Have you ever felt the desire to move and experience another beautiful part of the country? This could be the perfect career change for you.
The National Trust in England is looking for someone to work as a ranger on the Fame Islmds, one of Britain’s oldest nature reserves located just off the Northumberland coast.
For $22,668 a year, the successful applicant will be required to look after the local wildlife, including the 200 seal pups which are born on the islands each year and 37,000 pairs of puffins.
The ranger will get the chance to work in some of the nation’s most attractive places and spaces — impressive sunrises a one-minute ride and one of England’s largest seal colonies on his doorstep. But like every job, it doesn’t come without a downside. Apart from avoiding the dive-bombing Arctic terns, there is no running water on the island and there will be severe storms to fight with during the spring.
Along with a love of nature and the outdoors, the National Trust is looking for “an excellent team player” who has experience in conservation work. This job isn’t the normal 9 to 5, so being good at PowerPoint isn’t a must. With 50,000 annual visitors every year, you really need to be able to get on with people and show them how they can participate to help nature.
Could you see yourself in this role? Applications for the job close on June 7.Want to apply? Click here.
1. “Downside” in the 4th paragraph can be replaced by____________.| A．pay drop | B．disadvantage |
| C．bright future | D．bad environment |
| A．live a regular life | B．come to terms with being lonely |
| C．be expert at working with PowerPoint | D．have experience in conservation work |
| A．a newspaper | B．a textbook |
| C．the Internet | D．a news report |
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【推荐1】Kids Night Out — Fun Saturday Night Parties
We miss our campers between summer and school breaks, so we are starting a monthly Kids Night Out event to keep our community together more often.
DATES AND HOURS
Dates: The second Saturday of each month: January 11, February 8, March 14, April 11, May 9, June 13.
Hours: 4:30 pm - 8:30 pm
LOCATION
Berkwood Hedge School
1809 Bancroft Way, Berkeley
AGES
We’ll be having a mixed age group:
•Ages 4 ½ -10, with up to 27 campers.
•Youth Leaders, ages 11+.
ACTIVITIES & DINNER
In downtown Berkeley, we have wonderful outdoor play areas — sand box, climbing wall, big yards for basketball and other games. For indoor play, we have art activities, board games, and a dance party with light sticks. For parents: the place is near to movie theaters and restaurants!
We provide a vegetarian dinner with healthy ingredients. Dinner is made by Chef Brad, who always brings so much love and care to his meals.
FEES
$60/night if you sign up by 2:00 pm on the day before camp, otherwise $75/night.
$300 for all 6 nights.
STAFF
Ceri Mitchell, Brad Olson and Olivia Becketti.
Our staff are careful, creative and enthusiastic (热情的). They are employed to guide and enrich our programs and develop friendship among campers.
YOUTH LEADERS
We are inviting kids with strong skills in welcoming, connecting, and playing with kids to join our youth leader team. You can get in touch with Ceri Mitchell. We hope you can make it.
1. What can parents do when their kid is playing at the party?| A．Work. | B．Cook. | C．Go shopping. | D．See a movie. |
| A．$300. | B．$75. | C．$60. | D．$50. |
| A．Chef Brad. | B．Ceri Mitchell. | C．Brad Olson. | D．Olivia Becketti. |
【推荐2】New movies in theatres;
Zootopia (2016) ★ 8.3
PG 1h 48min/ Animation ,Action ,Adventure/ 4 March 2016 (China)
In a city of anthropomorphic animals ,a rookie bunny cop and a cynical con artist fox must work together to uncover a conspiracy.
Directors :Byron Howard ,Rich Moore
Writers: Byron Howard (story by), Jared Bush (story by)
Stars: Ginnifer Goodwin ,Jason Bateman , idris Elba
Price: $10
Angry Birds (2016) ★ 6.5
PG 1h 37min/ Animation ,Action ,Comedy / 20 May 2016 (China)
Find out why the birds are so angry .When an island populated by happy ,flightless birds is visited by mysterious green piggies ,it’s up to three unlikely outcasts-red ,Chuck and Bomb-to figure out what the pigs are up to .
