1 . Making travel a surprise
Most people plan their vacations well in advance, including where they are going.
Earlier this year, mystery box purchases surged (激增) among young American people. Usually, travelers buy a mystery box at a low price—usually 100 or 200 dollars—and then receive several destination options to choose from.
A citizen named Carrie is eager to go on a mystery box trip, stating that travelling alone usually costs too much and that too many people don’t know where to go. ”However, the mystery box directly offers me a few destinations, which is wonderful and cheap,“ Carrie said.
Gary, 16, has turned his eagerness to go on a mystery box trip into a reality.
A.It is the state capital of Texas |
B.Tourism is a major source of income for the area |
C.After the destination is decided, their trip begins |
D.But some like the thrill of not knowing where they will end up |
E.Months ago, he traveled with a group of friends to Austin in Texas |
F.Travel mystery boxes bring excitement to many less popular destinations |
G.But even so, a large number of people feel disappointed with travel mystery boxes |
2 . According to a research, more than 130 billion pounds of uneaten food go to waste in Laura’s county each year. That is about 30% of the yearly food supply (供应). It is a sad fact, especially when you consider how many families and homeless people are in hunger.
When Laura saw her school dining hall throw away food that was not eaten at all every day, she came up with an idea. She started a project to help her school dining hall to give away uneaten food to homeless shelters (避难所) in her community. In the past three years, the same protect has spread to other schools and some fast food restaurants throughout the city. The project is called Feed & Find, which has already fed thousands of people in her city.
How does it work? Through an app, Feed & Find matches local homeless shelters with school dining halls and restaurants that have uneaten food to provide. When dining halls or restaurants have uneaten food left, they can use the app to share the information about the food. A truck driver working for the project is then sent to pick it up and take it to a shelter.
Pretty cool, right? It’s not surprising that people in other cities have got in touch with Laura, to hoping that she could help develop similar projects for their communities.
Some people, however, dread the safety of the uneaten food. They think such food may not be clean enough. Still, this project is a clever way to help solve the problem of food waste and it helps those in need.
1. The numbers in Paragraph 1 tell us ________.A.some people are poor | B.food waste is serious |
C.the population is large | D.the research is interesting |
A.her school dining hall | B.her family |
C.a fast food restaurant | D.a homeless shelter |
A.find a truck driver | B.visit their communities |
C.give away food to them | D.help develop projects like hers |
A.ways | B.secrets | C.worries | D.decisions |
3 . Bus driver Sondra Artis had just picked up the last student on her route. As she headed towards Surry County Schools, the driver
“I wiped the window and I said, ‘Is that steam or smoke?’ I said calmly,” Sondra recalled. “As I pressed on the gas, more came out. I just had to get them off that
“I told the kids that,” You know, we
The students hurried to the
Seconds after they all disembarked (下车) , the bus
A.escaped | B.explored | C.noticed | D.tracked |
A.hide | B.drive | C.pack | D.stress |
A.truck | B.car | C.train | D.bus |
A.control | B.face | C.admire | D.beg |
A.saw | B.attracted | C.performed | D.tried |
A.students | B.teachers | C.drivers | D.parents |
A.windows | B.top | C.bottom | D.front |
A.designed | B.practiced | C.missed | D.graduated |
A.suitable | B.special | C.real | D.extra |
A.exits | B.house | C.stadiums | D.destination |
A.serious | B.afraid | C.curious | D.confident |
A.obviously | B.secretly | C.safely | D.extremely |
A.made | B.held | C.set | D.caught |
A.site | B.shore | C.campus | D.hospital |
A.broke out | B.went up | C.turned up | D.worked out |
4 . There are different regional accents across the UK, and a number of regions have several different dialects-that is, they have their own unique vocabulary and grammatical phrases. There are many different accents native to London, because it is not just where a person is born in the UK that decides their accent. Language and accents also differ across class and level of education. Therefore, the recent rise of a new accent coined at the end of the 20th century, “Multicultural London English.” Other factors are also important in the invention of new accents and ways of speaking. These include the influence of people from different racial(种族的) backgrounds and different age groups, too.
The word “yoof’ is a slang spelling of “youth”. Some people consider “yoof” to be a negative term, since its pronunciation is easier and lazier than youth. Other people see the term as positive, because it describes how young people are creating their own language, concepts and identity. By using words that their parents don’t understand, children can talk about things that their parents might not agree with. In this way, young people are starting to find freedom, independence and self-expression. They are creating a “yoof culture”. A few features(特点)of the yoof style of language are as follows:
· instead of “think”, “the”, “that”, “what” and “because”, yoof will say “fink”, “da”, “dat”, “wot” and “coz”.
