Located in the northwest of Hunan Province, about 300 kilometers away from Changsha, capital of Hunan, Zhangjiajie,
Since it was discovered in the 1980s, tourism industry
At the same time, ecotourism has been developed rapidly in Zhangjiajie. When you come to Zhangjiajie, you can fully appreciate
It must be an exciting, joyful and unforgettable tour to Zhangjiajie.
2 . How to Make Friends
Good friendship has many advantages.
Start a conversation.
Starting a conversation is an important step in making new friends.
Choosing friends with common interests is important in building friendship as these interests would always bring you and your friends together. Hanging out will always be a pleasant experience.
Let it grow.
It is a good thing to stay in touch. However, try not to disturb your new friend with too many calls, messages or visits as this would likely make him or her upset and finally you may lose your friend.
Enjoy your friendship.
The best way to enjoy your friendship is to allow your friends to be themselves.
| A．Be cheerful. |
| B．Do things together. |
| C．Do not wait to be spoken to. |
| D．Making new friends comes easy for some people. |
| E．For a friendship to develop you need to stay in touch. |
| F．The best friendships are the ones that grow naturally. |
| G．Try not to change them from who they are to what you want them to be. |
1. 目的地简介(如地理位置等)；
2. 目的地特色(如景点、饮食、文化等)；
3. 发出邀请。
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1. 短文题目和首句已为你写好，不计入词数；
2. 写作词数应为80左右，可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Mike,
Thanks for your last letter, I’ve learned that you want to visit China.
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
4 . Screen time before bedtime may leave people feeling sleepy in the morning. Cell phones, computers and TVs emit (发出) blue light. And exposure to that bluish light during the two hours before bed can keep us from getting a good night’s rest, a new study finds. It cuts down on the length of people’s sleep. It also leaves them feeling tired in the morning and can disrupt the body clock. Data shows that this blue light tends to make us more alert at night, making it harder to get all the rest we need.
Green and his team surveyed 19 people — all in their 20s — for a sleep study. All spent two hours on a computer right before bedtime. But they didn’t all experience the same light exposure. Looking at screens that gave off intense blue light cut someone’s sleep by about 16 minutes, compared to when they had used screens with red light. Those exposed to blue light also woke up more often at night than if they had been exposed to red light.
“The normal blue light emissions from the computer screen also affect how much melatonin (褪黑素) each volunteer makes. It is released into our blood around 9 p.m. When our bodies make less melatonin, we may still feel too alert at bedtime to fall asleep when the body is tired. And body temperature won’t drop as expected after we use devices emitting lots of blue light. Using screens before bed damages the body’s biological clock,” Green says. “More and more kids are using screens nowadays. Sleep is important, especially during the first few years of life when ‘neural plasticity’ (神经可塑性) is at its greatest. Their brains are still developing the ability to learn and pay attention. That makes the new results worrisome,” Green says.
Rahman says that the new work makes a good point about how blue light from screens can be bad for our bodies. However, he points out, the light in this study is extremely bright. It is far brighter than what a normal computer, tablet or TV will emit. Still, Rahman says the results remind us to think about how we should use screens before bed.
1. The blue light from the screens may cause people to ________.| A．tend to work at night | B．get attentive in the morning |
| C．be less sleepy before bed time | D．be affected less by the body clock |
| A．People’s concern about light exposure. |
| B．A study on blue light’s effects on sleep. |
| C．Reasons for blue light’s effects on sleep. |
| D．Effects of various types of light on sleep. |
| A．Melatonin may affect people’s neural plasticity. |
| B．Blue light may affect children’s brain development. |
| C．Exposure to normal screen has little impact on sleep. |
| D．The low temperature of body helps produce melatonin. |
| A．Uncaring. | B．Approving. |
| C．Objective. | D．Critical. |
5 . The ban (禁令) on petrol and diesel (柴油) cars due in 2030 may have to be scrapped because of a lack of charging points for electric vehicles, industry experts warn. The Government wants to outlaw the sale of new fuel models in order to go green and cut pollution. But industry figures suggest this may not be possible. Analysis highlights a lack of high-powered electric vehicle (EV) chargers at motorway service stations.
The Government has promised that every motorway service area has at least six rapid chargers by the end of 2023. But only 27 out of 119 motorway services in England meet that target. This will fuel “charge point anxiety”, which experts warn is preventing drivers from buying electric cars in case they cannot power them up while on journeys. Lisa Watson, director of sales at Close Brothers Motor Finance, said: “The UK is set to fall significantly short of its charging point targets.”
This could have a far-reaching effect on consumer uptake of alternative fuel vehicles. If more isn’t done to improve charging infrastructure (基础设施), the 2030 ban on new petrol and diesel vehicles will seem an increasingly tough task. Rapid charge points can add about 100 miles of range to an EV in 35 minutes and are seen as crucial to encouraging more motorists who use their cars for long journeys to make the switch to electric.
