If you frequently travel for business, Stay bridge Suites offer you a range of home comforts. Four recent visitors to Staybridge Suites explain why they booked, what they enjoyed and what made them want to return.
Claire Metcalf
“The concept is great, but the staff are the ones who really make it. ”she says. “It takes a lot of discipline to always be friendly, but the staff at Staybridge Suites do that. They genuinely care about you.”
Andrew Roberts
“One of the best things is having my own kitchen. I often end up working late and I don’t fancy eating in a restaurant on my own, so cooking for myself is a big drawcard. ”
“The main thing for me is being able to cook and have my own little flat. The staff are amazing. It is great to be recognized by them, ”he says.
Pauline Robinson
“What I love about it is the way that you are treated by the staff,” she says. “Some of the staff have been there all that time and they do look after you well. As a woman staying on my own, it is reassuring that they look out for you, and recently when I was poorly they even brought things I needed to my room. ”
Ryan Ruckledge
“The fully-equipped kitchen is great. I always have a one-bed apartment so I have a separate kitchen and dining room and I’m able to relax and cook some meals. Eating out can feel a bit much when you do it day in and day out—it makes you hate what you do—and I don’t want that.
1.What attracts visitors to Staybridge Suites?
A. A separate dining room. B. A one—bed apartment.
C. A home from home. D. A lot of discipline.
2.Who think highly of the kitchen of Staybridge Suites?
A. Pauline Robinson and Ryan Ruckledge.
B. Ryan Ruckledge and Claire Metcalf.
C. Andrew Roberts and Ryan Ruckledge.
D. Pauline Robinson and Claire Metcalf.
3.What does the underlined word “drawcard” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?
A. barrier. B. attraction.
C. honour. D. difficulty.
4.Why does the author write the article?
A. To advertise Staybridge Suites.
B. To introduce four recent visitors.
C. To inform us of a new service.
D. To sing high praise for the staff.
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Is it necessary to learn when we are 50s, 60s or even 70s?Most people consider when they get retired, they are supposed to be completely laidback, do something fun, or hang around.1. It’s particularly important to the elderly.
Through learning, we know how to think, how to memorize, how to ask questions and even how to interact with others. According to a study, while we are learning, “the brain creates neural(神经)pathways” that make us smarter. 2. The more we learn, the mote new neural pathways develop in our brains.
When it comes to learning, it doesn’t mean we must load ourselves with lots of knowledge. What we need to do is just learn something we like day in and day out. 3. Everyone learns from bottom to up. If we have an interest to learn, that desire will naturally push us to move forward.
As we feel worn out from learning, don’t be discouraged.4. An old saying goes, “Birds of a feather fly together.” As long as we have partners to learn all together, our learning excitement will come alive again. On the contrary, if we don’t learn, and choose to distance ourselves from other, we might be getting dumb, and slow; eventually, we lose energy, and life passion. Instead of being bored, dumb, why don’t we keep learning?
5. More importantly, learning explores our life horizon, helps us build up our confidence; gradually, it leads us to a way of finding a sense of value and ach.
A. It’s never too old to learn.
B. Don’t worry if we cannot learn well.
C. You should set a high learning target.
D. Learning makes us understand how potential we are.
E. Look for a partner who has the same common interest as you do.
F. In other words, our brains are active as we learn something new.
G. However, the truth is that learning makes us energetic, and self-fulfilled.
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Ask a teacher to name the most annoying invention of recent years and they will often mention the mobile phone. Disturbed by the problems they create, many head teachers have ordered that pupils should keep their phones switched off at school. Others have told pupils to leave them at home.
However, education researchers at The University of Nottingham believe it is time that phone bans were reassessed, because mobile phones can be a powerful learning aid, they say. Dr Elizabeth Hartnell-Young and her colleagues have reached this conclusion after studying the consequences of allowing pupils in five secondary schools to use either their own mobile phones or the new generation of ‘smartphones’ in lessons.
