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Join us in the summer in Oxford on our award-winning Oxford Summer School,which provides students from all over the world with the chance to live,study and have dinner in colleges of the University of Oxford. Merton College The foundation of Merton dates back to 1264.The college's library is the oldest library in the university, built in three stages from 1288 to 1378. Merton has a desirable city-centre location just off the High Street, although stepping into its peaceful gardens can make the hustle and bustle(喧器) of everyday Oxford seem a million miles away. Oxford Royale Summer School students staying at Merton College are guaranteed easy access to Oxford's many attractions and amenities(便利设施) with key historical sites on their doorstep.The college has a reputation for academic excellence. The Queen's College The Queen's College is one of Oxford's oldest and most central colleges, located on the High Street in the city centre.It was founded in 1341 and named after Queen Philippa of Hainault.Owing to its central location,Oxford Royale Summer School students staying at the Queen's College will have easy access to Oxford's many attractions and amenities. St Peter's College St Peter's is one of the University of Oxford's youngest colleges.It was founded in 1929 as an independent hostel for students with the aim of providing low-cost education.In 1961,St Peter's became a college of the university.The college site includes a combination of different styles of architecture,with a mixture of traditional and modern buildings. Recently the college sports teams have been very successful,especially the boat club. St Catherine's College St Catherine's College is the University of Oxford's youngest undergraduate college,founded in 1962.The striking glass and concrete buildings were designed by Arne Jacobsen,combining modern building materials with the traditional college.The college is also proud of numerous Nobel Prize winners,including Sir John Vane and John E.Walker.St Catherine's College is a short walk away from Oxford's citycentre. 【1】What can you do if you go to Merton College? A.Live in modern buildings. B.Visit the Nobel Museum. C.Shop in the High Street. D.Join the boat club. 【2】How is St Catherine's College different from the other three colleges? A.It is close to Oxford's city-centre. B.It is younger than the other schools. C.It has many traditional buildings. D.It is known for its academic excellence. 【3】If you are fond of sports activities, you can go to____. A.St Peter's College B.Merton College C.the Queen's College D.St Catherine's College |
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Culture shock is a broad term for the series of personal difficulties that people go through in new places.It's usually most extreme for those who can't speak the language of the place they have moved to,or for those who aren't familiar with the social rules.Both of these things applied to me in China when I moved there in 2011. So,naturally,I went through the four well-known stages of culture shock:honeymoon,distress（痛苦），re-integration(重新融入）and autonomy(独立自主）。 When I arrived,I was excited and optimistic,but I quickly became irritated(恼火的）by cultural differences,missing how things worked back home. By the end of my first year,I had totally lost my self-confidence;I was a bitter,clumsy and sensitive person,and I blamed China for making me that way. Then,in my second year,I started to pick up some language skills,and I found fun activities to do in my spare time.I made great foreign and Chinese friends,and I developed an interest in Chinese history and culture. I learned to consider myself a confident and happy laowai. Today I'm back in the US,where I'm pursuing a PhD at a university in my hometown.It's been a little tough to readjust to life in my home country.I suffered at first from"reverse"culture shock, experiencing the four stages in the opposite order. I started out feeling independent and self-confident,before slowly realizing that I knew my country much less well than I used to.I'd complain loudly about little things,like how I could no longer shout"fuwuyuan!"to get a waiter's attention in a restaurant. But eventually,I came to realize that what I had thought was my"home"had become an entirely new place while I'd been away.That,by itself,was exciting. 【1】Which of the following least helped the author ease his culture shock in China? A.By learning the Chinese language. B.By making local friends. C.By joining in fun activities. D.By attending history courses. 【2】Which stage of culture shock does Paragraph 4 mainly describe? A.Distress. B.Honeymoon. C.Re-integration. D.Autonomy. 【3】What does the word"reverse"mean in Paragraph 7? A.Exchange the position. B.Stop having a particular position. C.Change the order of something around. D.Change the previous decision. 【4】When the author went back to the US,what did he do? A.He moved to a new place with his family. B.He felt relaxed in a more familiar culture. C.He missed his life in China very much. D.He found it difficult to adapt to life there. |
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From a distance, they look like nothing more than thin red lines on the horizon, easily lost in the rough blue of the Atlantic Ocean. But get closer and the significance of the 140m-long tubes becomes apparent: they are the beginning of an entirely new industry in the hunt for clean power. Yesterday, the red snake-like objects were laid as part of the world's, first wave-power station, off the coast of the northern Portuguese town of Agucadoura. The project marks the latest step in Portugal's moves to become a leader in developing renewable energy sources. At the heart of the power station are three round wave energy converters(转换器), designed and built by a British company Pelamis Wave Power. Moving up and down on the endless supply of waves in the open sea, they change the motion into electricity, without sending out any of the carbon dioxide responsible for warming the planet. The