Directors: Clay kaytis ,Fergal Reilly
Writer : Jon Vitti
Stars: Jason Sudeikis ,Josh Gad ,Danny McbBride
Price:$39
Neighbors 2:Sorority Rising (2016) ★ 6.4
R/ 1h 32min/ Comedy / 20 May 2016 (USA)
When their new next-door neighbors turn out to be a sorerlty（女生社团） even more debaucherous(放荡的) than the fraternity（兄弟会） previously living there , Mac and Kelly team with their former enemy ,Teddy ,to bring the girls down.
Directors: Clay kaytis ,Fergal Reilly
Writer : Andrew Jay Cohen (as Andrew J.Conen) .Brendan OBnen
Stars: Seth ROGEN ,Rose Byrne ,Zac Efron
Price:$21.6
X-Men : Apocallypse (2016) ★ 7.6
PG-13/ 2h 24min/ Action ,Adventure,Fantasy / 3 June 2016 (China)
With the emergence of the world’s first mutant ,Apocalypse ,the X-Men must unite to defeat his extinction level plan
Directors: Bryan Singer
Writer : simon Kinberg (screenplay),Bryan Singer (story)
Stars: James MCaVoy , Michael Fassbender , Jennifer Lawrence
Price:$28
Note:
50% discount for children under 6.
80% discount for a couple.
65% discount for family with up to 3 children.
1. If Mary wants to celebrate her birthday(March，5)by watching a movie，which one will she choose?| A．Angry Birds | B．Zootopia |
| C．Neighbors 2：Sorority Rising | D．X-Men: Apocalypse |
| A．A star in Angry Birds．. | B．A writer of Neighbors 2：Sorority Rising. |
| C．A director of Zootopia | D．A character in X—Men：Apocalypse. |
| A．$56 | B．$36.4 | C．$44．8 | D．$62.4 |
| A．Bryan Singer． | B．Clay Kaytis & Fergal Reilly． |
| C．Nicholas Stollero | D．Byron Howard & Rich Moore． |
【推荐3】This is the most exciting kayaking expedition（皮划艇探险）possible for beginner kayakers. You can expect to experience a whole range of different conditions and scenery. This expedition is a total of 8. 27 km in distance and it actually enters the streams in the North of Ubin and exits in the South.
Three and a half kilometers of pure mangroves（红树林）, makes this the longest pure mangrove kayaking expedition in Singapore. The distance spent inside the mangrove gives you the maximum opportunity to witness wildlife within the mangrove ecosystem. Come experience the challenge of operating your kayak through the labyrinth（迷宫）of waterways and be amazed at the calm and quiet beauty of the wetlands. This last corner of natural wilderness in Singapore is so inaccessible, that very, very few have ever experienced it－which makes this a truly special program.
Most Recent Traveler Reviews
Traveler A: Traveled from bottom to top of Singapore in rush hour traffic in order to get to Ubin for a 9:30 start—only to find no guide there. Although, once he arrived, the guide was lovely—offering a very knowledgeable tour and lots of enthusiasm around a beautiful part of the world—our 6-hour kayaking trip was actually over before 2:30 pm, despite only hitting the water at 12 noon.
Traveler B: The guides were nice, however the biggest disappointment was the timing. We thought we were going for a 4-hour kayak but were back in 2 hours and that included the prekayak safety talk. The mangroves are lovely but we were told that a storm was near. We felt that there had never been any intention of going out for longer.
