Nowadays, studying abroad gains popularity in China. Many rich parents would rather send their children abroad to receive education than let them be educated in China.
As every coin has two sides, studying abroad is not an exception. There are advantages for people to attend school abroad. In the first place, he can use the foreign language in his daily life so that his ability in the second language may be greatly improved, as it is obvious that there is no better chance to improve second-language than living in the country where it is spoken. While studying in a foreign country, he will most likely meet many others from overseas and it is possible to make friends from all over the world. This is not only exciting on the social level, but could lead to important overseas contacts in his career as well. He can get familiar with the latest knowledge in science and make use of the first-rate facilities (设备) available. In this way, there is every chance that he is able to widen his horizon (眼界) and broaden his mind.
Of course, attending schools abroad may bring about a series of problems. The most serious problem is language barrier (障碍). Most of the students who go abroad don’t have enough skills in the language spoken there. As a result, on arriving there, they will find it difficult to understand what the teachers say. Besides, for lack of knowledge of the customs of the local people, they may constantly run into trouble in dealing with various situations.
Therefore, given an opportunity to attend a school abroad, one must consider both sides of the factors carefully before making up his mind.
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Title: Studying Abroad |
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Sending children abroad to receive education is (1) __________ with many rich parents. |
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● Children have the (2) ________ chance to improve the second language because they can use it (3) ___________. ● They can make friends with other students from (4)____________. ● They can (5)__________ of the latest knowledge in science and have access to the best facilities. |
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● Language barrier is the number one problem. Because students are not (7)___________ at the language spoken there, they will have difficulty in (8)____________ what the teachers say. ● It is not easy for them to deal with cross-culture communication (9)________ to lack of knowledge of the customs of the locals. |
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Both sides of the factors should be (10)______________ carefully before one makes a decision. |
When you’re surfing the Internet on your laptop from your dorm or home, do you know your personal details are being gathered secretly? And would you be surprised to know the information may be sold cheaply to advertisers and marketers?
According to an investigation by The Wall Street Journal, all it takes is a tiny file in a computer-a single code consisting of a long series of numbers and letters- to record the computer user’s age, gender, location, favorite movies and hobbies.
The newspaper reports that Lotame Solutions Inc., a New York company, uses sophisticated(高科技) software called a "beacon" to capture what people are typing on a website.
Lotame packages that data into profiles（个人资料）about individuals, only without their names, and sells the profiles to companies seeking customers．Batches of such data may be sold for a few dollars.
The Wall Street Journal survey discovered that spying on Internet users is one of the fastest-growing businesses on the World Wide Web.
The "cookie"- a tiny text file put on your PC by websites or marketing firms which might be used to remember your preferences for one site, or to track you across many sites is already old news．There are new and more complex tools such as "beacons" which scan in real time what people are doing on a webpage．These beacons instantly assess the Internet user’s location, income, shopping interests and even medical conditions.
Millions of Internet users around the world also face unprecedented（空前的）threats．Private, sensitive, personal and business information is being gathered and sold without their knowledge.
Companies insist the information they gather is anonymous and the data is used harmlessly. But the technology has grown so powerful that even some of the biggest websites in the US don’t know that they were installing intrusive files on visitors’ computers．These include MSN.com and Yahoo.com.
Next time you visit a webpage and find an ad banner advertising something you’ve been planning to buy, don’t be amazed that your computer can read your mind.
1.The purpose of the passage is to .
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A．introduce a tiny file in a computer-a single code |
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B．show how your individual information was let out when you surf the Internet |
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C．show how to protect your privacy |
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D．introduce a sophisticated software called a "beacon" |
2.．All of the following statements are Wrong except .
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A．Lotame sells the profiles about individuals to companies seeking customers with their age, gender, location, hobbies and names |
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B．spying on Internet users is the fastest-growing businesses on the World Wide Web |
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C．some of the biggest websites in the US know they were installing intrusive files on visitors’ computers |
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D．a tiny file in a computer-a single code consisting of a long series of numbers and letters can record users’ information |
3.It can be inferred that .
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A．because the data is used harmlessly．Internet users around the world will not face threats |
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B．when a person surf the Internet, his personal details may be let out without his knowledge |
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C．your computer can really read your mind |
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D．MSN.com and Yahoo.com．use software to capture what people are typing on a website |
4.According to the passage, “beacon” .
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A．is a tiny text file put on your PC by websites |
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B．is a soft ware that can package that data into profiles about individuals |
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C．can assess the Internet user’s location, income, shopping interests and even medical conditions |
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D．is not more complex than the "cookie" |
5.What’s the writer’s attitude to this problem?
