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Here are some of the strangest aviation(航空）ideas in recent history. Double-Decker Seating
In 2015, Airbus filed a patent for a design for a double-decker cabin seating arrangement. Passengers would sit on top of the other, with upper-tier passengers climbing steps or a small ladder to reach their seats. While the design does have some advantages* the idea of climbing a ladder during flight seems unreliable. Separated Cabins
This patent was awarded to Airbus. Rather than waiting for a flight to arrive and be cleaned,passengers could simply board a ready cabin, which would be moved into the plane's body as soon as it was ready. When the plane reached its destination, the cabin would be separated again. Different cabins with different kinds of seating or levels of comfort could be used for flights of different lengths or destinations.Windowless Cockpits(驾驶舱}
For ideal design, airplane noses should be long and pointy. But there’s the whole “pilots have to fit in the cockpit” problem. Well, what if the cockpit didn’t have to go in the nose of the plane? That's part of the thinking behind this Airbus patent application* which suggests replacing the plane's window with a digital viewing surface. Without a window, there’s no reason the cockpit needs to go in the front of the plane —it could go in the middle of the plane, or even in the tail. Nap Straps (睡眠吊带}
Airbus is not the only company in the strange patent contest. Boeing’s got its own patent, Nap Straps. With this invention, passengers looking for a nap can find an “upright sleep system” beneath their seat. In action, the whole thing is somewhat like a traction device for someone who's been in a terrible accident.
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21. Which shows the disadvantage of double-decker seating? A. Crowded.
B. Expensive. C. Small.
D. Unsafe.
22. Why were separated cabins designed? A. To improve flight speed. C. To increase comfort level.
B. To save passengers’ time. D. To ensure passengers' safety.
23. Which design is intended for pilots? A. Double-Decker Seating. C. Windowless Cockpits.
B. Separated Cabins. D. Nap Straps.
B
In the nineteenth century, one of America’s greatest writers, Walt Whitman, helped people learn to value poetry. Whitman created a new kind of poetry.
Walt Whitman was born in eighteen nineteen in New York City. During his long life, he watched America grow from a young nation to the strongest industrial power in the world. As a young man, Whitman worked as a school teacher, a printer and a newspaper reporter. He was thirty-six years old when he published his first book of poetry in eighteen fifty-five. He called it Leaves of Grass. It had only twelve poems. The poems are written in free verse. The lines do not follow any set form. Some lines are short. Some are long. The words at the end of each line do not have a similar sound. They do not rhyme.
One of America’s greatest thinkers and writers immediately recognized the importance of Leaves of Grass. Ralph Waldo Emerson praised Whitman’s work. But most other poets and writers said nothing and even denounced it. Most readers also rejected Whitman’s poems. The new form of his poetry surprised many people. Even his own brother told Whitman that he should stop writing poetry. But Whitman had many things to say. And he continued to say them. Readers began to understand that America had a great new poetic voice. Walt Whitman's poems praise the United States and its democracy. The poet expressed his love for America and its people in many ways. Experts today praise Leaves of Grass as a major literary work. In eighteen seventy-three, Walt Whitman suffered a stroke. He spent the last years of his life in Camden, New Jersey. Whitman was poor and weak during the last years of his life. He died in eighteen ninety-two. Some critics say Walt Whitman was a spokesman for democracy. Others say he was not a spokesman for anything. Instead* they simply call him a great poet.
24. What can we know about Whitman? A. B. C. D.
His poems have the same rhyme. He is the first great poet in the USA. He helped people to create new poems. His poems show his love for his country.
25. Why was Leaves of Grass refused at first? A. B. C. D.
The poems are quite short. The form of poetry is special. Whitman wasn’t famous then. There are only 12 poems in it.
26. What does the underlined word “denounced” in Paragraph 3 most probably mean? A.
Accused.
