Grown-ups are often surprised by how well they remember something they learned as children but have never practiced ever since. A man who has not had a chance to go swimming for years can still swim as well as ever when he gets back in the water. He can get on a bicycle after many years and still ride away. He can play, catch and hit a ball as well as his son. A mother who has not thought about the words for years can teach her daughter the poem that begins “Twinkle, twinkle, little star” or remember the story of Cinderella or Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
One explanation is the law of overlearning, which can be stated as follows: Once we have learned something, extra learning trials (尝试) increase the length of time we will remember it.
In childhood we usually continue to practice such skills as swimming, bicycle riding, and playing baseball long after we have learned them. We continue to listen to and remind ourselves of words such as “Twinkle, twinkle, little star” and childhood tales such as Cinderella and Goldilocks. We not only learn but overlearn.
The multiplication tables (乘法口诀表) are an exception (例外) to the general rule that we forget rather quickly the things that we learn in school, because they are another of the things we overlearn in childhood.
The law of overlearning explains why cramming (突击学习) for an examination, though it may result in a passing grade, is not a satisfactory way to learn a college course. By cramming, a student may learn the subject well enough to get by on the examination, but he is likely soon to forget almost everything he learned. A little overlearning, on the other hand, is really necessary for one’s future development.
1. What is the main idea of Paragraph 1?| A．People remember well what they learned in childhood. |
| B．Children have a better memory than grown-ups. |
| C．Poem reading is a good way to learn words. |
| D．Stories for children are easy to remember. |
| A．presenting research findings |
| B．setting down general rules |
| C．making a comparison |
| D．using examples |
| A．Commonly accepted rules. |
| B．The multiplication tables. |
| C．Things easily forgotten. |
| D．School subjects. |
| A．It’s helpful only in a limited way. |
| B．It leads to failure in college exams. |
| C．It’s possible to result in poor memory. |
| D．It increases students’ learning interest. |
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【推荐1】As digital devices have taken over society, “keyboard activity is now often recommended as a replacement for early handwriting,” a new study notes. The idea is that typing may be easier for young children.
The potential benefits of handwriting for learning and memory have been debated for some time. The new study set out to answer two questions. How does handwriting compare to using a keyboard or drawing when it comes to learning new information? And how similar are handwriting and drawing?
In all, 12 adults and 12 seventh-graders took part. Researchers asked each of them to write and draw with a digital pen. Each was also asked to type on a keyboard. While performing these tasks, each volunteer wore a cap that held electrodes (电极) next to their head. It looked somewhat like a hair net fitted with 256 sensors, which recorded the volunteers’ brainwaves, a type of electrical activity, as EEGs.
The electrodes noted which parts of the brain turned on during each task. And they showed that the brain activity was about the same in both the kids and the adults. Writing turned on memory areas in the brain. Typing didn’t. Drawing images and writing also turned on parts of the brain involved with learning. Writing even activated language areas.
This suggests, according to Van der Meer, the new study’s leader, that when we write by hand, “we both learn better and remember better.” Her team now suggests “that children, from an early age, must be exposed to handwriting and drawing activities in school.”
These new findings back up other studies showing potential benefits of handwriting, says Joshua Weiner, who was not involved with the new study. His own students type faster than they can write, he finds. Slowing down seems to require them to “think more” when taking notes, he says. He adds that this could “improve memory and enhance learning.” Weiner concludes that “writing may be beneficial” as it involves more of a “brain response”.
Van der Meer recognizes that learning to write by hand is a slower process. She is also aware that it requires fine motor skills. But, she adds, “If we don’t challenge our brain, it can’t reach its full potential.”
1. A cap was used in the experiment to ________.| A．give the volunteers instructions |
| B．record the volunteers’ every move |
| C．help the volunteers better focus on the task |
| D．keep track of the volunteers’ brain activity |
| A．The tools invented by the researchers. | B．The background of the participants. |
| C．The process of the experiment. | D．The application of the study. |
| A．Typing made the brain more active. |
| B．Writing turned on more areas in the brain. |
| C．Drawing activated the area related to memory. |
| D．Adults could do better than kids in taking notes. |
| A．Keyboards should be used as little as possible. |
| B．Requirements for hand-written notes will benefit kids. |
| C．The process of writing slows down the brain response. |
| D．Typing gives us a chance to improve memory and learning. |
【推荐2】A study, which was published in the magazine Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, found that women may consider men wearing face masks as more attractive. The researchers find that not only do coverings change people's attractiveness but the type of covering plays a role as well.
