1. Which of the following does the woman dislike?
| A．The bedroom. | B．The sitting room. | C．The kitchen. |
| A．Go to another agency. | B．See some other flats. | C．Visit the neighbours. |
| A．How to fry fish. |
| B．How to make coffee. |
| C．How to remove a bad smell. |
3 . You run into the grocery store to pick up one bottle of water. You get what you need, head to the front, and choose the line that looks fastest.
You chose wrong. People who you swear got in other lines long after you are already checked out and off to the parking lot.
It turns out, it’s just math working against you; chances are, the other line really is faster.
Grocery stores try to have enough employees at checkout to get all their customers through with minimum delay.
If there are three lines in the store, delays will happen randomly at different registers. Think about the probability:
Researchers have a good way to deal with this problem. Make all customers stand in one long, snaking line- called a serpentine line-and serve each person at the front with the next available register.
| A．Why does this always seem to happen to you? |
| B．So why don’t most places encourage serpentine lines? |
| C．Some of the may have stood in a queue for almost an hour. |
| D．The chances of your line being the fastest are only one in three. |
| E．How high is the probability that you are in the fastest waiting line? |
| F．With three registers, this method is much faster than the traditional approach. |
| G．But sometimes, as on a Sunday afternoon, the system gets particularly busy. |
4 . Color is fundamental in home design—something you’ll always have in every room. A grasp of how to manage color in your spaces is one of the first steps to creating rooms you’ll love to live in. Do you want a room that’s full of life? Professional? Or are you just looking for a place to relax after a long day?
Over the years, there have been a number of different techniques to help designers approach this important point.
Medium color choices are generally furniture pieces such as sofas, dinner tables or bookshelves.
The large color decisions in your rooms concern the walls, ceilings, and floors. Whether you’re looking at wallpaper or paint, the time, effort and relative expense put into it are significant.
| A．While all of them are useful |
| B．Whatever you’re looking for |
| C．If you’re experimenting with a color |
| D．Small color choices are the ones we’re most familiar with |
| E．It’s not really a good idea to use too many small color pieces |
| F．So it pays to be sure, because you want to get it right the first time |
| G．Color choices in this range are a step up from the small ones in two major ways |
A new branch of the Palace Museum is expected to rise on Beijing outskirts over the next few years to better showcase the
After nearly a decade of preparation, construction of the new branch
At present, over 1. 86 million cultural relics
Du Haijiang, deputy director of the Palace Museum, briefed the public on the project in an interview with CCTV on January 26th,
On completion of the new branch, it will be possible
6 . Strawberry picking is a popular and enjoyable activity in Pennsylvania. The state’s favorable weather and long growing season make it a favorite pastime for both locals and tourists.
Bricker’s Strawberries
It is a family-owned farm in Carlisle, PA, offering pre-picked and pick-your-own berries throughout the year. Prices range from $2/pound for pick-your-own berries to $4.25/quart for pre-picked berries. Opening hours may vary depending on the weather, so it’s best to check their website before heading out to the farm.
Oak Grove Farms
Oak Grove Farms in Mechanicsburg, PA, has been a family-owned farm since the 1960s. They offer a variety of fruits, and delicious baked goods, with strawberries being their specialty. Prices start at $15 for a 4-quart container. The farm store is open Monday to Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. for visitors to make a purchase.
Honey Bear Orchards
Located in Lebanon, PA, it is a family-owned orchard providing fresh fruits to the community since 1980. With their fun and safe atmosphere, you can pick your quality fruit with your friends. U-pick strawberries cost $2/pound. They also offer pre-picked strawberries for a slightly higher cost. You can pay through cash or check only in their shop.
Brecknock Orchard
Brecknock Orchard in Mohnton, PA, is a family-friendly farm where you can pick strawberries and enjoy other activities on the farm. Wagon (马车) ride orchard tours cost $8 per person and include beautiful toys for kids. The cost of strawberry picking starts at $4/pound, and they accept cash and credit cards.
1. What deserves your special attention if you are going to Bricker’s Strawberries?| A．Its opening hours. | B．Its location. |
| C．Its fruit prices. | D．Its berry types. |
| A．Providing shopping services. | B．Sharing an equally long history. |
| C．Being owned by the same family. | D．Having the same business hours. |
| A．Bricker’s Strawberries. | B．Oak Grove Farms. |
| C．Honey Bear Orchards. | D．Brecknock Orchard. |
The Two Tree Coffee, located in the Liyukou Village of Huyi District in the city of Xi’an, quickly went viral (走红) on social media.
