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Men: Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Children: Saturday.
GOLF
9 hole practice course. Professional Coaching. Lessons must be booked in advance in daytime. Evening practice. Minimum age — 9 years.
GYMNASTICS
Maximum age —18 years.
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1.What is this advertisement mainly about?
A. It shows us some ways to spend weekends.
B. It shows us a lot of ways to spend our holidays.
C. It shows the ways of saving our time.
D. It shows us a place to relax ourselves.
2.Which of the following is TRUE according to this passage?
A. People can play tennis day and night.
B. People under 20 can all take gymnastics.
C. Children at any age can play golf in the SPORTS CENTER.
D. Men and women swim in the SPORTS CENTER separately.
3.How many sports events are mentioned in the passage?
A. 8 B. 6. C. 5 D. 11.
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Charlie is a teacher and his wife, Maria is an artist. The night before last, just before the longest day of the year, Charlie was sitting in a deckchair enjoying the warm summer air when Maria touched his shoulder and he could tell immediately she was a little worried about something. He asked her what the matter was and she replied that there was a strange thing on the jacket that was hanging in the bedroom. They had both lived in the West Indies (西印度群岛) and had seen a lot of strange creatures in their house before. But now they were living in England and so Charlie just laughed and said he would have a look at the “thing”.
He walked to the bedroom. He saw a jacket hanging in the bedroom and went up to it to have a closer look at the “thing”. The moment he touched it, the thing sprang into life. Now Charlie experiences fear like the rest of us but when this creature opened its wings, he jumped out of his skin and ran screaming from the room like a small child doing about 100 miles an hour.
For a moment the next-door neighbours thought that Charlie was murdering his wife because of the noise they could hear. In fact, it was a bat that frightened Charlie.
Eventually Charlie managed to trap the bat in a box and took it to the garden to let the bat fly. Maria, who had been playing the guitar while Charlie was upstairs, asked Charlie if he had found out what the thing was. “Oh, nothing to worry about”, he said casually hoping that the terror could not be seen in his eyes, “it was just a bat.”
1.Why was Maria a little worried one night?
A.Because she couldn't find her guitar. B.Because she saw something strange.
C.Because it was too hot for her. D.Because she had quarreled with her husband.
2.The underlined part “jumped out of his skin” in the second paragraph probably means ____.
A.stood up B.was very frightened
C.threw off his clothes D.was very excited
3.What happened to the bat?
A.It was killed by Charlie. B.It was badly wounded.
C.It was set free by Charlie. D.It was kept as a pet.
4.It can be inferred that ________.
A.Charlie was afraid that his wife would laugh at him if she knew the truth
B.the neighbours would report to the police about Charlie murdering the bat
C.the bat wouldn't come to Charlie's room again because it was frightened
D.Maria heard her husband screaming downstairs and became frightened
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Public transport is declining in the rich world. To those who have to squeeze onto the number 25 bus in London, or the A train in New York, the change might not be noticeable. But public transport is becoming less busy in those places, and passenger numbers are flat or falling in almost every American city. That is despite healthy growth in urban populations and employment.
Although transport agencies blame their unpopularity on things like roadworks and broken signals, it seems more likely that they are being outcompeted. App-based taxi services like Uber and Lyft are more comfortable and convenient than trains or buses. Cycling is nicer than it was, and rental bikes are more widely available. Cars are cheap to buy, thanks to cut-rate loans, and ever cheaper to run. Online shopping, home working and office-sharing mean more people can avoid travelling altogether.
The competition is only likely to grow. More than one laboratory is developing new transport technologies and applications. Silicon Valley invented Uber and, more recently, apps that let people rent electric scooters(滑板车) and then abandon them on the pavement. China created sharing-bicycles and battery-powered "e-bikes", both of which are spreading.
Transport agencies should accept the upstarts, and copy them. Cities tend either to ignore app-based services or to try to push them off the streets. That is understandable, given the rules-are-for-losers attitude of firms like Uber. But it is an error.
It is doubtful that most people make hard distinctions between public and private transport. They just want to get somewhere, and there is a cost in time, money and comfort. An ideal system would let them move across a city for a single payment, transferring from trains to taxis to bicycles as needed. Building a platform to allow that is hard, and requires much sweet-talking of traditional networks as well as technology firms. It is probably the secret to keeping cities moving.
1.What is the change in public transport in big cities?
