through the body. For the past seven years, Simon Thorrold, a university professor, has been examining
fish ears, small round ear bones called otoliths.
B. They are not seen from the outside.
C. They are openings only on food fish.
D. They are not used to receive sound.
words. One example is the word " mouse". A computer mouse is not a small animal that lives in buildings
and open fields. It is a small device (装置) that you move around on a flat surface in front of a computer.
The mouse moves the cursor (光标) on the computer screen.
Computer expert Douglas Engelbart developed the idea for the mouse in the early nineteen-sixties. The
first computer mouse was a carved block of wood with two metal wheels. It was called a mouse because
it had a tail at one end. The tail was the wire that connected it to the computer.
Using a computer takes some training. People who are experts are sometimes called hackers. A hacker
is usually a person who writes software programs in a special computer language. But the word" hacker"
is also used to describe a person who tries to steal information from computer systems.
Another well known computer word is Google. It is the name of a popular search engine for the Internet.
People use the search engine to find information about almost any subject on the Internet. The people who
started the company named it Google because in mathematics, googol, spelled g-o-o-g-o-l,is an extremely
large number. It is the number one followed by one hundred zeros.
When you "Google" a subject, you can get a large amount of information about it. Some people like to
Google their friends or themselves to see how many times their name appears on the Internet.
If you Google someone, you might find that persons name on a blog. A blog is the shortened name for
a Web log. A blog is a personal Web page. It may contain stories, comments, pictures and links to other
websites. Some people add information to their blogs every day. People who have blogs are called bloggers.
B. The first mouse was made from wood.
C. How the first computer mouse was invented.
D. Why the mouse has a tail.
B. he is skilled at computer technology
C. he always loads the newest softwares
D. he always stays at home developing softwares
B. is a company"s Web page
C. is linked to all search engines
D. usually contains information about personal experiences
B. It can help people communicate with each other.
C. It is used to do mathematical analysis.
D. It is the largest number in mathematics.
B. Acting: repetition of fixed words and movements
C. Teaching: a student-centered creative process
D. Similarities between teaching and acting
E. ( = AB) Differences between teaching and acting
F. ( = AC) A good teacher, not necessarily a good actor
1 To be a good teacher, you need some of the gifts of a good actor: you must be able to hold the
attention and interest of your audience; you must be a clear speaker, with a good, strong, pleasing voice
which is fully under your control; and you must be a- ble to act what you are teaching, In order to make
its meaning clear.
2 Watch a good teacher, and you will see that he does not sit unmoved before his class: he stands
the whole time he is teaching; he walks about, using his arms, his hands and fingers to help him in his
explanations, and his face to express feeling. Listen to him, and you will hear the loudness, the quality and
the musical note if his voice always changing according to what he is talking a- bout.
3 The fact that a good teacher has some of the gifts of a good actor doesn"t mean that he will indeed
be able to act well in the stage, for there are very important differences between the teacher"s work and the
actor"s. The actor has to speak words which he has learnt by heart; he has to repeat exactly the same words
each time he plays a certain part, even his movements and the ways in which he uses his voice are usually
fixed beforehand. What he has to do is to make all these carefully learnt words and actions seem natural on
the stage.
4 A good teacher works in quite a different way. His audience takes an active part in his play: they
ask questions, they obey orders, and if they don"t understand something, they say so, the teacher therefore
has to suit his act to the needs of his audience. He cannot learn his part by heart, but must invent it as he
goes along.
5 As a good teacher presently, you must take your au- dience as your friends, take care of them, help
them and give them enough freedom and space. I have known many teachers who were fine actors in class
but were unable to take part in a stage play be- cause their brains wouldn"t keep discipline: they could not
keep strictly to what another had written.
阅读下面的短文,请根据短文后的要求答题。(请注意问题后的字数要求)
and international health experts say a new study makes the most convincing case for the benefits of children
being active. They say the research may lead to new guidelines saying youngsters aged between 5 and 16 need
to be active up to 1.5 hours a day.
