题目内容
It's common to carry things on bikes,trains and even planes. But do you know small drones (无人机) can help carry packages to your home?
For two years,Google has been working hard in their secret research lab. Their latest project is called Project Wing.
Project Wing is Google's invention of a drone delivery service. It is half plane and half helicopter and is slightly bigger than a seagull. It can deliver packages to buyers by drone to door.
The first drone test was made on a farm in Warwick,Australia. It sent sweets and dog treats to a farmer. The drone flew to the farm,hovered (盘旋) ， and released the package with a wire. Delivery is here!
The best thing about drone delivery services is that delivery times will be greatly cut down, (a) 你可以 上午在网上订购你喜欢的东西。And by noontime,the delivery drone will land your package.
Throughout history,there have been a series of inventions that have helped people move things around,said Astro Teller,lead scientist of Google Wing,to CNN. Teller thinks Google drones will be the next big step in the series.
Interestingly,drones are not that ( b) .
The US has been using armed drones since 2002. But drones may also get another use. Film companies have asked to use drones to shoot videos from the sky.
(c) Yet Google's delivery drones won’t be able to fly to customers any time soon. However,Google has proved that drone delivery is possible. And with Amazon announcing their drone delivery service last year,the heat is on to make safe and suitable drones to fly the skies for customers.
阅读短文，根据要求完成下列任务。
1. What has Google been doing in their secret research lab?
2. 把(a) 画线句子翻译成英语。
3. 在(b) 处填人一个恰当的单词：
4. 把(c) 画线句子翻译成汉语。
5. 请给短文拟一个适当的英文标题。
本文介绍了谷歌的无人机快递服务。美国谷歌公司公 布了已悄然实施了两年的送货无人机研发项目。谷歌表示， 希望在几年内推出小型无人机快递服务。
1. They have been inventing a drone delivery service. 根据第二段和第三段第一句“Project Wing is Google's invention of a drone delivery service. ” 可知，谷歌公司在实 验室研究发明无人机快递服务。
2. YouMl be able to order what you like online in the morning. 注意be able to可以有将来时等时态变化。
3. young 空格前的that相当于“very”。根据后文The US has been using armed drones since 2002.可知，无人机并非 很“新诞生的”，2002年就有武装无人机。
4. 谷歌的快递无人机还不能很快就做到在任何时间飞到客 户那里。
5. Delivery flies to your door/Google’s delivery drones/ Project Wing 通读全文，本文主要介绍了美国谷歌公 司的无人机快递，即Project Wing。
research n.研究，调查 seagull n.海鸥
release v.释(排) 放；解脱；放开
障碍句分析
The US has been using armed drones since 2002. 自2002年以来美国一直在使用武装无人机。
has been using是现在完成进行时，表示开始于过去的活 动持续到现在，并且活动往往还没有结束，将继续持续下去。
计算高手系列答案阅读短文，根据短文内容补全表格中所缺失的 信息，每空一词。
William Shakespeare was the greatest English writer of all time. He wrote thirty-seven plays in all. His stories are almost known in every comer of the world.
William Shakespeare was bom in Stratford,a small town in England,in 1564. He decided to be an actor when he finished school at the age of fourteen. In 1582,he married the 26-year-old Anne Hathaway who was a farmer's daughter. Their first child was a daughter. Later they had twins. In 1585,Shakespeare left his hometown. His wife and children stayed behind. No one knows why he left or what he did between 1585 and 1592. These years are called “the lost years”. In his youth,he moved to London and began a career as a playwright. By 1594,he had become a key playwright of a popular acting company in the city.
Although Shakespeare is famous as a playwright,he once was an actor and poet. He usually acted in his own plays. He earned almost no money from his writing. But he made a lot of money from acting. At the age of forty-nine,Shakespeare retired. Shakespeare spent the last five years of his life in Stratford. He died on 23 April 1616.
Of course,Shakespeare wrote 400 years ago and his English was very different from that of today. He is a master of words. He coined about 1 ,700 English words,including everyday ones like “ lonely ” and “hurry,”according to the New York Post.
William Shakespeare | |
In 1564 | He was bom in Stratford, in England. |
In 1582 | He married a farmer’s daughter and then they had 1 children. |
In 1585 | Shakespeare left his hometown 2 . |
Between 1585 and 1592 | No one knows what Shakespeare did. |
By 1594 | He had become one of the most popular 3 in London. |
At the age of 4 | He died in his hometown Stratford. |
Shakespeare’s work also has a big 5 on the English language. | |
1.2.3.4.5.
Do students in your country go directly to university or college after school or have a break first? Taking a gap (间隙) year between school and university is quite common in the UK,and there are lots of different ways to spend your time.
A “gap year” is a period of time,usually an academic (学术的) year,when a student takes a break from formal education. It is often spent traveling or working.
People used to think that taking a gap year was negative (消极的) . In the past you took a gap year if you had to retake exams or had problems between finishing school and starting higher education. But now,universities positively (肯定地) encourage a gap year,and employers are happy to give jobs to students who take a gap year. A gap year can give young people useful learning experience,help them pick up new skills and make them more independent.
Young people in formal education usually take a gap year when they are about eighteen years old,before going to university. They can also be taken at a different time,for example,by someone who wants to break up their degree course or to do something different before a postgraduate (研究生) course.
Many gap year students choose to do voluntary (志愿的) work. Popular gap year activities for young people are looking for adventure. Lots of gap year students just want to see more of the world.
Most students who are planning a gap year take on a part-time job to save up for the trip. Some students travel for three or six months then work for the rest of the year.
阅读以上短文，根据短文内容，完成下面的表格，每空一词。
A gap year in the UK | |
What is a gap year? | It is the time when a student 1. from formal education. The opinion in the past about a gap year was thought to be 2. Now a gap year can help young people get useful 3. , new skills and make them more independent. |
When? | About eighteen years old, before going to university or at a different time. |
What to do? | Doing voluntary work, traveling around the world and the popular_esare4. . |
What about money? | By doing 5. to make money. |
