A man may usually be known by the books he reads as well as by the company he keeps; for there is a companionship of books as well as of men; and one should always live in the best company, whether it is of books or of men.
A good book may be among the best of friends. It is the most patient and cheerful companions. It does not turn its back upon us in times of adversity or distress. It always receives us with the same kindness, amusing and instructing us in youth, and comforting and consoling us in age.
There is an old proverb, “Love me, love my dog.” But there is more wisdom in this: “Love me, love my book.” The book is a truer and higher bond of union. Men can think, feel, and sympathize with each other through their favorite author. They live in him together, and he in them. The best books are treasuries of good words, the golden thoughts, which, remembered and cherished, become our constant companions and comforters.
Books possess an essence of immortality. They are by far the most lasting products of human effort. Temples and statues decay, but books survive. Time is of no account with great thoughts, which are as fresh today as when they first passed through their author’s minds, ages ago. What was then said and thought still speaks to us as vividly as ever from the printed page. The only effect of time has been to sift out the bad products, for nothing in literature can long survive but what is really good.
Books introduce us into the best society; they bring us into the presence of the greatest minds that have ever lived. We hear what they said and did; we see them as if they were really alive; we sympathize with them, enjoy with them and grieve with them. The great and good do not die, even in this world. Embalmed in books, people’s spirits walk abroad. The book is a living voice. It is an intellect to which one still listens.
1. According to the author, what is the difference between our books and our friends?| A．Books remain patient and cheerful for a longer time. |
| B．Books provide comfort in old age, unlike our friends. |
| C．Friends can sometimes disappoint us, similar to our books. |
| D．Books reflect a person’s character more than their friends do. |
| A．To prove the value of time. | B．To highlight the longevity of books. |
| C．To show people’s preference for literature. | D．To emphasize the importance of ancient architecture. |
| A．Become a wise man by reading. |
| B．Read as many classic books as we can. |
| C．Cherish the company of our books just like our friends. |
| D．Sympathize with your friends through your favorite author. |
| A．Companionship of Books | B．Long Live Books |
| C．Our Best friends | D．Love Me, Love My Book |
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1. Whose book is mainly about friendship?| A．Roald Dahl’s | B．Leo Lionni’s |
| C．Emily Pearson’s | D．Annie Barrows’s |
| A．＄4.59 | B．＄7.99 |
| C．＄14.39 | D．＄10.25 |
| A．A story book. | B．A lesson plan. |
| C．A book review. | D．A kid's magazine. |
【推荐2】We may be living in the digital age, but reading books is still a big part of growing up. When they’re in primary school, children read books that really challenge them. But once they reach secondary school, the level of difficulty doesn’t change much. Secondary school students tend to read books which are also read by upper primary students. They are not challenging themselves enough.
To discover these trends, I analyzed data collected by Accelerated Reader (AR) software, which asks pupils to check their understanding of the books they’ve chosen to read. The difficulty — which I call “readability”.
I also created two lists of books: one for the books that most secondary pupils had chosen to read, and another for the books they had voted as their favorites. According to the readability, these students’ favorite books tend to be much more advanced than the other books they chose, but they could still understand them. The rest of the books most often chosen by them are quite simple.
You might think that students who read harder books might make more mistakes and understand them less well. But students’ quality of comprehension does not depend on the difficulty of the book, no matter what year of secondary school they’re in. Having an interest is the most obvious factor here — if you like the book, you try hard to really understand it.
As children become teenagers, they listen less to advice from adults and more to advice from kids of their age. So, rather than trying to lecture young people on the benefits of Jane Austen, we should make the nature of the problem clear to them. Students should challenge each other to read more difficult books. Adults could help by setting up noticeboards or organizing social media networks for young people to share their recommendations. And teachers can lend a hand by setting aside time for reading in school. Young people will realize the problems that come when they don’t challenge themselves to read difficult books.
