1 . Have you ever experienced any inconvenience caused by language barriers while traveling? Have you ever thought how awesome those language courses would be if they didn't cost so much money and require so much time?
Translaty is created to serve this purpose-without wasting your money and time on language courses, you can instantly become "fluent" in more than 40 languages with this genius device!
What is Translaty?
Translaty is a simple yet life-changing invention that helps you to overcome any obstacles caused by foreign languages, whether you are in business with an international client or sunbathing somewhere on a Spanish beach. This small but smart device is able to instantly recognize and translate over 40 different languages, making intercultural communication completely effortless!
What languages can I actually communicate in?
Translaty has more than 40 languages pre-installed, so you're able to use it the minute you get it! It provides fast and accurate two-way communication and allows you to install some other languages that might be missing.
What makes Translaty so special?
* It makes traveling easier-you'll forget language barriers and become "fluent" in 40+ languages.
* It helps you with business-strengthening your international business relationships. It's easier when you speak the same language.
* It assists you in daily life-allowing you to overcome language differences between you and your foreign friends.
* It's convenient and easy to use-the lightweight and simple design insures it's there when you need it the most.
* It offers highly accurate, two-way translations.
* Its high sounding and recording qualities insure there are almost no misunderstandings.
To sum up-get it while you can!
1. What can Translaty help users do?| A．Learn foreign languages well. | B．Better understand foreigners. |
| C．Build relationships with colleagues. | D．Spend less time learning a language. |
| A．It's reliable. | B．It's strong. | C．It's affordable. | D．It's secure. |
| A．To report. | B．To introduce. | C．To appeal. | D．To advertise. |
2 . Growing up, I understood one thing about my dad: He knew everything. I asked him questions and he gave me
But then, eventually, I
Then, this past summer, my dad said that he once spent a summer in college building boats. “You did?” I asked. I thought I knew everything about my dad. However, I never knew this. I
A few weeks later, I called my parents. Dad answered. “Hi, sweetie. Here’s Mom.,” he said.
| A．reminders | B．reports | C．responses | D．reasons |
| A．rent | B．view | C．use | D．fix |
| A．knew | B．needed | C．missed | D．saw |
| A．knowledge | B．resource | C．freedom | D．character |
| A．arrangement | B．meeting | C．performance | D．conversation |
| A．explanation | B．tension | C．silence | D．exchange |
| A．certainly | B．usually | C．hardly | D．particularly |
| A．acquired | B．shared | C．gathered | D．stressed |
| A．proved | B．complained | C．guessed | D．realized |
| A．shame | B．doubt | C．shock | D．pity |
| A．Lucky | B．Eager | C．Ready | D．Happy |
| A．aimed at | B．got through | C．stuck to | D．ended up |
| A．normal | B．long | C．personal | D．serious |
| A．advance | B．opportunity | C．beginning | D．agreement |
| A．learn | B．want | C．promise | D．prepare |
3 . A trip to the library was like a great journey to a different country. To get there, we had to walk a mile. But our weekly journeys to the library were a piece of perfection. I had around me at one time all the people I loved best-my father and mother and brothers and sister-and all the things I loved best-quiet, space, and books.
I read a lot of books about science: not the spaceships my brothers preferred, but the birds and bees-literally. I brought home a book of birds and searched the trees for anything other than robins (知更鸟). I went through a phase of loving books with practical science experiments and used up a whole bottle of white vinegar by pouring it on the sides of our apartment building to prove that it was constructed of limestone (石灰石).
One Saturday, as I wandered through the young adult section, I saw a title: Little Women, by Lousia May Alcott. I had learned from experience that titles weren’t everything. A book that sounded great on the shelf could be dull once you got it home.
So I sat in a chair near the shelves to skim the first paragraphs. I read and read and read Little Women until it was time to walk home, and, except for a few essential interruptions like sleeping and eating. I did not put it down until the end. Even the freedom to watch weekend television held no appeal for me in the wake of Alcott’s story. It was about girls, for one thing, girls who could almost be like me, especially Jo. I had found someone who thought and felt the way I did.
1. What can we say about the author’s family?| A．They were travel fans. | B．They were bookworms. |
| C．They were against watching TV | D．They held seminars in the library. |
| A．Her different attitudes towards nature. |
| B．Her experiments of science. |
| C．Her reason of studying birds and bees. |
| D．Her reading craze at one time. |
| A．Book titles might be misleading. |
| B．Science books are more interesting than arts books. |
| C．Repetitive reading is important. |
| D．All books need to be digested. |
| A．She was totally transformed. | B．It made her sleepless and tasteless. |
| C．She was heartbroken. | D．It kept her absorbed. |
4 . Singapore uses about two billion liters of water every day-a number it expects could double in the next four decades.
