1 . Creative alarm clocks

Dumbbell（哑铃） alarm clock

It is not a real dumbbell, but you have to shake it up and down 30 times to stop the alarm clock. And there is no stop button. Of course you will be totally refreshed by then. Don’t be lazy and take some exercise in the morning.

Target alarm clock

The alarm is ringing at the time you set it for！Do you see the target？Then hit it to stop the sound with a laser gun（激光枪）. Of course you have to be fully awake if you don’t want to miss the target.

Flying alarm clock

I’m sure you won’t be able to simply ignore this alarm as you usually do, because it flies！Its propeller（螺旋桨）flying off the alarm is the key. Before the frightening alarm sounds drive you crazy， you’d better quickly put the key back.

Banclock

Have you been keeping a pocketful of change for some time without knowing what to do with it？Maybe you can put those coins in your alarm. This is both an alarm clock and a money box. It only stops ringing if you put a coin in it.

IQ alarm clock

What about a brain workout in the morning？ IQ alarm will go off and ask you a set of IQ questions. Don’t even think about removing the battery, because it is hard to open. The only way to shut it off is to answer all questions correctly.

Mr. Bump-off-the-wall alarm clock

An alarm clock is so annoying when you are too tired and sleepy to get up. You can release your anger on Mr. Bump. It looks like a blue ball covered with “bandages（绷带）”. Just throw this alarm at the wall to silence it.

1. How can we turn off Target alarm clock？

A．By shooting at it.	B．By shaking it 30 times.
C．By putting the key back on it.	D．By answering questions shown on.

2. What is another function of Banclock？

A．Improving people’s sleep.	B．Asking people to do exercise.
C．Testing people’s intelligence.	D．Helping people to save money.

3. What can we infer about Mr. Bump-off-the-wall alarm clock?

A．It hangs on the wall.	B．It is difficult to break.
C．It was invented by Mr. Bump.	D．It rings louder than any other clocks.

2 . Every morning I walk outside and bring in the morning newspaper. There was a time when every house on both sides of the street had a newspaper in the driveway. There was also a time when every house had a landline telephone, but not anymore. Not for a long time.

My husband is less willing to accept the downward trend of print-edition newspapers, as he has worked in newspapers since the age of 16. Even before that, he was what you would call an “independent publisher”.

Recently, we were at a Chicago park with our grandchildren. My husband had a newspaper folded under his arm. He sat down and put the paper on the bench beside him. A young girl walked over, looked at the newspaper, picked it up and asked, " What's this?"

I thought he was going to fall over. The color faded from his face. His eyes rolled back in his head and his legs were giving out. I rolled up his paper and waved it under his nose. The smells from the ink woke him up.

Some people simply love paper ― the feel, the portability, and the pleasure of piling them higher and higher until their wife cries, “Enough!"   My husband was happy when he spent time with our youngest daughter and her husband. When they lived with us, they raced to pull the crossword puzzle from the paper every day. It's hard to do a crossword online. Pencil doesn't come off a computer screen as easily as you might think.

Now my husband will be very excited that I have found further proof that there may still be hope for the survival of print. I was chatting with a young mother who subscribes to the daily newspaper. I asked why she did something so conservatively. She looked shocked. "Because it's print!" she said. "I love print! When the paper didn't come one day, would you believe I called the main number to let them know and the lady said, ' Why don't you just subscribe to the online version? '” She shook her head in disbelief.

My husband will be so thrilled that he might write this young woman into his will. I say we leave her all our piles of old newspapers.

1. How did the author's husband feel when a girl asked a question in the park?

A．Shocked.	B．Thrilled.
C．Disappointed.	D．Confused.

2. What does the author probably mean by saying “his legs were giving out” ？

A．He was feeling tired and needed a rest.

B．He was very old and unable to stand long.

C．He almost lost his balance and became unconscious.

D．He was annoyed with the girl and played a trick on her.

3. What does the author intend to tell us with the example of the young mother?

A．Many young people follow an old-fashioned lifestyle.

B．It's inconvenient for the old to read online newspapers.

C．There're still young people who love printed newspapers.

D．Printed newspapers will be replaced by online newspapers.

