【推荐1】Growing up, I never wore makeup and I was always more afraid of the mirror than anything else. I hadn’t thought makeup was meant for me, a disabled woman, until I saw Ulta’s new advertisement: a huge full-color photo of a model in a wheelchair.

The world of fashion and beauty is rarely related to disabilities, and even though Hollywood has made steps toward greater inclusion and clothing brand Aerie has featured women with disabilities in their advertisements, seeing disabilities in the mainstream is definitely unusual. The reason why these things make headlines is that they’re so rare.

I learned from a very young age that because of my disability, I would never be connected with beauty or charm. I’d spent so long feeling separated from so many parts of society, but Ulta is sending a powerful message with a single photo: It’s time to challenge conventional beauty standards because beauty comes in all forms.

We all want to feel included. When it comes to disabilities, it is so important, especially for children and teens with disabilities. I was well into my 30s when I rolled into a makeup store for the first time. I had no idea what I was doing and felt like entering a new world without a map; I felt like I was out of place, as if I was peeking (偷看；窥视) at a club without being invited. Imagine how my experience would have been different if I had seen a model in a wheelchair, smiling, as if to say, “Welcome. Yes, you belong!”

That message of inclusion was loud and clear for Maren Anderson, a 4-year-old girl who has a rare genetic disease and just started using a wheelchair. The moment she spotted the advertisement was caught on camera by her mom Carolyn Anderson, and quickly spread last month on Facebook. “It’s just really saying that she feels included, and she feels like she identifies with that, and belongs here just like everybody else. So, thank you, Ulta,” said Carolyn Anderson.

1. What can be learned from paragraph 2?

A．There will be more products for the disabled.

B．Aerie is the author’s favorite clothing brand.

C．Hollywood works with Ulta to help the disabled.

D．It’s hard for the public to associate beauty with disabilities.

2. What does the author think of Ulta’s new advertisement?

A．It creates a new trend in the fashion world.

B．It makes society offer more jobs to the disabled.

C．It helps make the disabled feel confident and involved.

D．It breaks the barrier between the disabled and the able-bodied.

3. How did the author feel when she first stepped into the makeup store?

A．Nervous and embarrassed.	B．Sad and guilty.
C．Excited and proud.	D．Bored and disappointed.

4. Why is Maren Anderson’s photo mentioned in the last paragraph?

A．To expose the condition of the disabled.

B．To show the effect of Ulta’s advertisement.

C．To emphasize the sense of belonging.

D．To explore the contemporary beauty standards.

【推荐3】Contents

A Travel Guide to Europe

Part 1: Before you go

Chapter 1: What to bring …………………………………… 2

Chapter 2: Getting travel visas …………………………….. 4

Chapter 3: Best time to travel ……………………………… 5

Chapter 4: Planning a one-week trip ……………………… 6

Chapter 5: Planning a two-week trip ……………………… 12

Part 2: After you arrive

Chapter 6: Changing money ……………………………….. 18

Chapter 7: Finding a hotel …………………………………. 19

A. Three star hotels     B. Four star hotels     C. Five star hotels

Chapter 8: Getting around ………………………………… 36

A. Buses        B. Trains       C. Planes        D. Renting a car

Part 3: Recommended things to use

Chapter 9: France …………………………………………… 50

Chapter 10: Italy …………………………………………….. 73

Chapter 11: England ………………………………………… 97

Chapter 12: Germany ………………………………………. 116

Chapter 13: Spain …………………………………………… 141

Part 4: Helpful things to consider

Chapter 14: Staying safe ……………………………………. 168

Chapter 15: Local customs   ……………………………….. 172

Chapter 16: Important holidays   …………………………. 184

Chapter 17: Useful phrases   ……………………………….. 192

A. French     B. Italian     C. English       D. German     E. Spanish

Chapter 18: Good things to buy   …………………………...233

1. How many parts does the book have?

A．3	B．18
C．4	D．233

2. If you’re interested in shopping, you can read__________.

A．Chapter 18	B．Chapter 8
C．Chapter 16	D．Chapter 3

3. The book does NOT include ________.

A．the help with European languages	B．a part about travelling with pets
C．ideas about what to take on a trip	D．information about visas

【推荐1】The National Council for the Traditional Arts(NCTA) is a leading non-profit organization devoted to presenting and documenting folk and traditional arts in the United States.It works in partnership with communities across America to establish new,sustainable traditional arts events that deliver lasting social and cultural benefits.

