Tanzania Tarangire is a national Park which lies in Tanzania．The park itself covers an area of around 2,850 square kilometers, making it the sixth largest park of its kind in the country．I recently visited Tarangire to see what it was like．
One of the first sightings upon entering the park which I found was a huge group of elephants．Our guide told us that Tagrangire was probably the best place in Tanzania to find large group of elephants, and that their population in the park was around 2,500．We continued to watch the elephants as they stood under trees and scratched themselves against the trees to hit the spot of an itch.
To the right of the elephant group, we noticed a big tree! Our guide informed us that this was a Baobab tree and that they could live for hundreds of years．Compared with this tree, the elephant just looked like dwarfs (much smaller plants or animals)! We were informed that Tarangire was one of the best National Parks in Africa to see so many Baobab trees．
As we continued our drive through the park, we finally reached a watering hole．Our guide warned us that there were lions all around us．It took us all a while to find them, but there they were! Most of them are resting in the shade under bushes, but there was one that was drinking from the watering hole directly in front of us．We then noticed just to our right, there were a couple of fresh zebra bodies — it seemed as if the lions which were resting had killed them! We were unlucky not to have seen the kill, as our guide had mentioned that the zebra bodies were fresh and the kill had happened within the last hour．
Our final big sighting was one that none of us were expecting to see, even our guide! We stopped at a place where there were quite a many cars, with a sleeping leopard（美洲豹）there! We took photos and watched its surprising body before returning to our hotel as it was getting late．
So, I hope you enjoyed my description of Tarangire, and add this amazing park to your very own Tanzania travel route．
1. Which statement is correct about the park?
A．It covers an area of about 2,580 square kilometers.
B．It is the largest park of its kind in the country.
C．Their population in the park was around 2,000.
D．There are a lot of Baobab trees in the park．
2. What does the underlined part in paragraph 2 infer?
A. They moved their bodies against the trees to solve the skin problem.
B. They rested under the trees, doing nothing, just for killing the time.
C. They helped each other to knock down the dirty things on their bodies
D. They guarded their baobab trees, fighting the terrible leopards and lions.
3.What does the passage possibly tell us?
A. A Page from Tanzania Tourist Diary.B. Animals and Plants in Tarangire Park.
C. A Visit to Tarangire National Park.D. Protecting Animals and Environment.
Every day, it is easy to see advertisements in English all around us. Look at your own bags and clothes of your classmates. How many different advertisements can you see which use English words? Often, bags and clothes show the name of company that made them. This is a popular form. A special picture or symbol (标志) called a logo is sometimes used. Logos appear on many different products. They are popular because when you see a logo, it helps you to remember that product or company. It is common to see advertisements on TV and hear them on the radio. Most advertisements are very short. Sometimes the advertisers use a short sentence and it is easy for people to say. Nike, for example, has a simple English sentence which is used all around the world: “Just do it.” Advertisements often use funny situations as well. It is simple to remember it. All advertisements are designed to make people buy a product. An advertisement for a soft drink, for example, might show a group of young people who are having fun. The young people are all drinking the soft drink. Advertisements are saying to you, “Why don’t you buy this drink and be like these people? You can be young and modern.” You might think that advertisements are not for you, but the next time you buy a soft drink, ask yourself this question: Why am I buying this particular product?
1. From the passage, we know that _______.
A. all advertisements around us are written in English
B. many bags have the name of the company that made them
C. having soft drinks makes a person young and modern
D. advertisements are only for young people
2. All advertisements are designed to _______.
A. sell you something you don’t want B. make you young and modern
C. make you buy the product D. show you what you need to buy
3. The best title of this passage is .
A. advertisements all around us
B. all kinds of advertisements
C. to make people buy a product
D. advertisements often use funny situations
Have you ever wished to have an umbrella that makes your hands free? Alan Kaufman has come up with the “Nubrella”, which means “new” + “umbrella”. It is the first truly hands-free umbrella in the world. The inventor says that it stops rain, wind and snow and can keep your head, face and hair dry.
