Imagine the situation. You are driving alone in 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 to find the users’ position. It can find your position within 20 metres. A GPS cannot start your car, but at least you will know where you are.
The GPS, which means the 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 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. 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.According to the passage, with the help of the GPS, people ____________.
| A．can’t be lost in a new city |
| B．can’t find their way in different countries |
| C．can learn about the culture of an unknown place |
| D．can spend the least time getting to another place |
We can learn from the passage that __________.
| A．a GPS can help you start your car |
| B．a GPS can’t be put into a watch |
| C．there are three parts to the GPS |
| D．the GPS are becoming more and more expensive |
The underlined word “They” in paragraph 3 means ___________.
| A．Receivers | B．GPS devices |
| C．Satellites | D．Ground stations |
The passage is mainly about __________.
| A．the history of the GPS | B．the introduction of the GPS |
| C．the shape of the GPS | D．the three parts of the GPS |
What can we learn from the passage?
| A．All GPS devices have electronic maps. |
| B．The GPS can not only start your car but also know where you are. |
| C．The receiver of the GPS contacts all the satellite to calculate its position. |
| D．The GPS will become more and more common in everyday life. |
Red Bayberries Picking
LET'S GO PICK RED BAYBERRIES
Red bayberry is a kind of juicy and sweet fruit that is very popular in China. Yuyao is believed to be the best producing place of red bayberries and the"China's home of red bayberries."
Join us and have an unforgettable tasty memory of red bayberry farm!
60seats only! First come fist serve!
TIME:JUNE 15TH PRICE: Adult:￥90 Children:￥25
9:00: Set off. Meet at the ball of Huyan Building and take a bus to Yuyao for one hour and a half.
10:30-12:00: Pick red bayberries on Red Bay Farm. You can eat as much as you want while picking.
12:00-13:30:Picnic&games. Red bayberries snakes and wine will be provided. Please take your own lunch. It will be great if you can bring the food of your country and share.
13:30:Return to Ningbo city centre.
| A．One hour | B．One hour and a half |
| C．Two hours. | D．Three hours |
| A．Red bayberry is a kind of fruit and tastes good. |
| B．People can start their trip at 10:00 in the morning. |
| C．You're not allowed to eat much while picking. |
| D．You can enjoy red bayberry snacks and wine at supper. |
| A．115 yuan | B．140 yuan |
| C．205yuan | D．270 yuan |
| A．In a comic strip | B．In a travel guide |
| C．In a science magazine | D．In a story book |
Where have all the tigers gone? India's Sariska Project Tiger Reserve,once home to 26 tigers, is now home to none. The government has ordered the police to find out the truth, and organize a new police group to save the tigers.
Half of the world's tigers live in India. For years, tigers have been disappearing from India's national parks. On Thursday, the first meeting of forest officials was held to make a plan to keep the nation's remaining tigers safe. It is not hard to guess why the tigers are disappearing. "Indian tiger poaching(偷猎）is probably the biggest cause for the disappearing of tigers."said Belinda Wright,the head of the Wildlife Protection Society of India.
It seems difficult to stop tiger poaching. Why? First of all,tigers are so popular and expensive in black market that they become the best choice of the poachers. For example,Poachers can sell a tiger at $50,000. Tiger skin and bones are favoured in Chinese medicine. A single tiger tooth can cost $120. Recently ,a group of poachers admitted killing 12 tigers in Sariska and they got a great amount of money. Even though they were put into prison finally,a lot more people will continue this trade. Second, many poachers use night glasses and powerful guns while forest guards only have their hands. Even if a guard finds a poacher,he can only use a stick. What's worse,the forest guards are paid poorly so few of them are willing to catch the poachers.
I hope that the new plan will stop the poachers and save the endangered animals.
| A．12 | B．26 |
| C．None | D．We don't know. |
| A．count the number of tigers in India. |
| B．find out where the tigers have gone |
| C．come up with a plan to protect the tiger |
| D．organize a new police group to save the tigers |
| A．Tigers are very expensive |
| B．Tigers are easy to catch |
| C．Forest guards are paid poorly |
| D．Poachers are more powerful than the torest guards |
| A．Tiger poaching | B．Tiger protection |
| C．Disappearing of tigers | D．Keeping tigers |
| A．To call for people to protect tigers. |
| B．To show how expensive tigers are. |
| C．To tell why tigers are popular with the poachers. |
| D．To show how the poachers kill tigers to make money. |
There was a farm,where lived Farmer John with his wife Molly. They raised pigs,cows and many other animals on their farm. Also there lived a little mouse.
