1 . Zaki was small for his twelve years, and he was angry being treated as a child. Farid, his older brother, had been looked upon as a man long before he was Zaki’s age. Every day Farid and the other young Bahraini men went out in their wooden boats to dive for oysters (牡蛎). Many times Zaki begged to go along, but Farid always refused to let him.
So every day Zaki would go to the shallow water to practice. His grandfather, a former diver, would watch him and advise him. All morning, Zaki would practice diving beneath the waves. Every afternoon, again and again he would go underwater and hold his breath. With each day’s practice, his diving improved and he could hold his breath a little while longer. Soon Zaki felt as much at home in the water as he did out of it.
Zaki rose early one day. He wanted to compete with his brother. They dived beneath the waves. Zaki opened his eyes and found himself looking into his brother’s face. Farid was smiling with confidence. Slowly, the smile was disappearing from Farid’s face. As more seconds passed, a worried look appeared on Farid’s face. Farid was realizing that Zaki could possibly beat him. Looking into Farid’s eyes, Zaki suddenly understood what losing could mean to his brother. Never would the villagers allow him to live it down. He would be laughed at by losing to a little child. Almost without thinking, Zaki kicked his feet and rose to the surface of the water a second before Farid’s head appeared beside him.
The men around them cheered and patted Farid on the back. Farid, however, put his arm around Zaki’s shoulders. “Today,” Farid announced, “we shall have a new diver among us.” Then quietly, for Zaki’s ears alone, he said “Thank you, my brother.” And Zaki knew that they both had learned that it takes more than strength to make a man.
1. What is the second paragraph mainly about?| A．Zaki’s grandfather was a good diver. |
| B．Zaki liked staying at home every day. |
| C．Zaki practised hard in the water daily. |
| D．Zaki’s grandfather encouraged him to dive. |
| A．Considerate. | B．Ambitious. |
| C．Confident. | D．Adventurous. |
| A．Farid beat his little brother easily. |
| B．Zaki was as strong as his brother. |
| C．Zaki regretted losing the competition. |
| D．Both Farid and Zaki had grown up. |
| A．Farid’s Pride | B．Zaki’s Challenge |
| C．Brothers’ Competition | D．Grandfather’s Advice |
2 . Welcome！
We look forward to welcoming you this summer.Below you will find a list of forms for students accepted to our 2019 Salisbury Summer School.Please review the documents and fill out and return any applicable forms, Should you wish to spend overnight in the area when you drop off your child,please make arrangements well in advance as summer is a busy time of year in Conriecticut's northwest corner.(A.list of area hotels is found here.)
Both the elective course enrollment(登记)and the questionnaire are very important because we will be unable to design your child’s academic schedule without them.We would also like to draw your attention to the form regarding students leaving on weekends during summer school.
Accepted Student Forms(ASFs ):
●Elective Enrollment
● Questionnaire
● Weekend Permission
● Travel Form
● Pharmacy(用药)Form
●E& R Laundry Registration Form
The Salisbury School Health Center works with Magnus Health which is a secure and easy-to-use website for online submission and storage of your child’s medical information.You must access your child’s Magnus Health account in order to get and submit the required health forms before registration( Access the Pharmacy Form here). Health forms must be completed and submitted to Magnus Health by June 15, if not, summer school classes and activities may not be accessible to your kid.
For questions regarding Salisbury School required health forms or your Magnus Health account,please email healthcenter@salisburyschool.org.Alternatively,you may call the health Center at 860-435-5748.
1. What should they do if parents want to spend one night in the area?| A．Complete all the forms. | B．Book a room as early as possible. |
| C．Apply to Magnus Health | D．Tell the summer school in advance. |
| A．Elective Enrollment. | B．Questionnaire. |
| C．Weekend Permission. | D．Travel Form. |
| A．Incomplete health forms. | B．Not returning ASFs by June 15. |
| C．Failing to register ahead of time. | D．Loss of Magnus Health account. |
3 . As life in cities worldwide becomes more expensive, urban designers are using modern technology to help citizens avoid traffic jams, and shorten the time needed for bus waiting and other things. Technology is also used to cut costly waste.
In Santander, a Spanish port city, parking is easy to find. As one car drives away, an underground sensor shows that a parking space is now free. 400 sensors send messages to signs on streets, and GPS devices direct drivers to the nearest available parking spaces, reducing traffic jams. Trash is collected only when the bins are full and bus stop signs show exactly when the next bus is coming. The public parks are watered only the soil gets dry. All this is made possible by 20,000 sensors installed on buildings, street posts and even buses. They are part of the “smart city” project, launched by the University of Cantabria seven years ago.
