【推荐1】Trip 1 One Week in The Mountains

Bring your strong shoes and warm clothes for this walk in a beautiful area of the Green Mountains. You may go hiking or have a try of rock climbing. This is also a protection area for wild animals. You can find many kinds of animals living in this area.

Time: May 8-May 14; Tel:64639818; Adult: $ 110.00; Child: $ 55.00

Trip 2 Three Days in The Country

There are many beautiful gardens. Take your camera and enjoy the wonderful sight in Hunter Valley. It is a good place for fishing and horse riding. You can also find different kinds of flowers here. This is also a great walk for bird-lovers.

Time: May 20-May 22; Tel: 63986432; Adult: $ 50.00; Child: $ 25.00

Trip 3 Flashlight Adventure

Put on your warm clothes, bring a flashlight, and come for a night walk along the Dungog Valley. It is a trip full of adventure. A guide will lead the tour. Many of the plants you will see on this trip can only be seen at night.

Time: May 16-May 18; Tel: 63875629; Adult: $ 30.00; Not for children

Trip 4 Five Day By The Sea

Wear you sun hat and enjoy wonderful sunshine all the time from morning to evening. Our hotel is next to the sea. We have our own boats too. You can swim in the sea or in the swimming pool. Every day our boat will take you to different places for swimming.

Time: May 23-May 27; Tel: 67538293; Adult: $ 80.00; Child : $ 40.00

1. Sam wants to stay in Hunter Valley with his wife, his five-year-old daughter and his   seven-year-old son. How much will it cost?

A．$25.

B．$50

C．$100.

D．$150.

2. David loves sports. He will take his holiday from May 7 to May 15. What activity will he probably take part in?

A．Hiking in the mountains.	B．Fishing in the country.
C．Watching plants at night.	D．Swimming   in   the   sea.

3. Lucy is a college student. She is quite interested in science. She wants to know   something about the life of plants at night. Which trip will she choose?

A．Trip 1.

B．Trip 2.

C．Trip 4

D．Trip 3.

【推荐3】The value-packed, all-inclusive sight-seeing package that combines the best of Sydney’s harbor, city, bay and beach highlights.
A SydneyPass gives you unlimited and flexible travel on the Explorer Buses: the ‘red’ Sydney Explorer shows you around our exciting city sights while the ‘blue’ Bondi Explorer visits Sydney Harbour bays and famous beaches. Take to the water on one of three magnificent daily harbor cruises (游船). You can also travel free on regular Sydney Buses, Sydney Ferries or CityRail services (limited area), so you can go to every corner of this beautiful city.
Imagine browsing at Darling Harbour, tasting the famous seafood at Watsons Bay or enjoying the city lights on an evening ferry cruise. The possibilities and plans are endless with a SydneyPass. Wherever you decide to go, remember that bookings are not required on any of our services so tickets are treated on a first in, first seated basis.
SydneyPasses are available for 3, 5 or 7 days for use over a 7-calendar-day period. With a 3 or 5-day pass you choose on which days out of the 7 you want to use it. All SydneyPasses include a free Airport Express inward trip before starting your 3, 5 or 7 days, and the return trip is valid   for 2 months from the first day your ticket was used.
SydneyPass Fares

	Adult	Child*	Family**
3-day ticket	$90	$45	$225
5-day ticket	$120	$60	$300
7-day ticket	$140	$70	$350

*A child is defined as anyone from the ages of 4 years to under 16 years. Children under 4 years travel free.
**A family is defined as 2 adults and any number of children from 4 to under 16 years of age from the same family.
1. A SydneyPass doesn’t offer unlimited rides on ________.

A．the Explorer Buses	B．the harbor cruises
C．regular Sydney Buses	D．CityRail services

2. With a SydneyPass, a traveller can ________.

A．save fares from and to the airport

B．take the Sydney Explorer to beaches

C．enjoy the famous seafood for free

D．reserve seats easily in a restaurant

3. If 5-day tickets were to be recommended to a mother who travelled with her colleague and her children, aged 3, 6 and 10, what would the lowest cost be?

A．$225.

B．$300.

C．$360.

D．$420.

【推荐1】Would you like to work at home in the future? Working from home gets a bad rap (名声）.Google the phrase 一 you’ll see a cheat or low-level jobs.

