1 . One morning, as I was walking along a busy road, I saw an old lady, standing anxiously close to the traffic. Realizing the danger, I felt a sense of
The road was filled with people, cars and school buses. It was a(n)
While I was proud of choosing to help, I
A.loss | B.responsibility | C.adventure | D.achievement |
A.crowded | B.amazing | C.monitored | D.increasing |
A.stop | B.destination | C.position | D.station |
A.survivors | B.workers | C.passers-by | D.organizers |
A.thrown | B.dropped | C.buried | D.forgotten |
A.applied | B.refused | C.pretended | D.attempted |
A.unsuitable | B.illegal | C.dishonest | D.informal |
A.stepped onto | B.jumped onto | C.fell into | D.looked into |
A.disappeared | B.waited | C.left | D.approached |
A.cars | B.bikes | C.trucks | D.motorcycles |
A.Obviously | B.Actually | C.Additionally | D.Immediately |
A.confident | B.surprised | C.satisfied | D.awkward |
A.predicted | B.realized | C.believed | D.insisted |
A.family | B.business | C.safety | D.ability |
A.notice | B.mention | C.wonder | D.fear |
1.运动的重要性;
2.介绍自己最喜欢的一项运动及原因;
3.号召大家参加运动会。
注意:
1.写作词数应为80左右;
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3 . One day, you might be ordering your favorite pizza from a robot.Researchers at a university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, are working on creating a pizza-making robot.
“Robots are basically preprogrammed to repeat the same actions over and over,” says David Held, a robot expert from Carnegie Mellon University, and one of the members of a pizza-making team.But making pizza has challenges.For instance, the flour (面粉) will become squishy when meeting water, with a shape that can change in many ways.Also, pizza-making requires many steps—such as rolling and cutting—and several tools, including a rolling, a knife and so on.In what order should the steps be done? Which tools should be picked, and when? “If you need to do a cooking task, there are several levels that you have to reason about,” Held says.Once people get the hang of it, “We don’t even need to think about exactly how we’re doing it- it sort of just happens.But robots can’t really “understand what to do on their own”.
To start, the team used a computer to consider how a robot could lift, fatten, gather, move and cut dough (生面团).The method has two levels of robotic reasoning: one that thinks how it should approach the overall task, and the other that thinks how it should move its “hands” to perform each action.The result was better than with the usual programming techniques.“We got a little bit closer to the right shape than the former methods,” Held says.“‘But there’s still a lot of room for improvement.”
For now, people will continue to make pizza the old-fashioned way: with their own hands.Sill, a pizza-making robot is a good goal.And if a robot could deal with dough, it could also work with other objects that can change shapes.“You can imagine robots helping in hospitals, or robots that clean up toys in day cares,” Held says.“The general goal is to eventually have robots that can help with whatever the task may be.”
1. What does the underlined word “squishy” in paragraph 2 mean?A.Soft. | B.Dirty. | C.Plain. | D.Precious. |
A.Separating flour from water. |
B.Doing all the steps in order. |
C.Using several tools at once. |
D.Repeating the same actions. |
A.Methods of moving a pizza. |
B.Problems with pizza making. |
C.Improvements to the pizza robot. |
D.Suggestions on how to make pizza. |
A.They will help humans in different fields. |
B.They will replace humans to do all the work. |
C.They will do better than humans in day cares. |
D.They will do whatever task as well as humans. |
4 . The week my eldest son finished pre-school education, I decided to clear out the playroom filled with his toys. Toys had kept him company whenever his mother and I were busy with other duties, and over the years we had collected a really large number of them. Here are some of what I found: 13 puzzles, 4 games for practising maths, and a speaker box that could play Mozart to develop musical ability.
Our masses of playthings may have been extreme, but it was by no means unusual. American families spend, on average, around 600 dollars every year on toys; a 10-year-old child in the UK may have owned 238 toys, totaling about 6,500 pounds.
During the past two centuries, educators, toy companies and parents like us have acted as if the purpose of play is to prepare children for adulthood. The more book learning we could pack up as play, and then give to our children, the better. Then, in the second half of the 20th century, toys were increasingly bought for the purpose of building better brains in order to build more competitive and successful grownups. By 2020, the different kinds of educational toys had made nearly $65 billion worldwide. Toys that teach — from the Speak & Spell to the See & Say — are now a part of many young lives.
“This generation of parents is asking toys to provide an end product, and that end product is success,” Richard Gottlieb, an influential toy industry advisor, commented. “They want toys to get their children into Harvard.”
