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It's Graduation Day—a day that's getting quite familiar to Marc and Beverly Ostrofsky of Houston.Today, they'll attend two graduation ceremonies, one for their daughter Shelly, 22, from Washington University in St.Louis and another for their daughter, Mary Grace, 18, from Kincaid High School.Mary Grace will head to Boston University.Kelly, 22, graduated last Sunday from Duke University.Tracy, 20, is a sophomore (二年级学生) at the University of Denver.The oldest, Maddy, 23, graduated from Berklee College of Music last year.

So what's the cost of putting five daughters through college？Beverly told ABC News $60，000 to $70，000 a year.In total, the family will spend about $1.5 million on college after taxes and that's not including graduate school.One daughter informed Marc that she now wants to seek her PhD.Marc is the best-selling author of Get Rich Click, and a multi-millionaire from Internet businesses.“We're fortunate that we can take care of it，” Beverly said.“We decided a long time ago we didn't want the girls to take out college loans, so that was our commitment to them.”

Marc and Beverly married five years ago, blending (融合) their own daughters into one big family of college-ready girls.Beverly said they wanted their daughters to have a choice of where they wanted to go to college, but having their children spread throughout the US created another expense—flying all of them home for holidays and visits.Just this week, Marc flew to North Carolina for Kelly's graduation, then to St.Louis for Shelly's graduation and hopes to make it back just in time to Houston for Mary Grace' s graduation tonight.

With the last child leaving home for college, Marc says he and Beverly are going to take a breather．“It's like wiping the sweat off the forehead now.It's time to think about what we can do.Perhaps we'll take a vacation abroad，” he said.

The Ostrofsky family said their advice to parents who have many children is to start planning and saving from the day the children are born.

1．Graduation Day is familiar to Marc and Beverly Ostrofsky because________．

A．they like going to school on Graduation Day

B．they need to attend their daughters' graduation ceremony several times

C．they have experienced it on their own Graduation Day

D．they are often invited to school to have a speech on Graduation Day

2．What do we know about Mr and Mrs Ostrofsky from Paragraph 2?

A．They would rather their daughters had applied for college loans.

B．They now work hard in order to pay for the college expenses.

C．They don't want their daughters to go to graduate school.

D．They can afford their daughters' college expenses.

3．What does Paragraph 3 mainly tell us?

A．Mr and Mrs Ostrofsky like visiting their daughters by plane.

B．Mr and Mrs Ostrofsky' s daughters often come back home for holidays.

C．Mr and Mrs Ostrofsky spend a lot of money on their daughters' traveling.

D．Mr and Mrs Ostrofsky are tired because their five daughters are in different colleges.

4．The underlined word “breather” in Paragraph 4 probably means________．

A．check B．break C．adventure D．attempt

B

The 10th annual International “Go Skateboarding Day” will be held on June 21，2012.Skateboarding Day is all about fun! Here is your guide to some of the events around the world.

Los Angeles, California

Over 10，000 skateboarders from around the world will gather in the streets of L．A.They have partnered with Boards for Bros, a non-profit organization that collects and restores (修复) skateboards for children who cannot afford their own, and have asked skateboarders across the US to donate their used skateboard products.The celebration will last most of the daytime.

Manila, Philippines

The Skateboarding Day to be held in the Philippines will be in the Manila for the second time.Manila is hoping to promote health and skateboarding sports.The event begins at 2：00 pm and ends at 6：00 pm.The skateboarders start from Liwasang Bonifacio where they can skate in the streets of P．Burgos, Roxas Boulevard and up to Malate fountain in Rajah Soliman Park where the event ends with a Product Toss and Best Trick contest.

Sylvan Lake, Alberta, Canada

If you happen to be in Alberta, Canada and the weather isn't great for outdoor skating, Incline Skate & BMX Park is the place to go skateboarding.Incline is a great place to skate, and a day pass there is only $ 8 for an adult, half for those below 16.On Go Skateboarding Day, they will hold a competition with the first prize winner taking home $ 600.

New York City, New York

Steve Rodriguez, owner and founder of SBoro Skateboards holds the biggest chapter of the Skateboarding Day in the world.Tens of thousands of people will participate, and June 21st is now an official New York City holiday.The event starts at 10 am and ends at 6 pm.There will be a free clinic at 10 am, tons of prizes, food and drinks.For details of the full day please check out http：//www.Sboro.com.

