What to do, where to go
Take your kids for a walk on science's wild side. These festivals are full of video games, cutting-edge(尖端) tech and fun!
Festival of Learning 16-20 June
Come and join Bournemouth University as we celebrate the joy of knowledge at our Festival of Learning. We'll be sharing our learning and knowledge through 80+ free events that explore our scientific research. Come along, get inspired and learn something new with hands-on sessions, workshops, talks and exhibitions for all ages!
Summer Science Exhibition 2-8 July
Royal Society invites you to its annual exhibition, showing the UK's most cutting-edge scientific research. From the very first3 D model of the Milky Way, to using quantum physics(量子物理学)in solving mental health problems, this is your chance to meet the extraordinary scientists carrying out research that is likely to change our lives. Alongside a host of exhibitions, you can also attend one of 30 talks, family shows and workshops. Join our journey of discovery this July. Evening opening--Tuesday 3 July, adults only.
Power Up 3-19 August
Get your game face on and play awesome games from the past 40 years, from Pong and Pacman to Minecraft and Mario at the Museum of Science and Industry. Whether you're a family dropping in for a 90-minute session or a gamer at an adult-only evening session, test yourself to the limit. Book before 21 June for 20% off selected tickets.
Norwich Science Festival 19-27 October
Celebrate the wonderful world of experiments, discoveries and exploration at Norwich Science Festival. Enjoy inspirational exhibitions hands-on family activities, inspiring talks and cutting-edge discoveries. A festival for all age groups and all levels of knowledge.
1.Which event should you attend if you're a game lover?
A.Power Up. B.Festival of Learning.
C.Norwich Science Festival D.Summer Science Exhibition
2.What can you do if you take part in the event held in October?
A.Attend workshops B.Do hands-on activities
C.Go to evening sessions D.Watch fun family shows
3.What do the four events have in common?
A.They offer discounts to tour groups. B.They require early booking.
C.They are intended for kids. D.They are science-themed.
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Tom liked to make up stories about the giants that threatened(威胁)the peace of his own land ,but he knew that the real giant in his life was Janice. Of course, it wasn't only Tom and his best friend John that Janice was after. She had two friends, Wilma and Bobby, who were almost as big as she was,and the three of them would wander around the playground, grabbing up rocks, running through jump ropes, and laughing while second graders screamed. They would even stand outside the girls' room every morning and make the little girls give them their milk money before they'd let them go to the bathroom.
Belle, Johns little sister, unfortunately, was a slow learner. Her daddy had brought her a package of Twinkies, and she was so proud that as soon as she got on the school bus, she forgot every-thing she knew and yelled to another first grader, "Guess what I got in my lunch today, Billy?”
“What?”
“Twinkies!”she shouted so loud that you could have heard her in the back seat even if you were deaf in both ears. Out of the corner of his eye, John thought he saw Janice brighten up.
When they sat down, Belle was still talking about her Twinkies loudly. "My daddy brought them to me from Washington.”
John threw another look at the back seat. “You better shut up about those Twinkies”he said in her ear. “You just jealous(嫉妒的) because Daddy did bring you none.” “OK.” He turned to Tom to say, “warned her,didn’t I ? and Tom nodded back.
Neither of them was too surprised to see Belle come screaming toward them at rest time. “She stole my Twinkies!”John sighed. “Belle, didn't I tell you?”
1.From the first paragraph, what do you know?
A.Tom liked to be a writer.
B.Janice was a real giant in their lives.
C.Wilma and Bobby were almost as big as Janice.
D.Tom and John would wander around the playground.
2.How did Belle feel when she received the Twinkies?
A.Bored B.Helpless
C.Admired D.Happy
3.When John let Belle shut up about those Twinkies, he wanted________
A.to represent her. B.to protect her.
C.to attack her. D.to impress her.
4.According to the passage, who might steal Belle’s Twinkies?
A.Janice B.Bill
C.John D.Tom
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In Woods Chan's class at a High School in California, students chat with each other in Spanish.Arabic(阿拉伯语) and Mam, a Mayan language from Guatemala. The students have only been in the US for a few weeks or months. Many students were from different countries last year. Woods Chan became concerned when she started hearing the Spanish-speaking students laugh when their classmates spoke Mam or Arabic.
Woods Chan came up with an idea. She asked her students to take turns teaching a little bit of their home language each day. Students taught their peers(同伴) how to count from 1 to 10, how to introduce themselves and how to say basic phrases or words like, ""Cool. "Then, they recorded themselves saying those phrases in short videos and wrote vocabulary words on the whiteboard.
