WeChat is popular among us, but if someone deletes you or blocks(屏蔽) you on WeChat, does it mean you’ve made him or her angry?
It depends. Maybe you have just left messages too often without much valuable information. For example, the questions are those like “how are you?” “what are you doing?” too often. You know, people may feel bored after answering these kinds of questions over and over again.
Another possible reason may be that you have sent something unpleasant to your friend or in your friend circle. I just blocked one of my middle school classmates yesterday because she was trying to sell fake goods in the friend circle, and I hate it quite much.
Some people delete the one’s name from friends list because they no longer want to see it and they don’t want the one to see their “Moments(动态)” in their friend circle (maybe they publish very private pictures of life or thoughts they don’t want to share with him or her).
So why you are blocked may depend on his or her mood or preference, and the reasons a person gets blocked are various from person to person. So I advise you to write an e-mail or make a phone call to that person if he or she really means a lot to you to see why he or she is dissatisfied with you, and to find out how you can make up for the case.
1. How many reasons of being deleted or blocked are mentioned in the passage?2. Why do some people delete the one’s name from friends list?
3. If you are blocked, what should you do?
4. 将划线句子people may feel bored after answering these kinds of questions over and over again翻译成汉语。
5. 用英语给文章拟一个适当的题目。
If you look at the top of your phone, you’ll usually see a little symbol that says 3G or 4G. The “G” stands for the “generation” of your mobile network. But these symbols will become things of the past after 5G fully arrives.
On March 30th, 2019, Shanghai vice-mayor Wu Qing made the first 5G video call on a Huawei Mate X smart phone, CGTN reported. Shanghai has also become the first city in China to start testing 5G networks.
Now, 4 G takes about 100 to 200 milliseconds (毫秒) to send and receive data (数据). But 5G will get it down to 1 millisecond or less. This big change will not only make our mobile Internet faster, it can be used in many other ways as well
For example, 5G will help to make self-driving cars safer. Today’s self-driving test cars have one problem: lag. When the cat “sees” an obstacle (障碍物), it sends this information to a data center and receives instructions. However, it takes time to send and receive this information. With this kind of lag, the cars might crash (撞击) because they don’t receive instructions in time. With 5G, this lag will be greatly lowered, making the cars safer, according to CNN.
5G could also be used to make the Internet of Things (IOT) more powerful. This refers to a large online network that connects all things and people. Fast Internet speeds will be the key to developing this technology. For example, with IOT under 5G, your fridge could automatically (自动地) order eggs online when it finds that there are no eggs left inside.
All in all, 5G will shape every type of technology that it touches. And you won’t have to wait too long for that to happen.
1. From Paragraph 2, we can know that ________.| A．5G is widely used in Shanghai |
| B．it cost lots of money to test 5G |
| C．China is working on its 5G networks |
| A．延迟 | B．迷路 | C．暂停 |
| A．describe the importance of IOT |
| B．encourage people to try the new product |
| C．show 5G would make IOT more powerful |
| A．Can 5G Go Far? |
| B．How is 5G Changing Our Life? |
| C．5G is on the Way |
An Activity for Reading
By: CCTV Department of Education
This activity is developed by reading experts for you to use with children. Doing the activity with your children helps you develop their reading skills while having fun at the same time. If the reader finishes one book and asks for another, you know you are succeeding!
We wish you spend wonderful hours of reading with children! This summer holiday, we will invite some families to the program “Readers” to read aloud poems or books you like, and share your reading experience.
Activity: Read to me
It’s important to read to your child, but equally important to listen to them to read to you.
What you will need: Books at your child’s reading level!
What to do:
▲Read good books to your child. Parents who read aloud to their children are developing their interests and skills in reading. Encourage your children to listen, express their ideas, and ask questions.
▲Take turns. You read a paragraph and let your child read the next one. If your child becomes easier with reading aloud, you can ask him or her to read a full passage.
▲Listen carefully as your child reads. Listening to your child will encourage them to practise reading. Besides, this is another way to enjoy reading together.
▲If your child has trouble reading words, you can help him or her in some ways.
• Ask the child to jump over the word and read the rest, then try to guess the meaning of the missing word.