1. What is special about the kayaking trip for travelers is that they ______.| A．have a good relaxation by kayaking |
| B．feel the challenge of kayaking |
| C．enjoy the beauty of the wetlands |
| D．experience the wonder of mangroves |
| A．The time, distance and cost are referred to. |
| B．The kayaking trip starts at 9:30 am and ends at noon. |
| C．The distance spent inside the mangrove is 3.5 kilometres. |
| D．The mangrove wetlands of Ubin lie in the south of Singapore. |
| A．The unpleasant weather. | B．The shortened distance. |
| C．The lovely wildlife. | D．The guide’s service. |
| A．The safety of the kayaking travelers is not well guaranteed. |
| B．The eco-system of Ubin nature reserve is well protected. |
| C．The timing of the kayaking trip is satisfactory on the whole. |
| D．Travelers’ complaints may not be considered by the traveling company. |
【推荐1】Top Exhibitions to See in London in 2023
Architectural: Vanishing Points
While we like to think of architecture existing purely in the real world, emerging designers and architects are using platforms like Instagram to create structures in the virtual world. This collection of works, which range from the practical to the fantastical, are all by architects who have gathered significant social media followings.
In the Digital Universe at ROCA London. 8 February—31 July, free.
Flowery: Orchids
This annual festival is back in bloom, this time inspired by the beauty and biodiversity of Cameroon. Just like previous years, the orchids are spread throughout the various zones of the Princess of Wales conservatory and accompanied by sculptures that are just as colourful as the flowers on display.
At Kew Gardens. 4 February —5 March, s16. 50—entrance to the gardens included.
Female Abstraction: Action, Gesture, Paint
Art history has often shone a light on the men of Abstract Expressionism, such as Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko. Well, now’s the time to let the most important women of the movement take the limelight in an exhibition that includes works by American artists such as Lee Krasner and Helen Frankenthaler, but spreads the net wider to include the female abstract artists from Europe, Asia and the wider world, with whom most of us will be unfamiliar.
At Whitechapel Gallery. 9 February—7 May, S16. 50—concessions available.
Powerful Portraits: Alice Neel
The largest UK exhibition to date of American painter Alice Neels work will bring together her figurative pieces from across her 60-year career. Neel went against the popular grain by painting figures when abstract works were most popular, and she painted subjects that other artists ignored — pregnant women, labour leaders, black children, civil rights activists and strange performers. It’s high time we had a major show of her work in London, and the Barbican has duly provided.
At Barbican Art Gallery. 16 February—21 May, &16. 50.
1. What do newly-developing designers and architects like to do ?| A．To gather significant social media. | B．To design purely real architectural structures. |
| C．To create platforms like Instagram. | D．To create virtual architectural structures. |
| A．On February 8. | B．On January 7. | C．On March 10. | D．On May 8 |
| A．She is 60 years old now. |
| B．Her works didn’t follow the trend. |
| C．She often ignored some common subjects. |
| D．She is the most popular American painter in the UK . |
【推荐2】It’s a new year with 12 whole months of new travel possibilities—but where are the best places to go? Mirror Travel Editors choose their 4 hotspots.
Sri Lanka
Temples, birds, beaches and culture...and some of the world’s best tea!
The Indian Ocean Island is the size of Ireland but blessed with an outstanding range of things to see and do including an impressive eight UNESCO world heritage sites (世界遗产地) and national parks.
OUR TIP: See the masses of elephants in Uda Walawe national park.
Finland
Rated as one top three countries to visit by Lonely Planet as well as one of National Geographic Traveler’s 21 Best of the World destinations for 2017, there’s even more cause for celebration as next year marks the 100th anniversary of Finland’s independence.
OUR TIP: With over three million saunas (桑拿) in the country, you could leave Finland in a sweat!
North Wales
The region has heavily financed adventure activities. Add to that white water rafting and surf at the world’s first inland surfing zone which is the size of six football pitches (足球场)—Surf Snowdonia and the splendid view of Mount Snowdon itself.
OUR TIP: The upgraded Bounce Below at ZipWorld looks ridiculously good fun, which is the size of a church.
