阅读理解。 A new plan for getting children to and from school is being started by
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England. This could end the worries of many parents fearful for their children"s safety on the roads.
Until now the local government have only been prepared to provide bus services for children living
more than three miles from their school, or sometimes less if special reasons existed. Now it has been
decided that if a group of parents ask for help in organizing transport they will be prepared to go ahead,
as long as the arrangement will not lose money and children taking part will be attending their nearest
school.
The new plan is to be tried out this term for childre
n living at Milton who attend Impington School. The children live
just within the three-mile limit and the local government have said in the past that theywill not undertake to provide free transport to the school. But now they have agreed to offer a sum of
money for a bus service from Milton to Impington and back, a plan which has the support of the school"s
headmaster.
Between 50 and 60 parents have said they would like their children to take part. Final calculations
have still to be carried out, but a government official has said the cost to parents should be less than ￡
20 a term.
They have been able to arrange the service at a low cost because there is already an agreement with
the bus company for a bus to take children who live further away to Impington. The same bus would now
just make one more journey to pick up the Milton children. The official said they would get in touch with
other groups of parents who in the past had asked if transport could be provided for their children, to see
if they would like to take part in the new plan.
B．To relieve the traffic pressure.
C．To save time for the parents and students.
D．To help the parents save money.
B．By limiting the number of the students.
C．By obtaining the support from the headmaster.
D．By linking the new bus service with the existing one.
B．The children can choose whatever school they like.
C．The parents can get rid of their worries.
D．The students in Impington School can have free bus rides.
B．an advertisement
C．a headmaster"s report
D．a newspaper article
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giant over privacy breakings related to its Buzz socials networking program.
In the settlement, Google agreed to pay $ 8.5 million into a fund （基金）for privacy education the
company made clear that the agreement did not include cash payments to users.
Buzz, started last February as an application within Gmail, in some cases exposed the lists of persons
touched and other data of users to other Gmail users.
How did the company warn users that they were included in the settlement? By Gmail of course.
“Google rarely inform Gmail users via email, but this time we let you know that we’ve reached a
settlement regarding Google Buzz,” the firm said in messages sent to its U. S. users. Some analysts think
the company has 170 million Gmail users worldwide.
“The settlement acknowledges that we quickly changed the service to address users’concerns,”
Google wrote.
Google said that everyone in the United States who uses Gmail was included in the settlement unless
they decide to take no party before December 6, 2010. On January 31, 2011 the U. S. distriet Court for
the Northem District of California in San Jose will hold a fairness hearing on the settlement.
Google is under increasing pressure from federal regulators (监管者) for privacy problem involving
Buzz and its Street View mapping service. Last week, the FTC closed its looking into Google’s collection
of Wi - Fi data with Street View mapping cars, saying the company had made sufficient promises to get
rid of data it collected and strengthen its privacy training among employees.
B．Gmail
C．Google
D．Street View
B．Pay cash to its users.
C．Hold a fairness hearing.
D．Stop collecting its users’ data.
B．Google users are all affected by the settlement
C．Google often sent a message to its users throughout the world
D．Googles’ Street View mapping service is questioned by federal regulators
passage. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
Wen Jiabao arrived in Singapore yesterday for an official visit to the country. It is the first visit by a
Chinese premier to Singapore in eight years. In the arrival statement, When said he is looking forward to
the meeting with Singing pore on ways to deepen East Asian cooperation between two nations so as to
contribute to the building of a peaceful, harmonious relationship."
Premier Wen Jiabao and Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong agreed to jointly develop an
environmentally friendly city in northeastern China. The "Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city" will be
developed by a joint venture formed by Chinese and Singapore companies. "This eco-city, to be built in
Tianjin, will become another highlight in our relations," When said after signing an agreement with Lee,
who agreed, "On the Singapore side, on all levels, we"ll give this project our full support."
The two sides will share skills and experiences in sustainable development, such as urban planning,
environmental protection, resources conservation, recycling, use of renewable resources and wastewater
re-use. China"s economic planning agency issued a set of guidelines earlier this month welcoming foreign
investment in environmentally friendly areas.
Mutual relations between China and Singapore have seen big progress even though the two countries
established diplomatic ties only 17 years ago, when said during his talks with Lee.
China and Singapore have also kept close contact and coordination on regional issues, he added. When
said China and Singapore are both important Asian countries that share common interests in many areas.
Title: Wen"s visit to Singapore
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| The (3)________ of the relations between two nations | (9)________-year diplomatic relations l co-operation in (10)________ affairs for a peaceful Asia | |||||||||||||||
| A press report stating that Microsoft has restarted talks to buy Yahoo"s search business for 20 billion U. S. dollars. "It has no basis in fact," the San Francisco Chronicle said on Monday. The Times of London reported on Sunday that the deal under discussion would put former AOL CEO Jonathan Miller and Ross Levinsohn, a former president of Fox Interactive Media, in charge of Yahoo. The report also said executives (管理人员) at both companies had agreed to the broad terms of a deal. In fact, there are no current talks between the two companies. The Chronicle quoted an executive at one of the firms who requested his name to be kept secret as saying. Furthermore, the 20-billion-dollar price mentioned in the Times of London article for Yahoo"s search business appears questionable given that the market capitalization (资本总额) for all of Yahoo is 16 billion dollars, said The Chronicle. Yahoo and Microsoft had had on-again, off-again talks over several months earlier this year about a 47. 5-billion-dollar takeover, and later a proposal focused only on Yahoo"s search business. Discussions regarding both plans collapsed without an agreement. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has said repeatedly that he is no longer interested in buying all of Yahoo, but that he is open to some sort of partnership involving their respective search businesses. Brad Williams, a Yahoo spokesman, said Sunday "We don"t comment on rumors." Frank Shaw, a Microsoft spokesman, declined to comment. Yahoo"s shares have plummeted since Microsoft withdrew its 33-dollar-a-share acquisition offer earlier this year, leaving people to think that discussions would eventually be restarted. Yahoo"s shares closed Friday at 11. 51 dollars, nearly one-third of the original offer. 小题1: 1. From this passage, we can know that ______.
