You don’t need to get in a time-travelling machine to see how technology will change our lives, such as the way we shop. Several new technologies that are to change your buying habits already appear. Let’s see what’s in store for your future shopping.

Try it on, virtually（虛擬地）. Want to shop online for a new pair of glasses? You don’t need to guess which pair looks best on you—use the eBay Fashion iPhone app to try a pair of glasses you’re checking out on a picture of your face. But what about buying something bigger? Thanks to Microsoft Kinect’s action tracking（跟蹤）camera, you can cover clothes on your screen body. You can even choose the background of your virtual fitting room to improve your shopping experience.

Get a perfect, custom fit. Everyone’s body is shaped differently. To get a perfect fit, you sometimes have to get your clothes changed. But by using 3D scanning technology, all the clothes you buy will fit your body perfectly. Some companies scan（掃描）your body using High-tech to get the real sizes, so they can make special clothes just for you.學科+網(wǎng)

High-tech shopping carts（推車）and checkout counters（收銀臺）. High-tech shopping carts could be common in malls and supermarkets in the future. Microsoft Kinect-enabled carts are under test. The cart can follow you along the aisles（通道）, controlled only by your movement and your voice.

In the United States, several supermarkets use a certain set called “Scan It” that gives buyers the freedom to scan products on their own while they shop. If we don’t want to wait in line before the checkout counters, we can use Toshiba’s new object Recognition Scanner. The machine identifies（辨認）a product as soon as it’s placed in front of a camera just by its shape and color, even if it has no bar code.

1.According to Paragraph 2, the eBay Fashion iPhone app can ______.

A. only make pictures of our faces B. help us sell more clothes online

C. create us a virtual dressing room D. choose suitable glasses for us

2.Which of the following can help get the correct shape of our body?

A. Object Recognition Scanner. B. The eBay Fashion iPhone app.

C. 3D scanning technology. D. Microsoft Kinect-enabled carts.

3.What can we infer from this passage?

A. Checkout counters will disappear from supermarkets in future.

B. High-tech shopping carts will be widely used in malls and supermarkets

C. “Scan It” cannot be used by buyers themselves.

D. The new technologies are only dreams that are impossible to come true.

4.This passage mainly talks about ______.

A. a new time-travelling machine B. the influence of new technology

C. some inventions to change habits D. the ways for future shopping

1.D 2.C 3.B 4.D 【解析】試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹了作者通過選購方式，付款方式等為例詳細介紹了未來人們可行的購物方式。 1. 2. 3. 4.

Do you know any 9?year?olds who have started their own museums? When Theodore Roosevelt(羅斯福) was only nine, he and two of his cousins opened the “Roosevelt Museum of Natural History”. The museum was in Theodore's bedroom. It had a total of 12 specimens(標本). On display were a few seashells, some dead insects and some birds' nests. Young Roosevelt took great pride in his small museum.

Born in New York in 1858, Theodore Roosevelt was not always healthy. “I was a sickly, delicate boy，” he once wrote. Roosevelt had a health condition called asthma(哮喘). He often found it hard to breathe.Instead of playing, he observed(觀察) nature and then read and wrote about it.

Roosevelt's interest in nature sometimes got him into trouble. Once, his mother found several dead mice in the icebox. She ordered him to throw them out. This wasindeed “a loss to science”， Roosevelt said later.

Because Roosevelt was often sickly as a boy, his body was small and weak. When he was about 12, his father urged him to improve his body. Roosevelt began working out in a gym. He didn't become strong quickly. But he did decide to face life's challenges with a strong spirit. That determination stayed with Roosevelt his whole life. And finally his body did get strong. As an adult, he was an active, healthy person. He enjoyed adventures and loved outdoors.

In 1900, at the age of 41, Roosevelt was elected Vice President. A year later, President McKinley was shot and killed. Roosevelt became the 26th president of the USA.At 42, he was the youngest leader the country had ever had.

1.What is the main idea of the first paragraph?

A. Roosevelt's museum had 12 specimens.

B. Roosevelt had two cousins.

C. Roosevelt was a brave man.

D. Roosevelt had a small museum as a boy.

2.Which of the following tells about Roosevelt as a boy?