Canada
Big and beautiful, it’s got just about everything: snow-capped mountains, vast forests rich in wildlife (who doesn’t like bears?!), huge lakes, two ocean coastlines and cities that offer history, culture, fine food and all your 21st century needs.
OUR TIP: Head to Cape Spear in Newfoundland and Labrador. It’s North America’s most easterly point and besides the sunrises and great views you could also see whales.
1. Where can we watch masses of elephants?| A．At ZipWorld. | B．In Mount Snowdon. |
| C．At Cape Spear. | D．In Uda Walawe national park. |
| A．It is the world’s first inland surfing zone. | B．It has many saunas in the country. |
| C．It is about the size of six basketball courts. | D．It has everything big and beautiful. |
| A．Because there are huge lakes. |
| B．Because there is much fine food. |
| C．Because it is the most westerly point of Canada. |
| D．Because they can see whales besides great views. |
【推荐3】Have you got teenage children between 12 and 17? Will they jump at the idea to go to South Africa too? Well, let me help you here.I will give you some great ideas about what teenagers can do in Cape Town and give you reasons why a stay in Cape Town will be cool for them too.
You will read where to find really interesting activities and how much money you will have to pay for them and also how your children can gain as many great experiences as possible when holidaying or even living in Cape Town.
•Mad about Football—not only for Soccer Fans
Where：Cape Town Stadium(体育场), 15 mins from Cape Town’s central business district (CBD). The new visitor center offers several tours.How much does it cost? R45.6 for adults or kids over 12, R17.1 for kids up to 12 and R11.4 per student for school groups.The Biodiversity Garden next to the stadium is interesting as well and can be added into tour at an additional cost.
•Theme Park with more than 23 rides and roller coasters(过山车)
Where: Ratanga Junction, Century City,20 mins north of Cape Town CBD.Costs: R75 for kids under 1.3m and R152 for kids over 1.3m or adults, open only on school holidays and public holidays.
•Sandboarding
Where：Atlantis,45 mins north of Cape Town CBD.Costs: R595 for a half day of fun in the sand.
•Ice skating
Where：Grand West Casino Complex，Goodwood,20 mins east of Cape Town CBD.Costs：R35 (including skates).
•Enjoy mini golf
Where: Several places around Cape Town CBD.Muizenberg Beach Promenade, Green Point Promenade, Durbanville Vodacom Golf Driving Range or try Cave Golf at the V&A Waterfront next to Scratch Patch.Costs: R8.
•Go bowling
Where:Several places around Cape Town CBD.Costs:R25.
•How about climbing walls
Where:Observatory,20 mins south of Cape Town CBD.Costs:R50.
1. A visitor can get the following information about the activities in the passage EXCEPT .| A．location | B．cost |
| C．food | D．distance |
| A．R182.4 | B．R153.9 |
| C．R125.4 | D．R114 |
| A．Atlantis |
| B．Green Point Promenade |
| C．Ratanga Junction |
| D．Grand West Casino Complex |
【推荐1】Personality is the pattern of thoughts, feelings and behaviors unique to a person. People tend to think of personality as fixed. But according to psychologists, that’s not how it works. “Personality is a developmental phenomenon,” said Brent Roberts, a psychologist at the University of Illinois.
That’s not to say that you’re a different person each day you wake up. “In the short term, change can be barely detectable,” Roberts said Individuals’ levels of each personality trait tended to stay consistent within each decade of life. But those decades add up. “Throughout all those years, our personality is still changing, but slowly,”Roberts said. “It’s something that’s subtle,” he added. “You don’t notice it on that five-to-10-year time scale, but in the long term, it becomes pronounced.”
In 1960, psychologists surveyed over 440,000 high school students, 1952 of whom were tracked down and given the same survey fifty years later. The results, published in 2018 in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, found that in their 60s, participants scored much higher than they had as teenagers on questions measuring calmness, self-confidence, leadership and social sensitivity. There’s good evidence that the average self-control of a30-year-old is higher than a 20-year-old. At the same time, people who are relatively self-controlled at 18 also tend to be relatively self-controlled at age 30.
