1 . Welcome to the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC where you can enjoy displays of the 1903 Wright Flyer, Charles Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis, the Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia, and you can feel a lunar rock by your hands as well. The Albert Einstein Planetarium, Lockheed Martin IMAX Theater, and the Public Observatory on the east end are also accessible. Whether you’re adults or children, daily tours and educational activities are provided for you with scheduled lectures and events all year round.
Hours & Admission: Open every day except December 25. Admission is free.
Regular Hours: 10:00 am to 5:30 pm
Extended Hours: 10:00 am to 7:30 pm
December 26 — 30, 2015
March 30— April 20, 2016
Fridays and Saturdays, April 24 — May 16, 2016
May 17 —September 7, 2015
VISITING TIPS
No food and drinks: Only bottled water is permitted in the Museum. You may only consume food and other drinks in the Food Court, not in the Museum. Groups who bring food are encouraged to picnic on the National Mall.
Limit the Number of Bags: All visitors are screened through metal detectors upon entry. Bring as few items as possible to make your entry easier and faster. Please review the list of prohibited items, which include pocket knives and tripods (三脚架). Visitors carrying prohibited items will not be allowed to go inside the museum, so please leave them at home or in your car before you step into the museum.
Please Take Photos: You are welcome to take photos for personal use. However, tripods and monopods (单脚架) are not permitted without approval.
1. If you plan to visit the museum at 6:30 pm, will be suitable for you.| A．November 1, 2015 | B．September 8, 2015 |
| C．April 21, 2016 | D．April 19, 2016 |
| A．touch a lunar rock | B．bring tripods to take pictures |
| C．attend scheduled lectures | D．pay a visit without buying tickets |
| A．advertise the museum | B．attract people to explore space |
| C．introduce the displays in the museum | D．appeal to people to enjoy meals in the Food Court |
2 . If you want to fully enjoy your vacation, you’d better check the Durban City Tours! This is actually one of the best choices in South Africa today.
There is nothing more relaxing than to think about that there is a place to go and relax, right? City life is strained, but you can escape this situation and be in the place where there is nothing but relaxation. Here in Durban you will get to see all the amazing tourist attractions. If you love animals and want to see some elephants wandering around the streets, then Durban is the place to go. You can even get to ride one if you want!
Here you will also get to taste all the delicious South African food. You can choose from Italian cooking to its native dishes. Durban is a great place to tour with your friends and family. You will learn a lot about its history through the landmarks you will see down the streets. Tourists and even the local villagers just can’t get enough of these treats!
However, it is important that you make the necessary arrangements. There are actually lots of tour guides that will help you as you make your journey along the streets of Durban. But if you prefer the best tour guides here in Durban, then you’d better choose the Street Scene Tours. Their staff are all well-trained and professional. They will certainly make your stay here an unforgettable one. No wonder tourists prefer the Street Scene Tours when it comes to Durban City Tours.
1. The underlined word “strained” in Para. 2 means “_______”.| A．easy | B．stressful | C．relaxing | D．wonderful |
| A．Durban is a relaxing city. | B．People don’t like city life. |
| C．It is good to have a place to relax. | D．One can have fun riding elephants. |
| A．Tourists from all over the world. | B．The buildings and many kinds of animals. |
| C．The streets and some wandering elephants. | D．The friendly local people and the scenery. |
| A．attract tourists to Durban |
| B．help readers make arrangements |
| C．introduce the tour guides |
| D．persuade tourists to choose the Street Scene Tours |
3 . Age has never been a problem for 16yearold Thessalonika ArzuEmbry. After all, she’s already got her master’s degree.
The North Chicagoarea teen started homeschooling at the age of 4. She began having an influence on others soon. When she was 6 years old, she was an inspirational (鼓舞人心的) speaker at an organization called Tabitha House Community Service, a shelter for people who were forced to leave their homes due to the situations such as earthquakes, flood and other natural disasters.
At the age of 11, she graduated from high school and then earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology in 2013. She completed those classes online as she was traveling for leadership meetings.
She doesn’t stop there, though. The teen plans to focus on aviation psychology (航空心理学) for her further study, a decision inspired by her father who is a pilot. She grew up around airplanes and took flights all the time. Her goal is to use it to determine whether pilots are dealing with problems that could have deadly results once the plane takes off—a topic that has been in the news lately. For her, it’s a mix of two of her interests.
In her free time, Thessalonika enjoys playing tennis, swimming and being active in her youth group. She also has three selfpublished books, which are on her site. Jump the Education Barrier is written to help students finish college, and In the Future aims to help business owners deal with trends. Her third book The Genius Race has a wider appeal. It is designed to help people to be geniuses in various areas of life.
