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阅读下面一篇短文，理解大意，然后从各小题的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，使短文连贯完整。
In America, where labor（劳工） costs are so high, "do-it-yourself" is a way of life. Many people 31 their own cars, build their own garages, and even rebuild their own houses. 32 many of them will also write their own books. In Hollywood there is a 33 that publishes（出版）children's books with the help of computers. 34 other book companies also publish that way, this company is not like the others. It 35 the reader to become the main character with the help of computers. Here is 36 they do it. Let us suppose a child is named Hody. The computer uses this information to make up a story 37 pictures. The story is then printed up. "This book is about me," a child who 38 such a book might say. So the company is called "Me-Books Publishing Company".
39 like me-books because they like to see in print their own names, their pictures, and the names of their friends and their pets. But more 40 , in this way, readers are much more interested in reading the stories. Me-books are helping children to learn how to read.
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Acrobatics Do you like acrobatics? The Chinese National Acrobatic Circus (中国国家杂技团) is the best acrobatic circus of New China. Now the star-studded cast(明星荟萃的演员阵容)are exhibiting the charm and elegance of the most professional comprehensive acrobatic art at the City Theatre on Saturday morning at 10 : 00, free. |
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Movies at the Museum Two Indian movies will be shown on Saturday afternoon at the Museum Theatre. See The Grand Canyon at 2:00. The Builders will be at 3 :50. If you want to know more, telephone 367890. |
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International Picnic Do you grow tired of having the same food every day? Would you like to enjoy food from all over the world? It's delicious and not expensive. Come to Big Restaurant on Saturday. 11:30 am to 5:00 pm. |
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Take Me out to the Ballgame It’s October，and Saturday night(7：00—9：00)is your final chance to see the B1ue Birds this year．Get your tickets at the gate．It may be a little cold…Please wear sweaters and jackets． |
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Prince of the Piano Richard Clayderman, the French pianist who is widely known as "The Prince of the Piano", will give his concert this Saturday night, at 8 at Flower Hall, City college. |
1. On Saturday morning, you can_________.
A. go to watch a ballgame
B. take your children to watch acrobatics
C. go to a concert at Flower Hall, City College
D. go to the Big Restaurant for a picnic
2. The Blue Birds ballgame_________.
A. is outside B. is at the gate
C. is in the afternoon D. might be cold
3. If you_________, you can eat many kinds of food in the world.
A. go to see a film B. buy tickets at the gate
C. go to the City Theatre D. go to the Big Restaurant
4."The Prince of the Piano" is_________.
A. a music group B. a prince who can play the piano
C. Richard Clayderman D. one of the Blue Birds
5. Tony wants to spend a nice Saturday, which is not possible for him to do?
A. Watching a ballgame and having an international picnic.
B, Having a picnic in the Big Restaurant and seeing a film.
C. Listening to a concert and watching a ballgame.
D. Seeing a film and listening to a conceit.
If you think texting(发短信) while walking is dangerous, just wait until everyone starts wearing Google's smart, Internet-connected glasses. These glasses can do anything you now need a smartphone or tablet computer(平板电脑) to do —and then some.
In Google's video, a guy wearing the "Project Glass" is shown getting subway information, making an appointment with a friend for coffee and showing the directions in a bookstore, all with the help of the glass. It ends with him playing an instrument for a woman and showing her the sunset through a video chat.
The "Project Glass" Google displayed have a sleek(光滑的) wrap-around look and appear nothing like 3-D glasses. In development for a few years, the project is the idea of Google X, the online search-leader's secret department that produced the self-driving car and could one day send elevators into space.
Google posted the video and short blog post about “Project Glass” on April 4th, asking people to offer feedback(反馈) through its Google Plus social network. By April 5th, about 500 people did, voicing a mix of amazement and concern about the new technology. What if people used it in cars and could not concentrate on driving? What about the effect on(对……有影响) your sight of having a screen so close to your eye?
Some asked for the glass, but Google isn't giving those out just yet. The company didn't say when normal people can expect to get their hands on a piece of Project Glass, but going by how quickly Google will come out with new products, it may not be long. Enderle said that it could be about six months to a year before wide tests are coming, and a year or more for the first version(版本) of the product.
1. This passage mainly talks about .
A. an invention B. a video C. Google
2.The of the “Project Glass” is not mentioned in this passage.
