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主旨大意题Ray Charles, a black singer and pianist of the USA. He had won 12 Grammy Awards (格莱美奖) and performed at 10,000 concerts around the world. Many musicians called him simply “the Genius”(天才).Ray Charles was born into a poor family, without a father. When he was 5 years old, his younger brother died, and around the same time, Charles started to lose his sight. By the age of 7 he was completely blind. He had already been learning the piano for a year, and when he went blind, his mother knew this would be the only way he would make any money in the future. All his life, Charles remembered her saying: “Do it right, or don’t do it at all.”Later he went to a school for blind and deaf children. There the teachers also encouraged him to study music. Sadly, while he was still at school, his mother died. He left school and in the early 1950s Charles organized a group of players. He sang, played the piano and wrote music.He made many classical CDs with famous artists such as Elton John and the Beatles.In 2003 a film of his life Ray was made. The part of Charles was played by a younger actor and musician called Jamie Foxx. The film director brought Foxx to meet Charles. After they had been playing together for two hours, Charles, then aged 73, jumped up and said: “He’s the one ... he can do it.”A year later Charles died aged 74. The film of his life has been as popular as his songs and means that the memory of Charles’music will live on.1. What can we learn from Ray’s childhood story?A. His father died when he was 5 years old.B. He started to go blind at the age of 7.C. He was born in a rich musician family.D. He started to learn the piano at the age of 6.2. Ray Charles’mother encouraged him to play music because ______.A. his father was a musician as wellB. because it would help him get used to being blindC. it was a good way for a blind person to get moneyD. his teacher thought he was a genius3. Ray Charles went to a school for ______.A. normal childrenB. deaf and blind childrenC. talented children onlyD. children without parents4. Ray Charles thought that Jamie Foxx ______.A. was the right person to play him in the filmB. was a good film makerC. was the wrong person to play him in the filmD. was a good director5. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?A. Becoming a musician.B. Childhood story.C. The film of Ray’s life.D. Master of many styles.Have you ever seen the movie. Big Hero 6 ? Baymax(大白) is a main character in the movie. He's a friendly big robot that looks After people's health. If there is a robot like Baymax in our real life, people will get more benefits. The robot will be especially helpful in caring for the old. The health of old people needs greater monitoring and care;.Scientists in America are now working to make Baymax a really(实现)- Actually. they have already produced some health care robots. These robots provide brain video games to improve people's memory. The garner can help the old remember things for longer. Besides, these provide special app (应用程序)to help the old manage their health at home. The apps can check the old people’heart rate (心率) and tell them to take their medicine on lime. The apps can also record their daily activities. Such collected information helps doctors discover the cause of an illness faster and more correctly. But the health care robots are’t as clever as Baymax yet. Nowadays,scientists are working on improving the health care robots. They Hope the robots can produce electricity by walking across the floor. If they succeed. batteries will not be needed. They also hope the robots communicate with humans in the daily life so to make people happier and healthier.Scientists are trying to realize these dreams. Like Baymax, these health care robots may save people's lives in the future. We are looking forward to them.( )1. The underlined word ''monitoring** in the passage means “_____ ”in Chinese.A .监测B娱乐 C .危害( )2. According to the passage, Baymax isA. a friendly small robot that looks after people's healthB. as clever as the health care robots in real lifeC. a main character in the movie Big Hero 6( )3. In the passage, the health care robots that have been produced by scientists ________ .A. can't improve people's memoryB. can communicate with humane in the daily lifeC. can help the old manage their health at home( )4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. Nowadays the health care robots ran product electricity by walking across the floor.B. Both the doctors and the old who use the health care robots can get help from them.C. The health earn robots can provide video games to check a person's heart rate.( )5. What is the passage mainly about?A. It's mainly about the movie Big Hero 6.B. It's mainly about the health care robotsC. It's mainly about the importance of health.Watch for us on TVThis summer, many Beijing middle school students had a different kind of vacation. Instead of hanging out with friends or traveling, they were training hard for the National Day celebration. To mark the special anniversary (周年纪念)of China this year, the students performed a group dance in a big parade(游行)on Tian’anmen Square on October 1.Students were training from 7:30am to around 10:00am or from 4 pm to 6:30pm. It was to avoid the summer heat.They wore white hats, T-shirts and dark-blue trousers. The hats and T-shirts were printed with a red logo, the number ‘60”.The first week of training was PE. Students practiced standing and squatting(蹲)。

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