1. What can we learn from the first paragraph?| A．Children spend little time on after-class reading |
| B．Secondary school students seldom read tough books |
| C．Children’s reading interest tends to decrease as they grow up |
| D．Primary students have difficulty choosing good reading materials |
| A．understand children’s different reading styles |
| B．show the average time children spend on reading |
| C．find out the causes of children’s reading difficulties |
| D．make clear the difficulty levels of books read by children |
| A．They find some advanced books interesting |
| B．They often make mistakes during advanced reading |
| C．They prefer to read books recommended by their parents |
| D．They can hardly improve their scores on reading comprehension |
| A．Basic knowledge |
| B．Reading skills |
| C．Motivation |
| D．Instruction |
| A．Designing relatively difficult textbooks is necessary |
| B．Improving students’ reading is a shared responsibility |
| C．Advanced technology should be used in reading reaching |
| D．Students should be encouraged to read more literary works |
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Gap Year New Zealand — Anna Maw
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Fishing Holidays in New Zealand — Tim Jarvis
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New Zealand Travel and Touring Map — Driving Club of New Zealand
This detailed driving map will help you plan your New Zealand driving holiday. The map has distance and travel times between the major towns, the locations of petrol stations, campsites, as well as other useful places.
Hitchhiking Around New Zealand — Peter Mitchell
Hitchhiking (搭顺风车) is a great way to see New Zealand up close and personal. Mitchell also points out that the New Zealand weather can sometimes be poor and he gives good advice on what and how to pack on a holiday of this type. This book is not strong on major cities, but is excellent as a guide for smaller towns and villages. Hitchhiking is often seen as a less expensive way of travelling.
1. What can we learn about Gap Year New Zealand?| A．It focuses on fishing. | B．It can help young readers find a job. |
| C．It introduces an economical way of travelling. | D．It includes the best villages in New Zealand. |
| A．Adventure Time New Zealand. | B．Fishing Holidays in New Zealand. |
| C．New Zealand Travel and Touring Map. | D．Hitchhiking Around New Zealand. |
| A．Natalie McLoughlin. | B．Anna Maw. |
| C．Tim Jarvis | D．Peter Mitchell. |
【推荐1】The popularity of Chinese-owned video-sharing service TikTok (抖音) continues to grow among young people in the United States. In 2019, experts say the service more than doubled its American user base to 37 million. TikTok is especially popular with teens and young adults.
The service lets users create and share their short videos that they think interesting and useful, and many of them are under 15 seconds. The TikTok app offers a wide choice of sounds, brief parts of songs and special effects tools to help create a video. Some TikTok-based memes are very popular. Videos often include popular songs from well-known artists and TikTok has even helped launch the careers of new music stars.
TikTok is considered a competitor to the video-sharing app Snapchat, as well as Facebook’s Instagram service. Snapchat and Instagram also mainly interest young users with a wide mix of photos and videos centered largely on fashion, pop culture and humor.
Last year, TikTok was the second-most downloaded app from Apple and Google stores. Only WhatsApp was downloaded more. Research company Sensor Tower guesses people have downloaded the TikTok app 1.65 billion times.
TikTok has been used by many major companies to reach young people who use little or no traditional media. One of those companies is American-based e. l. f. Cosmetics. The makeup company’s chief marketer, Kory Marchisotto, said that TikTok is “where the Gen Z party is”. Gen Z is a name used to call the generation born between the late 1990s and the early 2000s. “That’s where they’re all hanging out,” Marchisotto said.
Companies appearing on TikTok can make money through advertising. Often, the companies create user “challenges” as part of their ad campaigns. In challenges, users are invited to publish their own videos in which they perform similar dance moves. One campaign by e. l. f. Cosmetics, for example, asked people to wink and move their lips while following a song. TikTok users created 3 million videos that received more than 4 billion view.
1. Which word can best describe the videos created on TikTok| A．Traditional. | B．Formal. | C．Various. | D．serious. |
| A．TikTok. | B．Snapchat. | C．Instagram. | D．WhatsApp. |
| A．Challenge their competitors. | B．Make advertisements. |
| C．Hold music concerts. | D．Promote users’abilities to make videos. |
| A．China’s TikTok Keeps Growing Among US Youth |
| B．TikTok Helps Users Create and Share Short Videos |
| C．China-based TikTok achieves great Success |
| D．Companies Benefit Much from TikTok |
【推荐2】What’s the point in dining out when we can have whatever meal we want delivered to our homes as we watch movies on our giant flat-screen TV? According to statistics from Technomic, 86% of consumers are using off-premise (非经营现场的) channels at least once a month, and a third of consumers are using it more than they did a year ago.
Most restaurants companies are chasing these trends simply to keep up with quickly changing consumer demands. Fazoli’s has spent the past two years investing in its drive-through, carry-out, catering and delivery businesses, and has launched a new loyalty app aimed at making carry-out orders easier. These efforts have paid off so far — off-premise sales are up 18.5% over last year for the company, said Jennifer Crawford, director of off-premise sales at Fazoli’s.
