London has a new magazine. But it is not printed on paper. Everyone who has a television can receive it because it is on TV
In order to read this magazine, you have to have a decoder(解码器).Each page of it is numberes, so you only have to dial(拨号)the number to choose which subject you want to read about. There are all kinds of information一everything is included from cooking to the latest sports news.
If you want to read the news, the first thing you have to do is to turn to the back page, which has an easy-to-remember page number, 100, for example. Then you start choosing what you want to read. The news is on page 101 to 109, so you put in the numbers and the news appears written across your screen. Perhaps you want to go out in the afternoon, so you press 181, and a brightly colored weather map appears on the screen. But the weather is terrible, so you decide to go shopping and dial 162 for a list of the week's best bargains(廉价商品). But should you drive or take the train? To answer that question, you only have to press 189 for the traffic report. It is very simple to use. But probably the best thing about the service is that it is being updated(更新)all the time. Journalists type new material directly onto the screen and all the pages of the magazine can be replaced in minutes.
London already has three services. One, sent out by TV, is called ORACLE while the other two, on BBC, are called CEEFAX because they let you see facts. Although CEEFAX and ORACLE have been operating for some time, they have not been well publicized(宣传). BBC engineers do not think that their idea will ever replace books and newspapers because they can be taken with you everywhere. But many people would agree that is a breakthrough(突破)as great as the invention of printing, which could not just change our reading habits but our whole way of life.
1.We can know from the passage that in London .
A. the magazine is available(可获取的)at any local library
B. most of the postmen will lose their jobs some day
C. everyone can read this magazine if they have a television
D. the readers can get all kinds of information staying at home
2.In the sentence "Each page of it is numbered," the word "it" refers to the .
A. magazine B. program
C. decoder D. subject
3.According to the passage, the "decoder" is used to help people .
A. work out the total of certain numbers
B. read the information sent by TV signals
C. go shopping and have other entertainment
D. receive some special TV program for entertainment
4.The passage is mainly about ·
A. a new magazine printed in London
B. an up-to-date way of getting information
C. a popular TV program about magazines
D. an advanced technology helping people communicate
Space vegetables are grown from seeds(种子)that have been taken to space and brought back to the earth. The seeds are affected by the radiation(辐射)and low gravity in space. When they are brought back to the earth, these seeds produce vegetables that are bigger and healthier than normal vegetables. However, some people worry about eating space vegetables. They think that space vegetables might not be good for us and could make us get sick because of the radiation in space. However, people should not be frightened because space vegetables are very healthy.
Here are some facts that you should know about space vegetables.
Space vegetables are grown from seeds that are carefully chosen. When seeds are brought back from space, they are tested to make sure that they will be safe to eat.
Space vegetables are better for you than normal vegetables. For example, space tomatoes stay fresh for twenty days, which is one week longer than normal tomatoes.
After genetically modified(转基因)food appeared in the market, people worried that they were eating unknown things. For example, if nut genes(坚果基因)are put inside potatoes, people allergic to nuts might get sick from eating these potatoes because they do not know they are also eating nuts. Unlike genetically modified food, space vegetables have not been genetically changed. This means that no new genes are put into the vegetables. Therefore, there are no dangers of eating something unknown.
1.Genetically modified food is different from space vegetables because it .
A. is grown in space
B. has nothing unknown
C. has been genetically changed
D. has no new genes
2.According to the passage, normal tomatoes can stay fresh for about days.
A. seven B. thirteen
C. twenty D. twenty-seven
3.The underlined word "allergic" means“ ”in Chinese.
A.过敏 B.种植
C.发现 D.出售
4.The writer wants to tell us that .
A. space vegetables are grown in space
B. everybody worries about eating space vegetables
C. space vegetables are safe and good for people to eat
D. space vegetables may bring illness to us because of the radiation in space
I've been working as a professional clown(小丑)for nearly two years. Before that, I was an actor for nine years. I was never famous, but I was quite successful! I changed jobs because I wanted to do more in life than make people laugh. What if I could help people, too?
As a clown, I try to encourage sick children in hospital to laugh and smile. When you laugh, your mind and body relax. Clearly, people who laugh more don't have as many colds or other problems! Children who laugh a lot often get better results in their studies, too.
It isn't an easy job. Not all sick children get better, and sometimes I come home and cry. But I always go back to work the next day with my red nose on. l don't earn much money as a clown, but I feel very lucky to work with such brave and wonderful patients.
I became a laughter yoga(瑜伽)teacher more than two years ago. Before that, I was a dentist! My job was very difficult, and I used to feel fed up. Now I still improve people's health, but everything else is completely different. Everyone has fun in a laughter yoga class, including the teacher!
No, laughter isn't "magic". It doesn't prevent all illness, keep you young, or make you beautiful. But did you know that it's an excellent kind of exercise? You move your whole body when you laugh!
Sometimes I work with famous people. It's true that being rich can be stressful! Some famous people can be unpleasant at times, but I try to change their bad feelings. Laughter is excellent for people like musicians, artists and writers, because it helps people to be more creative.
1.According to the passage, we can see that both writers ·
A. have changed their jobs
B. like sports very much
C. feel unhappy at work
D. are looking for jobs
2.The second writer mentions famous people in the passage to show that ·
A. they are always rich
B. they have stress sometimes
C. they like funny people
D. they are good at doing yoga
3.The underlined part "fed up" is closest in meaning to ·
A. interested B. satisfied
C. relaxed D. bored
4.It can be learned from the passage that both writers think of their jobs as ·
A. happy moments to learn from other people
B. great chances to make themselves well known
C. rich experiences of acting on the stage
D. good ways of making people happy and healthy
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Have you ever played the Go game(围棋)before? If yes, you may know how challenging it can be. The Go game is usually played _________ two people. But on March 9, Google's computer program AlphaGo challenged world human Go champion Lee Sedol(李世石)of South Korea. And AlphaGo _________ Lee 4-1.
A1phaGo, an artificial intelligence (AI, 人工智能)program made _________ Google's DeepMind , has studied 30 million moves from games played by human experts. It has also played against itself to remember those moves _________ , AlphaGo is able to find out what the board will likely look like several moves ahead of time. So then it can make the best _________ .
AI is when computer or computer software are able to have intelligent behavior, such as thinking or _________ like a human. In our daily life, we already use AI in some ways - Apple's Siri and _________ engines like Baidu and Google.
British computer scientist Alan Mathison Turing is considered the father of AI. He _________the Turing Test(图灵测试)to find out _________ machines could actually think. The Turing Test goes like this: A computer can be called intelligent if it could fool a human into believing that it was human, Turing wrote in 1950.
Some people may worry whether computers are now smart enough to do everything. But experts say that is not the _________ . Real life problems can be more complicated(复杂的)than the Go game.
1.A. between B. in C. among D. of
2.A. hit B. win C lose D. beat
3.A. in B. by C. of D. from
4.A. In this way B. After all C. As usual D. In public
5.A. designs B. mistakes C. choices D. possibilities
6.A. smiling B. walking C. acting D. looking
7.A. Internet B. website C. search D. computer
8.A. created B. invented C. discovered D. found
9.A. when B. whether C. what D. why
10.A. way B. end C. reason D. case
一I've made little progress in English during this term.
一Don't worry. .
A. It's never too old to learn
B. Well begun is half done
C. The early bird catches the worm
D. Rome wasn't built in a day
Can you imagine in the future?
A. what will our city like
B. what our city will look like
C. how will our city look like
D. how our city will like
