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Airbnb is quickly becoming one of the biggest websites to book travel, which allows you to book a stay with individual hosts. Benefits of booking a stay through Airbnb: ● Breakfast and snacks are often included in the price. ● You can arrange an early check-in or late check-out, space permitting, for NO extra charge. ● Many Airbnb places have a washer, full kitchen, and free internet. ● Travel with friends or family and stay together in one home. ● Stay in any part of town, NOT just where the chain hotels are located. ● Visit a unique destination where there are NO hotels. ● Meet lots of interesting people along the way! Get a Better Price! Because it's based on person-to-person interaction, you'll have lots of room to negotiate a better price. 1. Book Close to When You Want to Stay Airbnb places get booked months in advance. Sometimes hosts find they have gaps to fill between stays, even up to the current day. In that case, the host might accept a lower offer. Send them a message and ask if there's a discount for booking the same week as your stay. Or even the same day! 2. Stay Longer If you offer to stay a week or longer, some hosts are willing to offer discounts. That's because they won’t have to spend the costs of cleaning, laundry, and their time while you're staying. 3. Go in the Off-Season Summer is the peak travel season for most of the US and Europe, especially if you're visiting a tourist destination. Hosts won't be as willing to negotiate because they know they can charge high rates. But if you want to stay between peak seasons, you might get a discount! 4. Offer Something in Return Do you have a handy skill? Are you good at gardening, painting, or repairing things? Ask the host if they need help with changing light bulbs, fixing a leaky sink, or nailing down squeaky base boards. There are lots of ways that people can help each other. Where can you offer something in exchange for a discount? 【1】Why do people like to book a stay through Airbnb? A.Because it is one of the biggest websites. B.Because the whole family can stay together. C.Because people may check out later with extra money. D.Because all the meals are often included in the price. 【2】Which of the following may help save money? A.Staying between peak travel seasons. B.Offering to stay one or two days. C.Refusing to fix a leaky sink. D.Booking places months in advance. 【3】What is the main purpose of the text? A.To recommend traveling in Airbnb. B.To tell readers how to book through Airbnb. C.To offer tips for booking through Airbnb. D.To negotiate a better price via Airbnb. |
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What did you want to be when you were growing up? A doctor, an engineer, or maybe a footballer or an actor? We all had big plans for our futures and believed there was a dream job waiting for us—one that would pay well and give great job satisfaction. But how realistic was that? Today, in the UK at least, young people are being warned that some of their career hopes and dreams don’t match the types of jobs available. Research shows many 17 and 18 year-olds in the UK want to work in art, culture, entertainment and sports, but only one fifth can realize their dreams. The charm and excitement of working in these employment sectors is obviously an attraction. But those looking for these types of job will be 'destined for disappointment'. That's what the report, Disconnected: Career aspirations (理想) and jobs in the UK, says. While young people are keen to work in art, entertainment, culture and sports, the economy is unlikely to need them all. In the meantime, there is a shortage of young people working in careers such as catering and retail. Previous research about the career aspirations of young people by the Office for National Statistics also found a reality gap between their dreams and the sometimes disappointing truth by the time they reached their early to late-20s. Apart from those who aimed to go into teaching, fewer than one in 50 were in the jobs they had wanted—such as a doctor, vet, firefighter or actor. Most were working as sales assistants, careers or in sales and marketing. While it's good to have aspirations, the aims of young people need to be realistic. This latest report suggests that children need to be made more aware of a wider variety of occupations at a younger age. It also calls for improved careers advice in secondary schools. A spokeswoman for the Department for Work and Pensions told the BBC that 'early careers advice can help young people set out on the right path to the job that develops their interests and unlocks their potential. ' 【1】What problem will some young people in the UK face? A.They are easily losing jobs. B.They don't have career dreams. C.They can't find their dream jobs. D.There are not enough jobs. 【2】What sectors need more people? A.Entertainment and sales. B.Catering and retail. C.Culture and sports. D.Art and marketing. 【3】According to the report, younger children should ________. A.know more about various occupations B.refuse improved careers advice C.enjoy the excitement of working D.lock their potential 【4】Which of the following can be the best title? A.Ways To Find A Job B.Career Hopes And Dreams C.Reality Gap D.Unrealistic Career Aspirations |
