Umbrellas are common in our daily life. On rainy days, many people hold them to prevent the . But it’s not easy to hold an umbrella if there is heavy rain and wind. And it’s harder to make a phone call or ride a bike an umbrella in the hand. An American named Alan Kaufman and his company 6 years inventing a hand-free umbrella. , they made it.
They called it Nubrella. Just touch a button(按钮), and the Nubrella will open . With the help of its“shoulder support(支持)”, the umbrella can rest on the user’s . So the user needn’t hold the umbrella any more. He can walk with hands even in the strong wind.
The hand-free umbrella is $59.94 each. People all around the world like it very much. Because of this smart , they can use their phones to talk and send short messages in the rain now. in the rain under a Nubrella is really cool, isn’t it?
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English traveller found that he had only to buy the ticket to go back home. As he knew that it would him only two days to to England, he decided that he could easily do . So he bought a ticket and the ship. It was time lunch. He didn’t go to have it. In the evening, he said that he didn’t feel and went to bed , the next day he was hungry that he couldn’t stand(忍受) it .
“I’m going to eat,” he said. “Even if they throw me the sea.” After he everything the waiter(侍者) put in front of him and he was ready for the coming trouble. “ me the bill(账单)，” he said. “The bill,sir?” said the waiter. “There isn’t any bill.” Was the answer. “On the ship are included (包括) in the money for the ticket.”A、AB、AnC、For
A、moneys enough B、a lot of money C、enough money
A、spend B、carryC、take
A、get toB、arrive C、get
A、with food B、without food C、with foods
A、got inB、got onC、got off
A、toB、haveC、for
A、troubleB、wellC、good
A、lateB、earlyC、lately
A、tooB、soC、such
A、not any longer B、no longer C、any longer
A、intoB、onC、in
A、ateB、eatingC、eats
A、TakeB、LookC、Bring
A、mealsB、ticketsC、Bill
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Molly spent her summer vacation in China with her parents last year. They visited a lot of famous ____, such as Beijing, Guangzhou and Shanghai. She ____ Beijing for a week. She ____ the Palace Museum, the Great Wall, Tian’an Men Square ____the Summer Palace. They ____ went to the zoos and the parks.___ was cloudy, but not rainy, so it ___ not too hot. They ____ great fun playing in the zoos and the parks. Molly learnt a lot ____ Chinese history. She said, “It is interesting to visit China. I ____ China very much.”
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Hello! My name’s Alice. I’m a high school student. I’m very_____every week. From Monday to Friday I go to school. I do homework in the evening. I’m so tired that I want____a good rest at weekend._____ my mother often asks me to go____with her on Saturday morning. It usually____me about an hour .I_____ enjoy these activities. When my mother goes shopping and I sit on a box and wait for her. Last Saturday, there was more noise than usual and everyone was in a hurry. My mother bought____of things, such as meat, fish, fruit and vegetables. After one____ , a woman came up to me,“Excuse me,”she said. “Are you Alice? Your mother just_____shopping , but her bags are very heavy. She wants you to carry them home____her.”
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As we all know, Charles Dickens is considered to be a great English writer. He's very famous not only in Britain, but also in many other in the world. He was born in 1812 and he lived in London. He wrote lots of books, and he also liked . He was an actor.
Maybe it's interesting to hear that and that's his books were so good. He gave public readings of his stories that were very popular. His stories first appeared in a magazine, in parts. People always wanted part. He wrote a lot, and most of them are popular. There are films and plays of them : Oliver Twist became a famous musical play, and Great Expectations was a wonderful __.Dickens' early life was very hard. His family was poor, and his mother sent him out to work in a factory when he was 12. He it, but he used his experiences in his writing. He married Catherine Hogarth and they had a big family. He continued to write he died. When he died in 1870, he was a story. But what a pity! We'll never know _ _ it ended.
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All over the world, people have all kinds of friends. Dogs are people’s honest friends. Cats, elephants, camels, horses, cows are people’s helpful and useful friends. But do you think that computers are people’s friends, too？Now let me tell you___about it.
We live in the “computer age”. People, like scientists, teachers, writers and even students, use computers to do ____work. But more than 30 years ago,____couldn’t do much work. They were very big and expensive. Very____people were interested in them and knew how to use them. Today computers are smaller and . And they can do a lot of work. Many people like to use them._ people have them at home.
Computers become very important because they can work __ than men and make fewer mistakes. Computers can__ people do a lot of work. Writers now use computers to write. Teachers use them to help teaching. Students use them __ and children use them to play games. Computers can also remember what you put into them. Computers are very __ and helpful. It is true that they are our good friends. Do you think so?
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