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Have you ever asked your relatives or friends if there is Wi-Fi in their houses? Have you ever searched for Wi-Fi when you are at restaurants or hotels? The answers will probably be "Yes". Most of us want Wi-Fi everywhere as if we can't live without it. But we can only use free Wi-Fi in some public places. We still have to spend some money accessing (连接) the Internet at most time. Here comes a piece of good news.
A rich, powerful organization in the USA called the Development Media Investment Fund (MDIF) has decided to change the age of online computing (计算) completely by giving free Wi-Fi to every person on Earth. They will send up hundreds of satellites into low Earth orbit (轨道) in 2015.
This is because they have made a survey and found that only 60% of the world's population have been able to get information on the Internet. And this is also because many countries are unable to offer people the necessary infrastructure (基础设施) to access the web.
We can expect to use free Wi-Fi everywhere in the near future.
任务一、阅读以上信息,用恰当的词完成下面的表格。
Present situation | ●Many of us want Wi-Fi everywhere as if we can't live without it. ●Accessing the Internet __1.___ us some money. |
What the organization will do | ●MDIF has made a decision to send up hundreds of satellites into low Earth orbit in 2015 so that there will be free Wi-Fi almost __2. on the earth. |
_3.___ | ●Only __4.__ of the world's population have been able to get information on the Internet. ●Many countries can't 5. people the necessary infrastructure to access the web. |
What we can expect | ● We will use free Wi-Fi everywhere __6.___. |
7.写出划线单词free的汉语意思。
8.请将划线句子Most of us want Wi-Fi everywhere as if we can't live without it. 译为汉语。
短文填空 选择恰当的单词填空,每词限用一次。(有两个多余的选项)
first, coming, idea, last, more, stronger, make, couldn’t, asking, could
One day James Watt was sitting at the fire in his grandmother’s home. He was watching the fire and thinking about things. A teapot was over the fire. Soon the lid (盖子) began to move up and down “What makes it move up and down?” the boy asked himself. He looked under the lid, but he ___1.___see anything. “Grandma, what’s in the teapot?” he asked. “Water, my child, nothing ___2.___water.” “But I know there is something more. And what makes the lid up and down?”
His grandmother laughed and said “Oh, that’s only steam (蒸汽). You can see it___3.__ out of teapot”. “Why my dear, it comes out of the hot water. The hot water makes it.” The grandmother began to think that the boy was __4.___ too many questions. “The steam must be very strong to __5.___ the heavy lid move up and down” said the bright boy to himself. “Well, if the steam comes from a lot of water it must be much __6.___. Why can’t we use steam to work for us?” The __7.___ grew with him as he grew up. He tried out his idea and failed, then tried again, failed again. But each time he learned something new. Some people laughed at him.
“ Don’t be foolish (愚蠢的)”, they said. But he went on trying and at last he reached his goal and gave the world the __8.___ team engine (蒸汽机).
根据所给汉语和句意,用适当形式填空。
1.Don’t worry, The CCTV news says the plane has landed __________(安全)。
2.People are afraid of ___________(狼) because they’re scaring.
3.“Excuse me, do you know when the bus leaves?” sounds __________(礼貌) than “when does the bus leave?”
4.His mother listened to him ____________(沉默)and said nothing.
5.He’s very kind to others. He treats everyone with ______________ (温暖) .
6.The more __________________ (建议) the teachers give us, the more progress we’ll make.
用所给动词的适当形式填空,每词限用一次。
encourage, master, boil, prevent, perform, talk back
1.Nobody ____________ waster water from polluting the river unless something is done.
2.My friend Tom ___________ about 1,000 Chinese words in the past 3 months.
3.Tom regretted ______ to his teacher.
4.--- Where’s your mom, Mary?
--- Sorry, I don’t know. Maybe she _________ some soup in the kitchen.
5.Studying is the most important to teenagers. They shouldn’t ______ to work part-time.
6.The actor __________ a funny comedy and made us all laugh.
On the first day of school our teacher introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t already know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned around to find a little old lady with a warm smile. She said, “Hi, handsome. My name is Rose. I’m eighty-seven years old.”
“Why are you in university at such a YOUNG age?” I asked. She replied, “I’m here to meet a rich husband, get married, have a couple of kids, and then retire and travel.” I knew she was joking. I was curious (好奇) what might have encouraged her to be taking on this challenge at her age. “I always dreamed of having a university education and now I’m getting one!” she told me. We became friends. Every day we would talk nonstop after class. I always enjoyed listening to this “time machine” as she shared her wisdom (智慧) and experience with me. And Rose easily made friends wherever she went.
At the end of the term we invited Rose to make a little speech. She cleared her throat and began, “We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. I’ve learned a few secrets to staying young, being happy, and achieving success. You have to laugh and find humor every day. You’ve got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die.”
“There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up. Anybody can grow older. That doesn’t take any talent or ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding the opportunity in change...”
1.When the author and Rose first met, they began their conversation in a ________ way.
A. terrible B. impolite
C. serious D. humorous
2.Rose went to the university in order to _______.
A. meet a rich husband B. make new friends
C. get a better job D. get a university education
3. The writer considered Rose as a “time machine” because she ________.
A. always came to class on time
B. made friends easily at university
C. enjoyed a long life and had lots of wisdom and experience
D. knew the difference between growing older and growing up
4. The word“That”in Paragraph 4 refers to (指)________.
A. growing older B. growing up
C. staying young D. being happy
5.. From this passage we know Rose believed ________
A. “Easier said than done.”
B. “Well begun is half done.”
C. “It is never too late to learn.”
D. “Reading makes a full man.”
1.If the Smiths want to have dinner together this week, they can go to _______.
A. Anchor on Tuesday
B. Robert’s Restaurant at 10:30 pm
C. Anchor on Saturday
D. Robert’s Restaurant on Saturday
2.You can go to Robert’s Restaurant when you are in _______.
A. Australia B. Britain
C. France D. America
3.Which of the following information can NOT be found in the two pictures?
A. What day is Anchor closed?
B. Anchor’s phone number.
C. Robert’s Restaurant’s opening time.
D. Robert’s Restaurant closing time.
4. Anchor is known for _______.
A. its homemade meals B. its service for parties
C. the Gardiner’s Corner D. fishermen
5.What are these two pictures?
A. Tickets. B. Menus.
C. Advertisements (广告). D. Instructions.