（2011&middot;茂名市）A fish that lives in America can live out. of water for months at a time, similar to how anim...

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   A fish that lives in America can live out. of water for months at a time, similar to how animals got used to land millions of years ago, a new study shows.
   The Mangrove Rivulus, a kind of little fish, lives in small pools of water. When their living place dries up, they live. on the land, said Scott Taylor, a researcher in Florida.
   The fish can grow as large as three inches. They group together and breathe air through their skin before they can find water again.
The new scientific discovery came during a trip.
   "We were travelling for fun. and one day I kicked over a log (圆木) and the fish came out," Taylor told reporters by telephone. He said he would make his study on the fish known to the public in an American magazine early next year.
   In lab tests, Taylor said he found the fish can live up to 66 days out of water without eating. Some other fish can live out of water for a short period of time. The walking catfish found in Southeast Asia can stay on land for hours at a time, while lungfish(肺鱼) found in Australia, Africa and South America can live out of water, but only in a not active(活波的)way. But no other known fish can be out of water as long as the Mangrove Rivulus and keep active, according to Patricia Wright, a biologist at a Canadian University.
   More studies of the fish may tell how animals changed over time."These animals live in conditions similar to those millions of years ago, when animals began to move from water onto land," Wright said.

（1）、The Mangrove Rivulus is a type of fish that_________.

A、lives on land in Africa B、can stay alive for months out of water C、prefers living in dry places D、is the longest living fish on earth

（2）、Who will write a report on Mangrove Rivulus?

A、Scott Taylor. B、Some reporters. C、Patricia Wright. D、Scientists from Europe.

（3）、According to the passage, lungfish can___________.

A、breathe through its skin B、be found in Asia C、keep alive out of water D、keep alive and walk on land

（4）、Which one of the sentences below is not true?

A、The Mangrove Rivulus fish can live out of water as long as other animals if it has something to eat. B、Millions of years ago, animals began to live onto land from water. C、Lungfish found in Australia, Africa and South America can live out of water in a not active way. D、The walking catfish found in Southeast Asia can stay on land for hours at a time.

（5）、What can we say about the discovery of Mangrove Rivulus?

A、It was made by Scott Taylor, a researcher in New york. B、It was helped by an American magazine. C、It was helped by Patricia Wright. D、It was made by a researcher while travelling.

举一反三

    In some science fiction movies, evil robots refuse to die, no matter how hard people fight back.
    Now science fiction has become science fact. For the first time, scientists have made a robot that can take a beating and keep on going. Scientists from Cornell University made the robot, which looks like a spider with four legs.
    Until now, even the most advanced (先进的) robot was almost certain to break down when it was damaged (毁坏). That is because its computer inside simply doesn't know how to make the machine work after its shape has changed.
    To deal with this problem, the scientists put eight motors (发动机) and two sensors (传感器) that read how the machine is working. They all give signals to the machine's software. Using this information, the computer can then figure out the machine's shape at any moment.
    The new technology is a big advance in robot-making, scientists say, and it's far from scary. It may someday help scientists create better artificial (假的) arms and legs and give new freedom to people who lose them. It might also help scientists understand how people and animals figure out their own sense of place in space.
    “It has been difficult to design robots that can work well when the environment changes or when it's damaged,” says Olaf Sporns of Indiana University in US. “With this work, we are nearer to solving this problem.”

    Animals, including insects, don't have a 'language' like ours. They do not 'talk' to each other in words and sentences. But if we watch them, we can see that they do have their ways of communicating (交流) with each other.
    Can you see the rabbit's tail? When rabbits see this white tail moving up and down, they run away. They know that they are in danger. The rabbit has told them something without making a sound. It has given them a signal.
    Many other animals use this kind of 'language'. When a cobra（眼镜蛇）is angry, it raises its head and makes itself look powerful（有力的）. This warns other animals. When a bee（蜜蜂）has found food, it goes back to its home. It cannot 'tell' the other bees where the food is by speaking to them, but it does a little dance. This tells the bees where the food is.
    Some animals 'say' things by making sounds. A dog barks, for example, when a stranger comes near. A cat purrs when it is pleased. Some birds make several different sounds, each with its own meaning. Sometimes we human beings speak in the same way. We make sounds like "Oh" or "Ah" when we are frightened or pleased or when we drop something on our toes.

