1 . Bill Gates was born in 1955. He grew up in Seattle, Washington. When he was young, he was good at science and maths. And he wanted to be a scientist.
Bill started to play with computers when he was 13. At that time, computers were very large machines. Once he was interested in a very old computer. He and some of his friends spent lots of time doing unusual things with it. In the end, they worked out a software program with the old machine. Bill sold it for 4,200 dollars when he was only 17.
In 1973, Bill went to Harvard University. He developed the Basic Language for the first microcomputer. In his third year, he left Harvard. Bill began his company in 1975 with his friend Paul Allen. They thought that the computer would be a very important tool in every office and in every home, so they began developing software for personal computers. They developed the software to make it easier for people to use computers.
In 1999, Bill wrote a book. In the book, he told people how computer technology could solve business problems in new ways. It was one of the best-sellers on The New York Times’ list. Bill Gates has many hobbies. He enjoyed reading very much. He also enjoys playing golf and bridge.
1. When did Bill begin to play with computers?| A．In 1968. | B．In 1966. |
| C．In 1965. | D．In 1972. |
| A．17 years old. | B．18 years old. |
| C．19 years old. | D．20 years old. |
| A．how to do unusual things |
| B．how to play computer games |
| C．how to work out a software program |
| D．how to solve business problems with the help of computers in new ways |
| A．Bill Gates developed the Basic Language for the first microcomputer. |
| B．Bill Gates enjoys playing computer games. |
| C．Bill Gates wrote many science books. |
| D．Bill Gates books are on the top of best-sellers. |
2 . People are always living with technology nowadays. Here comes a smart home, which is controlled by the touch of a button.
Home automation is designed to introduce efficiency to a home.
Families with children or elderly adults in the home may be reassured by some safeguards in smart home security, like fire alarms that alert the appropriate agencies in the event of a problem. Lighting activation runs on timers, which can be a life saver if an oven is left on when someone leaves the home.
Home automation is not just for safety, however.
| A．A smart home doesn’t apply to all family members. |
| B．It achieves this by saving homeowners time and money. |
| C．There are some drawbacks with an automated home system. |
| D．It can also provide convenience for people living in the home. |
| E．Home automation depends on furniture and home temperatures. |
| F．Through home automation, an entire house can be connected via a smart controller. |
| G．Besides protecting people, it also offers security for expensive items inside a residence. |
Recently, many netizens posted videos on social media claiming that Harbin has launched a “photo shoot with a white fox” project to entertain tourists. The white fox in the video
For this project, some people believe it is
Mr. He, the person in charge of Harbin Songhua River Ice and Snow Carnival, said that the scenic area has introduced this project to
Mr. He said that due to the continuous
4 . When a marketing genius walks into your store, it might benefit you to pay attention, even if that genius is only a small child. When a store owner saw a young girl playing an imaginary hopscotch(跳房子) game using his wood flooring, it sparked (引发) a brilliant idea.
The store owner marked out a hopscotch board in multi-colored tape leading to the sales window. When the girl returned, she immediately began using the new store hopscotch board.
Once the board was in place, the store owner noticed an amazing thing happening in the store. It started with a grown man looking a little nervous and glancing (瞥) around the store. The owner thought he might be checking for cameras to steal something. But what he did next shocked the owner. The man started jumping along the hopscotch board!
With total ignoring “how it looked,” the grown man hopped along the hopscotch board like a seasoned professional! And he smiled! But that was just the beginning of the surprise for the store owner. As more people entered the store, more and more of the adult customers took the opportunity to hop to the cash register.
The simple addition of a hopscotch board brought smiles, laughter, and true joy into the tiny convenience store. People were smiling and feeling happier. The in-store cameras record the hoppers merrily jumping along.
Big, small, men, women, old, and young: everyone seems to enjoy the opportunity to be a kid again. The feeling may only last for a few seconds, but if it brings joy to your life, do it!
Some customers carefully walk around the board. However, many enjoy those few seconds of being a kid again. The response delighted the store owner. If you’re the type of person who would hop along the board, share the hopscotch game with your fellow hoppers!
