The Universal Autograph (名人签名) Collectors Club(UACC) has been serving the collector for over 25 years. Founded in 1965, the UACC began as a small group of Long Island. New York autograph collectors and has grown to be the largest collector’s organization of its kind.
The UACC by its purpose is primarily an educational fellowship(联谊会) where knowledge and resources are shared with not only the membership, but also the public at large. By joining the UACC, you will be introduced to the fastest growing hobby in the world today.
Autographs have been called “frozen moment in time” by some people. Probably the most personal thing that one person can give is his or her signature.
In 1843, former President James Madison sent an autograph for a collection which the Princess Victoria was making. The future British Queen was only 15 years old at the time. Financier J.P. Morgan, Sr. began collecting when he was 16, and his son continued adding to the father’s collection. As the daughter of the Mayor of Boston, Rose Fitzgerald collected autographs, as did her son, John F. Kennedy. Franklin Roosevelt, Malcolm Forbes and Glenn Ford are a few more well-known autograph collectors. By collecting autographs, you become a curator(馆长) of history.
Here are some of the best reasons to join the UACC.
The UACC publishes The Pen and Quill, the highly regarded 64-page bimonthly journal with articles and news in all fields of autograph collecting. UACC members may place free ads in The Pen and Quill to express their wants or just swap with other members.
Writing for autographs to famous living people can also be interesting. The more interesting the letter, the better chance for an interesting reply.
The UACC also offers its members the opportunity to buy uncommon autographic materials at low prices. Meanwhile, it publishes low-cost reference works for its members.
Once you join the UACC, you will be added to our mailing list and will receive catalogs(目录) of autographs for sale by dealer members. The UACC has nearly 200 of the world’s most professional dealers as members. Each member provides contact information on our website, including mailing address, telephone numbers, e-mail-addresses, website address, etc. We always try to promote our dealer program and encourage collectors to always buy from these dealers.
60. Paragraph 4 is presented to inform you that __________.
A. autographs might be the most personal thing that one can give
B. the hobby started as early as the 19th century
C. autographs have a long history and was popular even among great people
D. autographs reflect history and sometimes change history
61. What does the underlined word “ swap” probably mean?
A. write for autographs B. exchange autographs
C. mail autographs D. sign autographs
62. Which of the following about the service offered by the UACC is NOT right?
A. It offers member a good way in which they can get what they need much easily.
B. A magazine is published every two months to help you know about the world’s hobby.
C. It offers collectors great deals on unusual autographs at reasonable prices.
D. It offers Internet service to make extra profits.
63. This passage is mainly__________
A. to encourage you to join the UACC
B. to tell you how interesting autograph collecting is
C. to tell you the fast development of the autograph collecting
D. to inform you where you can get an autograph
科目：高中英语 来源：河北省邢台一中2011－2012学年高二下学期第四次月考英语试题 题型：001
听力(共两节，满分30分)
第一节 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1．What i s Jack' s occupation now?
A．A secretary．
B．A noveli st．
C．A new spaperman．
2．Where doe s thi s conver sation mo st likely take place?
A．In a lab．
B．In a clinic．
C．In a dining hall．
3．How old i s Jane?
A．19．
B．27．
C．35．
4．How often doe s the man go to vi sit hi s teacher?
A．At lea st once a year．
B．Once every two year s．
C．Twice a month．
5．How did the woman feel about the Engli sh program?
A．It' s intere sting．
B．It' s difficult．
C．It' s important．
第二节(共15小题：每小题15分，满分22.5分)
请听下面5段对话。每段对话后有几个小题，从题中所给出的A、B、C三个选项种选出最佳选项。听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题．
6．How doe s the man seem to feel after thi s job interview?
A．Anxiou s．
B．Hopeful．
C．De sperate．
7．How many interviewee s were able to go to the second interview?
A．4．
B．12．
C．16．
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8．How much will the man pay?
A．15 yuan．
B．55 yuan．
C．50 yuan．
9．How long doe s the Cheaper way take?
A．At lea st two week s．
B．At lea st ten day s．
C．It' s lea st ten week s．
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10．Why doe s the man refu se the fir st flat?
A．It' s too smal1．
B．It' s too expen sive．
C．It' s not on the top floor．
11．Why doe s the woman let the man look at the second flat fir st?
A．He i s clean and quiet．
B．He i s kind and polite．
C．He i s poor and hone st．
12．How much will the man pay before moving in?
