1 . Pali Overnight Adventures offers children and teens exciting experiences this summer. From broadcasting to street art, these are just 4 of the 17 highly unique camps being offered.
Broadcasting Camp
Become the next star reporter
news writer, director or producer. While running every aspect of our own news station, kids and their fellow campers will create and host a broadcast airing each night at dinner for the entire camp. Every night it goes on the web, keeping parents and the world informed of the happenings at Pali.
Secret Agent Camp
In the movie Mission Impossible, Tom Cruise made being a secret agent seem like the coolest job ever. Campers who sign up for the 2-week secret agent camp can get to know about the life of real secret agents by learning strategies and military skills on the paintball field.
Culinary Camp
If your child enjoys being in the kitchen, then the culinary camp is definitely the right fit. Campers learn technical skills of roasting, frying and cutting, as well as some recipes that they can take home and share with their families.
Street Art Camp
This camp takes creative license to an entirely new level. Campers will share their colorful ideas and imagination with each other and work together to visualize, sketch and paint with non-traditional techniques to create the coolest mural which will be displayed in public for all to see.
1. Which camp will you choose if you are interested in survival skills?| A．Broadcasting Camp | B．Secret Agent |
| C．Camp Culinary Camp | D．Street Art Camp |
| A．An ad | B．A scientific magazine |
| C．A novel | D．A news report |
| A．To advertise 4 camps |
| B．To introduce Pali |
| C．To introduce Pali Overnight Adventures |
| D．To appeal to children and teens to sign up for the camps |
2 . Shenzhen is an ideal shopping place for visitors. The following is a list of the most popular shopping areas in the city.
North Huaqiang Area
The most prosperous shopping area in Shenzhen, it is home to dozens of market places for electronic products, clothing and jewelry. Some market places each house hundreds of shops, from flagship stores selling big brands to small shops where you can bargain.
It is also a great place to dine, with plenty of restaurants offering various Chinese dishes and foreign brands like Pizza Hut, Hagen Dazs and AijiSen.
Dongmen Area
One of the oldest commercial centers in Shenzhen, this area highlights a walking street flanked by humming stores. It is a good place to buy clothes, handbags, fashion accessories, jewelry, handicrafts, toys and small electronic gadgets.
MixC Shopping Mall
It is the city’s largest shopping mall and one of the most luxurious, selling clothes, cosmetics and fashion accessories. There is a large indoor ice skating rink, a movie theater and a supermarket selling many imported goods. You can also find quite a few foreign restaurant brands here, including Pizza Hut, Starbucks and a Japanese noodle house.
Shekou
Sitting by a beautiful cove in Western Nanshan District, this quiet place is frequented by many expatriates living in Shenzhen. There are stores selling antiques, collectibles, handicrafts and souvenirs, as well as bars and restaurants offering western food.
1. What can you do at North Huaqiang Area？| A．Skate. | B．Enjoy Chinese food. |
| C．Watch a film. | D．Buy antiques. |
| A．In North Huaqiang Area. | B．In Dongmen Area. |
| C．In MixC Shopping Mall. | D．In Shekou. |
| A．A text book. | B．A museum guide. |
| C．A news report. | D．A travel magazine. |
3 . This is not a diet. It’s a simple way to lose weight. You don’t have to give up the food you love or join a gym. You just follow some habits thin people have. Keep them, and you’ll become thin.
◆Wake-up
When you wake up in the morning, sit up slowly without using your hands. With legs straight out, lean forward (前俯) until you feel sore (酸痛的) in your back. It will use up 10 calories.
◆Start with soup
Order a clear soup, and have it before the main food. In this way, you’ll feel fuller, so you’ll eat less when the main food comes.
◆An apple or more a day
Apples are full of fiber (纤维) and water, so your stomach will want less. Studies show that people who eat at least three apples or pears a day may lose weight.
◆Talk it up
Every time you use the cell phone, stand up and walk around. Heavy people sit on average two and a half hours more each day than thin people. This skill is very important as standing up and walking around will burn up 50 or more calories. Use these skills, and you will have a big weight loss.
