【推荐1】Discovery Pass

With a NSW TrainLink Discovery Pass, you can

·get unlimited booked travel to more than 365 destinations on the NSW TrainLink Regionaltrain and coach network

·choose a pass that suits your travel plans: 14 days, one month, three months or six months

·choose a class of travel that suits your style: Economy or First Class (Premium).

Please note that you cannot book a child ticket online with a Discovery Pass. You will instead need to call 13 22 32 or visit a sales agent.

Before purchasing a pass, please read the relevant terms and rules. A NSW TrainLink Discovery Pass is non-refundable and it cannot be assigned to another person.

Prices

Pass type	14 days	1month	3months	6 months
Adult Economy	$232	$275	$298	$420
Adult Premium	$300	$350	$400	$550
Child Economy	$121	$143	$154	$220
Child Premium	$154	$176	$220	$275

How to purchase a pass and book trips

Step 1: Purchase a Discovery Pass

Choose a time limit and class of travel that suits your needs.

Step 2: Book your trips

After you purchase a Discovery Pass, you have up to one month to book your first trip. The time limit on your pass will start from the departure date of your first booked trip. All trips must be booked and taken before the expiry(到期) date indicated on the pass. You must book each trip before you travel.

Find out more about ways to book your ticket? Visit our website:

https://transportnsw.info/tickets-opal/regional-tickets-fares/ways-to-book-your-ticket

1. What can you do using a NSW TrainLink Discovery Pass?

A．Book a ticket online for your child.

B．Get booked travel to unlimited destinations.

C．Choose a weekly, monthly or yearly pass.

D．Choose a class of travel that suits you.

2. How much should a mother with a child pay for a three-month NSW TrainLink Discovery Pass for Economy Class?

A．$ 353

B．$ 418

C．$ 452

D．$ 620

3. Which agrees with the terms of a NSW TrainLink Discovery Pass?

A．Giving the pass to another person.

B．Refunding the pass to NSW Trains.

C．Booking trips before you travel.

D．Booking your first trip two months after purchase.

【推荐1】Transfer Students-August Orientation(迎新日）Schedule

You and your family are welcome to attend August orientation for a comprehensive introduction to the university,including meeting academic advisors and registering for classes.

Registration:TUESDAY,AUGUST 20

8:00am-4:30pm

Get your student ID card at the Campus Service Center at 034 Campus Avenue Building. If you have uploaded a photo for your ID, you'll simply pick up your card; otherwise,staff will take your picture and print the ID card while you wait.

Check into your residence hall (if you're to live on campus).Your ID card functions as your residence hall room key.

ORIENTATION DAY:WEDNESDAY,AUGUST 21

8:00am-10:30am Check-in & Welcome

Check in and receive your orientation materials. Explore banking options and open a bank account.You will get welcome from the Vice President of Student Affairs.

11:00am-11:50am Small Group Meeting-various locations

You will meet your Student Orientation Undergraduate Leader(SOUL) in small groups.Each group will discuss highlights about your possible majors, your questions (about anything),and the volunteer consultants are ready to help you.

12:00pm-2:00pm Lunch & Resource Fair

You and your family members can purchase lunch at Armstrong Student Center. During lunch, you'll learn about university resources and involvement opportunities at the Resource Fair.Staff will be available to let you know about the resources and support for the students.

2:00pm-3:25pm Career Advising

Career Center staff will introduce career items and lead an activity to help you begin to identify your career interest and plan your future professions in advance.

3:30pm-4:00pm Student Life & Campus Safety

Learn about life outside the classroom. Small groups will work together to solve your life challenges.Information about campus safety will also be shared.

4:00pm-4:45pm Community Expectations

A representative from the Office of the Dean of Students will discuss the expectations for you as a member of the community, and address campus values.

5:50pm-6:00pm Announcements & Closing

1. What are you required to do on the day of registration?

A．Print the pictures.

B．Live on campus.

C．Get the student ID card.

D．Visit the communities.

2. At what time will you expect to learn about your professional development plan?

A．11:00am

B．2：00pm.

C．3:30pm.

D．4:00pm.

3. What do you have to pay for according to the text?

A．Getting orientation materials.

B．Accessing academic resources.

C．Consulting the advisors or the staff.

D．Having lunch at Armstrong Student Center.

