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Walter Peak High Country Farm, on the western shores of Lake Wakatipu is famous in history. Its sheltered bays were used as camping sites by Maori travelling to the Mararoa and Oreti Rivers on Moa hunting and gathering expeditions. Things to do Situated on picturesque Lake Wakatipu’s wester shores, the farm is the perfect place to spend a few relaxing hours. The Farm Tour itself is a wonderful experience for the whole family, with something to keep everyone entertained and happy. Our rural host will meet you after you leave the steamboat and take you for a walking tour of the farmyard. The first stop is the holding to help feed the sheep and deer, and even get up close to the Scottish highland cattle. Then walk slowly through the lakeside gardens to the charming Colonel’s Homestead for morning or afternoon tea. Afterwards the farmer will lead you over to the shearing shed (剪羊毛棚) where you can watch the farm dogs rounding up sheep on the hills, and see the farmer cut the wool off a sheep. You will then board the steamboat for your cruise back to Queenstown. Ticket Information Child Ticket $ 22. 00 Adult Ticket $ 77.00 Visitor Information Opening Time: 10 a.m. Closing Time: 4 p.m. Additional Information All tickets purchased at MyFun must make a booking at +64-3441—8166. Please mention your My Fun barcode (条形码) number when making your booking. Please print out your voucher (收据) and take along with you to the attraction. Tickets are valid for 12 months from the date of purchase. 1.What can you do during the Farm Tour? A.Ride on the farm. B.Feed the chicken. C.Have morning tea. D.Cut the wool off a sheep. 2.How much should parents with a child pay for the Farm Tour? A.$99. B.$ 121. C.$ 176. D.$198. 3.What should the visitor who has bought tickets at MyFun do? A.Call +64-3441-8166 to print out your voucher. B.Take the voucher to the Farm. C.Tell the Farm your MyFun barcode number. D.Use the tickets after a year.
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When it comes to the most famous 20th century painters of the United States, Grandma Moses should be mentioned, although she did not start painting until she was in her late seventies. As she once said to herself , “I would never sit back in a rocking chair, waiting for someone to help me”. No one could have had a more active old age． She was born on a farm in New York State, one of five boys and five girls. At 12 she left home and was in domestic service until at 27 she married Thomas Moses, the hired hand of one of her employers. They farmed most of their lives, first in Virginia and then in New York State, at Eagle Bridge. She had ten children, of whom five survived; her husband died in 1927． Grandma Moses painted a little as a child and made embroidery (刺绣) pictures as a hobby, but only changed to oils in old age because her hands became too stiff (僵硬的) to sew and she still wanted to keep busy and pass the time. Her pictures were first sold at the local drugstore and at a market and were soon noticed by a businessman who bought all that she painted. Three of the pictures were exhibited in the Museum of Modern Art, and in 1940 she had her first exhibition in New York. Between the 1930’s and her death, she produced some 2,000 pictures: careful and lively portrayals of the country life she had known for so long, with a wonderful sense of color and form. “I think really hard till I think of something really pretty, and then I paint it” she said． 1.What can we learn about Moses? A.She stopped painting in her late seventies. B.She still led an active life when she was old. C.Her marriage life was not happy. D.She painted oils as a child. 2.What did Grandma Moses spend most of her life doing? A.Embroidering. B.Farming. C.Nursing. D.Painting. 3.What does the underlined word “portrayals ” in the last paragraph mean? A.Directions. B.Stages. C.Surveys. D.Descriptions. 4.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage？ A.Grandma Moses: the Best Woman Painter B.Grandma Moses and Her Farm Life C.Grandma Moses and Her Exhibition D.Grandma Moses : A Famous Woman Painter of 20th Century
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If you don’t use it, you lose it. At least, that’s how the old saying goes. It refers to the idea that something which does not get used regularly quickly falls into a state of decline. Muscles, for example, will waste away without use. In order to resist this, people take regular exercise to keep their skills sharp. Well, what about the brain? As we age, our brains can naturally begin to decline. In some cases, this can lead to certain mental conditions such as dementia (痴呆), which I’m sure you will agree, no one wants. However, all is not lost because these days it’s relatively easy to train your brain. Smart phones and apps have put programmes into our hands that can test, maintain and even improve our memories, mathematical skills and a lot of other mental abilities. With a little practice every day, we can keep our brains nice and sharp, right? Well, no, actually. According to a report from the Global Council on Brain Health, even though many people thought it was important to play online games, such as puzzles and mind games, which are designed to improve brain health, the evidence of the benefits was “weak to non-existent”. There are other ways to promote the old grey matter. It recommends seeking out new activities that challenge the way you think and are socially engaging, while leading to a healthy lifestyle. Among their suggestions are practising tai chi, taking photography classes, learning new technologies, gardening, art projects or volunteering. There’s more good news, too. James Goodwin, chief scientist at Age UK has said that brain decline is not inevitable (不可避免的). As long as the activities are “new to you and require your concentrated attention”, they can provide benefits for brain health. So, hurry up, get out there and try something new. Maybe it’s time to try that hobby you’ve always wanted to do. And as for me? I’m off to learn the piano. 1.From which is the text probably taken? A.A biology textbook. B.A research paper. C.A travel brochure. D.A healthy magazine. 2.According to the passage, what can the brain training apps help you? A.It will improve our brain health. B.It can make us smarter. C.It does little to sharp our brain. D.It can prevent us from aging. 3.How to maintain brain health according to the author? A.Using smart phone regularly. B.Trying something new. C.Playing games online. D.Doing what you are good at. 4.What does the passage mainly tell us? A.How to spend time meaningfully at an old age. B.How to keep brain sharp. C.Disadvantages of using smart phones. D.Advantages of trying something new.
