Young athletes from around the world will soon get their chance at Olympic
Olympic Committee ( IOC ) voted Thursday to host the first-ever Youth Olympics.
The Summer Games are planned to stage in August of 2010. The 12-day competition will feature
3,200 kids between the ages of 14 and 18. The Winter Games will be held in 2012 and are expected to
attract 1,000 athletes. Both games will take place every four years.
Seeing the rise in childhood fatness, IOC president Jacques Rogge said he hopes the competitions will encourage young people to get off the couch and get into shape. Rogge also admitted that the IOC is
looking to pull in a younger television audience to the Olympics.
In recent years, interest in the games among young people has fallen, with the average age of Olympic viewers on the rise. Rogge admitted that kids today are more interested in flashier( 浮华的 ) athletic
sports like the X Games, which stand for such sports as BMX freestyle, surfing, and Moto X Racing.
The Olympics have tried to keep up with the competition by adding BMX-cross cycling, ski cross,
and snowboarding to the program. And the IOC is hoping to strengthen its fame among teens by adding
skateboarding in the 2012 London Olympics.
The Youth Olympics are the IOC"s latest attempt to draw the attention of young viewers. "Just as the
IOC has known, over our 100-plus years of living, how to move with the times---so we must now adapt
to meet the taste of today"s young generation," he said.
1. According to the passage, the third Winter Youth Olympics will be held ______
A. in 2012
B. in 2016
C. in 2020
D. in 2018
2. The aim of the Youth Olympics is to __________.
A. encourage young people to exercise more
B. meet the needs of some schools and parents
C. develop students" sense of competition
D. stress the importance of the Olympics
3. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage ?
A. When the Winter Youth Olympics will be held.
B. Where the Summer Youth Olympics will be held.
C. How long the Summer Youth Olympics will last.
D. When the Summer Youth Olympics will be held
4. The Summer Youth Olympics are the following except___________.
A. going to be held in London in August of 2012
B. planned to stage in August of 2010
C. going to be held every four years from August of 2010
D. the IOC"s latest attempt to draw the attention of young viewers
Since the 1970s,scientists have been searching for ways to link the brain with computers.
Braincomputer interface (BCI) technology could help people with disabilities send commands
to machines.
Recently,two researchers,Jose Millan and Michele Tavella from the Federal Polytechnic
School in Lausanne,Switzerland,demonstrated(展示)a small robotic wheelchair directed by
a person"s thoughts.
In the laboratory,Tavella operated the wheelchair just by thinking about moving his left or
right hand.He could even talk as he watched the vehicle and guided it with his thoughts.
"Our brain has billions of nerve cells.These send signals through the spinal cord(脊髓)to
the muscles to give us the ability to move.But spinal cord injuries or other conditions can
prevent these weak electrical signals from reaching the muscles,"Tavella says."Our system
allows disabled people to communicate with external world and also to control devices."
The researchers designed a special cap for the user.This head cover picks up the signals
from the scalp(头皮)and sends them to a computer.The computer interprets the signals and
commands the motorized wheelchair.The wheelchair also has two cameras that identify objects
in its path.They help the computer react to commands from the brain.
Prof.Millan,the team leader,says scientists keep improving the computer software that
interprets brain signals and turns them into simple commands."The practical possibilities that
BCI technology offers to disabled people can be grouped in two categories:communication,
and controlling devices.One example is this wheelchair."
He says his team has set two goals.One is testing with real patients,so as to prove that this
is a technology they can benefit from.And the other is to guarantee that they can use the
technology over long periods of time.
B．link the human brain with computers
C．help the disabled to recover
D．control a person"s thoughts
B．By talking to the machine.
C．By moving his hand.
D．By using his mind.
