Imagine the situation. You are driving along a desert or on a mountain. You have no idea where you are. You passed the last house two hours ago. Then your car breaks down. It is night and it is cold. You have no mobile phones. What do you do? Well, next time take a GPS with you. This invention may be able to help you. It is a device which uses satellites (卫星) to find the user’s position(位置). It can find your position to within 20 meters. A GPS cannot start your car, but at least you will know where you are.
GPS, which means Global Positioning System, is a small radio receiver. It looks like a mobile phone. You can hold it in your hand, or put it in your pocket. It is sometimes put into a watch or a telephone. We also find GPS devices in cars, planes, or boats. Some of these devices have electronic maps, so you know where you are. For example, in a city they can tell you the name of the street.
There are three parts to the Global Positioning System. The first part is the receiver. You can hold it in your hand, or have it fixed into your car, plane, etc. The second part is a group of satellites orbiting the Earth. The receiver contacts at least four of the satellites and calculates its position. The third part of the system is a network of ground stations. They are all over the world. They control satellites and make sure they are working well.
Some people think that in the future the GPS will be as common as the mobile phones. They are becoming cheaper and more and more accurate. There are also new uses for the GPS. Perhaps they will be like watches. Everyone will have one and you will never get lost again.
. According to the passage, with the help of the GPS, people __________.
| A．can’t find their directions in different countries |
| B．can always find where they are |
| C．can learn about the culture of an unknown place |
| D．can spend the least time getting to another place |
. The underlined word “They” in paragraph 3 means ____________.
| A．Receivers | B．GPS devices |
| C．Satellites | D．Ground stations |
We can learn from the passage that ____________.
| A．GPS can’t be put into a watch |
| B．GPS are becoming dearer and dearer |
| C．People can start their cars with a GPS |
| D．People can’t lose their way with a GPS when driving |
In recent years advances in medical technology have made it possible for people to live longer than in the past．New medicines and machines are developing every day to extend life．However, some people，including some doctors，don’t agree with these life extending measures, and they say that people should have the right(权利)to die when they want．They say that the quality of life is as important as life itself，and that people should not be forced to go on living when conditions of life have become unbearable．They say that people should be allowed to die with dignity(尊严)and to decide when they want to die．Others don’t agree and say that life under any conditions is better than death and that the duty of doctors is always to extend life as long as possible．And so the quarrel goes on and on without a definite(明确的)answer．People can live longer than in the past．It’s because _______．
| A．medical technology develops | B．we have big hospitals |
| C．there are many good doctors | D．both B and C |
According to some people whether a dying patient has the right to die is up to__________.
| A．the doctors | B．the surroundings |
| C．his or her family | D．the patient himself or herself |
In the writer’s opinion __________.
| A．death is better than life | B．1ife is better than death |
| C．neither life nor death is good | D．none of the above |
Why do some patients want to die? Because ________.
| A．the doctors are not good | B．the conditions are bad |
| C．life is too hard | D．they are seriously ill |
| New books this month |
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| The Long Night This is David Reilly’s first book. David became a writer after teaching English for several years. Maha is a nurse in northern Australia. She works in a small hospital. One day a baby is so ill that Maha has to drive all night to get her to the nearest big city. They have a lot of problems getting there and…  |
Hard Work This exciting story is Joanna’s twentieth. Hard Work is about Sombat. He works with his father, a carpenter, in Thailand. They work long, hard hours making tables and chairs, but they do not have any money. Then one day a man dressed all in black buys the most beautiful table in the shop…  |
Hospital or Cinema Marcie Jacome, who studies English in London, wrote this story earlier this year. Tina is a young Indian woman whose dream is to become a doctor. She goes to London to study English and medicine, but one day she meets a man who asks her to go to the USA with him to become a film star…What will Tina do?  |
The story of Hard Work happened in _________.
| A．Australia | B．Thailand | C．India | D．England |
From the passage we can see Tina is ________.
| A．a doctor | B．a film star | C．a writer | D．a college student |
__________is about a difficult journey.
| A． Hospital or Cinema | B．Hard Work | C．The Long Night | D．Harry Potter |
A lift is wonderful. It is really only a small room. Rooms usually stay in one place. Lifts travel up and down all day long.
Sometimes a worker stands in the lift. He or she operates it up and down. In modern lifts there is no worker. The people walk in. They know what floor they want. They push a button and the lift goes to that floor. It is all very fast and easy.
Lifts are very important to us. Why? Think about a tall building. Maybe it has twenty floors. Maybe it has fifty or more. Who can walk up all the stairs? Maybe people can climb them one time. Can someone climb thirty floors to an office every day? Can small children walk up to their room on the twenty-fourth floor? Can their mother and father carry food up all those stairs? Of course not.
We can have high buildings because we have lifts. We could not have all the beautiful tall buildings in the world without lifts. They are really wonderful.Which of the following is true?
| A．A modern lift has no buttons. |
| B．A modern lift has a worker to operate it. |
| C．A modern lift can go up and down with no worker in it. |
| D．A modern lift knows what floor people want. |
If you want to go to the floor you want, you_______.
| A．ask for help | B．open the door of the lift |
| C．ring the bell | D．push the right button |
Why do people have to use lifts? Because________.
| A．they have tall buildings |
| B．they can't walk up and down |
| C．old people and children need them |
| D．lifts are wonderful |
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Whether summer or winter, holiday time can mean travel. A few years ago, some people moved from California to Maryland with their birds. Traveling with birds is a very unusual experience. But everything can go well with a little planning. There are some good tips for you.
★ The first thing you have to decide is what cage your birds will use. You should make sure that the cage is neither too small nor too big, and can be put into the car easily. If you find that you need a travel cage, get it a few weeks before the trip, so you can give your birds time to get used to it.
★ If your car has the airbag, do not put the cage in the front seat. The force of the airbag even in a little accident could easily damage any cage and even injure or kill the bird inside. The cage should be held in the car with seatbelts.
★ If your trip takes several days, you need to make some stops at pet-friendly hotels. When you stop at hotels during the trip, you must put lots of newspapers under the cage to help control the rubbish.
★ If your travel or moving plans bring you to areas with hot weather, remember that the car will become very hot in a short time in the sun. Never leave your birds in the car alone.
Traveling with birds can be stress-free, and a little planning can make it a pleasant experience.What is the first thing you have to decide?
____________________________________________________How should the cage be held in the car?
____________________________________________________Why must we put lots of newspapers under the cage at hotels?
____________________________________________________ What is the passage mainly about?
____________________________________________________What do you think of traveling with birds? (请自拟一句话作答)
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Welcome to the 2012 London Olympic Games!
Who invented the sport of badminton?
| A．Indians. | B．British | C．Chinese. | D．Koreans. |
Which of these sports appeared earliest at the Olympics?
| A．Archery. | B．Badminton. | C．Taekwondo. | D．Football. |
Which of the following pictures shows the sport of "Taekwondo"?
