72 hours in Beijing
Traveling to China is no longer a luxury for many foreign passport holders. The Chinese government has permitted a 72-hour visa-free policy that offers access to visitors from 53 countries including the US, France and Austria. Let’s start with the capital of China, Beijing. Here's a pick of the best in Beijing!
Mutianyu Great Wall
Your trip to Beijing isn't really complete without seeing one of the “New Seven Wonders of the World” ，the Great Wall of China. The Mutianyu section of the Great Wall is by far the most well-preserved of all. Taking a one-hour bus ride, Mutianyu would be your ideal location for a half-day of hiking away from the large crowds in the city. Also, the authorities have allowed tourists to paint graffiti on a specific section of the Great Wall since 2014. The Great Wall was designated （把….定名为）
a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1987.
Summer Palace
Located in northwestern Beijing, the Summer Palace is by far the city's most well-preserved royal park. With its huge lake and hilltop views, the palace offers you a pastoral escape into the landscape of traditional Chinese paintings. The Summer Palace was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1998.
798 Art Zone
This would be on the top of my list! Named after the 798 factory that was built in the 1950s, the art zone is home to various galleries, design studios, art exhibition spaces, fashionable shops and bars. You could easily spend half your day wandering around the complex, feeling the contrast of the present and the past.
Sichuan Provincial Restaurant
While in Beijing, apart from trying the city's best-known Peking duck, the Sichuan provincial restaurant is one of places where you can enjoy regional delicious food. It offers one of China's eight great cuisines, Sichuan Cuisine, which ranges from Mapo tofu to spicy chicken.
1.How does the author describe Mutianyu Great Wall?
A.Tourists need a half-day to arrive there.
B.Tourists are allowed to paint graffiti anywhere.
C.It is the most well-maintained part of the Great Wall.
D.It was named a UNESCO World Heritage site 20 years ago.
2.Where would you go first if you were the author?
A.Mutianyu Great Wall. B.Summer Palace.
C.798 Art Zone. D.Sichuan Provincial Restaurant.
3.Who is the passage intended for?
A.The tourists who prefer to travel for free.
B.The foreigners to stay in Beijing for 3 days.
C.The visitors coming from every corner of China.
D.The foreigners coming to Beijing for the first time.
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Going to college was not optional. In my family, it was just another step toward the American dream. As soon as I graduated. I enrolled in the English Department of Colorado State University. I went on to earn two scholarships, and membership in the National Honor Society. I truly believed the hard work was worth it.
It wasn't until a few months ago that I realized how clueless I was. I had been combing through the classifieds when my eyes fell upon my dream job: ''National College Magazine looking for writers''
Thrilled, I spent the weekend composing a resume. Needless to say. I was stunned when the interviewer barely took one glance before throwing it aside.
''No experience'', he said flatly.
I felt like screaming, "What do you mean, no experience? Look at these grades. ''
I was left to absorb the shock of rejection, thinking that nobody ever told me that a 4.0 student would be turned down for a job.
Didn't all of my hard work count for anything?
I see plenty of demands for two years of experience at a print publication, but none requiring extensive knowledge of how to write academic papers. Yet 95% of my energy in school went toward the latter, leaving me little time to devote to anything else. If career preparation is supposed to be the point of college, then why isn't it the focus?
Has a college degree just become another societal status symbol like fancy cars or designer clothes?
Given my experience. I feel that a college degree would be a lot more valuable if students were required to get some outside experience to supplement their in-class knowledge. Instead of requiring four science classes, why not three science classes and an internship? In my college career. I took one class that taught me how to write and submit essays for publication. This ever so brief taste of the real world was like holding an ice cream sundae in front of a child and only giving her a small bite.
1.Why did the author study so hard at college?
A.To maintain a family tradition.
B.To land an ideal job.
C.To fulfill parents' expectations.
D.To pay for the tuition.
2.What accounted for the author's failure in job hunting?
A.His fancy resume.
B.His misjudgment in high scores.
C.His lack of experience.
D.His poor performance in the interview.
3.What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph imply?
A.Academic writing is a small part of college life.
B.College education always covers unimportant things.
C.Competition in college is not as fierce as that in the real world.
D.The author feels held back by his lack of real-world experience.
4.What does the author want to tell us by writing this article?
A.Get a college degree and you will go far.
B.College students should make the best of their time.
C.Career preparation is a necessity for college education.
D.Landing a successful career is better than a college degree.
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There were far fewer cars on the streets and crowds were not seen in the shopping malls in Central China's Wuhan on Jan. 24—the Eve of the Chinese New Year. The scene was quite different from the occasion in the previous years because of the novel coronavirus, which had resulted in 41 deaths in China by the end of New Year's Eve. Mostly in Wuhan, according to the National Health Commission.
