A few years ago, paul Gerner began to gather a group of architects in Las vegas to ask them what it would take to design a public school that uschool that used 50 percent less energy, cost much less to build and obviously improved student leaming.“I think half of then fell off their chairs,”Gemer says.
Gemer manages scholl facilities(设施)for clark county, Nevada, a district roughly the siae of Massachusetts.By 2018,143,000 additional students will enter the already crowded public-education system.Gerner needs 73 new schools to house them.Four architecture teans have nearly finished designing primary school prototypes(样品); they plan to consruct their schools xtarting in 2009.The district will then assess how well the xchools perform, and three winners will copy those desiiigns in 50 to 70 new buildings.
Green schools are appearing all over, but in clark County, which stands out for its vastness,such aggressive targets are difficult because deign repuirements like more natural light for students go against the realities of a desert climate.“One of the biggest challenges is getting the right site orientation(朝向),”Mark McGinty, a director at SH Architecture, says.His firm recently completed a high school in Las Vegas.“You have the same building, same set of windows, but if its orientation is incorrect and it faces the sun, it will be really expensive to cool.”
Surprisingly, the man responsible for one of re most progressive green-design competitions has dorbts about ideas of eco-friendly buildings.“I don’t believe in the new green religion,”Gemer says.“Gemer says.”Some of the building technologies that you get are impractical.I’m interested in those that work.“But he wouldn’t mind if some green featrues inspire students.He says he hopes to set up green energy systens that allow them to liarn about the process of harvesting wind and solar power.”You never know what’s going to start the interest of achild to study math and science,“he says.
(1)
How did the architects react to Gerner’s design requirements?
[ ]
A.
They lost balance in excitement.
B.
they showed strong disbelief.
C.
they expressed little interest.
D.
they burst into cheers.
(2)
Which order of steps is followed in carrying out the project?
[ ]
A.
Assessment-Prototype-Design-Construction.
B.
Assessment-Design-Prototype-Construction.
C.
Design-Assessment-Prototype-Construction.
D.
Design-Prototype-Assessment-Construction.
(3)
What makes it difficult to build green schools in Clark County?
[ ]
A.
The large size.
B.
Limited facilities.
C.
The desert climate.
D.
Poor natural resources.
(4)
What dose Gerner think of the ideas of green schools?
[ ]
A.
They are questionable.
B.
They are out of date.
C.
They are advanced.
D.
They are practical.
阅读理解
A few years ago, Paul Gerner began to gather a group of architects in Las Vegas to ask them what it would take to design a public school that used 50 percent less energy, cost much less to build and obviously improved student learning.“I think half of them fell off their chairs,”Gerner says.
Gerner manages school facilities(设施)for Clark County, Nevada.By 2018, 143,000 additional students will enter the already crowded public-education system.Gerner needs 73 new schools to house them.Four architecture teams have nearly finished designing primary school prototypes(样品); they plan to construct their schools in 2009.The district will then assess how well the schools perform, and three winners will copy those designs in 50 to 70 new buildings.
Green schools are appearing all over, but in Clark County, which stands out for its vastness, such aggressive targets are difficult because deign requirements like more natural light for students go against the realities of a desert climate.“One of the biggest challenges is getting the right site orientation(朝向),”Mark McGinty, a director at SH Architecture, says.His firm recently completed a high school in Las Vegas.“You have the same building, same set of windows, but if its orientation is incorrect and it faces the sun, it will be really expensive to cool.”
Surprisingly, the man responsible for one of the most progressive green-design competitions has doubts about ideas of eco-friendly buildings.“I don't believe in the new green religion,”Gerner says.“Some of the building technologies that you get are impractical.I'm interested in that work.”But he wouldn't mind if some green features inspire students.He says he hopes to set up green energy systems that allow them to learn about the process of harvesting wind and solar power.“You never know what's going to start the interest of a child to study math and science,”he says.
(1)
How did the architects react to Gerner's design requirements?
[ ]
A.
They burst into cheers.
B.
They expressed little interest.
C.
They showed strong disbelief.
D.
They lost balance in excitement.
(2)
Which order of steps is followed in carrying out the project?
[ ]
A.
Design-Assessment-Prototype-Construction.
B.
Design-Prototype-Assessment-Construction.
C.
Assessment-Prototype-Design-Construction.
D.
Assessment-Design-Prototype-Construction.
(3)
What makes it difficult to build green schools in Clark County?
[ ]
A.
The large size.
B.
Limited facilities.
C.
The desert climate.
D.
Poor natural resources.
(4)
What dose Gerner think of the ideas of green schools?
[ ]
A.
They are practical.
B.
They are out of date.
C.
They are advanced.
D.
They are questionable.
阅读理解
Due to our rapid development, Yew Chung International School of Shanghai, an international school officially recognized by and registered with the Chinese government, is looking for caring, compassionate(热情)and qualified teachers to help our students to be global citizens and to appreciate the culture of East and West.
WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR
ECE Teacher for age 1-5/Secondary Math Teacher/Primary Music Teacher
Special Needs Teacher/Head Librarian/IC Teacher
QUALIFICATIONS
1.A native English speaker with excellent oral and writing skill.
2.Possess a Bachelor Degree in Education or equivalent(同等)qualifications.
4.Having a positive attitude and flexibility when dealing with work and people.
5.Head librarian is preferred to be one who can speak Chinese as well.
6.A team player.
