Many people don’t have a home because of an illness or because they lost their jobs. They have bad health and can’t start working, and because of that, they can’t pay for a doctor, so it’s a never-ending circle. Homeless people don’t have anywhere to go, so they have to sleep on the streets, covering themselves with newspapers and looking through the rubbish cans to find some food or warmer clothes.
Seeing these horrible living conditions, the Australian charity Beddown decided to help these people in need. They came up with an amazing idea to make shelters in places that are vacant at night-like parking lots! The organization asked one of the largest car park-opera tors, Secure Parking, and they agreed upon it.
“It was great to start with a group of our volunteers to help us and set up some beds. Although as expected we had a few challenges to overcome, it was good to start bringing Bed down to life. Beddown will provide an immediate response for those who can not sleep well to access safe, find shelter-and access to a real bed and a great night’s sleep. We will work with our other partners to provide long-term solutions to providing our guests with accommoda-tion, education and employment opportunities.” The founders of Beddown said in one of their Instagram posts.
The charity also provided other services to the guests, like doctors, nurses, dentists, hairdressers. They gave them new clothing, a place to clean themselves and helped provide social services. “After spending the week here, having a good sleep at night, it reminded me of life and I want to begin my life again,” one homeless man said.
1. What can we learn about the homeless in Australia？| A．They live a hard life. | B．They lost their families. |
| C．They don’t want to work. | D．They like to live on the street. |
| A．Making beds for the homeless. | B．Using the parking lot to get money. |
| C．Using the parking lot to help the homeless. | D．Inviting the car park operators to organize the activity. |
| A．It is only a part of their help. | B．It helps the volunteers greatly. |
| C．It makes the Beddown get more reputation. | D．It gives the homeless a chance to return to real life. |
| A．The Homeless Get Good Diet Now. |
| B．Beddown Shelters the Homeless in Car Parks. |
| C．Beddown Helps the Homeless Find Jobs in Car Parks. |
| D．Australian Charity Beddown and the Homeless in Australian. |
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【推荐1】Sally Dawly is a woman from Auburn, California. Over the last three and a half years, the anti-littering woman has spent most of her free time picking up cigarette butts (烟头) from the streets of her home city.
Called the “Butt Lady” by her local community, Dawly began her mission to rid the streets of her city of cigarette butts in October, 2014. The woman looked for cigarette butts, picked them up and threw them in the trash. To keep a count of how many butts she picks up, the Butt Lady has been using a tablet, and earlier this month, she hit a historic milestone—one million cigarette butts.
“I got tired of going on my walks and seeing cigarette butts everywhere,” Sally Dawly said. “I’m just shocked that I had to pick up so many. I’ve ever picked up 3,000 butts in one day,” she said. “Don’t throw away your butts; better yet, stop smoking.”
With so many cigarette butts littering the streets, can one person’s efforts really make a difference? Surprisingly, the answer seems to be yes. Soon after the Butt Lady of Auburn started her mission and word of her efforts spread, cigarette cans started appearing around bars and restaurants in the city. Members of the local community even came out to cheer her on as she approached her one-million-butt milestone.
Sally knows her city’s cigarette butt littering problem won’t be solved anytime soon, but she hopes her work will inspire people to at least think twice before dropping cigarette butts in the streets. She has decided to continue cleaning up after irresponsible smokers, and already has a new milestone in her sights—two million cigarette butts.
Word of the Butt Lady’s efforts to keep the streets cigarette butt-free has reached neighboring communities as well, and CBS Sacramento reports that other cities have started seeking her help as well.
