【推荐1】LAKE MINNEWANKA BOAT TOUR
Welcome Aboard
Just 15 minutes from Banff is Lake Minnewanka where a 90­minute cruise(乘船游览) to the
Devil’s Gap is sure to be the highlight of your summer adventure!
For information & group reservations，phone 762­3473!
www.minnewankaboattours.com
GUIDED MOUNTAIN FLIGHTS of the Columbia Ice Field & Canadian Rockies
Leave the Crowds Behind
Tour Narrated by Your Host
Owner/Pilot Steve Neill (from $110/person)
·Comfortable window seats
·Headsets for clients/pilot conversation
·Ski plane available for glacier landings
Reservations : 1­877­344­7117
www.rockiesairtours.com
THREE SISTERS MOUNTAIN VILLAGE
Which stars will you be watching tonight? When you discover the beauty that surrounds Three Sisters Mountain Village，you will be surprised at how much brighter they are in the sky than on the screen.So make some popcorn，pull up a comfortable chair and settle in for a quiet night in the mountain.All the stars will be there.
Call roll­free (866) 388­2877
www.threesistersmountainvillage.com
PERFECT PICTURES
Discover the Rockies’s most desirable natural attractions on a Brewster guided excursion.As national park specialists，we are proud to share the wonders of Canada’s largest outdoor living museum.Our 111 years’experience ensures a most memorable guided adventure!
·Wildlife viewing
·Nature walks
·Sightseeing
Toll­free：1­800­760­6934
www.brewster.ca
RAFTING & OUTDOOR ADVENTURES
Youth & group rates available!
A spectacular adventure is waiting for you between Banff and Calgary，a short scenic drive to     paradise.Join us for a fun，exciting and safe adventure in the Kananaskis and Bow Valley.
Adventures are available for all ages and skill levels. Our professional and highly qualified guides are all Wilderness First Aid and River Rescue certified.
Toll­free：1­877­999­7238
www.insideoutexperience.com
1. The Smiths，a retired couple，would probably call ________ for several quiet starry nights.

A．762­3473	B．1­877­344­7117
C．(866) 388­2877	D．1­800­760­6934

2. The Johnsons (aged 9—68)，adventure lovers，are more likely to check ________ for more
information.

A．www.minnewankaboattours.com

B．www.rockiesairtours.com

C．www.brewster.ca

D．www.insideoutexperience.com

3. What kind of activities do the five tours all provide?

A．Outdoor activities.

B．Adventurous activities.

C．Educational activities.

D．Free activities.

4. Where can the passage be probably found?

A．In a tour brochure.	B．In science fiction.
C．In a textbook.	D．In a TV guide.

【推荐2】Come to the AG Society's expedition (探险) program and you will surely get unique experiences! SWIM WITH THE HUMPBACKS(座头鲸) OF TONGA

Darren Jew and his team are your hosts for an unforgettable AG Society adventure, filled with in- water meetings with humpback whales in the Kingdom of Tonga's group of islands.

WHO: Darren Jew's underwater whales

DATES: 26 September-4 October 2018

COST: $ 5,450 per person

BOOKINGS: Call 0756679413, email reservations @ whalesunderwater.com or visit whalesunderwater.com

11-DAY KIMBERLEY COASTAL CRUISE(乘船浏览)

The AG Society is partnering with APT to present an exciting voyage along the Kimberley coastline. Expedition cruising offers the easiest way to explore the Kimberley. Guests on this 11-day voyage will go ashore, explore natural wonders, meet traditional owners, see rock art and spot wildlife.

WHO: APT

DATES: 6 - 16 September 2018

COST: $ 13,395 per person

BOOKINGS: Visit kimberleywild.com. au

LIGHTNING RIDGE FOSSIL(化石) DIG

The AG Society offers you a chance to hunt for fossils. Guided by experts, you'll go to special locations, seeking new fossils for the collections of the Australian Opal Centre. Your discoveries will further establish these museum collections as a world-class scientific and cultural resource. There are also a series of lectures on mining history, fossils, dinosaur hunting and new dinosaurs.

WHO: The Australian Opal Centre

DATES: 20 -25 August 2018

COST: $ 2,200 per person, including all activities and lunches and dinners

BOOKINGS: Call 0427904587, email dig @ stralianopalcentre.com or visit australianopalcentre.com

AG DEVIL ARK EXPEDITION

Come and join Tim Faulkner for a unique hands-on experience with this Tasmanian devil (袋獾) feeding program in the beautiful Barrington Tops of NSW. You'll get to see Tasmanian devils up close when you help with feeding individuals.

In addition to working with the animals, there'll be opportunities to explore the area's natural treasures and spot local wildlife. Don't miss your chance to get involved in this important conservation effort.

