Hidden London: the city’s lesser known delights Dulwich Picture Gallery

As much an excuse to enjoy the village charms of Dulwich Village as to admire some delicate European masterworks, this gallery is a southeast London charmer, which was founded in 1811. Join a free guided tour to the permanent collection(3 pm Saturday and Sunday),catch the latest temporary exhibition and admire the lovely garden(open 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm Tuesdays).

Where: Gallery RD SE21 7AD

Train: West Dulwich

Temple Church

Featuring in the novel The Da Vinci Code and dating back to the late 12th century, this is one of London’s oldest and holiest medieval treasures. Built by the Knights Templar, the church is divided into the Round---which contains the statues of crusading knights, who tried to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims in the Middle Ages and the Chancel, where the priests and singers performing in church services sit.

Where: Temple EC4Y 7DE

Underground: Temple or Blackfriars

Chelsea Physic Garden

Endlessly satisfying the green-fingered, the plain curious or those eager to discover botanical interests in central London, this delightful walled garden was founded by the Apothecaries’ Society in the 17th century and is one of the oldest botanical gardens in London.

Where: 66 Royal Hospital Rd SW3 4HS

Underground: Sloane Square

Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art

Built between 1953 and 1958, the Estorick is Britain’s only gallery devoted to Italian art. It draws together a fascinating collection of Futurist masterpieces from Umberto Boccioni, Giacomo Balla, Carlo Carra and others, who emphasized the importance of modern things, especially technology and machines.

Where: 39a Canonbury Sq N1 2AN

Underground: Highbury & Islington

1.When can you follow a free guide to visit Dulwich Picture Gallery?

A. 3 pm on Sunday B. 3:30 pm on Tuesday

C. 1:30 pm on Tuesday D. 1:30 pm on Saturday

2.Which of the following has the longest history?

A. Dulwich Picture Garden B. Temple Church

C. Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art D. Chelsea Physics Garden

3.Where should you go if you have an interest in plants?

A. Gallery Rd SE21 7AD B. Temple EC4Y 7DE

C. 66 Royal Hospital Rd SW3 4HS D. 39a Canonbury Sq N1 2AN

4.If you want to enjoy Italian art, you may get off at .

A. West Dulwich B. Blackfriars

C. Sloane Square D. Highbury

5.In which part of a newspaper can you read the text?

A. Nature B. Society

C. Travel D. Lifestyle

The new study shows that we spend more time using the mobile Internet reading newspaper or magazines. According to the European Interactive Advertising Association(ELAA), the average European spends 4.8 hours reading newspaper and magazines but 1.6 hours more using the mobile Internet a week.

The EIAA questioned 15,000 people in 15 European countries, looking at how people are using the Internet and its influence on their everyday lives. It has found that the mobile Internet is increasingly finding its way into the public awareness. Over 71 million Europeans now have Internet access on their mobiles phones. In the UK, 10 million people mow access the Internet through their mobile phones and spend 6.3 hours doing so in a week.

Unsurprisingly younger generations in the UK are leading the way, with nearly half of the country’s 16-to-24-year-olds and a quarter of 25-to-34-year-olds using the mobile Internet, spending 6.5 and 6.2 hours online each week.

Entertainment plays a major role in our mobile Internet lives, with one in five British people using their phones for online games, a third listening to the online radio and 39 percent watching films . TV or other videos at least once a week. One third of those using an Internet phone said they received videos, imager or other multimedia on their mobile, and 61 percent said they passed on contents they received.

From a communication point of view, 80 percent of those questioned agreed that the Internet made it easier for them to stay in touch with friends and family.

Alison Fennah, director of the EIAA, said the mobile Internet use had come to the point that marketers should be looking to develop strategies that connect with consumers more effectively. “Better devices as well as improved consumer motivation that start coming together in 2011can make a great difference to extending the online experience.” Fennah said.

