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NEW YORK－Australian mining enterprise Clive Palmer on Tuesday unveiled(公布)blueprints for TitanicⅡ, a modern copy of the doomed ocean liner, although he didn't call the ship unsinkable any more.
The ship will largely recreate the design and decoration of the fabled original, with some modifications to keep it in line with current safety rules and shipbuilding practices, and the addition of some modern comforts such as air conditioning, Palmer said at a press conference in New York.
The three passenger classes, however, will be prevented from mingling(混杂), as in 1912, Palmer said. “I'm not too superstitious(迷信的).”Palmer said when asked whether recreating a ship bestknown for sinking was tempting fate.
White Star Line, the operator of the original ship, had said the Titanic was designed to be unsinkable. About 1, 500 people died on Titanic’s maiden voyage in 1912 from Southampton to New York after the ship collided with an iceberg in the North Atlantic.
Palmer, who created the company Blue Star Line last year, refused to make a similar boast.
“Anything will sink if you put a hole in it, ” Palmer said. “I think it would be very cavalier to say it.”
Unlike the original, TitanicⅡwill have more than enough space in its lifeboats for every person on board and will have additional escape staircases. Markku Kanerva, sales director at Deltamarin, the Finnish company designing the ship, said it would be the “safest cruise ship in the world”．
Palmer refused to answer questions about the project's cost. Although the Titanic was the world's largest ship in her time, she would be smaller than many of today's modern cruise ships.
“It’s not about the money，” Palmer said. “I've got enough money for it. I think that’s all that matters.”
Forbes estimated Palmer's net worth to be $795 million in 2012.He describes himself as a billionaire.
TitanicⅡwill be built by Chinese state-owned CSC Jinling Shipyard, which has already built four ore carriers for Palmer’s mining business, he said. The contract to build TitanicⅡhas not yet been signed, Palmer said.
What’s the meaning of the underlined word “maiden” in Paragraph 4?

A．First.

B．Trial.

C．Second.

D．Last.

What can be inferred about TitanicⅡfrom the passage?

A．TitanicⅡwill have more space in its lifeboats than the Titanic.

B．TitanicⅡwill be the largest cruise ship in the world.

C．TitanicⅡwill allow different classes of passengers to mingle.

D．TitanicⅡwill be a real unsinkable cruise ship.

Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A．1, 500 people died on Titanic’s maiden voyage in 1912.

B．The Titanic collided with an iceberg in the South Pacific.

C．The Titanic was equipped with air conditioning.

D．The Titanic was the world’s largest ship at that time.

What’s the author’s purpose of writing the passage?

A．To tell us the story of the Titanic.

B．To tell us TitanicⅡwill cost a lot of money.

C．To tell us about the future TitanicⅡ.

D．To tell us a Chinese Shipyard will build TitanicⅡ.

People in the western state of California who are in the United States illegally can now request a driver's license. The law went into effect on January l. California is not the first American state with such a law, but it has the largest number of illegal immigrants. More than a million people began to request licenses shortly after the new state law went into effect. Among them was Christian Alvarado. Mr. Alvarado entered the United States from El Salvador eight years ago without permission from the U.S. government. Some call such people "illegal immigrants." Others call them "undocumented immigrants".
Mr. Alvarado thinks it so exciting, for he has been waiting for the license for a long time. But some are worried that their personal information will be used to find them and deport them. Armando Botello is a spokesman for the California Department of Motor Vehicles, or DMV. He says people should not be afraid, for such information will not be shared.
The new licenses are the same as licenses given to citizens except that they have the words "Federal Limits Apply". That means the license cannot be used to travel on an airplane or enter a federal building. Ana Garcia, working at the Central American Resource Center, says some illegal immigrants fear those words will be used to abuse them. Civil rights groups say the police and others will not.
Dan Schnur, a political scientist at the University of Southern California, said that the main argument against the new law is that it rewards illegal behavior. But Professor Schnur argued that young, white Americans generally support immigration reform, including giving driver's licenses to illegal immigrants
"It's simply because they grew up in a much more multicultural society than their parents or their grandparents did." Professor Schnur says he believes the changes in beliefs about illegal immigrants that have taken place in California will spread throughout the United States.
Why did the new law make Mr. Alvarado excited?

A．Because he can request a driver's license.

B．Because he became a legal immigrant of California.

C．Because he got his driving license as an illegal immigrant.

D．Because a law went into effect for the new immigrants.

What is the difference of the new licenses compared to those given to citizens'?

A．The words “Federal Limits Apply” will abuse illegal immigrants

B．They can't be used to travel on an airplane or enter a federal building.

C．They can be used to act against the police and other people.

D．With the words "Federal Limits Apply", immigrants can enjoy special rights.

What’s the public's attitude towards the new law released on January l in California?