【推荐2】The customs（习俗） in different countries are rather different. If I have dinner with a Chinese host, he always puts more food onto my plates as soon as I have no food. It often discomforts me greatly. I have to eat the food even if I don’t want to, because it is considered bad manners(没礼貌) in the West to leave one’s food on the plate. I have already noticed that when a Chinese sits at an American’s dinner party, he very often refuses the offer of food or drink though he is in fact still hungry or thirsty. This might be good manners（有礼貌） in China, but it is not in the West at all. In the US it is impolite to keep asking someone again and again or insist on（坚持）him accepting something. Americans have a direct（直接的） way of speaking. If they want something, they will ask for it. If not, they will say “No, thanks”. When an American is fed with beer by the host, for example, he might say, “No, thanks, I’ll take some diet Pepsi–cola if you have it.” That is what an American will do. So when you go to the US, you had better remember the famous saying, “When in Rome, do as the Romans do”.

1. From the passage, we know that the Chinese always put more food onto the plates as soon as
the plates are _______

A．empty	B．full
C．enough	D．not enough

2. When a foreigner has dinner with a Chinese host, he often feels _________.

A．nice	B．uncomfortable
C．pleased	D．happy

3. Why does a Chinese often refuse the offer of food or drink at a dinner party? Because _______.

A．he has had enough

B．he is shy

C．he is afraid that others will laugh at him

D．he thinks it’s polite to do that

4. When an American wants something to eat or drink at dinner, he will _________.

A．go and take it himself	B．refuse the hosts offer
C．ask for it directly(直接地)	D．ask another to fetch it for him

5. “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” Means ________.

A．when you get to Rome, you should act as the Romans do

B．when you study in Rome, you should do as the Romans do

C．when you are in a new country, you should do as the natives（本国人）do

D．Romans can be example for you

【推荐3】Josh Bangert was playing basketball this summer when he noticed the vision in his left eye was blurry（模糊）. The 15-years-old ignored it, believing he just needed glasses. But when he went to the doctor a few weeks later, he was told he had a disease that no surgery（手术）could treat. He would likely lose his sight by the end of the year. Josh was frustrated.

The next morning, Josh began to accept his fate. What came next was an incredible show of support for the student. One of his mother's friends suggested Josh make a bucket list of things he wanted to see and turn to a GoFundMe for the expenses of the trips. Within 24 hours, his father got a message on his phone: They had hit their $20,000（139,000 yuan）goal. More than 450 people have given almost 36,000. The community response is just amazing. With help from the donations, the Bangert family took Josh to the Bulls' first preseason game. A highlight of the night was when Bulls cookie（新手）Chandler Hutchison shot a 3-pointer. Other things on his list: mountains, the ocean, the desert, Niagara Falls, snorkeling, white-water rafting.

The disease is known to progress fairly rapidly, often starting in one eye and moving to the other, according to Dr. Timothy J. In spite of it, the family is flying to San Francisco so Josh can cross the mountains and see the ocean. "Whatever money is left after Josh goes through his list will be spent on medical research," his mother said, "and this is bigger than just our son Josh, bigger than his bucket list. I don't know what it's going to lead to, but Josh said from the start that if he loses his sight, it's for a good reason. We're seeing that. We're confirming that."

1. Why was Josh's left eye blurry?

A．He always ignored the eye protection.

B．He developed an incurable disease in the eye.

C．An accident in a surgery accounted for it.

D．He had the eye injured when playing basketball.

2. What is "GoFundMe" in paragraph 2?

A．A donation platform.	B．A health care center.
C．A nursing home.	D．A volunteer organization.

3. In face of the eye disease, Josh did all of the following EXCEPT________.

A．make a list of thing that he wanted to see

B．try to get help for the expenses of his trips

C．go to watch Bulls' first preseason game with his family

D．borrow money from his neighbors to treat the disease

4. What can we learn from what Josh' mother said?

A．Josh can't accept his disease after all.

B．The family will give up the treatment on Josh.

C．They will give the remaining money to medical research.

D．They plan to go on another trip after finishing the bucket list.

【推荐1】Three years ago I worked for a few weeks as a doctor in a new dental clinic (牙科诊所) at Victor Harbor, to the south of Adelaide and an hour further away than my usual workplace. My first day there was a rush — driving to a new clinic and getting used to the clinical environment.

As it was all new to me, I took off my rings: my wedding ring, and one that was an anniversary (周年纪念日) gift from my husband. I put them in a tissue (纸巾) and placed them beside my computer. During my lunch break, I noticed the tissue and thought that it did not look very clean and threw it into the rubbish bin. I went about my work and my day went well; I met new patients and felt that I had been productive.

Driving home at the end of the day, just moments before I reached my house, I noticed that my rings were missing. I felt the heat in my body rise, my cheeks (脸颊) burning red. I felt sick to my stomach.

