In 2011, when British photographer David J. Slater was visiting a park in Indonesia, his camera was taken away by a group of black monkeys. The result was hundreds of monkey selfies (自拍照). The best ones show a female monkey smiling toothily for the camera. Slater then sold the photos and they became popular on the Internet.
Nobody knew they would create a copyright battle three years later.
Last month, Wikimedia Commons put the monkey selfies online under a collection of free photos without Slater’s permission. Slater asked the website to take them down since he owns the copyright.
However, Wikimedia Foundation—the organization behind Wikimedia Commons—refused Slater’s request. They said that according to US copyright law, whoever pushes the button on the camera owns the copyright to the photo. It was the monkeys but not Slater that pushed the button.
What’s more, monkeys don’t own copyright. “US copyright law says that works that come from a non-human source can’t ask for copyright,” said Katherine Maher, Chief Communications Officer of Wikimedia.
Slater argues that the pictures belong to him as they were taken from his camera. He said he bought the cameras; he spent a lot of money to travel to Indonesia; and it was his carelessness that allowed the monkeys to take his cameras away. All these have made him the author of the picture, no matter who pushed the button. In a sense, the monkeys could be regarded as his assistant, Slater said.
As of now, there has been no result in the Monkey Selfie case. Who do you think will win this interesting battle?
1. What can we learn from the first paragraph?
A. Some monkeys grabbed Slater’s camera.
B. Slater took photos of the monkeys and sold them.
C. The photos taken by Slater became popular on the Internet.
2.The underlined word “copyright” in the second paragraph probably means “______” in Chinese.
A. 网络 B. 版权 C. 材料
3.The copyright battle of the photos began in ______.
A. 2011 B. 2012 C. 2014
4.Who owns the copyright of the photos according to Wikimedia?
A. The monkeys. B. David J. Slater. C. Nobody.
5.What is the story main about?
A. A copyright battle over photos taken by monkeys.
B. Why Wikipedia refused to take down some photos.
C. How the photos taken by monkeys became popular online.
Saya, the life-like woman robots started her work as a teacher at a primary school in Tokyo Japan days ago. She gave lessons to the pupils there. You won’t hurt it, hit it or play with it.
Professor Hiroshi Kobayashi of Tokyo University of Science, who built Saya, said she didn’t mean to take the place of human teachers with Saya, but to show the joys of technology. “We didn’t want to do all the work of a teacher, but to build this robot to teach children about technology. And Saya may be a help to the schools which have not enough teachers.”
“In some villages and small schools, there are children who know little about new technology and also there are some teachers that can’t teach these lessons,” Kobayashi said. “So we hope the robot can make the children become interested in new technology.”
Many of the children were very interested in Saya, and did not take their eyes off her when they were listening to the report. When class was over, some students touched her face and felt her.
Japan, home to almost 400,000 industrial robots of the world, hopes that they can make more and more robots in the future. And they hope to make some robots to look after the older people.
1. From the passage, we know that Saya is ______.
A. a woman teacher in a small school
B. a student of Hiroshi Kobayashi
C. a robot made by Hiroshi Kobayashi
2.Saya came to the school to ______.
A. give the students technology lessons
B. listen to the report of Hiroshi Kobayashi
C. show her computer technology
3.What did many of the children do when Saya came to their school?
A. They felt afraid of Saya.
B. They showed great interest in Saya.
C. They made friends with Saya.
4.We can learn from the passage that ______.
A. Saya became tired of teaching at last
B. most schools in Japan are short of teachers
C. Japan hasn’t built robots that can take care of the old people
5. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. A Science Professor
B. A Primary School
C. A Robot Teacher
阅读下面材料 ，从每题所给的三个选项（A、B和C）中，选出最佳选项。
| This is a mystery story book. Two children called Calder and Petra try to find out who stole an expensive Vermeer painting. Look at each picture in the book carefully. There is something hidden in each one. |
| This game is good for your thumbs(拇指) and fingers. You have to press the lights when they light up. Do you think it sounds easy? Well, think again because it’s very difficult. If you miss a lot of lights, you’ll not win the game. |
| This might look like a toy, but it’s a talking Internet phone. Just connect the Verballs to your USB port on your computer and you can phone all your friends all around the world. You’ll have fun with it! |
| This is a colorful set which will help you to paint. Each color has a number and the numbers are on the picture for you to follow. Painting beautifully has never been easier. Everyone will think you are the next teenager genius. |
1.What can be found in the pictures in the book Chasing Vermeer?
A. The background of the story.
B. Something about the thief.
C. The value of the painting.
2. What do the players do when playing the game GYA-II?
A. They press the lights with thumbs and fingers.
B. They call their foreign friends to play together.
C. They follow the numbers of the set colors.
3.The writer thinks it fun to______.
A. read the book Chasing Vermeer
B. paint pictures with the colorful set
C. phone friends all over the world
4.Which of the following can be used to talk on the Internet?
A. Chasing Vermeer. B. GYA-II. C. Verballs.
5. How does the writer think of painting with the colorful set?
A. Easy. B. Wonderful. C. Difficult.
口语运用。从方框中选出最佳选项完成下面的对话。
(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
A: Hello, Bill. 1.
B: I am going to travel with my family.
A: 2.
B: I am not sure now. Could you give me some suggestions?
A: What about Hainan? It's a good place to relax yourself.
B: 3. Have you ever been there?
A: 4. But I still want to take a vacation there. There is so much to do and see in Hainan.
B: Really? 5.
A: I'm sure you'll enjoy being there.
A wise teacher told each of her students to bring a plastic bag and a bag of potatoes to school.
She told her students: “From today on, for every person you don’t in your lives, you can choose a potato, write the person’s and the date on it and then put it in the plastic bag.”
Day after day, some of the students’ bags were very . They were then told to carry this bag with them they went for a week. The days carrying the bag around with them make students get to know a weight they were carrying in their minds. They had to pay attention to it all the time so that they wouldn’t it.
Too often we think of tolerance (宽容) as a gift to people, and it clearly is for ourselves! we choose to keep our sadness and hatred (仇恨) in our , we will have to carry them around all our lives.
Do you think you have got from the wise teacher and what she asked her students to do?
1.A. see B. like C. know
2.A. letter B. words C. name
3.A. heavy B. strong C. large
4.A. somewhere B. nowhere C. everywhere
5.A. why B. what C. how
6.A. learn B. stop C. forget
7.A. another B. other C. all
8.A. As B. If C. Unless
9.A. hands B. eyes C. hearts
10.A. anything B. nothing C. Everything
My parents bought me a valuable present on my ______.
A. /bɜːθ/ B. /'bɜː(r)θdeɪ/ C. /bɜː(r)d/
