For many years, thousands of people have gone to the North Pole (北极) in summer, but few in winter. In the winter of 1990, the French artist Jannot Derit was invited to have the opening of his exhibition (展览) in a building in the little village of Jukkasjarvi. The building, named the Arctic Hall, was made of snow. Many visitors went there. One night, a group of visitors decided to sleep in the Arctic Hall. The following morning, the brave visitors were very pleased with their experience and the idea of an ice hotel was born. Today, the ICEHOTEL is world—famous.
As soon as winter begins, a team of builders from all over the world come to Jukkasjarvi and they make the hotel for that year. As one part is completed, it opens to visitors, while the other parts are still being built. The first part is completed in December and each week after that a new part opens. The hotel isn’t usually completed until January 7th. The ICEHOTEL is built under the open sky, using the natural materials of the winter season. So the completion date depends on ______ and sometimes the plan changes. In spring, as the weather gets warmer, hotels will melt (融化).
No matter how cold it may be outside, the temperature inside the hotel is never colder than -5℃ to -8℃. Winter outer (外面的) clothes are included in the cost of visitors` stay at the hotel. If you are planning to come to the hotel, you can buy warm sweaters, socks and some other things on the ICEHOTEL website. They will be sent to your room when you check in.
1. The idea of building an ice hotel was born in ________.| A．1970 | B．1980 | C．1990 | D．2000 |
| A．The building process of the ICEHOTEL. | B．Why people build the hotel in winter. |
| C．What difficulties the builders have. | D．The weather conditions in Jukkasjarvi. |
| A．Location. | B．Staff. | C．Traffic. | D．Nature. |
| A．The artist Jannot Derit came up with the idea of building the ICEHOTE. |
| B．The cost of staying at the ICEHOTE includes sweaters and outer clothes. |
| C．Visitors can come and sleep in the ICEHOTE before it is finished each winter. |
| D．The temperature inside the ICEHOTE changes with the temperature outside. |
| A．The Arctic Hall | B．A special hotel | C．A famous town | D．A trip to the Arctic |
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【推荐1】
“Have you done the MBTI personality test?” “Yes, I’m an INTJ,” replied Gu Ailing in a recent interview. Gu’s response became a hot topic online and drew people’s attention to the test.
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a test designed to discover a person’s personality type. The test result is based on four sets of opposing qualities: Extroversion (外向) VS Introversion, Sensing VS Intuition (直觉), Thinking VS Feeling and Judging VS Perceiving (感知). After answering more than 90 questions, test-takers get their four-letter personality result, including a detailed description. Gu Ailing’s result of INTJ is one of the 16 possible personality types that the test shows.
Developed by Katharine Cook Briggs and her daughter Isabel Briggs Myers in the US in the 1940s, the test grew to become the standard for personality tests. Many companies and organizations use it to help them choose people for certain positions. And now in China, Internet users are using it as a tool to guide their lives and relationships.
The key problem with the MBTI is that the test is too “black and white” according to The Guardian. The results place people into only one of each of the four categories; for example, someone is either an introvert or an extrovert. But many people would surely sit somewhere in the middle of these two. In short, the MBTI only gives a “simplified view of human personality”, claimed The Guardian article. It can only really describe the surface of who people are. And don’t forget that people’s behavior and characteristics also change over time. Tests and tools that help people better understand who they are and how they think are very powerful and can still help in some parts of life. As science and technology develop, people can look forward to more accurate tests that truly embrace how wonderfully complex and ever-changing humans really are.
1. What does the article tell us about the MBTI?| A．It was developed about 90 years ago. | B．It has been supported by psychology experts. |
| C．It groups people into 16 different personality types. | D．It was created to help companies choose people for certain positions. |
| A．By giving a detailed description. | B．By answering more than 90 questions. |
| C．By changing the standard for personality tests. | D．By reading the 16 possible personality types directly. |
| A．in general | B．in detail | C．trustworthy | D．too simple |
| A．To find out how to practice MBTI. | B．To explain why MBTI is becoming popular. |
| C．To generally describe the MBTI personality test. | D．To help readers understand themselves through MBTI. |
【推荐2】Many people believe that you lose the ability to learn new languages as you get older. Language experts, however, will tell you that you're never too old to learn a new language. As you get older, it can be more difficult to learn a new language, though.
