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Here’s our pick of the most beautiful European cities with hardly any tourists: Orange, France While Avignon draws in thousands of tourists thanks to its summer festival and amazing Popes’ Palace, nearby Orange is usually unnoticed. Easier to travel around, with far fewer visitors, the city’s key attraction is the Roman Theater, which was built in the first century AD. Norwich, England The saying goes that Norwich has a pub for every day of the year and a church for every Sunday. While that’s perhaps far from the truth, this most typical of English cities is certainly home to some of the most attractive medieval architecture in England. Norwich Cathedral dates back to 1096 and the streets of Colegate and Elm Hill are home to picturesque, centuries-old homes. Aarhus, Denmark Denmark’s second largest city is considered to be less attractive than its capital Copenhagen. But Aarhus makes a perfect choice for a Danish long weekend thanks to its pretty beaches, towering Domkirke and the great ARoS Aarhus Art Museum. ARoS’s Wine and Food Hall is one of the best places in the city to try delicious Nordic food. Antwerp, Belgium The UNESCO-protected Cathedral of Our Lady occupies the Antwerp skyline, but there’s so much more to this Belgian city than its most famous building. There’s also the Red Star Line Museum, located on Antwerp’ old docks, which shows the city’s past as a center for migration (移民) to the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. 【1】What can you see in Orange, France? A.Roman Theater. B.Wine and Food Hall. C.Medieval architecture. D.Red Star Line Museum. 【2】Which city will you visit if you want to enjoy a delicious meal? A.Orange, France. B.Norwich, England. C.Aarhus, Denmark. D.Antwerp, Belgium. 【3】What do Norwich and Antwerp have in common? A.Old pubs can be seen everywhere. B.People there go to church every Sunday. C.They are famous for museums. D.They both have a cathedral. |
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Short stories for kids can provide them with a lot of fun and entertainment and also teach them the important values of life. There are some popular short stories around the world, For example, The Ugly Duckling, written by Hans Christian Anderson, which is based on the change of an ugly duckling into a beautiful swan, is one of the most inspiring short stories for children. Then there is The Boy Who Cried Wolf, a classic Aesop’s fable which shows kids the importance of always telling the truth. Little Red Riding Hood, which is written by the Brothers Grimm, tells kids about a strong and brave girl called Little Red Riding Hood and how she fights with an evil wolf to save her grandmother. Here are some examples of different types of short stories. Ghost stories can be really entertaining and most kids enjoy them. While telling such kinds of stories, you should raise and lower your voice properly and make expressions suitable to what is happening in the story. Historical stories can help children understand the lives of great leaders and heroes of the past. This will not only help show useful values to children, but also help them perform better in the subject of history. In stories related to nature, you would be describing famous rivers, mountains and seas. Tell kids what nature has given us and how we should protect it for our own good. Short stories not only keep kids entertained, but they also help to develop their sense of imagination and creative way of thinking. You can also make up some short stories of your own and spend some quality time with your kids. 【1】What can we learn from Para.2? A.The Ugly Duckling tells us about a strong and brave girl. B.Little Red Riding Hood is the most inspiring short stories. C.The Ugly Duckling is written by the Brothers Grimm. D.The Boy Who Cried Wolf shows the importance of telling the truth. 【2】What is the author’s attitude towards short stories? A.Uninterested. B.Supportive. C.Doubtful. D.Disappointed. 【3】This passage is probably written for_________ . A.parents B.teachers C.children D.students 【4】What does the text mainly talk about? A.The useful values of historical stories. B.Some famous writers of short stories. C.A brief introduction to short stories. D.The protection of famous rivers. |
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An English vicar, Sam Leach, climbed 165 feet to the top of his church not long ago. He always had a fear of heights, but he wanted to set himself free by taking the vertigo challenge, while raising money for urgently needed at his church in Devon. He tied himself to a rope and successfully climbed up the church all the way to the top, despite feeling terribly sick at the thought of it. Sam joined three others in climbing up and down in just under an hour. The feeling he had at the top? It was “very exciting and enjoyable”. “Actually,” says Sam, “I would do it again. The view was so amazing, looking out the town center. The fear this morning when I first got up there left my knees shaking. I was really nervous but strangely, not quite as frightened as I thought I would be. When I started doing it, I just looked straight ahead. I was not looking up, as that’s what makes me get vertigo. I was not worried about my safety, as I was tied to a rope.” Sam’s church is covered in scaffolding at present for repairs whose money was provided by the UK’s National Lottery Heritage Fund. But while the work has been going on, US $9,000 in new repairs became necessary in the kitchen—an important part of the church’s connection with the community. “Hospitality is a key value of the church,” Sam says. “It’s not about the building; it’s what we can offer to the community—and the kitchen is important to that.” 