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Who could have imagined that a treadmill（跑步机）on wheels would one day become a thing?!? Lopifit is an unusual means of transportation that allows you to power an electric bicycle by walking on a treadmill.
Lopifit founder Bruin Bergmeester says it all started when he asked himself the question “How can I use a treadmill outdoors?” He finally came up with a new design, adding an electric motor, and the Lopifit was born. It’s similar to an electric bicycle in that the motor only works when the rider puts power in as well. The Lopifit senses when you walk on the treadmill and uses the motor to turn a drive chain at the back of the treadmill, helping you reach a top speed of 17 miles per hour.
To use the Lopifit, simply turn on the battery（电池）and use your foot to slide the treadmill backwards and start the motor. Then get on and enjoy the ride! If you need speed, just walk on the treadmill, and if you want to coast（惯性滑行）, all you have to do is stay still and admire the view. To stop, you have two hand breaks.
The Lopifit first hit the streets in 2014 and, unsurprisingly, became a hit overnight. That was actually quite challenging for the company, because it started getting calls for orders, but it was nowhere near ready for mass production. The unique treadmill bicycle could be bought this year, and Lopifit is struggling to keep up with demand, although the price is up to $2,115.
Some people consider this means of transportation stupid and unnecessary, although there is a very loyal fan-base of so-called Lopifitters. They simply believe that if you’re going to walk, you might as well do it the old-fashioned way.
But the Lopifit does have the special advantage of helping you “walk” really fast without much effort, or walking at cycling speed, if you will.
1.Lopifit is an electric bicycle which ________.
A. can be powered by the drive chain
B. can work without an electric motor
C. works when you walk on the treadmill
D. stops when you slide the treadmill forward
2.What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?
A. The design of a Lopifit. B. The function of a Lopifit.
C. The structure of a Lopifit. D. The operation of a Lopifit.
3.What is probably the author’s attitude towards Lopifit?
A. Confident. B. Concerned.
C. Curious. D. Doubtful.
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单词拼写：（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
1.Frederick William I，the King of Prussia , could never have imagined that his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such an ________ history .
2.About four meters long, the room served as a small ________ hall for important visitors .
3.There are two main sets of Games-the Winter and Summer Olympics, and both are held every four years on a ________ basis.
4.She said, “I don’t want to set down a ________ of facts in a diary as most people do, but I want this diary itself to be my friend, and I shall call my friend Kitty.”
5.Then ________ between about AD 800 and 1150, English became less like German because those who ruled England spoken first Danish and later French.
6.Wang Wei soon got them interested in ________ too.
7.People began to wonder how long the ________ would last.
8.But I was happy to help because I knew it would help us achieve our dream of making black and white people ________.
9.Only athletes who have reached the agreed standard for their event will be ________as competitors.
10.It’s a great ________ but also a great honour to be chosen.
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根据所学课文内容填空，每空填一个词：（每小题1分，共10分）
A: Frederick William I, could never have imagined that his greatest gift to the Russian
people would have such an 1. history.
B: Frederick William I, 2. whom the amber room belonged, decided not to keep it .
C: I’ve come to your time to find out about the present-day Olympic Games because I know that in 2004 they were held in my3.
D. But I was always so lonely standing there4.myself, until in the early 1960s they gave me a 5. connected by a network. I was able to share my knowledge with others through the World Wide 6..
E: The 7.carpet traveled so fast that next minutes they were in Zimbabwe. Daisy turned around and found that she was 8.watched by an elephant. Farmers hunted us without mercy. They said we 9. their farms, and money from tourists only went to the large tour companies
F: Have you ever dreamed of 70 in front of thousands of people at a concert.
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My new English-Chinese dictionary has disappeared, who have taken it?
A．should B．must C．could D．Would
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My dictionary has disappeared. Who ________ have taken it?
A. should B. must C. could D. would
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The old man said that he would ________ more people who would not have too much work
to do in the week to come to do the construction work.
A. let B. promise C. get D. make
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. Who could have ____ that within 10 years he’d be in charge of the whole company
A. indicated B. promised C. supported D. predicted
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If you could have any three things,what would you want?
Eleven-year-old Ruby loves _______that question,but it's not a game she plays for fun.She asks it at nursing homes in the Harrison area.She then sets out to _______the residents'(住户的) wishes.
Ruby has long been close to older folks.Her mother,Amanda Chitsey works at nursing homes in Arkansas, and Ruby often follows."I've never found them scary at all,so I'm willing to_______ them and ask if they need anything,"she says.
Last May,Ruby noticed a woman named Pearl _______out a window.She seemed sorrowful. ＂What are you looking at?"Ruby asked.Pearl said she was watching her dog being _______ away by his new owner after a visit.Pearl didn't know when she would see her dog again.
Ruby noticed that pets were not permitted at the nursing home.And Pearl couldn't afford to look after her dog,as she got only$40 a month to spend on_______items such as clothes and haircuts.Ruby also learned that many residents had the similar _______，so she decided to do something about it.
Ruby started by asking residents what three things they wanted most in the world.At first she was _______ that people would ask for cars and other things that were beyond the ability of an 11-year-old girl. _______,they asked for chocolate bars,McDonald's fries and even just a prayer. Using their own money,the Chitseys granted(准予、允许) the________of about 100 people in three months.Then they started appealing for________.
Many people responded ________ so much that Amanda set up a Go Fund Me page,raising more than$250,000 in five months.With those ________,Ruby was able to help more people.
