We humans live in different parts of the world, but we have the same “mother”. She gives us everything we need in our daily life. She is our Mother Earth. Everybody wants to live in a green city. A green city is a healthy and pleasant place for people to live in. It can get its energy from something like solar and wind power. Also, it is connected by clean public transportation.
The Hyperloop (超级高铁) The Hyperloop is a high-speed transportation. It works by having capsules (舱) with passengers in. The capsules run on the air. The Hyperloop plans to run from Los Angeles to San Francisco. With an average speed of 962 km per hour, it is only 35 minutes between the two cities. The solar panels (板) provide power to the Hyperloop. |
Smart Wheel Smart Wheel is a bicycle wheel with a motor. This invention can easily fit onto almost any bike. And the motor allows bikes to travel up to 50km once. Smart Wheel is different from other electric bikes. It can be controlled through your smartphone’s Bluetooth. The smartphone can show your speed, distance and travel time. |
Solar Sidewalk (太阳能步道) George Washington University made a special path in 2013. The path is about 9 square meters. It is covered with solar panels that can provide energy to power 450 LED lights. These lights can light the walkway after dark. The solar panel is also strong enough for people to walk on. |
A green city is ________.
A.clean and tidy | B.full of plants |
C.healthy and pleasant | D.rich for energy |
It is ________ from Los Angeles to San Francisco.
A.About 962 km. | B.About 560 km. |
C.About 700 km. | D.About 450 km. |
About Smart Wheel, which is Not right?
A.It can travel 50km once. |
B.It can fit onto almost any bike. |
C.It’s a motorbike with a bicycle wheel. |
D.The smartphone’s Bluetooth can control it. |
What can solar panels do?
A.They can run on the air. | B.They can provide energy. |
C.They can carry passengers. | D.They can show your travel time. |
What do you think of the public transportation?
A.Modern and clean. | B.Green and dangerous. |
C.Exciting and crazy. | D.Expensive and impossible. |
Found Is this your pencil case in the Lost and Found case? It is blue. Please call Alan at 895-6320. |
Lost I lost my keys in the classroom. They are one white key and two yellow keys. My name is Cindy. Please call 832-9253. |
Found Is this your watch in the library? Please call Sonia. My phone number is 621-5679. |
Lost I lost my dictionary at school. It’s red. My name is on it. Please call David at 514-8063. |
Alan’s phone number is __________.
A.895-6320 | B.832-9253 |
C.621-5679 | D.514-8064 |
Cindy lost __________ key (s).
A.one | B.two | C.three | D.Four |
Sonia found the watch __________.
A.in the Lost and Found case |
B.at school |
C.in the library |
D.in the classroom |
Look at the little girl. She is my cousin, Kim. She is a nine-year-old girl and I’m 13 years old. We are in thesame school. But we are not in the same grade. Kim is in Grade Three, and I’m in Grade Seven. She is young, but she can play the piano well.
Look at her big eyes and round face. I think you want to make friends with her. Kim’s favorite color is red. She likes milk very much.
At school, Kim gets on well with her classmates. So she is happy every day. Kim’s dog’s name is Larry. After school, it often runs with her.Kim and I are in the same school and the same grade.
Kim can play the piano very well.
Kim likes red and milk.
Kim isn’t happy every day.
I have a dog. It’s name is Larry.
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The well-known children's character "Big Head Son" will have a new sister in the new book Little Biscuit and Apron Mom, which is coming out next month.
Zheng Chunhua, the author of the book Big Head Son and Small Head Dad, has announced the news in Xiamen.The new book series has 10 volumes (册).
The book Big Head was a bestseller among children's books, and when the book came out in 1995.It was a big hit.Almost every child at the time watched the program and could sing the theme song .
Big Head Son and Small Head Dad was inspired by the author's own family."My son really has a big head," Zheng Chunhua said."When my son was little, I never bought T-shirts or hats for him, as they always didn't fit him."