A．＄100．
B．＄50．
C．＄30．
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13．What i s Tom doing?
A．Li stening to Engli sh song s．
B．Surfing the Internet．
C．Preparing for a te st．
14．How doe s the woman find studying Engli sh?
A．Intere sting．
B．Boring．
C．Difficult．
15．What doe s the woman sugge st the man do?
A．Play more game s online．
B．Talk with friend s online more often．
C．Learn We stern culture online．
16．What will the woman do next?
A．Go to school．
B．Take an exam．
C．Review le s son s．
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17．Who i s the speaker talking to?
A．People showing intere st in the theater．
B．People working in the building．
C．People vi siting the univer sity．
18．What i s the video showing today?
A．The teacher s of the univer sity．
B．The hi story of the theater．
C．The building s in the city．
19．How soon will people meet again?
A．In an hour and a half．
B．In half an hour．
C．In an hour．
20．What i s the purpo se of the speaker' s talk?
A．To tell people the rule s they should follow．
B．To give people a brief introduction．
C．To show people the direction．
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科目：高中英语 来源：2013届安徽省师大附中高三第七次模拟考试英语试卷（带解析） 题型：阅读理解
SEE a cell phone cover that you like on Taobao? Forget about placing an order, paying the bill online and waiting for days for it to be delivered to you. In the near future, you'll be able to get it in minutes just by hitting "print" on your computer.
You might find it hard to believe that you could actually "print" an object like you would a picture. But it is not that hard to understand how it would work. Just as a traditional printer sprays (喷) ink onto paper line by line, modern 3-D printers spread material onto a surface layer by layer, from the bottom to the top, gradually building up a shape.
Instead of ink, the materials the 3-D printer uses are mainly plastic, resin (树脂)and certain metals. The thinner each layer is --- from a millimeter to less than the width of a hair --- the smoother and finer the object will be.
This may sound like a completely new technology, but the truth is that 3-D printing has been around since the late 1980s. Back then, it was barely affordable for most people, so few knew about it.
Last year, though, saw a big change in the 3-D printing industry--- printers became much cheaper. For example, 10 years ago a desktop 3-D printer might have cost £20,000 (200,000 yuan), while now they cost only about £ 1,000, according to the BBC.
Taken out of the factory and introduced to more diverse and common uses, 3-D printing can create just about anything you can think of ---flutes (笛子), bikinis, jewelry, aircraft parts and even human organs. In fact, scientists from Cornell University in New York have just made an artificial ear using a 3-D printer, according to Science Daily. The fake ear looks and acts exactly like a natural one.
However, as 3-D printing becomes more commonplace, it may bring about certain problems --- such as piracy. "Once you can download a coffee maker, or print out a new set of kitchen utensils (餐具) on your personal 3-D printer, who will visit a retail (零售的) store again?" an expert in 3-D printing told Forbes News. Even more frightening, what if anyone in the world could use a 3-D printer to print out a fully functioning gun?
【小题1】According to the article, in the future, the 3-D printing technology will ___.
| A．enable people to make better purchases online |
| B．be applied as widely in our daily lives as computers |
| C．change the way we make many products |
| D．shorten the time it takes for people to get what they buy online |
| A．The 3-D printing technology was taken out ofthe factory. |
| B．The 3-D printer became more affordable forconsumers. |
| C．The 3-D printer was used for medical treatmentfor the first time. |
| D．3-D printing technology began to be used invarious fields. |
| A．By analyzing a cause and an effect. | B．By making comparisons. |
| C．By giving examples. | D．By presenting research findings. |
| A．Printing out everything | B．Technology in the future |
| C．Online shopping disappearing | D．Great demand for 3-D printers |
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科目：高中英语 来源：2012-2013学年安徽省高三第七次模拟考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
SEE a cell phone cover that you like on Taobao? Forget about placing an order, paying the bill online and waiting for days for it to be delivered to you. In the near future, you'll be able to get it in minutes just by hitting "print" on your computer.
You might find it hard to believe that you could actually "print" an object like you would a picture. But it is not that hard to understand how it would work. Just as a traditional printer sprays (喷) ink onto paper line by line, modern 3-D printers spread material onto a surface layer by layer, from the bottom to the top, gradually building up a shape.
