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Do you know that over ten million American kids go to camp every summer? 1. Back then, before the air conditioner was invented, hot city summers were uncomfortable and even unhealthy for children, so escaping to the country for a few weeks became a popular trend.
Today, kids have different reasons for making camp a part of their lives, such as:
To meet new people
Camp might give you a chance to be with people from different states, or even different countries. It’s a great way to make new friends and learn about different places and cultures. Michiko, 13, put it like this: “I loved camp. I met this girl name Manny who lives in New York (I live in New Jersey) and she is cool. 2. We taught each other words. We liked to swim in the pool a lot.”
To challenge yourself
3. Fresh challenges — like trying new sports, learning new crafts and games, or pushing yourself to achieve something — can be very rewarding. Take it from Arabella, 13, who told us: “ I went to summer camp and I passed my swimming test! I can hardly swim, so it was a big accomplishment (成就). 4. ”
To appreciate nature
There’s a great big natural world out there, and going to camp helps you learn how beautiful and important it really is. 5. Getting out into the woods or mountains can give you a better understanding of how the web of life works.
A. Not all the things that kids do at camp are easy.
B. She speaks Spanish and I speak Japanese.
C. I felt great afterwards.
D. It’s also a great way to learn about teamwork and tolerance(包容).
E. Summer camp has been a U.S. tradition for over 150 years.
F. When you get right down to it, going to camp is all about having a good time.
G. Without trees, soil, water, and wildlife, the Earth couldn’t survive.
“Eat local. ” It’s one way to reduce human effect on the planet. Eating local means to try to buy and consume foods that are grown in places close to home. However, most of the food sold at supermarkets is not locally grown or produced. Trucks and planes deliver these foods from hundreds or thousands of miles away. During the transportation, greenhouse(温室)gases are produced, causing global warming. So the shorter the distance your foods must travel, the less the harm is done to the environment.
But how do you get local food if you live in a large city, hundreds of miles away from farms？Environmental health scientist Dickson Despommier and his students came up with the idea of a “vertical(垂直的) farm”.
A vertical farm is a glass-walled structure that could be built as tall as a skyscraper(摩天大楼). Since the garden is built upwards, rather than outwards, it requires much less space than an ordinary farm. The world is quickly running out of room for ordinary farming. Vertical farms could be a key to this situation. Despommier imagines a 30-story building with a greenhouse on every floor. The walls of the building would be clear, to allow crops to get as much sunlight as possible. Depending on a city’s water resources, Despommier thinks hydroponic(水培的) farming is another method for the vertical farm which needs no soil to grow plants.
Despommier says the hydroponic greenhouses would use a system that would use a city’s waste water and fill it with nutritions to make the crops grow. If this method works, it would provide food to a city and save millions of tons of water.
The idea of a vertical farm has attracted the attention of government officials around the world. Scott Stringer, a government official from New York City, thinks the city is suitable for the vertical farming. “Obviously we don’t have much land left for us,” Stringer said. “But the sky is the limit in Manhattan. ”
Despommier admits that there is still a lot of work to do to make vertical farms a reality. “But I think vertical farming is an idea that can work in a big way,” he says.
1.Why are people advised to eat local?
A. Because it means convenience(方便) to people.
B. Because it can help people save a lot of money.
C. Because local food has more nutrition.
D. Because it is environmentally friendly.
2.Which is one of the vertical farm’s benefits when compared with ordinary farming?
A. It produces healthier food.
B. It does less harm to the cities.
C. It needs less space of the city.
D. It requires less transport costs.
3.By saying “the sky is the limit in Manhattan”, Stringer means _____.
A. people can make full use of vertical space of Manhattan
B. there is a limit for using empty land in Manhattan
C. the height of buildings in Manhattan is limited
D. Manhattan can spread as far as possible
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What we offer:
·Individual (个人) and group French, English, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian and Swedish lessons for children and adults.
·Exam preparation for TEFL, TOEFL, IELTS, Common Entrance, GCSE.
·Summer course.
·Translation services.
·Summer immersion (浸泡式) camps—language and activities including cooking, performances, art and crafts, walking, biking, various sports etc. 9am—4pm (lunch included)
·Winter immersion camps—language and skiing. 9am—4pm (lunch included)
Course + prices (Prices shown are for 1 hour lessons, per student):
Private lessons | 90 dollars |
Semi-private (2 people) | 50 dollars |
Group lessons (3-6 people) | 30 dollars |
Private—one-to-one tuition focusing on the individual needs of the student.
Group—learn in a relaxed and fun environment.
Maximum of 6 students per group so there are still plenty of chances to ask questions.
Children—learning with fun and games in private or group lessons.
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Conditions
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·Payment for the classes must be paid in full in advance or at each lessons.
·Students must complete a test at their first lesson to make sure of their level.
Contact us
By post: Verbier Language School, Centre de l’Etoile, Case Postal 475, Rue de M dran 6, 1936 Verbier, Switzerland
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1.In the first paragraph, “Young at heart” refers to ___________.
A. optimistic peopleB. people with a strong heart
C. old professional teachersD. the elderly people
2.It can be inferred that IELTS is _________.