A．supportive	B．negative
C．neutral	D．controversial

If you’ve ever owned a chimney, you know that it can get pretty dirty. There’s a whole lot of soot(烟灰) that gets stuck on the inside. That stuff has to get cleaned, or you could have a serious fire risk. While nowadays we have easier ways of doing this dirty job, in the way back days somebody used to climb up the chimney and clean all that soot. And the thing is, not just anybody could do it.
You had to be really small to fit up in the chimney, so they used to give the task to kids – some as young as four or five years old. They worked for their boss known as a master-sweep. They were often covered in soot, and were very likely to get burned. They often developed what became known as soot wart, a form of cancer.
Are your unfairness bells ringing? William Blake’s certainly were. The physical dangers and widespread unfairness of the chimney-sweeping job really stuck in his throat, so much so that he wrote not one, but two poems called “The Chimney Sweeper”.
The first poem (the one we’re discussing here)was published in 1789 in a book called Songs of Innocence. These little poems took children and the joys of childhood innocence as their subject. As you’ve probably guessed by now, many of the poems in Songs of Innocence, like “The Chimney Sweeper”, are about the ways in which childhood innocence is destroyed by unkind old adults. For Blake, innocence is, in many ways, a total joke. It doesn’t exist, because it’s always taken away by the realistic world – chimney-sweeping, death, poverty, etc.
What does a five-year-old chimney sweeper in 18th-century England have to do with you? More than you might think. It is reported that 150 million kids are in child labor in developing countries. Many of them work long hours and face dangerous health risks. Like Blake’s chimney sweeper, these kids are not even given a chance at innocence because experience keeps getting in the way.
Which of the following can best describe the chimney-sweeping job?

A．Easy and interesting.	B．Dirty and dangerous.
C．Pleasant and well-paid	D．Challenging and creative.

Why did Blake write two poems called “The Chimney Sweeper”?

A．He was very interested in the job.

B．He had much experience in the job.

C．He considered the job very important.

D．He felt deeply sorry for the kid workers.

How did Blake look at the realistic world?

A．Thankfully

B．Regretfully

C．Doubtfully

D．Negatively

In the last paragraph, the writer explains ________.

A．the realistic meaning of “The Chimney Sweeper”

B．the great influence of Blake’s Songs of Innocence

C．why child labor still exists in developing countries

D．why chimney-sweeping becomes unnecessary today

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— At least high school graduate
— Good-looking; men at least 1.72 meters tall and women at least 1.65
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— Aged under 30
— Female favoured
— Good at writing and skilled at computer
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Salesclerk
— Basic education of 12 years or more
— Good at computer
— Paid 1 800—2 200 dollars monthly
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If you don’t know how to use a computer, you can just apply for the position as _______.

A．a secretary	B．a waiter or waitress
C．an accountant	D．a salesclerk

If you want to try for a job in Fairmont Hotel, you _______.

A．have to be a woman and know foreign languages

B．should be a university graduate

C．have to be taller than 1.72 meters

D．should be younger than 30 years old

From the ads we can conclude that _______.

A．you’ll be better paid in Wilson Bookstore than in Fairmont Hotel

B．all the jobs offered require experience

C．the better education you’ve received, the more money you’ll make

D．if you want to be an accountant, you may call 465-4768

Food we need
Have you learned a lot about the kinds of food people need? They say that there are several kinds of food that people should eat every day. They are: (1) green and yellow vegetables of all kinds. (2) citrus(柑桔) fruits and tomatoes; (3) potatoes and other fruits and vegetables; (4) meat of all kinds, fish and eggs; (5) milk and foods made from milk; (6) bread or cereal(谷类), rice is also in this kind of food; (7) butter, or something like butter.
What food counts
People in different countries and different places of the world eat different kinds of things. Foods are cooked and eaten in many different kinds of ways. People in different countries eat at different times of the day. In some places people eat once or twice a day; in other countries people eat three or four times a day. Scientists say that none of the differences is really important. It doesn’t matter whether foods are eaten raw(生的) or cooked, canned or frozen. It doesn’t matter if a person eats dinner at 4 o’clock in the afternoon or at eleven o’clock at night. The important thing is what you eat every day.
How shall we do?
There are two problems, then, in feeding the large number of people on earth. The first is to find some ways to feed the world’s population so that no one is hungry. The second is to make sure that people everywhere have the right kinds of food to make them grow to be strong and healthy.
According to the scientists, which of the following groups of food is the healthiest for your lunch?

A．chicken, apples, cereal, cabbages

B．potatoes, carrots, rice, bread

C．oranges, bananas, fish, tomatoes

D．beef, pork, fish, milk

It is important for people to eat _______.

A．three times a day

B．dinner at twelve o’clock

C．cooked food all the day

D．something from each of the seven kinds of food every day

Which of the following is NOT true?

A．People in some places don’t have enough to eat.

B．There are too many people in the world.

C．One of the problems is that no one is hungry.

D．The scientists are trying to make people grow to be strong and healthy.

If there is Paragraph 4, what do you think is going to be talked about?

A．When people eat their lunch

B．What to do with the two problems

C．How to cook food in different ways

D．Why people eat different kinds of food