How fit are your teeth? Are you lazy about brushing them? Never fear: An inventor is on the case. An electric toothbrush senses how long and how well you brush, and it lets you track your performance on your phone.

The Kolibree toothbrush was exhibited at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week. It senses how it is moved and can send the information to an Android phone or iPhone via a Bluetooth wireless connection.

The toothbrush will be able to teach you to brush right (don’t forget the insides of the teeth!) and make sure you’re brushing long enough. “It’s kind of like having a dentist actually watch your brushing on a day-to-day basis,” says Thomas Serval, the French inventor.

The toothbrush will also be able to talk to other applications on your phone, so developers could, for instance, create a game controlled by your toothbrush. You could score points for beating monsters among you teeth. “We try to make it smart but also fun,” Serval says.

Serval says he was inspired by his experience as a father. He would come home from work and ask his kids if they had brushed their teeth. They said “yes,” but Serval would find their toothbrush heads dry. He decided he needed a brush that really told him how well his children brushed.

The company says the Kolibree will go on sale this summer, for $99 to $199, depending on features. The U.S. is the first target market.

Serval says that one day, it’ll be possible to replace the brush on the handle with a brushing unit that also has a camera. The camera can even examine holes in your teeth while you brush.

21.Which is one of the features of the Kolibree toothbrush?

A. It can sense how users brush their teeth.      B. It can track users’ school performance.

C. It can detect users’ fear of seeing a dentist.    D. It can help users find their phones.

22.What can we learn from Serval’s words in Paragraph 3?

A. You will find it enjoyable to see a dentist.

B. You should see your dentist on a day-to –day basis.

C. You can brush with the Kolibree as if guided by a dentist.

D. You’d like a dentist to watch you brush your teeth every day.

23.Which of the following might make the Kolibree toothbrush fun?

A. It can be used to update mobile phones.      B. It can be used to play mobile phone games

C. It can send messages to other users          D. It can talk to its developers.

Decision—making can be extremely difficult.Decision

making styles are significantly different in different cultures.

In any approach to a problem and in any negotiations，the Western world turns to the“I to you”approach while Japan，“you to you”approach.The former means both sides present theirarguments openly from their own point of view. Naturally,oftencomes a confrontation(冲突)situation，which the Westerners are very skillful in dealing with.The latter is based on each side trying to understand the other person’s point of view.Thus the direction of the meeting is a mutual(相互的) attempt to  reduce confrontation and achieve harmony.

Besides，Western  decision—making goes mostly from top management and  often does not consult middle management or the workers.

 However，in Japan great consideration is given to the thoughts and opinions of everyone at all levels.Based on“  bottom up direction”，ideas can be created at the lowest  levels，travel upward through an organization and have an  effect on the final decision.

   Difference in decision—making also comes from different  communication styles.The Japanese business person works to achieve harmony，even if the deal falls through and  will spend whatever time is necessary to determine a“you to you”approach，communicating personal views only  indirectly.They put a thorough job above the Western deadline approach.So the Japanese is thorough in their meetings.Thus Americans are often annoyed by the  many meetings in many Japanese businesses.But where the  American is pressing for a specific decision，the Japanese is trying to think up a rather broad direction.

   On the other hand，once a given agreement is made，it is the Japanese who sometimes wonders at the slow pace in  which the Westerners carry out the decision.The Japanese is eager to move forward and the Westerners，perhaps，lag(落后于)behind as they take the time for in—depth planning.

24.A Japanese business bases its decision      .

    A.on top-down direction

    B.on nothing but its workers’views

    C.on bottom—up direction

    D.only on its top leaders’opinions

25.The text mainly tells us that Japan and the Western world          

    A.face great difficulty in making decisions

    B.are different in decision—making styles

    C have all members contribute to a decision

    D. have two approchaches : “I to you” and “ you and I”

26.Which of the following is TRUE of the Westerners?

        A.They carry out the decision once it is made.

        B.There are many meetings in their businesses.

        C.They work to achieve harmony in doing business.

        D.They are good at handling confrontation situation.

27.The author's attitude towards Japanese decision—making is      .

       A.positive     B.critical      C.negative      D.casual

   A school girl saved her father’s life by kicking him in the chest after he suffered a serious allergic(过敏的)  reaction which stopped his heart .

   Izzy , nine ,restarted father Colm’s heart by stamping(踩)on his chest after he fell down at home and stopped breathing .

   Izzy’s mother, Debbie, immediately called 999 but Izzy knew doctors would never arrive in time to save her father, so decided to use CPR .

   However, she quickly discovered her arms weren’t strong enough, so she stamped on her father’s chest instead.

   Debbie took over with some more conventional chest compressions(按压) until the ambulance arrived .

   Izzy, who has been given a bravery award by her school, said：“I just kicked him really hard ,My mum taught me CPR but I knew I wasn’t strong enough to use hands .I was quite scared .The doctor said I might as well be a doctor or a nurse, My mum said that Dad was going to hospital with a big footprint on his chest .”

  “She’s a little star,” said Debbie, “I was really upset but Izzy just took over . I just can’t believe what she did. I really think all children should be taught first aid. Izzy did CPR then the doctor turned up, Colm had to have more treatment on the way to the hospital and we’ve got to see an expert.”

