Teens Spring Events at San Francisco Public L...

Teens Spring Events at San Francisco Public Library

GREAT TEEN BOOK SWAP

Sunday, March 19, 2017— 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

FREE book! Just leave us a review.

Here’s how it works: Every Thursday, the librarian will bring out several books and allow teens the chance to look through them for one that you’d like to keep. You will, in turn, swap us a review of the book by the end of the month.

For ages 12— 18.

For more information, contact Dorcas at dorcas.wong@sfpl.org.

THE MIX BOOK CLUB!

Sunday, March 19, 2017— 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Teens aged 13— 18 are welcome to The Mix at SFPL Book Club! We read a different book each month that you help choose. This month we’re reading The Sun is Also A Star, by Nicola Yoon. New members and drop-ins are always welcome!

For more information, please e-mail catherine.cormier@sfpl.org or call (415)557-4404.

THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY BY HENRY JAMES

Sunday, March 19, 2017— 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Please join Chinatown’s World Literature Book Club for an enjoyable discussion of The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James. This famous novel follows the young, free-spirited heiress, Isabel Archer, as she travels from New York to Europe.

CARTOONING & GRAPHIC NOVEL WORKSHOP

Saturday, March 25, 2017— 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Join teaching artist and cartoonist Aaron Southerland for a cartooning and graphic novel workshop. Students will learn to create their very own cartoon and comic characters through advanced drawing techniques.

This is a Reading, Writing & Poetry program from SFPL. We love reading/ sharing/ creating words.

1.What will teens have to do at GREAT TEEN BOOK SWAP?

A. Exchange a book of their own.

B. Share a review of the book they choose.

C. Look through some books they keep.

D. Contact Dorcas at dorcas.wong@sfpl.org.

2.What can we infer about THE MIX BOOK CLUB?

A. Writers read their books to participants.

B. Only those who book seats are welcome.

C. This event takes place 12 times a year.

D. Nicola Yoon, a writer, will help choose books.

3.What will happen at Chinatown’s World Literature Book Club?

A. Drawing contests.

B. Writing.

C. Discussion.

D. Character creating.

4.What is mentioned in each event?

A. Opening and closing hours.

B. Names of the books to be read.

C. Book reviews.

D. Teens’ ages.

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Teens Spring Events at San Francisco Public Library

GREAT TEEN BOOK SWAP

Sunday,March 19,2017-2:30 pm to 5:30 pm

FREE hook!Just leave us a review.

Here's how it works: Every Thursday,the librarian will bring out several books and allow teens the chance to look through them for one that you'd like to keep.You will,in turn,swap us a review of the book by the end of the month.

For ages 12-18.

For more information,contact Dorcas at dorcas.wong@sfpl.org.

THE MIX BOOK CLUB!

Sunday,March 19,2017-4:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Teens aged 13-18 are welcome to The Mix at SFPL Book Club!We read a different book each month that you help choose.This month we're reading The Sun is Also A Star,by Nicola Yoon.New members and drop-ins are always welcome!

For more information,please e-mail catherine.cormier@sfpl.org or call (415)557-4404.

THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY BY HENRY JAMES

Sunday,March 19,2017-6:30 pm to 8:30 pm

Please join Chinatown's World Literature Book Club for an enjoyable discussion of The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James.This famous novel follows the young,free-spirited heiress,Isabel Archer,as she travels from New York to Europe.

CARTOONING & GRAPHIC NOVEL WORKSHOP

Saturday,March 25,2017-2:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Join teaching artist and cartoonist Aaron Southerland for a cartooning and graphic novel workshop.Students will learn to create their very own cartoon and comic characters through advanced drawing techniques.

This is a Reading,Writing & Poetry program from SFPL.We love reading/sharing/creating words.

1.What will teens have to do at GREAT TEEN BOOK SWAP?

A. Exchange a book of their own.

B. Look through some books they keep.

C. Share a review of the book they choose.

D. Contact Dorcas at dorcas.wong@sfpl.org.

2.What can we infer about THE MIX BOOK CLUB?

A. This event takes place 12 times a year.

B. Only those who book seats are welcome.

C. Writers read their books to participants.

D. Nicola Yoon,a writer,will help choose books.

3.What will happen at Chinatown's World Literature Book Club?

A. Drawing contests.　　 B. Writing.

C. Character creating.　　 D. Discussion.

4.What is mentioned in each event?

