Mobile Phones in Schools
Mobile phones have become a problem for middle schools. Some middle schools in Australia have forbidden(禁止) students to carry mobile phones during school hours.
Mobile phone use among children has become a problem for the school this year. Several children have got mobile phones as Christmas gifts and more students will want them.
Mary Bluett, an official, said mobile phone use is a distraction(分心的事) to students during school hours and it also gives teachers so much trouble in their classrooms. Teachers were also saying that sometimes students might use phone messages to cheat during exams.
She said some schools had tried to forbid mobile phones to be used at school. Some parents felt unhappy because they couldn’t get in touch with their children. Many teachers said students should not have mobile phones at school, but if there was a good reason, they could leave their phones at school office. They also said there were many reasons why the students should not have mobile phones at school: they were easy to lose and were a distraction from studies.
Many people say that they understood why parents would want their children to have mobile phones, but they think schools should let the students know when they can use their mobile phones.
| A．because they are students | B．when they are free |
| C．when they are at school | D．because they are children |
| A．the makers and sellers | B．the passers-by and strangers |
| C．their parents and friends | D．some mobile phone users |
| A．聊天 | B．核对 | C．查询 | D．作弊 |
| A．use their mobile phones |
| B．leave their mobile phones at school office |
| C．help the teachers with their work |
| D．get in touch with their children |
| A．students shouldn’t have mobile phones at school except for some special reasons |
| B．it is impossible to forbid students to use mobile phones at school |
| C．some parents felt unhappy because they couldn’t use their phones at school |
| D．parents should teach their children how to use mobile phones during school hours |
It never occurred to Sun Yukun that the decision he made four years ago would have an impact on his career. When the 22-year-old entered college in 2009, he decided not to change his rural residence to a students’ collective one. But when he finished college and was offered a job with a state-owned enterprise in Beijing, Sun was told that he couldn’t accept the offer unless he had an urban hukou (household registration record). This time, he had no choice but to change his residence status.
Transferring hukou to a university became optional in 2003, and many students are confronted with the dilemma of whether to do so or not. Professionals suggest they make the decision based on their current situation and future plans.
‘I regret transferring my hukou’
Wang Jinbi, 20, is an accounting major at Beijing Union University. Coming from Chifeng, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, she transferred her hukou when she enrolled at university.
“I didn’t think it was a big deal,” Wang says. “Since I’m registering under an urban hukou, it doesn’t matter whether it’s in Beijing or Inner Mongolia, I thought.”
What Wang didn’t expect, however, is that she would regret her decision later. “After two years of study, I’ve figured out my future plans. I want to return to my hometown and make a living there,” she says. That means Wang needs to transfer her hukou back again, which she worries will be a troublesome procedure.
“I have a friend who graduated last year. She spent a lot of time and energy transferring her hukou back to her hometown again due to complicated paperworks,” says Wang.
Guidelines for transferring hukou
Wang’s experience is not uncommon. Many students don’t know what their decision means for their future.
In order to help these students, Xie Yongqiang, from the Chengdu Municipal Bureau of Justice, posted a guideline for transferring hukou on a micro blog. According to Xie, students should firstly think about where they’re going to stay. “If you like the city where you’re studying and are considering staying there after graduation, then you should transfer your hukou,” he wrote.
Students should also transfer their hukou if they intend to participate in an exchange program. According to Ju Haojie, deputy director of the household registration department at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, when applying for exchange programs, it saves a lot of trouble if students have a collective hukou registered under the university.
But Xie also made suggestions for students with a rural registration. “If your family has land and a house, it’s possible that you’ll get a share of compensation in the event of a forced relocation. For those students, I would recommend them not to transfer their hukou,” he wrote. This doesn’t affect students in terms of receiving medical insurance and other benefits at university.
‘I want to stay in Beijing’
Sometimes, students abandon their rural hukou for the prospect of a better future. Tang Yanwei is one of them. The 23-year-old from Yantai, Shandong province, had a rural hukou but transferred it after enrolling at Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture.
