【推荐2】The Giant Panda House

It’s home to not only two giant pandas Yingying and Lele, but also many rare and cute animals such as cuddly red pandas and giant salamanders. The Panda House not only provides home to those precious creatures but also aims at educating visitors about the impact of humans on protected animals and their habitat.

Samsung Everland

It is one of the most popular theme parks in Korea. To increase the theme park capacity (容量), Samsung customers require more attractions. After site research and discussion, the reconstruction work includes Main entrance, water park entrance building, indoor spa, panda building, 4D Theater, and Kids’ rides selection. These new attractions will bring in more people and commercial opportunity to the park.

Ocean Park Hong Kong

It’s an oceanarium, animal theme park and amusement park located in the Southern District of Hong Kong. Since its opening in 1997, it has grown to a size of 870,000 square meters with around 35 attractions and rides. It has won several awards including The World’s Seventh Most Popular Amusement Park and 33rd Most visited Tourist Attractions in the World by Forbes.

Sega World Sydney

It is an indoor high-tech amusement park in Sydney, Australia, which opened in March 1997. The park has 7 rides in total which employ the latest technology in multimedia, entertainment and destination attraction design. It used to be described by the media as “Australia’s Interactive Disneyland”.

1. Which of the following is in preparation for further construction?

A．The Giant Panda House.	B．Samsung Everland.
C．Sega World Sydney.	D．Ocean Park Hong Kong.

2. What do we know about Sega World Sydney?

A．It cares about wildlife animal protection.

B．It is titled as the most popular wildlife park.

C．It is indoor with the advanced media technology.

D．It has the rides specially designed for children.

3. Where does the text probably come from?

A．A magazine on science.	B．An advertisement for historic sites.
C．A report about tourism.	D．A website on international attractions.

【推荐1】Help Hermit Crabs

Hermit crabs are nature’s recyclers. They eat waste and help keep oceans and shores clean. Unlike other crabs, the hermit crab has a thin outer shell over its soft tail. This makes the hermit crab easy prey for hungry predators. Hermit crabs stay safe by living in old seashells. A hermit crab is picky; it tries on many shells until it finds one that fits just right. In recent years, however, many hermit crabs have had trouble finding their perfect homes. What is the problems There are not enough shells to go around!

One reason for the seashell shortage is that ocean water is not as clean as it once was. This has caused chemical changes to sea water. Some sea animals, like snails, are affected by these changes. Now there are fewer snails making shells. People visiting the beach often take shells home as souvenirs. This is another problem. Other people even take shells for their own pet hermit crabs! They do not realize that hermit crabs in the wild need those shells too.

Now people are working to solve this hermit crab housing shortage. They are teaching beach-Boers to leave seashells where they belong — at the seashore! Some people even make fake seashells that they hope the hermit crabs will like. For example, a group called Project Shelter invited people who visited their website to create different designs for hermit crab shells.

These designers had a lot to consider. What kind of material should be used to build a seashells. The material must be light enough for the hermit crab to carry, but strong enough to protect the crab from predators. The man-made shells could not contain glue or any other substance that might harm a hermit crab. Another challenge with building a hermit crab home was the opening to the shell. Too big would mean the crab would not feel safe. Too small would be uncomfortable, and the crab would not want to move in.

The Project Shelter shells are placed in the wild for hermit crabs to find. Lucky hermit crabs can move into these new dream homes.

1. Where can hermit crabs stay safe?

A．In different old seashells.	B．Behind the waste they’ll eat.
C．In their own thin outer shells.	D．Under the stones at the seashore.

2. According to the passage, what should be put in the webs?

A．The methods to recycle the wastes.	B．The ways to help the hermit crabs.
C．The materials of seashells.	D．The designs of websites.

3. What does the underlined word “fake” in Para. 3 mean?

A．man-made

B．perfect

C．hard

D．comfortable

4. What is the passage mainly about?

A．The Project Shelter Group.	B．The shortage of the seashell.
C．New homes for hermit crabs.	D．The recyclers of the nature.

【推荐2】To master a language one must be able to speak and understand the spoken language as well as to read and write.