WHO: Devil Ark

DATES: 24 - 26 November 2018

COST: $ 1,750 per person

BOOKINGS: Call 0243408610, email info @ devilark.org. au or visit devilark.org. au

1. If you join in LIGHTNING RIDGE FOSSIL DIG, you can .

A．go to seek new fossils individually

B．learn something about mining history

C．collect the world-class scientific fossils

D．become an expert and go to special locations

2. What can you do if you take part in AG DEVIL ARK EXPEDITION?

A．Help protect wildlife.	B．Learn about dinosaurs.
C．Watch humpback whales.	D．Enjoy an exciting voyage.

3. Which program will you choose if you want to enjoy rock art?

A．AG DEVIL ARK EXPEDITION.

B．LIGHTNING RIDGE FOSSIL DIG.

C．11-DAY KIMBERLEY COASTAL CRUISE.

D．SWIM WITH THE HUMPBACKS OF TONGA.

【推荐3】● West Town

The Chicago Public Library (CPL) encourages lifelong learning by welcoming all people and offering equal access to information, entertainment and knowledge through materials, programs and events. Each year, Chicago Public Library recommends the Best of the Best, CPL’s selections of the very best books published that year.

● Hours

Monday: 10:00 am – 6:00 pm

Tuesday: 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Wednesday: 10:00 am – 6:00 pm

Thursday: 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Friday: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Saturday: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Sunday: Closed

● Holidays & Closures

All Staff Institute Day: Thursday, April 30, 2020   Closed All Day

Memorial Day: Monday, May 25, 2020   Closed All Day

Independence Day: Saturday, July 4, 2020   Closed All Day

Labor Day: Monday, September 7, 2020   Closed All Day

Thanksgiving: Thursday, November 26, 2020   Closed All Day

Christmas: Friday, December 25, 2020   Closed All Day

● Address & Contact

1625 W. Chicago Avenue Chicago IL 60622

Phone: (312) 743-0450

Email: westtownchipublib.org

● Get a Library Card

Getting a library card is easy – and it’s free! Please visit any CPL location to fill out an application.

Current, valid ID with name, photo and Chicago address is required.

● Facilities

After-hours book return                  Bike rack

Computers       Meeting room       Wi-Fi       Parking lot       Scanner

● Upcoming Events at West Town

Design Challenge Day

Description: Are you up for a challenge? Drop in and tackle some design challenges using supplies provided by the library. Prizes will be awarded for the most creative submissions.

Suitable for: Kids and Teens

Time: Tuesday, March 24, 2020, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Film Screening: The Zookeeper’s Wife (2017)

Description: Join the West Town branch for a screening of The Zookeeper’s Wife.   A married couple who work as zoo caretakers help save Jewish people from the Nazi’s Holocaust.

Suitable for: Adults and Teens

Time: Tuesday, March 31, 2020, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm

1. When can people go and read in Chicago Public Library?

A．11:00 am, April 29, 2020.	B．2:00 pm, May 25, 2020.
C．9:00 am, July 5, 2020.	D．6:00 pm, November 26, 2020.

2. What is required for getting a library card?

A．Paying for it in your free time on a yearly basis.

B．Providing a recent photo and an application.

C．Applying on the library’s official website first.

D．Having a valid ID with name, photo and Chicago address.

3. What do we know about Design Challenge Day?

A．It targets adults as their major participants.

B．Participants will compete for prizes.

C．The activity will last for nearly 2 hours.

D．Winners can watch The Zookeeper’s Wife for free.

【推荐1】Going on a road trip? The St. Louis Arch, Statue of Liberty and Golden Gate Bridge are common great tourist sites. But if you prefer offbeat places, check out the following roadside attractions.

World's Largest Ball of Paint

Alexandria, Ind.

In 1977, Michael Carmichael set out to create the biggest ball of paint anywhere. Starting with a baseball as center, he painted layer（层）after layer of paint day after day, year after year. The ball weighs more than 1,300 pounds, with more than 24,000 coats of paint, which is recognized by Guinness World Records. Visitors can paint the ball themselves and become part of history.

Mount Horeb Mustard Museum

Mount Horeb, Wis.

It's heaven for hotdog lovers! This museum says that it has to have the world's largest collection of prepared mustard（芥末）. Its more than 4,100 bottles of spices（香料）come from 60 nations, including Turkey and China.

Visitors learn the history of mustard, from how it's made to how it's advertised and sold. The museum's creator, Burry Levenson, loves mustard so much that he even puts it on ice cream!

The Museum of Dirt

Boston, Mass.

The museum is the idea of Glenn Johnson. In the labeled（贴有标签的）glass bottles are such treasures as dirt from the Great Wall of China, as well as sand from a desert in Sandi Arabia and Omaha Beach in France. Best of all, the cost of seeing this museum is dirt cheap: It's free.

Paper House

Rockport, Mass.

