Recently, HUAWEI, one of China's best high-tech companies, has launched(发布) an app called StorySign, that will make it easier for deaf children to read stories.
Some AI skills from HUAWEI are used in the app. They help deaf children read by turning written text into sign language. A character called Star in the app makes it easier to use the app.
Users can also choose a book from the app's library that is then shown in sign language using cartoon characters. The first book on the StorySign platform(平台) is the popular children's book Spot the Dog.
The developers tried to make the app's main character Star popular with both boys and girls. Star also wears a hearing aid(助听器).
“We created StorySign to make it possible for families with deaf children to enjoy an exciting story time,” said Andrew Garrihy, Huawei's CMO for Western Europe. “We hope that by reminding people to understand deaf children better, they'll be encouraged to support one of the charity partners we are working with across Europe.”
There are about 32 million deaf children around the world. Many of them have trouble learning to read, this might because of no good way to turn written text into sign language. Now the app gives deaf children a great tool.
1. Who should the app StorySign be created for?| A．The children who can't see. |
| B．The children who can't talk. |
| C．The children who can't hear. |
| D．The children who can't walk. |
| A．It's created by a foreign company. |
| B．It has lots of high technology in it. |
| C．The sign language in the app is shown by real people. |
| D．It can't be used without a hearing aid. |
| A．Encourage deaf children to read stories. |
| B．Choose stories for deaf children. |
| C．Make friends with deaf children. |
| D．Help deaf children use the app more easily. |
| A．European countries have the most deaf children in the world. |
| B．Many people in Europe care for deaf children. |
| C．The app StorySign has got successful in Europe. |
| D．HUAWEI is helping deaf children by working with many charities. |
| A．Deaf Children's Problem in Reading |
| B．Deaf Children Around the World |
| C．A Special App for Deaf Children |
| D．The Importance of Helping Deaf Children |
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【推荐1】Whether from news reports or social media articles, you may know that 5G is coming.
5G is the 5th generation (代) network. It is a new network after 1G, 2G, 3G and 4G. It can connect everyone and everything together. 5G networks will cover many cities in China soon. 5G means super—fast data speed. One can download a two-hour movie for fewer than 10 seconds, and it is making our lives more and more convenient.
5G will make self-driving cars possible. For safety, self-driving cars need super—fast data transmission (传输) to communicate with their nearby environment. 5G is just what makes self-driving cars achieve this. Even airplanes will become “smart” in the near future. Passengers will be able to use 5G networks in the air to connect to the Internet and order food and drinks.
5G will be a big help to students who take online classes. Many people live in poor areas in the world where there are no schools. But with 5G, this will change. Students all over the world will be able to see places like the Great Wall without leaving their rooms.
It will be also easier for doctors to treat patients remotely by 5G. It means caring for patients from far away.
The facts listed above are only a part of what 5G will make possible and popular. Just as in the early days of the Internet in the 1990s, few could see how it could change our life and the world. The same will surely be true of 5G. With 5G, many things do not seem like dreams any more. Now let’s get ready to say goodbye to 4G and welcome the coming of 5G.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. How long may it take to download a two-hour movie with 5G?
| A．8 seconds. | B．10 minutes. | C．2 hours. | D．15 seconds. |
| A．高效地 | B．远程地 | C．科学地 | D．快速地 |
| A．self-driving cars | B．“smart” airplanes | C．online classes | D．hospitals without doctors |
| A．4G is no more used in our daily life now. |
| B．The writer is worried about the coming of 5G. |
| C．With 5G, some of our dreams will come true for sure one day. |
| D．In the 1990s, all the people believed that the Internet would change our life. |
| A．The development of 5G | B．The influence of 5G |
| C．The advantages of 5G | D．The coming of 5G |
As we all know, English is widely spoken around the world. More than 10 countries take it as their mother language and over 70 countries take it as their official language. And the number is still increasing. | |
So if we want to better communicate with foreigners, we should try to learn it well. But how? Maybe some online apps can help us. Here are some useful apps ready for us English learners to choose! |  BaiCiZhan is a popular mobile app that can help us learn new words and phrases easily by reading some nice sentences in it. When you meet something new in a sentence, you just need to tap it on the screen and then you can learn it through its explanations. |
 Fluent English is a good mobile app for us to practice our spoken English. When we hear a sentence or a short conversation, we can just repeat it to speak more fluently (流利地). And it can offer you a chance to dub (配音) for a movie after you’ve learned the conversations in the movie. | |
 Youdao Dictionary is a useful mobile app for us to learn English words. In it, there are lots of good dictionaries that can help us learn how to pronounce and how to use a new English word or phrase. And it is good at translating sentences between languages. | |
