I am a college student. Nowadays games on the net are very popular with college students. Some of my
roommates are very intererted in them. They not only play games in their free time, but also keep talking about
them at night when lights are off, and they regard games as part of life. I"ve begged (乞求) them to give it up,
but they wouldn"t listen to me. It has become a rather big problem. Should I report it to our teachers or do
something else?
Ted,
Dear Ted:
Drop it. Your roommates, as grown-ups, can do whatever they want with their time so long as it doesn"t
break school rules or violate (防碍) other people"s interests.
Playing perhaps gives these students relaxation (放松) from hard study. If they play too often, have little
time to study, and they will reap what they have sown, but you will not. Reporting to the teachers would only
harm your good name in your dormitory (宿舍). However you have rights to ask your roommates to be quiet
when you need sleep. If they aren"t angry with you, they will stop talking. But be polite and friendly. Perhaps,
in return, join them in a game or two.
Victor.
B. searching information on the Internet
C. sending e-mails
D. buying things online
B. sell their computers to teachers
C. stop playing computer games
D. play games in the day, not at night
B. have their rights to quarrel with Ted
C. can relax themselves while playing games on the net
D. can study even better if they play games on the net
B. harm his good name in the dormitory
C. quarrel with his roommates
D. learn how to get on well with others
B. 随心所欲地做事
C. 回家种庄稼
D. 逃避责任
couch-potato becomes maybe even a part of the American tradition! You see, in America, many people often
spend their free time sitting on a couch (沙发) watching TV. As there are many channels to choose, the TV
can be quite interesting and very addictive (上瘾的). One may sit and watch TV for hour and hour without
stop! Well, these people who do nothing all day except watching TV are called couch-potatoes.
In America, when one watches TV, he is most often sitting on a couch. While watching TV, most of these
people look so frozen that they almost look dead! Everyone is sitting still (静止的) with eyes looking right into
the same black box. Also because these people are addictive to TV, they don"t take exercise and usually get
very fat. So in many ways, these people look like real potatoes! Well, because they look so still and fat, and
watch TV on a couch, they are all called couch-potatoes. Now you know what couch-potato means. The
next time if you see someone watching TV too long, just say, "What a couch-potato!"
B. America
C. Japan
D. France
B. does nothing all day
C. must be very fat
D. only watches TV and eats potatoes
B. is fat and dying and can not take exercise
C. likes eating potatoes on a couch while watching TV
D. is frozen in front of the black box
B. why couch-potatoes are very fat
C. what couch-potato means
D. where the new word is used
B. Never watch TV.
C. Don"t sit on a couch.
D. Don"t watch TV too much.
diagrams, lotus flowers, and clustering. As I used these exercises in my classes, I noticed that students
were interested. They said more and wrote more. They enjoyed expressing their ideas and sharing them
in groups. They were no longer passively waiting for the bell, but actively took part in the lesson. I find
that creativity (创新) can act as a way to increase participation and improve fluency (流利程度).
Creativity has become a popular word in recent years. Scholar in the arts, psychology (心理学),
business, education, and science are all working to get a deeper understanding of it. Robert J. Sternberg
is a creativity specialist and Yale professor of psychology. He defines creativity as"the ability to produce
work that is both new (original) and appropriate (applicable to the situation)". This definition is useful, as
we want our students to use language in a new way, and to use it correctly and properly. Most scholars
say there are two types of creativity: big "C" creativity and small "c" creativity. Big "C" creativity refers
to genius level thinking that results in artistic masterpieces and scientific breakthroughs. Small "c"
creativity refers to everyday level thinking that can be used in any situation. Our emphasis is on the latter.
While it goes without saying that any of our students could go on to be the next Picasso or Edison, our
aim is to help students produce more ideas and use language in new ways.
B. hoping to have a bell
C. expecting the end of the class
D. wanting to speak in class
B. useful
C. scientific
D. creative
B. creative in the sense of small "c" creativity
C. not creative in the sense of big "C" creativity
D. not creative in the sense of small "c" creativity
B. explain what creativity is
C. discuss how one can be creative
D. tell what teaching aims
Celebrity (名人) has become one of the most important representatives of popular culture. Fans used
to be crazy about specific film, but now the public tends to base its consumption (消费) on the interest of
celebrity attached to any given product. Besides, fashion magazines have almost abandoned the practice of
putting models on the cover because they don"t sell nearly as well as famous faces. As a result, celebrities
have realized their unbelievably powerful market potential, moving from advertising for others" products to
developing their own.
