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These could look much like the concept skycar shown in the picture, designed by Boeing research and development. However, such vehicles could be some 25 years from appearing on the market. Efforts to build flying vehicles in the past have not been very successful. Such vehicles would not only be expensive and require the skills of a trained pilot to fly, but there are significant engineering challenges involved in developing them. “When you try to combine them you get the worst of both worlds: a very heavy, slow, expensive vehicle that’s hard to use,” said Mark Moore, head of the personal air vehicle(PAV) division of the vehicle systems program at Nasa’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, US. But Boeing is also considering how to police the airways-and prevent total pandemonium(吵杂狂乱的喧闹)-if thousands of flying cars enter the skies.
“The neat, gee-whiz part is thinking about what the vehicle itself would look like,” said Dick Paul, a vice president with Phantom Works, Boeing’s research and development arm. “But we’re trying to think through all the consequences of what it would take to deploy(散开) a fleet of these.”
Past proposals to solve this problem have included artificial intelligence systems to prevent collisions between air traffic. Nasa is working on flying vehicles with the initial goal of transforming small plane travel. Small planes are generally costly, loud, and require months of training and lots of money to operate, making flying to work impractical for most people. But within five years, Nasa researchers hope to develop technology for a small plane that can fly out of regional airports, costs less than $100,000(£55,725), is as quiet as a motorcycle and as simple to operate as a car.
Although it would not have any road-driving capabilities, it would bring this form of travel within the grasp of a wider section of people. The new technology would automate many of the pilot’s functions. This Small Aircraft Transportation System(Sats) would divert pressure away from the “hub-and-spoke(中心辐射型)” model of air travel. Hub-and-spoke refers to the typically US model of passengers being processed through large “hub” airports and then on to secondary flights to “spoke” airports near their final destinations.
小题1:The best title for this text would be .
| A．Developing Skycars | B．The Traffic Jams in the Sky |
| C．How to Guide Flying Cars in the Sky | D．What Flying Cars Will Look Like |
| A．see | B．expect | C．think | D．announce |
| A．how to fly out of regional airports |
| B．how to prevent the disorder of the airways |
| C．how to reduce expenses and the vehicle’s weight |
| D．how to fly the skycars to enter skies |
| A．make big flying cars |
| B．work out the plan——how to transform small plane travel |
| C．develop a new kind of small plane different from the traditional one |
| D．build a new kind of small plane with road-driving abilities |
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试题【As motorways become more and more blocked up with traffic, a new generation on f】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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Fundraising is a great way to help children learn social skills．It is not easy to go up to a complete stranger and ask him for his money．They have to nicely ask for help, show the interested buyer what they have to offer and explain how it will help them in school．If someone refuses to buy an item, that child has to take the failure in stride（不特别费力地）, and that is a learning lesson as well．
Students can learn how to deal with money by fundraising．Of course, it might seem safer for us to take charge of our children’s earnings from their fundraising before it is turned into the school．However, by making them keep track of it, count it, and make sure everyone pays the right amount, they are learning an important lesson．Dealing with more Fundraising helps improve their schools．It is the children’s school．They have to learn there and grow there．Why not let them help in making it a better place?
Fundraising allows for
more life experiences for the child．The raised money is used towards things like parties, trips, or for the music club to go to see a Broadway play．The children receive the rewards for their hard work at raising the money．Without fundraising, these field trips and special school memories would be missed．In a word, fundraising helps children a lot in many ways．
小题1:The underlined word “inevitable” in the first paragraph means “_______”．
| A．unlikely | B．improper | C．unavoidable | D．unrealistic |
| A．children learn to care for others |
| B．children can deal with money |
| C．children like to make up |
| D．children make a date with friends of the other sex |
| A．adds to the family’s burden |
| B．wastes the learning time |
| C．builds up the children’s bodies |
| D．helps to develop the children’s character |
CP: Central point P: Point Sp: Sub-point C: Conclusion
Nowadays when people grow old, we often send them to nursing homes. When they get sick, we send them to a hospital, where children are forbidden to visit terminally (晚期的）in patients— even when those patients are their parents. This deprives（剥夺）the dying patient of family members during the last few days of his life and it deprives the children of an experience of death, which is an important learning experience.
Some of my colleagues and I once interviewed and followed about 500 terminally in order to find out what they could teach us and how we could be of more benefit, not just to them but to the members of their families as well. We were most impressed by the fact that even those patients who were not told of their serious illness were quite aware of its potential outcome.
It is important for family members, and doctors and nurses to understand these patients’ communication in order to truly understand their needs, fears and fantasies . Most of our patients welcomed another human being with whom they could talk openly, honestly, and frankly about their trouble. Many of them shared with us their great need to be informed, to be kept up - to - date on their medical condition and to be told when the end was near. We found out that patients who had been dealt with openly and frankly were better able to cope with the coming of death and finally to reach a true stage of acceptance before death.
