Some people say they have a way to solve the problems of car crowding and pollution. In many cities, hundreds of people 1 bikes to work every day. In the New York City, some bike riders have even founded a group: Bike for a Better City. They say if more people ride bikes to work, there would be fewer cars and 2 dirty air.
For several years, this group has tried to gather help for bike riders. They want to have special roads 3 bikes only, because when bikes and cars use the same roads, there may be accidents. Bike for a Better City thinks if there were bike roads, more people would use bikes.
But no bike roads have been built 4. Not everyone thinks it is a good 5. Drivers don't like it, and some shop owners don't like it, 6. And most people live 7 far from the city that they can't travel by bike. Still, 8 has been done about it. On Saturdays and Sundays, the largest open park in New York is 9 to cars, and the roads may be used by bikes only, but the group still says this is not enough and goes on 10 to get bike roads. I think there will be more bike roads in the future.
Have you ever imagined going to other countries without your paper passport? That will soon come true. And your paper passport will become history. You may use a new kind of passport called "cloud passport" in the future.
It's reported that Australia will be the first country to use the cloud passport. With the cloud passport, you don't have to take a paper passport with you all the time. The cloud passport will have your name, photos and other information. And if you go to other countries, you can just check the information on the computer.
When you take a paper passport with you, you might lose it. But with the cloud passport, you don't have to worry about that.
Do you think the cloud passport it a great idea? Perhaps you will have it in the future, too.
Information about some fashionable inventions
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Segway(平衡车) |
Androidly(电话手表) |
Jabone（智能手环）UP30 |
IPad |
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time |
2001 |
2013 |
2011 |
2010 |
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inventor |
Dean Kamen |
four young men |
Yves Behar |
Jonathanlve |
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USA |
India |
USA |
USA |
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Segway. INC |
Androidly Systems Private Ltd |
Aliph |
Apple |
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your personal vehicle, travel greenly, fashionably and quickly |
video player music player GPS make a call take photos |
record information of daily life: exercise, sleep diet, blood pressure |
GPS make a call take photos video player music player games |
Everyone has his own birthday. People in different countries celebrate their birthdays in different ways. Now here are four people from different countries. They will tell us how they celebrate their birthdays in their countries.
Sandy comes from Madrid(马德里) . She says happily, "My 21st birthday is on Saturday, and I'm going to go out with some friends. To wish me a happy birthday, they are going to pull on my ear 21 times, once for each year. It's an old custom. Some people pull on the ear just once, but my friends are very traditional."
Mr. and Mrs. Sato are from Tokyo. Mr. Sato is going to be 60 tomorrow. In Japan, the sixtieth birthday is called Kanreki(花甲)——it's the beginning of a new life. The color red is for a new life, so we always give something red for a sixtieth birthday.
Liu Mei from Beijing feels very excited and tells us, "Tomorrow is my 16th birthday. It's a special birthday, so we're going to have a family party. Maybe I will get some lucky money from my relatives. My mother is going to cook noodles for a long life."
Phillip, from Paris, smiles to us, "I'm going to be thirty next week, so I'm going to invite three very good friends out for dinner. In France, when you have a birthday, you often invite people out."
How do you usually celebrate your birthday?
Have you kept the secrets in your heart? Have you tried to hide anything from others? Is it all right if you don't tell the truth? You'll find the answer after reading the following passage.
Marie was Joey's mother. There was something wrong with her son's feet. The doctor told her that Joey would be able to walk like others, but would never run very fast. At the age of eight, Joey ran around with the children in his neighborhood. His mother never told him that he wouldn't be able to run as fast as the other children. So he didn't know.
In the seventh grade, he decided to try out for a runner on his school team. He ran more than any of the others in order to be chosen. Joey practiced running four to five miles a day —— even one day when he had a high fever. Although Marie was worried about him, she never told him he couldn't run with such a high fever. So he didn't know.
Two weeks later, Joey made the team. Marie never told him he couldn't do it. So he didn't know. He just did it.
Although sometimes we don't tell others the truth, it can make them optimistic and meet the challenge(挑战) of their lives bravely. Why not go for it?
