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Calling the future
When American inventor Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876, it was a revolution
in communication. For the first time, people could talk to each other over great distances. Over the last
two decades a new means of spoken communication has appeared: the mobile phone.
The mobile phone is like a two-way radio. But the two-way radio is a limited means of
communication. As soon as the users move out of range of each other"s broadcast area, the signal is lost
. In the 1940s, researchers experimented with the idea of using a number of radio masts (无线电杆) to
pick up signals from two-way radios. A caller would always be within range of one of the masts. When
he or she moved too far away from one mast, the next mast would pick up the signal. (Scientists referred
to each mast"s reception area as being a "cell". This is why in many countries mobile phones are called
"cellphones".)
However, 1940s" technology was just at the beginning. The "mobile phones" were huge boxes. They
had to be moved by car.
The first real mobile telephone call was made in 1973 by Dr Martin Cooper. As soon as his invention
was complete, he tested it by calling a rival (竞争对手) scientist to announce his success. Within a
decade, mobile phones became available to the public.
They have changed the way we do a lot of things. One powerful feature is: the short message service
(SMS) or text message. It"s the perfect communication method for the busy modern lifestyle. The text
message has changed the way we write in English. The language construction became more lax (松散
的). Traditional rules of grammar and spelling are much less important.
Over the last few years mobiles have become more and more advanced. We have seen the
introduction of cameras, global positioning system and Internet access.
Alexander Graham Bell would be surprised if he could see how far the science of the telephone has
developed in less than 150 years. If he were around today, he might say: """That"s gr8! But I"m v busy
rite now. Will call U 2nite."
1. The article is intended to_______.
A. warn people of the possible risks in using mobile phones
B. predict the applications of mobile phones
C. convince people of the uses of mobile phones
D. inform readers of the history and benefits of mobile phones
2. What"s the CORRECT time order about the development of communication?
a. the telephone invented by Alexander Graham Bell
b. "mobile phones" with very large boxes
c. mobile telephone call made by Dr Martin Cooper
d. mobiles with cameras, GPS and Internet access
A. a, c, b, d
B. b, a,, c, d
C. a, b, c, d
D. a, c, d, b
3.The last sentence of the whole passage ""That"s gr8! But I"m v busy rite now. Will call U 2nite."
May probably means________.
A. It"s eight now. I"m very busy. (I) Will call you tonight
B. That"s great! But I"m very busy right now. (I) Will call you tonight
C. That"s great! But I"m busy writing now. (I) Will call you at two tonight
D. "8" is great! But I"m very busy right now. (I) Will call it "U" to night
4.What do you think of the author according to the last paragraph?
A. Worried.
B. Ironic.
C. Kind.
D. Humorous. |
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Being organized is an important skill for school and life. When you"re well organized, you can stay
focused, instead of spending time hunting things down. 1 For schoolwork, it means having one
notebook or place where you store all your assignments, so you know what you have to do and when.
Keeping labeled folders(贴有标签的文件夹) for handouts(课堂讲义)and keeping all your
schoolwork neat and in a specific place-these are the main parts of organization.
For home stuff, being organized means having a place to put your things and putting them back as you
go. 2 It means keeping your schoolbag, your shoes, and your clean underwear in the same places so
you always know where to find them.
Planning is part of being organized, too. 3 Calendars, lists, and schedules can help you plan. You
can buy or draw a calendar and keep it near your workplace. Making a schedule or "to-do" list for
yourself is a good idea. Looking at your list helps you keep track of what you need to do. 4 Check
off things when you"ve done them. Use your list to help you decide which thing is most important to
work on first.
5 But once you"re organized, it feels great. The less time you spend hunting around for things or
panicking about homework, the more time you have for better things, like reading a good book or
playing.
