News that Microsoft made a $44.6 billion bid to buy Yahoo resulted in heated discussions made by many Internet users. Here are some responses:
Diane Burke of Weeks bury, Kentucky
I think it would definitely be an interesting combination. Everyone recognizes the names Yahoo and Microsoft, but everyone also says, “Did you Google it?” Such a catchphrase (時(shí)髦話) is going to be hard to beat.
Shaun Carney of Laurelville, Ohio
I think the merger (合并) will provide more competitions for Google. I don’t think the merger will allow Microsoft to develop faster than Google, though. I believe the increased competition this merger brings will force Google to stay on top of its game by offering more fresh and original Internet tools and expanding on the tools it already offers.
Toni Suarez of Hacienda Heights, California
I view the merger as a necessary element in preventing a monopolization (壟斷). Perhaps it would bring better high technology innovations to e-mail and help in researching and developing a better Internet!
Rick R. of Edgewater, Florida
It sounds like a disaster to me. If this were to happen, I would stop using my Yahoo e-mail account because I don’t like the feeling of Microsoft spying upon my business. I will sign up for Google.
Antonio Glosser of Kansas City, Missouri
Right now, Yahoo offers a lot of features and tools at no cost for all different levels of Internet users. Microsoft seeks nothing but profit. Undoubtedly, they’ll do nothing other than find ways to start removing Yahoo’s formerly non-priced features. Microsoft’s greed will ruin the great thing that Yahoo currently is.
【小題1】How many companies are mentioned in the passage?
A.One. | B.Two. | C.Three. | D.Four. |
A.Shaun’s attitude towards Google is passive. |
B.Toni believes the Internet will have a promising future. |
C.Rick will support Google after the merger. |
D.Antonio is afraid that the merger will cost Yahoo’s free features. |
A.opinions on the merger of Yahoo and Microsoft |
B.the strengths of Yahoo and Microsoft |
C.the strengths and weaknesses of large companies |
D.the future of Yahoo and Microsoft |
【小題1】C
【小題2】A
【小題3】A
解析試題分析:這篇文章主要講了對(duì)于雅虎和微軟兩家公司的合并,網(wǎng)絡(luò)用戶的不同看法。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)題:根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容可知,文中提到了Yahoo、Microsoft和Google三家公司,故選C。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)題:根據(jù)Shaun Carney of Laurelville, Ohio I think the merger (合并) will provide more competitions for Google. I don’t think the merger will allow Microsoft to develop faster than Google, though. I believe the increased competition this merger brings will force Google to stay on top of its game by offering more fresh and original Internet tools and expanding on the tools it already offers.可知Shaun對(duì)于Google的態(tài)度是積極地,故選A。
【小題3】主旨題: 根據(jù)主題句News that Microsoft made a $44.6 billion bid to buy Yahoo resulted in heated discussions made by many Internet users. Here are some responses,可知這篇文章主要講了對(duì)于雅虎和微軟兩家公司的合并,網(wǎng)絡(luò)用戶的不同看法,故選A。
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Owning a smart phone may not be as smart as you think. They may let you surf the Internet, listen to music and snap photos wherever you are… but they also turn you into a workaholic, it seems.
A study suggests that, by giving you access to emails at all times, the all-singing, all-dancing mobile phone adds as much as two hours to your working day. Researchers found that Britons work an additional 460 hours a year on average as they are able to respond to emails on their mobiles.
The study by technology retailer Pixmania reveals the average UK working day is between 9 and 10 hours, but a further two hours is spent responding to or sending work emails, or making work calls. More than 90 percent of office workers have an email-enabled phone, with a third accessing them more than 20 times a day. Almost one in ten admits spending up to three hours outside their normal working day checking work emails. Some workers confess they are on call almost 24 hours a day, with nine out of ten saying they take work emails and calls outside their normal working hours. The average time for first checking emails is between 6 am and 7 am, with more than a third checking their first email in this period, and a quarter checking them between 11 pm and midnight.