1. Why does Sally Dawly carry an iPad with her while picking up the butts?| A．To entertain the crowds. |
| B．To monitor the smokers. |
| C．To attract people’s attention. |
| D．To record the number of butts. |
| A．Excited but upset. | B．Shocked and sorry |
| C．Frightened but content. | D．Astonished and desperate. |
| A．She picks up nearly 3,000 cigarette butts every day. |
| B．She will work in other cities in California in the future. |
| C．She has set a new goal of picking up two million cigarette butts. |
| D．She picked up one million cigarette butts with members of her community. |
| A．California’s “Butt Lady”. |
| B．Fighting against smoking. |
| C．Californians health problems. |
| D．Smoking problems in California. |
【推荐2】Years ago, I volunteered at a homeless shelter in Los Angeles, handing out food. Once I got talking with Albert., a tall and skinny young guy in line. He said he liked my socks. “Want to see mine?” he joked, lifting his leg. He was barefoot. I felt a sinking feeling in my stomach.
The next day, after work, I stopped at Ross and filled up my truck with socks. The following early morning, I drove over to Santa Monica's Palisades Park, which is a common destination for homeless people.
I took one of the bags from my trunk. It was still dark out. I headed for a group of three men, standing around a tree, probably using it as a windbreaker. Two were asleep under heavy blankets, and the third was digging through his collection. As I walked toward him, he watched me, perhaps questioning my motives. “I thought you guys might need some fresh new socks,” I said, handing him a pair. He looked confused at first but took them and said, “Thank you.” I gave him two more pairs for his friends.
I moved on. An hour later, I had given out all the socks. Most people were sleeping, and I felt like Santa. I knew that when they wake up they would find a very meaningful present.
That was nine years ago. Every week I’ll hand out as many socks as I can. If I’m on vacation or on a business trip for more than a week, I bring a bag of socks with me and hand them out to the homeless on the streets in other states and countries.
It’s extremely satisfying to operate “under the radar（雷达）” to help make some people’s lives a little bit easier. Part of me hopes to see Albert out there one of these days, but even if I don’t, I like to think one of the pairs will find him.
1. What does the underlined part in Paragraph I most probably mean?| A．Homesick. | B．Sorry. |
| C．Regretful. | D．Embarrassed. |
| A．A garage. | B．A public park. |
| C．A store. | D．A homeless shelter. |
| A．Playing Santa in public. | B．Making weekends as holidays. |
| C．Spending early morning at a park. | D．Helping others silently. |
| A．Helping the Homeless in an Unexpected Way. |
| B．The Easy Way Out of Helping the Poor. |
| C．A Unique Experience at a Homeless Shelter. |
| D．Satisfactory Return from Kindness. |
【推荐3】When a couple of movies about ballroom dancing (交谊舞) came out over 10 years ago, some current Long Island students were babies in arms. Now they are in each other’s arms as they learn their dancing lessons.
The lesson plan, which includes the tango, waltz and swing, is part of Dancing Classrooms Long Island, a program of the nonprofit CoDanceCo Inc. It helps the students to build self-confidence, cooperation skills, good manners and respect for others. “We aim to help the youth learn essential life skills through the process of social dance,” said Nancy Duncan, founding director of CoDanceCo Inc.
Duncan contacts school to participate in the program, or school officials call her or learn of the program by word of mouth. Duncan launched the program in 2008 in three schools, while in 2015 it was in 18 schools in Long Island, serving nearly 2,000 students. Over the years, more than 10,000 students have been involved.
“Dancing Classrooms is not just about teaching ballroom dancing,” Duncan said. “The dance is a tool for getting the children to break down social barriers (壁垒), learn about honor, and respect others who may be different.”
“Every 30 seconds when a dance is finished, the ‘gentleman’ rotates to the next partner so everyone gets to dance with everyone,” Clarke, a teacher of the program said. “We ask them to look at each other while they’re dancing.”
Students also learn a diverse range of ballroom dances. They learn about the music and culture of each dance form and how to dance with a partner. The goal is to help children develop a sense of physical and emotional well-being.
“I really like it,” Adriana Wool, 10, a student at William S. Covert School, said after finishing a lesson. “It’s a learning opportunity; it’s also fun. There are other kinds of dances, but ballroom dancing is more elegant (优雅的).” Her classroom teacher, Joe Gallina, said students who experience the program show more respect for one another. “They build relationships,’’ he said. “I see more boys talking to girls, and it’s an opportunity for students that may not shine in the classroom to be good at something.”
1. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?| A．Over 20,000 students have participated in the program recently. |
| B．School officials may know the Dancing Classrooms Long Island from a student who has taken the lesson. |
| C．Babies in arms used to be taught to learn ballroom dancing. |
| D．Duncan started CoDanceCo in 2008 in 21 schools. |
| A．It teaches kids confidence and cooperation. |
| B．It teaches difficult dancing steps to students. |
| C．Most teachers get involved in the program it offers. |
| D．It only offers face-to-face instruction. |
| A．Relaxing. | B．Unexpected. | C．Boring. | D．Beneficial. |
| A．To introduce a meaningful dance program. |
| B．To share dancing experience of children. |
| C．To recommend different types of dances. |
| D．To promote students’ social ability. |
【推荐1】Good health is a precious thing. When we are healthy, we can learn, work, and support ourselves and our families. When we are sick, we struggle, and our families and communities fall behind.
That's why the World Health Organization is needed. Working with 194 Member States, across six regions, and from more than 150 offices, WHO staff are united in a shared commitment to achieve better health for everyone, everywhere.
The purpose that all people should enjoy the highest standard of health, regardless of race, religion, political belief, economic or social condition, has guided WHO's work for the past 72 years, since it was first set up as the lead agency for international health in the United Nations, which was founded in 1945.
Since 1970, the world has seen a rise in noncommunicable（非传染性的）diseases such as cancer, diabetes（糖尿病）and heart disease. Driven by forces such as rapid unplanned urbanization, globalization of unhealthy lifestyles and population ageing, these diseases now account for 70% of all deaths. So WHO has shifted focus, along with health authorities around the world, to promote healthy eating, physical exercise and regular health checks.
The organization has run global health campaigns on the prevention of diabetes and high blood pressure and on healthy cities. It negotiated（谈判）the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, a powerful tool to help reduce diseases and deaths caused by tobacco.
Achieving these goals will require unfailing political and financial commitment, from Member States and donors, and continued and expanded collaboration with colleagues from academia, Partners on the ground, and other members of the UN family.（From the official website of WHO, 2020. ）
1. What is the goal of WHO?| A．To work with more countries. |
| B．To unite everyone in the world. |
| C．To try to make everyone healthy. |
| D．To stop our families falling behind. |
| A．In 1918. | B．In 1945. | C．In 1948. | D．In 1970. |
| A．The world population has stopped ageing. |
| B．WHO has succeeded in controlling tobacco. |
| C．The people's lifestyles have become healthier. |
| D．The noncommunicable diseases have increased. |
| A．The Goals of WHO | B．A Health Organization |
| C．The History of WHO | D．An Organization Foundation |
【推荐2】A woman grasped her phone to her heart the way a minister might hold a Bible. She was anxious to take a picture of a bunch of flowers that sat not 10 feet away, but first she had to get through a crowd of others pushing to do the same. The cause of this was Bouquets to Art, one of the most popular annual events at the de Young Museum in San Francisco. For the 34th year, artists were asked to create flower bunches that respond to pieces of art on display, from ancient carvings to contemporary sculptures. It’s time to take a photo to post on Instagram, but to the point that it has become a problem.
In recent years» the de Young received more than a thousand complaints from people who felt that cell phones had ruined their experience. In fact, institutions of fine art around the world face similar problems as the desire to take photographs becomes a huge draw for museums as well as something that upsets some of their visitors. So the de Young responded with a kind of compromise: carving out “photo free” hours during the exhibition’s six-day run.
