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Wilson Middle School
To: All students
From: Agnes Smith, Secretary of the Computer Club
Date: 8th September
Subject: A New Year for the Computer Club
Welcome back to school. It is a new year for the Computer Club, and there are lots of things to tell you about, so here goes.
First of all, we have redesigned the school website home page. It is now more interesting, and contains information about updates to the school website. You can now click on the right places to see our new school motto, the information about our 25th School Anniversary and a Chinese version. Why not have a look at it, and tell your friends about it, as well? The school website address is http://school.web/wms/index.html.
Secondly, the 15th Joints Schools Computer Exhibition will be held from the 3rd to the 10th of July next year. The theme of the exhibition is ‘Computer Technology 20 Years from Now’. All participating schools must submit a project proposal (方案) by the 28th of April next year. We want our school to participate in the exhibition, and we will prepare a project proposal for the school to submit before the deadline. If you have an idea for a proposal, please e-mail Kevin Shum or Amy Yale.
Finally, the Computer Club will hold a Get-Acquainted lunch on Saturday, the 20th of September, at 12:30 pm in Room 12. We invite you all to the lunch, and we welcome you to come whether you are interested in joining the Computer Club, or you just want to learn something about computers.
We look forward to seeing you there!
58. What can we learn from Paragraph 2?
A. The school has a new website address.
B. The students can see the old school motto on the home page.
C. The school will celebrate their anniversary on September 25th.
D. The students can read the information in Chinese on the school website.
59. You can go and enjoy the 15th Joints Schools Computer Exhibition on ________ next year.
A. April 28th B. July 3rd C. September 8th D. September 12th
60. What will the Computer Club do on September 20th?
A. Redesign a home page. B. Hold a computer exhibition.
C. Offer a special lunch. D. Submit a project proposal.
61. What is the purpose of the letter?
A. To report what the Computer Club did last year.
B. To tell about the activities of the Computer Club.
C. To teach the students how to learn computer well.
D. To persuade the students to join the Computer Club.
DBCB
Gossip moves so quickly that few people have time to cover their ears, even if they want to.
“I hate it when others gossip about me,” said Mandy Miraglia, 16, a high school student from California, “but to be honest, gossip about my friends makes me feel I am trusted and belong to the group.” Miraglia is not the only person feeling like that.
Gossip has long been looked down on as little more than nonsense and bad manners. But recent research has shown that gossip has many positive effects on your social life.
“There has been a trend among people to dislike gossip,” said David Sloan Wilson, Professor from the State University of New York in Binghamton, US, “but gossip appears to be a very important form of behavior in a group of friends, defining their group membership.”
For 18 months, Kevin Kniffin, from the University of Wisconsin, US, researched the behavior of 50 people. He found that gossip levels peaked when a sports team included a slacker, someone who regularly missed practices or showed up late. Other members of the team would soon start to joke about the slacker’s shortcomings behind his back, because they thought they were bad for the whole team.
Gossip about the mistakes of senior members helps newcomers rebuild their confidence after a failure.
It also helps relieve social and professional anxiety. Long-term studies show that people around the world devote from a fifth to two-thirds or more of their daily conversation to gossip, and men appear to be just as eager for gossip as women.
It is hard to judge gossip, but it is more powerful than you think.
1. The author would probably agree that______________.
A.gossip is bad manners |
B.gossip has many good effects |
C.gossip is somewhat like nonsense |
D.gossip is more powerful than advice |
2. What does the underlined word “slacker” mean according to the context?
A.Someone who values the team benefit much. |
B.Someone who does not do what they should well. |
C.Someone who is active in sports. |
D.Someone who shows no much interest in sports. |
3.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A.Gossip is a useful way of building group membership. |
B.Gossip can possibly make someone confident. |
C.Generally, women are fonder of gossip than men. |
D.Actually, everyone gossips to some degree in their daily conversation. |