A. He liked playing outdoors sports.

B. He became the President in 1901.

C. He was interested in observing nature.

D. He was a healthy person full of energy.

3.It can be inferred(推斷) that________．

A. Roosevelt's mother liked mice

B. Roosevelt followed his father's advice

C. everyone with asthma is small and weak

D. working out in a gym is a waste of time

4.In which book might you find this passage?

A. Improving Your Body.

B. Living with Asthma.

C. Small Museums of Natural History.

D. The Childhoods of America's Presidents.

1.D 2.C 3.B 4.D 【解析】試題分析：本文是一篇記敘文。文章講述了美國前總統(tǒng)羅斯福小時候因體弱多病，所以花更多的時間觀察自然，因此對自然很感興趣，并成立了自己的小小博物館。后來他堅持鍛煉身體，漸漸地他變得健康、強壯起來，成為了一個積極進取、敢于面對生活中的壓力和挑戰(zhàn)的人。在他42歲時，他成為美國歷史上最年輕的國家領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人。 1.題意：第一段的主要意思是什么？...

Have you ever seen a car without a driver? It sounds crazy, but these computer-driven driverless cars will soon be filling roads near you. Companies like Google and Tesla have been designing and testing these cars, and the technology is there.

So how? The cars have sensors（感應(yīng)器）all around which can find other cars and objects in the road. Road signs are read by cameras, and satellite navigation systems（衛(wèi)星導(dǎo)航系統(tǒng)）are used so the car knows how to get where you want to go. All you have to do is type in the address! Finally, a central computer system takes in all the information that it receives from the sensors and cameras and works out when to speed up, stop and turn.

Sound like your idea of heaven（天堂）? Sitting back, looking out of the windows and even watching a film or reading a book while ‘driving’ would be possible with this new technology. You wouldn’t have to worry about remembering directions to where you’re going. In addition, computers would also drive more safely than people — they would obey the rules and have quicker action times when in dangerous situations.

However, there are many drawbacks of driverless cars. Computers would have difficulties making ethical（道德的）decisions: if a child ran into the road, would the computer choose to hit the child or turn suddenly and potentially kill the car’s passengers? Moreover, I personally find driving fun –I’d miss never driving a car myself. There would also be many other decisions to be made –should children, or drunk people, be allowed in a driverless car by themselves? Or would there need to be a person with a driving license in the car at all times?

I’m not certain I’d want a driverless car – but it’s only a matter of time before they’ll become more affordable and popular on our roads.

1.When using a driverless car, you need only .

A. read the road signs carefully B. check the cameras

C. put the address into the computer D. remember the directions

2.The third paragraph mainly tells us about the of driverless cars.

A. instructions B. standards C. advantages D. tests

3.The underlined word “potentially” in Paragraph 4 means “ “.

A. possibly B. successfully C. especially D. naturally

4.What’s the writer’s opinion about future driverless cars?

A. They’ll cause more accidents. B. They’ll be less expensive.

C. They’ll use less energy. D. They’ll run much faster.

1.C 2.C 3.A 4.B 【解析】試題分析：本文介紹了無人駕駛車需要人們做的僅僅輸入要去的地址，介紹了它的優(yōu)點及缺點。 1. 2. 3. 4.

Teenager Tony was skiing(滑雪) with his family in the USA when he fell over and lost one of his skis(滑雪板)．His family didn't know that he had a problem.They kept on skiing.When they got to the foot of the mountain, there was no sign of Tony.

Tony couldn't find his ski anywhere.In the end, he decided to take off his other ski and walk down the mountain.But he couldn't work out the right way to go.

It was now getting dark and it was far from any place of safety.He knew that he might die that night in the cold temperatures.But he kept calm.At home, Tony watched many TV programmes about living in difficult situations.He remembered the advice from these programmes and knew he should build a hole in the snow.He made a hole and pointed it up the hill so the wind couldn't blow into it.Outside it was very cold, but inside Tony was safe from the cold.