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This commercial kitchen in central London prepares one-and-a-half thousand meals a day. It provides catering for a museum and a conference centre. Kitchens like these typically throw away 20% of the ingredients they buy. Some are thrown away even though they are edible. And sometimes food ends up in the bin simply because it's not needed after all. To stop this happening, this kitchen has been using a new piece of technology which can simply be connected to a normal bin on scales (磅秤). This is what’s known as a smart bin. Kitchen staff use it like a supermarket self-checkout. The idea is to keep an accurate digital record of the food being thrown out. This helps the head chef make more informed choices. Bill Owen, head chef said, 'It was a shocker how many tons are actually saved through using this. ' By keeping an eye on exactly what kind of food is being thrown out, the chef can not only adjust his orders of ingredients, but also make whole new menus based on what was previously being thrown away. 'In an operation where you make a significant amount of your food in advance, you can typically cut food waste in half. ' Mark Zornes Winnow added. Do people actually have time to sort the food as they are putting it into the bin? They do. To start with, take a little while to get used to the bin system. It is just about familiarizing yourself with where the buttons are. However effective they may be, there is one important factor that holds these smart bins back. Andrew Stephen, CEO of Sustainable Restaurant Association, explained, 'Traditionally, smart bin technology has been at quite a high price point for particularly small operators. There is only a relatively small part that can afford that upfront implementation (安装启用). ' It seems that smart bins are just one part of the solution to the pressing problem of food waste. 【1】What does the underlined word 'edible' in Paragraph 1 mean? A.awful B.unnecessary C.delicious D.eatable 【2】The final aim of using smart bins is to ________. A.change the menus B.make much food in advance C.cut the food waste D.adjust the purchase of ingredients 【3】What can we learn from the passage? A.People need to sort the waste before putting them into the bin. B.The bin is connected to a supermarket self-checkout. C.The weight of the waste can't be known through the bin. D.Andrew Stephen was optimistic about the future of the bin. 【4】What's the disadvantage of the smart bins? A.They can't keep an accurate record. B.They are too expensive. C.They're too complicated to operate. D.They are not effective. |
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2020 is a leap year, and as we all know leap years happen every four years, right? Wrong. That extra day in February is designed to keep the earth in sync (同步的) with the seasonal year. But, what you might not realize is that the maths isn’t that simple and occasionally we have to wait eight years. The method behind calculating when leap years occur might be a bit more complicated than you think. Way back in 1582 the calendar we now use was first applied. The Gregorian calendar was named after the authority at the time, Gregory XIV. The people who created it realized it wasn’t perfect to just add an extra day every four years. Here’s where the maths comes in. A day, of course, is measured by the amount of time it takes for the earth to complete one full cycle on its axis (轴). A year is the number of days it takes the earth to orbit the sun, which most people assume is 365. However, the earth actually takes just under 365 and a quarter days to complete one full revolve (旋转) around the sun. So, every four years we get an extra day, which falls on the 29th February. However, as mentioned earlier, it is in fact just under a quarter of a day. So, by rounding it up (四舍五入), we put the calendar out of sync again—which means that after a while we have too many days. That imbalance has to be dealt with again, otherwise after 400 years you’d end up with three extra days. So back in 1582, they realized that every turn of a century should skip their extra day to remove those three extra days. This is why the years 1700, 1800, and 1900 weren’t leap years. But wait, there’s more. The year 2000, the millennium, was a leap year. That’s because over a period of four hundred years we only need to remove three days. So, every 400 years the turn of the century is a leap year. The next time you hear someone saying “leap years happen every four years”, you can tell them why they’re wrong. 【1】What can we know from the first two paragraphs? A.Leap years happen every four years. B.Gregory XIV created the Gregorian calendar. C.Sometimes we have to wait eight years for a leap year. D.It was perfect to add an extra day every four years. 【2】What can be inferred from the text? A.The concept of the current calendar was not known by people before 1582. B.A day is the time that the earth takes to complete one full circle. C.A year is the time that the earth takes to obit the sun. D.The earth takes 365 and a quarter days to orbit the sun. 【3】Which of the following is a leap year? A.2100. B.2200. C.2300. D.2400. 【4】What is the text mainly about? A.The definition of a leap year. B.The purpose of designing leap years. C.The time when the leap year was first applied. D.The reason why not all leap years are every 4 years. |
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Bike riding is a great way to maintain fitness and help the environment. Some love to cycle for the speed, some for the fitness, some for the friendship, some for environmental protection and others for the freedom of the open road. To maintain social distance to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the two-wheel business, already gaining popularity in recent years, has once again witnessed a boom around the world. 【1】 And many other countries like the UK, Canada and Germany added new, wider bike lanes for people to cycle, according to the market research company NPD Group. For many people, cycling has also become a symbol of freedom in the pandemic—an opportunity for physical as well as mental release .During lockdowns, people unable to go to their gyms look for other ways to exercise and families try to find ways to keep kids active. 【2】 “You’re moving faster, you’re going further, but you’re not moving so fast that you can’t notice the little things,” Ken McLeod, policy director at The League of American Bicyclists, told the Guardian. 【3】 The environmental benefits are obvious. According to the SFGATE website, cycling cuts your fuel emissions completely and provides a cleaner form of transportation than cars, buses or other forms of public transportation. 【4】 Compared with drivers, cyclists tend to spend more money in stores, bars and restaurants, according to HuffPost. “When you make an area appealing for people on foot or on a bike—when you slow down the pace of life in that neighborhood just a little—suddenly visitors are lingering longer and stopping in more stores,” Rachel Quednau wrote for Strong Towns. 【5】. A.And cycling gives people the chance to exercise and enjoy fresh air. B.US adult leisure bike sales jumped 121 percent in March on a yearly basis. C.The trend also brings other advantages. D.It is spending $43 million on bike lanes and cycling facilities. E.China is also leading the world in the number of bike-sharing schedules. F.People have changed the world on two wheels. G.Increased biking can boost local economy too. |
