1 . For Stevens Point locals in the US, the city is flooded with delicious fried fish. Here are four top choices for the community to have a try.
Hilltop Pub&Grill
Hilltop Pub&Grill first opened in the 1980s and took the Stevens Point community by storm with its delicious food and unique decoration style. Its fried fish are beloved due to the use of “high-quality North Atlantic fish, with a light beer batter (面糊)”.
The Final Score Bar&Grill
The Final Score Bar&Grill aimed to become a local hot spot in 2001 when Jim Billings, the owner, took charge of the business. Billings feels that their five batter choices set them apart from their neighboring bars. Besides, various wines are available.
Point After Pub&Grill
Point After Pub&Grill started serving delicious food and cold beers in a welcoming environment in 2009. But its history runs much longer. “Before it was Point After Pub&Grill, it had been Northside Bar for 30 plus years,” explained Molski, the owner. Molski feels that the pub’s four special batter choices and other fish specials are what help make it an area landmark.
Two Harps Pub
This Irish pub opened its doors to the public in 2017 and has been drawing fans and locals ever since. “I had done my career for a long time and was kind of bored with it,” said Nick Moore, the owner. “And this opportunity fell into my lap, so I went with it. It really made sense to open up an Irish bar.” The growing pub advises guests to try a cold beer with their Friday fried fish.
1. What makes Hilltop Pub&Grill popular with customers?| A．The convenient location. | B．The special food. |
| C．The high-quality service. | D．The unique wine. |
| A．They are both run by the same company. | B．They are both famous for great wines. |
| C．They both feature some particular batter. | D．They were both founded ten years ago. |
| A．It is the newest among the four pubs. | B．It offers free cold beers to customers. |
| C．It only provides fried fish on Fridays. | D．It has a unique decoration style. |
2 . How to visit Argentina
What can holidaymakers do in Argentina? Express. co. uk might help you to find more.
When is the best time of the year to visit Argentina?
As with most holiday destinations, when you want to visit depends on what you wish to do during your trip.
If you want to avoid crowds and peak price(人群和高峰价) while still enjoying everything on offer, Lloyd Boutcher advises visiting from October to mid-December(Argentinian spring) and April to mid-June(their autumn).
If you want to see the Patagonia penguins(企鹅), Tom Bourlet advises going between October and March.
If you like to party, Tom Hughes recommends heading to Argentina during carnival(狂欢节) time in February.
Where are the best places to visit in Argentina and why?
Thanks to Argentina’s size, the country has something to offer everyone.
“Buenos Aires is a melting pot of cultures,” said Tom Hughes. “Here travellers will discover a wealth of culture, not to mention it is the birthplace of a fast dance, tango. Nature lovers should head to the world’s largest waterfall system, Iguazu Fail.”
“I highly recommend San Carlos de Bariloche—a beautiful and fantastic town in the Andes mountains,” Tom Bourlet said. “It also acts as a good base for exploring the Lake District.”
What is the best accommodation in Argentina?
Lloyd advises avoiding some of the chain hotels. “While it may be attractive to stay at well-known hotels, I recommend some of the smaller boutique hotels in the city,” he said.
1. Which of the following will be the best time of the year to visit Argentina for an animal lover?| A．June | B．April |
| C．December | D．September |
| A．Discover diverse culture. |
| B．Explore the Lake District. |
| C．Get to know the origin of tango. |
| D．Appreciate the world’s largest waterfall system. |
| A．Science | B．Travelling |
| C．Education | D．Nature |
3 . Body language has always been a hot topic of interesting dinner conversations and now today it is still a hot topic. It is perhaps one of the most powerful forms of human expression or human communication!
Body language is a very important part of communication which can constitute 50% or more of what we are communicating to the other person. If you wish to communicate effectively, then it makes sense to understand how you can (and cannot) use your body to say what you mean.
