Hiking is a great way to get active and reduce stress while you are exploring the city.Visit our page to find some of the best free walking tours across New York City.
Community Days at Conference House Park
Wednesday ,September 19, 2018 12:00p.m.---2:00p.m.
Enjoy new gardens at the Visitor Center. Explore and help repair the three self-designed gardens: vegetable, native plant, and sculpture. Experience kids crafts，adult art programs, Tai Chi and more in this lovely setting.
Position: Conference House Park, 298 Satterlee Street, Staten Island
Event Organizer: Conference House Park
Phone Number: (718)227-1463
Contact Email: john.kilcullen@parks .nyc.qov
Greenbelt on the Go
Tuesday, August 14, 2018 10:00a.m.---11:30a.m.
Join us for relaxing walks through our parks. Enjoy the pretty views of them, as we point out a few of the distinct features that make each park special. The length of each hike will be determined by the pace of the group. Registration is required.To register, please email naturecenter@sigreenbelt.org before August 14.
Position: Greenbelt Nature Center in Blood Root Valley, 700 Rockland Avenue at Brielle Avenue Staten Island
Event Organizer: Staten Island Greenbelt Conservancy, Greenbelt Environmental Education Department
Phone Number: (718)351-3450
Contact Email: naturecenter@sigreenbelt.org
Adult Afternoon Hikes
Wednesday, October 10,2018 1:30p.m.---3:00p.m.
Get familiar with the Greenbelt and local parks by hiking with other adults !You’re encouraged to bring small meals and drinks for the break time.
Position: Greenbelt Nature Center in Blood Root Valley, 700 Rockland Avenue at Brielle Avenue Staten Island
Event Organizer: Staten Island Greenbelt Conservancy, Greenbelt Environmental Education Department
Phone Number: (718)351-3450
Contact Email: naturecenter@sigreenbelt.org
The South Pole at Wards Point
Thursday ,November 15,2018 7:00a.m.---7:00p.m.
The three miles of nearby natural shoreline are a sandy beach. Shells ,rocks , and stones of every shape and size can be found here. Not to be missed are the park’s other attractions: acres of woodland ,four galleries, and five historic houses!
Position: Conference House Park Visitor Center in Conference House Park ,298 Satterlee Street ,Staten Island
Event Organizer: Conference House Park
Contact Email: john.kilcullen@parks .nyc.qov
1.Which walking tour may attract people interested in Chinese culture?
A.Community Days at Conference House Park
B.Greenbelt on the Go
C.Adult Afternoon Hikes
D.The South Pole at Wards Point
2.What do we know about Greenbelt on the Go?
A.The length of the hike is settled
B.People will visit three distinct parks
C.It takes place in Conference House Park
D.Visitors need to register in advance
3.What do the four walking tours have in common?
A.They are all for adults.
B.They all charged no fees
C.They’re held by the same organizer.
D.They require visitors to bring food.
假如你是高一新生李华。开学之初, 你的英语老师Mr. Wang希望了解每位同学的英语学习情况并征求教学建议。请按以下要点用英语给他写一封信，
1. 对英语学习的认识；
2. 目前你的英语学习现状及存在问题；
3. 对英语教学的建议。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 信的开头和结尾已给出。
Dear Mr. Wang,
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
下面短文中共有10处错误，错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号(∧)，并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线， 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。
Last Sunday, Li Ming and his classmates went to the park near the school. Can you guess that they did there? They take part in a volunteer activity. They reached in the park at nine o’clock and then they divided into three groups. Li Ming was in Group Three. All group had different tasks. Group One planted trees. Group Two picked up rubbish leaving by the tourists and cleaned benches. A group that Li Ming was in wiped all the equipment in the Children’s House. All of them worked hardly. Before noon, we finished working. Each of them felt a little tired, and they were happy because they had done a good deed.
阅读下列材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
As a student, you may have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as 1. (win) the Noble Prize; they can also be small, such as becoming one of the best 2. ( student) in your class. Once you find a dream, what do you do with it? Have you ever tried to make your dream come true?