A. Add new things as you get assignments.
B. First, you should get your schoolwork organized.
C. It means hanging your coat up instead of dropping it on the floor or throwing it on a chair
D. It takes some extra efforts to organize yourself and your stuff.
E. Planning means deciding what you will do and when you will do it.
F. You will benefit a lot from a good habit.
G. What does it mean to be organized? |
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A third of primary schoolchildren in China are suffering from psychological ill-health as a result of
classroom stress and parental pressure, according to a study published on Tuesday.
The problem is so bad that urgent measures are needed, warns the study, led by British and Chinese
researchers.
The investigation surveyed 2,191 pupils aged nine to 12 in nine schools in urban and rural Zhejiang,
a relatively prosperous coastal province in eastern China.
Eighty-one percent of the youngsters said they worried "a lot" about exams, 63 percent feared being
punished by their teacher, 44 percent had been physically bullied at least sometimes - with boys likelier
to be victims than girls - and 73 percent had been physically punished by their parents.
Most of the children complained they struggled to cope with the amount of homework they were
assigned.
Over one-third reported headaches or abdominal pains - psychosomatic symptoms of stress - at least
once a week. The most stressed children reported incidence of aches or pains of four times a week.
The investigation, led by Therese Hesketh, a professor at University College London (UCL) Centre
for International Health and Development, pointed the finger at extreme competitiveness in China"s
education system, from the onset of primary school.
"The competitive and punitive educational environment leads to high levels of stress and
psychosomatic symptoms," the authors say.
"Measures to reduce unnecessary stress on children in schools should be introduced urgently."
The paper appears in Archives of Disease in Childhood, a peer-reviewed journal of the British
Medical Association (BMA).
The "urban" setting for the study was Hangzhou, the provincial capital of Zhejiang, while the "rural"
setting was a poor county in Quzhou prefecture, in the west of the province.
The study highlights some of the complexities that, it says, explain the demands for academic
excellence and intolerance of failure.
One factor is the country"s dramatic rise in prosperity, which has created "previously unheard-off
possibilities for upward mobility" and in turn stoked pressures on children to do well at school.
Other reasons are China"s one-child policy and the Confucian traditions of respect for parents and
elders, filial piety, obedience and discipline.
"The aspirations of many parents, who had limited educational opportunities themselves are now
invested in their only children," it says.
Previous studies on school-related stress and its impact on health are few and generally come from
Scandinavia.
A 2008 assessment among 10- to 13-year-old in Sweden found that 21 percent of boys of 30
percent of girls experienced headache, and 17 percent of boys and 28 percent of girls experienced
abdominal pain at least once per week.
1. What mainly caused schoolchildren to suffer from psychological ill-health?
A. Competitiveness in education system
B. Classroom stress and parental pressure
C. Physical punishment from their parents
D. Endless homework from school teachers
2. The underlined part "cope with" in Para.5 most probably means ______.
A. to fit in
B. to adapt to
C. to deal with
D. to get along with
3. From Paragraph 4, we know what the schoolchildren worry most is _______.
A. bullying behavior at school
B. many examinations at school
C. physical punishment by parents
D. physical punishment by teachers
4. What can we infer from the passage?
A. More and more schoolchildren will drop out of school soon
B. Homework and examinations will be cancelled at all schools
C. Parents and teachers will give up educating the schoolchildren
D. Too much stress does great harm to schoolchildren physically and mentally
5. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Children in China sickened by school pressure
B. Measures to reduce unnecessary stress on children
C. The investigation, led by University College London
D. Extreme competitiveness in China"s education system |
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下面文章中有5处（第1~5题）需要添加小标题。请从以下选项（A、B、C、D、E和F）中
选出符合各段意思的小标题，并在答题纸上将相应选项的标号涂黑。选项中有一项是多余
选项。
A.What is the field trip fee at the Marine Science Center?
B.What should we prepare for the visit?
C.Where do the students get dropped off?
D.Why should I bring my class to the Marine Science Center?
E.How many students can the Marine Science Center accommodate?
