1 . Directions: In your English class last week you had a heated discussion with your classmates about the advantages and the disadvantages of advertisements.   Please write a short article about it (120 words or so).
Opinions from your classmates are as follows.
Advantages:
1.广告可以使人们对产品有所理解，指导消费者。
2.有吸引力的图片，生动的语言，给人以艺术的享受。
3.公益广告可以帮助人们认识到一些社会问题。
Disadvantages:
1.有些广告不真实会误导消费者。
2.占用报纸版面，广播和电视时间。
3.造成不必要的浪费。
Your opinion…
A heated discussion about ads
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2 . NOT all memories are sweet. Some people spend all their lives trying to forget bad experiences. Violence and traffic accidents can leave people with terrible physical and emotional scars. Often they relive these experiences in nightmares.

Now American researchers think they are close to developing a pill, which will help people forget bad memories. The pill is designed to be taken immediately after a frightening experience. They hope it might reduce ,or possibly erase(抹去),the effect of painful memories.

In November, experts tested a drug on people in the US and France. The drug stops the body releasing chemicals that fix memories in the brain. So far the research has suggested that only the emotional effects of memories may be reduced, not that the memories are erased.

The research has caused a great deal of argument. Some think it is a bad idea, while others support it.

Supporters say it could lead to pills that prevent or treat soldiers' troubling memories after war. They say that there are many people who suffer from terrible memories.

"Some memories can ruin people's lives. They come back to you when you don't want to have them in a daydream or nightmare. They usually come with very painful emotions," said Roger Pitman, a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. "This could relieve a lot of that suffering."

But those who are against the research say that changing memories is very dangerous because memories give us our identity (特质). They also help us all avoid the mistakes of the past.

"All of us can think of bad events in our lives that were horrible at the time but make us who we are. I'm not sure we want to wipe those memories out, "said Rebecca Dresser, a medical ethicist.
1. The passage is mainly about ___________.

A．a new medical invention

B．a new research on the pill

C．a way of erasing painful memories

D．an argument about the research on the pill

2. The drug tested on people can ___________ .

A．cause the brain to fix memories

B．stop people remembering bad experiences

C．prevent body producing certain chemicals

D．Wipe out the emotional effects of memories

3. We can infer from the passage that ___________.

A．people doubt the effects of the pills

B．the pill will stop people's bad experiences

C．taking the pill will do harm to people's health

D．the pill has probably been produced in America

4. Which of the following does Rebecca Dresser agree with?

A．Some memories can ruin people's lives.

B．People want to get rid of bad memories.

C．Experiencing bad events makes us different from others.

D．The pill will reduce people's sufferings from bad memories.

3 . Now that newsrooms(新闻编辑室) are becoming less popular in the US，young people have begun to tell their own stories．
GlobalGirl Media，an organization that teaches teenage girls digital(数码的) storytelling skills for free，was started by award-winning filmmakers Amie Williams and Meena Nanji in Los Angeles in 2010．
“By giving girls a voice，you introduce a different story，and change the existing one,”said Danny Glover，a member of the GlobalGirl Media organization．
“When the camera’s in my hands，I feel like I can’t lose，”Said Cheyenne Grisez，14．“It makes me happy and I feel like I can do anything．”
On the final day of the summer academy in California,Williams worked with Grisez and Camila Prado,15, on a short film about Prado’s fight against an eating disorder(紊乱). In the film，Prado bravely interviewed her parents and sister about how she was able to beat her bad feelings and eating disorder. This film and others the girls had made were shown to parents and friends on the last day of the academy, celebrating their hard work．
“It’s their story，and nobody knows how to tell it better than they do.”Williams said．
“These girls are from really difficult backgrounds. They feel trapped sometimes. They feel alone．”Williams said．“The camera gives them a way to look at their world in a different way and get out of that feeling.’’
Girls in the program practice their skills and build confidence by going out in the community and interviewing people for the short films．Many of them had no experience, but found they had good storytelling skills．
“I work with these girls. Every day I leave gratefully，because I know that．due to the work we're doing with them，things will be better，”said GlobalGirl Media summer academy project director Heather Faison．
1. Why do many American girls like to tell stories using the camera?

A．Their parents hate to give them a hand．

B．They desire to improve their photo skills．

C．They can make profits from their documentaries．

D．The camera can help them out of their trouble．

2. What do we learn about GlobalGirl Media from the text?

A．It was founded by the government．

B．It gets much money from girl students．

C．It gives girls digital storytelling skills．

D．It has newsrooms in California．

3. What difficulty did Prado overcome by making her film?

A．Self-harm．	B．Poor school scores．
C．An eating disorder.	D．Teenage difficulty．

4. Who directed GlobalGirl Media summer academy project in California?

A．Heather Faison	B．Amie Williams．
C．Danny Glover．	D．Meena Nanji