1 . English in Action
Kingswood Camps leads the way in integrated (综合的) language and activity camps. Set in holiday locations that UK young people love to visit, all our camps combine quality English teaching with an action-packed programme of sports and activities.
Through mini projects using research and thinking skills, we aim to build confidence and develop the language skills needed in real-life situations.
The programme is filled with fun, excitement and activities. You never have time to be bored at Kingswood Camps!
Our activities are great chances for international students to make new friends from Britain and around the world. You can speak English all day while you swim, surf, go climbing or horse riding.
Our teachers are hand-picked for their teaching ability and friendly, outgoing personalities. They always take the time to explain things carefully and to bring the language to life. Whether you are at beginner level or already quite fluent, the daily English lessons help you to understand the kind of practical language that is used in everyday situations.
Experience even more by upgrading (升级) your stay with a Specialist Holiday. Pick a favourite hobby or try something completely new and spend a minimum of 15 hours a week focusing on your chosen activity, sharing your hobby with like-minded friends. Choose from Surf Schools, Water Sports, Football Academy, and Dance.
From trips to historic cities and the bright lights of London, to famous museums and a spot of shopping, we have exciting short journeys covered. One full day and one half day short journeys are included in your programme.
Whether you are travelling al one or in a group, you can choose to be met or arrival in the UK. We will then transport you safely to your camp.
1. What is special about Kingswood Camps?| A．It is the world's leading indoor camp. |
| B．It aims to help children know the UK. |
| C．It offers educational and exciting activities. |
| D．It requires students to speak perfect English. |
| A．UK young people. |
| B．International students. |
| C．New friends. |
| D．Teachers. |
| A．What Kingswood Camps' aim is. |
| B．What activities Kingswood Camps has. |
| C．What the teachers and lessons are like. |
| D．How you can get to your camp. |
| A．Get language training. |
| B．Enjoy your favourite hobby. |
| C．Develop your teaching ability. |
| D．Make a journey to historic cities. |
| A．To introduce a camp. |
| B．To invite people to visit Britain. |
| C．To advertise several trips to London. |
| D．To present interesting activities in the UK. |
If you love eating and drinking for free and are looking to make some money, there’s a job that suits you. A new type of service allows people to hire(雇佣) others to enjoy their favorite foods.
Chinese media recently reported on an increasingly popular service that people can go online and hire others to enjoy certain foods and drinks, and ask them to provide video evidence of them eating or drinking the said treats. People should pay from two to nine yuan for the service besides the cost of the food.
Pearl milk tea(珍珠奶茶) is a particularly popular service, as the chewy (耐嚼的) balls and tea drink is so popular these days. There are also some people who want to pay the one who wants to eat fried chicken or hot pot for them. The trend(趋势) has spread to other areas such as selling videos of pet owners feeding their animals and people watching TV series for others. One person in Harbin even offered to sell photos of buyers’ names written in the heavy snow.
So why would anyone pay a total stranger a treat rather than enjoy it themselves? Well, clearly, the online service is so cheap that some people simply do it because of boredom. Some sellers explained that most customers buy their service because they’re hungry at night while they’re on a diet. Eating and drinking by others may help customers reduce the desire(欲望) and avoid high blood pressure, high blood sugar, and other health problems, sellers said. While others get satisfaction in watching others enjoy their favorite treats.
This service has garnered a lot of attention on social media. Although it’s not exactly a get-rich-quickly job, there are quite a lot of people willing to do it for the free treats alone. Some people describing it as their dream job.
