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The Worlds' Best Bookshops There's nothing like being surrounded by books， wherever you are． Here are the finest oases of literature that travellers can bring you． Daikanyama T﹣site | Tokyo It is well worth visiting even if just to admire the building's beautiful， crisscrossed architecture． Once you've had your fill of roaming three floors' worth of bookshelves， there's the bar， the coffee shop， or even the video rental space to give you more reason to stay just that little bit longer． Grab a book， order a beer and dive into its pages． I could have stayed hours here． City Lights | San Francisco The three﹣storey establishment publishes and sells titles in poetry， fiction， translation， politics， history and the arts． It hosts events and readings， and runs a non﹣profit of the same name that aims to promote diversity of voices and ideas in literature． It's opposite Vesuvio， a bar frequented by Kerouac and other Beat﹣generation writers and artists． Shakespeare and Company | Paris I made a special trip to the Left Bank for this one when I was in Paris． It has two floors packed with English﹣language texts， and I was particularly struck by any spare wall space devoted to notes from visitors ﹣ heartfelt messages to a loved one， dedications to the shop itself， or a quote from a favourite author or philosopher． Hutatma Chowk | Mumbai A few years ago I visited India， investigating Rudyard Kipling's connections with the country． I spotted a cheap copy of The Jungle Book on one of the tarp﹣covered book stalls at Hutatma Chowk （Martyrs' Square）． The booksellers here are like amateur librarians， able to lay their hands on almost any title you ask for． To me， those well﹣thumbed （翻旧了的） books spoke volumes about the changes of Mumbai's readers in the 150 years since the city gave us Kipling． 【1】In which bookshop can you buy a drink while visiting？ A.Daikanyama T﹣site. B.City Lights. C.Shakespeare and Company. D.Hutatma Chowk. 【2】What can be learned about the book stalls at Hutatma Chowk？ A.People can meet Rudyard Kipling there． B.They sell the cheapest books in the world． C.The book owners are amateur librarians． D.The sellers are familiar with the books． 【3】What do the four bookstores have in common？ A.They are beautifully designed． B.They are three﹣storey buildings． C.They offer book lovers good experience． D.They are frequently visited by great writers． |
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I never meant to be a teacher. I watched my mother over the years, and I knew it wasn’t for me. Going back to school to learn French and then teach the language, our mother had changed the center of her world when we were pre-teens. When we went to bed, I knew how worried she could be over her students when they were troubled and how much of their stress she took on herself. What I didn’t realize was this life she’d chosen offered her deep rewards. As I grew up, I fell in love with a French-speaking Swiss man who asked me to marry him and move to Switzerland. Years later, when I found myself back in my hometown with a small child and a love of my second language, a chance arose for me to join my mother’s world of education, and I accepted. I landed in a primary school in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. From the first week, I knew I’d stick with teaching. This is the most challenging experience I’ve ever had, and absolutely the best. I teach French, and I have never felt so much excitement as when I receive smiles from children, or praise from other teachers. Most of my students have not traveled outside the town where they live, and for some, a trip to the city museum proves the most adventurous experience in their lives. If I could somehow open the world to these children, and if I could push them a bit, to dream of living in a bigger word, they may work harder and maybe one day venture beyond their neighborhood. I work late into each night creating lessons and activities for the following day, trying to come up with ways to attract my students and connect them to the larger world. I also plan to go back to school for further study so that I can also teach science, math, social studies, reading and writing. 【1】Why did the author say no to teaching at first? A.She didn’t like to work with children. B.It would take up too much of her time and energy. C.Her mother wanted her to do something else. D.She wasn’t sure if she could do it well. 【2】When did the author fall in love with teaching? A.When she had her own child. B.During the time when she lived abroad. C.Immediately after she started teaching. D.When she learnt about her students’ dreams. 【3】What can we learn about the author’s students? A.Their lives are mostly limited to their hometown. B.Most of them come from poor families. C.They knew nothing about French in the beginning. D.They work hard and dream big. 【4】What does the author want to do in the near future? A.Work in her mother’s school. B.Experiment with new teaching methods. C.Teach more languages besides French. D.Receive further education in teaching. |