• Guide your child to use what he or she knows about letter sounds.
• Tell your child that you are proud of his or her hard working.
Learn more: Visit http//www. tv. cctv. com
1. The activity “Read to me” is produced by ________.| A．the experts | B．the readers | C．some parents |
| A．listen to your child read |
| B．read good books to your child |
| C．stop reading when meeting new words |
| A．write to CCTV for help |
| B．ask the reading experts for help |
| C．visit the website of CCTV |
| A．parents can only read to their children. |
| B．“Read to me” is a way to enjoy reading together. |
| C．parents had better offer their child the same books. |
4 . If you are someone who prefers everything to be perfectly clean and 100% germ-free, you might see the door handles (把手) as something unclean. Of course, a lot of people use them very often and it cannot be avoided. So you may have to either clean them every week or even every day, or just put up with it.
The good news is that someone has invented something that can solve the problem we talk about above. Sum Ming Wong and Kin Pong Li, two students coming from the University of Hong Kong, found out quite a while ago that using titanium oxide (氧化钛) is a very successful way to kill germs. They also noticed that it works better with the help of UV light, a kind of ray. The two students designed a special handle which can clean itself without any help.
“We know that people can get a lot of illnesses by touching, such as SARS, MERS and COVID-19,” said the students. “Nowadays, people use chemical cleaning materials to clean up public areas, but they are harmful to the human body. Our invention is very safe. It can be used for a long period of time and work very well” They also said that they got this idea mainly from the SARS war which involved more than 8,000 people all over the world and caused over 700 deaths in China.
1. 回答问题Why do people see door handles as something dirty?2. 汉语释义，写出画线单词 “germ-free” 的汉语意思。
3. 汉语释义，选出画线短语 “put up with” 的汉语意思。________
| A．清理干净 | B．张贴 | C．容忍 |
5. 列举这个特别的把手的两个优点。
(1)
(2)
6. 根据短文内容，完成句子。(1)限填1词，(2)限填8词。
(1) The disadvantage of chemical cleaning materials is that they’re
(2) Paragraph Two is mainly about
5 . Each year, the Consumer Electronics Show, or CES, presents new technology developments across many industries. Here are some of the most interesting products introduced at CES 2020.
The Sero TV Samsung introduced a TV that can be used to watch videos designed for a smart phone. The Sero TV does this by turning itself from the normal TV position (位置) to an upright position that looks like the shape of a phone. The TV is already on sale in South Korea. |
A sitting Segway Segway people movers have been around for years, but the company just announced its new S-Pod model. The pod looks like a small chair with wheels. It was designed to be used in areas like airports, amusement parks and shopping malls. |
Smart waste can A company called TOWNEW presented a waste can that does a lot of dirty work on its own. When the can is full, the user touches a button to activate (使……运作) the machine’s smart abilities. The device then completely closes off the waste bag inside and puts a new one in place, all by itself. Then the can raises its top so the user can pick up the bag and throw it away. |
Motion Pillow People who snore (打呼噜) can be noisy. This smart pillow was designed by a company called Tenminds to collect information about the sleeper’s head position and breathing during the night. The system then uses this data to change the shape of the pillow, with the help of built-in air bags. The idea is that by changing the pillow, the sleeper’s head will move just enough to improve airflow through the nose and reduce snoring. |
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(1) The Sero TV
(2) A sitting Segway
(3) Smart waste can
(4) Motion Pillow
2. 写出画线单词 “itself” 所指代的内容。
3. 根据短文内容，完成句子。
In order to make the smart waste can work, the user needs to
4. 找出与“The data is used to change the shape of the pillow.” 意思相同或相近的句子。
5. 回答问题What information can Motion Pillow collect about the sleeper?
6 . The start of a new school year is always exciting. This year was even more so for some students at White Cloud Primary School. They became the world’s first kids to be “taught” by an electronic teacher. This electronic teacher is not a human-like robot walking around the classroom. Instead, he is a computer-created head that appears, when needed, on students’ computer or phone screens. His name is Bill.
Created by technology company Smart Machines, Bill is able to show human-like behavior. He is designed to teach a special program about environmental-friendly power created by the sun and wind. This program, started in 2005, used to be taught by human teachers.
