1 . Boma International Hospitality College(BIHC), in partnership with the Business & Hotel Management School, Switzerland(BHMS), is a hospitality (酒店管理) college based in Nairobi, Kenya. It is focused on developing the next generation of world-class hospitality professionals. The college is devoted to offering students state of the art study programs, designed to promote access to demanding, but rewarding careers.
BIHC is currently seeking for a College Principal whose key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
•Reporting to the BIHC Board of Directors for meeting the college’s overall objectives and plans;
•Providing leadership and carrying out academic and operational excellence across the institution;
•Developing and carrying out the college’s strategic plan;
•Establishment and improvement of standard operating policies and procedures to ensure academic and operational excellence;
•Management of budgets and financial performance;
•Encouraging continued improvement in curriculum and teaching methods;
•Promoting the reputation of the College, locally and internationally.
Our ideal candidate has the following key characteristics:
•Possesses a thorough understanding of international hospitality standards;
•Has 10+ years’ experience in an institution of higher learning;
•Passionate about the hospitality industry and developing themselves and the people within it.
If interested, please ensure to submit the following documents:
•A cover letter;
•Curriculum Vitae;
•Copies of relevant diplomas and corresponding transcripts.
Professional references, with contact details may also be submitted.
Interested candidates are welcome to submit their applications to the following e-mail address; recruitment@preferredpersonnel.co.ke no later than April 24th, 2020.
1. An ideal candidate should have some necessary qualities EXCEPT _____________.| A．loving the hospitality industry |
| B．having over 10 year`s experience of teaching |
| C．being familiar with international hospitality standards |
| D．keeping improving himself or herself |
| A．BIHC aims to develop world-class hospitality principals. |
| B．Applications mailed on April 25th, 2020 are also valid. |
| C．College Principal should design art study programs for students. |
| D．An applicant must hand in copies of his or her certificates. |
| A．To advertise for a college principal in BIHC. |
| B．To list responsibilities of a college principal. |
| C．To briefly introduce BIHC, a hospitality college. |
| D．To recommend a hotel-BIHC to visitors. |
2 . Something strange happened when I was 14 years old. Every previous year on Thanksgiving Day I’d woken up early, filled with excitement. But that Thanksgiving, for some reason I saw no reason to celebrate. None of my family were really thankful, I realized. The whole thing was a lie!
During the dinner time, I left, hiding in the guest room and cried. My mom came to see what was wrong. “No one is really thankful!” I sobbed, “They just pretend for one day because that’s what they’re supposed to do!”
After I finished talking, she nodded. “You’re right,” she told me. “It’s fake until you find the truth for yourself.” She said it was my choice whether to celebrate with them or not. She said Thanksgiving is a time to reflect because we don’t always get to see loved ones and eat a good meal. Then she left.
I didn’t listen to her, thinking that every holiday was a lie and I could never find joy celebrating again. But giving in to my starving stomach, I went back to the dining room in a few minutes. I couldn’t believe what I saw. My entire extended family was waiting for me with wide smiles and concerned looks, and the table was covered with untouched plates.
“Andy,” my aunt said, “We can’t eat without you. We’re waiting for your turn. Now you can start it.” I didn’t know what to say first. Finally, I said I was thankful for having a younger brother to teach, play with, and see grow.
The family shared, and everyone had something beautiful to say. Listening to what they said, I suddenly understood what my mom meant about finding out my own reason for celebrating. For me, this holiday was a chance to pause and reflect on everything I cared about.
And with that, I took a huge and satisfying bite of food.
1. Why did the author hide himself and cry on the Thanksgiving Day?| A．Because he got up too late |
| B．Because some of his family were absent. |
| C．Because he thought the dinner was tasteless. |
| D．Because he doubted the sincerity of others’ thankfulness. |
| A．She is very understanding. | B．She is strict with the author. |
| C．She disagreed with the author. | D．She showed great worry about the author. |
| A．Having dinner. | B．Expressing thankfulness. |
| C．Giving a performance. | D．Making a wish. |
| A．My loving mother | B．Love and lies |
| C．An inspiring Thanksgiving | D．An unforgettable dinner |
3 . This is what's known as a 'Buddy' or Friendship Bench'. They're needed because playgrounds can be lonely places sometimes. And these benches can help pupils feeling lonely to find a friend. Benches like this have been around for a while now in many schools. But in Ireland, they are trying to do something a bit different with them.
