The early 1900s were very different from today, when toys were still the delight of children everywhere.
Theodore Roosevelt's Presidency marks the beginning of the “Teddy Bear”. In the year 1902,toy bears were named “Teddy” after the president's nickname. The Teddy Bear became known worldwide and it was only a few years later that the Teddy Bears were mass produced.
In 1913,an item called the Erector Set was invented. It was a steel,motorized toy that children could use to build models of anything. Its creator was A.C.Gilbert,a medical doctor.
Charles Pajeau created a similar wooden set called Tinker Toys in the year 1914.Tinker Toys were made for younger children.
Raggedy Ann dolls first came on the scene after newspaper cartoonist Johnny Gruelle reproduced the doll he made for his daughter. That was in 1915.
The following year,an architect's son named John Lloyd Wright,invented Lincoln Logs,which were interlocked to make structures.
Two years after Mickey Mouse was created,stuffed(填塞)Mickey Mouse dolls were made by Charlotte Clark. This was the start of Disney merchandise.
The yo­yo became popular in the United States after Donald Duncan bought a yo­yo company in 1929.
The View­Master,a three dimensional viewer,was developed by a camera enthusiast named William Gruber. The toy became popular when Gruber licensed Disney characters to make still, 3­D images from Disney movies and television programs.
Finally,in 1940,model airplanes were mass produced. They started out as a way for manufacturers to sell planes to the military,but later caught on as a toy.
The toys that we know and love today have had their roots from these ancient times. Thanks to all these creative man’s efforts, we know otherwise what we may never know.
【小题1】Why were toy bears named “Teddy”?

A.To be suitable for mass production
B.To be easily pronounced by children.
C.To meet the advertisers' needs.
D.To memorize President Theodore Roosevelt
【小题2】In which aspect do the toys created by Gilbert differ from those by Charles?
A.ShapeB.Material usedC.ThemesD.Price
【小题3】When did the View­Master become popular?
A.After William Gruber was born
B.After Gruber licensed Disney characters
C.Two years after Mickey Mouse was created.
D.When Disney merchandise was started

The early 1900s were very different from today, when toys were still the delight of children everywhere.

Theodore Roosevelt's Presidency marks the beginning of the “Teddy Bear”. In the year 1902,toy bears were named “Teddy” after the president's nickname. The Teddy Bear became known worldwide and it was only a few years later that the Teddy Bears were mass produced.

In 1913,an item called the Erector Set was invented. It was a steel,motorized toy that children could use to build models of anything. Its creator was A.C.Gilbert,a medical doctor.

Charles Pajeau created a similar wooden set called Tinker Toys in the year 1914.Tinker Toys were made for younger children.

Raggedy Ann dolls first came on the scene after newspaper cartoonist Johnny Gruelle reproduced the doll he made for his daughter. That was in 1915.

The following year,an architect's son named John Lloyd Wright,invented Lincoln Logs,which were interlocked to make structures.

Two years after Mickey Mouse was created,stuffed(填塞)Mickey Mouse dolls were made by Charlotte Clark. This was the start of Disney merchandise.

The yo­yo became popular in the United States after Donald Duncan bought a yo­yo company in 1929.

The View­Master,a three dimensional viewer,was developed by a camera enthusiast named William Gruber. The toy became popular when Gruber licensed Disney characters to make still, 3­D images from Disney movies and television programs.

Finally,in 1940,model airplanes were mass produced. They started out as a way for manufacturers to sell planes to the military,but later caught on as a toy.

The toys that we know and love today have had their roots from these ancient times. Thanks to all these creative man’s efforts, we know otherwise what we may never know.

1.Why were toy bears named “Teddy”?

A.To be suitable for mass production

B.To be easily pronounced by children.

C.To meet the advertisers' needs.

D.To memorize President Theodore Roosevelt

2.In which aspect do the toys created by Gilbert differ from those by Charles?

A.Shape            B.Material used      C.Themes           D.Price

3.When did the View­Master become popular?

A.After William Gruber was born

B.After Gruber licensed Disney characters

C.Two years after Mickey Mouse was created.

D.When Disney merchandise was started

 

The lights dimmed,the musical hall grew quiet and out walked the conductor (指挥) shiny and white and 4 feet and 3 inches tall.

ASIMO, a robot designed by Honda Motor Co., met its latest challenge Tuesday evening: Conducting the Detroit Symphony (底特律交响乐团), in a performance of “The Impossible  Dream” from “Man of La Mancha”.

“Hello, everyone,” ASIMO said to the audience in a childlike voice, then waved to the orchestra. As it conducted, it perfectly mimicked (模仿) the actions of a conductor,

nodding its head at various sections and gesturing with one or both hands. ASIMO took a final bow to excited shouts from the audience. Later, cellist Yo-Yo Ma joined ASIMO onstage to receive an award for his efforts in music education.

Honda spokeswoman Alicia Jones says it is the first time ASIMO has conducted an orchestra, and it may be the first time any robot has conducted a live performance. But ASIMO has its  limits. ASIMO's engineers programmed the robot to mimic Charles Burke, the Detroit Symphony's education director, as he conducted the piece in front of a pianist about six months ago. But it can't respond to the musicians.

“It's not a communicative device. It simply is programmed to do a set of gestures,” said Leonard Slatkin, the orchestra's musical director. “If the orchestra decides to go faster, there's nothing the robot can do about it. Hopefully, I keep that under control.”

But several musicians also said ASIMO was more realistic than they expected. “The movements are still a little stiff (僵硬的), but very humanlike, much better than I thought,” Hutchinson said.

