Ender’s Game
Aliens(外星人) have attacked Earth twice and almost destroyed the human beings. We couldn’t lose anymore. Therefore, the world government has started to train military geniuses(军事天才) in the arts of war. Ender Wiggin is taking part in this training. He wins all the games. He knows time is running out, but can he save the planet? It is a good science fiction for boys.
Hatchet
It is the story of a boy named Brian. On a trip to the Canadian oilfields to spend the summer with his dad, the pilot of the Cessna he is traveling in suffers a heart attack and dies. Brian must land the plane in the forest. Brian learns to exist in the forest. He faces many dangers including hunger, animal attacks, and even a tornado.
Ball Don’t Lie
Sticky, 17, is from the streets and has had a hard life so far. But, his hope for his life to be good and get better is basketball. His basketball skills may be his ticket to a better life. This book is encouraging, and raises questions about race and the difficulties in getting ahead in life when you’ve had a bad start.
Crackback
Miles Manning likes to please people, his father, his coach, and his friends. He is a starter on a winning football team that is favored to win the match and have a chance to go to state. However, everybody is pressing Miles to be bigger, stronger and faster, including his new head coach, his strict father, and his best friend.
She
A college professor and his young student follow instructions on a broken pottery shard(陶瓷碎片) that lead them to a legendary lost city in the jungles of Africa, where they encounter She Who Must Be Obeyed, the ruler of the land.
1. Why does the world government train military geniuses in Ender’s Game?| A．To stop the fight against aliens. |
| B．To help people learn more about wars. |
| C．To make sure humans win the next war. |
| D．To destroy the planet aliens are living on. |
| A．Crackback. | B．Ball Don’t Lie. |
| C．She. | D．Hatchet. |
| A．Ender’s Game and Crackback. |
| B．Ball Don’t Lie and Hatchet. |
| C．She and Hatchet. |
| D．Ball Don’t Lie and Crackback . |
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【推荐1】Searching for the perfect gift can be difficult, especially age-appropriate material for teenagers. Look no further! We have a list of the best teen magazines. Give the gift of reading to your teens today!
| Muse For teens up to age 14, Muse teaches, challenges, and excites readers of both genders. Sponsored by the Smithsonian Institute, this magazine features award-winning authors and focuses on science, history, and the arts. Whether your teen is interested in genetics, video games, outer space, beekeeping, robots, or mythology, this magazine has it all! |
| Sports Illustrated Kids Perfect for sports fans aged 8 to 14, SI Kids supplies readers with interesting sports news they won’t want to miss. Articles on favorite athletes feature incredible photography and illustrations. Girls and boys alike will enjoy the advice from athletes, coaches, and experts in the field: they’ll find tips on nutrition, performance, morale, and more. |
| Girls’ Life Magazine Designed for 10 to 15-year-olds, Girls’ Life provides inspiration and entertainment for every reader. She’ll find tips for dealing with stress, navigating high school, achieving academic success, and beauty and fashion advice. This print magazine delivers fun — quizzes, reader submissions, and more — helping guide young women through their teen years while still allowing them to be young. |
| National Geographic Kids While designed for kids aged six and up, this magazine features a lot of important, fun information about the world around us. Discover great stories about wildlife, current events, pop culture, science, technology, other kids’ adventures, and more! They’ll feel like they’re exploring the places themselves, with stunning photography, lively stories, and exciting facts. |
| A．News about award-winning authors. |
| B．Information about interesting events. |
| C．Suggestions from coaches about nutrition. |
| D．Advice on improving academic performances. |
| A．Parents. | B．Teachers. | C．Kids. | D．Teenage girls. |
| A．Girls’ Life. | B．Muse. |
| C．Sports Illustrated Kids. | D．National Geographic Kids. |
【推荐2】Do students learn as much when they read digitally as they do in print? Investigators have been trying to determine whether students do as well when reading an assigned text on a digital screen as on paper.
