A pen has always been an important tool when we are taking exams. However, in the digital age, this traditional tool may become a thing of the past. Cambridge University in Britain is considering ending 800 years of written exams and allowing students to use laptops or iPads to take exams instead. The move comes after Cambridge teachers complained (抱怨) that students' handwriting is becoming too hard to recognize. The fall in writing clearly depends on laptops in lessons and elsewhere.
As a result, more and more students with poor handwriting are being forced to return to university during the summer holidays to read their answers aloud to their teachers. However, some criticized (批评) the move, fearing the handwritten word would become a lost art.
Tracey Trussell, a handwriting expert, asked Cambridge to ''make sure that students continue to write by hand, particularly in lessons''. She told The Telegraph that writing by hand could help students improve their memory and understand lessons better.
The move also draws the attention of Harvard professor Eric Mazur. He believes that the rise of mobile internet use means that we live in an age in which we don't need to remember anything.
So he encourages students to bring their laptops and mobile phones into exams. With them, students can ''look up whatever they want, whenever they want'' and be tested on their productive skills, rather than the ability of memory.
1.Why is Cambridge University considering ending written exams?
A.Because students' handwriting is too poor.
B.Because we are already in the digital age.
C.Because traditional tools are out of date.
D.Because writing on laptops is faster.
2.What does the underlined part in the 2nd paragraph refer to?
A.Bringing mobile phones into exams.
B.Students' returning to university.
C.The rise of mobile internet use.
D.The end of written exams.
3.What is Tracey Trussells' attitude to students' writing by hand?
A.Unfavorable. B.Uncaring.
C.Supportive. D.Doubtful.
4.Which is true according to Professor Eric Mazur?
A.Mobile internet use is bad.
B.Students should write by hand.
C.The ability of memory is important.
D.Students can use mobile phones in exams.
Before the discovery of DNA information in the 1980s, fingerprints（指纹）were the easiest way to solve serious crimes. It’s believed that each one of us has our own fingerprints. But did you know that our fingerprints could show a lot about us?
According to The Conversation, fingerprints can show lifestyle and environment, eating habits, possible medical problems and even the job of a person.
So how can we work all this out from just a simple fingerprint? Well, a fingerprint is formed when a finger touches a surface. Most fingerprints can’t be seen to the eye and require a chemical development process in order to make them shown. Stuck between the raised lines of a fingerprint, however, are things that can tell a story about who we are. Things like sweat, blood, and food show a lot of information about us.
Besides, its use could be much wider. For example, it may be helpful in the future to doctors treating their patients. A fingerprint check may also tell a doctor whether a patient is properly having a medicine. In the treatment of some of the most serious illnesses, having proper medicine is important.
In the future, fingerprint science can be used to the police and help doctors keep us in the best possible health.
1.Fingerprints may not show one’s ________.
A.lifestyle B.beauty
C.eating habits D.medical problems
2.What can make the fingerprints tell a story?
A.Things stuck between raised lines.
B.The chemical development.
C.A finger touching a surface.
D.The eyes of scientists.
3.In the future, the doctor may know patients through ________.
A.a drug test B.a fingerprint check
C.a blood test D.a health check
4.What is the main idea of the text?
A.Fingerprints are helpful to the police.
B.Fingerprints keep us in the best possible health.
C.Fingerprints can tell much information about us.
D.Fingerprints can be used in treatment in the future.
More than 1,800 teen researchers came to the Valley of the Sun this week (May 12-17). Those who shone brightest took home big prizes. The prizes are from the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF). Top winner Krithik Ramesh took home $75,000. He developed a system to help doctors do spinal surgery (脊椎外科手术) better. Using the technology, doctors can finish the surgery more quickly.
Krithik’s system can map a patient’s spine. It can give doctors advice about how to carry out spinal surgery. It can be used not only in cities, but also in the countryside. The new system could take the place of the methods being used by today’s doctors, says Krithik,16, who attends Cherry Creek High School in Greenwood Village, Colo, USA. Krithik’s project won the Gordon E. Moore Award. It’s named for a founder of Intel. Other winners took home sizeable awards as well, this year. Together, these awards totaled about $5 million.
The Intel ISEF has been honoring (表扬) young researchers since 1950. This competition was created and is still run by Society for Science & the Public(SSP). It is the world’s largest international pre-college science competition. Now supported by Intel, the 2019 ISEF brought together students from more than 80 countries and areas.
“I am inspired by all of the creativity on show this week,” said SSP President Maya Ajmera. “Congratulations to our winners and all our finalists. They are, showing that world-changing ideas can come from anywhere in the world.”.
1.Krithik Ramesh won the prize for his ________.
A.computer skills
B.wonderful results
C.advice about surgery
D.system to help doctors
2.What does the underlined word “Award” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A.Intel. B.Competition.
C.Prize. D.System
3.Who is the competition intended for?
A.Teenagers. B.Scientists.
C.Engineers. D.Doctors.
4.What is the author’s purpose in writing the article?
A.To praise the Intel ISEF.
B.To admire the young winners.
C.To encourage the competition.
D.To introduce a new technology.
You might really like Hong Kong Science Museum if you are interested in science. The Museum wants to teach kids science. It gives them a place to have fun with computers. However, adults can learn some science, too.
The Museum has 6,500 square meters. There are over 500 exhibits, and nearly 70 percent of them are suitable for visitors of all ages. Since its opening in April 1991, the Hong Kong Science Museum has proven itself to be a good place for learning science. The Museum wants to make science popular to the public and support science education in schools.
If you want to have a visit, you’d better read the information carefully.
Opening hours
Monday to Wednesday, Friday: 10 am-7 pm.
Saturday, Sunday and public holidays: 10 am-9 pm.
Christmas Eve and Chinese New Year’s Eve: 10 am- 5 pm.
Closed on Thursdays, and the first two days of the Chinese New Year.
Ticketing information
Standard Ticket: $20 per person
Group Ticket: $14 per person (for groups of 20 people or more)
1.The aim of the Museum is to .
A.hold 500 exhibits
B.attract more visitors
C.prove itself a good place
D.support science education
2.When can you visit the Museum?
A.At 2 pm on Sunday.
B.At 9 am on Monday.
C.At 10 am on Thursday.
D.At 6 pm on Christmas Eve.
3.How much does a group of 22 kids need to pay?
A.$440. B.$328.
C.$308. D.$220.
假定你是李华，你们学校下周将举办一场以“保护濒危动物”为主题的宣传活动，学生自己设计海报并展览。你的朋友David对此很感兴趣，请你用英语给他写一封电子邮件，内容包括：
1. 时间与地点；2. 活动内容。
注意：1. 词数100词左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
When I was still young in my high school, my mother dragged me to play basketball to lose weight. Therefore, it turned out to be a bitter failure because I devoted my time on study. One day, a friend of me contacted me and suggested that we start to swim. Without any hesitation, I agreed because we all thought that it was coolest thing in the world. I couldn’t forget the day on that I was thrown into the cold water. Fortunately, I survived. Honest speaking, I had a hard time recovered from the shock. Then my friend teaches me to hold my breath underwater. Finally, I succeeded. Now realizing that having sports are beneficial to my health, I develop a strong taste for swimming, which becomes part of my life.