   Truck driver Clom, 35, suffered a mystery allergic reaction on Saturday and was taken to hospital, but was sent home only for it to happen again the next day. The second attack was so serious that his airway swelled, preventing him from breathing, his blood pressure dropped suddenly, and his heart stopped for a moment.

   He has now made a full recovery from his suffering.

28.Izzy kicked her father in the chest_________.

   A. to express her helplessness

   B. to practise CPR on him

   C. to keep him awake

   D. to restart his heat

29.What’s the right order of the events?

   ① Izzy kicked Colm

   ② Debbie called 999

   ③ Izzy learned CPR

   ④ Colm’s heart stopped.

   A. ③①②④    B.④②③①     C. ③④②①    D. ④③①②

30.What does Paragraph 8 mainly talk about?

   A .What Colm suffered.

   B. Colm’s present condition.

   C .What caused Colm’s allergy.

   D. Symptoms of Colm’s allergic reaction. 

31.Why does the author write news?

   A. To describe a serious accident.

   B. To prove the importance of CPR.

   C. To report a 9-year-old girl’s brave act.

D .To call people’s attention to allergic reaction.

TODAY, Friday, November 12

JAZZ with the Mike Thomas Jazz Band at The Derby Arms. Upper Richmond Road West, Sheen.

DISCO Satin Sounds Disco. Free at The Lord Napier, Mort lake High St., from 8a. m. to 8p. m. Tel: 682—1158.

SATURDAY, November 13

JAZZ Lysis at The Bull’s Head, Barnes. Admission 60p.

MUSICAL HALL at The Star and Garter, Lower Richmond Road, Putney, provided by the Aba Daba Music Hall company. Good food and entertainment fair price. Tel: 789—6749.

FAMILY night out? Join the sing-along at The Black Horse. Sheen Road, Richmond.

JAZZ The John Bennett Big Band at The Bull’s Head, Barnes. Admission 80p.

THE DERBY ARMS, Upper Richmond Road West, give you Joe on the electric accordion(手风琴). Tel: 789—4536

SUNDAY, November 14

DISCO Satin Sounds Disco, free at The Lord Napier, Mort Lake High Street, from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m.

FOLK MUSIC at The Derby Arms. The Short Stuff and residents the Norman Chop Trio. Non-remembers 70p. Tel: 688—4626.

HEAVY MUSIC with Tony Simon at The Bull, Upper Richmond Road West, East Sheen.

THE DERBY ARMS, Upper Richmond Road West, give you Joe on the electric accordion.

32.Where and when can you hear the Norman Chop Trio?

A. At the Bull’s Head on Sunday.

B. At the Derby Arms on Sunday.

C. At the Bull on Saturday.

D. At the Black Horse on Saturday.

33.Where and when can you hear the Mike Thomas Jazz Band?

A. At the Derby Arms on Friday.

B. At the Black Horse on Friday.

C. At the Star and Garter on Saturday.

D. At the Derby Arms on Sunday.

34.You want to enjoy the electric accordion on Saturday. Which telephone number do you have to ring to find out what time It starts?

A. 789—6749.         B. 789—4536.         C. 682—1158.         D. 688—4626.

35.You want to spend the Saturday by joining the entertainment with your family. Where should you go?

A. Disco at The Lord Napier.

B. The sing-along at The Black Horse.

C. The electric accordion at The Derby Arms.

D. Jazz at The Bull’s Head.

Making Friends

Different nations have different cultures; different cultures produce different concept of making friends; even everybody’s concept of making friends is different as well. ___36.__

   First, the Anglo-American people’s concept of making friends is more practical. When they meet strangers for several times, they talk much with one another and they have common interests and hobbies, then they can become friends. They might call one another to exchange greetings, send cards as soon as they become friends in the beginning, while all will disappear into air as time goes by. Perhaps they will meet again a few years later, but they will talk something in the past only.___37. ___

   Secondly, the Anglo-American people don’t have the responsibility and obligation for their friends, nor do they have too much expectation and love. ____38.___ However, if he tells the private affairs to you, it doesn’t mean that he will keep the long-term friendship with you. Sometimes you will find that a bunch of people from English-speaking countries go out for dinner, it’s normal for each of them to pay his own share after dinner, but we can’t understand it.

   _____39.____ Maybe you help them a lot, but they will call you and exchange cards for greetings only when they return to their own countries. You will find that they have less and less contact with you day by day. You shouldn’t be surprised at this and hate them. In fact, this is the concept of making friends in Anglo-American countries.____40. ___   

A.  The following Chinese concept of making friends differs from that of the Anglo-American people.

B.  Generally speaking, don’t expect too much when you make friends with the Anglo-American friends, nor impose our concept of making friends upon them, or you will have a feeling of being cheated.

C.  It seems that a person making friends with someone who has different interests is peculiar.

D.  They are not willing to establish a close relationship with others, and they don’t ask the private affairs of one another.

E.  The Chinese concept of making friends is different from that of British and American people, which will be introduced briefly in the following.

F.  Namely, the friend is a time limit, and the friend here at this time will be replaced by the friend at different time in other places very soon.

G.  In their mind, the friend is a time limit.