One of the most popular city walk routes in Shanghai is Fuxing Road in the downtown area of the city. With trees
Zhuang Jun (1888-1990),
The residence was designed by himself and constructed in 1921.
Zhuang and his family lived in the house for decades and he died there in 1990. The house was listed as a
2 . Combining a vertical (竖的,直立的) farm and office space into a single 51-storey idea out of Chinese tales, an Italian architect is completing the Shenzhen skyline with a shocking farmscraper (农场摩天楼).
Jian Mu Tower was designed for a leading Chinese supermarket to be a place where renter can grow, sell, buy, or consume produce in the same place they work.
Lying in the south Chinese city of Shenzhen, the Turin-based Carlo Ratti Associati Company has showed plans to build a 650-foot tower in which 100,000 square feet of the glass outside (外墙) is used to produce food — 590,000 pounds of it per year, which would also contain around a million square feet for office space, a supermarket, gardens, and food court (美食街).
Hydroponic (水栽法的) gardening involves using nutrient-rich water rather than soil, and allows plants to be grown in tubes piled up vertically. Working with ZERO, an Italian-based company that specializes in new approaches to agriculture, Jian Mu’s farm is made full use of to produce everything from salad greens to fruits, while remaining efficient and sustainable. An AI scientist would watch most of the hydroponic systems, water and nutrients, planning planting and harvest cycles, and other matters.
“Small-scale urban farming is happening in cities all over the world — from Paris to New York to Singapore. Jian Mu Tower, however, takes it to the next level,” writes Ratti, who is also a professor at MIT. “Such approach has the potential to play a major role in the design of future cities, as it engages in one of today’s most urgent architectural challenges: How to integrate the natural world into building design.”
1. What is Jian Mu Tower intended for?A.A supermarket. | B.A farm. | C.A factory. | D.A workplace. |
A.Grow food. | B.Exhibit clothing. |
C.Take up gardening. | D.Learn to manage a supermarket. |
A.Its fruits are well received at home. | B.It has rich experience in agriculture. |
C.It mainly focuses on agriculture in Italy. | D.It completely applies AI technology. |
A.Unclear. | B.Doubtful. | C.Critical. | D.Approving. |
The recent hit in China is all about Harbin, Helongjiang. Numerous netizens have expressed their longing for this northern ice city,
Among those highlights,
Fondly (深情地)
This study tour, under the spotlight of the entire Internet,
4 . Landscape architect Kotchakorn Voraakhom has designed a new green roof on the Rangsit Campus of Thammasat University, about 25 miles north of central Bangkok, Thailand. Her imaginative work challenges the common thinking that urbanization has a negative impact on the planet, whether flooding, excess (过度的) energy use, disrupted (扰乱) biodiversity or the heat island effect.
The 236, 806-square-foot structure, which opened in December 2019, includes a flood water management system and Asia’s largest rooftop organic farm. It combines modern landscape architecture with traditional agricultural knowledge, creating a green and friendly environment.
The green roof, containing an H-shaped landscape, looks like a futuristic hill with a brick building beneath it. The hill features a complex pattern of zigzagging terraces (之字形梯田) of planted beds, leading all the way down to the bottom. When rainwater hits the roof, it flows down the zigzags while being absorbed by the soil in the beds, The excess water is directed into four storage ponds — with a capacity of up to 3 million gallons. The process slows down the flow speed of rainwater runoff compared to a normal concrete rooftop. This keeps the area from flooding during heavy rains.
The roof’s terraces are filled with organically grown crops, including a drought tolerant variety of rice, many local vegetables and herbs. The farm can supply the canteens on campus with a large amount of rice, herbs and vegetables a year. The food waste is composted (把……制成堆肥) to fertilize the farm, and water from the storage ponds is used to water plants, creating an entirely localized and circular system.
The farm serves as an outdoor classroom and a source of local jobs, too. Farmers offer workshops on sustainable agriculture and nutrition as part of the university’s sustainability curriculum. “Students and community members are invited to participate in seasonal seeding, harvesting, and so on,” says Voraakhom. “The urban farm is training a new generation of organic farmers with real-world skills. It also promotes a sense of community.”
