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Phuket, Thailand With its dry season stretching from November to April, there are few more reliable destinations for a sunny escape than Phuket in winter. Thailand's biggest island is a holiday icon, starting as a backpacker get-away and now a mainstream favorite. Besides blue water, fine beaches, palm trees and massage, the sunsets from Phromthep Cape at the southern tip are marvelous. Sicily, Italy Winter in Sicily means fewer crowds, bright blue skies, and almond trees in full bloom. It also means you'll have the island's stunning Baroque towns and extraordinary archeological (考古学的) sites all to yourself and that you'll be able to ski on Mount Etna, indulge in delicious cuisine, and enjoy beautiful Taormina at its most relaxed. Xishuangbanna, China Xishuangbanna in Yunnan province is one of the most-visited spots in China. As the country's only tropical rainforest nature reserve, it has surprising biological diversity. The climate is humid and warm here, and the temperature gap between the coldest month and the hottest month is only 10 degrees Celsius, which makes it one of the ideal places to enjoy pleasant temperatures during the cold months. Quy Nho'n, Vietnam Sitting between the busy coastal cities of Nha Trang and Hoi An, Quy Nho'n is a relatively unknown, quiet beach town. The intense resort development seen in the country's more popular seaside locations has yet to reach this region, making for a perfect place for a relaxed getaway. Besides fresh seafood, there lies a pretty cove beach around a dozen kilometers south of Quy Nho'n, where there is a collection of fine hotels popular with independent travelers. Alaska, the United States Alaska has a natural landscape that seems at times untouched by humanity. Anchorage, the state's largest city, has the typical Iditarod Dog Race, which alone is worth a trip to see. Head over to the city of Fairbanks, to witness the amazing spectacle of Northern Lights and to take a dogsled tour. Don't forget to explore the incredible Mendenhall Ice Caves, located near the capital of Alaska, Juneau. 1.If you are interested in ancient places, you can go to . A.Phuket B.Sicily C.Xishuangbanna D.Quy Nho'n 2.At Alaska, people can enjoy . A.blue water and fine beaches B.pleasant temperatures C.Northern Lights D.delicious cuisine 3.We can learn from the passage that . A.there are a good many people in Sicily in winter B.Xishuangbanna is the most-visited spot in China C.Phuket is the biggest island in Vietnam D.Quy Nho'n hasn't highly developed 4.In which section of a website can you find the passage? A.Travelling. B.Finance. C.Sports. D.Transportation.
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From my hotel room window, I see an oversized billboard with his face on it: Jason, the Great Magician. I absent-mindedly turn the pages of the phone book and come across a city map. Sipping my iced latté, I run my fingers along the streets from the hotel to the opera hall. Not more than a half-hour walk. I glance at the clock. The show starts in one hour. Plenty of time! I gulp the last three sips of my latté and hop in the shower. Soon I’m on my way to the show, carrying a fancy black handbag and a genuine smile. The billboard looks even more impressive from outside. The Great Jason's eyes seem to be glancing through me. I shiver and walk faster. I feel like a child about to open her birthday presents. The hall is dark when I come in; the show is about to begin. I make my way backstage just as the great magician puts on his top hat. ''Daddy, I'm so glad to see you, '' I say in a half-whisper. ''I'm in town for the writer’s workshop, but I just couldn't miss your show. '' I give him a quick hug and go back into the seating area, leaving him with a startled smile. I settle down in the darkness, and the curtains open. Magically, that show remains the Great Jason's best performance to this day. 1.The underlined sentence indicates the writer is . A.embarrassed and hesitant B.brave and determined C.nervous and excited D.surprised and frightened 2.Why was the writer in town? A.To go to the workshop. B.To visit the magician. C.To enjoy the performance. D.To help people in need. 3.Who is Jason? A.The person the writer will work with. B.The father of the writer. C.The greatest performer ever. D.The unknown magician.
