Your House Will Take Care of You In Old Age
Have you ever thought what your life would be like in old age?
Everyone talks about the “aging” society with large numbers of elderly people needing home care. Now German researchers have set up a “smart” house, programmed to help the elderly live at home with dignity. Scientists at Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute say the house combines existing technology with future-oriented technology.
For example, the “smart” bathroom has a touch screen mirror that can remind people to take their medicine, wash their hands or brush their teeth. The hardware behind Fraunhofer’s electronic bathroom is not new, and the software runs on a regular personal computer.
When the medicine cabinet is opened, a display in the middle of the mirror tells the person how many pills to take. The mirror is linked to a care provider, who can remotely check whether a patient at home is actually taking medicine and brushing his or her teeth. As many elderly people have arthritic(关节炎的) conditions that make it difficult to operate water taps, the mirror also has displays that turn the water tap on or off or control the water temperature.
The bathroom is only the start. Kitchens, bedrooms and all other parts of the intelligent” home will become “user-friendly” to meet all kinds of individual needs. Sensors in doors, toilets, taps, light switches and carpets detect every activity and record them electronically. Doctors or care staff can see from the computer records what personal hygiene tasks have been completed, how often the elderly person visits the bathroom or uses the toilet. In case of an emergency, the computer automatically alerts the chosen contact person or calls the care center.
1.The smart bathroom has a touch screen mirror ____.
A. that can remind people to do many things
B. which is linked to a nursing house
C. behind which is a medicine cabinet
D. that can help the elderly brush their teeth
2.The underlined word them in the last paragraph refers to ___.
A. sensors
B. doors, toilets, taps, light switches and carpets
C. individual needs
D. every activity
3.How is the passage mainly developed?
A. By inferring. B. By comparing.
C. By listing examples. D. By introducing a practical method.
4. The author of the text mainly ___.
A. calls on people to care for the old
B. introduces a new house
C. promotes a new house
D. encourages the old to live with dignity
Many people in the United States like eggs for breakfast. There are many different ways to cook eggs. One of the most common kinds of eggs for breakfast is scrambled eggs. In addition, this is one of the easiest dishes to cook. Read this recipe(秘法)for scrambled eggs and you will see how easy it is.
Scrambled Eggs | |
Utensils | Ingredients |
a frying pan a spatula(刮勺) 1 tea spoon a fork or spoon a small bowl | eggs 2 tablespoons of milk or butter salt pepper(胡椒) |
Steps:
1) Melt the butter in a frying pan over medium(适中的)heat.
2) In a small bowl, mix the eggs and the milk. Use the fork (or the spoon) to mix these well.
3) Pour this mixture into the pan.
4) Stir the eggs from time to time with the spatula. Continue until the eggs are no longer liquid.
5) Add salt and pepper, Add a little or a lot, as you like.
1.For this recipe, you do not need __________.
A. a knife B. a spatula C. a bowl D. a fork
2. Which of these steps comes first?
A. Stir the eggs with the spatula.
B. Eat the eggs for breakfast.
C. Add salt and pepper.
D. Mix the eggs and the milk.
3. Which of these words means “to change from solid to liquid”?
A. pour B. melt C. stir D. scramble
4.Read the recipe again, in which of the five steps do you scramble the eggs?
A. Step 2 B. Step 3 C. Step 4 D. Step 5
Americans won’t live without cars! Each year there is an increasing number of cars on roads and streets, as millions of new cars are produced. One out of every six Americans work at putting together the parts of cars, driving trucks, building roads or filling cars with gas.
Most Americans find it hard to think what life would be without a car. However, some have realized the serious problem of air pollution by cars. The polluted air is poisonous and dangerous to health.
One way to get rid of the polluted air is to design a new car that does not pollute. That’s what several large car factories are trying to do. But to build the new car is easier said than done. Progress in this field has been slow.
Another way is to take place of the car engine by something else. Engineers are now working on some new cars. Many makers believe that it will take years to develop a practical model that pleases man.
To prevent the world from being polluted by cars, we’ll have to make some changes in the way many of us live. Americans, for example, have to cut down the number of their cars they are encouraged to travel and go to work by bike. Riding a bike is thought to help keep the air clean.
But this change does not come easily, a large number of workers may find themselves with no jobs if a car factory closes down. And the problem of air pollution would become less important than that of unemployment.
1.If the number of cars is cut down, the most serious problem in American workers is_______.
A．to keep the air clean B．to have no work to do
C．to get a better life D．to go to work by bike
2.Large car factories are trying to build a clean car, .
A．which is clean itself
B．which does not pollute the air
C．which is used to clean streets
D．which is easier to make
3.What is the conclusion of the writer?
A．Bicycling is the only way out.
B．The number of cars must be cut down.
C．Cars bring us nothing but serious problems.
D．Cars bring us not only a better life but serious problems.
假如你是李华, 请给你的笔友Tom写封信, 告诉他你叔叔李大明将要去他所在的城市New York开会, 并给他带去他最喜欢的一幅中国画, 同时询问他是否可以接机。信中还需说明：
航班号：CA985
到达时间：5月6日上午11：30
你叔叔李大明的特征：……
注意：1. 词数在100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯；
3. 开头语和结束语你写好, 不计入总词数。
Dear Tom,
How are you doing?
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
I'm looking forward to your reply.
Yours
Li Hua
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Are you facing a situation that looks impossible to fix?
In 1969, the pollution was terrible along the Cuyahoga River near Cleveland, Ohio. It 1. (be) unimaginable that it could ever be cleaned up. The river was so polluted that it 2. (actual) caught fire and burned. Now, years later, this river is one of 3. most outstanding examples of environmental cleanup.
4. the river wasn’t changed in a few days or even a few months. It took years of work 5. (reduce) the industrial pollution and clean the water. Finally, that hard work paid off and now the water in the river is 6. (clean) than ever.
Maybe you are facing an impossible situation. Maybe you have a habit 7. is driving your family crazy. Possibly you drink too much or don’t know how to control your credit card use. When you face such an impossible situation, don’t you want a quick fix and something to change immediately?
While there are 8. (amaze) stories of instant transformation, for most of us the 9. (change) are gradual and require a lot of effort and work, like cleaning up a polluted river. Just be10. (patience).
阅读下面句子，用本学期所学词汇（Book 6 Module 2—Book 7 Module 1）的正确形式填空。
1.She was still __________(犹豫) over whether to tell it to his teacher or not.
2.The smartphone M4 is still in the p___________ of his father.
3.I felt a little uneasy, but to my r_______, I had a good excuse: A business meeting had run over and I’d wasted no time getting to the dinner.
4.There is still a ___________(空缺的) position in the office.
5.________（专心于） in his book The Ordinary World, the President didn’t notice his wife come in.
6.It is ____________(体贴人的) of you to take your injured classmate to hospital.
7.It is our president Xi Jinping who is r________ China from an dangerous situation.
8.I will never ________(宽恕) these terrorists, Abe said. Japan will work with the international community to bring those responsible for this crime to justice.
9.Russian President Putin didn’t a_______ the meeting and some western newspapers guessed he maybe had been kidnapped or even killed.
10.I have an a___________ with Dr. Smith, but I need to change it.
