Microsoft Surface, ￡399-￡559 Tablets are brilliant for leisure — but what if you want to do a bit of work? No tablet can yet compete with a full-size laptop computer, but this is the only tablet that allows you to use Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint (they are all pre-installed and included in the price) and you can buy a pretty lovely mini- keyboard for typing letters and emails, which also doubles up as the cover. Pros: The Surface is good for watching movies — a bonus when stuck in the airport on a business trip — and surfing the internet. Con: The keyboard is an expensive add-on — costing up to ￡109. It might be cheaper to buy a laptop (though a tablet is much smaller and lighter). Amazon Kindle Paperwhite, ￡109 Nearly all tablets let you download books. It's a great way to take a mountainous pile of hardbacks on holiday without stuffing your suitcase. But most tablets have a shiny screen — which can be very distracting when you're trying to read. The Paperwhite is different: its matt screen and crisp black lettering imitate the look of words on paper brilliantly. And yet you can still read the words in the dark. Pros: Easy on the eye, excellent battery life, 180,000 free books (if you subscribe to the Amazon Prime customer loyalty service) plus hundreds of thousands more to buy. Cons: No TV, films, games, internet or camera. 70. The underlined phrase ?stumble across‘ most probably means ?___________‘.
A. meet with B. quarrel with C. compare with D. compete with 71. Which of the following about Surface is NOT TRUE?
A. The keyboard will add to the cost. B. The keyboard can serve as a cover.
C. You have to pay extra to install Microsoft Word. D. You can watch movies or surf the Internet with it.
72. If you are a game lover, which tablet is least likely to be your choice?
A. LeapPad Explorer 2. B. iPad 4th generation. C. Microsoft Surface. D. Amazon Kindle Paper
73. If you want to add something to your prepared PPT for a presentation at a meeting, which
tablet is most helpful? A. LeapPad Explorer 2. B. iPad 4th generation. C. Microsoft Surface. D. Amazon Kindle Paper.
(C )
We are not who we think we are.
The American self-image is suffused with the golden glow of opportunity. We think of the United States as a land of unlimited possibility, not so much a classless society but as a place where class is mutable—a place where brains, energy and ambition are what counts, not the circumstances of one's birth.
The Economic Mobility Project, an ambitious research initiative led by Pew Charitable Trusts, looked at the economic fortunes of a large group of families over time, comparing the income of parents in the late 1960s with the income of their children in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Here is the finding: \Only 6 percent of children born to parents with family income at the very bottom move to the top.
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That is right, just 6 percent of children born to parents who ranked in the bottom fifth of the study sample, in terms of income, were able to bootstrap their way into the top fifth. Meanwhile, an incredible 42 percent of children born into that lowest quintile are still stuck at the bottom, having been unable to climb a single rung of the income ladder.
It is noted that even in Britain-a nation we think of as burdened with a hidebound class system-children who are born poor have a better chance of moving up. When the three studies were released, most reporters focused on the finding that African-Americans born to middle-class or upper middle-class families are earning slightly less, in inflation-adjusted dollars, than did their parents.
One of the studies indicates, in fact, that most of the financial gains white families have made in the past three decades can be attributed to the entry of white women into the labor force. This is much less true for African-Americans.
The picture that emerges from all the quintiles, correlations and percentages is of a nation in which, overall, \studies notes.
The median income of the families in the sample group was $55,600 in the late 1960s; their children's median family income was measured at $71,900. However, this rising tide has not lifted all boats equally. The rich have seen far greater income gains than have the poor.
Even more troubling is that our notion of America as the land of opportunity gets little support from the data. Americans move fairly easily up and down the middle rungs of the ladder, but there is \—four out of ten children who are born poor will remain poor, and four out often who are born rich will stay rich.
74. What did the Economic Mobility Project find in its research?
A. Children from low-income families are unable to bootstrap their way to the top. B. Hollywood actors and actresses are upwardly mobile from rags to riches. C. The rags to riches story is more fiction than reality.
D. The rags to riches story is only true for a small minority of whites.
75. It can be inferred from the undertone of the writer that America, as a classless society, should ________.
A. perfect its self-image as a land of opportunity
B. have a higher level of upward mobility than Britain
C. enable African-Americans to have exclusive access to well-paid employment D. encourage the current generation to work as hard as the previous generation 76. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The US is a land where brains, energy and ambition are what counts. B. Inequality persists between whites and blacks in financial gains. C. Middle-class families earn slightly less with inflation considered.
D. Children in lowest-income families manage to climb a single rung of the ladder. 77. What might be the best title for this passage? A. Social Upward Mobility. B. Incredible Income Gains. C. Inequality in Wealth. D. America Not Land of Opportunity.
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(A)
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Calling for Contributions Keen to share your views and have your articles published in the Campus Link? We are calling for contributions to the following sections: Lifestyle: Do you travel widely, keep a journal of your adventures and have nice photographs that you might want to share? Or have you been somewhere that caught your simply imagination? Tell us all about your travels! Are you an eager movie-goer? Be Leonard Maltin for the day and share your views of the latest blockbuster（大片）with our readers! If food is your preferred choice of relaxation, try your hand at being food critic and send us your views on food/restaurants worth trying. Class Notes: Whether it’s about your accomplishments, memories of campus days, your recent career or a new addition to your family, we welcome you to share your news, views and photos with friends and classmates through Class Notes. Read about your classmates in this issue of Campus Link. If you are interested in sharing any of the above, or if you know of someone worthy of feature, please get in touch with the Editor-in-Chief, at karinyeo@campuslink.sg. Research: Contributions will be selected based on their If this noble line of work is your bread and relevance and quality and Campus Link butter or passion, we want to hear from reserves the right to publish or reject a you! Share with Campus Link your submission（提交的文章）. All contributions will research developments and be edited for clarity and length. Please send breakthroughs. If you know of someone your submissions in word.doc files and your (your schoolmate or teacher) whose photos in jpeg format. research work is a source of inspiration for 66. In the Lifestyle section, you may not find ____________. our community, do not hesitate to send in Contributions for the next issue should reach A. journals of travels B. well-taken photographs your suggestions! us by 10 June 2013. C. stories of Leonard Maltin D. opinions on restaurants 67. Which of the following is TRUE about Campus Link? A. It offers readers bread and butter.
