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　　Mary is a student in a nursing school. She is going o graduate next month. She has two job offers. One is in a city hospital, and the other is in a country hospital.

　　The hospital in the city is large. It's a 600-bed hospital. It's a cancer hospital. It gives excellent care to its patients. It's in a big city, near museums theatres and restaurants. The salary is high, ＄1700 a month, but apartment rents are high, too.

　　The hospital in the country is small. It's a 50-bed hospital. It's a cancer hospital. It gives excellent care to its patients. It's in a big city, near museums theatres and restaurants. The salary is high, ＄1700 a month, but apartment rents are high, too.

　　The hospital in the country is small. It's a 50-bed hospital. It's a general hospital. It takes care of all kinds of patients. It's in a beautiful area, near lakes, rivers and mountains. The salary is average, ＄1400 a month. But apartment rents are low.

　　Mary likes both the city and the country. She doesn't know which hospital to choose.

The hospital in the city	The hospital in the country
Large	1._______________
600-bed	2._______________
Cancer	General
Near museums, theatres and restaurants	Near lakes, rivers and3. _______________
4._______________	＄1400
Apartment rents are 5._______________	Apartment rents are low.

 

 

My summer hols wr CWOT. B4, we usd 2 go 2 NY 2C my bro, his CF & thr 3:-@ kids FTF ILNY, its gr8.

　　Can you understand this sentence? If you can't, don't feel too bad: neither could the middle school teacher in England who received this as homework. This is Netspeak: the language of computerized communication found on Internet or cellphones. To newcomers, it can look like a completely foreign language. So, what is the "translation" of the sentence above? My summer holidays were a complete waste of time. Before, we used to go to New York to see my brother, his girlfriend, and their three screaming kids face to face. I love New York; it's great.

　　Schoolteachers and parents say this new form of writing is harming（破坏）the English language. Increasing spelling and grammatical mistakes cxan be seen in students' writing. They fear the language could become corrupted（面目全非的）.

　　Everyone should just relax, say linguists（语言学家）. They believe Netspeak is in fact more of a good thing. David Crystal, from the University of Wales, argues that Netspeak and Internet create a new language use and the almost lost art of diary writing has been picked up again. Geoffrey Nunberg, from Stanford University, agrees. "People get better at writing by writing," he says, "Kids who are now doing text messaging, e-mail, and instant messages will write at least as well as, and possibly better than, their parents."

　　Linguist James Millroy says, for centuries, it is believed without exception that young people are harming the language. And you can bet your bottom dollar that when today's teenagers become tomorrow's parents, they too will think this way. Milroy argues that languages do not and cannot become "corrupted"; they simply change to meet the new needs.

　　However, Netspeakers do agree that it is important to teach young people how to speak and write Standard English. Cynthia McVey says, "I can understand Netspeak worries teachers and it's important that they get across to their pupils that text messaging is for fun, but that learning to write proper English is a must for their future."

　　Perhaps we should give teenagers a little more trust anyway. Erin, age 12, says, "I wouldn't use text language in my homework. Texting is just for fun"

　1.What is the main purpose of the first paragraph?

　　A. To give an example of a foreign language.

　　B. To show an example of creative methods.

　　C. To express worries about using Netspeak.

　　D. To lead in the topic of Netspeak.

　2.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

　　A. Cynthia McVey points out teenagers can deal with Netspeak properly.

　　B. Geoffrey Nunberg believes Netspeakers can write Standard English.

　　C. David Crystal thinks Netspeak helps develop the habit of writing.

　　D. James Milroy says that language is changing and improving.

　　3.The expression "bet your bottom dollar" in Paragraph 5 means ______.

　　A. be fairly sure          B. be greatly surprised

　　C. think it a pity          D. find it interesting

　　4. What can be the best title for the passage?

　　A. Netspeak: A Widely-Used Language on Internet

　　B. Is Netspeak Harming the English Language?

　　C. Is Netspeak Helpful in Language Learning?

　　D. Netspeak: Advantages and Disadvantages

 

根据句意和首字母提示,写出正确的单词

1.The panda comes f　　　 China.Its f　　　 food is bamboo.It can c　　　 trees.

