When travelers are planning their trips to Thailand, they usually go to the well-known places. Here, three lesser-known Thai cities that you should absolutely put on your bucket list.
Mae Hong Son
Where it is: On the border of Thailand and Myanmar, in the mountainous Thai province of the same name.
Why should you go: Because of its nearness to Thailand, visiting Mae Hong Son might feel like experiencing a little bit of Myanmar---there are some cultural shared areas, and it's unlike anything or anywhere else on the planet.
Sukhothai
Where it is About 230 kilometers north of Bangkok, Sukhothai is characterized by its relative remoteness.
Why should you go: Sukhothai is a UNESCO world Heritage City, due to lots of ancient temple ruins.
In fact, the city was the birthplace of Thai architecture and culture, so if you want to get a good taste of Thailand's history, there's nowhere better to be.
Khao Lak
Where it is: On Thailand's south-central coast. "Khaolak" translate in English to "Lak mountain". which is the highest peak in the area's hilly region.
Why should you go: If you are seeking a bit of peace, quiet, and serenely calm beachfront, Khao Lak is the place to go. It's a change of pace from many of Thailand's other cities, which are exciting, colorful, and bustling---and who doesn't need a moment to recharge every now and again?
1.Who will be most interested in Sukhothai?
A.Mountaineers B.History lovers
C.Artists D.Music lovers
2.What is the typical feature of Khao Lak?
A.It's calm and peaceful. B.It's exciting and bustling.
C.It's busy and noisy. D.It's rich and colorful.
3.Where does this text probably come from?
A.A business magazine. B.A science textbook.
C.A travel brochure. D.A news report.
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All eyes were on Jack Ma. The chairman of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd stepped down on Teachers' Day from leading the e-commerce giant he founded 20 years ago.
"I still have lots of dreams to go after." Ma wrote in an open letter last year to announce his parting. "The world is big, and I am still young, so I want to try new things." The 55-year-old businessman showed that he was ready for new things by arriving at his farewell panty（欢送会）dressed up like a rock star.
In fact, his rags-to-riches（白手起家的）story is a good example of doing something different. Visiting the United States in 1995, Ma saw the internet and had the idea of setting up his own trading website. In 1999, he founded Alibaba with a group of friends in a shared apartment, struggling for years to get it off the ground. With all the challenges, the company slowly brought e-commerce to China.
Although his success has inspired a number of Chinese tech businessmen. Ma pointed out that the key is having a dream. "It's the dreams that keep us never afraid of setbacks（挫折）."Ma said in a video posted on Sept 9.
Now the experienced businessman is looking to focus on education. What can he offer? "I'm not going to teach English; I'm not going to teach business. But I'm going to teach young people how to face challenges," he told Bloomberg News.
Skilled sailors were never made on calm waters. As Ma said. "Today is cruel. Tomorrow is crueler. But the day after tomorrow is beautiful."
1.What did Jack Ma announce on Teachers' Day?
A.His retirement from Alibaba. B.His plan to return to teaching.
C.His dream of becoming a rock star. D.His plan to enlarge his online business.
2.What is Paragraph3 mainly about?
A.The important role of Alibaba.
B.How Ma got the idea for his business.
C.Difficulties Ma went through to found Alibaba.
D.How Ma inspires others to do something different.
3.What does Ma think dreams mean to us?
A.Dreams can lead us to offer more to society.
B.Dreams can give us confidence and courage.
C.Dreams can guide us to further our education.
D.Dreams can push us to set up new businesses.
4.What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A.Practice can help people succeed.
B.Confidence is the key to success.
C.Challenges allow us to develop new abilities.
D.Good conditions can't help people grow and learn.
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If you live in Shanghai, you might have to take a "lesson" in sorting garbage（垃圾分类）, as the city recently introduced new garbage-sorting regulations（条例）. It's now required that people should sort garbage into four categories, namely recyclable, harmful, dry and wet waste. However, if people fail to sort their garbage properly, they can be fined up to 200 yuan.
More cities are introducing similar regulations, following the practice in Shanghai. By the end of 2020, garbage-sorting systems will have been built in 46 major Chinese cities, including Beijing and Shenzhen, reported People's Daily.
According to a study by the Policy Research Center for Environment and Economy, under the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, over 90 percent of the public believe that garbage sorting is important for the protection of the environment. However, garbage sorting is still a big problem in China. Only 30 percent of participants said they think they are adequately（充分地）sorting their trash, the study noted.
According to Xinhua News Agency, it's partly because many people lack the willingness to sort their own waste. In the past, some previous garbage regulations didn't give clear fines for people who failed to sort garbage.
