【题目】Humans are mammals(哺乳动物).Most mammals are born able to do many things. Some can walk within a few minutes of being born. They have to be able to run away if__________is near. But human babies are born__________. They need the care of adults to live.

In the first month of life, babies cannot smile or sit up. They cannot even hold up their own heads________some help from grown-ups.

In the next few months, babies grow a lot. They learn to roll over, support their heads, and _____sit up while being held.

Babies also have to learn to use their_______. It takes months for them to learn to reach for objects. At around six months old many babies can_______an object from one hand to another.

Babbling is________ a human baby learns to speak. Babies all seem to make similar sounds by babbling. They try to imitate (模仿) the sounds they hear from adults. It will take about nine months________a baby can say real words.

Somewhere around a baby's first birthday he or she may stand or walk with help. Soon the baby will_______around on his or her own!

The first year of a baby's life is a time of growing and________. Growing sure takes a lot of work!

1A. food B. danger C. waste D. peace

2A. careless B. harmless C. hopeless D. helpless

3A. of B. for C. without D. by

4A. even B. never C. ever D. still

5A. legs B. heads C. eyes D. hands

6A. keep B. move C. hold D. make

7A. why B. how C. which D. where

8A. before B. since C. after D. while

9A. look B. show C. run D. sit

10A. speaking B. smiling C. crying D. learning

【题目】Have you noticed your life becoming a little easier? Now, when you go to a certain shopping mall, you can enjoy its free Wi-Fi there. When you want to take a taxi, you can book one with your phone. In fact, all these can be seen as the basic parts of a smart city.

The idea of a smart city was brought up by US company IBM in 2010. Generally, a smart city is a city that uses digital technologies such as the Internet to improve city planning, save money and resources, and make our lifeconvenient. How smart can a city be? Here are great examples that we can learn from.

In 2009, Dubuque became the first smart city in the US. The city used smart water meters to take the place of traditional water meters. They can detect(探测〉water waste and leakage(泄漏)and send data to let the house owner know. The same system is used for other city resources like electricity and natural gas. This way, people know how they use their resources and are glad to help reduce waste.

Santander in Spain also gives us a look at the future. If people point a phone toward a nearby bus stop, the phone immediately shows all bus lines that serve the stop as well as their arrival times. The government organized a research team and provided an App(应用程序〉that collects data on almost everything: light, temperature, and the movements of cars and people. Opening the App near a supermarket provides immediate information on special

1According to the passage, which of the following is RIGHT?

A. Digital technologies are used in smart cities.

B. An English company first raised the idea of a smart city.

C. A smart city is mainly made up of free Wi-Fi and phones.

D. A smart city is still an idea and hasn’t come into being.

2The underlined word “convenient” is the closest in meaning to _____.

A. useful B. normal C. suitable D. easy

3Compared to traditional water meters, smart water meters do better in .

A. cleaning water B. supplying water

C. saving water D. producing water

4The example of Santander shows the use of smart systems in aspects(方面)EXCEPT _____.

A. business B. health care

C. traffic controlling D. public transportation

5What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. Digital technologies help improve city planning.

B. Smart cities will make our future life better and smarter.

C. Smart cities are very common in both Dubuque and Santander.

D. Spain and the US take the leading position in building smart cities.

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