1. What did the girl inspire the store owner to do?| A．He invited the girl to return to the store. | B．He also jumped along the hopscotch board. |
| C．He prevented a man from stealing something. | D．He created a hopscotch board in the store. |
| A．He tried to steal things from the store. | B．He encouraged others to join the game. |
| C．He laughed at the girl playing the game. | D．He played the game after some hesitation. |
| A．Because they all cared for the girl. | B．Because they could get joy from it. |
| C．Because the game was fit for them. | D．Because the game was easy to learn. |
| A．Considerate and creative. | B．Knowledgeable and honest. |
| C．Humorous and outgoing. | D．Modest and ambitious. |
5 . Are you crazy about teaching young children? Are you looking for an exciting overseas working experience? Then we are the right place for you in Switzerland.
Ylaa Child Care Center has opened its first location in Basel, Switzerland in 2011.The concept has been very successful, and a second location has been opened in May 2012. Ylaa is a day care center for children starting 3 months old till 6 years old. Ylaa is aimed to provide high-quality child care services and an exciting and individual-focused learning program in a multicultural environment.
We are looking for a full time Nursery Teacher.
YOUR TASKS:
● Preparing the program together with other managers and team members
● Working with 1 or 2 other team members to take care of a group of children (6-10 children)
● Managing communication with parents including daily reports, regular meetings and yearly development reports
● Backing up other team members for absences
REQUIREMENTS:
● You are a fluent English speaker and have completed a degree in Early Childhood Education or similar
● You have 2-3 years of working experience with young children in day care centers or nurseries
● Knowledge of German is a plus
● You are at least 24 years old
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● Internal and external trainings
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1. Who is the text intended for?| A．Salesmen. | B．Job hunters. |
| C．College students. | D．Actors. |
| A．be less than 24 years old |
| B．have worked with young children for 4-5 years |
| C．speak two more foreign languages fluently |
| D．have a degree about early childhood education |
| A．By posting letters. |
| B．By sending an email. |
| C．By telephone. |
| D．By interviewing for yourself. |
1. What will Edward be responsible for?
| A．Doing online marketing. | B．Organizing the musicians. | C．Sending out the invitations. |
| A．Draw the posters. | B．Make the guest list. | C．Design the invitations. |
| A．Nancy. | B．John. | C．Tim. |
| A．In a hotel. | B．On a train. | C．In the hospital. |
7 . Take a period of limited rainfall. Add heat. And you have what scientists call a ‘hot drought’ — dry conditions made more intense by the evaporative power of hotter temperatures.
A new study, published in the journal Science Advances, Wednesday, finds that hot droughts have become more common and severe across the western U.S. as a result of human-caused climate change. “The frequency of compound warm and dry summers particularly in the last 20 years is unprecedented,” said Karen King, lead author of the study and an assistant professor at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.
For much of the last 20 years, western North America has been under the control of a huge drought that has strained crop producers, city planners and water managers. Scientists believe it to be the driest period in the region in at least 1,200 years. They reached that determination, in part, by studying the rings of trees collected from thousands of sites across the Western U.S..
Cross-sections or cores of trees, both living and dead, can offer scientists windows into climate conditions of the past. Dark scars can show where fires have burned. Pale rings can indicate insect outbreaks. “Narrow rings mean less water,” said King, a dendrochronologist, who specialized in tree ring dating. “Fatter rings, more water.” Scientists have looked at tree ring widths to understand how much water was in the soil at a given time. King and fellow researchers did something different. They wanted to investigate the density (密度) of individual rings to get a picture of historical temperatures. In hotter years, trees build thick walls to protect their water.
By combining that temperature data with another tree-ring-sourced dataset looking at soil moisture (湿度), the researchers showed that today’s hotter temperatures have made the current western huge drought different from its past ones.
It also suggests that future droughts will be worsened by higher temperatures, particularly in the Great Plains, home to one of the world’s largest aquifers, and the Colorado River Basin, the source of water for some 40 million people.
