A trip to the moon, to Mars? You are out. Venus (金星) is your choice! Our spaceship carries you there at the speed of light!
Amazing Venus Facts
Temperature range: ALWAYS about 450 degrees Celsius. Great for barbecues!
Seasons: No seasons. Always visit during best season!
Gravity strength: 0.91 of Earth’s gravity. Makes you lighter and more alive than ever!
Water: NONE. All boiled away.
Day length: 1 day=243 Earth days. Longest days in solar system» so fun never ends!
Rate of turning: 0.002 km/second. Turns in opposite direction of the earth, so able to see sun rise in the west and set in the east.
Year length: 1 year=224.7 Earth days or 0.62 of an Earth year.
Rate of revolution: 35.03 km/second.
Atmosphere:
△ Very thick.
△ 96% carbon dioxide; 3% nitrogen, and 0.l% water vapor.
△ Can’t support life: Suffocating carbon dioxide, thick clouds of sulfuric acid, and gases create greenhouse effect so very hot and no water.
* Your Accommodations * ◎ You will travel on a high-tech rocket ship that will transport you from Earth to Venus in a mere 2.4 minutes by traveling at the speed of light. This trip will cost only $ 750,000. ◎ Our two hotels are very luxurious and are super strong, allowing you to lie on the ground without being crushed by the pressure of the atmosphere. They are called Venus Heaven and Rocket Palace, and the cost to stay is only $ 200 per night. You’ll get your money’s worth at these two hotels, receiving free meals every day. To book a trip, call 1 — 800. |
| A．The rising sun. | B．The circling earth. |
| C．The setting sun. | D．The full moon. |
| A．service. | B．food. |
| C．the spaceship. | D．the hotel. |
| A．Fashion circle. | B．News report. |
| C．Modern art. | D．Future world. |
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【推荐1】Love to write? Want to see your work published and win some cash along the way? Then read on. The national Spark a Story writing contest is calling in all young storytellers!
Who can participate?
The contest is open to students in grades 9, 10, 11 or 12, or those who are being home-schooled in the United States.
Deadline and requirements
You’re able to send your short story up to October 7th. It will be judged on creativity, originality and overall quality of writing. Your story must be original works and should be no longer than 5000 words. There is no minimum length requirements.
How can I send my short story?
There are three easy ways to send your short story:
*Online at http: // learn. hmhco.com / hmhsparkamind
*Send your short story as a PDF or Microsoft word document to Sparka@hmhco.com
*Send your short story via U.S. Mail to: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
222 Berkeley Street Boston, MA 02116
What will I win?
The best stories will be published next year. Winners will receive a free copy of the book and cash price of $100.
1. The passage is written for _______ to read.| A．students | B．teachers | C．parents | D．foreigners |
| A．Maria, grade 7, from New York. | B．Justin, grade 9, from London. |
| C．Catherine, grade 11, from Washington | D．C. D. Bastian, homeschooled from Paris. |
| A．longer than 5000 words | B．shorter than 5000 words |
| C．an original work | D．sent before October 7th |
| A．Sending it online. | B．Sending it by email. |
| C．Sending it by US mail. | D．Sending it by fax. |
【推荐2】Everyone is welcome to visit our city Los Angeles (LA). I am sure you can do many things in Los Angeles with your kids.
Fun at the Beach
Thanks to its almost perfect weather all through the year, a visit to the beach is one of the best things to do when in Los Angeles with your kids. While they enjoy themselves nearby, you can simply lie back and have a good rest in the sun.
Trip to Disneyland
A trip to the City of Angels with your little angels is incomplete (不完整的) without a visit to the Magic Kingdom. The joy they’ll feel from being around all those Disney characters that they know and love will light up your day, too.
Visit to the Museum
If you want to turn your stay in LA into an educational one for your kids, you should visit the museum. Starting with the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County to the California Science Center, or even the Kidspace Children’s Museum in Pasadena, you have many choices. I’m sure a visit to all these places will make your kids smarter.
Visit to the University Studios Hollywood
Your kids could get to see interesting things from some of the most popular movies ever. From the theme park of Jurassic Park to Wisteria Lane from the TV play Desperate Housewives, the Universal Studios Hollywood is a place that we all find wonderful.
1. The passage is intended for those who __________.| A．will go on a business trip to Los Angeles |
| B．plan to have a trip to Los Angeles with their kids |
| C．want to educate their children by travelling abroad |
| D．are interested in the history and culture of Los Angeles |
| A．parents can take a rest there |
| B．it’s the best beach in the world |
| C．children can learn a lot there |
| D．it provides different sports equipment |
| A．the City of Angels refers to Los Angeles |
| B．the beach of Los Angeles sees the most visitors in cold winter |
| C．Natural History Museum is the largest one in Los Angeles |
| D．Wisteria Lane is the director of the TV play Desperate Housewives |
Specialties
Welcome to LoveMama! We are a NY-based Malay, Vietnamese and Thai influenced Southeast Asian Restaurant and Caterer providing you tasty dinner in our Manhattan dining area. We also provide takeout, and catering for individuals and groups or for private events.
History
Established in 2013. With humble beginnings as a food cart, the popularity of Love Mama’s Malaysian street food boosted to opening a Manhattan restaurant in 2014.