B. It welcomes research developments and breakthroughs. C. It helps you to recognize your schoolmates and teachers. D. It is a source of inspiration for the community. 68. The poster aims to __________.
A. declare the rights of Campus Link B. introduce someone worthy of feature
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C. share views and articles among teachers D. encourage contributions for the next issue
(B)
As the new semester begins, millions of college students across the country are trying hard to remember how best to write a paper or, more likely, how best to delay that paper.
Procrastination is the thief of time and a lot of students suffer from it. They can spend whole days in the library doing nothing but staring into space, eating snacks, surfing the Internet, watching videos and looking at other students sitting around them, who, most likely, are doing nothing either.
Paralyzed (使失去活力) by their habit to procrastinate, they write micro blogs about their fears, asking their online friends if they sometimes have the same issue. But this does nothing to break the spell (魔咒).
According to a recent report, 95 percent of us procrastinate at some point and 20 percent of the world‘s population are always procrastinating. The figures are disappointing. Procrastinators are less wealthy, less healthy and less happy than those who don‘t delay. Procrastinators like to find excuses to justify their behavior, but BBC columnist Rowan Pelling says they are all wrong.
Many procrastinators tell themselves they are perfectionists who work best under pressure. Pelling says this is nonsense, as work done at the last minute is more likely to have mistakes than work done on time. The behavior of procrastinators often makes them feel ashamed, inconveniences others and annoys loved ones.
Pelling also points out that procrastination feels particularly delinquent (过失的）in a society that thinks of speedy action as admirable, and, at times, even as a moral good.
Fortunately, social scientists have thrown their weight behind efforts to understand this behavioral mistake and offer strategies to control it. Piers Steel, a Canadian social scientist and author of The Procrastination Equation, believes human is ―designed‖ to procrastinate. Nevertheless, he suggests a couple of good ways to get through the task at hand. 69. From the first two paragraphs we can learn that _________.
A. procrastination is beneficial to many students B. many students are under great pressure in their study
C. lots of college students work hard to write good essays on time D. many students have the habit of delaying finishing their tasks 70. Which behavior belongs to procrastination?
A. Never dream away the time.
B. Always complete the tasks ahead of time.
C. Never put off till tomorrow what should be done today. D. Always wait to work until the ―good mood‖ or ―good time‖. 71. According to the passage, which of the following statements is not true?
A. Procrastination makes people waste their time. B. Procrastinators usually complete their tasks perfectly.
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C. Speedy action is considered as a moral standard in the society. D. Procrastination is common among people.
72. What is most likely to be discussed in the paragraph that follows?
A. Measures to deal with procrastination. B. Approaches to handling the study pressures. C. More examples to illustrate procrastination.
D. Introduction to the book The Procrastination Equation.
(C)
It was 3:45 in the morning when the vote was finally taken. After six months of arguing and final 16 hours of hot parliamentary debates, Australia‘s Northern Territory became the first legal authority in the world to allow doctors to take the lives of incurably ill patients who wish to die. The measure passed by the convincing vote of 15 to 10. Almost immediately word flashed on the Internet and was picked up, half a world away, by John Hofsess, executive director of the Right to Die Society of Canada. He sent it on by way of the group‘s online service, Death NET. Says Hofsess: ―We posted bulletins all day long, because of course this isn‘t just something that happened in Australia. It‘s world history.‖
The full import may take a while to sink in. The NT Rights of the Terminally Ill Law has left physicians and citizens alike trying to deal with its moral and practical implications. Some have breathed sighs of relief, others, including churches, right-to-life groups and the Australian Medical Association, bitterly attacked the bill and the hurry of its passage. But the tide is unlikely to turn back. In Australia—where an aging population, life-extending technology and changing community attitudes have all played their part—other states are going to consider making a similar law to deal with euthanasia (安乐死). In the US and Canada, where the right-to-die movement is gathering strength, observers are waiting for the dominoes (多米诺骨牌) to start falling. Under the new Northern Territory law, an adult patient can request death — probably by a deadly injection or pill — to put an end to suffering. The patient must be diagnosed (诊断) as Terminally Ill by two doctors. After a ―cooling off‖ period of seven days, the patient can sign a certificate of request. After 48 hours the wish for death can be met. For Lloyd Nickson, a 54-year- old Darwin resident suffering from lung cancer, the NT Rights of Terminally Ill Law means he can get on with living without the haunting fear of his suffering: a terrifying death from his breathing condition. ―I‘m not afraid of dying from a spiritual point of view, but what I was afraid of was how I‘d go, because I‘ve watched people die in the hospital fighting for oxygen and clawing at their masks,‖ he says.
73. Which of the following has the similar meaning to ―But the tide is unlikely to turn back.‖?
A. What happened in Australia can change world history. B. It is impossible to pass the NT Rights of the Terminally Ill Law. C. Doctors are allowed by law to take the lives of the ill patients. D. That the Law has been passed probably can‘t be changed.
74. From the second paragraph we learn that __________.
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