Hundreds of people lined up at Grand Central ...

Hundreds of people lined up at Grand Central Terminal yesterday, but they

weren’t there to catch a train. They came to New York City’s famous railroad station to trade in old dollar bills for the new George Washington Presidential苊 1 coin.

The gold-colored coin is the first in a new series by the U.S. Mint（造币厂）that honors former U.S. Presidents. The Mint will issue(发行) four Presidential苊 1 coins a year through 2016. Like the popular 50 State Quarters program, which issues coins in the order in which each state joined the Union, Presidential苊 1 coins will come out in the order in which each President served. The George Washington coin is the first to be released. John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison coins will come out later this year.

The Presidential 苊 1 coins will be the same size and color as the Sacagawea Golden Dollar. However, there is an important difference. For the first time since the 1930s, there is an inscription（题字）on the edge of each coin. Each coin will show a different President on its face, or head side. It will also show the President’s name, the order in which he served and his years in office. The other side of the coin will show the Statue of Liberty and the inscriptions “United States of America” and “苊 1”.

There will be one Presidential苊 1 coin for each President, except Grover Cleveland. He will have two! Cleveland is the only U.S. President to have served two nonconsecutive（不连续的）terms.

The last President scheduled to get a coin is Gerald Ford because a President must have been dead for two years before he can be on a coin.

1. Why did people line up at the railway station?

A. To book train tickets.             B. To exchange money.

C. To visit a coin show.              D. To visit the station itself.

2.In which order will the Presidential苊 1 coins come out?

A. Each state joined the Union.       B. Each President was born.

C. Each President took office.        D. Each President died.

3.It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

A. there are no words on the Sacagawea Golden Dollar

B. the new coin can buy more than the old coin

C. the new coin takes on a white color

D. the Sacagawea Golden Dollar is bigger

4.Why will Grover Cleveland have two coins?

A. He served longer than any other President.

B. He is the most famous President in the U.S.

C. He is the only one who has served two terms.

D. He served two terms but not continuously.

5.Which of the following could be the best title of the passage?

A. Presidential苊 1 coin issued.

B. Different ways to honor Presidents.

C. The differences between Presidential苊 1 coin and other coins.

D. Collections of old dollar bills.

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CROSS IT OFF YOUR BUCKET LIST!

Any time is the right time to visit Grand Central Terminal! Located at the intersection of Park Avenue and 42nd Street, the terminal is easily accessible on foot, by subway, by bus and by Metro-North train.

Please note that the terminal does not offer luggage storage. Please plan ahead.

Plan your visit & things to do

·Take a tour! You can see the most famous terminal.

·Head upstairs if you're looking for dinner under the stars at Cipriani Dolci or Michael Jordan's The Steak House N. Y. C. or a cocktail at The Campbell.

·Head downstairs if you're looking for a quick bite in the Dining Concourse.　 Shake Shack burger or a memorable meal at the historic Oyster Bar & Restaurant, anyone?

·Head to Grand Central Market if you're looking for a unique shopping experience. Enjoy a great meal at local vendors(摊贩)like Murray' s Cheese, Eli Zabar's Farm to Table and Pescatore Seafood Company.

Accessibility: The terminal is accessible to visitors with disabilities, but does not provide wheelchair rentals.

Audio (声音的 ) tours

Orpheo's state-of-the-art audio device(设备) and headset comes with a map of the terminal for just　 $9 per adult and $7 discounted(seniors, military, students, kids).

The audio tour is also available seven days a week(closed only on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day) at the tours office in the Graybar Passage. Hours are 9 am to 6 pm, but may be extended during the holidays. The self-guided tour can last as short as 30 minutes to just over an hour.

Docent-led (有讲解员带领的) tours

The tour lasts 75 minutes. The cost is $30 for adults or $20 for seniors(65+) , students and kids.　 Hours are 9 am to 6 pm, but may be extended during the holidays. Space is limited.

1.Where can tourists go when visiting Grand Central Market?