1. What led to hot droughts?| A．Abundant rainfall. | B．Climate change. |
| C．Appropriate temperatures. | D．Dry summers. |
| A．Protected. | B．Surprised. | C．Stressed. | D．Helped. |
| A．They will not happen in the future. | B．They are affected by those tree rings. |
| C．They are similar in intensity to past droughts. | D．They have become more frequent and severe. |
| A．To entertain readers with a fictional story. | B．To persuade readers to protect environment. |
| C．To inform readers of severity of hot droughts. | D．To share personal experiences and reflections. |
At a neighbor’s pool the summer after sixth grade, Charley yelled those famous last words, “Hey, watch this!” As he dove into the pool, I froze. It wasn’t the deep end!
Charley was hurt bad when he hit the concrete bottom of the swimming pool. The paramedic said he might have broken his back and could lose the use of his legs. His life would change forever. I didn’t see Charley for over a month after he was carried away in the screaming ambulance.
When I went to visit Charley in the hospital, his “Hey, dude, how’s it going?” was greeted by a grunt.
Looking small and pale, Charley growled,
“I can’t walk—how do you think I feel? I wish I was dead!”
“Bro, you’ll get well! You’re tough.”
“No, the doc said I won’t.”
“Aw, man. That suck!” And the conversation died right there.
I didn’t go back after that. I just didn’t know what to say. When Charley got out of the hospital, I went over to his house a few times and played video games, but it just wasn’t the same. Not only was my friend’s body damaged, so was his spirit. I wanted to help and be a good friend but didn’t know how now.
Charley came back to middle school in the fall, but he had a tough time all year. I pushed his wheelchair to help him get to class on time. But Charley had to find someone else if I was at ball practice. Or he could just be late. I wanted to help my friend to make it all better but knew I couldn’t.
One day Charley dropped his cell phone. As he tried to lean down and pick it up, he tumbled out of his wheelchair. I helped him get back into his chair. Though Charley wasn’t hurt, he was so embarrassed that he didn’t talk to anyone the rest of the day. Charley become sadder and sadder, and I spent less and less time with him as the year passed. Since then, I didn’t see much of Charley because I didn’t have time for video games.
However, I was shocked right before eighth grade started to see Charley sailing down the sidewalk with a big black dog by his wheelchair.
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At the sight of this I ran over to my friend Charley and wanted to talk about the dog.
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When school started again, I felt much more comfortable with Charley accompanied by the big black service dog.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Modern science and technology have helped to greatly reduce the back-breaking labour
Probably one of the most
How Simcha Blass, a scientist, discovered this new way of irrigation is rather interesting. He was visiting a friend in the Israeli desert in the 1930s
Through this discovery, farmers can now produce crops on arid land
10 . There is no way they just drove into that water, thought Evans. The 16-year-old was
It was around 2:30 a.m. by the time Evans and his friends got to the river’s edge. In the darkness, they could
Evans ripped off his shirt and shoes, threw his phone away then dived into the water. He helped the first girl he saw and, keeping her
There was still one girl who could not swim in the water. She was swallowing water, struggling to stay afloat with
The three girls and officer were taken to the hospital and
| A．holding out | B．hanging out | C．getting along | D．keeping up |
| A．hole | B．road | C．bush | D．river |
| A．directions | B．methods | C．decisions | D．strategies |
| A．simply | B．only | C．barely | D．nearly |
| A．see | B．hear | C．smell | D．notice |
| A．head | B．leg | C．arms | D．neck |
| A．drowned | B．refused | C．panicked | D．jumped |
| A．pushing | B．pulling | C．getting | D．holding |
| A．focus | B．arrive | C．awake | D．stand |
| A．caution | B．care | C．scare | D．relief |
| A．hope | B．breath | C．chance | D．mind |
| A．found | B．witnessed | C．taken | D．grabbed |
| A．rescued | B．cured | C．treated | D．released |
| A．healthy | B．alive | C．gone | D．helped |
| A．honored | B．blamed | C．charged | D．encouraged |