1. The text is to encourage you to ______.| A．go on a diet | B．give up your favorite foods |
| C．join a gym | D．follow some habits of thin people |
| A．Sit up quickly in the morning. | B．Have soup before the main food. |
| C．Eat rice instead of apples. | D．Sit down when using a cell phone. |
| A．in a magazine | B．in a dictionary | C．in a story-book | D．on a map |
4 . When something on your fruit or vegetable looks strange, it isn't unusual to throw it to the side. without any hesitation. But some “unusual" parts of fruits and vegetables actually contain abundant amounts of health benefits or they may offer other little known uses. Those stings in your banana are no different.
Often thrown away with its skin, banana strings, which are scientifically called phloem bundles, are just as nutritious as the rest( inner pat) of the fruit. They are packed full of fibre, vitamin A, and vitamin B6 and other nutritional content, Phloem can be found in all plants, which is responsible for the transport of nutrients.“ Phloem bundles are made up of living cells that send food products and sugar to all the different parts of the plant," says Rebecca Lee, a registered nurse and the founder of remediesforme. com. And that is exactly what those strings do in the banana, transporting necessary nutrients throughout the delicious fruit so that it can grow up properly.
“They are not disgusting, and they just help the banana grow and become delicious," Dr. Elizabeth Trattner A. P. DOM, Doctor of Chinese and Integrative Medicine, told Reader's Digest. “It is fine to eat and although is structure is a little different from the inside.
Those phloem bundles can also be used to determine if your banana is ready to eat. If all of the nutrients haven't been transported completely in a balanced way throughout the fruit yet, then the phloem bundles stay on more tightly, meaning the banana is under ripe. Then the opposite occurs with ripe and over ripe bananas, as the strings can be removed more easily. But if your bananas do end up bring over-ripe. throw them away? Absolutely not!
1. What are the strings of a banana?| A．It’s nutrition producers. | B．It’s transporting cells. |
| C．It’s fleshy inner parts. | D．It’s protective skins. |
| A．The banana is not ripe enough. | B．The phloem's structure is tight. |
| C．The nutrients are distributed fully. | D．The phloem bundles become longer. |
| A．The ways to deal with over -ripe bananas. | B．The reasons for bananas being over -ripe. |
| C．The steps of stopping bananas being ripe. | D．The links between phloem and ripe bananas. |
| A．A biology textbook. | B．A research paper. | C．A medical brochure. | D．A health magazine. |
5 . Everyone has got two personalities—the one that is shown to the world and the other that is secret and real.You don’t show your secret personality when you’re awake because you can control yourself,but when you’re asleep,your sleeping position shows the real you.In a normal night,of course,you often change your sleeping positions.The important position that best shows your secret personality is the one that you fall asleep with.
If you go to sleep on your back,you’re a very open person.You normally trust people and you are easily influenced by fashion or new ideas.You don’t like to upset people.So you never express your real feelings.You’re quite shy and you aren’t very confident.
If you sleep on your stomach,you are a person who likes to keep secrets.You worry a lot and you’re always easily becoming sad.You never want to change your ideas,but you are satisfied with your life the way it is.You usually live for today not tomorrow.
If you sleep curled up(卷曲),you are probably a very nervous person.You have a low opinion of yourself and often protect yourself from being hurt,so you are very defensive.You’re shy and you don’t usually like meeting people.You prefer to be on your own.You’re easily hurt.
If you sleep on your side,you have usually got a well-balanced personality.You know your strengths and weaknesses.You’re usually careful.You believe in yourself.You sometimes feel anxious,but you don’t often get unhappy.You always say what you think,even if it makes people rather angry.
1. You may find the passage in a _______.| A．storybook | B．guide book |
| C．sports newspaper | D．science magazine |
| A．curled up | B．on her back |
| C．on her stomach | D．on her side |
| A．Sleeping positions show people’s secret personalities. |
| B．Sleeping on your side is the best way of sleeping. |
| C．Changing positions will cause sleeping problems. |
| D．Enough sleep makes people look better and healthier. |
6 . Interschool Sports Programme
Interschool Sports Programme is coming. It will start on 30th April and end on 15th June.
Students in our school will join the boys' basketball games. Each Wednesday the players will travel by bus to Sports Centre, Erinvale Street, Corinda. They will leave school at 12: 20 p.m. It will take them about 20 minutes to get there. The games will begin at 1:00 p.m. and end at 2:30 p.m. Players must wear their school clothes and sports shoes. It will be great if they can bring large water bottles.