A. The Campbell. B. Cipriani Dolci.

C. Eli Zabar's Farm to Table. D. The historic Oyster Bar & Restaurant

2.What can be offered by the terminal?

A. Luggage storage. B. Free audio devices.

C. Wheelchair rentals. D. Travel discount for students

3.What do audio tours and docent-led tours have in common?

A. Each of their tours is self-guided.

B. Each of their tours lasts less than an hour.

C. They are normally available for 9 hours each day.

D. They can be booked in advance during the holidays.

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When facing bullying(欺凌), some kids are hesitant to bring up struggles at school. Open the lines of communication between you and your kids with these important reads.

LlamaLlama and the Bully Goat

Finding story books about bullying isn’t easy, especially if you are concerned about scaring your young child. In the light-hearted picture book by Anna Dewdney, LlamaLlama comes face to face with a bully for the very first time. This fun book is a great way to start tallying about being kind and speaking up when someone is using mean words and is written for children from 2 to 5 years old.

I Like Myself

A child who loves herself will face bullying with confidence and feel strong enough to stand up for what is right. From! Like Myself by Karen Beaumont, kids can learn that being themselves is enough from this light-hearted read. Written for preschool-aged children and older, use the silly pictures and fun rhymes to start talking to your kids about feeling strong and confident in who they are, no matter what others say.

Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon

Molly Lou Melon is different, but that has never mattered before. In Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon, a bully picks on Molly on the very first day of school and because of the things that make her different. Instead of coming to terms with being laughed at, Molly knows how to stand up for herself. Written for preschoolers and up, this book is a great way to open up a conversation about how to handle bullying if your kids are being teased or witnessing bullying at school.

The Bully from the Black Lagoon

The Bully from the Black Lagoon is a newer addition to the popular series of Black Lagoon books by Mike Thaler and Jared Lee and is written for kids aged 4 to 8. When a new kid named Butch Pounder joins his school, Hubie is worried that he is a bully. The truth is, Butch is just looking for a friend. This book could be a great way to start a conversation about not judging others based on appearance.

1.Who would be the target readers of these books?

A. Children and parents.　　 B. Children and teenagers.

C. Teachers and students.　　 D. Parents and educators.

2.What can we learn about Llama Llama and the Bully Goat?

A. Its written for preschoolers and up.

B. It is a picture book with scaring stories.

C. It advises kids to be brave to express themselves.

D. It tells of the writer’s own experience with a bully.

3.Which book tells kids not to judge a book by its cover1?

A. Llama Llama and the Bully Goat.　　 B. The Bully from the Black Lagoon.

C. Stand Tall # Molly Lou Melon.　　 D. I Like Myself.

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I learned this lesson a couple of years ago. That day, I took a ______ to Grand Central Station. We were driving in the ______ lane when, all of a sudden, a black car jumped out of a parking space right ______ us. My taxi driver slammed (猛踩) on his brakes and almost ______ the car’s back end by just ten ______!

The driver of the other car, who almost caused a big accident,______ his car and started yelling bad ______ at us. The taxi driver just smiled and ______ at the guy. And I mean he was ______. So, I said, “Why did you just do that? This guy almost ______ your car and sent us to ______!” And this is when my taxi driver told me what I now call “the law of the garbage truck.”

Many people are like garbage trucks. They ______ around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of ______, and full of disappointment. As their garbage ______ up, they need a place to dump it, and if you agree, they’ll dump it on you. When someone wants to dump their ______ on you, don’t take it ______. You just smile, wave, wish them well, and ______. You’ll be happy at what you do.

I started thinking, how often do I let garbage trucks run right over me? And how often do I take their garbage and ______ it to other people? That day I said, “I’m not going to do that anymore.”

What about you? What will happen in your life if you let more garbage ______ pass you by? Life is too short to wake up in the morning with ______.

