In the future, “smart clothes” are used not only for covering your body, but for many other kinds of uses. Some kinds of “smart clothes” have come into the market.
An English company has developed a cloth keyboard. You can put it onto your pants. You can control you computer with it easily anywhere. If it gets dirty, the keyboard can be washed and even ironed.
As the technology improves, “smart clothes” will get much smarter. Researchers are developing such a kind of clothes. They may show your body temperature and heat you up before you feel cold. Other smart clothes to wear are special medical ones. They can tell the doctor when you are in danger. Jackets with GPS technology can keep you from getting lost. New smart clothes will even be able to adjust to your moods.
People have begun to love the idea. Maybe “smart clothes” will one day be common on Paris’ streets — and even in your own home.
1. The underlined word “it” means ________.
| A．the computer | B．a pair of pants |
| C．the cloth keyboard | D．cloth |
| A．they may adjust to your moods |
| B．they may heat you up before you feel cold |
| C．they can tell the doctor when you are in danger |
| D．all of the above |
| A．国民生产总值 | B．全球定位系统 | C．国内生产总值 | D．物价指数 |
| A．“Smart Clothes” in the Market |
| B．“Smart Clothes” on Paris’ Streets |
| C．“Smart Clothes” for the Future |
| D．“Smart Clothes” with Keyboard |
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More than 60 years after scientists made big discoveries about the structure of DNA, 20 students at US Coretta Scott King Young Women’s Leadership Academy gained insight（了解）into some of the molecular（分子的）mysteries that make them who they are.
Last fall, while studying life sciences, the girls sent samples（样本）of their DNA off to Living DNA, a DNA testing company. The test results became known last week and they left a big impression on the students, who were able to make real-world connections to topics they have been studying all semester long, including genotypes（基因型）.
“Students were able to maturely（成熟地）look at their results and apply what they learned in science. It’s about bringing learning to life,” said Laura Pena, the STEM program teacher.
For most of the girls, the DNA test was their ancestry（血统）. Sitting with her mom, Amariah Caudle, 15, looked with her mouth wide open at the charts showing her results. She was surprised that her European ancestry was only 13 percent. Her mother, Janell Caudle, was surprised it was that high.
“I didn’t think a trace（痕迹）would show up in her,” she said. “After many generations, this is still showing up in our bloodline（血统）. I was shocked by the science of it all.”
DNA has a power to engage people, said Diahan Southard, Living DNA community manager. Southard believes the program gives students an understanding of DNA at an important moment, when they are still young enough to absorb lessons and change their values.
Elianed Guzman, 14, said she knew little about her family except that they were from Mexico. She described in her native Spanish how surprised she was to learn that she shared genetic DNA with people in China, Japan and Korea.
As the girls sat in small groups to examine their results, with reactions ranging from confusion to surprise, they began to understand what it all means.
“Now I know I have family from everywhere,” said Amariah.
1. Scientists made big discoveries about the structure of DNA possibly________.| A．in the 1910s | B．in the 1930s | C．in the 1950s | D．in the 1990s |
| A．Anxious. | B．Doubtful. | C．Impressed. | D．Calm. |
| A．People had the opportunity to test their DNA. | B．The European trace showed up in Amariah’s DNA. |
| C．Amariah possibly had European ancestry. | D．Amariah shared genetic DNA with people from Asia. |
| A．It helps students understand their DNAs. | B．It has a great power to bring people together. |
| C．It will change their students’ DNAs. | D．It should be introduced to more people around the country. |
| A．People need to accept who they are. | B．We should learn more about family history. |
| C．People’s personalities can be explained by their bloodlines. | D．People from all over the world are connected with each other. |
| A．Our amazing past | B．Our amazing present | C．Our amazing future | D．Our past, present and future |
【推荐2】A small cloud moves slowly through the air in a hospital operating room（手术室）. In the room a patient with cancer lies on a table. The cloud is all around the patient, covering her body and filling her lungs. The cloud is not smoke. It is made of million of nano-robots（纳米机器人）. These tiny robots move from cell（细胞）to cell in the patients’ body, killing the cancer.
