Opening Hours
The museum is open from 10:00 to 16:30 from Tuesdays to Sundays all the year round. We close for just a few days over Christmas and New Year. Besides, we are open on bank holiday Mondays and on the first Thursday of each month we open late until 19:30. The last time to enter the museum is 30 minutes before closing time.
Christmas/New Year 2022~2023: We are open as usual to 23rd December, closed on 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th and 31st December, 2022. We are open on Wednesday 28th, Thursday 29th and Friday 30th December and on Sunday 1st January, 2023.
Admission Charges
The admission charges are as follows:
·Adults £4.00
Seniors (anyone aged 60 and over) £3.00
Students (with identity) £3.00
Children aged 5~15 £2.00
·Family £10.00 (2 adults +3 children or 1 adult +4 children)
Children aged 0~4 free
We accept:
·The London Pass
·Railway company 2 for 1 vouchers (代金券), with the rail ticket
Museums Association members £2.00
English Heritage Members enjoy a 2 for 1 offer
We accept cash or credit card.
Groups of 10 people or more qualify for special rates and may book refreshments (点心). Groups of 20 or more can have a free introductory talk from a member of staff if pre-booked. We also offer guided tow-path walks along the canal for pre-booked groups at an extra charge. Contact groups @canalmuseum. org. uk to book ahead of time.
1. How much will they be charged if a grandfather aged 61 and his grandson aged 5 visit the museum?| A．£2.00. | B．£3.00. | C．£4.00. | D．£5.00. |
| A．Get up early. | B．Book in advance. |
| C．Buy some refreshments. | D．Set off on time. |
| A．To show some advantages of London Canal Museum. |
| B．To draw more tourists to visit London Canal Museum. |
| C．To offer information about visiting London Canal Museum. |
| D．To introduce something about London Canal Museum. |
2 . For some people, music is no fun at all. About 4% of the population is what scientists call “amusic”. People who are amusic are born without the ability to enjoy musical notes. Amusic people often cannot tell the differences between two songs.
As a result, songs sound like noise to an amusic. Many amusics compare the sound of music to pieces of metal hitting each other. Life can be hard for amusics. In fact, most people cannot understand what it feels like to be amusic. Just going to a restaurant or a shopping center can be uncomfortable or even painful. That is why many amusics have to stay away from places where there is music. However, this can result in social loneliness. “I used to hate parties,” says Margaret, a seventy-year-old woman who only recently discovered that she was amusic. By studying people like Margaret, scientists are finally learning how to identify this unusual condition.
Scientists say that the brains of amusics are different from those of people who can enjoy music. The difference is complex, as it is not connected with poor hearing and has nothing to do with intelligence. Amusics can understand other non-musical sounds well. They also have no problems understanding common speech. Scientists compare amusics to people who just can’t see certain colors.
Many amusics are happy when their condition is finally diagnosed (诊断). For years, Margaret felt embarrassed about her music problem. Now she knows that she is not alone. That makes it easier for her to explain. “When people invite me to a concert, I just say ‘No, thanks. I’m amusic,’” says Margaret.
1. Amusics are the people who ________| A．have a preference for music. | B．have trouble in hearing. |
| C．have a talent for music. | D．are born unable to enjoy music. |
| A．they fail to understand music. | B．they find their normal life disturbed. |
| C．they try to stay at the place full of music. | D．they regard music as noise. |
| A．Difficult. | B．Obvious. | C．Basic | D．Small. |
| A．Some people’s musical ability. | B．Some people’s inability to enjoy music. |
| C．Amusics’ strange behaviors. | D．Diagnosis and treatment of amusics. |
3 . Social media and the Internet are powerful tools that are an important part of our everyday lives. We use them to learn, communicate, work, and more.
Schedule your Internet time
A hobby gives you something to spend time on that’s not the Internet. Take a yoga class, start learning to play an instrument, start gardening, sign up for the gym, or do anything else that interests you. At the beginning, commit to spend just 1 hour a week on the hobby, then gradually ram p up the hours or take up more hobbies. Make sure you turn off your phone or hide your devices while you do your chosen hobby.
Spend more time with friends offline.
