In order to help customers to find what they want quickly,it’s important to keep the thou- sands of titles in the Main Street Movies store organized properly.This section of the Employee Handbook will tell you how to organize videos.
Each Main Street Movies store has three main sections:
1.New Releases Wall.
2.Film library.
3.Video Games.
New Releases Wall.A1most 70 percent of movie rentals are new releases,and that is the first place where most customers go when they enter the store.The center section of shelves on this wall holds Hottest Hits.When new titles come into the store,place them on this wall in alphabetical order.The shelves beside Hottest Hits are called Recent Releases.The New Releases Wall,including the Hottest Hits and Recent Releases shelves,holds about 350 titles.
Film Library.The thousands of tides in the Film Library are organized into categories. The films within each category are displayed alphabetically.Here are the categories and their two-letter computer codes:
*Foreign Language tides include films that were originally made in a foreign language and films with foreign language subtitles.A sticker on the back of each box tells which type of film it is.
Video Game.All the video games in Main Street Movies are arranged in alphabetical order.Although video games represent only a small percentage of our inventory(库存),they are stolen more often than any other type of goods in our store.Therefore,video games are never displayed on the shelves. Shelves in the Video Game section hold cardboard with pictures and information about each game.When a customer wants to rent a particular game,you can find the game from the locked case behind the counter.
1.Whom do you think this passage is most probably written for?
A.The readers in the store.
B.The manager of the store.
C.The customers in the store.
D.The salespersons of the store.
2.How can a customer find a film with foreign language subtitles?
A.Check the computer.
B.Cheek the center section.
C.Look at the back of the box.
D.Watch a few minutes of the film.
3.Why can’t video games be seen on the shelves?
A.Because they’ve been sold out.
B.Because they’re in the storehouse.
C.Because they’re in a locked case behind the counter.
D.Because they represent a small percentage of the inventory.
随着科技的发展,iPad已经成为学生的新宠。用iPad既可以听音乐、阅读电子书,又可以玩电子游戏。请你用英语给你校长写一封信,谈谈你对你校学生使用iPad的情况。信的内容包括以下几点:
1.使用iPad对学生学习产生的好处。
2.使用iPad对学生产生的负面影响。
3.提出自己的建议并简要说明理由。
注意:词数120词左右。
Dear Sir,
My name is Li Hua.I am writing to show my concern about the effects of modern media on us students.
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Yours,
Li Hua
阅读下面短文,根据以下要求:1)汉语提示;2)首字母提示;3)语境提示,在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词,所填单词要求意义准确,拼写正确。
How time flies! Three years have passed since I 1. (进入)the schoo1.As a Senior Three student,it won’t take long 2. I graduate.High school is regarded as the golden time in a person’s life.Now,I have much to share 3. my schoolmates.
Firstly,I’d like to show my appreciation to those s4. by me all the way,teachers,parents and 5. (朋友)included.Without their help and advice,my life would be different.
6. ,it's high time to say sorry to classmates whom I hurt or misunderstoods .7. (交际)and smiles act as bridges to friendship.More importantly,I’ve made up my mind to make every effort to study,for I believe hard work is the key to success.Just as the old saying g 8. ,“No pains,no gains.”
Finally,I hope that every one of us can a 9. his/her dream in the near future.I’ll attach great significance to our friendship formed at school,and I'd like to keep in contact with you after graduation.Meanwhile,I suggest all the younger fellows make f10. use of time,because time waits for no one.
BEIJING,Feb.5,2013(Xinhua)-Chinese health authorities on Tuesday launched a campaign to fight against assisted reproductive technology (ART:辅助生育技术)abuse.Unauthorized ART use,surrogate motherhood and the illegal collection and supply of sperm and eggs,as well as the illegal sale and abuse of ovulation induction(诱导排卵) medicine,will be targeted.
The Ministry of Health and health department of the People's Liberation Army General Logistics Department jointly announced the campaign at a conference.Both departments also ordered all of their local branches to suspend permits for new organizations that wish to offer ART treatments.That is,new organizations will not appear recently.Official figures showed that at the end of 2012,China had 358 organizations authorized to conduct ART treatment.
The health ministry also delivered a brief statement of the country's current infertility rate(不孕率) and ART use.The infertility rate in China is now between 7 and 10 percent,the ministry said.Some 70 to 80 percent of women who are suffering from infertility can be pregnant after changing their lifestyles and receiving medical treatment.Around 20 percent of infertile couples have to resort to ART to have babies.In 2011,about 350,000 people received ART treatment and more than 60,000 infertile couples successfully had children with the help of ART,the ministry said.
1.ART abuse DOSEN'T include________.
A.surrogate motherhood
B.unauthorized ART use
C.the regular usage of medicine
D.the illegal supply of sperm and eggs
2.What does the underlined word “suspend” (paragraph 2) probably mean?