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It started when I called 911 after finding my partner unconscious on the floor. Within ________, a police car arrived, followed by a(n) ________ filled with doctors and nurses who ________ my partner to the emergency room, where he received the critical ________ he needed. A week later, I wrote thank-you notes and ________ them off at the police station and the ________ with packs of still-warm chocolate cakes made by myself. After the firefighters thanked me for ________ the gifts, I drove away feeling both ________ and happy. Whenever you express gratefulness, you make yourself happier. But when you share it directly with the person you feel grateful to, the benefits ________. John Kralik of California ________ this firsthand. Divorced twice, he wasn’t as close with his children as he wanted to be, and his law practice wasn’t earning money despite the ________ hours he devoted to working. At a particularly ________ point, he remembered his grandfather telling him decades earlier about the importance of ________. He decided to write 365 thank-you notes over 365 days, hoping for a ________ change. _____ he noticed that his attitude and his ________ improved. At the end of his thank-you note year, he wrote an autobiography about his experience, A Simple Act of Gratitude: How Learning to Say Thank You ________ My Life. “I don’t need a scientific study to know that if you are grateful to people and if you learn how to accept gratitude well from other people, your life will be ________,” Kralik says. “The first effects are that you realize you have a much better life than you thought.” That’s the magic of the two simple words, which can ________ blood pressure, improve sleep, and ________ relationships, “Thank you!” 【1】A.years B.days C.hours D.minutes 【2】A.truck B.ambulance C.bus D.motorcycle 【3】A.called B.persuaded C.rushed D.dragged 【4】A.treatment B.money C.advice D.information 【5】A.cut B.tore C.dropped D.saw 【6】A.bank B.school C.library D.firehouse 【7】A.buying B.delivering C.promoting D.selling 【8】A.light B.sad C.nervous D.hopeless 【9】A.decrease B.stop C.disappear D.accumulate 【10】A.offered B.experienced C.denied D.challenged 【11】A.exhausting B.limited C.desirable D.attractive 【12】A.exciting B.discouraging C.perfect D.dangerous 【13】A.education B.economy C.career D.gratitude 【14】A.passive B.frequent C.positive D.negative 【15】A.Immediately B.Temporarily C.Constantly D.Permanently 【16】A.health B.skills C.fortunes D.production 【17】A.Lit Up B.Escaped From C.Walked Out Of D.Broke Into 【18】A.created B.ruined C.described D.enriched 【19】A.monitor B.raise C.lower D.measure 【20】A.destroy B.strengthen C.end D.expose |
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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 the USA, there is a famous Christian group who drive carriages instead 【1】 cars and don't use TVs, refrigerators or personal telephones. It's assumed that the Amish must have 【2】 (religion) reasons, but it is not true. The fact is that no matter when a new technology 【3】 (introduce), the Amish get together and discuss the advantages and disadvantages. They then vote on 【4】 they will accept it or not. And as the Amish value seeing each other face to face, they are opposed to having telephones in their houses. In each community, there is a small building with a telephone for 【5】 (emergency). It is convenient for most people 【6】 (communicate) through telephones but maybe the Amish have a valid opinion. First of all, there is something important about being together and 【7】 (share) life that can’t be found over a telephone wire. Secondly, no matter what the circumstances 【8】 (be), when the phone rings, everything stops so that the call can be answered. However, the person calling is often 【9】 (mere) a salesman or someone who has dialed the wrong number. As 【10】 result, real relationships are often sacrificed and the personal peace is destroyed. |
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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。 Last night, I witnessed a opera performance, Turandot, which is performed in the Forbidden City. The performance was splendid. All the actors sang fluent. I don’t know the language, because I need to read a translation in order to follow the story. The story is about a Chinese princess naming Turandot, who says any potential husband has to answer all three riddle correctly or die. Calaf, a prince, falls in love Turandot at first sight and succeeds in answering the questions. But Turandot is unwilling to get married. Seeing this, Calaf says if she can guess his name by sunrise, she needn’t to marry him. Turandot is desperate to learn about her secret and threatens Liu because she knows his name. Liu kills herself, that shocks everyone. In the end, Calaf and Turandot unite in marriage. |
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你校英文报正在征文，请以一件难忘的事为题，写一篇英文短文投稿。内容包括： 1. 事情经过；2. 难忘的原因；3. 表达感想。 注意： 1、词数100左右；2、短文题目已为你写好。 An unforgettable thing _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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