China is a land of bicycles. At least it was back in 1992 when I traveled the country. Back then everyone seemed to be riding a bicycle. Millions of them, all black. Cars were rare. Yet since my arrival in Beijing last year, I’ve found the opposite is true. There are millions of cars. However, people still use their bicycles to get around. For many, it’s the easiest and cheapest way to travel today. Bicycles also come in different colors----silver, green, red, blue, yellow, whatever you want.
It’s fun watching people biking. They rush quickly through crossroads, move skillfully through traffic, and ride even on sidewalks(人行道). Bicycles allow people the freedom to move about that cars just can’t provide.
Eager to be part of this aspect of Chinese culture, I decided to buy a bicycle. Great weather accompanied my great buy. I immediately jumped up on my bicycle seat and started home.
My first ride home was orderly (守秩序的). To be safe, I stayed with a “pack” of bikers while cars on the streets came running swiftly out of nowhere at times. I didn’t want to get hit. So I took the ride carefully.
Crossing the streets was the biggest problem. It was a lot like crossing a major highway back in the United States. The streets here were wide, so crossing took time, skill and a little bit of luck.
I finally made it home. The feeling on the bicycle was amazing. The air hitting my face and going through my hair was wonderful. I was sitting on top of the world as I passed by places and people. Biking made me feel alive.
1.According to the author, why are bicycles still popular in China today?
A. Because they are traditional and safe.
B. Because they are convenient and inexpensive.
C. Because they are colorful and available.
D. Because they are fast and environment friendly.
2.The 
author decided to buy a bicycle because he intended ______________.
A. to ride it for fun
B. to use it for transport
C. to experience local skills
D. to improve his riding skills
3.How did the author feel about his street crossing?
A. It was boring. B. It was difficult.
C. It was lively. D. It was wonderful.
4.Which of the following best describes the author’s biking experience?
A. The author enjoyed showing off his biking skills.
B. The author was annoyed by the air while riding.
C. The author was praised by the other bikers.
D. The author took great pleasure in biking.
生活中充满了选择，学会自主选择有助于我们的成长。请以“An important choice I have made”为题，用英语写一篇120词的短文，记述一次对你影响深远的选择。
内容要点：
1.记述选择的经过；
2.结合此次经历，简要说明自主选择的重要性。
注意：文章的标题已给出，不计入词数。
An important choice I have made
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Sitting on the bus I took the book out and was about to read but I was attracted by a young woman behind, who was speaking 1.________ her cell phone.
She was talking to her brother. She wanted to know where he was, why he wasn't where he was supposed to be, why he had 2._________(撒谎) to their mother again and if he knew that their mum had broken down in3. t___________ that morning because of him.
She kept it quiet but she didn't have any mercy on him. She let him know exactly 4.___________she thought of him but I could tell there was 5.________ (爱) under all the disappointment. She tried so hard to get this boy to come to see his mother and make it all right, but I got the 6._________ (印象) she was fighting a losing battle.
When she left the bus, I got7._________ behind her. "Excuse me," I said. "Do me a favor, would you? 8.T__________ this money and buy your mum a box of chocolates 9.__________ a bunch of flowers. And tell her a stranger said that10. b_________ a mother is the hardest but most important job in the world."
Most people agree that honesty is a good thing. But does Mother Nature agree? Animals can't talk, but can they lie in other ways? Can they lie with their bodies and behavior? Animal experts may not call it lying, but they do agree that many animals, from birds to chimpanzees, behave dishonestly to fool other animals. Why? Dishonesty often helps them survive.
Many kinds of birds are very successful at fooling other animals. For example, a bird called the plover sometimes pretends to be hurt in order to protect its young. When a predator（猎食动物）gets close to its nest, the plover leads the predator away from the nest. How? It pretends to have a broken wing. The predator follows the "hurt" adult, leaving the baby birds safe in the nest.
Another kind of bird, the scrub jay, buries its food so it always has something to eat. Scrub jays are also thieves. They watch where others bury their food and steal it. But clever scrub jays seem to know when a thief is watching them. So they go back later, unbury the food, and bury it again somewhere else.
