Four New Cool Inventions
Mip
Mip, a playful robot, was developed by a Canadian toy maker named Wowwee. It stands 19 cm tall. You can control it simply with your gestures(手势) or a smart phone. Mip can run, balance and dance on two wheels. It can also bring you a bottle of water.
Android Wear
Google is developing a smart watch called Android Wear. The watch uses a touchscreen and voice control. Simply say “OK, Google” to ask what ever you want to know. For example, say “OK, Google. Where’s the nearest toy store?” Your answer will tell you the answer on Google Maps.
Le Pen
Do you like listening to music while doing homework? If you do, you will like Le Pen. With a music player planted inside, Le Pen plays music while you write on paper. The music stops when you stop writing. So if you want to enjoy more of your favorite songs, keep on writing.
One wheel
In the near future you may find a new way to escape traffic: a self-balancing skateboard called Onewheel. It can go as fast as 19km an hour. On a single charge(充电), it can take you as far as 7-10km.
1. If you want to enjoy music while writing, you can choose________.
2.According to the passage, Android Wear can_________.
A. go as fast as 19km an hour
B. tell you how to get to some places
C. run, balance, dance and even serve you
D. play music while you writing on paper
3. Riding on One wheel, people can travel as far as __________.
A. 5-10km. B. 7-10km.
C. 9-19km. D. 19km and more.
4.Which statement is true according to the passage?
A. Mip is a robot that can help people make telephone calls to others.
B. Android Wear is a nice watch which can say “OK, Google” to the users.
C. Le Pen is a wonderful machine for people to write their own music for fun.
D. One wheel may be found on the roads in future and its speed can reach19km per hour.
1.__________can take part in the English Summer Camp.
A. Students under 13 B. Students aged 16
C. Students over 18 D. All the students
2.You can go to register on__________.
A. August 1st B. August 6th C. August 9th D. August 26th
3.You can _______by joining in the English Summer Camp
A. visit the whole country
B. become an experienced teacher
C. improve your Chinese
D. know about British customs
完形填空
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
My grandmother used to say to me, “You can count the number of your true friends on the fingers of one hand.” For a long time I thought this was ________ . Because there are not so many true friends in our life. But later, I’ve discovered that my grandmother was only half right. Maybe we do only ________ a few “best” friends in our lifetime, but those aren’t the only people that we can call friends. There are many different ________. Let me tell you about a few of them.
One type of friends is the type that I call the “soccer mum friend”. My neighbor Betty is a good ________ . We both have kids who play soccer, and someone has to take them to their practices and pick them up . Betty and I and two ________ mothers do this. We meet sometimes and have coffee and talk ________ what our kids are doing, but those are the only times that we see each other. I ________staying with these women, but we don’t do anything else together.
Another type is the “________ friend”. This is the person ________you share an interest or a hobby with. Doug and Charles Fisher, who are brothers, are a good example of this type. They all ________ to a bird-watching club. Every few weekends the members of the club go on hikes to watch different kinds of ________ . There’s nothing romantic about my relationship with Doug and Charles, of course. We just share an interest in birds.
________ , there’s the “other half of the couple” type of friends. Carmen is a friend that I’ve known ________ college. When Carmen married George, I knew that I would have to be ________ friend if I wanted to continue to be Carmen’s. George and I don’t share that many interests, but we do have a ________ relationship . Because he is my good friend’s husband.
1.A. wrong B. beautiful C. friendly D. true
2.A. make B. take C. give D. find
3.A. rows B. types C. groups D. teams
4.A. kind B. friend C. example D. mother
5.A. another B. other C. more of D. the other
6.A. to B. with C. on D. about
7.A. enjoy B. wish C. hope D. dislike
8.A. club B. bird C. weekend D. hobby
9.A. when B. where C. that D. why
10.A. belong B. join C. turn D. point
11.A. persons B. animals C. birds D. friends
12.A. First B. Besides C. Therefore D. So
13.A. since B. before C. after D. until
14.A. Doug’s B. George’s C. Charles’sD. Betty’s
15.A. friendlyB. bad C. poor D. difficult
书面表达
元旦就要来了，做一个假期旅行计划。
1你计划和父母亲乘飞机去北京旅行。
2北京是我们的首都也是一个美丽的城市。
3要去参观天安门、长城等很多名胜。
4要拍很多的照片。
5要买很多喜欢的东西。
请根据以上要点写一篇短文，注意不要逐字翻译，80字左右。
My vacation plan
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补全对话
A：1.
B： Good afternoon. 2.young lady?
A： I feel very weak. I can't do any work, doctor.
B： Do you have a headache?
A： No, I don't have a headache.
B： 3.?
A： Yes, I sleep very well at night.
B： Do you have breakfast this morning?
A： No, I don't have breakfast this morning. And I have only a little food for lunch and supper because I want to keep thin.
B： Oh, I see. 4. You need to eat more food and have three meals a day. And do some exercise every day. Then5.
阅读短文，翻译划线部分的句子。
1.Every town in the United States has a post office . Some are very small , and you may also find them in the corner of a shop . Others are larger buildings . They are open five days a week and on Saturday mornings . From Monday through Friday they are usually open from 8：30 to 4：30 .
If you know how much the postage (邮资) is for your letter , you can buy stamps at any window. 2.In some post offices you can buy stamps from machines . Stamps are sold many different prices , from one cent (美分) to many dollars . If you are not sure how much postage is for you letter , you may ask the man or the woman in the post office for help . He or she will give you the stamps you need . If you are sending your letter far away , you should use airmail envelopes (航空信封) . Remember that postage will be more expensive for a letter to be sent outside the country.
3.你也可以在邮局买明信片.4.明信片比信件要便宜. Usually the price of postage for a postcard is about half that of a letter . The postcards that you buy at a post office do not have pictures . However ,also they are not to be sent outside the country .
5.Letters are an easy and cheap way to keep in touch with people in many different countries .
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