“The model has been, ‘If I get toys that do schoolish things, then that’s good,’” Alison Gopnik, a leading developmental psychologist, said. “But that really goes against what the developmental science is telling us. For a long time, we’ve been getting our children, and their toys, all wrong.”
1. Why does the author mention toys in his house?A.To present the varieties of toys. |
B.To advise others to buy fewer toys. |
C.To show parents’ craziness for toys. |
D.To complain of too many toys in his house. |
A.By listing numbers. | B.By quoting opinions. |
C.By providing examples. | D.By drawing comparisons. |
A.They can keep children happy. |
B.They can make children positive. |
C.They can reduce children’s stress. |
D.They can promote children’s success. |
A.Do We Need to Buy Toys? | B.Are Toys a Part of Our Life? |
C.Can Toys Bring Us Happiness? | D.Have We Got Toys All Wrong? |
5 . It was the first run of a family ski weekend in Colorado.The perfect spring morning greeted us with clear skies and a warm temperature.We planned the course on the mountain map and set off.Then, three minutes into the run, my left ski came off; then my right ski turned over and took my leg with it, and then I heard the sharp sound.I lay on the snow, screaming.My brother and husband stopped and took me down the mountain to the hospital.
After an operation, the doctor told me that I wouldn’t walk for three months.It seemed like a blow.“How can we get everything done?” I turned to Adam, my husband.Who would get the kids to the bus at 7:15 a.m. , since my husband was in his office by 6 a.m. each day? Who would deal with the two dogs? Who would prepare dinner? Who would drive to tennis practices? “We’ll work it out,” Adam said.I nodded, because we didn’t have the other choice.
But something unexpected happened: friends both near and far were searching for ways they could help.Parents at our school bus stop offered to drop my kids off each afternoon.My kids ran up the steps each day to check on me.My husband, the man who, in the past, had to be told what to do and when to do it, pulled our family back up.
Finally, I returned to the shopping and the bus pickups. I made dinners again.I organized everyone and sent them out the door.But something had changed in our family, in me.Now I am quicker to ask for help if I am the one needing.
1. In which activity did the author break her legs?A.Hiking. | B.Horse riding. | C.Snow skiing. | D.Mountain climbing. |
A.Serious. | B.Anxious. | C.Confused. | D.Impressed. |
A.My attitude changed. | B.Things went on smoothly. |
C.My friends became active. | D.My husband got everything done. |
A.We should enjoy our life. | B.We should live in the moment. |
C.We should value our family. | D.We should be brave to ask for help. |
6 . We’ve collected some of the greatest royal (皇家的) palaces and castles to visit in Britain. Here are our picks.
Windsor Castle, Berkshire
Windsor Castle is the oldest castle in the world. It used to be an official accommodation for Her Majesty the Queen and was the place where the wedding of Prince Hary and Meghan Markle was held. The site of Windsor Castle was chosen and built by William in around 1070 to guard the western ways to London from a possible attack.
Open all year round to the public.
Buckingham Palace, Westminster
The official accommodation of the King and Queen and one of Britain’s most recognized historic sites, Buckingham Palace is often used for national celebrations and events. It was bought in 1761 by George II for his wife Queen Charlotte.
Buckingham Palace is open to the public during the summer months and for a limited number of tours in December, January and at Easter each year.
Kew Palace, Richmond-Upon-Thames
Sitting on the banks of the River Thames in London, Kew Palace might be the smallest of the royal palaces. With the big Kew Gardens around, the palace was built in 1631 for the London silk businessman, Samuel Fortreas.
Kew Palace is open for the summer season.
Hampton Court Palace, Surrey
Set on the edge of the River Thames, Hampton Court Palace in Surrey was a Tudor palace created by Cardinal Wlosey in the early 16th century and was once home to Henry VII over the years. There are beautiful gardens nearby and the palace was opened to the public in 1838 by Queen Victoria.
Open all year round, except 24-26 December.
