Forkidsandmanyadults,aSanDiego-优题课

The majority of Indian women wear a red dot (圆点) between their eyebrows. While it is generally taken as an indicator of their marital (婚姻的) status, the practice is primarily related to the Hindu religion. The dot goes by different names in different Hindi dialects, and “bindi” is the one that is most commonly known. Traditionally, the dot carries no gender restriction: Men as well as women wear it. However, the tradition of men wearing it has faded in recent times, so nowadays we see a lot more women than men wearing one.
The position of the bindi is standard: center of the forehead, close to the eyebrows. It represents a third, or inner eye. Hindu tradition holds that all people have three eyes: The two outer ones are used for seeing the outside world, and the third one is there to focus inward toward God. As such, the dot serves as a constant reminder to keep God in the front of a believer’s thoughts.
Red is the traditional color of the dot. It is said that in ancient times a man would place a drop of blood between his wife’s eyes to seal their marriage. According to Hindu beliefs, the color red is believed to bring good fortune to the married couple. Today, people go with different colors depending upon their preferences. Women often wear dots that match the color of their clothes. Decorative or sticker bindis come in all sizes, colors and variations, and can be worn by young and old, married and unmarried people alike. Wearing a bindi has become more of a fashion statement than a religious custom.
Why did people in India start wearing a red dot on their forehead?

A．To indicate their social rank.

B．To show their financial status.

C．To show their religious belief.

D．To highlight their family background.

What is the importance of the third eye in Hindu tradition?

A．To pay respect to God.

B．To stay in harmony with nature.

C．To see things with a subjective view.

D．To observe the outside world more clearly.

Why was red chosen as the original color of the bindi?

A．The red dot represented the blood of God.

B．Red stood for a wife’s love for her husband.

C．The word “bindi” means “red” in some Hindi dialects.

D．Red was supposed to bring good luck to a married couple.

Which of the following statements is true about the practice of wearing a bindi today?

A．Bindis are now used as a decorative item.

B．Bindis are worn anywhere on the face now.

C．Most Indian women do not like to wear bindis anymore.

D．Wearing a bindi has become more popular among Indian men.

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

A．Sea World San Diego	B．San Diego Zoo
C．Maritime Museum of San Diego	D．Old Town Trolley Tours