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Artful Experience

It’s an artful experience even if you’re artistically challenged. Adults, teens, and children of all ages are welcome at Contemporary Art studio. We provide everything: stamps, idea books, a little coaching, and a lot of encouragement. Drop in anytime. It’s creative fun for everyone to paint your own pottery(陶器)! No experience needed. Our studio will show you how. It’s as easy as 1-2-3!

sumplastpl@hotmail.com

Chinese-English Translator

This is an excellent opportunity for recent graduates looking to put their Chinese skills to use.

Requirements: native speaker of English; business translation experience is preferred but not a must; able to fulfill several projects on time; excellent reading skills in Chinese. If interested, please email staff@young.com or call 453-268-130.

Ancient Object Market

Here you find a large variety of old European furniture, statues and paintings. We also offer a large selection of clocks in bronze, wood, white metal. Organizing buying tours based on the needs of our clients is something else we do. We pick you up from the airport, make hotel reservations and drive you around to the best wholesale(批发) dealers. Our email is artworkdeal@com.

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We are delighted to offer you an efficient and reasonable priced service of high- class car rentals (租赁) with qualified drivers. Suitable for your journeys to and/or from Rome’s airports or other destinations. We will be there to meet you on your arrival at the airport and drive you to your destination in complete safety and comfort. If you need the service, please call 668-556-429.

1.Contemporary Art studio is a place where ________.

A. one can enjoy many kinds of artworks

B. one can learn how to paint on pottery

C. one can make pottery by himself/herself

D. one can improve his/her painting skills greatly

2.Who may be suitable for a Chinese-English translator?

A. An American graduate who is good at Chinese.

B. A Chinese graduate who majored in business.

C. A Chinese college student who has good English writing skills.

D. An American college student who is interested in English translation.

3.If Mr. Black wants to buy a painting, he can ________.

A. send an email to sumplastpl@hotmail.com

B. send an email to artworkdeal@com

C. call 453-268-130

D. call 668-556-429

4.Which of the following can be the best title for the fourth advertisement?

A. Nice Rome trips

B. Airport Car Rentals With Drivers

C. Cheap Car Tours

D. Flight Service To Pick You Up

根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

After Steve Jobs died,his friend Larry Ellison said something like this, “There will never be another Steve Jobs”. 1._ Larry wrote this list of Steve's life lessons to remind us all.

1. Love what you do. Sure Steve became a billionaire when he brought Apple back. Apple was his calling even after he got fired from the company. We all have bad jobs at one point in our lives. But the question is: am I in the right job? Have I found the right company? Life doesn’t go on forever. 2._

2. Don't do it all by yourself.

Steve learned a great leader can't do it all by himself. He needs people. They must be talented. 3._ They must be given the opportunity to succeed and fail. In short,we have to learn to be a great leader if we want to see our great ideas and hard work truly have an influence on the world.

3. 4._

Apple is always good at creating a new product that meets the exact needs of users. It’s empathy(共鸣) that helps Apple achieve this. Whenever the user has the first touch with a new Apple product,he says "Wow,it's just what I need". Remember, you're King in the business world if you know exactly what consumers desire.

4. Don't mess around with your health.

5._ That's the most important lesson from Steve's life. It's great to learn from him but,the fact is he should still be here if he had treated his cancer properly. Instead, Steve chose a naturopathic(自然疗法) solution that wasn't effective. When he finally decided to take his doctor's original advice,it was too late.

A. Get on our right path now.

B. What are the key things that we could learn from him?

C. Will this lead to a successful career?

D. They must be inspired.

E. Take your health seriously.

F. Put yourself in the other person's shoes.

G. Be the best in your field.

My car and my best friend

For most, getting your first car opens up a new world of freedom and allows you to go wherever you want, whenever you want. Getting a car did this for me, and it also brought my best friend and me . But then it tore us apart (分开).

My best friend lives three minutes from my . Since her is in late summer, seven months behind mine, I basically became her when I turned 16 in December.

And so I her up for school and took her home. We made ice-cream , went shopping and to the movies―all in my car. I would drive to her house just to sit on her bed, read magazines and have a good laugh. I went to her house so that she gave me a key her house.