1. Why was Windsor Castle built?A.To promote western culture. |
B.To find new ways to the west. |
C.To guard London from attacks. |
D.To protect the roads to London. |
A.They are very small. |
B.They are near the River Thames. |
C.They were built by a businessman. |
D.They were opened to the public by a Queen. |
A.Windsor Castle. | B.Buckingham Palace. |
C.Kew Palace. | D.Hampton Court Palace. |
7 . My great-grandfather, my grandfather and my father are all farmers. My father expects me to become a farmer and
Three years ago, my father took me to an airport to visit one of his friends. His friend
Since then, if I had time, my father’s friend would teach me how to fly. He
At the age of 18, I had to tell my father what I wanted to do but I didn’t want to make him
A.respect | B.join | C.remember | D.believe |
A.introduced | B.examined | C.needed | D.owned |
A.real | B.special | C.huge | D.popular |
A.ordered | B.allowed | C.forced | D.trained |
A.return to | B.look at | C.think about | D.care for |
A.problem | B.custom | C.challenge | D.goal |
A.even | B.still | C.never | D.already |
A.for | B.through | C.after | D.against |
A.sick | B.worried | C.angry | D.excited |
A.waited | B.followed | C.left | D.ran |
A.plan | B.love | C.excuse | D.explanation |
A.terrible | B.amazing | C.important | D.encouraging |
A.silence | B.sadness | C.surprise | D.anger |
A.counting | B.searching | C.saving | D.changing |
A.different | B.strange | C.lost | D.deep |
8 . When he was young, Emmett Diggs liked nothing more than boxing. He even
One morning, Emmett’s wife, Patty, shared with him a newspaper story about a man with Parkinson’s disease who practiced a
So, Emmett decided to turn to John, the local program director, for help. When they first met, John
Soon, Emmett
“I had thought Parkinson’s disease was going to
A.won | B.made | C.brought | D.lost |
A.Gradually | B.Unfortunately | C.Secretly | D.Recently |
A.question | B.permission | C.help | D.reason |
A.delighted | B.amazed | C.puzzled | D.disappointed |
A.best | B.darkest | C.shortest | D.busiest |
A.mental | B.social | C.physical | D.technical |
A.compares | B.matches | C.confuses | D.combines |
A.handed | B.bought | C.sold | D.sent |
A.honors | B.stories | C.regrets | D.memories |
A.difficult | B.great | C.soft | D.dangerous |
A.left | B.taught | C.joined | D.missed |
A.interest | B.pressure | C.support | D.rescue |
A.take up | B.take away | C.put off | D.put out |
A.Thus | B.Besides | C.Instead | D.However |
A.chance | B.hope | C.lesson | D.dream |
9 . School Activities for Kids and Teens
July is a month of fun—filled activities for kids and teens as long as you know where to find them. When you want some fun activities for July, consider these ideas happening in this month.
Secret of the Dragon Time: Monday, July 1, 2020, 10:30 a. m. Cost: Adult: $7.40 Children (under 15): half Bookings: Phone the booking office at 34032578. Address: Brisbane Botanic Gardens Note: Secret of the Dragon is a magical story about two children who are taken on a dragon. | The Search for Life: Are We Alone? Time: Thursday, July 4, 2020, 2:00 p. m. Cost: Adult: $14.50 Children: $8.70 Bookings: Phone the booking office at 34037689. Address: Brisbane Botanic Gardens Note: Are we truly alone in space? Is there any life out there? These are the questions asked in this show. |
Magic Class Time: Friday, July 12, 2020, 10: 00 a. m. Cost: Free Booking: Please call 34038470. Address: Centenary Community hub, 171 Dandenong Note: Would you like to be a magician? Then join David, the magician, to learn about real magic with playing cards, coins, ring ropes and DIY projects and be able to become the life of the party. | Science With Me: Making Your Own Guitar! Time: Saturday, July 20, 2020, 3: 00 p. m. Cost: Free Booking: Please phone 34031226. Address: 10, Egginton Close Note: Do you want to make a guitar with Katy and her mom? Science with me is going to be with you. Please remember to bring a piece of wood, a hammer, some rubber bands and some nails with you. |
A.Magic Class | B.Science with Me | C.The Search for Life | D.Secret of the Dragon |
A.$7.40 | B.$11.10 | C.$14.80 | D.$23.20 |
A.They can all be booked by phone. | B.They happen in the same place. |
C.They are all weekend activities. | D.They are all free. |
10 . One day a farmer’s donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway and it just wasn’t worth to retrieve the donkey. So, he decided to bury it!
He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly, then slowly he quieted down till nothing more was heard.
A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well, and was astonished at what he saw. With every shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing! He would shake it off and take a step up!
As the farmer’s neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and trotted off!
Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a stepping stone. We can get out of the deepest wells by not stopping, never giving up, shaking it off, and taking a step up!
1. The farmer finally decided to bury the donkey because ________.A.the well was useless | B.he never wanted to help the donkey |
C.the donkey was old | D.Both A and C |
A.Because the donkey felt helpless. |
B.Because the donkey realized his owner was saving him. |
C.Because the donkey found a way to get out of the well. |
D.Because the donkey was too tired to cry. |
A.with the help of his owner and neighbors |
B.with his own strong will and cleverness |
C.with the water in the well |
D.with the dirt in the well |
A.kill | B.rescue | C.sell | D.bury |