BRT, which is short for Bus Rapid Transit, is c  1.“the underground system on the ground”. It has been in s 2.since October 1st , 2012 in Lian Yungang. In the p__3.__, the roads in the city were so crowded（拥挤的）that most buses went slowly. Because of this, the city government decided to build BRT. Now, people can go to work by it more e 4.than before. And if you have a student card, you can have a discount on the t     5..

 

E-book is short for electronic( 电子的) book. It is usually read on personal computers. Some
mobile phones can also be used to read e-books.
Earlier e-books were written for a specific group of readers and were about only a few subjects. With the development of the internet, knowledge and answers to a lot of questions mainly come from e-books. This is why the e-book business is increasing quickly
E-books have many advantages. First, they save time. We don’t need to go to a bookstore to buy books, besides, we can find the topic we want to know about on the Internet, and then we can quickly get many e-books on similar topics. Second, e-books save money. Some e-books cost a little money, and there are millions of e-books on the Internet that we can get for free. Third, more trees are saved because e-books don’t need to be printed(印刷) on paper. Fourth, e-books make reading more convenient. You can carry a whole library of hundreds of books with you in a small computer or any e-book reader (电子阅读器) without worrying about their weight.
But e-books have certain disadvantages. They need a personal computer or an e-book reader and the information can be lost if its file format (文件格式) is not supported or changed in the reader’s computer.
However, e-books provide us with a new way of reading. That is good.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
【小题1】Why is the e-book business increasing quickly? Because _________.

A．earlier e-books are about only a few subjects.

B．people don’t like to read any paper books any more.

C．most e-books have been written for a specific group of readers.

D．the development of the Internet makes e-books more useful.

【小题2】How many advantages do e-books have according to this article?

A．Three

B．Four

C．Five

D．Six

【小题3】Which of the following is true according to this article？

A．E-books can’t be red on mobile phones.

B．All the e-books on the Internet cost lots of money.

C．E-books can make reading more convenient.

D．You can’t read e-books without a personal computer.

【小题4】What is the disadvantage of the e-books?

A．You’ll lose the information if its file format is not supported.

B．You can carry hundreds of books in an e-book reader.

C．You can buy cheap e-books anywhere.

D．You can read e-books at any time.

【小题5】 The author mainly tells us __________.
A. you don’t need to buy paper books in a bookstore if you read e-books.
B. the information can be lost if its file format is changed.
C. the development of e-books can help save the environment.

 

Look at the picture on the right. What is it? Yeah, it’s a special robot car，ROPITS. Japan made it this year. It’s a new kind of car. The car can drive itself. It is very easy for people to use it.

ROPITS is short for Robot for Personal Intelligent Transport System (个人智能交通系统机器人). ROPITS has only one seat. The Japanese made it for old and disabled (残疾的) people in Japan.

What makes the ROPITS special? One can ask it to pick him or her up from a computer or a smart-phone. After he or she gets in the car and tells the ROPITS where to go, it will begin to drive itself and let the driver enjoy the ride.

The ROPITS will not have traffic accidents (事故) because it drives very slowly, not more than 7 kilometers an hour.

1.This passage is about a new kind of     .

A. car                                    B. bicycle                    C. smart-phone          D. computer

2.The ROPITS is special because     .

A. it is only for people in Japan                            B. it can drive itself all the way

C. it can drive fast on the road                              D. it is for the old and disabled people

3. From the passage we know that     .

A. ROPITS is big and smart

B. people must learn to drive ROPITS

C. only old and disabled people can use ROPITS

D. ROPITS is helpful for the old and the disabled people

 

What does a UFO look like? Do you believe there are aliens outside the earth? Maybe nobody can tell us exactly, but some of us believe that we humans are not alone in this world. We have friends living outside the earth. And a lot of people in the world think they really have seen a UFO flying in the sky. Now many scientists are trying to understand the origin of the UFO sightings. Scientists even try to draw pictures about aliens and aliens’ life according to their imagination.        
Because we don’t really know about it, we call it UFO or Unidentified Flying Object. Many of us are curious(好奇的) about it and interested in it very much.
While scientists have no same ideas about whether there is an alien or not, it seems that China has been home to some UFO sightings recently.
On August 20^th,2011, a UFO was seen at 21:00 by the pilot on the plane which took off from Pudong International Airport to Changchun. At almost the same time, many astrophiles(天文爱好者)took pictures of it. Later, reports from some cities said that the UFO was seen. The pilot said the UFO was small at first, then expanded(扩大),moved north, and disappeared(消失)several minutes later. However, he couldn’t exactly make sure about what he had seen.
【小题1】What do scientists know about the aliens according to this passage?

A．Scientists know about the aliens’ life well.

B．Some scientists try to imagine aliens’ life.

C．Scientists have the same idea about the UFO.

D．Many scientists have already understood the origin of the UFO sightings.

【小题2】What happened on August 20^th,2011?

A．A UFO took off from Pudong International Airport.

B．A pilot took pictures of the UFO.

C．Many astrophiles saw the UFO.

D．The UFO was small when it moved north.

【小题3】Which of the following sentences is NOT true according to this passage?

A．UFO is short for Unidentified Flying Object.

B．Some people from some cities said that they saw the UFO on August 20th,2011.

C．The pilot could exactly make sure what he had seen.

D．Many of us are interested in the UFO.