Body language can be used to discover all sorts of things ,such as knowing when someone is attracted to you, finding truth and lies, showing confidence, winning respect in any situation, and you can use body language to put people at ease, make friends quickly, persuade, and influence.
So what is body language? Body language is a term used to describe the method of communication using body movements or gestures instead of sounds, verbal(口头的) language or other communication. Body language includes the most subtle(微妙的)movements that many people are not aware of, including winking(眨眼) and slight movement of the eyebrows and other facial expressions.
Body language is one of the easiest ways for you to tell what's really going on in a conversation with another person. The body language that you observe from other people will tell you whether or not those people are being straight up with you or whether there is more to the story that’s not being said. Watch, look,and observe. Sometimes you can tell more by a person’s body language than the words they speak.
1. The underlined word “constitute” in Paragraph 2 probably means ___________.| A．make up | B．take up | C．turn up | D．put up |
| A．What body language is. | B．When people use body language. |
| C．Body language is very useful. | D．Body language is very convenient. |
| A．winking your eyes | B．making eye contact |
| C．the movement of the eyebrows | D．the communication in a low voice |
| A．remember everything they say | B．understand the hidden meaning |
| C．find lies from them | D．show respect for them |
4 . Mr. and Mrs. Smith always spent their summer holidays in New Jersey in the past, staying in a small inn (饭店) at the foot of a hill. One year, however Mr. Smith made a lot of money in his business, so they decided to go to London and stay at a really good hotel while they went touring around the famous city.
They flew to London and arrived at their hotel late one evening. They expected that they would have to go to bed hungry, because in that small inn in New Jersey, no meals were served after seven. They were therefore surprised when the man who received them in the hall asked whether they would take dinner there that night.
“Are you still serving dinner?” asked Mr. Smith. “Yes, certainly, sir,” answered the man. “We serve it until half past nine.” “What are the times of meals then?” asked Mr. Smith. “Well, sir” answered the man, “we serve (端饭，上菜) breakfast from seven to half past eleven in the morning, lunch from twelve to three in the afternoon, tea from four to five, and dinner from six to half past nine.” “But that hardly leaves any time for us to see the sights of London,” said Mrs. Smith.
1. Mr. and Mrs. Smith in the past ________.| A．has often stayed in a big hotel in New Jersey |
| B．had travelled to many places |
| C．often stayed in a small inn |
| D．had made a lot of money |
| A．it was famous | B．it was difficult to find a cheap hotel |
| C．it was near many interesting places | D．they now had enough money |
| A．no meals were served after seven | B．dinner was still being served |
| C．their plane had arrived too late | D．they had to go to bed hungry |
| A．disappointed | B．excited | C．delighted | D．satisfied |
| A．thought she would have plenty of time to see the sights |
| B．was afraid they would have no time to tour around London |
| C．thought the hotel was not as good as the small inn |
| D．thought the hotel was much better than the small inn for its good meals |
5 . Whether in the home or the workplace, social robots are going to become a lot more common in the next few years. Social robots are about to bring technology to the everyday world in a more humanized way, said Cynthia Breazeal, chief scientist at the robot company Jibo.
While household robots today do the normal housework, social robots will be much more like companions than mere tools. For example, these robots will be able to distinguish when someone is happy or sad. This allows them to respond more appropriately to the user.
The Jibo robot, arranged to ship later this year, is designed to be a personalized assistant. You can talk to the robot, ask it questions, and make requests for it to perform different tasks. The robot doesn’t just deliver general answers to questions; it responds based on what it learns about each individual in the household. It can do things such as reminding an elderly family member to take medicine or taking family photos.
Social robots are not just finding their way into the home. They have potential applications in everything from education to health care and are already finding their way into some of these spaces.
Fellow Robots is one company bringing social robots to the market. The company’s “Oshbot” robot is built to assist customers in a store, which can help the customers find items and help guide them to the product’s location in the store. It can also speak different languages and make recommendations for different items based on what the customer is shopping for.
