---Excuse me, could you tell me the time, please?
---Sorry, I don’t have a watch with me.
--- _________.
A. Thanks a lot B. What a pity
C .I’m sorry to hear that D. Thanks anyway
下面这幅照片展现了志愿者慈善义卖活动（Charity Bazaar）的情景。请根据你对照片的理解用英语写一篇短文。你的短文应该包括以下内容：
1．简述照片内容，如情景、人物、动作等等；
2．结合自身实际，谈谈你的感想；
3．举例说明你能为公益事业做点什么，并陈述原因。
Your help will make a difference!
注意：
1．可参照图片下面的文字及文章开头所给提示，作必要的发挥想象。
2．词数150左右。开头已经写好，不计入总词数。
3．作文中不得提及考生所在学校和本人姓名。
Volunteers in high schools help our society in many ways. They devote their time and effort to help people in need.
Scientists, doctors and mental health professionals have been studying the connection between colors and mood for years. Many now believe that colors can not only bring about emotional reactions, but can also correct mood. Colors behave in three basic ways: active, passive and neutral (中和的).
Active colors are warm colors, including yellow, orange and red. These colors bring confidence. Warm colors can also bring cheerful attitudes. Yellows and golden colors work well in offices, kitchens and study areas. Reds heat up a room. Passive colors or cool colors make people calm, quiet and satisfied. Bedrooms, private areas and bathrooms are great places for blues and greens. Beige, gray and white are thought of as neutral colors. They help to put the focus on other colors or serve to tone down colors that might otherwise be overpowering on their own.
You can easily change the look or feel of a room by making good use of different colors. Mixing and matching colors is an excellent way to balance color and emotion, and provide a welcoming feel for guests.
To create a feeling of warmth and comfort in a room, use bright, warm colors like yellow, orange and red. These colors are good choices for rooms that appear cool due to limited sunlight. Yellow adds cheerfulness to dull rooms. You can add yellows to rooms which are not closely related to happy thoughts, such as kitchens and laundry room. In rooms where there's plenty of sunshine, cool colors can provide a calming environment. Sage greens and sky blues are perfect for bedrooms, playrooms and activity areas. Neutral colors, such as pale gray, white and beige, send a peaceful message to your brain. It's not a coincidence that most doctor's offices, coffee shops and mental health centers are decorated in neutrals.
To make your wall color choices better, pick out furniture that will provide a visual contrast. Cool colors make a room seem larger than it is and warm colors make rooms feel smaller.
Title: The 1. ____________ between colors and mood
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Commonly believed effects of colors |
2.____________ emotional reactions and correcting mood |
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3.____________ of colors and their effects |
active colors ●bringing 4.____________ and cheerful attitude |
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passive colors ●making people calm, quiet and bringing people more 5.____________. |
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neutral colors ●helping to put the focus on other colors or tone down 6. ________ colors |
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7. ____________ to balance color and emotion |
●using bright, warm colors to make a 8.___ , cool or dull room warm and comfortable ●using cool colors to create a calming environment in a bright room ●using 9._________ colors to send a peaceful message |
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Tips on picking out furniture |
Picking out furniture that will give a visual contrast to 10. ________ wall color choices |
In the case of mobile phones, change is everything. Recent research indicates that the mobile phone is changing not only our culture, but our very bodies as well．
First, let's talk about culture. The difference between the mobile phone and its parent, the fixed-line phone, is that a mobile number corresponds to a person, while a landline goes to a place. If you call my mobile, you get me. If you call my fixed-line phone, you get whoever answers it．
This has several implications（含义）. The most common one, however, and perhaps the thing that has changed our culture forever, is the “meeting” influence. People no longer need to make firm plans about when and where to meet. Twenty years ago, a Friday night would need to be arranged in advance. You needed enough time to allow everyone to get from their place of work to the first meeting place. Now，however, a night out can be arranged on the run. It is no longer “see you there at 8”，but "text me around 8 and we'll see where we all are."
Texting changes people as well. In their paper, “Insights into the Social and Psychological Effects of SMS Text Messaging", two British researchers distinguished between two types of mobile phone users: the “talkers” and the “texters”－those who prefer voice to text messages and those who prefer text to voice.
They found that the mobile phone's individuality and privacy gave texters the ability to express a whole new outer personality. Texters were likely to report that their family would be surprised if they were to read their texts. This suggests that texting allowed texters to present a self-image that differed from the one familiar to those who knew them well．
Another scientist wrote of the changes that mobiles have brought to body language. There are two kinds that people use while speaking on the phone. There is the “speakeasy”: the head is held high, in a self-confident way, chatting away. And there is the “spacemaker”: these people focus on themselves and keep out other people.
Who can blame them? Phone meetings get cancelled or reformed and camera- phones intrude（侵入）on people's privacy. So, it is understandable if your mobile makes you nervous. But perhaps you needn't worry so much. After all, it is good to talk.
