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Thinking of starting to play tennis? Tennis is a great sport that requires mental preparation and physical agility(敏捷). The first part of being able to play the game properly is understanding the rules, and in this article, we’ll be discussing what are commonly agreed upon as the official rules of tennis. The rules of tennis are quite simple even though the game itself is complex.

Tennis should be played on a court that is built according to certain requirements. The court should be 78 feet long. For a singles match, the court should be 27 feet in width, and for doubles matches, the court’s width should be 36 feet. The net’s height should be 3 and a half feet. Service lines should be placed 21 feet each side of the net.

Opponent stand on opposite sides of the court. The player who delivers the ball to start the point is called the server. The player who stands opposite and cross-court from the server is the receiver. The right to serve, receive, choose your side, or give the opponent these choices is decided by a toss(投掷) of a coin. Once the choice of the sever or receiver is done, the first player chooses which side to start.

Tennis is a special game; it has special names given to the various points awarded. A score of zero is called out by saying “Love”, and from there, the points go to 15, 30 and 40. If both players get a score of 40, the game must become a tie-breaker, and a 40-40 score is announced by saying “Deuce”. In a “Deuce” situation, if a player gets a point, he is said to have “Advantage”. If a player with an “Advantage” gets another point, the game is over. If a player gets a point while the other has “Advantage”, the score is reset to “Deuce”.

Title:  56._________________ of tennis

Requirements for 57. _____________	a singles match	78 feet in length and 27 feet in width
	a doubles match	78 feet in length and 36 feet in width
	the net’s height	3 and a half feet
	service lines	21 feet each side of the net
Rules of the server and the receiver	the server	58. __________ to start the point
	the receiver	stands on the opposite side of the net
	a toss of 59. ________	decides the right to serve, receive, choose your side, or give the opponent these choices
Special names of points	Love	zero
	Deuce	40-40
	Advantage	It occurs when a player wins a point in 60. ______.

  The trend in everyday conversation is to use grandiose(夸大的)words．“Outstanding” is the

new “good,”  “amazing” is the new “OK, ” and “huge” is the new “big.”

    I was in a restaurant in Washington D．C．last weekend and every question I asked was answered with exaggeration．

    Me：How is the salmon?

    Sever：Fantastic!

    Me：Does it come with rice?

    Sever：Absolutely!

    Would a “good” and a “yes” have been enough? Of course!

    My father is an average-sized man．He hasn’t gained weight or height for the past 30 years. Therefore, his size remains the same．However，in the same amount of time，his T-shirt size has gone from small to medium to large to extra large．

  The reason for the exaggerated word is clear：we are bored with our lives. We want the next

—next thing now．Immediately!

    And we also want others to think that we still care，that we can still be delighted，that we know that everything is just great．Even when deep inside we know it can’t be．Everything can’t be great．

  I’m not a scientist，so many methods of proof leave little to be desired，or a lot to be desired，or an immensity(无限)．   

  Listen to the voices around you．Listen to your own voices．There is nothing on the radio that is good or bad，weather is either beautiful or horrible．

  Listen，the next time when someone asks you something and you agree，because when you

could simply say “yes”, instead you will say “absolutely’’ or “without doubt ” or “Oh，yeah，unquestionably ---- absolutely without doubt."

  Have people forgotten what it is like to be OK? Simply OK with what they have and who they are? If everything is outstanding，if everything is the most amazing thing ever，is anything ever amazing at all?

By telling his experience in the restaurant，the author intends to ________．

    A. show his interest in exaggerated words

    B. prove that exaggerated words are widely used

    C. blame the restaurant for using exaggerated words

    D. tell us the food in the restaurant is extremely good

What do we know about the author’s father?

    A. He has gained height and is now a tall man．

B. He likes following the fashion in clothing．

C. His weight is getting greater and greater．

D.The size of his T-shirt is described in exaggerated words．

．So many people like using exaggerated words because_________．

    A. they are not satisfied with being normal

    B. they don’t want to be looked down upon by others

    C. they want to be different from others

    D. they are brave in telling their true feelings

According to the passage，if you approve of something，you’d better say “________”．

    A. fantastic    B. perfect    C. OK          D. absolutely

The pound new Library of Birmingham（LoB）will be the most visible sign of the way the city is accepting the digitalization（数字化）of everyday life.

Set to open in 2013, the £188m LoB is already beginning to tale shape next to the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, with which it will share some equipment.[来源:Z。xx。k.Com]

As digital media（媒介）is important to its idea. the project is already providing chances for some of the many small new local companies working at the new technologies.

Brian Gambles, the LoB project director, says it is about giving people the right tools for learning,“The aim is to mix the physical with the digital. Providing 24-hour services which can be used through many different ways. It is important to enable us to reach more people, more effectively.”

The digital library will, he says, be as important as the physical one, allowing the distant use of the services, making sure that it is never closed to the public.

Even before the LoB is complete, the public has been able to go online to visit the Virtual（虚拟的）LoB, designed by Baden, the Birmingham virtual worlds specialists. Not only have the public been able to learn about LoB, but the virtual one has also enabled those working on the LoB to understand the building and how it will work before it even opens.

