Most people may think that people who write computer code must be good at math and logical thinking. However, people who write computer code say that creativity is also an important quality for coding.
Software developers in the American state of California have created a game called Osmo Coding Jam. The game is designed to help children use the creative side of their minds as they learn to code. Children can play the game on iPads. There are many activities they can do by the game.
Tanya Dodge is the mother of two children, nine-year-old Dylan and his 11-year-old sister Meghan, who play the game. According to her, these activities give them important skills for the future. “It’s an analytical skill that the kids are going to need to have as they grow up today” said Dodge.
But the developers of Osmo Coding Jam believe writing code should be more than just an analytical skill. “We want to explore the creative side of coding that I think is often not as explored,” said Felix Hu, an Osmo engineer. Hu added, “The coolest part is that we’re teaching kids how to be creative with code and that’s a really important thing that kids should get comfortable with because coding is creative.”
Hu also sees a growing number of parents who feel that software code is a second language that children need to learn to succeed in future jobs. Tanya Dodge, the mother of Dylan and Meghan, consents. She said, “I think you’re going to have to understand at some point the idea of coding will work well in the future.”
Hu also explained that very often kids grow up not understanding how a computer works or just thinking that it’s like a magical machine. He said by breaking it down to a lower level, kids can understand that the computer isn’t as smart as they think it is.
1.Osmo Coding Jam is designed for ________.
A. training kids’ logical thinking
B. helping kids learn to code fast
C. helping children learn math well
D. helping kids become more creative
2.What does Tanya Dodge think of Osmo Coding Jam?
A. It needs to be improved.
B. It is highly addictive for kids.
C. It is of great help to today’s kids.
D. It is imperfect in training kids’ analytical skill.
3.Which of the following statements is True according to the text?
A. Tanya Dodge agrees that coding is good for children to succeed in future jobs.
B. Many parents doubts whether coding will help children work well in the future.
C. Creativity is not so important as logical thinking for coding.
D. Tanya Dodge has two girls, who play the game, Osmo Coding Jam.
4.What can we know about kids’ learning coding from the last paragraph?
A. It makes them much more confident and creative.
B. It makes them like using computers more.
C. It helps them know better about computers.
D. It helps them know better about themselves.
5.What’s the author’s purpose in writing the passage?
A. To tell how to learn to code well.
B. To tell about a new game for kids.
C. To encourage kids to learn to code.
D. To show the importance of creativity.
When I arrived at university, I had nothing in my bank account but was given a brand new overdraft (透支). I’d never had one before. So it was very excited to spend money on shopping, nights out, and all the junk food my mum had never let me eat. I managed to max out (达到最高限度) my account within three months and suddenly life wasn’t so much fun.
I spent the last two weeks before Easter on a diet of porridge and became self-loathing (自我憎恨的) and I also blamed Asda (阿斯达超市) for all the two-for-one deals I couldn’t resist. Now I’m working full-time to repay my debts. I’m also setting up a separate bank account for my student loan to go into to cover rent and bills. So I’ll be able to keep an eye on my spending.
With a lot of hard work and saving over the holidays I’m hoping that I’ll be in better financial shape for next year. After my experience in halls — being kept awake until 4 a.m. and work surfaces permanently covered in mind — I’m looking forward to moving into a house with friends. The partying and social life in halls are fantastic, but sometimes you’re put with people you don’t get on with, and it’s hard to cope with that. It helped me to stay strong, but I wish I had stood up to them rather than felt bullied.
I had a really bad time in my first year, which is why I’m going to make the most of university next year. I’m going to balance work with a social life, hit Freshers’ week hard and join some societies. With university handing me so many opportunities on a plate, I want to take up as many as I can and enjoy myself.
1.The author could do so much shopping as a freshman because ________.
A. she was permitted to overdraft from the bank
B. her parents sent her money through the bank
C. she wanted to max out her account
D. she could work full-time
2.What can we infer from the second paragraph about the author?
A. She enjoyed eating porridge for her meals.
B. She had to work to pay for her education fee.
C. She regretted spending so much money on shopping.
D. She wanted to borrow more money for shopping.
3.From this text we can see that the author ________.
A. gained a lot of money through working
B. didn’t get on well with her workmates
C. felt bullied by her friends
D. worked and slept in a bad condition
4.The author made up her mind to ________ next year.
A. make good use of her university life B. find a better job
C. take up more plates D. form some organizations
5.The author mainly introduces her ________ in the passage.
A. opportunities at first year of university
B. freshman experiences at university
C. working experiences at university
D. thoughts on her daily Spending
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• Do not visit if you are sick (fever, cough, sore throat, nausea, or vomiting) or have been exposed to chicken pox (水痘) or other contagious (传染的) illness within the past three weeks.