1. How much money does it cost to consume certain foods and drinks besides the cost of the food?(no more than 5 words)2. Why would some people pay someone to eat or drink for them? (no more than 15 words)
3. How do you understand the underlined part in Paragraph 5? (1 word)
4. Why do some people describe the job as their dream job? (no more than 10 words)
5. What’s your attitude towards hiring others to consume tasty food? Please explain. (no more than 25 words)
3 . Popular Countries to Visit in 2024
ZimbabweZimbabwe is a country that travelers all over the world always talk about, not only because it is a friendly country, but also because it is one of Africa’s safest places. In Zimbabwe, you can visit many tourist attractions. For example, Big Five-filled national parks, forested mountains and the Victoria Falls. Here you can see African lions, African elephants, African buffaloes, African leopards, and rhinoceroses, which are called the big five animals.
JordanIf you have a taste for adventure (冒险), you will certainly love Jordan, because there is a 650-km-long path in Jordan and you can have a 36-day hike here. There are several other places for people to visit, for example, the Rift Valley is the best place that attracts travelers fond of adventure to challenge. Besides, the Dead Sea is the lowest point on Earth, which can leave a deep impression on people.
IndonesiaFrom Sumatra to Papua, more than 17,000 islands make Indonesia a multicultural(多元文化的) country. On these islands, there are many kinds of tasty food, which could offer tourists good feelings and experiences. Thanks to heavy investment(投资) in new air, land and sea connections by the government, people from 169 countries can enter Indonesia with free visas(签证) . It has never been easier to explore this warm country.
BelarusBelarus becomes more and more popular because of the relaxed visa requirements. There are lots of art exhibitions, cafes and local parties in Belarus. In its beautiful old towns, people can go to the fashionable bars and join the happy summer street parties. Minsk, the capital of Belarus, has been chosen as the host city for many global events and meetings. 2024 European Games is on the list.
1. Where will you go if you are interested in African animals?| A．Zimbabwe. | B．Jordan. | C．Indonesia. | D．Belarus. |
| A．The 650-km-long path. | B．The 36-day hike. |
| C．The Rift Valley. | D．The Dead Sea. |
| A．Indonesia is one of the safest places in the world. |
| B．Many foreigners can visit Indonesia with free visas. |
| C．Indonesia is famous for its tasty food. |
| D．More than 17, 000 cities form the warm country. |
| A．Because the visa requirements have been less strict. |
| B．Because there are lots of art exhibitions, cafes and local parties. |
| C．Because people can get 30-day free visas. |
| D．Because people can join the happy summer street parties. |
| A．Zimbabwe. | B．Jordan. | C．Indonesia. | D．Belarus. |
4 . Think about things around you when you get up in the morning: the alarm clock, toothbrush, toile, coffee maker, and shower heads… What do these things have in common? They are all inventions. They come in all shapes, sizes and varieties. And their inventors were from diverse backgrounds. Sure, many scientists have made discoveries and turned those discoveries into inventions. However, that doesn’t mean you must be a scientist to be an inventor.
We often hear that necessity is the mother of invention, and it means that people often identify one of their needs and then try to meet that need. Sometimes the only way to meet that need is to invent a new product!
Think about all of the musical instruments in the world. Now think of all the products that go along with those instruments. Instead of scientists, many of those products were invented by musicians. They discovered a need and then invented a product to satisfy it. They may have thought scientifically about the product. They may have had help from a scientist, but many people have shown that inventors can come from any background.
Non-scientific approaches can help develop new inventions. Although thinking scientifically is often a necessity, it can also be helpful to think out of the box. We often get used to doing things the same way and thinking that some ideas won’t work, which makes us stop thinking about new things. But if we keep thinking, we might discover something amazing. That is why some inventors can come from a variety of non-scientific backgrounds. For example a poet and an astronomer both look at the sky, but they see it differently. The poet might have ideas about a problem the astronomer would never consider.
See? You don’t have to be a scientist to be an inventor. Somehow, everyone can invent something.
