The average American child spends three to five hours a day watching TV. In 1961, the average child began to watch television at age three; however, today it is nine months. Yet, most parents think that television has bad influence on their children. For example, in the early 1970s, my parents believed that my bad eyesight was the result of sitting too close to the screen, and they therefore made my stay at least six feet from it. Today, most people have no such worry, but many new ridiculous (荒谬的) sayings have appeared:
*TV makes kids stupid. Many children watch more educational programs when they are pre-schoolers. When they grow up, they can read more books and have much better ideas to solve difficult problems than other children.
*TV makes kids violent. The real story is not so simple. Hundreds of studies show that watching violence on TV makes children more aggressive (好斗的). But a study of over 5,000 children also finds that some positive programs make children kinder. The problem is that kids are increasingly watching shows with violence instead of those suitable for their age.
*Sitting around watching TV makes kids overweight. An experiment finds that when children watch less television, they do lose extra weight; however, reducing their television time does not make them more active. The real problem lies in snacking (吃零食). A widespread habit for kids, and junk-food advertisements.
*TV helps kids get to sleep. The opposite is true. The more television children watch, the more likely they are to have irregular sleep and nap(小睡) patterns. Allowing kids to watch television is part of the problem, not the solution.Which one is the advantage of educational TV programs?
| A．They will make children solve difficult problems better than others. |
| B．they will improve children’s ability to get along with others. |
| C．They are likely to make children more aggressive. |
| D．They will make sure of children’s success in the future. |
Why are children spending much time watching TV likely to be fat?
| A．Watching TV makes children lazy and inactive. |
| B．Children are attracted by the food advertisement on TV. |
| C．Watching TV doesn’t burn up as much fat as doing sports. |
| D．Children like to snack while watching TV. |
What influence does watching TV have on a child’s sleep?
| A．Children are likely to sleep deeper after watching TV. |
| B．Children’s sleep time will be greatly reduced. |
| C．It will make children form a bad habit of sleeping. |
| D．It will make children sleep easier. |
What is the purpose of this text?
| A．To increase people’s knowledge of watching TV. |
| B．To warn parents of the disadvantages of watching TV. |
| C．To explain the bad influences that watching TV has on children. |
| D．To correct parents’ wrong ideas of television’s effect on children. |
Annealing is a way of making metal softer by heating it and then letting it cool very slowly. If metal is heated and then cooled very quickly, for example by dipping (浸) it in water, it will be very hard but also very brittle (脆) —that is , it will break easily. Metal that has been annealed is soft but does not break as easily. It is possible to make metal as hard or as soft as is wished, by annealing it. The metal is heated, and allowed to cool slowly for a certain length of time. The longer the heated metal takes to cool slowly, the softer it becomes. Annealing can also be used on other materials, such as glass. Annealing can make metal
| A．hard and tough (韧). | B．hard but brittle. |
| C．soft but tough. | D．soft and brittle. |
Why do people put hot metal in water?
| A．To make it hard. | B．To make it soft. |
C．To ma ke it cool. |
D．To make it brittle. |
As suggested by the text, how ca
n glass be made less brittle?
| A．It can be heated and then cooled quickly. |
| B．It can be cooled and then heated slowly. |
| C．It can be heated and then cooled slowly. |
| D．It can be cooled and then heated quickly. |
A well-known old man was being interviewed (采访) and asked if it was correct that he had just celebrated his ninety-nine birthday.
“That’s right.” said the old man. “Ninety-nine years old, and I haven’t an enemy in the world. They’re all dead.”
“Well, sir.” said the interviewer, “I hope very much to have the honour of interviewing you on your hundredth birthday.”