A. Teens' ages.　　 B. Names of the books to be read.

C. Book reviews.　　 D. Opening and closing hours.

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

At the Fairmont San Francisco in California, the wealthy visitors arriving through the front door aren't the only guests staying at the five-star hotel.On the hotel's rooftop, the buzz(嗡嗡声)of bees can be heard.Bees have become more common guests at hotels, especially in San Francisco.Ten hotels have hives(蜂房)on rooftops.Urban beekeeping allows hotels to market sustainability(可持续性), harvest honey and raise awareness for the particular challenges bees face.

“When companies have honeybees, it helps in a few different ways...by bringing awareness to the fact that our noisy friends need flowers that are clean and free of pesticides(杀虫剂)in order to feed, and that our bees need habitats," says Becky Masterman of the University of Minnesota Bee Squad.

The U.S.agricultural industry has come to rely on commercial bees for much of its pollination(授粉)needs.At pollination time, commercial beekeepers provide truckloads of bees.European honeybees and Apis mellifera are brought in.They are not native to North America.Continuing losses of these commercial hives could eventually be felt at the grocery store.The costs of fruits and vegetables that the bees pollinate could potentially go up over time because the pollination costs are higher.

For the hotels, the bees offer more than honey.More guests are looking for places to stay that help the environment, says Melissa Farrar.She is the director of marketing communications for the Fairmont.The Fairmont offers tours of hive spaces to interested guests.Some guests go on to start their own hives.The Fairmont has also hosted school groups from preschoolers to high school photography classes."Maybe we can help people appreciate that nature's important, and that we take care of the environment.And if you want to eat fruits and veggies, you need bees in the background," says Ms.Farrar.

1.What is the text mainly about?

A. Wildlife research in San Francisco.

B. Environmentally aware tourism in America.

C. The introduction of beekeeping to hotels.

D. The conflict between commercial bees and native bees.

2.What is a result of using commercial bees for pollination?

A. More profits for greengrocers.

B. More expensive fruits and vegetables.

C. A decrease in the number of native bees.

D. An increase in greengrocery diversity in stores.

3.Why would more guests choose to stay at hotels with hives?

A. They regard it as a trendy thing to do.

B. They'd like to try the freshest honey.

C. They consider it an eco-friendly idea.

D. They come to learn to start their own hives.

4.What is Ms.Farrar’s attitude to urban beekeeping?

A. Doubtful　　 B. Supportive　　 C. Disapproving　　 D. Uncaring

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Brian arrived at the San Francisco airport two hours before the flight to Paris. He was wearing three shirts, a jacket, two pairs of socks, a pair of shorts, and two pairs of jeans. He was carrying one small backpack, which was very full, but he didn’t have any other luggage. Brian needed to meet a man named Tony before he checked in for his flight. He found Tony near the Air France counter. Tony gave him a round-trip ticket and a small package.

“Give this package to Jean-Paul at the airport in Paris. He will have a sign with your name on it. I think you can find him easily, “Tony said.” You don’t have any luggage, right?”

“Only this backpack,” Brian answered. “You said I could bring one carry-on bag.”

“That’s right, one carry-on bag is fine. Have a good trip.”

“Thanks.”

Is Brian a criminal（犯罪）? Not at all. He is an air courier. And he paid only $110 for the round-trip ticket to Paris. Air couriers get cheap airline tickets because they take important packages and papers to foreign countries. Businesses sometimes need to get packages and papers to people in foreign countries by the next day. Often, the only way they can do this is to use an air-courier company. It is not cheap for a business to send a package with an air courier, but it is quick.

Every year about 80, 000 people worldwide travel as air couriers. The number of tickets for courier travel is growing by about 10 percent a year. However, air-courier travel isn’t for everyone, But if you have very little money, can be flexible（灵活的）about your travel plans, and don’t mind wearing the same clothes for a week, it can be a great way to take a vacation!

1.Why was Brian wearing so many clothes for his travel?

A. Because they were the uniform for air couriers,

B. Because that made him easier to be recognized.

C. Because his backpack had no room for his clothes.

D. because he did not have any luggage with him.

2.An air courier is a person who ________

A. manages a business company in foreign countries

B. organizes international flights for tourists

C. travels around the world with cheap tickets

D. delivers papers and packages to foreign countries

3.Businesses choose the air-courier service because ________

A. it costs less     B. it is flexible     C. it saves time     D. it grows fast

4.One of the disadvantages of traveling as an air courier is that he

A. cannot decide when and where to travel

B. cannot take any luggage with him

C. has to wear two pairs of jeans

D. saves little money from the travel

5.The author of the text mainly

A. describes the activities of a law-breaker

B. suggests an ideal way to travel

C. argues against the air-courier travel

D. tells us about a developing business

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Brian arrived at the San Francisco airport two hours before the flight to Paris. He was wearing three shirts, a jacket, two pairs of socks, a pair of shorts, and two pairs of jeans. He was carrying one small backpack, which was very full, but he didn’t have any other luggage. Brian needed to meet a man named Tony before he checked in for his flight. He found Tony near the Air France counter. Tony gave him a round-trip ticket and a small package.

