报纸652期---阅读9-12篇改编首字母---教师版---赵老师.docxVIP

21世纪英文报纸文档-初三

652期

首字母改编9-12-初三

Passage9

Whatcanthesemasksdo?

TheCOVID-19pandemichasmadefacemasksane_____1____accessory(配饰).Doyouthinktheylookboring?Somecompaniesarecomingupwithc____2_____ideastomakecool,high-techmasks.Let’stakealookattwoofthem.?

ProjectHazel?

Hazelisaconcept(概念)maskfromUSgamingcompanyRazer.It’satransparent(透明的)maskthatletsyouseethewearer’sface.Italsohasaspeaker.Whenyouspeakwiththemaskon,yourvoicewillnots__3_____muffled(沉闷的).Thereisalsoahardcaseforyoutoputthemaskin.ThecasehasaUVlightthatkillsgerms(细菌)andmakesits____4____towear.?

mask

Thisisasmartmaskthatcant_____5___speech.JapanesecompanyDonutRoboticsmadeit.Itcantranslateyourv____6____intoninelanguages,includingJapanese,English,Chinese,andFrench.Themaskhasachip(芯片)thatc_____7____tothewearer’ssmartphone.Ittranslateswhatyousayintotextonthephone.TEENS

Keys:everydaycreativesoundsafertranslatevoiceconnects

Passage10

Peoplefindanewwaytobrag

凡尔赛文学：一种低调的炫耀。

Haveyoueverheardof“humblebragging”（凡尔赛）?Weuseittod___1____someonewhoseemstomakeamodest(谦虚的)statement,butisactuallytryingtobringattentiontosomethingtheyarep__2____of.?

Forexample,someonemightsay,“IjustfoundoutthatIgota____3___toHarvardANDOxford.Maybetheygotmyapplicationmixedupwithsomeoneelse’s!”Theywanttotellothersthatthey’vebeenacceptedtotwogoodschools.Buttheydon’twanttoseemarrogant(自大的).Soinstead,theyworditinawaythatseemsmoremodest.

Althoughpeoplewhohumblebragthinkitwillmakethemseemmorerelatable(易亲近的),a2015studypublishedintheJournalofPersonalityandSocialPsychologyshowedthathumblebragginghastheo____4_____effect.

“Humblebraggingbackfires(产生事与愿违的结果)becauseitseemsveryfake.That‘woe(悲伤)isme’attitudecombinedwithself-promotion(自抬身价)doe