I spent an hour or so making calls, trying to find my rings. The first people I called were my manager and clinical leader and they gave me a few phone numbers for cleaners. I got in touch with a lady who managed the cleaning services for the clinic, and she told me that the bins had already been collected.

I knew nothing could be done now. I had lost my rings. But after two or so hours, I received the most amazing phone call. The cleaner had gone through the bins and found my rings! I was so thankful to her, someone who had taken the trouble to go through the bins — which is not a pleasant task — to find my priceless rings.

I worked at that clinic the following day, so I bought chocolates to thank this wonderful person. Unfortunately I did not get to meet her as she was not at work that day.

1. What can we say about the author’s first day at the clinic?

A．Busy but fruitful.	B．Relaxing and good.
C．Tiring and boring.	D．Disorganized but special.

2. What happened to the author?

A．She made mistakes during work.

B．She received a gift from her husband.

C．She failed to finish her work in time.

D．She threw her rings away carelessly.

3. How did the author feel after calling the lady?

A．Thankful.	B．Surprised.
C．Heartbroken.	D．Frightened.

4. What can we learn from the author’s experience?

A．Smiles brighten people up.

B．Strangers are usually of little help.

C．Where there is a will, there is a way.

D．An act of kindness can mean a lot.

【推荐2】When I was about twelve, I headed to a restaurant for dinner with my family. It was winter, and on that particular night, the wind was really blowing. As my mom and I headed towards the restaurant from our car, a girl about my age and her mother came up to us. They asked if we had any spare change. My mom immediately asked where they kept their things. They pointed to an old car in a parking across the street. The girl said there were six of them living in that car, which was the same size as my own family.
My mom said she had something to do after handing the people a few dollars. She sent me inside the restaurant with my dad and my three siblings. But she didn’t come.
Later, I found out she had gone home and practically emptied our cupboards into a few bags. Then, she brought that food over to the car and handed the bags to the family. I wasn’t there when that part happened, but I can only imagine the joy it brought to their faces.
A few days later, when I actually found out about what she had done, I asked her why she helped those people. She told me that they were not lucky. I remember the face of that girl who had asked us for change, she was the same age as me, yet we looked so different.
Here I stood, dressed in almost new clothes, headed to dine in a restaurant and then back home to the bedroom I shared with my younger sister. I remember thinking that the other girl didn’t have any food to eat. and she was heading back to a cold car shared with five other people.
After painting this picture in my mind, I understood why my mom had done what she did. I will never forget what she did that night, and how she taught me one of the best lessons I ever learned.
1. What can be inferred from the first paragraph?

A．The girl’s family lived a hard life.

B．The author was happy to go to a restaurant.

C．The girl’s family lived in an old house.

D．The author’s family was the same size as the girl.

2. Which of the following best describes the author’s mother?

A．Reliable and determined.

B．Considerate and enthusiastic.

C．Cautious and friendly.

D．Unusual and optimistic.

3. What might be the author’s purpose in writing the text?

A．To tell us to show love to others.

B．To seek help for the poor family.

C．To give a brief introduction of her mother.

D．To complain about some social problems.

4. What is the best title of the passage?

A．How to support the poor family

B．A friend in need is a friend in deed

C．the hard life of a little girl’s family

D．A lesson in kindness from my Mum

【推荐3】Every night, just after the sun goes down. Ruth Medjber talks with her neighbors in Dublin, Ireland, and takes a picture of them at their windows.

These photos, in some way, show people's lives during the global pandemic（大流行病）。

“I started out taking photos of just friends and family. In this way, I could connect with them during this special time when people have to stay at home,” the photographer explained. “I live alone, so I was missing the days when we were free to communicate with friends. Every evening, on my way to seeing friends, I had a sense of purpose.”

Now she's making new friends.

The photo project has taken off online, and she has opened it up to volunteers. But they must be the people who live within 5 kilometers of her home—the Irish government doesn't allow people to go farther out than that.

“I pick a street each night and try to take photos of volunteers,” Ruth said. “I usually take about four photos before it is completely dark, but two if I'm talking a lot—which I love to do.”

She said more and more neighbors are joining in her photo project and it has now got a name, Love at Home.

“I think people like knowing that they're not alone even if they have to stay at home, and they really try to pick out those who are similar to themselves in the photos,” she said. “It's also a different view（视角）of the pandemic: the more human view. Instead of showing what the pandemic has taken from us, it shows that it has given us more chances to be with family and friends and spend time together.”

“I think we'd love most to find something nice, even in the most serious situation as it is now,” Ruth said.

1. Ruth started out taking the photos in order to _______.

A．raise some money.

B．connect with friends and family.

C．make new friends.

D．join in a photo project of volunteers.

