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Best Wine Club Gifts Here are the best wine club gifts that you can give to yourself or your beloved ones this month. Vinebox Club: for the person that’s scared of commitment To get started with Vinebox, you’ll just take a quiz on your favorite flavors and tastes. Then Vinebox will select 3 or 6 different brands of wines and send them straight to your door. Enjoy their surprise! Cost: $ 27 a box Winc Choice: for the new wine drinker Just note that when you’re gifting a Winc subscription, the gift receiver isn’t going to get a box. Instead, it will be a Winc gift card that offers him a variety of choices. Cost: You choose the amount that you want to gift. Cellars Wine Club: for the picky wine drinker From international to local wines, and all the way from sweets to 90+ point offerings, there’s an amazing wine club out there. For lovers of sweet wines, its Sweet Club series, which offers sweeter wines, like moscato d'asti and rieslings, is perfect. Cost: $29-$79 a month. Blend (混酿酒) Club: for the on-the-go wine drinker You can choose between a red blend, a white blend, a rosé blend, or all three in their variety pack subscription. Cost: Get the first 3 blends at only $27 for subscription, or $12 per blend. 【1】What is special about Winc Choice? A.It offers a variety of colorful sweet wines. B.It only sells wines to the registered members. C.The gift receiver will get a card to choose his favorite wines. D.The gift receiver needs to take a test on his favorite flavors. 【2】How much will you pay if you just buy a white blend? A.$9. B.$12. C.$27. D.$39. 【3】Which club requires its customers to make monthly subscriptions? A.Vinebox Club. B.Cellars Wine Club. C.Blend Club. D.Winc Choice. |
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It is a well accepted assumption that students come to colleges to get good grades and that they are usually too busy to do anything else. But Connie Snyder Mick, an academic director of the Center for Social Concerns at the University of Notre Dame, says it is just half of the truth. There are many volunteering centers like hers at the colleges and universities in the United States. Mick says these centers help students seek an experience that may not be directly related to a student’s academic progress, but that is still important. Volunteering is not uncommon in higher education. Many college groups organize volunteer events for different causes. Officials in charge of student housing often organize such events to help build a sense of community. Participation in these kinds of activities is good for students, Mick says. For example, the busy nature of college life can create a lot of stress for students. Doing something completely unrelated to a student's studies can help calm them by putting their mind on other things. For a more meaningful addition to their college experience. Mick urges students to visit centers like the one she heads. She says these centers exist to create volunteer opportunities that are more complex and meaningful than just a day spent cleaning a local park or raising money, for example. Such volunteering centers often partner with local organizations that serve the people of the nearby communities. Even for students with little interest in building a connection with the local communities, there is still value in what volunteer centers have to offer, Mick says. She notes some opportunities can push students to use what they are learning in the classroom out in the real world and having that kind of experience can make a student appealing to employers in the years to come. 【1】What does the underlined word “that” in paragraph 2 refer to? A.Academic progress. B.College education. C.Volunteering experience. D.Center for Social Concerns. 【2】What is the housing officials’ main purpose in organizing those events? A.To give students good part-time jobs. B.To raise money for different celebrations. C.To help build a closer bond among the students. D.To improve the living conditions for the students. 【3】How can these centers’ activities benefit the students according to Mick? A.By helping them focus on their study. B.By offering chances to test their knowledge. C.By protecting them from the local communities. D.By increasing their competitiveness in the job market. 【4】What is the best title for the text? A.Colorful College Life in the USA B.Guidelines for Volunteering Center Selection C.Volunteering: a Meaningful Addition to College Life D.A Valuable Platform: Mick's Center for Social Concerns |
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A research paper recently reported that the Chinese paddlefish (中华鲟) — one of the world’s largest freshwater fish — has been declared extinct. Scientists say the Chinese paddlefish and its close relatives have been around for at least 200 million years. The species, reaching up to seven meters in length, survived unimaginable changes, such as the mass extinction that killed the dinosaurs. But there’s one phenomenon this ancient species, sometimes called the “panda of the Yangtze”, could not survive humans. Their huge size and plentiful flesh made them a popular target for fishermen and a welcome addition to inner tables in China. In the 1970s, 25 tons of paddlefish were harvested per year on average. But the construction of the Gezhouba Dam on the Yangtze forever changed the Yangtze River habitat of paddlefish, because it was constructed without a fish ladder or sideway and cut off the paddlefish from their only breeding (繁殖) grounds upstream. Populations of the fish continued to decrease after the completion of the dam in 1981, but nobody had yet figured out how terrible the situation was. As is often the case, there can be a significant delay between major disturbances and their consequence. The researchers say the fish had become functionally extinct by 1993, meaning there were not enough fish to meaningfully reproduce. Pan Wenjing is an ocean expert with Greenpeace East Asia. She told The Associated Press the extinction of the Chinese paddlefish was “a huge loss” for nature. She said the development confirms that the Yangtze River is experiencing major environmental damage. “The ecosystem of the Yangtze River is close to its breaking point due to human activity in past decades.” Pan said. “The paddlefish’s extinction should serve as a wake-up call to protect other freshwater species. Moving forward, we need to balance the needs of humans with the needs of life in rivers and seas. Humans should not live alone on this planet.” 