Speaking, of course, can’t go without listening. If you want to pronounce a word correctly, first you must hear it correctly. The sounds of the Chinese and English languages are not exactly the same. If you don’t listen carefully, you will find it difficult or even impossible to understand the native speakers.

Writing, like speaking, it’s to express ideas. People generally use shorter words and shorter sentences in their writing. The important thing is to make your idea clear in your head and then to write it in clear lively language.

Chinese students read too slowly. If you read fast, you understand better. If you read too slowly, by the time you have reached the end of a page you have forgotten what the beginning is about. When you meet with new words, don’t look them up in the dictionary. Guess the meaning from the context (上下文). If you look up every word, you’ll never finish a book.

Students of a foreign language need a particular knowledge, the knowledge of the life, history and geography of the people whose language they’re studying. They should learn a foreign language and get some knowledge of the foreign country at the same time.

1. In the passage the writer gives Chinese students advice on how to ________.

A．understand spoken language	B．write good English
C．read books in English	D．learn a foreign language better

2. We can learn from the passage that ______ should come first in learning a foreign language.

A．listening	B．speaking
C．reading	D．writing

3. In order to be a fast reader, the writer advises us to ________.

A．use a dictionary as often as you can	B．look up every new word you meet with
C．guess the meaning of the new word	D．read word by word

4. The las paragraph tells us that language students should ________.

A．just learn the language itself

B．also learn about the culture of the country

C．do more reading and writing

D．do more practice in listening and speaking

【推荐1】Science experiments are a fun way for kids to learn all about science.I will introduce a few great experiments and teach your child all about the wonders of inertia(惯性).

Coin Shoot

You'll need some coins, at least eleven, and a smooth table.Stack(堆叠) all but one of the coins on the smooth table, making sure that the “high rise” is straight. Coins with wide edges make this experiment easy to do. Flick ( 弹 ) the extra coin quickly towards the bottom of the stack so that it hits the bottom coin.The bottom coin from the stack should shoot out from under the other coins without changing the rest of the stack. With good aim and quick flicks of your finger, you should be able to shoot all of the coins out of the stack one by one. Because the inertia of the stack of coins is so great, the force from the flicked coin is not enough to make the entire stack move or fall down.

The Pencil Standing

Place a narrow piece of paper on a smooth table. Hold the paper so that most of it hangs off the table.Place a pencil on the paper so that it is standing straight.Now,slowly try to pull the paper out from under the pencil.What happens? Set up the paper and pencil again, and give the paper a fast pull. What happens to the pencil this time?

Since the still pencil wants to stay at rest, it will be against the fast movement of the paper.This means that when the paper is moved quickly out from under the pencil, the pencil remains standing straight. If the paper is moved slowly, the movement has a chance to influence the pencil, and it will fall down.

1. Which of the following is used in both of the two experiments?

A．A narrow piece of paper.	B．A number of coins.
C．A smooth table.	D．A new pencil.

2. What result can we get if we do the first experiment well?

A．The stack of coins fall down on the table.

B．The bottom coin is flicked out of the stack.

C．All of the coins are taken away from the table.

D．All of the coins are shot out of the stack one by one.

3. Most of the paper hangs off the table so that .

A．we can pull it quickly	B．we can take hold of it
C．it can influence the pencil	D．the pencil can stand straight

4. If we pull the paper slowly out from under the pencil, the pencil will .

A．move slowly with the paper	B．stand straight on the table
C．be shot out from the table	D．fall down on the table

【推荐2】All Ric O Barry wants is to stop the dolphin-killing, so he is headed to this seaside Japanese town, Taiji. The American activist, who is the star of a new award-winning documentary that portrays the dolphin-killing here, got an unwelcome reception when he showed up here this week for the start of the annual hunt.

His movie, The Cove (海豚湾 ), directed by National Geographic photographer Louie Psihoyos, was released in the United States a month ago but has not yet to come out in Japan.

Scenes in the film, some of which were shot secretly, show fishermen banging on metal poles stuck in the water to create a wall of sound that scares the dolphins — which have supersensitive sonar (声呐系统) — and sends them fleeing into a cove.