4. What does the author mainly talk about in the passage?

A．The new rise of digital newspapers on the line.

B．A man's everlasting love for printed newspapers.

C．The pleasure of looking through daily newspapers.

D．A family's memory of reading printed newspapers.

3 . Join us for an exciting day of music at the UNI Dome with the Panther Marching Band!

Band Day is perfect for high school band students in grades 9—12. Come and join us for an outstanding, positive and friendly musical and social experience for high school band students! We hope you'll enjoy the fellowship with other band students throughout the state and the fantastic performances of bands!

Directors who wish to bring their full bands or a smaller group of band students should find this to be an easy and fun event to organize and attend! Individual（个体的）students who wish to participate as single performers are strongly encouraged to attend! You'll have a chance to meet our fantastic students and perform in a friendly, welcoming environment!

Date： November 9

Music： A link to download music will be included in your confirmation email after you register. Music will be available at that link no later than September 1.

Registration:

●Band directors registering full bands or groups of students from the same band should register here： https: //bands, uni. edu/band-day-group-registration

●Individual students registering independently may register here： https：//bands. uni. edu/panther-band- day-individual-registration

Cost： $ 10. 00 per student includes： admission to the game, pizza dinner, music and a Band Day T-Shirt.

Notes：

●We've changed our payment method to improve the registration process. Individual students must pay using a credit card at the time of registration. Band directors may either pay with credit card or mail a check made out to Panther Marching Band.

●Final deadline for registration submissions is Monday, October 14.

●Due to space limitations, band/individual students may be limited to a first-reply basis.

1. How can a participant benefit from the event?

A．Listen to their favorite popular music.

B．Get a chance to join a band they love.

C．Chat with famous musicians face to face.

D．Know new people and enjoy performances.

2. When can a participant use the link in the confirmation email to download music?

A．On August 30.	B．On September 2.
C．On October 14.	D．On November 9.

3. What are you expected to do to participate as an individual student?

A．Ask for a band director's company.	B．Send a 10-dollar check to the Band.
C．Pay 10 dollars with your credit card.	D．Email the Band just on November 9.

4 . Best Toys for Kids

From wooden blocks to electronic games, the best toys for kids make their young users think and dream while building useful skills. Of course，they’re also tons of fun!

1. Educational Toys

Many of the best toys for kids combine learning and fun. The GeoSafari Talking Globe provides interactive geography games in a fun electronic format(格式). It was named to Dr. Toy’s Best Classic Toys List in 2006. Professor Noggin’s History of the United States is a fun and informative card game that made FamilyFun. com’s Toy of the Year list.

2. Pretend Play

Kids love to pretend, and the best toys for kids can spark their imaginations and lead to hours of fun. The Real Projects Workshop was a grand prize winner in the 2006 FamilyFun. com Toy of the Year Awards. With this pretend workshop kids can play with realistic tools while building projects out of foam “wood”. Dora’s Talking Kitchen won “Girl Toy of the Year” in the 2006 Toy Industry Association Toy of the Year Awards.

3. Stuffed Animals

Every kid needs a cuddly (可抱的) friend. Kids may ask for stuffed animals based on popular television and movie characters, but teddy bears, stuffed dogs, and other plush figures that haven’t appeared on-screen will have long-lasting appeal. For a unique twist on stuffed animals, the Lil’ Luvables Fluffy Factory lets kids stuff their own teddy bears. It was a Toy of the Year grand prize winner at FamilyFun. com.

4. Games

Games promote cooperation while encouraging everything from memory skills to exercise. Hullabaloo, from the makers of Cranium, won “Best Game” honors in the 2006 Toy Industry Association Toy of the Year Awards. The game gets kids moving and laughing as they follow instructions from the game’s audio console.

1. How can kids benefit from educational toys?

A．They can improve their studies.

B．They can enjoy geography games.

C．They can be active in doing homework.

D．They can gain knowledge while playing.

2. What prize did Dora’s Talking Kitchen win?

A．Dr. Toy’s Best Classic Toys List in 2006.	B．Girl Toy of the Year.
C．Toy of the Year.	D．Best Game.

