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 phone. What do you do? Well, next time take a GPS with you. This invention may be able to help you. It is a device(装置) which uses satellites (卫星) to find the user’s position(位置). It can find your position to within 20 metres. 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 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(计算) its position. The third part of the system is a network of ground stations. They are all over the world. They control the satellites and make sure they are working well.
Some people think that in the future the GPS will be as common as the mobile phone. They are becoming cheaper and more and more accurate(精确的). There are also new uses for the GPS. Perhaps they will become like watches. Everyone will have one and you will never be lost again.We can learn from the passage that ______.
| A．a GPS can help you start your car |
| B．there are three parts to the GPS |
| C．a GPS can’t be put into a watch |
| D．the GPS are becoming more and more expensive |
The underlined word “They ” in Paragraph3 refers to “______”.
| A．receivers | B．GPS devices |
| C．satellites | D．ground stations |
The passage is mainly about ______.
| A．the introduction of the GPS |
| B．the history of the GPS |
| C．the three parts of the GPS |
| D．the shape of the GPS |
What can we infer推断from the passage?
| A．All GPS devices have electronic maps. |
| B．People in many countries will use the GPS for free. |
| C．The receiver of the GPS contacts at least five of the satellites. |
| D．The GPS will become more and more common in everyday life. |
阅读短文，回答问题。
A taxi hit a truck. A policeman spoke to the taxi driver and to the truck driver. He also spoke to Tom. He was a witness (目击者). This is what they said.
TRUCK DRIVER: I was driving from the airport to Newton. A car crossed the road, so I slowed down. I did not stop. A taxi hit the back of my truck. Nobody was seriously hurt but both cars were damaged（受损害）.
TAXI DRIVER: I was driving behind a truck a few kilometers from Newton. The truck stopped suddenly. The driver did not give me a warning (警告). I was driving very slowly. I could not pass the truck because there were two cars coming near from Newton. My taxi hit the truck, and some glass cut my left hand.
TOM: I was watching the traffic about a kilometer from the airport. A truck was going to Newton. It was not going very quickly. There was a taxi about two hundred meters behind the truck. It was going fast. When the truck slowed down, the taxi hit it. The taxi driver was not looking at the truck. He was looking out of the window at something. My friend saw the accident, too.
Tom's friend spoke to the policeman and agreed with Tom.How many people were mentioned (提到) in the story?
_________________________________________________________Where was the truck going ?
__________________________________________________________From the story, Who didn’t tell the truth?
__________________________________________________________Who was also a witness besides Tom.
__________________________________________________________What was the taxi driver doing when the taxi hit the truck?
___________________________________________________________
根据短文内容，填写空白。
I got an A in Maths
Mr Brown was born in a poor family .He couldn't go to school when he was young. Now he's a porter (搬运工)and works at a station. He doesn't think it's necessary to know some knowledge(知识)of science .His son, Bill, began to go to school last year. The boy only likes playing. He doesn't listen to the teachers in class and can't do his homework after class. It's the hardest thing for him do maths exercises .And he wants to drop it.
One day, Mrs Brown heard Bill crying in the next room ,while she and her husband were watching TV. She came up to him and asked,“what's the matter, Bill?”
“I can't do my maths homework,” said the boy, “I am not going to school tomorrow.”
“Oh,no ,don’t do that” Said the woman.“Maybe your father can help you.”
Then she asked her husband to help their son with his maths. Mr Brown said,“but I don't know maths, either.”
“It doesn't matter,” said his wife.“You'll only coax （哄骗）him out of crying Mr Brown had to do as his wife said. The next afternoon Bill came back and showed his exercise-book to his father. The man had a look at it and shouted to his wife,“ come here quickly ,dear ! I got an A in maths!”
改写文章：
Mr Brown is a porter. He knows little knowledge. His son, Bill only likes playing. He doesn’t do _____ in his lessons .Math is the most _____
__ for him. One day, Mrs Brown and her husband were watching TV ____
__ she heard Bill crying in the next room ,he cried because he wasn’t _____
__ to do the math homework. Mrs Brown asked her husband to make the boy not cry. He did so. The next afternoon Bill ___
____and showed his exercise-book to his father. Bill got A. His father was happy. Because he thought he could get an “A”, too.
