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The Adler Planetarium Chicago is home to more than 35,000 square feet of exhibits. From huge models of the Solar System, to ancient astronomical instruments, to interactive adventures, Adler's exhibit galleries provides a passageway for you to explore the universe. The Adler also offers mini science exploration activities that are quick l0-minute lessons. Visitors can learn some interesting astronomical facts at}论se small activity carts.

The Adler Planetarium Chicago is the only museum in the world with two full-size planetarium theaters. Since 1930, the wonder of the stars has been visible in the historic Sky Theater. Powered by brand new Digistar 3TM technology, the StarRider Theater is a completely digital, virtual（虚拟的） outer space environment. The famous Zeiss Planetarium projector is able to accurately reproduce the movement of every aspect of the night sky.

Do's and Don'ts:

Do Take the Bus/Train: Leave the car at home for this museum trip. The Adler is located within close proximity to public transit.

Don't Miss the Doane Observatory: When weather permits, the Doane is open at the Adler for observing with its 20-inch diameter telescope:

Don't Miss Museum Special Events: The Adler offers a summer camp for kids from mid. June to August.

Ticket Price:

Adult: $ 28; child: $ 22. Book online now to Save 37%.

Regular Schedule:

Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sat.-Sun. 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Summer Hours: 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m. daily.

Nearest Transit: Roosevelt Metro Station

Address: 1300 S Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60605

1.What's the main function of the Adler Planetarium Chicago?

A. Displaying the models of the So lar System.

B. Selling ancient astronomical instruments. .

C. Offering a passageway to explore the universe.

D. Giving lO-minute lessons to visitors.

2.What can visitors learn in the StarRider Theater?

A. The history of the Adler Planetarium Chicago.

B. The wonder of the interactive adventures.

C. The complicated Digistar 3TM technology.

D. The movement of the stars in the night sky.

3.If you want to try the Doane Observatory, you'd better _　　　 _.

A. drive your private car

B. consider weather conditions

C. buy a telescope in advance

D. join the Adler's summer camp

4.How much will a couple and two kids at least spend to visit the Adler?

A. $ 37.　　　　　　 B. $ 63.　　　　 C. $ 72.　　　 D. $ 100.

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◆RIVERBANKS ZOO&GARDEN

It is home to more than 2.000 animals and one of the nation's most beautiful botanical gardens.With more than 350 species from around the world,Riverbanks is one of the largest mid— sized zoos in the country.

Hours:9:00a.m．一5:00p.m.daily.

Admission:Adults(13—61)一$19.95

Children(2—12)——$16.95

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The Soutll's largest children's museum has 300 exhibits to mspire children to expenence the joy of learning. where else but EdVenture can children drive a real fire truck, anchor the news or visit another country?

Hours : Monday - Sunday :9 a. m.　 -5 p. m.

Admission : Members Free

Children and Adults -　 $ 11. 95

◆SOUTH CAROLINA STATE MUSEUM

The stories of South Carolina come alive through the exhibits and collections of the State Museum. Plus, a new 4-D theater provides popular movies that excite all ages. Museum members are invited to night-sky observing and more on Tuesday nights !

Hours : Mon. ,Wed. - Fri. :10 a. m. -5 p. m. ,Tues. :10 a. m. -10 p. m.　 ,

Sat. :10 a. m. -6 p. m. ,Sun. :Noon -5 p. m.

Admission:Adults (13 -61) : $ 8.95

Children (3 - 12) : $ 6. 95

◆SALUDA SHOALS PARK

Saluda Shoals Park is a sensitive riverfront park that invites visitors to experience the treasures of the Saluda River through exceptional educational and cultural opportunities.

Fun-filled Family Activities Nightly!　 ( except Thanksgiving, Chnstmas Eve and Christmas night)

Free for activities : apply with Holiday Lights admission (　 $ 20/car; $ 40/15-passenger vehicle; $ 60/bus) .

1.Which attraction best suits a child interested in broadcasting news?

A. EdVenture.　　 B. The State Museum.

C. Saluda Shoals Park.　　 D. Riverbanks Zoo & garden.

2.How much should a young couple with a 4-year-old son pay to enjoy various plants and animals?

A. $ 24.85.　　 B. $ 20.

C. $ 56.85.　　 D. $ 35.85.

3.Which of the following is available to all tourists in the State Museum?