But, she noted that sales aren’t the only benefit to giving priority to these channels. “The off-premise channel is a great opportunity to communicate and connect with a new consumer group,” Crawford said. “Many of our off-premise guests have not dined in a Fazoli’s or experienced our menu. With options like third-party delivery and online ordering, we have the capability to tap into potential new guests.”
Sales lifts and new customer potential are great rewards, to be sure. But that doesn’t mean carrying out off-premise channels comes without challenges. Crawford said a big one is the lack of control and maintaining the guest relationship. “When a guest dines in, we can provide a level of service that improves the consumer dining experience,” she said. The lack of control extends into the digital experience, as third-party apps can also be an issue. “Orders are not often processed properly due to the drop-down (下拉式) menus and default (默认) orders in third-party software,” Crawford said. She added that staffing issues can also arise when heavy delivery periods overlap restaurant busy hours and maintaining food quality and integrity (完好) during delivery time is tricky for certain dishes.
Nevertheless, Crawford believed the juice is very much worth the squeeze. “Across the industry, dine-in traffic continues to decline or remain flat. If brands are not driving sales through catering, carry-out and delivery, they are missing out on income,” she said.
1. Why does Fazoli’s invest in off-premise channels?| A．Because it wants to lead the latest changes. |
| B．Because it wants to see the potential of its consumers. |
| C．Because it wants to survive in the changing consumer trend. |
| D．Because it wants to communicate and connect with its new consumers. |
| A．It is challenging to maintain quality and integrity of dishes during delivery. |
| B．Third-party apps cannot offer as good an experience of ordering as restaurants. |
| C．Third-party apps may get out of control when consumers experience online ordering. |
| D．During heavy delivery periods, more staff is always needed to deal with busy dine-in traffic. |
| A．Favorable. | B．Doubtful. | C．Ambiguous. | D．Cautious. |
| A．What challenges off-premise channels create. |
| B．Why restaurants are prioritizing off-premise channels. |
| C．How important off-premise channels are for restaurant. |
| D．How restaurants are adapting to the rise of delivery business. |
【推荐3】When the UNESCO World Heritage Committee(WHC) met from July 16 to 31, 2021, they were tasked with addressing threats to some of the world's most treasured sites of priceless natural and cultural heritage. Among the issues the committee must face is the growing threat that dams cause to some of the world's most treasured World Heritage Sites.
A recent study found that over 500 dams under construction or planned worldwide would be built in protected areas. while dams threaten at least 80 World Heritage Sites. This number is only expected to grow as dam developers, faced with a reduction in the number of dam sites available, pursue increasingly reckless(不计后果的) projects such as the Batang Toru Dam, which experts say could lead to the extinction of the newly discovered Tapanuli orangutan(红毛猩猩).
The increasing impact of dams on World Heritage Sites has caused a global outcry, most recently in the case of the Selous Game Reserve, a World Heritage Site recognized as a biodiversity hotspot and one of the largest protected areas for African wildlife. The Tanzanian government's decision to construct the Julius Nyerere Dam in the Selous led to an angry proposal from UNESCO to remove it from the list altogether.
Meanwhile, history is in danger of repeating itself in Laos, where the planned Luang Prabang dam threatens the historic city it's named for. Luang Prabang, the old royal capital was listed as a World Heritage Site in 1995. Despite this World Heritage status, the Mekong River, which flows through and is an important part of Luang Prabang's history. culture, and way of life. is under threat. The Laos' government is planning to build a dam, 25 kilometers upstream from Luang Prabang. Given the proposed dam's size and locntion, the dam will have major environmental impacts on the river system and surrounding area.
1. Which was an unavoidable topic at the meeting of WHC in 2021?| A．The number of dams under construction or planned worldwide. |
| B．The growing threat that dams cause to World Heritage Sites. |
| C．The extinction of the endangered animals in the whole world |
| D．The measures that some major countries' governments took. |
| A．It is a project in Tanzania. | B．It blocks Mekong River. |
| C．It could threaten a historic city. | D．It could endanger a species. |
| A．Unfavourable | B．Curious. | C．Interested. | D．Thankful. |
| A．A novel. | B．A newspaper. | C．A guidebook. | D．A health magazine. |