3. Which toys can develop kids’ team spirit?

A．Educational Toys.	B．Pretend Play.
C．Games.	D．Stuffed Animals.

5 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

A CCTV history program that mixes documentaries and drama with variety shows in     1     hope of promoting the protection of prized cultural legacies (遗产) has become a hit. National Treasure is the first Chinese TV program     2     (take) this unique approach. It consists of 10 episodes (集) airing on Sundays on Channel Three of CCTV.

Each episode exhibits three of the     3     (fine) cultural treasures in China, each presented by a celebrity and an expert who     4     (act) as ''national treasure keepers''. Yu Lei, producer and director of the show, said, ''The treasure keepers tell the stories behind the pieces and uncover the mysteries     5     surround them, so that audiences can come to appreciate not only their beauty, but also their cultural     6     (significant). ''

Nine major museums are participating,     7     (range) from The Palace Museum to Liaoning Provincial Museum. As for the treasures' selection criteria, Yu said the show tries to take    8     account historical, artistic and scientific values. ''The pieces featured on the show are     9    (possible) not all the so-called representative pieces in these museums, but they should represent some historic periods and reflect an important point in history. ''

The roles of national treasure keepers in the first episode     10     (play) by Tony Leung Ka-fai, Li Chen and Wang Kai on December 3, 2017.

6 . Wonderful Museums in Cyprus.

The Leventis Municipal Museum

It shows the history of the city of Nicosia from prehistory to the present time and covers several traditional buildings on Hippocrates Street No.15-17. The idea of creating a museum memorizing the history of Nicosia was that of the former city leader, Lellos Demetriades. The museum was planned in 1984 and finished in 1989. Two years later, the Leventis Museum was honored with the European Museum of the Year Award. The museum aims to contribute to the protection of Nicosia's history.

Opening hours：Tuesday—Sunday (10:00 a.m.—4:30 p.m.）

Closed：Monday and public holidays

Entrance：Free. The Museum provides equipment for visitors with disabilities.

The Stemi Museum of Village Life

The museum shows the history of Stemi Museum from its foundation to the end of World WarⅡ. Sewing tools and equipment, handkerchief, kitchenware, pots and jars，traditional clothing are some of the exhibitions of this amazing museum.

Open: All year round

Monday to Sunday—October 1 to March 31 (10 a.m.—4 p.m.）

Monday to Sunday—April 1 to September 30 (10 a.m.—6 p.m.）

Free entrance

Marion-Arsinoe Archaeoloigical Museum

The Museum of Marion-Arsinoe is located in Polis Chrysochous. The exhibits are from the ancient city of Marion, renamed Arsinoe in the 3rd century BC.

Address: 26 MakariosⅢ Avenue, Polis, Paphos.

Opening hours:

Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday (8 a.m.—3 p.m.), Thursday (8 a.m.—5 p.m.), Saturday (9 a.m.—3 p.m.)

Monday and Sunday closed.

Entrance Fee：￡1.75；half price on national holidays.

Maa-Palaeokastro Museum

The small museum is located within the Maa-Palaeokastro site. Built in 1989，the museum's unusual design is the work of architect Andrea Bruno. The museum houses a small collection of objects，mainly copies, as well as some educational information on the site.

Open daily: 8:30 a.m.—5 p.m. (November—March), 8:30 a.m.—6 p.m. (April—October). All year round.

Entrance Fee：￡1.75

1. Which museum takes disabled visitors into consideration?

A．Maa-Palaeokastro Museum.

B．The Stem Museum of Village Life.

C．Marion-Arsinoe Archaeological Museum.

D．The Leventis Municipal Museum.

2. What is on display in the Stem Museum of Village Life？

A．Famous paintings.

B．Things used in daily life.

C．The education of the villagers.

D．The story of the village leader.

3. Which museum can you visit at 9:00 a.m. on Monday?

A．The Leventis Municipal Museum.

B．The Stem Museum of Village Life.

C．Maa-Palaeokastro Museum.

D．Marion-Arsinoe Archaeological Museum.

7 . Occasions like anniversaries, weddings and reunions call for special event venues （场地）.The following places may have a way out. There's no need to spend money creating atmosphere at special event venues. It's built right in!

