Films provide more than just entertainment．For many people,watching English films is a way to develop language skills．While watching a film，you are immersed（沉浸在）in the language and can pick up new expressions that you might not find in a textbook．Some difficulties can arise when watching English films-for example，unfamiliar colloquial language or strong regional accents．With this in mind，here are my tips to help you make progress in English learning while enjoying the films．
Choose a film genre类型) that you enjoy.
   If you like action films，watch an action film-for example Indiana Jones．If you prefer comedies，watch a comedy-anything with Hugh Grant in always provides a laugh！It's simple enough，but if you choose something you enjoy watching in your native language，you're more likely to enjoy it in English．
Choose something that you are familiar with.
    It's best to start off with something simple because in this way you have a higher chance of understanding the film．Disney films such as The Lion King，or the more recently released Tangled，are classic examples．Other cartoons such as Up and The Lego Movie are also worth a watch．
Ask friends for advice

Perhaps  you have friends who have already seen English film ?If so ,they may be able to recommend one

If you need to，use the English subtitles  
    Subtitles are very helpful for beginners．using subtitles in your own language is the easiest choice，but for more advanced learners why not consider using English subtitles？This way，you can match the written subtitles to the words spoken on .screen．It helps you to develop your language further.

21.What can we know from the first paragraph ?

  A .Some expressions from textbooks can be found in English films.

  B .Unfamiliar spoken language can be neglected when we watch English films .

  C.Foreign language films can help us improve our language skills.

  D Strong regional accents cannot influence the understanding of English films.

22What kind of film will you probably watch if you like Hugh Grant ?

 A.Action films .              B. Cartoon films     C. Comedy films     D. Detective

23. One way to get the most out of English films is watching films           .

A. with a foreigner                                  B. about familiar topics

   C. native speakers recommend                         D.without words on the screen

24.What does the underlined word “subtitles “means in the text ?

A. Translators .   B. Chinese characters   C. English dictionaries    D. Words on the screen

. -----I feel terrible. I didn’t do well in the math test.

   -----_______. You’re already making progress and will surely learn it well.

   A. Don’t be silly                     B. Don’t take things for granted

   C. Don’t put the cart before the horse    D. Don’t take it too hard

    Look at the car. It is Mr Black’s car. It doesn’t work now. Mr Black is under it. He is repairing it. Mrs Black is near the car. She is helping Mr Black. A girl is in the car. She is Kate, Mr Black’s daughter. Who is the boy in the car? He is Jim, Kate’s brother. It is Saturday today. They don’t work. They want to go to Zhongshan Park. They all look worried.

21. Today is _____.

  A. Tuesday     B. Thursday     C. Monday     D. Saturday

22. Mr Black is ____ his car.

  A. washing     B. driving      C.  repairing     D. cleaning

23. Kate is ____ the car with her brother.

  A. beside           B. in       C. under        D. near

24. They are going to a ____.

  A. zoo         B. farm         C. factory      D. park

25. What happens to the car?

  A. It runs out of gas.               B. It doesn’t work.   

  C. It was broken in an accident.     D. It is stopped by a policeman.

   Gorillas(大猩猩) are born with an international sign language of gestures that they use to communicate, says a new study from the University of St Andrews in Scotland. From beating their chests to putting objects on their heads, shaking their arms, and even bouncing on all fours, the animals use more than 100 gestures to communicate with each other.

Professor Richard Byrne, a psychiatrist involved in the research, says it was hard to figure out the meanings of the gestures. “We don't really know what the animals are thinking. Often the gestures have more than one meaning, depending on the context,” says Byrne.

The study showed that the gorillas did not learn the gestures from each other, as had been expected, but performed them instinctively (本能地).

“Everyone had assumed different groups of gorillas would learn different gestures,” he says. “But that's not what we found. The more sites we went to ,the more we saw the same gestures being used. They seem to be naturally equipped with a pretty complex system of communication.”

The study also found that gestures were performed with close attention to the potential audience, so that silent sig­nals, for example, were only given when other apes could see them. Other gestures, such as the "disco arm shake" were only ever seen directed towards humans.

Byrne believes that the findings may explain how the human language developed. “There has always been speculation（猜测）that the origins of the human language might lie in gestures,” he says. “Many researchers have therefore studied the gestural communication of the great apes for clues to the evolutionary origins of human gestures,” he adds.

