【推荐3】Schedule an Appointment at the Center for Women’s Health

Please call your doctor’s office or the clinic as far in advance as possible to schedule your appointments. This will make it easier to choose times that are most convenient for you.

Be sure to register after you have scheduled your first appointment. Registration helps each clinic correctly identify you and your medical information.

If your health plan restricts the clinics you can use, be sure your plan has approved the healthcare you are requesting. This will help you avoid unexpected fees.

Checklist of information you will need when making an appointment

We will ask you for the following information：

Your name

Your date of birth or Social Security number (this helps ensure that your medical information is not confused with someone who has a similar name)

Reasons for the appointment (be as specific as possible so that we can reserve the right amount of time for your visit)

Whether you want a particular doctor or the first available appointment

Canceling an appointment

If you cannot keep your appointment, please call your doctor’s office or clinic as soon as possible or no later than the day before. We realize that sometimes emergencies come up and your plans may change. However, giving us as much notice as possible helps us better serve you and our other patients. When you call, we will help you reschedule for another day and time.

1. From the passage which one is Not true?

A．You can choose some time to make an appointment as long as it’s convenient.

B．You need to register after making your time.

C．You don’t need to call your doctor ahead of schedule.

D．You can avoid some unexpected cost if you choose some suitable clinics.

2. If two persons have a similar name, what can help solve the confusion?

A．The appointment with a doctor.

B．The Social Security number.

C．The birth place.

D．The reasons for an appointment.

3. Which is the last day to cancel your appointment of April 16?

A．April 12.	B．April 13.
C．April 15.	D．April 11.

【推荐1】The Five Best Countries to Move to for Retirement

Retiring in a different country is gaining popularity. Below are five of the best countries to seek retirement.

Costa Rica

Mild climate, breathtaking landscapes and beaches draw retirees to Costa Rica. The country readily welcomes immigrants and offers a simple residency process. With a monthly income of at least $ 1,000 per month from Social Security or a similar source, people enjoy a high standard of living at a much lower cost than the U. S.

Malaysia

Retirees who choose to make Malaysia home will appreciate its rich culture and attractive scenery. Moreover, the country offers modern facilities at modest prices. Immigrants enjoy Convenience and comfort in their daily life. You will find low-cost rental units, delicious street food, and various shopping malls.

Mexico

Because it’s close to the U. S., Mexico draws more than a million American retirees to its borders. Increasing immigrant communities enjoy seaside living and conversations with friendly English speaking locals. Plus, legal residents over the age of 60 receive airline, grocery, and restaurant discounts.

Panama

Gentle ocean wind takes the heat out of hot year-round temperatures, which has been the chief attraction to foreign retirees. Beautiful beaches and a booming economy also attract retirees to Panama. An income of $ 2,000 per month covers modest living costs. Furthermore, the country offers discounts to retirees with a special visa.

1. What do Costa Rica and Malaysia have in common.

A．Convenient shopping.

B．Relatively low living cost.

C．Various cultural activities.

D．Simple immigration procedures.

2. Which country location specially attracts retirees from the U. S.?

A．Malaysia’s.	B．Mexico’s.
C．Panama’s.	D．Costa Rica’s.

3. What is the main reason for retirees to choose Panama?

A．Beautiful beaches.	B．A booming economy.
C．A pleasant climate.	D．Discounts for retirees.

【推荐3】Museums, art galleries and fantastic archaeological sites — they can all be inspirational reasons to travel. Below are several best culture and art group tours for 2017.

1. Caravaggio in Naples

Ace Cultural Tours is offering a new 10-day Route of Caravaggio, which explores the influence of the great painter Caravaggio on the art of his contemporaries and followers. Dr Peter Higginson guides the trip and highlights (亮点) include evening lectures and walking tours of old Valletta.

Departures between November and December,

2. Alexander the Great in Turkey

Offering the chance to be among the first to visit the brand new archaeological museum in Troy which opens early next year, this 12-day The Conquest of Asia Minor tour follows in the footsteps of Alexander the Great. The tour, led by Peter Sommer, includes visits to the temple of Apollo, the tomb of Achilles and the Castle of St Peter.

