The World of Theater
All of New York is a stage, and it begins with Broadway. Where else can you find so many shows in one place? Only in New York !
The World of Music
Spend an evening with Beethoven at Lincoln Center. Swing to the great jazz of Greenwich Village. Or rock yourself silly at the hottest dance spots found anywhere.
The World of Art
From Rembrandt to Picasso. From Egyptian tombs to Indian teepees. Whatever kind of art you like, you will find it in New York.
The World of Fine Dining
Whether it is roast Beijing Duck in Chinatown, Lasagna in Little Italy, or the finest French coq au vin(chicken cooked in wine) found anywhere, there is a world of great taste waiting for you in New York.
The World of Sights
What other city has a Statue of Liberty? A Rockefeller Center? Or a Bronx Zoo? Where else can you take a horse-drawn carriage through the Central Park? Only in New York!
1. What do you think the underlined word Rembrandt was / is?
| A．A musician. | B．A place in the World of Art |
| C．A place in New York. | D．An artist. |
| A．To spend an evening with Beethoven. |
| B．To see the Statue of Liberty. |
| C．To taste the finest French coq au vin. |
| D．To enjoy the Beijing roast duck. |
| A．help the readers get a better understanding of New York |
| B．supply the readers with some information about New York jobs |
| C．try to persuade the readers to visit New York |
| D．tell the readers where New York lies |
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You choose to be a winner!
The Winners Club is a bank account specially designed for teenagers. It has been made to help you better manage your money. The Winners Club is a transaction account (交易账户) where you receive a key – card so you can get to your money 24/7 – that's 24 hours a day, 7 days aweek!
It's a club with impressive features for teenagers:
●No account keeping fees!
You're no millionaire so we don't expect you to pay large fees. In fact, there are no account keeping or transaction fees!
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You want your money to grow. The Winners Club has a good rate of interest which gets even better if you make at least two deposits (储蓄) without taking them out in a month.
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Teenagers are busy – we get that. You may never need to come to a bank at all. With the Winners Club you can choose to use handy tellers and to bank from home using the phone and the Internet ... You can have money directly deposited into your Winners Club account. This could be your pocket money or your pay from your part – time job!
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Along with your regular report, you will receive a FREE magazine full of good ideas to make even more of your money. There are also fantastic offers and competitions only for Winners Club members.
The Winners Club is a great choice for teenagers. And it is so easy to join. Simply fill in an application form. You will have to get permission from your parent or guardian (so we can organize that cool key-card) but it is easy. We can't want to hear from you. It's the best way to choose to be a winner!
1. The Winners Club is a bank account intended for _________.
| A．parents | B．teenagers |
| C．winners | D．adults |
| A．encourage spending |
| B．are free to all teenagers |
| C．are full of adventure stories |
| D．help to make more of your money |
| A．be an Internet user | B．be permitted by your parent |
| C．have a big sum of money | D．be in your twenties |
| A．Special gifts are ready for parents. |
| B．The bank opens only on work days. |
| C．Services are convenient for its members. |
| D．Fees are necessary for the account keeping. |
| A．To set up a club. |
| B．To provided part – time jobs. |
| C．To introduce a new banking service. |
| D．To organize key – cards. |
【推荐2】If we look around us at the things we have bought at some point in our lives， we would no doubt notice that not everything we own is being put to good use：the thick woolen coat which we thought looked fashionable despite the fact that we live in a tropical(热带的) country， the smartphone that got put away when we bought ourselves the newest model， or even the guest room in our house that somehow got turned into a storeroom.
Those underutilized things may seem useless to some， but could be useful to others. With the coming of the Internet， online communities have figured out a way to generate profit from the sharing of those underused things. Using websites and social media groups that facilitate(促进) the buying and selling of second-hand goods, it is now easier than ever for sharing activities to take place. And this is known as the sharing economy.
These online platforms are providing a chance for people to make a quick buck or two. To give an example, busy parents e previously might not have bothered with setting up a stall(货摊) at the local market or car boot sale to sell their children's old stuff， but with online marketplaces， parents are now able to sell on those hardly worn baby clothes that their children have outgrown and the expensive pushchairs and baby stuff they have bought, so as to put some cash back into their pockets.
