1. What is the speaker mainly doing now?
| A．Comforting the audience. |
| B．Promoting a music program. |
| C．Repeating some hospital rules. |
| A．At 6:00. | B．At 7:30. | C．At 8:00. |
| A．Drinking alcohol. | B．Listening to the radio. | C．Receiving visitors. |
| A．Doctors. | B．Patients. | C．Visitors. |
2 . British Museum
Located in Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG, the British Museum houses a vast collection of world art and artifacts and is free to all visitors. The British Museums surprising collection spans over two million years of human history and culture, and it has more than 7 million objects, so it would probably take a week to see everything.
Over 6 million visitors every year experience the collection, including world-famous objects such as the Rosetta Stone and Egyptian mummies.
Admission (入场费) and opening times
Free, open daily from 10:00 to 17:30.
Open until 20:30 on Fridays,except Good Friday.
Closed on 24, 25 and 26 December and 1 January.
Large luggage (行李), suitcases and cabin baggage
For everyone’s safety, all bags, packages and personal items may be searched before entry. Wheeled cases and large items of luggage are not allowed on British Museum for safety and security reasons. Storage for luggage is available at major rail stations, including Euston, Kings Cross and Charring Cross.
Membership
Membership allows you to discover two million years of human history with free unlimited entry to special exhibitions.
Individual (个人) membership: $74
Under 26 membership: $54
Young friends (ages 8—15):$25
Shops
The Museum has four shops where you can buy books, souvenirs, and family gifts.
1. When can you visit the British Museum?| A．At 9:00 Friday. | B．On Christmas Day. |
| C．At 12:00 Monday. | D．On Good Friday. |
| A．At some crossings. | B．At major train stations. |
| C．In the hall of the Museum. | D．At the entrance to the Museum. |
| A．79. | B．99. | C．128. | D．148. |
3 . Now that the Government’s official “stay at home” advice has been lifted, many office workers are flooding back into city centres, alongside students who are returning to in-person classes across Britain. As a result, we’re seeing demand for rental homes in key city locations rise by as much as 70% compared to this time last year when working from home and online lectures were the new norm. Take a look at the hottest rental locations outside London.
1. Clifton, Bristol
The hottest rental market in Britain is Clifton, where rental demand is up by 71%. The area is packed with gorgeous Georgian houses or period flats which have the double benefit of being within walking distance of the city centre, and also close to Bristol University and a good choice of local pubs, cafes, restaurants, and shops.
2. Didsbury, Manchester
The neighbourhood of Didsbury, just over five miles (or a seven-minute train ride) south of Manchester’s city centre, has long been a hotspot. Didsbury still has a real urban village feel, several lovely parks and an annual summer festival, although its independent shops are slowly but surely being driven out by chains. Property wise there is a good mix of modern purpose built flats, and period houses and flats. Interest from renters is up 62 per cent in Didsbury.
3. Edinburgh per cent.
This rental hotspot on today’s league table is north of the border. The beautiful university city of Edinburgh has seen demand rise by 58 percent. With its historic UNESCO World Heritage centre, villagey suburbs like Stockbridge, and even the seaside at Portobello this is truly a “something for everyone” option.
1. What is one of the reasons for the increasing need of rental homes?| A．The government’s “stay at home” advice. | B．Students’ taking online lectures. |
| C．Workers’ returning to office. | D．London’s overcrowding. |
| A．Walking distance to the city center. | B．Convenient chain stores. |
| C．Good location near the sea. | D．unique rural feel. |
| A．Clifton | B．Didsbury | C．London | D．Edinburgh |
4 . Thing you need to know about studying there study style
Since the 1950s, the Netherlands has had courses in English especially for foreign students. Students are expected to be critical of what they read and hear, and to be able of working independently. Foreign students will soon notice that at Dutch institutions for higher learning is people are expected to do a lot of talking. The most common form of teaching is the seminar or working group, where a small group of students work under a teacher’s supervision to analyze a certain problem. On exams, they have to show that they know the material, and that they have formed well-founded opinions on the subject.
Accommodations
If you are in an exchange programmer or an international course, it is quite possible that a room will be arranged for you. Accept it immediately, or you will regret it later. That’s because finding a place to live in a country as crowded as the Netherlands is not easy.
Before you leave China, ask your host institution whether or not housing will indeed be arranged in advance. If you are in the Netherlands and still looking for a place, ask the international relations office or the student dean for advice.
