【推荐1】Summer is the most popular season to visit Texas since there is so much to see and to do. While visiting the Lone Star State this summer, don’t miss visiting some of these attractions and taking part in some of Texas’ best summer vacation activities.

Visit SeaWorld

There are sea life shows, adventure camps, thrilling rides and a water park. A great many activities are waiting for you at SeaWorld.

Windsurf (风帆冲浪) at South Padre

With miles of shallow (浅的), calm water in the Lower Laguna Madre and strong winds coming off the Gulf of Mexico, South Padre Island is a windsurfer’s dream.

Swim at Barton Springs

Barton Springs is in the famous Zilker Park. It was formed when Barton Creek was built. Since its opening, Barton Springs has become one of the most popular swimming pools in the state.

Take part in an outdoor adventure

In the scenic Texas Hill Country, Lake Buchanan Adventures offers different kinds of activities, including boating, hiking, camping and more.

Camp and hike in Big Bend Park

Big Bend offers a great number of outdoor activities in an old way. Backpacking, mountain biking, fishing, boating, hiking, nature watching and camping－you name it. If it can be done outdoors, it can be done in Big Bend.

Enjoy saltwater fishing

Saltwater fishing in Texas is as good as anywhere else in the USA. More and more fishermen have been discovering this in recent years and packing their bags and rods (鱼竿) to make good use of Texas’ world-class saltwater fishery.

1. The underlined phrase “the Lone Star State” in Paragraph 1 is another name for ________.

A．Texas	B．San Antonio
C．South Padre	D．Gulf of Mexico

2. From the text you know that _______.

A．Barton Springs is the most popular in the USA

B．Lake Buchanan Adventures offers indoor activities

C．Big Bend provides outdoor activities in an ancient way

D．Fishermen may get the best salt fish when fishing in Texas

【推荐1】Have you ever been to Taiwan, the biggest island of China? Do you want to visit there? We'll show you the best Taiwan Island on a four-day tour.

Price: Only ¥5,000

Including: Round-way plane tickets between Beijing and Taiwan.

Bus service around Taiwan. Best tour guide service.

Places：

Sun and Moon Lake: On one side of the island, the lake looks like the sun, on the other side it looks like the moon. That is why people call the lake Sun and Moon Lake.

Ali Mountain: The nearest mountain around Sun and Moon Lake. A nice experience to have a party with Gaoshan people. A wonderful place to see a very beautiful sunrise.

Peng Lake: A great place for swimming, fishing, boating and eating delicious fruit and fresh fish.

Gao Xiong: A full day to go shopping.

Book now

Office hour Monday—Friday: 9:00 am—7:00 pm; Saturday: 9:00 am—4:00 pm

Tel: 6459-9561

Sold out this month. Book by phone now for next month.

1. The advertisement wants to ______.

A．invite more people to take the tour	B．tell you something about Taiwan
C．describe how beautiful Taiwan is	D．show you the best of Taiwan

2. If you go on a trip in Taiwan, where can you see the beautiful sunrise?

A．On Sun and Moon Lake.	B．On Ali Mountain.
C．On Peng Lake.	D．In Gao Xiong.

3. If you want to visit Taiwan this month, you have to _____.

A．visit their office on Saturday	B．phone the number 6459-9561
C．turn to some other travel agencies	D．pay more to cover the same tour

【推荐2】Mosquitos（蚊子） can cause us serious diseases. Until now, we’ve used different things to keep them away. But none of these ways actually protect us for more than 20 minutes! Now there is a new way to keep mosquitos away from you ever again without using any chemicals at all.

What is it all about?

It’s called the Mosquitron—a new mosquito catcher or killer. It’s very easy to control and it can protect your home from all the mosquitos!

How does it work?

Instead of trying to keep the mosquitos away, it attracts them, then catches them and finally kills them! Basically, it will attract the mosquitos into the Mosquitron, with a completely harmless UV-PT producing light. Next to the UV-PT light is a powerful reverse （反向的）fan that sucks（吸） the mosquitos through a one way trapdoor. Once they are trapped in the drying basket, they are dried to death by the fan in 2 minutes.

How much does it cost?

You’d be surprised to find that you can get it right now for just $89. It might seem ex-pensive at first. However, when you compare it with other products which need regular, ex-pensive repair and don’t work for more than 10 minutes, it is pretty cheap. In fact, some products using the same UV technology are priced over $250!

How to buy Mosquitron?

That’s very easy. You can only buy it from the supplier’s website.

1. Why should we stay away from mosquitos according to the text?

A．They produce much noise.	B．They can cause serious diseases.
C．They pollute the environment.	D．They can make dangerous chemicals.

