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This is the third time I ____ Hainan. The second time I ____ here was on Christmas Day last year.

A. have visited, came               B. have visited, have come

C. visited, came                    D. visited , had come

Students and Technology in the Classroom

I love my blackberry (黑莓手机)—it’s my little connection to the larger world that can go anywhere with me. I also love ray laptop computer, as it holds all of my writing and thoughts. Although I love the technology. I know that there are times when I need to move away from these devices (设备) and truly communicate with others.

On one occasion, I teach a course called History Matters for a group of higher education managers. My goals for the class include a full discussion of historical themes and ideas. Because I want students to thoroughly study the material and exchange their ideas with each other in the classroom, I have a rule —no laptops. IPads, phones, etc. When students were told my rule in advance of the class, some of them were not happy.

Most students think that my reasons for (his rule include unpleasant experiences in the past with students misusing technology. There’s a bit of truth to that. Some students think that I am anti-technology There’s no truth in that at all. I love technology and try to keep up with it so I can relate to my students.

The real reason why I ask students to leave technology at the door is that I think there are few places in which we can have deep conversations and engage complex ideas. Interruptions by technology often break concentration and allow for too much dependence on outside information for idea. I want students to dig deep within themselves for inspiration and ideas. I want them to push each other to think differently and make connections between the course material and the class discussion.

I’ve been teaching my history class in this way for many years and the evaluations reflect student satisfaction with the environment that I create. Students realize that with deep conversation and challenge, they learn at a level at that helps them keep the course material beyond the classroom.

I’m not saying that I won’t ever change my mind about technology use in my history class, but until I hear a really good reason for the change. I’m sticking to my plan A few hours of technology-free dialogue is just too sweet to give up.

25. Some of the students in the history class were unhappy with       .

A. the course material                                                  B. the author’s class rules

C. discussion topics                                                            D. others’ misuse of technology

26. What does the author think of the use of technology in the classroom?

A. It keeps students from doing independent thinking.

B. It encourages students to have deep conversations.

C. It helps students to better understand difficult themes.

D. It affects students’ concentration on the teacher’s ideas.

27. It can be inferred from the Iasi paragraph that the author       .

A. will give up teaching history

B. is quite stubborn in teaching

C. will change his teaching plan soon

D. values technology-free dialogues in his class

Do you often lose things? Don’t worry. Now a new tool that can be connected to any object you might lose may be the way to solve your problem. The Tile, a small square linked up to your iphone or ipad by means of Bluetooth, lets you see how close you are to your missing item, within a 50-to-150-foot range. If the item goes out of your phone’s 150-foot range, it can still be found on other smart phones with the same app.

When you drive the app on your phone, it shows you, with green bars that increase or decrease, how close or far away you are from the Tile. You can also program it to make a sound when you get close to the Tile. And you can link up your phone with up to ten Tiles. And if your lost object—a dog, for example, or a stolen bike—go out of your own phone’s 150-foot Bluetooth range, you can set it as a “lost item”. If any of the phones with the Tile app comes within range of your lost item, a message will be sent to your phone, telling you its position. The Tile app also has the function to remember where it last saw your Tile, so that you can easily find where you left it.

Since the Tiles use Bluetooth rather than GPS, they are never out of battery or needn’t to be charged, and they work for one year before needing to be replaced. And the app works with all generations of iPhones and iPads.

For further information, please visit www. tile666.com.

32. What can the Tile app help you ?   

A. To use your phone more wisely                B. To find your missing items

C. To save your phone’s power                           D. To find other phone users

33. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The Tile needs to be charged after a year of use.

B. One smart phone can only be linked up with one Tile.

C. A missing item can’t be found if it goes out of your phone’s Bluetooth range.

D. The Tile cannot be linked up with a phone without Bluetooth.

34. What does the second paragraph mainly tell us?

A. What the Tile app is.                               B. The advantages of the Tile app.

C. How the Tile app works.                         D. Why the Tile app was created.

35. Where does the passage probably come from?

A. A health report.                                       B. An advertisement.

C. A personal diary                                      D. Science fiction.

Tips on Choosing a Hobby

From painting to reading, there's an endless number of hobbies that you can adopt. Looking for a new hobby? You may have no idea facing too many choices. ___36___

Focus on what interests you

When looking for a new hobby, you would certainly want to take up something that's going to interest you. Think about the subjects you like to learn about.____37____

Know your skills

Everyone is born with some skills or talents. ___38___ Are you a good writer, speaker, painter, teacher, or an expert at something else? Think hard about it by going over this question. You will certainly find your passion, and this will guide you to choose a hobby that suits you.