A number of researchers have sought to measure learning by asking people to read a passage of text, either in print or on a digital device, and then testing for comprehension.
Most studies have found that participants scored about the same when reading in each medium, though a few have indicated that students performed better on tests when they read in print.
Since in standardized testing, reading passages and answering questions afterwards may tell us little about any deeper level of understanding, some researchers are beginning to pose more subtle questions.
When people were asked to read d story in print or on a digital device and then to reconstruct the plot development, the answer is: Print yielded better results. When people were asked to read by choosing how much time to spend on each platform, the researchers found that participants devoted less time to reading the passage on screen and performed less well on the following comprehension test.
So, how does the learning question relate to educational goals?
To become skilled in critical thinking, students need to be able to handle text. The text may be long, complex or both. To make sense of it, students cannot skim, rush ahead or continually get distracted. So, does reading in print versus on screen build critical thinking skills?
When asked in which medium they felt they concentrated better, 92 percent replied “print”. For long academic reading, 86 percent favored print Participants were also reported to be more likely to reread academic materials if they were in print
What’s more, a number of students indicated they believed print was a better medium for learning. By contrast, in talking about digital screens, students noted “danger of distraction” and “no concentration”.
Evidently, it’s not too hard to tell that a pattern did emerge: Print stood out as the medium for doing serious work.
1. What have the researchers asked participants to do on two reading media?| A．Participants are tested in standardized testing for critical thinking. |
| B．Participants are allowed to decide the time they spend on each platform. |
| C．Participants are asked to read a story and then compose a similar plot. |
| D．Participants are required to write a summary after skimming academic materials. |
| A．Reading in print is more likely to form a deeper understanding. |
| B．In standardized reading test, print is distinctively better than screen. |
| C．Spending a little more time on screen, participants may have a better understanding. |
| D．Reading on screen is of no benefit to improving reading ability. |
| A．We should delete all the amusement apps from our cellphone. |
| B．We should read more attentively and be able to analyse the text. |
| C．We should be able to go through the most materials in the least time. |
| D．We should search for more documents on digital reading devices. |
| A．Studies on reading media |
| B．Printed reading: better for serious work |
| C．Digital screen or Printed paper? Reader decides. |
| D．Strike a balance on reading media |
【推荐3】Considered the world’s most widely read Spanish-language author, Isabel Allende is known for her many novels including “Eva Luna”, “Of Love and Shadows” and “A Long Petal of the Sea”. With “The Wind Knows My Name”, Allende has added a new dimension to her already varied works.
She skillfully creates and twists the unfortunate stories of two apocryphal children in her newest novel. They are fictionally named Samuel Adler and Anita Diaz, aged 5 and 7 respectively. Both of them are left alone, torn from their families by war or immigration as we witness the dramatic sacrifices parents sometimes must make to protect their sons and daughters and give them the best lives possible.
Early on in this work, a Nazi mob (暴徒) attacks the Jewish (犹太的) neighborhood where Samuel lives with his parents. Afterwards the father turns up in a hospital, but then is taken to a concentration camp and the mother sends the boy to safety in England. Samuel never sees his parents again. Decades later on the U.S.-Mexico border, Anita Diaz, 7, is separated by her mother under the U.S. government’s previous no tolerance policy that tore child migrants from their parents. The little girl is sent to live in a group home for children while her mother keeps missing. Through a series of circumstances, Samuel and Anita eventually meet through Leticia, a woman who migrated to the U.S. as a child herself after losing most of her family in El Salvador.
Allende moves the story back and forth between Europe and the United States, switches between the past and present, as two very different children in very different places and circumstances search for the safety of home and family. It’s a very different kind of book for Allende, who often places her stories in her native Latin America.
