Paparazzi, or “paps”, are photographers who take pictures of famous people when they are not at the center of public attention. Paps are different from professional photographers or journalists because they never take ordinary photos.
The goal for paparazzi is to get pictures that no one else will get and then sell the pictures to the buyer who offers the most money — normally a small newspaper, magazine or website.
There is no law against paparazzi taking pictures in public places. However, there are laws that protect certain individuals. For example, child protection laws stop improper pictures of anyone under 16 from being published.
There is also no law that stops paparazzi from following celebrities and taking their pictures either. However, if paps are secretly following them and taking pictures of their faces, they could get into trouble.
Most paparazzi hang out on streets and hot spots for celebrities, waiting for the opportunity to take a picture of a star. Many stay on the streets until the early hours of the morning when celebrities are leaving nightclubs and looking a little worse for wear. However, some have other ways to make sure they get pictures. Many paps are in contact with “informers” who know the locations of celebrities at any given time. They then pass the information on to paparazzi. An informer could be anyone — from a restaurant waiter to a salesman.
Most of the time, paparazzi get a bad reputation for following celebrities. But sometimes stars or their managers will contact paps themselves and tell them exactly where and when they will go. What a love-hate relationship between paparazzi and celebrities!
1.Which of the following things paparazzi might do would be against the law?
A. Getting unsuitable pictures of a 10-year-old actress published.
B. Taking pictures of famous people in public places.
C. Following a famous woman singer secretly and taking her pictures.
D. Hanging out at the places where celebrities often appear.
2.In order to earn big money a pap has to ________.
A. get the only first-hand pictures
B. sell the pictures to a big newspaper
C. make friends with famous people
D. know the locations of celebrities
3.The fifth paragraph mainly tells us ________.
A. how paparazzi get the pictures
B. how dangerous paparazzi’s job is
C. how paparazzi contact informers
D. how much paparazzi pay for the pictures
4.What can we infer from the passage?
A. Paparazzi always take pictures when famous people are tired.
B. Stars hate paparazzi and don’t want to be followed.
C. Paparazzi and famous people rely on each other sometimes.
D. Informers might get paparazzi into trouble.
Shree Bose is one of the most impressive kids graduating from Fort Worth Country Day High School this year. Bose has a large circle of friends, and there’s one who you may have heard of: President Obama. He has twice publicly recognized her achievements in cancer research and spoken with her in the Oval Office.
If that isn’t enough, Bose recently gave a TED Talk about her work with the cancer drug Cisplatin, which also won her first prize at the Google Science Fair and recognition as one of Glamour magazine’s Young Amazing Women of the Year.
After watching her grandfather struggle with liver cancer, Bose was determined to help out in any way she could. As a high school student，though, her scientific choices were limited. She reached out to various hospitals and research centers, but doctors turned down her requests because they felt she was too inexperienced medically.
Only the North Texas Science Health Center respected her determination and chose to guide her. The results were amazing.
Bose chose to study a protein and its reaction with the cancer drug Cisplatin. She noticed that when she prevented this protein from growing, Cisplatin was allowed to begin destroying cancer cells once again.
“My project not only contributes to the understanding of the relationship between the protein and Cisplatin, but also suggests a newer, more effective treatment for patients who resist Cisplatin,” Bose said.
Bose’s achievements aren’t limited to the lab, though. She was also captain of her swim team and editor-in-chief of her school paper.
Bose is currently getting practical experience at the National Institute of Health and she’ll be attending Harvard in the fall. She plans to study molecular biology and go to medical school. Eventually, she would like to be a doctor.
1.President Obama has spoken with Bose because she ______.
A. gave a TED Talk recently
B. contributed to the cancer research
C. has a large circle of friends
D. is captain of her swim team
2.According to Bose’s research, ______ helps make Cisplatin work better.
A. stopping the protein from growing
B. destroying cancer cells timely
C. using the drug more frequently
D. making the protein react with the drug
3.From the passage, we know that _____.
A. Bose’s research was supported from the start.
B. Bose will study in the National Institute of Health.
C. Bose plans to become a doctor in the future.
D. Bose’s grandfather asked her to do cancer research.
4.The passage is mainly about _____.