1. What can we know about Thessalonika from the passage?| A．When she was 6 years old, she started homeschooling. |
| B．She gained her master’s degree at the age of 11. |
| C．She majored in science and technology. |
| D．In 2013 she got her bachelor’s degree through completing courses online. |
| A．Majoring in aviation psychology. |
| B．Making inspiring speeches for leadership meetings. |
| C．Being active in her youth group. |
| D．Writing another book to help people to be geniuses. |
| A．To help people to be geniuses. |
| B．To give students a hand to complete college. |
| C．To raise concern about psychology. |
| D．To share her own experience with others. |
| A．The Story of Thessalonika |
| B．To Be a Genius |
| C．Three Published Books |
| D．Homeschooling |
4 . Born in New York in 1918, scientist Gertrude B. Elion had an impressive career, during which she developed medicines to cure many major diseases.
Gertrude B. Elion spent her early youth in Manhattan. She attended senior high school and had, in her words, “an unbelievable thirst for knowledge”.
Influenced by the death of her grandfather, who died of cancer, Elion entered Hunter College at age 15 and graduated in chemistry at age 19. She had difficulty finding employment after graduation, because many laboratories refused to hire women chemists. She found part-time jobs as a lab assistant and went back to school at New York University. Elion worked as a high school teacher for a few years while finishing work on her master’s degree, which she earned in 1941.
The start of World War II created more opportunities for women. Elion was able to get a job at Burroughs-Wellcome in 1944, where she began a 40-year partnership with Dr. George H. Hitchings. Her thirst for knowledge impressed Dr. Hitchings, and he permitted her to take on more responsibility.
Elion and Hitchings set out on a course of creating medicines by studying the chemical composition of diseased cells. Rather than relying on old trial-and-error methods, they used the differences in biochemistry between normal human cells and pathogens (病原体) to design medicines. In all, Elion obtained 45 patents on medicine and was awarded 23 honorary degrees (名誉学位).
In 1988, Elion received the Nobel Prize for Medicine, together with George H. Hitchings and Sir James Black. She received other awards for her work, including the National Medal of Science in 1991, and that same year, she became the first woman to be absorbed into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. In 1997, she was awarded the Lemelson-MIT Lifetime Achievement Award.
1. What can we say about Elion as a student?| A．She was talented. | B．She was fond of learning. |
| C．She had a very clear goal. | D．She made great achievements. |
| A．To meet her grandfather’s wishes. | B．To find a good job after graduation. |
| C．To be a chemistry teacher in future. | D．To create medicines to cure diseases. |
| A．She relied on teamwork. | B．She dared to try new ways. |
| C．She improved traditional methods. | D．She had enough medical knowledge. |
| A．Her later life. | B．Her honors in life. |
| C．Her significant contributions. | D．Her interest in chemistry. |
5 . One summer day as I was heading to the teaching building, I heard someone call my name. I turned around and saw Philip, a counselor (顾问) at our admissions office, standing with another young man. Philip introduced me to him, Stephen, and reminded me that Stephen would be taking one of my classes.
Stephen looked at me. With a somewhat painful expression, he asked if my class was going to be hard and if he would be able to pass. I introduced all the things that he would be expected to learn. As we talked, I saw Stephen’s eyes getting big with fear.
I told him to do all of his assignments, and to hand them in on time. Rather than being overwhelmed (压倒) by all of the work, I told him the most successful students made a master calendar of all the assignments so they could plan their workload.
As the fall semester went on, I learned more of Stephen’s story. It had taken him longer to finish the assignments than most young people. Family members, including his mother, kept reminding him that he was a failure. But he kept at it and didn’t take them to heart. He told me that before coming to our college, no one believed he could manage it.
Stephen didn’t become an A student. Still, he managed to pass most of his courses by being in class every day, turning in all of his assignments on time and breaking down his studying into bite-sized parts. By passing course after course, he began to gain a measure of self-esteem.
On his graduation day, he walked up to me, and said, “Thank you.”
1. What can we learn about the author according to the passage?| A．He wouldn’t have met Stephen without the introduction of Philip. |
| B．He told Stephen how to deal with his studies. |
| C．He helped Stephen get an A in his class. |
| D．He didn’t believe that Stephen could study in college. |
| A．He was an average student but hard-working. |
| B．He was an excellent student, but didn’t have self-esteem. |
| C．He was a little stupid and didn’t do well at school. |
| D．He was far from a top student because of his failure. |
| A．A good beginning is half done. | B．One bite at a time. |
| C．Haste makes waste. | D．Look before you leap. |
| A．He wasn’t very confident about himself. | B．He didn’t want to attend the author’s class. |
| C．He had never been an A student. | D．He couldn’t pass the author’s exam. |
6 . When Marybeth Hearn was 10 years old, she asked her parents to let her train a dog to become a guide dog. It turned into a lifelong thing. Over more than fifty years, Hearn has raised 56 dogs to help visually impaired (视力受损的) people. But her influence doesn’t end there — the longtime high school teacher has encouraged several of her family members and some of her students to train many more.
