1 . A teenager from the UK almost died because of an addiction to unhealthy exercise.
Lisa Fouweather, 19, was so addicted to working out that she ran half marathons before breakfast. She started to practice running, hoping to become excellent at her running club, but quickly became addicted.
She was hardly eating to keep in shape. The teen’s meals would only include a few pieces of food from her “safe foods” list which was mainly fruit and vegetables. She would avoid anything containing sugar or fat. “I would throw my orange juice and bread out of the window when my parents left the room,” she said. At one point, her weight dropped to just 75 pounds — around 34 kg.
This helped to improve her running in the short-term when, in fact, her whole life was falling apart. It affected her education as she would turn up late to school every day to finish her morning running. She said, “Six-mile runs became half marathons, all on an empty stomach before breakfast. Upon my return, I would eat only fruit.”
However, although warned by her parents, Lisa refused to admit she had a problem and wouldn’t give up her way of working out until one day she had a heart attack after her running and was rushed to hospital, where she was diagnosed with anorexic (厌食症) and banned from exercise. “I was told that I could have died because my heart was under great pressure.” She was given dieting advice by doctors to help treat her eating disorders. Thanks to hard work and professional help, she managed to put a stop to her extreme exercise and dieting and has been in recovery for nearly three years.
Lisa said, “I want people who are going through the same problem as I did to know that there is help and support out there, and don’t wait until you’re at breaking point to seek that help.”
1. Why did Lisa start practicing running at first?| A．To become great at the running club. |
| B．To keep in shape. |
| C．To help her with her diet. |
| D．To improve her education. |
| A．She ran half marathons on an empty stomach. |
| B．She had an unhealthy way of eating. |
| C．She didn’t get any warning from others. |
| D．She wouldn’t quit her wrong way of exercise at first. |
| A．There are many people going through the same problem as Lisa did. |
| B．Lisa can provide help and support to people with the same problem. |
| C．You can wait for help if you’re going through the same problem. |
| D．People with the same problem should ask for help in time. |
| A．Science. | B．Technology. |
| C．Health. | D．Nature. |
2 . Set in the rosy sandstone desert of northeastern Arizona, Canyon de Chelly National Monument is filled with paradox (悖论), because although the ruins are vast, they give us more questions than answers. Home of a large population, the settlement at Canyon de Chelly seems to have been abandoned almost overnight, for no apparent reason.
Archaeologists (考古学家) have found that people lived in Canyon de Chelly for longer than they lived in almost any other place in early America. Filled with beauty, the national monument covers 131 square miles, including the canyons of the de Chelly, del Muerto, and Monument River. With steep canyon walls and rushing rivers, this is an excellent place to explore cool spots on the canyon floors.
Most park guests arrive by car and begin their visit at the overlooks on South Rim Drive or North Rim Drive. The changes of altitude in the monument are truly dramatic with thousands of feet drops. For example, the highest park overlook is at 7, 000 feet while the visitor’s center is at 5, 500 feet. On the South Rim Drive, you’ll find the White House Ruin is located in a long, low cave in a rocky face. While hiking the White House Ruin Trail, be on the lookout for wildflowers and rock art. For a fun side trip, head to the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, home to 700 different plant species, including many gorgeous wildflowers.
In nearby Chinle, Arizona, you can arrange for special park guides. The weather can be unpredictable here, so always carry a raincoat with you, prepared for sudden afternoon showers. Generally, the spring and fall are the best limes to visit. Summer is hot and dry, and winter is cold, and snowy. In the fall, be particularly aware of thunderstorms that can blow in quickly.
1. How do people feel when seeing Canyon de Chelly National Monument?| A．Thrilled | B．Regretful. |
| C．Puzzled. | D．Disappointed. |
| A．Ways to get to Canyon de Chelly. |
| B．Plant species of Canyon de Chelly. |
| C．Different overlooks between two parks. |
| D．The scenery of Canyon de Chelly National Monument. |
| A．The company of special guides. |
| B．The sudden drop of temperature. |
| C．The unexpected arrival of rain. |
| D．The arrangement of visiting process. |
| A．A biology textbook. | B．A travel brochure. |
| C．A health magazine. | D．A research paper. |
3 . Chester is one of the best cities in the UK. As soon as you arrive in Chester you will appreciate the city’s unique atmosphere and sense his history. Founded by the Romans over 2,000 years ago, much of the Roman influence remains and Chester’s city walls are the most complete in Britain. Combined with history and heritage（遗产）, Chester is a lively city full of bars, pubs, clubs, hotels, and restaurants for you to discover, attracting you to visit again and again.
