When you're on the go, your best friend and resource can be your phone. In the age of smart phones, apps are like guiding stars: They can point you in the right direction for a hotel, list expenses, send postcards, and much more. When used together, these apps can be the basic travel tool, placing a wealth of information at your fingertips no matter where you are on the planet. U.S. News Travel has picked the essential travel apps, known for their utility and reliability. Best of all, they cost absolutely nothing.
Trip It
Your Personal Travel Agent
Be your own travel agent and plan every detail of your trip—from car rental to accommodating restaurants—with Trip It. You can make travel schedule by hand, or simply forward the email confirmations of your flight, rental car, train tickets, and hotels to plans.
Weather Free
Your Go-To Meteorologist(气象学者)
Stop trying to explain the weather forecast on the evening news (particularly when it's in a foreign language). The Weather Free app informs you (in English) of the climate in various locations. It features the local weather, and other key factors that will inform your decision about what to wear before stepping outside.
Goby
Your Event Guru
When you're in a foreign city, you sometimes look around and ask: Where are all the people? Goby has the answer. This app pinpoints the neighborhood hot spots (including museums, hotels, eateries, and more) in your neighborhood. But its true value comes in finding nearby events. You'll discover concerts, plays, and more right around the corner.
1.What is the advantage of using travel apps picked by the U.S. News Travel?
A. They can solve any problem you come across.
B. They reduce your travel budget.
C. They exercise your fingertips.
D. They are reliable and free of charge.
2.With the help of the travel apps used together, travelers can do the following things EXCEPT ________.
A. rent a car
B. decide what to wear
C. look for a friend while traveling
D. find the nearby museums
3.Where are the readers likely to read the passage above?
A. In a geography textbookB. In a science fiction
C. On a popular websiteD. In a business report
书面表达
假如你是李华，请按以下提示给你班因病住院的美国交换生Louis写一封e-mail:
1. 表示关心；
2. 表达对Louis的安慰；
3. 表示愿意提供帮助。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头语和结尾语已经为你写好。
Dear Louis,
I am very sorry to hear that you are ill and in hospital. _______________________________________________________________________________
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Yours,
Li Hua
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。作文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏子符号（∧）并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
One of my happiest childhood memories were having dinner with my parents and two sisters. As a result, found that we seldom had a chance to get together, then we decided we would set aside three evenings the week for a sit-down dinner. First we tried setting three fixed days for our experiment—Mondays, Wednesdays or Fridays. After a couple of week of trying this plan, almost everyone was unhappy. For a while, the kids began to resist the idea. They said they would rather to spend the time with their friends or take part in some activities. Gradual, though, they began to see these evenings together for a very different way. We laughed a lot and we discussed about each other’s problems. Since a few months, we all felt that we had been able to build much strong relationships with the family than we had before.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Hardly can you succeed _1. _ doing something perfectly the first time you do it. __2.__, when you do something for the first time, it is time to give up the idea of perfection.
I remember the first time I ___3.___ (drive) a car in traffic after getting my driver’s license. I was very nervous in that heavy traffic—my driving style showed that I wasn’t a very confident driver. Now I’m much more __4.____ (experience) as a driver. ___5.__ I still don’t consider myself a perfect one, I’m much more confident behind the wheel than what I was __6.____ I started.
In general, __7.___ is useless working hard for doing something perfectly when you do it for the first time. You are setting the bar so high that you just feel bad when you are ___8.___ (able) to meet the level you have set.
Also, perfection is just another way __9.___ (delay), so trying to be perfect is just _10.__ waste of time. You should work hard for excellence instead.
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One day, a professor entered the classroom and asked his students to prepare for a surprise test. They waited anxiously at their desks for the test to begin. The professor ________ the question papers, with the text facing down as usual. ________ he handed them all out, he asked his students to ________ the page and begin. To everyone’s surprise, there were no ________, just a black dot in the center of the page. The professor, seeing the expression on everyone’s face, told them the following:
“I want you to write what you ________ there.”
The students, ________, got started on the inexplicable(费解的) task.