1. Who is the text mainly written for?
| A．Social workers. | B．Government officers. |
| C．Computer teachers. | D．English learners. |
| A．Because our parents ask us to do so. |
| B．Because it is widely used in the world. |
| C．Because we need it to get into a good high school. |
| D．Because it can help us better understand the language. |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．By taping them on the screen. |
| B．By repeating them from a movie. |
| C．By looking them up in dictionaries. |
| D．By translating them into different languages. |
| A．Environment. | B．Entertainment. | C．Self-control. | D．Self-improvement. |
【推荐3】News 1
Chinese video sharing APP, Douyin is denying reports that British cartoon character Peppa Pig has been cancelled from the platform（平台）because of some bad influences, reports China National Radio. The Peppa Pig cartoon has been a big hit since it first landed in China in 2015. Episodes（片段） of the show have been watched billions of times on television.
News 2
On Wednesday, China announced plans to increase taxes（税）on $50 billion of U.S. goods. The Chinese measures would increase tariffs（关税）by 25 percent on 106 products, such as soybeans,airplanes and cars. The Associated Press（美联社）said the list includes the biggest U.S. exports to China.
News 3
Wildlife researchers in Georgia and Florida are concerned（关心）about the population of endangered whales（鲸）. The winter birthing season just ended, but no newborn whales have been reported. There are about 450 North Atlantic whales.
Since last December, researchers have been looking for newborns off the coasts of Georgia and Florida. Each winter, female whales swim to the area to give birth in warmer waters, usually from early December to late March.
News 4
An American company says it has completed the first allowed 3D printed homes in the United States. The home was shown to reporters and visitors at the South by Southwest technology meeting and music festival. The event took place earlier this month in Austin,Texas.
1. What is Peppa Pig according News 1?| A．A Chinese cartoon character. | B．A British cartoon character. |
| C．A British book. | D．A pig from Britain. |
| A．进口 | B．出口 | C．赠送 | D．投资 |
| A．Three months. | B．One month. | C．Two months. | D．Four months. |
| A．Peppa Pig is not popular in China at all. |
| B．People can see the 3D printed homes everywhere in the U.S.. |
| C．The population of endangered whales may be smaller than before. |
| D．All the goods from the U.S will be more expensive in China than before. |
【推荐1】There are always lots of strange stories about protecting your eyes. For example, you might have been told that you’d go blind from reading in the dark, but you could make up for it by eating carrots.
This is just one of the wrong ideas you may have heard of. Below teens has picked out scientific explanations for three mistakes the people often make about eyes. Let’s take a look.Can eating carrots improve your eyesight?
Carrots are rich in Vitamin A, which is important and necessary for your eyes’ general health. Vitamin A helps eyes to make light into signals, allowing people to see in low light conditions. However, eating more carrots doesn’t help you see better. Some carrots will help, but a large number of carrots will not give you superhuman vision or allow you to get rid of your glasses.
If your parents have bad eyesight, will you have bad eyesight, too?
Myopia (近视) can be passed from parents to children. A study by the Americans Optometric Association found that if both parents are myopia, there is a 33 to 60 percent chance that the child is. For children who have one parent with myopia, the chance is 23 to 40 percent, and it’s down to 6 to 15 percent for kids with non﹣myopia parents. So no matter how bad your parents’ eyesight is, you still have a chance having good eyesight.
Is it true that people who are color blind can’t see colors?
Color blindness doesn’t mean that someone can’t see colors at all, like at all, like a black and white movie. It means that someone has difficulty telling some colors apart, usually green and red or blue and yellow. Color blindness is usually a condition caused by not having color cells (细胞). If the cells don’t respond (反应) in the right way to differences in wavelengths of fight, color blindness happens. There are different levels of color blindness. Some people cannot tell the difference between colors in dim (昏暗的) light, while others have difficulty in any light. In the most serious form of color blindness, everything is seen in shades of grey.
