【推荐2】Art classes about animals & wildlife
All Creatures Large and Small
Animals bring something special to our life and give us inspiration for paintings that we will treasure. This workshop will focus on how to bring animals to life through color, lighting and good composition (构图). We will be working from photographs, so you will need to bring several good photos of your pets or wildlife animals.
Location Scottsdale, AZ
Instructor Phil Beck
Pet Portraiture (肖像画法) with Christine Fifer
Nothing teaches us to live in the moment more than our furry and feathered friends, and this workshop emphasizes (强调) the technical aspects of drawing and painting animals. Fifer is a long-time painter whose realistic style is simple and clear. No live models allowed (only a favorite picture or two)!
Location Key West, FL
Instructor Christine Fifer
Nature & Wildlife in the Field with Rafael Galvez
Limited to 12 students. Have a guided walk through a natural reserve and explore Charlotte’s wilderness with an experienced naturalist and bird painter, while learning about the region’s wildlife and habitats, and learning to paint from live subjects. Galvez emphasizes process rather than product.
Location Charlotte, NC
Instructor Rafael Galvez
Animal Drawing
A rare opportunity to work with live animals in the PAFA studios! Work with a horse and a dog served as models, learn skills and develop techniques for the graphic depiction (图形描绘) of animals. Explore a variety of drawing materials and techniques.
Location Philadelphia, PA
Instructor Peter van Dyck
1. Phil Beck will teach students to paint animals from      .

A．live models	B．his works
C．Pictures	D．famous paintings

2. Where should you go if you want to learn to paint in the open air?

A．Scottsdale, AZ.	B．Charlotte, NC.
C．Key West, FL.	D．Philadelphia, PA.

3. If you like to paint in a realistic style, you will learn from      .

A．Phil Beck	B．Peter van Dyck
C．Rafael Galvez	D．Christine Fifer

【推荐2】Holidays

Holiday News Vacancies (空位) now and in the school holidays at a country hotel in Devon. This comfortable, friendly home-from-home lies near the beautiful quiet countryside, but just a drive away from the sea. The food is simple but good. Children and pets are welcome. Reduced prices for low season.

The Snowdonia Center The Snowdonia Center for young mountain climbers has a mountain lesson. The beginners' costs are ￡57 for a week, including food and rooms. Equipment is included except walking shoes, which can be hired at a low cost. You must be in good health and prepared to go through a period of body exercises. This could be the beginning of a lifetime mountain climbing adventure.

The World Sea Trip of a Lifetime Our World Sea Trip of 2008 will be unlike any holiday you have ever been on before. Instead of one hotel after another, with all its packing and unpacking waiting and traveling, you just go to bed in one country and wake up in another. On board the ship, you will be well taken care of. Every meal will be first-class and every cabin like your home. During the trip, you can rest on deck (甲板), enjoy yourself in the games rooms and in the evening dance to our musical team and watch our wonderful play. You will visit all the places most people only dream about - from Acapulco and Hawaii to Tokyo and Hong Kong. For a few thousand pounds, all you've ever hoped for can be yours.

1. What can you do if you like to go on holidays with pets?

A．Choose the holiday in Devon.

B．Go to the Snowdonia Center.

C．Join the World Sea Trip of 2008.

D．Visit Acapulco and Hawaii.

2. In what way is the Snowdonia Center different from the other two holidays?

A．It provides chances of family gathering.

B．It providers customers with good food.

C．It offers a sport lesson.

D．It offers comfortable room.

3. What is special about the World Sea Trip of 2008?

A．You can have free meals on deck every day.

B．You can sleep on a ship and tour many places.

C．You will have chances to watch and act in a play.

D．You have to do your own packing and unpacking.

4. At the Snowdonia Center, the beginner’s costs of ￡57 do not cover___.

A．food	B．rooms.
C．body exercises	D．walking shoes

【推荐3】If you go to Brisbane, Australia, you can easily get a small book called Discover Brisbane free. The book tells you almost everything in Brisbane: the restaurants the shops, the cinemas, the streets, the buses, the trains, the banks. etc. Here is something about banks on page 49:

ANZ Banking Group

Corner of Greek &. Queen Streets.…………………………………………………………………………….228 3228

Bank of New Zealand

410 Queen Street …..............................................................................................................................................221 0411

Bank of Queensland

229 Elizabeth Street ….….....……………………………………………………………………………...….. 229 3122

Commonwealth Ranking Group

240 Queen Street………………………………………………………………………………………………..237 3111

National Australia Bank Ltd

225 Adelaide Street.…………………………………………………………………………………….......…..221 6422

Westpac Banking Corp

260 Queen Street …………………………………………………………………..............................................227 2666

Banking hours are Mon~ Thu 9:30 am to 4 pm. Fri.9:30 am to 5 pm. All banks close Sat Sun &Public Holidays

Australia has a decimal currency (十进币制) with 100 cents to the dollar.