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A．Neutral |
B．Worried |
C．Optimistic |
D．Indifferent |
It is pretty much a one-way street. While it may be common for university researchers to try their luck in the commercial world, there is very little traffic in the opposite direction. Pay has always been the biggest deterrent, as people with families often feel they cannot afford the drop in salary when moving to a university job. For some industrial scientists, however, the attractions of academia (学术界) outweigh any financial considerations.
Helen Lee took a 70% cut in salary when she moved from a senior post in Abbott Laboratories to a medical department at the University of Cambridge. Her main reason for returning to academia mid-career was to take advantage of the greater freedom to choose research questions. Some areas of inquiry have few prospects of a commercial return, and Lee’s is one of them.
The impact of a salary cut is probably less severe for a scientist in the early stages of a career. Guy Grant, now a research associate at the Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics at the University of Cambridge, spent two years working for a pharmaceutical (制药的) company before returning to university as a post-doctoral researcher. He took a 30% salary cut but felt it worthwhile for the greater intellectual opportunities.
Higher up the ladder, where a pay cut is usually more significant, the demand for scientists with a wealth of experience in industry is forcing universities to make the transition (转换) to academia more attractive, according to Lee. Industrial scientists tend to receive training that academics do not, such as how to build a multidisciplinary team, manage budgets and negotiate contracts. They are also well placed to bring something extra to the teaching side of an academic role that will help students get a job when they graduate, says Lee, perhaps experience in manufacturing practice or product development. “Only a small number of undergraduates will continue in an academic career. So someone leaving university who already has the skills needed to work in an industrial lab has far more potential in the job market than someone who has spent all their time on a narrow research project.”
1.By “a one-way street” (Line 1, Para. 1), the author means ________.
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A．university researchers know little about the commercial world |
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B．there is little exchange between industry and academia |
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C．few industrial scientists would quit to work in a university |
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D．few university professors are willing to do industrial research |
2.What was Helen Lee’s major consideration when she changed her job in the middle of her career?
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A．Flexible work hours. |
B．Her research interests. |
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C．Her preference for the lifestyle on campus. |
D．Prospects of academic accomplishments. |
3.Guy Grant chose to work as a researcher at Cambridge in order to ________.
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A．do financially more rewarding work |
B．raise his status in the academic world |
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C．enrich his experience in medical research |
D．exploit better intellectual opportunities |
4.What contribution can industrial scientists make when they come to teach in a university?
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A．Increase its graduates’ competitiveness in the job market. |
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B．Develop its students’ potential in research. |
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C．Help it to obtain financial support from industry. |
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D．Gear its research towards practical applications. |
The crisis at the damaged Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power Station in northern Japan has raised worries about radiation risks. We spoke Tuesday with Jonathan Links, an expert in radiation health sciences. He is a professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Maryland.
Professor Links says workers within the nuclear plant are the only people at risk of extremely high doses of radiation.
JONATHAN LINKS: "Of course, we don't know what doses they've received, but the only persons at risk of acute radiation effects are the workers."
For other people, he says, there may be a long-term worry. People can get cancer from low doses of ionizing radiation, the kind released in a nuclear accident.
Professor Links says scientists can use computers to quickly model where radioactive material has blown and settled. Then they measure how large an area is contaminated. He says if the situation is serious enough, officials could take steps like telling people not to eat locally grown food or drink the water.
JONATHAN LINKS: "But that would only be the case if there was a significant release and, because of wind direction, the radioactive material was blown over the area, and then settled out of the air into and onto water, plants, fruits and vegetables."
The reactors at Fukushima are on the Pacific coast. But Professor Links says people should not worry about any radioactive material leaking into the ocean.
JONATHAN LINKS: "Even in a worst-case scenario accident, the sea provides a very high degree of dilution. So the concentration of radioactivity in the seawater would still be quite low."
Japan is the only country to have had atomic bombs dropped on it. That memory from World War Two would create a stronger "psychological sensitivity" to radiation exposure, Professors Links says.
Next month is the twenty-fifth anniversary of the explosion and fire that destroyed a reactor at Chernobyl in Ukraine. The nineteen eighty-six event was the world's worst accident in the nuclear power industry.
A new United Nations report says more than six thousand cases of thyroid cancer have been found. These are in people who were children in affected areas of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. The report says that by two thousand five the cancers had resulted in fifteen deaths.
The cancers were largely caused by drinking contaminated milk. The milk came from cows that ate grass where radioactive material had fallen.
To get the latest updates, go to www.unsv.com.
Contributing: James Brooke
1.The passage mainly tells us __________.
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A．What measures the Japan Government takes to solve the nuclear crisis . |
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B．Worries and influences caused by the nuclear crisis . |
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C．With great efforts of scientists , the Japan Government has put the nuclear crisis under control . |
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D．To explain that the nuclear crisis has less effect on its neighboring countries. |
2.Which of the following is NOT the influences caused by the leak of Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power Station?