The old man looked at the young man closely, and said, “I can’t see why you shouldn’t. you look fit and healthy to me!” The old man said he had not an enemy in the world, which shows that he was a very .
| A．friendly man—he never made any enemies |
B．healthy man—he lived longer than  all his enemies |
| C．lucky man—his enemies had all died |
| D．terrible man—he had got rid of all his enemies |
When the interviewer said that he hoped very much to have the honor of interviewing the old man again the following year, .
| A．he was trying to make the old man happy |
| B．he wished he himself would live another year |
| C．he did not believe the old man would live to be one hundred |
| D．he did not believe he would interview the old man again |
W
hen the old man said, “I can’t see why you shouldn’t”, what he meant was .
| A．“You must try to live another year to interview me again next year” |
| B．“Of course you can see me again since you’re so fit and healthy” |
| C．“If I live to a hundred years, you should interview me again” |
| D．“Unless you live another year, you wouldn’t be able to interview me again” |
What kind of man would you say the old man was?
| A．He was silly. |
| B．He was unpleasant |
| C．He was very proud and sure of his health. |
| D．He was very impolite to young people. |
Shu Pulong has helped at least 1000 people bitten (咬) by snakes, “ It was seeing people with snake bites (伤口) that led me to this career,” he said.
In 1963, after his army service, Shu entered a medical school and later became a doctor of Chinese medicine. As part of his studies he had to work in the mountains. There he often heard of people who had their arms and legs cut off after a snake bite in order to save their lives.
“I was greatly upset by the story of an old farmer I met. It was a very hot afternoon. The old man was pulling grass in his fields when he felt a pain in his left hand. He at once realized he had been bitten by a poisonous snake. In no time he wrapped a cloth tightly around his arm to stop the poison spreading to his heart. Rushing home he shouted ‘bring me the knife!’ Minutes later the man lost his arm forever.”
“The sad story touched me so much that I decided to devote myself to helping people bitten by snakes,” Shu said. The best headline (标题) for this newspaper article is .
| A．Astonishing Medicine | B．Farmer Loses Arm |
| C．Dangerous Bites | D．Snake Doctor |
. The farmer lost his arm because .
| A．the cloth was wrapped too tightly |
| B．he cut it to save his life |
| C．Shu wasn’t there to help him |
| D．he was alone in the fields |
Shu decided to devote himself to snake medicine because .
| A．he wanted to save people’s arms and legs |
| B．he had studied it at a medical school |
| C．he had seen snakes biting people |
| D．his army service had finished |
Why did Shu go into the mountains?
| A．He wanted to study snake bites. |
| B．He wanted to help the farmers. |
| C．He was being trained to be a doctor. |
| D．He was expected to serve in the army. |
I am a German by birth and descent. My name is Schmidt. But by education I am quite as much an Englishman as a 'Deutscher', and by affection much more the former. M
y life has been spent pretty equally between the two countries, and I flatter myself I speak both languages without any foreign accent.
I count England my headquarters now: it is “home” to me. But a few years ago I was resident in Germany, only going over to London now and then on business. I will not mention the town where I lived. It is unnecessary to do so, and in the peculiar experience I am about to relate I think real names of people and places are just as well, or better avoided.
I was connected with a large and important firm of engineers. I had been bre
d up to the profession, and was credited with a certain amount of “talent”; and I was considered—and, with all modesty, I think I deserved the opinion—steady and reliable, so that I had already attained a fair position in the house, and was looked upon as a “rising man”. But I was still young, and not quite so wise as I thought myself. I came close once to making a great mess of a certain affair. It is this story which I am going to tell.
Our house went in largely for patents—rather too largely, some thought. But the head partner's son was a bit of a genius in his way, and his father was growing old, and let Herr Wilhelm - Moritz we will call the family name—do pretty much as he chose. And on the whole Herr Wilhelm did well. He was cautious, and he had the benefit of the st
ill greater caution and larger experience of Herr Gerhardt, the second partner in the firm.
P
atents and the laws which regulate them are strange things to have to do with. No one who has not had personal experience of the complications that arise could believe how far these spread and how involved they become. Great acuteness as well as caution is called for if you would guide your patent bark safely to port—and perhaps more than anything, a power of holding your tongue. I was no chatterbox, nor, when on a mission of importance, did I go about looking as if I were bursting with secrets, which is, in my opinion, almost as dangerous as revealing them. No one, to meet me on the journeys which it often fell to my lot to undertake, would have guessed that I had anything on my mind but an easy-going young fellow's natural interest i
n his surroundings, though many a time I have stayed awake through a whole night of railway travel if at all doubtful about my fellow-passengers, or not dared to go to sleep in a hotel without a ready-loaded gun by my pillow. For now and then - though not through me - our secrets did ooze out. And if, as has happened, they were secrets connected with Government orders or contracts, there was, or but for the exertion of the greatest energy and tact on the part of my superiors, there would have been, to put it plainly, the devil to pay. The writer preferred to be called ________.
