Do you still remember the haze（雾霾）in the winter? So many people got terribly ill during or after the haze. 1.Here is advice for you to protect yourself in hazy weather.
Spend less time outdoors.This is the most effective way for self-protection in such bad weather.With PM2.5 increasing 103mg per cubic meter,residents will risk a 2.29% increase of death,which experts found out in 2012.If you have to get out,avoid riding bicycles.2.
Close your windows.Experts advice residents to avoid opening windows at home.If you have to ,avoid the time when smog is at its densest（浓的）.3.Besides,you can keep plants with broad leaves at home to absorb dust,and use air purifiers（清洁器）.
Smoke less.4.In hazy weather,smoking would be even more harmful.Smokers are advised to keep their distance from cigarettes before the weather gets better.
5.For example ,wear special masks outside to avoid breathing in PM2.5.Then take off your coat after getting indoors and keep it away from your other clean clothes,Don’t forget to wash your face,rinse（漱）your mouth,and clean your nasal cavity（鼻腔）to clean the particulate matters（颗粒物）that fall on you.Last but not least,keep off stimulating（刺激性）foods.
A.Wear masks.
B.Pay attention to other daily things.
C.Also avoid rush hours,when pollutants will be denser.
D.That’s because haze does harm to the health of people.
E.Cigarettes could cause more particulate matters,which are included in PM2.5 .
F.Take more fruits and vegetables instead,which are good for lung,spleen（脾）and kidney（肾）.
G.For residents who use air-conditioner,make sure your apartment has enough oxygen indoors.
Elephants on the coast of Thailand are acting strange.They stamp their feet and motion toward the hills.The sea draws back from the beaches.Fish fall heavily in the mud.Suddenly,a huge wave appears.This is no ordinary wave.It is tsunami!
Tsunami waves are larger and faster than normal surface waves.A tsunami wave can travel as fast as a jet plane and can be as tall as a ten-story building.Imagine dropping a stone into a pond.The water on the surface ripples（起涟漪）.A tsunami is like a very powerful ripple.Tsunamis begin when the ocean rises or falls very suddenly.Large amounts of seawater are displaced.This movement caused huge waves.
For a tsunami to occur,there must be some kind of force that causes the ocean water to become displaced.Most tsunamis are caused by underwater earthquakes.However,volcanoes ,landslides（塌方）,large icebergs,and even meteorites（陨石）are capable of causing one of these mighty waves.
Tsunamis are extremely powerful.Ordinary waves lose power when they break.Tsunami waves can remain powerful for several days.Because tsunami waves are so strong,they can kill people,damage property,and completely ruin an ecosystem in just one hour.
Scientists have no way of predicting when a tsunami will hit.However,if a powerful enough earthquake occurs, scientists can send out a warning or a watch.A warning means that a tsunami will very likely hit soon.A watch means that conditions are favorable for a tsunami.When people are informed of a watch or a warning,they have more time to prepare.It is best not to get caught unaware when a tsunami is on the way.
1.Elephants are acting strange mostly because they_______.
A. dislike the huge wave
B. are afraid of the big fish
C. can sense something out of the ordinary
D. see the ocean drawing back from the beaches
2.Why do Tsunamis cause so much destruction?
A. They are not familiar to most people.
B. They are very powerful and long-lasting.
C. They break on the coast,unlike normal waves.
D. They are caused by underwater earthquakes.
3.From the text,we can learn that_______.
A. a tsunami travels as fast as normal waves
B. a tsunami is formed by huge normal sea waves
C. a tsunami warning is more serious than a watch
D. a warning and watch both mean a tsunami has formed
4.What is this text mainly about?
A. How to guard against tsunami
B. Differences between waves types
C. What to do with tsunami waves.
D. Causes and effects of tsunami
The introduction of the iPad,with its touch screen technology,has allowed even very young children to take advantage of a computer.So what if all children in a school were given an iPad to use in class and take home with them?
Anne Laure Bazin works in a school where every child,teacher and teaching assistant is given a free iPad to use in and out of lessons.For her,the main advantage of everyone having an iPad had been the improvement in communication.Documents can be emailed straight over to workmates during a meeting.Children submit their homework by email,or through the school’s learning environment.Teachers now take the register（点名）using their iPad,which means that there is a record of which children are in school,and which classroom they are in.
