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Today making a phone call is as common as having a glass of water. But when telephones were invented more than 130 years ago, people believed that they were dangerous.
In 1876, when the first telephone was shown to the public, electricity was still new and little understood. Many people had died working with electricity in the early days. That's why most people did not easily accept that it was safe to hear a human voice through the phone.
But on the morning of March 10, 1876, Alexander Bell, and his assistant Thomas Watson, had no such fears. Bell, and Watson had been struggling to make their new invention, the telephone, work. Bell sent his assistant to a room in the basement. In a room upstairs, the telephone inventor spoke seven little words into his invention. These simple words changed the world forever. "Mr. Watson, come here. I want you. "
The telephone was born in March 1876, but it took a few more years for it to gain respect. Bell had to overcome the fears about electricity before people took his invention serious. He also had to convince(使信服) people there was a need for such a machine.
Today, we take telephones in agreement. But on that day in March 1876, there were only two telephones in the whole world. Our world sure has changed, don't you think so?
1.How did people like the telephones at first?
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2.When was the first telephone invented in history?
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3.What was the first sentence that was said on the phone in history?
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4.Is it easy or difficult for people to accept the telephone at that time?
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5.Put the main ideas (A-E) in the order that the passage is arranged.
____ →____ →____ →____ →____
A.Why people think phone call is dangerous.
B.A new try between Alexander Bell and Thomas Watson.
C.Our world has changed.
D.Telephones were dangerous.
E.It is not easy for people to accept the machine.
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Bicycles are used by people of all ages around the world. It's common in many cities to see thousands of bikes streaming down a street.
At first, only men rode bicycles. It was thought that only men could run machines, and that women wouldn't be able to control a bicycle. In the 1890s, though, with women's growing independence(独立), bicycles offered women a way to travel by themselves. Today, of course, men, women, and children ride bicycles.
Most bikes today have two wheels, but you've probably seen other kinds, too.
Some people start riding bikes that have three wheels. The third wheel makes the bike easier to balance. These bikes are called tricycles. As you've seen, the bi- in bicycle means "two". The tri- in tricycle means "three". Bikes with three wheels aren't just for young children. They matter to adults because bikes with three wheels can help move people or things. The most common kind of adult tricycle is the rickshaw(黄包车). Rickshaws are used as bike taxis in many parts of the world.
Some bikes also have only one wheel and no handlebars(把手). These bikes are called unicycles. The first part of the word, uni-, means "one". Riding a bike with only one wheel is a balancing act—that's why unicycles are used in the circus(马戏团).
There are also bikes with four wheels. Bikes with four wheels are called quadracycles. Again, the first part of the word refers to the number of wheels. In this case, quadra-means "four".
根据上面短文内容填空。
1.People of all ages ________ bicycles around the world. It's common in many cities to see ________ bikes streaming down a street.
2.At first, only men rode bicycles. It was thought that women wouldn't have the ________ to control a bicycle. With women's growing independence, bicycles offered women ________ to travel by themselves.
3.Some people start ________ that have three wheels. The third wheel makes the bike achieve a balance ________.
4.Bikes with ________ aren't just for young children. They're ________ to adults because they can help move people or things.
5.There are ________ kinds of bikes mentioned in the article, but the rickshaw is ________ kind of adult tricycle.
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电话的发明
Today making a phone call is as common as having a glass of water.But when telephones were invented more than 130 years ago, people _____ that they were dangerous.
In 1876, _____ the first telephone was demonstrated to the public, electricity was _____ new and little understood. Many people had died working with electricity in the early days. That's why most people did not easily accept that it was _____ to hear a human voice through the phone. Many honestly feared the phone would kill them.
But on the morning of March 10, 1876, Alexander Bell, and his assistant Thomas Watson, had no such _____. Bell, and Watson had been _____ hard to make their new invention, the telephone, work. Bell sent his assistant to a room in the basement. In a room upstairs, the telephone inventor spoke seven little _____ into his invention. These simple words _____ the world forever. “Mr. Watson, come here. I want you.”
It's hard to _____ the excitement in the laboratory that day. Mr. Watson did, in fact, hear these words on his receiving machine in the basement. He ______ ran upstairs to announce the ______ news to his boss.
The telephone was born______ March 1876, but it took a few more years for it to ______ respect. Bell had to overcome the fears about electricity before people took his ______ seriously. He also had to convince people there was a need for such a machine.
Today, many people use telephone in their daily life.______ on that day in March 1876, there were only two telephones in the whole world.
Our world surely has changed, don't you think so?
