1 . If you want to know the world, you must know famous global media. Here are four well-known ones that can help you learn about what are happening in the world without leaving home.
The Sun
The Sun is a popular newspaper owned by News Corporation founded by Keith Rupert Murdoch. It is filled with the jokes about heads of state and major events both inside and outside Britain such as mayor’s trousers not being tied properly, politicians9 sleeping during conferences and so on. Its lively and popular style just meets the taste of the lower classes. Now its annual circulation (发行量) has reached 23, 100 , 000 copies.
Daily Mail
Daily Mail, compared to The Sunnis a little more serious. Reading Daily Mail, you can not only understand main political and economic events, but also find some relaxing and helpful contents. Well-known for favorite topics for women, it is extremely popular with middle-class housewives. Now its annual circulation has come to 20 , 930, 000 copies.
Onion News
Onion News is the most popular satirical (讽刺的) magazine in the United States with a circulation of 6, 900, 000 copies a year, covering domestic, foreign and local news including entertaining newspapers and websites. Most onion readers are between 18 and 44 years old.
The New Yorker
The New Yorker is a comprehensive magazine of America. It is mainly on non-fiction, including reports and comments on politics, international affairs, popular culture, art, science, technology and business. It also publishes literary works, but mainly short stories and poems, as well as humorous sketches and its different style of The New Yorker cartoons. Its annual circulation adds up to 10, 209, 000 copies.
1. According to the text, who may be the most loyal readers of The Sun?| A．Mayors. | B．Mid-class women. | C．Politicians. | D．Lower classes. |
| A．Onion News. | B．Daily Mail. | C．The New Yorker. | D．The Sun. |
| A．Popular culture report. | B．A topic for women. |
| C．Humorous sketch. | D．A short story. |
2 . Borrowing Policies
The Henry G. Bennett Memorial Library provides materials and services to meet the information needs of graduate and undergraduate students, face-to-face and online learners as well as teachers and community members.
Borrowing for Students
General Collection: 21 days (fall and spring); 14 days (summer)
Curriculum Collection: 7 days (fall and spring); 7 days (summer)
Borrowing for Teachers
General Collection: 90 days (fall and spring); 90 days (summer)
Curriculum Collection: 90 days (fall and spring); 90 days (summer)
OK-Share Card
Any teachers or students of any OK-Share institution may use the collections of any OK- Share library on site. Upon completion of the OK-Share card application at their home library, teachers or students will be given an OK-Share card.
Services
OK-Share card borrowers are allowed two books in their possession at one time. Electronic tools may not be available to the OK-Share card borrowers.
Inform the library you use immediately if your card is lost or stolen. A $5. 00 charge for a second OK-Share card must be paid to the lending library.
Books should be returned to the library where the library materials were borrowed. Materials returned by mail should be sent by first-class, insured mail. Materials sent by post office must be insured for at least $ 100.
Billing
The library is not responsible for informing borrowers that materials are overdue. OK- Share card borrowers are billed for fines for materials returned late.
1. What is the similarity for teachers and students to borrow materials?| A．They all can borrow them in winter. |
| B．They can keep them for 90 days anyway. |
| C．They can keep either General or Curriculum collections. |
| D．They can keep them in autumn for 14 days. |
| A．Using necessary electronic tools. |
| B．Borrowing two books at a time. |
| C．Getting materials mailed for free. |
| D．Getting another card for free. |
| A．Punish them by fining them. |
| B．Tell them the date in advance. |
| C．Force them to hand in the OK-Share card. |
| D．Post a fine bill to them. |
3 . A trip to the capital wouldn't be complete without seeing the following attractions in London.
The London Eye (Tickets from £24.50)
Explore London from above on the London Eye. Your ticket includes a 30-minute flight with breathtaking views over London as well as an amazing 4D experience. Book ahead to save money and skip most of the queues with a fast-track entry ticket.
Tower of London (Tickets from £25)
Hear the many stories of the Tower of London on a Yeoman Warder (Beefeater) tour. See the famous Crown Jewels, the White Tower and find out what it was like to be a prisoner in the Tower of London.
