【推荐1】Gobblers Knob Hunting Preserve is one of the newest shooting (射击) clubs in Southwestern Pennsylvania. This club is open to the public and provides the sportsman with 350 acres (英亩) of farmland.

Gobblers Knob offers pheasant (野鸡) and rabbits hunting down on the farm. We can provide a professional guide service with dogs if needed. Training birds are available. Here at Gobblers Knob we hunt pheasants from September 1 through April.

Come on out, enjoy the Pennsylvania historic farmland and socialize in our club house. If you want to stay overnight and spend your weekend here, we are only minutes from hundreds of hotel rooms and many restaurants of your choice. The area has a lot of places of interest.

Guided Hunting Packages

Morning hunts start at 8:00 a.m.

Afternoon hunts start at 1:00 p.m.

Package 1        1 or 2 guns for one half day, 10 pheasants or 20 rabbits.       $280.00

Package 2       1 to 4 guns for one half day, 15 pheasants or 30 rabbits.       $405.00

Package 3          1 to 4 guns for one half day, 10 pheasants and 20 rabbits.     $535.00

Package 4          1 to 4 guns for one half day, 20 pheasants or 40 rabbits.       $550.00

Package 5          2 to 5 guns for one half day, 25 pheasants or 50 rabbits.       $680.00

Package 6        2 to 5 guns all day, 20 pheasants and 20 rabbits.                    $910.00

Package 7        2 to 5 guns all day, 30 pheasants and 30 rabbits.                    $1160.00

Package 8        2 to 5 guns all day, 50 pheasants or 100 rabbits.                           $1195.00

All Guided Hunting Packages include:

A professional guide service with dogs

Training birds

Hunters with their own dogs are welcome

1. If you need 3 guns and hunt 15 pheasants for one half day, you will pay _____.

A．$280.00	B．$405.00
C．$680.00	D．$910.00

2. What type of writing is this passage?

A．A history paper.

B．A newspaper report.

C．An announcement.

D．An advertisement.

【推荐2】The Festival of Cultures

August 11-14

City Park

The Festival of Cultures is an annual event to celebrate the wide range of cultures found in our great state. People representing 40 cultural groups will share their traditions and customs. Here are just a few of the festival’s many activities.

Crafts: See the fine art of basket weaving from Vietnam and Zimbabwe. Watch the art of making paper umbrellas from Thailand and the decorative craft of papel picado, or paper cutting, from Mexico. All craft demonstrations provide a firsthand view of how things are made. You will appreciate the process involved in making these products.

Music and Dance: Experience musical instruments that you have never heard before. Listen to the music of a sho from Japan, a bull-roarer from Australia, a sitar from India, and a chakay from Thailand. You will also be entertained by folk dances from around the world, such as the troika from Russia and the Mayim Mayim from Israel. From 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM on August 14, special folk dancing classes for children will be offered. Children ranging in age from 6 to 8 can learn the kinderpolka from Germany. Children ranging in age from 9 to 12 can learn the raspa from Mexico.

Storytelling: Listen for hours as professional storytellers charm you with attractive tales. Fairy tales, folktales, and ballads from various countries will be told. By popular demand, Gwendolyn Washington, a famous African American storyteller, is back.

Food: Enjoy delicious foods from other countries, such as gyros from Greece, seafood paella from Spain, crepes from France, and tandoori chicken from India. These tasty dishes will be difficult to pass up.

Tickets August 11-13 Adults $2 Ages 6-12 $1 Ages 5 and under Free

Tickets August 14 Adults $3 Ages 13-18 $2 Ages 12 and under Free

The festival of Cultures is organized by the World Marketplace. For more information about the festival, call(800)555-0199.

1. In the festival, you are most likely to see the art of making ________.

A．paper

B．umbrellas

C．bamboo beds

D．flower vases

2. Which is a dance from Germany?

A．The troika.	B．The raspa.
C．The kinderpolka.	D．The MayimMayim.

3. For a family with children aged 6-12, which day would be the best bargain for visiting the festival?

A．August 11.

B．August 12.

C．August 13.

D．August 14.

【推荐3】Homestay provides English language students with the opportunity to speak English outside the classroom and the experience of being part of a British home.

