In the new century, people use “smart clothes” not only for covering their bodies, but also for many other kinds of uses. Some kinds of smart clothes come into the market. A German clothing maker invented the “MP3 blue jacket”. 1. An English company(公司) developed(开发) a cloth keyboard, they put it onto your pants. 2. If it gets dirty, you can wash it and make it clean.
It’s known to us that technology(技术) improves day by day. 3. Scientists are developing clothes that can show your body temperature and heat you up before you feel cold. Other smart clothes to wear are special medical(医疗的) ones. 4. This technology can also provide(提供) important information about your environment. Shirts can warn you of serious pollution. Jackets with GPS(全球定位系统) technology can keep you from getting lost.
People begin to love the idea. 5. Maybe smart clothes will be common on Paris streets one day —and even in your home.
根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使短文意思通顺，内容完整，并将其标号填写在下面题号后的横线上。
A. So smart clothes will get much smarter. B. And they believe there will be a bright future for“smart clothes.” C. People can use this kind of jacket as both a MP3 player and a cellphone. D. They can tell the doctor when you are in danger. E. You can control your computer with it easily anywhere. |
Can you create( 创造)your own T-shirt? Let me tell you it’s easy! In the modern world, designing a personal T-shirt with your own message or favorite image(图像) is now a piece of cake.
At first, you can use a digital camera to take some photos. Also, you can download beautiful pictures from the Internet. Of course, you can also draw your favorite pictures by yourself. In a word, you can use your imagination.
Then, buy some heat-sensitive iron-on transfer paper(感热的可熨的摹写纸) and print(打印) your picture or text using a standard ink jet printer(喷墨打印机). You can print black or colors or even buy other special paper.
Put the paper onto a clean T-shirt that you bought from the shops, then just use an electric clothes iron(熨斗) and in a few minutes you can make your own T-shirt. You must be confident and proud in this kind of T-shirt.
按要求完成下列各题。
1.What does the phrase “a piece of cake” mean here in Chinese according to the passage?
A. 一块蛋糕 B. 小菜一碟 C. 一只蛋糕 D. 一块饼干
2.How can you get your favorite picture?（每空一词）
We can ____ from the Internet, take photos with a digital ________ and ________ by ourselves.
3.What paper can you use to print your picture?
We can buy some heat-sensitive iron-on ________ _______.
4.What can you do after putting the paper on the T-shirt?
We can use ________ ________ ________ ________.
5.将短文最后一段画线部分翻译成汉语。
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Do you know pleasure of Farmhouse(农家乐)? It’s a new way for holidays in China. Now, more and more people are interested in it, especially young people. Every weekend, thousand of people drive to the countryside. The farmers invite them to their farms even homes. Many people help the farmers work on the farms, such as fishing, watering the crops or picking apples. If you come to the farm, you will fall in love with the country life at once. Here you can listen to the birds, enjoy the beautiful view of countryside, breathe the fresh air and watch the crops grow. You can even taste the fresh produce, such as tomatoes and strawberries.
Pleasure of Farmhouse brings a good chance to enjoy the life of countryside, especially for people living in the cities. It can make them relax.
One farmer said, “Welcome children to our farms. We will show you where your food comes from.”
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
1.____ is a new way for holidays in China.
A. Climbing mountains B. Doing farm work
C. Pleasure of Farmhouse D. Fishing
2.In the countryside, visitors can ____.
A. enjoy the beautiful view
B. work with the farmers
C. taste the fresh produce
D. do all of above
3.The underlined word“view”means ____ in Chinese.
A. 景色 B. 小路 C. 观点 D. 乐趣
4.Pleasure of Farmhouse can make ____ relax.
A. farmers B. visitors from cities
C. young people D. children
5.In the last paragraph, the farmer said they would show us ________.
A. how to work on farm
B. where we could grow crops
C. where we could make food
D. the pleasure of working
Mr. Hunt came from a poor family. He had three brothers and two sisters. His father worked hard but wasn’t paid much. And his mother did all the housework at home. They were both able but they couldn’t get enough money for their family.
Mr. Hunt was in school for only three years and he had to stop to help his parents though he was good at his lessons. When he was sixteen, he came to the city and began to work in a small factory. He learned from an old worker and became a skilled worker. The old worker liked him and married his daughter to him. The young man did not have his own house and had to live with his parents-in-law(岳父母). His mother-in-law always thought he was poor and often chattered(唠叨). So the young man tried to save everything and hoped to have his own house.
It was one fine Sunday. The old woman wanted to have a picnic on the top of the hill. She told Mr. Hunt to drive her car. But sometimes she told him to turn left and sometimes to turn right. The young man had to listen to her. At a crossing the lights were red but she made him turn left. The policeman stopped them and told the young man to give his license to him.
“If I did wrong, sir,” said Mr. Hunt, “It was my mother-in-law’s fault(过错). She was driving the car though she sat behind me!”
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1.The Hunts were poor because ____.
A. they were lazy
B. they were too weak to work
C. they couldn’t make enough money
D. they weren’t able enough
2.Mr. Hunt left the school because ____.
A. he didn’t like studying B. his family was poor
C. he wasn’t clever D. he hoped to stay at home
3.____, so the old man married his daughter to him.
A. Mr. Hunt became a skilled worker
B. Mr. Hunt was friendly to him
C. Mr. Hunt was paid much in the factory
D. Mr. Hunt worked for six years there
4.The old woman was ____ to Mr. Hunt.
A. good B. bad C. friendly D. useless
5.Which of the following is wrong?
A. The old woman herself drove the car that day.
B. It was the old woman’s fault.
C. Mr. Hunt hated his mother-in-law.
D. The old woman told Mr. Hunt to run the red lights.
完形填空。
If you want to do your homework right after school, you may eat something before getting to work. Never try to work when you are very _______ . Always do your homework before you get too tired. Don’t wait _______ late in the evening, or the homework will seem _______ than it really is.
Divide your time into a few parts if you have more than _______ work. Have a short rest every forty minutes. However, don’t divide up your time _______short to do anything. You should be able to work at least half an hour at a time without _______ .
Don’t _______ doing your homework until the last minutes, or you will have it on your mind and you won’t _______ your free time. If you put off until the end of the week or even before a test, you will have too much _______ . What’s more, you will have a fear of tests and can’t get a good result.
Do your homework at the same time every day. This will help you make it a _______ —part of your daily work. Then it will make your free time more enjoyable.
1.A. full B. hungry C. angry D. busy
2.A. until B. before C. after D. when
3.A. Hard B. more hard C. much hard D. much harder
4.A. an hour B. one hour C. an hour’s D. an-hours
5.A. so B. too C. such D. very
6.A. stop B. Stops C. Stopped D. stopping
7.A. put off B. put on C. put away D. put up
8.A. spend B. take C. enjoy D. like
9.A. do B. to do C. doing D. did
10.A. habit B. hobby C. pleasure D. joy
----I feel nervous about the speech tomorrow.
_____________ Be brave and you are the best.
A.That’s all right . B.Take it easy .
C.What a pity . D.No problem.
