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阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。
Think about the distance（距离）you traveled in the last six months of your life. About how many miles（kilometers）did you go？Lucid went quite a distance. On March 22, 1996，she started a journey. She traveled 188 days, 4 hours，and 14 seconds in total. This is a little over six months. So what distance did Lucid travel? She went 75.2 million miles（1,203,200,000 kilometers）!
How could Lucid go so far? How could she journey so fast? Lucid was an American astronaut and she was in space. She lived on a space station. The space station was the Russian space station Mir. She lived and worked with two Russian astronauts.
On Mir,it was hard for Lucid to know what day it was.Why?Mir did not stay in one place.It orbited the Earth.It went around the Earth.Mir’s orbit meant that darkness did not mean the day was over. Darkness fell many times during a 24-hour period.Darkness fell about every 45 minutes. Lucid did something to help her remember what day it was. She wore pink socks on every seventh day. The pink socks reminded Lucid about something else,too. The pink socks helped Lucid remember that Jell-O would be served for dinner. On Mir,Jell-O was a special treat. It was only served on Sunday.
Lucid worked hard to deserve the honor of working on Mir. She went to school for a long time.She was one of the first six women to be accepted into the astronaut-training program. She flew on several American missions. When accepted for Mir, she had to learn Russian in less than 18 months. On Mir, Lucid conducted many experiments. One experiment she conducted was with wheat. Lucid grew wheat. Growing plants in space was important, because green plants could provide oxygen and food for space travelers.
1.When did Lucid start the journey?
2.Did Lucid live on a space station?
3.How did Lucid remember what day it was?
4.Why was growing plants in space important?
5.What is the story mainly about?
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Think about the distance（距离）you traveled in the last six months of your life. About how many miles（kilometers）did you go？Lucid went quite a distance. On March 22, 1996，she started a journey. She traveled 188 days, 4 hours，and 14 seconds in total. This is a little over six months. So what distance did Lucid travel? She went 75.2 million miles（1,203,200,000 kilometers）!
How could Lucid go so far? How could she journey so fast? Lucid was an American astronaut and she was in space. She lived on a space station. The space station was the Russian space station Mir. She lived and worked with two Russian astronauts.
On Mir,it was hard for Lucid to know what day it was.Why?Mir did not stay in one place.It orbited the Earth.It went around the Earth.Mir’s orbit meant that darkness did not mean the day was over. Darkness fell many times during a 24-hour period.Darkness fell about every 45 minutes. Lucid did something to help her remember what day it was. She wore pink socks on every seventh day. The pink socks reminded Lucid about something else,too. The pink socks helped Lucid remember that Jell-O would be served for dinner. On Mir,Jell-O was a special treat. It was only served on Sunday.
Lucid worked hard to deserve the honor of working on Mir. She went to school for a long time.She was one of the first six women to be accepted into the astronaut-training program. She flew on several American missions. When accepted for Mir, she had to learn Russian in less than 18 months. On Mir, Lucid conducted many experiments. One experiment she conducted was with wheat. Lucid grew wheat. Growing plants in space was important, because green plants could provide oxygen and food for space travelers.
1.When did Lucid start the journey?
2.Did Lucid live on a space station?
3.How did Lucid remember what day it was?
4.Why was growing plants in space important?
5.What is the story mainly about?
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If you’re going to travel the world this summer, you should make up a travel budget (预算) before you hit the road. This budget will help you know how much
you need to save before leaving home so that you don’t need to call mom and dad, begging for help halfway through your trip. Here are three tips to help you plan your money for the trip you have planned for this summer vacation.
Pick a location that fits your budget
The countries you choose to visit will have the greatest influence on the necessary size of your travel budget. Road tripping across America or backpacking through Europe, while popular, are two of the more expensive choices for a vacation. In contrast, a visit to Asia or South America will be much less expensive than back home.