[2] Experts said the study doesn"t mean children need to be on treadmills (跑步机) or in a soccer
leagues-they just need to be able to run around and play physically, even for short bursts of time.
[3] The study looked at 1,732 9-year-olds and 15-year-olds from Denmark, Estonia and Portugal. Physical
activity was observed for four continuous days. Despite differences among the three coun- tries where children were observed, the benefits of physical activity were the same.
[4] About 40 percent of those observed were reasonably ac- tive, while the rest were sedentary, researchers said. The study found that the benefits of physical activity applied to all children- not just to obese ( 肥胖的)
children normally thought to be at a higher risk.
[5] While much attention has been paid to children"s bad eat- ing habits,this study calls for equal weight to
be placed on activity levels.
[6] "We don"t need to be getting kids running on treadmills in the gym." said Cavil."We need to encourage
kids to play." One of the study"s key findings, he explained, is that it proves the benefit of short bursts of activity, rather than a need for continuous exercises.
[7] But _____ perhaps the greatest factor in children"s physical activ- ity will be the parents themselves."It"s
not just that children should be more active,it"s the whole family," said Weiss."Parents should be role models."
________________________________________________________________________________________
2. What do you think parents should do to help their kids?( No more than 15 words)
________________________________________________________________________________________
3. What do the children need to do to follow the doctors" sugges- tion?( No more than 15 words)
________________________________________________________________________________________
4. Please explain the underlined word in English.( Only one word)
________________________________________________________________________________________
5. Translate the underlined sentence in the last paragraph into Chinese.
________________________________________________________________________________________
geography, economics, and culture of South America, all without leaving their classroom.
They"re using the Internet to follow the one road South team of adventures on a 14-month bicycle trip
around the continent. Through a program called Reach the World, kids at 60 of the city"s elementary and
middle schools are getting a taste of global citizenship by following the One Road South bikers, a family
traveling in Europe, a bike trek (艰苦跋涉) in Africa, and a Harlem teacher working with scientists in
Antarctica through online videos, journals, and field notes.
Sometimes, students even get to meet the travelers they are following online. Three of the four One
Road South bicyclists recently visited Paulino"s classes present a slide show about the places they plan to
visit.
The students jumped in with questions, asking if the travelers were afraid of wild animals, running out
of food, or going for 14 months without having a girlfriend.
But Reach the World isn"t just for fun. The program aims to integrate technology into the classroom,
to bring subjects like science and social studies to life, and to encourage students to think of them- selves
as global citizens, according to administrators.
Their teacher, Tony Paulino, said his students are beside them-selves with excitement about following
the One Road South bikers. "I believe it speaks to the core desire we all share, to dream, to travel and to
explore," he said.
1. What is the best title for this passage? ( No more than 7 words)
_________________________________________________________________________________________
2. How are the students in Tony Paulino"s class exploring the South America? ( No more than 4 words)
_________________________________________________________________________________________
3. What can students do through Reach the World program? ( No more than 20 words)
__________________________________________________________________________________________
4. Please explain the underlined words " beside themselves with excitement" in English. ( No more than 2 words)
__________________________________________________________________________________________
5. What do you think of Reach the World program? Please give your reasons. ( No more than 20 words)
__________________________________________________________________________________________
a day in the last five years. On an average day they now spend seven and a half hours using media.
These are the findings of a new survey. It included not only devices like TVs, computers, mobile phones
and MP3 players, but also media like books and magazines. It did not count media use for school.
Vicky Rideout at the Kaiser Family Foundation, a health re- search group, wrote the report. She was
surprised that kids could fit even more media time into their day.
She found that they spent ten hours and fortyfive minutes if you counted each device individually. But
children multi-task a lot, and Vicky Rideout says this is not necessarily a good thing. "
People who study the brain will tell you that you can"t actually multitask in that way. You"re really
switching back and forth in order from different tasks, just doing it rapidly, and that you don"t really do either
task as well as you would do them if. you did them one at a time." she added.
