| A. Easy Bike Parking Parking a bike is not easy in big cities. Here comes the bicycle-parking tower. You only need to swipe a card (刷卡) and push a button. Then the tower can hold your bike in an empty place inside it. You don’t even need to lock the bike. B. Wear Real Plants Let’s wear real plants as necklaces and bracelets (手链)! The plants can keep growing for weeks without water or soil. They can be worn for two to four weeks before growing off their metal base. You can then move them into flowerpots. C. Water Loop In some places in Africa, people have to walk miles to get water. Women and girls often have to do this hard job. So Water Loop was invented to help. It is a water tank that people can easily pull or push. They can also carry it like a backpack. D. Solar Charged Light You can put it in your pocket. But if it’s inflated (充气), it turns into a light! This is Lumn AID, a solar light that can be on for 16 hours after recharging (充电) with just seven hours of sunlight. Two US students designed it. E. Arm with Cool Tools It’s a bionic (仿生的) arm made by a Japanese company. The cool arm has a smart-watch, laser and phone chargers (充电器). F. Squeeze Every Drop Does your mother always tell you to squeeze the toothpaste from the bottom? South Korean designer Jee Young-choi has created a new toothbrush to help you with the job. The slot (槽) in the brush will help you squeeze the last drop of paste out of the tube. G. Hang up Your Plant It’s great to grow plants inside your home. But the Livi planter will make it more fun. It is a kind of flowerpot that you can stick to windows. It’s also OK if you want to put it on the table. The pot can also stand upright. |
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【推荐1】It might sound like magic, but in February, a paralyzed (瘫痪的) patient was able to drink water on his own by controlling a special glove with his brain. The glove then acted as his hand. This was a success in brain-machine interface technology made by a team of Chinese scientists and doctors.
BMI refers to creating a connection between the human brain and external devices (外部设备), making communication between the brain and computers. For paralyzed people, BMI can allow them to move and do simple things by themselves.
On Oct 24, 2023, the team put a BMI chip in the patient’s head. The chip can receive neural signals (神经信号) from the brain.
After three months of home recovery (康复) training, the patient can now use his brain signals to control a special glove powered by air pressure. This helps him do things like drinking water independently.
BMI technology usually means putting chips directly onto the patient’s brain. However, this project is minimally invasive (微创的), making sure the patient’s brain is not harmed. So it is an important breakthrough. It also uses a wireless power supply, so the implanted (植入的) device doesn’t need a battery.
Li Yuanning from ShanghaiTech University told CCTV News that BMI is now mainly used in the medical field to improve the lives of people with brain-related problems or speech difficulties.
In China, BMI technology is still in the early stages of research, with no products on the market yet. Some people are worried that tests may influence patients independence and even who they are. Ethical concerns (伦理问题) related to BMI also need to be addressed. These include whether the patient has a clear understanding of what is going on when they agree to take part in the test.
1. What is China’s recent success in BMI?| A．A BMI chip was successfully put into a patient’s brain. |
| B．BMI helped a paralyzed patient drink water on his own. |
| C．A paralyzed patient can move freely with a BMI chip. |
| D．A paralyzed patient can communicate with computers. |
| A．It doesn’t harm patients’ brains. | B．It doesn’t need any power. |
| C．It understands patients’ needs correctly. | D．It helps people improve their speech skills. |
| A．Many people are against BMI technology. |
| B．The tests of BMI are at high risk of failure. |
| C．BMI technology is widely used in the medical field. |
| D．BMI technology is still under development. |
App | Start in | Things you can do |
| 2011 | ➢ask questions and get answers ➢discuss something you want to know about with others |
Ximalaya FM
| 2012 | ➢download(下载) meaningful audio books(有声书) and listen offline(离线) ➢get more recommendations(推荐) according to your reading taste |
| 2007 | ➢look up new words ➢understand words by reading example sentences(句子) |
| 2009 | ➢search for videos about study such as “how to take notes” ➢find and learn from people who have. similar(相似的) interest |
1. According to the text, ________ was started 15 years ago.
| A．Zhihu | B．Ximalaya FM | C．Youdao | D．Bilibili |
| A．Look up new words. | B．Search for videos about study. |
| C．Discuss something with others. | D．Download audio-books and listen at any time. |
| A．We can ask questions and get answers on Zhihu. |
| B．We can find people with similar interest on Bilibili. |
| C．We can read example sentences about a new word on Youdao. |
| D．We can play different kinds of games on Ximalaya. |
| A．learning is difficult | B．study only happens in schools |
| C．these apps can be used offline | D．right tools are helpful for studying |
| A．Parents. | B．Students. | C．Doctors. | D．Patients. |
In North China, there are many traditional dishes, and the steamed bun, or “mantou”, is very common.
The most famous flower bun is from Wenxi County in Shanxi Province, called the Wenxi “huamo”. This bun has a long history that goes back over 1,300 years and was recognized as a part of our national intangible cultural heritage in 2008. The locals in Wenxi use simple tools, such as scissors and chopsticks, to craft buns into the shapes of flowers, fruits, and even birds.
