【推荐1】Harvard student guides lead Highlights Tours and Quick Stops, available during the fall and spring semesters, except during holidays, winter sessions, and breaks. Fall tours begin on Friday, September 6, and ran through Wednesday, November 27. Spring tours start on Friday, January 31, through Friday, March13 and then from Wednesday, March 25 through Wednesday, April 29. Tours may also be offered in French and Chinese besides English.

Highlights Tours
Fridays, 12:30pm Saturdays, 2:00pm Sundays, 2:00pm

Visit towering Native American totem (图腾)poles and precious artifacts of the ancient world. See life-size casts of Maya monuments and exhibitions such as Wiyohpiyata which is about the 19^th century warrior art, and Digging Veritas, which explores the history of Harvard. The themes of the exhibition vary every two days. Visit the museum near the fountain. Tours last 45 minutes, and museum admission is free. For groups of 6 or more, please reserve a scheduled group tour for the day and time of your choice by contacting reservations at 617-495-3216. Each guide may lead a maximum of 20 people per tour. These tours are mainly offered to people of college age or older. Groups with younger people may reserve K-12 school programs through reservation.

Quick Stops
Wednesday, 3:30pm Sundays, 11:30am

Let a Harvard student help you focus on a few special objects in the galleries. Each Quick Stop lasts about 25 minutes and offers replica (复制品)objects to handle while you are engaged in lively conversations. Tell us what the exhibits show you. Topics change daily and there is no age limit, but children between six and ten travelling with adults are free of charge.

For more information, please visit https://www.harvard.edu.

1. How long does the Fall tours last?

A．More than two months.	B．Within two months.
C．Within a month.	D．At least three months.

2. What should a group of 12 people participating in Highlights Tours do?

A．Call the guide at 617-495-3216.	B．Make the reservation ahead of time.
C．Take a 10-year-old child if they want.	D．Arrive at the museum 45 minutes earlier.

3. Which of the following is true about Highlights Tours?

A．Wiyohpiyata is closely connected with Native American totem culture.

B．Digging Veritas explores the history of Native Americans.

C．You can get close to the special objects in the gallery.

D．One exhibition is about the art of ancient soldiers.

4. What is the similarity between the two tours?

A．They have changeable themes or topics.	B．They are targeted at tourists of similar ages.
C．They tell about the Maya civilization.	D．They allow the visitors to guide the tours.

5. What can we learn from the text?

A．Tours are offered only in French or Chinese.

B．Visitors can have a tour on Christmas Day.

C．A child aged eight can travel free in Quick Stops with his parents.

D．Highlights Tours offers free museum admission just for children under ten.

【推荐2】If you've been to Europe a few times already,chances are that you've hit all the big destinations: London, Paris, Rome,Berlin.On your next trip you can either visit those same cities a second time,or instead you can take a chance and walk the streets of some cities that are a little bit smaller,a little bit less famous,but still full of European grace and charm.Here are four European cities to visit that you probably haven't been to yet.

Besancon,France

This hidden French city has had a long reputation for being a well-kept secret.It can be at once sleepy with few tourists but abundant galleries,restaurants,and a wonderful Beaux Arts museum whose collection is second only to the Louvre.The city is wound by the River Doubs and also touts (吹捧) its own UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Citadel,home to several small museums and a zoo.

Seville,Spain

For the tourist who is already tired of Barcelona and Madrid,Seville offers a different take (意见) on Spain. Located on the Southern coast,it keeps beautiful signs of the long period of Moorish rule,nowhere more than in the Alcázar palace building,just one of the city's UNESCO World Heritage Sites.Seville has over a dozen museums, tropical parkland,and probably the best tapas (餐前小吃) culture in all of Spain.

Ghent,Belgium

Ghent is a city that looks like it should be the setting for a fairy tale. All of the typical Belgium features abound here-waffles and beer.Every year from Saturday before July 21,Ghent hosts a ten-day festival.This music and theater festival draws almost 2 million visitors,as the city streets transform into performance spaces for performers,buskers (街头艺人) and musicians.

