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Hall of Human Life(Permanent Exhibit) Should you have your baby’s DNA sequenced? What keeps you awake? Step inside the Hall of Human Life. the Museums new biology exhibition, and encounter such far-reaching questions on an amazing journey inside the human body. Through digital media and personal interaction, you become “part of the story”, as you contribute your own data in a process of learning and discovery. A Birds World(Permanent Exhibit) This exhibit features the Museums extraordinary collection of birds，displaying over 300 species in New England. Here, you can learn to interpret the bird language taking place just outside your window at home. Test your observation skills and see if you can get past different birds without them alerting(发信号)other animals to your presence. Learn to identify birds from a distance by recognizing unique flight patterns. Practice your flying technique in the Bird Walk. Butterfly Garden(Permanent Exhibit) Walk among the free-flying residents of this warm conservatory. It is a wonderful opportunity to get close to a variety of living butterflies from New England and across the globe. The “Emergence Box” offers a window into the butterfly behavior. Look inside to see hanging chrysalides (蝶蛹)transform into adult butterflies. Tickets are required and visitors should reserve at least two weeks in advance. 【1】How can you become part of the story in the Hall of Human Life? A.By keeping awake. B.On an funny journey. C.By answering questions. D.Through offering the personal data. 【2】What can you do in A bird’s World? A.Learn the bird language. B.Watch all bird species. C.Make your flying technique better. D.Send signals to birds. 【3】What is the main function of the Emergence Box in the Butterfly Garden? A.Hanging chrysalides. B.Getting close to butterflies. C.Keeping the conservatory warm. D.Observing butterflies through its window. |
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When Stephen Mills spotted a dusty old safe(保险箱)in a museum in Canada, he thought he’d try to crack the code, “just like in the movies”. But when he began turning the dial, he wasn’t expecting a Hollywood ending. For years, anyone who visited the Vermillion Heritage Museum in Alberta would have passed by a large,black metal box. Staff knew it had come from the long-gone Brunswick hotel and was donated to the museum in the 1990s. But its code and contents remained a mystery for decades – until Mills unexpectedly cracked the code. Mills, who lived in Fort McMurray, Alberta, was visiting the museum with his family last month over a holiday weekend. As they wandered around the exhibits with the museum guide, Tom Kibblewhite, they spotted the safe. Kibblewhite told the family what he told all other guests: the 900kg black box with a silver dial had remained closed for generations. For years, the safe has confused volunteers at the museum. The manufacturer was unable to provide advice on how to open its thick door. A locksmith(锁匠) once suggested that years of in activity might have slowed down the gears, making it inoperable. But Mills, who is a “mechanically-minded person”, asked whether he could give it a try. “Kibblewhite kept saying no one had opened it and that it was a mystery what was inside,” Mills said. “I thought this would be a great thing to do for a laugh for the kids. Maybe they can find some interesting historical things in it — like a time capsule.” After pressing his ear against the cool metal, he began spinning the dial. With numbers ranging from zero to 60, he turned clockwise (顺时针方向地) three times to 20, counter-clockwise two times to 40, and then clockwise one time to 60. He was astonished to hear a click. “I jumped up and told everyone I’m buying a lottery ticket(彩票),” he said. 【1】What do you know about Mills from parangraph 1? A.He didn’t think he would open the safe. B.Hc didn’t want to turn the dial at all. C.He wished to win a lottery ticket in the end. D.His museum trip was like a Hollywood film. 【2】What do we know about the safe? A.Nobody was interested in its cocle. B.It was not valuable and expensive. C.lt was donated by a rich businessman. D.People regarded it as a mystery for decades. 【3】Why did Mills call the safe “a time capsule”? A.To tell people how last time flies. B.To explain the content of the safe. C.To remind visitors of the time limit. D.To indicate the special value of the safe. 【4】What does Mills probably mean by saying “I’m buying a lottery ticket”? A.He wanted to become richer. B.He opened the safe by luck. C.He was good at cracking the code. D.Buying lottery tickets leads to success. |
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A new wave of psychological research is pioneering Virtual Reality （VR） lo treat medical conditions from social anxiety to Alzheimer’s disease. Riding a wave of interest in mental health tech, companies creating VR content for treatment are receiving a flood of attention and funding. And,while VR has been used successfully to treat post-traumatic stress disorder （PTSD） since the 1990s, these new programs address a much broader range of conditions.The library of Palo Alto–based Limbix, for instance, includes VR content designed to treat issues including alcohol addiction and teenage depression. Barcelona-based Psious offers treatments for eating disorders. Today’s VR content is primarily designed to aid exposure treatment, a treatment for anxiety disorders in which patients are exposed to the “threats” they’re worried about in a safe, controlled environment, eventually learning that the “threats” are not actually very dangerous. For example, someone who fears heights might visit taller buildings under the guidance of their doctor, while someone with PTSD might revisit painful memories. VR allows doctors to create a safe and controlled environment inside a VR headset. It’s a far safer, quicker and less expensive option. Using VR also gives doctors much more control over the intensity（强度）of their patients’ experiences,which can lead to better treatment outcomes, said Stephane Bouchard, a professor at the University of Quebec. VR treatment patients can also do things they couldn’t do in the real world. “In one of our studies, we asked patients who are afraid of heights to actually jump from a cliff,” Bouchard said. However, not all VR treatment content is created equal. “Some companies show videos of VR environments that are incomplete, untested and definitely haven’t been tried out by psychologists,” Bouchard said. Clearer rules and standards will make it easier for patients and doctors to identify products that work. 