In many parts of the world, cars play an important role in daily life and many societies would not exist without them. 1 But this is the prediction made by a team of transport researchers who are taken seriously, not only by government but also by car manufacturers.
The Human Science and Advanced Technology Institute at Loughborough in the UK is part of an international research program. 2 That will mean much saving, no accidents and better use of roads. The super-intelligent car in the future will drive itself. 3 Instead, we will have a choice of cars and change them as frequently as we change our clothing.
According to Dr. David Davis, who leads the research team, these predictions are based on the rising cost of the car culture, which had blocked up our cities, polluted our air, and caused more deaths than both world wars put together.
Davis says, cars will be fitted with some intelligent devices(装置) to regulate(调节) the distance between one car and another. 4 computers are much safer drivers than people, so cars in a road train will be able to drive much closer together than cars driven by people.
By 2010, Dr. David Davis believes, car technology will give motorists a clear view of the road, whatever the weather conditions, by projecting an image of the road ahead on to the car’s windscreen. 5 Cars will be connected by an electronic tow bar to the car in front to form “road-trains”. “The front vehicle in such a train burns the normal amount.”says Davis. “but all the others in the train would burn about ten percent of the normal amount, and so produce about ten percent of the pollution.”
| A. The team there believes that by 2030 all cars will be computerized. B. They believe that cars will become more important in 20 years. C. And it will not be owned by one individual. D. And by 2030, cars will travel in line, linked to each other electronically. E. So the idea that in 20 years’ time, no one will own cars may be hard to believe. F. Every driver will use less fuel in the car he owns. G. The car will automatically speed up, or slow down, to match the speed of the car in front. |
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
Apple visionary Steve Jobs has passed away after a long ____with pancreatic cancer. He was 56. Apple was so exceptional, those products were so _
__and so loved. Even if he showed up with that black turtleneck, and made the ___
___, it still became an event with groupies.
It didn’t take long for social media users to______ to the news, with some, no doubt, using thedevices Jobs ___
____to mourn(悼念) his death.
____ of Jobs’ death had become a Trending Topic on Twitter less than 10 minutes after the first news trickled in.
Apple _____an official statement on Jobs’ death. The WallStreet Journal has it:“Steve’s brilliance, ___
__and energy were the source ofcountless innovations that __
__and improve all of our lives. Theworld is immeasurably better because of Steve.”
But on its website, it chose a different way to commemorateJobs’ legacy（遗产）-- a black and white photograph of Jobs in his ______turtleneck.
When reading a book in a Florida library a year before, John became _____ (interest) not in the contents of the book, but in the notes penciled in the margin. He discovered the former owner's name and located her address and wrote a letter introducing himself. During the next year, they grew to know each other through the mail. John requested a photograph, ___
___she refused, saying if he really cared, it wouldn’t matter what she looked like. When the day finally came, their first meeting was 7:00 p.m. at the Grand Central Station.
She wrote, “You’ll recognize me by ____ rose I wear on my coat.” So now John was in the station to meet the girl with a rose.
As a pretty and slim girl in green came over, John noticed her blue eyes like flowers in spring. He walked directly towards her, entirely forgetting she was not wearing a rose. As John came closer to her, he saw another woman with a red rose stood nearby. Well past 40, this woman had graying hair done under a worn hat. Seeing the girl in green _____ (walk) quickly away, John felt as if he ___
__ (split) in two. He desired to follow that girl, but longed for the woman __
___ spirit had truly companioned and supported him.
The woman looked gentle and sensible. John went to her, saying, “I’m Captain John Blanchard. You ______ be Miss Hollis. I am glad to meet you here. May I take you to dinner?”
She replied with a smile, “I don’t know what this is about. But the lady in green who just went by, ____ (beg) me to wear this rose on my coat. She said if you asked me out to dinner, I’d tell you she is waiting for you in the big restaurant across the street!”
A studysurveying more than 2500 American high school students found ____ girls who ate five or more family meals a week had a much healthier relationship with food in __
__ (late) life．
The research, _____ (publish) in international magazine Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, polled students aged 13 to 17 in 1999 ___
__ were followed up five years later．Regular family meals were found to have a protective effect regardless of the girls’ age , weight, socio-economic status, dieting habits or relationship with her family．
Experts say doctors should encourage families _____ (have) dinner at the table rather than on the couch in front of the television to keep away from serious eating disorders．
Belinda Dalton, director of eating disorders clinic the Oak House, said ____ (eat) with family helped "normalize" young people's relationship with food．
"When the young are feeling that they're not dealing properly, they turn to _____ that they can control and food is accessible for them to control. Clearly, if they're sitting with their family __
___ a regular basis then their family can be more in control of their eating,"
假定你是李华, 你的英国朋友Peter来信向你咨询如何才能学好中文. 请你根据下列要点写回信.
要点: 1. 参加中文学习班;
2. 看中文书刊、电视；
3. 学唱中文歌曲；
4. 交中国朋友
注意：1.词数100左右；2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头语已为你写好。
DearPeter,
I’mgladtoreceiveyourletteraskingformyadviceonhowtolearnChinesewell.
Yours,
LiHua
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^）。并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（/）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不记分。
John is my best friend. However, he sometime makes me angry. For example, last Monday while we were taking test on history, he threw me a note, hoping that I could give him the answers of the questions on the papers. How could I help my best friend to cheating in a test? It was certainly that I refused his request, that made him quite unhappy at the time. After school, when I was asked him to go home with me, he didn’t look at me and said anything. Then he went away. The next day I had to write him a letter to explain that I didn’t tell him the answers. He makes an apology to me after he realized that he was wrong.
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