1.How long does a European spend on the mobile Internet per week according to the EIAA?

A. 6.2 hours B. 6.4 hours

C. 4.8 hours D. 1.6 hours

2.What do the words “doing so” mean in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A. Reading papers and magazines C. Playing computer games

B. Watching films online D. Using the mobile Internet

3.What do people mainly use the mobile Internet for?

A. Communication B. Study

C. Amusement D. Advertising

4.It can be known from the passage that .

A. more than half of the young people in the UK use the mobile Internet

B. the Internet is the most effective way to stay in touch with friends and family

C. the UK has the largest number of people who use the mobile Internet in Europe

D. better devices and improved consumer motivation help extend the online experience

5.The author wrote the passage to tell us .

A. how to use mobile phones to surf he Internet

B. newspapers and magazines will disappear soon

C. mobile surfing now is more popular than reading

D. how the Internet influences our daily life

Most people will experience at least one wrong medical diagnosis in their lifetime, resulting in health problems, psychological suffering and financial cost, according to a new report. Because diagnostic errors are generally discovered in retrospect(回顾), researchers said more work needs to be done to improve medical teams and find ways to avoid errors that can change people’s life in the distant future.

“Diagnosis is a collective effort that often involves a team of health care professionals---from primary care physicians to nurses.” said John Ball, chair of the committee which wrote the report. “The type of a single physician observing a patient case and deciding a diagnosis is not always accurate, and a diagnostic errors, we have to look more broadly at the entire process of how a diagnosis is made.”

The researcher, said there are not enough data on diagnostic errors, and efforts to improve diagnosis and reduce errors have not been frequent. The medical culture discourages transparency and makes it more difficult to correct them. The blame lies in cooperation and communication between members of medical teams treating patients, patients themselves, and their families. Besides this, researchers found the healthcare system is not designed for the collaboration needed in the diagnostic process and that diagnosis will continue to worsen if new ideas are not put forward.

The committee recommended more information, from electronic health records to test results, be made more easily available to families and caregivers, to help them better learn and understand what is going on with their health. Creating an environment for patients to question a diagnosis or add information about their condition could also help better influence diagnosis.

Most significantly, the researchers said methods need to be established to make communication between doctors and patients easier. Doctors are not encouraged or paid to communicate with patients as much as they should be.

1.It can be inferred from the new report that .

A. diagnostic errors have a great influence on people

B. new ways are found to avoid diagnostic errors

C. nobody can avoid those diagnostic errors

D. diagnostic errors are difficult to be found

2.Why does the medical culture make the correction of diagnostic errors so difficult?

A. For lack of advanced technological equipment

B. For lack of strict rules of managing the medial environment

C. For lack of enough professional knowledge about medicinal treatment

D. For lack of cooperation and communication between physicians, patients and their families

3.What does Para. 4 mainly talk about?

A. Researches on the diagnostic process

B. New ways to better protect patients

C. Advice on reducing diagnostic errors

D. Communication between patients and doctors

4.Why is communication between doctors and patients not much?

A. Because of the different belief

B. Because of the medical situation

C. Because of being short of money

D. Because of the current rules

5.The passage most probably comes from .

A. a hospital advertisement B. a science book

C. a medical magazine D. a research report

Great white sharks, the world’s largest predatory(食肉的) fish, eat three to four times more food than previously thought, an Australian study shows.

The U. S. research from the 1980s estimated a meal of 30 kilograms could make a one-tonshark continue living for more than six weeks.

That made assumptions that large sharks could survive long periods without eating.

However, a University of Tasmania-led study published this week in Scientific Reports found that 30kg was only enough for 12-15days.

Researchers tagged(给……附上标签) a dozen great white sharks at Neptune Islands off South Australia and calculated their metabolic(新陈代谢的) rate based on swimming speeds. They worked out how much energy the sharks burned and how much food they required.

“Their metabolic rate is faster than we assumed.”