Several studies have shown that great apes are capable of imitating gestures. However, the scientists found that what appeared to be copies of human actions were actually gestures the apes were already able to make themselves.   

“They imitate the demonstrated actions pretty well, but not exactly”, says Professor Byrne. “So we think the fact that apes have a huge range of skills of gestures explains how they can imitate human gestures, and why their copies are usually inexact: they’re ‘reusing’ gestures from their own skills, not learning new ones.”

51.According to the passage, Richard Byrne's research has found _____________.

A. different groups of gorillas would learn different gestures

B. gorillas know the sign language from birth

C. how gorillas learn from each other

D. gorillas develop a variety of languages when growing up

52. Why can't the researchers really know the meanings of gorilla gestures?

A. Because gorillas possess the ability of making many kinds of gestures.

B. Because they haven't made deep research into the animal.

C. Because a gorilla gesture may have different meanings.

D. Because gorillas can't exactly express their thoughts.

53.If a gorilla wants to make a silent gesture towards another gorilla，he __________ .

A. needs to know how many other gorillas are watching him

B. needs to make noise first in order to draw attention

C. will first make sure his gesture can be seen

D. will first consider whether he can carry out his gesture

54. Many scientists study the sign language of great apes in order to __________.

   A. find the origins of the human language

   B. explore the ways for people to communicate with apes

   C. learn how animals communicate with each other

   D. discover the meanings of animal gestures

55. What can we infer from the last paragraph?

   A. It’s easy for gorillas to copy the sign languages of other animals

   B. It’s impossible for a gorilla to copy another gorilla’s gestures

   C. It’s very easy for a young gorilla to learn sign language

   D. It’s very hard for gorillas to copy human gestures exactly

A new computer program is being praised as a life-changer for blind people. The new program is known as the KNFB Reader app. It can help users listen to an audio(声音的) read-back--- the sound of printed material.

The application software program costs $99. It is the product of a long relationship between the National Federation of the Blind and Ray Kurzweil, a computer scientist and an employee of Google.

The KNFB Reader makes use of new pattern recognition and image-processing technology, and new hardware for smartphones. People using the app can adjust, or change the position of the camera and read printed materials out loud.

Mr. Kurzweil started working on what he called “reading machines” in the early 1970s. The idea came after speaking with a blind person who expressed frustrations with the lack of technology to help blind people. His first reading machine was the size of a washing machine. It cost $50,000. The technology has continued to improve over the past 20 years. The new smartphone app can recognize and take printed material in one language and change it to another language. But it was not available on a mobile device until now. In the past, it cost more than $1,000 to use the software app with a camera and a mobile phone.

Blind people say the app will make life much easier and it will help with everything from reading restaurant menus to studying papers in the classroom. Users say the app has given some people greater independence. One user, named Gordon Luke, reported that he was able to use the app to read his voting card for the recent voter in Scotland.

Bryan Bashin leads the non-profit group Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired in San Francisco. He is also blind. He says the KNFB app shows the positive impact that technology can have and there are times in his life when he wished the KNFB app were available to him. He adds that the ability to gain information quickly with something that fits in your pocket will be, what he calls, “a game changer”.

67. What can the KNFB Reader app be used to do?

A. Print the stories with the smartphone.

B. Adjust the position of the camera.

C. Find the way for the blind. 

D. Read the books out for the blind.

68. What can we learn from the fourth paragraph?

A. The first reading machine was invented by a blind.

B. Mr. Kurzweil’s first reading machine was very expensive.

C. The smartphone app can’t be used to translate languages.

D. The reader app was available on a mobile phone 20 years ago.

69. What’s the users’ attitude towards the app?

A. Positive.           B. Indifferent.           C. Negative.        D. Critical.

70. What can be the best title for the text?

A. An Essential App for Everyone      

B. The History of Reading Machine

C. Smartphone App Gives “Sight” to the Blind

D. The KNFB Reader App Helps the Blind Photograph

    Among all the fast growing science and technology, the research of human genes, or biological engineering as people call it, is drawing more and more attention now. Sometimes it is a hot topic discussed by people.

