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Riding clubs You can start horse-riding at any age. Choose private or group lessons any weekday between 9 am and 8:30 pm (3:30 pm on Saturdays). There are 10 kilometres of tracks and paths for leisurely rides across farmland and open country. You will need a riding hat. Opening Hours: Monday through Friday: 9:00 am—8:30 pm Phone: (412)396—6754 Fax: (412)396—6752 Sailing Club Our Young Sailor’s Course leads to the Stage 1 Sailing qualification. You’ll learn how to sail safely and the course also covers sailing theory and first aid. Have fun with other course members afterwards in the clubroom. There are 10 weekly two—hour lessons (Tuesdays 6 pm—8 pm). Opening Hours: Tuesdays: 6:00 pm-8:00 pm Phone: (412)396—6644 Fax: (412)396—6644 Diving Centre Our experienced instructors offer one-month courses in deep-sea diving for beginners. There are two evening lessons a week, in which you learn to breathe underwater and use the equipment safely. You only need a swimming costume and towel. Reduced rates for couples. Opening Hours: Monday and Friday: 6:30 pm—8:30 pm Phone: (412)396—6312 Fax: (412)396—6706 Medical Center The staff of the Medical Center aim to provide convenient and comprehensive medical care to students and staff of the university. The center is well equipped and the staff here are trained to deal with a broad range of medical problems. Both female and male doctors as well as nursing staff are available for consultation. Also, all kinds of medicines are sold here and are cheaper for students than other drugstores. Opening Hours: 24 hour from Monday to Sunday Phone: (412)396—6649 Fax: (412)396—6648 Watersports Club We use a two-kilometre length of river for speedboat racing, and water-skiing. A beginners, course consists of ten 20-minute lessons. You will learn to handle boats safely and confidently, but must be able to swim. The club is in a convenient central position and is open daily from 9a.m to 4p.m, with lessons all through the day. Opening Hours: Monday through Friday: 9 am—4 pm Phone: (412)396—6899 Fax: (412)396—6890 【1】If you want to swim and enjoy activities which are fast and a bit dangerous, you should join ________. A.Watersports Club B.Diving Centre C.Sailing Club D.Riding School 【2】If you are planning to explore the ocean depths, you should attend your lessons at ________. A.24 hour from Monday to Sunday B.Monday through Friday: 7:00am—10:00pm C.Tuesdays: 6:00 pm—8:00 pm D.Monday and Friday: 6:30pm—8:30pm 【3】Which is NOT the convenience that the Medical Center provides? A.Good equipment. B.Well trained staff members. C.Various expensive medicines. D.Nursery service. |
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Dear Sir, There is a plan to build a new supermarket on the edge of the Whitefields housing estate（住宅区）, on the land where the local library now is. I live at Whitefields, and I would like to express my concern about this plan. It is not that I am completely against the idea of building a supermarket—I just think that as a community we need to weigh up the advantages and disadvantages before committing ourselves. It is clear that the library is under-used and in poor condition. It is also clear that there are very few shops near here and a supermarket would be a good thing to have. But the people who want to build the supermarket seem to think that no one wants the library any more, and that it isn’t a must because of the Internet and so on. Is this necessarily true, especially for elderly people? What about young people who don’t have the Internet at home and need to go to the library to do their homework? Where can they study if they have to share a room with a younger brother or sister? On the other hand, there is an argument that a new supermarket would not only bring more choice of shopping and more convenience for local people, but it would also bring some much-needed jobs for younger people in the town—and this is a good point. What we need to do is consider the effect a supermarket will have on our quality of life. Certainly local people, including me, will find shopping a lot easier and more convenient. But there will also be extra traffic. In a few years from now, the roads in and around will be full of cars in the daytime and delivery lorries at night, and not only that—we will have got used to it, too. Are more jobs and more convenience worth such an influence on our daily lives? Perhaps, but this is what we have to ask ourselves. I believe that all the people of Whitefields, and the authority, need to discuss this question in an open-minded way—and I hope that by the time a decision is taken, we will have had a full and fair discussion of the issues involved, and that the local authority will have really listened to everyone’s view. Is that too much to ask? Yours faithfully, Tom Watkins 【1】The supporters of the supermarket probably think ________. A.the library is no longer needed B.the library is too poor to be rebuilt C.the supermarket brings down goods price D.supermarket increases local workers’ income 【2】What does the underlined “it” in Paragraph 3 refer to? A.Shopping convenience. B.Job opportunity. C.Life quality. D.Traffic condition. 【3】What is the author’s attitude toward the plan? A.Approving. B.Neutral. C.Negative. D.Confident. 【4】Why is the letter written? A.To promote effective public reading. B.To call for concern over an urban project. C.To discuss ways of improving life quality. D.To express dissatisfaction with public equipment. |
