假期英语测试4.docx

1、假期英语测试4 假期英语测试41阅读理解AMany people would love to leave their jobs behind and have a lifechanging adventure overseasThey imagine lying under palm trees as the sun goes downHowever，life overseas is not always easy，and many are not prepared for the shock of living in an alien cultureThe honeymoon periodA

2、t first，for those who actually decide to move abroad，life is an exciting adventureThey enjoy exploring their new surroundings，and life seems like an extended holidayThey dont mind trying the local cuisine and discovering the local cultureThey can even afford to practice their foreignlanguage skills

3、without fear of making mistakesTrouble in paradiseIn many cases，when people consider moving to another country，they often fail to realize how different life will beAs time goes by，they become frustrated when language and cultural misunderstandings become a daily headacheIn this stage，the visitors be

4、gin to withdraw from life in the host country and avoid spending time with local people in favor of mixing with others from their own cultural backgroundThe road to recoveryGradually，most visitors realize they must accept the differences and not fight against themThis change encourages them to impro

5、ve their language skills and slowly they manage to do the things they could easily do at home，such as opening a bank accountThis newfound confidence enables them to see a side of life which very few tourists get to witnessAdjusting to life abroad can often be a real problemThe secret to overcoming i

6、t is to stop trying to change your host country：you will not succeedIf not，you risk losing your dream and having to return to the old life you wanted to leave behind1Why do people moving abroad feel excited at first？AThey find foreign living much easierBThey have the necessary language skillsCThey l

7、ove the adventure and explorationDThey enjoy meeting people from different cultures2According to the author，what is the main problem many people moving abroad face？AHomesickness BCulture shockCHealth problems DLack of employment3What would the author suggest people moving abroad do？AStudy the local

8、language BGo on holidays frequentlyCLearn how to open a bank accountDSeek out people from their home countryBAustralia loves interesting moneyIn 1988，it was the first country to replace paper money with special plastic banknotesNow its introduced a new fivedollar bill so technologically advanced tha

9、t many experts are calling it the money of the future!At first glance，the new note looks much like the old oneIt has the same pink colour and main pictures on the front and backBut look closer，and you will notice a clear window running down the middle，surrounded by images of the yellow Prickly Moses

10、，a type of Australian plantTilt（使倾斜） the note a little and you will see the Eastern Spinebill，an Australian bird，beating its wings as if trying to fly awayTurn the bill from side to side，and you will notice the picture of a small building at the bottom of the note spins，and the image of5changes posi

11、tionWhile these moveable features are impressive and entertaining，that was not the reason Australian government officials spent ten years developing themTheir primary purpose was to make it impossible for criminals to produce their own fake notesThe new fivedollar note also has something to help bli

12、nd people easily identify the moneyIt has s raised bump alongside the top and bottom，enabling blind people to quickly determine its valueThe credit for persuading the Australian government to add this allimportant bump goes to 15yearold Connor McLeodThe blind Sydney teenager came up with the idea in

13、 2014 after being unable to tell how much money he had received for ChristmasConnor says he was so embarrassed at not being able to see the difference between notes that he only carried coins to pay for food at not being able to see the difference between notes that he only carried coins to pay for

14、food at the school cafeteriaTo convince the government officials of his idea，Connor started a website that got huge public attentionThe government will add this feature to the new 10 bill which comes out in late 2017，as well as the updated 20，50，and 100bills that are still being designed4Which pictu

15、re does NOT move when the banknote is tilted？AThe birdBThe numberCThe plantsDThe building5What was the main reason the Australian government created the new banknote？ATo make the note more difficult to copyBTo show the countrys advanced technologyCTo help blind people more easily use moneyDTo make t

16、he nots appearance more attractive6What can we guess about Australian coins？AThey are different in size or shapeBThey are required in school cafeteriasCThey are more frequently used than notesDThey are more convenient for young people7What did Connor do to persuade the government？AHe wrote a letter

