Winchester Poetry Prize This contest from the Winchester Poetry Festival is intended for “surprise and delight”. However, don't try to surprise and delight them with a short story or a photo of your cat dancing in a Tutu. Stick to a poem of up to 40 lines. Closing: Quarterly. Prizes:￡1,000,￡500,￡250. Entry Fee:￡5. Sterts Theatre One-Act Play Competition This annual contest from Sterts Theatre in Cornwall is for plays for up to four adult actors, with a running time of between 25 and 35 minutes. Plays can he on any theme; You need to be 18 or over to enter. Closing: Annually. Prizes:￡100 plus performance of your play in Sterts Studio. Entry Fee:￡7. Artificium Short Stories Poetry Prizes This one from Artificium, a journal of new fiction and poetry, has two categories: Short Stories and In Brief. The former is for stories of between 2,000 and 8,000 words in any genre(体裁). The latter is for poetry of between 500 and 1,000 words. Closing: End of each month. Pizcs:￡200,￡100,￡50. Entry Fee:￡5 for one,￡9 for two. PENfro Open Poetry Competition This contest from the PENfro Book Festival is for poems of up to 40 lines on any subject and in any style. Costa Award winning poet Jonathan Edwards, whose taste in poetry is broad-ranging, will be judging. Closing: End of each month. Prizes:￡300,￡100,￡75. The top ten winners will be invited to read their works at a spoken word event at which Jonathan Edwards will present the prizes. Entry Fee:￡4.【小题】(1) Which contest has a discounted entry fee for two?A.Winchester Poetry PrizeB.PENfro Open Poetry CompetitionC.Artificium Short Stories Poetry Prizes.D.Sterts Theatre One-Act Play Competition.【小题】(2) The competition held in Sterts Theatre in Cornwall only receives ________．A.poems of up to 40 linesB.plays for up to four adult actorsC.short stories with a surprising endingD.poetry of between 500 and 1,000 words【小题】(3) What do we know about PENfro Open Poetry Competition?A.It takes place twice a year.B.Jonathan Edwards is the sponsorC.A spoken word event will be held.D.The entry fee will be returned to winners.【小题】(4) What do Winchester Poetry Prize and PENfro Open Poetry Competition have in common?A.The prizes are the same.B.They are both held monthly.C.Jonathan Edwards will be the judge.D.Their requirements of poem lines are the same. These men are waiting for food from a local charity in Nigeria. It may be their only meal today. Disabled, most rely on street begging to support them. Unlike the others queuing here, 18-year-old Aliyu Yakubu is learning to fix tricycles(三轮车)and do other metal work to earn a living. Yakubu remembers the moment he decided to quit begging. “My former class monitor saw me begging in the street and didn't recognize me. He gave me some money,” he said, “When I stretched my hand out to collect it, then he saw my face. I felt ashamed, and, since then, I decided not to beg again.” Instructor Isiaka Maaji, himself physically disabled, helps people like Yakuhu get off the streets and learn a trade. He got his own skills from a state-run vocational rehabilitation(恢复)training program and has been training others since 2002. Five years ago, he began encouraging physically challenged people to abandon begging. “We encourage people like us to learn skills they can do to become self-reliant to support themselves and their families, because being in the streets as beggars is a shame to all of us,” Maaji said． So far he has helped and trained 30 people, some of whom now have their own metal workshop. They make tricycles and motorbikes designed for the handicapped as well as doors and windows to sell. But a member of the Handicapped Association, shop owner Ridwan Abdillahi, says the general public is not buying despite the good quality of the products. “I believe the society are seeing the goods or products made by persons with disability．” he said. These men—being used to overcoming challenges—say this is one more barrier the disabled face. They say they will deal with it by raising awareness, with the help of the government and the community.【小题】(5) What has made Aliyu Yakubu decide to quit begging?A.Maaji's training.B.The sense of shame.C.Difficulty in begging.D.The monitor's offering.【小题】(6) What do we know about Isiaka Maaji?A.He was also a beggar long before.B.He was Yakubu's teacher at school.C.He teaches the disabled skills.D.He trains 30 people to run metal workshop.