| A．a German | B．an Englishman |
| C．both a German and an Englishman | D．neither a German nor an Englishman |
Which of the following words cannot be used to describe the writer?
| A．Talented | B．Modest | C．Reliable | D．Wise |
The head of the company where the writer works is ________.
| A．Schmidt | B．Moritz | C．Wilhelm’s father | D．Gerhardt |
The writer often stayed awake on the train or kept a ready-loaded gun in the hotel, because ________.
A．some peo ple sometimes let out the secrets of his company |
| B．the writer occasionally didn’t keep the secrets of his company |
| C．patents and the laws are strange things to have to do with |
| D．the secrets were connected with Government orders or contracts |
One Day Tour: Great Wall & Summer Palace
Overview: You will visit the famous Badaling Great Wall and Summer Palace in one day.
Tour Description and Itinerary (行程)
One day Private Tour or Coach Tour: Depart everyday
Start from 8:30 am to around 6:00 pm, flexible schedule for private tour.
Itinerary:
Pick you up from hotel on departure time, then drive to the famous Badaling Great Wall, which is 60 miles away from downtown about one and a half hour driving. Sightseeing on Great Wall Badaling section for about 3 hours.
Visit scenic spots: Badaling Geat Wall, Badaling Fortress, Beacon-towers, "Looking-toward-Beijing Stone", etc. (Cable car is available for you to get to the highest point to have a bird view)
Drive to restaurant for lunch. After lunch, visit the largest and most beautiful Chinese imperial garden- Summer Palace.
Visit scenic spots: 1. East palace gate, 2. the hall of benevolence and longevity, 3. hall of jade billows, 4. the hall of joyful longevity, 5. the covered walkway, 6. the marble boat, etc.
Transfer you back to your hotel after the whole day tour.
For the coach tour (small group in each bus, 6-10 persons per group):
★Suitable for economic or single travelers, make friends on the same bus, only English-speaking travelers on our bus.
★Travellers will be arranged in a small group, Keep group size less than ten in each air-conditioned bus;
★Vehicle mode: Coaster-New air-conditioned tour coach (click for picture)- 26 seats, only 6-10 persons per bus.
For Private Tour:
★Private tour is suitable for those individual or family travelers who is not willing to join the tour group, it may not feel very free when following the group. A designated car and private guide will follow you to go to the place you like, this package cost higher than coach tour.
★Vehicle mode: private luxury car or MPV van (click for picture)
For the private tour, you also need to go to one or two shopping stops every day.
Tour Price includes:
1. Pick-up and drop-off from your hotel.
2. Air-conditioned car, van or minibus for your private group.
3. Entrance tickets of the sightseeings.
4. English-speaking tour guide explain the sightseeings along the tour.
5. Typical Chinese lunch.
6. Chinese Jade shop visit.
Tour Package excludes:
Fee of cable car - cable car to the highest point of Great Wall, 60 RMB ($7.4)
Note: Children taller than 1.1 meter should be charged as full price, children shorter than 1.1 meter should be charged only half of the price.
How to Book?
1. You can book online or by email, tell us which hotel to pick you up, then receive our confirmation email.
2. When you arrive in Beijing, our tour guide will call you the night before the tour, if you are not in hotel room, we will leave a message in your room, to inform the time to pick you up in the next morning.
Payment Methods: 1.Cash to tour guide 2.Credit card 3.PayPal 4.Bank remit (wire transfer) If a group of 26 Americans want to have a one-day tour in Beijing, they can .
| A．share the same bus | B．take 6 coaches at most |
| C．take 3 coaches at least | D．not speak English |
For private tour,.
| A．travellers can ask the tour guide to change the travel schedule |
| B．travellers should pay the same amount of money as the coach tour |
| C．travellers must pay additional money for the entrance tickets |
| D．travellers needn’t pay additional money for the cable car |
This passage is most probably taken from .
| A．a travel guide | B．a newspaper | C．a magazine |
D．the Internet |