The Intelligent Transport team at Newcastle University have turned an electric car into a mobile
laboratory named “Drive LAB” in order to understand the challenges faced by older drivers and to discover where the key stress points are.
Research shows that giving up driving is one of the key reasons for a fall in health and well-being among older people, leading to them becoming more isolated(隔绝) and inactive.
Led by Professor Phil Blythe, the Newcastle team are developing in-vehicle technologies for older drivers which they hope could help them to continue driving into later life.
These include custom-made navigation(导航) tools, night vision systems and intelligent speed adaptations. Phil Blythe explains: “For many older people, particularly those living alone or in the country, driving is important for preserving their independence, giving them the freedom to get out and about without having to rely on others.”
“But we all have to accept that as we get older our reactions slow down and this often results in people avoiding any potentially challenging driving conditions and losing confidence in their driving skills. The result is that people stop driving before they really need to.”
Dr Amy Guo, the leading researcher on the older driver study, explains, “The Drive LAB is helping us to understand what the key stress points and difficulties are for older drivers and how we might use technology to address these problems.
“For example, most of us would expect older drivers always go slower than everyone else but surprisingly, we found that in 30mph zones they struggled to keep at a constant speed and so were more likely to break the speed limit and be at risk of getting fined. We’re looking at the benefits of systems which control their speed as a way of preventing that.
“We hope that our work will help with technological solutions(解决方案)to ensure that older drivers stays after behind the wheel.”
1.What is the purpose of the Drive LAB?
A. To explore new means of transport. B. To design new types of cars.
C. To find out older driver’s problems. D. To teach people traffic rules.
2.Why is driving important for older people according to Phil Blythe?
A. It keeps them independent. B. It helps them save time.
C. It builds up their strength. D. It cures their mental illnesses.
3.What do researchers hope to do for older drivers?
A. Improve their driving skills. B. Develop driver-assist technologies.
C. Provide tips on repairing their cars. D. Organize regular physical checkups.
4.What is the best title for the text?
A. A New Model Electric Car B. A Solution to Traffic Problem
C. Driving Service for Elders D. Keeping Older Drivers on the Road
阅读快车系列答案科目：高中英语 来源：广东省汕头市2016-2017学年高二下学期3月月考英语试卷 题型：单项填空
Mary hoped that her father would be as easy___________ as her mother, who always liked perfume.
A. pleasant B. pleased C. to please D. to be pleased
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William Green, aged 82, was making his breakfast when he heard somebody in his garden. “I went out of back door and suddenly I saw his man running towards me. He________me out of the way and took my ________from the garden shed（棚屋）.” Mr. Green did not ________, as he knew he would be no match in a fight with the man. The burglar tried to cycle away, but the _______on the bike were flat so it was difficult to ride. “He kept ________the bicycle,” said Mr. Green, “at least three or four times.” ________the man had fled, Mr. Green called the police.
When they arrived, officers asked him to ________ the man, but instead he _________ to draw them a picture. “When Mr. Green started drawing,” said one of the police officers, “I knew who the ________was.” In fact, Mr. Green had worked for more than 20 years in daily newspapers, doing caricatures (漫画) of Australian footballers. “I had no _______in remembering the man’s face because he was so _______to me.” he said.
Police searched in the neighborhood with the sketch(素描) of the burglar and found him ________half an hour. The cartoon was a perfect _______of the burglar. The 34-year-old man was to be _______with theft, burglary and assault(袭击). And the _______bike was later found in a road nearby.
Police believed that this was the first time they have ________caught a suspect with a _________sketch. A senior police officer said that in the past some ________had used their mobile phones to take ________at crime scenes, but they had not been as ________.
1.A. warned B. pushed C. led D. caught
2.A. mobile phone B. wallet C. picture D. bicycle
3.A. resist B. refuse C. withdraw D. obey
4.A. wires B. wheels C. tyres D. parts
5.A. falling off B. moving away C. dropping on D. putting aside
6.A. Since B. Before C. After D. While
7.A. identify B. name C. draw D. describe
8.A. offered B. promised C. stopped D. continued
9.A. owner B. burglar C. rider D. footballer
10.A. reason B. point C. difficulty D. interest
11.A. dangerous B. friendly C. close D. strange
12.A. among B. within C. beyond D. over
13.A. partner B. likeness C. pair D. model
14.A. charged B. met C. punished D. supplied
15.A. missing B. broken C. new D. flat
16.A. even B. never C. ever D. still
17.A. beautiful B. professional C. pencil D. cartoon
18.A. criminals B. officers C. painters D. victims
19.A. actions B. photographs C. messages D. emails
20.A. exact B. smooth C. skillful D. effective
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I love my very close friend1.is very generous,kind,loving,caring,and2.(help).She is always helping out people3.need.Her profession is a lawyer,but she is very kind-hearted and very modest as a person.
Every year on her birthday she visits an orphanage（孤儿院）and gifts the little4.(one) with some toys,some eatables,or sometimes what they are in short of.
This birthday she made a5.(decide) to share her kind act with her friends in their circle meeting.Her friends all decided to celebrate their birthdays in the orphanage and gift6.children there with various7.(cookie)!So now,on every member’s birthday they come together to spread joy and love to those children who8.(desperate) want someone to love them.
There are almost 380 children in house.My friend does every bit she can9.(aid) the needy.Maybe we could also promise to celebrate our birthdays with orphaned children.We could love them and more smiles would10. (bring) to their faces.Anyone cares to join us?
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假定你是李华，最近获悉你的美国网友Peter家乡受到地震侵袭，损失惨重。请你用英语给Peter写一封慰问信。信的内容包括：
1. 得知情况及感受；
2. 表达安慰和鼓励；
3. 打算提供的帮助。
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头和结语已为你写好，但不计入总词数。
Dear Peter,
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
Never give up hope and be strong! Longing for good news from you!
