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    Downtown Artisan ’ s Club Art Exhibit 

    Please mark Saturday,October 21,on your calendars so that you can attend the Downtown Artisan's Club Art Exhibit!

    There will be beautiful works of art and pottery (陶器) ，created by the Downtown Artisan's Club,available for showing as well as for sale. The highly talented young artists have worked all summer to prepare for this event. Visitors will have an opportunity to meet these talented artists. All income from this event will be used for the continued operations of the Downtown Artisan's Club,which provides amazing classes and support for young artists.

     Tickets are on sale now and are available for $10 (adults) and $5 (students) . Children under the age of 12 will be admitted for free.

     The Downtown Artisan,s Club looks forward to seeing you there!Please get in touch with coordinator (协调员) Jim Hamilton at (905) 412-8980 for more information.

          Deadline is coming closer!

     To all our talented young artists 一 get ready for our coming Art Exhibit on October 21 !As you all know — our Downtown Artisan,s Club Art Exhibit is coming up exactly one month from today.

     Paintings,drawings,sculptures and writings will be needed — for both the show and the sale!

     Don’t forget to have them completed and handed in by next Friday.

     Remember,there will also be cash awards,judged by our group of art reviewers,and the winning pieces will be shown in our Art Book. The artists of the winning pieces will also be invited to attend the two-week summer art c?mp in Paris next summer.

     Have flm — and please submit (提交) your artwork on time!

13. For whom is the first announcement intended?

   A. Young artists. B. Art reviewers.

    C. Club members. D. General visitors.

14. How much should a couple with two kids under 12 pay for the exhibit?

   A. 20 dollars. B. 25 dollars,

    C. 30 dollars. D. 35 dollars.

15. When was “Deadline is coming closer!” posted?

   A. On August 21.    B. On September 21

    C. On October 21.    D. On November 21

16. What are the young artists asked to do by next Friday?

   A. Come to the club.

   B. Pay the service fee.

    C. Submit their artwork.

   D. Speak to the coordinator.

D篇

某青年艺术展的组织者分别向参观者和参赛者发布了通知。

13.D.推理判断题。根据第一则通知第二段中 的 Visitors will have an opportunity to meet these talented artists可知，第一则通知是面向普通参观者的。

14.A.推理判断题 6 根据 Tickets are on sale now and are available for $10 (adults) and $5 (students) . Children under the age of 12 will be admitted for free可知，这一家四口支付20美元就可以了。

15.B推理判断题。根据第二则通知第一段可 知，此文于9月21日发布。

16.C.细节理解题。根据 Paintings,drawings,sculptures and writings will be needed ... Don,t forget to have them completed and handed in by next Friday可知,参赛的青年艺术家需要在下 周五之前提交作品。

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On Singles'Day many singles choose to say goodbye to their single lives,4         (attend) blind date parties,and some people even decide to get 5         (marry) with strangers. 6       this day has recently become more of a time for shopping,because many shops online will give customers great discount 7         (promote) their goods.

More and more people are 8       (will) to shop online to get what they want,and I am one of them. I just can't help buying things 9        I need them or not. 10       ( honest) speaking,some of the things that I bought have been put aside forever in my closet.

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6.         7.                 8.                  9.          10.       

Mobile Phones：Hang Up or Keep Talking?

Millions of people are using mobile phones today. In many places,it is actually considered unusual not to have one. 1       They found that the phones are more than a means of communication―having a mobile phone shows that they're cool and connected.

The explosions around the world in mobile phone use make some health professionals worried. Some doctors are concerned that in the future many people may suffer health problems from the use of mobile phones. Mobile phone companies are worried about the negative publicity (负面才艮道) of such ideas. 2       On the other hand,signs of change in the tissues of the brain and head can be detected with modern scanning equipment. In one case,a traveling salesman had to retire at a young age because of serious memory loss. 3       This man used to talk on his mobile phone for about six hours a day,every day of his working week,for a couple of years.

4       The answer is radiation. Hightech machines can detect very small amounts of radiation from mobile phones. Mobile phone companies agree that there is some radiation,but they say the amount is too small to worry about.

