Nowadays, many people love to travel. It is very common for people to go on a trip at any time.
Traveling provides a good many opportunities for fun, adventure and discovery. When we visit other countries, we gain a better understanding of the people living there. We learn their cultures, history and background. We discover the similarities they have with us.
Traveling helps to enrich our lives.
Traveling is refreshing. It is a psychological necessity, especially for people who have stressful jobs.
| A．Years of hard work finally pay off. |
| B．We also get to know their differences from us. |
| C．It increases our knowledge and widens our vision. |
| D．Some even consider traveling as part of their lifestyle. |
| E．In today’s society, many people suffer great stress at work. |
| F．Taking periodic (定期的) trips produces better results for them. |
| G．It is indeed a joyful thing to share the experience of a special trip with others. |
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【推荐1】It's no mystery to me why this town so greatly affected a boy who grew up to be a famous writer Samuel Clemens, later known as Mark Twain. He moved to Hannibal with his family at the age of four. Now it's easy to find little Samuel Clemens in this town.
As a big fan of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, I especially enjoyed seeing the Mark Twain Boyhood Home where Twain really slept. The bedroom window that lured(诱惑)Twain's character out into the night apparently held the same fascination for Twain himself. Going out secretly was a favorite, though forbidden, activity. Along the side of the house runs a tall white fence, much like the one Tom Sawyer persuaded his friends to paint.
Across the street from the Mark Twain Boyhood Home stands the home of Laura Hawkins. Hawkins found her way into American literary history as Becky Thatcher, the girlfriend of Tom Sawyer. Many of her belongings can be viewed in the elegant living room, and visitors can hear a recording of Laura talking about her childhood and her friendship with Mark Twain.
The New Mark Twain Museum a few blocks away provides interactive displays. Children can enjoy the adventure on a large boat, "helping" Tom Sawyer paint his fence, and sitting in a model stagecoach(公共马车).
In the town of Hannibal, I can't help looking around for a boy with a fishing rod and a naughty smile, who has gone out of his bedroom window secretly to play pirates. The boy isn't there, of course. He exists only in the writings of the man he became. But the town has preserved the boy's memory so well that I must say I would have been disappointed if I hadn't seen it.
1. What can we learn about from the first two paragraphs?| A．Mark Twain moved to Hannibal so as to become a writer. |
| B．Little Twain might like slipping out at night in childhood. |
| C．Tom Sawyer painted the fence surrounding the house. |
| D．Little Samuel Clemens is still living in the town nowadays |
| A．Do some fishing in a large boat | B．Experience interactive displays |
| C．Imitate what characters did in the novel | D．Sit in a model stagecoach |
| A．Tom Sawyer | B．Becky Thatcher | C．The house owner | D．Mark Twain |
| A．A history textbook. | B．A research paper |
| C．A travel magazine | D．A famous biography |
【推荐2】People who like travelling have their reasons. They believe that travelling can help them expand their field of view, especially in the geographical and historical sense. They also think that touring will give them more chances to enjoy different kinds of food and experience new things that would never be brought by other activities. But those who dislike travelling also have some reasons.
Travelling, in my opinion, does more good than harm. Most importantly, it broadens (使扩大) our mind. We can get in touch with other civilizations (文明), cultures, customs and ideas.
Through history, most people travelled because of necessity (必要性) －not for pleasure. People travelled just in order to remain alive. They searched for food to eat or places to live in. They sometimes ran away from enemies. This is not to say that no one ever travelled just for fun of it. In ancient times, for example, rich Romans travelled all the ways to Greece to take part in the Olympic Games, and festivals. Of course, some people decided to travel just out of curiosity (好奇心). They wanted to find out what it looked like beyond the horizon (地平线). Also business travel has been going on for centuries. Traders could not only make money but also learn to speak several languages and be introduced to different cultures.
So, travelling does enrich our mind and draw new ideas to us. There is no doubt that we can get much from it.
