The Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers has been n...

The Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers has been named the greenest one in the world by the travel and tourist organization Skaal International, reported the Danish news agency Ritzau on Monday.

The hotel has been awarded the EcoTourism Award for setting an environmental-friendly example to other hotels, said the report.

The Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers is located in the Copenhagen suburb of Oerestad and has the largest solar cell facility in the Nordic. This facility delivers energy to the hotel while Danish groundwater supplies cooling and heating in the air condition of the hotel.

The Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers

TV and lights in the hotel are all of energy-saving brands. Shampoo bottles, toothbrushes and washing accessories are biologically degradable, which means that the nature can easily absorb the materials.

The hotel restaurant is only buying local goods and the food leftovers are used for bioenergy as well as fertilizer. The fitness facilities also provide a green touch to the hotel, as the training bikes of the fitness center are linked to the power grid（电网） of the hotel, thereby providing free energy if any guest wishes to exercise. People who do contribute free energy this way are supposedly getting a free meal in the hotel restaurant. “It is the first time that a Danish hotel receives this award. I think our throughout green thinking is the reason why we have been awarded. It is all the small details, as well as the big picture，” says Allan Agerholm, the CEO of the hotel, in a press release.

The Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers opened its doors last year. Skaal International was founded in 1932 by travel managers and has approximately 20,000 members in 89 nations. It is an organization promoting global tourism.

1.Which of the following is the best title of this passage?

A. Hotel in Copenhagen named world’s greenest

B. Copenhagen-the world’s greenest city

C. Eco Tourism Award in Copenhagen

D. The Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers

2.The hotel has been awarded the EcoTourism Award because ________.

A. delivers green energy to the hotels in Nordic

B. is located in the Copenhagen suburb not in the city center

C. has the largest solar cell facility

D. it sets an environmental-friendly example to other hotels

3.The underlined word “degradable” in passage 3 means it can be ________.

A. rejected by people who don’t like it

B. accepted by guests from all over the world

C. absorbed easily by nature

D. recycled by the nature

4. What is so special about the fitness facilities?

A. It is free for those who like to exercise.

B. It uses green power to drive.

C. It generates free electricity while being used.

D. It offers free meal to guests who use it.

5. What is Skaal International?

A. Another name for this green hotel.

B. An organization promoting global tourism.

C. The Danish news agency Ritzau.

D. A branch hotel restaurant in Danmark.

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The Crowne Plaza Hotel in Copenhagen is offering a free meal to any guest who is able to produce electricity for the hotel on an exercise bike linked to a generator (发电机)，The idea is to get people fit and reduce their carbon footprint. Guests will have to produce at least 10 watt hours of electricity — roughly 15 minutes of cycling for someone of average fitness. Guests staying at Plaza Hotel will be given meat tickets worth $36 once they have produced 10 watt hours of electricity. The bicycles will have smart phones attached to the handlebars measuring how much power is being generated for the hotel.

The plan, a world-first, will start on 19 April and run for a year. Only guests staying at the hotel will be able to take part. Frederikke Toemmergaard, hotel spokeswoman, said, “Many of our visitors are business people who enjoy going to the gym. There might be people who will cycle just to get a free meal, but generally I don’t think people will take advantage of our programme,”

Copenhagen has a long-standing cycling tradition and 36% of locals cycle to work each day, one of the highest percentages in the world, according to the website visitcopenhagen.dk. US environmental website treehugger.com recently voted Copenhagen the world’s best city for cyclists. “Because Copenhagen is strongly connected with cycling, we felt the bicycle would work well as a symbol of the hotel’s green profile (形象)."

If successful, the electric bicycle meal programme will be spread to all Crowne Plaza hotels in the UK, the hotel said in a statement.

1.What is the main purpose of the free meal programme?

A. To promote the hotel's green concept.

B. To make the city known to the world.

C. To attract people to the hotel restaurant.

D. To get guests to stay longer at the hotel.

2.How can a participant get a free meal?

A. By becoming a professional cyclist.

B. By cycling to produce some electricity.

C. By linking a smart phone to a bicycle.

D. By monitoring his or her carbon footprint.

3.Who are most likely to enter for the programme?

A. The poor local people.

B. The environment activists.

C. Health-conscious hotel guests.

D．Visitors fond of Copenhagen food.

4.According to paragraph 3, Copenhagen has one of the world's ________.