As the discussion about safety continues,it appears that it's best to use mobile phones less often. 5       Use your mobile phone only when you really need it. In the future,mobile phones may have a warning label that says they're bad for your health. So for now,it's wise not to use your mobile phone too often.

   A. They will possibly affect their benefits.

   B. In many countries,mobile phones are very popular with young people.

   C. What do the doctors worry about?

   D. What is it that makes mobile phones potentially harmful?

   E. They say that there is no proof that mobile phones are bad for people's health.

   F. He couldn't remember even simple tasks.

   G. Use your regular phone if you want to talk for a long time.

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There is always something to be thankful for

    A famous writer was in his study. He picked up his pen and wrote:

** Last year,I had an operation and my gall bladder (胆嚢) was removed. I was stuck in bed due to this operation for a long time.

** The same year I reached 60 and had to give up my favourite job.

** The same year I experienced the sorrow of the death of my father.

** And the same year my son had a car accident. He had to stay in hospital for several days. The destruction of the car was another loss.

    At the end he wrote: It was such a bad year!

    When the writer's wife entered the room,she found her husband looking sad. From behind his back she read what was written on the paper. She left the room silently and came back with another piece of paper and placed it on. the side of her husband's writing.

    The writer saw the paper which read:

** Last year I finally got rid of my gall bladder due to which I had spent years in pain.

** I turned 60 with sound health and got retired from my job. Now I can make good use of my time to write something better with more focus and peace.

** The same year my father,at the age of . 95,passed away without depending on anyone and without any serious condition.

** The same year,my son was blessed (保佑) with a new life. My car was destroyed but my son survived. 一

    At the end she wrote: This year was a great blessing and it passed well!

    See!The couple had different viewpoints on the same incidents. In our daily lives we should see that it's not happiness that makes us grateful but gratefulness that makes US happy. There is always something to be thankful for!

Translate the underlined paragrah into Chinese.

 

             B ★★★★☆ !

    It is 7 am and the alarm is going off. You know you have to get out of bed to catch the school bus. But the strong wish to bury yourself in the bed is ever so strong. Does it sound familiar?

    During adolescence(青春期) ，the body goes through many changes including changes in sleep patterns. Researchers have found that though : adolescents need as much as 9.5 hours of sleep a day they go to bed later and later with each passing year.

    In fact,the sleep cycle shifts later by as much as ： 12 to 18 minutes each year between the ages of 10 and 20!So by the time a 10-year-old who sleeps at 8 pm ' grows to be 17 or 18,his body naturally wants to stay up till 10:30 or 11 pm.

    According to researchers,this is because of a hormone called melatonin(褪黑素) that is produced by the pineal gland — a tiny structure deep inside the brain. Melatonin controls a body's natural d?y-night patterns. It causes a person tò become sleepy by lowering his body's (体核温度) .It is produced much later in the evening and continues to increase throughout the night. This makes it difficult for teens to fall asleep earlier as they did in their younger years.

    Sleep is food for the brain. During sleep,important bodily functions and brain activities happen. Not sleeping can be harmful and even deadly 一 especially for those 'who drive. A slow brain makes it difficult to concentrafe. and can affect grades at school.

    The American Association of Pediatrics (AAP) suggests that letting teens sleep in during school days can lead to overall b?peí?ts for them,since children who are suffering from a lack of sleep are more likely to suffer from anxiety,have traffic accidents and perform poorly at schools. In fact,AAP advises that middle and high schools should start later 一 not before 8:30 am. But a later Start time means a later end time too. Will that affect after-school activities?

