STA Travel, the world’s largest students and youth travel agency, beats any price! Every day we’re working with our partners around the world to get you (students, teachers and anyone under 26) the cheapest and most comfortable fights and accommodations. This part of www.statravel.com provides great tips for green travel—how to pack, how to leave your house or apartment, and how to plan for your trips. You’ll also find a great number of green travel adventure (探险) trips to all comers of the world.
Green travel means responsible travel! Leave as little influence as possible on the places you visit and protect the environment both at home and during your trip. Think “Green” when you pack and when you travel. You’ll help prevent long-term effects on the communities you leave and visit!
Here’s some advice on how to do that.
Before you leave
◆ Tum your water heater to its lowest setting.
◆ Turn off your water from the outside.
◆ Pack suitable clothes in your luggage, none of which is to harm the environment.
While you travel
◆ Try products made from recycled materials.
◆ Don’t buy souvenirs produced from endangered species (物种).
◆ Carry a reusable bottle for water and refill it as you go.
◆ Use the bathroom in the airport, NOT on the plane. The fuel used for a single flush (冲洗) could run a car for six miles.
1.What do green travelers care most about?
A.Flights. B.Prices. C.Pleasure. D.Nature.
2.What are the readers advised to do during their trip?
A.Use environment-friendly products. B.Take as much water as possible.
C.Pack as few things as possible. D.Learn about adventure travel.
3.Where can we most probably read the text?
A.In a travel magazine. B.On a travel website.
C.On an environmental poster. D.In an environmental research paper.
假如你叫李华, 你的外国朋友Mark来信说到一家中国餐厅吃饭, 发现那些菜肴味道鲜美, 对中国菜产生了兴趣, 决定暑假来中国学做中国菜. 请你给他写封回信, 内容包括：
1、对Mark的决定表示赞赏.
2、简要介绍中国美食.
3、给他介绍一个中国名厨当师傅.
提示词：Chinese cuisine
注意：1. 开头与结尾已给出；
2. 词数100左右；
3. 可以适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯.
Dear Mark,
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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. 文中共有10处语言错误, 每句中最多有两处. 每次错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改.
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧）, 并在其下面写出该加的词.
删除：把多余的词用（\）划掉.
修改：在错的词下画一横线, 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.
Rain is great importance to us. Without rain, our water supply would be cut off and we would die, so will plants and animals. Therefore, too much rain does a lot of harm to us. It floods fields, towns and cities, causes us great losses. So far man's control over rain had never ceased. If they can gain more effective control over rain, we will enjoy more free from nature. Fortunate, we human beings have taken steps, such as planting more trees and using weather forecasts, it helps avoid flood damage and protect our water supply. I am greatly convinced that only if we join the hands to fight our common enemy can we live a rosy life.
Dad is a reserved man of few words but is always strict. What's more, he is quite _______ from other fathers and he believes a dutiful _______ is the product of the stick.
When I was 8, Dad _______ himself outside in the day time because of his tight schedule but began to take me to task for whatever I did _______ at table after supper. He would _______ me with a belt, leaving my arms many _______. I was emotionally upset and disturbed, so I used to _______ with other kids in the neighborhood and Dad would _______ me more heavily the next time, making it impossible for me to _______ on my lessons. Everything went from bad to __________ for me so much that I even couldn't __________ out the English alphabet. Later, I was even __________ into a reformatory school（少年管教所）.
This time bitter tears were in his eyes, __________, "Son, it is not that I don't love you, but that I should not have been so angry at your __________ to live up to my expectations!"
Twenty years later, the Ph. D. graduation ceremony was around the __________ and my parents were __________ invited to show up. Dad didn't say a single word in praise of me but __________ bitterly again this time, and at this very moment, my mind was filled with mixed __________ and I stood on the stage with warm tears __________ up in my eyes： the first time you shed tears bitterly for my being __________, but this time you did so for my being a Ph. D.
