A nice day out for the whole family! Come and see our beautiful birds, huge mammals(哺乳类), lovely marsupials(有袋类)and reptiles(爬行类)…in our zoo!

Scientist will give wonderful lessons about animals every Tuesday! Don’t miss it.

Come and visit Australia Zoo!

Area A

★ Koalas live in the trees and like eating grass and leaves. Their lifespan(寿命)is about 14 years. You can learn about their habits and why they sleep for nearly 20 hours a day.

Showtime: 1:30 pm-3:30 pm except Friday.

★ Kangaroos can jump at a speed of 13-15 miles per hour. They can live for at most 22 years.

Showtime:3:30pm-5:30pm except Friday.

Area B

★ Crocodiles have the strongest bite(咬)of all animals in the world. Their lifespan is 45-100 years. The crocodiles here are 76 years old!

Show time: 10:00am-11:00 am except weekends

★ Tortoises can live for more than 100 years! They can grow to about 1 meter tall.

Showtime: 9:00am except weekends.

Area C

★ Tigers are the largest of the Big Cats weighing up to 300kg! Watch our tigers swimming in the water.

Showtime: 11:00am-11:30am except Friday.

★ Camels’ humps(驼峰)actually stores fat, not water!

Showtime: 12:30pm-1:20pm except Friday

Area D

★ Parrots here have four toes on each foot—two facing the front and two facing the back.

Showtime: 9:00am-5:30pm except weekends.

Ticket Prices

Adult: $55 Child: $45 Family (2 adults +2 children): $172

1.Where can visitors see kangaroos and tortoises?

A. Area A and Area B. B. Area A and Area

C C. Area B and Area C. D. Area C and Area D.

2.Visitors can have lessons about animals on _______.

A. Sunday B. Tuesday C. Thursday D. Friday

3.Which of the following animals can visitors see on Saturdays?

A. Crocodiles B. Parrots C. Tortoises D. Koalas

4.On Sundays, which is the best order for visitors to see as many animals as possible?

A. tigers-camels-koalas-kangaroos B. Tigers-koalas-camels-kangaroos

C. tigers-koalas-kangaroos-camels D. Tigers-kangaroos-koalas-camels

5.If Mille and her parents visit the zoo, how much should they pay?

A. $127. B. $145. C. $155. D.$172.

Have you ever seen a car without a driver? It sounds crazy, but these computer-driven driverless cars will soon be filling roads near you. Companies like Google and Tesla have been designing and testing these cars, and the technology is there.

So how? The cars have sensors(感应器)all around which can find other cars and objects in the road. Road signs are read by cameras, and satellite navigation systems(卫星导航系统)are used so the car knows how to get where you want to go. All you have to do is type in the address! Finally, a central computer system takes in all the information that it receives from the sensors and cameras and works out when to speed up, stop and turn.

Sound like your idea of heaven(天堂)? Sitting back, looking out of the windows and even watching a film or reading a book while ‘driving’ would be possible with this new technology. You wouldn’t have to worry about remembering directions to where you’re going. In addition, computers would also drive more safely than people — they would obey the rules and have quicker action times when in dangerous situations.

However, there are many drawbacks of driverless cars. Computers would have difficulties making ethical(道德的)decisions: if a child ran into the road, would the computer choose to hit the child or turn suddenly and potentially kill the car’s passengers? Moreover, I personally find driving fun –I’d miss never driving a car myself. There would also be many other decisions to be made –should children, or drunk people, be allowed in a driverless car by themselves? Or would there need to be a person with a driving license in the car at all times?

I’m not certain I’d want a driverless car – but it’s only a matter of time before they’ll become more affordable and popular on our roads.

1.When using a driverless car, you need only .

A. read the road signs carefully B. check the cameras

C. put the address into the computer D. remember the directions

2.The third paragraph mainly tells us about the of driverless cars.

A. instructions B. standards C. advantages D. tests

3.The underlined word “potentially” in Paragraph 4 means “ “.

A. possibly B. successfully C. especially D. naturally

4.What’s the writer’s opinion about future driverless cars?

A. They’ll cause more accidents. B. They’ll be less expensive.

C. They’ll use less energy. D. They’ll run much faster.

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