题目内容

The smartphone has become the centerpiece of many students' digital lives.
Yes, it can be a distraction(困扰，分心), but it is also an incredible tool that can transform classroom learning and late-night studying.
Professors and students are starting to explore what the smartphone can contribute to learning-and there is a whole host of apps（设备） to help that process along. There are also plenty of apps to help students with the less academic parts of college life.
To download any of these apps, search the iTunes App Store or Android Market. iOS apps are built for Apple's mobile platform and can run on the iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad.
Skype
Cost: Free
Platform: Android, BlackBerry, iOS
More and more smartphones now ship with front-facing cameras that make them great video chat tools.
There are several competitors here ---- including Apple's FaceTime ----but Skype is still the best cross-platform tool for keeping in touch with faraway friends and family. Users on either end can be on a computer, smartphone.
Grades 2
Cost: Free
Platform: iOS
This app is a sophisticated tool for calculating grades. Students can use it to figure out what grade they'll need on a test to achieve their target grade and also keeps track of overall GPA, weighted by each class's credit count.
Students can also enter due dates for assignments as reminders.
The app is free and supported by ads, but users can pay $1 inside the app to turn them off.
Snoozerr Recordings
Cost: 99 cents
Platform: iOS
This is a great tool for logging long lecture classes or smaller study sessions(授课时间）． It records audio and pairs that with time-stamped pictures that the student takes of presentations--- say, equations（方程）on a blackboard----or of his or her own notes.
When the student wants to review, he or she can use the pictures as a visual guide to what the instructor was saying and replay that section.
TED
Cost: Free
Platform: iOS
This app is great for the student in everyone. It compiles（编辑）video from hundreds of presentations at technology, entertainment and design----a conference that features short speeches focused on new ways of thinking.
Presenters often speak about technology, social good or education and challenge societal norms.
It's a great way to spend an hour or so hearing from some of the world's leading minds for free. All of the videos are also available at www.ted.com.
AroundMe
Cost: Free
Platform: Android and iOS
This app uses a smartphone's GPS to find nearby locations by category such as banks, gas stations, bars, coffee shops, restaurants and supermarkets---- all the college staples(主要产品)

  1. 1.

    In which section of a newspaper could you find this article?

    1. A.
      Science & Tech
    2. B.
      Entertainment
    3. C.
      Life
    4. D.
      Tourism
  2. 2.

    What might be the best title for the text?

    1. A.
      How to Improve College Students' Studies
    2. B.
      How to Download Computer Games
    3. C.
      How to Choose the Latest Smartphone
    4. D.
      Five Tech Tools for College Students
  3. 3.

    Many college students use Grades 2 mainly for _____

    1. A.
      chatting
    2. B.
      calculating
    3. C.
      hearing speeches
    4. D.
      recording lectures
  4. 4.

    If you want to use your smartphone to find a nearby supermarket, you should download _____

    1. A.
      TED
    2. B.
      AroundMe
    3. C.
      Skype
    4. D.
      Grades 2
  5. 5.

    ios means _____

    1. A.
      TED
    2. B.
      VCS
    3. C.
      OS
    4. D.
      ECX
ADBBA
试题分析：智能手机成了学生们电子生活的中心，这篇文章向大家推荐了五种适合大学生们使用的技术工具。
1.A 推理判断题。文章讲的是大学生们可以使用的五种有用的技术工具，这应该出现在报纸的科技版面。而不是娱乐、生活或旅游版面。
2.D 第三段最后一句话：There are also plenty of apps to help students with the less academic parts of college life. 以及下文五个粗体字的小标题可以知道，D选项最为恰当。“给大学生的五个技术工具”
3.B Grade 2小标题下：This app is a sophisticated tool for calculating grades.再根据此题的四个选项进行比较可以知道B是正确答案。
4.B 根据题目中find a nearby supermarket到文章里去找信息源。在最后一段。小标题为：Aroundme, 因此，选B。
5.A 根据第二段iOS apps are built for Apple's mobile platform and can run on the iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad. 以及各个小标题之下platform后的内容可以判断，iOS是适用于iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad的操作系统。
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Kristy, 28, a cook in La Gross, often wondered what she’d do in a life-threatening situation. On August 29, she got her answer. While she was driving on a road, a big truck hit its head on a pickup car. The pickup car burst into flames. Kristy rushed out and ran to the pickup. Two farmers, Dean Berhard, 51, and his brother Donald, 44, were inside.
When she got close, Kristy could see the unconscious driver. The other man was under the passenger seat. Kristy says, “The smells were sickening. I was afraid the truck would blow up and kill us all.”
The driver of the big truck was struggling to open the passenger door, so Kristy rushed to the driver’s side. Finally they opened the door. She reached in, seized the driver and , to her horror, felt her hands sink into his chest. She quickly dragged the man to safety on the roadside, then hurried back. As Kristy stared down the ditch (水沟) with the passenger, the pickup blew up. She jumped on top of him and they both rolled to safety.
When the police arrived a while later, Kristy started crying, “I want my mum.” In fact she cried for the next three months.
Today the two farmers, each the father of two children, are good friends with Kristy. To show their deep appreciation, they bought her a ring with nine diamonds —one for each member of their immediate families, and ninth for her

