1 . From cheap family rooms to child discounts and wonderful kids menus, London’s best family hotels have many ways to make them an unforgettable stay. Browse (浏览) our favorite hotels for families in London on this website and get ready for your family stay.
Luna Simone Hotel
Not far from Victoria Coach Station, it offers welcoming bed and breakfast accommodations with a child-friendly focus. It offers affordable family rooms just minutes away from Buckingham Palace, St James’s Park and the Apollo Victoria Theatre.
Nightly rate: £120.00 per room
Telephone: +442078345897
Travelodge London Docklands
It has everything you need for a good night’s sleep, offering great-value rooms close to the River Thames, with fast rail connections to the city center. To accommodate families, there are family rooms, which come equipped with a sofa bed and can sleep up to two adults and two children under 16.
Nightly rate: £29.00 per room
Telephone: +448719846192
Holiday Inn London-Kensington Forum
Book a family-friendly room and enjoy a cheap but comfortable stay in one of London’s most fascinating (极有吸引力的) areas, within walking distance of Harrods, the Natural History Museum and the Royal Albert Hall. Children under 18 stay free in a family room, and under-12s also eat for free from a healthy and special kids menu.
Nightly rate: £80.00 per room
Telephone: +442073706815
Generator London
Generator is part of Europe’s fastest growing, hostel brand and offers fashionable accommodation. The family rooms as well as larger rooms (woman-only) satisfy different travellers. The atmosphere (氛围) and its food show the local culture and it has competitive prices. Besides, it offers free Wi-Fi in all public areas.
Nightly rate: £16.80 per room
Telephone: +442073887666
1. What can we know about Luna Simone Hotel?| A．It has a theatre. | B．It provides free breakfast. |
| C．It offers an extra sofa bed. | D．It is near St James’s Park. |
| A．£33.60. | B．£58.00. | C．£160.00. | D．£240.00. |
| A．Luna Simone Hotel. | B．Generator London. |
| C．Travelodge London Docklands. | D．Holiday Inn London-Kensington Forum. |
2 . We live in a time when various illnesses and conditions can he treated with just a few pills or spoonful of liquid. Unfortunately for us, many medicines come with a bitter and unpleasant taste that can make taking them more difficult. There are, however, a few ways you can overcome a medicine’s taste and keep yourself healthy at the same time.
The easiest way to take bitter liquid medicine is by mixing it with a better-tasting drink. This is usually fine with most medicines, but you have to be careful. There could be interactions between your drug and certain liquids. Check with your doctor and ask what is the best kind of liquid for your medicine, and if there are any juices that will interact with your drug.
Medicines usually have less taste when cold. If you can’t thin your medicine, you can try serving it cold to reduce the bitter taste. Leave it in the refrigerator for about an hour before taking it to ensure that it is sufficiently cold. Suck on an ice cube before taking the medicine. This will numb (使麻木) your mouth and make it harder to taste. With your mouth numbed, you can swallow the medicine before getting too much of a bitter taste.
Crush (碾碎) your pills and mix them into food. If you’ve consulted your doctor and confirmed that it is safe to crush your pills, then use this opportunity to take your medicine with food you enjoy. Many methods for taking pills involve crushing or breaking the pills and mixing them into food. Before doing this, make sure this won’t lower the effectiveness of your medicine. Some pills have time-release coating and can be harmful if crushed clown.
1. What problem is mentioned in paragraph 1?| A．We are threatened by various illnesses. |
| B．We can’t find a cure to most diseases. |
| C．Many medicines don’t work well at all. |
| D．Many medicines taste bitter and unpleasant. |
| A．Certain liquids reduce the medicine’s effectiveness. |
| B．It is illegal to do so without a doctor’s permission. |
| C．Only doctors really know which juice tastes good. |
| D．Some medicines interact with each other in liquids. |
| A．To make medicines taste good. |
| B．To let the mouth temporarily lose taste. |
| C．To improve curative effect |
| D．To get rid of the side effect |
| A．A biology textbook. | B．A research paper. |
| C．A health magazine. | D．A travel brochure. |
3 . When you swim on the beach and sea, have you ever accidentally drunk the seawater? How did it feel? It must have tasted salty. So, why is the seawater salty?