Ghadi Hobeika, marketing director of Pixmania, said, “The ability to access literally millions of apps, keep in contact via social networks and take photos and video as well as text and call has made smart phones invaluable for many people. However, there are drawbacks. Many companies expect their employees to be on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and smart phones mean that people literally cannot get away from work. The more constantly in contact we become, the more is expected of us in a work capacity.”
【小題1】What can we conclude from the text?
A.All that glitters is not gold. |
B.Every coin has two sides. |
C.It never rains but pours. |
D.It’s no good crying over spilt milk. |
A.calling | B.reaching |
C.getting | D.using |
A.The average UK working day is between nine and twelve hours. |
B.Nine-tenths spend over three hours checking work emails. |
C.One fourth check their first mails between 11 pm and midnight. |
D.The average time for first checking emails is between 6 am and 8 am. |
A.Workaholics like smart phones. |
B.Smart phones bring about extra work. |
C.Smart phones make our live easier. |
D.Employers don’t like smart phones. |
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科目:高中英語(yǔ) 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
LONDON, Feb. 18,2014 (Xinhua News agency) —Britain will send experts to East China's Shanghai to learn from the city's experience in maths teaching in an attempt to raise the teaching standards.
British Education Minister Elizabeth Truss is to lead a delegation of experts on a fact-finding mission to Shanghai's schools next week to see how children there have become the best in the world at maths, to get a first-hand look at maths classes and teaching methods there, and particularly to investigate why the performance of almost all children in Shanghai is high, regardless of gender or income.
Britain was last year placed 50th out of 148 countries and regions in the World Economic Forum's competitiveness ranking in quality of maths and science education. Two years ago, Shanghai topped the 2012 international PISA tables for maths, while England was ranked in 26th place. The top five were all in Southeast Asia, with 15-year-olds in Shanghai judged to be three years ahead of their peers in maths.
The education department said: "England's performance in maths has lagged behind while other countries have improved and overtaken us, including Poland and Germany." Actually, it is the latest step in the government's drive to raise standards in maths, looking at what has made schools in the far East the most successful in the world in teaching the subject.
"Shanghai is the top-performing part of the world for maths—their children are streets ahead. Shanghai and Singapore have teaching practices and a positive mind that make the difference. They have a belief that diligence makes up for lack of ability," Truss said. "Our new curriculum has borrowed from theirs because we know it works—early learning of key arithmetic, and a focus on times tables and long division(長(zhǎng)除法), for instance."
She was determined to change the situation as performance in maths is weakening the country's skills base and threatening the productivity and growth. The government is emphasizing maths because of the importance of good grades in the subject to young people competing for good jobs in a global labor market and to the economy more generally.
An education and skills survey released by the Confederation of British Industry last year showed that 30 percent of employers reported dissatisfaction with the standard of school and college leavers' numeracy. More than two-thirds of employers said they wanted both maths and science promoted more in schools.
【小題1】Why does the British government send a delegation of experts to Shanghai?
A.To see how children from rich families have become the best at maths. |
B.To investigate why the performance of almost all children in China is high. |
C.To get a first-hand look at science classes and teaching methods there. |
D.To raise the teaching standards in maths in Britain. |
A.British students performed better in 2013 than in 2012. |
B.British students did better than the students from Poland in 2013. |
C.The students from Singapore did better than the students from Germany. |
D.The students from Germany did better than the students from Poland. |
A.Curriculum and teaching methods. |
B.Teaching practices and a positive mind. |
C.Early learning of key arithmetic and times tables. |
D.A focus on times tables and long division. |
A.By threatening the country's competitiveness of economy. |
B.By weakening the country's political system. |
C.By losing international competitions in education. |
D.By failing to find jobs in a global labor market. |
A.The students in Britain don’t work hard at Maths. |
B.The students in shanghai are the smartest in the world. |
C.The education of science in Britain is no better than that of maths. |
D.Most British citizens are dissatisfied with teachers’ work. |
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The United Nations climate talks in Doha, Qatar, continued into their second week, Wednesday, as delegates from nearly 200 countries struggle to craft a replacement for the Kyoto Protocol, the global agreement on climate change that expires at the end of this month.