1.A.optimistic B.different C.stupid D.positive
2.A.father B.friend C.enemy D.son
3.A.busied B.blamed C.praised D.teased
4.A.right B.acceptable C.wrong D.amusing
5.A.blow B.frighten C.confuse D.pat
6.A.spots B.stains C.symptoms D.scars
7.A.correspond B.fight C.debate D.explore
8.A.polish B.scold C.belt D.criticize
9.A.depend B.take C.turn D.concentrate
10.A.better B.worse C.healthier D.poorer
11.A.pick B.write C.bring D.give
12.A.cast B.moved C.led D.pointed
13.A.reading B.screaming C.saying D.laughing
14.A.success B.review C.service D.failure
15.A.corner B.crossing C.center D.pavement
16.A.accidentally B.honorably C.casually D.unwillingly
17.A.sang B.whispered C.smiled D.cried
18.A.problems B.sentences C.emotions D.words
19.A.rising B.going C.welling D.keeping
20.A.naughty B.warmhearted C.independent D.outgoing
It's Alarming: What Wakes You Up Each Morning?
How do you wake up in the morning? If you set an alarm on your phone or clock that sounds like this: beep beep beep? 1. Sleep inertia is another term for grogginess(昏睡), which means a person has a heavy feeling when waking up, and has trouble getting moving again after sleeping,
2. A recent study says yes. The answer is music. Researchers say alarms that have a melody—like the beginning of this song—can help people feel fresher in the morning.
The study, carried out by researchers in Australia, involved 50 people. The study subjects answered questions about the alarm sound they like to wake up to, how they feel about that sound and how they feel when they wake up. 3. However, it is early days and more work is needed to fully know the answer.
So, what makes musical alarms better for waking up? The researchers think the music may be more successful in reducing grogginess because it has several tones, compared to the single tone of a "beeping" alarm. 4. And is there a kind of music that is best to wake up to? There may be 5. However, no matter how you wake up, experts say, the amount of sleep you get also matters a lot.
A.Can musical alarms work wonders？
B.So, is there a better way to do the trick？
C.This can help you fall asleep more quickly and easily.
D.Alarm sounds that are tune full and easy to hum or sing along with may be good choices.
E.The researchers found that people who wake up to musical alarms reported feeling more awake and alert.
F.The changes over time between the music tones may help increase a person's attention when waking from sleep.
G.That hard, unpleasant sound may be making it harder to shake off the sleepy feeling in the morning known as grogginess.
As pet ownership booms, a troubling question raises its head: who owns whom?
There is a range of theories about how human came to rule the planet. Opposable thumbs, brain size, altruism(利他主义) and cooking all played a part, but central to the man's success was its ability to dominate other species.
As humanity has got richer, animals' roles have changed. People need their services less than before. Fewer wolves and burglars meant less demand for dogs for protection; the gasoline engine made horses redundant; modern health systems kept rats in check and made cats less useful. No longer necessities, domestic animals became luxuries. Pet-keeping seems to become common when household incomes rise above roughly ﹩5, 000. It is booming.
The pet business is growing even faster than pet numbers, because people are spending more and more money on them. No longer are they food-waste-recyclers, fed with the leftovers that fall from their masters' tables. Pet-food shelves are filled with delicacies, including ice cream for dogs and foods for pets that are old, diabetic or suffer from sensitive digestion.
In the business this is called “pet humanization(人类化)”—the tendency of pet owners to treat their pets as part of the family. This is evident in the names given to dogs, which have evolved from Fido, Rex and Spot to﹣in America﹣Bella, Lucy and Max. It is evident in the growing market for pet clothing, pet grooming(美容) and pet hotels.
People still assume that pets must be working for humanity in some way, perhaps making people healthier or less anxious. But the evidence for that is weak. Rather, new research suggests that dogs have evolved those irresistible “puppy-dog eyes” precisely to dominate human emotions. It has worked. Sentimental Americans often refer to themselves not as cat﹣owners but as the cat's “mommy” or “daddy”. South Koreans go one further, describing themselves as cat “housekeeper”, catering to every cute action. Watch a dog-walker trailing “his” dog, plastic bag in hand to pick up its mess, and you have to wonder: who's in charge now?
1.What is the main cause for human being to become the ruler of the planet?
A.having opposable thumbs B.getting wealthier
C.possessing altruism and cooking skills D.taking hold of other species
2.What does the underlined word “redundant” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?
A.unnecessary B.unavailable C.uncertain D.unfavorable
3.What might pet owners do in the past?
A.feed ice cream to their dogs B.prepare foods for pets that are diabetic
C.feed the pets on what remained D.spend much money on pets
4.What can we learn from the passage?
A.Wolves used to be in great demand. B.Pets can be beneficial to people's health.
C.Pet owners tend to give their pets new names. D.People become subject to pets emotionally.