Zheng has two children, her son is almost 30 years old now, and her little daughter, who is a teenager."My daughter has been jealous(嫉妒)of her brother for many years, as I have written many stories about him, but none about her yet," Zheng said, and this is the reason leading to her creation of the new book.
This book is so popular with the readers and one of them said, “The book is not only interesting but also I have learnt a lot from it.”When did Big Head Son and Small Head Dad come out?
Did the book Big Head sell best of all books?
Why did Zhen Chunhua never buy T-shirts or hats for her son?
Whom did Zhen Chunhua write the new book for, her son or her daughter?
What does the reader think of the book?
Quiet classes, endless exams and long hours at school…This might sound like the pressure most Chinese high school students face.But a group of 50 Grade 9 students from Bohunt School in Hampshire, UK, experienced it for a month.Five teachers were sent there to teach in their Chinese style.Things don’t go as well as they planned at first.When they gave lessons, students were chatting, eating…And the British students found these classes boring.“It’s very hard to say which education system is better.But I think we should learn from each other,” said one Chinese teacher Li Aiyun.
Though the education system is so different between Britain and China.We agree that getting education is the most important part in a person’s life.It is true that people with better education have more chances to choose a good job while people with little or no education don’t.It seems the aim of education is to make people get jobs.But many people don’t agree with that.Some people may think that a person should spend the best years of his life getting education only for making a living.This was probably the earliest reason of education.In fact, if education is just a way of making a living, people don’t need to spend so much time in school.For example they don’t need to learn subjects like history and geography.It is clear that education is much more than teaching a man to get a way of living.
Education is well-rounded and it is mainly for improving a man.It is not only to teach him to speak, read and write, but also to develop his creative thinking and other abilities.After that, it is to make him a wise man and thankfully enjoy the achievements of human.Educated people will be able to listen to good music, read good books, watch plays and take an interest in the world.Which of the following is NOT true according to paragraph one ?
A.Five Chinese teachers went to Britain to experience teaching.
B.British education is much better than Chinese education.
C.Some students from Bohunt School were not interested in Chinese teaching style.People with little education usually _____________.
A.spend a long time in school
B.have fewer chances to get a good job
C.have a better lifeThe earliest reason of education was probably to __________.
A.develop a person’s creative thinking
B.teach a man to write and read
C.make people get a way of livingThe underlined word “well-rounded” in the passage means _______ in Chinese.
A.圆满的 B.全面的 C.公平的The passage mainly tells us that _____________.
A.education should make a man improve
B.all subjects are so important for a way of living
C.people can get education for a living in a short time
Americans use many expressions with the word “dog”.People in the United States love their dogs and treat them well.They take their dogs for walks, let them play outside and give them good food and medical care.However, in other countries dogs without owners caring for them lead a different kind of life.The expression “to lead a dog’s life” describes a person who leads an unhappy life.
Some people say we live in a “dog-eat-dog” world.This means many people are competing for the same things, such as jobs.They say that to be successful, a person has to “work like a dog”.This means they have to work very, very hard.Such hard work can make people “dog-tired”.And the situation would be even worse if they became “sick as a dog”.
Still, people say “every dog has its day”.This means that every person enjoys a successful period during his or her life.To be successful, people often have to learn new skills.Yet, some people say that “you can never teach an old dog new tricks”.They believe that old people do not like to learn new things and will not change the way they do things.
Dog expressions are also used to describe the weather.“The dog days of summer” are the hottest days of a year.A rainstorm may cool the weather.But we do not want it to rain too hard.We do not want it “to rain cats and dogs”.
根据短文内容,选择最佳答案。Dogs in America ________.
A.are well cared for
B.have no owners to care for
C.live a hard lifeBy saying “work like a dog”, we mean ________.
A.we should work as door keepers
B.we have to work very hard
C.we should work at nightIf some old people don’t like to learn new things, people will say “________”.
A.they want to lead a dog’s life
B.they are sick as a dog
C.you can never teach an old dog new tricksHow many expressions about dogs are mentioned in the passage?
A.7 B.8 ` C.9What’s the best title of the passage?
A.Dog Care B.Dog’s LifeC.Dog Expressions