1 . Poetry Competition

Deadline

16th July，2020

Who may enter

The competition is open to anyone.

Description

The Ledbury Poetry Festival is the biggest poetry festival in the UK. It takes place over ten days each July. If you think you know what poetry is, come along and we'll surprise you. There are live readings, performances, music, exhibitions, films, family events and street events.

Each year we organize a famous competition for new poetry in partnership with Ty Newydd, the National Writers' Centre of Wales. It attracts entries from all over the globe. There are three groups: adults(18 + ) , young people(12-17) and children(under 12).

All poems must be the original works of the entrants and should not have been previously published, accepted for publication by magazines, or have entered in other competitions.

The length of each poem must be more than 40 lines.

The judge of the 2020 Ledbury Poetry Festival Poetry Competition is Liz Berry.

Entry fees

Adults: £5. 75 for the first poem, £3. 50 for each extra poem.

Children/Young People: The first poem free, £1. 75 for each extra poem.

Prizes

Adults' Prizes

• First Prize: £l,000 cash and a course at the National Writers' Centre of Wales

• Second Prize: £500 cash

• Third Prize: £250 cash

Young People's Prizes

• First Prize: £l00 cash

• Second Prize: £50 cash

• Third Prize: £25 cash

Children's Prizes

• First Prize: £25 book token(购书券)

• Second Prize: £15 book token

• Third Prize: £l0 book token

Website

Please visit https://www.poetry-festival, co. uk/ledbury-poetry-competition to learn more about the competition.

1. What do we know about the poetry competition from the text?

A．It is held every two months.	B．It awards all winners cash prizes.
C．It is open to worldwide competitors.	D．It offers competitors lectures on poetry.

2. Which requirement should each poem meet?

A．It should be written independently.	B．It should contain at least 40 words.
C．It has won a prize in other competitions.	D．It has been published by some magazines.

3. What is the entry fee for a 15-year-old entrant if he is sending 3 poems?

A．£12.75.

B．£9.25.

C．£7.

D．£3.5.

2 . Days after Argentina canceled all international passenger flights to protect the country from the new coronavirus, Juan Manuel Ballestero began his journey home the only way possible: He stepped aboard his small sailboat for what turned out to be an 85-day odyssey across the Atlantic.

The 47-year-old sailor could have stayed put on the tiny Portuguese island of Porto Santo, but the idea of spending what he thought could be “the end of the world” away from his family, especially his father who was soon to turn 90, was unbearable. So he loaded his 29-foot sailboat with canned fish, fruit and rice and set sail in mid-March.

“I didn’t want to stay like a coward (懦夫) on an island where there were no cases,” Mr. Ballestero said. “I wanted to do everything possible to return home. The most important thing for me was to be with my family.”

Friends tried to dissuade Mr. Ballestero from starting the perilous journey, and the authorities in Portugal warned him he might not be allowed to re-enter if he ran into trouble and had to turn back. But he was determined, “I bought myself a one-way ticket and there was no going back,” he said.

Sailing can be a lonely passion, and it was particularly so on this voyage for Mr. Ballestero, who each night tuned into the news on a radio for 30 minutes to assess how the virus was spreading across the globe. “I kept thinking about whether this would be my last trip,” he said.

When he made it to his native Mar del Plata, on June 17, he was surprised by the hero’s welcome he received. “Entering my port where my father had his sailboat, where he taught me so many things and where I learned how to sail, gave me the taste of a mission accomplished,” he said. A medical professional administered a test for Covid-19 on the dock. Within 72 hours, after the test came back negative, he was allowed to set foot on Argentine soil.

While he didn’t get to celebrate his father’s 90th birthday in May, he did make it home in time for Father’s Day.

1. Why did Juan Manuel Ballestero start his journey?

A．To be reunited with his family.

B．To avoid being infected by the coronavirus.

C．To realize his dream of sailing.

D．To prove his bravery.

2. What do we know about Juan Manuel Ballestero?

A．He was forbidden to enter Mar del Plata port.

B．He didn’t receive any information about the outside world during the journey.

