Walk from the Arc de Triomphe to the Louvre, stroll along the Seine River and enjoy the beautiful sights in Paris now!
The Arc de Triomphe The most monumental one of arches celebrating the victory of war, was built between 1806 and 1836. Even though there were many modifications（修改）to the original plans, the Arch still keeps the essence of the original concept which was a powerful, unified symbol of France. Climb up to its top for a splendid view of Paris, especially the Eiffel Tower in the distance. | The Musée de I’Orangerie The 1852 stone structure facing the Seine River was once a place that helped to store orange trees of the Tuileries Garden from the cold in the winter. Now, it's home to Claude Monet's excellent water lily（睡莲）paintings. It is one museum not to miss, it feels as if you're standing in Monet’s garden at Giverny! But, in addition to those of Monet, there are also works by Renoir, Cezanne, and Picasso. |
The Louvre
The splendid, baroque palace and museum sits along the right bank of the Seine River in Paris. It is one of the city's biggest tourist attractions. It has a history of about 800 years. There are several ways to visit the Louvre museum. Read it up in advance and find paintings of da Vinci, Raphael, Napoleon and Joan of Art that will interest you, or approach the Louvre like exploring the darkest continent, where you will discover amazing things.
1.Which place is probably most attractive to one loving military history.
A.The Louvre B.The Eiffel Tower
C.The Arc de triomphe. D.The Musée de I'Orangerie
2.What do we know about the Louvre?
A.Raphael was one of its designers
B.It is located beside the Seine River
C.It was set up in the middle of the fifteenth century.
D.You can climb up to its top for a splendid view of Paris.
3.What can we learn about the Musee de I’Orangerie?
A.It is home to water lilies
B.It was once Monet’s garden
C.It mainly displays Picasso's works
D.It once helped to store orange trees.
假定你是李华，正在负责策划“绿色校园”活动（Green Campus Campaign），请给你的英国笔友Henry写一封邮件，向他介绍此次活动的目的、内容，并征求他的建议。
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
Dear Henry,
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
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处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），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：在错的词下画一横线，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。
Everyone will be full of respect when mentioned a mother’s love. Truly, who can love you more than your dear mother does in world? But in modern society, especial among one-child families, mothers usually give too much love to her only daughter or son. They try to help or even protecting their children in every way, which left their sons or daughters too comfortable to deal with challenges themselves.
What we all know, we have entered into the 21st century, and the young generation will face more challenges in the future. There is nothing wrong for mothers to love their children, and they should also leave rooms for their children to develop themselves and become independent.
I have been so fortunate to receive kindness from everybody around, warmth from animals and mother nature. When I was_________up, I was taught_________to thank everything around with gratitude and regard everyone around with_________and kindness, just as my grandparents and parents did.
A long, long time ago, earlier in my career, I was_________for hiring a lot of people in key_________.Though I hired many, I didn't hire many more. One of my guiding principles was to always_________candidates with kindness and respect. But as many years went by, I was_________off because of the_________of our company and the severe economic pressure sweeping the country.
Like all the candidates I had_________, I was now the interviewee. That was__________for me. I went through a string of interviews, all__________. After one particular interview, at the end of the__________the interviewer asked if I remembered him. "No," I replied. "Well." he said__________, "you had interviewed me a few years ago and though I didn't get the job, I still__________how you treated me with kindness and respect. And now I would like to__________you for this job." Though I already knew it, living with kindness and respect__________.
As I shared my story with others on the Internet, I received many__________. Some thanked me for this__________share and many agreed that kindness does__________, saying although we may not be able to change the world around us in a（n）__________, our kindness will come back to us in one way or another. This is life.
1.A.put B.brought C.picked D.called
2.A.slowly B.suddenly C.repeatedly D.gradually
3.A.surprise B.comfort C.relief D.respect
4.A.responsible B.hungry C.grateful D.good
5.A.careers B.choices C.positions D.topics
6.A.treat B.adopt C.assess D.persuade
7.A.set B.taken C.broken D.laid
8.A.intention B.reform C.fault D.devotion
9.A.punished B.attacked C.interviewed D.studied
10.A.strange B.natural C.obvious D.lucky
11.A.in order B.in pain C.in danger D.in vain
12.A.operation B.process C.movement D.situation
13.A.sadly B.shyly C.seriously D.loudly
14.A.regret B.remember C.expect D.pretend
15.A.fire B.confuse C.demand D.hire
16.A.paid off B.picked up C.cut off D.cared for
17.A.does B.needs C.likes D.designs
18.A.awful B.awesome C.wrong D.humorous
19.A.spread B.donate C.waste D.appear
20.A.mess B.hurry C.word D.instant
If you are asked to chair a meeting, remember the following golden rules for meeting management.
