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Writer／Time	Topic：Who’s a better singer，Andy Lau or Jaeky Cheung?
Andyfan  1-17-2005   2：45p．m．	Some people say Jacky is the best Chinese singer．I don’t think so! Andy is the best．I went to his concert last year．It was so hard to believe，I almost cried! OK，I did cry，but that’s because Andy is so hand-some!
1000 reasons  1-17-2005   4：38p．m．	I don’t agree at all．Andy sounds like every other singer．His voice is nothing special．On the other hand，Jacky’s voice is different from others，and his songs are so romantic!
Movieman  1-17-2005   8：55p．m	I think they’re about the same．But Andy is really a better actor(演員)．I’ve seen almost all of his movies．Remember the one where he was an airplane pilot(飛行員)，and his plane crashed near a farm? I love that movie!
Lindalee  1-l8-2005   10：17a．m．	I also think Jacky’s a better singer，I prefer his Cantonese songs．Maybe they sound better because Cantonese is his first language．
1000 reasons  1-l8-2005  12：47p．m．	I agree．Jacky’s Cantonese songs are better than his Mandarin(普通話)songs．(Though I still like all his songs!)

1．Who likes Andy Lau the best?

    A．Andyfan．     B．1000 reasons．       C．Movieman．    D．Lindalee．

2．Why did Andyfan cry?

    A．She was sad at a concert．

    B．She was angry with Jacky Cheung．

    C．She had a broken heart．

    D．She thought Andy Lau was very good-looking．

3．What’s Movieman’s opinion(意見)?

    A．Andy is a better singer．    B．Jacky is a better singer．

    C．They both sing well．            D．Jacky is a better actor．

4．Lindalee thinks Jacky’s Cantonese songs sound the best because           ．

    A．Jacky has no experience singing in Mandarin．

    B．Cantonese is his first language．

    C．his Mandarin pronunciation is bad．

    D．Jacky’s Mandarin songs are boring．

5．Which of the following is true?

    A．Nobody likes Andy’s Movies．

    B．1000 reasons has the same opinion as Lindalee．

    C．1000 masons thinks Andy’s voice is mom special than Jacky’s．

    D．Andyfan has never seen an Andy Lau’s concert．

Soon computers and other machines（機器）will be able to remember you by looking at your eyes! The program works because everyone's eyes are different．So in the future you won't have to remember a number when you want to use a machine or take money out of a bank．You'll just have to look at the machine and it will be able to tell who you are．

The eye-recognition（眼睛識別）program has already been tested in shops and banks in the USA，Britain，Spain，Italy and Turkey．Soon this technology（技術(shù)）will take the place of all other ways of finding out who people are．

However，scientists are also working on other systems．Machines will soon be able to know you from the shape of your face or hand or even your smell! We already have machines that can tell who you are from your voice or the mark made by your finger．

Eye-recognition is better than other kinds because your eyes don’t change as you get older，and don’t get dirty like hands or fingers，and even／wins have different eyes．So the eye-recognition program can be up to 94% correct，depending on how good the technology is．However，some other programs may only be 51% correct at present．In Britain，it was found that 91%of people who had tried it said that they liked the idea of eye-recognition．

In the future your computer will be looking you in the eye．So smile!

1．Where has the eye-recognition program already been tested in a few countries? In ________．

A．shops and banks                                      B．shops and schools

C．banks and schools                                      D．schools and hospitals

2．How does the eye-recognition program work?

A．You look at the machine and type a number．

B．You need to speak and then look．

C．The machine looks at your face．

D．You look at the machine．

3．We already have machines that can tell who you are from ________．

A．your eyes or your smell

B．your voice or the mark made by your finger

C．your face or your voice

D．your face or your hand

4．Which of the following doesn't belong to the advantages of the eye recognition program?

A．Your eyes don't change as you get older．

B．Eyes don't get dirty like hands or fingers．

C．Everyone's eyes are different，even twins have different eyes．

D．We can’t see anything without eyes．

5．What problem could there be with the eye-recognition program?

A．Some eyes are the same．                        B．Eyes can change．

C．It is not always correct．                                   D．Eyes can get dirty like bands．

The staff of the Kennedy School Newsletter asked students at our school to take a survey. In the survey, we asked, "What is your dream job?" We asked 400 students at our school. Here are the results of our survey.

     Most of the students at our school wanted to be professional athletes (專業(yè)運動員) in the future! At our school, 64 people hoped to be sports stars in the future. This included 32 future soccer players, 12 baseball players, 10 basketball players, 7 tennis players, and 3 hockey players.

     Lots of students at our school also wanted to be movie stars or singers.58 students said they wanted to become singers, and 57 said they wanted to act in movies. We hope your dreams come true! Just remember your friends from school when you become superstars.

     Other popular future jobs are vets (49), computer programmers (40), writers (30), and artists (29). To our surprise, very few students at our school wanted to be doctors (7), lawyers (13), or business people (4). And the teachers at our school may be surprised to know that only 9 students hoped to teach in the future. Sorry teachers!

     You can see the rest of the results from our survey in the chart. And for those students who did not get to answer our survey, please stop by our office. We want to know your ideas, tool We will add your answers to our survey results and publish the final results in the school yearbook.

     Thanks for helping us make this interesting survey so successful!