【小题】(7) What does the text mainly talk about?A.liyu Yakubu's great change in life.B.Nigeria's living conditions to be improved.C.Difficulties for the disabled to make a living.D.Turning the disabled from beggars to workers. The charming personalities Some people, regardless of what they lack—money, looks, or social connections—always show with energy and confidence. Even the most doubting individuals find themselves attracted with these charming personalities. These people are the ones you turn to for help, advice, and companionship. You just can't get enough of them, and they leave you asking yourself, “What do they have that I don't? What makes them so attractive?” The difference? Their sense of self-worth comes from within. Attractive people aren't constantly searching for value, because they're confident enough to find it in themselves. There are certain habits they pursue every day to keep this healthy view. Since being attractive isn't the result ofdumb luck, it's time to study the habits of attractive people so that you can use them to your benefit. Get ready to say “hello” to a new, more attractive you. They treat everyone with respect. Whether interacting with their biggest shoppers or a server taking their drink order, attractive people are unfailingly polite and respectful. They treat everyone with respect because they believe they're no better than anyone else. They follow the golden rule. One person loves public recognition, while another hates being the center of attention. The Golden Rule is to treat others as they want to be treated. Attractive people are great at reading other people, and they adjust their behaviors and styles to make others feel comfortable. Bringing it all together. Attractive people have simply perfected certain appealing qualities and habits that anyone can adopt as their own. They think about other people more than they think about themselves, and they make other people feel liked, respected, understood, and seen. Just remember: the more you focus on others, the more attractive you'll be.【小题】(8) Why are you different from the people with charming personalities?A.Because they are full of confidenceB.ecause they maintain their healthy view.C.Because they lack money, looks, or social connections.D.Because they get along well with doubting individuals.【小题】(9) What's the meaning of the underlined words?A.Bad luck.B.Good luck.C.Lack of intelligence.D.Lack the power of speech.【小题】(10) When having dinner with his leader, an attractive person will probably ________.A.treat his leader properly and help the waitress when necessaryB.just focus on his leader without looking at the waitress when orderingC.praise both his leader and the waitress too much during the dinner timeD.make his leader the center of attention when the leader prefers to stay alone

12)The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without _.A. punishmentB. resentmentC. enforcementD. compliment

What conclusion can be drawn about Millennial women from the 2013 survey?A.They still view this world as one dominated by males.B.market.C.They see the world differently from older generations.D.They do better in work than their male counterparts.E.Part IV Translation (30 minutes)F.irections: For this part, you are allowed 30minutes to translate a passage from Chinese intoG.nglish. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2. 近年来,中国有越来越多的城市开始建设地铁。发展地铁有助于减少城市的交通拥堵和空气污染。 地铁具有安全、快捷和舒适的优点。越来越多的人选择地铁作为每天上班或上学的主要交通工具。如今,在中国乘坐地铁正变得越来越方便。在有些城市里,乘客只需H.or this part, you are allowed 30minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2. 近年来,中国有越来越多的城市开始建设地铁。发展地铁有助于减少城市的交通拥堵和空气污染。 地铁具有安全、快捷和舒适的优点。越来越多的人选择地铁作为每天上班或上学的主要交通工具。如今,在中国乘坐地铁正变得越来越方便。在有些城市里,乘客只需用卡或手机就可以乘坐地铁。许多当地老年市民还可以免费乘坐地铁。I.根据企业发展战略的要求,有计划地对人力、资源进行合理配置,通过对企业中员工的招聘、培训、使用、考核、评价、激励、调整等一系列过程,调动员工地积极性,发挥员工地潜能,为企业创造价值,确保企业战略目标的实现。J.读书是一种感悟人生的艺术读杜甫的诗使人感悟人生的辛酸,读李白的诗使人领悟官场的腐败,读鲁迅的文章使人认清社会的黑暗,读巴金的文章使人感到未来的希望每一本书都是一个朋友,教会我们如何去看待人生读书是人生的一门最不缺少的功课,阅读书籍,感悟人生,助我们走好人生的每一步K.n (霓虹) is to Hong Kong as red phone booths are to London and fog is to San Francisco. When night falls, red and blue and other colors 26 a hazy (雾蒙蒙的) glow over a city lit up by tens of thousands of neon signs. But many of them are going dark, 27 by more practical, but less romantic, LEDs (发光二极管).L.hanging building codes, evolving tastes, and the high cost of maintaining those wonderful old signs have businesses embracing LEDs, which are energy 28 , but still carry great cost. "To me, neon represents memories of the past," says photographer Sharon Blance, whose series Hong Kong Neon celebrates the city's famous signs. "Looking at the signs now I get a feeling of amazement, mixed with sadness."M.to mold glass tubes into 30 shapes and letters. They fill these tubes with gases that glow