Chinese students in the UK now can get a “taste of home” in their school canteens (餐厅).

The UK has 150 000 Chinese students and more than 89 000 of them are in higher education. Now college kitchens are adapting (修改) menus to provide Chinese food for these students.

In the last week of January, Scot Girvan, a cook at the University of Glasgow, introduced some new dishes more suitable for the Chinese taste.

The University Caterers Organization (大学备办食物组织) found that menus should fit Chinese students after the 11-day trip in September last year. During the trip, fourteen TUCO members visited Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Hong Kong. They learned that Chinese food was different in every place, and offering menu choices from both the north and the south of China was important. At Beijing University’s Nong Yuan canteen, for example, over 350 different dishes are prepared daily and 4700 lunches served.

Inspired (启发) by the Chinese food, Girvan and other TUCO members returned home to carry out the lessons they had learned.

Girvan said he was confident that this would be the case.

1.Scott Girvan is a ________ at the University of Glasgow.

A.student B.cook C.doctor D.teacher

2.What did the TUCO members find after the trip in China?

A.Chinese food was very hot and spicy.

B.The food from both the south and the north were the same.

C.Chinese food was different in every place.

D.There weren’t many choices of dishes in Chinese school canteens.

3.From the passage we can know that ________.

A.Lots of students in the UK like Chinese food.

B.TUCO members visited China last year.

C.All Chinese students in the UK can enjoy Chinese food in their canteens now.

D.The Chinese dishes served in the UK are not real Chinese food.

When we think about 2050, it seems that it is far from now and it will be a totally different world. But in fact, it is just 30 years from now and we can already know what will be possible to have by that time. Now, let’s have a look at some predictions about 2050 together.

First. AI (人工智能) will offer more jobs in 2050. Many people worry about Al in our lives because they think in the end robots will do all the work and we won’t have jobs. But according to the survey of Forbes, in 2020, AI will create 2.3 million jobs and make only 1.8 million jobs disappear (消失). And we are just talking about 2020, just in 2 years, so let’s see what it can bring us in 30 years.

Second, space travel will be possible in 2050. According to Business Insider, people can travel in space in 2050. But it will only be for wealthy people, because the journey will cost about 100 million dollars to travel in space for just one week.

Last, self-driving cars will make driving safer. According to a report by Stanford University, in 2050, not only will self-driving cars make traffic related deaths less possible, they can also bring changes in our lifestyles too. We will have more time for ourselves.

1.What will happen in the future according to this article?

A.AI will make people difficult to find jobs.

B.Space travel may come true in 2050.

C.Self-driving cars will possibly make driving dangerous.

D.1.8 million jobs will disappear in 2050.

2.What does the underlined word “wealthy” mean?

A.successful B.healthy C.rich D.educated

3.According to the article, what will your life be like in 2050 if you have a self-driving car?

A.You can travel to anywhere you want.

B.You will have more free time.

C.You can drink and drive.

D.You will have to worry about being late for work.

4.What would be the best title for this article?

A.Life in the future

B.A Better World

C.Imagine (想象) 2050

D.Some Famous Predictions

Many people use their mobile phones as the alarm clocks (闹钟) and often check e-mails before going to sleep.

Many years ago, my brother stayed up playing with his mobile phone and got badly ill because of that. Now he always leaves his phone in another room when going to sleep. And he encourages his friends to do so. “I sent each of my friends the same Christmas gift-an alarm clock. So they could stop using the phones as the alarm clocks,” he said.

If your mobile phone wakes you up in the morning, it may also keep you up at night. A study shows that people in mobile phone radiation (辐射) mostly have sleeping problems. And according to a Swedish study, a quarter of young people in this country feel like having their phones near them. Most of them feel sorry for not replying to messages, so they even have to reply to their friends before sleeping.

A recent study has shown that three quarters of people aged between 18 and 34 prefer to sleep with their phones near them. That number falls off a little in the middle age, but only people aged 65 and older like leaving the phones in another room while sleeping.

1.The underlined word “that” here refers to________.

A.leaving the mobile phone in the bedroom.

B.staying up playing with the mobile phone.

C.using mobile phones as alarm clocks.

D.sending e-mails at night.

2.According to the recent study, ________ of people age between 18 and 34 prefer to sleep with their phones near them.

A.15% B.25% C.75% D.85%

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to this passage?

A.The writer’s brother likes leaving his mobile phone in his bedroom now.

B.The writer’s brother sent alarm clocks to his friends as gifts.

C.Only a few people use mobile phones as alarm clocks to wake them up.

D.People aged 55 like leaving the phones in another room while sleeping.

Walt Disney was born in America. When he was very young, his family moved from the city to a farm.

When Disney was in high school, although he was busy most of the time, he could still find time to do things he liked. He spent much of his free time drawing pictures of the animals on the farm. He then began to make up stories about them. Later, he even began taking art classes on Saturdays.

After he finished college, he became a newspaper artist. As he grew older, Disney’s art talent also grew. He began using a new way to tell his stories. To do this, he drew the same picture over and over again, changing each one a little every time. Using his camera, he took a photo of each drawing. Next, he put the film (胶卷) through a movie projector (放映机). As the pictures ran quickly through the projector, the characters looked real and moving. Disney soon began to use this way very often. He made his drawings into cartoons. And the cartoons were just like movies. In 1920, his first cartoon Laugh-O-Grams came out and became quite popular.

Walt Disney was successful after many years of hard work. He became one of the world’s greatest entertainers (演艺人士). His cartoons still make lots of people happy every day.

1.Where did Disney’s family move when Disney was young?

They moved to____________________.

2.What did Disney become after he graduated from college?

He became____________________.

3.What happened when Disney put the film through a movie projector?

The characters became____________________.

4.When did Disney’s first cartoon come out?

It came out____________________.

5.What do you think of Disney according the article?

He is_______________ and_______________.

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