Christina Horsten and Felix Zeltner tried not to panic when they were hit with a $400 rent increase on their Park Slope apartment in 2016, and realized they would have to move for the second time in two years. Instead of feeling intimidated by the unexpected event, they hit upon an unconventional idea: Why not move to a new neighborhood every month for a year?
At first, things went remarkably well. They found their next apartment, a beautiful apartment in Chinatown. The next months brought stops in Staten Island and Harlem. As September approached, their next place to live proved difficult to find. When their Harlem lease (租约) ended, they took a road trip, then fell for a false advertisement in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, when an apartment they found advertised online wasn't actually available to rent. And eventually they got their money back through Paypal. “That was rock bottom,” Ms. Horsten said.
Over the rest of the year, they spent time in a townhouse in Mott Haven, as well as apartments in Chelsea, the East Village, Hell’s Kitchen, and Williamsburg. “In the end, we were like, ‘Why should we even stop doing this?’ ”Ms. Horsten said. But then a lease takeover on Listings Project caught their attention: a two-bedroom apartment atop an Upper West Side townhouse.
A second daughter, Lily, was born in January. And with a newborn, they have no intention of moving again anytime soon. Still, many aspects of their adventure have remained with them. “In the same way that we’ve tried to keep minimalism (极简主义) in our life, we try to stay in touch with all the people we’ve met,” Ms. Horsten said.“We realized it was a lifelong project to try to get to know NewYork City,” she added. But there is one member of the household eagerly waiting for a repeat: their 4-year-old daughter Emma.“ I think she loved it the most,” Ms. Horsten said.“At all the places we stayed, she found things I never noticed: children’s books, a dollhouse, a drum set. Even now, she’s like,‘When are we moving to a new home?’ And we’re like,‘We kind of like it here.’ ”
1.What does the underlined word “intimidated” in Paragraph1 mean?
A.Frightened. B.Surprised.
C.Embarrassed. D.Confused.
2.While looking for a place to stay, where was the couple nearly cheated?
A.In Chinatown. B.In Sunset Park.
C.In Staten Island. D.In Harlem.
3.What’s the couple’s plan for next month?
A.Buying a townhouse in Brooklyn.
B.Staying in the apartment in the Upper West Side.
C.Donating their daughter’s toys to those living nearby.
D.Looking for a two-bedroom apartment for their newborn.
4.What is the best title for the text?
A.East or west, home is best. B.Where to start, where to end.
C.Wherever you are, there is home. D.Another month, another neighborhood.
Home party marketing originated in America in the early twentieth century. At that time, direct selling had become a very common part of American life. Door-to-door salesmen would travel throughout the country selling anything from sewing machines to cure-all medicines. In 1931, a man named Frank Stanley Beveridge who had dug enough gold by doing this selling started a company called Stanley Home Products. The company sold cleaning supplies to housewives.
Soon after Mr. Beveridge began his company, one of his salesmen began selling Stanley products at home parties. The salesman would organize a Stanley Party where he could give a cleaning demonstration (演示) to a room full of guests. It allowed him to sell Stanley products to many different customers at once, and it proved to be much more effective than standard door-to-door sales. The practice quickly became the main marketing strategy (策略) of Stanley Home Products.
Next, during the 1940s, many housewives started selling Stanley products to make extra money for their families. The job was perfect for housewives because Stanley sellers could work from home and set their own schedules. A single mother named Brownie Wise took full advantage of this opportunity and quickly became one of Stanley’s top sellers.
Not long after that, she started her own direct selling business called Tupperware Patio Parties, which focused on selling a new type of plastic food container, Tupperware, using the Stanley home party system. Wise had realized Tupperware was perfect for the home party system. She could show her customers its patented (专利的) airtight seal, and she could also take away their anxiety about the safety of plastics -a fairly new invention at the time. Wise’ s company was very successful, and it was soon selling more Tupperware than department stores.
Today, many other companies have adopted home party marketing plans. So, next time you leave friend’s party with a hundred dollars’ worth of new Tupperware or jewelry, you can thank Frank Stanley Beveridge and Brownie Wise for your unintended purchase.