when 31 . Neon makes orange, while other gases make yellow or blue. It takes many hours toN.raft a single sign.O.lance spent a week in Hong Kong and 32 more than 60 signs; 22 of them appear in the series thatP.apture the signs lighting up lonely streets—an 33 that makes it easy to admire their colors and craftsmanship. "I love the beautiful, handcrafted, old-fashioned 34 of neon," says Blance. The signsQ.asy to admire their colors and craftsmanship. "I love the beautiful, handcrafted, old-fashioned 34 of neon," says Blance. The signs do nothing more than 35 a restaurant, theater, or other business, but do so in the most striking way possible.R.alternativeS.approachT.castU.challengingV.decorativeW.efficientX.electrifiedY.H) identify I) photographed J) professionalsZ.K) quality L) replaced M) stimulate N) symbolizes O) volunteers[.Section B.a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once.].questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.^.n Students—Baring an Ethnic Divide_.high-achieving school district near Princeton, New Jersey, sent parents an alarming 16-page letter. The school district, he said, was facing a crisis. Its students were overburdened and stressed out, having to cope with too much work and too many demands. In the previous school year, 120 middle and high school students were recommended for mental health assessments and 40 were hospitalized. And on a survey administered by the district, students wrote things like, "I hate going to school," and "Coming out of 12 years in this district, I have learned one thing: that a grade, a percentage or even a point is to be valued over anything else."`.With his letter, Aderhold inserted West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District into a national discussion about the intense focus on achievement at elite schools, and whether it has gone too far. At follow-up meetings, he urged parents to join him in advocating a "whole child" approach to schooling that respects "social-emotional development" and "deep and meaningful learning" over academics alone. The alternative, he suggested, was to face the prospect of becoming another Palo Alto, California, where outsize stress on teenage students is believed to have contributed to a number of suicides in the last six years.a.But instead of bringing families together, Aderhold's letter revealed a divide in the district, which has 9,700 students, and one that broke down roughly along racial lines. On one side are white parents like Catherine Foley, a former president of the Parent-Teacher-Student Association at her daughter's middle school, who has come to see the district's increasingly pressured atmosphere as opposed to learning. "My son was in fourth grade and told me, 'I'm not going to amount to anything because I have nothing to put on my resume,'" she said. On the other side are parents like Mike Jia, one of the thousands of Asian-American professionals who have moved to the district in the past decade, who said Aderhold's reforms would amount to a "dumbing down" of his children's education. "What is happening here reflects a national anti-intellectual trend that will not prepare our children for the future," Jia said.b.an hour and a half from New York City, West Windsor and Plainsboro have become popular bedroom communities for technology entrepreneurs, researchers and engineers, drawn in large part by the public schools. From the last three graduating classes, 16 seniors were admitted to MIT. It produces Science Olympiad winners, classically trained musicians and students with perfect SAT scores.c.district has become increasingly popular with immigrant families from China, India and Korea. This year, 65 percent of its students are Asian-American, compared with 44 percent in 2007. Many of them are the first in their families born in the United States. They have had a growing influence on the district. Asian-American parents are enthusiastic supporters of the competitive instrumental music program. They have been huge supporters of the district's advanced mathematics program, which once began in the fourth grade but will now start in the sixth. The change to the program, in which 90 percent of the participating students are Asian-American, is one of Aderhold's reforms.d.campus for high school credit, allowing them to maximize the number of honors and Advanced Placement classes they can take, another practice that Aderhold is limiting this school year. With many Asian-American children attending supplementary instructional programs, there is a perception among some white