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Good evening and welcome to World Views. Earlier in the day, we spoke to three different people about family traditions. Here’s what they said.
① Christmas presents

One of our traditions is to do with Christmas presents. Most people open their presents in the morning, but we open ours in the late afternoon after Christmas lunch. It’s really nice to do so because opening the presents in the morning makes the rest of the day, you know, it’s boring. Well, that’s what we think.
② Birthday cakes

One tradition we have is to do with birthdays, all our birthday cakes have to be carrot cakes. My dad has to make the cake. He even has to make the cake for his own birthday! Perhaps it’s because my mum doesn’t like other tastes cakes. And the funny thing is, we never have carrot cakes at any other time-only birthdays.
③ Special day

We had a tradition in our family for the last day of the summer holidays. The day before we had to go back to school, mum and dad would always take us out for the day. In the morning, we’d get up early and go for a long walk. Next, we’d go for lunch in our favorite restaurant. Then, to the cinema to see a film. Finally, home, where we’d play games. It made going back to school so much better.
In the first family, when do they open the Christmas presents?

A．In the morning	B．In the afternoon
C．In the evening	D．At night

In the second family, who makes the carrot cakes for everyone’s birthday?

A．Dad

B．Mum

C．Kids

D．Grandmother

Which day is a special day for the third family?

A．Christmas Day

B．Dad’s birthday

C．The last day of the summer holiday

D．The first day of the summer holiday

TOKYO, JAPAN – What do you do when you see a cockroach (蟑螂)? Do you hit it with a newspaper? Do you step on it?
When researchers at Tokyo University see a cockroach, they take the remote control and make the cockroach turn around, run left or right, or go forward. These scientists are changing the cockroaches into robots（机器人）. Each cockroach has a very small packet that has in it a microprocessor (微处理器). Then researchers can send signals (信号) from the remote control to the packet. The signals control the movements of the cockroaches.
Why does anyone want to control a cockroach? “Insects can do many things that people can’t,” says Isao Shimoyama, head of robot research at Tokyo University. In a few years, he says, these robot insects will carry very small cameras. They will be able to move through earthquake rubble (瓦砾) to look for people or move under doors to find information about someone.
This may seem strange, but the Japanese government thinks the research is very important. The government is giving the scientists $ 5 million for this research.
First, the research keeps hundreds of cockroaches. They use only the American cockroach because it is bigger and stronger than other cockroaches. Then they choose the best cockroaches and remove their wings and antennae (触须). They put small packets where the antennae were. The packets weigh about three grams, or about two times the weight of the cockroaches themselves. “Cockroaches are very strong,” says Ralph Holzer, who is a researcher at Tokyo University. “They can lift 20 times their own weight.”
With a remote control, the scientists send signals to the packets. When a cockroach gets the signal, it moves. The problem is that the cockroaches don’t always move in the right direction.
The scientists are changing the cockroaches into robots because _________.

A．they want cockroaches to do things people can’t in the future

B．they want to control the movements of the cockroaches

C．they want cockroaches to take photos of the earthquakes

D．they want to send signals to the packets on the cockroaches

Scientists control cockroaches’ movements _________.

A．by removing their wings

B．by sending signals from the remote control

C．by using very small cameras

D．by removing their antennae

What can cockroaches do to help people?

A．They can lift 200 times their own weight.

B．They can help people to carry very small cameras.

C．They can keep hundreds of cockroaches.

D．They can search for those people in rubble after an earthquake.

What problem do the cockroaches meet with?

A．The cockroaches sometimes don’t move.

B．The cockroaches are too big to move through earthquake rubble.

C．The cockroaches sometimes move in the wrong direction.

D．The cockroaches can only lift 20 times their own weight.

