Although it was autumn, the snow was already beginning to fall in Tibet. Our legs were so heavy and cold that they felt like blocks of ice. Have you ever seen snowmen ride bicycles? That's what we looked like! Along the way children dressed in long wool coats stopped to look at us. In the late afternoon we found it was so cold that our water bottles froze. However, the lakes shone like glass in the setting sun and looked wonderful. Wang Wei rode in front of me as usual. She is very reliable and I knew I didn't need to encourage her. To climb the mountains was hard work but as we looked around us, we were surprised by the view. We seemed to be able to see for miles. At one point we were so high that we found ourselves cycling through clouds. Then we began going down the hills. It was great fun especially as it gradually became much warmer. In the valleys colorful butterflies flew around us and we saw many yaks and sheep eating green grass. At this point we had to change our caps, coats, gloves and trousers for T-shirts and shorts.

1.From this passage we know it is___ when they had their bike trip.

A. summer B. spring C. winter D. fall.

2.Where did they see yaks and sheep eating green grass?

A. On the top of the mountain.

B. In the valleys.

C. Along the river.

D. Halfway up the mountain

3.What did they wear when they rode on the mountain?

A. T-shirts and shorts.

B. caps, coats, gloves and trousers

C. long wool coats

D. down jacket(羽绒服)

4.Why did the children dressed in long wool coats stopped to look at us?

A. they felt it unbelievable.

B. they felt it interesting.

C. they felt it fun

D. they felt it curious

Low-Cost Gifts for Mother’s Day Gift No.1

Offer to be your mother's health friend.Promise to be there for any and all doctor’s visits whether a disease or a regular medical check-up.Most mothers always say “no need", but another set of eyes and ears is always a good idea at a doctor’s visit.The best part? This one is free.

Gift No.2

Help your mother organize all of her medical records, which include the test results and medical information.Put them all in one place.Be sure to make a list of all of her medicines and what times she takes them.“Having all this information in one place could end up saving your mother’s life,” Dr.Marie Savard said.

Gift No.3

Enough sleep is connected to general health conditions.“Buy your mother cotton sheets and comfortable pillows to encourage better sleep,” Savard said.“We know that good sleep is very important to our health.”

Gift No.4

Some gift companies such as Presents for Purpose allow you to pay it forward this Mother’s Day by picking gifts in which 10 percent of the price you pay goes to a charity (慈善机构).Gift givers can choose from a wide variety of useful but inexpensive things—many of which are “green” —and then choose a meaningful charity from a list.When your mother gets the gift, she will be told that she has helped the chosen charity.

1.What are you advised to do for your mother at doctor's visits?

A.Take notes.

B.Be with her.

C.Buy medicine.

D.Give her gifts.

2.What can be a gift of organization for your mother?

A.Keeping her medical information together.

B.Buying all gifts for her from one company.

C.Making a list of her medical check-ups.

D.Storing her medicines in a safe place.

3.Where can you find a gift idea to improve your mother’s sleep?

A.In Gift No.1.

B.In Gift No.2.

C.In Gift No.3.

D.In Gift No.4.

4.Buying gifts from Presents for Purpose allows mothers to _______.

A.enjoy good sleep

B.be well-organized

C.get extra support

D.give others help

This year, Face book, the social media website announced that it would cooperate with several news organizations — including The New York Times, The Guardian, and the BBC — to place news stories directly into users’ personal Face book webpage. Stories published using Face book Instant will load more quickly and keep the style of the original publisher, who will keep all the advertising income the stories earn — at least for now. The deal shows how important social media has become to news organizations, and is a clear sign of how the world of news is changing — and has been for a while.

Many thought of it as the death of the newspaper, when Google News began in 2002. It had no human editor. Instead Google used, and still uses, a secret computer program that selects and displays news stories according to the reader’s personal interests, More recently, Associated Press and Yahoo have been publishing computer-written articles. Both use special software to automatically produce stories about company financial results and sports reports — areas where the quality of writing is felt to be of secondary importance to the accuracy of the data.

I think we should be concerned about such developments. One concern is that Facebook, Google and other social media websites see journalism as a sideline (副业), a way of putting people in front of advertisements. It isn’t their primary function — so if it stops making them lots of money, they’re likely to stop doing it.

There’s another concern that computer-written articles are not actually journalism at all, because what a human news team produces is actually quite complex. A well-written news story puts information in context, offers a voice to each side of an argument and brings the public new knowledge.

Although economics and speed of delivery mean readers will probably choose a computer-written story over a carefully shaped article — at least for daily news — I don’t think the computers will be writing any in-depth articles for a while yet.

1.What is the main purpose of the article?

A. To report on a new computer service offered by Facebook.

B. To advise readers against reading computer-written news.

C. To express concern about recent trends in online news.

D. To describe the process of online news reporting.

2.Computer-written news reports have so far focused on sports and finance because ________.

A. these are the most popular topics for online readers

B. writing style is less important than accuracy in these areas

C. information on these topics is more easily available

D. there are fewer journalists specializing in these areas

3.What does the underlined word “It” in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A. Business. B. Advertising.

C. Facebook. D. Journalism.

4.In Paragraph 4, which of the following is mentioned as a characteristic of a well-written news article?

A. The information presented is up-to-date.

B. The author’s opinion is clear.

C. The language used is vivid.

D. Different views on the topic are presented.

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