“Fun” activities are expensive
It seems to be necessary to plan your travel budget around three major costs…
1.Transportation
2.Hotels
3.Food
Paying for these necessities is part of travel, but you might be surprised to learn that they could add up to less than half of the money you’ll spend abroad. If you’re like me, your “dream vacation” includes more than sitting in your hotel bed.
When I was living in Chiang Mai, Thailand, I owned a small apartment and ate delicious Asian noodles 3 times per day. With the room at $5 per night and meals for $1, I spent about $8 per day.
One of the coolest things to do in Chiang Mai is to go on a zip line adventure. It cost me $60 to get into the trees, which is about what I paid to live for 1 week in
Thailand. If you want to go on an excursion (远足) every day, you’ll easily spend
five times as much on “fun” as you do on necessities. This is true all over the world, so make sure you plan excursions into your travel budget ahead of time.
● Plan for the unexpected
You won’t always be prepared for everything that comes your way while traveling. You need at least $1,000 to help you deal with the unexpected.
First, there’s the good kind of unexpected…
When I was traveling through France on my summer vacation three years ago,
I had no idea that the annual bull running festival (奔牛节) was happening in Spain. A traveler who had just arrived from Spain told me about the festival and because I had some extra money I was able to change my plans and attend!
There’s also the bad kind of unexpected…
When I entered Thailand, I forgot my visa expiration date (签证截止日期). I
ended up overstaying by nearly 1 month! When I crossed the border (边境), I was politely told I needed to pay the Thai government nearly $400!
Giving yourself some extra money is very important to your safety and the enjoyment of your trip.
1.What should you do if you’re going to travel the world?
2.How much did the writer spend getting into the trees in Thailand?
3.What does the writer think of going on an excursion?
4.Why could the writer attend the annual bull running festival?
5.What’s the passage mainly about?
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Think about how you use artificial (人造的) light every day. In the morning, a light on your clock shows the time. When you use your computer, television, and a phone, their screens light up. Traffic lights tell you w 1. to stop and go when you drive. You turn on lights in your car and in your house at night. These are just some of the w2. you use artificial light. Now think a 3. living without artificial light. How different would your life be?
In the past, people use fire for light at night. Then from 3,000 BC, people started using candles. After that lamps (灯) were i 4., people used oil and gas to light the lamps. Finally, in 1879, Thomas Edison invented a safe and easy way to use the electric light bulb (电灯泡). His invention c5.our world.
Before the light bulb, it was so d6. at night that people could not do much work. Electric light changed that. Business grew. People could do more at night and they could do things during the day more e7.. If you look at a picture of our planet from space at night, you can see how the light bulb changed life on Earth.
We depend on electric light from energy sources (来源) like oil, gas, or coal. But those energy sources c8.pollution. One answer to this problem is to use a c9.source of energy, for example, solar power (太阳能). Scientists have found a way to catch the energy of the sun’s light and save i10. to use later. So now the sun can light our homes at night.
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Since I am a student in the second year of university now, I think it is the perfect time for me to take real responsibility for myself and begin a new challenge. I have already had a year life to fit in at university, making friends, and finding out path for my future. This is the reason why I started to do a part-time job in this year.
Interesting enough, local Canadian students can start doing part-time jobs as early as 16 years old. They usually work at places like fast food restaurants or coffee shops. International students like me, however, are not allowed to do off-campus ( 在 校 外 ) jobs if they are under 18. As a university student, I have a lot of opportunities to get a part-time job either on or off campus. If I get an on-campus job, I can work in the school libraries or bookshops. If I work outside of campus, I can be a shopping guide at the mall or work at fast food restaurants.
However, what I do for my part-time job is to help international high-school students learn the subjects like English and history. I help these students through online classes. This way, I am actually doing something that a lot of people nowadays could only dream of doing, working from home.
The job really isn’t too stressful because I have some teaching experience back from when I was in high school. I can also learn a lot from it. I see doing a part-time as something that brings me a lot of advantages. For example, it not only gives me some pocket money but also teaches me skills that cannot be learned from university classes. These include skills such as interpersonal communication, time management,and financial (财务的) planning.
