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Mike’s plan for next week
Mary’s plan for next week
Monday
Study group meeting 3:00 p.m.
Go to the cinema with Alice 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday
Basketball match4:30 p.m.
See a doctor 11:00 a.m.
Wednesday
Go to see some friends 2:00 p.m.
Study for an exam ---evening
Thursday
Art class 7:30-8:30 p.m.
Concert 8:30 p.m.
Friday
volunteer work at student center 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Help Uncle Smith in the restaurant ---afternoon
Saturday
Shopping 10:00 a.m.
Art class 7:00-8:00 p.m.
Sunday
Basketball team party 8:00 p.m.
Supper with Ann 7:30 p.m.

Mary is going to the cinema at seven on ________________.

A.Monday evening B.Wednesday evening
C.Friday evening D.Sunday evening

On Wednesday afternoon Mike is going to ___________

A.enjoy the concert B.see some friends
C.see a doctor D.have an art class

Mary is going to ______________ on Wednesday evening.

A.have supper with Ann B.have a basketball party
C.study for an exam D.watch a basketball match

Mike’s basketball team party starts at __________on Sunday          

A.7:30 p.m. B. 8:00 p.m. C. 8:30 p.m. D. 9:00 p.m.

From Mike’s and Mary’s plans we know that they both like_________.

A.shopping B. concerts C. art D.music
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    WANT ADS.

(1) WANTED
Are you hard—working? Do you like to meet people? If your answer is “Yes”, then we have a job for you as a waiter.
Call AL Hotel at 556779!
(2) SUMMER JOB
Do you like to talk with people? Do you like to write stories? If you want to work for our magazine as a reporter, please call Karen at 558366.
(3)HELP WANTED
Do you like babies? Can you look after one baby for two days? If you are sure to take good care of him/her, call us at 766588. $80 or more. Today! Hurry!
(4) CLEANER WANTED
Can you make a large house clean and tidy? If you hope to get the job paid at $20 once, call us this evening 18:00—20:00.  Tel:633800

The ads(广告) above are probably from ________.

A.a newspaper B.a story book C.a science book D.a guide book

If you like children and have two days free, you can call at ________ for a job.

A.556779 B.558366 C.766588 D.633800

If the owner of the large house asks a cleaner to tidy his house twice a week, how much will
the cleaner get in a month?

A.$120 B.$160 C.$200 D.$240

. ________ are needed in AL Hotel.

A.Cleaner B.Baby—sitters C.Reporters D.Waiters

If you’re a college student of English who enjoys writing, during your summer holidays you will be more interested in the job in ________.

A.ad. (1) B.ad. (2) C.ad. (3) D.ad. (4)
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  The Dress That Turns into a Coca Cola Machine 

This specially designed dress looks like a normal dress,but if you unfold it and cover yourself,you may look like a Coca Cola vending machine(自动售货机). Because there are many vending machines like that on the street,it must be easy for you to hide.If you feel that someone is following you or there is some danger,you can disappear within five seconds.But don’t use it to scare your classmates.That’ll be rude.
                                  

The M-Dress is a nice black dress.It is also a mobile phone.It accepts a standard SIM card and allows the wearer to receive calls without carrying an actual(真实的) phone in their pocket or purse.You just need to bring your hand to your ear when you want to answer a phone call.When you finish talking and release your hand,the call will close.It is fashionable and useful.But it will certainly be an embarrassing moment when your dress rings in public.
  Air Conditioned Jackets 

You will love these air-cooled jackets in summer time when it is very hot outdoors.The jacket has fans that draw air in.The fan is powered by an inside battery.Now it is possible to spend nearly every second of your day with cool air.
What’s the main purpose of the first dress?

A.To protect the wearer. B.To scare your classmates.
C.To make the wearer look better. D.To help sell more Coca Cola.

The underlined word release in the 2nd paragraph means ________.

A.put up B.put down C.put on D.put out

The second dress is called M-Dress probably because ________.

A. it is made by men B.it is made for men
C. it is medium-sized D.it is also a mobile phone

The best title for the second paragraph is ________.