That kind of consumption is adding pressure to the Asian city state to address growing concerns about global water shortage. So it's building new technology to prepare itself for a future where obtaining clean water will be even more difficult. "Singapore truly has become a global water center,"said Shane Snyder,executive director of the Nanyang Environment & Water Research Institute at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University. “But as it stands, it imports approximately 40% of its water today. And with climate change,that water has become far less dependable.”
Singapore, meanwhile, is home to more than five million people and is covered in fountains,reservoirs and other water features-including the world's tallest indoor waterfall, The Rain Vortex that pumps about 45,000 liters of water per minute. But it has no natural water sources of its own,instead relying heavily on recycled water and imports from its neighbors.
Snyder's research facility is one of several places developing solutions for Singapore's water dependency. The hope is to create projects that could be used across the city. "What we have become used to as reliable water may quickly change-so we have to be prepared,and we have to be thinking about the basic facilities in advance. " Snyder said. " There's a big drive to become water independent-to control our own future -and that is largely dependent on the technologies we're developing. "
Another company,Wateroam, is already taking innovation from Singapore to the rest of the region. Founded in 2014,Wateroam says it has developed a lightweight,portable filtration（过滤）device that has already provided clean drinking water to more than 75,000 people across Southeast Asia. Wateroam CEO David Pong said one of the most innovative aspects of the product is its simplicity. The water filtration device is no bigger than a bicycle pump,yet it can provide clean water to villages of 100 people for up to two years.
"We've been very blessed to have access to clean drinking water," Pong said. It's necessary to bring the privilege to the rest of the region, and advocate that clean water is an essential aspect for life on Earth,according to him.
1. What worsens the water shortage problem in Singapore?| A．More water imports. | B．The lack of technology. |
| C．The increasing population. | D．Double water consumption. |
| A．Searching for natural water sources. |
| B．Controlling the increase of population. |
| C．Importing water from more neighbors. |
| D．Using technologies to provide clean water. |
| A．It is easy to carry and use. |
| B．It is larger than a bicycle pump. |
| C．It has already been used across Asia. |
| D．It has already been in use for two years. |
| A．Clean water is an essential aspect for life on Earth. |
| B．Technology can help Singapore out with its water shortage. |
| C．The increasing water consumption is adding pressure to Singapore. |
| D．Singapore's filtration device has provided many people with clean water. |
5 . Rising global meat consumption is likely to have a destructive environmental effect, increasing carbon emissions(排放)and reducing biodiversitiy (生物多样性), scientists have warned.
A new analysis suggests that meat consumption is set to climb sharply as the world population increases along with average individual incomes.
“What's happening is a big concern.” said Tim Key from the University of Oxford. “On a broad level you can say it is bad for the environment.”
The review,published in the journal Science, found that high levels of meat consumption also have negative health consequences, leading to an increased risk of cancer and other diseases.
The average amount of meat consumed per person globally has nearly doubled in the past 50 years, which means total meat production has been growing much faster than the rate of population growth, having increased four-or five-fold(五倍)since 1961.
There are recent indications that some countries,including the U.K.,may have reached "peak meat". The U.K's 2017 National Food Survey found meat consumption have fallen by 4.2% and that of meat products by nearly 7% since 2012. However, middle-income countries, particularly China and others in East Asia, are still seeing a rise. A recent review by the UN outlines how meat production-particularly livestock(家畜)-is linked to far higher carbon emissions than vegetables, fruit and grain.
Livestock farming is also a major contribution to biodiversity loss, as forests and wild land are given over to agricultural land to grow animal feed.
Processed meat has been ranked by the WHO alongside alcohol and tobacco as cancer causes. According to research of cancer, if no one ate processed or red meat in Britain, there would be 8,800 fewer cases of cancer a year.
1. What's the environmental effect of eating meat?| A．Raising livestock may destroy grasslands and forests. |
| B．Eating meat leads to the increase of human population. |
| C．Meat production adds to the amount of carbon emissions on Earth. |
| D．Keeping too much livestock destroys the balance of nature. |
| A．Eating huge amounts of meat. |
| B．Increasing carbon emissions in the air. |
| C．Reducing diversity of plants. |
| D．Risking developing cancer. |
| A．People farm forests and wild land to grow food for livestock. |
| B．Plants and animals die from carbon released by livestock. |
| C．Many plants and animals have become food for livestock. |
| D．Farm animals have consumed what humans use for food. |
| A．It's a necessary part of human diet. |
| B．It's like cigarettes and alcohol which can cause cancer. |
| C．It can reduce carbon release. |
| D．It contributes to the fall of meat consumption. |
6 . Age has never been a problem for 16-year-old Thessalonika Arzu-Embry. After all, she’s already got her master’s degree.
