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| Shortened Library Hours for Spring Break Library Hours have been shortened to 7hours a day ( 9:00am-4:00pm)for Spring Break from March 21 to March 30. |
| Coming Events |
| On Monday, March 21, at 10:30 am, Scott Sutton, a children"s writer, will tell stories to kids over seven. Sutton"s attractive style will surely inspire everyone present! At l:00pm, on March 23, the Georgetown musicians will present an Irish folk concert, which will be entertaining for the entire family. Come for the music and stay to check out some relevant(相关的) books for the rest of the week! On Thursday, March 24, at 2:00pm, the annual Children"s Gathering will take place in Room 201, the second-floor. Pick up an invitation in the Children"s Room and return your RSVP( 回复) to reserve your seat at the table by 3:00pm on Wednesday day, March 23. Only children are allowed in the gathering. At 10:30 am, on Friday, March 25, Enzo Monfre of the kids" science show, ENZOology, will bring Fossils live! Surely Enzo will take the audience back in time, deep beneath the surface of the earth, to uncover the mysteries of killer dinosaurs, and more Enzo recently appeared on the Ellen DeGeneres Show -come and see him at the library!Please note: In case that there is emergency, please call the Help Desk at 926-3736 and follow the procedures outlined on the voice message. The call-down service is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for emergencies. The Help Desk supplies service to you all the year round! For questions about all these, please contact hld@wnbl. org |
| Come for the great Fun; Stay for the relevant Books! |
| 1-3: CCB |
| 短文填词 。 The mobile phone is becoming more and more popular with teenagers. It shortens the d________ between people. Thanks to the mobile phone, it is more ________ (方便) for us to contact people. But have you noticed that sometimes the mobile phone also b________ embarrassment to us? It"s not rare to see someone shouting loudly as if there ________ no one else present. And I"m sure everyone has had some ________ (经历) in which the mobile phone rings again and again ________ public. People may have various reasons why they keep the phone w________ all the time, but it interrupts people who want to concentrate on ________ they"re doing. So if you are one of them, please shut off your mobile phone on formal occasions, e________ when you are attending class or meetings. It"s a respect for both ________ (别人) and yourself. |
| 语法填空。 The most common problem that worries all of us today is the fear of insecurity. Life has become so competitive that every now and then we are struck by the fear of the _1_ (know). 2 every new turn of events our selfconfidence takes a blow. The 3 (big) challenge before every person today is not to lose confidence in one"s ability. There are several reasons that affect a person"s selfconfidence. The most important reason is lack of success. Not being able to 4 (success) affects one"s selfconfidence greatly. This is 5 one begins to doubt his own ability. In many cases one"s selfconfidence is low when he feels rejected by society. For example, a person who loses his job keeps away from other people for fear of 6 (question) about his work. However, this isn"t right. One needs to think along positive lines in spite of failures. The challenge lies in not allowing your selfconfidence to decrease. 7 lack of success causes you to doubt your ability, don"t forget to remind yourself that quick success does not last long. Also remember not to compare yourself with others. These tips will do 8 world of good to your confidence. In order to be selfconfident, you need to have a lifestyle that is right for you. Create one and live a life 9 you want to. Leave others to 10 . |
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 Is the woman pictured on the right more attractive than the woman on the left? The photograph on the right was changed using a new "beauty making" computer program, which uses a mathematical formula involving 234 measurements of distances between facial features to get a theoretically more attractive version, while keeping the basic appearance of the face unchanged. Unlike changes done in fashion magazine photos, wrinkles were not smoothed and hair color was not changed. The program is the latest attempt to combine beauty and science, a subject that has drawn increasing academic interest in the last decade. Studies have shown there is surprising agreement among people of different cultures about what makes a face attractive. Most important is symmetry (匀称), along with youthfulness, skin smoothness and vivid eyes and hair color. Yet, like the many other scientific or mathematical attempts to define beauty, this software program raises complex and difficult questions about the understanding of beauty. "How can they prove something is more or less beautiful?" said Lois Banner, a history professor at Chicago University, who studies changing beauty standards. "There can never be a single standard of beauty because so much of it is culturally influenced." After viewing "before" and "after" photographs of different people, Banner said the original faces were more attractive. "Irregular beauty is the real beauty," said Banner, adding that attempts to measure beauty are driven by the media"s efforts to define beauty and who is beautiful. Martina Eckstut, the woman whose photo was beautified for this article, said she was struck by how different she looked. "I think the "after" picture looks great, but it doesn"t really look like me at all." She added, "I would like to keep my original face." For centuries people have tried to define a universal ideal of beauty. "The first reaction we have to faces will be based on face symmetry." said Alexander Nehamas, a professor who has written about beauty. "But in real life we don"t just see a face. We see faces as people express their emotions and ideas, and all those aspects of the face are essential to our deciding whether a face or a person is beautiful." |
| 1. How does the "beauty making" computer program work? |
| A. It changes the distances between facial features. B. It smoothes the skin and softens the color of the hair. C. It repairs imperfect facial appearance by using a mathematical formula. D. It replaces the original face with a similar one. |
| 2. According to Banner, ______. |
| A. there is no such thing as beauty B. irregular beauty is more attractive than symmetrical beauty in every culture C. the media is to blame for measuring beauty D. it is impossible to show that one thing is more beautiful than another |
| 3. After seeing her beautified photo, Martina Eckstut was ______. |
