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牛津版(深圳·广州)初中英语八年级上册期末复习(题型专练):阅读理解

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日期: 2024-11-27
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Inventions

Phone

    The first telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876. It made communication easier. But the telephone were only fixed in post offices at first. People had to go there to make calls to faraway people and the fees were very high. Later, a cellphone was developed in 1973 in America. It was one of the most useful inventions. People can use cellphones to communicate with others much more easily. They can take them anywhere to make private calls, even vision calls(可视电话) Cellphones have many other functions, such as sending messages, taking photos and reading online.

TV

    The first TV set was invented by an English scientist, John Baird, in 1926. The invention helped people watch films at home instead of going to the cinema as before. At first, TV sets only broadcast black—white pictures. Several years later colour TV sets made the pictures lively. However, they were heavy and thick was difficult to move them. Then, digital TV sets came into being. They were light and thin. Many TV programmes were available(可获得的) at any time. At present, people can use the IPTV(网络电视) to record and replay programmes.

Computer

    The first modern computer was invented in America in 1946. It was as big as a room. It improved the speed and exactitude of calculation (计算) In the 1950s, desktop computers were invented in the same country. They became smaller and could be put on the desk. Since then, they have become very important in many fields of work and leisure. Before the 1970s, computers were single. It was the Internet that joined computers into a big family, so they could share information with one another. Around 1985, laptops were developed in Japan. They were much smaller and could be put on people's laps. They were light and easy to take.

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    Picture the scene: It's midnight. You're very hungry after studying for a long time. Then you see a nice pie in the fridge. Do you eat it? It seems that you shouldn't, for many reasons, including its influence on your studies.

    Scientists have long known that eating late at night can make us gain weight. But now a new study has shown that late— night eating can also have a bad influence on our brains—itmight hurt our ability to learn new things and store memories.

    “We believe that late—night eating may affect(影响) our learning by affecting the parts of the brain that control learning and memory, "Dawn

Lon, PhD, a project scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles said," we believe the timing of when we eat is the main cause of the damaged (受损的) memory."

    For the study, the researchers looked at mice with strict feeding plans for two weeks, the mice were either allowed to eat during the time when they are usually the most active, or during the time when they usually sleep.

    The mice received the same amount of sleep and calories.

    Then the researchers tested the brains of the mice. In one test, the researchers tried to find out whether the mice could remember that a room was connected to an electric shock(电击) after 24 hours had gone by.

    The researchers noticed that when the mice were put in the room again hose mice that ate when they should have been sleeping were less likely(可能的) to get scared than those mice that ate during usual hours. It means that they didn't remember.

    So think twice before the midnight snack— it might be bad for more than your weight.

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    Imagine the situation. You are an exchange student from China and now you are learning French in a university in Paris, the capital city of France. One day, you come into the kitchen of your flat. Twenty minutes later, you cook several delicious French dishes. To everyone's surprise. You learn the French language at the same time! This kind of wonderful kitchen is called a French Digital Kitchen or a "talking kitchen".

    What do you think of the "talking kitchen" A French Digital Kitchen has been developed at Newcastle University in the UK. It teaches students how to cook French food and speak French at the same time. For the first time, students can learn the language by following cooking steps.

    All grammar and vocabulary have been carefully chosen to make sure the users can understand French well. After learning for some time, the users can test themselves by doing a short test on the computer.

    The kitchen project was started by Professor Paul Seed house. He began to show interest in the idea after he visited another kind of talking. kitchen. He said," the purpose of the French Digital Kitchen is to make learning a language more interesting and more educational."

    How does the kitchen work? There is a computer in the kitchen. With this computer, the users can first choose a French recipe(菜谱) that they want to follow. Using information on the computer, the kitchen starts to guide the users how to make a French dish. If you follow the instructions on the computer, it moves on to the next. If you go wrong, the program goes back and repeats the recipe or information. At any time, the users can ask the kitchen to repeat the recipe on any information.

    The new kitchen can be used in schools, universities and even people's homes. The researchers can also be developing the European Digital Kitchen, for the next three years.

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