【推荐2】Zoo Visitor Code(规则)

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Belfast Zoo is home to more than 1,000 animals, many of which are under threat. Some of the animals you can see include Barbary lions, red kangaroos, spider monkeys, Moloch gibbons, Rothchild’s giraffes, Asian elephants and Malayan sun bears. To protect our animals as well as the safety of our visitor, we have a code of behavior for visitors to Belfast Zoo.

If you are planning a visit to the zoo, you must:

not feed the animals as they will get sick if they eat too much

respect the animals by not hitting the glass of their enclosures(围地)

be careful when walking around as some of our hills are very steep

put all rubbish in bins as it can be dangerous for our animals

You can use a selfie stick(自拍杆) in visitor areas. However, many of our animals are frightened of selfie stick, so please do not put selfie sticks into animal enclosures.

Terms and conditions of entry

no fires or barbecues are permitted

no ball games

no unaccompanied children under the age of 16

no refunds(退款) will be given once a ticket has been bought

tickets should always be kept for inspection

Fun zoo

You will find lots of fun things to do. As well as viewing the photographs and videos of many of our animals, you can also:

play our Kids’ Zoo online game while knowing more about animals

download wallpapers for your computer desktop

1. When visiting Belfast Zoo, you are advised to .

A．keep the animals off your snacks

B．take photos of the animals in their enclosures

C．find a suitable area in the zoo to have a barbecue

D．greet the animals by hitting the glass of their enclosures

2. What can we learn according to the terms and conditions of entry?

A．Visitors can play ball games in certain areas

B．Children above the age of 14 can visit the zoo alone

C．Visitors should always keep their tickets for inspection

D．Visitors can return their tickets and get back their money after they buy them

3. What is the main purpose of the code?

A．To have a general introduction of the zoo

B．To attract more and more people to visit the zoo

C．For people to be more familiar with the animals there

D．For the safety of the visitors and animals in the zoo

【推荐3】Drive south from San Francisco on scenic Highway One to the once sleepy beach town of Half Moon Bay, where you’ll find Francis Beach, part of the Half moon Bay state beaches. With summertime water temperatures ranging from 13 to 18 degrees, a wet suit for swimming and surfing is a must. Although it’s often foggy, on clear days you can see out to Pillar Point Harbor, a wonderful fishing site.

Rent a sea kayak (小艇) from Half Moon Bay Kayak Co., the first kayak company in the country to equip their boats with a GPS tracking device (装置). You can rent such a sea kayak and you will be at perfect surf wave, Mavericks ($15 per hour, www.hmbkayak.com).

Hikers and runners will enjoy the gentle wind along the waterfront seaside path, connecting several beaches, or at the paths of Pursima Cree Redwoods Open Space Preserve in the hills above town.

Where to eat: Stay by the Half Moon Bay Brewery for high quality dishes, made with locally grown ingredients, or go back with the locals and a Maverick’s Amber Ale on the waterfront deck (www.hmbbrewingco.com）.

Where to stay: For five-stay expensive hotels, check into the Riz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay (from $305, www.ritzcarlton.com/resorts/half moonbay/). Enjoy the open-air dishes at the comfort of the new Ocean Terrace Restaurant overlooking the sea and be sure to enroll (使加入) the kids in the year-round Ritz Kids program. For even more open-air living, book one of the 52 seaside campsites at Francis Beach’s state campground. In April, the campsite equipment was renewed and now include hot showers ($25 a night; www.reserveamerica.com）.

1. We can learn from the text that ________.

A．there was no campsite equipment at Francisco Beach’s state campground before April

B．only Half Moon Bay Kayak Co. has boats equipped with a GPS tracking device

C．Half Moon Bay used to be an unknown beach town

D．you don’t have to pay for camping at Francisco Beach’s state campground

2. If you want to reserve a campsite at Francisco Beach, you can visit ________.

A．www.hmbkayak.com	B．www.hmbbrewingco.com
C．www.ritzcarlton.com	D．www.reserveamerica.com

3. What would be the best title for this text?

A．Eat on Francisco Beach

B．Enjoy Your Visit on Francisco Beach

C．Travel to Francisco Beach with a Kayak

D．Enjoy Beautiful Scenery of Francisco Beach

【推荐1】Chicago already has bike sharing and car sharing. Could electric scooter(滑板车)sharing be the next big thing?