| A. shocked because her face looked ugly B. prefer to get her face changed although it didn"t look like her at all C. amazed by the attractiveness but refused to change her face in reality D. confused by how different she looked and had no idea what to do |
| 4. Which of the following statements is TRUE? |
| A. Beauty lies in face symmetry. B. There is no single standard or definition of beauty. C. People of different cultures can hardly reach any agreement on beauty. D. Science should be used to help us create beauty. |
| 5. The purpose of the passage is to ______. |
| A. criticize the attempts to create artificial beauty B. introduce a beauty program and a discussion about beauty C. discuss what makes a person beautiful D. to encourage people to change their appearance |
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| A new generation addiction is quickly spreading all over the world. Weboholism, a twentieth century disease, affects people from different ages. They surf the Net, use email and speak in chat rooms. They spend many hours on the computer, and it becomes a compulsive habit. They cannot stop, and it affects their lives. Decades ago, no one thought that using computers could become compulsive behavior that could affect the social and physical life of computer users. This obsessional behavior has affected teenagers and college students. They are likely to log on computers and spend long hours at different websites. They become hooked on computers and gradually their social and school life is affected by this situation. They spend all free time surfing and don"t concentrated on homework, so this addiction influences their grades and success at school. Because they can find everything on the websites, they hang out there. Moreover, this addiction to websites influences their social life. They spend more time in front of computers than with their friends. The relation with their friends changes. The virtual life becomes more important than their real life. They have a new language that they speak in the chat rooms and it causes cultural changes in society. Because of the change in their behavior, they begin to isolate themselves from the society and live with their virtual friends. They share their emotions and feelings with friends who they have never met in their life. Although they feel confident on the computer, they are not confident with real live friends they have known all their life. It is a problem for the future. This addictive behavior is beginning to affect the entire world. |
| 1. The main idea of the passage is about ______. |
| A. the cause of weboholism B. the advantage of weboholism C. the popularity of weboholism D. the influence of weboholism |
| 2. The underlined world "obsessional" in the second paragraph probably means ______. |
| A. attractive B. addictive C. professional D. potential |
| 3. We can infer from the passage that ______. |
| A. weboholism has the greatest effect on teenagers B. students can hardly balance real and virtual life C. people are addicted to games on the Internet D. virtual life is more vivid and attractive anyway |
| 4. Which of the following is NOT true of weboholism? |
| A. It contributes to the development of the web. B. The chat room language may change social culture. C. The problem will be getting more and more serious later. D. People addicted to the web often become inactive in real life. |
| 5. The author"s attitude towards weboholism is that of being ______. |
| A. optimistic B. neutral C. critical D. acceptable |
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| Maurice Sendak"s children"s book, Where the Wild Things Are, published in 1963, has become very successful throughout the years and was made into a movie earlier this year. The book"s main character is a boy named Max who gets into trouble with his mother and is sent to bed without any supper. Before long, Max"s room magically becomes a forest, and he sails away to a land where monsters(怪物,怪兽) live. Max isn"t scared, though, and becomes king of the wild things, but after a while, he begins feeling homesick. Max sails back home and his supper is still hot when he arrives in his bedroom. Many teachers and professors like this story and use it to help children develop creativity and imagination. Melina Davis, an education professor, said she likes how the book contains a couple of pages that have only pictures on them. "This allows children to shape the story themselves," she said. The book contains a few of larger words that some parents worry may confuse children, but experts say those words help improve children"s reading skills and challenge them. Davis said the book is well written which helps kids get involved in the story. "The book talks about what all children go through, like "I was naughty but my mommy still loves me"," Davis said. The book also encourages children to face their fears. "I think it"s really good to show that Max makes friends with the monsters," Davis said. "Kids can find out monsters aren"t always the thing under the bed that"s going to scare them. I think this is good because it shows that the children can go to scary places but still have a positive experience." Since the book has been successful throughout the years, a movie was recently made and many people are excited to see it. Davis said she thinks the movie will be wonderful but it might be a little scary for younger children. "You don"t want bad dreams over a book that"s extremely wonderful," Davis said. |
| 1. Teachers and professors like the book because it helps children ______. |
| A. understand pictures B. improve reading skills C. face their fear bravely D. become more imaginative |
| 2. Why does the book contain some larger words? |
| A. To make the story more formal. B. To help challenge the children"s reading skills. C. To encourage the children to learn more new words. D. To help children better understand the story. |
| 3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? |
| A. The character Max is brave enough in the story. B. Max was sent to the forest as punishment. C. People of all ages are in favor of the book. D. The movie based on the book proves to be a great success. |
| 4. What does Davis think of the movie? |
| A. She thinks children of all ages will love it. B. She encourages children to see it to fight against their fear  .C. She worries that it might be too frightening for some children. D. She believes it will be a better choice for children than the book. |
| 5. What"s the author"s purpose in writing the passage? |
| A. To advise parents to help children to improve their reading skills. B. To comment on a famous children"s book. C. To encourage children to face their fear and become more imaginative. D. To introduce a movie based on a children"s book. |