Make it a point to schedule in-person social activities. Go to dinner with friends once a week, get together with a group of people for a weekend hike, or reach out to people you haven’t seen in a while and schedule a catch-up date. If you feel like you don’t have anyone to spend time with, reach out to acquaintances and ask them to join you for lunch or a coffee—you can always make new friends!
| A．Cut out Internet use for a set period each week. |
| B．Do a screen-free hobby for at least an hour a week. |
| C．Using technology right before bed can negatively affect sleep quality. |
| D．But, sometimes, using them too much can negatively affect our lives. |
| E．Create a clear division between Internet time and time for other things. |
| F．You can also join a club to spend more time on off line social activities. |
| G．So you don’t get interrupted or distracted by social media and the Internet. |
4 . ChatGPT is an amazing artificial intelligence tool that has recently been released, along with other mind-blowing generative (生成性的) AI tools like Midjourney and DALL-E. These tools have the potential to revolutionize the way we create digital content, making it faster and cheaper.
However, there is a downside to these AI tools that cannot be ignored. What happens when they start replacing copywriters, journalists, customer service agents, and digital marketers? For years, experts have been warning that AI could threaten white-collar jobs, which were once considered safe from automation (自动化). Some even predict that up to 47 percent of jobs in the US could be at risk.
While no one can say for sure whether generative AI will cause mass job loss among highly educated workers, it is clear that it has the potential to disturb the employment landscape. Companies will always choose machines over humans when they can, and AI has the ability to perform tasks currently done by copywriters, digital content producers, and other professionals. This means that these jobs may soon undergo significant changes. However, it is important to note that AI cannot replace certain aspects of these jobs. It cannot conduct interviews, find historical documents, or assess the quality of studies. It lacks authority, understanding, and the ability to correct itself or generate genuinely new ideas.
This implies that while AI may create a vast amount of simpler content, it could also make original journalism more valuable and investigative journalists more productive. AI may be able to make summaries of public meetings, but it is humans who will write in-depth stories. Experts believe that AI will ultimately help people use their professional knowledge more effectively, and allow them to focus on areas where human intelligence is crucial.
While there is a risk that AI technologies could lead to sudden changes in the labor market, it is important to recognize the benefits of having such technology.
1. What’s true about AI tools?| A．ChatGPT is the only AI tools released. |
| B．People feel safe with the use of AI tools. |
| C．They may help produce digital content faster. |
| D．They have already taken the place of white collars. |
| A．47 percent of jobs in the US are at risk. |
| B．Jobs concerning generating genuinely new ideas will be changed. |
| C．Investigative journalists will lose jobs. |
| D．Jobs concerning creating simple content will be threatened. |
| A．By making positions more valuable. |
| B．By making their jobs more irreplaceable. |
| C．By enabling them to specialize in some key fields. |
| D．By removing the need for human’s specialized knowledge. |
| A．They should be further perfected. |
| B．They should be accepted despite their risks. |
| C．They should be avoided to protect white-collar jobs. |
| D．They should be controlled to prevent mass job loss. |
This project encourages disabled people to feel contemporary dance and to consider the possibility that with training they could become professional. Helen is one of the project’s real success students. “For me, I’ve got loads out of this. I have actually decided to go back and study dance as a mature student at Belfast Metropolitan College, because I want to keep going further and further with it.” Helen said.
Imagine ActionImagine Action brings together sport and art. Over three years the project has trained 75 young people in drama, dance and song. One participant, Erin Quinn, was a shy 13-year-old girl when she began, but three years later she has grown in confidence hugely and is hoping to make a career in drama. “I had an interest in music, but nothing compared to sports, and then I found Imagine Action,” Erin said.
Falkirk’s Future StarsFalkirk’s Future Stars is about inspiring local athletes to achieve their potential by putting them into a class or club environment. Alistair Fraser is a young basketball player taking part in this project. Alistair said, “After I got involved with the programme I gained a lot of confidence not just in my basketball but as a person who could go out into the local community and speak to children about my story, and see how it inspired them in their sport or other activities.”
Challenge Your BoundariesThis mountain biking project for disabled riders provides equipment, coaching and leadership to enable a wider group of riders to hit the trail (上路). The project manager Graham O’Hanlong is carrying out a series of guided rides for disabled riders. Graham said, “The project is about promoting participation. It is also concerned with providing coaching opportunities and quality outdoor experiences.”
