For many people, leisure time is an opportunity to get outdoors, have some fun and meet interesting people. Add two pieces of advanced 21st century technology — global positioning system (GPS) devices and the Internet — to get “geocaching”.
The word geocaching comes from “geo” (earth) and “cache” (hidden storage). Geocachers log onto a website to find information about the location of a cache — usually a waterproof plastic box containing small items such as toys and CDs — along with a notebook where “finders” can enter comments and learn about the cache “owner”, the person who created and hid the cache. Finders may take any of the items in the cache but are expected to replace them with something of similar value. They then visit the website again and write a message to the owner.
Geocaching became possible on May 1, 2000, when a satellite system developed by the U.S. Department of Defense was made public. Using an inexpensive GPS device, anyone on earth can send a signal to the satellites and receive information about their position. This is basically a high-tech version of orienteering, the traditional pastime which uses maps and compasses instead of GPS to determine one’s location.
Geocachers are a very considerate group. Owners carefully choose a cache’s location to give finders an enjoyable experience, such as a beautiful view or a good campsite. They also consider the environmental impact of their cache since it could result in an increased number of visitors to an area. As for the content of the caches, owners and finders must only use items that are suitable for the whole family, as caches are found by geocachers of all ages.
1.According to the passage, geocaching is __________.
A. an outdoor leisure activity
B. a new type of technology
C. a game used to teach geography
D. a program to protect environment
2.How can finders learn about the cache owners?
A. By meeting them. B. By going to a website.
C. From the notebook. D. From the satellite.
3.Which of the following is NOT used in geocaching?
A. A GPS device. B. A compass.
C. A plastic container. D. The Internet.
4.Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. Most geocachers are adults.
B. Any item can be placed in the caches.
C. The caches should be put in a remote place.
D. Geocachers try to avoid damaging the environment.
Make a difference with your photography
Take the chance to make a real difference with your photography and contribute to One Minute on Earth, a project aiming to help street children around the world.
We all live on the planet Earth, in different time zones and different parts of the world. When you read this, it will be night in one part of the world and morning somewhere else. A sunset and a sunrise is always there at any minute on earth.
In 2015 on the 7th of April at 13:00 (New York time), 200 photographers all around the world clicked on the button of their cameras all within the same minute on earth. From all these amazing landscape photos and stories, a photobook was made which was sold to raise money for charity.
100% of this profit was donated to the Ashalayam Deutschland organisation which used this money to support a street children center in Kolkata India. You can still buy this book from our website, which will help us continue to support the kids.
We plan to hold this event annually, with the next one scheduled on June 21st 2017 at 21:00 (New York time). Money raised from the sale of the new photobook will go to a home in South Africa where 75 parentless children live. This year’s event will include not only landscape photos but also street photos. The main rule is that the sky must be shown in the photo, so all can see at what time it was shot when this year’s One Minute on Earth got to you.
1. What is the main goal of One Minute on Earth?
A. To raise money for children.
B. To publish a photobook.
C. To find the best picture.
D. To take pictures of different places.
2.What do the 2015 and 2017 events have in common?
A. They take place on the same date.
B. They each produce a photobook.
C. They require the same type of picture.
D. The money raised goes to the same children.
3.What is the main rule of the 2017 event?
A. All photos must be landscapes.
B. The photos must be taken in Africa.
C. The sky must appear in every photo.
D. Each photographer can submit only one photo.
书面表达
假设你叫李华，你打算利用假期为史密斯先生所在的社区的外国人免费教汉语，同时希望提高自己英语水平.请你用英语给史密斯先生写一封电子邮件，请他帮忙联系。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
短文改错
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。
As is known to us all, only before experiencing pains and failures in life can we really grow up good and mature physically and mentally. Once I was among the top student in my class, but later I suffered from serious disease, which almost cost my life. Luckily, I was survived. But I fell behind your fellow classmates due to missing too much lessons. But I was in despair. Then in came my head teacher, who encouraged me to study hard, convinced me that a rainbow only came after rain. And now with great efforts I have made progress.
阅读下面材料，在标有1~10 的空格处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Celebrated across Thailand, the Songkra Festival is a holiday 1. welcomes the New Year with a countrywide water fight. It is also celebrated in other Asian countries like Cambodia and Laos, but the celebration in Thailand 2. (know) to be the most exciting.
Songkran was at first a time to visit families, clean away the old year and bring in a fresh one. Many Thais cleaned away the old year by 3. (wash) their homes and Buddhas around the house. They would collect the water than ran over the Buddhas and pour 4. onto the shouders of family members for good luck.
5. (final) the original purpose of the holiday became less important than the national water fight 6. (love) by Thais and foreigners today. The 7. (energy) people use whatever they can get their hand on and make each other wet with water.
Every year, 8. large number of tourist gather in Thailand to welcome the 9. (arrive) of Songkran. If you plan 10. (visit) Thailand, the days of Songkran are a great time to get to know Thai traditions.
完形填空．
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并标在答题卷的相应位置。
I had an experience recently with someone saying that he had made a________ fifteen years ago. He told me that he had been the ________ of a certain store in the neighborhood where I once ________ , and he asked me if I remembered the egg cartons(纸板盒).
I was about eight years old at the time, and I had ________ into the store with my mother as usual to do the shopping. On that ________ day, there must have been a sale on eggs ________ there was an attractive display of eggs in dozen and half-dozen cartons. The cartons were ________ one on top of another, about three or four feet ________. I stopped in front of a display and watched those cartons ________ . Just then a woman came up with a full basket in her hand and ________ the cartons. For some reason, I ________ it was up to me to put the display back together, so I went to work.
The manager heard the ________ and came rushing over to see what had happened. When he ________ , I was on my knees checking some of the cartons to see if any of the eggs were ________ , but to him it looked as though it was I who did that. He wanted me to ________ those eggs. I tried to ________ , but he did not believe me. After so many years, I had almost forgotten all about it; ________ , the manager hadn’t.
One of the qualities that most people like in others is their ________ to say sorry. It is extremely ________ sometimes to say a simple thing like “ sorry, I was wrong about that.” That’s why I have ________ opinions of this manager now.
1.A. mistake B. decision C.promise D. difference.
2.A. driver B. designer C. repairman D. manager
3.A. hid B. started C.lived D. worked.
4.A. walked B. jumped C. looked D. climbed.
5.A. happy B. special C. sunny D. windy
6.A. if B. because C. unless D. though
7.A. examined B. protected C. placed D. introduced
8.A. long B. wide C. deep D. high
9.A. closely B. quickly C. kindly D. proudly
10.A. picked up B. knocked over C. threw away D. held up
11.A. agreed B. hoped C. decided D. forgot.
12.A. laugh B. joke C. song D. noise
13.A. followed B. appeared C. practiced D. continued
14.A. broken B. warm C. ex
pensive D. fresh
15.A. look for B. cook C. pay for D. sell
16.A. relax B. explain C. fight back D. speed up
17.A. in other words B. besides C. as a result D. however
18.A. courage B. chance C. ability D. time
19.A. boring B. hard C. strange D. unfair
20.A. poor B. strong C. high D. honest