A.A Fashionable and Useful Dress
B.M-Dress That Is Also Your Phone
C.An Embarrassing Moment in Public
D.A Mobile Phone with a Standard SIM Card

Which of the following is TRUE of the Air Conditioned Jackets?

A.They keep you warm in winter.
B.The fans must be turned by hand.
C.The fans in them provide cool air.
D.The ice in them makes them cool.
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Imagine having an idea, drawing it on paper, bringing it to a store and seeing it turned into an object. This is now possible with the help of 3D printers. Such machines were once used just by universities and big companies, but now, stores with 3D printing services are appearing around the United States.
Bryan Jaycox and his wife opened The Build Shop LLC in Los Angeles two years ago. The Jaycoxs offer 3D printing classes and services for anyone who is interested.
“I think 3D printing is going to be huge. It’s going to have a huge influence on society as a whole.” says KiChong Tran, one of the students in a recent class. He plans to open a 3D printing business in Cambodia (柬埔寨).
3D printing services are coming into American people’s life. The UPS Store is a nationwide retailer (零售商) that provides copying and other services. The UPS Store recently put 3D printers in three of its independently-owned stores. Burke Jones owns one of the stores in San Diego.
“The demand has been amazing. There has been a lot of interest from people. It’s been much more than I would have imagined.”
The UPS Store plans to add 3D printers in three more stores.
For $11, someone used a 3D printer to produce two small plastic parts as part of a knuckle (指节) for a hand. He works for the company which is testing finger prosthetics (假肢). He says the same–day or next-day printing services will speed up testing of parts and get them to patients faster.
Staples, an American store, is selling 3D printers on its website for as low as about $1,300. As with any technology - experts expect the printing speed to increase and the price to go down.
Bryan Jaycox requires $15 an hour to print an object. He also sets the price depending on the size of the object and up to $50 an hour for design and labor services.
Mr Jaycox thinks that within five years, 3D printing technology could become more user friendly. But KiChong Tran says even today’s technology can make a difference in a developing country like Cambodia.
“With 3D printing you can give them tools, so they are responsible more for their own development and they learn skills beyond just like learning English and becoming a tour guide or something like that. You can actually create things that give value to the world.”
He says it’s not just Cambodia but anywhere where there is a 3D printer, it can turn a good idea into reality.
What can 3D printers do according to the passage?

A.Come up with an idea.
B.Draw on a piece of paper.
C.Help users to spend less money.
D.Turn an idea into a physical object.

What does the underlined part mean in this passage?

A.Make users’ life better.
B.Make friends with users.
C.Make 3D printers easier to use.
D.Use 3D printers to make money.

What can we infer from the passage?

A.3D printing is becoming popular in the world.
B.There is no 3D printing business in Cambodia.
C.The UPS Store is the biggest 3D printing company.
D.3D printing plays the most important role in daily life.

What’s the passage mainly about?

A.The future of 3D printing in the world.
B.The 3D printing business in Cambodia.
C.The development and growth of 3D printing business.
D.The 3D printing classes and services in different places.
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In Britain, the first day of the month of May is known as May Day. May day marks the end of the harsh(严酷的) winter months, welcomes the beginning of Summer, and optimistically looks forward to the bright and productive months.


For their ancestors, largely in rural areas, it was a major annual festival and was celebrated(庆祝) through out the country, especially on the first day of May with music, dancing and games.
How was May Day Celebrated in the past?


May Day began early in the morning. People went out before sunrise in order to gather flowers and plants to make their houses and villages beautiful in the belief that the vegetation spirits(神灵) would bring good luck.
A traditional May Day dance is Maypole Dancing,On May Day, people used to cut down young trees and stick them in the ground in the village to mark the arrival of summer.People danced around the tree poles in celebration of the end of winter and the start of the fine weather that would allow planting to begin. Maypoles are still a part of some
village life and on May Day the villagers dance around it.