Although there are a lot of preferential policies for rural residents, for Tang, an urban hukou in Beijing is attractive. “I want to stay in Beijing, so a students’ collective Beijing urban hukou is a promising start,” he says. “I’ll do anything that could help me stay here. After all, there’s no turning back for me now.”How many examples are mentioned in the passage?
| A．Two. | B．Three |
| C．Four. | D．Five. |
Which of the following statements is NOT true?
| A．Sun Yukun thinks the decision he made four years ago would have an effect on his career. |
| B．Wang Jinbi regrets transforming her hukou and she wants to stay at home. |
| C．Xie Yongqiang says if someone likes the city where they’re studying and are considering staying there after graduation, then he should transfer Hukou. |
| D．Tang Yanwei wantsto stay in Beijing, so he transforms his hukou. |
Under which circumstance can we NOT transfer our hukou?
| A．If you want to stay at the city where you are studying. |
| B．If you want to participate in an exchange program. |
| C．If you want a better future. |
| D．If your family has land and a house and will get a share of compensation due to a forced relocation. |
What can we infer from the passage?
| A．Sun Yukun had to change his residence status for he liked Beijing. |
| B．Wang Jinbi wants to transform her hukou back, because she wants to make a living in her hometown. |
| C．Xie Yongqiang says there is no need for students to transform their hukou. |
| D．Tang Yanwei wants an urban hukou in Beijing, for there are plenty of preferential policies. |
What is the best title of the passage?
| A．We Students Should Transform Hukou |
| B．Transform Hukou for a Better Future |
| C．Hukou Brings Tricky Choice |
| D．It’s Troublesome to Transform Hukou |
Fifty years ago, Martin Luther King dreamed of an America that would one day deliver on its promise of equality for all of its citizens, black as well as white. Today, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has a dream, too: he wants to provide Internet access to the world’s five billion people who do not now have it. But the world currently faces a growing technological divide, with implications for equality, liberty, and the right to pursue happiness.
Around the world, more than two billion people live in the Digital Age. They can access a vast universe of information, communicate at little or no cost with their friends and family, and connect with others with whom they can cooperate in new ways. The other five billion are still stuck in the Paper Age in which my generation grew up.
Internet.org, a global partnership launched by Zuckerberg, plans to bring the two-thirds of the world’s population without Internet access into the Digital Age. The partnership consists of seven major information-technology companies, as well as non-profit organizations and local communities.
A friend working to provide family-planning advice to poor Kenyans recently told me that so many women were coming to the clinic that she could not spend more than five minutes with each. These women have only one source of advice, and one opportunity to get it, but if they had access to the Internet, the information could be there for them whenever they wanted it.
Enlarging our vision still more, it is a hope that putting the world’s poor online would result in connections between them and more affluent people, leading to more assistance. Research shows that people are more likely to donate to a charity helping the hungry if they are given a photo and told the name and age of a girl like those the charity is aiding. If a mere photo and a few identifying details can do that, what might Skyping with the person do?
Providing universal Internet access can also raise new risks and sensitive ethical issues, the distinctiveness of local cultures may be eroded, which has both a good and a bad side, for such cultures can restrict freedom and deny equality of opportunity. On the whole, though, it is reasonable to expect that giving poor people access to knowledge and the possibility of connecting with people anywhere in the world will be socially transforming in a very positive way.What is Zuckerberg’s purpose of providing Internet access to people who do not now have it?
| A．Attracting more users for his social network. |
| B．Making people without Internet enjoy the benefits of it. |
| C．Establishing connections will affluent people and organizations. |
| D．Helping poor people being available to necessary cure. |
Internet.org is made up of .
| A．Zuckerberg, several major information-technology companies and nonprofit organizations |
| B．nonprofit organizations and a person working to provide family-planning advice to poor people |
| C．seven major information-technology companies, nonprofit organization and national communities |
| D．some information-technology companies, nonprofit organization and local communities |
What does the underlined word in para.5 refer to?
| A．Communicating online by using an Internet tool. |
| B．Playing online games. |
| C．Taking pictures using a digital camera. |
| D．Donating through a personal computer. |
What does the author want to express in the last paragraph?
| A．We should use the Internet without any restrict. |
| B．The Internet should be developed in a very positive way. |
| C．We can develop our local culture on the Internet. |
| D．Using the Internet can lead to negative effects. |
A man may usually be known by the books he reads as well as by the company he keeps; for there is a companionship of books as well as of men; and one should always live in the best company, whether it be of books or of men.
