Passage Two4 Ways to Engage Today’s Generation of Students Each year, every faculty member becomes one year older. However, the average age of each incoming student remains the same. This presents a challenge: How can we keep the communication and learning gap from expanding more and more as time goes on Now we’ve stepped into digital and information age when this generation has been granted endless satellite channels, websites, text messages, and Ipod music choices to constantly go through daily. This makes it more difficult than ever before for faculty to keep the interest and attention of the students. Here are a few great tips for faculty on how to better engage today’s generation of students: 1. Bring Cool Careers and Majors to Life This generation of students doesn’t see the connection between today’s lesson and what they really want to do someday. The more we can close that gap-to illustrate classroom relevance to their world-the better we can engage students and keep their interest. The prospect of getting a job and working 40+ hours per week for the next 40 years doesn’t exactly breed excitement in this generation. However, they can get excited through examples of "cool" young people in their field who are very successful doing something they LOVE for a living. While we mostly think of celebrities as TV stars or athletes, there are celebrities within almost every field. For example, Josh Bernstein of the History Channel’s "Digging for the Truth" and Discovery Channel’s "Into the Unknown With Josh Bernstein" makes history fun and interesting, especially to those who never believed such topics were fun and interesting before. Even MSNBC television personalities such as the politically branded Tucker Carlson, and Jim Kramer of "Mad Money", do give an alternative flair to the otherwise "boring" world of politics and finance. 2. Find Clever Opportunities to Integrate TV/Movies/Pop Culture Is it important for students to understand the long history of business, psychology, leadership, ete Absolutely! However, seeking out opportunities to supplement historical principles with books, movies, or music of today can definitely help bring the learning process to life. Cite a chapter, or even a paragraph or quote, from a source written since 2000 by someone 30 years old or under on the topic, and you’ll be amazed with the attention, interest, and results. One great example is the book Campus CEO: A Student Entrepreneur’s Guide to Launching a Multi-Million Dollar Business, written by Randal Pinkett, a sharp young professional who was a winner on the Donald Trump television show "The Apprentice". This book includes many old-age, proven business principles from books written 50 years prior. However, which do you think is more appealing to read for today’s student Any reference to reality television, video games, or downloaded music for their Ipod can immediately raise their attention. So, what do we mean by reference A reference can be sharing a marketing article on the X-Box product, or a fresh class case study on a company such as Apple, or a statistical exercise on average the number of text messaging characters transmitted by the average college student each day. Have fun with examples from their world that can be used at every turn. 3. Use the lnternet and Technology; In Ways that Speak Their Language In general, less instances of distributing articles from a magazine and more instances of citing article links on that magazine’s website is a good thing. The words "check out this website" will probably elicit a more positive response than the infamous "take one and pass it down". The Intemet is the virtual home of this generation. They’ve never lived without it. Whenever possible, have students research an individual or company website that is discussed in class. Beyond just articles and websites, what blogs within their field or subject can they participate in now as students There can be great benefits to communication with field professionals across the world, and can even help students stay on the cutting edge of industry issues. Most importantly, they might just have fun doing it. YouTube has a world of possibilities in the learning community. Within moments, a drafting or engineering student can view the design and construction of an NFL stadium using time lapse photography (时间推移摄影术), while a biology student can view computer animation of photosynthesis. Instead of reading about things or hearing about things, students want to see things with their own eyes, on their own computers. 4. Use Humor and Have Fun in the Classroom Certainly, the job of an educator isn’t to entertain. It is to educate. However: Do you remember a teacher who didn’t just teach a class, but impacted your life Did you feel as if they could relate to you, and could even make you laugh Did you have fun in their class, and look forward to attending each day Zig Ziglar, one of the most successful motivational speakers in history, knew the power of incorporating humor in his presentations. Throughout his career, Zig would strategically place some type of wit, joke, or funny example every seven minutes during his presentation, no matter the audience or topic. As he studied, attention span begins to dip as time between jokes lingered. People pay attention because they don’t want to miss the next joke! So, what if you’re not that funny Here are a few tips: Go to Google or Google Images, and search under "Business humor", or "Funny Biology", or "Funny Advertising". Keep an eye out for funny articles, or even comical things on television, that might have some direct or even indirect relevance to the subject. When applicable and appropriate, allow an environment where students are encouraged to have tim in group projects or class exercises together. No one can articulate cool and funny lingo (行话) to students better than other students. Making learning fun is one principle that holds true no matter the generation. Teaching can be much easier when students look forward to coming to class.According to the passage, what do we learn about the reference that the faculty should resort to A．It should be articles written by someone 30 years old.B．It should contain success stories of Campus CEO.C．It should include contents related to students’ world.D．It should be reality television and video games.