____39____

Figure out how much time you have, to work on your hobby. Reorganize your schedule so you have time for your hobby.___40__ pick one that doesn't take much time or one to which a few minutes can be spared regularly, such as exercising.

With these tips above, you should be able to find a hobby that you'll love.

A Or the things you enjoy doing.

B Decide the time you can give.

C Make sure you have lots of time.

D And some subjects your friends like best.

E But these tips will help you make your choices!

F If you don't have much free time and still want a hobby,

G Knowing your skills and interests is essential for choosing a hobby.

Young people ______ from Beijing University have a good future in finding their dream jobs．（　　）

A．graduate      B．graduated

C．graduating   D．have graduated

 --- Have you ever ________ to our school before?

   --- No, it is the first time I ________ here.

   A. been; come      B. gone; have come    C. been; have come   D. gone; came

The woman said her lost handbag _____ more than 2,000 dollars.

A. included           B. contained      C. kept               D. owned

Amy was only 18 months old when she had the accident that had scarred（留下创伤）her for life. She reached up to grab the hot kettle in the family kitchen and poured boiling water over her tiny baby car.

Her mother Ruby turned round and, seeing Amy horribly burnt, called an ambulance which rushed her daughter to a nearby hospital. Twenty percent of Amy’s body had been burned and all of her burns were third-degree（级）. Using tissue（组织）from unburned parts of Amy’s body, surgeons（外科医生）performed complex skin grafts（移植）for about six hours to close her wounds and control her injuries,. Over the next 16 years, Amy underwent 12 more operations to repair her burnt body.

When she started school at age 4, other students said bad words or simply wouldn’t play with her. “ I was the only burned child in the street, the class and the school,” she recalled, “some children refused to become friends because of the burn.”

Today, age 17, Amy is a member of the Scottish Burned Children's Club. This month, Amy will be joining the younger children at the Graffham Water Center in Cambridge for the club’s first summer camp. “I’ll show them how to get over unkind behaviors from others,” she says. Amy loves wearing fashionable sleeveless tops（无袖上衣）, and she plans to show the youngsters at the summer camp that they can too wear fashionable sleeveless tops. “I am not going to hide my burns scars any more,” she says, “I gave up thinking how other people would react years ago.”

58.What would be the best title of the passage?

A. Angel of Hope                                         B. A seriously burned girl survives

C. Permanent scars and pain for a girl              D. Shrug off unkind stares

59. What did other children do when Amy first went to school?

     A. They were friendly to her                     B. They smiled at her

     C. They were unfriendly to her                      D. They were afraid of her

60. Amy will teach the younger children at the Graffham Water Center to ____.

     A. hide their scars with sleeve tops            B. face others’ unkindness bravely

     C. recover quickly                                         D. live a normal life

A “F1 racing car” appeared on the campus（校园）of Southwest University on Nov.1, and the driver was an ordinary college student. This “cool” scene attracted the attention of many teachers and students. It turned out that the student was showing his hand-built car at the opening ceremony of the Science and Technology Month for College Students held by the College of Engineering and Technology under Southwest University.

A senior student named Hong Tonglong said that his creative team spent one year to build this “F1 racing car” all by hand. This car looks the same as real F1 racing cars and its inner structure also works well.

“This racing car has four gears（挡）and a motorcycle engine,” Hong said. He also added that the car cost about 4,000 yuan. “In the beginning my parents didn’t really believe it was very serious, and my grandfather was completely against it,” he said. “So it was a bit of a difficult start. Now it’s working pretty well.”

There was also a green solar electric car at the ceremony. The car can seat two people and run without using oil. “Its power source（能源）is solar power. If it is sunny, the car can run for four to five hours with a maximum speed of about 40 kilometers per hour,” said Jiang Meng, a teacher from the College of Engineering and Technology under Southwest University. He also said that this is the first solar-powered car independently developed by colleges in Chongqing and currently, students have registered(注册) a small company for solar-powered cars.

25. What can we learn about the “F1 racing car” in Southwest University?

A. It is completed by a senior student and his companions.

B. It has the same gears as the motorcycle.

C. It is the same as a green solar electric car.

D. It is designed to race in the competition.

26.Which of the sentences is true?