One common complaint in the ongoing debates over the effect of social media on museum culture is that people seem to be missing out on experiences because they are so busy collecting evidence of them. A recent study in the journal Psychological Science suggests there is some truth to this; it found that people who took photos of an exhibit rather than simply observing it had a harder time remembering
what they saw. But the issue is complicated for the professionals running museums. Linda Butler, the de Young’s head of marketing, communications and visitor experience, acknowledges that not everyone wants a museum to be “a photo-taking playland. ” Yet a lot of other people do, and she thinks that the de Young is in no position to judge that one motivation for buying a $ 28 ticket is more valid than another. “If we removed social media and photography,” she says, “we would risk becoming less popular.” If this is a battle, signs indicate that the pro-phone crowd (亲手机人群) has already won.
1. What were the crowd eager to do in Paragraph 1?| A．To hold a Bible. | B．To admire flowers. |
| C．To take a photo. | D．To see the exhibition. |
| A．By setting periods without photo-taking. |
| B．By making the exhibition free of charge. |
| C．By compromising with other institutions. |
| D．By giving extra time to take photos freely. |
| A．It uncovers the truth. | B．It accumulates evidence. |
| C．It causes complaints. | D．It plays a negative role. |
| A．Catering to visitors. | B．Reducing admission prices. |
| C．Reserving judgement in public. | D．Banning social media and photography. |
【推荐3】What’s the better way to experience the history of a site than to have a hand in actually preserving it? This was the thought behind the founding of Adventures in Preservation (AiP) in 2001.The nonprofit’s founders, Judith Broeker and Jamie Donahoe, were both longtime preservationists and world travelers. They had seen a great many buildings in poor condition, as well as buildings that had been “restored” without the benefit of conservation expertise.
Twelve years on, they are still involved in the daytoday management of the organisation, supported by a volunteer staff. Located around the world, Judith’s favourite projects have long been the ones in Eastern Europe, and she enjoys the opportunity to travel there each year. She, along with anyone else who’s joined the adventure, always quotes their fellow jammers, as they’re called, as the highlight of each project. The groups are made up of people from all different ages, occupations, and cultures. Yet each time, they form a strong bond and work so well together that the work becomes fun.
Raising people’s awareness of their own heritage is another part of AiP project. In many places, there is so much focus on the news that not only are heritage buildings being lost but also are the traditional building skills needed to keep them. By providing training and raising awareness of the importance of their heritage, AiP is helping keep both alive.
Next year, AiP has projects in Europe and the US. There will be even more projects the following year as projects currently under development in Ghana, Armenia, Ukraine and the US come on line. Each project is also an opportunity for travel adventure, and personal growth, and AiP welcomes people from around the world to join a project and “jam” with them.
1. For what major purpose was AiP set up?| A．To gain wonderful benefits. | B．To protect old buildings. |
| C．To hunt for experts. | D．To train new members. |
| A．Machines. | B．Projects. | C．Colleagues. | D．Organisations. |
| A．Ambitions. | B．Education. | C．Wealth. | D．Efforts. |
| A．AiP’s popularity. | B．AiP’s eagerness. | C．AiP’s goal. | D．AiP’s function. |
【推荐1】“Instagram(a social networking app) will cut out many users’ accounts on December 20. To protect your account, repost this warning #KeepMyAccountSafe.” Every few months, it happens again-a dozen of annoying posts from my kids’ friends suddenly start to appear on my Instagram news feed.
According to a new study by Stanford University, most kids don’t know what news is fake. Researchers asked more than 7,800 middle school and high school students to complete 56 tasks, like distinguishing an advertisement from a real news story on a website and determining which blog in a series was most reliable. They found that students judged the credibility of blogs based not on the source of the material, but on how much detail they contained, or whether a large photo was attached.
“Many people assume that because young people are fluent in social media, they can distinguish fake news, but our work shows the opposite to be true,” wrote lead study author Sam Wineburg, a professor at Stanford’s Graduate School of Education.
Both Google and Facebook are now taking steps to control misleading news from making its way on their platforms, but they won’t be able to eliminate it completely. That is why it’s now more important than ever to teach our kids to think critically when it comes to believing various information sources.
“In the coming months, we look forward to sharing our assessments and working with educators to create materials that will guide young people in the sea of disinformation they encounter online,” said Wineburg.
