Sarah Hutchins has won a prize from Amazon.com in a competition for young inventors. She invented “camoculars ! Now what are “camoculars ? Camoculars are binoculars and a camera combined. Amazon.com 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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Sarah Hutchins has won a prize from Amazon.com in a competition for young inventors. She invented “camoculars”! Now what are “camoculars”? Camoculars are binoculars(双筒望远镜) and a camera combined. Amazon.com, a web company, organized a competition for young inventors. 1.

Sarah was at a concert when she thought of her invention. “I was sitting a long way from the stage and I was watching the band through my binoculars. While I was watching, I thought,‘ 2. ’Then I got an idea. Why not have binoculars with a camera inside them?”

When she got home, she took some plastic binoculars and a cheap camera and put them together. 3. So Sarah sent her idea to Amazon.com and two months later, she got a surprise. 4. They didn’t give her the top prize in the competition, but she won $1,000 and a trip to New York.

People are already asking Sarah what she is going to invent next. “I don’t know,” says Sarah. “If you just sit there and think, you won’t invent anything, because you get ideas at strange moments. 5. ”

A. Sarah likes music very much.

B. I’d love to be able to take a picture of this!

C. Amazon.com phoned to say that she was a winner.

D. I have always dreamed of travelling around New York.

E. The only thing you can do is keep your eyes and ears open!

F. Her sister was watching her and told her about the competition.

G. Sarah was one of thousands of young people who took part in this competition.

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I can not explain the impact of that man’s unexpected kindness and unconditional caring! He gave me one thing I had lost 10._____________(complete): hope.

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One night, while Xiao Ming and his father were sleeping, a thief which face was covered with a piece of cloth entered into the room quietly, held a knife in his hand. Although he tried to walk as quietly as possibly, Xiao Ming and his father were woken up. Realising what had happened, they fight bravely against the thief. Suddenly Xiao Ming came up an idea. He threw a drawing pin on the floor where the thief might pass. Like expected, the thief stepped on a pin and was badly hurt. Screaming in great pain, the thieves fell down. Xiao Ming and his father took the chance to tie the thief up. With Xiao Ming’s clever, they finally won the unexpected battle.

I was desperately nervous about becoming car-free. But eight months ago our car was hit by a passing vehicle and it was destroyed. No problem, I thought: we’ll buy another. But the insurance payout didn’t even begin to cover the costs of buying a new car－I worked out that, with the loan, we’d need plus petrol, insurance, parking permits and tax, we would make a payment as much as £600 a month.

And that’s when I had my fancy idea. Why not just give up having a car at all? I live in London. We have a railway station behind our house, a tube station 10 minutes’ walk away, and a bus stop at the end of the street. A new car club had just opened in our area, and one of its shiny little red Peugeots was parked nearby. If any family in Britain could live without a car, I reasoned, then surely we were that family.

But my new car-free idea, sadly, wasn’t shared by my family. My teenage daughters were horrified. What would their friends think about our family being “too poor to afford a car”? (I wasn’t that bothered what they thought, and I suggested the girls should take the same approach.)

My friends, too, were astonished at our plan. What would happen if someone got seriously ill overnight and needed to go to hospital? (an ambulance) How would the children get to and from their many events? (buses and trains) People smiled as though this was another of my mad ideas, before saying they were sure I’d soon realize that a car was a necessity.

Eight months on, I wonder whether we’ll ever own a car again. The idea that you “have to” own a car, especially if you live in a city, is all in the mind. I live—and many other citizens do too—in a place that has never been better served by public transport, and yet car ownership has never been higher. We worry about rising car costs, but we’d be better off asking something much more basic: do I really need a car? Certainly the answer is no, and I’m a lot richer because I dared to ask the question.

1.The author decided to live a car-free life partly because ______.

A. most families chose to go car-free

B. he was hurt in a terrible car accident

C. the cost of a new car was too much

D. the traffic jam was unbearable for him

2.What is the attitude of the author’s family toward his plan?

A. Supportive. B. Disapproving.

C. Optimistic. D. Unconcerned.

3.What did the author suggest his daughters do about their friends’ opinion?

A. Argue against it.

B. Take their advice.

C. Think it over.

D. Leave it alone.

4.What conclusion did the author draw after the eight-month car-free life?

A. Life cannot go without a car.

B. Life without a car is a little bit hard.

C. His life gets improved without a car.

D. A car-free life does not suit everyone.

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Dear cousin,

Long time no see! It has been almost a year ever since you move to London. I miss you a lot of. I’m writing the letter to ask you for help. As you know, I am eager to be a photographer like you, so I asked my parents to buy me the camera last week. But he told me I wouldn’t concentrate in my schoolwork if I got it. Oh, my God! What can I make them trust me? I’m not a kid any longer, but I can control myself. What’s worse, I have promised that I will take photos for the school’s newspaper next month. When asking by my classmates, I will be absolutely embarrassed. Therefore, would you like to lend me some money? If you’d like to, I will return it as soon as possibly.

