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湖南省长沙市中雅培粹学校2020-2021学年九年级下学期英语入学考试试卷
WithCOVID-19 threatening the world, researchers have worked on technology that canprotect our environment improve the quality of medical care, or simply make ourlives more convenient. Scientific American has chosen 10 new technologies thatwill change our future. Let's take a look at some of them.
Green hydrogen绿色氢
Whenwe bum hydrogen for energy, the only by-product (副产品)iswater. If s safe for the environment. But the process of producing hydrogen isbad for the environment. "Green" hydrogen might be the solution.
Greenhydrogen is produced by using machines to split (分开)water into its two most basic element hydrogen and oxygen(氧). In the past, this process took so much electricity that it didn'tmake sense to do it. But now, we have moreefficientmachines so that we can produce hydrogen in a cleaner and moreenvironmentally-friendly way.
Spatialcomputing 空间计算
Someof you might be familiar with augmented reality(增强现实),or AR. Computers use AR to put a virtual lager(虚拟层次) ontop of the real world, such as when you use an app to control the lights yourhome. A new kind of computing called spatial computing will combine AR with theinternet of things to make daily life at home even more automated (自动的).
Withspatial computing, it is possible to make a digital (数字的) "map" of an environment, such as your home or ahospital. Using this map, computers can "see" what's happening in thereal environment and change it properly. For example, your home's computercould turn up the heat if it sees that your body temperature is low.
Good basic table manners are important because they help make sure that both guests and hosts are comfortable at the table. Table manners are mostly common sense. Here are some rules that will carry you through most common situations.
{#blank#}1{#/blank#} You may have heard your mother say it many times. You should know that no one likes to see the food in your mouth.
Don't make noises while eating. Making noises is not only unappetizing (倒胃口的), but it can also break others' conversation.
Eat food bit by bít. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Don't cut all of your meat at one time. This can remind
people of feeding small children and the mess related to this situation.
Eat at a leisurely pace(悠闲地). This rule shows your host that you enjoy the food and the company (陪伴). {#blank#}3{#/blank#} It shows that you're only paying attention to the food and that you would rather be at home watching the grass grow than spend the time with your host.
Don't stand and reach for food far from you. You are not supposed to get in the way of people either eating or talking. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}
Don't forget "please" and "thank you". These are useful words in most situations and especially important at the table.
{#blank#}5{#/blank#} You don't want people to think that you are tired of their company. If you must leave the table, make your excuses clearly. You want to make people think that you would rather remain at the table talking with them than do anything else, but the matter at hand is so important that it must be dealt with at once.
Compliment(称赞) the cook. Even if the food is terrible, say something nice. It is always pleasant to end a meal in a positive way.
A. Excuse yourself when leaving the table. B. Don't speak with your mouth full of food. C. Eating quickly is a sign of disrespect for the host. D. You'd better not put your elbows on the dinner table. E. It is as impolite as standing in front of a TV with other people behind you. F. Cut meat and salad so that part of them don't stay out of your mouth after you put them in. |
Nowadays,as there are more choices for students,some students can't stand food in the school dining hall and they call the takeout(卖) food. Many students like ordering food instead of eating at the school dining hall. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} The students can't choose what they want to eat. They can only eat the food provided by the dining hall.
{#blank#}2{#/blank#} The answer is no. Most students can't make money,but ordering food is a little expensive. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Students only need to pay 10 yuan for one meal and there are always different dishes and one kind of soup. When ordering food,I have never found a dish which is less than 10 yuan,and the most important is that the food we order may be not clean.
As ordering takeout is getting more and more popular,many people may think it's a new thing in China. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} According to history books,Emperor Xiaozong liked to order takeout late at night. His servants then went around the city to pick up the dishes and bring them back to the palace.
Common people also ordered takeout. Restaurant waiters would go out into the streets and shout out which dishes could be ordered that day. People could then place an order. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}
In the famous Song Dynasty painting Along the River During the Qingming Festival,a takeout worker can be seen with food in hand.
A. Compared with food in the restaurants,food in the school dining hall is much cheaper. B. The reason is that some schools' dining halls only have one menu for each meal. C. Later,takeout workers would bring food to their homes. D. But in fact,there was takeout as far back as the Song Dynasty. E. Is it wise to order food instead of eating at the dining hall? |
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