The more interaction the robot has with humans, the more it learns. But Oshbot, like other social robots, is not intended to replace workers, but to work alongside other employees. “We have technologies to train social robots to do things not for us, but with us,” said Breazeal.
1. What can a Jibo robot do according to Paragraph 3?| A．Communicate with you and perform operations. |
| B．Answer your questions and make requests. |
| C．Take your family pictures and deliver milk. |
| D．Obey your orders and remind you to take pills. |
| A．A language teacher. | B．A tour guide. |
| C．A shop assistant. | D．A private nurse. |
| A．train employees | B．be our workmates |
| C．improve technologies | D．take the place of workers |
| A．A new design idea of household robots. | B．Marketing strategies for social robots. |
| C．Information on household robots. | D．An introduction to social robots. |
6 . Many cultures around the world have a grain that is not grown or even known outside its home area. Now, a staple grain native to Ethiopia, teff, is appearing on grocery shelves in America.
Teff has been an important part of the Ethiopian diet for thousands of years. Like rice and wheat, it is a cereal grass. Teff is known for its fine grain and used mainly to make flour. Teff flour is the key ingredient in injera, the large, spongy pancakes that make up a large portion of the Ethiopian diet.
Teff was introduced to the United States by a man named Wayne Carlson, who learned about teff while doing public health work in Africa in the mid-1970s. "I came to know teff because I was eating it all the time and hosted by teff farmers. " he said. In the late 70s, Carlson returned to the U. S. , married and settled in southwest Idaho. Then he came up with an idea to introduce teff grass to his home state. " Geologically, it is very similar to Ethiopia."
Wayne and his wife Elisabeth are not farmers, nor do they want to be. So they convinced actual farmers in Idaho to grow teff on contract for them. The Carlsons milled it themselves.
Wayne went through the Washington, D. C. telephone book and looked for the names that were Ethiopian. And that is how the business slowly grew. Over time, the Teff Company has outgrown four different mills.
Rich Roseberg is a food researcher at Oregon State University. He says teff production has exploded over the past decade in the U. S. He says most teff grown in the U. S. is fed to farm animals. In Idaho, however, where the Carlsons are based, Roseberg believes more of the teff production is for human food. Teff contains lots of calcium, iron, protein and fiber. Roseberg credits Wayne Carlson for being ahead of his time.
1. How do the Ethiopians mainly use teff?| A．By eating the cereal grass. | B．By using the flour made from it. |
| C．By adding the plant into injera. | D．By mixing it with rice and wheat. |
| A．Idaho is located close to Ethiopia. |
| B．Teff is easy to survive on its own. |
| C．Idaho has geographic features similar to Ethiopia. |
| D．Teff was originally introduced to Ethiopia from Idaho. |
| A．Wayne's teff did not sell well at first. |
| B．Wayne's teff was sold only to Ethiopians. |
| C．Wayne sent teff to his Ethiopian friends. |
| D．Wayne lost control of his Teff Company. |
| A．Worried. | B．Disapproving. |
| C．Favorable. | D．Pessimistic. |
7 . Hurricane Katrina, tropical cyclone (气旋) that struck the southeastern United States in late August 2005. The hurricane and its aftermath caused more than 1,800 deaths, and it is ranked as the costliest natural disaster in U. S history.
The storm that would later become Hurricane Katrina surfaced on August 23, 2005, approximately30 miles (560km) east of Miami and made landfall (踏上陆地) between Miami and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, as a category I hurricane. It quickly heightened when it reached the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. On the morning of August29, the storm made landfall (踏上陆地) again as a category 4 hurricane at Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, about 45 mile (70 km) southeast of New Orleans.
In New Orleans, where much of the area is below sea level, federal officials initially believed that the city had “dodged the bullet” While New Orleans had been spared a direct hit by the strong winds of the storm, the true threat was soon apparent. The levee (防洪堤) system that held back the held back the waters of Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Borgne had been completely overwhelmed by 10 inches (25cm) of rain and Katrina's storm. Areas east of the Industrial Canal were the first to flood; by the afternoon of August 29, some 20 percent of the city was underwater.