The negotiations are deadlocked (陷入僵局)over demands by poorer nations for financial help in coping with climate change.
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called on delegates at the United Nations Conference on Climate Change to speed up their work on an agreement to address a warming planet.
“Let us be under no illusion(幻想), this is a crisis, a threat to us all, our economies, our security and the well-being of our children and those who will come after," he said. "No one is immune to climate change, rich or poor.”
Delegates from nearly 200 countries --- rich and poor --- are in Doha to extend the Kyoto Protocol, the 1997 global climate change agreement that expires (到期)at the end of this month, and to begin to forge a new agreement to replace it.
Two issues block the way forward. Developing countries are demanding that industrialized nations fulfill their pledges(保證)under Kyoto to reduce their climate-changing industrial emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, and to put new, larger emission curbs on the table.
The developing nations, led by China, are also insisting that rich nations provide more aid to poorer countries to help them cope with the effects of climate change, including rising sea levels and more violent storms.
In Doha Wednesday, Tim Gore, a climate change policy advisor for Oxfam International, a confederation of groups working on social justice issues, applauded efforts by England, Germany and Sweden to increase their climate aid and expects other nations to follow.
“Those announcements are truly welcome. And they shine a spotlight on those that have remained silent: the U.S., Canada, Japan, even Australia," Gore said. "But we need to be very clear as well that those types of announcements made in press conferences can be no substitute for clear commitments in the text that poor countries have come here to negotiate.”
【小題1】What’s the main idea of the passage?
A.China plays an important role in The United Nations climate talks in Doha, Qatar. |
B.The United Nations climate talks in Doha, Qatar, continued into their second week, Wednesday. |
C.Developing countries want rich nations to pay for climate change. |
D.Ban Ki-moon called on delegates at the United Nations Conference on Climate Change to speed up their work on an agreement to address a warming planet. |
A.Climate change will do harm to all the countries in the world. |
B.There is no hope to deal with the problem. |
C.Illusion(幻想)is a crisis, a threat to us all. |
D.Ban Ki-moon called on delegates to cope with a warming planet. |
A.put aside | B.deal with | C.call off | D.work out |
A.Climate change includes rising sea levels and more violent storms. |
B.All the industrialized nations will carry out their promises under Kyoto to reduce their climate-changing industrial emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, and to put new, larger emission curbs on the table. |
C.Tim Gore thought highly of the efforts by England, Germany and Sweden to increase their climate aid and expects other nations to follow. |
D.The U.S., Canada, Japan, even Australia didn’t make announcements to be responsible for the climate changes. |
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A team of British surgeons has carried out Gaza’s(加沙)first organ transplants for a long-term plan to train local medical staff to perform the operations.
Two patients underwent kidney(腎臟)transplants at the Shifa, Gaza’s biggest public hospital. The operations were conducted a fortnight ago by a volunteer medical team from the Royal Liverpool hospital.
Ziad Matouk, 42, was born with one kidney and was diagnosed with renal failure(腎衰竭)several years ago. Matouk, whose wife donated one of her kidneys, hopes to return to his job within six months. The couple had sought a transplant in Cairo, but were rejected as unsuitable at a state hospital and could not afford the fee at a private hospital. “We were desperate,” said Matouk.
