Japan has a new craze:“the virtual pet”—Tamagotchi(电子鸡). The new object of consumer desire is the latest in high-tech-an electronic bird creature, the size of an egg that has been sold out everywhere and is now only available on the streets at more than 20 times its original price of 1 980 yen or $19.
You can feed it, stroke(抚摸) it, carry it in your pocket and even take it to the bathroom—all with the push of a button. But be aware that if you don’t take care of your Tamagotchi (Japanese word for“lovely egg”) —your pet will die before your eyes and before its time.
The Tamagotchi starts life as a bird-like image on the screen of an egg-shaped key-ring device. It changes from a chick to a fully-grown adult in around 10 days. However, the owner must feed, clean and calm the digital creature by pushing the proper buttons to prevent it from dying from neglect. The owner may choose to feed the creature digital sweets and enjoy its sounds of delight by pressing buttons in response to the creature’s movements.
1. What is the present price of Tamagotchi?
A. Over 18 dollars.
B. Over 60 dollars.
C. Over 380 dollars.
D. Over 1 200 dollars.
2. The underlined word“neglect”in the passage means“__________”.
A. lack of care or attention
B. pushing the wrong buttons
C. paying too much attention
D. lack of electricity
3. Which of the following statements is NOT true about Tamagotchi?
A. It can grow up in around 10 days.
B. It has to be fed, cleaned and calmed in case it might die.
C. It can produce a sound of delight.
D. It can be bought everywhere now.
4. What is the best title for the passage?
A. A new type of pet
B. Take good care of the Tamagotchi
C. The popularity of the Tamagotchi in Japan
D. A newly found bird—the Tamagotchi
科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。
Is it difficult for you to get up in the morning? Do you sometimes oversleep？ Are you often late for work or school? Yes? Then Hiroyuki Sugiyama of Japan has a(an) 1 bed for you. Hiroyuki's bed will get you up in the morning! Here is how it 2 .
The bed 3 an alarm clock. First, the alarm clock rings. You have a few minutes to wake up. Next, a tape recorder in the bed plays 4 music or other pleasant sounds. The tape recorder in Hiroyuki's bed plays a recording of his girlfriend. She whispers in a sweet 5 , "Wake up, darling, please." A few minutes later, a second recording 6 . The sound recording can be loud music or 7 sounds. Hiroyuki hears a recording of his boss shouts, "Wake up immediately, 8 you'll be late!"
If you don't get up 9 the second recording, you will be sorry! A mechanical
"foot" is in the bed. The mechanical foot kicks you in the head. Then the bed waits a few 10 minutes. What! You're still in bed! Slowly the 11 of the bed rises higher and higher. The foot of the bed goes lower and lower. 12 the bed is vertical(垂直的). You slide off the bed and onto the floor. You are out of bed and 13
Hiroyuki made his bed because he wanted to 14 a contest. He works for Honda Motor Company. Once every two years Honda has a contest for its 200,000 employees---"All-Honda Idea Contest", The employees think of new ideas. If their ideas win, the employees win 15 . Hiroyuki Sugiyama won a lot of money for his bed.
1. A. expensive B. special C. valuable D. comfortable
2. A. works B. runs C. happens D. moves
3. A. is separated from B. is made up of C. is attached to D. is made into
4. A. loud B. classical C. pop D. soft
5. A. sound B. voice C. noise D. way
6. A. sends B. turns C. plays D. appears
7. A. pleasant B. interesting C. unpleasant D. funny
8. A. and B. but C. so D. or
9. A. after B. until C. since D. before
10. A. other B. another C. more D. one
11. A. end B. middle C. body D. top
12. A. However B. Finally C. Therefore D. Otherwise
13. A. angry B. work C. happy D. awake
14. A. win B. achieve C. gain D. defeat
15. A. praises B. contents C. prizes D. med
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科目：高中英语 来源：2013届山西省太原市第五中学高三4月月考英语试卷（带解析） 题型：阅读理解
Nuclearpowered aircraft carriers are considered one of the most important marine weapons in the 20th century. So far, only two countries in the world, the USA and France, have ever produced them. But these fearful fighting machines are about to enter Asia.
