Now satellites are helping to forecast the weather. They are in space, and they can reach any part of the world. The satellites take pictures of the atmosphere（大气）, because this is where the weather forms. They send these pictures to the weather stations. So meteorologists（气象学家）can see the weather of any part of the world. From the pictures, the scientists can often say how the weather will change.
Today, nearly five hundred weather stations in sixty countries receive satellite pictures. When they receive new pictures, the meteorologists compare them with earlier ones. Perhaps they may find that the clouds have changed during the last few hours. This may mean that the weather on the ground may soon change, too. In their next weather forecast, the meteorologists can say this.
So the weather satellites are a great help to the meteorologists. Before satellites were invented, the scientists could forecast the weather for about 24 or 48 hours. Now they can make good forecasts for three or five days. Soon, perhaps, they may be able to forecast the weather for a week or more ahead（提前）.
1.Satellites travel _____________.
A．in space B．in the atmosphere C．above the ground D．above space
2.Why do we use the weather satellites to take pictures of the atmosphere? Because ________.
A．the weather satellites can do it easily B．clouds form in the atmosphere there
C．the weather forms in the atmosphere D．the pictures can forecast the weather
3.Meteorologists forecast the weather __________.
A．when they have received satellite pictures
B．after comparing the pictures with earlier ones
C．before they received satellite pictures
D．while they study satellite pictures
4. The main idea of this passage is that satellites are now used in _________.
A．taking pictures of the atmosphere B．receiving pictures of the atmosphere
C．doing other work in many ways D．weather forecasting to the pictures
Have you ever had the strange feeling that you were being watched? You turned around and, sure enough, someone was looking right at you!
Parapsychologists (灵学家) say that humans have a natural ability to sense when someone is looking at them. To research whether such a “sixth sense” really exists, Robert Baker, a psychologist (心理学家) at the University of Kentucky, did two experiments.
In the first one, Baker sat behind unknowing people in public places and stared at the backs of their heads for 5 to 15 minutes. The subjects（受试者）were eating, drinking, reading, studying, watching TV, or working at a computer. Baker made sure that the people could not tell that he was sitting behind them during those periods. Later, when he questioned the subjects, almost all of them said they had no sense that someone was staring at them.
For the second experiment, Baker told the subjects that they would be stared at from time to time from behind in a laboratory setting. The people had to write down when they felt they were being stared at and when they weren’t. Baker found that the subjects were no better at telling when they were stared at and when they weren’t.
Baker concludes that people do not have the ability to sense when they’re being stared at. If people doubt the outcome of his two experiments, said Baker, “I suggest they repeat the experiments and see for themselves.”
1.The aim of the two experiments is to ________.
A．explain when people can have a sixth sense
B．show how people act while being watched in the lab
C．study whether humans can sense when they are stared at
D．prove why humans have a sixth sense
2.The underlined word “outcome” in the last paragraph most probably means ________.
A．value B．result C．performance D．connection
3. In the second experiment, the subjects _________.
A．could tell when they were stared at and when they weren’t.
B．could tell when they were stared at but couldn’t tell when they weren’t.
C．couldn’t tell when they were stared at but could tell when they weren’t.
D．couldn’t tell when they were stared at or when they weren’t.
4.What can be learned from the passage?
A．People are born with a sixth sense.
B．The experiments support parapsychologists’ idea.
C．The subjects do not have a sixth sense in the experiments.
D．People have a sixth sense in all places.
This course is for those who want to learn to type, as well as those who want to improve their typing. The course is not common. You are tested in the first class, and begin practising at one of eight different skill levels. This allows you to learn at your own speed. Each program lasts 20 hours. Bring your own paper.
Course fee: $125 Materials: $25
Two hours for each evening for two weeks. New classes begin every two weeks.
This course is taught by a number of professional business education teachers who have successfully taught typing course before.