A. It is becoming busier.
B. It is getting less popular.
C. There are fewer traffic delays.
D. There is more new transport.
2.In the author’s opinion, the reason for the decline of public transport is that ______.
A. there are roadworks and broken signals
B. people are becoming healthier and employed
C. cars and bikes are more and more available
D. transport agencies are seemingly less competitive
3.How does the author develop his idea in Paragraph 3?
A. By giving examples
B. By providing research results
C. By stating arguments
D. By comparing different approaches
4.According to the text, the key to keeping cities moving is ____________.
A. to develop an ideal system that satisfies everyone
B. to build a platform that appeals to transport agencies
C. to provide people with more means of transportation
D. to cater for both traditional networks and technology firms
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In summer the extreme heat often makes people sweaty and restless. While people are annoyed by it, experts suggest summer is the best season to discharge (排放) your body’s toxins (毒素) and recover your energy.
One popular option is hot-stone massage (按摩). Therapists use smooth and heated stones, usually river rocks, to massage certain parts of the body, or place them on key points of the body. The warmth of the hot stones will improve blood circulation and also help relax muscles, while sweating is also believed to be good for discharging the body’s toxins.
Another popular option is hot-stone baths. The hot-stone bath will help the body discharge toxins and humidity that accumulated during the last winter. Summer is the best season to build a good body. Rather than use water or steam to heat and wash the body, people simply wear a coat or something comfortable, and then lie on heated stone tablets made of hot stones, which are warmed to around 45oC. The body will gradually warm up and blood circulation will also be improved. More sweat will come out quickly. The sweat is smooth and fresh, not smelly like that released after sports activities. Such baths bring a number of health benefits, such as anti-aging, improved blood circulation and stress relief. The slimming effect of dieting can even be promoted.
Using hot stones for healing dates back to ancient times, but the modern renewal of hot-stone massage is generally credited to Mary Nelson, a native of Tucson, Arizona, America, whose trademark is “LaStone Therapy”.
The therapy is gaining wide popularity with many people, especially those who have jobs in cool air-conditioned rooms. The hot-stone therapy can help cure many diseases, including back pain.
1.What do people use to release toxins in our body according to the text?
A.Washing the body with cold water.
B.Discharging lots of sweat.
C.Relaxing muscles
D.Lying on the warm beds.
2.What can we know from the text?
A.Sports have greater effects on the health than hot-stone massage.
B.There are no toxins and humidity in the body in summer.
C.Using water of about 45oC to wash the body is good for the health.
D.People should take advantage of summer to improve their health.
3.What can be learned about the hot-stone therapy?
A.It was invented by Mary Nelson, an American.
B.It successfully cured many people of cancer.
C.It is popular with people with its excellent effects.
D.It can help people avoid sweating too much in hot summer.
4.Which of the following could be the best title for the text?
A.The origin and development of the hot-stone therapy
B.The amazing functions of the hot-stone therapy
C.A healthy and comfortable lifestyle
D.How to live comfortably in summer
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根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余项。
The wife-carrying World Championship has been celebrated in a small town in central Finland since 1992. In 1992, the people of the town decided to restart some long-forgotten traditions. 1. He was said to only accept men as members of his gang who proved their worth in challenges. At that time, it was also a common practice to steal women from neighboring villages.
2. A large number of competitors, people, and journalists from Finland to Canada attend the Wife-carrying World Championship every year.
3. The Wife-carrying World Championship is held on a 253.3 meters long official track. The track has two dry obstacles and a water obstacle, about a meter deep. The wife to be carried may be your own, or your neighbor’s. The minimum weight of the wife to be carried is 49 kg. If she is less than 49kg, the wife will be given a heavy bag to carry. Each time a competitor drops his wife, that couple will be fined 15 seconds.4.
Alongside with the Wife-carrying World Championship, there is also a team competition. The distance is the same but three men in the team carry the wife in turns. At the exchange point the carrier has to drink official “wife-carrying drink.” Then he may continue the race.
5.
While the Wife-carrying World Championship is being held, there are bands playing music, a wife carrying dance and other forms of entertainment.”
A.There are a few basic rules.
B.People everywhere hold the event.
C.A special prize is awarded to the team.
D.Do you know how these traditions restarted?
E.This event is becoming increasingly popular.
F.The winner is the couple who complete the course in the shortest time.
G.Back in the late 1800s, there was a robber called Rosvo-Ronkainen in that area.