Just like human teachers, Bill is able to immediately respond to the students’ questions and opinions about the topic quickly. Thanks to computer cameras, he is also able to see and react (反应) to students’ physical actions. For example, if a student smiles at Bill, he responds by smiling back. This two-way exchange helps get the students’ attention. More importantly, it allows the program developers to improve Bill’s behavior and knowledge base (库).
The program has been a great success, according to Smart Machines Spokesman Robert Frost. Frost says, “What is interesting to me is the children’s reaction to Bill. He really captures their attention.” Frost thinks kids don’t find the experience of being taught by smart machines as strange as older people because they have grown up in a time of computers and smart phones.
Maybe human educators will lose their jobs soon because of Bill. But his talking head’s knowledge base is not large. More importantly, even the smartest computer programs can’t guess and react to all the unexpected situations that educators face daily. Bill’s future might be providing kids with one on-one help for different subjects and topics.
1. Bill is ________.| A．a student | B．a kind of computer game |
| C．a human-like robot | D．a computer-created head |
| A．It lets them correct students’ mistakes. |
| B．It helps Bill to reply more quickly. |
| C．It helps them know how to improve Bill. |
| D．It helps them study students’ body language. |
| A．getting students’ attention | B．understanding body language |
| C．replying to students’ questions | D．dealing with unexpected situations |
| A．work as human classroom teachers |
| B．encourage students’ interest in computers |
| C．give students personal help with different subjects |
| D．watch over the behavior of the students in the class room |
| A．Bill can show human-like behavior. |
| B．The experience of being taught by smart machines isn’t strange to kids. |
| C．Bill’s knowledge base is large enough. |
| D．If you smile at Bill, he will smile back. |
7 . Like many other countries around the world, China hopes to explore the moon. It has already done so with several probes (探测器) and lunar rover (月球车). But it has even bigger plans to put a man on the moon in the near future.
Yang Liwei, China’s first man in space, said that it will “not take long” for a manned mission (任务) to get official agreement and money support, according to the Xinhua News Agency.
China’s space program is still young compared to those of the United States and Russia. But it has already made great achievements in exploring the moon. Its moon mission began with Chang’e 1, an unmanned orbital (轨道) probe that was sent up in October, 2007. It collected data that was used to create a 3-D map of the moon’s surface.
China achieved another achievement with the Chang’e 3 mission. For this mission, China’s first lunar rover, Yutu, successfully landed on the moon.
For China’s space program, it was another great achievement that Chang’e 4, the second lunar rover successfully landed on the moon’s far side, an area that has not yet been explored, in December, 2018.
China will follow Chang’e 4 with a series of other lunar mission. These missions will include taking lunar soil and rock samples, building “moon base”, and hopefully landing a human on the moon’s surface around 2030, according to Zhao Xiaojin, a senior official at the China Academy of Space Technology.
Last year, when Yang Liwei was asked if he had any plans to visit the moon himself, he replied, “If I am given the chance, no problem!” It is likely that many other Chinese share Yang’s excitement about this new stage of China’s space exploration efforts.
1. Which of the following countries may be better than China in space program?| A．Russia. | B．The UK. | C．Canada. |
| A．the first lunar rover and landed on the moon |
| B．the second lunar rover and landed the moon’s far side |
| C．an unmanned orbital probe and began the moon mission |
| A．is China’s first man on the moon |
| B．is worried about China’s future space program |
| C．believes it won’t take long to put a man on the moon for China |
| A．Hope for Future | B．China for Space | C．A Moon Base |
8 . The winter holiday is usually a good time to sleep in. But Gao Yuqi, a 14-year-old boy from Anhui, got up at 7:00 am to run at least 2 kilometers every day during the holiday. In fact, this exercise was part of this homework.
Gao was not alone. Many schools across the country required students to exercise during the winter holiday. Part of the reason is that physical education test scores are now worth more on the senior high school entrance examination. And the score is now worth up to 60 points.
