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The Fun They Had in School
On the page headed May l7,2517,Margie wrote in her diary,“Today Tommy found a real book!”
It was a very old book covered with dust.Margie’s grandfather once said that long ago all stories were printed on paper
“What is it about?” asked Margie
“School”
“School? What’s there to write about school? I hate school.”
Margie hated school now more than ever.The electric teacher had bee giving her drill after drill in geography and she had been doing worse and worse until her mother had finally sent for someone to fix the teacher
The man came with a whole box of tools.He turned off the elecuicity,and started to repair the teacher.There was a momtor that showed questions,and a hole where Margie had to put compositions and test papers.The electric teacher marked the paper quickly.
Margie asked Tommy,“Why would anyone write about school?”
“Because it’s the school they bad hundreds of years ago”
Margie read the book for a while,then said,“Anyway,they had a teacher?”
“Yes,but it was a man”
“A man? How could a man be a teacher?”
“Well,he just told the kids things and gave them homework”
“A man isn’t smart enough.”
“Sure he is.My father knows as much as my teacher’’
“But I wouldn’t want a strange in my house to teach me.”Margie argued
Tommy laughed.“The teacher didn’t live in the house.They had a special building and all the kids went there”
“And all the kids learnt the same thing?”
“Sure,if they were the same age”
They weren’t even half-finished when Margle’s mother called.“Margfa! School!”
Margie went into the school next to her bedroom,and the electric teacher was waiting far her them.It was the same way every day except Saturday and Sunday
The monitor lit up,and it said,“Please put yesterday’s homework in the proper hole”
Margie sighed and threw a dirty sock at the machine.She was thinking about the old days.All the kids from the whole neighborhood came to the school,Iaughing and shouting in the yard.They could even help one another with the homework
And the teachers were people!
How happy they were in the old days,Margie thought.
1.When did the story in the passage take place?
2.Wny did Margie hate school?
3.How did Margie feel when she heard that teachers of hundreds of years ago were people instead
of machines?
4.How did kids in Margie’s time receive education?
5.What does the underlined word“They”refer to in the title?
For decades, families settled on the sofa to share the latest news and TV series, until additional bedroom TV, computer games and the Internet almost put an end to family rows over who held the remote control. Now, however, the traditional living room scene is making a comeback. A study by the communications watchdog Ofcom has found families are once again gathering around the main television set, but they are bringing their pads and smartphones with them.
“The 1950s living room is making a comeback as a family entertainment centre,” said Jane Rumble, head of media research at Ofcom. “We are watching on much better, bigger, and more delicate television sets, but we are coming into the living room holding our connected devices.” While the family are coming together once more, comparisons with the past end there. With a range of smaller screens on hand, not everyone sitting on the sofa shares the same viewing experience.
The coronation (加冕礼) may have drawn the undivided attention of 20 million viewers in 1953, but those watching the Queen’s Jubilee celebrations 50 years later were as likely to be commenting online about BBC’s broadcast as watching it. “Just a few years ago, we would be talking about last night’s TV at work or at school,” said a viewer, “Now, we’re having those conversations live while watching TV, using social media, text and instant messaging.”
It is a behaviour of media meshing(联网), whose influence was underlined during this year’s Wimbledon men’s tennis final. As Andy Murray pushed towards his victory, 1.1 million people worldwide sent an average of over two microblogs about the match.
People use the Internet to enhance their television experience, for example, by reading a newspaper live blog about a football match while watching the action on the main screen. For a huge number of younger viewers, the portable screen offers a chance to do something unrelated, such as online shopping, listening to music or watching another television programme.
Some 70% of 16-to-24-year-olds claim to be absorbed in what Ofcom calls “media stacking” at least once a week. For TV viewers, the Internet scanning is the most popular activity, but they are also calling friends on the phone or sending emails and texts. Surprisingly, 12% claim to have listened to the radio with the television on, and 6% say they have watched another video in the meanwhile. According to the study by Ofcom, family members nowadays _______.