Children and adults learn new languages in different ways. For children, language is their life. they study for thousands of hours every year, because they need to learn languages to become part of their communities. Adults, on the other hand, are already part of a language community. Learning a new language means becoming part of another language community, and adults rarely get the chance to practice as much as young children do.
Moreover, children learning a new language are expected to make mistakes. This gives them freedom when learning to be daring and confident. Adults, however, often feel stressed to be perfect when learning a new language. This can discourage many people and make it even harder to learn a new language.
When young children learn a new language, they come to see various (各种) languages as a "normal" part of society. This mindset (思维模式) helps them to learn a new language without feeling like they're doing something unusual or "too hard".
So if you want to learn a new language, go for it! It's never too late to learn a new language. If you're older, it may take more work, but it can be done. If you're a young child, though, now is the time to step out and learn a new language!
1. By saying "language is their life", the writer means that children ________.| A．practice a new language a lot |
| B．lead a happy life every day |
| C．are taken good care of adults |
| D．can't live without language |
| A．The behaviors they have. | B．The learning attitudes (态度). |
| C．The future plans they have made. | D．The materials they are using. |
| A．They are afraid of being laughed at. | B．They usually have too many interests. |
| C．They think making mistakes is natural. | D．They always make all kinds of mistakes. |
| A．learning a new language is easier for adults than children |
| B．adults can't learn a new language well |
| C．childhood may be the best time to learn a new language |
| D．a new language can be understood only by old people |
| A．How to learn a new language. | B．Various languages. |
| C．Practice makes perfect. | D．Never too old to learn a new language. |
【推荐3】Most people suffer from “Just-me-ism”. What is that? Well, say you leave the tap running while you brush your teeth, leave a light on when you go out or you drop a piece of litter on the ground. You know that all those things are wrong, but so what? You say to yourself. “There are millions of people in the world and I’m just me. How can it matter if I leave one little tap running, one little light on or leave a little piece of litter on the road? And anyway, no one will know.”
Of course, it won’t matter if there are just a few people in the world. But all the millions of people may follow suit. That will be very harmful to the environment.
To call on young people to take action for the environment. Roots & Shoots (根与芽) was set up in the early 1990s by Dr. Jane Goodall, a scientist who is the world’s best-known expert on wild chimpanzees (黑猩猩).
The organization is called Roots & Shoots because roots move slowly under the ground to make a firm foundation (牢固的基础), and shoots seem small and weak, but they can break walls to reach the light. The roots and shoots are you, your friends and young people all around the world. Hundreds and thousands of roots and shoots can work together to solve the problems, change the world and make it a better place to live in.
1. The following behaviors show “Just-me-ism” EXCEPT ________.| A．leaving a light on when going out |
| B．dropping a piece of litter on the ground |
| C．leaving the tap running while brushing teeth |
| D．keeping a computer on when surfing the Internet |
| A．遵守 | B．反对 | C．效仿 | D．支持 |
| A．To introduce the animals’ lifestyle. |
| B．To help roots and shoots grow strong. |
| C．To encourage young people to protect environment. |
| D．To learn more about wild animals like chimpanzees. |
| A．Roots move fast under the ground. | B．Shoots are too weak to reach the light. |
| C．Young people do little to change the world. | D．Everyone can help make the world better. |
| A．To Be Brave. | B．Be an Active Learner. |
| C．Say No to Just-me-ism. | D．Learn to Found an Organization. |
Peter Rabbit hops into Beijing’s UCCA Lab
The world-famous Peter Rabbit and his friends, from British novelist Beatrix Potter’s children’s books, jumped into the UCCA Lab in Beijing, ready to take children and adults on a new adventure with an exhibition. Once visitors come to the exhibition. Potter’s life stories, which describe her as a writer of more than 60 books, a wise businesswoman and a nature lover, will spread before them.
First, Peter’s family, all in sculptures (雕塑) greet visitors in a “rabbit hole”. Then they are led into Potter’s living room and can discover her love for nature through all those rocks and insects (昆虫) she collected as a child. They can also read the first version (版本) of The Tale of Peter Rabbit, which Potter wrote for the five-year-old son of her friend.
Then visitors start “A Great Adventure” in the garden. Here visitors can take part in activities from hide-and-seek and saving Peter Rabbit to a flower pot (花盆) workshop, to get knowledge about plants and animals, and a fuller understanding of the hero’s adventurous spirit.
