Do you like travelling? No matter travelling alone, with friends, or with a tour group, they all have advantages and disadvantages.
The best thing about travelling alone is that you can do what you want to do. No waiting around in places you aren’t interested in, no missing a bus because your friend was late. Your experience will be greatly improved by travelling alone. The main worry is loneliness, but believe me, it’s not difficult to talk to and meet people. Just remember everyone is on the same boat; everyone wants to meet new people, have fun and be friendly! There’s a problem of safety in some countries, especially for women travelling alone. You should always check the foreign office of your country for advice on safety. Buying a personal alarm is a good idea for women travelling alone.
Travelling with a friend does sound nice, but it depends on how well you get on: If you have similar interests or travel ideas, it should be wonderful. You will find it much cheaper to cook food in developed countries and share a room. However, a lot of people I meet travelling together don’t seem to be having as much fun and often go their separate ways.
Tours are great when they go well. Some of my best memories have been with tour groups. The key there is when they go well. A terrible tour guide, quiet group and terrible food can ruin our time. My advice would be never to do a tour that is too long especially in countries with safety problems or poor transport.
All in all, travelling alone is the best, but it is good to mix it up. Invite a friend from home to meet you for a few weeks. Try a tour or two—some people love them—perhaps start with a day tour.
1. How many ways of travelling are mentioned in the passage?| A．Two. | B．Three. | C．Four. | D．Five. |
| A．Other travellers have to learn boating with you. |
| B．Other travellers will help you make a boat. |
| C．Other travellers have similar feelings to yours. |
| D．Other travellers will teach you new rules. |
| A．Don’t be late for the tour bus. |
| B．Always listen to others’ travel ideas. |
| C．Cook food when travelling in developing countries. |
| D．Choose those who have common interests with you. |
| A．We can try different ways of travelling. |
| B．Travelling with friends is more interesting than with a tour. |
| C．It is not necessary to get an alarm when travelling alone. |
| D．A terrible tour guide won’t affect the trip much. |
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A Tour in Singapore
July was a very wonderful month for me because I had a chance to go to Singapore.It was the first time I went to a foreign country.So I had a special experience.
As the old saying goes，“There is no best in the world，but there is better.” I knew it after I had been to Singapore.
Singapore is called “a Garden City”．The weather is warm the whole year.You can walk under the bluish－green(绿中带蓝的) sky with white clouds in it，and you will be intoxicated(陶醉的) with the sweet flowers and green trees and grasses.When you are having meals，a number of little birds will fly to your plate and share food with you.Singapore is a home for both human and animals.
The students in Singapore are talented.They are zealous(热心的)，polite，brave，united and healthy.In the process of making friends with them，we learnt a lot from each other，although we were from different countries and spoke different languages.
The most profound(深远的) thing to me is that the students from Human High School are honest.I still remembered the day that they had to write from memory.They didn’t look around though they sat next to each other.I think it was very good though it was a little thing.
This travel in Singapore made me know a lot.I will never forget it.
Questions：Have you ever been abroad? If so，can you say something about your experience?
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【推荐2】People from all over the world filled the cruise ship (游轮). My husband, Dale, and I were sailing along the Alaskan coast, and there were so many things to do : eat delicious food, swim in the pool or relax in the cafe.
But I couldn’t stop thinking about my secret dream: to sing on a cruise ship. You must have thought I was crazy. Back when Dale and I went on our first cruise, the music made me want to sing onboard, to share the joy I got from the cruise.
We greeted the other passengers in the cafe, and the host said something to get things started. Then he opened the floor to anyone who wished to speak. Dale raised his hand. “My wife has a song she’d like to sing.”
The host nodded his head. The other passengers looked at me hopefully. I stood up, my heart beating fast. Dale held my hand. The group applauded (鼓掌) as I finished the final note. Yd barely touched the chair when someone called out, “Sing another one!” Everyone agreed. I sang two more songs. What a day! What a trip!
The next afternoon, Dale and I were walking to our room when I heard my name. It was a woman from the cafe. “Won’t you sing something for me?” I sang right there in the hallway. Heads turned toward me. One man nodded to my words. A woman smiled as she passed. We continued to our room. But we didn’t make it far. Another woman stopped us. “You have a great gift,” she said.
We sailed on. And all the way, people kept asking me to sing. Dale and I had gotten used to it by now. I felt honored, but not because the other passengers liked my voice.
