ATTENTION，ALL OUR NEW STUDENTS

Welcome to West Lakes Institute of Technology. You are strongly advised to adhere to（遵守）the following three basic rules on your first day：

1. Wear your pre-admission student number on your clothes at all times.

2. Do not enter any classrooms where classes are already in progress.

3. When asked to produce basic information about yourself，be ready to show your green enrollment（注册）acceptance advice slip.

Students who have pre-paid the enrollment fee

From 9：00am to 10：00 am（no later）you should receive your new student information kit（成套装备）at the entrance of the teaching building. Once you have your kit，you are not required until 10：30 am，so you can relax in the Student Center until you are called over the PA system.

Students who are yet to pay the enrollment

Go directly to the Admissions Center and be prepared to pay your enrollment fee（$ 150-cashonly）to the New Admissions Officer. You will be asked for your address and your pre-admission student number. Note that this is NOT the number which is later displayed on your student card. Once you have paid your enrollment fee，follow the instructions above for students who have pre-paid their fee.

Student Cards

Student cards will not be issued until Thursday. Photographs, however, will be taken on Monday afternoon. Make your way to the library at 2:00-5:00 pm to take photographs.

Welcome Address

The Director of the college will address all new students in the Main Hall at around 10:45 am. When you hear the announcement that directs you to assemble in the Main Hall, make your way swiftly past the canteen area, through the courtyard and into the Hall. No food or drinks are allowed in the Main Hall.

Lunch

The canteen is situated on the ground floor of the student building. Since the canteen is also used by members of the public, you will be asked to produce your enrollment acceptance advice slip. Failure to do this will result in all purchases being charged for at non-discount prices.

Robert Lee Frost was born on March 26，1874 in San Francisco，California. Frost attended Dartmouth College after graduating from high school in 1892.In 1894 his first poem，titled My Butterfly: An Elegy，was published in The Independent. Robert Frost went on to attend Harvard University in 1897 after marrying his wife Elinor in 1895.He left university due to health concerns，and moved to a farm in New Hampshire.

The time spent on his farm in New Hampshire，where he tried to work the land，make a life，and provide for his family，was very hard for Robert Frost，his wife and children. However，Frost came to respect rural life and grew appreciation for what those living around him went through. Because he so intimately knew rural country life，he was able to master describing it through prose（散文）.These experiences on the farm inspired many of his well-known pieces of poetry, including The Tufts of Flowers and The Trial by Existence, both of which were published in 1906.

It was when Robert Frost decided to sell his farm in 1912 and move to England that he found publishers who were willing to shine a light on his poetry, something that was tough for a new poet to do in America. His first book of poems, A Boy's Will, was published only a few months after his arrival in England, and North of Boston was published a year afterward.

By the time when Robert Frost made it back to his home country of America, he had built a solid career and reputation in England and was able to further his success. His standing allowed him to connect with influential publishers, such as Henry Holt, and get his poetry out into the hands of the American people. In 1916, Frost published Mountain Interval, which contained poems and stories he had written during his stay in England.

Robert Frost died on January 29，1963 in Boston, Massachusetts at the age of 88. Before passing away, Robert Frost was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1960 for his poems and contributions to American literature.

British anthropologists Russell Hill and Robert Barton of the University of Durham, after studying the results of one-on-one boxing, taekwondo, Greco-Roman wrestling and freestyle wrestling matches at the Olympic Games, conclude that when two competitors are equally matched in fitness and skill, the athlete wearing red is more likely to win.

Hill and Barton report that when one competitor is much better than the other, colour has no effect on the result. However, when there is only a small difference between them, the effect of colour is enough to tip the balance. The anthropologists say that the number of times red wins is not simply by chance, but that these results are statistically significant.

Joanna Setchell, a primate (灵长目动物) researcher at the University of Cambridge, has found similar results in nature. She studies the large African monkeys known as mandrills. Mandrills have bright red noses that stand out against their white faces. Setchell’s work shows that the powerful males—the ones who are more successful with females—have a brighter red nose than other males.

As well as the studies on primates by Setchell, another study shows the effect of red among birds. In an experiment, scientists put red plastic tings on the legs of male zebra finches and this increased the birds’ success with female zebra finches. Zebra finches already have bright red beaks (鸟喙), so this study suggests that, as with Olympic athletes, an extra flash of red is significant. In fact, researchers from the University of Glasgow say that the birds’ brightly coloured beaks are an indicator of health. Jonathan Blount, a biologist, and his colleagues think they have found proof that bright red or orange beaks attract females because they mean that the males are healthier. Nothing in nature is simple, however, because in species such as the blue footed booby, a completely different colour seems to give the male birds the same advantage with females.

Meanwhile, what about those athletes who win in their events while wearing red? Do their clothes give them an unintentional advantage? Robert Barton accepts that “that is the implication” of their findings. Is it time for sports authorities to consider new regulations on sports clothing?

George Aldrich, whose official title is chemical specialist, works at NASA’s White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico. He uses his nose to protect astronauts from unpleasant or harmful odors (气味). His near four-decade career has involved smelling objects from technical handbooks to astronauts’ personal things.