1. Which is the RIGHT idea about eating carrots according to the passage? ______
| A．Eating carrots doesn’t help people see better at all. |
| B．People need to eat as many carrots as possible. |
| C．Eating carrots is good for eyes, but people don’t need to eat a lot of them. |
| D．Eating a lot carrots is only good for those who work in low light condition. |
| A．6-15%. | B．33-60%. | C．23-40%. | D．60-70%. |
| A．Most people who are color blind can only see grey. |
| B．Not having color cells can cause color blindness. |
| C．Those who can’t tell green from red are not really color blindness. |
| D．Most people who are color blind can only see black and white. |
| A．Misunderstanding about Eyes. |
| B．Advice on Protecting Your Eyes. |
| C．Ways to Improve Your Vision. |
| D．Reasons for Color Blindness. |
【推荐2】In the mountains by the river, there was a poor village. People in the village worked very hard for money. They were too busy to reuse their rubbish or put it in a suitable place. So the village became dirtier and dirtier.
After years, animals and trees were disappearing. People worked harder but made less money. They couldn’t drink the water from the river, and rain was washing away the land.
At the meeting of the village, some said they should move outside. At this time, Tom preferred to stay. “Our village is a good place for me. My grandpa chose to settle down here. I believe it is a beautiful heaven. So I suggest we should plant trees and clean up the rubbish,” “But there is too much for you to do,” Others answered. “I will start tomorrow,” The next day, he planted trees with the eyes of his neighbors. No one believed he could change the situation.
Years later a photographer walked by and found a forest stood beside the river. “I am certain that there were no trees here years ago. It is fantastic. Where did it come from.” And then he walked up to find Tom and had an interview with Tom. After a few days, a report could be seen in the newspaper. “The forest became lively because deer and birds set their homes here. But the forest got harder to protect after it got bigger. The animals may be caught by poachers(偷猎者). Some bad guys would destroy the forest for economic reasons,” Tom said.
After that, the government sent officers to look around the forest twice a week, and some people came to help Tom.
1. Which of the following is the right order of events(事件)?①Tom started to plant trees.
②Tom’s grandfather came to the village.
③Officers came to the forest.
④Tom’s story was in the newspaper.
⑤Villagers move out from the village.
| A．①②③④⑤ | B．②①⑤④③ | C．②③⑤①④ | D．⑤②④①③ |
| A．great | B．easy | C．important | D．lucky |
| A．Some villagers helped Tom with their eyes. | B．Tom liked to make the village into a forest. |
| C．Tom’s words in the newspaper made people act. | D．The photographer has paid a visit to the forest twice. |
| A．Animals are human’s best friends | B．A tree planting day |
| C．News report makes different | D．Green mountains are valuable |
No one likes the mosquito. But the mosquito may decide that she loves you. She? Yes, she. It’s true that male mosquito doesn’t bite(咬) and only the female(雌性的) mosquito bites because she needs blood to lay eggs. She is always looking for things or people she wants to bite. If she likes what she finds, she bites. But if she doesn’t like your blood, she will turn to someone else for more delicious blood. Next time a mosquito bites you, just remember you are chosen. You’re different from the others!
If the mosquito likes you, she lands on your body without letting you know. She bites you so quickly and quietly that you may not feel anything different. After she bites, you will have an itch(痒) on your body because she puts something from her mouth together with your blood. By the time the itching begins, and she has flown away.
And then what happens? Well, after her delicious dinner, the mosquito feels tired. She just wants to find a place to have a good rest. There, on a leaf or a wall, she begins to lay eggs, hundreds of eggs.
1. “Mosquito” means ______ in Chinese.
| A．苍蝇 | B．蜻蜓 | C．蜘蛛 | D．蚊子 |
| A．get angry with you | B．be afraid of you |
| C．make a lot of noise | D．choose another one |
| A．when you’re asleep | B．because you have chosen it |
| C．too quickly to let you know | D．but doesn’t like you |
【推荐1】Hello, I’m Peter. I am an English boy. I’m twelve. I have a good friend. His name is Liu Gang. He is a Chinese student.
Now Liu Gang studies in No. 2 Middle School. He is twelve years old, too. He is in Class Two, Grade Seven. He likes English very much and he is good at it. This is his cat. I don’t know its name. I think it is three. That is his schoolbag. You can see his school ID card, a pencil box, an English notebook, two Chinese notebooks, some exercise books and an English-Chinese dictionary in it.
I can help him with English. And he can help me with Chinese. I like to play soccer ball. Liu Gang likes to play soccer, too. We often play soccer after school every day.
