【推荐2】Have you ever dreamed of going to beautiful destinations in Europe? Dream no more, because TECNO is here to fulfill that dream.

Africa number one smartphone brand-TECNO is once again set to reward consumers with up to 2 million Naira and a tour to beautiful destinations in Europe in the "Unlock A New CAM* ERA" photography contest.

Join the "Unlock A New CAM*ERA" contest by uploading your creative pictures and stand a chance to be selected among the 24 people that will go on a 3-day photography camping contest.

In the TECNO#UnlockCAMission, there are three missions. The first mission-a macro-photography contest has ended and winners will be announced soon.

But you can still participate in the second and third mission

●Mission 2-Wide-Angle Photography-Here you are required to take a wide-angle photo of any landmark structure around you.

●Mission 3-Low-Light Photography-This requires you to take exceptional pictures at night or in low light environment with your smartphone.

The second mission is currently ongoing and you can join the contest right here. All entries must be accompanied with the hashtag (标签) #UnlockCAMission.

8 lucky people will be selected from each mission and qualify for an all-expense-paid trip to a location in Nigeria. Right in the camp, they will be given photography tasks and so the fun would begin. Whoever is able to complete his or her tasks will win the new Camon 12 and lots of cash prizes. At the end of the 3-day camping, three best participants will be selected to go on the adventure to Europe free of charge.

How to participate offline

●Visit any TECNO Shop to purchase the new Camon 12,and get your raffle ticket(兑奖券).

●Keep your raffle ticket, at the end of the campaign, there will be a raffle draw and 2 people stand a chance to win an all-expense-paid tour to Europe.

The#UnlockCAMission challenge will run until the 30th of May, 2020. Join the challenge today and stand a chance to have a fun and memorable Ember season in Europe.

1. What is probably the purpose of the contest?

A．To give back to consumers.

B．To promote European tourism.

C．To help people to realize dreams.

D．To search for expert photographers.

2. What is a necessary requirement of Mission 2?

A．A wide-angle photo of nature.

B．A macro-photography knowledge.

C．Pictures taken in low light environment.

D．Entries with the hashtag#UnlockCAMission.

3. How many people at most can have a free tour to Europe through the campaign?

A．24.

B．8.

C．5.

D．3.

【推荐3】Summer School for Effective Leadership 2014
The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups （HKFYG） partners with 2 world-class universities, The University of Hong Kong （HKU） and The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology （HKUST） to offer you the best international summer schools in town! This year the Summer School for Effective Leadership （SSEL） is divided into the HKU Chapter—An Overture to Global Leadership, and HKUST Chapter—The Art of Public Speaking. Please find out more from the introduction below:
HKU Chapter—An Overture to Global Leadership
An Overture to Global Leadership, now in its seventh year, is cooperation between the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups and the University of Hong Kong with the aims:
1. To nurture youth leaders with solid fundamental knowledge and intensive leadership skills;
2. To strengthen their critical thinking skills, interpersonal skills and problem solving abilities;
3. To reinforce their willingness to serve the community;
4. To further develop global perspective and promote intercultural awareness amongst participants.
Date
Between 18 July 2014 （Friday） and 26 July 2014 （Saturday）.
Full attendance is mandatory for the 9-day-8-night programme. Shared-room accommodation in the University dormitory is required.
Application Deadline
Non-residents of Hong Kong: 6:00 p.m., Friday, 16 May 2014 （Hong Kong Time）
Non-residents of Hong Kong may need to apply for a student visa, please visit the website: http://l21.hkfyg.org.hk/ssel/hku/overview.html for further details.
For application, please visit: http://l21.hkfyg.org.hk/ssel/hku/application.php
HKUST Chapter—The Art of Public Speaking
The Art of Public Speaking is a new collaboration between the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups, and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology with the aims:
1. To enhance the leadership skills and public speaking skills of participants;
2. To allow youth leaders and speakers to learn from one another, and encourage cultural exchanges;
3. To demonstrate how public speaking skills can be used by leaders to communicate to the public;
4. To allow outstanding student leaders to serve and understand the local community.
Date
Between 14 July 2014 （Monday） and 19 July 2014 （Saturday）
Full attendance is mandatory for the 6-day-5-night programme. Shared-room accommodation in the University dormitory is required.
Application Deadline
Non-residents of Hong Kong: 6:00p.m., Friday, 9 May 2014 （Hong Kong Time）.
Non-residents of Hong Kong may need to apply for a student visa, please visit the website: http://l21.hkfyg.org.hk/ssel/hkust/overview.html for further details.
For application, please visit: http://l21.hkfyg.org.hk/ssel/hkust/application.php
1. The Art of Public Speaking is organized by ________.