1.According to the two British researchers, the social and psychological effects are mostly likely to be seen on
A. talkers B. the “speakeasy” C. the “spacemaker" D. texters
2. We can infer from the passage that the texts sent by texters are
A. quite revealing B. well written
C. unacceptable by others D. shocking to others
3.According to the passage, who is afraid of being heard while talking on the mobile?
A. Talkers. B. The“speakeasy”
C. The “spacemaker”. D. Texters.
4.Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A.The SMS Effect
B.Cultural implications of Mobile Phone Use
C.Changes in the Use of the Mobile
D.Body Language and the Mobile Phone
Located in the middle of the northern lights belt, Tromso can offer some of the highest levels of northern lights activity on earth. Perhaps Tromso is the world's best place for a Northern Lights Tour.
DESTINATION Troms county, Norway.
PRICE $450 per person
WHEN 2th September until 31st March.
PICK-UP Each evening at 6 PM pitside your hotel.
DROP-OFF Earliest at 12 AM. When we have a sighting we often stay out later, at no extra cost.
SIZE OF GROUP Maximum 8 participants is recommended and normal, but not absolute. A small group allows more freedom in terms of chasing the northern lights.
INCLUDED
- Transportation each day in a comfortable car
- A meal each day
- All necessary equipment such as snowshoes, flashlight, water-filled bottle, woolen underwear, a war, hat, warm shoes, warm stockings, and reindeer skin to lie on, if needed.
- A guide who will do anything necessary to find the northern lights.
EXCITING CHASE
A Northern Lights Holiday means an intense and exciting chase – to the coast or deep into the wild, perhaps even to the Finnish border. Each day on a Northern Lights Tour we contact meteorologists shortly before departure to get accurate information. In order to find out where we will have best chances to see the northern lights.
WE GUARANTEE A GREAT TRIP
The northern lights are unpredictable, but we guarantee that we will do everything to find it. Patience is a keyword on Northern Lights Tour.
ECO-TOURISM
We offer ecologically sustainable and responsible tours. Travelling in small groups is an essential part of the ecotourism concept, as small groups have lesser impact on nature and will not disturb the wildlife unnecessarily.
1.A small group is preferred for the following reasons EXCEPT that
A.a small group is free to run after the northern lights
B.a small group has less effect on nature
C.a small group can save the travel cost
D.a small group will not disturb wildlife
2.The underlined word“it”refers to “ ”
A.the northern lights tour
B.patience
C.equipment
D.the northern light
3.We can infer that
A.if tourists stay out late,they have to pay more
B.every tourist group is not sure to see the northern lights
C. every tourist group get the money back if they don’t see the northern lights
D. the northern lights can be seen every day from 20th September to 31st March
4.The passage is most likely to be taken from a(n)
A.advertisement B.news report
C.science textbook D.tourist brochure
Pupils remember more and behave better when 3D images are used in lessons, research suggests. They are quicker to learn and absorb new concepts, and display higher levels of concentration.
Professor Anne Bamford, of the University of the Arts, London, studied the effectiveness of 3D content in 15 schools across seven countries, including the UK. Pupils in 3D classes could remember more than those in the 2D classes after four weeks, improving test scores by an average 17 percent compared with eight percent for 2D lessons. They gave more detailed answers to the tasks and were more likely to think in 3D, using hand gestures and mime (模仿动作) to answer the test questions successfully.
The teachers commented that the pupils in the 3D groups had deeper understanding, increased attention span, more motivation and higher engagement in the lessons.
Children are used to 3D with the rise of computer games that use the technology—90 percent of those in the study had seen a 3D film. Schools would need 3D-enabled projectors（投影仪）, laptops with good picture capabilities, 3D software and glasses for children to introduce animations (动作) into classrooms.
But Danny Nicholson, an educationist, said the technology would be impractical to use in schools and could be costly. He said, “While I think the idea of 3D technology is very interesting, I worry that 3D is a bit of an expensive gimmick (小玩意儿). There are a few cases where a true 3D image might help, but most of the time, good 2D models that can be moved , would be just so effective.”
In Colorado, the US, one school district is already in the process of having 1,000 3D projectors fixed in classrooms. And the University of Caledonia, which carries out scientific research into the Lake Tabon Basin, has used 3D presentations with Grade Six pupils. Those who watched the 3D presentations were more engaged and reported a general increase in their interest in science compared with students who watched the 2D version.
1.Danny Nicholson tends to think that .
A. many pupils prefer 2D models
B. 3D is a bit expensive for some schools
C. true 3D images would not help in classes
D. 3D technology has a bright future in classes
2.What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A. 3D classes will soon be given in one school district in Colorado.
B. Teachers will use the 3D technology through specific training.
C. Many pupils are now more interested in science than before.
D. 3D technology will replace 2D models in the future.
3.What is the text mainly about?
A. 2D models are always more effective than 3D images.
B. The differences between 3D and 2D images.
C. How schools can make full use of 3D technology.
D. Pupils behave better when 3D images are used in classes.