NCTA seeks Festival Support Staff for 2020 festival season to provide office and on-site support for three large-scale festivals.Positions available include:

Programming Administration Assistant

This is the perfect position for someone with an interest in history,arts management, cultural anthropology(人类学），and related fields.

Responsibilities include programming research,marketing and promotion,and event organization.The position may also be responsible for press and photo document management, social media updates,and customer service.

Qualified applicants will be careful and organized,with excellent people skills and a general interest in the traditional arts. Computer literacy(读写能力）is essential.Contract runs May 1-December 15.

Festival Assistant

This is the perfect position for someone with an interest in arts,culture,and event logistics(后勤）who enjoys operating in a fast-paced,small-office environment.

The position provides festival staff support.Responsibilities include document creation, travel purchase,logistics support,data entry,and database maintenance.

Qualified applicants will be outgoing and open-minded,with effective oral and written communication skills and computer literacy.Experience with festival planning is preferred. Contract runs May 18-October 30.

Production Associate

The Production Associate is a key member of the production team who will work closely with the Production Manager on all festival audio,backline,and lighting needs,from planning through implementation(实施）。

The role will contribute to the following key tasks:advancing technical needs with artists, and working with NCTA and Festival staff to insure smooth on-site operations.

Qualified applicants will be responsible and adaptable,with excellent people skills. Experience in concert production is preferred. Contract runs June 15--October 30.

All Positions:Experience with database entry,Microsoft Office,and Adobe Acrobat is required.Must have a clean driving record,or reliable transportation.Some evenings, weekends,and travel required.

All positions are full time with contract.Deadline is April 20,2020.

More details and how to apply at:http/incta- America.com.

1. According to the passage, NCTA________

A．focuses on cultural and art education

B．keeps a record of American traditional arts

C．enjoys economic benefits from communities

D．aims to help the festival support staff

2. The programming administration assistant will probably________

A．plan and design program

B．create social networking websites

C．deal with complaints from customers

D．photograph newspapers and documents

3. What is the requirement for all the three positions?

A．Programming skills.

B．Communication skills.

C．Working experience.

D．Knowledge on traditional arts.

4. Once employed, one will_______

A．work full time

B．travel every week

C．start the job in May

D．learn database design

【推荐2】New apps, new you! Self-improvement is only a click away.

Quizlet

Quizlet is a portable flashcard system. You can search millions of already set-up flashcards and learning tools. They are especially good for subjects with lots of terminology or vocabulary in them such as languages, history and science. If you have a study buddy, then Quizlet can bring you together online. You can share the flashcards in the study folder and send to your friends. They can check the flashcards on their phone or computer.

Strava

Exercise apps like Strava can keep your fitness goals on track. Strava helps you record your exercise activities, set exercise goals and be part of an exercise community. Also, you can see you and your friends’ activities on Strava, which helps keep you motivated to exercise regularly. You can also give friends’ activities a “thumbs-up” or comment.

1SE

The idea behind this app is very simple: Turn films you have taken on your phone into a video compilation (合辑). In particular, it’s about filming one second every day, which is where the name 1SE comes from. You may think one second is not very long. But when combining one-second videos for each day of the year, that is 365 seconds—more than six minutes! Watching this six-minute video is like going on a memory roller coaster of your year, which helps people appreciate the little moments in everyday life. It’s quite powerful.

Trello

Here is a time management app continually rated among the top time management apps on the market, all with the goal of making you spend less time planning and more time doing. No matter how you prefer to track projects and time, Trello always allows you to easily see who is doing what at a quick look, so you’ll never drop the ball on an important project. Using a time management app is one of the easiest ways to get more of something we wish we had: Productivity.

1. What do Quizlet and Strava have in common?

A．They are both free of charge for users.

B．They are both interactive by sharing with friends.

C．They both help you study and exercise in a proper way.

D．You can download both of them anytime on your phones.

2. Which of the following can best describe 1SE?

A．It’s intended for video-lovers.

B．It is the little moments that matter in our life.

C．The idea behind the app is popular with everyone.

D．It helps turn the films on your phone into a six-minute video.

3. Which app is designed for people eager for productivity?

A．Quizlet.

B．Strava.

C．1SE.

D．Trello.

【推荐1】One of the most beloved coins in history is a true American Classics: The Buffalo Nickel. Although they have not been issued for over 75 years, GovMint. Com is releasing to the public bags of original US government Buffalo Nickels. Now they can be acquired for a limited time only - not as individual collector coins, but by weight - just $49 for a full Quarter-pound Bag.

