Scott and Molly are interested in Hi-tech (高科技) products. They are reading a magazine article about Hi-tech fashion.
A Talking Handbag
It’s 8:00 a. m. and you are running out of the door. Just when you close the door, your backpack or purse suddenly says, “Wait! You forgot your keys!” A talking purse or backpack? Yes, it’s true. This “smart” bag can “talk” to your accessories (配件). If you forget your keys or drop your wallet, for example, the bag will tell you.
How does it work? There’s a “smart chip (芯片)” in the bag. You put other chips on your phone, wallet or keys. Then the bag and the accessories can “talk” to each other, and you.
The Hug Shirt
You are in Beijing and your mother is in London. You call her every day. But now with ad special shirt and a cell phone, you can also send her a virtual (虚拟) “hug”. How? You start by text messaging your mother. She is wearing her Hug Shirt in London and it receives your message. Suddenly she feels pressure on her arms: her shirt gets warm, and she can feel your heart beating. just like a real hug! To receive the virtual hug, you mother has to wear the Hug Shirt.
Smart Clothes
These clothes change color while you are wearing them! Is it hot outside? Your jacket changes from dark to a lighter color to protect you from the sun. These smart clothes also never get dirty!
1、2 题完成句子；3～5 题简略回答问题。1. Scott and Molly are
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3. What does your mother have to do to receive a virtual hug?
4. What can Smart Clothes do while you are wearing them?
5. In this passage, we learn about 3 Hi-tech products. Which do you think is the best? Why?
4 . 假如你是李华，最近收到外国好友Jim的电子邮件，今年暑假打算来中国。请你根据邮件中 Jim 咨询的问题进行回复。
（1）What’s the weather like at that time? What clothes do you think I need to take?（2）What kind of gifts should I buy for my friends and relatives?
注意：
（1）回复邮件中需要回答 Jim 咨询的所有问题，可以适当发挥；
（2）回复邮件中不得出现真实的人名、校名和地名；
（3）词数80左右（开头结尾已给出, 不计入总数）。
Hi, Jim,
Welcome to China. So glad you’ll come and see me.
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Li Hua
8 . Everything is made of something. Take away cloth, plastic, glass and the other materials (材料) from our lives and we are left nothing on our body. There are 5 basic materials: metal, glass, wood, cloth, plastic. Most things are made with these materials.
Let’s talk about metal first. Metal is very heavy. And it is very hard and strong. It usually feels cool if you touch it. We use it for knives. We use it for keys. We use it for cars. We use it for these things because it is very strong.
Next, let’s talk about glass. Glass is very smooth. It feels cool to touch. It is not as heavy as metal. It is hard, but it is not strong. It breaks very easily! Then why do we use it? We use it because it is transparent! You can see through glass! That’s why we use it for windows.
Now, let’s talk about wood. Wood is lighter than metal and glass. It is not as strong as metal. But it is much stronger than glass. Things made of wood are usually light, hard and strong. Chairs and tables are made of wood.
Now let’s talk about cloth. Cloth is very light. It is much lighter than wood. And it is very soft. We use cloth to make lots of things. For example, it is used to make clothing.
Last, let’s talk about plastic. Plastic is also very light. But it is different from cloth. Sometimes it is soft, and sometimes it is hard. Plastic can be used to make thin plastic bags. These are light, soft, and strong.
There are some other materials. But they are not used as much as these 5 materials.
1. Which of these things is a material according to the passage?| A．Chairs. | B．Wood. | C．Windows. | D．Clothing. |
| A．Light and hard. | B．Warm and soft. |
| C．Smooth and cool. | D．Hard and heavy. |
| A．Soft things first, then hard things. | B．Warm things first, then cool things. |
| C．Weak things first, then strong things. | D．Heavy things first, then light things. |
| A．Clear. | B．Strong. | C．Cheap. | D．Secret. |
| A．Thin Plastic Bags | B．Cloth and Clothing |
| C．Five Basic Materials | D．Useful Metal Things |
9 . Playing on the island on a hot summer day is a really unforgettable experience. Last summer I went to an island for our summer vacation with my family. There were so many fun and interesting things to do on the island, but my favorite was fishing. Every day, my mom, my dad, my younger brother Dave and I went to the beach. We took our little fishing boat with us. Mom didn’t like fishing, so she stayed on the beach and read a book.
One morning, while we were fishing, we heard a loud noise. “What was that?” I asked. “Oh, don’t worry, Joe. It might be a turtle (海龟) swimming under the boat,” said Dad, Dave and I looked around the boat, but we couldn’t see anything. Then we heard a different noise. “Look, Dad, there it is!” shouted Dave. It was a sea turtle and it couldn’t swim well. “Let’s go closer and see what’s wrong with it” Dad said.
When we got closer, we saw that there was a piece of plastic around the turtle’s legs. “Let’s help it,” I said. So Dad jumped into the water, swam to the turtle and brought it back to the boat. “There you go, little turtle; now you can swim to your family,” Dad said as he cut the plastic off. Then Dave and I put it back in the water. “I know! We should make a sign about not throwing rubbish into the sea, and put it in the sand on the beach,” I said, “If we don’t do anything to stop sea pollution, these sea animals will die.”
1. Which was Joe’s favourite activity on the island?| A．Reading. | B．Boating. | C．Fishing. | D．Swimming. |
| A．It was too young. | B．It ate a plastic bag. |
| C．Someone under the boat stopped it. | D．A piece of plastic was around its legs. |
| A．To welcome people. | B．To stop sea pollution. |
| C．To feed sea animals. | D．To collect the rubbish. |
10 . This is Brighten Training school. We offer different kinds of classes to young and aged people. A very popular class we are offering these 10 days is the class named “DIY Your Own Desserts (甜点)”.
Can you imagine how happy your relatives will be when you give them your DIY desserts on the special days like birthday, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day? Come to our class and make your own desserts. Give your relatives some surprises!
The class runs daily and it is a completely hands-on personal cooking experience, lasting up to 4 hours. You can learn 3~4 recipes (食谱) each lesson. The teacher will first show how to cook different recipes in front of you. And then he will guide you on how to prepare and make the food.
At the end of the class you can either eat the meal prepared during the class or take it home with you. What’s more, you’ll be able to take home the copies of all the recipes.
Costs: $30 each lesson. You can start at any time.
Go to our website to get more information about the class.
You can either e-mail us or come to our office for attending it.
1. How long does each lesson last?| A．3 hours. | B．3~4 hours. | C．4 hours. | D．10 hours. |
| A．Have a hands-on experience. | B．Give your parents surprises. |
| C．Guide others to make the food. | D．Eat the meal with the teacher. |
| A．$30. | B．$60. | C．$90. | D．$120. |
| A．Send them an e-mail. | B．Look through the website. |
| C．Get information from parents. | D．Make a phone call to them. |
