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Shubham Banerjee is a boy from San Jose, California. Last year, after about a month’s hard work, he finished building a Braille printer out of Legos. It is a writing system for blind people. His invention cut the price of a Braille printer from more than MYM 2, 000 to about MYM 350. With the help of his family, he even started his own company named Braigo Labs.
Let’s find out more about Shubham and his invention from an interview.
| Reporter: Why was this project important for you? Shubham: There are a large number of people in the world who are blind and most of those people are living in developing countries. I didn’t think they could afford Braille printers. Some can go as high as MYM 80, 000! I wanted to cut the cost and so I did by 82%. Reporter: Could you talk about your company? Shubham: It’s called Braigo Labs. It is a company that takes this project forward. It helps people in need by creating a new way of making a Braille printer. Reporter: What is your goal? Shubham: I hope everyone who needs a Braille printer but can’t afford one can use my printer. Reporter: What do you want to be when you grow up? Shubham: I want to do something with science or engineering in the future. So I want to be a scientist or an engineer. Reporter: What advice do you have for kids? Shubham: Whenever you have a science project, don’t do something someone has done before. Be creative! |
2. Who is the printer for?
3. Who helped Shubham start a company?
4. Where do the blind mainly live according to Shubham?
5. What is Shubham’s dream job?
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2 . China will again be able to say it runs the fastest bullet train (动车) service in the world.
According to the Chinese media (媒体), the Beijing to Shanghai train will once again be allowed to reach speeds of up to 350 kilometers an hour. A deadly crash (相撞) between two bullet trains in 2011 caused China to slowdown the trains speed to 300 kilometers an hour.
The South China Morning Post reported the change will cut travel time by one hour on the 1,300-kilometer trip between Beijing and Shanghai. The faster Beijing-shanghai trains will begin on September 21, 2018, according to the newspaper.
China already has several of the world’s fastest operating trains. The fastest is a non-bullet train-the Shanghai Maglev (磁悬浮火车)—that can reach speeds of up to 430 kilometers an hour. The train is limited (限制) to carrying passengers from Shanghai’s center to the city’s airport.
Maglev stands for magnetic levitation (磁悬浮). In this system, trains are kept off the ground and powered by magnets. High-speed bullet trains have wheels and run on a track.
The second-fastest train in the world is the one running between Beijing and Shanghai, according to the website Railway Technology.
China also has more high-speed rail lines than anywhere else in the world-covering about 19, 000 kilometers in total, according to the media.
1. Why was there a speed limit on bullet trains in 2011?| A．Because it was thought to be too dangerous to run at high speeds. |
| B．Because the train drivers were afraid of high speeds. |
| C．Because the train was too old to run that fast. |
| D．Because the technology was not yet mature (成熟的). |
| A．350km/hour | B．50km/hour | C．300km/hour | D．430km/hour |
| A．China is the only country that operates bullet trains. |
| B．Bullet trains allow people to complete their journey in less time. |
| C．Maglev is used widely in China to carry passengers. |
| D．Maglev runs on a track, just as other trains do. |
| A．in a news magazine | B．in a guide book |
| C．on a TV program | D．in an online game |
| A．A man who likes traveling by water. |
| B．A woman who wants to enjoy better service on a trip. |
| C．A man who enjoys traveling by train. |
| D．A woman who likes to travel in the mountains. |
3 . Residents in Yantian District, Liantang in Luohu District, Guanlan in Longhua District, and Futian Bonded Zone in Futian District woke up yesterday (28th, October, 2020)’ to find commuting easier as four new Metro sections were put into service.
The four sections are Phase I of Line 8, Phase Ⅲ of Line 2, the southern extension of Line 3, and Phase Ⅲ of Line 4. So far, there are 11 Metro lines with 283 stations in operation across the city, extending a total of more than 400 kilometers, according to Shenzhen Metro Group.
