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Without reducing fun, anyone can host a birthday party on a tight budget. San Francisco, the East Bay, and South Bay in particular, are full of only-found-here locations that can make the day special. A day at Great America, tour of SBC Park and a baseball game or a private party at the Oakland Chabot Space and Science Center are experiences unique to Bay Area families. These parties are the most fun because a budget forces you to be creative with what you’ve got. The key here is to find a spot that is free or cheap. A few places to consider are public parks--find ones with age-appropriate play structures that are relatively safe. In the summer, locate a local pool with plenty of lifeguards and have those handy parents come along as guests. And as you plan, consider your guests’abilities and comfort levels. If your child loves to ice-skate but her friends hate it. maybe she can choose a different activity or mainly choose to do this as a family birthday outing. Zoos are relatively inexpensive as well. The San Francisco Zoo charges $11 per adult and $5 for each child, ages 3-11, and $8 for 12-17. The Oakland Zoo admits adults for S9 and kids $5. 50 for ages 2-14. Museums and aquariums (水族馆) often have a free admission day. You can take kids to the Steinhart Aquarium for free the first Wednesday of each month. The same goes for the Exploratorium, also in San Francisco. The deYoung Museum is also free for all visitors the first Tuesday of every month. It also charges all kids nothing, who are 12 and under daily. Organize your free museum days during school breaks or holidays, and you’ll save a lot. 【1】What can you do at the Oakland Chabot Space and Science Center? A.Hold a party. B.Admire Great America. C.Watch a national baseball game. D.Learn about the history of San Francisco. 【2】Which of the following is always free for a kid under 12? A.The Oakland Zoo. B.The Exploratorium. C.The San Francisco Zoo. D.The deYoung Museum. 【3】What type of writing is this text? A.A budget report. B.A travel guide. C.A book review. D.A museum brochure. |
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“When you fall, get up again” is a lesson every parent hopes their child will learn. But no one could have showed this better than Bailey Matthews from Nottinghamshire, England. Despite having cerebral palsy, a condition that limits body movement and muscle development, the 8-year-old crossed the finish line at a triathlon (铁人三项赛) without his walker last Saturday. Diagnosed (诊断) with cerebral palsy at 18 months, Bailey became interested in taking on a triathlon when his dad, Jonathan Matthews, started pushing him around a 5-km course at a weekly park run event. Jonathan then adapted a walking frame, so Bailey, who needs regular physical treatment to help with his mobility, could get round the course himself. Soon after, Bailey expressed his wish to take on a triathlon and began training on a special bike and swimming in a lake. Although he tripped and fell a few times, he immediately picked himself back up and made it to the end, with his father rolling the walker behind him. The most inspiring moment came after he had already completed a 100-meter swim, a 4,000-meter bike ride, and a 1,300-meter run. He discarded his specially-adapted walking frame to finish the last 20 meters of the race unaided, bringing the crowd to tears. Hundreds of audience cheered Bailey on to the finish line, but his biggest fans were most definitely his parents. “He has always struggled with things that parents of other children take for granted, but he never lets it bother him. He doesn’t see himself as different to anyone else. If he wants to do something, he will find a way to do it, even if it is not the conventional way. We have always tried to make sure that if there is something he wants to do, there is no such word as CAN’T”, says his mother, Julie Hardcastle. 【1】What do we know about Bailey Matthews? A.He was the best student in Nottinghamshire. B.He fully recovered after he took part in a triathlon. C.He was encouraged by his doctor to become a triathlon. D.He finished a triathlon regardless of physical restrictions. 【2】Which of the following best explains “discarded” underlined in Paragraph 3? A.Relied on. B.Threw away. C.Tore down. D.Fixed up. 【3】How does Julie Hardcastle feel about her son? A.She is proud. B.She is grateful. C.She is sympathetic. D.She is disappointed. 【4】What can be a suitable title for the text? A.Parents’ Love B.Strong Family Ties C.An Inspiring Triathlon Finish D.A Lonely Struggle Against Misfortune |
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In the world of digital health, Silicon Valley-based Mindstrong stands out. It has a remarkable team and tens of millions of funding. It also has a fascinating idea--its app, based on mental functioning research, can help detect troubling mental health patterns by collecting data on person’s smartphone usage--how quickly they type, for instance. The company’s app collects information about how people are typing and runs it through a machine learning algorithm (计算程序) to determine which data can predict their emotional state. The idea is to use that data to establish a “normal” pattern--so it can be compared with someone’s typing habits on any given day. If the habits change, slower or more anxious than normal, the app can warn a health care provider. The promise of this technology has made Mindstrong incredibly popular since it was launched last year; already more than a dozen counties in California have agreed to apply the company’s app to patients. Does the app live up to its promise? There’s no way to tell. Almost no one outside the company has any idea whether it works, leading some experts to wonder if the technology is ready for the real world. “I wouldn’t waste all that time and money in the wild until they get sure that some of those things are as specific as they hope they are,” said Rosalind Picard, a researcher at MIT Media Lab, who is familiar with Mindstrongs work. “It has passed the gold-standard clinical tests for depression and anxiety,” said Dr. Paul Dagum, the company’s founder. “We’re confident, and we’re already seeing some really exciting results.” Mindstrong officials said that among their most encouraging results is that its app can even predict how a person will feel next week, kind of like a weather app for your mood. “For a clinician or someone looking after a patient, they know that it could be very, very powerful,” Dagum said. 