Expenses
Tuition:
Bachelor’s degree: about 2,500 euros a year
Master’s degree: 5,000 — 12,000 euros a year
Living expenses:
Experience has shown that a year in the Netherlands costs a Chinese student about 450 — 750euros a month. Here is a breakdown of average prices of supermarket goods:
Litre of milk: 0.5 — 0.8 euro Kilo of apples: 1.5 euros Shampoo, 400ml: 4 euros
Tube of toothpaste: 1 euro Bed sheet: 20 euros
Other expenses:
Haircut: 15 euros Air ticket to China: 600 — 800 euros Mobile phone call(one minute): 0.1 — 0.3 euro
Phone call to China (with IP card): 7euros(one minute)
Postage stamp in the Netherlands: Stamp for China:0.39 euro (1 euro = about 10yuan) 0.78 euro
Transportation
Trains, buses and trams run throughout the country.
If you really want to sample Dutch life, and get around quickly and easily, buy yourself a bicycle. Most students buy second-hand bicycles. A reasonable one will cost you 70 — 120 euros. You can find them at second-hand bicycle shops or at the bicycle parking facilities near railway stations.
1. Teachers expect foreign students to do much talking and analyzing in order to make them ________.| A．get higher marks | B．pass exams easier |
| C．be able to work independently | D．get in close touch with each other |
| A．it is easier to find a room in Netherlands |
| B．it is difficult to find a room in Netherlands |
| C．your host institution will surely find a room for you |
| D．the international relations office can find a room for you |
| A．104,000 yuan | B．104,000 euros | C．174,000 yuan | D．134,000 euros |
5 . When it comes to universities, most people associate (联想) great universities with big cities, like Peking University in Beijing. However, some universities located in less known places are also great ones. For more details, click here: www. fiskeguidetocolleges. com.
Bentley University
Bentley means business-studying it train the context of a strong liberal-arts (文科) program. Bentley provides career-oriented internships (职业方向的实习) to more than 90% of its students. Its beautiful campus is at arm's length from Boston with buses to Harvard Square.
University of Illinois
Half a step behind the University of Michigan and neck and neck with the University of Wisconsin among top Midwestern public universities, U of I's advantages include business, communications engineering, architecture, and natural sciences. Nearly 80% of the students come from in-state, but it has approximately 10,000 foreign students from more than 110 countries.
Indiana University
Though men's basketball is IU's most famous program, it may not be its best. That distinction (声誉) could easily go to the famous music school or the well-known foreign language program.
Mount Holyoke College
One of two women's colleges gives students access to the resources of the four other institutions. MHC is strongest in the natural and social sciences, and one of few colleges to have a program devoted to leadership.
1. If you are interested in natural and social sciences, which university is the best choice?| A．Bentley University. | B．University of Illinois. |
| C．Indiana University. | D．Mount Holyoke College. |
| A．Bentley University is far away from Boston. |
| B．Indiana University is best at men's basketball. |
| C．University of Illinois has attracted many foreign students. |
| D．The universities mentioned above are all located in major cities. |
| A．On a website. | B．In a newspaper. |
| C．In a magazine. | D．In a guide book. |
6 . “It’s like tasering an elderly person who’s already on a pacemaker,” says a British newspaper boss of the newsprint market, where prices have risen by over 50% in a matter of months.
When times were good, before ads went online, newspapers had a supportive partnership with paper mills. As ads went away and circulations fell, “paper mills had the worst of it for years as newspapers reduced pages, went wholly digital or shut forever.”
The papers were able to cut down the cost of newsprint from firms fighting for business as demand decreased. Price-taking paper mills suffered in silence, taking out newsprint capacity and adjusting machines to make packaging for e-commerce. The pandemic, with people working from home, meant even fewer newspaper sales, which depressed demand for newsprint again and increased the pain for paper suppliers. In the past 24 months European mills have responded by shutting almost a fifth of their newsprint capacity, says a buyer for a large British newspaper group.
Then reopening of economies and growing demand for newsprint, combined with much reduced capacity and coupled with up-going energy prices, has resulted in a price shock. Particularly controversial are additional energy charges that some paper suppliers are seeking to pass on.
