1 . Photographers from China were among the top prize winners at the 14th Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition, organized by the Royal Observatory Greenwich, in London.
Chinese photographers featured significantly and won
The official awards news release described their picture as “a
The image was
Hanwen, one of the two Chinese winners, says, “I think this photo shows how
“The
| A．diplomas | B．fortunes | C．titles | D．prizes |
| A．effect | B．motivation | C．success | D．enthusiasm |
| A．imagination | B．image | C．exploration | D．reflection |
| A．fascinating | B．terrifying | C．puzzling | D．disturbing |
| A．colors | B．shapes | C．structures | D．sizes |
| A．temperature | B．darkness | C．coldness | D．cloud |
| A．presented | B．stored | C．highlighted | D．introduced |
| A．created | B．predicted | C．tracked | D．observed |
| A．processing | B．analyzing | C．designing | D．appreciating |
| A．quiet | B．beautiful | C．distant | D．mysterious |
| A．demand | B．persuade | C．allow | D．attract |
| A．atmosphere | B．environment | C．universe | D．earth |
| A．standard | B．intention | C．desire | D．application |
| A．enjoyed | B．challenged | C．treated | D．devoted |
| A．slight | B．ordinary | C．familiar | D．temporary |
1. What type of photography did the woman start with?
| A．Street photography. | B．Fashion photography. | C．Nature photography. |
| A．It’s challenging. | B．It tells her story. | C．It documents ordinary life. |
| A．A photo. | B．A storybook. | C．A magazine. |
| A．By bus. | B．By taxi. | C．By car. |
1. What is the man doing?
| A．Conducting a survey. | B．Asking for directions. | C．Planning a trip. |
| A．Its space. | B．Its Internet. | C．Its speed. |
| A．It was too crowded. | B．It broke down halfway. | C．It ran behind schedule. |
| A．The information display facilities. |
| B．Bigger boards for train times. |
| C．More seats on the platforms. |
| A．At an airport. | B．In a hotel. | C．In a department store. |
1. What is the purpose of National Hugging Day?
| A．To create a chance for people to get refreshed. |
| B．To expand the positive effects of hugging. |
| C．To promote an event related to hugging. |
| A．He will be smarter. |
| B．He will be more sociale. |
| C．He will be more open-minded. |
| A．Animals hug more than people do. |
| B．Hugs happen in various situations. |
| C．Hugging requires immediate actions. |
1. Why isn’t the woman interested in Florida?
| A．It will be packed with tourists. |
| B．There will be nothing to do there. |
| C．It is hard to buy tickets to go there. |
| A．It is what tourists cannot miss. |
| B．It is much cheaper this year. |
| C．Transport there is inconvenient. |
| A．Pack some luggage. | B．Talk with her friend. | C．Abandon her holiday. |
1. Where does Mark usually read news now?
| A．In a newspaper. | B．In a magazine. | C．On the Internet. |
| A．It has a small glass window. |
| B．It can make a pizza in a short time. |
| C．It offers four types of pizzas at a time. |
| A．It is quite necessary. | B．It might not be popular. | C．It will certainly succeed. |
| A．The 24-hour service. | B．Tasty pizza made by it. | C．The low production cost. |
9 . Nowadays, the world is slowly becoming a high-tech society and we are now surrounded by technology. Facebook and Twitter are innovative tools; text messaging is still a somewhat existing phenomenon and even e-mail is only a flashing spot on the screen when compared with our long history of snail mail. Now we adopt these tools to the point of essentialness, and only rarely consider how we are more fundamentally affected by them.
Social media, texting and e-mail all make it much easier to communicate, gather and pass information. But they also present some dangers. By removing any real human engagement, they enable us to develop our abnormal self-love without the risk of disapproval or criticism theatrical metaphor (隐喻), these new forms of communication provide a stage on which we create our own characters, hidden behind a fourth wall of tweets, status updates and texts. This unreal state of unconcern can become addictive as we separate ourselves a safe distance from the cruelty of our fleshly lives, where we are imperfect, powerless and insignificant. In essence, we have been provided not only the means to be more free, but also to become new, to create and protect a more perfect self to the world. As we become more reliant on these tools, they become more a part of our daily routine and so we become more restricted in this fantasy.
So it is that we live in a cold era, where names and faces represent two different levels of closeness, where working relationships occur only through the magic of email and where love can start or end by text message. An environment such as this reduces interpersonal relationships to mere digital exchanges.
Would a celebrity have been so daring to do something dishonorable if he had had to do it in person? Doubtful. It seems he might have been lost in a fantasy world that ultimately convinced himself into believing the digital self could obey different rules and regulations, as if he could continually push the limits of what’s acceptable without facing the consequences of “real life.”
1. The author compares e-mail with snail mail to show ________.| A．the influence of high-tech on our life | B．the history of different types of mails |
| C．the value of traditional communications | D．the rapid development of social media |
| A．Destroying our life totally. | B．Posing more dangers than good. |
| C．Helping us to hide our faults. | D．Replacing traditional letters. |
| A．Sheltering us from virtual life. | B．Removing face-to-face interaction. |
| C．Leading to false mental perception. | D．Making us rely more on hi-tech media. |
| A．Technologies have changed our relationships. |
| B．The digital world is a recipe for pushing limits. |
| C．Love can be better conveyed by text message. |
| D．The digital self need not take responsibility. |
It is a hot sunny Saturday morning on the farm. Maya, Duksie and Doobie are helping Mama K in her vegetable garden. The children work all morning.
Mama K always gives the children a treat for helping her. Sometimes it’s cake or chocolate; sometimes it’s apples, pears or oranges. Mama K has only one rule. “Share it fair!” The children know they must share the treats equally, so they all get the same amount.
Today Mama K has baked a round strawberry cake with pink icing (糖霜) and berries from her garden. The children wait on the grass for their treat. “Here you go!” smiles Mama K. “But remember the rule. Share it fair!”
Maya has the first turn to share the cake. She uses the knife to draw lines in the icing. The others watch her. She does not cut the cake yet. The others must first agree if her way is fair. “I think I will make two cuts down like this. Now we have three slices, all the same!” Maya shows them. There is one line on the left and the other on the right.
“No way!” says Duksie. “The one in the middle is much too big!” Doobie also shakes his head. Maya laughs and tells Duksie to try.
“Pass me the knife.I’ll do it,” says Duksie First she rubs out Maya’s pattern in the icing, and then she makes one cut across and one down. “Look, I have made my three slices!” “That’s not fair!” shout Maya and Doobie together,.
“Why don’t you try, Doobie?” says Duksie. “I bet you can’t do it!”
“I wish the cake was a square, and then it would be easy!” says Doobie thoughtfully. And then! A picture comes into Doobie’s head. He sees the silver badge (标识) at the front of his father’s big red Benz truck. “I’ve got it! I’ve got it! I know how to do it,” shouts Doobie.
“How did you work it out?” Maya asks. Doobie smiles to himself. For now it’s his secret. Later, he will tell his dad.
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First Doobie uses a knife to smooth Duksie’s lines in the icing.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________With Mama K’s encouragement, Maya takes charge, expertly cutting along Doobie’s lines to make three equal slices.
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