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| Jake’s Home Page 
about me diary photos e—mail webcam home | Once upon a time, a personal diary was something you kept hidden away. It was where you wrote down your most private thoughts and feelings, knowing that no one else would read it. Then along came the Internet, and now the idea of a private diary seems old—fashioned. Many teenagers like writing online diaries because they feel free to write anything. “In real life, you can’t always say what you think,” says Jake, an eighteen—year—old from New York. “On the Internet, you can express yourself more freely.” Fans of Jake’s site log on to find out what he’s been up to. What he’s wearing and how he feels. He gets around two hundred letters a day from people who read his online diary. Some people are not sure that online diaries are a good idea. “Teenagers need to be careful with what they write on a website,” says Patricia Chadwick. “You don’t know who is visiting your website and whether they will try to find you,” she says. “It’s playing with fire.” Jake doesn’t agree. “Sometimes people are a bit rude,” he says, “but I just pay no attention to them. Most of the feedback（反馈）I get is pleasant and hopeful.” He goes on, “people reading other people’s diaries is nothing new. My brothers used to secretly read my diary when we were kids. The only difference is this one is seen by a lot more people!” |
1.Where did people write down their most private thoughts and feelings?
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2.Why are online diaries popular among teenagers?
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3.What does the writer think of a private diary?
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4.Do all the people believe that online diaries are a good idea?
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5.What does Jake say when some people don’t agree with the idea of online diaries?
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6.If you get the choice, what kind of diary do you prefer? Why?
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Most of us have never thought about building an educational toy by ourselves. If we need a learning toy or something, we simply go to the nearest store and buy it. However, things are not as easy in third world countries. With families even having no food to put on the table, buying toys, especially the educational ones, is the last thing on the parents’ minds.
So how can one get these kids interested in science? This was a question that worried the Indian engineer. Arvind Gupta so much that he decided to give up a good job and spend his life making toys from trash, things that people no longer want or need! Mr Gupta began teaching in the 1970s. While still an engineering student at the Indian College of Technology, he volunteered to teach the children who could not afford to go to school. Upon graduation, he found a good job at India’s Tata Motors and spent the next five years designing cars.
But he soon realized that this was not something he wanted to do for the rest of his life. So he took a year’s training course and took part in the Hoshangabad Science Teaching Program whose aim was to make science fun and exciting for poor children using available materials.
Mr Gupta found the whole project so satisfying that he decided to leave his high paying job and focus his attention on designing educational toys that were not only cheap and easy to build, but also full of scientific principles（原理）, so that children could get interested in this interesting subject.
When the Internet started becoming a more widespread learning tool, Mr Gupta created a toys from Trash website and also recorded over 250 YouTube videos.
Today, over 50,000 children and teachers visit the website daily to download the videos for the toy creations based on cool science. Some young children have become so inspired（鼓舞） that they have even won international science competitions with the help of his creations.
1.What are these educational toys made from?
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2.Did Arvind Gupta start building educational toys as soon as he graduated from the college?
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3.Who did Mr Gupta build these educational toys for?
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4.How are the educational toys designed by Mr. Gupta?
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5.What did Mr Gupta do to introduce his educational toys?
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6.How can these educational toys help the children in third world countries?
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It happened about one year ago. My mom wanted to visit her sister who lived in America. Since we lived in the Ukraine(乌克兰), my mom had to get agreement from our government to go to America. After she got the agreement to go and all of the paper work was done, she was ready to go. Then came the bad part. She had to be away from my dad, my two sister, and me for about three months. From our city, my mum had to go to New York by plane. My sisters, my dad and I stood and watched the plane leave until we couldn’t see it any more.
The next day, we got a call from our mom. She said that her sister met her in New York and from there, they drove to the place where my aunt lived. She also said that it was really nice in America, but she missed her very much. It was really hard to live without my mom, without her help or her advice, but I got over it.
After about three months my mom was coming home. My dad and my sister went to pick my mom up from the airport. It was very far and my mom had a lot of bags. My younger sister and I waited for them at home. We waited and waited, and then it was late, but they weren’t back. Then we got a call from our dad. He said that there was a big snowstorm in New York and the plane couldn’t leave until the storm was over, so our mum would be late. When they finally got home, I was really happy. My mum had a lot of gifts for us, but she was the best one.
1.Why did the writer’s mother fly to New York?
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2.How long did the writer’s mother have to be away from home?
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3.Who saw off the writer’s mother at the airport?
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4.The writer met his mother at the airport with his dad, didn’t he?
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5.Why didn’t his mother’s plane arrive on time?
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6.What was the best gift for the writer?
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Tony is reading an advertisement in a magazine. It is about different evening classes or weekend classes.
The Learning Centre, Garden City
We have evening and weekend workshops on ...
test preparation friends and meeting people
jobs and making money travel and language learning
Some of this month's workshops:
1. Get good grades!
Do you forget information and do poorly on tests?
