1 . As a qualified teacher of art and design, Theresa Harwood offers short online courses on drawing and painting to help students both young and old develop into confident artists.
Academic drawing course
This course is for absolute beginners of any age who are not sure on what to do or how to use a pencil. The course will be limited to only six participants, 5 sessions, once a week.
Start date: June 5
Time:10:00 am～11:00 am
Price: $380
Water color painting course
This course is for anyone who is interested in developing skills for water colour painting. Through a series of 6 projects we learn wet on wet and wet on dry. The course will be limited to only twelve participants. 6 sessions, once a week.
Start date: April 23
Time:4:30 pm～5:30 pm
Price: $380
Landscape drawing course
This course is suitable for anyone from 11 to 90 years who are interested in developing skills for landscape drawing. The only requirement of the course is that you want to learn to draw! The course will be limited to only ten participants. 5 sessions, once a week.
Start date: May 24
Time:8:00 pm～9:00 pm
Price: $380
Western art history course
This course is for students, aged between 9 and 12 years. It looks at the fun facts of the key artworks of each art movement and explains why the artists painted certain views or people. The course will be limited to only eight participants. 6 sessions, once a week.
Start date: May 7
Time:10:30 am～11:30 am
Price: $380
These courses have limited spaces and are often sold out quickly, so do book your spot soon!
1. How many students are admitted for each academic drawing course?| A．6. | B．8. | C．10. | D．12. |
| A．On April 23. | B．On May 7. | C．On May 24. | D．On June 5. |
| A．Water color painting. | B．Western art history. |
| C．Landscape drawing. | D．Academic drawing. |
2 . Do you want to make a difference to animals’ lives? Become a volunteer at Irving Animal Services (IAS). IAS wants volunteers to give animals care and a second chance to feel being loved. Here are some volunteer jobs.
OPPORTUNITIES
Adoption Host: Helps the public at the shelter and off-site locations with questions, and helps facilitate(推动) introductions between possible adopters (收养人) and animals.
Animal Care: Helps staff with daily routines, such as cleaning animal houses, and preparing meet and greet rooms. Volunteers also work to socialize animals by reading to them, petting them or playing with them. Sometimes volunteers will perform bath services for animals.
Supply Team: Helps provide supplies based on basic daily needs for all of the animals. This is very important for the health and well-being of the animals.
Photographer: Photographs animals for adoption promotion and record keeping.
REQUIREMENTS
Volunteer applicants must be at least 18 years old and love animals. There is no cost to volunteers and no minimum (最少的) hours required. Interested people must hand in an application to the Volunteer Program.
VOLUNTEER HOURS
9 am to 6 pm, Tuesday-Friday
8 am to 5 pm, Saturday-Monday
APPLY TODAY!
Visit the IAS Volunteer Program website and create an account. Fill out the basic information and hand in your application. And then we will check the application, and those accepted into the program will be contacted for training. The training must be finished before any volunteer task is performed. For more information, please call (972) 721-3582 or email the IAS Volunteer Coordinator.
1. What should volunteers in the Adoption Host position do?| A．Play with animals. |
| B．Provide necessary things for animals. |
| C．Connect possible adopters with animals. |
| D．Take photos of animals and their adopters. |
| A．Being younger than 18. | B．Showing love for animals. |
| C．Working for ten hours every day. | D．Having experience of keeping animals. |
| A．By finishing practical training ahead of time. |
| B．By offering personal information on a certain website. |
| C．By sending an email to the IAS Volunteer Coordinator. |
| D．By making a telephone call to ask for more information. |
3 . In recognition of the outstanding talent of many international students, we offer a range of international scholarships designed to attract and reward the best students. We offer our own student scholarships as well as some run in conjunction with other organizations.
Vice-Chancellor’s EU Scholarship
We offer awards of £5, 00 to EU, EEA and Swiss students through our new scholarship project.
Vice-Chancellor’s China Scholarship
Recognizing the importance of our Chinese students, awards of £2, 000-£5, 000 are available at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
Cardiff India scholarships
In recognition of the outstanding talent of our Indian students, a range of highly prestigious postgraduate scholarships are available.