A.care more about who holds the remote control |
B.share the same programmes in the living room |
C.watch better and more delicate television programmes |
D.enjoy TV together with various smaller screens on hand |
This year’s Wimbledon men’s tennis final is mentioned to indicate _______.
A.so many people worldwide are watching TV |
B.people like watching live matches on TV |
C.the great influence of media meshing |
D.the average amount of microblogs |
Which shows the phenomenon of “media stacking” in the last paragraph?
A.People are watching TV while shopping online. |
B.People are watching a broadcast of a coronation. |
C.The Internet makes people spend less time on TV. |
D.The Internet enriches people’s television experience. |
The passage is written to _______.
A.describe the changes connected devices bring to TV watching |
B.report the comeback of the traditional living room scene |
C.show the influence of connected devices on people |
D.present the different roles TV plays in people’s life |
Expensive and new gloves allow chatterboxes(话匣子)to take the term “handsfree” to a new level—by talking into them as they make a call. The gloves are known as “Talk to the Hand” and cost £1,000 a pair. They fixed a speaker unit into the thumb and a microphone into the little finger that can be connected to any mobile handset using Bluetooth.
Artist Sean Miles designed the new gloves that double as a phone in part of his project that shows the possibilities of gadget recycling. He uses outdated gloves and combines them with parts from mobile handsets recycled through O2, which commissioned(承担)the project. Mobile phone users will be able to keep their hands warm while they chat without taking their phones out of their pockets or handbags.
Mr Miles designed two pairs of the new gloves—one in pink and the other in brown and yellow. They will appear in an exhibition this July and visitors will be able to win the gloves. If demand is high, they will then be produced on a larger scale. O2 Recycle, which backed the project, estimates that there are already 70 million unused mobile handsets in the UK. The service pays up to £260 to those who recycle gadgets including phones, handheld consoles, MP3 players and digital cameras.
Designer Sean Miles hopes his work will get people thinking about recycling. The 41-year-old said, “I hope that my ‘Talk to the Hand’ project will get people to think again about the waste created by not recycling gadgets. If a few more people recycle their gadgets rather than send them to trash, I think this project will have fulfilled its aim.”
Bill Eyres, head of O2 Recycle, urges people to recycle their phone responsibly. He said, “There’s a pressing need for all of us to look at outdated handsets, and all the gadgets that we move on from or upgrade each year. Whether they are consoles or cameras, we should think of them as a resource that we need to recycle responsibly rather than throw them away.”The underlined word “O2” in Paragraph 2 is probably the name of ______.
A.an artist | B.a company | C.a mobile | D.an exhibition |
Consumers can buy the “Talk to the Hand” gloves ______.
A.in the exhibition |
B.from Mr Miles |
C.when they are mass produced |
D.after they recycle the gadgets |
The purpose of the project is to _______.
A.promote the technology of IT |
B.enable people to talk to their hands |
C.raise people’s awareness of recycling |
D.attract visitors’ attention in the exhibition |
What is the passage mainly about?
A.New mobiles that are fashionable. |
B.Outdated handsets that are upgraded. |
C.Outdated gadgets that can be used for recycling. |
D.New gloves that can be used for making phone calls. |
When the swim season began, my 11-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, and I cut a deal. She would go to practice three times a week and try really hard, and I wouldn’t make her compete in the swim meets because on the day of a meet, she would be nervous all day. Her nerves rooted from the possibility that she would do something horribly wrong and let everyone down.
Recently, they had a T-shirt relay, which works like this: one person from each relay team puts on a T-shirt and a pair of socks, swims 50 meters, and gets out of the pool. She takes off the clothes and puts them on the next person, who then swims 50 meters. This continues until everyone on the team has completed a lap.
By the last leg, Elizabeth’s team had built up a moderate lead. Then it was Elizabeth’s turn to swim. She seemed to swim faster in the T-shirt and socks than when she wasn’t wearing them.
Approaching the halfway mark, she was still in the lead. Then one of Elizabeth’s socks fell off and was floating in the pool. “She has to get that sock on before the end of the race,” a swimming official told her team, “or you will be disqualified.”