families that the elementary school curriculum is being sped up to accommodate them.e.no-homework nights, an end to high school midterms and finals, and an initiative that made it easier to participate in the music program.f.h pressure recent immigrants feel to boost their children into the middle class. "They don't have the same chances to get their children internships (实习职位) or jobs at law firms," Lee said. "So what they believe is that their children must excel and beat their white peers in academic settings so they have the same chances to excel later. "g.I) The issue of the stresses felt by students in elite school districts has gained attention in recent years as schools in places like Newton, Massachusetts, and Palo Alto have reported a number of suicides. West Windsor-Plainsboro has not had a teenage suicide in recent years, but Aderhold, who has worked in the district for seven years and been chief for the last three years, said he had seen troubling signs. In a recent art assignments, a middle school student depicted (描绘) an overburdened child who was being scolded for earning an A, rather than an A+ , on a math exam. In the image, the mother scolds the student with the words, "Shame on you!" Further, he said, the New Jersey Education Department has flagged at least two pieces of writing on state English language assessments in which students expressed suicidal thoughts.h.J) The survey commissioned by the district found that 68 percent of high school honor and Advanced Placement students reported feeling stressed about school "always or most of the time." "We need to bring back some balance," Aderhold said. "You don't want to wait until it's too late to do something. "k. "It's become an arms race, an educational arms race," she said. "We all want our kids to achieve and be successful. The question is, at what cost?"

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Each of us carries about half a dozen defective genes. We remain unaware of this fact unless we, or one of our close relatives, are amongst the many millions who suffer from a genetic disease. About one in ten people has, or will develop at some later stage, an inherited genetic disorder, and approximately 2,800 specific conditions are known to be caused by defects in just one of the patient's genes. Some single gene disorders are quite common-cystic fibrosis (纤维症) is found in one out of every 2,500 babies born in the Western world- and in total, diseases that can be traced to single gene defects account for about five percent of all admissions to children's hospitals. Most of us do not suffer any harmful effects from our defective genes because we carry two copies of nearly all genes, one derived from our mother and the other from our father. The only exceptions to this rule are the genes found on the male sex chromosomes(染色体). Males have one X and one Y chromosome, the former from the mother and the latter from the father, so each cell has only one copy of the genes on these chromosomes. in the majority of cases, the normal gene is sufficient to avoid all the symptoms of disease. If the potentially harmful gene is recessive(隐性的), then the normal gene will carry out all the tasks assigned to both. Only if we inherit from our parents two copies of the same recessive gene will a disease develop. On the other hand, if the gene is dominant, it alone can produce the disease, even if the other one is normal. Clearly only the children of a parent with the disease can be affected, and then on average only half the children will be affected. Huntington's chorea(舞蹈症) a severe disease of the nervous system, which becomes apparent only in adulthood, is an example of a dominant genetic disease.1. What does the author state about the genetic disease?A. It's very likely that the defects in just one gene can result a many as 2800genetic diseases.B. Most genetic diseases are developed in childhood.C. Everyone Knows clearly that he carries some defective genes which can cause genetic diseases.D. The defective genes can cause genetic diseases inevitably.2. What do you know about the male sex ceil?A. Each has both one X chromosome and one Y chromosomeB. Each has only one X chromosomeC. Each has either one X x chromosome or one Y chromosomeD. Each has only one Y chromosome.3. In most cases, on what occasion can a person avoid suffering from genetic?A. only if he inherits from his parents two copies of the same recessive gone.B. If he has at least one normal gene.C. Only when he has two normal genes.D. When he has two potentially harmful recessive genes.

