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Paperback: 264 pages
Publisher:. Sams (March 29,2005)
ISBN: 0672327627
Product Dimensions: 8.4x5.5x0.6 inches
OVERVIEW
This book offers straightforward practical answers when you need fast results. By working through each 10-minute lesson, you'll learn what you need to begin to use the PHP scripting language to make your websites interactive and dynamic.
REVIEW
When I first laid eyes on this book and its title, Teach Yourself PHP in 10 minutes, my first thought was that I was going to see this! So I opened it up and figured I'd look through it for ten minutes and see what would hit me. Well, 10 minutes turned into 20, 20 into 30 and 30 into a valuable resource that sits on my desk.
Not only are the lessons within brief, but they are very easy to understand, well presented and very easy to understand for the beginner. Each lesson comes with tips to point out shortcuts, cautions to help you avoid common mistakes and notes to additional infomation. This book can be used in two ways, as a reference or as a complete tutorial on PHP basics. That alone is something that is very rare in teaching type books these days.
Some of the more valuable and informative lessons will take you into the areas of:
--Strings and variables
--Processing HTML forms
--Controlling and filtering data
--User authentication
--Cookies and sessions
--Security practices
--Configuring PHP and more!!!
The book is pretty basic for experienced PHP coders, but for new or intermediate users this book is worth more than the small $19.99 CAN suggested price. Although the cover suggests it covers PHP 5.0, the coding found within also applies to PHP 4.X
CONCLUSION
This book completely surprised me with its value and does indeed teach you in ten minutes what other books claim to do in 24 hours. Full marks to author Chris Newman for this handy guide.
Where can you see this short passage?

A．In a section for ads in a website.	B．In a book shop.
C．In a science magazine.	D．In a fiction novel.

What is the book about according to the passage?

A．How to make a website interactive and dynamic.	B．How to do things in ten minutes.
C．How to deal with all kinds of problems.	D．How to configure PHP and more.

What is the purpose of the passage?

A．To tell us something about a new book.	B．To tell us something about PHP.
C．To make an ad for the book to sell it.	D．To tell us how to use the book.

Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．You can learn all kinds of things within only ten minutes.

B．It is a good book only for beginners.

C．The book is valuable for both experienced PHP coders and beginners.

D．The book is more useful for new or intermediate users than the experienced PHP coders.

What is the price of the book?

A．$19.99 CAN.

B．US$19.99

C．The author doesn't tell us.

D． $ 20.

Coffee is one of the world's most widely-enjoyed drinks. Now, a new research suggests that if you drink enough coffee, it might help you avoid certain kinds of cancer.
Dr. Mia Hashibe of the University of Utah School of Medicine was interested in the connection between coffee drinking and certain cancers of the head and neck. Researchers have looked into this before, but without reaching any firm conclusions. She said, "So this finding from our new study was quite a surprise. We didn't really have any expectation of which direction it could go into."
To sort out the confusion, Hashibe and her assistants used statistical (统计学 ) techniques to, in effect, make one big study out of the earlier smaller studies. She explained, "Thanks to the earlier studies, we have a lot more power than earlier studies that looked at this. And we included 4,000 cancer patients who have cancer of the mouth and throat. And then 9,000 controls, people who do not have cancer. '
Those studies--in Europe and the United States--found that people who drank a lot of coffee were less likely to develop cancers of the mouth and throat. "We saw a protective effect for drinking more than 4 cups of coffee per day," Hashibe said. "This was the 40 percent decrease in risk. We did not see the same effect for drinking three cups or less per day."
Mia Hashibe said there was a weak connection between cancer risk and drinking coffee without caffeine. And she and her assistants found no proof that drinking tea provided the same protection as drinking Coffee. Their research is published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.
Hashibe says it is not clear how coffee might protect drinkers from certain cancers. "There are a few chemicals that are known to be antioxidants （抗氧化物）in coffee. So we are thinking perhaps they are playing some sort of protective role against several cancers."
This passage is probably taken from __

A．a literature book	B．a travel journal
C．an old directory	D．a medical magazine

Dr. Hashibe expected nothing of her research because __

A．it was impossible to get the desired result	B．the research was much surprising in fact
C．no conclusions had been reached before	D．the research team lacked faith in success

Which of the following might have something to do with the protection against mouth cancer?

A．Coffee without chemicals.	B．Coffee without caffeine.
C．Four cups of tea a day.	D．Antioxidants in coffee.

What do we know about Dr. Mia Hashibe and her research?

A．She knew for sure how coffee may affect drinkers.

B．She included 4,000 people without cancer in study.

C．She found an effect for three cups of coffee a day.

D．She based her research on several earlier studies.

What would be the best title for the text?