    The greatest thing that gene technology can do is to cure serious diseases that doctors at present can almost do nothing with, such as cancer and heart disease. Every year, millions of people are murdered by these two killers. And to date, doctors have not found an effective way to cure them. But if the gene technology is applied, not only these two diseases can be cured completely, bringing happiness and more 11Z-x-x-k.Com]living days to the patients, but also the great amount of money people spend on curing their diseases can be saved, therefore it benefits the economy as well. In addition, human life span (寿命) can be prolonged.

    Gene technology can help people to give birth to more healthy and clever children. Some families, with the English imperial (皇家的) family being a good example, have hereditary diseases. This means their children will for sure have the family disease, which is a great trouble for these families. In the past, doctors could do nothing about hereditary diseases. But gene technology can solve this problem perfectly. The scientist just need to find the wrong gene and correct it, and a healthy child will be born.1111]

    Some people are worrying that the gene research can be used to manufacture human beings in large quantities. In the past few years, scientists have succeeded in cloning a sheep, therefore these people predict that human babies would soon be cloned. But I believe cloned babies will not come out in large quantities, for most couples in the world can have babies in very normal way. Of course, the governments 11Z-X-X-K]must take care to control gene technology.

8. What does “them” in the second paragraph refer to ?

  A. People with cancer or heart disease.

  B. Millions of people with serious diseases.

  C. Some diseases doctors can do nothing with.

  D. The two illnesses of cancer and heart disease

9. What can gene technology do according to paragraph three?

  A. It can help the English imperial family out.

  B. It can be used to clone human babies.

  C. It can help people to give birth of a baby.

  D. It is likely to treat hereditary diseases.

10. What are people worried about according to the passage?

  A. Human babies may be cloned in a large scale.

  B. Healthy human babies will soon be cloned.

  C. Scientists may well find the wrong genes.

  D. The government may not control gene techs.

11.This passage is mainly written to _________________.

  A. show gene technology will benefit people

  B. show gene technology will do harm as well

  C. tell that gene technology is a hot topic

  D. tell that gene technology is growing fast

When I was six,Dad brought home a dog___36___(call) "Brownie".Brownie got along well with every member in our family.She would go to___37___was sick and just be with them.We always felt much___38___(good) when she was around.

One day,as I was getting her food,she___39___(bite) a hole out of one of Dad's shoes.I scolded her,___40___(tell) her what she did was wrong.She looked down at the ground and then went and hid.I saw tears in her eyes.

Brownie went everywhere with us.People would stop and ask if they could pet her.Of course she'd let anyone pet her.She was just the most lovable dog.There were many times___41___we'd be out walking and a small child would come over and pull on her hair.She never barked or tried to get away.The___42___(fun) thing was that she would smile. This frightened people because___43___thought she was showing her teeth.Far from the truth,she loved everyone.

Now many years have passed since Brownie___44___(die) of old age.I still miss the days when she was___45___us.

Single-sex schools are better than mixed schools

Message 1 — posted by Jane, Amsterdam

I think mixed-sex schools are the only way for children to learn, because it's natural. In higher education and their working life, they will be mixed so it makes sense for them to be mixed at school. School should reflect the real world.

Message 2 — posted by Hans, Germany

My reaction to this is very clear. For me, single-sex schools are much better, and the statistics show that they get better exam results, particularly at secondary level. Anything which helps children pass exams must be a good thing.

Message 3 — posted by Bill, USA

Boys and girls learn in very different ways. I feel that they should be educated separately so teachers can focus on their different needs. The way I see it is that if you have a zoo, you don't put the lions in with the zebras!

Message 4 — posted by Martin, London

My view on this is that it doesn't really matter. What is important is the curriculum (课程), and keeping students interested. I was a teacher and we had a lot of truancy (逃学) to deal with, and problems with students missing lessons because they found them boring. Never have a timetable with Maths as the first class on Monday morning!

Message 5 — posted by Emily, Sydney

I don't think there is any question that mixed schools are better. There is too much competition at single-sex schools, which often means that students don't make enough progress. I also think there is more bullying (欺凌) at single-sex schools, where children are picked on because of the increased competition. Single-sex schools lead to a “dog eat dog” situation.

