With all-glass window from floor to ceiling, sitting five meters below the surface of the Indian Ocean, this is the amazing underwater restaurant in Maldives(马尔代夫). In the restaurant, guests can enjoy the beauty of the ocean without getting their feet wet.
Set under the crystal-clear blue water, the restaurant is so bright that diners and staff are asked to wear sunglasses. The restaurant has 14 seats, and the cost for dinner is 190 pounds (about 1,993 RMB) per person.
The name of the restaurant is Ithaa--- meaning “ Mother of pearl” in local language. This year, the New York Daily News rated (评价)it “ The most beautiful restaurant in the world”.
Chicago is the third largest city in the USA. Many people from all over the world have migrated(移居) to Chicago. They come by train, plane or boat to live in this great city.
Chicago Loop is the central business district. You can see many tall buildings here. Some of them are the tallest buildings in the world.
When you travel around Chicago Loop, you can see many communities of different cultures.
When you go to the south of Chicago Loop, you can find places like Chinatown. There people from China celebrate many traditional Chinese festivals in their own ways.
Chicago is also called the Windy City, so don’t forget to take more clothes with you.
1.How much meters below the sea is the restaurant?
2.Where is the central business district?
3.How do people from China celebrate many traditional Chinese festivals?
4.What is the other name of Chicago?
5. What is Ithaa, a restaurant or a community?
根据短文内容，用方框中所给词的正确形式填空，使短文完整，正确。（每个词只能用一次）
quick, popular, call, funny, like, hold, fast, possible, it, they, relax, member, rise, increase |
Speed reading is an important skill in the Internet age. We read articles, e-mails and other things 1.________ to try to know the meaning of a certain text. To get information from the Internet, it would be 2._________ to go on fast with our work if we read word by word, line by line. But a new idea 3.________ on people to enjoy reading slowly.
“The Wall Street Journal” recently reported a story about a book club in Wellington, New Zealand.
4.________ of it meet in a cafe and turn off their phones. They sit in soft chairs and read in silence for an hour.
5.__________other traditional book clubs, the purpose of the Slow Reading Club isn’t sharing ideas about a certain book. It just wants 6.________ readers to get away from the Internet and read in a quiet and 7.________ environment. According to the Journal, the Slow Reading Club is just an example of a movement 8._________ by book lovers, who miss the old-fashioned way of reading.
Slow readers say the habit of slow reading has many advantages. It develops the mind, 9.____________ attention, reduces stress levels and improves the ability of doing things. Now slow reading is becoming 10.___________ than before in some parts of the world. Lots of people join it.
情景交际 （每小题1分，共5分）
在下面对话的空白处填入恰当的话语（句子，短语或词），使对话完整。
A： Hey, Steven.
B： Hi! 1.______________________________ recently?
A： Terrible! I always feel upset.
B： What’s the problem?
A： My parents always ask me to study hard and encourage me before exams. But actually it makes me 2._________________. I don’t know how to deal with it.
B： That’s too bad. Why don’t you log on the microblog to share your feeling with others?
A： Really? 3.__________________________________________?
B： Yes, I think so. It’s very popular among us young people. You can get many 4.________ from friends in the same situation, which may make you feel better.
A： What should I do?
B： Let me see. Well, you’d better have a try first. If you have a chance, you should suggest your parents read your microblog and they will know you better.
A：5._____________________________________. Thank you very much.
B： Not at all.
Why are your study habits different from those of your friends? Why do you seem to learn faster in some classes while more slowly in others? One reason you may not know is that people have different learning types. Scientists say there are three different learning types： Visual, Auditory and Kinesthetic(动觉型).
Visual learners learn best by seeing. If you seem to easily remember information from pictures, graphs(图表) and videos, you are probably a visual learner. You are not good at copying down what the teacher says in class. Never mind. You can draw graphs or pictures instead, if you find that works better for you.
Auditory learners learn best by hearing. If you seem to easily remember things by hearing them, then you are probably an auditory learner. You must listen carefully while the teacher is speaking because it’s the easiest way for you to learn. Sometimes you may find that taking notes stops you from listening carefully. After class, you can write down what you remember or borrow your friends’ notes to copy.
Kinesthetic learners learn best by doing. If you seem to learn best by working with your hands, you are probably a kinesthetic learner. Taking notes by writing can make you pay close attention to information as you receive it. Of course, you can learn best by making full use of labs or other class activities.
Hope you learn better by knowing what your personal learning type is.