University researchers like Luis Munoz regularly meet with locals to discuss how to make their city even smarter. “They propose when they have ideas and sometimes even develop by themselves. Here, we give them the opportunity to see these ideas happen in real life,” said Munoz. For example, the university helped a woman create an app that outlines the easiest route for walking with a baby stroller. Another provides information to residents about their water consumption and sends an alarm to their phone if there is a leak.
The Santander smart project is attracting the attention of larger cities in Europe and elsewhere that are looking for smart solutions to urban problems.
1. What is the life like in Santander?| A．It is meaningful. | B．It is full of freedom. |
| C．It is likely to change fast. | D．It is effective and convenient. |
| A．By offering some original or fresh ideas. |
| B．By showing him around the city. |
| C．By installing sensors themselves. |
| D．By using as little water as possible. |
| A．A university. | B．A phone. |
| C．An easy route. | D．An app. |
| A．A Worldwide Problem | B．A Smart City Project |
| C．A Creative Researcher | D．A Trend in Urban Design |
4 . Muir Woods and Sausalito Half Day Tour
Wander through an ancient coastal redwood forest and explore the artistic bayside on this half-day tour from San Francisco. Travel across the Golden Gate Bridge to visit Muir Woods, home to some of the oldest and tallest trees on Earth. At the end of your tour choose between getting dropped off at Union Square in San Francisco or taking the ferry back to San Francisco.
Yosemite National Park and Giant Sequoias Day Trip
Discover the beauty of the Sierra Nevada on this full-day trip to Yosemite National Park from San Francisco. Travel aboard a comfortable van through historic Gold Rush towns to reach the park, where you’ll be amazed by supersized natural wonders. Take a hike among ancient trees, and enjoy several hours to explore the park’s wonders on your own.
Niagara Falls Tour
Escape from New York City and head north to see both sides of the Canadian border on this guided, 2-day tour to Niagara Falls. Visit Niagara Falls on both the American and Canadian sides and take a ride on the famous Maid of the Mist boat. Then, on the road back to New York City, make a stop to shop at the Crossings Premium Outlets, one of the largest outlet malls in the US.
Napa and Sonoma Wine Country Tour
Escape to California’s famous wine country on this full-day tour from San Francisco. Taste regional varietals at three different wineries including both big-name and family-run estates (庄园). Learn about the winemaking process during guided tours, and appreciate the regional culture with a stop for lunch.
1. Which tour should you choose if you want to do some shopping ?| A．Muir Woods and Sausalito Half Day Tour. |
| B．Yosemite National Park and Giant Sequoias Day Trip. |
| C．Niagara Falls Tour. |
| D．Napa and Sonoma Wine Country Tour. |
| A．Appreciate some of the oldest and tallest trees on Earth. |
| B．Enjoy supersized natural wonders. |
| C．Get some winemaking knowledge. |
| D．Take a ride on the boat. |
| A．To introduce some outdoor activities. |
| B．To share some tour experiences. |
| C．To advertise for the wine country. |
| D．To call for protecting natural wonders. |
5 . Want to explore new cultures, meet new people and do something worthwhile at the same time? You can do all the three with Global Development Association(GDA). Whatever stage of life you’re at, wherever you go and whatever project you do in GDA, you’ll create positive changes in a poor and remote community(社区).
We work with volunteers of all ages and backgrounds. Most of our volunteers are aged 17-24. Now we need volunteer managers aged 25-75. They are extremely important in the safe and effective running of our programmes. We have such roles as project managers, mountain leaders, and communication officers.
Depending on which role you choose, you could help to increase a community’s access to safe drinking water, or help to protect valuable local cultures. You might also design an adventure challenge to train young volunteers.
Not only will you help our young volunteers to develop personally, you’ll also learn new skills and increase your cultural awareness. You may have chances to meet new people who’ll become your lifelong friends.
This summer we have both 4-week and 7-week programmes:
Country | Schedule | |
4-week programmes | 7-week programmes | |
Algeria | 5 Jul. — 1 Aug. | 20 Jun. — 7 Aug. |
Egypt | 24 Jul. — 20 Aug. | 19 Jun. — 6 Aug. |
Kenya | 20 Jul. — 16 Aug. | 18 Jun. — 5 Aug. |
South Africa | 2 Aug. — 29 Aug. | 15 Jun. — 2 Aug. |
GDA ensures that volunteers work with community members and local project partners where our help is needed. All our projects aim to promote the development of poor and remote communities.
There is no other chance like a GDA programme. Join us as a volunteer manager to develop your own skills while bringing benefits to the communities.
Find out more about joining a GDA programme:
Website:www.glodeve.org
Email:humanresources@glodeve.org
1. What is the main responsibility of volunteer managers?| A．To seek local partners. | B．To take in young volunteers. |
| C．To carry out programmes. | D．To foster cultural awareness. |
| A．Egypt | B．Algeria | C．Kenya | D．South Africa |
| A．explore new cultures | B．protect the environment |
| C．gain corporate benefit | D．help communities in need |
6 . You’ll find it amazing to support people when you go out to eat! Just look for restaurants that hire people with disabilities，which are making the world a more inclusive place. Each bakery，café and restaurant below has a wonderful and heartwarming story.