32. What is Jane's attitude towards single-sex schools?

A. Favorable.          B. Negative.     C. Objective.         D. Unconcerned.

33. Both Hans and Bill hold that _____.

A. teachers should meet students' different needs

B. boys and girls should be taught separately

C. schools should focus on students' exam results

D. mixed schools are better than single-sex schools

34. Martin stresses the importance of _____.

A. exciting students' interest in courses   B. students' time awareness

C. training students to obey rules          D. school management

35. Emily uses “dog eat dog” to show _____.

A. her support for single-sex schools      

B. students' determined effort to succeed

C. the fierce competition in single-sex schools

D. the better education results in single-sex schools

Arriving in Sydney on his own from India, my husband, Rashid, stayed in a hotel for a short time while looking for a house for me and our children.

During the first week of his stay, he went out one day to do some shopping. He came back in the late afternoon to discover that his suitcase was gone. He was extremely worried as the suitcase had all his important papers, including his passport.

He reported the case to the police and then sat there，lost and lonely in strange city, thinking of the terrible troubles of getting all the paperwork organized again from a distant country while trying to settle down in a new one.

Late in the evening, the phone rang. It was a stranger. He was trying to pronounce my husband’s name and was asking him a lot of questions. Then he said they had found a pile of papers in their trash can（垃圾桶）that had been left out on the footpath.

My husband rushed to their home to find a kind family holding all his papers and documents.

Their young daughter had gone to the trash can and found a pile of unfamiliar papers. Her parents had

carefully sorted them out, although they had found mainly foreign addresses on most of the documents. At last they had seen a half-written letter in the pile in which my husband had given his new telephone number to a friend.

That family not only restored the important documents to us that day but also restored our faith and trust in people. We still remember their kindness and often send a warm wish.

32.What did Rashid plan to do after his arrival in Sydney?

A. Join his family.     B. Go shopping.

C. Find a house.       D. Take his family.

33.The girl’s parents got Rashid’s phone number from _______.

A. a friend of his family     B. a Sydney policeman

C. a stranger in Sydney     D. a letter in his papers

34.What does the underlined word “restored” in the last paragraph mean?

A. showed.      B. sent out.

C. gave back.    D. delivered.

35.Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A. Turning Trash to Treasure.     B. Living in a New Country.

C. From India to Australia.       D. In Search of New Friends.

假如你是李华，你的英国笔友Lily在她的微博中说她为了减肥吃减肥药，而且经常不吃饭， 导致身体变得很虚弱，状态很不佳。请你在她的微博上用英文给她留言，内容包括：

1.     对她的现状表示担心；  2. 指出吃减肥药以及经常不吃饭的坏处；

2.     提出一些健康的减肥方法， 如慢跑、定期到健身房健身等。

注意：1.词数100个左右；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：减肥药  weight-loss pill;  慢跑 jogging;  健身房 gym

                                                                    Yours，

                                                                       Li Hua

       Jennifer was halfway down the stairs when she turned and took one last look at her room.   21   high school and going away to college was like the   22   pause at the ending of a chapter in a good book, and she was   23   to turn the page.

       Jennifer went down the stairs to where her mother and father,   24   quiet, were waiting. She even felt a sense of guilt deep   25   her when she admitted to herself how longingly she had   26   getting away from her home and starting a new life in the college.

       They went out through the front door. Dad put the suitcases in the back of the   27  , and then came forward to hold the front door open. “Sit in the   48  , dear,” her mother suggested, touching her arm gently, and Jennifer noticed that her mother was   29   one of those sad-looking smiles. In fact, she was afraid her mother might even   30   at the train station.

       Her father pulled out of their driveway and Jennifer turned for one last look at the house.

       They pulled up at the station then. The train was coming. There were last-minute questions, words of advice, and then   31  .

       “Well, I’m on my way. Don’t worry about me, everything will be OK,” Jennifer said   32  .

       When her father took the picture, she noticed her mother wasn’t weepy at all---the smile on her face wasn’t   33   sad-looking.

       Through the window, Jennifer held   34   with her eyes as the train moved away slowly. They were standing close together, and somehow it   35   the memory of that day when she was seven-when she had persuaded them to let her   36   the big Ferris wheel(摩天轮) all by herself. She had sat still in the   37   middle of the seat as she did just now in the car, feeling   38   that even if she fell, even if the Ferris wheel itself fell, she had known they would catch her.

       Suddenly she felt tears   39   her eyes. She wiped her eyes and found her parents out of   40   when she looked back again.

