US News & World Report recently ranked the best countries for adventure, based on each country’s scores across four aspefcts: fun, friendliness, climate and scenery. Here are four of them.
Spain
With its sky-high scores in friendliness and fun, adventure in Spain is always as close as the nearest street. The most important thing for you is to identify what kind of adventure suits you best: if you love winter, head for Madrid, while warm-weather lovers are better off in beachfront Barcelona.
Thailand
Combining high scores in both scenery and fun, Thailand attracts a mix of people that make for an adventurous atmosphere. This can best be experienced on the island of Koh Phangan. Visitors looking for more traditional exciting adventure should head to Chiang Mai to try whitewater rafting(漂流), or attempt waterfall abseiling(沿绳索滑下) at Doi Inthanon National Park.
Greece
High scores in scenery and climate make Greece a perfect destination for adventurers. The water for swimming here is the best of the best. Sailing and kayaking around the Cyclades are popular water sports while land-living visitors to the islands have abundant hiking options. Host to the first Olympics, Athens has long held sporting events at the Panathenaic Stadium. Visitors are welcome to join the morning jog in the stadium from 7: 30 am to 9: 00 am as a warm-up for the day’s adventures.
Italy
While Italy might be best known for its food, art and architecture, the country has a more actively adventurous side, too. In Sicily, you can swim in the deepest blue sea and after a few hours lie on the top of the highest active volcano in Europe The ever-changing landscape(风景) also provides a chance for different types of adventures.
1.Where are visitors advised to go if they love worm weather and beaches?
A.Madrid. B.Barcelona.
C.Sicily. D.Chiang Mai.
2.What can visitors do in Thailand?
A.Meet with the friendliest locals. B.Jog freely under huge waterfalls,
C.Enjoy adventurous water sports. D.Appreciate its world-famous art.
3.What do the last two countries have in common?
A.They are attractive for swimming lovers.
B.They allow visitors to sail around islands.
C.They arc best known for their unique food.
D.They have Europe’s highest active volcanoes.
假定你是李华，你校学生会将举办70周年国庆英文演讲比赛，将邀请英文外教Peter担任评委，请你写封 邀请函，内容包括：
1. 活动主题“我爱中国”
2. 活动时间和地点
3. 比赛议程
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.邮件开头和结尾已写好，不包含在字数内。
Dear Peter,
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Yours,
Li Hua
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。每处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(A),并在其下面写出该加的词。
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.
Dear Ms. Wood,
I was a guest who stayed in your hotel a week ago. First of all, I want to express my sincere thanks for your good service which makes my stay in Australia more enjoyable. Therefore, you can do better in some aspects.
To begin with, I found out only one Chinese dish on the menu, that gave me a big surprise. Is it possible for you to provide Chinese dishes with more variety? In addition, it took me long time to find the emergency exit. Please make the signs well-marking. Finally, the clerk at the front desk could be more patiently. When asking about where to find the nearest swimming pool, she seemed rather annoyed.
I do hope you will take their advice into consideration. Thanks for your time.
Yours,
Li Hua
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。
A high school senior student Liu Yu from Chengdu was beaten to the point of a bone fracture for trying to stop queue-jumping.
On Oct. 19, Liu went to a fast food restaurant on the 1.( two) floor of Wanda Plaza in Qingyang District. When Liu was queuing, a woman with a child jumped in front of him without asking. “Please stay in line. First come, first 2.( serve) ." Liu said, according to3.( video). The woman then replied she was in a hurry to pay before her cellphone's power ran out.
"It doesn't matter to me 4. your phone is out of power," Liu replied. After Liu said this, a man beside 5. woman attacked Liu, and the youth didn't fight back. Staff in the shop tried to stop the man, and the whole incident was recorded by the shop's video camera.
On the night of Oct. 23, the man 6. beat Liu was arrested by local police. He and his family confessed, and the case is now 7. further investigation.
This piece of news 8.( start) a heated discussion online so far, with the relevant topic being read 150 million times on Sina Weibo by Wednesday afternoon.
Some netizens say that it is easy to recover 9.( physical) , but psychological trauma will be harder10.( heal).