So why do we change so much? Evidence suggests it’s not dramatic life events, such as marriage, the birth of a child or loss of a loved one. Some psychologists actually suggest these events strengthen your personality as you bring your characteristics with you to that particular situation.
`“Instead, changing expectations placed on us—as we adjust to university, starting a family—slowly wears us in, almost like a pair of shoes,” Roberts said. “Over time you are asked in many contexts across life to do things a bit differently,” he added. “There’s not a user handbook for how to act, but we unconsciously follow the way we are supposed to behave in these situations. So we adapt.”
1. What do we know about personality from paragraph 1 and paragraph 2?| A．Individual personality has a lot in common. |
| B．Personality develops slowly in the long run. |
| C．Every day personality is a new phenomenon. |
| D．Short-term change in personality can be detected. |
| A．Obvious. | B．Skeptical. | C．Steady. | D．Rewarding. |
| A．Clearly a 30-year-old tends to lose temper more easily than a 20-year-old. |
| B．440,000 high school students surveyed in 1960 were traced fifty years later. |
| C．Participants behave more calmly and confidently in their 60s than as teenagers. |
| D．People who are relatively self-controlled at 18 are surely not self-controlled at 30. |
| A．Dramatic life events. |
| B．Changing expectations on others. |
| C．Different contexts across life. |
| D．Constant adaptation to situations. |
The prolonged dry season in tropical areas usually causes a lot of losses. It will be very harmful to local farmers, because most of the tropical areas are regions of the developing countries. Sometimes agricultural and plantation crops will be damaged because of so much dry land and the fact that the river used to flow the water for rice fields are also dry. Rain is very important for plants because rain contains many nutrients that plants are in great need of.
What’s more, if the prolonged rainy season arrives and then floods usually occur in certain areas of low lands. Even for the capital city of Jakarta floods have struck several times during the prolonged rainy season. In addition to floods, the rainy season can cause many diseases. During the dry season, diseases are usually caused by mosquitoes such as dengue fever. While in the rainy season, people who have the weak immune will be more easily attacked by some diseases such as flu, fever, diarrhea, and much more.
If you live in the other places and want to travel to the tropical regions, make sure that you have known much about the season and the effect for these months in which you want to travel as tourists. Only in that way, can you at least prepare to deal with tropical weather.
1. How long does the dry season usually last in the author’s hometown?
| A．Four months. | B．Five months. |
| C．Six months. | D．Seven months. |
| A．uncertain | B．unknown |
| C．untrue | D．unbelievable |
| A．the effects of the dry season. |
| B．the benefits of the rainy season. |
| C．the growth of dry land |
| D．the diseases in the dry season |
| A．the capital of Jakarta is flooded every year |
| B．more crops will die after being flooded for so long. |
| C．mosquitoes will spread more diseases among the crowd. |
| D．people with weak immune might be attacked by some diseases |
| A．some interesting facts of tropical regions |
| B．some knowledge about tropical regions to travelers |
| C．some knowledge about how to live well in different regions. |
| D．some differences between dry and wet seasons in tropical regions. |
【推荐3】Troubleshooting: Unable to install the supplied software on a computer
The software supplied with a camera, camcorder (a portable video camera) or personal audio device may not install for the following reasons:
※1. The software may not be compatible with the computer operating system.
※2. The computer does not meet the minimum system requirements for installing the software.
※3. Another application or utility is running in the background of the computer and interfering with the installation.
※4. Antivirus or spyware software is preventing installation.
Follow the steps below to troubleshoot this issue.
√1. Check the instruction manual to determine the minimum system requirements and operating system supported by the software. Instructions for your product are usually available online.
√2. Check the specifications of the computer to ensure it meets the minimum system requirements and operating system supported by the software.