Cardiff University Marshall Scholarship
Marshall Scholarships finance US nationals of high ability to study postgraduate programmes at UK universities.
Commonwealth Master’s Scholarship Programme
Scholarships are available for students from developing Commonwealth countries who would not otherwise be able to study in the UK.
Law Transfer Scholarship
The Cardiff University Law Transfer Scholarship is available to eligible students transferring into either year two or year three of our LLB programmes.
PhD Research Scholarships
If you are looking to study on a Doctoral programme, funding is available from both the University and external organizations.
The Beacon Scholarship
This lucrative project is open to applicants to all undergraduate courses (excluding medicine) from Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
Visiting scholars funding projects
Cardiff University offers two visiting scholar funding projects — Fulbright and the China Scholarships Council.
Global Wales Postgraduate Scholarship
This new scholarship programme, offered in cooperation with Study in Wales is open to postgraduate from the USA, India, Vietnam and the European Union.
1. How many scholarships are there especially for Chinese applicants?| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
| A．For full-time PhD international students. |
| B．For wealthy students from developing countries. |
| C．For poor students from developing commonwealth countries. |
| D．For students from Kenya Tanzania and Uganda. |
| A．The Beacon Scholarship. | B．PhD Research Scholarships. |
| C．Visiting scholars funding projects. | D．Vice-Chancellor’s EU Scholarship |
A famous vlogger (视频博主) called Zhang Chenliang with professional knowledge in animals, insects and plants lights up netizens’ (网民的) dreams of
Deep in a rainforest in Hainan province, Zhang Chenliang
The 34-year-old is
After watching one of his videos, one young woman was encouraged
5 . Searching the OED
How to use the quick search
The quick search bar can be found on the OED(Oxford English Dictionary)homepage and at the top of every entry page, and finds main dictionary entries, such as alphabet, break, xylophone. It also finds phrases and compounds listed within main entries, such as to look up or alphabet book, and different forms of spellings such as dictionaries.
Wildcard searches
A wildcard is a symbol which stands for any character. The question mark ? represents the occurrence of any one single character, and the asterisk*represents the occurrence of any number of characters (or no character at all). Wildcards are useful if you do not know how to spell a word, or if you want to lined several terms beginning with the same root.
How to use the advanced search
An advanced search is a full search of the entire dictionary text which is for readers who have logged in or subscribed to the dictionary. Advanced search can be especially useful for very specific searches. You can use the search area functionality to search by each section of an entry. You can also use filters to narrow your search to match certain criteria.
Browsing by categories
Categories allow you to explore the dictionary through groupings of words in, for instance. a subject or from a particular origin. If you want to find all the Caribbean borrowings in English, or find the first word related to friend to enter the dictionary, this is the function for you.
Further explore your search by using the options that appear on the right-hand side of the results page.
1. What will you use if you want to lookup some terms beginning with the same root?| A．The quick search. | B．The advanced search. |
| C．Wildcard searches. | D．Browsing by categories. |
| A．Registering for the dictionary. | B．Matching certain criteria. |
| C．Searching with specific words. | D．Searching with purpose. |
| A．A dictionary. | B．A website. | C．A handbook. | D．A magazine. |
6 . 21 Days China Panorama Tour
Beijing, Xian, Lhasa, Chongqing, Yangtze Cruise, Yichang, Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Guilin, Hong Kong
The most complete tour, seeing a panoramic view of China from cities with different characters Suitable for those tourists who have enough time and hope to see China as much as possible Best Travel Time: Suitable for the whole year, best from April to November.