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For many, traveling is a way to escape the worst parts of daily life. But what if a travel destination witnessed terrible events, like war, genocide（大屠杀）or nuclear fallout? Would you still want to visit? There’s a growing phenomenon called “dark tourism” people visit sites associated with death and human suffering. “It’s living on the edge almost -if you go to a place where people have really died,” Karel Werdler, a senior lecturer in history at InHolland University in the Netherlands, told CNN. When people go to traditional tourist spots, like Disneyland, or some wonders of the world, they may feel happy to enjoy something interesting or new. Dark tourism, however, not only provides that novelty（新奇）but also can make them feel lucky that their problems are so small in comparison. According to the Guardian, “Dark tourism to some extent relies on the reverse（颠倒）of the old equation（方程式）of more familiar tourism.” For many people, these sites offer a way to reflect on the mistakes of the past and the lessons we can learn from history. For example, Chernobyl, in the Ukraine, is one of the most popular dark destinations. When its nuclear reactor（核反应堆）exploded in 1984, it released a radioactive（放射性的）cloud so devastating that the surrounding area will remain uninhabitable（不适宜居住的）for 20,000 years. Despite the destruction and danger of the still present radiation, nearly 72,000 people visited the area last year, reports the BBC. One of these was Li Yimeng, who went on a tour of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. During the tour she saw the homes of the power plant’s former workers, deserted classrooms, and an abandoned playground. “I experienced a whole range of emotions as I saw the area where they used to live, which is now a wasteland,” she told China Daily. She also emphasized the need to show respect when visiting locations like Chernobyl. Though dark tourism is related to death and dying, “it tells us more about life and the living”, The Sun noted. 【1】What is the main idea of the article? A.Comparison among different types of travel. B.Information of a new travel trend. C.Reasons why readers should get involved in dark tourism. D.Introduction to one of the most popular dark destinations. 【2】What makes dark tourism different from traditional tourism? A.It is more boring and unpleasant. B.It is more popular with young people. C.The destination usually has a dark past. D.The scene teaches people how to face death. 【3】What does the underlined word “devastating” in Paragraph 7 probably mean? A.Dark. B.Mysterious. C.Enormous. D.Destructive. 【4】What does the author try to show with the example of Li Yimeng? A.Dark tourism reminds people to take action to avoid disasters. B.Dark tourism can be a scary experience. C.Dark tourism makes people think about life. D.Dark tourism warns people to be cautious about high technology. |
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We’ve known for years that plants can see, hear, smell and communicate with chemicals. Now, reported New Scientist, they have been recorded making sounds when stressed. In a yet-to-be-published study, Itzhak Khait and his team at Tel Aviv University, in Israel, found that tomato and tobacco plants can make ultrasonic（超声的）noises. The plants “cry out” due to lack of water, or when their stems are cut. It’s just too high-pitched（音调高的）for humans to hear. Microphones placed 10 centimeters away from the plants picked up sounds in the ultrasonic range of 20 to 100 kilohertz（千赫兹）. Human hearing usually ranges from 20 hertz to 20 kilohertz. “These findings can alter the way we think about the plant kingdom,” they wrote. On average, “thirsty” tomato plants made 35 sounds an hour, while tobacco plants made 11. When plant stems were cut, tomato plants made an average of 25 sounds in the following hour, and tobacco plants 15. Unstressed plants produced fewer than one sound per hour, on average. Perhaps most interestingly, different types of stress led to different sounds. The researchers trained a machine-learning model to separate the plants’ sounds from those of the wind, rain and other noises of the greenhouse. In most cases, it correctly identified whether the stress was caused by dryness or a cut, based on a sound’s intensity and frequency. Water-hungry tobacco appears to make louder sounds than cut tobacco, for example. Although Khait and his colleagues only looked