1 . Membership Card

Fighting Fit is a members-only club. When you first join, we give you a computerized card. It has your name, photo and membership number on.

Please have your card with you every time you use the club. The card is for your use only, and there is a small charge to provide a new one if you lose it. Members are permitted to bring guests to use the facilities at the club. A visiting guest fee is charged for each guest.

Fitness Programs

Your Fitness Program includes a meeting with one of our skilled instructors. This will happen two or three weeks after you have joined. The instructor looks at your health, your current needs and the way you live, and organizes a program suitable for you.

Gymnasium

Our gymnasiums are the most modem in the area and have high quality exercise equipment. For safety reasons, you must wear sportswear and trainers while exercising, and please remember to take a small towel too. It is one of our rules that you wipe the equipment after use.

There is no limit to how long you spend in the gymnasiums, but we ask you to respect other members by only spending 20 minutes on each piece of equipment. There are experienced staff helping you in the gymnasiums at any time.

Locker Rooms

We have large male and female locker rooms. Please ensure that your property is kept in your locker at all times. Any belongings which are found in a locker overnight will be removed and taken to Lost Property.

Cafe

The Cafe offers free tea, coffee and soft drinks.

Suggestion Box

Members' suggestions are always welcome, and the suggestion box and forms can be found at reception. We try to respond within two days.

1. What does the Fighting Fit Health Club provide for its members?

A．A personalized program on their first visit.	B．A second membership card for free.
C．Help from the staff all the time.	D．Certain kinds of clothes and towels.

2. At the Fighting Fit Health Club, you can_.

A．share your membership card

B．have free drinks in the Cafe

C．leave personal items in the locker for 24 hours

D．spend as long as you like on all equipment

3. Where is the information most probably from?

A．A news report.	B．A notice board.
C．A guide book.	D．A reference book.

2 . How Disney grew its $3 billion Mickey Mouse business — by selling to adults

In March 2019, Gucci began selling a $4,500 purse in the shape of Mickey Mouse’s head. Between the creature’s round black ears is a small handle embossed (凸印) with the word “Gucci.” On the brand’s website, a male model stares seriously into the camera without the slightest trace of irony (讽刺) that he is, in fact, carrying around the head of a children’s cartoon character.

It’s perhaps the most luxurious Mickey Mouse products designed for adults.     1     Maybelline created makeup sets with packaging covered in Mickey’s face. Uniqlo made dozens of graphic T-shirts with Mickey in various poses. So as not to miss out on the action, Apple launched $300 Beats headphones that paid homage to (向……致敬) the Mouse.

According to The Wall Street Journal, Mickey Mouse and his friends sold $3 billion in merchandise (周边商品) in 2018, a figure that includes both adult and children’s products.

This brings up the question: Why would adults wear items decorated with the face of a smiling rodent in the first place? What accounts for the enduring appeal of this anthropomorphized (拟人化的) mouse, while other Disney characters, such as Anna from Frozen, hardly ever appear in adult products?

Mickey Mouse was big business almost as soon as he made his debut (首次亮相) in Walt Disney’s animated short Steamboat Willie (《汽船威利号》) in 1928. Within five years, Mickey was earning $1 million a year in merchandise sales. These products were largely targeted at children, including stuffed toys, trains, and nursery (托儿所) wallpaper.

Everything changed in the years after World War II.     2     For one thing, Mickey was nearly twenty years old, which meant that the first audience, who enjoyed the cartoons as children, were now in their thirties. Disney was willing to transform Mickey into a symbol of innocence in the postwar years, when people were desperate for something hopeful to cling to.

All the marketing worked. In 1947, products featuring Disney characters brought in $100 million in revenue (收益) in merchandise. In addition to kids’ products, many of the items sold were for adults, such as radios and phonographs (留声机).

    3     He made Mickey’s face and body rounder, and eyes larger, like those of a baby. Scientists have shown that adults are more drawn to childlike faces. That look is more likely to subconsciously (潜意识地) produce a greater level of attachment in the viewer.

    4     For instance, the company has done everything in its power to ensure that they do not use images of Mickey drinking and smoking.

By and large, though, the symbolism Mickey represents is the one Disney has put forth: that of innocence and positivity.     5     In World War II, people used Mickey to help cope with the horrors before them. This might also help explain why Mickey Mouse has been popular over the past few years when many people are experiencing political instability.

A．Over the decades, Disney is always sensitive about how brands portray Mickey when it licenses his face.

B．Why was this effective at getting adults’ attention?

C．This is perhaps why adults seem drawn to him during times of trouble.

D．At that point, demand for products bearing Mickey’s face among adults decreased.

E．But it’s just one of many that has flooded the market.

F．Disney kept developing the character to make him more and more universally appealing.

G．Disney’s goal was clearly to make the character universally known and loved.

3 . Dive into Jason deCaires Taylor's underwater art exhibits from around the world

Creating the world's first underwater sculpture(雕像) park in Grenada in 2006, and with over 1,000 underwater artworks across the globe, deCaires Taylor has artfully highlighted the threats to our oceans while actively helping to create new life in them.Here are some of the underwater art exhibits.

Molinere Underwater Sculpture Park

Grenada, West Indies

Installed in 2006 after Molinere Bay suffered destructive damage from the 2004 Hurricane Ivan, these 75 underwater art pieces formed the world's first underwater sculpture park and was name done of National Geographic's 25 Wonders of the World.It now provides a new habitat for marine life,and it also draws divers and glass-bottomed boats away from more delicate reefs nearby.