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin had ordered a mandatory evacuation (强制的疏散) of the city the previous day, and an estimated 1.2 million people left ahead of the storm. However, tens of thousands of residents could not or would not leave. They either remained in their homes or sought shelter at locations such as the New Orleans Convention Center or the Louisiana Superdome. Many local agencies found themselves unable to respond to the increasingly desperate situation, as their own headquarters and control centres were under 20 feet (6 metres) of water.
It was not until September 2 that an effective military presence was established in the city and National Guard troops was mobilized (动员) to give out food and water. As the recovery began, dozens of countries contributed funds and supplies, and Canada and Mexico sent troops to the Gulf Coast to assist with the cleanup and rebuilding. U.S. Army engineers pumped the last of the floodwaters out of the city on October 11, 2005, storm caused more than $160 billion in damage, and the population of New Orleans fell by 29 percent between the fall of 2005 and 2011.
1. When did hurricane Katrina strengthen quickly?| A．When it surfaced approximately 350 miles (560 km) east of Miami. |
| B．When it made landfall between Miami and Fort Lauder dale, Florida. |
| C．When it reached the warm currents of the Gulf of Mexico. |
| D．When it made landfall at Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. |
| A．They believed New Orleans had taken a risk. |
| B．They believe New Orleans had avoided a disaster. |
| C．They believe New Orleans had made a difference. |
| D．They believed New Orleans had had an adventure. |
| A．Their headquarters and control centres were flooded. |
| B．Their headquarters and control centres were under control. |
| C．Their headquarters and control centres were understaffed. |
| D．Their headquarters and control centres were under construction. |
| A．An effective military presence was established in advance. |
| B．New Orleans was lacking in food and drinkable water. |
| C．Dozens of countries sent troops to assist with the cleanup and rebuilding. |
| D．The population of New Orleans fell by 29 percent in the autumn of 2005. |
8 . On a cold day in early November 2015 I went outside to get our New York Times from the driveway and noticed a large cardboard box tied to the familiar blue bag. In the cardboard box was a pair of Google cardboard goggles (护目镜) for watching VR videos. Upon reading the introductions, I downloaded (下载) the VR app and set up the Google cardboard goggles.
That Sunday, the app showed three pieces about the imaginary war damage. I remember very well standing in my kitchen with my wife and three children as we each took turns trying on the goggles and watching the short VR video of an airdrop (空投) of food. I couldn’t help shaking while I looked around and saw people running to collect rice bags being dropped at my feet, which was so clear and seemed real.
It was a moment I will not forget, for in that moment I knew the future, my children’s future, would look greatly different from what I had at that age. It must have been like the excitement my grandparents had when TV changed to color.
More importantly, I realized what effect these devices (设备) would have on my teaching. That Monday I brought my pair of goggles in and a few pairs I borrowed from my neighbors to share the experience with my students. The purpose of the first lesson was pretty simple: to share this cool new experience with my students. The students were amazed and couldn’t wait to use the goggles. And that was what I had expected
1. How did the author respond seeing people running to collect rice bags?| A．He thought the technology amazing. | B．He treasured his life more. |
| C．He became afraid of war. | D．He was deep in thought. |
| A．To explain how the devices work. |
| B．To explain why he loved using the devices. |
| C．To show the devices would change people’s life. |
| D．To show people liked to watch colourful things. |
| A．Sell the devices to his students. |
| B．Help his students learn about war. |
| C．Introduce the devices to his neighbors. |
| D．Use the devices for his teaching in class. |
| A．Unconcerned | B．Pleased |
| C．Worried | D．Doubtful |
9 . John was part of my childhood growing up in the 1970s and a link to sunny, fun-filled days spent on the beach at Bangor in Northern Ireland where we went for our summer holidays. To many, he was a mystery. Every afternoon John would wander to the end of the pier (码头) where he fed the seagulls and delighted in the sound of their excited cries as they flew around his head.