“Give this package to Jean-Paul at the airport in Paris. He will have a sign with your name on it. I think you can find him easily, “Tony said.” You don’t have any luggage, right?”

“Only this backpack,” Brian answered. “You said I could bring one carry-on bag.”

“That’s right, one carry-on bag is fine. Have a good trip.”

“Thanks.”

Is Brian a criminal（犯罪）? Not at all. He is an air courier. And he paid only $110 for the round-trip ticket to Paris. Air couriers get cheap airline tickets because they take important packages and papers to foreign countries. Businesses sometimes need to get packages and papers to people in foreign countries by the next day. Often, the only way they can do this is to use an air-courier company. It is not cheap for a business to send a package with an air courier, but it is quick.

Every year about 80, 000 people worldwide travel as air couriers. The number of tickets for courier travel is growing by about 10 percent a year. However, air-courier travel isn’t for everyone. But if you have very little money, can be flexible（灵活的）about your travel plans, and don’t mind wearing the same clothes for a week, it can be a great way to take a vacation!

1.Why was Brian wearing so many clothes for his travel?

A. Because they were the uniform for air couriers.

B. Because that made him easier to be recognized.

C. Because his backpack had no room for his clothes.

D. because he did not have any luggage with him.

2.An air courier is a person who ________ .

A. manages a business company in foreign countries

B. organizes international flights for tourists.

C. travels around the world with cheap tickets.

D. delivers papers and packages to foreign countries.

3.Businesses choose the air-courier service because ________

A. it costs less     B. it is flexible     C. it saves time     D. it grows fast

4. The author of the text mainly..

A. describes the activities of a law-breaker          B. suggests an ideal way to travel

C. argues against the air-courier travel              D. tells us about a developing business

高三英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析

One family, which had emigrated from Japan and settled at the turn of the century near San Francisco, had established a business in which they grew roses and trucked them into San Francisco three mornings a week.

The other family was a naturalized(加入国籍的)family from Switzerland who also marketed roses, and 21 families became modestly successful, 22their roses were known in the markets of San Francisco for their23vase-life.

For four decades the two families were neighbors, and the sons 24the farms, but then on December 7, 1941, Japan 25 Pearl Harbor. Although the rest of the family members were American, the 26 of the Japanese family had never been naturalized. In the turmoil(动乱) and the questions about internment camps（拘留营）, his neighbor made it clear that, if 27, he would look after his friend’s nursery（花圃）. It was 28each family had learned in church—Love the neighbor as thyself. “You would do29for us, ” he told his Japanese friend.

It was not long before the Japanese 30 was transported to a poor landscape in Granada, Colorado. The relocation center consisted of tar-paper-roofed barracks (兵营)31by barbed wire and armed guards.

A full year went by. Then two. Then three. While the 32neighbors were in internment, their friends worked in the greenhouses, the33 before school and on Saturdays, and the father's work often stretched to 16 and 17 hours. And then 34, when the war in Europe had

35, the Japanese family packed up and 36 a train. They were going home.

What would they find? The family was 37at the train station by their neighbors, and when they got to their home, the whole Japanese family stared.. There was the nursery, complete, clean and shining in the sunlight, neat, prosperous and healthy.

So was the balance of the bank passbook 38to the Japanese father. And the house was 39as clean and welcoming as the nursery.

And there on the dining room 40 was one perfect red rosebud, just waiting to unfold- the gift of one neighbor to another.

高三英语完型填空困难题查看答案及解析

When I walk through the streets of San Francisco’s business districts, white people stare at me as if I were a circus clown.

Their staring eyes don’t see that I get ____1____ A’s in school, or that I am a captain of the football team, or that I belong to ___2____youth organizations. All they see is that I am 6-foot-4, young ,black, and male-----a potential ____3____to them.

White men look at me as if I am up to no good, or as if they are ____4____to me. White women just look at me with____5____, say, sometimes they cross the street when they see my friends and me coming, or walk in the street and only get back on the sidewalk after we ____6____.

Many people come to San Francisco to get away from the stereotypes(成见) of the cities they were born and ____7_____ in. The majority of the blacks and Latinos who live in this city don’t have that luxury.