The 3.9-kilometer Phase III of Line 2 runs from Xinxiu to Liantang stations in Luohu District with three stations, and is crucial for the development of the eastern side of the city because it connects Liantang Checkpoint,the seventh land border crossing facility between Shenzhen and Hong Kong.
From Liantang Station, the line seamlessly (无缝地) connects with Phase I of Line 8 that starts at Wutong Mountain South Station in Luohu District and ends at Yantian Road Station in Yantian District, which frees passengers the trouble of transfer.
Line 8 is the first Metro line in Yantian.
The 10.8-kilometer Phase III of Line 4 runs from Qinghu to Niuhu stations in Longhua District. It will bring residents in Guanlan access to the Metro service. It has eight stations, including Changhu Station, an interchange station with Metro Line 18 that is under planning; Songyuan Station, an interchange station with the future Line 22; and Guanlan Station, an interchange station with the Longhua tram line.
The southern extension of Line 3 runs 1.45 kilometers from Yitian Station to Futian Bonded Zone. It will relieve the difficulty of commuters working inside the zone.
A total of six new Metro sections have opened in Shenzhen this year. In the coming years, Shenzhen will construct more than 200 kilometers of Metro lines a year.
1. When did the new metro lines open?| A．Yesterday. | B．The day before yesterday. | C．28th, October, 2021. | D．28th, October, 2020. |
| A．Line 8. | B．Line 3. | C．Line 9. | D．Line 4. |
| A．exchange shop | B．a station to change to other metro lines |
| C．bus station | D．central station |
| A．Shenzhen Has Better Environment | B．4 New Metro Sections Open |
| C．4 Old Metro Sections Are Canceled | D．Shenzhen Now Has More Metro Lines Than Shanghai |
| China has built and operated the Beidou Navigation Satellite System (北斗卫星导航系统) independently. On July 31, Beidou started providing global (全球的) service. It provides around the clock, all-weather and highly accurate positioning (精准定位), navigation, timing and messaging services to people around the world. | ||
| It is one of the four global navigation systems, along with US’ GPS, Russia’s GLONASS and the European Union’s Galileo. Since 2,000, 59 Beidou satellites have been launched. More than 120 countries are using Beidou services. | ||
| The Beidou system has been used by: | ||
| 6.6 million taxis, buses and trucks around China | more than 70,000 Chinese fishing boats | at least 50,000 farm machines |
| more than 70 percent of Chinese mobile phones | 300 general aviation aircraft (航空飞机) | 51,000 postal service vehicles (邮政服务车) |
| Beidou spirit (精神) On July 31, President Xi Jinping called on Chinese people to carry on the spirit of the scientists who developed Beidou. They have been always carrying forward the Beidou spirit of the “independent innovations, unity and collaboration, overcoming difficulties, and the pursuit of excellence.” | ||
| A．Navigation. | B．Positioning. | C．Messaging. | D．Weather report. |
| A．A taxi driver. | B．A fishing boat maker. |
| C．An airplane designer. | D．A farm machine seller. |
| A．Dependent. | B．Innovative. | C．Brave. | D．Intelligent. |
| A．Beidou system has been used in different areas. |
| B．Only Chinese people are using Beidou services now. |
| C．China built Beidou system with the help of other countries. |
| D．China is the first country that launched global navigation system. |
| A．On travel guides. | B．On advertisements. |
| C．In newspapers. | D．On business magazines. |
5 . Xiao Li, a college student born after 1995, used to wash her hair every two days. But as the weather gets colder, she has become lazier. She has bought a mist spray (免洗喷雾) , which allows her to wash her hair less often. “I would like to have a product that could save me the trouble of putting on make-up,” she told Orient Today, a newspaper office of Henan Television.
She is not the only young Chinese who spends money because she’s “lazy”. According to a report of December by Taobao on China’s “lazy economy (经济) ”, Chinese people spent 16 billion yuan on products and services online in 2018. The post-1995 generation was the “laziest” as its consumption (消费) increased by 82 percent, compared with that in 2017.