Newspaper firms consider this amounts as breaking agreements. European newspapers will have to pay newsprint prices that are 50—70% higher in the first quarter of 2022 compared with the year before. As for their counterparts in Asia and Oceania, they are facing prices around 25% to 45% above their usual level. North American prices went up earlier, and more gradually; agreements are fixed monthly rather than half-yearly. But there, too, newsprint prices are 20—30% higher in 2021 than in 2020.
Germany’s print and media industry association has warned that mills are going to force newspapers to quit paper editions, hurting each other in the process. But more digital adrenaline is one possible response of newspapers to the paper mills’ tasers.
1. What can be learned from the first three paragraph?| A．Newspapers have raised their prices by over 50% . |
| B．Newspapers and paper mills were good friends all the time. |
| C．Newspapers and paper mills affect each other. |
| D．Newspapers increased their sales and the pain of paper mills. |
| A．Reopening of economies. | B．Growing demand for newsprint. |
| C．Much reduced capacity. | D．Additional energy consumption. |
| A．Europe. | B．Asia. | C．Oceania. | D．North American. |
| A．Health. | B．Science. | C．Business. | D．Environment. |
7 . Apps that could save your life
What3words
This free download is one of a growing number of smartphone apps that could mean the difference between life and death. What3words divides the world into 3×3 metre squares, giving each one a unique combination of three words. This allows emergency services-or anyone else you give the location to—to reach you. It is used by the vast majority of emergency services in the UK, not to mention other control centres around the world, and has been credited with saving thousands of lives.
Lots of us use WhatsApp for messaging and calling, but did you know it also has a Live Location feature that can let a loved one know your location in case you' re in danger? You simply press the+key in a chat, select "Location" and then press "Share Live Location", which enable any participants in the chat to see your location for the period of time you choose.
Skin Vision
You will have to pay for this digital skin check app, either on an ad hospital out-call or subscription basis, but with an estimated fifth of skin cancers going undiagnosed during lockdown it could be well worth it. You simply take a photo of any suspicious spot or mole with your phone and you'll then receive a risk indication from SkinVision's clinically validated (经过验证的)technology within 30 seconds. This might include a recommendation to see a doctor. But don't rely on an app to reassure you—if you're worried about a skin blemish, go to your GP.
Stay Alive
With mental health problems on the increase, not helped by the pandemic, this suicide prevention app could be extremely helpful. Developed by Grassroots Suicide Prevention, it offer a wealth of resources, ranging from strategies for staying grounded when you feel overwhelmed, to breathing exercises to direct links to national and local crisis resources.
1. What is the advantage of WhatsApp?| A．It can be downloaded without connecting to the Internet. |
| B．It shares all your information with people around the world. |
| C．It enables you go through the difficult period of pandemic healthily. |
| D．It helps you inform your family of where you are when you're in danger. |
| A．It is a paid app. | B．It teaches you how to take photos. |
| C．It has saved thousands of lives. | D．It can cure patients of their skin cancer |
| A．What3words | B．WhatsApp | C．SkinVision | D．Stay Alive |
8 . Best Online Dance Programs
SHINE Dance Fitness
This dance program founded by Kendall Nielson combines ballet with jazz and hip-hop. A typical SHINE class is about 55 minutes long and involves 16 different dance routines. To get a feel for the SHINE dance fitness, you can check out its seven-day free trial. If you like what you see, there are three membership levels： Basic will cost around $ 11 per month, while Plus will cost you about $ 20 per month. The Premium Membership is roughly $ 26.
Tracy Anderson Method
Tracy Anderson is a well-known dancer, and you can join her online workout studio for dance cardio（有氧 的）classes. This online program offers workouts for beginners, intermediate（中级的）,and advanced fitness and dance levels. Each week, you'll receive a new 30-minute total body strength workout and a 30-minute dance cardio class. After a 14-day free trial is over, a monthly membership will cost you around $ 90.
FitSevenEleven
It offers a high-energy, 25-minute dance class taught by Tanju Koc and the class will take you through a series of movements. Tanju teaches the movements by showing them only. He does such a great job in pacing the class and slowing down the steps that while learning you don't need to hear him talk. In this case, you can completely enjoy the music and follow the beats. The program offers a seven-day free trial. The monthly plan costs about $ 20 per month, and the yearly plan is around $ 100.
Daily Burn
It offers a 30-minute Ballroom Swing class, where you'll increase your heart rate, burn calories, and strengthen every muscle in your body while learning to tango, waltz, quick-step, and Lindy Hop around the dance floor. The Ballroom Swing class is part of the Daily Burn program taught by Louis van Amstel. Daily Burn offers a free 30-day trial. Once your trial is up, a monthly membership will cost you about $ 25.
