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1、The Fox Valley Park District has partnered with six schools throughout Aurora and North Aurora to offer its traditionally popular Sports Saturdays program beginning from Jan. 9.Free to families with children in Grades 1 through 5, Sports Saturdays provide a safe environment for children to participa

2、te in activities that include sports, crafts and general fitness. “Sports Saturdays are an opportunity for kids to get out of the house and do what they love mostplay! Park District instructors are on hand to teach and assist,” said manager Rafael Martinez, who oversees the program. “Theyll get a ch

3、ance to take part in different sports, and it also gives parents a couple hours of free time while their kids are enjoying themselves in a safe setting.”Sports Saturdays are run at six different primary schools around the area. The program runs for eight Saturdays through Feb. 27. Children can parti

4、cipate in the activities at any school, and even visit a different school each week.Three Ways to RegisterOnlineAvailable 24 hours a day, seven days a week. To sign up for Foxlink, an adult member of the household must complete a Family Information Form and return it to the Park District along with

5、proof of address （drivers license, state ID or tax bill）.By Mail / Drop OffMake checks payable to Fox Valley Park District. Fill out the registration form and mail to:FVPD, 150 W. Illinois Ave., Aurora, IL 60506 ATTN: Brochure Registration.In PersonRegistrations are processed during office hours aft

6、er resident registration has begun. Cash, check, Visa, MasterCard or Discover is accepted.Eola Community Center, 555 S. Eola Road, Aurora 605041Sports Saturdays aim to _.Aattract more children to attend the local schoolsBencourage schools to promote kids physical educationCprovide kids with chances

7、to enjoy the fun of rich activitiesDassist parents to take care of their kids in the winter vacation2Children taking part in Sports Saturdays _.Aare from six schoolsBare from the same gradeCwill be together with parentsDwill be protected by instructors3To register, one has to _.Apay for the registra

8、tion form Bprovide identification for addressCcome to an interview in person Dapply in three different ways“Dear Daddy” NotesMy father was the gentlest, most loving and caring dad in the worlduntil we had an argument. During those moments, he transformed into a stubborn man who never considered that

9、 there could be a side other than his own. My words surely never reached his “open mind” because his ears were closed. There was no point trying to argue with my dad. He always had the last word. I could never win.When my father refused to understand that I needed the privacy of a phone in my room,

10、my frustration turned to tears. When he sensed that I was gaining the upper hand in defending my case for wearing lip gloss to school in junior high, he ended our “discussion”, leaving me silently defeated and miserable. So when he refused to change his idea about letting me go on my senior class tr

11、ip to Montreal, I could do nothing but race from his room in despair. If I couldnt get him to listen to my side of our arguments, maybe I could get him to read it.With the hope that his eyes would be more open than his ears, I began to plead（抗辩） my case in a note that began “Dear Daddy” and ended wi

12、th how much I respected his opinion, how much I hated to fight with him and how much I valued our relationship and, above all, how much I loved him. I folded my note into an envelope, slid it under the door of his bedroom and raced back to my own room.It was only minutes before I heard a knock at my

13、 door. When I saw the look on my fathers face, I knew that my note had melted his temper, softened his stubbornness and touched his heart.The victory of winning my dads permission to go to Montreal was sweet. But even sweeter was the discovery of a strategy that enabled me to have an argument with m

14、y dad that didnt end in tears, but instead with a hug. My “Dear Daddy” notes became a follow-up to many of our confrontations（对抗）. During our most emotional arguments, when his unyielding final word drove me to tears, when his “Im your father, thats why!” left me speechless, I knew just how to get t

15、hrough to him.Years later, when my father died, his memory lived on through the many stories about him that friends and family continued to share. One of my favorites was the “Dear Daddy” notes. It always made me smile to remember some of our most passionate arguments and how my dad would become so

16、pig-headed, until he read my notes. He surely must have seen through my calculating strategy, but he never let on; he enjoyed every note that turned him to see my way.4What did the author think about her father during an argument?AGentle. BStubborn.CAggressive. DOpen-minded.5The “Dear Daddy” notes c