21.A. Finishing                          B. Attending                C. Entering                        D. Continuing

22.A. frequent                                  B. sudden                   C. brief                               D. regular

23.A. sad                                         B. slow                        C. eager                                   D. quiet

24.A. strangely                         B. badly                      C. normally                        D. definitely

25.A. from                                 B. within                      C. into                                D. of

26.A. looked up to                           B. got used to                    C. got bored with               D. looked forward to

27.A. seat                                 B. wheel                      C. car                                 D. driveway

28.A. middle                              B. back                       C. front                              D. side

29.A. flashing                                   B. wearing                   C. forcing                           D. shaping

30.A. arrive                               B. escape                          C. faint                               D. cry

31.A. decisions                         B. hugs                       C. changed                        D. rushes

32.A. proudly                                   B. sadly                       C. impatiently                            D. heartily

33.A. all                                    B. even                       C. only                               D. once

34.A. it                                      B. her                          C. him                                D. them

35.A. kept away                        B. stuck to                   C. wiped off                        D. brought back

36.A. ride                                  B. catch                      C. play                               D. drive

37.A. same                               B. proper                           C. exact                             D. similar

38.A. afraid                               B. certain                           C. sorry                              D. peaceful

39.A. controlling                        B. rolling                            C. emptying                       D. flooding

40.A. sight                                B. mind                       C. station                                  D. memory

How much paper do you use every year? Perhaps you can’t answer that question quickly. In 1900 the world’s use of paper was about one kilogram for each person in a year. Now some countries use as much as 100 kilograms of paper for each person in a year. The amount of paper a country uses shows how far advanced the country is, some people say. It is difficult to say whether this is true: different people mean different things by the word “advanced”. But countries like the United States, England and Sweden certainly use more paper than other countries.

    Paper, like many other things that we use today, was first made in China. In Egypt and the West, paper was not very commonly used before the year 1400.

    The Chinese first made paper about 2,000 years ago. China still has pieces of paper which were made as long ago as that. But Chinese paper was not made from the wood of trees. It was made from the hairlike parts of certain plants.

    Paper was not made in southern Europe until about the year 1100. Scandinavia — which now makes a great deal of the world’s paper — did not begin to make it until 1500. It was a German named Schaeffer who found out that trees could be made into the best paper. After that, the forest countries of Canada, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and the United States became the most important in paper making. Today in Finland, which makes the best paper in the world, the paper industry is the biggest in the land.

(  )28. The underlined word “advanced” in the first paragraph probably means ________.

A. big     B. small      C. developed    D. beautiful

(  )29. Paper was first made in ________.

A. China    B. Egypt     C. the West     D. southern Europe

(  )30. The man who first made paper from trees was a (an) ___.

A. Chinese        B. Egyptian     C. Canadian  D. German

(  )31. Which country makes the best paper in the world today?

A. Canada.              B. Finland.      C. Sweden.   D. Norway.

  How to people at your school punished for being late? It might not be as   61  (strictly) as one Sichuan teacher’s idea of making students write the complex character for blang 1,000 times.

   The first student said she could not continue  65  (write) the word after the 200th time as it become “so tiring.”  ___66  second instead asked to draw 100 Shaanxi’s famous Terracotta Warriors (兵马俑),  67 (take) more than four hours to do so.

   On social media, many Internet   68  (user) praised the professor’s “creative” punishment.

   “This sounds  69  an interesting and refreshing punishment,” said Yang Luying, a teacher, on weibo.

Meiweizhu, another weibo user, agreed by saying that the punishment could have been worse: “Imagine if he had made them write out  70  (they) punishment with ink brushes.”

An inspiring teacher knows how to create an atmosphere for his students， ____ allows them to express themselves freely during the class.

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

After I mastered my first concerto(协奏曲) at age fourteen, my parents decided to get me a nice violin. I tried out dozens of instruments before I found my match: a German violin. It was beautiful, but what I liked best about it was its voice. Confident and strong, it was everything I longed to be.

I'm not sure how much that violin cost, but my parents made me promise never to let it out of my sight. They didn't understand that dragging a large violin case run counter to my daily middle school task of being invisible. I was a strange absent-minded kid. When I spoke up in class, my comments brought confused silence from teachers, and wild laughter from students. Like a deer in a wolf pack, I tried to be quiet and still.

On the contrary, my new violin was almost shockingly loud. Together, we could drown out the rest of my middle school orchestra, which was encouraged, since the other kids made sounds like cats’ crying. For one glorious hour every day, I was showered with attention. Everyone wanted to hear what I had to say.

