Conversation TwoQuestions 8 to 10 are based on the conversation you have just heard.[音频][音频]A. Whether nature is magical and kind.B. Whethernatureispowerfulandfull of risks.C. WhetherChristopher was well prepared for the trip.D. WhetherChristopher's trip to Alaska was worthwhile.

When it came to his amazing achievements, the famous scientist put an emphasis on the importance of creating rather than waiting for opportunities.

Tom is the only one of the students who _ from Beijing.A. comesB. comeC. is comingD. are coming

Paying your bills online makes it a much easier process. This can free up time, save you money and just make your life much easier. You have several options when it comes to paying your bills online. In reality you will probably use a combination of the different options to pay the majority of your bills online. When you pay your bills online you should schedule payment a few days before the payment is due. This will allow the payment to be on time if there is a holiday or weekend. Additionally, it gives you time to make corrections if the payment did not go through for some reason. You can set up reminders in your budgeting software that will let you know that your payment should have been drafted from your account. This will help you keep a running balance of your checking account, and decrease the likelihood of overspending. You can save on banking fees if you stop yourself from over-drawing your account. Although it is tempting to simply forget about your bills once you have set up automatic payments, it is important to check periodically to make sure that everything is being paid on time. This will prevent you from letting a mistake slide. You should still open your bills each month to make sure the payment has not gone up or that the account number hasn't changed.1、The writer believes that by paying your bills online, you canA.lead a happy lifeB.enjoy a perfect lifeC.make your life easierD.have a more healthier life2、In order to pay your bills on time, you are advised toE.write down your payment datesF.keep a written list of expected billsG.pay a deposit before the payment is dueH.schedule payment a few days in advance3、To keep a running balance of your checking account, the writer suggestsI.keeping your spending in checkJ.using budgeting software to remind youK.spending your money according to a set planL.having a monthly budget based on your income4、To prevent you from letting a mistake slide, you shouldM.check you bills periodicallyN.set up automatic paymentsO.contact your bank regularlyP.limit the number of payments online5、The passage is mainly about how toQ.schedule your paymentR.pay your bills onlineS.use your budgeting softwareT.save on banking fees

1 MOOC, an open online course, aims at providing interactive discussion and open access via the web. In additionto traditional course materials such as videos, readings, and problem sets, MOOCs provide interactive user forums that help build a community for the students, professors, and teaching assistants.2 MOOCs first made waves in the fall of 2011, when Professor Sebastian Thrun from Stanford University opened his graduate-level artificial intelligence course up to any student anywhere, and 160,000 students in more than 190 countries signed up. This new kind of online classes is shaking up the higher education world in many ways. Since the courses can be taken by hundreds of thousands of students at the same time, the number of universities might decrease greatly. Professor Thrun has even imagined a future in which there will only need to be 10 universities in the world. Perhaps the most impressive thing about MOOCs, many of which are being taught by professors at prestigious (声誉高的) universities, is that they're free. This is certainly good news for cash-strapped students.3 There is a lot of excitement and fear about MOOCs. While some say free online courses are a great way to increase the enrollment of minority students, others have said they will leave many students behind. Some critics have said that MOOCs encourage an unrealistic one-size-fits-all model of higher education and that there is no replacement for true dialogues between professors and their students. After all, a brain is not a computer. We are not blank hard drives waiting to be filled with data. People learn from people they love and remember the things that arouse emotion. Some critics worry that online students will miss out on the social aspects of college.(1)What can we learn about MOOCs? ( )A. It is cheap for students to take the courses.B. Most courses are about artificial intelligence.C. They have decreased the number of universities.D. Many courses are offered by professors from famous universities.(2)What does the underlined word "cash-strapped" in paragraph 2 mean? ( )A. Fond of money.B. Short of money.C. Careful with money.D. Be out of money.(3)What is the disadvantage of MOOCs? ( )A. They offer limited courses.B. They don't provide traditional course materials.C. They rely heavily on professors from good universities.D. They lack social interaction among students and professors.(4)What is the purpose of the text? ( )A. To give an introduction of MOOCs.B. To put an advertisement for MOOCs.C. To describe the influence of artificial intelligence.D. To express a critical attitude towards artificial intelligence.

二、Phrase1.待在家里；没有外出_____2.你真幸运______ 11.现在_____3.将来；有朝一日______ 12.刮大风_____4.打沙滩排球______ 13.堆雪人_____5.不论是雨或是晴；不管发生什么事______ 14.下大雨6.在某人家乡______ 15.毕竟_____7.浇花______ 16.在这个季节_____8.天气预报______ 17.特殊的冰雕艺术品_____9.在东/南/西/北______ 18.华南_____10.……的中心______ 19.拿一把雨伞______20.躲雨______

