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Imagine having an idea, drawing it on paper, bringing it to a store and seeing it turned into an object. This is now possible with the help of 3D printers. Such machines were once used just by universities and big companies, but now, stores with 3D printing services are appearing around the United States.
Bryan Jaycox and his wife opened The Build Shop LLC in Los Angeles two years ago. The Jaycoxs offer 3D printing classes and services for anyone who is interested.
“I think 3D printing is going to be huge. It’s going to have a huge influence on society as a whole.” says KiChong Tran, one of the students in a recent class. He plans to open a 3D printing business in Cambodia (柬埔寨).
3D printing services are coming into American people’s life. The UPS Store is a nationwide retailer (零售商) that provides copying and other services. The UPS Store recently put 3D printers in three of its independently-owned stores. Burke Jones owns one of the stores in San Diego.
“The demand has been amazing. There has been a lot of interest from people. It’s been much more than I would have imagined.”
The UPS Store plans to add 3D printers in three more stores.
For $11, someone used a 3D printer to produce two small plastic parts as part of a knuckle (指节) for a hand. He works for the company which is testing finger prosthetics (假肢). He says the same–day or next-day printing services will speed up testing of parts and get them to patients faster.
Staples, an American store, is selling 3D printers on its website for as low as about $1,300. As with any technology - experts expect the printing speed to increase and the price to go down.
Bryan Jaycox requires $15 an hour to print an object. He also sets the price depending on the size of the object and up to $50 an hour for design and labor services.
Mr Jaycox thinks that within five years, 3D printing technology could become more user friendly. But KiChong Tran says even today’s technology can make a difference in a developing country like Cambodia.
“With 3D printing you can give them tools, so they are responsible more for their own development and they learn skills beyond just like learning English and becoming a tour guide or something like that. You can actually create things that give value to the world.”
He says it’s not just Cambodia but anywhere where there is a 3D printer, it can turn a good idea into reality.
小题1:What can 3D printers do according to the passage?

A．Come up with an idea.

B．Draw on a piece of paper.

C．Help users to spend less money.

D．Turn an idea into a physical object.

小题2:What does the underlined part mean in this passage?

A．Make users’ life better.

B．Make friends with users.

C．Make 3D printers easier to use.

D．Use 3D printers to make money.

小题3:What can we infer from the passage?

A．3D printing is becoming popular in the world.

B．There is no 3D printing business in Cambodia.

C．The UPS Store is the biggest 3D printing company.

D．3D printing plays the most important role in daily life.

小题4:What’s the passage mainly about?

A．The future of 3D printing in the world.

B．The 3D printing business in Cambodia.

C．The development and growth of 3D printing business.

D．The 3D printing classes and services in different places.

答案

小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:C

解析

试题分析：短文大意：这篇短文主要介绍了什么是3D打印技术，以及3D打印业务的发展情况。
小题1:细节理解题。Imagine having an idea, drawing it on paper, bringing it to a store and seeing it turned into an object. This is now possible with the help of 3D printers.描述，可知3D打印机能把一个想法变成实物。故选D。
小题2:句意理解题。联系上一段描述，可知Jaycox 说的是，五年后3D打印技术将会变得更加易于使用。故选C。
小题3:主旨大意题。阅读短文可知，这篇短文主要介绍了3D打印技术，告诉我们现在3D打印技术越来越受欢迎。故选A。
小题4:主旨大意题。阅读短文可知，这篇短文主要介绍了什么是3D打印技术，以及3D打印业务的发展情况。故选C。

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My 15-year-old brother John and I saw the coat at the same time. The thick black wool of the coat was soft, and it          only 28 dollars. We looked at each other, saying       , but John’s face was shining with joy. Dark woolen coats were popular with boys at that time, and could cost several hundred dollars. But this coat was much           .
John tried on the coat and bought it at once. John wore the coat to school the next day and came home           a big smile. “How did the kids think of your coat?” I asked. “They loved it very much,” he said. I started to           him “Lord (老爷) John”.
During the next few weeks, a          came over John. He became more polite, more thoughtful and more pleasing. He would lend his classmates his pens; he would bring his father a cup of tea when he got home; he would help a blind man           the road.
One day, my brother and I met a friend in the library. “Could this be John?” he asked in a great surprise. John shook hands with him, just          a gentleman!
What         changed John? It was his own attitude. If you think you are a gentleman or a lady, you           a perfect one.

小题1:

A．took

B．spent

C．cost

D．paid

小题2:

A．something

B．anything

C．nothing

D．everything

小题3:

A．cheap

B．cheaper

C．expensive

D．more expensive

小题4:

A．has

B．with

C．in

D．without

小题5:

A．tell

B．say

C．call

D．speak

小题6:

A．thing

B．surprise

C．wonder

D．change

小题7:

A．crossing

B．crossed

C．crosses

D．cross

小题8:

A．like

B．liked

C．as

D．with

小题9:

A．real

B．really

C．truth

D．true

小题10:

A．has become

B．become

C．can become

D．becoming

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Are you aged between 14 and 19 years old? Do you care about your local environment？Would you like to help make the area you live in better, cleaner, safer and more friendly? If your answers are “yes”, “yes” and “yes”, then read on! You may be surprised to hear that you can actually get money for improving your local community.
The “Big Lottery(彩票)” is giving money to a group of teenagers who want to become active citizens. We’re looking for young people to take part in projects near to where they live.
Here are a few easy things you could do to get started:
Meeting the neighbors
Everybody needs good neighbors. Knock on people’s doors and find out what they would like to improve in your area. If you don’t want to go round to their houses, then you could always put a note through their doors.
Neighborhood watch
Neighborhood watch plans are very popular in the UK. If you go away on holiday and leave your house, it’s very nice to know that a neighbor is keeping an eye on it. It’s a good way to make the area you live in safe.
Lending a hand
There are often elderly people living in the neighborhood who may not be able to do the things that you can do. You can offer to do their shopping once a week, look after their gardens for them or maybe walk their dogs!
So, go on…Just tell us what kind of project you want to become involved in, then we’ll send you more details. Take active action and help make your neighborhood a better place to live in.
小题1:Who is needed to take part in the project?

