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The Tropical Paradise Holiday
Welcome to St Anna, our tropical paradise just off the coast of Latin America. You can spend two weeks in our luxury four-star hotel. The cost of your flight is included in the holiday, and you can   be picked up from your home by our special airport bus. On your arriving, our coach will be waiting to take you to the hotel. All flights leave from Heathrow on a Monday morning.
The Cowrie Hotel is built right on the beachfront, and many rooms have wonderful ocean views. If swimming and surfing are not enough for you, the hotel also offers horse rides on the island, and a discount membership of the golf club.
The Rain Forest Adventure Holiday
Every year Broughton holidays offer twelve days of unforgettable adventure in a tropical rain forest. You may have a choice of Borneo, Malaysia, Indonesia, or even to the greatest rain forest of them all, the mighty Amazonian forest.
You will fly to our special base camps at the edge of the forest, where you will be given five days of survival training, and talks on the local wildlife.
Then you take a bus into the forest. You will have to walk the final five miles to the camp sites to avoid disturbing the local ecology. All of the camp sites have been carefully built to cause the minimal amount of disturbance to the local wildlife.
Remember that these adventure holidays take you deep into the wilderness, and they are not suitable for families with young children. Also remember that no more than two dozen guests can stay at any camp at one time, so if you want to go on one of these very special holidays, you will need to book early!
1. What can we learn about the rain forest holiday?

A．Travelers will learn to talk with wild animals.

B．Different means of transportation will be used.

C．The holiday will end with a survival training.

D．Booking early, travelers will get a discount.

2. What kind of people will probably choose the rain forest holiday?

A．People loving water sports.

B．People travelling with children.

C．People preferring comfortable hotels.

D．People concerned with environment and wildlife.

3. Which of the following is mentioned in both holidays?

A．Transportation.	B．Price.
C．Reservation.	D．Departure time.

【推荐3】The long reach of the corona virus continues to show up in the strangest ways. The iconic (偶像的，标志性的)fast-food giant KFC, announced it's abandoning the famous advertising slogan, "It's Finger Lickin' Good," because the phrase is inappropriate to use during the COVID-19 outbreak.

KFC announced its plans to temporarily stop using the slogan which it's been using for 64 years in a low-key and funny statement titled, "AND THE WINNER OF THE AWARD FOR THE MOST INAPPROPRIATE SLOGAN FOR 2020 GOES TO KFC."

“The home of the world's favorite fried chicken admits that the slogan is a bit 'off' for now," the news notes, before making clear that the use of "It's Finger Lickin' Good" slogan will immediately be paused in advertising around the globe starting on August 24. "This year has been like no other, and, right now, our slogan doesn't feel quite right. "

This is not the first time that KFC has struggled with the use of their famous ad campaign during the coronavirus. In early March, KFC pulled a television spot running in the UK that featured actors licking their fingers. You may recall that the earliest days of the pandemic filled with nonstop reminders not to touch your face for fear of spreading the virus. Of course, there's the potential danger of spreading virus that comes with licking your fingers before (or after) touching any public surface, such as doorknobs and the tableware at your local fast food cafe.

“While we are pausing the use of it's Finger Lickin' Good, we assure that the food loved by so many people around the world isn't changing one bit,” KFC's global chief marketing officer, Catherine Tan-Gillespie, said.

For those concerned with the potential permanence of this famous fast-food phrase.

KFC'S statement ended on a more cheerful note. "And for all those fans, don't worry the slogan will be back. Just when the time is right."

1. What do we know about KFC's long-lived ad slogan from the first two paragraphs?

A．It is not suitable for this year.	B．It has been replaced by a new one.
C．It won an award for the best slogan.	D．It is too out-of-date to use.

2. What did KFC do in early March this year according to paragraph 4?

A．It reminded people not to lick their fingers.

B．It displayed its famous slogan in an ad.

C．It required actors to lick their fingers in the ad.

D．It stopped its long-lived ad slogan in an ad.

3. Which word best describes Catherine Tan-Gillespie's attitude to KFC's future?

A．Doubtful.

B．Confident.

C．Disappointed.

D．Concerned.

4. What can we infer about KFC from the passage?

A．It is struggling for survival in 2020.

B．It has lost popularity among its fans.

