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Nowadays, studying abroad is becoming more and more popular in China. Many parents send their children abroad instead of letting them receive e1. at home.
There are many advantages for people to attend school abroad. Firstly, he can use the foreign language in his everyday life so that his ability in the second language may be greatly i2.. While studying in a foreign country, he will meet many students from abroad and it is much easier to make f3. with them. Also, he can get familiar with the latest knowledge in different fields. In this w4.,
there is every chance that he is a5. to widen his horizon (眼界) and broaden his mind.
Of course, attending schools abroad may b6. a lot of problems. The most serious one is language barrier(障碍). Most of the students who go abroad don’t have e7. skills in the language spoken there. As a result, on arriving there, they will find it difficult to u8. what the teachers say. Moreover, they don’t know the customs(风俗) of local people very w9., and they may have trouble dealing with some situations.
Therefore, one must think of both sides carefully before m10. a decision. The place where you study is not very important, but the desire(渴望) to learn matters the most.
A thief who dropped a winning lottery ticket（彩票） at the scene of his crime has been given a lesson in honesty. The man who was robbed picked up the ticket, then won the ￡25,000 prize,managed to look for him, and handed over the cash.
The robbery happened when maths professor Vinicio Sabbatucci, 58, was changing a tyre （轮胎） on an Italian motorway. Another motorist, who stopped to “help”, stole a suitcase from his car and drove off. The professor found the dropped ticket and put it in his pocket before driving home to Ascoli in eastern Italy.
The next day, he saw the lottery results on TV and, taking out the ticket, realized it was a winner. He claimed（认领） the 60 million lire（里拉） prize. Then he began a battle with his conscience. Finally, he decided he could not keep the money although he had been robbed. He advertised in newspapers and on radio, saying: “I’m trying to find the man who robbed me. I have 60 million for him ― a lottery winner. Please meet me. Anonymity guaranteed.（匿名担保）”
Professor Sabbatucci received hundreds of calls from people hoping to trick him into handing them the cash. But there was one voice he recognized, and he arranged to meet the man in a park. The robber, a 35-year-old unemployed father of two, gave back the suitcase and burst into tears. He could not believe what was happening. “Why didn't you keep the money?” he asked. The professor replied: “I couldn't because it's not mine.” Then he walked off, refusing the thief's offer of a reward.
1.From the passage, we can learn that the thief is __________.
A.a worker B.a professor
C.a businessman D.out of work
2.The sentence “Then he began a battle with his conscience.” in Paragraph 3 implies (暗示）all of the following EXCEPT that _______.
A.he knew what he should do as soon as he saw the lottery results
B.he thought about keeping the money for some time
C.he thought for a moment of punishing the robber
D.he came to realize that honesty is more important than money
3.Hundreds of people phoned professor Sabbatucci because they __________.
A.wanted to make fun of him
B.hoped to get the money
C.knew who the robber was
D.lost the lottery ticket
4.The robber cried because .
A.the professor accepted his offer of a reward
B.the professor refused to return him the money
C.he couldn’t believe the professor returned him the money
D.he gave back the suitcase to the professor
5.If the story appears in a newspaper, the best title might be .
A.A Robber's Lucky Day
B.A Popular Maths Professor
C.A Magic Lottery
D.A Reward of Honesty
The store was closing for the night. Young Alfred Higgins, the shop assistant, was ready to go home. Mr. Carr stared at him and said, “Hold on, Alfred. Maybe you’d be good enough to take the things out of your pockets and leave them here before you go.” Alfred’s face got red. After a few seconds, he took out what he had stolen. Mr. Carr said, “Maybe I should call your mother and let her know I’m going to have to put you in prison.”
Alfred thought his mother would come rushing in, eyes burning with anger. But, to his surprise, she arrived wearing a smile. “Hello, I’m Alfred’s mother. Is he in trouble?” she said. Mr. Carr was surprised, too. He had expected Alfred’s mother to come in nervously, shaking with fear, asking with wet eyes for a pardon for her son. But no, she was calm, quiet and pleasant and was making Mr. Carr feel guilty. Soon Mr. Carr was shaking his head in agreement with what she was saying. “You are right” he said, “Sometimes, a little good advice is the best thing for a boy at certain times in his life, and it often takes the youth long time to get sense into their heads.” And he warmly shook Mrs. Higgins’s hand.
Back home, without even looking at Alfred, the mother said, “You are a bad luck. It is one thing after another, always has been. Why do you stand there so stupidly? Go to bed. “In his bedroom, Alfred just took pride in his mother’s strength. He felt he must tell her how great she was. As he got to the kitchen, he was shocked by what he saw. His mother was lifting the tea cup, her hand shook, and her face became a frightened, broken one. It was no longer cool, bright as he saw earlier in the store. With her lips moving nervously, she looked so old.
Alfred watched his mother and he wanted to cry. He realized all the troubles he brought to his mother. It seemed that this was the first time he had ever really seen his mother, especially shaking hands and the deep lines of worry in her gray face. He knew his youth coming to an end.
1.Mr. Carr felt guilty because ________.
A.he mistook Alfred as the real thief
B.he thought he was over-excited
C.he had called the police before Alfred could explain Higgins probably said to Mr. Carr
D.Alfred’s mother appeared polite and gentle
2.Mrs. Higgins probably said “________” to Mr. Carr.
A.As you know, he is just a kid.
