题目内容
The tea house situated near platform 6 is now offering free cups of tea to those ____ for the Xi'an train.
A.waiting B.wait C.to wait D.waited
A
In China, tea is a traditional drink, which is not only good for your health but can also enrich your mind. The following are some information of teahouses.
Guozijian Yicheng Teahouse
Run by two beautiful girls who play the seven-stringed guqin, this place is elegant and classic. Guests here not only enjoy fragrant(芬芳的)tea but also the beautiful music of guqin.
Address : No. 8, Guozijian Avenue,Dongcheng District
Minghui Teahouse
Located in an old temple, this teahouse will provide you a place of serenity. The teahouses here are divided into six private(私人的) rooms so guests can be fully relaxed in the comfortable environment. The workers are all dressed in traditional clothes of the Qing Dynasty. When enjoying a cup of tea, you may feel your troubles have disappeared.
Address : Inside Dajue Temple, Haidian District
Peng Chacha
Besides fragrant tea, this place is also famous for its entertainment facilities(娱乐设施) as it offers playing cards, chess and many other games. Guests here can enjoy tea while chatting and playing games. On the first floor, there are many kinds of nuts and snacks to try. And the second floor has many small rooms, which offer more privacy for conversation.
Address : No. 549, Jianhe Road, Changning District
Taihe Teahouse
Showcasing(展览) a lot of special furniture from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, this place attracts many people who appreciate traditional Chinese culture. As for the tea, its selection and quality may be beyond your imagination. Even the water for making tea is transported from the famous Hutiao Spring in Hangzhou.
Address: No. 569,Pudong Avenue, Pudong New District
【小题1】If you want to enjoy the music Of guqin while drinking tea, you must go to __.
A.Taihe Teahouse | B.Guozijian Yicheng Teahouse |
C.Peng Chacha | D.Minghui Teahouse |
A.calm and peace | B.anxiety and tiredness |
C.noise and sorrow | D.joy and happiness |
A.Enjoying tea. | B.Playing games. | C.Watching plays. | D.Chatting. |
A.drinking tea is not good for your health but can enrich your mind |
B.the workers in Peng Chacha are all dressed in traditional clothes of the Qing Dynasty |
C.there are many kinds of nuts and snacks to try on the second floor in Peng Chacha |
D.the water for making tea in Taihe Teahouse is transported from the famous Hutiao Spring in Hangzhou |
TOKYO, Japan (AP) – Japan is very serious about robotics (机器人技术). If the androids are going to fit in, they probably need to learn the Japanese custom of serving tea. Fortunately, researchers at the University of Tokyo are exploring just that. In a show this week, an android(有人特点的)with camera eyes made by Kawada Industries Inc. poured tea from a bottle into a cup. Then another robot on wheels delivered the cup of tea in an experimental room that has sensors(感应器)embedded in the floor and sofa as well as cameras on the ceiling, to simulate(模仿)life with robot technology.
“A human being may be faster, but you’d have to say ‘Thank you,’” said University of Tokyo professor Tomomasa Sato. “That’s the best part about a robot. You don’t have to feel bad about asking it to do things.”
Sato believes Japan, a rapidly aging society where more than a fifth of the population is 65 or older, will lead the world in designing robots to care for the elderly, sick and bedridden(卧床不起的). Already, monitoring technologies, such as sensors that automatically turn on lights when people enter a room, are becoming widespread in Japan.
The walking, child–size Asimo from Honda Motor Co. greets people at showrooms. NEC Corp. has developed a smaller companion robot on wheels called Papero. A robot available since 2004 can entertain the elderly and others in need of companionship.
Sato says his experimental room is raising awareness about privacy questions that may arise when electronic devices(设备)monitor a person’s movements down to the smallest detail.
On the bright side, the tea – pouring humanoid has been programmed to do the dishes.
【小题1】What is the best title of this passage?
A.“Thank You” Will Never Be Needed in Japan |
B.Monitoring Technologies Are Widespread in Japan |
C.Robot Is Designed to Care for the Elderly. |
D.Robot technologies are widespread in Japanese daily life. |
A.fixed | B.established | C.settled | D.rooted |
A.the robot serves tea much faster than a human being |
B.the robot does anything like human beings |
C.tea – serving robot helps to form laziness of the aging society |
D.tea – serving robot doesn’t need any reward for the service |
A.A robot can imitate people to complete complicated tasks. |
B.A robot has been programmed to clean the dishes. |
C.All the problems in the aging society can be solved by robots. |
D.The number of aging people is increasing rapidly in Japan. |
A.people are afraid of being monitored by robots. |
B.the technology of robots has been highlighted(强调) in Japan. |
C.robots can completely take the place of human beings. |
D.people’s privacy should be strictly protected |
“You know, these cups bring to mind a tea quote(说法) I heard.” Mary’s aunt said.
She poured tea. There were four of them and there were four totally different cups on the table.
They took their tea cups.
“What quote?” Mary asked.
“Well, maybe I should rather say it is a story,” aunt said, “I heard that there was a wise teacher who took all his students for tea. They were surprised that all the cups on the table were different. Each of them took a cup and started drinking their tea, each looking at the cups of others. The teacher let them do that for a while and then said,‘ Do you notice your behavior? You are all looking at each other’s tea cup and I can see some of you with the broken ones are even envious(羡慕的) of the finer cups of others. Is this not so?’ ”
The students agreed, amused by their own behavior.
“You may have wondered why you all had different cups, but I put them here on purpose. You see they represent (代表) life itself. Life is like that tea and the cups are like the physical circumstances(状况) of your life. You all got the same thing in your cups — tea. And yet you can not truly enjoy it in your envy of another’s cup. It’s just the same with life. You forget to enjoy your own life when you concentrate on envying the circumstances of someone else’s life.
So now, close your eyes, and taste your own tea. Really taste it. And tell me — did it matter from which cup it came from?”
Aunt finished telling her short tea story and they all sat in silence for a while, tasting their tea. A sleepy fly buzzed(嗡嗡作响) past, a bird sang in the tree. And it really did not matter one bit from which tea cup they drank.
1. When the students found they had different tea cups, they_____________.
A.were satisfied with their own cup |
B.were angry about the broken cups they had been given |
C.asked the teacher to get new cups for them |
D.were curious about the difference between the cups |
2.From the text, we know that _____________.
A.the teacher prepared different tea cups for each student |
B.the teacher should have given the students the same cups |
C.the teacher made the tea cups different by mistake. |
D.each student took their time to choose a cup they liked |
3. According to the passage, by comparing the cups to the physical circumstances of people’s life, the teacher meant that people_______.
A.should try different ways of life |
B.shouldn’t focus on envy others’ physical circumstances |
C.can never change their physical circumstances |
D.should work hard for a better life |
4. In the passage the teacher’s message to the students was that _______.
A.life is hard and boring for everyone |
B.it is strange to be envious of the lives of others |
C.everyone should learn to enjoy his own life |
D.people act differently in different circumstances |
5. What can be the best title for the passage?
A.More than tea in a cup |
B.The value of tea |
C.Tea vs cup |
D.Enjoying tea with a broken cup |