What do you think of a “ talking kitchen”? A French Digital Kitchen has been developed at Newcastle University in the UK. It teaches students how to cook French food and speak French at the same time. For the first time, students can learn a language by the following cooking steps.
All grammar and _____ have been carefully chosen to make sure the users can understand French well. After learning for some time, the users can test themselves by doing a short test on the computer.
The kitchen project was started by Professor Paul Seedhouse. He became interested in the idea after he visited another kind of talking kitchen. He said, “ The purpose of the French Digital Kitchen is to make learning a language more interesting and more educational.”
How does the kitchen work? There is a computer in the kitchen. With this computer, the users can first choose a French recipe（ 食谱） that they want to follow. Using information in the computer, the kitchen starts to guide the users how to make a French dish. If you follow the instructions on the computer, it moves on to the next. If you go wrong, the program goes back and repeats the recipe or information. At any time, the users can also ask the kitchen to repeat the recipe or any information..
The new kitchen can be used in school, universities and even people’s homes. The researchers will also be developing the European Digital Kitchen, for the next three years.After reading the passage, we know the Digital Kitchen _________.
| A．is a “talking kitchen”. |
| B．teaches students English. |
| C．was developed in France. |
| D．cooks all food for people |
Which of the following can be properly put in “_______”?
| A．food | B．vocabulary | C．recipe | D．instructions |
Paragraph 3 mainly tells us that _______________.
| A．how the kitchen works. |
| B．where the kitchen can be used |
| C．when the kitchen can be bought |
| D．why the kitchen project was started. |
If the users don’t follow the instructions on the computer, the kitchen __________.
| A．chooses another recipe. |
| B．goes on to the next step. |
| C．repeats the recipe or information |
| D．stops working at once. |
The passage is written to____________________
| A．show you how the computer works. |
| B．introduce a French Digital Kitchen |
| C．teach you how to cook French food |
| D．tell you the importance of language learning. |
Look! I’m Tom. This is a pencil case. It’s orange. It’s my pencil case. What’s in the pencil case? A ruler is in the pencil case. It’s my ruler. The ruler is blue and red. That is a pencil. It’s black and white. It’s not my pencil. Look! That girl is Lucy. It is her pencil. That boy is Tim. I found his green pen in the lost and found case. I call Tim at 7890003. It’s his telephone number.What color is the pencil case?
A. It’s orange.B. It’s blue and red.C. It’s green.I am Tom. That is not my____.
A. pencilB. pencil caseC. ruler_______has 有 a pencil.
A. TomB. LucyC. Tim______found the pen in the lost and found case.
A.Tim B. Lucy C. Tom I am Tom. Is my telephone number 7890003?
A. Yes B. OK C. No
This is my friend, Bob Smith .He is 13 and he is a student (学生). His school ID card number is A-6352. He likes (喜欢) blue. Look at his photo. His schoolbag is blue. He and his family are in Beijing. His father likes black and his mother likes red. His sister, Lisa is a student, too. She is 10 and she is very nice.Bob’s last name is Smith.
Bob’s school ID card number is A-6235
Bob is in Beijing.
Bob’s father likes blue.
Lisa is Bob’s mother.
Perhaps the only test score that I remember is the 55 when I was in high school.
The test was the final for a course. I remember waiting anxiously as my teacher Mr. Right passed out our papers one by one. It was a rather difficult test. I heard my classmates groaning（发牢骚）, and I could tell by the groans that the scores weren’t looking good.
Mr. Right put my paper on my desk. There in big red numbers, circled to draw attention, was my score, 55!
I lowered my head, and covered the score up quickly. A 55 is not something that you wanted your classmates to see.
“The scores were not very good, none of you passed,” Mr. Right said. “The highest score in the class was a 55.”
A 55. That’s me!
Suddenly my sad look didn’t look so bad. I had the highest score. I felt a lot better.
I walked home alone that day with the low but high score. My father knew that I had a big test that day and asked me as soon as I got home, “How did you do in your test?”
“I made a 55,” I said.
A frown (皱眉) now stood on my father’s face. I knew I had to explain immediately. “But Dad, I had the highest score in the class,” I proudly stated. I thought that explanation would make a difference.