The use of iPad has encouraged greater sharing of resources among teacher.All communication with parents is now done by email.Working as a group in class is much easier as children can share documents.The whole class can look at one child’s work by attaching（连接）the iPad to the whiteboard.If a child has forgotten the textbook,the teacher can take a photograph of the relevant（相关的）page and send it to the student in class.
While the use of the iPad in schools has revolutionized（变革）the way children are taught ,it hasn’t completely replaced more traditional methods of teaching .Worksheets are still used in class as some children prefer the contact with paper.The children all have a textbook and exercise books.In Anne Laure’s school,parents feared that the iPads would replace exercise books and children would lose handwriting skills.Anne Laure says,” The teacher are not ready to let go of the traditional style of teaching.We have welcomed the iPads in so much as they help communication and widen the resources available but we are not ready to let go of paper yet.The children themselves still value their exercise books and depend on them for review.”
1.The underlined word “submit” in the second paragraph means________.
A. discuss B. share
C. hand in D. send out
2.What is an advantage of using iPads in the classroom?
A. It saved students bringing the textbooks.
B. It reduces parents’ worry about teaching.
C. It improves the relationship between teachers.
D. It makes it convenient to share information.
3.What is parents’ attitude towards the use of iPads in the classroom?
A. Worried B. Indifferent
C. Annoyed D. Doubtful
4.What is the main idea of the last paragraph?
A. Teachers prefer traditional methods of teaching.
B. The iPads won’t take the place of printed materials.
C. More and more schools are using iPads.
D. Exercise books are more valuable now.
He's an old cobbler（修鞋匠）with a shop in the Marais,a historic area in Paris.When I took him my shoes,he at first told me: “I haven't time.Take them to the other fellow on the main street ; he'll fix them for you right away.”
But I'd had my eye on his shop for a long time.Just looking at his bench loaded with tools and pieces of leather,I knew he was a skilled craftsman（手艺人）.“No,” I replied,“the other fellow can't do it well.”
“The other fellow” was one of those shopkeepers who fix shoes and make keys “while-U-wait”-without knowing much about mending shoes or making keys.They work carelessly,and when they have finished sewing back a sandal strap（鞋带）you might as well just throw away the pair.
The man saw I wouldn't give in,and he smiled.He wiped his hands on his blue apron（围裙）,looked at my shoes, had me write my name on one shoe with a piece of chalk and said,“Come back in a week.”
I was about to leave when he took a pair of soft leather boots off a shelf.
“See what I can do?” he said with pride.“Only three of us in Paris can do this kind of work…”
When I got back out into the street,the world seemed brand-new to me.He was something out of an ancient legend,this old craftsman with his way of speaking familiarly,his very strange,dusty felt hat,his funny accent from who-knows-where and,above all,his pride in his craft.
There are times when nothing is important but the bottom line,when you can do things any old way as long as it “pays”,when,in short,people look on work as a path to ever-increasing consumption（消费）rather than a way to realize their own abilities.In such a period it is a rare comfort to find a cobbler who gets his greatest satisfaction from pride in a job well done.
1.Which of the following is true about the old cobbler?
A. He was equipped with the best repairing tools.
B. He was the only cobbler in the Marais.
C. He was a native Parisian.
D. He was proud of his skills.
2.The sentence “He was something out of an ancient legend.” ( paragraph 7 ) implies that .
A. the man was very strange
B. it was difficult to communicate with this man
C. the man was too old
D. nowadays you can hardly find anyone like him
3.According to the author,many people work just to .
A. realize their abilities B. gain respect
C. make money D. gain happiness
4.This story wants to tell us that .
A. craftsmen make a lot of money B. people are born equal
C. whatever you do,do it well D. craftsmen need self-respect
For kids and many adults,a San Diego vacation means theme parks and other attractions.Before heading to a park,call or check its website for updated hours of operation; many parks have seasonal or holiday hours.Ticket prices listed here are for general admission（入场费）,single-day use only.
