Mr. Li, who is said to have moved to Beijing, _____ at No. 4 Middle School in our city for thirty years.
A.has taught B.is teaching C.has been reaching D.taught
The window was forced open. The burglar ________ slipped into the house through it.
A.obviously B.specially C.immediately D.accidentally
— 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.