Pelamis wave machines will produce 2.25 Megawatt(MW兆瓦), enough for the annual needs of about 1,500 homes. Eventually, the station will be expanded with a further 25 Pelamis machines so that it can produce up to 21MW of power. That will save 60,000 tons of CO2 per year compared with a conventional fossil fuel plant. “The future of wave energy starts today,” said ManuelPinho, Portugal's economics minister. “Portugal wants to be good in renewable energy. We are among the top five in the world, and we are just in the beginning of the process. We think this can create an industrial revolution and a lot of opportunities for jobs and research and we want to lead the trend.” In addition to this flagship wave power, the Portuguese are spending large amounts of money on other renewable technologies. In the past three years, the country has enlarged 3 times its hydroelectric capacity and 4 times its wind power sources-northern Portugal has the world's biggest wind farm. They are already spending &250m on more than 2,500 solar panels to build the world's largest solar farm near the small town of Moura in eastern Portugal. It will have twice the area of London's Hyde Park and supply 45MW of electricity each year, enough to power 30,000 homes. 【1】What are the tubes in the water used to do? A.To decorate the coast. B.To hunt for ocean animals. C.To take advantage of the waves. D.To prevent huge waves in the ocean. 【2】How will the wave power station benefit the country? A.There will be less unemployment. B.Industry have been fast developed. C.Fewer waves will damage the coast. D.Carbon dioxide will be reduced. 【3】What can we infer from the text? A.Portugal is rich in new energy resources. B.Portugal is short of renewable energy. C.Portugal's solar plant will be as large as London's Hyde Park. D.Portugal will bring in technologies to develop wave and solar energy. 【4】What is the best title for the text? A.The Future of Renewable Energy Starts Today B.Portugal's Moves to Employ Ocean's Power C.The Fossil Energy Is to Be out of Date D.Clean Energy Is on Its Way in Portugal |
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Most credit cards today use magnetic strips(磁条) that hold the encrypted(加密)data about the owner's bank account and personal identification number called a PIN. Other credit cards hold the data in memory chips that communicate wirelessly with card readers. Both systems are easy to be attacked. Criminals can secretly find a way to enter the computer systems of the banks or retailers(零售商), and steal the data illegally or,as in the case of Target,disturb the card readers in stores by implanting virus. Now, scientists in Britain say they are developing a way to make encrypted data more secure by storing it in the plastic itself. Gordon Smith, a retired professor at Warwick Manufacturing Group, at the University of Warwick, says researchers are using a plastic molding(模具) machine to encrypt data with the colors of the card. "As it's making that plastic from a molten plastic into a solid component, we are moving the pigments(颜料) so that they form specific images.The way the pigment is arranged in a particular way inside the plastic ensures the security of the data.When the card is passed through a special scanner,similar to magnetic strip readers,the software reads the fixed image containing the data."When we first developed the images within the plastic,it looked as though it would just be an artistic aspect to it,but then we've realized that once we could make it covert,we could color the plastic so that the image was hidden,then it became something a lot more special. Smith admits the system could be compromised if someone discovers how the card was made, but says that's unlikely. The counterfeiter would need to have access to an injection molding machine that costs more than $300,000. The patent for this new method is not yet officially recognized,and it has not been used commercially at all. But Smith says some credit card companies have already indicated they are interested in the technology. 【1】How do criminals threaten today's credit cards? A.By robbing the users and damaging their cards. B.By stealing the cards from banks or supermarkets. C.By copying the card readers and using them in stores. D.By programming the computer with virus to damage the data. 【2】What can we know about the new way of encrypting data? A.The data is not stored in the computer. B.The data is secured by the colors of the card. C.The data is invisible to criminals. D.The data is hidden in a complex chip. 【3】Why will the new encrypting system be much safer? A.The card is made of plastics. B.The system is secured with memory chips. C.The injection molding machine is expensive. D.Credit card companies will produce the cards secretly. 【4】What does the underlined word "counterfeiter" refer to in Paragraph 3? A.Criminal. B.Inventor. C.Discoverer. D.Banker. |
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As the coronavirus outbreak continues,many Americans are fearful of using public transportation.They also are looking for ways to get exercise without having to go to a gym,as well as ways to enjoy the outdoors. 【1】 In the United States,bicycles at big stores like Walmart have sold out.And small bicycle stores cannot keep up with demand for"family-style"bicycles:the low-cost,easy-to-ride models. The bicycle industry is seeing its biggest sales increase since the oil crisis of the 1970s.The increase in bicycle demand began in March as countries began to close down. 【2】 All bicycle sales,including those for children,are up 100 percent from the year before. 【3】 Cities like Manila in the Philippines and Rome,Italy have created bicycle paths for the growing number of people who want to avoid public transportation.In London,city officials plan to bar cars from some central roads. Of course,you can only buy a bicycle if you can find one bicycle.In the U.S.,the shortages now mean it may take many months to get one.【4】The U.S.buys 90 percent of its bicycles from China.Bicycle factories there were shut down to stop the spread of COVID-19. In Bar Harbor,Maine,Brian Smith bought a new bicycle for one of his daughters.She is a competitive swimmer who could not get to the pool to practice. His family now goes for rides several times a day.Bicycling helps them all get exercise and enjoy the fresh air.【5】＂It's fun. Maybe that's the bottom line.It's really fun to ride bikes,"Smith said. A.But what's the biggest reason they go on rides? B.High demand is not the only reason for the shortage. C.Then who has benefited greatest from riding bikes? D.The rise in bicycle sales is not happening just in the United States. E.In April,the sale of bicycles for adults increased 200 percent in the United States. F.However,no bicycles have been imported from abroad like China since the end of last year. G.So,it may not be surprising that the pandemic(流行病）has led to a major increase in bicycle sales. |