This school in Cork in the south of Ireland is the 247th to get one from a social enterprise called Buddy Bench Ireland that doesn't just provide schools with benches, it also runs special workshops with trained child psychiatrists（精神病专家）.They use the bench as an opportunity to start conversations about mental well-being. They talk about the importance of being aware of your feelings and those of others. The children need to understand what the bench is about, what it symbolizes--- friendship, inclusion, listening to each other and the most important thing, that it's important to express feelings.
But do children actually use the bench? It's something an independent academic study has been looking at. We found that 40% of the children told us that they had actually used the benches at the time of the study. And over 90% said that they would talk to a child if that child was sitting on the bench. So, certainly there doesn't appear to be any issues around stigma. Children's mental health at school is increasingly a concern in many countries. In Ireland, they're hoping these benches will not only tackle issues like social isolation and bullying but also give a future generation the confidence to open up about their feelings.
1. Why the school in Cork in the south of Ireland uses the bench?| A．To start conversations about mental well-being. |
| B．To replace the old benches in school. |
| C．To cut the cost of school's facility. |
| D．To help children with psychological problems fully recover. |
| A．Teachers and parents encourage children to try it. |
| B．Most children are willing to express feelings. |
| C．All the children understand what the bench is about. |
| D．The bench helps children get rid of loneliness. |
| A．It will deal with social isolation and bullying completely. |
| B．It will motivate a future generation to bravely convey their feelings. |
| C．It will make children prefer the bench to old one. |
| D．It will spread in most schools in Ireland soon. |
| A．A fiction | B．A guidebook |
| C．A diary | D．A magazine |
The doll most loved by many and treasured by kids, Barbie, comes to life in this room as she brings about recall of childhood memories. Feeling like a princess yourself living in a giant dollhouse, mix and match clothes and shoes and make your Barbie fashion statement,
Underwater Room at the Talay Karon Beach Resort in Thailand
As if you're in a submarine, be attracted by the beauty of the sea in this splendid underwater room. Look outside and see a world full of sea creatures and water adventure. Find out how it feels to sleep in the middle and the bottom of the sea.
SpongeBob Room at the Nickelodeon Hotel in Orlando
Kids and adults alike laugh at the funny sound and sense of Spongebob. You will feel like playing in the cartoon film. Meanwhile, you will have the one of a kind opportunity to share a room with all his friends, Patrick, Bob and Mr. Krabs and kids will enjoy plenty of games to play.
Flintstones Room at the Melia Hotel in Spain
Have an unforgettable and enjoyable holiday, ideal for both children and parents, in this hotel located in Spain. The Flintstones is a classic and it will be wonderful to be surrounded with Dinosaurs!
Harry Potter Room at The Georgian House in London
Cleverly made by imaginative hotel owners, they have brought to life Hogwarts in this elegant room. Here you belong in the wizard world and must be lost in its magic!
1. When you are at the Hilton Hotel, you will ______ .| A．experience sleeping in the middle of the sea |
| B．experience a life in Hogwarts like Harry Potter |
| C．meet your princess or prince in your mind |
| D．see the beautiful Barbie in the dollhouse |
| A．room Underwater Talay Karon Beach Resort |
| B．Harry Potter Room at The Georgian House |
| C．Flintstnes Room at the Melia Hotel |
| D．Room SpongeBob Nickelodeon Hotel |
| A．The name of a famous ship. |
| B．The name of a captain of a ship. |
| C．The name of a character in a cartoon film. |
| D．The name of the owner of Nicklodeon Hotel. |
5 . It's said that in China millions of legal cases are now being decided by "internet courts" that do not require citizens to appear in court.
The "smart court" includes non-human judges powered by artificial intelligence, or AI. People seeking legal action can register their case on the internet. They can then take part in a digital court hearing. The system gives users the chance to communicate and receive court decisions by text or through major messaging services. Users completed more than 3.1 million legal activities through the court system from March to October in 2019, China's official Xinhua news agency reported.
China's first internet court was established in the eastern city of Hangzhou in 2017. Hangzhou is a center for major Chinese technology companies. Judicial officials recently invited reporters to the Hangzhou Internet Court to see how it operates. In one demonstration, citizens used video messaging to communicate with virtual, Al-powered judges.