2. How does the Mosquitron clear mosquitos?

A．By watering them in a basket.	B．By attracting and killing them.
C．By burying them with hot sand.	D．By giving off strong and harmful light.

3. Where does the author advise buying a Mosquitron?

A．In restaurant.

B．In a computer store.

C．On the website.

D．In a supermarket.

【推荐3】Summerfest 2020 Is Here

CPR Classical’s 10-week summer festival features an excellent concert series of today’s greatest performers. We’re providing a front row seat in your own home or your lawn to the best soundtrack (原声音乐) for your summer.

Throughout Summerfest you can hear full-length concerts on the radio, hear stories and read articles about Colorado’s classical musicians and organizations!

You can listen to CPR Classical by clicking “Listen Live” on this website. You can also hear CPR Classical at 88.1 FM in Denver, or ask your smart speaker to “Play CPR Classical.”

The Summer of Stars Concert Series is a special full concert airing three times over the weekend (Fridays at 12:30 p.m., Saturdays at 6 p.m. & Sundays at 4 p.m.)

Celebrate Colorado lasts a week focusing on Colorado’s classical festivals, including weekly stories, features, interviews and music.

June 19-21	Summer of Stars Concert Series: Bravo! Vail Music Festival
June 23 8pm	Celebrate Colorado Pre-Show: LIVE from Colorado College Summer Music Festival
June 26-28	Summer of Stars Concert Series: Lang Lang from China, piano
June 29-July 5	Celebrate Colorado: Central City Opera and Colorado College Summer Music Festival
July 3-5	Summer of Stars Concert Series: Central City Opera; Colorado College Summer Music Festival
July6-12	Celebrate Colorado: Colorado Music Festival, Boulder
July 10-12	Summer of Stars Concert Series: Colorado Music Festival, Boulder
July 13-19	Celebrate Colorado: Bravo! Vail Music Festival
July 17-19	Summer of Stars Concert Series: Sheku & Isata Kanneh-Mason, cello & piano
July 20-26	Celebrate Colorado: National Repertory Orchestra; Colorado Symphony
July 24-26	Summer of Stars Concert Series: National Repertory Orchestra; Colorado Symphony
July 27-Aug 2	Celebrate Colorado: Aspen Music Festival and School

1. How many ways are mentioned to enjoy CPR Classical?

A．Five.

B．Four.

C．Three.

D．Two.

2. When can listeners hear a Chinese pianist perform?

A．June 19-21.

B．June 26-28.

C．July 17-19.

D．July 27-Aug 2.

3. What can you enjoy on July 15?

A．Bravo! Vail Music Festival.	B．National Repertory Orchestra.
C．Colorado Music Festival.	D．Aspen Music Festival and School.

【推荐1】A severe drought (干旱) has caused water levels in Southeast Asia's Mekong River to drop to their lowest in more than 100 years. It may have harmful effects on fish, as well as the tens of millions of people living and working along the river, experts warn.

This year, the dry conditions in the Mekong region happened due to warm Pacific Ocean-currents (洋流) known as the El Nino effect. But climate change is also a driving factor, experts say, causing the monsoon (季风) season to shorten sharply. The situation was made worse by water dam operators upstream, withholding water for their own purposes.

Many rice farmers in the area have been unable to plant their main crop, raising fears of a heavily decreased harvest this fall. Less water flow could also have a bad influence on fish reproduction in the Mekong River basin. This is normally the time when fish use rising water levels to reproduce their young, but there is little sign of this happening so far this year.

Perhaps even more alarming, experts expect that droughts and damage to the water flow of the Mekong will become more common, and they warn that it could eventually destroy the entire ecosystem.

Starting from the Tibetan highlands, the Mekong River flows through six Asian countries, including China, Myanmar, Thaland, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam, before emptying into the South China Sea. The river basin is home to the largest inland fishery in the world and more than 60 million people depend on it to make a living.

Few rivers in the world rise and fall with the seasons as much as the Mekong, which can drop up to 40 feet in some places at the end of the dry season. When the monsoon rains arrive, they normally produce a flood that brings with it sediments (沉积物) to agriculture as well as enormous amounts of larvae (幼虫) and tiny fish, including many endangered species, such as the Mekong giant catfish, that are swept into the Tonle Sap Lake where they can grow.

1. How many reasons are there for the drought of Mekong River this year?

A．One	B．Two
C．Three	D．Four

2. What can we know from the passage?

A．Droughts are likely to happen more frequently in the future.

B．The water levels of the Mekong River is becoming lower and lower

C．The Mekong River starts from the Tibetan highlands and ends in the Tonle Sap Lake.

D．The harvest of fish in the river hasn't been greatly affected because of the droughts.