But he had to get down the mountain.The TV programmes always said, “If you are lost, you should find someone else's tracks(軌跡) through the snow and follow them.” So Tony found some ski tracks and followed them.Finally, he found some workers who came to save him.He was safe! His mum was very happy when she heard the news.

So, next time someone says that watching TV is a waste of time, think of Tony.Sometimes TV can save your life!

1.Tony's parents didn't know that he was missing until ________．

A. some workers found Tony

B. they reached the foot of the mountain

C. Tony lost one of his skis

D. they began to ski down the mountain

2.The most important decision Tony made for his safety was________．

A. to go skiing with his family in the USA

B. to search for the ski that he had lost in the snow

C. to build a hole in the snow to keep himself warm

D. to take off his other ski and walk down the mountain

3.How did Tony get down the mountain?

A. He followed his parents.

B. He followed some ski tracks.

C. He followed the workers.

D. He followed some lights.

4.Facing the difficulties, Tony was ________．

A. calm and clever

B. polite and kind

C. outgoing and friendly

D. warm and hard?working

5.The passage is mainly about________．

A. a happy journey in the USA

B. the importance of skiing

C. a TV programme about skiing

D. how Tony saved himself in the snow

1.B 2.C 3.B 4.A 5.D 【解析】試題分析：本文是一篇記敘文。文章主要敘述了一個叫Tony的男孩在深山迷路后不慌張，根據(jù)平時在電視上所學到的自救知識進行自救且順利脫險。這個故事告訴我們：孩子看電視不一定是壞事，從中可以學到很多知識。 1.題意：托尼的父母直到 才知道他失蹤了�？疾榧毠�(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段最后一句“When they got to th...

I'm not the kind of mother who normally brushes her daughter's hair, and my daughter has never liked sitting there, waiting for me to do it.

But today, I've sat my daughter Sally on a kitchen stool(凳子)．She's sitting high with her eyes close, skin still wet from the shower, and her long hair behind her back.I realize she is enjoying the moment.It's the last time for a week that our bodies will connect.Today, I'm sending Sally away for a week of a summer camp.This was all my idea.She's nearly 12, and I noticed that I'm with my child nearly 24 hours a day.

Living on a farm without any neighbors, I've chosen a life that is quieter than a normal family's.But rather than expecting space away from me, Sally has become increasingly dependent.What frightens me most is that she has become a “mini?me”， even has the same hobbies, dreams, and opinions as me.That's why I pulled her to the summer camp: a nearby wilderness (荒野) camp called Hawk Circle.

After eating, I drive Sally to Hawk Circle.Once there, we are introduced to her fellow campers.Sally stands by them, holding my hand, horror in her eyes, trying to work up the courage to join a game of soccer.“I need you for a few more minutes，” I say loudly, “I'd like to introduce you to my daughter.Maybe you could help her meet a few of these kids.” He comes over to talk to Sally, and then I disappear before she realizes it.

It is a hard time for me to drive back.When I arrive home, I calm down and remind myself why I chose this way.I want Sally to have a chance to find herself.I want to learn who she is.If I don't set her free, I fear I'll never really meet her real personality.

1.Why did the writer send her daughter to the summer camp?

A. Her daughter wanted to go to the summer camp.

B. It was helpful for her daughter to make friends.

C. She wanted to help build her daughter's independence.

D. Camp training was something common to her daughter.

2.The underlined word “horror” in Paragraph 4 probably means “________”．

A. fear B. doubt

C. hate D. pity

3.How did the writer feel after leaving the camp?

A. She was worried about her daughter's health.

B. She was proud that she had done something right.

C. She was sorry and regretted sending her daughter away.

D. She was upset but knew she had made the right decision.

4.The writer mainly wants to express ________．

A. children are usually mirrors of parents

B. children always expect space from parents

C. parents sometimes need to let their children go

D. parents should often send children to summer camps

1.C 2.A 3.D 4.C 【解析】試題分析：本文是一篇記敘文。文章敘述了作者送女兒去參加夏令營，培養(yǎng)女兒的獨立性的故事。 1.題意：作者為什么送女兒去夏令營？考查細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段中“…Sally has become increasingly dependent.…That's why I pulled her to the summer camp”可知，...