B.You know, it takes time for a youth to truly grow.
C.How can you treat my son like that!
D.If he is in jail, it won’t do you any good, either.
3.The phrase “his mother’s strength” refers to Mrs. Higgins’s ________.
A.trust to her son Alfred B.attitude (态度) towards laws
C.calmness and communicating skills D.greatness as a woman
4.Which of the following is TRUE ?
A.Alfred’s mother cared for his future but never made him know of it.
B.Alfred would never recognize his mistakes.
C.Alfred’s mother felt nervous about getting old.
D.Alfred was unlucky to be caught by the police.
5.After the incident, young Alfred would probably ________.
A.learn to protect his mother B.be more proud of his mother
C.learn to live an independent life D.change his attitudes to future
Soon computers and other machines will be able to remember you by looking at your eyes! The program works because everyone’s eyes are different. So in the future you won’t have to remember a number when you want to use a machine or take money out of a bank. You’ll just have to look at the machine and it will be able to tell who you are.
The eye-recognition (眼睛识别) program has already been tested in shops and banks in the USA. Britain, Spain, Italy and Turkey. Soon this technology will take the place of all other ways of finding out who people are.
Eye-recognition is a course of recognizing iris (虹膜), which includes the following steps. First, a kind of machine needs to collect different examples of one’s iris from his eyes and store them. Second, when this person goes to the bank to take out money, this machine will have iris feature extraction (采集). Then, this machine will compare the examples kept in it with iris feature extraction. Once the examples and the feature extraction are the same, this person will be identified, and he will take out the money from the bank successfully.
However, scientists are also working on other systems. Machines will soon be able to know you from the shape of your face or hand or even your smell! We have already had machines that can tell who you are from your voice or the mark made by your finger. Eye-recognition is better than other kinds because your eyes don’t change as you get older, and don’t get dirty like hands or fingers, and even twins have different eyes. So the eye-recognition program can be up to 94% correct, depending on how good the technology is. However, some other programs may only be 51% correct now. In Britain, it was found that 91% of people who had tried it said that they liked the idea of eye-recognition.
In the future your computer will be looking at you in the eye, So smile!
1.How does the eye-recognition program work?
A.You type in your number. B.You say your name.
C.You look at the machine. D.You show your ID card.
2.Which recognition has been already in use according to the passage?
A.Remembering smells. B.Remembering fingerprints.
C.Remembering the shape of faces. D.Remembering eyes.
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.The eye-recognition program can be up to 51% correct.
B.In Britain, 91% of people said that they liked the idea of eye-recognition.
C.Everyone’s eyes are different, and even twins have different eyes.
D.The eye-recognition program is widely used now.
4.What’s the passage mainly about?
A.You won’t have to remember a number when you take money out of a bank.
B.We have already had machines that can tell who you are from your voice.
C.Tell people how the eye-recognition program works and what advantages it has.
D.The eye-recognition program has already been tested in shops and banks.
5.Of the following things, which one is right according to the passage?
A.You needn’t remember a number when you take money out of a bank.
B.Machines know you from your smell.
C.Computers can tell who you are by looking at your eyes.
D.Machines can tell who you are from your voice.
Amy, a popular girl from Hilltop Middle School, had graduated first in her class and was ready for new________in high school.
________, high school was different. In the first week, Amy went to tryouts (选拔赛) for cheer leaders. She was competing against very________girls, and she knew it would be difficult for her to be selected. Two hours later, the judge________a list of the girl for a second tryout. Her heart________as the list ended without her name. Feeling ________, she walked home carrying her schoolbag full of homework.
Arriving home, she started with math. She had always been a good math student, but now she was struggling. She moved on to English and history, and was pleased to find that she didn’t have any trouble with those subjects. Feeling better, she decided not to________math.
The next day Amy went to see Mrs. Smith about being on the school ________. Mrs. Smith wasn’t as interested as Amy. “I’m sorry, but we have________writers for the newspaper already. Come back next year and we’ll talk then. ” Amy smiled ________ and left. “Why is high school so ________?” she sighed.
Later in ________class, Amy tried hard to work on the problems that had given her so much trouble. By the end of class, she understood how to get them________. As she gathered her books, Amy decided she’d continue to try to fit in at her new school. She wasn’t sure if she’d succeed, but she knew she had to ________. High school was just as her mother had said, “You will feel like a small fish in a big pond (池塘) instead of a big fish in a small pond. The challenge is to become the________fish you can be. ”
1.A.challenges B.decisions C.problems D.examinations
2.A.Therefore B.However C.Otherwise D.Besides
3.A.strong B.brave C.talented D.nice
4.A.brought B.showed C.wrote D.read
5.A.went down B.jumped down C.came down D.got down
6.A.strange B.tired C.awful D.nervous
7.A.take up B.pick up C.hold up D.give up
8.A.band B.newspaper C.radio D.team
9.A.no B.more C.few D.enough
10.A.happily B.weakly C.excitedly D.brightly
11.A.similar B.common C.different D.outstanding
12.A.math B.history C.English D.physics
13.A.wrong B.right C.easy D.perfect
14.A.manage B.try C.wait D.escape
15.A.thinnest B.smallest C.best D.heaviest
—Excuse me, can you tell me ________?
—Of course.
A.where is the nearest bank B.which is the way to the nearest bank
C.how can I get to the nearest bank D.there is a bank near here