A. Having a fantastic visual feast at l : 00 p. m.

B. Visiting the exhibits on Sunday morning.

C. Enjoying free family activities every night.

D. Observing the amazing night sky on Tuesday nights.

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Donna Simpson weighs more than 600 pounds and aims to reach 1，000 pounds．The New Jersey woman is carrying a series of activities to become the world’s fattest living woman，admitting that she is as hungry for attention as she is for calorie-rich food．

Donna，who wears XXXXXXXL dresses, eats pounds of junk food and tries to move as little as possible．The 42-year-old woman is a model on a website，where admirers and the curious can pay to watch videos of her eating food or walking to the car．She appeared in TV interviews and

said she welcomed media coverage．

Simpson has submitted a claim to the Guinness World Records for the title of the world’s heaviest woman to give birth．Among the heaviest women ever recorded was one who reportedly weighed 1，800 pounds and another who reportedly weighed 1,200 pounds at the time of their

deaths．

You might expect her husband to advise her to lose weight，but it is the other way round．To achieve her goal，Donna says she will need to eat up to 12，000 calories a day，compared to 2000 calories that a normal woman needs．

When she came across the website which made very fat women widely known，she came to know there were many women faced with the same problems．And after she admitted her real size，e-mails from people poured in．They sent her gifts through the post，expressing their care

for her．Donna was not feeling sorry for her goal，though she might risk her own life in the process．However, some have a different voice in Donna’s behavior．They hold that it is more important to do something useful than to become popular．After all，there are so many children faced with the shortage of food throughout the world．

1..  . One reason why Donna Simpson wants to be the heaviest woman is that________.

A. she is fond of challenging herself

B. she wants to advertise for food

C. she is crazy about public attention

D. she hopes to make fat women confident

2..  . We can learn from the passage that________．

A. Simpson is much fatter than any other woman

B. Simpson’s videos can be watched on the Internet

C. Simpson has broken the Guinness World Record

D. Simpson’s husband is strongly against her plan

3..  . What can we infer from the passage?

A. Simpson will go on a diet to keep fit

B. There’s no way for one to reach 1000 pounds

C. Most people take pity on Simpson

D. Simpson will take measures to achieve her goal

4..  . The author’s attitude towards Donna Simpson would be________．

A. negative       B. uncertain       C. encouraging    D. annoying

5..  . What would be the best title for the passage?

A. Meet with the fattest person in the world

B. What’s the matter with Donna Simpson?

C. A US woman decided to be the world’s heaviest

D. The super-sized model planned to lose weight

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The 2010 World Expo _____ in Shanghai is expected to attract more than 70 million visitors

from home and abroad.

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The big earthquake is reported to have ____ more than 4,000 people homeless.

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Marlene Dietrich is finally to be honored by her home city, Berlin.

For more than half a century, the famous film star won huge fame in Hollywood, but remained a highly controversial（引起争议的） figure in Germany.

When the city’s new film museum is opened on September 26, three of its 15 rooms will show the star’s possessions collected over a lifetime.

In addition to various collections by Marlene, visitors will be able to see all Marlene Dietrich’s movies. There will also be key except for a vast range of Germany-made films.

Dietrich became a world star after her wonderful performance in a movie. After that, she turned her back on Germany, horrified by the sudden movement of Nazi in her hometown.

A few years after the war, the star was persuaded to pay a short visit to Berlin. But the trip proved a disaster. At a city hall gathering in West Berlin, crowds turned out to see her, but not all friendly.

She was attacked at times. She found herself being blamed for wearing an American uniform during the war to please U.S. troops in Europe. She was also scolded for “turning her back on the country”.

Dietrich, deeply hurt, decided she would never return to Berlin again. But she softened her judgment.

When she died in Paris in 1972, it was at her express wish that her body should be sent back to Berlin for burial alongside her mother in a local cemetery.

1.From the second paragraph, we can get to know that ________.

A. Germans were narrowed-minded

B. Germans were difficult to get along with

C. all Germans admired Dietrich

D. some Germans disliked Dietrich

2.The underlined sentence “she turned her back on Germany” (in paragraph 5) means ________.

A. Dietrich looked down upon her country

B. Dietrich turned away from her country

C. Dietrich gave up performance in her country

D. Dietrich lost her job in her country

3.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A. Visitors can see various collections by Marlene in Berlin’s new film museum.

B. Dietrich was a famous film star in Hollywood.

C. After the war, Dietrich paid a short visit to her country.

D. Wearing an Australian uniform during the war, Dietrich was regarded a betrayer(背叛者) to her country.

4.The famous film star, as a whole, ________.

A. hated her country because she was once scolded for betraying Germany

B. enjoyed her life in France

C. loved her country from her heart

D. felt satisfied with her performance

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The United States is not part of the Kyoto Protocol.But since 2005 more than 1,000 mayors across the country have agreed to sign their own version of the protocol.