There, the fishermen sometimes pick a few to be sold for aquarium shows, for as much as $150, 000. They kill the others, spearing the animals repeatedly until the water turns red. The meat from one dolphin is worth about 50, 000 yen, and is sold at supermarkets across Japan.

Greenpeace and other groups have tried to stop the hunt for years. Activists hope The Cove will bring the issue to more people internationally—and eventually in Japan.

Already, the Australian town of Broome dropped its 28-year sister-city relationship with Taiji last month, partly because of the movie.

“Some regions have a tradition of eating dolphin meat,” said fisheries official Toshinori Uoya. “Dolphin-killing may be negative for our international image, but it is not something orders can stop.”

The town government in Taiji — which has made whales and dolphins its trademark — refused to comment about The Cove, or the growing international criticism against dolphin-killing.

Many in Taiji take the dolphin hunt for granted as part of everyday life. They are defensive about The Cove, seeing themselves as powerless victims of overseas pressure to end a simple and honest way of making a living.

1. Ric O Barry made The Cove because he wanted to________ .

A．support Greenpeace's efforts	B．win an international award
C．stop the dolphin-killing	D．make Taiji well-known in the world

2. Viewers can learn from The Cove _______.

A．the cruel and bloody dolphin-killing

B．the beautiful Japanese seaside town Taiji

C．the sale of dolphin meat around the world

D．the advanced techniques to catch dolphins

3. What is the response to The Cove on the Japanese side?

A．Japanese officials decided to ban dolphin-killing.

B．Taiji broke up with its western sister-city Broome.

C．The town government in Taiji kept silent on criticism.

D．Most Japanese people were against eating dolphin meat.

4. What does the underlined word “defensive” probably mean?

A．Feeling guilty for killing dolphins.

B．Making the determination to change.

C．Attacking those against dolphin-killing.

D．Protecting themselves against criticism.

5. What can we infer from the passage?

A．The Cove has not influenced Japan's international image.

B．Many people in Japan have seen The Cove in the cinema.

C．Taiji's dolphin-killing industry has been seriously damaged.

D．The Cove has brought international attention to dolphin-killing.

【推荐3】Should swimming lessons be compulsory (强制的) in schools?

Guangdong province is set to make swimming lessons compulsory in primary schools staring from 2020, proposing the courses should be given from the fourth grade. Do we need to make swimming compulsory in schools? Forum (论坛) readers share their opinions.

White Bear (Poland)

In Poland swimming lessons are not compulsory, but most of the schools have them. I think that when it is only possible-there should be the swimming lessons for kids. It is a lifesaving skill.

Mister Panda (France)

I come from France where swimming lessons in school are compulsory (dating back to Charlemagne!). I even got my lifesaving certificate in school.

Boilermaker (Expert in China)

There are swimming lessons in my city, but I was very disappointed in how they were taught. The kids spent 45 minutes of the one hour lesson practicing strokes on dryland. They only spent 15 minutes in the water. All of the children panicked and sank immediately to the bottom. Then all of the parents scolded the children, telling them they weren’t paying attention to the teacher and that they were failures.

Yunzhang (China)

It is a pity that many Chinese: athletes have won world championships in swimming while most schools don’t have the swimming facilities. Swimming is an essential lifesaving skill that everyone should have access to. The earlier, the better. The government needs to put money into the popularity of the sport.

1. Who is doubtful about the effect of swimming lessons?

A．White Bear

B．Minter Panda

C．Boilermaker

D．Yunzhang

2. What can we learn from the passage?

A．Swimming lessons are made compulsory in high schools in Guangdong.

B．Swimming lessons are not compulsory in Poland, but most schools have them.

C．In France only a few schools have swimming lessons.

D．Most of the readers think swimming is an unnecessary skill.