"Does the defendant have any objection to the nature of the judicial block-chain （区块链） evidence submitted by the plaintiff 原告）?” a virtual judge asked during a pre-trial meeting. The non-human judge was represented in the system by an image of a man wearing a black robe. "No objection," the human plaintiff answered.
A Hangzhou court official told China's state-run CGTN television that the internet court system operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It is designed to ease the workload of humans and improve the speed and effectiveness of the legal process. Court officials say that even though virtual judges are used, human judges observe the process and can make major rulings.
The internet court in Hangzhou only deals with cases involving legal disputes over digital matters. These include internet trade issues, copyright cases and disputes over online product sales. Digital court cases in China have seen a sharp increase in recent years, as the number of mobile payments and internet-based businesses has grown. The growth is tied to China's huge number of internet users --- about 850 million.
After establishing the court in Hangzhou, China launched similar operations in the cities of Beijing and Guangzhou.
1. What can we infer about the internet court?| A．Human judges have played little role in the internet court. |
| B．Citizens can only place their cases on file on weekdays. |
| C．It will become a helper for the court system. |
| D．It has enjoyed great popularity all over China. |
| A．By Al-powered judges. | B．By receiving text messages. |
| C．By attending a court hearing. | D．By registering the cases on the internet. |
| A．Because there is a growing tendency in internet-based businesses. |
| B．Because it is efficient to deal with cases in the internet court. |
| C．Because legal disputes can only be handled in the internet court. |
| D．Because China has the perfect digital court system. |
| A．The Future of the China's Justice. | B．The Future Master of The Internet Court. |
| C．The Growth of Digital Court Cases. | D．The Rise of China's "Internet Courts5. |
6 . In Sao Paulo, a baby boy is smiling, unaware that a court is deciding his fate. If it finds in his father's favor, he is in all kinds of trouble. There may be a law in Brazil against giving your child a name that might cause him to be laughed at, but daddy wants to call his son Osama bin Laden. The same father, Osvaldo Oliveria Soares, has a habit of trying to use babies as political statements. Nine years ago, he was banned from naming a previous son Saddam Hussein.
Unlike Brazil, there is no law Britain that constrains a parent's right to name their child. "It's not for the officials to say if someone has picked a name they don't think is suitable," says Alison Cathcart, superintendent official at Westminster register office. "But if someone is from a different culture and wants to register a name that sounds like a swear word in English then we do advise them of that."
"Naming does matter," says Helen Petrie, a professor at the City University of London. "We have fixed beliefs of what sort of people are behind certain names. There are studies of teachers in primary schools in the US that show they rate children with certain names as less capable."
"The name is the first thing we find out when we meet someone. If you call your child an unusual silly name like Fifi Trixibelle, as did Bob Geldof and Paula Yates, it can make life hard for your child — especially if you want him to be smart and are not in the least bit superficial"
There's also the class factor. “Fifty years ago there was no cross-over of names between classes. Now everyone can buy Tatler and see the name Tarquin," says Petrie. "Until the 60s, Tracey was a fashionable Chelsea name. Now it has a terrible image fixed in people's mind. I've interviewed some Traceys who find their name a huge burden. However high up they may be in their profession, people hear their name and think they're the cleaner."
1. The Brazilian court may rule against Osvaldo Olveria Soares if he ______.| A．states that he admires Osama bin Laden | B．gives his son a name that will be laughed at |
| C．uses his babies as political statements | D．keeps his habit of interfering in politics |
| A．abolish | B．acknowledge |
| C．defend | D．restrict |
| A．the students do not perform well in class |
| B．they do not love those children's name |
| C．they think a name can reveal one' ability |
| D．they understand the psychology of naming |
| A．A person named Fifi is usually silly. |
| B．Paula Yates is a name which sounds superficial. |
| C．Tatler is a name of low grade. |
| D．Tracey is still a fashionable Chelsea name. |
7 . Scientists already know that plants are highly sensitive to touch of any kind. If you've ever touched Mimosa pudica(含羞草), you've already witnessed its fan-like leaves close up. But most of the time, the effect is invisible, or immediately invisible. A recent study found that touching plants causes such a dramatic response in their hormones and gene expression that it could greatly prevent their growth.
