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Island Lobster (龙虾) Company Open
Owners Katie and Thom Werner opened Island Lobster Company earlier this week. It’s located on Peaks Island in the space formerly occupied by Peaks Island House.
The 64-seat establishment is a trap-to-table restaurant. The Werners are serving lobsters that they’re trapped and hauled in with their own boat. You can see a copy of their menu on their website.
Coals Pizza Opens Today
Coals Pizza is scheduled to open today at 5 pm. Coals is located at 114 Preble Street in the former Portland & Rochester space. This is Coals’ only location outside of New York. They specialize in grilled pizza. You can see their full menu online.
Luke’s Lobster
The seafood spot, which will soft open for dinner on Wednesday, is a major milestone for the lobster company that first launched in Manhattan in 2009. Started by Cape Elizabeth native Luke Holden, Luke’s Lobster debuted in New York City’s East Village, and went on to make its mark in 10 cities across the U.S.— plus Japan and China.
Under Construction: Twist
A new food truck called Twist is under development Twist is a collaboration between Melissa Lombardi, a former manager at Woodford F&B and Dan Zarin, the longtime writer of the Breakfast Serial column. Twist will be serving customized ice cream and shakes made to order.
1.What is special in Island Lobster Company?
A.It serves freshly caught lobsters. B.It is the only location outside of New York.
C.It is a milestone for the lobster company. D.It serves customized ice cream and shakes
2.Where should you go if you want to have pizza?
A.Peaks Island. B.114 Preble Street.
C.Portland & Rochester space. D.New York City's East Village.
3.Which restaurant has opened a branch in China?
A.Island Lobster Company. B.Coals Pizza.
C.Luke's Lobster. D.Twist.
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Katie always felt there had to be something more to life than just partying, buying clothes and driving a cool car. She finally discovered what she was missing out on when she traveled halfway around the world to help poor kids.
When she was 14, she discovered a club at school called Operation Smile, an organization that supports free operation for facially deformed kids in developing countries. At that time, she joined Operation Smile just to satisfy her school's community service requirement.
After working with Operation Smile for a while, she learned different countries have different deformities (畸形). The more she learned about what affects kids around the world, the more she wanted to go abroad with Operation Smile.
At 15, she was chosen to go abroad. She was so happy – even though she didn't realize what she was getting herself into. Before her trip, she attended a weekend "mission training". That's when she was told she'd be going to the Philippines. Although she was excited, one night during training, she broke down in tears. She didn't know if she was prepared to see all these unfortunate kids. She was put to work three days after her arrival in the Philippines. Her first day was at the hospital, where she met those kids waiting for operation, and they were running around and happy, it seemed normal. Her job was to play with the kids before their operation to help them feel more at ease. She also went to nearby schools to hand out toothbrushes and teach students how to brush their teeth.
When their operation was over, the kids were always overjoyed, but their parents were blown away. Sometimes they couldn't even recognize their kids because their appearances had improved so much. They'd cry and hug the doctors and nurses and give them presents--they were so grateful.
1.Why did the author join the Operation Smile?
A. To help poor kids in developing countries, B. To satisfy her own curiosity.
C. To do what was required by the school. D. To operate on those unfortunate kids.
2.According to the passage, Operation Smile ____.
A. is a club popular with students B. is an organization founded by students
C. helps those unfortunate kids learn how to smile
D. offers operation for those unfortunate kids free of charge
3.Why did the author play with those kids in hospital?
A. To make them happy. B. To learn more shout them.
C. To teach them how to brush their teeth.
D. To make them feel relaxed about the operation.
4.After the operation, parents felt surprised for their kids' had improved so much.
A. health condition B. looks C. smile D. mood
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Just before Christmas, my daughter Katie and I went over to my dad ‘s place to decorate. While we worked on the tree, grand babies Decie and Johnny ______their great-grandfather Papa Cox. Their laughter and ______arguments must have reminded Papa of the past days when my brother and I were just their ______because I saw a twinkle in his 80-year-old eyes.
Hanging the ______decorations on Papa’s tree, I couldn’t help gently touching the very oldest of the glass balls. Those I made sure to ______from the uppermost branches, safely out of reach of tiny hands. When the tree was beautifully dressed and glowing, we bid my dad goodbye with lots of hugs and kisses and ______for home. Later that night, in the quiet darkness, I pulled my ______up close and lay down to rest and remember.
The Christmas I turned 16, while decorating the tree with Mama, I ______dropped and broke a decoration. The old glass ball was blue and its surface began to fall ______; it had been on our tree for as long as I could remember. ______, I bent to pick up the broken pieces and was surprised to find a tiny sheet of paper among the pieces. Unfolding it, I recognized my father’s penciled writing. Lifting my eyes, I saw my mother’s ______expression.