A. The solar electric car can run for five hours at any time.

B. The “F1 racing car” can be sold at 4000 yuan.

C. We are likely to own solar-power cars in the future.

D. The “F1 racing car” can seat only two people.

27. The passage is most likely to be taken from _________.

A. a fairy tale.       B. a travel guide.     C. a novel.                D. a newspaper.

 It _____ them $300 a year to run a car.

A. spends                       B. costs                        C. takes                 D. pays

We are what we eat because what we eat every day has   61 great impact on our health. Therefore, we should make every effort to change our bad eating habits.   62 we all know, baked or fried foods may be 63（taste）, but eating too much of them will  64  （probable）result in some illnesses. Moreover, some food that costs us a great deal of money and is not healthy is junk food.

65 (compare) with people in the West, Chinese people used to eat more grain and vegetables, but   66  (little) meat, which is a good eating habit. However, things are quite different now. With the rapid economic    67   (grow) of our country, we are now also eating a lot of food that is high in sugar and fat. We    68 (run) the risk of eating out without   69   (consider) the balance of our diet .The food we choose affects our health, so we suggest that the food we choose   70   give us the nutrients we need.

 The shocking news made us realize ______ terrible problems we would face.

  A. what               B. how              C. that                 D. which

假定英语课上老师要求同学们交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(  ^  )，并在其下面写上该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。

    修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及修改均仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

    The Vikings were the first Europeans reach America. The Vikings were a group of people which ancestors came from Scandinavia.They controlled the seas and coasts of Northern Europe between the 8th and 10th centuries AD.By around 900 AD,there had many places in Northern Europe where the Vikings chose to live.In 982 AD,when a man was  called Eric the Red decide to set sail further west,there were as much as 10,000 Vikings living in Iceland. According as the old stories of Iceland and Norway,Eric the Red was forced to leave Iceland so he had committed a murder,for which he got into troubles .Eric reached Greenland and discovered that people could live in the place where he landed.He returned to Iceland and told people to go back with him to Greenland.Eric set sail once again,this time with 25 ships,of which only 14 made them to Greenland.

 A young girl is smiling at me from a picture on my desk. She is my sponsor(资助)child from the Philippines.   __31  I have never met her in person, she has   32  a special place in my heart. It doesn’t   33  me much to help her, about a dollar a day. But the   34  of helping her is beyond money. It   35   me to her, to life, and to love.

   I can still   36  the first time that I decided to help a child overseas. It was many years ago. I was only a teenager myself and for the first time in my life had a little extra  37   each month. I didn’t feel like   38  anything, though. Because we had lost almost   39   we had in a house fire a few years before and going through that had taught   40   a lot. I had learned that I didn’t need a lot of “things” to be happy. I had also a lot about the   __41  of children in poor countries around the world. It seemed like a better thing to give what I could to   42  them. It felt so good being able to reach out and help another    43  . I could feel the kindness   44  within me and beginning to change me.

__45   does change us. It makes us into better people with a  46  view of life. It helps us to love, to be kind, and to make this world a better place.

31. A. Even though               B. As if                      C. In case                        D. Now that

32.A. wanted                           B. needed                 C. found                    D. given

33. A. pay                                B. offer                      C. bring                     D. cost

34. A. joy                                B. way                              C. loss                              D. number

35. A. refers                            B. connects                      C. takes                     D. invites

36. A. pass                                     B. believe                  C. remember                    D. forget

37. A. money                           B. effort                     C. food                      D. work

38. A. reading                         B. buying                   C. losing                   D. saying

39. A. something                            B. anything                       C. everything             D. nothing

40. A. them                             B. you                       C. me                               D. her

41. A. happiness                     B. shortcomings               C. freedom                       D. reward

42. A. help                                     B. entertain                      C. educate                       D. read

43. A. in danger                              B. in line                    C. in need                 D. in charge

44. A. reducing                      B. growing                 C. going                    D. leaving

45. A. Fortune                               B. Respect                       C. Curiosity                      D. Kindness

46. A. more popular                       B. clearer                  C. funnier                        D. more formal

 In order to concentrate on your writing, you’d better find a place_____ from disturbance.

    A. away       B. free       C. off             D. separate

一Can’t you see I’m on the phone?

