Hong Kong plays host to exciting events ranging from colourful festivals to world class arts and sports events. When planning your next visit，be sure to include these signature events in your plans.
1.Where can sport lovers order tickets for sports events?
A．At www．hkticketing．com．
B．At www． hksevens．com．
C．At Hong Kong Stadium．
D．At Auditorium，Kwai Tsing Theatre．
2.How much should you pay at least to attend both the jazz concert and Writer’s Block?
A．HK $260.B．HK $310.C．HK $440.D．HK $500.
3.In which event can audience see Woody Allen in person?
A．Affordable Art Fair.
B．Jazz Concert— HKCO + Howard MeCrary.
C．Writer’s Block.
D．Hong Kong Sevens 2014.
Will online courses transform world of education?
Some may wonder what it feels like to attend a class at Stanford University. The recently popular MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) can satisfy this desire. But they are also most likely to change the situation of higher education. Only last month，both Peking University and Tsinghua University announced plans to start open online course on the edX platform，one of the world’s major providers of MOOCs，to explore this new form of online education.
Gaining momentum(势头)
“It’s not only a change of platforms from offline to online. It’s more about a reform of
teaching methods，even the whole education system，”said Chen Jining，president of Tsinghua University.
The potential of MOOCs to reform education has been obvious in the US ever since the immediate popularity of the course Artificial Intelligence，taught by Stanford University professor Sebastian Thrun, who later co-founded Udacity, a platform with 1.6 million enrolled(注册) students in 200 countries. According to Nature magazine，by June 2013，74 percent of universities in the US offered some type of online course. Lu Fang, vice-president of Fudan University，explains the appeal of MOOCs as a simple case of supply and demand：“The demand for high quality educational resources from both enrolled students and professionals is feeding the rise of MOOCs，in which classes usually taught by top teachers are available to everyone，”said Lu.
Too early to replace
With easy access and free of charge, MOOCs are said to have the potential to change the present education system. But there are barriers，because hardly any universities offer degree certificates, as college administrators point out, it’s difficult to confirm if students are foaming anything in MOOCs，reposed USA Today．
The Wall Street Journal also reposed that，presently，a typical MOOC student is likely to have
already graduated from college and is using the course to explore an interest or acquire professional
skills. Even so, an increasing number of undergraduates are signing up.
“What we are really establishing(创建)are educational pathways for people who want skills that are related to contemporary jobs，”Thrun told The Wall Street Journal．
1.MOOCs have been considered likely to reform education since___________．
A．the founding of Udacity
B．the wide application of online education
C．the popularity of the course Artificial Intelligence
D．the opening of MOOCs on the edX platform in China
2.According to Lu Fang, MOOCs have become popular because___________．
A．high quality educational resources are in demand
B．students can attend courses in famous universities
C．college students have access to famous teachers
D．MOOCs have brought about revolution in education
3.What can we learn from the passage?
A．Most of the MOOCs focus on professional training for college graduates．
B．There are barriers for MOOCs to replace the present education system．
C．International companies prefer applicants who graduate from MOOCs．
D．More and more undergraduates have realized the limits of MOOCs．
4.The author’s attitude towards MOOCs is___________．
A．doubtful B．negative C．critical D．optimistic
Tasha Tudor(August 28，1919 — June 18，2008) was an American illustrator(插画家)and writer of children’s books. She received many awards and honors for her contributions to children’s literature. When people talk about her creativity in artwork，she said,“I do it to support my dogs and my four children.”Her great publishing record, the number of magazine stories that have been written about her over the years, and her admirers have no effects on her at all.
Much of Tasha’s artwork and her reading are done in the wintertime.“I love winter. It’s delightful，”she says.“I don’t have to go anywhere because I work at home. If I’m snowed in，I can stay this way for months.”She hopes for early, deep snow to protect her garden from the hardship of the New England winter，and when it comes she puts on snowshoes when she needs to get down the mile-long dirt path that leads to the road.