The “lazy economy” refers to a new type of consumption which helps to save time and effort. According to the report, many people of the post-1995 buy high-tech electronic products such as floor sweeping robots and automatic window cleaner, which save the trouble of doing housework. Meanwhile, take-out food delivery (传递) services are also popular among people born after 1995.
Young people are willing to spend money on such products because they want to enjoy the valuable spare time after a busy day at work or school, reported Global Times. Because they need to focus on their studies or jobs, these so-called lazy people want to use their own time better. For example, Wei Duo, a 2l-year-old college student, is an active user of take-out food delivery services. “I once had a birthday cake sent to my friend who lives far from my home. It cost me 50 yuan but it saved me almost half a day,” Wei told the Global Times.
According to Jinan Daily, the “lazy economy” might also create problems. For example, people buy food or other things without leaving home. As a result, they stay a home all day long playing on computers and smart-phones. This situation could develop problems of communicating with others.
As for me, though the “lazy economy” may cause problems, it is a life style and it saves time that should be used to do more valuable things. All in all, focusing more on important things shouldn’t be the only excuse for laziness.
1. Which of the following doesn’t belong to the “lazy economy”?| A．buying floor sweeping robots |
| B．playing on computers and smart-phones |
| C．buying automatic window cleaners |
| D．take-out food deliver (传递) services |
| A．They are busy at work or school. |
| B．Those people are living in a lazy way. |
| C．The lazy economy helps do much interesting things. |
| D．The writer doesn’t really consider them to be lazy. |
| A．he wants to use his time better |
| B．he cares about his friend very much |
| C．the delivery service is fast and helpful |
| D．a new way of sending presents to our friends |
| A．The post-1995 generation buy high-tech products because they are rich and lazy. |
| B．The “lazy economy” is popular because people want to save some time to do more housework. |
| C．The “lazy economy” may lead to young people becoming less sociable. |
| D．The “lazy economy” is such a good lifestyle that it doesn’t have any disadvantage. |
| A．doubtful | B．supportive | C．critical | D．sad |
It’s rare to see a team can earn 11 straight wins in a tournament（锦标赛）. However, the Chinese women’s volleyball team has done it!
On Sept 29, China took the Women’s Volleyball World Cup trophy in Japan. The team didn’t lose any of its games during the tournament. It was also the team’s 10th world title.
“The trophy is the best gift to celebrate the 70th birthday of New China.” People’s Daily said in an article.
The Chinese women’s volleyball team has long been the pride of Chinese athletes. In the 1980s, the team won five world titles in a row, which raised people’s confidence at the time. Since then, its fighting spirit has inspired generations of people, both within the team and across the country.
Working hard was key to the team’s success. The World Cup was played in several different cities and the team didn’t have much time to train. The girls had to squeeze in training time when they could. On Sept 25, for example, they arrived in Osaka at 2:30 pm and started training only an hour later.
Never giving up, especially during difficult times, is also part of the team’s fighting spirit, according to head coach Lang Ping. Many of the team’s members kept on playing even after being injured. Opposite hitter Gong Xiangyu went to Japan with an injured finger. Blocker Yan Ni had a serious shoulder injury.
With their latest win, the girls are ready to prepare for next year’s Tokyo Olympics.
1. The Chinese women’s volleyball team ________ in the recent World Cup tournament.| A．beat Japan in the final round | B．played a total of 10 games |
| C．lost a game on Sept 28 | D．won its 10th world title |
a. working hand b. never giving up
c. getting enough sleep before the game d. having a healthy diet
| A．a b | B．b c | C．c d | D．a c |
| A．增加 | B．挤出 | C．改变 | D．考虑 |
| A．They are China’s best sports team. |
| B．They couldn’t win without their head coach. |
| C．None of its team members has gotten injured. |
| D．They will compete at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. |
7 . National medals and honorary titles (荣誉称号) are usually awarded every five years. As a part of the celebration of the 70th anniversary (周年) of the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), 42 people are awarded the Medal of the Republic, the Friendship Medal and national honorary titles. They come from different backgrounds, including scientists, lawmakers, educators, artists, model workers and six non-Chinese people. All have made big contributions to the nation’s construction and development. Here are some of the people well know.
