As winter sets in, it’s the perfect time to get out of town and escape the seasonal mood disorder. Here are vacation ideas to adopt now.
Costa Rica
Costa Rica, located in the Valle del General, is an off-the-radar agriculture town that’s not overrun with tourists. The area is known for its coffee, pineapples and sugar cane plantations, as well as its rich forests. What’s more, you can enjoy horseback riding, spend afternoons at the spa or tour a nearby wildlife shelter to look out for colorful birds, sloths and other animals.
Los Cabos, Mexico
If you love wine, travel to Los Cabos, a beautiful vacation destination at the southern edge of the Baja Peninsula. During your getaway(短假), you can enjoy special wine tastings and dinner cooked by Los Cabos’s Michelin-starred chef. There are wildlife-viewing opportunities, too. From December through May, you can spot whales, manta rays and more wildlife.
Petit St Vincent, the Grenadines
This private Caribbean island was free of the anger of hurricanes Irma and Maria. What’s more, the whole island is only 115 acres and has 22 cottages. Each cottage is located in a quiet place, and you can expect to unplug and recharge phones with no wireless connections, televisions or telephones in the cottages. Even better, you can spend your days admiring fascinating marine life at the Jean-Michel Cousteau Diving Caribbean center.
The Exumas, Bahamas
On Fowl Cay’s 50-acre private island, you can enjoy a carefree escape. Days can be spent fishing, boating and diving before wandering along white sands. The resort(度假村) features large one-, two- and three-bedroom houses. Best of all, if you’re planning a group getaway or multigenerational trip, you rent the entire island for a one-of-a-kind island escape.
1.Why does the author recommend these placed to readers?
A.To experience out-of-town sights.
B.To beat winter blues.
C.To escape from extreme weather.
D.To treat mental disease.
2.What do we know about Petit St Vincent?
A.It survived hurricanes Irma and Maria. B.It’s a huge and quiet island.
C.People can admire fish off shore. D.People can charge phones using wireless connections.
3.Where can Tom best go with his grandparents and parents?
A.Los Cabos, Mexico.
B.Petit St Vincent, the Grenadines.
C.Costa Rica.
D.The Exumas, Bahamas.
写作
假如你是新华中学的学生张华，班里从外地转来一名同学李明，他一时无法融入新的班集体中，感到很苦恼。请根据下列要点用英语给他写封信：
＊帮他分析原因
＊给他提出建议
＊陈述你帮助他的具体打算
注意：词数120～150
Dear Li Ming,
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Best regards,
Zhang Hua
根据首字母或汉语意思填空
1.When people use words and e_______ different from the “standard language”, it is called a dialect.
2.After g_________ from college, we finally got the chance to take a bike trip.
3.Of the two, the l_______ is far better than the former.
4.The people in the poor area are s________ from cold and hunger.
5.As far as I am c______, this is a good job.
6.I can hardly _________ (辨认出)him when he wears sunglasses.
7.I managed to __________(说服) my classmates into accepting my idea.
8.My sister said that she ________ (宁愿)to stay at home rather than go out.
9.With my special care, my mother ________ (恢复)quickly.
10.She gave me a ______(坚定的)look—the kind that said she would not change her mind.
根据课文内容默写句子
1.我不知道是不是因为我长久无法出门的缘故，我变得对一切与大自然有关的事务都无比狂热。I wonder if it’s because I haven’t been able to____________ for so long that I’ve grown so ______________ everything to do with nature.
2.信不信由你，没有标准英语。_______________, there is no such thing _____________.
3.观看这些已经不再是乐趣，因为大自然是你必须亲身体验的。
It’s no pleasure ________ these any longer because nature is one thing that really must__________.
4.你想不想有一个无话不谈的朋友比如你最深的感受和想法。
Do you want a friend ___________________ like your deepest feelings and thoughts?
5.我不想向其他人那样在日记中写下一系列的事实。
I don’t want to ___________ ___________ facts in a diary as most people do.
6.这些新的定居者们丰富了英语语言尤其是词汇。
These new settlers __________the English language and especially its ___________.
7.与我们今天所讲的英语相比较，它更多是以德语为基础的。
_______________ German than the English we speak _________.
8.她一旦下了决心，什么也不能使她改变。____________________,nothing can change it.
