We just went Christmas shopping this weekend, just to pick up a little here and there for the kids. 1.. We have discovered how to save time and money through a little research. Follow me and you can find some excellent tips.
First thing that you want to do is to make a list of what you are looking for exactly. 2.. This will make your shopping experience less painful and time-wasting. It will also help with making it less expensive. You won’t be persuaded to buy things that you don’t need or want because it is on sale.
3.. If you are familiar with the stores that you are buying things from, you will already know how they work. For example, Wal-Mart gives excellent pricing only for online sales, as well as free shipping.
When leaving your favorite stores, you want to look for exactly what is on your list. Compare prices and availability. 4.. Don’t just depend on your favorite stores. Sometimes you will come across things at prices you never knew in your familiar store.
After pricing shopping, go back to the stores that have the best price for the thing you want and buy it. 5. You may get it for a great price, but the shipping and handling costs will make you spend more if you are not careful.
A. We have to go shopping in our daily life.
B.We were shocked by the crowds and the costs.
C.Don’t forget to go online to your favorite stores.
D.Know what it is that you are in need of before you go shopping.
E.Don’t be persuaded to buy you don’t need at all at home.
F.Something you need badly may not be sold online or in the store.
G.Care about not only the cost of the thing, but also the shipping cost.
NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY | NEMS |
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NEWRI: Nanyang Environment & Water Research Institute | |||
Be a leader in environmental science and engineering through the NEMS programme | |||
NEWRI Environmental Master of Science (NEMS) is a primary graduate education and research programme conducted by Nanyang Technological University’s (NTU’s) NEWRI, with summer attachment at Stanford University. It aims to train engineers and scientists to meet the increasing environmental challenges for Asia and the wider region. | NEWRI-Nanyang Environment & Water Research Institute NEWRI is enabling Singapore to be a global center of environmental science and technology in providing technological solutions to the world. It is committed to environmental and water technologies through its ecosystem of education, research and developmental activities. NEWRI is trying its best to pull together NTU’s water and environment-related centers and institutes, gathering one another’s strengths for the benefit of industry and society. | ||
Master of Science Applications ● Applications open now and close on 30 May 2013 for Singapore applicants. ● Graduates having relevant engineering or science background, including final-year students, are invited to apply. ● Applicants are required to have a certificate of GRE. | |||
Further information and application materials are available at the Website: http:// www. Cee.ntu.edu.sg/Graduate/NEMS | Highlights of Programme: ★ Students spend a full summer term at Stanford taking regular courses and continue with the rest of their academic programme at NTU. ★ It is a 12-month full-time course in environmental science & engineering. ★Students under NEMS will have opportunities to do research projects under NEWRI as well as to continue for the Doctor’s degree. ★ Graduating students receive the NTU degree and a certificate from Stanford for their summer attachment. | ||
Scholarship for tuition grants and living expenses at both Stanford and NTU are available | |||
Enquiry contact: Ms Christian Soh Tel：(65) 6861 0507 Fax:(65) 68614606 Email: nems@ntu.edu.sg Information on other graduate programmes available at：www.ntu.edu.sg/cee/program/postgrad.asp |
1.If one wants to apply for the NEMS programme, it is essential for him to __________.
A. make contact with Ms Soh B. major in engineering or science
C. possess a university diploma D. have passed the GRE test
2.Students admitted to the NEMS Programme __________.
A. are required to obtain a Doctor’s degree
B. can receive degrees of both NTU and Stanford
C. needn’t be released from their regular jobs
D. will first have regular courses at Stanford
3.What’s the main purpose of the NEMS programme?
A. To train experts on environmental science and engineering.
B. To strengthen the cooperation between NTU and Stanford.
C. To introduce Nanyang Environment & Water Research Institute.
D. To offer scholarship for tuition grants and living expenses.
4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. 30 May 2012 is the deadline for NEMS application.
B. Other centers and institutes for environmental and water technologies also exist in NTU
C. Applicants for NEMS should have relevant work experience.
D. Singapore is the global center of environmental science and technology.
I recently came in contact with celebrity magazines. My family isn’t one to give money for pictures of skinny, drunk celebrities with paragraphs about their relationships and shopping cart times. Thus, I was excited to finally get a chance to read about other people’s attractive yet troubled lives.
Right away I noticed how each magazine seemed to be a copy of the other. They had headlines and pictures that were almost the same. Still, the pictures of perfectly constructed faces with cute designers outfits going on with their daily lives made me read on..
Wait, celebrities taking their dogs for walk? Spending an afternoon at a park? All of these things seemed so ordinary---things my own family and I do together often. I suddenly realized how unextraordinary the people in these magazines were. They are simply normal people who happen to have a cool job and much money. For some reason, pictures of them doing things like buying milk at the store appeal to millions of readers. Then, when these regular people mess up, their mistakes is painted onto hundreds of newspapers and internet sites.