Kidzania London (Tickets from £18.50)
Test out a range of professions and activities including journalism, animal care, cabin crew and tour guiding at KidZania London. Work to earn KidZos and save them for next time or spend them in the Airport Shop. Great for kids to learn and have fun.
The Royal Observatory Greenwich (Tickets from £16)
Visit the home of time and explore outer space at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich. See and stand astride the Prime Meridian line (子午线), the reference point for Greenwich Mean Time. Learn about the history of longitude (经线), touch a piece of rock from outer space, and enjoy amazing views over London.
Coronavirus information: London is currently subject to a four-week national lockdown from 5 November, which means attractions are temporarily closed. You can still book tickets in advance ready for when they reopen with social distancing and other safety measures in place. Cycle or walk to these attractions where possible.
1. What can you do when visiting the London Eye?| A．Spend £24.50 at the most. |
| B．Buy the ticket on your arrival. |
| C．Get a special entry ticket to save time. |
| D．Pay extra money to enjoy the 30-minute flight. |
| A．It combines learning with entertainment. |
| B．It enables visitors to have a good view of London. |
| C．It offers visitors an experience of being a prisoner. |
| D．It is not influenced during the four-week lockdown. |
| A．The London Eye. | B．Tower of London. |
| C．Kidzania London. | D．The Royal Observatory Greenwich |
4 . NYC Parks offers plenty of sports for children aged eight and up. All programs are free but participants must be registered (注册) members of a recreation center.
Cycling
Learn to Ride, Spring-Fall
NYC Parks and Bike New York provide instructional cycling classes for kids. These classes teach a safe, easy, effective way to learn to ride. Participants learn the basics of balancing, starting, stopping and steering (后退) a bike. Most people learn to ride their bike while taking the class, but even if they don't, they will leave with an easy, hands-free, crash-free and low-stress way to learn to ride. Registration opens in April when dates are posted.
Flag Football
Fall
Flag football leagues take place across the city in the fall. The leagues welcome girls and boys aged 8 to 14 to take part in instructional drills strategies and live game play. All equipment is provided. Registration is on a first-come , first-served basis. The leagues run until November.
Soccer
Spring-Summer
NYC Parks runs instructional soccer games at locations around New York City. The soccer programs, which break into groups for kids from ages 5 — 17, run for 6 to 8 weeks. No experience is necessary. Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis beginning in April and runs through July.
Basketball
NYC Parks Junior Knicks Winter Basketball League, Winter — Spring
The Junior Knicks Basketball League is open to boys and girls aged 8 through 17. Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis beginning in November. The leagues season runs from January to April.
1. What do children learn at Cycling?| A．Traffic rules. | B．Basic skills. |
| C．Competition rules. | D．Maintenance skills. |
| A．It will be taught with age groups. | B．It will be taught far outside NYC. |
| C．It will last for less than 4 weeks. | D．It requires necessary experience. |
| A．Cycling. | B．Soccer. | C．Basketball. | D．Flag Football. |
5 . One of the newest “smart” devices is an old favorite, a camera. And smart cameras are getting smarter all the time. Some are now built with machine learning tools to help them think for themselves. Machine learning involves putting large amounts of data into a computer for processing.
Google Clips
One of the latest to launch is Google Clips. It is the first camera developed by the web search giant that is not built into a phone.
The small and light device is designed to be put somewhere in a room to take pictures by itself. It can also be stuck to an object or a person’s clothing.
Google says machine learning helps the camera choose the best times and situations for taking pictures and video clips. It can also recognize the faces of people or pets chosen by the user and take pictures of them in a more natural way.
The device is not yet being sold, but interested buyers can join a waiting list to be informed when it is available.
GoPro Hero
GoPro is another company developing machine learning technology. GoPro also uses machine learning to power its QuikStories feature. This tool takes existing photos and videos and automatically creates a finished video piece, complete with music and effects.
Snap Spectacles
Messaging app Snapchat sells a pair of sunglasses with a built-in camera that can record short video clips with the push of a button. Snap Inc. says the product, called Spectacles, is designed to “capture the moment, without taking you out of it”. Many smart phones already have facial recognition technology built into the devices.