3. What's the attitude of experts to water flow of Mekong River in future?

A．Positive	B．Unconcerned
C．Worried.	D．Negative

4. In which magazine can we most probably find this passage?

A．National Geography	B．Scientific American
C．Overseas English	D．Tourism

【推荐2】


1. Which of the following statements is TRUE about 11-DAY Tour of UZBEKISTAN?

A．It doesn’t cover all accommodation.

B．It features small-group tour.

C．Flights are booked through Wild Frontiers.

D．It provides homestay with the locals.

2. All the information about the two tours is included in the advertisement EXCEPT _____.

A．departure date

B．main attractions

C．price

D．flight information

3. The purpose of the advertisement is to __________.

A．compare two options of the Silk Road adventure.

B．highlight the cultural aspect of the advertised tours

C．provide detailed information about the advertised tours

D．promote an eco-friendly way of touring the Silk Road

【推荐3】It’s July. You’re in a boat gliding through calm water off the Finnish coast, on your way to visit a sauna (桑拿), pick berries, and sleep in a tent. At your side is a “happiness guide,” one of a small group of Finns employed by a national tourism agency to teach international visitors something about why the Scandinavian country ranks at the top of a report ranking nations on happiness.

“One of the uniquely Finnish experiences which contributes to our well-being is our special relationship with nature, especially our forests,” says Hetta Huittinen, a spokesperson for Business Finland, which started Rent A Finn, a new contest that will bring travelers to Finland this summer for a free trip with a Finnish guide.

In Finnish law, the public has the right to wander; in natural areas, even on privately owned land, it’s legal for anyone to make temporary use of the land. You’re allowed to go anywhere and pick berries and mushrooms or whatever you find there, or even stay overnight in a tent without asking permission. Most Finns also spend long time outside in the summer as they rent or borrow cottages in the countryside; the law requires a minimum of five weeks of annual leave.

“People actually are both happier and healthier when they see trees, when they’re walking to work,” said John Helliwell, one of the authors of the World Happiness Report, adding that the slow pace of walking and connecting with others also has a benefit. When I first tried to contact someone for this article, he couldn’t talk because he was headed to the sauna.

It might be difficult for visitors to collect much wisdom from a two-or three-day trip, but Business Finland hopes that the winners chosen to travel will learn something by diving into nature with a Finn.

1. The author gives a vivid picture of Finland in paragraph 1 to ________.

A．show the Finns are the happiest

B．enjoy the scenery of Finland

C．advise people to live in Finland

D．prove Finns are friendly to visitors

2. Which of the following is true of Rent A Finn?

A．It focuses on the protection of nature.

B．Guided tours are provided with no cost.

C．Travelers can rent a guide for a small charge.

D．It allows travelers to go anywhere by themselves.

3. What can people do according to Finnish law?

A．Use the land permanently.

B．Stay in a tent with permission.

C．Enter the others’ cottages freely.

D．Have at least five weeks off each year.

4. Where is the text most likely from?

A．A textbook.	B．A diary.
C．A report.	D．A guidebook.

【推荐1】Maybe ten-year-old Elizabeth put it best when she said to her father，“But，Dad，you-can’t-be-healthy-if-you’re-dead.”Dad，in a hurry to get home before dark so he could go for a run，had forgotten to wear his safety belt—a mistake 75% of the US population makes every day.The big question is why.
There have been many myths about safety belts ever since their first appearance in cars some forty years ago.The following are three of the most common.
Myth Number One：It’s best to be “thrown clear” of a serious accident.
Truth：Sorry，but any accident serious enough to “throw you clear”is also going to be serious enough to give you a very bad landing.And chances are you’ll have traveled through a windshield(挡风玻璃) or door to do it.Studies show that chances of dying after a car accident are twenty-five times greater in cases where people are “thrown clear”．
Myth Number Two：Safety belts “trap” people in cars that are burning or sinking in water.
Truth：Sorry again，but studies show that people knocked unconscious(无知觉的) due to not wearing safety belts have a greater chance of dying in these accidents.People wearing safety belts are usually protected to the point of having a clear head to free themselves from such dangerous situation，not to be trapped in them.
Myth Number Three：Safety belts aren’t needed at speeds of less than 30 miles per hour(mph).
Truth：When two cars traveling at 30 mph hit each other，an unbelted driver would meet the windshield with a force equal to diving head first into the ground from a height of 10 meters.
1. Why did Elizabeth say to her father, “But，Dad，you can’t be healthy if you’re dead.”？

A．He was driving at great speed.

B．He was running across the street.

C．He didn’t have his safety belt on.

D．He didn’t take his medicine on time.

