Oxford graduates sell faces to pay ￡50,000 university debts
Business is growing for two graduates who decided to pay off (偿清) their university debts by selling advertising space on their faces. Ross Harper and Ed Moyse, both from Oxford, are selling advertising space for hundreds of pounds a day and have earned more than ￡25,000 since setting up business last October.
Anyone can buy the advertising space, from businesses to individuals or groups, on a day-to-day basis, through the pair's website, buy my face. co. uk. The logo(标识) is then seen by people as they go about their daily business. The pair sold their first face ads to friends and family for just ￡1 a day, but as need has increased, so has the daily price, which has reached an amazing of￡400 by now, the end of May. So far, the main customers have been Paddy Power, the online betting agency(网络博彩企业) , accountancy firm(会计事务所) Ernest & Young, which is now the website's official sponsor(赞助商) Moyse and Harper said, 'It's our special way of paying off our student debts. We've seen so many students unsuccessfully applying for jobs, only to find one that they never really wanted. It's just something a bit different and has taken off quite nicely.'Why do the two Oxford graduates sell advertising space on their faces?
| A．To raise money for their friends. |
| B．To earn money for their family. |
| C．To pay off their university debts. |
| D．To pay for their online betting. |
Where can people buy their advertising space?
| A．At Oxford University. |
| B．At the website buy myface. co. uk. |
| C．At the accountancy firm |
| D．At the online betting agency. |
How much money do they earn every day on average(平均) so far?
| A．Just ￡1. | B．About ￡100. |
| C．Over ￡400. | D．Up to ￡500. |
From the last paragraph we can learn that Moyse and Harpe_______.
| A．are satisfied with their special job |
| B．have paid off their debts already |
| C．are ready to apply for another job |
| D．never really wanted to do face ads |
Hello. I’m Meg. I’m 12 years old. I have a brother and a sister. My brother is 9 and my sister is only 4 years old. I like vegetables and salad. My brother likes tomatoes and my sister likes ice- cream. We love sports. Because doing sports is good for us. We all like tennis very much. Today is my mother’s birthday. Today is January 21st. There’s a big birthday cake on the table. Come to my mother’s birthday party and have some cake.How old is Meg’s brother?
What does Meg like?
Does Meg’s sister like tennis?
Where is the birthday cake?
Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.(请把划线句子翻译成汉语)
Tommy and his mother go shopping(去购物) today. Tommy’s father likes apples very much. They buy some red apples for him. Tommy’s mother likes yellow bananas, but the bananas are green. “Look! The strawberries are very nice, Mom. Do you like them?” Tommy says to his mother. “Yes, I like strawberries very much.” Tommy’s mother buys some for herself (她自己). The oranges are very nice. Tommy’s mother buys some for Tommy. He likes oranges very much.
They need some vegetables. The vegetables in the supermarket are very good. They buy some tomatoes, cabbages and carrots. Tommy doesn’t like carrots, but his parents like it. They like carrots very much. They buy lots of carrots. What does Tommy’s father like?
| A．Apples. | B．Bananas. | C．Strawberries. | D．Oranges. |
Tommy’s mother buys oranges for __________.
| A．herself | B．Tommy | C．Tommy’s father | D．Tommy’s sister |
The Chinese meaning (汉语意思) of “supermarket” is “__________”.
| A．电影院 | B．动物园 | C．博物馆 | D．超级市场 |
Tommy doesn’t like __________.
A． |
B． |
C． |
D． |
Which of the following is NOT true (下列哪项陈述是错误的)?
| A．Tommy’s father likes carrots. |
| B．Tommy’s mother likes the strawberries. |
| C．Tommy and his mother buy some bananas. |
| D．Tommy and his mother buy some carrots. |
 I like volleyball and I have a volleyball. I often take it to school and play it with my friends. It’s fun. — Sally |
  Sports are good for me. I like sports. I’m in the school sports club. I often play sports in the club.— Jim |
 My favorite sport is soccer. I have eight soccer balls in my room. I often play soccer with my father. He is a soccer player (运动员). — Barry |
 My favorite sport is basketball. Basketball is interesting. I have three basketballs. I also have a ping-pong ball and two volleyballs.But I don’t have soccer balls. I think(认为)soccer is for boys, not for girls. — Anna |
Sally often plays volleyball with her __________.