· instead of using a variety of tag questions like “., isn’t it?” or “... don’t they?”, yoof will use the all-purpose “innit” (e.g. “It’s hot, innit! ”or “You can dance really well, innit!”)
· instead of “I don’t care!”, yoof will say “Whatever!”.
Certain groups of society feel threatened by “yoof culture” or by the British working classes having more social freedom. As a result, a negative term now commonly used in the UK is “chav”.It is an insult(辱骂)and is meant to describe someone who is uneducated and anti-social (e.g. “He’s a chav!” ). A young person who wears a jacket with a hood-after all, it is often cold and rains a lot in the UK-is sometimes called a ‘hoodie’. It is a negative term again and suggests that the young person is interested in committing a crime(犯罪).
Learners of English often feel that the best test of their English is how well they can talk to a native speaker, but perhaps they should worry less about this. In fact, when we think about ‘international English’, there is no such thing as a native or non-native speaker. The UK no longer owns the English language.
1. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a factor in the invention of new accents?A.Class. | B.Race. | C.Age. | D.Family. |
A.The word “yoof”. | B.Other people’s attitude. |
C.The pronunciation of “yoof’. | D.Multicultural London English. |
A.They are only used online. |
B.They are simple but easy to understand. |
C.They are usually an incomplete list of words. |
D.They are short but have complete grammar structure. |
A.Young people are more likely to commit a crime. |
B.Yoof culture has a bad influence on young people. |
C.Certain groups have negative ideas of the yoof culture. |
D.Different people have different attitudes towards yoof culture. |
5 . When you hear the word “recycling”, what comes to your mind? The color green or global warming?
What if I were to tell you there is a dark side of recycling? A type of recycling that does more harm than good. The dark side of recycling has nothing to do with the environment but rather has a lot to do with the recycling of ideas.
Environmental unrest isn’t the only trouble we must face. Idea pollution is quickly becoming widespread across the online world.
Think about it. When was the last time you read an original blog post? I’m guessing it has been quite a while. Why do you think top bloggers (博主) of today win so much respect? Do you think they recycle their ideas? With each recycled idea, the online world becomes much more polluted. Used content contributes to the everincreasing mass of digital smog (烟雾).
The first step to reduce pollution is simple: stop recycling. When you stop recycling, you will then be forced to take up the task of creating your own ideas. When you recycle an excellent idea, it soon becomes good. When you recycle a good idea, it soon becomes just OK. The chain continues until the key part of what used to make the idea good is saturated (饱和的) , leaving you nothing but a pile of mess.
In order not to pollute, your ideas must go beyond “just recycled”. Your ideas must stand out from the pollution of the Web. For your voice and talent to be heard and seen, you must go far beyond the standard copy of your neighbours’ ideas.
For the next step, make a promise not to recycle. Let your ideas flourish and flow. Believe in your ability to create, because the death of recycling starts with YOU.
1. Which is TRUE about top bloggers of today according to the writer?A.They don’t recycle their ideas. | B.They tend to express many fresh ideas. |
C.They are not worth much respect. | D.They make good use of others’ ideas. |
A.the bad effects of recycling ideas | B.the good effects of stopping recycling |
C.how to stop recycling ideas | D.how to recycle good ideas online |
A.top bloggers | B.common bloggers | C.environment polluters | D.Net researchers |
A.to remind people to pay attention to environmental protection |
B.to prove that the Web environment is becoming worse and worse |
C.to warn people not to pollute our Web environment with bad words |
D.to call on people to write online more creatively instead of repeating |
6 . While telling others your zodiac sign (星座), you are being evaluated (评估). Evaluations are being made about your luck, your personality, future development and how you will do in a given year. So what is the Chinese zodiac, exactly? It’s a 12-year cycle labeled (标记) with animals, starting with a Rat and ending with a Pig. For example, if you were born in 2004, you are a Monkey.
The Chinese believe some animals are luckier than the others, such as the Dragon. Unlike in Western tradition, the Chinese Dragon stands for power, strength and wealth. It’s everyone’s dream to have a Dragon baby. Ma Yun’s parents must have been very proud. And they are not the only ones. In 2012, the Year of the Dragon, the birthrate in China increased by about 5%. That means another one million more babies. With a traditional preference for baby boys, the boy-girl ratio that year was 120 to 100. When those Dragon boys grow up, they will face much more serious competition in love and job markets.