Have you ever had the experience of looking back on your week with the sinking feeling that you didn’t get as much done as you’d hoped When building a successful career or a business of your own, your time is perhaps your most valuable asset, and your income is a direct result of how you spend your time. You cannot buy any more time than you’re given, and the clock is always ticking.A few years ago, I discovered a simple system that allowed me to nearly triple my productivity, and in this article I’ll share some very practical ideas you can apply right away to increase your effectiveness without working any harder than you do now. The first step to better managing your time is to find out how you’re currently spending your time. Keeping a time log is a very effective way to do this, and after trying it for just one day, you’ll immediately gain tremendous insight into where your time is actually going. The very act of measuring is often enough to raise your unconscious habits into your consciousness, where you then have a chance to scrutinize and change them. Here’s how to keep a time log. Throughout your day record the time whenever you start or stop any activity. Consider using a stopwatch to just record time intervals for each activity. You can do this during only your working time or throughout your entire day. At the end of the day, sort all the time chunks into general categories, and find out what percentage of your time is being spent on each type of activity. If you want to be thorough, do this for a week, and calculate the percentage of your total time that you spent on each type of activity. Be as detailed as possible. Note how much time you spend on email, reading newsgroups, web surfing, phone calls, eating, going to the bathroom, etc. If you get up out of your chair, it probably means you need to make an entry in your time log. I typically end up with 50-100 log entries per day. You may be surprised to discover you’re spending only a small fraction of your working time doing what you’d consider to be actual work. Studies have shown that the average office worker does only 1.5 hours of actual work per day. The rest of the time is spent socializing, taking coffee breaks, eating, engaging in non-business communication, moving around papers, and doing lots of other non-work tasks. The average full-time office worker doesn’t even start doing real work until 11:00 am and begins to wind down around 3:30 pm. The first time I kept a time log, I only finished 15 hours worth of real work in a week where I spent about 60 hours in my office. Even though I was technically about twice as productive as the average office worker, I was still disturbed by the results. Where did those other 45 hours go My time log laid it all out for me, showing me all the time drains I wasn’t consciously aware of―checking email too often, excessive perfectionism doing tasks that didn’t need to be done, over-reading the news, taking too much time for meals, disturbed by preventable interruptions, etc. When I realized that I spent 60 hours at the office but only completed 15 hours of actual work within that time, I started asking myself some interesting questions. My income and my sense of accomplishment depended only on those 15 hours, not on the total amount of time I spent at the office. So I decided to begin recording my daily efficiency ratio as the amount of time I spent on actual work divided by the total amount of time I spent in my office. While it certainly bothered me that I was only working 25% of the time initially, I also realized it would be extremely foolish to simply work longer hours. If you’ve ever tried to discipline yourself to do something you weren’t really motivated to do, you most likely’ failed. That was naturally the result I experienced when I tried to discipline my self to work harder. In fact, trying harder actually de-motivated me and drove my efficiency ratio even lower. So I reluctantly decided to try the opposite approach. The next day I would only al low myself to put in five hours total at the office, and the rest of the day I wouldn’t allow my self to work at all. Well, an interesting thing happened, as I’m sure you can imagine. My brain must have gotten the idea that working time was a scarce commodity because I worked almost the entire five hours straight and got an efficiency ratio of over 90%. I continued this experiment for the rest of the week and ended up getting about 25 hours of work done with only 30 hours total spent in my office, for an efficiency ratio of over 80%. So I was able to reduce my weekly working time by 30 hours while also getting 10 more hours of real work done. If your time log shows your efficiency ratio to be on the low side, try severely limiting your total amount of working time for a day, and see what happens. Once your brain realizes that working time is scarce, you suddenly become a lot more efficient because you have to be. When you have tight time constraints, you will usually find a way to get your work done. But when you have all the time in the world, it’s too easy to be inefficient. Over