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● Mint Marks (P.D, and S)

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1. In the first paragraph, the author ________.

A．introduces to readers the history of Buffalo Nickels

B．tells readers the significance of collecting Buffalo Nickels

C．encourages readers to purchase Buffalo Nickels right away

D．informs readers about the reason of releasing Buffalo Nickels

2. What is not included in Quarter Pound Buffalo Nickels?

A．Mint Marks.	B．"Roaring 20s" Buffalo.
C．Liberty Head Nickel.	D．Free Stone Arrowhead.

3. What is the original price for Half Pound Bag?

A．$98.

B．$79.

C．$68.

D．$102.

【推荐2】People travel for a lot of reasons. Some tourists go to see battlefields or religious shrines ( 宗教圣殿). Others are looking for culture, or simply want to have their pictures taken in front of famous places. But most European tourists are looking for a sunny beach to lie on.

Northern Europeans are willing to pay a lot of money and put up with a lot of inconveniences for the sun because they have so little of it. Residents (居民) of cities like London, Copenhagen, and Amsterdam spend a lot of their winter in the dark because the days are so short, and much of the rest of the year in the rain. This is the reason the Mediterranean has always attracted them. Every summer, more than 25 million people travel to Mediterranean resorts and beaches for their vacation. They all come for the same reason: sun!

The huge crowds mean lots of money for the economies of Mediterranean countries. Italy’s 30,000 hotels are booked solid ( 全部客满) every summer. And 13 million people camp out on French beaches, parks, and roadsides. Spain’s long sandy coastline attracts more people than anywhere else. 37 million tourists visit yearly, or one tourist for every person living in Spain.

But there are signs that the area is getting more tourism than it can handle. The   Mediterranean is already one of the most polluted seas on earth. And with increased tourism, it’s getting worse. The French can’t figure out what to do with all the garbage left by campers around St. Tropez. And in many places, swimming is dangerous because of pollution.

None of this, however, is spoiling anyone’s fun. The Mediterranean gets more popular every year with tourists. Obviously, they don’t go there for clean water and solitude (清净自在). They tolerate traffic jams and seem to like crowded beaches. They don’t even mind the pollution. No matter how dirty the water is, the coastline still looks beautiful. And as long as the sun shines, it’s still better than sitting in the cold rain in Berlin, London, or Oslo.

1. The writer seems to imply that Europeans travel mostly for the reason that _____.

A．they want to see historic remains or religious spots

B．they are interested in different cultural traditions and social customs

C．they wish to escape from the cold, dark and rainy days back at home

D．they would like to take pictures in front of famous sites

2. In paragraph 2, cities like London, Copenhagen, and Amsterdam are mentioned _____.

A．to tell us how wealthy their residents are

B．to show that they are not good cities in terms of geography and climate

C．to suggest that these cities lack places of historic interest and scenic beauty

D．to prove that they have got more tourism than they can handle

3. The latter half of the last sentence in Paragraph 3, “or one tourist for every person living in Spain” means _____.

A．all the 37 million people living in Spain are tourists

B．every Spanish is visited by a tourist every year

C．every person living in Spain has to take care of a tourist

D．every year almost as many tourists visit Spain as there are people living in that country

4. According to the passage, which of the following factors might spoil the tourists’ fun at Mediterranean resorts and beaches?

A．Rainy weather

B．Polluted water

C．Traffic jams

D．Crowded buses

【推荐3】

Pizza delivery driver Work 15 - 20 hours a week for busy pizza shop. Duties include making and delivering pizza and some cleaning. Paid $10 per hour + $2 per delivery + free dinner. All applicants must have your own car. Email us with information about whether you ever cooked and when you can work. The PizzaPlace@telstra.com

TV Host A national TV station wants to find two people to host a new primetime（黄金时段）game show. Interested? You need to have: A confident and lively personality Some experience of working in the media industry Good communication skills An enthusiasm for performing £40,000 per year Apply to Jonhkeirs@ tvhost.com

Casual Sale Assistant We are looking for casual team members to join our team for 10 - 30 hours per week! You must have a positive attitude and great willingness to talk to others, can work in both a team and as an individual and be available to work on Mondays and weekends between 9am and 5pm. You will be responsible for using the cash register, tidying up shelves and helping customers find what they are looking for. Pay is $14.50/hr, but $25/hr at weekends To apply, get in touch with the manager Tony Robins on (02) 98761234 or Tony. Robins@JB-HiFi.blacktown.org.au

Chinese Teachers Our established language school is looking for Chinese teachers. Our classes are small and students are all ages. You must have a university degree and teaching experience and a health certificate. You must also be able to speak and write Chinese fluently. 30 hours per week (flexible times) £30 per hour, plus bonuses Apply to Smith@gmail.com

1. The candidate for a pizza delivery driver must tell the employer his/ her ________.

A．personality	B．driving experience
C．availability	D．salary expectation

2. How much can Tom get as a casual sale assistant if working 2 hours on Sunday?

A．$20.	B．$29.
C．$ 30.	D．$ 50.

