A middle-aged couple from California got to t...

A middle-aged couple from California got to the Pacific Ocean after a 4,900- mile-cross-country walk, becoming the first to backpack the American Discovery Trail by walking．

Marcia and Ken started the travel across 13 states, through 14 national parks and 16 national forests from Delaware and finally reached their destination a day nearly eight months later.

“We are sad that a great adventure is over. Now we just go home and do housework” said the couple, who went through cities, desert, mountains and farmland before reaching the Pacific alone.

They overcame deep snow in the East, a quicksand in Utah, close lightning strikes in the Mid- west and strong desert sandstorms in the West while averaging 22 miles a day and taking only four days off．But they enjoyed the French history of St.Louis and the beauty of the Colorado Rockies.   They particularly remember kindness of strangers they met along the way.

“Americans are truly warm-hearted and wonderful. We got to meet people that we would never meet in our daily living at home. It' s an amazing country.” Marcia said．

1.Which of the following is the most suitable title?

A．The first couple to backpack the Pacific Ocean alone

B．The first couple to cover a 4,900 mile cross-country walk

C．A husband-and-wife team suffered a lot during an adventure

D．A husband-and-wife team got much help during an adventure

2.Which of the statements is TRUE?

A．The couple travelled across 16 states.

B．Their walk lasted nearly half a year.

C．They prefer housework to adventure

D．They took four days off during the travel

3.We know that during the walk, the couple_________.

A．were worried about their housework

B．once covered 22 miles within four days

C．were treated warm-heartedly by strangers

D．met strong desert sandstorms in the East

4.Which place do you suppose can replace the underlined word “destination”?

A．Delaware

B．Colorado Rockies

C．California

D．Pacific Ocean

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A husband-and-wife team from California reached the Pacific Ocean after a 4,900- mile-cross-country walk, becoming the first to backpack the American Discovery Trail in one continuouswalk．

Marcia and Ken powers, of Pleasanton, started the travel across 13 states, through 14 national parks and 16 national forests on Feb．27 from Cape Henlopen in Delaware．Nearly eight months later, the excited couple walked through water into the Pacific Ocean at Point Reyes, a day ahead of time．

“We are a little sad that a great adventure is over．It was a fantastic adventure．And now we go home and just do housework．It's really sad．” Marcia, who said she's in her 50s, and her 60-year-old husband traversed cities, desert, mountains and farmland before reaching the Pacifics alone with arms around each other' s backpacks．

They overcame deep snow in the East, a quicksand in Utah, close lightning strikes in the Mid- west and strong desert sandstorms in the West while averaging 22 miles a day and taking only four days off．But they enjoyed the French history of St．Louis' the beauty of the Colorado Rockies and the kindness of strangers they met along the way．They particularly remember two brothers ---- a

doctor and dentist-------who put them up in their homes, after terrible days, and a motorcyclist who gave them water after they failed to find any on Utah's lonely Wah Wah Desert．

“Americans are truly warm-hearted and wonderful people．” Marcia Powers said．“We got to meet people that we would never meet in our daily living at home．We got to touch it with our feet and hands and smell all its scents and hear its wildlife．It' s an amazing country,” she added．

1.Which of the following about couple's walk is TRUE?

A．The walk covered more than 13 states．

B．The walk lasted about half a year．

C．The walk didn't meet any desert．

D．The walk might end before October 27．

2.The underlined word “traversed” in the third paragraph means “____________．”

A．enjoy                                 B．move across, through or over

C．overcome                            D．look at

3.According to the text, we can infer that during the walk the couple __________．

A．were treated warm-heartedly by the local people

B．never stopped to have a rest

C．were ever caught in a heavy rain and became ill

D．felt the quicksand in Utah was very interesting

4.The couple went through many places except ____________．

A．big rivers                                       B．desert             C．hills       D．fields

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A husband-and-wife team from California reached the Pacific Ocean after a 4,900- mile-cross

-country walk, becoming the first to backpack the American Discovery Trail in one continuous

walk.

Marcia and Ken powers, of Pleasanton, started the travel across 13 states, through 14 national parks and 16 national forests on Feb. 27 from Cape Henlopen in Delaware. Nearly eight months later, the excited couple walked through water into the Pacific Ocean at Point Reyes, a day ahead of time.

“We are a little sad that a great adventure is over. It was a fantastic adventure. And now we go home and just do housework. It's really sad.” Marcia, who said she's in her 50s, and her 60-year-old husband traversed cities, desert, mountains and farmland before reaching the Pacifics alone with arms around each other' s backpacks.

They overcame deep snow in the East, a quicksand in Utah, close lightning strikes in the Mid- west and strong desert sandstorms in the West while averaging 22 miles a day and taking only four days off. But they enjoyed the French history of St. Louis' the beauty of the Colorado Rockies and the kindness of strangers they met along the way. They particularly remember two brothers ---- a

doctor and dentist-------who put them up in their homes, after terrible days, and a motorcyclist who gave them water after they failed to find any on Utah's lonely Wah Wah Desert.

“Americans are truly warm-hearted and wonderful people.” Marcia Powers said. “We got to meet people that we would never meet in our daily living at home. We got to touch it with our feet and hands and smell all its scents and hear its wildlife. It' s an amazing country,” she added.

1.Which of the following about couple's walk is TRUE?

2.The underlined word “traversed” in the third paragraph means “____________.”

