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Mi Teleferico, Bolivia Crossing the Bolivian capital of La Paz, the Teleferico is both the highest and longest city cable-car system on the planet. Built to relieve the city’s extreme road traffic, the three lines of this "subway in the sky" spirit the city’s 2.3 million citizens. At an altitude of 3,700 metres, you' ll feel the thrill of flying as you’re smoothly carried over entire neighborhoods and business districts?all for a ticket price that' s less than a dollar. Everest Flights, Nepal It is no easy work to climb the Everest, a mountain second to none at an altitude of 8 ,848 metres. Most of us know that we'll never move along the Hillary Step and overcome this mountain. Fortunately, a number of local airlines operating out of Kathmandu’s small domestic airport offer a glimpse of this glory for about a hundred dollars. In a few hours, you'll get into the heart of the Himalayas, getting close enough to snap a few fantastic photos from your window seat before circling back. No oxygen tank required ! Rocky Mountaineer, Canada With select routes that lead through Banff and Jasper national parks as well as Lake Louise, Rocky Mountaineer provides a best opportunity to spot the wildlife of western Canada, including elk, bighorn sheep, and possibly even bears of the black, brown, and grayish variety. Rocky Mountaineer' s multi-day journeys include breakfasts and lunches prepared by world-class chefs, B.C. wines, and an invitation to sit back, relax, and let the Rockies come to you. Table Mountain Aerial Cableway, South Africa Few places in the world have appeal like Table Mountain, the flat-topped monolith( 独石) that serves as the backdrop for most tourists' photos? and memories?of Cape Town. Completed back in 1929, the Table Mountain Aerial Cableway carries nearly one million sightseers to the summit every year,rising roughly 1,000 metres in fewer than five minutes. 【小题1】The Teleferico was built to . A. offer amazing views B. draw tourists worldwide C. reduce traffic pressure D. promote its economy 【小题2】What is special about Mt. Everest? A. It requires no skills to climb it. B. It ’s the highest mountain worldwide. C. It has several local airlines. D. It's the best place for taking photos. 【小题3】Which of the following would you prefer to see the wildlife? A. Mi Teleferico. B. Everest Flights. C. Rocky Mountaineer. D. Table Mountain. 【小题4】What can we infer about the four places mentioned in the passage? A. They cost much money. B. They all offer mountain rides. C. They have fancy hotels. D. They are all within Americas. |
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Following Mo Yan' s Nobel Prize last October, the usually silent Chinese literary circle got warmed up again. A Shanghai writer named Jin Yucheng surprised nearly everyone by making his new novel full of Shanghai dialect(方言). Published last month, the350,000-word Blossoms (Fan Hua) is a novel about the changes in Shanghai over 30 years, drawing clear images of the city through the stories of many common people. There is no main story like most novels, but every story in it could run independently. While Putonghua is the standard choice for Chinese literature today, Jin’s use of the Shanghai dialect appears both different and bold. "I have seen too many novels that look similar to each other. Chinese literature is getting monotonous both in language and form. I want to be special with my own language, "Jin told the Global Times. In the novel, Jin makes a breakthrough by mainly using dialogues to unfold various plots and represent typical characters on a daily basis.He also abandons the use of some punctuation like quotation marks (引号), showing a return to the traditional Chinese huaben genre(话本体). Since its publication, the book has been widely recommended on Sina Weibo with many netizens (网民) rating the novel high for its unique use of dialect and vivid description of life using plain speech. Jin said that he got the idea of, writing the novel while chatting in an online forum(论坛) where people use the Shanghai dialect. The praise he received from the netizens encouraged him to continue writing the random stories. "I'd like to see more writers to follow my lead. It will enrich our literature and make it diverse," he said. 【小题1】What can we know from the first two paragraphs? A. The Chinese literary circle is always silent. B. Mo Yan was suprised at Jin Yucheng' s new novel. C. The stories in the novel aren't linked to each other. D. The novel represents a modem lifestyle in Shanghai. 【小题2】The underlined word "monotonous" in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to . A. lacking in variety B. Short of expectations C. wanting further improvement D. requiring more consideration 【小题3】How does Jin Yucheng make a breakthrough in his new novel? A. By inventing lots of typical characters. B. By creating a vivid background. C. By employing dialogue to develop plots and characters. D. By playing with beautiful words in Shanghai dialect. 【小题4】What encouraged Jin Yucheng to continue writing in dialect? A. The netizens’ posts. B. The netizens’ praise. C. The citizens’ comments. D. Other writers’ encouragement. |