1.A. taxi　　 B. bus　　 C. subway　　 D. bike

2.A. flat　　 B. wide　　 C. right　　 D. clear

3.A. in back of　　 B. in front of　　 C. beside　　 D. beneath

4.A. opened　　 B. removed　　 C. observed　　 D. kissed

5.A. inches　　 B. meters　　 C. miles　　 D. yards

6.A. squeezed　　 B. broke away from　　 C. got out of　　 D. kicked

7.A. means　　 B. words　　 C. languages　　 D. solutions

8.A. waved　　 B. pointed　　 C. aimed　　 D. glared

9.A. grateful　　 B. aggressive　　 C. merciful　　 D. friendly

10.A. handled　　 B. undertook　　 C. ruined　　 D. abused

11.A. prison　　 B. hospital　　 C. school　　 D. police

12.A. show　　 B. turn　　 C. run　　 D. gather

13.A. anger　　 B. imagination　　 C. confidence　　 D. pride

14.A. puts　　 B. makes　　 C. takes　　 D. pile

15.A. happiness　　 B. problems　　 C. expectation　　 D. will

16.A. differently　　 B. attentively　　 C. seriously　　 D. deliberately

17.A. fight　　 B. weep　　 C. flee away　　 D. move on

18.A. bring　　 B. spread　　 C. convey　　 D. offer

19.A. collectors　　 B. cans　　 C. bags　　 D. trucks

20.A. regrets　　 B. catastrophes　　 C. hopes　　 D. ambitions

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I learned this lesson a couple of years ago. That day, I took a _______ to Grand Central Station. We were driving in the _______ lane when, all of a sudden, a black car jumped out of a parking space right _______ us. My taxi driver slammed (猛踩) on his brakes and almost _______ the car’s back end by just ten _______!

The driver of the other car, who almost caused a big accident, _______ his car and started yelling bad _______ at us. The taxi driver just smiled and _______ at the guy. And I mean he was _______. So, I said, “Why did you just do that? This guy almost ________ your car and sent us to ________!” And this is when my taxi driver told me what I now call “the law of the garbage truck.”

Many people are like garbage trucks. They ________ around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of ________, and full of disappointment. As their garbage ________ up, they need a place to dump it, and if you agree, they’ll dump it on you. When someone wants to dump their ________ on you, don’t take it ________. You just smile, wave, wish them well, and ________. You’ll be happy at what you do.

I started thinking, how often do I let garbage trucks run right over me? And how often do I take their garbage and ________ it to other people? That day I said, “I’m not going to do that anymore.”

What about you? What will happen in your life if you let more garbage ________ pass you by? Life’s too short to wake up in the morning with ________.

1.A.bike B.bus C.subway D.taxi

2.A.flat B.wide C.clear D.right

3.A.in back of B.in front of C.beside D.beneath

4.A.opened B.removed C.missed D.observed

5.A.meters B.inches C.miles D.yards

6.A.got out of B.broke away from C.squeezed D.kicked

7.A.means B.solutions C.languages D.words

8.A.waved B.pointed C.aimed D.glared

9.A.friendly B.aggressive C.merciful D.grateful

10.A.handled B.undertook C.abused D.ruined

11.A.prison B.police C.hospital D.school

12.A.run B.turn C.show D.gather

13.A.imagination B.anger C.confidence D.pride

14.A.puts B.takes C.piles D.makes

15.A.happiness B.problems C.expectation D.will

16.A.differently B.attentively C.seriously D.purposefully

17.A.fight B.weep C.flee away D.move on

18.A.pass B.spread C.convey D.offer

19.A.trucks B.cans C.collectors D.bags

20.A.hopes B.indifference C.regrets D.ambitions

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The 8.8 quake in central Chile caused widespread damage, destroying lots of buildings and hundreds of thousands of people ____．

A．to affect            B．affecting           C．affect           D．affected

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根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

How do actors and actresses memorize hundreds of lines? Memorizing lines takes practice and constant repetition. However, there are a few ways to make the memorization process run smoothly and quickly.

1.　　　

For most performers, there is no quicker way of memorizing lines. To learn lines, an actor must recite the play loud over and over again. Most rehearsals(彩排) encourage this by running through the lines or having a ＂read through＂. By the time opening night arrives, most actors have spoken their lines hundreds of times.

Listen to your cast members.