It is called the United States Conference of Mayors' Climate Protection Agreement.Local leaders have agreed to follow the suggestions of the Kyoto Protocol in their communities.They have also agreed to urge state and federal governments to follow these suggestions.One goal is to reduce air pollution to the 1990 levels by 2012.

A “green” city might work on several kinds of environmental goals and programs.These include air quality，reducing electricity use, green building, public health, the reuse of materials, water quality and clean transportation.

The Natural Resources Defense Council works to protect the environment through action, law and science.One of its online projects is called Smarter Cities, which lists some cities that have made important environmental steps.

Washington，D.C.is also a leading city for green roofs，with over 92,000 square meters of green rooftops.The city also launched a program called “Skip the Bag，Save the River.”Stores charge people a five­cent　 tax for using plastic or paper shopping bags instead of reusable bags.Money from the tax will be used to clean up a local river.

New York City is using water as a renewable energy source.For several years, the city has experimented with water in the East River to create energy.Officials operating the program recently asked for permission to put into place 30 river turbine devices.

The people of Portland, Oregon are among the top recyclers in the nation.People living there recycle over half of the waste they throw out.The city has also worked to provide green transportation by providing safe bike paths and free parking spaces where electric cars can get recharged.

In Oakland, California, you can ride on one of several public hydrogen­powered(氢气作燃料的) buses.These buses release zero pollution into the air.However，they cost about five times more than common buses.

1.The United States Conference of Mayors' Climate Protection Agreement is aimed at________.

A．reducing energy use

B．reducing air pollution

C．improving public health

D．reusing waste materials

2.Why are shoppers charged a five­cent tax for buying shopping bags?

A．To clean a local lake that has been polluted.

B．To get enough money for the green roof project.

C．To prevent shoppers from using reusable bags.

D．To collect money for an environmental project.

3.New York City is cited as an example of________.

A．building green rooftops

B．making transportation clean

C．being good at recycling waste

D．using renewable energy source

4.Which of the following cities encourage citizens to use bicycles?

A．Washington，D.C.　    B．New York.

C．Portland.　    D．Oakland.

5.One obvious disadvantage of adopting hydrogen­powered buses is________.

A．its high cost　    B．side effect

C．zero pollution　    D．large space

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it tastes just chicken

Away from home, eating is more than just a way to keep your stomach full．It is a language all its own, and no words can say, "Glad to meet you ．．．glad to be doing business with you ．．．" quite like sharing a meal offered by your host．

Clearly, mealtime is not the time for you to say, "Thanks, but no thanks．" Acceptance of the food on your plate means acceptance of host, country, and company．So, no matter how difficult it may be to swallow, swallow．Or, as one experienced traveler says, "Travel with a cast-iron stomach and eat everything everywhere．"

Often, the food offered represents proudly your host country's eating culture．What would Ataiericans think of a French person who refused to take a bite of homemade apple pie or sirloin? Our discomfort comes not so much from the thing itself; it comes from our umamiliarity with it．After all, an oyster has remarkably the same look as a sheep's eye; and a first look at a lobster would remind almost anybody of a creature from a science fiction movie, not something you dip in butter and eat．By the way, in Saudi Arabia sheep's eyes are a famous dish and in parts of China it's bear's paw soup．

Can you refuse such food without being rude? Most experienced business travelers say no, at least not before taking at least a few bites．It helps, though, to slice any item very thin．This way, you minimize the taste and the reminder of where it came from．Or, " Swallow it quickly, " as one traveler recommends．"I still can't tell you what sheep's eyeballs taste like．" As for dealing with taste, the old line that "it tastes just like chicken" is often thankfully true．Even when the "it" is really rat or snake．

Another useful piece of advice is not knowing what you are eating．What's for dinner? Don't ask． Avoid glancing into the kitchen or looking at English-language menus．Your host will be pleased that you are eating the food he offers, and who knows? Maybe it really is chicken in that soup．

1.The purpose of the article is to ____．

A．introduce unfamiliar food

B．share the writer's personal experiences

C．suggest ways to overcome a cultural barrier

D．advise on how to politely refuse to eat foreign food

2.According to the writer, people hesitate at strange food mainly due to ____．

A．the way it looks                   B．safety worries

C．lack of information about it         D．the unfamiliar atmosphere

3.From the article we can infer that ____．

A．an American may feel comfortable with sirloin

B．one should refuse strange food after a few bites

C．English-language menus are not always dependable

D．one needs a cast-iron stomach to travel in other cultures

4.One may say "It tastes just like chicken．" when ____．

A．showing respect for chicken-loving nations

B．greeting people with different dieting habits

C．evaluating chefs at an international food festival

D．getting someone to try a visually unpleasant meal

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The Tokyo Summer Olympics is going green. The 5,000 medals Japan has made are more special than most.

