Junelle Lynch knocked on more than 200 doors in the Gayln Manor neighborhood of Brunswick in recent weeks．Her aim is to collect hundreds of pounds of food for the Brunswick Food Bank．
“I like helping people a lot,”said Junelle, who celebrates her 11th birthday in July．
With the support of her parents Isabella and Robert, Junelle walked along the streets with an orange grocery(杂货袋)．Isabella followed her daughter by car, so Junelle could empty her grocery bag when it became heavy．Isabella always accompanied her daughter, Junelle's friend, Destiny Williams, helped her on the first night, but he didn't turn up the rest of the time．
Mallory, who dropped noodles and canned soup, vegetables and fruit into Junelle's bag．
Neighbor Lynda Mallory donated(捐赠)food to Junelle．Mallory dropped noodles and canned soup, vegetables and fruit into Junelle's bag．
After visiting the last house and looking at what she had collected, Junelle said she felt good about what she had achieved with the help of neighbors．
Working an hour a night three times per week, she has collected more than 400 pounds of canned and boxed food．This wasn't the first year she's collected．Junelle started nearly three years ago when, at 8 years old, she saw a collection box at a grocery store and decided to become involved(参与)．In her first year, she collected 80 pounds of food in the mostly undeveloped neighborhood and 214 pounds the next year．The food helped feed many families．Her parents couldn't be prouder of their daughter．
When she isn't helping, Junelle is a straight-A student who likes snowboarding, plays trumpet(小号), sings with the Brunswick Chorus, plays basketball and writes poem．She plans on spending her summer vacation attending a basketball camp．
(1)
According to the passage, Brunswick Food Bank is probably________．
[ ]
A．
a bank for people to save and draw money
B．
a place to sell food to the poor
C．
an organization to help the poor by collecting food
D．
a store to sell farm produce
(2)
Who helped Junelle the most when she was collecting food?
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A．
Destiny Williams
B．
Lynda Mallory
C．
Isabella Lynch
D．
Robert Lynch
(3)
Which of the following statements is TRUE about Junelle's food collecting?
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A．
She spent several hours on it each week
B．
She started the activity to support her family
C．
The food to be collected will increase year by year
D．
She does it following her father's advice
(4)
According to the passage, we know Junelle Lynch ________．
Ten years ago, young students would have been proud to show off a new schoolbag or pencil box at the start of a term．But these days, it’s not enough．If going back to school only means new clothes and backpacks to you, you’re falling out-of-date．Teenagers in big cities now look for all the latest hi-tech things to show off to their classmates．Mobile phones, diskmans(CD players), MP3players, electronic dictionaries——the list is endless．
“We need to keep in touch with our friends as well as enjoy lives, so my parents understand why I need a mobile phone and a diskman．” Wu said．She often uses her mobile phone to text message to her friends．Like other teenagers, Wu loves to shop in CD stores, searching for new albums by her favorite singers——Jeff Chang, Jay Chou and Sun Yanzi．As for the Dictaphone, she said she used it in her science classes to play back her teachers’ lectures when going over the difficult parts at home．
According to Wu, 90 percent of her classmates have mobile phones and more than 85 percent have diskmans．The electronic dictionaries are helpful in English classes, so almost all students own one each．
Although many high school students each own a diskman or MP3 player, Sun Jun from Shanghai doesn’t．She isn’t interested in changing her old tape player for a newer CD player．However, she thinks a mobile phone is a must for her and each of her Senior 3 classmates．They don’t often go home, so it’s important for them, she says, to have mobile phone to keep in touch with their families．
(1)
The text mainly tells us that students nowadays ________．
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A．
like to show off．
B．
are quite different from those ten years ago．
C．
have much better living and studying conditions．
D．
like to buy expensive things
(2)
We can infer from the text that ________．
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A．
not many students had a new schoolbag or a pencil box ten years ago．
B．
Now students don’t like schoolbags or pencil boxes．
C．
Every student in big cities has such hi-tech things as a diskman．
D．
These days, going back to school means new clothes and backpacks．
(3)
Why do most students buy mobile phone?