1. What is the main idea of the first paragraph?| A．Inventions can be made by anyone, not just scientists. |
| B．Inventions are mainly the result of scientific discoveries. |
| C．Inventors must have scientific backgrounds. |
| D．Inventors is good at inventing daily things. |
| A．Remember. | B．Invent. | C．Find. | D．Develop. |
| A．the need for a solution leads to invention |
| B．music is very important in our lives |
| C．inventions come from scientific thinking |
| D．music can help scientists become inventors |
| A．It is helpful for people to keep thinking. |
| B．It is not important for people to think scientifically. |
| C．People need to think about things in new, different ways. |
| D．People need to get used to doing things the same way. |
| A．We should take a look at the sky. |
| B．It’s not easy to write a piece of music. |
| C．We should try to solve scientific problems. |
| D．It’s possible for everyone to invent things. |
5 . Thomas, 13, and his friends Mark and Josh had a fantastic idea. Why not play a game of football ... on a trampoline（蹦床）?
At first, it was great fun. Then Mark stumbled（绊倒）, landing directly on Thomas’s leg. Thomas howled in pain.
Even if you’ve never been injured on a trampoline, chances are you know someone who has. There were nearly 95,000 trampoline-related injuries, in 2012 alone.
These injuries are such an enormous problem that the American Academy of Pediatrics （AAP）, a group of doctors who specialize in treating children and adolescents, said in a 2012 study that trampolines should never be used at home or on playgrounds. Never.
“This is not a toy. It’s a piece of equipment,” says Dr. Michele LaBotz, an author of the AAPstudy.
Indeed, when trampolines were invented in the 1930s, they were intended for use by professional acrobats（杂技演员）. Over time, trampolines caught on with the public, and now 900,000 are sold each year, most of them for recreational use.
Part of trampolines’ appeal is that despite the risks, they provide good exercise. You get a heart-pumping aerobic（有氧的） workout, like you do when running or dancing. And young people need all the exercise they can get.
Still, trampolines can be dangerous — and not just for kids who fall off. Kids are also getting hurt on the springs and when they strike against each other. Serious injuries to the head and neck have been reported. One out of every 200 trampoline injuries leads to permanent brain damage.
Bouncing on a trampoline is clearly risky. But then, every athletic activity involves risk. Kids fall off bikes and skateboards all the time. As with any sport, kids on a trampoline can protect themselves. For instance: Never allow more than one person on a trampoline at a time. （About 75 percent of injuries result from having multiple jumpers at once.） And always have adult supervision.
1. According to the 2012 study by the AAP, ________.| A．kids can protect themselves on a trampoline |
| B．trampolines shouldn’t be used for entertainment |
| C．trampolines are more popular among young kids |
| D．kids shouldn’t trampoline without adult supervision |
| A．Trampolines were used to train the public. |
| B．People realized the danger of trampolining. |
| C．Trampolines became popular among the public. |
| D．People worried about kids playing on trampolines. |
| A．Uncertain. | B．Unconcerned. | C．Opposed. | D．Objective. |
| A．the history of trampolines | B．why kids shouldn’t trampoline |
| C．the advantages of trampolining | D．whether kids should trampoline |
6 . When Jack Prelutsky was a kid in New York more than fifty years ago, he didn’t know he would grow up to write poetry for children.
Neither of his parents read poetry to him when he was little. When his fourth-grade teacher read poems in class, he thought they seemed boring. To nine-year-old Prelutsky, poetry seemed like serious business. And Prelutsky was anything but serious. “I wanted to hear poems about myself — about outer space and sports and music,” he says. “So I started to think of poetry as punishment.”
Prelutsky had always taken voice and piano lessons, but when he attended New York’s High School of Music and Art, his love for music grew deeper. “I liked the way songs said what they had to say — the simple, direct, ordinary language they employed. I really think that’s what made me see poetry in a new light.”
Then Prelutsky took a drawing class in his early twenties and found he wasn’t very good at life drawing. But he was good at drawing imaginary animals.
In six months, Prelutsky drew a lot of imaginary animals with strange characteristics. He loved each one, but felt something was missing. “Then one evening, I looked at them and said, ‘They need poems.’ I still don’t know why I thought of it, but within half an hour, I had all the poems written.”
