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Is your mobile phone just to make phone calls? If yes, you are out of date then. The very recent fashion ---Apple iphone has started a new _______ for mobile phones and developed more and more uses. Its touch-to-go function(功能) and shining design make the iphone one of young people’s favorite toys. They take notes, enjoy music, surf the web with it and it can also be used as a picture, video and voice recorder. The iphone is like a mini-computer and can provide all the entertainment that you need.
A U.S university has found a new use for the Apple iphone ---as a musical instrument. Professors from the University of Michigan have worked together in the past five months to create what they call a 21st century orchestra. There are no traditional instruments, only 20 of Apple’s best selling mobile phones. This mobile phone group can play different parts together, such as the piano, the trumpet, the violin and the saxophone(萨克斯). They wrote programs to let users experiment with the iphone’s technologies themselves. With their programs, the iphone users can change their iphones into electronic musicians that can play the wanted music.
It is said that the first CD recorded by the iphone orchestra will soon go to the market. Still waiting? Act now and own your personal orchestra!
1. Which of the following may be the best word to put in _______in the passage?
A. plan B. journey C. chance D. life
2.Which of the following best describes Apple iphone’s functions?
A.A toy most favored by the young people.
B.Its touch-to-go function and shining design.
C.An orchestra that doesn’t need a piano, a violin or a saxophone.
D.A mini entertaining computer and a picture, video and voice recorder.
3.In this passage, the writer tries to encourage(鼓励) people to ________.
A. learn more about fashion
B. write programs for mobile phones.
C. own a personal iphone.
D. enjoy music from the orchestra.
4.What’s the best title for the passage?
A. IPhone ---Young People’s New Fashion
B. Iphone Has a New Use
C. How to Be an Electronic Musician
D. Buy an Iphone Now
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—Wow, Wendy, it’s cool to make a short video with your mobile phone.
—Just with a software called Meipai. Let me show you .
A.which to use B.how to use it
C.what to use D.where to use it
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—Wow, Wendy, it’s cool to make a short video with your mobile phone.
—Just with a software called Meipai. Let me show you .
A. which to use B. how to use it
C. what to use D. where to use it
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―Wow, Wendy, it's cool to make a short video with your mobile phone.
―Just with an App called Meipai. Let me show you .
A. why to use B. what to use C. how to use it D. where to use it
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一Wow, Wendy, it's cool to make a short video with your mobile phone.
一Just with a software called Meipai. Let me show you .
A. which to use B. what to use C. how to use it D. where to use it
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Do your parents use their mobile phones too much? If your answer is “Yes”, you must have the same problem as Emil Rustige. Emil is a 7-year-old boy from Germany.
Last week, he did something special. He invited(邀请) more than 100 children to hold an activity. They went to the street, holding their slogan(标语) in their hands. Their slogan was “Play with ME, not with your mobile phones.” They wanted their parents to put down their mobile phones. They wanted their parents to spend more time playing with them. Many children said it was a wonderful idea. They also wanted to take part in the activity.
Why did Emil Rustige hold the activity? He told a reporter about the reason, “In fact, I’m not pleased with my parents. They spend too much time playing with their mobile phones. Then they don’t have enough time to play with me. I need to do something to change them.”
What do you think of Emil’s idea? Will you do the same thing?
1.Do Emil’s parents use their mobile phones too much?
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2.What did Emil do last week?
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3.Why did Emil hold the activity?
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4.Is it necessary for parents to put down their mobile phones? Why or why not?
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If you have any trouble ,just make ____________ phone call to me.
A.a B.an C./ D.the
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Imagine that the battery on your mobile phone has run out. You can't make any calls for help and no one can contact you. You are all alone--- well, not quite. Just reach into your pocket and take out a piece of sugar. Put it into the battery, wait a minute and you are back on the phone.
Thanks to a couple of American scientists, this situation could become real. Swadesh Chaudhuri and Derek Lovely have invented the “bacteria battery”. This kind of battery gets its power from bacteria that eats sugar and turns it into electricity.
“This is a special organism (有机体),”Lovely said. “You can get enough electricity to power a cell phone battery for about four days from a spoonful of sugar.”
In the past, bacteria batteries have been expensive and not long-lasting. But this battery uses a more efficient bacterium that can turn 80 percent of sugar into electrical energy. This is 30 percent more than similar batteries can manage.
The bacteria battery could become as small as a household battery. It is also cheap and stable, because sugar can be taken from waste and crops.
But the sugar-to-electricity process is slow: it could take weeks for the bacteria to change a cup of sugar into electricity.And it produces “greenhouse” gases which pollute the environment.
The scientists understand there is a lot more work to be done. “It is still young,” said Lovely.
