For some of us who long to travel, it can be ...

For some of us who long to travel, it can be difficult to find someone to journey with. Friends and family members are tied down in jobs, struggling to save money, and don't always want to go to the same places. The solution, of course, is to go it alone.

Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne is a hot-spot travel destination, which has beautiful beaches as well as busy and lively city life. Australia as a whole is considered a safe destination for international travel, and because of that, many solo (单独) travelers go there. Melbourne is incredibly easy to get around because you can walk or bike practically anywhere!

Thailand

Thailand is great for solo travelers-perhaps because it is one of the Buddhist mentality, which promotes equality among the sexes. Thailand is known for its friendly hospitality, and as a travel hot-spot, there are plenty of chances to meet other like-minded travelers. Overall known for being very cheap, especially in the north, it's a good choice if you want to get away on a budget.

Bhutan

Bhutan is one of the most cultural countries in the world. It is also home to the world's highest unclimbed peak，Gangkhar Puensum. The mountain is sacred（神圣的）and entry is only possible on a pre-booked tour，where you are accompanied around by your own personal guide. Plastic bags have been banned in Bhutan since 1999 and in 2004, it became the first country in the world to outlaw tobacco.

Costa Rica

Costa Rica is a great place if you're looking for adventure, with surfing, volcanoes and other recreational activities. You'll never get a chance to feel lonely because there's an abundance of exciting adventures to experience! Costa Rica has never seen political unrest, class struggles or revolutions commonly associated with other Latin American Countries. What's more, it doesn't have or need an army because it's such a peaceful country.

1.Which place is suitable for travelers short of money?

A.Melbourne, Australia. B.Thailand.

C.Bhutan . D.Costa Rica.

2.What can we learn about travelling in Bhutan?

A.You can climb the mountain without booking ahead.

B.You can prepare some plastic bags for your rubbish.

C.You can experience the rich culture there.

D.Smoking is allowed at the foot of the mountain.

3.Where does this text probably come from?

A.A historical document. B.A science magazine.

C.A travel guide. D.A book review.

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A trekking (徒步) club can be a fun way to travel and know more about the geography and cultures of many different places. 1. You will need previous experience in trekking, continued interest and enthusiasm, and an advertising plan.

The most important prerequisite (先决条件) to beginning a trekking club is trekking experience. If you are hoping to start a club, but have never done any trekking yourself, planning a club can be quite difficult. 2. Preparation is a must for trekkers, and beginners in trekking will seek advice and help from you.

Trekking can be a long and difficult journey filled with many unexpected things. Your interest in trekking will motivate beginners to experience the pleasures and fun of trekking, manly experienced members have had a disappointing trip. 3.

4. Advertising is the best way to gain club members. Begin your campaign with local advertising, which is easy and effective and may draw interested first-timers who live around. Besides, meeting and talking to someone in person can help to establish a close circle of trekkers.

Once you establish the club and begin to plan the first trip, carefully research the trip’s main path, and check it over for potentially dangerous factors (因素). This attention to detail will set the pace of all future, trips. 5.

A.This is because you will not know what to expect.

B.A small ad in a newspaper will inform its readers of the club.

C.Besides, members’ trust in you and the club will be built easily.

D.It allows you to know the number of people interested in trekking.

E.Your enthusiasm can remind them of the positive sides of trekking.

F.Forming a trekking club is similar to starting most other types of clubs.

G.There are some ways to let others know you are building a trekking club.

高三英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析

Why elephants rarely get cancer is a mystery that has confused scientists for decades. A study was led by researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah and Arizona State University, including researchers from the Ringling Bros. Center for Elephant Conservation may have found the answer. According to the results, elephants have 38 additional modified copies of a gene (基因) that encodes p53, a well-defined tumor (肿瘤) suppressor, as compared to humans, who have only two. Further, elephants may have a more powerful mechanism for killing damaged cells that are at risk for becoming cancerous. In isolated elephant cells, this activity is doubled compared to healthy human cells, and five times that of cells from patients with Li-Fraumeni Syndrome, who have only one working copy of p53 and more than a 90 percent lifetime cancer risk in children and adults. The results suggest extra p53 could explain elephants’ increased resistance to cancer.

“Nature has already figured out how to prevent cancer. It’s up to us to learn how different animals overcome the problem so we can adapt those strategies to prevent cancer in people,” says co-senior author Joshua Schiffman, M.D., pediatric oncologist (肿瘤学家) at Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah School of Medicine, and Primary Children’s Hospital.

According to Schiffman, elephants have long been considered a walking problem. Because they have 100 times as many cells as people, they should be 100 times more likely to have a cell slip into a cancerous state and cause the disease over their long life span of 50 to 70 years. And yet it’s believed that elephants get cancer less often, a theory confirmed in this study. Analysis of a large database of elephant deaths estimates a cancer death rate of less than 5 percent compared to 11 to 25 percent in people.