One novel focus of the Tokyo Olympics is to be“sustainable”—to avoid using too many natural resources, so that the games are easy on the environment. As part of this goal, the organizers decided to make all of the Olympic medals out of metal recycled from old electronics.

Almost all electronics are made with small amounts of "precious metals", like gold and silver. But collecting enough of these metals to make 5,000 medals was a huge challenge. That's because the amount of metal in each device is tiny. It would take about 20,000 cell phones to get just 1 kilogram of gold.

Beginning in April 2017, the organizers placed collection boxes around the country, and asked people to turn in their old electronic devices. Soon people began to respond to the initiative, turning in smartphones, digital cameras, hand-held games, and laptops. At first, collection went slowly, but soon more and more areas began to take part. By the end, 1,621 local governments had helped out with the collection process.

Then came the job of breaking those devices down into smaller pieces. After being taken apart and sorted, the small electronics were smelted (熔炼) to get all the gold, silver, and bronze elements. This is a tricky job, which calls for careful attention and good skill. It's also dangerous, because some of the metals and other things aren't safe for people to touch or breathe.

By the end of March, 2019, the organizers had hit their targets of getting enough metal for the medals. They had collected around3xkilograms of gold, 4,100 kilograms of silver and 2,200 kilograms of bronze. And now all the 5,000 medals are available for the would-be winners.

1.What can we know about the Tokyo Olympics medals?

A.They are hugely valuable.

B.They are of high quality.

C.They are designed uniquely.

D.They are made from e-waste.

2.What does Paragraph 4 mainly tell us?

A.The difficulty of making the medals.

B.The process of collecting old electronics.

C.The initiative to recycle used smartphones.

D.The classification of the collected devices.

3.The underlined word “tricky”in Paragraph 5 means“　　　　 ”.

A.creative B.well-paid

C.demanding D.time-consuming

4.What's the purpose of Tokyo's way of making the medals?

A.To advocate sustainable use of resources.

B.To promote the spirit of Olympic Games.

C.To introduce a new technique to make medals.

D.To call people's attention to environmental damage.

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Away from home, and eating is more than just a way to keep your stomach full. It is a language all its own, and no words can say ‚”Glad to meet you…glad to be doing business with you…” quite like sharing a meal offered by your heart.

Clearly, mealtime is not the time for you to say. “ Thanks, but no thanks.” Acceptance of the host, country, and company. So, no matter how difficult it may be to swallow, swallow. Or, as one experienced traveler says, “Travel with a cast-iron stomach and eat everything everywhere.’

Often, the food offered represents proudly your host country’s　 proudest　 cooking achievement .What would America think of a French person who refused to take a bite of homemade apple pie or sizzling steak? Our discomfort comes not so much from the thing itself; it comes from our unfamiliarity with it. After all, an oyster has remarkably the same look as a sheep’s eye, and a first something you dip in butter and eat. By the way, in Saudi Arabia sheep’s eyes are a delicacy, in parts of China it’s bear’s paw soup.

Can you refuse such food without being rude? Most experienced business travelers say no, at least not before taking at least a few bites. It helps, though, to slice any item very thin. This way, you minimize the texture—gristly（软骨的）,slimy（粘滑的）and so on---and the reminder of where it came from. Or, “Swallow it quickly.” as one traveler recommends, “I still can’t tell you what sheep’s eyeballs taste like.” As for dealing with taste, the old line that “it tastes just like chicken” is often thankfully true. Even when “it” is really rat or snake.

Another useful piece of advice is not knowing what you are eating. What’s for dinner? Don’t ask. Avoid glancing into the kitchen or looking at English-language menus. Your host will be pleased that you are eating the food he offers, and who knows? Maybe it really is the chicken in that soup.

1.Who is the passage most probably written for?

A.Those who are going to have trip abroad.

B.Those who want to cook food from another country

C.Those who are going to teach people from different countries

D.Those who want to take part in an international cooking contest

2.The phrase “a cast-iron stomach” probably refers to a stomach____ .

A.equipped with iron devices B.never failing you

C.sensitive to various tastes D.not allergic to iron

3.Which of the following is NOT suggested by the passage when you are offered some food you don’t like?

A.Cutting it into small pieces B.Swallowing it without hesitation

C.Avoid figuring out what it is D.Pleasing the host while eating

4.Which of the following can be served as a conclusion for the passage?

A.Chicken is a delicacy for everyone. B.“It tastes like chicken” may help.

C.When in Rome, do as the Romans do. D.Eating various things can keep you fit.

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