London, Dec.17 (Xinhua) “Drivers on London Underground trains have started reading out sayings from great thinkers like Mahatma Gandhi , Frindrich Engels, and Albert Einstein in a bid to cheer up passengers ,” officials said. As well as the usual announcements urging passengers to “mind the steps” and warning of delays, the sayings such as “ an ounce ( 盎司) of action is worth a ton of theory” have taken the place of commercial ad in the underground carriages .
New York, Oct.8 (Xinhua) Once as a famous actor, now the governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to abandon textbooks in favor of digital ones. He plans to launch this program in August next year when California’s high-school pupils will have access to online math and science text. But some teachers wonder whether his idea of getting rid of textbooks might end up costing more not less, with digital textbook going for $300.
Amsterdam, Nov.30 (Xinhua) A few cups of coffee a day may not only help to put off the disease—dementia(痴呆) but also can treat it, according to Dr. Arendash, who led the research. After giving mice with memory damage water containing caffeine, he found the mice developed better memories and quick thinking. The reason is that caffeine is a safe drug for most people. It easily enters the brain and directly affects the disease process. He suggested people should drink five eight–ounce cups of ordinary coffee, two cups of strong ‘coffee shop’ coffee, 14 cups of tea, or 20 cola drinks to get the same amount of 500 milligrams of caffeine.
1.What’s the purpose of putting up sayings on the underground carriages in London?
A.to help passengers to kill time.
B.to encourage passengers to learn.
C.to lift the spirits of passengers.
D.to make money as a commercial ad.
2.What can we conclude from the second news?
A.digital textbooks will replace traditional textbooks.
B.online math is already available to high-school pupils .
C.digital textbooks are convenient to carry anywhere.
D.Not all the teachers support their governor’s idea.
3.Which of the following statements is true from the third news?
A.The more coffee you drink, the less chance there will be for dementia.
B.Caffeine can make mice become more and more intelligent and energetic.
C.Caffeine can affect the process of the disease—dementia and treat it.
D.Caffeine is a safe drug for all the people for everyday use so enjoy it.
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London, Dec.17 (Xinhua) “Drivers on London Underground trains have started reading out sayings from great thinkers like Mahatma Gandhi , Frindrich Engels, and Albert Einstein in a bid to cheer up passengers ,” officials said. As well as the usual announcements urging passengers to “mind the steps” and warning of delays, the sayings such as “ an ounce ( 盎司) of action is worth a ton of theory” have taken the place of commercial ad in the underground carriages .
New York, Oct.8 (Xinhua) Once as a famous actor, now the governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to abandon textbooks in favor of digital ones. He plans to launch this program in August next year when California’s high-school pupils will have access to online math and science text. But some teachers wonder whether his idea of getting rid of textbooks might end up costing more not less, with digital textbook going for $300.
Amsterdam, Nov.30 (Xinhua) A few cups of coffee a day may not only help to put off the disease—dementia(痴呆) but also can treat it, according to Dr. Arendash, who led the research. After giving mice with memory damage water containing caffeine, he found the mice developed better memories and quick thinking. The reason is that caffeine is a safe drug for most people. It easily enters the brain and directly affects the disease process. He suggested people should drink five eight–ounce cups of ordinary coffee, two cups of strong ‘coffee shop’ coffee, 14 cups of tea, or 20 cola drinks to get the same amount of 500 milligrams of caffeine.
1.What’s the purpose of putting up sayings on the underground carriages in London?
A.to help passengers to kill time.
B.to encourage passengers to learn.
C.to lift the spirits of passengers.
D.to make money as a commercial ad.
2.What can we conclude from the second news?
A.digital textbooks will replace traditional textbooks.
B.online math is already available to high-school pupils .
C.digital textbooks are convenient to carry anywhere.
D.Not all the teachers support their governor’s idea.
3.Which of the following statements is true from the third news?
A.The more coffee you drink, the less chance there will be for dementia.
B.Caffeine can make mice become more and more intelligent and energetic.
C.Caffeine can affect the process of the disease—dementia and treat it.
D.Caffeine is a safe drug for all the people for everyday use so enjoy it.