C．It may use the slogan again sometime in the future.

D．It has caused potential danger of spreading virus.

【推荐1】The Haskell Free Library and Opera House might not be as well known as the Grand Canyon or the Statue of Liberty.     1    . Completed in 1904, the building is stationed directly between Stanstead, Quebec, and Derby Line, Vermont. with the official US -Canada borderline running right across the library's floor.

Martha Stewart Haskell and her son, Colonel Horace Stewart Haskell, both Canadians, built the building as a tribute(悼念) to Mrs Haskell's late husband, Carlos.    2    .

While the library’s official entrance is on the US side of the building, most of the books are on the Canadian side.    3    . The Opera House is similarly split, with most of its seats in the US and its stage in Canada. As Atlas Obscura reported, it is often said that the Haskell is the only library in the US with no books, and the only opera house in the country with no stage.

Passports and other forms of identification aren’t required to cross from country to country in the library, though the Haskell's website notes that the border inside the building“ is real and it is enforced”.     4    . If they don't, they risk possible detention and fines.

Even beyond the building's unique position,library director Nancy Rumery told CTV News that Haskell staffers-Canadian and American alike-consider the institution to be like any other library in the world

“We’re just trying to be the best library we can.    5    .” she said. “These are all our neighbors and we do our very best to help them on their life-long learning journey. ”

A．The Haskell is full of mysterious places.

B．The Haskell is divided between the two countries.

C．Visitors have access to a variety of cultural resources.

D．Visitors are expected to their side of the border after a visit.

E．It’s undoubtedly one of America's most unique tourist attractions.

F．Our community is made up of people from two different countries

G．The family hoped that citizens would use it as a “center for learning and cultural enrichment”

【推荐3】The Great Wall, China

Stretching over 21,000 kilometers, the Great Wall was built to prevent invasions and has a history of more than 2,000 years. UNESCO in February 2019 calls it an absolute masterpiece, not only because of the ambitious character of the undertaking but also the perfection of its construction.”

But perfection isn’t protection. 51.2 percent of the Great Wall had either already disappeared or is at a significant risk of disappearing. Besides for wind and rain erosion, the main reasons for the destruction of the Great Wall are human factors such as tourism, construction, human contact and so on.

Pamukkale，Turkey

Pamukkale, which means “cotton castle” in Turkish, is famous for its shining white calcite terraces (方解石阶地)with warm and mineral-rich waters overrun.

Before being listed as a World Heritage Site in 1988, Pamukkale had been severely damaged by human activities. People used hot spring water to fill swimming pools, some visitors stood on the rocks and some even bathed in the hot springs with soap and shampoo. To protect the terraces, the Turkish government has decided to pull down the hotels and require all tourists to visit this site barefoot.

Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Home to 400 types of coral and 1,500 species of fish, the Great Barrier Reef draws visitors to Australia from all over the world.

However, the Great Barrier Reef is expected to suffer from increasingly frequent bleaching events, cases in which corals turn white and may die, according to a UNESCO report. The heat waves caused by global warming have killed half of the coral here in the two years, according to a CNN report. Pollution from industry developments and harmful fishing practices are also big concerns.

The Dead Sea, Jordan

At 423 meters below sea level, the Dead Sea is 10 times saltier than the ocean, meaning that the water is so dense, even tourists who can9t swim will be able to float.

But the seaside resorts built in the 1980s now sit kilometers away from the water’s edge, which has lost half of its surface area in the past 40 years. The damage is irreversible due to the nature of the mineral industry and the type of agricultural use that has drained the water.

1. Which are you required to visit without shoes?

A．The Great Wall, China.

B．Pamukkale, Turkey.

C．Great Barrier Reef, Australia.

D．The Dead Sea, Jordan.

2. Which of the following statements is true?

A．Main reasons for the destruction of the Great Wall come from wind and rain erosion.

B．Pamukkale was damaged by human activities after 1988.

C．Pollution and the heat waves caused by global warming kill much coral in the Great Barrier Reef.

D．Half of the Dead Sea surface area has disappeared in the past two decades.

3. What do the above spots have in common?

A．They are all famous endangered natural spots.

B．They’re damaged only from human activities.

C．They all draw the attention of the governments.

D．They’re all seriously damaged.