Chen Li, a doctor in a Wuhan hospital, spent the Chinese Lunar New Year's Eve at home to quarantine herself for having had contact with infected patients, but luckily she has no signs of symptoms for the time being. Chen's husband is at the forefront of the fight against the epidemic. “We haven't seen each other for over a week," said Chen. On Saturday morning, she put on protective clothing again and returned to work.
Wuhan is following Beijing's SARS treatment model in 2003 to build a makeshift hospital with 1,000 beds for receiving infected patients. It will be completed and put into use prior to Feb. 3, less than 10 days away. "It's going to be another all-nighter. We need to speed up the work said Lyu Jun, a young truck driver at the construction site. This is his first Spring Festival away from home.
For ordinary people, this year's Lunar New Year’s Eve lacks some gatherings. Yin Yeqiong. from Hunan Province, refunded her tickets back home after much debate. “I had it in my mind to still go home, but finally decided to stay in Wuhan," she said. “Our stay will help reduce panic in other places.
Doctors, nurses and experts from across the nation have been selected to join the battle, and manufacturers have restarted their plants to produce medical consumables that have been running short in many places.
“This is going to be an unforgettable Spring Festival," said Chen Ying, a writer. "Because I feel that at this moment, there are so many families that I do not know, in every corner of this city, praying for our home.”
1.What does the underlined word "quarantine" mean in Paragraph 2?
A.Support. B.Recover. C.Examine. D.Separate.
2.Why did Yin Yeqiong decide to stay in Wuhan?
A.She couldn't afford the ticket back home.
B.She was eager to work as a volunteer.
C.She didn't want to cause unnecessary trouble.
D.She was not allowed to go back to her home.
3.What can we learn from the text?
A.The Spring Festival in China this year is the same as before.
B.Chen Li and her husband are fighting against the novel coronavirus in Wuhan.
C.Lyu Jun and his coworkers will help complete the hospital in Beijing.
D.There is no need to worry because we have plenty of medical consumables.
4.What does the text intend to tell us?
A.The Chinese are fighting against the epidemic together.
B.The epidemic is not so serious that we can enjoy our normal life.
C.Coronavirus, a highly infectious disease. is spreading around China.
D.Not until the makeshift hospital is completed will the doctors find the cure.
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You've probably heard that brick — and — mortar retail(实体零售)is in trouble. Even industry giants are closing hundreds of stores. Given retail's gradual change to mobile and e-commerce, you may be wondering. What will retail look like in the future? Nobody knows. But here are a few things you can expect to see based on current technology.
Ultrafast delivery is coming. Today, the normal practice is two — day delivery. But if you've been paying attention, you know that's changing. In fact, a surprisingly high 25% of consumers said that they would abandon their orders if one — day delivery wasn't available. Of course, that's just the beginning. Two-hour delivery is coming in the foreseeable future, and Amazon has already been trying 30-minute delivery.
Your kitchen will resupply itself. You won't have to worry about running out of essentials like coffee, pet food or snacks because your containers will sense stock levels and replace those items without you having to lift a finger. No more waking up to find your coffee store is empty or last-minute trips to the grocery store because you forgot to buy pet food.
Know exactly what's in stock and where. Have you ever gone to a store hoping to buy something, only to learn that they were out of stock? A new feature from Google Home allows people to ask Google Assistant to find in-stock products at the closest store. For example: "Google, where can I find the Nintendo Switch console?" An assistant will tell you how many stores have it right then and how close they are. Of course, it isn't currently available for all stores in all locations, but you can already see a future when it has become standard.
Convenience, experience, and options——retail will take on a new look.
1.How does the author develop the passage?
A.By asking and answering.
B.By arguing and debating.
C.By analyzing and commenting.
D.By comparing and concluding.
2.What can we know from Paragraph 2?
A.Consumers can't get their orders in one day now.
B.It is possible to deliver goods within two hours in the future.
C.The delivery will be in two days in the future.
D.Superfast delivery has widely been used now.
3.According to the passage, what will happen in the future?
A.Retail will disappear gradually.
B.Industrial giants will rule the whole retail trade.
C.Shopping will be more convenient and effective.
D.People will ask Google Assistant to purchase goods.
4.What's the best title of the passage?
A.What will retail be like in the future?
B.How will new technology change the world?
C.How will we run the retail trade in the future?
D.What benefits will high-tech bring in the future?
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Why Walking Makes You a Better Worker?