When she looked to her parents for support years ago, things were different from what she expected. Her mom didn’t like dogs, and her dad doubted she would be able to find any money to pay for the cost of the training. However, Hearn presented the project at a Lions Club and raised $2, 500. So on a sunny summer day in 1962, the family drove home with a black Lab named Letta, the first of a long series of dog trainees.
Two sons and a granddaughter have followed in Hearn’s footsteps, but her greatest influence has come from guiding student trainers, who since 1992 have worked through a school club with 170 dogs that ended up in different service posts. They spend 14 months with each dog teaching them skills. The dogs live full-time with the students, attending their classes and field trips to become socialized.
The dogs then go to trainers employed by Guide Dogs for the Blind, an organization that partners with the program, before graduating and being paired with two-legged companions. Those that aren’t up to the difficult task of helping the blind can become other kinds of service animals. Often students attend the graduations and help pass the dogs on.
“I love seeing the look on kids’ faces ... when they get to see that dog again after three or four months and the dog remembers them,” Hearn said. “It’s a great feeling.”
1. What has Hearn done since she was a child?| A．She has collected money for the blind. |
| B．She has trained dogs to help the blind. |
| C．She has petted and cared for many homeless dogs. |
| D．She has provided the blind with education for free. |
| A．Mad. | B．Uncaring. | C．Unacceptable. | D．Supportive. |
| A．continue to be trained |
| B．be taken away as a pet |
| C．live full-time with Hearn’s students |
| D．become another kind of service animal |
| A．Honest and hard-working. |
| B．Strong-minded and caring. |
| C．Outgoing and careful. |
| D．Strict and creative. |
7 . Millions of people pass through the gates of Disney’s entertainment parks in California, Florida and Japan each year. What makes these places an almost universal attraction? What makes foreign kings and queens and other important people want to visit these Disney parks? Well, one reason is the way they’re treated once they get there. The people at Disney go out of their way to serve their “guests” as they prefer to call them and to see that they enjoy themselves.
All new employees, from vice presidents to part-time workers, begin their employment by attending Disney University and taking “Traditions I”. Here, they learn about the company’s history, how it is managed and why it is successful. They are shown how each department relates to the whole. All employees are shown how their part is important in making the park a success.
After passing “Traditions I”, the employees go on to more specialised training for their specific jobs. No detail is missed. A simple job like taking tickets requires four to eight hours of training a day. When one ticket taker was asked why it took so much training for such a simple, ordinary job, he replied, “What happens if someone wants to know where the restrooms are, when the parade starts or what bus to take back to the campgrounds? We need to know the answers or where to get them quickly. Our constant aim is to help our guests enjoy the party.” Even Disney’s managers get involved in the daily management of the park. Every year, the managers leave their desks and business suits and put on special service clothes. For a full week, the bosses sell hot dogs or ice cream, take tickets or drive the monorail and take up any of the 100 jobs that make the entertainment park come alive. The managers agree that this week helps them to see the company’s goals more clearly.
All these efforts to serve the public well have made Walt Disney Productions famous. Disney is considered by many as the best mass service provider in America or the world. As one long time business observer once said, “How Disney treats people,communicates with them, rewards them, is in my view the very reason for its success. I have watched, very carefully and with great respect and admiration, the theory and practice of selling satisfaction and serving millions of people on a daily basis, successfully. It is what Disney does best.”
1. The main aim of the Disney employees is to .| A．learn all parts of the business |
| B．make their guests enjoy themselves |
| C．be able to answer all kinds of questions |
| D．keep their important guests happy |
.| A．set a good example to employees |
| B．remind themselves of their beginnings at Disney |
| C．gain a better view of the company’s goals |
| D．replace employees on holiday |
| A．Tourists learn the history of Disney in its entertainment parks. |
| B．Disney attracts people almost from all over the world. |
| C．Parades are regularly held in Disney’s entertainment parks. |
| D．Disney’s managers are able to do almost all kinds of work in the Disney parks. |
| A．how Disney employees are trained |
| B．the history and traditions of the Disney enterprises |
| C．why Disney enterprises make a lot of money |
| D．the importance Disney places on serving people well |
8 . A new study shows that the household consumers (家庭消费者) are focusing more on reducing their energy costs by using technologically advanced home appliances. The lighting control held the largest share in the smart home market in 2016. The increase in the adoption (采用) rate of intelligent lighting controls by households worldwide has fuelled the growth of the smart home market. These have the ability to reduce electricity consumption because they adjust (调节) the artificial light according to the surroundings.