3. What is the attitude of Yunzhang to the proposal of swimming lessons?

A．Pitiful

B．Positive

C．Concerned

D．Opposed

【推荐1】In America, when people say “man’s best friend”, they don’t mean another person. Instead, they are talking about a lovely animal：A dog! These words show the friendship between people and animals. Dogs and other pets can give happiness to people’s lives. Some people think of their pets as their children. A few even leave all their money to their pets when they die!
Animals can help people, too. Dogs can be taught to become the “eyes” for a blind person or “ears” for a deaf people. Scientists have found that pets help people live longer! They make people happier, too. Because of that, animals are brought into hospitals for “visit”.
Americans hold “Be-Kind-to-Animals Week” in the first week of May.
Pets shows are held during the week. Even if you don’t live in America, you, too, can do this. How? First, think about how animals make your life richer. If you have a pet, take more time this week to play with it. Remember to give it delicious food. Also, be sure to keep your pet from those unwanted babies.
If you don’t have a pet, be kind to animals around you. For example, if you see a street dog, don’t kick it or throw things at it. Instead, just leave it alone, or better yet, make friends with it. If others around you do bad things to an animal, try to stop them. As people, we must protect animals who can’t speak for themselves.
1. “A few even leave all their money to their pets when they die!” means that__________

A．pets have the right to inherit (继承) money.

B．money can give pets happiness.

C．it’s the best way to spend money.

D．some pets are taken as children.

2. Why are dogs brought to hospitals?

A．Because they are ill and need to see doctors.

B．Because they can make the patients happier.

C．Because they can find out the problems of the patients.

D．Because doctors can do experiments on them.

3. What’s the most popular activity in the “Be-Kind-to-Animals Week”?

A．Holding a pet show in the week.

B．Playing with pets the whole week.

C．Cooking delicious food for pets.

D．Making friends with other people’s pets.

4. What’s the passage mainly about?

A．A lot of people are interested in dogs.

B．Dogs can help people do many things. Z+X+X+K]

C．Pets are lovely and need care and protection.

D．We have done a lot of things for pets.

5. The words “man’s best friends” shows____________.

A．the friendship between people.

B．the friendship between people and animals.

C．the friendship between animals.

D．the friendship between men and women

【推荐2】Whether you have ten minutes or an hour to practice each day, you’ll find a wide variety of learning materials to help you make progress and improve your language skills. All the material on the LearnEnglish website is designed for self-study to support your learning.

Take our online level test: Start by taking our free English grammar and vocabulary test to help you find your level. All the material is labelled(标记) with the level, to make it easier to find material to suit your needs.

Explore our Skill Sections: In our Skills sections you can find self-study lessons to practice your listening, reading and reading and writing skills. There are different types of texts and audio(音频) recording, all with interactive exercises and worksheets that practice the skills you need. Choose your level and then choose a lesson!

Practice grammar: In this section you can improve your grammar with our clear and simple grammar lessons. The lessons start with an exercise to test your understanding, then an explanation to improve your grammar knowledge and finally another exercise to test your understanding again to see if you have improved. Choose your level and then choose a grammar point!

Read our Magazine sections: Are you looking for something quick to read? Our Magazine and Business magazine sections have short interesting articles for you to read about special days and business topics.

Challenge a friend or a colleague: If you want to play a quick online game and practice your English vocabulary at the same time, have a go at Wordshake. See how many points you can get in three minutes! You can challenge a colleague to play too and compare your points to see whose English vocabulary is improving the most.

1. If you want to find learning materials that suit you, you can start by________.

A．taking an online level test	B．finding self-study lessons
C．playing a quick online game	D．practicing your English grammar

2. If you want to learn about business topics, you can click________.

A．Explore our Skill Sections	B．Read our Magazine sections
C．Practice grammar	D．Challenge a friend or a colleague

3. What can we learn about Learning English？

A．Similar types of texts are provided for learners.

B．The grammar lessons are clear but complicated.

C．The Magazine sections provide long articles for learners.

D．A quick online vocabulary game is limited to three minutes.

4. Who is the text most probably written for?

A．Students.	B．Self-study learners.
C．Teachers.	D．Workers.

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1. If you wanted to place an ad. , what number would you call?

A．800-0739

B．800-1932

C．800-5224

D．800-0667

2. “ Classified Ads” may probably mean “­­­________”.

A．ads about everyone’s life

B．ads giving one some necessary information

C．ads divided into different groups according to a certain rules

D．ads for which you needn’t pay any money

3. If you want to find a part-time job, you will look at________.

A．For Rent

B．For Sale

C．Help Wanted

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