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When there are some strangers in front of us, which of them will we trust? According to a new study in the online PLOSOne, people make their decisions to trust others largely based on their faces. Your appearance can do a lot for you, especially if you are in the financial industry. The more trustworthy you look, the more likely people will buy what you’re selling. Researchers from Britain’s University of Warwick Business School, University College London, and Dartmouth College, US, did a number of experiments. The research team used computer software to make 40 faces, from the least to the most trustworthy-looking. The study said that the difference between a trustworthy face and one that isn’t as trustworthy comes from features that look slightly angry or slightly happy, even when the face is at rest. However, a slightly happy face is more likely to be trusted. Researchers gave participants some money and asked them which face they trusted to invest the money for them. Then researchers gave some good and bad information about the people with these faces, and asked the participants again whom they trusted. The results showed that even if they got different information, the participants didn’t change their choices. They were still more likely to invest their money with the more trustworthy-looking faces. Chris Olivola, one of the study’s authors, said in the University of Warwick’s press release: “It seems we are still willing to go with our own instincts about whether we think someone looks like we can trust them.” 1.According to the study, which of the following faces is most likely to be trusted? A.An embarrassed face. B.A disappointed face. C.A smiling face. D.A nervous face. 2.What do we know about the experiments? A.Most participants gave their money to the trustworthy-looking faces. B.Researchers took photos of the 40 people’s faces in colleges. C.The trustworthy faces were given good information. D.Participants liked to choose the faces with good information. 3.Which of the following best explains “instincts” underlined in the last paragraph? A.Feelings rather than opinions or ideas based on facts. B.Judgements that are easily changed by others. C.Good information that are given by people around. D.Opinions that grow out of social practice. 4.What is the text mainly about? A.Why people trust a stranger with good appearance. B.People usually judge strangers according to their faces. C.How different information affects people’s decisions. D.Why the research team carried out the experiment.
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In China, poetry is an important part of the curriculum and, with recent changes announced by the Ministry of Education, the number of poems students will have to memorize and recite is being increased from fourteen to seventy-two. Now, before you gasp in horror, let’s think about the reasons why studying so many poems, especially ancient poems, is important. First of all, poetry is an essential part of traditional Chinese culture. 1.It is also the key to understanding the thoughts and emotions that are common to everyone but which we may be unable to express—the joy of Li Bai dancing with the moon, for example. Everyone has feelings of joy, love, loneliness, sadness and even anger. 2. .3.In a few short lines, even something commonplace can become beautiful. Here is a poem called “Fog” by Carl Sandberg: The fog comes / on silent haunches (弓腰蹲着) / and then moves on. Yes, fog does move smoothly, silently and mysteriously like a cat, and Sandberg captures that feeling and image, and makes it beautiful. 4. After all, a poem is really just a song without music. Most ancient poetry, especially Western poetry, was actually spoken before it was written. Take Homer’s Iliad, for example. The story was apparently told for hundreds of years in palaces and on street corners before Homer wrote it down. The American poet Robert Frost said, “Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.” And poems are very concise—there is not a wasted word. 5. A.Few people read it for pleasure. B.Poems can also express beauty. C.Poetry is difficult to recite. D.Of course, to really appreciate poetry, it has to be read aloud. E.You are lucky that you now have seventy-two poems to learn! F.It is a pathway to understanding your history and your society. G.A good poem can put those emotions into words and bring us self-understanding.