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eBay eBay is a global phenomenon-the world’s largest garage sale, online shopping center, ear dealer and auction site with 147 million registered users in 30 countries as of March 2005. You can find everything from encyclopedias to olives to snow boots to stereos to airplanes for sale. And if you stumble on it before the eBay overseers do, you might even find a human kidney or a virtual date. eBay Basics eBay is, first and foremost, an online auction site. You can browse through categories like Antiques, Boats, Clothing Accessories, Computers Networking, Jewelry Watches and Video Games. When you see something you like, you click on the auction title and view the details, including pictures, descriptions, payment options and shipping information. If you place a bid on an item, you enter a contractual agreement to buy it if you win the auction. All auctions have minimum starting bids, and some have a reserve price-a secret minimum amount the seller is willing to accept for the item. If the bidding doesn’t reach the reserve price, the seller doesn’t have to part with the item. In addition to auctions, you can find tons of fixed-price items on eBay that make shopping there just like shopping at any other online marketplace. You see what you like, you buy it, you pay for it and you wait for it to arrive at your door. You can pay for an item on eBay using a variety of methods, including money order, cashier’s check, cash, personal check and electronic payment services like PayPal and BidPay. It’s up to each seller to decide which payment methods he’ll accept. Just as you can buy almost anything on eBay, you can sell almost anything, too. Using a simple listing process, you can put all of the junk in your basement up for sale to the highest bidder. When you sell an item on eBay, you pay listing fees and turn over a percentage of the final sale price to eBay. Once you register (for free) with eBay, you can access all of your eBay buying and selling activities in a single location called "My eBay." eBay Infrastructure A series of service disruptions in 1999 caused real problems for eBay’s business. Over the course of three days, overloaded servers intermittently shut down, meaning users couldn’t check auctions, place bids or complete transactions during that period. Buyers, sellers and eBay were, very unhappy, and a complete restructuring of eBay’s technological architecture followed. In 1999, eBay was one massive database server and a few separate systems running the search function. In 2005, eBay is about 200 database servers and 20 search servers. The architecture is a type of grid computing that allows for both error correction and growth. With the exception of the search function, everything about eBay can actually run on approximately 50 servers-Web servers, application servers and data-storage systems. Each server has between 6 and 12 microprocessors. These 50 or so servers run separately, but they talk to each other, so everybody knows if there is a problem somewhere, eBay can simply add servers to the grid as the need arises. While the majority of the site can run on 50 servers, eBay has four times that. The 200 servers are housed in sets of 50 in four locations, all in the United States. When you’re using eBay, you may be talking to any one of those locations at any time--they all store the same data. If one of the systems crashes, there are three others to pick up the slack. When you’re on the eBay Web site and you click on a listing for a Persian rug, your com-puter talks to Web servers, which talk to application servers, which pull data from storage servers so you can find out what the latest bid price is and how much time is left in the auction, eBay has local partners in many countries who deliver eBay’s static data to cut down on download time, and there are monitoring systems in 45 cities around the world that constantly scan for problems in the network. Using eBay: Security In order to make buyers feel safer when making purchases on eBay, all tangible (有形的) items are automatically insured for 200. A recipe that was supposed to be delivered to you via e-mail is not considered a tangible item. But if you purchased a set of speakers that never arrived, and you go through the dispute process and eBay determines you were defrauded (欺骗), you can get your money back up to 200. Buyer Fraud Buyer fraud is typically less damaging than seller fraud. The most common type of fraud a buyer can commit is simply not paying for an item. Sellers can deal with non-paying bidders by filing an Unpaid Item dispute, eBay will then attempt to contact the buyer and get her to pay. If she does not respond to eBay’s attempts after eight days, the seller is reimbursed (赔偿)for eBay’s cut of the final sale price and can relist the item for free. If the buyer does respond, the dispute can end in one of three ways: The buyer decides to pay, and everybody’s happy. The buyer and the seller decide together to abandon the transaction, the seller gets reimbursed for the final-value fee and relists the item for free, and everybody’s happy. The seller decides not to deal with the buyer, the buyer gets an unpaid-item strike against her, and the seller gets reimbursed for the final-value fee and relists the item for free. In the end, the damage to the seller is relatively small. Another type of buyer fraud occurs when a buyer sends false payment. In most cases, this is in the form of a bounced check, and the seller finds out about it before shipping the item. Bounced checks are as common on eBay as they are in the rest of the world, and many sellers choose not to accept personal checks for this reason. Seller Fraud Seller fraud is what most people think about when they worry about using eBay. There are two main ways in which a buyer can be defrauded by a seller. The item the buyer purchased is dramatically different from how it was described in the listing; or the item simply never arrives. One thing to keep in mind when you think you’ve been defrauded is that miscommunication is common on eBay. For instance, if you didn’t read every word of the auction listing for your item, you may have missed the part that said the seller would be out of town for three weeks and wouldn’t be able to ship the item until she returned. This could be why you don’t have your item and the seller isn’t answering your e-mails. Also, e-mail is not the most straightforward form of communication. If your item hasn’t arrived after two weeks, and you’ve e-mailed the seller but haven’t heard back, it’s a good idea to check your junk mail folder. Your seller may have sent a response e-mail that just never made it to your inbox. If there’s nothing from the seller in your junk folder, you can request that eBay reveal your seller’s phone number so you can give him a call and see what’s going on. If you don’t get an answer to your phone call (or if your seller lives in another country and it would cost too much money to call), your next step is to start the dispute process. When a buyer believes he has been defrauded, he can file a complaint, and eBay will work to solve the problem. When you file a complaint in eBay’s "Item Not Received or Significantly Not as Described" system, eBay will act as middleman between you and your seller to try to settle the dispute. If that fails, you can file a claim to get reimbursed for your purchase.Which of the following may be banned by eBay overseers A．Virtual dates.B．Any over-priced products.C．Priceless antiques.D．Rare animals for pets.