  1. 1.

    In which order did Kristy do the following things?
    a. Carried Dean and Donald to safety
    b. Rushed to the pickup
    c. Surprised herself
    d. Saw the truck hit on the pickup
    e. Got out of her car
    f. Wondered what she’d do in danger

    1. A.
      e, d, b, a, c, f
    2. B.
      d, e, b, a, f, c
    3. C.
      f, d, e, b, a, c
    4. D.
      f, c, e, d, b, a
  2. 2.

    When coming to save Donald and Dean Bernard, Kristy never thought that she ______.

    1. A.
      could have any help from others
    2. B.
      would fail to save both of them
    3. C.
      might be killed
    4. D.
      would be tested in a dangerous situation
  3. 3.

    Which of the following best shows Kristy’s true heroism(英雄行为)?

    1. A.
      She remained calm during and after the accident
    2. B.
      She protected herself as well as the two brothers from harm
    3. C.
      She put her life “on the line” to save others
    4. D.
      She was regarded as a member of Dean’s and Donald’s families
  4. 4.

    This sentence “The pickup burst into flames.” in the first paragraph means “______”.

    1. A.
      The pickup was on fire
    2. B.
      The pickup started smoking badly
    3. C.
      A terrifying cry came out of the pickup
    4. D.
      The pickup was broken into pieces
  5. 5.

    Kristy cried because she ______.

    1. A.
      was badly wounded
    2. B.
      had never experienced such a situation
    3. C.
      was too excited at the result
    4. D.
      regretted not putting out the fire

People in the United States love their dogs and treat them well. They take their dogs for walks, let them play outside and give them good food and medical care. However, dogs without owners to care for lead a different kind of life. The expression, to lead a dog’s life, describes a person who has an unhappy existence.
Some people say we live in a dog-eat-dog world. That means many people are competing for the same things, like good jobs. They say that to be successful, a person has to work like a dog. This means they have to work very, very hard. Such hard work can make people dog-tired. And, the situation would be even worse if they became sick as a dog.
Still, people say every dog has its day. This means that every person enjoys a successful period during his or her life. To be successful, people often have to learn new skills. Yet, some people say that you can never teach an old dog new tricks. They believe that older people do not like to learn new things and will not change the way they do things.
Some people are compared to dogs in bad ways. People who are unkind or uncaring can be described meaner than a junkyard dog. Junkyard dogs live in places where people throw away things they do not want. Mean dogs are often used to guard this property. They bark or attack people who try to enter the property. However, sometimes a person who appears to be mean and threatening is really not so bad. We say his bark is worse than his bite.
Husbands and wives use this doghouse term when they are angry at each other. For example, a woman might get angry at her husband for coming home late or forgetting their wedding anniversary. She might tell him that he is in the doghouse. She may not treat him nicely until he apologizes. However, the husband may decide that it is best to leave things alone and not create more problems. He might decide to let sleeping dogs lie.
Dog expressions also are used to describe the weather. The dog days of summer are the hottest days of the year. A rainstorm may cool the weather. But we do not want it to rain too hard. We do not want it to rain cats and dogs

  1. 1.

    To achieve success, you must ______

    1. A.
      feel dog-tired
    2. B.
      work like a dog
    3. C.
      become sick as a dog
    4. D.
      be meaner than a junkyard dog
  2. 2.

    To everyone’s surprise, Jack has been employed by a big company, about which we can say, “_______”

    1. A.
      Every dog has its day
    2. B.
      Jack works like a dog
    3. C.
      His bark is worse than his bite
    4. D.
      Jack really lives in a dog-eat-dog world
  3. 3.