Sometimes inexperienced actors spend rehearsals looking at fellow performers, waiting patiently to say their next line. 　　 2.　　 This will help the actor learn his lines better because the context of the dialogue is absorbed.

3.　　　

Because there is often not enough rehearsal time, many performers find ways to listen to the play’s dialogue during everyday activities. They use a tape recorder or an MP3 player to listen to the lines from each relevant scene . Some actors prefer to record the lines of all the characters, including their own. 　　 4.　　 Others like recording the lines of fellow cast members, and they leave a blank space so that they can insert their dialogue while listening to the recording.

Think positively and don’t panic.

Most actors will experience stage fright before the opening night. Actors forget lines now and then. When it happens, however, most of the time the audience never notice. If you forget a line in the middle of your performance, don’t freeze. Stay in character. Keep the scene going to the best of your ability. If unfortunately you forget a line once, you will probably never forget that line ever again. 　　 5.

A. Record your lines.

B. Practice makes perfect.

C. Read lines loud and repeat them.

D. Read lines loud and remember them in a short time.

E. Sometimes embarrassment is the toughest method of memorization.

F. Then, they not only listen carefully, but they also speak all of the lines.

G. Instead, they should be listening carefully, responding in character at all times.

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根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项.选项中有两项为多余选项.

How do actors and actresses memorize hundreds of lines? Memorizing lines takes practice and constant repetition. However, there are a few ways to make the memorization process run smoothly and quickly.

　 1.

For most performers, there is no quicker way of memorizing lines. To learn lines, an actor must recite the play loud over and over again. Most rehearsals(彩排) encourage this by running through the lines or having a ＂read through＂. By the time opening night arrives, most actors have spoken their lines hundreds of times.

Listen to your cast members.

Sometimes inexperienced actors spend rehearsals looking at fellow performers, waiting patiently to say their next line. 　　 2.　　 This will help the actor learn his lines better because the context of the dialogue is absorbed.

　　 3.

Because there is often not enough rehearsal time, many performers find ways to listen to the play’s dialogue during everyday activities. They use a tape recorder or an MP3 player to listen to the lines from each relevant scene. Some actors prefer to record the lines of all the characters, including their own. 　　 4.　 Others like recording the lines of fellow cast members, and they leave a blank space so that they can insert their dialogue while listening to the recording.

Think positively and don’t panic.

Most actors will experience stage fright before the opening night. Actors forget lines now and then. When it happens, however, most of the time the audience never notice. If you forget a line in the middle of your performance, don’t freeze. Stay in character. Keep the scene going to the best of your ability. If unfortunately you forget a line once, you will probably never forget that line ever again. 　 5.

A. Record your lines.

B. Practice makes perfect.

C. Read lines loud and repeat them.

D. Read lines loud and remember them in a short time.

E. Sometimes embarrassment is the toughest method of memorization.

F. Then, they not only listen carefully, but they also speak all of the lines.

G. Instead, they should be listening carefully, responding in character at all times.

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Years ago when I was at the Grand Canyon, I remember someone coming up to the canyon's edge, taking a shot with their camera and then walking away, like ‘got it- done’, barely even glancing at the magnificent scene sprawling in front of them,” Linda Henkel, a scientist at Fairfield University, US told Live Science.

Henkel was surprised by how obsessed people are with taking pictures these days—before dinner, during friends' birthday parties, on museum tours and so on. You know people just like that, don’t you?

They keep taking pictures because they think that it helps record the moment, but as Henkel's latest study has just found out, this obsession may prevent their brains from remembering what actually happened, reported the Guardian.

In her study, Henkel led a group of college students around a museum and asked them to simply observe 15 objects and to photograph 15 others. The next day the students' memory of the tour was tested, and the results showed that they were less accurate in recognizing the objects and they remembered fewer details about them if they photographed them.

“When people rely on technology to remember for them—counting on the camera to record the event and thus not needing to attend to it fully themselves, it can have a negative impact on how well they remember their experiences,” Henkel explained.