The UK-Gaza link-up began about a year ago after Abdelkader Hammad, a doctor at the Royal Liverpool hospital, was contacted by an anaesthetist(麻醉師)at the Shifa, who outlined the difficulties the Gaza hospital was facing with dialysis(透析). The Shifa is forced to rely on generators because of power cuts; spare parts for its ageing dialysis machines have been difficult to import; and supplies of consumables are often scarce. After an exploratory trip last April, Hammad---whose family is Palestinian---and three colleagues from Liverpool arrived in Gaza via Egypt last month, bringing specialist equipment. Two patients were selected for surgery. The first, Mohammed Duhair, 42, received a kidney donated by his younger brother in a six-hour operation. Two days later, Matouk received a transplant after his wife, Nadia, 36, was found to be a good match. The surgeon was carried out by the British team, assisted by doctors and nurses from the Shifa. “We are very satisfied with the results,” said Sobbi Skaik, head of surgery at the Gaza hospital.
Skaik hopes that Gaza medical teams will eventually carry out kidney transplants independently, and that other organ transplants may follow. The Shifa is working with the Gaza ministry of health on a plan to train its doctors, surgeons, nursing staff and laboratory technicians in transplant surgery at the Royal Liverpool. “Funding is a problem,” said Hammad. “In the meantime we’ll go back as volunteers to Gaza for the next couple of years to do more transplants.” The Liverpool team’s next visit is scheduled for May.
【小題1】What effect does Gaza’s first organ transplants hopes to get?
A.Helping poor Gaza people to regain health to make more money. |
B.Releasing Gaza hospitals’ pressure of lack of professional doctors. |
C.Assisting the Royal Liverpool hospital in perfecting their operations. |
D.Calling for international attention at Gaza’s poor medical service. |
A.Because he couldn’t afford the fee at a public hospital. |
B.Because the hospital didn’t accept dangerous patients. |
C.Because they couldn’t find a matched organ. |
D.Because his condition was untreatable. |
A.A UK doctor contacted Gaza hospital. |
B.The Shifa imported medical machines from UK. |
C.Ziad Matouk’s condition seemed to get worse. |
D.A Shifa doctor turned to Royal Liverpool hospital for help. |
A.They had an exploratory trip in Egypt last April. |
B.They carried out surgeries to test Gaza’s medical equipment. |
C.They carried out two transplant surgeries in Gaza. |
D.They sought assistance from the hospital of the Shifa. |
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Japan Earthquake and Tsunami(海嘯):How to Help
For readers interested in contributing to help victims of the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan and the Pacific region,here is a list of contact information and links for some agencies that plan to provide relief.
THE JAPAN CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE
The Japan Center for International Exchange has set up the Japan NGO Earthquake Relief and Recovery Fund.Half of the money raised will go to support six Japanese NGOs currently at work in the disaster area and half will be retained to support the longer term recovery.
AMERICAN RED CROSS
Red Cross officials say donors can text REDCROSS to 90999 and a $10 donation will automatically be charged to donors’ phone bill,or donations can be made directly on its Web site.
B’NAI B’RITH INTERNATIONAL
To help the victims of the Japan earthquake and tsunami,donate online on the group’s secure Web site.
Or,by mail to:B’nai B’rith International Disaster Relief Fund,Attn:Japan Earthquake,2020 K Street,NW,7th Floor,Washington,D.C.,20006.
Or by phone:8005739057
CARE
CARE is one of the world’s largest private international humanitarian organizations.Their offices in Asia are on high alert(警戒) and have ensured that staff are informed of the tsunami warnings and other related developments.(Updated information on CARE’s work in Japan is available here.)
GLOBALGIVING.ORG
GlobalGiving is working with International Medical Corps,Save the Children,and other organizations on the ground to disburse(支付) funds to organizations providing relief and emergency services to victims of the earthquake and tsunami.Donors can text JAPAN to 50555 to give$10,and larger donations can be submitted on GlobalGiving’s Web site.
THE SALVATION ARMY
The Salvation Army has been providing food and shelter to Tokyo commuters(每日往返上班者) who were stranded when public transportation was interrupted by the earthquake.They are to send a team to Sendai,a city about 250 miles away from Tokyo,to assess the situation there.Text JAPAN or QUAKE to 80888 to make a $10 donation.(Make sure to respond “YES” to the thankyou message you receive.) Donations can also be made on the organization’s Web site or by calling 1800SALARMY.
