That year, I was a Junior 2 student. Falling off the stairs hurt me in the head. Almost everyone thought I was dead. But they were wrong. However, it was difficult to get back to normal (正常的) life. I had to leave school and learn everything, walking, talking, and yes, maths.

To help me with that task, Mrs. Pillar volunteered to come to the hospital and later to my house once a week. We began with basic maths skills. As time passed by, I made progress(进步).

I remembered very vividly how she came to my home on Sundays, sat with me at the kitchen table, and threw different coins on the table. She asked me to show her 38 cents, 17 cents, 63 cents. It was challenging (挑战), but she also made it fun.

After a year and a half, I made progress a lot, both in body and mind, to return to school. Seven years later, I graduated (毕业) from the University of Texas at the top of my class .

As years went by, I always kept in touch with Mrs. Pillar. Unluckily, one day my parents told me that Mrs. Pillar was in hospital because she suffered a stroke (中风).

Now it was my turn to help her. Mrs. Pillar lay in bed, unable to speak and know anybody around. I pulled some coins out of my pocket, dropped them on her bed, and asked her to show me 12 cents. The nurse thought that my action was very strange until one day Mrs. Pillar smiled happily as I began working with her - just as she had worked with me years before. She made progress every day and was moved out of ICU and finally out of hospital.

One day, I called to wish her a happy New Year. She spoke into the phone excitedly, "Happy New Year to you and your family,Michael. Thank you for everything you've done for me." I quickly said,"Thank you for everything you've done for me."

Mrs. Pillar was one of my Junior 2 teachers,but she taught me much more about life than only maths.

1.Which of the following is the correct order of what happened in the story?

a. Mrs. Pillar suffered a stroke and was in hospital.

b. I fell off the stairs and had to leave school.

c. I returned to school with Mrs. Pillar's help.

d. Mrs. Pillar got better with my help.

A.b-c-d-a B.c-a-b-d C.b-c-a-d D.b-d-c-a

2.What does the writer mean by saying "…I graduated from the University of Texas at the top of my class." in Paragraph 4?

A.He was cleverer than his classmates.

B.He worked very hard on maths.

C.His classmates failed to graduate.

D.Mrs. Pillar helped him greatly.

3.The writer asked Mrs. Pillar to show him 12 cents in the hospital in order to .

A.help Mrs. Pillar just as Mrs. Pillar helped him

B.play an interesting game with Mrs. Pillar

C.see whether Mrs. Pillar was getting better

D.make the nurse in the hospital feel strange

4.What is the best title for the passage?

A.A Great Teacher. B.Always Have a Dream.

C.Never Give up. D.Kindness Makes Wonders.

The late president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, once said: “If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to a man in his own language, that goes to his heart.”

Mandela understood that our mother language is a very close thing to us. For people who speak their mother language, it helps them keep their traditions. Their language is the bridge with their ancestors (祖先). And it is also how they think about the future.

So it's a serious thing that a language disappears (消失). Over the last century, more than 400 languages have died out. Some languages are now spoken only by a few people, like Yagan in Chile. Africa and South America are also places where many languages are imperiled (处于危险的).

Why are humans speaking fewer languages than we once did? The answer has something to do with globalization (全球化). Nowadays, it's more useful to speak certain languages—English is one example. This has killed some languages, usually ones spoken by fewer people.

The United Nations has set Feb 21 as International Mother Language Day. This work is very important. As US writer Rita Mae Brown wrote, “Language is the map of the culture. It tells where its people come from and where they are going”.

1.How does the writer introduce (介绍,引入) the topic?

A.By using a famous person’s words. B.By asking difficult questions.

C.By giving good examples. D.By explaining special things.

2.According to Nelson Mandela, a man’s mother language _____________.

A.doesn’t go to his head B.can’t explain things better

C.carries certain feelings D.helps talk to their ancestors

3.Which is the most suitable (适合的) place in the passage for the sentence, “But some people aren’t prepared to accept the earth with fewer and fewer languages”?

A.At the beginning of Paragraph 2 B.At the beginning of Paragraph 3

C.At the beginning of Paragraph 4 D.At the beginning of Paragraph 5

4.What can we infer (推断) from the passage?

A.The US writer Rita Mae Brown does not agree with Nelson Mandela.

B.The United Nations wants people to care more about dying languages.

C.People in Chile do not speak their mother languages any more.

D.There will be more and more languages in the world soon.

Later this year, Beijing will start the country’s first driverless(无人驾驶 ) subway trains. The Yanfang Line-connecting part of Fangshan district center-will be the first to try out driverless technology.

According to the experts(专家) in public transportation, the new trains will make the underground railway system(系统) better. They will have an upgraded(升级的)operating system. They will reach 80km per hour and carry more than 1,200 passengers.

The development of driverless technology is opening up in other areas of transport(交通工具). Driverless cars have been a dream for many people. And in the past few years, big car companies, including Volkswagen and Toyota, have made lots of studies while they are competing with other companies, such as Google.

But with not racks(轨道) to run on, how will driverless cars be safe? This technology is made up of many sensors(传感器) including radar and GPS. This gives the car an exact position in the world, as well as what’s around it. It also allows the car to see moving objects(目标), like other cars and people.

Pilot-free planes have also become a hot technology topic. Yet while these new kinds of technology are seen as better and safer, they do have problems. They cannot work at all without the help of computers. Just like humans, computers make mistakes-although less often. And like much of technology, it makes many workers lose their jobs. What will happen to the future bus drivers and pilots?

1.Will Beijing start the country’s first driverless subway trains?

2.How many passengers will the driverless subway train carry?

3.What did the big companies do about the driverless technology?

4.Why will driverless cars be safe?

5.What does the writer mainly tell us in the last paragraph?

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