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Once upon a time, a group of businessmen were sailing on the Atlantic Ocean, _______ much American goods back to Paris, however, they ______across a terrible thunderstorm, both the men and ship ______into the Atlantic Ocean ______their goods.
The only survivor of the shipwreck was washed up on a small, ______island. Every day he ______ desperately for God to rescue him, but none seemed to appear. ______, he eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to ______him from bad weather, and to store his few ______. But then one day, after searching for food, he arrived home to find his little hut in flames, the smoke ______ up to the sky. The worst had happened; everything was lost. He was shocked with ______and anger. "God how could you do this to me!" he cried.
Early the next day, ______, he was awakened by the ______of a ship that was ______ the island. It had come to rescue him. "How did you know I was here?" asked the ______man. "We saw your smoke ______," they replied. It is easy to get discouraged when things are going bad. But we shouldn't lose heart, because God is at work in our lives, even in the midst of pain and ______.
Remember, next time your little hut is ______to the ground, it just may be a smoke signal that calls for the grace of God. For all the ______things we have to say to ourselves, God has a positive ______to it.
1.A.developing B.carrying C.raising D.pushing
2.A.went B.put C.cut D.came
3.A.sinking B.diving C.inserting D.bringing
4.A.in spite of B.in relation to C.as well as D.in charge of
5.A.constructed B.deserted C.borrowed D.defended
6.A.asked B.demanded C.commanded D.prayed
7.A.immediately B.eventually C.hardly D.continuously
8.A.prevent B.take C.shelter D.keep
9.A.goods B.wages C.possessions D.thoughts
10.A.rolling B.winding C.flashing D.rushing
11.A.imagination B.sorrow C.expression D.hesitation
12.A.furthermore B.therefore C.besides D.however
13.A.scene B.sound C.light D.dream
14.A.approaching B.striking C.attacking D.leaving
15.A.great B.poor C.old D.wise
16.A.evidence B.exhibition C.motivation D.signal
17.A.suffering B.peace C.disturbance D.existence
18.A.thundering B.burning C.moving D.falling
19.A.positive B.different C.negative D.common
20.A.part B.side C.aspect D.answer
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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Do you Douyin？
Got a moment – or, perhaps, 15 seconds? In the age of fragmented(碎片化的) time, Douyin, which is a massive hit in China right now, can perfectly fill in the gaps when people have nothing 1.(good) to do between two events; its daily plays 2. (spread) over one billion in the past few years. The Vine-like app allows users to produce creative short videos that combine music with mouth shapes or body moves. They can dance, sing, cook or do 3. their hearts desire.
4. (launch) in September 2016, Douyin is owned by Zhang Yiming, one of China's top tech leaders; he chairs ByteDance. Similar to how Vine worked5.a time-limited video platform, Douyin is a 6. (collect) of brief 15-second music videos, mainly focused on young people,7.it's certainly suitable for all ages.
On the platform, childish and strange behaviours are 8. (total) acceptable. In high-pressure world, it is no surprise that Douyin has become so successful – all you need to do is pick up your phone and open 9. app to relieve some stress and relax yourself. It pushes related videos and products based on users' preferences and consequently, Douyin can be quite addictive – many people just want to enjoy a few minutes at first, but end up 10. (consume) several hours' video time.
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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（∧），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。
My mother is sixty-five year old, that devotes herself to the whole family and us three daughters. Today I still remember clearly that there was the time when life was really hard in a remote mountain village. People there had a strong prejudice that girls should not go to school and stay at home doing housework. However, my mother held a total opposite view that her three daughters should get educated no matter what others thought and no matter what hard life was. My mother got little education because the Chinese Cultural Revolution and she decided not to let the same thing to happen to her girls. To his delight, we three sisters went to college and got well-educated. And now, we all have our jobs and our own happy families. We are such grateful for what Mum has done for us.
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假定你是高二学生李华，你校广播站正在招聘英语播音员。请根据以下个人情况给广播站负责人David用英语写一封申请信，词数100词左右，开头与结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。
姓名：李华 年龄：17 性别：女
文章需要包括：个人爱好，经历及获奖情况。
联系方式：Lihua2018@163.com
广播站：radio station 播音员：broadcaster
Dear David,
I am Li Hua, a 17-year-old girl from Senior 2
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I am looking forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely yours,
Li Hua
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