【1】Why did Sam Leach climb his church? A.To overcome his fear of heights. B.To raise money to build a new church. C.To enjoy the amazing view of the town. D.To try to get great excitement. 【2】How did Sam feel that day? A.He was not frightened at all. B.He was excited but nervous. C.He was confident about the goal. D.He was anxious about his safety. 【3】What can we learn from the last paragraph? A.US $9,000 is needed for the whole repair of the church. B.The kitchen was the least important part of the church. C.The repair work of the church has been finished. D.The church often offers food to the community. 【4】What can be inferred from the passage about Sam? A.He raised money for climbing the church. B.He didn’t have a sense of responsibility. C.He was brave enough to challenge himself. D.He finished climbing up and down alone. |
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Families will be rewarded for the first time for putting out less rubbish under new plans to significantly promote recycling, especially of valuable materials like glass. The new plan for collecting waste in England will scrap fines (罚款) for putting plastic in the wrong recycling bin. Instead, families will be offered rewards for recycling more rubbish measured by a microchip (芯片) in the rubbish bin. Caroline Spelman, an Environment Secretary, said, “It is better to use a plan that offers people rewards, rather than punishing them. We want to help those people who want to do the right thing by reducing waste and recycling at home. This means making sure communities are getting the collection services they want and not punishing hard-working families who make mistakes by putting bins out on the wrong day or leaving the waste in the wrong recycling bin.” Though the punishment for putting waste in the wrong recycling bin has been given up, plans to try and remove the unpopular twice-a-week bin collections have largely failed despite the efforts of Eric Pickles, a Communities Secretary. Although Mrs. Spelman made it clear that communities will be supported in efforts to increase the times of collections, and the Conservative Party will not force local authorities to return to weekly collections. Most communities expect the introduction of weekly rubbish collections, as this will solve some of the problems about environment. “We will continue to help local communities develop local solutions to collecting and dealing with family waste and will work with communities to meet families’ reasonable expectations for weekly collections, particularly of smelly waste.” said Mrs. Spelman. 【1】What will families be rewarded for in future? A.Producing less rubbish. B.Putting bins out on the right day. C.Throwing rubbish into the bin. D.Leaving rubbish in the wrong recycling bin. 【2】Which can replace the underlined word “scrap” in Para.2? A.reduce B.remove C.increase D.pay 【3】What can we know from what Mrs. Spelman said? A.The Conservative Party refuses the weekly collection. B.Both Rewards and punishment should be carried out. C.Local solutions to collecting family waste will be stopped. D.People will not be punished for putting rubbish wrongly. 【4】Which section of a newspaper does the text probably come from? A.Travel. B.Literature. C.Environment. D.Medicine. |
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Have you ever noticed that some people can eat what they want and stay in shape, while others carefully watch what they eat and still put on weight? How disappointing!【1】. Scientists say that when some people eat, their bodies will naturally store the extra energy from food as fat. 【2】Meanwhile, other people eat more than they need but their bodies are able to “burn off” the extra food without making fat, so they seldom have weight problems. To prove this, scientists have experimented on laboratory mice. They gave the mice a special diet with a lot of fat. Some mice gained weight while the other mice stayed thin, even though both groups of mice ate the same amount of food and got the same amount of exercise. Scientists concluded that weight gain seemed to be influenced by genetic factors. 【3】 These genes get passed down the generations. Armed with this knowledge, they believe it may be possible to develop medicines that can aim at the genes and stop people from gaining weight. The study of weight gain is becoming more important as the number of people who are overweight continues to grow. In the United States, over seventy percent of the population have weight problems.【4】 . 【5】 That’s because they can have serious side effects, such as heart problems. However, it takes a long time to develop and completely test new drugs. Therefore, despite this breakthrough in the study of weight-loss drugs, scientists and health professionals all agree that currently the best way to control weight gain is to have a healthy, balanced diet and an active lifestyle with daily exercise. A.Current medicines for weight control do not work very well. B.They found that weight gaining had nothing to do with genes. C.These people gain weight if they eat more than they need each day. D.They also believe they have now found the genes that may cause this tendency. E.And they never mind what they look like and continue to eat as they would like to. F.This means they are at risk of illnesses such as high blood pressure and heart disease. G.However, scientists are beginning to believe some people get the ability to stay thin from their parents. |
