【推荐2】Four One-Day Trips in the UK

First Light Pavilion,Cheshire

It's a newly-designed visitor centre at the Jodrell Bank Observatory. It is inspired by the Lovell Telescope and is designed to act like a sundial (日晷). Visitors can experience a meteor shower (流星雨)，operate a radio telescope and launch a digital satellite there.

£8.50 adults/£6.50 children,jodrellbank.net

Clifford's Tower, York

This 800-year-old tower is all that remains of York Castle. It was a treasury (财宝库) and prison, but its inner space was damaged by fire in 1684. Now, after a £5 million project by English Heritage, the ruin is reopening. Walkways will replace the lost first floor. A new roof floor will provide views of York Minster, the city and the North York Moors beyond.

£8.10 adults/£4.80 children, english-heritage.org.uk

The Rig Climb Experience,Greenwich

The Cutty Sark, one of just two surviving tea sailing ships in the world, is launching anew experience. For the first time, visitors will be able to step from the main deck and arrive at the top platform. Visitors will hear tales of life at sea in the 19th century and the tough conditions sailors had to work in.

£21 adults/£12 children (includes general entering the ship), rmg.co.uk/cuttysark

The Intelligence Factory, Buckinghamshire

A newly-restored building at Bletchley Park is opening as the site's biggest ever exhibition space. The Intelligence Factory in Block A will focus on the years 1942-1945 when9,000 staff members helped win World War II. The exhibition lasting for a long time will include objects, personal stories and interactive elements, showing how operators handled huge amounts of information. There is also a space for temporary exhibitions-the first is on data visualisation.

£21 adults/£12.50 children, bletchleypark.org.uk

1. What can visitors do at First Light Pavilion in Cheshire?

A．Learn how to make a sundial.

B．Use a telescope to observe stars.

C．Watch the launch of a satellite.

D．Interact with astronomers in the centre.

2. How much is it for a parent and three children to learn about sailors' working conditions?

A．£22.5.

B．£28.

C．£57.

D．£58.5.

3. What do Clifford's Tower and the Intelligence Factory have in common?

A．Recent repair work.	B．Advanced equipment.
C．The same period of history.	D．Bird's eye view of the cities.

【推荐3】Job description

• Teaching group ESL lessons online to Chinese kids 5-15 years old.

• Group classes from 3 or more (12 to 25) students are available for exceptional teachers with an excellent internet connection and computer hardware.

• A variety of courses available including Phonics, Science, STEM, etc.

• Work from anywhere with a computer and stable internet connection

• Set classes semester by semester and allow you to see your students’ progress

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree or above

• Must be a holder of TEFL/TESOL/CELTA or a valid teaching license

• Minimum 1-year teaching experience or ESL experience

• Wired, high-speed internet connection

• Responsible, good communication skills and easy-going

Work schedule:

Below times are all in Beijing Time (GMT+8)

Availability within the times shown below would be required

Mon-Fri: Between 5 pm-9 pm   Sat-Sun: Between 8:30 am- 9 pm

Term of the contract:

At BlingABC, classes are arranged by semesters, so are the contracts offered to teachers. There are generally 4 semesters: Spring, summer, autumn, and winter. Each semester will come with a contract of different starting date and there will also be differences in the booking rate. Summer and Winter are the most popular semester with more bookings

Now we need teachers for the coming summer semester (starts in July).

1. What can you do in the job?

A．Learning computer skills.

B．Teaching children ESL lessons.

C．Studying different language courses.

D．Ensuring students’ progress in language.

2. If you want to apply for the job, you should ________.

A．have a valid teaching license

B．speak both English and Chinese

C．have rich online teaching experience

D．make the same contract in different semesters

3. What’s the purpose of the passage?

A．To promote language courses.

B．To introduce Bling ABC group.

C．To make a summer plan for children.

D．To hire some online English teachers.

【推荐1】

Beijing museum launches outer space into cyberspace The National Museum of China has taken a variety of measures on its website and WeChat account, creating virtual tours for its current and permanent exhibitions, uploading audio of previous educational courses and providing more social media posts to detail the star items in its collection. It has gone a further step by launching an exhibition entirely online with the help of advanced technology such as 3D modeling and 5G. The exhibition, titled Dongfanghong Forever, charts the progress China has made in aerospace over half a century. The show opened on April 24, which is marked as the country’s Space Day, when the satellite Dongfanghong 1 was launched in 1970. The success of Dongfanghong 1 entering its present orbit not only registered the country’s first steps in exploring outer space but the event also made China the fifth country in the world to develop a satellite on its own and put it in space. The online exhibition is expected to run for a long time, and people can visit it on the museum’s website at any time. It is the first such virtual show the museum has staged. It reviews “three critical moments in the country’s space exploration-the development of Dongfanghong 1, the liftoff of China’s first manned spacecraft, Shenzhou V, in 2003 and the landing of the Chang’e 4 lunar probe in 2019”. The exhibition gives a view of Dongfanghong 1 orbiting in the form of digital simulation (模拟). Viewers can also watch television interviews of scientists involved in the mission and documentary footage filmed in 1970, as well as hear Dongfanghong (The East is Red), a song popular in China hailing Mao Zedong, played by the satellite. The exhibition will motivate more people to engage in the country’s ambitious course of space exploration.