The US Navy said last month that one of its nine nuclearpowered aircraft carriers will be sent to Japan to replace the diesel(柴油)powered carrier Kitty Hawk in 2008. In an agreement on October 30, the two countries also planned to level up their military (军事的) cooperation and the USA called for Japan to take a larger role in alliance (联盟)military moves.
It will be the first time that a nuclearpowered carrier is based in Japan. Bombed by US forces in World War Ⅱ at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan is the only world country to have been attacked by a nuclear weapon. Therefore, the citizens are highly sensitive to where nuclearpowered weapons are based.
“A radiation leak at Yokosuka would kill 100,000 people as far away as Tokyo, and could cause billions of dollars in damage，” said Masahiko Goto, leader of a protest group in Yokosuka. His group has collected more than 300,000 signatures of people across Japan opposed to the nuclear carrier.
The 44yearold Kitty Hawk, the US Navy's oldest active ship, has been based in Yokosuka since 1998. It had returned to the US to be decommissioned(废弃核武器) in 2008. The new carrier will travel faster, be capable of supporting longer operations and carry with it the Navy's most modern technology.
Experts pointed that this change is not only to strengthen the USJapan military alliance but also to keep the military power of China and North Korea within limits. However, even Japanese experts don't believe that the two countries are threats to the region.
“There is no need for Japan to have a nuclear carrier as defense，” said Tetsuo Maeda, an international relations professor at Tokyo International University. He said that the change of ship indicates an increased military capability in the region, much more than what is needed.
【小题1】With such a powerful weapon to enter its country, Japanese citizens ________.
| A．are aware of its benefits to the country |
| B．are anxious about its potential danger |
| C．are curious about the advanced technology |
| D．are against where the carrier will be based |
| A．set up a kind of base in Japan |
| B．strengthen the USJapan military alliance |
| C．show Japan's greater military capability |
| D．get rid of the dated marine weapon |
| A．no other countries except the USA and France possess aircraft carriers |
| B．Japan has long planned to increase its military capability with new weapons |
| C．Japan will be the first country in Asia to have a nuclear aircraft carrier |
| D．Japan will be the third country to produce a nuclearpowered aircraft carrier |
| A．he is quite confident of their military defense |
| B．he is completely opposed to a new nuclear carrier |
| C．what is needed is far more than a nuclear carrier |
| D．it is unnecessary to guard against the two countries |
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科目：高中英语 来源：2013-2014学年高考二轮复习训练：专题14 名词英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Robots that can chat，find misplaced glasses，draw aeroplanes and play with your children are drawing thousands of visitors’ attention during an expo in Tokyo as Japan adapts to changes in society.
Robots，such as the sound?sensitive Chapit，answer simple questions and even joke with people to help the lonely fight loneliness and stay active in old age.
“Many older people in Japan live alone and have no one to talk to，” said Kazuya Kitamura，a representative of the expo organizer.“Communication robots accompany people and don’t mind listening to the same stories over and over again.”
While Chapit，a relatively simple robot，managed to allure a corporate partner，many researchers，such as Kiyoshi Matsumoto，a professor at the University of Tokyo，struggle to interest sponsors for more expensive projects.
Matsumoto’s “Personal Mobility Robot”，equipped with four cameras and a sensor to recognize the user’s centre of gravity，is designed to help the elderly move around without pressing buttons，using joysticks(操纵杆) or rotating(转动) wheels as in traditional wheelchairs.
The robot can also help find misplaced glasses by identifying them with a sensor.
“We have developed a robot that can assist many people，but because of the high cost，we still haven’t found a sponsor，”said Matsumoto，who added that the cost of the machine，if mass?produced，would be comparable to that of a car.
“In the current economic environment there are few companies willing to invest in such a costly project，” he said.
Other robots，such as the award?winning “DiGRO” can support busy parents who have little time to play with their children.
The robot can use the Internet to find a simple image and then draw pictures，keeping children company while their parents work.
Japan has one of the world’s fastest?ageing societies and the government predicts that by 2050 the proportion of people over 65 will reach 40 percent.
1.The underlined word “allure” in Paragraph 4 can be replaced by ________.
A．strike? B．exclude
C．connect? D．attract
2.Personal Mobility Robot can help people ________.
A．find misplaced glasses
B．move around with pressing buttons
C．use joysticks
D．rotate wheels
3.It is difficult to find sponsors for the robots because ________.
