China now has 52 sites included on the UNESCO World Heritage list, which was established to safeguard unique and irreplaceable cultural and natural sites around the world. Let’s have a look at some of them, which may give you some clues on your next travel plan.
Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor
The Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor is located in Lintong county, near Xi’an city, capital of Shaanxi province. A total of 8,000 life-size terracotta warriors, chariots and horses, and hundreds of bronze weapons have been unearthed from it. Many state leaders and experts worldwide believe that the discovery of the mausoleum is a major archeological find and can be called the eighth wonder of the world, paralleling Egypt’s pyramids.
Kulangsu, a Historic International Settlement
Gulangyu Island, known in the local dialect as Kulangsu, is located on the entry of the Jiulong River, facing the city of Xiamen. The island was occupied by at least a dozen countries, including Great Britain, France and Japan. As a result, Western culture grew rapidly there in the 19th century, especially music. With such a harmonious blend of Western music and Eastern culture, Gulangyu is naturally referred to as the “island of music”. It is famous for its outstanding musicians and musical instruments.
Qinghai Hoh Xil
Hoh Xil, which means “beautiful girl” in Mongolian, is located in the north-eastern end of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Hoh Xil National Nature Reserve is China’s largest and the world’s third largest uninhabited area. Because of the high altitude and fierce weather, it is impossible for people to live there, and therefore, it is a paradise for wildlife and home to more than 230 species of wild animals including endangered species such as the Tibetan antelope, which is recognized as the National Class I Protected animal.
Huangshan Mountain
Huangshan, known as “the loveliest mountain of China”, lies in the south of Anhui province in eastern China. The scenic area covers 154 sq km, and is famous for its peaks, rocks, pines, clouds and springs. It also has a rich cultural heritage. Xu Xiake, a famous traveler of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), visited Huangshan twice, and described it in a poem, calling it the best of all mountains in China. Today it holds the same fascination for visitors, poets, painters and photographers.
1.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text?
A. Qinghai Hoh Xil is the largest uninhabited area in the world.
B. Kulangsu was occupied for not less than a dozen years.
C. Mausoleum is located in the capital city of Shaanxi province.
D. Huangshan Mountain is well known for its magnificent scenery.
2.Why is Qinghai Hoh Xil a paradise for wildlife living there?
A. Because endangered species are well protected there.
B. Because it is large in size with beautiful scenery.
C. Because it is located on Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.
D. Because tough weather and environment make no people live there.
3.Where does the passage most probably come from?
A. A travel guidebook B. An entertainment magazine
C. A science fiction D. A history textbook
假如你是李华。来自澳大利亚的交换生Kenton首次离家来中国读书，因生活上和语言交流上有困难，他萌生了回家的念头。不知如何是好的他在某网站上发帖求助，请你据此给他回帖。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
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I am looking forward to your reply.
Yours sincerely,
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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。
The problem of “white pollution” was caused by using plastic is becoming increasingly serious, on which plastic shopping bags play an important role. In China, about three billions plastic shopping bags are consumed every day, that results in a great waste of resources and heavy environmental pollution. Lucky, the government has put a nationwide ban on the use of free plastic bags, demand that no stores or supermarkets should provide customers with free plastic bags. The rule will undoubtedly reduce use of plastic bags or promote the awareness of environmental protection. It was highly suggested that everyone turns to cloth bags and shopping baskets.
This summer I travelled from noisy Beijing to Wuzhen, a beautiful village in Zhejiang Province. Unfolded before me was 1. unique image of this water country—the stone bridge and the water flowing, all like fairy tales to me.
However,2. impressed me most was not the natural scenery but the scene of a grandma bathing a little baby in a wooden basin with the door open. My friends couldn’t help 3.(take) pictures of them. To my surprise, the grandma smiled and waved at us. All of a sudden, my heart was filled with 4. (warm).
I shared the photo and my 5. (forget) experience with my friends. They were 6.(simple) moved as I was, but at the same time they reminded me of the unpleasant experiences in big cities. We feel embarrassed to see people quarreling in public because they 7. (step) on accidentally by strangers.