We’re busy at work, distracted by technology and often live in urban environments far from wild spaces.
1. The average American, for example, spends about 90% of their life indoors. But what happens if we make time for an hour outside each day?
2. You’ll have to stand up and move, which is beneficial if most of your day involves sitting in front of a screen. Research shows short breaks can improve work enthusiasm, and a quick break in natural light will deliver a shot of vitamin D.
There’s also a lot of work on the mental benefits of being in nature — on the state of being happy and on your brain’s ability to make sense of life. “When people are all out in nature, even in urban nature, people tend to have more positive emotion and energy than when they are indoors. 3.” says Lisa Nisbet, associate professor at Canada’s Trent University.
The idea that nature is good for us has been gaining ground since the 1980s. 4. Afterwards shinrin-yoku, the Japanese concept followed that absorbing the atmosphere in forests can benefit your health. Researchers of shinrin-yoku have since found plenty of physical and mental benefits, while global studies suggest time in nature can, for example, restore our ability to focus, increase creativity, and even help us live longer.
Of course, many of us live in cities with no ready access to forests or wilderness. 5. Various studies have shown that green environments in cities have beneficial effects.
A.There are some obvious benefits to going outside.
B.But it doesn’t have to be a forest.
C.spending time in nature makes us healthier and happier.
D.In other words, people are happier in nature.
E.We also don’t get out much.
F.Green and blue spaces are better than busy city streets.
G.First came the theory that humans have a basic desire to connect with nature.
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Since I was young. I've noticed _______ in people's hairstyles, clothes, facial expressions and behaviors. I like noticing the world around me and I _______ the power of paying attention.
I grew up on our family farm. My grandpa always had an eye on the sky, _______the clouds and their various colors. He knew when the soybeans got the _______ of brown paper bags it was time to _______. Farming is about noticing and paying attention.
My mother and grandmother _______ everything from curtains to clothes. My mother made quite a few of my _______ and her pattern work was so _______. My aunt Becky knit socks and sweaters. The patterns looked like a foreign language to me, but they were road maps my mother followed _______ If she noticed a __________ stitch(一针), she would follow seriously __________ The women in my family practiced __________crafts, requiring precision and an eye for __________ attention to color combinations and a love of a __________ world.
Noticing was all around me. It was the clothes on my body, the __________ in the fields, and the clouds in the sky.
I'm teaching how to write and seeing details is my job. Nothing is too small to __________Paying attention is my occupation. Through paying attention to my __________carefully, I can get to know more about them than before. So if I notice that their eyes look __________ instead of bright. I will know why. The world is __________ one detail after another, and by opening my eyes to each of them, I can see the world much more __________much more broadly.
1.A.decorations B.inventions C.figures D.changes
2.A.believe in B.think of C.talk about D.look into
3.A.introducing B.complaining C.interpreting D.painting
4.A.shape B.color C.weight D.size
5.A.grow B.water C.weed D.harvest
6.A.sewed B.bought C.ploughed D.designed
7.A.bags B.beds C.clothes D.books
8.A.adequate B.precise C.complicated D.fragile
9.A.badly B.carelessly C.rudely D.seriously
10.A.dropped B.broken C.sharpened D.shortened
11.A.yet B.too C.again D.though
12.A.troublesome B.conventional C.demanding D.simple
13.A.detail B.sky C.perfection D.money
14.A.patterned B.wandering C.rough D.noisy
15.A.farmers B.workers C.fruits D.crops
16.A.hear B.ignore C.concern D.share
17.A.parents B.colleagues C.neighbors D.students
18.A.big B.dull C.open D.clever
19.A.made up for B.got hold of C.composed of D.knocked out of
20.A.clearly B.bravely C.hopefully D.easily
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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（Λ），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删减：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下面划一横线，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。
It was a Sunday afternoon. My parents and I were watching TV excited when suddenly I spotted the pigeon on the balcony. It was a white pigeon with a ring around one of its foot. It rested there quietly, refuse to fly away. Realizing it must have been lost its way back home, I managed call the Pigeon Association up for help. In the same time, my parents brought the pigeon inside and gave it some bird food, what helped refresh it. Before long, the owner got the message but came to take the pigeon back. He thanked us a lot. My parents and I both felt happy for what we had done.
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假定你是李华，每年6月是世界环保月，请你代表学校学生会，以“从我做起,爱护环 境”为主题,向全校同学写一封倡议书。
内容包括：
1.提出倡议的宗旨；2.倡议的具体内容。
注意：1.词数100左右；2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3.开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。
参考词汇:世界环保月 World Environment Month
Dear students.
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The Students' Union
Jun. 22th. 2020
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