Dr. Michael Lewis, a professor at Cardiff University’s School of Psychology, said,“Research carried out before the pandemic found that medical face masks reduce attractiveness — so we wanted to test whether this had changed since face coverings became omnipresent during the spread of COVID-19 and understand whether the type of mask had any effect.”
“Our study suggests that faces are considered most attractive when covered with medical face masks. This may be because we're used to healthcare workers wearing blue masks and now we associate these with people in caring or medical professions,”Lewis explained.“At a time when we feel insecure, we may find the wearing of medical masks reassuring(使人安心的) and so feel more positive towards the wearer.”
The study also suggested that people's faces were thought of as dramatically more attractive when covered with masks compared with being uncovered.“ Some of this effect may be a result of being able to hide undesirable features in the lower part of the face --- but this effect was present for both less attractive and more attractive people,” Lewis said. The team conducted the study by asking 43 women to rank the attractiveness of images of men's faces without a mask, wearing a cloth mask, wearing a blue medical mask, and holding a black book covering the area a face mask would hide.
The participants said those wearing a cloth mask were more attractive than the ones with no masks or whose faces were partly covered by the book. But the surgical mask--- which was just a normal kind----made the wearer look even better.
“The results are opposite of the pre-pandemic research where it was thought masks made people think about disease and the persons should be avoid," said Lewis. “ The pandemic has changed our mind in how we treat the wearers of masks. When we see someone wearing a mask we no longer think‘that person has a disease,I need to stay away'.
1. Which of the following can replace the underlined word“omnipresent” in Paragraph 2?| A．Illegal. | B．Strange. | C．Common. | D．Outdated. |
| A．Blue masks make men look powerful. |
| B．Blue masks are related to medical professions. |
| C．Blue masks help women focus on men's faces directly. |
| D．Blue masks can hide undesirable features on men's faces. |
| A．The one with a cloth mask. | B．The one with a blue mask. |
| C．The one with no masks. | D．The one totally covered by the book. |
| A．Face masks make people more attractive |
| B．Less attractive men are more affected by masks |
| C．Face masks may reduce women's attractiveness |
| D．Masks change the features of our faces effectively |
To perfect a particular smell, perfume-makers often use an ingredient that comes from sperm whales, called ambergris (龙涎香). But using ambergris, which helps a perfume last longer, is strongly opposed by many people who think it is wrong to kill whales just so we can smell sweet. Joerg Bohlmann is neither a perfumer nor a whale expert. He's a plant biologist at the University of British Columbia in Canada. But his discovery of a new plant gene (基因) might push whales out of the perfume business.
The gene comes from fir trees, found throughout North America and commonly used as Christmas trees. The trees produce a chemical that can be used in perfume in place of ambergris-but with a catch "There's a problem that many people wouldn't consider. In the tree, the chemical is mixed with many others. That makes separation a challenge," Bohlmann says. "lt's like trying to isolate sugar from a biscuit. "
This is where science becomes useful. When Bohlmann learned that fir trees produce the ambergris-like chemical, he decided to use his gene know-how to find the instructions for how to make the ambergris-substitute.
Bohlmann found that gene and took it out of the tree cells. Then he did something that might sound strange to someone who doesn't work in genetics: Bohlmann put the gene from the tree into yeast (酵母) cells.
Yeast may sound familiar because it's used to make things like bread, wine and beer. Biologists like to work with yeast because it easily adopts new genes and changes its features and behaviour. When Bohlmann put the fir tree gene into the yeast, the yeast started making the same chemical that had been produced by the tree.
Perfumers pay big money for ambergris because it is a fixative, which means it holds a smell in place on a person's body.
"Cheap perfumes smell good in the first hour or so and then everything is gone," explains Bohlmann. "But expensive perfumes are much more stable. Their smell lasts much longer, for hours or even a day after you apply them. "
The new chemical, made from the tree genes, can be used as a fixative, too. And using yeast to make it is far cheaper than acquiring ambergris.
Bohlmann admits he never thought he'd get into the perfume business. But now, he says, producers have been calling to find out how to use his technology in new perfumes.