With electric scooter sharing already appearing in many cities and the biggest operator eyeing the Chicago market, Moreno is trying to make the rules of the road before electric scooters arrive.” It’s yet another means of transportation and we need to welcome them and make the regulations in advance if we are really serious about reducing traffic and reducing air pollution,”said Moreno.

Moreno said that in other cities, electric scooter riders have ignored helmet rules and traffic laws. They have parked illegally and ridden scooters on sidewalks. Those are the problems he’s trying to avoid. The rules would require related companies to first get an “Electric Scooter Share License”. To get the license, companies would need to provide a minimum of 100 scooters operating at a maximum（最高的）speed of 20 miles per hour.

Bird is the nation’s leading electric vehicle sharing company. It has raised $100 million and begun operations in many cities. Bird ‘s spokesman Kenneth Baer said his company welcomes the Chicago regulations, which can help to avoid the start-up problems it has met with in other cities.

“We follow the laws on the books. It happens to be that in a good number of cities the law is silent or not clear how to treat this new technology. And that causes some troubles,”said Baer. “If the rules of the road are officially made in advance then it is very clear. I think the Chicago regulations really would give the citizens a great way to get around the city.”

1. What can we learn from Moreno’s words?

A．The various means of transportation in Chicago.

B．The popularity of electric scooter sharing.

C．The reasons behind making the rules in advance.

D．The future of Chicago’s traffic.

2. What should the relevant(相关的) companies do to get the “Electric Scooter Share License”?

A．They should provide enough parking spaces

B．They should limit the speed of their scooters.

C．They should raise at least $ 100 million.

D．They should provide helmets for renters.

3. Why has Bird run into problems in some cities?

A．The scooter-sharing laws are too strict.

B．People take no notice of traffic regulations

C．Electric scooter sharing has many disadvantages

D．These cities lack specific rules to deal with scooter sharing

4. What does Baer think of Chicago regulations?

A．They are forward-thinking.

B．They will limit scooter sharing

C．They should be further discussed.

D．They should follow the example of other cities.

【推荐2】We talk about people being "color-blind” but very few of us are. Even those who describe themselves as color-blind are normally just color deficient (缺陷) Strongly color-blind person will sill be able to tell 20 different colors, compared to the 100 or so that normal-sighted people see.

Pingelap, a tiny island in the Pacific is a beautiful spot but one that has a genetic trouble. It is known as Color Blind Island because so many people who live on this remote island can only see in black and white.

Not being able to see in color is bad enough. But one islander, Herrol, who's a fisherman, also struggles in full sunlight because all he sees is a painful burnt-out image.“I find it difficult to go outside in the sun," he says, "because when it's sunny! cannot see to do my work."

But if being truly color blind is rare, why is it that around 10% of the population of Pingelap live in a totally black-and- white world?

Well, we know that in 1780 the population of Pingelap was almost wiped out by a tsunami. As few as 20 people survived, one of whom was the king. Ir's believed he had a genetic fault that that causes color-blindness and he passed this fault on to his many generations.

There is one advantage. Herrol can see well,really well, in the dark. So when it gets dark, Herrol and his friends get in their boats and hunt flying fish. They hang up flaming torches and the fish are attracted to the flames. "This type of fishing is fun," Herrol says, especially if we catch pens.So even though it's hard work we enjoy it."

1. What is Pingelap famous as?

A．A tiny island.	B．A color-blind island
C．A mentally troubled island.	D．A beautiful island.

2. What can we infer about Herrol?

A．He may stay at home when it's sunny.	B．He is interested in burnt-out images.
C．He likes taking photos very much.	D．He doesn't live in Pingelap any more.

3. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A．The History of Pingelap	B．The Disadvantage of Herrol
C．The island of Color Blindness	D．The Advantage of Color Blindness.

【推荐3】What's safer? Using a numeric PIN code(数字密码)to unlock your smartphone or relying on a swipe(滑动)pattern? New research suggests that, at least when someone close by could be looking over your shoulder, you might be safer with an old-fashioned PIN.

