We invite you to join us this summer for the First ePals Conferencel

    Dear ePals Community Member, ePals will hold its first conference

for tech directors and teachers on Tuesday, July 15, in Boston. Our one-day

event is a pre-conference of Alan.

November’s Building Learning Commurities 2008 Conference.

Come see how ePals, the Internet’s largest social learning network, can

transform your classroom,

school and district with our award-winning, safe and protected School

M@ilTM and SchoolBlogTM

offered at no cost.

ePals team members, expert teachers and instructional technology directors will share their

experiences using the ePals Global Community to build 21st Century skills in the classroom.

Among the speakers are:

•       Tim DiScipio, co-founder of ePals, sharing the vision for global collaboration and corporate partnerships with National Geographic, the classmate PC powered by Intel, and the XO from One Laptop Per Child

•       Dr. Kari Stubbs on "ePals 101: Where and How to Start Using Global Collaborative Tools in Project-based Learning." Dr. Stubbs led the Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) initiative in Kansas before joining ePals as director of professional development.

•       Dr. Rita Oates on "Accomplishing the New NETS Standards for Students with ePals Tools and Activities." Dr. Oates formerly was in charge of ed tech in Miami-Dade County Public Schools.

•       Dr. Laurie Henry, University of Kentucky, talking about literacy(读写能力) issues in the online world

•       Dr. Shelia Gersh, City Colleges of New York, sharing her ePals project as an example of a successful 21st century online educational experience

•       Carol Bar, teacher at Blue Valley High School(KS), "Blogging for Language Acquisition"

•       Adina Popa, teacher at Potowmack Elementary (VA), will speak about schoolwide use of ePals and video conferencing to other classrooms

•       Several district tech directors talking about best practices in implementation(安装) and use in their districts for safe and protected student email and blogs

•       Other classroom teachers sharing their experiences for instructional success in the online community and using free, safe and protected online tools from ePals

Register and get more information at www.epals.com/conference

1.The letter is written to _______.

         A．attract more customers

         B．answer readers’ questions

         C．inform related people of a conference

         D．recommend some teachers

2.From the text we can learn that ______.

         A．the July 15 conference is just a pre-conference

         B．the July 15 conference will last till November

         C．BLC08 will be set up at the July 15 conference

         D．the BLC08 Conference will be held this summer

3.________ will talk about his/her experiences in using the ePals and video conference in classrooms at school.

         A．Tim DiScipio                                                   B．Dr. Laurie Henry  

         C．Adina Popa                                                  D．A tech director

4.It can be inferred from the text that ePals here _______.

         A．refer to those who keep in touch with each other through email

         B．is in fact a software for online language study

         C．is an expensive tool for language learners on the Internet

         D．refer to all the language teachers who globally communicate with each other

Statistics show that nearly three-quarters of 30-year-of Italian males still live at their parents’ home.

The Italian（36） grows up thinking his other is the Virgin Mary, and so （37） he thinks he is Jesus, or God’s gift to the world. It is not （38） that Italian males find it very difficult to （39） home. Their mothers make sure that their（40） are so cosseted（宠爱）that they have no real wish to leave. Even when they are （41）, they continue to behave as if they aren’t, taking their（42） home at least once a week for their mother（43） and iron.

They （44） treating home as a hotel, just like teenagers in northern European countries. Why give up a life of luxury and financial（45） with a woman who treats you as the Son of God for an （46） future with a woman（47） might ask you to do things around the （48） that you have never （49） to do, like making your bed or drying the dishes?

In fact young Italian males (50) no choice. There is little tradition of them(51) away from home during their student years, and it is(52) for them to find decent jobs until they are in their thirties;(53) the absence of suitably priced accommodation makes it practically(54) for them to afford to move out. They find themselves(55) in a trap: wanting to live on their own, but unable to leave the nest and under fire for not doing so.

1.A．child                                B．male                         C．student                    D． female

2.A．hopefully                       B．naturally                  C．happily                     D．generally

3.A．surprising                      B．exciting                    C．easy                          D．convenient

4.A．go                                    B．come                        C．leave                         D．return

5.A．sons                                B．sisters                      C．friends                      D．children

6.A．married                         B．well                           C．tried                          D．ill

7.A．books                             B．clothes                     C．cars                           D．bicycles

8.A．make                              B．cook                          C．wash                         D．see

9.A．turn up                           B．end up                      C．get up                       D．pick up

10.A．difficulty                      B．problem                   C．trouble                     D．security

11.A．bright                           B．uncertain                 C．splendid                   D．prornising

12.A．when       B．who                C．what            D．which

13.A．house   B．corner        C．place D．school

14.A．remembered         B．forgot         C．stopped     D．learnt

15.A．like        B．prefer         C．hate   D．have

16.A．going    B．living  C．putting       D．getting

17.A．unusual         B．usual C．worried      D．nervous

18.A．but        B．when C．while D．where

19.A．different        B．impossible C．important  D．casual

20.A．dressed         B．convinced  C．determined        D．caught

I don’t want       any more trouble, you see?

         A．there being             B．it to be                     C．it being                     D．there to be

He is such a lazy man       nobody wants to work with      .

         A．as; him                     B．that; /                       C．as; /                          D．whom; him

—If he       , he      that food.

—Luckily he was sent to the hospital immediately.

         A．was warned, would not take                       B．had been ,warned, would not have taken

         C．would be warned, had not taken                D．would have been warned, had not taken

Believe it or not, weather forecasts seven days in advance are,        , wrong half the time, according to a US survey.

         A．at first                      B．in brief                      C．on average              D．by chance

So difficult         it to live in an English-speaking country that I determined to learn English well.

         A．I have felt                B．have I felt                C．I did feel                   D．did I feel

Whatever the cause of the heat may be, we do know that the earth gets hotter       down we dig.

         A．further                     B．the farther              C．the farthest            D．the furthest

It’s all       , isn’t? someone who is poor in this country might be considered well off in another.

         A．relative                    B．related                     C．relation                    D．relationship

Please come and help me with this application from because I don’t know how to        it.

         A．set about                 B．set out                     C．set up                       D．set aside