17、to the leadersBHe organized an online meetingCHe sought support on the InternetDHe requested a special Christmas giftCAt this years Technology Forum，speakers include worldfamous people，such as Steve Wozniak，cofounder of Apple Computer，and lesserknown individuals with great ideas to change the worldO

18、ne of the latter is Jonny Cohen，a high school senior，green businessman and creator of GreenShieldsSince Cohen was a child，he has been innovating and inventingWhen he was 12 and took science classes at Northwestern University，he saw a school bus and had an idea：what if the shape of school bus was imp

19、roved to make it more fuel efficient？This would greatly reduce the amount of pollution it producedHe set about making a wind tunnel in his parentsgarage and placed small metal plates or shields on toy school buses to test themThe result：his shields redirected the airflow over and around the bus，decr

20、eased wing drag，and produced better fuel economy and less pollutionCohen went through various experiments to improve his GreenShields inventionWith the help of MIT and CookIllinois Bus Company，which donated a fullsized bus for Cohens experiments，he now has a shield model that is inexpensive and easy

21、 to attach，enabling widespread adoptionHow much of an impact can these shields have on climate change？Fuel consumption for the average US school bus is seven miles per gallonGreenShields increases fuel efficiency by 1020%，saving about 600 per bus per year，and costs only 30 to attachCohen and his par

22、tners are now trying to persuade the government to put GreenShields on all school busesWith almost halfamillion school buses in America using nearly 2.5 billion of fuel per year，a consumption reduction of 1020% would make a big difference in pollutionNot to mention the roughly 285 million in annual

23、savings on fuel8What can we learn about Jonny Cohen from the text？AHe has produced GreenShields independentlyBHe has been employed to improve school busesCHe is a worldfamous businessman and inventorDHe has a talent for finding and solving problems9How does GreenShields make a bus more fuel efficien

24、t？ABy reducing the amount of wind dragBBy improving the quality of fuel usedCBy providing a wind tunnel for the busDBy changing the shape of the bus engine10Where did Cohen begin testing his shields？AAt Northwestern UniversityBIn his parents garageCAt a local bus company DIn an MIT lab11Whats the in

25、tended benefit of Cohens invention？ATo provide school buses with cheaper fuelBTo reduce the cost of producing school busesCTo increase the profits of the school bus industryDTo make school buses more environmentallyfriendlyDWe all know the feeling：looking at the computer screen，pretending to be inte

26、rested in our homework，even though we really feel boredBut such feelings may soon be at an end，says DrHarry Witchel，head of the Essex Medical SchoolHe believes that computers of the future will notice when people feel bored and even take action to stop itBefore you get concerned，the machine wont be

27、reading your mindIt will be observing the many movements you make while using a computerIts not interested in the big movements needed to use the machine 一 like moving a mouse or touching a screenbut small，barely noticeable movements like closing your eyes，moving in your seat or rubbing your faceWit

28、chel calls theseboredom movementsand says they show how interested the person is in what they are reading or watchingThe higher the interest level，the less movement!To test his theory，Witchel invited 27 people to perform various computerbased tasksThe activities ranged from playing online games （an

29、interesting task） to reading documents like government laws that most people would find boringA special video camera followed the participants movements as they completed each taskJust as the researcher expected，theboredom movementsgreatly decreased，by as much as 42%，when the subjects were very inte

30、rested in what they were reading or seeingFortunately，Dr Witchel isnt planning to use his results to create machines that report students who are not paying attention at schoolInstead，he wantsmovement sensingtechnology to be built into future computers in order to improve students computerbased lear

31、ning experienceThe scientist says that by measuring the students interest level as they work，educators will be able to adjust their materials in realtime to keep students focusedWitchel also believes that the technology can provide filmmakers with honest audience opinions and in the future，help to develop more intelligent robots12What does the underlined worditin Paragraph 1 refer to？AHomeworkBA computerCBoredomDThe future13Why did Dr Witchel carry out his research？ATo discover how bored people moveBTo find out what makes people boredCTo see if interested people are more acti