Publishing the poems never crossed Prelutsky’s mind in those early days. But when friends fell in love with his poems, he agreed to share them with a children’s book editor.
“She didn’t think much of my illustrations (插图),” he says, “but she told me that I was a natural poet and encouraged me to keep writing.”
At the time, Prelutsky was surprised at the editor’s encouragement. But more than forty books later, he’s still making friends and fans laugh. From monsters to frogs, Prelutsky has turned silly into an art form.
1. What can we learn about Prelutsky when he was a kid?| A．He hated poetry. |
| B．He took sports seriously. |
| C．He found it hard to read poems. |
| D．He developed an interest in business. |
| A．It was a kind of punishment. |
| B．It was something serious. |
| C．It was simple but indirect. |
| D．It helped him to love poetry. |
| A．It drove him to love music. |
| B．It brought out his poetic skills. |
| C．It raised his confidence in writing. |
| D．It helped him become a famous painter. |
| A．She gave them high praise. |
| B．She was surprised by them. |
| C．She refused to publish them. |
| D．She showed no interest in them. |
| A．They are funny. |
| B．They are encouraging. |
| C．They are person-centered. |
| D．They are family-friendly. |
7 . Discover it all at the Smithsonian!
There’s no more exciting place to be than Smithsonian Summer Camp, where all kinds of dreams can come true. Summer Camp registration begins on Jan. 28, starting at 9 a.m. (online and phone).
People donating to the Smithsonian Associates at the $300 level or higher can register two days in advance.
Get in touch with Customer Service at 202-633-3030 or Smithsonian Associates.org/Camp.
GENERAL INFORMATION
·Camps run Monday, June 20 through Friday, August 19. There will be no camp on Monday, July 4. That week, camp runs Tuesday, July 5 through Friday, July 8.
·Camps are offered for children from kindergarten through 9th grade.
·Camps range in size from 16 to 20 children, with four campers having one instructor.
·Most camps are one week long; campers may register for one or more camps.
·Campers provide their own transportation to the National Mall --- where camps are held. The supervised(监督) drop-off and pick-up location is the entrance of the S. Dillion Ripley Center. An adult is required to sign each camper in and out daily.
·Camps include a supervised packed lunch hour.
Camps T-shirts
A Smithsonian Summer Camp T-shirt is included in the registration fee. Campers can sport their shirts proudly and stand out from the crowd on their field trips around the National Mall. Campers receive one shirt at check-in on their first day of camp, despite the number of camps they registered. Available sizes range from youth S to adult XL. Be sure to include the correct T-shirt size when you register; campers will be given only the recorded size.
1. If one wants to register on Jan.26, he should _______.| A．call 202-633-3030 |
| B．join the Camp in previous years |
| C．visit SmithsonianAssociates.org/Camp |
| D．contribute $300 or more to the Smithsonian Associates |
| A．16-20 | B．5-8 | C．4-5 | D．1-4 |
| A．They should go to camps on their own. | B．Camps provide free lunch for them. |
| C．They can only choose one camp. | D．Each camp lasts for one week. |
| A．They are sold at the National Mall. |
| B．Each camper can only have one T-shirt. |
| C．Campers receive them as soon as they register. |
| D．There’ re different colors for campers to choose from. |
| A．an invitation. | B．a travel guide | C．an advertisement | D．a research report |
8 . To better understand how animals like spiders communicate with pattern and color, Jenny Yi-Ti Sung, a biology doctoral student at the University of Cincinnati, is turning to ancient dramatic art. Sung is studying how Beijing operas convey details about characters to their audiences through the performers’ colorful masks (脸谱).
Like jumping spiders, Beijing opera masks have unique patterns and colors that convey information to their intended audience. For spiders, the unique characteristics broadcast species, sex or even romantic intentions to possible mates. Similarly, in Beijing opera, the masks give the audience clues about a character’s motives, character or virtue.
