Wonderful Museums in Cyprus

The Leventis Municipal Museum

    It shows the history of the city of Nicosia from prehistory to the present time  and covers  several

traditional  buildings  on Hippocrates  Street No.  15-17. The idea of creating  a  museum

memorizing the history of Nicosia was that of the former city leader, Lellos Demetriades. The

 museum was planned in  1984 and finished in  1989. Two years later, the Leventis Museum was

honored with the European Museumofthe Year Award.  The museum   aims   to   contribute

to the protection ofNicosia's history.

    Opening hours: Tuesday-Suladay (10:00 a.m.-16:30 p.m.)

    Closed: Monday and public holidays

    Entrance: Free. The Museum provides equipment for visitors with disabilities.

The Stemi Museum of Village Life

    The museum shows the history of Stemi Museum from its  foundation to the end of World War II.

Sewing tools and equipment, handkerchief, kitchenware, pots and jars, traditional clothing are

some of the exhibitions of this amazing museum.

         Open: All year round

       Monday to Sunday-October l to March 31    (10 a.m.-4 p.m.)

        Monday to Sunday-April l to September 30    (10 a.m.-6 p.m.)

     Free entrance

Marion-Arsinoe Archaeoloigical Museum

    The Museum of Marion-Arsinoe  is    located  in   Polis   Chrysochous. The exhibits

are from the ancient city ofMarion, renamed Arsinoe in the 3rd century BC.

      Address: 26 Makarios III Avenue,  Polis,  Paphos.

        Opening hours:

       Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday (8 a.m.-3 p.m.), Thursday (8 a.m.-5 p.m.), Saturday (9 a.m.-3

p.m.). Monday and Sunday closed.

    Entrance Fce :￡ 1.75 ; half price on national holidays.

Maa-Palaeokastro Museum

     The small  museum is located within the Maa-Palaeokastro site. Built  in 1989, the museum's

unusual design is the work of architect Andrea Bruno. The museum houses a small

collection of objects, mainly copies, as well as some educational information on the site.

     Open daily: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. (November-March), 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. (April-October). All

year round.

      Entrance Fee :￡ 1.75

21. Which museum takes disabled visitors into consideration?

    A. Maa-Palaeokastro Museum.

    B. The Stem Museum of Village Life.

    C. Marion-Arsinoe Archaeological Museum.

    D. The Leventis Municipal Museum.

22. What is on display in the Stem Museum of Village Life?

    A. Famous paintings.                     B. Things used in daily life.

    C. The education of the villagers.           D. The story of the village leader.

23. Which museum can you visit at 9:OOa.m. on Monday?

    A. The Leventis Municipal Museum.

    B. The Stem Museum of Village Life.

    C. Maa-Palaeokastro Museum.

   D. Marion-Arsinoe Archaeological Museum.

    Leanne is one of the students studying through online degree programs. She chose to study online

for many of the same reasons that other students do. She was working full-time, and did not want to

move away from her job and family to continue her education. Leanne liked that she was able to study

whenever and however much she wanted.

    But while the program met her needs at first, Leanne felt there were things she did not get from

studying online. Later, she earned her undergraduate degree from a traditional, face-to-face study

program at Thomas Jefferson University.

     Leanne says physically being in a classroom helps build a strong connection between students and

their professors. In some ways she liked taking control and leading her own studies. But many times,

she also felt lost without that special connection.

    In addition, it may not be just a student's learning that suffers in a distance learning program.

There is some concern about what future employers think about an online degree, too.

     Some employment specialists from Public Agenda, a nonprofit research organization, believe that

students in online programs learn less than those in traditional programs and online programs are

easier to complete.

      Some employers may have limited understanding of what is possible through an online program.

However, until there are widely accepted standards for online programs as there are for traditional

ones, crkical opinions will likely remain.

      Also, there appears to bc a barrier for online programs becoming more widely accepted. If more

well-known, high quality schools start offering such programs, employers will likely consider the two

methods as equal. But the high cost to create high quality online programs suggests this will not be

easy.

  Today, more students are choosing online college programs over traditional programs every year.

But there is still a long way to go before online and traditional programs operate on the same level.

    24. What's the passage mainly about?

         A. Leanne's experience to learn online.

          B. The popularity of online degree programs.

           C. The limitations of distance learning programs.

        D. The standards for online education.

    25. Why did Leanne choose to study at Thomas Jefferson University?

        A. Because she didn't want to move away from home.

       B. Because she preferred the classroom atmosphere.

        C. Because she could decide when and what to learn.

        D. Because she didn't have time to attend online courses.

    26. Which statement about online degree programs may employers agree with?

        A. Generally accepted criteria should be made.

        B. They are highly recommended for students.

       C. They are difficult to complete.

        D. The prices of them should be raised.

    27. What's the writer's attitude towards online degree programs?

        A. Objective.      B. Critical.      C. Favorable.          D. Indifferent.

     If you happen to be visiting London this summer, there's a chance that you'll find books left on

the seat of some bus or subway for you. Books on the Underground is a really simple idea: leave a

book you love for a stranger to find and ask them to release it back into the world when they are done

with it.

    Last year, Harry Potter star Emma Watson joined in the movement as a "book fairy (仙女)” who

dashed around the London Underground to hide books for passengers. The actress dropped off copies

of Maya Angelou's Mom & Me & Mom, the November pick for her online book club Our Shared Self.