"It's a must to have a legal guarantee to promote garbage sorting." Liu Jianguo, a professor from Tsinghua University, told China Daily.
Liu Xinyu, a researcher of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, told China Daily that the importance of the new regulations in Shanghai is to change the past voluntary action into compulsory action for everyone.
Aside from China, many other foreign countries have also introduced garbage-sorting regulations. In Japan, waste sorting has become a basic survival skill. In Germany too, people are asked to sort waste into specific categories. For example, in Berlin, people have yellow bins（垃圾桶）for plastic and metals and blue bins for paper and cardboard.
1.What do we know about garbage sorting in Shanghai?
A.It sets an example for many other cities in China.
B.People should put their garbage into two categories.
C.People will be fined 200 yuan each time they break the regulations.
D.Shanghai is the only city to introduce garbage-sorting regulations in China.
2.What is the current situation of garbage sorting in China?
A.Some people can properly sort their garbage.
B.Few people know the importance of garbage sorting.
C.People are not happy with the current garbage sorting regulations.
D.China's garbage-sorting problem is the most serious in the world.
3.Which of the following best explains "compulsory" underlined in paragraph 6?
A.Willing. B.Motivated.
C.Selected. D.Forced.
4.What is the main idea of the text?
A.Why garbage sorting is important.
B.How other countries sort garbage.
C.Garbage sorting has started in China.
D.The world's garbage problem is becoming worse.
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People have many different ways to relax during break time at work or school. Smartphones are probably the number one choice for a quick mental vacation. Although it might seem like a good time, looking at your cellphone may damage your mental power, according to a recent psychological study from Rutgers University in the United States.
For the study, more than 400 students were asked to finish a set of 20 word puzzles. Halfway through the task, the students were divided into three groups. One group was allowed to take a break and use cellphones to buy things online. The second group was asked to have a rest and buy things using a computer. The last group didn't take any break at all.
Interestingly, the group that used their cellphones during the break went back to work feeling the most tired and least motivated to continue. They also had the hardest time solving the remaining word puzzles. The cellphone group took 19 percent longer to finish the rest of the task，and solved 22 percent fewer problems than those in the other break conditions combined.
Terri Kurtzberg, co-author of the study, explained that they assumed looking at cellphones during a break would be no different from any other break---but instead, the phone may cause increasing levels of distraction（分心）that make it difficult to return focused attention to work tasks.
"Cellphones may have this effect because even just seeing your phone activates thoughts of checking messages, connecting with people, access to ever-refilling information and more, in ways that are different from how we use other screens like computers, and laptops," Kurtzberg told Science Daily.
So, during your next break, try putting your smartphone away. Go out for a walk, get to know your classmates or even take a nap（小憩）.You may be surprised by the results!
1.What did the study find about using cellphones during breaks?
A.It could affect one's relationships with others.
B.It could reduce one's ability to solve problems.
C.It could make people more motivated at work.
D.It could be beneficial both physically and mentally.
2.What can we learn about cellphones from Kurtzberg's words?
A.They have become a necessary part of people's lives.
B.Their negative influence is almost impossible to avoid.
C.They may make it hard for people to concentrate on work.
D.They may influence people in the same way as computers do.
3.Why does looking at cellphones during a break cause increasing levels of distraction?
A.Because it makes people sleepy.
B.Because it does harm to people's brains.
C.Because it activates thoughts of using cellphones.
D.Because it reminds people of their unhappy experiences.
4.What does the author suggest people do during break time?
A.Turn off their cellphones. B.Keep their cellphones out of sight.
C.Keep their cellphones face down. D.Replace cellphones with laptops.
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The world is a big place, and there are many, many different places you can visit. 1.
First of all, traveling allows us to escape our daily routines and expand perspectives, because seeing new places and gaining new experiences can broaden our perspectives.
Traveling is also the most valuable form of learning. 2. It helps us absorb information about other cultures. That is to say, traveling extends our knowledge of the world and lets us know the cultural diversity（多样性）.By doing so, we realize that there is not one way to live, nor is one way correct. 3.
What's more, traveling can have a direct effect on people's sense of happiness, and decrease their stress and anxiety. These improvements don't just disappear the moment travelers return to their daily lives. 4. As a result of travel, people change the way they communicate with others and learn to be more patient with others. Above all, people who frequently travel tend to be healthier and live a longer life.
5. We can escape our daily stress, expand our worldview, learn about others and ourselves, and improve our health. Many of the benefits people acquire from traveling improve the quality of their overall well-being. It is vital for people to visit different places, meet new people and discover a new way of living. Travelling helps us fully appreciate the beauty of the world and the diversity in it.