1.What do we know about Frank Stanley Beveridge?
A.He was an inventor of many home products.
B.He was an experienced door-to-door salesman.
C.He was the president of Tupperware Patio Parties.
D.He was the first person to organize a Stanley Party.
2.Why was being a home party seller a perfect job for housewives?
A.They liked holding parties at their house.
B.They could make some money quickly.
C.They needed hardly any pre-job training.
D.They could work under a flexible schedule.
3.According to Wise, why was Tupperware perfect for the home party system?
A.It was liked by party organizers. B.It required a demonstration.
C.It sold badly in department stores. D.It was especially made for the system.
4.This text is organized in the pattern of ____________.
A.time and events. B.comparison and contrast.
C.cause and effect. D.argument and explanation.
Architect Daniel Libeskind is the designer of such global landmarks as New York's One World Trade Center and Berlin's Jewish Museum. In his new book, he reviews his life's work and its inspirations — including these books.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll. I love Lewis Carroll; he's a total genius (天才). His two classic works are children's books for grown-ups because they show aspects of the creative mind that we all have but seldom use in adulthood. Inspired by Carroll, I make a habit of trying to learn seven amazing things before breakfast.
Ulysses by James Joyce. Joyce once said that if Dublin were destroyed, you could recreate the entire city from this novel. You can't do urban planning without Ulysses because it is a labyrinth (迷宫) you can never leave.
In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust. Proust's great novel is really a book of reflections about how architecture — our living spaces — creates a blueprint (蓝图) for our dreams, our desires, our emotions, and our memories. Where we have lived, what we have eaten, and what kind of cups we use — all of those aspects are examined here in minute detail.
Emily Dickinson's Herbarium by Emily Dickinson. From childhood onward, Dickinson collected, pressed, and classified the plants she grew in her garden in Amherst. Through the pictures in this book, you can see how her poetry — all her symbols, all her metaphors (隐喻), the colors she mentions — mirrors nature. You don't even have to read her poetry to see what a great artist she was.
1.Which of the following books is set in Dublin?
A.Ulysses. B.In Search of Lost Time.
C.Through the Looking-Glass. D.Emily Dickinson's Herbarium.
2.Whose book has pictures of various plants?
A.James Joyce's. B.Emily Dickinson's.
C.Marcel Proust's. D.Lewis Carroll's.
3.What can be learned about the books mentioned in the text?
A.They are all novels. B.They are written for children.
C.They offer inspirations for Daniel Libeskind. D.They focus on the power of nature.
假定你是李华,你的朋友John因选科走班，进入了新的班级学习。因不擅长与别人交流，暂时无法融入新的班级，感到非常苦恼。请你根据以下要点给他写一封回信。
1.表示理解并给予安慰;
2.提出建议并给出理由。
注意: 1.词数100左右。
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear John,
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Yours,
Lihua
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。每次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(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，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。
Two years before，My sister and I got a chance to take a bike trip. The journey was really hard, especial in the mountains. At first，our leg were so heavy and cold that they felt like blocks of ice. Have you ever seen snowmen to ride bicycles? That's how we looked like. Along the way, children dressing in long wool coats stopped to look us. We found it was so cold that my water bottles freezes. To climb the mountain was hard work and as we looked around, we were surprised to see beautiful lakes shining like glass in the setting sun. What a unforgettable experience!
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Daisy is a girl who cares about our environment. She always longs to help 1.(endanger) species of wildlife. One day, she 2.(wake) up and found a flying carpet which took her to many3.（place） to experience something amazing. In Tibet, Daisy saw an antelope looking sad and it told her the species was being killed. Then the carpet showed her a place 4.there was some wildlife protection. There she came across 5.elephant, from whom she knew they used to be hunted6.mercy. But now good things are being done to save local wildlife. Knowing that, Daisy burst into 7.(laugh) in relief. At the end of the journey, she met a monkey 8.(rub) itself to protect himself from mosquitoes. The monkey asked her to pay 9.(much) attention to the rainforest. Finally, Daisy 10.(full) understood the meaning of no rainforest, no animals, no drugs.