Price from $ 3972 3575
Tour Price (US$ per person)
| Hotel Class | Group Size | Dec. ~ Feb. | Mar. ~ Nov. |
| Economy Hotel ★★★ | 2 ~ 5 pax | $5003 4503 | $5360 4824 |
| 6 ~ 9 pax | $3972 3575 | $4328 3896 | |
| Comfortable Hotel ★★★★ | 2 ~ 5 pax | $5399 4859 | $5801 5221 |
| 6 ~ 9 pax | $4367 3930 | $4769 4292 | |
| Deluxe Hotel ★★★★★ | 2 ~ 5 pax | $5992 5393 | $6800 6120 |
| 6 ~ 9 pax | $4960 4464 | $5769 5192 |
♦Domestic (国内的) flight or high-speed train as specified
♦Private transfer (换乘) between the airport or railway station, attractions, and hotels
♦Private licensed English-speaking guide and driver service
♦Hotel accommodation with daily breakfast on sharing basis
♦All attraction entrance fees as specified
♦Meals mentioned in the itinerary, Chinese local food
♦China Life Tourist Accident/Casualty Insurance
♦Tibet Permit
Price excludes:
*International Air tickets or Train Tickets to enter or leave China
*Tips to your tour guide and driver on your own discretion
*China Entry Visa Fees
*Personal expenses
*Optional tours, meals, activities and services
Remarks:
※ Prices are valid (有效的) from Mar 1, 2021 to Feb 28, 2023, except Chinese public holidays, local fairs or events.
※ No guide on the flight and Yangtze River cruise.
※ Recommended hotels are subject to change in actual booking
1. Which is possibly the cheapest tour choice?
| A．A group of 8 during the Christmas. |
| B．3 university students in the summer vacation. |
| C．A couple in economy hotels during the China’s National Day. |
| D．5 family members in comfortable hotels during the Spring Festival. |
| A．This tour is most suitable for university students. |
| B．Foreigners to Tibet are required to get special passports. |
| C．It’s likely that you will pay $5393 at most during the Beijing Winter Olympics. |
| D．If you leave China ahead of time, you won’t have to pay the transport fare. |
| A．announcement | B．report | C．notice | D．advertisement |
7 . It is that time of the year, when a handful of world’s leading scholars, social activists and researchers are rewarded with what is often cited as the most prestigious acknowledgement of human effort-the Nobel Prize. Here’s a look at who has won the prize and for what.
Physiology or Medicine
Swedish geneticist Svante Peabo won the first Nobel of the year, for starting the field of ancient DNA studies. He is well-known for extracting, sequencing, and analyzing ancient DNA from Neanderthal bones.
Physics
Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger’s work in quantum (量子) technology landed them the second Nobel Prize announced in 2022. Although Aspect is from France, Clauser from the U.S, and Zeilinger from Austria, the three separately performed “groundbreaking experiments” as one team. “Their results have cleared the way for new technology,” the committee stated.
Chemistry
The Nobel Prize for chemistry went to another trio, Carolyn R. Bertozzi from the U.S., Morten Meldal from Denmark and K. Barry Sharpless from the U.S. “for the development of click chemistry and biorthogonal chemistry,” the committee stated. Dr. Bertozzi is the eighth woman chemist to be awarded the prize, while Dr. Sharpless is the fifth scientist to be awarded two Nobel Prizes.
Economics
The Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded to three American economists, Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig “for research on banks and financial crises,” the Nobel Prize committee announced on Monday. By studying the history of American economics, particularly the Great Depression of the 1930s,they improved how we understand the role of banks during times of hardship and the bank’s impact on societal functions.
1. What prize is related to the research with bones?| A．Physiology. | B．Chemistry. | C．Physics. | D．Economics. |
| A．About societal functions. | B．About the history of America. |
| C．About banks and financial crises. | D．About the Great Depression of the 1930s. |
| A．Their winners are from different countries. | B．They have three winners. |
| C．They improve new technology. | D．They help people understand hardship. |
South Texas College provides the chance for kids to develop their interests and skills through hands-on activities. Our camp offerings are designed to keep minds active while having fun.
Beginning Sewing (缝) CampAn introduction to both hand and machine sewing skill. This will introduce students to the basics of sewing. Certificates (合格证书) are provided.
Time: 9 a.m.-12 p.m. July 25-29
Location (地点): Pecan Plaza
student Ages: Ages 8-13
Cost: $84
Biology (生物) ExplorersCome join this camp to experience fun biology explorations. You will get to learn what’s inside animals bodies, grow plants bottle, and much more fun activities. This camp will let you have fun while leaning about biology! Shirts, lab coats and competition gifts are provided.
Time:9 a.m-12 p.m. June 27-July 1
Location: Starr County Campus
student Ages: Ages 9-13
Cost: $38
Aviation (航空) CampGet to know aviation, airplanes, and more by taking part in activities with other students from around the area! Students will take a field trip to the McAllen Airport. Certificates are provided.