Andrew Matthems, 3. Australian writer, tells us that making your dreams come true is life's4.(big) challenge. You may think you're not very good 5.some school subjects, and it's 6. (possible) for you to be successful. In fact, everyone can realize his dream. The first thing you must do is to remember 7.your dream is . Keep telling 8.(you) what you want every day. There will be difficulties on the road to your dream, but the largest difficulty 9. (come) from yourself. You need to decide to do what is the most important. When you get closer to your dream, it may change a little. This is good as you have the chance to learn something more 10.(use).
Two old beggars (乞丐) were sitting on a busy street corner of a big city. They watched _______ as a lot of people walked by without looking at them. Sometimes, a kind-hearted woman or a small child would _______ a few coins in the hats in front of them.
Today was not a _______ day for begging. The men were able to _______ enough for a big meal. As it was getting dark, they started to _______ their things.
Just as they were getting ready to leave, they _______ a man walking toward them. He was a _______ man. They could tell that from his fine clothes. The first beggar said to the second with _______, “He’s coming our way!” The man stopped, _______ into his pocket and took something out. What looked like a piece of hard ________, wrapped (包裹) in white paper, hit each of their waiting hats. The rich man turned and ________ his way.
“He could have easily left us a few ________ or a bill, but he laughed at us with a piece of rock candy,” said the first beggar. He looked at the offering ________. “There’s no way we can ________ this — we have no teeth.” With these words, he picked up the thing and threw it away. Then he collected his things and ________ .
The second beggar wanted to do the same, ________ a second thought made him change his ________.“I haven’t had anything like this for ages,” he thought. “How ________ of that man to offer me something so sweet!” With that, he opened the white paper. To his ________, there was no hard rock candy inside. ________, a shiny white pearl (珍珠) worth thousands of dollars fell into his hand.
1.A.helplessly B.happily C.uselessly D.quickly
2.A.steal B.lose C.drop D.send
3.A.cloudy B.bad C.rainy D.cold
4.A.collect B.pick C.buy D.find
5.A.carry B.hide C.place D.pack
6.A.felt B.heard C.noticed D.believed
7.A.kind B.strong C.tall D.rich
8.A.worry B.excitement C.fear D.politeness
9.A.turned B.looked C.went D.reached
10.A.candy B.cake C.rock D.bread
11.A.forgot B.changed C.missed D.continued
12.A.books B.coins C.sweets D.flowers
13.A.angrily B.proudly C.nervously D.quietly
14.A.smell B.eat C.like D.put
15.A.slept B.sat C.left D.cried
16.A.if B.although C.after D.but
17.A.habit B.way C.mind D.rule
18.A.nice B.funny C.clever D.strange
19.A.interest B.sadness C.surprise D.pity
20.A.Besides B.Instead C.However D.Again
Speaking of the greatest inventions of the world, China’s name is sure to be mentioned several times. 1.
●Alcohol
Shocked? I was because when they said alcohol I thought about either the US or the UK. China had never crossed my mind. 2. This period was about 2000 B. C. — 1600B. C. Research says that in ancient China, beer with 4% alcoholic content was widely consumed by people.
●3.
China is the proud inventor of tea which was first drunk by Shen Nong, a Chinese ruler around 2737 B. C. Tea production was rapidly developed, making tea a popular drink during the Tang and Song Dynasties.
●The Mechanical Clock
Have you ever wondered what on earth we would be doing without any idea of time? A clock really is an invention without which things were wrong. The credit of making the first mechanical clock goes to ancient China.
4. This was during 618 and 907.
●Silk Fabric
Silk, the favorite fabric of many girls out there, is also a Chinese invention. Although we all know that silk is made by silkworms, 5.. The oldest silk which has been found so far is in Henan Province and dates back to 3630 B. C.
A. Tea
B. Paper
C. The first mechanical clock was invented by Yi Xing in the Tang Dynasty.
D. Let’s have a look at the things which were invented by the Chinese.
E. Kinds of inventions have changed our life.
F. it was Chinese people who first invented a way to harvest the silk and then use it to make clothes.
G. In China, alcohol was made by two legendary persons named Yi Di and Du Kang who belonged to the Xia Dynasty
