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about relaxation, free time and friends. Students who wish to spend their break doing something productive
and rewarding, however, may choose to participate in the Alternative Break Program. It places college students
in communities both at home and abroad.
The Program allows students to take part in various projects dealing with issues such as literacy (识字),
homelessness and the environment. It includes helping kids with their lessons, raising money for families in
need and collecting data for environmental research.
The hope is that, by getting themselves involved in different environments, students will have the
opportunity to learn about members of communities and broaden their view. In turn, they will incorporate (融
合) their experiences and lessons learned into their own communities. In a word, the Program aims to
encourage students to be active citizens and engage themselves in making a difference in society.
In the spring of 2006, about 36,000 students in the USA participated in the Alternative Break Program.
Samantha Giacobozzi, now director of the Program, has been on five alternative break trips herself,
including trips to New Orleans, India and Dominican Republic. "I was a student who went on alternative break
trips and had my life totally transformed by that experience," she said. "Every year, we meet many students
who have attended the Program. You can see changes in their life that are connected with their alternative
break experiences."
The Program began in 1991. Today, it has become increasingly popular with college students in the United
States.
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2. What is the aim of the Program? (NO more than 15 words)
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3. What is the meaning of the underlined word "transformed" in Paragraph 5? (1 word)
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4. What is Samantha"s attitude toward the Program?(No more than 10 words)
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5. If you take part in the Program, which project are you interested in? And why? (No more than 25 words)
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答案
2. It is to encourage students to be active citizens and make a difference in society.
3. Changed.
4. She thinks highly of the Program. She is in favor of the Program. She holds positive attitude toward
the Program.
Or: She thinks it"s a great experience of changing one"s life.
Or: She is thankful / grateful for the Program.
5. I am interested in helping kids with their lessons because education is important to them.
Or: I want to raise money for families in need because they are poor and need our help.
Or: I am interested in collecting data of environmental research because the environment should be
protected.
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Wales. She got out to open a metal gate that blocked her path. That"s when she heard the whistle sounded by
the driver of a train. Her Renault Clio was parked across a railway line. Seconds later, she watched the train
drag her car almost a kilometre down the railway tracks.
Ceely"s near miss made the news because she blamed it on the GPS (导航仪). She had never driven the
route before. It was dark and raining heavily. Ceely was relying on her GPS, but it made no mention of the
crossing. "I put my complete trust in the device and it led me right into the path of a speeding train," she told
the BBC.
Who is to blame here? Rick Stevenson, who tells Ceely"s story in his book When Machines Fail Us, points
the finger at the limitations of technology. We put our faith in digital devices, he says, but our digital helpers
are too often not up to the job. They are filled with small problems. And it"s not just GPS devices: Stevenson
takes us on a tour of digital disasters involving everything from mobile phones to wireless keyboards.
The problem with his argument in the book is that it"s not clear why he only focuses on digital technology,
while there may be a number of other possible causes. A map-maker might have left the crossing off a paper
map. Maybe we should blame Ceely for not paying attention. Perhaps the railway authorities are at fault for
poor signaling system. Or maybe someone has studied the relative dangers and worked out that there really
is something specific wrong with the GPS equipment. But Stevenson doesn"t say.
It"s a problem that runs through the book. In a section on cars, Stevenson gives an account of the advanced
techniques that criminals use to defeat computer-based locking systems for cars. He offers two independent
sets of figures on car theft; both show a small rise in some parts of the country. He says that once again not
all new locks have proved reliable. Perhaps, but maybe it"s also due to the shortage of policemen on the streets.
Or changing social circumstances. Or some combination of these factors.
The game between humans and their smart devices is amusing and complex. It is shaped by economics and
psychology and the cultures we live in. Somewhere in the mix of those forces there may be a way for a wiser
use of technology.
If there is such a way, it should involve more than just an awareness of the shortcomings of our machines.
After all, we have lived with them for thousands of years. They have probably been fooling us for just as long.