The Silk Road is the name of different roads that long ago connected Europe, Africa and Asia. People reached these different places along these roads. Scientists believe people began to travel the Silk Road about 3，000 years ago. By the time the Chinese silk trade became important in the world, the Silk Road covered almost 6，500 kilometres. It spread from Rome to China, which is from the West to the Far East.

Traders travelling along the Silk Road carried silk, of course. They also carried and traded spices(香料), cloth, valuable stones and gold.

There is a famous old story along the old road. It is said that Roman soldiers(士兵) travelled through central Asia. They started to live somewhere near the ancient Chinese village of Liqian. Some of these Romans married local Chinese women and the story of blue?eyed villages of China was started.

During its busiest period, the Silk Road allowed people from many different cultures and countries to meet each other and mix. The Silk Road allowed the sharing of valuable goods and new ideas. These included people and trading goods from the Mediterranean, Persian, Magyar, Armenian, Bactrian, Indian and Chinese areas. All these peoples travelled the Silk Road, and they shared goods, stories, languages, and cultures.

In modern times, the old Silk Road routes(路線) are still used, but now they are crossed by trains instead of camels and horses. There is even a Silk Route Museum in Jiuquan in China. It has over 35，000 objects from all along the Silk Road. In this way, China protects the history of many countries and peoples.

1.How many kilometres did the Silk Road cover?

A. About 3，000. B. Nearly 6，500.

C. Almost 2，000. D. Over 35，000.

2.Traders carried all kinds of goods along the Silk Road. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage？

A. Silk. B. Cloth.

C. Gold. D. Tea.

3.Who married ancient Chinese women in the story of blue?eyed villages of China?

A. Asian soldiers.

B. African soldiers.

C. European soldiers.

D. American soldiers.

4.What can we infer(推斷) from the passage?

A. Valuable things could not be sold along the Silk Road.

B. The Silk Road allowed people from different countries to mix.

C. Ancient Chinese along the Silk Road may be able to speak different languages.

D. The objects in the museum in Jiuquan in China are from all along the Silk Road.

5.Which part of a magazine can this passage come from?

A. History and Geography.

B. Sports World.

C. Man and Animals.

D. Popular Science.

1.B 2.D 3.C 4.C 5.A 【解析】試題分析：本文是一篇說明文。文章主要介紹了古代絲綢之路的由來，絲綢之路上的商品交易，以及絲綢之路上的風俗文化和現(xiàn)代絲綢之路的情況。 1.題意：絲綢之路蓋了多少公里？考查細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)the Silk Road covered almost 6，500 kilometres.，可知幾乎覆蓋了6500公里，故選B。 ...

Using iPads to Make Learning Fun

Paper, pencil, whiteboard, textbook are the tools you need if you want to go to school. But recently, you can add another one to the list: an iPad.

Because the popular Apple tablet is not only useful for searching the Internet and watching videos, but it is also being used to make learning fun.

Scientists now know that we learn better when we are enjoying ourselves, so recently software developers have made iPad applications(應(yīng)用程序) that look like video games, but have strong educational content. One of the best examples of this new form of teaching application is Futaba, a game in which up to four children try to recognize a spinning(旋轉(zhuǎn)的) object, and then identify what it is. The game can be used to teach English, math, foreign languages, or just about anything, and students love it. Teachers can even make their own questions. The important thing is that children enjoy the game, and don't even realize how much they are learning!

So the next time you have to choose between making your child study or letting them play a game, just remember…they could do both at the same time!

1.What can be added to the school thing list according to the passage?

A. An iPad.

B. An English textbook.

C. A pencil.

D. A whiteboard.

2.What does the underlined word “tablet” probably mean in Chinese in this passage?

A. 藥片 B. 掌上電腦

C. 牌匾 D. 桌子

3.Futaba is ________．

A. an old kind of classroom

B. a new outdoor activity

C. a new educational application

D. a very old tool of teaching

4.How many children can take part in one Futaba game at a time?

