Facebook means never having to say goodbye. The social media web site has earned a reputation for reconnecting old friends. Last week, a guy whom I hadn't seen since my bachelor party five years ago sent me a friend request. I accepted and waited for him to send me a greeting of some kind. He had sought me out, after all.
I learned from his profile that he was in a relationship and had a son. However, I'm pretty sure we won’t ever write wall-to-wall, let alone e-mail each other. But he'll remain a friend of online until one of us makes a point of removing the other from his official list.
My pool of friends consists of family members, college buddies, co-workers from past and present, and friends of friends. There are 35 in all. If I spent some time uploading old e-mail addresses, I'm confident that I could increase my friend count actually.
A person could make a mission out of reconnecting with childhood friends, former classmates, distant cousins, and those one would like to get to know better. And some people can even handle hundreds of on-screen relationships, keeping up with the daily happenings of their small army of companions. After all, there are worse fates than having too many friends.
Thanks to e-mail, the inability to schedule face-to-face meetings no longer means a friendship must come to a close. But even with e-mail, people will lose touch if one or both parties stop writing back. That's normal. People move from school to school, job to job, city to city. You never have to feel guilty for breaking away.
Every day, the masterminds of Web 2. 0 find new ways of making human communication easier. However, convenience can be a crutch. Some things shouldn't be simplified. When it comes to friendship, there can be no shortcuts.
【小题1】According to Paragraph l, the web site is famous because _______.

A.it has an interesting name of “Facebook”
B.it helps people get in touch with old friends
C.it can send people a greeting of some kind
D.it reminds people of events in the past
【小题2】From the second paragraph we can learn that the writer _______.
A.would write to the friend quite often
B.asked the friend to e-mail him
C.did get some information about the friend
D.would keep in touch with the friend forever
【小题3】 Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A.There are 35 people in the author's list of friends right now.
B.The author communicates with all the 35 friends by e-mails.
C.The list of 35 friends doesn't include the old e-mail addresses.
D.It is not difficult for the author to increase his friend count.
【小题4】What does the author think of the convenience of communicating on line?
A.The technology could not keep true friendship forever.
B.The social web site of Facebook means nothing at all.
C.There will be no ways of making real friends on line.
D.People will not lose friends with the help of the Facebook.

 

HIGHFIELD COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL

SCHOOL REPORT

Form Teacher: G. Baker            Pupil’s Name:  Simon Watkins

Term:        Summer 2012   Form:         B

Subject        Exam   Class work Comments

English         59     61       Simon has reached a satisfactory standard but now needs to apply himself with more determination.

Mathematics    77     85       Sound work and progress throughout the year. Well done!

History        46     53       A disappointing exam result. He is unable to give attention to this subject for long.

Chemistry      78     85       His obvious ability in the subject was not fully reflected in his exam work, but I have high hopes for him nevertheless.

Physics        86     94       An excellent term’s performance. He goes from strength to strength. A born scientist, I feel.

Biology        57     60       This time next year he will be taking the “0” exam. He needs to concentrate on the work, not on class conversation.

French        41     46       Clearly he didn’t bother to revise. His general attitude is far too casual.

Physical

Education      /      31       Weak. It’s time he exercised his body more and his voice less. He should try to work with a team.

FORM TEACHER’S REMARKS                     HEADMASTER

Basically satisfactory work and progress              I shall be keeping an eye on though he will now have realized, I hope, that         his progress in his weaker    in certain subject areas he needs to make               subjects though his

speedy progress.                           success in the sciences is improvement.

1.According to the comments of the Physical Education teacher, Simon_______.

A.is too talkative in the class

B.likes to work with his classmates

C.doesn’t exercise his body at the right time

D.becomes weak because he doesn’t exercise at all

2.Which of Simon’s subjects will attract the headmaster’s attention in future?

A.Biology and Maths.                      B.History and French.

C.English and Chemistry.                    D.Physics and Physical Education.

3.Which of the following statements best describes Simon?

A.He has made great progress in language classes.

B.His potential has been fully reflected in science classes.

C.His grade in maths makes him a born scientist.

D.He needs to improve his attitude on certain subjects.

4. Based on the school report, which of the following statements is true?

A.Simon didn’t bother his teacher to revise French.

B.Basically, Simon did a good job in science.

C.Simon is a determined learner in English.

D.Simon is able to pay attention to history for long.