The team touched thale cress, a weedy plant, with soft paint brushes, and then analyzed the plant's biological responses. “The lightest touch from a human, an animal, an insect, or even plants touching each other in the wind, causes a huge gene response in the plant,” Jim Whelan, a biologist at La Trobe University in Australia, said in a statement. “Within 30 minutes of being touched, 10% of the plant's genome(基因组) is changed.”
Previous research has suggested that touch could actually be beneficial, because it stimulates(刺激) the plant's immune system. But this study found that the plants used many resources to respond to touch, which are then not available for growing. The researchers found if they touched a plant multiple times, this was enough to reduce its growth rate by as much as 30%. Other papers have similarly shown that touch can change plant growth; a paper released in 2016 found that even a gentle pat could change the expression of thousands of genes within the same plant.
“While plants don't appear to complain when we step on them, or just brush by them while going for a walk, they're fully aware of this contact and rapidly respond to our treatment of them,” said Olivier Van Aken, a plant biologist at the University of Western Australia.
Whelan and his team uncovered more information about the genetic pathways that are activated by touching a plant, which may be useful for developing more resilient(能复原的) plants. Whelan told the Sydney Morning Herald that the findings are likely most useful for the agriculture industry: if plant scientists can find ways to change that defensive response, produce yields(产量) could potentially go up.
1. How does touch prevent a plant growing?| A．By causing genetic changes. | B．By conveying harmful substances. |
| C．By stopping it absorbing nutrients. | D．By damaging its inner structure. |
| A．They are easy to look after. | B．They respond rapidly to any contact. |
| C．They never have feelings for touch. | D．They are allergic to any human activity. |
| A．The significance of the study. |
| B．The approaches to the findings. |
| C．The way to develop resilient plants. |
| D．The information about increasing produce yields. |
| A．Plants' gene expression is defined by touch |
| B．Touch will help increase produce yields |
| C．Something is done to help plants grow |
| D．Plants don't really like to be touched |
8 . It was the 50th anniversary (周年) of the moon landing last year. Astronomy lovers are not the only ones who are excited about it; publishers(出版商) are also offering a number of books to mark the event.
Shoot for the Moon James Donovan
Little, Brown and Co. $30
This retelling of the space race begins with the Soviet Union’s Sputnik satellite in 1957 to the historic Apollo 11 program twelve years later. The book offers details about the characters of the spacemen, engineers and others who made the U. S. space program a success.
One Giant Leap
Charles Fishman
Simon & Schuster, $29.99
Getting to the moon required a million hours of work, this book says. Accordingly, the story centers on the engineers, project managers and others who worked long and hard to get the Apollo program off the ground.
Picturing Apollo 11
J. L. Pickering and John Bisney
Univ of Florida, $45
Packed with hundreds of photos (some are published for the first time), this book reads like a photo book of the Apollo 11 program. The photos are moments from spaceman training, as well as the excitement of liftoff, the historic landing and the return home of the three men.
Apollo’s Legacy Roger D.
Launius Smithsonian Books,
$27.95
A space historian examines the Apollo program in different ways: as a political (政治的) machine in the Cold War and an important cultural moment. The book explores different views on the U. S. moonshot project from scientists, politicians, the media and the public during the space race and beyond.
1. What is Shoot for the Moon mainly about?| A．History of the space race. | B．The shoot of two satellites. |
| C．Cooperation of different countries. | D．Humans’ understanding of the moon. |
| A．James Donovan’s | B．Charles Fishman’s |
| C．J. L. Pickering and John Bisney’s | D．Roger D. Launius’s |
| A．Shoot for the Moon | B．One Giant Leap |
| C．Picturing Apollo 11 | D．Apollo’s Legacy |
9 . Worried about the loss of rainforests and the ozone layer (臭氧层)? Well, neither of those is doing any worse than a large majority of the 6,000 to 7,000 languages that remain in use on Earth. One half of the survivors will almost certainly be gone by 2050, while 40% more will probably be well on their way out. In their place, almost all humans will speak a small number of languages——Mandarin, English, Spanish.
Linguists (语言学家) know what causes languages to disappear, but what’s less often remarked is what happens on the way to disappearance: languages’ vocabularies, grammars and expressive potential all disappear. “Say a community goes over from speaking a traditional Aboriginal（土著的） language to speaking a Creole,” says Australian Nick Evans, a language experts, “you leave behind a language where there’s very fine vocabulary for the landscape. All that is gone in a Creole. As speakers become less able to express the wealth of knowledge that has filled ancestors’ lives with meaning over thousands of years, it's no wonder that communities tend to become weakened.”
