Google has been collecting tons of data about smartphone usage around the world．  Here are some of the most surprising and interesting facts:

    Android is most popular in Japan, with 55% of respondents（调查对象） using it, compared with 39% for iOS．Android is also number one in a few other countries, including New Zealand （41%）, the US（40%）, and China （38%）．

    iOS is farthest ahead in Switzerland, with 52% usage vs 23% for Android．Other countries where iOS is far ahead include Australia （49% vs 25% Android）, Canada （45% vs 23% Android and 23% Blackberry）,  and France （43% vs 25% Android）．

    In Egypt, Windows Mobile is far more popular than iOS．13% of survey respondents use the Microsoft smartphone platform, behind Symbian （19%） and Android （14%）． iOS is very far down at 4%．

    Mobile social networking is biggest in Mexico and Argentina, where 74% and 73% of users visit a social network daily．But mobile-social is weak in Japan where 34% of users never visit a social network on their phone, and this figure rises to41% in Brazil．

    Watching video is most popular in Saudi Arabia, with 59% of respondents doing it daily．Number two is Egypt, with 41%．

    Chinese users shop from their phones．59% of Chinese users do this, compared with only 41% in second-place Egypt．Chinese users also love to write reviews．41% of them write a review of a local business after looking it up on their smartphone．Number two, Japan, is far behind, with only 24% of respondents doing this．

54．Which of the following best describes the usage of the smartphone operating systems in Egypt?

      A．Windows Mobile＞iOS＞Symbian＞Android

      B．Android＞Windows Mobile＞iOS＞Symbian

     C．iOS＞Android＞Symbian＞Windows Mobile

    D．Symbian＞Android＞Windows Mobile＞iOS

55．In which of the following countries is mobile social networking least popular?

       A．Brazil．             B． Japan．            C．Mexico．        D．Argentina．

56．In which section of a newspaper can we most probably read the passage?

       A． Health．            B． Environment．   C． Technology．    D． Entertainment．

Maya Angelou is one of those rare writers who can            your heart and soul with her vivid words.

A. investigate   B. touch    C. reckon       D. dominate

Car drivers can take a subway into the city center ______ cars always get stuck in the traffic jams.

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

Rembrandt was an extraordinary Dutch painter. He was most well-known for his brushwork and the way in which he connected with the human soul. His life, however, was not happy.

   He was born on July 15, 1606 in Leiden, the Netherlands. His father wanted him to have a real, learned profession but Rembrandt left the University of Leiden after becoming bored. He began studying art under a local teacher but soon left and studied in Amsterdam where he mastered all his lessons in six months!

At the age of 22, he moved back to Leiden and began to get his own students. One of his students was the famous artist Gerrit Dou. In 1631 he returned to Amsterdam where he became the most popular portrait painter in Holland. Rembrandt met Saskia and married her in 1634. She was a cousin of a very successful art dealer and she helped him to meet wealthy people who commissioned (委任制作) many paintings from him. He used her as a model in many of his paintings.

   Rembrandt’s private life, however, was very unfortunate. He had four children with Saskia but only one, Titus, survived. Saskia died in 1642 at the age of only 30. In 1649, his housekeeper became his second wife and was also a model for many of his paintings. Even though Rembrandt was very successful as an artist, art dealer and teacher, he lived in a careless way and had to declare bankruptcy (破产) in 1656. He even had to sell his whole art collection and his house to pay off his debts.

His unfortunate life, however, didn’t affect his art. He painted many great paintings during that time. His new love, Hendrickje, died in 1663 and his 27-year-old son, Titus, died in 1668. Eleven months later, on October 4, 1669, Rembrandt died in Amsterdam. He produced more than 600 paintings and over 2,000 drawings!

