While weather forecasters can make fairly accurate predictions, there's always the risk you'll be caught out while driving in the rain. But the days of having to quickly close your sunroof could soon be a thing of the past thanks to Jaguar Land Rovefs latest technology.The firm is developing cars that can adapt automatically by closing windows and roofs or starting the heater if they detect bad weather is on the way. The weather forecasting system uses a set of air pressure, humidity（湿度）and light sensors（传感器）to help its vehicles predict changes in conditions and adapt to them. Cars equipped with the system could make slight changes to the air conditioning if it finds the weather is getting warmer during a journey or increase the cabin temperature if it will get colder.
The forecast may indicate there is a possibility of one or more weather conditions, such as rain, within a period of time, such as five minutes. The vehicle may then adapt to the local weather conditions. In particular, it may close one or more windows, or close a roof of the vehicle in response to a forecast being a sign of rain. Similarly windows could be darkened using electrochromic (电致变色的) glass to improve visibility if bright sunshine is forecast.
Although its unclear whether this technology will make its way to a production vehicle anytime soon, such a system would be advantageous on autonomous vehicles. Since there's no human driver present, the system will allow the vehicle to make it comfortable for its passengers, based on current weather conditions. It can also make the vehicle safer if it knows rain or snow is coming.
1.How will Jaguar Land Rovefs latest technology benefit drivers?
A. Vehicles can automatically drive themselves.
B. Vehicles can find positions and routes themselves,
C. Vehicles can act as mobile weather forecasting stations.
D. Vehicles can open windows and sunroofs automatically.
2.What is the feature of the glass of a vehicle with the new technology?
A. It can help adjust the temperature.
B. It can still be clear in rainy days.
C. It is too strong to break into pieces.
D. Its colour can change with the sunshine.
3.What can we know about the weather forecasting system from the text?
A. It is intellige nt enough to stop raining.
B. It makes the driver more comfortable.
C. It can't predict the weather accurately.
D. It makes autonomous cars safer in bad weather.
4.Where might the text be taken from?
A. A book review. B. A science report.
C. A science fiction. D. A travel brochure.
Positive thinking is a significant element of happiness. In order to become a positive thinker, determination and consistency are important. The first thing to know about positive thinking is that everyone can do it. With certain cognitive (认知的) and behavioral changes, we can all become positive thinkers. Another important factor is that being a positive thinker does not mean you become numb to anything that is not working properly in your life or is negative - it just means that you approach life and face challenges with a healthier outlook.
Instead of selectively attending to negative events, focus on the positive ones. Then pay attention to the delayed consequences of your behavior rather than the immediate ones. For example, if a job is not going like you want, focus on the fact that you have a job and how you can take your time to make the situation better.
Challenge any internal attributions and see if you compare your behavior to standards that are excessively rigid and perfectionistic. If so, change these and be reasonable with your.comparisons. For example, if you constantly compare your weaknesses with other people's strengths, then switch this and compare yourself with those who are doing poorer than you as well. Overall, people who focus more on their strengths than their weaknesses but at the same time are aware of their weaknesses have a healthier self-evaluation result.
When faced with too much fear about a situation, imagine the worst case and visualize a solution for it, then let go of fear. This way, you will be prepared for anything and your fear will not block you from being open and creative to different solutions. For example, if you are constantly worried about losing your job up to a point where it is creating a lot of anxiety and fear and is effecting your performance and your happiness negatively, then think of losing your job, visualize how you will handle it, find solutions in your mind and then let go of the thought and the fear attached to it.
So positive thinkers are better problem solvers and have better interactions. In addition to that, people who are positive thinkers are happier and more satisfied with their life.
1.Why is positive thinking a significant element of- happiness?
A. It means that one is blind to the troubles and difficulties that exist.
B. It means that one constantl y compares everything with other people's.
C. It means that one is strong in mind and has nothing to be afraid of.
D. It means that one approaches life and faces challenges more healthily.
2.What does the text suggest about the job you don't like?
A. Quitting it and finding a better one.
B. Keeping and trying to make it better.
C. Being negative and numb to it.
D. Challenging yourself with a new outlook.
3.What does the author intend to tell us in paragraph 4?
A. Be prepared for the worst: and let go of fear.
B. Being constantly worried will lose your job.
C. Fear will prevent you being open and creative.
D. There is nothing to fear if well prepared.
4.What can be a suitable title for the text?
A. How to focus on the positive events
B. How to be a positive thinker
C. What to do when faced with fear
D. What to know of self-evaluation
Art has always been a vital part of my life. When I was o ld enough to appreciate genuine fine art , my parents started bringing me to museums that housed works of the greatest artists in the world.
