A great museum can improve thoughts, open new worlds and change entire viewpoints. While famous museums, such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, are well-known throughout the world, a new crop of museums have sprung up in the last 10 years that are set to compete with them.
Museum of Modern Art
New York City, the United States
New York City's Museum of Modern Art sets the standard in contemporary art. With its expansion opening this October, it raised the bar even higher. With new performance spaces and galleries, the museum explores the works of artists like Donald Judd, Dorothea Lange and Betye Saar.
UCCA Center for Contemporary Art
Beijing, China
This center for contemporary Chinese art underwent a major restructuring in 2017, separating its commercial and nonprofit functions. Featuring artists like Liu Wei and Wang Jian wei, it places Chinese artists firmly in the center of the global art dialogue.
Musee Yves Saint Laurent
Paris, France
This museum celebrates the eponymous(同名的)fashion designer whose clothing forever changed the way women dressed. The original in Paris opened in September 2017, one month before its outpost(基地)in Marrakesh, Morocco.
Museo Soumaya
Mexico City, Mexico
The new location of the museum, found at the Plaza Carso location since 2011, is being repaired both inside and out. Housing the largest collection of August Rodin sculptures outside of France, this private museum also houses the vast and varied collection of Mexican billionaire, Carlos Slim.
1.What does the underlined word "them" in paragraph 1 refer to?
A.The thoughts.
B.The new worlds.
C.The famous museums.
D.The new museums.
2.Which museum features Chinese artists?
A.Museum of Modern Art.
B.UCCA Center for Contemporary Art.
C.Musee Yves Saint Laurent.
D.Museo Soumaya.
3.What characteristic do the four museums have in common?
A.They are public museums.
B.They are being restructured.
C.They have their own outposts.
D.They are new and develop rapidly.
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Leith Anderson, a minister, shared this experience: As a boy, he grew up outside New York City and was a fan of the old Brooklyn Dodgers. One day his father took him to a World Series game between the Dodgers and the Yankees. He was so excited, knowing the Dodgers would defeat the Yankees. Unfortunately, the Dodgers never got on base, and his excitement was shattered.
Years later, he met a famous player. Leith told him about the first major league game he had attended, saying, "It was such a disappointment. "The man said, "Were you there? Were you at the game when Don Larsen played the first perfect game in all of World Series history?" Leith replied, "Yeah, but we lost. "He then realized that he had been so caught in his team's defeat that he missed out on the fact that he was a witness to a far greater page of history.
How often the same thing happens to us. We get so caught in the "defeat" when things don't turn out as we want them to. So we are depressed because an illness remains, or when people don't treat us the way we think they should. But we are often so blinded by the pain and disappointment of our "defeat" that we fail to appreciate the fact that we might be witnesses to something far greater in our lives.
Do you remember it when Paul was in prison? He wrote to the Philippian Christians, ＂But I want you to know that the things happening to me have actually turned out the gospel (福音)｡＂While most of us would have focused on the "defeat", Paul was able to see it differently. It's not an easy thing to do. It's never easy to view things from a positive perspective. But it is learning how to have a positive view that helps us know joy that happens in our lives.
1.What does the underlined word "shattered" in paragraph 1 mean?
A.Shown. B.Hidden.
C.Extended. D.Destroyed.
2.How did Leith react to what the player said?
A.He felt proud to have watched the game.
B.He felt regretful to recall the game.
C.He showed doubt about the player's opinion.
D.He learned something from the player's words.
3.What does Leith's experience teach us to do?
A.Treat defeat positively.
B.Remember our defeat in life.
C.Struggle for what we want.
D.Know truths from others.
4.Why is Paul's story mentioned in the text?
A.To help us know him.
B.To share his poor situation.
C.To offer us an example to follow.
D.To praise him for his great achievements.
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Landscape architecture works well adding beauty to a certain location. For example, Japanese garden develops the relationship between Victoria and the Aichi Prefecture in Japan. Landscape architecture focuses on design and environment management. However, there are some amazing facts to know about while people are dealing with landscape architecture designs.
The source of the idea of landscape architecture: According to ancient tales, Frederick Law Olmsted and Capability Brown started the profession in the 18th century, known as the pioneer of landscape architecture work.
The term "landscape" first used in painting: With landscape paintings, the painter can highlight the beauty of nature while covering human and animals in little amount, by inserting the light to the paintings to leave the paintings with liveliness. When it comes to architecture, landscape means the distinguishing characteristics of natural features created by landscape architects in Melbourne for beautiful outdoors.
Australia is the capital of landscape architecture: Landscape architecture is highly appreciated in Australia due to how it has transformed beautiful cities and coastlines into the artwork highly praised by tourists and locals. Even, with so many landscape architects, it is surprising that the country has the record of having the most national parks.