1. It can be inferred from the passage that if a perfume contains ambergris, .
| A．its user probably supports whale hunting |
| B．it is probably very expensive |
| C．its smell will last for about an hour |
| D．there will be a whale symbol on the bottle |
| A．being difficult to hold |
| B．being too similar |
| C．having a hidden problem |
| D．needing further testing |
| A．They're much cheaper to use than ambergris. |
| B．They can reproduce much faster than other cells. |
| C．They share some of the qualities of plant genes. |
| D．They can take on the characteristics of other genes. |
| A．He is opposed to whale hunting. |
| B．He made his discovery during Christmas. |
| C．He has worked in the perfume industry for many years. |
| D．He has previously done genetic research. |
【推荐1】One of the greatest sources of unhappiness, in my experience, is the difficulty we have in accepting things as they are.
When we see something we don’t like, we wish it could be different. We cry out for something better. That may be human nature，or perhaps it’s something ingrained(根深蒂固的) in our culture. The root of the unhappiness isn’t necessarily that we want things to be different. However, it’s that we decided we didn’t like it in the first place. We’ve judged it as bad, rather than saying, “It’s not bad or good, and it just is it.”
In one of my books, I said，“You should expect people to mess up and expect things to go differently than you planned.” Some readers said it’s too sorrowful to expect things to go wrong. However, it’s only negative if you see it as negative and judge it as bad. Instead，you could accept it as the way the world works and try to understand why that is.
This can be applied to whatever you do:how other people act at work, how politics works and how depressing the news media can be. Accept these things as they are, and try to understand why they’re that way. It will save you a lot of sadness, because you’ll no longer say, “Oh, I wish bad things didn’t happen!”
Does it mean you can never change things？Not at all. But change things not because you can’t accept things as they are, but because you enjoy the process of changing, learning and growing.
Can we make this world a better place？You can say that you’ll continue to try to do things to help others, to grow as a person, to make a difference in this world. That’s the correct path you choose to take, because you enjoy that path. Therefore, when you find yourself judging and wishing for difference, try a different approach:accept, and understand. It might lead to some interesting results.
1. The author believes that we feel unhappy maybe because .| A．we dislike something in the beginning |
| B．it is our natural emotion in the life |
| C．culture asks us to be different from others |
| D．everyone has their own opinions on things |
| A．acting well at work and in politics |
| B．feeling depressed for the news media |
| C．accepting and understanding what has happened |
| D．saying something negative when bad things come |
| A．Judging good or bad is important for our world. |
| B．Expecting things to be different gives us hope. |
| C．Traditional culture becomes the root of unhappiness. |
| D．Accepting can make our life happier and better. |
【推荐2】Today’s grandparents are joining grandchildren on social media, but the different generation’s online habits couldn’t be more different. The over-55s are joining Facebook in increasing numbers, meaning that they will soon be the site’s second biggest user group, with 3.5 million users aged 55-64 and 2.9 million over-65s.
Sheila, aged 59, says, “I joined to see what my grandchildren are doing, as my daughter posts videos and photos of them. It’s a much better way to see what they’re doing than waiting for letters and photos in the post. I think I’m lucky I get to see so much more of their lives than my grandparents did.”
However, Sheila’s grandchildren are less likely to use Facebook themselves. Children under 17 are leaving the site—only 2.2 million users are under 17---but they’re not going far from their smartphones. Chloe, age 15, even sleeps with her phone. “It’s my alarm clock so I have to,” she says. “I look at it before I go to sleep and as soon as I wake up.”
Teenagers might have their parents to thank for their smartphone and social media addiction as their parents were the early adopters of the smartphone. Peter, 38 and father of two teenagers, reports that he used to be on his phone or laptop constantly. He says, “How could I tell my kids to get off their phones is I was always in front of a screen myself?” So, in the evenings and at weekends, he takes his SIM card out of his smartphone and puts it into an old-style mobile phone that can only make calls and send text messages. “I’m not completely separated from the world if emergent, but the important thing is that I’m setting a better example to my kids and spending more quality time with them.”
Is it only a matter of time until the generation above and below Peter catches up with the new trend (趋势) for a less digital life?
1. How does Sheila feel about social media?| A．Useful. | B．Disappointed. | C．Useless. | D．Addicted. |
| A．To make calls to his boss. |
| B．To stop his work. |
| C．To set a good example to his kids. |
| D．To catch up with the new trend. |
| A．different | B．figured out | C．cut off | D．protected |
| A．Children under 17 don’t use smartphone at all. |
| B．Chloe is one of the early adopters of the smartphone. |
| C．Today’s grandparents enjoy a life without social media. |
| D．People may enjoy a less digital life in the near future. |
【推荐3】Anger seems simple when we are feeling it, but the causes of anger are various. Knowing these causes can make us examine our behavior and correct bad habits. The main reasons we get angry are triggering (触发) events, Personality features, and our judgement of situations .Understanding these reasons will control our own anger if we are willing to reflect on what we have done.