Travelling to Chester: Chester is easily accessible by many means of transport--whether you are travelling by rail, car, bus or plane. Please check our route planner below to help you plan your journey to Chester. Once you arrive in the city there are numerous car parks; however, during rush hours the easiest way to travel is by bus.
Hotel: From bed& breakfast to the luxury of Chester’s only five star hotel, Chester has all covered. Whether your trip is for business or pleasure, your room is just a click away!
Sightseeing and Tours: The best way to see Chester is by a guided tour. If you have a variety to choose from. Whether you choose the traditional guided walk, to be guided around Chester historical landmarks by bus or to take a boat down the River Dee, you will sure enjoy the delights of Chester.
1. What can we know about Chester from Paragraph 1?| A．It is rich in deep culture and modern touch. |
| B．It is the best city in the USA. |
| C．Chester isn’t a lively city. |
| D．It is a newly built city. |
| A．By bicycle. | B．By bus. | C．By rail. | D．By taxi. |
| A．A news report. | B．A museum guide. | C．A science book. | D．A travel magazine. |
4 . The London Pass is the final sightseeing package that has been specially tailor-made for visitors to the city. It allows holders to make the most out of their trip, saving them both time and money. With the London Pass you will get the following:
·Free entry to your choice of over 60 popular attractions, tours, sights and museums
·A useful 160-page Guidebook about the attractions plus helpful tips about the city
·Ability to skip the lines at the selected attractions to save time
·Optional Travel card to cover all of your transport needs
The London Pass Saves You Money
London can bean expensive city, and its tourist attractions are no exception. However, go sightseeing with a London Pass and you could make some great savings. Take a look at the normal gate price for some popular London attractions: Tower of London £19.00; Thames River Cruise £19.00; Windsor Castle £17.00; London Bridge Experience £23.00; St Paul’s Cathedral £15.00. Visiting those five attractions will cost well over £89. With a London Pass, these and many more attractions won’t cost you a penny.
The London Pass Saves You Time
London is a popular destination. Therefore, attractions and sights do get very busy. Waiting inline can sometimes take hours from your sightseeing experience—that’s why London Pass holders get to skip the queue at key attractions such as Tower of London, Windsor Castle and London Bridge Experience. Also, the map of London and the information about the city’s public transportation system available in our Guidebook help plan the perfect sightseeing itinerary to maximize your time in the city.
Practical Information
Adult ticket: From £43. 00
Address: Charing Cross Road, London, WC2H OEP
THL: 01664 485020
1. With a London pass, you are expected to spend ______ when visiting Tower of London and Windsor Castle.| A．£43. 00 | B．nothing | C．£89.00 | D．£36.00 |
| A．One doesn’t need to wait inline in all tourist attractions in London. |
| B．One can enjoy all the tourist services in London with exactly forty-three pounds. |
| C．One can enter over 60 tourist attractions, sights and museums at a low price |
| D．One can choose the Travel card that suits his transport needs in London. |
| A．an English textbook | B．a newspaper |
| C．a travel brochure | D．an encyclopedia |
5 . We offer five kinds of courses. Each course has been designed to help students according to their needs.
Course 1: General English
General English is designed to develop students’ basic communication skills in speaking and pronunciation, reading, listening, writing, grammar and vocabulary. Tuesday to Friday: 9:00 am to 11:00 am, $ 288 per week.
Course 2: Academic English
Academic English is for students who want to take the IELTS exam or for those who need to use English in a professional area. Monday to Friday: 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm, $ 320 per week.
Course 3: High School ESL
Why not make the most of your time studying in Australia with the help from TIES? We have High School ESL classes each week specifically designed for international students. Tuesday to Friday: 8:00 am to 11:00 am, $ 25 per hour.
Course 4: Night Classes
Do you want to improve your English and get the best possible results in your GRE test? We have three night classes each week designed to meet your needs. Tuesday to Thursday evenings: 8:30 pm to 10:30 pm, $ 60 per day.
Course 5: One on One
If you are interested in some One on One lessons with TIES teachers, we can design a course to meet your needs. One on One lessons can improve your English language skills more quickly and help students who want to take TOEFL. Tuesday to Friday: 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm, $ 80 per hour.
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1. Which course would be helpful for basic communication skills?| A．High School ESL. | B．Night Classes. |
| C．General English. | D．Academic English. |
| A．$240. | B．$300. | C．$360. | D．$600. |
| A．A newspaper. | B．A website. |
| C．A brochure. | D．An application. |
6 . Most people agree that eating healthy food is important. But sometimes making good food choices can be difficult. Now, there are apps that can help people learn about the food they eat to improve their health and their dining out experience.