9.自从中学以来，我妹妹王威和我一直梦想能有一次伟大的自行车之旅。
_________ middle school, my sister Wang Wei and I _________taking a great bike trip.
10.虽然她对去某些地方的最佳线路并不清楚，她却坚持要自己把这次旅游安排的尽善尽美。Although she didn’t know the best way of getting to places, she ________ that she ________the trip properly.
Sand and Stone
The story goes that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had a fierce argument, and one friend _________ control of his anger, hit the other one ___________ the face.
The one who got hit was _______, but without saying anything, wrote in the _________, “Today my best friend hit me in the face.”
They kept on walking _________ they found an oasis (绿洲), where they decided to _______. The one who had been hit got _______ in the mire (烂泥) and started drowning, but _________ the friend saved him.
After he _______ from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone, “Today my best friend saved my life.”
The friend who had hit and saved his best friend felt ________ and couldn’t help asking him, “After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now you write on a stone. Why?”
The other friend replied, “When someone hurts us we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness can __________ it away. But when someone does something __________ for us, we must engrave (雕刻) it in stone where no wind can __________ erase it.”
________ TO WRITE YOUR HURTS IN THE SAND AND TO CARVE YOUR __________ ON STONE.
________ says it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to __________ them, a day to love them, but an entire ________ to forget them.
________ this phrase to the people you’ll never forget. It’s a short __________ to let them know that you’ll never forget them.
1.A.kept B.lost C.gained D.received
2.A.for B.at C.in D.on
3.A.injured B.shocked C.ashamed D.hurt
4.A.sand B.earth C.stone D.ground
5.A.before B.after C.until D.when
6.A.take a rest B.take a bath C.take a breath D.take a nap
7.A.stuck B.taken C.arrested D.pulled
8.A.surprisingly B.suddenly C.finally D.fortunately
9.A.rose B.recovered C.jumped D.left
10.A.strange B.funny C.puzzled D.upset
11.A.erase B.blow C.carry D.smooth
12.A.useful B.important C.serious D.good
13.A.nearly B.ever C.even D.alone
14.A.FORGET B.BELIEVE C.LEARN D.JUDGE
15.A.BENEFITS B.PROMISE C.WISHES D.RESPECT
16.A.Anyone B.Nobody C.Everyone D.Someone
17.A.leave B.appreciate C.realize D.observe
18.A.week B.month C.year D.life
19.A.Send B.Report C.Declare D.Explain
20.A.greeting B.saying C.message D.sentence
As data and identity theft becomes more and more common, the market is growing for biometric(生物测量) technologies—like fingerprint scans—to keep others out of private e-spaces. At present, these technologies are still expensive, though.
Researchers from Georgia Tech say that they have come up with a low-cost device(装置) that gets around this problem: a smart keyboard. This smart keyboard precisely measures the cadence(节奏) with which one types and the pressure fingers apply to each key. The keyboard could offer a strong layer of security by analyzing things like the force of a user’s typing and the time between key presses. These patterns are unique to each person. Thus, the keyboard can determine people’s identities, and by extension, whether they should be given access to the computer it’s connected to—regardless of whether someone gets the password right.
It also doesn’t require a new type of technology that people aren’t already familiar with. Everybody uses a keyboard and everybody types differently.
In a study describing the technology, the researchers had 100 volunteers type the word “touch” four times using the smart keyboard. Data collected from the device could be used to recognize different participants based on how they typed, with very low error rates. The researchers say that the keyboard should be pretty straightforward to commercialize and is mostly made of inexpensive, plastic-like parts. The team hopes to make it to market in the near future.
1.Why do the researchers develop the smart keyboard?
A.To reduce pressure on keys. B.To improve accuracy in typing.
C.To replace the password system. D.To cut the cost of e-space protection.
2.What makes the invention of the smart keyboard possible?
A.Computers are much easier to operate.
B.Fingerprint scanning techniques develop fast.
C.Typing patterns vary from person to person.
D.Data security measures are guaranteed.
3.What do the researchers expect of the smart keyboard?
A.It’ll be environment-friendly. B.It’ll reach consumers soon.
C.It’ll be made of plastics. D.It’ll help speed up typing.
4.Where is this text most likely from?
A.A diary. B.A guidebook C.A novel. D.A magazine.