Next Hot Trend for Cell Phones: Reading Mobile Technology Meets the Novel in Japan Your eyes probably hurt just thinking about it: Tens of thousands of Japanese cell-phone owners are poring over full-length novels on their tiny screens. In this technology-enamored nation, the mobile phone has become so widespread as an entertainment and communication device that reading e-malls, news headlines and weather forecasts--rather advanced mobile features by global standards--is routine. Now, Japan’s cell-phone users are turning pages. Several mobile websites offer hundreds of novels--classics, best sellers and some works written especially for the medium. It takes some getting used to. Only a few lines pop up at a time because the phone screen is about half the size of a business card. But improvements in the quality of liquid-crystal displays and features such as automatic page-flipping, or scrolling, make the endeavor far more enjoyable than you’d imagine.Cell Phone Novels The first time I lived in Japan, around ten years ago, I came across the most popular technology advancements that were coming out for cell phones. At the time, Americans were just getting into the cell phone market, with what seemed like cell phones that weighed around five pounds. Still today, Europe and Asia are years ahead in cell phone technology and the gaps seem to be increasing with each passing year. A few days ago, Japanese newspapers were plastered with news that another Japanese novel will hit the shelves, wait no cell phones The novel is called Koizora (translated as Love Sky in English) and was first started as a cell phone novel in 2005. Basically, cell phone novels are started as a subscription based novel. Eachday, a subscriber will enter the book site via cell phone websites and read the newest addition to the novel. It is stated that the readership for this particular book registered over 10 million hits since December 2005. The cell phone novel was so popular; Starts Publishing Co. bought the rights and published it as a two-volume set which has sold over 1.2 million copies so far. In addition, it was just announced that the cell phone novel will be created into a movie in the upcoming years. Is this the future of new authors Will new journalists and authors be required to sell the rights to cell phone companies before signing on to a book deal In comparison, it worked for singer Sandi Thorn on a few years back. With the increase of Interact users, Sandi Thom decided that since she could not get through the tight bonds of the record companies, she would rely strictly on downloads from the Internet. Her viewers, much like Koizora’s readership on cell phones, gained her the response that she needed to cut a record deal. While cell phone novels such as Koizora may be annoying conventional readers that are not as eager to start reading novels on tiny LCD screens, the younger generation is more than eager. In Japan especially, the readership in the cell phone industry is generally a girl based industry however is increasing every day.A Library in One Hand In the latest versions, cell-phone novels are downloaded in short installments and run on handsets as Java-based applications. You’re free to browse as though you’re in a bookstore, whether you’re at home, in your office or on a commuter train. A whole library can be tucked away in your cell phone--a gadget you carry around anyway. "You can read whenever you have a spare moment, and you don’t even need to use both hands," says Taro Matsumura, a 24-year-old graduate student who sometimes reads essays and serial novels on his phone. Such times could be just around the corner in the United States, where cell phones become increasingly used for relaying data, including video, digital photos and music. U. S. publisher Random House recently bought a share in VOCEL, a San Diego-based company that provides such mobile-phone products as Scholastic Aptitude Test preparation programs. Random House also said it reached licensing arrangements with VOCEL to provide cell-phone access to the publisher’s Living Language foreign language study programs and Prima Games video game strategy guides. Cell-phone books are also gradually starting to get traction in China and South Korea. In Japan, though, some people are really getting hooked, finding the phone an intimate tool for reading.Reading with the Lights Off It’s especially effective for intensifying the thrills of a horror story, said Satoko Kajita, who oversees content development at Bandai Networks Co. Ltd. The Tokyo-based wireless service provider offers 150 books on its site, called "Bunko Yomihodai," which means "All You Can Read Paperbacks." It began the service in 2003 and saw interest grow last year. There are now about 50,000 subscribers. "It’s hard to understand unless you try it out," Kajita said, adding that the handset’s backlight allows people to read with the lights off--a convenience that delights parents who like to read near sleeping infants. Users can search by author, title and genre, and readers can write reviews, send fan mail to authors and request what they want to read, all from their phones. A recent marketing study by Bandai found that more than half the readers are female, and many are reading cell-phone books in their homes. Surprisingly, people are using cell-phone books to catch up on classics they never finished reading. And people are perusing sex manuals and other books they’re too embarrassed to be caught reading or buying. More common is keeping an electronic dictionary in your phone in case a need arises. Cell-phone novels remain a niche market compared with ringtones, music downloads and video games, said Yoshiteru Yamaguchi, executive director at Japan’s top mobile carrier NTT DoCoMo. But no longer is reading books on a phone considered unbelievable, he said.Opportunity for Unknown Writers In Japan, cell-phone books have already won respect as an emerging culture. A writer who, goes by the single name Yoshi wrote Deep Love, a series of stories about a Tokyo teenage prostitute. He began by posting them on an obscure cell-phone site he started and made reader payment voluntary. Deep Love, which uses erotic language and violence to create a page-turner despite an absurd plot-line, became a hit, mainly through word of mouth among young adults. It went on to become a movie, TV show and "manga" or Japanese-style comic book. It’s even been turned into a real book, with some 2.6 million copies sold. Like the Internet, cell-phone publishing offers an opportunity for unknown writers, and it delivers new kinds of fun because it’s interactive, said Katsuya Yamashita, executive producer at Starts Publishing Corp., which publishes Yoshi’s works. Another work by Yoshi, a horror mystery, has a cell-phone Web link that readers click. One pulls up a video clip of a bleeding face; another shows a letter that tells people to go on living. Yoshi, a former prep-school instructor who sees his readers as "a community," reads the dozens of e-mail messages teenage fans send him daily and uses their material for story ideas. He also knows immediately when readers are getting bored and changes the plot when access tallies start dipping for his stories. "It’s like playing live music at a club," he said. "You know right away if the audience isn’t responding, and you can change what you’re doing right then and there.Koizora has been read through cell phone by about ______ users. A．10 millionB．5 millionC．1.2 millionD．1 million

_____ idea of _____ sounds much better than Clare`s.A. The; hersB. That; herC. That; her`sD. One; her

Part V Error Correction (2•10) Directions: There are 10 sentences in this part. Each sentence has 4 underlined parts marked A, B, C and D. You are required to identify the incorrect part, and then write the corresponding letter and the correct answer on the Answer Sheet.61. It would save him much trouble if he has known her telephone number .ABCD62. A mature man is one who is good at turning failure into succeed .ABCD63. Which really matters is not what you said but what you did.ABCD

Thank you for all your hard work last week．I don't think we __________ it without you．（ ）A. can manageB. could have managedC. could manageD. can have managed