3. Who must be outgoing?

A．TV host and Chinese teacher.

B．TV host and Casual sale assistant.

C．Pizza delivery driver and Chinese teacher.

D．Casual sale assistant and Pizza delivery driver.

【推荐1】Recently, a Scottish grocery store employed a robot. The robot, named Fabio, was part of an experiment conducted by the Heriot-Watt University, which explores the combination of men and machines. Elena Margiotta, co-owner of the Margiotta supermarket chain, says, “We thought a robot was a great addition that could show the customers that we are always wanting to do something new and exciting.”

Fabio’s job was to make customers feel welcome and assist them in locating grocery items if asked. Things seemed to start off well. The almost 4-foot-tall humanoid robot greeted customers, talked intelligently about the weather, and even gave hugs and high-fives. Later, its friendliness appeared to wane when a shopper needed help but received a vague answer. Therefore, store visitors began to seek out human employees for help.

Believing it might be better at a job that required more socializing, the shop assigned Fabio to hand out sausage samples. Unfortunately, things did not go well. While a human employee managed to attract 12 customers to try the food in 15 minutes, the robot attracted just two.

Since Fabio was not trained for any other job, the grocery store management decided to “fire” the robot a week after it had first reported for duty. The director of the Interaction Lab at Heriot-Watt says, “When we had to put it back in the box, one of employees started crying because they had become emotionally attached to it. It was good in a way because we had thought they would feel threatened by it as it was competing for their job. ” As he later discovered, the tears were not out of fondness for Fabio, but it was because the robot freed the human employees from the dull task of responding to customers’ questions.

Although Fabio appears to be different within its family, thousands of other quite similar Pepper humanoid robots employed at various Japanese stores and some stores in America seem to be extremely popular with customers.

1. According Elena Margiotta, the shop employed a robot to ______.

A．reduce the cost of running the shop

B．carry out an experiment

C．show the intention to change

D．deliver and place the groceries

2. What does the underlined word “wane” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A．become weaker.	B．become more popular.
C．become more obvious.	D．become less sincere.

3. When handing our sausage samples, Fabio _____.

A．didn’t get along well with human employees

B．failed to be understood by customers

C．couldn’t clearly tell the samples’ strengths

D．was no match for human employees

4. According to the passage, the store employees may agree that_________.

A．Fabio performed well in its job

B．they benefited from Fabio’s help

C．robots competed with them for the job

D．robots could respond well to customers’ questions

5. What can be implied from the last paragraph?

A．Other Pepper humanoid robots are superior to Fabio.

B．Robots-based customer service has a long way to go.

C．Scottish people are particular about robot employees.

D．People’s acceptance of robots may vary from culture to culture.

【推荐2】Liana nervously bit her nails while she waited for the exam to arrive. She looked around the room; hundreds of other law students sat in rows staring anxiously at the tables in front of them. Just as she began to take a deep breath to calm her anxiety, an exam booklet(册子) was placed in front of her. This was the moment she had been expecting ever since she began law school three years ago. She picked up her pencil, and opened to the first page of the bar exam, a test for all students wanting to become licensed lawyers.

Liana never thought she would want to become a lawyer. Her parents were both artists. Law was something she had not been exposed to as a child. But art made for a tumultuous career—both of her parents had struggled to find jobs and worked round the clock when they were young. Even though they finally seemed successful and happy, Liana wanted something different.

She was the anchor on her high school debate team, and consistently impressed her competitors with her analytical thinking. “Never argue with Ms. Lakes,” her teachers would say. So she chose to major in law. In her mind, she pictured herself in a New York City courtroom(法庭) dressed in an expensive suit, with papers in her hand, waving at the jury(陪审团) in a speech on human rights.

But now, with the bar exam sitting in front of her, she started to worry. “What if I don’t pass? Did I study enough?” Her thoughts raced through her mind. On the first page were seven paragraphs detailing a law situation followed by a series of questions. Liana read through the paragraphs, and quickly scribbled down an explanation of the first question before moving onto the next question. The next few hours went like this as the clock ticked closer and closer to the lunch hour.

