【推荐2】Cars could soon be communicating with each other using 5G to make drivers aware of upcoming hazards (危险), scientists claim. The extremely fast mobile internet would allow for rapid information transmission and could make drivers aware of black ice, pot holes or other dangers up ahead.

Several car manufacturers are already integrating 5G into their vehicles, including as a tool to help serve in the generation of sel-driving vehicles.

Experts at Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) believe the high-speed connection will also improve the reliability and capability of automated vehicles to the point where they will be safer than the manual cars being driven today. They predict the number of road traffic accidents, which according to the World Health Organization account for more than 1.3 million deaths and up to 50million people injured worldwide every year, will drop drastically (彻底地) as a result.

Dr Dimitrios Liarokapis, a member of the research group, said, “To have a better idea of what the future will look like, think of having such cars that not only use sensors to scan what's around them, they can also talk to each other and exchange safety-related information about their surroundings over an area that covers several square miles. With the help of 5G, a vehicle-generated early warning system that reminds drivers is possible within the next few years. Cars that are close enough to the danger area will transmit warning messages to other cars around them using short-range communication technologies, but also to cars further away using 5G, fast and reliably.”

A few manufacturers are already working on connected cars. Of them, Ford revealed its intention to fit 80 percent of its 2020 vehicles with technology that warns drivers about upcoming road accidents, bad weather and traffic jams.

1. What is the benefit of 5G mentioned in the text?

A．It can improve the safety of automated vehicles.

B．It can help drivers communicate with each other.

C．It can effectively wipe out road traffic accidents.

D．It can help make more profits for the manufacturers.

2. What can we know about the vehicle-generated warning system?

A．It can get information several miles ahead.

B．It will frequently send messages to drivers.

C．It has been proved extremely helpful for driving.

D．It is under research and development at present.

3. What will be probably continued with the text?

A．Some safety rules when using 5G.

B．Some car manufacturers.

C．The sales information of cars with 5G.

D．The advantages when using 5G.

4. Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?

A．5G on the Way to Making “Dialogue” Between Cars

B．5G Leaves Drivers Free When They Are Driving

C．5G Has Been Popular with Drivers Around the World

D．5G Is to Bring Great Convenience to Our Daily Life

【推荐1】For most dog owner, the expression “Work like a dog” doesn’t make much sense. The lovely pets usually live a life of leisure. They go from the simple days of childhood directly to the relaxation of retirement, skipping the working part of life completely.

But some dogs happily perform very difficult jobs for much of their life. They put in a full day’s work just like the rest of us. Guide dogs, one of the most familiar kinds of working dog, provide an important service to humans. During the Beijing Paralympics, guide dogs received much attention as they helped their masters--those blind athletes--get from place to place safely.

Dogs were first used to guide blind people in 1819. In 1916, Dr. Gerhard Stalling set up a school to train dogs to help German soldiers who had been blinded in World War I. As time passed, trainers began to recognize which kinds of dogs are best for guide work. Today, Golden Retrievers, Labradors and German Shepherds are favorites because they are smart and work hard.

Guide dogs help blind people get around in the world. To do this, they must know how to:

1. Keep on a direct route.

2. Keep a slow, even pace.

3. Stop at all curbs(路边) until told to start moving again.

4. Turn left and right and move forward and stop when told.

5. Recognize and avoid obstacles that the handler won’t be able to deal with.

6. Lie quietly when the handler is sitting down.

7. Help the handler to get on and move around buses, subways and other forms of public transportation.

As a guide dog, gets more experience with its handler, it may be able to take on even more responsibilities. For example, many guide dogs that have worked for years know all of places their master usually goes. All the handler has to tell them is “go to the office” or “find the coffee shop”, and the guide dog will follow the complete route!

1. In Para. 2, the writer mentioned the guide dogs in Beijing Paralympics in order to _______.

A．arouse readers’ interest in reading the rest part

B．emphasize the importance of their hard work

C．compare the job of guide dogs with that of humans

D．tell the difference of the guide dogs and lovely pets

2. In order to serve the master, guide dogs must know all of the following EXCEPT ________.

A．avoid leading the handlers to some obstacles impossible to handle

B．keep a proper pace that is easy for the handlers to follow

C．assist the handlers when taking a bus, subway or train, etc.

