In some movies, you might see people traveling between cities in tubes.
One US company (公司) is working to make these trains become real. The company is now building its own tube trains.
Who gets the idea?
| A．It tested (检测) its tube trains for the first time. |
| B．However, this isn’t the final goal of the company. |
| C．These “tube trains” are even faster than planes. |
| D．In the test, two people traveled down a 500-meter test track in 15 seconds. |
| E．Elon Musk suggested building tube trains back in 2013. |
| F．It’s very difficult to travel around the Earth in tubes. |
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【推荐1】Anna
I work in a bank from Monday to Friday. My house is near a park and it is about ten kilometers from my office. I usually go to work by train. I usually get up at 6:30 a.m. and take the train at 7:00 a.m. It usually takes me about thirty minutes to get to my office. The train is quick and cheap. I am never late for work.
Joe
I am a student. My house is near a beautiful lake. My school is across from the lake. I can walk to school across a bridge. It takes me about thirty minutes. But I often go to school by boat, because it is more fun. It takes me about twenty minutes.
Nancy
I’m a waitress. I work in a restaurant from Monday to Saturday. I often go to work by bus. It is about five kilometers from my house to the restaurant. It takes me about twenty-five minutes to go to work. Sometimes I am late for work because the traffic is very busy.
1. Anna usually gets to her office at about __________ in the morning.| A．6:30 | B．7:00 | C．7:30 | D．8:00 |
| A．takes a bus | B．takes a train | C．walks | D．takes a boat |
| A．five | B．ten | C．fifteen | D．twenty |
| A．餐馆 | B．交通 | C．市场 | D．车站 |
| A．Anna is sometimes late for work. |
| B．Joe lives near a river. |
| C．Nancy works five days a week. |
| D．They go out in different ways of transportation. |
【推荐2】These days more and more people go to school or work by car. So there are a lot of cars on the road. Sometimes it’s not easy for people to get to school or work on time. Then some people want to take a plane to school or work. Can their dreams come true (梦想成真)?
Four German (德国) people make a new plane—Lilium Jet (飞行汽车). It doesn’t look like a plane, but an egg. Many people think it looks funny. The nice “egg” can take two people and “run” about three hundred kilometers an hour.
The Lilium Jet isn’t very big, so it doesn’t need an airport (机场). A small place is OK for the Lilium Jet to take off (起飞).
Some people also call the Lilium Jet a “flying car”. It’s not difficult for people to learn to drive it. People can drive it like driving a car.
You may buy one in 2035 if you like it. It’s easy and interesting for you to go to school or work by it. It must be great.
1. Why can’t people get to school or work on time sometimes?| A．Because they get up late. |
| B．Because there are many cars on the streets. |
| C．Because they don’t like their schools or jobs. |
| D．Because they live far from their schools or working places. |
| A．Four Chinese people. | B．Four English people. |
| C．Four American people. | D．Four German people. |
| A．It’s easy. | B．It’s difficult. | C．It’s boring. | D．It’s free. |
| A．The Lilium Jet looks like a tree. |
| B．The Lilium Jet can take three people at a time. |
| C．The speed of the Lilium Jet is about 300 kilometers an hour. |
| D．People can buy the Lilium Jet now. |
| A．How to Go to School or Work | B．How to Make a New Plane |
| C．The Plane from Germany | D．The Lilium Jet |
【推荐3】A new way of travelling will appear in the next few years-flying taxis. Many of us grow up watching sci-fi movies with taxis flying in the air. Science stories are now becoming science facts.
The Japanese airline ANA has teamed up with a U. S. business called Joby Aviation. The two plan to start using flying taxis at the 2025World Expo in Osaka. They are now working together on making the flying taxis. They need to work out what traffic rules the taxis will need to follow, and what kind of training flying taxi drivers will need. The five-seat, all-electric taxi will be able to take off and land directly. It can fly up to 241 kilometers and can reach 321 kilometers per hour.
Joby Aviation’s CEO said that the taxis would be good for the environment because they will help reduce people’s carbon footprint (碳足迹). Now it takes over one hour by car to get from Osaka Station to Kansai International Airport. But in the future, it will only take 14 minutes in a flying taxi.
“Japan badly needs flying taxis with most people living in urban (城市) areas, and Tokyo is one of the most crowded cities in the world,” Joby Aviation’s CEO said. The chairman of ANA said, “Being able to provide customers with the chance to travel quickly and safely is very wonderful.”