| A．friends | B．father | C．cousin | D．brother |
What’s Barry’s favorite sport?
| A．Volleyball. | B．Soccer. | C．Basketball. | D．Ping-pong. |
__________ is in a sports club.
| A．Sally | B．Barry | C．Jim | D．Anna |
Anna has __________ volleyball(s).
| A．four | B．three | C．two | D．one |
Which of the following is true (下列哪项陈述是正确的)?
| A．Sally thinks soccer is fun. | B．Barry’s brother is a soccer player. |
| C．Jim doesn’t like sports. | D．Anna doesn’t like playing soccer. |
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_______ Many people like animals and take them as their pets. Nowadays pet hospitals are very busy. Kind persons who love animals are needed to work in busy animal hospitals.
_______ Scientists think that pets will probably be much smaller because people in the future will be living in much smaller places. Scientists are already working on making very small farm animals. The same things might be done to make smaller cats and dogs.
_______It’s said that some day you might own a panther as a pet. Scientists might have to start turning wild animals into pets. This might be the only way to save them from dying out.
_______ What about a robot for a pet? This may sound silly, but it could become true. Robot dogs have been made to bark like real dogs. These “pets” might become more and more popular in the future. After all, robots don’t lose hair or chew on things the way real pets do.
_______ Lots of people miss their pets while they are on holiday. One hotel in Minnesota has solved this problem. They lend cats to their guests. Many experts believe this idea will become more and more popular. It is very possible that in the future you will be able to order a pet, as well as room service, at a hotel.
| A．Pet hotels |
| B．Smaller pets |
| C．Robots for pets |
| D．A panther for pet |
E. Pet restaurants
F. Assistant needed in pet hospitals
Text messaging, or simply “texting”, which allows people to send and receive messages on mobile phones, becomes very popular today.
The advantages of texting are obvious. Texting helps to save money. If you have a few words to greet your families and friends on their birthdays or on some important festivals, sending messages can be cheaper than phone calling. Texting helps to save time. Even if you want to send a message to 100 people, you can do it one second. Texting helps you to “talk” to someone when he is too busy to answer the phone. Texting can also help you to “talk” to someone secretly if you don’t want others to hear what you are talking on the phone. These advantages are so amazing that many people are crazy about it. They hold mobile phones in hands all day long, send dozens of messages each day, and even text while driving or walking.
However, texting has its disadvantages. Junk messages may come into your mobile phone box now and then. When your phone box gets too full, you can’t receive any more messages. You may therefore miss some important information.
What’s more, if you don’t do texting properly, for example texting while driving or walking, it can be dangerous. It can cause injuries and even death. It was reported that about 6,000 people were killed and half a million were injured for this reason each year. In Fort Lee, a small town in New Jersey, USA, three people died because they walked into traffic while texting in 2011. Two researchers at Stony Brook University, New York found that texters are 60% more probably to have an accident than others. When people are texting, they don’t notice other people or things around them. To reduce traffic accidents, all drivers of the UN are now not allowed to text while driving. About 32 countries have passed laws restricting the use of mobile phones while driving.
Texting is a wonderful way of communication. However, only when we use it properly, can we fully enjoy the fun it brings. How many advantages of texting are mentioned in the passage?
| A．Two. | B．Three. | C．Four. | D．Five. |
What did the researchers at Stony Brook University find?
| A．Texting is a good way of communication. |
| B．6,000 people were killed and injured. |
| C．Texters are easier to have an accident. |
| D．Many people text to greet families and friends. |
The underlined word restricting probably means _________.
| A．not telling | B．not allowing | C．enjoying | D．making |
This passage is written to tell us that __________.
| A．we should do less texting |
| B．texting has many advantages |
| C．texting is better than phone calling |
| D．we should do texting properly |
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