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Hoyo Azul Tours

Hoyo Azul has more to offer than its simple name. This famous natural pool, whose unexpected existence at the base of a 200-foot (61-meter) cliff (悬崖)surprises and delights visitors, is one of the Dominican Republic’s top destinations for swimming, nature tours, and other activities.

The Basics

Hoyo Azul lies in Scape Park. To reach it, take a guided hike through the park. Those with an interest in nature can get a better understanding of the ecosystem (生态系统) on a full-day ecotour that combines suspension bridges and hiking with a trip to Hoyo Azul. Full-day tours are also available for an easy day trip.

Things to Know before You Go

It offers a variety of tour packages that include a trip to Hoyo Azul.

Bring your own towel and cash for souvenirs (纪念品) and photos.

Floating equipment is available for those who cannot swim.

How to Get There

Cap Cana is just 15 minutes from Punta Cana International Airport. Take an airport taxior bus from there for only a few dollars. Many tours of the area stop at Hoyo Azul.

When to Get There

Budget travelers should head to Hoyo Azul during the low season—from August to early December—for the best deals on accommodations and activities. Warm weather year-round means that swimming, hiking, and other outdoor activities are always a choice.

1.What can you do in Hoyo Azul?

A.Fish. B.Swim.

C.Camp. D.Picnic.

2.What does the Hoyo Azul Tour provide visitors with?

A.Old cameras. B.Cheap souvenirs.

C.Floating equipment. D.Pocket money.

3.When is the best time for visitors without much money?

A.February. B.May.

C.July. D.September.

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I won’t tell the student the answer to the math problem until he　　　　　 on it for more than an hour.

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The world’s population has grown _____ it was in 1800.

A. six times more than what             B. more than six times what

C. six times more than which    D. more than six times that

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It is vital to ______ to teenagers the simple fact that _______ the Internet will more or less do harm to both mental and physical health.

A. get over; addicted to　　 B. get across; being addicted to

C. get through; addicting to　　 D. get down; addicting themselves to

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It has been more than twenty years since pioneering British computer programmer, Sir Tim Berners Lee, created the World Wide Web. But could he have ever imagined how much the web would change our lives? And would he approve of how some British students are taking advantage of his invention?

Universities and exam boards around the UK are becoming increasingly concerned with the rising number of cases of plagiarism, many of which are facilitated (助长) by the Internet access.

In the UK most school and university students complete coursework throughout the academic year which contributes toward their final mark. In many cases coursework makes up the main part of the qualification. Since coursework is completed in the students’ own time it cannot be monitored by teachers in the same way as an exam.

Derec Stockley, director of examinations in the UK, explains, “Plagiarism affects coursework more than anything else, and in the cases that come to our attention, more and more are linked to the Internet.”

At a university level recent reports suggest that plagiarism has evolved from separate cases of individual cheating to systematic and even commercial operation. Students can now pay for bespoke essays to be written for them by experts.

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Barclay Littlewood, owner of Degree Essays UK employs 3,500 specialist writers and charges between 120 pounds and 4,000 pounds per essay. However, Mr. Littlewood refutes the accusation that he is helping students to cheat.

1.What dose the underlined word “plagiarism” in Paragraph 2 mean in the passage?

2.Which of the following statements is mentioned by the author?

3.It can be inferred from the text that the author seems to _____.

4.The paragraph following the passage will most probably be about_____.

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It has been more than 50 years since Harvard Business School started admitting women, yet the institution (机构) is still trying hard to find out how to best attract and support them. Its latest effort: a program targeting women’s colleges—place that are not traditional feeding grounds for the male-majority business school.

The program is called Peek. It offers juniors, seniors and recent graduates from women’s colleges the opportunity to read and discuss four HBS case studies in class specially taught by top HBS members. About 50 to 70 promising students will pay $500 for their stay there.

Women make up 41 percent of Harvard Business School class of 2016—the most the school has had. In 1985, women made up only one-quarter of the graduating class. Harvard is not alone when it comes to struggling with a gender gap (性别差别). At Wharton, the class of 2016 is 40 percent women; at Standford Business School, it’s 42 percent. No top business school had gotten to 50 percent yet.

Despite the Peek program’s good intention, the $500 fee bothered someone, said John A. Byrne, the editor of business school new site. “The fact that HBS would charge women for the chance of coming to campus rubbed a lot of people the wrong way,” said Byrne. HBS said the $500 fee was a “fair price” for room and daily meals at the business school for a weekend, and didn’t actually cover the full costs of the program.

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1.What can we learn about the program Peek?

A. It is free for new students.

B. It offers all kinds of business classes.

C. It is helped by the best teachers.

D. It is intended for high school students.

2.What is the main idea of the Paragraph 3?

A. Women are not good at business management.

B. Women are less interested in business school.

C. Women students are less talented than men students.

D. Women students are becoming fewer and fewer in college.

3.In the eyes of Byrne, Harvard’s program ________.

A. will be a total failure

B. will waste lots of money

C. doesn’t have many good intention

D. will shut some students out

4.What is the text mainly about?

A. HBS’s new plan to attract more women students.

B. HBS’s new manager Nitin Nohrin.

C. HBS’s effort to attract talented students.

D. HBS, the best business school ever world-wide.

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More and more people choose to shop in a supermarket as it offers a great ____ of goods.

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More and more people choose to shop in a supermarket as it offers a great _____ of goods.

A. variety　　　　 B. mixture

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More and more people choose to shop in a supermarket as it offers a great ____ of goods.

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The discovery of an ancient giant panda skull has confirmed its bamboo diet dates back more than 2 million years and may have played a key part in its survival.

A　 Chinese-US research team reports its results today following studies on a fossil skull found in south China’s Cuangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in 2001.

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Jin Changzhu, of the chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and lead author of the paper, said the smaller fossil skull indicates the giant pandas were about a third smaller than today’s pandas.

Researchers knew the panda reached its maximum size about 500,000 years ago, when it peaked ,and then gradually became smaller.

Jin, a paleontologist (古生物学者) at the Institute of Vertebrate paleontology and Paleoanthropology (古人类学) attached to the CAS, said the size variation was a basic rule of evolution.

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1.According to the research of the CAS , there were most pandas in the world 　　 .

A. 2 million years ago

B. between 2.4 and 2 million years ago

C. 500,000 years ago

D. Nowadays

2.The underlined word “variation” in para 6 means 　　　 .

A. fall　　　　　　　 B. change　　　　 C. increase　　　　 D. decrease

3.From the passage, we can learn 　　　 .

A. pandas began to eat bamboo 2 million years ago

B. a species tends to grow smaller when numbers decline

C. the giant pandas were about a third the size of today’s pandas

D. pandas’ bamboo has played an important role in its development

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