But Stanford Graduate School of Business professor Nicholas Bloom says requiring workers to be in the office is an outdated work tradition. It ignores(忽视）today’s fine communications methods and long commutes(通勤）and actually hurts firms and workers.

“Working from home is a future-looking technology, ” Bloom told an audience during a program TEDx-Stanford, “and I think it has a bright future. ” To test his idea, Bloom, with co-researcher James, did research on a largest travel company, Chip. They invited volunteers to a study in which half worked from home for nine months, coming into the office one day a week and half worked only from the office. Bloom tracked (跟踪）these two groups for about two years. The results? “We found a 13% improvement in performance from people working at home. ” Bloom Rays. Two reasons led to that uptick: First, people working from home actually work all the time. As to people working from the office, they might be delayed by traffic or take a long-time lunch with a workmate. They are less likely to be on the clock for the full workday. Second, Bloom says, people at home are able to concentrate better. “The office is actually an amazingly noisy environment, ‘ There’s a cake in the break room; Bob’s leaving, so come and join us for dinner. ’”

Also, his study found that workers’ quitting jobs at the company dropped by 50% when they were allowed to work from home.

Bloom hopes this example helps kill the negative (负面的）opinions on working from borne. For workers they’re much more productive and happier. For managers, you don’t have to spend so much time hiring(雇佣）and training people. For firms，you make far more profit (利润）.For society，there，s a huge saving of reducing traffic jams, driving times and，finally, pollution.

1. According to Nicholas Bloom, people working from the office usually .

A．Get low salaries.

B．Have rich working resources.

C．Waste a lot of time on the way.

D．Develop strong communication skills.

2. What does the underlined word “uptick” in Paragraph 4 most probably mean?

A．Increase.	B．Popularity.
C．Failure.	D．Fall.

3. What’s an advantage of working from home according to Nicholas Bloom?

A．It can reduce traffic jams and pollution.

B．It makes workers’ family life much happier.

C．It can strengthen the ties of the whole company.

D．It builds up managers’ experience in training workers.

4. We can infer from the passage that      .

A．working from home will still have a bad rap

B．working at the office is better than at home

C．fewer people will quit jobs in the future

D．working from home is a future-looking

【推荐2】PCs are no longer the only things that can be hacked（非法侵入）. Anything with an electronic pulse, including cars, TVs and refrigerators, is now a target for hackers. Here are several strangest hacks that show where the future is headed:

Remote-controlling a car – Well-known security researcher Charlie Miller is able to control a car by accessing the automotive computer. In 2011, a security company figured out how to unlock a car and start it just by texting and back in 2010, someone hacked into100 cars in Texas, causing them to honk（鸣响）uncontrollably before he remotely disabled them.

Cyber Murder – In Season 2 of Show Time’s homeland series, hackers kill the US Vice President by hacking his pacemaker（心脏起搏器）. Typical Hollywood B. S., right? No. It could actually happen. Well-known security researcher Barnaby Jack, who sadly passed away in July at the age of 35, had been prepared to demonstrate at Back Hat how to hack a pacemaker over Wi-Fi. The attack could kill a person by giving the pacemaker a high-voltage shock.

Spy Phone – By now, more people are becoming aware of the potential for a phone to be hacked. But what many fail to realize is the awesome potential of a smart phone to affect you, it has been hacked.

When Your TV Watches You – This type of hack makes it possible to monitor people in their homes via the internet. Smart TVs aren’t that common yet, but in the next few years they could become an important part of the living room, so watch out.

1. The main purpose of this text is to ________.

A．promote hacking technology

B．demonstrate how hacks work today

C．teach people how to avoid being hacked

D．enrich people’s knowledge of hacks’ new trend

2. According to Cyber Murder, we know that Barnaby Jack ________.

A．was killed by the attack over Wi-Fi

B．was a well-known actor and researcher

C．researched how to hack a pacemaker over Wi-Fi

D．died at Black Hat when hacking a pacemaker

3. From the text we know the following things have been hacked except ________.

A．smart TVs

B．smart phones

C．the Internet

D．cars

【推荐3】Some late Stone Age Europeans may have carried make-up inside mini bottles worm around their necks or waists more than 6,000 years ago.