1. What can be learned about Allende?| A．She has traveled around the world. | B．She is a productive writer. |
| C．She reads works written in Spanish. | D．She creates novels of the same style. |
| A．Not real. | B．Not happy. | C．Not perfect. | D．Not lucky. |
| A．They grow up together in the US. | B．They make sacrifices for their parents. |
| C．They meet each other through a women. | D．They live unhappily with their families. |
| A．By placing background in Latin America. | B．By setting in different times and places. |
| C．By following hero and heroine’s search. | D．By discussing children’s circumstances. |
【推荐1】Let us imagine how Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen's most famous work, might be updated, 200 years on.
Austen's popularity is rooted in her intelligence. But today she would certainly have had a very different life, as would her characters. Here's my own suggestion. . .
It is a truth finally and universally acknowledged that a single woman with brains deserves to have equal opportunities to men, however disadvantaged she may feel by sexism.
"My dear husband," said his hopeful wife one day," have you heard that the local store, standing empty for so long, is taken over by a bright young businesswoman?"
Her dull and indifferent husband replied that he had not.
"But it is, it is," she replied excitedly.
Mr Dull-Husband made no reply.
"Don't you want to know her plans?" she cried with some impatience.
"Well, clearly you think it matters to your silly little head. .. so I'd better listen."
"Well, my dear, the rumour is that she has already set up a string of successful businesses in northern England, though how a woman can know anything about that is beyond me. She will move in herself next month."
"What is her name?" "Bingley."
"Is she married or single?"
"What a question! And none of your business. But her coming will be a fine thing for our five boys. "
"How so? How can it possibly affect them? "
"My dear love; those lazy boys need something to wake them up. There are bound to be jobs going."
"Is that her point in settling here? Surely as a woman she has simply taken a fancy to the place."
"Nonsense, my love, how little you've noticed the world has changed. She's got a first-rate degree and some sort of business qualification, I'm told. She surely needs one of our boys! Perhaps you might give her a call."
"Me? No. Perhaps you can take an interest. You still have your looks, after all. She may even offer you a job." "Oh, that's not likely. These new chances belong to the younger generation. But now you mention it, I think I'll go along all the same."
And Mrs Bennet went along. That was 10 years ago. She is now managing director of a FTSE-listed company.
... It would remain the case, of course, that Mrs Bennet would be one of very few women on the company board, that her salary would be lower than her male colleagues, her bonus of a more "female" dimension and her lifespan among the city's business leaders shorter than theirs. Still, she'd no doubt have enjoyed Davos—and might even have hobnobbed (攀谈) with influential figures.
1. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?| A．Austen was born 200 years ago. |
| B．Austen rewrote Pride and Prejudice. |
| C．Austen's updated work gains popularity. |
| D．Austen's success lies in her wisdom. |
| A．felt kind of worried and doubtful about Bingley |
| B．was extremely anxious to meet Bingley |
| C．had mixed feelings of admiration and surprise about Bingley |
| D．had a great curiosity about Bingley |
| A．Women with brains can also be as successful as men. |
| B．Sex discrimination still exists nowadays. |
| C．Women have to pay a high price for success. |
| D．A judgment must be made free from prejudice. |
【推荐2】Few of us haven’t read Cinderella (灰姑娘), the story of a young woman living in poverty who meets the prince of her dreams. Some might not want to admit it, but there is a hidden Cinderella in everyone’s heart — we all wish we could achieve recognition or success after a period of obscurity (默默无闻). Mary Santiago has that secret dream, too. Her story is featured (特点) in Another Cinderella Story, a film set in a US high school.
Mary is shy but loves to dance. Compared with other girls, she is invisible. However, her world changes completely when a famous teenager pop singer, Joey Parker, appears. Joey is everything the rest of the boys in her class are not — kind, handsome and desirable. Mary and Joey’s paths cross at a ball. They meet and fall in love with each other. But when Mary has to rush back home, she leaves behind her MP3 player, which becomes the only clue Joey has to find the girl of his dreams. Of course, there is a wicked (邪恶的) stepmother, who turns out to be Dominique Blatt and she takes in Mary after her dancer mother dies. Dominique treats Mary like a maid and does everything she can to make sure Mary doesn’t get into the top dance school. Her two daughters are equally determined to stop Joey falling for Mary, even if that means embarrassing her.