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A．
To show off their classmates．
B．
To send messages to their friends．
C．
To keep in touch with their friends and families．
D．
To learn English with it．
(4)
The underlined word “Dictaphone” probably refers to ________．
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A．
a machine that can play CD and VCD．
B．
a telephone that can record messages．
C．
a machine that can record and play back what people say．
D．
a radio that can receive wireless programmes．
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When China launches its Shenzhou VI spaceship, it will most likely carry two astronauts and stay in space for five to seven days, according to Wang Yongzhi, the chief designer of the country’s manned spacecraft．
In an interview with local media, Wang spoke highly of the team of researchers based in Shanghai, who designed Shenzhou V’s main engine．
Asked whether Yang Liwei, China’s first astronaut who blasted into space a month ago from Jiuquan, Gansu Province, will be picked again for the second mission, Wang said the final decision will be made only 16 hours before the launch, so“it is still too early to say”．
Yang, on his first trip to Shanghai, said he was touched by the enthusiasm of the local people．He said he was also impressed by the city’s cosmopolitan and high-tech outlook．
Reminded by local journalists of his non-stop schedule since he returned to earth－touring around the country and giving speeches－Yang said that it was part of his responsibility to spread the message of encouragement to his compatriots．
Meanwhile, lured by the visiting space program team, 130,000 people have thronged the round-the-clock, two-day space exhibition at the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum since the free show opened on Tuesday．
Among them, more than 70,000 visited between 6 pm and 6 am despite the biting cold, curious to see“what the country’s first manned spaceship looked like”．
“It’s incredible!”Li Jun, an exhibition official, told Shanghai Daily yesterday．“We never expected such a huge number of visitors, especially since they queued up in these freezing conditions．”
Chen Dafu, 58, who traveled all the way from suburban Qingpu District, said：“It’s been worth it．The space exhibition was an eye-opener for me．As a Chinese, I was so happy when Yang returned to Earth safely．”Also yesterday, Yang and his peers gave emotional speeches at the Shanghai Exhibition Center to more than 2,000 senior government officials and residents from various fields．They also took a cruise along the Huangpu River last night．(China Daily 2003－12－20)
(1)
According to the chief designer s statement, Shenzhou VI spaceship will most likely ________．
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A．
make a one-week flight
B．
carry two astronauts including Yang Liwei
C．
orbit the earth 14 times
D．
not carry Yang liwei
(2)
What impressed Yang liwei most was ________．
[ ]
A．
the warmest welcome he received in Shanghai
B．
that the people in Shanghai were well-informed
C．
both the city’s modernization and the local people’s enthusiasm
D．
the high-tech outlook of the city of Shanghai
(3)
The underlined word“round-the-clock”probably means ________．
[ ]
A．
all day and all night
B．
the whole week
C．
twelve hours
D．
a fortnight
(4)
From the passage, we can infer that ________．
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A．
In all, 130,000 people are to visit the space exhibition
B．
Around 60,000 people have visited the space exhibition in the daytime
C．
The number of the visitors to the exhibition has reached 70,000
D．
People are so interested that they queue up to buy the tickets
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Beijing(Xinhua)－Blind Chinese pianist Sun Yan, 23, will give a concert at the People’s Liberation Army(PLA)Theatre in downtown Beijing．
Sun, a student at the well-known China Central Conservatory of Music, was born with cataracts(白内障), which caused him to become blind．He started learning to play the piano when he was three years old and immediately gained acclaim(喝彩)as a piano virtuoso at the age of six．
Guo Shulan, head of the CCCM, said Sun was the first blind student the school had ever received in its half-century history．The well-known piano teacher, Yang Jun, taught Sun personally and found him to be greatly talented and strongly determined．
At his concert, Sun will play a dozen masterpieces by composers, such as Bach, Beethoven and Chopin．
“Common piano players may have a look at these long and difficult musical pieces while playing, but Sun would have to spend a much, much longer time to fully memorize a piece of music．” Yan said．“He plays the piano for at least six hours every day．”
With painstaking effort for the past few years．Sun achieved very good grades at school and also gained an audience worldwide．He was invited to visit dozens of countries and regions and even performed at top theatres such as Caregie Hall in the United States．
Top fashion brand Mark Fairwhale and piano manufacturer Bosendorfrr will offer Sun a financial support fund and the use of piano, respectively．The PLA Theatre will also provide him technical support and a stage setting design free of charge．Three schoolmates of Sun’s who were also pianists, for winning top prizes in international competitions, will be guest performers at the concert．
Expecting to graduate with a bachelor degree in paino next year, Sun has applied to study for a master’s degree．
“Music changes people’s lives．I hope I can continue to study the piano for the rest of my life,” Sun said．
(1)
Which of the following may be the best title of the passage?
