Would you like to live in a city where buildings turn the light off for you, and self-driving cars will find the nearest parking space themselves? Although it might sound a little far from you, living in a “smart” city like this could happen sooner than you think.

Great changes have taken place in towns that we have lived in for centuries, while completely new cities are being built. One such place is the city of Songdo. Every home there will have a “telepresence” system(远程遥控系统)---allowing users to control the heating and looks, take part in video meeting, and receive education, healthcare and around the city, escalators(自动扶梯) will only move when someone is on them, and offices and schools will all be connected to the system.

The great mind behind Songdo is from the company Cisco. In fact, technology companies around the world such as IBM, Siemens and Microsoft are already in the business.

About 75% of the world's population will live in cities by 2050, so cities will need to be more modern to deal with the coming problems. “Making cities smarter is one way out, and I think this will in turn make cities greener," said Dan Hill, head of a research company.

1.According to the text, living in a “smart” city________.

A.is not a green way B.will be far from you

C.will soon become true D.is completely impossible

2.What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?

A.A city of the future. B.A meeting in Songdo.

C.A plan to build a house. D.A report on public health.

3.Dan Hill thinks that making cities smarter is one way to_________.

A.drive people out of cities B.control the world's population

C.develop his own company D.solve the cities' coming problems

根据短文内容,从方框中选出五个句子填入文中空缺处,使短文内容完整正确。有一项多余。

Pete hated losing anything. He couldn't stand losing. When he won, he would feel really good and he didn't want to give up that wonderful feeling. 1.It seemed to Pete that losing was the worst thing in the world.

A new child named Albert came to Pete's school 2.So he played tennis very well. It didn't take Pete and Albert long before they challenged each other to a match.

Pete worked hard to prepare for the match 3.But when they began to have a match. Albert became serious and scored again and again.

There was always a smile on his face. However, Pete was so eager to win that he managed to win by cheating. Pete thought it was a big thing to win, but it didn't seem so important for Albert.

4.”said Albert.

That night, Pete couldn't fall asleep and didn't feel very happy. What's more, Albert didn't feel bad about losing. One day, Pete saw Albert playing basketball. Although Albert lost again and again, that happy smile never left his face. Later, Pete found that no matter how bad the result was, 5.Albert enjoyed the game, not the result. Pete began to learn that enjoying a game was much more important than winning or losing.

A. Albert, on the other hand, didn't seem to take it seriously.

B. It's fun. We should play again sometime.

C. Albert always kept smiling.

D. But if he lost, he would feel terrible.

E. He liked playing soccer very much.

F. Albert was a tennis player.

Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words.

Now students’ English handwriting gets worse and worse. That makes their teachers feel w1.. Is your English handwriting beautiful? If not, here are four steps that really work!

◆Use paper with lines

Using paper with lines can keep you writing straight instead of up or down when you write English words or sentences. Those lines on the paper can help you to write words in the r2. size. Be sure to fill the lined space completely. And make sure those capital letters (大写字母) are written properly.

◆Slow down

If your writing is hard to read, try slowing down a little. For some kids, going slower makes the handwriting clear. If you write too fast, it’s hard for you to stop where you should, and even w3., you may make more mistakes.

◆Hold your pencil right

When you hold your pencil in a correct way, writing is much easier. Some kids press down really hard when they write. That makes the handwriting not nice. Try to relax yourself and don’t hold the pencil so hard. Let your writing appear nice and clean. If you do so, people will guess you are a student with a good h4..

◆Draw more pictures

Drawing can improve your handwriting. You need to use the skills to c5. your pencil better when you are drawing pictures. Even though you have no chance to draw at school, you can practice by y6. at home.

Handwriting is very important. Imagine you are a world-famous movie star or a well-known sports player, what do you do when your f7. run up to you? Give them your autographs (亲笔签名), of course!

Here are four messages on Alan Marshall's answer phone.

Monday 9:21

Alan? Alan, if you're at home, please answer the phone. Are you really not there? Well, I'd just like to say that I'm very angry with you and your father too. You know how much he loves our monthly family lunches. This is the fifth one you've missed. I hope you've got a really good reason this time. Oh, umm, this is your mother speaking.

Monday 10:02

Mr. Marshall, this is Stefi Rosen, Mr. Prince's assistant. I'm calling to confirm tomorrow's lunch with Mr. Yamada of Rising Sun Computer Games. Mr. Prince wants you to know that this meeting is very important. Please remember to bring the interactivity designs (互动设计) with you. He says that Mr. Yamada is ready to pay for the world rights (版权) on your new game! The restaurant is The Four Stars in Gower Street and I've booked a table for a quarter past one. Be there on time please!

Monday 11:23

My name is Karen Miller. I' m a producer at Interactive Computer Games, Australia. I saw your game “Kill the Enemy!” at the International Computer Game Fair. I think your work is great and I'd like to discuss buying the rights for my part of the world. Someone at the fair said that you're working on a new game which is even more interactive. How interactive can you get? Perhaps we can interact over lunch? I'm in London until Wednesday. My mobile number is 0277476130800.

Monday 12:31

Hello, Alan. It's Daisy. Did you have a good weekend? How's the new game going? I miss you. Bye.

1.From the passage, we know that Alan's parents don't want him to miss _________ .

A.the new game B.the phone call C.their monthly family lunches D.a good weekend

2.The underlined word "confirm" is closest in meaning to" _________ ".

A.give up B.make sure C.check in D.deal with

3.Mr. Prince says that _________ is ready to pay for the world rights on the new game.

A.Alan B.Stefi Rosen C.Daisy D.Mr. Yamada

4.Karen Miller left the message at _________ , Monday.

A.9:21 B.10:02 C.11:23 D.12:31

5.Karen Miller called to Alan Marshall in _________ .

A.London B.Paris C.New York D. Hong Kong

6.We can know from the passage that _________ .

A.Alan's mother is very patient and never gets angry with him and his father

B.Mr. Prince's assistant is careless and always makes wrong phone calls

C.Karen Miller is a producer at Interactive Computer Games, Britain

D.Alan does a very good job of designing computer games and is always very busy

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