1 . San Francisco Fire Engine Tours
San Francisco Winery TourRunning: February 1st through April 30th
This delicious tour goes through the city on its way to Treasure Island where we will stop at the famous Winery SF. Here you can enjoy 4 pours of some of the best wine San Francisco has to offer.(Included in tickets price)
Departing from the Cannery: Tour times upon request.Duration(时长): 2 hours
Price: $90
Back to the Fifties Tour
Running: August 16th through August 31st
This tour transports you back in time to one of San Francisco’s most fantastic periods, the 1950s! Enjoy fun history as we take you through San Francisco for a free taste of ice cream.
Departing from the Cannery: 5:00 pm and 7:30 pmDuration: 2 hours
Price: $90
Spooky Halloween Tour
Running: October 10th through October 31st
Join us for a ride through the historical Presidio district. Authentic fire gear(服装) is provided for your warmth as our entertainers take you to some of the most thrilling parts of San Francisco.
Departing from the Cannery: 6:30 pm and 8:30 pmDuration: 1 hour and 30 minutes
Price: Available upon request
Holiday Lights Tour
Running: December 6th through December 23rd
This attractive tour takes you to some of San Francisco’s most cheerful holiday scenes. Authentic fire gear is provided for your warmth as you get into the holiday spirit.
Departing from the Cannery: 7:00 pm and 9:00 pmDuration: 1 hour and 30 minutes
Advance reservations required.
1. Which of the tours is available in March?
A.San Francisco Winery Tour. | B.Back to the Fifties Tour. |
C.Spooky Hallowen Tour. | D.Holiday Lights Tour. |
A.Go to Treasure Island. | B.Enjoy the holiday scenes. |
C.Have free ice cream. | D.Visit the Presidio district. |
A.Take some drinks. | B.Set off early in the morning. |
C.Wear warm clothes. | D.Make reservations in advance. |
2 . For high school students, just thinking about your career probably isn’t enough. You have to actively do some research and plan. Here are some of the best careers for the future and how you can get your foot in the door.
Registered Nurses
To become registered nurses, you’re going to need either an associate degree in nursing, a Bachelor of Science in nursing, or another officially approved diploma(文凭) from a nursing program. If you want to be a practicing physician, you’ll need a medical degree in your chosen field on top of your four-year degree.
Data Analysts
Big data is a growing field with profitable opportunities for college graduates. You are required to have a master’s degree in computer science or another related field. Data science is a traditionally male-dominated industry and only 26 percent are held by women. Thankfully, it is holding out an olive branch to females and there are some terrific programs specially designed for them to break into this dynamic field.
Plumbers (管道工) and Electricians
Not all of the best careers for the future will require a four-year undergraduate degree. There’s a serious demand for skilled positions jobs like plumbers and technicians. Many of these positions require a high school degree and often an associate degree in a related field, but don’t necessarily require graduation from a four-year university.
Cybersecurity (网络安全) Experts
The average salaries for cybersecurity experts can start at $80, 000 for IT Security Consultants and can reach six figures for other positions such as a security director. The best way to start your path in cybersecurity is with a bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, or other related fields.
1. In which job will the gender distribution probably be more balanced?A.Data Analysts. | B.Registered Nurses. |
C.Cybersecurity Experts. | D.Plumbers and Electricians. |
A.A master’s degree in computer science. |
B.A certificate of high school graduation. |
C.A bachelor’s degree in information technology. |
D.A diploma officially approved from a medical program. |
A.A health lecture. | B.A school website. |
C.A job advertisement. | D.A science magazine. |
3 . A sailor (船员) in one of Christopher Columbus’s three ships is eagerly (渴望地) looking for land. In the sailor’s eagerness to
Greatly excited, the rest of the ship’s sailors run to the side quickly. They, too,
As the ship moves forward, the sailor’s mistake is made
When Columbus
A.discuss | B.cover | C.describe | D.find |
A.trip | B.mistake | C.promise | D.decision |
A.Cloud | B.Sea | C.Land | D.Sand |
A.pick | B.run | C.look | D.shout |
A.happy | B.proud | C.calm | D.patient |
A.enjoyed | B.built | C.seen | D.used |
A.known | B.understood | C.attractive | D.popular |
A.long | B.wrong | C.bad | D.hard |
A.choice | B.joke | C.study | D.fight |
A.book | B.oil | C.room | D.fire |