What to Expect

The host will provide accommodation and meals. Rooms will be cleaned and bedcovers changed at least once a week.You will be given the house key and the host is there to offer help and advice as well as to take an interest in your physical and mental health.

Accommodation Zones

Homestays are located in London mainly in Zones 2, 3 and 4 of the transport system.Most hosts do not live in the town centre as much of central London is commercial and not residential(居住的). Zones 3 and 4 often offer larger accommodation in a less crowded area. It is very convenient to travel in London by Underground.

Meal Plans Available

◇　Continental Breakfast

◇　Breakfast and Dinner

◇　Breakfast, Packed Lunch and Dinner

It's important to note that few English families still provide a traditional cooked breakfast.Your accommodation includes Continental Breakfast which normally consists of fruit juice, cereal (谷物类食品), bread and tea or coffee. Cheese, fruit and cold meat are not normally part of a Continental Breakfast in England. Dinners usually consist of meat or fish with vegetables followed by dessert, fruit and coffee.

Friends

If you wish to invite a friend over to visit, you must first ask your host's permission.You have no right to entertain friends in a family home as some families feel it is an invasion of their privacy.

Self­Catering Accommodation in Private Homes

Accommodation on a room­only basis includes shared kitchen and bathroom facilities and often a main living room. This kind of accommodation offers an independent lifestyle and is more suitable for the long­stay student. However, it does not provide the same family atmosphere as an ordinary homestay and may not benefit those who need to practise English at home quite as much.

1. The passage is probably written for ________.

A．hosts willing to receive foreign students

B．foreigners hoping to build British culture

C．travelers planning to visit families in London

D．English learners applying to live in English homes

2. Which of the following will the host provide?

A．Room cleaning.	B．Medical care.
C．Free transport.	D．Physical training.

3. According to the passage, what does Continental Breakfast include?

A．Dessert and coffee.	B．Fruit and vegetables.
C．Bread and fruit juice.	D．Cereal and cold meat.

【推荐1】The recent widespread interest in all branches of psychology has accustomed us to accepting an idea which,when first offered,seemed laughable:We all,at some level,spend most of the time on reverie(幻想）。We dream either consciously or unconsciously,awake or asleep,of a situation in which we feel we should be happier than we are in real life.Occasionally some childish ideas of happiness or success break out in to confuse or prevent us from living an adult life.Sometimes the dream is refusing to leave the safe shelter of the nursery,where all wants were met as soon as felt,where warmth and food and love were given freely and unearned.As Emerson wrote,"We do not believe there is any force in today to match or recreate that beautiful yesterday.We linger in(徘徊）the ruins of the old tent where once we had bread and shelter."To some extent this is true of all of us,but less true of the happy and successful adult than of others.

At other times,funnily enough,the life-wasting reverie is about success:The mild man is Napoleon or the ugly woman is a charming singer.If reality never broke in upon such reverie,the dreamer might be happier than if he were to find himself in a position to realize some part of it.Such reverie is in itself compensation for a life of dull routine.But,the world being what it is,the dreamer must live,for part of his time at least,in the cold atmosphere of fact.This is no Land of Cockaigne:Roast 1t pigs do not run about crying,"Eat me!"Fruit does not fall from the trees into our mouths..

The deeply rooted dreamer will struggle only just as much as he needs,and no more.He will do anything half-heartedly to get his bread and butter.Then,when his daily task is over,he will be hack to his dreams again,whether he realizes it or not. He succeeds at only one thing:in clearing away a little space,gaining each day a few hours of free time,for just one purpose-to go on wasting his life.But his

dream is happy.It is,for him,a true compensation for his failure in every other relation,and so he continues in it.Yet,since after all happiness is the true goal,he believes that the smallest success in reverie brings with it more happiness.

However,it is important to remember that failure is real,for otherwise we will not prepare ourselves to fight it.

1. People's spending most of the time on reverie is something that

A．was laughed at by people in the past

B．most people are greatly fed up with

C．psychologists are very interested in

D．psychologists have widely accepted

2. People who are living in reverie

A．are filled with fear of the future life

B．usually have a happy childhood

C．always enjoy recalling their past life

D．are happier than any successful adult

3. People living in the Land of Cockaigne______

A．think that they are the greatest of the world

B．could enjoy all they need for life without work

C．will realize life means struggle

D．usually live a life of dull routine

4. Which of the following about deeply rooted dreamers is TRUE?

A．They'll never work for life even when they're starving.

