Once my friend Peterson bought a pack of chicken, the brand of which was very famous at that time. But when he got home he found that the chicken had gone bad. He took the chicken back to the shop and he was paid twice of the price. We may say now he should have been satisfied but my friend would not like to stop. He decided to write a letter to Frank, president of the company, who was also the founder of the chicken brand.
About a week later he received a letter written by the president himself. In the letter he apologized to my friend for it whole –heartedly .There was also a card in the envelope ,with which my friend could get another pack of chicken in any of the shops. In the end my friend was asked to answer some questions.
1. When and where did you buy the chicken?
2. What was the real problem of the chicken?
3. What did the shop ass istant say when you took the chicken back to the shop?
4. W hat do you think is the reason for the chicken to go bad?
5. What do you suggest we should do to get away from such problems?
Two days later, my friend also received a telephone call from the president’s office, asking whether he had received the letter as well as the card and then some other questions. Since then, my friend has always bought chicken of this brand whenever he wants to.What did the friend get when he took the bad chicken back to the shop?
| A．Another pack of chicken. |
| B．Two packs of chicken. |
| C．Double the price. |
| D．A whole-hearted apology. |
What did the author’s friend do when he came back from the shop after he was paid back?
| A．He felt satisfied with the result. |
| B．He wrote a letter to the President of the US. |
| C．He became very angry with the shop assistant. |
| D．He wrote a letter to the president of the company. |
What is the author’s friend’s attitude towards the chicken brand?
| A．He still believes in it. |
| B．He doesn’t believe it at all. |
| C．He will never buy it again. |
| D．He has never been satisfied with it. |
What can we infer from the passage?
| A．The company may still be a top brand now. |
| B．The president of the company is a responsible person. |
| C．The company must have closed down. |
| D．The author may also believe in the chicken brand. |
A store that sells husbands has just opened in Ottawa where a woman may go to choose a husband from many men.
The store is comprised of 6 floors and the men increase in positive attributes（品质，特点）as the shopper goes up the flights. There is, however, a catch（陷阱）. As you open the door to any floor you may choose a man from that floor, but if you go up a floor, you cannot go back down except to exit the building.
So a woman goes to the shopping center to find a husband. On the first floor the sign on the door reads: Floor 1—These men have jobs. The woman reads the sign and says to herself, “Well, that’s better than my last boyfriend, but I wonder what’s further up?”
So up she goes. The second floor sign reads: Floor 2—These men have jobs and love kids. The woman remarks to herself, “That’s great, but I wonder what’s further up?”
And up she goes again. The third floor sign reads: Floor 3—These men have jobs, love kids and are extremely good-looking. “Hmm, better.”
The fourth floor sign reads: Floor 4—These men have jobs, love kids, are extremely good-looking and help with the housework. “Wow!” exclaims the woman, “Very tempting. But, there must be more, further up!”
And again she heads up another flight. The fifth floor sign reads: Floor 5—These men have jobs, love kids, are extremely good-looking, help with the housework and have a strong romantic character. “Oh, mercy me! But just think…what must be awaiting me further on?”
So up to the sixth floor she goes. The sixth floor sign reads: Floor 6 –You are visitor 3, 456, 789,012 to this floor. There are no men on this floor. Thank you for shopping Husband Mart and have a nice day.Women tend to go up the floor until they reach the top floor because _____.
| A．they think the husbands downstairs are not suitable |
| B．they are sure that the best husbands are on the top floor |
| C．they know the catch very well |
| D．they think even better husbands may be upstairs |
The writer intends us to believe that _____.
| A．women are hard to please |
| B．husbands are hard to shop |
| C．women think they are better than men |
| D．women can’t be too careful when choosing husbands |
We can infer from the passage that _____.
| A．more women will leave the shop alone |
| B．women are romantic |
| C．women are more kind than men |
| D．women are not good at shopping husbands |
Let children judge their own work A child learning to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time: if corrected too much, he will stop talking . He notices a thousand times a day the difference between the language he uses and the language those around him use. Bit by bit, he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people's. In the same way, children learning to do all the other things without being taught, such as walking, running, climbing, riding a bicycle. They compare their own performances with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes.
But in school we never give a child a chance to find out his mistakes and correct them for himself. We do it all for him. We act as if we thought that he would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him, or correct it unless he was made t0.Let children help each other if they want--what this word says, what the answer is to that problem, whether this is a good way of saying or doing this or not
If it is a matter of right answer, as it may be in mathematics or science, give him the answer book Let him correct his own paper. Why should we teachers waste time to such routine work? Our job should be to help the child when he tells us that he can't find the way to get the right answer. Let the children learn what all educated persons must some day learn, how to measure their own understanding, how to know what they know or do not know.According to the passage, how does a child learn to speak correctly? (No more than 10 words)
According to the passage, what is the best way for children to learn thing? (No more than 10 words)
According to the writer, what should teachers do in school? (No more than 10 words)
Please explain-the underlined phrase "bit by tit” 'in English. (No more than3 words)
According to the passage why do teachers seldom give students chance to correct their own mistakes? (No more than 20 words)
As for older people, some of the applications（应用程序）are hard to use because they didn't grow up with them. They don't have simple models of how it should work. They don't know what to do when it doesn't work.
I think there is huge potential, so I have designed some for them. The ability to connect to friends, who remember the same movies, news and music, is really important, especially as people get older. They end up in retirement homes and they aren't always close to their friends. Allowing the network to help them connect with friends and family members is a really powerful thing.