1. The National Museum of China has recently ______.

A．launched a satellite into outer space

B．set up a website and WeChat account

C．uploaded more digital documents online

D．helped to advance 3D and 5G technology

2. On the museum’s website, you can ______.

A．see how Dongfanghong 1 was orbiting

B．have an interview with some scientists

C．visit China’s first manned spacecraft

D．provide classes about space exploration

【推荐2】If someone asked you to quantify (衡量) the time you spend online, how would you answer? If you’re like one-fifth of Americans, you’d likely say “almost constantly.” New research shows that 21 percent of Americans report that they’re online more or less constantly.

Andrew Perrin, a research assistant at Pew, did a survey about Internet use. During the survey, adults were asked how much they go online. 13 percent said they don’t go online and 13 percent said they go online several times a week or less. Only 10 percent said they go online once a day and much larger quantities said they go online several times a day (42 percent) or “almost constantly” (21 percent).

Interestingly, there wasn’t a gender split (性别分化) when it came to near constant Internet use. Age seems to be the great divider: Only six percent of people over 65 said they were online that much. Those who reported that they were online all the time included 12 percent of 50- to 64-year-olds, 28 percent of 30- to 49-year-olds and 36 percent of 18- to 29-year-olds.

Don’t suppose that teenagers are online more than adults, however. In another survey, Pew found that while they did have a slight edge on adults in general when it came to “almost constant” Internet use, 24 percent said they were online pretty much all the time. They still fell greatly behind the 36 percent of adults between 18 and 29 years of age who were always online.

Given that the United Nations considers unrestricted (无限制的) Internet access (接入) to be a human right, the number of Americans who report being online “almost constantly” could rise along with availability and affordability. But it remains to be seen whether being online all the time is actually something to long for, or how constant connectivity will affect American culture in the long term.

1. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?

A．The aim of the survey.	B．The results of the survey.
C．Why the survey mattered.	D．How the survey was carried out.

2. According to the text, most “almost constant” Internet users are _____.

A．women between 30 and 49 years old	B．men over 50 years old
C．Teenagers	D．adults between 18 and 29 years old

3. The underlined part “have a slight edge on” in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to _____.

A．have an advantage over	B．have power over
C．have a very bad effect on	D．have nothing in common with

4. The author showed his concern about _____.

A．the affordability of Internet use

B．the availability of unrestricted Internet access

C．the effect constant Internet use may have on culture

D．the health problems constant Internet use may cause

【推荐3】The home computer industry has been growing rapidly in the United States in the last ten years. Computers used to be large, expensive machines that were very difficult to use. But scientists and technicians have been making them smaller and cheaper while at the same time they have been made easier to use. As a result, their popularity has been increasing as more people have been buying computers for their homes and businesses.
Computers have been designed to store information and compute problems that are difficult for human beings to work out. Some have voices that speak to their operators. Stores use computers to keep records of their inventories and to send bills to their customers. Offices use computers to copy letters, record business and keep in touch with other offices. People also use computers in their homes to keep track of the money they spend.
One important new use of computers is for entertainment. Many new games have been designed to be played on computers. People of all ages play these games. People also buy home computers to watch movies and listen to concerts at home. They have become very popular indeed.
1. Compared with those of today, computers used to ______.

A．work rapidly	B．be used for fun
C．be large and expensive	D．be easy to use

2. In recent years, computers have become ______.

A．more and more difficult to use	B．slower and slower
C．more and more expensive	D．smaller and smaller

3. Home computers can be used for ______.

A．doing business	B．writing letters
C．playing games	D．all of the above

4. Salesmen use computers mainly to ______.

A．talk with their friends

B．write letters

C．check the list of goods and send bills

D．play games for pleasure

【推荐1】阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Dear Dani, I have two best friends and they’re always leaving me out! They never invite me to anything. What can I do? Tom Dani says: Groups of three can be very difficult because one person often gets left out. Your friends may not realize how you feel. Talk to them about this and agree to plan the next outing together. With a bit of effort, a group of three can be a wonderful friendship!

Dear Dani, I told my friend a secret, but then I found out she told it to somebody else. What can I do? Daisy Dani says: We all make mistakes so give your friend another chance. But tell her that your secret is important to you and that she must not do this again. If your friend finds it hard to keep a secret, be careful what you tell her in future.

Dear Dani, I’m friends with a boy, but some girls keep laughing at me about it. Can’t girls be friends with boys as well? Mary Dani says: Of course girls can be friends with boys. Some girls laugh at this because they don’t really know any boys. Carry on enjoying your friendship. If the girls got to know this boy, they might stop teasing you. Why not invite one or two of them along next time you meet him?

1. What’s worrying Tom?

A．Her friend keeps telling lies.

B．Her friend are always leaving him out.

C．Her friend does not believe her.

D．Her friend reads her terrible stories.

2. Dani suggests that Tom _____.

A．leave his two friends

B．tell his friends his thoughts

C．go on an outing with one of his friends

D．invite another to join his group of friends

3. Whose friend has a big mouth?

A．Tom.

B．Mary.

C．Daisy.

D．Dani

4. The underlined word “teasing” in the last paragraph probably means “_____”.

A．making fun of	B．hating
C．avoiding	D．taking pity on