One day John came back with a bag. From the bag,John took out a mousetrap and set it. When the mouse saw this, it ran away in fear and decided to run around the farmyard to warn all its animal friends.
First it met the chicken. "There is a mousetrap on the farm!" The mouse said in fear. But the chicken answered peacefully,"There is nothing to do with me. This is a danger for you, not for me." Then the mouse rushed to the pig and the cow to tell them about mousetrap. But they showed no worry about it,either. Sad and depressed,the little mouse returned to the house.
On that night,Molly heard a sound of the mousetrap. She hurried to see what was in it,but because of the darkness,she did not see that it was a poisonous snake,caught in the trap by the tail. Unluckily the snake bit Molly. John rushed her to the hospital. Later, when they returned home,Molly still had a fever. John remembered that chicken soup was good for a fever,so he went to his farmyard to bring the chicken. Molly's sickness continued and many friends came to visit her, the farmer killed the pig so he could treat all the visitors.
Unfortunately, Molly became weaker and weaker and one day she died. Many neighbors, relatives and friends arrived for the funeral . John had to kill the cow to treat all of them.
The mouse watched all that happened with great sadness.
| A．3 | B．4 | C．5 | D．6 |
| A．Afraid | B．Excited |
| C．Sad | D．Peaceful. |
a.The mouse went to warn his farm animal friends.
b.John made chicken soup for Molly.
C.Friends came to visit Molly.
d.Molly went to find out what was in the mousetrap.
e.The cow and pig showed no worry for the mousetrap.
A.a-d-e-b-c B.a-e-d-b-c
C.c-b-d-e-a D.c-a-b-d-e
| A．聚会 | B．田园 | C．牛棚 | D．葬礼 |
| A．Don't tell anybody about your own trouble. |
| B．Sometimes helping others is helping yourself |
| C．When using a mousetrap,you must be careful. |
| D．It's better to leave your friends to their own trouble alone. |
Want to stay away from colds? ___
Compared to unhappy people, those who are cheerful and relaxed are less likely to suffer
from cold, according to a new study. ______
"It seems that positive(积极的) feelings may reduce the danger of illness," said the study's
chief researcher Sheldon Cohen.
In an earlier study, Cohen found that people who were cheerful and lively caught coughs
and colds less often. ____
In this study, Cohen's study interviewed 193 adults every day for two weeks. During
the interviews, the people told researchers about the happy or sad feelings they had that day.
After the two weeks, the people were given colds by doctors and had to stay alone in a room for
six days.
__
But for people who said they felt happy during theresearchperiod , their illness was less
serious and lasted for a shorter time.
Cohen believes that when people experienced positive feelings, their body may produce
a chemical that helps fight illness and disease. __
Music not only gives you something to sing and dance to, but also can make you feel happier. Scientists say that music can help to relax people’s mind and even help to relieve（痛苦） pain. How does music work its magic? It is the fact that music can adjust(调节) our mood（心情）. Recently, there is a scientific research toback up what we have always known about music. The studies have shown that when people are excited or happy they are more helpful. The opposite (相反的情况)happens when people feel aggressive（好斗的） or under stress. The use of music can influence how helpful people can be.
Dr. Adrian North made a study with 256 university students.Half the group took exercise
in the gymnasium listening to music which can bring happiness and the other half exercised
to aggressive music. When leaving the gym, the students were asked to hand out flyers（传单） in support of the local disabled athlete’s foundation（残疾运动员基金会）.
The results showed that nearly half of the group that listened to happy music were willing to (愿意) hand out flyers. But less than 20% in the group that heard the aggressive music were willing to do so. This study suggests that our choice of music can influence our willingness to cooperate(合作). While a study also shows that productivity (生产效率) can be increased with the right choice of background music in the workplace. As music stimulates(刺激)worker’s mind, job satisfaction is often positively influenced. Other studies have shown that workers who are in a good mood have more job satisfaction than those in a bad mood.
These studies show that music can have a powerful influence on a person’s ability to cooperate. Moods have a direct influence(直接影响) on cooperation and job satisfaction. These factors also have a direct relationship to the success of a business.