Woods Chan saw the difference in her students. She said they grew more confident after seeing their own language on the whiteboard and hearing it in the videos. They started making friends with each other across cultural lines. Other students who were not in that class would come in and see something written in Mam on the whiteboard and say, "Hey, that's Mam! I speak Mam!”
The project also helped students understand their peers better. Orlando, a 17-year-old student from El Salvador, said he never knew Arabic or Mam even existed before he came to the US and heard his classmates talk. Now, he thinks it would be good for all students in his school to learn a little of their peers' home language. "When I first got here,”he said in Spanish, “I thought, ‘No one talks like me. I'm the only one,’ and I felt alone. Now, I don't feel so bad anymore.”
Knowledge of other languages can help Woods Chan's students beyond the classroom, too.Languages like Mam are becoming more and more common in the US. Some Oakland graduates have gone on to become Mam-English interpreters(口译员)to help fill a lack of interpreters in all kinds of settings.
1.What made Woods Chan think of the idea?
A.Her students making fun of another's language
B.Her students hardly using their home language.
C.Her students being interested in learning a new language.
D.Her students having difficulty communicating with each other.
2.What was the students feeling of seeing their home language written on the board?
A.Angry but accepting. B.Excited and proud.
C.puzzled but supportive. D.Relaxed and creative.
3.What effect did Woods Chan's project have on Orlando?
A.It made him feel less alone at school.
B.It encouraged him to get a job as an interpreter.
C.It helped him understand his home language better.
D.It enabled him to work better in foreign language classes.
4.What can be the best title for the text?
A.School is not the only place to learn.
B.All her students are language teachers.
C.She responds to her students' needs quickly.
D.Language is not a barrier to communication
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Would you give your Social Security (安全) Number to the worker at the supermarket? Of course not, right? Yet, if you're like most people, you wouldn't hesitate to give out a different, but equally important number to the same person.
Experts now say that your cellphone number may be more pivotal than any other personal information in the eyes of spammers(垃圾邮件发送者) and identity thieves. In other words, you should guard that cellphone number with your life.
Today, your cellphone number will likely be with you for a very long time. That means if spammers get your cellphone number, it will be much harder to get rid of them. It also means that over the years, your cellphone number will be linked to a lot of personal information from contact lists to bank card numbers, all information that hackers would love to get their hands on.
A few years ago, German security researcher Karsten Nohl showed what he could get using only a person's cellphone number. Califomia Congressman(国会议员) Ted Lieu was given a new cellphone for a day and Nohl was given that cellphone number. Using just that number, Nohl was able to find Lieu's location and movements throughout Los Angeles, read his emails and text messages, and record phone calls between Lieu and his team. And Nohl did all of this from his office in Berlin using just a cellphone number.
Still think it's a good idea to post your number on the Internet?
When you sign up for an account(账户)online, you usually provide your email address and a password. But if you forget that password, many of these companies will send you a password retrieval code(检索码)to your cellphone. Let's say you post something for sale online and you include your name, email, and cellphone number. You've now given a potential(潜在的))thief everything he needs to hack into any of your online accounts. Therefore, it just makes sense to protect yourself by guarding that number as closely as you would guard any other personal information.
1.What does the underlined word "pivotal" in Paragraph 2 most probably mean?
A.Accessible B.Familiar
C.Important D.Manageable.
2.What does the third paragraph mainly talk about?
A.Why people should protect their cellphone numbers.
B.Why people seldom change their numbers.
C.How to protect our personal information.
D.How to get rid of spammers.
3.What did Karsten Nohl's show intend to prove?
A.Nohl is a real expert in hacking.
B.It's necessary to fight against hackers.
C.Lieu's new cellphone has powerful functions.
D.It's easy to hack information through cellphone numbers.
4.What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A.It's a good idea to sell something online.
B.It's necessary to register several accounts online.
C.It's common for people to forget their passwords.
D.It's risky to post your cellphone number online.
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Until two weeks ago, sixth graders could be found playing football. Recess(课间休息)was a time to play, learn, and exercise. Then, football was banned for being “too dangerous”. Now you'll find us lying on the grass and wishing for something to fill our time with.
Football is a good source of exercise. The TIME for Kids article, “Fighting Fat in Kids,”talks about different ways to fight obesity(肥胖).1.We need football so we don't grow up to be unhealthy and get diseases like diabetes or heart disease.
2.With big teams it doesn't leave anyone out like other games Just picture it: Every child in sixth grade can be invited to play together! Whether you are a great player or a beginner, there is always a place for you on the team!
Some people think football is only for boys.3.Out of 25 kids, including boys and girls, all will say they want to play football. Even my mom and sister love to play. This shows that football is a valuable part of recess and should not be banned.
