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Ever thought of moving to a new country? How about starting a new country? Patri Friedman is planning to do just that. He left Google years ago to set up the Seasteading Institute. And his dream is to build seasteads-----floating micro-nations in the middle of the ocean. So, what will life on a seastead be like? Probably a bit like life on a cruise liner ( 游轮), but much larger, with shops , gyms , swimming pools, schools and other areas. In fact , the early seasteads may actually be specially-rebuilt cruise liners. But as science advances, Friedman believes they’ll become more like floating cities, with several hundred people. Seasteading raises a lot of questions . First of all , how will the new countries make money? The Seasteading Institute has suggested several money-making ideas, including ocean-based theme parks, casinos ( 赌场) and fish farming. There’s also the questions of safety. With storms, typhoons and pirates( 海盗) , the high seas are a dangerous place. However, the Institute says that it can stand bad weather and prevent crimes with its well-designed systems. So, is this just a day dream? Well, maybe not. One of the people behind the project is Peter Thiel. He founded PayPal and was one of the first investors (投资者) in Facebook. So far , he’s donated $ 500,000 to the project. And Friedman isn’t wasting any time . He recently announced the creation of the Poseidon Award. This will be given to the first seastead with fifty people. Friedman is hoping to hand out the award in 2015. |
1. Where did Friedman use to work? |
A. In Facebook. B. In Seastead Institute . C. In PayPal. D. In Google. |
2. A future seastead may be most likely to look like ___________________. |
A. a cruise liner B. a floating city C. a theme park D. a fishing farm |
3. What can we infer from the passage? |
A. Friedman is planning to move to a new country. B. Friedman is worried about the safety of seasteads. C. Friedman has got some supporters for his project. D. Friedman has already won the Poseidon Award. |
4.Which of the following can be the best titles of this passage? |
A. Seasteading: a new idea of living B. Seasteading : a wild way of farming C. Peter Thiel : a man behind the project D. Patri Friedman: a crazy day dreamer |
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We all have our own ways of sharing our life experiences with others. Photographers use cameras,artists use brushes, musicians use songs and writers use stories. Spencer Johnson"s story Who Moved My Cheese? shows changes exist in (存在于) our life. Life changes and so we do. We must change ourselves to face the changing environment, or we will fail. Just look at the cycle (循环) of the seasons .Trees bud (发芽) in spring and in summer their leaves turn green. In autumn, their leaves start to fall onto the ground. When winter arrives, there are no leaves on trees. Next spring the cycle begins again. Since we know there are cycles in nature, we can prepare for them. We know it is colder in winter and hotter in summer, so we can dress properly. Since we accept the cycles of nature,we should also accept the changes in our life. We can prepare ourselves for changes by becoming more flexible (灵活的). We can regard the changes in our life as chances. As we keep changing ourselves, we can keep up with the changes in our life. |
1. What do writers use to share their life experiences? | | 阅读理解。 | It was Mother"s Day. A man stopped his car at a flower shop to order(订购) some flowers. | | He wanted the shopkeeper to send the flowers to his mother, who lived two hundred miles away. As he got out of his car, he found a young girl sitting on the road crying. He asked her what was wrong and she answered, "I want to buy a red rose for my mother, but I only have seventy-five cents. A rose costs two dollars." The man smiled and said, "Come into the shop with me, and I"ll buy you a rose." | 阅读理解。 | Three Things to Do Before You Are 18 Are you bored with your daily life? Here are some things you should try before you are 18, because after that it"s too late. Learn to swim Seriously, this is so important that it can save your life. If you can"t swim well, you won"t be able to do water sports like waterskiing, surfing and diving. Even taking a boat trip will be dangerous for you. Make sure you do it. Try at least one kind of team sports Being a good team player is an important skill in life. You can"t just think of yourself, but have to work well with other people. Other advantages of team sports like basketball, football and baseball are that they keep you fit and healthy, and they are also great fun. Teams usually have a good social life too - you"ll go to lots of parties and make many friends. Collect something One of the best hobbies for under - 18s is collecting things. You could collect kinds of stamps, or you could collect things that make you remember what you have done, like cinema tickets for films you have seen or emails from friends. The best way to collect is to have a special album to put your collection in and to write what each thing means to you. That way you won"t forget. | 1. The most important reason for learning to swim is that _____. | A. it can save your life B. it can make you healthy C. you might easily do lots of things | 2. "A good social life" in the passage means _____. | A. you"ll study in groups B. you"ll go to parties and make many friends C. you"ll take part in many matches | 3. The writer tells us that one of the best hobbies is to _____. | A. collect something B. do some water sports C. send emails to your friends | 4. What kind of collection is NOT mentioned (提及) in the passage? | A. stamps B. cinema tickets C. snowballs | 5. The passage is mainly about _____ before you are 18. | A. good habits to keep B. skills to have C. things to do | 阅读下面的材料,从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中,选出最佳选项回答问题或完成句子。 | I will never forget the lesson about my window. Four years ago, I moved to a house in a large town. One of my new neighbors’ house was only a few feet away from mine. There lived a woman. Through one of my windows, I could see her reading by her window every afternoon. Several months later, I found I couldn’t see the woman clearly. I thought her window was too dirty. I said to myself, “Why doesn’t she clean her window? It looks terrible!” One afternoon, I decided to clean my house including(包括) the window. I felt tired after three hours of hard work. So I sat down by the window for a rest. What a surprise! I could see the woman reading there clearly again! By that time, I realized that my own window was too dirty, not hers! I really felt ashamed for myself. I had been watching her through my dirty window in the past days! The experience is very important for me. So I try to clean the window of my heart before judging (评判) others. | 1. How long has the writer lived in the house according to the passage? | A. Two years. B. Three years. C. Four years. | 2. The writer couldn’t see the woman clearly because ________. | A. the writer’s window was dirty B. the woman’s house was too far C. the woman didn’t open her window | 3.The underlined word “ashamed” means _________. | A. 高兴的 B. 放松的 C. 羞愧的 | 4. According to the passage, the writer has learnt how to _________. | A. clean the house B. judge others C. help neighbors | 完形填空。 | Start Today | "What can you do when you have done nothing but mess up your whole life long?" These were the words I heard when I 1 the TV the other day. They were coming from one of the talk shows 2 are so popular on TV these days. I started to turn the channel but the words I had 3 made me stop for a moment. I 4 the speaker of them. He couldn"t have been more than 18 years old, but already he was writing off (认为……已失败) his life as a useless waste. I wanted to shout at him:" You"re not 5 yet!" It is 6 sad that so many people cannot get beyond (摆脱) their pasts and live 7 the present. There are so many people like that talk show guest. There are people still in their teen years 8 that their lives are over. There are people in their twenties who already think they have 9 the boat to success and happiness. There are people in their thirties and forties who sit around complaining that life has passed them by. I want to shout to them all:" Wake up! You"re still 1 0 ! What have you done today?" If you want a happy life, you can"t dwell on (细想、纠缠于) your past 11 . If you want joy and love in your life, you have to choose them today. God gives us a new chance at life every time we wake up in the morning. It is up to us to seize it. Today 12 be the beginning of a new life for each of us. We can choose joy right now. We can share love today. We can live in delight starting at this moment. It doesn"t matter how hard our past has been. Our present can be full of joy and our future can be full of 13 . It doesn"t matter if we are eight 14 eighty--we can still make our lives 15 . Life isn"t over until your last heartbeat. Start today, then, to make your heart beat with joy, love, and light. | ( ) 1. A. turned down ( ) 2. A. when ( ) 3. A. heard ( ) 4. A. looked up ( ) 5. A. death ( ) 6. A. so ( ) 7. 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