“Our aim is to take our art to the world and make people understand what it is to move,” said David Belle, the founder of parkour(跑酷).
Close your eyes and imagine you are living in the next two centuries or more. You'll be living in a world filled with smart robots, which will be helping you to take care of your children, or your elderly parents in your home. You'll live much longer thanks to the medicine made by genetic (基因的) science. And mankind may be going farther in space than ever before-you will be living on the moon or Mars.
How should we view the changes that wait for us in the future? Should we be optimistic (乐观的)about the years ahead, or worried about what the future holds? Some scientists and experts are having a discussion about how technology, science and society will develop in the future.
"I'm looking forward to the day when more technology will come to my life," says John Searle, a professor at the University of California Berkeley Philosophy, "because I think further research in such areas as genetics, physics, chemistry and medicine will help us to overcome poverty, improve health, and make life longer."
Hugh Herr, at MIT's Biomechatronics Group, considers very powerful weapons as concern over the future. Another is the growing role of technology in our lives."Machines’ taking over what humans do is not a good thing," Herr says.
That is a similar concern shared by Daniela Cerqui, a social and cultural scientist. "I am afraid that the long-term future we are building will have no space left for human beings," says Cerqui. "The main values of our society are related to information that must progress as quickly as possible, and computers are much better than humans in these tasks ." The second paragraph mainly tells us ________.
| A．how science will develop in the future |
| B．how people will live in a modern society |
| C．what life would be like in the future |
| D．what computers will bring to our society |
From Paragraph 4 we can infer that ___________.
| A．John Searl is optimistic about the future |
| B．we should wait to see the changes in the future |
| C．John Searl worries much about what the future holds |
| D．further science research will be helpful for making life longer |
The underlined word "That" in the last paragraph refers to________.
| A．The poverty problem in the future |
| B．Machines’ taking over what humans do |
| C．The technology of weapons |
| D．The health problem of humans |
The best title for the passage can be “___________”.
| A．The Future--Full of Hope or Concern |
| B．Great Changes Will Take Place in the Future |
| C．The Relationship Between Technology and Humans |
| D．The Role of Robots and Computers in the Future |
阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填写表格 (每空限填一词)
There are many things you can do to improve your memory. Among them are many kinds of useful ways as well as taking special care of your health.
It is important that you make yourself excited to make your memory more active. You can do this by doing some new activities and by changing your daily habits. Learning a new skill helps your brain(大脑) to develop. When trying to remember something, you should pay special attention to the most important things about it. Do not allow other thoughts to enter your mind because this will reduce your chances of making right memories.
An excellent way to help memory is to connect information with pictures. Try to see the pictures in your mind. Taking notes and keeping a diary will also be helpful.
Healthy food and plenty of vitamins are necessary for your memory to work well. Drinking a lot of water also helps keep your memory. You must allow your brain to have enough sleep and rest. When you are sleep, Your brain stores memory. Not enough sleep can cause problems with storing information. And being tired will also stop you from being able to think clearly and well.
In order to keep your mind on your work, you must be free from worry. Generally keeping fit and normal health checks are both important as well--- not just for improving your memory.
根据短文内容完成表格。
| Title |
How to___1___ Your Memory |
| Main__2_____ |
*taking special ____3____ of your health *making yourself excited to make your memory more active by taking_4___ in some new activities and changing your daily habits. *paying attention to the most ____5___ things, in order to add to add to your chances to ___6___ right memories. |
| Other ways |
*connecting information with _____7____ * taking notes and __8____ diaries * eating __9____ food and taking plenty of vitamins * drinking a lot of water * having ___10___ sleep and rest |
In 1638, John Harvard donated some money and about four hundred books to a new university. This was the beginning of the library at Harvard University. The gift was so important that the university was named for John Harvard.
Thomas Bray began the first free lending library in the late 1600s. He set up more than 30 or these libraries in the American colonies. However, the idea for this kind of free library ended when Bray died in 1730. In 1731, Benjamin Franklin and some friends started the first subscription（订阅费） library in the United States. In a subscription library people pay money to become members, but they may borrow the books without paying again.