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A．
Sun Yan’s achievements in music．
B．
Blind Chinese pianist gives concert in Beijing．
C．
Sun Yan, successful blind pianist in China．
D．
Blind pianist gains international fame．
(2)
The underlined word “virtuoso” in the second paragraph most probably means ________．
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A．
excellent teacher
B．
excellent student
C．
excellent producer
D．
excellent player
(3)
The CCCM has a history of ________．
[ ]
A．
about 23 years
B．
about 50 years
C．
about 10 years
D．
about 150 years
(4)
What does Sun Yan benefit most from on his way to being a well-known pianist besides his born talent?
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A．
His being blindness．
B．
His early beginning with piano practice．
C．
His great efforts and help from various fields．
D．
The technical support from his classmates．
(5)
Which of the following is TURE?
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A．
Sun Yan became blind at the age of three．
B．
Sun Yan became blind at the age of six．
C．
Sun Yan is a graduate from the CCCM．
D．
Sun Yan is studying in the CCCM．
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In a few years, you might be able to speak Chinese, Korean, Japanese, French, and English-andall at the same time．This sounds incredible, but Alex Waibel, a computer science professor at US's Car-negie Mellon University(CMU)and Germany's University of Karlsruhe, announced last week that it may soon be reality．He and his team have invented software and hardware that could make it far easier forpeople who speak different languages to understand each other．
One application, called Lecture Translation, can easily translate a speech from one language into an-other．Current translation technologies typically limit speakers to certain topics or a limited vocabulary．Us-ers also have to be trained how to use the programme．
Another machine can send translations of a speech to different listeners depending on what languagethey speak．“It is like having a simultaneous translator right next to you but without disturbing the person next to you, ”Waibel said
Prefer to read? So- called Translation Glasses transcribe(转录)the translations on a tiny liquid-crystal display(LCD)screen．
Then there's the Muscle Translator．Electrodes capture the electrical signals from facial muscle movements made naturally when a person is mouthing words．The signals are then translated into speech．The electrodes could be replaced with wireless chips implanted in a person's face, according to research-ers．
During a demonstration held last Thursday in CMU's Pittsburgh campus, a Chinese student named Sang Jun had 11 tiny electrodes attached to the muscles of his cheeks, neck and throat．Then he mouthed-without speaking aloud- a few words in Mandarin(普通话)to the audience．A few seconds later, the phrase was displayed on a computer screen and spoken out by the computer in English and Spanish：“Let me introduce our new prototype．”
This particular instrument, when fully developed, might allow anyone to speak in any number of lan-guages or, as Waibel put it, “to switch your mouth to a foreign language”．“The idea behind the universi-ty's prototypes is to create'good enough' bridges for cross- cultural exchanges that are becoming more common in the world, ”Waibel said．
With spontaneous(自发的)translators, foreign drivers in Germany could listen to traffic warnings on the radio; tourists in China could read all the signs and talk with local people; leaders of different coun-tries could have secret talks without any interpreters there．
(1)
What can't be learned from the text?
[ ]
A．
The spontaneous translators will help us a lot．
B．
There is no Muscle Translator in the world now．
C．
Muscle Translators can translate what you think into speech if you just move your mouth．
D．
A lecture translation can translate what you said into other languages easily．
(2)
What does the underlined word mean?
[ ]
A．
happening at at the same time．
B．
happening by itself．
C．
similar in size．
D．
Similar in quality．
(3)
What's the final destination of inventing the language translators?
[ ]
A．
To make cultural exchanges between different countries easier．
B．
To help students learn foreign languages more easily．
C．
To make people live in foreign countries more comfortably．
D．
To help people learn more foreign languages in the future．
(4)
What can be inferred from the seventh paragraph?
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A．
The translator is so good that it can translate any language into the very language you need．
B．
The translator is becoming more and more common in the world as a bridge．
C．
With the help of the translator，you only need to open your mouth when you want to say something without saying the exact words at all．
D．
The translator needs to be improved before being put into market．
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