A. best chain hotels

B. greenest natural environments

C. longest bike paths

D. highest rales of people cycling to work

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The Crowne Plaza Hotel in Copenhagen is offering a free meal to any guest who is able to produce electricity for the hotel on an exercise bike linked to a generator (发电机). The idea is to get people fit and reduce their carbon footprint. Guests will have to produce at least 10 watt hours of electricity — roughly 15 minutes of cycling for someone of average fitness. Guests staying at Plaza Hotel will be given meal tickets worth $ 36 once they have produced 10 watt hours of electricity. The bicycles will have smart phones attached to the handlebars measuring how much power is being generated for the hotel.

The plan, a world-first, will start on 19 April and run for a year. Only guests staying at the hotel will be able to take part. Frederikke Toemmergaard，hotel spokeswoman, said, “Many of our visitors are business people who enjoy going to the gym. There might be people who will cycle just to get a free meal, but generally I don’t think people will take advantage of our programme.”

Copenhagen has a long-standing cycling tradition and 36 % of locals cycle to work each day, one of the highest percentages in the world, according to the website visitcopenhagen. dk. US environmental website treehugger. com recently voted Copenhagen the world’s best city for cyclists. “Because Copenhagen is strongly connected with cycling, we felt the bicycle would work well as a symbol of the hotel’s green profile (形象).”

If successful，the electric bicycle meal programme will be spread to all Crowne Plaza hotels in the UK, the hotel said in a statement.

1.What is the main purpose of the free meal programme?

A. To promote the hotel’s green concept.

B. To make the city known to the world.

C. To attract people to the hotel restaurant.

D. To get guests to stay longer at the hotel.

2.How can a participant get a free meal?

A. By becoming a professional cyclist.

B. By cycling to produce some electricity.

C. By linking a smart phone to a bicycle.

D. By monitoring his or her carbon footprint.

3.Who are most likely to enter for the programme?

A. The poor local people.

B. The environment activists.

C. Health-conscious hotel guests.

D. Visitors fond of Copenhagen food.

4.According to Paragraph 3, Copenhagen has one of the world’s 　　　　 .

A. best chain hotels

B. greenest natural environments

C. longest bike paths

D. highest rates of people cycling to work

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---The new Wanda Plaza in Yinchuan has been open !

---I’ve got the news. But many people find when they get there, they should first consider ___ their cars.

A. parking  B. where parking  C. to park    D. where to park

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The Greens’ shop has been broken into three times in the last two years, ______ resulting in their great loss.

A. each　　　　 B. ever　　　　 C. any　　　 D. either

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China's Bao Yongqing has been named the overall winner of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition for 2019, claiming one of the world's top photography awards.

The competition is developed and produced by the Natural History Museum in London. This year's competition, the 55th, drew more than 48,000 entries from 100 countries. The winning entry by Bao, a native of Qinghai province, is titled The Moment. It captures a remarkable standoff between a Tibetan fox and a marmot, and was taken on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. "Photographically, it is quite simply the perfect moment," said Roz Kidman Cox, the chairwoman of the judging panel. "The expressive intensity of the postures holds you transfixed, and the thread of energy between the raised paws seems to hold the protagonists in perfect balance, Cox said. "To have captured such a powerful interaction between a Tibetan fox and a marmot — two species key to the ecology of this high-grassland region — is extraordinary. Museum Director Michael Dixon said the picture captured "nature's ultimate challenge — the battle for survival". Bao, in a group interview on Wednesday, said of the photo: "It is very difficult and rare to capture this kind of moment, so I knew it was something very special. It took about two or three hours to get this photo. I was watching them for a long time. I have paid attention to this competition for a long time, and my first purpose was to show my image to the world, and secondly to protect the environment and my homeland," he said. " In my hometown, everyone looks after the animals, so when I go home with this award, it will be an encouragement to our people to be more protective of animals and the environment." In addition, the photographer said : "This competition is one of the most important among photographers in China, so I wanted to draw people's attention to animal protection. I hope it will introduce a passion for animals to more people."

The exhibition at the Natural History Museum in Kensington will open on Friday and run through the end of May next year, when it will go on a national and international tour. Entries for next year's competition will be accepted beginning on Oct. 21.

1.What does the underlined word " protagonists" in the 2nd paragraph mean?

A.Onlookers. B.Photographers.

C.Hunters. D.Main characters.

2.Which statement is TRUE according to the passage?