a period of a few weeks, I was able to keep my efficiency ratio above 80% while gradually increasing my total weekly office time. I’ve been able to maintain this for many years now, and I commonly get about 40 hours of real work done every week, while only spending about 45 total hours in my office. I’ve learned that this is ideal for me. If I try to put in more time at tile office, then my productivity drops off rapidly. The interesting thing is that the system that allowed me to enhance my effectiveness at work also created a tremendous amount of balance in all other areas of my life. Even though I was able to use this approach to triple my business productivity, I still gained plenty of time to pursue personal interests. Time logging is the intelligent choice to ensure optimal productivity without increasing your hours. But time logging need only be done periodically to provide these benefits. I do it for one week every 3-6 months, and over the years it has made a huge difference for me, always providing me with new distinctions. If I go too many months without time logging, my productivity gradually drops as I fall back into unconscious time-wasting habits. You’ll probably find as I do that your gut feelings about your productivity are closely related to how much real work you actually get done. When you feel your productivity is lower than you’d like, raise your awareness via time logging, measure your efficiency ratio, and then optimize your efficiency to boost your productivity back up where it belongs. Time logging is a high leverage activity that takes very little time and effort to implement, but the long-term payoff is tremendous.According to the author, one’s income directly results from ______. A．how effectively he spends his timeB．how much work he does every dayC．how the boss evaluates his performanceD．how he balances work and leisure time

英语高手来吧题号:1 题型:单选题(请在以下几个选项中选择唯一正确答案) 本题分数:5 内容: Poor people often live in___. 选项: a、hard b、 the deprivation c、 deprivation d、 difficult 题号:2 题型:单选题(请在以下几个选项中选择唯一正确答案) 本题分数:5 内容: There are many new commodities that are on___. 选项: a、display b、 sell c、 discount d、 purchase 题号:3 题型:单选题(请在以下几个选项中选择唯一正确答案) 本题分数:5 内容: We couldn＇t find an open restaurant___. 选项: a、nowhere b、 somewhere c、 anywhere d、 everywhere 题号:4 题型:单选题(请在以下几个选项中选择唯一正确答案) 本题分数:5 内容: She is___of his innocence. 选项: a、believed b、 trust c、 persuaded d、 convinced 题号:5 题型:单选题(请在以下几个选项中选择唯一正确答案) 本题分数:5 内容: It was cold last winter, but it is___colder this year. 选项: a、just b、 only c、 even d、 fairly 题号:6 题型:单选题(请在以下几个选项中选择唯一正确答案) 本题分数:5 内容: We have little___information about developments in this field. 选项: a、actual b、 up to date c、 present day d、 modern 题号:7 题型:单选题(请在以下几个选项中选择唯一正确答案) 本题分数:5 内容: He was thinking deeply, but Emily＇s voice brought him___to earth. 选项: a、down b、 up c、 over d、 into 题号:8 题型:单选题(请在以下几个选项中选择唯一正确答案) 本题分数:5 内容: Polar explorers have to be extremely___to endure the climate and other hardships. 选项: a、tough b、 hard c、 rough d、 brave 题号:9 题型:单选题(请在以下几个选项中选择唯一正确答案) 本题分数:5 内容: You can＇t expect to become a millionaire___. 选项: a、by night b、 overnight c、 in a night d、 from one night 题号:10 题型:单选题(请在以下几个选项中选择唯一正确答案) 本题分数:5 内容: Their friendship dates___to college days. 选项: a、from b、 according c、 back d、 till 题号:11 题型:单选题(请在以下几个选项中选择唯一正确答案) 本题分数:5 内容: At the beginning I suspected him, but his honest words___the doubts out of my mind. 选项: a、clear b、 cut c、 shut d、 shoot 题号:12 题型:单选题(请在以下几个选项中选择唯一正确答案) 本题分数:5 内容: In the___of the King, I arrest you. 选项: a、order b、 nod c、 name d、 respect 题号:13 题型:单选题(请在以下几个选项中选择唯一正确答案) 本题分数:5 内容: His compass proved___to him when he was lost in an unknown country. 选项: a、expensive b、 dear c、 valuable d、 precious 题号:14 题型:单选题(请在以下几个选项中选择唯一正确答案) 本题分数:5 内容: He insisted that we___him the news. 选项: a、told b、 informed c、 helped d、 tell 题号:15 题型:单选题(请在以下几个选项中选择唯一正确答案) 本题分数:5 内容: The judge said that he was___by the high standards of the rider＇s perfomance. 选项: a、imposed b、 touched c、 interested d、 impressed 题号:16 题型:单选题(请在以下几个选项中选择唯一正确答案) 本题分数:5 内容: It was necessary that we___everything ready ahead of time. 选项: a、make b、 made c、 had made d、 have made 题号:17 题型:单选题(请在以下几个选项中选择唯一正确答案) 本题分数:5 内容: You study hard, and in___you passed the test. 选项: a、result b、 conclusion c、 consequent d、 consequence 题号:18 题型:单选题(请在以下几个选项中选择唯一正确答案) 本题分数:5 内容: Advertising is now a___business. 选项: a、highly developed b、 high developed c、 highly developing d、 high developing 题号:19 题型:单选题(请在以下几个选项中选择唯一正确答案) 本题分数:5 内容: I just can＇t___her out, she is a mystery to me. 选项: a、understand b、 make c、 figure d、 see 题号:20 题型:单选题(请在以下几个选项中选择唯一正确答案) 本题分数:5 内容: ___it not for your help. I wouldn＇t be succeed. 选项: a、If b、 Were c、 But d、 Unless

