Rain can be disappointing, but don't cancel your day out just yet. There are plenty of things that you can do on a rainy day.
This is probably one of the first things we all think of when it starts raining, so museums can often be filled with people looking to escape the showers. This can make getting into a museum very difficult, but, with a little forward planning, getting in can be a breeze. Simply keep up to date with your weather app and book tickets ahead on rainy days.
This may sound strange at first, given our first thought when it rains is to go inside. However, a walk in the rain can not only be fun, but it can also clear the mind. The sound of rain is something we all find relaxing, so grabbing an umbrella when it rains and heading out can be a great experience. It can give you a new perspective on where you live, as the streets become empty with everyone inside.
Normally when we see the sights, we do it on a sunny day. However, seeing the sights on a rainy day can be just as good, if not better. On a rainy day, tourist spots will be much quieter as many tourists will have gone to shelter from the rain and cold weather. Trafalgar Square in London, the Angel of the North in the North East and the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol are just a few examples of some of the great sights you could visit.
A. Go sightseeingB. Go to a museum
C. Go into nature
D. Go for a walk
A. He was thrown off his horse and broke his neck.
B. He became an advocate for people with back injuries.
C. He undertook an intense exercise programme to rebuild muscle.
D. His wife, family and friends helped him find the will to live again.
E. He wished that he was dead and even thought of ending his own life.
F. His injuries were so severe that he had no movement or feeling in his body.
The boat was on the inside of the huge whirlpool and we were going round in circles at great speed. I saw clearly that there were other objects in the whirlpool — trees and barrels. After a while, I became curious about the whirlpool itself. I then made three important observations. The first, the larger the bodies were, the more rapidly they fell; the second, between two objects of equal extent, spheres — round objects — fell down less rapidly; and the third, between two objects of the same size, cylinders — objects shaped like a tube-fell down more slowly. Although I didn’t know why it was so, I tied myself to a barrel to help me float. I tried to make my brother understand, but he was too frightened and stayed in the heavy boat. Without waiting, I jumped into the sea to try and escape.
Since my escape, I have had several conversations with an old physics teacher; and it was from him that I learned the use of the words “cylinder” and “sphere”. He explained to me the reasons for what I observed, although I have forgotten the explanation. He even showed me how it happened that a cylinder, swimming in a vortex (漩涡), was drawn in with greater difficulty than an equally big body, of any form whatever.
1. Why has the storyteller forgotten the teacher’s explanation?| A．He was too afraid to listen carefully. |
| B．He didn’t know much about physics. |
| C．The teacher didn’t explain the ideas clearly. |
| D．The teacher didn’t understand his observations. |
| A．He kept calm. | B．He observed carefully. |
| C．He jumped into the sea. | D．He tied himself to a barrel. |
| A.主+谓 B.主+系+表 C.主+谓+宾 D.主+谓+宾+宾补 E.主+谓+双宾语 |
2. According to a recent study led by Daniel Arely, a professor of psychology at Harvard University, Braden has ADHD, a type of attention disorder, which, she says, makes her “likely to put things in certain places and not remember where I put them.”
3. For Professor Li, the book is not only a record of the natural landscape over 1, 000 years ago, but also a detailed description of humanity and culture and a treasure for today’s reference.
4. Its crystal-clear night skies and high altitude make it a natural, educational and astronomical heritage site in the southern half of the earth.
5. In 2017, the Ramon Crater, located in the Negev Desert in Israel, became the first designated dark sky park in the Middle East.
6. The sun was shining in Utrecht, the Netherlands, when my friend Rini and I set off for England by car.
7. In 1916, two girls of we alt by families best friends from Au bum, N.Y. —Dorothy Woodruff and Rosamond Underwood—traveled to a settlement in the Rocky Mountains to tea china one-room schoolhouse.
8. After we went into a different organization, which had been introduced by our teacher, an OIC representative gave us some details, which somewhat interested me.
9. The moment we felt ready to die, the man, Clifford Harker, coming with his dog, told us he owned the farm we had passed and he would leave the way to his farmhouse.
10. In general, Broaders advise parents and other adults to try to be aware of their hands when questioning a child about an event.
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A. After one month of painting every day, from sunrise to sunset, I was selling here and there, mostly right off the easel (画架), but I quickly burned through my savings, and soon after, lost my apartment and moved into my car parked along the Pacific Coastline. A few more months passed. I was underfed and had no gas to move my car, but I kept painting.
B. This was back in 2008 and so many years later, I’m painting more than ever. I will still pick up an illustration job from time to time, but painting plein air is what I love more than anything - this is how I spend my time. I have work in a couple of galleries here in Oregon, but I do most of my sales through my website, which is updated daily.
C. One day, with a dozen paintings laid out by my feet in South Laguna with a serious sunburn and hungry stomach, a woman walked by, complimented my work and then bought all of my paintings! Turns out this woman was a big art collector. Then she generously gave me a show in her home a couple of weeks later. I nearly sold out at the show and then I got picked up by a famous gallery in Laguna Beach the following week.
D. After graduating from art school with a degree in illustration (插图), I was at a stand still and didn’t know how to work in the art industry. Back then, I was still living in Laguna Beach, California, so I decided to try my hand at plein air (野外写生) painting. This was something I had only done once or twice before, and with little success.
E. After a week, I fell in love with the work of Edgar Payne, William Wendt and the like, and at that moment I knew this was what I wanted to do with my life.
A. We have always looked to “experts” to remember things for us. And even in more informal ways, long-term couples also learn to rely on each other for remembering Information.
B. According to research, the rise of Baidu and other search engines has changed the way our brain store and recall Information.
C. Interestingly, the brain is a malleable (可塑的) organ which changes according to our circumstances, so it is not just Baidu that can really change the way we remember things.
D. We no longer need to store so much Information in our heads. With the touch of a button or the click of a mouse, we will find enough information from the largest libraries and museums in the world at our command.
E. We are more likely to remember something we might not be able to find on the internet, forgetting information we believe we can find online. We are not better at remembering where we can get the information than remembering the information itself.
A. Specifically, the Internet and mobile devices have completely changed the way people interact with each other.
B. While technology has developed over thousands of years, the last century has seen an explosion in it that has influenced fundamental changes in how humans see the world and interact with others.
C. Technology is more than an abstract concept associated with advanced tools and systems. It also shapes the way people behave, grow and develop, both within their own lives and in their relationships with others.
D. However, technology is sometimes considered to disconnect people from others around them. With cell phones, most people think that it’s easier and more convenient to text instead of meeting in person. An article shows that almost 60 percent of people feel disconnected from others around when they are on their phones.
E. Technology is helping people build newer and necessary communication skills in this sense. Office employees and managers use technology to send e-mails to one another in business. On social media, just share a few of your images and people start communicating on and about your images according to their viewpoint.
| A．he was almost in a state of pain | B．he lost his freedom due to severe pain |
| C．he had freedom of movement despite pain | D．he nearly lost his sense because of sharp pain |
| A．He is believed to be a badly-behaved boy. |
| B．He is known as an honest and upright boy. |
| C．He is considered to be a simple-minded boy. |
| D．He is seen as a promising and ambitious boy. |