Triggering events for anger are so many that to describe them all would take hundreds of pages. However, here are some examples: being cut off in traffic, a deadline approaching, experiencing physical pain, and much more. Not everyone acts the same in response to events, and that is why what triggers one person may or may not trigger another. The reason why someone is triggered by something and others are not is often due to one's personal history and personality features.
Each person, no matter who they are, has mental imbalances. People who are competitive and easily get upset are much more likely to get angry. Having these personality features implies the pre-anger state, where anger is in the background of your mind. Also, sometimes pre-anger does not have to do with a lasting condition, but rather a temporary state before a triggering event has happened.
Our attitude and viewpoint on situations can create anger within us as well. sometimes even things that happen regularly become sources of pre-anger, or anger itself. Sometimes ignorance and negative thoughts on situations can create anger.
Anger is a particularly strong feeling and maybe people think that that they have reasons to feel angry. However, anger can easily turn violent, and it is best to know the reasons for anger to appear in order to prevent its presence. With these main reasons in mind, we can judge our level of anger throughout the day and prevent such cases by ungerstanding the reasons for our feelings.
1. What can we learn about anger from the text?| A．The reasons for anger are usually simple and similar. |
| B．Discovering the causes for anger will surely make us avoid anger. |
| C．Anger can only be reduced but can not be stopped. |
| D．Reactions to events vary from person to person. |
| A．being caught in a heavy rain | B．finding the traffic smooth |
| C．having terrible toothache | D．failing to hand in homework on time |
| A．Why Do We Get Angry? | B．What is Anger? |
| C．How Can We Prevent Anger? | D．When Do We Get Angry? |
【推荐1】You probably have a resume (个人简历) that you adjust from time to time, adding skills here or new titles there. It’s important to keep your resume updated to reflect your growing set of abilities and accomplishments. But it might come as a surprise to hear that The New York Times recommends writing a second resume. You list your failures, mistakes, and struggles along the way. By keeping track of your failures and reflecting on them in a way that’s constructive, you can learn from your mistakes and achieve more in the future.
Here’s how it works: In the format of your choice, make a list of your failures, whether it’s schools that rejected you, projects that failed, or goals you didn’t quite achieve. The key is not to dwell on these mistakes for hours, according to Melanie Stefan, a lecturer at Edinburgh Medical School who inspired several academics to create their own failure resumes a few years ago.
“If you dare and can afford to make it public, it will be six times as long as your normal resume. It will probably be totally discouraging at first sight,” Stefan wrote in an article that originally appeared in the journal Nature.
“But it will remind you of the missing truths, some of the essential parts of what it means to be a scientist and it might inspire a colleague to shake off a rejection and start again.”
Scientists aren’t the only ones who can benefit from reflecting on their mistakes. J.K. Rowling, for instance, is one of the many wildly successful people who has spoken publicly about her failures. And researchers at Columbia University announced last year that they planned to interview Nobel winners about their own failures in an attempt to better understand how personal and professional losses can promote learning.
1. What can be found in the failure resume?| A．Skills and new titles. | B．Abilities and achievements. |
| C．Goals and academic results. | D．Failures, mistakes and struggles. |
| A．Thoroughly forget. | B．Always think about. |
| C．Completely avoid. | D．Repeatedly correct. |
| A．To make the “failure resume” public. | B．To remind people of the missing truths. |
| C．To show how failures can improve learning. | D．To inspire more people to start all over again. |
| A．Doubtful. | B．Approving. |
| C．Negative. | D．Tolerant. |
【推荐2】A breathtaking trick potentially left over from our ancestors might be found in us - the ability to sense oxygen through our skin.
Amphibians, animals such as frogs that can live both on land and in water, have long been known to be capable of breathing through their skin. In fact, the first known lungless frog that breathes only through its skin was discovered recently in the rivers of Borneo.
Now the same oxygen sensors found in frog skins and in the lungs of mammals (哺乳动物) have unexpectedly been discovered in the skin of mice.
“No one had ever looked,” explained Randall Johnson, a biologist researcher.
Mice and frogs are quite distant relatives, so the fact they have these molecules(分子) in common in their skin suggests they might well be found in the skin of other mammals, such as humans.
“We have no reason to think that they are not in the skin of people too,” Johnson said.