Notes available are $ 100, $ 50, $ 20, $ 10, $5

Gold coins are $2 & $ 1

Silver coins are: 50, 20, 10 & 5.

Copper coins are: 2&1 cent

1. You can find ANZ Banking Group on ________.

A．Queen street

B．Elizabeth Street

C．the corner of Greek Street and Queen Street

D．the corner of Queen Street and Elizabeth Street

2. ________seems to be the most important street in Brisbane.

A．Greek Street	B．Elizabeth Street
C．Queen Street	D．Adelaide Street

3. On Saturdays, you can go to ________to put your money in or take your money out.

A．no bank	B．Bank of Queensland
C．National Australia Bank Ltd.	D．ANZ Banking Group

4. In Australia, the banks have their longest service hours on ________.

A．Fridays	B．Sundays
C．Saturdays	D．public holidays

5. In Brisbane you can change your money into_______.

A．gold coins	B．silver coins
C．copper coins	D．all the above

【推荐1】Something strange has been happening to me lately: Women in the street have been telling me I'm brave.

My act of courage isn't much-I just stopped coloring my hair. I had brown hair that started going gray when I was 30. So, like a lot of women, I started dyeing (染)it. It was expensive and time-consuming. And my hair grows fast, so I needed to go back to the hair salon(美发厅) every 5 weeks.

Many people seem to enjoy holding onto their youth for as long as possible, giving off the impression that they don' t have much wisdom or many accomplishments. But our hair starts to turn gray and suddenly we start spending $500 or more a year to cover something our male colleagues don’t need to cover.

Of course, People should do what they want with their own body -my mother is 91 and still has "blond" hair, and why not? I just wish more of us would feel that it was OK to be ourselves, because going gray has done more for me than saving me time and money.

I like my natural hair, just as it is. I like how it has got curly and full again. It is recovering after years of being damaged by chemicals. I also like that it has given me some needed attitude in a society that makes youth seem so important, while being against maturity. It reminds me that I'm not a kid anymore - and this isn't a bad thing. Not being a kid anymore means I read the books I want, and not the books i feel I should read. It means not wasting my time at events I don' t need to attend when I’d rather be with my family and friends.

When I see my hair in the mirror, it's a reminder that my time is limited, and I should spend it doing what matters. There's nothing shameful about growing older And pretending it's not happening is a way of giving up our power.

I see my gray hair as a little act of rebellion(反叛)against the idea that people lose value as they age, instead of gaining it. I see gray hair as my "flag" and I'm letting it fly proudly.

1. How does the author feel about coloring hair?

A．It shows people’s great courage.

B．It is a good way to hold onto youth.

C．It shows wisdom and accomplishments.

D．It is not worth the time and money spent on it.

2. What should we do when we grow old according to the author?

A．Give up our power.

B．Pretend to be still young.

C．Accept it and act positively.

D．Read as many books as possible.

3. What is the authors main purpose in writing this passage?

A．To explain why youth is valued.

B．To share her opinion on growing older.

C．To stress the importance of different attitudes.

D．To analyze the advantages and disadvantages of aging.

4. Which can be the best title for the passage?

A．Holding Onto Youth

B．Dyeing Your Hair

C．Gaining Value With Age

D．Valuing Wisdom Of Age

【推荐2】A vaccine (疫苗) that protects against one of the main common cold viruses has been shown to be safe and effective in a clinical trial and could be available by 2024.

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) spreads so easily that more than 90 percent of people have experienced their first infection (感染) by the age of 2. It usually causes cold-like symptoms but can lead to severe illness in young children and older people. All around the world, about 60,000 children under the age of 5 and 14,000 people over the age of 65 die each year after developing the virus.

Developing vaccines against RSV and other respiratory viruses has been difficult because the respiratory tract (呼吸道) is a surface exposed directly to the outside world, says Kirsten Spann at the Queensland University of Technology in Australia.

“It’s harder for antiviral antibodies (抗病毒抗体) in the blood to reach viruses in the respiratory tract, or even know they are there, because there is some physical separation,” she says.

In recent years, however, there has been rapid progress in finding new ways to improve immunity against respiratory viruses.

Several RSV vaccines are being tested in clinical trials, including one made by German company Bavarian Nordic. Its vaccine is designed to build immunity against RSV by exposing me body to five small fragments of the virus.

In a clinical trial involving 420 adults aged 55 and older, a single injection (注射) of the vaccine in the upper arm increased the levels of RSV-fighting antibodies inside the nose by three times and caused no serious side effects.

This immune response lasted for six months ---- enough to cover a winter cold season ---- and was restored with a booster shot at 12 months.

The results are promising, but more research is needed to see if the immune response is strong enough to prevent RSV infections, says Spann.

