Popular Las Vegas Day Trips by Car
Going to Las Vegas? Here are some nearby places you can drive to while you are there.
Bonnie Springs Ranch
It is one of the best places to rent a horse and see the red canyon(峡谷).It has a large stable area where guided horseback rides are offered. And it also has a restaurant and western theme shows.
The Nevada State Railroad Museum
If you are looking for a fun day trip, the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Boulder City should be at the top of your list. If you want to see Boulder City, be sure to visit during weekends when the museum runs touring trains along the Boulder City branch line. Various presentations, lectures and child-friendly exhibits are offered from Monday to Friday.
Mount Charleston
Fresh air and silence are what you will find at the top of the state’s 8th highest mountain located 40 miles northwest of Las Vegas. Mount Charleston feels a million miles away from the city. Things to do include hiking, mountain biking, camping and sightseeing. During the winter the mountains are the perfect place to play in the snow.
China ranch
It is a hidden treasure that is way off the beaten path. Along with a gift shop and bakery, China Ranch is a great place to go hiking. It is located in the Amargosa River Valley. This area is protected as a national wild and scenic river and one of the few places where the river flows above ground.
1.What can visitors do in Bonnie Springs Ranch?
A.Play by the river B.Go hiking
C.Enjoy horse riding D.Camp with their family
2.When can visitors experience train rides at the Nevada State Railroad Museum?
A.On Fridays. B.On Sundays.
C.On Mondays D.On Tuesdays
3.Where can visitors buy a gift?
A.In mount Charleston B.In China ranch
C.In Bonnie Springs Ranch D.In the Nevada State Railroad Museum
假定你是李华,你的同学Jack来自英国,请根据以下写作要点写一篇周记记述你和家人与Jack共度中秋节的经历。
写作要点：
1.活动策划；
2.活动的内容；
3.你的感想。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词
2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Today I'd like to introduce my most favorite book to you- Five Thousand Years of Chinese Nation, which belonged to history book.
Selected important and famous figures and events in the history of China, the author organizes and cuts it according to historical materials. He writes with modern language to make them easy understand. This book opens a history gate to me but I feel more confident about my own country. I'm proud of being the Chinese and I will make greater efforts to build a more powerful country and make Chinese history more brilliantly. I think everyone should read it and get this wonderful experiences. I do hope you will like it!Enjoy reading!
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Procrastination(拖延)is the avoidance of doing a task which needs to be done .Basically what that means is putting off until tomorrow what can be done today.Procrastination may result in late or incomplete work. With procrastination, many a result1.(occur). Procrastination has its advantages and2.(drawback), but too much procrastination can be harmful. Often we try to hide our avoidance by being very busy doing interesting, and even useful things,3.do not contribute to the main goal .One example would be writing this paper the night before the deadline. By waiting,the grammar, spelling, and even my name may4.(overlook) in a rush. This problem .can be solved by not procrastinating and allowing yourself enough time to proofread.
People procrastinate for5.range of reasons. Some people are often6.(forget)and procrastinate on getting the task7.(do)on time. By procrastinating a person could face a bigger task: the8.(origin) task plus possible new problems thanks 9.delay. Another reason is to avoid dislike. People who worry too much about what other people think of them, often feel embarrassed or worthless. When they believe they will not present10.(they) adequately, they often withdraw.
Brenda Bongos was a girl with one big ambition- to play the drums in a band. But a(n)________lay in her way. To be good enough to play in a______, Brenda had to practice a lot, but she lived next-door to lots of_______people in a care home. The sound of beating drums would really annoy them.
Brenda was________. She always tried to find a way of practicing her drums without ________other people. But without success. However,________to practice as much as she could. Brenda________all kinds of ways.
One day, while watching a science documentary, she heard that________cannot travel in space without air. At that moment, Brenda bongos decided to become a________astronaut.
So Brenda built a space________connected with a machine, which drew out all air.Inside was a________of drums. Once inside, Brenda________the machine and played like mad!
It wasn't long before she had become________. Many people came to see her play in her space bubble.________ -afterwards she started giving________out of the bubble,________ Brenda became a real musical astronaut as the government asked her to be part of a space journey, and had gone far beyond her first________of playing drums in a band.
When asked how she had________all this, she said, "If those old people next-door hadn't________so much to me, I wouldn’t have gone to such ________to find a solution, and none of this would have ever happened.
1.A.obstacle B.question C.figure D.hand
2.A.match B.band C.talks D.scene
3.A.sick B.local C.elderly D.poor
4.A.delightful B.wonderful C.awful D.respectful
5.A.waking B.reaching C.embarrassing D.bothering
6.A.scared B.thrilled C.determined D.encouraged
7.A.tested B.tried C.played D.found
8.A.light B.sound C.air D.heat
9.A.musical B.classical C.medical D.physical
10.A.bag B.bubble C.container D.aircraft
11.A.set B.pair C.couple D.part
12.A.turned on B.put on C.got on D.held on
13.A.mature B.skillful C.famous D.confident
14.A.Hardly B.Shortly C.Rarely D.Swiftly
15.A.advice B.lessons C.speeches D.concerts
16.A.Suddenly B.Generally C.Finally D.Fortunately
17.A.effort B.performance C.ambition D.attempt
18.A.gained B.done C.got D.achieved
19.A.mattered B.related C.owed D.talked
20.A.classes B.places C.difficulties D.lengths
This app could checkmate dating game
George Church, a leading professor of genetics at Harvard University, is planning to create a dating app that can match users based on their genetic agreement.
1.Two people considering going on a date take out their smartphones first and check each other's genetic table to see whether there are any undesirable genes that cannot be determined from outward appearance. Genetic deficiencies that might lead to diseases in offspring will be screened out first. Heart disease? No. Immune deficiency? No.Hemophilia? No.
2.Eye color, height preference, curly or straight hair. In the end, only those with the genes that promise the users a perfect child will date.
It sounds terrible. If the app becomes a reality, it could split people into different camps based on the genes they carry.
Some might argue that even now people are not wholly equal to each other-there are the rich and the poor to begin with. 3.Genes, on the other hand, are fixed, with no hope of changing at least in the near future.
Church didn’t have this divisive goal in mind. In an interview, he said he hopes to let people know the genetic deficiencies(基因缺陷) in their mating partners so as to minimize the chances of giving birth to children with diseases.4.
The problem is not so much with genetic technology, which can help people find possible diseases before birth, and possibly even cure them through gene editing. But it would be a mistake to let everybody know of each other s genetic information and make choices on that basis.
5.Gene sequencing(基因排序)is becoming increasingly popular with many people choosing to know their genes better. It is reaching a stage when it becomes urgent for the law to protect such information and avoid possible leaks.
A. He will make it.
B. This is how it works.
C. That in turn calls for legislation(法律;法规).
D. The app will be popular with different people.
E. Then comes the turn of harmless appearance characteristics.
F. But he will not be able to stop the above- mentioned possibility.
G. However, one can always struggle to improve one's quality of life.
