Undersea restaurant Ithaa
Ithaa is the very first undersea restaurant in the world located 5 meters below sea level in the Republic of Maldives. The 5-by-9-metre restaurant can hold 14 people at a time and has a transparent(透明的) roof offering a 270 panoramic (全景的) underwater view. The restaurant was designed and constructed by M. J. Murphy Ltd., a design consultancy based in New Zealand. It was opened on April 15, 2005. Food served in the restaurant can be described as contemporary （当代的） European with Asian influence.
Tip: Work on technical designs and drawings for Ithaa started in March 2004. Once constructed, Ithaa would be put into the water. Because of technical challenges, limited resources, and quality control problems in building something underwater, the restaurant can only exist for about 20 years.
Skyline Queenstown Restaurant
The famous New Zealand restaurant offers delightful fresh seafood, salads, roast meats and delicious desserts, while the panoramic view from the windows will attract you day or night. It' s the ideal place for that special night out and the best place in Queenstown to watch the sun go down! With live music creating a relaxing atmosphere and never ending scenery to admire, you will be entertained as you eat in the restaurant.
Tip: Unlike other restaurants, the Skyline Queenstown Restaurant has tiered (分层的) seating to guarantee（确保） beautiful lake and mountain views from every table.
Revolving(旋转的) Restaurant Allalin
Located in the Allalinhom mountain, Saas-Fee, Switzerland, Revolving Allalin is the highest revolving restaurant in the world at about 3,500 m. The restaurant offers a rich selection. Valaisian platter, pasta and pizza ... all this and much more is on the menu of the world-famous restaurant. Enjoy the eating delights offered in the world's highest revolving restaurant, while some mountain tops slowly pass by.
Tip: Known as the ‘Pearl of the Alps', Saas-Fee offers many sports and activities: The popular holiday village features the Metro Alpine, the highest underground railway in the world up to the skiing area and the highest revolving restaurant at 3,500 m.
1.What do we know about Ithaa?
A. It was constructed in New Zealand.
B. It will exist for another 20 years.
C. It was finished in March 2004.
D. It can seat 14 diners at most.
2.The Skyline Queenstown Restaurant is special in its ________.
A. locationB. foodC. atmosphereD. seating
3.What do the three restaurants have in common?
A. They all met technical challenges while being built.
B. You can enjoy beautiful scenery at all of them.
C. They all offer a lot of sports and activities.
D. Yon can have fresh seafood in all of them.
假定你是李华。下学期你将作为交换生（exchange student）去加拿大一所高中学习，住在Lynn家里。请给Lynn写一封邮件，内容包括：
1.介绍自己；
2.告知到达时间；
3.询问应做何准备。
注意:
1.词数80左右
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
阅读下面材料，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。
Magic Touch
From my hotel room window，I could see a large advertisement board with his face on it: Jason, the Great Magician.
I absent-mindedly turned the 1. (page) of the phone book and came across a city map. Drinking my iced coffee I ran my fingers along the streets 2. the hotel to the opera hall. Not more 3. a half-hour walk, I thought.
I looked 4. (quick) at the clock, "The show starts in one hour; plenty of time! I drank the rest of my coffee and went to take a shower. Soon after, I was on my way to the show, 5. (carry) a fancy black handbag and a happy smile.
The hall was dark when I came in; the show was about 6. (begin). I made my way backstage just 7. the great magician was putting on his top hat.
“Daddy, I'm so glad to see you,” I 8. (whisper), I'm in town for the writer’s class, but I just couldn’t miss your show.” I gave him a quick hug and went back into the seating area，leaving him with a 9. (surprise) smile. I settled down in the darkness, and the curtains opened.
Magically, that show remains the Great Jason's best 10. (perform) to this day.
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
When my son Gene was about 12 years old, I started helping him learn to ________, I bought twenty chickens and asked him to ________ them. I told him that they would be his own chickens and we would ________ the eggs from him. However，he would have to buy chicken ________ with the money he made from the eggs. Whatever money was ________ would be his to keep. Gene was ________, thinking he would make his first ________.
After several weeks’ successful work, I began to ________ that egg production was going down, I ________ nothing about it. Then one night, Gene told me he didn’t have ________ money to buy the feed. He said the chickens had never ________ a meal and he could not figure out why some of them had stopped ________ eggs.
Then I asked him if he had ________ the amount of feed he had given the chickens. He was ________. It was like he did not think anyone would ever ________ what he had done. After a long ________—he said yes. He thought he would make more money if he gave them ________ food. I asked him, “Did you fool the chickens?”