Open Table app
Open Table app helps people choose restaurants when they want to go out to eat. It is a free service that shows users restaurant available based on where and when they want to dine. It gives users points when they make reservations (预定), which can add up to discounts on restaurant visits.
Max McCalman's Cheese &Wine Pairing app
Wine and cheese can be a great combination. But which wines go best with which cheeses? Max McCalman's Cheese & Wine Pairing app can help. It provides information about hundreds of different cheeses and suggests wines to pair with each. Max McCalman's Cheese&. Wine Pairing app is free.
Happy Cow app
Vegetarians do not eat animal meat. Vegans do not eat any animal products. The Happy Cow app is made for both groups. Users can search for vegetarian-vegan restaurants and stores around the world.
Local Eats app
Restaurant chains, like McDonalds, can be found almost anywhere a person might travel. But sometimes travelers want to eat like locals. The Local Eats app is designed for that. It can help you find local restaurants in major cities in the US and in other countries. It costs about a dollar.
Where Chefs Eat app
“Where Chefs Eat” is a 975 page book. Most people would not want to carry that around. But there is a much lighter app version of the same name for just $ 15. Six hundred chefs provide information on 3, 000 restaurants around the world on the Where Chefs Eat app.
1. What do the first two apps have in common?| A．They are both free of charge. | B．Discounts are provided on both. |
| C．Best wines can be reserved on both. | D．They tell you where to find the best restaurant. |
| A．People who love drinking wine. | B．People who don't t eat meat or animal products. |
| C．People who enjoy meat very much. | D．People who often eat in restaurant. |
| A．On a tourism guide. | B．In a students' textbook. |
| C．In a cellphone application introduction. | D．On a scientific discovery TV program. |
7 . There is nothing like travel when it comes to gaining perspectives and exposing yourself to other cultures. Here is a list of books that transport readers to another time and place.
ITALY: Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
This book is written by the popular author Jess Walter. It is a love story that begins on the Italian Coast in the early 60s and eventually appears on the screen in Hollywood. As the settings shift from Italy to Edinburgh to Los Angeles, you will find yourself longing to go as well.
SEATTLE: Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
Maria Semple’s first novel is not exactly a love story to Seattle, but if you read it, you just might want to come here to see if people are really as self-involved as the characters in her book. What really shines through is the strange storytelling and the laugh.
ENGLAND: Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
You can’t travel to Thomas Cromwell’s England without a time machine, but reading Mantel’s prize-winning novel is the next best thing. It will make you long to see the ancient buildings and green grass of the English countryside, much of which is still there.
NANTUCKER: Here’s to Us Elin Hildebrand
Elin Hilderbrand has built a writing career about her hometown island of Nantucker. Her latest is Here’s to Us, which, perhaps not surprisingly, is a great beach read that will spice up your vacation. You won’t be able to put the page down and desire to get there.
1. Which book has been adapted for a film?| A．Here’s to Us. | B．Wolf Hall. |
| C．Beautiful Ruins. | D．Where’d You Go, Bernadette. |
| A．Its low price. | B．Its interesting characters. |
| C．Its content about love. | D．Its way of telling stories. |
| A．Go to Seattle | B．Learn to love. |
| C．Appreciate the English countryside | D．Enjoy a beach read. |
| A．They are all about love stories. |
| B．They inspire you to travel. |
| C．They show the joy and sadness |
| D．They help you to be self-involved. |
| A．tourism brochure | B．newspaper report |
| C．book review | D．fashion magazine |
8 . Frozen 2 sees the return of Elsa and Anna.This time,the Queen of Arendelle and her sister are in-tended to save the kingdom.The film,adding different topics and making breakthroughs,has won greater popularity.
One big change since the first movie is what the leading women are wearing.Elsa and Anna branch out(出场)by wearing tights,not just skirts.It's rare to see Disney princesses in anything other than tradi-tionally woman style clothes.Director Jenifer Lee said the move represented contemporary attitudes.
“Everyone sort of represents when the film was made and what the film's trying to show,”she said,“And that's right for these two women,who are carrying the weight of the kingdom.I love you can wear any-thing.”
President of Walt Disney Animation Studios Clark Spencer thought it important to design what Elsa and Anna wear carefully.“This time,they don't have to flee their kingdom in the wrong dress,”said Spencer.“They're going on a big adventure.It's going to be very physical.It makes the audience aware there is more than one way to be a princess.”