UNDERSTANDING COMPUTERS
This twelve-hour course is for people who do not know very much about computers, but who need to learn about them. You will learn what computers are, what they can or can’t do and how to use them.
Course fee：$75 Jan 4,7,11,14,18 Wed.&Sat. 9:00---11:30 a.m. Equipment fee:$10
David is a professor of Computer Science at Beijing University. He has over twenty years of experience in the computer field.
STOP SMOKING
Do you want to stop smoking? Have you ever tried and failed? Now is the time to stop smoking using the latest methods. You can stop smoking, and this twelve-course will help you do it.
Course fee：$30 Jan 2,9,16,23 Mon 2:00---5:00 p.m.
Dr. John is a practicing psychologist who has helped hundreds of people stop smoking.
1.If you choose the UNDERSTANDING COMPUTERS course, you will have
classes_______.
A．twice B．three times C．four times D．five times
2.Mr. Black works every morning and evening, but he wants to take part in one of the three
courses. Your suggestion is __________.
A．TYPING B．UNDERSTANDING COMPUTERS
C．STOP SMOKING D．all the courses
3.If you want to learn about computers, and at the same time you want to improve your
typing, you will pay ______________.
A．$75 B．$150 C．$115 D．$235
4.The special difference between the TYPING course and the other two is that __________.
A．people with different skill levels pay differently.
B．you will take a test in the first class for level decision
C．you will pay the fee before practicing typing.
D．you will pay less money for your study.
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Beth Webb
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Ages 8—13, 208 pages, paper-back
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Elizabeth Goudge
A fairy tale and winner of the Carnegie Medal.
Ages 8—12, 240 pages, paper-back
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Star of Wonder
Pat Alexander
A wonderful collection of Christmas stories and poems. Full of lively pages to read and enjoy.
Ages 7—12, 224 pages, paperback
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Alan MacDonald and Andrew Rowland
We all know about the 3 Wise Men who traveled to Bethlehem（伯利恒）and discovered the baby Jesus Christ. This is the tale of another one, who always missed the point.
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1.If you want to make a Christmas plan together with your children, which book do you prefer？
A．Star of Wonder B．The Not-So-Wise Man
C．First Festival: Christmas D．My Very First Christmas Book
2.Which number would you dial if you want to order a book for your 2-year-old child?
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C．07459 45783. D．07459 44116.
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We have no idea about 1 men first began to use salt. But we do know that it had been used in many different ways 2 the history.
For example, in many history books it is 3 that people who lived three thousand years ago 4 salted fish. Thousands of years ago in Egypt（埃及）, salt 5 keep the dead. It can keep the dead bodies 6 decay.（腐烂）
In the eighteenth century, a person who stole salt was 7 to have broken the 8 . if a person was caught stealing salt, he would be thrown into 9 . Books also record that in England about ten thousand people were put into prison during that century 10 stealing salt! In the year 1553, if a man took 11 than his share of salt, he would be thought to have broken the law and would be 12 punished(惩罚).
Salt was very 13 on the dinner table of a king. It was always put 14 the king when he sat down to eat. Then important visitors sat near the salt 15 less important visitors were given seats farther away from it.
1. A．when B．where C．what D．which
2. A．throughout B．thought C．though D．although
3. A．say B．reported C．recorded D．reading
4. A．eat B．ate C．eating D．have eaten
5. A．used to B．was used to C．was used D．used
6. A．off B．from C．on D．out
7. A．think B．consider C．thoughtful D．thought
8. A．law B．glass C．computer D．time
9. A．pool B．hill C．prison D．river
10. A．because B．because of C．by D．as
11. A．more B．less C．fewer D．most
12.A. serious B. bad C. terrible D seriously
13. A．important B．necessary C．clever D．cheerful
14.A. in the front of B behind C. in front of D. before
15. A．when B．as C．however D．while
--- Good news! The great movie is on in the cinema
---Nothing new．I_________ it with my parents on the first day.
A．would see B．see C．saw D．had seen
