【题目】Mark Zukerberg is the founder and CEO of Facebook, an extremely popular social working website that started in the United States.

Now, millions of student users visit Facebook daily and the website is one of the top ten most widely visited sites on the internet worldwide. College and high school students use Facebook to communicate with friends and share both information and pictures for free. The company earns money through advertising.

Many other companies have been rumored(谣传) to be interested in buying Facebook. Just a few years after Mark started the company, he was approached by Terry Semel, who was the CEO of Yahoo. Terry offered Mark one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) to sell Facebook to Yahoo. Mark said no, though. He lives for his dream even at the very beginning. He knows this. Maybe he was smart. Now Facebook is rumored to be worth billions of dollars and bigger companies like Microsoft or Google want a share of the company. Some private firms are also interested. Facebook could sell 15 billion dollars if Mark decided to sell it at all. Perhaps Mark will just keep working from his California office to continue his dream of building something cool.

1Facebook makes money from ________.

A. members B. students

C. pictures D. advertisements

2Terry Semel was the CEO of ________.

A. Microsoft B. Yahoo

C. Google D. Facebook

3The underlined word “this” (Paragraph 3) most probably refers to ________.

A. buying companies B. fighting rumors

C. sharing information D. his dream

4Which of the following words best describe Mark Zukerberg according to the passage?

A. Determined. B. Humorous.

C. Gentle. D. Selfless.

【题目】Common-senseSafetyTipsforTravellingAbroadWhenaholidayisjustaroundthecorner,youmaybeplanningatripabroad.Buttoenjoyaworry-freeadventureabroad,youalsoshouldpayattentiontothefollowingcommon-sensesafetytipsfortravellingabroad.

1

Anotherreasontotakeonlycarry-oncarriage—besidesavoidingbaggagefees—isthatthelessyouhavetocarryaround,themorequicklyyoucanmove,ifnecessary.Youshouldalwayshaveafreehand.Besides,youwon’tbeexhaustedfromdraggingallthosebagsaround. 2

Lockitup.

Leaveyourhotelwithonlywhatyouneedandlockuptherest.Takealockforyourluggagejustincaseyourhoteldoesn’tofferasafe. 3Ifyoudon’tneedallyourcashandcards,don’ttakethemallwithyouwhenyougooutforadayofsightseeingorshopping.Also,leaveyourpassportinthehotel.MakephotocopiesofallyourimportantdocumentsandleavethehotelwithacopyofyourpassportplusaonephotoI.D.Why? 4Ifallofyouridentificationisinit,imaginethetroubleyouhavetogothroughtoreplaceitall.

ThinkandPlan.

Alwayskeepinmindthat,whenyoutravelabroad,youareinaplaceyoudon’tknowwellandyoucanalwaysbeatarget.Trustyoursenses. 5Afteryourarrival,askthehotelstaffandlocalsabouttheareasyouarethinkingofvisiting,especiallyatnight.Andyoushouldwalkinwell-litareasatnightandknowhowtocontactthelocalpolicewithyourcellphoneorapayphoneinaoreigncountry,ifnecessary.

A.Travellight.

B.Paybycreditcard.

C.Imaginehavingyourbagstolenoffarestauranttable.

D.Youshouldalsomakeitahabittotakeyourwatchwithyou.

E.Plus,dragginglotsofluggageisadeadgiveawaythatyouaren’talocalresident.

F.Youshouldcallaheadtobesure,especiallyifyourluggageismadeofclothmaterial.

G.Youaresmartandmature,soifsomethingorsomesituationdoesn’tfeelsafe,itprobablyisn’t.

【题目】Candogsandcatsliveinperfectharmonyinthesamehome?Peoplewhoarethinkingaboutadoptingadogasafriendfortheircatsareworriedthattheywillfight.Arecentresearchhasfoundanewrecipeofsuccess.Accordingtothestudy,ifthecatisadoptedbeforethedog,andiftheyareintroducedwhenstillyoung(lessthan6monthsforcats,ayearfordogs),itishighlyprobablethatthetwopetswillgetalong.Two-thirdsofthehomesinterviewedreportedapositiverelationshipbetweentheircatanddog.