1. The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 1 refers to __________.| A．college | B．the project | C．dancing | D．the story |
| A．he achieves personal growth after the programme |
| B．he performs pretty well when he’s in a class or club |
| C．he becomes an excellent player in the community |
| D．he encourages young children to play basketball |
| A．Both offer students outdoor experience. |
| B．Both are for professionals. |
| C．Both connect sport with art. |
| D．Both are designed for the disabled. |
6 . Living in a foreign culture can be exciting, but it can also be confusing. A group of Americans who taught English in other countries recently discussed their experiences. They found that miscommunication was always possible even over something as simple as “yes” and “no”.
On her first day in Micronesia, an island in the Pacific, Lisa thought people weren’t paying any attention to her. The day was hot. She went into a store and asked, “Do you have cold drinks?” The woman there didn’t say anything. Lisa repeated the question. Still the woman said nothing. She later learned that the woman had answered her. She had raised her eyebrows (眉毛) , which in Micronesia means “yes”.
Jan remembered an experience she had in Bulgaria, a country in Europe. She went to a restaurant that was famous for its cabbage. She asked the waiter, “Do you have cabbage today?” He nodded his head. Jan waited, but the cabbage never came. In that country, a nod means “no”.
Tom had a similar problem when he arrived in India. After explaining something in class, he asked his students if they understood. They answered with many different nods and shakes of the head. He thought some people had not understood, so he explained again. When he asked again, they did the same thing. He soon found out that his students did understand. In India, people nod and shake their heads in different ways depending on where they come from. You have to know where a person is from to understand whether they mean “yes” or “no”.
1. The Americans teaching English in other countries found that they __________.| A．should go abroad for vacations |
| B．needed to learn foreign languages |
| C．should often discuss their experiences |
| D．had problems with communication |
| A．saying “no” | B．raising eyebrows |
| C．shaking heads | D．nodding heads |
| A．In Bulgaria, nodding heads means “no”. |
| B．Jan taught English on a Pacific island. |
| C．Lisa was trying to buy some cabbage. |
| D．In India, only shaking heads means “yes”. |
| A．he didn’t know a nod means “no” in Indian. |
| B．he didn’t explain everything clearly enough |
| C．some students didn’t understand his questions |
| D．he did not know much about Indian culture |
7 . Most people have never heard of Tim Berners-Lee. He is not nearly as rich or famous as Mare Andreessen, who is the founder of Netscape, or Bill Gates, whose name has become a well-known word.
Berners-Lee, who works in a small office at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is the creator of the World Wide Web. The creation of the Web is so important that some people compare Berners-Lee to Johann Gutenberg, who invented printing by movable type (活字) in the fifteenth century.
Berners-Lee was born in England in 1955. His parents, who helped design the world’s first commercially (商业地) available computer, gave him a great love of mathematics and learning.
In 1980, Berners-Lee went to work at CERN, a physics laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland, where he had a lot of material to learn quickly. He had a poor memory for facts and wanted to find a way to help him keep track of things he couldn’t remember. He invented a software program that allowed him to create a document that had links to other documents. He continued to develop his idea through the 1980s. He wanted to find a way to connect the knowledge and creativity of people all over the world.
In 1991, his project became known as the World Wide Web. The number of Internet users started to grow quickly. However, Berners-Lee is not completely happy with the way the Web has developed. He thinks it has become a passive tool for so many people, not the tool for creativity that he imagined.
In 1999, Berners-Lee published a book called Weaving the Web, in which he answers questions he is often asked: What were you thinking when you invented the Web? What do you think of it now? Where is the Web going to take us in the future?
1. From Paragraph 1 we can see ________| A．Tim Berners-Lee has never heard of Netscape. | B．Mare Andreesen is as wealthy as Tim Berners-Lee. |
| C．We know little about Tim Berners-Lee. | D．Bill Gates is as known as Tim Berners-Lee. |
| A．To prove the popularity of printing. | B．To stress the position of Berners-Lee. |
| C．To convey people’s appreciation for him. | D．To introduce his invention of printing. |
| A．He was proud of his achievement. | B．He was good at memorizing facts quickly. |
| C．He was creative and knowledgeable. | D．He was productive in writing books. |
| A．A Great Inventor-Berners-Lee. | B．A Famous Book-Weaving the Web. |
| C．A Known Project-World Wide Web. | D．A Physics Laboratory-CERN. |
8 . Earlier this month, TikTok announced that it will be introducing screen time limits for the accounts of users aged under 18. Children under 13 will require a parent or guardian to type in a password to continue scrolling (滚屏) through their feed, and those aged 13 — 17 will be asked to set their own password s when the viewing time goes beyond the limit.