2. What is the author trying to convince readers of in the third paragraph?
3. What does the underlined word “plummet” in the passage most probably mean?
4. You can find this passage most probably in ______ .
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| NEW YORK- One in five U.S．workers regularly attends after-work drinks with coworkers, where the most common mishaps range from badmouthing another worker to drinking too much, according to a study released on Tuesday． Most workers attend so-called happy hours to bond with colleagues, although 15 percent go to hear the latest office gossip and 13 percent go because they feel necessary, said the survey conducted for CareerBuilder.com, an online job site．As to what happens when the after-work drinks flow, 16 percent reported bad-mouthing a colleague, 10 percent shared a secret about a colleague and 8 percent said they drank too much and acted unprofessionally．Five percent said they had shared a secret about the company, and 4 percent confessed to singing karaoke．While 21 percent of those who attended said happy hours were good for networking, 85 percent said attending had not helped them get closer to someone higher up or get a better position．An equal number of men and women said they attended happy hours with co-workers, with younger workers aged 25 to 34 most likely and workers over 55 least likely to attend．Overall, 21 percent of workers attend happy hours with co-workers and; of those nearly a quarter go at least once a month. The survey was conducted online by Harris Interactive on behalf of CareerBuilder.com among 6,987 full-time employees between February 11 and March 13．Harris Interactive said the results had a sampling error of plus or minus 1.2 percentage points. 56．Harris Interactive made the survey to find out ________. A．how U.S．workers spend their after-work time B．what U.S．workers do at after-work drinks C．the relationships between U.S．workers D．who are most likely to attend after-work drinks 57．________ of workers who attend after-work drinks speak ill of a colleague. A．4 percent B．8 percent C．16 percent D．10 percent 58．According to the passage, most of those surveyed believed attending after-work drinks ________． A．benefited them a lot B．could provide information C．only made them relaxed D．was of no help to them 59．We can learn from the text that _________. A．workers over 55 don’t like to attend happy hours at all B．about 75% of workers go more than once a month C．10.5% of male workers attend happy hours with co-workers D．about 700 workers surveyed shared a secret about a co-worker 60．After the survey, it can be inferred that_________. A．all the workers oppose after-work drinks B．the workers may change their attitudes towards after-work drinks C．all the workers support after-work drinks D．all the workers are suggested going to attend after-work drinks | ||||||||||||||||
| Gu Changwei was the first Chinese cinematographer to be nominated (提名) for an Oscar, and he is regarded by Zhang Yimou as the best cinematographer in China．Gu was behind the camera for many of Zhang Yimou’s famous films including the one that rocketed Zhang to fame: "Red Sorghum (高粱)"．And now this master of the visual has taken on his first directing role with the film "Peacock"．So Gu Changwei has come out from behind the camera into the spotlight (聚光灯). Gu Changwei is very serious about his directing "Peacock"．To get the authentic atmosphere, Gu took his film crew to the city of Anyang in central China’s Henan province where the story took place, to shoot the film．He chose all new actors because he didn’t want "stars" appeal to weaken the power of the story, and he also had his actors trained in the local dialect．For this film Gu has been able to get out from behind the camera to manage every aspect of the film, and to realize his own ideals in movie-making. "Peacock" is about the life of an average family in a small town in Henan province in the late 1970s and early 1980s．Gu chose this story for his first movie because he grew up during this same period and it struck a chord with him. “Peacock” wrapped up production in June, 2004．It’s aimed at the foreign film market and will be entered in February’s Berlin Film Festival, and released in China at the same time．But at the end of last October, Gu took “Peacock” to his Alma Mater, the Beijing Film Academy, one of the most famous film colleges in China, to hold a preview．The film was warmly received by both teachers and students. 61．The underlined word “cinematographer” refers to a person who ________. A．has been nominated for an Oscar B．uses a camera to shoot films C．directs first-class films D．arranges for cinema shows 62．Gu didn’t employ “stars” in his film because ________. A．stars usually stick to their own acting styles B．the stars may not be able to speak the local dialect C．the stars may share the audience’s attention with the story D．it was not easy for him, a fresh hand, to invite stars to join him 63．Gu chose such a story for his first movie because ________. A．he was born in the early 1970s B．he grew up in Henan province C．he was popular in Henan province D．the story had something to do with his own experience 64．From the passage we can learn that "Peacock"________. A．is the film for which Gu is likely to win an Oscar prize B．has already become popular both at home and abroad C．has its production started last summer D．will be publicly shown in spring, 2005 65．Please choose a proper title for this passage. A．From behind the camera into the spotlight B．Chinese cinematographer to be nominated for Oscar C．New faces to appear in “Peacock” D．"Peacock" to enter foreign film market |