Mark Twain has been called the inventor of the American novel． And he surely deserves additional praise： the man who popularized the clever literary attack on racism． I say clever because anti-slavery fiction had been the important part of the literature in the years before the Civil War． H．B． Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is only the most famous example． These early stories dealt directly with slavery． With minor exceptions， Twain planted his attacks on slavery and prejudice into tales that were on the surface about something else entirely． He drew his readers into the argument by drawing them into the story． Again and again， in the postwar years， Twain seemed forced to deal with the challenge of race． Consider the most controversial， at least today， of Twain's novels， Adventures of Huckleberry Finn． Only a few books have been kicked off the shelves as often as Huckleberry Finn， Twain's most widely read tale． Once upon a time， people hated the book because it struck them as rude． Twain himself wrote that those who banned the book considered the novel "trash and suitable only for the slums（贫民窟）．" More recently the book has been attacked because of the character Jim， the escaped slave， and many occurences of the word nigger． （The term Nigger Jim， for which the novel is often severely criticized， never appears in it．） But the attacks were and are silly-and miss the point． The novel is strongly anti-slavery． Jim's search through the slave states for the family from whom he has been forcibly parted is heroic． As J． Chadwick has pointed out， the character of Jim was a first in American fiction-a recognition that the slave had two personalities， "the voice of survival within a white slave culture and the voice of the individual： Jim， the father and the man．" There is much more． Twain's mystery novel Pudd'n head Wilson stood as a challenge to the racial beliefs of even many of the liberals of his day． Written at a time when the accepted wisdom held Negroes to be inferior（低等的）to whites， especially in intelligence， Twain's tale centered in part around two babies switched at birth． A slave gave birth to her master's baby and， for fear that the child should be sold south， switched him for the master's baby by his wife． The slave's lightskinned child was taken to be white and grew up with both the attitudes and the education of the slave-holding class． The master's wife's baby was taken for black and grew up with the attitudes and intonations of the slave． The point was difficult to miss：nurture（养育），not nature，was the key to social status． The features of the black man that provided the stuff of prejudice-manner of speech， for example-were， to Twain， indicative of nothing other than the conditioning that slavery forced on its victims． Twain's racial tone was not perfect． One is left uneasy， for example， by the lengthy passage in his autobiography（自传）about how much he loved what were called "nigger shows" in his youth-mostly with white men performing in black-face-and his delight in getting his mother to laugh at them． Yet there is no reason to think Twain saw the shows as representing reality． His frequent attacks on slavery and prejudice suggest his keen awareness that they did not． Was Twain a racist？ Asking the question in the 21st century is as wise as asking the same of Lincoln． If we read the words and attitudes of the past through the "wisdom" of the considered moral judgments of the present， we will find nothing but error． Lincoln， who believed the black man the inferior of the white， fought and won a war to free him． And Twain， raised in a slave state， briefly a soldier， and inventor of Jim， may have done more to anger the nation over racial injustice and awaken its collective conscience than any other novelist in the past century．（1）Recent criticism of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn arose partly from its ____ ．A． target readers at the bottomB． anti-slavery attitudeC． rather impolite languageD． frequent use of "nigger"（2）What best proves Twain's anti-slavery stand according to the author？ ____ A． Jim's search for his family was described in detail．B． The slave's voice was first heard in American novels．C． Jim grew up into a man and a father in the white culture．D． Twain suspected that the slaves were less intelligent．（3）The story of two babies switched mainly indicates that ____ ．A． slaves were forced to give up their babies to their mastersB． slaves' babies could pick up slave-holders' way of speakingC． blacks' social position was shaped by how they were brought upD． blacks were born with certain features of prejudice（4）What does the underlined word "they" in Paragraph 7 refer to？ ____ A． The attacks．B． Slavery and prejudice．C． White men．D． The shows．（5）What does the author mainly argue for？ ____ A． Twain had done more than his contemporary writers to attack racism．B． Twain was an admirable figure comparable to Abraham Lincoln．C． Twain's works had been banned on unreasonable grounds．D． Twain's works should be read from a historical point of view．

People living in cities have easy ___ to all means of transportations.（ ）A. chanceB. wayC. opportunityD. access

I stood in the driveway and watched my grown children drive off into the distance .A. 我站在草坪上，看着我成年的孩子们驾车远去。B. 我站在草坪上，看着我未成年的孩子们驾车远去 。C. 我站在车道上，看着我成年的孩子们驾车远去。D. 我站在车道上，看着我未成年的孩子们驾车远去。