1. How does the author introduce the topic of the passage?| A．By stating opinions. | B．By showing findings. |
| C．By quoting sayings. | D．By citing a post. |
| A．The source of the material. | B．The popularity of the website. |
| C．The amount of details. | D．The size of relevant photos. |
| A．Digest. | B．Update. | C．Estimate. | D．Remove. |
| A．Stronger Together: The Internet Changes Our Life |
| B．Be Careful: Kids Are Bad at Identifying Fake News |
| C．Reliable News Has No Place on Social Media |
| D．Educators Have a Long Way to Go to Guide the Young |
【推荐2】It is calculated that by the year 2230, the entire population of the USA will be dangerously overweight. Nine years ago only one in eight was obese (肥胖). Nowadays in five Americans, one is obese and the number continues to rise. One of the problems is the big amounts of what they eat. The drink and food portions (分量) are so large in America that a new vocabulary has appeared on the menus to fit the portions. Food sizes no longer stop at large, but run through jumbo, supreme, monster and super size.
Everybody is not only eating more, but also consuming more and more junk food. And everybody knows what food like this can do to their weight and health. Americans eat about 20 teaspoons of sugar a day, twice the suggested safe amount and 25 percent more than 10 years ago.
Besides, most of the Americans sit at a desk all day, go past a drive-through restaurant, head home, open the garage door and head for the armchair, television with voice control and mobile phone resting on the arms. Everything is electric, and everything has been motorized or electrified.
The growth of obesity among children is also worrying American health experts. Children are spending long hours sitting, watching TV, surfing the Internet or playing computer games. As a result, 12 percent of teenagers are overweight.
The Center for Disease Control has already warned the nation about an epidemic (泛滥) of obesity, but it is hard for people to give up their eating habits even if they know about the health risks they run.
1. The numbers mentioned in Paragraph 1 is ________.| A．to warn Americans about the danger of obesity |
| B．to show the improvement of living standards in America |
| C．to show the sharp increase in obese population of the USA |
| D．to compare the growth of obesity between America and China |
| A．eating | B．selling | C．throwing | D．preparing |
| A．Some of the children in America don’t have healthy habits. |
| B．Most of the Americans are too lazy to do things themselves. |
| C．Americans are becoming lazy because everything is motorized or electrified. |
| D．Only 12 percent of teenagers are overweight so there’s nothing to worry about. |
| A．A new vocabulary has appeared on the menus to fit the larger portion. |
| B．The development of science and technology has freed people’s hands. |
| C．Americans go to drive-through restaurants because they don’t have time to make dinner. |
| D．People know what their eating habits will do lo their health but they can’t give them up. |
【推荐3】If you have the strange feeling that you’ve read this before, don’t be alarmed. It’s probably just déjà vu. Déjà vu is the strange feeling that you’ve experienced something before, while at the same time knowing that you haven’t. You visit a friend’s apartment and have the overwhelming sense you’ve been here before, but that can’t be the case. This is the first time you’ve ever visited this city. Still, the feeling may be so real that you almost know what you’ll find when you walk into the kitchen.
Experts estimate roughly two out of three people have had the experience at least once. The experience typically lasts no more than a few seconds and there’s no warning of when it’s about to happen, making it extremely difficult to study. Much that is known about déjà vu is based on surveys. Still, researchers have come up with novel ways to study it in the wild.
Anne Cleary, professor of cognitive psychology and memory researcher, used virtual reality (VR) to trigger (引发) déjà vu. Cleary and her team took subjects through a series of scenes in the video game, carefully designed so that the spatial layout (空间布局) of one scene was similar to another, even though the actual images were quite different. The subjects experienced déjà vu when a scene was similar to one they’d seen before, suggesting that a similarity in spatial layout between two places might lead to a déjà vu-like sense of familiarity in a novel place.
“There may be many different reasons that could all be true for why déjà vu can happen,” Cleary says. Though no one has yet explained what causes déjà vu, it’s a good thing that science finally got serious about studying the strange phenomenon. “I think déjà vu research has been shedding light on processes that are helping us to understand memory better at a wider level than just trying to understand déjà vu,” says Cleary.
