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Arriving in New York
There are three airports in New York. When you arrive at one of them, you can take bus or taxi to any place in New York.
Eating out
There are many kinds of food in New York and you shouldn’t eat at McDonalds every day. There are good restaurants in Little Italy and Chinatown, for example.
Hotels
There are lots of good hotels in New York. The best is The Plaza on 5th Avenue but you don’t have to pay a lot to stay in the city; there are lots of smaller hotels and the YMCA near Central Park is great for young people.
Public Transport
In New York, there’s a good bus and subway service. If you are planning to use the subway a lot, you should buy a subway ticket for the journey because it’s cheaper. But you don’t have to use public transport－there are lots of places you can go to on foot. The Empire State Building, 5th Avenue and Central Park. The New York taxis are a part of the city experience, so you should take at least one taxi during your visit!
Places to see
Finally, there are a lot of places to see in New York－Times Square, the Statue of Liberty. And you shouldn’t go home without climbing the Statue of Liberty to enjoy the scenery of the city.
Shopping
Shopping in New York is fun. There are big shops on 5th Avenue. They are open seven days a week. But be careful when you look at the prices; you have to pay a special 8% tax (税) on everything you buy in New York.
1.How many kinds of public transport are mentioned in the passage?
A.Two. B.Three. C.Four. D.Five.
2.How much do you have to pay if you buy a book of $10 in New York?
A.$ 10.8 B.$ 10.08 C.$ 18 D.$ 10
3.When you visit New York, you should ____________________
A.eat at McDonalds every day B.take a taxi whenever you go out
C.stay at the best hotel D.climb the Statue of Liberty
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My father was born in a small town in the US. He wanted to get out and begin a new adventure. He began that adventure by traveling to different cities in the US before going on to other countries. He took his wife and three daughters with him and went wherever the road took him.
It's easy to feel lonely when you're on the road. As my mother said repeatedly ,“We made lots of new friends on our trip—most of them were workers who fix cars, since we often spent hours in repair shops during the journey."
Getting along sometimes seemed impossible. There were always a lot of arguments, especially among us back-seat passengers about who had to sit in the middle. But even if it was hard, we did learn a lot about forgiveness. When in the Philippines, we drove to Quezon City one day. It should have been a one-hour drive but was nearly three, thanks to bad roads and worse traffic.“Did you put our suitcases (行李箱) in the car?" My father asked my mother as we arrived. "No," she said. "I thought you did." That
was how a seven-hour car trip turned into a 16-hour car trip, which was mostly spent in silence. In situations like that, we had to learn to let go of our anger. We were stuck (困在) in a rolling box with the same people for the rest of the journey. Even if I sometimes felt like opening the car door and pushing one of my sisters out, I kept my feelings to myself.
This is why road trips were like moving universities to us. We earned our PhDs(博士学位) in how to get along with other people just by traveling in that old car.
1.Who did the writer’s family make many friends with on their trip?
A.Other travelers. B.Shop owners. C.Car repair workers. D.Tour guides.
2.What does the underlined word "forgiveness" in Paragraph 3 mean?
A.原谅 B.放弃 C.坚持 D.遗忘
3.What do we know about their trip in the Philippines?
A.They took a train to Quezon City.
B.The writer's mother lost their suitcases.
C.One of the writer's sisters was pushed out of the car.
D.They spent more time driving than they planned.
4.What word would the writer use to describe these trips?
A.Adventurous. B.Educational. C.Boring. D.Surprising.
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Have you ever read stories of Sherlock Holmes—a famous detective? Here is one of his cases.
Stapleton, Charles’ younger brother, found that he would inherit (继承) the Baskerville lands if Charles and his nephew(侄子) —Henry both died.
Charles who had a weak heart believed super natural stories. After knowing this, Stapleton had the idea of buying a huge hound, and of using the phosphorus(磷) to make it shine like the hound in one story.
