Events from Newspapers
| Children’s Ocean of Art The second children’s art exhibition in our city will be held in the Children’s Palace. It aims to improve children’s creativity. Dates: Aug. 30th－Sept. 10th Houses: 9:00a. m.－5:30p. m. |
| Food Festival The Coffee Garden will host a food festival. It will offer all kinds of delicious food. You can also enjoy traditional music and dancing at the same time. Price: 98yuan per person (buy five and get one free) Dates: Aug. 9th－Aug. 25th Places: The Coffee Garden at No. 152 Zhongshan Road |
| Disney Magic Shows Children’s favorite, Mouse, together with other Disney cartoon figures will come to our city for 12 magic shows from July 28th to August 1st. The magic shows will tour eight cities in the next two months, including Beijing, Changsha and Hangzhou. Tickets: 80－580 yuan Address: 5018 Huaying Road |
The advertisement for the second children’s art exhibition is most probably seen in the newspaper .
| A．on August 31 | B．on August 29 |
| C．on September 9 | D．on September 10 |
If you invite four people to go to the food festival with you, you will spend yuan.
| A．196 | B．294 | C．392 | D．490 |
Maybe you can enjoy on August l st.
| A．art exhibitions | B．dancing performance |
| C．singing contests | D．the magic shows |
Have you ever watched movies in a 4D cinema? It is going to be the next wave in movie theatre experience, and it will take your experience to the next level.
The 4D cinema experience has actual smells, mists and vibrations (震动）. While you’re watching a movie about water fighting, tiny nozzles (喷嘴）in the seats might let out a mist of water. What about watching a movie about street racing or war? The nozzles can give out the smell of burning rubber or gunpowder (火药）. Those all-important little nozzles have about 1,000 options for you, everything from mists to smells.
Seats in the theatre are movable as well. When a car crash happens on the screen, it can also feel like it’s happening in your chair. Large fans set around the theatre can make you feel like you’re caught in a windstorm, and a lot of lights set around the cinema can be used to create huge flashes like you might see in a lightning storm.
Watching movies in a 4D cinema can offer you an amazing and unusual experience. You can not only see the movie, but also feel and smell it.The nozzles in a 4D cinema can let out ____________.
| A．street racing or war | B．a mist of gunpowder |
| C．the smell of water | D．everything from mists to smells. |
The second and third paragraph mainly tells us ____________.
| A．the4D cinema will be in the field |
| B．great changes about the 4D cinema |
| C．seats in the theatre are movable as well |
| D．large fans make you feel like at home |
The underlined word “tiny” in the second paragraph means ________.
| A．small | B．Huge | C．unusual | D．movable |
| News One Recently a cloned dog named Ruppy became the world’s first transgenic(转基因的）dog . She and four other dogs all gave off red light under certain conditions. A team led by Byeong-Chun Lee in korea created the dogs. Lee and researcher Woo Suk Hwang were also part of the team that created the first cloned dog, Snuppy, in 2005. “This new experiment should open the door for transgenic dogs to be models of human illness,” said one of the team members, Che Myong Ko. “The next step for us is to make a true illness model.” |
| News Two A company in Japan has said they will soon sell a new kind of T-shirt. The T-shirt can protect people from knives. It is more than three times stronger than cotton because it is made of a special kind of material. This material is thick enough to protect you, but it is not too heavy to make you look like you are wearing protective clothing. This material is like the one that is used in body armor, but it is lighter and can be washed by a washing machine. These T-shirts are created because of the increased knife accidents that happen to children. |
From News One we can learn that ________.
| A．Ruppy can give off red light all the time |
| B．Snuppy is the world’s first transgenic dog |
| C．Byeong-Chun Lee created Snuppy |
| D．Ruppy will be used to study people’s illness |
What does the underlined phrase “body armor” in News Two mean in Chinese?
| A．警服. | B．保暖衣. |
| C．消防服. | D．防弹衣. |
News Two shows that ________.
| A．the special T-shirt is made of a special kind of cotton which is thick enough to protect you |
| B．you might break the T-shirt if you put it in a washing machine |
| C．the number of knife accidents is increasing in Japan |
| D．the special T-shirt makes you look like you are wearing protective clothing |
Delegates from nearly 200 countries have spent the past two weeks in Warsaw, Poland. More than 9,000 representatives gathered for a United Nations conference on climate change. Organizers called the meeting to work toward a treaty to fight rising temperatures on our planet. The treaty would be signed in 2015 and take effect after 2020.
It doesn't matter whether you play a guitar, a piano, a horn, or a drum. And what kind of music you play is not important. Just play itl It will do good things for your body. The research at Northwestern University shows that playing a musical instrument is good for your brain. And although our ears may not work well as we age, the brain remembers how to "Iock onto" the important sounds. And that helps us to hear better.
Powerful, intense fires have been burning out of control in parts of the western United States. In a new report, scientists are predicting more and bigger wildfires over bigger areas and for longer periods in the western United States. Scientists at Harvard University in Massachusetts looked at past weather conditions and wildfires to find out why. Atmospheric chemist Loretta Mickley is a researcher and helped to organize a new study. She says high temperatures and rainfall in other years can create the conditions for large fires.
The western state of California is known for wildfires. This year the fire season has been extremely active. California has some of the most experienced firefighters in the country because of its high risk of fire. Prisoners who have no history of violent crime and are in good physical condition may train and work as firefighters. They may get their prison sentences reduced in exchange for their help fighting fires. But that is not the only appeal of the work program, says Louie Orozco, who was sentenced to prison for robbery.
