Salvador Dali (1904—1989) was one of the most popular of modern artists. The Pompidou Centre in Paris is showing its respect and admiration for the artist and his powerful personality with an exhibition bringing together over 200 paintings, sculptures, drawings and more. Among the works and masterworks on exhibition the visitor will find the best pieces, most importantly The Persistence of Memory. There is also L’Enigme sans Fin from 1938, works on paper, objects, and projects for stage and screen and selected parts from television programmes reflecting the artist’s showman qualities.
The visitor will enter the World of Dali through an egg and is met with the beginning, the world of birth. The exhibition follows a path of time and subject with the visitor exiting through the brain.
The exhibition shows how Dali draws the viewer between two infinities (无限). "From the infinity small to the infinity large, contraction and expansion coming in and out of focus: amazing Flemish accuracy and the showy Baroque of old painting that he used in his museum-theatre in Figueras," explains the Pompidou Centre.
The fine selection of the major works was done in close collaboration (合作) with the Museo Nacional Reina Sofia in Madrid, Spain, and with contributions from other institutions like the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg.
1.Which of the following best describe Dali according to Paragraph 1?
A.Optimistic. B.Productive.
C.Generous. D.Traditional.
2.What is Dali’s The Persistence of Memory considered to be?
A.One of his masterworks. B.A successful screen adaptation.
C.An artistic creation for the stage. D.One of the beat TV programmes.
3.How are the exhibits arranged at the World of Dali?
A.By popularity. B.By importance.
C.By size and shape. D.By time and subject.
4.What does the word "contributions" in the last paragraph refer to?
A.Artworks. B.Projects.
C.Donations. D.Documents.
The most popular bus tour in London is a hop-on, hop-off tour. This means that the buses are continually driving around predefined (预先确定的) routes and visitors can use their tickets to jump on at any stop and get off at whichever stop they choose. Tickets are usually valid (有效的) for 1-2 days for the operating hours of the company you have bought your ticket from.
One of the best hop-on hop-off tours in London is Golden Tours! Golden Tours is London's leading sightseeing company. Since 1984, it has been offering a wide range of daily tours covering England's most well-known attractions.
Hop-on Hop-off Ticket Price:
Adult: £26
Child: £12 ( provides for children aged 5-12 )
Family: £64 ( provides for two adults and two children )
Ticket Duration: 24 or 48 hours (in winter)
Times:
Blue Route: 8:16 am-5:00 pm
Red Route: 8:16 am-5:30pm
Green Route:8:16 am-5:00pm
Purple Route:8:16 am-4:15 pm
Buses run every 10-20 minutes.
Where to Purchase Tickets
Online or at departure points Green Park, Trafalgar Square,Buckingham Palace.
Commentary (现场解说) Languages and Type:
Live commentary in English.Recorded commentary in German, French, Spanish,
Italian, Japanese, Russian and Brazilian Portuguese.
Routes:
Blue Route: Standard Route plus Belgravia and Kensington — Tower of London, St. Paul's Cathedral, Buckingham Palace, Harrods, V&A Museum, etc.
Red Route: Standard Route plus the Docklands
Green Route: Standard Route
Purple Route: Standard Route plus Soho and Bloomsbury
Route Durations: 1-3 hours
1.If you want to visit Buckingham Palace, you should choose .
A.Blue Route B.Red Route
C.Green Route D.Purple Route
2.Which of the following is TRUE if you take Purple Route for sightseeing in London?
A.You can hear live commentary in French.
B.You can take the bus to wherever you want.
C.You don't need to wait any time for the bus.
D.You have to finish your tour before 4:15 pm.
3.How much should a couple with two children aged 10 and 12 pay for their tickets?
A.£48. B.£52.
C.£64. D.£76.
