If you’re planning on hitting up a festival this summer, make sure you check out the latest packing guide to camping music festivals.
Quebec City Summer Festival
When: July 4-14
Where: Toronto, Quebec
300 shows, 10 places and 11 days of music make this festival one of Canada’s biggest music festivals. Every year, this festival attracts over one million festivalgoers to Quebec City’s historic district for concerts by international superstars and top new talent.
Center of Gravity
When: July 28-30
Where: Kelowna, British Columbia
Canada’s hottest beach festival is back! Now in its 10th year, the biggest and exciting festival to hit the Okanagan includes three days packed with extreme sports, sandy beaches, and some of the biggest DJ names in the world.
Future Forest
When: August 5-7
Where: Fredericton, New Brunswick
Future Forest is an outdoor camping festival with a focus on electronic music. The festival originated in 2012 as a fundraiser for a brilliant DJ, Jay Hamilton, who was diagnosed with cancer. Future Forest proudly shows the idea that there are no audience at the event but rather participants who in some way contribute to the overall experience.
Shambhala Music Festival
When: August 9-10
Where: Salmo River Ranch, British Columbia
This is Canada’s earliest electronic music festival. Cutting edge talent, lights and sound come together to give life to this event. Seeing it for yourself is the only way to understand exactly what is Shambhala.
1.What can people do in the Quebec City Summer Festival?
A.Do some extreme sports.
B.Play on the sandy beaches.
C.Learn about Quebec City’s history.
D.Enjoy the performances of superstars.
2.What was Future Forest set up for at first?
A.To honor a brilliant DJ.
B.To promote electronic music.
C.To raise money for a cancer patient.
D.To provide outdoor camping activities.
3.Which festival is Canada’s earliest electronic music festival?
A.Quebec City Summer Festival.
B.Center of Gravity.
C.Future Forest.
D.Shambhala Music Festival.
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Once a month, I volunteer at a meal center to help serve food to people who are in need. Despite the many other things that I need to do, I really look forward to meeting and serving these people, even if only briefly. Although my motivation begins with wanting to help others and be grateful for what I have been given, it is joy that helps bring me back when I am very busy. I first noticed this some time ago: at the end of our shift, after the kitchen and dining room have been cleaned up, I would experience a lightness of being.
A few years ago, as I was researching how kindness affected health, I came to learn that volunteerism was associated with a markedly lower risk of dying. One recent and large European study found that self-reported health scores were apparently better in volunteers than non-volunteers. Depending on the study, the decrease in death rates ranged between 20 to 60 percent or so.
How could volunteering decrease the risk of death? There are several factors at play. The first, and most primary, is decreased symptoms of stress and uplifted mood. Many studies have provided evidence that volunteering is good for depression, well-being, and social networking, among other effects. Secondly, people who volunteer regularly also make more effort to take care of themselves. They manage to pay visits to their doctor for preventive health care. Finally, people who volunteer may be more physically active. Volunteers have an obvious increase in walking each day compared to those who did not volunteer.
To try to tie this together, volunteering likely exerts its positive health effects by connecting people to others and to an activity that they find meaningful. Achieving connection, purpose, and meaning is critical to reducing stresses of life — particularly loneliness. Since stress is a major cause of disease, especially heart disease, the ability to satisfy the need for connection, purpose, and meaning can bring about beneficial changes for people. And when there is purpose and we are connected to others, we take care of ourselves.
1.How does the author feel about doing a volunteer job?
A.Pleased. B.Tired.
C.Surprised. D.Annoyed.
2.What is the second paragraph mainly about?
A.A study on volunteerism.
B.The health scores of volunteers.
C.The relationship between kindness and health.
D.Volunteerism’s positive effect on volunteers’ health.
3.Volunteering decreases the risk of volunteers’ death mainly by ___________.
A.making them more physically active
B.making them visit doctors frequently
C.pushing them to take care of themselves
D.reducing their stress and uplifting their mood
4.What does the underlined word “critical” in the last paragraph mean?
A.Different. B.Equal.
C.Important. D.Contrary.
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In the summer of 2016, I gave a talk at a small conference in northern Virginia. I began by admitting that I’d never had a social-media account; I then outlined arguments for why other people should consider removing social media from their lives. The event organizers uploaded the video of my talk to YouTube. Then it was shared repeatedly on Facebook and Instagram and, eventually, viewed more than five million times. I was both pleased and annoyed by the fact that my anti-social-media talk had found such a large audience on social media.