1.A.discussed B.expected C.believed D.explained
2.A.when B.where C.what D.how
3.A.already B.still C.ever D.also
4.A.fair B.simple C.strange D.safe
5.A.fears B.dreams C.methods D.choices
6.A.guessing B.waiting C.saving D.working
7.A.jokes B.words C.sentences D.goals
8.A.changed B.built C.protected D.attracted
9.A.know B.understand C.imagine D.learn
10.A.early B.bravely C.naturally D.quickly
11.A.upset B.terrible C.good D.serious
12.A.at B.on C.in D.with
13.A.cheat B.improve C.get D.forget
14.A.idea B.invention C.plan D.direction
15.A.And B.So C.Or D.But
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If you look at the top of your phone ,you'll usually see a little symbol that says 3G or 4G. The "G" stands for the "generation" of your mobile network.But these symbols will become things of the past after 5G fully arrives.
On March 30th, 2019, Shanghai vice-mayor Wu Qing made the first 5G video call on a Huawei Mate X smartphone, CGTN reported.Shanghai has also become the first city in China to start testing 5G networks.Monaco became the first country in Europe to use a next-generation 5G mobile phone network based on technology from Chinese company Huawei.
It sounds obvious, but it’s important to understand just how much faster 5G is compared to current 4G speeds. 5G will not only be many, many times faster than your existing connection, it will be greatly faster than the broadband connection you have at home.
Now, 4G takes about 100 to 200 milliseconds* to send and receive data.But 5G will get it down to 1 millisecond or less.This big change will not only make our mobile Internet faster. It can be used in many other ways as well.
For example,5G will help to make self-driving cars safer.Today's self ﹣ driving test cars have one problem ﹣ lag.When the car"sees"an obstacle*, it sends this information to a data center and receives instructions. However, it takes time to send and receive this information. With this kind of lag, the cars might crash because they don't receive instructions in time. With 5G, this lag will be greatly lowered, making the cars safer,according to CNN.
5G could also be used to power the Internet of Things (IOT). This refers to a large online network that connects all things and people.Fast Internet speeds will be the key to developing this technology. For example, with IOT under 5G, your fridge could automatically* place an order online for eggs when it finds that there are no eggs left inside.
All in all, 5G will shape every type of technology that it touches. And you won't have to wait too long for that to happen. Though we’ve seen a lot of positive progress just in the last year, we still have a long way to go before 5G is anywhere near as common as 4G is right now.
1.From Paragraph ②, we can know that _______.
A.5G is widely used in Shanghai
B.it took lots of efforts to test 5G
C.China and Monaco is working on its 5G networks
D.5G would make it possible to take videos
2.The underlined word "lag" probably means " _______" in Chinese.
A.延迟 B.迷路 C.暂停 D.耗电
3.The fridge is mentioned to _______.
A.describe the importance of IOT
B.encourage people to try the new product
C.introduce how to use the Internet of Things
D.show 5G would make IOT more powerful
4.Which of the following would be the best title of the passage？
A.Can 5G Go Far？
B.How is 5G Changing Our Life？
C.5G is on the Way
D.China is Leading the World in 5G
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It's common for us to have smart phones today. They _ in our daily life.
A. used widely B. were widely used
C. use widely D. are widely used
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It's common for us to have smart phones today. They _ in our daily life.
A. used widely B. were widely used
C. use widely D. are widely used
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A proverb (谚语) is a short, well known saying that expresses a common truth or belief. Proverbs are found in most cultures and are often very old.
In American history, Benjamin Franklin was a scientist, inventor and writer as well as a leader of the American Revolution. 1.
Franklin wrote a book called “Poor Richard’s Almanac”. 2. Some of them are still used today, like this one, “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.”
Franklin is also remembered for other proverbs like, “A penny saved is a penny earned.” 3.
Here are other examples of proverbs that Americans use. The first ones are about love. Some people say, “All is fair in love and war.” They mean that anything you do in a relationship or in battle is acceptable.
4. In other words, when you are in love with someone, you may refuse to see anything bad about that person.
Here is another popular saying about love, “The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach.” Some people believe that a woman can win a man’s love if she prepares his favorite food.
“5.” This proverb is true in love and war or other situations. It means that what you do is more important than what you say.
We have to stop here, so we must say, “All good things must come to an end.”
A.Actions speak louder than words.
B.Another proverb says “Love is blind.”
C.He was also famous for his proverbs.
D.You can spend your money on anything that you like.
E.He included many proverbs that he had heard or created.
F.Love can make us friends as well as angels.
G.This means that money should not be wasted.
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More than 95 percent of people in the world have phones today. Phone calls and messages help us easily keep in touch with others. It means that we seldom write letters now. But a TV show, Letters Alive is bringing back this old habit.
