Have you ever heard of "a ball of energy"? People often use it to describe very active children. But today we tell about an invention called the soccket, that is a real soccer ball of energy. Julia Silverman explains that in fact the soccket is a portable generator(便携式发电机).

Julia Silverman and Jessica Matthews developed the soccket as part of a group project for an engineering class at Harvard University.

There are mechanisms(装置) in a soccket. When you kick, hit or throw it, energy is then kept in it by these mechanisms instead of disappearing into the environment.

Then the user can put something directly into the ball, like a lamp, or a mobile phone charger so that they can get energy from it.

For every fifteen minutes of the game play, the soccket can provide enough electricity(电) for an LED lamp for three hours, and the ball can store(储藏) up to 24 hours’ electricity.

The International Energy Association reported last year that nearly one and a half billion people in the world had no electricity to use, and most of them live in sub-Saharan Africa and in India and other countries in Asia.

Julia Silverman and Jessica Matthews both had experiences in developing countries before they began the project. They knew that power shortages are a serious problem in really areas.

There’s an energy crisis in the world. One out of every five people in the world don’t have any electricity. And besides that, there are a lot of health problems because what people use instead of the electricity are harmful choices like kerosene(煤油) lamps, which produce a lot of smoke.

Julia Silverman says the soccket ball is one small solution(解决方法) to a big problem.

Jessica Matthews and Julia Silverman hope their soccket ball will shine more light on the problem of power shortages. It offers people a chance to put their energy into the world’s most popular sport and get some energy in return.

1.From the passage, we know the soccket is ________.

A. an active child B. an invention C. a lamp D. a mobile phone

2.If you play the soccket for half an hour, it can provide an LED lamp with electricity for ________.

A. fifteen minutes B. half an hour C. six hours D. three hours

3.The underlined word "crisis" in the passage means ________.

A. a time of safety B. a time of difficulty C. a time of success D. a time of pride

4.We can infer(推断) from the passage that ________.

A. Julia Silverman has never been to developing countries before

B. Active children like to play soccket

C. kicking a soccket can let the energy disappear into the environment

D. people are expected to get some energy by playing soccket

5.The best title for the passage should be "________".

A. The only way to produce electricity B. The best way to solve energy crisis

C. A soccer ball that gives energy D. An invention changing the world

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We spend hours, days and years of our lives in our school. Imagine you could design your dream school, what would it be like? What would you be doing? We wanted to find out what teenagers around the world thought. Here is what they said.

Richard from the USA: My dream school would have a big swimming pool and two soccer fields. It would also have a cinema, a gym and a shopping center. My school has none of these, and I think there should be more pleasant things for students to do while they are studying.

Sonic from Italy: I'd like a room where we and play computer games. I'd also like to have a music room. I think there should be a place for everyone to go and relax after class.

Wu from Beijing: I think it would be great to have another day off(休息日) every week besides the weekend. If that day was a Friday or a Monday, we would have a long weekend every week. What fun! I also think school should start later, at about 10 o'clock, and finish earlier.

Hannah from Australia: In my dream school, I think the teachers should give us more freedom(自由) and choices about how we study and what we study. I also think it's not necessary for us to wear school uniforms every day. I really don't like wearing them.

1.Who comes from America of the four students?

___________________________________________________________

2.Fill in the blank with proper words.(最多3词)

___________________________________________________________

3.Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 5 into Chinese.

___________________________________________________________

4.How many days does Wu want to rest in a week?

___________________________________________________________

5.Please give a proper title to the passage.

____________________________________________________________

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More than seven hundred years ago, the Prince(君王)of Wales had a very big and brave dog called Gelert.

One day, the Prince wanted to go hunting(打猎) with his men. He told his dog to stay at home and look after his baby son. The baby was in a small wooden bed.

When the Prince came back from hunting, Gelert ran out to meet him. He was so excited that he jumped up to the Prince. Then the Prince saw the blood on his head. He rushed into his house and found the bed lying on its side on the floor. The clothes were everywhere and there was blood on them.

The Prince thought the dog had killed his son and took out his sword, killing the dog. Just as Gelert was dying, he managed to bark. Then the Prince heard a baby calling to the dog. The Prince ran out of the house and saw his son lying on the ground unhurt. Near him was a dead wolf.

The Prince ran back into the house but it was too late. Gelert was dead. The Prince was sad. He realized he had killed his faithful friend. The Prince buried him on the top of the mountain. After this, The Prince never smiled again.

If you go to Mount Snowdon in Wales, people will show you where Gelert is buries. There is a sign by his grave. It reminds people of brave and faithful dog.

1.Gelert was the name of a ______.

A. Prince B. dog C. wolf

2.The Prince told the dog to ______ when he went hunting.

A. watch the door B. look after the baby at home

C. welcome his friends

3.The dog was very ______ when the Prince came back from hunting.

A. excited B. angry C. upset

4.The underlined word “faithful” in paragraph 5 most probably means .

A. 友好的 B. 忠诚的 C. 聪明的

5.What’s the best title of the passage?

A. The Prince of Wales B. A faithful dog C. The wolf was killed by Gelert

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