Inventions make our life easier and more interesting than before. Let's take a look at some of the interesting inventions.

Smart mug

It's hard to keep coffee or tea warm, especially in winter. But this smart mug from US can help us. The mug is made of special materials. There is an app for the mug that allows people to set the mug to a certain temperature between 48℃ and 62℃ . Then, the mug keeps your coffee or tea at that temperature for about an hour.

Social robot

Can robots talk to us like humans? Jibo, a robot made in US, can talk to you. The robot has a big, round head and a big body with no eyes or mouth. It uses animated icons( 动画图标 ) to show emotions ( 情 感 ). It just seems like a real human. Right now, Jibo can only do some easy things, like taking photos or reading news to you. But he may learn to do new things in the future.

Fidget spinner

They are small plastic or metal toys with a ball in the middle. The toys can twirl around on your fingertip( 指 尖 ). Once they are spinning( 旋转 ), you can put the toy anywhere as long as it is a flat ( 平的 ) surface, such as a ruler or even the nose of a pet dog. It's very popular with young people around the world. Some people say that the little toy helps them relax.

1.The smart mug comes from________.

A.America B.Britain C.China D.Japan

2.If you want to keep your coffee in the mug warm, you can________.

A.boil the coffee again B.pour more hot water into the mug

C.use the app to set a certain temperature D.put the mug in a warm place

3.According to the second form, we can learn Jibo________

A.is a person with a big round head B.has big eyes and a mouth

C.can do many difficult things D.can take photos or read news to people

4.According to the third form, we can know that a fidget spinner can be made of________.

A.wood B.plastic C.paper D.glass

Taking a bus or subway, making payments online, or just walking-these daily activities can help turn China's deserts into forests if you are using Ant Forest.

Ant Forest is a feature (功能) in the Alipay mobile payment app. It records users' low-carbon activities—taking a bus to work instead of driving, for example—and gives users “green energy". When the user's green energy gets high enough? Ant Forest and its partners will plant a real tree for that person.

Last month, Ant Forest received the 2019 Champions of the Earth award, the UN's highest environmental honor. It won the award by encouraging people to live greener lifestyles and protect the environment.

By the end of August, 2019, about 500,000,000 people had used Ant Forest since it came out in August 2016. Ant Forest and its partners have planted 122,000,000 trees in China's driest areas, including parts of Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Qinghai and Shanxi. The trees protect an area of 12,000 hectares (公顷) land. This makes Ant Forest China's largest tree-planting project started by a private company. Ant Forest also shows us how we can use technology to solve environmental problems.

1.What is Ant Forest?

A.It is a name for a group of special ants. B.It is a game that can help people fight ants.

C.It is a forest for people to grow trees in. D.It is a feature in the Alipay mobile payment app.

2.You can get "green energy" in Ant Forest by ________.

a. taking a bus b. paying bills c. walking d. opening the app

A.ab B.ac C.cd D.bd

3.Ant Forest received the 2019 Champions of the Earth award because ________.

A.it helps people buy cheap things online B.it is the first company to plant trees

C.it solved a big environmental problem D.it encourages people to protect the environment

4.What do we NOT know from Paragraph 4?

A.The number of people who had used Ant Forest by the end of August, 2019.

B.How much land had Ant Forest's trees protected by the end of August, 2019.

C.In which provinces had Ant Forest planted trees by the end of August, 2019.

D.How many trees had Ant Forest and its partners planted by the end of August, 2019.

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