Since the 1970s, scientists have been searching for ways to connect the brain with computers. Braincomputer interface(BCI) technology could help people with disabilities send commands to machines.
Recently, two scientists, Jose Millan and Michele Tavella from the Federal Polytehnic School in Lausanne, Switzerland, show a small robotic wheelchair directed by a person’s thoughts.
In the laboratory, Tavella operated the wheelchair just by thinking about moving his left or right hand. He could even talk as he watched the vehicle and guided it with his thoughts.
“Our brain has billions of body cells(细胞). These send signals through the spinal cord(脊髓) to the body part to give us the ability to move. But spinal cord injuries(脊柱受伤) or other conditions can prevent these weak electrical signals from reaching the body part.” Tavella says. “Our system allows disabled people to communicate with outer world and also to control machines.”
The scientists designed a special cap for the user. This head cover picks up the signals from the scalp(头皮) and sends them to a computer. The computer finds meanings of the signals and commands the wheelchair with an engine. The wheelchair also has two cameras that tell objects in its path. They help the computer react to commands from the brain.
Prof. Millan , the team leader, says scientists keep improving the computer software that finds meanings of brain signals and turns them into simple commands.” The practical possibilities that BCI technology offers to disabled people can be grouped in two kinds: communication, and controlling objects. One example is this wheelchair.”
He says his team has set two goals. One is testing with real patients, so as to prove that this is a technology they can get advantages from. And the other is sure that they can use the technology for long.BCI is a technology that can________.
| A．help to make computer systems more modern |
| B．connect the human brain with computers |
| C．help the disabled to be healthier |
| D．control a person’s thoughts |
Which of the following shows the path of the signals described in Paragraph 5?
| A．scalp→computer→cap→wheelchair |
| B．computer→cap→scalp→wheelchair |
| C．scalp→cap→computer→wheelchair |
| D．cap→computer→scalp→wheelchair |
The team will test with real patients to_________.
| A．make money from them |
| B．prove the technology useful to them |
| C．make them live longer |
| D．learn about their physical condition |
Which of the following would be the best title for the text?
| A．Switzerland, the BCI research Center |
| B．New Findings About How the Human Brain Works |
| C．BCI Could Mean More Freedom for the Disabled |
| D．Robotic Vehicles Could Help to Cure Brain Sickness |
Bruno was a boy of eight. His father worked in a cinema and his mother worked in a shop. He lived not far from his school. He always walked there and walked home. On his way to school, he had to pass a playground. It was very wet after it rained. One day, when he got home, his clothes were all wet. His mother became angry and said: “Don't play in the water on your way home from school!”
On the next day Bruno came back with wet and dirty（脏的）clothes. His mother became even angrier. “I’ll tell your father if you come back wet again.” said his mother, “He'll punish you, you know.”
The third day the little boy was dry when he came home.
“You're a good boy today,” his mother said happily,” you didn't play in the water.”
“No.” the boy said unhappily. “There were too many older boys in the water when I got there this afternoon.”Bruno went to school _____every day.
| A．by bike | B．by bus | C．by car | D．on foot |
The playground was between _____.
| A．two classrooms |
| B．the cinema and shop |
| C．Bruno's house and school |
| D．the shop and Bruno's school |
The little boy liked to play on the playground______.
| A．when it snowed |
| B．when there was some water there |
| C．when the children played football there |
| D．when his father was busy with his work |
His mother was a _______.
| A．teacher | B．movie maker |
| C．shop assistant | D．housewife |
That afternoon, the boy's clothes were dry because ____.
| A．nobody made room (空间) for him in the water. |
| B．there was no water on the playground |
| C．he took off his clothes before he played there. |
| D．he played in the water carefully. |
“Dreams may be more important than sleep. We all need to dream” some scientists say. Dreams take up about one quarter of our sleeping time. People have several dreams each night.
Dreams are like short films. They are usually in color. Some dreams are like old films. They come up over and over again. That may be the dreamer worrying about something. Dreaming may be a way of trying to find an answer.
Some people get new ideas about their work from dreams. They may have been thinking about their work all day. These thoughts can carry over into dreams.