There are also concerns over the distribution of public charging points.While Westminster has 2,196, there are just 1,593 across Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Leeds, Sheffield and Birmingham. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders expects plug-in battery electric vehicles to account for 18.4% of car sales this year and 22.6% next year-down from previous forecasts of 19.7% and 23.3%.
A government spokesman said, “The importance of ensuring high-powered charging is readily available up and down our motorway network can’t be highlighted enough. A lack of charging facilities is becoming one of the most widely quoted reasons for drivers not going electric.”
1. What is the probable meaning of the underlined word “scrapped” in paragraph 1?| A．Passed. | B．Canceled. | C．Suggested. | D．Strengthened. |
| A．Charge point anxiety. | B．Bad motorway service. |
| C．The imperfection of law. | D．Too slow charging speed. |
| A．They are hard to popularize. |
| B．They can lead to an increase in drivers. |
| C．They will boost people’s confidence in EVs. |
| D．They enable an EV to run 35 minutes. |
| A．Sufficient high-powered charging must be provided. |
| B．The excuse for drivers not to buy EVs is unacceptable. |
| C．There is too much focus on high-powered charging. |
| D．The lack of charging devices will continue for a long time. |
Once there was a little girl named Emily. Although her singing was very pleasant to hear, lacking of courage, she never dared to sing in front of strangers.
One summer, the neighborhood where she lived would hold a singing competition. Her best friend, Lucy, came to invite her to participate in the competition, but Emily said, “I’m afraid to take part in it.” Her mother said, “It’s okay; just do it bravely.” Emily followed her mama’s advice and decided to give herself a try. The day came. Emily and Lucy went to the competition site. But she was too timid (胆小的) to walk onto the stage. She had been waiting until others finished singing. She shakily (颤抖地) forced herself to stand on the stage. She started to sing, but her voice was so low. What’s worse, she was so nervous that she forgot the lyrics (歌词) after singing a few words. Being laughed at by others, embarrassed and shy, she ran away from the stage.
Some naughty boys ran after her and said, “Emily, coward (胆小鬼)! Emily, coward!” Emily didn’t argue with them. What she wanted was to go back home as quickly as she could.
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Finally, she rushed into the house, hugged her mom and cried sadly.
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1. 欢乐谷(上海欢乐谷)是一座迷人的主题公园； 2. 游玩项目丰富多彩；
3. 各种各样的文化主题活动也会带给你极大的快乐；4. 你还能够品尝到中国各地的特色美食。
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2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；
3. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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This is a true story of my grandfather James. In the 1930s, Grandpa was a school kid and took a part-time job in a theater. One day, during a break when the audience were going to the bathroom, he was shocked to see three very huge rats which crossed the aisles (过道) and went under the seats. Grandpa feared the audience would be hurt.
When the movie was over, Grandpa told the manager what he saw. The manager was anxious, and said they couldn’t use poisons to drive the rats away. Grandpa suggested putting cats in the theater at night when it was closed. The manager agreed and gave grandpa the task of putting the cats in the theater at night, but grandpa had to be there in the morning to remove the cats and any dead rat that might be around.
The next day, grandpa found two cats. At the end of the night when the movie was over, he brought the cats into the theater as “night guards”. Then, he left and headed home, excitedly thinking about how many dead rats there would be when he went to the theater in the morning.
The next morning, grandpa hurried to the theater to take care of the cats and all of those dead rats before he went to school. After reaching the theater, he opened the front door, to his surprise, the two cats rushed out of the door and down the street at once. Confused, grandpa entered the theater and turned on the light. To his surprise, he couldn’t find one dead rat.
Soon, grandpa and the manager found out that the rats were so big that the cats were actually scared of them. Grandpa wondered how to deal with the problem. When grandpa got home from school that day, he told his parents what had happened. They laughed and told him that the best way was to get a Rat Terrier dog. They said it’s a type of dog that is good at killing rats. Although grandpa doubted it, he decided to have a try.
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2.请按如下格式在答题纸的相应位置作答。
Grandpa reached the local dog shelter and asked if they had a Rat Terrier.
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To check whether the dog had killed any rats, the next morning grandpa got up very early.
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Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival, one of the top ten ancient Chinese
The 528-centimeter-long work is well known
At the end of the country road
The last part is the crowded and noisy downtown, where various people are going about various businesses. So
Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival serves as a window to the Song Dynasty, providing very
10 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region has adopted digital technology
Workers have copied more than 2,000 immovable rock carvings and paintings at Helan Mountain to digitalize the overall views as well as
Rock carvings
The protection of rock paintings and carvings is a worldwide issue. At present, there is no