A. The improvements look likely to last.
B. Traveling has many positive effects on people.
C. In conclusion，traveling benefits people in many ways.
D. The process of traveling enriches people's knowledge.
E. We learn to accept other people and their different lifestyles.
F. Many people say that they appreciate their present lives more after traveling.
G. It's another type of new discovery and learning, and great for our soul and body.
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Life is l0% of what happens to us and 90% of how we react to it. It isn't about what happens to us ________it's about how we handle what happens. We are __________ the control of our responses to life, but what effort are we putting to deal with our responses?
Our attitude towards life and our characters take on more importance. Living a good life can be easier if we develop our superior characters that can make our society __________ as well. Kindness, love, forgiveness, patience, sincerity, respect, care and __________ are some of the factors that can make life pretty easier._______our life with these crucial factors. Otherwise, our life will __________ difficulties and we will face more problems.
Positive characters can bring positive life attitude and great __________, No matter how or how small, an act of kindness shows that someone cares and even a __________ word of love can bring happiness. Care, respect and devotion can easily __________ dislike even hate. Patience and sincerity can prevent ________. Forgiveness can do wonders. We cannot get the qualities from any store or lecture. __________, it is nature's gift. These are the characters that everyone should __________, and we just need to use them.
If a(n) unexpected accident were to happen, what would we do? Sometimes we cannot even __________what life brings to us because something unexpected will happen. It becomes impossible for us to __________ that particular circumstance. But the thing that needs to be __________ every time is that who and what brought happiness to you. Pay your __________ to the one who has given you the pleasure. But if things make you sad, you can __________ to forget them, but you should remember "Never __________ your power and believe in yourself." We all got __________ to deal with the incidents that bring difficulties, Moreover, every incident gives us a __________, which we need to learn.
1.A.while B.or C.and D.but
2.A.under B.at C.beyond D.in
3.A.more colorful B.better C.safer D.more convenient
4.A.devotion B.medication C.balance D.celebration
5.A.Provide B.Compare C.Fill D.Replace
6.A.be proud of B.be tired of C.be full of D.be afraid of
7.A.event B.change C.influence D.challenge
8.A.wrong B.foreign C.small D.strange
9.A.wipe out B.break out C.take out D.make out
10.A.disappointment B.agreement C.approval D.argument
11.A.However B.Instead C.Therefore D.Moreover
12.A.enjoy B.plan C.possess D.encourage
13.A.predict B.admit C.record D.ignore
14.A.make B.handle C.allow D.deal
15.A.checked B.determined C.discussed D.remembered
16.A.hope B.thanks C.money D.bill
17.A.refuse B.react C.pretend D.choose
18.A.uncover B.praise C.undervalue D.develop
19.A.powers B.right C.strengths D.treasure
20.A.direction B.chance C.goal D.lesson
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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。
The celebrations with the military parade for China's 70th anniversary（周年纪念日）on National Day have clearly shown 1. this nation has developed quickly with confidence in the system 2. (adopt) under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
On the one hand, National Day 3. (say) that China at 70 has achieved scientific and technological developments. On the other hand, it also reminded 4. (we) of the suffering the country experienced after the Opium War of 1840.
The parade also told the 5. (story) of "Made in China" and "Created in China". The achievements did not fall 6. the sky and nor were they stolen. Instead, they were the result of the hard work,7.(wise) and courage of the Chinese people.
Under the leadership of the CPC, the Chinese people have created 8. miracle in 70 years. The truth of socialism with Chinese characteristics 9. (prove) by history and practice to be a correct path. It has become evident that China will 10. （sure）achieve the goal of the great renewal of the Chinese nation.
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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：在错的词下画一横线，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。
Dear Kate,
I'm glad to know that you will come to visit China and stop brief in my hometown. In the fact, I had a sleepless night when I know that I could see each other again. I always feel lucky to have a chance to meet you in the winter camp introducing by my teacher last year. Your smile but kindness brightened our days there. To make you enjoy your short visit, first, I will show you my beautiful hometown. Besides, I will go shopping with you in a big market sold various local product. I also hope to hold a party for you after you leave.
I'm looking forward to your arrival.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
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假定你是李华，想邀请英国交换生Mike参加你校中华传统文化俱乐部组织的中国古诗词朗诵会，请你用英语给他写一封邀请信，内容包括：
1.介绍朗诵会的基本情况（时间，地点，内容等）；
2.请他准备一首古诗朗诵。
注意：
1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：The Chinese ancient poetry recitation中国古诗词朗诵会
Dear Mike,
How is it going?
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Looking forward to your reply.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
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