The most viewed landscape is in the image of our desktop screen: The most visited landscape is the image photographed and used as the background image for Windows XP. It is the image of a small field located in North California, seen by more than 1 billion.
A sample tree won't live forever: You might have the dream of building a new house around a beautiful sample tree, but it won't go well for long. So, before designing, talk to the arborist (树艺家)to find the health of the tree.
So, next time when traveling a worth-visiting place, spend a moment appreciating the landscape architecture for the way they have estimated the necessary factors for construction project management in Melbourne and delivered the best out of their ideas.
1.What function does landscape architecture have?
A.Beautifying the environment.
B.Helping people enjoy landscape paintings.
C.Helping people learn design management.
D.Developing human's relationship.
2.What attitude do Australian people have to landscape architecture?
A.Cautious. B.Supportive.
C.Uncaring D.Unfriendly.
3.Which landscape is the most popular?
A.The one in North California.
B.The one in Aichi Prefecture.
C.The one in Melbourne.
D.The one in Victoria.
4.What may be the best title for the text?
A.Learn the history of landscape architecture
B.Know more facts about landscape architecture
C.Research the situation of landscape architecture
D.Make a list of benefits of landscape architecture
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The world's first hydrogen-powered superyacht (超级游艇)could be taken to the waters in the not too distant future. Dutch yacht-design company Sinot has launched a model for a wonderful concept that seems to develop the superyacht industry in a more eco-friendly direction.
Created in cooperation with Lateral Naval Architects, Aqua measures 112 meters and will be powered entirely by liquid hydrogen and fuel-cell technology, which essentially means water will be its only emission. The superyacht, which has state-of-the-art facilities, is to operate at a top speed of 17 knots (节), with a range of 3, 750 nautical miles.
"For the development of Aqua, we combine inspiration from the lifestyle of a forward- looking owner and cutting-edge technology in the 112-meter superyacht, "Designer Sander Si-not said in a statement shortly before a detailed model of Aqua was revealed at the Monaco Yacht Show in September. He added, "Our challenge is to use fully operational liquid hydrogen and fuel cells in a true superyacht that is not only groundbreaking in technology, but also in aesthetics (美感)｡"
Aqua's technology system will rely on two 28-ton vacuum isolated tanks. The energy will then be submitted to the switchboard and distributed, in order to provide power for travelling and hotel services.
The outside and inside design for Aqua, which took developers five months to design, was almost as impressive as its technology system. Aqua will have a yoga space, a swimming platform and a beach deck close to the waterline.
While it's just a design concept at the moment and there are no exact plans to roll Aqua out, according to Sinot, the pioneering design clearly prefigures the superyachts of tomorrow. Earlier this year Latvia's Latitude Yachts announced plans for the Valkyrie Project, a massive superyacht that would span 229 meters, making it the largest in the world｡
1.What is Aqua special about?
A.Its steaming distance.
B.Its hotel services.
C.Its energy materials.
D.Its modern facilities.
2.What's the biggest difficulty of constructing Aqua?
A.Poor financial support from the government.
B.The technological problems of dealing with power.
C.The difficulty of designing its whole aesthetics.
D.Lack of resources to produce the components.
3.What can be inferred about Aqua?
A.It will look like a real hotel.
B.It will be created in Dutch.
C.It will open a new era of superyacht.
D.It will be the largest in the world.
4.What is the author's purpose in writing the text?
A.To advertise a superyacht.
B.To show a new technology.
C.To tell us a green travel style.
D.To introduce a superyacht model.
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Three Signs of True Confidence
Many people mistakenly believe that confident people are somehow special and unique. The truth about confidence is that it's an acquired skill. 1.Even fewer remain confident through the painful process of adolescence and adulthood. Here is what true confidence looks like:
They are quietly strong and firm2.They know their self-worth, and they've also learned humility(谦逊).Their achievements are part of who they are, but they're not all that they are. Often they experience diversity in their life. They learn that material success comes and goes, but the steady strength that fuels their core can never be taken away from them.
They are sympathetic and happy to see others succeed. 3.They never feel threatened by another person's beauty, wealth, talent or success. They don't deny others 'opportunities and support. You will often see a confident person encourage others. They know that another person's success does not diminish(减少)their own.
They are independent from outside approval. Confident people are not afraid of criticism, because their realistic feeling of self-worth acts as an acid test that allows them to differentiate between helpful criticism and personal attacks. They like to learn from the former, and dismiss the latter. They know that they can't please everyone, and they don't waste their time trying. 4. The main guiding force in their lives is their own internal compass.
5.It has to be learned and earned, often through years of questioning and mistakes. It requires open-mindedness, a strong sense of personal responsibility, and much emotional maturity. But it is rarely easy to obtain but it is worth the effort.