Studies suggest that 30 minutes may be the best for social media use, where users are able to stay connected with friends and family and view entertainment. However, many other studies show that overly-heavy social media use can lead to a lot of problems, like physical and mental problems.
By suggesting 100 minutes as a hard line where a password is required to be created by the user, TikTok is gradually making the standards clear about what may be regarded as a problematic social media habit in young people. Although these passwords for older teenagers can obviously be bypassed, they are a step in the right direction in encouraging children to use social media responsibly.
In addition, parents who own their own TikTok accounts will be able to link with their children’s accounts, gaining additional controls, such as muting notifications (消息免打扰) and customizing time limits for different days in the week.
Algorithms (算法) that could tell parents if the child has been viewing dangerous material could soon be put into use. However, the difficulty in this is the amount of content available on the internet. Finally, apps such as TikTok and Instagram will need to continue introducing more measures to improve online safety for children.
Lawmakers around the world are paying close attention to the effect social media has on the young, meaning that the development of new tools to improve its use will no doubt take place soon if big tech wishes to avoid additional legal problems.
1. Why did TikTok introduce screen time limits for teenagers?| A．To prevent their overuse of social media. | B．To improve online safety. |
| C．To strengthen their relationship with parents. | D．To develop their ability of self-control. |
| A．Indifferent. | B．Critical. | C．Supportive. | D．Unclear. |
| A．Type in a password to stop the use. | B．Get connected to the children’s account. |
| C．Set the same time limits in a week. | D．Use algorithms to remove dangerous content. |
| A．Its impacts on the young. | B．Solutions to its technological problems. |
| C．Its application to lawmaking. | D．Legal pressure on its improvement. |
9 . Mother’s Day is the time to celebrate the great women who raised us.
Pick the gift of relaxation. For the mum who is always rushing around, looking after everyone but herself, a day of rest and relaxation at the spa is the perfect gift. Your mum deserves a break, and many spas offer special Mother’s Day packages with relaxing massages and facials.
Say it with flowers. Flowers are a classic Mother’s Day gift for a reason, and an arrangement of her favourite blooms is sure to bring a smile to her face.
Spend some quality time. It’s lovely to get presents, but what your mum probably wants more than everything is to spend some quality time with you. Treat her to a day out with an activity she’ll love, whether she’s into wine tasting or an elegant afternoon tea.
| A．Keep the gifts coming. |
| B．Show your gratitude with gifts. |
| C．Book her in for a day, or buy her a gift card. |
| D．Try to make something with her name or birthstone on it. |
| E．However, it can be difficult to find a gift to show your appreciation. |
| F．Or spend the day at home, letting her put her feet up while you cook. |
| G．You don’t have to spend hundreds on expensive bouquets in the flower shops. |
10 . A total solar eclipse (日食) of the sun will have millions of people from Texas to Maine gazing up at the sky on the afternoon of April 8. If you can’t make it outside, here are some apps to track the eclipse on your computer or mobile device.
Total Solar Eclipse
Solar Eclipse is an “innovative” app developed by the Exploratorium, a museum of science, technology and arts in San Francisco, in partnership with NASA, according to app’s description in the Apple App Store. The app has a 3.8-star rating on the App Store and is designed exclusively for iPads and iPhones. You can download it here.
Eclipse 2024
This app, designed by developer Saira Creations, allows people to tap a marker anywhere on a map to see if that location will experience a total eclipse, in addition to the start time and duration. The app has a 3.1-star rating on the Apple App Store and is designed exclusively for iPads and iPhones. You can download it here.
One Eclipse
One Eclipse is an app designed by Simulation Curriculum Corp in collaboration with Astronomers Without Borders. It has a 4.7-star rating in the Apple App Store and you can download it here.
The NASA App
According to the AAS, the NASA App allows you to watch live streams of the eclipse. In addition to livestreams, the NASA App also offers the latest NASA images, news, mission information, podcasts and interactive augmented reality experiences to explore. It has a 4.8-star rating and you can download it here.
1. Who created the app Eclipse 2024?| A．The Apple APP Store. | B．Saira Creations. |
| C．Exploratorium. | D．Simulation Curriculum Corp. |
| A．Total Solar Eclipse. | B．Eclipse 2024. |
| C．One Eclipse. | D．The NASA App. |
| A．A textbook | B．A newspaper |
| C．A science journal | D．A website |