C．He failed to celebrate his father’s birthday.

D．He was not allowed to leave Porto Santo by the authorities in Portugal.

3. What does the underlined word “perilous” in paragraph 4 mean?

A．distant	B．tiring
C．boring	D．adventurous

4. What can we infer from the text?

A．The man was born in Porto Santo in Argentina.

B．His friends encouraged him to start his journey.

C．A test for Covid-19 was given to him the moment he arrived.

D．The man was not worried at all during the trip.

3 . Cambridge Shakespeare Festival 2020

Special Charity Performances

Once again, in loving memory of Margaret Elizabeth Crilly, the Cambridge Shakespeare Festival will continue its support of the Children’s Hospice in Milton and St. John’s Hospice on the Wirral, with a series of special charity performances. Every penny raised will go directly to these organisations.

All special charity performances begin at 2:00 pm in their usual venues (会场)；normal performances begin at 7:30 pm.

Eight Fantastic Performances

Hamlet     8 July-27 July

A Midsummer Night’s Dream       8 July-27 July

Henry IV (Part I)     8 July-27 July

The Winter’s Tale     8 July-27 July

Much Ado About Nothing     29 July-17 August

The Tempest     29 July-17 August

Henry IV (Part II)     29 July-24 August

As You Like It     29 July-24 August

Tickets

Tickets cost £17 and £13 concessions (减价票).

Tickets are available to purchase on our website. We regret the necessary imposition (征收) of a £1.50 booking fee per ticket, but the increase in our own administration costs has made this unavoidable.

IMPORTANT NOTES

Concession tickets:

Please note, you will need to bring proof of eligibility (资格证明) to buy concession tickets. Student concessions only apply to those with proof of being in full-time education. Other categories for concession tickets include the old, unemployed and disabled.

Seating policy:

There are about 200 chairs at each venue available on a first come, first served basis. There is also a picnic area immediately in front of the chairs for audience members to sit on the lawn (草坪)－though this is ground-level only, you should not use your own chairs in this area. Please note: purchase of a ticket guarantees admission but does not guarantee a seat.

1. In which way are special charity performances different from normal ones?

A．Their venues.	B．Their showtime.
C．Their ticket prices.	D．Their seating policy.

2. When can you see Much Ado About Nothing?

A．On 24 July.

B．On 26 July.

C．On 28 July.

D．On 30 July.

3. How much should a disabled person pay to book an evening performance?

A．£13.

B．£14. 50.

C．£17.

D．£18. 50.

4 . An act of kindness doesn't have to be a grand gesture. Even those small acts of kindness can make a difference in someone's day. That was just the case for Amie Mickey when she____________a bumper sticker on her car reading: You Matter.

Amie started to do this several years ago. At first, she wondered if people would________________it. However, much to her surprise, she began seeing a flood of____________every time she hit the road. More often than not, people________________slowly near her car would roll down their windows, raising their____________________,waving and smiling. Sometimes, she even found some sticky notes left on her windshield saying things like “You________________too! “Once while she was driving down the highway, she became____________when a man driving a sports car at a high speed pulled his car alongside suddenly, waving and mouthing, “You matter!” Though it took her some time to recover from the________________, she still felt happy. Last year, someone____________________her car while she was waiting for her friend in the car by the roadside, saying to her, “It is a(an)________________sticker. I’ve seen various stickers before, but none of them have touched me as your sticker has done. “The two small words on the sticker seem simple enough, but they really struck a chord with many complete strangers who___________to catch sight of the sticker.

Stories like Amie's really________________the rest of us. Sometimes a kind word or gesture may lift our____________and it doesn't cost a thing except for a little extra thought. Maybe it means offering a friend a hug, praising the children when their children________________well in school, helping someone out or volunteering at animal shelters or shelters for the homeless. Acts of kindness are waiting everywhere. Small as they seem, they can make a____________impact on the world, and help form general goodness.

1.

A．tore up

B．picked up

C．fixed up

D．put up

2.

A．watch

B．overlook

C．notice

D．neglect

3.