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阅读下面材料, 在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Suddenly all the lights on that crowded underground train went out. Then it stopped in that dark tunnel. We waited. We expected the lights to come on again. 1.________ nothing happened.
Then I began to smell 2.________. People around me then began to cry out in fear. “The train is on fire!” they cried. The woman 3.______ (stand) next to me 4._______ (sudden) fell on the floor. I realized she was overcome by the smoke. Then I saw flames appearing. “If something does not happen soon,” I said to 5._______, “I 6._______ (burn) alive!” But as I stood there in the dark in that crowded burning train, I could see no way to escape. So I cried, “God, if it is not my time to die, please help me!” I heard a noise. It was on my right side. I at once began to push my way forward to7.______ that noise came from. 【小题8________ two hours I kept walking in that dark train tunnel. At last I saw8.________ light in the distance. “Thank God!” I cried. “God must have a purpose for saving my life. He must want me to help 9.______ people experience what he could do for them.” I decided.
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LONDON, Feb. 18,2014(Xinhua News agency)—Britain will send experts to East China's Shanghai to learn from the city's experience in maths teaching in an attempt to raise the teaching standards.
British Education Minister Elizabeth Truss is to lead a delegation of experts on a fact-finding mission to Shanghai's schools next week to see how children there have become the best in the world at maths, to get a first-hand look at maths classes and teaching methods there, and particularly to investigate why the performance of almost all children in Shanghai is high, regardless of gender or income.
Britain was last year placed 50th out of 148 countries and regions in the World Economic Forum's competitiveness ranking in quality of maths and science education. Two years ago, Shanghai topped the 2012 international PISA tables for maths, while England was ranked in 26th place. The top five were all in Southeast Asia, with 15-year-olds in Shanghai judged to be three years ahead of their peers in maths.
The education department said: "England's performance in maths has lagged behind while other countries have improved and overtaken us, including Poland and Germany." Actually, it is the latest step in the government's drive to raise standards in maths, looking at what has made schools in the far East the most successful in the world in teaching the subject.
"Shanghai is the top-performing part of the world for maths—their children are streets ahead. Shanghai and Singapore have teaching practices and a positive mind that make the difference. They have a belief that diligence makes up for lack of ability," Truss said. "Our new curriculum has borrowed from theirs because we know it works—early learning of key arithmetic, and a focus on times tables and long division(长除法), for instance."
She was determined to change the situation as performance in maths is weakening the country's skills base and threatening the productivity and growth. The government is emphasizing maths because of the importance of good grades in the subject to young people competing for good jobs in a global labor market and to the economy more generally.
An education and skills survey released by the Confederation of British Industry last year showed that 30 percent of employers reported dissatisfaction with the standard of school and college leavers' numeracy. More than two-thirds of employers said they wanted both maths and science promoted more in schools.
1.Why does the British government send a delegation of experts to Shanghai?
A. To see how children from rich families have become the best at maths.
B. To investigate why the performance of almost all children in China is high.
C. To get a first-hand look at science classes and teaching methods there.
D. To raise the teaching standards in maths in Britain.
2.Which of the following statements is true according to the two international competition results?
A. British students performed better in 2013 than in 2012.
B. British students did better than the students from Poland in 2013.
C. The students from Singapore did better than the students from Germany.
D. The students from Germany did better than the students from Poland.
3.What has made schools in Shanghai the most successful in teaching maths in the eye of Truss?
A. Curriculum and teaching methods.
B. Teaching practices and a positive mind.
C. Early learning of key arithmetic and times tables.
D. A focus on times tables and long division.
4.How will students’ poor performance in maths affect the country?
A. By threatening the country's competitiveness of economy.
B. By weakening the country's political system.
C. By losing international competitions in education.
D. By failing to find jobs in a global labor market.
5.What can we infer from the news?
A. The students in Britain don’t work hard at Maths.
B. The students in shanghai are the smartest in the world.
C. The education of science in Britain is no better than that of maths.
D. Most British citizens are dissatisfied with teachers’ work.
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The London Underground has the _______ of being the oldest and most complex underground system in the world.
A. application B. distinction
C. distribution D. evolution
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London taxis, with their friendly drivers who actually know where they are going, are ranked best in the world, according to an annual taxi survey.