Watson left about 100 books with some including a hand-written note. In it, she wrote that she hoped

the reader would enjoy the book, and urged them to leave it on the tube afterwards for others to find.

   Cordelia Oxley, director of Books on the Underground, said: "We were delighted to have Emma

Watson share the latest Our Shared Shelf book club choice, and she even wrote a lovely note to go

inside the books. It was Emma's idea to be a Book Fairy for the day!"

      "The reaction has been phenomenal. It must be a mixture of how much everyone adores Emma,

and how exciting it is to find something as wonderful as a new book on your journey."

    Watson, who was appointed UN women goodwill ambassador in July 2014, started her book club

earlier this year.

       Books on the Underground started in 2012 and leave about 150 books in stations across London

each week.

    28. What do we know about Books on the Underground?

      A. It encourages book sharing between passengers and stars.

     B. Hand-written notes are included in the books shared.

     C. It was set up by Cordelia Oxley.

      D. About 600 books are left in London stations every month.

    29. What is Emma Watson's purpose of joining in the movement?

        A. To publicize her online book club.

       B. To act as a Book Fairy.

       C. To share a good book with passengers.

      D. To fulfill her duty as UN ambassador.

    30. What does the underlined word "phenomenal" in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

        A. unexpected        B. extraordinary         C. absurd          D. interesting

     31. What's the best title of the passage?

         A. Books Shared in London                  B. Books on the Underground

        C. Emma Watson's New Role                  D. An A11-around Actress

      Imagine that you're looking at your company-issued smartphone and you notice an e-mail from

Linkedin: "These companies are looking for candidates like you!” You aren't necessarily searching

for a job, but you're always open to opportunities, so out of curiosity, you click on the link. A few

minutes later your boss appears at your desk. "We've noticed that you're spending more time on

Linkedin lately, so I want to talk with you about your career and whether you're happy here,” she

says. Uh-oh.

      It's an awkward scene. Attrition(损耗) has always been expensive for companies, but in many

industries the cost of losing good workers is rising, owing to tight labor markets. Thus companies are

intensifying(增强) their efforts to predict which workers are at high risk of leaving so that managers

can try to stop them. Tactics(策略) range from electronic monitor to sophisticated(复杂的) analyses

of employees' social media lives.

    Some of this work may be a reason to let employees to quit. In general, people leave their

jobs because they don't like their boss, don't see opportunities for promotion or growth, or are offered

 a higher pay; these reasons have held steady for years.

    New research conducted by CEB, a Washington-based technology company, looks not just at

why workers quit but also at when. "We've learned that what really affects people is their sense of

how they're doing compared with other people in their peer group, or with where they thought they

would be at a certain point in life," says Brian Kropp, who heads CEB's HR practice. ';We've learned

to focus on moments that allow people to make these comparisons."

    Technology also provides clues about which star employees might be eyeing the exit. Companies

can tell whether employees usmg work computers or phones are spending time on (or even just

 opening e-mails from) career websites, and research shows that more firms are paying attention to

these things. Large companies have also begun tracking badge swipes(浏览痕迹）employees' use of

 an ID to enter and exit the building or the parking garage-to identify patterns that suggest a worker

may be interviewing for a job.

  32. From the first paragraph, we can infer Linkedln is

    A. an e-mail    B.a job from the Internet

    C.a professional social network    D.a world-famous company

  33. What's the main idea of the second paragraph?

    A. The cost o losing good workers is rising.

    B. Companies are stricter with workers than before.

    C. Finding new jobs has been a trend for most workers.

    D. Measures have been taken to find the potential workers who want to quit.

  34. According to the research by CEB, which of the following might be the most probable reason

  for workers to quit their jobs?

    A. They don't like their bosses.    B. Workers are always doing comparisons.

    C. Not seeing opportunities for promotion.    D. To find a higher-paid job.

  35. What is the author's purpose in writing the text?

    A. To make a review on a phenomenon.    B. To tell us the leader's concerns.

    C. To show a new trend in the job market.    D. To stress the role of new technologies.

    A recent survey in the United States showed that the average family spent more money on its

pets than on its children. Although rather shocking, it should not surprise anyone who has seen the

 doggy parlors（客厅）where loved pets rest. Are Americans unique m treating their little friends in this

way?__36

     __ 37    They certainly cost much. Last year the British public spent two hundred million

pounds on pet food alone, to say nothing of veterinary（兽医的）  bills or animal furniture. It is

 difficult not to feel angry about this when considering what the same amount could do for victims of

 starvation and poverty.

    There are a variety of reasons why I find pets-raising alarming. They cause physical problems.

An example of this is New York where they have great difficulty getting rid of the mess that dogs

leave on the streets.  38    But in a number of large cities It is a major problem.

    Another problem is the carelessness of pet owners. Most little children want a dog or a cat and

they continually push their parents until they get one. But the parents don't realize how much time and

money must be spent on the little friend after it’s brought home. Then they abandon it.    39 You

must have read of children being hurt by pets on the street.

    Lastly,1 would suggest something should be done about it. In my view, it's time we stopped

being sentimental（伤感的）about pets.    40  This will lead us to discovering cures for serious

human diseases.

  A. Many people find this funny.

  B. There's no definite answer to that question.

  C.I can see no reason why we should get upset when animals are cut up for medical experiments.

  D. Pet foods often contain more vitamins than human food.

  E_ As a result. they are allowed to run free.

  F This can be seen when we look at pet foods.

  G No. the English too, pay more attention to their pets.