The story, though it mostly follows Cinderella, does add a few modern day twists to the classic fairy tale. Refreshingly, the film, unlike many high school films, does not focus on looks, although the actors are all beautiful. There is also a lot less materialism in Another Cinderella Story than in many similar movies.
“The movie takes the Cinderella fairytale as its jumping off point,” writes movie critic Amber Wilkinson, “The focus is firmly on following your dream.”
1. The first paragraph is mainly to ____________.| A．build interest and lead us to Mary’s secret dream |
| B．remind us why Cinderella is popular all the years |
| C．tell us what is the Cinderella Story |
| D．tell us how interesting the fairy tale Cinderella is |
| A．Joey is just like other boys in Mary’s class. |
| B．Mary’s mother influences her a lot in singing. |
| C．Not many people have a dream to be realized. |
| D．The MP3 player helps Joey in finding Mary. |
| A．an introduction to a novel | B．a review about a film |
| C．a passage about dreams | D．an advertisement of Cinderella |
Lv Muzi, the film’s producer, said the film includes 12 animated sequences of Deng, drawn in French, American and Japanese styles, as well as China’s traditional shadow puppetry(皮影) style.
Hu Yuchen, who has drawn cartoons for leaders including former premier, Wen Jiabao, is the artist behind the animated images of Deng. Among the three versions of images he drew, director, Fu Hongxing, chose to use the version which was moderately realistic.
“Deng’s animated images are not static(静止的) in the film. When he’s at meetings, the images are more serious, and when he’s at a party, he’s portrayed in a more lively way,” said Zhu.
For the young animator, animation can tell the story of that period of history better to younger viewers. “At first glance, animation may seem simple, but in reality, we need to do a large amount of homework, like checking what dishes were served at a dinner or what paintings were displayed in a particular room.” Zhu said he and the team went through a lot of historical documents and reviewed video clips (录像片段) in the process of creation.
Fu said the film is in honor of Deng’s contribution to China as well as his influence on generations of Chinese people. Production was completed last year, which marked the l10th anniversary of Deng’s birth and also the 35thanniversary of Sino-US diplomatic relations.
1. Mr. Deng Goes to Washington uses all of the following styles EXCEPT_______ .
| A．French and American styles |
| B．Japanese style |
| C．traditional Chinese style |
| D．Korean style |
| A．painted. | B．acted. |
| C．imagined. | D．decorated. |
| A．The version of Deng’s image that was chosen was moderately realistic. |
| B．This is the first time a documentary has been made of a Chinese leader. |
| C．The animator did lots of work in the process of creation. |
| D．It contains 12 animated sequences of Deng. |
| A．To help younger viewers remember that period of history. |
| B．To honor Deng’s contribution to China. |
| C．To entertain the Chinese people |
| D．To emphasize the importance Sino-US diplomatic relations. |
【推荐1】Looking for a winter vacation destination? Try these four resorts (度假胜地) on for size.
Solitude Mountain Resort, Utah
Solitude Mountain is a place to go if you love skiing in winter but hate waiting on lift lines. Loving a bargain doesn’t hurt either since the accommodations here are less expensive than at nearby and more well-known Park City, Alta, and Snowbird.
Key West, Florida
The crowds thin out and the prices fall in Key West in winter. Key West, the southernmost point in the United States, has a remote, romantic feel. It has inspired many poets and has drawn such literary greats as Ernest Hemingway and Tennessee Williams.
Taos,New Mexico
Taos, New Mexico is a popular winter ski spot. But if you’re not a skier, you’ll want to head there anytime between Thanksgiving and April since there are fewer people there then. You’ll still be able to experience all the culture and sights, including the thousand-year-old Taos Pueblo, the only living Native American community that is regarded as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
Big Sky, Montana
Big Sky, Montana, has more than 5,800 acres of skiing area spreading across several mountains, with a vertical (垂直的) drop of 4,350 feet, as well as 85 km of Nordic tracks. So it s a good choice to head for Big Sky for the fantastic skiing in winter when it is called “the least crowded resort ever”.