2. The reason Father was in a hurry to get home was that he ________.

A．wasn’t feeling very well

B．hated to drive in the dark

C．wanted to take some exercise

D．didn’t want to be caught by the police

3. According to the text, to be “thrown clear” of a serious accident is very dangerous because you ________.

A．may be knocked down by other cars

B．may get seriously hurt being thrown out of the car

C．may find it impossible to get away from the seat

D．may get caught in the car door

4. Some people prefer to drive without wearing a safety belt because they believe ________.

A．the belt prevents them from escaping in an accident

B．they will be unable to think clearly in an accident

C．they will be caught when help comes

D．cars catch fire easily

【推荐2】Mr. White is quite different to me. I had a lot of anger inside of me, when I first met him. I’ ve lived my whole life in Spanish Harlem, but in my neighborhood, there are shoot-ups all the time, which is terrible. I know kids who have been shot or beaten up. I have some friends who ended up in prison. I could have ended up that way, too, but Mr. White wouldn’t let that happen.

Mr. White worked long time, making sure I did my work. With him company my grades rose. In fact, the scores of our whole class rose. One day, he took our class to see The Phantom of the Opera, and it was the first time some kids had ever been out of Harlem. Before the show, he treated us to dinner at a restaurant and taught us not to talk with our mouths full. We did not want to let him down.

Mr. White was selected as Disney’s 2000 Teacher of the Year. He said he would draw three names out of a hat; those students would go with him to Los Angles to get the award. But when the time came to draw names, Mr. White said, “You’re all going.”

On graduation day, there were a lot of tears. We didn’t want his class to end. In 2001, he moved to Atlanta, but he always kept in contact. He started giving lectures about education, and wrote a bestselling book based on his classroom rules, The Essential 55. In 2003, Mr. White took some of us on a trip to South Africa to deliver school supplies and visit orphanages. It was the most amazing experience of my life. It’s now my dream to one day start a group of women’s clubs, helping people from all backgrounds.

1. Without Mr. White, the writer _________.

A．might have joined a women’s club	B．might not have won the prize
C．might have put into prison	D．might not have moved to Atlanta

2. How many students’ names were finally drawn out of a hat by Mr. White?

A．None.

B．Three.

C．Fifty-five.

D．All.

3. In the passage, the writer intends to tell us that ___________.

A．Mr. White went to South Africa because he liked traveling

B．Mr. White helped to set up a group of women’s clubs

C．a good teacher can raise his or her students’ score

D．a good teacher has a good influence on his or her students

4. What is the writer’s attitude towards Mr. White?

A．He speaks highly of Mr. White.

B．He looks down upon Mr. White.

C．He doesn’t show his attitude towards Mr. White.

D．He takes a neutral attitude towards Mr. White.

【推荐3】When I watched the film “The Farewell” recently, I found it not only reminded me of my own family’s great lie, but it also reopened old wounds.

Its main characters tell lies that flow from their mouths smoothly. Billi, a Chinese-American artist in New York, and her grandmother in China, tell lies to each other on the phone. Billi, in cold wind, tells her grandma that she’s wearing a hat. She’s not. Her grandma says she’s visiting her sister, while she’s actually ill in hospital. They’re lying to avoid worrying each other, but in fact the grandma has lung cancer. The family know it but won’t tell her for fear that anxiety over the diagnosis (诊断) could kill her before the cancer.

When I was a teenager girl, my parents, both immigrants, got divorced. We never had a discussion about how things would change. We didn’t tell anyone. Instead, we pretended as   if nothing had happened. My father did not run away; he slept in a separate room. In the presence of relatives, we acted as a close family. I was puzzled why we insisted on creating the illusion(假象) that everything was O.K..

I asked a professor of multicultural psychology. “Asians tend to have indirect communication,” he said, “In indirect communication, what’s not said is more important than what is said. Eastern philosophy emphasizes balance and harmony, and indirect communication minimizes conflict. So some Asian cultures value the ability to understand indirect messages.”

In the film, the family members show their love for grandma by keeping secret about   her condition. Similarly, perhaps my parents intended to save face and preserve harmony. As an Asian-American, maybe all I’ll ever have is a secondhand understanding, and that’s the best I can do.

1. Why does Billi’s grandma tell lies to her according to Paragraph 2?

A．Because she’s afraid of the diagnosis.

B．Because she knows she has lung cancer.

C．Because she doesn’t want Billi to worry.

D．Because she has been used to telling lies.

2. What did the author’s parents do after they got divorced?

A．They left their home.	B．They kept secret in public.
C．They had a discussion.	D．They asked relatives for help.

3. How did the author feel about her parents’ behavior when she was a teenager?

A．Confused.	B．Skeptical.
C．Unconcerned.	D．Annoyed.

4. According to the psychology professor, what do Asian cultures attach importance to?

A．Severe conflicts.	B．Ability of showing love.
C．Balance and harmony.	D．Direct communication.