(①=Para. 1 ②=Para.2 ③=Para.3 ④=Para.4 ⑤=Para.5)
Money is what people use to buy things they need or want. A long time ago, people didn't use money. So how did they get the things they wanted? Well, there is a long and interesting story about this.
At first, they would exchange something they had for what they needed. For example, if the shoemaker needed some bread, he would give the baker shoes and the baker would give him bread. This was called "bartering"(易货). Bartering worked fine for a while. But after the baker had too many shoes, the shoemaker still needed more bread. What could they do? The solution to this problem was money.
There were many earlier forms of money, such as cattle(牛), salt, grain and shells(贝壳). But it was not easy to move them to far-away places or store them. So coins began to take the place of things.
Coins had a fixed(固定的) value and could be stored. It became possible for people to trade in a standardized(标准的) way. Different coins are worth different amounts. Metal money was used in China as early as 1000 BC.
About three hundred years ago, paper money came into wider use. Paper money is cheaper to make than coins. It is also easier to carry around. Now people use paper money and coins in most countries.
Cash(现金) has been the most popular form of money. But these days, it seems that things have changed. Cashless payment has come into our lives and changed our world. China was the first country in the world to use paper money. Now, centuries later, it may become the first cashless society soon. Cashless payment apps such as Alipay(支付宝) and WeChat Pay are becoming more common in China. The buyer just scans the QR code (扫描二维码) of the seller, or the other way around. No real money is needed at all. Is tomorrow already there?
A: Hi, Bill. I notice you are reading the novel again.
B: Three times. Every time I read it, I can learn something new.
A: Really? Who wrote it?
B: Richard Adams. I like writers who have special opinions.
A: Me, too. Could you please tell me more?
B: OK. Richard wrote a book for his daughters in the early time.
A: Sounds interesting. Where did you buy this book?
B:
A: Is it far from here?
B: No. Just next to the People's Cinema.
A: Oh, I see. Thank you!
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A. Only 10 minutes' walk from here. B. What a wonderful novel! C. In the Rose Bookshop. D. He's a great English writer. E. How many times have you read it? F. What are you doing here? G. In 1974, the book came out and it became very popular. |
Everyone needs friends. There is an old saying. "Friends are God's way of taking care of us." But how do you find real friendship and keep it?
The American writer Sally Seamans tells young students some smart ways to find friends. Sally says finding friendship is just like planting a tree. You plant the seed(种子) and take care of it to make it grow.
First, you should choose a friend. What makes a good friend? It is not because a person has money or good looks. A good friend should be kind and patient. For example, if you have a bad day, a good friend should listen to your complaints and do his or her best to help. To make a friend, you cannot be too shy. You should make each other happy and share your lives.
But things cannot always be happy. Even the best friends have fights. What should you do when you have a fight with your friend? You have to talk to him or her. When there is no one around, have an honest talk. If he or she doesn't want to talk, you could write a letter.
Here are three steps to being friends again:
First, tell him or her how you are feeling, say what your friend has done wrong, and then explain why you did this or that. At last, remember that friendship is the most important thing in your life.
Once a man and his wife worked for a businessman. There was a big box in the businessman's living room. The businessman pointed at the box and said, "There's only one thing you mustn't do. Don't open the box." saying this, he left the living room.
The woman said to his husband, "There must be something expensive in the box. Let's open it, we?" Her husband with her.
The woman didn't give up her idea. One day, she decided to find out was in it. Her husband didn't stop her. She opened the box and looked inside. She found in the box and tried hard to close it she failed.
That evening the businessman came back home and found the box was open. He was very and asked the woman and her husband to leave his home.
"But there was nothing in the box," the woman said. "We taken anything at all. The businessman shouted at them, "The box is not important. 1 can't believe in you. That's important."
写作要点:
1）提倡骑自行车、步行或乘坐公共汽车；
2）阻止工厂把废物排入河中，减少水污染；
3）垃圾分类回收；
4）房前屋后养花种树；
5）……
写作要求:
1）词数80～120词，短文 
开头已给出，不计入总词数；
2）条理清晰，要点齐全，可适当发挥；
3）书写规范，卷面整洁，所写内容不超出答题框。
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