Chinese scientist Tu Youyou is one of the eight who were awarded the Medal of the Republic. Tu, who won the 2015 Nobel Prize for her discovery of the malaria drug artemisinin (抗疟药物青蒿素), is the first Chinese citizen to win a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. She has saved millions of lives worldwide. She has also made important scientific innovations (创新) in traditional Chinese medicine.
Nan Rendong, before his death in 2017, led the research and development of China’s Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST, 500米口径球面斑电望远镜) , the world’s largest radio telescope. He worked on the project for more than 20 years. His contributions to Chinese astronomy earned him the title, “the people’s scientist”.
Thanks to the great efforts made by these great people, we can live in a peaceful country.
1. ________ people won the Medal of the Republic according to the passage.| A．5 | B．6 | C．8 | D．42 |
| A．doctors. | B．artists | C．scientists | D．foreigners |
| A．She won a Nobel Prize in 2017. |
| B．She has saved millions of people around the world. |
| C．She is the only one for the Medal of the Republic. |
| D．She has made traditional Chinese medicine enter all the countries. |
| A．气象学 | B．天文学 | C．地质学 | D．军事学 |
| A．to express thanks to national heroes |
| B．to describe how to get the national honorary titles |
| C．to tell readers what makes a good role model (榜样) |
| D．to introduce some of the people who won national awards |
8 . Li Yongle is the kind of teacher that most students love. He is funny, smart. Most importantly, he believes math and physics are not just tools to explain knowledge on textbooks. They also deal with something important, from romance to aliens.
How to find your Mr. Or Mrs. Right? What is COVID-19? And where exactly are all the aliens? Everything seems to be covered in Li’s short videos on the Xigua video app. Li has more than 11 million followers. The 37-year -old man has been teaching physics for 11 years at the High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China in Beijing. He tries his best to find more information behind hot topics with distrustful eyes and a sense of humor.
Since 2017, he has posted over 400 videos. When China launched Tianwen-I, which is the first independent Mars mission in China, he posted a video to explain how the launch date was chosen, and what is considered the best route from Earth to Mars. “I am not Mr. Know-It-All. I just reproduce and reorganize the knowledge in books or online. After that I present it in an acceptable way to help people better understand the world,” Li said, and the Internet provides a good opportunity to achieve equal education for all.”
To further improve equality（平等）in education and science education, Li plans to record basic classes in high school. So he does that with some other science video creators who are active on the app. They post the videos on the platform for free.
Thanks to science video creators like Li, social media and video platforms have offered more money in supporting science video creation.
1. We can not learn________in Li’s short videos on the Xigua video app.| A．about the aliens | B．about COVID-19 |
| C．how to find your Mr Right | D．how Li Bai died. |
| A．a lot of money | B．some money |
| C．a small amount money | D．nothing |
| A．They want to make more money. |
| B．Xigua video app asks them to do that. |
| C．They want to improve equality in education and science education among the public. |
| D．His students love their courses very much. |
| A．Students can have a better understanding on physics with the help of Li. |
| B．Math and physics explain the knowledge on the textbook only |
| C．Li Yongle knows everything about Tianwen-I. |
| D．Li Yongle has taught physics for 11 years as a village teacher. |
| A．Fantastic | B．Unimportant | C．Boring | D．Meaningless |
9 . Almost every teenager spends hours on the Internet every week. And it is hard for them to put their phones down. A study by the China National Children’s Center finds that after the school ends, teenagers in China now spend more time in front of mobile and computer screens playing games and chatting. It takes them about 40 minutes a day to study on weekdays. And the time spent on the screens is up to 90 minutes a day on weekends.