1.The meaning of “Visual” is ___________________.
A. 感观型 B. 视觉型
C. 听觉型 D. 动觉型
2.How can a visual learner remember information?
A. By listening to the teachers.
B. By writing down what the teachers say.
C. By drawing graphs or pictures.
D. By working with his hands.
3.Judy can remember the words of a song quickly by listening to it once or twice. She might be a/an_________ according to the passage.
A. auditory learner B. visual learner
C. strange learner D. kinesthetic learner
4. Kinesthetic learners can put ___________________ to good use.
A. libraries B. classrooms
C. labs D. offices
5.The best title of the passage may be ____________________.
A. Study habits B. Ways to study
C. Learning types D. Reasons to learn
MIT ( Massachusetts Institute of Technology) (美国麻省理工学院) is a world-class university mainly in math, science and technology, but you may be surprised to learn that MIT sets arts courses.
MIT believe in the passion (激情) of learning, the value of working and teaching methods. MIT’s teaching power is quite strong. There are eight Nobel winners and many other national and international winners in the teacher group of MIT. MIT is proud of these top scholars and thinkers.
The ratio (比例) of teachers and students in MIT is about 1 to 7.5. About 63 percent of the classes have fewer than 20 students each. Only 4 percent of the classes have more than 100 students each. Most MIT students can learn courses that they like.
The students in MIT have many activities when they finish their lessons, for example：
Student Life And Culture
Student Organizations
Music & The Arts @ MIT
Athletics
Most students in famous universities feel serious pressure both in life and study. In MIT the students have the same pressure which encourages them to have to study hard. But MIT usually gives one year for the new students to adjust (调节) to the transition (转变；过渡时期). In their first term all the new students are graded by a test. In this test if he or she receives a C or the level better than C, his or her result will be kept forever. If she or he receives a D or an F, no record will be kept.
1. Which courses are well-known in MIT?
A. math B. science
C. technology D. all above.
2.How many scholars won the Nobel Prize in MIT?
A. 5 B. 6 C. 7 D. 8
3. According to the passage, which of the following is True?
A. In MIT no arts courses are set.
B. The students in MIT have fewer quite relaxed in study.
C. Most classes in MIT have fewer than 20 students each.
D. There is a hard period for the new students in MIT to get used to the studying in MIT.
4. What’s the policy for the new students in MIT?
A. They need to study hard or they can’t study in MIT any more.
B. They are given a chance to get used to the study style in MIT.
C. They must get at least a B in all courses.
D. If they get a D, the result will be recorded in MIT forever.
5.Which of the following is NOT the activities for the life of the students in MIT?
A. Student Organizations B. Student Life And Culture
C. Music & the Arts @ MIT D. Heaven of Dance
The world lost one of the most respected leaders. Nelson Mandela, the former (前任的) South African president, passed away on Dec. 5, 2013. The whole world felt sorry about the death of Mandela, a great man of history.
Mandela is mostly remembered for his efforts to end apartheid(种族隔离) in South Africa. Mandela was born in 1918. In South Africa, there are both black and white people. But at that time, Black people couldn’t live or travel where they wanted. They didn’t have the right to vote, either. Mandela didn’t think that was right.
He organized many activities against it, but he was sent to prison for 27 years. Under international pressure, the government set Mandela free in 1990. Great changes in the law began to end apartheid. At that time, Mandela chose to forgive his enemies. He shook hands with the people who wanted him dead. He also encouraged black people to forgive the whites.
Because of his forgiveness, Mandela is remembered as a moral model(道德楷模) by the whole world.
In1993,Mandela won the Nobel Peace Prize. A year later, he became the first black president of South Africa.
Both black people and white people voted. Apartheid ended. In 1999, Mandela left office at the highest point of his power.
1.The former South African president was _______years old when he died.
A. 80 B. 90 C. 95 D. 85
2. Mandela was sent to prison for 27 years because he ______________________.
A. chose to forgive his enemies.
B. encouraged black people to forgive whites
C. shook hands with enemies
D. organized many activities against apartheid
3.In 1993, Mandela won the Nobel Prize for ________________.
A. physics B. peace
C. chemistry D. literature
4.Mandela was remembered by the whole world as ________________.
A. a president B. a leader
C. a moral model D. an officer
5.Which statement is Right according to the passage?
A. The government set Mandela free in 1990.
B. Mandela became the black president in 1993.
C. Mandela won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994.
D. Mandela left office at the highest point of his power in 1996.