√3. Download and install all available updates for the computer and software. Software and driver updates for your product are usually available online.
NOTE: An install utility is an application used to assist with the installation of other software. If an install utility is available, follow the online instructions to properly download and install it.
√4. Temporarily disable any antivirus or spyware software.
√5. Close any software applications or other unnecessary utilities that may be running on the computer.
√6. Attempt to install the software and follow the on-screen instructions.
NOTE: If the software was designed to use an older version of the Windows operating system than what is currently installed on the computer, you can try installing using the compatibility mode.
√7. If the software will still not be installed, try installing it using the Safe Mode of the computer as follows:
NOTE: Some bundled software requires the product to be connected to the computer during the installation process.
1. Which of the following may be a reason for the failure of the installation of the supplied software?| A．The maximum system requirements are not met for the software. |
| B．The computer is using the latest Windows operating system. |
| C．The software is incompatible with the computer operating system. |
| D．The antivirus software is not running in the background. |
| A．temporarily disable other applications | B．follow the on-screen instructions |
| C．try installing it using the Safe Mode | D．switch to the compatibility mode |
| A．using the Safe Mode of the computer | B．turning off and restarting the computer |
| C．connecting the product to three computer | D．copying the software to a folder on the hard drive |
【推荐1】Complaints and Appeals
UNSW Global is committed to delivering a high standard of education and training services to all of its students. One way that UNSW Global fulfills this commitment is by ensuring that all students, both domestic and international, have access to a forcefully-expressed and fair complaints and appeals process. The process for how complaints and appeals are dealt with under the Complaints and Appeals Policy, is extracted below.
Stage 1: Informal Complaint Process
You are encouraged to attempt to solve issues that arise informally by contacting either the original decision maker. Customer Service or a Student Adviser. This should be done as soon as possible after the issue arising.
Examples of informal complaints include:
• late return of assessment result
•disagreement over marks
•teacher quality feedback
•class and timetabling changes
•complaints about home stay providers
•wrong attendance recorded
Stage 2: Formal Review Process
If the Stage I: Informal Complaint Process does not resolve the complaint, you may begin the Stage 2: Formal Review Process.
You must:
1. Complete a Stage 2: Formal Review Form and email it to complainsndconduct @unswglobal. unsw. edu.au. Hardcopy forms are also available from, and may be submitted to the Student Services Center.
2. Lodge the Stage 2: Format Review Form within 10 working days of the issue arising or receiving a response to your Stage 1: Informal Complaint.
We will:
1. Refer your complaint to the appropriate person for investigation and resolution.
2. Acknowledge your complaint within in working days of receiving your Stage 2: Formal Review Form and, in some cases, contact you to arrange an interview.
3. Send you a written statement of the outcome of your complaint, including the reasons for the outcome, within 10 working days of the acknowledgement of your complaint, or of any interview conducted.
Examples include:
•bullying and harassment
•decision to cancel enrolment
•refusal to issue a refund
•refusal to allow leave of absence
Stage 3: External Appeal Process
If you are not satisfied with the outcome of a Stage 2: Formal Review Process, you may refer the case to an external body for an independent review (see section 9 of the Complaints and Appeals Policy).
If you start with an external appeal, so that your enrolment can be maintained during the appeal process, you must inform us in writing by emailing complainsandconduct @ unswglobal. unsw edu.au.
1. The passage can most probably be found in the section "_______"in a school admission booklet.| A．Application Procedures | B．Rules and Procedures |
| C．Frequently Asked Questions | D．Acknowledgement and Declaration |
| A．a formal reply will be sent to you within a short time. |
| B．cases of mistreatment by host family are most common |
| C．the case is directly handled by the Student Services Center |
| D．only international students are entitled to lodge a complaint |
| A．have a consultation with a third party | B．inform the school of the appeal process |
| C．have the enrolment suspended temporarily | D．bear the expense of an independent review |
【推荐2】Downtown Baltimore is home to an unusual experiment that seems strange—cooling buildings with ice. It’s a service provided by Veolia Energy. Veolia doesn’t run big coal or nuclear power plants—instead, it tries to deliver “efficiency”—basically getting more out of the electricity network.