A. shape B. inventor C. price
3.If you want to buy such a piece of glass, you should wait at least for .
A. a year B. 6 months C. 3 months
4. We can’t use the glass to .
A. communicate with others
B. keep away from the sun
C. get information
5. Which of the statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The “Project Glass” looks like 3-D glasses.
B. Many people think that the glass may help a lot while driving.
C. Some people worry that the glass will be bad to our sight while wearing it.
Two teachers were sitting in the teachers' room. For a moment there was silence. Then one of them, Miss Smith, said, "I'm afraid I'd have to fail him! I just can’t let him 16 . "
"Now Alice," said her friend, Mrs Jackson, "is he so terrible a student?"
"That's just the trouble!" the other woman answered, "Tom was ever my 17 student. The problem is that he is so lazy that he never gets his work done. He hasn't handed me a piece of homework for three 18 !"
Mrs Jackson had never seen Miss Smith so 19 before. "Have you had a word with him about it?" she asked.
"Why should I? Every student must hand in homework. I made 20 very clear on the first day for class. I don't know what has happened. When the lessons started, he did so well that I 21 thought about asking the school to give him a scholarship(奖学金). But now he often sleeps in class! I've never seen such a 22 in a student."
"You should have a talk with him. Give him a chance. "
Miss Smith spoke to Tom and learned all about it. He was studying all day and working most of the night in a factory to 23 for his schooling. Of course he was 24 in class and sometimes could hardly 25 awake. Miss Smith soon asked the school to give him a scholarship and he was able to devote himself to his lessons again.
1.A. leave B. pass C. work D. sleep
2.A. laziest B. busiest C. worst D. best
3.A. minutes B. hours C. weeks D. years
4.A. worried B. pleased C. useless D. kind
5.A. them B. him C. that D. one
6.A. even B. only C. mostly D. still
7.A. trouble B. hope C. change D. danger
8.A. pay B. call C. save D. share
9.A. forgetful B. careless C. asleep D. tired
10.A. seem B. keep C. look D. get
John sent his mother expensive presents on his mother's birthday every year. He liked to show her how rich he was.
"I must find something wonderful for her, and it must be the only one in the whole world. "John thought.
He advertised (登广告) in the newspapers. " Wanted—the best present for the woman who has everything. "
For many days his telephone did not stop ringing. People phoned him from all over the world. They wanted to sell him "the best present". But they did not have anything that was the only one in the whole world.
Then less than a week before his mother's birthday, a man came to his office. He was carrying a cage, and in the cage there was a large bird.
"This bird, "the man said, "can speak ten languages and sing any pop song. There is no other bird like it in the world. "
"I will listen to it, "John said. "If what you said is true, I will buy the bird from you. "
The man spoke to the bird. "Talk to me in French, " he said. The bird spoke to him in French. "Tell me a joke in Japanese, " he said. The bird told him a joke in Japanese. "Sing a famous pop song, "he said. The bird sang a famous pop song.
"I'll buy it, "John said. "How much do you want?"
"One hundred thousand dollars, "the man said. This was a lot of money but John paid him. Then he sent the bird to his mother with a birthday card.
The day after his mother's birthday he phoned her. "Well, mother, "he said, "Is the bird wonderful?"
"Oh, it was delicious, dear, "she said.
1. Why did John send her mother expensive presents for her birthday every year?
A. Because he loved his mother very much.
B. Because his mother needed these presents.
C. Because he wanted to show he had a lot of money.
D. Because he was the richest man in the world.
2. How did people know John wanted the best present in the world?
A. They rang John up.
B. They knew it from the newspapers.
C. John phoned them one by one.
D. They knew it on TV.
3.When did the man with a bird come to visit John?
A. Two weeks before John's mother's birthday.
B. On John's mother's birthday.
C. About five days before John's mother's birthday.
D. Less than a week after John's mother's birthday.
4. Why did John pay the man a lot of money for the bird?
A. Because it was such a beautiful bird.
B. Because he wanted to help the poor man with the bird.
C. Because the bird could look after his mother.
D. Because John thought the bird could make his mother happy.
5. What does the sentence "It was delicious, "really mean in the story?
A. His mother ate the bird.
B. His mother let the bird fly away.
C. His mother began to learn languages from the bird.
D. His mother thought it was the most expensive present in the world.
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