At the end of the class, the professor ________ all the answer papers and started reading each of them aloud in front of all the students. All of them, with no ________, described the black dot, trying to explain its position in the middle of the sheet, etc. After all had been ________, the classroom was silent, and the professor began to explain:
“I’m not going to grade this. I ________ wanted to give you something to think about. No one wrote about the ________ part of the paper. Everyone focused on the black dot, and the same happens in our ________. We have a white paper to observe and ________, but we always focus on the dark spots. Our life is a ________ given to us with love and care, and we always have ________ to celebrate: nature renewing itself every day, our friends around us, the job that ________ our livelihood and the miracle we see every day.
________, we insist on focusing only on the dark spots: the health issues that bother us, the lack of money, the ________ relationship with colleagues, the ________ with a friend, and etc.
The dark spots are very ________ compared to everything we have in our lives, but they are the ones that pollute our minds.”
1.A. handed outB. wrapped upC. referred toD. pointed at
2.A. SinceB. UntilC. IfD. After
3.A. foldB. turnC. openD. use
4.A. exercisesB. choicesC. questionsD. scores
5.A. rememberB. imagineC. studyD. see
6.A. surprisedB. confusedC. curiousD. displeased
7.A. collectedB. finishedC. markedD. selected
8.A. excuseB. doubtC. exceptionD. explanation
9.A. saidB. answeredC. returnedD. read
10.A. alsoB. justC. evenD. finally
11.A. bigB. blackC. beautifulD. white
12.A. livesB. classroomsC. colleaguesD. studies
13.A. sendB. keepC. enjoyD. show
14.A. burdenB. giftC. pressureD. lesson
15.A. reasonsB. timeC. freedomD. festival
16.A. threatensB. ruinsC. providesD. changes
17.A. HoweverB. ThereforeC. BesidesD. Moreover
18.A. closeB. complicatedC. specialD. strong
19.A. stayB. contact
C. satisfactionD. disappointment
20.A. darkB. roundC. smallD. dirty
When going through major life changes, like changing careers, I would change the people with whom I spent the most time. We’ve all gone through periods when the people in our lives have changed—graduation, moving to a new city, getting a new job, joining a new club, etc. I don’t think I need to convince you just how much influence other people can have over your identity. If you’ve ever experienced a major switch in your people environment, then you know that you change as well.
Most people don’t make these choices consciously, though. You might consciously decide to spend more time with a certain friend, or you may ask someone out on a date to begin a new relationship. But few people choose their existing friendships deliberately.
There’s no “getting rid of people”. People are always dropping into and out of each other’s lives. Associations grow into friendships, and friendships fade into associations. You don’t get rid of anyone. The truth is that in order to make room for new people and new experiences, you may need to loosen up some of your existing connections.
What about loyalty? Shouldn’t you always be loyal to your friends? Once you have a close friend, even if his influence on you is slightly harmful, shouldn’t you stick by him?
Loyalty to a friend sometimes means having to let go. It means being loyal to his highest and best self as well. If someone is destroying his health by smoking, for example, you aren’t showing loyalty by smoking right along with him. True loyalty sometimes requires that you break damaging connections, get yourself back on solid ground, and then decide what you can really do to help your friend.
It can take a lot of courage to tell someone, “I’m sorry, but I can’t have you in my life anymore.” But even though this might seem like a selfish act at times, it’s often the best thing for the other person, too. If a relationship is holding you back in some way, understand that it’s also hurting the other person. For example, if you work for a violent boss, your acceptance of that situation is considered to be silent approval, encouraging your boss to continue to behave violently.
1.When experiencing major life changes, people may _______.
A. join a new social community
B. influence their friend around
C. choose their friendships purposely
D. have their people environment changed
2.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 mean?
A. Everyone has at least one friend.
B. It is unnecessary to make new friends.
C. Friendships still exist though there are fewer connections.
D. You ought to treat your old and new friends equally.
3.What is the author’s opinion on the loyalty to friends?
A. Never betray your close friends whatever happens.
B. Correct their mistakes while you guard their goodness.
C. Stick by your friends even though they do harm to you.
D. Break up with your friends immediately if they smoke.
4.How should we behave when employed by a violent boss?
A. We should accept what we are told to do.
B. We should stay silent and be in favor of him.
C. We should bravely disobey him if he is wrong.
D. We should give our boss courage to continue.