Businesses have also caught on to the profitability of the sharing economy and are seeking to gain from making use of those underutilized resources. A business model that has rapidly risen in popularity sees companies providing an online platform that puts customers in contact with those who can provide a particular product or service. Companies like Airbnb act as a middleman for people to cash in on their unused rooms and houses and let them out as profitable accommodation （住所）. Another example is Uber, encourages people to use their own personal cars as taxis to make some extra cash in their free time.
This move towards a sharing economy is not without criticisms. Unlike businesses, unregulated individuals do not to follow certain rules and this can lead to poorer and inconsistent quality od goods and services and a higher risk of cheating. Nevertheless, in the consumerist society we live in today, the increased opportunities to sell on our unwanted and underused goods can lead to a lesser impact on environment.
1. What does the underlined word “underutilized” in Paragraph 2 probably mean____.| A．Not being fashionable. | B．Used. |
| C．Not being used enough. | D．Worn out. |
| A．The latest smartphone. |
| B．The storeroom in our house. |
| C．A thick coat in a cold country. |
| D．Clothes our babies don't or can't wear anymore. |
| A．they have to follow certain rules |
| B．they like to criticize their buyers |
| C．they don't have a business permit |
| D．they might sell lower-quality products |
| A．The Consumerist Society |
| B．Parents Who Need Money |
| C．The Rise of the Sharing Economy |
| D．Why We Buy Things We Don’t Need |
People is America’s No.1 magazine about fascinating people. It’s a guide to who and what’s hot in the arts, science, business, politics, television, movies, books, music and sports. It is published weekly.
Publisher: The Time Inc. Magazine Company
Cover Price: $ 211.47
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Lucky
Lucky is the shopping magazine with the best buys, and the fashion tips you’ll need before you hit the stores. What makes Lucky really special is that it gets you the information you need before anyone else has it.
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Cover Price: $ 35.40
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Parents
This is the most trusted magazine for parents who want to raise smart, loving and self-confident children. Each issue has age-specific child-development guidance, advice on your child’s health and safety, and the best ways to encourage your child’s learning.
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Entertainment
This magazine covers movies, television, music, Broad-way stage productions, books, and popular culture. Unlike celebrity-focused magazines like People, its main concentration is on entertainment media and reviews. It’s popular with more common readers.
Cover Price: $ 199.50
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1. People probably focus on_________.
| A．political events |
| B．festivals and celebrations |
| C．hot events and famous stars |
| D．television programmes |
| A．Its latest information related to shopping |
| B．Its pictures of fashion stores |
| C．The access it provides to bargains |
| D．Its competitive price |
| A．lucky. | B．Entertainment. |
| C．Parents. | D．People. |
| A．in an educational magazine |
| B．in a magazine sales report |
| C．on a magazine club website |
| D．in a cultural magazine |
请阅读以下人员的相关信息，然后匹配和他/她感兴趣的广告。
1. Meimei is interested in playing the violin, but she can’t play very well because she has no music teacher to teach her face to face. She really wants to get one.
2. Peter begins to have his summer holiday today. He is too tired to go out for any activity. Instead, he would like to stay home in the evening.
3. Tom’s family is not rich. He wants to find a part-time job at weekends to earn some money for his study.
4. Jany is too fat. This is not good to her health. She knows it well and want to take more exercise after study.
5. Liu Hua is going to marry next month. Before that, she is going to take photos with her new husband.
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【推荐2】There are different kinds of umbrellas.
You can get beach umbrellas in many different types.
If you’re buying a beach umbrella, you may also want to buy some lightweight beach chairs. You may need to buy a beach car (手推车).