A good book may be among the best of friends. It is the same today that it always was, and it will never change. It is the most patient and cheerful of companions. It does not turn its back upon us in times of adversity or distress. It always receives us with the same kindness; amusing and instructing us in youth, and comforting and consoling us in age.
Men often discover their affinity(密切关系) to each other by the mutual love they have for a book just as two persons sometimes discover a friend by the admiration which both entertain for a third. There is an old proverb, ‘Love me, love my dog.” But there is more wisdom in this:” Love me, love my book.” The book is a truer and higher bond of union. Men can think, feel, and sympathize with each other through their favorite author. They live in him together, and he in them.
A good book is often the best urn(瓮) of a life enshrining the best that life could think out; for the world of a man’s life is, for the most part, but the world of his thoughts. Thus the best books are treasuries of good words, the golden thoughts, which, remembered and cherished, become our constant companions and comforters.
Books possess an essence of immortality. They are by far the most lasting products of human effort. Temples and statues decay, but books survive. Time is of no account with great thoughts, which are as fresh today as when they first passed through their author’s minds, ages ago. What was then said and thought still speaks to us as vividly as ever from the printed page. The only effect of time have been to sift out the bad products; for nothing in literature can long survive e but what is really good.Why does the author think a good book may be among the best of friends according to paragraph2?
| A．Because it is just like a person |
| B．Because it contains all kinds of knowledge. |
| C．Because it doesn’t turn its back upon us when we are in difficulty. |
| D．Because it can comfort and console us in youth, and amuse and instruct us in age. |
What’s the meaning of “Love me, love my book.” in paragraph 3?
| A．If you love me, you must love my book, too. |
| B．The book can be a bond between us. |
| C．Books are our friends. |
| D．If you love reading books, we will be friends. |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．The world of a man’s thoughts is the world of his life for the most part. |
| B．All kinds of books are our constant companions and comforters. |
| C．Temples, statues and books all decay in the future. |
| D．Only literature can long survive in books. |
The best title of the passage is .
| A．Reading Books | B．A Good Book |
| C．Our Best Friend | D．Companionship of Books |
请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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12 Years a Slave |
| Release Date: Oct18, 2013 Runtime: 2 hr. 14min. Director: Steve McQueen Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Paul Giamatti, Alfre Woodard. |
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| Chiwetel Ejiofor stars in the true story of Solomon Northup, a free man in 1800s New York State, who was kidnapped and forced into slavery on a plantation near New Orleans, and his subsequent fight for freedom with the help of a Canadian abolitionist(Brad Pitt). |
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Lost for Words |
| Release Date: Oct18, 2013 Runtime: 1 hr. 47min. Genres: Drama, Romance Cast: Hugh Grant, Zhang Ziyi, Sean Fairs, Grace Huang |
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| Amidst the sweeping cityscape of Hong Kong, “Fate”brings two lost souls together in this multilingual cross-cultural romance. Arriving on the same day, Michael, an American ex-Marine(退役海军), and Anna, a ballerina(芭蕾舞女演员) from Beijing, are both dealing with the aftermath(余波) of failed relationships. As their two worlds mix, romance blossoms. |
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The Fifth Estate |
| Release Date: Oct11, 2013 Runtime: 2 hr. 8min. Director: Bill Condon Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Daniel Bruhl, Laura Linney |
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| The story is about the creation of WikiLeaks(维基解密) by the ambitious Julian Assange, played by Benedict Cumberbatch. The movie opens with Assange hiring Daniel Domscheit-Berg(Daniel Bruhl), a fellow tech talent, to help him keep his new website operational. Soon the pair find themselves in possession of information that will bring down a corrupt bank. But it’s just the tip of the iceburg. |
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Wedding Palace |
| Release Date: Sept 27, 2013 Runtime: 1 hr. 29 min. Director: Christine Yoo Cast: Brain Tee, Kang Hye-jung, Bobby Lee |
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| Abandoned at the wedding, Jason’s(Brian Tee)family quickly introduces him to other eager brides in waiting, he rejects them all. On a business trip to Korea, Jason meets the girl of his dreams, Na Young(Kang Hye-jung). There will be a dramatically romantic love story waiting for them. |
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| A．12 Years a Slave | B．Lost for Words |
| C．The Fifth Estate | D．Wedding Palace |
Which of the following is the information about the movie based on the true history more than one hundred years ago?