Bavarian Nordic is now planning a bigger clinical trial of its RSV vaccine that is scheduled to begin in 2021 and will involve more than 12,000 adults. If the results are positive, the company hopes to make the vaccine available by 2024. The firm plans to offer the vaccine to children too, but not until it has passed clinical trials involving people in this age range

1. What do we know about RSV?

A．It is the deadliest cold virus.

B．It is a newly discovered virus.

C．It takes thousands of lives every year.

D．It mainly puts older adults’ lives at risk-

2. Which word can best describe the development of RSV vaccines?

A．Creative.	B．Dangerous.
C．Interesting.	D．Challenging.

3. What was one feature of the RSV vaccine developed by Bavarian Nordic?

A．It had no human subjects.

B．It had no serious side effects.

C．The immune response lasted for 12 months.

D．The immune response could prevent RSV infections.

4. What does Bavarian Nordic plan to do in 2021?

A．Continue its clinical trial.

B．Offer its RSV vaccines to children.

C．Put its RSV vaccines on the market.

D．Follow the 420 adults in its early clinical trial.

【推荐3】Humans produce 300 million tons of plastic waste every year -which is roughly equivalent (相当于) to the total weight of all humans living right now. But a new discovery offers hope, and could improve the way we deal with plastic.

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have designed a plastic that can be recycled (回收) over and over again, and turned into new materials of any color, shape, or form. They are calling it polydiketoenamine or PDK, and this new plastic can be broken apart all the way down to the molecular (分子的) level.

Brett Helms, the staff scientist at the Berkeley Lab who led the research, told ABC News that the new discovery “could significantly reduce the leakage (泄漏) of plastics into the environment.”

“That broken black watchband you threw in the rubbish could find new life as a computer keyboard if it’s made with our PDK plastics”, Helms said.

Many plastics used today were made with chemicals that make them stronger, but these chemicals can also make it more difficult to fully recycle the material or recycle them repeatedly. Over time, researchers say, even ‘recyclable’ plastics may end up in a landfill.

The Berkeley Lab says these types of chemicals had previously prevented plastic from achieving “the holy grail of recycling,” and that PDK plastic might be the answer.

“If these factories were designed to recycle or upcycle PDK and related plastics, then we would be able to more effectively remove plastic from landfills and the oceans,” Helms said.

Researchers say the next plan is to develop PDK plastics to use in cloth, building materials, and 3D printing.

The researcher’s findings are published in full in Nature Chemistry.

1. What is the clear advantage of PDK plastics over many plastics used today?

A．PDK plastics are light.

B．PDK plastics are strong.

C．PDK plastics can be recycled repeatedly.

D．PDK plastics are used the most widely in the world.

2. According to Helms, a computer keyboard thrown into rubbish ________.

A．is useless	B．can be recycled
C．can be used again	D．is not made with PDK plastics

3. The underlined words “the holy grail” in the passage probably mean ________.

A．the final goal	B．the new discovery
C．the bad condition	D．serious pollution

4. What are the researchers going to do next?

A．Publish their findings.	B．Find new ways to use PDK plastics.
C．Sell their new discovery.	D．Produce more PDK plastics.

【推荐1】Christmas was near a season that we took seriously in our house. But a week or so before the 25th, my father would give each of his children $ 20. This was the 1970s, and $ 20 was quite a bit of money.

But I saw it differently. My father trusted me to have the smart to spend money wisely. Even better, he gave me the means to get it. On a very basic level, my father was giving me a shopping spree (狂欢) every year. But he was also giving me charge over my own fun, trusting my ability to manage money and making me feel like a grown-up. He didn’t buy me Sherlock Holmes, but he gave me the means to walk into the bookstore and choose it for myself, so it felt like a gift from him.

My mother had a gift for giving me what I needed, usually right at the moment I needed it most. This was when I was 25, I failed at being an adult on my very first try. I had quitted my previous job but had no new one. But when my mother paid me a visit, I put on a good show, telling her I had started my own company.

My mother knew that I was trying hard and failing at that time. It wasn’t until after she left that I noticed at the foot of my bed an envelope thick with cash. She knew how desperately I needed it. She knew that had she just shown up with groceries, or offered to pay my rent, she would have made me feel much worse. The cold, hard cash meant she was helping me. And, funnily enough, the distance with which she gave the gift felt like she was giving me space to fix my life and preserve my dignity. My mother and father both did the same thing. One was giving me the means to take my own decisions, and the other was giving me a second chance when those decisions had cost me dearly.

1. What can we learn about the author from the first two paragraphs?

A．His family once celebrated Christmas happily.

B．His father gave the author chances to make decisions.

C．His best memories about Christmas were in the 1970s.

D．He used to choose books as his father’s gift on Christmas.