According to the BBC and Chinese government reports, January 2015 saw a peak of cesarean sections (剖腹产术高峰). Why? That was the last month for the Year of the Horse. It’s not because they like horses so much, it’s because they try to avoid having unlucky Goat babies.
Tiger is another unwelcome animal, because of its dangerous and unstable (不稳定的) personality. Many Chinese places saw a considerable decline of birthrate during those years.
Perhaps one should consider zodiac in a different way, as those Tiger and Goat babies will face much less competition. Maybe they are the lucky ones. I went through the Forbes top 300 richest people in the world, and it’s interesting to see the most unwelcome two animals, the Goat and Tiger, are at the top of the list, even higher than the Dragon. So maybe we should consider that it’s much better to have less competition.
1. What can we infer from Paragraph 2?A.Dragon boys are much more competitive when growing up. |
B.There were about one million dragon babies in 2012. |
C.There were 20% more boys than girls born in 2012. |
D.Ma Yun is proud that he is a Dragon. |
A.People wanted to have Horse babies very much. |
B.People considered Goat babies to be unlucky. |
C.It’s the first month of the year. |
D.People tried to avoid dangers. |
A.Drop. | B.Need. |
C.Increase. | D.Change. |
A.They have fewer competitors. |
B.They are difficult to get along with. |
C.They will be more popular in job markets. |
D.They will become richer than Dragon babies. |
The China International Search and Rescue Team(CISAR)was formed in 2001. The team brings help and hope to those whose
In 2003, the Chinese team went on
Since then, the CISAR
Rescue workers are trained
The Special Olympics Unified Sports was a natural development of the Special Olympics — a program
Research by Dr. James N. Oliver and Dr. Frank Hayden showed that there is a connection between persons with disabilities’ physical activity,
The first Special Olympics took place in July 1968 at Soldier Field in Chicago.
The Special Olympics
9 . Kyle Cassidy and three other members of the Annenberg Running Group were stretching on the grounds of the University of Pennsylvania, waiting for a few latecomers. The Penn colleagues and other community members meet three days a week for a nearly 30-minute jog and an occasional lecture. That’s right—during some runs, one of them delivers a talk. Topics range from the brain to Bitcoin.
But on this day last January, it would not be their normal run. The first clue that something was unusual was the man who sprinted past them. “What an amazing speed!” Cassidy told Runner’s World admiringly. Cassidy discovered why the sprinter was so fleet of foot when another man ran by, yelling, “Help! He took my phone and laptop!”
At that very point, the group did what running clubs do: They ran, trailing the suspect down the streets of Philadelphia until he ducked into a construction site. Cassidy ran around to the far side of the site to cut the thief off while the others wandered the neighborhood hoping he had thrown the loot in a backyard.
No luck. So they decided to ask residents whether they’d seen the guy. When they knocked on the door of one row house, they were in for a surprise. They didn’t know he had hidden behind a bush by that very house. As the owner opened the door, the suspect rushed out from behind the bush and right into the arms of campus police, who’d joined the chase shortly behind the runners.
The members of this running group are not hard-core athletes. But they do understand the benefit of a little exercise. “Running is typically a useless sport where you turn fat cells into heat,” Cassidy told The Philadelphia Inquirer. “But occasionally it can be useful, and here was one of those opportunities.”
1. Why do the group members gather together?A.To do some stretching. | B.To have a regular run. |
C.To deliver a lecture. | D.To cover some topics. |
A.pushed | B.rushed | C.jumped | D.escaped |
A.the help of the runners | B.the owner of the row house |
C.the joint efforts of the people | D.the campus police on guard |
A.Athletic and generous. | B.Courageous and ambitious. |
C.Thoughtful and strict. | D.Helpful and humorous. |
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Hours:
• 6:30 am through 5:30 pm
• Monday through Friday
• Closed only on major holidays.
Ages:
• Children through kindergarten
• School age
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• Homelike setting
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• Child-friendly curriculum
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1. What is This Is the Way Learning Center?A.It’s a big family. | B.It’s a training center. |
C.It’s a safety center. | D.It’s a local program. |
A.Everyone enrolled at it. | B.Age-appropriate coaches. |
C.Computer education teachers. | D.Trained and experienced teachers. |
A.Parents. | B.Visitors. | C.Students. | D.Professors. |