Have you ever dreamed about sending a letter to yourself or your friends in the future? While express mail represents high speed，there is another type of mail appearing in China as a new business--future mail．
"The letter should be sent next ' Mother's Day’ and not a day earlier!" Lin Xiaofan，a senior high school student in Hefei，instructs one of the companies offering the service．
Lin Xiaofan wrote the letter to her mother in advance to express her love to her mother for next Mother's Day．
"Offering this service makes people slow down and let them understand the meaning of 'time' in another way，" said Zheng Zhimin，manager at a "future mail" company in Hefei． Zheng thinks "future mail" letters are "reminders of care，friendship and love"．
While "future mail" is becoming more and more popular，some people are wondering what will happen if the postal address changes or if the company goes broken before the letters arrive．
Zheng said customers are glad to complete an acceptance form and make an assessment（评估） so they can be compensated（赔偿） if their letters or goods are lost or damaged．
Most of the business' customers are college students and young white-collar workers．Psychologists said young Chinese might have a new way to express their feelings through this service．
"Most people put their hopes and wishes in the letter so they can experience the connection between the past and the present while they receive the letter．It can help people re-understand the meaning of 'time' ，" said Wang Kaiyu，a sociologist in Anhui Province．
Express mail is a（n） ____ way to send your letters．
| A．slow | B．fast |
| C．impossible | D．ancient |
____ are interested in future mail service now．
| A．College students | B．Blue-collar workers |
| C．Old people | D．Young children |
Through the future mail service，people can ____．
| A．forget friendship | B．show feelings |
| C．misunderstand "time" | D．make an assessment |
According to the passage，future mail is ____．
| A．dangerous | B．expensive |
| C．difficult | D．safe |
You had better use future mail if you want to____．
| A．save money from sending express mail |
| B．send a birthday gift to your friend quickly |
| C．talk with your e-friends about your life freely |
| D．express your wishes for your father's next birthday |
As one of Hollywood’s all-time greatest actress, Audrey Hepburn is famous all over the world. When Hepburn died in 1993, the world mourned the loss of a great beauty, a great actress and a great humanitarian.
Born in Belgium on 4th May 1929, Hepburn dreamed of becoming a
successful ballet dancer. She had also been a model before she entered the film industry. In 1951, while acting in Monte Carlo Baby, Hepburn met the famous French writer Colette, who was attracted by Hepburn’s beauty and charm. She insisted that Hepburn was the perfect girl to play the lead role in Gigi, a play based on her novel. That event marked the beginning of Hepburn’s successful career.
Shortly after, Hepburn was chosen to play the lead role of a young princess in the Hollywood film Roman Holiday. It was a big success and earned her an Oscar for Best Actress. She also won a Tony Award for the play Ondine.
During her lifetime, Hepburn earned four more Oscar nominations. In 1989, she made her final appearance in her last film Always and played the role of an angel.
Throughout her acting years, she acted in only one TV series, Gardens of the world with Audrey Hepburn. By showing us the beauty of nature, Hepburn wanted to remind us that we should protect the environment.
Hepburn is remembered not just as a great actress, but also as a great humanitarian. She was honoured with a number of awards because of her efforts in her charity work. In 1992, the President of the United States presented her with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
In 1991, Hepburn discovered that she had cancer. In 1993, at the age of 63, she passed away peacefully in her sleep. Which of the following is the correct order according to the events?
a. People mourned her death.
b. She was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
c. Her successful film career began.
d. She earned an Oscar for Best Actress.
e. She met the French writer Colette.
| A．a-e-c-b-d | B．a-e-d-c-b | C．e-c-d-b-a | D．e-c-b-d-a |
Her successful career lasted about _____________ years.
| A．60 | B．50 | C．40 | D．30 |
People remember Hepburn not only as a great actress but also as _____________ .
| A．a kind lady | B．a brave lady | C．a wise lady | D．an attractive lady |
There are over 800 boarding (寄宿) schools in the UK with students from home and foreign countries. Boarding schools started hundreds of years ago in the country. But the earliest boarding schools were set up for white, rich boys only. Now both boys and girls can go to boarding schools from the age of 7 to 18.