During the nine-month experiment, 14- to 16-year-old pupils used the phones for a wide range of educational purposes, including creating short movies, setting homework reminders, recording a teacher reading a poem, and timing experiments with the phones’ stopwatches. The smartphones, which could be connected to the Internet, also allowed pupils to access revision websites, log into the school email system, or transfer (转存) electronic files between school and home.
The research involved 331 pupils in schools in Cambridgeshire, West Berkshire and Nottingham. “At the start of the study, even pupils were often surprised at the thought that mobile phones could be used for learning,” Dr Hartnell-Young said. “After their hands-on experience, almost all pupils said they had enjoyed the project and felt more inspired.”
Some teachers found that pupils who lacked confidence gained most from the project. However, they recognised that greater use of mobile phones in schools could cause problems.
1.We can infer from the first paragraph that ________________________________________________.
A. teachers are strongly against students owning mobile phones
B. mobile phones should be developed to meet students’ needs
C. students are free to use their mobile phones at school
D. mobile phones are usually forbidden to be used at school
2.When the students first used mobile phones for learning, they ________________________________________________.
A. all enjoyed the project very much
B. didn’t know what they were used for
C. didn’t fully realize the learning functions of mobile phones
D. were surprised that they were allowed to use mobile phones in schools
3.Who benefited most from the project?
A. Older pupils. B. Pupils who were not confident.
C. Younger pupils. D. Pupils who were confident.
4.The purpose of the text is to tell us that ________________________________________________.
A. mobile phones can actually help students learn
B. mobile phones begin to be widely used in schools
C. too much use of mobile phones in schools can cause problems
D. the mobile phone is considered the most annoying invention of recent years
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(NEW YORK) A French tourist highly praised for rescuing a two-year-old girl in Manhattan said he didn’t think twice before diving into the freezing East River.
Tuesday’s Daily News said 29-year-old Julien Duret from France was the man who left the spot quickly after the rescue last Saturday.
He lifted the little girl out of the water after she fell off the bank at the South Street Seaport museum. He handed the girl to her father, David Anderson, who had dived in after him.
“I didn’t think at all,” Duret told the Daily News. “It happened very fast. I reacted very fast.”
Duret, an engineer on vacation, was walking with his girlfriend along the pier(码头) when he saw something falling into the water. He thought it was a doll, but realized it was a child when he approached the river. Immediately, he took off his coat and jumped into the water.
When he reached the girl, she appeared lifeless, he said. Fortunately, when she was out of the water, she opened her eyes.
Anderson said his daughter slipped off the bank when he was adjusting his camera. An ambulance came later for her, said Duret, who was handed dry clothes from onlookers. Duret caught a taxi with his girlfriend shortly after.
The rescue happened on the day before he left for France. Duret said he didn’t realize his story of heroism had greatly moved New York until he was leaving the city the next morning.
“I don’t really think I’m a hero,” said Duret. “Anyone would do the same thing.”
1.Why was Duret in New York?
A. To meet his girlfriend. B. To spend his holiday.
C. To work as an engineer. D. To visit the Andersons.
2.What did Duret do shortly after the ambulance came?
A. He was interviewed by a newspaper.
B. He went to the hospital in the ambulance.
C. He disappeared from the spot quickly.
D. He asked his girlfriend for his dry clothes.
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Duret thought twice before he jumped into the cold water.
B. Duret dived into the water before the girl’s father.
C. The rescue happened on the day Duret left for France.
D. Duret didn’t think he was brave enough to be a hero.
4.What is probably the headline of this news report?
A. A Careless Father B. A Poor Girl
C. Warm-hearted Onlookers D. Brave Frenchman Found
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A man wanted to become wealthy. He was told a story one day that there was a ______ pebble （鹅卵石） among the pebbles on the beach of the Black Sea. It could turn everything it touched into ______. This pebble could be _____ only by touching it: unlike the other pebbles it was ______ when touched. The man rushed to the beach of the Black Sea and began to ____ the pebble.
____ he picked up a pebble that felt cold, he threw it into the sea. He____this practice day after day. Each pebble that felt cold was ____ thrown into the sea.