Sea World San Diego
A 6-minute ride called Journey to Atlantis,which is to open in late May,tells the legend of the island nation. After the ride of Greek fishing boats,folks can visit a new exhibit of dolphins,which have not been on display at the park since 1998.
DETAILS: General admission is $46.95 for adults,$37.95 for children aged 3-9,free for children 2 and younger. 1-800-380-3203 or www.seaworld.com.
San Diego Zoo
There’s not much in the way of new attractions.The zoo has a new panda cub（幼兽）,Mei Sheng.Nighttime Zoo, a program popular with families,starts June 26.
DETAILS: General admission is $21 for adults,$14 for children aged 3-11,free for children 2 and younger. 1-619-234-3153 or www.Sandiegozoo.com
Maritime（海的）Museum of San Diego
The HMS Surprise,the 18th-century British warship featured in the film Master and Commander,is on exhibit through Nov.30.
DETAILS: The ship is available for tours from 9 am to 8 pm daily.Admission is $8 for adults,$6 for seniors and children aged 13-17,$5 for kids aged 6-12,and free for kids 5 and younger.1-619-234-9153 or www.sdmaritime.org.
Old Town Trolley Tours
Visiting relatives or friends in San Diego? They can get a hometown pass and ride for free with your paid admission.
DETAILS: The main ticket booth（售票亭）is in Old Town at 4010 Twiggs St.Hours are from 9 am to 5 pm, daily $25.www.historictours.com.
1.If you want to enjoy the performance of dolphins,you should go to________.
A. Sea World San Diego. B. San Diego Zoo.
C. Maritime Museum of San Diego. D. Old Town Trolley Tours.
2.If a couple visits San Diego Zoo with their children,one aged 3 and the other 2,the admission will be______.
A. $35 B. $49
C. $56 D. $70
3.It can be inferred from the text that________.
A. San Diego Zoo will attract the largest number of children.
B. there may be some stories about the island of Atlantis
C. tickets during the holidays are more expensive
D. the film Master and Commander can be seen in Maritime Museum of San Diego
One day,it was raining heavily and I didn’t have an umbrella,I had just___a bus and had to walk back to my house.I___walking in that direction,when I heard somebody shouting,“Sister,”“Sister.” I looked back and___the stationery（文具）shopkeeper.I went to him and asked what was the___.He said that since it was raining heavily,I could take a___in his shop,have a look at his new___and go home when the rain stopped.For a moment I hesitated（犹豫）,but the___of getting to have a look at the pens made me nod.
To my surprise,I found that the___was larger than I thought.The stationery shopkeeper offered me a chair and took out the pens for me.I___a beautiful parker（派克）pen and had a try.It____so smoothly that I wanted to buy it with all my heart,____as expected,it was very expensive.The shopkeeper said,“I can give you the pen for ninety-five dollars____one hundred.”I looked up and thanked him for the____,but refused politely as it was____quite expensive for me.By that time,the rain had____,and after appreciating his____,I quickly walked back to my house.
After that day,the shop became my____place to hang out .The shopkeeper used to____me pens always at discount prices and very often also offered me tea.He had much information about all kinds of pens and other writing instruments.____both of us knew nothing about each other,we had a deep friendship based on our common ____.
1.A. run into B. got on C. run after D. got off
2.A. tried B. started C. considered D. avoided
3.A. observed B. answered C. saw D. remembered
4.A. matter B. trouble C. doubt D. reason
5.A. drink B. seat C. breath D. test
6.A. umbrella B. books C. tea D. pens
7.A. importance B. dream C. idea D. result
8.A. shop B. station C. factory D. bar
9.A. made use of B. ran out of C. caught sight of D. took care of
10.A. moved B. ran C. walked D. wrote
11.A. and B. but C. so D. or
12.A. instead of B. up to C. due to D. in addition to
13.A. convenience B. choice C. offer D. deal
14.A. even B. again C. ever D. still
15.A. come down B. stopped C. continued D. poured down
16.A. bravery B. politeness C. kindness D. carefulness
17.A. favourite B. personal C. only D. secret
18.A. share B. sell C. introduce D. send
19.A. Once B. Unless C. Since D. Although
20.A. interests B. lifestyles C. goals D. habits