What’s more, children from countryside spend more time on computer screens than kids in cities. Sun Hongyan, the director of the Childhood Research Institute at the China Youth and Children Research Center, said the Internet and electronic devices(电子设备) used to be expensive for children who live in the village But. now providing electronic devices to children becomes easier and easier for their parents that work in the cities.
“It has been getting harder for parents to know what their kids are seeing and doing, especially when they don’t live together,” Sun said. “At the same time, they think it seems a lot safer for their children play electronic device such as iPad, smart phones.”
The report also finds that children cannot stop playing electronic games or chatting online even though they have played the whole day. And they will never think of after-school activities such as reading and outdoor exercise unless someone reminds them. It will have a negative influence on their developing social skill besides eyesight. Schools and parents should pay more attention to making children be owners of Internet.
1. Why do more and more people from countryside buy their children electronic devices?| A．Almost every kid has a kind of electronic device, so their children must have one. |
| B．Their children ask them to do that. |
| C．They think playing electronic devices at home is safer for their kids than doing other things. |
| D．They buy them as a birthday gift. |
| A．Children from cities spend more time on phones than those from countryside. |
| B．All the teenagers don’t play the phones until they finish their homework. |
| C．Sun Hongyan never buys phones for her own kids. |
| D．It takes some children about 6 hours in a week to play electronic devices. |
| A．Agree | B．Disagree | C．Confuse | D．Understand |
| A．social skills | B．eyesight | C．study | D．shopping online |
| A．In a newspaper | B．In a fashion magazine |
| C．In a guideline book | D．in an official document(文档) |
10 . Jessica, a thirteen-year-old American girl wants to be a fashion designer when she graduates from school. She thinks her designs will be more exciting than clothes bought from store. But until this month, Jessica has never touched a sewing（缝纫）machine. After her first class, Jessica and six other girls aged 9 to 13 said that sewing is fun, cool and challenging. These students at Fabrics’ Sew Fun class show that sewing machine is becoming popular again.
“We’ve seen a lot of teens getting excited about sewing,” said company worker Donna Smith. “Some of it comes from the Project Runway’s TV show,” she said. This TV show is an exciting weekly contest to make a great fashion design. Every week one contestant fails the test and has to leave the contest.
The number of people who join sewing class summer camps grow 10 per cent this year. That’s good news for companies that make sewing machines and sewing magazines. The Singer Sewing Company sold nearly 3 million sewing machines in the United States last year. This is about twice as many as in 1999. Sewing machines have been around for more than 150 years. But they have changed a lot since your grandmother was a girl. Camilla started sewing lessons after getting a sewing machine for her 11th birthday. She has sewn a lot by hand, but she wants to make more difficult things. Elizabeth, 9, needed time to get used to her machine, but soon she could use it well. By the end of class, Elizabeth was happy and wearing her new hat.
1. Jessica wants to ________.| A．graduate from school soon | B．buy more clothes from stores |
| C．be a fashion designer | D．be a member of the Singer Sewing Company |
| A．a contest held each week | B． a course about fashion design |
| C．a test arranged by the Singer Sewing Company | D．a part of the sewing class summer camp |
| A．3 million sewing machines in the year of 1999 |
| B．3 million sewing machines all over the world last year |
| C．nearly 3 million sewing machines to the fashion designers |
| D．almost 3 million sewing machines in the United States last year |
| A．More and more people will buy clothes in stores. |
| B．More and more sewing machines have been sold. |
| C．Sewing magazines will be more and more colorful |
| D．10 percent of the contestants will join sewing class summer camps this year. |
| A．teach kids how to sew clothes | B．introduce a hobby among American kids |
| C．introduce a kind of sewing machine | D．tell the history of the sewing machine |