It is not unusual today for old people to spoil their grandchildren with toys and sweets and to 1 to their aggressive demands. It is natural that old people adore (爱) their grandchildren, but is not normal that this adoration should go so far as to create little emperors and empresses. Such adoration has a 2 effect on the children"s personalities and moral standards. A survey of 152 such families found that 88 percent of grandparents admitted that they tended to yield to their grandchildren"s every request, especially if the children had resorted to tears. It seems that when children are told off by their parents or teachers, their elder relatives interfere protecting and comforting the children. When the children are 3 to do some family chores (杂务), 59 percent of the old people said they would invariably (总是) do it for them. Some grandparents would even go to 4 to sweep floors and wash windows for their grandchildren. It has become usual that when little boys and girls get good 5 in examinations, their grandparents reward them. As a result, the children have come to take these favours for granted (认为……是理所当然) and have become less 6 towards others. Parents and teachers have all appealed to old people to be 7 for the sake of future generations. The problems of these spoiled children can be 8 . First, parents and grandparents should understand that their 9 is to train the children to become both self-controlled and self-dependent. Second, they should allow the children to be more independent. And third, young parents should 10 with the old instead of leaving the grandparents entirely responsible to raise the children.A. beneficial I. quarrelB. considerate J. requiredC. cooperate K. schoolD. information L. sensibleE. marks M. solvedF. negative N. taskG. participated O. yield H. precisely

根据句意,填空:I think you should always _ time to see your friends.我认为无论何时你都应该留出看望朋友的时间。A. letB. keepC. carryD. make

阅读理解Come and have fun in Wanfenghu Park!Besides Baisha Island and Gusang Island, you have another nice choice for a trip in Zhuzhou.TicketfreeParking lot10 yuan for a carActivityWalking, camping, riding bikes, having a picnicAddressNext to the Power Valley（动力谷）Building(1)If 3 persons drive a car to Wanfenghu Lake, how much should they pay?A.10 yuan. B.Free. C.30 yuan.(2)Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the ad?A.There are at least 2 islands in Zhuzhou.B.You can ride a horse in Wanfenghu Park.C.Wanfenghu Park is near the Power Valley Building.King's College Summer SchoolKing's College Summer School is an annual(每年的)training program for high school students at all levels who want to improve their English. Courses are given by the teachers of King's College and other colleges in New York. Trips to museums and culture centers are also organized. This year's summer school will be from July 25 to August 15. More information is as follows:Application（申请）date●Students in New York should send their applications before July 18●Students of other cities should send their applications before July 16●Foreign students should send their applications before July 10Courses●The English Language Spoken English: 22 hours Reading and Writing: 10 hours●American History: 16 hours●American Culture. 16 hoursSteps●A letter of self-introduction●A letter of recommendation（推荐） The letters should be written in English with all the necessary Information.Cost●Daily lessons: 200●Sports and activities 100●Travels: 200●Hotel service: 400 You may choose to live with your friends or relatives in the same city.Please write to:Thompson, Sanders1026 Kings StreetNew York, NY 10016, the USAE-mail: Kc-Summer-School @yahoo. com(1)You can most probably read the text in ________A.a newspaper. B. a storybook. C.a textbook.(2)If you choose to live with your relatives in New York, you will have to pay ________ the school.A.900 B.400 C.500(3)We can know the information EXCEPT(除……之外)________ of school.A.the courses B.the cost C.the addressCan you swim? Do you like swimming? Yes? Well, how can you learn to swim? I think the best way is to go into the water and learn. I'm afraid you'll never learn to swim just by reading books about swimming or looking at others swimming. It's the same with the English study. We must practice, practice and practice.Listening and speaking are very important for beginners. The children in English-speaking countries first listen to others. Then they try to imitate and speak. We can listen to English programs on radio. You may just understand a few words. It doesn't matter. Just be relaxed, try