These molecules not only detect oxygen, but help increase levels of vital red blood cells, which carry oxygen around the body. Normal mice breathing in air that is 10 percent oxygen-a dangerously low level similar to conditions at the top of Mount Everest, and about half that of air at sea level. However, mice that had the oxygen sensor HIF-1a genetically removed from their skin failed to produce this hormone (荷尔蒙) even after hours of such low oxygen.
These findings, if they hold true in humans, suggest one could raise the level of oxygen circulating inside the body. This could help treat lung diseases and disorders such as anemia (贫血症) without injecting drugs, which make up a multibillion-dollar market, Johnson said.
Athletes also often try to get more oxygen delivered to their muscles in order to improve their performance. They often do this by training at high altitudes or in low-oxygen tents. The new study suggests they might want to expose their skin as well as breathing in low-oxygen air to improve their performance. “It’s hard to say what exactly might be done, however-there’s a lot we don’t know yet,” Johnson explained.
The scientists detailed their findings in the April 18 issue of the journal Cell.
1. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?| A．Johnson believes that Oxygen sensors also exist in human skin. |
| B．People have to surf the Internet to read detailed findings. |
| C．It has been proved that these findings help treat lung diseases. |
| D．It has long been expected oxygen sensors exist in mice’s skin. |
| A．carrying oxygen around the body | B．improving athletes’ performance |
| C．detecting oxygen | D．increasing level of oxygen |
| A．balancing | B．growing | C．moving | D．gathering |
| A．Negative | B．Doubting | C．Positive | D．Hesitating |
【推荐3】Is looking fashionable more important than being comfortable? Many people seem to think so, judging by the things they wear. But fashion is not everything. It is more important to be a healthy and good person.
People go to great lengths to be fashionable. Some people think they have to have a certain body type, so they go on extreme, unhealthy diets in order to change their bodies. In addition, many women wear uncomfortable fashions, such as high-heeled shoes that create blisters and tight body shapers that limit blood flow. Men and women alike spend time and money on products that change their natural hair color and use hot irons and blow dryers to curl or straighten their hair. Some people spend several hours a day in front of a mirror. Is fashion important enough to spend so much time and effort on changing how you look like?
If the purpose of fashion is to make a person feel good, it does not make sense that he or she would go through so much discomfort to be fashionable. Fashion should not come first. People should prioritize being healthy and positive. What people wear does not indicate anything about their personalities. Instead of spending hours choosing a suit, perhaps you should call your friends and do something together! Instead of going on strict diets and starving, why not eat some healthy foods and then exercise? By doing these things, you can keep a healthy lifestyle and truly grow as a person.
1. The author’s main purpose in writing the text is to ________.| A．show readers advantages and disadvantages of dieting |
| B．persuade readers to value health more than fashion |
| C．tell readers ways to become fashionable |
| D．inform readers of the latest fashion trends |
| A．Fashion can make people do some unhealthy things. |
| B．Fashion increases famous people’s self-respect. |
| C．When you look good, you feel good. |
| D．People need to diet to lose weight. |
| A．Shopping for fashionable clothes. |
| B．Starting a new diet with a friend. |
| C．Going skating with friends. |
| D．Changing the hairstyle every week. |
【推荐1】While it may seem like only a handful of languages are used around the world, the reality is that a vast number are spoken by people in different countries and cultures. In fact, linguists suggest that around 6,500 languages are now used for daily communication. The diversity in languages, however, is declining. Over 400 languages were lost over the last 100 years, and about 50% of the languages remaining today are expected to disappear over the next century. In other words, one language will go extinct every two weeks.
Thousands of the current living languages are spoken by indigenous individuals. These languages are usually only spoken at home by older generations and not taught in schools, and thus children do not become fluent speakers. Additionally, once they become adults, they are less likely to need knowledge of the indigenous language in their daily lives and instead adapt more commonly spoken tongues like English. Because of this movement toward more powerful languages, the language will become extinct over time.
Researchers are currently recording and documenting some of the most severely endangered languages to ensure a record remains after the last speaker is long gone. The idea behind this practice is that the language could be revived at some point in the future if a person or group of people should be interested in bring the tongue back to life. Another way of protecting languages is by teaching children the language. By encouraging children to study and become fluent in a language, linguists hope it will survive through them and be passed along to future generations.