May Day celebrations have their origins(起源) in the Roman festival of Flora, goddess(女神) of fruit and flowers, which marked the beginning of summer. So the highlight of the day was the crowning(为…加冕) of the May Queen(女皇), the human replica (模型) of Flora. By tradition she took no part in the games or dancing, but sat like a queen in a flower-decked chair to watch her 'subjects'.
Ever since 1978, for the convenience of the general public, many May Day activities have now been moved to the new May Day holiday on the first Monday of the month. This Monday is a bank holiday, a day off school and work. There are more intereting celebrations on this day.
In the old days, most people in Britain made their living by             .
A. fishing                B. farming                 C. working in factories
People in Britain celebrate May Day is to express their         
A. pleasure and hope       B. thanks and harvest       C. freedom and new life
Britain’s May Day holiday is on          in 2010.
A. May 1st               B. May 3rd                 C. May 5th
What is not mentioned in this passage?
A. Special food.          B. Special custom.           C. Special activity.
Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Only children can take part in the Maypole Dancing.
B. The queen of the UK came to watch her “subjects”.
C. Children needn’t go to school on May Day holiday now.

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Every school has notice boards. Let's see what is on the notice board of an American school.

46. From       , parents can get information on the parents meeting.

A.School Policy B.Report Card
C.After-school Program D.Class Announcement

Report Card shows parents        .  

A.certain school rules B.after-school activities
C.plans for classes and tests D.children's school life and work.

Suppose Tony doesn't do well at school but makes progress, he will get      on the
Report Card.

A.1 B.2 C.3 D.4

Students do their homework and read books           

A.from 3:30 to 4:30 B.from 3:30 to 6:00
C.from 4:30 to 6:00 D.from 6:00 to 7:00

According to School Policy visitors have to ________ when entering the school .

A.hand in a note B.call at 524-9752
C.check in at the office D.telephone the school
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When you buy a T-shirt, or a fur coat in a store, it often carries a label(标签) telling who made it or from what store it was bought.
Indeed, some labels show the dress is famous and it is very expensive, so buyers secretly wish they might be carried forever. On the other hand, buyers who deal with the cheapest products(产品) would be pleased to do away with labels completely.
However, there is another label more important than the one showing from which store the dress was bought. When a person buys a fur coat, or a jacket, from a store, a label telling what the product is made of should be carried to it.
According to the law, this label must be carried. Besides telling what the product on show is made of, the label should be in clear English and be where one can find it easily. The information on the label must be true.
The reason for this label is that most buyers today don’t know exactly(确切地) what kind of fur or material they are buying. The buyer must believe in the store that sells the products or in what the labels say.
The law says that furs must carry a __________.

A.clean label B.clear label C.white label D.secret label

This article is mainly about _______.

A.making furs and clothes
B.protecting buyers with law
C.keeping the buyer understood
D.businessmen and sellers

The writer doesn’t agree that ________.

A.labels are not true
B.clothing stores sell cheap dresses
C.all the products have labels.
D.buyers buy the clothes with labels

Which of the following is TRUE?

A.A T-shirt seldom carries a label.
B.A fur coat with a high price often carries a false label.
C.A label only says what material the product is made of.
D.Not all buyers know the material they are buying.
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Seeing a volcano erupt (喷发) is a wonderful experience, and you can really feel the heat by climbing to the summit of Pacaya for a close-up view. There are guided tours every day up this highly active volcano from Antigua. Giving travelers a chance to see Mother Nature at her most powerful (强大的).
Pacaya is an easy drive from Antigua, a beautiful city with many colorful houses along its old streets that are turned into art-works during its Holy Week festival. No matter when you come to Antigua, you won’t miss the Pacaya-tour companies.
But climbing Pacaya is no easy job: it is 2,560 metres high and reaching the summit takes two to three hours of seemingly one-step-forward and two-step-back movements. As you climb, you hear the sounds of eruptions high above. Smoke, hot remains from recent eruptions begin to line the path as you near the active summit: the McKenney Cone (火山锥). Just as though you were going to walk over to the edge of the cone, the road turns to the left and up to the safety of the old, inactive summit.

