Is this a car? Is it a smart phone? Is it a gaming machine?
Yes to all three. The Toyota Fun-Vii is a pleasure palace on wheels.
If Toyota has its way, paint jobs could become a thing
of the past, because it has introduced an amazing car that can
change its whole look in an instant.
The Vii in Fun-Vii, which stands for “Vehicle, Interactive,
Internet” It is a small three-seater car that looks like a smart phone, so it is called a smart phone on wheels．Inside and out, most aspects of the car can interact（互相作用） with the internet and be controlled by a smart phone．The magical car allows the owners to download pictures from their phones onto the outside, so that the look of the car could be changed instantly．The color inside could also be changed to reflect the owner"s mood．Just as the company president Akio Toyoda said, "A car must appeal to our emotions．If it"s not fun, it"s not a car．"
Its outside and inside are not made of solid paint but touch screens that can display pictures and videos．A network update function downloads all the latest software to make sure the car is always up-to-date, and it can provide the latest entertainment as well as information about its surroundings to the driver．As you drive around, the thoughtful car allows you to communicate with your friends in the nearby cars．It also helps you find your way from one place to another． It"s all because the car is networked with all the other cars on the road and drives itself． The smart car is a practical, family sized vehicle fuelled by hydrogen, and it is one of the futuristic concept cars under the theme of "fun to drive, again"．It heralds （预示） a not-too-distant future where people, cars and society are linked．
小题1:Which of the following may not be a key word for the concept car?| A．Fun． | B．Interactive． | C．High-speed． | D．Smart． |
小题2:According to the text, Toyota Fun-Vii is _____．| A．a new concept car not powered by gas | | B．an amazing car without any pollution | | C．the latest software from network | | D．a gaming machine with high speed |
小题3:The owners of the Fun-Vii can reflect their mood by _____．| A．downloading images to change the outside | | B．interacting with computers while driving | | C．changing the color inside the car | | D．changing the speed of the car |
小题4:What does Paragraph 4 mainly tell us?| A．The ways of driving the Fun-vii. | | B．How can you find your way in the Fun-Vii． | | C．The unusual look of the Fun-Vii． | | D．The new functions of the Fun-Vii． |
小题5:We can infer from the text that the Fun-Vii _____．| A．will finally replace all the present cars | | B．will completely solve the problem of energy shortage | | C．will make car paint industry face a difficult situation | | D．will take the place of a smart phone |
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小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:D
小题5:C |
文章介绍了一种新型的可自己变色的概念车。
小题1:细节题。根据第一段第2行The Toyota Fun-Vii is a pleasure palace on wheels.可知A正确。第三段1,2行可知BD正确。文章并没有提及速度，故C错误。
小题2:细节题。根据文章倒数2,3行The smart car is a practical, family sized vehicle fuelled by hydrogen, and it is one of the futuristic concept cars under the theme of "fun to drive, again"．
小题3:细节题。根据倒数第2段倒数第3行The color inside could also be changed to reflect the owner"s mood．
小题4:段落大意题。第四段正是解释了这辆新型的概念车得很多具体功能。
小题5:推断题。根据文章第2段because it has introduced an amazing car that can
change its whole look in an instant. 可知这种车很快就可以自己变色，那么car paint industry就会陷入困境了。 |
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试题【Is this a car? Is it a smart phone? Is it a gaming machine? Yes to all three. Th】；主要考察你对
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There at a secondhand clothing store in Northampton Mass, my l4-year-old son, John, and I noticed the coat. While the other coats drooped (低垂), this one looked as if it were 41 itself up. The coat was beautifully made, with a Fifth Avenue label and an 42 price of $28, which was popular just then with 43 , but could cost several hundred dollars new. John tried it on and the 44 was perfect.