A．HKFYG & HKU

B．HKFYG & HKUST

C．HKU & HKUST

D．HKUST & SSEL

2. Which is the common aim between an Overture to Global Leadership and the Art of Public Speaking?

A．Strengthening critical thinking.

B．Promoting intercultural awareness.

C．Improving public speaking.

D．Developing problem solving ability.

3. The underlined word can be best replaced by ________.

A．worthwhile

B．normal

C．acceptable

D．necessary

4. For a Hong Kong resident who wants to attend HKUST Chapter, ________.

A．he has to apply for a student visa

B．he has to board on campus for six days

C．he will be given the opportunity to get close to local community

D．he shall submit the application before 6:00 p.m., 9 May 2014 （Hong Kong Time）

【推荐1】As the weather costs you a loss on trains and flights, we look at your rights.

Cancelled trains

On a single ticket, a passenger will usually receive 25% of the fare if the train is delayed by 15 minutes. If the delay reaches 30 minutes, the compensation（补偿金）rises to 50%, and if it’s over an hour you should be able to reclaim the whole cost. Clear arrangements vary according to train operators（运营商）.

If you were due to travel, to say Aberdeen from London, your train is cancelled and you decide not to travel, you can get a full compensation. If you had a non-cancelable ticket with one operator, and failed to make that train because the connecting train was delayed, you can take the next available train.

Flights

If your flight is cancelled because of the snow you have the right to s full compensation of the ticket, or to be rerouted home on a later flight.

But you will have no right to get a delay or cancellation compensation under EU rules, because the snow is an extraordinary circumstance beyond the airline’s control. If you don’t take the compensation and choose to be rerouted, and it means you are stuck at the airport overnight, it’s the airline’s duty to pay for a reasonably priced hotel room and meals.

The airline has to reroute you at the earliest opportunity, or at the passenger’s free time, you are supposed to take the availability of seats.

If you choose to be rerouted or if your departure is delayed by more than two hours, airlines also have to provide assistance such as food. The airlines keep this quiet and getting the money out of the low-cost operators can be a hard job. Keep evidence of cancellations, all receipts, and use your mobile to video any offer to pay by airline staff.

1. What is your compensation determined by when your trains are delayed due to bad weather?

A．The operator.

B．The price of the ticket.

C．The length of delay time.

D．The class of the service and the price of the ticket.

2. How many choices do you have if you are to travel Aberdeen from London, and your train is cancelled?

A．One.	B．Two.
C．Three.	D．Four.

3. How can you save the trouble in getting g money out of the low-cost operators?

A．By keeping the evidence and videoing any offer to pay.

B．At the earliest opportunity, or the passenger’s free time.

C．By preventing the airlines from keeping their duty quiet.

D．By arguing reasonably with the staff of the airlines offering you the flight.

【推荐2】For many students who desire to move around but not far freely, one of the most common vehicles is the bicycle. For such a seemingly simple invention, its story is not that simple.

Most historians trace its origin back to 1817, when a German nobleman named Karl von Drais invented a wooden, two-wheeled machine that riders moved forward with their feet. His invention became popular in both England and France, where it eventually became known as the velocipede. Unfortunately, it was eventually banned as a danger to pedestrians and was rarely seen after the early 1820s.

Things were quiet for several decades until the bicycle development took off in the 1860s. An important milestone happened in Paris in 1863 when pedals were added to the front axle (轴). This occurred in Pierre Michaux’s workshop, but it’s unclear whether he or his employee, Pierre Lallement, should be given credit for the innovation Lallement moved to the United States, where he obtained a patent for “improvements in velocipedes” in 1866. These new machines proved to be popular, and the name “bicycle” had come into use by 1869. However, many people referred to them as “bone shakers”, which described their clunky ride due to a heavy wooden frame and steel wheels.

