In the past you could draw anything you wanted on a computer screen and then printed it out on a piece of paper—a flat piece of paper. But imagine being able to print something that is three-dimensional— 3D. Would you like to design an object, such as a cup or a toy, and then “print” it out? Well, there is the technology to help you do this—to produce even a whole house!

3D printers might be the size of a suitcase, or even a small room, depending on the object they are made to produce. You make a 3D design on your computer and send it to the printer. Inside the machine, the object you have designed is made as one object.

So how is this being used? In medicine, 3D printing is often used to make heath. The dential takes a 3D image, something like a photo of the real tooth and a new one is printed in that exact shape. Then you might also want to print a mobile phone cover or a special pair of shoes.

Scientists are taking this even further. They have made a bicycle that just needs a chain and two lyres (轮胎). Car pans (壳) have been made for a while and now they are even making a body of a whole car!

But imagine how printing a whole house might help people build houses. A Chinese company has made houses using a giant 3D printer. They use a mixture that includes concrete (混凝土) and recycled building waste. This is a good thing as it helps the environment. They believe that their method of printing houses is cheaper, faster, less dusty and less noisy than the ordinary(普通的) way that houses are built.

It seems that 3D printing technology will change our world, and China is leading the way.

1.The size of a 3D printer might be ______ according to the object they design.

A.changeable B.always small C.seldom big D.the same

2.In medicine, 3D printing is often used to print ______ in the exact shapes.

A.dentists B.teeth C.photos D.mobile phone covers

3.Scientists are taking this even further. Here “this” probably means ______.

A.a pair of shoes B.a whole car C.a new bicycle D.the printing

4.The passage is mainly about ______.

A.the introduction to 3D technology B.the advantages of 3D technology

C.the history of 3D technology D.the influence of 3D technology

How do you pay your bills? ①Are you a fan of shopping online? If your answer is yes, maybe you know mobile payment.

Mobile payment is a kind of payment through mobile phones. ②We can use a mobile phone to pay for lots of services and goods. Compared with those traditional means, mobile payment is faster and more convenient because it can be used at any given time or place. It saves us much time and energy.

With the fast development of mobile payment, shopping by mobile phones has been the main choice for spending money in China. According to a recent report, payment through mobile phones made up 54 percent of all online shopping over Alipay in the first 10 months of the year. It is especially popular in the western part of our country, such as Tibet, Shaanxi and Ningxia.

Meanwhile, we can’t neglect(忽视)the fact that it must be operated with a smart mobile phone and a network. And it is only recently that the technology to support such systems has become widely available, such as the popularity of the network and the smart mobile phones which makes mobile payment possible. What’s more, as the online fraud(欺诈)happens so often, we also should pay attention to its possible risks, such as the account security(账号安全)and other unexpected problems.

1.文中①处画线句子中有一个单词的意思是“粉丝,迷”,这个词是:_________

2.将文中②处的句子改为同义句。(每空限填一词)

A mobile phone can _________ _________ to pay for lots of services and goods.

3.Why is mobile payment so popular?

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4.将文中③处画线句子翻译成汉语。

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5.What makes it possible to pay through mobile phones?

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