A．Japan is suffering economy depression
B．the robots are of poor design
C．the production of robots costs a lot
D．the future market is worrying
4.It can be inferred from the text that ________.
A．many children lack love from parents
B．robots helpful to the old will be in great demand
C．robots are the most useful to children
D．robots do better than people in healthcare
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科目：高中英语 来源：2011-2012年广东省梅州市高三英语第一次月考试题 题型：完型填空
Is it difficult for you to get up in the morning? Do you sometimes oversleep？ Are you often late for work or school? Yes? Then Hiroyuki Sugiyama of Japan has a(an) 16 bed for you. Hiroyuki's bed will get you up in the morning! Here is how it 17 .
The bed 18 an alarm clock. First, the alarm clock rings. You have a few minutes to wake up. Next, a tape recorder in the bed plays 19 music or other pleasant sounds.The tape recorder in Hiroyuki's bed plays a recording of his girlfriend. She whispers in a sweet 20 , "Wake up, darling, please." A few minutes later, a second recording 21 . The sound recording can be loud music or 22 sounds. Hiroyuki hears a recording of his boss shouts, "Wake up immediately, 23 you'll be late!"
If you don't get up 24 the second recording, you will be sorry! A mechanical
"foot" is in the bed. The mechanical foot kicks you in the head. Then the bed waits a few 25 minutes. What! You're still in bed! Slowly the 26 of the bed rises higher and higher. The foot of the bed goes lower and lower. 27 the bed is vertical(垂直的). You slide off the bed and onto the floor. You are out of bed and 28 .
Hiroyuki made his bed because he wanted to 29 a contest. He works for Honda Motor Company. Once every two years Honda has a contest for its 200,000 employees---"All-Honda Idea Contest", The employees think of new ideas. If their ideas win, the employees win 30 . Hiroyuki Sugiyama won a lot of money for his bed.
1.A. expensive B. special C. valuable D. comfortable
2.A. works B. runs C. happens D. moves
3.A. is separated from B. is made up of
C. is attached to D. is made into
4.A. loud B. classical C. pop D. soft
5.A. sound B. voice C. noise D. way
6.A. sends B. turns C. plays D. appears
7.A. pleasant B. interesting C. unpleasant D. funny
8.A. and B. but C. so D. or
9.A. after B. until C. since D. before
10.A. other B. another C. more D. one
11.A. end B. middle C. body D. top
12.A. However B. Finally C. Therefore D. Otherwise
13.A. angry B. work C. happy D. awake
14.A. win B. achieve C. gain D. defeat
15.A. praises B. prizes C. contents D. medals
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科目：高中英语 来源：2010年山东省高一下学期期中考试英语 题型：其他题
阅读下面的短文，并根据短文后的要求答题。（请注意问题后的字数要求）
No first lesson is more important than the one on personal safety for kids. The First Lesson of the New TERM, a TV documentary(纪录片) about how to protect oneself in times of emergency, is meant to provide school students with the knowledge on self-protection. It will help students in case of natural disasters, snowstorms or floods.
There are times when one can be helpless and hopeless in many life-threatening situations. But that does not mean we _______ the end of life at that time. Many examples show that enough knowledge about self-protection along with enough courage and determination can help many survive.
The most recent example is from May earthquake in Sichuan Province. Thousands of school kids were killed by collapsed(坍塌的) school buildings, while all students from a middle school survives even without a single one being hurt. That’s because of their timely and orderly escape, which they had been drilled in every term.
Japan has set a good example for us in safety lessons. Survival exercises are held in Japanese schools every year. With different kinds of competitions and training, schools help the students be aware and capable of surviving disasters.
It’s good to see this program is the core(核心) of a national campaign to warn students the importance of personal safety. Chinese Education Ministry has called on all schools nationwide to give lessons on self-protection knowledge in times of emergency every term.
Life is weak but can be strengthened when one is equipped with enough knowledge on how to best survive.
1.What will be helpful for students to survive natural disasters? (Please answer within 15 words)
2.Fill in the blank in paragraph 2 with a proper phrase or words. (Please answer within 2 words)
3.What is the purpose of the passage? (Please answer within 15 words)
4.Which sentence in the text is the closest in meaning to the following one?
Students will be more keen and determined in face of disasters if they have got much knowledge and experience about self-protection.
5.Translate the underlined sentence of the last paragraph into Chinese.
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