Many tours are timed so that you arrive at the cone of the volcano in plenty of time for sunset and the full scene of the erupting red lava (熔岩) in the darkening sky. On a good day the view from the summit is really exciting. The active mouth boils, sending red lava over its sides, and once in a while shoots hot streams up to 100 metres into the air. There is a strong bad smell in the air even if you take care to be upwind of the cone. As evening turns deeper into the night, the burning lava quietly falls down the side of the volcano. For you, too, it is time to get down.
Many tours are timed for people to _____.

A.get down the mountain in time when night falls
B.avoid the smell from the upwind direction of the cone
C.enjoy the fantastic eruption against the darkening sky
D.appreciate the beauty of the 2,560-metre-high mountain

The word “summit” appears several times in the passage. It means _____.

A.remained, cooled rocks along the path
B.loud sound and terrible smell in the air
C.the most exciting happening in a place
D.the top point of a mountain or hill

What is the main purpose of this passage?

A.To have more tourists come to Pacaya.
B.To describe the beauty of Pacaya.
C.To introduce guided tours to Pacaya.
D.To explain the power of nature at Pacaya.
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Every place offers the possible dangers for getting hurt, even staying at work. We may face dangers like walking into desks or chairs, receiving unexpected cuts from a paper knife and so on. Industrial jobs have similar and more dangers like getting body parts hurt by machines or falling from a height.
No one wants to get hurt. Some accidents are avoidable(可避免的). Most accidents happen because of common things seen every day—an open desk drawer, a chair pulled out too far, water on the floor and so on. We slowly get used to these things we see every day and never think about what they could possibly become in the future.
Think about the following to prevent dangers to yourself and others:
1. If there is something you see and know may become a danger for yourself or others, do      something about it. Close a desk drawer, clean up or put a sign over the water, turn off the power before leaving, and so on.
2. Get extra persons’ help and support on a task that is too hard for a single person.
3. Study the situation and think what could possibly happen and change if necessary. Do it before something happens and you won’t have to say some day, “ I should have… How sorry I feel…”
To use an old phrase “ Safety is everyone’s duty.” Looking down on it could lead to being hurt. Keep the rule in mind every day “ Everyone wants to go home in the same condition the  came to work in –or better.”
Title:______________ at Work

dangers
There are some dangers like tripping, unexpected by a paper knife.

  1. Most accidents areby the common things seen every day.
2. Get used towe can see every day and never think about the dangers.
Safety
rules
  1. Turn off the power before you
2. Get extra persons’ help and support if the task is too difficult for you to finish on your.
3. Make some based on the situation.
Warning
Safety on the job is duty.
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  Not long ago, people thought babies were not able to learn things until they were five or six months old. Yet doctors in the United States say babies begin learning on their first day of life.
Scientists note that babies are strongly influenced by their environment. They say a baby will smile if her mother does something the baby likes. A baby learns to get the best care possible by smiling to please her mother or other caregivers. This is how babies learn to connect and communicate with other human beings.
One study shows that babies can learn before they are born. The researchers placed a tape recorder on the stomach of a pregnant woman. Then, they played a recording of a short story. On the day the baby was born, the researchers attempted to find if he knew the sounds of the story repeated while in his mother. They did this by placing a device in the mouth of the newborn baby.
The baby would hear the story if he moved his mouth one way. If the baby moved his mouth the other way, he would hear a different story. The researchers say the baby clearly liked the story he heard before he was born. They say the baby would move his mouth so he could hear the story again and again.
Another study shows how mothers can strongly influence social development and language skills in their children.
Researchers studied the children from the age of one month to three years. The researchers attempted to measure the sensitivity of the mothers. The women were considered sensitive if they supported their children’s activities and did not interfere (干涉) unnecessarily. They tested the children for thinking and language development when they were three years old. Also, the researchers observed the women for signs of depression (消沉).
The children of depressed women did not do as well in tests as the children of women who did not suffer from depression. The children of depressed women did poorly in tests of language skills and understanding what they hear.
These children also were less cooperative and had more problems dealing with other people. The researchers noted that the sensitivity of the mothers was important to the intelligence development of their children. Children did better when their mothers were caring, even when they suffered from depression.
According to the passage, which of the following is NOT the factor that influences intelligence development in babies?