In America, when people say ‘man's best friend', they don't mean another person. Instead, they are talking about a lovely animal—a dog! These words show the friendship between people and animals. Dogs and other pets can give joy to people's lives. Some people even leave all their money to their pets when they die!
Animals can help people, too. You can teach dogs to be the ‘eyes' for blind (失明的) people or ‘ears' for deaf (聋的) people. Scientists have found that pets help people live longer! They make people happier, too. Because of that, they bring animals into hospitals for ‘visits'.
Americans have ‘Be Kind to Animals Week' in the first week of May. There are many pet shows during the week. Even if you don't live in America, you can also show your love to animals. How? First think about how animals make your life richer (更丰富). If you have a pet, take more time this week to play with it. Remember to give it nice food. If you don't have a pet, be kind to animals around you. For example, if you see a street dog, don't kick it. Just leave it alone, or make friends with it. If others around you do bad things to animals, try to stop them. As people, we must protect (保护) animals because they can't speak for themselves.

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You've heard of 3D printing from newspaper and TV programs．It can “print”in plastic，metal，nylon，and over a hundred other materials.3D printing technology has been around since the 1980s，it was not widely used until the early 2010s．The first working 3D printer was created in 1984 by Chuck Hull．

3D printers use many different types of technologies，but they all share one thing in common：they create a three—dimensional(维度的)object by building it layer(层)，by continuing layer, until the whole object is completed．Imagine a baker(面包师)lay down each layer one at a time until the whole cake is formed.3D printing is somewhat similar， but just a bit stricter．How can 3D printers work so well? The most important thing a program，a 3D printer also needs to have instructions for what to print from a computer．It needs a file as well．The file which is a Computer Aided Design (CAD)paper is created with the use of a 3D modeling program．The program creates a paper that is sent to the 3D printer. Along the way，software pieces the design into hundreds，or more likely thousands of layers．The 3D printer builds up one layer at a time，from the bottom to the top，until the object is done．

3D printings can be used for making many kinds of things such as machine parts， daily life objects，even human organs(器官)using a person's own cells．

Nowadays, Marc．Dillon founds a project which deals with many world famous paintings like Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, Van Gogh's Sunflower with 3D technology．This project helps the blind people enjoy the fantastic art through touching．In order to provide a good user experience，these 3D paintings have special instruments which can tell people what they touch．

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If you look at the top of your phone, you'll usually see a lite symbol that says 3G or 4G. The "G" is the generation(代)" of your mobile network (移动网络). But these symbols will become things of the past after 5G networks fully arrive.

On March 30, 2019, Shanghai vice mayor (副市长) Wu Qing made the first SG video call on a Huawei Mate x smartphone, CGTN reported. Shanghai has also become the first city in China to start testing 5G networks.

About 100 times faster than 4G networks, 5G will let people download (下载) and upload data (数据) faster than ever before. But 5G won't just bring faster mobile internet. People can use it for many other things as well.

For example, 5G will help to make self-driving cars safer. Today's self-driving test cars have one problem-lag (延迟). When the car "sees" an obstacle (障碍物), it sends this information to a data center and receives instructions (指令).

However, it takes time to send and receive this information. With this kind of lag, the cars might hit each other because they don't receive instructions in time. With 5G, this lag will be greatly lowered (降低), making the cars safer, according to CNN. 5G could also be used to help the internet of things (IoT,物联网). IoT is a large online network that connects all things and people. Fast internet speed will be the key to developing this technology. The IoT could be used in a lot of ways. For example, with IoT, your refrigerator could automatically (自动地) place an order online for eggs when it finds that there are no eggs left inside.

阅读理解

Last year, a special kind of glove came out. It was invented to help blind people to learn Braille, which is a special system for the blind to read by touching. Shaking motors (震动马达) are put on each finger of the glove. They can make different sounds to tell a user which letter he is touching. Recently, two British college students have invented another special glove for the blind. It can make the user feel small and quick movements. An ultrasonic sensor (超声波传感器) with a battery is put on the back of the glove. When the user wearing the glove is close to an object(物体), ultrasonic waves (超声波) from the glove are sent out (发出). As soon as they hit the object in front, the waves will return to the glove. Then the waves cause the glove to shake. And the ultrasonic sensor makes different kinds of sounds. The sounds make the user know how far he is from the object.

In the college invention competition, the two students got first prize and won 1,540 pounds. One of the designers said, "Now the ultrasonic sensor on the glove is quite large. We're going to use the money to develop a smaller and lighter ultrasonic sensor."

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