1 . Humans are driving climate change. That means we can change our path.
Extend product lifespan (寿命).
Switch to electric cooking. Not only is gas-powered cooking releasing harmful chemicals into the environment, but it could be contributing to health problems for you if you’re cooking indoors.
Plant trees where you can. Trees can help control temperatures and improve air quality.
A.Eat more sustainably |
B.Fix what you have instead of replacing it |
C.The time it gives you back this fall is an added bonus |
D.As climate change causes temperatures in many areas to rise |
E.Just make sure the plants you’re adding are approved for your area |
F.Plus, research has shown some gas stoves can leak pollutants even when they’re off |
G.While governments and businesses have a key role to play in addressing climate change |
2 . Four YouTube Channels for Learning English
Bob the CanadianBob is a high school teacher from Toronto, Canada, who lives on a flower farm with his wife and five kids. Bob’s videos mostly deal with everyday situations. Bob describes common places, scenes and conversations using simple English. He has taken his viewers to a great mix of places, from hardware stores to hotels. Bob’s ac cent is very clear and he subtitles his videos.
JenniferESLJenniferESL has been making YouTube videos teaching US English with her family since 2007, so there’s a huge collection to discover. Like Bob the Canadian, one of the enjoyable things about Jennifer’s videos is that you get a brief look at someone’s life in an English-speaking country. She also uses her channel to advertise other teachers’ videos that she finds useful.
Learn English with Mr. DuncanMr. Duncan has been running a successful English-language YouTube channel for over ten years. He lives in a pretty town in the UK and has an upper-class British ac cent to match. Mr. Duncan’s huge video catalog covers nearly every topic in the world of British English. For the past few months, he has stopped creating short video lessons, and started running free livestream lessons three times per week instead. Unlike Bob the Canadian, Mr. Duncan’s videos are quite funny and most viewers find them fun and memorable.
EnglishClass101This is a channel designed to sell an interactive online English course. However, if you don’t mind a sales pitch(推销行话), the videos themselves are a great learning resource. They are all completely free, whether or not you buy the course. This channel is particularly good at explaining grammatical rules and common expressions. If you’ve ever become so bored trying to understand the use cases for a tense, there’s almost certainly an EnglishClass101 video that can help you!
1. What do Bob and Jennifer have in common?A.They both add subtitles to their videos. |
B.They both teach English with their families in videos. |
C.They both promote valuable videos from other educators. |
D.They both share life in English-speaking countries in videos. |
A.He is producing shorter video lessons. |
B.He is conducting free livestream lessons. |
C.He has tried to make his videos more fun. |
D.He has started teaching English with a British accent. |
A.JenniferESL. | B.Bob the Canadian. |
C.EnglishClass101. | D.Learn English with Mr. Duncan. |
One morning last December, Bill McDonald read in the paper that a local man, Joe Day, was sick with lung cancer. That meant Day couldn’t assemble(组装) the magnificently lit, handcrafted Christmas displays that had made his house in Versailles, Indiana, a yearly holiday site for 95,000 people.
It wouldn’t be Christmas without Day’s lights, thought McDonald. Somebody had to come to his aid, he decided.
Day had made his own quick decision 33 Christmases ago when he came home one afternoon from his job as an electrician and found his five-year-old grandson, Nicholas, waiting. “What do you want to do today?” Day asked.
“Let’s build a reindeer(驯鹿),” Nicholas said. They fashioned one using wood from a fallen tree, then set it out on the lawn and lit up its cherry-red nose for the holidays.
Each year, Day added to his handiwork, placing reindeer on a track above his roof and winding lights as if they were electric vines(藤) around his windows and doors. Finally, thousands of lights, figures, and models filled his yard.
Then came December 2019. Day’s cancer, diagnosed in March, had spread to his liver. After 19 rounds of chemotherapy(化疗) and 43 radiation treatments, he was too tired and depressed to celebrate Christmas until McDonald called.
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“You don’t know me, but I want to help get your lights up,” McDonald said.
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4 . What’s Happening?
Your guide to the best place to go in town.
The Art of the Camera
Beautiful exhibition from some of the best young photographers working today.