Departures between March and May,

3. The American dream

This new nine-day Museums of Washington DC and New York tour led by Dr Peter Smith offers visits to some of the US's most celebrated museums. It includes a private tour of the Museum of Modern Art before it opens its doors to the public. There are also stops at George Washington’s home at the White House.

Departures between August and October,

4. Capability Brown landscapes

The influence of landscape (风景) architect Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown's ‘natural’ style has had a deep impact on the English landscape tradition as well as garden styles worldwide. This four-day Brown landscapes tour, led by Dr Paula Nuttall, visits some of Brown’s most striking landscapes and parklands including Croome Court and Bowood House.

Departures between June and October .

1. When can visitors go to visit the Castle of St Peter?

A．In September.	B．In November.
C．In April.	D．In July.

2. What can visitors do on Route of Caravaggio?

A．Visit the temple of Apollo.

B．Go to Museum of Modern Art.

C．Learn something about a great artist.

D．Enjoy striking landscapes and parklands.

3. Who will lead visitors to visit the White House?

A．Dr Peter Smith.	B．Dr Paula Nuttall.
C．Peter Sommer.	D．Dr Peter Higginson.

4. Which tour can you choose if you only have a six-day holiday?

A．Route of Caravaggio.

B．Brown landscapes tour.

C．The Conquest of Asia Minor tour.

D．Museums of Washington DC and New York tour.

【推荐1】Four unusual festivals around the world

The Wife Carrying World Championships — Sonkajärvi, Finland

Although the exact origins of the tradition are unknown because of its long history, but today, wife carrying is practiced around the world. Participants are allowed to carry their wives in various ways, including a piggyback or a fireman’s carry (over the shoulder). The prize for winning the race is the wife’s weight in beer.

The Monkey Buffet (自助餐) Festival — Lopburi, Thailand

You may consider how a monkey would taste, but this is a buffet for monkeys. The local monkeys in Lopburi are gifted with a feast of tons of fruits, vegetables, cakes, and candies every November. After the monkeys are given the treats, youths dressed up as monkeys perform dances. The festival first took place in 1989, run by a local businessman to boost tourism in Lopburi. Luckily for him and the monkeys, it worked.

The Boryeong Mud Festival — Boryeong, South Korea

The festival first took place in 1998, and it was originally created as a marketing event for Boryeong mud cosmetics (化妆品). The mud from Boryeong is considered rich in natural minerals and is used to make beauty products. Popular activities include mud swimming, mud slides and mud skiing.

The La Tomatina Festival — Buñol, Valencia, Spain

The festival has been organized annually in August in Buñol since 1940s, when a noisy crowd take the tomatoes from a vegetable stall and start a food fight. The hour — long tomato fight used up about 145,000 kg of tomatoes in 2015. Since 2013 it has been a ticketed event to limit participants to just 20,000.

1. What will you get if you win the Wife Carrying World Championships?

A．A treat.	B．Lots of beer.
C．Lots of money.	D．A pig.

2. What is the purpose of creating the Monkey Buffet Festival?

A．To taste the monkey.	B．To sell out tomatoes.
C．To promote mud makeup.	D．To develop tourism.

3. Which festival is likely to have the shortest history?

A．The Boryeong Mud Festival.	B．The Monkey Buffet Festival
C．The Wife Carrying World Championships.	D．The La Tomatina Festival.

【推荐3】Creative learning

High school programs at the National Gallery of Art value depth over breadth, exploring original works of art through a single specific question or theme.

High School Studio Workshops

Grades 9-12, Single museum visit, 2.5 hours

These half-day art workshops include an in-depth examination and discussion of works of art in the galleries, followed by behind-the-scenes (幕后的) access to the Education Studio, where students create a related art project.

During the workshop, National Gallery of Art educators will encourage students to look carefully at works of art and then share their responses and they will inspire students to develop theories based on their observations.

Students will have the opportunity to create a work of art in the studio inspired by what they have seen in the galleries.

Museum Makers: Exploring Art and Museums

Grades 11-12

The Museum Makers program explains how museums operate and what they have to offer. It gives upper-level high school students the tools to experience, understand and interpret art. Participants will gain an insider’s view of how an art museum works.

