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Hanging Out in an English Garden

Not everybody in Britain has a garden(but most houses in Britain do).If you don't have one,you can grow house plants, perhaps by the window or in the bathroom. Bill Jones loves his garden,just as most other Britons do.

Bill retired(退休)five years ago .Now you'll find him tidying(清理)the fallen leaves on cold afternoons in autumn and winter,getting everything ready in spring and cutting(修剪)the grass in summer. He is almost 70,but gardens are not only for elderly people—Bill's grandson(who is ten)often likes to help him.

Bill lives in a village .Last year,the village won a competition(比赛)for the most beautiful gardens in the United Kingdom. Bill grows beautiful red roses. But he also grows vegetables .And sometimes there are competitions for these too. Bill wants to win a prize for growing the biggest carrot.

1.Bill retired at the age of ______.

A.55 B.75 C.65 D.70

2.What does Bill usually do with his garden during the summer?

A.Collect fallen leaves. B.Get ready for planting.

C.Cut the grass. D.Plant some flowers.

3.From the last paragraph,we know that Bill ______.

A.won a competition for the most beautiful garden B.grows grass,flowers and vegetables

C.holds a competition for growing vegetables D.won a prize for growing the biggest carrot

4.With this story,the writer tries to tell us ______.

A.about the greatest gardener in Britain B.Bill Jones' busy life after retirement

C.the role that gardens play in British people's lives D.the importance of competition in Britain

Artificial Intelligence is called for Al for short. It is becoming more and more popular in our life nowadays. And it has greatly influenced (影响)the ways we live, work and play.

Recently, a scientist has invented (发明)a special robot that can be a table tennis coach (教练).That means people can practice table tennis not only with humans but also with a robot.

Named Forpheus, the smart table tennis robot is quite special. It can study the movements of human players and the speeds of the ball. In this way, it can exactly know the players’skill levels (水平).Then it uses the information to change the ways to play. If the players are just beginners, Forpheus will play in a slow and easy way, but if the players arc better ones, the robot will play in a faster and more difficult way. What's more, while playing, it encourages players to try their best with the words like “Good job!”,”Come on!" and so on. At the same time, it gives some good advice to improve their skills. So it is both a good partner and a clever coach.

Science and technology (科技) is developing (发展) quickly these days and it's hard to imagine (想象)what will happen in the future. "In the next 20 years, it will be possible that one robot teaches another to play table tennis or even invents another one!" the inventor of the robot said.

1.The underlined word “It” in Paragraph 3 refers to_______.

A.the coach B.Forpheus C.the inventor D.artificial intelligence

2.From the passage, we can know that the table tennis robot_______.

A.can't play table tennis with a person B.can't speak to players while playing

C.can play table tennis in only one way D.can give advice to players like a coach

3.Which of the following is WRONG according to the passage?

A.Forpheus is the name of the inventor of the Artificial Intelligence.

B.Artificial intelligence has influenced people's life in many ways.

C.One robot may teach another to play table tennis in the future.

D.The robot can exactly know the skill levels of human players.

4.We can probably find this passage in a book about________.

A.history B.education C.science D.language

How do you feel when your teacher asks you to work on a group project with other students? Do you like to work together with others or work alone?

The Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA, carried out a survey of students' ability to work together in groups. They found that students who do well on tests by themselves are also likely to be better at working with other people.

This finding was true for many countries. Students in Japan, South Korea, Finland and Canada, where test scores are high, also did well in working together to solve problems. But this was not the case for every country. Chinese students, who tend(趋向)to have high scores as well, displayed just average collaborative(合作的)skills.

“One reason might be that Chinese parents and teachers focus too much on grades, ”said Zhao Zhongxin, former vice president of the Chinese Family Education Association.“Students have a lot of exam pressure and they view school as a place for competition.”

“However, collaborative skills are very important for preparing students for today's society, ”he added.“Luckily, more Chinese parents and teachers are realizing the importance of this and are thinking of ways to help students improve this skill.”

Another interesting finding from the PISA survey was that girls tend to be better than boys at working together. They said girls show more positive attitudes toward relationships, which means they are more willing to listen to others' opinions.

PISA also found that the classroom environment tends to influence how well students collaborate. In classes where there are a lot of activities that require communication, such as class debates, students tend to have better attitudes toward collaborating.

1.Which of the following is NOT one of the survey's findings?

A.Those who do well on tests are also better at working with others.

B.Collaborative skills are more important than scores for students' futures.

C.Girls are better at working with others than boys.

D.The classroom environment can influence students' ability to work in groups.

2.What can teachers do to improve their students' ability to work with others?

A.Give students high scores on every test. B.Help students to get used to exam pressure.

C.Make girls work with girls instead of boys. D.Arrange more communicative activities in class.

3.What's the passage mainly about?

A.How to improve collaborative skills.

B.Who tend to cooperate in working.

C.The result of a survey on students' collaborative ability.

D.The process of a survey on students' collaborative ability.

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