Seawater is water that comes from the ocean. Seawater can be salty because it contains an average salt content of 3.5%. This is also a place for the salt farmers to produce cooking salt and other salt.
Some theories explain that seawater comes from rainwater that falls and flows through rivers and estuaries (河口) where the seawater will be fully filled and again formed clouds because the steam uses the help of the sun. When we talk about this, we talk about the rainwater cycle. But when the rainwater cycle occurs, the water that passes through the river carries mineral salts. These mineral salts are obtained from various places of the land starting from rocks and soils that the rainwater flows through, these remaining mineral salts make seawater salty, so the salinity of seawater is different in each part of the world. But it is certain that seawater is salty or has high salinity.
The saltiest sea in the world is the Red Sea. There the temperature is extremely hot so that evaporation (蒸发) is greatly carried out. High evaporation, coupled with little rainfall and little input of water from the river, causes its highest level of salinity. There is also the Dead Sea, which is nine times saltier. Due to the high salinity, when you swim there, you can float. However, the Dead Sea is not a sea at all which is a lake geographically.
1. What’s the purpose of paragraph 1?| A．To draw a conclusion. |
| B．To make the article interesting. |
| C．To introduce a famous beach. |
| D．To bring in the topic. |
| A．Land. | B．Ocean. | C．Rain. | D．Cloud. |
| A．Its salinity is higher than that of the Dead Sea. |
| B．The climate there causes the highest salt level. |
| C．People are in danger when they swim there. |
| D．The land around it contains the most salt. |
| A．The reason why the seawater tastes salty |
| B．The reason why the Dead Sea is not a sea |
| C．The reason why the rainwater cycle occurs |
| D．The reason why the sea looks blue and green |
4 . Macaire Kverett, 14, and her 9-year-old brother, Camden, discovered a unique way to entertain themselves. When bored at home, they began to draw impressive, colorful and imaginary chalk art in their neighborhood. After they completed each chalk art mural (壁画), Camden would lie on the ground to become part of each adventure scene for photos. Their drawings soon grew into massive murals that attracted crowds of neighborhood onlookers. Neighbors would enthusiastically gather to view and take pictures of each new imaginary design.
Their imaginative art collaboration (合作) took their minds off world troubles and transported them to an exciting, imaginary world. Hie great adventures were brought to life through their chalk drawings, including Camden dancing in puddles, zip-lining and floating away with a bunch of balloons. The incredible drawings also had Gamden traveling to the Great Wall of China and Times Square.
Macaire enjoyed collaborating with her brother so much on the creative project that she continued it for 100 days.
“My brother and I talk about ideas a lot during dinner. He likes to ‘travel’ so it’s fun to take him to places,” Macaire explained.
Once they agree on a design, the process takes Macaire two to four hours for smaller drawings and up to six hours for larger murals.
They received such a positive response from their creative artwork that they shared their drawings on social media. Macaire then compiled the artwork into her first book, The World from Our Driveway. They have since published a second book, Cum and Hopper Travel the World.
1. Why did Macaire and Camden draw the chalk art?| A．To entertain the neighbors. | B．To drive away their boredom. |
| C．To show off their drawing skills. | D．To prepare for publishing books. |
| A．annoyed. | B．Disturbed. | C．Disappointed | D．Interested. |
| A．Macaire. | B．neighbor. | C．Camden. | D．An onlooker. |
| A．Corrected | B．Included | C．Divided | D．Changed |
5 . National Drowning Prevention Week
National Drowning Prevention Week is July 17-23, 2022, which promotes the awareness of the drowning prevention problem in Canada and the need for individuals, communities, organizations, and government to take action in an effort to save lives. Drowning is preventable!