Students meet for seven Saturday sessions from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. Completion of the program requires attendance of all seven sessions.

Creative Writing in the Galleries

Grades 7-12, 90 minutes

Students will provide a voice for their personal responses to art through creative writing while looking at a selection of artworks in the galleries. Using close observation,group discussion, and personal reflection, they will be guided through exercises that use different writing forms, including free-form poetry.

A maximum of 30 students (minimum of l5) will be accommodated (容纳) in each session.

1. What can students do at High School Studio Workshops?

A．Get basic training as an artist.	B．Put forward their own art theories.
C．Discuss with artists about their works.	D．Learn about artists’ hobbies and habits.

2. What can students get from Museum Makers: Exploring Art and Museums?

A．Tools to create artworks.	B．Experience of designing a museum.
C．Knowledge about how museums work.	D．Academic credits for completing all sessions.

3. Which of the following groups can attend Creative Writing in the Galleries in each session?

A．Two families of eight.	B．Thirty Grade 10 students.
C．Forty high school students.	D．Twenty-five college students.

【推荐1】Bricks are one of the oldest known building materials, dating back thousands of years. But researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have found a new use for bricks: as energy storage units. A team of engineers and chemists have found a way to transform an ordinary house brick into a pseudo-battery — allowing it to conduct and store electricity. The bricks are powerful enough to illuminate（点亮）an LED light bulb and cost only about $ 3 to make.

“I love the idea of adding value to things that are inexpensive, things that are affordable, things that we kind of take for granted, ”said Julio D’Arcy, an assistant professor of chemistry at Washington University and one of the researchers on this project.

The brick battery relies on the reddish pigment（色素）known as iron oxide, or rust, that gives red bricks their color. The scientists pumped the bricks with several gases that react with iron oxide to produce a network of plastic fibers. These microscopic fibers coat the empty spaces inside the bricks — and conduct electricity.

“What we’re trying to do is: we’re trying to make specialized plastics that are only used on the nano（纳米）scale — where we use very little of the plastic, and we can actually insert that plastic inside construction materials. ” The study is in the journal Nature Communications.

In the future, D’Arcy says, a brick wall could potentially serve a double purpose: providing structural support and storing electricity generated from renewable energy sources, such as solar panels.

The technology is still at least a few years away from being ready for the commercial market. And right now the energy storage capacity of the bricks is still pretty low — about 1 percent of a lithium battery. But the team is now testing ways to improve brick performance — because it looks like you can teach an old brick new tricks.

1. What appeals to Julio D’Arcy listing bricks as their subjects?

A．Their low expense.	B．Their common existence.
C．Their additional value.	D．Their internal composition.

2. What is the last step of making a brick conduct electricity?

A．Pump the brick with gases.

B．Color the brick red.

C．Produce microscopic fibers.

D．Cover its inner vacancy with microscopic fibers.

3. What will the future bricks be like according to the passage?

A．Construction materials possessing low energy storage capacity.

B．Construction materials generating renewable energy resources.

C．Construction materials used for electricity storage.

D．Construction materials with built-in common plastic.

4. Which word best describes the author’s attitude to the technology?

A．Skeptical.	B．Objective.
C．Conservative.	D．Controversial.

【推荐2】The French submarine is called Le Triomphant, meaning “the winner”. The name of the British submarine is Vanguard, meaning “the leading position in an army”. It’s clear from the submarines’ names that they were made for victory.

However, it was an accident, rather than a victory, that led these two submarines to recently make news headlines across the world.

On February 16, Britain and France admitted that two of their nuclear — armed submarines, HMS Vanguard and Le Triomphant, collided while deep in the Atlantic in early February. Both submarines were on secret patrols (巡逻) and carrying nuclear arms when they collided.

Le Triomphant had no idea that it had run into HMS Vanguard until several days later. The French navy at first believed that Le Triomphant had hit an “object, probably a container (集装箱)”.

Investigations have begun to work out how such a collision could have happened. Both submarines are equipped with state-of-the-art (最先进的) technology that is supposed to find other submarines. Yet, neither submarine saw the other until it was too late.