2.The snake is Asian.　It h　　　 no friends.　It doesn't like w　　　,but the elephant likes ?water.　It can eat 600 kilos of g　　　 in a day.

3.The camel lives in the d　　　 in Africa.

4.The wolf lives in the E　　　 forest.　It likes to eat m　　　.

5.The kangaroo comes from A　　　.

 

阅读短文，完成表格。

　　Mary is a student in a nursing school. She is going o graduate next month. She has two job offers. One is in a city hospital, and the other is in a country hospital.

　　The hospital in the city is large. It's a 600-bed hospital. It's a cancer hospital. It gives excellent care to its patients. It's in a big city, near museums theatres and restaurants. The salary is high, ＄1700 a month, but apartment rents are high, too.

　　The hospital in the country is small. It's a 50-bed hospital. It's a cancer hospital. It gives excellent care to its patients. It's in a big city, near museums theatres and restaurants. The salary is high, ＄1700 a month, but apartment rents are high, too.

　　The hospital in the country is small. It's a 50-bed hospital. It's a general hospital. It takes care of all kinds of patients. It's in a beautiful area, near lakes, rivers and mountains. The salary is average, ＄1400 a month. But apartment rents are low.

　　Mary likes both the city and the country. She doesn't know which hospital to choose.

The hospital in the city	The hospital in the country
Large	1._______________
600-bed	2._______________
Cancer	General
Near museums, theatres and restaurants	Near lakes, rivers and3. _______________
4._______________	＄1400
Apartment rents are 5._______________	Apartment rents are low.

 

 

The first Starbucks coffee shop opened in 1971 in downtown Seattle, Washington, in the United States. It was a small coffee shop that roasted its own coffee beans. The coffee shop’s business did well, and by 1981 there were three more Starbucks stores in Seattle.

    Things really began to change for the company in 1981. That year, Howard Schultz met the three men who ran(经营) Starbucks. Schultz worked in New York for a company that made kitchen equipment. He noticed that Starbucks ordered a large number of special coffee makers, and he was curious about the company. Schultz went to Seattle to see what Starbucks did, and he liked what he saw. He wanted to become part of the company. In 1982, the original(原先的) Starbucks owners hired Schultz as the company’s head of marketing.

    In 1983, Schultz travelled to Italy. The unique atmosphere of the coffee bars there caught his eye. To Schultz it seemed that Italians spent their daily lives in three places: home, work and coffee bars. His experience in Italy gave Schultz a new idea for Starbucks back in Seattle.

    Schultz created an atmosphere for Starbucks coffee shops that was comfortable, and customers everywhere seemed to like it. Between 1987 and 1992, Starbucks opened 150 new stores—and that was only the beginning. In fact, by the year 2000, three new Starbucks stores opened somewhere around the world every day!

Today, Starbucks has thousands of stores, including stores in twenty-six countries. One thing that helps make Starbucks succeed in cities outside the United States is the way Starbucks works with local stores and restaurants. By working together with a store already in the city, Starbucks gets an understanding of customers in the city. This understanding helps Starbucks open stores in the right locations for their customers.

11．What is the main idea of this passage?

　　A．How Starbucks has grown     

B．What Starbucks makes．

　　C．Starbucks’customers．       

D．How Starbucks makes its coffee．

12．Which is true about Starbucks’first ten years of business?

　　A．It grew very quickly．       

B．It was run by Howard Schultz．

　　C．It made special coffee makers．  

D．It was a small company．

13．Who is Howard Schultz?

　　A．A coffee seller in New York．

　　B．An Italian coffee maker

　　C．The man who changed the company．

　　D．One of the original owners of the company．

14. How many new Starbucks stores probably opened in the year 2000 around the world?

　A.Three.   B.About1095.   C.Two thousand.  D. Thirty-six.

15．What helps Starbucks succeed in places outside the United States?

　　A．Opening restaurants in just a few locations each year．

　　B．Only selling locally produced coffee beans．

　　C．working with other major coffee-making companies．

　　D．Learning about local customers．