More and more birds are flying to settle at Qinghai Lake, one of the highest inland lakes in China, thanks to the protection efforts of local governments. Covering an area of over 4,000 square kilometers. Qinghai Lake is also the country's biggest saltwater lake. Located in Northwest China's Qinghai Province, the lake is famous for the two islands at its northwest point—Cormorant Island and Egg Island. The two islands have plenty of floating grass and various schools of fish, offering rich food sources for birds. The islands have become a paradise for different kinds of groups of birds and have been called“Bird Islands”．
Each March and April, when ice and snow covering the QinghaiTibet Plateau starts to melt, over 20 kinds of birds fly to the Bird Islands to lay eggs. During the months, flocks of birds cover the whole sky over the islands and birds eggs can be found everywhere. Visitors can hear the singing of birds from miles away. These have become a world famous symbol of the lake.
To protect this paradise for birds and support calls for ecological protection, China set up the Qinghai Lake Natural Protection Zone at the end of 1997.Meanwhile, the State has pointed out the Bird Islands and Spring bay of the Qinghai Lake as central protection zones.
Inspection officials and management employees often patrol the lake, improving local residents' knowledge of related laws and spreading knowledge about animal protection to visitors. They are making great efforts to call on people to love and protect the birds. At the same time, they have built special fences around the island area to prevent wolves, foxes and other carnivorous animals, as well as illegal hunters from breaking up the birds' nestbuilding, egglaying and breeding. As a result, more and more birds are coming to the islands for sheltering and breeding.
1.Why are more and more birds coming to the biggest saltwater lake in the Great Northwest?
A. Because it is getting warmer and warmer. B. Because it is being reformed
C. Because environments there are getting more and more agreeable for them to live in. D. Because the people there are becoming richer and richer
2.The birds feed on_______according to the passage.
A. floating fish and various grass
B. grass moving on the water surface and different kinds of fish
C. salt water and plenty of grains
D. corn from the local farmers
3.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The ice and snow covering the QinghaiTibet Plateau doesn't change into water, unless more than 20 kinds of birds come to the Bird Islands.
B. Flocks of birds fly up to the whole sky over islands to lay eggs.
C. Visitors can listen to the singing of birds from miles away, but they couldn't see any bird
D. “The ice on the Plateau begins to change into water” means spring is coming.
4.The officials go around the lake mainly to________.
A. let the farmers there know the animal protection law
B. tell the farmers there some knowledge about animal protection
C. call on people to love and protect the birds
D. all of the above
July is a month of fun-filled activities for kids and teens as long as you know where to find them. When you want some fun activities for July, consider these ideas happening in this month.
Secret of the Dragon Time Monday, July 1, 2017, 10:30 a.m. Cost Adult:$7.40 Children(under15): half Booking Phone the booking office:34032578 Address Brisbane Botanic Gardens Note Secret of the Dragon is a magical story about 2 children who are taken on a dragon ride to explore the universe. | The Search for life: Are We Alone? Time Thursday, July 4, 2017, 2:00 p.m. Cost Adult:$14.50 Children(under15): $8.70 Booking Phone the booking office:34037689 Address Brisbane Botanic Gardens Note Are we truly alone in space? Is there any life out there? These are the questions asked in this show. |
Magic Class Time Friday, July 12, 2017, 10:00 a.m. Cost Free Booking Please call 34038470 to book your Place. Address Centenary Community hub, 171 Dandenong Rd Note Would you like to be a magician? Then join David, the magician, to learn about real magic with playing cards, coins, ring ropes and DIY projects and be able to become the life of the party. | Science with Me: Making your own guitar Time Saturday, July 20, 2017, 3:00 p.m. Cost Free Booking Please call 34031226 to book your Place. Address 10, Egginton Close Note Do you want to make a guitar with Katy and her mum? Science with Me is going to be with you. Please remember to bring a piece of wood, a hammer, some rubber bands and some nails with you. |
1.Alec is strongly interested in space life. He may go to ________
A. Magic Class. B. Science with Me.
C. Secret of the Dragon. D. The Search for Life.
2.John and his 10-year-old son want to watch Secret of the Dragon. How much should they pay?
A. $7.40. B. $11.10.
C. $14.80. D. $23.20.
3.What do the four activities have in common?