Some way say that doing part-time will have a bad influence on my school life since it will take time away from my studies. However, I think that part-time jobs are not something that everyone should do. It requires the ability to manage one’s time wisely and find the perfect balance between work and study.
1.Is it the perfect time to do a part-time job in the second year of university?
2.How old can local Canadian students have a part-time job?
3.What is the writer’s part-time job?
4.What skills can the writer learn from his part-time job?
5.What do you think of having a part-time job in the university?
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Where can you get beauty, knowledge and insight(深刻的见解) all in one? The answer is probably a museum.
There is a long list of benefits someone can get from going to a museum. However, the best part of museum is they encourage people to become lifelong learners.
Socrates once said, “Wisdom begins in wonder.” Each time you visit a museum, it could spark(激起) an interest in a field you might never have heard before. Every time we go through museum exhibits, we see something we didn’t know anything about. It encourages us to go home and look up more information.
To help students better understand what they have learned in schools, many schools use museums as a tool to add to their curriculum(课程). For example, you may have learned about static(静电) in physics classes. But in a science museum, you can have a more hands-on experience of how amazing static can be. When you touch a big ball full of static electricity, all your hair stands up straight like an angry lion!
In the US, there is the New York Museum Education Act. It says that New York’s museums and schools should become partners to help students prepare for the 21st century. In China, the government asks more schools to organise more museum trips. Earlier this year, the popular travel website Trip Adviser asked its users to rank(评级)theirs favourite museums. They picked the top 25 museums in the world. The first three are: The Metropolitan Museum of Art,New York, US. Musee d’Orsay, Paris, France and the Art Institute of Chicago, US. The Museum of Qin Terracotta Warrior and Horses in Xi’an, Shanxi is the only Chinese museum on the list, which was ranked 23rd.
So come to the museums and there are lots of things to see.
1.Can you get beauty, knowledge and insight in a museum?
2.What’s the best part of museum？
3.Why do many schools use museums as a tool to add to their curriculum？
4.In China, what does the government ask more schools to do?
5.What is the passage mainly about？
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Where can you get beauty, knowledge and insight(深刻的见解) all in one? The answer is probably a museum．
There is a long list of benefits someone can get from going to a museum． However, the best part of museum is they encourage people to become lifelong learners．
Socrates once said, “Wisdom begins in wonder．” Each time you visit a museum, it could spark(激起) an interest in a field you might never have heard before． Every time we go through museum exhibits, we see something we didn’t know anything about． It encourages us to go home and look up more information．
To help students better understand what they have learned in schools, many schools use museums as a tool to add to their curriculum(课程)． For example, you may have learned about static(静电) in physics classes． But in a science museum, you can have a more hands-on experience of how amazing static can be． When you touch a big ball full of static electricity, all your hair stands up straight like an angry lion!
In the US, there is the New York Museum Education Act． It says that New York’s museums and schools should become partners to help students prepare for the 21st century． In China, the government asks more schools to organise more museum trips． Earlier this year, the popular travel website Trip Adviser asked its users to rank(评级)theirs favourite museums． They picked the top 25 museums in the world． The first three are: The Metropolitan Museum of Art,New York, US． Musee d’Orsay, Paris, France and the Art Institute of Chicago, US． The Museum of Qin Terracotta Warrior and Horses in Xi’an, Shanxi is the only Chinese museum on the list, which was ranked 23rd．
So come to the museums and there are lots of things to see．
1.Can you get beauty, knowledge and insight in a museum?
2.What’s the best part of museum?
3.Why do many schools use museums as a tool to add to their curriculum?
4.In China, what does the government ask more schools to do?
5.What is the passage mainly about?
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阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。
Where can you get beauty, knowledge and insight(深刻的见解) all in one? The answer is probably a museum.
There is a long list of benefits someone can get from going to a museum. However, the best part of museum is they encourage people to become lifelong learners.