【小題1】If you want to make donations to the victims by phone,you can text REDCROSS to ________.
A.90999 | B.80888 |
C.50555 | D.20006 |
A.It opened a Person Finder Page online. |
B.It is the world’s largest humanitarian organization. |
C.It raised much money to support six Japanese NGOs. |
D.It warned its staff in Asia of the danger of tsunami. |
A.THE SALVATION ARMY. |
B.GLOBALGIVING.ORG. |
C.B’NAI B’RITH INTERNATIONAL. |
D.AMERICAN RED CROSS. |
A.a(chǎn)bandoned | B.seperated |
C.crashed | D.delayed |
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US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is likely to visit China at an “appropriate” time this year, a senior Chinese military official said on Monday. Colonel Tu Qiming, director of the American and Oceania Affairs Bureau of the Foreign Affairs Office at the National Defense Ministry, made the remark during Sino-US defense talks this week. This is the first ever “special defense policy ?dialogue” between the two defense ministries, according to the Chinese military.
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FRANCES Agriculture Ministry has confirmed(證實(shí))the first case of mad cow disease detected in a goat last Friday. The goat killed in 2002 tested positive for mad cow disease. It is the first case in the world of the fatal disease being found in an animal other than a bovine. The human form of mad cow disease causes brain-wasting, personality change, loss of body function, and ends in death. The European Commission has not advised any change in farming and consuming goats, said the French Ministry in a statement published last Friday.
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MOBILE phone sales hit a new record in 2010, with some 684 million units sold around the world, the US research institute Strategy Analytics said on Thursday. The number represents an increase of 32 per cent over 2003, when 571 million units were sold. Strategy Analytics predicts a more modest rise of 8 per cent for this year, to 735 million. Finnish cell phone provider Nokia stayed out in front in 2010, with sales of 207.6 million units, giving it a market share of 30.4 per cent. Motorola moved to No 2, just ahead of the South Korean company Samsung.
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SIX male penguins(雄企鵝)at a German zoo are proving stubbornly resistant to females brought in from Sweden to make them into breeding(繁殖).Of the ten male penguins at the zoo, six have formed into “homosexual” couples and have shown no interest in the females, making breeding an impossibility. So the zoo imported the four female penguins from Sweden last month, full of hope that the new arrivals could “turn” the males. But so far, the boys are remaining strictly with the boys.
【小題1】 How many countries are mentioned in the pieces of news?
A.Six. | B.Five. | C.Three. | D.Seven. |
A.Nokia. | B.Motorola. | C.Samsung. | D.Cell phones. |
A.the scientists haven’t succeeded in doing their experiment |
B.the scientists have successfully got six female penguins into breeding. |
C.the Sweden girls made the boys show interest in them |
D.German boys don’t like Sweden boys |
A.a(chǎn). US Defense Secretary Visit Likely b. France Confirms “Mad Goat Case” c. Mobile Phone Sales d. Male Penguins and Female Penguins |
B.a(chǎn). US Defense Secretary Visit Likely b. France Confirms “Mad Goat Case” c. Nokia Stays on Top d. Birds of a Feather |
C.a(chǎn). Defense Policy Dialogue b. Mad Goat Disease c. Mobile Phone Sales d. Importing Female Penguins |
D.a(chǎn). Sino-US Talks b. Mad Goat Case |
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As a group of young African immigrants struggle to adapt to life in the United States, an after-school drama program at White Oak Middle School aims to make their lives easier by first making them a little harder.
Project X is a program that uses drama, dance, poetry and other creative outlets to help students discuss the tough and sometimes painful problems they face as pre-teen immigrants with language barriers. A final unveiling of their creation will be performed for friends and family at the end of the year at Imagination Stage.
Wanjiru Kamau, coordinator of White Oak’s African Club said it’s important to give troubles to group members to help them find their place at the school. “It comforts those who are uncomfortable, and it discomforts those who are comfortable,” Kamau said of Project X.
