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He often________there by bus or on foot.
A.gets B.get to C.gets to
Every year, many inventions are introduced to the world. Some help us solve problems. Others make life easier, or more fun. Here are four of last year's best inventions.
LUMI was designed for music lovers. “We hope that LUMI can help people who have just started learning how to play music,” says the inventor Will MacNamara. The small Eumi keyboard lights up, allowing users to know which keys to press. And with the LUMI app, users can learn their favorite songs.
Millions of people around the world have to face the problem of unsafe food. Marc Oshima says his indoor farming technology can help. Instead of growing in dirt, crops grow in reusable cloth. The plants are watered with mist. This requires 95% less water than field farming.
For people who are blind, the ORCAM MYEYE 2 could be a game changer. It might also prove useful for people with reading difficulties. Described as “talking glasses”, it can read text aloud. Amnon Shashua invented the technology.
Christine Schindler is an engineer. She wanted to help stop the spread of foodborne illnesses, so she created PATHSPOT. It uses light to scan（扫描）a person's hands for harmful germs. Restaurant workers hold their hands under the scanner. Then the scanner decides whether they should be rewashed.
1.LUMI was designed for________.
A.indoor farmers B.music lovers
C.blind people D.restaurant workers
2.Who is the inventor of the ORCAM MYEYE 2?
A.Will MacNamara. B.Marc Oshima.
C.Amnon Shashua. D.Christine Schindler.
3.Where can we probably read this passage?
A.A medical website. B.A travel guide.
C.A school notice. D.A science magazine.
Whose notebook is in the desk?
A.Frank’s. B.Tom’s. C.Jack’s.
Linda with her mother________shopping now.
A.is go B.are going C.is going
The teacher is very angry because he________the school rules.
A.follows B.breaks C.obeys
Success seems to be what everyone longs for in life no matter how old he is. Students want to succeed at study. Adults look forward to their success at work. Have you ever wondered what is the key to success? Some may say the answer is good luck. Some may say hard work is the key. In fact, hard work really does pay off. Scientists find that perseverance(坚持不解) leads to better grades and higher achievements in school.
“Being passionate(热情的) is not enough to make sure that you can achieve success in your schoolwork,” say researchers, and they thought of “courage” as a key to success. Courage is also considered as effort in reaching long-term goals, and a strong will to continue one’s efforts no matter what difficulties they might go through.
Researchers think that the finding could help create new training to help children develop the skill and help them to succeed in their future.
Researchers from the Academy of Finland studied more than 2,000 students from Helsinki. They were followed through their learning from 12 to 16, the sixth grade until the ninth grade in local school years. Researchers found that the factor(因素) that best predicts courage was related to goals. What they had achieved in their past learning played no role in developing the skill.
Professor Katariina Salmela-Aro, who led the study, said, “Courage means a young person is really interested in his or her studies and does not give up easily. A key factor of courage is high perseverance when facing difficulties or in a terrible situation. The important finding is that these factors are the key to success and well-being. Our study shows the power of courage.”
Professor Salmela-Aro also thinks it is important to develop new practices and build character to improve courage in teenagers. She added, “Young people should see everyday school work as part of their life in a wider context(背景) and set achievable goals for themselves. Schools must also serve as a place where it is safe to fail and learn to deal with setbacks. One must not be discouraged by setbacks, but draw power and new energy from them!”
1.What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?
A.Where courage comes from. B.How students can draw power.
C.What courage is thought of as. D.Why having energy is important.
2.According to the passage, Professor Katarina Salmela-Aro believes that ________.
A.courage might be developed with the help of schools
B.teenagers with courage show strong interests in success
C.courage can help reduce the number of difficulties in learning
D.teenagers’ achievement in the past can influence their courage
3.The word “setbacks” in Paragraph 6 probably means “________”.
A.changes B.difficulties C.weakness D.efforts
My father ________ in a panda protection center since 2010, so he knows a lot about pandas.
A.works B.worked C.is working D.has worked
A: Hi, Bob! How was your weekend?
B: Pretty good. 1..
A: What did you do last weekend?
B: I played basketball.
A:2..
B: Twice a week. I like it very much.3.
A:I went to the mountains last weekend.
B: 4.Do you often go to the mountains?
A: Yes. Once a week. Will you go there with us this weekend?
B: 5. Maybe next week is OK.
A.I’m afraid I can’t.
B.How often do you play basketball?
C.How did you spend your last weekend?
D.I really had a good time.
E.Do you have any plans for it?
F.We’ll enjoy it.
G.Sounds interesting.
When I talk to my friends back in the US, one of the things they often ask me is whether I miss the food back home. I do miss certain things, like my mom’s cooking, as well as a kind of food that I cannot find in Beijing—Americanized Chinese food.
Why would you want a foreign version of Chinese food when you can get the real thing? Well, American Chinese food is attractive in its own way.
Most American Chinese food can be traced back to (追溯到) Guangdong Province. In the early 20th century, thousands of Chinese came to the US from Guangdong to find work. They settled down in places like San Francisco, where they created the Chinatown communities that still exist (存在) today. And of course, they brought their cuisine (菜肴) with them.
But they changed their dishes greatly in order to appeal to (迎合) American tastes. American Chinese food is typically sweeter and heavier than traditional Chinese food. Traditional Chinese cuisine uses vegetables as a main ingredient. But in American Chinese food, vegetables are considered to be a side dish(配菜).
The American Chinese takeout meal may also come with fortune (幸运) cookies. These are thin, hollow cookies that have a small piece of paper inside. Your “fortune” is written on the paper, along with your “lucky numbers”. You’ll never get these cookies when eating takeout in China.
Of course, I enjoy authentic (正宗的) Chinese food very much. But there is something about American Chinese dishes, like General Tso’s chicken, Grab Wontons and chow mein, which I really miss. When I go home for holiday, my family is always surprised when I ask them to order American Chinese takeout. But to me, it is a special treat indeed.
1.What is the best title of the passage?
A.the Author’s Mother’s Cooking B.Traditional American Food
C.Americanized Chinese Food D.Traditional Chinese Food
2.What do we know from Paragraph 4?
A.Many Chinese moved to the US in the early 20th century.
B.Chinese living in the US changed their taste in food.
C.American Chinese food is different from traditional Chinese food.
D.Vegetables are the main ingredient in American Chinese food.
3.The author mentioned fortune cookies because ______.
A.he likes American Chinese takeout
B.people always get free cookies in the US
C.they are the most popular dessert in the US
D.they are typical American Chinese food
4.What can we infer from the passage?
A.American Chinese food is not popular in the US.
B.The author doesn’t like authentic Chinese food.
C.The author prefers American food to Chinese food.
D.Chow mein is also cooked differently in the US.