5. Researchers have found that teens .

   A. should go to bed at 10:00 or 11 pm

   B. will fall asleep later as they grow older 

    C. are unwilling to take the school bus

   D. should sleep more than 9;5 hours one day

6. According to Paragraph 4 ,what causes some teens to be sleepy?

   A. Melatonin. 

    B. After-school activities,

    C. Sleep patterns. 

    D. The core temperature.

7. The AAP believes that .

   A. teens,health is threatened by lack of activities

   B. scho?ls should end earlier than before

    C. lack of sleep affects teens’after-school  activities   

    D. schools should put off their start time

8. The text is mainly concerned with

   A. sleep hours and teenagers' brain

   B. sleep hours and class behavior

    C. effective ways to improve teens’ sleep

   D. a comparison of sleeping more and sleeping less

                 C ★★★★★

    Over the past decade,there have been many scientific studies on the digital (数字的) activity of people,such as making mobile calls,texting,e-mailing,and posting on social media. Nearly all human behavior leaves a digital footprint. Therefore,scientists can use such digital activity as a way to track human activity. For example,they can study differences between cultures in sleep patterns,work schedules,and spare time activities.

    Researchers from Finland and Denmark use a completely new approach to study digital rhythms (规律) .Previous studies focused on general patterns across large numbers of people. However,this time researchers focus. on pronounced,long-term differences in rhythm between inid?viduals. They show that people tend to have their personal rhythm of digital activity. It is stable like a personal signature 。(签名)

    “Each individual follows their own daily rhythm ,” says Talayeh,who led the research. “In almost every case,the patterns differ strongly from the average behavior,for example by increased calling frequency during mornings,mid-days,or evenings ,” says Talayeh. What drives these individual differences is not yet clear. Geographical and cultural differences clearly play a role. “There could also be an effect of (生理学) .We see this research as the first step to understand how activity patterns are related to other people's characteristics,such as personality and mobility behavior,” say Talayeh.

    This finding could also have medical use. Digital rhythms could be monitored for patients with mental health problems. Sudden changes in patients’digital rhythms could be a sign that treatment may be necessary. “Combining this research with Big Data may also bring new ways of research in sleep studies ,” concludes Talayeh.

9. What do scientists use the digital activity of people to do?

   A. To make their research easier.

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   C. To aid the development of social media.

   D. To reduce people's dependence on mobile phones.

10. Which of the following can best describe digital rhythms?

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   B. Personal and fixed.

   C. Different but unclear.

   D. Changeable and mysterious.

11. According to Talayeh,digital rhythms .

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   B. have a great effect on everyday habits 

   C. may have something to do with culture   

    D. can help ?ie development of physiology 

12. What is the use of digital rhythms in the medical field?

   A. They can help avoid patients’ sleep problems.

   B. They will change the ways doctors do their work,

   C. They could free people of mental problems.

   D. They may tell whether a patient is well.

        B  ★★★★☆

    Americans gone super!Super-sized,that is. New Yorker Morgan Spurlock tells the truth about what is really in food and how much fat Americans gain in the new documentary,iSwperszze Me!In America around 75 million people are overweight.

    Morgan Spurlock put the issue of obesity to a test: eating nothing but McDonald's for an entire month. He faced many effects. For example,after the first week,his body fat increased by 5%. After the entire month,he gained 24. 5 pounds. His cholesterol (胆固醇) increased 65 points. He got frequent chest pain,nausea (恶心)depression,headaches,etc. He nearly doubled his risk of heart disease.

    During his experiment,he traveled the country to find out what we,re really eating. He met a man who had eaten 19 ,000 big hamburgers from McDonald,s. He discovered that children knew more about Ronald McDonald than George Washington or Jesus. He tried over ten times to schedule an interview with the head of McDonald's,but didn’t get a reply.

    In the end,I found myself disappointed with the documentary. It wasn 51 the lack of information. In fact,if this was based on information,I’d give it 5 stars. Spurlock didn't let the information speak for itself. If he had,this documentary would have been brilliant. His points were overstated.

    He ended the documentary by saying, “Who do you want to see go first? You? Or them?” I believ? the point he’s trying to make is that eating fast foods will endanger US. But it’ 11 take a lot more than a ：hamburger once a month to kill US. Yes,if you eat McDonald's every day,you need to change your :eating habits. But scaring the rest of US into eating i vegan pies every day? No,thank you. r II take my coke super-sized.