56. Which of the following is the reason that made his business fail?

  A. As an extraordinary Dutch painter, he knew nothing about business.

  B. He spent most of his time on art, leaving no time to care his business.

  C. All his children but Titus died, which made him very sad.

  D. Like other famous artists, he was thoughtless.

57. From the passage we learn that Rembrandt         .

 A. graduated from the University of Leiden.   B. began his teaching career in 1628.

 C. married Saskia when he was 22 years old.    D. was good at drawing animals and flowers.

58. How many members of Rembrandt’s family died before him, not including his parents?

  A. Four                          B. Five                 C. Six                  D. Seven

59. What’s the best title for this passage?

  A. A brief biography of Rembrandt                B. A great Dutch painter 

 C. The greatest painter in the world               D. Rembrandt’s unhappy family 

A. lag        B.  at large      C. absence      D. back      AB. prioritize       AC.darker

AD. domestic    BC. make       BD. in place    CD. mounting     ABC. exposure 

Many of us have found ourselves trying to explain to friends and colleagues, “No, business travel isn’t as fun and fascinating as it seems.” Finally, there could be proof to___51___ this up. Researchers at the University of Surrey, in Britain, and Linnaeus University, in Sweden, have published a new study highlighting what they call “a ___52___ side of hypermobility(常飞行)”.

The study, which combines existing research on the effects of frequent travel, finds three types of consequence: physiological, psychological and emotional, and social. The physiological ones are the most obvious. Jet ___53___ is the suffering travellers know best, although they may not foresee some of its more terrible potential effects, like speeding ageing or increasing the risk of heart attack and stroke. Then there’s the danger of deep-vein thrombosis(深静脉血栓), ___54___ to germs and radiation. And finally, of course, business travellers tend to get less exercise and eat less healthily than people who stay ___55____

The psychological and emotional damage of business travel is more abstract, but just as real. Frequent flyers experience “travel disorientation” from changing places and time zones so often. They also suffer___56___ stress, given that “time spent travelling will rarely be balanced through a reduced workload, and that there may be anxieties associated with work continuing to pile up while being away”. Due to the ___57___ from family and friends, “hypermobility is frequently a/an isolating experience,” the authors write. The accumulated impact can be astonishing and great.

Finally, there are the social effects. Marriages suffer from the time apart, as does children’s behaviour. What is more, relationships tend to become more unequal, as the partner who stays at home is forced to take on more ___58___ duties. There’s a gender inequality here, since most business travellers are men. Friendships also suffer, as business travellers often “sacrifice local collective activities and instead ___59___ their immediate families when returning from trips”.

Of course, these impacts are moderated by the fact that they fall disproportionately on a small part of the population that is already doing rather well. The “mobile elite(精英)” tend to have higher incomes and access to better health care than the population___60___

So these may be problems of the 1% (or the 3%, or the 5%). But they’re real enough regardless. By all means feel jealous of acquaintances' Instagram photos of exotic meals and faraway attractions. But harbour a small amount of concern as well.

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注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。

2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

It was 6 pm when we arrived Belfast, so we went straight to the hotel that we booked online to check in after we got on the plane. On our way to the downtown, the taxi driver brief introduced the city, which had been in chaos for almost 30 years until the end of next century.

After dropped our bags, we wandered around in the streets. The city was peacefully and people seemed to be enjoying their life very much. The place that we had our dinner was called “The Crown”, a pub dated back to 1826, when the first train ran from Belfast to Lisburn.

We met two European girls having Chow Mein, fried noodles, when we were having a rest in the hall of the hotel later. They told us they have bought the noodles in a Chinese restaurant named Eastern Land. We decided not to go there the next evening so that we could taste it.

Scientists at Harvard University and Bates College find female chimpanzees (黑猩猩) appear to treat sticks as dolls, carrying them around until they have children of their own. Young males engage in such behavior much less frequently.

The new work by Sonya M. Kahlenberg and Richard W. Wrangham, described this week in the journal Current Biology, provides the first evidence of a wild non­human species playing with dolls, as well as the first known sex difference in a wild animal’s choice of playthings.

The two researchers say their work adds to a growing body of evidence that human children are probably born with their own ideas of how they want to behave, rather than simply mirroring other girls who play with dolls and boys who play with trucks. Doll play among humans could have its origins in object—carrying by earlier apes (猿类), they say, suggesting that toy selection is probably not due entirely to socialization.

“In humans, there are obvious sex differences in children’s toy play, and these are remarkably similar across cultures,” says Kahlenberg. “While socialization by elders and peers has been the primary explanation, our work suggests that biology may also have an important role to play in activity preferences.”