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For many in the UK, if the New Year means anything, it means starting with a clean beginning and turning over a new leaf. And to do this, many of us make New Year's resolutions—a list of ways that we intend to improve ourselves in the year ahead. We reflect on our past transgressions and decide not to do them again. Stopping smoking is ever popular, as is a vow to take up more exercise or spend more time with family. But where does the idea of a New Year's resolution come from? The answer might lie 4,000 years ago in ancient Babylonia (巴比伦王国), according to History.com. The Babylonians are believed to be the first to hold recorded celebrations for the New Year. The 12-day-long celebration, allowed them not only to reaffirm (重申) their loyalty to the king, but also to promise to the gods to pay their debts and return borrowed objects. For their good behavior, they believed the gods would cast favor upon them for the year to come. The Romans too had similar traditions. New Year's Day was a time when senators would swear they had maintained the laws and city leaders and soldiers would take an oath (宣誓) of loyalty to the emperor. Incidentally, the month of January, is named after the Roman god Janus. He is the god of beginnings, transitions and time, among other things and is described as having two faces—one looking to the past and the other facing forward to the future. The Romans may be long gone, but their legacy lives on. Come the turn of the year and we look at self-improvement, review our past mistakes, confess our wrongdoings and try to sharpen up in general. Ultimately, much like the Babylonians and Romans, we seek to reaffirm the best parts of ourselves, while leaving the worthless behind. Whether you're looking at a quick behavioral change, or huge personality improving, you're taking part in an old tradition. I wish you all the best sticking to your resolutions. Happy New Year! 1.The underlined word ''transgressions'' in the first paragraph means '' ''. A.childhood B.wrongdoings C.careers D.achievements 2.What did the Babylonians do during the 12-day-long celebration? A.They strengthened their loyalty to the king again. B.They borrowed objects from gods. C.They took up more exercise. D.They kept the laws and stayed with families. 3.What physical feature does the Roman god Janus have? A.Janus is the god of beginnings. B.Janus is the god of transitions and time. C.Janus has two faces. D.Janus looks to the past. 4.The main idea of the passage is . A.the way to celebrate New Year B.the origin of the New Year's resolution C.the old story of Romans D.the approach to changing people's behavior
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Since the Second World War, there has been an obvious trend, especially among the growing group of college students, toward early marriage. Many youths begin dating in the first stages of adolescence, ''go steady'' through high school, and marry before their formal education has been completed. In some quarters, there is much shaking of graying heads over the ways of rebellious youth. However, emotional maturity does not grow with age; it does not arrive automatically at twenty-one or twenty-five. Some achieve it surprisingly early, while others never do, even in three-score years and ten. Many students are marrying as an escape, not only from an unsatisfying home life, but also from their own personal problems of isolation and loneliness. However, any marriage entered into as an escape cannot prove entirely successful. The sad fact is that marriage seldom solves one's problems; more often, it merely worsens them. Furthermore, it is doubtful whether the home is capable of carrying all that the young are seeking to put into it; one might say that they are abandoning one idol only to worship another. Young people correctly understand that their parents are wrong in believing that success is the ultimate good, but they themselves are wrong in believing that they have found the true center of life's meaning. Their expectations of marriage are essentially unrealistic and therefore incapable of fulfillment. They want too much, and tragic disillusionment (幻想破灭) is often bound to follow. Shall we, then, join the chorus of those against early marriages? One cannot generalize: all early marriages are not bad any more than all later ones are good. Satisfactory marriages are determined not by how old one is, but by the emotional maturity of the partners. Therefore, each case must be judged on its own merits. If the early marriage is not an escape, if it is entered into with relatively few illusions or false expectations, and if it is economically practicable, why not? Good marriages can be made from sixteen to sixty, and so can bad ones. 1.From Para. 1 we can learn that . A.emotional maturity automatically grow with age B.some old people disapprove of early marriage C.growing group of college students are against early marriage D.the emotional expectations of young lovers are too high 2.The author's attitude to marriage as an escape is . A.negative B.unsure C.indifferent D.acceptable 3.It can be implied from the last paragraph that . A.early marriages should not be encouraged B.later marriages are always better than early marriages C.each marriage should be looked at differently D.young people can benefit a lot from early marriage 4.What's the best title of the passage? A.Disillusionment in Marriage B.Expectations for Marriage C.Marriages and Emotional Maturity D.The Trend of Early Marriages
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People express their personalities in their clothes, their cars, and their homes. Because we might choose certain foods to ''tell'' people something about us, our diets can also be an expression of our personalities. For example, some people eat mainly gourmet foods, such as caviar (鱼子酱) and lobster (龙虾), and they eat only in expensive restaurants. 1. Human beings can eat many different kinds of foods, but some people choose not to eat meat. 2.Their personalities might be similar too. For example, vegetarians in the United States and Canada may be creative people, and they might not enjoy competitive sports or jobs. They worry about the health of the world, and they are probably strongly opposed to war. 3. One study shows that many fast food eaters have a lot in common with one another, but they are very different from vegetarians. They are competitive and good at business. 4. Many fast food eaters might not agree with this description of their personalities, but it is common picture of them. Some people also believe that people of the same astrological sign (星座) have similar food personalities. Aries (born under the sign of Aries, between March 21 and April 20) usually like spicy foods, with a lot of onions and pepper. People with the sign of Taurus (April 21 to May 22) prefer healthful fruits and vegetables, but they often eat too much. 5. Aquarius (January 21 to February 19) can eat as much meat and fish as they want, but sugar and cholesterol (胆固醇) are sometimes problems for them. A.They are also usually in a hurry. B.Some people eat mostly fast food. C.They know about the “better things in life”. D.Vegetarians often have more in common than just their diet. E.People's personalities have something to do with their parents. F.Many people avoid alcohol, which makes the body lose too much water. G.Sagittarius (November 22 to December 22) like ethnic foods from many different countries.