 

Facebook means never having to say goodbye. The social media website has earned a reputation for reconnecting old friends. Last week,a guy whom I hadn't seen since my bachelor party five years ago sent me a friend request. I accepted and waited for “Easy E” to send me a greeting of some kind. He had sought me out,after all.
I learned from his profile that he was in a relationship and had a son. However,I'm pretty sure we won't ever write wall-to-wall,let alone e­mail each other. But he'll remain a friend of online until one of us makes a point of removing the other from his official list.
My pool of friends consists of family members,college buddies,co­workers from past and  present,and friends of friends. There are 35 in all. If I spent some time uploading old e­mail addresses,I'm confident that I could increase my friend count actually.
A person could make a mission out of reconnecting with childhood friends,former  classmates,distant cousins, and those one would like to get to know better. And some people can even handle hundreds of on­screen relationships,keeping up with the daily happenings of  their small army of companions. After all,there are worse fates than having too many friends.
Thanks to e­mail,the inability to schedule face-to-face meetings no longer means a  friendship must come to a close. But even with e­mail,people will lose touch if one or both  parties stop writing back. That’s normal. People move from school to school,job to job,city to city. You never have to feel guilty for breaking away.
Every day,the masterminds of Web 2.0 find new ways of making human communication  easier. However,convenience can be a crutch(拐杖).Some things shouldn't be simplified. When it comes to friendship,there can be no shortcuts.

  1. 1.

    According to Paragraph 1,the website is famous because ________.

    1. A.
      it has an interesting name of “Facebook”
    2. B.
      it helps people get in touch with old friends
    3. C.
      it can send people a greeting of some kind
    4. D.
      it reminds people of events in the past
  2. 2.

    From the second paragraph we can learn that the writer ________.

    1. A.
      would write to the friend quite often
    2. B.
      asked the friend to e­mail him
    3. C.
      did get some information about the friend
    4. D.
      would keep in touch with the friend forever
  3. 3.

    Which of the following statements is NOT true?

    1. A.
      There are 35 people in the author's list of friends right now.
    2. B.
      The author communicates with all the 35 friends by e­mails.
    3. C.
      The list of 35 friends doesn't include the old e­mail addresses.
    4. D.
      It is not difficult for the author to increase his friend count.
  4. 4.

    What does the author think of the convenience of communicating online?

    1. A.
      The technology could not keep true friendship forever.
    2. B.
      The social website of Facebook means nothing at all.
    3. C.
      There will be no ways of making real friends online.
    4. D.
      People will not lose friends with the help of the Facebook.

Bar codes are one way that the U.S. Postal Service streamlines mail of the wrong hands. A letter that comes without a bar code or cancelled stamp might not have been processed by the U.S. Postal Service and it might indicate that something's fishy.(可疑的)Can you decode a bar code the way the U.S. Postal Service can?

Here’s How

1.Here's how to read the bar code on your letter.

·Most U.S. letter bar codes have bars of two lengths: long and short.

·Every bar code should start and end with long bars; ignore those.

·Look at the rest of the bars in groups of five, starting with the second bar. Each group of five represents one digit.(数字)

2. Here's how to figure out what those digits are.

·The five bars stand for one of these numbers: 7, 4, 2, 1, 0.

·Some genius figured out that this range would allow you to come up with the digits 0 to 9. You do it by adding the numbers of the long bars together.

Say you have this bar code:

Here, the 4 and 2 places have long bars. Added together, they total 6, so this bar code stands for 6.

Say you have this bar code:

The 1 and 0 places have long bars. Added together, they total 1, so this bar code stands for 1.

Say you have this bar code:

The 7 and 4 pieces have long bars. Added together, they total 11, but there is no 11 in this system, so this bar code stands for 0.

3. Now let's look at the bar code on a letter.

Ignore the first and last bars of the whole bar code. Then look at the next 20 bars to find the zip code (0680). The next two sets of five bars give your mail carrier’s number (10153). The rest of the bars in the bar code indicate the house or maibox number. The house number is 32.

63.Why does US Postal Service just use five numbers for the five bars?

      A.They are easy to read.                          B.They are ohosen only by accident.

       C.They can stand for the long bars.          D.They are enough to make ten digits.

64.Which of the following bar codes otands for “7” according to the text?

65.According to the text, we know that          .

       A.the bar code often beings with a short bar                             

       B.the last short her is often ignored

       C.the mail route should follow the zip code

       D.the bar code can show your house color

66.The purpose of the text is to let us know how to           .

       A.create a bar code                                 B.recognize a bar code

       C.send a letter                                        D.make the maibox safe

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