In 14 years of data on chimpanzee behavior at the Kibale National Park in Uganda, Kahlenberg and Wrangham counted more than 100 examples of stick­carrying. Some young chimpanzees carried sticks into the nest to sleep with them and on one occasion built a separate nest for the stick. “We have seen juveniles occasionally carrying sticks for many years, and because they sometimes treated them rather like dolls, we wanted to know if in general this behavior tended to represent something like playing with dolls,” says Wrangham, a Professor at Harvard. “If the doll hypothesis (假设) was right, we thought that females should carry sticks more than males do, and that the chimpanzees should stop carrying sticks when they had their first child. We have now watched enough young chimpanzees to prove both points.”

67. What does a female chimpanzee do with sticks?

A. She gives them to her child to play with.        B. She treats them as dolls.

C. She makes useful tools from them.                 D. She treats them as weapons.

68. What causes the different toy selection of chimpanzees, according to the passage?

A. Sex difference.         B. Socialization.             C. Environment.           D. Cultural difference.

69. We can infer from the fourth paragraph that ________.

A. socialization has nothing to do with human’s choice of playthings

B. sex difference is the only factor in human’s choice of playthings

C. the biology factor may also influence toy choice

D. people choose different toys in different cultures

70. It can be concluded from the passage that ________.

A. both humans and chimpanzees choose their playthings due to sex difference

B. different factors cause humans and chimpanzees to choose different playthings

C. only female chimpanzees have playthings

D. chimpanzees usually choose playthings for their children

 Our English teacher told us to find out _______the difference between American English and British English lie.

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

Their cheery song brightens many a winter's day. But robins are in danger of wearing themselves out by singing too much. Robins are singing all night一as well as during the day, British-based researchers say.

    David Dominoni, of Glasgow University, said that light from street lamps, takeaway signs and homes is affecting the birds' biological clock, leading to them being wide awake when they should be asleep.

    Dr Dominoni, who is putting cameras inside nesting boxes to track sleeping patterns, said lack of sleep could put the birds’ health at risk. His study shows that when robins are exposed to light at night in the lab, it leads to some genes being active at the wrong time of day. And the more birds are exposed to light, the more active they are at night.

He told people at a conference, "There have been a couple of studies suggesting they are increasing their song output at night and during the day they are still singing. Singing is a costly behaviour and it takes energy. So by increasing their song output, there might be some costs of energy."

And it is not just robins that are being kept awake by artificial light. Blackbirds and seagulls are also being more nocturnal. Dr Dominoni said, "In Glasgow where I live, gulls are a serious problem. I have people coming to me saying `You are the bird expert. Can you help us kill these gulls? During the breeding(繁殖)season, between April and June, they are very active at night and very noisy and people can't sleep."

Although Dr Dominoni has only studied light pollution, other research concluded that robins living in noisy cities have started to sing at night to make themselves heard over loud noise.

However, some birds thrive(兴旺)in noisy environments. A study from California Polytechnic University found more hummingbirds in areas with heavy industrial machinery. It is thought that they are capitalising on their predators(天敌)fleeing to quieter areas.

4.According to Dr Dominoni's study, what cause robins to sing so much?

  A. The breeding season.           B. The dangerous environment.

  C. The light in modern life           D. The noise from heavy machinery.

5.What is the researchers' concern over the increase of birds' song output?

  A. The environment might be polluted.

  B. The birds' health might be damaged.

  C. The industry cost might be increased.

  D. The people's hearing might be affected.

6.What does the underlined word "nocturnal" in Paragraph 5 mean?

  A. Active at night.                   B. Inactive at night.

  C. Active during the day.             D. Inactive during the day.

7.Why do some birds thrive in noisy environments?

  A. Because there are fewer dangers.

  B. Because there is more food to eat.

C. Because there is less light pollution

D. Because there are more places to take shelter.

Her son,      whom she was so      went abroad 20 years ago,leaving her alone in the small village.

A.of,loved                       B.for,cared

C.to,devoted                     D.on,affected

 —The weather here in summer is so changeable. Please take an umbrella when you go out.

—________.