When my art teacher asked us to do a Cubist（立体派的)drawing, my first thought was that she was just joking. I didn't like Cubism. I thought to do so means making fun ofthe true artists I admired. Unwillingly, I began to find out items for my drawing, I carelessly drew the objects all from different view points. The pictures all looked like a mess of lines and shapes anyway, but I was more concerned with how many more minutes were in the period because I was hungry. Yet, the other part of me was growing quieter. I began to take my task seriously and darken specific lines. I stared at my drawing and determined which ones needed to be emphasized. I was soon shading certain shapes black and they brought out important figures. It must be absolutely perfect.
When I showed her my finished drawing, my teacher looked at me with her huge smile and simply stated, "You are a Cubist. " At that moment the world stopped moving. My cubist drawing was the best piece of art I had ever created, not because I had spent the most time on it but because I had felt it. I thought of how I produced it. Once I felt frustrated, trying to perfect my black lines. Another time I was delighted in breathing life into the drawing by adding color. All of these emotions showed themselves in my work, giving it life that none of my previous works had had. Cubism set me free, showing everything I knew, everything I was, and everything I wished I could be. I had found the missing link, and the world began to move again.
1.How did the author first react to his art teachefs request?
A. He was unwilling to do it.
B. He was pleased to do it.
C. He was worried about it.
D. He was confused about it.
2.What do you think of the writer according to the text?
A. Absent-minded. B. Self-centred.
C. Warm-hearted. D. Strong-willed.
3.What does the underlined part in the last paragraph refer to?
A. The enthusiasm of painting. B. The relationship with his teacher.
C. The method to do a Cubist drawing. D. The determination to be a Cubist.
4.What lesson can we get from the text?
A. Practice makes perfect. B. Attitude is everything.
C. It is-never too old to learn. D. Action speaks louder than words.
The Coca-Cola Company announced it had added a new alcoholic beverage to its portfolio only in the Japanese market. The low- alcohol drink, or Chu- Hi, is a watereddown mixture of the Shouchu spirit plus flavoring. This isn't the first time Coca-Cola has experienced with flavors and tastes.
Not all flavors are successful, but the unique flavors deserve a round of applause.Here are five other unusual coca cola products that were released.
Beverly
Introduced in 1969, Beverly was an Italian aperitif, designed to be consumed before meals and believed to aid digestion. Competitors like Campari and San Pellegrino led to its discontinuation in 2009.
OK Soda
This product was started to capture the Generation X market in 1993. OK Soda cans had grim-looking illustrations in its ad campaign that responded to the idea that Generation X was cynical and disillusioned. Its slogan was "Things are going to be OK" and it even had its own manifesto(宣言). It was discontinued in 1995.
Coca - Cola Blak
Coffee in soda? Coca-Cola had developed this r ecipe for two years and finally released the carbonated coffee drink in 2006. It hoped it would tap into the premium coffee markets, but just one year later Blak was discontinued.
New Coke
In 1985, the 99- year- old company decided it was scrapping its classic Coca- Cola recipe for a sweeter version to compete with Pepsi. In blind taste tests, people generally preferred the new recipe compared to the old. But three months after making the switch, the company announced the return of the classic Coca-Cola.
Coca-Cola Plus
After more than a decade of research and development, Coca-Cola started its first ever soda approved by the FOSHU food standard. The no-calorie and no-sugar drink contains fiber that will help reduce fat absorption and help moderate blood sugar levels.
1.Which of the following can help make fat absorption less?
A. OK Soda. B. Coca-Cola Blak.
C. Coca-Cola Plus. D. New Coke.
2.Which of the following lasted longest?
A. Beverly. B. OK Soda.
C. Coca-Cola Blak. D. New Coke.
3.What can we infer from the text?
A. It's the first time Coca-Cola has experienced with flavors.
B. Coca-Cola Plus is a no-calorie and no-sugar drink.
C. All flavors by Coca-Cola Company are not successful.
D. There are many succ. essful'products in Coca-Cola Company.
假定你是李华。你校交换生 Linda热衷于参加慈善活动（ charity），你想邀请她本周日一起去孤儿院(orphanage)做慈善。请你给她写一封邮件，内容包括:
1．写信目的;
2．活动内容;
3．前往方式。
注意：1．词数100左右；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Linda,
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均限一词
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
I used to be a fat girl, weighs 80 kilos. I was afraid of having PE classes because I was often laughed on the playground. At first, I decided to eat less in order to lose the weight. However, just several days late, I began to feel tired and can’t concentrate in class. My parents took me to see our doctor, that told me what was not a good idea to eat only a little. Instead, he advised me to eat a balanced diet but encouraged me to work out every day. I followed his advices and gradually I became very slimly.
