Have you ever cut, copied and pasted (粘贴) something on a computer? What about opening a file (文件) by clicking on it? These ideas and technologies were created by Larry Tesler, an American computer scientist.
Larry Tesler was born on 24th April 1945. He had a strong interest in computers in his early years. In high school, he started to show his talent for numbers. His teacher noticed it and told Tesler that his skill could be used in computer science. Tesler then became interested in computers and joined a programme where he could spend half an hour of computer time each week. During that time, he taught himself programming before he went to college! Eight years after graduating from Stanford University, Tesler took a job at Xerox’s Palo Alto Research Centre (PARC), where he developed “cut”, “copy” and “paste”. Before his creation, people would edit (编辑) a text by physically cutting parts of printed text and gluing them elsewhere.
Tesler also got the idea that a user should be able to open a file by simply clicking on it. He hoped to make it easier for people to use computers.
Besides, Tesler realized the cheaper and better personal computer would be popular in the market, so he decided to push for low-cost computers. It turned out to be such a wise decision.
Tesler developed many new and creative programs and made life easier for many people. Sadly, the great scientist passed away on 17th February 2020 at the age of 75. However, he will always be remembered, for the great contributions(贡献) he made to society.
1. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to? (第二段 it 指代什么)2. How did Tesler learn programming?
3. Translate the underlined sentence in the last paragraph into Chinese. (把最后一段划线句子翻译成汉语）
4. Give the text a proper title. (给这篇文章起个合适的题目)
5. Do you think Larry Tesler is creative and great? Why? (至少列举两个事实来说明）
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【推荐1】A British man has learned the skills needed to perform Beijing Opera, making the audience (观众) enjoy his lively performance of the Monkey King.
Ghaffar Pourazar, born in Iran, said he has been a big fan of Bruce Lee since he was a child and is full of interest about China. In 1993, he happened to watch Beijing Opera performed in London by professionals from Jingju Theatre Company of Beijing. Ghaffar said he fell in love with the beautiful voices, colorful costurnes, excellent shows and so on. So after one year, he arrived in China alone and became a student of Beijing Opera at a Beijing school.
At the age of 32, he had to learn with teenage students every day, staring from the most basic training of the legs and waist (腰). At the time, he was mostly troubled by the dialogue in Beijing Opera. To him, it was the biggest obstacle. But he never gave up.
Four years later, he began to learn to perform the Monkey King, a traditional character from the Chinese classic story Journey to the West. He said he arrived at the workroom an hour earlier than other performers and also bought books and CDs to better understand the character.
Ghaffar today is not only good at speaking Beijing dialect (方言) but has also built fame for Beijing Opera. He once got a top international prize for performing the Monkey King.
To help more people enjoy Beijing Opera, Ghaffar often teaches the traditional art form in schools in the United States, Britain and other countries. When he found that the language was difficult to understand, he started to translate Beijing Opera song lyrics. Ghaffar led a group of actors to perform 66 times in a month and a half in the United States. He also led a 48-member team to perform in Malaysia. In the past 10 years, he has performed in more than 400 shows.
任务一：
1. 请根据文章内容填上合适的单词。
In the year
任务二：
2. 请根据文章内容猜测第三段中划线单词obstacle的汉语意思。
任务三：
3. Please give two examples about how Ghaffar help more people enjoy Beijing Opera in the passage.
任务四：
4. 请在空格处填上相应的字母代号。
The passage is most probably from the part of ______ in a newspaper.
| A．sports | B．culture | C．education |
I’m Dave. My mum and I went to the countryside to visit my grandma last weekend. I was always happy to go to my grandma’s home, because I could have a good time there.
In the countryside, I had a lot of good friends. On Saturday, we did a lot of interesting things. We played hide-and-seek (捉迷藏), swam and went fishing. We enjoyed ourselves.But things didn’t always go well. On Sunday, my friends and I went to a hill behind the village. Soon, we climbed to the top of the hill. We began to play hide-and-seek happily. In the afternoon, we were so tired that we fell asleep on the grass. Suddenly, Zack shouted. We woke up and ran to him. He showed a red swelling (肿) on his face to us. And then we found a wasp (黄蜂) flying around. At once we knew what happened to Zack—he was stung (蜇) by the wasp. We were worried about him. So we took him to my grandma. She helped him. Luckily, his face got well soon.
1. Where did Dave go last weekend?
2. Why was Dave happy to go there?
3. What did Dave do on the hill on Sunday morning?
4. What do you think of Dave’s last weekend and why? Please give at least (至少) two reasons.
【推荐3】Lola and her family have been homeless since she was 3 years old. Over the years, they have moved more than 15 times to different shelters(收容所) around New York City.
Her family often had to move very far. As a result, Lola had to travel more than two hours each way to get to and from school. At school, Lola hid her homelessness from teachers and other students. She was embarrassed, and she didn’t want to be treated differently than other kids.