Swedish immigrant（移民）Ellis Stenman was much ahead of his time in 1922, when he started to build a two-room house almost completely out of newspaper. At the time, people didn't give much—if any—thought to recycling paper. In fact, "recycling" wasn't even a word yet. The house is framed（以……做框架）with wood, but the walls are made of 215 layers of newspaper. In all, he used about 100,000 newspapers.

1. What can the underlined word "offbeat" in the first paragraph best be replaced by?

A．Great.

B．Foreign.

C．Unusual.

D．Public.

2. Which of the following can provide hands- on experience?

A．World's Largest Ball of Paint.	B．The Museum of Dirt.
C．Mount Horeb Mustard Museum.	D．Paper House.

3. What can we know about Barry Levenson?

A．He loves ice cream especially.

B．He started the mustard museum.

C．He shows his great love for hotdog.

D．He travels around the world to collect mustard.

4. What can you do in the Museum of Dirt?

A．Visit free of charge.	B．Play with sand.
C．Collect glass bottles.	D．Appreciate the Great Wall.

5. Who is a pioneer in recycling paper?

A．Michael Carmichael	B．Burry Levenson.
C．Glenn Johnson.	D．Ellis Stenman.

【推荐2】“What’s your favorite color?” is a common question, particularly among children. However, there is a new color that might offer a partial solution to global warming by one day reducing the need for air conditioning (AC).

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, AC only causes a part of global greenhouse gas emissions. But that threat will continue to grow as temperatures rise with climate change, and people install (安装) more AC units. Facing this problem, researchers at Purdue University tried to replace the need for conditioning power and invented the world’s whitest paint. It is so white that it could efficiently reflect enough sunlight to cool off buildings.

In 2021, the researchers focused on two key parts of the white paint. The first is that the chemical mixture barium sulfate (BaSO3) can effectively reflect light. The second is that BaSO3 particles change in size allowing the paint to reflect more incoming light. The white paint reflects 98.1% of solar rays and sends out infrared heat (红外线热量) at the same time. Using highly accurate temperature-reading technology, researchers found that the paint kept surfaces 34.2­°C cooler, even during the hottest hours of the day.

The white paint can be a suitable choice to replace traditional AC. Air cooling power uses an about 5 kilowatts per 1000 square meter, but the researchers showed that their white paint could double that amount of power. If this innovation (革新) is applied to the outside of buildings, AC will be replaced with paint.

The team is optimistic about getting this paint into the market. They are working with a company at present. The white color can change the way people think about their cooling systems. Instead of installing large AC units that already use a lot of electrical power, people can turn to the world’s whitest paint to do the same job.

1. Why did the researchers develop the whitest paint?

A．To cut the cost of decorating buildings.

B．To collect more sunlight to warm up rooms.

C．To reduce the emission of greenhouse gases.

D．To improve the cooling effect of air conditioners.

2. What does paragraph 3 mainly focus on?

A．The cooling science behind the paint.

B．The process of producing the paint.

C．The effect of BaSO3 on global climate.

D．The advantages of temperature-reading technology.

3. What can we expect of the white paint in the future?

A．It will control the paint market.

B．It will change people’s lifestyle.

C．It will help reduce energy consumption.

D．It will earn a big profit for the company.

4. Which can be the best title for the text?

A．A Key Solution to Global Warming

B．A New Way to Reduce Light Pollution.

C．A White Paint Has Been Brought into the Market.

D．A White Paint Will Reduce the Need for Air Conditioning.

【推荐1】An increase in students applying to study economics at university is being attributed to (归因于) the global economic crisis awakening a public thirst for knowledge about how the financial system works.

Applications for degree courses beginning this autumn were up by 15% this January, according to UCAS, the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service. A spokesman for the Royal Economic Society said applications to do economics at A-level were also up.

Professor John Beath, the president of the society and a leading lecturer at St Andrews University, said his first-year lectures --- which are open to students from all departments --- were drawing crowds of 400, rather than the usual 250.

“There are a large number of students who are not economics majors (专业), who would like to learn something about it. One of the things I have done this year is to relate my teaching to contemporary events in a way that one hasn’t traditionally done.” He said.

University applications rose by 7% last year, but there were rises above average in several subjects. Nursing saw a 15% jump, with people’s renewed interest in careers in the pubic sector (部门), which are seen as more secure in economic crisis.

A recent study showed almost two thirds of parents believed schools should do more to teach pupils about financial matters, and almost half said their children had asked them what was going on, although a minority (少数) of parents felt they did not understand it themselves well enough to explain.

Zack Hocking, the head of Child Trust Funds, said, “It’s possible that one good thing to arise from the downturn (低迷) will be a generation that’s financially wiser and better equipped to manage their money through times of economic uncertainty.”