【1】What problems can VR be used to treat according to the passage? A.Social anxiety, PTSD and alcohol addiction. B.Sleeping disorders, deafness and computer addiction. C.The fear of heights, blood pressure and eating disorders. D.Alzheimer’s disease, heart attack and teenage depression. 【2】What does the underlined word “outcomes” probably mean in Paragraph 4? A.Benefits. B.Results. C.Causes. D.Methods. 【3】Which of the following best describes the future of VR treatment? A.Worrying. B.Uncertain. C.Promising. D.Passive. 【4】What will be most probably discussed in the paragraph following the passage? A.Criteria of VR treatment. B.Wide use of VR treatment. C.Problems VR treatment are facing. D.Reasons why VR treatment standards are needed. |
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Scientists Diego Kersting and Cristina Linares have found that some coral species are able to recover from harmful warming events through a unique survival strategy（策略）—known as “rejuvenescence”（新生）—among corals in the Mediterranean Sea. The findings represent some rare good news for corals around the world,which are facing numerous severe threats—most notably,climate change. “The main threats are climate change, overfishing, pollution and coastal urbanization,” Kersting said. “But currently, climate change is probably the one causing the most coral cover declines. Warming stresses corals up to a point that may cause death. Some corals bleach （白化） before dying. Other corals do not bleach but die directly.” He went on, “Our findings are significant because this survival strategy was only known from fossil corals that existed hundreds of millions of years ago. It is the first time that it has been found in a living coral. Thanks to our findings, we know now that some corals are able to recover, but unfortunately this is not enough in the currentclimate change context.” For their research, Kersting and Linares monitored 243 colonies of the endangered reef-building coral Cladocoracaespitosa in Spain’s Columbretes Islands Marine Reserve over 16 years. The monitoring revealed that Cladocoracaespitosa in the Mediterranean uses rejuvenescence to cope with warming events. This process involves the polyps — or the individual coral animals in a colony—shrinking inward and abandoning their skeletons（骨骼） during warm periods, before rejuvenating at a later point. “What happens is that some polyps in a coral colony—sometimes just one—reduces completely its dimensions and partially retreats from its skeleton,”Kersting said. “Once the stressful event is over, the shrunken or rejuvenated polyp recovers its size and builds up a new skeleton. Eventually, it begins to reproduce itself through budding and begins to cover the deadcolony surfaces.” He continued, “The results were very surprising because I started to observe colonies that were dead years ago, that were showing living parts many years after their death.” 【1】What is the greatest threat to corals now ? A.Overfishing. B.Climate change. C.City growth. D.Light pollution. 【2】What can we learn about the survival strategy? A.It was found for the first time. B.It is the cause of warming events. C.It represents the evolution of the corals. D.It will bring hope for the endangered corals. 【3】What does paragraph 3 mainly talk about? A.How the extreme corals forms. B.How the research was conducted. C.How the polyps survive their competitors. D.How the coral species manages to recover and regrow. 【4】What is the purpose for the author to write the passage? A.To entertain. B.To persuade. C.To inform. D.To complain. |
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Flextime is a flexible schedule in which employees choose their own working hours, usually working within approximate limits set by the employer or by the government.【1】 For employees, flextime has a clear advantage.【2】For example, people can use flextime to create schedules which will allow them to go to school, handle childcare, assist relatives, and perform other tasks. Employees may also use their flextime to create a schedule which improves creativity, as in the case of someone who would prefer to work earlier in the day to get more accomplished. Employers benefit from flextime a lot.【3】This makes the company a better and more productive place to work. In addition, flextime can allow companies to serve clients for a greater portion of the day, as employees will be around at varying hours to answer phones, attend meetings, and so forth. 【4】It is a period of the day in which everyone is expected to be at work. Employees are also usually given an hourly, daily or weekly limit to ensure that they do not violate laws about working hours. Or the company is only willing to pay wages for so many hours of work each week. A classic example of a flextime schedule is that someone who works four 10-hour shifts a week can take three days off. Flextime can also be combined with flexplace, in which the environment is better than that of the office. For example, home offices are increasingly popular among many companies.【5】 A.It’s also seen as a family-friendly policy. B.Most flextime schedules include core time. C.However, flextime may not be applicable to all fields. D.First, it tends to increase employees’ satisfaction. E.Many employers all over the world offer this method to their employees. F.It allows them to make changes to their work schedule which will suit their lives. G.Employers may also allow people to work in untraditional settings such as coffee houses. |