A.Very few people are born with it.
B.Gaining true confidence isn't easy.
C.Confident people never seek outside approval.
D.Many people pretend to have confidence, which is wrong.
E.Today, I'm inviting you to open yourself up to true confidence.
F.Confident people don't feel the need to prove anything to anyone.
G.They never tease or put down others to make themselves feel better
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Some of us may have a teacher that impacts us forever. Those teachers________ us into studying harder and help us so much. Teachers, who we will always remember, deserve _____like"Educator of the Year". I believe Mrs. Sheehan from Odyssey Charter School should________that sort. She has taught me more than any other teacher, and she has ______ me so much.
Mrs. Sheehan was always________. She always got up early to do housework. If she wasn't on time, there was usually a funny story about her_________morning. She smiled________and had a fun style, which made us all laugh and enjoy school. Her ________became something that I and my classmates could_______her by.
Mrs. Sheehan would always cheer her students up with anything from our funny group _____to our weekly game of Sparkle. Her activities would be lively and exciting while teaching us excellent______skills. Those deep discussions helped us _____ as a family and helped me remember her as the most_______teacher I have ever had. She was our go-to teacher to talk to about our _______
______Mrs. Sheehan worked a lot with me. She would help me with my English skills, even when I was really far behind or just had a _____ paper. She also taught me that school didn't have to be______, but rather how we wanted it to be;it all ______on how we wanted to start the year and how we wanted to end it.
Surely, we may have an amazing teacher who_______us, but Mrs. Sheehan did so much more. She was a teacher that_______ others and positively impacted students' lives for the better and she was my nomination(提名)for"Educator of the Year".
1.A.push B.break C.divide D.translate
2.A.surroundings B.presence C.recognition D.wisdom
3.A.belong to B.devote to C.refer to D.turn to
4.A.witnessed B.discovered C.inspired D.traced
5.A.calm B.curious C.careful D.cheerful
6.A.leisure B.busy C.colorful D.peaceful
7.A.strangely B.obviously C.constantly D.madly:
8.A.smile B.ability C.spirit D.experience
9.A.support B.protect C.appreciate D.identify
10.A.adventures B.discussions C.arrangements D.commitments
11.A.swimming B.writing C.running D.driving
12.A.bond B.fight C.march D.resist
13.A.energetic B.considerate C.beautiful D.excited
14.A.parents B.relatives C.problems D.achievements
15.A.Occasionally B.Suddenly C.Finally D.Specifically
16.A.useless B.spare C.meaningful D.horrible
17.A.knowledgeable B.boring C.distant D.attractive
18.A.depended B.decided C.insisted D.experimented
19.A.punished B.consulted C.remembered D.influenced
20.A.visited B.accepted C.touched D.praised
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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｡
A motorcycle, also1. (call)a motorbike, bike, or cycle, is a two-or three-wheeled motor vehicle. Motorcycle design varies greatly2.(suit)a range of different purposes: long distance travel, commuting, cruising, and sports including racing and off-road riding. Motorcycling is about riding a motorcycle and some related 3.(society)activities such as joining a motorcycle club and 4.(attend)motorcycle rallies(拉力赛车)｡
In 1894, Hildebrand&. Wolfmuller became the first series production motorcycle, and the first to
be called a motorcycle. In 2012, the three top motorcycle producers globally by volume5.(be) Honda from Japan, Bajaj Auto and Hero MotoCorp,6.were from India.
The motorcycle is a kind of luxury goods in the developed world, where they are used mostly for leisure, as a lifestyle accessory or a symbol of personal identity. In developing countries, motorcycles are 7. (extreme)practical due to lower prices and greater fuel economy. 8.all the motorcycles in the world, 58%are in the Asia Pacific and Southern and Eastern Asia 9. (region), except car-centric Japan.
However, there is data that people should pay attention to. According to the United States Department of Transportation, 10.number of deaths caused by motorcycles was 37 times larger than cars.
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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(^A), 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｡10g
Li Dan is an exchange student in a British high school. She sat next to a girl name Diana. The headmaster told the students that the best way earn respect was to devote themselves to study and achieve high grade. Although the homework was not heavier than before, but it was a bit challenging for him at first because all the homework was in English. Fortunate, all her teachers gave her much encouragement. To improve her English, she spent an hour each day read English books in the library. In the word, studying in Britain was a very enjoyable and excited experience for Li Dan.
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假定你是李华, 你的留学生朋友 Steven 打算在你市找一家中国餐馆庆祝生日｡为此, 他发邮件向你打听相关事宜｡请你用英语给他回封邮件，内容包括：
1. 表达祝愿；
2. 推荐餐馆(地址､价格､菜肴等)；
3. 建议预订｡
注意:1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计人总词数｡
Dear Steven,
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Yours
Li Hua
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