Liu Danmei is a creative young chef from Hebei Province.
| A．These flower buns are more than just food. |
| B．Flower buns play a big role in celebrations. |
| C．Making a Wenxi “huamo” is a hard process. |
| D．Now people can buy these buns in the supermarket. |
| E．Not all families will eat huamo during their festivals. |
| F．She has turned these traditional steamed buns into works of art. |
| G．Nowadays, people create buns in different shapes and colors to show their good wishes. |
【推荐1】As the world of technology is developing very fast, it brings out exciting new inventions which are building a better future. From e-books to robots, the newest inventions are pushing the boundaries (边界) of what we thought was possible. In this article, there are some of these amazing new inventions. Let’s find out the latest and greatest inventions that are shaping our future.
Smart Schoolbag
Forget to pack the books you need into your schoolbag in the morning huh?
A schoolboy aged 11 has invented a schoolbag. It tells you which books to pack. A small computer and a scanner (扫描装置) are fixed in the bag. As each book is put into the bag, it is checked by the scanner. If any book is missing, a message will be shown on the computer screen to remind you.
Weather Sweets
Can you eat weather?
A university makes that happen. It uses a 3D printer to create sweets based on the weather information of a certain day.
The shapes of the sweets are affected (影响) by wind speed. The colors of the sweets are decided by temperature. The sweets act as a weather record of the day when they are made.
Sunrise Bed
It’s hard for you to get up in the morning, isn’t it?
To help you get up, a company has created a kind of “future”—a sunrise bed. It wakes you up gently as a sunrise does. Lights built into the bed turn on and start to get brighter and brighter. When the lights are fully on, soft music will begin to play. It will be louder and louder until you turn it off. The company explains, “The gentle light tells your body that it is morning, so it stops producing a chemical that helps you sleep.”
It’s exciting to think about all the amazing new inventions that are changing our world. These new technologies are making life easier, more fun and more connected and they make the future look bright.
1. According to the passage, the Smart Schoolbag can _______.| A．help you repair computers |
| B．tell you when to pack books |
| C．teach you how to fix scanners |
| D．remind you of the missing books |
| A．The Smart Schoolbag scans books all by itself. |
| B．Wind speed can decide the colors of Weather Sweets. |
| C．People create a better future with these new technologies. |
| D．The gentle light of Sunrise Bed helps people to sleep. |
| A．Introduction of the newest inventions. |
| B．Importance of technology companies. |
| C．Purpose of changing our world. |
| D．Development of smart schools. |
【推荐2】You’re going to high school, aren’t you? Maybe you don’t know what to do. Well, here’s a list of the top six things to do when you’re in high school. These things will give you ideas of what your high school life could be like. Here you go!
①Find your passion(激情) and what kind of person you are. Whether it’s dance, basketball, or drawing, the important thing is that you have found something you are interested in.
②Talk to people you wouldn’t usually talk to. Meet new people, find new friends and even talk to people you don’t like. It will show what a great person you are. You never know what will happen after high school.
③Take part in at least one contest. This will give you tears of laughter, happiness and memories.
④Get a job. This will help you see what it’s like to have responsibility(责任). It can also help you make a little money to spend on yourself.
⑤Take a trip with your friends. It doesn’t matter where you go or what you do. The memories will happen on the way and go on till the final place.
⑥Do your best at school. Don’t ever get lazy. Working hard now will help you in the future.
1. The writer mainly tells you six things you should do __________.| A．in your high school years | B．at the beginning of your high school years |
| C．before your high school begins | D．after you finish your high school |
| A．you will feel sorry if not | B．it will show how great you are |
| C．you can show how clever you are | D．it can make you study better |
| A．get lots of tears | B．have a strong body |
| C．get good grades in high school | D．have different feelings and memories |
| A．Find your interest. | B．Get a job. |
| C．Take a trip with your friends. | D．Get lazy. |
| A．Have a happy school life. | B．How to get along with your schoolmates. |
| C．Ideas of successful high school life. | D．Make your school life easy. |
The Spring Festival is on February 10th this year! Boys and girls like it very much because they don’t go to school in the Spring Festival. They can have new clothes and lucky money. And they can eat jiaozi, yuanxiao, hamburgers, milk, ice-cream, chicken…, but jiaozi is their favorite food.
But some boys and girls in Liangshan, Sichuan are not happy. They don’t have nice food and warm clothes. Some of them can’t see their parents. Their parents can’t go home because they are busy with their work. So the boys and girls need much help. Do you want to help them? Please call us at 0834-3200950.
1. This year, the Spring Festival is on ______.| A．January 18th | B．January 24th | C．February 20th | D．February 10th |
| A．must go to school | B．can’t go home |
| C．don’t go to school | D．must help their parents |
| A．milk | B．jiaozi | C．hamburgers | D．yuanxiao |
| A．parents | B．nice food | C．warm clothes | D．B and C |
| A．they need much help | B．they don’t have money |
| C．they are busy with work | D．they don’t want to go home |
