SHANGHAI — With a dazzling light show set to begin at midnight, a huge crowd of people had gathered for an outdoor New Year’s Eve in this city’s riverfront district. n Shanghai, the Bund (外滩) is 最受欢迎的旅游景点之一。 “
我们当时就是想走上台阶看灯光秀，”and then people at the top began pushing their way down,” said a 20-year-old man. “Then I heard someone scream。”
By Thursday afternoon, at least 36 people had died in the accident and 47 were known to be injured. Most of the visitors were Chinese in their teens and 20s, who had hoped to ring in 2015 partying in the area, the Bund. In the Changzheng Hospital,
the mother of a 16-year-old girl dropped to her knees when told that her daughter died.
In China, New Year’s Eve celebrations are a new affair, far less significant than the lunar Chinese New Year celebrations , usually in late January or early February. And yet, every year,the crowds that gather in major Chinese cities on Dec. 31 seem to get bigger and bigger.
| Rain-barrel (接雨水的桶) making The Parks and People Foundation will give a lesson from 6：00pm to 8：00pm on Wednesday at the foundation’s Stieff Silver Building. Visitors will learn how to build rain barrels that help save water at home. Cost is $ 50 and includes the barrel and all materials. 410-448-5663 |
| Pruning (修剪树枝) plants Visitors can learn how to prune plants from 9：30am to 10：00am on Tuesday at Ladew Topiary Gardens. Visitors should meet in the Visitors Center at Ladew. Cost is $ 10 and includes admission (入场券) to the gardens. 410-557-9570 or www. Ladewgardens.com |
| Garden of small inventions Visitors of all ages are invited to Port Discovery to see the new exhibition—a garden of small inventions. Visitors can join in some activities and see some inventions about the environment. The exhibition is on December 14. Cost is $10.75; free for kids aged 3 and younger. 410-727-8120 or portdiscovery.org |
Choose the best answer from A、 B、or C according to what you read.
(从A、B、C中选择最佳答案) If Mr. Smith wants to learn how to build rain-barrels, he may call .
A. 410-557-9570
B. 410-727-8120
C. 410-448-5663 If 3-year-old Lisa goes to visit Port Discovery with her parents, they will have to pay .
A. $ 10.75 B. $ 21.5 C. $ 32.25 ______ doesn’t provide a website for visitors to get information.
A. Port Discovery
B. The Parks and People Foundation
C. Ladew Topiary GardensWhat do we know about the small inventions?
A. They are good for the environment.
B. They help save water at home.
C. They can be bought by visitors. Which of the following is TRUE according to the information above?
A. The exhibition in Port Discovery is after Christmas Day.
B. The Parks and People Foundation will give a two-hour lesson on Wednesday.
C. If Mr. Green wants to learn how to prune plants, he must meet in Stieff Silver Building.
When the weather is hot, you go to a lake or an ocean. When you are near a lake or an ocean, you feel cool. Why? The sun makes the earth hot, but it cannot make the water hot. Though the air over the earth becomes hot, the air over the water stays cool. The hot air over the earth goes up, and then the cool air over the water moves in and takes the air near a lake or an ocean, you feel the cool air when it moves around you. You feel the wind and the wind makes you cool.
Of course, scientists cannot answer all of our questions. If we ask “Why is the ocean full of salt?” scientists will say that the salt comes from rocks. When a rock gets very hot or very cool, it breaks, and rain falls into the cracks(裂缝). The rain then carries the salt into the earth and the rivers. The rivers carry the salt into the ocean. But then we ask “What happens to the salt in the ocean?” The ocean does not get saltier every year. Scientists are not sure about the answer to the question.
We have known a lot of things on the earth, but there is still a long way to go about the study of our world.
Judge the following sentence true (A) or false (B) according to what you read. (判断正A误B)Scientists can answer all our questions.
Now scientists know what makes people feel cool near a lake or an ocean in summer.