Researchers have found traces of ingredients known to be used in cosmetic formulations (配力) by later civilizations inside small bottles unearthed in Slovenia, dating to between 4350 and 4100 B.C, more than 200 years earlier than previously thought. In 2014, Bine Kramberger at the Institute for the PCHS found a mini ceramic bottle al an ancient site once occupied by people of the Lasinja culture in around 4350 B. C. More than 100 similar bottles have also been found.

Their purpose was unknown, but it is thought that some might have been children’s toys. Curiously, most of them have holes in their tiny handles or edges that archaeologists think people threaded string through, enabling them to be worn around the neck or waist. But Kramberger’s find was different because it contained a solid white substance. “It was clear that it had valuable information because in such old archaeological sites, we rarely find containers that still keep remains of their former content,“ he says.

Long and thin stone tools were found near the bottle, which could have been used to extract the substance within. Now, Kramberger and his colleagues have analysed the substance in the bottle and examined 13 others from the same period.

The mystery material contained a white lead mineral called cerussite, while different lead minerals were identified in two other bottles. The three lead-containing bottles also had contents coming from beeswax (蜂蜡) inside.

The bottles’ contents could have been used for painting. says Kramberger. But he says it is more likely that they were cosmetics, because they contained common ingredients for such products known from later cultures. Cerussite powder was very popular among the ancient Greeks and Romans for skin whitening and remedies, despite is known toxicity (毒性).

Gaydarska says the new study supports what archaeologists have long thought—“that the abilities and cultures of Neolithic people were far more comprehensive and complicated than they are often given credit for”.

1. Why are the small bottles unearthed in Slovenia special?

A．The bottles might have been worn around the necks or waists.

B．The bottles contained some ingredients related to the make-up.

C．The time of the bottles is much earlier than previously thought.

D．Researchers were astonished at the number of the similar bottles.

2. According to Kramberger’s finding, what is the substance contained in the bottles?

A．String.

B．White paint.

C．Stone tools.

D．Cerussite.

3. What can we infer from the passage?

A．The technology of extracting substances was already advanced in ancient times.

B．Cerussite powder was a perfect solution to skin problems for ancient Europeans.

C．It’s easy for archaeologists to find the containers with remains of former content.

D．The cultures of Neolithic people were commonly believed to be easy and simple.

4. What does the passage mainly talk about?

A．People in ancient times had an eye for beauty.

B．Europeans may have worn make-up in the Stone Age.

C．Contents of the bottles found in Slovenia were analyzed.

D．There are various reasons for ancient Europeans’ wearing make-up.

【推荐1】China has entered the cinematic(电影制作的) space race. Wandering Earth, the country’s first blockbuster science fiction film, is on track to be one of the highest grossing (票房收入) films in China’s history.

The film has brought in more than 2bn yuan (£232m) in the six days since its release on February 5. So far, it is the highest-grossing film released over the holiday season, a peak time for the Chinese box office（票房收入）.

Wandering Earth is based on the work of Liu Cixin, the author of the Three-Body Problem series and the first Chinese author to win a Hugo award.

“Wandering Earth fills the gap in Chinese science fiction movies. It means that China’s science fiction movies have officially set sail,” one fan of the film wrote on the review site Douban.

The film is seen by some as the dawn of Chinese sci-fi — a genre(类型；体裁) that has long been led by Hollywood. Several other Chinese-made sci-fi films are due to debut (首映) this year, including Shanghai Fortress, about an alien invasion, and Pathfinder, which follows a spaceship that has crashed on a deserted planet.

Frant Gwo, the director of Wandering Earth, said, “2019 could be remembered as year zero of Chinese science-fiction blockbusters. It is not just about one successful movie but about multiple films.”

Critics of the film have pointed out the plot holes（剧情漏洞） and cloying of sentimentality（刻意煽情） — something Wandering Earth shares with its Hollywood peers.

In response to plot criticisms about the necessity of ejecting (喷射) Earth from the solar system, Liu said: “Of course we don’t need to escape soon. That’s why it’s a movie instead of a real-life crisis.”

1. What’s the Chinese meaning of the underlined word?

A．非常成功的事物	B．非常成功的人
C．外星人	D．英雄人物

2. What is the fan’s attitude toward the film according to Paragraph 4?

A．Doubtful.	B．Negative.
C．Positive	D．Uncaring.

3. Which of the following does not belong to Chinese-made sci-fi film?

A．Shanghai Fortress	B．Wandering Earth
C．Pathfinder	D．Avatar

4. Which aspect do the critics think is a shortcoming of the film?

A．The theory.	B．The ending.
C．The special effects.	D．The plot holes.