Time:9 a.m-12 p.m. June 27-30
Location: Technology Campus
Student Ages: Ages 11-17
Cost: $105
Cybercamp BasicStudents will learn Internet safety and how to protect computers, tablets, cellphones and information from outside dangers. Certificates are offered when the course is completed.
Time: 1 p.m.-5 p.m. June 13-17
Location: Pecan Campus
Student Ages: Ages 11-17
Cost: $142
1. When can you attend Beginning Sewing Camp?| A．1 p.m.-5 p.m. June 13-17. | B．9 a.m.-12 p.m. June 27-30. |
| C．9 a.m.-12 p.m. July 25-29. | D．9 a.m.-12 p.m. June 27-July1. |
| A．Aviation Camp. | B．Cybercamp Basic |
| C．Biology Explorers. | D．Beginning Sewing Cam |
| A．They both offer students a field trip. |
| B．They are both for students aged 11-17. |
| C．They are both held on Technology Campus. |
| D．They both provide shirts and competition gifts. |
9 . Best places to see wildlife in Canada
Whether you’re keen to see the mysterious spirit bears or listen to the songs of beluga whales, Canada’s varied landform offers dozens of wildlife adventures that are bound to impress you. So grab your camera and set out for a few of the best places to see Canada’s incredible wildlife.
Search for the mysterious spirit bears in the Great Bear Rainforest,British Columbia
Spirit bears are one of the most special animals found in Canada.They are a rare species protected by Canada and can only be found in the Great Bear Rainforest. which is a remote protected area mainly accessible by boat.
Listen to beluga whales sing in Churchill,Manitoba
About 136,000 beluga whales can be found here in Canadian waters in the summer.They are white in color and are nicknamed the“canaries(金丝雀)of the sea”thanks to the sounds they make, which are used to navigate.
Spot a moose (麇鹿) or two at Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario
The moose are one of the most-loved species in Canada,but are surprisingly difficult to find in the wild. If you have your heart set on seeing a moose or two,head to Algonquin provincial Park in Ontario, where you might catch sight of them at dusk or dawn, especially in the spring.
Witness the monarch butterfly migration at Point Pelee National Park,Ontario
Every year thousands of monarch butterflies migrate from Canada to Mexico,where the spend the winter. One of the main points of this migration route is Point Pelee National Park in Ontario. Head there just before sunset or early in the morning for the best views
1. Which species is unique to Canada?| A．Spirit bears. | B．Beluga whales. |
| C．Moose. | D．Monarch butterflies. |
| A．At dusk in the winter. |
| B．At dawn in the spring. |
| C．At midday in the autumn. |
| D．After sunset in the summer. |
| A．Churchill, Manitoba, |
| B．Algonquin Provincial Park,Ontario. |
| C．Point Pelee National Park,Ontario. |
| D．The Great Bear Rainforest,British Columbia. |
10 .
| Hope Book Club A book club is a small group of persons that are reading the same book in order to share different feelings and opinions about the book. The book club meets once a month for an hour of lively discussion. All students (3+), teachers and parents are welcome! Here you can discover a new world, learn new ideas and make new friends! What you should do:★You will read the book on your own and then discuss your reading in the book club. ★You must keep up with your reading so that you can join as a part of your group. The book club will decide what pages or chapters you will read. ★You should take down notes and thoughts as you read. ★Everyone in the book club is expected to join in the discussion. More tips: ★Keep our place clean. ★No pets and no smoking. ★Take good care of books and return them on time. ★You must ask for leave if you cannot join in the discussion. Fees: Kids from 3—7: Free; Kids from 8—18: 10 dollars a month; Adults: 15 dollars a month. If you are interested, call 487-256-656 or 487-266-545, send an email to hopebook@yahoo.com or visit our website at www.hopebookclub.com. |
| A．30 dollars. | B．60 dollars. | C．75 dollars. | D．90 dollars |
| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
| A．Books aren’t allowed to be taken out of the club. |
| B．Joining in the discussion is encouraged in the club. |
| C．You can choose your favourite books to read in the club. |
| D．The members in the club don’t have to finish what they need to read. |