What to do
In the UK, boarding schools have three terms in a school year, with about 13 weeks in each term. Students study and live together. They can’t go outside if they are not allowed to. In some schools, each student has his or her subject plan. Besides the usual classrooms and laboratories, the boarding schools have lots of other facilities for their students, including music rooms, boats, swimming pools, cinemas and theatres. Most boarding schools have a “light out” time. So when it’s time to go to bed, all the lights in the bedrooms are turned off. There are house-masters to take care of students all the time, especially after school hours.
What to wear
Nearly all students at boarding schools wear a school uniform. Boys usually wear a shirt and a tie, and girls wear a white blouse, sometimes also a tie and a skirt. As students get older, the rules become less strict.
_______________
In the UK, boarding schools provide students with delicious food. They can choose to have a full English breakfast or simply bread. They can also choose between a meal with no meat and another meal at lunch and dinner. And there is always self-service for salad (沙拉), other side dishes and a dessert. Students can also make themselves something to eat at any time in a kitchen, or drink tea or have a snack between meals. Which of the following is TRUE according to (根据) the passage?
| A．Only white children were allowed to attend the earliest boarding schools. |
| B．Students in a boarding school are looked after only after school hours. |
| C．As students get older, the rules about wearing school uniforms become stricter. |
| D．Students can have different activities in a boarding school. |
Which is the best title for the last paragraph?
| A．What to eat | B．When to eat | C．Where to eat | D．How to eat |
The underlined word ‘facilities’ means _____________.
| A．教师 | B．设施 | C．活动 | D．课程 |
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Dictionaries say that “spring fever” is a lazy or restless feeling . People usually have the feeling on the first warm day of spring. Everyone has probably felt it at one time or another . people have talked about it for years.
Recently, scientists have taken a good look at spring fever. What they found is quite surprising.
In many places we live in , the winter months often seem dark and dreary. When spring comes late March , the world becomes colorful . The number of daylight hours grows with each passing day. According to many scientists, all the sunlight sets off chemicals in the brain (大脑). The chemicals make our feeling change and bring on spring fever.How do people who have spring fever feel ?
| A．active | B．awake | C．energetic | D．restless . |
Scientists think that _________ cause(s) spring fever .
| A．colors | B．sunlight | C．dark | D．illness |
According to the passage ,the underlined word “dreary ”means“______” in Chinese.
| A．沉闷的 | B．暖和的 | C．晴朗的 | D．明亮的 |
The best title for the passage is ______________ .
| A．How to Get Over Spring Fever | B．Spring Fever |
| C．Darkness in winter | D．Spring and winter |
A survey by baidu.com showed there were 16 million bloggers (写网络日志的人). Xu Jinglei was one of the first famous people that the website sina .com. invited to open blogs.
The web log written by Xu Jinglei is now the world’s most popular . Xu , an actress-turned –director, became famous overseas when she won a Best Director Award for the film. A Letter From an Unknown Woman in 2004.
Her blog has broken the domestic (国内的) record with more than 10 million visits .
Xu updates (更新) her blog every other day . But if she feels very good she sometimes posts two or three articles in a day .
Visitors leave thousands of messages about each of her articles , praising (赞扬) her open, free writing style, commenting (评论) on films.Now Xu Jinglei’s web log is ________________ .
| A．broken by hacker | B．written by an unknown woman |
| C．the world’s most popular | D．closed by government |
How many visitors does Xu’s blog have ?
| A．About 16 million . | B．About 36.82 million |
| C．2004 | D．over 10 million |
________ invited Xu Jinglei who was one of the first famous people to open blogs.
| A．The website baidu.com | B．The website sina.com |
| C．The website Yahoo.com | D．The website blog.com |
From the passage we know that ________________ .
| A．a survey by baidu.com showed there were 16 million bloggers writing in English |
| B．Xu Jinglei was the only one that the website sina.com invited to open blogs |
| C．Xu Jinglei always posts one article in a day |
| D．Visitors leave lots of messages about her articles in her blogs |