A week after I got my license (驾照), she was with me I had my first accident. She was there and me and we kept it a , since I didn’t want people to . From then on, through thick and thin (共患难), it was just me , my car and my best friend.

High school is a time of , but I couldn’t for a long time we became so distant (疏远) after being so close. My friend waited three months after her birthday to get her dream car:a green 2004 Beetle. With its , the passenger seat of my car became . Our car trips became less frequent (频繁的) I didn’t even drive down her street.

It’s funny how a car can change a relationship so much. I had wanted her to get a car, but once she did, I it. I wanted her friendship back, even if it couldn’t be the same.

1.A. some B. any C. none D. all

2.A. closer B. farther C. luckier D. happier

3.A. neighbor B. school C. home D. family

4.A. holiday B. birthday C. course D. job

5.A. guide B. follower C. partner D. driver

6.A. picked B. woke C. called D. hurried

7.A. parties B. trips C. plans D. classes

8.A. happily B. frequently C. hardly D. seldom

9. A. to B. on C. of D. for

10.A. while B. but C. when D. after

11.A. saved B. suggested C. advised D. comforted

12.A. favorite B. secret C. pride D. joke

13.A. help B. see C. know D. laugh

14.A. change B. disappointment C. friendship D. excitement

15.A. believe B. answer C. imagine D. understand

16.A. when B. where C. how D. what

17.A. arrival B. dream C. return D. beauty

18.A. broken B. crowded C. empty D. different

19.A. however B. until C. as D. before

20.A. lost B. received C. enjoyed D. regretted

阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The concept of solitude (独处) in the digital world is almost non-existent. In the world of digital technology, e-mail, social networking and online video games, information is meant to be ________. Solitude can be hard to discover ________ it has been given up. In this respect, new technologies have ________ our culture.

The desire to be connected has brought solitude to a(n) ________ as we’ve known it. People have become so ________ in the world of networks and connections that one can often be contacted ________ they’d rather not be. Today we can talk, text, e-mail, chat and blog, not only from our ________, but from our mobile phones as well.

Most developed nations have become ________ on digital technology simply because they’ve grown accustomed to it, and at this point not ________ it would make them an outsider. ________, many jobs and careers require people to be ________. From this point of view, technology has changed the culture of work. Being reachable might feel like a ________ to those who may not want to be able to be contacted at all times.

I suppose the positive side is that solitude is still possible for anyone who ________ wants it. Computers can be ________ and mobile phones can be turned off. The ability to be “connected” and “on” has many ________, as well as disadvantages. Travelers have ended up ________ on mountains, and mobile phones have saved countless lives. They can also make people feel ________ and forced to answer unwanted calls or ________ to unwanted texts.

Attitudes towards our connectedness as a society ________ across generations. Some find today’s technology a gift. Others consider it a curse. Regardless of anyone’s view on the subject, it’s hard to imagine what life would be like ________ daily advancements in technology.

1.A. updatedB. receivedC. sharedD. collected

2.A. thoughB. untilC. onceD. before

3.A. respectedB. shapedC. ignoredD. preserved

4.A. edgeB. stageC. endD. balance

5.A. sensitiveB. intelligentC. considerateD. reachable

6.A. even ifB. only ifC. as ifD. if only

7.A. mediaB. computersC. databasesD. monitors

8.A. bentB. hardC. keenD. dependent

9.A. findingB. usingC. protectingD. changing

10.A. AlsoB. InsteadC. OtherwiseD. Somehow

11.A. connectedB. trainedC. recommendedD. interested

12.A. pleasureB. benefit

C. burdenD. disappointment

13.A. slightlyB. hardlyC. merelyD. really

14.A. cut outB. shut downC. taken offD. broken down

15.A. aspectsB. weaknessesC. advantagesD. exceptions

16.A. hiddenB. lostC. relaxedD. deserted

17.A. trappedB. excitedC. confusedD. amused

18.A. turnB. submitC. objectD. reply

19.A. varyB. ariseC. spreadD. exist

20.A. beyondB. withinC. despiteD. without

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