The moment the alarm goes off in the morning, the battle between children and parents starts. “Pack your bag quickly!” “Have you collected all your books?” “Hurry up or you will be late!” The shouts of impatience are in our cars. Being too slow to pack up a schoolbag or missing books creates a problem for us students. To solve this problem, we invented a smart schoolbag called “Zhi An Qi”.
We wanted to make our schoolbag easy to use. With a single click, it can show which books inside and which ones haven’t been added according to our daily plans.
To scan（扫描）many books at a time we researched available technologies, which we found, didn’t meet our needs. However, What the librarian was doing interested us. Using a machine to scan a number of books, he could see the returned books on the computer right away. What he used was radio frequency identification（RFID，射频识别）! We were overjoyed and quickly made a plan. Soon everyone got his task. With the whole team’s work, we designed the basic functions（功能）of the smart schoolbag and successfully applied for a patent（专利）.
Only making a model didn’t satisfy us. What we wanted was to turn it into a real product. To this end, we began writing business plans and communicating with businessmen. In the next step, we will continue to improve it and make it possible for different sizes of bags.
“Of course, the process was quite difficult, as it was our first time to develop a product,” said one team member. “But if you keep going, you will find that all the storms will pass, and finally all the efforts will bring you success.”
1. The first paragraph is mainly written to explain ________.| A．how parents got along with their kids | B．how kids packed up a schoolbag |
| C．how kids felt about the school mornings | D．how the idea of the invention started |
| A．the technologies on the Internet | B．the way the librarian works |
| C．the advice of a team member | D．the communication with businessmen |
| A．have made perfect products | B．get much help from teachers |
| C．are simply school students | D．think of another new invention |
| A．strong-minded | B．brave | C．creative | D．patient |
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【推荐1】There are about 3,000 dolphins living in ocean(海洋) parks around the world. People love watching them. But do they miss their home? The dolphin robot might be able to help them go back to the ocean.
“Edge Innovations, a US company(公司), built a life-like dolphin robot. It acts and sounds like a real dolphin. It can swim for at most 10 hours with enough electricity(电能), ”ABC News reported.
“The company is now bringing these dolphin robots to people. It hopes these dolphin robots will take the place of real dolphins in ocean parks,” according to Daily Mail.
“In fact, people who want to protect animals are worried about the results of keeping wild animals in parks. The animals have to perform for visitors many times a day, as well as learning some lessons. People around the world are doing more to protect wild animals. Parks and circuses(马戏团) in 20 countries cannot have wild animal shows any more,” Reuters reported. “For example, ocean parks in France won’t have dolphin shows in the future. Animal rights(权利) groups say this is ‘a great success’,”the BBC reported.
1. The dolphin robot can ________.| A．bring real dolphins home | B．act like real dolphins |
| C．swim for at least 10 hours | D．work with real dolphins |
| A．Edge Innovations, a US company | B．a real dolphin |
| C．a life-like dolphin robot | D．Daily Mail |
| A．happy | B．excited |
| C．sad | D．bored |
| A．there are few dolphins in parks |
| B．it helps protect dolphins |
| C．people don’t want to watch them |
| D．people like robotic dolphins better |
| A．The life-like dolphin robot can act and sound like a real dolphin. |
| B．The life-like dolphin robot can swim for at most 10 hours without enough electricity. |
| C．The animals have to perform for visitors many times a day in parks. |
| D．To perform for visitors, the animals have to learn some lessons too. |
【推荐2】Each of us shares this planet with seven billion others． People and products need to move from city to city and country to country． However， most cars， motorcycles， boats and planes cause air pollution
Motorcycles are a faster and cheaper way to get around a city than cars．
Planes also cause air and noise pollution．
| A．They developed a solar airplane． |
| B．Designing an environmentally friendly airplane is a real challenge． |
| C．Yet air pollution is a growing problem． |
| D．They are also noisy． |
| E．The Italian city of Venice is a city with only a few roads． |
【推荐3】
Beep! Beep! Barcode (条形码) technology makes it faster and easier to buy things in stores. You’ve probably seen the black-and-white zebra stripes on product packaging (包装). This year, this great invention is 53 years old!
On a Sunday afternoon in 1971, IBM engineer George Laurer came up with a code that could be printed on food labels. It became the basis (基础) for the Universal Product Code, which was used by many fields later, according to The New York Times. Before this, cashiers (收银员) had to change prices by hand.
It turns out to be a great invention. Today, barcodes are scanned (扫描) over 6 billion times every day and used by 2 million companies worldwide, PR Newswire reported.