With the rise of mobile and online shopping, shoppers are gainingplenty of convenience — and also taking on extra risks. Hackers are poised tosteal the funds and identities of shoppers who don’t take steps to protectthemselves.LogRhythm, a cyber security company, points out that because so many people now shop from mobile devices, which are often less protected thancomputers, information technology workers expect a rise in cyber crime thisholiday shopping season. IT workers surveyed by the company said they were mostconcerned with phishing attacks, where hackers pretend to be reputablecompanies and persuade victims to share their personal information, such ascredit card numbers, with them.One of the most common methods is for a hacker to send an email to avictim claiming to be from a bank, retailer, or other company that then directsthem to another site, which then captures their personal information. (That’sone reason to avoid clicking on hyperlinks from inside emails, even if theyappear to be from a recognizable company.)To avoid that kind of scam and others, here are the latest tips onhow to stay safe while shopping online:● Skip attachments and hyperlinks. LogRhythm warns that evenattachments from people you know can be nefarious, since those acquaintancescould be infected with a computer virus themselves. If the email containsunusual or scant wording, don’t open the attachment. The same logic applies tohyperlinks in emails (or requests for information received over text message);LogRhythm recommends first hovering over the link to make sure it’s going todirect you to a valid address.● Don’t make purchases over coffee shop-lattes. Any public wi-ficonnection, such as those offered at coffee shops or libraries, carry extrarisks, since they aren’t private. LogRhythm recommends against shopping onlineor engaging in any financial transactions, such as logging into your bankaccount, from such hot spots.● Protectyour smartphone. Web browsers and retailer apps on mobile devices make it easyto shop on the go, but doing so can also expose shoppers to extra risks sincemany phones don’t have the same kind of data encryption that’s often installedon computers. Even taking a relatively simple step, such as enabling thepassword lock feature on your phone, will make it harder for a thief to accessprivate data stored on the phone in case it’s lost or stolen. Computer securitycompany McAfee also warns against downloading apps that might steal personalinformation. (to be continued)●Don’t trust your “friends”. Hackers target social media, includingFacebook and Twitter, because they know it’s easier to get people to click on alink that appears to be recommended from a friend. McAfee has identified dozensof examples, including free dinner offers at Cheesecake Factory and fakemystery shopping invitations. Offers that sound too good to be true, such asfree iPads or free iPhones, are also a common lure. The company cautionsagainst clicking on fake alerts from friends, who may have been hackedthemselves, and avoiding shortened links on Twitter that claim to offer deals.● Open e-cards with caution. They can be cute, but they can also bemalicious. McAfee warms that some e-cards download viruses onto your computerwhen you download them. To avoid that outcome the company suggests only openinge-cards from domain names that you recognize as big e-car sites.● Upgrade your passwords. The holiday season can serve as a good reminderto give your passwords a makeover; security experts recommend changing themregularly as a precaution against hackers. Avoid common and simple words, uselong combinations of words that also incorporate numbers or symbols, and neveruse duplicate passwords for multiple accounts.● Check up on an e-retailer before making purchases. Some fly-by-nightoperations take advantage of the uptick in shopping around the holiday seasonto collect cash without ever mailing out the goods in return, warms the BetterBusiness Bureau. To protect yourself, the bureau recommends never wiring moneyor paying in advance.● Review your statements. The first sign of identity theft is oftenan unfamiliar charge on a credit card or bank statement; reviewing thosestatements carefully and contacting your bank or card provider with anyconcerns can prevent a theft from expanding. Credit card usually come with somemeasure of automatic protection, as long as you report the scam relativelyquickly.Following these tips might leave you feeling like the Grinch — be suspicious of friends ?