Now, Kitts runs a day -care center. Children run up to her

happily as she comes into the classroom. She bends over to talk with a small girl. As she bends Kitts puts her hands on her knees. For most people, this would be easy. However, just a few years

ago, this was impossible for Kitts.

In 2006, Kitts was in a car accident. A truck crushed(擠壞) her left arm and the doctor had to

cut it off. "I was angry, sad, depressed. I just couldn't accept it," she says. But then she heard about a new technique that could use the remaining nerves(神經) in her shoulder to contort an artificial arm.

In a difficult operation, a doctor moved Kitts's nerves to different mens of her upper- arm muscles. For months, the nerves grew. Millimeter by millimeter, they moved deeper into their new homes. “At three months I started feeling little tingles and twitches(刺痛和抽搐),”she said. A month later, she got her first bionic arm. A research engineer worked with Kitts to make the computer programs match her real movements more and more closely.

Today, Kitts's arm is great, but it's not yet perfect. She wants feeling in her hands. For example, she needs to feel whether something is rough or smooth. She also needs feeling to do one of her favorite things-drink coffee "The problem with a paper coffee cup is that my hand will close until it gets a solid grip,” she says. One time at a coffee shop, her hand kept closing until it crushed the cup. But Kitts says positively, "One day I'll be able to feel things with it, and clap my hands… to the songs my kids are singing”

【1】What is the difference between Kitts and normal people?

A. She has a bionic arm. B. She can bend C. She can put her hands on her knees

【2】Kitts got her first bionic arm _____________after the difficult operation.

A. almost three months B. over one month C. more than four months

【3】Kitts is able to ____________with her bionic hand.

A. clap her hands B. hold thing C. feel rough or smooth things

【4】Kitts's attitude toward her new arm is______________.

A. positive B. Angry C. perfect

【5】Choose the right order of the events

①Kitts heard about a new technique

②Kitts crushed a paper coffee cup

③Kitts had two human arms

④A truck hit Kitts's car

⑤Kitts got her first bionic arm

⑥Doctors moved some of the nerves in Kitts’s arm

A. ④①⑥⑤②③ B. ③④⑤①②⑥ C. ③④①⑥⑤②

—They are playing football with ________ students from Hilltop School．

A．boys；／

B．boys；the

C．boy；／

D．boy；the

of them had it.

A. either B. both C. neither D. none

---He____________ CD in the room now.

A.listening to B. is listening

C. is listening to D. listens to

A. ride to the gym B. because C. keeping fit D. so E. cheer me up

F. enjoy my day off G. healthier H. also I. funny J. coughing and sneezing

Hi Jake,

How’s it going? Sorry I haven't been in touch for a while, but couldn’t use my computer for a few days. You’ll never guess what happened to me!

A couple of weeks ago, I decided to take up yoga. Yoga is a combination of physical and breathing exercises. It's supposed to be good for relaxation and 【1】. I've been feeling a

bit stressed about my school work recently and I thought yoga might help.

My dad couldn't give me a lift to the first lesson, so

I decided to 【2】. The lesson was great and I felt really

relaxed afterwards. On the way home, though, it started raining

and I got very wet! The next day, I woke up with a bad cold. I

couldn't stop 【3】.

I couldn't go to school 【4】I also had a high temperature.

We were having a math test that day so it was great that I could stay at home. I didn’t really 【5】, though. I felt awful and stayed in bed. Mum brought me cups of hot tea for my sore throat(and you know how much I hate tea! ). She 【6】went to the chemist's and got me some vitamin pills. I have to keep taking these for a while 【7】I can get stronger.

That afternoon Robbie came to visit me. He said he'd got something to 【8】and pretended it was the math test that I'd missed "Mr Bank says you can do it at home instead,” he said, but I knew he was joking. I didn’t think it was very 【9】, but he did!

The next day, I was still a bit pale and didn’t have much energy, but I was feeling better. The day after that, I was able to go back to school.

Can you believe my luck? I went to the yoga class to feel 【10】and instead I caught a cold!

Anyway, I hope you're OK. Write and let me know what you’ve been up to!

Bye for now!

A Passion（熱情）for Driving

It was a Friday morning, 7:30 am. I felt too lazy to drive my car, so my son booked an Uber. In five minutes, the Uber reached our door. I checked the cab number and got inside the car. I was busy searching my bag for an important paper, so I just said, “Please, go quickly! I’m in a hurry!”

The driver replied, “Yes, ma’am!”

I was surprised when I heard a female voice. I stopped for a second and looked at the driver. She was a young lady. Maybe around 30 or 32 years old. I had never had a female Uber driver before. I became interested in why she chose this job. I started the conversation, “If you don’t mind, can I ask you some questions?”

“Yes, ma’am! No problem,” she said.

“I guess you are well-qualified,” I said.

“Yes, ma’am! I have completed my education. I have even gotten my MBA.”

“What made you choose to do this job?” I could see her smiling face in the rear-view mirror(后視鏡).

I love driving. I don’t care how big or small my job is. I wanted a job where I can get satisfaction. I haven’t made much money from it yet, but as I told you, I love driving! That’s all there is to it.” Very politely, she said, “Driving has been my passion since childhood. Of course, I respect each and every job. In this case, at least I realized my dream.