A. Well, don’t worry         B. Well, it just depends    C. Oh, take it easy   D. OK, just in case

Chester City Library offers a range of Library Special Needs Services to people who don’t have access to our library service in the usual way. As long as you live in Chester City, we’ll provide a wild range of library services and resources including:

Large printed and ordinary printed books; Talking books on tape and CD; DVDs and music CDs; Magazines Reference and information requests

Home delivery service

    Let us know what you like to read and we will choose the resources for you. Our staff will deliver the resources to your home for free. We also provide a service where we can choose the resources for you or someone instead of you choose the things from the library. You can also choose the resources you need personally.

    Talking books and captioned videos

    The library can provide talking books for people who are unable to use printed books because of eye diseases. You don’t have to miss out on reading any more when you can borrow talking books from the library. If you have limited hearing which prevents you from enjoying movies, we can provide captioned videos for you at no charge.

    Languages besides English

    We can provide books in a range of languages besides English. If possible, we will request these items from the State Library of NSW, Australia.

    How to join?

    Contact the Library Special Needs Coordinator to register or discuss if you are eligible（合适的） for any of the services we provide ---Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 9am ---5pm on 4297 2522 for more information.

25. Library Special Needs Services are meant for_____.

   A. those who are fond of reading

   B. only those who have walking disabilities

   C. those who can’t get medical help in Chester City

D. people living in Chester City with an illness or disability

26. What can we learn from the passage?

A. Few entertaining resources are offered here.

B. Books with different languages are available.

C. People with limited hearing have to pay for captioned videos.

D. People have to choose what they need by themselves.

27. To get home delivery service, you must_______.

A. only choose printed books         B. have others choose the resources for you

C. register ahead of time            D. pay the library ahead of time

  In 1990, over 100 countries signed 　61　　 international agreement to make it illegal to buy or sell ivory, which is mainly used for jewelry. Most ivory is made from the tusks（象牙) of African elephants. These tusks are    62     (terrible) valuable — one pair is worth more than three times the income of an African farmer or factory worker in a year.

Hunting elephants was so profitable    63     from 1979 to 1989 the number of elephants in Africa  64   (fall) from 1.3 million to 600,000. However, thanks to the international agreement, there     65    (be) much less illegal hunting since 1990.

But considering    66   (vary) of aspects, it costs a lot of money to preserve elephants. Game wardens (狩猎监督员) must be hired to protect them, land must be set aside for them, and when they destroy a farmer’s crops, the farmer must     67    (pay) compensation(赔偿).  

Zimbabwe and four other African countries say that some of the elephants should be killed legally. This will help keep the population stable, and selling the ivory will help pay for preserving the elephants.     68     conservationists say that making ivory legal to sell would lead to even more illegal hunting. Others say   69    is wrong is to kill elephants because they are sensitive animals who feel emotional pain at the death of other elephants. Anyway, people should take immediate and constant measures   70   (protect) elephants. 

__ What’s that high building ?

__ ______ we borrow books or do reading．

A．It’s the building from which                B．That’s where

C．The building where                       D．It’s in which

TO DO THIS WEEKEND: Outdoor activities,plays,chocolate featured

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Local golf courses are likely to see a rise in business this weekend as golfers dust off the clubs and hit the course to take advantage of spring-like temperatures.

Golfers could be heading to Leavenworth Golf Club,455 W.Eisenhower,Lansing.Call 913-727-6600 to book a time.

For more information,call the clubhouse at 913-651-7176.

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Stage actors will be performing in downtown Leavenworth and at Leavenworth High School.The River City Community Players will present "Red Velvet Cake War" on Friday,Saturday and Sunday at the Performing Arts Center in downtown Leavenworth.Show times are 8 p.m.Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m.Sunday.

High school performers will feature "Dear Americans" this weekend.Show times are 7 p.m.Friday and Saturday at the Performing Arts Center at the school,239 10^th Ave.Half of the income from the show will be donated to local veteran's organizations.

For more information,call 913-682-2012.

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The Heritage Center in downtown Leavenworth will host "Malt Shop Memories" on Friday and Saturday nights. Many of the people attending will be wearing period clothing for the dinner and show that celebrates "Yesterday Once More".