A．attention

B．strangers

C．confusion

D．trouble

4.

A．running

B．driving

C．walking

D．riding

5.

A．voices

B．hats

C．shoulders

D．thumbs

6.

A．count

B．share

C．value

D．matter

7.

A．frightened

B．frustrated

C．embarrassed

D．disappointed

8.

A．parking

B．speed

C．incident

D．event

9.

A．approached

B．blocked

C．repaired

D．cleaned

10.

A．important

B．special

C．typical

D．skeptical

11.

A．happened

B．occurred

C．managed

D．offered

12.

A．shock

B．inspire

C．delight

D．satisfy

13.

A．feelings

B．thoughts

C．spirits

D．minds

14.

A．work

B．exercise

C．conduct

D．behave

15.

A．reliable

B．subjective

C．positive

D．brief

5 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

As the coronavirus(冠状病毒)outbreak continues, many Americans are fearful of     1     (use) public transportation. They also are looking for ways    2    (get) exercise without having to go to a gym, as well as ways to enjoy the outdoors. So, it may not be    3     (surprise) that the pandemic(流行病)has led to a major increase in bicycle sales.

In the United States, bicycles at big stores like Walmart have sold out. And small bicycle stores cannot keep up    4    demand for ^“family-style”   bicycles： the low-cost, easy — to — ride models. The bicycle industry is seeing its biggest sales increase since the oil crisis of the 1970s, said J ay Townley,    5    industry expert. People.... have panicked. Townley said. He    6    (compare) the sale of bicycles to the rush to buy products like toilet paper at the start of the pandemic.

The rise in bicycle sales is not happening just in the United States. Cities like Manila in the Philippines and Rome, Italy have created bicycle paths for the growing number of people    7     want to avoid public transportation. In London, city     8    (official) plan to ban cars from some central roads.

Bike shop owners in Manila say demand is even    9    (strong) than what they see at Christmas time. In Italy, the government's economic support plan included a 500-euro payment to help with the cost of a bicycle.

Of course, you can only buy a bicycle if you can find a bicycle. In the U. S. , the shortages now mean     10         may take many months to get one.

6 . 阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

Hannah tightened her helmet, a man's voice boomed from the louder-speakers: "Participants in the Five-Mile Junior Fat-tire Race. Please gather behind the orange flags."

Her heart was filled with excitement. First prize was a mountain bike. On a bike like that, she'd fly through the woods.

"Three, two, one, go!"

The lead--dut(引路人) made turn onto section of single track(小道) and gathered speed. girl with red hair rolled in behind him. The lead-out sped up again. Hannah slowed down for the hill, following close behind the red-haired girl, but the girl was gaining speed.

Hannah sped up and pedaled(骑行) the downhill section. Still, the red-haired- girl biked faster. They crossed wooden bridge. The lead-out and the girl disappeared behind a thick stand of trees. When Hannah glanced over her shoulder, she saw nobody behind her.

Hannah watched for the orange arrows(箭头) marking the course and biked through the muddy fields. "The girl might still get tired, "she thought. Then Hannah saw her. At the edge of the forest, the girl was bending her knees by her bike, the lead-out next to her. The girl must have gotten a flat. Hannah biked faster. She didn't slow down the hill but pedaled harder. She wiped the sweat from her eyes, breathless. The lead-out noticed her and jumped on his bike. Hannah was close enough now to see the girl putting the chain on the chain ring

Hannah felt energy flowing through her as she followed the lead-out past the girl into the woods. Maybe she could win.

In the middle of a small grassland, Hannah looked back. The girl was coming up behind her at crazy speed.

Hannah reached fork(岔路) in the trail. The lead-out- was nowhere in sight, but on her left was the sign with the orange arrow. When she turned, her foot slipped off the pedal, and she accidentally kicked the sign over
注意:
1.所续写的短文词数应为150左右;
2.应使用至少5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语;
3.续写部分分为二段,每段的开头语已经为你写好:
4.续写完成后,请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
Paragraph1:

“I need to stop and fix the sign, or the other racer might get lost.” She thought .