1. Whose dance program provides different membership levels?| A．Tracy Anderson's. | B．Kendall Nielson's. |
| C．Tanju Koc's. | D．Louis van Amstel's. |
| A．The little cost of students' energy. | B．The lively atmosphere of the class. |
| C．The self-teaching drill of the students. | D．The silent instruction of the teacher. |
| A．SHINE Dance Fitness. | B．Tracy Anderson Method. |
| C．FitSevenEleven. | D．Daily Burn. |
9 . Australia is a heaven for those people looking for something different in their travels. Not only that,Australia but also offers much in natural wonders,local cuisine and culture.
Jenolan Caves
The Jenolan Caves are a must-see for adventurous tourists. It was discovered by a criminal in 1838 and has since then served as one of the most famous tourist attractions in Australia. These caves numbering more than 300 are all interconnected and filled with unusual and wonderful rock formations ,Here tour guides will be at your side as you walk around the lighted caves.
Whitsundays
Whitsundays is one of the places in Australia with great night life. Here you can have great evenings eating at the restaurants and having fun in the local bars. Also, Whitsundays is known as a great jump point to the Great Barrier Reef and the beautiful island resorts.
Gold Coast
The Gold coast is a great getaway for surf and beach lovers. Here you can not only spend days perhaps in the theme parks and national parks with its great waterfalls and natural beauty,but also nights at the local restaurants and in the local bars.
Magnetic Island
Magnetic Island is one of the national parks of Australia because it is home to colonies of kangaroos and koalas. It is also located near the town of Townsville famous for its great beaches. This island was actually named by Captain Cook because it was said that his compass has gone funny when he passed by it.
1. What can we know about Jenolan Caves?| A．They were developed as attractions by a criminal. |
| B．They are made up of over 300 separate caves. |
| C．They are worth a visit for those loving taking risks. |
| D．They are full of rocks and dark all year around. |
| A．Surfing at the beach. | B．Local food. |
| C．Beautiful waterfalls . | D．Visiting islands. |
| A．In Jenolan Caves. | B．In Whitsundays . |
| C．In Gold coast. | D．In Magnetic Island. |
10 . Budget Hotels (经济型酒店) Ya Bloomsbury
Bloomsbury is one of the most central areas in London. There are many traditional-style small hotels.
The hotels listed below are out picks of the best budget hotels in the area.
Arosfa Hotel
Arosfa Hotel lies on the corner of Torrington Place and Gower St. The Arosfa was once the bome of the famous Pre-Raphaelite painter, Sir John Everen Millais. ’The hotel takes pride in the quality, cleanliness and value that they offer to their guests. For your comfort and safety, smoking inside the hotel is not allowed.
Address:83 Gower SiLondon,WCI
Breakfast: English breakfast
Internet service: Free WiFi and two personal computers for guests
George Hotel
The George is a friendly and comfortable smoke-free hotel on a quiet street in North Bloomsbury. All rooms have a work desk and tea/coffee facilities(设施)are provided. It’s only a l0-minute walk from King’s Cross. St Pancras railway station and Euston railway station.
Address: 58-60 Cartwright Gds, London, WCI
Breakfast: English breakfast
Internet service: Free WiFi
Ridgemount Hotel
The Ridgemount is one of the cheapest hotels in the area. A friendly place and the standard rooms with shared bathrooms are provided for guests. You can speak Welsh or English with the hotel workers. They will be happy to provide useful advice on the area.
Address: 65- 67 Gower St, London, WCI
Breakfast: English breakfast
Internet service: Free WiFi
Arran House Hotel
The Arran House is a popular family-run hotel It’s a little more expensive than the other hotels in the area Rooms with shared bathrooms are provided.
Address:77-79 Gower St,London,WCI
Breakfast: English breakfast
Internet service: Free WiFi
1. What do we know about George Hotel?| A．Guests are free to smoke in the rooms. | B．It doesn’t offer breakfast. |
| C．It’s near some stations. | D．It provides travel advice for tourists. |
| A．Arosfa Hotel. | B．George Hotel. |
| C．Ridgemount Hotel. | D．Arran House Hotel. |
| A．They are run by a family. | B．They provide free WiFi. |
| C．They lie in the suburb of London. | D．They offer personal computers. |