I think of this event as typical of the conflicted relationships many of us have with Facebook, Instagram, and other social-media platforms. On the one hand, we’ve grown wary of the so-called attention economy, which, in the name of corporate profits, destroys social life gradually and offends privacy. But we also benefit from social media and hesitate to break away from it completely. Not long ago, I met a partner at a large law firm in Washington, D.C., who told me that she keeps Instagram on her phone because she misses her kids when she travels; looking through pictures of them makes her feel better.
In recent months, some of the biggest social-media companies, Facebook and Twitter, in particular, have promised various reforms. In March, Mark Zuckerberg announced a plan to move his platform toward private communication protected by end-to-end encryption (端对端加密); later that month, he put forward the establishment of a third-party group to set standards for acceptable content.
All of these approaches assume that the reformation of social media will be a complex, lengthy, and gradual process. But not everyone sees it that way. Alongside these official responses, a loose collective of developers that calls itself the IndieWeb has been creating another alternative. They are developing their own social-media platforms, which they say will preserve what’s good about social media while getting rid of what’s bad. They hope to rebuild social media according to principles that are less corporate and more humane.
1.Why did the author feel annoyed when his video was spread online?
A.His video caused many arguments.
B.His video was shared without his permission.
C.His talk was opposed by a large amount of people.
D.His video’s popularity on social media is against his talk.
2.Why does the author mention the story of his partner?
A.To prove that social media has some benefits.
B.To advise people to break away from social media.
C.To tell the negative effects social media may produce.
D.To describe people’s conflicted relationships with social media.
3.What is the purpose of the reform made by some social-media companies?
A.To attract more users.
B.To make more profits.
C.To improve network environment.
D.To provide more convenient service.
4.What does the IndieWeb intend to do?
A.Develop new social-media platforms.
B.Set up principles of the use of social media.
C.Improve the existing social-media platforms.
D.Help social-media companies to make reformation.
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This year, German environmentalists collected 1.75 million signatures for a “save the bees” law requiring an immediate change toward organic farming. But to create healthy ecosystems worldwide, people in communities across the globe will need to take similar action based on sympathy for insects — and not only for bees and butterflies. The environmentalists presented immediate, science-based actions to slow down the insect decline.
“It takes specific law to preserve the amazing variety of insects in the world and we need to stop the destroying of natural habitats, limit road building in parks and reserves and produce food without the use of pesticides,” said Basset, an entomologist, “Conserving insects is not the same as conserving big animals or rare frogs. You can’t keep millions of insects in a zoo.”
A recent article in Entomology Today suggests that successful programs to save insects have a clear and simple objective and a strategically chosen audience. By focusing on bees and butterflies and other beautiful, familiar insects, it is possible to enact the law to protect the habitat of lesser known, less attractive, but equally important species.
But there are still huge gaps in information about how different species of insects are doing, especially in the tropics. “It is next to useless to weigh insects collected in an area and say that insect communities are increasing or declining.” Basset said. “We need much more specific information. That is expensive and difficult because of the effort that it takes just to identify the species, especially in the tropics. What we are doing now is to group insects by their main function, and then to determine how each group is doing in a specific area of the world.”
1.What should people do to protect insects according to the text?
A.Stop building roads in parks and reserves.
B.Open up more natural habitats.
C.Avoid using pesticides for crops.
D.Keep them in a zoo.
2.What can we learn from the successful programs to save insects?
A.They have set up laws.
B.They focus on specific species.
C.They conserve important species.
D.They protect the habitat of lesser known species.
3.What are the environmentalists doing now?
A.Classifying the insects.
B.Identifying the species of insects.
C.Doing research on insects’ function.
D.Weighing insects collected in an area.
4.What is the best title for the text?
A.Helping Insects Is Helping Ourselves!
B.Take Action! Insects Need Protection!
C.Save the Bees — They Need Your Help!
D.Insect Decline: Where Have All the Insects Gone?
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When is the last time you slept under the stars and cooked dinner over an open fire? You never know — you may just fall back in love with the great outdoors and turn it into an annual vacation!
Escape the busy city life
Why go camping? 1. Once your tent and campsite is set-up, you don’t have to worry about cleaning, laundry or any other tasks that seem to consume your everyday life. And it’s a chance for you to turn off the smart phone, computer and other electronics to just sit back and relax.
Gain a newfound appreciation for Mother Nature
2. From beautiful mountains to freshwater lakes ideal for swimming, you’ll have your pick of outdoor activities to engage in.
Quality time with friends and family
3. This will give your friends and family a chance to have some true quality time together whether it’s playing sports, cooking or simply talking to one another — without the usual distractions.
You can learn new skills
Living outdoors gives you the opportunity to learn some survival skills. 4. You may also learn how to protect yourself from mosquitoes and other insects, as well as experience how many material possessions you really can do without.