Letters Alive got its idea from a UK program with a similar name. Both shows invite famous actors and actresses, but there are no funny jokes or different competitions. Instead, it’s just one person walking up to microphone and read the letter.
The letters were written by people from different times in history. Guan Zhengwen, the director of the TV show, said, “Every letter opens another world for us. It seems that we can experience the real lives and feelings of the writers.”
Since its first episode（集）on December 5th, Letters alive has been widely praised. Many audiences-- the people who watched the TV show, said that it has provided a breath of fresh air to today’s TV shows.
Besides Letters Alive, some other cultural TV shows have also been well received by Chinese audiences. They include Chinese Poetry Conference, a classical Chinese poetry competition, and Readers, a program that invites people to read poems and articles they like or wrote.
“This means that our audiences are not only looking for entertainment like gossip（八卦）and eye-catching games, ” reported China Youth Daily. “Cultural values and true feeling are the keys to winning praise.”
1.According to the passage, people seldom ________to keep in touch with others today.
A.write letters B.make calls C.send messages D.send e-mails
2.We can enjoy ________ in the TV show Letters Alive.
A.funny jokes B.different competitions
C.eye-catching games D.the real lives and feelings of the writers
3.What does the underlined word “audiences” mean?
A.导演 B.作者 C.观众 D,朗读者
4.We can know that Readers is the name of________ from the passage.
A.a game B.a program C.a director D.a competition
5.Why is Chinese Poetry Conference popular with people?
A.It has the similar name as a UK program.
B.It can express the feelings of the readers.
C.Gossip and eye-catching games in it are funny.
D.There is the value of Chinese traditional culture in it.
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More and more people have phones today. Phone calls and messages help us easily keep in touch with others. It means that we seldom write letters now, but a TV show----Letters Alive(见字如面), is bringing back this old habit.
Letters Alive got its idea from a UK program with a similar name. Both shows invite famous actors and actresses, but there are no funny jokes or different competitions. Instead, it’s just one person walking up to a microphone and reading a letter.
The letters were written by people from different times in history. For example, in one episode(一集) they read a letter written by famous writer Xiao Hong to her younger brother in 1941. The letter shows that Xiao Hong missed her brother so much and had great hopes for his future.
Since its first episode on Dec 5, 2016, Letters Alive has been widely welcomed. Many audience members said that it has provided a breath of fresh air to today’s TV shows.
Apart from Letters Alive, some other cultural TV shows have also been well received by Chinese audiences. They include Chinese Poetry Conference (中国诗词大会), a classical Chinese poetry competition, and Readers(朗读者), a program that invites people to read poems and articles they like or wrote.
“This means that our audiences are not only looking for entertainment like gossip(八卦) and eye-catching games,” reported China Youth Daily. “Cultural values and true feelings are the keys to winning praise.”
回答下面5个问题，每题答案不超过5个词。
1.What does the old habit mean in the first paragraph?
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2.Who does the show invite to read letters?
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3.When was the first episode of Letters Alive broadcast?
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4.What do many audience members think Letters Alive provide to today’s TV shows?
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5.What are important to be popular?
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More and more people have phones today. Phone calls and messages help us easily keep in touch with others. It means that we seldom write letters now, but a TV show----Letters Alive(见字如面), is bringing back this old habit.
Letters Alive got its idea from a UK program with a similar name. Both shows invite famous actors and actresses, but there are no funny jokes or different competitions. Instead, it’s just one person walking up to a microphone and reading a letter.
The letters were written by people from different times in history. For example, in one episode(一集) they read a letter written by famous writer Xiao Hong to her younger brother in 1941. The letter shows that Xiao Hong missed her brother so much and had great hopes for his future.
Since its first episode on Dec 5, 2016, Letters Alive has been widely welcomed. Many audience members said that it has provided a breath of fresh air to today’s TV shows.
Apart from Letters Alive, some other cultural TV shows have also been well received by Chinese audiences. They include Chinese Poetry Conference (中国诗词大会), a classical Chinese poetry competition, and Readers(朗读者), a program that invites people to read poems and articles they like or wrote.
“This means that our audiences are not only looking for entertainment like gossip(八卦) and eye-catching games,” reported China Youth Daily. “Cultural values and true feelings are the keys to winning praise.”
回答下面5个问题，每题答案不超过5个词。
1.What does the old habit mean in the first paragraph?
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2.Who does the show invite to read letters?
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3.When was the first episode of Letters Alive broadcast?
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4.What do many audience members think Letters Alive provide to today’s TV shows?
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5.What are imprtant to be popular?
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