“You failed!” my father replied.
“But it’s the highest!” I insisted.
“I don’t care what scores others had, but you failed. What matters is what you do!” my father firmly said.
For years, my father was always that way. It didn’t matter what others did, it only mattered what I did and that I did it excellently.
We often don’t understand the wisdom (智慧) of good parents until we ourselves stand in the parents’ shoes. My father’s words have carried me throughout life.In class, to hide my score from my classmates, I ___________ .
| A．lowered my head | B．covered my score up |
| C．walked home alone | D．explained immediately |
A frown stood on my father’s face because he thought ____. .
| A．I did a bad job in the test. | B．I gave a good excuse. |
| C．I became the worst student. | D．I stood in his shoes |
We can infer from the passage that _____..
| A．the father was strict with his child. |
| B．the writer was always poor in tests. |
| C．Mr. Right was worried about the writer. |
| D．the writer was always happy with his scores. |
Which is the best title of the passage?
| A．The Final Test | B．That’s Me! | C．My Strict Teacher | D．Scores, Important? |
New York City is a very large city with 8 million people. How do so many people move on their way to work and school?
In New York you can travel by subways, bus, taxi and private (私人的) car. The subway runs on the railroad lines under the city. It crosses the city at different points and goes to all parts of the city. Travelling by subway is the fastest way to get around the city.
The second way to travel is by bus. It is a slower way to travel.
You can also travel by taxi. This is very expensive, but the taxi will take you to every place you want to go to. If traffic is heavy, the taxi will be slow. During the mornings and afternoons, there is the “rush hour”. This is the time when the traffic is very heavy with people going to and from work..
The last way is to use your private car. It’s not good to drive during the “rush hour”. If there is an accident on the road, you will have to wait for a long time.
The best time to travel is from 9 a.m to 4.pm . Traffic will be less crowded during this time because most people are already at school or at work at that time.How many ways of travelling are mentioned (提到) in the passage?
| A．Two | B．Three | C．Four | D．Five |
The word “rush hour” in Chinese means _____________.
| A．高峰时间. | B．匆忙时间 | C．冲刺时间 | D．繁忙时间 |
From the last paragraph we know that in New York City ____________.
| A．there is no “rush hour” from 9.am to 4 p.m. |
| B．traffic is heavy at noon. |
| C．most Americans have lunch at home. |
| D．people go to work and school at 9:00. |
Why do so many people go to work or school by subway, taxi, bus and private car?
| A．Because New York City is a modern city. |
| B．Because New York City is a very large city. |
| C．Because New York City is new. |
| D．Because the people in New York City are very busy. |
One afternoon Mrs.Green’s husband wanted to catch the 3:30 flight to London to have an important meeting. She was very surprised when he telephoned her at 5 o’clock and said that he was still at the airport.
“What happened to you?”asked Mrs Green.
“Well,” said Mr. Green, “Everything was going fine. I got my ticket, checked my luggage and waited in line at the gate. I walked across the runway to the airplane and I saw my friend Jack Scott, who was an airplane engineer. I shouted to him and a policeman caught me.”
“Why did he catch you?”
“I don’t know,”said Mr.Green, “As soon as he heard my shout, he ran towards me and caught me.”
“What did you shout to your friend?”
“All I said was ‘Hi, Jack’. You know that’s the usual way we say hello to our friends.”
“But you don’t know the sentence ‘Hi,Jack’ also means to take control of a plane by force.”How did Mr.Green want to go to London?
| A．By train | B．By bus | C．By airplane | D．By ship |
Why was Mrs. Green surprised? Because her husband_______
| A．didn’t arrive the airport in time |
| B．was still at the airport at 5 o’clock |
| C．didn’t want to go to London |
| D．was in London at 5 o’clock |
When did Mr.Green get to the airport that afternoon?_______
| A．Before 3:30 | B．After 3:30 | C．At 3:30 | D．At about 5:00 |
What was Jack Scott in the passage? He was _________
| A．a pilot | B．a policeman at the airport | C．an engineer | D．an actor |