The Visitor Oyster card
A Visitor Oyster card is the cheapest way to pay for a single adult journeyin London. It’s a plastic smartcard. You can use it on the bus, tube, tram, DLR,London Overground and most National Rail services. It’s much cheaper thanbuying individual tickets, in some cases costing 50% less than the price of a regularpaper ticket.
How to get a Visitor Oyster card
You can buy a Visitor Oyster card online. Your card will be delivered by post.The card costs £5 and you choose how much money you want to add to the card.This means you can start using the card the moment you arrive in Central London.
How does the Visitor Oyster card work?
The Oyster card works on a pay-as-you-go system. You start by adding money to the card. Then you travel, the cost of the fare will automatically bededucted from your Visitor Oyster card. For example, if you add £20 to thecard and make a tube journey of £2.30, you will have £17.70 left on the card.
A few more points:
·A child under the age of 11 travels free when accompanied by an adult.
·You’ll save more money if you use the tube several times. The Visitor Oyster cardis “capped (给……定上限)” at £6.80 per day.
·You’ll pay more during peak times. Peak fares apply from Monday to Friday (6:30am—9:30 am; 4:00 pm —7:00 pm), except for public holidays.
·Reuse the Oyster card by adding credit at a tube station, Oyster ticket shop orVisitor Centre.
·Receive a discount on the Thames Clippers River Bus services.
1.What can we learn about the Visitor Oyster card?
A.You can’t use it during public holidays.
B.You can have it mailed directly to your home.
C.You can get a free Oyster card if you order online.
D.You can receive a 50% discount at any shop in London.
2.How much money will be deducted if you take the tube four times in a day witha Visitor Oyster card?
A.£2.30. B.£3.40.
C.£6.80. D.£9.20.
3.Where can you add credit to your Visitor Oyster card?
A.On the Internet. B.At a bus station.
C.At a tube station. D.In convenience stores.
阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。
An 80-year-old man was sitting on the sofa in his house along with his 45-year-old highly educated son. Suddenly a crow（乌鸦）perched（栖息）on their window.
The father asked his son, “What is this?” The son replied, “It is a crow.”
After a few minutes, the father asked his son for the second time, “What is this?” The son said, “Father, I have just now told you, it’s a crow!”
After a little while, the old father again asked his son for the third time, “What is this?”
At this time some expression of irritation（恼怒）was felt in the son’s tone when he said to his father with a rebuff（生硬回绝）. “It’s a crow, a crow.” A little while later, the father again asked his son the fourth time, “What is this?”
This time, the son shouted at his father, “Why do you keep asking me the same question again and again, although I have told you so many times ‘IT IS A CROW’. Are you not able to understand this?”
A little while later the father went to his room and came back with an old tattered（发皱的）diary, which he had maintained since his son was born. On opening a page, he asked his son to read that page. When the son read it, the following words were written in the diary:
“Today my little son aged three was sitting with me on the sofa, when a crow was sitting on the window. My son asked me 23 times what it was, and I replied to him all 23 times that it was a crow. I hugged him lovingly each time he asked me the same question. I did not at all feel irritated but I rather felt affection for my innocent son,
注意：
1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2. 应使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语；
3. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
4. 续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
Paragraph 1:
After reading the diary
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Feeling ashamed, the son got down on his knees before his father
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假定你是李华，你的外教Peter对中国饮食文化非常感兴趣，他想请你推荐一款中国传统餐饮，请你写一封e-mail。
内容包括:1.餐饮名称；2.简要描述；3.推荐理由。
注意:1.词数80字左右；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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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。
One of the bigger misunderstandings about China’s tech market is that China is all about copying and stealing ideas. But if that was ever the case, it1.(certain) isn’t now. China entrepreneurs (企业家)2.(prove) that they can innovate (创新).In fact, they’ve become so good at 3. that the West is now copying their ideas.
