My house is made out of wood, glass and stone. It is also made out of software.
If you come to visit, you’ll probably be surprised when you come in. Someone will give you an electronic PIN (个人身份号码)to wear. This PIN tells the house who and where you are. The house uses this information to give you what you need. When it’s dark outside, the PIN turns on the lights nearest you, and then turns them off as you walk away from them. Music moves with you too. If the house knows your favorite music, it plays it. The music seems to be everywhere, but in fact other people in the house hear different music or no music. If you get a telephone call, only the nearest telephone rings.
Of course, you are also able to tell the house if you want something. There is a home control console (控制台), a small machine that turns things on and off around you.
The PIN and the console are new ideas, but they are in fact like many things we have today. If you want to go to a movie, you need a ticket. If I give you my car keys, you can use my car. The car works for you because you have the keys. My house works for you because you wear the PIN or hold the console.
I believe that ten years from now, most new homes will have the systems that I’ve put in my house. The systems will probably be even bigger and better than the ones I’ve put in today.
I like to try new ideas. I know that some of my ideas will work better than others. But I hope that one day I will stop thinking of these systems as new, and ask myself instead, “How will I live without them?”
【小题1】What does the passage mainly discuss?
A.How to develop a new system. | B.The function of the PIN. |
C.A home for the future. | D.Easy life in the future. |
A.To let readers know why his ideas are new. |
B.To let readers know how special his house is. |
C.To explain the importance of the PIN and the console. |
D.To explain more easily what the functions of the PIN and the console are. |
A.it has been controlled by computers |
B.you can make a telephone call anywhere |
C.it has your favorite music following you |
D.the writer is able to change his new idea into practice |
A.An IT expert. | B.A famous doctor. |
C.An idealist | D.An experienced teacher. |
A.turns on the lights |
B.play music |
C.get a telephone call |
D.go swimming |
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_______ I have to sell my house, I’ll keep my business going.
A.Even | B.As if | C.If | D.Even if |
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It was late Wednesday night when the dreadful phone call reached our home . I rememeber laying in my bed trying to fall asleep when I heard the phone ring . Interested in who would be calling so late I sat up, so I could hear the phone call better . To my surprise , I heard my mom burst into tears , “ Get the car , dear ! Andrea has been in a car accident .”
We ran every red light on the way to the hospital and our tires screeched(发出刺耳声) around every corner . We got to the hospital , but were not allowed to see Andrea . The next morning , after wearing masks , we were allowed to go to the ICU to see Andrea . Well , the least I could say was that everything was injured in her body and she lost all of her memories . It was a fatal car accident .
Over the next two months , I lived more at the hospital than I did at my house . I watched as Andrea worked so hard to gain back everyday motor skills . She never once complained or pitied herself , and her determined spirit was shining through . After two weeks in the ICU and two months of regular hospital treatment , Andrea came home . She missed several months of school , so it was hard for her to catch up . Andrea had many tasks to accomplish , and no matter how hard it was , she stuck to it until the job was done . Though she was busy dealing with the pain and the therapy , she always found time to love and play with me .
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1. The writer wanted to hear the call better , because_______.
A. he sensed that something terrible had happened
B. he might be curious about who would phone so late
C. he wanted to scold the person who phoned so late
D. he wasn’t sure whether the telephone concerned him
2. From the underlined sentence in the second paragraph , we can learn that________.
A. the family didn’t obey the traffic rules
B. the writer’s father wasn’t good at driving
C. the whole family were anxious to see Andrea
D. their house was very far from the hosptial
3. It was mainly________that made the author’s sister recover from the car accident .
A. the family’s encouragement B. Andrea’s strong will
C. the treatment D. the eagerness to study
4. What would be the best title for the passage ?
A. A Miracle Happening to My Sister B. My Sister—the Hero in My Life
C. An Accident Changed My Sister D. An Incident Which Influenced Me Much
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阅读下面的短文,然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
To give the things you don’t need
When I moved into my new house, there was already a washing machine in it. However, I had just bought a new one, so I wondered what to do with the machine that was already in my house. I remembered two girls who regularly knocked at my door for religious reasons.
