【题目】阅读短文,根据短文内容回答问题。

Ready, Set, Jump!

For skydivers, the sky isn’t the limit. It’s just the beginning. Thousands if people try skydiving each year. Some only jump once, while others go on to experience lifelong adventures, flying and turning over through the air.

Skydiving is a method of leaving an airplane and returning to the earth with the help of gravity, then slowing down by using a parachute (降落伞). It may include more or less free-fall, a time during which the parachute has not been used and the body gradually accelerates (加速) to the highest speed.

There are three choices for the beginners. However, before you try skydiving, a ground course on safety is required. The first method is accelerated free-fall. You jump out of the plane while being held by two coaches, one on either side. They hold onto you until you open your parachute. The second method is called static line. After jumping out, you will experience free-fall for a second or two. Then the weight of your body will pull the line tight, opening the parachute.

Tandem (串联) is the most popular because it is the easiest. You and the coach are

tied together, the coach behind, with you in front. You jump out of the plane together, and the coach takes care of opening the parachute.

For each of these three methods, the coaches give instructions in the air with hand

signals (信号) or a radio. If you are eager to try something challenging and would love to feel the freedom of flying, skydiving might be an adventure for you. Who knows? With risk and excitement mixed together, skydiving might just change your life.

【1】Do thousands of people try skydiving each year?

【2】How many choices are there for the beginners?

【3】Why is tandem the most popular?

【4】How do the coaches give instructions in the air?

【5】What is the passage mainly about?

【题目】信息归纳

请阅读以下有关于通讯方式的短文,根据所提供的信息,完成信息卡,把答案写在答题卡指定的位置上。

With the rapid development of science and technology, communication methods of people have changed a lot in the past years.

As we all know, in ancient times, people communicated with people who were far from them only by letters, which took a very long time to get the message.

In the 19th century, telegraph (电报) was invented, but it was not widely used, letter is still the main method at that time. In 1836, John Coker invented the first electromagnetic telegraph(电电报机) in the world, then telegraph came into being and was popular, which was much faster than letter, bringing great convenient to people.

As time goes by, telephones become increasingly widely used. Now, the phone has been developed as mobile phone, fixed telephone, Internet telephone and other categories, being an essential communication tool in modern information society.

In addition, net work communication is popular as well. It is especially widely welcomed by the youths. A great number of people communicate with others on the Internet by using software, such as email, QQ, WeChat, bbs, MSN and so on. Using software is easy. A computer which is connected to the network is enough. In China, WeChat has become the most popular communication software nowadays. WeChat, known as Weixin in China, is a mobile phone text and voice messaging communication software which is developed by Tencent. People can make video calls that not only can hear the sound, but also can see the people you talk to.

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The method of communication in ancient time

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The time when the telegraph was invented

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The person who invented the electromagnetic telegraph

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The software which has become the most popular in China

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The number of the communication methods which are mentioned

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