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OnionGoggles

Ifcuttingonion____________nomatterwhatyoutry,it’stimefordesperatemeasures.Wetestedabunchofmethodsforavoidingoniontears,andfoundthebestsolutionscamedowntocuttingtheonionunderavent（通风孔）,orwearingthesestylishandawesomegoggles.

LockLaces

There’resomegreatwaystotieyourshoesbetter,butifyoulongforthelacelessshoesofyourchildhooddays,LockLacesareaprettygoodchoice.They’rebasicallyelastic（有弹性的）lacesthatremovetheneedtotieyourshoes.Sure,peoplewillmakefunofyou,butyoucanmakefunofthemaftertheytripovertheirownuntiedlaces.Oryoucanmakeyourownslip-onshoeswithelastictubing.

2D-Glasses

Hate3D-movies,buthavetogotoone?

Thedifferencebetween2D-glassesand3D-glassesliesintheirlenses（镜片）.Eachlensof2D-glassesblocksthesamepicture,soeacheyegetsthesamepicture,whileeachlensof3D-glassesblocksadifferentpicture,soeacheyegetsadifferentpicturewhichthebraininterpretsas3D．Nowyouhaveapairofglassesthatcansaveyoufromtheheadachecausedbywearing3D-glasseswhicharepopularinourmovietheaters.Youcanbuythemormakeapairforyourself.

1．WhatdoweknowaboutSleepPhones?

A．Therearetwoversions.

B．They’recomfortablebutunhealthy.

C．Theygiveyouthebestqualitysound.

D．They’recheaperthanotherheadphones.

2．Theunderlinedpart“bringsonthewaterworks”inthetextprobablymeans_____.

A．makesyoureyeswater

B．makesyourfingershurt

C．destroysyourwaterpipes

D．addstoyourwashingwork

3．WhatistheadvantageofLockLaces?

A．Theyarestrongandlasting.

B．Theyhelpyouwalkcomfortably.

C．Theyarestylishandeco-friendly.

D．Theysaveyoufromtyingyourshoes.

4．Comparedwith3D-glasses,2D-glasses_____.

A．arecheaperandthinner

B．won’tgiveyouaheadache

C．letyouseeadifferentpicture

D．aremorepopularinmovietheaters

ThespreadofWesterneatinghabitsaroundtheworldisbadforhumanhealthandfortheenvironment.ThosefindingscomefromareportinthejournalNature.

DavidTilmanisaprofessorattheUniversityofMinnesota.Inthestudy，heexaminedinformationfrom100nationstoshowwhatpeopleateandhowdietaffectedhealth.MrTilmannotedamovementbeginninginthe1960s.Hefoundthatasnationsindustrialised（工业化），populationincreasedandearningsrose.MorepeoplebegantoadoptwhathasbeencalledtheWesterndiet.TheWesterndietishighinsugar，fat，oilandmeat.Byeatingthesefoods，peoplebegantogetfatterandsicker.

“Thefood，letussay，inthe15richestnationsoftheworld，rightnowcontainsabout400or500extracalories（卡路里）adaythatareeatenbeyondwhatpeopleneed，andthatleadspeopletogainweight.”

DavidTilmansaysoverweightpeopleareatgreaterriskfordiseaseslikediabetes，heartdiseaseandsomecancers.DiabetesisshootingtoveryhighratesintheUnitedStatesandacrossEurope.Heartdiseaseisamajorcauseofdeathinthewesternnations.Unfortunatelywhenpeoplebecomeindustrialised，iftheyadoptthisWesterndiet，theyaregoingtohavethesesamehealthproblems.

Adietbadforhumanbeings，itseems,isalsobadfortheenvironment.Astheworld'

spopulationgrows，expertssaymoreforestsandareaswillbecomefarmlandforcropsorgrasslandsforraisingcattle.Theseareaswillbeneededtomeettheincreasingdemandforfood.

MrTilmancallsthelinkbetweendiet，theenvironmentandhumanhealth，“adilemma”，asituationwhereitisverydifficulttodecidewhattodo.HesaysonepossiblesolutionisleavingtheWesterndietbehind.

5．Whydidpeoplegetfatterinthe1960s?

A．Theyatefoodshighincalories.

B．TheyadoptedaWesternlifestyle.

C．Theysetasidelittletimeforexercise.

D．Theyhadabetterlifeandbecamelazier.

6．Accordingtothetext，overweightpeoplemaysufferthefollowingdiseasesEXCEPT________．

A．diabetes

B．skindisease

C．cancers

D．heartdisease

7．WhatcanweinferfromParagraph5?

A．Therewillbefewerandfewerforests.

B．Peoplewon'

tcareabouttheenvironment.

C．Theworld'

spopulationwillgrowfasterthanever.

D．Raisingcattlewillbethemostmoneymakingbusiness.

8．Whatisthepurposeoftheauthorinwritingthistext?

A．Totellpeopleeffectivewaystokeephealthy.

B．TocallonpeopletogiveuptheWesterndiet.

C．Toshowtheproblemsindustrialisednationsarefacing.