1. Professor John Beath’s lectures are ______.

A．given in a traditional way

B．warmly received by economics

C．connected with the present situation

D．open to both students and their parents

2. Careers in the public sector are more attractive because of their _______.

A．higher pay

B．greater stability (稳定)

C．fewer applications

D．better reputation (名声)

3. In the opinion of most parents, ______.

A．economics should be the focus of school teaching

B．more students should be admitted to universities

C．children should solve financial problems themselves

D．the teaching of financial matters should be strengthened

4. What’s the main idea of the text?

A．Economics is attracting an increasing number of students.

B．Universities have received more applications.

C．College students benefit a lot from economic uncertainty.

D．Parents are concerned with children’s subject selection.

【推荐2】Most Visited European Destinations for Chinese Tourists

Bicester Village

According to a 2019 Visit Britain report, over 275,000 Chinese tourists visit the UK every year. And where do they go? It claimed that “they are mostly interested in symbolic elements: the Royal Family, Shakespeare, Sherlock Holmes, Harry Potter and Downton Abbey”.

Then there’s the shopping. Bicester Village, a vast retail estate on the outskirts of the Oxfordshire town, is the second most visited UK attraction for Chinese tourists after Buckingham Palace, and three in four Chinese visitors head there.

King’s College, Cambridge

A famous tree, for Chinese people at least, can be found in King’s College, Cambridge. The willow(柳树), regarded to be a holy thing to lost youth, is mentioned in a much-loved poem by Xu Zhimo, who spent a year studying at King’s College - Taking Leave of Cambridge Again.

Bonn

The former West German capital is another popular port of call. Chinese love classical music, particularly Beethoven, making his birthplace an obvious highlight of any trip to Europe. The city’s tourist board offers maps in three foreign languages: English, Chinese and Japanese.

Verona

Both British and Chinese travelers flock to Venice, Rome and Florence, but Verona typically appears higher   on the wish lists of China’s tourists. That’s because of the country’s adoration of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The play is popular on UK shores, of course, but the love is doubled in China as it was among the first of the Shakespeare’s works to be translated into Chinese Mandarin. Its plot bears a striking resemblance(相似之处) to a famous Chinese folk tale, The Butterfly Lovers. Expect to see queues at the popular House of Juliet on Via Cappello (a statue of the character stands beneath her balcony).

1. Which is most visited destination for Chinese tourists?

A．Bicester Village.	B．Buckingham Palace.
C．King’s College.	D．Cambridge.

2. Which place are the Chinese music fans likely to go?

A．Bicester Village.	B．King’s College, Cambridge.
C．Bonn.	D．Verona.

3. Which are adored by Chinese tourists who love literature?

A．Bicester Village and Bonn.	B．Bicester Village and King’s College, Cambridge.
C．Verona and Bonn.	D．King’s College, Cambridge and Verona.

【推荐3】How many phone numbers can you remember by heart? It’s probably fewer than you would like. Actually, you’re not alone. Out of more than 1,000 Americans who were surveyed, more than half said that they couldn’t recall the phone numbers of their friends and neighbors. And 44% said that they couldn’t remember their relatives’ phone numbers. In their eyes, there is no point in filling their heads with phone numbers if they’re all stored in smart phones that are with them almost all the time.

In fact, most people are suffering from a sort of digital amnesia. More than 90% of those surveyed agreed that they used the Internet as an online extension of their brains. Rote memorization was once an important part of modern education, but we just need a click or slide now. That’s making us worse at remembering things.

Researchers found that when people expected to have access to information online, they were less likely to remember actual facts，but more likely to remember how to find them. As a result, we are already becoming one with our computer tools, growing into interconnected systems that remember less by knowing information than by knowing where the information can be found.

However, some believe it isn’t necessarily a bad thing—maybe it gives them more chances to think through things. We certainly have access to more knowledge now than ever, even if it isn’t all stored in our brains.

Even so, I still believe that there are more risks to this new world of memory beyond losing our ability to recall some information such as who the 15th President was. That kind of information may always be a click away, but the important things are personal ones, like the way your parents smiled at your wedding. It’s harder to recall or find online. If you’re relying on yourself to keep track of those memories, they will be much more meaningful.

1. Paragraph 1 is mainly used to________.

A．serve as the background	B．introduce the topic
C．explain new research	D．attract readers’ attention

2. What’s the main cause of people’s suffering from digital amnesia?

A．Dealing with too many things.	B．Seldom thinking about questions.
C．Relying on the Internet too much.	D．The changes of their memories.

3. What can be learned from the text?

A．Over 90% people are suffering from digital amnesia.

B．Rote memorization no longer exists in modern life.

C．People can gain knowledge more easily than before.

D．People find it hard to remember how to find information

4. What’s the author’s attitude towards people’s memories now?

A．Worried.

B．Optimistic.

C．Disappointed.

D．Confident.