• Clean your hands each time you enter and leave the patient’s room.
• Follow isolation precautions (隔离预防措施) that are posted on the patient’s door.
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• Visitors are limited to two per patient each time.
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• Waiting rooms are not for overnight stays.
• Children must have adult supervision (监护) at all times and must be respectful of the hospital’s healing environment. Some units do not allow children’s visiting.
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• Your behavior creates a risk to patients, families or staff.
• You appear to be ill.
• You refuse to follow isolation precautions.
• You are not respectful or considerate of others.
• You fail to supervise children.
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1.The underlined phrase “comply with” in Paragraph 1 probably means ________.
A. obey B. study
C. discover D. pass
2.According to the passage, you should ________ before you visit a unit in the hospital.
A. make an appointment B. ask permission from the doctor
C. check the visiting policy D. ring up the patient first
3.If a child wants to visit the patient, he/she should ________.
A. stay at the waiting room of any unit B. be supervised at all times
C. refuse to follow isolation precautions D. create a new environment for patients
4.According to the code, visitors are allowed to ________.
A. touch patient equipment B. visit patients in group of two
C. stay overnight in the waiting room D. change into slippers in the patient room
5.What can be concluded from the text?
A. Children can go to visit patients by themselves.
B. If you seem to be ill, you can still visit the patients unless it is contagious.
C. Visitors who violate the rules will not be allowed to visit again.
D. You can ask for security’s help at any time.
He was 11 years old and went fishing every chance he got from the dock at his family’s cabin on an island in the middle of a New Hampshire lake.
On the day before the bass season opened, he and his father were fishing early in the evening, ______ sunfish and perch with worms. Then he tied on a small lure and practiced casting. The lure ______ the water and caused colored ripples (涟漪，细浪) in the sunset, then ______ ripples as the moon rose over the lake.
When his fishing rod doubled over, he knew something ______ was on the other end. His father watched with ______ as the boy skillfully worked the fish alongside the dock.
Finally, he carefully lifted the ______ fish from the water. It was the largest one he had ever seen, but it was a bass.
The boy and his father looked at the handsome fish, gills (鳃) playing back and forth in the ______. The father lit a match and looked at the watch. It was 10 p.m.—two hours ______ the season opened. He looked at the fish, then at the boy.
“You’ll have to ______, son.” he said.
“Dad!” cried the boy.
“There will be other fish.” said his father.
“Not as big as this one.” cried the boy.
He looked around the lake. No other fishermen or boats were anywhere around in the moonlight. He looked again at his father. Even though no one had seen them,______ could anyone ever know what time he caught the fish, the boy could ______ by the clarity of his father’s voice that the decision was not negotiable (可协商的). He slowly pulled the ______ out of the lip of the huge fish and ______ it into the black water.
The creature swished its powerful body and disappeared. The boy ______ that he would never again see such a great fish.
That was 34 years ago. Today, the boy is a successful architect in New York City. And he was right. He has never again caught such a magnificent fish ______ the one that was set free by him that night long ago. But he does see that same fish ______ ----every time he ______ against a question of ethics.
For, as his father taught him, ethics are simple ______ of right and wrong.______ is only the practice of ethics that is difficult. Do we do right when no one is looking? We would ______ we were taught to put the fish back when we were young.
1.A. catching B. drawing C. trapping D. expecting
2.A. met B. struck C. knocked D. attacked
3.A. golden B. silver C. black D. blue
4.A. light B. slim C. small D. huge
5.A. decision B. instruction C. admiration D. celebration
6.A. lively B. living C. exhausted D. dead
7.A. moonlight B. sun C. wind D. lake
8.A. when B. since C. after D. before
9.A. pull it up B. speed it up C. put it back D. bring it back
10.A. not B. nor C. and D. or
11.A. receive B. believe C. organize D. tell
12.A. worm B. hook C. boat D. match
13.A. lowered B. lifted C. watched D. changed
14.A. expected B. admitted C. complained D. suspected
15.A. that B. when C. as D. because
16.A. once again B. again and again C. all the time D. in the end
17.A. comes up B. catches up C. makes up D. rings up
18.A. information B. advice C. matters D. messages
19.A. It B. He C. The right D. The wrong
20.A. even if B. though C. unless D. if
My mother is always warning me when I go out, “Don’t get off the bus ________ it is stopping.”
A. until B. while
C. before D. after
I was caught in a traffic jam for over an hour, otherwise, I ________ you waiting for such a long time.
A. had not kept B. will not keep
C. would not have kept D. have not kept
