4 . Our Products and Services

Model 3

Model 3 is a four-door mid-size sedan (轿车) that we designed with a base price for mass-market appeal, which we began delivering in July 2017. We currently build Model 3 at the Fremont Factory as well as at Gigafactory Shanghai. We currently offer Model 3 in Rear-wheel Drive (后轮驱动) and Dual Motor All-wheel Drive versions.

Model Y

Model Y is a sport utility vehicle (“SUV”) built on the Model 3 platform with the ability for seating for up to seven adults. We currently build Model Y at the Fremont Factory, and are further raising production there and making preparations for production next at Gigafactory Shanghai. We currently offer Model Y in some Dual Motor All-wheel Drive versions.

Model S and Model X

Model S is a four-door full-size sedan that we began delivering in June 2012. Like Model 3, it introduced Tesla vehicle most basic features such as a large touchscreen driver interface, Auto-driving hardware, over-the-air software updates, and fast charging through our Supercharger network.

Model X is a mid-size SUV with seating for up to seven adults, which we began delivering in September 2015. Model X introduced features including unique falcon (鹰) wing doors for easy access to passenger seating and an all-glass panoramic (全景的) windshield (挡风玻璃).

Model S and Model X are equipped with a standard Dual Motor All-wheel Drive powertrain, and are also available in Performance versions. We build Model S and Model X at the Fremont Factory.

1. What can we know about Model 3 and Model S?

A．They are both a SUV.	B．They both have Rear-wheel Drive.
C．They both have Auto-driving hardware	D．Neither of them can be fast charged.

2. Which model is most suitable for a big family of five children who want a better view in a car?

A．Model 3.

B．Model Y.

C．Model S.

D．Model X.

3. What do all the Tesla models have in common according to the passage?

A．Dual Motor All-wheel Drive.	B．Falcon wing doors.
C．Having a factory in Shanghai.	D．Seating for up to seven people.

7 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Living in a     1     (high) competitive society, the idea that the purpose of life is to work is popular or even dominant. Most bread earners believe that     2     (finance) guarantee is more realistic and important for a person and for his family. So they take it for granted     3     devoting to work is the most reasonable and worthy thing to do.

Nevertheless,     4     (object) think that work is only a means to have a better life. They argue that there are more important things than work in life, such as friends, personal interests, social     5     (responsible) and so on. They think that life will be dull and     6     (meaning) with work as its aim.

In my opinion, we should strike a balance     7     work and life. On the one hand, to be a diligent worker is necessary and meaningful. On the other hand, we should not be workaholic, or we will lose many such significant things in life     8     love and friendship. Wherever life takes us and whatever choices     9     (lay) out before us, something worth     10     (remember) is that our work, when done well, will not only help us make a living but also help make a life for ourselves and for others.

8 . Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

In the third of five planned Fantastic Beasts films, Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) and Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) conflict with the dark forces of Gellert Grindelwald (Mads Mikkelsen, taking over from Johnny Depp) in the 1930s.

Released(发行) on 8 April in the UK, Australia and New Zealand, and 15 April in the US and Canada.

Petite Maman

The heroine of Petite Maman is eight-year-old Nelly. After her grandmother’s death, Nelly plays in the woods near her mother’s childhood home, and meets Marion, a girl of her own age and with similar features. They play together every day, fast becoming close friends.

Released on 22 April in the US.

Downton Abbey: A New Era

BBC Culture’s Caryn James enjoyed the “great production values” of the first Downton Abbey film, which was released in 2019. The series, once again written by Julian Fellowes, promise to be even more impressive. In a storyline, the Dowager Countess shows that a villa(别墅) in the south of France has been passed on to her, so the family heads down to the Riviera to have a look.

Released on 29 April in the UK and Ireland.

Operation Mincemeat

In 1943, as British forces were preparing to invade(侵略) Sicily, a group of intelligence officers expressed a detailed plan to throw the enemy off the track. This stranger-than-fiction film tells the story of the officers who drew up a set of false plans, planted the plans on dead people dressed in a Royal Marines uniform, and then threw them off the coast of Spain, hoping it would finally fall into German hands.

Released on 15 April in the UK, and 27 April in France.

1. What do the four sections listed above have in common?

A．They all involve the war.	B．They all have the series.
C．They come to market in April.	D．They happen in the woods.

2. Which best suits children interested in playing in the woods?

A．Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore.	B．Petite Maman.
C．Downton Abbey: A New Era.	D．Operation Mincemeat.

3. Where can the text be found?

A．In a history book.	B．In a science fiction.
C．In a film brochure.	D．In a literature novel.

9 . As parents, most of us are keen to encourage a love of reading in our children but sometimes it can be hard to know how to do this. All four of these books contain loads of useful tips about how to get your kids into reading and stand out as my favourite books. The books should be widely available in libraries and bookshops. You can also buy them online with free postage anywhere in the world through the Book Depository.

Rocket Your Child into Reading

Best known as an Australian children's author, Jackie French also struggled at school with reading and writing and knows first-hand all about the inpact these stuggles have on a child's self- esteem and atiude to school and learning. In this book , Jackie looks at the dfferent ways children learn. She has some wonderful ideas about how parents can help stnggling readers.

Reading Magic

The book is beautifully witten with lots of iformation about the importance of reading aloud to children. As well as being an author of the most beautiful picture books for young children, Mem Fox is also a teacher and literacy advocate so her advice is backed up with lots of research. Reading Magic is quite a short book, full of hunour and very easy to read.

The Reading Bug

Before Paul Jennings started writing flltime, he was a special-education teacher and then a speech pathologist. Like Mem, Paul believes parents are the best reading teachers in the world and that parental involvement is key to a child learming to read and use language. This is another easy - to - read book which presents simple strategies to show how parents can use books to enrich their children's lives.

The Read-Aloud Handbook

This book was originally published in 1979 and is still in print. It contains many ideas to encourage reading in children. Originally a journalist, Jim Trelease has some interesting things to say about the US education system, with its emphasis on testing almost to the exclusion of all else. Like Mem Fox, Jim is a passionate advocate for children's literacy and the importance of reading to children.

1. Which book can better help children with reading difficulty?

A．Reading Magic.	B．The Reading Bug.
C．The Read-Aloud Handbook.	D．Rocket Your Child into Reading.

2. Who is both a teacher and author while creating works?

A．Paul Jennings.	B．Jim Trelease.
C．Mem Fox.	D．Jackie French.

3. What do the four books have in common?

A．They are all newly-printed books.

B．They are beautiful picture books.

C．They are offered to children for free.

D．They are books about raising readers.