B．They admire heroes so much as to become Napoleon.b

C．They don't feel happy due to the little things they have.

D．They'll never do any more than keeping themselves alive.

5. The writer suggests in the passage that_____

A．we should stop spending most of our time on reverie

B．people can realize something vital through dreaming

C．we should prepare ourselves to fight failure

D．people can gain more happiness from reality

【推荐2】One of my earliest memories was watching my mum talk on our old phone. I was fascinated (着迷的) that she could talk to someone who wasn’t actually in the room with her.     1    I was wondering how she managed to talk with someone she couldn’t see.

    2     Later, we had mobile phones that could be carried around the room. Then came computers and smart-phones. These days I can send an e-mail around the world in a second. My daughter’s smartphone has a hundred apps and a dozen social media accounts. She stores all of her information in a mysterious place known as “the cloud”, where she can take it out at any time. It seems that we are more connected in this world than ever before.

However, what bothers me is that we rarely associate with (来往) each other nowadays.     3    Instead of looking into the eyes of our loved ones, we stare at our screens. It seems as if the most connected generations are also the loneliest.

Don’t let technology take our time and ruin our life. Make time to meet, to pray and to communicate with each other. Take a walk on the beach with a friend. Have a long conversation with the phones off and the hearts on.     4    

Remember that we are here to love each other, help each other and make this world a better place.     5    But when it can’t, turn it off.

A．That was a long time ago.

B．Connect offline as well as online.

C．Few take the time to talk face to face.

D．Smartphones have both advantages and disadvantages.

E．We should communicate with each other with phones off.

F．When your technology can help to do these things, then use it.

G．When she left the room, I slowly walked over to the phone and stared at it for a while.

【推荐3】What a day! I started at my new school this morning and had the best time. I made lots of new friends and really liked my teachers. I was nervous the night before, but I had no reason to be. Everyone was so friendly and polite. They made me feel at ease. It was like I’d been at the school for a hundred years!

The day started very early at 7: 00 am. I had my breakfast downstairs with my mom. She could tell that I was very nervous. Mom kept asking me what was wrong. She told me I had nothing to worry about and that everyone was going to love me. If they didn’t love me, mom said to send them her way for a good talking to. I couldn’t stop laughing.

My mom dropped me off at the school gates about five minutes before the bell. A little blonde girl got dropped off at the same time and started waving at me. She ran over and told me her name was Abigail and we rushed to the classroom together. She was very nice and we became close straight away. We spent all morning together and began to talk to another girl called Stacey. The three of us sat together in class all day and we even made our way home together! It went so quickly. Our teacher told us that tomorrow we would really start learning and developing new skills.

I cannot wait until tomorrow and feel as though I am really going to enjoy my time at my new school. I hope that my new friends feel the same way too.

1. How did the author feel after meeting her teachers and classmates at new school?

A．Relaxed.

B．Frightened.

C．Anxious.

D．Excited.

2. What did the author’s mother do after seeing the author's nervousness?

A．Left the author alone.

B．Calmed the author down.

C．Played a joke on the author.

D．Kept asking the author to eat breakfast.

3. What happened on the author’s first day of school according to paragraph 3?

A．She was late for school.

B．She learned some new skills.

C．She arrived at school in time.

D．She spent all morning developing new skills.

4. What can we infer about Abigail?

A．She was outgoing.

B．She ran very quickly.

C．She worked hard at her lessons.

D．She was an old friend of Stacey.

【推荐1】We all long for friendship, but how to make a friend? "The best time to make a friend is before you need one," Joy Steven said. The following are some tips for you.

Friends are from strangers.

Friends usually begin with strangers. Getting in touch with other people is the first step to make a friend. Friends can’t be made in empty air. Best friends take time to make.

Friends understand friends.

Friends understand each other when talking. Many unpleasant personal quarrels can be avoided if you will take time to understand othersˈ feelings and points of view.

Friends touch friends.

Touching is a warm form of communication between friends. When you see best friends communicating, you will notice they stand close together, touch each other comfortably and listen to each other carefully. Sometimes a friendly touch is more powerful than words.

Friends praise friends.