Ruby doesn't plan to ________ there.One of its new goals is to set up a public laptop in one nursing home in each state."I consider ________to be my hobby,"she says.
1.A.taking on B.bringing up C.think over D.dealing with
2.A.realize B.list C.consider D.predict
3.A.comfort B.approach C.support D.invite
4.A.keeping B.holding C.staring D.pointing
5.A.led B.driven C.put D.thrown
6.A.daily B.proper C.simple D.necessary
7.A.attitude B.complaint C.experience D.confusion
8.A.surprised B.concerned C.determined D.disappointed
9.A.Instead B.Anyhow C.Therefore D.However
10.A.plans B.interests C.wishes D.changes
11.A.donations B.ways C.tasks D.suggestions
12.A.thankfully B.enthusiastically C.differently D.intelligently
13.A.choices B.standards C.funds D.dreams
14.A.stop B.miss C.live D.pass
15.A.communication B.kindness C.generosity D.independence
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I’ll be the first to admit that I am a technophobe(对技术有恐惧感的人). Who would have guessed that a website would help repay a 20-year-old loan?
I’ll always remember my last day at school. My best friend, Jenny, had organized a party in the Sixth Form Common Room.
Jenny asked me to go to the supermarket with her to buy all the snacks. “I'm really looking forward to this party, Stingy," she said. Everyone called me Stingy instead of Debbie because they thought I didn’t like to spend money. Actually, it was true.
“There’s lots of money in the kitty. Let’s go crazy!” Going crazy meant buying enough snacks to feed an army. It came to ￡19.90, which was a lot of money in 1982.
Jenny gave me a guilty(内疚的) look. “I've left-the kitty money in the common room. Can you pay and I’ll give you back the money?”
“Sure,” I replied, trying to look relaxed. “Neither a lender or a borrower be” was my motto(座右铭) but I didn’t want to look stingy. I gave ￡20 to the impatient shop assistant.
Well, the Party was a great success. So great that I completely forgot about my loan until I was flying to America the next day. I was going to live with my uncle’s family until I started university.
I tried to get in touch with Jenny but her family had moved. My ￡20 was lost. Until...
I’d heard about a website called Friends Reunited which helped people contact old school friends. My husband helped me log on and find my school. There she was, Jenny Frost.
I’m now married with a beautiful daughter called Debbie. Does anyone know how to get in touch with Debbie “Stingy” Jones? I still owe her ￡20!
We met two months later and the ￡20 was returned, plus interest(利息) of course. After all, I’m a bank manager now, so loans are my business.
1.Everyone called the author Stingy because they thought .
A. she was poor
B. she was mean
C. she was lovely
D. she was friendly
2.Why did Stingy lend her money to Jenny?
A. Because Jenny lost her money.
B. Because Jenny never borrowed money from her.
C. Because Stingy had a lot of money in the kitty.
D. Because Stingy wanted to be generous with her friend.
3.When did Stingy get her loan back?
A. The next day. B. At the last day at school.
C. Two months later. D. About 20 years later.
4.What can be the best title?
A. Neither a lender or a borrower be.
B. Always be a “Stingy”.
C. Friends and Money Reunited.
D. A loan has to be paid back.
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Who would have thought that there was any connection between a cup of coffee and a bird, butterfly, or even a bat? Such seems to be the case, however, as methods for growing coffee plants have gradually changed over time.
Coffee plants were first discovered growing in Africa hundreds of years ago. The plants grew under a wide cover of forests, which protected the coffee plants' leaves from the burning sun. As coffee was introduced to other countries, farmers would naturally try to grow the plants in the shade of tall trees. These trees provided more than shade for coffee plants; they were also home for many species of birds, insects, and other plants.
Over the past 30 to 40 years, people developed a new kind of coffee plant, one which grows well in open sunlight. Sun-grown coffee produced two times more coffee than shade-grown coffee in the same amount of time and space. As a result, the growing need for coffee makes the sun-grown method appear to be the best way to grow coffee.
However, this newer method has some unexpected results. First, the lack of tree cover leaves the land open to heavy rainfall, which can wash away the soil's nutrients (营养物质). This necessitates an increased use of fertilizers (化肥) and additives, which is likely to create health risks. Second, as forests are taken down to make way for sun-grown coffee plants, native and migratory birds no longer have a home. This is threatening many species, and the effect is now being examined and recorded by ornithologists, who are discovering sharp falls in some species that travel to the northern United States each year. Finally, more pesticides (农药) are used in the sun-grown method, all of which have a bad influence on both the environment and the long-term health of the coffee plants themselves.
Today, as more people recognize the problems of coffee grown in the sun, perhaps they will be willing to pay the higher prices, encouraging coffee growers to return to the more natural method of producing this worldwide product.
1.Coffee plants can grow naturally when _____.
A. there is much hot sunshine
B. there is enough heavy rainfall
C. there are tall trees around them
D. there are lots of nutrients in the soil
2.What do ornithologists most probably do?
A. Study birds. B. Grow coffee.
C. Protect forests. D. Make pesticides.
3.What can we learn from the passage?
A. Compared with shade-grown coffee, sun-grown coffee is more expensive.
B. The passage mainly explains the connection between coffee and sunlight.
C. More and more coffee farmers are growing coffee plants in the shade.
D. The author wants coffee farmers to grow shade-grown coffee.