to catch every word.Somebody may be a good listener. But he dare not speak. He's afraid of making mistakes. You know we sometimes make mistakes when we speak Chinese. Don't be afraid. We must be brave. If you really want to learn English well, you must try to speak with everyone so long as he knows English. Whether you know him or not is not important when there's nobody to talk with, you can talk to yourself in English. It's interesting and also a good way to practice your spoken English. Remember, the more you speak, the fewer mistakes you'll make.Reading and writing are more important for senior school students. First we must choose the books we're interested in. A lot of reading will improve your language sense. This is the most important.Keep writing English diaries. We can also write English articles. You may even post them to English magazines. Don't be afraid of failure. Failure is the mother of success.Easier said than done. Well, let's do more practice from now on. I'm sure you'll learn English well in this way.(1)You can learn to swim by ________.A.going into the river and learningB.looking at others swimmingC.reading books about it(2)We should learn English by ________.A.listening and speaking B.reading and writing C.A and B(3)What will you do with mistakes when you speak?A.Don't make mistakes. B.Don't be afraid. C.Try not to speak English.(4)What's more important for senior school students?A.listening B.speaking C.reading and writing(5)We can listen to English ________, according to the passage.A.by train B.on the radio C.every minuteToday, an increasing number of people are always looking at their mobile phones with their heads down. These people are called the "Heads-down Tribe(低头族)". Are you a heads-down tribe member? Heads-down tribe members now can be seen everywhere.More and more traffic accidents are happening because drivers use mobile phones when they are driving. In order to make drivers pay more attention to driving, some new traffic rules have been made. For example, heads-down tribe members who use mobile phones while driving will be fined(罚款)￥200 in China.As we can see above, using mobile phones may cause accidents and even cost money. Besides, more and more interesting things happen to the "Heads-down Tribe". According to a piece of interesting TV news, a man in America kept using his mobile phone on his way home. Suddenly, he bumped(撞上)into a big lost bear. When he lifted his eyes from the phone, he was so scared that he ran away as quickly as possible.Another fact is that we can often see people in the restaurant eating face to face but looking at their own mobile phones. It's strange that they don't talk to the ones who sit opposite to them during the meal. Some of them even have fun talking to others on the phone all the time.Mobile phones are helpful and necessary tools for modern life. Are mobile phones good or bad? It depends on how people use them. Let's be "healthy" users and try not to be the "Heads-down Tribe".(1)Who are called the "Heads-down Tribe" according to the passage?A.People who are always looking for something with their heads down.B.People who are always looking at their mobile phones with their heads down.C.People who are always sad with their heads down.(2)What will happen to heads-down tribe members if they use mobile phones while driving?A.They will be fined ￥200.B.Their phones will be taken away.C.They will be given ￥200.(3)What did the American bump into?A. heads-down tribe member.B.A dog.C.A bear.(4)When heads-down tribe members eat in a restaurant, ________.A.they don't use their mobile phonesB.they eat food all the timeC.they don't talk to the people who sit opposite(5)What is the main idea of the passage?A.Mobile phones are helpful and necessary.B.We shouldn't use mobile phones any more.C.We should use mobile phones correctly.Nexi is one of a new kind of robots. It moves on wheels and can pick up objects. But robots like Nexi are more than just toys.Nexi, created by scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT 麻省理工学院), can express human emotions. Robot scientists at MIT call Nexi a "social robot". A social robot is a robot that can communicate like a human. Nexi can look sad, mad and even bored. Some social robots can also "read" people's expressions on their faces. Scientists believe that it won't be long before we have social robots in our homes, helping us live better lives.Autom is another social robot developed at MIT. Autom is a robot health coach(教练). It has a screen where you enter information