Often I asked my family questions regarding John. Eventually I gave up as no one could tell me anything about him. As I grew up, my visits to the beach became less frequent, and my memories of John buried in a child's imagination.
Last year memories came flooding back as I walked along the coastline, where I noticed a lady feeding the seagulls on the pier, and I decided to introduce myself. Then I came to know that the lady was John's daughter, and after John left this world she carried out the ritual, which had held such importance for her father.
In some strange way I felt we shared a bond, each needing to remember. In return, Lucy told me of John's life, his days in the British Navy during World War I and how he almost lost hope when his ship was attacked by a German U-boat in the North Sea and he found himself in a lifeboat with five others.
Close to death, he thought he heard the sound of wings. He put up his hands, only to catch a seagull that had landed on the side of the boat. The seagull saved the lives of the six men as it was used to catch fish, which kept them alive until they reach land. This period of John's life was one he never talked about. But the ritual he first performed as a young man remained a part of him until he died.
Now I visit Lucy as often as I can, just to chat or very often walk along the beach to the pier end. We enjoy the comfortable silence, each lost in special memories.
1. Seeing John feeding the seagulls, the author might feel ______.| A．proud | B．worried |
| C．curious | D．guilty |
| A．law | B．tradition |
| C．interest | D．procedure |
| A．once served in both World Wars | B．was a man with a grateful heart |
| C．spent his childhood in Bangor | D．joined the navy in the 1970s |
| A．Her thanks to a seagull that saved her life. |
| B．The story of how she made friends with a lady. |
| C．Her childhood spent on the beach at Bangor. |
| D．Her memories of a man who fed seagulls. |
10 . Have you ever heard someone say, “you totally look like you’re a Jessica” or something similar? People seem to think that they know what kind of person a “Jessica” or a “Michael” looks like. Why is this?
According to a study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, humans tend to associate people’s names with their appearance, and can even guess someone’s name based on how they look.
Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, collected thousands of photos of people’s faces. They labeled each photo with four names. Then, they asked volunteers to guess which of the four names was correct.
The volunteers were able to guess the right name 38 percent of the time. It seems that certain characteristics of faces give them clues about someone’s name, Reader’s Digest reported.
However, this only worked when the volunteers looked at names from their own culture. In addition, the volunteers were not as good at guessing the real names of people who used nicknames more often than their real names. This may show that a person’s appearance is affected by their name only if they use it often.
This kind of face-name matching happens “because of a process of self-fulfilling prophecy (自我实现预言), as we become what other people expect us to become.” Ruth Mayo from the university told science news website EurekAlert.
Earlier studies have shown that gender and race stereotypes (刻板印象) can affect a person’s appearance. The researchers believe there are also similar stereotypes about names. For example, people tend to think that men named Bob should have rounder faces because the word itself looks round. People may think that women named Rose are beautiful. They expect them to be “delicate” and “feminine(女性的)”, just like the flower they are named for.
1. What was the purpose of the study?| A．To find out today’s most popular English names. |
| B．To learn how names influence personality. |
| C．To find out whether names relate to their looks. |
| D．To show how men’s names are different from women’s. |
| A．Volunteers found it easier to guess nicknames correctly. |
| B．Names may have different associations in different cultures. |
| C．Volunteers could guess the characteristics of those people. |
| D．The people in the photos and volunteers were from the same country. |
| A．They tend to become what others expect them to become. |
| B．They want to please everyone around them. |
| C．They don’t want to be different from others. |
| D．They like to copy famous people who share the same name. |
| A．Earlier studies about stereotypes are limited. |
| B．Stereotypes about names can bring good results. |
| C．Stereotypes about names can affect people’s looks. |
| D．It’s not always bad to be influenced by the expectations of others. |
