Back those photos up

The images were striking．Homes on the East Coast were washed away by Superstorm Sandy. People were in tears, picking up faded photographs, among their only remaining possessions．

If that doesn't move you to get serious about safekeeping your lifetime of memories, what will? The digital age offers tools never imaginable before—including one-click access to a lifetime of family photos．

Here is a brochure (手册) on how to back up (存) your photos and save them online, where they can live forever and be accessible in good times and bad．

Scanning

The first step for those old photos is to scan them and save them to a digital format (格式)．Most，printers come with scanners these days, so that's an easy but extremely time-consuming step．

Storing the photos

With your scans in place, import the photos into your computer, and back them up．

You could make multiple copies of the disks and spread them to loved ones．Or you could choose external (外接的) hard drives or USB thumb drive, and add your photo and video collection from your computer．

Online backup

If you need lots of space, look at a pure online backup service, Caronite．

Caronite backs up 300 million files daily．Once you sign up, it starts to pick up everything you have on your hard drive．But photo collection on your computer's main hard drive charges for $ 59 a year．

Cloud Storage

For folks who don't need automatic backup, but instead want to take a more active approach, Dropbox, Google Drive and Microsoft's SkyDrive let you store files online by yourself, share and instantly access them．All offer free options—2GB of free storage for Dropbox, 5GB for Google and 7GB for SkyDrive．But if you want more, you need to pay．

Bottom Line

The hard drive or flash drive is the cheapest and easiest．But drives can fail．Online services are more expensive, but more secure．With more of us switching back and forth between our computers, such services are the best way to get access to our data from wherever we are．

1.What can we know from the passage?

A．Scanning photos takes little time but costs a lot．

B．The hard drive or flash drive is the cheapest and safest．

C．Google Drive offers unlimited free photo storage on line．

D．Caronite charges for backing up photos from hard drive．

2.Which of the following allows storing files automatically?

A．Caronite．        B．Dropbox．        C．SkyDrive．        D．Flash drive.

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

A．tell real stories about storage services

B．introduce some of the storage services

C．describe the functions of storage services

D．argue about the advantage of storage services

As is known to all, colors appear in every language to express people’s feeling and thoughts. Then, what is the situation in American English?

Red is a hot color. Americans may say they are red hot about something unfair. They are red hot when they are very angry about something. The small hot-tasting peppers found in many Mexican foods are called red hot for their color and their fiery taste. Fast loud music is popular with many people. They may say the music is red hot, especially the kind called Dixieland Jazz.

Pink is a lighter kind of red. People sometimes say they are in the pink when they are in good health. The expression was first used in America at the beginning of the twentieth century. It comes from the fact that many babies are born with nice pink skin that shows that they are in good health.

The color black is often used in expressions. People describe a day on which everything goes wrong as a black day. People or things on a blacklist are connected with things illegal now. But at one time, some businesses refused to employ people who were on a blacklist for belonging to unpopular organizations.

The color green is natural for trees and grass. But it is an unnatural color for humans. A person who has a sick feeling in his stomach may say he feels a little green. A passenger on a boat who is feeling very sick from high waves may look very green.

Sometimes a person may be upset because he does not have something as nice as a friend has. That person may say he is green with envy. Some people are green with envy because a friend has more dollars or greenbacks. Dollars are called greenbacks because green is the color of the back side of the paper money.

1.Americans use “red hot” to describe the following EXCEPT _______.

2.When we say someone feels a little green, it means he/she _______.

3.In the writer’s eyes, what is related to a black day?

Good health is the most valuable thing a person can have, but one cannot take good health for granted. It is important to remember that the body needs proper care in order to be healthy. There are three things that a person can do to help stay in good shape: eat right food ,get enough sleep, and exercise regularly.

Proper nutrition (营养) is important for good health. Your body cannot work well unless it receives the proper kind of “fuel”(燃料).Don't eat too much food with lots of sugar and fat. Eat plenty of foods high in protein (蛋白质) ,like meat, fish, eggs and nuts. Vegetables and fruits are very important because they provide necessary vitamins (维他命) and minerals. However, don't overeat. It is not helpful to be overweight.

Getting the proper amount of sleep is also important. If you don't get enough sleep, you feel tired and easily get angry. You have no energy. Over a long period of time a little a amount of sleep may even result in a change of personality (人的个性).Be sure to allow yourself from seven to nine hours of sleep each night. If you do, your body will feel strong and refreshed, and your mind will be sharp.

Finally, get plenty of exercise. Exercise firms the body, strengthens the muscles, and prevents you from gaining weight. It also improves your heart and lungs. If you follow a regular exercise program, you will probably increase your life-span (寿命).Any kind of exercise is good. Most sports are excellent for keeping the body in good shapes: basketball, swimming, bicycling, running and so on are good examples. Sports are not only good for your body, but they are enjoyable and interesting, too.