A．Drinking Coffee May Protect Some Cancers	B．Drinking Coffee May Prevent Some Cancers
C．Drinking Coffee May Cure Some Caneers	D．Drinking Coffee May Cause Some Cancers

Paul was dealing with a crisis. The new girl Linda in class really liked him a lot. Paul was not happy about it.
Paul's good friend, Sam, tried to comfort him. "What's the big deal? I think Linda is kind of cute and nice enough."
Paul glared at Sam. "Then why don't you ask her to be your girlfriend? There she is, sitting all by herself at the other end of the cafeteria. Go there and ask her to be your honey!"
"She's crazy about you, not me," Sam replied.
"Well, I don't want any girlfriend, especially not a girl like her! "Paul growled.
Sam wouldn't give up. "The only thing pesky about her is that she keeps writing you those notes ."
"I don't like notes at all!" Paul interrupted. He took another sip of milk.
"Did you notice those strange brown eyes? Why aren't they normal red or pink?"
Sam took another look at Linda. "I think her face is a lovely shade of green. And her dark green curly hair is quite pretty. Besides, she's very gentle and that's what really matters."
Paul stuck out his tongue. "I think I'm going to be sick! I'd better save my dessert for later." He crammed a small bag of Maggot Munchies into his even smaller shirt pocket. "The fact is, I have a problem. That girl is getting on my nerves! "
Sam followed Paul’s example and decided to save his dessert for later. However, he carefully placed the bag into his lunch box. "Do you have any ideas about how to solve your problem?" Tremor asked.
"I'm going to be mean and rude to her," Paul announced. "I'll call her names and make ugly faces at her."
"That's how you treat everyone," Sam reminded his friend.
Paul nodded. "It's time that Linda got to know the real Paul !"
What does the underlined part "a crisis" in Paragraph 1 refer to?

A．how to get away from Linda	B．how to win Linda over
C．how to get Sam's help	D．how to save money

How did Linda feel about Paul ?

A．She didn't like him because he was rude.	B．She was annoyed by his strange appearance.
C．She didn't have any strong feelings about him.	D．She fell in love with him.

Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Paul pretended to be rude in order to make Linda stop liking him.

B．Sam thought that looks were more important than personality.

C．Sam thought that Linda was cute.

D．Paul offered his dessert to Linda to make her sick.

Sam appreciate Linda in the following aspects EXCEPT

A．her eyes

B．her hair

C．her face

D．her character

What is implied from this passage?

A．Linda will be Sam's girlfriend.	B．Paul has fallen in love with another girl.
C．Paul and Linda are classmates.	D．Paul and Linda are colleges students.

While still in its early stages, welfare reform has already been judged a great success in many states—at least in getting people off welfare．It's estimated that more than 2 million people have left the rolls since 1994．
In the past four years, welfare rolls in Athens Country have been cut in half．But 70 percent of the people who left in the past two years took jobs that paid less than $6 an hour．T'he result: The Athens County poverty rate still remains at more than 30 percent—twice the national average,
For advocates（代言人） for the poor, that's an indication much more needs to be done．
"More people are getting jobs, but it's not making their lives any better," says Kathy Lairn, a policy analyst at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities in Washington．
A center analysis of US Census data nationwide found that between 1995 and 1996, a greater percentage of single, female-headed households were earning money on their own, but that average income for these households actually went down．
But for many, the fact that poor people are able to support themselves almost as well without government aid as they did with it is in itself a huge victory．
"Welfare was a poison．It was a toxin（毒素） that was poisoning the family," says Robert Rector, a welfare-reform policy analyst．"The reform in changing the moral climate in low-income communities．It's beginning to rebuild the work ethic, which is much more important．"
Mr．Rector and others argued that once "the habit of dependency is cracked," then the country can make other policy changes aimed at improving living standards．
Why don't people enjoy their better lives when they get jobs?

A．Because they are used to relying on welfare to make livings．

B．Because the cost of living is higher than before．

C．Because many families are below average income．

D．Because their wages are very low．

From the passage we know that the reconstruction of___ is the core of the reform．

A．government aids

B．work ethic

C．welfare funds

D．moral awareness

From the example of the Athens County, we know great efforts should be done for the poor to ___.

A．improve their living standards

B．to help them be employed

C．to get them off welfare

D．to increase their wage

From the passage, it can be inferred that the author ___．

A．is completely certain about the success of welfare reform

B．thinks that welfare reform has done little good for the poor

C．insists welfare reform has increased the government's burden

D．considers welfare reform fundamentally successful

RECRUITMENT ADVERTISEMENTS

Beijing City International School
Position: IT manager
Major Duties and Responsibilities:
Prepares and implements the annual budget of the department．
Builds and develops the whole school IT system
Provides excellent IT services with IT team for teaching and business.
Requirements/Qualifications:
Bachelor or above, majoring in Information Technology or Finance．
Good command of both Chinese and English
Minimum 5 years working experience, 3 years in a managerial level
Able to work in a collaborative style

KAI CABLE INC.
Position: Sales Internship
Major Duties and Responsibilities:
Builds and develops good relationship with new customers
Maintains strong relationship with the existing customers
Explores potential customers further
Conducts market & competitors analysis to improve customer satisfaction．
Requirements/Qualifications:
Graduates with Bachelor degree．
Major in Finance, Economics, International Trade．
Fluent English （in both written & speaking） and Mandarin．
Familiar with MS office, especially Excel and PowerPoint and internet application
Willingness to accept challenges and work under pressure．
Strong sense of responsibility．
Prepare for business trips．

Both of the recruiting ads include the following information EXCEPT ____．

A．positions available

B．working duties

C．the degrees needed of the applicants

D．a good command of computer skills

Ben is a fresh graduate, majoring in Finance．He can speak fluent English and be good at working with people Which company can he apply to?

A．Beijing City International School．

B．KAI Cable Inc．

C．Both of the firms．

D．Neither of the firms．

According to the 1st ad, which of the following is NOT included in the daily duties of an IT manager?

A．Making a plan of the annual expense of the department beforehand．

B．Offering assistance if people have any computer problems．

C．Analyzing the needs of the market and developing its IT systems．

D．Managing and controlling the money of the department．