介绍:
Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.
Got a smart phone? Never lose your hotel key,
[01:12.21]or even have to stop at the registration desk, again.
[01:15.55]That’s the vision of a hotel chain
[01:18.23]that plans to send digital keys to guests’ phone
[01:21.12]via an app instead of making them check in
[01:24.11]and get the traditional plastic swipe cards.
[01:27.19]Arriving guests could get around the front desk
[01:30.23]and go straight to their rooms.
[01:32.27]Starwood Hotels & Resorts,
[01:34.80]which owns more than 1,150 hotels in nearly 100 countries,
[01:40.63]plans to install the system in the next three months
[01:44.02]at two of its hotels in the U.S.A. If all goes well,
[01:48.20]the company says it could have the feature in all of its hotels by next year.
[01:53.97]A spokeswoman said the app will initially be compatible
[01:58.01]with recent iPhone models and newer Android phones.
[02:02.29]The app will use Bluetooth technology to unlock the room with a tap.
1.What is the main advantage of the digital key?
A)Guests can pay without going to the front desk
B)Guests can go direct to their rooms
C)Guests can check out any time
D)Guests can make room reservations
2.How many hotels will have the system in the next three months?
A)2
B)3
C)100
D)150
Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.
A British man accused of planning his wife’s murder
[02:59.60]while they were honeymooning in South Africa
[03:02.14]has lost a High Court appeal to block his being sent back to Britain
[03:08.06]until he is fit to stand trial.
[03:10.75]The judges ruled that Shrien Dewani can be sent back
[03:15.33]as long as the South African government pledges to return him
[03:19.76]to the United Kingdom should he ultimately prove unfit to be tried.
[03:24.73]Dewani’s lawyers had urged that he should not be sent back
[03:28.82]while he was unfit to stand trial.
[03:31.45]He is being treated for a depressive illness.
[03:34.84]His legal team can appeal the decision at the Supreme Court.
[03:39.37]Dewani is accused of hiring a crew of criminals to kill his wife,
[03:44.19]Anni Dewani,
[03:46.08]during a taxi ride in Cape Town last November,
[03:49.12]just over two weeks after their wedding.
3. What can we learn about Shrien Dewani according to the court ruling?
A)He will be sent back even if he is unfit to stand trial
B)He will remain in South Africa for medical treatment
C)He will stand trial in South Africa once proved fit
D)He will return to the U.K. for medical treatment
4. What was Dewani accused of?
A)Killing his wife in the U.K
B)Being involved in a taxi accident
C)Hiring a crew of criminals
D)Having his wife killed
Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item.
Dozens of children at a Utah elementary school
[04:42.21]had their lunch trays taken away from them
[04:44.92]before they could take a bite this week.
[04:47.02]Salt Lake City School District officials said
[04:49.97]the trays were taken away at Utah Elementary School Tuesday
[04:53.65]because some students had negative balances
[04:56.50]in their accounts used to pay for lunches.
[04:59.24]But they admit the situation should have been handled differently.
[05:03.02]Instead of regular lunches,
[05:05.06]the students were given fruit and milk.
[05:07.59]“We don’t ever let kids go without any food entirely,”
[05:11.78]said Salt Lake City School District spokesman Jason Olsen.
[05:15.77]One mother said,
[05:17.50]she was “blindsided” when her daughter described
[05:20.45]what a school district official told her:
[05:23.02]“You don’t have any money in your account,
[05:25.93]so you can’t get lunch.”
[05:27.62]“There were a lot of tears,” she said,
[05:30.21]“and it was pretty upsetting for them.”
[05:32.55]The district said it started notifying parents
[05:35.84]about negative account balances Monday.
[05:38.33]But the mother said
[05:39.72]she and other parents were never told about the problem.
5)Why were some children offered only fruit and milk for lunch?
A)The school stopped providing school lunch
B)Their parents preferred fruit and milk for lunch
C)Their parents failed to pay for school lunch
D)They chose to have something different
6.How did parents react to the school’s way of handling the situation?
A)They were satisied
B)They were surprised
C)They were angry
D)they were sad
7.When were the parents informed of negative balances according to the district?
A)this week
B)On Tuesday
C)On Monday
D)Unknow
