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北京西城区2015-2016学年八年级上册英语期末考试试卷
A Smart Dog
Rico is a dog who lives in Germany, When his owner says the name of a certain toy, Rico can find it. In fact, he seems to know the names of 200 toys!
. They put his toys in a room and then told him to go in the room and find a certain toy. Since nobody was in the room with Rico, he had no help from anyone finding the right toy. The researchers did this test forty times. Rico found the right toy thirty-seven times!
Then the researcher tried something else. They put seven of Rico's toys in the room and one new toy that Rico had never seen before. . This new toy had a name Rico had never heard before. Rico found the right toy seven out of ten times!
Researchers cannot really say that Rico know words or languages.They believed Rico can think about what he hears and thin about what he knows. In fact, Rico seems to thin and remember things as well as three-year-old child.
From these tests, animal researchers know one thing for sure. Rico has given them a lot to think about.
A. Then they told Rico to go into the room and get the new toy.
B. However, these tests seem to show Rico is smart.
C. Some researchers in Germany wanted to test Rico.
D. His owner has trained him to find his toys.
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Friends are important in our life, because no one wants to be lonely. However, some people have difficulty in making friends and they often feel lonely. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} According to a new study from Chicago University, the reason is that this kind of people have brains(脑)different from common people. And they often feel unsafe when facing strangers.
Does that mean they have no way to become happy again? {#blank#}3{#/blank#}
Scientists of this study have thought up ways to help these people deal with their loneliness. They provided four steps for getting out of loneliness.
The first step is to accept social invitations even if you don't want to go." It's not enough for people just to get in touch with others online. That's because most people don't show their true selves there," said Dr. Cacioppo, one of this study's scientists. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} As" actions speak louder than words", people need to be active to communicate with others. They also need to meet people with the same interests. Also, they should try to expect the best from each activity. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} Who knows what good things are waiting for us?
A. People who feel lonely B. Another step is to get an action plan. C. After all," tomorrow is another day". D. What's the reason behind that? E. Why don't we like them? F. New ways to deal with loneliness G. No, don't worry. |
A. reuse/recycle B. fourth C. 5858 D. place E. Britain and Japan F. 139 G. number |
Have you ever counted the number of digits (数字) in your mobile phone number? Your number has 11 digits. You may sometimes find it hard to remember your number. That's because China has the longest mobile phone numbers in the world. Why is that?
The 11 digits can be divided into three parts. Each part has a different meaning. The first three numbers tell you which mobile phone service company it is. For example, 135 is for China Mobile Communications Corporation and 188 is for China Unicom. The fourth to the seventh digits tell you where the number is registered (注册). And the last four digits are random (随机的).
The main reason for using 11 digits is that we have the largest population in the world. We once had 10 numbers. But as our population grew, there were not enough numbers for us to use. So we began to use 11 digits starting from 1999. Eleven digits can be used to make tens of billions of mobile phone numbers. That's enough for each person to have seven or eight phone numbers to use in China.
And mobile phone numbers can be recycled. Usually, the service company will reuse a canceled number after three to six months. If you call a number that you haven't contacted for a long time, you may find that its owner has changed.
Besides China, Britain and Japan also use 11-digit mobile phone numbers. But their numbers always start with 0. So they cannot create as many numbers as we can. Countries like the United States, Australia and India use phone numbers with 10 digits. Canada's mobile phone numbers are perhaps the shortest in the world: they use seven digits.
Canadian: In my country, the mobile phone numbers use seven digits. Why does this mobile phone have 11 digits—13958583739?
Salesman: We have the largest population. Besides China, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} also use 11-digit numbers.
Canadian: What do the numbers mean?
Salesman: The number {#blank#}2{#/blank#} tells you which mobile phone service company it is.
The {#blank#}3{#/blank#} to the seventh numbers tell you the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} of its registration. The number 3739 is random.
Canadian: Can you {#blank#}5{#/blank#} the phone numbers?
Salesman: Yes, after three to six months.
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