In the middle of Jiangsu province, Yangzhou is an important city in the economic circle of the Yangtze River delta(三角洲). It is m 1. up of three cities of Baoying, Gaoyou, and Yizheng, three districts of Hanjiang, Guangling and Jiangdu. It has an area of 6,638 square kilometers and a population of 4.6 million, i 2. the central area of 1,100 square kilometers with a population of 1.31 million.
Yangzhou is a cultural city with a long history and rich c 3. . It has a long history of about 2,500 years since King Fu Chai of Wu dug Hangou and built Hancheng. There were three g 4. times in the history of Yangzhou. It took shape in the Han Dynasty, developed in the Tang Dynasty and reached its top in the Qing Dynasty. A number of politicians, writers and a 5. such as Li Bai, Du Fu of the Tang Dynasty and Ouyang Xiu and Su Dongpo of the Song Dynasty all served as officials or went sightseeing there and l 6. many poems describing the beauty of Yangzhou. "Eight eccentrics of Yangzhou", Yangzhou school and Yangzhou opera all enjoy special qualities. In h 7. , Yangzhou was a famous and open city. In the Tang dynasty, it is the biggest city in Southeast China and one of the four ports(港口) that conducted economic and cultural exchanges with other c 8. . Over 10 thousand foreign businessmen lived in Yangzhou then. Master Jianzhen went eastward to Japan to s 9. China’s culture.
Yangzhou is a friendly and beautiful city suitable for people to live in. Such famous well-known sayings as “In this flowery March journeyed south to Yangzhou”, “The green city is Yangzhou”, “Only Yangzhou is suitable for people to l 10. in” give true expression to Yangzhou. In 2006, it was awarded the United Nations Habitat Award, the highest prize in the area of global habitat.
Many people would like to watch sport matches. First, you need to know about audience manners.
Most sporting arenas(竞技场)have rules for audience written on the back of the tickets. Read your ticket carefully before you arrive. Try to reach your seat half an hour before the start of the event and don’t leave when a game is in progress. When you have, remember to take away your soft drink bottles and other rubbish.
During exciting games, try to control yourself. Don’t criticize(批评) the performance of players and coaches. Be careful with your words, since some may cause anger among other people in the audience.
Clapping is a special form of body language you can use to communicate with players, but you should do it properly. When players first appear, clap your hands together to welcome them, but don’t go on for too long. After an excellent performance, clap warmly. If someone fails, your clapping will help encourage them.
Clapping is not welcome, however, while players need to keep their attention. Various sports have various rules for the audience.
Enjoying artistic gymnastics (体操)silence. But lots of cheering can really help basketball and football players. When you watch snooker and table tennis matches, flash photography is not allowed. Mobile phones are not allowed in shooting centers.
To be a good audience, you should take time to learn the game—particular rules and related culture of each event.
Title: Good Audience1._______
Topic | 2._ _ | |
Before games | Sporting arenas | read your tickets carefully reach and leave there in time take your rubbish 3.____ when leave |
During games | Exciting games | pay attention to your behaviour and 4.___ |
5.________ | use it properly | |
artistic gymnastics | keep6.________ | |
Basketball and football | You should7._______. | |
Snooker and table tennis | You should not8._______ photos. | |
Shooting centers | Don’t 9._______ mobile phones | |
Conclusion | How to be a good audience | to learn the 10.______ particular rules and culture |
1. Zhang Shaohan has a sweet , and many of us like listening to her songs. (嗓音)
2.What difficulty will you have the machine? (控制)
3. Why not hold a party for your mother’s birthday. (四十)
4.Ice turns into water when the temperature is 0℃. (超过)
5.Danny Bowman is crazy about taking photos of . (他自己)
6.It’s possible that robot teachers will be popular in schools some day. (true)
7. How you are! You’ve knocked the cup off the table again! (care)
8.Some students laugh at the girl because of her (ugly)
9.If you add some lemonade and sugar, the dish will be much . (taste)
10.Today most students can go to high school for further in our country. (educate)
Since the 1970s, scientists have been searching for ways to connect the brain with computers. Braincomputer interface(BCI) technology could help people with disabilities send commands to machines.
Recently, two scientists, Jose Millan and Michele Tavella from the Federal Polytehnic School in Lausanne, Switzerland, show a small robotic wheelchair directed by a person’s thoughts.
In the laboratory, Tavella operated the wheelchair just by thinking about moving his left or right hand. He could even talk as he watched the vehicle and guided it with his thoughts.
“Our brain has billions of body cells(细胞). These send signals through the spinal cord(脊髓) to the body part to give us the ability to move. But spinal cord injuries(脊柱受伤) or other conditions can prevent these weak electrical signals from reaching the body part.” Tavella says. “Our system allows disabled people to communicate with outer world and also to control machines.”
The scientists designed a special cap for the user. This head cover picks up the signals from the scalp(头皮) and sends them to a computer. The computer finds meanings of the signals and commands the wheelchair with an engine. The wheelchair also has two cameras that tell objects in its path. They help the computer react to commands from the brain.