A.strange | B.clear | C.friendly | D.funny |
A.ships | B.planes | C.islands | D.farms |
A.swam | B.sailed | C.fell | D.disappeared |
A.common | B.dangerous | C.difficult | D.comfortable |
A.but | B.and | C.as | D.so |
A.radio | B.bed | C.fridge | D.kitchen |
A.cooked | B.frozen | C.eaten | D.provided |
A.hitting | B.stopping | C.burning | D.moving |
A.dirt | B.water | C.food | D.clothes |
A.written | B.believed | C.remembered | D.heard |
4 . Do you think you have what it takes to be a successful scientist? A successful scientist is generally a good observer. He makes full
The rise of modern science may perhaps be considered to
Galileo (1564-1642),
What
A.use | B.sense | C.speed | D.trust |
A.relied | B.based | C.insisted | D.centered |
A.refuses | B.desires | C.intends | D.regrets |
A.casually | B.carefully | C.quickly | D.privately |
A.date | B.keep | C.look | D.come |
A.command | B.suspect | C.suggest | D.conclude |
A.in | B.with | C.on | D.by |
A.brought | B.discovered | C.handled | D.announced |
A.however | B.therefore | C.seldom | D.never |
A.truths | B.problems | C.investigations | D.subjects |
A.threw | B.fell | C.ran | D.rolled |
A.although | B.because | C.when | D.if |
A.place | B.foot | C.top | D.ceiling |
A.big | B.small | C.similar | D.unequal |
A.spirit | B.skill | C.theory | D.wish |
A.plans | B.opinions | C.world | D.ability |
A.led to | B.turned to | C.set up | D.put forward |
A.makes | B.prevents | C.considers | D.promises |
A.reasonable | B.successful | C.expert | D.sensitive |
A.foreseen | B.rejected | C.produced | D.challenged |
5 . A number of events are going on at the Cooperage Project, located at 1030 Main Street in Honesdale. Enjoy!
The Cooperage Maker Fair
The Cooperage Maker Fair will be held from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm on Friday, June 12 on the grounds of the City Museum. The Maker Fair is a place where people show what they are making—a showcase for invention and creativity,and share what they are learning. Anyone interested in presenting their projects, hobbies and experiments should apply to take part at www.cooperagemakerfair.com.
Such Sweet Thunder
At 7:00 pm on Wednesday, June 17, there will be a film screening of comedy Twelfth Night as part of the Such Sweet Thunder: Shakespeare’s Plays on Film Series. Dr.Robert Dugan will introduce the play with a brief background. Admission is free, but due to limited seating, booking is required at www.suchsweetthunder.com.
Sounds Like Teen Spirit
On Thursday, June 24,there will be an event called Sounds Like Teen Spirit from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm.Sounds Like Teen Spirit is designed to provide an opportunity to showcase the talent of our community’s youth.School-aged students are encouraged to share their performing art on stage at the Cooperage Project!
Great Brazilian Music Tour
On Saturday, June 27,a fantastic opportunity is ready for you to listen to some great Brazilian music by the musical group Minas. It is from 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm, and doors open at 2:00 pm.We encourage children and their families to come to learn all about the rhythm, excitement and sound of Brazilian music.The two-hour performance is sure to be fun for the whole family. The admission charge is $5 for each person, and all the money will go to the local food bank. You can also give away old clothes and money at the entrance.
1. Which event requires people to make a reservation?A.Such Sweet Thunder. | B.Sounds Like Teen Spirit. |
C.The Cooperage Maker Fair. | D.Great Brazilian Music Tour. |
A.On June 12. | B.On June 17. | C.On June 24. | D.On June 27. |
A.Show your gift for invention. | B.Make a donation. |
C.Perform with Minas on stage. | D.Learn to make music. |
6 . It’s 2035. You have a job, a family and you're about 40 years old! Welcome to your future life.
Getting ready for work, you pause in front of the mirror.
“Turn red,” you say. Your shirt changes from sky blue to deep red. Tiny preprogrammed electronics( 智能电子元件)are rear-ranged in your shirt to change its color. Looking into the mirror you find it hard to believe you’re 40. You look much younger.
With amazing advances in medicine, people in your generation may live to be 150 years old. You’re not even middle-aged! As you go into the kitchen and prepare to pour your breakfast cereal into a bowl, you hear, “To lose weight, you shouldn’t eat that.” from your shoes. They read the tiny electronic code( 电子源码)on the cereal box to find out the nutrition details. You decide to listen to your shoes. “Kitchen, what can I have for breakfast?” A list of possible foods appears on the counter as the kitchen checks its food supplies.