Socrates once said, “Wisdom begins in wonder.” Each time you visit a museum, it could spark(激起) an interest in a field you might never have heard before. Every time we go through museum exhibits, we see something we didn’t know anything about. It encourages us to go home and look up more information.
To help students better understand what they have learned in schools, many schools use museums as a tool to add to their curriculum(课程). For example, you may have learned about static(静电) in physics classes. But in a science museum, you can have a more hands-on experience of how amazing static can be. When you touch a big ball full of static electricity, all your hair stands up straight like an angry lion!
In the US, there is the New York Museum Education Act. It says that New York’s museums and schools should become partners to help students prepare for the 21st century. In China, the government asks more schools to organise more museum trips. Earlier this year, the popular travel website Trip Adviser asked its users to rank(评级)theirs favourite museums. They picked the top 25 museums in the world. The first three are: The Metropolitan Museum of Art,New York, US. Musee d’Orsay, Paris, France and the Art Institute of Chicago, US. The Museum of Qin Terracotta Warrior and Horses in Xi’an, Shanxi is the only Chinese museum on the list, which was ranked 23rd.
So come to the museums and there are lots of things to see.
1.Can you get beauty, knowledge and insight in a museum?
2.What’s the best part of museum？
3.Why do many schools use museums as a tool to add to their curriculum？
4.In China, what does the government ask more schools to do?
5.What is the passage mainly about？
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A loud noise suddenly hurts your ears while you enjoy a movie in the cinema. A stranger makes you jump as he shouts at his friend on the other side of the city. Mobile phones are everywhere and sometimes they can be very annoying. Although they are a necessity of modern life, it is common to hear people complain about mobile phones.
Most public places have mobile phone rules. So try to keep your phone ringer as low as possible or put it on vibrate mode（震动模式）A good time to leave your phone at home would be at school or when visiting a hospital.
If you need to make or take a call while in a meeting or at a restaurant or a theater, leave the room. If you are expecting a call, get a seat near the door to minimize the interruption（减少干扰）. It is polite to inform others at the beginning that you are expecting an important call. When you get a call and you are with friends, keep the call short and speak quietly. A good way to make sure that people don' t interrupt you and others is to tell your friends when it' s a good time to call.
1.Can mobile phones sometimes be annoying?
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2.When should you leave your mobile phone at home?
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3.What should you do when you need to make a call in a meeting?
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4.What is the topic of the passage?
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It’s lunchtime. You’re hungry and want to get your favorite meal in the restaurant, but there is a queue of people nearly reaching the door. Don’t worry-in cyber world (网络世界), you can get your meal just by a few clicks.
“Shopping has never been so easy. With just a single click on your mouse, anything that you order online can be taken to your door in no time,” said Bian Jing, who is twenty years old. She took part in an online survival (生存) competition held in Beijing. Each competitor had to go online and buy enough food and drink to last them for 100 hours using the little money given. “I don’t want to spend too much time shopping, so I do it online rather than in an ordinary (普通的) store,” said a girl from a middle school. “It’s easy to find the things you want online as they have catalogues. Shoppers who go online can also find lower prices and wider choices of things they want to buy.
But many teachers and parents are worried that online shopping is becoming too popular.
“It’s not a good way for middle school students to spend their money,” said a teacher. “I don’t like them to shop online.” As all the students’ money is from their parents, it’s said that they aren’t ready to pay for what they have bought online.” There’s also the danger that they’ll lose the money at online stores that just want to cheat (欺骗) shoppers,” one of the teachers said.
Most parents, though, don’t want to pay the bills when their children spend too much on the Internet.” I hate having to pay unexpected bills,” said one father. “But my son always surprises me with them”
1.What would be the suitable title for this passage?
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2.What was the online survival competition about?
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3.What are the advantages of shopping online? (Choose two of them)
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4.Why are most parents worried about shopping online?
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5.Would you like to do some shopping online? Why or why not? (请自拟一句话作答)
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