Stamford Hall, June 20th-30th
Free
Film Club
Tonight’s movie at the Young People’s Film Club is the last of the series starring the Oscar-winning actor Johnny Depp. It’s the wonderful Pirates of the Caribbean!
Starts 6:30 pm. Tickets £3
Winning Voices
More than 20 bands (乐队) play their best songs in a competition to win a great prize: a place in the national final and the chance to record a CD.
Stretford Student Centre, 6 pm
Tickets £10 and £7.5
Streetlife Dance Group
Come and see the amazing “SDG” at the Atlas Centre. Twenty-four dancers aged between 11 and 18 show off their skills in street dancing for you.
Starts 7 pm. Tickets £15
Young Vic Theatre
The final performance(演出) of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is tonight. This is your last chance to see this wonderful play. Don’t miss it.
Starts 8 pm. Tickets £9, £7 and £5.50
1. Where can you watch street dancing?A.In Stamford Hall. | B.At the Atlas Centre. |
C.At Young Vic Theatre. | D.At Stretford Student Centre. |
A.See Romeo and Juliet. | B.Watch Winning Voices. |
C.See Pirates of the Caribbean. | D.Watch Streetlife Dance Group. |
A.Nature. | B.Arts. | C.Medicine. | D.Culture. |
5 . Argentina lies in the South America. There are many festivals in Argentina during the year. Therefore, you can enjoy the different interesting festivals when traveling there.
First of all, we should talk about the Tango (探戈) Festival inArgentina, which is held in the capital of this country — Buenos Aires, from February to March. You ought to know that Argentina is the home of tango, so Argentinians admire this dance very much. Even if you cannot dance perfectly, you should join the people and try to perform this dance.
The next festival in Argentina is Open Polo (马球) Tournament. You should go to Palermo to see this festival in Argentina. This festival is held every year and is the most important polo tournament in Argentina.This kind of sport is considered the most important in Argentina.
Attending this festival in Argentina, you will be able to communicate with different people and admire the fascinating competition between the teams of different countries, such as Argentina, England, Australia, as well as the US. This festival in Argentina is usually held between November and December every year. So don’t miss the opportunity if you travel to Argentina at this time.
The other festival in Argentina is the Semana Musical Liao Liao. This is a festival of classical music. The festival was created in 1993 and is held at the Liao Liao Hotel, near Bariloche. The festival is held yearly in October. So if you admire this kind of music, you should travel toArgentina in October.
There are also many carnivals in Argentina in summer. Of course, it’s impossible to put everything about festivals in Argentina into just one article. We hope that you have found this article interesting and eye-catching.
1. What would be the best title for the passage?A.Entertainments in Argentina | B.Festivals in Argentina |
C.Travel to Argentina | D.A brief introduction to Argentina |
A.is organized by the government |
B.welcomes everyone to take part in it |
C.is held in summer |
D.holds parties for different dances |
A.Open Polo Tournament. | B.Every carnival in Argentina. |
C.The Tango Festival. | D.The Semana Musical Liao Liao. |
A.Buenos Aires in spring | B.Palermo in April |
C.Palermo in winter | D.Bariloche in October |
6 . Born to be likeable, my older sister grew up with lots of friends, parties and attention. I wanted the
That led to my
One day, my mom said to me, “You’ll never be anything your heart won’t let you be. Start looking inside,
A.kindness | B.intelligence | C.popularity | D.generosity |
A.studied | B.helped | C.missed | D.attended |
A.turned to | B.worked with | C.heard from | D.waited for |
A.program | B.plan | C.job | D.strategy |
A.afraid | B.nervous | C.puzzled | D.excited |
A.perform | B.explain | C.play | D.feel |
A.duty | B.decision | C.regret | D.failure |
A.lack | B.discovery | C.sense | D.understanding |
A.show | B.chance | C.mistake | D.concern |
A.reminded | B.invited | C.liked | D.thanked |
A.Besides | B.However | C.Otherwise | D.Therefore |
A.presenting | B.promising | C.appearing | D.hiding |
A.because of | B.in exchange for | C.instead of | D.in addition to |
A.words | B.lessons | C.choices | D.excuses |
A.risked | B.stopped | C.imagined | D.remembered |
Ali and his younger sister, Zahra, lived with their parents in a poor neighborhood. Their mother was very sick and their father was struggling to find a job, and they had only a little money with which to buy food, as they had not paid the rent for several months, the landlord was breathing down their necks.
