If anyone had told me three years ago that I would be spending most of my weekends camping, I would have laughed heartily. Campers, in my eyes, were people who enjoyed insect bites, ill-cooked meals, and uncomfortable sleeping bags. They had nothing in common with me. 1.
The friends who introduced me to camping thought that it meant to be a pioneer. 2. We slept in a tent, cooked over an open fire, and walked a long distance to take the shower and use the bathroom. This brief visit with Mother Nature cost me two days off from work, recovering from a bad case of sunburn and the doctor’s bill for my son’s food poisoning.
I was, nevertheless, talked into going on another fun-filled holiday in the wilderness. 3. Instead, we had a pop-up camper with comfortable beds and an air conditioner. My nature-loving friends had remembered to bring all the necessities of life.
4. We have done a lot of it since. Recently, we bought a twenty-eight-foot travel trailer complete with a bathroom and a built-in TV set. There is a separate bedroom, a modern kitchen with a refrigerator. The trailer even has matching carpet and curtains.
5. It must be true that sooner or later, everyone finds his or her way back to nature. I recommend that you find your way in style.
A.This time there was no tent.
B.Things are going to be improved.
C.The trip they took me on was a rough one.
D.However, I learned a lot about camping later.
E.I must say that I have certainly come to enjoy camping.
F.After the trip, my family became quite interested in camping.
G.There was no shade as the trees were no more than 3 feet tall.
The common cold is the world's most widespread illness, which is plagues(疫病) that flesh receives.
The most widespread mistake of all is that colds are caused by cold. They are not. They are caused by viruses(病毒) passing on from person to person. You catch a cold by coming into contact, directly or indirectly, with someone who already has one. If cold causes colds, it would be reasonable to expect the Eskimos to suffer from them forever. But they do not. And in isolated Arctic regions explorers have reported being free from colds until coming into contact again with infected people from the outside world by way of packages and mail dropped from airplanes.
During the First World War soldiers who spent long periods in the trenches(战壕), cold and wet, showed no increased tendency to catch colds.
At the Common Cold Research Unit in England, volunteers took part in Experiments in which they gave themselves to the discomforts of being cold and wet for long stretches of time. After taking hot baths, they put on bathing suits, allowed themselves to be with cold water, and then stood about dripping wet in drafty room. Some wore wet socks all day while others exercised in the rain until close to exhaustion. Not one of the volunteers came down with a cold unless a cold virus was actually dropped in his nose.
If, then, cold and wet have nothing to do with catching colds, why are they more frequent in the winter? Despite the most pains—taking research, no one has yet found the answer. One explanation offered by scientists is that people tend to stay together indoors more in cold weather than at other times, and this makes it easier for cold viruses to be passed on.
1.How many examples does the writer offer to support his argument?
A.3 B.4 C.5 D.6
2.Arctic explorers may catch colds when ________.
A.they are working in the isolated Arctic regions
B.they are writing reports in terribly cold weather
C.they are free from work in the isolated Arctic regions
D.they are coming into touch again with the outside world
3.What happened to the volunteers taking part in the experiments in the Common Cold Research Unit?
A.They suffered a lot. B.They never caught colds.
C.They often caught colds. D.They became very strong.
4.Which can we learn from the text?
A.Colds are not all caused by cold.
B.The Eskimos never suffer from colds.
C.People suffer from colds just because they like to stay indoors.
D.It's uncertain why people are more likely to catch colds in the winter.
5.What is the text mainly about?
A.The experiments on the common cold.
B.Some treatments for the common cold.
C.The continued spread of common colds.
D.The reason and the way people catch colds.
Managing a popular tourist attraction can be kind of like throwing a party — everyone wants to come and have fun, but nobody wants to help clean up when it's over. But the Faroe Islands have come up with a creative way to take care of their home and welcome visitors at the same time.
An official notice on the islands' national tourism website reads "closed for maintenance (维护), open for voluntourism.”Following a successful plan this year, the country has made the decision to "close” its major tourism sights and attractions during the weekend of April 16-17, 2020. Hotels will be open, and flights will continue. That weekend, people all over the Faroe Islands will be working on environmental protection projects.
However, people who are just dying to visit the Faroe Islands during that weekend can sign on to help with the housekeeping. The islands are looking for 100 volunteers to come to the country to help with the caretaking efforts. There were thousands of applications for the 2019 plan, so would-be islanders better apply fast.