In the United States, every child had a free education. This idea soon led to free libraries. One of the first libraries that used tax money to buy books was a library in Peterborough, New Hampshire. This library was set up in 1833.The main idea of paragraph 2 is________.
| A．Franklin started the first subscription library |
| B．in a subscription library people pay money to become members |
| C．Bray and Franklin were important in the history of public libraries |
| D．Bray died in 1730 and Franklin died in 1833 |
The underlined word “borrow” means_______.
| A．read and write with no help from another person |
| B．use for a short time and then return |
| C．like very much |
| D．lend |
The reading does not say it, but we can guess that_______.
| A．there were free schools in the United States before there were free libraries |
| B．free schools and free libraries in the United States began at about the same time |
| C．the library in New Hampshire also had a free school in it |
| D．there were free libraries in the United States before there were free schools |
Havard University began_______.
| A．in 1731 | B．in 1730 |
| C．in 1833 | D．in 1638 |
At the library that Franklin started, ________.
| A．children could use books for no money at all |
| B．people paid a little money in the beginning but none after that |
| C．people paid a lot of money in the beginning but none after that |
| D．both A and B |
Last month the manager of a jewelry shop (珠宝店) received a letter. As he was very busy then, the letter lay on his desk till tea-time. He opened it and a 10-pound note(票) fell out onto the desk. Within the note was a letter which said:
Dear sir:
In 1935 I got engaged(订婚). But unfortunately I lost my job. At the time a lot of people were out of work. Six months later I got a job again, but of course I was very short of money. I came to your shop to buy a wedding ring(婚戒). The assistant took out some rings for me to look at, but she was called away for a moment, and I put one of the rings in my pocket. When she came back, I said I didn’t know the size of my girl’s finger. So I left the shop without buying a ring. My wife died a short while ago and the fact that I never paid for the ring has been heavy in my heart all these years. At that time, the ring cost 2 pounds so I think it is 10 pounds at today’s price and I’m sending 10 pounds.
Yours truly,
A customer (顾客)When did the manager open the letter?
| A．In the morning | B．When he received the letter |
| C．At lunch time | D．Till tea-time |
The customer didn’t write the letter until_____.
| A．he was dying | B．his wife’s death |
| C．he had enough money | D．he got a job again |
What happened in 1935?
| A．The jewelry shop lost some rings. |
| B．The customer married a girl. |
| C．The customer stole a ring for his wife. |
| D．The customer stole a ring for his girl friend. |
Which of the following is Not true?
| A．The customer was poor at that time. |
| B．The ring was bigger for his girl friend. |
| C．The shop assistant was careless. |
| D．The customer was too poor to buy a ring for his girl friend. |
What do you think of the customer?
| A．Honest | B．Forgetful |
| C．Dishonest | D．Careless |
Schools and parents in Shenzhen City have been asked to take better care of children’s eyesight as 45 percent of them were found to be shortsighted. Too much reading, poor lighting and too much TV are blamed(责备). Of the city’s high school graduates(毕业生) who applied to study at colleges this summer, but now he gets up earlier.The purpose(目的) of this passage is to_________.
| A．criticize(批评) children who are shortsighted. |
| B．blame parents and schools for children’s being shortsighted. |
| C．ask the high school graduates to pay attention to their eyesight. |
| D．draw people’s special attention to eye hygiene(卫生). |
Only_______ of the children in Shenzhen City have good eyesight.
| A．45 percent | B．less than half |
| C．55 percent | D．two thirds |
Generally speaking, high school students have_____ eyesight than primary school students.
| A．poorer | B．better |
| C．brighter | D．good |
Because of being shortsighted many school graduates_______.
| A．weren’t allowed to enter college |
| B．couldn’t graduate from high school |
| C．couldn’t choose to study what they liked best |
| D．lost their limited time |
In order to take care of eyes, children shouldn’t_______.
| A．read books |
| B．watch TV |
| C．make their eyes too tired |
| D．see things far away |
Dear Tom,
How are you? I'm at a new school this term. And I'm writing to tell you about my school. My new school is big and nice. There are one thousand and four hundred students and one hundred and forty teachers at my school. I like the teachers. They are very kind to me. My classmates are very friendly too. They teach me Chinese and l teach them English There are trees, flowers and green grass at my school. They are very beautiful. Behind my school there is a small river. The water in it is quite clean. We can swim in it. We have no classes on Saturdays or Sundays. Sometimes I play football or basketball with my classmates. Sometimes I stay at home and watch TV. Sometimes I go shopping with my father and mother. We all like China.
Please write to me soon!
Yours,
JackJack is at a/an _______school.
| A．English | B．Chinese | C．small | D．Japanese |
There are_______ students and _______ teachers at Jack's school.
| A．1,400; 104 | B．1,040; 104 | C．1,400; 140 | D．1,040; 140 |
Jack's teachers _______.
| A．teach him English very well |
| B．only teach him Chinese and English |
| C．don't like him at all |
| D．are quite good to him |
Jack _______his new classmates.
| A．doesn't get on well with |
| B．doesn't like |
| C．makes good friends with |
| D．is going to learn English from |
Which is TRUE?
| A．Jack goes to school every day. |
| B．Jack doesn't have classes every day. |
| C．Jack has no classes only on Saturdays. |
| D．Jack has no classes only on Sundays. |
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