Because of this, Gao’s school now asks students to run when the weather is nice, and exercise indoors if it is bad. Students have to post (公布) exercise photos in their classes’ QQ groups. At the Golden Apple Jincheng No. 1 Middle School in Chengdu, students have daily exercise plans. For example, they have to skip rope (跳绳) for two minutes and do three sets of sit-ups (仰卧起坐) each day. Their parents sign of (签名) on their plans when they finish exercising.
This has been a big challenge for many students, but has also helped to make exercise a bigger part of their lives. Many students like Gao used to hate running, but now they are able to run for over half an hour every day. They fell in love with exercise during the holiday.
1. How many kilometers did Gao Yuqi run every day during the holiday?| A．At least one kilometer. | B．At least two kilometers. | C．At least three kilometers. |
| A．To call their teachers. |
| B．To put their plans online. |
| C．To post exercise photos in their classes’ QQ groups. |
| A．Skipping rope. | B．Swimming. | C．Sit-up. |
| A．Exercising is becoming part of students’ homework. |
| B．Exercising is a big challenge for many students. |
| C．Physical education test scores are important now. |
9 . Whether you will be a doctor or a police officer in the future, there are teachers in your life right now. They teach you and help you to know who you are. Of course, you want to thank them.
Teachers’ Day is the perfect chance for students around the world to thank their teachers. The festival falls on different days in different countries.
In China, Teachers’ Day is on Sept 10, but in the US, teachers have a whole week to celebrate. Teacher Appreciation（感谢）Week is in the first full week of May every year. Kids used to bring apples for their teachers because apples are healthy. Now they bring gifts with pictures of apples, such as mugs（马克杯）, picture frames（画框）and teddy bears. Some students also make DIY gifts for their teachers. During the week, teachers are often offered free breakfast or a cup of coffee by school clubs.
South Korea’s Teachers’ Day is on May 15. Many students offer carnations（康乃馨）to their teachers. Cards are also a traditional gift. Thousands of students prepare personalized cards and give them to their favorite teachers.
Although different countries have different Teachers’ Days, there is one day for the whole world to honor teachers. On Oct 5 of every year, over 100 countries, such as Canada and Philippines, express their thanks by celebrating World Teachers’ Day. UNESCO（联合国教科文组织）started the day in 1994. It wants to remind people of the importance of the teacher.
1. Which of the following is true about Teacher Appreciation Week in the US?| A．It is always in the first week of May every year. |
| B．Kids used to send gifts with pictures of apples to teachers. |
| C．Some students make gifts for their teachers. |
| A．Sept 10 | B．Oct 5 | C．May 1 |
| A．to help people understand the importance of teaching. |
| B．to introduce Teachers’ Day around the world. |
| C．to remind us to send gifts to teachers On Teachers’ Day. |
10 . Sweden has seen a four-percent drop in the number of international air passengers. The air travel was down further, by nine percent. Meanwhile, the number of passengers who travelled by train jumped to a record 32 million last year.
The changes come as the Swedish- born action of “flight shaming” is getting support. More than ever, people are worried about climate (气候)change. They feel ashamed to use any kind of traffic that depends on fossil fuels(化石燃料). Nearly 23,000 Swedes have promised to go flight free. They have, instead, shown interest in “climate smart travel.”
“Flight shaming” has put pressure on airline to cut down on their greenhouse gas emissions(温室气体排放). Some of them have stopped using old and fuel-thirsty planes. The models they use now are lighter. Some airlines are also asking passengers to pre-order food. This helps to further cut down the weight of planes. As a result, much less fuel is being used now.
Richard Gustafson is the CEO of a Swedish airline. He also supports the “flight shaming” action. However, he doesn’t believe putting an end to flying is the only way out. Instead, airlines must take action to cut pollution. “The journey toward a cleaner world will be long,” Gustafson said.“One day, a scientist will invent jet engines that don’t depend on fossil fuels. I think those planes will appear in, say, 20 years’ time.”
1. 请将文中画线句子 “the number of passengers who traveled by train jumped to a record 32 million last year.”翻译成汉语。2. 根据短文内容填上合适的单词，每空不多于两个单词。
Last year in Sweden, the train travel became more
3. Please list two things that some airlines have done to support the “flight shaming” action.
4. 回答问题What does Gustalson expect to happen?