If you are good at playing basketball and want to join the games, please go to Mr. David's office (Room503) before 15th April to fill in form. We will choose 15 players.
Volunteers are also needed. Anyone who wants to be a volunteer needs to send an email to Mr David (davidss@qq.edu.au) to introduce yourself before 20th April.
For more information, please call Mr David (6783-5682) or visit his office.
1. Interschool Sports Programme is about long.| A．half a month | B．one month | C．one and a half months | D．two months |
| A．12:20 p.m. | B．12:40 p.m. | C．1:00 p.m. | D．2:30 p.m. |
| A．practise every Tuesday | B．buy new sports clothes | C．call Mr David | D．fill in a form |
| A．know something about basketball | B．send an email to Mr David |
| C．bring a large water bottle | D．wear sports shoes |
| A．school notice | B．news report | C．teacher' email | D．students' entail |
7 . Last week，we talked about the conflict(冲突)between sleepy teenagers and early morning classes.Many people commented on our website.
For example，Damla Ece in Turkey wrote：I agree with the idea of starting lessons later so teenagers can feel better in the morning.But sleeping more than seven hours can be wasting time for students.
Tran in Vietnam disagreed：I think teenagers，on average，need eight to ten hours of sleep every day.It's useless to try to force them to concentrate while they can't concentrate.
Afshin Heydari from Iran wrote：Schools should start early to avoid heavy traffic later in the morning.
And Suze from Jordan wrote：When I was a teenager，I enjoyed taking my courses as early as possible.That way I could find a long time in the day to do my own activities.
But Azra from Kyrgyzstan said：The reason why schools start early here is a lack of classrooms.
And Joruji in Japan wrote：When I was a teenager，I used to get up before six to go to school，which was far from home，and I don't remember having problems.I think nowadays the Internet，TV games and cell phones make teens go to sleep later.
Thirtyyearold Kika in Spain said：In my opinion，young people are very lazy.
But Dennis Jin disagreed：For high school students in China，we must reach class at 6：20 in the morning and be back home usually at 10：00 in the evening.Then we'll have some extra schoolwork to do.Can you imagine how long could we sleep every day?
Teenagers are not the only ones who suffer.Kathy in Canada wrote：My daughter likes complaining about everything in the morning，and I know that this is from lack of sleep.I wish schools should change their start time to 8：30 or 9：00 in the morning.
And Naima Star in Libya wrote：Getting up so early in the morning and leaving the warm bed is so difficult，especially in the cold weather.It reminds me of that old song：“It's nice to get up in the morning，but it's nicer to stay in bed.”
1. The passage is most likely to be taken from .| A．a personal letter | B．a travel guide |
| C．a geography book | D．a radio broadcast |
| A．Joruji，Tran and Kika. |
| B．Tran，Kathy and Dennis Jin. |
| C．Suze，Kathy and Afshin Heydari. |
| D．Suze，Tran and Afshin Heydari. |
| A．amazement | B．pleasure |
| C．determination | D．dissatisfaction |
| A．his own habit |
| B．political situation |
| C．school environment |
| D．traffic conditions |
8 . If humans ever hope to live on the Mars, the settlers will need to produce a series of organic compounds (有机化合物), from fuels to drugs, which are too expensive to ship from Earth.
Chemists from University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have a plan for that.
For the past eight years, the researchers have been working on a system combining bacteria and nanowires (细菌和纳米线) that can catch the energy of sunlight to change carbon dioxide (CO,) and water into building blocks for organic things. Nanowires are thin wires about one-hundredth the width of a human hair, used as electronic parts, and also as solar cells.
“On Mars, about 96% of the atmosphere is CO2. Basically, all you need is these nanowires to take in the solar energy and pass it on to these bacteria to do the chemistry for you,” said project leader Peidong Yang, professor of chemistry and the S.K. and Angela Chan Distinguished Chair in Energy at UC Berkeley. “For a deep space task, you care about the weight, and biological systems have the advantage that they self-reproduce: You don’t need to send a lot. That’s why this version is highly attractive.”
The only other requirement, besides sunlight, is water, which on Mars is relatively more than enough in the polar ice caps and likely lies frozen underground over most of the planet, said Yang.