“I’m interested in understanding how male spiders might use their patterns and colors to tell a female spider they’re the same species and are a good mate,” Sung said. “I saw a parallel in Beijing opera masks. How do these visual patterns evolve to tell a specific identity?”
Sung is investigating whether Beijing opera masks within a particular opera are more similar or different compared with masks in unrelated operas. Her computerized analysis involves scanning and resizing 76 masks for uniformity, employing the Eigenfaces (特征脸) method to identify common or unique facial features. This investigation aims to reveal the importance of differentiation among characters within the same story in the Beijing opera.
Nathan Morehouse, Sung’s advisor, thought highly of Sung’s creative approach, describing it as a delightful marriage of cultural and scientific interests in evolutionary biology. “I think it enriches science and opens up new ways of thinking’ about things,” he said.
Facial patterns, as observed in jumping spiders and various animal species, hold biological significance in conveying information about species, sex and mate suitability. Besides spiders, facial pattern recognition is found in many other animals. “When they live in mixed-species communities, their facial patterns evolve to be distinct so they can distinguish members of the same species at a distance,” Morehouse said.
Sung hopes that her study will shed light on evolutionary divergence (差异), exploring the point at which members of the same species take different genetic paths. “Of course, there’s no punishment to the audience if they don’t recognize the Beijing opera faces properly. But in the wild, you’d get eaten,” she said.
1. What is the aim of Sung’s investigation of Beijing opera masks?| A．To identify the colors used in different masks. |
| B．To find similarities among masks in unrelated operas. |
| C．To understand the features of Eigenfaces in opera masks. |
| D．To uncover the significance of distinguishing characters in operas. |
| A．It applies to many animals. | B．It involves biological sciences. |
| C．It combines science with culture. | D．It involves wildlife conservation. |
| A．They confuse their enemies. | B．They promote species harmony. |
| C．They enable species recognition. | D．They facilitate cross-species interaction. |
| A．He is a famous scientist in evolutionary biology. |
| B．He supports Sung’s research on Beijing opera masks. |
| C．He thinks the study of masks has little value. |
| D．He doesn’t like the idea of combining culture and science. |
| REF: 099085177/ 400093140 /4056F 18.05.2023 Mr. Wallace No.451 Ning Xia Road Graduate School Heping District, Tianjin, 201700 Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences China |
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Newcastle University 7th Floor, Daysh Building NE1 7RU |
| Dear. Mr. Wallace, Application for Postgraduate Study-Master in Applied Linguistics and TESOL (full time) I am pleased to confirm that your application to Newcastle University has been successful. I enclose details of your offer. This letter also contains information that you may find helpful at this stage. Acceptance of OfferThe Terms and Conditions of your offer are given in the Annex (附录) of this letter. Please secure your place at the University by accepting your offer as soon as possible. There are two ways to accept your offer: ①Log on to the portal(官网) and accept your offer online. Go to the Application Status tab, select this program and click the Accept button. The portal is accessed http://www.nel.ac.uk/postgraduate/apply/forms.②Alternatively, sign and return the Annex, given at the end of this letter. If your offer is conditional, please ensure that you send any necessary documents to the Graduate School as soon as possible. Please note that international applicants will need to be issued with a visa at least one month in advance of the start of the course. Also, you should ensure that the visa covers the duration (持续时间), of the course, allowing extra time for possible: deadline extensions. See your expected end date in Annex. * Under normal circumstances you will not be permitted to start the course beyond this date. If you foresee any problem which may affect your arrival in Newcastle please notify the Graduate School immediately so we can make further arrangements.For queries contact: Graduate School, Newcastle University 7th Floor, Daysh Building, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, United Kingdom Email: hss.gradschool@ncl.ac.uk Phone: +44(0) 1912225503 Fax: +44(0)1912227001 | |