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Tea is obviously a big deal in Britain, but have you ever wondered how it became a thing? Tomato sauce is not Italian; the tomato is native to South America and was not introduced to Europe until the 16th century. Tea isn’t British, it wasn’t even all that popular for Britons until the 17th century. But now it is as British as dull weather and red phone booths. Tea is of such great importance that it was featured in the Evening Standard written by George Orwell back in 1946. The famous author describes the beverage(饮品) thusly "tea is one of the main stays of civilization in this country." But when, exactly, did this practice become in fashion? The year was 1662, a mere 111 years before insurgents(茶党) from the soon-to-be ruling champions of the Revolutionary War dumped a whole bunch of tea into Boston Harbor. Catherine of Braganza of Portuguese royalty married King Charles II of England, and then went on to make teatime a thing.But the thirst for tea fell at one time?the costs to transport it from the Far East were far more than Britons could afford. However, when Catherine started to make tea consumption a daily practice, it passed on to the other nobles. Not long after the practice was initially adopted by the upper class,the East India company began to import more tea to meet the demand. With the prices lowered,everybody could afford to have a good taste, and suddenly tea was the drink of the every man. After centuries of ritual(习惯), it has become entirely rooted in the British identity itself. Turkey may consume the most tea annually, but the British still hold the title of association. 【小题1】The best tile for the passage is probably . A. Why the British drink so much tea B. Why tea is so popular across the world C. How tea was introduced into Europe D. Which kind of tea is the most favored 【小题2】The underlined word "it" in Paragraph 2 refers to . A. tomato B. tomato sauce C. tea D. a thing 【小题3】According to Paragraph 4, Britons' interest in tea once dropped because . A. it was not drinkable B. they were not used to it C. it was not affordable D. they refused anything foreign 【小题4】What can we know from the passage? A. George Orwell promoted tea sales across England. B. King Charles II of England drank tea on a daily basis. C. The Turkish produce the most tea every year. D. People may associate tea with Britons a lot. |
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A team of University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers has shown that chronic (长期的) stress of being poor, lacking care and physical abuse in early life may shrink the parts of a child' s developing brain responsible for memory, learning and processing emotion. While early life stress already has been linked to anxiety, heart disease，cancer and a lack of educational and employment success,researchers have long been seeking to understand what part of the brain is affected by stress so as to help guide interventions(干预). Seth Pollak, co-leader of the study and a UW professor of psychology,says the research focused on two brain areas?the hippocampus (HC:海马体) and amygdale (AG: 杏仁体). For the study, Pollack’s team had 128 children around age 12 and divided them into four groups after interviews with the children and their caregivers，documenting behavioral problems and their accumulated life stress. One group had experienced physical abuse,another group was ignored before being adopted from a foreign country, and a third group came from low-income families. The fourth group of children came from middle-class families and had not experienced any of the three types of chronic early stress. Researchers did MRI scans (核磁共振扫描) of the children' s brains, focusing on the HC and AG. Then they painstakingly tracked those areas of the brain by hand on paper. The hand measurements showed that children who had experienced poverty, neglect or physical abuse had a smaller AC and HC than the children from middle-class families. "I think we added something solid to the literature," he said. "Our research may inform social policy and professional interventions to help the children who are suffering." 【小题1】The research shows that . A. long-term poverty ruins one' s memory B. early stress hurts the development of brain C. early life plays a vital role in one' s life D. physical abuse affects a child' s learning competence 【小题2】What can we know from the passage? A. HC and AG are involved in memory, learning and processing emotion. B. The final goal of the research is to find out what is affected by stress. C. Pollack's team has already known how the brain is affected. D. Children in the four groups all suffer a lot in their life. 【小题3】How can the research help the children related? A. By developing new medicine.m" B. By creating a better living environment. C. By giving processional medical care for the children. D. By offering advice on policy making and professional assistance. |
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Easy Ways to Expand Your Vocabulary Why expand your knowledge and use of words? 【小题1】, people will understand you more easily, and you will increase the concept(and reality) that you are an intelligent person. Besides, learning new words is a fun activity. *Read, read, and read. The more you read?especially novels and literary works, but also magazines and newspapers?the more words you’ll be exposed to. 【小题2】，use a combination of attempting to derive meaning from the context of the sence as well as from looking up the definition in a dictionary. Keep a dictionary handy. 【小题3】.When you uncover a new word, look it up in the dictionary to get both its pronunciation and its meaning(s). Next, go to the dictionary and find similar words and phrases?and their opposites?and learn the slight differences among the words. 