D．look for some quiet places for the handlers to have rests

3. The more experience a guide dog gets with its handler, the more ________ the dog will be.

A．responsible	B．careful
C．obedient	D．approachable

【推荐2】The Royal Mint has chosen Beatrix Potter’s thieving Peter Rabbit as the first character from children’s literature ever to appear on a UK coin.
Peter, pictured in the blue jacket that he is forced to abandon in the garden of Mr McGregor when he is caught stealing vegetables, is captured on a special, coloured edition of a 50p coin available from now. The Royal Mint, which described Peter as “the most recognizable of Potter’s creations, and one of the most cherished from children’s literature”, will release uncoloured versions of the coin in change later this year.
Three more of Potter’s characters will also be committed to currency later this year, as part of celebrations marking 150 years since the children’s author’s birth. The images have been created by coin designer Emma Noble, who said it was “amazing to be given the opportunity to work with such famous and treasured literary characters”.
Potter’s The Tale of Peter Rabbit, featuring Peter and his better-behaved siblings (兄弟姐妹) Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail, was the first of her stories to be published, released in 1902 by Frederick Warne & Co. Potter would go on to follow it with a series of much-loved stories which remain popular today, from The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin to The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck.
1. Which character from children’s literature can be found on the UK coin?

A．Jemima Puddle-Duck

B．Squirrel Nutkin

C．Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail

D．Peter Rabbit

2. According to the passage, the coins will be released by the Royal Mint to_____.

A．celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Beatrix Potter

B．celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Peter Rabbit

C．celebrate the first publication of The Tale of Peter Rabbit

D．promote the sales of Beatrix Potter’s works

3. Which of the following statement is true?

A．Peter Rabbit is one of the most recognized literary characters in UK.

B．The Tale of Peter Rabbit mainly features his better-behaved siblings.

C．It was Emma Noble who created Peter Rabbit, the famous literary character.

D．Uncoloured versions of the Peter Rabbit coin are available now.

4. Where is this passage probably taken from?

A．An autobiography	B．A children’s book
C．A travel guide	D．A news report

【推荐3】Eyes are significant organs of our body. Having a good eyesight is sometimes a must in applying for a university or a job. So many researches have been done about eyes, especially about near-sight.

Being nearsighted is far more common than it once was. It has gone up by 66 percent in Americans since the early 1970s, according to a 2009 study by the National Eye Institute. In China and other East Asian countries, as many as 90 percent of recent high school graduates are thought to be nearsighted.

Near-sight happens when eyeballs are longer than normal, changing the angle at which light enters the eye and therefore the ability to focus on distant objects. The disorder involves a complex interplay(相互作用)of genetics and environment and usually begins before adolescence, when the eye is growing, but it can worsen in early adulthood.

Some experts connect the rising rates to the many hours young people stare at computers and other screens. But a recent study published in JAMA Ophthalmology suggests that a greater factor may be a side effect of all that screen-watching—it's keeping children inside.

This new study joins a growing body of research indicating that a lack of direct sunlight may reshape the human eye and do harm to vision. Strong correlations(相关性)were found between current eyesight and volunteers' lifetime exposure to sunlight.

Those who had gotten the most sun, particularly between the ages of 14 and 19, were about 25 percent less likely to have developed myopia(近视眼)by middle age. Exposure to sunlight up to the age of 30 can also confer a protective benefit. This relationship held true even when the researchers controlled for education as a marker primarily of time spent reading and gazing at screens.

1. When does near-sight happen?

A．Eyeballs are longer.	B．Eyeballs are shorter.
C．Eyeballs are bigger.	D．Eyeballs are smaller.

2. What is the main cause of near-sight according to the recent study?

A．Lack of sleep.	B．Using smatrphones too much.
C．Reading too much.	D．Lack of direct sunlight explosure.

3. What does the underlined word "confer" in the last paragraph mean?

A．Avoid.	B．Damage.
C．Provide.	D．Reduce.

4. Where is the text most likely from?

A．A diary.	B．A magazine.
C．A novel	D．A notebook.