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Last month, students from one hundred and three universities in eighty-eight countries took part in an international computer programming contest. The Battle of the Brains took place in Harbin, China.    71    

Jerry Cain, coach of Stanford University Team, California, says “One of the programming problems was trying to figure out how to break an arbitrary chocolate bar into a certain number of pieces of a certain number of sizes and to do it as quickly as possible.    72   

The students first listed the problems in order of difficulty.  73  They designed ways to test their solutions. And they wrote needed software systems. Even the winning team form Shanhai Jiaotong University in China was not able to solve all the problems within the given time limit. Stanford’s team solved five problems and finished in 14th place. Stanford was one of twenty-one American universities that took part in the contest this year.

    74    It began in 1970 at Texas A and M University. The contest quickly became popular in the United States and Canada. It developed and grew as more and more schools took part in local and area contests.

The first final competition was held in 1977 at the Association for Computer Machinery Computer Science Conference. Today, a network of universities holds area competitions that send the winners to the world finals, now organized by IBM. Contest spokesman Doug Heintzman says the world champions receive prizes and scholarships.    75   

A.The competitors show great interest in IBM.

B.Then they figured out the requirements of each.

C.And that’s probably the simplest of all of them.

D.This competition is an opportunity to be recognized by famous universities from the world.

E.Three-person teams from each school had five hours to solve eleven real world problems.

F.The official name of the Battle of the Brains is the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest.

G.They are also guaranteed and offer of employment with IBM.

The day before Father’s Day, Mrs. Berry asked her students to __36  ___ a card for their fathers. She passed out paper and pieces of cloth.

       Elizabeth looked for a while at the blue cloth and began to cut it. Then she  folded (折)her paper in half and began writing. When Elizabeth finally looked at the message the teacher gave on the paper, she noticed something else. She felt her   37   grow hot — she hadn’t heard that anyone who didn’t have a father could make one for a grandfather or an uncle.

       As her teacher walked to her, Elizabeth tried  38  her card with her arm, but Mrs Berry gently  39  it so that she could read it. Elizabeth sat  40 , waiting for her to say something, but she saw a  41  roll down Mrs Berry’s face. She had never made Mrs Berry so upset.

       When school was over, Elizabeth  42  until all the other kids left so that she could  43 . “I’m sorry for not listening. I’ll make another card  44  you want. I’ll do it  45  and bring it tomorrow.”

       “ 46  are you talking about?” asked Mrs Berry.

       “My Father’s Day card. I know you’re upset because I didn’t do it  47 .”

       “Elizabeth, that was the  48  card in the whole class. It was so  49   that it made me cry.”

       Elizabeth was so  50  that she ran out of the classroom.

       When her mom came home from work that night, Elizabeth  51  to give her the card early.

       On the front of the card was a  52  of Elizabeth’s mom, with a blue piece of cloth cut like her hair. Inside the card she had written:

Dear Mom,

       I know you work really hard to be both a mommy and a(n)  53 . I want to thank you and  54  you a happy Father’s Day!

                                                            Love,

                                                            Elizabeth

       When her mom read the card she started  55 , just like Mrs Berry did.

A. break          B. made             C. make            D. build

A. face              B. heart               C. hands         D. body

A. doing          B. holding             C. covering        D. making

A. caught           B. left                C.    placed        D. lifted

A. alone           B. up                C. still          D. down

A. smile              B. tear               C. hair            D. sweat

A. waited          B. worked            C. stood             D. sat

A.  stay         B. stop                C. understand      D. apologize

A. because         B. until              C. unless           D. if

A. just here               B. at home          C. at once            D. at school

A. Who            B. What         C. Which        D. Whose

A. right        B. quickly           C. wrong          D. carefully

A. worst           B. favorite          C. best               D. simplest

A. wild             B. useful              C. hard            D. sweet 

A. happy                 B. regretful            C. brave            D. easy

A. seemed          B.refused            C. decided          D. promised

A. drawing       B. discovery       C. recording      D. writing

A. teacher          B. sister              C. daddy         D. aunt

A. hope         B. wish             C. want          D. congratulate

A. laughing        B. joking             C. crying         D. worrying

Imagine a mass of floating waste is two times the size of the state of Texas. Texas has a land area of more than 678 000 square kilometers. So it might be difficult to imagine anything twice as big.

    All together, this mass of waste flowing in the North Pacific Ocean is known as the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch. It weighs about 3 500 000 tons. The waste includes bags,bottles and containers—plastic products of all kinds.

    The eastern part of the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch is about l 600 kilometers west of California. The western part is west of the Hawaiian Islands and east of Japan. The area has been described as a kind of oceanic desert,with light winds and slow moving water currents. The water moves so slow that garbage from all over the world collects there.

    In recent years,there have been growing concerns about the floating garbage and its effect on sea creatures and human health. Scientists say thousands of animals get trapped in the floating waste,resulting in death or injury. Even more die from a lack of food or water after swallowing pieces of plastic. The trash can also make animals feel full,lessening their desire to eat or drink.

    The floating garbage also can have harmful effects on people. There is an increased threat of infection of disease from polluted waste,and from eating fish that swallowed waste. Divers can also get trapped in the plastic.

    Its existence first gained public attention in l997. That was when racing boat captain and oceanographer Charles Moore and his crew sailed into the garbage while returning from a racing event. Five years earlier,another oceanographer learned of the trash after a shipment of rubber duckies got lost at sea. Many of those toys are now part of the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch.