Instead of ink, the materials the 3-D printer uses are mainly plastic, resin (树脂)and certain metals. The thinner each layer is --- from a millimeter to less than the width of a hair --- the smoother and finer the object will be.
This may sound like a completely new technology, but the truth is that 3-D printing has been around since the late 1980s. Back then, it was barely affordable for most people, so few knew about it.
Last year, though, saw a big change in the 3-D printing industry--- printers became much cheaper. For example, 10 years ago a desktop 3-D printer might have cost £20,000 (200,000 yuan), while now they cost only about £ 1,000, according to the BBC.
Taken out of the factory and introduced to more diverse and common uses, 3-D printing can create just about anything you can think of ---flutes (笛子), bikinis, jewelry, aircraft parts and even human organs. In fact, scientists from Cornell University in New York have just made an artificial ear using a 3-D printer, according to Science Daily. The fake ear looks and acts exactly like a natural one.
However, as 3-D printing becomes more commonplace, it may bring about certain problems --- such as piracy. "Once you can download a coffee maker, or print out a new set of kitchen utensils (餐具) on your personal 3-D printer, who will visit a retail (零售的) store again?" an expert in 3-D printing told Forbes News. Even more frightening, what if anyone in the world could use a 3-D printer to print out a fully functioning gun?
1.According to the article, in the future, the 3-D printing technology will ___.
A．enable people to make better purchases online
B．be applied as widely in our daily lives as computers
C．change the way we make many products
D．shorten the time it takes for people to get what they buy online
2.What was the big event happening in the 3-D printing industry last year?
A．The 3-D printing technology was taken out ofthe factory.
B．The 3-D printer became more affordable forconsumers.
C．The 3-D printer was used for medical treatmentfor the first time.
D．3-D printing technology began to be used invarious fields.
3.How is the last paragraph developed?
A．By analyzing a cause and an effect. B．By making comparisons.
C．By giving examples. D．By presenting research findings.
4.What is the best title of the passage?
A．Printing out everything B．Technology in the future
C．Online shopping disappearing D．Great demand for 3-D printers
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
With generous support from the Japan-united States Friendship Commission, the Organization of American Historians (OAH) and the Japanese Association for American Studies (JAAS), we will send two American scholars to Japanese universities for two-week residency (居住). There, in English, the American historians give lectures and seminars (研讨会) in their specialty and provide individual consultation (咨询) to Japanese scholars, graduate and sometimes visitors also participate in the collegial life of their host institutions and help expand scholarly networks between Japan and the U.S. The aim of the program is to contribute to the expansion of personal scholarly networks between the two countries. We are pleased to announce the eleventh year of the competition.
Round-trip airfare to Japan, housing, and modest daily expenses are covered. Awardees are also encouraged to explore Japan before or after their two-week residency at their own expense. Applicants must be members of OAH, have a Ph.D., and be scholars of American history. Applicants from previous competitions are welcome to apply again. Winners of the competition are expected to attend the 2007 OAH annual meeting in Minneapolis, so that they can meet with visiting Japanese scholars and graduate students as well as the OAH-JAAS Historians’ Collaborative (合作的) Committee.
The two host institutions Japan for 2007 are:
Nanzan University From modest beginnings as a college of foreign languages in 1946, Nanzan has since grown into a full-fledged (完全有有资格的) university with a worldwide reputation for academic excellence. Applicant’s area of specialty: Modern American History with an emphasis on race, ethnicity and labor.
Tokyo woman’s Christian University Founded in 1910, Woman’s University has established a nation wide reputation for its high level of academic instruction. Applicant’s area of specialty: U.S. Woman’s History.
More information about the Japanese host institution is available at <http://www.org/actiuities>.
1．The following statements are true EXCEPT that _____.
A．awardees will stay in Japan for two weeks
B．applicants must have a PhD
C．the winners needn’t pay for the air tickets
D．scholars can give lectures in either English or Japanese
2．Applicants can get more information by ______
A．telephoning B．visiting a website
C．faxing D．visiting to consulting
3．Nanzan University needs scholars majoring in __________.
A．Japan History with emphasis on Woman Rights
B．American History emphasizing law
C．Japanese History emphasizing labor
D．American History emphasizing race
4．Which of following is TRUE?
A．The purpose of the program is to expand national relationship
B．The program has a history of 20 years.
C．Tokyo Woman’s Christian Univer sity has a history of 100 years.
D．Former applicants can’t apply again this year.
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