Four years ago, I was in a discussion about Nest Thermostat (恒温器), sharing my view that if a house is built properly, it doesn't need a smart thermostat. It probably wouldn't do much good there because with careful placement of high-quality windows, you seldom need to heat or cool it at all. Since then, other studies have shown that in a leaky old house, smart thermostats can be very effective and save energy.
But is smart lighting saving energy? A smart lighting system might turn off or adjust the brightness of a bulb (灯泡), but an LED bulb already uses very little electricity, say 7 watts per bulb. But when you make it smart, it is always connected, consuming a bit of power to talk to the controller or bridge; one guy with a meter tested it at 0.4 watts per hour, or 9.6 watts in a day. It means that if you have a pile of smart bulbs and devices, you are consuming a fair bit of electricity.
Except for smart thermostats in leaky houses, none in the smart market saves energy. Asking Siri, voice control on any of Apple devices, to turn off the lights is fun, but we would be better off in terms of energy and exercise if we got up and reached for a light switch. Rather than saving energy, the smart home is wasting it.
1. What does the underlined word “fuelled” in paragraph 1 probably mean?| A．Controlled. |
| B．Promoted. |
| C．Predicted. |
| D．Detected. |
| A．They are well-designed. |
| B．They are energy-efficient. |
| C．They are not very useful. |
| D．They are not always automatic. |
| A．LED bulbs are very bright. |
| B．LED bulbs are of little value. |
| C．Smart lighting has developed quickly. |
| D．Smart lighting does little to save electricity. |
| A．To use Siri for fun. |
| B．To improve smart lighting. |
| C．To give up smart thermostats completely. |
| D．To turn to the traditional way of turning off lights. |
9 . I was visiting Costa Rica when I found myself in a bad situation: all my bank cards weren’t
I thought the city dangerous and decided to find kind people in the
Finally, I
I realized that being able to receive kindness is a
| A．working | B．paying | C．travelling | D．increasing |
| A．villagers | B．tourists | C．visitors | D．strangers |
| A．street | B．town | C．countryside | D．community |
| A．drove | B．flew | C．headed | D．slid |
| A．buy | B．afford | C．rent | D．earn |
| A．explaining | B．sharing | C．exchanging | D．exploring |
| A．door | B．house | C．man | D．restaurant |
| A．thought of | B．heard of | C．arrived at | D．aimed at |
| A．rich | B．kind | C．busy | D．serious |
| A．proud | B．happy | C．excited | D．sorry |
| A．adventure | B．experience | C．failure | D．strategy |
| A．warm | B．curious | C．cool | D．strange |
| A．choose | B．calm | C．comfort | D．rescue |
| A．gift | B．trouble | C．trap | D．request |
| A．improves | B．challenges | C．encourages | D．designs |
10 . Boston University was always my dream，but when it came to making the decision，I had to be sure that I was confident in my choice. Boston University drew me in for several reasons—its perfect location in the heart of Boston，its strong education programs，and the comfortable community. One special thing that set Boston University apart from my other college options was that I could be placed in the classroom to experience teaching in my freshman year. I had wanted to be a teacher for as long as I could remember，after all.
After just six short weeks,I was absolutely confident that I made the right choice to attend Boston University. At Boston University,I attended an education program—ED 100. Each Wednesday，I went to Bowman Elementary School to help in a fifth grade classroom.
Although I was a secondary education major,working with fifth graders was very memorable. One of my weekly tasks was to lead a reading group of about five students. It was tiring，but I fully enjoyed getting to know their strengths (长处) and a little bit about each student apart from their studies.
As the weeks went on，I found myself further involved in (参与) more classroom activities，often helping students one by one or in small groups. The students never stopped amazing me—they were always ready to take part in class activities and share their ideas. For each class，I usually spent a long time preparing it. I also loved learning from other teachers，and taking note of their excellent teaching skills，some of which I hoped to use in my own classroom.
The program—ED 100 has even further confirmed (确认) my desire to become an educator. I have passion to work with children. I can’t wait to have my own classroom of students. I’m so happy that I’ve made the right decision to choose Boston University.
1. What attracted the author most about Boston University?| A．Being in the center of the city. |
| B．Having a comfortable community. |
| C．Allowing her to teach in the first year. |
| D．Offering strong education programs. |
| A．It was quite relaxing. |
| B．It was a bit disappointing. |
| C．It was full of difficulties. |
| D．It was a pleasant experience. |
| A．They were very active in class. |
| B．They always tried to surprise her. |
| C．They helped her gain new teaching skills. |
| D．They showed a talent for studying languages. |
| A．Courageous and clever. |
| B．Helpful and hardworking. |
| C．Creative and kind. |
| D．Strict and careful. |