Jayson Semmens was the lead author on the study. He said, ”They (U. S. researchers)picked a shark that probably wasn’t working very hard at the time when they did it . At the time it was a new study. They did some metabolic work similar to us but on one shark.”

“The white sharks, which we tagged, are working pretty hard … they’re coming up to some pretty high speed to catch the seals.” he said, ”Their metabolic rate is much faster than what we had assumed. These animals are probably going to be feeding every day, rather than several weeks.”

The research also sought to improve understanding of how sharks fit into the ocean ecosystem.

“We don’t have a good handle on the population sizes of white sharks. We know that sharks in general are under pressure around the world from overfishing.” Semmens said, “Furthermore, they’re long -lived. They reproduce late in their life and they produce a small number of babies.”

Semmens said the effects of removing white sharks from the ocean were thus far more important than realized. “They’re keeping under control a lot more animals than we thought,” he said.

1.The U.S. research made people believe that .

A. large sharks could live without eating meat

B. sharks gained several kilograms in six weeks

C. a one-ton shark needed to eat 30 kg every meal

D. large sharks could live without eating for several weeks

2.What is Semmens’ attitude towards U.S. researchers’ job?

A. Uninterested B. Surprised

C. Objective D. Satisfied

3.The sharks’ metabolic rate calculated by the two research groups is different probably because .

A. they used different research methods

B. they studied sharks of different sizes

C. the sharks they used for research were of different species

D. the sharks they used for research swam at different speeds

4.What do you know about white sharks? .

A. They play an important role in ocean ecosystem

B. They can produce a large number of babies

C. They swim more slowly than seals

D. They live a short life

5.The author’s purpose of writing the text is most likely to .

A. inform B. persuade

C. describe D. entertain

A kind father lost about 57 kg in just six months after being shamed dieting when he became too fat to play with his young daughter. Chris Willis, 47, tipped the scales at 172 kg following a lifetime of fatty foods. But overweight Chris turned to dieting when he realized he was too fat to play with his ten-year-old daughter, Sophie, who had a passion for running.

The determined dad cut out all the fatty foods he had enjoyed, and began exercising. He now weights 105 kg after losing 10 kg every month since July. Chris, who lives in Shepreth. Cambridgeshire with his wife Jackie. 51, a coach driver, said: “The hardest thing was seeing my little girl in the garden and not being able to join in because I was so unhealthy. But now I am making up for lost time---we do so much together and it is just great.”

Chris used to consume an incredible 5,000 calories a day, before he switched to healthy lifestyle. On average he would eat five slices of bread for breakfast as a mid morning meal before a full English breakfast. He would then eat a sandwich, a large pack of crisps and a pasty for lunch before chewing a whole packet of biscuits in the afternoon. For dinner Chris would demolish a curry(咖啡) and, ice cream, and also drink four pints of beer very quickly, before feeding on fatty snacks all evening.

Amazingly Chris claims he still eats the same amount---but has simply cut out the unhealthy fatty foods. Chris said: “'My family and friends have been so supportive and my wife and daughter are so pleased for me. In fact it’s them I did it for more than anyone else. The whole journey has been amazing and I am still shocked myself that I have managed to lose so much weight.” Chris is now aiming for a new target weight of 96 kg.

1.Why did Chris Willis lose weight?(no more than 10 words)

2.What does the underlined word ”demolish” mean?(1 word)

3.What measures did Chris take to lose weight? (no more than 10 words)

4.What’s Chris’ next plan for keeping healthy? (no more than 10 words)

5.How are you inspired by Chris Willis? (no more than 20 words)

假如你是育才中学的李津，即将高中毕业。你打算报考香港大学，学习环境科学(Environmental Science)，但有一些事情不太清楚，因此给该校写一封电子邮件，咨询如下相关事宜：

1.如何才能被该校的相关专业录取？

2.是否需要参加专门的英语考试？

3.该校的奖金，学费，食宿安排和生活费用等情况。

注意：1.邮件必须包括以上内容，可适当增加细节；

2.词数：不少于100。

Dear Sir or Madam,

I’m Li Jin, a senior student from Yucai High School and soon I will graduate.