at tomato and tobacco plants, they think other plants also make sounds when stressed. If farmers could hear these sounds, said the team, they could give water to the plants that need it most. As climate change causes more droughts, they said this would be important information for farmers. “The sounds that drought-stressed plants make could be used in precision agriculture（精准农业）,” said Anne Visscher at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in the UK. Khait’s report also suggests that insects and mammals can hear the sounds up to 5 meters away and respond. For example, a moth may decide not to lay eggs on a water-stressed plant. Edward Farmer, at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, is doubtful. He said that the idea of moths listening to plants is “a little too speculative”. If plants are screaming for fear of their survival, should we be thankful we can’t hear them? 【1】What did Khait and his team find from their research? A.Plants made low-pitched sounds when in danger. B.Plants were able to produce sounds in response to stresses. C.Plants picked up a wider range of sounds when stressed. D.Plants made ultrasonic noises to communicate with each other. 【2】How did tomato and tobacco plants react to different stresses according to the text? A.A plant reacted to different stresses with the same sound. B.Cut tobacco plants seemed to make weaker sounds than drought-stressed ones. C.Cut tomato plants produced more sounds per hour than water-hungry ones. D.Tobacco plants might make louder sounds than tomato plants when short of water. 【3】What’s the main idea of Paragraph 6? A.Challenges facing farmers in the future. B.Farmers’ contributions to the research. C.The potential applications of the research. D.What the future agriculture will be like. 【4】What is Edward Farmert’s attitude towards the research? A.negative B.positive C.neutral D.indifferent |
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Whoever wrote the song “it’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” must have never experienced Holiday blues. Fortunately, psychological research suggests some effective ways you can beat the holiday blues. The key point is that sadness and other tough emotions are not what we should try to avoid. 【1】. Here are four strategies to help you make your own happiness recipe this holiday season. Don’t force cheer At family gatherings with cousins you secretly can’t stand, you tend to put on a happy face. Indeed, that might even seem like the most mature response—no drama, no conflict. But a 2011 study followed dozens of bus drivers, looking to see when they gave forced or honest smiles at their passengers. The results showed when the drivers pretended to have a good mood, their actual moods got worse. 【2】 Let off sadness The results of the bus-driver study can be explained by researchers, who find that negative feelings like sadness or anger only increase when we try to control them. 【3】. We don’t like contradictory behavior. Respond cautiously Recently, scientists have been paying special attention to the benefits of caution. When you respond cautiously to an emotional trigger (e.g. overcooking the holiday turkey), you pause rather than reacting at once. 【4】. Besides, it is associated with less anxiety, and may even carry physiological benefits. 【5】 Of course, the holidays will bring a mix of highs and lows, but the most important lesson to keep in mind is that this variety of emotions might be the best thing possible for your overall well-being. In other words, sadness, anger, and other difficult emotions are nothing to fear. Just make sure you’re balancing them with lighter experiences. And don’t forget to give yourself a break. A. Relax your mind B. Enjoy a mix of emotions C. We tend to deny the important function emotions serve D. Instead, they can help contribute to a healthy and happy life E. So trying to force happiness seems to have the opposite effects F. A cautious response to a negative event reduces sadness we experience G. We feel bad when our appearance contradicts how we truly feel inside |