The research by the United States Naval Academy and the University of Maryland tested what could best secure smartphones from so-called "shoulder surfing attacks". So, if you are worried about someone looking over your shoulder while you unlock your phone, would you be wiser to use a PIN or a pattern? According to this research at least, the answer to that question is pretty clear.

Those who have a single observation of your screen as you unlock it with a swipe pattern will be successful in knowing it 64.2% of the time. Security can be improved somewhat by removing lines on the pattern lock (35.3% success rate for shoulder surfers).

By comparison, the use of a six-digit PIN greatly reduces the chances for an attacker to determine how to unlock your smartphone, with just 10.8% of attacks being successful. In tests, viewers were able to determine the users' lock-screen patterns from up to six feet away, from a variety of different angles, even after a single viewing.

Indeed, when it comes to safety, past research has determined that an unlock pattern is about the same as a three-digit PIN -something I hope that none of us would rely upon.

The researchers' conclusion is that a PIN of six digits or more is the most secure de fence against shoulder surfing attacks, and while both types of pattern lock are poor, patterns without lines provide greater security.

Unsurprisingly, the research confirmed that phones with larger screens were found to provide less security against shoulder surfing attacks.

1. What did the research focus on?

A．What lock-screen patterns people use.	B．When shoulder surfing attacks occur.
C．Why people prefer numeric PIN codes.	D．How you can unlock your phone safely.

2. What do we learn about shoulder surfing attacks?

A．They can increase our screen time.	B．They are a threat to our privacy.
C．They are a kind of physical attack.	D．They can be done through remote control.

3. Which of the following proves to be the safest?

A．A six-digit PIN.	B．A three-digit PIN.
C．A lock-screen pattern with lines.	D．A lock-screen pattern without lines.

4. What does the author intend to do in the last paragraph?

A．Add some background information.	B．Provide some advice for the readers.
C．Offer additional topic-related information.	D．Summarize the previous paragraphs.

【推荐1】Anyone who has worn a cast (石膏) knows that rebuilding muscle strength once the cast is removed can be difficult. Now researchers at the Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute (OMNI) at Ohio University have found that the mind is critical in maintaining muscle strength following a long period of not moving and that mental imagination may be key in reducing the associated muscle loss.
Strength is controlled by a number of factors----the most studied by far is skeletal muscle. However, the nervous system is also an important, though not fully understood, determining factor of strength and weakness.
Brian C. Clark and colleagues set out to test how the system functions in strength development. They designed an experiment to measure changes in wrist (腕) muscle strength in three groups of healthy adults. Twenty-nine subjects wore a hard cast that extended from just below the elbow (肘) past the fingers, effectively preventing the hand and wrist from moving, for four weeks. Fifteen subjects who did not wear casts served as the control group.
Of the 29 people wearing a hard cast, half were asked to regularly perform an exercise, imagining they were strongly contracting their wrist for five seconds and then resting for five seconds. This was repeated four times in a row followed by a one-minute break for a total of 13 rounds per session and five sessions per week. The other half performed no imagination exercises.
At the end of the four-week experiment, both groups who wore casts had lost strength in their unmoving limbs (肢体) when compared to the control group. But the group that performed imagination exercises lost 50% less strength than the non-imagination group. The nervous system’s ability to fully make the muscle recover also returned more quickly in the imagination group compared to the non-imagination group.
1. What does the underlined word “critical” mean in the first paragraph?

A．Serious.	B．Disapproving.
C．Significant.	D．Criticizing.

2. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Scientists have partly understood the nervous system.

B．Whoever has worn a cast for long may have difficulty in muscle recovery.

C．Scientists have already spent a lot of time in studying skeletal muscle.

D．The number of the subjects in the experiment was 29 in all.

3. What can we learn from the experiment?

A．The control group lost 50% less strength than the non-imagination group.

B．The imagination group lost more strength than the non-imagination group.

C．The control group wore casts but didn’t perform the imagination exercise.

D．The speed of non-imagination group’s muscle recovery was slower.

4. Where can you most probably find the passage?

A．In a science magazine.	B．In a storybook.
C．In a textbook .	D．In a book review.

【推荐2】In December of 1992. I was a happy husband and father of two young children. A month later. I was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (急性白血病).