It works like photosynthesis (光合作用), which plants naturally employ to change CO2 and water into carbon compounds, mostly sugar and carbohydrates. Plants, however, have a quite low efficiency (效率), usually changing less than one-half percent of solar energy into carbon compounds. Yang’s system is comparable to the plant that best changes CO2 to sugar, which is 4～5% efficient.
1. What is the function of the new biological system?| A．Reducing air pollution on Mars. |
| B．Carrying many organic things to Mars. |
| C．Helping to produce organic compounds on Mars. |
| D．Making building blocks without sunlight. |
| A．There’s plenty of CO2, water and sunlight on Mars. |
| B．Mars is much easier to land than other planets. |
| C．Spaceship technology has developed a lot. |
| D．Lots of oxygen was found on Mars. |
| A．It doesn’t need carbon dioxide and water. |
| B．It can be replaced by plants in space. |
| C．Its efficiency is higher than natural photosynthesis’s. |
| D．It functions based on rules different from photosynthesis. |
| A．Life. | B．Science. | C．Health. | D．Education. |
9 . Worship Music Leader — First Presbyterian Church (FPC) in Napa is looking for someone who will select songs and use media for church services on Sundays. And working hours are flexible and the pay is about $18 an hour. Detailed job information will be posted on the Payroll Office’s window. If interested, send your cover letter and resume to David Stoker at david@fpcnapa.org.
Catering Company — Oak Avenue is a most successful catering company searching for enthusiastic people to join their talented team of chefs and service professionals. Students’ part-time positions are available for ambitious chefs, bakers, service helpers, and captains. Please send a brief cover letter and resume to Maritza@oakovenuecatering.com or call 707-963-9278 for more information.
Caregiver Position — Looking for a caregiver to help with a 91-year-old woman who lives in Calistoga. She speaks both English and Spanish, but Spanish is her preference. She sleeps quite a bit during the day so there is time to do housework. She cannot be left alone because she has a fall risk. She walks with a walker on her own. Please call 925-785-8500 if interested.
Housekeeping Services — A responsible, professional, and experienced housekeeper is needed to take care of all cleaning details of a local business in Angwin. This person will be needed 2 or 3 times per week for about 8 hours per day. Please send an email for additional information and be ready to provide resume and work history. Driver’s license is required. Pay will be $20-$25 per hour. To contact them, email recruitingangwin@gmail.com.
1. Which is the email address or contact number for those who want to become great bakers？| A．david@fpcnapa.org. |
| B．recruitingangwin@gmail.com. |
| C．925-785-8500. |
| D．707-963-9278. |
| A．Flexibility in working hours. |
| B．Speaking Spanish fluently. |
| C．Being able to drive. |
| D．Being a local in Angwin. |
| A．A hotel advertisement. |
| B．A job advertisement. |
| C．A household guide. |
| D．A tourist guide. |
10 . A heart-stopping video shows that a group of hikers were able to keep their cool as a curious black bear approached them—and one even stayed composed enough to snap a selfie （自拍）.
The black bear pulls one of the women by the leg with its paws（爪子）,moving towards her across the path as she tries to remain completely still. When the frightening animal stands up on its legs to smell her, the fearless walker can be seen taking a photo with the wild animal as it breathes down her neck.
The incident is reported to have happened on a path in Chipinque Ecological Park, Mexico, and the clip （剪辑片段）has had millions of views since being shared on social media. With the bear particularly interested in one member of the group, another walker remains frozen with her back to the animal as she stares still into the trees.
A third can be seen nervously fearing as the bear begins to approach her and shakes her hand in fear, but it circles back around to check out the first hiker for a second time. It pushes her off balance with its head before twice pawing at her legs as onlookers shout to try and warn the bear off.
The woman remains fearless as the animal isn't into her and continues walking up the path, giving the group an opportunity to make a swift exit.
It was shared on Twitter by former basketball player Rex Chapman, getting 2.7 million views, with the caption: "Oh, my goodness. She's a rock."
1. What does the underlined word "composed” mean in the first paragraph?| A．Afraid. | B．Confused. | C．Disappointed. | D．Calm. |
| A．On seeing the black bear. | B．On the bear's pulling her leg. |
| C．On the bear's smelling her | D．On the bear's seeing her. |
| A．It was frightened. | B．It was hungry. |
| C．It got injured. | D．It lost interest. |
| A．A newspaper. | B．A health magazine. |
| C．A research report. | D．A brochure. |