1. Why does the author mention “visiting a friend’s apartment” in paragraph 1?| A．To draw a comparison. | B．To make an assumption. |
| C．To present a fact. | D．To illustrate a concept. |
| A．Uncontrollable factors. | B．Unproven surveys. |
| C．Subjects’ mental state. | D．Similar spatial layout. |
| A．She compared similar scenes with the subjects. |
| B．She guided the subjects through a novel place. |
| C．She applied virtual reality to trigger déjà vu. |
| D．She depended on surveys to learn about déjà vu. |
| A．The accurate causes of déjà vu. | B．The phenomenon of déjà vu. |
| C．The significance of déjà vu research. | D．The procedure of déjà vu research. |
【推荐1】The European wood bison population has grown so much as to no longer be considered "Vulnerable" according to the global authority on conservation,the International Union for Conservation of Nature(IUCN),in their latest Red List update.
A century ago,only 50 European bison remained on Earth,and they were mostly restricted to nature reserves.
“The conservation successes provide living proof that the world can set,and meet, ambitious biodiversity targets,” said Dr. Jane Smart,Global Director of IUCN' s Biodiversity Conservation Group in a statement.
Eight of the 47 bison herds have special genes for long-term survival, so scientists need to move animals in and out of herds in order to make healthy genes continue. Establishing greater numbers of separate herds will also help prevent possible losses due to things like diseases or natural disasters.
This led to the creation of a project called “Wilder Blean" where Blean Woods in Kent, England,will receive Dutch and Polish bison to create the first wild herd on the island for 6,000 years.
English conservationists and wildlife managers are interested in the effects bison have on the landscape. As large grass-eating animals, the constant foraging, digging and breaking they do on the forest floor have been assumed to have positive effects on the ecosystem.
Bison kill weak or dead trees by eating their bark or rubbing against them to remove their thick winter fur. This turns the tree into food and habitat for insects, which in turn provide food for birds.
In this way they act like forestry experts, and the Kent Wildlife Trust hopes that this significant species will maintain declining populations of plants, birds, insects, and mammals by way of their unique habits.
1. What has made the European wood bison grow in large numbers?| A．Being restricted to nature reserves. | B．Being updated on the latest Red List. |
| C．Being kept under effective conservation. | D．Being born with long-term survival genes. |
| A．Providing living proof. | B．Preventing natural disasters. |
| C．Establishing nature reserves. | D．Setting up more separate herds. |
| A．Supportive. | B．Conservative. | C．Skeptical. | D．Objective. |
| A．To introduce the various actions of European wood bison. |
| B．To highlight the importance of setting and meeting targets. |
| C．To report the conservation successes for European wood bison. |
| D．To praise Dr. Jane Smart for his contributions to conservation. |
【推荐2】Teenage sailors have been making headlines. A young person alone in a dangerous situation attracts attention — and sponsors. Young sailors also attract divided opinions. For example, Jessica Watson was asked by the local government to cancel her voyage; yet the Prime Minister called her “a hero for young Australians ”when she returned. It seems there is confusion about the competence and independence of young people.
One misunderstanding at least should be cleared up: children are not going to sea in an unregulated way. Consider the case of the Dutch girl, Laura Dekker. When her father agreed to her making a solo (独自的) voyage at age 13, the Dutch Council for Child Care prevented it. The World Sailing Speed Record Council also moved to discourage very young sailors by abolishing their age-based records in early 2009. So community control of children under 16 years already happens. But the case for controlling older teenagers as if they were children is weak.
Teenage brains, so the popular psychologists tell us, are likely to make faulty judgements. But such generalisations often do not apply to specific individuals. Between the ages of 14 and 18, teenagers vary greatly in their abilities. The amount of independence each is allowed should be determined not simply by their age but by negotiations with the relevant, responsible adults. Some teens are certainly inexperienced and capable of childish mistakes, but the ones who attempt dangerous journeys normally do so by winning the confidence of hard-headed and well-qualified adult supporters.
