【正文】 gers next month at his Manchester Coder Dojo． It will be a full house， and it is free． Many bring their own laptop， or their Raspberry Pi— a relatively simple puter for coding． And the parents who used to drop off their kids and e back later， now often stay to see what is going on．“ The average age is about 10 and a half， but we have sixyearolds ing along，” he says． Plenty of those who turn up are girls， but they are still outnumbered by boys by a rate of 60： 40．“ Coding gets more attention now because it’ s cooler．”Steven says． 24． What’ s Amy Mather’ s opinion about coding? A． Complex． B． Boring． C． Promising． D． Useless． 25． What does the underlined phrase“ cashed in” most probably mean? A． Joined． B． Earned money． C． Failed． D． Raised money． 26． What can we infer from the text? A． More girls than boys are learning to code． B． Learning to code in Coder Dojo is charged． C． Boys are better at coding than girls． D． Callum Easton was influenced by his father． 27． What’ s the best title of the text? A． Teenage Computer Coders on the Rise B． The Biggest Learning Technology Show C． Young Coders Center in Manchester D． Computer Science Curriculum in Schools C Fireworks are used to celebrate the New Year around the world． In China， fireworks are used to drive away evil． Right after midnight on New Year’ s Eve，fireworks are set off． It is believed that the person who 1aunches the first firework of the New Year will have good luck． Dubai is hosting a fireworks display from Burj Khalifa， the world’ s tallest building． The event will also be livebroadcast on MyDubaiNewYear． ， offering visitors the choice between three camera angles． Fireworks by Grucci will feature a spectacular display at Atlantis， the Palm Hotel and Resort in Dubai． The pany plans to spell“ Atlantis” in the sky with fireworks． It will use the reflections of the fireworks in the water to enhance(增強 ) the display． One of their ideas is to create a shining red carpet， which will light up the sky as well as reflect in the water below． Berlin is celebrating the New Year with a festive openair party at the Brandenburg Gate． Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend． There will be an international program of live music， light and laser shows， and plenty of food and drink． The spectacular fireworks display starts at midnight on the dot． Finally， more than a million revelers(狂歡者 )are expected at Times Square in New York on New Year’ s Eve． They will take part in the 109yearold tradition of watching the iconic ball drop from atop One Times Square． The famous ball is about 4 meters in diameter， or 1 2feet wide， and weighs close to 5， 443 kilograms， or 12， 000 pounds． It shines because it is covered in 2，688 Waterford crystals(水晶 )． At midnight， revelers will watch the sky above New York City ablaze(發(fā)光 )with fireworks． Some cities will not be celebrating the New Year with fireworks． Belgium cancelled its traditional fireworks display in central Brussels due to fears of the continuing terror threats． 28． The fireworks display in Dubai_________． A． will be held with an openair party B． will go together with laser shows C． will be broadcast live on the Inter D． will be broadcast on a small building 29． Where can we see a word in the sky made of fireworks? A． In Dubai． B． In China． C． In New York． D． In Berlin． 30． If a tourist wants to eat and drink something while watching the fireworks， where should he go? A． Central Brussels． B． The Palm Hotel． C． Times Square． D． Brandenburg Gate． 31． What is the text mainly about? A． Fireworks should be banned due to terror threats． B． The best New Year’ s fireworks in the World． C． Customs of New Year’ s celebrations in the World． D． Different opinions about fireworks displays． D A new African language is helping to reduce tensions and bring young people together in areas previously torn apart by tribal(部落 )violence． And academics are so impressed by the language’s potential that a social media platform promoting it will form the subject of a major presentatio