I was just astonished at the question in my own ________. I was dumbfounded (惊呆）at the ________ of it. Yes. you can fool everyone else，but you cannot “fool the chickens," because ________, you will find out, as the saying goes, "What goes around comes around."
1.A. cookB. shareC. countD. work
2.A. take care ofB. observe
C. trainD. play with
3.A. saveB. borrowC. buyD. keep
4.A. nestB. soupC. meatD. feed
5.A. given backB. picked upC. left overD. brought in
6.A. thrilledB. worriedC. satisfiedD. discouraged
7.A. dealB. contributionC. fortuneD. choice
8.A. hearB. noticeC. predictD. imagine
9.A. saidB. foundC. thoughtD. recalled
10.A. privateB. honestC. pocketD. enough
11.A. missedB. wastedC. enjoyedD. finished
12.A. hatchingB. layingC. gatheringD. hiding
13.A. balancedB. checked outC. cut downD. measured
14.A. delightedB. shocked
C. tiredD. disappointed
15.A. forgiveB. allowC. discussD. know
16.A. silenceB. absenceC. negotiationD. preparation
17.A. heavyB. fresherC. lessD. solid
18.A. lifeB. jobC. easeD. mind
19.A. explanationB. significance
C. trickD. example
20.A. in this respectB. in the end
C. in contrastD. in addition
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
How to Have a Successful Teenage Life
Everyone wants to succeed in their life, don’t they? Even as a teenager, you can achieve success in your life; it really isn’t that hard. 1.
Do well in school. No matter how boring it is now, education will help you be a productive member in society. Try your best for excellence in school; listen to the teachers, do your homework, study, and get good grades. Doing so will help you get into a better university, which will enable you to have a bright future. 2.
Do good in your community (社区）. Volunteering can not only improve your community's status, it could make you happier. Studies show that people who volunteer are less likely to develop depression (抑郁) than people who don’t， 3. For example, if you love animals, volunteer at an animal shelter. If you love helping the environment, plant trees or pick up litter. When you help others, it will make you feel better about yourself.
4. Remember, Respect them and value their opinions, even if they annoy you sometimes. 5. You don't get to choose your teachers or your family, but you still have to put up with them. Learn how to deal with people now, because when you’re an adult, you don’t get to choose your boss or your co-workers, so learn how to respect them now.
A. Live life to the fullest.
B. School sets you up on the right track!
C. Be nice to your parents and teachers.
D. Find chances to do volunteer work that interests you.
E. It will help you pass time and develop your personality.
F. Here are some important points that you may find helpful.
G. Keep in mind that they do the things they do because they care about you.
Digital technology — email and smart phones especially — have vastly improved workers' ability to be productive outside of a traditional office. Even so, most white-collar work still happens in an office. One reason is that, according to findings of a new survey (调查) of office workers conducted by Wakefield Research for the IT company Citrix, most bosses are doubtful about remote working. Half of the workers say their boss doesn't accept it and only 35 percent say it’s tolerated.
Skeptical bosses will likely have their doubts reinforced (加深) by the same survey, which shows that 43 percent of workers say they’ve watched TV or a movie while “working” remotely, while 35 percent have done housework，and 28 percent have cooked dinner.
It is true, however，that working at home makes people much more efficient (高效的)， because it allows workers to take care of annoying housework while still getting their jobs done. It’s much faster, for example, to shop for groceries at a quarter to three than to stand in line during the after-work rush.
The fact that such practices remain officially unaccepted reflects how far we haven't come as a society from the days when we expected every full-time worker to be supported by a full-time homemaker.
More broadly the Wakefield survey suggests that employers may be missing a low-cost way to give workers something of value. Sixty-four percent of those survey participants who have worked remotely would rather give up some bonus in order to get even one day a week working from home. Under such circumstances, smart firms need to find ways to let their employees have enough flexibility to manage their time efficiently.
1.Why do some employers hesitate to allow remote working?
A. They fear losing control of their workers.
B. They want to stick to their routine practice.
C. They have little trust in modem technology.
D. They are used to face-to-face communication.
2.What seems to be most workers’ attitude toward remote working?
A. Doubtful.B. Favorable.C. Reserved.D. Disapproving.
3.What does the author suggest smart firms do?
A. Shorten their office hours.
B. Give employees a pay raise.
C. Adopt flexible work patterns.
D. Reduce their staff’s workload.