【1】What can Mindstrong’s app do? A.Improve its users’ mental health. B.Get its users to type more quickly. C.Discover its users’ mental state. D.Work out the causes of its users’ trouble. 【2】What is the second paragraph mainly about? A.The ways of collecting data. B.The app’s working principle. C.The analysis of typing habits. D.The development of the app. 【3】What is Rosalind Picard’s attitude towards the app? A.Skeptical. B.Positive. C.Uncaring. D.Defensive. 【4】What can we infer about Dagum’s opinion on the app? A.The app has a powerful effect on anxiety. B.The app can also predict weather conditions. C.Care providers could be advocates of the app. D.Doctors benefit more from the app than their patients. |
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Examples of effective conservation of places matter to the world. They range from the 1960s Nubian campaign to safeguard Ancient Egyptian monuments from the waters of the Aswan Dam to the removal in 2018 of the Belize Barrier Reef from the List of World Heritage in Danger. Conservation is the core purpose of the World Heritage Convention and it may also be its biggest challenge. The following example shows how successes at specific sites now serve as models for conservation and sustainable (可持续性) development. A year after Vienna was included on the World Heritage List in 2001, the World Heritage Committee (WHC) expressed concerns about the architectural solutions and height of four planned towers of the Wien-Mitte project. This development project, close to the Historic Centre of Vienna in the site’s buffer zone, the one that lies between two or more other areas, affected the urban scale (规模) and visual effects in and around the property (地产). As a result of the Committee’s concerns, Vienna changed its building codes and launched a new design competition for the Wien-Mitte project to work out architectural plans with reduced size in keeping with World Heritage protection. The successful practice inspired the government of the city to invite over 600 experts and professionals from 55 countries to an international conference on World Heritage and contemporary architecture, held in Vienna in May 2005. The global discussion that followed, detailing an approach to managing conservation and development, was recorded in the UNESCO Recommendation in 2011. The Recommendation put forwards an all-rounded and combined approach to balancing urban heritage (遗产) conservation and economic development, arguing that active protection and management of urban heritage supports the goal of sustainable development. The Recommendation supports the harmonious combination of contemporary involvement into the historic urban framework while holding on to values linked to history, memory and the environment. 【1】Why does the author mention the Belize Barrier Reef in Paragraph 1? A.To explain the goal of the organization. B.To encourage the public to protect the world. C.To show the positive effect of conservation. D.To remind people of the environmental problems. 【2】Why was WHC worried about the Wien-Mitte project? A.It took up too much public land of the city. B.It had a bad effect on the Historic Centre of Vienna. C.Its original designs were not environmentally friendly. D.Its architectural solutions couldn’t meet safety standards. 【3】What did the global discussion focus on? A.The ways to combine conservation and development. B.The creation of the new UNESCO Recommendation. C.The international urban management and development. D.The styles of the contemporary architecture of Vienna. 【4】What is the authors purpose in writing the text? A.To examine the challenges faced by global urban planners. B.To introduce alternative ways of protecting the environment. C.To stress the importance of the value of history and memory. D.To promote active conservation and sustainable development. |
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Society tells us that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. But it doesn’t have to be that way. A new study published in Human Development points out that using a childlike approach to learning can help people of any age take on and rise to new challenges. 【1】. Venture (冒险) outside your comfort zone. As adults, we tend to use similar skills day in and day out: We take jobs in fields we re already good at, drive the same routes to the same places, and fall into routines we’re comfortable with. 【2】 Switching to something more challenging may have more cognitive benefits. 【3】 A fear of making mistakes is another reason adults are so slow to learn new things; if we try and fail, we can face criticism, lose money, or get fired. That’s why it’s important to build up a support network of people--at work and at home--who allow you to make mistakes and learn from them. Make a serious commitment and don’t give up. 