The North Chicago-area teen started homeschooling at the age of 4. She began having an influence on others soon after. When she was 6 years old, she was an inspirational speaker at an organization called Tabitha House Community Service, which is for people who were forced to leave their homes because of earthquake, flood and other natural disasters.
At the age of 11, she graduated from high school and then earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology in 2013. She completed those classes online as she was traveling for church events and leadership meetings.
She doesn’t stop there, though. The teen plans to focus on aviation psychology (航空心理学) for her further study, a decision inspired by her father who is a pilot. She grew up around airplanes and took fights all the time. Her goal is to use it to help pilots deal with problems that could have deadly results once the plane takes off — a topic that has been in the news lately. For her, it’s a mix of two of her interests.
In her free time, Thessalonika enjoys playing tennis, swimming and being active in her youth group at church. She also has three self-published books, which are on her site. Jump the Education Barrier is written to help students finish college, and in the future aims to help business owners with trends. Her third book The Genius Race is designed to help people to be talents in various areas of life.
1. Which of the following is TRUE about Thessalonika?| A．When she was 6 years old, she started homeschooling. |
| B．She gained her master’s degree at the age of 11. |
| C．She majored in science and technology. |
| D．In 2013 she got her bachelor’s degree through completing courses online. |
| A．Major in aviation psychology. |
| B．Deliver inspiring speeches for church events and leadership meetings. |
| C．Be active in her youth group at church. |
| D．Write another book to help people to be talents. |
| A．It aims to help people to be geniuses. |
| B．It is intended to give students a hand to complete college. |
| C．It is designed to arouse people’s awareness of psychology. |
| D．The author hope to share her own experience with others. |
| A．The Story of Thessalonika | B．To be a talent |
| C．Three Published Books | D．Homeschooling |
7 . Girls can easily get sad. If your friend is feeling blue and calls you, what will you do? Here are some tips on how you can make her smile again.
Listen to her. When people feel sad, they often have the feeling of needing to be heard. So, listen carefully to what she is saying and do nothing else. Your friend will surely thank you for being the shoulder she can cry on.
Once you are done with listening, you can offer some advice or remain silent and let her feel everything and let it all out by crying. As a friend, you might think you should give her some advice. But if you have no idea about what to say, just remain silent and be there for her.
In order to be able to help your friend in need, don't be sad yourself. How can you help your friend when you are also feeling down.
A hug can make a difference in the world. It makes you feel warm and special. A hug makes you feel safe. So give your friend a hug when she needs it the most.
Spend more time with your friend who wants to be happy. Do things together like washing dishes, cleaning, or going out for fun. The more time you spend together, the stronger your friendship will become.
Sometimes, it is much better that you avoid a crying friend in your life. But by doing so, you are also keeping your friend at a distance and will make her wonder if you are her true friend. If you are there when she needs you, your friendship will be much stronger.
1. The writer wrote this passage mainly to tell us ________.| A．why girls can easily get sad | B．what to do when we are sad |
| C．how to make new friends with girls | D．how to make a sad female friend happy |
| A．We should ask her why she feels sad. |
| B．We should say something nice to her. |
| C．We should spend time listening to her. |
| D．We should give her some good advice. |
| A．hugging a sad friend can make you feel warm |
| B．your sad friend may feel much better if you are sad |
| C．it's not a good idea to be silent facing a sad friend |
| D．giving a hug to a sad friend is very helpful |
| A．We should spend more time with our friends. |
| B．We should help our friends with their housework. |
| C．We ought to spend time with our friends every day. |
| D．We ought to ask our friends to take part in activities. |
8 . Jerilee Melo has been teaching preschool for four years. When COVID-19 shut down her school, she began to wonder what her next Career move would be.
After several months, Melo decided to take a risk. She found a bus on Facebook Marketplace and purchased it in hopes of setting up her own teaching space.
Melo renovated (翻新) the bus and in August began teaching her first preschoolers, many of them her students in previous classrooms. To keep safe, Melo spread her class so that there were never more than five children on the bus with masks on.
Melo doesn’t move the bus during lessons, but parks it at a certain location and allows it to serve as a mobile classroom that utilizes the surroundings.
While her bus was renovated for teaching, Melo hadn’t been able to decorate it. In November she decided to enter a contest with Brittany Jeltema, a former teacher who now hosts giveaways for classroom makeovers (重新布置). Much to Melo’s surprise, Jeltema reached out telling her that she won.