— but the real holiday downer would be dealing with a stolen identity whenyou’re trying to enjoy the spirit of the season.1、How do Hackers steal customers' funds and identities?A、By atacking the shoppers who forget their security code,B、By attacking the shoppers who has lots of money in their account.C、By atacking the shoppers who don't take security and prtection measures.D、By attacking old shoppers account.2、Why did Log Rhythm predict that a rise in cybercrime during this holiday shopping season?A、Because shoppers' computers are less protected during the holiday season.B、Because people now shop from mobile devices which are less protected than computers.C、Because people spend more money shopping online.D、Because Hackers can atack shoppers easier during shopping season.3、What is one of the most common methods of hacking?A、Sending an email to victims in order to direct them to another website, which then capturlpersonal information.B、Steal victims' personal information at banks.C、Steal victims' personal information at shopping centers.D、Steal victims' personal information from another company.4、Why you'd better to skip atachments even from acquaintances?A、Because those acquaintances may want to know your account information.B、Because those acquaintances could be infected with a computer virus themselves.C、Because those acquaintances know a lot of your personal information.D、Because some of those acquaintances are nefarious.5、What is a safer way to open e-cards?A、Only opening e-cards from family and friends.B、Only opening e-cards from your own company.C、Only opening e-cards by your own computer.D、Only opening e-cards from domain names that you recogize as big e-card sites.

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AWheneveranyone measures educational success，East Asian countries are always top scorers．But in a recent league table，a Europeancountry，Finland，was top of the class．South Korea wasstill in second place，though．Britain was atnumber 6．InKorea the school day is long - typically 7 or 8 hours，followed byhours of private tutoringin the evenings．Allthis hothousingleaves Korean students so tired；theysometimes fall asleep in class next day．Worries about the effects of late night cramming(填鸭式)ledthe government to force cramming schools to close by 10pm．Finnish childrenspend the least time in class in the developed world，often finishingjust after lunch，withabout one hour of homework a day．Private tuition isuncommon．TheBritish school day is quite long in comparison，around 6 hours，and secondaryschool pupils do 2 or 3 hours of self-studya night．TheKorean education system，likemany in Asia，is intensely competitive，with studentseven competing to get into the best cramming schools，to help them get ahead．Finnisheducation is far less cut-throat．Classes are all mixed ability，and there are noleague tables．Britishschools again occupy themiddle ground，withquite high levels of competition for places at university，and schools anduniversities battlingto come top of league tables for everything from exam results to student satisfaction．Korea andFinland both do well，yettheir education systems are so different．However，there are somesimilarities in Korea and Finland．In those countries，teachers have high status in society，and education isvery highly valued．Thoseattitudes can'tchange quickly．Butit can be done．Theymight be the star pupilnow，butuntil the 1970s，Finland'seducational system was poor．Theirthoroughly different approachto schoolinghas taken them to the top in just a generation．1. According to the passage，the students take themost time in school in _____．A．BritainB．Finland C．KoreaD．East Asiancountries 2. From Paragragh 3，we can knowthat______________．A．the students inKorea are most competitive in AsiaB．Finnish classesdevelop the students' all-round abilitiesC．British schoolsare less competitive than universitiesD．Britishuniversities pay more attention to exam results only3. According to the author，the key factor inimproving education is _______．A．theattitudeB．the schoolingtime C．starpupilsD．new teachingapproachBNuclear power's danger tohealth，safety，and evenlife itself can be summed up in one word: radiation．Nuclear radiation has a certainmystery about it，partly because it cannot be detected byhuman senses．It can't be seen or heard，or touched or tasted，eventhough it may be all around us．There are other thingslike that．For example，radiowaves are all around us but we can't detect them，sensethem，without a radio receiver．Similarly，we can'tsense radioactivity without a radiation detector．Butunlike common radio waves，nuclear radiation is not harmless to humanbeings and other living things．At veryhigh levels，radiation can kill an animal or human beingimmediately by killing masses of cells in vital organs．But even the lowest levels can do serious damage．There is no levels of radiation that is completelysafe．If the radiation does not hit anythingimportant，the damage may not be serious．This is the case when only a few cells are hit，and if they are killed immediately．Your body will replace the dead cells with healthyones．But if the few cells are only damaged，and if they reproduce themselves，you may be in trouble．Theycan grow into cancer．Sometimes this does not show up for manyyears．This is another reason for someof the mystery about nuclearradiation．Serious damage can be done without thevictim being aware at the timethat damage has occurred．A person can be irradiated(辐射)and feel fine，then diefor cancer five，ten，or twentyyears later as a result．Or a child can be born weak as a result ofradiation absorbedby its grandparents．Radiation can hurt us．We must know the truth． 4. Whatis the most dangerous factor of nuclearpower? A．RadiationB．Quantity C．Amount D．Place5. Whichof the following statements istrue? A．Nuclearradiation can do harm to human beings．B．Nuclearradiation cannot do harm to human beings．C．