"For us, tourism is not all about numbers, " Director at Visit Faroe Islands told CNN Travel earlier this year." We welcome visitors to the islands each year, but we also have a responsibility to our community and to our beautiful environment, and our aim is to protect the islands, ensuring responsible growth." The first group of voluntourists included travelers from Mexico, Israel, Australia, China and the United States. The director said that because of the surprising popularity of the volunteering weekend in 2019, the Faroes will host the event yearly. According to the Faroes' tourism authority, visits to the country have increased by 10% over the past few years.
1.Who can visit the Faroe Islands on April 16-17, 2020?
A.Any tourists. B.Selected voluntourists.
C.Housekeepers. D.All islanders.
2.Why do the Faroes host the yearly event?
A.To protect and develop their home. B.To make more money in tourism.
C.To attract more foreign visitors. D.To please the tourists.
3.What can we infer from the passage?
A.All travelers have a chance to volunteer in 2020.
B.The Faroe Islands are likely to hold a party yearly.
C.The plan has made some difference in recent years.
D.Some tourism sights and attractions are closed for all.
4.What's the writer's attitude towards the voluntourism?
A.Indifferent. B.Doubtful. C.Negative. D.Objective.
5.In which section of a newspaper can you probably find this article?
A.Sports. B.Travel. C.Technology. D.History.
I want to share with you a story from 28 years ago. My dad was a used car salesman. Every Thursday night, he would head off to Shreveport, LA for an auction (拍卖会). Most of the time, I drove a car over there for him so he could sell it at the auction.
One day I was riding with my dad when he noticed a hitch-hiker(搭便车的人) with a backpack. Without hesitation, he pulled the car over and offered him a ride. Dad asked him his name, and proceeded to talk to him about all sorts of things. Dad asked him where he was going. The hitch-hiker told him that he was heading for the west. I can’t recall why but he told Dad a lot of things that had occurred to him and that persuaded him to make that decision. He talked about the tragic events that occurred to him several years before. He was in low spirits, but I could see that the hitch-hiker’s attitude was changing as someone was really listening to him.
We drove 45 minutes before the hitch-hiker got off. We pulled over and Dad told him to keep his head up and things would start looking up for him soon. He reached into his pocket and handed the hitch-hiker a twenty-dollar bill. The guy smiled. He nearly lit up right there on the cold, dark highway.
We drove on and my dad did not say a single thing. I was still completely amazed by what I had just witnessed. I was always told by everyone never to pick up a hitch -hiker and yet my dad did it every single time he saw one. While reflecting upon that story I came to understand that just one single kind act could change someone’s life, and I am sure that my father’s deed made that poor man’s day.
1.What made the hitch-hiker become less upset?
A.The writer’s father really listening to him.
B.The writer’s father offering him a free ride.
C.The writer’s father talking to him about all sorts of things.
D.The writer’s father agreeing to drive him to his destination.
2.What does the underlined words “that decision” in Para. 2 refer to?
A.Catching the car B.Heading for the west
C.Talking about his experiences D.Driving 45 minutes
3.When his father helped the hitch-hiker, the writer ___________.
A.was deeply moved B.strongly disagreed
C.admired his father D.couldn’t understand
4.Which of the following words can be used to describe the father?
A.Wealthy. B.Warm-hearted. C.Far-sighted. D.Adventurous.
5.What's the writer's main purpose of writing this text?
A.To tell a story of his father.
B.To show his respect for his father.
C.To prove his father is the best teacher.
D.To advise people to learn from their father.
你的留学生朋友Jack发邮件向你咨询当地即将举办的民间美食节（the Folk Food Festival）的情况，请给他回一封电子邮件。内容包括：
1.举办时间和目的；
2. 活动内容（展示传统美食,品尝美食等）；
3. 邀请他参加。
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 不要逐句翻译，可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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。作文中共有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：在错误的词下面画一横线，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。
National Day is one of my favorite holidays. I am fond travelling around during this holiday. Last National Day , I went to Qinhuangdao with our family. Since it was my first time to going to the seaside, I felt very excited. During the days in Qinhuangdao, we took a sunbath on the beach, seeing the sunrise in the early morning and ate delicious seafood in the nice restaurant. Although we don’t take enough clothes and felt a little cold, but we still enjoyed ourselves there. The hotel we lived in even prepared a lot of meaningful gift for us travelers. How warmly we felt! Everything there went so perfect that I even didn’t want to leave at the end of the holiday.