Americans have been volunteering to make a difference around the world through the Peace Corps for more than 50 years. A community development program for the United States began 20 years ago. Its name is AmeriCorps. And now, another volunteer effort is making a difference in people's lives______ with music.
阅读以上5段材料，然后与下面各标题相匹配，并将其标号填入题前括号内。
| A．Working to fight climate change |
| B．Rising temperatures could mean more wildfires |
| C．Prisoners in California help fight wildfires |
| D．Music and the human brain |
E. Volunteers bring music to those in need
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| Itinerary(旅行日程) ※Pick—up service by your tour guide and driver at 7:30 am ※City God Temple—Sightseeing(30 minutes) ※Yu Garden—Sightseeing( 1 hour) ※The Bund Stroll—Sightseeing(40 minutes) ※Old French Concession & Old Street(40 minutes) ※Local Restaurant—Lunch( 1 hour) ※Pudong New Financial Area—Sightseeing(20 minutes) ※Shanghai 2010 Expo Park—Sightseeing(30 minutes) ※Pearl City—Shopping(30 minutes) ※Drop—off service at your hotel before 5:30 pm |
| Price Includes ※Hotel pick—up & drop—off service; ※English—speaking tour guide ; ※Air—conditioned tour van or bus; ※Entrance tickets to the attractions as listed in the itinerary; Chinese lunch. Price Excludes(不含) ※Tips(小费) for guide and driver( Note: Tips is highly appreciated but not requested) ; ※Personal expenses. |
| Important Tips and Notices 1. Please do not believe the " warm—hearted" guides or drivers( especially in railway station) and book your day visit from a legal travel agency. 2. Choose comfortable footwear, and if necessary, bring a good grip and support for your feet. Layers of clothes that can be taken on and off provide the best comfort and temperature control. Bring sun protection in summer and dress for sub zero temperatures in winter. It can feel much colder on the mountain than down in the valleys. 3. Asking you to take a picture is normal and friendly. They call this "making hello". It is not a scam(骗局). 4. Bring toilet paper because most water closets don't have any. 5. The most important phrase to know is " Boo—yao " which is loosely translated as " No, I don't want that cheap plastic souvenir/guidebook/ Rolex watches / Gucci bag you're trying to sell me, and I really mean it. " |
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。 What time are the visitors picked up?
| A．At 7:00 am. | B．At 7:30 am. |
| C．At 5:00 pm. | D．At 5:30 pm. |
How long do the visitors stay at Shanghai 2010 Expo Park?
| A．20 minutes. | B．Half an hour. |
| C．40 minutes. | D．1 hour. |
What kind of food do they have for lunch?
| A．Italian food. | B．English food. |
| C．Chinese food. | D．French food. |
The visitors should take the following things except_____
| A．comfortable footwear |
| B．sunglasses in summer |
| C．toilet paper |
| D．water |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．‘Boo-yao’mean you don’t need it |
| B．Guide s and drivers are not believable |
| C．Tips for guide and driver should be very high. |
| D．The tour guide can speak any foreign language. |
If you hear the sound of a handset beeping(手机响) in a bag or pocket, you could be forgiven for thinking that someone has received a text message. But nowadays there are so many different ways of messaging someone that it could spell the death of the traditional text as we know it.
Text messaging, or texting, is the art of sending a short, electronic message between two mobile phones or tablets(平板电脑). Users pay a certain amount to send messages via(通过) SMS—short message service. But in the last few years, messaging in this way has been on the decline(下降).
The rise of smartphones and tablets has seen an increase in the use of instant messaging apps(即时通信应用程序) , which take the place of traditional texts. Using wireless Internet connections, people can send limitless numbers of IMs to their friends for very little cost. Unlike traditional mobile texts, the user usually only has to pay to download the app once, after which each message they send is free.
Web developers soon got the message. Instant messaging apps have become popular all over the world. WhatsApp in America and Europe, WeChat in China and Kakao Talk in South Korea are but a few which have attracted hundreds of millions of people, who use the apps to chat to their friends in real time. These apps allow people to send picture messages for free—something which previously was quite costly.
Research company Informa said that almost 19 billion messages were sent per day using chat apps in 2012, compared with 17. 6 billion SMS texts. And it expects the chat app market to grow t0 50 billion per day by 2014. So does this really mean the end for communication by text?
Pamela Clark—Dickson from Informa doesn't think so. She says that there are a large number of people who use normal mobile phones, particularly in developing countries, who prefer the SMS messaging tool. There is an awfully big base of mobile phone users who are still going to find that SMS is the best messaging experience for them for a while.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填人题前括号内。 According to Paragraph 3 , which of the following is NOT true?
| A．Instant messaging apps are becoming more and more popular nowadays. |
| B．Compared with instant messaging, traditional texts are more popular now. |
| C．Instant messaging and SMS messaging are both ways we can chat with others. |
| D．More and more people choose to use smartphones and tablets. |
The underlined phrase "got the message" in Paragraph 4 means ______
| A．received an SMS message | B．got an instant message |
| C．understood what was wanted | D．got a piece of information |
Which of the following is true?
| A．people sent 19 billion SMS texts every day in 2012 |
| B．All the messages sent on mobile phones and computers are free |
| C．Picture messages can be sent at a high price if you use Wechat |
| D．To send instant messages , people usually have to download the app first |
What can we learn from the last paragragh?
| A．p amela Clark-Dickson doesn’t support the SMS messaging |
| B．Few people like sending messages via SMS at phones |
| C．Many people are still senging messages on mobile phones |
| D．SMS messaging has disappeared in developed courtries. |
What is the best title for text?
| A．the death of text messaging |
| B．How to send messages via SMS |
| C．SMS costs less than IMs |
| D．WeChat in China is popular. |
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