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Thanks to the development of technology in the past few years , people now can read news on the Internet quickly . _____of holding a newspaper to read , some people prefer to get worldwide news on mobile phones , computers and so on . So , does it mean it is the ____of information technology and newspapers will be replaced(取代)in the future ?

On the one hand , many people believe that newspapers will be replaced . Online news ____in a minute but newspapers can’t . So , by taking advantage of technology , people can connect ____ with the world in minutes . What’s more , many people prefer to read electronic news _____ they think it is not only fast but also costs little . Besides , using paper means cutting trees . Reading online news can ____ protect trees and save paper .

On the other hand , some people believe that newspapers will still exist(存在)in the future . Firstly , not everyone likes to read online news since some of them think it is bad for ______ . Secondly , the development of high technology is not spread all over the world . The online services will only be ______in the developed countries , but not in some other developing or ____ countries . So , people there may still read newspapers .

In short , although it is ________ that electronic news has developed quickly in the past years , newspapers still play a certain role in our modern life .

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Creativity(创造力)is the key to a bright future. Here is schools and parents can help their children to develop their creativity.

Drew worked for a company in 1925. At work he invented(发明)a kind of material enough to hold things together. But his boss told him not to think more about the idea. Drew didn't stop and finally, using his own time, made a kind of tape, which now is used everywhere by many people. And his company learned from its .Now the company asked its workers to 15 percent of their work time just thinking about and developing new ideas.

Creativity is not something one is just born with. A person with high intelligence(智力)does not mean that he uses it creatively. Creativity is the matter of your intelligence to think of new ideas that are good for something.

We know that many schools have tried to develop students' creativity, but some teachers only want to develop students' reading, writing and math skills, and have to creativity for correct answers. Children from such schools can give correct answers, but they are unable to use to work out problems

It is important to give children choices. From the earliest age, children should learn to make decisions and understand their . Even though it's choosing between two kinds of food lunch, decision-making helps thinking skills. As children grow older, parents should let their children decide how to use their time or spend their money, but not help them too much if they make the wrong decision. The child may have a time, but that is all right.

1.A. when B. where C. how D. what

2.A. thick B. wide C. light D. strong

3.A. mistake B. thought C. suggestion D. effect

4.A. take B. cost C. spend D. pay

5.A. finding B. using C. taking D. improving

6.A. grow up B. catch up C. give up D. hurry up

7.A. it B. them C. that D. ones

8.A. meanings B. conversations C. results D. questions

9.A. with B. to C. of D. for

10.A. hard B. lucky C. happy D. mad

News One: 29 October, 2015

The government of China plans to end its one-child per family policy (政策) and instead let families have two children. The plan was announced Thursday after high-level meetings in Beijing. China, which has the largest population, made the one-child policy in 1980. The government allowed only a small number of couples to have two children for so many years. For example, some couples in the countryside could have two children.

News Two: 05 October, 2015

The first of the 2015 Nobel Prizes has been announced. Sweden’s Nobel Prize committee says the Nobel Prize for medicine will go to scientists from Ireland, Japan and China. William Campbell from Ireland and Satoshi Omura from Japan share the prize for their discovery of the medicine avermectin (阿维菌素). The Nobel committee praised their work on what it calls a “novel therapy.” The treatment fights disease caused by parasites(寄生虫). The prize for medicine is also going to Chinese researcher Tu Youyou. She discovered Artemisia. Artemisia is a drug (药物) that has greatly made the number of people who die from malaria (疟疾) smaller.

News Three: 09 December, 2015

Oil prices have fallen to their lowest levels since 2009. Brent crude oil, one of several kinds of oil on the world market, dropped below $40 a barrel(桶) on Tuesday. However, the main group of oil producing countries has been unable to reduce the oil production.

1.How long did China’s one-child policy last?

A. 38 years. B. 36 years. C. 25 years. D. 65 years.

2.Who got the Nobel Prize for medicine?

A. Tu Youyou from China.

B. William Campbell from Ireland.

C. William Campbell from Ireland and Satoshi Omura from Japan.

D. William Campbell from Ireland, Satoshi Omura from Japan and Tu Youyou from China.

3.What can we know from News Three?

A. There is only one kind oil on the world market.

B. Main oil producing countries will produce less oil.

C. Oil prices on Tuesday are the lowest in history.

D. Main oil producing countries will still produce as much oil as before.

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