Everybody on her team started screaming, “Elizabeth! Elizabeth! Stop! Get the sock!” But she couldn’t hear them. As she started her last 25 meters, a girl in Lane 2 was gaining on Elizabeth. It was time for desperate measures. A girl on my daughter’s team jumped in the pool, grabbed the sock, and swam after Elizabeth. She grabbed Elizabeth’s foot. “You have to put the sock on,” the girl screamed. Elizabeth continued swimming while her teammate put on the sock.
By now, the girl in Lane 2 was about to pass Elizabeth. With the sock finally on, Elizabeth swam her heart out for the last 15 meters. It was close, but Elizabeth beat the other girl to the wall for the victory.
On the ride home, she relived her moment of glory again and again. She told me that if the T-shirt relay was an Olympic event, her team would win the gold medal. I told her that in my professional opinion, she was absolutely right. Elizabeth was nervous about swim meets because she _______.
A.was afraid of disappointing everyone |
B.didn’t expect to lose the swim match |
C.didn’t want to compete against other girls |
D.was worried about making errors in public |
From the passage, we know that _______.
A.socks contributed greatly to Elizabeth’s victory |
B.the match nearly drove Elizabeth desperate |
C.good luck finally fell on Elizabeth’s team |
D.Elizabeth’s team narrowly won the match |
It can be inferred that Elizabeth would _______.
A.swim faster in the T-shirt |
B.enjoy swim meets later on |
C.experience the moment again |
D.take part in an Olympic event |
The olinguito(小尖吻浣熊)is new to science. Although lt has been living in the cloud forests of South Amcrica for some time.
Scientists say the olinguito is the first new carnivore(食肉动物)discovered In the Americas in more than 30 years. It is a hairy orange-brown creature with a sweet face and big eyes The animal has small. rounded ears and lives in the trees An adult weighs one kilogram and measures about 75 centimeters. with half of those centimeters taken up by its ringed tail Most of the time. it likes to eat fruit, although it also eats meat. Active at night, the animal has lived in Colombia and Ecuador for a long time. But the olinguito did not exist in science books before now.
Kristofer Helgen, director at the National Museum in Washington, led the research team that confirmed the existence of the olinguito. It had been mistaken more than a century ago for a look-alike animal -- a similar but larger olingo(尖吻浣熊). Mr. Helgen had been studying olingos in a museum for ten years. At that time. he observed a difference in the size and shape of the heads and teeth. That led him on an effort to prove he was looking at an animal never before described by science. He got lucky when he communicated with a zoologist in Ecuador. The animal expert there made a short video that shows an olinguito in the trees. The video confirms that the oiinguito is different from the olingo Mr. Helgen says tens of thousands of olinguitos live in the wild and are not in danger of disappearing forever. Human beings, however, are moving closer to the olinguito habitat in the Andean cloud forests. The research team estimates that 42 percent of historic olinguiio habitat has been removedComparcd with most carnivores. the olinguito may seem more _____.
A.terrble | B.fierce | C.clever | D.lovely |
The onlinguito was unknown to people in the past because ____
A.it was mistaken for another species |
B.it was active in the eveing |
C.it was too small to be seen clearly |
D.it covered itself by its long tail |
What does the underlined word "That" in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A.Having been studying olingos for ten years. |
B.The short video the animal expert made. |
C.His communication with an expert in Ecuador. |
D.Differences between olingos and olinguitos. |
We can infer from the text that ______.
A.the olinguito could be made full use of |
B.the number of olinguitos is in the conutrol |
C.the clinguito is a completely new species up to now |
D.people know more and more about animals |
Seek books that interest you. Reasonable prices. Best sellers for this season.Which author tells you the way to do things with children?
A.Chris Barnardo. | B.David Peace. | C.Rachel Carson. | D.David Kynaston |
Which book would an environmentalist probably be more concemed about?
A.Red or Dead. | B.Dadcando. | C.Silent Spring | D. Family Britain. |
What is the purpose of the writer?
A.To share newly-published books. |
B.To summarize books for this season. |
C.To find some interesting books. |
D.To advertise popular books on sale. |