A.The competition originated from London.

B.It is a domestic competition in China.

C.The competition drew worldwide attention, making it the best event in photography.

D.Entries are strictly restricted, mainly focused on endangered animals.

3.What is the reason for Bao's winning the award?

A.His capturing a crucial moment between two typical species.

B.His expertise in photography.

C.His devotion to wildlife protection.

D.His publicizing the knowledge of rare animals.

4.What can we know from the passage?

A.The exhibition will go on a tour in China.

B.Bao has decided to submit his latest photo.

C.Taking photos is not painstaking.

D.Photograph is a way to raise people's awareness of animal protection.

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Mrs. Green wants to buy that kind of cloth because she has been told that the cloth       very well.

A. washes          B. is washed     C. has been washed  D. is washing

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Taylor Swift has been named Billboard’s Woman of the Year 2014, making her the first artist to receive the award twice.

The award goes to the female artist who “has shaped and inspired the music industry with her success, leadership and innovation” over the last year. Previous winners include Pink, Beyonce and Katy Perry.

Swift will receive the prize at the Billboard Women in Music Award Ceremony on 12 December in New York.

“As one of the most influential artists of her generation, Taylor Swift has seen incredible success on the Billboard charts,” said Janice Min, co-president and chief creative officer of Guggenheim Media’s Entertainment Group, which includes Billboard.

“Over the course of her career, she’s charted 60 entries on the Billboard Hot 100 - the most of any female artist since her debut in 2006. We are tremendously excited to be honouring her as the 2014 Billboard Woman of the Year for the second time.”

Taylor Swift is a seven-time Grammy winner and the best-selling digital music artist of all time. Earlier this week it was announced she would be performing on The X Factor results show this weekend.

On Thursday she appeared in the performed in the Radio 1 Live Lounge, where she sang her current hit Shake It Off and covered Vance Joy’s Riptide.

Swift has just featured on the cover of British Vogue and explained what it was like to do high profile interviews.

“I don’t really have anything to hide at this point,” she told Fearne Cotton. “It’s sort of understood that anything I do is going to be discussed and dissected and debated and I’m used to that dynamic now.” She added: “I’m very proud of the way my life is. I’m 24, I’m single, feeling very independent. A lot of fun things have happened in my life.”

1.What can be inferred from the first two paragraphs? _____.

A. Taylor Swift is the first artist to receive the award twice.

B. Taylor Swift is one of the four winners.

C. Taylor Swift has shaped and inspired the music industry with her success, leadership and innovation

D. The award goes to the female artists.

2.The Award Ceremony will be held on _____.

A. on 12 November in New York

B. on 12 December in Washington

C. on 12 November in Washington

D. on 12 December in New York

3.According to Janice Min, _____.

A. Taylor Swift is a seven-time Grammy winner and the best-selling digital music artist of all time

B. Taylor Swift appeared in the performed in the Radio 1 Live Lounge

C. Taylor Swift is worthwhile to be given the award a second time

D. Taylor Swift would be performing on The X Factor results show this weekend.

4.From the last paragraph, we can see Taylor Swift was _____.

A. sad　　　　 　　　　 B. unhappy

C. delighted　　　　 D. indifferent

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听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.What has the woman been trying to do recently?

A. Have green tea.　　 B. Drink some alcohol.　　 C. Take cold showers.

2.Which of the following is popular in Japan?

A. Cold water.　　 B. Miso soup.　　 C. Red wine.

3.What's the talk mainly about?

A. How to live longer.　　 B. How to drink green tea.　　 C. How to keep energetic.

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A new football competition，Man V Fat，has been organize recently in England．1.　 (judge) from the name, it is easy to guess that players can only join if they are fat. They can only win when they score or lose 2.(pound) after each game．So，the aim of this competition is　 3.(get) overweight men to do regular exercise．

Jay Ali，a bank manager，4.(find) it a brilliant idea．He said，“I don’t want to go to weight loss classes in 5.almost all participants are women．And I don’t want to play football with my friends who are all 6. (fat)than me，so this gives me the perfect opportunity to exercise with guys who are the same7. me．Here，no one judges me，so I don’t have to get8.(embarrass)”．Mr Shanahan from Staffordshire shared the same opinion，“I took part in the competition after getting fed up with weight loss classes which were 9.(main) filled with women．”

10. seems that this football competition has offered overweight men an effective way to lose　 weight．

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