[素材选自English in Mind Book 2]
巴黎自行车计划
Like all big cities, Paris has a traffic problem: lots of cars, lots of traffic jams and lots of pollution. So in 2007, the city began a plan called Velib to improve the situation.
Under the Velib plan people can take a bicycle, use it for as long as they want, and then leave it at the same or another bicycle station. The first halfhour on the bike is free, but if you don't return it after 30 minutes, you have to pay. There are about 20, 000 of them in the city, and around 1, 450 bicycle stations.
Paris is not the first city to have a plan like this. Lyon started a "free" bicycle plan many years ago. And not everybody thinks it's a great idea. One Parisian said, "These bicycles are only for short journeys."
A city spokesman said, "The bicycle plan won't solve all of traffic problems, of course. But it might reduce pollution levels in the air. Traffic, together with factory smog, is a big problem. Everyone knows about global warming. It's because there's so much pollution in the world. The bikes might help people to lead a healthier life, too. There aren't any simple solutions to traffic problems and pollution in cities. But unless we do something now, there will be more traffic jams and temperatures will continue to rise, so the problems of our environment will get worse."
1.The traffic problems of Paris include the following except ________．
A.lots of traffic accidents B.lots of cars
C.lots of traffic jams D.lots of pollution
2.According to Paragraph 2, which of the following is TRUE?
A.There are about 20, 000 bicycle stations in Paris.
B.The bicycle is free and you needn't pay for it.
C.People can use a bicycle for as long as they want.
D.People can leave the bicycle everywhere they want.
3.Which city first started the "free" bicycle plan in French?
A.Paris. B.Lyon. C.Bordeaux. D.Cannes.
4.The global warming is mainly because of ________．
A.a lot of trees disappearing B.plenty of smog in the sky
C.people's wrong behavior D.so much pollution in the world
5.What is the main idea of the passage?
A.The pollution of Paris. B.The ways to solve pollution.
C.The number of bicycles in Paris. D.The bicycle plan of Paris for the traffic problem and pollution.
学习能力——拓展学习渠道
Do you want to improve your physics and chemistry grades? Well, maybe you should first learn something about the struggles of great scientists.
The American Psychological Association did an interesting study. More than 400 students from schools in New York City took part in it. The students were divided into three groups. Group 1 read a typical textbook that describes the achievements of great scientists. Group 2 read about those scientists' personal struggles. The last group read about the scientists' intellectual struggles. These stories about struggles also told students how the scientists dealt with these obstacles.
The students took a science exam before the study. After the sixweek study, they took another. Scientists found those in Groups 2 and 3 improved their science grades. Students in Group 1 didn't see a grade increase. Some of them even had lower grades after the study.
The study was led by Xiaodong LinSiegler, a teacher at Columbia University. According to Xiaodong, kids often think Einstein was truly intelligent. They believe they will never match him. Many of them fail to realize that any success requires a long journey. Along the way, there are many failures.
Students who read the struggle stories more probably said that great scientists were like themselves. The “great minds” also had to overcome obstacles to achieve success.
Xiaodong says today's science textbooks fail to bring science to life. As a result, students seldom regard science as part of their everyday lives. Instead, they just see a long list of facts that they have to remember. Xiaodong thinks textbooks should include more stories about how great scientists had to struggle to succeed. And students should focus more on how these scientists dealt with the obstacles they met along the way.
Word Bank
struggle 奋斗 obstacle 障碍
1.According to the article, how can students improve their physics and chemistry grades?
A.By reading the achievements of great scientists.
B.By listening to their physics and chemistry teachers more carefully.
C.By learning about how great scientists dealt with their obstacles.
D.By finding more information about famous scientists.
2.All of the students who took part in the study ________．
A.were interested in physics and chemistry
B.went to school in New York City
C.wanted to improve physics and chemistry grades
D.had more interesting learning experience
3.Andy Hunt took part in the study. According to his report card, he was probably a member of ________．
Andy Hunt
Class 2, Grade 9
Physics
2018-4-9 86
2018-5-22 79
A.Group 1 B.Group 2
C.Group 3 D.Not mentioned
4.What does the underlined word “match” mean in Chinese?
