1 . China is one of the world’s ancient civilizations and has the earliest outstanding bronze casting technology. Here we’ve created a list of 4 museums where you can gain an in-depth understanding of Chinese bronze.
Sanxingdui Museum
Address: Sanxingdui Ruin Site, 133 Xian Road, Guanghan, Deyang, Sichuan province
Hours: Comprehensive Gallery (the first exhibition hall): 8:30-18:00; Bronze Gallery (the second exhibition hall): 8:30-18:30. Last tickets sold at 17:00. Closed on the morning of Chinese New Year’s Eve
Ticket booking: 0838-5651526
General admission: Gallery ticket 80 yuan
Note: Children shorter than 1.2m (including 1.2m) can visit the gallery free of charge. The ticket must be used on the day it is sold and authorizes one visit to each gallery.
National Museum of China
Address: East side of Tian’anmen Square, Dongcheng district, Beijing
Hours: 8:30-17:00 (no entry after 16:30)
General admission: Free (passport required for entry), Closed Mondays (except for national holidays)
E-mail: webmaster@chnmuseum.cn
Shanghai Museum
Address: 201 Renmin Avenue, Huangpu district, Shanghai
Hours: 9:00-17:00 (no entry after 16:00), Closed Mondays (except for national holidays)
E-mail: webmaster@shanghai-museum.org
General admission: free (a max of 8, 000 admitted daily)
Hunan Museum
Address: 50 Dongfeng Road, Changsha, Hunan province
Hours: 9:00-17:00 (no entry after 16:00), Closed Mondays (except for national holidays) and the eve of Chinese New Year
Tel: (+86-731) 8415833, 84475933
E-mail: web@hnmuseum.com
General admission: Free (passport required for entry)
1. Which museum should you choose for your family to visit next Monday?A.Sanxingdui Museum | B.Hunan Museum |
C.Shanghai Museum | D.National Museum of China |
A.They are all free of charge. | B.They all set a deadline for entry. |
C.They all lie in the south of China. | D.They can all be available through E-mail. |
A.Science | B.Today’s News | C.Entertainment | D.History and Culture |
2 . Growing up in the South Central neighborhood of Los Angeles in the 1970s, Ghuan Featherstone only remembers riding a horse with his parents at a nearby park when he was eight years old.
But ever since, he’s been chasing that sense of freedom and power he felt on the horse that day. “I felt like I could conquer anything,” Featherstone, now 51, said in a Story Corps interview last month with Jordan Humphreys, a 13-year-old horseback rider. After serving in the Army for eight years, Featherstone remained determined to realize his childhood dream of becoming a cowboy.
When he returned to Los Angeles, he learned to ride at stables known as “The Hill” in Compton. Riders there would jump on their horse backs and take their horses into the city streets. In 2012, a fire burned down The Hill. What had become a shelter for the youth was suddenly gone. Sensing the void (空缺) after the fire, Featherstone opened his own stables, Urban Saddles, in 2019 to create a space where he could teach kids like Humphreys to care for and ride horses.
As a black man, Featherstone is against prejudice. People of color are often prevented from pop culture and historical representations of the cowboy. His stable has helped keep the cowboy lifestyle alive in the streets. “Riding through the streets on horseback has given me a way to connect with others in the community,” said Humphreys. “It makes them happy seeing us on a horse and then they may be smiling, and I believe that when we come through, we give them a sense of hope,” he added.
If there’s one lesson Featherstone hopes to convey to kids, it’s a respect for all life. “We’re respecting the animals and we’re respecting each other,” he said.
1. What made Featherstone want to become a cowboy?A.His love to his parents. | B.The duty of saving the world. |
C.The serving years in the army. | D.His childhood riding experience. |
A.The life of being a cowboy. |
B.The dream of being a cowboy. |
C.The course of opening Urban Saddles. |
D.The place of teaching kids like Humphreys. |
A.To teach the black kids to ride horses. |
B.To help the kids to learn to respect all life. |
C.To make money by teaching the kids to ride. |
D.To train the cowboys to become more hopeful. |
A.Smart but careless. | B.Slow but productive. |
C.Diligent and broad-minded. | D.Determined and kind-hearted. |
A.A ticket seller. | B.A police officer. | C.A driver. |
1. What do bees do when they need to relax?
A.Fly all day. | B.Make honey. | C.Play with balls. |
A.One. | B.Two. | C.Three. |
A.A sugary treat. | B.A special treat. | C.A flowery treat. |
A.Bees are more thoughtful. |
B.Bees are more hardworking. |
C.Bees are hard to get along with. |
A.Twice a month. | B.Twice a week. | C.Four times a week. |
1. What happened at the man’s dinner with his host family?
A.He forgot to introduce himself. |
B.He called the host by the wrong name. |
C.He whispered to someone. |
A.He apologized for his behavior. |
B.He said nothing about it. |
C.He made a joke of himself. |
A.Helpful. | B.Embarrassed. | C.Grateful. |
It was an unusually quiet day in the emergency room. Quiet, that is, except for the nurses who were standing around the nurses’ station complaining about having to work on Christmas Day.
