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Smart Kids Festival Events Smart Kids is a collection of one hundred events scheduled in October. This year, it is experimenting with Pay What You Decide (PWYD). That is, you can decide to pay what you want to or can afford, after you have attended an event. You can pre-book events without paying for a ticket in advance. Here are some of the director’s picks. Walk on the Wild Side Not ticketed, Free Join storyteller Sarah Law to hear science stories about animals. Along the way you’ll meet all sorts of beautiful creatures and discover life cycles and food chains. Best suited to children aged 5-9. Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult. Introduction to Waves Pre-book, PWYD Subjects range from sound waves to gravity waves, and from waves of light to crashing waves on the ocean. Mike Goldsmith explores the fundamental features shared by all waves in the natural world. Science in the Field Not ticketed, Free This storytelling night features a scientist sharing his favourite memories of gathering first-hand data on various field trips. Come along for inspiring and informative stories straight from the scientist’s mouth. Join Mark Samuels to find out more in this fun-filled workshop. Festival Dinner Pre-book, £25 per person Whether you want to explore more about food, or just fancy a talk over a meal, join us to mark the first science festival in London. Which foods should you eat to trick your brain into thinking that you are full? Find out more from Tom Crawford. 1.In which event can you decide the payment? A. Walk on the Wild Side B. Introduction to Waves C. Science in the Field D. Festival Dinner 2.Who will talk about experiences of collecting direct data? A. Sarah Law. B. Mike Goldsmith. C. Mark Samuels. D. Tom Crawford. 3.What do the four events have in common? A. Family-based. B. Science-themed. C. Picked by children. D. Filled with adventures.
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Almost none of us have the time to read everything we’d like to read. Yet we lose countless hours to daily activities that bring us little joy like taking buses and waiting in line. What if we could turn these little blocks of unoccupied time into precious and rewarding moments for learning and reflection? Founded in 2012, iReader, a micro-learning app on mobile phones, brings the biggest ideas from best-selling books through 15-minute audio (音频) and text. So far, more than 3,000 books have been included, ranging from psychology and parenting to management and economics, with new titles added every day. Reader is pioneering a new method of reading, with over 9 million users enjoying the benefits already. According to the Pew Research Center (PRC), the British read just 4 paper books a year and over 25% haven’t read a single paper book this year, but reading isn’t dying. There are now more ways for the British to read than ever before, due to the widespread use of e-books and audio books. The books in iReader are rewritten to ensure it is easy to remember the main content. The way the content is edited has been specifically designed to ensure it is useful in practice. Besides, the content is rewritten with relevant examples in real life, which means users are more likely to remember and apply what is helpful to them. Holger Seim, German co-founder of this app, declares, “iReader gives you the biggest ideas in the shortest possible time. It transforms great ideas into little packs you can listen to or read in just 15 minutes.” 1.What does the author suggest people do in the unoccupied time? A. Read and think. B. Write and share. C. Avoid taking buses. D. Bring joy to daily routines. 2.What can we infer from the PRC findings? A. The British benefit a lot from reading. B. Reading methods are more important than before. C. Digital technology are taking the place of paper books. D. New forms of books are changing the way the British read. 3.How does iReader make the content easy to remember? A. By bringing fun to it. B. By making it useful. C. By using artistic designs. D. By taking users as examples. 4.What is the best title for the text? A. iReader Prevents Reading from Dying B. iReader Unites Worldwide Book-lovers C. iReader: The Best New App Creation D. iReader: Big Ideas in Small Packages
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I visited Elba last June, joining Mary and John on a bicycling vacation. They made the arrangements for the car, hotel and bicycles. I studied the history of the island, which of course particularly features Napoleon. Napoleon (now I know) picked Elba as a place for peace when he was forced to give up the throne (王权) as Emperor of France in 1814. Far from being a prison island, Elba is beautiful with towering mountains, thick forests and sweeping bays and beaches. It is also an island filled with treasure. Very early on this island, locals discovered rich deposits of iron. Soon outsiders, too, discovered the iron and 150 other valuable minerals on this little piece of land. Long before Etruscans and other Greeks set foot on it, Dorians had moved in by the tenth century B. C. and were mining the island. The Romans ruled next, obtaining the minerals and building grand houses overlooking the sea. From the twelfth century until the nineteenth, the island was traded back and forth and was passed to France in 1802. Then came Napoleon, the new ruler of Elba. I was eager to visit his house in Portoferraio. The Emperor lived with his court and his mother, but his wife, Marie Louise had ensconced herself in the splendid Viennese palace of her father, Emperor of Austria. She lived safely there and showed little interest in visiting her husband in his mini-kingdom. Apparently, Napoleon wasn’t troubled much by this. He was too busy riding everywhere on horseback, building roads, modernizing agriculture and, above all, sharpening his tiny army and navy into readiness for his escape. In the formal gardens behind the house it seemed to me that I could imagine the exiled (流放的) conqueror’s anxious thoughts. He might gaze over where I stood now, toward the lighthouse of the Stella fort, the sandy bay, and across it, the green mountains of the Tuscan coast. Napoleon spent only ten months here before making his victorious return to France and the throne. 1.What did the author do for the visit to Elba? A. He did research on its past. B. He arranged transportation. C. He planned bicycling routes. D. He booked accommodation. 2.Who might be the earliest outsiders to Elba according to the text? A. Napoleon and his army. B. Etruscans and other Greeks. C. Dorians. D. Romans. 3.What does the underlined word “ensconced” probably mean? A. Settled. B. Locked. C. Cured. D. Controlled. 4.What came to the author’s mind during his visit to Napoleon’s gardens? A. Beautiful views on Elba. B. Terrible living conditions on Elba. C. Napoleon’s ambition to regain power. D. Hardship of Napoleon’s return to France.