Enlightenment （启迪）can show up in some pretty strange ways. The Buddha found it under a Boddhi tree ____ Nelson Mandela in prison. Little did I know, mine would ____ in the form of a hard-shelled animal trying to ____ the road — a turtle. But this wasn't just any turtle ； this was the world's most _____ one. He determined to cross twenty feet of tar （柏油）road as cars drove past quickly.
But today was his ____ day. My wife's quick driving reflexes （反应）not only ____ that 'turtle soup” would not be for dinner that night, but her act of kindness would ___ become the foundation for everything I teach today. As unusual as this sounds, the simple act of ______ our car, removing this little turtle from harm's way, and placing him back into the _____, caused something extraordinary to happen inside of me.
As I stood there ____ this tiny creature in my hands, a wave of pure ____ came over me. It was that warm, teary-eyed ____ that we feel during life's greatest moments, like falling in love or the birth of a child. I honestly felt as if my heart was ____ opening up as everything stood still around me.
______would I have described it as “enlightenment”, but there was no ____about it — helping this little turtle just felt so good!
But why?_____ , it's just a turtle, right? And then it hit me. I finally realized what was happening. At that point, a flood of inspiring thoughts ran through me. I walked back to the car, opened my journal and wrote eight words that would ____ prove to be life changing for me: " kindness creates happiness" and live a _____ of kindness".'
It was the ____ I had been looking for. The secret to inner peace and _____ happiness was kindness.
1.A.for B.and C.that D.so
2.A.leave B.return C.arrive D.combine
3.A.fix B.climb C.stop D.cross
4.A.optimistic B.weak C.pessimistic D.stressful
5.A.bad B.lucky C.boring D.dangerous
6.A.ensured B.kept C.accessed D.admitted
7.A.initially B.interestingly C.eventually D.hopefully
8.A.setting off B.breaking down C.passing by D.pulling over
9.A.tree B.park C.wild D.road
10.A.holding B.showing C.refreshing D.frightening
11.A.entertainment B.delight C.amusement D.movement
12.A.cooperation B.feeling C.connection D.adventure
13.A.completely B.complicatedly C.irregularly D.inevitably
14.A.In this way B.By the way C.In no way D.In the way
15.A.problem B.use C.answer D.doubt
16.A.Above all B.In conclusion C.After all D.In brief
17.A.latter B.latest C.lately D.later
18.A.living B.life C.way D.method
19.A.answer B.entrance C.attention D.approach
20.A.temporary B.desperate C.discontinuous D.lasting
What are your talents? It's a seemingly simple question, but so many of us struggle to answer it. Yes, there are the fortunate among us who can quickly list that they are good singers, dancers, artists, teachers, or salespeople. For others, it's difficult. The truth is, everybody has talent. What is difficult is pinpointing （准确定位）them. Some talents, you have likely been using all along. You just need to reframe the way you've been thinking about them. Others are still waiting to be discovered. 1.
1. It's Time To Write Your Diary
Maybe it's cliche, but writing a diary is a great way to explore the seemingly routine things about your daily life. 2. That explorative process is a great way to begin unearthing your hidden talents.
2. Go Back To Your Past
Sometimes, you start off pursuing talents only to drop them as you get older. What you can do is take your past talents, and find new things to do with them. You just have to ask yourself:
★How can I renew this gift to help in my career?
★Can I begin pursuing this for my own enrichment?
★How will this make me a better person?
3. 3.
There may be no better way to figure out what you are good at than learning new things. Here's some amazing news, there may be no easier time to do that than right now. You can:
★Take a class for credit or continuing education at your local community college or university.
★Sign up for a class at your library.
★Learn a TED Talk.
★Take free online courses using MOOC or another option.
If we're honest about it, most of us do have spare time、It's just a matter of priorities.
4. Seek Out New Experiences
This is just one more reason to be open to new experiences. When you're willing to try out new things, you increase the likelihood of your realizing you're very good at something. 4. Ask to be cross-trained in another role at work. Walk through neighborhoods that you've never visited before. Conclusion
5.First, always seek out learning and new experience. Next, gain insights from your past, Then, simply pay attention to your daily life. Your most valuable talents could be right in front of you.
A. Keep Learning
B. Love Your Life
C. In any case, here are four ways to reveal your hidden talents
D. Travel to new countries
E. Check for classes at your local museum
F. At the end of the day, there are three things that help you to reveal your hidden talents
G. You write about the things you've done and your thoughts, then out of all that you pull out some great insights
