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Right in front of the Minneapolis Central Library, a row of green bikes sits parked in a special stand. Each bike is designed with the logo “ Nice Ride”-- the name of the city’s bike-share program.
Nice Ride bikes are a lot like the library books that people come here to borrow. To rent a bike, you simply use your membership card at a Nice Ride bike station. Members can rent one of l, 200 bikes from 138 stations throughout Minnesota’s largest city. People use the Nice Ride bikes to go to work, to go out on business , or just to enjoy the city’s many bike paths.
The rise of bike-share programs like Nice Ride is encouraging more people than ever to choose biking over driving. Skyrocketing gas prices and concerns about the environment have also gotten people to dust off their bike helmets, pump air into flat tires, and hit the road.
Why ride? Not only is biking good exercise but switching from a car to a bike also cuts down the amount of pollution in the air. Carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas linked to climate change, is one of the many polluting substances that come out of a car’s tail pipe.
Bike-share systems are found around the world in cities like London, Paris, Barcelona, and Melbourne, Australia. The largest program with 70,000 bikes--is in Wuhan, China.
To make roads friendlier to non-motorists, the U. S. Department of Transportation has invested more than a billion dollars in cycling and pedestrian projects in recent years. The money went toward building thousands of miles of on-street bike lanes and pedestrian-only passages called greenways.
1.Which of the following can people do with the bikes?
A. Earn a living. B. Enjoy bikeways.
C. Compete in a race. D. Rent them out to others.
2.What is Paragraph four mainly about?
A. Benefits of biking. B. Pollution caused by cars.
C. Methods to use the bikes. D. Measures to decrease pollution.
3.Which of the following is true of Nice Ride?
A. China has better public bike systems.
B. It will take the place of taxi companies.
C. It attracts more people to choose biking.
D. The government lacks money to support it.
4.What is the author’s purpose in writing this text?
A. To seek advice for Nice Ride.
B. To compare Nice Ride with libraries.
C. To raise money for bike-share programs.
D. To introduce the bike system in public places.
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Right in front of the Minneapolis Central Library, a row of green bikes sits parked in a special stand. Each bike is designed with the logo “Nice Ride”-the name of the city's bike-sharing programme.
Nice Ride bikes are a lot like the library books that people come here to borrow. To rent a bike, you simply use your membership card at a Nice Ride bike station. Members can rent one of 1,200 bikes from 138 stations throughout Minnesota's largest city. People use the Nice Ride bikes to go to work, to go out on business, or just to enjoy the city's many bike paths.
The rise of bike-sharing programmes like Nice Ride is encouraging more people than ever to choose biking over driving. Skyrocketing gas prices and concerns about the environment have also gotten people to dust off their bike helmets, pump air into flat tires, and hit the road.
Why ride? Not only is biking good exercise, but switching from a car to a bike also cuts down the amount of pollution in the air. Carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas linked to climate change, is one of the many polluting substances that come out of a car's tail pipe.
Bike-sharing systems are found around the world in cities like London, Paris, Barcelona, and Melbourne. The largest programme with 70,000 bikes-is in Wuhan, China.
To make roads friendlier to non-motorists, the US Department of Transportation has invested more than a billion dollars in cycling and pedestrian projects in recent years. The money went towards building thousands of miles of on-street bike lanes and pedestrian-only passages called greenways.
1.Which of the following can people do with the bikes?
A.Earn a living. B.Enjoy bikeways.
C.Compete in a race. D.Rent them out to others.
2.What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?
A.Benefits of biking.
B.Pollution caused by cars.
C.Methods to use the bikes.
D.Measures to decrease pollution.
3.Which of the following is true of Nice Ride?
A.China has better public bike systems than it. B.It will take the place of taxi companies.
C.It attracts more people to choose biking. D.The government lacks money to support it.
4.What is the author's purpose in writing this text?
A.To seek advice for Nice Ride.
B.To compare Nice Ride with libraries.
C.To raise money for bike-sharing programmes.
D.To introduce the bike-sharing system in public places.
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Right in front of the Minneapolis Central Library, a row of green bikes sits parked in a special stand. Each bike is designed with the logo “ Nice Ride”-- the name of the city’s bike-share program.
Nice Ride bikes are a lot like the library books that people come here to borrow. To rent a bike, you simply use your membership card at a Nice Ride bike station. Members can rent one of l, 200 bikes from 138 stations throughout Minnesota’s largest city. People use the Nice Ride bikes to go to work, to go out on business , or just to enjoy the city’s many bike paths.
The rise of bike-share programs like Nice Ride is encouraging more people than ever to choose biking over driving. Skyrocketing gas prices and concerns about the environment have also gotten people to dust off their bike helmets, pump air into flat tires, and hit the road.