根据短文内容，判断下列各句正（T）、误（F）。
1. Liu Gang is not a Chinese boy.
2. Liu Gang is in Class Two, Grade Seven.
3. Peter knows the cat’s name.
4. Liu Gang’s school ID card is in his schoolbag.
5. Peter and Liu Gang like to play soccer.
I am writing to let you know that I ran over your dog on Friday afternoon.
The accident happened at the crossing of Ocean Drive and Bridge Street, directly in front of the RSL Club.
On that Friday, one of my students had suddenly fallen ill. I telephoned her doctor and described the situation, and he suggested that she should be brought to the hospital right away. He believed that the student’s leg had been broken and explained to me the seriousness of the situation. I had to get her to the hospital quickly.
During the trip I passed by your house. Suddenly your dog ran out into the road and into the front of my car. I stopped the car and ran around looking for the dog but it had run away. I knocked on your door but I could see that no one was home. I could not see where the dog had gone, and with my student so ill I had no choice but to leave the scene（现场）and drive on.
You must allow me to pay for his medical care. I would be thankful if you could make a list of all costs resulting from this accident. I plan to visit and offer my apologies（歉意）in person.
Again, I truly regret the harm caused by this accident and send my best wishes to little Snowy.
Yours,
Anthony Drake
1. Why did Anthony write the letter?| A．To say sorry. | B．To send wishes. | C．To express thanks. | D．To set a time for a visit. |
| A．Anthony hit a dog. | B．Anthony lost his way. |
| C．Anthony’s dog was gone. | D．Anthony’s car broke down. |
| A．He can’t afford it. | B．He worked it out. | C．He made a list of it. | D．He plans to pay for it. |
| A．the dog-owner | B．the dog | C．Anthony’s student | D．Ms. Roberts’ daughter |
【推荐3】Helping others is a great thing to do. You can learn new things and have fun. There are many ways of helping others in your community. You can help people,animals or the environment. It can make you feel good too! How can you help？
Charities（慈善机构）are organizations that help others,for example, UNICEF or the World Wildlife Fund. You can help charities by giving your time,giving money or giving things that you own. You can also help people or places you know.
Volunteering
Volunteering is when you give your time to help others. It's something which you do not have to do or for which you will not be paid. Some ways of volunteering are：
•visiting old people to talk to them or help them.
•walking dogs at an animal shelter. （避难所）
•cleaning up a park.
Fund raising
Fund raising is when you collect money to help others. Some ways of fund raising are：
•making cakes or biscuits to sell.
•doing a sponsored（赞助）activity. For example,family and friends give you money if you finish a long walk.
Donating
Donating is when you give your things or money to help others. Some ways of donating are：
•giving your old toys or clothes to a charity that helps sick children or poor people.
•giving your old books to a library.
•giving your money to a charity.
So, what can you do to help others?
1. You'll when you help other people.| A．feel uncomfortable | B．have a great job | C．feel good | D．have a hard time |
| A．Two | B．Three | C．Four | D．Five |
| A．募款活动 | B．慰问活动 | C．志愿活动 | D．捐物活动 |
| A．Cleaning up a park. |
| B．Giving your old computer to a charity. |
| C．Taking care of sick people in hospital. |
| D．Making pancakes or sandwiches to sell. |
| A．Charities. | B．Ways of Volunteering. | C．A Great Thing to Do. | D．Helping Others. |
Does Writing by Hand Make Kids Smarter?
Do you often write by hand or type on a keyboard? Does your school offer any handwriting training?
Maybe you think it’s the age of technology now and digital learning is popular. And typing is easier than handwriting. Digital learning has many positive aspects, but we also need to write by hand.
The result from Van der Meer and her colleagues’ studies has shown that both children and adults learn more and remember better when writing by hand. They used an EEG(脑电图) to track and record brain wave activity. Young adults and children participated in their study. The participants wore a hood(兜帽) with over 250 electrodes(电极) attached. The brain produces electrical impulses(脉冲) when it is active. The sensors(传感器) in the electrodes are very sensitive and pick up the electrical activity that takes place in the brain. The result shows that the brain in both adults and children is much more active when writing by hand than when typing on a keyboard.
“Writing by hand creates much more activity in the sensorimotor(感觉运动的) parts of the brain. A lot of senses are activated by pressing the pen on paper, seeing the letters you write and hearing the sound you make while writing. These sense experiences create contact between different parts of the brain and open the brain up for learning. We both learn better and remember better.” says Van der Meer.