Too much dreaming can be harmful. The more we sleep, the longer we dream. The mind is still at work when we dream. That is why we may have a long sleep and still tired after waking up.It may be less important to sleep than to _____.
| A．think | B．dream | C．work | D．study |
Dreams and films are usually _____.
| A．very long | B．in color |
| C．about work | D．very sad |
Why do some people often dream about their work?
| A．Because they are tired in the daytime. |
| B．Because they not interested in their work. |
| C．Because they may be thinking about their work all day. |
| D．Because they are have too much work to do. |
The main idea of the story is that_____
| A．what dream is | B．people like to sleep |
| C．dreams are films | D．we always remember dreams |
Which of these ideas is in the story?
| A．Long dreams can make you tired. |
| B．We don't like to dream. |
| C．The mind doesn't work when we dream. |
| D．Too much dreaming can be useful. |
Welcome to Happy Days Club. It is a great place, fun and exciting.
| Ball Game Center You can play volleyball, tennis or other ball games here. |
3:00 p.m.---10:00 p.m. Tel: 375-4789 |
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| Swimming Pool It's really cool! |
4:00 p.m.---12:00 p.m. Tel: 375-4753 |
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| Free Classes |
Dancing |
8:00 a.m.---12:00 a.m. Tel: 375-4676 |
| Skating |
1:00 p.m.---6:00 p.m. Tel: 375-4762 |
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| Kids Club You can play or make friends here. |
Tel: 375-4766 |
根据表格中的内容，选择最佳答案。Happy Days Club is a club for people to ______.
| A．play ball games | B．swim |
| C．make friends | D．A,B and C |
If you want to play basketball, you can call ______.
| A．375-4753 | B．375-4789 |
| C．375-4766 | D．375-4762 |
You can take the dancing class at ______.
| A．8:20 a.m. | B．1:00 p.m. |
| C．3:00 p.m. | D．4:00 p.m. |
If a child wants to have more friends; he or she can go to ____.
| A．Swimming Pool | B．Ball Game Center |
| C．Kids Club | D．Skating class |
There are ______ different parts in the club.
| A．three | B．four | C．two | D．one |
任务型阅读
根据短文后所给的任务，完成1-5小题.
Mom’s ④
A little boy invited his mother to the first teacher—parent meeting in his elementary school . To his surprise, she said she would go. This would be the first time that his classmates and teacher met his mother. ① she was a beautiful woman , there was a scar（伤疤）that covered nearly the right side of her face .The boy never asked his mom why or how she got the scar.
At the meeting, other people were impressed by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother , but the little boy felt embarrassed（尴尬的） for his mom’s looks ,and hid himself from everyone. However ,he heard the conversation between his mother and his teacher.
“How did you get the scar on your face?” the teacher asked.
The mother replied, “②When my son was a baby ,his room caught fire one day. Everyone was too afraid to get into the room, but I rushed into it. While I was running towards his bed ,a beam（横梁）fell down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked unconscious（失去知觉）. ③幸运的是，有人救了我们 。” She touched the burned side of her face . “But I have never regretted doing what I did ,”she added.
Having heard that, the little boy was so moved（受感动的） that he ran towards his mother with tears in his eyes. He hugged (拥抱)her and held her right hand tightly for the rest of the day.在①处填上一个适当的连词使句意完整、上下文通顺：
将②部分句画线译成汉语：
将③句画线部分译成英语：
从文中找出两个形容词，对小孩情感的前后变化进行描述：
在④处填入一个适当的名词补全短文的标题：
We each have a memory. That’s why we can still remember things after a long time. Some people have very good memories and they can easily learn many things by heart, but some people can only remember things when they say or do them again and again. Many of the great men of the world have got surprising memories.
A good memory is a great help in learning languages. Everybody learns his mother language when he is a small child. He hears the sounds, remembers them and then he learns to speak. Some children are living with their parents in foreign countries. They can learn two languages as easily as one because they hear, remember and speak two languages every day. In school it is not so easy to learn a foreign language because the pupils have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects, too.
But your memory will become better and better when you do more and more exercisesSome people can easily learn many things by heart because .
| A．they often eat good food |
| B．they read a lot of books |
| C．they always sleep well |
| D．they have very good memories |
Everybody learns his mother language .
| A．after he goes to school |
| B．when he is a small child |
| C．at the age of six |
| D．when he can write and read |
Before a child can speak, he must .
| A．make sentences |
| B．think hard |
| C．hear and remember the sounds |
| D．eat all kinds of delicious food there |