Bradford City MattersWelcome to the winter ed...

Bradford City Matters

Welcome to the winter edition of City Matters.

“Don’t Drop It; Stop it!”

Put rubbish in your wheelie bin (有轮垃圾箱).

You must put your rubbish in your wheelie bin to keep your environment clean. Don’t pile your rubbish up in your house or garden—use a wheelie bin or one of our largest bins.

You can buy a wheelie bin from our Waste Management Section at 01943 874 122.

You can tell us about mice or rubbish in your area by phoning our Public Health Unit at 01943 874 146. Dropping rubbish can be expensive. Did you know that you can get a $5 fine for dropping wubbish on the streets? Our council officers are on the streets of Bradford looking for people who drop rubbish. They will fine people who drop litter. This is part of our “Don’t Drop It; Stop It!” campaign.

Don’t fill your bin—recycle.

Just think how full your bin gets over the holidays. To reduce your waste:

◆Say “no” to unwanted bags. Take your own bags to the supermarket or reuse old ones. Get your free shopping bag from our Advice Centre.

◆Recycle your waste. Take bottles to your local recycling centre.

◆Buy recycled things. Cards and paper are good examples.

Our competition winners

As part of our “Don’t Drop It; Stop It!” campaign, community groups from the north, south, east and west of the city—500 volunteers—entered our competition to clean up their area. The goal was to make the city cleaner for those who live, work, shop or play there. The four winners were: High Trees Parents Group, South Bradford Community Project, The Bridge Community Association and Forest Youth Group.

1.If you have a problem with mice in your area, you can call ________.

A.01943 874 122 B.01941 824146

C.01943 874 146 D.01941 824 122

2.From the Advice Centre, you can get _______.

A.two wheelie bins B.a free young tree

C.a free shopping bag D.some recycled paper

3.What do we know about the competition?

A.There were five winners. B.It was held in the spring.

C.It failed to reach its goal. D.500 volunteers took part in it.

4.Where might you see this material?

A.In a local newspaper. B.In a health report.

C.In a travel magazine. D.In a storybook.

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A couple of years ago I took the family on a winter vacation to New York City to experience the holiday atmospheres. The longest lines that week weren’t in the Empire State Building, at the Statue of Liberty Ferry or any of the Big Apple’s other landmarks (地标) , but at Fifth Avenue and 58th Street, where people crowded into FAO Schwarz.

It was not until I got inside that it became clear how only one toy store could provide everything else that Manhattan offers between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Far more than a shopping experience, the hour we spent wandering along the aisles(通道) at FAO Schwarz was more like visiting a museum of everything that children care for very much. And for me — and all of the other bright-eyed grownups — it was a trip down my memory lane to the toys we knew as kinds.

America’s most unique toy stores are found from coast to coast, in big cities and also in small towns. Let’s have a look at some others.

The Dinosaur Farm in South Pasadena, Calif.: Former rock musician Dave Plenn opened the shop in 1994, a year after “Jurassic Park” brought the creatures back into the spotlight again. But he says his wife ---who was then working for the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles— rather than the big movie proved the inspiration for the dinosaur store.

Mild Zone: A more traditional specialty store, which sells model cars like Matchbox, Hot Wheels and Johnny Lightning. “It’s such an addicting (上瘾的) hobby,” says Burke, who admits that he originally created the store as a means to feed his own toy car collection. “Once you buy your first, you can never stop.” The store has around 30,000 cars. Mile Zone’s customers are from kinds with a wish for speedy toys to grown-ups who view the model cars as time travel back to their youth.

59. The author wrote the first paragraph mainly to show _________.

A. the poor traffic condition in New York      B. the nice holiday atmosphere in New York

C. the popularity of toy stores in New York   D. the charming landmarks in New York

60. Walking into FAO Schwarz gave the author a chance to ___________.

A. recall his life of childhood  B. visit a most special museum

C. study the history of Manhattan   D. learn the way of producing toys

61. Dave Plenn was inspired to open the Dinosaur Farm by ________.

A. his wife       B. “Jurassic Park”  C. his research on nature       D .rock music

62. We can infer from the passage that ______.

A. dinosaur toy stores are more popular than traditional ones

B. some unique toys have been displayed in local museums

C. some popular toy stores have become new landmarks

D. customers of toy stores are more than children

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A winter wonderland on the outskirts of Quebec City has become one of Canada's hottest attractions and most sought out accommodations. Guests stay close for warmth in sleeping bags on beds of ice, hats pulled over their ears to prevent frostbite, while sipping cocktails (鸡尾酒) in glasses also made of ice.