Paragraph 2:

Looking at the shining mountain bike, Hannah felt like crying

7 . 阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

A rock is as big as a house. That’s how the guide book described Giant Rock. Dad said it was carried here by a glacier millions of years ago.

I was finally going to see it, on-snowshoes, with my three older cousins, my dad, and my uncle Don. I’d been snowshoeing before, and I liked the adventure of hiking through deep snow alongside wild-animal tracks. At the parking area, after putting on our snowshoes, we studied the map in the information kiosk(亭子). “We start here”, Dad said, “on the red path. Then we turn left onto the purple circle. That’s where Giant Rock is.” “Remember to stick together, guys,” Uncle Don said.

The path ran uphill alongside a stone wall. It was easy to follow because red markers were nailed to the trees and the snow had been packed down by other hikers. At the top of the hill, we turned onto the purple path, which wound back and forth, travelling through the hills and gullies. We settled into a rhythm, with Dad and everyone else in front and me in the back, crunch-crunch-crunching through the snow. My cousins were faster than I was, but I managed to keep up.

Finally, we reached a hill and saw the massive rock sitting alone in the forest. “It really is as big as a house” my cousin Josh said, gazing up. My cousins and I high-fived(举手击掌)each other and jogged down the slope until we stood at the base, breathless. Standing in the rock's giant shadow, I noticed the sun had dipped even lower. “Let’s head back,” Dad said after a few minutes.

Soon we were crunch-crunch-crunching our way home. I was a little behind the group when I noticed a set of animal tracks I didn’t recognize. I followed them off the path for a closer look. There were no claw marks, which meant they didn’t belong to a dog or a fox. Instead, they looked like tiny handprints and footprints. Must be a raccoon(小熊), I thought.

注意：1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2. 应使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语；
3. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
4. 续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
Para l:

I looked around when I suddenly realized I was totally alone.

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Para 2:

Reaching a crossroads, I tried to calm myself down, picturing the map again.

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

8 . The Palace Museum is limiting the daily number of visitors to 80,000 and recommending both individual visitors and tourist groups to book tickets in, advance online (booking address: https://gugong ktmtech.cn). foreign visitors are required to provide passport numbers during the online booking

ADMISSION

April 1st-October 31st            60 yuan

November 1st-March 31st.        140 yuan

●Free admission(入场费) for children under.2 meters in height.

●Free admission for disabled visitors.

●20 yuan for elementary, middle school, and undergraduate students with student I.D. (not including graduate and adult or continuing education students).     

●50% discount for people over 60 years with valid certificate or proof of age (passport, etc.)'

●Women's Day (March 8): Half-price admission for female visitors.

●Children's Day (June 1): Free admission for children 14 years old and younger. 50% discount on admission for one accompanying parent. legal guardian, or adult,

For detailed information and instruction, please click here.

1. How many people can visit the Palace Museum daily at most?

A．Eight hundred

B．Eighty thousand.

C．Eight million

D．Eighty million.

2. Among the four,who can get the lowest admission price?

A．A middle-aged woman visiting it on 13,Mar.	B．A middle-aged parent visiting it alone on lst, June.
C．A 65-year-old man visiting it on 7th,May.	D．A middle school student visiting it on 6th,Jan.

3. Where do you think the passage most probably comes from?

A．A website.

B．A magazine

C．A book.

D．A newspaper.

9 . Airline Info

Book a flight

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Schedule

Please check the Flight Status on our main page or with American Airlines (AA. Com) for the latest information.