    What kind of people live a difficult life?

    1. A.
      Those who are in the doghouse
    2. B.
      Those who have the dog days
    3. C.
      Those who lead a dog’s life
    4. D.
      Those whose bark is worse than his bite
  4. 4.

    What does the article mainly talk about?

    1. A.
      Dogs’ life in America
    2. B.
      How to treat dogs well
    3. C.
      Why Americans love dogs
    4. D.
      Expressions with the word “dog”

When George was thirty-five, he bought a small plane and learned to fly it.  He soon became very good and made his plane do all kinds of tricks (特技).
George had a friend, whose name was Mark. One day George offered to take Mark up in his plane.
Mark thought, “ I’ve traveled in a big plane several times, but I’ve never been in a small one, so I’ll go. ”
They went up, and George flew around for half an hour and did all kinds of tricks in the air.
When they came down again,  Mark was glad to be back safely, and he said to his friend in a
shaking voice, “Well , George,  thank you very much for those two trips in your plane.”
George was very surprised and said, “ Two trips? ”
“ Yes, my first and my last. ” answered Mark

  1. 1.

    Which of the following statements is false?

    1. A.
      George learned to fly a plane very quickly
    2. B.
      It took George a short time to learn to fly a plane
    3. C.
      George had some difficulty learning to fly a plane
    4. D.
      Mark decided to fly in George’s small plane
  2. 2.

    When George did some tricks with his small plane, Mark was _____

    1. A.
      unhappy
    2. B.
      excited
    3. C.
      frightened
    4. D.
      surprised
  3. 3.

    Mark went up in George’s plane _____

    1. A.
      twice
    2. B.
      only once
    3. C.
      several times
    4. D.
      once or twice

The law has a great many rules, showing when and how far a man is to be punished, or if he should be made to hand over money or property to his neighbors, and so on. These rules are contained in books. A lawyer learns them mainly by reading books.
He begins by doing little else than reading, and after he has prepared himself by three years’ study, still, he has to, almost every day, read more about some new questions which he has to answer.
The power to use books, then, is a special skill which a would-be lawyer ought to possess. He ought to have enough flexibility（灵活性）to make it easy for him to collect ideas from printed words. He ought to have some readiness to find what a book contains, and something of an instinct（直觉）for where to look for what he wants.
But although this is the power which he will first feel in need of, it is not the most important. A lawyer does not study law to recite it; he studies it to use it and act upon the rules which he has learned in real life. His business is to try cases in court and to advise people what to do in order to keep out or get out of trouble

  1. 1.

    The first thing a law student has to do is to _______

    1. A.
      read books
    2. B.
      hand over money
    3. C.
      practice law
    4. D.
      answer questions
  2. 2.

    The major business of a lawyer is ________

    1. A.
      to discuss the material he has read
    2. B.
      to advise people who have law problems
    3. C.
      to learn about real life
    4. D.
      to study the law
  3. 3.

    What is the most important to a lawyer?

    1. A.
      To possess a lot of books
    2. B.
      To have enough flexibility when collecting ideas from printed words
    3. C.
      To be able to quickly find out what a book contains
    4. D.
      To be able to use his book knowledge in the right way in his future business
  4. 4.

    According to the passage, a good lawyer should know how to ________

    1. A.
      understand and use what he reads
    2. B.
      be effective in everything
    3. C.
      collect ideas from different sources
    4. D.
      be effective in court

Women, Race & Class
Angela Y Davis
?7.99
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The Words to Say it
(an autobiographical novel)
Marie Cardinal
translated by Pat Goodheart
?7.99
Marie Cardinal's groundbreaking book was the first and remains the complete book about the personal experience of psychoanalysis (精神分析学). It reveals her traumatic (创伤的)childhood and institutionalisation(收容), followed by her escape to the cul-de-sac(死路)where her analyst(精神分析医师)lived. There, for many years, she made the journey towards recovery through Freudian psychoanalysis. A worldwide bestseller, translated into eighteen languages, it remains one of the most highly-praised books of our age.
Jade
Millie Murray
?4.99
Jade Wilson is smart, young, black and ambitious. And she's just been given the chance of a lifetime - a try-out for the Commonwealth Games swimming team. Jade lives with her mum, Jojo, a successful business woman. Jojo is overprotective of Jade, but she has her reasons. As a young model with a wonderful career ahead of her, she fell pregnant(怀孕) with Jade, and, much as she loves her daughter, she's determined not to let anything get in the way of Jade's success. So when Jade starts dating Dicey, there is hell to pay. Will Jade survive her Mum's constant nagging (唠叨)? And what if she were to get pregnant - would she, could she, do the same as Jojo and give up her career? As things start hotting up with Dicey, Jade is faced with some very tough choices... .
The book is very popular with people all over the world

  1. 1.

