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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Do you want to be successful in everything you do? If so, then _？ Here is an example.
There was a farmer who _ corn (玉米) all his life. Each year he took his corn to the market. Then each time his corn was chosen as the _ and won the first prize.
One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something surprising about how he grew it.The farmer _ seed (做种子的) corn to his neighbors.
“How can you share your best seed corn with your neighbors？” the reporter asked.“You know they are taking part in the _ with you each year.”
“Why, sir,” said the farmer, “didn't you know？The wind picks up pollen (花粉) from the corn and moves it quickly from field to field. If my neighbors grow __ corn, crosspollination (异花传粉) will affect the quality of my corn. So if I want to grow good corn, I must _ _ my neighbors to grow good corn.”
The farmer knows much about the connection of life. His corn cannot improve _ _ his neighbor's corn improves.
As a great man says, “We make a living by what we __ _, but we make a life by what we give.” We can't live without food, clothes, and many other things. However, a meaningful life is not decided by how much we can get, but by how much we can give others. Giving, instead of taking, makes us different from other animals. So those who choose to live well must help others to live well and those who choose to be happy must help others to find _ _ in their life.
A．why B．how C．when D．where
A．grew B．bought C．sold D．collected
A．cheapest B．prettiest C．best D．shortest
A．lent B．showed C．offered D．provided
A．game B．fight C．experiment D．competition
A．tasty B．bad C．tall D．unusual
A．teach B．remind C．help D．require
A．unless B．though C．because D．when
A．do B．own C．get D．grow
A．hope B．success C．friendship D．happiness
A green life sometimes just needs a good idea like sharing cars共车. It’s a new way of thinking. You can use a car but you don’t need to own it. Now the idea of “car sharing” has become in many countries.
As we know, most cars are parked in garages for much time. In fact, we drive our own cars as long as one or two a day on average. When we don’t use them, we have to pay for parking and things. That coats too much money. To save money, some people come up with the idea of “car sharing”. If we share a car, we’ll only when we use it.
Now many people are starting to do car sharing. In Switzerland, almost 40.000 people have joined it. Japan is also trying to make popular around the country. A popular B. interesting C. funny
A. hour B. hours C. minutes
A. other B. others C. another
A. spend B. cost C. pay
A. time saving B. money saving C. car sharing
Once my father and I went to see a circus(马戏 ). A family was standing in front of us for tickets.
The family had eight children. Their clothes were not but they were clean. They were talking about the clowns(小丑) and elephants excitedly.
“I want tickets,eight for children and two for adults.”said the father to the ticket lady.
The ticket lady told him the . When he heard that, the man cloudn’t believe his . He asked again, “How much?”
The ticket lady spoke again. The father looked sad. Clearly, he didn’t have money.
My dad took a twenty—dollar bill and dropped it on the ground.Then he picked , and said to the man, “Sir, this fell out of your pocket.”
The man knew what was on. He looked into my dad’s eyes and took the . “Thank you,thank you ,sir. This a lot to me and my family. ”
We didn’t go to the cirus that night,but we didn’t feel sorry for it at all.A. waiting B. looking C. working
A. common B. cheap C. expensive
A. ticket B. ten C. two
A. ticket B. number C. price
A. eyes B. ears C. nose
A. enough B. any C. little
A. it up B. up it C. them up
A. walking B. going C. looking
A. book B. pocket C. bill
A. hardly B. nearly C. really
Mrs Smith works in a museum in London. She’s in all kinds of old things and she has collected a lot of stamps. But she prefers the vases. So she often spends her holidays in China. She visited a lot of museums in Beijing, Xi’an and other . She goes to the markets and tries to buy some nice old vases.
Last month the woman travelled in Hangzhou. She went to a shop one afternoon and foumd a beautiful vase there. She looked at it for a long time and was sure it was about seven hundred years ago. She liked it very much and paid a lot of money for it. She was so happy that she couldn’t fall that night. On her way to England , she took good care of it.A. interests B. interesting C. interested
A. towns B. cities C. countries
A. American B. English C. German
A. kept B. made C. found
A. asleep B. sleep C. sleeping
Life is not easy, so I’d like to say “When anything happens, believe in yourself.”
When I was a young boy, I was ____ shy to talk to anyone. My classmates often ____me. I was sad but could do nothing. Later,___ happened, and it changed my life. It was an English speech contest. My mother asked me to ____ it. What a terrible idea! It meant I had to speak ____ all the teachers and students of my school!
“Come on,boy! Believe in yourself. You are sure to ___.”Then mother and I talked about many different topics. At last I _____ the topic “Believe in yourself!” I tried my best to remember all the speech and practiced it over 100 _____. With my mother’s great love, I did ___ in the contest. I could hardly believe my _____ when the news came that I had won the first place.A. too B. so C. quite
A. made faces at B. looked after C. laughed at
A. something B. everything C. anything
A. take part in B. join C. get
A. to B. among C. before
A. win B. pass C. beat
A. brought B. thought C. chose
A. words B. times C. sentences
A. well B. good C. bad
A. result B. eyes C. ears
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