But it is also wrong to think that any 16-year-old can gain achievements as unusual as Jessica Watson's. Watson seems to suggest they can when she calls herself “an ordinary girl who had a dream”. Her intention is to encourage teenagers but this can have the opposite effect of making them feel incapable because remarkable accomplishments are beyond them. Should all teens have such dreams? In reality, individuals face varying circumstances that restrict their dreams.
Teenage sailors should not be judged by preconceived (事 先 形 成 的) views about young people. But nor should “ordinary” teenagers feel pressure to achieve extraordinary personal goals. In fact, I believe the example of solo sailing over stresses individualism. The teenage years are when most of us “ordinary” people learn that we can achieve great things in cooperation with others.
1. What do we know about Jessica Watson?| A．She made a voyage successfully. |
| B．She wants to attract potential sponsors. |
| C．She was discouraged by the Prime Minister. |
| D．She works as a sailor for the local government. |
| A．To praise her for her bravery. |
| B．To stress she was overprotected. |
| C．To show community control of teenage sailors. |
| D．To explain why there is a misunderstanding of teenage sailors. |
| A．It is closely related to their age. |
| B．It often leads to faulty judgements. |
| C．It is developed through independent journeys. |
| D．It differs hugely from individual to individual. |
| A．Be engaged in teamwork. |
| B．Work under certain pressure. |
| C．Avoid having preconceived views. |
| D．Make every effort to achieve their personal goals. |
【推荐3】Our adventure started in December 2018 when our daughter got engaged, She and her then fiance live in Chicago but grew up in Phuket, Asia, so a wedding there sounded perfect.
Fast forward year. The pre-wedding activities were fun, and the wedding and reception were beautiful. But our adventure had only just began!
The morning after the wedding, my husband and I took off for the northeast coast of Borneo. We flew to the town of Sandakan, a gateway to wildlife adventures.
Our destination was the Kinabatangan Weilands Resort on the Kinabatangan River. This area is one of Malaysia's most important wildlife habitats. As we travelled along the riverbank on our first afternoon, we observed an orangutan building a treetop nest. Next, we caught sight of monkeys swinging from trees. We also spotted red birds and watched kingfishers dive for fish.
After dinner, eight guests, plus our guide and boatman, boarded the boat again—the night was absolutely dark. We started down to the river. Suddenly, a snake dropped into the water from overhanging branches and then jumped into our boat! It quickly jumped out again to our great relief! When we reached the mouth of the river, the red eyes of crocodiles greeted us. That frightening sight shook everyone up! But when we rounded a bend in the river, we saw mango trees lit up like Christmas trees from fireflies. A glorious scene!
The next morning found us once again in a boat. To our delight, approximately 40 elephants paraded by. We couldn't believe our luck as the elephants only frequent that area once a year.
Upon our return to Sandakan, we learned that everything in Malaysia was shutting down and numerous flights were being cancelled due to COVID-19. However, we made it home. It was an adventure for the ages!
1. What can we learn about Kinabatangan Weilands Resort?| A．A variety of creatures live in harmony there. |
| B．It is regarded as a gateway to wildlife adventures. |
| C．The author went there to attend her daughter`s wedding. |
| D．It is Malaysia's most significant wildlife habitat. |
| A．The river reflecting moonlight in the dark. | B．The mango trees shining because of fireflies. |
| C．The colorful animals and insects hanging in trees. | D．The various fish swimming lively in the water. |
| A．Because she made it home without delay. | B．Because the snake didn't cause any injury. |
| C．Because she got in observe rare scene. | D．Because the COVID-19 virus didn't infect her. |
| A．Observing Various Habitats in Sandakan. | B．My Once-in-a-lifetime Adventure into Nature. |
| C．Exploring Tourist Adractions it Sandakan. | D．The Perfect Wedding of My Daughter. |
