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吉林省长春市宽城区2024年中考一模英语试题
Have you ever unlocked a Hello Bike? Have you ever used Meituan to order a meal? Have you ever enjoyed watching the short-form videos on Douyin? Well, if no one had invented the cell phone, none of these would have been possible.
Luckily, someone did invent the cell phone. That person is Martin Cooper, and he did that 51 years ago, in 1973.
Cooper used to work for Motorola. In the 1970s, the company was competing with AT&T, a larger company, to make a cell phone system. Cooper didn't think Motorola's product was good enough. He didn't like AT&T's idea of a car phone, either. The man wanted to give the world something new. He wanted to make it possible for people to talk on their phones anywhere.
It took Cooper and his team 90 days to design (设计) the world's first cell phone. The product was called DynaTAC. People could talk on it for 25 minutes before its battery (电池) died. The phone's short battery life wasn't a big problem, Cooper once joked. Why? Well, the phone was too heavy (1, 100 grams) to hold in hand for too long!
On April 3, 1973, Cooper made the world's first public cell phone call. He called Joel Engel, an AT&T manager. Cooper told Engel, "I'm calling you on a cell phone. It's a real, handheld cell phone." On the other end of the line, there was only silence.
Cell phones have changed a lot since that first call. They're much smaller and can do many more things. Cooper, now 96, is surprised at the progress. But the man has also kept thinking about life in the future. "I must keep learning all my life," he says. "Or I'll lose the ability to learn-that would be terrible!"
After seeing fireflies for the first time at a park, Mrs. Wang's son is so crazy about them that he wants to see them again. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Cathy learnt about the Liangzhu culture there last week. But it was a pity that she couldn't take any photos. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Lily enjoys reading. She finds a quiet place to kill her time. Every Sunday, she goes there to read her favorite books. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Li Han finds a good place to spend his weekend. He often goes boating with his friends there. They enjoy themselves very time. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Judy is a lovely girl. She likes going shopping with her friends. She does the shopping twice a week. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} | A. The Guangzhou Railway Museum is open to people on May 18. There are many exhibitions about the history of Guang zhou's railway development. You can have a close look at carriages. B. Huaqiangbei Business Street is a shopping heaven ( 天 堂) for girls. It has many great clothes shops with many beautiful clothes. Most importantly, they are not expensive but of good quality. C. Qingyuan Huanglong Gorge is a great place to have fun. You can cool yourself in the hot summer. Please avoid coming on weekends because there are lots of people. D. Reading Mi Bookst ore is a nice place for book lovers. You will lose yourself in all kinds of interesting books in such a quiet place. E. Yuexiu Park is an excellent place to spend your weekend with your good friends. F. Nanyue King Museum has some exhibitions of Liangzhu culture. You can learn a lot here. No photos or videos in the museum. 10 yuan per person. Half price for students. G. Fireflies are becoming a beautiful sight in many parks. Recently fireflies have come back to Baiyun Mountain. A great number of fireflies have lightened up the night. |
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