Scientists say that the salt in the ocean comes from rivers and lakes.
A rock breaks when rain falls.
Scientists are not sure about some questions because there are still many new things for them to
know.
Reading is a very good hobby for all the students. You can know much about the world ①_____ the help of all kinds of books. I’m sure everyone has a favorite subject. For example, some are interested in animals, some in history, and some are interested in literature. Mine is science. I like ②___it___ because it’s fun and educational. My favorite novel is Around the World in Eighty Days.③It was written by Jules Verne ,a French writer. Jules Verne was regarded as father of Modern Science Fiction because he devoted himself to literature and wrote several ④well–known scientific romances.The exciting story of Around the World in Eighty Days tells us about an English gentleman whose name is Mr. Phileas Fogg , He travels around the world in eighty days. From the story, we can see the writer’s love for the sea, traveling and adventure. In fact, they played an important role in his life.⑤多亏了the writer’s imagination, language skills and scientific and geographical knowledge, we can feel as if we were there when we read the story.根据上下文写出①处所缺的单词______________
写出②处划线单词所指代的内容______________
将③处改为主动语态。
Jules Verne, the French writer _________ the novel Around the World in Eighty Days.写出④处划线单词的同义词______________
将⑤处汉语翻译成英语__________________
Fish and apple soup? Yes, and you won't believe how delicious it is. This first came out of a restaurant in Singapore, but it is now very popular as the du jour soup in Chinese restaurants. Ingredients (serves 4):
1 whole fish. 2 apples, quartered. 4-6 ginger slices (姜片). 1 bunch of spring onions, cut into pierces. 1 red tomato, cut into 8 pierces. Oil, salt and pepper.
Methods:
l. Remove the bones from the fish.
2 Pour oil into a pan. Fry the ginger slices, and the spring onions. Add the fish hones and oil.
3. Add enough water and boil it for about 15 to 20 minutes,
4. Add the apples, the fish and the tomato. When the apples go soft, add salt and pepper,This passage is probably_________.
| A．a poem | B．a piece of news |
| C．a story | D．a recipe |
The name of the soup in Chinese restaurants is_________.
| A．du jour soup | B．tomato soup |
| C．union soup | D．ginger soup |
The underlined word "quartered" means_________.
| A．榨汁 | B．切成四份 | C．洗净 | D．炸碎 |
If you want to cook the soup for 8 people, you will need _____ red tomatoes.
| A．1 | B．2 | C．3 | D．4 |
In what order should you add the ingredients while cooking the soup?
| A．apples, fish and tomato—ginger slices and spring onions—oil—fish bones |
| B．oil—fish bones—ginger slices and spring onions—apples, fish and tomato |
| C．oil—ginger slices and spring onions—fish bones—apples, fish and tomato |
| D．ginger slices and spring onions—fish bones-apples, fish and tomato—oil |
How important is your appearance(外貌)?Although everyone wants to be good-looking ,are beautiful people always happier people? For example, it must be a problem to be a really beautiful woman, because some people may be more interested in looking at you than talking to you. They think of you as a picture rather than a person. There are also some people who think that women who are exceptionally(格外地)pretty and men who are particularly handsome must be stupid. They believe that only unattractive(无魅力的)people can be intelligent.
On the other hand, no one wants to be really ugly, and have a face that even your mother doesn’t want to look at ;and no one wants to be plain, either-that is ,to be neither attractive nor unattractive ,and have a face that is easily forgotten.
Being attractive is like being rich it can help you find happiness, but it doesn’t always make you happy. So maybe the best thing is not to worry too much about how you look, but simply try to be an interesting person .For interesting people have interesting faces, and interesting faces are almost always attractive.
根据短文内容，判断正(T)、误(F)。Everyone wants to be attractive.
No one likes to talk to a very pretty woman.
Some people think that handsome men are unintelligent.
A plain face is easily forgotten.
The more beautiful someone is, the richer he/she is.