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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!"
The Art of Paper
Chen Zijiang is a paper cutting expert whom I interviewed for my article on Chinese Art. Paper-cutting is something that he learned to do from an early age.
"It is a Chinese folk art with a long history," Mr. Chen told me, "Paper cuts of animals have been found in tombs. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}" He added that by the Southern Song Dynasty, paper-cutting had become an important part of everyday life.
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The third kind of paper cuts are these used to make patterns on clothing. They are also sometimes used to decorate jewelry (珠宝) boxes. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}.
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A. They are usually put up during holidays to bring good luck. B. They are also used as offerings to the dead. C. Dragons are very popular patterns for these designs. D. They can date back to the time of the Northern and Southern Dynasty. E. Mr. Chen went on to explain that there are three types of paper cuts which people still make today. |
Burns (烫伤) from fire or other causes happen sometimes. So what should you do if you get burned?
When a burn happens, check and decide if you can take care of the burn yourself. You need to go to the hospital at once if any of these situations happen:
▼The burn is serious.
▼The burned area is large.
▼The burn seems infected(感染的).
If you can't get to a hospital right away, don't worry. The following steps can help:
Take away clothing carefully from the burned area. Do not take away clothing that is stuck to the skin(粘住皮肤), and don't break any blisters(水泡).
Run cool(not cold) water over the burn. Do not put oil or ice on the burn.
Lightly put a bandage over the burn or cover the burned area with a clean soft cloth if it's large.
What to Do After a Burn *When to go to the hospital Check the situations below: It's serious. It's a {#blank#}1{#/blank#} area. It looks infected. If you can't go right now, look here! *{#blank#}2{#/blank#} to deal with the burn Take away clothing from the burned area. Run {#blank#}3{#/blank#} water over the burn. Put a bandage over the burn. What to avoid(避免) doing Taking away clothing stuck to skin. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} blisters. Putting oil or {#blank#}5{#/blank#} on the burn. |
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