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Day 1. Fly from London to Bergen, Norway Transfer to the port and embark your ship Day 2. Flora-Molde, Norway Navigate through the pristine skernes and islands to reach the town of Alesund Day 3. Cross the Arctic Circle / Brenneysund- Svolvoer, Norway Today you'll enter the auroral zone, the best area to witness the legendary Northern Lights. On deck enjoy a traditional ceremony to mark crossing the Arctic Circle Day 4. Troms-Stamsund, Norway Enjoy the stunning views of the Vesteralen and Losten Islands including sheltered bays and glorious mountain landscapes Day 5. Bod-Rrvik, Norway See the spectacular winter scenery of the picturesque Hegeland coast, including the Seven Sisters Mountain Range and the distinctive Torghatten Mountain, pierced by a natural tunnel Day 6. Bergen, Norway Transfer to the airport for your flight to London Above is a selection o£ the ports of call visited. For a full itinerary, please ask your cruise specialist | • NORTHERN LIGHT PROMISE-Receive a free Hurtigruten voyage if the Northern Lights don't make an appearance. • 5 night full aboard voyage • Return flights from London and all overseas transfers • PLUS, book a polar outside cabin or above by 8:30pm 30th September 2018 to receive an EXCLUSIVE FREE £25 M&S Gift Card | |
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1.On which day is the activity the most important to the travel company?
A.Day 2, B.Day 3.
C.Day 4. D.Day 5.
2.Where can you enjoy the scenery o£ the Seven Sisters Mountain Range?
A.Flora-Molde, B.Brenneysund-Svolvoer.
C.Troms-Stamsund. D.Bod-Rrvik.
3.What can you get if you book a polar outside cabin on September 28th, 2018?
A.£25. B.A free voyage.
C.An M&S Gift Card. D.The bucket list experience.
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。
Mike licked (舔) the last of the chocolate ice cream. It was almost time to leave. He jumped into the car with his parents and headed off to the Olympic-sized pool for the big swim meet. When his race came up, Mike was confident. He was strong and swift. Mike climbed out the pool, smiling. He had just won first place.
A week later, it was time for another swim meet. Like before, Mike decided to enjoy his favorite flavored ice cream before they left home. As Mike climbed out the pool, his teammates patted (拍) him on the back. He’d taken first place again in his race.
As it turned out, Mike decided to have some chocolate ice cream before every one of the next few swim meets that came up. He began to think of it as his lucky charm. After several months of being placed in the top positions of every race he swam, Mike was feeling unbeatable. And he wouldn’t admit it, but he was also starting to feel a little uncomfortable. All that ice cream was adding a few pounds to his athletic swimmer’s build.
It didn't take long after that for Mike to start coming in second place---and then third and then last place in his races. The lucky chocolate ice cream had lost its magic. On the day of his next swim meet, his mother sat down at the table with him. “Mike, I think we need to talk about this. We all love ice cream, but it’s got lots of fat and sugar in it, and it’s not healthy for your body to eat so much of it.” Mike unwillingly agreed. His father offered to go running with him few days a week to help strengthen his muscles. The extra weight soon disappeared, and Mike found himself breathing easier at swim.
It was the last meet of the season, and Mike wasn’t sure what to expect. He felt healthy again, but he didn’t know if he still had any speed in the pool.
注意:
1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右:
2. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好:
Paragraph 1:
As he dived into the water, he kicked his legs and stretched his arms as far as he could.
Paragraph 2:
His jaw(下巴) dropped as he realized he had beaten his own best time, and everyone else’s too.
假如你是李华，是学校校刊主编。因为一些学生易与父母产生冲突，你向学校优秀班主任王老师约稿，希望王老师提出建议和鼓励。
内容要点如下：1.约稿原因；2.希望王老师提出的建议(主动父母沟通；换位思考，体谅父母的心情和难处等)；3.词数600词，截稿日期本月底。
注意：1.词数 100 左右。2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Fujian puppetry(木偶戏) has a thousand-year history. It is one of the _______ of Chinese performing art to the world’s culture and has_________a set of characteristic techniques of performance and puppet making, as well as a repertoire (全部剧目) of plays and music.
No _______ has yet been reached on the_________and development of Chinese puppetry. _______ the Shang dynasty (16th-11th century B.C.), pottery figurines (陶俑) used as burial objects (随葬品) have been discovered at the Yin Ruins. Wooden figurines _______during the Spring and Autumn and the Warring States Periods (770-221 B.C.). In a Western Han tomb at Mawangdui in Changsha, Hunan province, an army of wooden figurines of singers, dancers and musicians have been discovered. These were a great _______ on those from previous dynasties _______craftsmanship, variety and modeling, which represent the _______Chinese puppets. Over time, figurines as burial objects ________ into puppets for entertainment during holiday__________. ________, just like many other traditional forms of art, Fujian puppetry has fallen out of favour with the younger generations. The number of young people learning puppetry has ________ due to socioeconomic changes ________their lifestyles and the long period of training ________to master the sophisticated (复杂的) performing techniques.
In response, ________ communities, groups and bearers (传授者) worked out the 2008-2020 Strategy for the Training of Coming Generations of Fujian Puppetry Practitioners. The key ________ are to safeguard the spread of Fujian Puppetry and provide professional ________to raise a new generation of puppetry practitioners.
In 2012, the strategy was selected by the UNESCO to be part of the Register of Good Safeguarding Practices. With the wide ________ of practitioners, local people and education institutions, Fujian Puppetry can__________ a brighter future.