A. a language courseB. a language test
C. a sports competitionD. a summer camp
3..John and his father both attend the Group lessons to learn German. They learn two hours each day. How much do they need to pay per day?
A. 200 dollars B. 180 dollars C. 120 dollars D. 60 dollars
4.In their first lesson, students are required to _______.
A. report their interest B. take an exam C. complete a form D. pay by credit card
A funny thing happened on the way to the communications revolution: we stopped talking to one another.
I was walking in the park with a friend recently, and his cell phone rang, interrupting our conversation. There we were walking and talking on a beautiful sunny day and... I became invisible, absent from the conversation. The telephone used to connect you to the absent. Now it makes people sitting next to you feel absent. Why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected I feel? Every advance in communications technology is a tragedy to the closeness of human interaction（互动）. With email and instant messaging over the internet, we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another. With voice mail, you can conduct entire conversations without ever reaching anyone. If my mom has a question, I just leave the answer on her machine.
As almost every contact we can imagine between human beings gets automated（自动化）, the alienation index（疏远指数） goes up. You can't even call a person to get the phone number of another person any more. Directory assistance is almost always fully automated.
I am not against modern technology. I own a cell phone, an ATM card, a voice mail system, and an email account. Giving them up isn't wise... they're a great help to us. It's some of their possible consequences that make me feel uneasy.
More and more. I find myself hiding behind email to do a job meant for conversation. Or being relieved that voice mail picked up because I didn't really have time to talk. The industry devoted to helping me keep in touch is making me lonelier ...or at least facilitating my antisocial instincts.
So I've put myself on technology restriction: no instant messaging with people who live near me, no cell phoning in the presence of friends, no letting the voice mail pick up when I'm at home.
1.Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?
A. The Advance of Communications Technology
B. The Consequences of modern Technology
C. The Story of Communications Revolution
D. The Automation of Modern Communications
2.The sentence “Now it makes people sitting next to you feel absent” means that ________.
A. the people sitting beside you have to go away to receive a phone call
B. you can hardly get in touch with the people sitting beside you
C. modern technology makes it hard for people to have a face-to-face talk
D. people can now go to work without going to the office
3.The writer feels that the use of modern communications is ________.
A. satisfying B. encouraging C. disappointing D. embarrassing
4.The passage implies that ________.
A. modern technology is bridging the people
B. modern technology is separating the people
C. modern technology is developing too fast
D. modern technology is interrupting our communication
Sherlock Holmes was the greatest detective in history. His astonishing power of observation and analysis meant that he was able to solve cases which left the real police completely perplexed. As a problem solver in the law forced business, he was a knowledgeable person equal to Superman, the comic book hero.
Like Superman, of course, Holmes did not exist. He was the creation of a Scottish doctor and novelist Arthur Conan Doyle, and remains one of the most famous literary fiction characters of all time.
Holmes’ general rule when trying to solve a case was as follows: completely get rid of the impossible. Then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
It’s said that Holmes’ powers of deduction (推断) were superhuman, particularly his ability to process information from what he observed. In a story called The Boscombe Valley Mystery, Holmes examines the area near a lake where a murder has been committed. The local police have already searched the area and found no clues. Holmes spends ten minutes in the area, and announces that the murderer “is a tall man, left-handed, limps with the right leg, wears thick-soled shooting boots and a gray coat, smokes Indian cigars, uses a cigar holder, and carries a penknife in his pocket. There are several other indications, but these may be enough to aid us in our search.” Needless to say, he has found evidence to support all of these statements.
The fictional Holmes lived in an apartment at 221 Baker Street, a real street in Central London. When Conan Doyle wrote about Holmes, there was no 221 Baker Street, but after the street was extended northwards, there was. There is currently a bank at that address.
The fact that Holmes didn’t actually exist doesn’t stop thousands of people writing to him for help every year. The bank kindly responds to every letter they receive with the following message: “Mr. Holmes thanks you for your letter. At the moment he is retired in Sussex, keeping bees, and does not undertake detective work nowadays.”
1.In the first paragraph the underlined word “perplexed” suggests that the police were _______
A. confident B. worried C. confused D. sure
2.How does the writer describe Holmes and Superman?
A. Neither Superman nor Holmes was a real character.
B. Both Superman and Holmes used super intellect to solve problems.
C. Superman was a comic book figure, while Holmes was a real detective.
D. Superman and Holmes were equally intelligent and brave.
3.How did Holmes use his powers of deduction in the fourth paragraph?
A. He spent a long time thinking about possible solutions.
B. He found clues to help him create a full description of a suspect.
C. He observed the crime area and guessed what happened.
D. He searched the area with the police and discussed with them,
4.When letters are written to Holmes, _______
A. he answers letters when he receives them
B. his secretary answers them for him.
C. the bank at 221 Baker Street where he used to live sends the letters back
D. the bank at his address replies that Holmes is no longer working as a detective
假定你是李华，从互联网上得知一个国际中学生组织将在新加坡((Singapore)举办夏令营，欢迎各国学生参加。请写一封电子邮件申请参加。
内容主要包括:
1.自我介绍(包括英语能力);
2.参加意图(介绍中国、了解其他国家);
3.希望获准.
注意:
1.词数100左右:
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯;
3.邮件开头和结尾已为你写好。