In the third part. “A Fierce Battle”, visitors can watch the scene (场景) in The Tale of Mr. Tod, where Peter Rabbit and Benjamin are having a fight with their neighbors to save Benjamin’s stolen baby.
After Peter Rabbit’s adventures come to an end, “Tell Me Another Story”, the fourth part, guides visitors into a tailor (裁缝) shop, where visitors can try on all the clothes worn by Potter’s animal characters.
The exhibition ends in “A Beautiful Legacy (遗产)”, where the visitors are encouraged to express whatever they want to say about Potter and her literary (文学的) works through writing or drawing.
The exhibition will give people a deeper understanding of Potter’s works and her commitment (贡献) to nature conservation (保护), according to the Beijing museum.
If you go: Tuesday to Sunday, 10am to 7pm, before Septembers 5; UCCA Lab, 798 Art District, No.4 Jiuxianqiao L.u, Chaoyang District, Beijing
1. What does the passage introduce?| A．An exhibition. | B．Peter Rabbit. | C．Beatrix Potter. | D．Beatrix Potter’s books. |
| A．Collect rocks and insects. |
| B．Read the first version of The Tale of Peter Rabbit. |
| C．Act a role in The Tale of Mr. Tod. |
| D．Have a fight with their neighbors. |
| A．She loved nature since she was a child. |
| B．She wrote The Tale of Peter Rabbit for her son. |
| C．She had a tailor shop. |
| D．She wrote many books about nature conservation. |
| A．Play hide-and-seek. |
| B．Make some flower pots. |
| C．Try on clothes of Potter’s animal characters. |
| D．Write or draw about Potter and her literary works. |
| A．A newspaper. | B．A story book. | C．A play. | D．A survey. |
【推荐2】In one ancient Chinese story, there is a magic deer. She has beautiful nine-colored fur. The deer is kind and helps people who are sick and poor.
In fact, this nine-colored deer comes from a painting in the Mogao Grottoes(莫高窟）in Dunhuang, Gansu. The grottoes were created in AD 366. They hold the world’s best cave art.
The clay figures(泥塑) and paintings on the wall are the Mogao Grottoes’ greatest treasures. There are more than 2, 000 colored clay figures in 492 caves. The tallest is 34.5 meters high, while the smallest is only 2cm, China Daily reported. The most beautiful paintings are of dancing, flying fairies(仙女). They wear beautiful clothes. Among them, a fairy plays a pipa behind her back. This painting has given dancers in modern times lots of new ideas. Besides the value of its art, the Mogao Grottoes paintings also show how ancient people lived. Some show people farming, eating and fighting. Others show their wedding(婚礼) and funeral(葬礼) customs. Many of the paintings are valuable. The paintings show something of the Chinese style of the capital Chang’an, but many also show Indian, Tibetan and Uighur(维吾尔族) painting styles.
In 1987, the Mogao Grottoes became the World Cultural Heritage(世界文化遗产). Now it attracts visitors from all over the world. Visitors have to buy tickets online. This is to control the amount of tourists and better protect the site. If you want to visit the Mogao Grottoes, don’t forget to buy tickets online as soon as possible.
1. The writer mentions the nine-colored deer to ________.| A．lead the topic | B．tell us a story |
| C．introduce an animal | D．introduce a painting |
| A．Less than 1, 000. | B．More than 1, 000. |
| C．Less than 2, 000. | D．More than 2, 000. |
| A．The paintings give dancers in modern times lots of new ideas. |
| B．Some paintings show how people farmed, ate and fought. |
| C．The paintings just show something of the Chinese style. |
| D．The paintings have important value of art. |
| A．in 1980 | B．in 1987 | C．in 1990 | D．in 2000 |
【推荐3】Christmas markets are the center of holiday spirit in European cities.
The market is full of people and the scent of sausages, wine and hot chocolate.
The market is held along with a mini funfair (游乐园). It has different activities for children.
Due to the pandemic, the 2020 Christians market was canceled and left us locked inside the homes.
| A．It is a favorite of children as they can enjoy fun rides. |
| B．We are all thankful that the market is back and busier than ever in 2021. |
| C．You can buy things such as jewelry and decorations. |
| D．The first Christmas market came to Edinburgh, Scotland in 1999. |
| E．You can get a view of the whole area. |