John 45 the coat to school the next day and came home with a big smile. “Did the kids like your coat?” I asked. “They loved it,” he said, 46 folding it over the back of a chair and smoothing it flat. Over the next few weeks, a 47 came over John. Agreement replaced contrariness (作对) and 48 discussion replaced fierce argument. He became more mannerly and 49 , eager to please. He would generously lend his younger brother his tapes and lecture him 50 his behavior. When I mentioned this 51 to his teacher and wondered what caused the changes, she said laughing. “It 52 be his coat!” Another teacher told him she was giving him a good mark not only because he had earned 53 but because she liked his coat. At the library, we ran 54 a friend. “Could this be John?” he asked surprisingly, 55 John’s new height, appreciating the cut of his coat and holding out his hand, one gentleman to another.
John and I both know we should never 56 a person’s clothes for the real person within them. 57 , there is something to be said for wearing a standard of excellence for the world to see and for 58 what is on the inside with what is on the outside.
For John, it is a time when it is as easy to try on different 59 to life as it is to try on a coat. The whole world, the whole future is stretched out ahead, a vast landscape 60 all the doors are open. And he could picture himself walking through those doors wearing his wonderful, magical coat.
| 小题1: | | A．turning | B．holding | C．showing | D．hanging |
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| 小题2: | | A．unreasonable | B．unbearable | C．unbelievable | D．unfair |
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| 小题3: | | A．teenagers | B．adults | C．women | D．men |
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| 小题4: | | A．color | B．price | C．style | D．fit |
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| 小题5: | | A．sent | B．carried | C．brought | D．wore |
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| 小题6: | | A．casually | B．comfortably | C．carefully | D．quickly |
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| 小题7: | | A．happiness | B．change | C．smile | D．matter |
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| 小题8: | | A．reasoned | B．heated | C．wild | D．strong |
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| 小题9: | | A．considerate | B．handsome | C．hopeful | D．curious |
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| 小题11: | | A．incident | B．accident | C．affair | D．event |
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| 小题12: | | A．can | B．must | C．will | D．should |
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| 小题14: | | A．down | B．with | C．into | D．after |
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| 小题15: | | A．looking up at | B．looking down on | | C．putting up with | D．coming up with |
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| 小题16: | | A．change | B．mistake | C．trade | D．turn |
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| 小题17: | | A．However | B．Moreover | C．Therefore | D．Besides |
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| 小题18: | | A．attaching | B．joining | C．relating | D．matching |
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| 小题19: | | A．mean | B．methods | C．approaches | D．measures |
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There are many different ways of seeing a town for the first time. One of them is to walk around it, guide-book 26 hand. Of course, we may 27 with our guide-books the history and 28 developments of a town and get to know them.
29 then, if we take our time and 30 in a town for a while, we may get to know it better. When we 31 it as a whole, we begin to have some 32 , which even the best guide-books do not
answer. Why is the town just 33 this —— this shape, this plan, this size? Why do its streets 34 in this particular way, and not in any 35 way?
Here even the best guide-book 36 us. One can’t find the information in it about how a town has developed to the 37 appearance. It may not describe the original 38 of a town. However, one may get some idea of what it 39 look like by walking around the town. One can also imagine 40 the town was first planned and built. Then one can learn more about in what direction the town 41 to develop.
What is the 42 of studying towns in this way？For me, it is 43 a matter that one gets a greater depth of pleasure by visiting and seeing a town with one’s own eyes. A 44 visit to a town may help one better understand why it is attractive 45 just reading about it in a guide-book.