Nuclearradiation can be detected by human senses．D．Nuclearradiation is just like common radio waves．6. Whydoes nuclear radiation have acertainmystery? A．Becausehuman beings learn its harmfulness．B．Becauseit can do harm to a person while the victim isn't aware the damage has occurred．C．Becausenuclear radiation can kill a person very easily．D．Becausehuman beings have no effective machine in order to detect nuclear radiation．7. Ifa human being is hit by nuclear radiation，he may _______．A．die ofcancer after many yearsB．dieimmediately C．have achild who may be born weakD．all ofthe aboveCNearly everyone agrees thatmoney doesn't buy as much as it used to，no matterwhen you want to spend it．This is certainly true of the paper moneythat passes so quickly through one's hands．But whatabout coins that seem to do very little except stay in purses and pockets?Unlike notes，metal money becomes more valuable thelonger it is held，especially if it is put away where it won'tget scratched (破坏)or worn．Why isthis? One reason is that coins，being more durable (持久的)，fall more readily into a category for collectors．Naturally，the rarergold pieces must become more valuable as the price of this metal goes up．But，curiously，one of therarest coins in the world is not made of gold，but ofthe relatively cheaper silver．In 1840，the United States mint (造币厂)struck19570 silver dollars．That is what its records show．Today only six of this original number remain andthese are unlikely ever to reach the auction (拍卖)market．So what happened to some 19564 large silver coins，not the easiest sort of things to lose? One of themore romantic theories is that they were part of the payment to Napoleon forthe American land then known as Louisiana．But theynever reached France．Somewhere in the Gulf of Mexico，the ship transporting them was sunk，either by a storm or by pirates (海盗)．The probable answer to the mystery is that they weremelted down — since the silver value was greater than the actual value of thecoin．What really happened to the rest willprobably always remain a mystery．What isknown is that whoever can come up with one will find himself instantly rich．8、Whichof the following is true of acoin? A．Thelonger it is held，the less valuable it becomes．B．Themore it wears out，the more valuable it becomes．C．Theless it gets scratched，the less it values．D．Thelonger it lasts，the more it values．9、Accordingto this passage，oneof the rarest coins in the world is made of _______．A．silver B．goldC．copperD．paper10、Coinsbecome more valuable because_______．A．theystay in pursesand pocketsB．the price of metal goes upC．they fall more readily into a category for collectors due to theirdurationD．Both Band C11、Whatreally happened to some 19564 largesilver coins? A．Theyweremelted down．B．Theywere sunk in the Gulf of Mexico．C．It isstill a mystery．D．Theywere stolen by pirates．DAnyone whohas ever lost keys or money will have wished for a simple but effective way tomake sure it never happens again．A US company is trying to help．Using atiny microchip which is implanted into the arm，they have come up with areplacement for cash or credit cards that cannot be left at home or dropped onthe bus．TheVerichip is about the size of a grain of rice and works using radiofrequency identification technology．At a shop，a radio frequency“reader” would send a signal and the chip in your arm would respond with yourunique identity number．Thatwould give the “reader” your financial information，and money could be taken directlyfrom your accounts and you wouldn't even have to reach for your wallet．Thecompany also hopes toinclude other information on the chip，such as medical records，building security codes(密码)and passwords，making life eveneasier．But noteveryone is happy with the developments．Critics say that a lot can gowrong with the chip．Aclever thief could build a fake(假的)reader that would steal your information without youknowing．Soyour money could still be stolen．Privacy is a big issue too．Stores，or even the government，only need to track thechip to find out what you buy，howmuch you spend and where you go．And if youwanted to get rid of your chip,you would need an operation to remove it．12、The Verichip is ．A．the identitynumber B．the security codeC．a tinymicrochipD．a radio reader13、Paragraph 3 is mainlyabout ．A．how the Verichip worksB．the importance of theVerichipC．the development of theVerichipD．how money is takenfrom your accounts14、Which is true of theVerichip?A．Your information on itwill always be safe．B．Medical records havealready been included．C．You can easily reachfor your wallet using it．D．An operation has to beperformed to remove it．15、What can be inferredfrom the text?A．All people aresatisfied with the chip．B．The Verichip companyhas financial problems．C．The chip needsimproving to be widely accepted．D．Many people have theexperience of losing keys or money．

我顺着公路望去，直到再也看不见他们的车。 A I looked the road until I could no longer see their vehicles . B I looked down the road until I could no longer see their vehicles . C I looks down the road until I could no longer see their vehicles . D I looking the road until I could no longer see their vehicles.