What if every time we made a mistake, it was made public? Have you ever failed a test? Imagine seeing pictures of you on the front of a newspaper with headlines like, “Regular Schooling Isn’t Enough”. You’d be embarrassed. Now, I’m not necessarily taking the celebrity’s side. I’m more realizing the fact that these people we were crazy about are just ordinary human beings with many photographs following them around. Role models? I’d think not. Personally, I’d rather look up to people in any community who have accomplished a lot instead of an ordinary person walking his dog in Berverly Hills.
1.What do we know about the author’s family?
A. They admire celebrities very much.
B. They often buy celebrity magazines.
C. They are not interested in celebrities.
D. They are curious about the life of celebrities.
2.What does the author think of celebrities?
A. They live happy life.
B. They seldom do usual things.
C. They deserve people’s admiration.
D. They are just ordinary people like us.
3.Who is most likely to be the author’s role model?
A. Celebrities who live ordinary live.
B. Common people who do great things.
C. Extraordinary people who accomplish a lot.
D. People who make great contributions to communities.
4.What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?
A. To describe the actual life of celebrities.
B. To ask us to be realistic about other’s mistakes.
C. To show people’s different attitudes towards celebrities.
D. To advise us to have a right attitude towards celebrities.
Nelle Harper Lee was born on April 28,1926. Since Lee’s mother was mentally ill, she was raised by her father. She became very close to her father.
The naughty Lee loved reading, and would make up stories with Truman, her neighbour who was two years older than her. Seeing her daughter’s imagination, Lee’s father gave her a typewriter.
Before her final year in the university of Alabama, Lee dropped out to become a writer. She moved to New York City where her childhood friend Truman was already established as a famous writer. While there, she worked on her first book---To Kill a Mockingbird. It won her the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was made into an Academy Award winning movie the following year.To Kill a Mockingbird tells the story of six-year-old Scout and her brother who lived in the town of Maycomb Alabama with their single father Attics. Attics is a lawyer who defends the blacks . At a young age, Scout is exposed to the terrors of segregation(宗族隔离)。Then, in 2014, the first draft of a new book---Go Set a Watchman was discovered among Lee’s papers. It is the story of 26-year-old Scout who returns to Maycomb to visit her father. She is shocked to find her father a changed man. Attics has turned into a segregationists! The story shows the mixed feelings Scout has for the changes that have taken place in her hometown and father.
A loner for most of her life, Lee stayed unmarried, preferring to lead a small town life. On February 19,2015, Lee passed away at the age of 89.
1.What can we learn about Lee?
A. She became a professional writer at college.
B. She developed a gift for writing in childhood.
C. She was persuaded to become a writer by Truman
D. She got interested in writing after getting a typewriter.
2.What did the characters Lee described show?
A. Her love for writing stories.
B. The effect of having an ill mother
C. Her experience of living in a small town
D. Her childhood relationship with her father
3.What happened to Scout’s father in Go Set a Watchman?
A. He had complex feelings towards the black.
B. He struggled for the equal right of the black
C. He supported segregating the blacks and the whites.
D. He failed to get used to the changes of his hometown
4.What can we infer about Lee?
A. She has no taste for social life.
B. She write only a book in her life.
C. She feels lonely for most of her life.
D. She enjoys the fame for her successful book.
There is an old saying----“The only good snake is a dead snake“ I disagree .I know some people like their smooth pets，but I hate them. I shake from head to foot even whenＩ see them on TV
One day I stepped over one in my front yard,, and I probably set a record for the fastest runner and the loudest screamer in my town. And I almost had a heart attack when I walked through my house that night after I saw the snake. For that my husband received a serious warning about leaving his belt on the floor. So you can imagine my response when I saw the news about the lost 8-foot long cobra of a zoo in the Orlando area where I had lived a few weeks ago and it still frightened me . After days of search, they gave up. Then a few days ago, I read about its return. A young lady went out to the car in her garage. There she heard hissing coming from under the car. She immediately called the officers at Animal Control. You guessed it. An 8--foot king cobra was hanging out under the car. It was frightening.
We might not have a king cobra hanging out around us, but maybe a snake is hiding around to see how it can damage us. We need to keep our guard up. I think if the young lady had kept her garage door shut, the king cobra might not have made it to the garage.
1.What almost caused the author to get a heart attack?
A. Seeing a snake on TV
B. Seeing her husband’s belt on the floor.
C. Stepping over a snake in her front yard.
D. Reading the news about the lost king cobra.
2.What happened to that 8--foot king cobra?
A. It was killed by the young lady.
B. It was sent back to the wild.
C. It ran away from the garage.
D. It was returned to the zoo.
3.In the last paragraph, the author mainly suggests that we_____.
A. kill all snakes.
B. watch out for snakes.
C. know where snakes are.
D. always keep our doors shut
假定你是美国留学生李华，最近在当地报纸上看到一则游泳培训班的广告，称其有资历丰富的教练，一周包会。你会一点游泳，想在暑假参加训练提升技巧。请你写信了解相关情况，要点如下：
1.训练的具体时间和地点；
2.条件和费用；
3.其他特别注意事项。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Sir/Madam,
I have read your advertisement in the newspaper, which is really appealing to me.
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Yours faithfully,
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