1.A.incidents B.judgments C.contributions D.attempts
2.A.accepted B.developed C.appreciated D.recognized
3.A.introduction B.conservation C.conclusion D.presentation
4.A.origins B.compositions C.techniques D.functions
5.A.Differing from B.Arising from C.Coming from D.Dating from
6.A.survived B.jumped C.appeared D.applied
7.A.improvement B.decoration C.disappointment D.impression
8.A.in preference to B.in regard to C.in answer to D.in reply to
9.A.lively B.early C.natural D.precious
10.A.struggled B.modified C.flooded D.evolved
11.A.conditions B.celebrations C.instructions D.invitations
12.A.Previously B.Particularly C.Eventually D.Unfortunately
13.A.increased B.reduced C.remained D.climbed
14.A.expressing B.consuming C.transforming D.confirming
15.A.devoted B.spent C.required D.cost
16.A.concerned B.concrete C.confident D.convenient
17.A.chance B.interest C.goal D.problem
18.A.learning B.spreading C.performing D.training
19.A.comprehension B.participation C.companion D.organization
20.A.produce B.expect C.select D.observe
Scientists have discovered a new kind of invisible ink. It’s called water. And all you need for this secret-messaging ink to work is to write with it on a super-hi-tech piece of paper coated with special chemicals. 1. It shows up darker than the surrounding paper under UV(紫外线的) light.
When the message has been read and needs to be hidden again, get out your hairdryer, and blow some warm air on the paper. 2.
Using hot air from a hairdryer for 15-30 seconds, you were able to reuse the special paper up to 30 times because the heat reorganized the chemical structure of the paper coating. 3.
The invention was made by a group of scientists in China, led by Qiang Zhao of the Institute of Advanced Materials, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications.
Although much of modern communication is digital(数码的), there are still some situations in which it is important to send messages on a piece of paper, such as when the people don’t have Internet. 4. But the problem has always been how to get rid of a message once it has been shown so no one else can read it.
5.. To use it, write with the lemon juice on ordinary paper, iron(熨) the paper with a hot iron and the hidden message will appear. The downside(缺点) is that the paper has to be destroyed to hide the message so no one else can read it.
A.How to make the invisible ink? Follow the steps.
B.Invisible inks have long been used to send secret messages.
C.Without the heat, the message stayed visible for up to three months.
D.Previously, the most readily available invisible ink was lemon juice.
E.Shine a UV light on the coated paper and the water message becomes visible.
F.Then the message will be gone and the paper can be reused, which keeps costs low.
G.Putting water on the paper broke up the structure of the chemicals it was coated with.
Eating a big breakfast could help you burn double the amount of calories than if you eat a larger meal at dinner.
It could be the key to losing weight while also keeping blood sugar levels steady, researchers at Lübeck University in Germany said. Their study found filling up in the morning boosts a metabolism (新陈代谢) process known as diet-induced thermogenesis(DIT). DIT refers to the number of calories the body expends to heat the body and digest food. It was shown to be twice as high for those who ate more at breakfast than at dinner. On the other hand, a low-calorie breakfast increases appetite(食欲), especially for sweets, the researchers admitted.
The findings published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism were based on a laboratory experiment of 16 men. They consumed a low and high calorie breakfast and dinner one day—and then vice versa (反过来) on another. The study also showed increases in blood sugar and insulin concentrations, caused by eating a meal, was reduced after breakfast, but not so much after dinner. The results also showed eating a low-calorie breakfast caused sweet desires with a higher appetite. This suggests those saving all their calories for the end of the day may face consequences because they snack more.
The study adds to increasing evidence that the best way of losing weight is to eat your largest meal in the morning—and your smallest in the evening. Dr Richter, a neurobiologist at Lübeck University, said, “Eating more at breakfast instead of dinner could prevent obesity(肥胖) and high blood sugar.” Both obesity and high blood sugar can lead to many life-threatening illnesses including cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Previous research has shown DIT is lower in people with obesity. It’s seen as a measure of how well our metabolism is working.
DIT can differ depending on mealtime and is generally slower in the evening and at night due to our body clocks. Dr Richter said, “We recommend that patients with obesity as well as healthy people eat a large breakfast rather than a large dinner to reduce body weight and prevent metabolic diseases.”
Professor Daniela Jakubowicz, author of The Big Breakfast Diet, found that those who piled on the calories in the morning were more likely to feel satisfied, preventing snacking throughout the day. And another study by Professor Jakubowicz found that eating chocolate in the morning, when our metabolism is at its highest, prevented desires for sweet things later on.
1.We can learn from the passage that DIT ________
A.is usually slower in the evening than during the daytime.
B.refers to the number of calories needed to heat the body.
C.has been found by the researchers in a Germany university .
D.may become twice lower when people eat a big breakfast.
2.According to the study, eating a high-calorie breakfast can ______.
A.cause diabetes B.lead to obesity
C.keep appetite D.lower blood sugar
3.What are the findings of the study conducted by the researchers at Lübeck University based on?
A.The observation of blood sugar changes.
B.Basic theories about diet-induced thermogenesis.
C.The data collected from a laboratory experiment.
D.Different experiments on people with different appetite.
4.What’s the best title for the text?
A.DIT: lower in the morning or evening? B.A low or high calorie dinner
C.A big breakfast, or a large dinner? D.Less calories, better health