Pants are just the beginning.Another noticeable topic is the role of the environment,which helps them on their adventure when it feels respected and hurts them when threatened.What the filmmakers re-ally talked about is that the ecosystem is a big serious issue,according to Lee.“Climate change and nature out of balance might give Elsa the real purpose.Could that be why she has this power?That's something most of us talk about.But a core(核心的)theme of the movie is the idea of not trying to force the envi-ronment into your world,"she said.Every character is connected to this idea of respecting the strength and changes of the environment and taking care of the world around you.
1. Why does the director change Elsa's and Anna's wear?| A．To show the background of the movie. |
| B．To increase the film's popularity. |
| C．To express the idea of dressing freedom. |
| D．To reflect the trend of the times. |
| A．It's a wrong choice. | B．It makes sense. |
| C．I's a risky decision. | D．It attracts the audience. |
| A．Shape a character who helps the leading roles. |
| B．Indicate potential dangers of climate change. |
| C．Explain the source of Elsa's magical strength. |
| D．Show the importance to respect nature's power. |
| A．Entertainment. | B．Life&Style. |
| C．Environment. | D．Fashion&Clothing. |
9 . There is a famous story about how Walt Disney was inspired to build Disneyland. The story goes that during an afternoon visit to Griffith Park located near the Burbank Studios, Walt took a seat while his two young daughters rode the merry-go-round. Walt thought there should be a place where both children and their parents could enjoy spending some time together in an environment that would be both entertaining and pleasing to the eye, so with this thought came the idea for Disneyland.
Walt's original plan was to build an eight-acre park located near the Burbank Studios that would be a place for his employees and their families. Those plans were put on hold because of the start of World War II. By 1952, Walt had created a special department that was devoted to planning his dream.
Finally in 1953, the first steps in building the park happened when Walt employed the Stanford Research Institute to make a survey to determine the best possible location for the future park. Considering population growth and the future freeway construction(建设),they finally found a location in Anaheim and 160 acres of land were bought for the site of the new park.
The building of the park was very expensive and to collect money for the project, Walt developed the idea of the ''Walt Disney's Disneyland'' television show. It turned out to be a marvelous idea—not only gaining the money to build the park but also presenting the park to the American public.
Construction officially began on July 21,1954, and it was an ambitious(野心勃勃的)building schedule of less than one year to complete the new park for the projected opening day. Walt watched over the park's construction and progress continued with just a few minor hold-ups. Finally，the park was ready for the Opening Day on July17,1955.
1. What inspired Walt Disney to build Disneyland?| A．The special design of Griffith Park. | B．A trip to a park with his daughters. |
| C．Requests from his family and employees. | D．The idea to build a park for his daughters. |
| A．Walt Disney's personal preference. | B．The natural environment. |
| C．The advice of the public. | D．Local traffic. |
| A．It was smooth generally. | B．It was affected by World War II. |
| C．It was completed later than expected. | D．It was influenced by a shortage of money. |
| A．A diary. | B．A novel. | C．A magazine. | D．A guidebook. |
10 . Cancer is a leading cause of death around the world. When it comes to cancer, the sooner you know you have it, the better your chances of surviving. A new blood test could change the way doctors and researchers find cancer in patients. Researchers say the test could provide evidence to the early forms of the disease.
Scientists at Swansea University in Wales came up with the idea. Gareth Jenkins is a professor at the university. “ In this blood test we don’t measure the presence of cancer; we measure the presence of mutant red blood cells which are collateral(附属的) damage that occurs---a by-product of the cancer developing.”
The researchers used normal laboratory equipment to perform the test. This equipment looks for changes in the structure of millions of red blood cells. Those mutant cells lack a surface protein that healthy cells normally have. “The main purpose of the test is to look for very rare cells which have picked up a mutation. The number of mutant red blood cells in a healthy person is around 5 or so per million. You have to look at millions of red blood cells to detect those rare events. These numbers increase in cancer patients---they go up to 40 or 50 mutants on average.”
The researchers tested blood from about 300 people, all of whom have cancer of the esophagus(食道). Patients with esophageal cancer have high levels of mutant red blood cells. Jenkins says that at this point he is not sure if other cancers will produce similar results.
The hope is that the new test and other non-invasive methods could one day become part of commonly used medical methods. He says that using a battery, or series, of tests will be the best way to find out if a person has cancer. These new technologies could save millions of lives.
1. According to the test, how do scientists find out if a person has cancer?| A．By calculating the speed of changes in the structure. |
| B．By observing the surface protein. |
| C．By looking for changes in the number of mutant red blood cells. |
| D．By measuring the presence of cancer. |
| A．Decreased. | B．Changed. | C．Increased. | D．Multiplied. |
| A．humorous | B．favorable | C．critical | D．objective |
| A．Health. | B．Fashion. | C．Education. | D．Culture. |