Here are a few examples. Facebook borrowed some ideas4.WeChat’s messaging app when 5.U. S. social media giant introduced group chats and private messaging. In bike-sharing, a similar transfer occurred. LmeBike copied China’s two major bike-sharing 6.(company) , Ofo and Mobike.
China gained an advantage by being able to leapfrog (跳过， 避开) some older,7.(west) technologies and go straight to new tech such as QR codes, to electric vehicles, to high-speed trains, to mobile payments, and superapps that combine all these functions.We are entering a new stage8. separate universes are being created. This9.(cause) by China’s fast rise, and a 10. (grow) gap between the U. S. and China on technology innovations that matter for the future.
The Glover kids in Newburgh, New York, want to make a little extra money themselves before school opens. So, earlier this week, they set up a lemonade stand on the side of the road._______was good during the rush hour, at which point some police officers pulled up, and _______ Whitney Glover, mother of the young enterprisers, that some _______ person had called to make complaints about kids’ selling lemonade.
Now, in most stories, that’s when the police_______ the stand, telling kids to take a food handling course, and get a _______from the related department. Then the children go home completely _______for their enterprise is broken. But not in this _______. The police officers said the kids weren’t doing anything wrong,_________ creating a bit of a traffic jam, and their motivation should be _______. The kids also promised to make ________ to their schedule to avoid traffic problems. After__________ for a photo with the kids, they left. Whitney posted the picture on social media with explanatory words.
The__________story has created a great deal of local__________and the lemonade business is now booming. Dozens of customers have__________for lemonade. “Every single time you buy a glass, children look amazed by the__________of time and efforts to coins in their hands,” Whitney said.
1.A.Progress B.Business C.Budget D.Purpose
2.A.demanded B.proposed C.warned D.informed
3.A.bitter B.generous C.anxious D.responsible
4.A.take over B.shut clown C.leave out D.drive away
5.A.course B.fund C.permit D.record
6.A.surprised B.depressed C.frightened D.confused
7.A.context B.respect C.reason D.case
8.A.other than B.instead of C.as for D.due to
9.A.managed B.celebrated C.prevented D.reflected
10.A.contributions B.differences C.adjustments D.objections
11.A.preparing B.accounting C.posing D.searching
12.A.refreshing B.moving C.amusing D.convincing
13.A.apology B.change C.discussion D.support
14.A.stood out B.stood by C.stopped by D.stopped out
15.A.transformation B.devotion C.attachment D.supplement
Basic protective measures against the novel coronavirus
Stay aware of the latest information on the COVID-l9 outbreak, available on the WHO website and through your national and local public health authority. Most people who become infected experience mild illness and recover, but it can be more severe for others. 1.:
Wash your hands frequently
Regularly and thoroughly clean your hands with an alcohol-based hand rub or wash them with soap and water.
2.? Washing your hands with soap and water or using an alcohol-based hand rub kills viruses that may be on your hands.
3.
Keep at least 1 metre (3 feet) distance between yourself and anyone who is coughing or sneezing.
Why? When someone coughs or sneezes they spray small liquid droplets (小滴) from their nose or mouth which may contain virus. If you are too close, you can breathe in the droplets, including the COVID -19 virus if the person coughing has the disease.
Avoid touching eyes, nose and mouth
Why? 4.. Once contaminated (污染),hands can transfer the virus to your eyes, nose or mouth. From there, the virus can enter your body and can make you sick.
If you have fever, cough and difficulty breathing, seek medical care early
Stay home if you feel unwell. If you have fever, cough and difficulty breathing, seek medical attention and call in advance. Follow the directions of your local health authority.
Why? National and local authorities will have the most up-to-date information on the situation in your area. Calling in advance will allow your health care provider to quickly direct you to the right health facility. 5. .
A.How
B.Why
C.Maintain social distancing
D.Hands touch many surfaces and can pick up viruses
E.Stay informed on the latest developments about COVID -19
F.Take care of your health and protect others by doing the following
G.This will also protect you and help prevent the spread of viruses and other infections