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With the explosion of consumer choices in recent history, the latest must-haves would surely need to be upgraded more often than every 10 years. In 2002 a computer and basic mobile phone would have been enough for most people, but now? The public need a trendy notebook computer and a smart phone with WiFi connection to feel they are up-to-date. So when will we have enough things? When will we finally be happy? Well, it looks like the things we buy today will barely keep us satisfied for a few months. In the eyes of some psychologists, far from making us happy, greater consumer choice creates many serious psychological problems. A fundamental principle of the society is that more freedom is better and more choice in the marketplace means more freedom. Therefore more choice leads to more happiness. This is not the case, however. Imagine you go to a café offering chocolate and vanilla ice cream. You choose the chocolate and eat it happily. But what if the café serves 50 kinds of ice cream? You choose chocolate and then start to worry, “maybe blueberry would have been better, perhaps the half-fat ice cream would have been healthier. Stupid me, all these choices and I didn’t make the best one! ” In China’s major cities we have now passed the point where more consumer choice is making us happier. We are annoyed by all the options we have, disappointed because our expectations are so high and angered at ourselves when we don’ t make a perfect choice every time. A newspaper reporter tells a story about traveling on a plane with high-speed Internet access. He thought this was amazing—the newest piece of technology he had heard of. Then the service went down. The man next to him was angry and swore. The reporter thought, “How quickly the world owes him something he knew existed only 10 seconds ago!” 【1】What is the text mainly talking about? A. Hi-tech and consumer needs. B. Computers and smart phones. C. Wireless products and WiFi connection. D. Diverse choices and consumer satisfaction. 【2】What may some psychologists think of the consumer demand in the café? A. The consumer has mental problems. B. More choice means more freedom. C. Variety leads to unhappiness. D. The shop provides too many choices. 【3】Why was the man next to the reporter quite annoyed? A. The net connection was interrupted. B. Someone owed him money. C. The air hostess offered poor service. D. The pleasure lasted only 10 seconds. 【4】What does the underlined word “swore” in the last paragraph probably mean? A. Fell asleep. B. Said rude words. C. Made promises. D. Became amazed. |
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If you ask most people what water tastes like, they’ll probably tell you that water has no taste and they may give you a funny look. But if you were a fruit fly, asking another fruit fly, that question might have a different answer. To a fruit fly, water has a taste. Scientists want to know how the fruit fly knows water because this information may help in learning how other animals — or even individual cells — manage to use water in the right way. Water is vital to life, but too much or too little can be deadly to a living creature. So by understanding how the fruit fly tastes water, researchers may learn more about other living things. According to the new study, a protein(蛋白质) called PPK28 makes it possible for a fly to taste water. Proteins build cells and tissues, fight disease and carry messages between cells. It’s not surprising that a protein is responsible for the fruit fly’s ability to taste water. The PPK28 protein is part of a larger family of similar proteins. One of these related proteins is used by mammals (including humans) to taste salt. Scientists have not found a protein that enables humans to “taste” water. In the experiment, Cameron and his team compared normal fruit flies with fruit flies whose taste cells had been disabled. The fruit flies were given a special chemical that would glow(发光) when the fly used the PPK28 protein. Then the scientists led the flies to water. When the normal flies tasted the water, the PPK28 protein lit up — showing that it was in use. The fruit fly in particular is so interesting that some scientists are hard at work creating a complete map of the fruit fly brain. This map will show all of a fly’s neurons and help scientists understand how the neurons work together. 【1】How do most people feel when asked the taste of water? A. Amused. B. Frightened. C. Disappointed. D. Disgusted. 【2】Why do scientists want to know how the fruit fly knows water? A. To decrease the number of the fruit fly. B. To know more about other creatures. C. To manage to use water correctly. D. To describe the taste of water. 【3】What do we know about the PPk28 protein? A. It can make humans taste salt. B. The fruit fly can’t live without it. C. It enables the fruit fly to taste water. D. The fruit fly uses it to avoid illnesses. 【4】What will the scientists continue to work at? A. Studying the fruit fly’s neuron systems. B. Telling more information about cells. C. Creating maps of human brains. D. Making the PPk28 protein. |
