．	students
C．	parents
D．	teachers

（5）How many ways can you use to get more information？　　

A．	2．
B．	3．
C．	4．
D．	5．

What's going to happen in the future？Will robots control our planet？Will computers become smarter than us？Not likely．But here are some things that scientists say are most likely to happen in 10﹣30 years from now， according to the BBC．

Bionic（仿生的） Eyes

They are no longer something only in a science fiction movie．People who are blind may have a chance to see things clearly﹣by wearing bionic eyes．

A blind eye can no longer sense sight， but a bionic eye can use a camera to "see" the environment and send information to the mind．Now the bionic eye only allows patients to see lights and unclear shapes．A bionic eye with very clear pictures could be just in a few years away．

Digital Money

We used to pay with cash for everything we bough．Now we can use Wechat Pay or Alipay to shop，money is spent without seeing it．That means we are already using digital money．People only need to take a mobile phone wherever they go．Using these ways is much easier than searching our pockets for change．It is also safer than carrying a lot of cash．

It is reported that people in Sweden completely stopped using cash last year， and the US might be the next．

Self﹣driving Cards

Unlike a human driver， a self﹣driving car won't be influenced by a phone call，the radio or something outside the window．Sensors（探测器） and cameras on the car would allow it to follow the rules of the road strictly and keep a safe space from other cars．This would greatly make the number of road accidents smaller．You can even take a short rest while the car drives itself．In the future， driverless cars would be widely accepted．

（1）Which of the following payments is not mentioned in this passage？　　

A．	Cash
B．	Wechat Pay
C．	Alipay
D．	Credit card

（2）Bionic eyes send information to the 　　．

A．	mind
B．	camera
C．	computer
D．	heart

（3）From the report， we can learn some information about 　　．

A．	industry and farming
B．	traffic and journey
C．	science and technology
D．	culture and art

（4）The passage tells us that 　　．

A．	bionic eyes only appear in the science fiction films
B．	the blind wearing bionic eyes may see clearly in the future
C．	self﹣driving cars will be influenced by something outside
D．	there will be no accidents at all if self﹣driving cars are used

（5）We can infer（推断） that 　　，from the passage．

A．	there would be a number of self﹣driving cars on the road
B．	robots would control the world
C．	the blind could use glasses to see things around
D．	we would live a hard life with digital money

Computers are widely used in the world．As students，we can not only use them to relax， but also study online．Do you have any online classes？It is possible to take classes at home．All you need is a computer and an earphone．

However， most students don't seem to like online classes．Recently，over 2000 students from 10 cties took part in a survey．According to the survey，only about 35 percent of the students like taking such classes．

Many students said it was hard to focus on studying while taking online classes．This was true for Li Jing.15，at No.1 High School．"There are no classmates and no real teachers watching me．I can surf the Internet or do other things if I want to．It's harder to always stay focused， "she said．

Li Jing prepares a lot before taking her classes to make sure she will keep her attention．She also pushes herself to communicate with teachers．Students can come up with or answer questions while taking online classes．

Tian Lishan，14，at No.7 High School thinks online interaction（互动） isn′t enough．"The online teachers don't really get to know me．When I don't hand in homework， all I get is a short message instead of real concern， "she said．

However， online classes still have advantages．"It saves time and money compared with taking of line classes．Also， if I don't understand some part of a lesson， I can watch it over again．"Li Jing said．

（1）In the survey，　　students like taking online classes．

A．	about 500
B．	about 600
C．	about 700
D．	about 2000

（2）Taking online classes has the following advantages 　　．

①save time

②hard to focus

③enough interaction

④save money

⑤watch lessons over again

A．	①②④
B．	②③⑤
C．	①③④
D．	①④⑤

（3）The underlined word "concern" means" 　　"in the passage．

A．	care
B．	prize
C．	stress
D．	knowledge

（4）What can we learn about according to the passage？　　

A．	Tan Lishan is a student from a high school in Beijing．
B．	Li Jing pushes herself to communicate with teachers in online classes．
C．	Li Jing thinks that online interaction isn′t enough．
D．	Li Jing thinks it is easy to always stay focused．

（5）The passage is mainly about 　　．

A．	what the students think of online classes
B．	where the students take online classes
C．	why the students like taking online classes
D．	how the students take online classes at home

When Sally was a child， she went to the city park with her mom on a sunny morning．She felt very unhappy．Her mom saw that and asked why．Sally told her mother that she felt so sorry to see so much rubbish on the ground．

Her mom looked around．There were pieces of paper， boxes， glass bottles and a lot of other rubbish everywhere．"What can we do？"asked Sally sadly．"I'm sure you will think of something， "said her mom．

As soon as Sally got home with her mom， she painted a picture of the park and wrote a sign in large black letters at the top of the picture．The sign said， "PLEASE KEEP OUR PARK CLEAN"．Later，she took plenty of bags and went back to the park with her mom．Sally put up her picture on a big rubbish box．

The children at the park ran over to see what was going on．Sally handed each of them a bag．"Let′s clean up this place， "said Sally．Then they began to pick up the rubbish，talking and laughing．Soon，all the bags were full．

Then Sally's mom led them to put the rubbish into different kinds of rubbish boxes．When they looked at the clean park， they all had a strong feeling of satisfaction．

From then on， Sally has been keeping doing the cleaning and sorting（分类） rubbish．More and more people joined her to play a part in environment protection．

（1）Why was Sally unhappy？　　

A．	Because she couldn't find her mom．
B．	Because her friends were not at the park．
C．	Because there was too much rubbish．
D．	Because the park was too crowded．

（2）Sally drew the picture to 　　．

A．	show off her painting skills
B．	encourage people to keep the park clean
C．	give her mom a big surprise
D．	show people how beautiful the park was

（3）What did the children do at the park when they saw Sally put up her picture？　　

A．	They laughed at Sally．
B．	They spent a terrible and tiring day．
C．	They bought some bags from Sally．
D．	They joined Sally in picking up the rubbish．

（4）How do you like Sally？　　

A．	Warm﹣hearted．
B．	Brave．
C．	Hard﹣working．
D．	Lazy．

（5）What's the best title for the text？　　

A．	A beautiful park
B．	Sally and her mom
C．	A clean﹣up story
D．	How to clean the park

A．The Mid-Autumn Festival.	B．The Spring Festival.
C．Children’s Day.	D．May Day.

A．January or February	B．February or March
C．September or October	D．December or January