In this workshop, learn to...
Ø remember more (95 percent of what you read)
Ø think quickly and read fast (400 words per minute!).
Ø do well on tests and get high scores.
2. Find true love ... today!
Are you single and shy (害羞的) ? Is it hard for you to talk to people?
In this workshop, learn to...
Ø talk to people: start a conversation with a man or woman.
Ø be more friendly and outgoing.
Ø understand a person's 'body language.
3. You are on TV!
Many actors get their start in television. You can too! In this workshop, learn to...
Ø act in TV ads.
Ø use your voice on the radio.
Ø get TV and radio jobs.
4. See the world ... for free!
Travelling is expensive. But you can see the world for very little money! In this workshop, learn how to...
Ø get discount (50%-80%) on plane tickets.
Ø travel with your friends for free.
Ø see the world by cruise ship ... for $1 per day! This course is also online at www.ASRLC.org
1.What's the advertisement about?
2.We learn to remember more in Workshop 1, don't we?
3.How fast will we read after taking Workshop 1?
4.After you take Workshop 2, will you be able to talk to people more easily or more difficultly?
5.Where do many actors get their start?
6.At the end of Workshop 4, what will you be able to do?
7.Which workshop allows you to take the course online?
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Read the passage and answer the questions. （ 根据短文内容回答下列问题）
A story about a fox and a crow
One day a crow finds a piece of meat. She picks it up in her mouth and flies to a tall tree. She is just going to eat meat when a fox sees her. He comes and stands under the tree and says,“How pretty you are! You must be the prettiest bird in the world.”
The crow is very pleased with these words. Then the fox says again,“I can see your pretty face, but I have not heard your voice. Why don’t you sing a song?”
This makes the crow very happy. She opens her mouth and begins to sing.As she opens her mouth, she drops the meat. The fox picks up the meat at once and goes away with it.
The story teaches us a lesson. “Kind words are not always as kind as they seem.”
1.What does a crow find one day?
2.Who sees the crow when she is going to eat?
3.Where does the fox stand?
4.Does the crow feel happy or angry about what the fox says?
5.What happens（发生） when the crow opens her mouth and begins to sing?
6.Who gets the meat at last? What can we learn from the story?
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Australia is almost as large as China（China is about 9,600,000 km2 while Australia is 7,682,300 km2）,but Australia has a much smaller population（just over 19. 5 million）. Most people live in cities along the coast of Australia, and huge areas of the rest of Australia are uninhabited（无人居住的）. In some areas, families live a long way away from one another and from towns and cities. Australians call this part of the country "the Out back（内陆）"or "the Bush". Most people who live in the outback work on huge sheep or cattle stations（农场）.Some of these properties are as large as 3,000~5,000 km2 and their nearest neighbours may be 100 km or more away.
Many children in the outback are too far from town to travel to school. Instead, they attend one of the sixteen Schools of the Air. The schools are located in towns and teachers use high frequency radio to talk to their classes. They also post work to the students who post it back for their teacher to mark. Students also use the Internet, fax and phone to communicate with their teacher and with other students. Sometimes students are sent a video or audiotape to help them with their lessons.
Tim Benton's brother George is the manager of a large cattle station in the Northern Territory. When they were in primary school, George's children, Rebecca and Oliver, attended the Alice Spring School of the Air. Their mother and father took it in turns to help them with their lessons. After they finished primary school, Rebecca and Oliver went to a high school in Alice Springs. They lived with their Aunt Mary during the school term and returned home during the school holidays. At first, high school was difficult because they weren't used to being in a class with other students. In some subjects, they did not know as much as the children from the town. However, they soon caught up because they had very good study skills, thanks to the School of the Air.
1.Where do most Australians live?
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2.Where did Rebecca and Oliver live when they attended primary school?
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3.Where did they live when they attended high school?
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4.Which subjects do you think would be hardest to study at home?
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5.Why do you think Rebecca and Oliver had such good study skills?
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6.When Rebecca and Oliver were in high school, why did they only go home in the school holidays?
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What about my plans for the summer holiday? First, I will go to Shanghai with my sister. There are many interesting places in Shanghai, and we can also have delicious food there. After that, I’m going to spend some time reading books. I’m going to play table tennis with my friends, too.
—Peter
I made some plans for my summer holiday. First,I will help more at home. My parents are always busy, so I’m going to help them with the housework and let them have more time to relax. Second, I’m going to practice playing the piano every day. Third, I think the holiday is a good time for me to do some sports ,such as running and swimming. I am sure my summer holiday will be wonderful.
—Tom.
After about four months’ study, the summer holiday is coming. Here are my plans. First, I will leave enough time for my new lessons. I will also read some great books. Second,I’m going to Xi’an and stay there for two weeks. I think the trip will be wonderful. Then, I will come back and enjoy myself with my friends. We will go swimming, shopping, etc.
—Amy
1.Who does Peter plan to go to Shanghai with?