How can you feel at home when people are_____8_____telling you to get back to Africa or Mexico ----or just back to “where you belong”?

My way of dealing with this kind of thing has _____9_____over the years. In the past, when my friends and I would walk the streets and a hundred pairs of white eyes would look at me as if we were the lowest form of dirt, it would make us angry enough to hurt or ____10____them.

Now I’m more likely to use ____11____ to defend myself against those eyes. To women who clutch their purse in terror, I’ll say, “Man, I ain’t gonna do anything to you, I got money in my pocket!” My cousin has even started wearing a T-shirt ____12_____ in big letters, “NO, WHITE LADY, I DON'T’ WANT YOUR PURSE.”

The most painful thing is when we get those___13____ stares from black people, especially elderly ones. I want o say to them, “We’re black too. Why would we do something to you?”

Usually I react more ____14____to all of this than a lot of my friends do. Some of them, so brainwashed, just think it’s part of life and that there is nothing you can do.

But for me, that’s not good enough. I just can’t stand it when every day a hundred pair of eyes tell you you’re not_____15_____.

1.A. almost     B. mostly     C. merely     D. particularly

2.A. social      B. local      C. positive    D. new

3.A. danger     B. treasure    C. gift        D. neighbor

4.A. better      B. close      C. perfect     D. superior

5.A. fear       B. interest     C. honor      D. despair

6.A. run        B. walk       C. pass       D. move

7.A. known     B. developed    C. raised     D. located

8.A. honestly   B. constantly    C. hopefully   D. freely

9.A. changed    B. formed      C. strengthened  D. increased

10.A. kill       B. rob         C. damage     D. steal

11.A. actions    B. deeds       C. signs       D. words

12.A. writing    B. printing     C. telling      D. saying

13.A. fearful     B. doubtful     C. pitiful      D. impressive

14.A. strongly     B. actively    C. disappointedly   D. casually

15.A. sincere      B. mature     C. welcome       D. gentle

高三英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

One family, which moved from Japan and settled at the turn of the century near San Francisco, had built a business in which they grew roses and trucked them into San Francisco three mornings a week.

The other family also marketed roses. For almost four decades the two families were neighbors, and the sons took over the farms, but then on December 7, 1941, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. Although the rest of the family members were American, the father of the Japanese family had never been naturalized. As they planned to leave the country, hisneighbor made it clear that, if necessary, he would look after his friend’s nursery(花圃). It was something each family had learned in church-Love the neighbor as themselves. “You would do the same for us,”he told his Japanese friend.

It was not long before the Japanese family was transported to a poor landscape in Canada. A full year went by. Then two. Then three. While the Japanese neighbors were in Canada, their friends worked in the greenhouses. Sometimes the father’s work could stretch to 16 and 17 hours. And then one day, when the war in Europe had ended, the Japanese family packed up and boarded a train. They were going home.

What would they find? The family was met at the train station by their neighbors, and when they got to their home, the whole Japanese family were shocked. There was the nursery, complete, clean and shining in the sunlight, neat, prosperous and healthy. And the house was just as clean and welcoming as the nursery. And there on the dining room ground was one perfect red (玫瑰花蕾),just waiting to unfold-the gift of one neighbor to another.

1.What does “the gift”in the last paragraph refer to besides t rosebud?

①a neat and clean house　　　　　　 ②the prosperous nursery

③the dependable neighbors　　　　　 ④the beautiful rose park

A. ①and ②　　 B. ③and ④　　 C. ①,②and ③　　 D. ②, ③and ④

2.What’s the topic of the passage?

A. Friendship　　 B. Hardwork　　 C. Happiness　　 D. Honesty

3.Why did the neighbors choose “unfolding rosebud”to welcome the return of the Japanese?

A. Becauseit’s a decorative issue.

B. Because the roses are beautiful.

C. Becausethey grew roses themselves.

D. Because it’s a wish for a good future.

高三英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析

Nine years ago, a few days before Christmas, I was a director at a company in San Francisco, and I was called into a meeting that was already in progress. That meeting turned out to be my exit interview. I was 64 years old at the time. It wasn’t completely unexpected. I signed a pile of papers and left the company.

So, 40 plus years of employment was over. I had a good reputation and background. Retirement was not a choice for me. I wanted to do something. And then an idea came into my mind, born from my concern for our environment. I wanted to build my own business, designing and producing biodegradable(可生物降解的)packaging from waste. This is called clean technology, and it was really meaningful to me. It could help reduce billions of pounds of single-use plastic packaging wasted each year.