【1】What can we say about the Chinese paddlefish? A.It is the largest fish. B.It appeared earlier than dinosaurs. C.It is a kind of ancient fish. D.It was a welcome dish for the fishermen. 【2】What is paragraph 4 mainly about? A.The design problems of the Gezhouba Dam. B.The worsening ecosystem in the Yangtze River. C.The population development of the Chinese paddlefish. D.The main reason for the dying out of the Chinese paddlefish. 【3】How does Pan Wenjing feel about the extinction of the Chinese paddlefish? A.Angry. B.Doubtful. C.Worried. D.Unconcerned. 【4】In which section of The Associated Press may this text most probably appear? A.Environment. B.Science. C.Culture. D.Tourism |
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Thousands of teenagers face rising lack of sleep and the number of admissions to hospitals has been increasing over the past six years. Rating it just behind obesity (肥胖症), anxiety and mental health, experts have described it the fourth hidden health disaster for teenagers. Data from NHS Digital show that admissions with sleep disorders among those aged 19 and under have risen from 605,200 in 2013 to 940,290 in 2019, although sleep disorders in the other age groups have fallen noticeably at the same period of time. Mandy Gurney from Millpond Sleep Clinic, a private children’s sleep clinic in London, said that there was a 30% rise in sleep-related disorders among teenagers last year. “It is a very worrying increase, especially if this rate keeps going up,” Gurney said. She added that prescriptions for melatonin, a hormone (荷尔蒙) the body produces naturally in reaction to darkness and helps prepare us for sleep, had also risen. “We feel that the rise in sleep problems is very much based on anxiety — school pressure, peer pressure and, in particular, social media addiction.” Vicki Dawson, founder of the Children's Sleep Charity, said her organization was flooded by families’ calls seeking help. She said the rise in sleep disorders was partly due to the blue light from screens that suppresses the production of melatonin. “We are increasingly seeing families where both parents are out working, which means that traditional bedtime routines may be rushed or abandoned all together,” she said. “More often than not, children are left to the company of screens.” 【1】What can we learn from Mandy Gurney’s words? A.Melatonin is an effective cure for sleep disorders. B.Sleep problems are becoming the most serious health crisis. C.It is the social media that lead to the sleep disorders among the students. D.She is particularly concerned about the fast rise of sleep disorders among teenagers. 【2】Which of the following best explains the underlined word “suppresses” in paragraph 4? A.Multiply. B.Changes. C.Reduces. D.Monitors. 【3】Where can you find the data that best support “sleep disorders are on the rise among teenagers”? A.In paragraph 1. B.In paragraph 2. C.In paragraph 3. D.In paragraph 4. 【4】What is the text mainly about? A.The serious consequences of lack of sleep. B.The measures to improve school children's sleep. C.The relationship between screen time and mental health. D.The sleep problem among the teenagers and the causes. |
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New Virus Details Show Challenge for Outbreak Control At first, scientists were relieved that the new virus, COVID-19, wasn’t as dangerous as those that caused SARS. Ebola or some other recent infectious diseases.【1】. Here are some of the challenges. Multiplying infections According to the existing data, the infection rate for SARS is 3 while the ordinary flu’s infection rate is about 1.1. Now, based on the first 425 confirmed COVID-19 cases, each infection led to 2.2 more infections on average.【2】. Yet we don’t know whether the new virus is weakening or is still learning what it can do. Varying incubation periods (潜伏期) Scientists estimated the average incubation period was roughly five days, but said it could last up to two weeks.【3】. People can move away from where they got it and not even remember places where they may have been exposed. Spreading in stealth Another big worry is that one person with no symptoms can also infect others. On Thursday, scientists reported that a woman who was not ill at the time spread the virus to a man in Germany during a business trip there.【4】. Testing gaps 【5】. At present, a few types of test kits (工具包) have been developed. But they are not accurate enough. Scientists are not sure how many false alarms or missed cases each might give at any point in time. That leaves a key gap. Although scientists are still faced with so many challenges, they are confident that the new virus will be put under control soon. A.More testing equipment should be provided at once B.It’s still a struggle to determine who is or is not infected C.Such a long potential incubation period can be a problem D.The rate is a bit lower than SARS but much higher than ordinary flu E.That is a very low infection rate compared with that of SARS and Ebola F.Then he infected several other coworkers before showing any symptoms G.However, new details show how challenging it could be to control this outbreak |