A.The environment. B.Mother’s sensitivity.
C.Education before birth. D.Their peers (同龄人)

What is the purpose of the experiment in which newborn babies heard the stories?

A.To prove that babies can learn on the first day they are born.
B.To prove that babies can learn before they are born.
C.To show mothers can strongly influence intelligence development in their babies.
D.To indicate early education has a deep effect on the babies’ language skills.

Which group of children did the worst in tests of language skills?

A.The children of women who did not suffer from depression.
B.The children of depressed but caring mothers.
C.The children of depressed mothers who cared little for their children.
D.The children with high communication abilities.

What is the main idea of the passage?

A.Scientific findings about how intelligence develops in babies.
B.Scientific findings about how the environment has an effect on babies’ intelligence.
C.A study shows babies are not able to learn things until they are five or six months old.
D.Scientific findings about how babies develop before birth.
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Wildwood School Library Guide
This will offer you some information about our school library.You can use this guide to help your kids use our library.
Service hours:
3:00 pm—5:30 pm on school days;8:30 am—11:00 am on weekends
On school days,your kids may borrow or return books during opening hours only when his classroom teacher allows him to.At the weekend,our library is open to both you and your kids.
Borrowing
Each student can borrow one or two books at a time:More books can be borrowed only for class reading activities and school research.
Returning:
Books borrowed from the library can be kept for 15 school days. The books must be returned before the due (到期的)date or the kid can not borrow other books.
Damaged(受损的) or Lost Books
When a book is returned in a damaged condition,the kid will have to pay three dollars for the damage.Full price must be paid if a book is lost. We encourage students to carry their library books in plastic bags to protect them from rainy weather.
Please call us at 3362—1323 for more information.
Students can borrow more than two books at a time__________.

A.for sending exams
B.to do school research
C.for after-school activities
D.to read together with their parents

_______must be paid when a student loses the book he borrows.

A.Three dollars B.Half the price of the book
C.Full price of the book D.Twice the price of the book

The students are advised to _________to prevent rain.

A.carry their library books in plastic bags
B.cover their library books with raincoats
C.put their library books into their pockets
D.keep their library books in their classroom

This library guide is for_______.

A.teachers from Wildwood
B.workers in Wildwood School Library
C.visitors to Wildwood School
D.parents of the Wildwood School students

Which of the following is NOT true?

A.The library is open for two and a half hours every day.
B.Students parents can go to the school library on weekends.
C.Students can go to the library during opening hours as they like.
D.Students can keep the books that they borrow for fifteen school days.
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YUTIAN, Sept. 6  —Twenty-seven students of a primary school  in Yutian County of Tangshan in Hebei Province were receiving medical treatment on Tuesday after food poisoning(食物中毒).
The sick children are from the country's Yuying Primary School, a private boarding school with over 800 students.
LANZHOU, Aug. 24 —The death toll in a food poisoning accident in Gansu Province has risen to three. The three died in the No. 2 People's Hospital in Longxi County.
The victims(受害者) had all eaten a local snack made of bean jelly and roast chicken in Wenfeng Township, Longxi County.
School-food poisonings call for stricter actions
As lots of food poisoning cases among students made the government require(要求) school-food safety for schools.
Some people said increasing prices lead to the poor quality of the food. In fact it's only an excuse. The government asks schools to get higher quality school food, to cook and store food well ,or the people who make school-food poisonings must be punished strictly. Since September, six cases of food poisoning have taken place in Hebei, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guizhou and Shanxi.

The twenty-seven food-poisoning students are from ________.

A.Lanzhou
B.Longxi County
C.the No. 2 People's Hospital
D.Tangshan in Hebei Province

The number of the students in Yuying Primary School is ________.

A.800 B.less than 800
C.more than 800 D.240

Three people died in Gansu because they ate ________.

A.a local snake B.bean jelly and roast chicken
C.fruits D.meat

How many provinces are mentioned in the passage?

A.Four. B.Five. C.Six. D.Seven.

How many cases have taken place since August?

