Even if you’ve never been to Phoenix, you know this about the place It’s hot. From June to September, the temperature can easily surpass the century mark. But that doesn’t stop hikers from attempting the 1.3-mile hiking to the top of the city’s famed Camelback Mountain. Signs warn that the trail is “extremely difficult”. If you continue, a posted checklist suggests at least a liter of water per person. And if you’re still not stopped, another sign farther up declares: “If you’re halfway through your water, turn around!”
Unfortunately, many people to not take the warnings seriously. Fortunate y, Scott Cullymore does. The 53-year-old Cullymore can be found hiking up and down Camelback a couple of times a day, giving out cold bottles of water to worn-out hikers. He has helped hydrate so many hikers that he has earned a heavenly nickname: the Water Angel.
Cullymore was on Camelback Mountain one day in 2015 when a British tourist died after being lost for nearly six hours in the July heat. That experience inspired him to start helping people caught unaware by the cruelty of Mother Nature. “They underestimate the mountain, and they overestimate what they can do, and they get themselves in trouble.” he warned.
One hiker who was offered water agrees. “You think you know the heat, but then you get out here in the desert and it surrounds you like a blanket,” said Austin Hill, who was hiking with a high school friend. They were lucky, he said pointing to Cullymore. “We ran into this Good Samaritan here.” And with that, the Water Angel goes in search of another hiker in need.
1.What is the first paragraph mainly about?
A.The risks involved in the hiking.
B.The seriousness of the warnings.
C.The distribution of signs that warn hikers.
D.The influence of the temperature on hikers.
2.Why did some hikers on Camelback Mountain get in trouble?
A.They were not well trained in hiking.
B.They forgot to take enough water with them.
C.They were too optimistic about the situation.
D.They were not fit enough to hike the mountain.
3.What can we know about Austin Hill?
A.He agreed to help others. B.He was saved by Cullymore.
C.He hiked alone in the desert. D.He regretted taking a blanket.
4.What is the best title for the text?
A.The Camelback Mountain B.Surviving the Heat
C.Hikers in Need D.The Water Angel
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BA in English Language and Literature
The main purpose of this course is to develop your ability to describe, analyze and manipulate features of the English language, and to see how these are expressed in literature. As well as taking core modules which cover these areas, students will be able to specialize in their fields of interest.
Duration: three-year course
Course: Choose 12 out of 20 modules.
Weekly timetable: eight hours of lectures/four hours of seminars
Assessment: essays, exams and an 8,000-word dissertation at the end of the third year
Requirements: academic experience and interest in the subject; good school-exam grades
Diploma in teaching
In the first term, you will learn about the theory of teaching and how to be an effective teacher. In the second term, you will also begin teaching in a school. The third term is completely practical.
Duration: one-year course
Course: Choose six out of ten modules (three are compulsory).
Weekly timetable: six hours of lectures/ two hours of seminars/ six hours of classroom teaching
Assessment: combination of essays and classroom observation
Requirement: first degree in specific subject area
1.What is Middletown University famous for?
A.Academic and vocational education. B.Traditional teaching methods.
C.Distance-learning courses. D.Face-to-face communication.
2.What do the two sample courses have in common?
A.They both last for three years.
B.They both require students to hand in essays.
C.They both offer total freedom to choose modules.
D.They both favor students with interest in the subject.
3.What is the main purpose of the text?
A.To advertise certain online courses.
B.To stress the need for distance learning.
C.To introduce distance-learning techniques.
D.To suggest a way of pursuing further education.
阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。
Advertising plays a major role in the competitive business world. Many industries take advantage of the power of advertising to attract or to win customers away from their business competitors. The influence of advertising is so huge that it causes many people to buy things that they don't want at the start.
Advertising encourages people to buy things they don't want through misleading ideas. Advertising is proven to be a successful tool to stress the features of their product to the public even though it's regarded undesirable such as cigarettes，drugs，alcohol and so on. For example，Dunhill，a cigarette company which sponsors many football teams，seems to be promoting cigarettes to the public. Without the sponsorship，the company will be less known to the public，resulting in fewer sales of cigarettes.
Besides that，advertising has a large influence on the decisions made by the people in their everyday life. Many businesses use advertising as a form of promoting to create awareness about their product in the market. For instance，in a fast food industry，the introduction of a new flavor of burger needs advertising to reach the public while the other burgers require advertising to increase sales. Children，especially，are easily influenced by advertisements and will have the desire to dine at fast food restaurants after that. Although fast food is bad for health，it has successfully become appealing to the public through advertising.
However, advertising plays a part in helping customers to compare a product in terms of price, quality, reliability and so on. Without advertising, it will be very difficult for customers to judge the worthiness of a product. For example, advertisements published by various companies have given the customers the opportunity to choose wisely when they are purchasing an item. Without the power of advertising, customers will be stuck to a brand which may not offer the best choice.
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Angela Erdmann aged 62, who lives in Berlin, never thought that one day she would received a letter from her grandfather who had been dead for 69 years. So she felt astonished and moved
More than 100 years ago, a young German man named Richard Platz put a message into a brown beer bottle, then threw the bottle into the Baltic Sea during a nature hike, Platz, the 20-year-old son of a baker, had no way of knowing that his message would survive more than a century.
