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Have you ever heard of Dididache? Dididache (嘀嘀打车), a taxi-hailing smartphone app（应用程序）which is believed to be created by Tencent, has recently a 【小题1】  in Xiamen, and more than 700 taxi drivers in the city have used the app.
The app s【小题2】  the real-time locations of taxis on a map using the GPS technology and makes it possible for users to hail (招呼) a taxi on their smartphones. The u【小题3】  request will be sent to the nearest taxi drivers who will decide w【小题4】 to accept the order or not.
Taxi-hailing apps are very p 【小题5】  in Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou and Nanjing, having gained tens of thousands of users. H 【小题6】 , the city’s taxi-control departments doubt its helpfulness and have said it may not be s 【小题7】 for Xiamen.
The app has been criticized (指责) for disturbing market order, and creating d【小题8】  for passengers who do not use the app to hire a cab. Many users complain that they are only useful when most taxis are idle (空驶), and hiring a taxi can still be challenging during bad w【小题9】 and rush hours. Can this app be in use for long? Technology might make a great d 【小题10】 to our life. Let’s wait and see.

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In the morning, Mr. Martin comes i   1  his garden. He sees too m  2  snow(雪) in the garden. Mr Martin wants to t  3 his car out, s  4  he asks a cleaner(清洁工) to clean the road from his garage(车库) to the gate. He s  5  to the cleaner, “Don’t put any snow on the f  6  or on the wall. And don’t put any into the street, or(否则) the p   7  will come.” T   8  he goes out. When(当) he comes back, the road is clean. There is no snow on the flowers, on the wall or in the street. But when he o   9   the garage to get his car out, he sees it is full of snow, the snow from the road, and his car is u  10  the snow!

On New Year’s Eve(前夕), people in Italy throw （扔）out all the old things. So there are chairs, beds, clothes and plates in the streets. In Spain, New Year comes more quietly. Everyone holds a bag of grapes(葡萄). When twelve o’clock comes, people start eating the grapes.

In Japan, people eat noodles on New Year’s Eve. This food is said to bring long life. Early the next morning, some families climb Mount Fuji（爬富士山）. There they watch the first sunrise（日出） of New Year. In China people eat dumplings.

1.This story is about New Year’s Eve in _________ .

A. Italy B. Spain C. Japan D.different countries（国家）

2.People in Spain welcome New Year by_________ after twelve.

A. eating grapesB. eating noodles

C. throwing the old thingsD. watching the sunrise

3.People in Spain ， Japan and China to welcome New Year.

A. throw things away B. get together

C. eat some food D. watch the sunrise

4.Japanese climb Mount Fuji to_________ .

A. look at the starsB. eat noodles

C. see the sun coming up D. have a rest

5.The people in_________ eat dumplings On New Year’s Eve .

A. Japan B. ChinaC. SpainD. Italy

Whenever we hear about “the homeless”, most of us think of the Developing World. But the  ? ? ?   is that homelessness is everywhere. For example, how many of us would expect to see people living on the streets of a developed country like Germany?

??? Kurt Muller and his wife Rita have spent eleven years making  ? ? ?   for the homeless of Berlin, the capital of Germany. They first  ? ? ?    doing that during a long hot summer when most Germans were  ? ? ?  on holiday. Kurt and his wife stayed at home, made? sandwiches,    ? ?? a table in the street and gave food to the homeless.

?? The Mullers soon realized that food and clothing weren’t  ? ? ??? . “What these people also need is warmth and   ? ?? ,” says Rita. The Mullers were always willing to give their phone number to the street people and told them to phone anytime. Rita  ? ? ?? there was somebody at home to answer the phone and their home was always  ? ? ?? to anyone who couldn’t face another night on the street.

??? The couple were soon  ? ? ?   all their time and money, so Kurt visited food and clothing companies to  ? ? ?  donations. Today, over thirty companies  regularly donate food and other goods to the cause and volunteers help to  ? ? ?? them to the homeless. The public also give clothes and money and a shoe producer  even gives away new shoes.

??? Kurt and Rita receive no payment for their hard work. “We feel like parents,” says Rita, “and parents shouldn’t    ? ? money for helping their children. The love we get on the streets is our salary.” Though Rita says she often gets ? ? ? , she says she will continue with her work because she likes the feeling of having made a  ? ? ?? in the world.

1.A. result           ???? ? B. reason          ??? C. fact        ??  ? D. idea

2.A. meals   ???????? ? B. houses           ?? C.  preparations      D. suggestions

3.A. began           ???? B. met           ???? C. called          ??? D. left

4.A. asleep           ???? B. alone           ??? C. across          ?? D. away

5.A. brought up       ?? B. put aside          ? C. set up      ???? ? D. gave away

6.A. enough       ????? B. necessary       ?? C. helpful          ? ? D. expensive

7.A. right          ?????? B. freedom           ? C. courage           ? D. caring

8.A. found out     ???? B.  made sure     ?? C. looked up     ?? D. worked out

9.A. open           ????? B. crowded       ??? C. noisy          ?? ? D. near

10.A. spending       ??? B. wasting           ? C. costing        ?? ? D. taking 

11.A. pay for       ???? B. ask for           ?? C. look into      ?? D. carry out

12.A. give away       ?? B. give in           ?? C. give out           ? D. give up

13.A. raise        ????? B. borrow         ??? C. save          ??? ? D. expect

14.A. surprised       ?? B. excited           ?? C. tired          ??? ? D. shy

15.A.  difference           B. decision        ?? C.  plan    ?????? ? D. rule