“Jeri’s application stood out, because it was such an innovative approach to education,” Jeltema said.“Jeri submitted pictures of her bus before the makeover, and my brain lit up with ideas. I knew I could help create an engaging environment for her students.”
Over the course of a weekend, Jeltema and her team flew to Valencia, California, and transformed Melo’s mobile classroom into a 70’s style bus.
With her bus, Melo hopes to inspire other teachers to get creative during these unprecedented times.
“A lot of teachers are scared right now, because they feel they need to be in a classroom to educate. And they don’t,” Melo said. “I think teachers need to expand and go beyond the classroom, because what they have is valuable.”
1. Why did Melo buy a bus?| A．To test a risky business. | B．To build a market. |
| C．To expand her living space. | D．To continue her career. |
| A．By driving the bus along. | B．By reducing learning duration. |
| C．By reducing the class size. | D．By teaching in remote surroundings. |
| A．Scared. | B．Impressed. | C．Surprised. | D．Curious. |
| A．By following their dreams. | B．By beautifying classrooms. |
| C．By thinking outside the box. | D．By concentrating on students. |
9 . The National Capital Confucius Institute at Carleton University is pleased to announce its sixth China Study Tour, including a two-week visit to China from February 4-19, 2019
Program Details
This tour is open to 20 students of Carleton University.
Students of Mandarin Chinese courses will be preferred.
This program is not open to native Chinese nationals.
Students must complete at least one HSK Exam at the end of December, 2018.
Fees
$1950, international travel and hotels included. The Chinese Embassy will charge visa fees separately.
Activities
Cultural orientation(情况介绍) at the Confucius Institute Headquarters in Beijing. Visits to major cultural attractions, historic sites, and universities in Beijing, Xi’an, Wuhan and Shanghai. Chinese language and culture courses at Central China Normal University in Wuhan.
Application Process
Click here to download your application form
Students must submit(提交)an application by email to confucius@carleton.ca or in person to Carleton International at 509 Tory Building
Contact Information
613-520-260 ext 2628
carleton.international@carleton.ca
1. Who can take the program?| A．Any student who is taking Mandarin Chinese courses. |
| B．A Carleton University student who has passed HSK Exam. |
| C．A Chinese student who is studying at Carleton University. |
| D．A student who will take his / her first HSK Exam in 2019. |
| A．Stay in Chinese families. |
| B．Study at Beijing University. |
| C．Visit the Great Wall and the Forbidden City. |
| D．Learn Chinese at the Confucius Institute Headquarters in Beijing. |
| A．A newspaper. | B．A travel guidebook. | C．A magazine. | D．The Internet. |
10 . Could looking through trees be the view to a greener future? Trees replacing the clear glass in your windows is not a work of science fiction. It's happening now.
Forest Products Laboratory researcher Junyong Zhu together with colleagues from the University of Maryland and University of Colorado has developed a transparent wood material that may be the window of tomorrow. Researchers found that transparent wood has the potential to outperform glass currently used in construction in nearly every way.
While glass is the most common material used in window construction, it comes with quite a few bad consequences. Heat easily transfers through glass and amounts to higher energy bills when it escapes during cold weather and pours in when it's warm. Glass production used for construction also comes with a heavy carbon footprint. Manufacturing emissions alone are approximately 25,000 metric tons per year, without considering the heavy footprint of transporting the glass.
The innovation was developed using wood from the balsa tree, which is native to South and Central America. The team treated balsa wood to an oxidizing bath, where the wood is kept in a bleach solution at room temperature to remove the light-absorbing substance from the structure. The wood is then penetrated（注入）with a synthetic polymer called polyvinyl alcohol（PVA）, creating a product that is virtually transparent. So the transparent wood is created, which is far more durable and lighter than glass.
Switching to transparent wood could prove to be cost efficient as well. It is approximately five times more thermally efficient than glass. cutting energy costs. It is made from a sustainable, renewable resource with low carbon emissions.
With all of these potential benefits for consumers, manufacturing and the environment, the case for transparent wood couldn't be clearer.
1. What is the main problem with glass used in window construction?| A．It is inefficient in letting heat out. |
| B．It does not reflect light and heat. |
| C．It cause a high ecological cost |
| D．It is inconvenient to transport. |
| A．A liquid to make objects white. |
| B．A process to solve problems. |
| C．A container to store liquids. |
| D．A way to make colors fade. |
| A．How to make things transparent |
| B．How to produce the new material. |
| C．The benefits of the wood material. |
| D．The great importance of innovation. |
| A．Skeptical. | B．Ambiguous. |
| C．Conservative. | D．Appreciative. |