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2.How many plans did Tom make for his summer holiday?
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3.How long will Amy stay in Xi’an?
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4.Who will swim during the summer holiday?
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5.What does Amy think of her coming trip in Xi’an?
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6.What do you want to do during your holidays?
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Mexico, the largest nation in the region, provides a good example of life in Central America. Although Mexico is a large country, only 12 percent of its land is good for farming. Another 40 percent is good land for cattle and farm animals. The rest of the land is hills and mountains, dry, high plateaus, or wet coastal regions.
The mountains are too high to farm. The high plateau in the middle of Mexico is too dry to plant crops. The coastal areas receive so much rain that the land often becomes waterlogged(水涝的). For all these reasons, Mexicans must take care of the good farmland they have. Yet good farming has not always been possible in Mexico.
For many centuries, Mexican farmers had grown traditional crops. These included corn, beans and squash. However, when the Spanish arrived in the 1500s, they tried to introduce new ideas. They thought new plants such as onions, turnips, sugarcanes and bananas would do well in the warm, tropical climate. But the Mexicans wished to continue(继续) with their old ways.
1.How much of the land in Mexico is good land for cattle and farm animals?
2.The high plateau in the middle of Mexico is a good farmland, isn’t it?
3.Why aren’t the coastal areas good for farming?
4.What did Spanish try to do in the 1500s?
5.Did the Mexicans want to grow the new crops?
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Editor’s note: Nowadays, thanks to the Internet, taking online classes is becoming more and more popular. Some people say that they are a convenient way to study. While others worry that students may get distracted (分心的) by the Internet. What's your view on online education?
Online classrooms are helpful and useful. We may put our heart into learning when we are alone in front of a computer with no one to distract us. In addition, taking courses online also means we may have more time to operate a compute which is a good way to practice our computer skills.
Jack, 15
I love taking online courses. They give me a lot more choices and freedom. We can choose to learn whatever we exactly need and even preview the lesson we'll learn in classrooms. Also. Online classes enable people to study whenever and wherever they want, which is very convenient.
Julia, 16
I don't think online education is a good way to study. There are many bad or wrong things you know on the Internet, which may distract students from the courses they are taking. Also, unlike students who study in the classroom, students taking online courses have no one to tell them where they are in the whole learning process.
Ben, 16
I think the idea of taking online courses is crazy. It may increase our exposure(暴露) to computers, and the radiation(辐射) from them may do harm to the human body and lead to our eyesight getting worse. Also, looking straight at a computer for along time without exercising could be harmful to our health.
1.Some people think talking online classes is convenient, don’t they?
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2.Why does online learning make it easier to put our heart into learning?
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3.Jack thinks online classes give him freedom. What example does he give to explain his view?
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4.Why doesn't Julia think online education is a good way to study?
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5.Ben and Julia are against online education for similar reasons, aren't they?
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6.Do you think taking online courses is good or bad for us? Please give your reasons.
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Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, is famous for its biking culture. Its people have biked to work since the 1880s. And recently, it has shown again that it is one of the world’s great biking cities.
For the first time, there are more bikes than cars in the heart of the city, reported The Guardian. It has found 13,100 more bikes than cars in the city center over the past year. In the last 20 years, the number of bikes used has risen by 68 percent.
This is mainly because of the huge efforts（努力）that the local government have made to create a bike city. Since 2005, a large amount of money has been spent on biking, and the city now has several new bridges only for biking and walking.
Bikes are also becoming more and more popular in China. An increasing number of people are cycling instead of driving to school, to their workplace or to tourist attractions. Public bike rental（出租）services have also been introduced in many cities, including Beijing, Hangzhou and Changchun.
The introduction of Mobike, a new public bike rental system-which started in Shanghai in April and came to Beijing on Sept 1-brought the use of bikes to a whole new level. After Scanning（扫描）the QR code（二维码）on the bike, you can ride the Mobike’s orange bikes to your destination. It is far more convenient than the old bike rental system. New payment methods such as Alipay and WeChat are also supported by the service.
Despite this, it’s still not easy to ride bikes in Chinese cities. Because cars usually take up bicycle lanes（车道）,bikers often have to ride next to cars. However, Copenhagen is much friendlier to bikes. Lanes are built to encourage cycling. Traffic lights are timed for bicycle speeds.
For example, Cycle Snake, a high orange bike lane, allows fast bikers to go in both directions. In the mid-afternoon during the summer, bikers can see the daylight between two nearby buildings. It makes riding a bike even more enjoyable.
1.Copenhagen is one of the world’s great biking cities, isn’t it?
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2.Why are there more bikes than cars in the heart of Copenhagen?
Because the local government ______________________to create a bike city.
3.When did Copenhagen began to spend money on biking?
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4.Which cities in China have public bike rental services according to the passage?
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5.How can you use the Mobike’s orange bikes?
By ________________________________________________________________
6.Would you like to cycle to school? Why or Why not?
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