Snap Inc. has started selling its Spectacles sunglasses online in the United States.
Apple iPhone X
Apple’s new iPhone X is being launched with its new Face ID system that it says will unlock the phone just by having the user look at it. This replaces the Touch ID on previous devices that used a fingerprint to unlock the phone.
Apple says the system works by projecting more than 30, 000 dots on the face to create a kind of map. Apple claims its facial recognition is even secure enough to allow payments through its Apple Pay service.
1. What can machine learning tools help cameras do?| A．Get much smarter. | B．Process more roughly. |
| C．Keep data for ever. | D．Store more natural photos. |
| A．It can only be put in a room. | B．People can buy it online easily. |
| C．It can be built into a phone. | D．You can take photos automatically with it. |
| A．Google Clips. | B．GoPro Hero. |
| C．Spectacles sunglasses. | D．Apple iPhone X. |
1. How many departments are there in the college now?
| A．Four. | B．Five. | C．Six. |
| A．New students in the college. |
| B．Senior students in the college. |
| C．People paying a visit to the college. |
| A．Australia. | B．England. | C．Canada. |
| A．The main library is next to the French department building. |
| B．The main library is open for 13 hours a day. |
| C．The main library is newly-built. |
7 . Five TV Programmes That Suits You
The World Around Us
Channel: C8
A study of the ancient Egyptian pyramids (金字塔)and the area around the River Nile in Egypt. The filming of this programme is a work of art as it is so thoughtfully done. As well as the obvious camels, there are also many other desert animals and plant life.
Time: Every Friday at 8：00 p. m.
Summer Holidays
Channel: M6
Some of the best summer holidays are on offer this year. Tonight's programme shows a weekend in Disneyland in Paris, cheap sailing holidays in the Mediterranean and a shopping and sightseeing trip to New York.
Time: Every Saturday at 7：00 p. m.
The Creative Mind
Channel: C4
As one of the most popular programmes on TV at the moment, The Creative Mind has different artistic themes from exhibition reviews, information about major and smaller museums, and interviews with artists, writers, actors and musicians.
Time: Every Wednesday at 10：00 p. m.
Prepared for Special Moments
Channel: TF1
The fun cookery programme that offers lots of exciting ideas from children's birthday parties to the candlelit（烛光的）dinner for the boss and his wife. It is easy to follow the instructions that show you how to make your dinner party a little bit special.
Time: Every Friday at 7：00 p. m.
Born to Run
Channel: W9
An interesting story of a young man with learning difficulties who overcame the problems in his life, through his great talent for sports. This is a true story of how one person made the most of his life and also helped many other people with similar problems.
Time: Every Sunday at 8：00 p. m.
1. Which channel should you turn to if you are very interested in wildlife?| A．C4. | B．M6. | C．C8. | D．W9. |
| A．The World Around Us. | B．The Creative Mind. |
| C．Summer Holidays. | D．Prepared for Special Moments. |
| A．Satisfied. | B．Humorous. | C．Selfish. | D．Strong-minded. |
8 . Fall 2021 Story Contest
Our Fall Contest is open to all fiction and nonfiction writers. We're looking for short stories, essays, memoirs, photo essays, graphic stories, all forms of literary nonfiction, and excerpts (摘录) from longer works of both fiction and nonfiction. Entries (参赛作品) must be previously unpublished, no longer than 15,000 words, and must not have been previously chosen as a winner, finalist, or honorable mention in another contest.
As always, we are looking for works with a strong narrative drive, with characters we can respond to, and with effects of language, situation, and insight that are intense and total. We look for works that have the ambition of enlarging our view of ourselves and the world.
CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT YOUR WORKS
Awards: First Prize is $2,500, second Prize is $l,000, Third Prize is $500, and up to ten finalists will receive $100 each. All entries will be considered for publication.
Submission Fee: There is a $27 fee for each entry. With your entry, you'll receive three months of free access to Narrative Backstage.
All contest entries are qualified for the $4,000 Narrative Prize and for acceptance as a Story of the Week.
Timing: The contest deadline is November 30, 2021, at midnight, Pacific standard time.
