Ping-Pong Door

Do you want a ping-pong table in your room? But you may not have enough space. Now this door is here to help you. It can turn into a ping-pong table when you pull it down. After the ping-pong game is over, it goes back to being a common door. It was designed by Tobias Fr?nzel from Germany. Cool idea!

Dog Watch

The dog watch is actually a “clock for keeping time at a rate(比率) other than human time” and was invented in 1991. With this handy(便利的) watch, you can know time at your animal's rate instead of your own. According to the inventor, the watch multiplies(乘) every human second, minute and hour by seven, giving us “doggy time”. If a dog lives to be the age of 14, that translates into 98 human years!

Earthquake House

Big earthquakes can hit a house, possibly making the people in it get hurt. But our inventor has found a way, the Earthquake House!

His idea is simple. Build a round house that has earthquake sensors(传感器) in it. If the sensors know the big earthquake, the house will be free from its chains(链条). Don't worry. You always remain upright in it. We don't recommend this for a hillside home because there aren't any brakes to stop it!

Smell This

How do you know if your breath smells nice, or if it smells bad? It's difficult to know because it's very hard to smell the air that comes out of your own mouth. Smell This is useful for this situation. You just place the mask on your face, then breathe out through your mouth and breathe in through your nose.

1.If a dog lives to 5 years old, that translates to ________ human years.

A.25 B.30 C.35 D.40

2.In Paragraph 4, the underlined word “brake” means “________”.

A.something for repairing B.something for slowing or stopping

C.something for eating D.something for breathing

3.You can find such a passage in the materials EXCEPT ________.

A.newspapers B.magazines C.science books D.storybooks

阅读表达

It’s popular to use the cell phones with cameras to catch a moment in time.A Texas schoolMagnolia Independent School,is worried that students have found another use—a way to cheat(作弊)in tests.School officials said some students could use the phones to take pictures of test questions.Another problem was that students might take improper pictures of classmates to share or post on a website later.

“Cell phones without cameras are allowed in school,but must be turned off in class.Cell phones with cameras will be confiscated(没收) and punishing action will be taken.”officials said.Some students are not willing to obey the rule.“I’d be lost without my phone,”said Kendall Paul,a student.“All my numbers are in it.I’ve never used it to cheat and I don’t know anyone who has at our school,so I think it’s kind of stupid.”

But other students said they saw it all the time at their school.“In fact,the cell phones with cameras are popular in our school and they are very useful,especially in our tests.We would take a picture of the test,and then send it to the next person or the person in another classroom,who is taking the same test.”said Melisa Sparks,a student.“They would send the question and the answer,too.It’s quicker that way.”another student said.

1.If a student takes a cell phone without a camera to school,what rule should he or she obey?

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2.What’s the advantage(优点)of cell phones with camera in cheating in tests according to some students?

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3.Do you think it's good or bad for students to have cell phones with cameras? Why?

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