    Which of the following can prove the book The Words to Say it is very successful ?

    1. A.
      It is the first book about psychoanalysis
    2. B.
      It has a successful beginning and ending
    3. C.
      It has translated into 18 languages
    4. D.
      It remains the complete book about personal experiences
  2. 2.

    From the third part we can learn that ______about Jade Wilson’s mother, Jojo.

    1. A.
      She didn’t care about Jade
    2. B.
      She gave it up because of lack of interest in her career
    3. C.
      She wouldn’t like Jade to be what she was
    4. D.
      She was willing to accept Jade’s boy friend first
  3. 3.

    The sentence “there is hell to pay” in the third part probably means ______.

    1. A.
      there are a lot of ghosts
    2. B.
      there is a lot of trouble
    3. C.
      the price has to be paid
    4. D.
      it cost too much to do something
  4. 4.

    Which book do you buy if you want to read about women’s rights?

    1. A.
      Women, Race & Class
    2. B.
      Jade
    3. C.
      The Words to Say it
    4. D.
      Marie Cardinal
  5. 5.

    What is it that makes the book The Words to Say it different from two other books in writing style?

    1. A.
      It is an autobiographical novel
    2. B.
      Its contents and writer
    3. C.
      Its translations
    4. D.
      The leading character in the book

When an official at the U. S. Open Pocket Pool(台球)Championship saw a 9-year-old girl playing at one of the tournament tables, he told her that spectators(观众)were not allowed to play. But much to his surprise, the girl was actually a competitor. That was nine years ago, and today, with five U. S. Open Women’s titles behind her and a recently won world championship, no one is likely to mistake Jean Balukas for a spectator again.
It doesn’t seem too surprising that Jean became caught up in pool——her father owns a pool hall within walking distance of the family’s home in Brooklyn. When she was just tall enough to see over the table, she fell in love with the game soon. Five years later Jean was ready to enter her first U. S. Open. She still remembers the letter the officials sent her reminding her that she wouldn’t be allowed to stand on a box to play.

As Jean improved, she found it increasingly difficult to play games at her father’s pool hall. “If I’d beat one of the guys, his friends would laugh at them about losing to me,” she says. Now Jean comes to the hall only weeks before a tournament when she plays Johnny Goon, her father’s pool manager.
That Johnny can beat her shows the gap that now exists in pool — as in other sports — between the top men and women competitors. “I’m supposedly the top woman player, but I’d have a hard time beating the number 50 man,” says Jean. “If I was a boy and played pool, I’d be a nobody.”
Jean thinks that women pool players still have a long way to go because pool has been a man’s game for so long. “When they think of pool players, people have this picture in their head of gambling(赌博) and smoke,” she says.
Jean won four of the seven games in these two years. She was as surprised as anyone else at her performance, even though she was a New York City tennis champion and center for her high-school basketball team. Jean does not take full credit for her achievements, saying, “I think what I have in sports is a gift from God, and that’s why I can get out there and do so well.”

  1. 1.

    We can learn from the first passage that Jean Balukas_____

    1. A.
      had become well-known at the age of 9
    2. B.
      had achieved great fame at the age of 18
    3. C.
      was often asked to play with men players
    4. D.
      was refused to play in the U. S. Open for her young age
  2. 2.

    The letter Jean received before her first U. S. Open_____

    1. A.
      told her to arrive in time for the game
    2. B.
      showed people’s doubt about her ability
    3. C.
      told her about the basic rules of the game
    4. D.
      invited her to compete in the U. S. Open
  3. 3.

    Jean Balukas believed that women pool players_____

    1. A.
      fall far behind men players
    2. B.
      aren’t suitable for a man’s game
    3. C.
      are impossible to beat any man player
    4. D.
      have a bad reputation(名声) for gambling and smoking
  4. 4.