A.Four. B.Five. C.Six. D.Seven.
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You are going to high school, aren’t you? Maybe you don’t know what to do. Well, here’s a list of the top six things to do when you are in high school. These things will give you ideas of what your high school life could be like. Here you go!
①Find your passion* and what kind of person you are: Whether it’s dance, basketball, or drawing, the important thing is that you have found something you are interested in.
②Talk to people you wouldn’t usually talk to: meet new people, find new friends and even talk to people you don’t like. It will show what a great person you are. You never know what will happen after high school.
③Take part in at least one competition: This will give you tears of laughter, happiness and memories.
④Get a job: This will help you see what it’s like to have responsibility*. It can also help you make a little money to spend on yourself.
⑤Take a trip with your friends: It doesn’t matter where you go or what you do, the memories will happen on the way and go on till the final place.
⑥Do your best at school: Don’t ever get lazy; working hard now will help you in the future.
The writer mainly tells you six things you should do _____.

A.in your high school years
B.at the beginning of your high school years
C.before your high school begins
D.after finishing your high school

The writer gives you advice that you should talk to people you don’t like because _____.

A.you will feel sorry if not
B.it will show how great you are
C.it will show how clever you are
D.you can make your study better

Which of the following you’d better not do according to the passage?

A.Find your interest
B.Get a Job
C.Take a trip with your friends
D.Get lazy

What’s the main idea of the passage?

A.Have a happy school life
B.How to get along with your schoolmates
C.Ideas of successful high school life
D.Make sure your school life easy
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When we talk about intelligence(智力),we do not mean the ability to get good scores on certain kinds of tests or even the ability to do well in school.By intelligence we mean a way of living and behaving(表现),especially in a new situation.If we want to test intelligence,we need to find out how a person acts instead of how much he knows what to do.
For example,when in a new situation,an intelligent person thinks about the situation,not about himself or what might happen to him.He tries to find out all be can,and then he acts immediately and tries to do something about it.He probably isn’t sure how it will all work out,but at least he tries.And if he cannot make things work out right,he doesn’t feel ashamed(羞愧)that he failed,he just tries to learn from his mistakes.An intelligent person,even if he is very young,has a special outlook(看法)on life,a special feeling about life,and how he fits into it.
If you look at children,you’ll see great difference between what we call“bright”children and“non-bright”children.They are actually two different kinds of people,not just the same kind with different amount of intelligence.For example,the bright child really wants to find out about life-he tries to get in touch with everything around him.But the unintelligent child keeps more to himself and his own dream-world:he seems to have a wall between him and life in general.
According to this passage,intelligence is the ability to__________.

A.get some high scores on some tests
B.do well in school
C.deal with life
D.have a lot of book knowledge

In a new situation,an intelligent person________.

A.knows more about what might happen to him
B.is sure of the result he will get
C.cares more about himself
D.keeps his mind on what to do about the situation

If an intelligent person failed,he would_______.

A.try not to feel ashamed
B.learn from his mistakes
C.try to find all he could
D.make sure what result he would get

Bright children and non-bright children________.

A.are two different types of children
B.are different mainly in their degree of cleverness
C.have difference only in their way of thinking
D.have different knowledge about the world
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What will the car be like in the future? Maybe we can sit in a car that can drive itself.
About 40 years ago, scientists from the United States started to develop self-driving cars (无人驾驶汽车). The most famous recent one was made by Google in 2009. There are cameras and radars (雷达) on the top of the car. They allow the computer in the car to draw a 3D map of the environment. Chinese scientists have also successfully developed a self-driving car. The car made a trip from Changsha to Wuhan.
Is a self-driving car safe? A recent study shows that robots make safer drivers than humans. If only 10% of cars on the street are self-driving, they will save 1,000 lives (生命) every year. If 90% of vehicles (交通工具) are self-driving, 21,700 lives will be saved a year. However, a self-driving car is expensive and each costs about $100,000. So it is impossible to be very popular in the near future.
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American scientists started to develop self-driving cars in 2009.
Cameras and computers are on the top of the self-driving car by Google.
In China, scientists have successfully developed a self-driving car.
The more self-driving cars there are on the street, the fewer traffic deaths there will be.
The self-driving cars will be very popular in the near future.

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