“Where we are now is where solar power was 20 or 30 years ago.”
He also believes the battery will be used in scientific equipment at the bottom of the ocean.
Other ideas include using sugar in the blood to run medical devices in the human body and taking sugar from animal waste to provide energy to power homes in rural areas.
1.What's the passage mainly about?
A.How to change sugar into electricity. B.A scientific invention of a new type of battery.
C.How to use the new bacteria battery. D.A new kind of mobile phone and its future.
2.Which of the following is NOT the advantage of the newly-developed battery?
A.Convenient. B.Stable. C.Inexpensive. D.Quick.
3.Which of the following are the scientists working on to improve the new battery?
A.Increase the bacteria. B.Solve the pollution problem.
C.Bring down the price. D.Change the size of the battery.
4.What does the underlined sentence actually mean?
A.The bacteria battery shares some similarities with solar energy.
B.Scientists will continue their work until they find solar power.
C.There is still much room for the improvement of the bacteria battery.
D.The bacteria battery will be as popular as solar power in twenty or thirty years.
5.According to the last paragraph, who will find the bacteria battery less useful?
A.Divers. B.Farmers. C.Doctors. D.Architects.
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If a snake bites you, take a photo with your mobile phone! It save your life. This is the surprising advice of a British cook. One day Henry Jackson was working in a restaurant kitchen. He picked up a dish from a table, and suddenly a snake appeared and bit him on the hand. A few days earlier, the snake came to the restaurant from Asia in a box of bananas. It climbed out of the box and hid under the dish. “ I tried to pick it up and it bit me. I threw it away, but it landed in the fridge. So I closed the door.” Jackson said. Anyway, Jackson was cool and he took a photo of the snake with his mobile phone. Soon his hand began to ache and he went to hospital. Then his chest began to hurt. Doctors couldn't say what was wrong because they didn't know what kind of snake it was.
Then Jackson remembered his mobile phone photo. The doctors sent it to London Zoo. When they knew the kind of snake, they could give Jackson the right medicine, and he left hospital the next day. “ So my advice is this: If a snake bits you, pick up your phone. Take its photo first and then call the hospital. Show the photo to the doctors,” suggests Mr. Jackson. “ Oh, and if the snake doesn't smile for its photo, don't worry!”
1. When the snake bit Mr. Jackson, it was ________.
A. hiding in a box of bananas
B. climbing out of a box of bananas
C. lying under a dish
D. climbing into the fridge
2.Mr. Jackson threw the snake away probably because ________.
A. he was surprised B. he wanted to get a better photo
C. his chest began to hurt D. the fridge door was open
3.Mr. Jackson closed the fridge door so that ________.
A. he could take a photo
B. the snake couldn't go back to the zoo
C. the snake became cool
D. he was safe from the snake
4.The doctors gave Mr. Jackson the right medicine when ________.
A. London Zoo told them what kind of snake it was
B. Mr. Jackson sent the photo to the hospital
C. he left hospital the next day
D. the snake bit him
5.The text tells us if we are in danger and have a phone with us, it will help us to do ________ thing.
A. one B. two C. three D. four
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If a snake bites you，take a photo with your mobile phone！It may save your life. This is the surprising ____of a British cook.
One day Henry Jackson was working in a restaurant kitchen. He picked up a dish from the table，and _____a snake appeared and bit him on the hand.
A few days earlier，the snake came to then _____from Asia in a box of bananas. It climbed out of the box and____under the dish.
“I went to try to pick it up and it bit me again. I threw it ____ the kitchen，and it landed in the fridge，so I closed the door. "Mr. Jackson said.
Anyway，Mr. Jackson stayed _____and he took a photo of the snake with his mobile phone. Son his____began to ache and he went to hospital. Then his chest began to hurt. Doctors couldn't say what was wrong ____they didn't know what kind of snake it was.
Then Mr. Jackson remembered his mobile phone photo. The doctors____ it to London Zoo. When they knew the kind of snake，they could give Mr. Jackson the right medicine，and he left hospital the next day.
So my advice is this: If a snake bites you，pick up your phone. Take_____ photo first and then show the photo to the doctors.” suggests Mr. Jackson. “Oh，and if the snake doesn't smile for the photo，don't worry！”
1.A. chance B. advice C. excuse D. business
2.A. suddenly B. nearly C. especially D. luckily
3.A. garden B. hospital C. restaurant D. school
4.A. hung B. hid C. jumped D. ran
5.A. under B. into C. towards D. across
6.A. cool B. noisy C. pleased D. afraid
7.A. foot B. leg C. hand D. mouth
8.A. but B. though C. so D. because
9.A. wrote B. sent C. sold D. taught
10.A. his B. her C. its D. their