At 12:00 p.m. sharp, a buzzer(蜂鸣器) sounded and everyone was told to put down their pencils and walked out for an hour-long lunch break. At lunch, Liana met her friend, Kevin.

“How did it go?” she asked. “To be honest, I’ve no idea. I just kept writing.” Kevin said. Liana laughed and said she felt the same way.

After lunch, the two exchanged words of encouragement. They strolled back into the exam center a bit more refreshed. Liana finished the second half of the exam that day with a better feeling than what she started with in the morning.

1. What do we know about the bar exam Liana is taking?

A．It is for someone to be a qualified lawyer.

B．It has many law situations to describe.

C．It lasts for hours without stopping.

D．It takes place every three years.

2. “A tumultuous career” in Paragraph 2 probably is a career that ________.

A．has lots of chances of success

B．needs to work in different cities

C．is full of competition and hard work

D．demands much professional knowledge

3. Liana wanted to be a lawyer because ________.

A．she was good at arguing and debating

B．she wanted to follow her friend’s advice

C．she believed it would bring her a rich and happy life

D．she aimed to devote herself to protecting human rights

4. At the end of the exam, Liana felt more ________.

A．nervous	B．curious
C．energetic	D．confident

5. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A．The Wild Dream	B．A True Lawyer
C．The Big Test	D．A Hard Choice

【推荐3】If a diver surfaces too quickly, he may suffer the bends. Nitrogen(氮) dissolved(溶解) in his blood is suddenly liberated by the reduction of pressure. The consequence, if the bubbles (气泡)accumulate in a joint, is sharp pain and a bent body—thus the name. If the bubbles form in his lungs or his brain, the consequence can be death.

Other air-breathing animals also suffer this decompression(减压) sickness if they surface too fast: whales, for example. And so, long ago, did ichthyosaurs. That these ancient sea animals got the bends can be seen from their bones. If bubbles of nitrogen form inside the bone they can cut off its blood supply. This kills the cells in the bone, and consequently weakens it, sometimes to the point of collapse. Fossil (化石)bones that have caved in on them selves are thus a sign that the animal once had the bends.

Bruce Rothschild of the University of Kansas knew all this when he began a study of ichthyosaur bones to find out how widespread the problem was in the past. What he particularly wanted to investigate was how ichthyosaurs adapted to the problem of decompression over the 150 million years. To this end, he and his colleagues traveled the world’s natural-history museums, looking at hundreds of ichthyosaurs from the Triassic period and from the later Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.

When he started, he assumed that signs of the bends would be rarer in younger fossils, reflecting their gradual evolution of measures to deal with decompression. Instead, he was astonished to discover the opposite. More than 15% of Jurassic and Cretaceous ichthyosaurs had suffered the bends before they died, but not a single Triassic specimen(标本) showed evidence of that sort of injury.

If ichthyosaurs did evolve an anti-decompression means, they clearly did so quickly—and, most strangely, they lost it afterwards. But that is not what Dr Rothschild thinks happened. He suspects it was evolution in other animals that caused the change.

Whales that suffer the bends often do so because they have surfaced to escape a predator (捕食动物) such as a large shark. One of the features of Jurassic oceans was an abundance of large sharks and crocodiles, both of which were fond of ichthyosaur lunches. Triassic oceans, by contrast, were mercifully shark- and crocodile-free. In the Triassic, then, ichthyosaurs were top of the food chain. In the Jurassic and Cretaceous, they were prey(猎物) as well as predator—and often had to make a speedy exit as a result.

1. Which of the following is a typical symptom of the bends?

A．A twisted body.	B．A gradual decrease in blood supply.
C．A sudden release of nitrogen in blood.	D．A drop in blood pressure.

2. The purpose of Rothschild’s study is to see________ .

A．how often ichthyosaurs caught the bends	B．how ichthyosaurs adapted to decompression
C．why ichthyosaurs bent their bodies	D．when ichthyosaurs broke their bones

3. Rothschild’s finding stated in Paragraph 4________ ..

A．confirmed his assumption	B．speeded up his research process
C．disagreed with his assumption	D．changed his research objectives

4. Rothschild might have concluded that ichthyosaurs ________ .

A．failed to evolve an anti decompression means

B．gradually developed measures against the bends

C．died out because of large sharks and crocodiles

D．evolved an anti decompression means but soon lost it