“Ready for your trip to space?” you ask your son and daughter. In 2005 only specially trained astronauts went into space and very few of them. Today anyone can go to space for day trips or longer vacations. Your best friend even works in space. Handing your children three strawberries each, you add, “The doctor said you need these for space travel. “ Thanks to medical advances, vaccination shots(防疫针)are a thing of the past. Ordinary foods contain specific vaccines. With the berries in their mouths, the kids head for the front door.
It’s time for you to go to work. Your car checks your fingerprints and unlocks the doors. “My office. Autopilot! “ you command. Your car drives itself down the road and moves smoothly into traffic on the highway. You sit back and unroll your e-newspaper. The latest news downloads and fills the viewer. Looking through the pages, you watch the news as video films rather than read it.
1. What changes the color of your shirt?A.The mirror | B.The medicine | C.The counter | D.The shirt itself |
A.By pouring the breakfast into a bowl |
B.By checking the nutrition details of the food |
C.By testing the food supplies in the kitchen |
D.By listening to the doctor's advice |
A.vaccines | B.lunch | C.breakfast | D.nutrition |
A.In order of preference |
B.In order of appearance |
C.In order of time |
D.In order of importance |
7 . The Hay Festival (of Literature&Arts) is a book festival. It takes place in Hayon-Wya, a small town in Wales. The festival is held every year, and lasts for ten days between May and June. It attracts over 80,000 visitors and many important writers give readings or discuss their works. The festival started in 1988 and is sponsored by The Daily Telegraph newspaper.
Glyndebourne is a festival of opera. It’s organized in a private house: Glyndebourne, which is on the south coast of England. The festival has been held there every summer since 1934. The operas are performed in a specially-designed theatre in the gardens. The festival specializes in the works of Mozart. Visitors to the festival listen to operas in the afternoon. Then, they have picnics in Glyndebourne’s beautiful gardens.
Cheltenham is a horse racing festival held in a town in western England. One of the days falls on St Patrick’s Day (on 17th March), Ireland’s national day. The biggest race of the four-day event is the Cheltenham Gold Cup, one of the most important races in the horse racing calendar. During the festival, hundreds of millions of pounds are gambled on the 28 races.
The Great British Beer Festival is a ...beer festival. It’s held in Olympia (an exhibition centre in London) for a week every August. Over 1,000 different British and foreign beers are served. There are lots of unusual drinks to taste, such as an Oscar Wilde, the Champion Beer of Britain 2011. But the festival isn’t only about beer. There’s live music, book signings and even tutorials on how to taste beer.
1. What do these festivals have in common?A.They all can attract art. |
B.They are all UK festivals. |
C.They all date from the mid-20th century. |
D.They are all held in private houses. |
A.The Hay Festival. | B.Glyndebourne. |
C.Cheltenham. | D.The Great British Beer Festival. |
A.Learn how to make beer. |
B.Perform live music on stage. |
C.Sign their names on books. |
D.Sample some unusual beers. |
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
I am a strong believer that if a child is raised with approval (认可) he learns to love himself and will be successful in his own way.
Several weeks ago, I was doing homework with my son in the third grade and he kept standing up from his chair. I kept asking him to sit down, telling him that he would concentrate (集中注意力) better. He sat but seconds later, as if he didn’t even notice he was doing it, he got up again. I was getting angry, but then it hit me: I started noticing his answers were much quicker and right when he stood up. Could he concentrate better while standing up?
This made me start questioning myself and what I had been raised to believe. I grew up to believe that a quiet child was more likely to succeed. This child would have the ability to study hard, get good grades and become someone important in life. Kids that were active and loud would only be losers.
Now people perhaps come to realize that their kids are born with their own sets of DNA, and all they can do is loving and accepting them. As parents, throughout their growing years and beyond that, we need to guide them and help them find their way.
I have stopped asking my son to sit down and concentrate. Clearly, he is concentrating, just in his own way and not mine. We need to accept our kids, and their ways of doing things. There is nothing sweeter than seeing our children being themselves. It makes us happy and that’s just the way I want my kids to live a happy life.