5. To make Supersize Me,Spurlock .

   A. traveled around the world

   B. risked his health to do a test 

    C. turned to professional advice

   D. seldom cared about his heart disease

6. The underlined part in Paragraph 3 means that children

   A. often eat junk food

   B. have no religious beliefs

    C. know little about George Washington   

    D. show more interest in business than history

7. Why was the author unsatisfied with Supersize Mel

   A. It lasted too long.

   B. It gave unclear points,

    C. It failed to convince him.

   D. It provided limited information.

8. Which of the following will the author probably agree with?

   A. Hamburgers help people remain healthy.

   B. It is okay to eat fast food sometimes.

    C. It is hard to develop good eating habits.

   D. We should eat more fruit and vegetables.

               Angle of perception 

 

    Once,a professor put a chair at a certain distance on the stage,and then started his lecture. Pointing to the middle row audience,those who were sitting exactly in front of the chair,he asked, “How many legs does the chair have? Please tell me exactly what you observe,not assuming that the chair has four legs."

    The first person from the middle row replied, “Two”，because ihe other two legs were hidden behind the front legs. The professor then asked the same question to the viewers on the left. The answer came “Three”. Here,one back leg was hidden behind one of its front legs. So,only three could be seen. The same question was repeated to those on the right and the extreme comers of the audience. The answers he received were uThree^ and aF〇?ur,? respectively (分别地) . 

    The professor then said, “Look!All of you know that the chair has four legs,but when I asked you to answer me exactly what you observed from your angle (角度) ，your answers were different. But do you think it is possible? Do you think that the same chair has two,three or four legs? Obviously the answer is “no”. We assumed it as the different numbers* according to our perception,the angle. from which we view. So what I mean is that our perception is not always correct or true. The same thing happens to everybody when he / she judges others from his / her view point. Kindly,think about this when you are judging others." Sometimes,things are misunderstood because of our angle of percep-tion.

Find the words in the text that fit the following descriptions.

1. V. to think or accept that sth is true but without having proof of it (in Paragraph 1)

2. n. an idea,a belief or an image you have as a result of how you see or understand sth (in Paragraph 3)

How to write a short story in a day

June 25,2016 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm London,United Kingdom

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a short story

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Write your own story//ww scrí?c/i (从零开始) here with Alba Arikha 

Imagine you could write a great short story? Give it a try at this unique Masterclass with author Alba Arikha. In the space of just one day,you* 11 learn how to find your voice,develop your writing skills and make up a storyline. Then,you’ 11 write your own short story from scratch. .

During this highly interactive (互动的) course,you’ 11 take part in practical exercises and writing,enabling you to develop your skills and build your confidence. Along the way,you* 11 receive help,from making up a storyline to developing characters. Plus,you, 11 have the opportunity to receive feedback (反馈) on your work. By the end of the day,you’ 11 have finished writing a story of at least 500 words in length and have the skills and confidence to continue your writing journey after the class.

Content

  . The key parts of a great short story

  . Writing techniques that can be put into practice immediately

  . How to find your voice as a writer

  . Creating a storyline from scratch

  . Character development

  . Choosing th? point of view that's right for your story 

  . Examples of great short stories

  . Write your own short story during the class 

Course preparation 

Attendees are encouraged to bring in a short' story of their own to be discussed in class.

Tutor profile 

Alba Arikha is an author whose works include Walking on Ice and Muse. Alba is also a highly experienced creative writing teacher,and has written for various publications including The New Republic and Tatler. Find out more on her website.

If you have any questions about the Guardian Masterclass program,please contact US by email at masterclasses@theguardian.com,or by telephone on 0800 088 2586.

13. What can we leam about the “How to write a short story in a day”？

   A. It costs you about $250.

   B. It is hosted by Alba Arikha. 

   C. It lasts about four hours.

   D. It sells its last ticket on June25

14. During the course,you will .

   A. read Alba Arikha’ s books

   B. interact with Alba Arikha

   C. write a story about Alba Arikha   

   D. comment on other learnersJ stories

15. What should you bring in order to attend the course?

A delicious lunch. B. A story of your own. 

   C. Alba Arikha's books. D. Drinks for breaks.

16. If you want to know more about Alba Arikha,you can .

A. read hqr works，        B. send her an email 

C. give her a phone call   D. look through her,website

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