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What were you like as a teenager? I was a _______. I was rude to my parents, always stayed out late, never did my homework, hung out with the wrong people and made many _______ decisions. Apparently, this is the age when teenagers are out of control and _______ badly. If you're a teenager now, you think this is _______ criticism or it's not your fault. Well, you might be _______! Experts have found that it's a teenager's brain that is to _______. Between the ages of _______ 13 to 19 the brain is still developing in areas that _______ behaviour. This has an/a _______ on learning and multitasking, stress and memory, sleep, addiction, and decision-making. This is quite a new ________, according to Professor Sarah, ''when I was at university, the dogma (教条) in the text books was that the vast brain ________ goes on in the first few years of life and nothing much ________ after mid-childhood. That dogma is completely ________.'' So our brains are still developing much later than was originally thought. Is this the perfect excuse for teenagers to ________ and not get their homework done on time? It's something to do with our prefrontal cortex (前额皮层). It's involved in many high-level cognitive (认知的) ________ such as decision making and planning. This region is undergoing large amounts of development during the adolescent years. For an/a________, this hasn't developed yet. So getting organized to do their homework, for example, can be a bit ________. I wish I'd known about this because instead of telling my ________ I'd left my homework on the bus or that the dog had ________ it. Now I could say, ''Sorry sir, my ________ isn't developed enough for the cognitive task of planning my homework''. 1.A.prince B.nightmare C.fool D.joke 2.A.real B.wise C.bad D.good 3.A.dress B.talk C.react D.behave 4.A.unfair B.practical C.fun D.reasonable 5.A.dull B.right C.wrong D.precise 6.A.praise B.blame C.wake D.call 7.A.appropriately B.alternatively C.frequently D.approximately 8.A.control B.use C.express D.play 9.A.touch B.impact C.role D.advantage 10.A.way B.invention C.discovery D.job 11.A.exploration B.experiment C.progress D.development 12.A.changes B.stays C.remains D.leaves 13.A.true B.unknown C.false D.satisfying 14.A.get over B.hang around C.look around D.take off 15.A.interests B.results C.drawbacks D.tasks 16.A.adult B.scientist C.teenager D.baby 17.A.exhausting B.simple C.challenging D.late 18.A.boss B.teacher C.trainer D.colleague 19.A.eaten B.seen C.passed D.recognized 20.A.knowledge B.body C.identity D.brain
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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Wild elephants that destroy crops and damage trees 1.(be) a serious problem in many parts of Africa. But there could be a simple and 2.(relative) safe way to stop them in their tracks, by 3.(employ) the talents of the tiny African honeybees. The number of elephants in Kenya 4.(rise) over the past ten years, with some disastrous results. Not only do these huge animals attack local farms 5. they step someone to death an average of once every two weeks. Now a biologist has discovered a possible threat: the elephants are extremely aware 6. trees that house honeybee hives. ''I am 7.(puzzle) why nobody has thought of this before, ''says Fritz Vollrath at the University of Oxford. ''When an elephant knocks a beehive he runs and the bees will follow him for miles. '' He says that placing hives of the honeybees around local farms could be 8. effective way to threaten the animals. Vollrath put 30 unoccupied and 6 occupied 9.(beehive) in some of the trees growing on a bush frequently damaged by elephants. On average the elephants attacked 9 out of 10 trees that didn’t have hives. But 10.(them) avoided all six trees with occupied hives. The elephants also left along one–third of the trees with empty hives, suggesting that some had learnt not to take the risk.
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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。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(＼)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。 More and more students are doing part-time jobs today. There are many advantage in students doing part-time jobs. Except earning some money to support themselves, they can learn stuff what cannot be learned from textbooks. We will learn to get along with different kinds of people, get useful working experience and to learn the value of labor. Therefore, there are also some disadvantages. For example, too much work may take up much of the students’ study time and affected their studies. Another disadvantage is that money earned, if not proper used, may lead to some bad habits, or even greed. Good or bad, it is not easy for students to getting part-time jobs in China now. To change the situation, people should develop fresh look at students doing part-time jobs and provide them with opportunities.
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假设你是李华，你在美国的朋友Jack正在学习中文，他给你写信询问中文中的四字成语，请给Jack写一封回信，介绍一个中文中的四字成语。 注意：1. 词数不少于100； 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 词汇：four-word Chinese idiom Dear Jack, I admire your passion for the Chinese language and I’m more than happy to give you some help. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours sincerely, Li Hua
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