A. 7. B. 6 C. 5. D. 4.

5.Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

A. Scientists think that we learn better when we are enjoying ourselves.

B. Futaba can only be used to teach languages.

C. Teachers can make their own questions using Futaba.

D. The writer thinks children can study and have fun playing games at the same time.

1.A 2.B 3.C 4.D 5.B 【解析】試題分析：本文介紹了一款新的教育程序——Futaba的特點。為了讓學習變得有趣，科學家發(fā)明了寓教于樂、可以通過游戲?qū)W習的綜合型教育程序——Futaba。這款游戲可以一次讓4個小孩同時參與。他們樂此不疲，同時還能學到很多知識。 1.題意：根據(jù)課文內(nèi)容，哪些東西可以添加到學校的事物清單中？考查細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段第二...

Can you remember a face quickly and never forget it? If so, then you could be a super recognizer.

Usually it is easy for someone to recognize the faces of their family members and friends. But it could be difficult for them to remember faces that they have only seen once. However, studies have found that super recognizers have amazing face recognition skills. They can remember at least 80 per cent of faces they have ever seen. According to the Daily Mail, at least one in 50 people are super recognizers.

A study was carried out in Bournemouth University of UK recently. Researchers tried to find whether super recognizers have a different way to remember faces. They found that when these people look at faces, they spend more time looking at the person's nose. They also found that these people are not smarter than others. Their super ability is restricted(有限的) only to face recognition.

Another important finding is that there are two subtypes(子類型) of super recognition. Some never forget faces. But for some, if you show pairs of faces to them at the same time, they can quickly decide whether the faces are of the same person or two different people. In fact, many super recognizers say they are very good at recognizing faces in a crowd.

These subtypes of super recognition could be applied to many areas of life. For example, the skills could be very useful at a passport control checkpoint. Super recognizers could also help police find known troublemakers and even missing people in the crowd.

1.The super recognizers can remember ________ of the faces they've ever seen.

A. all

B. at least 80 per cent

C. at least 50 per cent

D. half

2.What did the university's study find about super recognizers?

A. They spend the same time on one's eyes and nose.

B. They pay more attention to a person's nose.

C. They are a lot smarter than other people.

D. They are also very good at voice recognition.

3.What are the two subtypes of super recognition?

a. One type can decide whether the faces are of the same person or two different people.

b. One type can only recognize children's faces.

c. One type can remember faces they've seen forever.

d. One type can easily draw a picture of the faces they saw.

A. a，c B. b，c C. c，d D. a，d

4.What does the underlined word “applied” mean in the passage?

A. developed B. asked

C. shown D. used

5.What does the last paragraph talk about?

A. More subtypes of super recognition.

B. Reasons of different subtypes.

C. Uses of super recognition in some jobs.

D. How to be a super recognizer.

1.B 2.B 3.A 4.D 5.C 【解析】試題分析：本文是一篇說明文。英國伯恩茅斯大學的研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn)，世界上有些人可能擁有不可思議的人臉識別技能，這些人被稱為“超級辨別者”，他們至少能識別80%的面孔。超級辨別者可以幫助警察尋找犯罪分子，甚至失蹤人口。 1.題意：超級識別者可以記住他們見過的至少80%張面孔。考查細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段倒數(shù)第二句“They ...

—Have you seen film Wolf Warriors Ⅱ(《戰(zhàn)狼Ⅱ》)?

—Yes,it’s quite interesting film so that I have seen it twice.

A. a;the B. the;an C. a;an D. the;the

B 【解析】句意：——你看過《戰(zhàn)狼Ⅱ》嗎？——是的，它相當?shù)挠腥ぃ�結(jié)果我看了兩次。不定冠詞a/an一個，表泛指，a用于輔音因素開頭的單詞前，an用于元音因素開頭的單詞前；定冠詞the這個，那個，通常表特指，這里指兩個人都知道的事情或物；故選B

I tried two bookshops for the dictionary I wanted,but of them had it.

A. either B. both C. neither D. none

C 【解析】試題分析：句意：為了這本詞典，我找了兩家書店，但是他們哪一家都沒有。either兩者中任何一個都；both兩者都；neither兩者中任何一個都不；none一個也沒有，指三者或三者以上。根據(jù)前半句可知下文指的是兩家書店都沒有這本詞典。故選C。