If everybody, were to eat the right foods, get plenty of sleep and exercise regularly, the world would be a happier and healthier place. We would all live to be much older and wiser.

1.According to the passage,_________.

2.In order to keep good health, ___________ .

3.Eating more and sleeping less________.

4.The writer explains ________in this passage.

5.The title of the article should be___________ .

Zhang Wenchi is a 19-year-old student of Hubei Xiangyang No.1 High School. He is very brave and always helps others in need.

On March 26, 2012, Zhang donated bone marrow (骨髓) at the Navy General Hospital of Beijing. He is the youngest and the first high school student to do it. Last April, Zhang became a blood donor on his 18th birthday. He also joined the China Marrow Donor Program that day. Six months later, his bone marrow was chosen as a match for a 4-year-old leukemia (白血病) patient from Fujian.

Zhang was studying for the National College Entrance Examination (NCEE) when the call from the Chinese Bone Marrow Donors came. He found out that the patient could not wait, or things might get worse. With the support of his family and school, Zhang arrived at the hospital in Beijing the very next day.

“Saving a life is more important than taking an exam, and having the chance to help cure a patient does not allow for more thought,” Zhang said.

The transplant operation (移植手术) was a success. After that, Zhang Wenchi was in good health and he came back to school soon. Zhang said then the most important task for him was the exam. He hoped that his dream of becoming a pilot could come true.

Now the NCEE has been over for more than a month, and what about Zhang Wenchi’s marks? To our great relief, it’s known that he has earned 540 points, which means he can be admitted into Beihang University (formerly Beijing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics). Therefore he can realize his dream of flying in the sky.

Zhang’s deed has earned him nationwide respect, and some have given him the nickname, “the most beautiful post-90s student”.

1.Which of the following about Zhang Wenchi is right?

A．He was born on March 26, 1993.

B．He donated bone marrow at a hospital in Xiangyang.

C．He is the first university student to donate bone marrow.

D．His bone marrow was chosen as a match for a patient from Fujian.

2.From Zhang Wenchi’s words we know that ______.

A．he is a little unreasonable

B．he is very active and outgoing

C．he is very kind and determined

D．he is always ready to quit exams

3.What’s the main idea of the last but one paragraph?

A．Zhang Wenchi’s points and our anxiety.

B．Zhang Wenchi’s points and his future education.

C．Zhang Wenchi is sure to fly in the sky tomorrow.

D．Beihang University has already decided to admit him.

4.What’s the best title for the passage?

A．Zhang Wenchi’s college dream

B．A 19-year-old student gave up exams

C．A 4-year-old leukemia patient was saved

D．Zhang Wenchi---the most beautiful post-90s student

5.The text is most probably taken from ______.

A．a computer book                       B．a library guide

C．a project handbook                      D．a newspaper report

All her life, my mother wanted busy children. It was very important that her house should remain at all times clean and tidy. You could turn your back for a moment in my mother’s house, leave a half-written letter on the dining room table, a magazine open on the chair, and turn around to find that my mother had “put it back where it belonged,” as she explained.

My wife, one of her first visits to my mother’s house, placed a packet of biscuits on an end table and went to the kitchen to fetch a drink. When she returned, she found the packet had been removed. Confused, she set down her drink and went back to the kitchen for more biscuits, only to return to find that her drink had disappeared. Up to then she had guessed that everyone in my family held onto their drinks, so as not to make water rings on the end tables. Now she knows better

These disappearance had a confusing effect on our family. We were all inclined to (有……的倾向) forgetfulness, and it was common for one of us, upon returning from the bathroom, to find that every sign of his work in progress had disappeared suddenly. “ Do you remember what I was doing?” was a question frequently asked, but rarely answered.

Now my sister has developed a second-hand love of cleaning windows, and my brother does the cleaning in his house, perhaps to avoid having to be the one to lift his feet. I try not to think about it too much, but I have at this later time started to dust the furniture once a week.

We have all become busy persons.

Which of the following is TRUE about my mother?

   A. she enjoyed removing others’ drinks.        B. She became more and more forgetful.

   C. She preferred to do everything by herself. D. She wanted to keep her house in good order.

My wife could not find her biscuits and drink in my mother’s house because _______.

   A. she had already finished them                  B. my mother had taken them away

   C. she forgot where she had left them            D. someone in my family was holding them

The underlined part suggests that my sister ______.

   A. is happy to clean windows                       B. loves to clean used windows

   C. is fond of cleaning used windows             D. likes cleaning windows as my mother did

How many persons are mentioned in the passage?

    A. Six.     B. Seven.    C. Five.    D. Four.

This passage mainly tells us that ______.

   A. my mother often made us confused           B. my family members had a poor memory

   C. my mother helped us to form a good habit D. my wife was surprised when she visited my mother