Given her enjoyment of winter and her fantasy(梦幻)way of life，it’s not surprising that Tasha’s Christmas is a storybook holiday. She hangs flowers over the front door. Her tree comes from the woods,
and it goes up on Christmas Eve，lit by homemade candles and decorated with her great- grandmother’s collection that dates from 1850. In a place of honor on the tree are large cookies cut into the shapes of her animals.
The grandchildren and friends get presents from Tasha’s old dolls；so do the animals and they
have their own Christmas tree. “Of course，it’s a known fact that all the animals talk on Christmas
Eve,”she has written. Small, handmade gifts fill a big wooden box
At the end 0f each year, Tasha can look back and know that her life is perfect，that she has
again ignored the twentieth century，and that the magic continues. And for the rest of us，here’s
a bit of advice, Tasha style：“Nowadays, people are so restless．If they took some tea anti spent more time rocking on the porch(门廊)in the evening listening to light music，they might enjoy life more.”
1.Tasha loved winter because it allowed her to ____________．
A．read stories to her grandchildren
B．show her DIY snowshoes to kids
C．stay indoors working mid reading
D．enjoy bicycle tiding along the path
2.From the passage, we can learn that Tasha’s life is ____________．
A．modern and fashionableB．simple and fantastic
C．lonely and hardD．adventurous and inspiring
3.Which of the following is TRUE about Tasha?
A．She cared little about fame.
B．She created an animal fund.
C．She wrote many stories for magazines.
D．She bought presents for her relatives.
4.In which section of a paper can you probably read the article?
A．Travel.B．Sports.C．Economy.D．People.
Every one of us, rich or poor，should at least have one or two good friends. I learned that a true friend is the most important in my life after I had gone so many terrible things. I felt
upset when I was told that I would have to the company . As I had a very big family to __ ___
and was in great need of money，what I was about was how to find another new job .In order to this problem, I rushed from place to place like crazy. I read almost all the newspapers and almost all the telephone numbers in the newspaper___ in my notebook and tried to call almost a11 the companies that needed new _ ___．Not until I found a job in a small town near Townsville had I down .My new boss ,Mr. Johnson , was one of my good friends since primary school.“Why didn’t you me until now ? Was it to do that ? Explain to me the reason ,”he said , me a cup of hot coffee. Both of us were overjoyed to see each other and we the whole afternoon talking about things and persons that we at school .John asked me to give him some advice about to enlarge his present business and he was entirely happy about my .To my great surprise，he offered me a which didn’t need much experience because I was not with this field but the pay l got was much more man .The moment I saw my ，the sum of money given by the company，I cried for the first time — that was the first time for me to do so since I grew up.
1.A．overB．throughC．aroundD．for
2.A．leaveB．desertC．chooseD．operate
3.A．careB．protectC．love D．support
4.A．particularB．curiousC．concernedD．excited
5.A．analyzeB．raiseC．explainD．solve
6.A．took downB．turned downC．looked forD．stood for
7.A．commentsB．surveysC．reports D．advertisements
8.A．customersB．bosses C．clerks D．applicants
9.A．brokenB．slowedC．sunkD．calmed
10.A．contactB．trustC．overlookD．find
11.A．desperateB．harmfulC．worthyD．significant
12.A．awardingB．sharingC．handingD．showing
13.A．spentB．wasted C．sparedD．saved
14.A．discussedB．debated C．rememberedD．imagined
15.A．whatB．howC．which D．when
16.A．abilityB．courageC．interestsD．suggestions
17.A．positionB．chanceC．fortuneD．service
18.A．popularB．familiarC．patient D．content
19.A．offeredB．requiredC．expectedD．needed
20.A．tipB．shareC．fund D．salary
I think Quanzhou City and Xiamen City are similar in_______ both 0f the two cities are located on the seaside.
A. whatB. thatC. whichD．where
In the end Jack decided to drive back to town because he would not_______ for the night at the hotel.
A．put upB. make upC. keep outD. turn out