2. When he was 25 years old, the author       .

A．planned to open his company	B．became interested in shows
C．gave his mother a gift	D．was out of work

3. Which word can best describe the author’s mother?

A．Sensitive.

B．Optimistic.

C．Considerate.

D．Determined.

4. In which way does the author believe his parents did the same thing?

A．Support his decisions wholeheartedly.

B．Offer to pay for his bills.

C．Trust his ability to spend money.

D．Fix his life by paying the groceries.

【推荐2】Controlling your food longings and dropping pounds fast is easy: Just eat break-fast. The editors of Eat This, Not That! carried out researches to determine some best breakfast foods for weight loss.

Black Beans

Protein, per 1/2 cup: 7g

Black beans will not only fill you up for hours but also help slim you down. Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center researchers found that with black beans consumed daily, study participants' fat reduced by 4 percent over two years.

Peanut Butter

Protein, per 2 tbsp(汤勺): 7-8g

While processed peanut butter is filled with sugar and oils, the real stuff is made with just two ingredients: salt and peanuts. The peanut is filled with heart-healthy monounsaturated(单一不饱和的) fats. Nutritionist and personal trainer Kristin Reisinger suggests using the healthy fat in an AM smoothie.

Almond Butter

Protein, per 2 tbsp: 7-8 g

“Almond butter is high in protein, fiber and monounsaturated fats,” says Martha McKittrick, RDN, CDE." Studies have also shown that people who eat nuts are less likely to become overweight than those who avoid them, likely because it helps you feel fuller.” To get the benefits at breakfast, McKittrick suggests spreading some nut butter on the whole grain toast.

Eggs

Protein, per two large eggs: 13 g

“Eggs are an excellent source of protein and other healthy nutrients including fat-burning choline(胆碱),” says McKittrick. Choline, also found in lean(瘦的) meats, seafood and collard greens, attacks the gene mechanism that causes your body to store fat around your liver(肝脏), according to Zero Belly Cookbook. The more eggs you eat, the less egg-shaped you get.

1. Which two foods contain the same amount of protein?

A．Black beans and eggs	B．Almond butter and eggs
C．Black beans and peanut butter	D．Peanut butter and almond butter

2. How does Almond Butter help control weight?

A．It helps people sleep better

B．It offers people more protein

C．It makes people feel fuller

D．It makes people burn more calories

3. What food will a doctor advise heart patients to eat?

A．Peanut butter	B．Almond butter
C．Black beans	D．Eggs

【推荐3】As COVID-19 spreads across the globe, people are staying 1.8 meters apart, washing their hands and avoiding touching their faces . Or at least they're trying to. However, ignoring an itchy nose or hair in your eyes is easier said than done. Even professionals who should know better get caught by the impulse. Medical school students being trained in infectious disease prevention, for example, touched their faces 23 times an hour during a lecture, according to a 2015 study in the American Journal of Infection Control.

"Actually, it's one of the most common habits for any human," said psychologist Kevin Chapman. "People are taught to touch their faces often, whether by applying makeup, brushing their teeth, or putting their hair up," Chapman added. These routines carry over to less intentional methods of touching their faces, such as rubbing their eyes in a bacteria-filled grocery store.

This tendency isn't just about repetition. "It's a habit to make sure that our faces are appearing a certain way publicly, " Chapman said. Food around the mouth , for example , could suggest that someone is lazy or doesn’t take care of their appearance. Touching their face allows people to regulate their presentation and also shows others that they're self-aware.

Though touching the face is a bad habit for many people, it can be worse for those with anxiety. To manage stress, they may perform body-focused repetitive behaviors such as biting their nails or pulling their hair. On a less severe level, people may touch their faces to comfort themselves in times of stress.

When people are concerned about touching their faces, they may do it more frequently. To break the habit, you should start by being more aware of what you are doing, but don't punish yourself when you reach out your hand.

1. What does the underlined part "the impulse" in Paragraph 1 refer to ?

A．The desire to touch the face.	B．The hope of staying away from others.
C．The desire to wash hands frequently.	D．The wish to accept professional training.

2. Which of the following about face-touching may Chapman agree with?

A．It is an acquired habit.	B．It is the latest fashion.
C．It is an age-old custom.	D．It is the act of self-protection.

3. What does Paragraph 3 mainly discuss about face-touching?

A．Its typical examples.	B．Its future tendency.
C．Its public rules.	D．Its social reasons.

4. Why do people with anxiety repeat some body-focused behaviors?

A．To keep focused.	B．To stop self-harm.
C．To make themselves relieved.	D．To create a strong impression.

5. How can we avoid touching the face frequently according to the last paragraph?

A．By taking regular relaxation exercises.	B．By paying more attention to the behavior.
C．By carrying out severe punishment accordingly.	D．By concentrating on the other parts of the body.