A. They are all free.
B. They happen in the same place.
C. They are all weekend activities.
D. They can all be booked on phone.
Imagine a town with crosswalks but no pedestrians, cars and trucks but no drivers. Welcome to Mcity, a fake “city” built by researchers who are testing out the driverless cars of the future.
The controlled test environment, which opened today (July 20, 2015) at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, covers 32 acres (the size of about 24 football fields) and contains all the trappings of a real suburb or small city. There is an entire network of roads lined with sidewalks, streetlights, stop signs and traffic signals. There’s even a “downtown” area complete with fake buildings and outdoor dining areas.
The idea behind Mcity is simple: test out new driverless car innovations in a human-free environment before these technologies are unleashed in the real world.
"Mcity is a safe, controlled, and realistic environment where we are going to figure out how the incredible potential of connected and automated vehicles can be realized quickly, efficiently and safely," Peter Sweatman, director of the Mobility Transformation Center at U-M, said in a statement.
The roads of Mcity are built to stand up to “rigorous, repeatable” testing, according to MTC officials. While Mcity drivers don't have to compete with real pedestrians, there will be one mechanical foot-traveler (a robot-like machine named Sebastian) that steps out into traffic to see whether the automated cars can hit the brakes in time. The fake city also features a traffic circle, a bridge, a tunnel, some unpaved roads, and even a four-lane highway with entrance and exit ramps, according to a report by Bloomberg Business.
In addition to evaluating fully automated, or driverless cars, the researchers also hope to test out so-called connected vehicles within Mcity’s limits. Connected cars can either communicate with one another (vehicle-to-vehicle control, or V2V) or with pieces of equipment, such as traffic lights, that are located near roadways (vehicle-to-infrastructure control, or V2I).
Even the smallest details of Mcity have been planned out in advance to copy the conditions that connected and automated vehicles could face in the real world. For example, there are street signs covered up with graffiti, and faded yellow and white lane markings line the streets.
Mcity is just one part of a much larger project that MTC and its partner organizations are establishing in an effort to get a whole fleet of connected and driverless cars on the road in Ann Arbor by 2021. In addition to the fake city, MTC is also continuing to launch connected and semi-autonomous(半自动) cars on real roadways. Eventually, the University of Michigan and the Michigan Department of Transportation said they hope to put 20,000 connected cars on the roads of southern Michigan.
1.According to the passage, Mcity ________.
A. is a real town used to evaluate the function of future cars
B. is a fake city with transportation system but no pedestrians
C. covers an area of 32 acres with as many as 24 football fields
D. owns a downtown area with a bridge and some unpaved roads
2.Why did researchers build Mcity?
A. To test new driverless cars.
B. To make a real suburb or small city.
C. To control road environment.
D. To build an entire network of roads.
3.It can be inferred from the passage that ________.
A. some connected and semi-autonomous cars have been put into use
B. the researchers plans to create a robot-like machine to direct the traffic
C. the widespread use of driverless cars will soon come into reality in America
D. MTC is attempting to make connected and driverless cars available on real roads
4.How does the passage mainly develop?
A. By presenting descriptions of the design.
B. By describing a cause and its effects.
C. By providing the time order.
D. By comparing the opinions.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1.To whom does the university open?
A. Students from India. B. Students from the EU. C. Students throughout the world.
2.Where does the university lie'?
A. In England. B. In India. C. In America.
3.What can we learn from the passage?
A. Bradford supplies you with good condition.
B. The university is the best of all.
C. You can take only English courses there.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.How much did it cost to run an air conditioner 24 hours a day for 2 months 5 years ago?
A. $20. B. $35. C. $40.
2.Where do they live now?
A. In a college dormitory which is not air-conditioned.
B. In an expensive hotel.
C. In an apartment with an air conditioner.
3.Where is the boy going to study?
A. In the library, B. In the dormitory. C. In the comfortable apartment.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.Where can they have meals during the trip?
A. On the bus. B. At fast-food shops. C. In hotels.
2.What does the woman suggest the man do'?
A. Take a bath on the bus if the weather permits,
B. Bring suitable clothes and some other things.
C. Come to the office for more information.
3.What information does the man forget to ask about?
A. Where to leave from. B. The time to book. C. The cost of the journey