about what food you eat that day or how much you exercise. Autom has a face with eyes that can move. It speaks with a synthesized(合成)voice. Autom gives you advice about your eating habits and exercise and drives you to do better.In a test, Autom helped people lose weight better than other ways of recording information about eating. Breazeal, a scientist at MIT, thinks this is because Autom used facial expressions and words of encouragement. In other words, Autom communicated like a real person. In fact, many people who used Autom gave the robot a new name and talked to it. When robots use human expressions and body language, people reply to them a lot like they reply to people.In the future, humans may communicate with social robots just like they do with other people. The robot in the future will be not just a machine. It may also be your coach helper, or friend. Let's wait and see what will happen in the future!(1)Nexi can't ________ according to the passage.A.walk on foot B.pick up things municate like a human(2)What does the underlined word "emotions" in Paragraph 2 probably mean in Chinese?A.行为 B.情感 C.喜好(3)According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE about Autom?A.utom has a screen and has a face with eyes that can't move.B.Autom is a robot health coach.C.Autom always does exercise with people.(4)Why did Autom help people lose weight better than other ways?A.utom encouraged people with facial expressions and words.B.Autom could speak with a synthesized voice.C.Autom could give some advice about eating habits and exercise.(5)What could be the best title for the text?A.How to Use a Robot B.The Life in the Future C.New Kinds of Robots根据上下文内容,将文中画线部分译成汉语或者英语。When you speak, write a letter(信件), or make a telephone call, your words carry a message. People communicate with words. But do you know people also communicate without words?(1)A smile on your face tells people that you are happy or friendly. Tears(眼泪)in your eyes tell others that you are sad. When you raise your hand in class,(2)老师知道你想要提问。You shake(摇)your head and people know you are saying "No". You nod(点头)and people know you are saying "Yes". Other things can also carry messages. For example, a sign at the bus stop helps you to know which bus to take. A sign on the wall of your school helps you to find the library.(3)Signs on the doors tell you where to go in or out. Have you ever noticed that there are a lot of signs around you and that you receive messages from them all the time?(4)人们可以用许多其他方式交流。An artist can use his drawings to tell about beautiful mountains, the blue seas and many other things. Books are written to tell you about all the wonderful things in the world and also about people and ideas.(5)Books, letters, TV, movies and the Internet all help us to communicate with others. They all help us know the news in the world and what other people are thinking about.Chinese oracle bone inscriptions(甲骨文)over 3, 000 years old are now widely used as emojis(表情符号)by young WeChat users, thanks to a person who made them closer to people's life.People think these ancient words are cute and humorous now. "The ancient words are not as cool and far as they are supposed to be. They could totally serve people's needs for online expression," said the creator Chen Nan.The 46-year-old teacher of fine arts at Tsinghua University has been working to make oracle bone inscriptions into emojis. For example, the word for "zui', which means "drunk" in English, was created to look like a stumbling(摇摇晃晃行走的)person. Such emojis have been well accepted by WeChat users.To make more people understand this old language, Chen made them on the postcards. He has also put them together with cartoons. A cartoon video with oracle bone inscriptions created by him was watched 31 million times and shared 140, 000 times.It's fun for people to use them as emojis. In 2017, the ancient font(字体)was included into the font library under his hard work to let the ancient words walk into people's life.Now the library has 3, 500 words. But Chen's research on the project still continues, as he plans to enlarge the library to 7, 000 words. In the future, he will put the ancient words into practice in education and the development of games and apps.(1)What do people think of these ancient words now?(2)Who made Chinese oracle bone inscriptions closer to people's life?(3)Did Chen put the old language together with cartoons?(4)What does the emojis of the word for "zui" look like?(5)How many words are collected into the ancient font library now?.