Palermo,Italy

Palermo is the capital city of Sicily,the southern island off the coast of mainland Italy.The city has an ancient history,and the various cultures that have controlled the island through the years have all left their marks on it. You can see winding street markets,antique (古玩) fairs,and open air nightclubs here.

1. Where can visitors enjoy art collections quietly?

A．Besancon.	B．Barcelona.
C．Ghent.	D．Palermo.

2. What can visitors do in Seville,Spain?

A．Visit antique fairs and clubs.

B．Enjoy a colorful nightlife.

C．Explore over 20 museums.

D．Hunt for Moorish influences.

3. Which country should a music and theater lover choose to visit?

A．France.	B．Spain.
C．Belgium.	D．Italy.

4. What do the four European cities have in common?

A．They were once ruled by various rulers.

B．They are less famous but worth a visit.

C．Visitors can enjoy seeing performances.

D．They're all UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

【推荐1】Mothers and daughters go through so much — yet when was the last time a mother and daughter sat down to write a book together about it all? Perri Klass and her mother, Sheila Solomon Klass, both gifted professional writers, prove to be ideal co-writers as they examine their decades of motherhood, daughterhood, and the wonderful ways their lives have overlapped (重叠).

Perri notes with amazement how closely her own life has mirrored her mother’s: both have full-time careers； both have published books, articles, and stories； each has three children； they both love to read. They also love to travel—in fact, they often take trips together. But in truth, the harder they look at their lives, the more they acknowledge their big differences in circumstance and basic nature.

A child of the Depression (大萧条), Sheila was raised in Brooklyn by parents who considered education a luxury for girls. Starting with her college education, she has fought for everything she’s ever accomplished. Perri, on the other hand, grew up privileged in the New Jersey suburbs of the 1960s and 1970s. For Sheila, wasting time or money is a crime, and luxury is unthinkable while Perri enjoys the occasional small luxury, but has not been successful at trying to persuade her mother into enjoying even the tiniest thing she likes.

Each writing in her own unmistakable voice, Perri and Sheila take turns exploring the joys and pains, the love and bitterness, the minor troubles and lasting respect that have always bonded them together. Sheila describes the adventure of giving birth to Perri in a tiny town in Trinidad where her husband was doing research fieldwork. Perri admits that she can’t sort out all the mess in the households, even though she knows it drives her mother crazy. Together they compare thoughts on bringing up children and working, admit long-hidden sorrows, and enjoy precious memories.

Looking deep into the lives they have lived separately and together, Perri and Sheila tell their mother-daughter story with honesty, humor, enthusiasm, and admiration for each other. A written account in two voices, Every Mother Is a Daughter is a duet (二重奏) that produces a deep, strong sound with the experiences that all mothers and daughters will recognize.

1. Why does Perri think that her own life has mirrored her mother’s?

A．They both have gone through difficult times.

B．They have strong emotional ties with each other.

C．They have the same joys and pains, and love and bitterness.

D．They both have experiences as daughter, mother and writer.

2. The word “luxury” in Paragraph 3 means ______.

A．something rare but not pleasant

B．something that cannot be imagined

C．something expensive but not necessary

D．something that can only be enjoyed by boys

3. What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?

A．The content of the book.	B．The purpose of the book.
C．The influence of the book.	D．The writing style of the book.

4. How are women’s lives explored in this book?

A．In a musical form.	B．Through field research.
C．With unique writing skills.	D．From different points of view.

【推荐3】I grew up in New Hampshire, a small town in South Canada, where in my father’s words the seasons were “Spring, Summer, Fairtime and Winter!” At that time, a week-long fair was held in the town every autumn. Thousands of people from other towns came to sell and buy things. It was the busiest time of the year.

When “Fairtime” came, my grandma became the most “useful” and busiest person of the family. Grandma was a kind, well-educated old lady. She was good at cooking. All her relatives liked the food she cooked. During “fairtime”, they would come to live in her house and have meals there. Grandma was always happy to look after them.