In the debate about handwriting or keyboard use in school, some teachers believe that keyboards create less frustration for children. They point out that children can write longer texts earlier, and are more motivated to write because they experience greater mastery with a keyboard.
“Learning to write by hand is a bit slower process, but it’s important for children to write by hand. The hand movements and the shaping of letters are beneficial in several ways. If you use a keyboard, you use the same movement for each letter. Writing by hand requires control of your fine motor skills and senses. It’s important to put the brain in a learning state as often as possible.” says Van der Meer.
Given the development of the last several years, we risk having one or more generations lose the ability to write by hand. In order for the brain to develop in the best possible way, we need to use it for what it’s best at. If we don’t challenge our brain, it can’t reach its full potential(潜能). And that can have a strong effect on school performance.
We should ensure children receive at least a minimum(最小量) of handwriting training. Now it’s time to use the pen and paper to do some writing.
1. What do you know about Van der Meer and her colleagues’ studies from the passage?| A．The hood the participants wore has no electrodes. |
| B．Writing by hand can make people’s brain much more active. |
| C．The sensors in the electrodes are attached by keyboards. |
| D．They write the information by hand to record the brain wave activity. |
| A．creates different sense experiences to help people learn better |
| B．makes people control their feelings to develop their brain |
| C．gives people chances to contact with digital learning |
| D．keeps the brain of people staying in a state of rest |
| A．careful to write | B．afraid of writing |
| C．responsible for writing | D．interested in writing |
| A．keyboards should not be used | B．challenging our brain is difficult |
| C．handwriting training is necessary | D．writing by hand creates less frustration |
Cats wearing shirts with QR codes(二维码) meet at Miaoxiannv in Hangzhou July 16, 2018.
A cat cafe(咖啡馆) named Miaoxiannv in Hangzhou is really welcome now, with many people driving one hour from the other side of the city only to enjoy a new service(服务): scan a cat to order a meal.
Luo An, a very smart young man, runs the cafe. Because Luo doesn’t often
stay at the cafe, his only employee(职员) is always busy working.
Luo lets all the 15 cats wear shirts with QR codes. So people can use Koubei and Alipay to order their meals.
Cat lovers can also buy cat food on the apps and feed the cats, and a cat named Azrael is the cafe's top star.
1. Why do many people drive an hour to the cafe?| A．Because they want to drink coffee |
| B．Because they want to enjoy the new service. |
| C．Because they want to play in the cafe. |
| D．Because they want to enjoy delicious meals. |
| A．One | B．Two | C．Three | D．Four |
| A．跑步 | B．比赛 | C．经营 | D．使用 |
| A．a TV | B．a radio | C．a computer game | D．a smart phone |
【推荐3】
| Name: Grace Age: 91 | I studied skiing in my forties. On a skiing trip, I broke a rib (肋骨). As the years passed, I developed a bad backache. I could not breathe well. I tried an exercise program. For six weeks, I exercised three times a week, two to three hours a day. I did weight training, bike and breathing exercise. Finally my breathing improved and the backache disappeared. Exercise played an important role in my improvement. |
| Name: Robert Age: 80 | Since I retired (退休) in 1987, I have exercised five times a week. I strongly believed exercise stops me from illness. My present exercise includes body strength (力量) work using weight machines (15-20 minutes every day), two miles on a running machine (25-30 minutes every day) and five miles on a bike (20-25 minutes every day). |
| Name: Lucy Age: 66 | I attended my first dance class 23 years ago. In the beginning, it was difficult to follow quick movements, but I tried to keep doing it for six weeks. Now I am still taking dance classes twice a week. My backaches disappeared years ago and I am full of energy. Dancing helps me in making better decisions and feeling warm outside in winter! |
1. Grace does all the following exercise except (除了) __________.
| A．breathing exercise | B．bicycle | C．dance | D．weight training |
| A．difficult | B．boring | C．tiring | D．useful |
| A．sixty | B．sixty-five | C．seventy | D．seventy-five |
| A．has a bad backache now | B．began dancing many years ago |
| C．takes dance classes twice a month | D．stops attending dance classes now |
| A．Grace used to go skiing. | B．Lucy only dances in winter. |
| C．Robert retired at the age of 60. | D．Both Robert and Grace have backaches. |