D．Todrawpeople'

sattentiontoenvironmentalprotection.

Whileastronautsinspacegettodomanyexcitingthings,theymissoutonordinarythingsthatwewilltakeforgranted—beingabletowalkonfirmground,hangingoutwithfamilyanddiggingintoasliceofhotsteamingpizza.Thoughnotmuchcanbedoneaboutthefirsttwothings,theremaysoonbeasolutiontothethirdone,thankstothiscool3-Dpizzaprinter.

Aboutayearago,NASAoffered$125,000toAnjanContractor,a3-Dtechnologyexpert,tobuildadevicethatwouldallowastronautstomakepizzaondemand.Themechanicalengineerpromisedthathisinventionwouldproducepiesinlargequantitiesthatlooked,tastedandevensmelledlikepizzamadeincommonovens.

Latelastyear,theengineerpresentedavideoofhisfirstprototype（原型）thatbeginsbycreatingasinglesliceofdoughthatiscookedandprintedatthesametime.Thencomesthetomatosauce--amixoftomatopowder,oilandwaterandfinally,aproteinslicethatresemblescheese.Whilethevideodoesn'

tshowthebakingprocess,theinventorsaysthatoncethepizzaisprinted,itcanbereadytobeconsumedin7seconds.

Whilethepieinthevideolooksdeliciousenoughtoattractanypizzalover,AnjanContractorisfarfromreadyforastronauts.That'

sbecausehestillhastofindasolutiontomakethefoodcontainerintheprinterlastfor30years.Thoughthatmaysoundunrealistic,actuallyitisnot.

AnjanContractorbelievesthattheonlywaythatispossibleisthatthewaterisremovedfromalltheingredientsandthentheyarereducedtothepowderform.This,asyoucanimagine,willnotbesoeasy.But,whiletheprintermaynotbereadyforspace,itcertainlylooksreadyenoughforpeopleonearth.Hopefully,NASAandContractorwillconsidersellingittothosenotfortunateenoughtogotoMars!

9．NASAoffered$125,000toAnjanContractormainlyto____.

A．createsomenewtypeof3-Dprinter

B．attractmorecompaniestoworkforNASA

C．helpastronautsinspaceenjoyfreshpizzaoneday

D．producepizzainlargequantitiestoearngreatprofits

10．ThebiggestchallengethatAnjanContractorisfacedwithnowisprobablythat____

A．hehasnomoneylefttogoonwithhisresearch

B．thepizzadoesn'

tseemappetizingtopizzalovers

C．hehasnowaytomakepizzathatcanlastforthirtyyears

D．hecannotmakethefoodcontainerlastfordecades

11．What'

sthebesttitleofthepassage?

A．NASAistryingitsbesttohelpastronautseatbetter

B．Astronautsmaysoonbeabletoenjoysteaminghotpizza

C．NASAisworkingonmakingpizzaforcommonpeople

D．A3-Dpizzaprinterhasbeenusedtomakepizza

二、阅读理解

Thearts,especiallymusic,shouldbepartofeveryschool'

slessonsateverygradelevel.Studentswouldbemuchsmarteriftheyhadsomemusicalexperience.Theycouldimprovetheirclassroomskills,likepayingattentionandfollowingdirections.Peopledevelopalltheseskillswhentheylearnmusic.Makingmusicalsoletschildrenusetheirimagination.Itprovidesstudentswithachancetotryouttheirownideas.

Musicnotonlymakeschildrenbetterstudents,butalsogivesthemsomethingpositivetodo.Inamusicprogram,childrencanbepartofabandinsteadofjoiningagang（团伙）.Parentscanenjoylisteningtotheirchildren'

smusicinsteadofseeingthem____acomputerorTVscreen.Inaschoolband,studentsgettobepartofateam.Theycangetalongwellwitholdfriendsandmakenewfriendsthroughmusic.

Musicbuildsself-confidence,too.Itgiveschildrenasenseofachievementandsuccess.Makingmusicissomethingforthemtobeproudof,anditletskidspracticeperforminginfrontofanaudience.Musicgiveschildrenanopportunityforself-expression,andthathelpsdeveloptheirself-confidence.

Onceagain,musicisimportantbecauseitcanmakechildrenbetterstudents,givethemsomethingpositivetodo,andbuildtheircharacter.Thatiswhymusicshouldbeofferedineverysinglegradeineveryschool.

12．Accordingtothepassage,musiccouldmakestudentssmarterby_______________.

A．improvingtheirclassroomskillsandpayingattention

B．improvingtheirclassroomskillsandimagination

C．improvingtheirattention,directionandimagination

D．learningmusic,makingmusicandtryingouttheirownideas

13．Whatdoestheunderlinedphrase"

gluedto"

inthesecondparagraphmean?

A．unwillingtoturnonB．alwayslooking

C．unwillingtoleaveD．alwaysplaying

14．Thethirdparagraphmainlytellsusthatmusiccould_______________.

A．givechildrenself-expressionandself-confidence

B．bringtochildrenachievementandsuccess

C．givechildrensomethingtobep