 USBoy, 9, Plans to Take Balloon Flight AloneALBUQERQUE. New Mexico — Bobby Bradley is ready. He has been training for about five years and learned from some of the most experienced and decorated pilots in the sport of ballooning. |
 BENGHAZI, Libya — Muammar Gadhafi accepted an African Union(AU) plan to end the Libyan civil war but the opposite said on Monday there could be no deal unless he leaves office. |
 NEW YORK — A new book written by Amy Chua on her super-. strict parenting—Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother has raised media (媒体) storm and strong arguments in the US. Amy Chua is the mother of two teenage girls. In the book she describes her efforts to give her children what she describes as a traditional, strict "Chinese" way of bringing up children. |
 TOKYO — The operator of Japan’s quake-hit nuclear plant( 受地震袭击的核电站) said on Sunday it aims to reduce radiation leaks(辐射泄漏) in three months and achieve a "cold shutdown" in six to nine months. |
 LOS ANGELES — Sunday night, the 83 annual (每年一度的) Academy Awards took place in Los Angeles. Colin Firth won the Best Actor for his role in "The King’s Speech”, and Natalie Port man won the Best Actress Oscar for her role in " Black Swan". |
Judge the following sentences True (T) or False (F).A 9-year-old American boy is ready to take a balloon flight on his own after training for about five years.
Gadhafi agreed to end the Libyan civil war but the opposite wouldn’t accept it if he leaves office.
"Tiger Mother" parenting raises media storm in the US, but all people agree other traditional, strict "Chinese" way of bringing up children.
Japan tries to fix radiation leaks in 9 months.
Natalie won the Best Actress Oscar for her role in "The King’s Speech" while Colin won the Best Actor for his role in "Black Swan. "
The rapid growth of Smartphones and electronic tablets（平板电脑）is making the Internet favourite for Americans reading news, a report said.
News consumption online increased 17% last year from the year before. Television news, newspapers, radio and magazines all lost audience last year. For the first time, the number of people who get news online at least three times a week is larger than the number of people who get news from the newspapers. TV news has been the most popular since the 1960s. It has replaced the afternoon newspapers. But now the online news seems to be more popular than the TV news.
People are used to having the Internet available on phones or small tablets. In December, 2010, 41% of Americans said they got most of their news on the Internet, more than double the 17% who said that a year earlier, the report said. In January, 2011, 7% of Americans owned electronic tablets, nearly double what it was three months earlier. It was the fastest-growing new digital technology, ahead of mobile phones when they were introduced. The online ad income was expected to surpass（超过）print newspaper ad income for the first time in 2010.
The news business used to be the intermediary（中介）. You needed newspapers and TV stations to reach your customers. In this age of the computer, it’s the software developers that you need.Americans like getting news from ________ best today.
| A．TV news |
| B．the Internet |
| C．newspapers |
| D．radios |
About ________ % of Americans got most of their news on the Internet in 2009.
| A．7 |
| B．17 |
| C．24 |
| D．51 |
Which of the following media has more readers?
① TV news② the Internet③ the afternoon newspapers
| A．①>②>③ |
| B．②>①>③ |
| C．③>①>② |
| D．③>②>① |
About 3.5% of Americans had electronic tablets in ________.
| A．October, 2010 |
| B．December, 2010 |
| C．February, 2011 |
| D．March, 2011 |
The news business depends on ________ today.
| A．the reporters |
| B．the readers |
| C．the newspaper sellers |
| D．the software developers |
London is a good place for kids! The museums listed here will welcome children and make their visit fun.
| Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood It's famous for its collection of toys, dolls and children's costumes. It also offers a lively program of activities on weekends and during holidays. Address: Cambridge, Heath Road, E2 Phone: 020 8983 5200 Price: Free |
Theater Museum It tills the history of the performing arts in the UK. The collection includes displays on theater, dance, opera, musicals, rock and pop. Address: Russell Street, WC2E Phone: 020 7943 4700 Price: Free Nearest Station: Covent Garden Tube |
| London's Transport Museum Travel through time and discover the colorful story of London's famous transportation system, from 1800 to the present day. Through exciting displays of buses, trams and trains. Address: London's Transport Museum, WCE2 Phone: 020 7379 6344 Nearest Station: Govent Garden Tube |
Natural History Museum It has hundreds of exciting exhibits. It also allows visitors to meet museum researchers and find out about their work, and learn about recent scientific discoveries and the museum's collections. Address: Cromwell Road, SW7 Phone: 020 7942 5000 Price: Free Nearest Station: South Kensington Tube |
The museums are mostly for ________.
| A．parents | B．children | C．teachers | D．scientists |
If you want to visit Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood, you can _______.
| A．call 020 7943 4700 |
| B．go to Cromwell Road |
| C．call 020 8983 5200 |
| D．go to South Kensington Tube Station |
If you want to know about operas, you should go to ________.
| A．Natural History Museum |
| B．Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood |
| C．Theater Museum |
| D．London’s Transport Museum |
You don't need to pay to visit any of the museums except for ________.
| A．Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood |
| B．London's Transport Museum |
| C．Natural History Museum |
| D．Theater Museum |
You may find these ads at ________.
| A．www.friendship.com | B．www.inventors.com |
| C．www.londontown.com | D．www.jokesfind.com |
Sales of laptop computers passed desktops in the U.S. for the first time ever this fall, according to market-research firm IDC. That's bad news for backs, necks and shoulders.