1. What is the second paragraph mainly about?| A．The reason for language dying. | B．The influence of powerful languages. |
| C．The approach to saving languages. | D．The analysis on language speakers. |
| A．Reintroduced. | B．Preserved. | C．Mastered. | D．Invented. |
| A．By giving examples. | B．By analyzing cause and effect. |
| C．By making comparison. | D．By presenting problem and solution. |
【推荐2】There's an organization in England called Playing Out that is trying to send more children outdoors to play. In an ideal world, a child can step outside and enjoy whatever environment he or she encounters. However, many only encounter car-filled streets. Playing Out wants this to change, and its directors invited environmental writer and activist George Monbiot to have a public conversation about how to cope with such a challenge. What follows are some thoughts on the highlights of the conversation,
First, we mustn't underestimate the positive influence of community on a child's wellbeing. It's an essential human need to feel a sense of belonging in a physical space. Monbiot says he gets this sense from his garden, where being in an outdoor physical location connects him with people from all over the community, who are sharing that space.
The greatest threat to modern children's outdoor play is the presence of cars. Monbiot describes neighborhoods where there's minimal traffic. The lines linking houses are closely connected. Compare that to neighborhoods where busy streets bisect (平分) neighborhoods and there's hardly any interaction between households. The busy traffic literally cuts through the threads, and destroys the society's fabric.
This is unfair because children have the right to use land and space as well. But their opinions are ignored when land is being developed. According to Monbiot, children should be allowed to weigh in on how they want neighborhoods to look. He said, "Children have fantastically creative solutions to problems adults can't solve."
Whether it's streets, parks, rivers, or public squares, children need to get out there and fill those spaces with their games, voices and laughter. Not only will it make them healthier, but it'll teach them to be better citizens, knowing how to interact with others and the natural world.
1. What does the underlined word "this" in paragraph 1 refer to?| A．Children's unwillingness to play outside. |
| B．The possible benefit of outdoor activities. |
| C．Loss of space for children's outdoor play. |
| D．The challenge of cutting back on vehicles. |
| A．By delivering a public speech online. |
| B．By describing his personal experience. |
| C．By explaining the sense of belonging. |
| D．By giving the result of his research. |
| A．It reduces their access to green spaces. |
| B．It exposes them to deadly dangers. |
| C．It increases their knowledge of traffic safety. |
| D．It threatens their interpersonal connections. |
| A．Children's voices should be heard in community planning. |
| B．Children should be allowed to encounter challenges. |
| C．Vehicles are to blame for children's worsening lives. |
| D．Vehicles should be reduced to improve people's lives. |
【推荐3】There is no better way to enjoy Scottish traditions than going fishing and tasting a little whisky(威士忌) at a quiet place like the Inverlochy Castle. When Queen Victoria visited there in 1873 she wrote in her diary, “I never saw a lovelier spot,” And she didn't even go fishing.
Scotland is not easily defined. In certain moments, this quiet land of lakes and grass mountains changes before your very eyes. When evening gently sweeps the hillside into orange, the rivers, teeming with fish, can turn into streams of gold. As you settle down with just a people and a basket on the bank of River Orchy, near the Inverlochy Castle, any frustration will float away as gently as the circling water. It's just you and purple, pink, white flowers, a perfect harmony. If you are a new comer to fishing, learning the basics from a fishing guide may leave you with a lifetime's fun. For many, fishing is more than a sport; it is an art.
Scotland offers interesting place where you can rest after a long day's fishing. Set against a wild mountain and hidden behind woodland, the beautiful Inverlochy Castle Hotel below the Nevis is a perfect place to see the beauty of Scotland's mountains. Ben Nevis is the highest of mountains, and reaching its 1342-metre top is a challenge. But it's not just what goes up that matters; what comes down is unique. More than 900 metres high, on the mountain's north face, lies an all-important source of pure water. Its name comes form the Gaelic language "usqueb" or "water of life"; and it is the single most important ingredient(原料) in Scotland's best known whisky.
1. The story of Queen Victoria is to show that .| A．the queen is rich in tour experience |
| B．the Castle is a good place to go in Scotland |
| C．tasting whisky is better than going fishing |
| D．1873 is a special year for the queen |
| A．By giving descriptions. | B．By following time order. |
| C．By analyzing causes. | D．By making comparisons. |
| A．The Inverlochy Castle Hotel. |
| B．The beauty of its surroundings. |
| C．The water from the mountain. |
| D．The challenge up to its top. |
| A．To introduce Scottish traditions to tourists. |
| B．To show the attractions of Scotland to readers. |
| C．To explore geographical characteristics of Scotland. |
| D．To describe the pleasures of life in Scotland. |