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处；每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Mr. and Mrs.Zhang all work in our school.They live far from the school, and it takes them about a hour and a half to go to work every day. In their spare time, they are interesting in planting vegetables in their garden, that is on the rooftop of their house. They often get up earlier and water the vegetables together. They have also bought for some gardening tools. Beside, they often get some useful informations from the internet. When summer came, they will invite their students pick the vegetables！
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科目：高中英语 来源：2018届高三全国普通高等学校招生统一考试英语试卷 题型：阅读理解
In the coming months, we are bringing together artists form all over the globe, to enjoy speaking Shakespeare’s plays in their own language, in our Globe, within the architecture Shakespeare wrote for. Please come and join us.
National Theatre of China Beijing|Chinese
This great occasion(盛会) will be the National Theatre of China’s first visit to the UK. The company’s productions show the new face of 21st century Chinese theatre. This production of Shakespeare’s Richard III will be directed by the National’s Associate Director，Wang Xiaoying.
Date & Time : Saturday 28 April,2.30pm & Sunday 29 April,1.30pm & 6.30pm
Marjanishvili Theatre Tbilisi | Georgian
One of the most famous theatres in Georgia,the Marjanishvili,founded in 1928,appears regularly at theatre festivals all over the world. This new production of It is helmed（指导）by the company’s Artistic Director Levan Tsuladze.
Date & Time :Friday 18May,2.30pm & Saturday 19May,7.30pm
Deafinitely Theatre London | British Sign Language （BSL）
By translating the rich and humourous text of Love’s Labour’s Lost into the physical language of BSL,Deafinitely Theatre creates a new interpretation of Shakespeare’s comedy and aims to build a bridge between deaf and hearing worlds by performing to both groups as one audience.
Date & Time : Tuesday 22 May,2.30pm & Wednesday 23 May,7.30pm
Habima National Theatre Tel Aviv | Hebrew
The Habima is the centre of Hebrew-language theatre worldwide ,Founded in Moscow after the 1905 revolution, the company eventually settled in Tel Aviv in the late 1920s,Since 1958, z&xxk they have been recognised as the national theatre of Israel .This production of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice marks their first visit to the UK.
Date & Time :Monday 28May,7.30 & Tuesday 29 May,7.30pm
1.which play will be performed by the National Theatre of China?
A. Richard Ⅲ. B. Lover’s Labour’s Lost
C. As You Like It D. The Merchant of Venice
2.What is special about Deafinitely Theatre?
A. It has two groups of actors B. It is the leading theatre in London
C. It performs plays in BSL D. It is good at producing comedies
3.When can you see a play in Hebrew?
A. On Saturday 28 April. B. On Sunday 29 April
C. On Tuesday 22 May. D. On Tuesday 29 May
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科目：高中英语 来源：江西省九江市2016-2017学年高二下学期期末考试英语试卷 题型：阅读理解
We often just use our sense of sight, touch, smell, and taste to eat food. But what about our sense of hearing? Does sound also affect our dining experience?
A new report answers, “yes, it does.”
That answer comes from researchers at Brigham Young University and Colorado State University in the United States. They found that hearing is important in the eating experience.
Hearing is often called “the forgotten food sense”, says Ryan Elder. Elder is an assistant professor of marketing at Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management. He says that if people notice the sound the food makes as they eat it, they might eat less. On the other hand, watching loud television or listening to loud music while eating can hide such noises. And this could lead to overeating.
For the study, the researchers wanted to test whether the sounds of eating—chewing, chomping and crunching—had any effect on how much a person ate. During the experiments, the test subjects wore headphones and listened to noise at either a high or low audio level. Then researchers gave them a crunchy snack: pretzels. The study found that subjects who listened to the higher volume noise ate more pretzels than those with the low audio levels.
Elder says that when hiding I heard sounds of eating, like when you watch television or listen to loud music while eating, we take away the sense of hearing. And this may cause you to eat more than you would normally. The researchers are calling this, the “crunch effect”.
The researchers admit that the effects may not seem like much at one meal. But over a week, a month or a year, all that food can really add up.
1.Which sense is often ignored in the eating experience?
A. Sight. B. Smell.
C. Hearing. D. Touch.
2.Who would find this article helpful?
A. People who enjoys cooking food.
B. People who cares about losing weight.
C. People who like watching TV.
D. People who want to eat healthy food.
3.Why the researchers use “pretzels”?
A. They can make loud noise. B. They are delicious.
C. They are more available D. They are good for health.
4.Which can be the best title for the passage?
A. Be Mindful of Whatever You Eat
B. Be Sensitive to Your Eating habits
C. Want to Lose Weight? Listen to yourself Eat
D. Better Hear Than Eat
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科目：高中英语 来源：贵州省贵阳市2018届高三8月摸底考试英语试卷 题型：短文填空
There was a proud teak tree in the forest.He was tall and strong.There1.(be) a small herb（香草）next to the tree.
The teak tree said,"I am very handsome and strong.No one can defeat me.”When2.(hear) this,the herb replied,"Dear friend,too much pride is3.(harm).Even the strong will fall one day."
The teak ignored the herb’s words.He continued to praise4.(he).
A strong wind blew.The teak stood5.(firm).Even when it rained,the teak stood strong by spreading its leaves. During these times,6.herb bowed low.The teak made fun7.the herb.
One day,there was a storm in the forest.The herb bowed low.As usual,the teak did not want to bow.The storm kept growing8.(strong).The teak could no longer bear it.He felt his strength giving way.He tried his best9. (stand) upright,but in the end,he fell down.That was the end of the proud tree.
10.everything was calm again,the herb stood straight.He looked around.He saw the proud teak fallen.
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