1 . Yellowstone Poster Exhibition to Be on View at UW’s Coe Library

A first-of-its-kind exhibition that focuses on the history of Yellowstone National Park posters will be on display at the University of Wyoming’s Coe Library beginning Tuesday, February 1.

“Wonderland Illustrated” will present posters and poster-style illustrations of the park spanning from the 1870s through 2022. The exhibition will be located on Level 3 of Coe Library. It will be on view through Tuesday, May 31.

The exhibition takes place at the same time as this year’s 150th anniversary of the creation of Yellowstone National Park. The posters in the exhibition serve the purpose of both advertising and art.

“We’re thrilled to be working with Yellowstone collectors Jack and Susan Davís, and Larry and Thea Lancaster to bring this exhibition to the University of Wyoming as part of year-long celebrations recognizing Yellowstone’s 150th anniversary,” says Tamsen Hert, head of UW Libraries’ Emmett D. Chisum Special Collections. “This exhibition involves the history of printing, art, photography and advertising over 16 decades. The images reproduced are found on travel brochures, postcards and maps—many of which are held in our collections.”

One poster from the exhibition—Henry Wellge’s “Yellowstone National Park” from1904—was recently purchased with donated funds and is now part of UW Libraries’ Emmett D. Chisum Special Collections. Wellge, a productive bird’s-eye-view artist, designed the piece for the Northern Pacific Railroad, which used it to advertise the park. This is a unique piece, as posters such as this one were printed on soft paper and very few have survived.

1. How long will the exhibition “Wonderland Illustrated” last?

A．Two weeks.

B．Three months.

C．Four months.

D．One year.

2. What is a purpose of the exhibition?

A．To remember a famous artist.	B．To raise fund for Coe Library.
C．To mark the anniversary of a national park.	D．To tell the history of the University of Wyoming.

3. What do we know about the 1904 poster Henry Wellge designed?

A．It is rare in the world.	B．It is in black and white.
C．It is printed on cloth.	D．It is owned by a professor.

2 . Bookstores are second homes for readers. Although many people can now buy books online, many readers still like the feeling in bookstores. They can touch the books and smell the print.

In China, there are many special bookstores. Sanlian Taofen Bookstore became the first 24-hour bookstore in Beijing at the beginning of April. Popular Holdings in Shanghai is a film-themed bookstore. It has film books and posters. Eslite Bookstore in Taiwan often has activities like talks with famous writers.

At the same time, bookstores outside China can be very colorful, too. Scarthin Books is a small bookstore in the UK. It sells new and second-hand books. There are more than100,000 books lying on the shelves of the store’s 12 rooms. Bart’s Books in the US is a good place to enjoy the sunshine while you are reading books. It’s an outdoor bookstore. Bookshelves are on the street. When the store is closed, people can still buy books. They just put money into the door’s coin box. Where can you find a cafe, bar and bookstore in just one place? The answer is probably El Pendulo in Mexico. Books line the walls of the store. On the second floor, visitors can order everyday meals in the cafe and drinks from the bar. In order to keep cool, there are green plants and trees inside. Does it look like a park?

1. ________ special bookstores inside China are mentioned in the passage.

A．Two

B．Three

C．Five

D．Six

2. Scarthin Books is ________.

A．a 24-hour bookstore	B．an outdoor bookstore
C．in the U.S.	D．small

3. People can still buy books at ________ when it’s closed.

A．Bart’s Books	B．Popular Holdings
C．Eslite Bookstore	D．El Pendulo

4. Readers can ________ at El Pendulo.

A．talk with famous writers	B．order meals
C．enjoy the sunshine	D．buy film posters

5. There are ________ inside El Pendulo in order to keep cool.

A．12 rooms	B．bookshelves
C．green plants and trees	D．coin boxes

3 . 听下面一段长对话，回答小题。
1. Which place will be cleaned today?

A．The hallways.

B．The front office.

C．The cafeteria.

2. What will the woman do next week?

A．Hold a workshop.

B．Design a schedule.

C．Host a dinner.

4 . 听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。
1. How did the woman know about the agency?

A．From a colleague.

B．From the newspaper.

C．From the Internet.

2. Why does the woman want to rent a flat on King Street?

A．The rent there is low.

B．The street is quiet at night.

C．The street is near her company.

3. How much does the woman have to pay in advance if she rents the flat?

A．$1,500.

B．$1,600.

C．$1,800.

4. What will the woman do next Wednesday?

A．Have meetings.

B．Go on a business trip.

C．Tour the flat.

5 . 听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。
1. Why can’t the woman stand the man living upstairs?

A．He often knocks on her door.

B．He plays the piano until midnight.

C．He always borrows her things.

2. Who is Susan?

A．The woman’s former classmate.

B．The woman’s neighbor.

C．Jennifer’s former roommate.

3. What will the woman probably do next?

A．Call Susan for help with her roommates.

B．Move into a new apartment.

C．Prepare for her exams.

4. What does the woman say about Susan?

A．She is a great girl.

B．She does well on exams.

C．She sleeps well every night.

6 . A national park is an area set aside by a government for the preservation of the natural environment. The national parks in the United States and Canada center on the protection of both land and wildlife.     1     And those in Africa primarily protect animals.

It is widely thought that the idea of a park or nature reserve under state ownership started in the United States in 1870.     2     Yosemite, Sequoia, and General Grant National Parks were established in the United States in 1890. And the U. S. National Park Service (NPS)was created in 1916 to manage the parks.     3     In addition to national parks, the system included national preserves, seashores, historic parks and sites and so on.

