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When talking about the Chinese women's Volleyball Team, we will think of one person, Lang Ping. She uses her strong will and professional skill to help the team go to the world stage. For us, she is a hero.

Lang Ping was born on December 10th, 1960 in Tianjin, China. She showed great interest in volleyball at a young age. Lang Ping started practicing volleyball in April 1973 and trained hard. In 1978, she started to play for the Chinese national team. She won many world competitions, including the World Championship crown in 1982 and a gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

People in China like to call Lang Ping “Tie Lang Tou”. She was so strong and did a very good job in playing volleyball. Nobody could beat her. What's more, no matter what she did, she never gave up.

After retiring from the national team, Lang Ping moved to the US to study. There, she lived a quiet life and gave birth to a baby girl. In 1995, Lang Ping became the head coach of the Chinese national team. She led the team to win some world competitions. Later, Lang Ping left the national team because of health problems.

Lang Ping has become the coach of the Chinese Women's Volleyball Team since 2013. It is not easy for her to make the women volleyball players be trained better than before. However, she never gave up. Finally, all her efforts(努力)paid off. On August 21, 2016, the Chinese Women's Volleyball Team won the goal medal in the Rio Olympics.

Lang Ping is a true hero. She always has a strong will to do everything. We can learn a lot from.

1.Was Lang Ping 53 years old when the Rio Olympics took place?

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2.What does “Tie Lang Tou” mean in the passage?

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3.Why is Lang Ping a true hero?

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4.What can you learn from Lang Ping? Please write at least two.

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In the future, more and more people will move to big cities. To prepare for this, cities are becoming smarter and more efficient, with the help of big data.

Local governments are already collecting lots of important data. For example, there are sensors(感测器)that measure noise, pollution and traffic. This is known as "smart city technology". In the future, this data will make our lives much easier, by helping us save energy and keep the city tidy. There might even be smart posts that cull clean the air, or robots that empty rubbish bins when they are full.

Such technologies may be far off in the future, but others are just around the corner: self-driving cars are today being tested all around the world. Experts believe that this technology will change what cities look like. If self-driving taxis can use smart city data to find the best way to take you to your destination(目的地), there will be fewer traffic jams and more space for you to walk or ride a bike. People will probably stop buying cars altogether.

: drones(无人机)are becoming more and more common nowadays. Cheap and fast

drone delivery services are only a few years away, and the sky above our heads will soon be very crowded. Hopefully, smart city technology will help prevent traffic jams in the air. Perhaps, drones will one day be able to transport people around town. Then, you could fly wherever you want to go!

To summarize, the cities of the future will be very different. What kind of city would you like to live in when you grow up?

1.Why are the sensors mentioned in the second paragraph?

A.To show that cities are becoming much smarter.

B.To explain why there are more people in big cities.

C.To help people in cities live a more exciting life.

D.To invent some new ways of keeping the city tidy.

2.What is a good result of using self-driving technology?

A.There will be fewer cars in the future.

B.Few people will ride a bike around.

C.People will have better driving skills.

D.All the car factories will go out of business.

3.Which can be put in ?

A.But there will be traffic jams in the air

B.New technology will appear in the future

C.Change is not only happening on the ground

D.Technology will surely play a part in our future life

4.What is the best title for the passage?

A.Transportation in the Future. B.Important Data in Cities.

C.Smart City Technology. D.The Cities of the Future.

Old George bought the black gloves for just $35 ten years ago. They were made of lamb skin (羊羔皮), soft and warm and very strong. Until then, he had worn cheaper man-made material. Those gloves never lasted longer than three years. He first decided to buy the expensive gloves, because they would make him feel nice in front of others.

George never let a drop of water or rain touch his expensive gloves, so they looked new. Losing this favourite thing was almost like losing a child to him.

Bad luck! George lost his expensive gloves on New Year’s Day…

Back home, George was at a loss. In deep winter, he could not do without a pair of gloves. If he bought cheap ones again, he would have to replace (更换) them very soon. If he bought a new leather (皮革的) pair, it would cost $50 now. He was upset that people no longer returned things they found on the road.

After the holiday, poor George decided to buy another leather pair. Before taking the subway, he went into Value Mart (特价市场) again to see if his gloves had been returned to the Lost and Found Office.

“What colour are they?”the woman in the office asked again.

“Black,”he gave the same answer. She looked into her drawer (抽屉) and took out a pair of men’s leather gloves.“Are they?”

“Yes! Those are mine!”George explained, with great joy in his eyes.

1.When did George buy the leather gloves?

A.On New Year’s Day. B.Ten years ago.

C.Before the holiday. D.In the winter.

2.Why did George decide to buy the expensive gloves?

A.Because they were black.

B.Because they had a long history.

C.Because they were much cheaper.

D.Because they made him feel good before others.

3.Why did the leather gloves look new after years?

A.George washed them with water.

B.George took very good care of them.

C.They were expensive.

D.They were soft and warm.

4.What does the underlined phrase at a loss mean in the article?

A.Upset. B.Nice. C.Thankful. D.Happy.

5.Which of the following is true about George?

A.He was a very rich man.

B.He never bought cheap gloves.

C.He had not expected to get his gloves back.

D.He believed somebody would return the gloves to him.

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