Today people can use the phone to talk with others almost anywhere on the earth. But 1 you use the phone, you can’t see the person you are talking with. That 2 change in the future.
Now some people are using a kind of telephone called the picture phone or a vision phone(视频电话). Two people 3 are talking can see each other with it.
Picture phones can be useful when you have 4 to show the person you are calling. They may have other uses in the future. One day you may be able to ring up a 5 and ask to see a book. Then you’ll be able to 6 the book over your picture phone. Also you may be able to do shopping through your picture phone. If you see something 7 the newspaper that you want to buy, you can 8 the shop. People at the shop will show you the thing you’re 9 in over the phone. You’ll be able to shop all over the town and never even leave your room.
The picture phone is really a 10 phone. More and more people will use it.
1.A. if B. when C. before
2.A. can’t B. must C. may
3.A. whom B. who C. which
4.A. something B. nothing C. everything
5.A. shop B. school C. library
6.A. read B. see C. watch
7.A. in B. about C. on
8.A. visit B. go C. call
9.A. interested B. bored C. interesting
10.A. useless B. helpless C. helpful
Everyone has his dream. _1_do I .In ten years, I think I will be a reporter. I’ll live in Shanghai, because I want to Shanghai and _2_in love with it last year. I think it’s a really beautiful city. _3_ a reporter, I think I’ll meet lots of interesting _4_.I think I’ll live in 5 apartment with my best friends, because I don’t like living 6 . I will have pets. I can’t have 7 pets now because my mother hates them and our apartment is too small. So in ten years, I’ll have many different pets. I might even keep a pet parrot. I’ll probably go skating and swimming 8 . During the week, I’ll look smart, and probably will 9 a suit. On weekends, I’ll dress more casually. That’s my dream. I’ll work 10 to make it come true.
1.A. Neither B. So C. Nor
2.A. were B. fell C. fall
3.A. As B. For C. Like
4.A. men B. women C. people
5.A. an B. a C. the
6.A. alone B. together C. lonely
7.A. some B. no C. any
8.A. all day B. every day C. everyday
9.A. dress B. wear C. put on
10.A. hardly B. freely C. hard
—Do you know ___ Beijing with his family?
—Next week.
A. when Mr. Zhao will visit
B. when will Mr. Zhao will visit
C. when Mr. Zhao visited
English ___more and more widely (广泛) today. So we must learn it well.
A. uses B. used C. is used
For a foreigner like me, the more I learn about Chinese history, ___I enjoy living in China.
A. the better B. the more C. the best
1Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题)
1.Helen Monson has always been interested in helping her community. Her first volunteer experience was for the American Red Cross when she was in high school. When she was a school teacher, she also found time to volunteer. One year, she organized a Super Saturday Fun Day for kids in the community. She also used to volunteer at the Mint Festival every year. One summer, she served food, another year she organized an art programme.
2.After she retired, she started volunteering to help the old. When her father was older, he was not able to see as well as he used to, which made her sad because he had always enjoyed reading. She decided it would be fun to read to elderly people in her community. She also helped one woman write her stories. Ann was almost 100 years old, and Helen wrote down information about her life when she visited her. She put the information in a book and got it published. Ann was very excited to share her life story with her children and her grandchildren.
3.After a hurricane(飓风) destroyed some southern cities, Helen volunteered again for the American Red Cross. She prepared food and answered phones in a care centre. She says, “I have always liked the Red Cross because the organization helps people in need no matter what.”
4.One day, Helen read an article in the newspaper about refugees(难民) who needed to learn English. Now, she meets once a week with Sahra, a 38-year-old woman, from Somalia. Sahra is living and working in a town about 30 minutes’ walk from where Helen lives. They work on reading and writing skills. Helen gave Sahra a camera and asked her to take pictures of her daily life. She developed the pictures, and then asked Sahra questions about them. In the end, they wrote a book together and used the photos in the book. This helped Sahra learn many new words about her everyday life.
5.Helen says, “The most rewarding(有益的) part of volunteer work is becoming friends with the people I help. They enrich my life as well as I enrich theirs.”
1.When was Helen’s first volunteer experience for the American Red Cross?
2.What did Helen do after she retired?
3.Why was Ann excited when her book got published?
4.Where did Helen work when she volunteered again for the American Red Cross?
5.How far is Sahra living and working from Helen’s home?
6.Did Helen help Sahra to learn English?
7.What can you learn from Helen?