Popular ltems
The most commonly ordered items and dishes from this restaurant are as follows: Edamame Dumpling, Korean popcorn chicken, Lucky Noodle, Steak and Bread Pudding.
Reviews
I love this place. The food, customer service and prices were all great. We ordered the RotiCanai Planta, Rendang NasiIemak with chicken. Vegetable Salad Vietnamese Style, and Uncle Plump’s Dumplings The Rendano Nasi Lemak was the highlight of the meal.
My boyfriend forgot to tell them about allergies and told them halfway as they were preparing our order. They responded really well. In the end. we even got to have a nice conversation with the owner of the restaurant. Super great guy! We were pleasantly surprised with the low price at the end of the meal too. If you are in New York, you have to check out LoveMama. Best meal I have had in a while.
——Mary Brooklin
Stopped by here for Valentine’s Day and we were not disappointed. We got 3 different dishes all from the Malaysian portion of the menu as none of us had ever had Malaysian food. The service was fast but not supper attentive, which we didn’t mind at all. For $20 each with tip and feeling full and happy, this is a spot I’d definitely recommend!
——Peter Anderson
1. Where is the LoveMama restaurant?| A．In Thailand. | B．In Malaysia. | C．In Vietnam. | D．In America. |
| A．It can’t provide takeout orders. |
| B．It has customer-friendly business strategies. |
| C．It operates on a first-come-first-served basis. |
| D．It is state-owned and runs around the clock. |
| A．Disappointing. | B．Cost-effective. | C．Time-honored. | D．Average. |
【推荐1】The City of the Future
To find out what young people think about the future of urban life, a teacher at a university in Texas in the United States asked his students to think how they would run a city of 50,000 people in the year 2025. Here are some of the ideas they had:
Garbage ships To get rid of garbage problems, the city will load huge spaceships with waste materials and send them towards the sun, preventing landfill and environmental problems.
Batman Nets Police will arrest criminals by firing nets instead of guns.
Forget smoking No smoking will be allowed within a future city's limits. Smoking will be possible only outside cities, and outdoors.
Forget the malls In the future all shopping will be done online, and catalogues will have voice commands to place orders.
Telephones for life Everyone will be given a telephone number at birth that will never change no matter where they live.
Recreation All forms of recreation, such as cinemas, bowling, softball, concerts and others, will be provided free of charge by the city.
Cars All cars will be powered by electricity, solar energy or wind, and it will be possible to change the colour of cars at the flick of a switch.
Telesurgery Distance surgery will become common as doctors carry out operations from thousands of miles away, with each city having its own telesurgery outpatient clinic.
Holidays at home Senior citizens and people with disabilities will be able to go anywhere in the world using high-tech cameras attached to their head.
Space travel Travelling in space by ordinary citizens will be common. Each city will have its own spaceport.
1. Garbage ships are used to _______.| A．get to the sun | B．protect the environment |
| C．load huge spaceships with materials | D．get rid of problems |
| A．disappear | B．remain popular |
| C．have voice commands | D．place orders |
| A．common diseases | B．outpatient clinic |
| C．distance between cities | D．telesurgery |
【推荐2】Now cities are full of cars. Some families even have two or more cars. Parking (停车) is a great problem, and so is the traffic in and around the cities. Something will have to be done to change it. What will the cars of tomorrow be like?
Little cars may some day take the place of today’s big cars. If everyone drives little cars in the future (将来) there will be less pollution (污染) in the air. There will also be more space for parking cars in cities, and the streets will be less crowded. Three little cars can fit (适合) in the space now needed for one car of the usual size.
The little cars will cost much less to own and to drive. Driving will be safer, too. What is more, these little cars can go about 65 kilometers per (每) hour.
Little cars of the future will be fine for getting around a city, but they will not be useful for long trips. If big cars are still used along with the small ones, two sets of roads will be needed in the future. Some roads will be used for the big, fast cars, and other roads will be needed for the slower small ones.
1. is the big problem for those people who have cars.| A．Money | B．Parking | C．Driver | D．Waiting |
| A．more | B．much | C．less | D．no |
| A．one third of | B．two thirds of | C．as big as | D．as small as |
| A．long trips | B．journeys | C．everyday life | D．sport |
【推荐3】Life in the future will be different from the life today. Between then and now many changes will happen. But what will the changes be?
The population is growing fast. And most of them will live longer than people now.
Computers will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in every room. And computer studies will be one of the important subjects in schools then. People will work fewer hours than they do now and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and travel. Travelling will be much cheaper and easier. And many more people will go to other countries for holidays.
There will be changes in our food, too. More land will be used for building new towns and houses for all the people. Then there will be less room for cows and sheep, so meat will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat it every day. Instead they will eat more fruits and vegetables. Maybe people will be healthier. Work in the future will be different, too. Robots will do dangerous and hard work. Because of this, many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a big problem.
1. In the future there will be________.| A．much more fruits | B．more people | C．fewer vegetables | D．less people |
| A．work long hours | B．work fast | C．walk on foot | D．eat meat |
| A．fruit | B．fish | C．meat | D．rice |
| A．many people don’t have to work |
| B．many people will not be able to find work |
| C．people have to work fast |
| D．all the work will be done by robots |