“Your daddy wrote that and ______it in that blue ball during our first Christmas together, just before you were born,” she said with a smile. I wouldn’t have believed it, ______the proof there in my hands. The daddy I knew always looked upon getting the tree decorated as a chore he wanted ______part in. In fact, sometimes he could be a bit of a lazy and mean man around the holidays! And yet this bit of ______paper proved that long ago my daddy had done something apparently romantic at Christmas.
Carefully laying the note aside, I cleaned up the broken pieces, wishing I couldsomehow______ the pieces. “ It’s OK , ” Mama said , encouraging me with a hug. “Just pick out another of the ______ones and folded the note back inside.”
______, as we celebrate the holidays without Mama, who we lost to cancer, my ______becomes more bitter. Each year as I decorate Papa’s tree, I relive the moment I shared with her that winter afternoon and tears of a sadness welled out.
As I carefully handle those old decorations , I love knowing that one holds a ______betweenPapa and Mama—one that was obvious to all who knew them. The note inside one of those old glass balls on Papa’s tree holds he heart of my parents’ marriage in three little words: “I love you.”.
1.A. amazed B. confused C. challenged D. entertained
2.A. occasional B. regular C. instant D. rare
3.A. height B. weight C. size D. shape
4.A. familiar B. expensive C. normal D. newest
5.A. hold B. suspend C. pick D. remove
6.A. returned B. headed C. drove D. ran
7.A. memories B. records C. images D. fancies
8.A. deliberately B. ridiculously C. clumsily D. generously
9.A. off B. down C. away D. over
10.A. Obviously B. Guiltily C. Responsibly D. Amazingly
11.A. admirable B. shameful C. fond D. reasonable
12.A. threw B. stuck C. seized D. dropped
13.A. as for B. regardless of C. except for D. instead of
14.A. most B. total C. best D. least
15.A. yellowed B. blackened C. blued D. red d en ed
16.A. reorganize B. reunite C. restart D. restore
17.A. new B. old C. small D. big
18.A. Meanwhile B. Still C. Though D. Now
19.A. decision B. regret C. discovery D. sympathy
20.A. appointment B. promise C. permission D. secret
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Rabbit Island is a tiny and remote island off northern Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula. Its _______ nature is the perfect destination for artists to come and _______ their creativity. New Yorker Rob Gorski _______ the island in 2010, who wanted to protect its natural state. He also saw a(n) _______ to create a setting where artists could get close to _______ and create their great works.
Gorski set up the Rabbit Island Foundation, whose main goal is to host artistic _______ during the summer while also teaching and _______ conservation.
Artists, with the _______ that the island should largely remain untouched, are _______ to a two-week period of reflective engagement in a wilderness unlike anywhere else in the world. They ________ a “leave no trace” policy. Small solar panels are used to generate electricity and buildings are simple with nothing ________ left in place. “Rabbit Island exists to encourage the community to ________ the most fundamental part of our age — the environment and the human relationship to it. We challenge artists to take ________ and create bold works challenging the assumptions of the landscape created by previous ________, said Gorski.
Most artists say they have a better understanding and ________ of nature after the experience, which, in turn, gives them many creative inspirations.
1.A.undesired B.undeveloped C.unnamed D.unknown
2.A.display B.assess C.sharpen D.inspire
3.A.purchased B.developed C.ignored D.occupied
4.A.sign B.possibility C.opportunity D.invitation
5.A.heaven B.people C.life D.nature
6.A.parties B.programs C.games D.shows
7.A.opposing B.raising C.recording D.advocating
8.A.hobby B.topic C.belief D.plan
9.A.invited B.exposed C.addicted D.related
10.A.organize B.draw C.follow D.imagine
11.A.permanent B.popular C.available D.portable
12.A.put on B.focus on C.turn on D.agree on
13.A.risks B.turns C.duties D.notes
14.A.groups B.races C.fans D.generations
15.A.description B.communication C.appreciation D.recreation
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Hainan is a very large island and it’s the second ________ island in China.
| A．large | B．larger | C．largest | D．most large |
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Discovered by the Portuguese in 1506 and _____ in 1810, the island belongs to the Great Britain and has a population of a few hundred.
| A．settling | B．settled | C．to settle | D．having settled |
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I was now in my twenty third year of residence in this island and was accustomed to the place and to the manner of living. If it had not been the savages（野人）who had come to the place to disturb me, I could have been content to spent the rest of my time there, even to the last moment, till I had laid me down and died, like the old goat in the cave.
I had also arrived to some little recreations and amusements, which made the time pass more pleasantly with me a great deal than it did before．
At first, I had taught my Poll to speak. And he did it so familiarly and talked so clearly and plain that it was very pleasant to me. And he lived with me no less than twenty six years. How long he might live afterwards, I don’t know; though I know they have an idea in Brazil that they live a hundred years. Perhaps poor Poll may be alive there still, calling Poor Robin Crusoe to this day. I wish no other English man had the bad luck to go there and hear him. But if he did, he would certainly believe it was the devil（魔鬼）.