Praise is a powerful tool to make a friend. Honest praise can affect your friendsˈ lives. So try to praise your friends, including your general ones.

Friends can be loyal and trustworthy.

Trust and loyalty go hand in hand for friends. Friends can share secrets with you, because good friends never break confidence and are loyal forever.

1. The first step to make a friend is _________.

A．touching other people.	B．standing close to other people.
C．getting in touch with other people.	D．sharing secrets with other people.

2. To make and keep friends, you need to do the following EXCEPT ___________.

A．praising your friends.	B．understanding your friends.
C．getting in touch with people.	D．quarreling with your friends.

3. The passage mainly tells us _________.

A．when to make a friend.	B．how to praise a friend.
C．how to develop friendship.	D．how to communicate with a friend.

【推荐3】“I like your smile, but dislike you put your shoes on my face”. A charming way of saying “Keep off the grass”. But could you figure it out? Or this: “Wash Clothing Store” for laundry.

They are both typical Chinglish, a combination of English vocabulary and Chinese grammar. Expressions such as “people mountain people sea”, means extremely crowded, and “give you some color to see see”, meaning a punishment, are widely known and recognized.

Chinglish has been attracting global attention in recent years as China grows rapidly in status on the world stage, attracting both fans and detractors（诽谤者）.

The Beijing Speaks Foreign Languages Programme and English First China Company, a language trainer known as EF Education, jointly launched a campaign to root out poor grammar and misused vocabulary in downtown Beijing. They argue Chinglish is an embarrassment that we should let it die out at all costs.

“It is meaningful to allow the capital to show its most beautiful historical and cultural heritage to the world.” said Michael Lu, vice-president of EF Education. He believed signs were very important in public services. “The signs in some old buildings confused foreign visitors.”

Chinglish, although the target of much criticism, has also won supporters who regard it as an interesting way for foreigners to learn how Chinese people think and express themselves.

“Many Chinglish logos carry Chinese elements and they will enrich the English language,” 32-year-old Oliver Radtke said. He had even published a book “Chinglish: Found in Translation,” on the subject, 50,000 copies of which have been sold since it was published in 2007.

Some Chinese university experts also side with Chinglish. "English has absorbed elements from other languages such as French and Spanish in its growth, and the emergence of Chinglish again testifies to the language’s liveliness and inclusiveness（包容性）," said Shi Anbin, an associate professor of Tsinghua University.

1. The examples in Paragraph 1 and Paragraph 2 are intended to ____________.

A．show the stupid mistakes in Chinglish

B．generalize the typical Chinglish expressions

C．tell the readers that Chinglish is widely known and recognized

D．introduce the controversial topic about Chinglish

2. How did Chinglish come into being?

A．Chinese people misunderstood the meaning of the new words.

B．Chinese people combined English vocabulary with Chinese grammar.

C．Chinese people based their English on the native English speakers.

D．Chinese people make wide use of English vocabulary with bad spelling.

3. What Shi Anbin said means _________.

A．there are many French and Spanish words in English

B．English is the language with liveliness and inclusiveness

C．Chinglish enriches English and shouldn’t be got rid of

D．Chinglish has greater effect on English than French and Spanish

4. According to Oliver Radtke, Chinglish _________.

A．shows how Chinese people think

B．does damage to the English language

C．shows the great humor of Chinese people

D．should be sold to all over the world

【推荐1】On Tuesday, the Amazon Company introduced Amazon One, which connects your palm(手掌) print to a stored credit card so you can place your hand above a sensor to enter and leave easily after buying at checkout-free Amazon(AMZN) Go stores.

Dilip Kumar, Amazon’s vice president told CNN Business that Amazon One had been used since long before the COVID-19. But the timing could be a positive for Amazon: Customers may find such payment convenient, and businesses also find it hopeful.

Yet the use of the Amazon One could raise eyebrows, too. Amazon has once come under fire from people who care about its facial-recognition software. When it comes to Amazon One data, Kumar said all palm pictures are coded and Amazon stores them online.

“I encourage people to try it, see how they like the experience,” Kumar said. You can hold your palm above an Amazon One scanner to enter the store. Then, anything you take will be automatically (自动地) charged to the credit card connected to their palm. Amazon One will make shopping faster and more convenient. Before trying it, users must place a credit card in an Amazon One device and hold a palm above it, facing down, so it can be scanned. The camera in it takes many pictures of the fine lines of the palm, and catches some details, which can’t be seen in typical photographs.