The Newsletter staff

Dream Job Survey
Job	N0．of students	Job	N0．of students	Job	N0．of students
athlete	64	writer	30	businessman
stager	58	artist	29	astronaut	4
actor	57	lawyer	13	others	36
	49	teacher	9	／	／
programmer	40	doctor	7	／	／

1. How many people were asked to help take the survey?

     A.36       B. Less than 400.       C. More than 400      D. Just 400

2. Which question did they probably ask in the survey?

A. What do you want to be?          B. When will you stop studying?

C. Where do you want to live?        D. Who do you like the most?

3. Which answer from students surprised the teachers at the school?

     A. Singing is popular.

     B. Few are interested in law or medicine.

C. Many like to play sports.

     D. Not many want to teach.

4. What can be put in the blanks of the chart above?

     A. farmer; 4        B. farmer; 10       C. vet; 4       D. vet; 113

5. The underlined phrase "stop by" means _________.

     A. bring something    B. come over to     C. put away    D. drop off

American and British people use different greetings．In the USA．the commonest greeting is“Hi”．In Britain it is“Hello!”or“How are you?”“Hi!”is creeping（蔓延） into British，too．When they are introduced to someone，the Americans say，“Glad to know you．”The British say, “How do you do?”or“Pleased to meet you．”When Americans say“Good-bye”，they nearly always add，“Have a good day,”or“Have a good trip，”etc, to friends and strangers alike．The British are already beginning to use“Have a good day”

    The British usually use“got”in the meaning of “have”, The Americans hardly ever do so．

    AmE：Do you have a car? Yes．I do．

    BrE：Have you got a ear? Yes，I have．

    There are a number of differences between American and British English in the spelling of words，e．g．check（US）／cheque（UK）．Many American words ending in “or”e．g．honor, labor are spelt in British English with an“our”e．g．honour．labour, Many verhs in American English with“ize”or“izing”forms．e．g．organize，realizing arc spelt in BrE with“ise”or“isiug”，e．g．organise，realising．In American English．“practice”is used both for the verb and noun．In BrE，the verb is spelt “practise”，and the noun“practice”In American English．one writes“traveler,”while in British English．one writes“traveler”．

    It was once predicted that British and American English would become separate languages finally．But the opposite has happened．The links（聯(lián)系）between the two countries are so strong that they are closer together than ever．

（   ）1．The Americans hardly say“__________”

    A．Good-bye．Have a good day!                   B．Glad to know you!

    C．Hi!                                                            D．Have you got a car?

（   ）2．What does the fifth paragraph talk about?

    A．There are lots of differences in spelling between AmE and BrE．

    B．Why do the Americans and the British use different spellings?

    C．There are few differences in spelling between AmE and BrE．

    D．The different usages of words in AmE and BrE．

（   ） 3．Which of the following is TRUE?

    A．The two languages will become separate languages．

    B．American English will be more and inure widely used．

    C．The two languages will be closer and closer．

    D．British English will be used more and more。

（   ）4．Who writes “traveller”?

    A．American people                                      B．British people

    C．Both American people and British people       D．Neither of them

（   ）5．The underlined word“predicted”means _________in Chinese．

    A．解釋                   B．預(yù)言                    C．考慮                   D．證明

   Throughout history，people had dreamed about joining England and France together．Even Napoleon had a plan to dig a tunnel(隧道)?and reach England．0ne of the first people who tried to dig a tunnel under the Chard，(英吉利海峽)was a French engineer called Albert Mathieu。His tunnel failed．

    In 1881，Colonel Beamont and Captain English from Britain also tried to dig a tunnel．Their tunnel went six kilometers out into the Channel．Queen Victoria stopped them and said it was dangerous to connect with France．It was a very good tunnel，and it is still there today．

    The new tunnel(ready in 1993)is，in fact，three tunnels two for trains and a “service tunnel”for fresh air to go in and for men who take cake of the tunnels．The tunnels are fifty kilometers long，forty meters under water．Forty kilometers of tunnel are under the sea itself．They are the longest undersea tunnels in the world． Trains travel through the tunnels at 1 60 km／h．People drive their cars onto trains and the trains take them through the tunnel．Each train takes 1，500 people and there are trains every ten minutes．

    A special radio station called Channel Channel has started, because it is impossible to receive normal radio signals(信號)when you are under the sea. The station sends news to keep people up—to—date with the’world outside’s while they are in the tunnel．

1．What was people's dream about England and France?

    A.Napoleon could reach England．

    B．Napoleon could dig a tunnel for them．

    C. Albert Mathieu would Succeed．

    D. England and France could be joined together．

2．Which i8 TRUE about the tunnel building in 18817?

    A．The tunnel went six kilometers from France．

    B．Tunnel—building was a dangerous；job．

    C．The old tunnel is still under the sea．

    D．The queen agreed to the digging plan．

3．What's the traveling like in the tunnel?

    A．Trains and cars can travel at 1 60 km／h．

    B．People can travel by trains through two tunnels．

    C．It takes ten minutes to go through the tunnel by train．

D．People can drive their cars or take trains through the tunnel.

4．Channel Channel has started to_________ ．

A．tell people what the date is

B．send news about people in the tunnel

C．tell people news about the outside world

D．receive radio signals of the outside world

5．The passage mainly tells us __________．

   A．the history of the Channel tunnel

   B．the importance of the Channel tunnel

   C．it's hard work to dig an undersea tunnel

   D．the people who tried to dig the Channel tunnel