假定你是李华,请给在你校做交换生的美国朋友Eric写封邮件,邀请他参加你校组织的“拾荒慢跑(plogging)”公益活动。内容包括:
1.活动的时间、地点;
2.活动的内容:慢跑并捡拾路上的垃圾;
3.注意事项:准备垃圾袋。
注意:1.词数100左右;
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
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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(^),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。
I was having the breakfast one morning with my grandma in our local restaurant. An old lady sit near us said I would grown up to be a great lady. My grandma thanked me and the lady walked away. Then my grandma told me, “You should have expressed your thanks the lady for the nicer things she said about you.” Second later, the lady just walked back to her table to place a tip down for her waitress. And I did which I was told, saying to the lady, “Thank you, madam.” The lady smiles and said, “Honey, you’re welcome!” That day will make a lasting impress on me.
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
The most effective way 1.(fight) global warming is to plant lots of trees, a study has said. And there is enough space for new trees to cover 3.5 million square miles, Swiss 2.(scientist) reported in Science. That area is roughly the size 3.the United States.
The study calculated that over the decades, those new trees could suck up nearly 830 billion tons of heat-trapping carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. That’s about as much carbon pollution 4.humans have caused in the past 25 years.
Six nations with the most room for new trees 5.(be) Russia, the United States, Canada, Australia, Brazil and China.
Study co-author Thomas Crowther 6.(figure) that there were other more effective ways besides 7.(cut) emissions ( 排放物 ), such as people switching from meat-eating to vegetarianism. But, he said, tree planting was by far the cheapest climate change solution.
Thomas Lovejoy, a George Mason University conservation biologist, called it “a good news story” because planting trees would also help promote the 8.(protect) of biodiversity.
“It is not easy or realistic to think the world will suddenly start planting trees everywhere, although many groups have started,” Crowther said. “It’s 9.(certain) a monumental challenge, 10. is exactly what people are saying about the problem of climate change.”
Most children acquire the same eye color or a similar shaped nose from their parents. ___, I’ve got much more: a love for ____and an insatiable (无法满足的) curiosity which has ____me well throughout my academic career. My father, an electrical engineer, taught me to ___the world with a curious mind, ____seeking to learn more. I watched him for hours as he worked on diagrams at home, ___what all the various symbols and line meant. I was ___by technology and wanted to know how and why things worked the way they did.
“How does this toaster work?” “What’s inside this camera?” I was never ___with the simplified answers that my parents gave to these questions. So I discovered many ____for myself by exploring and experimenting.
My mother, a first grade teacher, noticed my curiosity and ___my childhood explorations. She gave me piles of mind-opening children’s books, which I ____read.
I was given a remarkable amount of _____at a young age. When I was 8, my parents _____an old computer with the _____of letting me loose on it. I was ____. Motivated (激励) by curiosity, I ____it at once and learned how to use the computer’s operating system. With my father’s help and an old programming book by my side, I even ____simple video games for my younger brother to play.
My parents also taught me to be ___and self-motivated by providing opportunities for me to learn by trial and error.
I hope to ___applying what I’ve learned from my parents to all aspects of my life, exploring the world around me. It's part of who I am, and what _____me to become successful and happy.
1.A.Instead B.Therefore C.Otherwise D.However
2.A.cooking B.learning C.gardening D.cycling
3.A.served B.known C.defended D.wished
4.A.change B.protect C.explore D.control
5.A.suddenly B.possibly C.recently D.constantly
6.A.forgetting B.believing C.wondering D.regretting
7.A.attracted B.supported C.threatened D.adopted
8.A.familiar B.satisfied C.concerned D.careful
9.A.tasks B.examples C.answers D.differences
10.A.received B.introduced C.remembered D.encouraged
11.A.willingly B.previously C.rarely D.lately
12.A.advice B.honor C.freedom D.attention
13.A.bought B.returned C.saw D.wanted
14.A.help B.intention C.power D.discovery
15.A.ashamed B.confused C.annoyed D.thrilled
16.A.shared B.studied C.spotted D.stopped
17.A.created B.played C.reported D.discussed
18.A.ordinary B.non-violent C.independent D.grateful
19.A.suggest B.continue C.admit D.imagine
20.A.warns B.considers C.invites D.drives