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The train departed from Lagos-Nigeria's largest city-every Friday at noon.When we arrived at the station at 9 a.m.,the ticket lines were already_______. When the _______ began,passengers sitting everywhere appeared _______to see Nigeria by train.The _______cost between$12 and$30."It's cheaper than the bus and much safer than travelling on the _______,” said Aisha Muhammad Shuaib, a passenger sitting next to me."I'm _______ the bad road.You know, I once went from Kano to Lagos,I took the same bus with armed robbers. You can _______? Eight armed robbers were on the bus when we were heading to Lagos!" As we made our way out of town,passengers watched the hot southern countryside _______. The train usually moved much slower than the promised speed of 50 kilometers an hour. _______At every station-stop,locals cried noisily to sell sodas, bags of water, nuts and fruit. By nightfall we were________in the south. The next morning the________ changed, and we arrived in the dry north. Despite the progress, the atmosphere ________in the economy cars.At every stop overnight,more and more passengers got on.Some of us had been ________ for the past five or eight hours. As the day wore on,it only got. ________ By afternoon,the train was so.________ that every bit of floor space was taken and ________ was even piled in bathrooms. We reached Kaduna around 6 o'clock.Security workers: ________ us we were now in one of the most dangerous regions known for ________and we had to be on our toes. After 37 and a half hours,around 1:30 in the morning,the train finally rolled into the dark Kano train station.The ________ passengers got off the train and continued to hit the road. Back on the train, all staff ________ for the ride back across Nigeria. If something is worthwhile, it is enjoyable or useful, and worth the time, money, or effort that is spent on it. 【1】A.strange B.attractive C.serious D.thick 【2】A.ceremony B.program C.journey D.service 【3】A.lucky B.confident C.eager D.content 【4】A.lunch B.ticket C.seat D.accommodation 【5】A.roads B.flights C.carriers D.camels 【6】A.exploring B.enjoying C.fearing D.constructing 【7】A.shout B.escape C.rise D.imagine 【8】A.burst in B.go over C.pass by.. D.end up: 【9】A.maximum B.comfortable C.theoretical D.assumed 【10】A.suddenly B.still C.certainly D.thus 【11】A.direction B.climate C.destination D.scenery 【12】A.darkened B.simplified C.lost D.concentrated 【13】A.walking B.standing C.sleeping D.quarreling 【14】A.colder B.faster C.wilder D.worse 【15】A.packed B.quiet C.precious D.elegant 【16】A.furniture B.equipment C.luggage D.food 【17】A.advised B.warned C.frightened D.persuaded 【18】A.tourism B.disasters C.history D.violence 【19】A.exhausted B.scared C.optimistic D.nervous 【20】A.longed B.prepared C.searched D.applied |
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阅读下面短文，在空白处填人1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 According to a new review of research about good mood(心情）and physical activity,people who exercise even once a week or for as little as 10 minutes a day tends to be more cheerful than those who never exercise.And any type of exercise may be 【1】 （help). The idea 【2】moving can affect our mood is not new.A number of past studies have noted that 【3】（physical)active people have much 【4】（low)risks of developing depression and anxiety.But fewer past studies explored links between physical activity and positive feelings,especially in people who already were psychologically healthy. So for the new review 【5】（publish)in the Journal of Happiness Studies,researchers at the University of Michigan decided to collect and 【6】（analysis)multiple past studies on 99 exercising and happiness. They 【7】(begin)by searching through research databases for relevant studies.And for most of them,the Michigan researchers found exercise was strongly linked to happiness.The type of exercise did not seem 【8】（matter).Some happy people walked or jogged. 【9】 practiced yoga-style movements and stretching.And 【10】amount of exercise needed to influence happiness was slight.But more movement generally contributed to greater happiness. |
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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（A),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 weekend, I went to the country to visit Grandma Ann. When I arrived at, Grandma Ann was very glad to see me. I am very happy to find her still full of energy, healthy and happy. I tasted delicious dumplings what Grandma Ann had prepared for me. In addition to enjoy a rich and delicious meal, there was also an inspiring spiritually meal. Grandma Ann showed me many fans making by her. They are like fine work of art. I brought a fan home next day, and also brought back her spirit of being enthusiastic about art or life. I hope it can always inspire myself. |
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你校正在组织英语作文比赛，请以你喜爱的某个城市为题；写一篇短文参赛，内容包括： 1.城市简介； 2.喜爱的原因。 注意： 1.词数100左右； 2.短文题目和首句已为你写好。 The city I love There are countless cities in the world. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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