Kamau teamed up with Imagination Stage after she noticed that many African students seemed uncomfortable talking about problems, such as being laughed at by their fellow students about how they look and talk. When most of the kids join the club, they speak little or no English, Kamau said. Each week, the club typically draws five to ten students who are originally from Africa for discussion sessions and the Project X programme.
“We are going to express ourselves through our words and our actions, and that’s powerful,” said teaching artist Meg Green as she introduced fill-in-the-blank poems the students wrote about their identities.
One student, Frank Ketchouang, 13, wrote, “I am from the world; I am love,” which drew oohs and aahs from the group. Ketchouang has been in the United States for less than a year, said Program Coordinator Chad Dike. When Ketchouang started attending Project X, he had been in the United States for two months and spoke no English. Now he’s one of the group’s most outgoing members and helps translate instructions from English to Creole for the group’s newest member, who is from Haiti.
Many people will give up when there’s a language barrier, “but these students prove them wrong”. Kamau said. “You do have something to give. You are important. When TV, media, etc. are bringing them down, this program is bringing them up.”
【小題1】Project X is intended for helping the young African immigrants to_________.
A.get over language barriers |
B.enrich after-school life |
C.overcome tough problems |
D.become more creative |
A.their annual creative performances |
B.their annual scores gained at school |
C.the comments of friends and family |
D.the comments of the program teachers |
A.It’s established by Kamau for Project X. |
B.It’s a cooperative partner of White Oak’S African Club. |
C.It’s a project designed by White Oak Middle School. |
D.It’s operated once at the end of each year. |
A.silly | B.simple | C.excellent | D.contradictory |
A.introduce the Project X program |
B.inspire immigrants to never give up |
C.a(chǎn)dvocate White Oak’S African Club |
D.call for more attention to immigrants |
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Studies show farmland in Africa is often lacking in important nutrients. But researchers say combining different farming methods may help.
Since the world food crisis several years ago, researchers have directed more of their attention to small farms. Most farms in areas south of the Sahara Desert are only about one or two hectares. One of the goals is to increase production without necessarily clearing more land to grow additional crops.
American researchers say that can happen with greater use of an agricultural system called perennation. It mixes food crops with trees and perennial plants – those that return year after year.
Mr. Reganold, who is with Washington State University, says poor soil may have resulted from years of weathering that washed away many nutrients. He says some farmers may have done more harm than good.
He estimates that up to two billion dollars worth of nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium is lost from African soil each year.
The scientist says the word perennation defines three systems that are already used in Africa. The oldest of the three is called evergreen agriculture. This is where farmers plant trees with their crops. John Reganold says farmers in Africa have been doing this for sixty years, but it seems to be growing in popularity.
The method is gaining widespread use in countries such as Niger, Burkina Faso, Malawi and Zambia. The trees are planted among maize, millet or sorghum crops. They not only add nitrogen to the soil through their roots, but also through their leaves when they fall off and break down. At other times of the year, the trees can protect plants from strong sunlight.
Mr. Reganold was one of three researchers who wrote a report about perennation. It was published in the journal Nature.
【小題1】Farmland in Africa ________.
A.is often small in size |
B.can produce more than enough crops for Africans |
C.is short of important nutrients |
D.has got the attention of scientists around the world |
A.Africa was going through a food crisis |
B.most farms in areas south of the Sahara Desert are small |
C.there are not enough farmlands |
D.farmers may grow additional crops on farmland |
A.is a farming method of planting food crops with trees |
B.is a new farming method |
C.can help African people produce more food than they need |
D.is gaining widespread use around the world |
A.perennation will be widely used by farmers in Africa |
B.American government will help African countries increase food production |
C.African countries is short of farmland |
D.some farmers are destroying their farmland in Africa on purpose |
A.food | B.environment | C.a(chǎn)griculture | D.gardening |
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