2. According to the passage, Love at Home is the name of _______.

A．a photo project.

B．the picture shown in this passage.

C．a street in Dublin.

D．the special time when people stay home.

3. According to what Ruth said in Paragraph 8, “the more human view” shows _______.

A．the beauty of streets in a city of Ireland.

B．how people do things when staying at home.

C．the moment of family and friends being together.

D．what the global pandemic has taken from people.

【推荐1】Each new school year brings fresh reminders of what educators call the summer learning gap．Some call it the summer learning setback. Put simply, it means the longer kids are out of school，the more they forget．The only thing they might gain is weight．
Most American schools follow a traditional nine-month calendar with winter and spring breaks and about ten weeks of summer vacation．Some schools follow a year-round calendar. They hold classes for about eight weeks at a time，with a few weeks off in between．The National Association for Year-Round Education says there were fewer than 3,000 such schools at last count．They were spread among forty-six of the fifty states．
But many experts point out that the number of class days in a year-round school is generally the same as in a traditional school．Brenda McLaughlin is research director at the National Center for Summer Learning at Johns Hopkins University．She says studies of year-round schooling have not found strong learning gains．Lead researcher Paul von Hippel said，“Year-round schools don’t really solve the problem of the summer learning setback．They simply spread it out across the year．”
Across the country, research shows that students from poor families fall farther behind over the summer than other students．Experts say this can be prevented．They note that many schools and local governments offer programs that can help．
But calling them “summer school” could be a problem．The director of the summer learning center at Johns Hopkins, Ron Fairchild, said research with groups of different parents in Chicago and Baltimore found that almost all strongly disliked the term “summer school”．In American culture，the idea of summer vacation is connected to beliefs about freedom and the joys of childhood．The parents welcomed other terms like “summer camp” “extra time” and “hands-on learning．”
1. According to the first paragraph，the summer learning gap ________.

A．helps children to gain weight

B．leads children to work harder

C．improves children’s memories

D．affects children’s regular studies

2. Compared to traditional schools，students in the year-round ones ________．

A．perform better and have more learning gains

B．have much less time for relaxation every year

C．have generally the same number of class days

D．hold more classes with more free weeks off

3. Which of the following statements is true?

A．Students from poor families often fall behind after the vacation．

B．Year-round schools can solve the problem of the learning gap

C．There are schools in each state following a year-round calendar

D．Nothing can help the students who fall behind after the vacation．

4. Why did almost all parents dislike the term “summer school”?

A．They are worried about the quailty of the“summer school”

B．They cherish the children’s rights of freedom very much．

C．They want their children to be forced to make up the gap．

D．They can’t afford to the further study during the vacation．

5. What would be the best title of this passage?

A．Opening Summer Camps

B．Forbidding Summer Schools

C．Minding the Summer Learning Gap

D．Reforming Year-Round Education

【推荐2】“Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and joy to life and to everything,” the ancient Greek philosopher Plato said.

This is one of Don Spencer’s favorite mottos that he firmly believes. “We know that music brings joy and comfort, and makes us feel happy,” Spencer says, “But research has also discovered music plays a powerful role in the mental development of children. Music inspires creativity, imagination and self-expression. It also builds self-respect and is good for memory skills.”

The power of music

Much research supports both Spencer and Plato. A Stanford University study found that musical training improves the way the brain processes the spoken word.

Research from Canada found that children aged four to six years old who had music lessons had better memories, as well as higher ability to read and write and math’s levels.

Not in the curriculum

Research from Australia shows it’s not that smart kids play music; it’s that music makes kids smarter. It supports Spencer’s call for music to be a standard part of the school curriculum, like English and Math.

“Music is everywhere, but not at 75 percent of public schools around Australia who don't have a devoted music teacher,” Spencer says. “It's sad that many children don’t have access to formal musical education, particularly when it has such an effect on a child’s development.”

Ideally, Spencer would like every child to learn an instrument. “Kids can access cheap instruments like a ukulele, recorder or harmonica,” Spencer says. He says the Internet has a lot of free videos which teach you how to play instruments.

“I can't stress enough how important music is,” he says. “It builds relationships, unites people and, most importantly, it is fun.”

1. Plato’s words are mentioned at the beginning of the text to show that ________.

A．music was important in ancient time	B．everything is based on music
C．Spencer admires Plato	D．music has magic power

2. From the research from Australia mentioned in the passage, we can learn ________.

A．music can make children smarter

B．children aged four to six have better memories

C．there are no professional music teachers in Australia

D．music is a standard part of the school curriculum in most schools

3. What might be the best title for the passage?

A．When Music is taught	B．Why Music Matters
C．Why We Learn Instruments	D．How Children Learn Music

【推荐3】Shelly hugged her husband."Be careful, Billy."