1. Why did the author look forward to singing on a cruise ship?| A．To show off her gift on music. |
| B．To attract more attention. |
| C．To make more friends. |
| D．To express her joy with the music. |
| A．To encourage others to speak. |
| B．To invite someone to enter the cabin. |
| C．To invite people present to drink. |
| D．To advise starting a dance party. |
| A．She was a professional singer. |
| B．She sang two songs in the cafe at that time. |
| C．She felt nervous the first time she sang in the cafe. |
| D．She became famous all over the world after that sail. |
| A．She could sing songs with beautiful voice. |
| B．She could do anything as she wished. |
| C．She was popular among other passengers. |
| D．She finally realized her secret dream. |
【推荐3】The tourism industry in Hubei, the province hit hardest by COVID-19 in China, is gradually recovering.
Scenic areas, museums and hotels have been actively marketing themselves through livestreams and short videos. They’re also offering discounts (打折) for visitors with extra Hongbao.
Travelers must make reservations so that attractions (景点) can limit visitor numbers in real time.
They must also present their health QR codes and have his or her body temperature checked at the entrances. And they’re required to wear masks and practice social distancing. Dining halls require customers to eat separately and use serving chopsticks.
Hubei’s Shennongjia National Park reopened its scenic areas on March 25 with daily visitor numbers limited at 30 percent or less of its capacity.
“Shennongjia is known as a natural oxygen bar. This is typically its peak visitor season because of the blooming flowers and good weather. Visitor volumes are recovering,” Ming Lei says.
“Visitors enjoy the unique fauna and flora. Many ride horses, practice archery and see cute spotted deer.”
Many visitors drive themselves. Most are from Hubei, especially Wuhan, Yichang and Xiangyang cities. Some independent travelers arrive by motorcycle or bicycle, he says.
The park received over 184,000 visits between the reopening and May 12, a 50 percent decrease over the same period last year.
Before May 1, travelers could visit Shennongjia’s six scenic areas for free. From May 1 until June 25, visitors can buy a ticket for all these zones at the reduced price of 169 yuan ($24).
Yichang’s Tribe of the Three Gorges scenic area has suspended its indoor performances and closed a cave that contains narrow spaces.
Tourists can still enjoy open-air performances of ethnic Tujia wedding ceremonies and folk-culture shows.
“We’re cooperating with online influencers to market the scenic spot…It’s an efficient way to promote the stunning scenery and cultural items that tourists like to buy as souvenirs,” says Qu Jiachun.
He hopes greater government support and media exposure (曝光) can speed up the tourism industry’s recovery.
Wuhan’s tourism recovery started later than other cities’ in the province because of its situation during the epidemic.
1. How did Scenic areas, museums and hotels in Hubei market themselves?| A．send out brochures | B．have body temperature checked |
| C．use livestreams and short videos | D．visitors’ feelings |
| A．on March 25 | B．May 12 | C．June 25 | D．May 1 |
| A．Travelers could visit Shennongjia’s all zones for free before May 1. |
| B．You could see indoor performance in Yichang’s Tribe of the Three Gorges scenic area then. |
| C．Qu Jiachun means they should work online all day if they want more visitors to come. |
| D．Wuhan’s tourism recovery started later than other cities’ in the province. |
| A．A travel journey. | B．A news report. |
| C．An advertisement.(广告) | D．A film review. |
【推荐1】Human speech contains more than 2,000 different sounds, from the common “m” and “a” to the rare clicks of some southern African languages. But why are certain sounds more common than others? A ground-breaking, five-year study shows that diet-related changes in human bite led to new speech sounds that are now found in half the world’s languages.
More than 30 years ago, the scholar Charles Hockett noted that speech sounds called labiodentals, such as “f” and “v”, were more common in the languages of societies that ate softer foods. Now a team of researchers led by Damián Blasi at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, has found how and why this trend arose.
They discovered that the upper and lower front teeth of ancient human adults were aligned (对齐), making it hard to produce labiodentals, which are formed by touching the lower lip to the upper teeth. Later, our jaws changed to an overbite structure (结构), making it easier to produce such sounds.
1. Which aspect of the human speech sound does Damián Blasi’s research focus on?| A．Its variety. | B．Its distribution. | C．Its quantity. | D．Its development. |
| A．They had fewer upper teeth than lower teeth. |
| B．They could not open and close their lips easily. |
| C．Their jaws were not conveniently structured. |
| D．Their lower front teeth were not large enough. |
【推荐2】Every year, Arctic terns (北极燕鸥) migrate from the Arctic to the Antarctic — a round-trip of about 80,000 kilometers. New research finds that these far-flying birds use just a few select routes for their travels.
“The Arctic tern is well-known to people as a record holder. To be exact, it holds the world record for the longest migration of any animal, and therefore interacts with a variety of ecosystems along the way,” lead author Joanna Wong, from the University of British Columbia, says.
