— Say, Jenny, will you come with me to the party on Friday.
— ________, Peter, but I promised Alice I’d go with her.
A.My pleasure B.Forget it C.No problem D.Thanks
你在英国曼彻斯特的朋友Jim通过邮件告诉你，2017年夏天，中国的共享单车在英国登陆，受到了英国人极大的欢迎。请你回复一封邮件，简要介绍共享单车在天津的情况，并阐述共享单车的优点（不少于两点）和存在的问题（不少于一点），最终表明自己对共享单车的态度。
注意：（1）词数不少于100；
（2）开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。
提示信息：（1）2017年天津共享单车接近100万辆；
（2）手机应用smartphone APP
（3）二维码the QR code
Dear Jim,
I am glad to hear that China’s shared bikes have lunched service in the UK and bike sharing has become new way of transport for you.
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Yours,
Li Jin
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Every year, thousands of teenagers participate in programs at their local art museums. But do any of them remember their time at museum events later in life? A new report suggests that the answer is yes – and finds that alumni（毕业生）of arts-based museum programs credit them with changing the course of their lives, even years after the fact.
The Whitney Museum of American Art, the Walker Art Center and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles recently asked researchers to conduct a study to find out how effective their long-standing teen art programs really are. They involved over 300 former participants of four programs for teens that have been in existence since the 1990s. Alumni, whose current ages range from 18 to 36, were invited to find out how they viewed their participation years after the fact.
Among the alumni surveyed, 75 percent of alumni rated the teen program experience as the most favorable impact on their own lives, beating family, school and their neighborhoods. Nearly 55 percent thought that it was one of the most important experiences they’d ever had, regardless of age. And two-thirds said that they were often in situations where their experience in museums affected their actions or thoughts.
It turns out that participating in art programs also helps keep teens enthusiastic about culture even after they reach adulthood: 96 percent of participants had visited an art museum within the last two years, and 68 percent had visited an art museum five or more times within the last two years. Thirty-two percent of program alumni work in the arts as adults.
Though the study is the first of its kind to explore the impact of teen-specific art programs in museums, it reflects other research on the important benefits of engaging with the arts. A decade of surveys by the National Endowment for the Arts found that childhood experience with the arts is significantly associated with their income and educational attainment（成就）as adults. Other studies have linked arts education to everything from lower drop-out rates to improvement in critical thinking skills.
1.What is the purpose of the study conducted? (no more than 15 words)
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2.What do the figures（数字）in Paragraph 3 show? (no more than 10 words)
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3.What does Paragraph 4 tell us about art programs? (no more than 10 words)
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4.What does the underlined word in the third paragraph probably mean? (1 word)
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5.What do you think of the art programs? Give your reason. (no more than 20 words)
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I was recently surfing the Internet when I came across a collection of strange beach photos where everyone had a cloth wall surrounding their little patch of sand. I had never seen anything like it before, and I was intrigued. So I started Googling all sorts of phrases that might throw light on the mystery of Polish beach separators.
I found a site on Poland’s affairs that actually covered this “phenomenon（现象）” quite exactly. According to the site, beach separators have been a part of Polish beach-going culture for a long time, but have recently been getting a lot of attention online, after foreign tourists started posting photos on social networks.
Beach separators vary in size according to the size of the group. You’ll see tiny ones only surrounding the space around a single beach towel, and giant ones separating a large part of the beach. They weren’t designed to protect their users from prying（窥探）eyes. It’s no secret that strong winds are very common on the shores of the Baltic Sea, so they were originally meant to allow beach-goers to enjoy sunbathing without having their belongings blown away, or sand blown in their faces.
However, in recent years, people have begun criticizing them. During the summer, beach separators are placed so close to each other that a person can hardly pass between them, let alone（更不必说）find a place to put their own beach towels. This creates a problem for foreign tourists unfamiliar with them, who just want a place to lie down on the sand. And thus they can easily create all kinds of conflicts（冲突）due to the lack of space. For example, some people leave the beach for hours but leave their separators in place, to make sure that their space doesn’t get occupied by someone else.
Having visited a fair number of seaside resorts（胜地）across Europe, I admire that I have never seen anything like this before.
1.Which of the following can replace the underlined word “intrigued” in Paragraph 1?
A.Amused. B.Satisfied.
C.Interested. D.Encouraged.
2.What do we know about the beach separators?
A.They are a special tradition in Poland.
B.They are man-made scenery in Poland.
C.They are a temporary phenomenon in Poland.
D.They are becoming popular around the world.
3.Why do the beach-goers set up separators?
A.To have a good sunbath. B.To attract others’ attention.
C.To keep themselves in private. D.To protect themselves from thieves.
4.What are beach separators blamed for?
A.They cause plenty of garbage. B.They take up too much space.
C.They fail to function properly. D.They look strangely out of place.
5.What is the text mainly about?
A.A new Polish attraction. B.Big challenges on the beach.
C.Beach space separators in Poland. D.An unforgettable journey to Poland.