One day, Ali took Zahra’s shoes to a shoe repairman to be fixed, but he lost them on the way home. It wasn’t until he got home that he realized he had lost the shoes. He was afraid that his parents would be angry and disappointed, so he begged his sister to keep it a secret.
Zahra agreed, and the two decided to share Ali’s running shoes. Zahra’s school hours were in the morning, so she would wear them first. After school, she would rush back and give them to Ali. He could then run to his school, which began in the afternoon. Although he ran as fast as he could, Ali often arrived late and was warned by the school.
Ali heard about a long distance race that was held for the boys in the city. When he learned that the third prize was a new pair of shoes, he decided to take part. He ran home excitedly and promised his sister that he would win her the new shoes.
The day of race arrived. Ali had a strong start, but halfway through the race he began to get tired and his legs began to ache. Getting more and more exhausted, he thought only of Zahra and his promise to her. Dreaming of the new shoes he would win for his sister gave him strength and he stayed right behind the two fastest runners, determined to finish third. Suddenly, as the finishing line drew near, another runner collided(碰撞)with Ali from behind and he crashed to the ground.
Ali looked up and saw the other boys running ahead. Refusing to give up. He ran as fast as he could. He dashed across the finishing line and won the fourth prize. Thinking he would let his sister down, Ali couldn’t help crying. Just then, he suddenly heard the announcement from the broadcast that he won the third prize as the runner who knocked Ali down was disqualified for breaking the rule. Holding the shoes close to his chest during the award ceremony. Ali felt happy as he eventually won the shoes for his sister.
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3. The show had a massive audience,
4. The four countries
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6. She believes that it is highly important to bridge the digital divide and make sure that everyone
7. Festivals are becoming more and more commercial, with businesses
8. First of all, having lived in China for sixteen years and having learnt English since I was a child, I have a good command of English and Chinese, which is
9. Judy and I had our car parked in an underground car park near Trafalgar Square, where we could get our car battery
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A.A jazz concert. | B.A new theater. | C.A plane ticket. |
10 . The Most Beautiful Train Stations in the World
Tokyo Station Marunouchi Building
The wide-open entrance square on the Marunouchi side of Tokyo’s main train station would look more at home in Amsterdam or Paris. Kingo Tatsuno’s classical European design took over six years to complete, finally opening in 1914. The statin has received several facelifts since the Second World War, most recently in 2012. It’s one of the biggest and busiest train stations in the world.
Beijing West Railway Station
The idea of building this station in the capital of China was put forward as early as 1959 but didn’t come to reality until 1996. It was the largest station in Asia at the time, although Shanghai’s Hongqiao Station has since surpassed it. The station itself has a unique architectural (建筑的) style, with the main body of the building having quite a functional Russian look, but the rooftop is decorated with three amazing Chinese pagodas.
Duoliang Station, Taiwan
This is the smallest station on this lit by a distance. In fact we’re not really choosing Duoliang for architectural reasons. This station is all about location, location, location. Surrounded by hi top greenery on one side and amazing Pacific Ocean scenery on the other, it’s one of the most scenic spots in all of Taiwan. This isn’t even a working station anymore, but the platforms have been adapted into viewing spots, extremely popular with local train spotters.
Stazione Milano Centrale in Milan
Milan’s central train station looks pretty much exactly as you’d imagine it. There are a mix of styles at play here, from Art Nouveau to Art Deco, but the entire building is filled with a classic sense of Roman monumentality. The outer look is guarded by two statues, while its insides are equally impressive, as grand stonewalls curve (弯曲) into the station’s glass ceilings.
1. What do Tokyo Station and Beijing West Railway Station have in common?A.Both have European features. |
B.Both were built in the early 1990s. |
C.Both have been rebuilt several times. |
D.Both are the largest domestic stations. |
A.Its distance. | B.Its small size. |
C.Its surrounding scenery. | D.Its architectural style. |
A.Roman buildings | B.Its various styles. |
C.Statues on the walls | D.The curving ceilings. |