"Come on, Shell!" Bill rolled his eyes. "You worry too much, Honey. Me and the boys will be OK. It's just a three — day trip. We'll catch enough halibut to be able to fix up the baby's room the way you want it." '

"Billy, I love you and worry every time you go to sea, especially in winter."

"Shell, I promise I'll be careful. I may be the youngest captain in this port, but I'm the most careful. I learned at the helm of Daddy's boat, which I was practically raised on."

They hugged again. Bill planted a tender kiss on her cheek, rested his open palm on her slightly swollen stomach, "Besides, I need to be here. Little Billy will need his daddy." Shelly slapped him on the shoulder. "It's Billy Jean and you know it.”

Bill laughed, "Not on my watch, Girl. I gave you a boy to take over as captain."

Their laughter broke the tension. "I have to go, Shell. See you in a few days?" He turned to leave and then turned back, reached into the pocket of his heavy coat and pulled out an envelope."I almost forgot. Here's my letter?"

Shelly took the crisp envelope and slipped into the pocket of her dress. "Thanks，Billy.” It had been their custom since they started dating. Billy gave her a note before he went to sea. She wasn't allowed to open it until the next day. He usually wrote of love or sometimes something silly - both made her smile. She wrote a reply and left it on the kitchen table for him. Reading her reply was the first thing he did when he came home.

She watched as her husband walked the'length of the pier to where the forty-five foot “Shelly Girl” and his crew waited. He gave a final wave and climbed aboard.

Shelly stood by their pickup truck and watched until the boat rounded the point and disappeared from view. "I love you, Billy.” she whispered. "Be safe." ①

That evening, five hundred miles to the south, a small winter depression moved north along the Atlantic coast of the USA. Experts found an unexpected change in the jet stream, which would make the small depression become a raging winter storm. ②

Shelly woke in the morning and listened to the weather report on the battered radio sitting on kitchen table. The phone rang."Hello."

“Shelly?"

"Hi, Gail!" She recognized the voice of her friend, who was the wife of one of Billy's crew. “Have you heard the weather?"

"Hang on a second. I just turned the radio on." Shelly's face paled as she heard the weather person say a major winter depression had moved into the area. "Oh crap!"

"That's what [ said too.”

"They'll be OK, Gail. They're experienced fishermen." Shelly said to Gail It was a attempt to convince herself that her man would be safe. ③

Off the south shore of Nova Scotia, Bill struggled to control the Shelly Girl in the growing waves. Wind and water attacked Bill and his crew from all directions. The forty- and fifty-foot walls of water were too much of a challenge for the young captain.

The force of the water flipped the boat over, tore the wheelhouse off and tossed Bill and his crew into the icy Atlantic.

The water, only a few degrees above the freezing point, soon overcame Bill's will to live. “Shelly!

He took a last painful breath of salt water and slipped below the surface. ④

The crisp envelope bent beneath her fingers as she laid it on her lap and read. "Shelly, you are my life,, my love and soon-to-be mother of our son一girl if that is what you really want. I'll always come home."

Shelly reached for the pen in her dress pocket. Tears dripped from her face and stained the paper she wrote on, “________."

Her note sits on their kitchen table still — never read.

1. Why was Shelly worried too much when Billy go to sea this time?

A．Because she and their baby Billy Jean needed Billy's protection and care.

B．Because she knew from the radio that a major winter depression would come.

C．Because she had a feeling that Billy would never return home.

D．Because she cared about Billy's safety in the sea, especially in winter.

2. What can we learn from the passage?

A．Billy could read Shelly's reply letter only when he returned home from the sea.

B．Billy and Shelly wrote letters to each other since they got married.

C．Shelly read Billy's letter eagerly each time she got his letter.

D．They exchanged their letters with each other every time Billy went out.

3. Which word can be filled in the blank in the passage?

A．weak

B．strong

C．hard

D．desperate

4. Where can the sentences "Shell sat in her favorite spot on the porch of their weathered beach house, the salty air sticking to her heavy winter clothes. The oncoming storm blew sand across her winter boots.^," be put in?

A．①

B．②

C．③

D．④

5. Which of the following may be Shelly's reply to Billy's letter?

A．Billy, you were so brave, I always knew.

B．Billy, I always knew the ocean was your home.

C．Billy, I always knew, you would come back.

D．Billy, I love you, I would always wait for you.

6. Which of the following can be the best title of this passage?

A．An unlucky Billy	B．A storm in life
C．A broken Shelly	D．Never read