Dark Sky Parks around the World
Warrumbungle National Park
Situated in the central west slopes of New South Wales is Australia’s only dark sky park, Warrumbungle. The park has served as a dark sky park since July 2016. Its crystal-clear night skies and high altitude make it a natural, educational, and astronomical heritage site in the southern half of the earth. Tourists can use Australia’s largest optical telescope within the park boundaries to view the auroras(极光)，the Milky Way, and faint shooting stars.
Sark
Sark is a Channel Island near the coast of Normandy under the protection of the UK. It was the World’s First Dark Sky Island set up in January 2011. Its historical and cultural blend attracts over 40,000 tourists annually. With no motor vehicles and public lighting on the island, there is an exceptional view of the dark skies. A rich Milky Way is visible in the dark night skies from the shores of the island.
Pic du Midi de Bigorre
Pic du Midi de Bigorre in France was designated as a dark sky park in December 2013 making it the second largest dark sky park in the world. The park covers 3.112 square kilometers spread across the Pyrenees National Park and UNESCO’s World Heritage site, Pyrenees-Mont Perdu. The park attracts over one hundred star watchers every year. The Observatory Midi-Pyrenees, which was built in 1870, is one of the world’s highest museums at a height of 2,877 meters above sea level.
Ramon Crater/Makhtesh Ramon
Ramon Crater is a unique 1,100-square-kilometer nature reserve located in the Negev Desert in Israel. In 2017, the Ramon Crater became the first designated dark sky park in the Middle East. Its location, rough climate, and forbidding landscape that are characteristic of the Negev have largely defeated historical attempts for human settlement, making it a great place to view the night skies. Stargazers usually camp in the desert to have an uninterrupted view of the stars, planets, and the Milky Way.
1.Which park serves as a heritage site for astronomy?
A. Sark.
B. Pic du Midi de Bigorre.
C. Warrumbungle National Park.
D. Ramon Crater/Makhtesh Ramon.
2.What do we know about Sark from the passage?
A. Not a single car runs there.
B. It was an island belonging to Normandy.
C. The Milky Way can only be seen there.
D. Visitors like to stay on the island in groups.
3.What makes it difficult for humans to live in Ramon Crater?
A. High altitude. B. The large area.
C. Geographical conditions. D. Cultural features.
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1. 词数100左右
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Sir/Madam ,
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Yours,
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2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
I’m sorry that I wasn’t able to return to your bike on time yesterday. I mean to give it back to you before four in the afternoon，but I was hold up on my way back. Just before I turned corner of Park Street. I happened to see an accident. A little girl was hurt but her mother needed help. So I helped them going to the nearest hospital. I stayed there for one and a half hour and made sure that the girl was all rightly. When I got back, it were already 6 pm. I hope your understand.
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Jane was walking round the department store. She remembered how difficult1. was to choose a Christmas present for her father. She wished that he was easy 2.(please). Besides, shopping at this time of the year was not 3.pleasant experience: people stepped on your feet or 4.（push）you with their elbows, hurrying ahead to get to a bargain.
Jane paused in front of a counter (柜台) 5. some attractive ties were on display. But Jane knew from past experience that the 6.（choose）of ties hardly ever pleased her father.
Jane stopped where a small crowd of men had gathered. She found some good quality 7.(pipe) on sale. She did not hesitate for long: although her father smoked a pipe only once 8. a while, she knew that this was a present which was bound to please him.
When Jane got home，her parents were already at table having supper. Her mother was 9.(excite). “Your father has decided to stop smoking,” Jane 10.（inform）.
Honesty is always the best policy, especially when it comes to mental health problems. In a TV _______, one girl gets very real about dealing with anxiety and panic.
“I was the best student in my high school. I put so much _______ on myself,” she said. “I never _______ a class. But I got sick during 10th grade and I started to _______. That’s when the panic attacks began.” She goes on to describe what a panic attack _______ like, “One day the teacher handed me my grade _______, and I couldn’t breathe. My heart was beating very _______. I felt disconnected. I saw people trying to talk to me but I couldn’t hear them. Afterwards, I was sent to ______,” she shared.
It was then _______ the attacks started happening ________ daily, and they haven’t stopped. “Last year I started college. And I can’t be the best student here no matter how hard I try,” she said. “Everyone is so ________. My panic attacks got so bad that I had to ________ my first semester.”
However, now she is facing her anxiety, and things are getting better. “ I used to try to hide ________. I thought that ________ nobody know, it didn’t exist,” she said. “But the more I talk about my ________, the more I realize that other people experience ________ things. So I’m trying to express it more. I had a great teacher ________ told me, ‘Instead of letting anxiety keep you from doing your art, let it be the thing that _______ your art.’”
Recently, women all over the world took to Twitter to________ what anxiety is like. We are ________ alone.
1.A. project B. program C. platform D. station
2.A. weight B. height C. pressure D. measure
3.A. joined B. succeeded C. failed D. attended
4.A. fall behind B. fall down C. leave behind D. leave alone
5.A. looks B. sounds C. tastes D. feels
6.A. report B. survey C. research D. notice
7.A. mildly B. wildly C. slowly D. severely
8.A. school B. work C. hospital D. home
9.A. when B. since C. before D. that
10.A. still B. always C. merely D. almost
11.A. ambitious B. anxious C. talented D. experienced
12.A. arrange B. perform C. operate D. cancel
13.A. it B. them C. me D. us
14.A. unless B. if C. while D. as
15.A. confidence B. dream C. issue D. desire
16.A. similar B. familiar C. various D. serious
17.A. who B. whom C. whose D. which
18.A. abandons B. quits C. motivates D. protests
19.A. advertise B. advise C. share D. compare
20.A. always B. sometimes C. seldom D. never
There are some people who seem to always be surrounded by friends, and there are others who always seem to be standing on the outside, looking in at the crowds of friends. If you are one of the outsiders, it is time to break out of your shell and start making new friends. Here are some tips that will help.
1. . Nobody likes a phony (虚伪的人). In fact, if you aren’t yourself, others aren’t becoming friends with you. When the time comes that you feel comfortable enough to act like yourself again, you may not be well received, because you are a totally different person. 2. .
Use technology. There are all kinds of online groups you can get involved with. 3. .For instance, Leaflets is a great place to meet new people. It creates experiences people can join, and you get to meet like-minded people who share your interests.
Start with people you know. Reach out and contact acquaintances, and reconnect with old friends you haven’t seen in a long time. Don’t forget about friends of friends. You may connect with some really cool people just by hanging out with your friends and their friends. 4.. If you stay home, you aren’t going to meet people.
Keep in touch. 5.. With the Internet and social media, there is absolutely no need for that these days. Look up old friends and reconnect with them.
A. Be yourself
B. If you are invited to go out, go
C. Keep in touch with each other
D. Let people get to know the real you
E. Knowing others well is very important
F. Many are local groups that plan activities
G. All too often, people lose touch with one another
