Soon computers and other machines will be able to remember you by looking at your eyes! The programme works because everyone’s eyes are different. So in the future you won’t have to remember a number when you want to use a machine or take money out of a bank. You’ll just have to look at the machine and it will be able to tell who you are.
The eye-recognition programme is already being tested in shops and banks in the USA, Britain, Spain, Italy and Turkey. Soon, this technology will take the place of all other ways of finding out who people are.
However, scientists are working on other systems. Machines will soon be able to know you from the shape of your face or hand or even your smell! We already have machines that can tell who you are from your voice or the mark made by your finger.
Eye-recognition is better than other kinds because your eyes don’t change as you get older, or get dirty like hands or fingers. And even twins have different eyes, so the programme can be up to 94％ correct, depending on how good the technology is. Some programmes may only be right 51％ of the time. In Britain, it was found that 91％ of people who had tried it said that they liked the idea of eye-recognition. In the future your computer will be looking you in the eye. So smile!How does the eye-recognition programme work?
| A．You write your number. | B．You show your ID card. |
| C．You look at the machine. | D．You say your name. |
Why can the programme be up to 94％ correct?
| A．Because eyes never change. |
| B．Because hands or fingers can get dirty. |
| C．Because people like the idea of the programme. |
| D．Because the programme is widely used around the world. |
The eye-recognition programme can know you from ___________.
| A．the shape of your hand |
| B．the shape of your foot |
| C．your voice |
| D．your mark made by your finger |
Which of the following is true?
| A．The programme is being tested in Japan. |
| B．Machines with other systems can also tell who you are. |
| C．91％ of people like the idea of the programme. |
| D．Computers can remember you by looking at your clothes. |
What does Paragraph 4 talk about?
| A．Introduction to other kinds of programmes. |
| B．Advantages of the programme. |
| C．The places where the programme is tested. |
| D．The way how the programme works. |
The aim (目的) of students who come to school is to study. But studying requires (需要) a right way, or you waste either the time or the money. The following are the ways of studying.
The best time for reading is morning, because in the morning, the air is fresh and the mind is clear. For that reason, we can get good results (结果).
In studying we must have patience (耐心). If we have not known a text well, we must read it again. We shouldn’t read the next one till we have understood the first one.
When we are studying, we must put our hearts into the book, or we can get nothing from the book while we are reading.
We must always ask “whys”. If it is not well understood, write it down and ask our teachers, parents, or friends. In any possible way, we must know it completely and what we’ve leaned can be used well and made better.
Though there are many ways for studying, yet the above mentioned (提到的) will be quite enough if we can keep them in heart and do so.The passage tells us ______.
| A．the importance of reading |
| B．to read in the morning |
| C．to pay attention to the ways of studying |
| D．to have patience in studying |
The passage has taught us ______ ways of studying.
| A．three | B．four | C．five | D．many |
We’d better read in the morning because ______.
| A．it’s easy to remember what we have learned |
| B．the air is fresh and the mind is clear |
| C．it’s difficult to get good results |
| D．both A and C |
If we can’t put our hearts into the book when we read, it is ______.
| A．easy to understand it well |
| B．better to get something from it |
| C．impossible (不可能)for us to get something from it |
| D．possible (可能) to learn something from it |
In studying we must always ask “whys” in order to ______.
| A．understand the book well |
| B．write down the questions |
| C．do with the new words |
| D．get some questions to ask our teachers |
Millie is a little girl who is at the age of nine. She is a pupil in a primary school. She works hard at her subjects. In class, she takes an active part in all kinds of activities. She looks smarter than her classmates.
One day, she was doing her homework after supper as usual. Her father was not in. Her mother was taking a shower in the bathroom. After she finished her homework, Millie asked her mother to check it for her, but her mother didn’t answer her. A few minutes later, her mother was still in the bathroom. Millie felt strange. She knocked at the door. But her mother had no answer. She pushed the door open and found her mother lying on the floor. At the same time, she smelled something terrible. It was the gas. She quickly opened the window, turned off the gas and called 120 and 110 for help. Soon some doctors and policemen came and sent her mother to the nearest hospital. Her mother was saved at last.
