根据以下资料，回答下列各题。

Train companies in Tokyo are taking action to reduce the number of people jumping in front of trains．They are fitting blue lights on station platforms to try and create a more calming atmosphere．The East Japan Railway Company has invested almost $170,000 to install the lights in all of the 29 stations on the capital's busy Yamanote Line．There has been an alarming rise in the number of people committing suicide at train stations．A total of 68 people threw themselves under trains in the year up to March．This compares with 42 suicides in the same period a year earlier．In 2008, Japan had nearly 2,000 suicides by jumping in front of a train; around six percent of all suicides nationwide．Suicides have risen sharply in the past decade due to poor economic conditions．

No one knows if the blue lights will work．There is no evidence to show that blue light reduces suicidal feelings．Keihan Railway spokesman Osamu Okawa stated: "We thought we had to do something to save lives．We know there is no scientific proof that blue lights deter suicides, but if blue has a soothing effect on the mind, we want to try it to save lives．" The Associated Press news agency reports on a Japanese therapist called Mizuki Takahashi．She explained her reasons why the blue lights might be a good idea: "We associate the color with the sky and the sea．It has a calming effect on agitated people, or people obsessed with one particular thing, which in this case is committing suicide," she said．Other companies are watching this experiment with interest．

Why blue lights are installed in many train stations?

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(1)告知对方聚会的具体时间、地点。

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Constance Hale says "email has been an incredible boon to communication"．What Does she mean by this?

• A.People want to see the person they are talking to on the phone．
• B.email is easier than talking on the phone．
• C.People are using writing and reading more with email．
• D.email is not private enough．

In which case mentioned in the passage would an automatic language translator be helpful?

• A.A medical emergency．
• B.Police action．
• C.Traveling．
• D.All of the above．

Why did Bob Parks radio wake him up 1/2 hour earlier than usual?

• A.The electricity had gone off during the night．
• B.Bob had set the alarm wrong．
• C.Bob did not want to be late．
• D.The Internet had informed the radio of a traffic jam．

What can we infer from reading the passage?

• A.The girl benefited from her father's advice．
• B.The girl was very often angry with her father．
• C.The girl's father loved other people's advice．
• D.The girl was easily hurt by her father

根据以下资料，回答下列各题。

The year 2000 will bring big changes in communication．Cell phones will be small enough to carry in your pocket．Videophones will let you see the person you are talking to on the phone．Tiny hand size computers will know your favorite subjects．The Internet and email will be everywhere．Technologists believe 2000 will be the year of video messaging．You will be able to see whom you're talking to．

• Also in the near future small wireless boxes will pick up information from satellites．In 5 years, computers won't need to be connected through wires．
• All of this will be good for rural areas and countries that don't have cable or telephone now．
• In 20 years you may only need to think about something and the computer will do it．
• Constance Hale is the author of Sin and Syntax, "I believe that email has been an incredible boon to communication．People are writing today where they would have been telephoning yesterday．So people are engaging with words more than they have for th
• If people use email and the Internet more, it could make people better readers and writers．Some people think the most important part of communication is to make people understand each other better．Will technology make that easier?   &
• Bob Parks is an Associate Editor of Wired Magazine, "Bob's morning begins at about 6:45 am．and Bob is kind of mad, because Bob usually gets up at around 7:15 and likes to cut it close with his morning commute, but I look at my radio and it says that
• It's fun to try to guess the future．Usually the predictions are wrong．The one thing we know for sure is that we can't imagine how technology will change．
• How will wireless computers and Internet services help rural areas?
• A.One of the biggest barriers to Internet use is getting wires into rural areas．
• B.The wireless computers will be cheaper．

Why did the girl's father ask her to make the list?

• A.He wanted to keep the list at home．
• B.He didn't know what the girl's enemy had said．
• C.He wanted the girl to talk back．
• D.He wanted her to check if she really had these weak points．

根据以下资料，回答下列各题。

When I was about 12 1 had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings．Week by week her list grew: I was skinny, I wasn't a good student, I was boyish, I talked too loud, and so on．I put up with her as long as I could．At last, with great anger, I ran to my father in tears．

He listened to my outburst quietly．Then he asked, "Are the things she says true or not?"

True? I wanted to know how to strike back．What did truth have to do with it?

"Mary, didn't you ever wonder what you are really like? Well, you now have that girl's opinion．Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true．Pay no attention to the other things she said．"

I did as he directed and discovered to my surprise that about half the things were true．Some of them I couldn't change (like being skinny), but a good number I could and suddenly wanted to change．

For the first time in my life I got a fairly clear picture of myself．

I brought the list back to Daddy．He refused to take it．

"That's just for you," he said．"You know better than anybody else the truth about yourself, once you hear it．But you've got to learn to listen, not to close your ears in anger or hurt．When something said about you is true you'll know it．You'll find that it will echo inside you．"

Daddy's advice has returned to me at many important moments．

What did the girl's enemy like to do?

• A.Talking with her．
• B.Pointing out her weak points．
• C.Reporting to the teacher．
• D.Quarrelling with her．

What did the girl do when she could no longer bear her enemy?

• A.She turned to her father．
• B.She cried to her heart's content．
• C.She tried to put up with her again．
• D.She tried to be her friend．

Which is the best title of this passage?

• A.The Earliest People in North America．
• B.The Earliest Immigrants to North America．
• C.The People of the United States．
• D.Europeans were the Earliest People Coming to the North America．