A.Support. B.Pause. C.Allow. D.Ban.
3.From the last paragraph we can know________.
A.Nearly10 percent of couples could not have their own babies
B.70 to 80 percent of women could not be pregnant now
C.Over 350,000 infertile couples had their babies with the help of ART
D.About one fifth of infertile couples have to turn to ART for help
4.What's the best title of the passage?
A.China targets ART abuse
B.ART is used in China
C.ART is illegal in China
D.China increases ART using
Growing strawberries in pots
·The best way to start growing strawberries is to buy pot-grown strawberry plants in spring:5 plants are plenty for a hanging basket and 10 for the average 13 inch-sized pot.
·Plant them immediately in soil-based compost(混合肥料) and they will produce a modest crop in their first year.The second year should see a bumper(特大的)crop,followed by a slightly lower yield(产量)the third summer.Then start again with fresh stock .
·Careful watering and feeding are essential If you are to harvest a good crop,you must never let the compost dry out, particularly when the fruit is forming and ripening;if you do.most of your crop will drop off血e bush almost immediately.
·Water well then leave the pots for up to 3 weeks,until they reach the point of drying out be careful not to overwater them during the winter months.
Pruning apple trees
·A one-year-old tree is known as a “maiden”.It has a single stem when purchased.Immediately after planting, cut it back by about half to leave 4 good buds at the base of the stem.This will force growth from the base or the plant during the summer.
·In the second year ,prune in winter by cutting all side branches back by about one-third, Make sure each cut is made cleanly just above an outward-facing bud.In the third and fourth years, new side branches will have emerged from the previous year’s growth.Cut back all these new side branches by a third, pruning to an outward-facing bud.
·By the fifth year the tree should have a well-balanced shape.From then on ,cut back all new branches by one-third in winter.Remove any diseased wood and broken branches, and ensure the centre is open to air circulation
1.The two pieces of advice probably appear in_________
A.a scientific repot B.a gardening guide
C.a book review D.a fashion column
2.A good crop of strawberries mainly depends on_________
A.the size of a pot
B.the season of harvesting
C.the number of plants in a pot
D.careful watering and feeding
3.Cutting back all side branches by a third is to__________
A.remove the diseased and broken branches
B.keep the whole tree open to air circulation
C.force the apple tree to grow from the base in winter
D.help the apple tree to form a well-balanced shape
4.The two pieces of advice suggest that planting is closely related to_______
A.season B.water C.compost D.cutting
The breaking news of Mo Yan's Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday evening soon aroused public curiosity of the 57yearold Chinese writer: Why was it him that was favored by the Swedish Academy?
Born in 1955 into a rural family,Mo dropped out of school and became a farmer when he was a teenager.He joined the military and devoted himself to writing after the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976).
Less than half an hour after the announcement,Mo's works turned to soldout status at China's major online book sellers.One lucky buyer wrote in an online comment: “Rushed to purchase,but to my shame,I have not read any of his novels.”
Although Mo was entitled one of the top domestic literature awards before the Nobel Prize,he is not the most popular novelist in China,in either the book market or in reputation.
Mo's novel “Big Breasts & Wide Hips,” translated by Howard Goldblatt,tells a story of a mother who struggled and suffered hardship and intertwined fates with Chinese people in the 20th century.His more recent work “Frog” more directly criticized China's onechild family policy,which helped control the country's population explosion but also brought tragedies to rural residents in the past 60 years.
“I think the reason why I could win the prize is because my works present lives with unique Chinese characteristics,and they also tell stories from a viewpoint of common human beings,which is above differences of nations and races,” Mo said on Thursday evening to Chinese journalists.Mo also said many folk arts originated from his hometown,such as clay sculpture,paper cuts,traditional new yearpaintings,have inspired and influenced his novels.
With more Chinese writers like Mo,the world could learn a more real China.Perhaps,this is another reason for the Swedish Academy's choice.
1.What can we conclude from the second paragraph?
A.Mo's life experiences. B.Mo's family life.
C.Mo devoted himself to writing. D.Mo had a gift for writing.
2.What can we infer from the passage?
A.Mo didn't got any national awards before he won the Nobel Prize.
B.Mo was the top novelist in China before he won the Nobel Prize.
C.Mo's novels have attracted many people to read.
D.Mo's novels are all based on his daily life.
3.Which of the following have no effect on Mo's novels according to the passage?
A.Clay sculpture. B.Paper cuts.
C.Folk arts. D.Beijing opera.
4.According to the passage,we know that________.
A.Big Breasts & Wide Hips' leading role is one happy mother
B.Big Breasts & Wide Hips criticized China's onechild family policy
C.Frog came out earlier than Big Breasts & Wide Hips
D.Frog shows benefit as well as shortcoming of one China's policy
