The singer sang one more song at the _____ of...

The singer sang one more song at the _____ of enthusiastic fans.

A. command    B. recognition     C. request     D. service

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Have you ever listened to the song Yesterday once more, ________ singer died in her early years?

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(2012·龙口高二检测) She loves the song _______, because her mother was once the singer of it.

A. in particular            B. in theory

C. in practice            D. in secret

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More and more birds are flying to settle at Qinghai Lake, one of the highest inland lakes in China, thanks to the protection efforts of local governments. Covering an area of over 4,000 square kilometers, Qinghai Lake is also the country’s biggest salt-water lake.

Located in Northwest China’s Qinghai Province, the lake is famous for the two islands at its northwest point--Cormorant Island and Egg Island.

The two islands have plenty of floating grass and various schools of fish, offering rich food sources for birds. The islands have become a paradise for different kinds of groups of birds and have been called ‘Bird Islands’.

Each March and April, when ice and snow covering the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau starts to melt, over 20 kinds of birds fly to the Bird Islands to lay eggs.

During the months, flocks of birds cover the whole sky over the islands and birds eggs can be found everywhere. Visitors can hear the singing of birds from miles away. These have become a world famous symbol of the lake.

To protect this paradise for birds and support calls for ecological protection, China set up the Qinghai Lake Natural Protection Zone at the end of 1997. Meanwhile, the State has pointed out the Bird Islands and Spring Bay of the Qinghai Lake as central protection zones.

Inspection officials and management employees often patrol the lake, improving local residents’ knowledge of related laws and spreading knowledge about animal protection to visitors. They are making great efforts to call on people to love and protect the birds.

At the same time, they have built special fences around the island area, to prevent wolves, foxes and other carnivorous animals, as well as illegal hunters from breaking up the birds’ nest-building, egg-laying and breeding. As a result, more and more birds are coming to the islands for sheltering and breeding.

1.Why are more and more birds coming to the biggest salt-water lake in the Great Northwest?

A. Because it is getting warmer and warmer.

B. Because it is being reformed

C. Because environments there are getting more and more agreeable for them to live in.

D. Because the people there are becoming richer and richer

2.The birds feed on _______according to the passage.

A. floating fish and various grasses　　

B. grass moving on the water surface and different kinds of fish

C. salt water and plenty of grains　　

D. corn from the local farmers

3.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The ice and snow covering the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau doesn’t change into water, unless more than 20 kinds of birds come to the Bird Islands

B. Flocks of birds fly up to the whole sky over islands to lay eggs

C. Visitors can listen to the singing of birds from miles away, but they couldn’t see any of the birds

D. “The ice on the Plateau begins to change into water” means spring is coming

4.The officials go around the lake mainly to _________

A. let the farmers there know the animal protection law

B. tell the farmers there some knowledge about animal protection.

C. call on people to love and protect the birds

D. all of the above

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If one more person talks about the benefits of mindfulness, I will throw cabbage at them. Just kidding. But I do have lots of cabbage happily rotting away in my, kitchen thanks to the wellness obsession(着迷) that failed to keep my attention. This is a symptom of a phenomenon known as “wellness tiredness”.

Wellness is seriously big business with a worth of $3.72 trillion and a healthy annual growth of 14 percent. To satisfy this consuming desire, brands of super foods and various exercise classes crowd in. “The problem with all this constantly changing information on what to eat or which exercise class to take is that people begin to form distorted(扭曲的) mindsets towards the idea of a healthy lifestyle,” explains Dr Bijal, a psychologist at Nightingale Hospital. “The least harmful result of a distorted mindset will be confusion. The most harmful would be serious physical and mental disorders like extreme dieting or over-exercising.”

It’s little wonder that many people are beginning to reject the idea of wellness and the lifestyle it advocates. “I can’t tell you the number of wellness accounts I’ve unfollowed on Instagram,” one fitness-enthusiast friend tells me. When I ask her why, she tells me that the public pursuit(追求) of wellness has reached “the eye-roll stage”. Meanwhile, sales of fitness trackers and wearable wellness things have dropped sharply.

Speaking of gym culture, which offers classes like Hula Hoop and Yoga, it’s also beginning to show signs that people are returning to more conventional forms of exercise-some that wouldn’t look out of place on a school timetable.

The whole point of wellness is that it should become such an everyday thing that you forget about seeking it. Living a healthy lifestyle becomes a given rather than something singled out as impressive and worth applauding. Now, more people are starting to cycle to and from work, swim on lunch breaks and even try to buy old school exercise bikes.

1.What is the main idea of paragraph 2?

A.The wellness business costs people a great deal of money.

B.People are faced with too many food and exercise choices.

C.Distorted mindsets to wellness cause harmful consequences.

D.The wellness industry has been developing at a steady speed.

2.Why is the author’s friend mentioned in paragraph 3?

A.To inform us wearable wellness things are not popular.

B.To advocate the idea of wellness and a healthy lifestyle.

C.To tell us that online wellness accounts are hard to follow.

D.To show the public’s unfavorable attitude to wellness obsession.

3.Why are people starting to return to traditional forms of exercise?

A.Sports such as cycling are more impressive.

B.People are treating wellness as an everyday thing.

C.Classes like Hula Hoop and Yoga are too expensive.