【推荐2】Lake Tekapo lies in the center of the South Island in an area known as the Mackenzie Basin in New Zealand. Tekapo Tourism provides one of the most comprehensive accommodation (住宿) listings in the region. All accommodation providers in Tekapo are listed as follows.

• The Chalet Boutique Motel

It’s only a short distance from the Church of the Good Shepherd. You’ll find the Chalet Boutique Motel very close to the shores of Lake Tekapo.

At the Chalet Boutique Motel you have the choice of six self-contained (独立的) apartments varying in size from 2-bedroom apartments to studio apartments (单间公寓). Some offer excellent views of the lake and mountains.

Address: Pioneer Drive, PO Box 2, Lake Tekapo

• Tekapo B2 Apartment

Tekapo B2 apartment is a self-contained, one-bedroom, upstairs apartment with views overlooking Lake Tekapo. It’s only a short walk from the town center. The bedroom is suitable for two people. A double sofa bed is available for a third person or child.

Address: 2 Murray Place, Lake Tekapo

• Mt John Historic Homestead

Built in 1911，the Mount John Homestead has recently been renovated (整修). An original collection of art by a local artist and thousands of local photos are displayed throughout the rooms.

The yard is also available for special occasions such as weddings, family reunions or small parties. A minimum (最少的) booking of 2 nights is required.

Address: State Highway 8，PO Box 91，Lake Tekapo

1. If Lily wants to take a walk along the shores of Lake Tekapo, she’d better stay in .

A．the Church of the Good Shepherd	B．the Chalet Boutique Motel
C．Tekapo B2 Apartment	D．Mt John Historic Homestead

2. What do the Chalet Boutique Motel and Tekapo B2 Apartment have in common?

A．Both have a long history.	B．Both have recently been renovated.
C．Both have local photos in the rooms.	D．Both have rooms with a lake view.

3. What is special about Mt John Historic Homestead?

A．It has studio apartments.	B．It is near the town center.
C．It can hold a wedding.	D．It is the cheapest of the three.

【推荐3】If you're planning to go on a diet, or if you suffer from serious conditions like diabetes(糖尿病)，knowing exactly what and how much you're eating is essential. In this day and age, we have calorie and nutritional calculators even on our smartphones, but they act only as guides, whereas Panasonic's revolutionary new device, CaloRieco, actually analyzes the food on your plate and provides accurate information about in just a few seconds.

You've probably used calorie calculators before, and you know that they only offer general information. For example, a calculator will tell you the average number of calories in a hamburger, but it can't tell you exactly how many calories are in the hamburger. The same goes for nutrients like protein or fats. And this is what makes the new CaloRieco so special.

Displayed at a recent tech show, CaloRieco is a high-tech device that uses light reflection technology to determine the nutritional values of almost any food and also provide accurate calorie estimates. All you have to do is put your plate in the box-shaped device and wait between and 20 seconds for it to analyze all the food on there.

Once it's done analyzing the various ingredients in your meal, CaloRieco displays the number of calories, as well as the nutritional content on an LED display. According to Panasonic, the device is able to recognize the vast majority of foods, except soups and very dark dishes.

CaloRieco can also connect to your smartphone via an app, and send all the data about analyzed foods to your handheld, so you can access it whenever you need.

Panasonic said that its outstanding invention is aimed at dieters and diabetes sufferers, both of which make up a sizable market.Unfortunately, you'll have to wait a bit longer to get your hands on your very own CaloRieco, as the device presented at the show is just a prototype(样品)which needs to be improved. It's scheduled to hit the market sometime in the next few years, but the price remains a mystery.

1. According to the text, CaloRieco_________.

A．needs a long time to analyze the food

B．can display the food data on the smartphone directly

C．can count the calories of all foods on your plate

D．may be well received among dieters and diabetes sufferers

2. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 5 refer to?

A．Smartphone.

B．App.

C．Data.

D．Food.

3. What can we infer about CaloRieco from the last paragraph?

A．It's perfect.	B．It's promising.
C．It's costly.	D．It's portable.

【推荐2】When you think of a national park, you generally picture fresh air and wild animals, right? Well, now you’re going to have to add tea shops and something called “the Underground” to your definition, because London, England has signed up to be the first “National Park City.”

