The brain is the boss of the bodyYour eyesearsnoseand skin tell your brain what is going on around youOther parts of your body tell your brain what is going on inside of youYour brain takes in the signalsIt tells your body what to do with themWhen you touch fireyour skin tells your brain that your finger is too hotYour brain tells you to move your fingerAll these happen very fastYour brain also controls your breathingblinking(眨眼),and heartbeatIt controls your feelings and thoughts too

  Human shave the most developed brain of all animalsYet it is not the largest brainThe human brain weighs three poundsThe brain of an elephant weighs 11 poundsSo the largest brain is not
always the best brain
In peoplea larger brain does not mean a clever person

1What is the main idea of this story?

  AThe human brain works very fast

  BThe largest brain is not always the best brain

  CThe brain controls the body

  DThe best brain is the largest brain

2What happens after the brain takes in the signals from the body?

  AThe brain grows faster and larger

  BThe brain tells the body what to do

  CThe body becomes more developed

  DWe don't know

3What does “the boss of the body” mean?

  AThe signals

  BThe most developed body part

  CThe main part of the body.

  DThe centre I centre of the body

4Which brain is the most developed?

  AThe largest brain.           BThe human brain

  CThe smaller brain.          DNot too big brain

5What are the things that the human brain does?

  ATakes in signals.             BControls breathing

CControls feelings and thoughts.       DAB and C

  Cell phones_(移动电话)are all around usWe use cell phones to call our friendssend text messagesplay gamesand even take photographs Now imagine using your cell phone to call your air conditioner(空调器). If this were possible you could tell your air conditioner to rum on before you got homeDoes this sound impossible to you? Wellit could become possible sooner than you thinkIn the near futurewe might use cell phones as remote controls(遥控器)for the electrical devices(电器)in our homesPeople are already working to develop different ways to communicate wirelessly(无线的) with devices we use every dayFor exampleit is already possible for cell phones to communicate with laptop computersBusiness people using laptops during meetings Call use their cell phones as remote controlsThey can use their cell phones to send instructions to computers to turn onchange picturesand turn off
With the same technology
(技术),people can use their cell phones to control other devicesYou
Can call your stereo
(立体声音响设备)to play music automatically(自动地).You Can call your lights to turn on when you enter a roomMaybe even by next summer you will be able to call your air conditioner !

1What is the main idea of this passage?

  A In the future we will all need air conditioners

  BBusiness people need to use computers

  CSome people like to make phone calls to machines.

  DWe will use cell phones as remote controls in the future

2Cell phones can be used to rum on and off __________in the future

  Aa special computer               Bdifferent kinds of devices

  Ccell phone companies              Dremote controls

3Which probably could NOT be controlled by a cell phone?

  AAn air conditioner or heater           BA computer or printer

  CA table or a basket.          DA CD player or MP3 player

4The underlined words “laptop computers” mean_____?

  A.台式计算机   B.大型计算机   C.便携式计算机   D.计算机控制中心

5Which instructions can be sent to a laptop according to the passage?

  APlay sound and music.                    BStart and shut down

CCall again and hang up.               DGo faster and go slower

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    A 14-year-old boy from the USA was described as a hero yesterday after he saved the life of a woman in another country

    Dean Bluer from DallasTexaswas a school boy who was interested in computerOne dayhe was sending an e-mail to a friend on the InternetSuddenly he received a message sayingHelp ! Pain ! Help!”.The message was from Finland (芬兰),thousands of kilometers away from the USA

    I didn’t know what I should do,”Dean said to a reporter afterwards.“It was really difficult to tell if the message was real.”So Dean did nothing at firstBut the message kept coming

    By then it was easy to see that someone was in trouble.”Dean explainedHe replied and discovered that the sender was a 20-year-old student called Tarjawho was alone in a university libraryShe was very illWhat was worsethere was no phone around herHer only way of communicating with the world was by e-mail

    Dean got in touch with the Texas policeThe police immediately realized that the situation was quite seriousThey found it necessary to telephone the police in FinlandThen an ambulance rushed to the universityand soon doctors found TarjaLuckilyshe was still alive and was quickly sent to the hospital

    I’m glad she’s OK。”Dean said.“It’s hard to believebut e-mail saved her life.”

1Dean Bluey was a l4-year-old boy from DallasTexas the USA

2When he was sending an e-mailDean heard someone calling outside

3Dean didn’t know whether the message was teal when he first got it

4Tarja was a university student in the USAthousands of kilometers away from Dean

5At that time in the libraryTarja was able to ask for help in many ways

6Dean made a phone call to the police in Finland and told them about Tarja’s trouble

7From the story we know that the Internet played an important part in saving Tarja’s life

Have you ever had an embarrassing(尴尬的)experience ?Last week we asked readers to tell us about embarrassing experiencesWe received thousands of letters! Here is a selection

Tony

My most embarrassing experience happened when I had just left universityI had just started teaching in a Liverpool secondary schoolOne morning my alarm clock didn’t ringI woke up at half past eight and school began at nineI quickly washeddressedjumped into my car and rushed to schoolWhen I arrivedthe students had already gone into classI didn’t go to the office"but went straight into classAfter two or three minutes the students began laughingand I couldn’t understand why !Suddenly I looked down and understoodI had put on one black shoe and one brown shoe!

Henry

    The most embarrassing experience I’ve ever hadhappened two years agoAfter seeing a filmmy wife and I had lunch in our favorite restaurant in townThen we decided to take a walk along the streetThe street was very busy and we started holding handsSuddenly my wife saw a dress that she liked in a shop windowand stoppedI started looking at some watches in the next windowAfter a minute or two I reached for my wife’s handThere was a loud screamand a woman slapped my faceI hadn’t taken my wife’s handI'd taken the hand of a complete stranger!

James

    My wife and I had decided to buy a new houseand I’d made an appointment to see our bank managerI’d never met him before and I was a bit nervousI went into town in my car and I was lucky enough to find a parking space outside the bankI’d just started reversing(倒车)into the space when another car made its way into itI was irritated !I opened my window and shouted at the man in the carHe ignored me and walked awayIt took metwenty minutes to find another spaceAs soon as I had parked the carI rushed back to the bankI was ten minutes late for my appointmentI went to the manager’s officeknocked and walked inThe manager was sitting behind his deskHe was the man who had taken my parking space!

1Tony arrived at school late that morning because __________

    Ahe couldn’t find his shoes                  Bhis alarm clock didn’t ring

    Che washed and dressed slowly           Dhis car went wrong on the way

2The students began laughing when they saw Tony __________

    Awearing a wrong shoe                Bcarrying an alarm clock

    Clooking down suddenly                 Drushing into the classroom

3Henry and his wife held hands _________

    Aat the cinema    Bin the shop    Cat the restaurant Dalong the street

4Henry was embarrassed because he _________

    Aslapped the woman in the face

    Btook the hand of a complete stranger

    Cheard his wife screaming in the street

    Dknocked over some watches in the shop

5James went into town to ______________

    Aput money in the bank                Blook for a job

    Cmeet the bank manager                 Dbuy a new car

6The underlined wordirritatedprobably means___________”.

    Aangry           Bnervous               Cworried           Dembarrassed

7The best picture for each story is ___________

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