1.Why do humans often get cancer compared to elephants according to the passage?

A.Elephants are bigger than humans.

B.Elephants have more p53 than humans.

C.Elephants are not as clever as humans.

D.Elephants eat more than humans.

2.Which of the following is right according to the passage?

A.Some damaged cells may be dangerous.

B.Some damaged cells are not dangerous.

C.Some damaged cells can’t be cancerous.

D.Some damaged cells in elephants’ bodies are more dangerous than those in humans’ bodies.

3.What can we know from the last paragraph?

A.Elephants have more cells than people. B.Elephants can get cancer easily.

C.Elephants seldom die from cancer. D.Elephants often die from cancer.

4.Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A.Elephants help us B.Learn from Nature

C.How to deal with cancer D.Nature helps us prevent cancer

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At times it can be difficult to maintain a healthy lifestyle while traveling. Here are some healthy habits to help you maintain a healthy lifestyle while enjoying your travels.

Take driving breaks

When you are taking a long-distance trip, you may want to get to your destination as fast as possible. 1.. You will feel healthier and happier if you take advantage of your ability to stop wherever you want, and take a few breaks. Make sure you take time to get appropriate rest, for everyone needs adequate sleep.

2.

Everyone needs to get some exercise, and fortunately you have the opportunity to travel to some extremely beautiful and fascinating destinations. You will find that you get the opportunity to explore the real beauty of your destination by hiking and walking. Take advantage of this fantastic opportunity to develop the healthy habit of getting regular exercise.

Drink water

If you are traveling to a warm destination, especially a desert destination, make sure to stay hydrated. Water is rare in the desert and the sun and heat contribute to easy dehydration.3.. Drinking enough water is also a good habit to practice even when you aren’t in the sun, so make sure to keep drinking water even after you leave the warm environs you travel to.

Stay sun safe

4.. While enjoying the beautiful weather in your vacation destination, make sure to stay sun safe. This means using enough sunscreen, of at least 30 SPF. You can also wear long-sleeved shirts and pants, which provide great protection from the harmful rays of the sun.5..

A.Go for a hike or two

B.Eat enough fresh foods

C.Many places you may travel to are warm and sunny

D.This may lead you to drive for many hours continuously

E.Make sure you always have an abundant supply of drinking water

F.You can also park farther away from your destination and walk more

G.Other sun safe prevention measures like wearing sunglasses can protect your eyes

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September is an exciting month in every college freshman's life. For many, it's the first time that they've left home to live in a new environment. But after the hustle and bustle of a few weeks, excitement gives way to a less enjoyable emotion—homesickness.

Homesickness manifests itself in many ways. You may miss mum's cooking, your pets, or even your old bed. All this becomes a fond memory of the past. Homesickness can be a bitter feeling for many students, especially when faced with the challenges of settling into an unfamiliar environment.

But remember, you're not alone. According to a recent BBC article, 70 percent of British college students experience homesickness. In this increasingly globalized world in which people migrate to faraway places for a relationship, education or work, homesickness is a feeling shared by many adults.

Homesickness can have similar symptoms to depression and in extreme cases it can develop into a panic attack. As for the term, homesickness or nostalgia wasn't invented until the 17th century. It was considered a disorder by a Swiss physician, who attributed soldiers' mental and physical discomfort to their longing to return home, "nostos" from Greek, and the accompanying pain, "algos".

Studies in recent years, however, have shown that nostalgia may have some benefits to our mental health. After a decade of surveys and researches, Constantine Sedikides, a US social psychologist, found that nostalgia is what makes us human. He explains that nostalgia can resist loneliness, boredom and anxiety. Therefore, it's necessary for college students to learn some ways to overcome the uncomfortable feeling.

1.From the first two paragraphs, we can infer that ________.

A.homesickness means a fond memory of the past

B.only a few students will experience homesickness

C.homesickness is an enjoyable emotion among freshmen

D.college freshmen usually suffer from homesickness after weeks

2.According to the passage, we can know that ________.

A.homesickness may cause mental diseases

B.homesickness is a feeling only shared by adults

C.homesickness won't do any good to our health

D.homesickness is also called nostalgia in Switzerland

3.What is most likely to be discussed in the paragraph that follows?

A.some benefits about homesickness B.other problems in college freshmen's life

C.how to make campus life more meaningful D.some tips on how to cope with homesickness

4.What is the best title for the passage?

A.Let's embrace homesickness B.How to fit into the college life

C.A harmful emotion—homesickness D.The disadvantages of homesickness

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NEW YORK—President Donald Trump’s decision to suspend immigration to the Unit States for 60 days to stop those applying for permanent residency from taking American job has drawn criticism from immigration supporters who brand it a “distraction” amid the coronavirus pandemic(流行病).

