Roughly the size of a soda can, sitting on a bookshelf, a relatively harmless device may be turning friends away from your home. The elephant in your living room is your Internet-connected camera, a device people are increasingly using for peace of mind in their homes. But few stop to think about the effect these devices may have on house guests. Should you tell your friends, for instance, that they’re being recorded while you all watch the big game together?
“It’s certainly new territory (领地), especially as home security cameras become easier to fix,” says Lizzie Post, president of the Emily Post Institute, America’s distinguished manners advisors. “I think it will be very interesting to see what manners appear in terms of whether you tell people you have a camera or not, and whether guests have a right to ask that it be turned off, if it’s not a security issue.” Post wants to make clear that she’s not talking about legal rights, but rather personal preference.
When it comes to security cameras, Post says it’s a host’s responsibility to make sure guests feel comfortable within their home. If the host casually acknowledges that there is a camera in the room by telling a story about, it that may be enough to provide an opening for a guest to say if they are uncomfortable.
However, if a contractor (合约工) is working in your home, you don’t need to tell them that there are cameras watching. Then again, the camera can also work in contractors’ favor. “If anything does go wrong while they’re in the house, they don’t want to be blamed for it,” she says. “In fact, the camera could be the thing that proves that they didn’t steal the $20, or knock the vase off the table.”
1.What is Lizzie Post mainly discussing about the use of home security cameras?
A.Legal rights.
B.Moral issues.
C.The possible impact on health.
D.Likes and dislikes of individuals.
2.According to Post, what is a host’s responsibility concerning the security camera?
A.Indicating its position.
B.Turning it on all the time.
C.Making their guests feel at ease.
D.Having a casual talk with guests.
3.How can the home security camera help contractors working in your home?
A.It can prove their innocence.
B.It can record their working progress.
C.It can prevent the accidents happening.
D.It can make their work more enjoyable.
4.What’s the author’s attitude towards the security camera?
A.Negative. B.Pessimistic.
C.Favorable. D.Objective.
Stepinac has become one of the first high schools in the country to drop all textbooks and replace them with a “digital library”. When students started classes on Monday, they were zipping to an app on their tablets or laptops and bad instant access to all 40 texts in the Stepinac curriculum (课程).
Dennis Lauro, director of an information center which provides technical support to public schools in New York, said neither he nor his colleagues were aware of a similar digital effort in a public school setting. “This is the wave of the future.” Lauro said. “I’m not surprised that a private school would beat the public schools to it. They have the ability to just do it. There is so much politics involved in public schools, when it comes to a move like that, needing approval from boards and committees.”
For Tom Collins, Stepinac’s president, the commitment to digital source material was not so difficult a decision. In the past, students’ families had to spend up to $ 700 a year on textbooks. This year — after the one-time purchase of a tablet or laptop — families only need to pay $ 150. Using the digital library is almost as easy as opening a new book. A student can instantly lap into a digital book and open a map of Egypt or a speech by President John F. Kennedy. A teacher can show a page from a digital book on a whiteboard at the front of the class or send students a link to a particular math problem with notes added in.
The first few weeks may bring some challenges. Stepinac officials expect some parental discomfort over dropping concrete books. They recognize there may be technical faults at first. And they will have to encourage students to leave space-eating photos and music off their tablets — and to keep their tablets charged.
1.What is going on in Stepinac?
A.It’s building a new library.
B.It’s reforming its textbooks.
C.It’s updating its digital resources.
D.It’s changing its management pattern.
2.By saying the underlined sentence. Lauro believes .
A.public schools face great challenges
B.private schools have their advantages
C.the effort is to cause instant changes
D.it’s a trend for schools to go digital
3.Who may worry about the move in Stepinac?
A.Officials. B.Technicians. C.Parents. D.Teachers.
There is a certain atmosphere surrounding somebody who lives in Washington. Everybody seems to think that you know more about what is going on, and a fellow who makes his home in Washington can look forward to being invited to lots of parties.
I discovered this when I went up to New York recently. At the first dinner party, everyone was most interested in what was going on in Washington and I was quite honest and admitted I had no idea. Not only did this disappoint the people I was dining with, it also made them angry. They couldn’t believe that I didn’t know and assumed I wasn’t telling the truth.
When I was leaving, the hostess told me, “We didn’t expect you to tell us everything, but I see no reason why you have to protect the Administration.” I decided then I would have to come up with some inside information, or I would have to pay for my own meals in New York
So the next morning I went through all the morning papers and took time to watch TV for what had happened recently. When I arrived at the party, I was well prepared to discuss almost anything. “What do they say about taxes in Washington?” a lawyer asked.
“I’ve heard there will probably be a tax cut next year,” I said.
“Can you tell us what the President plans to do about Latin America?”
“I’m sorry!” I said, “There are some things the President discusses with me that I just can’t talk about in public.”
“Quite true,” the lawyer agreed, “You’ve probably told us more than you should anyway.”
For the next three days I had more invitations to dinner parties than I could accept. But it has been quite a strain. I have to go on reading so many newspapers and watching so many TV shows from Washington that sometimes I wonder if it’s worth the trouble.
1.At the first dinner party the people were disappointed and angry because________.
A.the author did not tell them the truth
B.the author refused to pay for the dinner
C.the author did not offer any inside information
D.the author showed no interest in what they discussed
2.How did the author get well prepared for the next party?
A.He tried to catch up on the latest events.
B.He had secret discussions with the President
C.He learned how to protect the Administration.
D.He consulted the lawyer about taxes in Washington.
3.What does the underlined word “strain” in the last paragraph mean?
A.Burden. B.Pleasure.
C.Shame. D.Responsibility.
假定你是李华，你的英国朋友Allen打算到北京大学学习。他听说很多留学生选择汉语言文学专业，他对医学也很感兴趣，想征求你的意见。请给他写封邮件，内容包括：
1.推荐其中一个专业并陈述理由；
2.期待见面。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：汉语言文学Chinese Language and Literature医学medicine
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短文中共有10处错误，错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词的下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
I’m Li Hua, an 18-year-old freshman. I am very interest in the position in your poster. So I’m writing to recommend me to you as a member of the school TV station.
When in senior high school, I am once a journalist of the school newspaper. That is why I’m good at writing now. The reports writing by me are often praised by many of her fellow classmates and teachers. In addition, working as a journalist help me to grow as a outgoing, independent, and sociable person. More importantly, I am so curious and enthusiastic about is happening in and around our campus that I can keep it up with the latest events. I’m sure I will devote myself to working in the school TV station whole-hearted.
I’m looking forward to your reply.
Yours,
Li Hua
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Many of us have eaten mooncakes, the food of the Mid-Autumn Festival. This September, Chinese people will be able to enjoy a new kind of mooncakes. What makes the traditional mooncakes special is the stuffing inside-fake meat. These mooncakes were developed by1.Chinese food company in cooperation with Beijing Technology and Business University.
There are two kinds of fake meat: one is made2.(main) from plant protein; the other is real meat3.(grow) from animal stem cell. The fake meat inside these moon cakes belongs to the first type. It’s a good news for those who want4.(eat) healthy.
So far, the new moon cakes5.(receive) positive feedback from the fore tasters. “A lot of people couldn’t tell them6..” Liu Zhongming,7.is the company’s founder, told Chongqing Morning Post.
Fake meat is very popular in the world of food science. In January, U. S. fast food chain Burger King,8.(own) more than 7,000 restaurants across the U. S., began to sell a burger made of fake meat. The9.(popular) of fake meat is partly because it's more environmentally10.(friend) than real meat.