Hard Rock Cafe Anchorage

415 E. STREET, ANCHORAGE, ALASKA 99501

Events, like great music are born of inspiration. Featuring a 13,600-square-foot facility that will seat 275 guests with private event space, we pride ourselves on delivering an exceptional experience with a rock and roll twist for each of our guests.

Business Expo Center

1960 S. ANAHEIM WAY, ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA 92805

The Business Expo Center is Orange County's premier event venue in Anaheim, California. Our flexible 36,000-square-foot expo center is home to space for conferences, trade shows and celebrations. We pride ourselves on providing a memorable experience with excellent flexibility, services, and cost savings. We won't charge customers for on-site parking and provide high-speed Wi-Fi.

Automobile Driving Museum

610 LAIRPORT STREET, EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA 90245

Centrally located in the South Bay beach community of El Segundo, California, the ADM offers a wonderful venue for private parties and corporate events. Conveniently located 5 minutes south of LAX, right off the 405 and 105 Freeways, the 610 Lairport space has a vintage feel surrounded by our primary automobile collection. We offer several different venues inside and outside our facility for diverse events. To better our service, reservations are needed.

Yamashiro Hollywood

1999 N. SYCAMORE AVE., LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90068

Yamashiro Hollywood is a restaurant and therefore, all food and beverages must be handled in house. However, guests are allowed to bring in outside wine and champagne for a corkage fee.

1. What can you do in Business Expo Center?

A．Enjoy free parking.

B．Bring in outside wine.

C．Experience a rock and roll twist.

D．See some automobile collections.

2. Which venue do you need to book in advance?

A．Business Expo Center.

B．Yamashiro Hollywood.

C．Hard Rock Cafe Anchorage.

D．Automobile Driving Museum.

3. What do the four venues have in common?

A．They offer optional places.

B．They are open to special events.

C．They are located in the same state.

D．They enjoy convenient transportation.

8 . By the end of the year, editors of New York Times have picked the 4 best books of 2019, including fiction and non-fiction. Let’s see which one will take your fancy.

Disappearing Earth

By Julia Phillips

In the first chapter of this novel, two young girls vanish, sending shock waves through a town on the edge of the remote and mysterious Kamchatka Peninsula. What follows is a novel of overlapping short stories about the different women who have been affected by their disappearance. Each tale pushes the narrative forward another month and exposes the ways in which the women of Kamchatka have been destroyed — personally, culturally and emotionally — by the crime.

No Visible Bruises

By Rachel Louise Snyder

Snyder’s thoroughly reported book covers what the World Health Organization has called “a global health problem”. In America alone, more than half of all murdered women are killed by a current or former life partner; domestic violence cuts across lines of class, religion and race. Snyder reveals pervasive myths (restraining orders are the answer, abusers never change) and writes movingly about the lives (and deaths) of people on both sides of the equation. She doesn’t give easy answers but presents a wealth of information that is its own form of hope.

Midnight in Chernobyl

By Adam Higginbotham

Higginbotham’s superb account of the April 1986 explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant is one of those rare books about science and technology that read like a tension-filled thriller. Filled with vivid detail and sharply etched personalities, this narrative of astonishing incompetence moves from mistake to mistake, miscalculation to miscalculation, as it builds to the inevitable, history-changing disaster.

Exhalation

By Ted Chiang

Many of the nine deeply beautiful stories in this collection explore the material consequences of time travel. Reading them feels like sitting at dinner with a friend who explains scientific theory to you with no airs and graces. Each thoughtful, elegantly crafted story poses a philosophical question; Chiang arranges all nine into a conversation that comes full circle, after having travelled through remarkable areas.

1. Which of the following tells about the violence from a husband to a wife in a family?

A．Disappearing Earth	B．No Visible Bruises
C．Midnight in Chernobyl	D．Exhalation

2. How may readers feel when reading the book Midnight in Chernobyl?

A．Delighted.	B．Awkward.
C．Tense.	D．Calm.

3. What kind of book is Exhalation?

A．A folk tale.	B．A biography.
C．A love story.	D．A sci-fi story.

9 . Cambridge Dictionary has named 'up cycling' as its Word of the Year 2019.