One morning, he _____ to take hold of a pebble that felt warm, unlike the other ______The man threw the pebble into the sea. He hadn’t ____to, but he had formed a habit．Habits can be hard to____.
In fact, if we repeat any behaviour ____ enough, it becomes a habit. But some habits can be of great help, such as ______ attitudes and healthy ways of life. Our habitual attitudes and behaviour can either _____us or hinder （阻碍） us.
Is there behaviour or an attitude you would like to make into a ______? Then reinforce （强化） it by______it at every opportunity.
When it comes to habits, _____ may not make perfect. But practice will certainly form _____ behaviour. Your habits will form who you are. So form the habits that are ____to you and let them mold （塑造） you into the person you want to be.
1.A. carved B. large C. magical D. heavy
2.A. gold B. water C. sand D. stone
3.A. created B. saved C. transformed D. recognized
4.A. smooth B. shining C. warm D. hard
5.A. search for B. look into C. make D. study
6.A. Unless B. When C. Although D. Until
7.A. continued B. developed C. tested D. analysed
8.A. luckily B. carelessly C. suddenly D. immediately
9.A. attempted B. began C. decided D. happened
10.A. hands B. trees C. pebbles D. balls
11.A. asked B. meant C. remembered D. offered
12.A. overlook B. break C. learn D. forget
13.A. often B. carefully C. fast D. calmly
14.A. related B. positive C. public D. conservative
15.A. help B. trouble C. expose D. defeat
16.A. habit B. custom C. rule D. plan
17.A. changing B. retelling C. repeating D. considering
18.A. attitude B. attempt C. guidance D. practice
19.A. violent B. bored C. permanent D. strange
20.A. devoted B. true C. familiar D. beneficial
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1.All my ______(行李)was ready.
2.Travelling by underground is fast, _____(便捷的), and cheap
3.In many countries, the police are forbidden to_____.(罢工)
4.We are so______(感激的)for all the support we received
5.He was sitting ______(舒服)in the armchair, reading a newspaper
6.It has never_____(想到)to him that he might be falling in love with her
7.Sally was ______(收养)when she was four
8.The company is a major ______(赞助商) of the Olympics
9.Who shall we ______(任命)as chairperson?
10.In _____ of the bad weather(不管), they finally climbed up to the top of the hill.
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We all hope to be happy and we can live a happy life by taking the following advice.
Be grateful to life. Focus on the good experiences you1. (have) in the past few years. Don’t think too much about negative things. Negative things are similar to bad weather and will pass sooner or later. You may find many dead ends in your life, but you’ll always find 2. (you) way out of them. Everything will get better last.
Be always ready to help others. Helping others is helping yourself. Seeing their3.(satisfy) smile will make you feel proud of what you have done.
Face difficulties 4. (brave) in your life. Everybody may meet with difficulties. By meeting with difficulties and solving them, you’ll find yourself 5. (close) to success.
Never worry about the things 6. can’t be changed. It is no use7. (worry) about them. Worrying can neither change the situation 8. solve any problem. Perhaps not every dream can be turned into a9. (real). Never mind, and take it easy.
So come on, everybody! Let’s live a happy life 10. a light heart and enjoy the beautiful sunshine every day.
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假定英语课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。
When I’m in the trouble, I always take out a book and read quiet. Soon I’ll forget all the troubles. It is in this way which I’ve formed the habit of read at any time. As a boy, I was interesting in picture books and storybooks. I was attracted them. After I entered middle school I begin to read novels, plays, essays and so on. I found I could get many from them. Little by little I took greatly interest in literature but last term I won first prize in the composition contest among middle-school students in our city.
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假定你是宝鸡中学学生会主席李华，学校将举行一次77周年校庆作品展示（exhibition），请你用英语写一则作品征集启事。要点如下：
1. 作品主题：反映校园生活，表达祝福；
2. 作品形式：诗词、照片、画作等；
3. 截止日期：9月1日。
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
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