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Best wishes!

Yours,

Li Jin

Frank Smithson woke up and leaned over to turn off the alarm clock. "Oh no!" he thought to himself. "Another day at that office, a boss who shouts at me all the time." As Frank went downstairs his eyes fell on a large brown envelope by the door. He was overjoyed when he opened it and read the letter inside. "Bigwoods Football Pools(足球赌博公司) would like to congratulate you. You have won half a million pounds."

Frank suddenly came to life. The cigarette fell from his lips as he let out shout that could be heard halfway down the street.

At 11:30 Frank arrived at work. "Please explain why you're so late," his boss said. "Go and jump in the lake," replied Frank. "I've just come into a little money so this is good-bye. Find yourself someone else to shout at."

That evening Frank was smoking a very expensive Havana cigar when a knock was heard on the door. He rushed to the door. Outside were two men neatly dressed in grey suits. "Mr. Smithson," one of them said, "we're from Bigwoods Pools. I'm afraid there's been a terrible mistake…"

1.What we know about Frank?

A. He was a lazy man. B. He was a lucky person.

C. He didn't make a lot of money. D. He didn't get on well with his boss.

2.When he heard the knock at the door, Frank probably thought ________.

A. someone had come to make an apology

B. someone had come to give him the money

C. his friends had come to ask about the football pools

D. his friends had come to congratulate him on his luck

3.On hearing "…there's been a terrible mistake…" Frank was most likely to be ________.

A. disappointed B. worried C. nervous D. curious

Metro Pocket Guide

Metrorail(地铁)

Each passenger needs a farecard to enter and go out. Up to two children under ago five may travel free with a paying customer.

Farecard machine are in every station, Bring small bills because there are no change machines in the station and farecard machine only provide up to $ 5 in change.

Get one of unlimited Metrorail rides with a One Day Pass. Buy it from a farecard machine in Metro stations. Use it after 9:30 a. m. until closing on weekdays, and all day on weekends and holidays.

Hours of Service

Open: 5 a. m Mon-Fri 7a. m. Sat—Sun .

Close: midnight Sun—Thurs 3 a.m. Fri.---Sat. nights.

Last train times vary. To avoid missing the last train, please check the last train times posted in the station.

Metrobus

When paying with exact change, the fare is $ 1. 35 . when paying with a smarTrip card, the fare is $1. 25

Fares for the Senior /disabled customers

Senior citizens 65 and older and disabled customers may ride for half the regular fare. On Metrorail and Metrobus, use a senior/disabled farecard or SmarTrip card. For more information about buying senior/disabled farecards, farecard or SmarTrip cards and passes, please visit MetroOpenDoors. com or call 202-637-7000 and 202-637-8000.

Senior citizens and disabled customers can get free guide on how to use proper Metrobus and Metrorail services by calling 202-962-1100

Travel tips （提示）

. Avoid riding during weekday rush periods –before 9:30 a. m. and between 4 and 6 p. m.

. If you lose something on a bus or train or in a station, please call Lost & Found at 202-962-1195.

1.what should you know about farecard machine?

A. They start selling tickets at 9:30 a. m.

B. They are connected to change machines.

C. They offer special service to the elderly.

D. They make change for no more than $5.

2.At what time does Metrorail stop service on Saturday?

A. At midnight B. at 3 a. m.

C. at 5 am D. at 7 p. m.

3.What is good about a SmarTrip card?

A. It is convenient for old people

B. It saves money for its users

C. it can be bought at any time

D. it is sold on the Internet.

4.Which number should you call if you lose something on the Metro?