1. What can we learn about the flying taxis?| A．It’s powered by gas. | B．It can hold five people. |
| C．It has been made successfully. | D．It can reach 241 km/h at most. |
| A．发现 | B．释放 | C．探寻 | D．减少 |
| A．People’s opinions on flying taxis. | B．The advantages of flying taxis. |
| C．Reasons for flying taxis’ appearance. | D．The problems flying taxis will bring. |
| A．Japan’s traffic situation is very bad now. | B．Tokyo’s transportation is very convenient. |
| C．Japan is in great need of flying taxis. | D．Most people like living in big cities like Tokyo. |
【推荐1】The history of books is very interesting. In ancient times, there were no books, and people passed on their knowledge by telling stories.
Then printing appeared and changed the world. With modern technology, it was possible to print books quickly.
Recently, computers and the Internet have changed the world again. Information travels faster and farther. A new kind of book appeared： the electronic book（e-book）. E-books are quickly changing people’s reading habits.
| A．I know how to download e-books online. |
| B．It took a long time to write just one book! |
| C．Later, people learned how to write and make paper. |
| D．It was also possible for common people to read books. |
| E．It is easier for people to read books online. |
| F．Nowadays, people have many ways to read books. |
【推荐2】Need an app for that? Anvitha Vijay, 9, can build one. With the help of YouTube videos, the girl from Melbourne, Australia, learned code(代码) at age 7. Soon, she was trying her hand at making apps.
“When I first got my iPad, I was excited by all the apps on it. It wasn't long before I wanted to make my apps,”said Anvitha.
She built her first two apps with her younger sister in mind. Smartkins Animals helps children know more than 100 animals and their sounds. Smartkins Rainbow Colors teaches kids colors.
Anvitha went to a conference（会议） hosted in San Francisco, California.
All the classes in the conference made her get an idea for a third app. This one, called GoalsHi, encourages（鼓励） kids to have good habits. Users can get gifts, such as eating their vegetables and playing the piano.
Anvitha likes to make new apps. They can help kids learn while they are having fun. But what is even more important to her is that let the world see the talents of kids.
1. Anvitha Vijay began to learn code by ________.| A．asking her parents for help |
| B．watching YouTube videos |
| C．playing with her mother's iPad |
| A．Playing games. |
| B．Using her phone. |
| C．The apps on her iPad. |
| A．How to keep animals as pets. |
| B．Colors , animals and their sounds . |
| C．How to draw animals with the right colors. |
| A．Anvitha learned a lot at the conference in San Francisco |
| B．Making apps was easy for Anvitha |
| C．Anvitha played the piano at the conference in San Francisco |
| A．At first Anvitha didn't like her iPad. |
| B．Anvitha got many gifts at the conference . |
| C．Playing with iPad helps kids learn while having fun . |
【推荐3】Do you know a robot writer called ChatGPT? From writing Shakespeare-style poetry to making music, ChatGPT has amazed the world since it was invented in late 2022 by the US company OpenAI. OpenAI developed it to write articles. It can translate languages, talk with people and write songs, poems and even jokes. It’s one of the most powerful AI of its kind, with the complete writing abilities of a real person!
People around the world have tried ChatGPT and posted their results on social media (社交媒体). Some used it to write history reports, some asked it to take notes, and some even asked it to give advice on how to communicate with people at a party.
The power of ChatGPT is its speed and good understanding of matters. We may spend hours researching, understanding and writing an article on the theory of evolution (进化论). But ChatGPT can produce a well-written one in seconds. Another good thing about it is that if you ask dark, harmful questions, such as how to make weapons (武器), it will not give you an answer.
There is no doubt that ChatGPT is a powerful tool. However, some schools in the US, Australia and France have banned (禁止) the use of ChatGPT. Some also worry that ChatGPT could be used to spread improper information.
1. When was ChatGPT invented?| A．Many years ago. | B．In late 2022. |
| C．In 2023. | D．We don’t know. |
| A．the disadvantages (缺点) of ChatGPT | B．only the people in the USA can use ChatGPT |
| C．what people think about ChatGPT | D．how ChatGPT has helped people so far |
| A．ChatGPT can help people make weapons. |
| B．ChatGPT can only write Shakespeare-style poetry. |
| C．ChatGPT can write a well-written article much faster than a person. |
| D．All schools in the US allow their students to use ChatGPT. |
| A．A social media | B．ChatGPT |
| C．A computer | D．A writer |
| A．An art book | B．A science magazine |
| C．A storybook | D．A fashion magazine |