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Social distancing guidelines and stay-at-home orders across America have changed many persons’ plans. The high school seniors who were looking forward to a traditional graduation _________ have also changed theirs. Most schools have been _________ to hold their ceremonies online, but one New Hampshire high school’s solution was to have graduates ride a ski lift to _________ their diplomas (毕业文凭). Kevin Carpenter, headmaster of Kennett High School, told CBS News the idea for a ski lift graduation was _______ by a teacher at the school. Carpenter said he _________ the idea, and the high school got in touch with nearby Cranmore Mountain Resort (度假胜地), which agreed to host the ___________ graduation ceremony—free of charge. In June, about two months after the ski _________ in New Hampshire was over, the ski lift at Cranmore was filled with 174 graduating seniors. “The response was ___________,” Carpenter said. “Most families wanted an in-person _________ and not just a virtual ceremony.” This is ____________ not a traditional graduation. We needed to __________ social distancing rules. But when we ________ what is going on in the world, this is a great way to celebrate the __________ of these young men and women,” he continued. “As a headmaster, this makes me so __________,” he said. “Our community is such a caring and giving one, and to see so many parts coming together to help make this happen for our __________ is so heart-warming.” 【1】A.speech B.ceremony C.gift D.paper 【2】A.forbidden B.refused C.forced D.warned 【3】A.receive B.buy C.offer D.design 【4】A.insisted on B.put forward C.written down D.left out 【5】A.hated B.skipped C.refused D.loved 【6】A.tiring B.ordinary C.simple D.special 【7】A.season B.training C.show D.match 【8】A.terrible B.strange C.positive D.unsatisfactory 【9】A.experience B.habit C.hobby D.experiment 【10】A.merely B.certainly C.correctly D.hardly 【11】A.make B.obey C.discuss D.improve 【12】A.forget B.ignore C.consider D.share 【13】A.dream B.health C.graduation D.talk 【14】A.wise B.sad C.bored D.proud 【15】A.kids B.neighbors C.friends D.parents |
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阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Amy and I have been close friends for eight years. When I was 【1】 awkward primary school student, she was the popular girl 【2】 was willing to make friends with me. Since then, a close friendship 【3】 (grow) between us and she’s been almost like a sister to me. But last Saturday, she broke 【4】 (I) heart. She didn’t go to see a film with me as 【5】 (plan) for her illness. But she was out having fun with another girl instead of 【6】 (recover) at home. I was so 【7】 (anger) that I avoided her during school all day. The stress of this situation is killing me, and I’m 【8】 a loss what to do next. But this friendship is worth saving: eight【9】 (year) is a long time! In any case, I will find an opportunity 【10】 (have) a full and frank talk with her, and I also want to listen to what she has to say. |
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假定你是李华, 请给你的笔友Tom写一封信，分享你进入高中以来最难忘的一件事。内容包括： 1. 事情发生的经过； 2. 你的感悟。 注意： 1. 写作词数应为80左右； 2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 Dear Tom, ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Look forward to your letter. Yours, Li Hua |
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阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 I was surprised when I received a short message from my father wishing me a happy birthday. I had expected to hear from my mother, my grandmother and my other relatives but never from my father. Lying in bed, memories of my father flooded back. When I was a little boy, I regarded my father as a hero able to do anything. However, things slowly began to change. The more I learned, the more I doubted what he said. The gap between us grew and, at last, I didn’t even like communicating with him. My father, in my mind, had no interest in talking with me. Dinner was the only time we were together. He had no time to watch TV with me. He would tell me to ask my mother if I needed something. He even refused to answer my calls when I phoned from school. I got accustomed to the changes. I thought that perhaps my father no longer loved me, so I hardly communicated with him and even was unwilling to contact him. As time passed by, however, I began to wonder whether my behavior was right. And I began to be more and more upset. I had no idea how to get along well with him. One day, my mother told me that each time I called, my father was always listening beside her. Suddenly, I hated myself for my cold behaviour toward him. I tried thousands of times to apologize to my father. In the end, however, I was always too embarrassed about what I had done. 注意： 1. 续写词数应为 150 左右； 2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 Paragraph 1: But that Saturday, I was so touched by his short message and decided to send a reply: “Thank you, my dear father.” ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph 2: Two days later, I decided to go home. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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