F.When else is the bus needed during the school field trips? | | 阅读理解 | Weather changes when the temperature and the amount of water in the atmosphere change. We can
see and feel water coming from the atmosphere when we have rain. But the water must somehow get
back to the atmosphere. Meteorologists call this the water cycle.
There are many stages in the water cycle. Rain falls when water vapour in clouds condenses(冷却成
液体). Drops of water form and fall to the ground. The water soaks into the ground and feeds streams
and rivers. A lot of rain falls into the sea. The heat of the sun evaporates some of the water in the ground
and in the rivers, lakes and the sea. It changes the liquid water into water vapour. The vapour rises onto
the air. Water vapour is normally invisible. On a very damp or humid day, however, you can sometimes
see water vapour rising from a puddle or pond in a mist above the water. Water vapour also gets into the
air from living things. Trees and other plants take in water through their roots and give off water vapour
from their leaves. People and land animals drink water and breathe out water vapour. In all these ways
the water returns to the air. There it gathers to form clouds and condenses to form rain. The rain falls to
earth, and the cycle starts again. It contains even if snow or hail fall instead because both eventually melt
and form water. The amount of water vapour is more in the air tropics than in the cold polar regions.
1. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Water cycle.
B. Water vapour.
C. How rain forms.
D. Water, vapour, rain.
2. How many ways of the water returning to the air are discussed in the text?
A. Three
B. Four
C. Five
D. Six
3. Whether water vapour can be seen or not depends on_____.
A. how much water is evaporated
B. how good your eyes are
C. in which way water is evaporated
D. climate or weather
4. From the passage, we get to know_____.
A. there is more water vapour in the air tropics than in cold polar regions
B. there is more water vapour in the air in cold polar region than in the tropics
C. it gets more rain in the tropics than in cold polar regions because there is less vapor
D. the amount of water vapour in the air depends on how often it rains | If English means endless new words, difficult grammar and sometimes strange pronunciation, you are
wrong. Haven"t you noticed that you have become smarter since you started to learn a language?
According to a new study by a British university, learning a second language can lead to an increase in
your brain power. Researchers found that learning other languages changes grey matter. This is the area
of the brain which processes information. It is similar to the way that exercise builds muscles.
The study also found the effect is greater when the younger people learn a second language.
A team led by Dr. Andrea Mechelli, from University College London, took a group of Britons who
only spoke English. They were compared with a group of "early bilinguals" who had learnt a second
language before the age of five, as well as a number of later learners.
Scans showed that grey matter density (密度)in the brain was greater in bilinguals than in people
without a second language. But the longer a person waited before mastering a new language, the smaller
the difference is.
"Our findings suggest that the structure of the brain is changed by the experience of learning a second
language," said the scientists.
It means that the change itself increases the ability to learn.
Professor Dylan Vaughan Jones of the University of Wales, has researched the link between
bilingualism and maths skills. "Having two languages gives you two windows in the world and makes the
brain more flexible (灵活的)," he said. "You are actually going beyond language and have a better
understanding of different ideas."
The findings were matched in a study of native Italian speakers who had learned English as a second
language between the ages of 2 and 34. Reading, writing, and comprehension were all tested. The results
showed that the younger they started to learn, the better they will do it. "Studying a language means you
get an entrance to another world," explained the scientists. | | 1. The main subject talked about in this passage is________. | A. science on learning a second language
B. man"s ability of learning a second language
C. language can help brain power
D. language learning and maths study | | 2. We may know from the scientific findings that________. | A. the earlier you start to learn a second language, the greater the grey matter
density is
B. there is no difference between a later second language learner and one who doesn"t know a second
language
C. the experience of learning a second language has bad effect on people"s brain
D. the ability of learning a second language is changing all the time | | 3. In the last two paragraphs,the author wants to tell us that________. | A. learning a second language is the same as studying maths
B. early learning of a second language helps you a great deal in studying other subjects
C. Italian is the best choice for you as a second language
D. you"d better choose the ages between 2 and 34 to learn a second language | 最新试题
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