小题1: The elders of today"s Americans _______ .
| A．are often absent when a family member is born or dying |
| B．are unfamiliar with birth and death |
| C．usually see the birth or death of a family member |
| D．have often experienced the fear of death as part of life |
| A．visit a patient at hospital | B．visit their family members |
| C．learn how to face death | D．look after the patients |
| A．his wish for communication with other people | B．his fear of death |
| C．his unwillingness to die | D．he feels very upset about his condition |
| A．dying patients should be truthfully informed of their condition |
| B．dying patients are afraid of being told of the coming of death |
| C．most patients are unable to accept death until it can’t be avoided |
| D．most doctors and nurses understand what dying patients need |
Fast food is appealing because it is fast, it doesn’t require any dressing up, it offers a “fun” break in the daily outline, and the outlay of money seems small. It can be eaten in the car--- sometimes picked up at a drive-in window without even getting out---or on the run. Even if it is brought home to eat, there will never be any dirty dishes to wash because of the handy disposable (一次性的) wrappings. Children, especially, love fast food because it’s finger food, no struggling with knives and forks, no annoying instructions from adults about table manner.
小题1:Americans enjoy fast food mainly because __________.
| A．it can be eaten in the car |
| B．it is much more tasty than home-made food |
| C．one only uses his fingers while eating it |
| D．it is time-saving and convenient |
| A．want to have more freedom at table |
| B．never wash dishes after each meal |
| C．are good at using forks and knives while eating |
| D．take eating time as a fun break |
| A．they want to make a change after eating the same food for years at home |
| B．the food made outside home tastes better than food cooked at home |
| C．many of them live alone and don’t like taking trouble to cook |
| D．American women refuse to cook at home due to women’s liberation movement |
| A．car window from which you can see the driver |
| B．window in the restaurant from which you get your takeout in the car |
| C．place where you check the mechanic condition of your car |
| D．place where you return the used plates after eating |
First, they fail to find suitable words to express themselves due to a limited vocabulary. Obviously the better answer is to expand their vocabulary. However, you can speak with a limited vocabulary, if your attitude is positive. Others will follow you as long as you use the words that you know.
Second, they are afraid of making mistakes. Sometimes they make mistakes when they are speaking because they are shy and nervous. Yet students should remember that their goal should be FLUENCY NOT ACCURACY（准确性）. Your aim in writing is to be accurate following the rules for grammar and using the right words and spelling them correctly. However, in speaking your aim is fluency. You want to get your message across, to talk to someone in English, as quickly and as well as you can, even though sometimes you may use a wrong word or tense, but it doesn’t matter because the person you are speaking to will understand you and make allowances for any mistakes he hears.
The third reason is that not enough attention is paid to listening. You have one mouth but two ears! All that hearing was necessary for you to start speaking.
Fourth, most Chinese students are reactive rather than proactive language learners. Instead of actively seeking out opportunities to improve their spoken English, they passively wait for speaking opportunities to come to them and wonder why their English always remains poor. If you have this proactive outlook, then you will see English opportunities wherever you go.
If you do not use your English beyond the classroom, you will forget what English you know. Remember: USE IT OR LOSE IT! You can learn how to speak English better by speaking English more.
小题1:What is most probably the writer’s purpose in writing the passage?
| A．To improve your reading. |
| B．To improve your listening. |
| C．To improve your spoken English. |
| D．To improve your vocabulary. |
| A．don’t be fluency , Just be accuracy |
| B．don’t be nervous ,don’t be shy . Just write! |
| C．don’t be afraid of making mistakes . Just speak! |
| D．don’t be shy ,don’t be fluency. Just listen and write! |
| A．more hurry, less speed | B．better late than never |
| C．silence is gold | D．practice makes perfect |
| A．teacher’s diary | B．report on study |
| C．sports newspaper | D．movie magazine |
Usually the evening starts with drinks and snacks (小吃)． Do you want to be extra
(特别地) polite? Say how much you like the room,
or the pictures on the wall. But remember — it"s not polite to ask how much things cost．In many families, the husband sits at one end of the table and the wife sits at the other side． They eat with t
heir guests． You"ll probably start the meal with soup or something small, then you"ll have meat or fish with vegetables, and then dessert (甜点心) followed by coffee． It"s polite to finish e
verything on your plate and to take more if you want it．Did you enjoy the evening? Call your hosts the next day, or write them a short “Thank you” letter． British and American people like to say “thank you” all the time!
小题1:An English friend doesn"t invite you to his or her dinner, which ＿＿＿＿．
| A．means he or she doesn"t like you | B．means he or she likes you |
| C．doesn"t mean he or she likes you | D．doesn"t mean  he or she doesn"t like you |
| A．you"d better bring a certain present with you |
| B．you must leave home for it at 7 p．m． |
| C．you should ask your host when you should leave |
| D．you must arrive before 8 p．m． |
| A．to say that you like the host"s room very much |
| B．for a guest to ask the host the price of the things in the room |
C．for a guest to have drinks and sn acks before the evening |
| D．for the host and the hostess (女主人) to sit and eat with their guests |
| A．Snacks, vegetables, meat, coffee． |
| B．Coffee, drinks, soup, fish, vegetables, dessert． |
| C．Soup, meat with vegetables, dessert and coffee． |
| D．Drinks, soup, something small, fish and vegetables． |
| A．Before leaving for home, you should say, “Thank you for inviting me．” |
| B．When you shake hands with your host, you should say, “I did enjoy the evening．” |
| C．You can write a “Thank you” letter to your host after that． |
| D．You should finish everything on your plate and take more if you want it． |
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