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An Amazon order starts with a tap of a finger. Two days later— or even in a matter of hours — the package arrives. It seems simple enough. But to deliver Amazon_______and countless others from businesses that_______over the internet, the basic structure of major urban areas around the world is being_______. And New York City, where more than 1.5 million packages are delivered_______, shows that this push for_______is having impacts on traffic, roadway safety and pollution. Delivery _______operated by UPS and FedEx double-park on streets,_______bus and bike lanes. They got more than 471,000 parking violations last year, a 34 percent increase from 2013. The main_______for packages into New York City, leading to the George Washington Bridge from New Jersey, has become the most ___________interchange in the country. Trucks heading toward the bridge____________at 23 miles per hour, down from 30 m.p.h. five years ago. While the________of ride-hailing services like Uber has unquestionably caused more________, the sudden increase of trucks has________the problem.________, cars in the busiest parts of Manhattan now move just above a jogger ,s pace, about 7 m.p.h., roughly 23 percent________than at the beginning of the decade. Amazon did not________a request for comment on the________of its deliveries on growing traffic jams in New York. Other companies, including FedEx and UPS, said they were using technology and taking other measures to make deliveries less________on crowded streets. New York City officials say they have________to better manage truck traffic on the streets. “The city is experimenting with enforcement (强制) and ________management regulations to address this growing challenge.”said Polly Trottenberg, the city's transportation commissioner. 【1】A.orders B.possessions C.symbols D.matters 【2】A.put B.sell C.knock D.get 【3】A.greeted B.transformed C.separated D.handled 【4】A.shortly B.swiftly C.daily D.monthly 【5】A.growth B.benefit C.progress D.convenience 【6】A.goods B.workers C.trucks D.business 【7】A.blocking B.protecting C.replacing D.damaging 【8】A.entryway B.zone C.trip D.terminal 【9】A.privileged B.complicated C.sacred D.jammed 【10】A.drive B.twist C.travel D.kick 【11】A.stress B.rise C.support D.restriction 【12】A.traffic B.packages C.unrest D.targets 【13】A.postponed B.improved C.worsened D.addressed 【14】A.Consequently B.Initially C.Significantly D.Reliably 【15】A.lower B.weaker C.steeper D.slower 【16】A.refer to B.respond to C.give out D.put forward 【17】A.effect B.development C.suspension D.basis 【18】A.parallel B.alternative C.burdensome D.tiresome 【19】A.made way B.taken a risk C.made contributions D.taken steps 【20】A.creative B.important C.meaningful D.severe |
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阅读下面材料，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。 In August, cases of a mysterious severe lung disease rocked the health society, 【1】 doctors looking for the cause of the illness. They found the link between vaping and lung disease. Now, there are 805 lung injury cases reported across 46 states in the United States. There had been twelve 【2】(death) reported, and all cases reported a history of e-cigarette use. E-cigarette use poses a significant and avoidable health risk to young people in the United States. Besides increasing the 【3】(possible) of addiction and long-term harm to brain development and respiratory health, e-cigarette use 【4】(associate) with the use of other tobacco products that can do even 【5】(great) damage to the body. Even breathing in e-cigarette smoke that someone else has breathed out 【6】(carry) health risks. It is important to prevent harm to youth and young adults from e-cigarettes. Everyone has 【7】 role, including parents, health care providers, teachers, and those 【8】 work with and care about young people. A visit to a health care professional is a great chance 【9】(educate) your child on the potential risks of e-cigarette use. Ask your provider to discuss these health risks, including nicotine addiction and the impact of nicotine on the 【10】(develop) brain, etc. |
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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。 I lost both parents at the age of 18. I would get up early to deliver newspapers to supporting my daily expenses. Then I would rush home to make breakfast, eat quick and then go to school. One morning, the boy named Jimmy came over. He said his parents wanted to talk to me. Jimmy’s mother gave me a delicious breakfast, and Jimmy’s father gave me a new bicycle. I tell him I didn’t have any money, and he said it was a gift. He told me that my newspaper editor was a friend of him and had told him about my parents. I was so much thankful that I didn’t have to walk to work and school anymore! Many years later, I realized that getting that bicycle had changed my life so many ways. And I learned what helping people is a good thing. But that helping people according to their actually needs is the best thing. |
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假定你是李华，现在是中山大学(Sun Yat-sen University)大一新生，高三时在李老师的帮助下，英语进步很大，为表示感谢，给李老师写一封感谢信。要点如下： 1. 梦想成真，考上理想大学； 2. 因为李老师的辅导和鼓励，英语由差变好； 3. 对老师祝福。 注意： 1. 词数100左右； 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯； 3. 开头语和结束语已为你写好。 Dear Miss Li, __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours sincerely, Li Hua |
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