| 小题2: | | A．write | B．study | C．tell | D．remember |
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| 小题3: | | A．strange | B．similar | C．separate | D．special |
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| 小题4: | | A．But | B．Before | C．Since | D．Until |
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| 小题5: | | A．march | B．work | C．stay | D．wait |
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| 小题6: | | A．look at | B．1ook after | C．1ook for | D．1ook up |
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| 小题7: | | A．ideas | B．opinions | C．feelings | D．questions |
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| 小题11: | | A．helps | B．tricks | C．fails | D．satisfies |
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| 小题12: | | A．old | B．normal | C．first | D．present |
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| 小题13: | | A．capital | B．meaning | C．design | D．change |
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| 小题14: | | A．used to | B．seemed to | C．had to | D．happened to |
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| 小题16: | | A．stops | B．appears | C．starts | D．continues |
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| 小题17: | | A．point | B．view | C．problem | D．difficulty |
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| 小题18: | | A．nearly | B．simply | C．generally | D．hardly |
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| 小题19: | | A．costly | B．formal | C．group | D．personal |
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| 小题20: | | A．from | B．than | C．through | D．with |
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When I was seven, my father gave me a Timex, my first watch. I loved it, wore it for years, and haven’t had another one since it stopped ticking a decade ago. Why? Because I don’t need one. I have a mobile phone and I’m always near someone with an iPod or something like that. All these devices (装置) tell the time — which is why, if you look around, you’ll see lots of empty wrists (手腕); sales of watches to young adults have been going down since 2007.
But while these wise people have realized that they don’t need them, others — including some distinguished ones of our time — are spending total fortunes on them. Brands such as Rolex, Patek Philippe and Breitling command shocking prices, up to £ 250.000 for a piece.
This is ridiculous. Expensive cars go faster than cheap cars. Expensive clothes hang better than cheap clothes. But these days, all watches tell the time as well as all other watches. Yes, you may say expensive watches will come with some extra functions — but who needs them? How often do you dive to 300 metres into the sea to test its function of waterproof, or need to find your direction in the area around the South Pole by using its compass? So why pay that much of five years’ school fees for watches that allow you to do these things?
If justice were done, the Swiss watch industry should have closed down when the Japanese discovered how to make accurate watches for a five-pound note. Instead, the Swiss re-invented the watch, with the aid of millions of pounds’ worth of advertising, as a message about the man —— usually a famous star, wearing it. Rolexes are for those who spend their weekends climbing icy mountains; a Patek Philippe is for one from a rich or noble family; a Breitling suggests you like to pilot planes across the world.
Watches are classified as “investment items” (投资项目) now. A 1994 Philippe recently sold for nearly £ 350, 000, while 1960s Rolexes have gone from 15, 000 to 30, 000 plus in a year. But, to some wealthy people, a watch is more than an investment. It’s a valuable toy for self-satisfaction, a matter of fashion. Prices may keep going up — they’ve been rising for fifteen years. But when fashion moves on, the owner of that £ 350, 000 treasured object will suddenly find his pride and joy is no more a good investment than my childhood Times.
小题1:The sales of watches to young people have fallen because ______. | A．they have other devices to tell the time | | B．they think watches are too expensive | | C．they have little sense of time now | | D．they prefer to wear an iPod on their wrists |
小题2:It seems ridiculous to the writer that ______. | A．some people often dive 300 metres deep into the sea | | B．expensive clothes sell much better than cheap ones | | C．cheap cars usually don’t run as fast as expensive ones | | D．expensive watches with unnecessary functions still sell |
小题3:What can be learnt about Swiss watch industry from the passage? | A．It targets rich people as its potential customers. | | B．It seems hard for the industry to beat its competitors. | | C．It wastes a huge amount of money in advertising. | | D．It is easy for the industry to re-invent cheap watches. |
小题4:Which would be the best title for the passage? | A．Timex Being better than Rolex | | B．My Expensive Childhood Timex | | C．Super-level Watches? Not for Me! | | D．Watches — a Valuable Collection |
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We convince ourselves that life will be better once we are married, have a baby, then another. Then we get frustrated because our children are not old enough, and that __1__ will be well when they are older. Then we are frustrated __2__ they reach adolescence and we must deal with them. Surely we’ll be __3__ when they grow out of the teen years.
We tell ourselves our __4__ will be better when our spouse(配偶)gets his/her act together, when we have a nicer car, when we can take a __5__， when we finally retire. The truth is that there is no better time to be happy than __6__.If not, then when? Your life will always be full of challenges. It is better to admit as much and to decide to be happy __7__it all. For the longest time, it seemed that life was about to start—real life.