For more information, please visit our website at www.ycef.com
Or you can email your CV(简历)to lindap@sh.ycef.com
……
Bridgehead Media is in search of a Fashion Editor who will lead an editorial team to create a cutting edge and stylistic publication that will be distributed to over 300,000 readers in China.This position will be based in Shanghai and requires some travel throughout the country.
REQUIREMENTS
Fluent in English
Previous(以前的)experience in journalism of writing with a preference in fashion
Understanding the fashion market and trends of the industry
RECRUIT FASHION EDIOR
Please send resumes(简历)to Jimmy.yang@bridgeheadmedia.com and
include any writing samples as well.
(1)
You can get more information about qualifications at ________.
[ ]
A.
lindap @sh.ycef.com
B.
Jimmy.yang@bridgeheadmedia.com
C.
www.ycef.com
D.
www.edu.bridgeheadmedia.com
(2)
An applicant speaking two languages is helpful if he wants to be ________.
[ ]
A.
an ECE Teacher
B.
a Secondary Math Teacher
C.
a Primary Music Teacher
D.
a Head Librarian
(3)
What Bridgehead Media wants is an editor ________.
[ ]
A.
who is in charge of the section
B.
who likes fashion
C.
who is sensitive to fashion
D.
who is good at fashion
(4)
Which of the following is NOT the ability demanded by Bridgehead?
[ ]
A.
Speaking fluent English.
B.
Experience in media.
C.
Knowing related market well.
D.
Wearing fashion clothes.
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Two year s ago, Wendy Ha snip, 47,experienced a brain injury that left her speechle s s for two week s.When she finally recovered, she found her self talking with what seemed to be a French accent.“I phoned a friend the other day, and she spent the fir st ten minute s laughing, ” Ha snip said at the time, “while I have nothing again st the French.”
Ha snip suffered from foreign accent syndrome(外国口音综合症), a rare condition in which people find them selve s speaking their own language like someone from a foreign country.The condition u sually occur s in people who have experienced a head injury or a stroke-a sudden lo s s of con sciou sne s s, sen sation, or movement cau sed by a blocked or broken blood ve s selin the brain.
The condition wa s fir st identified during the Second World War in a Norwegian woman who se head wa s injured during an attack by the German military.The woman recovered but wa s left with a German-sounding accent, to the horror of fellow villager s who avoided her after that.
Re searcher s have di scovered that the combined effect of the damage to several part s of the brain make s victim s lengthen certain syllable, mi spronounce sound s, and change the normal pitch(音高)of their voice.Tho se change s in speech add up to what sound s like a foreign accent.
Another re searcher, a phonetician, say s victim s of the syndrome don't acquire a true foreign accent.Their strangely changed speech only re semble s the foreign accent with which it ha s a few sound s in common.
When an Engli sh woman named Annie recently developed foreign accent syndrome after a stroke, she spoke with what seemed to be a Scotti sh accent.However, Annie' s Scotti sh coworker s said she didn't sound at all like a Scot.
(1)
According to the pa s sage, people ________ may have foreign accent syndrome.
[ ]
A.
who se parent ha s experienced a head injury
B.
who have lived in a foreign country for a long time
C.
who have lo st their con sciou sne s s owing to a stroke
D.
who have learned foreign language from their coworker s
(2)
If a per son suffer s foreign accent syndrome, ________.
[ ]
A.
hi s coworker s will be afraid of him and avoid contacting with him
B.
he ha s more chance of suffering stroke again
C.
he will speak a fluent foreign language like native speaker s
D.
hi s speech only ha s a few sound s in common with the foreign accent
(3)
Writing thi s pa s sage, the writer' s main purpo se i s to ________.
[ ]
A.
introduce foreign accent syndrome and some related information
B.
warn people not to be at the ri sk of experiencing a stroke
C.
make it clear that foreign accent syndrome can be cured
D.
tell a story of an injured woman during the Second World War
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。
Mama' s voice floated through the apartment a s she sang a Mexican folk song that I had heard all my life.“Hola, ” she greeted me when she came out of the bedroom.“Plea se speak to me in 1 , ” I interrupted.She paid no attention and 2 speaking in Spani sh.The word s 3 me of my grandparent s and birthday partie s in Mexico, but I knew my mother' s life would be 4 if she learned to speak Engli sh.We had lived in the United State s for three year s, and she still had difficulty 5 to store owner s and my teacher s.I wa s determined that she should try.“Why won't you speak Engli sh? ” I 6 .“Don't you want to be 7 to talk to people here? ” “I sabel, ” she whi spered.Mama alway s whi spered when she wa s up set with me.“What? ” I wa s not 8 with her, either.She 9 for the Engli sh word s.“Come with me to the, uh-how do you say it? Meeting.” “What kind of meeting? Where i s it? ” I 10 her, but now she refu sed to an swer.In 11 , we drove acro s s town to the college, where she pulled into a brightly lit parking lot.I wa s 12 .I had expected a meeting at someone' s 13 -a garden club or a parent s’ group.Then I 14 a sign on a door.My mother wa s 15 night cla s se s to learn Engli sh!
“I don't under stand. 16 you’re learning Engli sh, why won't you speak Engli sh at home? ” I a sked.“You'll learn fa ster if you 17 with me.” “I speak Engli sh here, ” she said in her thick accent.She he sitated, putting the word s together, and then went on, “I speak Spani sh at home 18 you.”
I 19 under stood-she spoke Spani sh at home so that I wouldn't forget the word s, song s, and 20 of Mexico.I said, “O.K., Mama, e stabien.”