The dinner begins at 6:30 p.m.and the show starts at 7:30 p.m.

The Heritage Center is located at 109 Delaware St.,Leavenworth.

For ticket information,call 913-682-2122.

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Do you have a sweet tooth?The Women's Community Y is having the ninth annual Chocolate Event from 10:30 a.m.to 1:00 p.m.Saturday at the C.W.Parker Carousel Museum,320 S.Esplanade St.,Leavenworth.The event serves as a fundraiser for children's programs at the Women's Community Y.

For more information,call 913-682-6404.

21.If you want to learn more information about the golf courses,which number will you call?

A.913-682-2122.                  B.913-651-7176.                         C.913-682-6404.                 D.913-682-2012.

22.When is the "Malt Shop Memories" performed?

A.From 10:30 a.m.to 1:00 p.m.Saturday.                                 B.At 8 a.m.on Friday and Saturday.

C.At 2 p.m.on Sunday.                                                           D.At 7:30 p.m.on Friday and Saturday.

23.Where can you go for the weekend if you want to be engaged in charity?

A.Attend Chocolate Event at the Women's Community Y.           B.Book a time at Leavenworth Golf Club.

C.Go to the Heritage Center in Leavenworth.                            D.Watch a show at Performing Arts Center.

Museums in Germany

   Germany is one of the most important countries in Europe. You can visit many museums in Germany and learn about the country, its culture and people.

   If you are interested in learning about the history of the country, then you can have a look at the displays in the wonderful museum in the Roman Open Air Museum in Hechingen Stein. This museum, with its large numbers of artifacts (手工艺品) like paintings, pieces of pottery, tools, jewelry and other items, provides a complete picture of Roman history in Germany. The museum is built inside an ancient Roman house called “Villa Rustica”.

   Apart from this, another German museum that is worth visiting is the DB Museum, or the German Railway Museum. It is the oldest railway museum in the country, and it offers a comprehensive insight into the history of the railways in Germany. Here, you can see models of trains and engines from an ancient era. If this interests you, you can also visit the Museum of Communication, where you can learn a lot about the transport in Germany. It is a great place to visit with your family.

   Another famous museum in Germany, where you can learn a lot about the culture, is the Gutenberg Museum. This museum is filled with ancient memorabilia and artifacts that deal with the history of printing, not only of Germany, but of the whole world. This, in fact, is the oldest printing museum in the world. Amongst the many displays of interesting objects, the most famous is the second Gutenberg Bible. Apart from the museums mentioned above, other museums that are worth visiting include the German Leather Museum, Kingspor Museum, Optical Museum Jena, Deutsches Museums and others. Each of the museums in Germany deals with a different theme.

   You can visit the museums in Germany with your family and have a good time looking at the displays.

60.   Which of the following is not displayed in the Roman Open Air Museum?

A. Pieces of pottery.     B. Jewelry.                 C. Paintings.        D. Models of trains.

61. What can we learn about the German Railway Museum?

  A. It is the oldest railway museum in Europe.   B. It covers the history of the railways in Germany.

  C. It offers information about the transport in Germany.  D. It is built inside an ancient Roman house.

62. If you want to learn about the history of Germany, you can go to the _______.

  A. Roman Open Air Museum               B. Kingspor Museum 

C. Optical Museum Jena                   D. Deutsches Museums

63. What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?

  A. To attract more visitors to the museums.  B. To act as an introduction to the history of Germany.

  C. To make Germany more popular.        D. To call on people to do something for the museums.

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下短文。短文中共有10处错误，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(∧), 并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

    删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

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注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

          2.只允许修改10处, 多者(从第11处起) 不计分。

My brother Donald didn’t do well in math. When the day of the exam comes, Donald sat next to Brian, which was always good at math. Donald careful copied Brian’s answers. At end of the exam, the teacher collected the papers and graded it. Then she decided to give a prize to the student who got the high grade. But it was a bit of difficult for her to make a decision, because Donald and Brian got the same grade. The teacher thought about that and made on her mind to give the prize to Brian. Donald said it was unfair. “That’s true,” the teacher said. “Therefore, Brian’s answer to Question 18 was ‘I don’t know’. Your was ‘Neither do I’.”