1. What’s the advantage of Solitude Mountain Resort?| A．Being close to modern cities. | B．Having warmer climate in winter. |
| C．Having cheaper accommodations. | D．Providing store bargains for visitors. |
| A．It is a hotel in Mexico. | B．It is the name of a skier. |
| C．It is a popular ski spot. | D．It is an ancient community. |
| A．Uncrowded. | B．Risky. |
| C．Cheap. | D．Unpolluted. |
【推荐2】New York is an overwhelming city to visit with children. What follows is carefully collected advice from New Yorkers on how to cover the city right.
Tenement Museum
The Tenement Museum on the Lower East Side offers a fantastic glimpse into urban family life. Guided tours reveal the daily routines of generations of Irish, Jewish and Italian immigrants who made their mark then quickly moved up and out. Pick up a copy of “All-of-a-Kind Family”or a vintage toy in the museum shop, one of the city’s best.
MoMA Museum
MoMA Museum does an excellent job making modern and contemporary art accessible to children as young as 4. On weekend mornings, guided tours are divided into age-appropriate groups in which children can observe a number of works and draw; later they gain free admittance to the entire museum. The cafeteria is both grown-up and child-friendly, and there’s an art laboratory with hands-on activities and even an audio guide for young people.
Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum
The most significant in the museum is the Space Shuttle Pavilion, which is scheduled to reopen in July, showcasing the Enterprise, NASA’s first space shuttle, which arrived last year. The U.S.S. Intrepid, a World War II-era aircraft carrier, is worthwhile in itself. While the complex suffered damage during Hurricane Sandy, most of its facilities are once again shipshape. Families may want to consider Operation Slumber, which allows for overnight visits with special activities for children 6 and older.
Children’s Museum of the Arts
All the artwork here is made by children, and visitors can make their own （bonus: you don’t have to clean up）. An area for younger children includes sand, Play-Doh and guided music activities. Children go berserk for the Ball Pond, a closed-in area of oversize balls. Is it experiential art? An installation? Children need not bother with such imponderables.
1. Which of the following museums offer free admission?| A．Tenement Museum. | B．MoMa Museum. |
| C．Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum. | D．Children’s Museum of Arts. |
| A．It is located in New York. |
| B．It exhibits a lot of artwork. |
| C．Its artwork is all created by children. |
| D．It used to be damaged in the Hurrican Sandy. |
| A．They are all children-friendly. |
| B．They all show visitors contemporary artwork. |
| C．They can offer visitors activities to take part in. |
| D．They are all suitable for children over 4 years old. |
【推荐3】Welcome to Emma's for our great lunch and fine dinner in the evening. Everything in our restaurant is cheap and delicious.
| Emma's Restaurant Tel：(912)7643662 Address：455 Commerce Drive Statesboro, Georgia (30461) Our Hours：MON.—FRI. LUNCH 11：30 a. m.—2：00 p. m. SUN.—THUR. DINNER 5：00 p. m.—9：00 p. m. FRI.—SAT. DINNER 5：00 p. m.—10：00 p. m. You can eat here or take away the food. Icecream is free on Wednesday. | |
| Specials | mutton $18 roasted chicken breast $15 crayfish $18 boiled beef and celery $12 baked potato $7 |
| Dessert | icecream $3 apple pie $5 banana pie $4 |
| Drinks | orange juice $5 black tea $10 |
1. We can go to Emma's at ________ on Sunday.
| A．10：30 a. m. | B．11：30 a. m. |
| C．8：00 p. m. | D．10：30 p. m. |
| A．$22 | B．$25 | C．$28 | D．$31 |
| A．in a club | B．in a newspaper |
| C．on TV | D．in a storybook |
