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A

Oneofthegreatestgiftsonegenerationcangivetoothergenerationsisthewisdomithasgainedfromexperience.Thisideahasinspiredtheaward-winningphotographerAndrewZuckerman.Heinterviewedandtookphotosoffiftyover-sixty-five-year-oldsallovertheworld.Hisprojectexploresvariousaspectsoftheirlives.Thephotosandinterviewsarenowavailableonourwebsite.

Clickontheintroductionstoreadthecompleteinterviews.

Letusnowhaveacultureofpeace.

——FedericoMayorZaragoza,Spain

FedericoMayorZaragozaobtainedadoctorateinpharmacy（药学）fromtheComplutenseUniversityofMadridin1958.Aftermanyyearsspentinpolitics,hebecameDirector-GeneralofUNESCOin1987.In1999,hecreatedtheFoundationforacultureofPeace,ofwhichheisnowthepresident.Inadditiontomanyscientificpublications,hehaspublishedfourcollectionsofpoemsandseveralbooksofessays.

Writingisadiscovery.

——NadineGordimer,SouthAfrica

Duetoaweakheart,NadineGordimerattendedschoolanduniversitybriefly.Shereadwidelyandbeganwritingatanearlyage.Shepublishedherfirstshortstoryattheageoffifteen,andhascompletedalargenumberofworks,whichhavebeentranslatedintofortylanguages.In1991,GordimerwontheNobelPrizeforLiterature.

Jazzisabouttheonlyformofarttoday.

——DaveBrubeck,USA

DaveBrubeckstudiedmusicattheUniversityofthePacificandgraduatedin1942.AfterWorldWarTwohewasencouragedtoplayjazz.In1951,herecordedhisfirstalbum.Brubeck’s1959albumhasbecomeajazzstandard.HereceivedaGrammyLifetimeAchievementAwardin1996.

FormorefiguresCLICKHERE.

21.WhydidAndrewZuckermanchoosethefiftyeldersforhisproject?

A.Becausetheirwisdomdeservestobepassedon.

B.Becausetheyarephysicallyimpressive.

C.Becausetheiraccomplishmentsinspiredhim.

D.Becausetheyhavesimilarexperiences.

22.Accordingtothewebpage,FedericoMayorZaragoza_________.

A.haswonmanyawardsforhisworkinpolitics 

B.hasmadeachievementsindifferentareas

C.hasdevotedallhislifetothefieldofscience 

D.hasservedasthepresidentofauniversity

23.Whomostprobablysaid“Myeducationhasbeenthelibraryandbooks”intheinterviewwhenreflectingonhis/herexperience?

A.NadineGordimer. 

B.FedericoMayorZaragoza.

C. 

AndrewZuckerman. 

D.DaveBrubeck.

24.Whatisthemainpurposeofthiswebpage?

A.ToshowZuckerman’sawards. 

B.TopublicizeZuckerman’sproject. 

C.Tocelebratetheachievementsofthethreepeople.

D.Tospreadthewisdomofthethreepeople.

B

Inarecentannouncement,HarvardandtheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology（MIT）saidthattheyhavejoinedforcestoofferfreeonlinecoursesinanefforttoattractmillionsofonlinelearnersworldwide.

Beginningthisfall,anumberofcoursesdevelopedbyteachersatbothuniversitieswillbeofferedonlinethroughanew$60millionprogram,knownasedX."

AnyonewithanInternetconnectionanywhereintheworldcanuseouronlinecourses,"

HarvardPresidentDrewFaustsaidduringameetingtoannouncetheplan.

MIThasofferedaprogramcalledOpenCourseWarefortenyearsthatmakesmaterialsfrommorethan2,000classesfreeonline.Ithasbeenusedbymorethan100millionpeople.InDecember,theschoolannounceditalsowouldbeginofferingaspecialcertificate,knownasMITx,forpeoplewhocompletecertainonlinecourses.Harvardhaslongofferedcoursestoawiderpopulationthroughasimilarprogram.

TheMITxwillserveasthefoundationforthenewlearningplatform.

MITPresidentSusanHockfieldsaidmorethan120,000peoplesignedupforthefirstMITxcourse.ShesaidHarvardandMIThopeotheruniversitieswilljointheminofferingcoursesontheopen-sourceedXplatform.

"

Fastenyourseatbelts,"

Hockfieldsaid.

Otheruniversities,includingStanford,YaleandCarnegie-Mellon,havebeenexperimentingwithteachingtoaglobalpopulationonline.

TheHarvard-MITprogramwillbemonitoredbyanot-for-profit（非盈利的）organizationbasedinCambridge,tobeownedequallybythetwouniversities.BothMITandHarvardhaveprovided$30milliontostarttheprogram.TheyalsoplantousetheedXplatformtoresearchhowstudentslearnandwhichteachingmethodsandtoolsaremostsuccessful.

25.Accordingtothispassage,edXis____.

A.apartofthefreeMITOpenCourseWare

B.afreecomputerprogrambyMITandHarvard

C.aHarvard-MITplatformoffreeonlinecourses

D.afreeprogramonlineforuniversitiesworldwide

26.Whatissaidaboutonlineeducationinthetext?

A.Universitieshavebeentryingonlinecourses.