1. Which of the following will be accepted by the contest?| A．A short story once published in a magazine. | B．A novel that entered the 2020 year ten finalists. |
| C．An essay not ever published with 2,000 words. | D．An essay having won honorable mention in other contests. |
| A．$27 for submission. | B．Qualification for prize money. |
| C．A guarantee of publication. | D．Free lifetime access to Narrative Backstage. |
| A．It is held in the UK. | B．It is free for every entry. |
| C．It charges $100 as entrance fee. | D．It has a deadline of November 30, 2021. |
9 . Welcome to the Painting Competition for Woodlands Students
The International Anti-Drug Day this year is coming soon. In order to raise teenagers’ awareness to fight against drug taking, the City Art Council is going to hold a painting competition for the students in our city. Students who want to take part in the competition can hand in their own 2D paintings in either of the following two ways:
Each school will be provided with a box for students to put in their paintings. Boxes will be picked by the City Art Council on Thursday, June 23rd, 2016, before the end of the school day.
Paintings can be also handed in on Friday, June 24th, from 8:00 am to 10:00 am at the Woodlands Art Hall (175 Riverside Street).
All paintings are required to be 60 cm wide by 80 cm long or smaller. Larger sizes will not be accepted. Each student can only hand in one painting. The final decision on the competition results will be made on June 26th, the Anti-Drug Day. The name list of the winners will be made known on the website of the City Art Council on the same day. All winning paintings will be shown to the public at the City Youth Park from June 27th till the end of July.
Prizes:
1st Prize (10 students) ＝$ 300 Gift Card each
2nd Prize (20 students) ＝ $ 200 Gift Card each
3rd Prize (30 students)＝ $ 100 Gift Card each
For further information:
Visit http://www. woodlandsartcouncil. org or call 2569-8632.
1. The size of the paintings like ______ will be accepted.| A．50 cm wide by 90 cm long | B．70 cm wide by 60 cm long |
| C．60 cm wide by 90 cm long | D．60 cm wide by 70 cm long |
| A．at the City Youth Park | B．at 175 Riverside Street |
| C．at the Woodlands Art Hall | D．at the City Art Council |
| A．Each student can take part in the competition with one 3D painting. |
| B．Each of the second prize winners in the competition will get 300 dollars. |
| C．Students can get more information about the competition in two ways. |
| D．Students must put their paintings in the school box on June 24th. |
10 . Make Money This Summer with Sunny Libraries!
Do you have too much free time this summer vacation? Do you need a summer job to earn extra money? Do you want to be involved in your community? Sunny Area Library System (SALS) has job opportunities for high school students. These are good chances to get work experience.
| Book Theater brings children’s book stories to life. It has shows at all Sunny Libraries. Applicants should enjoy performing in front of an audience and working with young children. Work Hours: Practice: Fridays 4:00 pm — 6:00 pm Performance: Tuesdays 10:00 am Rate of Pay: $16/performance | Computer Tutor helps guests to deal with technology problems, involving Internet searches and using the SALS Website to find materials. Applicants should have computer skills. Work Hours: Monday — Friday 9:00 am — 5:00 pm Rate of Pay: $ 8/hour |
| Bookmobile helps the driver find the routes to libraries. The truck you work in is air-conditioned, and the driver is friendly. Applicants must be able to lift heavy boxes. Work Hours: Sunday and Friday 9:00am — 4:00pm Rate of Pay: $10/hour | Reader Desk provides service with a smile while checking materials in and out to guests. Friendly attitude and ability to work on library data system required. Work Hours: Monday — Tuesday 8:00am —4:00 pm Rate of Pay: $ 7.50/hour |
| A．$64. | B．$120. | C．$320. | D．$140. |
| A．To repair computers. | B．To lift heavy boxes. |
| C．To work with young children. | D．To check materials for guests. |
| A．Book Theater. | B．Computer Tutor. |
| C．Bookmobile. | D．Reader desk. |
| A．work with young children | B．lift heavy boxes |
| C．check materials | D．repair computers |
| A．To attract students to libraries. | B．To raise money for libraries. |
| C．To introduce new books. | D．To provide job opportunities. |