Yours Sincerely,

Tom

Susan Boyle was once a Scottish church volunteer. She decided to enter a competition named “British got Talent” at the age of 47years. On April 15th 2009, when Susan got up to sing, the audience was shocked by her age and simplicity.

Middle-aged women were not the usual type of competitor on the show and the audience was even more surprised when she said before starting to sing that she wanted to become a professional singer. To them she looked well past such possibilities. However, she amazed everybody with her wonderful voice and became an overnight singing star. It was reported that the audience all stood up and clapped warmly and that within 9 days, 100 million people had watched her performances and interviews on the Internet.

This was a lot of progress for an unemployed woman who lived along with her cat. Most of her life had been spent looking after her mother who had died aged 92, two years earlier. She had never been married or in her words, “been kissed”. Susan had learned difficulties and had only once been employed as an assistant cook.

Even though Susan did not win the “British got Talent Show” and came up second, two years later, she already released two successful albums. Many people are touched by her story because Susan Boyle is like each of us in one way or another—full of weakness, often disappointed and mocked at by others. However, unlike many of us who usually give up too soon, she had the determination to fight for her dream. Susan Boyle launched her successful music career at the age of 48 and you too can still achieve your dream. Just take courage.

1.What shocked the audience most before Susan started to sing?

A. Her experience and figure.

B. Her wonderful voice

C. Her age and simplicity.

D. Her dream career .

2.What can we learn from the third Paragraph?

A. Susan was good at raising the cat.

B. Susan was a single woman.

C. Susan learned much while attending her mother.

D. Susan didn’t like cooking.

3.What does the underlined word “mocked at” in the fourth paragraph refer to?

A. Laughed at.

B. Highly respected.

C. Cut off.

D. Turned to.

4.What does the writer intend to tell us?

A. Failure is the path to success.

B. It is never too late to start your dream.

C. Entering TV talent show leads to success.

D. Some singers succeed late in life.

The mobile phone has become a problem for high schools. Some high-school students in Australia are not allowed to carry mobile phones during school hours.

The mobile phone used among children has become a problem for the school years. Several children have got mobile phones as Christmas presents, and more students want them. Marry Brown, a headmaster, said that the mobile phone was a distraction to students during school hours and it also gave teachers so much trouble in their classrooms. Teachers also say that sometimes students might use phone messages to cheat during exams.

She said some schools had tried to ban mobile phones. Some parents felt unhappy because they couldn't get in touch with their children.

Many teachers said students should not have mobile phones at school, if there was a good reason, they could leave their phones at school office. They also said phones were easily lost and were a distraction for studies.

Many people say that they understand why parents would want their children to have phones, but they think schools should let students know when they can use their mobile phones.

1.Some high schools in Australia have stopped students from carrying mobile phones ____

A. because they are students

B. when they are at school

C. when they are free

D. because they are children

2.What does the underlined word " distraction " mean in Chinese in this passage?

A. 分散注意力的事 B. 吸引人的事

C. 让人高兴的事 D.让人沮丧的事

3.The headmaster, Marry Brown said that the mobile phone was ____to students at school.

A. a useful tool B. a bad thing

C. a good thing D. of some help

4.Some parents felt unhappy, because they couldn't__________ during school hours.

A. use their mobile phones

B. leave their mobile phones in the school office

C. get in touch with their children

D. help the teachers with their work

5.The passage tells us that________

A. parents should teach their children how to use mobile phones during school hours

B. it is important to ban students from using mobile phones at school

C. some parents felt unhappy because they couldn't use their phones at home

D. students shouldn't have mobile phones at school except for some special reasons

The house where I lived before was near a railway station. I had become so familiar with the sound and sight that I took little interest in 1. . However, when my father decided to take up a new 2. (appoint) in another town, he intended to travel by train. It was only then 3. I discovered how pleasant a journey by train might be.

We 4. (board) the train one afternoon. As the train moved out of the station, I began to think of the days I had spent in our old house, which soon went out of sight.

The train was now moving quite fast. The first thing that impressed me was the beauty of the landscape. There were green valleys. Tropical plants could 5. (see) everywhere, which reminded me of the geography lessons I had in the classroom.

About four hours 6. (late), it became dark. The moon appeared and the landscape looked romantic. I felt a thrill 7. admiration for the great artistry of nature.

After passing several stations, I felt 8. (sleep) and closed my eyes. When I opened them, I saw the dim light of the dawn. Looking outside, I saw mist-covered plants. The air was fresh, and birds 9. (fly) about. 10. a beautiful scene! I was lost in admiration of it.

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