It’s crucial that all items taken aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are odorless. Since astronauts are allowed to bring personal items aboard, all their objects must be smell-checked before leaving Earth. In a video provided by Science Channel, Aldrich relates one specific occasion when an astronaut wanted to build a ship in a bottle in space. Everything in the ship-building process had to be sniffed—right down to the glue.

Aldrich and his team are responsible for making sure that objects are not only odorless but also harmless to astronauts. When the ISS heats up, a process called off-gassing occurs, which means chemicals flow out from certain substances (物质). Objects that would be safe on Earth could give off unpleasant odors or become dangerous when exposed to high temperatures in the ISS’s unique environment.

Of course, humans aren’t the only testers or the first to be exposed to potentially dangerous objects. Before Aldrich sticks his nose into a substance, it has been examined by machines. Even though machines can detect unsafe substances, computers cannot tell exactly how things smell to humans. While something could be technically fine, it could be smelly to an astronaut.

Aldrich’s nose is not alone there. He is the head of a hard-sniffing team of smell testers. Together they smell each object and rate it on a scale (等级) of 1 to 4. According to NASA, 1 cannot be detected, and 4 is considered not bearable. After the scientists conclude their tests, the scores are averaged. If an item is rated more than 2.4 on the scale, it fails the test and is not allowed on the flight.

When a holiday is just around the comer, you may be planning a trip abroad. But to enjoy a worry-free adventure abroad, you also should pay attention to the following common-sense safety tips for travelling abroad.

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Another reason to take only carry-on carriage---besides avoiding baggage fees---is that the less you have to carry around, the more quickly you can move, if necessary. You should always have a free hand. Besides, you won’t be exhausted from dragging all those bags around.    16    

Leave your hotel with only what you need and lock up the rest. Take a lock for your luggage just in case your hotel doesn’t offer a safe.    17     If you don’t need all your cash and cards, don’t take them all with you when you go out for a day of sightseeing or shopping. Also, leave your passport in the hotel. Make photocopies of all your important documents and leave the hotel with a copy of your passport plus a one photo I.D. Why?    18     If all of your identification is in it, imagine the trouble you have to go through to replace it all.

Always keep in mind that, when you travel abroad, you are in a place you don’t know well and you can always be a target. Trust your senses.    19     After your arrival, ask the hotel staff and locals about the areas you are thinking of visiting, especially at night. And you should walk in well-lit areas at night and know how to contact the local police with your cell phone or a payphone in a foreign country, if necessary.

As the saying goes，"The rose's in her hand，the flavor in mine." I am always in the _________of giving money to every beggar or homeless person I pass by. My friends say it is not good to _________them. We may come across beggars or homeless people begging everyday and all beggars have their ability to survive. It _________them that I never listen.

On a _________day, my friend and I were walking to the _________when I passed a beggar lady. I had seen her several times before and had always given her a few _________. That day, I gave her 2 euros. I was waiting for the bus and reading a book when I _________to see that lady standing in front of me. She _________me a piece of paper covered in a plastic bag to prevent it from getting _________. She stood there, looking at me ______________. Putting my book ______________, I took the paper, which said she and her family had to ______________their country because of floods, and she was ______________to support them. She had got a bit of money, but she needed ______________5 euros to get home. I ______________in my pockets and found 20 cents. My friend ______________a 5-euro note. I asked her to give it to the lady, and said that I would ______________ the next day. When she got the money, the lady hugged us and said thanks again and again, and went on her way. Later on the bus, I ______________where her home was and how she had gotten to this country. In her story, I felt that my friend and I would always remain part of it as the ______________, who helped her get home on a rainy day. But for me, helping a stranger did bring me happiness, giving me a pleasant ______________.

The art of the paper cutting in China may date back to the second century，since paper     40    （invent）by Cai Lun in the Eastern Han Dynasty in China. As paper became more affordable，the paper cutting became one of the most important     41    （type）of Chinese folk art. Later，with different regions adopting their own cultural styles，this art form spread to other parts of the country.     42    （usual），the artworks are made of red paper，as red is associated with     43    （happy）in Chinese culture，but other colors are also used.

With     44    （it）long history，the paper cutting，    45     originated in China，has been very popular among the ordinary Chinese people. People put up paper cuttings on walls，windows and doors at wedding ceremonies or festivals     46    （strengthen）the cheerful atmosphere.

Chinese paper cuttings are rich in content. The auspicious（吉祥的）designs symbolize good luck and the avoidance of evil. The child and lotus designs suggest a family with     47     large number of children and grandchildren. Birds，livestock，fruit，fish and worms are also familiar objects     48    （accept）by Chinese people. In a word，paper cuttings used     49    different occasions have different meanings.

My friend dreams to be a painter，that his father is strongly against. If there is a conflict in applying for a university between his parents and him，he will follow their own idea rather than obey for them. The reason for his choice is that comparing with his parents，he has a good understanding of his own character，advantages and dreams than them. More importantly，he feels it is right shape his future by making the wise choice. So he will still share his opinions with his parents，get himself understood and have them stand in his shoes. Only when he took their feelings as well as his into consideration，he thinks，can he make a wise choice without hurt them.

On Oct.13，2016，the famous US musician Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________