“In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens, I will be signing an Executive Order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States!” the president tweeted Monday night. Trump said he signed the executive order Wednesday. “This would ensure that unemployed Americans of all backgrounds will be first in line for jobs as our economy opens,” Trump said at Wednesday night’s coronavirus news briefing.

The president had initially wanted to suspend all immigration to the US to stop the spread of OVID-19 and “protect American jobs”, as 22 million have filed(申请) for unemployment. But on Tuesday he said his executive order would affect only some family members of US citizens seeking green cards (permanent residency IDs) and foreign workers who want to move to America.” It would be wrong and unjust for Americans laid off by the virus to be replaced with new immigrant labor flow in from abroad.” Trump said at the briefing.

The executive order won’t bar(禁止) immigrants already living in America seeking green cards, or the 85,000 workers a year given H-1B visas nor seasonal farm workers. It also will not stop people using temporary visas for work or travel.

“The Trump administration is again seeking to distract Americans from their own failures to secure testing, provide basic protections for all workers, and create a healthcare system that works for us all,” Bitta Mostofi, commissioner of the New York Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, told China Daily. He also said, “Among the l million essential workers in New York City working on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic—delivery worker, EMS staff, drivers, healthcare personnel, and more—half are immigrant.”

Former US secretary of state John Kerry told CNN that the immigration order was “a sideshow, an effort to divert people’s attention”.

At least 6 million US healthcare workers were born abroad, including 29 percent of all doctors, 38 percent of home health aides(助力) and 23 percent of retail store pharmacists(药剂师), according to the Migration Policy Institute.

1.Why did Trump sign the executive order according to Para. 2?

A.To improve the welfare of American people.

B.To reduce employment pressure in America.

C.To promote America’s economic development.

D.To avoid American population rising so quickly.

2.What can we infer from Bitta Mostofi’s words in Para. 5?

A.Immigration to America should be limited to give local Americans more job chances.

B.The Trump administration is trying its best to secure testing to deal with the virus.

C.Immigrants play an important role in fighting against the COVID-19 pandemic.

D.The Trump administration has created an effective healthcare system.

3.What does the underlined words “divert people’s attention” in Para. 6 mean?

A.Ignore people’s attention

B.Control people’s attention

C.Focus on people’s attention

D.Take people’s attention away.

4.Which of the following can serve as the best title for the news report?

A.US immigration suspension draws criticism.

B.US stops those applying for permanent residency.

C.US takes measures to stop spread of COVID-19.

D.US healthcare workers who were born abroad.

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I always had the preference to take on more than I should when I was young. At times, I wanted to prove to myself that I could handle it. At other times, my purpose was to please someone and gain recognition for my efforts. Sometimes this led to stress or frustration.

When I was an IT manager after college graduation I was assigned to work with a wealthy customer and be a go-between (中间人)for my company. I took on the assignment happily, thinking that this might be my time to shine. However, the customer’s demands proved to be more than I could do with. And the company chose to stand by the customer and try to meet his unreasonable requirements rather than stick to what we had originally offered in the contract. As you can imagine, this led to a lot of unexpected problems and arguing with some of the staff who refused to do anything outside their scope (范围) of work. I remember walking into my office one morning, opening my laptop and staring at the blank screen for long, thinking to myself: What should I do? That was a difficult time in my life and then I finally had to give up my first job and left that company sadly.

Perhaps, I thought then, I could find the job that didn’t involve dealing with difficult people and difficult situations. But later I realized: Is this possible in our modern world? No, it is impossible. Now, I know, I shouldn’t run away from the challenges I faced in life: I had to learn how to deal with them. I regret not persevering ( 坚 持 ) in my job. We should train ourselves to look at things from a positive point of view, because that is far better than being trapped in the bad circle depression. I’ve come to see that when faced with difficulties, I should not give up, but persevere.

1.Why did the author take the work assigned to him happily?

A.He wanted to please the boss.

B.The work was very easy for him to do.

C.He failed to find a job many times before.

D.He thought it was time to prove his ability.

2.What does the underlined word “this” in the second paragraph mean?

A.Arguing with some of the staff.

B.Meeting the customer’s unreasonable requirements.

C.Accepting the assignment without hesitation.

D.Sticking to what had been originally offered in the contract.

3.What made the author leave his first job?

A.The depressing job situation. B.The low payment.

C.His lack of ability. D.A better job waiting for him.

4.What’s the best title of the text?

A.Running away from challenges. B.Persevering instead of giving up.

C.Refusing to argue with customers. D.Leaning to take on more than one can.

