Culture shock often comes as _____surprise to most people the first time they experience it in one form or ..
A. /; other B. /; another C. a; another D. a; others
目前，我国大力提倡构建节约型社会。下图是你在校园所见到的一些现象，假如你是学生会主席，请起草一份英文倡议书，描述这些现象，并向全校师生发出倡议，杜绝浪费，节约能源。
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Dear teachers and students,
Our government is trying hard to build an energy-saving society.
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Students’ Union
阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示，2）首字母提示，3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。
The long-desired winter vacation arrived in the end. As soon as
the bell rang announcing that the class was over, e_____ student 1.________
couldn’t ____ to rush out of the classroom. Half an hour later, 2.________
my good friend Jack and I were on the way back home. ______ 3._______
crowded was the train we took that we had to _____(站). Thinking 4.________
of the coming Spring Festival and the two______(周) stay with 5.________
parents, we both felt happy and excited. All of a s_____, I saw a 6.________
man stealing an old lady’s p_____ out of her bag. With the help 7.________
of Jack, I caught the pickpocket and f_____ him to give back the 8.________
purse to the lady. Then the pickpocket was taken ____ by the guard. 9.________
Praised by other passengers, we felt _____ of what we had done. 10.________
The news that China bans time-travel TV dramas and movies got a lot of attention on the internet. Yet, time travel in China is a bit different from time travel in common sense．It is anything but science fiction and always goes backwards in time．There is minimum imagination involved--no ever-ending circles that mess up present and future, no advanced technology, no new social orders or new human forms from the twenty--whatever century, everything is a known historical fact when you travel through in China．
It is not even called time travel; rather the Chinese people refer it as time crossover．Time crossover has been an extremely popular theme for online novels for years(in fact , it is an indispensible part of China’s online culture), and didn’t get picked up by TV and the big screen until recent two years．Most of time-travel dramas and movies are adapted from popular online novels and like in other cases adaptations are never better than the original books．
The main plot of time-travel novels or TV dramas can be very well summarized in one sentence: from nobody to somebody．Time travel in China is more about escaping from the reality than about realizing wild dreams．
In China , there is no need of time machine either．People travel backwards in time via the possession of antiques presence at historical places of interest encounter of life-threatening accidents or simple a look into the mirror．Some time-travel novels even start with “I wanted to go back to history so much that one morning when I opened my eyes I was back．” Technology is not relevant at all．
Though China is not short of histories to go back to, people have their own preferences and it is pretty much a gender （性别）thing．If the main character is male then he usually goes back to special times in history when he is able to help build up or tear up a dynasty．A typical example is A Step Into the Past(寻秦记), the first time-travel TV drama in China, which tells the story of how a SWAT member helps to unite China and build up Qin Dynasty ．
On the other hand , female characters primarily go back to Qing Dynasty partly because Qing Dynasty has the most number of princes to fall in love with．Yongzheng Emperor is the favorite．As can be seen in Startling by Each Step（步步惊心）, a Qing time crossover classic, a girl goes back to Qing Dynasty and falls in love with Yongzheng Emperor and his brothers．
1.As for time travel in China, which of the following ideas does the writer agree to ?
A．it is complicated and can be classified into science fiction.
B．it is often based on the familiar story in history.
C．it sometimes messes up the times and social orders.
D．it always occurs in any times but the time before.
2.The writing purpose of this passage is to .
A．analyze why the time -travel TV dramas are banned in China
B．introduce the characteristics of the time-travel TV dramas in China
C．show the difference between time travel in China and in other cultures
D．advise people to watch the time-travel TV dramas in China
3.It can be inferred from the passage that .
A．China now has banned any forms of productions about time travel
B．adapted from online novels, time-travel TV and movie productions enjoy more praise
C．the main character always follows a set pattern in the time-travel TV dramas in China
D．all the time-travel productions are about heroes and their success
4.The news mentioned in the very beginning is intended to .
A．prove author’s view B．introduce the topic
C．give an example D．work as a topic sentence
Loren Gladstone of Toronto is 58, but thinking over how to bequeath (遗赠) his digital property(财产). Doing the paperwork after his parents' death was a challenge. “When my time comes, I wonder if my children will even know what paper is，” he says. As a software developer, his virtual property is both valuable and vital to his business. That reflects a problem. Online lives have increasing economic and emotional value. But testamentary (遗嘱) laws offer confusing and incomplete ways of bequeathing and inheriting (继承) them.