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An international team of researchers from the University of Oxford have found that the way people use the Internet is closely tied to the seasonal movements in the natural world. Their online species searches follow the patterns of seasonal animal migrations (迁徙). Migratory birds (候鸟) flood back to where they reproduce every spring. That migratory behavior is accompanied by some human behavior. “In English-language Wikipedia (维基百科), the online searches for migratory species tend to increase in spring when those birds arrive in the United States,” said the lead author John Mittermeier. And not just birds. Mittermeier and his team surveyed nearly 2.5 billion Wikipedia search records, for 32,000 species, across 245 languages. They also saw variable search rates for insects, horsetails and flowering plants. Seasonal trends seemed to be widespread in Wikipedia behavior for many species of plants and animals. This finding suggests new ways to monitor changes in the world’s biological diversity. It also shows new ways to see how much people care about nature, and which species and areas might be the most effective targets for conservation. Mittermeier is encouraged by the search results. He commented, “I think there’s a concern among conservationists (生态环境保护者) that people are losing touch with the natural world and that they’re not interacting with native species anymore. And so in that sense, it was really exciting and quite unexpected for me to see people’s Wikipedia interest closely related to changes in nature.” Richard Grenyer, Associate Professor from the University of Oxford, says search data is useful to conservation biologists, “By using these big data approaches, we can direct our attention towards the difficult questions in modern conservation: which species and areas are changing, and where are the people who care the most and can do the most to help.” 1.What have researchers found about species searches? A. They strengthen ties among people. B. They affect the animal movements. C. They differ in language backgrounds. D. They reflect animal migration seasons. 2.What is the purpose of writing Paragraph 3? A. To summarize the research process. B. To further support the research findings. C. To show the variety of species searches. D. To present researchers’ heavy work load. 3.How does Mittermeier feel about the search results? A. Satisfied with Wikipedia’s service. B. Worried about Wikipedia behavior. C. Amazed at people’s care about nature. D. Sad about people’s not getting close to nature. 4.Why does Richard think such search data is useful? A. It helps to aim at conservation targets. B. It increases interest in big data approaches. C. It keeps track of trends in biologists’work. D. It pushes people to solve difficult problems.
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Learn to Cite Sources (引用资料) During your university education, you’ll be exposed to ideas and scientific theories of scholars and scientists. Unavoidably, your own ideas will be shaped by the ideas you come across. 1. That means you should go beyond what you learn in your textbooks or in the library. Your original work is the basis for your professor’s evaluation of your performance. Thus, academic honesty is fundamental in your university education. It demands that you cite the source materials you base your own work on. 2. Correctly citing your sources helps you distinguish your own ideas from those of other scholars. On the readers’ side, it permits a reader to determine the depth of your research. 3. On the contrary, lack of citing will only raise your reader’s doubt. So you need to learn when to cite and how to provide an adequate or accurate reference list. If you fail to cite your sources, whether deliberately or carelessly, you will be found responsible for plagiarism (抄袭) . 4. If you are not sure, ask your professor for guidance before submitting the paper or report. Keep in mind this general rule: when in doubt, cite! 5. For example, students from East Asia may think that copying directly from sources is the proper way to do research. Students in France, preparing for the final examination, may be encouraged to memorize whole passages and copy them into papers. Those cultural differences can lead to false assumptions about academic expectations in the country you study in. A. Some university students may cheat in different ways. B. These include other scholars’ ideas, figures, graphs and so on. C. The academic challenge you face is to make something original. D. Often, students want to use others’ opinions to support their own essays. E. It also allows a reader to appreciate your original contribution to the research. F. For international students, it is important to know local academic expectations. G. Not knowing academic regulations is an unacceptable excuse for such behavior.
