Mark Zuckerberg was born on May 14, 1984. As a little kid, he loved creating little fun computer programs, especially communication tools and games.
When he was a student at Harvard University, Mark founded (创建)Facebook on February 4, 2004. Through Facebook, Harvard students could communicate with each other. Facebook quickly became a great success at Harvard and more than two-thirds of the school’s students used it in the first two weeks. It soon spread further to any university students, then high school students, and, finally, to anyone aged 13 and over in the US.
Facebook developed fast and became popular. People can communicate with others, add friends, and send them messages. Now, it has more than 175 million users all over the world.
Many big companies have offered a very high price to buy Facebook, but Mark refused them all. His reason was simple. “We are not planning to sell it. We don’t want to make money from it. We just hope Facebook will make it easier for people to know each other.”
Sometimes the simplest ideas go the furthest. We hope Mark can go much further, maybe even further than Bill Gates! What was Mark interested in when he was a little kid?
Where was Facebook first used in the United States?
How many people use Facebook in the world now?
Why did Mark not want to sell Facebook to other companies?
What do you think of Mark Zuckerberg? (请考生自拟一句话作答)
Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa and one of the largest free-standing mountains in the world, and some say, the most beautiful place on the earth!
The mountain towers 15,000 feet above the plains. Mount Kilimanjaro is in Tanzania and it covers an area of 60 miles long and 40 miles wide. Kilimanjaro is an extinct volcano(死火山), with 3 peaks. Kibo is the highest one in the center.
Because of Kilimanjaro’s great height(高度), the mountain influences its own weather. Winds coming from the Indian Ocean are stopped upward by the mountain and drop their moisture(湿气) as rain and snow. People have planted coffee, corn, and other crops on the lower slopes(斜坡).
Mount Kilimanjaro now attracts many thousands of walkers each year. Because of a temperature growth in recent years, the beautiful snow cap of Kilimanjaro is retreating(消退)fast. A research said that the white snow on the mountain might be gone in 15 years. What a pity!The writer is worried about Mount Kilimanjaro’s ________.
| A.great height | B.extinct volcano |
| C.rainforests | D.white snow cap |
Mount Kilimanjaro is __________
| A.the highest mountain in the world |
| B.an active volcano |
| C.a free-standing mountain |
| D.15,000 feet above the sea level |
The snow on the mountain comes from ________.
| A.the Indian Ocean | B.the Pacific Ocean |
| C.the Atlantic Ocean | D.the Red Sea |
_________ influences the mountain’s own weather.
| A.Rain and snow | B.Its great height |
| C.Crops | D.The moisture |
People should _______ to stop the mountain’s snow cap from melting.
| A.save the water of the Indian Ocean |
| B.protect the environment |
| C.not visit Kilimanjaro |
| D.not plant crops on the mountain |
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| 5 Sept |
18:30-21:30 |
100m Butterfly |
SW001 |
£450 |
£150 |
£95 |
£65 |
£40 |
| 400m Freestyle |
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| 100m breakstroke |
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| 5 Sept |
19:00-22:00 |
Teams: Round 1 |
TT14 |
£110 |
£85 |
£55 |
£35 |
£20 |
| Teams: Round 2 |
※ SW= Swimming TT=" Table" tennis
The12th National Games in2013 were held in ______________.
| A.Chengdu | B.Beijing |
| C.Shanghai | D.Liaoning |
There are _________ categories of tickets.
| A.four | B.five |
| C.six | D.seven |
The table tennis will last for _______________ according to the form.
| A.three hours | B.four hours |
| C.five hours | D.six hours |
We can NOT see ____________ in the swimming match on Sept5th.
| A.freestyle | B.breaststroke |
| C.butterfly | D.backstroke |
If Mr. and Mrs. Brown want to enjoy the swimming match, how much will they pay?
| A.£170 | B.£120 | C.£190 | D.£320 |
A man and his wife worked for Mr. Smith. There was a big box in Mr. Smith’s living room. He pointed at the box and said, “There is only one thing you mustn’t do. Don’t open the box.” After saying this, he left the living room.
The woman said to her husband, “There must be something expensive in the box. Let’s open it, shall we?” Her husband said nothing. The woman didn’t give up her idea. One day, she made up her mind to find out what was in it. Her husband didn’t stop her this time. She opened the box and looked inside. She found ___________ in the box and tried hard to close it, but she failed.
That evening Mr. Smith came home and found the box was open. He was very angry and decided to ask the woman and her husband to leave his home.
“But there was nothing in the box.” The woman said. “We didn’t take anything at all.” Mr. Smith shouted at them, “The box is not important. I can’t believe you. That’s important.”
按要求完成下列各题。Where is the big box?(根据短文内容回答问题)
What did Mr. Smith tell the man and his wife not to do?(根据短文内容回答问题)
Was the box very important to Mr. Smith? (根据短文内容回答问题)
从短文中找出与下面句子画线部分意思最相近的单词。
She made up her mind to find out what was in it. _________________根据短文内容,将下面句子所缺的单词补充完整。
She found ___________ in the box and tried hard to close it, but she failed.
On a Friday night, a poor young man stood at the gate of the railway station, playing his violin. The music was so great that many people stopped to put some money into his hat.
The next day, the young man came to the same place again. He put down his hat as usual. Beside the hat was a piece of paper with some words on it, “George Sang has put an important thing into my hat carelessly. Welcome to claim (认领) it.” Then he began to play the violin. Soon he was surrounded (围绕) by many people. They all wanted to know what the words on the paper meant. After an hour a man named George Sang ran here quickly and got back his important thing. He said many thanks to the young man.
The important thing was a lottery ticket (彩票). Sang bought it and won a prize of $500,000. But when he gave $50 to the young man for his wonderful music, he threw the lottery ticket, too.
Later people asked the young man why he didn’t keep the lottery ticket for himself. The young man said, “Though I don’t have much money, I live happily. If I lose honesty (诚实), I won’t be happy any longer.” The young man played the violin for ______ at the gate of the railway station.
A. money B. tickets C. food The young man came to the station again on _________.
A. Friday B. Saturday C. Sunday George Sang must be very _______ to get back the important thing.
A. sorry B. worried C. happy Which of the following is TRUE?
A. George Sang gave money to the young man for his music.
B. The lottery ticket was important because it was worth $500.
C. The poor young man kept the lottery ticket for himself. What’s the best title for the passage?
A. The Happiness of Playing the Violin
B. The Advantage of Buying a Lottery Ticket
C. The Importance of Being Honesty
How would you help African people? Here are some children’s ideas.
| I think being healthy is the most important thing. We should give money to help the people there get clean water and better health care. ——Toby, aged 16, Australia |
People seem to give more money to charity (慈善机构) when there is a big disaster like the earthquake. It’s good for people to do so, but I also think that people should get into the habit of giving money to charity all the time. ——Ava, aged 15, America |
| Giving money to charity can help, but it’s not the answer. I think what these countries need is good education (教育). Knowledge can make people’s life better and better. ——Neil, aged 14, England |
The best thing we can do is to send professionals (专业人士) like doctors and teachers there. They can teach the people how to help themselves. ——Edwin, aged 16, Canada |
The children are giving suggestions to help _________ people.
A. Canadian B. African C. AustralianToby thinks _________ is the most important thing.
A. health B. food C. water The underlined word “disaster” means “_________” in Chinese.
A. 组织 B. 惩罚 C. 灾难 _________ think knowledge can make the life better.
A. Toby and Ava
B. Ava and Neil
C. Neil and EdwinFrom the passage, we know the four children _________.
A. are of the same age
B. come from different countries
C. give much money to help the poor people