I was triage (分诊) nurse that day. Since there were no patients waiting to be seen at the time, I came back to the nurses’ station for a cup of hot cider. Just then an admitting clerk came back and told me I had five patients waiting to be evaluated. “Five, how did I get five? I was just out there and no one was in the waiting room.” I complained. So I went straight out and called the first name. Five bodies showed up at my triage desk, a pale woman and four small children in somewhat messy clothing.
“Are you all sick?” I asked suspiciously.
“Yes,” she said weakly, and lowered her head.
“Okay,” I replied, unconvinced, “who’s first?” One by one they sat down, and I asked the usual questions. When it came to descriptions of their presenting problems, things got a little vague. A six-year-old girl had a headache, but the headache wasn’t accompanied by the normal body language of holding the head or trying to keep it still. Three children had earaches, but only one could tell me which ear was affected. The mother complained of a cough, but seemed to work to produce it.
Something was wrong with the picture. Our hospital policy, however, was not to turn away any patient, so we would see them. I checked the chart after the admitting clerk finished registering the family. No address—they were homeless. The waiting room was warm.
I went back to the nurse station and mentioned we had a homeless family in the waiting room. The nurses, complaining about working on Christmas Day, turned to sympathy for a family just trying to get warm on Christmas. The team went into action as much as we do when there’s a medical emergency. But this one was a Christmas emergency.
We took turns joining in the waiting room.
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As the family were to leave, the six-year-old came running back.
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If you’re visiting Hangzhou, the one place you absolutely cannot miss is the West Lake. It
You would need a whole day to
You can start with the Leifeng Pagoda. Local legend has it that a white snake spirit was once imprisoned in the five-story, eight-sided pagoda by a monk,
Afterwards, you can walk northward along the Su Causeway,
At the other end of the causeway, you will encounter a lotus pool and a winding courtyard. A culture show will be staged here
9 . 54-year-old Winston Douglas was driving his bus along a quiet street in Atlanta when he noticed a young man standing shirtless on the sidewalk. That wasn’t unusual for a late summer. What was
Within seconds, Douglas saw the man quietly
Douglas
Then the bus driver
Helpful and brave people, even ordinary, can be our
A.impossible | B.memorable | C.remarkable | D.invisible |
A.approach | B.address | C.appreciate | D.acknowledge |
A.spun | B.fainted | C.collapsed | D.rested |
A.completed | B.quit | C.finished | D.continued |
A.horror | B.comedy | C.action | D.adventure |
A.instantly | B.gradually | C.normally | D.finally |
A.pulled | B.applied | C.released | D.controlled |
A.bucket | B.stick | C.brick | D.tire |
A.but | B.and | C.so | D.or |
A.stomach | B.forehead | C.back | D.chest |
A.charged | B.accused | C.dismissed | D.arrested |
A.checked | B.rushed | C.observed | D.admitted |
A.weary | B.scary | C.angry | D.teary |
A.money | B.prize | C.award | D.gratitude |
A.victims | B.heroes | C.fellows | D.competitors |
10 . Humor: An Essential Life Skill
Mark Twain said, “Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritations slip away, and a sunny spirit takes their place.” He’s certainly not wrong. Humor may very well be the great thing.
Having a good sense of humor is possibly one of the best things you can do for your physical fitness.
Albert Einstein owed his brilliant mind to having a child-like sense of humor.
The benefits of humor are so considerable that universities like Stanford are offering business courses on humor in the workplace.
A.Students will be strictly evaluated. |
B.These courses have specific objectives. |
C.And your mental health benefits as well. |
D.It touches upon nearly every aspect of life. |
E.Apart from that, humor also improves your overall quality of life. |
F.Research has shown that laughter can relieve the tension in your muscles. |
G.Indeed, studies have found an association between humor and intelligence. |