【1】When the author first got into the cab, she was surprised because ___________.

A. she entered the wrong cab B. she couldn’t find an important paper

C. she was running late D. she noticed the driver was a woman

【2】Which of the following is NOT true about the driver?

A. She was well- qualified. B. She was young.

C. She earns good money by driving. D. Her childhood dream was to be a driver.

【3】What do you think of the driver?

A. Well-educated. B. Lazy. C. Impolite. D. Funny.

The main activities in the Qingming Festival are tomb sweeping(掃墓), taking a spring outing and flying kites.

Tomb sweeping is the most important ______ in the Qingming Festival. Cleaning the tomb and paying respect to the ______ person with offerings are the two important parts of remembering the past relatives. People often ______ weeds(野草) around the tomb and add fresh soil to show care of the dead. They also take the dead person's favorite food and wine to sacrifice(供奉) to them as well as paper money. They take the food and burn the paper money to hope the dead won't lack(缺少) ______. Kowtowing(叩頭) is also necessary.

This tradition of spring outing began in the Tang Dynasty and lasts till today. It is a day ______ remembering the dead and having a good time. During March, trees turn green, flowers blossom(開花), and the sun shines brightly. It is a fine time to go out and ______ the beautiful scenes of nature. So visitors can be seen everywhere during the month of the festival. Spring outings ______ add joy to life but also develop a healthy body and mind.

Flying kites is an activity loved by many people during the Qingming Festival. ______ are flown day and night. Little lanterns are tied to the kite. When the kite is flying in the sky, the lanterns look like twinkling(閃爍的) stars. That adds special scenery to the sky during the night. It is said that this ______ good luck and diseases can be taken away.

______， the Qingming Festival is special because it connects the tears to the dead with the laughter from the spring outing.

【1】A. tradition B. culture C. trick

【2】A. important B. dead C. useful

【3】A. clear away B. wash away C. give away

【4】A. clothes and money B. food and drinks C. food and money

【5】A. for B. in C. to

【6】A. discover B. admire C. treat

【7】A. not only B. either C. not

【8】A. Clouds B. Birds C. Kites

【9】A. brings B. lays C. spreads

【10】A. As a result B. In a word C. In my opinion

Hello, everybody. Here is our report on the experiment “【1】”. First, we put the glass tray full of warm water on top of two cups with 200 ml of【2】water and cold water. Then, we add red and blue liquid food colorings into the water above the hot and cold cups. at the same time.

After careful observations, we got the【3】. The blue food liquid coloring moves downward first and then to the hot side while the 【4】one spreads quickly and covers whole top in a short time and goes down; the blue liquid food coloring spreads more【5】than the red one. Thank you for listening.

Nowadays, phone calls and messages help us communicate with others more often. It means that we seldom write letters now. But a TV show. Letters alive, is bringing back this old habit.

Letters Alive invites famous actors and actresses but there are no funny jokes or different competitions. Instead, only one person walks up to a microphone and reads a letter. The letters were written by people from different times in history. For example, in one episode(集), they read a letter written by the famous writer Xiao Hong to her younger brother in 1941. The letter shows that Xiao Hong missed her brother so much and had great hopes for his future.

“Every letter opens another world for us, " said Guan Zhangwen, the director of the TV show. “It seems that we can experience the real lives and feelings of the writers". Since its first episode on December 5, 2016, Letters Alive has been widely praised. Many audiences(觀眾)say that it has provided a breath of fresh air to today’s TV shows.

Besides Letters Alive, some other cultural TV shows have also attracted(吸引)Chinese audiences. They include the Chinese Poetry Conference, a traditional Chinese poetry competition and Readers, a program that invites people to read poems and articles they like or wrote. It suggests that cultural values and true feelings are becoming our interest.

【1】Letters Alive, a TV show, invites famous people to______.

A. read and share letters B. tell audiences jokes C. enter different competitions

【2】How many TV shows are mentioned in the passage?

A. Two B. Three C. Four

【3】Chinese audiences _____ the TV shows mentioned in the passage

A. highly praise B. don’t mind C. show no interest in

【4】This article is probably taken from the section of_____ in a newspaper

A. Sports News

B. Culture and Entertainment

C. Education and Science

【5】According to the passage, which of the following is RIGHT?

A. Letters Alive is not popular enough to attract audiences

B. Chinese Poetry Conference invites people to read poems and articles

C. We can experience the real lives and feeling of the writers by reading letters.

【1】Whose ideas about inventions have come true?

A. Leonardo da Vinci’s. B. Cleopatra’s. C. Simon Bolivar’s. D. Confucius’.

【2】Which of the following is TRUE from the passage?

A. Leonardo da Vinci invented a flying machine hundreds of years ago.

B. Lucinda would like to have met Cleopatra because she was pretty.

C. Simon Bolivar was a person who encouraged independence of women.

D. Li Yun would like to have talked with Confucius about his family values.

【3】In which part of a magazine can we read the passage?

A. Art. B. Movie C. History. D. Technology.