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A．Workers at the nuclear station are suffering the risk of death . |
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B．People can get cancer from low doses of ionizing radiation, the kind released in a nuclear accident. |
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C．The radioactive material may be blown over the area causing the pollution to water . |
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D．The concentration of radioactivity in the seawater can not be diluted. |
3.What’s the meaning of the underlined word “dilution”?
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A．chemical |
B．salt |
C．dissolution |
D．elimination |
4.According to the passage which of the following is not TRUE ?
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A．Water people drink ,food and vegetables people eat may be polluted by nuclear radiation . |
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B．Japan is the only country to have had atomic bombs dropped on it. |
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C．You can go to www.unsv.com. to get the latest news . |
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D．The nuclear accident in Japan is the worst in the nuclear power industry. |
Life comes in a package. This package includes happiness and sorrow, failure and success, hope and despair. Life is a learning process. Experiences in life teach us new lessons and make us a better person. With each passing day we learn to handle various situations．
Love
Love plays a pivotal role on our life．Love makes you feel wanted．Without love a person could go Hayward(不归路) and also become cruel and ferocious．In the early stage of our life, our parents are the ones who show us with unconditional love and care, they teach us about what is right and wrong, good and bad．But we always tend to take this for granted．It is only after marriage and having kids that a person understands and becomes sensitive to others feelings．Kids make a person responsible and mature and help us to understand life better．
Love plays a pivotal role on our life．Love makes you feel wanted．Without love a person could go Hayward(不归路) and also become cruel and ferocious．In the early stage of our life, our parents are the ones who show us with unconditional love and care, they teach us about what is right and wrong, good and bad．But we always tend to take this for granted．It is only after marriage and having kids that a person understands and becomes sensitive to others feelings．Kids make a person responsible and mature and help us to understand life better．
Happiness and Sorrow
Materialistic happiness is short-lived, but happiness achieved by bringing a smile on others face gives a certain level of fulfillment．Peace of mind is the main link to happiness. No mind is happy without peace. We realize the true worth of happiness when we are in sorrow．Sorrow is basically due to death of a loved one, failure and despair. But these things are temporary and pass away.
Failure and Success
Failure is the path to success. It helps us to touch the sky, teaches us to survive and shows us a specific way. Success brings in money, fame, pride and self-respect. Here it becomes very important to keep our head on our shoulder. The only way to show our gratitude to God for bestowing success on us is by being humble, modest, courteous and respectful to the less fortunate ones.
Hope and Despair
Hope is what keeps life going. Parents always hope their children will do well．Hope makes us dream. Hope builds in patience. Life teaches us not to despair even in the darkest hour, because after every night there is a day. Nothing remains the same we have only one choice keep moving on in life and be hopeful.
Life teaches us not to regret over yesterday, for it has passed and is beyond our control. Tomorrow is unknown, for it could either be bright or dull. So the only alternative is work hard today, so that we will enjoy a better tomorrow.
1.In the passage, the author compares life to ．
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A．package |
B．joy and sorrow |
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C．failure and success |
D．hope and despair |
2.In which section can readers probably read the passage?
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A．Opinions |
B．Politics |
C．Education |
D．Lifestyles |
3.How is the passage organized?
A．In order of rules． B．In order of frequency.
4.What’s the general meaning of the last sentence of the whole passage?
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A．If you work hard, you’ll have a better life in the future． |
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B．when choosing between “today” and “tomorrow”, you’d better enjoy tomorrow better. |
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C．What you only can choose is to work hard today rather than tomorrow. |
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D．Enjoying a better tomorrow is your only choice． |
5.What’s the purpose of the passage?
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A．To encourage people to love each other． |
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B．To tell people how to deal with happiness and sorrow． |
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C．To remind people of keeping having a beautiful dream． |
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D．To give readers some information about life. |
In a land far away, once upon a time, there was great poverty （贫困）,and only the rich could manage without great _16_. Three of those rich men and their servants were_17_together on a road when they came to a very_18_village.
The first could not stand seeing the poverty, _19 he took all the gold and jewels from his wagons (四轮载重马车) and shared _20 out among the villagers. He wished them all the best of luck, and he left.
The second rich man ,seeing the _21 situation, stopped for a short time and gave _22 all his food and drink, since he _23 see that money would be of little _24 to them. He made sure that they each _25 their fair share and would have enough food to _26 for some time . Then, he left.
The third rich man, on seeing such poverty, _27 and went straight through the _28 without stopping. The two other rich men saw this from a distance and commented with each other_29 the third rich man lacked sympathy. It was _30 that they themselves had been there to offer help.
However, three days later, they 31 the third rich man ,who was coming in the opposite direction . He was 32 travelling quickly, but his wagons, 33 the gold and valuables they had been 34 ,were now full of farming tools and bags of 35 .He was rushing back to help them out of poverty.
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