Veolia does this with a concept called “district cooling,” which sends water chilled by ice at a central plant out to several nearby buildings. A nearly 10-mile circuit of cooling pipes connects the downtown buildings, including the convention center, government buildings and hotels, to a brick building with two domes(穹顶)about 30-feet high next to it.
Inside the domes are tanks filled with water. A lot of tubes run through the water tank carrying chilled glycol, a fluid(液体)that freezes at a very low temperature. This process runs at night, and ice forms around the tubes.
“During the day, when we are using the ice to produce cooling for customers, we run water over the outside of the ice and malt it and actually provide cool water out to the distribution system,” says John Gibson, a vice president at Veolia Energy.
Why ice? The ice essentially stores the cheaper energy that’s available at night.
“ It allows you to make ice at night, when electrical demand is lower and costs are lower, and then melt that ice during the day to supplement your mechanical refrigeration,” Gibson says. The customers don’t need to buy their own refrigeration units, so they save about 10 percent on cooling costs by using Veolia’s district setup.
Using nighttime electricity also takes the heat off the electricity network. By using ice, Veolia doesn’t need to use as much electricity during the days.
Gibson also says it’s not cheap to build all of the pipes and pumps for a district cooling system, but it saves money in the long run, especially if existing underground infrastructure (基础设施)can be used.
1. What does the underlined word“chilled” in paragraph 2 refer to?| A．Cooled down. | B．Boiled up. | C．Frozen. | D．Purified. |
| A．It is energy-saving and economical. | B．It reduces the burden of refrigeration units. |
| C．Buildings need less cooling. | D．Cheaper water is available. |
| A．Unusual findings. | B．An efficient network. |
| C．A unique cooling system. | D．Velia’s mechanical refrigeration. |
| A．A diary. | B．A magazine. |
| C．A novel. | D．A brochure. |
【推荐3】When Shakespeare was twenty-one, he went to London, a very interesting place, to try his fortune.
There was the famous London Bridge and St. Paul’s Cathedral, and palaces and markets and long streets full of shops.
Then, too, there were the daily crowds where could be seen people from all over the world. Knights, scholars and the highwayman (拦路强盗）or thieves, who had been infamous for their clever robberies, passed by each other.
Here, also, were noblemen dressed in gold, from Italy and Spain and France; slaves from Spanish America, sea captains and ministers, soldiers and servants—all held by chances or interests within the gray walls which circled London, and whose gates gave welcome to as strange a crowd as could be found in the world.
Into this curious crowd came Shakespeare, quick to see and eager to learn. And before long all these strange sights were as familiar to him as the faces of his own town’s residents. Each one told its story to him so plainly that, as before he had learned the secrets of the fields and woods, so now he learned men and men’s interests that make up the great world.
And he learned these lessons so well that when he came to write his plays, he made such use of them as no writer ever made before or since; for it is the use of this knowledge of the world, combined with his own genius, that makes Shakespeare the greatest dramatist that has ever lived.
1. What was London like in Shakespeare’s eyes when he first went there?| A．Dirty and small. | B．Strange and interesting. |
| C．Infamous and terrible. | D．Familiar and modern. |
| A．Shakespeare got inspiration to write from his hometown, London. |
| B．Shakespeare was eager to make friends with the noblemen in London. |
| C．Shakespeare was good at observing and learning from the daily life. |
| D．Shakespeare became the greatest dramatist owing to his own genius. |
| A．Crowd. | B．Resident. |
| C．Face. | D．Sight. |
| A．a poster | B．a textbook |
| C．an advertisement | D．an announcement |