5．It can be learned that the Boards for Bros aims to________．

A．provide skateboards for poor children

B．donate used skateboard products to the festival

C．search for competitors for the festival every year

D．restore skateboards only for the competitors

6．How much will they pay if a couple with their 14-year-old child skate in Incline?

A．Eight dollars. B．Twelve dollars. C．Sixteen dollars. D．Twenty dollars.

7．Where will the event or celebration last the shortest?

A．In Manila, Philippines. B．In Los Angeles, California.

C．In Sylvan Lake, Alberta Canada. D．In New York City, New York.

8．We can infer from the text that________．

A．the winner of the first prize will gain $ 600 in Manila

B．the festival in Los Angeles is an official holiday now

C．Incline in Canada is probably an indoor park

D．the clinic in New York City charges money from parents

C

Regarded as one of the English language's most gifted poets, John Keats wrote poetry that concentrated on imagery, human nature, and philosophy.Although Keats didn't receive much formal literary education, his own studies and passion brought him much success.Additionally, his own life situation influenced his poetry greatly.

Growing up as a young boy in London in a lower, middle-class family, the young John didn't attend a private school, but went to a public one.His teachers and his family's friends regarded him as an optimistic boy who favored playing and fighting much more than minding his studies.After his father's death in the early 1800s, followed by his mother's passing due to tuberculosis (肺结核), he began viewing life differently.He wanted to escape the world and did so by reading anything he could get his hands on.

At around the age of 16, the teenage John Keats began studying under a surgeon so that he too might become a doctor.However, his literary appetite had taken too much of his fancy, especially with his addiction to the poetry of Edmund Spenser.He was able to have his first full poem published in the Examiner in 1816, entitled O Solitude！If I Must with Thee Dwell.Within two months in 1817, Keats had written an entire volume of poetry, but was sharply criticized by a magazine.However, the negative response didn't stop his pursuit of rhythm (韵律)．

John Keats' next work was Endymion, which was published in May 1818.The story involves a shepherd who falls in love with the moon goddess and leads him on an adventure of one boy's hope to overcome the limitations of being human.Following Endymion, however, he tried something more narrative-based and wrote Isabella.During this time, John Keats began seeing his limitations in poetry due to his own limit in life experiences.He would have to have the “knowledge” associated with his poems.His next work was Hyperion that would attempt to combine all that he learned.However, a bout (发作) with tuberculosis while visiting Italy would keep him from his work and eventually take his life in 1821.

9．What is the common thing between John Keats and his mother?

A．They read many books. B．They had a bad childhood.

C．They died of the same disease. D．They showed strong interest in poetry.

10．What do we know from the passage?

A．Keats received little education at school.

B．Keats once had a chance of becoming a doctor.

C．In 1816 Keats spent two months writing a poem.

D．Endymion was about a real love story.

11．While pursuing his dream of becoming a poet at first，John Keats was________．

A．determined B．experienced C．knowledgeable D．impatient

D

Using tablet computers like Apple’s iPad and Samsung’s Galaxy Note just before bed can lead to a poor night’s sleep, according to research.

More and more people are taking their tablets to bed with them to surf the web, check Facebook or email before switching off the light. But researchers are warning that the blueish light their screens emit can stop users getting a good night’s sleep. That is because this type of light mimics daylight, convincing the brain that it is still daytime. Blue light suppresses production of a brain chemical called melatonin, which helps us fall sleep. This is because our brains have evolved to be wakeful during daylight hours. By contrast, light which is more orange or red in tone does not reduce melatonin production, perhaps because our brains recognize it as a cue that the day is ending.

Neurologists (神经病学家) have known for years that staring at screens late in the evening can disrupt sleep. Researchers at the Lighting Research Centre, at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York, are warning that looking at tablet displays for more than two hours “leads to a suppression of our natural melatonin levels as the devices emit optical radiation (光辐射) at short wavelengths” - in other words, they emit bluer light.

They say: “Although turning off devices at night is the ultimate solution, it is recommended that if these devices are used at night displays are dimmed as much as possible and that the time spent on them before bed should be limited.”

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