Hugs Care: McKinney，Texas
Ruth Thompson once had a vision to create a nonprofit café that would be run and operated primarily by adults with special needs. With hard work，a strong passion and an amazing team，Hugs Café opened its doors in 2015.“Hugs Café is now so much more than a job to our 23 teammates，which is enhancing the meaningful lives of adults with special needs through training and employment at Hugs Café. Thompson says.
Vinny＆Bay’s Coffee and Eatery: Panama City，Florida
“A lot of people plan their vacations around coming to this coffee shop，”says café owner Kara Rigby. Vinny ＆ Bay’s Coffee and Eatery was established “so that Baylee had a place to work，”Rigby adds. Baylee is Rigby’s daughter’s friend who has a disability. The coffee shop’s goal become training for individuals like Baylee. Some workers have even started at Vinny ＆ Bay’ s and were able to work in a regular workplace. Rigby says that her employees” have a whole lot more abilities than disabilities. They love unconditionally，and it changes the whole environment and business.” Rigby believes that incorporating even just one or two disabled individuals into a business can change the whole atmosphere—for the better!
Sugar Pl um Bakery: Virginia Beach，Virginia
Head to Sugar Plum Bakery to find a delicious carrot cake and see people with disabilities successfully working alongside none—disabled workers. Sugar Plum has been promoting the integration of adult s with developmental disabilities by providing training and employment opportunities to more than 1，000 people with disabilities since 1987.Whether they’re scooping cookies or making cupcakes，Sugar Plum’s disabled employees are the backbone of the bakery.
1. What do the three restaurants have in common?| A．They are established by adults with special needs. |
| B．They are supported by charities or local government. |
| C．The provide training and employment to disabled individuals. |
| D．The employers and employees there are all individuals with disabilities. |
| A．Hugs Café set up in 1987 now has 23 teammates |
| B．Rigby founded her coffee shop to help Baylee，her daughter |
| C．Disabled individuals are not able to work in a regular workplace |
| D．Sugar P1um Bakery hires both normal people and people with disabilities |
| A．Disabled workers there are the most important part. |
| B．The bakery get s support and strength from backbone. |
| C．The customers are always backing the disabled workers. |
| D．The employees have a whole lot more abilities than disabilities. |
7 . Students perform less well in final exams if smartphones are allowed in class, for non-academic (非学业的) purposes in lectures, a new study in Educational Psychology finds. Students who don’t use smartphones themselves but attend lectures where their use is acceptable also do worse, suggesting that smartphone use damages the group learning environment.
Researchers from Rutgers University in the US performed an in-class experiment to test whether dividing attention between smartphones and the lecturer during the class affected students’ performance in within-lecture tests and a final exam. 118 students at Rutgers University took part in the experiment during one term of their course. Smartphones were not allowed in half of the lectures and allowed in the other half. When smartphones were allowed, students were asked to record whether they had used them for non-academic purposes during the lecture.
The study found that having a smartphone didn’t lower students’ scores in comprehension tests within lectures, but it did lower scores in the final exam by at least 5%, or half a grade. This finding shows for the first time that the main effect of divided attention in the classroom is on the length of time in keeping memory, with fewer things of a study task later remembered. In addition, when the use of smartphones was allowed in class, performance was also poorer for students who did not use them as well as for those who did.
The study’s lead author, Professor Arnold Glass, added: “These findings should alarm students and teachers that dividing attention is having a not obvious but harmful effect that is damaging their exam performance and final grade. To help manage the use of smartphones in the classroom, teachers should explain to students the alarming effect—not only for themselves, but for the whole class.”
This is the first-ever study in an actual classroom showing a relationship between losing attention from smartphones and exam performance. However, more researches are required to see how students are affected by using smartphones after school.
1. What is the purpose of paragraph 1?| A．To present the main findings of the experiment. |
| B．To explain how the experiment was carried out. |
| C．To give details about the result of the experiment. |
| D．To suggest what should be done for teachers and students. |
| A．had no bad effect if students do not use them |
| B．caused an average 5% drop in students’ scores |
| C．made it harder for students to keep things in mind |
| D．had a bad effect on students’ performance in all tests |
| A．He was against it. |
| B．He was in favor of it. |
| C．He cared little about it. |
| D．He doubted the findings. |
| A．To find out ways to improve students’ memory. |
| B．To call on schools to ban smartphones completely. |
| C．To study the influence of using smartphones after class. |
| D．To do researches on focusing attention in actual classrooms. |
8 . Grown-ups are often surprised by how well they remember something they learned as children but have never practiced ever since. A man who has not had a chance to go swimming for years can still swim as well as ever when he gets back in the water. He can get on a bicycle after many years and still ride away. He can play catch and hit a ball as well as his son. A mother who has not thought about the words for years can teach her daughter the poem that begins “Twinkle, twinkle, little star” or remember the story of Cinderella or Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
One explanation is the law of overlearning, which can be stated as follows: Once we have learned something, additional learning experiences increase the length of time we will remember it.