1. The author tried to keep his son seated so that ________.A.he couldn’t disturb the author |
B.he could keep silent in the room |
C.he could finish his homework on time |
D.he could pay more attention to his study |
A.the importance of parents |
B.the old education methods |
C.the good grades of some kids |
D.the love between kids and their parents |
A.Encouragement is important. |
B.Children shouldn’t be punished. |
C.A fine example is necessary in the school. |
D.Children can’t be taught in the same way. |
A.have no freedom |
B.have their own style |
C.learn from their friends |
D.be friendly to their parents |
9 . Hearing the Sweetest Songs
My parents said I lost my hearing as a baby, but I knew I hadn't lost anything. None of my parts had dropped off. Nothing had changed: I could hear music that was close enough to me. I could also hear my mom when she was in the same room. I could even hear my cat purr if I put my good ear on top of him.
I wasn't aware of any hearing loss until I began to wear a hearing aid when I started living alone. I noticed it ruined my peace of mind: pencils tapping, phones ringing, and refrigerators humming. Then, I began to discover many things I couldn't do. I couldn't tell where sounds came from, nor could I tell fire alarms from burglar alarms. I once missed a job interview because I misheard the address on the phone. For the first time, I had to admit that I had lost something.
Unlike a wheelchair, my disability doesn't announce itself. When I got jobs, I chose to keep it as a secret. One day a business friend said, "Nicolette, sometimes in meetings you answer the wrong questions. People don't know you can't hear, so they think you're strange, stupid﹣or just plain rude. It would be better to just tell them." But I knew if I told, people might see only my disability, and they might forget that I was also a writer, a painter, and a good gardener. I felt disabled and helpless.
This bothered me till I met my husband. One morning at the shore I was listening to the sounds of the sea when my husband said, "Hear the bird?" "What bird?" I listened hard until I heard a tiny sound. If he hadn't mentioned it I would never have noticed it. As I listened, slowly I began to hear﹣or perhaps imagine﹣a distant song. Did I really hear it? Or just heard in my heart what he shared with me? I realized that songs imagined were as sweet as songs heard and songs shared were sweeter still.
This sharing is what both the disabled and non-disabled want. Every one of us, if we live long enough, will become disabled in some way. Let's share. Now, just let me see your lips when you speak. And ask what you want to know. These are conversations we all should have, and it's not that hard to begin.
1. When the author wore the hearing aid, she_____.A.felt better prepared for the job interviews |
B.was able to enjoy different sounds |
C.experienced a sense of loss |
D.was teased by others |
A.people might focus on her hearing loss |
B.she could get the work done as abled |
C.people might be curious about it |
D.she wanted to do more jobs |
A.To draw people's attention to the hearing problem. |
B.To tell people not to treat the disabled differently. |
C.To remember the challenges she faced. |
D.To show how much she missed before. |
10 . As Christmas approaches, towns and cities around the UK are preparing for a very British celebration.
The switching on of a town’ s Christmas lights has become an increasingly competitive event over the years, with some councils (会议) spending lots of money to attract A-list famous persons to do the honors.
The American singer Mariah Carey flew to London in November to switch on the lights at one of the city’s biggest shopping centers, while Jim Carrey lighted Oxford Street and promoted his new film at the same time.
Traffic in the historic English city of Bath was brought to a halt as thousands of fans crowded to see the Hollywood actor Nicolas Cage conducted the switching-on ceremony.
Some celebrations do not go according to the plan, as was seen in Birmingham when dozens of people were injured as the famous British boy band JLS took the stage.
Not all towns can afford to bring in an internationally-known star, so many switchon ceremonies are handled by ex-TV talent show competitors.
Pantomime (圣诞童话剧) stars are also much in demand at this time of year, as they aim to promote their Christmas shows.
But if your council hasn’t got the budget to bring in a famous face, what are the cheaper alternatives?
A town in the west of England chose to let the public decide by giving their suggestions online. The result: a 21-year-old DIY store worker was given the honor.
“I was amazed and delighted to be asked,” said Scott Parker, “it’s just a special gift and not something I’d, ever thought about before.”
1. According to the passage, what kind of special celebration can you see at Christmas in UK?A.People meeting their favorite stars and getting special gifts. |
B.Well-known persons invited to make a performance in public. |
C.A-list persons lighting Oxford Street and promoting their films. |
D.Switching-on ceremonies that are conducted by honored persons. |
A.start | B.stop | C.ban | D.run |
A.Mariah Carey is invited to Bath to switch on the lights. |
B.Pantomime stars rarely appear at events like this. |
C.Not all those who switch on the Christmas lights can make lots of money. |
D.Average persons can not get a chance to switch on the Christmas lights. |
A.Scott Parker | B.Mariah Carey | C.Nicolas Cage | D.Jim Carrey |