1. What can we say about Voraakhom’s work?A.It’s short-lived. | B.It’s creative. |
C.It’s demanding. | D.It’s time-consuming. |
A.To store more water. |
B.To plant diverse vegetables. |
C.To slow the speed of water flow. |
D.To make it look more attractive than other buildings. |
A.It uses food as fertilizer. | B.It benefits the environment. |
C.It improves students’ lifestyle. | D.It produces vegetables and fruits. |
A.Students can learn hands-on knowledge on the farm. |
B.Farmers working on the farm can become professors. |
C.The farm prevents government from offering people jobs. |
D.The farm harms the relationship between university and community. |
Li Zhuang, an ancient village located by Yantze river
In 1940s, when Japan was invading China, this village made a great decision to invite top Chinese universities that had no place
In the recent ten years, this ancient village
6 . We like to spend our Christmas holidays somewhere warm abroad, and that year we chose Uganda. Nature, wildlife, and sunny days were a(n)
However, just within a few days, we had a car accident at a park. I lost
In the duration, we were amazed to find that Masindi is such a(n)
Before our
A.setting | B.pleasure | C.outcome | D.challenge |
A.tight | B.prior | C.flexible | D.loose |
A.recall | B.compare | C.recommend | D.explore |
A.control | B.sight | C.track | D.contact |
A.ignoring | B.destroying | C.checking | D.repairing |
A.Strangely | B.Suddenly | C.Interestingly | D.Fortunately |
A.limited | B.folded | C.injured | D.conducted |
A.ankle | B.skin | C.wound | D.delay |
A.relaxing | B.appealing | C.secure | D.internal |
A.adjust to | B.go through | C.pick up | D.slow down |
A.highlights | B.worries | C.proofs | D.chances |
A.lived | B.shared | C.chatted | D.fought |
A.engagement | B.exposure | C.action | D.departure |
A.suspecting | B.appreciating | C.selecting | D.protecting |
A.suffering | B.thought | C.sightseeing | D.comfort |
1. What is the woman looking at?
A.A list of restaurants. | B.A map of the city. | C.A schedule of activities. |
A.Spring. | B.Summer. | C.Autumn. |
A.He likes helping visitors. |
B.He just went to a concert in the park. |
C.He will take a walk with the woman. |
A.At a concert. | B.In the street. | C.In a restaurant. |
8 . Summer is always a busy travel season, but even at peak times like July, that doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll see lots of hotels with No Vacancy (空房) signs. More and more travelers are choosing instead to stay in vacation rentals: decorated private houses, rooms, or apartments that only you and your party share for the period of your stay. Or you can get adventurous and book a cabin, a tree house, a houseboat, or even a castle.
The idea appeared in 2007, when Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia, the owners of a hotel, realizing that a San Francisco tech meeting would make hotel rooms in the area harder to come by, let travelers sleep on air mattresses (充气床垫) in their apartment for a fee. They called it Air Bed and Breakfast, and the company—now known as Airbnb—is worth almost $100 billion today and has six million listings worldwide.
More space is a major attraction of this accommodation (住宿): the average hotel room measures just 330 square feet, while the average vacation rental room tops 1,300. And in 20 of the largest U. S. cities, average daily rates are comparable to (or slightly lower than) those of hotels.
If you’re willing to share your own digs while you’re away, Love Home Swap pairs you with like-minded travelers for stays in each other’s homes for a membership fee as low as $ 11 per month. If you’d like to list your home, check your local zoning laws, as some areas have strict rules on short-term rentals. In parts of Honolulu, a new law taking effect in October will up the minimum stay to 90 days.
1. What can we learn from Paragraph 1?A.Vacation rentals have replaced hotels nowadays. |
B.Travelers have more options of where to live now. |
C.Hotels have no empty rooms during travel seasons. |
D.Instead of staying in rentals, travelers choose private rooms. |
A.The presence of the Airbnb. | B.The requirement of travelers. |
C.The shortage of hotel rooms. | D.The popularity of air mattresses. |
A.become its member first. | B.rent your house for free. |
C.list your house for at least 90 days. | D.find partners with the similar ideas. |
A.To list the various rentals for travelers. |
B.To urge hotels to take on more vacation rentals. |
C.To compare two different ways to spend vacation. |
D.To introduce a new trend on vacation accommodation. |
9 . Standing on a hill at Cliveden Gardens on a sunny winter day, its dark-green lake surrounded by centuries-old trees took my breath away.
“The English landscape is more beautiful because its beauty is understated,” my friend Will said to me later as we walked through an exhibition at Tate Britain. He pointed to a painting of a peaceful countryside. “This is the landscape I grew up with”, he said. Unlike grand waterfalls or wild forests, this scenery doesn’t shout about its beauty.
I wonder if Chinese tourists will explore beyond London.
Experiencing both cultures, I’ve realized that the English and Chinese both express achievements with understatement.
A.Cliveden isn’t a famous holiday place. |
B.Rather, its beauty is reserved for the locals only. |
C.I’ve been impressed by British humor all the time. |
D.They tend to prefer places with a strong reputation. |
E.But the more I looked, the more I saw its quiet elegance. |
F.Over the years, I’ve become familiar with British modesty. |
G.This mix makes me appreciate the unusual beauty of Cliveden. |
1. 欢乐谷(上海欢乐谷)是一座迷人的主题公园; 2. 游玩项目丰富多彩;
3. 各种各样的文化主题活动也会带给你极大的快乐;4. 你还能够品尝到中国各地的特色美食。
注意:1. 词数80左右;
2. 开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数;
3. 可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
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