A.—Sorry to bother you，sir, but the matter is     .

A. effective    B.  major   C.  urgent  IX  scary

A hobby is an investment of time. It also can be an investment of money and commitment. Many people choose to develop more than one type of hobby.    36    When choosing the hobby, consider all the followings.

Hobbies are usually an activity that brings out a certain skill that you have. When you have a talent like painting or woodworking, it can be easy to decide which hobby suits your skill.    37     Skill can be developed, so it is not a necessary requirement. A hobby is fitting because you love it, not because you’re good at it.

Some people particularly enjoy taking part in hobbies that they can do in a group with others. It can be a lot more fun to become a member of a hobby group than to sit alone in your room.    38     It’s important to share interests and network with others.

    Hobbies are generally an activity that you take because of the joy it brings you. Of course many people have discovered the joy that also comes with a hobby that earns you a living.    39    Just make sure you make the choice that fits your lifestyle and personal preference.

     40    But most of the skilled hobbies like art, building or writing have a series of lessons that you can take to further your skills. In some cases it’s a really good idea to take lessons, especially if you are clueless as to where or how to begin. Step by step books for most hobbies can often be found in bookstores as well.

A．Look one group up or start your own.

B．However, hobbies don’t have to be skill related.

C．Make a list of things that you enjoy or don’t know about.

D．Read hobby books to learn more about your chosen hobby!

E. Most hobbies can easily be done within your own home when you are free.

F. It can be a necessary part of selecting the hobby that is right for you.

G. Whether it’s full time, part time or not at all, you must decide whether your hobby applies to you.

 — I hear you won the prize in the English Contest last week.

— That was the second time that I ______ the prize.

A. have got          B. got                 C. get                     D. had got

   Last year we went to visit some friends in the North of Germany. The day we arrived, the  41  was very nice, so we decided to go to the local outdoor swimming pool.

   When we got there, my wife and three of our children and I were  42  a good spot(地点) near the pool to rest later. Our eldest son Cian, back then 7 years old, couldn’t wait to jump into the pool. But he could  43 swim at the time and still insisted on trying.  44 the deep part of the pool was clearly marked by a big rope, we  45  to let him off.

   Just a minute later, our son came to us clearly   46  and shook up. We were  47  as he was no more than 5 meters away in the pool and we just left him there for a minute. Our friend Stefan who was a bit behind us told us what  48  when he got to the pool.

   Cian, glad with himself being first in the water before his elder sister, made his way to the rope that  49  the deep pool from the shallow end. What he didn’t  50  was that the slope(斜坡) was very severe and the rope was loose. Therefore, he pushed slightly into the  51  end. Cian felt himself falling into the water and felt  52 .

   Thankfully our friend Stefan  53  all of this. His daughter  54  some swimming lessons where the parents were told how to  55  whether a person is drowning. Stefan saw our son helplessly  56  on the surface. He quickly jumped in and pulled him to  57  .We were absolutely shocked as we were only 5 metres away but  58 unaware of what was going on.

   We were very lucky and learned our   59  , which is never to leave a child unattended at the pool or on the beach. Please don’t make the same  60  , otherwise the result will be unimaginable.

41. A. scenery                  B. weather              C. water            D. city

42. A. looking for              B. referring to             C. setting up           D. watching over

43. A. almost                   B. often                C. hardly               D. fairly

44. A. Once                 B. So                   C. Since            D. Unless

45. A. argued                   B. demanded             C. refused              D. agreed

46. A. calm                 B. upset                C. excited              D. moved

47. A. disappointed             B. puzzled                  C. interested           D. worried

48. A. happened                 B. appeared                 C. spread           D. changed

49. A. organized            B. covered              C. divided              D. moved

50. A. doubt                B. explain                  C. understand           D. realize

51. A. clean                B. plain                B. deep             D. new

52. A. angry                B. helpless                 C. surprised        D. tired

53. A. experienced              B. expected             C. recorded         D. saw

54. A. attended                 B. held                 C. taught               D. prepared

55. A. believe                  B. show                 C. judge            D. prove

56. A. floating                 B. swimming             C. running              D. walking

57. A. attention                B. happiness            C. protection           D. safety

58. A. necessarily              B. completely           C. slightly             D. slowly

59. A. tip                      B. wisdom                   C. knowledge        D. lesson

60. A. mistake                  B. pain                 C. schedule         D. plan