Departures

Flight	Departs	Arrives	Destination	Days
3443	5: 50 a.m.	7: 29 a.m.	Chicago’ O Hare	Daily
3570	6: 24 a.m.	7: 50 a.m.	Dallas / Fort Worth	Daily ex Tue Wed
3554	11: 05 a.m.	12: 29 p.m.	Dallas / Fort Worth	Tue Wed Only
4179	3: 01 p.m.	4: 29 p.m.	Dallas / Fort Worth	Mon Thu Fri Sat Only
3589	4: 03 p.m.	5: 45 p.m.	Chicago O’ Hare	Mon Thu Fri Sun Only
4179	5: 25 p.m.	6: 52 p. m .	Dallas / Fort Worth	Sunday Only

Arrivals

Flight	Departs	Arrives	From	Days
4179	12: 55 p.m.	2: 28 p.m.	Dallas / Fort Worth	Daily ex Sunday
3589	1: 30 p.m.	3: 18 p.m.	Chicago O’ Hare	Daily
4179	3: 15 p.m.	4: 44 p.m.	Dallas Fort Worth	Sunday Only
3532	8: 25 p.m.	10: 09 p.m.	Chicago O’ Hare	Mon Thu Fri Sat Only
3523	9: 05 p.m.	10: 35 p.m.	Dallas / Fort Worth	Daily ex Tue Wed

Notice

Schedule Effective July 8th—August 4th 2020

DFW Service is provided on ERJ-175

ORD Service is provided on ERJ-145

Please arrive 1hour and 30 minutes before departure time.

Ticket counter closes 45 minutes before departure time.

Screening starts about 45 minutes before departure time.

1. When would you leave on Tuesday from MHK to ORD?

A．5:50 a.m.

B．1:30 p.m.

C．4:03 p.m.

D．8:25 p.m.

2. Which flight would you take if you go from DFW to MHK on Monday night?

A．3589.

B．4179.

C．3532.

D．3523.

3. What should you do if you want to take a flight from MHK to DFW?

A．Buy an ERJ-145 ticket ahead of time.

B．Follow the schedule after August 4th 2020.

C．Check in at least 45 minutes earlier than departure time.

D．Arrive at the airport one hour earlier before departure time.

10 . One weekend, Taylor, an eight-year-old girl, went shopping with her parents. She asked her parents to buy a toy she wanted. Instead of giving her money to buy the toy, Taylor’s father encouraged her to make money by herself. “How can I make money?” Taylor thought for a while and had an idea, “Why not make cakes and sell them at church to raise money to buy the toy?”

The next day. Taylor started her plan. She first needed some money for tools and materials. So she borrowed $40 from her parents and promised to pay it back. Then she began to make cakes by herself. To her parents’ surprise, she made $175 by selling the cakes that Sunday.

Everyone thought Taylor would buy the toy she wanted. She certainly had made enough money for it, but she didn’t. Instead, Taylor decided to buy business cards and had her father’s phone number on them. Then she began handing the cards out. More people knew Taylor and came to buy her cakes. Even large companies began to try buying her delicious cakes.

Though Taylor has made a lot of money, she still works hard at school. She also likes to take part in other activities. So Taylor must carefully manage her time. For example, instead of watching TV after school, Taylor might have to bake（烘焙）a lot of cakes for customers. When she has dance lessons on some days, she needs to get her baking done on time so she isn’t late for class.

Making cakes may take time and be hard work, but Taylor sees the fun in it. “I think making cakes is mostly my hobby.” she says. She also decorates（装饰）the boxes that are used to pack the cakes. Taylor uses all kinds of decorations to make sure each box looks special for her customers. People love the extra feeling Taylor gives them by decorating the boxes, so more and more people come for her cakes.

Taylor’s cakes are becoming very popular. She achieves a sweet success.

1. Why dig Taylor start selling cakes?

A．Because she loved baking cakes very much.

B．Because she wanted to make a lot of money.

C．Because her parents encouraged her to sell cakes.

D．Because she needed money to buy the toy she wanted.

2. How mainly did Taylor tell people about her cake business?

A．By handing out business cards.

B．By selling her cakes at church.

C．By advertising at her dance class.

D．By inviting large companies to buy her cakes.

3. What happens to Taylor after she has made a lot of money?

A．She doesn’t work hard at school.

B．She can’t manage her time well.

C．She sees the fun in her cake business.

D．She is too busy to take part in other activities.

4. What is the author’s main purpose to write the article?

A．To explain how to buy a toy.

B．To teach us how to make good cakes.

C．To show us that it is fun to sell cakes.

D．To introduce a girl who is talented in business.