In 6th grade, Lola discovered a way to deal with some of her stress. She began studying dance at her middle school, and she loved it.
“It was a way for me to express myself, instead of just holding everything in,” she explains.
Dancing became an even more important part of Lola’s life in high school. She went to a school for the arts. In 10th grade, she joined a dance company for teens.
But things were not going well for Lola at school. She did poorly on her schoolwork. One of the main reasons was that she was often late or absent. As the second-oldest of six kids, Lola often had to take care of her younger sisters and brothers. She helped them get ready in the morning and took them to school. Her sisters and brothers would be on time but Lola would be late.
That changed the summer after 11th grade. Lola decided to become successful, no matter what. Lola made up(弥补) the work that she had missed, and she graduated from high school. No one in Lola’s family had gone to college before. But Lola went to the State University of New York at Potsdam.
Leaving family isn’t easy, but Lola is excited about her future. She wants to be a doctor for kids and to teach dance to children who have disabilities.
“I’m so thankful for where I am,” says Lola. “I can’t wait to do much more.”
1. How did Lola feel about her homelessness at school?2. When did Lola start to dance?
3. Why was Lola often late or absent in high school?
4. Who was the first person in Lola’s family to go to college?
5. What does Lola want to be in the future?
For the past 20 years, the Touching China(感动中国) annual people award has honored people from all walks of life across the country. They are people who warm our hearts with their actions. This year, Yang Zhenning is chosen for it.
No matter where he has been, he has always had his motherland in mind. In 1957, Yang was studying in the US. He and another Chinese student, Tsung-dao Lee came up with a physics theory together. Months later, the two won the Nobel Prize in Physics for their theory. Their achievement proved that Chinese scientists could be on the global frontier(前沿).
However, the “frozen(冻结)” Sino-US(中美) relations prevented Chinese scientists who received doctoral degrees(博士学位) in the US from returning to China. Then, in 1971, Yang finally got the chance to return to China for a visit. Later, Yang sold a house in the US, donating the money to Tsinghua University. In 2003, Yang returned to China and also taught at Tsinghua.
Under his influence, many overseas Chinese returned to China to make contributions to our great country, such as Turing Award winner Yao Qizhi and physicist Wu Xiaogang.
1. Why are these people honored?(不超过10个词)2. When did Yang return to China and teach at Tsinghua?(不超过5个词)
3. What can we learn from Yang?(不超过15个词)
【推荐2】Hunan, a province in Central China, is the birthplace of China’s greatest thinkers, scientists and leaders.
Wei Yuan (1794-1857) was born in Shaoyang, Hunan. He was the first Chinese thinker in modern times to open his mind to the outside world. In his best-known work Haiguo Tuzhi, Wei Yuan began to look at what could be learned from western countries.
Mao Zedong (1893-1976) was born in Shaoshan, which has become one of the country’s most popular red tourism spots (景点). Mao spent his childhood in Shaoshan. He went on to join and lead the Communist Party (共产党) of China. He played a central role in the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949.
Yuan Longing (1930-2021) was a scientist. He began to research the rice production after graduating from college. He was the first person in the world to develop hybrid rice. And the hybrid rice increased the rice production. This helped solve the problem of worldwide hunger. Yuan and his team successfully developed technologies for producing indica rice, helping China become the world’s leading rice producer.
| Great People in Hunan | Wei Yuan | •Born in Shaoyang and the first Chinese •Opening his mind to the outside world •Beginning to look at what could be learned from |
| Mao Zedong | •Born in Shaoshan and one of the leading •Spending his •Joining the Chinese Communist Party when young | |
| Yuan Longping | •Researching the rice production after graduating from college •Developing hybrid rice and indica rice •Making China the world’s |
Thomas Edison made more than 1,000 inventions in his life. (A)他的许多发明已经改变了世界。His first invention was a vote recorder (投票记录器) in 1869. This machine allowed people to place a vote by pressing a button instead of saying “Yes” or “No”. (B)H_________, American government officials did not like Edison’s invention because they preferred to call out their votes.
Then Edison started a company with his friend, Franklin Pope. (C)_____________ _As a result of hard work, he invented telegraph to print the price of gold and silver. He sold it to Western Union Company for $15,000.
With some of the money Edison started his own company. Next he invented a stock ticker. (D)___________ _.
Edison used this money to open a shop in Newark in the state of New Jersey. In 1875, Edison and his family moved to Menlo Park in the same state. There he built his own laboratory.
1. 将(A)处画线部分译成英语：
2. 根据首字母提示，在(B)处填写一个适当的单词：
3. 将(C)处画线部分连词成句：
4. 将(D)处画线部分译成汉语：
5. 回答问题：Which state of America does Menlo Park belong to?
