题目内容
Have you noticed your life becoming a little easier? Now, when you go to a certain shopping mall, you can enjoy its free Wi-Fi there. When you want to take a taxi, you can book one with your phone. In fact, all these can be seen as the basic parts of a smart city.
The idea of a smart city was brought up by US company IBM in 2010. Generally, a smart city is a city that uses digital technologies such as the Internet to improve city planning, save money and resources, and make our lifeconvenient. How smart can a city be? Here are great examples that we can learn from.
In 2009, Dubuque became the first smart city in the US. The city used smart water meters to take the place of traditional water meters. They can detect(探测〉water waste and leakage(泄漏)and send data to let the house owner know. The same system is used for other city resources like electricity and natural gas. This way, people know how they use their resources and are glad to help reduce waste.
Santander in Spain also gives us a look at the future. If people point a phone toward a nearby bus stop, the phone immediately shows all bus lines that serve the stop as well as their arrival times. The government organized a research team and provided an App(应用程序〉that collects data on almost everything: light, temperature, and the movements of cars and people. Opening the App near a supermarket provides immediate information on special
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1.According to the passage, which of the following is RIGHT?
A. Digital technologies are used in smart cities.
B. An English company first raised the idea of a smart city.
C. A smart city is mainly made up of free Wi-Fi and phones.
D. A smart city is still an idea and hasn’t come into being.
2.The underlined word “convenient” is the closest in meaning to _____.
A. useful B. normal C. suitable D. easy
3.Compared to traditional water meters, smart water meters do better in .
A. cleaning water B. supplying water
C. saving water D. producing water
4.The example of Santander shows the use of smart systems in aspects(方面)EXCEPT _____.
A. business B. health care
C. traffic controlling D. public transportation
5.What’s the main idea of the passage?
A. Digital technologies help improve city planning.
B. Smart cities will make our future life better and smarter.
C. Smart cities are very common in both Dubuque and Santander.
D. Spain and the US take the leading position in building smart cities.
亲爱的同学们,作为 00 后的初中生,你们是祖国的未来,但你们也有自己的优点和 缺点。请以“We Are Post-00 Students”为题写一篇短文。请按照下表进行描述,然后 制定个人的目标和计划。
Advantages | Disadvantages | Aims | Plans |
1. 自信且积极。 2. 乐于助人。 3. 总是对新事物 产生兴趣。 | 1.易于激动和生气。 2.由于粗心大意常犯同样的 错误。 3.考虑自己多余考虑他人。 | 1. 是考入理想的高中。 2. 我相信通过努力我 会实现梦想。 | 我将…… |
要求:
1、词数:80~100 个。
2、短文的题目和开头已给出,不计入总词数。
3、要点齐全,行文连贯,可适当发挥。
We Are Post-00 Students
As post-00 students, we are the hope of our country. However, we also have our advantages and disadvantages._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________