“He could have lived on his good looks, but instead he chose to live on talent and hard work.” This is how Internet users praised Chinese swimmer Ning Zetao.
On Aug 6, the 22-year-old won the 100-meter freestyle at the 2015 FINA Swimming World Championships in Russia. He was the first Asian to ever achieve this. Overnight the 191-cm-tall, handsome young man became the nation’s hero. Ning didn’t let the sudden fame(名声) get to his head. He said he only saw “a slight change” in his life after winning.
“My life is full of changes and challenges,” he said . “I welcome them and am never afraid of them.” The first big change in Ning’s life came at 2009.At the time, he specialized(专攻) in breaststroke(蛙泳) and was successful. But he felt a sharp pain in his knee. He suffered(遭受痛苦) every time he practiced his kicks. When he was 16,the knee pain got worse, and he had to stop swimming the breaststroke. Then he switched(转换)to sprint freestyle swimming. Ning didn’t let the change bring him down. Instead, he took advantage of it and became one of the best freestyle swimmers. Last year, he won four gold medals in freestyle races at the Incheon Asian Games in South Korea.
What is the next change Ning would like to see in his life? He said he wants to improve on his English. “English will help me communicate with foreign coaches and compete in the world games in the future.” Obviously Ning has high expectations for himself at the Rio Olympics next year. We wish him good luck.
The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 3 means_________.

A．changes and challenges	B．Ning’s fans
C．Internet users	D．other swimmers

What is Ning’s first big change in his life?

A．Ning won the 100-meter freestyle at the 2015 FINA Swimming World Championships in Russia.

B．Ning switched to sprint freestyle swimming because the knee pain got worse.

C．Ning improved his English to communicate with foreign coaches

D．Ning specialized in breaststroke and was successful.

The best title of the article is ______________.

A．The freestyle swimming	B．Change for the best
C．Ning’s life	D．The first Asian swimmer

To write a great news story, you have to make sure it is correct, relevant and fresh.
For a start, all the information in a story must be correct. Not only the spelling and grammar, but also the facts.
Any mistakes that appear in a story can get a newspaper into big trouble. For example, if a newspaper said that Yang Liwei was the first man to go into space, it would be wrong. He wasn’t the first. The newspaper would probably lose lots of readers because of that mistake.
A news story is not only correct, but also relevant to its readers. People are mostly interested in news that happens near to them. That is why you care more about what happens at your school than at American schools. It is also why newspapers in Beijing don’t talk about much news in Shanghai or Hong Kong.
Finally, news must always be fresh. When you pick up your evening newspaper, you want to read about news that happens that day. You don’t want to read about news from last week!
So, now you know what makes a good news story. Have a good look at our newspaper and see if it is full of good news. You can try writing a news story for our newspaper like a real reporter.
What is the meaning of the underlined word “relevant”.

A．相关的

B．有趣的

C．最新的

D．正确的

According to the writer, newspapers in Wuxi should talk about news in ________.

A．Hong Kong

B．Wuxi

C．Shanghai

D．Beijing

Which of the following is true?

A．A small mistake can’t get a newspaper into trouble.

B．A lot of people like reading about news from last week.

C．The passage doesn’t tell us who was the first man to go into space.

D．People are mostly interested in news that happens far away from them.

阅读填空先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后根据短文内容和所给首字母，在空格内填入一个适当的词，使短文意思完整。所填单词在题后横线上必须完整写出。
Do students in your country go directly to university or college after school or do they have a break first? Taking a gap year (空档年)between high school and university is quite common in the UK, and there are lots of different ways to spend your time.
A gap year is a period of time, usually a year, when a student takes a break before going on to study in university. It is often spent traveling or working.
People used to think that taking a gap year was not acceptable. In the past you took a gap year if you had to retake exams or had problems with your study. But now, universities encourage a gap, and it is more possible for a student who takes a gap year to be offered jobs when they graduate. A gap year can give young people useful learning experiences, help them pick up new skills.
A student often takes a gap year at about eighteen years old, before going to university. It can also be taken at a different time.
Many gap year students choose to do voluntary work. Others want to travel around the world for more experiences. Lots of gap year students just want to see more of the world.
Most students who are planning a gap year take on a part-time job to save up for the trip. Some students travel for three or six months and then work for the rest of the year.

A gap year in the UK
What is a gap year?	It is the time when a student takes a break from formal .
Advantages（优势）	Though people didn’t a gap year in the past, now a gap year is thought to be helpful for young people to get useful learning experiences, new skills.
to take it?	A student take a gap year at about eighteen years old, before going to university or at a different time.
What to do?	The gap year is usually to doing voluntary work or traveling around the world and so on.
How to make money?	They save up for the trip doing a part-time job to make money.