17、ould help the author _.Aavoid meeting her father Bstop the argument with easeCdeliver her meassage more quickly Dmake her father understand her6After he died, the authors father impressed her most with his _.Agenerous love Bpig-headed decisionCpatient company Dheated discussion Imagine a town with c

18、rosswalks but no pedestrians, cars and trucks but no drivers. Welcome to Mcity, a fake “city” built by researchers who are testing out the driverless cars of the future.The controlled test environment, which opened today （July 20, 2015） at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, covers 32 acres （th

19、e size of about 24 football fields） and contains all the trappings of a real suburb or small city. There is an entire network of roads lined with sidewalks, streetlights, stop signs and traffic signals. Theres even a “downtown” area complete with fake buildings and outdoor dining areas.The idea behi

20、nd Mcity is simple: test out new driverless car innovations in a human-free environment before these technologies are unleashed in the real world.Mcity is a safe, controlled, and realistic environment where we are going to figure out how the incredible potential of connected and automated vehicles c

21、an be realized quickly, efficiently and safely, Peter Sweatman, director of the Mobility Transformation Center at U-M, said in a statement.The roads of Mcity are built to stand up to “rigorous, repeatable” testing, according to MTC officials. While Mcity drivers dont have to compete with real pedest

22、rians, there will be one mechanical foot-traveler （a robot-like machine named Sebastian） that steps out into traffic to see whether the automated cars can hit the brakes in time. The fake city also features a traffic circle, a bridge, a tunnel, some unpaved roads, and even a four-lane highway with e

23、ntrance and exit ramps, according to a report by Bloomberg Business.In addition to evaluating fully automated, or driverless cars, the researchers also hope to test out so-called connected vehicles within Mcitys limits. Connected cars can either communicate with one another （vehicle-to-vehicle contr

24、ol, or V2V） or with pieces of equipment, such as traffic lights, that are located near roadways （vehicle-to-infrastructure control, or V2I）.Even the smallest details of Mcity have been planned out in advance to copy the conditions that connected and automated vehicles could face in the real world. F

25、or example, there are street signs covered up with graffiti, and faded yellow and white lane markings line the streets.Mcity is just one part of a much larger project that MTC and its partner organizations are establishing in an effort to get a whole fleet of connected and driverless cars on the roa

26、d in Ann Arbor by 2021. In addition to the fake city, MTC is also continuing to launch connected and semi-autonomous（半自动） cars on real roadways. Eventually, the University of Michigan and the Michigan Department of Transportation said they hope to put 20,000 connected cars on the roads of southern M

27、ichigan.7According to the passage, Mcity _.Ais a real town used to evaluate the function of future carsBis a fake city with transportation system but no pedestriansCcovers an area of 32 acres with as many as 24 football fieldsDowns a downtown area with a bridge and some unpaved roads8Why did researc

28、hers build Mcity?ATo test new driverless cars.BTo make a real suburb or small city.CTo control road environment.DTo build an entire network of roads.9It can be inferred from the passage that _.Asome connected and semi-autonomous cars have been put into useBthe researchers plans to create a robot-lik

29、e machine to direct the trafficCthe widespread use of driverless cars will soon come into reality in AmericaDMTC is attempting to make connected and driverless cars available on real roads10How does the passage mainly develop?ABy presenting descriptions of the design.BBy describing a cause and its e

30、ffects.CBy providing the time order.DBy comparing the opinions.二、任务型阅读Read the following passage and then answer the questions.The Gate without a Latch（插销）1 THERE was a farmer, who had a little gate, which opened from his yard into a field. This little gate wanted a latch, and therefore could not be

31、 fastened.2When he passed through the gate, he was very careful to pull it after him; but other people were not always so mindful. Even with all his care, the wind would often blow it open again after he had closed it.3The result was, that the gate was generally either flapping backwards and forwards in the wind, or standing wide open.4In this way the poultry were always getting out; and the sheep and lambs were always getting in. It took up half the childrens time to run after the chickens and drive them back into the yard, and to send the sheep and the lambs back into the field.5 The f