Between classes, I bent under the combined weight of my violin case and a backpack filled with books. My posture suffered, but my confidence grew. With my violin by my side, I found my voice. More and more, I contributed to class discussions and even made a couple of friends.

Today, I’m just an amateur violinist with a regular day job. As I sit in my community orchestra, sometimes I feel jealous of my fellow musicians’ instruments with their elegant voices. I may not be the best violinist around, but at least I’m still the loudest.

1. The underlined part “run counter to” in paragraph 2 probably means ______.

A. was similar to

B. went along with

C. was the opposite of

D. had something in common with

2. We know from paragraph 2 that the author ______.

A. did not fit in at school

B. was an excellent student

C. was strong and confident

D. didn't attend classes regularly

3. What kind of feeling is expressed in paragraph 3?

A. Disappointment.      B. Anger.      C. Pride.      D. Regret.

4. What can we infer from the text?

A. The violin changed the author in some way.

B. The author hated the loud voice of his violin.

C. The violin always made the author embarrassed.

D. The author was the best violinist in his community orchestra.

 The books on the desk, 　　　covers are shiny, are prizes for us.

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

We all hope to achieve success in many areas of our lives, but sometimes the road to success seems to be paved with difficulties and events that we haven’t planned for. The following steps will help you to clearly define what it is that you hope to achieve in life so that you can make your goals and dreams become a reality.

●16 _________. Make sure that you’re motivated and committed to what you hope for so that you are willing to take the necessary steps to achieve it. 

●17_________. If you truly desire to achieve success in life, you must be wiling to clear away what prevents you from reaching your goals and dreams.  

●Approach your goals and dreams with a positive attitude. Having a negative attitude and thinking you can’t accomplish your goals and be successful in life only slow you down. Stay positive even if the road gets tough.18_________．

●Be flexible and creative. Things may not always turn out the way you hoped or planned, so sometimes you’ll have to think of new, more efficient ways to reach your goals.

●Communicate effectively. 19_________. So knowing how to be clear and kind when dealing with others is a skill that will greatly serve you on your path to success. 

●Take care of your mind and body. Eat healthily, exercise regularly, get adequate sleep and allow your mind to rest from time to time. 20_________.

A. Set a clear goal for yourself.

B. This isn’t a one-man show.

C. Overcome difficulties 

D. Thus you’ll be much closer to achieving success.

E. Imagine living your dreams. 

F. This way you’ll be in top physical and mental shape when seeking success.

G. Then enjoy your new shape and become more content with your appearance.

A new study says electronic toys are not helping babies learn.

"Even if companies are marketing them as educational, they're not teaching the babies anything at this time," said Anna Sosa the study's author.

Researchers listened to audio(声音的)recordings of parents playing with their babies aged 10 months to 16 months. The researchers compared the experiences when the children played with electronic toys, traditional toys such as blocks, or when the children looked at books. What they found is that parents talked less with their babies when the babies played with electronic toys.

Why is this important? Research shows that how quickly children develop language is often based on what they hear from parents. When the infants played with electronic toys, parents said little to their children. But with traditional toys, such as blocks, parents shared the names and descriptions of the animals, colors and shapes as their children played. There was even more information given by parents as their babies looked at the pictures in books.

Of course, there is no need for parents to throw out electronic toys, but they should look at their infants’ play with such toys as entertainment, not a learning experience.

Toy Industry Association spokeswoman Adrienne Appell responded to the study. She said it is important that parents make time to play with their children. "Playing is a way that kids can learn so much, not only cognitive(认知的) skills, but social and developmental skills," she said. She added that play should be balanced, including time for just "make believe" activities, as well as traditional and electronic toys.