B．computer→cap→scalp→wheelchair
C．scalp→cap→computer→wheelchair
D．cap→computer→scalp→wheelchair
B．prove the technology useful to them
C．make them live longer
D．learn about their physical condition
B．New Findings about How the Human Brain Works
C．BCI Could Mean More Freedom for the Disabled
D．Robotic Vehicles Could Help to Cure Brain Injuries
首先请阅读下列儿童系列读物的封面及基本信息:
A
In The Joy of Giving Brother and Sister Bear can"t wait for Christmas and all the
presents they"ll open.But during the Christmas Eve,something special happens! The baby
Bears learn a very valuable lesson about the joy of giving to others.
B
Christmas is just around the corner,and everyone in the Bear family wants to help
decorate the tree! Includes thirteen flowers that open to show hidden holiday surprises.
C
The Berenstain small bears act out the first Thanksgiving.But will Sister Bear"s pet
turkey play the part of dinner?The Berenstain Bears Give Thanks teaches how God
reminds children of God"s many blessings.
D
Brother and Sister Bear wonder if they can be as brave as David when he fought
Goliath.In The Berenstain Bears and the Gift of Courage,the small bears learn where
real courage comes from.
E
The Bear series helps children learn how God wants them to live every day.The
Berentain Bears Faithful Friends teaches that new friends are fun to have,and old
friends are great to keep.
F
When Brother and Sister Bear accidentally break Mama"s favorite lamp,their little
lie grows bigger and bigger,until Papa Bear helps them find the words that set everything
right again.
以下是购书者对这些书籍的简要评论.请把简要评论与封面及基本信息匹配起来.
1．In The Berenstain Bears:children need courage and should learn how bravely to
cope with difficulties threatening friendship.It teaches us how to make friends with each other.
2．Thanks to The Berenstain Bears,this book is an excellent book to read for Christmas
season and it shows us the happiness of giving.Understanding the purpose of gift giving is a
tough concept for children young and old.
3．Our family enjoys this book because it uses a common situation to mean we need
courage to tell the fact.Especially the small bears learn that mother is more concerned with
their honesty.The message is that we don"t need to be perfect,but we do need courage to
tell the fact.
4．If you want to give your kids a taste of the basic Thanksgiving history,this book is a
fun choice for giving gifts.In this new title,the familiar Berenstain bear family delivers some
hand made furniture to some friends on a farm.
5．I bought this for my children and they love it.It is a great story and the hidden images
behind the flowers add a lot to the story.I"m not sure they will last for long with the little ones,
I love this book and the story is perfect for the Christmas season.
1．________2.________3.________4．________5.________
Its formal, serious style closely matches its content, a schoolmasterly book on schooling. The author, W. H. Armstrong, starts with the basics: reading and writing.In his opinion, reading doesn"t just mean
recognizing each word on the page; it means taking in the information, digesting it and incorporating it
into oneself just as one dig
ests a sandwich and makes it a part of himself. The goal is to bring the information back to life, not just to treat it as dead facts on paper from dead trees. Reading and writing
cannot be completely separated from each other; in fact, the aim of reading is to express the information
you have got from the text. I"ve seen it again and again:someone who can"t express an idea after reading
a text is just as ineffective as someone who hasn"t read it at all.
Only a third of the book remains after that discussion, which Armstrong devotes to specific tips for
studying languages, math, science and history. He generally handles these topics thoroughly(透彻地)
and equally, except for some weakness in the science and math sections and a bit too much passion
(激情) regarding history. Well, he was a history teacher-if conveyed only a tenth of his passion to his
students, that was a hundred times more than my history teachers ever got across. To my disappointment,
in this part of the book he ignores the arts. As a matter of fact, they demand all the concentration and
study that math and science do, though the study differs slightly in kind. Although it"s commonly believed
that the arts can only be naturally acquired, actually, learning the arts is no more natural than learning
French or mathematics.
My other comment is that the text aged. The first edition apparently dates to the 1960s-none of the
references(参考文献) seem newer than the late 1950s.As a result, the discussion misses the entire
computer age.