Amazon One now can be bought at two of the Amazon Go stores in Seattle, at 7th Avenue and Blanchard Street, and in the South Lake Union neighborhood.

1. Why is Amazon One introduced?

A．To ensure the safety.	B．To have a test.
C．To see credit cards.	D．To pay easily.

2. Which of the following best explains “under fire” in paragraph 3?

A．Being quite hot.	B．Receiving ill comments.
C．Getting on fire.	D．Gaining wide recognition.

3. Which of the following is not true about Amazon One?

A．It was not used until the outbreak of COVID-19.

B．It is convenient for customers .

C．It connects the credit card to one’s palm.

D．Its device takes the pictures of the palm.

4. What was Kumar’s attitude to Amazon One?

A．Doubtful.

B．Objective.

C．Supportive.

D．Unclear.

【推荐2】

Films in Feiyang Cinema This Week (Half on Sunday for children)
A WORLD WITHOUT THIEVES Chinese film(2004). Directed (导演)by Feng Xiaogang. Mainly acted by Liu Dehua, Ge You,Liu Ruoying, Li Bingbing From Monday to Wednesday at 8:00pm. Ticket Price: RMB 35.	KUNGFU HUSTLE Chinese Hong Kong film(2004). Directed by Zhou Xingchi. Mainly acted by Zhou Xingchi,Yuan Hua, Liang Xiaolong. From Wednesday to Friday, at 8:00 p.m. Ticket price: RMB 30
HARRY POTTER (Ⅲ) American film (2004). Directed by Alfonso Cuaron. Mainly acted by Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Waston. From Friday to Sunday, at 7:30 p.m. Ticket Price: RMB 40	TROY American film (2004). Directed by Wolfgang Petersen. Mainly acted by Julian Glover, Brian Cox, Nat han Jones, Adoni Maropis. From Tuesday to Thursday, at 8:00 p.m. Ticket Price: RMB 45

1. If you want to see the film which was directed by Feng Xiaogang, go to the cinema on _____ .

A．Monday	B．Thursday
C．Friday	D．Saturday

2. Peter likes magic world. His father decides to take him to see HARRY POTTER (Ⅲ) on Sunday. How much should they pay for their tickets at least?

A．80 yuan.	B．65 yuan.
C．50 yuan.	D．60 yuan.

3. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Liu Dehua acted in the film Kungfu Hustle.

B．The ticket price of the four films is the same.

C．All the films start after 8 o'clock in the evening.

D．The four films were released (发行) in the same year.

【推荐3】Researchers have long been stumped(难住)by whether eating fish reduces the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Some studies have shown that it does, while others have found no effect or concluded that it tends to increase the risk.

A Chalmers University of Technology study may explain the contradictory(矛盾的)results. The study compared blood samples and diet questionnaires from 842 participants, half of whom developed type 2 diabetes after about seven years. This showed that fish consumption as a whole has no effect on diabetes risk. Then, using a new data-analysis method, said one of the study author. "We screened(筛查)out the effect of environmental pollutants. We were then able to see that fish itself provides clear protection against type 2 diabetes.

However, participants who ate a lot of fatty fish, such as salmon, also had high levels of environmental pollutants in their blood. These fish are the most likely to contain accumulated pollutants such as DDT and PCB, which have both previously been linked to increased risk of type 2 diabetes.

To make sure the fish you eat is free from pollutants, check the Environmental Defense Fund's Seafood Selector(seafood edf.org) for the choices least likely to contain them, then look for wild-caught fish from sustainable sources, such as those certified by Marine Stewardship Council.

1. Which of the following about fish consumption is true according to the passage?

A．It reduces the risk of developing diabetes.

B．It is good for diabetes only if unpolluted.

C．It increases the risk of developing diabetes.

D．Different people have different opinions on fish consumption.

2. The Chalmers University of Technology conducted the research by

A．making comparisons and doing experiments

B．providing an example and analyzing data

C．referring to another study and doing experiments

D．making comparisons and analyzing data

3. Where is this passage probably from?

A．a newspaper

B．a novel

C．a medical journal

D．a science magazine