They never had or kept anything they didn’t need. If one of them needed something, they would work for the amount of time it took to make the money and then return to their religious work. They had just moved into their own house so I decided to give them all the things I didn’t need in my house. Whatever they didn’t need, they could give to the charity store they helped support.
I asked them if they needed a washing machine and they looked at each other and smiled. It turned out that they had called on a complete stranger the week before, a shingle mother with a new –born baby to take care of. She had been washing clothes by hand. When hey got home they discussed the fact that the woman probably needed their washing machine more than they did so they gave it to her. And their good deed had come back to them as they would be able to have my washing machine.
【写作内容】
1.以约30个词概括上文的内容要点;
2.然后以约120个词就“To give the things you don’t need”的主题发表你的看法,内容包括:
说说文中提到的赠予方式的利与弊。
你赞同作者的这种赠予方式吗?请说明理由。
如果将来你也有机会参与这样的赠予活动,你愿意捐赠些什么、赠予给谁呢?
【写作要求】
1.在作文中可以使用自己亲身的经历或虚构的故事,也可以参照阅读材料的内容但不得直接引用原文中的句子;
2.作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
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Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together. However, I was not thinking about the golden chain when I had to help people who 36 their way and parked in front of my house.
I was growing tired of helping so many people. Almost every 37 I was awaken during a sound night’s sleep and had to 38 someone out. Many times I was 39 by some penniless motorists who did not even thank me for the helps that they received and some even complained that I could have done 40 .
One day, a young man with a week – old beard climbed out of a 41 automobile. He had no money and no food. He asked if I could give him some 42 , offer him gasoline and a meal. I told him that if he wanted to work for me, he could cut the grass, but 43 the work wasn’t necessary.
Though sweaty and hungry, he worked hard. After working all day, he sat 44 to cool himself. I thanked him for his work and gave him the money he 45 . I then offered him some 46 money for a task particularly well done, but he shook his head, 47 .
I never saw him again. He probably thinks I helped him out that day, but that is not 48 it was. I didn’t help him. He helped me to 49 people again to repay their trust in me. He helped me to once again want to do something for those who are 50 . I wish I could thank him for 51 some of my belief in the basic 52 of others and for giving me back a little of the 53 I had lost. Because of him, I once again felt part of a golden chain of kindness that 54 us to others.
I may have fed his body that day, but he fed my 55 .
36.A.fought B.found C.made D.lost
37.A.morning B.afternoon C.night D.evening
38.A.bring B.help C.carry D.drive
39.A.taken for grantedB.put up with C.turned down D.taken up with
40.A.less B.more C.worse D.enough
41.A.fashionable B.famous C.flashy D.shabby
42.A.money B.food C.help D.work
43.A.actually B.specially C.particularly D.generally
44.A.in the sun B.in the shade C.in the field D.in the car
45.A.asked B.begged C.needed D.charged
46.A.old B.extra C.small D.good
47.A.accepted B.received C.refused D.denied
48.A.the situation B.the thing C.the issue D.the way
49.A.believe in B.watch over C.look after D.care about
50.A.in trouble B.in danger C.in tears D.in fear
51.A.forgetting B.losing C.restoring D.finding
52.A.goodness B.happiness C.pleasure D.nature
53.A.weakness B.strength C.optimism D.pessimism
54.A.adapts B.adjusts C.devotes D.connects
55.A.heart B.soul C.head D.mouth
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此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断:如无错误,在该行右边横线上画一个勾(√);如有错误(每行只有一个错误),则按下列情况改正:该行多一个词:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉,在该行右边横线上写出该词,并也用斜线划掉。
该行缺一个词:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(^),在该行右边的横线上写出该加的词。
该行错一个词:在错的词下划一横线,在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
One day, I was cooking in the kitchen as the 1. _______
telephone rings. I went to answer it immediately. 2. _______
She was my close friend, Lisa. When we were talking 3. _______
on a phone, the fire alarm sounded. I ran back to the 4._______
kitchen. The room full of smoke and the beef was badly 5.______
burnt. I quickly turned off the gas, opening all the 6. _______
windows, and then went out of the house. In my 7._______
surprise, two fire engines were outside my house. I 8.______
was rather worried and told about the firemen that it 9.______
was my careless cooking which caused the heavy smoke. 10.______
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