In the 1870s, “high wheelers” or “penny-farthings” became popular. However, with a large front wheel and a much smaller rear wheel, they could be dangerous, if riders had to stop suddenly, as they would “take a header” when their momentum ( 动量) carried them over the front wheel onto their heads. Eventually, English inventor John Kemp Starley designed a “safety bicycle” with two same small wheels, a chain drive, and a set of gears. With tires added in and brake systems bettered in the following decades, bicycle production had skyrocketed to over one million bicycles by 1899.

Mass production of bicycles increased their popularity greatly, since they became affordable for the average person. Over the course of the 20th century, manufacturers continued to improve the features and design of bicycles as new technologies appeared.

1. Why was the early bicycle forbidden after its invention?

A．It was simply pushed by riders’ feet.

B．It was considered as a threat to traffic safety.

C．It was made in Germany with cheap materials.

D．It lacked a patent from an official organization.

2. What change did the 1860s see in the bicycle?

A．The growth of its manufacturers.

B．The replacement of its front axle.

C．An improvement in its drive part.

D．An advance in its production environment.

3. What does the underlined word “clunky” in Paragraph 3 mean?

A．Stable and safe.

B．Easy but expensive.

C．Convenient and interesting.

D．Heavy and awkward.

4. What was a feature of high wheelers?

A．It had a set of tires.

B．It moved at quite a low speed.

C．Its two wheels were different in size.

D．Its brake system was highly sensitive

5. What is the main idea of the text?

A．Bicycles have a long and rich history.

B．The world becomes smaller due to bicycles.

C．Bicycles have gained wide popularity worldwide.

D．New technologies encourage bicycles’ development.

【推荐3】A bicycle may be seen by most people as just another vehicle (交通工具), but for many Londoners, cycling is a way of life. According to a UK government survey in 2017, about 570,000 bike journeys were made every day in London. In fact, almost half of the vehicles that pass over London Bridge each day are bikes.

London introduced a public bike-sharing system in 2010. “There can be no doubt that our trusty bicycles have changed that way people get around our great city,” Johnson told The Guardian.

In London, bikes are used for more than just taking short trips to and from the subway. Wherever you want to go in the city, riding a bike is usually the quickest and easiest choice. And it’s not just shared bikes that the government is encouraging people to ride. In many companies across the UK, the UK government’s Cycle to Work plan allows workers to buy a brand new bike without having to pay any tax (税). This means that it’s common to see many people cycling to and from work, and some employers even provide showers in the workplaces for their workers. More importantly, a cycle-friendly boss may let you off for being late if you ride a bike to work.

Not only is it great for the environment and our body, cycling is also good for the mind. According to National Geographic, “Bike riding can improve people’s happiness.”

1. What’s the writer’s purpose by listing numbers in the first paragraph?

A．To compare bikes with other vehicles.

B．To introduce bike journeys in London.

C．To ask people to cycle as a way of life.

D．To show Londoners’ preference for cycling.

2. What’s Johnson’s attitude towards the bike-sharing system in London?

A．Unconcerned.

B．Worried.

C．Positive.

D．Doubtful.

3. Cyclists in London might enjoy the following except ________.

A．tax-free bikes	B．bike-sharing services
C．shorter working hours	D．showers in workplaces

4. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

A．London’s Cycle to Work project.

B．London’s public bike-sharing system.

C．Cycling as a healthy way of life in London.

D．Reasons for cycling’s popularity in London.

【推荐2】Below are the future optional majors for you to take into consideration before entering college.

Architecture

Degree: Bachelor of Arts

Architecture is the design of the built environment: buildings and their surroundings. As a profession, it is an art, science, and business with careers (职业) available in schools of architecture, and in architectural research.

Department of Architecture Design 101 Alumni Hall, Phone: 513-529-7210

Accountancy

Degree: Bachelor of Science

Accountancy is the language of business. Accountants prepare profit and loss statements, cost studies, and tax reports. They can work for firms of any size, ranging from a large international firm to a small local accounting practice, and government.

School of Business, Student Services Office, Phone: 513-529-1712

Journalism

Degree: Bachelor of Arts

Journalism includes the fields of Media & Culture, and Interactive Media Studies. In addition to essential reporting, writing, and editing skills, journalism combines the art of communication with the science of digital technology. Graduates may become magazine editors, reporters, or copywriters.