Birds called cuckoos have found a way to have babies without doing much work. How? They don't make nests. Instead, they get into other birds' nests secretly. Then they lay their eggs and fly away. When the baby birds come out, their adoptive parents feed them.
Chimpanzees, or chimps, can also be sneaky. After a fight, the losing chimp will give its hand to the other. When the winning chimp puts out its hand, too, the chimps are friendly again. But an animal expert once saw a losing chimp take the winner's hand and start fighting again.
Chimps are sneaky in other ways, too. When chimps find food that they love, such as bananas, it is natural for them to cry out. Then other chimps come running. But some clever chimps learn to cry very softly when they find food. That way, other chimps don't hear them, and they don't need to share their food.
As is mentioned above, animals behave dishonestly for survival. Is it OK to lie for us human?
1.The writer uses the three questions at the beginning of the passage to _________.
A. ask the readers to answer the questions
B. draw the readers’ attention to the topic
C. seek answers to the questions
D. show he is at a loss about the question.
2.Which of the following is not an example of animal’s dishonest behaviors?
A. A plover pretended to have a broken wing to protect its baby birds.
B. A scrub jay dug out its buried food and reburied it somewhere else.
C. The adoptive parents feed their baby birds of cuckoos.
D. A losing chimp starts fighting again after taking the winner’s hand.
3.The underlined word “sneaky” in paragraph 5 most probably means______.
A. selfish B. friendly
C. entertaining D. dishonest
4.What is the common reaction of most chimps when they find their favorite food?
A. They let out a loud cry
B. They cry in a very low voice
C. They hide their food immediately
D. They share their food with other chimps.
When Jeff Sparkman draws his cartoon superheroes with colored pencils, he often has to ask other people to tell him what color his masked men turned out to be because he's color-blind. Now, a new smart phone application (app) can help him figure out what colors he's using and how the picture looks to most everyone else.
The DanKam app, available for iPhone and Android for $2.99, is an application that turns the vague colors that one percent of the population with color-blindness sees into the "true" colors as everyone else sees them. In America, an estimated 32 million color-blind Americans---95% are males---can soon have their life improved.
"DanKam takes the stream of data coming in through the phone's camera and changes the colors slightly so they fall within the range that people who are color-blind see," developer Dan Kaminsky told CNET. He came up with the idea after watching the 2009 film Star Trek with a color-blind friend.
It was then that he got to know more about colorblindness like its varying types and degrees. A vast majority, for instance, have trouble seeing red or green due to a genetic defect(遗传缺陷). Blue-yellow colorblindness, however, is rarer and develops later in life because of aging, illness or head injuries, etc. He started experimenting with one of the most common representations of points in the RGB color model. What the DanKam app attempts to do is to clean up the color space of the image or video signal so that colors can be visible to those suffering from viewing problems. “You can adjust the app to fit your needs. There is a range and not everyone who is color-blind sees things the same.” Says Kaminsky.
Sparkman, a copy editor at CNET, tried out the app and was pleased with the results. "It would be useful for dressing for a job interview," he said. But using it for his art is “the most practical application." It worked well on LED and other lights on electronic gadgets, which means Sparkman can now identify the power light on his computer display as green.
1.According to the first two paragraphs, we can know that DanKam ___________.
A. appeared in the movie Star Trek
B. can turn vague colors into real ones
C. is a phone used to help drawing pictures
D. is designed to help people with colorblindness
2.How does DanKam’s app work?
A. It puts LED and other lights on electronic gadgets.
B. It changes the colors so that color-blind people can see them.
C. It checks color-blind people’s types of degrees of colorblindness.
D. It shows common representations of points in the RGB color model
3.It can be inferred from the passage that colorblindness __________.
A. cannot be cured by any methods
B. is more commonly seen in women
C. is not necessarily inborn disease
D. makes people unable to tell any colors
4.Which of the following is NOT included in the things that DanKam helps Sparkman with?
A. Choosing clothes.
B. Drawing his pictures.
C. Playing computer games
D. Handling electronic gadgets.
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