Why ride? Not only is biking good exercise but switching from a car to a bike also cuts down the amount of pollution in the air. Carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas linked to climate change, is one of the many polluting substances that come out of a car’s tail pipe.
Bike-share systems are found around the world in cities like London, Paris, Barcelona, and Melbourne, Australia. The largest program with 70,000 bikes--is in Wuhan, China.
To make roads friendlier to non-motorists, the U. S. Department of Transportation has invested more than a billion dollars in cycling and pedestrian projects in recent years. The money went toward building thousands of miles of on-street bike lanes and pedestrian-only passages called greenways.
1.Which of the following can people do with the bikes?
A. Earn a living. B. Enjoy bikeways.
C. Compete in a race. D. Rent them out to others.
2.What is Paragraph four mainly about?
A. Benefits of biking. B. Pollution caused by cars.
C. Methods to use the bikes. D. Measures to decrease pollution.
3.Which of the following is true of Nice Ride?
A. China has better public bike systems.
B. It will take the place of taxi companies.
C. It attracts more people to choose biking.
D. The government lacks money to support it.
4.What is the author’s purpose in writing this text?
A. To seek advice for Nice Ride.
B. To compare Nice Ride with libraries.
C. To raise money for bike-share programs.
D. To introduce the bike system in public places.
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No rows of desks in this classroom, and no teacher lecturing at the front. In fact, that’s something Barrie teacher Liz Collett rarely does. Instead, she’s on the move, talking to students about their work, from the small group sitting on the floor playing games to others nearby figuring out a math problem.
The children in this class do not take a spelling test all year－in fact, the school avoids all pencil-and-paper tests－nor do they get assigned homework. Instead, their teacher gives them immediate feedback（反馈）on their work throughout the day.
Welcome to the school of the 21st century, a place where teachers and students cooperate all the time. Such advanced classrooms are trying things, which some might consider as coddling kids－letting students give a voice-recorded essay instead of a written one or even allowing teens to design their own courses.
Though some people blame（谴责）schools for dumbing things down（降低教育标准）, others will say such changes are actually based on the newest research on how to attract today’s youth and increase not only their interests, but also their achievements. Many of today’s school are not holding kid’s interests. And if they Ye not interested, they’re not learning－and isn’t that the point?
“Students today say they want their education to be useful and valuable, and don’t want it to be simply repeating the facts. That’s the kind of learning that be happening for many kids,” says Penny Milton, a researcher. “What we could argue is that to become good learners, they need to become thinkers.”
Jan Olson, anther researcher, says schools have been operating the same way since the Industrial Revolution. But the digital age is bringing an education revolution. While using technology is a part of it, what’s important for students is being able to use information and understand it, not just remembering it.
Today’s learner needs fewer traditional tests and more “effective” feedback, ongoing discussion with a teacher, which studies have found is the number one factor in Improving achievement.
1.The first two paragraphs are used to .
A. blame Liz for not being responsible for her work
B. describe what schools are like in the 21st century
C. give an example of a successful school lesson
D. question whether it is right not to assign homework
2.The underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 means “some people may think it as a way of ”
A. spoiling children
B. making children become lazy
C. leading children to make mistakes
D. caring about children
3.Jan Olson thinks it important for students to .
A. repeat the facts without really thinking
B. learn something related to technology
C. make full use of information
D. use technology to improve their grades
4.Which is the most effective way to help students achieve more?
A. Assigning more homework
B. Offering immediate answers.
C. Giving more pencil and paper tests.
D. Holding more discussions with them.
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I was on my school campus the other day,and there was an ice cream truck parked right in front of the main common areas of the school.I had never thought an ice cream truck would circle our campus and come for us, overgrown kids.I was intrigued and wanted to investigate（调查）further.
I was quite surprised when the man in the truck called out,“Free ice cream!”
I questioned him just to make sure of his words,saying,"I'm sorry,what did you say?"
“Free ice cream.You have your choice of these four frozen treats: the rocket pop,the chocolate Eclair,the strawberry shortcake,or the drumstick.”
After I was certain that the man was just giving away free ice cream,I talked with him for a while.He told me that his dream had always been to travel around giving away ice cream,and that's exactly what he did.And his passion was expressed through using up all his credit cards,sleeping in his truck,and living with his mother in a small flat,so he could continue to follow his dream during hard times.Now,he has sponsorships（赞助）from large companies such as Levi's to do what he loves,and he's gifted 125,000 of his truckload of ice cream treats!
The man said he wanted to encourage people to do exactly what their hearts tell them to do with their lives.I kept asking him with respect,"So your dream was just to drive around and give away ice cream?It seems like a very unusual goal."
"Yes,just meeting people and making them smile,"he replied.