1. The underlined word “expand” in Paragraph 1 can be replaced by “________”.| A．widen | B．Protect | C．lose | D．decide |
| A．for fun | B．for knowledge |
| C．to get experiences | D．to make a living |
| A．Three. | B．Four. | C．Five. | D．Six. |
| A．Different kinds of travelling. | B．Travelling enriches our mind. |
| C．Ways to enjoy yourself while travelling. | D．The advantages and disadvantages of travelling. |
【推荐3】Are you planning your to-do list for the coming year? To help you out, we've collected our favorite must-see events across Canada. Ready, steady, go!
The Jazz Festival
Montreal's downtown comes alive every summer during the International Jazz Festival.
The Festival International de Jazz de Montréal is an annual jazz festival held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Montreal jazz festival holds the 2004 Guinness World Record as the world's largest jazz festival. This year the event is scheduled to run from June 29 to July 9. Stages replace cars along busy streets. With a host of free outdoor shows, you'll be snapping your fingers to anything from Dixieland to blues, African beats to modern trip-hop, and everything in between.
Are You Ready?
Just head east to the Targa Newfoundland Rally, which runs from September 9 to 16 this year. The 2, 200-kilometer race dashes across the eastern and central parts of the province, and is the largest race of its kind in North America. On these sections you race against the clock rather than other competitors. This is a great chance to test your car's limits and your skills.
Hello Spring!
In 1945, thousands of tulip bulbs from Holland were planted on Ottawa's Parliament Hill, Canada. These gifts were a thank-you to Canadian soldiers who helped set Holland free in World War Ⅱ. Since then, the capital has become home to the Canadian Tulip Festival. From May 4 to 22, Ottawa and Gatineau ( a city of southwest Quebec) will be covered with beautiful flowers. Besides three million tulips, visitors can also attend concerts, featuring some of Canada's brightest musical stars.
1. What can people do at the Targa Newfoundland Rally?| A．Listen to Dixieland and blues. | B．Have a taste of Canadian wines. |
| C．Have a test of their driving skills. | D．Enjoy themselves at a flower show. |
| A．the cruelty of World War II | B．the wisdom of Canadian soldiers |
| C．the origin of the Canadian Tulip Festival | D．the popularity of the Canadian Tulip Festival |
| A．the geography of Canada | B．popular events in Canada |
| C．historical events in Canada | D．traditional culture of Canada |
【推荐1】Despite their bad reputation, sharks are critical to the marine ecosystem and can even help fight climate change.
In the shallows of Shark Bay, Western Australia, seagrass is food for the sea cows, which can weigh as much as 500kg and eat roughly 40kg of seagrass a day. Sea cows are a rich source of food for tiger sharks. By keeping the sea cow population in check, tiger sharks help seagrass meadows (草地) thrive. A flourishing seagrass meadow stores twice as much CO2 per square mile as forests typically do on land.
But tiger shark numbers are declining. Off Australia’s northeast coast of Queensland, tiger sharks are estimated to have fallen by at least 71 percent, largely due to overfishing. A reduction in tiger sharks means more seagrass consumed by herbivores (食草动物) and less carbon stored in sea vegetation. This begged the question: What if they were absent from the Shark Bay—would the seagrass-dominated ecosystem survive?
To find out, researchers led by Rob Nowicki of Florida International University, spent time in Eastern Australia, where shark numbers were lower and sea cows ate seagrass largely undisturbed. “When uncontrolled, sea cows can rapidly destroy wide areas of seagrass,” said Nowicki. “When the seagrass recovers, the seagrass community looks different, with more tropical species dominating than before.”
Those findings underlined the role that tiger sharks were playing in Shark Bay. If their populations continue to decline, the resilience (恢复能力) of carbon-rich ocean ecosystems will likely decrease.
When it comes to boosting shark numbers, there have been movements toward more sustainable fishing, but a large percentage of the industry have not changed their methods, which is a reason why the population of many marine top predators (捕食者) continues to decline.
Apart from supporting sustainable fishing, Nowicki said the only way to truly protect marine life is to reduce our global greenhouse gas emissions. “Ultimately, if we are going to conserve our ecosystems in the centuries to come, we are going to need to solve climate change while undertaking species conservation at the same time.”