Five years later, I’m delighted and proud to share with you that our income has doubled every year and we have no debt. Meanwhile, I have a wonderful partner, and we’ve won more than 20 awards for the work that we’ve done.

And I am doing the most rewarding and meaningful work of my life right now. But what I really long for is to find other first-time entrepreneurs(企业家)who are my age. I want to connect with them.

So I want to do something about that in a few years. I want us to start talking more about people who don’t become entrepreneurs until they are seniors. And then connecting all of them across industries, regions and countries—building a community.

1.What happened to the author nine years ago?

A. He retired from his former company. B. He failed an interview.

C. He had a good family background. D. He changed his job to a better one.

2.Why was the new business meaningful to the author?

A. It was beneficial to the environment.

B. It developed a clean technology.

C. It provided jobs for lots of people.

D. It brought in quite a lot of money.

3.What is the author’s attitude to the development of his own company?

A. Cautious. B. Disappointed. C. Ambiguous. D. Positive.

4.What does the author plan to do in the future?

A. To do something else about environment.

B. To help people who want to become successful.

C. To meet more people from different backgrounds.

D. To build a community for senior entrepreneurs.

高三英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析

SAN FRANCISCO—A phone app (应用程序) in San Francisco gives information about open parking spots. City officials in San Francisco introduced the app to try to reduce traffic jams in the city, but some say it raises safety concerns.

In this city, drivers searching for parking spots lead to 30 percent of all downtown jams, city officials think. Now San Francisco has found a solution—a phone app for spot-seekers that displays information about areas with available spaces. The system, introduced last month, relies on wireless sensors (感应器) fixed in streets and city garages that can tell within seconds if a spot has opened up.

Monique Soltani, a TV reporter, said she and her sister spent 25 minutes on Friday trying to park. “We were praying to the parking god that we’d find a spot,” she said. “If we had the app, we would not have to pray to the parking god.” But the system could come with serious consequences.

Some people say that drivers searching for parking could end up focusing on their phones, not the road. “It could be really distracting (使分心的),” said Daniel Simons, a professor of psychology at the University of Illinois.

City officials acknowledge the potential problem. They are urging drivers to pull over before they use the city’s iPhone app, or to do so before they leave home. Nathaniel Ford, executive director of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, said safety could actually improve if drivers quickly found a spot instead of circling and getting frustrated.

San Francisco has put sensors into 7,000 parking spots and 12,250 spots in city garages. If spaces in an area open up, the sensors communicate wirelessly with computers that in turn make the information available to app users within a minute, said Mr. Ford, of the transportation agency. On the app, a map shows which blocks have lots of places (blue) and which are full (red).

More than 12,000 people have downloaded San Francisco’s app, which is available now only for the iPhone but which city officials say they hope to bring to all similar devices.

When it is started up, the city’s parking app warns drivers not to use the system while in motion. But safety advocates said that might not be sufficient. After all, they say, texting while driving is illegal in California and in many states, but a number of surveys, including one by the Pew Research Center, show that many Americans do it anyway.

Elizabeth Stampe, executive director of Walk San Francisco, a pedestrian advocacy group, said she hoped the new parking app would lead to fewer accidents.

“It’s an innovative idea,” she said. “The safe way for people to use the device is for them to pull over, which they know they should do. The question is whether they will.”

But Ms. Soltani, the TV reporter, said using the app would probably join the group of activities already performed by drivers.

“We’re already looking at Google Maps and Facebook on the phone while we drive,” she said. “Aren’t we always looking at something on our phone, or changing the radio, or drinking coffee? You’re always slightly distracted when you’re driving.”

1.What is the phone app mentioned in the text mainly aimed at?

A. Making full use of the parking spots.

B. Making the traffic flow smoothly.

C. Preventing traffic accidents.

D. Benefiting iPhone users.

2.According to the text, San Francisco city officials ______.

A. don’t consider the app distracting

B. advise drivers to park cars slowly

C. are aware of the app’s disadvantages

D. believe more parking spots are needed

3.How do drivers locate the parking spots?

A. Sensors"computers"app.                              B. App"computers"sensors.

C. Sensors"app"computers.                               D. Computers"app"sensors.

4.The phone app mentioned in the text ______.

A. is a bit slow in reacting

B. hasn’t been put into service

C. was introduced several years ago

D. can’t be downloaded to all phones

5.Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?

A. Daniel Simons thinks the app convenient.

B. San Francisco will put more sensors into use.

C. Most drivers open the app once they start their cars.

D. Nathaniel Ford doesn’t doubt the practical use of the app.

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