Why did the little girl know how to do that? That was because she had learned how to save herself and others in danger in school.Although Millie is ______, we should learn from her.
| A．a primary school pupil |
| B．a college student |
| C．a nineteen-year-old girl |
| D．a middle school student |
What was her mother doing while Millie was doing her homework?
| A．She was shopping. |
| B．She was working. |
| C．She was taking a shower. |
| D．She was watching TV. |
Why didn’t her mother answer her?
| A．Because she was angry. |
| B．Because there’s something wrong with her mother. |
| C．Because she wasn’t at home. |
| D．Because she is busy doing the housework. |
The accident happened ______.
| A．in Millie’s home | B．in the cinema |
| C．in a hospital | D．in a school |
We should be ______ like Millie when we are in danger.
| A．brave and calm | B．shy and afraid |
| C．worried and frightened | D．kind and strange |
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Practicing yoga(瑜伽) is a helpful popular way to keep fit. It has many followers around the world. There are many kinds of yoga. You may have heard of “hot yoga” before. Now, in India a new kind of yoga, water yoga is becoming more and more popular among the local people.
In the city of Agra people practice yoga in water. It is more difficult to practice yoga in water than on land. But practicing yoga in water can be good for your flexibility (灵活性).
Harish Chaturvedi, a lawyer teaches people water yoga for free—even the poor people can learn from him. “Water yoga can become more popular than other kind of yoga, because the body does not get tired so quickly.” he said. “Everybody can learn to swim. but if they learn yoga at the same time, they will never feel tired.”
“The level of Oxygen(氧气) is very high in water. and you will not have any breathing problem.” he added.
Harish believes that water yoga really helps people to keep away from illness. He mainly trains children. He has classes at the swimming pool of a local sports room regularly. Many children are interested in it and come to learn from him.
“Harish is very good at performing yoga in water.” said Sudhir Narayan, a water yoga student. “He is teaching children free of cost and that is a very good thing.”What is Harish Chaturvedi?
____________________________________________.Why is water yoga more popular than others?
____________________________________________.The underlined phrase “for free” in the passage means _________.
Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.
__________________________________________.What can be the best title of the passage?
__________________________________________.
Like many people, I have no clear idea about heroes. Maybe sometimes we all wonder if we need a hero and what a hero really is.
Although there are a lot of differences in cultures, heroes around the world have much in common. They all give us courage and make us want to learn from them.
A hero has a special story to tell and people are interested in it. But a hero is not just the person with great fame（声誉）.
A hero has to experience life with new and further meaning. So if you want to live like a hero, you have to know what or whom you serve. If you serve only your own fame, you may be just famous persons instead of heroes.
A hero considers more than common people. He is able to make people moved and create new chances.
Without Gandhi, India might still be part of Britain. Without Martin Luther King, Jr., Americans might take different buses, eat in different restaurants, go for walks in different parks, and shop in different stores because of the different colors of their skin.
There might be changes in society without a hero, but the speed of change would be quite slow Thanks to heroes in history, they make the society develop so rapidly.
According to this passage, a hero always .
| A．gives us courage | B．looks up to others |
| C．tells others funny stories | D．learn from others |
If you want to live like a hero, you should .
| A．experience a common life |
| B．try to be famous |
| C．serve your own fame |
| D．know what or whom you serve |
Black people in America used to before Martin Luther King, Jr..
| A．shop at the white’s stores |
| B．take the same bus with the white |
| C．take walks in the white’s parks |
| D．eat in restaurants without the white |
We learn from the passage that
| A．we don’t need heroes anymore in modem society now |
| B．heroes are different in different in cultures |
| C．heroes aren’t able to move people or create possible chances |
| D．our society has developed faster because of heroes in history |
What should you take in with you when you take an exam? Pen, pencil, eraser, ruler..., and don’t forget a bottle of water!
According to a study at the British Psychological (心理学的) Society Annual Conference held in London, if students bring water into exams, they may improve their grades by up to 10 percent.
Scientists at the University of East London and the University of Westminster, UK, did a study on 447 students. Only 25 percent of them brought something to drink to the exam hall.
Scientists then compared their exam results with their normal schoolwork grades. They found that all those who had brought drinks with them got better grades by 2 to 10 percent.
It is unclear why drinking water improves exam results. But scientists say having enough water in our bodies could have a helpful influence on our brains. Drinking water may also cut down on anxiety(焦虑) , according to Chris Pawson, PhD, of the University of East London.
"Whatever the explanation, it is clear that students should try hard to stay hydrated(含水的)with water during exams," he said.
So next time, when you are going to have a big exam, try bringing a bottle of water with you. Who knows - it may help you pass the exam!
If the students bring water into exams, their grades may be improved at most.
| A．by 2% | B．by 8% |
| C．by 10% | D．by 25% |
The underlined phrase "cut down on" probably means .
A.增加 B.带走 C减少 D.改变
According to the passage, how does water help students in exams?
| A．It is good for their brains. |
| B．It makes students smarter. |
| C．It helps students feel full. |
| D．It makes students feel nervous. |
You probably read the article from a .
| A．sports magazine | B．textbook |
| C．travel guide | D．newspaper |
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