Then Stapleton asked his friend Laura to write a letter to bring Charles to the moor gate on that sad night. The hound, which was shining with phosphorus, chased Charles down the Yew Alley. Charles’ fear was so great that his weak heart stopped, and he died but the animal did not touch the dead body. There was no sign of murder. It was difficult for Holmes to find the murderer.
Two weeks later, Stapleton learned that Henry had reached England. He took his wife and the hound with him. He wore a false beard and followed Henry in London. He wanted to use the same way to murder Henry there. He needed something to give the hound Henry’s smell, so he paid a woman at Henry’s hotel to steal one of his shoes. The first one was a new one, which was no use for the hound, so it was put back. And then another older shoe was stolen. Before he was ready to murder Henry, he wasn’t sure if his wife would keep his secret, so he did not tell her the truth. He locked her up in their hotel. She knew that he must have some evil plans. She sent Henry a letter which was made of words cut from a newspaper.
After receiving the letter, Henry realized he was in great danger and it must have something to do with his uncle Charles’ death. So he asked Holmes for help.
1.What's the relationship between Stapleton and Henry ?
A.Father and son. B.Friends. C.Uncle and nephew. D.Strangers
2.Paragraph 4 is mainly about _______.
A.how Stapleton bought the hound B.how Stapleton made the hound shine
C.how the hound killed Charles D.how the hound chased Charles
3.The first new shoe was not useful for the hound because ___________.
A.it didn’t have Henry’s smell B.it belonged to Henry’s wife
C.the hound saw nothing about Henry D.the hound didn’t like the smell
4.What may happen if Stapleton’s wife didn’t send the letter to Henry?
A.It may be easy for Henry to find that he was in danger.
B.It may be easy for Stapleton’s wife to know the truth.
C.Henry may be murdered easily with no sign like Charles.
D.Henry may get to know the truth much more easily.
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Have you ever taken a flight from Beijing Daxing International Airport (BDIA)? After opening on Sept 25, BDIA drew attention not just for its design , but also for its many high-tech facilities (设施) and services.
The new airport, seated in the southernmost part of Beijing, is made up of a main terminal (航站楼) ,a supporting service building and a parking lot.
Together, they cover an area of about 1.4 million square meters, which is equal to 63 Tian'anmen Squares, according to Beijing Review.
The new airport is expected to handle(处理) 45 million passenger trips a year by 2022 and 72 million by 2025, China Daily reported. With more runways planned, the new airport will eventually handle more than 100 million passengers each year. That's around the total population of the UK and Canada combined(总共的).
The airport has many new technologies that make it smarter and more efficient (有效率的). It is the world's first airport with a double-deck departure and arrival (双进双出) design for its terminal building.“It's more efficient for passengers than any other large airport terminal of the same size in the world," Guo Yanchi, the chief engineer in charge of construction (建造)，told China Daily.
According to the Civil Aviation Administration of China, 86 percent of check-ins can be done through self service check in kiosks (自助值机-体机) and 76 percent of luggage can be checked automatically (自动地) with the help of self service bag-drop machines. Other technologies, such as a facial recognition (人脸识别) system, allow passengers to have a quicker check-in and boarding process.
The airport will also use a robot-operated parking system. Drivers just need to park their cars in given areas. Robots will then carry them to an empty space. When collecting their cars, drivers simply need to scan a parking ticket to find out where to collect their cars.
1.What do we know about BDIA?
A.It's very large. B.It is in Beijing's city center.
C.It was designed by a Chinese architect. D.It's not completed yet.
2.BDIA is expected to eventually handle passengers every year.
A.45 million B.72 million C.85 million D.100 million
3.What do we know from Paragraph 5?
A.Robots will help passengers board.
B.Passengers will spend less time boarding at BDIA.
C.Passengers won't need to check in in person.
D.Machines will replace human workers at the airport.
4.The smart parking lot shows us .
A.that it's not convenient to park cars at BDIA
B.how new technologies make BDIA more efficient
C.that BDIA is the largest airport in the world
D.that building the airport was difficult
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