【小题4】. Simply talking with other people can help you learn discover new words. As with reading, once you hear a new word, remember to take it down so that you can study it later?and then slowly add the new word to your vocabulary. * Learn a word a day. Using a word-a-day calendar or Website?or developing your own list of words to learn?is a great technique many people use to learn new words.【小题5】 A. Get involved in conversations B. As you read and uncover new words C. By using the tips outlined in this article D. Use whatever versions you prefer?in print, software, or online E. You’ll be able to communicate (speak and write) more clearly and precisely F. Plus, keeping a journal of all your new words can provide motivation for learning even more words G. This approach may be too rigid for some，so even if you do use this method ,don't feel you must learn a new word every day |
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In 2014, my boyfriend left me. What made it_______was that he decided to end our relationship in December, weeks_______ both my birthday and Christmas. Dad sent me some money for the_______ to cheer me up. With it, I could have done many_______ things, such as adding it to my saving account, but I didn't_______,I bought myself French cooking lessons. I’d go to the lessons every_______ morning, and our little group, 12 of us,would listen sleepily to_______ of different recipes. Afterwards, we would _______ with another student and try to make our dishes together, which usually_______ to please anyone else. Each week, the same faces would_______ to embarrass ourselves before the professional chefs and cook something that_______ looked like French dishes. Although the classes didn't turn me into a _______, they, as a matter of fact, gave me a _______ to talk to people who weren’t co-workers or friends, helping me_______about my self-pity. It gave me a( n)_______ to take it easy on a Friday night, and get out of the house_______ on a Saturday morning. The world can sometimes feel very cold and cruel, so we' d remember to _______ ourselves, every once in a while. I'll always be_______ to the few classes that I took. At a time when I was feeling so sad, it cheered me up to be______? and "irresponsible". And____ I still don' t know how to prepare a French recipe properly, I'm still glad I got to eat, drink and laugh with all those friendly people. 【小题1】A. better B. public C. worse D. surprising 【小题2】A. ahead of B. as of C. regardless of D. out of 【小题3】A. meeting B. holidays C. offers D. discounts 【小题4】A. interesting B. exciting C. easy D. responsible 【小题5】A. Otherwise B. Instead C. Still D. So 【小题6】A. Saturday B. Friday C. Thursday D. Sunday 【小题7】A. secret B. invention C. celebrations D. descriptions 【小题8】A. put off B. go off C. pair off D. send off 【小题9】A. failed B. used C. deserved D. served 【小题10】A. dare B. gather C. prepare D. expect 【小题11】A. regularly B. quite C. hardly D. constantly 【小题12】A. lawyer B. cook C. teacher D. speaker 【小题13】A. chance B. risk C. test D. room 【小题14】A. worry B. set C. care D. forget 【小题15】A. apology B. cause C. excuse D. dream 【小题16】A. tiredly B. sleepily C. quickly D. proudly 【小题17】A. treat B. cure C. quit D. limit 【小题18】A. true B. addicted C. grateful D. allergic 【小题19】A. dutiful B. emotional C. careful D. disappointed 【小题20】A. since B. because C. if D. though |
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In today' s world of mobile payments, all we really need 【小题1】 (survive) is a smartphone. But one company is hoping to make traditional wallets cool again,by【小题2】 (bring) them into the digital age. Armenian firm Volterman's smart wallet takes security to a new level. It's fitted with different technology, such as【小题3】 alarm, GPS tracker, and even a camera. If your phone and wallet become separated, the alarm will warn you 【小题4】 you don' t leave it behind. And if your wallet 【小题5】 (lose) or stolen, the GPS tracker can help you reach it. Even 【小题6】 (interesting) is the front-facing camera."If someone dares to open your wallet 【小题7】 permission, a little camera inside 【小题8】 (take) a picture and send it to your mobile phone. You will find it 【小题9】 (easy) by receiving a picture of the thief," Azat Tovmasyan, Volterman's founder,told news site Banks.am. The high-tech wallet will be released later this year and will come in three 【小题10】 (model) ，with the cheapest expected to cost $ 179. |
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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处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。 增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号(/)，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： 在错的词下画一横线，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。 Dear John, It is very kind for you to invite me to your birthday party on Thursday night. I really expected the happy moment what we can have fun together. So I'm sorry to tell you that I'm not able to go. There are a math lesson together with an important exam scheduling on that night. Worse still, I' m really not myself because I've caught bad cold these days. I am terrible sorry about it.Anyway,we will have many more opportunity to get together. I hope you will pardon me and enjoy yourself with other his friends. Yours, Li Hua |
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为了迎接奥运会，某英文报社举办了校园“体育周”活动。其中一项是征文比赛，请同学们谈一谈自己最喜欢的运动。请你根据以下提示以“My Favorite Sport” 为题，写一篇文章参赛。 1.最喜欢的运动是什么； 2.为什么喜欢这项运动。 注意：必须包括以上要点，可以适当发挥，以使行文连贯。词数：100 左右。 ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ |
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