32. What’s Anna Sosa’s attitude towards companies claiming that their toys are educational?

A. supportive                 B. doubtful       C. uninterested           D. indifferent

33. We can learn from the text that babies in the research __________.

A. interact less with their parents when playing with electronic toys

B. liked traditional toys better than electronic toys

C. talked little with their parents when playing with electronic toys        

D. listened to audio recordings of their parents                        

34. Children develop language more quickly when their parents __________.

A. buy them a lot of toys

B. teach them how to speak

C. read them picture books often

D. throw away their electronic toys

35. According to Adrienne Appell, playing __________.

A. can’t take the place of learning

B. shouldn’t take most of children’s time

C. can’t develop children’s cognitive skills

D. is good to children’s overall development

How the World Wide Web Started

　　Tim Berners-Lee is the man who wrote the software(软件) programme that led to the foundation of the World Wide Web. Britain played an important part in developing the first generation of computers. The parents of Tim Berners-Lee both worked on one of the earliest commercial (商业的) computers and talked about their work at home. As a child he would build models of computers from packing material. After graduating from Oxford University he went on to the real thing. In the 1980s scientists were already communicating using a primitive version (版本) of e-mail . While working at a laboratory in Switzerland . Tim Berners-Lee wrote a programme , which let him store these messages .This gave him another idea: write a programme that will let academics(学术界人士) from across the world share information on a single place. In 1990 he wrote the HTTP(服务程序所用的协议) and HTML(超文本链接标示语言) programmes which form the basis of the World Wide Web .

　　The next year his programmes were placed on to the Internet . Everyone was welcome to use them and improve them if they could . Programmers used this codes(密码) to work with different operating systems. New things like web browsers(浏览器) and search engines were developed. Between 1991 and 1994 the number of web pages rose from 10 to 100,000.

　　In 1994 Tim Berners-Lee formed the newly formed World Wide Web consortium(协会), or W3C. More than 200 leading companies and laboratories are represented(代表) by W3C. Together they make sure that everyone can share equally on the web. ‘ The Web can help people to understand the way that others live and love and are human. It helps us understand the humanity of people.” He says.

　33. Scientists began to communicate using e-mail _____.

　　A. in 1980  B. after the 1980s  C. before 1990  D. in the 1960s

　34. He made up his mind to write a programme that would let people from across the world share information on a single place when ______.

　　A. he was a child      B. he studied in Oxford University

　　C. he formed W3C     D. he worked at a lab in Switzerland

　　35. Which of the following is NOT true ?

　　A. The number of web pages rose very rapidly in the 1990s.

　　B. Tim’s programmes were placed on to the Internet in 1990.

　　C. The World Wide Web will have an effect on the social development.

　　D. Tim Berners-Lee made a great contribution to the computer science.

    When children start kindergarten,evident gaps in science knowledge already exist between Whites and minorities and between youngsters from upper-income and low-income families.And they often deepen into significant achievement gaps by the end of eighth grade if they are not dealt with during elementary school.

    The findings suggest that,in order tor the United States to maintain long-term scientific and economic competitiveness in the world,policymakers need to renew efforts to ensure access to high-quality,early learning experiences in childcare settings,preschools and elementary schools.

    The researchers’ study tracked 7,757 children from their start in kindergarten to the end of eighth grade. Researchers found that,among kindergarteners with low levels of general knowledge,62 percent were struggling in science by the time they reached third grade and 54 percent were struggling in that subject in eighth grade.And general knowledge gaps between minorities and Whites were already large at the time when students began kindergarten.

    “Children growing up in low-income families typically experience comparatively fewer early opportunities to learn about the natural and social sciences,” the authors wrote.“Their parents often have lower educational levels and therefore less science knowledge themselves as well as fewer resources available to direct the children's academic growth.Children raised in poverty often attend poorly resourced schools that further limit their academic opportunities.”

    Morgan said that,within families,parents who regularly talk and interact with toddlers（学步的儿童）can point out and explain physical,natural and social events occurring around them daily.This might help youngsters learn facts and concepts that will prepare them to take better advantage of science instruction they receive during elementary and middle school.

32.Which may be the possible result of the gaps in science knowledge during kindergarten?

A.Children from rich families wilt behave better in life.

B.Children from minorities may have less desire for learning.

C.The gaps will disappear automatically when children grow up.

D.Children's academic performance afterwards will be affected.

33.What did the researchers suggest policymakers do?

A.Narrow income gaps between different families.        B.Make good education available to children.

C.Give extra lessons to children from poor families.        D.Strengthen competitive awareness of kindergarteners.

34.What can parents do to help their toddlers learn?

A.Offer them more learning resources.                   B.Give them more nutritious food.

C.Create learning opportunities in daily life.              D.Let them attend science courses for kids.

35.Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A.Equal Education Is Important in Kindergarten         

B.Income Gaps Affect Children's School Performances

C.Provide More Available Access to Childhood Learning  

D.Science Knowledge Gaps Are Obvious in Kindergarten