Fighting cancer with nano-robots is only an idea today but scientists say that it could be possible in the the future. Using nano-robots for good purpose such as fighting the illness or repairing the environment may be the way to many of today’s problems. In the future, scientists at Rutgers University believe that nano-robots will help operation because it is the transporter of biological elements such as DNA and proteins.
However, nano-robots cloud be a dangerous risk as well. Because nano-robots are so tiny, they will have to work in large teams of many thousands to many millions. For this reason, nano-robots will have to be programmed to build themselves. Scientists will not have the ability to build millions of nano-robots one by one.
This ability to re-produce is making some scientists worried. What will happen if something goes wrong in the programming? Quite a lot of crazy nano-robots would be far worse than any illness. Some people think that if they get out of control, nano-robots could make the Earth gone.
What should be done? Should we continue researching nano-robots or should we search for other methods? This is one of the many difficult decisions that we have to make in the future.
1. What is the cloud in the passage?| A．Smoke in the air |
| B．Millions of nano-robots |
| C．Something full of drops of water |
| D．Clothes to cover a patient |
| A．Fighting cancer with nano-robots |
| B．Moving from cell to cell |
| C．Killing the cancer |
| D．Repairing the environment |
| A．Nano-robots can’t be programmed to build themselves. |
| B．Something may go wrong in the programming. |
| C．Scientists have to build millions of nano-robots one by one. |
| D．Nano-robots in large teams may be out of control. |
| A．He agrees to the idea. | B．He disagree to the idea. |
| C．He doesn’t talk about his opinion. | D．He is crazy about it. |
| A．Future Robots | B．The Ways to Fight Cancer |
| C．Nano-robots in Use | D．A Cloud of Hope and Danger |
【推荐3】Many people know that robots do hard and dangerous things. But did you know that there are many other kinds of robots and they do much more than that? Let’s meet some of these robots and find out what they do.
Social robots are very popular. Wakamaru, a Japanese robot, is helpful to elderly and disabled (残疾的) people. It can be programmed to help people remember to take their medicine, and it can also call for help in an emergency (紧急情况). Robovie Ⅱ is a social robot that helps people go shopping.
Domestic (家用的) robots are very popular today. They will help you clean your house. With their help, you’ll have more time to enjoy life.
Medical robots are very important in modern medicine. With the da Vinci Surgical System, the doctor sits several feet away from the patient and controls the robot’s every move. The HeartLander can do heart operation. Thanks to robotics makers, disabled people can have robotic hands that work like human hands.
Service robots help in emergencies. The VGTV is a small robot that is used to help search for people who are trapped (受困的) under fallen buildings. It can change its shape to go into small spaces.
Explorer robots are very useful too. The Groundwater Voyager makes maps of underwater environments. Some robots can work in space easily. They have successfully explored planets like Mars, Venus and Jupiter, where they were controlled by humans on the earth through remote control (遥控).
Amazing, right? What will future robots do?
1. What do we know about Wakamaru?| A．It is made in China. | B．It is a medical robot. |
| C．It can help people go shopping. | D．It can help people remember to take their medicine. |
| A．It can do heart operation. | B．It can find heart problems. |
| C．It can work like a human heart. | D．It can send heart photos to doctors. |
| A．Robovie Ⅱ. | B．The VGTV. |
| C．The da Vinci. | D．The Groundwater Voyager. |
| A．引导 | B．创造 | C．探索 | D．考验 |
| A．introduce some robots |
| B．explain how robots are made |
| C．encourage people to use robots more |
| D．imagine what future robots can do |
Job-hopping does good to workers because every change of a job gives them a chance to get better pay. And job-hopping also gives bosses the chance to get new ideas and skills from him or her.