I was in the garden with Augie, my grandson, watching the bees. “How do they make honey?” Augie asked. “Actually, Augie, I don’t know,” I replied. “But, Grandmom, you have your phone,” he said. For Augie, holding a smartphone almost means knowing everything.
During my childhood I was crazy about a powerful device（设备）that transports the user to an alternate reality. I spent most of my waking hours on it, unaware of the world around me. The device was, of course, the book. Over time, reading hijacked（控制）my brain, as large areas once processing the real world adapted to processing the printed word. As far as I can tell, this early immersion（沉浸）didn’t prevent my development, but it did leave me with some illusions（幻想）– my idea of romantic love surely came from novels.
Many parents worry that “screen time” will damage children’s development, but recent research suggests that most of the common fears about children and screens are unfounded. There is one exception: looking at screens before bed really disturbs sleep, in people of all ages. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) used to recommend strict restrictions（限制）on screen exposure（暴露）. Last year, the organization examined the relevant science more thoroughly and changed its recommendations. The new guidelines emphasize that what matters is content and context, what children watch and with whom.
New tools have always led to panicky（紧张不安的）guesses. The novel, the telephone, and the television were all declared to be the End of Civilization, particularly in the hands of the young. Part of the reason may be that adult brains require a lot of focus and effort to learn something new, while children’s brains are designed to master new environments naturally. New technologies always seem disturbing to the adults attempting to master them, and transparent and obvious – not really technology at all – to those children like Augie.
When Augie’s father got home, Augie rushed to meet him and said in excitement. “Daddy, Daddy, look,” he said, reaching for my phone. “Do you know how bees make honey? I’ll show you…”
1.What is the purpose of the first paragraph?
A.To introduce a topic. B.To present an argument.
C.To clarify（表明）the author’s writing purpose. D.To give information on main characters.
2.What can be learned about the author?
A.She had an unhappy childhood. B.She was interested in reading novels.
C.She was addicted to an electronic device. D.She paid much attention to the real world.
3.What does the AAP probably advise people to do?
A.Limit children’s screen time. B.Don’t chat online with strangers.
C.Don’t stare at a screen before bedtime. D.Guide children on their screen devices.
4.In the author’s opinion, why do adults react to new things differently from children?
A.They don’t want to change.
B.Their learning ability decreases with age.
C.They have no desire for the dynamic world.
D.Their learning methods differ from children’s.
5.What might be the author’s attitude to “screen time”?
A.Doubtful. B.Supportive.
C.Disapproving（反对的）. D.Contradictory（相互矛盾的）.
I arrived in this beautiful Spanish island at the start of September, full of enthusiasm and eager to start work as an English teacher. I sorted all the necessary paperwork out and moved into a flat of my own within the first couple of days. Great! Or so I thought. As 4 am and at several intervals after that, I was rudely awoken by the cock that lives opposite me. Fantastic! I now have 5 extra alarms every morning.
In the following weeks, I also started to notice a trend. Things in my flat started to break at the rate of one object per day, like the hot water, bowls, cups, shower, doors or glass shelves. Yes, I am clumsy（笨拙的）but things just fell apart. If it wasn’t broken, it would either be dirty or missing. Using my washing basket for the first time was pretty disgusting. When I took out my clothes, they were swiftly followed by a hundred or so bugs that were living in the bottom.
As for（至于）the general lack of equipment in the house, there was no oven, tin opener, sharp knives or potato peeler. It turns out making a burger from scratch wasn’t the best idea. I have a small microwave and a grill（钻）. I thought the general understanding was never to put metal in a microwave but I went with it. Smoke soon started to appear. I was not quite sure if it was the burger or the grill but as soon as I opened the door, the electricity cut out. I spent the following 10 minutes in a dark, smoky room hunting for the power switch using the light from my mobile phone, which broke the week after and left me without a connection to the outer world.
Luckily, I’m now borrowing a phone and my luck has returned. No more things have broken (probably because there is nothing left to break). I’ve also realized that even if a flat looks pretty, it doesn’t mean its contents（内容）work. I am also learning how to adapt to life with limited, broken utensils（厨房用具）.
1.How did the author feel right after her reaching the island?
A.Excited. B.Nervous.
C.Confident. D.Exhausted.
2.What problem did the author have in the morning?
A.She often slept late. B.Her alarm failed to work.
C.She got some noisy neighbors. D.Her sleep was disturbed by a rooster.
3.What can we know about the author from Paragraph 2?
A.She was a very careful woman. B.She was quite satisfied with her flat.
C.Her flat was pretty old but comfortable. D.Her household articles（物品）were in poor condition.
4.What happened when the author was making a burger?
A.She was seriously injured. B.She made a terrible mistake.
C.She broke her phone accidentally. D.She suffered a sudden power failure.
5.What is the next mainly about?
A.Remaining optimistic. B.How to choose a nice flat.
C.Learning to live in a new flat. D.Why living abroad is not easy.