B. It was dark and raining heavily then.
C. The railway workers failed to give the signal.
D. Her GPS device didn"t tell her about the crossing.
B. heavy loss
C. narrow escape
D. big mistake
B. Digital technology often falls short of our expectation.
C. Digital devices are more reliable than they used to be.
D. GPS error is not the only cause for Ceely"s accident.
B. reasonable
C. puzzling
D. well-based
B. The relationship between human and technology.
C. The shortcomings of digital devices we use.
D. The human unawareness of technical problems.
Different forms of maps are appearing. They allow independent travelers to get local knowledge of places
they are visiting, from the official to the unusual. Meanwhile, hi-tech developments are creating new ways for
us to map the world. Here are two of our favorites;
Green Maps
Green Maps allows people to share with the world their knowledge of environmentally friendly places and
attractions in the local areas. Users add information with a set of icons (图标, making It easy to read any map,
whatever the nationalities of those who produce it. At present there are over five hundred map projects being
developed in 54 countries Green Maps" advertised idea is "think global, map local". It is a wonderful way of
gaining all sorts of a place, running from community garden to good places of bird watching.
Green Maps is not specifically intended for travelers. Not all of its maps are online, so it may be necessary
for some users to communicate with producers through the Green Maps website.
Maps Mashups
Many people use online maps developed by Google, but not many know about the mashups of them.
Working in a similar way to Green Maps, Maps Mashups allows people to add icons of their own to existing
maps to express a certain topic. The mashups is so called because it combine all the knowledge you could ever
need. It ranges from the extremely useful, such as where all the World. Heritage Site are, to the most bizarre
(古怪的), such as where America"s munkest cities are. With the mashups added to the basic Google Maps, a
multi-layered (多层的) map can be created.
B. Introducing local attractions with icons.
C. Offering advice to independent travelers.
D. Collecting icons worldwide for local maps.
B. 
C. 
D. 
B. it gathers various kinds of information
C. it shares icons with Green Maps
D. it is a branch of Google Maps
B. They are environmentally friendly.
C. Users can edit maps on the Internet.
D. Users need to communicate with produces.
used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A. launched B. unpleasant C. applying D. technically E. impact F. coating G. fixed H. miraculously I. superior J. advances |
| Reading comprehension. |
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| 1. According to Quick Facts, a humpback whale _____. |
| A. cannot survive in waters near the shore B. doesn"t live in the same waters all the time C. lives mainly on underwater plants D. prefers to work alone when hunting food |
| 2. To make a breach, a humpback whale must _____. |
| A. use its tail flukes to leap out of the water B. twist its body sideways to jump high C. blow two streams of water D. communicate with a group of humpbacks |
| 3. From the passage we can learn that a humpback whale _____. |
| A. has its unique markings on it tail flukes B. has black and white fingerprints C. gets its name from the way it hunts D. is a great performer due to its songs |
| 阅读理解。 |
| Something in chocolate could be used to stop coughs and lead to more effective medicines, say UK researchers. Their study found that theobromine, found in cocoa, was nearly a third more effective in stopping coughs than codeine, which was considered the best cough medicine at present. The Imperial College London researchers who published their results online said the discovery could lead to more effective cough treatment. "While coughing is not necessarily harmful (有害的) it can have a major effect on the quality of life, and this discovery could be a huge step forward in treating this problem," said Professor Peter Barnes. Ten healthy volunteers (志愿者) were given theobromine, codeine or placebo, a pill that contains no medicine, during the experiment. Neither the volunteers nor the researchers knew who received which pill. The researchers then measured levels of capsaicin, which is used in research to cause coughing and as a sign of how well the medicine is stopping coughs. The team found that, when the volunteers were given theobromine, the capsaicin need to produce a cough was around a third higher than in the placebo group. When they were given codeine they need only slightly higher levers of capsaicin to cause a cough compared with the placebo. The researchers said that theobromine worked by keeping down a verve activity (神经活动), which cause coughing. They also found that unlike some standard cough treatments, theobromine caused no side effects such as sleepiness. |
| 1. According to Professor Barnes, theobromine _____. |
| A. cannot be as effective as codeine B. can be harmful to people"s health C. cannot be separated from chocolate D. can be a more effective cure for coughs |
| 2. What was used in the experiment to cause coughing? |
| A. Theobromine. B. Codeine. C. Capsaicin. D. Placebo. |
| 3. We learn from the text that volunteers in the experiment _____. |
| A. were patients with bad coughs B. were divided into the three groups C. received standard treatments D. suffered little side effects |
| 4. Which of the following would be the best title for the text? |
| A. Codeine: A New Medicine B. Chocolate May Cure Coughs C. Cough Treatment: A Hard Case B. Theobromine Can Cause Coughs |