Despite the general rule for quiet demanded by libraries,they've been the subject of some fairly significant noise. Children's Laureate(儿童桂冠作家),Chris Riddell,along with eight former Children's Laureates,has written an open letter to Justine Greening,the British Secretary of State for Education,demanding an investigation into school library service closures(关闭). Why should parents or pupils be concerned whether or not school libraries close?Are they surely just mausoleums(陵墓)to the paper-bound past?Or are they rooms that are of little use to today's Internet-connected student population,who have access to a world of books and information through their digital devices? Quite simply,school libraries,as well as their librarians,are critical to our children's future. Research has proved this to be the case.The level of development of a school library is a highly accurate predictor of academic success,which means that parents should perhaps go so far as to compare the libraries of the schools they are considering,rather than look at league tables,when seeking the right schools for their children.Chris Riddell and his fellow former Laureates are absolutely right to emphasize the importance of librarians in introducing children to life-changing books and turning them into lifelong readers.Reading is a skill that needs to be developed. Librarians play the crucial role of introducing pupils to different genres or authors,as well as encouraging children of varying abilities to read—from the reluctant readers to those with higher than average reading ages. However,if libraries were to have a "job description",cultivating a love of reading and promoting literacy(误写能力)is just one of their essential roles.The other role is,to be at the very centre of learning,a resource,for students to use in acquiring knowledge.Ultimately,as students get older they need to become increasingly experienced readers for information,as well as,hopefully,for pleasure.They need to be able to find out and access,through reading and understanding,the answers to their questions themselves. Independent learning skills are very much in demand by pupils and parents,as well as universities and employers,because real education is about so much more than just academic success or grades on a piece of paper.As Mary Beard,Professor of Classics at the University of Cambridge,pointed out,"the simple truth is that we can't teach all that we would like them to know."The emphasis therefore must now be on teaching children how to learn for themselves. Talking of libraries,we would always focus on the collection of books and the dissemination(传播)of knowledge to aid learning.Therefore surely,it makes sense that if libraries are given the right status and adequate resources,they will play a vital role in the development of these much-needed independent learning skills.This has never been more important than in today's information age,when everything we need to know is only a few clicks away. Libraries and librarians should be central in helping pupils understand how to access data or knowledge for their studies or interests—regardless of whether this is from a book an online resource or a journal. It is equally important that libraries guide students on how to "read" the information that is available to them—a vitally important skill given that the Internet contains a large amount of mistakes and misinformation.But,of course, libraries can only offer this support and guidance if they are properly valued and resourced,which means that we need as many voices as possible to be "shouting" about the importance of libraries in the education of our children. Chris Riddell is encouraging children to ask their teachers where their school library is.Perhaps parents also need to be asking their current and prospective schools about the same question.Let's make the "noise" far louder—it needs to be uncomfortably deafening(震耳欲聋的).1.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 mean?A.Schools have realized the importance of libraries.B.More rules should be established for libraries.C.Libraries are not quiet any more.D.Libraries have been a hot topic.2.According to the passage,it has been confirmed that______.A.libraries are almost useless to today's Internet-connected studentsB.libraries can reflect the academic success of schoolsC.parents have begun to prioritize libraries when selecting schools for their childrenD.librarians are crucially important to students' future development3.The author thinks that libraries should play a role in______.A.turning students into lifelong readersB.introducing students to different genresC.developing students' ability to read and writeD.encouraging children of different abilities to read4.Why should independent learning be emphasized according to the passage?A.It helps students achieve high grades in their exams.B.Universities and parents don't pay much attention to it at present.C.Students can't acquire enough knowledge through being taught by others.D.Real education is about learning independently rather than about academic success.5.In the last but one paragraph,the author thinks that______.A.libraries may be a source of false informationB.students' ability to obtain information is vitally importantC.libraries should teach students how to seek the available informationD.students should learn to distinguish between true and false information .