These are small points, though, and don"t affect the main discussion. I recommend it to any student
and any teacher, including the selftaught student.
B. understand the meaning between the lines
C. express ideas based on what one has read
D. get information and keep it alive in memory
B. demands real passion
C. is less natural than learning maths
D. is as natural as learning a language
B. There is too much discussion on studying science.
C. The style is too serious.
D. It lacks new information.
B. a book review
C. a feature story
D. a news report
there are a few people who will get into their cars and go straight for the center of the storm．These
people are willing to risk being killed by floods or 100-Kilometer- an-hour winds for the excitement of
watching the storm close up．
"Storm chasing (追逐)"is becoming an increasingly popular hobby,especially in the Midwest of the
United States, where there are frequent storms betwee
n March and July．A storm chaser begins the dayby checking the Internet for the latest weather reports, and then drives up to l,000 kilometers to where the
storm will be and waits for it to develop．
Although anyone can do it,storm chasing is extremely dangerous．The power of a big storm can throw
a cow into the air or destroy a whole house in seconds．Storm chasers are also often hurt in accidents
caused by driv
in
g in a heavy rain．If you are a beginner, it is much safer to join a group for storm - chasing vacations during the storm season．
Even then,storm chasing is not all adventure and excitement．"Storm chasing is 95％driving,"says
Daniel Lynch,who spends most of his summer storm-chasing．"Sometimes you
Can sit around for hours waiting for something to happen,and all you get is blue sky and a few light
showers."
However,for storm chasers,it is all worth it. "When you get close to a storm,it is the most exciting
sight you will ever see in your life,"says Jasper Morley．"Every storm is an example of the power of
nature．It is the greatest show on Earth．"
B. get into the car for safety
C. wait patiently for the storm to develop
D. collect information about a coming storm
y rain B. to do it in an organized way
C. not to get too close to a storm
D. to spend more time on it in summer
means that _____.B. storm chasing is worth hours of waiting
C. efforts in storm chasing are well paid
D. a storm presents the greatest show on Earth
B. Many storm chasers get killed in the storms．
C. Storm chasing is becoming popular around the world．
D. Storm chasing is only fit for young people
Along the river banks of the Amazon and the Orinoco there lives a bird that swims before
it can fly, flies like a fat chicken,eats green leaves, has the stomach of a cow and has claws
on its wings when young.They build their homes about 4.6 m above the river, an important
feature (特征) for the safety of the young.It is called the hoatzin.
In appearance, the birds of both sexes look very much alike with brown on the back
and cream
and red on the underside.The head is small, with a large set of feathers on the
top,bright red eyes, and blue skin.Its nearest relatives are the common birds, cuckoos.Its
most striking feature, though, is only found in the young.
Baby hoatzins have a claw on the leading edge of each wing and another at the end of
each wing tip.Using these four claws,together with the beak(喙),they can climb about in the
bushes, looking very much like primitive birds must have done.The hoatzins, however, live
in the modern world.
During the drier months between December and March hoatzins fly about the forest in
groups of 20 to 30 birds, but in April,when the rainy season begins, they collect together in
smaller living units of two to seven birds for producing purposes.
When danger comes in the form of a snake or a monkey, the young hoatzins-maybe
three in one family-jump over the side and into the river.They swim about under the water
until it is safe to return and then, using their claws, lift themselves up through the branches
and get back home.When they have learned to fly they lose their claws and escape enemies
not by swimming but by flying off, in a slow and heavy way, to a neighbouring tree.
B．The relatives and enemies of hoatzins.
C．Primitive birds and hoatzins of the Amazon.
D．The appearance and living habits of hoatzins.
B．they have claws on the wings
C．they eat a lot like a cow
D．they live on river banks
B．They could fly long distances.
C．They had four wings like hoatzins.
D．They had a head with long feathers on the top.
B．To protect themselves better.
C．To keep themselves warm.
D．To produce their young.
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