【4】 If you can afford it, spending money on a new pursuit--for example, booking a trip to Rome to practice your Italian--might also make it harder to throw in the towel. Learn more than one thing at once. We tend to zero in on one hobby or one skill. But dividing that time and energy into three or four areas will stretch your brain in all different directions. 【5】 For example, maybe you started learning a new language in 2018, and this year you add singing lessons, and next year you try something else. You can add things gradually based on what you can handle. A. Turn to your friends and family. B. The following strategies will do the trick. C. Surround yourself with encouraging people. D. Telling friends about your new goal can help keep you motivated. E. But all this familiarity limits the parts of the brain we’re using regularly. F. That doesn’t mean you should start all the new challenges all at once, though. G. So feeling comfortable can reduce stress and make you happier and more productive. |
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A movie about Mount Qomolangma I saw on a flight inspired me to climb mountains.When I saw the climbers got _______ in a storm there, I immediately knew I had to start climbing. It was not the _______ most people had to that film because none of them survived. I _______ to climb all the highest peaks in Europe in 2017. Growing up in Sweden, I was always _______ to be outdoors by my father, but I wasn’t a _______ adventurer--I just wanted to be a _______ for girls and to tell a story that had never been told. There is no _______ definition (定义) of a mountain. In Holland, Belgium and Denmark, the highest peak is really just a small hill. You could park your car on the top. It felt a bit like _______, but I decided I would climb them _______. Climbing mountains is an experience that is beyond ________. You are in a beautiful environment and, when you reach the top, you feel ________. But also you have to climb down, which is when most accidents happen. ________, I don’t climb mountains that I am not totally ________. I wanted to ________ the project at home, on Sweden’s Kebnekaise (2, 097m). I climbed it with my camera assistant. I was wearing a superhero suit. Once I was at the top we did a ________--it was like a day on the job; it didn’t seem as ________ as I’d hoped. But when I put it online and people started ________ me, I felt ________. Thanks to climbing, it’s made me so much ________, physically and mentally. My ________ now is always to have a mountain in my calendar. I will climb Mount Qomolangma one day, when I’ m ready. 【1】A.stuck B.excited C.changed D.annoyed 【2】A.access B.promise C.solution D.reaction 【3】A.declined B.happened C.decided D.agreed 【4】A.troubled B.warned C.forced D.encouraged 【5】A.lucky B.serious C.calm D.friendly 【6】A.role model B.nice surprise C.funny joke D.childhood memory 【7】A.vague B.universal C.broad D.alternative 【8】A.challenging B.frightening C.attracting D.cheating 【9】A.otherwise B.indeed C.again D.regardless 【10】A.recognition B.reach C.description D.control 【11】A.awkward B.unbelievable C.scared D.anxious 【12】A.Instead B.However C.Thus D.Lastly 【13】A.afraid of B.curious about C.addicted to D.ready for 【14】A.top off B.look into C.give up D.work out 【15】A.puzzle B.shoot C.course D.wash 【16】A.strange B.normal C.special D.ridiculous 【17】A.praising B.questioning C.defending D.teasing 【18】A.proud B.grateful C.confused D.astonished 【19】A.smarter B.stronger C.shyer D.kinder 【20】A.problem B.secret C.goal D.regret |
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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。 Beijing roast duck, which is honored as by far 【1】 (delicious) dish in the world, has won fame both at home and abroad. Nowadays, an increasing number of 【2】 (foreigner) traveling to Beijing fall in love with 【3】 . Preparing quality roast duck 【4】 (be) a long, complicated process of many steps, from selecting the duck at the beginning to 【5】 (serve) it to the diners at the end. Each setp is carefully taken to guarantee the roast duck is attractive in 【6】 (appear), red in color, fragrant, and hot with thin steam when served. In the restaurant, ducks are roasted upon the order of the diners. After a roast duck is ready, it is brought to the diners, in front of 【7】 a chief will skillfully slice the juicy meat, each piece with well-cooked skin 【8】 (attach). You can dip the slices of duck into sweet sauce (酱), and wrap the meat with some spring onions inside a thin pancake, and only then does one finally take a bite! Normally, the remaining bones of the duck 【9】 (cook) slowly in a closed dish for making delicious, cream-white soup. All goes well with wine, thus making the dinner 【10】 unforgettable “full-duck banquet(宴会).” |
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。 增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。 删除：把多余的词用斜线( \ )划掉。 修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词； 2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。 Last summer vacation, I worked as a volunteer in the Wolong China Giant Panda Garden in Sichuan, where I stay for two weeks. That I needed to do was to clean the pandas’ houses, feed the pandas or make food for them. One male panda I took care was named Jingjing. She was one of the most interested pandas in the Garden. Normally, the panda is a shy creature, not used to be in contact with other animals, particularly humans, but Jingjing seemed very differently. He often reached out one of his foot to greet me and smiled at me. Sometimes he tried to make me to laugh. |
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假定你是李华，你的美国朋友Peter正在你们学校开展为期两周的交流活动。请你给他写封邮件邀请他一起去郊游，欣赏中国美丽乡村。内容包括： 1.时间和地点； 2.特色乡村文化体验（如赏美景、看演出、品美食等） 注意：1.词数100左右； 2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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