    By saying the underlined words in the last paragraph Jean meant that _____

    1. A.
      women players had a long way to go
    2. B.
      she wouldn’t stop before her great achievement
    3. C.
      she had much confidence in the game
    4. D.
      she achieved her success because of her born gift

Louis Armstrong had two famous nicknames. Some people called him Bagamo. They said his mouth looked like a large bag. Musicians often called him Pops, as a sign of respect for his influence on the world of music.
Born in 1901 in New Orleans, he grew up poor, but lived among great musicians. Jazz was invented in the city a few years before his birth. Armstrong often said, “Jazz and I grew up together.”
Armstrong showed a great talent for music when he was taught to play the cornet (短号) at a boy's home. In his late teens, Armstrong began to live the life of a musician. He played in parades, clubs and on the steam?boats that traveled on the Mississippi River. At that time, New Orleans was famous for the new music of jazz and was home to many great musicians. Armstrong learned from the older musicians and soon became respected as their equal.
In 1992 he went to Chicago. There, the tale of Louis Armstrong begins. From then until the end of his life, Armstrong was celebrated and loved wherever he went. Armstrong had no equal when it came to playing the American popular song.
His cornet playing had a deep humanity (仁爱) and warmth that caused many listeners to say, “Listening to Pops just makes you feel good all over.”
He was the father of the jazz style and also one of the best-known and most admired people in the world. His death, on July 6, 1971, was headline news around the world

  1. 1.

    Armstrong was called Pops because he ________

    1. A.
      looked like a musician
    2. B.
      had great effect on the world of music
    3. C.
      showed great interest in music
    4. D.
      traveled to play modern music
  2. 2.

    What is the third paragraph mainly about?

    1. A.
      Armstrong loved traveling on the Mississippi River
    2. B.
      New Orleans was famous for the new music of jazz
    3. C.
      Armstrong showed great talent for music in his youth
    4. D.
      Many great musicians were born in New Orleans
  3. 3.

    Which statement about Armstrong is true?

    1. A.
      His tale begins in New Orleans
    2. B.
      He was born before jazz was invented
    3. C.
      He learned popular music at a boy's home
    4. D.
      His music was popular with many people
  4. 4.

    So many people loved and respected Armstrong because ____________

    1. A.
      his music had a deep humanity and warmth
    2. B.
      he had two famous nicknames
    3. C.
      he and Jazz grew up together
    4. D.
      his mouth looked like a large bag
  5. 5.

    Which would be the best title for the text?

    1. A.
      The Invention of the Jazz Music
    2. B.
      The Father of the Jazz Style
    3. C.
      The Making of a Musician
    4. D.
      The Spread of Popular Music

King's College Summer School
More information is as follows:

Application (申请) date
l Students in New York should send their applications before July 18, 2012.
l Students of other   cities should send their applications before July 16, 2012
l Foreign students   should send their applications before July 10, 2012		Coursesl English Language
Spoken English:   22 hours
Reading and Writing: 10 hours
l American History: 16   hours
l American Culture: 16   hours
Stepsl A letter of   self-introduction
l A letter of   recommendation(推荐)
﹡ The letters should be written in English   with all the necessary information.		Costl Daily lessons:数学公式100
l Travels:数学公式400
﹡You may choose to live with your friends   or relatives in the same city.
Please write   to:
Thompson, Sanders
1026 King' s Street
New York, NY 10016, USA
E-mail: KC-Summer-School@ yahoo, com

  1. 1.

    You can most probably read the text in______.

    1. A.
      a newspaper
    2. B.
      a travel guide
    3. C.
      a textbook
    4. D.
      a telephone book
  2. 2.

    Which of the following is true about King' s College Summer School?

    1. A.
      Only top students can take part in the program
    2. B.
      King' s College Summer School is run every other year
    3. C.
      Visits to museums and culture centers are part of the program
    4. D.
      Only the teachers of King' s College give courses
  3. 3.

    If you are to live with your relatives in New York, you will have to pay the school______.

    1. A.
      $200
    2. B.
      $400
    3. C.
      $500
    4. D.
      $900
  4. 4.

    What information can you get from the text?

    1. A.
      The program will last two months
    2. B.
      You can write to Thompson only in English
    3. C.
      As a Chinese student, you can send your application on July 14, 2012
    4. D.
      You can get in touch with the school by e-mail or by telephone

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