Camping is affordable
When it comes to budget vacations, a camping trip is one of the most economical choices for a family getaway. Groceries can be bought ahead of time and once you’ve settled into the campsite, there’s no need to worry about purchasing more food or buying souvenirs. 5. Happy camping!
A.Decide with whom you are camping.
B.Make it a rule to keep the electronic games at home.
C.You’ll likely manage to build a fire after a camping trip.
D.Planning a camping trip begins with the desire to get outdoors.
E.It gives you the opportunity to do nothing for a weekend or even longer.
F.There’s so much beauty in the outdoors and we rarely get the chance to appreciate it.
G.So if you’re looking for a trip that’s going to save money, get out there and set up that tent.
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Sandy MacNeill was vacationing in Florida. One day, he was walking down a street in Indian Rocks Beach right when Tom Reddon _________ to the sidewalk.
Reddon had just had a quick warm-up walk with his friend when he _________ fell to the ground, unconscious. As Reddon’s _________ called 911, two passing pedestrians ran to _________ someone who could _________ CPR (心肺复苏术) — and luckily, they managed to _________ MacNeill.
Though MacNeill says that he has taken several CPR classes in the past, he had _________ actually performed the procedure on another person until Reddon.
MacNeill immediately performed nonstop chest compressions on Reddon _________ the ambulance arrived on the scene five minutes later.
After being _________ to the hospital nearby for emergency surgery, Reddon was __________ treated for heart attack — and he says that he is apparently very __________ to be alive.
“For my type of heart attack, the success rate is not very __________, so to have somebody there to __________ call 911, to do CPR and to have a __________ close by … and to have cardiac surgeons on hand to give me a(n) __________, I mean, it’s amazing that everything fell together so __________ for me,” Reddon told CBC.
It wasn’t until later when the two Canadian men were reunited that they __________ that they were both from Fredricton, New Brunswick.
“It’s __________ that we come from the same place.” Reddon said. “We got along famously well, and I think we’ll get together when we __________ in Fredericton over a glass of beer or two and __________ life and things like that.”
1.A.jumped B.walked C.fell D.ran
2.A.slowly B.suddenly C.gradually D.urgently
3.A.family B.friend C.driver D.partner
4.A.ask B.help C.recommend D.find
5.A.perform B.teach C.explain D.play
6.A.rescue B.stop C.contact D.recognize
7.A.already B.often C.never D.ever
8.A.as B.until C.after D.since
9.A.forced B.directed C.invited D.rushed
10.A.successfully B.specially C.apparently D.normally
11.A.confident B.surprised C.lucky D.proud
12.A.high B.clear C.low D.good
13.A.exactly B.eventually C.repeatedly D.immediately
14.A.car B.hospital C.doctor D.passer-by
15.A.operation B.examination C.suggestion D.instruction
16.A.fair B.quickly C.well D.much
17.A.admitted B.agreed C.announced D.realized
18.A.frightening B.embarrassing C.amazing D.puzzling
19.A.get back B.come across C.go away D.walk around
20.A.seek for B.think of C.carry on D.talk about
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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。
Look around your classroom. Do you see 1.(student) sitting at desks? Are teachers writing on a board and giving lectures? At Southern Cross School, near the famous Kruger National Park in South Africa, things are 2.(difference). Here, nature is the classroom. Both the park 3. the school are home to wild animals. Students at the school study 4. same subjects as other students in South Africa. But at Southern Cross, the staff and students go out into the wild to learn. In one lesson, students apply the principles of math 5. the study of local wildlife. Younger students count how many kinds of animals drank at the nearby water troughs during the night. 6.(old) students measure the amount of water the animals drank, and calculate how much water the animals will need over weeks or months. Ant de Boer, 7. is the director of the school, says his aim is for students to learn the importance of 8. (care) for the environment. De Boer says, “When they leave school, we want them 9. (be) champions of the natural environment.” As the school motto 10.(say), Southern Cross aims to be a “School for the Planet”.
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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。
Ever since I was a small children I’ve enjoyed doing exercise, either indoor nor outdoor. Keep fit is important to me and I used to spend a couple of hour at the gym every week. But I was finding that a bit bored. I’d thought of swimming, and the nearest pool was too far away to go. I’d heard of boxing and I mention it to my elder brother. He just said, “Why not to give it a try?” So I went to a club and found I enjoyed them, though I would have to do a lot training to be good at it.
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假定你是李华，正在美国学习。你打算利用业余时间做份兼职，并在网上看到了一则餐厅招聘服务员的广告，请你写封求职信，内容包括：
1．写信目的；
2．工作经验；
3. 个人优势。
注意：1．词数100左右；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Sir / Madam,
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