A. 202-962-1195 B. 202-962-1100

C. 202-673-7000 D. 202-673-8000

Brave Frenchman Found Half-way Around the World

(NEW YORK) A French tourist highly praised for rescuing a two-year-old girl in Manhattan said he didn’t think twice before diving into the freezing East River.

Tuesday’s Daily News said 29-year who left the spot quickly after the rescue last Saturday.

He lifted the little girl out of the water after she fell off the bank at the South Street Scaport museum. He handed the girl to her father ,David Anderson, who had dive in after him.

“I didn’t think at all,” Duret told the Daily News. “ It happened very fast. I reacted very fast.”

Duret, an engineer on vacation ,was walking with his girlfriend along the pier(码头)when he saw something falling into the water .He thought it was a doll, but realized it was a child when he approached the river. In an instant ,he took off his coat and jumped into the water.

When he reached the girl, she appeared lifeless, he said . Fortunately, when she was out of the water, she opened her eyes.

Anderson said his daughter slipped off the bank when he was adjusting his camera. An ambulance came later for her, said Duret, who was handed dry clothes from cookers. Duret caught a train with his girlfriend shortly after.

The rescue happened on the day before he left for France. Duret said he didn’t realize his tale of heroism he was leaving the next morning .

“I don’t really think I’m a hero,” said Duret. “Anyone would do the same ting.”

1.why was Duret in NewYork?

A. To meet his girlfriend B. To work as an engineer

C. To spend his holiday D. To visit the Andersons.

2. What did duret do shortly after the ambulance came?

A. He was interviewed by a newspaper

B. He asked his girlfriend for his dry clothes

C. He went to the hospital in the ambulance

D. He disappeared from the spot quickly

3. Who divide after duret into the river to save the little girl?

A. David Anderson B. a passer-by C. his girlfriend D. a taxi driver.

4. When was duet most probably found to be the very hero?

A. the day when he was leaving for home.

B. a couple of days after the girl was rescued

C. the first day when he was in New York

D. the same day when he was interviewed.

The engineer Camillo Oliver was 40 years old when he started the company in 1908.

At his factory in Ivrea, he designed and produced the first Italian typewriter. Today the company's head office is still in Ivrea, near Turin, but the company is much larger than it was in those days and there are offices all around the world.

By 1930 there was a staff of 700 and the company turned out 13,000 machines a year. Some went to customers in Italy, but Olivetti exported more typewriters to other countries.

Camillo's son, Adriano, started working for the company in 1924 and later he became the boss. He introduced a standard speed for the production line and he employed technology and design specialists（专家）. The company developed new and better typewriters and then calculators(计算机). In 1959 it produced the ELEA computer in Italy.

After Adriano died in 1960, the company had a period of financial problems. Other companies, especially the Japanese, made faster progress in electronic technology than the Italian company.

In 1978, Carlo de Benedetti became the new boss. Olivetti increased its marking and service networks and made agreements with other companies to design and produce more advanced office equipment. Soon it became one of the world's leading companies in information technology and communications. There are now five independent companies in the Olivetti group — one for personal computers, one for Systems and services, and two for telecommunications.

1.From the text we learn that ________.

A. by 1930 Olivetti produced 13,000 typewriters a year

B. Olivetti earned more in the 1960s than in the 1950s

C. some of Olivetti’s 700 staff regularly visited customers in Italy

D. Olivetti set up offices in other countries from the very beginning

2.What was probably the direct result of Olivetti’s falling behind in electronic technology?

A. Adriano’s death. B. A period of financial problems.

C. Its faster progress. D. Its agreements with other companies.

3.What do we know about Olivetti?

A. It produced the best typewriter in the world.

B. It designed the world’s first mainframe computer.

C. It exported more typewriters than other companies.

D. It has five independent companies with its head office in Ivrea.

4.The best title for the text would be ________.

A. The Origin of Olivetti B. The Success of Olivetti

C. The History of Olivetti D. The Production of Olivetti