1.From the text we can infer that the ice cream man .
A. had several companies B. had a lot of dreams
C. didn't live a rich life D. was not very happy
2.What's the meaning of the underlined word in paragraph 1?
A. Pleased. B. Interested.
C. Worried. D. Encouraged.
3.What does the author think of the ice cream man?
A. Funny. B. Respectable.
C. Patient. D. Strange.
4.What is the best title for the text?
A. A Great Ice Cream Inventor.
B. The Taste of ice Cream.
C. A Traveling Truck Delivering Sweetness.
D. A Special Way of Selling ice Cream.
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阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事
Steve was the most amazing person in all of Minneapolis, and he was my cousin. By the age of 19, Steve was a star baseball player at the University of Minnesota. I wanted to be exactly like him. So when Steve asked me to go with him on a spring fishing trip in northern Minnesota, I was excited!
After planning the trip, we gathered clothes and supplies, and began our great adventure. We reached the Superior National Forest in northern Minnesota by early evening. On our way to the campsite, Steve pointed to a small house faraway in one of the mountains, saying that it was the ranger station (护林站) where the forester worked.
Finally, after a long walk, we reached the campsite and set up the camp as the sun was setting. Steve knew all the tricks of an experienced wilderness camper. After we gathered enough wood from the forest, he started the campfire using only stone and steel — no matches. For supper we feasted on freeze-dried beef, wild rice and pea soup. I ate greedily after all that work.
Tired enough, we climbed into our sleeping bags early and talked about our plans for fishing the next day. We were still talking quietly when a sudden north wind picked up; the temperature dropped and it began to snow. Steve found a way to increase the temperature inside the tent. He dragged a log (原木) from the forest to the opposite side of the campfire. Then he wrapped aluminum foil (铝箔) around the log. The heat from the fire reflected off the foil and into the tent. Soon images of lake fish were filling my dreams.
The snow had stopped, but sometime later a powerful wind must have kicked up the flames of our dying fire. I was abruptly awakened by Steve. Our tent was on fire. Frightened, I ran out of the tent immediately. The tent collapsed (倒塌) with Steve inside. Without any thought of endangering myself, I reached into the burning tent and pulled him to the icy lake. Fortunately, we were not seriously hurt.
注意:
1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2. 至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；
3. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
4. 续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
Paragraph 1:
Later, as we stood by the burning tent to keep warm, we considered our difficult situation.
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Suddenly, we heard a noise in the forest.
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Central Park
Explore Central Park, one of the largest city parks in the world and one of the most famous symbols of New York. Let’s have a look at its main sights.
Central Park is New York’s largest city park and one of the biggest in the world, with an area of 843 acres (about 3.4km2). This park is home to man-made lakes, waterfalls, grass and wooded areas. You will also find the Central Park Zoo, among other attractions in this greenspace of New York.
Besides being the city’s primary green lungs, Central Park is also a favorite spot for many New Yorkers. It is perfect for sunbathing, going for walks, or doing any outdoor sports. Something that we found curious is seeing so many people running with their babies in prams (婴儿车).
On Foot or by Bicycle
To get to know some of the wildest parts of Central Park we suggest walking. However, to get a general feel for the whole park, the best thing to do is hire a bicycle and enjoy the scenery.
If you decide to hire a bike, you will find lots of bike rental stores around Central Park that are not very expensive.
Open Time
From 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. on weekends.
From 6 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. on weekdays.
Price
Entry to the Park is free. But if you visit some parts like Central Park Zoo, you need to buy a ticket.
Transport
Subway: Line 5, 6, 7, A, B, C and D.
Bus: Line M1, M2, M3, M4 and M10.
Nearby places
Metropolitan Museum of Art (447 m)
Guggenheim Museum (564 m)
American Museum of Natural History (688 m)
Whitney Museum of American Art (1 km)
The Frick Collection (1.3 km)
1.What can we learn about the Central Park from the text?
A.It is home to lakes and waterfalls.
B.It is perfect for doing outdoor sports.
C.It is the largest city park in the world.
D.It is the most famous symbol of New York.
2.Which one of the following things is free?
A.Hiring a bicycle.
B.Entrance to Central Park.
C.Visiting Central Park Zoo.
D.Going to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
3.Where can we find this text?
A.In a science report. B.In a geography book.
C.In a fashion magazine. D.In a travel guide.
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The cost of renting a house in the central Chongqing is higher than _______ in any other area of the city.
A. this B. it C. that D. one
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The cost of renting a house in central Chengdu is higher than in any other area of the city.
A.it B.one C. that D. ones
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Taiyuan, in the central part, is the capital and the largest city of Shanxi Province a history of more than 2500 years.
A．situating; with B．situated; has
C．situating; has D．situated; with