Assign a note-taker or arrange to have the meeting audio-taped. You may need to refer back to an issue that was discussed during the meeting at a later date. 1.
2. So many times we think we are going to say and, in the process, block out valid points that other group members may be contributing. Additionally, we often hear only what we want to hear, rather than really listening to other people. Meetings that are characterized by effective listening are successful meetings.
Give everyone an opportunity to be heard. 3. As the leader of the meeting, you need to keep an open mind and make sure everyone feels welcome to contribute and express ideas without criticism.
4. Many times important issues can get sidetracked in a meeting, especially when everyone has a different opinion about the topic. If you anticipate a conflict prior to the meeting, discuss the issue with participants in advance. If an unanticipated (未预料到的) conflict develops once the meeting is in progress, ask participants involved in the conflict to meet with you after the meeting. Doing so will minimize the chances of wasting participants’ valuable time.
End on time. If you said the meeting would last no longer than one hour, make sure the meeting last for an hour.5. Running late with a meeting makes members late for other appointments, increases the chances that members will mentally leave the meeting, and reduces your credibility (可靠性) as an effective meeting manager.
A.Learn to listen.
B.Start the meeting on time.
C.Keep the discussion on track.
D.Good record-keeping is a sign of good meeting manager as well.
E.Some people tend to monopolize (独占) meetings, while others wait to be asked.
F.You can appoint a sub committee to look into the problem in order to save time.
G.Meeting participants tend to plan the rest of their day according to the meeting schedule.
Calling someone a “birdbrain” is considered rude. It implies that someone has a small brain and thus is not smart. A new study found that the expression doesn’t do birds justice either. Birds’ brains are much bigger than we thought-at least compared to their small bodies.
An international team of 37 scientists measured the brain volume of hundreds of dinosaurs and extinct birds by scanning fossils of their skulls. The readings were compared to a large database containing the brain sizes of modern birds. These measurements were then analyzed, taking into consideration each bird’s body size-resulting in something called “relative brain size”. The results showed that a dramatic change of birds’ body size happened right after the mass extinction of dinosaurs 66 million years ago.
According to the study, published on April 23 in the journal Current Biology, birds and non-avian (非鸟类的) dinosaurs had similar brain sizes before the extinction. After the extinction of the dinosaurs, however, birds had to find a way to survive, so they shrank their bodies-since smaller animals need less food-but they kept their big brains.
“The changed landscape may have caused the rapid evolution of new brain-body scaling patterns (缩放比例) by favoring both larger brains and smaller bodies,” US paleontologist (古生物学家) Daniel Ksepka, who is the lead author of the study, told CNN.
This “evolutionary brain leap”-as scientists call it-also happened very rapidly. Without dinosaurs, birds quickly repopulated. They came in all types and sizes, which contributed to the diverse species of birds we see today.
But among all the bird species, certain ones “show above average rates of brain and body size evolution”, study co-author Adam Smith at Clemson University, US, said in a statement-with crows and parrots being the most evident. In fact, previous studies have already discovered that these birds have an amazing cognitive ability. They are able to use tools, imitate human speech and even remember human faces.
So, in the words of Smith, “calling someone ‘bird-brained’ is actually quite a compliment!”
1.How did scientists learn the brain sizes of dinosaurs and extinct birds?
A.By referring to a database.
B.By analyzing their body size.
C.By studying their fossil skulls.
D.By examining the brain size of modem birds.
2.What were birds’ brains like after the extinction of the dinosaurs?
A.They were the same size as non-avian dinosaurs.
B.They shrank to adapt to the environment.
C.They kept growing to avoid extinction.
D.They remained as big as they were before.
3.According to Adam Smith, what do we know about birds?
A.Their brain evolution happened very rapidly.
B.Some species evolved to be smarter than others.
C.Crows and parrots have the largest bird brains.
D.Birds have amazing abilities to copy human speech.
4.What is the purpose of this text?
A.To explain the origin of the word “birdbrain”.
B.To describe how a bird evolved through history.
C.To present a new study on birds’ brain size.
D.To reveal reasons for the rapid growth of bird populations.