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Two-year-old Nancy is deaf. However, that hasn’t stopped her from being a(n) ________ little girl trying to “chat” to anyone she meets. As soon as she goes out into town with her parents, she starts ________ in the hope that the person she is talking to ________ sign language too. Normally, hearing loss is a social ________ for those who don’t know how to use sign language. Anyone Nancy tried to talk to ________ this and felt so sorry they couldn’t ________. They wished they could ________ her and say something back, but they found themselves completely ________. Then, something amazing happened. Instead of causing a ________, this barrier brought the community (社区) together. Determined to ________ sign language so that they could talk to Nancy, her ________ hired an instructor on their own, and now they are ________ to taking classes together. The teacher ________ that this is really remarkable because, quite often, even the parents of deaf children don’t ________ to learn the language. But here Nancy has a full community that is signing and communicating with her, and it is a ________ story. The teacher also says that this level of inclusion will make a huge difference in Nancy’s ________. It almost certainly guarantees that she will be a happier and more ________ individual in the future. Nancy’s parents are already noticing a ________ in their daughter and they have no words to express how ________ they are to their neighbors. With a little girl and a lot of love, the neighbors ________ make the neighborhood a community. 1.A. independent B. helpful C. outgoing D. generous 2.A. signing B. cheering C. waving D. smiling 3.A. accepts B. appreciates C. recognizes D. knows 4.A. mistake B. barrier C. conflict D. stress 5.A. discussed B. ignored C. realized D. denied 6.A. respond B. apologize C. return D. agree 7.A. inspire B. protect C. trust D. understand 8.A. at risk B. in surprise C. at a loss D. in a hurry 9.A. debate B. separation C. complaint D. panic 10.A. create B. learn C. translate D. improve 11.A. classmates B. parents C. teachers D. neighbors 12.A. devoted B. opposed C. accustomed D. addicted 13.A. warns B. predicts C. admits D. regrets 14.A. fail B. bother C. hesitate D. refuse 15.A. relaxing B. popular C. satisfying D. beautiful 16.A. plan B. hearing C. life D. opinion 17.A. well-adjusted B. mature C. well-behaved D. considerate 18.A. potential B. belief C. strength D. difference 19.A. friendly B. grateful C. important D. familiar 20.A. truly B. almost C. merely D. even
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阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 The Forbidden City in Beijing, home to the Palace Museum, houses more than 1.8 million cultural relics and is one of the world’s most visited tourist attractions. 1. (mark) the 600th anniversary of the Forbidden City, the Palace Museum will hold a series of events throughout 2020. Over 20 exhibitions will be held, 2. (cover) different areas such as history, art, festivals, and so on. For the special occasion, Along the River during the Qingming Festival, one of China’s most 3. (wide) known masterpieces, will go on display in September 2020. For 4. (it) best preservation, this treasured artwork is seldom fully exhibited. The painting 5. (display) for the first time back in 2005 to celebrate the museum’s 80th anniversary. Such 6. rare sight is expected to draw huge crowds. In addition, the museum will also display exhibits from other 7. (country). During the past few years, the Palace Museum has been working hard to get the public familiar 8. the history and culture of the Forbidden City. And it seems that these efforts have been paying off, with its 9. (popular) reaching a new height. Over 17 million people visited the museum in 2018, of 10. 40 percent were under 30 years old.
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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。 This afternoon, I went home by bus as usual. I was listening music when I suddenly noticed the bus stop that I should get off. Then I hurried off a bus. But when I arrived home, I find that my wallet was gone — some money and several important card were in it. Eager to get the wallet back, so I rushed to the bus company for help. Lucky, at the Lost and Found office, I saw my wallet. I felt so exciting that I wanted to thank the person who had turned them in. However, I was told the man hadn’t left his name. How a great man!
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假定你是李华，你们学校的英国交换生Jeff准备参加“外国人讲中国成语(idiom)故事”比赛，他发邮件请你给予辅导。你回复邮件，内容包括： 1. 答应帮助； 2. 提出建议； 3. 询问辅导时间与地点。 注意：1. 词数100左右； 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 Dear Jeff, ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua
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