Prof. Millan , the team leader, says scientists keep improving the computer software that finds meanings of brain signals and turns them into simple commands.” The practical possibilities that BCI technology offers to disabled people can be grouped in two kinds: communication, and controlling objects. One example is this wheelchair.”
He says his team has set two goals. One is testing with real patients, so as to prove that this is a technology they can get advantages from. And the other is sure that they can use the technology for long.
1. BCI is a technology that can________.
A.help to make computer systems more modern
B.connect the human brain with computers
C.help the disabled to be healthier
D.control a person’s thoughts
2.Which of the following shows the path of the signals described in Paragraph 5?
A.scalp→computer→cap→wheelchair
B.computer→cap→scalp→wheelchair
C.scalp→cap→computer→wheelchair
D.cap→computer→scalp→wheelchair
3.The team will test with real patients to_________.
A.make money from them
B.prove the technology useful to them
C.make them live longer
D.learn about their physical condition
4.Which of the following would be the best title for the text?
A.Switzerland, the BCI research Center
B.New Findings About How the Human Brain Works
C.BCI Could Mean More Freedom for the Disabled
D.Robotic Vehicles Could Help to Cure Brain Sickness
Susan Boyle was born as the ninth child in a Catholic family. She suffered from learning disabilities ever since her birth because of her mother’s poor health.
School was difficult for Susan and she was bulled(凌辱) because of her different behaviour. Her siblings, who were much older, had life experiences that were unknown to their little sister. From the time of her birth, Susan was a screamer. The only really safe place that she would use as a repeat was her bedroom. There she would hang posters of her musical heroes on the walls and sing popular music into a hairbrush that she pretended was a microphone.
One by one her brothers and sisters moved away from home and then Susan’s father died. This left her alone with an old mother and a cat. She tried volunteer work. Her best state of mind, however, was found when she was singing and so she would regularly join others in karaoke or pubs where she could show her skills and receive appreciation(欣赏)from the crowd.
When Susan announced at Christmas that she was planning to take part in the Britain’s Got Talent competition, her brothers and sisters tried to discourage her. It was a wonder that she was even able to do the audition(试唱) considering the troubles she faced just physically getting to the right place.
The Woman I Was Born to Be is a beautiful story written in the simple but humorous voice of the author, Susan Boyle. She tells her story from birth to the present in an interesting and educational manner.
I love this book ! In fact, I read the whole thing in one day! There is something in the stories that not only teaches the reader but also encourage us to reach for our dreams—no matter how impossible they may seem to be!
1.What does the underlined part “Her siblings” in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A. Susan’s parents B. Susan’s friend
C. Susan’s classmates D. Susan’s brothers and sisters
2. What can we learn about Susan from Paragraph 3?
A. She liked being alone B. She was good at singing
C. She had various hobbies D. She disliked volunteer work.
3.We learn that the book The Woman I Was Born to Be_______.
A.is based on Susan’s life stories
B.is written to educate readers
C.is very sad to read
D.is difficult to read
4.What does the author probably think of Susan’s life stories?
A. Encouraging B. Discouraging
C. Worried D. Boring
Last summer I went through a training program and became a literacy(识字) volunteer. When I began to know what other people’s lives were like because they could not read, I realized the true importance of reading.
My first student Marie was a 44- year-old single mother of three. In the first lesson, I found out she walked two miles to the nearest supermarket twice a week because she didn’t know which bus to take. When I told her I would get her a bus timetable, she told me it would not help because she could not read it. She said she also had difficulty once she got to the supermarket because she couldn’t always remember what she needs. Since she did not know words, she could not write out a shopping list. Also, she could only know items by sight, so if the product had a different sign, she would not know it as the product she wanted.
As we worked together, learning how to read built Marie’s self-confidence, which encouraged her to continue her studies. She began to make fast progress and was even able to take the bus to the supermarket. After this successful trip, she reported how self-confident she felt.
At the end of the program, she began helping her youngest son, Tony, a shy first grader with his reading. She sat with him before he went to sleep and together they would read bedtime stories. When his eyes became wide with excitement as she read, pride was written all over her face. As she described this experience, I was proud of myself as well. I found that helping Marie to build self-confidence was more rewarding than anything I had ever done before.
As a literacy volunteer, I learned a great deal about teaching and helping others. In fact, I may have learned more from the experience than Marie did.
1.Marie didn’t go to the supermarket by bus because______.
A.she lived too close to the supermarket
B.she wanted to stay fit through walking
C.there were no bus stops in front of the supermarket
D.she had no idea which bus to take to the supermarket
2.What did the writer probably find when he was teaching Marie to read?
A.Marie learnt how to read really fast
B.Marie had no gift for learning how to read
C.It was hard for Marie to change her habits
D.It was hard for Marie to build self-confidence
3.We learn that in the end________.
A.Marie could read and became confident
B.the writer chose to help Marie’s son to read too
C.the writer decided to spend more time learning to read
D.Marie thought she learnt more from the experience than the writer
4.What is the passage mainly about?
A.The importance of learning to read
B.The difficulties that a single mother faced
C.The writer’s most unforgettable experience
D.The writer’s experience as a literacy volunteer
