Many businesses today use conferences as a means of discussing new plans for company. As people are paying more attention to the environment and green problems, more businesses are looking for ways to reduce their negative effect on the environment. Many businesses do this by using web conferencing.
Web conferencing is a technology that allows people to communicate more effectively over the Internet. It is an easy way of hosting and attending conferences without having to leave the office. Each of the people involved in a web conference will be posted an invitation to the conference with the time and date of the web conference on it. When the conference is ready to begin, all participants (参与者) must sit at their computer and they will be connected over the Internet.
Obviously, in doing this no fuel is used in traveling to and from a conference, and less work time is taken up in attending a conference.
Any material to be used during the web conference is simply e-mailed to all the participants before the conference. This not only saves paper but also greatly reduces mailing cost for the business.
As a conference hall or business center isn’t being used, it means that the only power that is used is the power used by the participants’ personal computers. Similarly conference organizers don’t have to arrange for food or overnight accommodation (住宿) for participants. All this means that less energy is used.
Many companies actively do many things to reduce their negative impact (影响) on the environment. So web conferencing is much cheaper and greener and more people are willing to host and attend a web conference.
1.What is the passage mainly about?
A. Ways of protecting the environment.
B. Green benefits of web conference.
C. Ways of hosting a web conference.
D. Impacts of web conferencing on costs.
2. According to paragraph 1, many companies use web conferencing because they________.
A. are interested in using any new technology
B. believe that web conferencing is more convenient
C. want to do something to protect the environment
D. haven’t enough money to hold a traditional conference
3. Web conferencing has all of the following advantages EXCEPT _________.
A. saving time B. promoting understanding
C. saving energy D. saving paper
4.The participants of a web conference_________.
A. will be e-mailed an invitation before the conference
B. are required to sit in the office together
C. will receive many paper materials
D. must have access to the Internet
When I was small and my grandmother died, I couldn’t understand why I had no tears. But that night when my dad tried to cheer me up, my laugh turned into crying.
. So it came as no surprise to learn that researchers believe crying and laughing come from the same part of the brain. Just as laughing has many health advantages, scientists are discovering that so, too, does crying.
Whatever it takes for us to reduce pressure is important to our emotional (情感的) health, and the study found that 85 percent of women and 73 percent of men report feeling better after crying.
Besides, tears attract help from other people. Researchers agree that when we cry, people around us become kinder and friendlier and they are more ready to provide support and comfort. Tears also enable us to understand our emotions better; sometimes we don't even know we're very sad until we cry. We learn about our emotions through crying, and then we can deal with them.
Just as crying can be healthy, not crying — holding back tears of anger, pain or suffering — can be bad for physical health. Studies have shown that too much control of emotions can lead to high blood pressure, heart problems and some other illnesses. If you have a health problem, doctors will certainly not ask you to cry. But when you feel like crying, don't fight it. It's a natural — and healthy— emotional response.
1. Why didn't the author cry when her grandmother died?
A. Because her father did not want her to feel too sad.
B. Because she did not love her grandmother.
C. Because she was too shy to cry at that time.
D. The author doesn’t give the explanation.
2. It can be inferred from the text that ______.
A. there are only two ways to keep healthy
B. crying does more good to health than laughing
C. crying and laughing play the same roles
D. emotional health has a close relationship to physical health
3.According to the author, which of the following statements is true?
A. Crying is the best way to get help from others.
B. We must cry if we want to reduce pressure.
C. We will never know our deep feelings unless we cry.
D. Fighting back tears may cause some health problems.
4.What might be the most suitable title for the text?
A. Why We Cry B. How to Keep Healthy
C. Power of Tears D. A New Scientific Discovery
Jean Driscoll can go faster in her wheelchair than the world’s best marathoners can run!
In April, Jean finished the Boston Marathon in 1 hour 34 minutes 22 seconds. That’s about 33 minutes faster than the winning male runner! She competed on the track, too. She was second in the 800 meter wheelchair race at the 1992 Olympics.
Jean doesn’t like to be told she’s brave. “I’m in sports because I’m a competitive person!” Jean was born with spina befida(脊柱裂), a birth illness that damages the spine（脊椎）. She began to use a wheelchair to get around in high school. Then she tried wheelchair race and was amazed.” Players crashed into each other and fell out of their chairs,” she says, “It was fun.”
Jean tried other wheelchair sports. At the University of Illinois, her wheelchair basketball team won two national titles.
Now Jean coaches and teaches. She tries to get people to set goals. “When I sign my autograph（亲笔签名）, says Jean, “I write, dream big and work hard.”
1.What made Jean take part in sports?
A. She was brave. B. She was competitive.
C. She was strong. D. She was disabled.
2.What does the underlined word “coach” mean?
A. to train or give instruction and advice B. to experiment
C. to get hold of and stop D. to repeat
3.What is Jean’s advice on how to succeed?
A. Work hard. B. Hope for the best.
C. Dream a lot. D. Have great wishes and work hard.
My best friend, Tom, and I live in a senior-citizen apartment in a lovely small town. Tom is a ten-year-old dog and I am a sixty-nine-year-old lady .
Years ago, I __36__ when I retired I would get a dog to __37__ my golden years. From the very beginning, Tom has always been __38_ and I never have to tell him anything more than once. He is extremely __39___ and always puts back the toys where they were after __40__.He is a wonderful companion. We sometimes play a ___41___together. He does many amusing things that make me laugh. As a result, I enjoy his__42___.
One afternoon, Tom started acting ___43__. I was sitting on the floor playing with him, __44___he started sniffing at the right side of my chest. He had never done anything like this before, suddenly he threw his entire__45__at the right side of my chest, and I cried in___46___.
Soon after this, I felt a lump(肿块). After X-rays and tests, doctors told me I __47__cancer. When cancer started, for an unknown __48___, a wall of calcium(钙化壁) built. Then the lump or cancer _49__ itself to the wall. When Tom __50__on me, the force broke the lump away from the calcium wall, which made me ___ 51__the lump. Before that, I couldn’t see or feel it, so there was no way for me to know it was there.
I had a complete __ 52___ and the cancer did not spread. The doctors told me if the cancer had gone unfound even six more months, it would have been too late.
Was Tom ___53__ of just what he was doing? I’ll never really know. What I do
know is that I’ m glad I made a promise to_ 54 __my golden years with this wonderful creature---- for Tom not only shares his life with me; he has made sure that I will be ___55___to share my life with him.
1.A. suggested B. insisted C. told D. promised
2.A. take B. bring C. share D. carry
3.A. well-behaved B. well-built C. well-dressed D. well-known
4.A. dirty B. neat C. lazy D. sad
5.A. working B. sleeping C. eating D. playing
6.A. joke B. fun C. game D. face
7.A. company B. kindness C. care D. comfort
8.A. happily B. luckily C. strangely D. sadly
9.A. while B. when C. as D. before
10.A. power B. energy C. devotion D. weight
11.A. joy B. surprise C. pain D. relief
12.A. enjoyed B. had C. lived D. treated
13.A. cause B. excuse C. reason D. idea
14.A. attached B. devoted C. fell D. dropped
15.A. jumped B. sat C. stood D. put
16.A. watch B. witness C. observe D. notice
17.A. task B. work C. operation D. job
18.A. fond B. aware C. ashamed D. afraid
19.A. waste B. spend C. cost D. make
20.A. in B. around C. out D. outside
----How about having a picnic in the park on Sunday?
----__________, whatever you want to do is fine with me.
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_______Chinese which city is famous for ice and snow, and the answer is sure to be Harbin.
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