My wife likes using the Internet, although it took me years to get her to use e-mail. She was born with normal hearing, but lost it when she was three years old. She was totally deaf for many years until 53 when she got ear implants（移植）．They work really well. That is a big change for her. Before then, her friends couldn't call her on the phone, so they insisted that she use e-mails to communicate with them.
The younger people don't even think of this as technology. It's just there, and they use it .There's been a very interesting change in communication styles between the old and the young .A woman named Sharryturkle wrote about this phenomenon（现象）．There are some kids who are now in their teens and are tending not to make phone calls. And they think of e-mail as old-fashioned and slow.
The reason why teens don't make phone calls seems to be that they don't know what to say. When they call they often pause for a while. On the other hand, texting is considered proper, and it's OK if you don't answer. You might have been distracted（心烦意乱的）．It's not considered rude, but it's considered unusual if you're in this kind of voice conversation and simply stop talling. We can infer from the text that the author is a____.
| A．company manger | B．program designer |
| C．college professor | D．family doctor |
Why did the author's wife connect with others by e-mail? Because she______.
| A．didn't like to talk on the phone |
| B．didn't know how to use the phone |
| C．couldn't move or meet with her friends |
| D．was deaf and couldn't hear others on the phone |
What do the young people think of the Internet according to the text?
| A．Interesting. | B．Amazing. |
| C．Common. | D．Dull. |
What is the best way for the teens to communicate with others?
| A．Sending e-mail. | B．Making phone call. |
| C．Writing letters. | D．Sending text messages. |
A British-designed electronic newspaper which is made of plastic and no larger than a table mat(垫子) is to enter the market next year. The new newspaper was conceived(想出) by Cambridge University scientists. They came up with the idea of replacing silicon chips (硅片) with plastic ones. it is being developed by Plastic Logic, a company based in Dresden, Germany.
"It looks just like a table mat, and is as light as a magazine. But you can download hundreds of newspapers at the touch of a button, and read them quite safely," the BBC reported on its website.
The plastic paper is produced in a safe "clean room" at the Plastic Logic factory, which opened last month as the world's first plastic-electronics factory. Every part of the product, from the screen to the electronics, is made of plastic. And it is described by engineer Dean Baker as "top quality". Baker says the plastic newspaper could help solve the problem of waste material associated with traditlional newspapers.
"There's a huge amount of waste . We have paper distributed（分发） all over the country each day and then thrown into the bin. This doesn't need to happen any more. All of the copies could be made electronically and stored on a single e-reader with the appearance of paper." he says.
People can expect to see the plastic newspaper next year, the BBC says. According to the first paragraph, the electronic newspaper _____.
| A．is made of silicon chips |
| B．is smaller than a table mat |
| C．was developed by a company in England |
| D．was designed by more than one person |
What's special about the electronic newspaper compared with traditional ones?
| A．It looks like a table mat |
| B．It's as light as a magazine. |
| C．People can download and read lots of newspapers on it |
| D．People can receive the BBC report at the touch of a button. |
What can we learn about the electronic newspaper from the last two paragraphs?
| A．It will produce a huge amount of plastic waste. |
| B．It will be harder to distribute than before. |
| C．It will have no visual (视觉的) appearance. |
| D．It will save a huge amount of paper. |
What's people's attitude towards the electronic newspaper according to the BBC?
| A．Hopeful. | B．Doubtful. |
| C．Disappointed. | D．Worried |
Patty Griffin
Patty Griffin is a songwriter, and has been highly respected for her works in music. Her childhood. was full of music because both her mother and her grandmother liked singing. She bought her first guitar at 16, began writing songs in high school and soon started playing with a band called Patty the Executive.
Her song l,000 Kisses won her a Grammy nomination(提名) although she lost the award.
Judy Collins
Judy Collins was an important artist in the peace movement of the 1960s. She started her own record company, Wildflower. Records. She began as a classical pianist at 13. In the 40 years that followed, Judy became known as an important American folk singer.
Odetta
One thing you always hear when people talk about Odetta is the excellent power of her voice. Known for her powerful stage presence and her skillful ability to command the simplest instruments -- her voice as well as her guitar. Odetta rose to fame singing the classic African-American folk songs and spirituals.
She has also touched the blues.
Joan Baez
Joan Baez is one of the most remarkable singers in American folk music in the 20th century. Her Father was a physicist and was forced to move the family often throughout Joan's childhood. Inspired by her experiences as a could traveling the world, Joan's music includes the peace and civil rights movement
She has been a constant voice for peace and social justice . What can we know about Patty Griffin?
| A．She has created the best works in the world. |
| B．Her mother and her grandmother taught her to sing. |
| C．Her song l,000 Kisses didn't win the Grammy award |
| D．She founded her first band Patty & the Executive. |
Who started her own record company?
| A．Patty Griffin. | B．Judy Collins. |
| C．Odetta. | D．Joan Baez. |
According to the paragraph 3, we can infer that Odetta is good at_____ .
| A．using her voice and her guitar |
| B．writing African-American songs |
| C．mixing folk music with the blues |
| D．performing various classical songs |
What was Joan's music mainly influenced by?
| A．Her father. |
| B．Her traveling as a child. |
| C．The civil rights movement |
| D．The social justice. |