A cool place to host a memorable wedding or for a romantic getaway, the Quebec Ice Hotel has attracted 600,000 curious tourists, including 30,000 who stayed overnight, since opening seasonally 11 years ago. Like Victoria and Jeremy Martin, dozens of couples will exchange vows (誓约) this winter in a temporary church next to the hotel, made entirely from blocks of ice with seats covered in furs.

Average temperatures fall below minus 20 degrees C (minus four F) in winter, but inside the hotel's 36 rooms it is relatively comfortable. Thick walls of packed snow and ice act as an insulator, trapping body heat inside. Each room is uniquely decorated, using designs created by Quebec architecture students. Two hotel bars also sell special cocktails in ice glasses.

First-time guests of the hotel, however, are recommended to stay only one night as sleeping in sub-zero temperatures is not very refreshing. This year for the first time the ice hotel has teamed up with a brick and concrete Quebec City hotel to offer packages(全套服务) for one-night accommodations at each. Prices for one night only at the ice hotel start at 200 US dollars per person.

The 3,000-square-metre (32,300-square-feet) buildings take six weeks starting in December to build, using 15,000 tons of snow and 500 tons of ice, at a cost of some 750,000 US dollars. Eleven weeks after its seasonal grand opening, the hotel will close on March 27 and then melt away with the arrival of spring.

1.What is true with the ice hotel?

A. 630,000 people have visited it.

B. Its rooms all look alike.

C. It stays open for two months each year.

D. Wedding ceremonies are often held there.

2.The underlined word “insulator” in Paragraph 3 possibly refers to something that ______.

A. stops heat passing through it

B. collects and reflects light and heat

C. makes things become very cold

D. works like an air-conditioner

3.First-time guests are advised to stay there only one night because _______.

A. they may not be able to stand the cold

B. their other night is with an ordinary hotel

C. new guests have no advantages over old ones

D. they may find the beds made of ice too hard to sleep on.

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A winter wonderland on the outskirts of Quebec City has become one of Canada's hottest attractions and most sought out accommodations. Guests stay close for warmth in sleeping bags on beds of ice, hats pulled over their ears to prevent frostbite, while sipping cocktails (鸡尾酒) in glasses also made of ice.

A cool place to host a memorable wedding or for a romantic getaway, the Quebec Ice Hotel has attracted 600,000 curious tourists, including 30,000 who stayed overnight, since opening seasonally 11 years ago. Like Victoria and Jeremy Martin, dozens of couples will exchange vows (誓约) this winter in a temporary church next to the hotel, made entirely from blocks of ice with seats covered in furs.

Average temperatures fall below minus 20 degrees C (minus four F) in winter, but inside the hotel's 36 rooms it is relatively comfortable. Thick walls of packed snow and ice act as an insulator, trapping body heat inside. Each room is uniquely decorated, using designs created by Quebec architecture students. Two hotel bars also sell special cocktails in ice glasses.

First-time guests of the hotel, however, are recommended to stay only one night as sleeping in sub-zero temperatures is not very refreshing. This year for the first time the ice hotel has teamed up with a brick and concrete Quebec City hotel to offer packages(全套服务) for one-night accommodations at each. Prices for one night only at the ice hotel start at 200 US dollars per person.

The 3,000-square-metre (32,300-square-feet) buildings take six weeks starting in December to build, using 15,000 tons of snow and 500 tons of ice, at a cost of some 750,000 US dollars. Eleven weeks after its seasonal grand opening, the hotel will close on March 27 and then melt away with the arrival of spring.

1.What is true with the ice hotel?

A. 630,000 people have visited it.

B. Its rooms all look alike.

C. It stays open for two months each year.

D. Wedding ceremonies are often held there.

2.The underlined word “insulator” in Paragraph 3 possibly refers to something that ______.

A. stops heat passing through    it                          B. collects and reflects light and heat

C. makes things become very cold                       D. works like an air-conditioner

3.First-time guests are advised to stay there only one night because _______.

A. they may not be able to stand the cold

B. their other night is with an ordinary hotel

C. new guests have no advantages over old ones

D. they may find the beds made of ice too hard to sleep on.

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FOR ALL the technological wonders of modern medicine, from gene-editing to fetal(胎儿的) surgery, health care—with its fax machines and clipboards(资料夹)—is often stubbornly old-fashioned. This outdated era is slowly drawing to a close as, slowly, the industry catches up with the artificial-intelligence (AI) revolution. And it should have happened earlier, argues Eric Topol, a heart doctor keen on digital medicine.