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When I was young, my father used to grow carnations — a kind of flower that was red, pink or white. He ______ them with much love and devotion. Every day he came home from work, he would ______ watching them. And he used to tell us, “No one should touch my flowers.” One day, my younger sister Clemence, who loved dad very much, wanted to help him. So she cut the carnation from their stems（枝干）one by one and ______them on the ground. She believed that dad would be very ______ to see them that way. When mom and I realized what my sister had done, we became completely ______. However, my sister had no ______why no one showed her any ______. When dad arrived, he went as usual straight to watch the flowers. Seeing his flowers ______ on the ground like dead animals, he was ______ at first. He looked towards the ______to see if it was any of the neighbors’ children who could have done it. Then he looked at mom in ______. Finally mom, who always taught us to tell the ______no matter what, said, “No bad neighbors did this great job, only your lovely daughter Clemence.” Dad’s face changed into a (an) ______ and then he said, “Do I have better flower than my _______ daughter?” My younger sister smiled and hugged dad ______. 1.A.fed B.took care of C.bought D.used 2.A.stop B.admit C.enjoy D.avoid 3.A.dried B.piled C.threw D.arranged 4.A.pleased B.surprised C.disappointed D.embarrassed 5.A.blind B.lost C.hopeless D.speechless 6.A.guess B.idea C.way D.words 7.A.appreciation B.friendship C.favor D.interest 8.A.standing B.placing C.sitting D.lying 9.A.sad B.shocked C.satisfied D.amused 10.A.windows B.school C.house D.street 11.A.agreement B.return C.silence D.thought 12.A.truth B.story C.matter D.apology 13.A.fear B.smile C.cry D.anger 14.A.naughty B.special C.lovely D.curious 15.A.heavily B.suddenly C.deeply D.firmly
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阅读下面短文，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。 Today our knowledge of food and what it does for our bodies is far 1. advanced than that of the old times. Now we know about vitamins and how each kind of vitamin helps in the 2. (grow) of a particular part of our body. There are on the market all kinds of vitamins which one can take 3. (make) up for one’s lack of certain important things. Of course, if we eat properly, the food that we eat will take care of 4. (we) bodies and so there is no need to take any kinds of vitamins. Generally 5.(speak), everything we eat 6. (do) some good to our body, but if we eat too much of one kind of food and pay too little attention to others, we may have too much of one kind and not enough of others. Then we may be 7. trouble. We are often told that we must eat some meat at each meal in order to get the necessary proteins (蛋白质). That is only 8. (part) true, for proteins are not found only in meat. They can also be got from some 9. (vegetable). The best advice about what to eat is that we should eat all kinds of food 10. never too much of any.
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假定你是学生会主席李华，五一假期期间，你将负责带你校留学生去爬崂山。请写一个书面通知，内容包括： 1.集合时间、地点； 2.注意事项。 注意：1. 词数80左右； 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。 As Amy Hagadorn rounded the corner across the hall from her classroom, she ran into a tall boy from the fifth grade running in the opposite direction. “Watch it, dwarf.” The boy yelled as he kept away the little third-grader. Then, with an unfriendly smile on his face, the boy took hold of his right leg and imitated the way Amy limped (跛行)when she walked. Amy closed her eyes for a moment. “Forget it”! she told herself as she headed for her classroom. But at the end of the day, Amy was still thinking about the tall boy’s mean teasing (嘲弄). It wasn’t as if he were the only one. It seemed that ever since Amy started the third grade, someone teased her every single day. Kids teased her about her speech or her limping. Amy was tired of it. Sometimes, even in a classroom full of other students, the teasing made her feel all alone. Back home at the dinner table that evening, Amy was quiet. Her mother knew that things were not going well at school. “There’s a Christmas wish contest on the newspaper,” Amy’s mom announced. “Write a letter to Santa, and you might win a prize”. The contest sounded like fun to Amy. She started thinking about what she wanted most for Christmas. A smile took hold of Amy when the idea first came to her. Out came pencil and paper, and Amy went to work on her letter. While Amy worked away at her writing, the rest of the family tried to guess what she might ask from Santa. Amy’s sister, Jamie, and Amy’s mom both thought a three-foot Barbie doll would top Amy’s wish list. Amy’s dad guessed a picture book. But Amy wasn’t ready to reveal her secret Christmas wish just then. Here is Amy’s letter to Santa, just as she wrote it that night: 注意： 1．所续写的短文的词数应为150左右； 2．续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好； Paragraph 1： “Dear Santa Claus,” she began. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph 2： The next day, a picture of Amy and her letter to Santa made the front page of the News Sentinel. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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