“I never planned to invent a product. I just noticed a problem and had a new idea,” said the inventor. The idea for the invention began on one rainy day. Mr Kaufman was standing in one of his stores. He began to look at people’s umbrellas. He found that they had to try very hard to keep their umbrellas in the right place. At that moment an idea came into his mind. He ran to his desk and drew a picture. In this way, the nubrella was born.
One cool feature of the nubrella is that you don’t hold it like a normal umbrella; you wear it. The shoulder straps (肩带) of the nubrella allow people to be fully hands-free, so when walking in the rain with the nubrella, you are able to use your cell phone or drink a hot cup of coffee. Also, the nubrella will never be inverted (颠倒) in the wind. The new umbrella is far safer than traditional ones, because it has no sharp points.
1.“Nubrella” is a kind of _____ umbrella.
A. normal B. hands-free
C. traditionalD. paper
2. --- How can you use the “Nubrella”?
--- You can _____.
A. wear the shoulder straps of the nubrella
B. put the nubrella on your head
C. use your hands to hold it up
D. carry it on your bike
3.Which of the following is not right?
A．"Nubrella" means "new" + "umbrella"．
B．The idea of the nubrella came from the rainy day．
C．Walking in the rain, you'd better take the nubrella．
D．If you go out with the nubrella, you have it in your hands.
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1. You can visit Ocean Museum on ______
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2. One can get free exams in Health Centre if he is _____.
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I walked into the Huddle House Restaurant in Brunswick, Georgia and sat down at the table. I picked up the menu and was to order something for breakfast.
“Excuse me,”
I looked up and 1. a nice-looking woman standing before me.
“Is your name Roger?” 2. asked.
“Yes, ” I answered, feeling rather surprised as I had never seen her before.
“My name’s Barbara and my husband is Tony,” she said, pointing to a middle-aged man sitting alone at the table by the window. He was 3. and weak.
“Tony White, from Landon School in Jacksonville, Florida,” she added.
I looked at that man for a few seconds but I didn’t recognize him.
“I’m really sorry. The name doesn’t ring the bell,” I said.
She walked back, began 4. with her husband and once in a while I saw her turn around and look directly at me.
I ordered breakfast and a cup of 5. , sitting there, trying to remember who this Tony was. “I must know him,” I thought to myself. “He recognizes me for some reason.” I picked up the coffee cup. All of a sudden it came to me like a flash of lightning.
“Tony, the bully, the bad boy!” I could 6. believe my eyes. “My God! He’s so thin now. Not the big boy that I 7. from back in 1997.”
Everything came up to my mind. The time this 8. boy had made fun of my big ears in front of the girls in my class, and the time this big bully had pushed me against the walls in the hallway just to make himself 9. a big man to all other students.
“I am sorry, Roger,” Tony rolled by me in the wheelchair, being pushed by his wife, raising his thin, shaking hand. “I am so sorry for 10. that I did to you.”
“I’m…I’m er…” I didn’t know what to say to him.
After a few months, I received a letter from Barbara. Tony was 11. . Tony had been a fireman and had been seriously wounded in a task.
How I 12. for not saying something to him but I no longer had the chance!
13.A. heardB. felt C. sawD. told
14.A. you B. weC. heD. she
15.A. fatB. strongC. thinD. young
16.A. listening B. talkingC. writingD. playing
17.A. teaB. juiceC. milkD. coffee
18.A. hardlyB. reallyC. almostD. always
19.A. protectB. rememberC. loveD. miss
20.A. cleverB. shyC. friendlyD. bad
21.A. look after B. look like C. look forD. look at
22.A. everythingB. nothingC. somethingD. anything
23.A. healthyB. famousC. deadD. blind
24.A. congratulated B. regretted C. doubtedD. canceled
The teacher asked me ____.
A. when my uncle bought the car B. when will my uncle buy the car
C. when did my uncle buy the carD. when my uncle will buy the car