1. According to the passage, Mr. Wallace is most probably _______.
| A．a student selected for an overseas exchange program |
| B．a high school senior about to study in the UK |
| C．a college graduate wishing to further his study overseas |
| D．an international student applying for a travel visa |
| A．He can by no means start the course after 17th September 2023. |
| B．He won’t be admitted unless he submits required documents. |
| C．He should make sure his visa is valid for at least 15 months. |
| D．He may accept his offer at Newcastle University via phone. |
| A．Sign and return the annex. | B．Log on to the portal and accept email. |
| C．Send required documents to School. | D．Pay total tuition fee in advance. |
| A．At least one month before the start of the course. | B．Before the expected completion date. |
| C．Two days after your offer confirmation. | D．As soon as you accept the offer letter. |
| A．An application letter for a job. | B．An admission to postgraduate study. |
| C．A request for course information. | D．An advertisement for a Staff recruitment. |
10 . Every bookstore in Beijing used to have a massive fiction room piled to the ceiling with great books. These days, you’re as likely as not to find that those rooms have been shrunk down to the size of a solitary (单独的) table thickly covered with the latest releases and best-selling novels. This, however, begs the question: Is fiction dying out, or is print media finally succumbing to (屈服于) its electronic and audio copy rivals (对手)?
Now that Kindle is leaving China, some say that maybe people will get back to traditional reading. I doubt it, however. This downward reading trend has been evident for a long time now. When Jeff Bezos first launched Kindle, Steve Jobs from Apple said it would fail because “people don’t read anymore. It doesn’t matter how good or bad the product is.”
But I don’t think reading itself is dying. It is merely becoming more functional — in other words, something you have to do in order to get some tangible (实际的) benefit. Gone are the days when people just read for fun. Why lumber (迫使担负) through a musty old book when you can watch an action movie or play a video game? Of course, people know that these are poor substitutes (替代品) for a good book.
In fact, there is nothing better than getting lost in a great book. I remember reading Shackleton, the British polar explorer, when I was a boy. After turning over the last leaf of this extraordinary adventure, I felt as if I, too, had just been to the South Pole and back. This imaginary achievement translated into a sense of confidence which must have been infectious, as soon afterwards all of my friends were themselves picking up books to read for fun. Psychologists say that you are the average of the five friends you surround yourself with. We can learn from them and they can also come to have a profound effect on our own habits and mindset. In this way, a book, too, can be a mentor (导师). The ideas, advice, mindset, and experiences of other people living in other times can get transmitted to us down through the pages of a good book.
In the age of fragmented (碎片化的) information, the winners will be those who can stay focused. However, in a world that easily gets distracted, deep reading seems to be getting further away from us. Our biggest problem is not Kindle’s departure from China, but our own departure from reality. Great books transmit universal truths; get them read. How exactly you do so is up to you.
1. The author mentioned Kindle in the text to _______.| A．praise its convenience and popularity in reading |
| B．explore the reason for the decline of print media |
| C．highlight the decreasing trend of traditional reading |
| D．show our regret for its departure from China’s market |
| A．He is famous for imaginary writing. | B．He finds nothing better than an old book. |
| C．He visited the South Pole many times himself. | D．His adventure story influenced the author a lot. |
| A．we can be influenced by positive ideas | B．we’d surround ourselves with good friends |
| C．we can learn from other people’s experiences | D．we can develop good habits and ways of thinking |
| A．great books are more popular than action movies |
| B．we should avoid being distracted by modern technology |
| C．reading great books can help us stay focused |
| D．traditional reading will eventually disappear |
| A．It’s necessary to find a better substitutes for books like Kindle. |
| B．We should read more in order to escape from reality. |
| C．We need to face the reality that reading is becoming less popular. |
| D．We have to accept the fact that Kindle is leaving China. |
| A．To discuss the future trend of reading. | B．To advocate the benefits of reading. |
| C．To analyze the reasons for the decline of reading. | D．To compare different forms of reading. |