3. According to the text, we can infer that during the walk the couple __________.

4.The couple went through many places except ____________.

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　　 the east coast of China, the city of Hangzhou is easy to be attacked by the storm from the Pacific Ocean.

A. Lying off                B. Situated on          C. Located off      D. Laying on

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To their joy, the couple________ the house and found the missing ring.

A．got through                            B．went through

C．Lived through                          D．Looked through

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______ his son away to college, the old couple got more room in the house.

A. As　　 B. For

C. Through　　 D. With

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________ their son away to college, the couple got more room in the house.

A. As           B. For   C. Through      D. With

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An old friend from California called from the airport to tell me that he had arrived. I was not able to leave the office, but I had made plans for his arrival. After explaining (解释) where my new house was, I told him that I had left the key under the doormat (门垫). Since I knew it would be pretty late before I could get home, I suggested that he make himself at home and help himself to anything that was in the refrigerator(电冰箱).

Two hours later my friend phoned me from the house. At the moment, he said, he was listening to some of my records after having had a delicious meal. Now, he said, he was drinking a glass of orange juice. When I asked him if he had had any difficulty finding the house, he answered that the only problem was that he had not been able to find the key under the doormat, but luckily, the living room window by the apple tree had been left open and he had climbed in through the window. I listened to all this in great surprise. There is no apple tree outside my window, but there is one by the living room window of my next door neighbor's house!

1.An old friend of mine called ______.

A. to tell me to meet him at the airport

B. to tell me about his arrival

C. to ask me to leave the office

D. to ask me to make plans for his arrival

2.My friend climbed into the room because ______ .

A. there was an apple tree outside

B. the living room window was left open

C. he had difficulty opening the door

D. he hadn't found the key

3.My friend telephoned me two hours later ______ .

A. from my home　　 B. at the airport

C. in his office　　 D. from my neighbor's house

4.The purpose of writing this passage is to ________.

A. introduce a friend　　 B. tell an interesting story

C. explain something　　 D. show what friendship is

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An old friend from California called from the airport to tell me that he had arrived. I was not able to leave the office, but I had made plans for his arrival. After explaining (解释) where my new house was, I told him that I had left the key under the doormat (门垫). Since I knew it would be pretty late before I could get home, I suggested that he make himself at home and help himself to anything that was in the refrigerator(电冰箱).

Two hours later my friend phoned me from the house. At the moment, he said, he was listening to some of my records after having had a delicious meal. Now, he said, he was drinking a glass of orange juice. When I asked him if he had had any difficulty finding the house, he answered that the only problem was that he had not been able to find the key under the doormat, but luckily, the living room window by the apple tree had been left open and he had climbed in through the window. I listened to all this in great surprise. There is no apple tree outside my window, but there is one by the living room window of my next door neighbor's house!

1.The old friend of the writer called him ______.

A. to tell the writer to meet him at the airport

B. to ask the writer to make plans for his arrival

C. to ask the writer to leave the office

D. to tell the writer about his arrival

2.My friend climbed into the room because ______ .

A. he hadn't found the key　　 B. the living room window was left open

C. he had difficulty opening the door　　 D. there was an apple tree outside

3.Where did the old friend of the writer make the second call? ______ .

A. From the writer’s home　　 B. At the airport

C. In his office　　 D. From the writer’s neighbor's house

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Contestants from around the world met in Pomona, California, this month to test their skills at things like driving a car, walking down stairs, and opening doors. Sounds easy, right? But the competitors weren’t people—they were robots!

The bots were participating in(参加) the final round of the US’s DARPA(Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Robotics Challenge. This event, which took place on June 5-6, tested robots on how well they could respond during a disaster and the winning team finally took home a $2 million grand prize.

The DARPA challenge was created after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan. An earthquake caused a tsunami, which damaged a nuclear power plant. Workers at the plant needed to shut off an important valve(阀门), but it was too dangerous for humans to reach it. The US scientists at DARPA wondered whether the disaster could have been avoided if a robot had been sent to do the job. So they set up the robotics competition.

Turning a valve was just one task a robot might have to perform when entering a disaster zone. In addition to doing this, robots participating in the challenge had to navigate a course containing several other tasks: driving and exiting a vehicle, opening a door, walking over or clearing objects, cutting a hole in a wall, plus climbing a flight of stairs.

Teams had to complete the challenge in one hour, and points were awarded based on how quickly the robots completed a task. They didn’t have to attempt all the tasks. To make things even more realistic, challenge organizers caused short computer-system blackouts(断电) that prevented robots and the human operators controlling them from communicating. That means teams had to program their robots to be partially autonomous(独立的). Robots also couldn’t be attached to anything that could keep them from falling down, which happened a lot.

1.What do we know about this year’s DARPA challenge?

A. It lasted five days.

B. It was held in Japan.

C. Its winner got a cash prize.

D. Its winner will work in Fukushima.

2.What does the underlined part “the job” in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A. To open a door. 　　　　 B. To close a valve.

C. To predict a tsunami. D. To rebuild a nuclear power plant.

3.The robots that participated in the US’s DARPA challenge were required to _____.

A. challenge all the tasks

B. have a good sense of smell

C. complete their tasks in an hour

D. act in the dark in the whole process

4.What is the text mainly about?

A. A nuclear disaster. 　　 B. A research program.

C. A robotics competition. D. A scientific organization.

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