D.People have come to know wellness is not so necessary.

4.Which of the following is the best title for the text r?

A.The Importance of Living a Healthy Lifestyle

B.Are You Suffering from Wellness Tiredness?

C.The Benefits of Mindfulness in Wellness Industry

D.What is the Real Meaning of Wellness Obsession?

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It’s almost camp season!

Summer is wonderful. Summer at one of the following awesome camps? Even more wonderful.

Tahosa High Adventure Base

Location: Ward, Colorado

People puzzle: Tahosa’s ropes courses are some of the nation’s best. Use your hands, feet and brains to take up high-flying challenges and overcome your fears. Fly fishing at 9,000 feet? Yes. Fishing licenses or experience needed? No, sir!

Choose your adventure: Go all-inclusive, where the staff prepares meals and runs the program, or take control and plan your perfect week. The choice is yours.

Camp Raymond

Location: Parks, Arizona

Don’t look down: When looking up at the stars, light pollution is your enemy. But Camp Raymond’s location and elevation (海拔) of 6,700 feet offer perfect conditions for seeing otherwise invisible stars.

That’s cool: Don’t forget your camera and a jacket. During the day, you could spot bears and deer. At night, temperatures can fall sharply. Hot cocoa at summer camp? Cool.

Pamlico Sea Base

Location: Blounts Creek, North Carolina.

Go coastal: Explore the Carolina coast by boat. You choose the route, and Pamlico provides the equipment. Keep an eye out for wild horses, lighthouses and boatloads of fish.

Set sail: Even if you don’t know the difference between starboard and star-lord, Pamlico’s sailing journey will make you a first-rate sailor in no time. You’ll even practice finding your way using the stars.

Base Camp

Location: St. Paul, Minnesota

Big upgrade: What happens when you change a 1907 cavalry drill hall (骑兵训练场) into an adventure destination in the heart of the city? You get Base Camp for overnight lock-ins, weekend retreats (隐居处) and summer camp.

Inside out: Most of Base Camp is indoors, meaning the activities like climbing walls can be undertaken on winter’s coldest days.

1.What do we know about Tahosa High Adventure Base?

A. It requires fishing licenses

B. It offers lessons on flying a plane

C. It’s a camp that is intended for brave kids

D. It is a camp where you can set your own pace

2.What can be learned in Pamlico Sea Base?

A. How to tell starboard from star-lord　　 B. How to choose camping equipment

C. How to use the stars for directions　　 D. How to make a boat on your own

3.In which camp can kids climb walls inside on winter days?

A. Base Camp　　 B. Camp Raymond

C. Pamlico Sea Base　　 D. Tahosa High Adventure Base.

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As high school students, Sang Tian and Huang Yunru dreamed of attending one of the world’s top universities．They slaved over their studies and were in the end admitted to famous schools – only one turned out to be far more famous than the other, according to new ranking （排名）of Asia’s top schools．

Huang Yunru, 19, went to the University of Hong Kong, the No 1 school in Asia．Sang, also 19, went to Tsinghua University, which was ranked a disappointing 16th in Asia．When Sang heard the news, he couldn’t believe his ears．“What? How can it be?” he said, greatly surprised.．

The new list of Asia’s top 200 universities was published last month by Quacquarelli Symonds （QS）, a UK-based career and education company．The ranking have started heated discussions among Chinese people, since the mainland’s top two schools – Peking University （PKU） and Tsinghua University – were not in the top 10.

Actually, this isn’t the first time that the schools have gone on poorly in regional or global ranking．The 2010 world university list released by the magazine US News & World Report ranked Peking University at 50th and Tsinghua University at 56th．They were the only two mainland schools in the top 100．Meanwhile, 37 US universities made the top 100 list．And three of 10 Hong Kong universities made the top 50.Chinese universities’ poor performance has saddened many students．“I can’t understand their standards,” said Sang．“At least we are a university with a long, proud history.”

According to the QS list, Chinese universities are doing OK in academic peer review, with both Tsinghua and Peking University scoring a full 100．But when it comes to student-to-faculty ratio（师生比）, their ranking drops, with Tsinghua at 22th and Peking at 23rd.John Hennessy, president of Stanford University, said at the Fourth Chinese-Foreign University Presidents Forum in early May that a lack of small-group discussions has seriously affected the teaching quality at Chinese universities．This has also resulted in students being afraid to question or challenge teachers.

1.Peking University （PKU） and Tsinghua University were in the top 10 in the ranking of Asia’s top schools．

2.There were no top 100 universities in the mainland according to the ranking.

3.Hong Kong universities are doing much better than the Chinese mainland ones in the ranking.

4.Peking University （PKU） and Tsinghua University are so famous that they are  not worried about the result at all.

5.One of the reasons for the mainland’s universities’ disappointing ranking is that there are simply not enough teachers for the large number of students.

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The reason __________ more and more young people dream of becoming a famous singer or musician is __________ they can be millionaires overnight.

A. that; that　　 B. why; because

C. that; whether　　 D. why; that

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Have you read the book,        concerning the story of Song Dandan?

A．it      B．one   C．which       D．the one

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Have you read the book, ________concerning the story of Song Dandan?

A．it   B．one              C．which    D．the one

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