In childhood we usually continue to practice such skills as swimming, bicycle riding, and playing baseball long after we have learned them. We continue to listen to and remind ourselves of words such as “Twinkle, twinkle, little star” and childhood tales such as Cinderella and Goldilocks. We not only learn but overlearn.
The multiplication tables(乘法口诀表) are an exception to the general rule that we forget rather quickly the things that we learn in school, because they are another of the things we overlearn in childhood.
The law of overlearning explains why cramming(突击学习) for an examination, though it may result in a passing grade, is not a satisfactory way to learn a college course. By cramming, a student may learn the subject well enough to get by on the examination, but he is likely soon to forget almost everything he learned. A little overlearning, on the other hand, is really necessary for one’s future development.
1. What’s the main idea of Paragraph 1?| A．Stories for children are easy to remember. |
| B．Children have a better memory than grown-ups. |
| C．Poem reading is a good way to learn words. |
| D．People remember well what they learned in childhood. |
| A．presenting research findings | B．setting down general rules |
| C．using examples | D．making a comparison |
| A．a result of overlearning | B．a special case of cramming |
| C．a skill to deal with math problems | D．a basic step towards advanced studies |
| A．It leads to failure in college exams. | B．It’s helpful only in a limited way. |
| C．It’s possible to result in poor memory. | D．It increases students’ learning interest. |
9 . Welcome to Adventureland!
Everyone loves Adventureland! The Parks and Exhibitions were built for you to explore (探索), enjoy, and admire their wonders. Every visit will be an unforgettable experience. You will go away enriched, longing to come back. What are you going to do this time?
The Travel Pavilion
Explore places you have never been to before, and experience different ways of life. Visit the Amazon jungle (丛林) village, the Turkish market, the Tai floating market, the Berber mountain house and others. Talk to the people there who will tell you about their lives, and things they make. You can try making a carpet, making nets, fishing ...
The Future TowerThis exhibition shows how progress will touch our lives. It allows us to look into the future and explore the cities of the next century and the way we’ll be living then. Spend some time in our space station and climb into our simulator (模拟装置) for the Journey to Mars.
The Nature Park
This is not really one park but several. In the Safari Park you can drive among African animals in one of our Range Cruisers: see lions, giraffes, elephants in the wild. Move on to the Ocean Park to watch the dolphins and whales. And then there is still the Aviary to see ...
The PyramidThis is the center of Adventureland. Run out of film, need some postcards and stamps? For all these things and many more, visit our underground shopping center. Come here for information and ideas too.
1. The Travel Pavilion is built to help visitors ______.| A．realize the importance of travelling |
| B．become familiar with mountain countries |
| C．learn how to make things such as fishing nets |
| D．learn something about different places in the world |
| A．the Travel Pavilion | B．the Future Tower |
| C．the Safari Park | D．the Pyramid |
| A．The Pyramid. | B．The Nature Park. |
| C．The Future Tower. | D．The Travel Pavilion. |
10 . Have you ever cleaned and organized your increasingly high-tech households, your hard drive, phone or tablet? It’s not just stuff. Your privacy needs a cleanup too.
1. Clean up your browsers（浏览器）
Cookies are blocking everything up and keeping your computer from running fluidly. A free program called CCleaner helps you sort out the cookies and archives（存档）you don’t really need.
2. Speed up your smartphone
Most of us already know about e desktops, but what about smartphones? Our phones are essentially handheld computers, and when they overflow with useless information, their operations can also slow down. These aren’t necessarily apps, but overburdened call logs, search history, and saved texts.
For Android users, there’s 1Tap Cleaner, an app that earns its name.
3.
Digital photos are easy to shoot, upload and copy, which is handy in almost every respect, especially if you grew up lugging rolls of film to the one-hour photo lab. The downside is that you may end up with multiple copies of the same picture. If you’re shooting with a decent camera, each shot could take 10MG or more of space. This volume adds up.
| A．Make your photos shine. |
| B．The app gathers that data in one place, letting you decide what to keep. |
| C．This aim of this app is to clean your smartphones. |
| D．Remove redundant images. |
| E．When you download the app, you can focus on a specific browsers that you would like to clean up. |
| F．Here are three tools that can help you organize your virtual (and real) environments. |
| G．The trick is to safely delete redundant photos without losing the original image. |