But there were always some obstacles along the way, an ordeal(苦难) to __8__， some work to be finished, some time to be given, a bill to be __9__.Then life would start. It finally dawned on me that those __10__ were part of life. Little by little, that point of __11__ also helped me see that there isn’t any road to happiness.
Happiness is the road. So, enjoy every moment. And bear in mind that __12__ waits for no one. So stop __13__ school to end, for a return to school, to lose ten pounds, to __14__ ten pounds, for work to begin, to get married，...before deciding to be happy.
Happiness is a voyage, not a destination. There is no __15__ time to be happy than...NOW! Live and enjoy the moment.
| 小题1: | | A．we | B．they | C．all | D．nothing |
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| 小题3: | | A．luckier | B．happier | C．older | D．healthier |
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| 小题4: | | A．life | B．study | C．children | D．condition |
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| 小题5: | | A．rest | B．bath | C．breath | D．vacation |
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| 小题6: | | A．before | B．ever | C．just then | D．right now |
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| 小题7: | | A．instead of | B．in addition to | C．in spite of | D．up to |
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| 小题8: | | A．meet with | B．go ahead | C．turn to | D．get through |
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| 小题9: | | A．paid | B．got | C．asked | D．printed |
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| 小题10: | | A．achievements | B．obstacles | C．duties | D．opinions |
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| 小题11: | | A．view | B．life | C．position | D．condition |
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| 小题12: | | A．happiness | B．time | C．age | D．road |
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| 小题13: | | A．asking for | B．supposing | C．waiting for | D．hoping for |
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| 小题14: | | A．gain | B．reduce | C．weigh | D．enjoy |
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| 小题15: | | A．worse | B．better | C．more | D．less |
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Whether we’re 2 years old or 62, our reasons for lying are mostly the same: to get out of trouble, for personal gain and to make ourselves look better in the eyes of others. But a growing body of research is raising questions about how a child’s lie is different from an adult’s lie, and how the way we deceive changes as we grow.
“Parents and teachers who catch their children lying should not be alarmed. Their children are not going to turn out to be abnormal liars,” says Dr. Lee, a professor at the University of Toronto and director of the Institute of Child Study. He has spent the last 15 years studying how lying changes as kids get older, why some people lie more than others as well as which factors can reduce lying. The fact that children tell lies is a sign that they have reached a new developmental stage. Dr. Lee conducted a series of studies in which they bring children into a lab with hidden cameras. Children and young adults aged 2 to 17 are likely to lie while being told not to look at a toy, which is put behind the child’s back. Whether or not the child takes a secret look is caught on tape.
For young kids, the desire to cheat is big and 90% take a secret look in these experiments. When the test-giver returns to the room, the child is asked if he or she looked secretly. At age 2, about a quarter of children will lie and say they didn’t. By 3, half of kids will lie, and by 4, that figure is 90%, studies show.
Researchers have found that it’s kids with better understanding abilities who lie more. That’s because to lie you also have to keep the truth in mind, which includes many brain processes, such as combining several sources of information and faking that information. The ability to lie — and lie successfully — is thought to be related to development of brain regions that allow so called “executive functioning”, or higher order thinking and reasoning abilities. Kids who perform better on tests that involve executive functioning also lie more.
小题1:What’s the purpose of children telling lies?| A．To help their friends out. | | B．To get rid of trouble. | | C．To get attention from others. | | D．To create a popular image. |
小题2:The underlined word “deceive” in Paragraph 1 can be replaced by “ ”.| A．tell lies | B．handle troubles | | C．raise questions | D．do research |
小题3:From the second paragraph we can know that .| A．which factors can reduce lying | | B．why some lie more than others | | C．it is normal for kids to tell lies | | D．how lying changes as kids grow |
小题4:It can be inferred from the passage that .| A．children’s lies are the same as adults’ | | B．the better kids are, the more they lie | | C．the older kids are, the more they lie | | D．kids always keep the truth in their mind |
小题5:What is NOT included in the passage?| A．The reasons why kids tell lies. | | B．Which kind of kids tells more lies. | | C．Experiments about lying of young kids. | | D．What to do with lying children. |
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