A.满足 B.比得上 C.配对 D.失去
5.Xiaodong LinSiegler thinks science textbooks should________．
A.tell students that Einstein was a common man
B.make the facts that students should remember more interesting
C.include more stories about how great scientists had to struggle to succeed
D.bring science out of daily life and students can only learn science in class
某英文网站正在开展以“Life in the future”为主题的征文活动。请用英语写一篇短文投稿，谈谈你对未来生活的设想。
1. 要点：1)描述未来生活中的交通工具；
2)描述未来生活中人们会去哪里旅游；
3)你自己对于未来生活的想象。
2. 要求：1)文中不得出现真实姓名和学校名称；
2)词数100左右。
Life in the future
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Parents do all kinds of things to help their children get top grades in school. A study shows that children's diet can play a role in their IQ. If children eat fruit, vegetables, fish and all the grain in their first three years of school, they will do far better 1. tests than others with a poor diet.
The study involved 161 children aged between six and eight years old. And they 2. followed up from the first grade to the third grade in school. If children had a rich diet like vegetables, fruits and fish, they 3. do the best in reading tests. These children also showed their progress in reading skills between the first grade 4. the third grade.
“A healthy diet seems to be 5. important thing in children's learning and school grades，” a worker said. “Parents and schools play an important role in making healthy foods available to children.”
Word Bank
involve 使参与
Do you have some special food in your memory? For me, I remember when I was young, my mom sometimes cooked tea eggs for me. _____ now she hardly cooks tea eggs because she is too old to cook. A few days ago, I _____ my mother how to cook tea eggs. Then she taught _____ hand by hand and of course I had learned how to make it. Now I'd like to _____ the cooking process below with you!
First, you need to wash eggs thoroughly with _____ water and then boil the eggs for about 8 minutes. In this process, make sure you cover all of the eggs with _____. When time is up, remove the eggs from _____ water.
Second, wrap black tea in a piece of cloth and tie the cloth with a thread. The purpose of doing this is to make a black tea bag.
Next, put the eggs and the black tea _____ which you have prepared well in a container and pour some boiled water into the container. Then add 3 spoons of salt and sugar _____ the water.
Besides ______ tea eggs cooked by mom, I often ate tea eggs from outside. For example, I ______ bought tea eggs from stores which were next to my primary school when I was a kid. Tea eggs were very ______ with children at that time. ______， fewer and fewer people chose to eat them at present. Because we were later ______ that eating too many tea eggs was not good for health. Anyway, I can't forget the delicious taste and pleasant smell of tea eggs ______ take me back to the sweet memories of the past.
1.A.And B.But C.Or D.So
2.A.asked B.said C.ordered D.spoke
3.A.you B.them C.me D.him
4.A.warn B.pollute C.share D.lead
5.A.clean B.hot C.boiled D.warm
6.A.tea B.water C.oil D.salt
7.A.fresh B.cold C.hot D.icy
8.A.thread B.bowl C.bag D.rice
9.A.to B.on C.out D.with
10.A.drinking B.eating C.finding D.seeing
11.A.still B.almost C.also D.too
12.A.interesting B.happy C.popular D.sad
13.A.Suddenly B.Also C.However D.Either
14.A.told B.found C.met D.heard
15.A.who B.what C.which D.when
[素材选自21st CENTURY READING Book 1]
新型机器人
Nexi is one of a new generation of robots. It moves on wheels and can pick up objects. But robots like Nexi are more than just entertaining toys.
Nexi, a social robot created by scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT), can express human emotions. Roboticists at MIT call Nexi a “social robot”. 1. Nexi can look sad, mad, and even bored. Some social robots can also “read” our facial expressions.
2. Autom is a robot health coach. It has a screen where you enter information about what food you ate that day or how much you exercised. Autom has a face with eyes that move. 3. Autom gives you advice about your diet and exercise and drives you to do better.
In a test, Autom helped people lose weight better than other ways of recording diet information. Breazeal thinks it's because Autom used facial expressions and words of encouragement. In other words, Autom communicated like a real person. In fact, many people who used Autom gave the robot a new name and talked to it. 4.
In the future, humans may communicate with social robots just like they do with other people. 5. Let's wait and see what will happen in the future!
Word Bank
entertaining 有趣的 synthesized 合成的
A.It speaks with a synthesized voice.
B.Autom is another social robot developed at MIT.
C.A social robot is a robot that can communicate like a human.
D.The robot of the future will be not just a machine; it may also be your coach, helper, or friend.
E.When robots use human expressions and body language, people reply to them like they reply to people.