高三英语阅读选择中等难度题查看答案及解析

Hedonic Adaptation

Generally speaking, people often return to a set level of happiness despite life’s ups and downs. For instance, people who win the lottery tend to return to roughly their original levels of happiness after the novelty of the win has worn off. The same is true for those who are in major accidents and lose the use of their legs. The change in ability can be damaging at first, but people generally return to their pre-accident levels of happiness after the habituation period. This phenomenon is called hedonic adaptation, a concept studied by positive psychology researchers.

There are activities that are more or less affected by hedonic adaptation. Some of these activities are known as pleasures. They can lift your mood and leave you feeling wonderful, but their effects can be relatively a short time. What’s more, we get used to them relatively quickly. If you have the same meal every day for a week, for example, you may find it to be less pleasurable by the end of the week. Gratifications (满足) are also such activities affected by hedonic adaptation. They can get us into a feeling of “flow” where we don’t notice the passage of time, and where we’re thoroughly engaged in what we’re doing. Gratifications are activities that require more effort and thought, but the payoff is higher as well. The more we engage, the more we enjoy!

Knowing that pleasures don’t last long in their effects may make them seem less worth the effort than gratifications. There are reasons why they can be perfect for certain situations, however. First, they bring a quick lift in mood without a great deal of effort. This is actually quite valuable because there is significant research that shows that a lift in mood can lead to chain reaction of positive feelings. Second, gratifications do take more effort, so when you only have few minutes or a very limited amount of energy, pleasures are often the simpler and more accessible option.

Thankfully, we can do something to move away from the limiting effects of hedonic adaptation and engage in activities that can create a greater level of happiness in life. For example, be sure to make time for hobbies! It doesn’t really matter what the hobby is; as long as it’s one you enjoy, you’ll benefit from it, and these benefits will extend into the rest of your life. It’s also a good idea to help other people as this can create greater meaning in your life, and thus create greater happiness. Enjoying your positive experiences is also a great way to maximize the positive in your life. So at the end of the day, a few days a week, write about three things you enjoyed that day. Then, you’ll be reliving these positive experiences as you write about them, and can relive them again when you read.

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With the rise of basic economy and budget airline models that charge extra for seat selection, it's become a lot harder for groups, especially families with kids, to secure seats next to each other.1..

2.. The earlier you book your family's travel, the more likely that you will be able to reserve seats that are next to each other.

Contact your airline and ask it to accommodate your family, if you can't initially be seated together. Discuss with the airline your concerns about a child being seated alone.3., they may be able to assure you that each child is seated next to an adult family member.

Check reservations and seat assignments directly with the airline, if you book through a third party online agency. If you did not book your travel directly with an airline, obtain or confirm your seat assignments directly with the airline as soon as possible before the day of travel.4. .

Confirm reservations and seat assignments again before you leave for the airport. You may wish to confirm your seat assignments before you would normally go to the airport as your seat assignments could have changed after booking due to an aircraft adjustment with a different seating arrangement.5.. They will do what they can to help families who need to sit together.

A.The earlier, the better

B.Book tickets as early as possible

C.Even if the airline is unable to seat the whole family together

D.Here are some tips to help you sit together without paying extra

E.Even though the airline is unwilling to take your concerns into consideration

F.If your seat assignments have changed, you can contact the airline to ask for help

G.This can be done either on the website or over the phone by contacting reservations

高三英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析

Americans think that travel is good for you. Some even think it can help to solve one of the coun­try ’ s worst problems ~: crime (犯罪）.

Crime worries a lot of people. Every year, the number of crimes is up and up. And many criminals (罪犯）are young. They often come from sad homes, with only one parent or no parents at all.

There are many young criminals in prison，but prison doesn ’ t change them. Six or seven in ten will go back to crime when they come out of prison.

One man ,Bob Burton, thought of a new idea. In the old days, young men had to live a difficult life on the road. They learned to be strong and brave, and to help their friends to be strong and brave, and to help their friends in time of danger. This helped them grow into men. So Bob Burton started “Vision Quest. “ He takes young criminals on a long ,long journey with horses and wagons (马车）， 3,000 miles through seven states. They are on the road for more than a year.

The young people in Vision Quest all have bad problems. Most of them have already spent time in prison. This is their last chance.

It's hard work on the road. The day starts before the sun comes up. The boys and girls have to feed the horses. Some of them have never loved anyone before  but they love their horses. That love can help them to live a new life.

Not all the young people on Vision Quest will leave crime behind them. Three or four in ten will one day be in prison again. Bob Burton is right. Travel can be good for you. Even today, Americans still say, “ Go west, young men. ”

1.In the last paragraph “leave crime behind them" means    .

2.Why is Bob Burton right?

3.Form the passage we may infer that   .

4.________ On “ Vision Quest"   .

5.Americans still say, "Go west, young men. ”because .

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