Digital property may include software, websites, downloaded content, online gaming identities, social-media accounts and even e-mails. In Britain alone holdings of digital music may be worth over ￡9 billion ($14 billion). A fifth of respondents to a Chinese local-newspaper survey said they had over 5，000 yuan($790) of digital property. And value does not lie only in money.“Anyone with kids under 14 years old probably has two prints of them and the rest are in online galleries，”says Nathan Lustig of Entrustet, a company that helps people manage digital property.
Service providers have different rules—and few state them clearly in their terms and conditions. Many give users a personal right to use an account, but nobody else, even after death. Facebook allows relatives to close an account or turn it into a memorial page. Gmail (run by Google) will provide copies of e-mails to an executor (遗嘱执行人). Music downloaded via iTunes is held under a license which can be abolished on death. Apple declined to comment on the record on this or other policies. All e-mail and data on its iCloud service are deleted on the death of the owner.
This has led to cases to court in America. In 2004 the family of Justin Ellsworth, an army man killed in Iraq, took Yahoo! to court in Michigan to get copies of his e-mails. This year, a court in Oregon ruled that another American mother whose son had died could use her dead son's password to enter his Facebook account for a short period. Now five American states have made laws giving executors control over the social-networking accounts of dead users.
But this raises the subject of privacy. Passing music on is one thing; not everyone may want their relatives to read their e-mails. Colin Pearson, a London-based lawyer, says access should come only with a clear provision in a will.
But laws, wills and password safes may be contrary to the providers' terms of service, especially when the executor is in one country and the data in another. Headaches for the living and lots of lovely work for lawyers.
1.Why does Loren begin to think over how to bequeath his digital property at the age of 58?
A. Because he is afraid his children don't know what paper is.
B. Because there's no complete law dealing with digital property.
C. Because his digital property is of great value and importance.
D. Because he is worried his children will be taken to court.
2.Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
A. Digital property is assessed in terms of nothing except money.
B. No laws in America have been made to deal with digital property.
C. The relatives may read the e－mail of the dead without permission.
D. Lawyers can make money through cases about digital property.
3.Facebook, Google and Apple have a similar rule that ________．
A. users are offered accounts used by nobody else except users themselves
B. relatives of the dead may close an account or use it at their own will
C. the executor may enter the e－mail and read it by themselves at any time
D. the data downloaded by the dead will be copied and then deleted from net
4.Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage?
A. Digital Information B. Testamentary Laws
C. Deathless Data D. Vital Property
Spring is the time to go out and enjoy the weather and scenery. Here are some events to attend in March of 2012 in Oregon!
Oregon Country Fair (OCF), 9 am to 7 pm on March 8-10
OCF first started in 1969, and it’s blossomed into an outstanding example of what a non-profit should be. OCF is an event of shopping & atmosphere, and food ranging from Indian & Afghani cuisine to Italian & France cuisine. Wonderful craft & music never stop. From the time you get there until the time you leave, everyone has a smile on their faces, and they wave and say hello. For tickets, go and visit www. Oregoncountryfair.org.
30th Annual Seaside Beach Volleyball Tournament, 8 am to 6 pm on March 12-14
The Annual Seaside Beach Volleyball Tournament is an amateur tournament that draws amateur volleyball players to the small town of seaside, as well as AVP Team players who are the best volleyball players. In the past years, it has drawn more than 700 teams playing on over 80 volleyball courts. Just go west, and you can’t miss it. It is about 20 miles south of Astoria. To learn more about it, visit the website www. Seasideor.com.
Hood to Coast Relay, 3:30 am to 6:45 pm on March 26-27
The Hood to Coast Relay is a 200-mile-long relay that consists of 15 000 runners and 4 100 volunteers. It’s the largest relay in the world, which goes from Mt. Hood to Pacific Ocean in Seaside, Oregon. People of the Oregon coast fear Hood to Coast, because local towns and streets are flooded. There are audiences cheering riders on, and many people set up stations to give riders water. If you would like to get the race route maps, visit the website www. Hoodtocoast.com.
Other event information
To learn about other events, visit the website www. aadfv. blogspot.com.
1.OCF covers the following EXCEPT _____.
A. music B. dishes C. dance D. artworks
2.When was the first Seaside Beach Volleyball Tournament held in Oregon?
A. In 1982. B. In 1986. C. In 1988. D. In 1992.
3.If Lisa wants to learn more about an outing in Oregon, she may visit _____.
A. www. Seasideor.com. B. www. Hoodtocoast.com.
C. www. aadfv.blogspot.com. D. www. Oregoncountryfair.org.
4.Locals of the Oregon coast are afraid of the relay because ______.
A. the relay will last a long period
B. they have to offer food and water
C. the weather is bad during the relay.
D. too many people will go there.
