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| Rome City Bike Tour Enjoy the best of Rome on a five-hour bike tour with a good guide. Cycle through Rome and discover its beautiful churches and fancy shopping streets. The tour will provide a wonderful view of Rome’s main attractions, plus some squares that are less common among tourists. Duration: 5 hours Price: $56.93 |
| Copenhagen Food Tour Explore Copenhagen on a food tour and discover the locals’ favourite restaurants with a guide. Food samples change with the season, but the tour includes enough treats to make a full meal, with foods like organic ice cream, home-brewed beer, rye-bread sandwiches and more. Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes Price: $120.28 |
| Paris Louvre Museum Tour Make a booking and jump the queue (队) to make the most of your limited time inside the world’s largest museum. View some most famous artworks there, including Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo. After your guided tour, you can stay on if you want to continue exploring the museum. Duration: 3 hours Price: $67.05 |
| Delphi Day Trip from Athens Visit Delphi on this full-day trip from Athens! Traveling with a guide, you’ll explore the home to the Temple of Apollo, and walk around Delphi Archeological Museum. Learn about Greek history while seeing the monuments, and visit the pretty town of Arachova on the way back. Duration: 10 hours Price: $108.85 |
| A．small temples | B．fine restaurants |
| C．famous artworks | D．beautiful churches |
| A．Rome | B．Copenhagen | C．Paris | D．Delphi |
| A．provide an artwork | B．book a ticket |
| C．know local guides | D．join a tour group |
| A．Guided tours. | B．Fancy shops. |
| C．Famous buildings. | D．New restaurants. |
The opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games
As we know, sports activity can make people more energetic and
4 . I was in my early twenties. I had
One day just as the students were leaving, a girl handed me a folded
That experience showed me the
| A．studied | B．graduated | C．worked | D．expected |
| A．If | B．So | C．Although | D．Unless |
| A．chatted | B．supplied | C．dragged | D．inspired |
| A．equipment | B．book | C．note | D．picture |
| A．amazed | B．reminded | C．defeated | D．removed |
| A．moved | B．stressed | C．excited | D．satisfied |
| A．Definitely | B．Frequently | C．Actually | D．Unfortunately |
| A．existed | B．recovered | C．suffered | D．disappeared |
| A．extent | B．power | C．energy | D．principle |
| A．confidence | B．benefit | C．kindness | D．desire |
Do you have trouble finishing your work within a given time? Do you find yourself having to scramble (艰难完成) through your work because time is running out? It is important to manage your time properly.
First, you should write down your tasks on paper. This is to make sure that you do not miss any of them. Having them written down somewhere ensures that you will get the task completed even if you forget about it. Of course, you need to make sure that the task list is always within your sight. Make sure you have a clear view of your tasks. You can write them down in a diary.
After you have written down your tasks, it is time to plan your action. Which tasks need not be completed as urgently How much time are you going to give each task? I suggest that you complete the urgent tasks first, but at the same time, be sure to include some time to take breaks in between. The breaks ensure that you have a moment to run away from stress until you return to continue from where you left off.
Above all, however, don’t procrastinate because it is your number one enemy. Procrastination can also mean that you will not be focused when you do your work. Time is valuable, so do not waste it by procrastinating. Focus on completing the task and get it over once and for all.
1. Where can you write your tasks down?2. Why should we take breaks between tasks?
3. Please decide which part is false in the following statement, then underline it and explain why.
Our biggest enemy when we manage our time properly is that we will not be focused.
4. Do you think it is important to manage your time properly? Why or why not? (About 40 words)
6 . “The first prize for the bicycle race is $1,000,” said Mr. Hakansson.
“The judges won’t let you race,” said Mrs. Hakansson. “You’re 66 years old.”
“I am going to race,” said Mr. Hakansson. “And I am going to win!”
Mrs. Hakansson only smiled. She knew he couldn’t be in the race. He was 66 years old. But she also knew that he would try.
Mr. Hakansson went to see the judges. “I want to be in that race,” he said.
“Go home to your rocking chair!” said one of the judges. “You are too old. This race lasts for days. The men go from one end of Sweden to the other. That’s more than 1,000 miles. You would never make it.”
“We’ll see,” said Mr. Hakansson.
Over 1,000 men wanted to be in the race. The judges picked only 50. They were all strong young men. They went by train to the town where the race would begin. There they spent days getting ready.
Mr. Hakansson was not one of the 50. So he couldn’t ride on the train.
“Then I’ll ride my bicycle,” he said. And he did. He rode 1,000 miles just to get where the race was to start!
At last, the race began. The 50 strong young men climbed on their bicycles. One of the judges fired a gun. And the young men were off!
Close behind them came Mr. Hakansson. His long white beard waved in the wind. “You can keep me out of the race,” he said. “But you can’t keep me off the road!”
And then Mr. Hakansson moved in front of the 50 strong young men!
After a while he came to a small town. The street was lined with people. They cheered as Mr. Hakansson rode by.
“Look, Daddy,” said a small boy. “There goes Supergrandpa!” Everyone laughed.