Measures to Promote
Members of the public, community groups, and government are encouraged to promote the following measures that have been taken from the World Health Organization’s publication Preventing Drowning.
★Teach basic swimming and water safety skills to school-age children aged 6 years and older. Activity Suggestions:
• Offer Swim To Survive sessions to your community during National Drowning Prevention Week
• Promote people to learn to swim by registering in Swim For Life lessons
• Work with local schools to book swimming lessons in the upcoming year
★Provide community-based childcare for preschool children to reduce the drowning risk.
•Work with local officials to create childcare options that are less than 20 minutes away for all communities
★Train bystanders in safe rescue and CPR (心肺复苏). Activity Suggestions:
•Offer free CPR training opportunities to the public during National Drowning Prevention Week
•Promote learning to rescue others by registering in Bronze Medallion
National Drowning Prevention Week Announcements
Since the United Nations (UN) passed a resolution declaring July 25 of each year as World Drowning Prevention Day last year, we have stopped our request for community announcements for National Drowning Prevention Week. This does not lessen the importance of raising awareness during National Drowning Prevention Week, but allows us to focus more on the other important matters.
1. Who brings forward the activity suggestions mentioned in the text?| A．The government of Canada. | B．The World Health Organization. |
| C．Bronze Medallion. | D．The United Nations. |
| A．looking swimming lessons. | B．Teaching them how to swim. |
| C．Providing convenient childcare. | D．Offering water rescue skills. |
| A．In 2021. | B．In 2020. | C．In 2019. | D．In 2022. |
6 . Bookstores are fascinating places. That’s because the books on the shelves can take you away to magical lands, help you learn a foreign language, or cook a delicious meal. But when your community is too small to house a real brick bookstore, sometimes you have to make a compromise. A mobile bookstore that brings books around the country was the result. That is the case for Rita Collins, 70, who dreamed of opening a used bookstore after retiring from teaching.
A business planning class from the American Booksellers Association convinced Collins to abandon her idea that opening a bookstore in the small town where she lives, which would not be sustainable. Eureka, Montana, located just seven miles from the Canadian border, only has a population of 1,517. Collins asked her instructors about a traveling bookstore on wheels and they were skeptical. But she persevered.
Collins was inspired by Dylans Mobile Bookstore, a traveling bookstore in Wales run by Jeff Towns. She contacted Jeff for advice but she was largely on her own when it came to building her bookstore. First, she had to find a vehicle large enough to stand in. Then she had to have it refitted with shelves that would hold the books at a 15-degree angle so that they would stay in place while in transit. Collins named her bookstore St Rita’s Traveling Bookstore, which has been on the road since 2015.
At first, she drove through Montana and then she made her first cross-country trip in 2016. After she retired in 2017, it became a full-time job all year round. Collins and her mobile bookstore have visited 30 states, stopping at festivals and events along the way. While the locations change, some things always stay the same. Collins loves meeting people and making connections. While she loves what she does, Collins doesn’t think she can keep doing it. In several years, she hopes to pass her traveling bookstore onto another bibliophile who shares the same interest and will keep it on the road.
1. Why did Collins abandon opening a bookstore?| A．It would cost a lot of money. | B．It was not promising. |
| C．It would be out of date. | D．It was not approved. |
| A．To beautify the mobile bookstore. |
| B．To make full use of space of the shelves. |
| C．To keep the bookstore’s balance. |
| D．To protect the books from falling down. |
| A．Merciful and delightful. | B．Intelligent and reasonable. |
| C．Determined and social. | D．Generous and lovely. |
| A．A book lover. | B．A publisher. |
| C．A famous writer. | D．An editor. |
7 . Christy and Ted Wilson set aside time every Sunday evening to go over their shared to-do list. Most of the items are tasks like scheduling doctor appointments and organizing play dates for their three young children.