Due to the huge losses, some linguists struggle against the situation. In England, Peter Austin heads a programme that has trained many documentary linguists in England as well as in language-loss hotspots such as West Africa and South America.
However, not all approaches to the preservation of languages will be particularly helpful. Some linguists are boasting (自夸), for example, of more and more complicated means of recording languages: digital recording and storage, the Internet and mobile phone technologies. But these are encouraging the quick style of recording trip: fly in, switch on digital recorder, fly home, download to hard drive, and store gathered material for future research. That's not quite what some endangered-language experts have been seeking. Most vocal (直言不讳的) and untiring has been Michael Krauss from the University of Alaska. He has often complained that linguists are playing with technology research while most of their raw data is disappearing.
Who is to blame? Linguists who go out into communities to study, document and describe languages, argue that theoretical linguists, like Noam Chomsky, who draw conclusions about how languages work, have had so much influence that linguistics has largely ignored the continuing disappearance of languages.
1. Why does the author mention rainforests and the ozone layer in Paragraph 1?| A．To explain they are of great importance. |
| B．To prove they have connection with language loss. |
| C．To show anxiety about environmental issues is unfounded. |
| D．To stress the public should be equally concerned about languages. |
| A．They can’t express ideas which are part of their culture. |
| B．Getting practical information causes problems for them. |
| C．They have more potential to learn languages than most people. |
| D．Older and younger members of the community can’t communicate. |
| A．Linguists’ popularity has decreased considerably. |
| B．Linguists are failing to record languages before they die out. |
| C．Linguists have made poor use of improvements in technology. |
| D．Linguists’ quick style of recording trip should be encouraged. |
| A．By 2050 different languages will be developing well. |
| B．Local languages are preserved perfectly in West Africa. |
| C．Theoretical linguists may be to blame for the loss of languages. |
| D．Noam Chomsky is fond of working in communities to research. |
10 . In 2019, more than 125,000 organs, mostly kidneys, were transplanted (移植) from one human being to another in the United States. But a lack of suitable donors means the supply of organs is limited. That has led researchers to study the question of how to build organs from the very beginning.
One promising approach is to print them. Bio-printing originated in the early 2000s, when it was discovered that living cells could be sprayed through the nozzles (喷嘴) of printers without being damaged.
Sichuan Revotek, a biotechnology company based in Chengdu, China, has successfully transplanted a printed section of artery (动脉) into a monkey. This is the first step in trials of a technique intended for use in humans. Similarly, Organovo, a firm in San Diego, California, announced that it had transplanted printed human-liver tissue into mice and that this tissue had survived and worked.
Bio-printing can help with the development of other treatments. Organovo already offers its printed kidney and liver tissue for use in testing new drugs for effectiveness and safety. That should please animal rights activists, as such tests cut down on the number of animal trials. It should please drug companies, too——because the tissue being tested is human, the results obtained should be more reliable than those from tests on other species. With similar purpose in mind, L’Oreal, a French cosmetics firm, together with its team, is working on printing human skin. They intend to use it to test their products for side effects. Compared with older and slower technology, bio-printing will permit L’Oreal to grow much more, and also allow different skin types to be printed.
The real prize of all this effort would be to print entire organs. For kidneys, Roots Analysis, a medical-technology consulting company, thinks that should be possible in about six years. Livers, which have a natural tendency to grow again, should also arrive a little bit soon. Hearts, with their complex inner shape, will take longer.
1. Why do people start to consider printing organs?| A．Because of poor quality of the organs. | B．Because of shortage of donors. |
| C．Because of lack of research. | D．Because of limited technology. |
| A．By testing bio-printed organs on patients. |
| B．By developing liver tissue into a monkey. |
| C．By transplanting a section of artery into mice. |
| D．By transplanting a bio-printed organ into an animal. |
| A．Animal rights activists hate bio-printing. |
| B．Entire printed organs will be available soon. |
| C．Bio-printing could be well received in society. |
| D．L’Oreal prints human skin to improve the bio-technology. |
| A．Organ transplantation is difficult to achieve. |
| B．Medical progress improves people’s life quality. |
| C．Bio-printing tech contributes to building organs. |
| D．Many countries are cooperating to develop bio-printing. |