Football helps us learn important things.4.Sometimes during the game both teams argue because they think they should get the point. This gives kids a chance to work out their problems on their own and make a solution.
Please allow football again at recess.5.We will get more exercise, we will build community, and we will learn important skills. These are lessons we need, and as long as we are careful, we can be safe. Please take the football ban away and let us play again.
A. In fact, that's not true.
B. We will be healthier, stronger kids if you do.
C. For example, we can learn to solve problems.
D. Football is a game that everyone can participate in.
E. These are the basic football rules for school children.
F.One of the reasons kids get fat is because they don't get enough exercise.
G. Football is a dangerous sport with injuries happening frequently to the head.
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Zoe's start in this world was hard. Brian and Debi knew there was something wrong with their unborn daughter's________, but they didn’t ________ what they were dealing with until she was born . “Zoe is truly a miracle(奇迹) survivor, because her chances of________were very, very low when I was pregnant(怀孕的) with her. We didn't know what the________was going to be,” Debi said.
When Zoe had the open heart ________, her heart was the size of her father's thumb(拇指). Within just a few years of recovery(康复),Zoe was________through life.
“It is something that my doctors have always________ me to do,________it has the aerobic(有氧的) activity that I ________,” Zoe said. “Every time I dance,I feel so________ to have survived such a disease.”
Dance has been a part of her life since she was just 3 years old, and after recently________high school on a high score, she________to take her talents to Georgetown University in the fall.
“I am really________to just explore different opportunities, "Zoe said. "It is going to be a big ________.”
As Brian and Debi watch their daughter take off, they are making________for the American Heart Association's Heart Walk, where they__________to encourage other parents to keep the faith. “We are just very________and very happy,” Debi said.
“I will walk for further________, to support survivors of the future and to give back to people that have________to my survival and life every single day,”Zoe said. Zoe has not only survived; but ________to grow.
1.A.eyes B.heart C.nose D.hands
2.A.know B.say C.do D.have
3.A.acceptance B.promotion C.satisfaction D.survival
4.A.result B.reason C.joy D.pride
5.A.training B.accident C.operation D.communication
6.A.running B.traveling C.walking D.dancing
7.A.encourage B.hired C.begged D.invited
8.A.unless B.although C.because D.while
9.A.need B.doubt C.show D.create
10.A.lonely B.lucky C.nervous D.surprised
11.A.failing B.teaching C.finishing D.finding
12.A.refuses B.fails C.remembers D.prepares
13.A.moved B.excited C.ashamed D.angry
14.A.pity B.change C.promise D.mistake
15.A.plans B.excuses C.rules D.chaos
16.A.regret B.forget C.hope D.seem
17.A.practical B.careful C.patient D.thankful
18.A.explanation B.information C.research D.appearance
19.A.attacked B.compared C.affected D.contributed
20.A.returns B.continues C.happens D.harms
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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的适当形式。
Paper-cutting is one of the most popular folk arts in China. Today, there is almost no limit1.the number of subject2.can be explored with paper cuts.
The first paper cuts3.(make) during the Han Dynasty. At one point in history, the art of paper-cutting was very4.(common) practiced in Chinese homes. In the higher social classes, a woman’s status could even be measured5.(base)on her paper-cutting skills.
When the techniques used in paper-cutting spread to different parts of the world, the art developed,6.(take)on different local colors. Thus, in China it is called Jian zhi7. in Japan monkiri is what people call paper-cutting8.in Mexico papel picado. In modern times, paper cuts are still widely used9.(decorate) doors and windows, particularly during the Chinese New Year. Small paper cuts can also be used to add a(n) 10.(person) touch to greeting cards and bookmarks.
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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。文中有10处语言错误。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(∧)，并在其下面写上该加的词。
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。
Different experiences give people different feelings. I once studied in the USA as a exchange student. Upon arrival, I felt everything was interesting. But a few week later, I began to miss my home very much. As my American classmates were general polite, they kept me at a distance. What was bad, I met with some problems in my studies. The worst one was that I couldn't make sense of any jokes telling by the teacher! I was really upset, but I know I couldn't give up! After one struggle term, I finally got used to my new life. I am grateful for that I have had a chance experience difficulties and overcome them.
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假如你是李华，你在美国某高中做交换生，你校校报新开了“中国文化”专栏，邀请你介绍中国传统绘画艺术，请给校报编辑写一封回信介绍该艺术形式，内容包括以下要点：
1.写信目的；
2.中国画的特点；
3.著名的中国画画家。
注意:1.可适当增加细节，以使结构完整，行文连贯；2.词数100左右。
参考词汇:专栏 column 中国画 Chinese painting
Dear editor,
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Yours,
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