In every relationship, there’s a question of who is pulling their weight around the house. Now that a majority of married-couple families have two working parents, the old “rough day at the office” excuse doesn’t really cut it.
Women still handle more of the household activities, but men increasingly are spending time on food preparation and cleanup. To keep things fair or at least to avoid fights, couples are turning to technology. They are using project management apps designed for the workplace to divide up and track household to-dos and reserving a portion of their date nights to compare chores. In some cases, they are even turning it into a game, setting rewards for getting things done.
The imbalance doesn’t always follow gender lines (性别界线). There was a time when Mr. Wilson was in more of a “Mr. Mom” role: He was attending business school, while Mrs. Wilson was clocking long hours as a lawyer. So Mr. Wilson had more flexibility to take on more of the child-care and household-management work. The couple’s roles changed after Mr. Wilson graduated and started an e-commerce company. “We have had a lot of switching back and forth of who was in the driver’s seat in terms of household management so one person wasn’t too put upon,” she said. They began using calendars to keep the family schedules straight and sharing a to-do list in the Notes app on their phones. Each can take on chores the other dislikes.
1. What does the underlined part “pulling their weight around the house” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?| A．Taking on the household chores. | B．Sharing the burden of buying a house. |
| C．Running around the house to lose weight. | D．Making excuses for not doing any housework. |
| A．To stop their arguments over dates. | B．To play phone games with each other. |
| C．To share and follow household to-dos. | D．To reward themselves for doing the housework. |
| A．Gender plays a key role in management. |
| B．Couples need to switch their roles each day. |
| C．Digital apps can only handle household arguments. |
| D．Understanding and sharing can help solve problems. |
| A．Ways to finish housework. | B．Advantages of the Notes app. |
| C．A family to-do list goes digital. | D．Working parents face difficulties. |
8 . China’s second national botanical (植物学的) garden, South China National Botanical Garden, was set up in Guangzhou on July 11th, 2022.
With a total of 319 hectares of core functional area planned, the new national botanical garden was built based on South China Botanical Garden. It spans Guangzhou and Zhaoqing, two cities in Guangdong Province.
The South China National Botanical Garden aims to strengthen the conservation, scientific research and knowledge broadcasting of tropical (热带的) and subtropical (亚热带的) plants. The garden has three research centers, two national-level field stations and three key laboratories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. There are 17, 168 protected plants, 643 rare and endangered plants, and 337 national key wild protected plants in the garden at present.
The garden will participate in plant diversity protection both in China and the world and achieve the conservation goal of 20, 000 species. Meanwhile, it aims to play a world-leading role in collection and storage of living plants, among which 6, 000 species are economic plants.
Besides, 95 percent of rare and endangered plants in South China will be effectively protected, thus to provide plant resources for green development.
China is one of the countries in the world with the richest biodiversity, having more than 37, 000 known species of higher plants, accounting for about one tenth of the world’s total.
The South China National Botanical Garden, together with the national botanical garden in Beijing, has formed a system of collection and complete the retention of wild plant groups, which is helpful to maintain the country’s plant diversity.
1. What can be inferred about South China National Botanical Garden?| A．It is well equipped. | B．It only offers service for research. |
| C．It has become a popular scenic spot. | D．It is the largest national botanical garden. |
| A．They are dying out sharply. |
| B．Most of them will be protected well. |
| C．They will be used to improve economic development. |
| D．Most of them are transplanted to botanical gardens. |
| A．Development. | B．Comparison. | C．Preservation. | D．Improvement. |
| A．A Garden For Collecting And Studying Plants |
| B．A Novel Way To Strengthen Plant Conservation |
| C．China’s Various Environmental Protection |
| D．China’s Second National Botanical Garden |
9 . An 11-year-old boy has become a hero since his quick thinking saved two lives. Davyon Johnson helped save a choking classmate and a woman attempting to escape a fire. On Dec. 8, 2021 the Muskogee County Sheriff’s Department honored Johnson for his heroics at a meeting. At the event, Undersheriff Greg Martin gave the sixth-grader a certificate naming him an honorary deputy for the Muskogee County Sheriff’s Office. “We are all so proud of you, Johnson!!” wrote the sheriff’s office in a post on Facebook on Dec. 14, 2021.