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Jake and Max Klein are twin brothers, whose family have always done community services. They all have a____for volunteering. At a young age, they chose to give up family’s gifts at their birthday parties, but asked them to____money to a charity. When they were seven, Jake and Max were interested in____with a family friend at the local homeless shelter to help cook.__, he turned them down____they were too young and they had to be fourteen to cook. This led them on an endless task to____a way to help other kids who were also facing a____challenging:wanting to help but____because of their age. So, Kids That Do Good was____to show ways to kids or adults, at any age, they could join the community and make a____. The small____has grown into a large website that brings thousands of____visitors each year. Jake and Max say that their website brings 35,000 unique viewers, of those viewers, Kids That Do Good has____kids to 16,000 organizations. Jake and Max are____with school and after-class activities and other community service promises. Kids That Do Good also has blog posts that advise kids on____their own charitable event. 【1】A.passion B.right C.duty D.custom 【2】A.sell B.donate C.manage D.leave 【3】A.travelling B.cooking C.volunteering D.recycling 【4】A.Gratefully B.Happily C.Honestly D.Unfortunately 【5】A.until B.because C.before D.unless 【6】A.come across B.sort out C.come up with D.put away 【7】A.public B.direct C.sharp D.similar 【8】A.denied B.blamed C.joked D.praised 【9】A.advised B.allowed C.created D.named 【10】A.judgment B.decision C.comment D.difference 【11】A.plan B.project C.effort D.experiment 【12】A.pleased B.satisfied C.interested D.amazed 【13】A.exposed B.connected C.contributed D.attracted 【14】A.busy B.patient C.familiar D.content 【15】A.remembering B.describing C.celebrating D.building |
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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 The fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris has raised questions about the condition of thousands of other cathedrals and historic structures across Europe. It also raises questions about 【1】 European governments are doing enough to keep up and care for such buildings. TiborNavracsics, the European Union’s top culture official, told The Associated Press that “we are so used to our outstanding cultural heritage in Europe that we tend 【2】（forget） that it needs constant care and attention.” Some people say the fire last week was a wake-up call, not just 【3】 Europe, but the whole world. Large fires have long 【4】（rob） humanity of knowledge, art and treasures. In 2015, the German engineering company Siemens found that Scotland had about ten 【5】（damage） fires a year, while England lost at least a dozen 【6】（list） buildings a year. In Germany, seventy historic buildings have been 【7】（heavy） damaged since 2000. Experts say that what is needed 【8】（be） continuous attention and maintenance. Some say world-renowned monuments like Notre Dame are the driving force behind tourism and should get 【9】（much） respect. Quaedvlieg-Mihailovicis, who heads the heritage group Europa Nostra, noted the 【10】（important） of such respect. “Cultural heritage is a gold mine. You cannot exploit it and then just leave the mine and go to another one.” she said. |
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假定你是李华，你校美国交换生Peter打算在某小区租房子并向你求助。请根据以下提示给他回复邮件。要点如下： 1.推荐某个小区； 2.说明推荐理由（至少三条）； 3.表明提供帮助的意愿。 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 Peter, _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours sincerely, 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。 Afternoon was Mrs. Conroy’s favorite time of day. After a hard day at work, her eyes were tired and her feet hurt. She enjoyed the nice long nap she took on the bus. Mrs. Conroy had made friends with the bus driver, Mr. Angstrom. He always woke her up before her stop. She usually felt fresh when she got off the bus. But today was different. Mr. Angstrom wasn’t driving. A small man in a wrinkled uniform sat in the driver’s seat. “Where’s Mr. Angstrom?” asked Mrs. Conroy, dropping her money into the box. “I don’t know. Sick, I guess. I just work here, lady. Step to the rear.” Mrs. Conroy hoped that Mr. Angstrom was all right. She didn’t like this new driver. She decided not to sleep on the way home today. She didn’t want to ask this driver to wake her. He didn’t look like the type who’d want to do anyone a favor. Mrs. Conroy tried to keep her eyes open, but the gentle rocking of the bus had a calm effect. Within a few minutes her eyes closed. Her head dropped to her shoulders, Mrs. Conroy fell fast asleep. The next thing Mrs. Conroy knew was that a hand was on her shoulder. Someone was shaking her awake. “Wake up, lady. We’ve come to the end of the line. Wake up.” Mrs. Conroy blinked（眨眼） and opened her eyes. The bus driver looked down at her. “Time for you to get off the bus.” Mrs. Conroy peered out the window. “Where am I?” she asked. “I was supposed to get off at Essex Avenue.” “You’re at the last stop, lady. Come on, get off the bus. I have a schedule to keep to.” Mrs. Conroy was having trouble waking up. The bus driver took her arm and helped her down the bus. “Wait a minute,” she said in a sharp voice. “This isn’t Essex Avenue. Where am I? How can I get home? Can you ride me back?” She begged. “Sorry, lady. It’s against the rules.” he said as he closed the door. 注意： 1.续写的词数应为150左右： 2.请按照如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 Mrs.Conroy stood there alone and helpless with the bus disappearing down the road. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Several minutes later the bus driver suddenly turned the bus around and sped up to Mrs.Conroy. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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