    In August,2009,a team from the University of California,San Diego became the latest group to travel to it. They were shocked by the amount of waste they saw. They gathered hundreds of sea creatures and water samples to measure the garbage patch’s effect on ocean environment.

1. How did the writer introduce the topic of the passage?

A. By giving an example.

B. By listing the facts.

C. By telling a story.

D. By giving a comparison.

2.What do we know about the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch?

A. It is made up of various kinds of plastic products.

B. It is a solid mass of floating waste materials.

C. It lies l60 000 kilometers east of California.

D. It is described as a kind of oceanic desert.

3.Why do people pay attention to the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch?

A. Because it may prevent the flow of ocean water.

B. Because the polluted plastic articles will move up the food chain.

C. Because it may be from an island in the pacific.

D. Because ships may be trapped in the floating waste.

4. The purpose of writing this passage is to____________.

A. warn people of the danger to travel in the pacific

B. analyze what caused the waste patch in the pacific

C. give advice on how to recycle waste in the ocean

D. introduce the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch

 

What Is a Boy?

Between the innocence of babyhood and the seriousness of manhood we find a delightful creature called a “boy”. Boys come in different sizes, weights, and colors, but all boys have the same belief: to enjoy every second of every minute of every hour of every day and to fill the air with noise until the adult males pack them off to bed at night.

Boys are found everywhere—on top of, under, inside of, climbing on, swinging from, running around, or jumping to. Mothers spoil them, little girls hate them, older sisters and brothers love them, and God protects them. A boy is TRUTH with dirt on its face, BEAUTY with a cut on its finger, WISDOM with chocolate in its hair, and the HOPE of the future with a snake in its pocket.

When you are busy, a boy is a trouble-maker and a noise. When you want him to make a good impression, his brain turns to jelly or else he becomes a wild creature bent on destroying the world and himself with it.

A boy is a mixture – he has the stomach of a horse, the digestion of stones and sand, the energy of an atomic bomb, the curiosity of a cat, the imagination of a superman, the shyness of a sweet girl, the brave nature of a bull, the violence of a firecracker, but when you ask him to make something, he has five thumbs on each hand.

He likes ice cream, knives, saws, Christmas, comic books, woods, water (in its natural habitat), large animals, Dad, trains, Saturday mornings, and fire engines. He is not much for Sunday schools, company, schools, books without pictures, music lessons, neckties, barbers, girls, overcoats, adults, or bedtime.

Nobody else is so early to rise, or so late to supper. Nobody else gets so much fun out of trees, dogs, and breezes. Nobody else can put into one pocket a rusty knife, a half eaten apple, a three-feet rope, six cents and some unknown things.

A boy is a magical creature—he is your headache but when you come home at night with only destroyed pieces of your hopes and dreams, he can mend them like new with two magic words, “Hi, Dad!”

1.The whole passage is in a tone of _________.

A.ambition and expectation                 B.respect and harmony

C.humor and affection                     D.confidence and imagination

2.By saying “he has five thumbs on each hand.”, the author means        .

A.he has altogether five fingers              B.he is slow, foolish and clumsy

C.he becomes clever and smart              D.he cuts his hand with a knife

3.According to the writer, boys appreciate everything in the following except _________.

A.ice cream                             B.comic books

C.Saturday mornings                      D.Sunday schools

4.What does the writer feel about boys?

A.He feels curious about their noise.

B.He is fed up with these creatures.

C.He is amazed by their naughtiness.

D.He feels unsafe staying with them.

 

Questions:

A. Do you think people should be decisive in the wild?

B. How to make hunting tools?

C. Do you think people should send an SOS while they are in danger?

D. How to make a fire in the wild?

E. How to set a trap to hunt animals?

F. How to build a shelter in the wild?

1.______

Answer: If you are in a desert environment, try to build an underground shade shelter to avoid prolonged sun exposure, obviously only for hot climates. So you can be more comfortable in cooler temperatures to avoid sweating. If your environment is damp, use branches laid and criss-crossed on top of one another to create a solid and dry foundation for an open bed pad. Raise the foundation above ground level as much as possible.

2.______

Answer: Yes, I think so. For example, if you think the best survival course of action is to look for help and civilization, don’t wait 4 or 5 days before you come to this conclusion. Take action on the 1st or 2nd day if possible while you still have strength and endurance working for you.

3.______

Answer: Use dry wood and sticks to start your fire. Fire is started by using three kinds of wood: tinder, kindling, and fuel. Tinder is any kind of flammable wood shavings, usually light and wispy. You can take two pieces of dry wood, sharpen one of them and use it to drill into the other piece. Place any highly flammable objects you can find next to the drill bit. The moment the flammable object catches a spark, use a rock to swiftly tip the object onto a nest of leaves and little branches.

4.______

Answer: Get an ordinary block of wood and hit it with a rock repeatedly until the wood sharpens. In this case, use the rock as your sharpener. You could also take a rock and break off some of the edges and then use another rock and some water like a wet stone and sharpen. In an ideal situation, obsidian stone would be used for its infamous sharpness.

5.______

Answer: Use two more sticks to hold up a “teepee”, similar to your shelter. Place an item of your choice you think an animal will come after, if you’re lucky, the animal will be trapped. Dig a hole in the ground about 2m-3m deep and 1m-2m across. Take two thin branches and place them criss-crossed across the hole. Cover it with leaves and put something the animals like to eat. You can also put a few wooden spikes sharpened by your knife at the bottom. Don’t forget to build a ladder or you might not be able to climb out of the hole.

 

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