The Cambridge Science Festival Curiosity Challenge

Dare to Take the Curiosity Challenge!

The Cambridge Science Festival (CSF) is pleased to inform you of the sixth annual Curiosity Challenge. The challenge invites , even dares school students between the ages of 5 and 14 to create artwork or a piece of writing that shows their curiosity how it inspires them to explore their world.

Students are being dared to draw a picture, write an article, take a photo or write a poem that shows what they are curious about. To enter the challenge, all artwork or pieces of writing should be sent to the Cambridge Science Festival, MIT Museum, 265 Mass Avenue,

Students who enter the Curiosity Challenge and are selected as winners will be honor at a special ceremony during the CSF on Sunday, April 21st. Guest speakers will also present prizes to the students. Winning entries will be published in a book. Student entries will exhibited and prizes will be given. Families of those who take part will be included in celebration and brunch will be served.

Between March 10th and March 15h, each winner will be given the specifics of the closing ceremony and the Curiosity Challenge celebration. The program guidelines and other related information are available at :http:// cambridgesciencefestival.org.

1.Who can take part in the Curiosity Challenge?

A. Cambridge locals. B. School students.

C. CSF winners. D. MIT artists.

2.When will the prize-giving ceremony be held?

A. On February 8th. B. On March 10th.

C. On March 15th D. On April 21st.

3.What type of writing is this text?

A.An exhibition guide. B. An art show review.

C. An announcement. D. An official report.

The Collections of Chinese Ancient Cultural Relics Abroad: Volume Victoria and Albert Museum has just been published, the fruit of ten years' efforts by Chinese experts.

The book is the first of an upcoming series that centers on ancient cultural heritage(文化遗产) collections in different museums around the world. The book details 195 out of 18,000 items now in the Victoria and Albert Museum in England.

More than 1.64 million ancient Chinese artifacts have been transported out of China because of different reasons such as wars and smuggling(走私) since the mid 19th century. More than 200 museums in 47 countries hold such collections, according to a report from UNESCO.

"The information we now have about these pieces is still very patchy(不全面的)," said Lu Zhangshen, curator(馆长) of the National Museum of China. "In order to have a clearer picture about these items, National Museum of China decided to start the Chinese Ancient Cultural Relics Abroad book project in 2005. But after we began, we found it really difficult to collect information for every piece from each museum. That’s why the first volume took us ten years."

"The pieces in the book include 102 porcelains(瓷器), 31 bronzes(铜器), 22 lacquer(漆器), 10 enamel vessels(搪瓷器皿) and so on," Liu Mingqian from Victoria and Albert Museum said.

According to the National Museum of China, the volume of the Japanese museum Sen-oku Hakuko Kan is coming out soon and the museum will seek more cooperation from museums worldwide to accelerate(加速) the project.

1.Which of the following best describes Lu Zhangshen’s attitudes towards the Chinese Ancient Cultural Relics Abroad book project?

A. worthwhile but expensive

B. reasonable but worthless

C. meaningless but hard

D. meaningful but difficult

2.Which of the following statements is NOT True According to the text?

A. So far, Volumes Victoria, Albert Museum and the Japanese museum have been published.

B. A great many ancient Chinese artifacts have been distributed(分散) worldwide due mainly to wars and smuggling.

C. It is nearly ten years since the Chinese Ancient Cultural Relics Abroad book project was set up.

D. At present, collecting information for every piece from each museum is to some degree tough.

3.The main purpose of the passage is to ________.

A. compare and evaluate

B. inform and explain

C. argue and discuss

D. examine and explain

Recently many universities have used the school beauty and a handsome boy as a way of advertising to attract new students.

Web celebrity Zhang Zetian,who is popularly known by her online nickname 'Milk Tea Sister' appeared on the cover page of Tsinghua University's magazine,along with other famous people in the university in 2012.

Renmin University,a top university in Beijing featured graduation photos of a beautiful girl,Kang Yikun in 2013 in its website's homepage.The photo won praise from netizens who said it showed the atmosphere of the graduation season in a creative way.

Famous school beauties and handsome boys also appeared in Wuhan University,Northwest University,Beijing Language and Culture University and many other schools.

Some approve of this way of advertising.A young writer,Zhang Lechen,who was born in the 1980s,said this promotional method was creative and had a strong visual impact and as a result was a much more effective way to communicate.

However,others argue against the method,saying that it is not a good way for the university to use attractive girls or boys to make advertisements.

[写作内容]

1.以约30个词概括上文的主要内容。

2.以约120个词就“大学招生”这个话题谈谈你的看法,内容包括:

(1)你对大学利用美女、帅哥打招生广告的看法;

(2)你会根据大学哪些条件来决定报读;

(3)你希望在大学结识什么样的人。

[写作要求]

1.作文中可以使用亲身经历或虚构的故事,也可以参照阅读材料的内容,但不得直接引用原文中的句子。

2.作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

[评分标准]

概括准确,语言规范,内容合适,语篇连贯。

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