1. From this passage, we can see Americans often travel to ____________.
| A．have dinner with their friends | B．go shopping |
| C．watch a football game | D．enjoy themselves |
| A．About 20% of the people stay in one place for over five years. |
| B．Children have to finish middle school in one place. |
| C．People go to the nearest college. |
| D．When people begin to work, they don’t move any more. |
| A．looking for a job | B．having a job |
| C．changing jobs often | D．losing a job |
| A．is very popular |
| B．helps young people go to college |
| C．helps workers in traveling |
| D．helps students begin to work |
| A．does good only to the workers |
| B．does good only to the boss |
| C．must be stopped |
| D．is helpful |
【推荐2】YINCHUAN-In the local Tanglai Hui Primary School, 12-year-old Duan Jiayang learns the skills required to take care of vegetable fields. “I learned how to place the mulch film (地膜),” says Jiayang, “It’s not easy.”
In China, many parents place heavy importance on their children’s good results, while vocational (职业的) skills have little been cared. “Some parents do everything for their children,” says Yan Mei, an official of the primary school, adding that many students are short of the basic skills needed in their daily lives.
Therefore, when it comes to the May Day holiday, students of various grades at Jiayang’s school work together in the fields. They plant watermelon, carrot, corn and other crops.
“We will ask students to get involved in the whole process (过程) of the plants’ growth,” Yan says. “Life-skill education is not simply about working in the fields, but also experiencing and observing (观察) life. The school hopes that students will get to know how valuable food is so that they will better understand the hardship their parents went through,” Yan adds.
On a campus of the No. 21 Primary School in Yinchuan, students are attending a special life-skill class: how to make steamed buns. “I really love my life-skill course,” Lian Yan says. “We can learn to make steamed buns and grow plants here.”
Children usually just study at home and doing chores is an unhappy task, says a mother of a student in the school. “Vocational courses turn such ‘tasks’ into an interest, and then a hobby, and finally a life skill,” she says. “It will be a good thing for their future.”
1. What does Duan Jiayang think of that activity?| A．Boring. | B．Easy. | C．Difficult. | D．Interesting. |
| A．Children’s life skills. | B．Children’s high marks. |
| C．Teachers’ teaching skills. | D．Children’s interests. |
| A．take care of | B．pay attention to | C．get away from | D．take part in |
| A．Students can only learn to plant in vocational courses. |
| B．Schools want students to learn to go through hardship. |
| C．More and more students start to do chores at home now. |
| D．The courses are not only good for now, but also good for students’ future. |
| A．Youths Get a Lesson in Life through Skills Course. |
| B．Basic Skills Bring Great Success to Youths’ Future. |
| C．Vocational Courses Help Youths to Learn Better in School. |
| D．Parents’ Hope for Children’s Good Results in School. |
【推荐3】What will your life be like in the future?
6G
The most important thing is that 6G will integrate (融合) the real world and the virtual (虚拟的) one around 2030 according to the news. The study of 6G will be started by around 2025 and will be put into use around 2030.
Driverless vehicles (无人驾驶汽车)
Huawei wants to make vehicles driverless by 2025. Huawei told of this idea in April 2021. It is said that its vehicle can go by itself for 1,000 kilometers. Huawei said the vehicles would become driverless between 2025 and 2030. The vehicles will become smart, and it is possible for people to do anything they want in the vehicles.
The Third Eye
People can wear a high-tech (高科技的) third eye on their heads. It can tell you if there are obstacles as you walk when your real eyes watch your smartphone. Maybe you can buy it next year. You may have seen people falling into water because of looking at their phones. Well, thanks to the Third Eye, you’ll be able to send e-mails or watch videos (视频) as you walk.
1. When will the study of 6G be started by?| A．2022. | B．2030. | C．2025. | D．2035. |
| A．6G can make the world more real. |
| B．6G can make people enjoy the Internet less. |
| C．6G can make the real world and the virtual world integrated. |
| D．6G will make everything become slower. |
| A．make you drive cars more carefully | B．make you look smart when walking |
| C．help you make videos | D．make you safer |
| A．We can do many things in the driverless vehicles. |
| B．The Third Eye is not a real eye. |
| C．The driverless vehicle can drive by itself as far as you want. |
| D．People can wear the Third Eye on their heads. |