One idea being considered was that their anti-sonar (抗声呐) equipment, which hides submarines, was just too effective in hiding one from the other.

Submarines use sonar to sense what is in the sea near them. Sonar is a submarine’s ear. Many sea animals use sonar as well. Dolphins produce high-pitched (声调高的) clicks. When these clicks hit an object, some of the sound will echo (发出回声) back to the “sender”. By listening to the echo and working out the time it took before the echo came back, the dolphin can work out how far away the object is.

There are two kinds of sonar: active sonar, which sends out signals, and passive sonar, which listens for signals with extremely sensitive microphones.

The two submarines were designed to be very quiet and as hidden as possible because a submarine’s job description (工作职责) is not to be found. Many modern submarines do not use active sonar, only passive sonar. This makes it very difficult for a submarine to “hear” if another submarine is near.

Britain’s Ministry of Defense (国防部) has said the collision did not lead to any radioactive leaks (放射物泄漏). The chance of a full nuclear explosion was almost impossible. However, experts say that if the walls of the submarines had broken, or a fire had been started, there could have been a major disaster.

A senior British Navy source told The Sun newspaper that the possible consequences of such a collision were “unthinkable”.

“It’s very unlikely there would have been a nuclear explosion. But a radioactive leak was a possibility. That would have been a national disaster.” he said.

1. What has made HMS Vanguard and Le Triomphant well known recently?

A．Their names carried very positive meanings.

B．They collided in the Atlantic this February.

C．They are both equipped with advanced technology.

D．They are both nuclear-armed submarines.

2. What’s the probable reason for the accident?

A．The two submarines were moving at a high speed.

B．Their anti-sonar equipment was too effective.

C．They were not equipped with active sonar.

D．The submarines were designed to be too quiet.

3. Which of the following is the right order in which the dolphin senses the object’s position?
a. The sound hitting the object.
b. Producing high-pitched sound.
c. The sound echoing back.
d. Working out the time to come back.
e. Receiving the sound.

A．b—a—c—d—e	B．d—a—e—c—b
C．b—c—d—a—e	D．b—a—c—e—d

4. Which of the following is NOT true about the passage?

A．Both of the submarines carried nuclear arms when they collided.

B．Many modern submarines do not use passive sonar so as to be as hidden as possible.

C．The collision may have caused a disaster if a fire had been started.

D．There would have been a nuclear explosion if the two submarines had collided harder.

【推荐3】

CONTEST RULES ·Entries may be submitted(上交) no earlier than January 1, 2008, and will not be accepted until three winners are identified or December 31, 2008 whichever comes first. ·There is no cost to enter. ·Entrants must be at least 18 years of age. ·Any form and style is acceptable for this competition: fiction, observational essay, humor, etc. poetry is not acceptable. ·Total length of writing must be 500-1500 words, including any necessary notes or citations. ·Writing must be original, never before published, and entirely the work and property of the person who submits it. Ghostwritten is not acceptable. PRIZES Winners will receive ·$50 cash ·Professional editing of their winning entries. ·Publication of their entries in Word-wise. ·Recognition via press releases announcing the winning entries and introducing the authors. HOW TO ENTER ·Save your completed writing as a Word, WordPerfect, Open Document, or plain text file. ·Title the file with your first and last name. For example, Elton Smith would title his Word document thus: elton-smith.doc. ·Email the file as an attachment to contest2008@adminmaven.com. Use the subject line “Work-wise Writing Contest” to avoid being removed to the span bin. ·Entries submitted before the opening date of January1, 2008, will be deleted. Once the contest closes, further entries will be deleted.

1. Ghostwritten work in “CONTEST RULES” might be ________.

A．written by someone other than the author

B．science fiction difficult to understand

C．a long essay in a very strange writing style

D．full of citations from other writers

2. To enter the writing contest, one ________.

A．has to pay a fee

B．must submit work by January 1, 2008

C．needs an eye-catching title for his word document

D．can submit any form or style of writing but a poem

3. Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A．The final results will come out on December 31, 2008.

B．All entries must be emailed to contest2008@adminmaven.com.

C．One can not add a note to a 1,500-word essay for the contest.

D．the winning entries will be edited and published.