However,itwasn’tallsweetnessandlight.Therewasareportedcoldnessbetweenthecatanddogin25%ofthehomes,whileaggressionandfightingwereobservedin10%ofthehomes.Onereasonforthisisprobablythatsomeoftheirbodysignalswerejustopposite.Forexample,whenacatturnsitsheadawayitsignalsaggression,whileadogdoingthesamesignalssubmission.

Inhomeswithcatsanddogslivingpeacefully,researchersobservedasurprisingbehaviour.Theyarelearninghowtotalkeachother’slanguage.Itisasurprisethatcatscanlearnhowtotalk’dog’,anddogscanlearnhowtotalk’Cat’.

What’sinterestingisthatbothcatsanddogshaveappearedtodeveloptheirintelligence.Theycanlearntoreadeachother’sbodysignals,suggestingthatthetwomayhavemoreincommonthanwepreviouslysuspected.Oncefamiliarwitheachother’spresenceandbodylanguage,catsanddogscanplaytogether,greeteachothernosetonose,andenjoysleepingtogetherinthesofa.Theycaneasilysharethesamewaterbowlandinsomecasesgroom(梳理)eachother.

Thesignificanceofthisresearchoncatsanddogsmaygobeyondpets–topeoplewhodon’tgetalong,includingneighbors,colleaguesatwork,andevenworldsuperpowers.Ifcatsanddogscanlearntogetalong,surelypeoplehaveagoodchance.

1Theunderlinedwordswimminglyinparagraph1isclosestinmeaningto________.

A. early B. Sweetly

C. quickly D. smoothly

2Somecatsanddogsmayfightwhen________.

A. theyarecoldtoeachother

B. theylookawayfromeachother

C. theymisunderstandeachother’ssignals

D. theyareintroducedatanearlyage

3Whatisfoundsurprisingaboutcatsanddogs?________

A. Theyeatandsleeptogether

B. Theyobserveeachothersbehaviors

C. Theylearntospeakeachother’slanguage

D. Theyknowsomethingfromeachother’svoice

4Whatcanwehumanbeingslearnfromcatsanddogs?________

A. Weshouldlearntoliveinharmony

B. Weshouldknowsmoreaboutanimals

C. Weshouldliveinpeacewithanimals

D. Weshouldlearnmorebodylanguages.

【题目】 “The price of books for our students is just getting higher and higher andcombined with the rising cost of tuitionit’s killing these students”said Peter Jasona college professor. “Rememberstudents are one of the poorest groups of people in America. Almost half of them have at least one part-time job. In factone of my students has three jobs. And she still manages to have high scores and go to school full-time. ”

Textbook prices are traditionally high. Adding to that problem, many college teachers change textbooks year after year; they either upgrade to a new edition or switch to an entirely different textbook. This further hurts students because if an instructor no longer uses a particular textbookthat book has no resale value.

Dr. Jason decided to make reading a little easier and a lot cheaper for his students by writing his own book on public speaking. “Many books have an increased price because of CD-ROMslots of color photographs and pictures. I talked to my studentsand many of themlike meprefer to keep things simple! Soa few years agoI wrote my own textbook. Compared to most other public speaking booksmine is half the number of pagesand one-third the price. That is$30 instead of $90. When I wrote a second edition last yearstudents only had to buy the 35 new pages, For only $7. 00they had almost a new book. Now my loose-leaf textbook enjoys great popularity among the students. Maybe in the future more writers and publishers will try it. ”

1What did Dr. Jason say about students at college?

A.They are short of money.

B.They need better textbooks.

C.They should do part-time jobs.

D.They are trying to get high scores.

2What did Dr. Jason decide to do to help the students?

A.To choose cheaper textbooks.

B.To write a textbook himself.

C.To speak to his students.

D.To use old textbooks.

3How much does a public speaking textbook usually cost?

A.About 7 dollars.B.About 30 dollars.

C.About 37 dollars.D.About 90 dollars.

4Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?

A.Dr. Jason’s textbook has CD-ROMs and nice pictures.

B.More writers and publishers will write simpler textbooks.

C.Dr. Jason teaches public speaking at a college.

D.Dr. Jason’s textbook is not well received.

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