Partly following the American example, movements supporting national parks sprang up in many other countries.     4     . And Canada set up its first three national parks in the mid-1880s. The establishment of modern national parks and nature reserves gained momentum (动力)only after World War I or, in some cases, after World War II in Europe. Great Britain established the administrative machinery for both national parks and nature reserves in 1949.     5    

But interest in parks came later in Asia and Latin America than it did in the Anglo-American countries and Europe.

A．These movements began in Canada.

B．George Catlin offered the idea during the 1830s.

C．Visitors are allowed to enter for different purposes.

D．Those in the United Kingdom center mainly on the land.

E．Japan and Mexico established their first national parks in the 1930s.

F．By the early 21st century the NPS managed more than 400 separate areas.

G．It is also thought that the world’s first such park was Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.

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要点：
1.位于长春市东南部,占地150平方公里；
2.是亚洲最大的人工森林之一；
3.欢迎游览。
注意:
1.词数80左右；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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8 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What is the woman doing?

A．Going through the newspapers.

B．Watching the ads on TV.

C．Seeing pictures of flats on the Internet.

2. How will the woman go to work if she rents the flat?

A．By bus.

B．By car.

C．On foot.

3. How much is the rent of the flat per week?

A．$8.

B．$18.

C．$80.

4. What’s the problem with the flat?

A．It’s noisy.

B．It’s expensive.

C．It has no enough rooms.

9 . Orbital Assembly Corporation, a new company run by John Blincow, is planning to open a space hotel by 2027. John Blincow once worked as a pilot. His space hotel, called Voyager Station, would hold 280 guests and 112 workers. It is trying to be the first commercial space hotel.

“We’re trying to make people realize that this golden age of space travel is just coming and it’s coming fast,” Blincow told CNN.

Sleeping in a space hotel will not be as comfortable as in a hotel on the earth because of the weightlessness. However, the hotel will find some ways to simulate gravity (模拟重力) to make comfortable rooms possible.

But, for many visitors, they would like to feel the weightlessness in space. As a result, the team plans to offer traditional space food such as freeze-dried ice cream in the hotel’s restaurant. It also plans some activities such as basketball games. Players can jump higher because of the weightlessness of the environment when they play basketball.

For now, the company isn’t talking about the prices of the rooms. However, they will cost a lot more compared with some space tasks. For example, Virgin Galactic plans to send passengers into space at $250, 000 per person, per trip. The team at Voyager Station, however, has already said that they plan to make a stay in the hotel something similar to buying a cruise ticket.

1. How will the space hotel make rooms comfortable?

A．By offering a lot of space food.

B．By offering the most comfortable beds.

C．By finding ways to make people feel gravity.

D．By making people jump higher in rooms.

2. What does the underlined word “they” refer to?

A．The passengers.	B．The rooms.
C．The workers.	D．The games.

3. What CANNOT we learn about the space hotel?

A．It will open by 2027.	B．It will have over 100 workers.
C．Room prices don’t come out.	D．It will buy cruise tickets for guests.

4. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．A pilot will build a space hotel in the near future.

B．A company has many difficulties in building a hotel.

C．Visitors are dreaming of travelling to space in the near future.

D．It will be easy and cheap for visitors to travel to space in the future.

10 . Many libraries around the world are as amazing in their architecture and organization as they are in the huge amount of knowledge they contain. With shelves and shelves of books, various collections and amazing historical and cultural displays, there are plenty of undiscovered wonders.

Beinecke Rare Book Library (New Haven, Connecticut)

Yale University has one of the most beautiful college campuses in America, and one of its most interesting features is the Beinecke Rare Book Library. It is one of the largest buildings in the world devoted to rare books and manuscripts (手稿) of famous people. From 2015-16 the library building was closed for 18 months for major improvement. Inside there is a statue of its main founder that rises up high.

Vennesla Library (Vennesla, Norway)

Located near the southernmost tip of Norway, Vennesla Library is more than a collection of books—it’s a city cultural center and meeting place. The building hosts a coffee shop, open meeting spaces, classrooms for children and adult education courses, and a cinema. It is mainly built out of wood. The long, thin beams (横梁) on the inside were designed to look like the inside of a whale.

Suzzallo Library (Seattle)

Among the many beautiful features of the campus at the University of Washington, such as its cherry flowers and a light rail station, Suzzallo Library was built in the Collegiate Gothic style. Its buttresses (扶壁) are decorated with 18 statues featuring famous academics and writers such as Plato, Shakespeare, Leonardo da Vinci, Dante, Galileo, Beethoven, Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin.

Library of Muyinga (Muyinga, Burundi)

A school for deaf children, the Library of Muyinga in Burundi was built with local techniques and traditions. A rope hammock (吊床) that hangs between the first and second floors of the library serves as part of the children’s reading room, a great place for indoor activities.

More information of them is just a click away.

1. Which one is suitable for people who want to appreciate statues?

A．Beinecke Rare Book Library.	B．Vennesla Library.
C．Suzzallo Library.	D．Library of Muyinga.

2. What makes Vennesla Library different from others?

A．It is mainly intended for children.	B．It is built in the shape of a whale.
C．It is located within the campus.	D．It is a kind of culture complex.

3. Where is the text probably taken from?

A．A culture magazine	B．A travel brochure.
C．A website.	D．A historical book.