Dr Topol’s vision of medicine’s future is optimistic. He thinks AI will be particularly useful for repetitive tasks where errors arise easily, such as selecting images, examining heart traces for abnormal symptoms or recording doctors’ words into patient records. In short, AI is set to save time, lives and money.

Much of this is imaginary—but AI is already defeating people in a variety of narrow jobs for which it has been trained. Eventually it may be able to diagnose and treat a wider range of diseases. Even then, Dr Topol thinks, humans would watch over the rules, rather than being replaced by them.

The author’s fear is that AI will be used to deepen the assembly-line(流水线) culture of modern medicine. If it awards a “gift of time” on doctors, he argues that this additional benefit should be used to extend the time of consultations, rather than simply speeding through them more efficiently.

The Hippocratic Oath holds that there is an art to medicine as well as a science, and that “warmth, sympathy and understanding may be more important than the surgeon’s knife or the chemist’s drug”. That is not just a cliché: the patients of sympathetic physicians have been shown to do better. As Dr Topol says, it is hard to imagine that a robot could really replace a human doctor. Yet as demand for health care goes beyond the supply of human carers, the future may involve consultations on smartphones and measurements monitored by chat robots. The considerately warmed stethoscope(听诊器), placed gently on a patient’s back, may become history.

1.According to the author, health care has been generally considered ____________.

A. to bring out many technological wonders

B. to boost the sales of fax machines and clipboards

C. to be out of date and fail to keep up with modern times

D. to constantly catch up with new technological progress

2.AI is set to save time, lives and money because it can ___________.

A. repeat doctors’ words and instructions

B. correct doctors’ errors and mistakes

C. select doctors according to patients’ demands

D. replace doctors’ tasks in certain fields

3.The underlined word “cliché” is closest in meaning to __________.

A. an idea so often used that becomes uninteresting

B. an idea so interesting that is often used

C. an effective rule that applies to medicine and doctors

D. a benefit to both doctors and patients

4.It can be inferred from the passage that _____________.

A. AI will completely replace the jobs of doctors

B. doctors’ sympathy and understanding should not be ignored

C. the application of AI will discourage the assembly-line culture

D. AI will bring warmth, sympathy and understanding to patients

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1.The 22nd Winter Olympic Games was held in _______.

A.Beijing B.Sochi C.Rome D.London

2.If five students want to watch the football match, the tickets will cost______ yuan.

A.500 B.450 C.350 D.250

3.It takes you about _________ hours to travel from Beijing to Guilin on the high speed train.

A.19 B.11 C.22 D.6

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The most energetic and important festivals are _____that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring.l

A．ones             B．those             C．that              D． It

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We have all kinds of festivals. Ancient people held festivals to 1. the end of winter, planting in spring and harvest in autumn. Today’s festivals have many 2. : some are 3., some seasonal and some for special people or events.

Some festivals are in memory of the dead or to satisfy the 4.. 0n the important feast day in Mexico, besides 5. food, flowers and gifts to the dead, people eat food in the shape of skull and cakes with “bones” on them

People hold festivals as an honor to famous people, like the Dragon Boat Festival which honors the famous 6. , Qu Yuan.

Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals are held in many countries. In European countries, some people might win 7. for their farm produce in competitions. On Mid-Autumn festivals in China and some Asian countries, people 8. the moon and have moon cakes.

Chinese New Year is one of the most 9. and important festivals. People look forward to eating dumplings, giving lucky money in red paper and playing dragon dances.

To sum up, festivals let us enjoy life, be proud of our 10. and forget our work for a little while.

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1.What do the four books have in common?

A. The contents.　　 B. The dates of publication.

C. The prices.　　 D. The means of cover packing.

2.What can you do to search for more information about the books?

A. Buy the brochure.　　 B. Visit Amazon.com.

C. Telephone the sellers.　　 D. Write to the author.

3.How much should a Canadian pay if he wants to buy all the four books?

A. $ 49 in total.　　 B. $ 65 in total.

C. $ 69 in all.　　 D. $ 23 in all.

4.For whom is QUACKERY AND YOU designed?

A. Those waiting to see the doctor.　　 B. Those who hold special opinions.

C. Those who order some medicine.　　 D. Those studying the science of medicine.

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