Last month, some fishermen in the Baltic Sea pulled the old beer bottle out of the water, along with their catch. Inside they found a postcard, dated 17 May 1913, from Richard Platz asking for his message to be forwarded （转交） to his address ported in The local website. The fishermen thought it was such a miracle（奇迹） that it should be handed to the addressee（收信人）, They handed it in the International Maritime Museum in Hamburg. Researchers were then able to locate his granddaughter, Angela Erdmann. She visited the museum last week and was able to hold the bottle.
"That was a pretty moving moment. Tears rolled down my cheeks," she told German news agency. Erdmann also said she never knew her mother's father. who reportedly died in 1946 when he was 54 years old. But she said the discovery of his message had inspired her to find out more about him.
Some authorities believe that— at 101 years of age-it may be the world's oldest message in a bottle.
1.Which of the following shows the right order of what happened to the message?（ ）
a. Fishermen pulled the old beer bottle out of the water.
b. The bottle was thrown into the Baltic Sea.
c. Angela Erdmann got the message.
d. The message was sent to the International Maritime Museum.
A.b, d, a, c B.c, b, d, a
C.b, a, d, c D.c, a, b, d
2.According to the passage, which of the following is WRONG?
A.Richard Platz's father was a baker.
B.Richard Platz died at age of 69.
C.Angela Erdmann was moved to tears by the message.
D.There was a postcard in the bottle.
3.We can infer from the passage that the fishermen and the researchers in the museum were very_______.
A.warm-hearted B.hard-working
C.selfless D.brave
4.Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A.The Story of a Fisherman and His Granddaughter
B."World's Oldest Message" in a Bottle Arrived Home
C.How to Make a Message in the Bottle
D.A Message Can Last a Long Time
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1.Anyone with any information about the_____________（事件）should contact the police.
2.Suddenly, a man driving a motor car seized the girl's bag and took it away, _____________（消失）into the dark- ness.
3.Tom was_____________（解雇）, because he had been warned to be on time but was late again.
4.The police seem to have found the new _____________ （证据）of this crime.
5.There is no_____________ （可能性）that Bob can win the first prize in the match.
6.This is an_____________ （无法解释的）mystery of the natural world, and even the scientists can't give the reasonable explanation.
7.The scientist could not calculate when the_____________（宇宙飞船）would reach the Jupiter.
8.There was a burst of_____________（笑声）in the next room.
9.The police are looking for_____________（目击者）to the accident.
10.Knowing many people caused serious_____________（受伤） in the terrible accident, ambulances came in a hurry and rushed the injured to the hospital.
“Dad，look！” I yelled，pointing to the middle of the crossroads. There，with_______running just inches away，sat the summer’s 13th box turtle.
My dad，a biologist，quickly _______ our truck on the side of the road and got out. He held out his hands to _______ traffic. Then he walked into the street and _______ the turtle.
“Another turtle safe and sound. ”I sighed with_______.
I grew up in a section of Florida where tearing－down houses and shopping malls drove thousands of reptiles out of their_______. Many of them_______on the grass and busy highways. People would want to_______them，but not knowing where else to go，they would_______them to my dad. So far that summer，people had brought us 12 box turtles. We called them “BT’s.”
Among all the BT’s，I thought BT 13 was the________one.
“It’s a miracle (奇迹) that it didn’t get run over，” said my dad.
When we got home，I carried Number 13 to a chicken－wire pen(围栏) in the backyard where we________kept animals we found. Box turtles eat almost________，and we fed Number 13 cooked hamburger, vegetables, and even earthworms.
We didn’t want to keep Number 13 as a________. Like all the animals people________to us，Number 13 belonged in the________. When my dad thought the turtle was________，we took it to a place close to where we’d found it—one that was safe from________.
After a________look at the beautiful creature in my hands，I set it down. “________，Number 13，” I said.
The turtle stared at me for a while. Then it walked straight into the forest. I was sorry to see it ________. But I felt sure that Number 13’s luck would last.
1.A.chicken B.kids C.cars D.animals
2.A.hid B.drove C.loaded D.parked
3.A.stop B.move C.start D.direct
4.A.looked for B.put down C.threw away D.picked up
5.A.surprise B.relief C.regret D.disappointment
6.A.boxes B.forest C.homes D.vehicles
7.A.gave up B.set up C.cheered up D.ended up
8.A.hunt B.rescue C.watch D.raise
9.A.report B.take C.lend D.return
10.A.biggest B.weakest C.cleanest D.luckiest
11.A.illegally B.impatiently C.secretly D.temporarily
12.A.nothing B.everything C.away D.alone
13.A.pet B.turtle C.life D.friend
14.A.sold B.told C.brought D.showed
15.A.house B.wild C.zoo D.desert
16.A.free B.ready C.safe D.calm
17.A.people B.nature C.traffic D.weather
18.A.last B.first C.confused D.curious
19.A.Hello B.Come C.Help D.Goodbye
20.A.go B.die C.cry D.change