Celebrity clothing lines aren"t a completely new phenomenon, but in the past they were typically aimed
at the ordinary consumers, and limited to a few TV actresses. Today they"re started by first-class stars
whose products enjoy equal fame with some world top brands. The most successful start-ups have been
those by celebrities with specific personal style. As celebrities become more and more experienced at the
market, they expand their production scale rapidly, covering almost all the products of daily life.
However, for every success story, there"s a related warning tale of a celebrity who overvalued his
consumer appeal. No matter how famous the product"s origins is, if it fails to impress consumers with its
own qualities it begins to resemble an exercise in self-promotional marketing. And once the initial (最初的)
attention dies down, consumer interest might fade, loyalty (忠诚) returning to tried-and-true labels.
Today, celebrities face even more severe embarrassment. The pop-cultural circle might be bigger than
ever, but its rate of turnover has speeded up as well. Each misstep threatens to reduce a celebrity"s shelf life,
and the same newspaper or magazine that once brought him fame has no problem picking him to pieces when
the opportunity appears. Still, the ego"s (自我的) potential for expansion is limitless. Having already achieved
great wealth and public recognition, many celebrities see fashion as the next frontier to be conquered. As the
saying goes, success and failure always go hand in hand. Their success as designers might last only a short
time, but fashion-like celebrity-has always been temporary.
B. no longer put models on the cover
C. need not worry about celebrities" market potential
D. judge the market potential of every celebrity correctly
B. producers prefer models to celebrities for advertisements
C. producers prefer TV actresses to film stars for advertisements
D. quality rather than the outside of products is more concerned
B. damage the image of a celebrity in the eyes of the general public
C. cut short the artistic career of a celebrity in show business
D. influence the price of a celebrity"s products
B. celebrity and markets potential
C. celebrity and fashion design
D. celebrity and clothing industry
listeners to take part in the talk shows.
That"s a good idea. Yet, the fact is some people do nothing but break the whole programme.
Some people know little about the topic under discussion. Sometimes they do not even know what the
host (主持人) is talking about. So the host has to tell the caller what the show is about. Usually the caller will
ask a few questions which express his hope and show his ignorance (无知). Then the host has to answer and
explain-how silly this is! It wastes a lot of time.
It seems that some people phone the hotlines in fun. They just want to let the listeners hear them. They
don"t care what the topic is, whether they themselves are interested in or how silly they appear to be.
I"m totally bored (厌烦) by those people. It"s necessary for radio stations to improve the hotline
programmes.In my opinion, if the caller doesn"t know what is going on, the operator should not let the caller
take part in it.
B. it is a fact
C. it is a good idea
D. some people have unclear thoughts
B. Some people do not know what the host is talking about.
C. Some people do not know what the show is about.
D. The writer tells us that the host is silly.
B. because of the caller"s ignorance
C. for the host likes talking to the caller
D. because of a lot of questions raised by the caller
B. that some people just want to be heard by others
C. that some people who don"t care what the topic is must have realized that they appear to be silly
D. what the hotline programmes are
B. listener
C. doctor
D. both A and B
still don"t understand, according to a British study presented (递交) last week to an international conference
(大会) on smoking.
Anti-smoking activists at the second "Tobacco or Health" conference pointed out that although adults
were giving up smoking in growing numbers, more and more young people were taking up the habit,
particularly girls.
One-fourth of the 15-year-old young people smoke regularly, according to the study made in 27 countries
by Edinburgh University together with the World Health Organization.
In Western Europe, girls were more likely to smoke than boys. In Germany or in England, one third of
the girls were smokers compared to (相比) one in four boys. In Eastern Europe, the girls "still fall behind"
those in the Western Europe but were "catching up" quickly, said the study.
The study dealt with the behavior of 15-year-old in seven European countries between 1986 and 1998.
The percentages (百分比) of young women smoking went from 17% to 36% in Austria, from 17% to
28% in Norway, from 21% to 28% in Hungary.
In the seven countries and regions studied-Austria, Finland, Hungary, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and
Wales-more girls smoked than boys, with the exception (例外) of Hungary.
B. boys
C. girls
D. old men
B. as large as
C. smaller than
D. as small as
B. the World Health Organization
C. "Tobacco or Health" conference
D. Edinburgh University and the World Health Organization
B. Austria
C. Hungary
D. Sweden
B. report something interesting happened in England
C. describe the present condition of European smokers
D. warn young people around the world against smoking
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