Upcycling was chosen as the 'Word of the Day' which resonated （共鸣）most strongly with followers on the Dictionary's Instagram account. The noun— explained as the activity of making new furniture, objects, etc. out of old or used things or waste material — received more likes than any other 'Word of the Day' when shared on 4 July 2019. The number of times upcycling has been looked up on the Cambridge Dictionary website has risen by 181% since December of 2011, when it was first added to the online dictionary, and searches have doubled in the last year alone.

"We think it's the positive idea behind upcycling that appeals more than the word itself," said Wendalyn Nichols, Publishing Manager of the Cambridge Dictionary. "Stopping the progress of climate change, let alone turning it around, can seem impossible at times. Upcycling is a specific action a single human being can take to make a difference. "   "Lookups of upcycling reflect the trend around individual actions to combat climate change—the youth activism started by Greta Thunberg； the growing trends of vegan and plant-based diets； reading and following the handbook There is No Planet B ； or fashion designers upcycling clothes to create their latest collections."

Other words on the shortlist for Word of the Year 2019 reflect the same concern with the effects of climate change, such as carbon sink （碳汇）and compostable （可降解的）.

The Cambridge Dictionary editors use data from the website, blogs, and social media to identify and rank new additions to the Dictionary. They recognized upcycling as a word to include after noticing a sharp rise in searches for the word in 2010. Cambridge University Press has been publishing dictionaries for learners of English since 1995. Cambridge Dictionary began offering these dictionaries completely free of charge online in 1999.

1. What does the word "upcycling" refer to?

A．The activity of reusing old things or waste material.

B．The activity of making new items out of old or used things.

C．The activity of preventing the global climate change.

D．The activity of collecting old or used things from individuals.

2. What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?

A．Upcycling is about some measures to change the climate.

B．Lookups of upcycling is the trend to change the climate.

C．Upcycling tells people how to protect environment.

D．Upcycling and searches for the word show a positive idea or trend.

3. What does the underline word "combat" mean in the third paragraph?

A．Fight against.	B．Follow.
C．Observe.	D．Increase.

4. Which of the following is TRUE about the Cambridge Dictionary?

A．It is free of charge for learners of English since 1995.

B．It chose more than one word as its Word of the Year 2019.

C．Upcycling was added to it as a new word after 2010.

D．It means to include all the words related to environment.

10 . Bestselling Books of the Last Ten Years

The Hunger Games $8. 79

Readers couldn't get enough of the fearless heroine Katniss Everdeen in Suzanne Collins' bestseller trilogy （三部曲）.Set in a realistic future where children have to fight to the death in the yearly "Hunger Games", all of the novels in the trilogy became huge hits. In 2012, the first book sold "an astonishing 27. 7 million copies,” according to Publishers Weekly. The Help $9. 43

Kathryn Stockett's novel became a runaway hit on bestseller lists. The story follows two black maids in 1960s Mississippi as they face injustice. The novel was also made into an Academy Award-winning film. Actresses Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, and Jessica Chastain were all nominated （提名）for their performances in the film. Spencer won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role as Minny.

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks $9. 99

Oprah Winfrey adapted this bestselling nonfiction book into a movie for HBO （美国有线电视网）. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks combines science writing with moving storytelling as it describes a young black woman's experience with cancer and the ways her cells, which were taken without her permission，, influenced science in enormous ways. The book topped several "best of the year" lists and remained a nonfiction bestseller for over 40 weeks.

Outliers $7. 79

Malcolm Gladwell's nonfiction pop-science book struck a chord （共鸣）with readers. Gladwell makes his topic accessible and highly readable as he examines the nature of success. Gladwell looks at various successful people and examines the environment that made them extraordinary in ways that offer surprising and unexpected insights.

1. Who is the author of The Hunger Games ?

A．Katniss Everdeen.	B．Suzanne Collins.
C．Laura Hillenbrand.	D．Oprah Winfrey.

2. What do The Help and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks have in common?

A．They were made into films.	B．They won several awards.
C．They sell at a price of $9. 99.	D．They are science themed.

3. In which book can you find examples of outstanding people?

A．The Hunger Games.	B．The Help.
C．The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.	D．Outliers.