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C. Standing on the street corner. 16. What caused the accident according to Mr. Bates? A. The red car. B. The blue car. C. The dog. 聽第 10段材料;回答第 17至 20題。15 per person Tour the beautiful cobble stone(鵝卵石) streets of Le Boca, the heart of Buenos Aires and the birth place of Tango. This fascinating walking tour is a must if you want to explore the rich history of Buenos Aires. Photography Courses 6 hours of lessons per week Price: 163。195 per week , Use your time in Argentina to learn Spanish. You can either do a 1 week intensive course or take lessons at the same time as doing your main project. 21. Which activity or course will enable you to learn the history of Buenos Aires? A. Photography Courses. B. Graffiti Tour of Buenos Aires. C. Spanish Courses. D. Walking Tour of La Boca. 22. What can you do in Palermo? A. Explore the rich history of Argentina. B. Do a 1week intensive course. C. Enjoy the unique street art. D. Photograph landscapes. 23. Which of the following words can’t be used to describe the cou rses and activities? A. Adventurous. B. Educational. C. Fun. D. Exciting. B One of the biggest risks a modem student faces is a broken phone or laptop. Jake Hertz and Isaac Roberts are two students who have launched a new business to meet this exact need: Campus Tech Repair. Hertz and Roberts started their business half a year ago and they’v e had amazing success. The first day they had posters up, they received nearly a cloven calls from students. Despite not having backgrounds in business, the two gladly accepted the challenges of starting up such an indemand service. Hertz and Roberts experienced such a high demand because of the lack of any other hardware repair service on campus. The IT Center itself only provided software fixes: Hertz guessed that this was because of the increased responsibilities faced by repair services. Hertz and Roberts did make customers sign a release(解除) of responsibility, yet they also wanted to build a higher level of trust. This, Hertz noted, was the only real challenge that they expected to face. Being directly sponsored by the school could solve the problem of munity trust. Hertz and Roberts have already engaged in conversation with the University toward this end. The main selling point of their service is its convenience, as well as the relatively low price. Many students have neither the time nor the means to visit a phone repair service in a store, in addition to the problem of cost. For them, Campus Tech Repair is the desired alternative. Hertz is optimistic about the future of the business. The two partners dream of expanding the range of their operation to include more students and be able to meet all hardware needs. They’ ve even received requests to repair Playstations( — 種游戲機(jī)) , in addition to their specialties of puter and smartphone repair. They believe that with the support of the University, they could bee a necessary part of campus services. 24. Why is Campus Tech Repair popular on campus? A. It was set up by Hertz and Roberts. B. It meets students, demand for hardware repair. C. It provides free services for students. D. It has skilled experts from the IT center. 25. Hertz and Roberts had conversation with the University in order to . A. solve the problem of munity trust B. sign a release of responsibility with customers C. get rid of their increased responsibilities D. improve their backgrounds in business 26. What is Paragraph 5 mainly about? A. The problems the students have to solve. B. The challenges a repair service store faces. C. The weak points a phone or a laptop owns. D. The advantages Campus Tech Repair has. 27. It can be learnt from the last paragraph that Hertz and Roberts . A. expect to enlarge their business B. wish to do the campus services on their own C. lack confidence in the future of their business D. have much trouble repairing PlayStations C Each year, the National Council of Teachers of English( NCTE) presents several awards to recognize outstanding books written for all age levels. Earlier this month at a book awards luncheon(午宴) held during their 107th Annual Convention, they announced the winner of the 2018 Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children. Dan Santat was named the winner of the 2018 Charlotte Huck Award for his novel AFTER THE FALL, the inspiring epilogue(后記) to the beloved classic nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty. The Charlotte Huck Award was established in 2021 to promote and recognize fiction that has the potential to have a positive effect on children’s lives. The award honors Dr. Charlotte Huck, a professor at Ohio State University who devoted her career to promoting the role of children’s books in young people’s academic, social, and emotional development. Each year, the mittee selects a winner and remended titles appropriate for children. “ Charlotte Huck was a supporter for children’ s books as teaching tools,” says Erika Dawes, chair of the Charlotte Huck Award mittee. “ Books like these award winners, books that promote imagination, wonder and sympathy, fill a critical need in our classrooms.” Jason Chin was named winner of the 2018 Orbis Pictus Award for his book GRAND CANYON, an illuminating(啟蒙的) look at one of the pla’ s most fascinating features. The Orbis Pictus Award, established in 1989, is the oldest children’ s book award for nonfiction. Honor and Remended Books in each category were also announced at