Beach umbrellas are usually very inexpensive, depending on the size. Their prices can usually vary from $20 to $75. They can be found in many large stores and sporting goods stores alongside the streets in the spring and summer months.
| A．One is the beach umbrella |
| B．Some are suitable for kids |
| C．So you can put your things in |
| D．They can be made by your own hands |
| E．And they can also be ordered online all year round |
| F．Some are brightly colored with designs of flowers |
| G．Beach umbrellas can be used not only on the beach |
【推荐3】Children of all ages gathered it New York City recently for the International Toy Fair Hidden among already Popular toys were new, high-tech educational products. Toymakers are working to create products for improving a child's emotional intelligence These toys reportedly not only hep rise intelligence in children, but also their emotional quotient, or EQ.
At the toy fair, companies showed of their products.
PleIQ is a set of plastic toy blocks. It uses augmented (增强的) reality technology to each words, numbers and other things. Edison Duran, the company director, showed people at the toy fair how virtual images appear on the bocks when they are held in front of a tablet camera. Intelligence includes intrapersonal skills (processes information within one's mind) and interpersonal skills (dealing with other people). Duran said PleIQ builds on both by having children act as teacher or guide to a companion character.
Karen Hu demonstrated an educational robot called Woobo. The robot comes programmed with educational games and activities. Children use its touch screen face to get them started. Toys that work as companions also aid in social development. Hu described how the robot can help a child who suffers from autism (自闭症). “The child can communicate with Woobo and follow some of the instructions Woobo is giving because he thinks of this as a companion instead of a parent or someone else telling him to do certain things.”
Jonathan Erickson, the sales director, showed off a board game called "Q"s Race to the Top. "Kevin Chaja said the game got his 4-year-old daughter to open up. "The biggest thing is her talking. And that's the key of all this-getting her feelings expressed out. Like, 'Hey, what does it feel like to be sad?'"
It remains to be seen whether a game or toy can improve emotional intelligence. But toymakers are doing what they can to help parents in their efforts to raise well-rounded children.
1. What does the underlined word “both” in Paragraph 3 refer to?| A．Teachers and guides. | B．Reality technology and virtual image. |
| C．Intelligence quality and emotional quotient. | D．Intrapersonal skills and interpersonal skills. |
| A．It is communicative. | B．It is educational. |
| C．It can follow a parent. | D．It can start of itself. |
| A．Cautious. | B．Favorable. | C．Uncertain. | D．Doubtful. |
| A．International Toy Fair Ended | B．Raising Kids Needs New Ways |
| C．Toys Help Make Children Smart | D．Toymakers Try to Train Parents |
【推荐1】Lots of students know what a marathon (马拉松赛跑) is, but perhaps they don’t know what triathlon (铁人三项) is. The triathlon is a sport that has three parts swimming, bicycling and running. It is not an easy sport, but a man named Joe Salter is very good at it. A few months ago, he finished a special triathlon—he juggled (抛起接住) three balls all the time during the triathlon. That is to say, he kept on throwing and catching three balls while he was swimming, riding a bicycle and running.
31-year-old Joe is from Florida, the USA. He loves juggling and he started at the age of 8. Joe did well in juggling. Later, he got the idea to do a triathlon and juggle at the same time to make it more fun. Many juggling fans laughed at his idea and thought it was just a joke. But Joe didn’t give up and he kept practicing it. Because of his hard work, he made it at last.
Talking about his triathlon, Joe said swimming was the hardest part. “It was difficult and complex,” he said. “I basically only used my legs, so it took quite a lot of work. Also, swimming in open water made it a little harder. It was not like in a pool.”
1. According to the writer, the common (普通的) triathlon ________.| A．is a difficult sport |
| B．is more famous than the marathon |
| C．includes the three parts and juggling |
| D．includes the marathon and swimming |
| A．he picked up three balls |
| B．he played juggling |
| C．he carried his bicycle on his shoulder |
| D．he threw away all his balls |
| A．could not be realized |
| B．should not be laughed at |
| C．should be realized as soon as possible |
| D．could make triathlon more exciting |
| A．forgot | B．failed |
| C．succeeded | D．left |
| A．he swam in open water |
| B．his swimming skills were bad |
| C．he was very tired when swimming |
| D．he almost could only swim with his legs |
【推荐2】While the teams of the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar competed in the fields, it was worth noting that it was not only soccer that caught the world’s attention, but also the video assistant referee (VAR) technology. Like it or dislike it, the VAR is a part of football games today.