The popularity of the cafe is
In recent years, the Chinese government
Wang visited many places before
In front of the cafe is a tourism highway,
The South China National Botanical Garden was inaugurated (批准) in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong Province, on Monday. Its establishment
With 333 hectares of exhibition and scientific research areas, it is renowned as the world’s largest south subtropical botanical garden
A national plant conservation center will be established there in three or five years to come
The garden believes in the harmonious coexistence between humans and nature and shows respect to nature,
The
9 . A special place to stay can make a holiday — but also break the bank. We have picked new affordable places across Europe for €150 a room a night or less.
Scourie Hotel
Doubles from €129
Opened October 2015
This hotel has been adored by fishing fans for generations. When the Campbell family bought it six years ago, they updated it with gentle, stylish furnishings. There’s a string of spectacular beaches to discover, including the Scourie Bay with golden sand.
Ho36 Hotel
Doubles from €109
Opened December 2017
This hotel offers the rarest of things — ski accommodation that is both affordable and stylish. Guests can ski or snowboard from the front door. There are two lively bars with live music and regular DJ nights, a restaurant serving hearty Alpine meals and film nights.
Conscious Hotel
Doubles from €120
Opened April 2016
This fourth hotel by Dutch sustainable brand Conscious is the first powered entirely by wind. The restaurant is fully organic and the bedrooms are simple with contemporary elements. The hotel overlooks the Westerpark, one of Amsterdam’s biggest green spaces.
Dock Hotel
Doubles from €150
Opened May 2014
This large hotel on the Baltic coast is made from shipping containers. The industrial theme continues inside,with concrete walls, exposed pipes, and more containers. The hotel is 12 minutes’ walk from the beach.
1. Which hotel best suits people who enjoy an active social life?| A．Scourie Hotel. |
| B．Ho36 Hotel. |
| C．Conscious Hotel. |
| D．Dock Hotel. |
| A．It is old-fashioned. |
| B．It has the longest history. |
| C．It is environment-friendly. |
| D．It offers the biggest green space. |
| A．Update the furniture. |
| B．Walk on the beach. |
| C．Appreciate architecture. |
| D．Visit industrial fairs. |
10 . Restaurants, cafes and the like are for eating and drinking, right?
That’s a no-brainer, you say? That’s your natural reaction, I’d say. Now, think. Rewind your mind. What do you recall? Aren’t restaurants and cafes the new temples of learning?
For youngsters, trendy cafes are the new meeting points, joint-study centers. What you witness is small groups reading-writing, eating-sipping, browsing-downloading, copying-pasting, banding-bonding. Youngsters are at it day after day, as if there’s no tomorrow, as if they are in a race against time to upload as much knowledge as possible into their brains. It wasn’t like this before. Previous generations of students would visit cafes for coffee, tea, soft drinks or snacks, maybe share a bit of good-natured jokes with their ”gang“ members.
For exam-related study, there were quiet areas in city libraries or the college library.
Back in my hometown during the late ‘80s and the early ‘90s, a handful of my classmates and I would gather at our homes, taking turns, in the run-up to key exams. During such ”night-outs“, we would study, exchange notes, share insights, brainstorm to solve tricky problems, anticipate test questions, and prepare accordingly. Not infrequently, we would discuss sports events, movies, film stars and, of course, girls.
Digital-age kids do it differently now. Why? I can only guess. The foremost reason is free Wi-Fi and all that it offers. The environment at institutional libraries may not be to millennials’(千禧一代的)liking. Or, is it big pocket money or salary earned from part-time jobs? Maybe, just a generational thing, a lifestyle trend, or the result of the single-child system.
One of my younger colleagues, a business journalist, last month married her childhood sweetheart, a heart surgeon, and, she told me, it all started back at school. So, the restaurants and bars promote real-life interactions, so important when addiction to online social media is seen making youth unsociable.
1. What fact does the author emphasize concerning trendy cafes?| A．They are digitally powered. | B．They replace college libraries. |
| C．They are specifically designed. | D．They become teenage hangouts. |
| A．Exam-related study. | B．The use of computers. |
| C．Movie-themed discussion. | D．Social communication. |
| A．Old-fashioned in style. | B．Helpful for social interactions. |
| C．Luxurious in decoration. | D．Convenient for use. |
| A．Restaurants and Cafes in the Digital Times |
| B．How Millennials Are Changing Restaurants |
| C．Eat, Study, Bond at Wi-Fi-Enabled ”Temples“ |
| D．Best Cafes with Free Wi-Fi for Work or Study |