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Vanessa Bryant made her first public comment Wednesday since the helicopter crash that killed her husband Kobe Bryant and one of their daughters. “We are completely devastated (摧毁) by the_________loss of my adoring husband, Kobe-the amazing father of our children; and my beautiful, sweet Gianna — a loving, thoughtful and wonderful daughter, and amazing_________to Natalia, Bianka and Capri,” Vanessa Bryant wrote. The Bryants would have_________their 19th wedding anniversary this April. They had four daughters including Natalia, Bianka, Capri and the 13-year-old Gianna who died in the crash. “There aren’t_________words to describe our pain right now,” Vanessa Bryant wrote. “I take_________in knowing that Kobe and Gigi both knew that they were so deeply loved. We were so fortunate to have them in our_________. I wish they were here with us_________. They were our beautiful blessings_________from us too soon.” “I’m not sure what our lives hold_________today, and it’s impossible to__________life without them,” Vanessa Bryant continued, “But we wake up each day,__________to go ahead because Kobe, and our baby girl, Gigi, are shining on us to__________the way. Our love for them is__________. I just wish I could hug them, kiss them and have them here with us right now.” There has been no__________on funeral or memorial plans yet for Kobe and Gianna Bryant. Vanessa Bryant asked for continued__________of her family’s privacy as it is “going through this new reality”. 【1】A.gradual B.eventual C.obvious D.sudden 【2】A.sister B.mother C.wife D.daughter 【3】A.congratulated B.celebrated C.prepared D.attended 【4】A.natural B.special C.enough D.satisfactory 【5】A.comfort B.pride C.delight D.interest 【6】A.dreams B.lives C.houses D.pictures 【7】A.ever B.forever C.yet D.sometimes 【8】A.divided B.freed C.taken D.kept 【9】A.before B.until C.through D.beyond 【10】A.balance B.save C.imagine D.survive 【11】A.trying B.forgetting C.regretting D.pretending 【12】A.block B.shelter C.construct D.light 【13】A.limited B.endless C.complex D.poisonous 【14】A.advertisement B.guidance C.expression D.announcement 【15】A.service B.help C.respect D.approach |
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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。 Bullying (霸凌) among elementary, middle and high school students has become【1】increasingly talked-about subject in Japan, with many parents and educators【2】(struggle) to find the best way to deal with the problem. 【3】(deal) with the bullying in schools, a bully insurance company, Yell, was set up in Tokyo. Japan. Parents【4】want to buy bully insurance can consult with its lawyers, free【5】charge, if they feel【6】(they) children are faced with the threat of being bullied. Bully insurance【7】(cost) 2,640 yen a month. Medical fees【8】(cover), both for injuries the child have suffered at the hands of a bully, and for injuries caused by the child’s fighting back. While still others may hold that the best way to deal with bullying is a swift fist in the face, the Japanese【9】(general) don’t go for violent problem-solving methods, and it is likely that Yell’s service is going to be a very 【10】(attract) solution to the Japanese parents. What do you think? Please send your comments to us. |
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假定你是李华，你的美国朋友Eric来信询问你的近况。请你给他回信，内容包括： 1. 简要介绍近况，如受到新型冠状病毒（COVID-19）影响，如何做好居家防疫或“宅”家上网课的情形等； 2. 谈谈真实的感受。 注意： l. 词数80左右； 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯； 3. 开头和结束语已为你写好。 Dear Eric, ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Best wishes! Yours, 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。续写的词数应为150左右。 Growing up, we didn’t have much money. Actually, we had very little. We lived in a small house with holes in the floor. We wore old clothes and had little food. With three little mouths to feed, my daddy worked as a gatekeeper in a middle school and then farmed our own small field until dark. Daddy provided the best he could for us and mama made our clothes on her old sewing machine. We could have easily applied for welfare, but my parents wouldn't think of it. Our family was full of love and proud of hard work Then I was in the third grade, in Mrs. Harper’s class. One day, Mrs. Harper brought a huge box of toys to school to give to “poor” children. Everyone was invited to bring some of his or her own toys from home to put in the box. Needless to say. I had hardly any toys of my own to offer. My eyes got big the next day when I looked into that box. It was like a dream world to me — so many colorful toys! Clearly, Mrs. Harper saw the curious look on my face, and although I never asked with a smile, she let me pick out two toys for myself from the box. I was so thankful and thought that I was the luckiest girl in the whole world! When I got home. I couldn't wait to show mama what I brought from the school. She admired the toys and asked where I got them. I told her about the box for the poor children and that Mrs. Harper had let me pick two toys from the box！Mama thought for a few seconds and said in a very sweet way, “No…no, You can’t keep these two toys.” Paragraph 1: Mama explained to me that those toys were for “poor” children. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph 2: Mrs. Harper said she understood what mama meant. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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