My dog was a very pleasant and loving companion to me, for no less than sixteen years of my time, and then died of mere old age.
As for my cats, they multiplied to that degree that I had to shoot several of them at first to keep them from eating up all I had.
Besides these, I had two more parrots which talked pretty well and would all call Robin Crusoe, but none like my first. Nor indeed did I take the pains with any of them that I had done with him.
I had also several sea-fowls, whose names I don’t know, that I caught upon the shore and cut their wings. And the little stakes which I had planted before my castle wall being now grown up to a good thick bush, these fowls all lived among these low trees and bred there, which was very agreeable to me; so that as I said above, I began to be well content with the life I led if not worried about the threat from the savages.
1.What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. Robin Crusoe treated animals kindly.
B. Robin Crusoe led a hard life on the island.
C. The animals raised by Robin Crusoe brought him much pleasure.
D. The savages always spoiled Robin Crusoe’s happy life.
2.How many parrots did Robin Crusoe mention in this passage?
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5
3.According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?
A. Robin’s dog may be still alive on the island.
B. Robin Crusoe lived in harmony with savages.
C. Robin Crusoe met an English man while on the island.
D. Parrots raised by Robin could talk very well.
4.What is the “sea-fowl” mentioned in the last paragraph?
A. A bird living on the coast.
B. A fish living in the sea.
C. A creature without a name
D. An animal feeding on tree leaves.
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Perce Blackborow and his companions stayed on Elephant Island for six months before rescue came, so they ________ a lot of difficulties.
A. must go through B. may go through
C. must have gone through D. could have gone through
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PHUKET is Thailand’s largest island and currently one of its famous tourist destinations. The following are some special sights for you.
Phuket Aquarium
Phuket Aquarium is a modest, government-run attraction but it’s not a bad place to spend an afternoon on the cheap. It provides different exhibitions and you (and even your kids) can learn a lot about Southeast Asian freshwater and saltwater creatures there. It opens daily from 8: 30 am to 4: 30 pm.
Phuket Thaihua Museum
It houses a photo exhibition and video media which tell the history of the Chinese people in Phuket and displays on mining, local clothes, Sino-Portuguese architecture, local foods and traditions and culture of Phuket. The Museum opens every day, between 9: 00 am and 5: 00 pm.
Phuket Zoo
It’s set in tropical gardens shaded by big trees. The zoo has a large number of workers who can speak several languages. They are happy to answer everyone’s “why” questions. If you get hungry on the tour, there are different foods for you, but you must pay for them. It’s open daily from 8: 30 am to 6: 00 pm.
Pung Chang Cave
It is a destination for tourists who love adventure since rafts are required to travel through it. It takes around one hour and a half to tour this cave, which is about 600 meters long. To take this trip, you have to reach the cave between 10: 00 am and 2: 00 pm.
1.What gives Phuket Aquarium an advantage over other sights?
A.Target visitors. B.Budget entrance fees.
C.Big size. D.Long opening time.
2.Which place sets a limit on visitors’ arriving time?
A.Phuket Aquarium. B.Phuket Thaihua Museum.
C.Phuket Zoo. D.Pung Chang Cave.
3.What is the passage mainly about?
A.Reasons for study in Phuket.
B.Tips to save money in Phuket.
C.Introduction of tourist attractions in Phuket.
D.Dos and don’ts while traveling in Phuket.
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Mauritius, an island country, lies 1, 200 miles off the southeastern coast of Africa, and just east of Madagascar, another African island country, which is larger by far than Mauritius. It covers 788 square miles and has a population of 1, 100, 000, about 750, 000 Indians, 300, 000 Clioers, 30, 000 Chinese and 20, 000 Whites included. They are living together peacefully.
The country can be divided into many parts with different climates all because of its special terrains（地形）. In the center there are volcanoes several thousand feet high, and 90 percent of its arable land is covered with sugarcane.
There were no people living on the island before the Dutch landed on it in 1638. The Dutch abandoned it in 1710, and five years later, the French came and succeeded in planting sugarcane there. It was conquered by Britain in 1810.
Mauritius was extremely poor when it declared its independence in 1968. In the past ten years, obvious economic prosperity（繁荣）has shown itself in this island country.
1.The underlined words “abandoned it” in third paragraph means______ .
A. took its place B. left for it
C. gave it up D. held it out
2.The right order that shows the history of Mauritius should be .
a. seized by the French
b. became its master
c. ruled by the Dutch
d. conquered by the British
A. b, a, c, d B. c, a, d, b
C. d, c, a, b D. a, c, d, b
3.According to the passage all of the following statements are true except .
A. Arable land covers 90 percent of the country’ s total area
B. It was the rule of foreigners that made the Mauritius people live in poverty
C. More than half of Mauritius population are Indians
D. Britain ruled the island longer than French and Holland