London was founded by the Romans around 2,000 years ago and people have continually lived there since then. In all that time, however, nobody had the idea to replace all the parks with big box stores or high buildings, which means London already has a much lower urban density than most of the world’s cities. Nowadays about a third of the city is green space.

In July 2019, London announced its willingness to become the world’s first National Park City. Now the city is moving toward the goal of achieving 50% green space by the year 2050 by connecting and increasing public parks, greening unused parking lots and the private yards of existing and new houses, and fixing some green roofs on existing buildings.

“Encouraged by the aims and values of our rural national parks, the London National Park City is basically about making life better in the capital through both small everyday things and long-term thinking,” Daniel Raven-Ellison, who began the movement to make London a National Park City six years ago, said. “We’ve been doing that in London for centuries, which is why London is so green.” It’s about going further to make the city greener, healthier and wilder; making the city richer in wildlife.

London will have a much easier job achieving this type of green transformation than more densely-urbanized cities like Paris and New York, which have 10% and 27% green space, respectively. But that doesn’t mean it’s not possible — the National Park City Foundation hopes to include 25 more cities in addition to London by the year 2025. Glasgow, Scotland and Newcastle upon Tyne in northeast England are both considering becoming National Park Cities.

1. What makes London more likely to become a National Park City than other cities?

A．Its smaller population.	B．Its locals’ requirements.
C．Its government’s strict law.	D．Its wider area of green space.

2. What percent of London is green space now?

A．About 10%.

B．About 27%.

C．About 33%.

D．About 50%.

3. Where can you find out about London’s measures to achieve its goal?

A．In Paragraph 1.

B．In Paragraph 2.

C．In Paragraph 3.

D．In Paragraph 4.

4. What does Daniel try to talk about in the fourth paragraph?

A．The values of newly-founded parks.	B．The importance of his movement.
C．The influence of green space on cities.	D．The preparation for setting up a movement.

5. What would be the best title for the text?

A．London is leading the world in park construction

B．London becomes the world’s first National Park City

C．London is listed as the world’s most-visited city

D．London has built the world’s first underground park

【推荐3】I believe in thank you notes. I believe in sending them and in receiving them. Absolutely for gifts—every gift REQUIRES written acknowledgement —but also for random acts of kindness or thoughtful behavior and for hospitality.

Ask anyone, "Hey, how are you doing?" and they will most likely respond, "Busy. I am SOOO busy. There is just too much going on."

Everyone is busy. It’s hard to make time for yourself much less for others. That’s why it is so special when someone takes the time to do something nice. It may be something small, such as checking to see if you have books that need to be returned to the library since they are going. Or something bigger, like inviting you over for dinner because they know you’ve spent the day carting around things in the yard and will be too tired to cook.

I believe people who make the effort to stop what they are doing and look around to see what another human being might need deserve to be formally acknowledged and appreciated. And I think that appreciation is more genuine and more meaningful if it isn’t especially easy.

To me, a breezy "Thanks a million,” “You are a life saver,” or “You’re the best!" is too easy and, though true, lacks the appropriate depth of gratitude. It’s what you say to a clerk in a store who helped you locate an item or made your shopping easier.

I am very fortunate to have friends across the world. I make every effort to stay in touch and see them whenever possible. But after we leave our friends’ homes, I bask in the warm recollections of shared laughter, lively conversation, and newly-rich memories. And that is when I begin to compose my thank you note—a heartfelt expression of how their hospitality, generosity and kindness made me feel and why I treasure their friendship. It is important to me that those who take the time to make me a priority are aware that I am grateful. I believe in thank you notes.

1. What belief does the author have?

A．Showing her appreciation by sending gifts.	B．Sending and receiving thank you notes.
C．Receiving grateful presents from other people.	D．Accepting thank you notes and expensive gifts.

2. What can we know from the fifth paragraph?

A．The strength of words is obvious.	B．Only saying thankful words are not enough.
C．Saying gratitude words are necessary to the clerk.	D．The usual words that customers used to say.

3. How does the author develop this passage?

A．By listing numbers.	B．By making comparisons.
C．By following the order of time.	D．By giving examples.

4. Which can be a suitable title for the text?

A．What’s a Thank-you Note?	B．How to Write a Thank-you Note?
C．A Thank-you Note Really Matters!	D．How Thank-you Notes Change Me!