What information does a barcode have? Where the product comes from, where it has been, its price, expiration date (产品有效期)…you name it. It can also help stores follow the information of their products. For example, if there are 10 boxes of milk and a customer buys one, it will be recorded so that the store owner knows there are nine boxes left. In the 1980s, libraries started using barcodes to keep track of books in this way.
“Its invention allowed companies to control the stock (库存) better and more easily,” José María Bonmatí from AECOC, a Spanish commercial association, told El Mundo.
The next generation of barcodes, such as QR codes, can hold more information. “They can tell consumers (消费者) if a product contains allergens (过敏原) or if it is organic (有机的). This provides consumers with a greater level of trust in the products they buy,” said GS1, an organization that develops global barcode standards.
1. What can we know about barcodes?| A．They were first used in New York. |
| B．They were invented 53 years ago. |
| C．The Universal Product Code was the basis for them. |
| A．tell consumers more about the products they buy |
| B．improve the quality (品质) of food packaging |
| C．help companies better manage their stock |
| A．Barcodes aren’t useful anymore. |
| B．QR codes are more consumer-friendly. |
| C．GS1 is developing a new kind of barcode. |
| A．Harmful. | B．Beautiful. | C．Convenient. |
Guess what? I have a chance to choose my new place to live in! I’m excited and a little nervous. Could you please give me some help?
I’m not sure whether I will live in a house or in an apartment. On the one hand, a house will be too big for just one person, so maybe I should rent an apartment. On the other hand, if I rent a house, I could find someone else to share with me. The only problem is that a house full of people might be too noisy for me. I prefer to have my own space. The city has some nice apartments, but they are also too expensive. However, if I could find a two-bedroom apartment and get a roommate, that would make it more affordable. I just need to search for a roommate who is neat and quiet. You know I can’t live with someone who is loud and messy(凌乱的). I don’t have a car, so I also need to think carefully about the location. I probably need to look for somewhere near a bus stop or an underground station. That way I will have more time to study and spend less time travelling.
I’m looking forward to your reply.
Love,
Victor
1. Victor feels excited because ________.| A．he has a new house to live in |
| B．he can decide where to live now |
| C．he is going to see his friend Alan |
| D．he helped Alan out with his problem |
| A．neat and quiet | B．messy but outgoing |
| C．neat and loud | D．quiet but messy |
| A．waste money | B．buy a car |
| C．save some money | D．have more time to study |
| A．a two bed-room apartment |
| B．to ask Alan for advice |
| C．to have his own space |
| D．a place with convenient traffic |
| A．观光旅行 | B．路途奔波 | C．广为流传 | D．跋山涉水 |
【推荐2】Look at the three people in the picture. The Chinese boy is Lin Tao. He is 14 years old now. He was born (出生于) in 2007. His birthday is May the tenth. The short boy is Lin Tao’s good friend. They are in the same class. His name is Jack. He is an American boy. He was born in 2004. Mrs. Vera is their English teacher. She is from England. But they don’t know how old she is. When they ask her age, she always says, “It’s a secret (秘密).”
1. Lin Tao’s birthday is on ________.| A．May 10th | B．May 11th | C．April 10th | D．April 11th |
| A．America | B．Japan | C．China | D．England |
| A．11. | B．12. | C．15. | D．17. |
| A．English. | B．Math. | C．Chinese. | D．We don’t know. |
| A．40. | B．30. | C．35. | D．We don’t know. |
【推荐3】It’s Sunday morning. My parents, my uncle, my sisters and I are all at home. My father is sitting near the window. What’s he doing? He’s reading a newspaper. He likes reading newspapers very much. My mother is watering the flowers in the small garden. There are some beautiful flowers in the garden. Some are red, others are yellow. They look nice. My uncle is my mother’s brother. He is a worker. What’s he doing now? He’s watching TV. He’s a basketball fan. And he is good at playing basketball. Now he is watching NBA on TV. Where are my twin sisters? Oh, look! Lily is over there. She is listening to the radio. She likes pop music very much. Lucy is in her room. She has a computer in her bedroom. She is surfing the Internet (上网). What am I doing? I am doing my homework.
1. There are ________ people in the family.| A．five | B．six | C．seven | D．eight |
| A．He’s watching TV. |
| B．He is doing housework. |
| C．He’s reading newspapers. |
| D．He is sleeping. |
| A．watching CBA now |
| B．a teacher |
| C．the father’s brother |
| D．a basketball fan (球迷) |
| A．They are listening to the radio. |
| B．They are surfing the Internet. |
| C．Lily is listening to the radio and Lucy is surfing the Internet. |
| D．Lucy is listening to the radio and Lily is surfing the Internet. |
| A．The writer (作者) is doing his homework. |
| B．There are some red and yellow flowers in the garden. |
| C．The uncle is good at playing basketball. |
| D．Lucy likes pop music very much. |
