If you live in Shanghai,Beijing or many other cities,you may see many orange bicycles on the streets these days.
These bikes are owned by a company called Mobike.You can order a bike through an app on your phone.When you find a bike,you just scan a QR code (扫描二维码) on the bike so you can use it.You don’t need to return the bike to a station—you can park it anywhere.
China was known as "the kingdom of bicycles" about 30 years ago.But more people choose to drive cars and catch the subway these days.Bike rental(租凭的) services like Mobike are bringing bikes back.
"Back then,I got the feeling that Chinese people were trying to be modern and push away the past.So they did not want to be linked with bicycles," said Ines Brunn,a German woman who runs a bike store in Beijing."I do believe changes in people's tastes will shape new thinking about bikes."
Online rental services are making biking more convenient,but it's still not easy to ride bikes in Chinese cities.Cars often take up bicycle lanes(道路). Bikers have to ride next to cars in car lanes,which can be very dangerous.
Beijing plans to build over 3,200 km of new bike lanes.Drivers who drive in bike lanes will be punished.Traffic signs will be put up to better protect bikers.
1.If you want to use a Mobike, ________.
A. you have to scan a QR code B. you don't need to pay for it
C. you don't have to return it D. you have to pay for an app
2.Which of the following is NOT true,according to Paragraph 3?
A. China had the most bicycles in the world about 30 years ago.
B. There are more bicyclists than motorists these days.
C. More people are driving cars or taking the subway these days.
D. Bike rental services are becoming more popular.
3.What does Ines Brunn mean when she says people’s tastes are changing?
A. Chinese people like modern things.
B. Chinese people like riding bicycles.
C. People in Beijing are changing their tastes.
D. More people will start riding bikes.
4.Which is the best title for the passage?
A. How to use a Mobike
B. Orange bikes will be fashionable
C. Bringing back bikes
D. Why is Beijing building new bike lanes?
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.”