According to a recent survey 8. (make) in November 2016: 45 percent of the residents don’t know the names of their neighbors; 63 percent have never devoted 9. (they) to talking to their neighbors; 67 percent think that the relationship between them and their neighbors is just so-so, or even bad.
Wouldn’t it be beautiful to say hello to our neighbors who just came back 10. work give them a smile?
We all love college reunion(再聚). I feel very lucky to have been able to ______ my 25th anniversary reunion. The meals were ______ welcomed. The celebration was inspiring,______ an overview of the past years. And the ______ of my four years on campus were satisfying and ______.
One of my favourite parts was ______ about the lives of my classmates. Their ______ lives-families, relationships-and also their professional work. There’s the classmate who is an organic farmer and a leader in the effort to ______ other farmers about organic farming skills; the classmate who ______ over her family’s power plant; the classmate who ______ her own company; the classmate who went to a(n)______ school and now works as a delivery nurse. All are inspirational. What they also ______ is a commitment to learning, leading, challenging and contributing, all things we learned the value of in college.
Then there is our classmate who passed away in January 2017. He shared the commitment to all the ______ listed above, as well as to the value of adventure and positive thinking. He was missed ______ words. As a class, we ______ him on Saturday evening and as a college, we did honor to him, along with other classmates who have passed away in the past five years, at a memorial service on Sunday morning. I was honored, on ______ of our class and our college, to read his name and ______ a candle for him at the service. This classmate was an ______ throughout his short life.
I have been ______ on my 25th reunion and on my college days and all the days since. I am ______ for the lessons I have learned so far. And I am inspired.
1.A. watch B. attend C. prepare D. visit
2.A. normally B. deeply C. regularly D. hopefully
3.A. supporting B. providing C. earning D. making
4.A. experiments B. incidents C. memories D. behaviors
5.A. appreciated B. considered C. discussed D. searched
6.A. seeing B. leaving C. looking D. learning
7.A. daily B. social C. personal D. official
8.A. ignore B. encourage C. congratulate D. educate
9.A. watched B. took C. called D. got
10.A. forms B. reunites C. runs D. spoils
11.A. art B. graduate C. nursing D. law
12.A. supply B. explore C. admit D. share
13.A. styles B. qualities C. evidence D. relics
14.A. throughout B. over C. by D. beyond
15.A. honored B. voted C. released D. removed
16.A. top B. account C. call D. behalf
17.A. light B. make C. blow D. mop
18.A. application B. inspiration C. reception D. protection
19.A. depending B. passing C. reflecting D. taking
20.A. peaceful B. faithful C. hopeful D. grateful
Crossroads International
How does crossroads work?
Crosswords is a resource network. We take goods Hong Kong doesn’t want and give them to people who badly need them. We collect those goods and give them out in the welfare agencies in Hong Kong, Mainland China, elsewhere in Asia, Eastern Europe and Africa. 1.
Who do we help?
2. They are grass-root groups who have seen a need and tried to meet it. They can’t get the job done without backup, though, so our task is to help them do their task. Our warehouse (仓库) is full of goods, from computers to high chairs, clothing to books, cupboards to dining sets. They send us a list of their needs and we try to match it with the resource we have in stock.
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Crossroads itself also operates on a low budget. We do not buy the goods we send. They are donated. Similarly, rather than raising funds for freight (货运), we ask transport companies to donate their services.4. Even our full-time staff work on a voluntary basis.
What can you do?
5. While we receive large quantities of goods and there is never a short supply of requests for them, we are always in need of hands to help sort and prepare them for shipping. If you are volunteering regularly, we can offer work in some of the categories, some of the time.
A. What do we need?
B. How do we operate?
C. So Crossroads is just that: a Crossroads between need and resource.
D. Nobody in our organization receives a salary.
E. One resource that we are always in need of is people.
F. welfare agencies we help do not run on large budgets.
G. All volunteer work is done at our warehouse.