The Muskogee Public Schools recognized Davyon Johnson during the meeting Tuesday. Principal Latricia Dawkins considered Johnson a hero in an interview. “He always says that he wants to be an emergency medical technician. So he put that desire into action and immediately saved that young man,” Dawkins said, adding that Johnson “is just a kind soul and liked by students and teachers”.
The first incident happened during the school day. Johnson jumped into action after one of his classmates accidentally swallowed a water bottle cap and was choked (窒息) by it after attempting to unscrew (拧开) it with his mouth. Johnson immediately ran to the child and performed the Heimlich maneuver. Dawkins said, “From the account of the witnesses, when he did it, the bottle cap came out.” Johnson said he learned how to do the Heimlich maneuver on YouTube, and suggested others do the same.
Johnson’s heroism didn’t end there. After school, during the day after he saved his classmate, Johnson spotted a woman attempting to escape from a burning home. He quickly realized the worried woman was moving slowly and ran across the street to help her. “She was a disabled lady and being a good citizen, I should help her leave,” Johnson said.
LaToya, the boy’s mother, said, “I don’t feel surprised at my son’s actions. I’m just a proud mom.”
1. What is Johnson’s dream?| A．To be a chemistry teacher. | B．To be a fashion designer. |
| C．To be an aircraft engineer. | D．To be an emergency medical technician. |
| A．The next day after saving his classmate. | B．Several hours after saving his classmate. |
| C．On Dec. 8, 2021. | D．On Dec. 14, 2021. |
| A．A way to calm a person who is angry. | B．A way to help a person who can’t walk. |
| C．A way to save a person who is choking. | D．A way to improve a person’s spoken language. |
| A．The heavy smoke blocked her view. | B．The way was seriously blocked. |
| C．She had a physical disability. | D．She was too frightened to walk. |
10 . Watercolor Painting Classes
The following is something related to watercolor painting classes for people online.
What is the Watercolor Academy
The Watercolor Academy is much more than just a painting course. Here, you will also become a member of a unique art community where you can exhibit your artworks, get professional opinions on your creative progress, have your art questions answered, and communicate with your academy visitors.
Contents
Learn how to paint watercolors in our fun and practical art classes taught by professional artists in London. Our lively, fun Watercolor Painting Courses are designed to debunk (揭穿) the myth that painting with watercolors and inks is difficult—through our tutors’ lively instruction and encouragement, students will lose their depression and create lively artwork.
Schedule
Classes meet once a week on their scheduled day. Review our schedule to find out when course terms start and end, and please see the registration page for class days and times. We believe that with time, encouragement and the proper instruction, anyone can learn to draw and paint exceptionally well. Our school has served the Minneapolis & St. Paul community for over 25 years as artists and teachers.
Fees
The price for a group of 2 to 5 people is $ 100 per person. For 6 or more participants, the cost is $60 per person. The price for a private class starts at $ 200 for an individual. If you choose the private class, you will be able to select the painting of your choice and schedule the day and time that works well for you and the instructor. Call 970-429-2777 to book a private watercolor class.
1. What can students do in the Watercolor Academy?| A．Give a lecture on painting. | B．Present their own good works. |
| C．Set up a unique art community. | D．Learn to give professional opinions. |
| A．To show watercolor painting is fun. | B．To make students professional artists. |
| C．To make students more lively. | D．To make watercolor painting easy for its students. |
| A．It can last for many hours. | B．The class is given by famous artists. |
| C．The students can schedule their class time. | D．It requires students to work well. |