A. a research on cancer drugs
B. a new effective cancer treatment
C. a doctor who has a promising future
D. a girl who did research on cancer treatment
假定你是李华，两周前你从网上订购了一套英语书虫系列读物（Bookworm Series），昨天才到货，且包装破损，数量不足。请就此向网店客服写一封电子邮件投诉。要点如下：
1、介绍购物情况；
2、反映存在的问题；
3、提出解决方案。
注意：
1、词数120左右；
2、可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3、电子邮件的开并没有和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
To whom it may concern,
Looking forward to your reply!
Regards,
Li Hua
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(^)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改:在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意:1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
2．只允许修改10处
Recently I have read an article in a magazine. It was about the mother who was worried about her son just because of he always kept his hair long. The mother thought that was not right, but the son felt there was nothing unusually about it. Different generations have different opinion on the same thing. That is what is meaning by "the generation gap". We can see them in our daily lives. Most of our parents like listening to old songs when young people prefer pop songs. Every time my father finds me listen to rock music, he always shouted, "Shut it off. It's awful!" How can we deal the generation gap?
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Carl: Morning, Andy. How do you like the party last night?
Andy: Great. I really 1. (enjoy) myself there. It is a few years 2. I had such a good time. And you will never guess whom I met there. 3. was Keyeast.
Carl: You 4. be kidding me. You mean you met Keyeast, 5. one ever 6. (act) Du Minjun. Oh, no. I can't believe it. If I hadn't been so busy with my work last night, I must have met my idol. I couldn't be 7. (regretful) now.
Andy: Hey! Cheer 8. . He hasn't left Anyang yet. In addition, he mentioned that he was likely to attend the charity party 9. (hold) by our university next evening.
Carl: Wonderful! I couldn't wait to see him. He is the most handsome "god" I have ever seen. And you will go there with me then, won't you?
Andy:Why not? He is my idol, too. By the way, don't forget to take your camera, for you would never like to miss the chance to take 10. with him.
Carl: OK. I won’t.
True leadership is not just the ability to identify the talent and skill of the polished individuals around you. It involves being able to dig beneath the surface and discover .
Once there was a boy who constantly sat and talked in his math class, and seemed in group activities. Most teachers would think of him as a problem student.
However, Anna was different. She believed the student was above in other areas so she created a strategy to find out.
Anna didn't the parents. Instead she organized a handful of activities in the class to get more information. In place of calling out for volunteers in class she created a for each Friday: Girls vs Boys.
The first week the class was totally . Everyone wanted to win. Even the boy had his hand up the whole time trying to get a turn. , Anna waited, and waited, and waited. Finally the teacher paired the boy with the most girl student in class.
Now the two teams had a score, all the students sat back eager to see the result. As the teacher placed the question on the board, most of the students began to their heads: this was a question they had never in class.
" !" the teacher yelled. Both students started doing it thinking of how to solve the complex question. Their classmates, full of , exclaimed, "Hurry, hurry, hurry!" The boy finished it just seconds before the girl and spun around with his raised, "I won!" Almost nobody could believe the student they admired failed until Anna the result.
This was what Anna tried to get it turned out that the student wasn't bad, he was .
So we can see that hidden abilities is not always easy but the end results can be magical. Try your hand at this quality of leadership now and report your results.
1.A．truthB.treasureC．potentialD．motivation
2.A．activeB.cautiousC．discouragedD．disconnected
3.A．immediatelyB.appropriatelyC．abnormallyD．scarcely
4.A．1imitB.averageC．prejudiceD．value
5.A．contactB.comfortC．warnD．blame
6.A．dilemmaB.debateC．gameD．competition
7.A．creativeB.noisyC．enthusiasticD．curious
8.A．YetB.StillC．SomehowD．Therefore
9.A．arbitraryB.wiseC．ridiculousD．puzzled
10.A．elegantB.carelessC．hard-workingD．considerate
11.A．rareB.closeC．poorD．different
12.A．turnB.1iftC．shakeD．nod
13.A．raisedB.fearedC．overlookedD．covered
14.A．GoB.HurryC．LookD．Try
15.A．skillfullyB.slowlyC．casuallyD．abruptly
16.A．angerB.anxietyC．courageD．excitement
17.A．armsB.hopesC．confidenceD．eyes
18.A．obtainedB.analyzedC．confirmedD．adjusted
19.A．upsetB.boredC．tiredD．spoiled
20.A．foreseeingB.assessingC．appreciatingD．recognizing