A writer for a paper heard the boy. He took a picture of Mr. Hakansson and wrote a story about him. From then on everybody in Sweden was cheering for “Supergrandpa”.
Day after day the race went on. Each night the 50 strong men rested. But not Supergrandpa! He rode for three days and three nights without any sleep at all. Then he rested only three hours!
Supergrandpa didn’t even eat very much. He didn’t want to leave the road. But sometimes people brought him cake, coffee and berries. Then he would eat while sitting on his bicycle.
For more than six days Supergrandpa rode on. In all that time, he had only 10 hours of sleep.
At last he crossed the finish line — a day ahead of the strong men. All the town were there to meet him. Everybody cheered and cheered. A band from the fire station played. Dogs barked. Children danced around Supergrandpa.
1. Mr. Hakansson got to the town where the race began by ________.| A．running there | B．taking the train |
| C．driving his car | D．riding his bicycle |
| A．the day after he started the race | B．a few minutes before another racer |
| C．a day before the other cyclists | D．after ten hours of sleep |
| A．An Admirable Supergrandpa | B．An Exciting Riding Race |
| C．An Unbelievable Experience | D．An Unforgettable Old Man |
1. 你是否支持选秀类节目；
2. 你支持或者反对的原因及依据。
参考词汇：talent show
注意：
1. 词数：100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，使行文连贯。
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8 . Making electricity out of fossil fuels releases lots of greenhouse gases, which accumulate in the atmosphere and heat up the planet. Nuclear power, on the other hand, has the potential to be an almost unlimited and more climate-friendly energy source. That is because in contrast to fossil fuels, no greenhouse gases are released directly during the immediate use of the fuel.
However, there are also several major problems. First, the mining of nuclear fuel is costly and energy intensive and causes many environmental problems. Second, nuclear energy production generates significant amounts of radioactive waste, which is extremely dangerous if not handled safely. Finally, the entire process requires very complex and energy intensive infrastructure (基建), which contributes to indirect greenhouse gas emissions.
We use computer and mathematical models to understand if it might be possible to redesign nuclear power stations in a way that they run on nuclear waste. This would reduce the negative impacts of current and future nuclear power generation immensely.
Our model show that it is feasible (可行的) to redesign nuclear power stations in a way they can run on spent nuclear fuel (SNF). Plus, the SNF does not have to be further modified before it is used. Even better, our advanced nuclear power stations do not produce any additional waste. While these innovative power stations do not yet exist, our research indicates that they are a real possibility for the future.
In our research, so-called molten salt reactors seem a promising candidate for the new type of nuclear power station as they could be redesigned to run on SNF. Molten salt reactors operate on fuel melt in liquid salt. Over a lifetime of 60 years, one of these reactors would “eat up” roughly 70 tons of SNF. This amount accumulates in 3 to 4 years of operation in a traditional nuclear power station of comparable size. Our suggested redesign would make nuclear energy generation much more efficient and sustainable, as it could “squeeze out” up to 20 times more energy from already spent nuclear fuel. It would also eliminate any SNF as a source of highly problematic waste.
Creating nuclear power stations that can run on existing nuclear waste is a worthy endeavor, and our feasibility analysis shows that it can likely be done. However, we need a lot of innovative and multidisciplinary research to put this vision into reality. “Eating up” radioactive waste as fuel would eliminate the long-term storage problem of current nuclear waste. Also, it would relieve us from the costs and environmental damages done by mining current nuclear fuel and the complicated processes required for long term operation. The new operational model would only consist of melting the SNF, operating the reactor, and cleaning the fuel salt. All in all, it would reduce many environmental, social and political issues of current nuclear power production. Using our current nuclear waste as fuel would allow us to take full advantage of the climate-friendly aspect of nuclear power generation.
Even in science and technology, it’s important to realize when we have to rethink our current approaches and what our options are for improvement. Current nuclear power stations have been created with past technologies and goals in mind. Nowadays, some people claim, they might create often more problems than they solve. We need innovative alternatives to provide sustainable, safe and clean energy for generations to come.
1. When talking about the major problems of nuclear power production, the author tries to say ________.| A．nuclear energy is not environmental-friendly |
| B．nuclear power plants deserve to be remodeled |
| C．nuclear energy is dangerous and difficult to handle |
| D．nuclear power plants are complex and hard to build |
| A．attempt | B．business | C．candidate | D．design |
| A．The proposed reactor is feasible and likely to be put into use. |
| B．The proposed reactor is economical and operationally effective. |
| C．The proposed reactor can solve the major problems previously mentioned in the passage. |
| D．The proposed reactor can use up SNF from many traditional reactors of comparable size. |
| A．Nuclear waste = fuel of the future? |
| B．Nuclear problems = efforts to solve them |
| C．Nuclear power = clean energy for the future! |
| D．Nuclear plants = innovation and multidisciplinary research |
During the Renaissance, a period
Marie Curie, born in Warsaw, Poland, was a trailblazing physicist and chemist acknowledged for her