The survey by travel website hotels.com found London taxis, despite being the most expensive, beat rivals (对手) across the globe to head the list for the third consecutive (连续的) years, scoring a total of 59 percent in votes on several categories by travelers.
London taxi drivers were voted both friendliest and most knowledgeable. Drivers in the English capital must pass a rigorous examination called The Knowledge to earn their taxi license.
New York's yellow taxis came second in the list, scoring 27 percent which was up 10 percentage points from last year even though Manhattan's cab drivers tied (打成平局) with Parisian taxi drivers as the rudest.
Travelers said New York had the most convenient taxis.
Taxi drivers in Rome were voted the worst drivers in the world with almost one in ten travelers thinking the Italian capital had the world's worst taxi drivers when it came to the quality of driving.
“Traveling by taxi is one of the first experiences that many travellers have upon arrival in a new city. In fact, the research found that cabs are by far the most popular method of traveling from the airport to their hotel,” a spokesman for hotels.com said in a statement.
The global survey scored city based taxis for their levels of cleanliness, value, quality of driving, knowledge of the area, friendliness, safety and convenience.
Rounding out the top five were Tokyo with a total score of 26 percent, Berlin with 17 percent, and Bangkok famed for its tuktuks scoring 14 percent.
The survey for hotels.com, part of the Expedia group, was conducted among over 1,900 travellers between May 1128 this year.
1.Which of the following about London's taxi drivers is wrong?
A. They are the friendliest.
B. They are the most knowledgeable.
C. They charge the most money.
D. They drive fastest.
2.What does the underlined word “rigorous” mean in the third paragraph?
A. strict B. important
C. official D. lawful
3.Rome's taxi drivers are lack of ________.
A. good manners
B. driving skills
C. the sense of cleanliness
D. the sense of safety
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The London Underground is one of the best transport networks in the world with around 24 million journeys made each day, so it is important that everything runs smoothly. Remember the following to travel like a Londoner.
Keep right on escalator(自动梯)
London Underground asks that you stand on the right when using the escalators and leave the left free for others to walk down. If you are traveling in a big group, or with lots of shopping bags, stand and stay right and let others pass you---it will speed up the process and be a more pleasant journey for everyone!
Remember the “rush hour”
The tube network is very busy during the rush hour. You can expect the trains and stations to be overcrowded between 7:30 and 9:30 in the morning and between 17:00 and 19:00 in the evening.
Move down the platform to find more space
As you enter the station platform, you will often find more room if you walk down to the end of the platform. Here, the train carriages are usually the emptiest as well.
Carry a bottle of water in warmer moths
The London Underground is over 150 years old and although the trains have been modernized, many still lack air conditioning and cooling units. Make sure you take a bottle of water with you, especially in the summer, as the long tube journeys can get very hot.
Keep your personal belongings safe
Like any large city be cautions of pickpockets operating in the busy stations and tubes. Carry a bag with zips and keep your personal belongings and valuable items in it to avoid becoming the victims of theft.
Plan your journey on the London Underground in advance with a free tube map. Click here to download.
1.What can we know about the London Underground from the text?
A. It is used by about 24 million people every week
B. Its rush hour is around 10:00 am on weekends
C. It has a history of more than one and a half centuries.
D. It is enjoyable for people to travel on it all year round..
2.What should we do when taking the London Underground?
A. Avoid taking water along with the ride.
B. Standing on the right when using the escalators
C. Avoid taking a large number of shopping bags
D. Walk to the middle of the platform to find more space.
3.In order not to be stolen, you are advised to__________.
A. avoid traveling in a big group
B. avoid traveling during the rush hour
C. keep your valuables in a zipped bag.
D. stay away from busy stations and tubes
4.Where would you be most likely to find the text?
A. On a website. B. On a city map.
C. On a notice board. D. In a business report.
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Teachers, train drivers, oil refinery workers and other French employees have _____to strike in protest of President Sarkozy's pension (养老金) reforms.
A. connected B. united C. joined D. attempted
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Beijing's first unmanned subway trains, which can run ______ without the control of any drivers, are expected to be put into operation next year.