Ocean Atlas

Nassau, Bahamas

Off the coast of Nassau sits the world's largest underwater sculpture, shallow enough for divers to view.This 60-ton,16-foot tall statue of a young Bahamian girl appears to hold up the ocean, just like her Greek namesake (同名人物) Atlas, who suspended the heavens in Greek myth(神话) .

The Rising Tide

London, U.K.

Unlike most of deCaires Taylor's works, these sculptures can be seen from land,on the banks of the River Thames, emerging during low tide. Within sight of the Houses of Parliament, they are a nod to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and are a reminder of rising sea levels and the denial of climate change.

Museum of Underwater Art

Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Expected to open to the public in early 2020, deCaires Taylor's latest project aims to rehabilitate parts of the world's largest reef system. Works in the underwater museum include a partially-submerged(半淹没的)figure that changes color as the sea warms and which can be seen from shore, and even a submerged coral-covered greenhouse.

1. What do deCaires Taylor's underwater art exhibits have in common?

A．Becoming National Geographic's Wonders of the World.

B．Sharing names with gods in Greek myth.

C．Changing colors with water temperature.

D．Combining art with saving ocean creatures.

2. Where can you see the largest underwater sculpture?

A．Grenada.	B．Nassau.
C．London.	D．Great Barrier Reef.

3. Which is intended to save the world's largest reef system?

A．Molinere Underwater Sculpture Park.

B．Ocean Atlas.

C．The Rising Tide.

D．Museum of Underwater Art.

4 . The BBC has made its second annual report known since its new charter was established and the broadcaster paints a rather bleak（暗淡的）picture for itself. It highlights the fact that the media landscape（局面）has changed quite rapidly in recent years and will most certainly continue to do so, and it says that the industry is “more and more dominated by a small number of US-based media giants with extraordinary creative and financial firepower.”The BBC added, “Their business models and huge budgets mean we are increasingly being squeezed out of an ever more competitive environment. British creativity and British content are now under real threat.”

However, the broadcaster is determined to do all it can to survive in the ever more digital TV world increasingly controlled by companies like Netflix and Amazon. In that regard, it laid out a few goals for the year that are aimed at keeping the BBC competitive. One focus will be its iPlayer platform. It notes that younger audiences are more frequently choosing Netflix over the BBC and it’s, therefore ,making some changes to iPlayer that will hopefully make it a destination itself rather than just a way to catch up on shows viewers have missed. The BBC has already started to introduce personalization into its iPlayer content and going forward, it will work to strengthen the user experience, boost（促进）personalization and add more live content.

But most importantly, the issue comes down to money. “The cost of sports broadcasting rights has skyrocketed while, overall, the cost of ideas and talent has risen fast.”Te broadcaster concludes that is has shrunk while the market has continued grow.“In this context, the BBC’s urgent challenge is to develop new ways to grow our income so that we can keep pace with the market around us, as well as successfully safeguard British content and Britain’s creative track record.”it said.

1. What situation is the BBC in?

A．It faces severe competition.	B．Its business budgets are huge.
C．It provides bleak pictures.	D．Its creativity has been lost.

2. Which of the following can replace the word "dominated" underlined in Paragraph 1?

A．Considered.	B．Chosen.
C．Controlled.	D．Improved.

3. What's the key measure the BBC has taken to survive?

A．Catching up on programmes.	B．Improving its iPlayer platform
C．Sharing its iPlayer content.	D．Reducing live shows.

4. What can we infer from the last paragraph about the BBC?

A．It tries to develop while keeping its own style.

B．It intends to rise the cost of broadcasting rights.

C．Its challenge is to safeguard the market around.

D．Its ideas of cost and talent have changed rapidly.

5 . New Jersey Botanical Garden Membership

It’s easy to join New Jersey Botanical Garden (NJBG) Membership online, by phone or by mail. Your membership dollars help to improve the Garden, and provide educational and entertaining activities for the general public. Thank you for your support!

To join or renew, please click on the appropriate section and membership category below for safe and convenient online payment processing by PayPal.

If you prefer to join by phone or mail, call the NJBG office at (973) 962-9534 or download and send in our membership brochure (Adobe Acrobat PDF file).

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The Botanical Garden started life as Skylands, a large area in the grand manner. It is famous for a 44-room Tudor Revival granite mansion(公馆)designed John Russel Pope. Skylands has 96 acres of formal and naturalized gardens and is surrounded by over 1,000 acres of meadows(草坪) and woodlands. Purchased by the State in 1966 and officially named as the New Jersey Botanical Garden in 1984, the gardens contain approximately 5,000 species and varieties of trees and flowers.

For you, the NJBG is an exciting and beautiful place to visit where you may enjoy each season’s best. Members enjoy special events, festivals, lectures and rewarding educational opportunities for both city and gardeners.

Your NJBG membership offers you discounts at participating nurseries, garden centers and other fine businesses. Simply present your NJBG membership card when beginning your purchase.

1. The money paid for NJBG membership will be used to _____

A．offer further education	B．update the payment system
C．provide better service	D．protect the environment

2. To renew the one-year membership for your parents, you need to pay_____

A．$30

B．$50

C．$60

D．$80

3. According to the passage, New Jersey Botanical Garden_____

A．was officially named in 1966	B．used to be privately-owned
C．presents members with awards	D．offers discounts in most shop