B. Downloaded. C. Published.
D. Translated.
27. What can be a suitable title for the text? A. B. C. D.
Walt Whitman—a Great Soldier Walt Whitman—an Unfortunate Poet Walt Whitman and Leaves of Grass The First and Greatest Poet in America
C
In beautiful rural Montana lies the town of Livingston. Around half the students in the Livingston School District qualify for free or reduced-price lunches, according to local educator Rachael Jones, known as “Farmer Jones”. She is the director of the Livingston Farm to School program, which uses the district’s two greenhouses and four gardens to grow food that supplements school meals while offering kids hands-on lessons. Jones said, “In many places around the country, if you can’t pay for your school meal, you don’t eat. Well, here, we don’t turn anyone away. ”
The town’s school district and community members started the program eight years ago. It^ part of the National Farm to School Network, which aims to increase access to local food and nutrition education across the country. Jones, who attended public school in Livingston as a kid, has headed up the local program since 2014. Farm to School enriches curriculums in all of the schools through garden lessons, cafeteria and kitchen lessons, and classroom lessons.
Research has shown that healthy school meals can enhance academic performance, including improved test scores. Though the Farm to School program is not aimed solely at lower-income students, Jones said, “Such kids are more likely to eat lunch provided by the school. ^Eventually she wants to get healthy, affordable meals on the plate of every child in Livingston.
It is important for kids to understand where their food comes from. That's a life changing experience for them. Jones said,” When I grew up a big force in my life was my grandma Ethel. She taught me from a really early age the value of growing my own food. I worked in her gardens with her9and somehow, through all of those experiences —eating her tomatoes and canning pickles with her —it really built up my trust and knowledge in food systems. I’m so thankful for her!”
28. Who is “Farmer Jones” according to the text? A. B. C. D.
A local farmer. A school president. A teacher in a local school. A student in a local school.
29. Why is the Livingston Farm to School program set? A. B. C. D.
To offer students food and lessons. To help local farmers make a living.
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To provide part-time jobs for students. To improve local environmental protection.
30. What can we know from Paragraph 3? A. B. C. D.
The program was short of money. Students were facing health problems. The program offered all students free meals. Students performed better in their studies than before.
31. What make(s) Jones so confident in food system?
A. Her grandma’s suggestions. B. Her childhood experiences. C. Her college education.
D
D. Her healthy lifestyle.
Yesterday I cleared up my house and I mean really cleared up my house. The room that gave the most results was my husband’s “office”. There I found: one right-footed shoe, size 10 (he lost the other one somewhere), a set of Star Wars videos and two small china cats someone gave me last birthday. I collected these “finds” and took them downstairs and logged (登录）on to eBay: the answer to all our rubbish.
What is eBay? It aims to provide a global trading platform where almost anyone can trade almost anything. The idea came from Pierre Omidyar. Born in Paris, Omidyar moved to Washington when he was still a child. At High School he became very interested in computer programming and after graduating from Tufts University in 1988, he worked for the next few years as a computer engineer. In his free time he started eBay as a kind of hobby, originally offering the service free by word of mouth. By 1996 there was so much traffic on the site that he had to upgrade and he began collecting fees. Joined by a friend, Peter Skoll and in 1998 by his dynamic CEO, Meg Whitman, he has never looked back. Even in the great dot-com crashes of the late 1990s eBay went from strength to strength. It is now one of the ten most visited online shopping sites on the Internet.
If you think about it, it’s a perfect Internet idea. All you have to do is take an e-photo, write a description, fill out a sales form and you're in business; the world is your market place.
Some of the more bizarre goods up for offer have been a piece of French bread, partially eaten by Justin Timberlake, advertising space on a man’s head, and a pair of used false teeth. One week later I am proud of having a clean and tidy home and � 110 in cash. Someone even bought the shoe.
32. Why did the author log on to eBay?A. B. C. D.
To sell some useless things. To buy shoes for her husband. To exchange things with other users. To search for things used at the office.
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33. What can we infer from Paragraph 2 about eBay? A. B.
It aims to provide free service. It was the idea of a high school boy.