Many football fans question whether the system made the game better or if it added an unnecessary layer of complexity to the beautiful game as a number of debatable decisions were made involving the VAR — it slows down the game; the offside law sometimes becomes rigid. The introduction of the VAR means top-level football games are now easily affected by stoppages and delays with the on-field referee often waiting for decisions to be made by those in offices often far away from the stadiums.
Actually, the use of video match officials in football was included in the 2018/2019 edition of the Laws of the Game and was already used at the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Since then, the system has been applied in over 100 competitions worldwide.
Despite criticisms, FIFA considered the first use of the VAR to be a triumph, with referee committee head Pierluigi Collina claiming that 99.3 percent of “match-changing” decisions were called correctly at the World Cup—“very, very close to perfection”. Without the VAR, referees called 95 percent of the incidents correctly.
Not only football, sports tech to support a referee’s decision-making is widely adopted by other major sports in professional and Olympic games to assist referees to make the correct decisions. Tennis employs the Hawk-Eye Live system on competition courts, and the NBA has long used instant replay and other high-tech aids to make sure players are shooting within the time given by the shot clock in order for the referees to make the right call.
We should admit that sports tech is still not perfect in the field of sports events. People’s feelings are not towards those technologies themselves, but the current shortcomings of the application of the technology. However, fairness and consistency should not be a zero-sum option. Efforts should be made to further improve efficiency and reduce disturbance to beautiful games.
1. Why do many football fans question the VAR technology?| A．It sometimes becomes rigid. |
| B．It makes competitions unappealing. |
| C．It is easily affected by on-field referees. |
| D．It leads to many arguable decisions. |
| A．Beginning. | B．Success. |
| C．Symbol. | D．Tendency. |
| A．To prove the diversity of sports tech. |
| B．To introduce the benefits of sports tech. |
| C．To show sports tech’s wide application. |
| D．To explain the development of sports tech. |
| A．Opposed. | B．Objective. |
| C．Favorable. | D．Doubtful. |
【推荐3】Don’t get me wrong. I’m not talking about the many professional athletes of today who have developed a me-first attitude. I am talking about high school sports, where lessons of life are still being learned. Here, athletes still compete for the love of the game and their teammates. Lisa Kincaid is one of them.
I first met Lisa on the volleyball court. If anyone had a right to be cocky (自以为是的) about or proud of herself, it was Lisa. Besides being one of the best volleyball players in the USA, she became a track legend (传奇人物). She went for sixty-four national games without losing any event.
However, she felt uncomfortable when others talked about her achievements and she would usually change the conversation to others’ performances. She often lent her shoes to someone who’d forgotten to bring their own, or sincerely sent best wishes to competitors from different teams.
Soon after, Lisa’s impossible failure in one game impressed me a lot. Lisa’s coach told her he needed her to run the mile. She had never done so, but agreed to do what was best for the team. Lisa easily ran in front of the other competitions, but on the last lap she appeared to grow tired. Two athletes from the other team passed her and then Julie, Lisa’s teammate also passed her. Julie needed to finish at least third so that she could get some points in her track program to earn a high school team badge (徽章). Thinking of that, Lisa managed to stay just behind Julie and followed her across the finish line. Lisa lost an event for the first time in her track career.
It suddenly struck me why she wore a slight smile on her face after having “lost” the race for the first time ever. Julie finally received her first badge. And Lisa? On that day, the day when she lost the race, she earned my respect and admiration.
1. What does Lisa mainly compete for according to the author?| A．Her future career. | B．Her getting prizes. |
| C．Her own fame and her family. | D．Her enjoying the game and her teammates. |
| A．She was cautious and shy. | B．She was proud but selfish. |
| C．She was modest and considerate. | D．She was stubborn but courageous. |
| A．She hoped her teammate could win the badge. |
| B．She felt so exhausted to keep on running fast. |
| C．She fell down on the track and was a little injured. |
| D．She was told by her teammate to deliberately lag behind her. |
| A．The first. | B．The second. | C．The third. | D．The fourth. |