阅读短文，选择正确答案
Today people can use the phone to talk with others almost anywhere on the earth. But when you use the phone , you don’t see the person you are talking with . That may change in the near future .
Today some people are using a kind of telephone called the picture phone or vision phone. With it , two people who are talking can see each other
Picture phones can be useful when you have something to show the person you’re calling . They may have other uses in the future. One day you may be able to ring up a library and ask to see a book. Then you’ll be able to read the book right over your picture phone. Or you may be able to go shopping through your picture phone. If you see something in the newspaper that you think you want to buy, you’ll go to your phone and call the shop . People at the shop will show you the thing you’re interested in right over the phone. You’ll be able to shop all over the town and never leave your room!Today people can use the phone to talk with others .
| A．in all the towns | B．in some places in the world |
| C．only in big cities | D．almost anywhere on the earth |
The word “it” in the passage means _______.
| A．the picture phone | B．any phone |
| C．the use | D．the change |
We can through the picture phone according to(根据) the passage .
| A．write a book | B．do some shopping |
| C．play games | D．have classes |
Picture phones are very________.
| A．useful | B．impossible | C．bad | D．badly |
Which is NOT true according to the passage ?
| A．Today some people are using a kind of telephone called the picture phone or vision phone. |
| B．With the picture phone , two people can’t see each other. |
| C．The phone is very useful . |
| D．Today people can use the phone to talk with others almost anywhere on the earth. |
阅读短文，判断正（T）误（F）。
Jack had gone to the college to study history, but at the end of his first year, his history test failed, and the teacher told him that he would have to leave the college. However, his father decided that he would go to see the teacher to ask him to let Jack go on his studies.
"He's a good boy," said Jack's father, "and if you let him pass this time, I'm sure he'll do much better next year and pass the test easily "No, no, that's quite impossible," replied the teacher immediately. "Do you know, last month I asked him when Napoleon (拿破伦) died, he didn't know!"
"Please, sir, give him another chance," said Jack's father. "You see, I'm afraid we don't take any newspapers in our house, so we didn’t know that Napoleon was ill."Jack went to a middle school to study history.
Jack was not good at history.
Jack’s teacher told him to leave the college.
Jack’s father went to see the teacher because Jack was good at history。
Jack’s father was good at history.
Steven Jobs, the designer(设计者) of Apple Computer, was not clever when he was in school. At that time, he was not a good student and he always made troubles with his schoolmates. When he went into college, he didn't change a lot. Then he dropped out (退学). But he was full of new ideas.
After he left college, Steven Jobs worked as a video game designer. He worked there for only several months and then he went to India. He hoped that the trip would give him some new ideas and give him a change in life.
Steven Jobs lived on a farm in California for a year after he returned from India. In 1975, he began to make a new type of computer. He designed the Apple Computer with his friend in his garage (汽车库). He chose the name "Apple" just because it could help him to remember a happy summer he once spent in an apple tree garden. His Apple Computer was such a great success that Steven Jobs soon became famous all over the world. Steven Jobs was not a good student in school because he ______.
| A．never did his lessons |
| B．was full of new ideas |
| C．dropped out |
| D．always made troubles with his schoolmates |
Why did Steven Jobs go to India?
| A．Because he was full of new ideas. |
| B．Because he wanted to relax. |
| C．Because he was too tired. |
| D．Because he hoped the trip would give him new ideas and a change in life. |
Steven Jobs designed his new computer ______.
| A．in India | B．with his friend |
| C．in an apple tree garden | D．by himself |
Steven Jobs was famous for his ______ all over the world.
| A．new ideas | B．apple |
| C．Apple Computer | D．video games |
From this passage we know ______.
| A．Steven Jobs didn't finish his studies in the college because he hated his schoolmates |
| B．Steven Jobs liked travelling in India and California |
| C．Steven Jobs liked trying new things and making his new ideas become true |
| D．Steven Jobs could only design video games |