The study suggests a link between heavy media use and lower performance in school. About one-fourth of
those who used media the least reported that their grades were mostly average or below. But that was true of
half the heavy media users.
So where are the parents? Children who had any rule limiting the use of any kind of media were exposed to
an average of about three hours less media a day. But only one-third of children had to follow any rules.
Girls spent more time than boys on social networking sites, lis tening to music and reading. Boys spent
more time on video games-an average of forty eight minutes more a day than girls.
Vicky said "It looks like the girls just sort of lose interest in the games and they drop off and start doing
other things, whereas the boys" interest remains strong."
Some other findings: Time spent reading books has not dropped in the last five years. But time with
newspapers and magazines has, though some reading now takes place online.
B. The money spent on the entertainment media.
C. Their increased time spent on entertainment media.
D. The lost control of their entertainment activities.
B. Carrying many tasks at the same time.
C. Doing some illegal things out of school.
D. Only doing one task in the limited time.
B. Parents shouldn"t allow children use media at all
C. Parents should hide and give children free space
D. Parents should play an important part as a director
- 1书面表达。根据以下Kate的个人信息和一天的作息时间表,请用50-60字对她做简要介绍。 From England A
- 2图为从极地上空俯视地球的示意图,据此回答问题:小题1:若地球顺时针转动,且极圈内都为白昼,则:A.节气是夏至B.B点为4
- 3已知,如图,四边形ABCD中,AB=BC=1,CD=,DA=1,且∠B=90°,(1)∠BAD的度数;(2)四边形的面积
- 4下列各组物质中,互为同系物的是( )A.与B.HCOOCH3与CH3COOCH3C.与CH3—CH=CH2D.CH3O
- 517世纪,荷兰从葡萄牙手里夺取的殖民地是 [ ]A.马六甲 B.锡兰 C.好望角 D.台湾
- 6Nowadays robots can not only talk and dance,but also answer
- 7提取下面一段话的主要信息,写出四个关键词语。 从甲骨文到草书、行书的各种书法艺术,间接地反映了现实某些方面
- 8新疆行省设立于( )A.1865年B.1876年C.1881年D.1884年
- 9The little girl, who has been spoiled has got used to
- 10【题文】阅读下面的文字,根据文意和句式,补写出其中空缺的句子。(6分)我国西南地区出现了旱灾,牵动着社会各界的心。有人想
- 1There are many people downstairs. What do you think ______?
- 2甲、乙两人参加一次英语口语考试,已知在备选的10道试题中,甲能答对其中的6题,乙能答对其中的8题.规定每次考试都从备选题
- 32011年10月10日,潍坊新闻网报道:今年68岁的台湾商人刘竹承,在山东经商,15年来已经资助了151名学子,很多被他
- 4小军患了眼病,到夜晚就看不清东西。这主要是体内缺乏哪种物质所患夜盲症所致( )A.维生素AB.维生素B1C.维生素C
- 5下列说法正确的是( )A.碘化铵和氯化铵受热分解过程中破坏和形成的化学键类型完全相同B.反应N2H4(I)=N2(g
- 6黑土和沼泽是东北地区生产潜力较大的两种土壤。但是,在东北土地资源开发的过程中,它们面临着不同的问题。因此,做好黑土和沼泽
- 7有一颗人造地球卫星,绕地球做匀速圆周运动。卫星与地心的距离为地球半径的2倍,卫星圆形轨道平面与地球赤道平面重合。卫星上的
- 8若从集合,,3,4中随机抽取一个数记为a,从集合{-1,1,-2,2}中随机抽取一个数记为b,则函数f(x)=ax+b(
- 9一般贫血患者应多吃一些 [ ]A.含蛋白质和铁质较多的食物 B.含糖类和维生素较多的食物 C.含无机盐和维生素较
- 10Not knowing where to go or what to do, I ______ across the s