Department of Media, Journalism & Film, 206 Williams Hall; Phone: 513-529-5893

Anthropology

Degree: Bachelor of Arts

Anthropology is the study of humans. Individuals and societies are complex and dynamic, which means anthropology covers a lot of ground. The study of people can lead to almost any career path, including education, health care, social work, international development, government and human relations.

Department of Anthropology, 120 Upham Hall, Phone: 513-529-8399

1. Who is the passage most likely intended for?

A．Ordinary job hunters.	B．Senior high school graduates.
C．College students.	D．Primary school students.

2. Which of the following directly involves the art of communication?

A．Architecture.	B．Accountancy.
C．Journalism.	D．Anthropology.

3. What is the unique advantages of majoring in anthropology?

A．Graduates will receive further education for free.

B．Graduates will receive a Bachelor of Arts degree.

C．Graduates can apply for a position in government.

D．Graduates have a wider range of job chances.

【推荐1】On a recent afternoon, some 60 years after they graduated from grammar school, Kathleen Rys, 72, and her sister Lorraine O’Kelly, 70, sat down and had a meal with a classmate, Bruce Smit, 71 for the first time.

In the 1950s, Lorraine and Kathleen Rys’ family moved from Chicago to Monee. As new kids at Monee Elementary School, they soon found themselves on the outs with other students.

“I would be with the other guys and see Kathleen walking down the hallway, her head down, holding her books, walking slowly. And all of us guys would be flat against the wall until she passed. Then we’d burst into laughter. How rude is that? It’s just crazy.” said Smit, a doctor whose wife, Tammy, organized the meeting.

The women said none of the teachers cared about it. “We just kept it to ourselves.” Lorraine said.

Over the years, Tammy Smit said, “Bruce would just start to cry at times. He’d wonder what happened to the sisters, if they landed OK.” One day a few weeks ago, Tammy took to the internet and found Mary O’Kelly, Lorraine’s daughter, and offered to set up a meeting. The idea of revisiting the pain was not well- received by Kathleen, who had never married, let alone gone on a date. It took some convincing, but Lorraine finally got Kathleen to agree to meet with Bruce.

Bruce broke into tears. “I’m so ashamed, so embarrassed,” he said. “But I’m so happy you’re still here and that I can finally apologize.” He said he hopes his apology will encourage others to seek forgiveness for the pain they make on others. Lorraine said, “This is a beautiful thing. It’s just wonderful that a person from 60 years ago can ask for forgiveness. It’s like a miracle to us. It’s a healing to us.”

1. What can we learn from the first three paragraphs?

A．Kathleen made her classmates afraid of her at school.

B．Kathleen was once hurt by her classmates at school.

C．Bruce Smit asked his wife to organize the meeting.

D．Bruce Smit spoke ill of Kathleen.

2. What does “it” probably refer to in the 4nd paragraph?

A．The guys’ meeting.	B．Kathleen’s slow pace.
C．The guys’ apology.	D．Kathleen’s suffering.

3. How did Kathleen first feel about the meeting?

A．Angry.

B．Excited.

C．Anxious.

D．Unwilling.

4. What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A．Bruce was embarrassed for his apology.	B．The other guys apologized to the two sisters.
C．Bruce and the two sisters felt a sense of relief.	D．Lorraine thought the apology came a little late.

【推荐2】Americans wear black for mourning. Chinese wear white. Westerners think of dragons as monsters. Chinese honor them as symbols of God. Chinese civilization has often shown such polarities(极性）with the West,as though each stands at extreme ends of a global string. Now in the University of California,Berkeley,a psychologist has discovered deeper polarities between Chinese and American cultures-polarities that go to the heart of how we reason and discover truth.

His findings go far toward explaining why American cultures seem so contentious and Chinese cultures so passive, when compared to each other. More importantly, the research opens the way for the peoples of the East and the West to learn from each other in fundamental ways. The Chinese could learn much from Western methods for determining scientific truth,said Peng Kaiping,a former Beijing scholar, who is now a UC Berkeley assistant professor of psychology. And Americans could profit enormously from the Chinese tolerance for accepting contradictions(矛盾） in social and personal life,he said.