But there is also an exception: if students zoomed in to photograph part of an object, their memory actually improved, and those who focused the lens on a specific area could even recall parts that weren’t in the frame.

So basically, this study is saying that constantly taking pictures can harm your memory. But shouldn't reviewing pictures we have taken help wake up our memories? This is true, but only if we spend enough time doing it.

“In order to remember, we have to access and interact with the photos, rather than just collecting them,” Henkel told The Telegraph. However, previous research has shown that most people never take the time to look over their digital pictures simply because there are too many of them and they aren't usually very organized on their computers.

1.The author mentioned Henkel's trip to the Grand Canyon at the beginning to _______.

A.describe the great view of the Grand Canyon.

B.complain about some tourists bad habits.

C.point out people’s obsession with taking pictures.

D.give suggestions on how to enjoy one’s tour.

2.Which of the following statements about Henkel's study is TRUE according to the article?

A.Taking pictures in a museum tour helps students recognize objects better.

B.Reviewing pictures always helps people bring back memories.

C.Pictures that focus on the details of objects are likely to improve people’s memories.

D.People should spend more time taking pictures than studying real objects.

3.What point of view may Henkel agree to?

A.People who tend to use cameras to catch the moment will remember the experience.

B.People should collect many pictures to remember the experience.

C.Taking pictures have negative impact on remembering the experience.

D.Reviewing pictures constantly can help remembering the experience.

4.What is the article mainly about?

A.Some skills to learn for taking pictures.

B.People's obsession with taking pictures and its influence.

C.How pictures remind us of our past.

D.How to deal with pictures after taking trips.

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“Years ago when I was at the Grand Canyon, I remembered someone coming up to the canyon’s edge, taking a shot with a camera and then walking away, like ‘got it – done’, barely even glancing at the magnificent scene in front of him,” Linda Henkel, a scientist at Fairfield University, US told Live Science.

Henkel was surprised by how obsessed (痴迷的) people are with taking pictures these days - before dinner, during friends’ birthday parties, on museum tours and so on.

They keep taking pictures because they think that it helps record the moment, but as Henkel’s latest study has just found out, this obsession may prevent their brains remembering what actually happened, reported The Guardian.

In her study, Henkel led a group of college students around a museum and asked them to simply observe 15 objects and photograph 15 others. The next day the students’ memory of the tour was tested, and the results showed that they were less accurate in recognizing the objects and they remembered fewer details about them if they photographed them.

‘‘When people rely on technology to remember them — counting on the camera to record the event and thus not needing to attend to it fully themselves, it can have a negative impact on how well they remember their experiences,” Henkel explained.

But there is also an exception: if students zoomed in to photograph part of an object, their memory actually improved, and those who focused the lens (镜头) on a specific area could even recall parts that weren’t in the frame.

So basically, this study is saying that constantly taking pictures can harm your memory. But shouldn’t reviewing pictures we have taken help wake up our memories? This is true, but only if we spend enough time doing it.

“In order to remember, we have to access and interact with the photos, rather than just collect them,” Henkel told The Telegraph. However, previous research has shown that most people never take the time to look over their digital pictures simply because there are too many of them and they aren’t usually very organized on their computers.

1.Why did the author mention Henkel’s trip to the Grand Canyon at the beginning?

A. To complain about some tourists’ bad habits.

B. To give suggestions on how to enjoy one’s tour.

C. To point out people’s obsession with taking pictures.

D. To describe the beautiful view of the Grand Canyon.

2.What can we learn from Henkel’s study?

A. Reviewing pictures always helps people bring back memories easily.

B. Taking pictures in a museum tour helps students recognize objects better.

C. People should spend more time taking pictures than studying real objects.

D. Pictures focusing on the details of objects probably improve people’s memories.

3.The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 5 probably refers to “________”.

A. the camera　　 B. technology

C. the event　　 D. an object

4.What is the article mainly about?

A. People’s obsession with taking pictures and its influence.

B. Possible ways of using pictures to improve one’s memory.

C. Great harm to memory caused by taking pictures constantly.

D. A believable study into the negative impact of lining cameras often.

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