| A．It’s directed by Steve McQueen. |
| B．It has Asian actresses. |
| C．It’s a story about a famous website |
| D．It will be released on September. |
Overlooking the swollen banks of the Missouri River at Omaha’s riverfront landing, one scientist has an important explanation for the past three months of flooding .While many consider the flood to be man-made, a result of water released by the US. Army Corps of Engineers upriver, his theory aims to look deeper into the root of the problem.
“The Missouri River is flooding,” said Dr. James Hansen, Director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, during a visit to Omaha on Tuesday.”We’ve had floods that usually only happen once in every hundred years a couple of times on the Missouri River recently. That’s one of the expected consequences of the increasing level of atmospheric carbon dioxide.”
Hansen, who is considered to be one of the world’s leading experts on global warming , said the Missouri River is an example of how global warming is affecting the earth .”Unless you do statistics ,and you see that the frequency of these events is changing , it’s not so easy to see that changes are occurring , because the climate system has large inertia (惯性),”he said .
Hansen explained, “The ocean is four kilometers deep, and the ice sheets are two or three kilometers thick , so they don’t respond immediately as we begin to change the atmospheric composition .We’ve only experienced about half of the warming that will be caused by the gases already in the atmosphere .The full effect is going to be felt by our children and grandchildren .And if we continue to increase the amount of CO2, the effect will be even larger.”
Hansen drew a comparison, “If we spend more money than what we’re taking in , we’re leaving a debt for our children and grandchildren to deal with .”According to Hansen, the responsibility lies in effective policy making to fight against global warming .That includes a gradual reduction in carbon emissions .Hansen suggests that a rising price be placed on carbon emissions, which should be collected from the fossil fuel companies at the first sale .
Without effective measures taken by the government, Hansen said the public could expect more of the recent extreme weather patterns,, including more severe droughts and floods in the decades ahead .Many people think the reason for the flooding of the Missouri River is _____.
| A．the army releasing water upriver |
| B．the effects of global warming |
| C．the increasing level of carbon dioxide |
| D．the dam at Omaha’s riverfront breaking |
Which of the following statements is true ?
| A．Hansen thought we have already experienced the full effect of the global warming. |
| B．The Missouri River flooded every hundred years in the past. |
| C．The effects of global warming will not get any worse than they are now. |
| D．As soon as people stop releasing carbon, there won’t be any more global warming. |
What did Hansen compare the fight against global warming to in the fifth paragraph?
| A．A price adjustment plan |
| B．The handling of the money |
| C．A fight against the fossil fuel companies |
| D．The bringing up of children |
What would be the best title for the text?
| A．The Extreme Weather Patterns in the USA |
| B．The Greenhouse Effect |
| C．A Debt for Our Children and Grandchildren |
| D．The Reason for the Missouri River Flooding |
From the passage, we can infer that ____________.
| A．the increasing level of atmospheric carbon dioxide has nothing to do with the global warming |
| B．the flooding of the Missouri River is an unexpected result of the global warming |
| C．because of the global warming the ice sheets are melting |
| D．people is easy to see the changes without referring to some statistics |