A. regularly B. deliberately
C. automatically D. desperately
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Xinhua Sept.25,2008
JIUQUAN, Gansu---China launched successfully its third manned spacecraft on Thursday with three astronauts on board to attempt the country’s first-ever space walk.
The spaceship Shenzhou VII blasted off(发射) on a Long March II-F carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwestern Gansu Province at 9:10pm.after a breathtaking countdown to another milestone on China’s space journey.
On board pilots Zhai Zhigang, Liu Boming and Jing Haipeng are expected to orbit the earth for three days, when one of them will float out of the cabin about 343 kilometers above the earth.
When they make it, China will become the third country in the world who is able to conduct extravehicular activity (EVA) in space following the former Soviet Union and the United States.
President Hu Jintao watched the historic moment at the launch center, joined by Chinese experts and other work staff.
Hu briefly met the trio astronauts before they entered the spacecraft Thursday afternoon, wishing them “a complete success in this glorious and sacred mission”.
“During the mission, you will carry out China’s EVA with homemade EVA space suit, which is a great leap for China’s space technology.” said Hu.
Other tasks of the Shenzhou VII crew include the release of a small monitoring satellite and a trial of the data relay of the satellite Tianlian-I.
If successful, the mission would be of great significance to the country’s future plans to build a space lab and a space station, said ZhangJianqi, deputy chief commander of the manned space project.
1.In which section would the passage be seen in a newspaper?
A.Science and Technology. | B.Entertainment. |
C.Sports report. | D.Advertisement |
2.Which one is NOT true according to the report?
A.China launched its third manned spacecraft. |
B.The pilots on board are expected to orbit the earth for three days |
C.The spaceship Shenzhou VII blasted off three astronauts on board. |
D.One of the three astronauts will float out of the cabin above the earth. |
3.What is the great leap for China’s space technology during the space journey?
A.The spaceship Shenzhou VII blasted off successfully. |
B.The astronauts will carry out China’s EVA with homemade EVA space suit. |
C.Three astronauts are expected to orbit the earth for 3 days. |
D.The spaceship Shenzhou VII will release a small monitoring satellite. |
4.The tasks of the Shenzhou VII crew include the following EXCEPT ________.
A.the release of a small monitoring satellite |
B.a trial of the data relay of the satellite Tianlian-I |
C.carrying out China’s EVA with homemade EVA space suit |
D.building a space lab and a space station |
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Ticket price increases at HK Disney
Source:Xinhua | 02—05—2009 11:39
Hong Kong Disneyland announced on Tuesday it will raise weekday admission prices for mainland and overseas tourists by about 19 percent.But Hong Kong residents and tourists who purchase tickets through travel agents can still enjoy the old prices until June 30.
A one-day admission will cost HK $350($45)for adults and HK $250 for children aged up to 11 from Monday, the previous charges for weekends.Adults were previously admitted for HK $295 and children HK $210.
A Hong Kong Disneyland spokesman said the park does not expect the new pricing structure to have an immediate impact on attendances, as research shows guests choose when to visit the attraction based on time available rather than ticket prices.But the hikes(the rise of prices)drew immediate criticism from the industry.The greater tourism industry fears it may harm mainlanders willingness to visit Hong Kong.
Joseph Tung Yao-chung, executive director of Travel Industry Council of Hong Kong, said the decision was unwise in the current financial climate.He also urged the company to rethink its decision, during an interview with Southern Metropolis Daily.
1.On September 10 of 2009(weekday), Hong Kong residents and tourists will have to spend________buying three children tickets.
A.HK $360 B.$ 360 C.HK $750 D.HK $885
2.There is a family with five people, John,his father,mother,grandfather and grandmother.They are from America, John is eleven years old.If they visit the place on June 30 2009(weekday),they will spend about________in total.
A.$212 B.$ 1650 C.HK $1400 D.$1390
3.What can we infer from the passage?
A.Joseph Tung Yao-chung disagreed about the ticket price increase at HK Disney.
B.Hong Kong Disneyland will make a lot of money by raising weekday admission prices for mainland tourists.
C.The Hong Kong Disneyland spokesman didn't like the new pricing structure.
D.Only tourists from mainland visit Hong Kong Disneyland.
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