Year after year, many people moved to big cities. There was no longer “Fairtime”. Grandma became very old and was gradually going blind. My parents and I moved to live with Grandma in her house. We did our best to make her day-to-day life as comfortable as possible. I was at high school then. What I often did at home was to help Grandma with the daily newspaper’s crossword puzzle. However, she didn’t look happy. She often sat in her room for hours, without saying a word.

To attract people to move back, the Town Hall decided to reopen the Fair. One day, when I came back from school, I saw Grandma wearing her glasses, washing the dishes in the kitchen. With a big smile on her face, she looked a lot much younger. She told me that her two nieces would come. “They said the food I cooked was very delicious and they want to stay in my house again.” Grandma said happily. “They will stay here for one week and we can have a big party. That must be the busiest week I’ve had in years!”

I suddenly realized that Grandma didn’t want to be looked after. She wanted to be “useful”, appreciated and helpful.

1. Thousands of people came to the town to __________ at the Fair.

A．learn to cook	B．have a big party
C．enjoy Grandma’s food	D．sell and buy things

2. Why was Grandma unhappy?

A．She was too busy.	B．No one lived with her.
C．She was not “useful”.	D．She couldn’t see anything

3. Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

A．Grandma didn’t like “Fairtime”.	B．Grandma was a kind old lady.
C．Grandma was good at cooking.	D．Many people moved to big cities.

4. What’s the best title for the passage?

A．Fairtime	B．My “Old” Grandma
C．A Small Town	D．Grandma’s Family

【推荐2】Professor Heinz Wolff, who has died aged 89, was a bioengineering pioneer. He established the discipline, named it and, in a 60-year career, made significant contributions to medical research. But to the British public, he was best known as the dotty scientist who fronted The Great Egg Race, a BBC show in which colour-coded teams were set engineering challenges (the first was to transport an egg in a vehicle powered by rubber bands). With his trademark bow tie, half-moon glasses and Mittel-European accent, he looked really like Professor Branestawn, as described by W. Heath Robinson. Yet while he cheerfully exploited his reputation as a “peculiar egghead”, he was very serious about his work and inspired thousands of young people to consider scientific careers.

Born in Berlin in 1928, Heinz Wolff was the son of Jewish parents. His mother died in 1938, and the next year the family fled. They arrived in Britain on the day war was declared. “We really cut it rather fine,” he said on Desert Island Discs in 1998. After leaving school, he worked as a technician at the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford, where he invented a machine to count red blood cells, and then at the National Institute for Medical Research’s pneumoconiosis research unit in Cardiff, where he designed a means of measuring dust levels in coal miners. He went on to study at University College London and graduated with a first in physics and physiology. Then, in 1983, he founded the Institute for Bioengineering at Brunel University. His particular interest was in technologies to improve the lives of older people, but he was also heavily involved in space research and worked as an adviser to the European Space Agency.

Wolff had made his first appearance on TV on Panorama in 1966, encouraging Richard Dimbleby to swallow a “radio pill”. On The Great Egg Race, which ran from 1979, his task was to get opponent teams representing organizations such as the chemical company ICI. Challenges included building a hovercraft from a lawnmower, and inventing a bicycle that could ride on water. Marks were awarded for entertainment value and technical accomplishment. The show ended in the mid-1980s, but Wolff continued to judge scientific competitions, on TV and elsewhere. A natural entertainer with an inexhaustible curiosity about the world, he said he’d be happy to dress up as a clown if it got children interested in science.

1. The word “dotty” (paragraph1) is closest in meaning to ________.

A．strange

B．serious

C．famous

D．genius

2. Which of the following statements is TRUE of Heinz Wolff according to the passage?

A．His family left Berlin after World War II began.

B．He used to major in physics and physiology.

C．He invented a machine while in University College London.

D．His interest lay in helping those living in war-stricken areas.

3. Heinz Wolff didn’t mind looking ridiculous as long as ________.

A．he could keep being curious about the world

B．he could combine entertainment and technology

C．he could help arouse children’s interest in science

D．he could appear on TV to judge scientific competitions

4. Which of the following is an achievement made by Heinz Wolff?

A．Representing a chemical company.

B．Designing a method to count red blood cells.

C．Being the first scientist to front TV shows.

D．Setting up the subject of bioengineering.