Laptops are bad for our body. When you work at a computer, the keyboard should be at elbow height and the monitor should be roughly at eye level, so you can sit well in a chair. But most users simply set their laptops on a desk or table. The keyboard is too high, which makes your arms reach up, your shoulders feel tired and your wrists bend down. The monitor is too low, which pulls your head and neck forward and down and your back may feel hurt.
That's OK if you use your laptop for a short time. But if you use one for hours without stopping – as do millions of college students, business travelers, telecommuters, video-gamers and growing numbers of office workers – your body may feel hurt. Ergonomics experts have warned about laptop problems for years. But people still like laptops better than the desktops. And they use laptops anywhere – in bed, on the floor – in all kinds of positions.
“How can a mouse or a keyboard hurt you?” says Thomas Caffrey, the founder of Myofactors LLC, “Wrong positions can be bad for your body. As time goes by, a wrong position can lead to pain in the neck, shoulders, back and arms, as well as headaches.”When you work at a computer, the keyboard should be ________.
| A．at elbow height | B．at eye height |
| C．on a desk | D．on a table |
The writer asks us not to use the laptop ________.
| A．for a short time | B．to play video games |
| C．for hours without stopping | D．to buy things on the Internet |
From the passage, we know that laptop computers ________.
| A．are not so popular as the desktops |
| B．are more popular than the desktops |
| C．are not bad for our body |
| D．have no mouse now |
Using a laptop in a wrong position may make ________.
| A．people’s sight lower | B．people have cancer |
| C．people’s arm longer | D．people feel pain in the body |
According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
| A．When you use a laptop, you should put your monitor at eye height. |
| B．Laptop computers sold more than desktops this autumn. |
| C．To keep healthy, you should use laptop computers. |
| D．Business travelers often use the laptop computers for a long time. |
Once there was a king. He had two old ministers. One was kind and the other was bad. The bad minister often said bad words about the kind minister before the king. The king was very angry.
One day the king said to the bad minister, “Write two words on two pieces of paper. Write ‘live’ on one piece and ‘die’ on the other. Then put them in a jar and tell him to choose. If he takes out the paper with ‘live’ on it, I’ll let him go. If he takes out the paper with ‘die’ on it, I’ll kill him at once. ”
The bad minister was quite happy. He got two pieces of paper ready. He wrote ‘die’ on each piece of paper.
The kind old man came. He knew the bad minister wanted to kill him. He also knew the words on the two pieces were both “die”. But he knew what to do. Later the king had to keep his word and let the old minister go. Do you know what the kind man did about this at that time?
He chose a piece of paper and ate it, When they saw the word “die” on the other piece, the king and other ministers thought the word on the piece that the kind man had eaten must be “live”, so he saved his own life by his cleverness . The king was angry with ________.
| A．himself | B．the kind minister |
| C．the bad minister | D．all the ministers |
Who was told to write “live” and “die”?
| A．The king. | B．The bad minister . |
| C．The kind minister. | D．The two ministers. |
The kind minister would ________ if he chose the paper with “live” on it.
| A．die | B．live | C．give it back | D．run |
There is no “live” on both pieces of paper because ________.
| A．The kind minister didn’t want it |
| B．the bad minister couldn’t write the word |
| C．the king told the bad minister not to write it |
| D．the bad minister hated the kind minister and wanted to kill him |
________ must be disappointed in the end.
| A．The king | B．The kind minister |
| C．The bad minister | D．All the other ministers |
Here are the twin sisters, Lily and Lucy. They are in Miss Gao’s class. They are two new students. They’re eleven. This is their room. It’s a nice room. There are two beds in the room. One is Lucy’s and the other is Lily’s. They look the same. Their coats are on their beds. We can’t see their shoes. They’re under their beds.
The twins have two desks and chairs. Their clocks, books and pencil boxes are on the desks. Their schoolbags are behind the chairs.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。 What kind(种类) of room is it?
| A．It’s a classroom. | B．It’s a bedroom. |
| C．It’s a big room. | D．It’s a nice room. |
Which one is NOT TRUE?
| A．Lily’s coat is on her bed. |
| B．Lucy’s shoes are under her chair. |
| C．There are two beds in the room. |
| D．They are students. |
Lucy and Lily are _____________.
| A．women | B．sons | C．sisters | D．brothers |
Where are their books?
| A．On the desks. | B．In the beds. |
| C．Under the beds. | D．Behind the chairs. |