“They are an indicator species that can tell us so much about the different ecosystems that they travel through,” Wong continues. “If they don’t make it to their destination in one year, then you know there might be an environmental problem somewhere along their route.”
Globally, Arctic terns are declining. Their crossing such a wide geographic range has made it hard for researchers to see where the problem is. “These birds are difficult to study because they are either residing in polar environments, or on the go,” Wong says.
So in order to track them, Wong and her colleagues attached light-level geolocators to the legs of 53 Arctic terns from five breeding colonies (繁殖群落) throughout North America. These geolocators are actually small computers that record surrounding light intensities. “The length of daylight can tell us the latitude (纬度), while the time of solar noon can tell us the longitude, so we are able to estimate positions of birds,” Wong says.
Researchers compared the routes taken by the birds they followed and the migration timing to other Arctic terns that had previously been tracked. They determined that most Arctic terns use common migratory routes. So terns breeding in different areas such as Canada, the United States. Norway, and Greenland, all end up taking similar routes both when they head south and when they return north.
Some other seabirds also use the same paths, which suggests that the routes aren’t specific just to the Arctic terns and that protecting them may be beneficial to other species.
1. What do Arctic terns have a reputation for?| A．Their being long-distance migrants. |
| B．Their contributions to local ecosystems. |
| C．Their ability to survive in polar climates. |
| D．Their being selective about migratory routes. |
| A．Their migratory destinations vary each year. |
| B．They choose random routes when migrating. |
| C．They help us be aware of environmental problems. |
| D．Their migratory journey usually takes more than one year. |
| A．They can hardly get access to Arctic terns. |
| B．They know very little about polar environments. |
| C．They have difficulty protecting Arctic terns’ habitats. |
| D．They fail to figure out Arctic terns’ annual migratory routes. |
| A．To protect Arctic terns from enemies. |
| B．To help identify Arctic terns’ locations. |
| C．To monitor Arctic terns’ physical growth. |
| D．To record the changes of Arctic terns’ breeding colonies. |
| A．Terns around the world breed at the same place. |
| B．It’s significant to protect terns’ migratory routes. |
| C．Conservation of Arctic tern s is easy to achieve. |
| D．Terns’ migratory routes are affected by other seabirds. |
【推荐3】Eating a plant- based diet has been shown to be very good for your heart and your overall health. In fact, a recent study found a young person could live an additional 13 years by eating more vegetables and legumes (豆类), as well as whole grains, fruit and nuts.
Which makes the findings of a new analysis of the diets of nearly 400,000 UK adults published Monday in the journal Frontiers in Nutrition rather shocking: Eating veggies, especially cooked ones, doesn’t reduce your risk of heart disease over time.
“Our large study did not find evidence for a protective effect of vegetable intake on the occurrence of CVD (cardiovascular disease),” said Qi Feng, an epidemiologist at the University of Oxford, in a statement.
While the study found eating raw veggies could protect against heart disease, cooked vegetables did not. Any benefit went away when researchers factored in lifestyle factors such as physical activity, educational level, smoking, drinking, fruit intake, red and processed meat consumption, and use of mineral and vitamin supplements.
“Instead, our analyses show that the seemingly protective effect of vegetable intake against CVD risk is very likely to be accounted for by bias (偏差)… related to differences in socioeconomic situation and lifestyle,” Feng said.
Don’t start celebrating yet, veggie haters. Experts in the UK and United States quickly took exception to the study’s conclusion
“Although this study found that eating more vegetables wasn’t associated with a lower risk of heart and circulatory diseases once other lifestyle and other factors were taken into account, that doesn’t mean we should stop eating vegetables,” said Victoria Taylor, a senior dietitian at the British Heart Foundation, in a statement.
“The results are not surprising. Picking out one single component and assuming just adding it to the diet, e. g., vegetables, is not likely to result in the desired effect,” Alice Lichtenstein, director and senior scientist at Tufts University’s Cardiovascular Nutrition Laboratory, told CNN in an email.
“One thing that has become clear over the past decade is we should not be looking at single food s or nutrients, rather the whole dietary pattern,” said Lichtenstein.
1. What can we learn from the new study led by Feng?| A．It followed a young UK person for 13 years. |
| B．Its findings came as no surprise to other people. |
| C．It overturned the conclusion of previous studies. |
| D．Its purpose was to find the right vegetables for people. |
| A．It was totally made up by some researchers. |
| B．It still held true despite some different findings. |
| C．It could only be achieved by living a healthy lifestyle. |
| D．It was a misconception caused by differences in people. |
| A．Voice objections to. | B．Add details to. |
| C．Display ignorance of. | D．Take notice of. |
| A．It was groundbreaking. | B．It was one- sided. |
| C．It would cause confusion. | D．It needed more evidence. |
