happy to see them happy. Today, I don’t know of anybody who sleeps and eats better than I do. I’ve found happiness, by giving it to others.”
When she heard that, the rich young lady cried. She had everything that money could buy, but she had lost the things which money couldn’t buy.
1. Did the young lady complain that her whole life was empty?
_________________________________________________________ 2. What did the old lady do?
___________________________________________________________ 3. Why did the old lady never smile at anyone?
___________________________________________________________ 4. What made the old lady feel happy?
___________________________________________________________ 5. Who do you want to learn from, the young lady or the old lady? Why? ___________________________________________________________
简答： 1. Yes, she did.
2. She was a cleaner in the hospital.
3. Because her husband died of heart disease and three months later her only son was killed by a car. / She had nobody… / She had nothing left.
4. Every day she tried to do something nice for someone.
5. The old lady. Because she could make herself happy by doing something for people.
Passage 11
Television is one of the greatest technological inventions of the 20 century. A Scottish man called John Logie Baird invented it. Inventors
in the USA and Europe were working on electronic television systems but Baird used a mechanical(机械的) system. In 1925, he was able to send the first black and white picture—of the head of a doll—from one end of his flat to the other. He then used a local office boy, not the doll, and this teenager was the first person ever to appear on TV.
In January 1926, Baird invited scientists to his flat and showed them his invention. He called it a “televisor”. Later that year, Baird started the world’s first TV station and gave it the name 2TV. In 1927, he sent images 730 kilometres from London to Glasgow using telephone cables(电缆). A year later, his company sent the first transatlantic(大西洋彼岸的) TV images from London to New York. Baird made the first television programmes for the BBC in 1929. These programmes had sound, not just pictures.
However, Baird's system was very limited and basic( 基本的). A totally electronic American system was more popular and practical. The inventor of this electronic system was an American, Philo Farnsworth. In 1936, the BBC started using Farnsworth's system because the picture was better than Baird’s.
More and more people had televisions after the Second World War. Colour TV began in the USA in the 1940s but only a small number of people had colour televisions in their houses. They were very expensive. In Britain and the USA, the first regular(有规律的) colour TV
programmes only began in1967.
Now in the 21 century, we have digital television. TV has changed a lot since the face of a boy appeared on TV in John Logie Bairds flat.
1. Is television a great technological invention of the 20century? _________________________________________________________
2. How far were the images sent from London to Glasgow in 1927?
_________________________________________________________
3. Who invented the totally electronic system?
___________________________________________________________
4. When did colour televisions go into their houses in America?
__________________________________________________________
5. What is the passage mainly about?
___________________________________________________________
简答：
1. Yes. / Yes, it is. 2. 730 kilometres. 3. Philo Farnsworth. 4. In the 1940s.
5. The development of the television.
Passage 12 (2016-2017大兴期末)
No summer beach vacation in the northeast U. S. A state of Massachusetts is complete without an order of fried clams at a seaside restaurant. People enjoy eating the shellfish, which are dipped(蘸) in a mixture made from flour, water and spices and then cooked in hot oil.
One restaurant known for its seafood is Nancy’s on Matha’s Vineyard.
Martha’s Vineyard is a small island off the coast of Massachusetts U. S. President Barack Obama and his family like to visit Martha’s Vineyard in the summer. The Obama family often eats at Nancy’s during their vacations. It seems that one Obama has even started working at Nancy’s this summer.
The Boston Herald newspaper first reported that Sasha Obama the president’s younger daughter has a job there. She is 15 years old. The story says that Sasha Obama is helping the restaurant get ready for its lunch service each day. She is also bringing customers their food orders at a take-out window. She works about four hours. Her last day is Saturday, when the rest of the Obama family arrives for vacation. One of the other workers at the restaurant said Sasha started working earlier the week. She has been using her full name, Natasha, while on the job.
Many people followed the story on social media.“Sasha Obama” became a hot twitter topic. One person wrote on Twitter: “Keeping it
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