Two other small Birmingham-based digital companies are working on the LoB projects. Substrat, a digital design company, is developing what it calls “enlarge reality” project. It is about the use of an exciting smart phone, an important part of the LoB which is in the early stages of development is an online library of figures of the city being built by a digital content company in Cahoots, in which users will be encouraged to add to and comment on the material.

    Gambles says: “Technology will enable us to make the library’s content and services open to citizens as sever before.”

1.

The underline part “its idea” in Paragraph 3 refers to the idea of____

A. the equipment                     B.  the project

C. the digital media                   D.  the physical library

2.

While visiting the Virtual LoB, the public can_____ 

A. get a general idea of the LoB

B. meet many world-famous experts

C. learn how to put up a library building

D. understand how the specialists work on the project

3.

Which of the following is true of the LoB when it opens?

a. It offers better learning tools b. It reaches users in different ways c. It provides users with smart phone d. It allows users to enrich its material e. It gives non-stop physical and digital services

A. a, b, d           B. a, c, e            C. b, c, d             D. b, d, e

4.

This text is most probably taken from                 .

A. a put book                         B. a library guide

C. a handbook                        D. a newspaper report

 

There was simply too much news and too much information freely available on the net．But was it accurate? Whose opinion should we trust? A survey found that 60% of UK adults think it is worth paying for a "good newspaper", and most of those said they believed more of what they read in the paid-for newspapers．

       Here was something newspapers understood—here was what they could offer: news plus comment and opinion．

       And the Internet now offered opportunities．A newspaper was just that: news printed on paper．But the Internet now offered newspapers different places to print, and in different media．

       This may explain why the readership of newspapers online in the UK is very different from people who read printed newspapers．

       The most popular newspaper in the UK is The Sun and is also the most popular newspaper in the world．The "mid—market" audience mainly reads The Daily Mail．Of the "quality" newspapers, the most popular is the Daily Telegraph．

       Online, it's a different story．The most popular site is The Mail, which has 2．3 million "browsers" every day．And the next most popular site is The Guardian.

'Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

       A．Printed newspapers are disappearing．

       B．The most popular newspapers has the most popular newspaper website as well．

       C．People from other countries also enjoy reading British newspapers．

       D．The free news on the Internet makes people unwilling to buy newspapers．

What conclusion can we draw from the passage?

       A．People no longer believe what the Internet tells them．

       B．Printed newspapers are out of date．

       C．Different readers may have their various reading taste．

       D．Printed newspapers can not deal with the challenge from the Internet．

What is the main idea of the passage?

       A．The UK has the most popular printed newspapers in the world．

       B．The condition of British newspapers in the information age．

       C．Printed newspapers face a sever challenge．

       D．The latest developments in online news sites．

From the survey we can see that the British are generally_____ to the news on the Net．

       A．traditional          B．conservative          C．cautious         D．carefree

  The trend in everyday conversation is to use grandiose(夸大的)words．“Outstanding” is the
new “good,”  “amazing” is the new “OK, ” and “huge” is the new “big.”
I was in a restaurant in Washington D．C．last weekend and every question I asked was answered with exaggeration．
Me：How is the salmon?
Sever：Fantastic!
Me：Does it come with rice?
Sever：Absolutely!
Would a “good” and a “yes” have been enough? Of course!
My father is an average-sized man．He hasn’t gained weight or height for the past 30 years. Therefore, his size remains the same．However，in the same amount of time，his T-shirt size has gone from small to medium to large to extra large．
The reason for the exaggerated word is clear：we are bored with our lives. We want the next
—next thing now．Immediately!
And we also want others to think that we still care，that we can still be delighted，that we know that everything is just great．Even when deep inside we know it can’t be．Everything can’t be great．
I’m not a scientist，so many methods of proof leave little to be desired，or a lot to be desired，or an immensity(无限)．   
Listen to the voices around you．Listen to your own voices．There is nothing on the radio that is good or bad，weather is either beautiful or horrible．
Listen，the next time when someone asks you something and you agree，because when you
could simply say “yes”, instead you will say “absolutely’’ or “without doubt ” or “Oh，yeah，unquestionably ---- absolutely without doubt."
Have people forgotten what it is like to be OK? Simply OK with what they have and who they are? If everything is outstanding，if everything is the most amazing thing ever，is anything ever amazing at all?
【小题1】By telling his experience in the restaurant，the author intends to ________．

A．show his interest in exaggerated words

B．prove that exaggerated words are widely used

C．blame the restaurant for using exaggerated words

D．tell us the food in the restaurant is extremely good

【小题2】What do we know about the author’s father?

A．He has gained height and is now a tall man．

B．He likes following the fashion in clothing．

C．His weight is getting greater and greater．

D．The size of his T-shirt is described in exaggerated words．

【小题3】．So many people like using exaggerated words because_________．

A．they are not satisfied with being normal

B．they don’t want to be looked down upon by others

C．they want to be different from others

D．they are brave in telling their true feelings

【小题4】According to the passage，if you approve of something，you’d better say “________”．

A．fantastic

B．perfect

C．OK

D．absolutely