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What will you do if you can’t eat everything bought in the canteen? 【1】 According to a survey, what students waste every year could feed over 10 million people. 【2】 According to Xinhua News Agency, the food wasted by Chinese people is about 50 million tons of grain every year, which could feed 200 million people. Food waste, which has become a global issue, serves as a mirror that reflects various cultural and social issues in different countries. In the West, for instance, consumerism, the belief that it’s a good thing to use a lot of goods and services, is often to blame for food waste. 【3】 Chinese people are well known for being hospitable and generous. Many even feel that they lose face if their guests have eaten all the food. On campus, a generation of single children is less aware of the food waste issue. Students nowadays are well protected by their families and hardly have any concept of how much toil (辛劳) others go through in order to provide them with the food they eat. 【4】 There are over 925 million hungry people in the world, most of whom live in underdeveloped countries and areas. They don’t have enough food to eat. Many children die for lack of nutrition each year in some African countries. And farmers work very hard to grow the crops. 【5】 It’s also important that everyone should think about how they can do their bit to reduce food waste. A. Most of us would simply throw away any leftover food. B. Students’ waste is extremely serious. C. China features its own eating culture. D. Compared with them, some live in a different world. E. But canteen waste is merely the tip of the iceberg. F. So there’s no excuse that we should waste our food. G. Students can never realize the serious food crisis. |
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I met Mrs. Neidl in the ninth grade on a stage-design team for a play and she was one of the directors. Almost instantly I loved her. She had an unpleasant voice and a direct way of speaking, ________ she was encouraging and inspiring. For some reason, she was impressed with my work and Mrs. Neidl would ask me for my ________. She wanted to know how I thought we should ________ things. At first I had no idea how to answer because I knew ________ about stage design! But I slowly began to respond to her ________. It was cause and effect; She believed I had opinions, so I began to ________ them. She trusted me to complete things, so I completed them perfectly. She loved how ________ I was, so I began to show up to paint more and more. She believed in me, so I began to believe in myself. Mrs. Neidl’s ________ that year was, “Try it. We can always paint over it ________!” I began to take ________. I had been so afraid of failing but suddenly there was no failing---only things to be ________ upon. I leaned to dip my brush into the paint and ________ create something. The shy, quiet freshman achieved success that year. I was ________ in the program as “Student Art Assistant” because of the time and effort I’d put in. It was that year that I ________ I wanted to spend the rest of my life doing stage design. Being on that stage-design team ________ Mrs.Neidl changed me completely. Not only was I stronger and more competent than I had thought, but I also ________ a strong interest and a word I hadn’t known existed. She taught me not to ________ what people think I should do. She taught me to take chances and not be ________. Mrs. Neidl was my comforter when I was upset. Her ________ in me has inspired me to do things that I never imagined ________. 【1】A.yet B.and C.so D.for 【2】A.impression B.opinion C.information D.intention 【3】A.make B.handle C.keep D.change 【4】A.anything B.something C.everything D.nothing 【5】A.questions B.comments C.explanations D.remarks 【6】A.hold B.follow C.evaluate D.form 【7】A.happy B.lively C.reliable D.punctual 【8】A.message B.saying C.motto D.suggestion 【9】A.again B.more C.instead D.later 【10】A.steps B.control C.charge D.risks 【11】A.acted B.improved C.looked D.reflected 【12】A.easily B.carefully C.confidently D.proudly 【13】A.recognized B.introduced C.identified D.considered 【14】A.realized B.decided C.confirmed D.acknowledged 【15】A.below B.with C.of D.by 【16】A.discovered B.developed C.took D.fostered 【17】A.accept B.care C.judge D.wonder 【18】A.bored B.lazy C.sad D.afraid 【19】A.curiosity B.patience C.trust D.interest 【20】A.accessible B.enjoyable C.possible D.favorable |
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语篇填空在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。 A few years ago, after a long morning of sightseeing in New York, my children and I took a rest on a park bench in Central Park. “Look!” my son said, 【1】 (point) to a nearby rubbish bin. That’s when we saw our first raccoon (浣熊). Quite at home in the big city, he paid us no attention, concentrating only on finding a 【2】 (taste) lunch. He sorted through a few options before coming out with a wrapped sandwich 【3】 (hold) between his paws. 【4】 (surprise), rather than run away, he jumped down and walked casually to a spot on the path, not a metre from 【5】 we sat. The children were spellbound, the raccoon providing better 【6】 (entertain) than any museum. He glanced at us, perhaps checking to see 【7】 we were about to steal his lunch. 【8】 his fingers, he peeled back the layers of plastic wrap until the half-eaten sandwich 【9】 (uncover). Then he surprised us all. Instead of starting his food, he 【10】 (turn) to a nearby pool of water and dipped his paws in. With a casual air, he rubbed his paws together underwater for a moment, brushed his fur, then started gracefully picking at his meal. |
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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。 Challenges of life are of great importance in our grow. They remind me my days in senior high school which I joined in the military training. It was the first time I have lived away from my home, so I found it difficult to fit in. And the training officer was strict in me. I once thought I couldn’t stick to the end. But anyway, I was succeeded. The efforts made it much easy for me to get used to life, but the difficulties I came across have now become a precious memory in my life. In short, learning to regard the challenges of life as a stepping stone to future success and make a best of them. |
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假定你是李华，计划组织一次郊游，请给你的外教Mark或Ben写封邮件邀请他参加。 内容包括： 1. 参加者； 2. 时间、地点； 3. 活动安排。 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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