1. Why are tiger sharks key to the marine ecosystem?| A．They feed on various sea animals. | B．They can store large amounts of CO2. |
| C．They can prevent the loss of seagrass. | D．They affect marine species distribution. |
| A．How sea cows destroy the seagrass community. |
| B．How shark population influences the ocean ecosystem. |
| C．What was contributing to the declining number of tiger sharks. |
| D．What to do to recover the seagrass-dominated ecosystem. |
| A．Climate change. | B．Seagrass Loss. |
| C．Habitat destruction. | D．Unsustainable fishing. |
| A．Banning marine fishing activities. | B．Addressing ocean pollution problems. |
| C．Preserving marine top predators. | D．Decreasing greenhouse gas release. |
【推荐2】Education appears to protect older adults especially women,against memory loss,according to a study by investigators at Georgetown University Medical Center.
The study tested declarative memory in 704 older adults (58—98 years of age).Declarative memory refers to our ability to remember events,facts,and words,such as where you put your keys or the name of that new neighbor.The investigators found that their memory performance became progressively worse with aging.However,more years of early-life education countered these losses,especially in women.
For example,the declarative memory abilities of an 80-year-old woman with a bachelor’s degree would be as good as those of a 60-year-old woman with a high school education.So,four extra years of education make up for the memory losses from 20 years of aging.
“Simply said,learning brings about learning,” says the study’s senior investigator,Michael Ullman.“Since learning new information in declarative memory is easier if it is related to knowledge we already have,more knowledge from more education should result in better memory abilities,even years later,” adds the study’s lead author,Jana Reifegerste.
“Evidence suggests that girls often have better declarative memory than boys,so education may lead to greater knowledge gains in girls,” says Ullman.“Education may thus particularly benefit memory abilities in women,even years later in old age.”
The study tested individuals in a non-Western population.Participants varied in the number of years of education,from none at all to graduate studies.“Future research is needed to test whether the findings can be generalized to other populations,” Ullman says.
“These findings may be important,especially considering the rapidly aging population globally,” Reifegerste says.“The results argue for further efforts to increase access to education.”
“Education has also been found to delay the beginning of Alzheimer’s disease,” Ullman says.“We believe that our findings may shed light on why this occurs.”
1. What does the passage mainly talk about?| A．Declarative memory abilities fail with aging. |
| B．Women should try to obtain a bachelor’s degree. |
| C．Learning regularly helps improve old adults’ memory. |
| D．Early-life education helps prevent memory loss in old age. |
| A．Canceled. | B．Changed. |
| C．Replaced. | D．Reduced. |
| A．Slow down the process of aging. |
| B．Promote the development of education. |
| C．Advance the study of Alzheimer’s disease. |
| D．Ensure the equal rights of women’s education. |
【推荐3】What Your Cat's Behavior is Trying to Communicate
Why cats ignore you.
Cats are intelligent beings but they are also undeniably stubborn. When you call a cat's name, they will more likely ignore you altogether.
Cats love to interrupt whatever you are doing by lying across the area where you are working. Whether you have a book open or are typing away on your laptop, they won't hesitate to stamp on top. This is a cat's way of ordering you to stop whatever you are doing and to instead pay attention to them.
When your cat brings you gifts
At one point or another, every owner has to deal with their cat bringing a dead bird or mouse at their feet. Your cat is actually bringing you a gift.
How cats say "I love you"
Cats make a lot of gestures with their eyes to communicate. If a cat is staring at you, it most likely means that they are trying to get your attention.
When your cat scratches everything
Cats love scratching so much that they will tear up your new sofa. But why do they do this?
| A．When cats lift their tails |
| B．How cats demand attention |
| C．When your cat does this for you |
| D．If they look at you and blink slowly |
| E．Cats like to lie down on their backs and roll around |
| F．This is not because they do not understand their name |
| G．It is usually to remove the uncomfortable dead layer of their claws |