After two years of chemo (化疗) that helped control the disease, ay body was weak and lifeless. I felt as if I were a puppet who needed help to lift his arms or hold up his head.

I began to run. After six months my strength had come back. On one of my runs, one where I felt I could run forever I decided I was going to try to run a marathon.

After telling my Dad about my plan, he told me of a program that trains people to run marathon. while raising funds for Leukemia research at the same time. So that summer, through the Leukemia Society’s Team in Training program, I started to train for the Marine Corps Marathon. During mile after mile of uncertainty, the day finally came to run the marathon.

On October 27, 1996, at 8 A. M., along with 19. 000 other brave souls I started on a 26.2-mile journey that I will never forget.

I first saw my wife Patty at the six-mile mark She seemed happy that I was still looking as if I knew what I was doing, and having a good time doing it. At Mile 17, my mind was going back to those two horrible years that tried to bring my family and me down. I saw her again. The concern in her face told me she knew I was starting to struggle. I felt as if we were thinking the same, nine more miles and these last few years will be behind us.

That thought alone pulled me forward. Mile 22, 23, slowing but going, 24, 25, then there it was. The Iwo Jima War Memorial (纪念馆). I have seen nothing so grand and inspiring in my life. Three hours and forty-one minutes after I started, I crossed what I think has to be the most fitting finish line in all of road racing!

That night the Leukemia Society gave me a pin at post-race party that simply says, “Leukenia26.2.”

If God wills, my cancer may once again take away my hair and my strength, maybe even my life. But it can never take away my pin, or the fact that I am a marathoner.

1. The writer decided to run marathon because __________.

A．he wanted to raise money for Leukemia research

B．he believed he was able to take the challenge (挑战)

C．he hoped to recover his strength through training

D．his dad knew about the race and made the suggestion

2. Why does the writer think the finish line is the most fitting?

A．Because running a marathon is the most suitable sport for him.

B．Because the memorial is the most powerful construction he has seen.

C．Because he considers it a victory over his disease to finish the race.

D．Because 26.2 miles is the most reasonable distance for road racing

3. Which of the following can best describe the writer?

A．Optimistic and outspoken.	B．Strong-willed and determined.
C．Generous and easy-going.	D．Brave and warm-hearted.

【推荐3】For years, I thought that my mother would become a Centenarian   (百岁老人) , but after 98 years and eight months, she recently died of old age. As it was with my father, her funeral took place in the most peaceful setting of the countryside of rural Washington County. Even after my father died, we continued to think of our parents as one. They were a team in the traditional sense. Church and family were their life- lines. They worked hard, never complaining. They expected to earn their daily bread by the sweat of their brow.
Once during a conversation with Tom Brokaw, who wrote the best- selling hook The Greatest Generation, I told him, "You left out my parents." They didn’t go off to war, but they belonged to the Greatest Generation. They, too, were part of the foundation that made America truly great. They kept the home fires burning.
Our mother gloried in being a housewife and mother. Having been a teacher in her early adult years, when education was more important than anything else, she gave up her job to raise a family .She was an excellent cook, but she had to cook on a wood stove. There was no refrigerator, nothing electric. But nobody was ever better at making do. In addition to all the household chores and responsibilities, she went to the fields every day to help produce a crop to pay the rent and to provide for the family. She and my dad worked hard to save every penny possible.
They saved ever7 penny to buy a farm late in life. They also saved enough money to live out their respective live with home care without taking up residency in a nursing home. They were fiercely independent.   If you had suggested they accept a government transfer payment, they would have spit in your eye.
1. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A．Mother played a great pan in the family.

B．Mother died at the age of 98 years old.

C．Mother was buried by the side of father.

D．Mother survived father by many years.

2. The underlined part "one" in the passage means____ .

A．parent	B．Centenarian
C．hero	D．entirety

3. What do we know about Tom Brokaw?

A．He is one of the author's parents' friends.

B．He likes talking with the author's parents.

C．He takes up a position as a writer.

D．He is good at managing a home.

4. How does the author find his parents?

A．Brave and hardworking.

B．Modest and warmhearted.

C．Economical and independent.

D．Respective and satisfied.