“Americans have a terrible need to find out who is right in an argument,"said Peng."The problem is that at the interpersonal level, you really don't need to find the truth,or maybe there isn't any.” Chinese people,said Peng,are far more content to think that both sides have flaws(缺陷）and virtues, because they have a holistic awareness that life is full of contradictions. They do far less blaming of the individual than Americans do, he added.

In studies of interpersonal argument,for example,when subjects were asked to deal with contradictory information stemming from conflict between a mother and a daughter or a student and a school,Peng found that Americans were "uncompromising, blaming one side-usually the mother-for the causes of the problems, demanding changes from one side to attain a solution and offering no compromise” in dealing with the conflict. Compared to this angry,blaming American stance,the Chinese were paragons(模范）of compromise,finding fault on both sides and looking for solutions that moved both sides to the middle.

1. In Paragraph 1, the author offers examples in order to_______

A．expose the contradiction between Chinese and Americans

B．show the differences between Chinese culture and American culture

C．find the reason for the differences

D．generalize the main idea of the passage

2. The underlined word"contentious” in Paragraph 2 probably means “_______”

A．conservative

B．aggressive

C．objective

D．subjective

3. Compared with Americans,Chinese are_______

A．likely to find the truth in life

B．reluctant to admit their failure

C．reluctant to have a general idea of things

D．likely to know advantages and disadvantages of things

4. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A．Culture Differences Between America and China

B．Different Ways for Mourning Between America and China

C．Different Ways for Treating the Aged Between America and China

D．The Study about American and Chinese

【推荐3】          A report brought back by most visitors to the US is how friendly, polite, and helpful most Americans were to them. To be fair, this observation is also frequently made of Canada and Canadians, and should best be considered North American. There are, of course, exceptions. Small-minded officials, rude waiters, and ill-mannered taxi drivers are hardly unknown in the US. Yet American’s friendliness and helpfulness is an observation made so frequently that it deserves comment.
        For a long period of time and in many parts of the country, a traveler was a welcome break in an otherwise dull existence. Dullness and loneliness were common problems of the families who generally lived distant from one another. Strangers and travelers were welcome sources of distraction, and brought news of the outside world．
          The tough realities of the border also shaped this tradition of hospitality. Someone traveling alone, if hungry, injured, or ill, often had nowhere to turn except to the nearest settler agent. It was not a matter of choice for the traveler or only a charitable impulse (冲动） on the part of the settlers. It reflected the hardship of daily life: if you didn't take in the stranger and take care of him, there was no one else who would. And someday, remember, you might be in the same situation．
            Today there are many charitable organizations which specialize in helping the exhausted traveler. Yet, the old tradition of hospitality to strangers is still very strong in the US, especially in the smaller cities and towns away from the busy tourist routes. "I was just traveling through, got talking with this American, and pretty soon he invited me home for dinner, amazing." Such observations reported by visitors to the US are not uncommon, but are not always understood properly. The casual friendliness of many Americans should be understood neither as superficial（表面的）nor as artificial（虚伪的）, but as the result of a historically developed cultural tradition.
             As is true of any developed society, in America a complex set of cultural signals and customs is the basis of all social inter-relationships. And, of course, speaking a language does not necessarily mean that someone understands social and cultural patterns. Visitors who fail to "translate" cultural meanings properly often draw wrong conclusions. For example when an American uses the word "friend", the cultural meanings of the word may be quite different from those it has in the visitor's language and culture. It takes more than a brief encounter on a bus to tell polite customs from individual interest. Yet, being friendly is a virtue （美德） that many Americans value highly and expect from both neighbors and strangers.
1. In the eyes of visitors from the outside world, ________．

A．rude taxi drivers are hardly seen in the US

B．small-minded officials deserve a serious comment

C．Canadians are not so friendly as their neighbors

D．most Americans are ready to offer help

2. We can know from the last paragraph that _______．

A．culture has an influence over social inter-relationship

B．polite customs and individual interest are inter-related

C．various virtues shows themselves only among friends

D．social inter-relationships equal the complex set of cultural customs

3. Families who lived far from one another used to entertain strangers _______．

A．to improve their hard life	B．in view of their long-distance travel
C．to add some taste to their own daily life	D．out of a charitable impulse

4. The tradition of hospitality to strangers _______．

A．tends to be superficial and artificial

B．is generally well kept up in the United States

C．is always understood properly

D．has something to do with the busy tourist route