A．Anyone who wants to.

B．All the teenagers.

C．Teenagers from 14 to 19.

D．All the students in the neighborhood.

小题2:If a neighbor is keeping an eye on your house, it means he ________________.

A．wants to look at your house.

B．watches if there is something bad happening to your house.

C．is keeping an eye with you.

D．pays attention to your family members

小题3:What does “lend a hand” mean?

A．It means to lend money to someone who needs help.

B．It means to shake your hands with old people.

C．It means to lend something to someone.

D．It means to help someone who needs help.

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Complete the following sentences as required (根据所给要求，完成下列句子。每空格限填一词) (共14分)
Have you ever seen an exhibition of rare Mexican grey wolves? There are five young male wolves in Brookfield Zoo now. The exhibition is d___小题1:___ into two areas, an indoor room and a peaceful outdoor viewing or playing area. In the indoor area of the exhibition, which is small and can e__小题2:___ become crowded, you can see the wolves t___小题3:___ one-way glass and also enjoy a few different activities.
One of these activities is very interesting. You stand in a dark room, listening to recorded wolf howls（长嚎）. You can really get an idea of what it feels like to be in a dark and d__小题4:__ forest. After about a minute and a half, some wolves in the woods a___小题5:___ on the wall in front of you. It is a great experience for n___小题6:__ lovers.
In the outdoor area of the exhibition, there is a small river, ponds, fallen trees and a wetland. Visitors can walk among lifelike models of wolf prey(猎物), learning about different hunting s___小题7:___ the wolves use, how they store their food and how they communicate, while watching the wolves from behind an electric fence.
After a tour of the exhibition, you can read Wolf Brother written by Paver. It was made into a movie by director Ridley Scott.
Welcome to our exhibition of rare Mexican grey wolves!

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The first time I saw Jim Wooten I really understood him. He was a great TV news reporter. When he was reporting in Rwanda, one heartbreaking moment made a deep impression on me. When the camera showed all of the children who were dying, suffered from terrible diseases, Jim ended his piece by saying that when he got home, the first thing he was going to do was to put his arms around his own children. Then I realized that he was different, that he didn’t fall into any of the modern television-news tricks, that he was not giving us any awful, artificial(假的) television-journalist reports out of（出于) pity. Instead, I was watching a real reporter with a gift(天赋) for both words and slight differences.

Then I read his book, We Are All the Same, about his friendship with Xolani Nkosi, a South African boy who became the international spokesman for AIDS(艾滋病). It is about the friendship between Wooten and a black child who was ten years old and already dying of AIDS. It is also a book about a great teacher and his student. But the teacher－the one with real wisdom and understanding about life－is the little boy, not the journalist. And, finally, it’s about a love story of Gail Johnson, Nkosi’s white mother who does her best to save the boy, and their love for each other. When reading the book, I felt touched from time to time.
小题1:How did Jim Wooten feel when he saw the dying children in Rwanda?
__________________________________________________________________.
小题2:What would an ordinary journalist do on TV when he saw these dying children?
_________________________________________________________________.
小题3:How did Jim end his piece when he saw the dying children in Rwanda?
_________________________________________________________________.
小题4:Who is the teacher in the book, the little boy or the journalist?
_________________________________________________________________.
小题5:Why did Nkosi’s mother do everything possible to save the boy?
_________________________________________________________________.
小题6:What’s the writer’s attitude to Jim Wooten? How do you know that?
_________________________________________________________________.

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Girls in Japan love the month of March. March the third is Japanese Girls" Day, or people also call it the Doll(洋娃娃) Festival.
On this day, girls wear beautiful kimonos (和服). Their parents put lovely dolls on a shelf. They hope that the dolls can bring health and happiness to their girls. There are seven tiers (层) of dolls. Dolls of the king and queen are always at the top of the shelf.
Girls usually invite good friends to their homes on this day to celebrate(庆祝)it. They sit around the dolls, singing, dancing and talking. The next day parents have to put the dolls away quickly. According to Japanese tradition, if they don"t do that, they may find it hard to marry off (嫁出) their daughters later in life.
小题1:When is the Doll Festival?

A．February 3rd.	B．March 3rd.
C．March 2nd.	D．May 3rd.

小题2:What do girls wear on that day?

A．They wear short skirts.

B．They wear new T-shirts.

C．They wear school clothes.

D．They wear traditional (传统) Japanese clothes.

小题3:What is on the top of the shelf?

A．Dolls of the king and queen.	B．Dolls of the parents.
C．Dolls of their daughters.	D．Dolls of the girls" friends.

小题4:Why do parents put dolls on the shelf?

A．Because the dolls are very lovely.

B．Because their daughters ask them to do it.

C．Because the king and the queen want them to do it.

D．Because dolls can bring health and happiness to their daughters.

小题5:Which of the sentences is NOT true?

A．The girls sing and dance around the dolls on that day.

B．The girls invite their friends to celebrate the festival together.

C．The shelf has seven tiers of dolls on it.

D．On March 3rd, parents should put the dolls away quickly.

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