1.What's the audience's response to ASIMO's performance?

A.Disappointed.

B.Moved.

C.Excited.

D.Astonished.

2.Whose conducting was ASIMO made to copy?

A.Yo-Yo Ma's.

B.Charles Burke's.

C.Leonard Slatkin's.

D.Alicia Jones's.

3.We can learn from the passage that ASIMO ________.

A.was designed and trained by Yo-Yo Ma

B.can communicate with the audience freely

C.only performs according to the designed programs

D.can change its conducting style freely

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

A.Detroit Symphony gives a good performance

B.Honda robot conducts Detroit Symphony

C.“The Impossible Dream” from Detroit Symphony

D.Cooperation between Honda and Detroit Symphony

 

完形填空。
     Years ago, in a small fishing village in Holland, a young boy taught the world about the rewards of unselfish
service.
     Because the entire village lived on fishing, a volunteer rescue team was needed in case of emergency. One
night, the winds   1  , the clouds burst and a strong storm overturned a fishing boat at sea. The crew in
trouble   2   the SOS. The captain of the rescue rowboat team   3   the alarm and the villagers   4   in the town
square overlooking the sea. When the team started their rowboat fought their way through the wild waves, the
villagers waited   5   on the beach, holding lamps to   6   the way back.
     An hour later, the rescue boat reappeared through the fog and the   7   villagers ran to greet them.
Falling   8   on the sand, the volunteers reported that the rescue boat could not hold any more   9   and they had
to leave one man behind. Even one more passenger would have surely  10  the rescue boat and all would have
been lost. 
      11 , the captain called for another volunteer team to  12  the survivor. Sixteen -year-old Hans stepped
forward. His mother grabbed his arm, crying, "please don't go. Your father  13  in a shipwreck (船只失事) 10
years ago and yo ur elder brother, Paul, has been lost  14  for three weeks. Hans, you are all I have left."
     Hans replied, "Mother, I have to go.  15  everyone said I can't go, let someone else do it? Mother, this time
I have to do my duty. When the call for service  16 , we all need to take our turn and do our part. Hans kissed
his mother, joined the team and  17  into the night."
     Another hour passed, which seemed to Hans' mother like a century.  18  the rescue boat dashed through the
fog with Hans standing up in the bow.  19  his hands, the captain called, "did you find the lost man?"  20  able
to control himself, Hans excitedly cried back, "Yes, we found him. Tell my mother it's my elder brother, Paul!"
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C. Seldom      
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D. Always       

Scientists have confirmed that the majority of overweight people who try to lose weight either by cutting calories or exercising will return to their former size.Fewer than 10 percent of the l2 million British people who go on a diet each year succeed in losing significant amounts of weight and most of those who do put it all back on again within a year.

    The study of 25,000 people provides further evidence of the popularity of‘yo-yo dieting’where slimmers get into a cycle of losing weight and regaining it.The scientists,from the Medical Research Council’s National Survey of Health and Development,have concluded it is better to avoid getting fat in the first place.They followed 5,362 men and women from their birth in l946 and 20,000 from birth in l958,measuring their weight and blood pressure and assessing their lifestyles.The researchers found both groups began gaining weight in the 1980s and have steadily increased in size ever since.

    Dr Rebecca Hardy,the council’s programme leader on body size,said:“0nce people become, overweight,they continue extremely upwards.They hardly ever go back down.A(印刷不清两个单词)  weight but very few get back to normal。The best policy is to prevent people becoming overweight.For men weight goes up steadily through life。For women it starts slowly and accelerates in the mid-thirties.”

   But the study's findings do not mean dieting is pointless,as eating less and taking more exercise can increase fitness and lower blood pressure.In 2009,a quarter of adults and l4 percent of children were obese(过度肥胖的),according to the Department of Health’s latest Health Survey for England.Although previous research has shown one in four Britons is trying to lose weight at any one time,it has been predicted that 60 percent of us will be obese by 2050,leading to even more cases of diabetes(糖尿病),heart disease and cancer.Experts said we are programmed to put on weight rather than lose it.Dieting can make this tendency worse as decreasing calorie intake causes the body to go into starvation mode and reduce the amount of energy it naturally expends,making it even harder to lose weight.Commenting on the study,Professor Nick Finer from London Hospital,said:“It is unlikely that man would have progressed with mechanisms to fight against obesity which has only become a problem in the last 30~40 years.For most of human history,storing fat would have been an advantage.”

 47.According to Dr Rebecca Hardy,which of the following is TRUE?

    A.It is easier for men to lose weight than women.

    B.Once people lose weight,they never put on weight again.

    C.Never to become fat is the best way of keeping a good shape.

    D.The fact that fat people keep their weight upwards is unusual.

  48.The author says “the study’s findings do not mean dieting is pointless” because   

    A.the study lacks believable facts

    B.obese people are confident in losing weight

    C.dieting can really make a few people lose weight

    D.dieting and sports help to keep people free from some diseases

  49.From the last paragraph,we can learn that   

    A.decreasing calorie intake makes it even harder to lose weight

    B.the idea that people lose weight with mechanisms is practical

    C.being overweight is a lasting problem through the human history

    D.by 2050 more and more people will have got unfit because of losing weight

  50.Which of the following can serve as the best title of the passage?

    A.Which is better:cutting calories or exercisin97

    B.Fat people can’t really keep the weight off

    C.A new study on people’s health

D.How to go on a healthy diet

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