B.About2,000onlinecourseshavebeenoffered.

C.Over100millionpeoplehavefinishedcoursesonline.

D.StanfordandYaletogetherhavecoursessimilartoedX.

27.Theunderlinedpartinthetextprobablymeans“________”.

A.Getreadyforthedifficulties

B.Getreadyforthiseducationalchange

C.Getpreparedtocompletetheonlinecourses

DGetpreparedtomakematerialsfortheedXcourses

28.WhatcanbelearnedaboutMITxaccordingtothetext?

A.ItisfirstofferedaspartoftheedXlearningprogram.

B.ItisanotherfreeMIT-Harvardonlinelearningprogram.

C.Itisastandardtorecognizeonlinelearners’achievement.

D.ItisanewkindoffreeonlinecourseofHarvardandMIT.

C

Imagine,oneday,gettingoutofbedinBeijingandbeingatyourofficeinShanghaiinonlyacoupleofhours,andthen,afterafulldayofwork,goingbackhometoBeijingandhavingdinnerthere．

Soundsunusual,doesn'

tit?

Butit'

snotthatunrealistic,withthedevelopmentofChina’shigh-speedrailwaysystem.Andthat’snotall.Chinahasanevengreaterhigh-speedrailwayplantoconnectthecountrywithSoutheastAsia,andeventuallyEasternEurope．

Chinaisnegotiatingtoextenditsownhigh-speedrailwaynetworktoupto17countriesin10to15years,eventuallyreachingLondonandSingapore．

Chinahasproposedthreesuchprojects.ThefirstwouldpossiblyconnectKunmingwithSingaporeviaVietnamandMalaysia．AnothercouldstartinUrumqiandgothroughKazakhstanandUzbekistan，andpossiblytoGermany．ThethirdwouldstartinthenortheastandgonorththroughRussiaandthenintoWesternEurope．

IfChina’splanforthehigh-speedrailwaygoesforward，peoplecouldzipoverfromLondontoBeijinginundertwodays．

ThenewsystemwouldstillfollowChina’shigh-speedrailwaystandard.Andthetrainswouldbeabletogo346kilometersanhour,almostasfastassomeairplanes．

China’shigh-speedtrain,theoneconnectingWuhantoGuangzhou,alreadyhastheWorld’sfastestaveragespeed.Itcovers1,069kilometersinaboutthreehours．

Ofcourse，therearesometechnicalchallengestoovercome．Therearesomanyissuesthatneedtobesettled,suchassafety,railgauge（轨距）,maintenanceofrailwaytracks.So，it’simportanttopayattentiontoeverydetail．

Butthekeyissueisreallymoney.ChinaisalreadyspendinghundredsofbillionsofYuanondomesticrailwayexpansion．

Chinaprefersthattheothercountriespayinnaturalresourcesratherthanwithcapitalinvestment.ResourcesfromthosecountriescouldstreamintoChinatosustaindevelopment．

It’llbeawin-winproject.Forothercountries,therailwaynetworkwilldefinitelycreatemoreopportunitiesforbusiness，tourismandsoon，nottomentionthebettercommunicationamongthosecountries．

ForChina，suchaprojectwouldnotonlyconnectitwiththerestofAsiaandbringsomemuch-neededresources,butwouldalsohelpdevelopChina’sfarwest．Weforeseethatinthecomingdecades,millionsofpeoplewillmigratetothewesternregions，wherethelandisemptyandresourcesunused.Withhigh-speedtrains，peoplewillsetupfactoriesandbusinesscentersinthewestonceandforall.Andthey’lltradewithCentralAsianandEasternEuropeancountries．

29.China’snewhigh-speedrailwayplanwillbeawin-winprojectbecause_____．

A.China 

willgetmuch-neededresourcesanddevelopitswesternregions

B.China 

andthecountriesinvolvedwillbenefitfromtheprojectinvariousways

C.China 

willdevelopitsrailwaysystemandcommunicationwithothercountries

D.theforeigncountriesinvolvedwilldeveloptheirrailwaytransportation，businessandtourism

30.Accordingtothepassage，thegreatestchallengetothenewhigh-speedrailwayplanis 

．

A.technicalissuesB.safetyofthesystem

C.financialproblemsD.maintenanceofrailwaytracks

31.Whichofthefollowingwordsbestdescribestheauthor’sattitudetowards 

China’shigh-speedrailwayplan?

A.CriticalB.ReservedC.DoubtfulD.Positive

32.Whichofthefollowingmightbethebesttitleforthepassage?

A.NewRailwayStandardsB.BigRailwayDreams

C.High-speedBulletTrainsD.InternationalRailwayNetwork

D

Doyouhaveanystrongopiniononco-educationsorsingle-sexschools?

Asupporterofco-educationalschoolswouldprobablysaythatschoolsshouldbelikethesocietiestheybelongto.InHongKong,menandwomenmixsociallyonaday-to-daybasis．Inmanyfieldsmenareevenlikelytohavefemalebosses.Itis,therefore,desirablethatboysandgirlsgrowuptogether,gotoschooltogether,andpreparethemselvesforasocietythatdoesnotvaluesexualseparation．

Somewouldgoontoarguefurtherthatgrowingupwithmembersoftheoppositesexisimportantforpersonal