If you want to fully enjoy your vacation, then you’d better check the Durban Cit

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If you want to fully enjoy your vacation, then you’d better check the Durban City Tours! This is actually one of the best choices in South Africa today.
There is nothing more relaxing than to think about it that there is a place to go and relax, right? City life is stressful, but you can escape this situation and be in the place where there is noting but fun. Here in Durban you will get to see all the amazing tourist attractions. If you love animals and want to see some elephants wandering around the streets, then Durban is the place to go. You can even get to ride one if you want!
Here you will also get to taste all the delicious South African food. You can choose from Italian cooking to its native dishes. Durban is a great place to tour with your friends and family. You will learn a lot about its history through th

e landmarks you will see down the streets. Tourists and even the local villagers just can’t get enough of these treats!
However, it is important that you make the necessary arrangements. There are actually lots of tour guides that will help you as you make your journey along the streets of Durban. But if you prefer the best tour guides here in Durban, then you’d better settle for the Street Scene Tours. Their staff are all well-trained and professional. Th

ey will certainly make your stay here an unforgettable one. No wonder tourists prefer the Street Scene Tours when it comes to Durban City Tours.
小题1:What is the main idea of Paragraph 2?

A．Durban is a relaxing city.

B．City life means high pressure.

C．It is good to have a place to relax.

D．One can have fun riding elephants.

小题2: If you walk in the stre

et of Durban, what will impress you most?

A．Tourists from all over the world.

B．The buildings and many kinds of animals.

C．The streets and some wandering elephants.

D．The friendly local people and the scenery.

小题3:. What does the last sentence in Paragraph 3 show?

A．The food can’t satisfy them.

B．They are bored with the streets.

C．They are treated very well here.

D．They never get tired of the sights.

小题4: The author wrote the last paragraph mainly to .

A．attract tourists to Durban

B．help readers make arrangement

C．introduce the tour guides in Durban

D．persuade tourists to choose the Street Scene Tours

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Sure, human dads can play games with their kids and help with homework, but can they give birth? Daddy sea horses can! This Father’s Day, while you’re praising your daddy, you may also remember that some of the best dads in the world can be found in the animal kingdom:
Sea horses: The “Mr. Moms” in the sea, male sea horses, carry up to 2,000 fertilized

eggs in small bags in their stomachs until they hatch. Even after the babies are born, they stay inside the bag until they are ready to live by themselves.
Darwin’s rheas: Thought your dad was overprotective? Darwin’s rheas, also known as South American ostriche

s (鸵鸟), are so protective of their children that they have even been known to attack small airplanes on the grou

nd if they get too close to their home!
Marmosets: These little monkeys do everything but give lectures on how to give birth! Devoted dads assist during their babies’ birth. They also let Mom get some rest by taking care of the kids when she’s not nursing them.
Sand grouse: These pigeon-like birds live in areas where water is rare, so fathers fly as many as 50 miles to get water for their kids. After they dip their breast feathers in the water, they fly home and let their chicks suck the water from their bodies.
Fathers in the animal kingdom are not that different from our own beloved dads. This Father’s Day, when you are honoring your dad, honor animal dads, to

o, by practicing kindness toward all animals.
小题1: The underlined “they” in paragraph 2 refers to .

A．fertilized eggs

B．their stomachs

C．male sea horses

D．baby sea horses

小题2: According to the passage, which animal is the most protective?

A．A sea horse

B．A Darwin’s rhea

C．A marmoset

D．A san grouse

小题3:The passage mainly tells readers .

A．how clever an

d brave animals are

B．how to honor animal dads on Father’s Day

C．animal dads are different from human dads

D．some interesting facts about male animals

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Why are so many people so afraid of failure? Quite simple because no one tells us how to fail so that failure becomes an experience that will lead to growth. We forget that failure is part of the human condition and that every person has the right to fail.
Most parents work hard at either preventing failure or protecting their children from the knowledge that they have failed. One way is to lower standards. A mother describes her child’s hastily made table as “Perfect!” even though it doesn’t stand

still. Another way is to shift(转移)blame. If John fails science, his teacher is unfair or stupid.
The trouble with failure prevention is that they leave a child unequipped for life in the real world. The young need to learn that no one can be best at everything, no one can win all the time and that it’s possible to enjoy

a game even when you don’t win. A child who’s not invited to a birthday party, who doesn’t make the honour roll on the baseball team, feels terrible, of course. But parents should not offer a quick comfort, prize or say “It doesn’t matter.” because it does. The young should be allowed to experience disappointment and be helped to master it.
Failure is never pleasurable. It hurts grownups and children alike. But it can make a positive contribution to your life once you learn to use it. Step one is to ask “Why did it fail? Don’t blame someone else. Ask yourself what you did wrong, how you can improve. If someone else can help, don’t be shy about inquiring. Success, which encourages repetition of old behaviour, is not nearly as good a teacher as failure. You can learn from a bad party how to give a good one, from an ill-chosen first house what to look for in a second. Even a failure that seems definitive can cause fresh thinking, a change of direction. After twelve years of studying ballet, a friend of mine applied for a professional company. She asked. That ballet master shook his head. “You will never be a dancer,” he said,” you haven’t the body for it.”
In such cases, the way to use failure is to take stock bravely asking “What have I left? What else can I do?” My friend put away her shoes and moved into dance treatment center, a field where she’s both able and useful. Failure frees one to take risks because there’s less to lose. Often there is recovery of energy — a way to find new possibilities.
小题1:The first paragraph tells us ______.

A．failure is very natural for every person

B．the reason why we don’t know how to fail

C．the reason why so many people are afraid of failure

D．one should be ready to face failure at any time

小题2:How many preventions may parents use when a child fails according to the passage?

A．only two

B．no more than three

C．less than three

D．more than three

小题3: Which statement below does the writer support?

A．Failure

is as good an experience as success.

B．Failure is the mother of success.

C．Failure is far from a good teacher like success.

D．Definitive failure gives us nothing but fresh thinking.

小题4: We can learn from the last paragraph that _______.

A．failure is the recovery of energy

B．failure makes one free to do something dangerous

C．failure should be forgotten in our life

D．failure is likely to do us good in life

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What makes it rain? Rain falls from clouds for the same reason anything falls to Earth. The Earth"s gravity pulls it. But every cloud is made of water droplets or ice crystal(冰晶). Why doesn"t rain or snow fall constantly from all clouds? The droplets or ice crystals in clouds are extremely small. The effect of gravity on them is slight. Air currents move and lift droplets so that the net downward amount of water is zero, even though the droplets are moving constantly.
It can be seen that droplets and ice crystals behave somewhat like dust in the air in a beam of sunlight. To the casual observer, dust seems to act in a totally random fashion, moving about
without fixed direction. But in fact dust particles（分子） are much larger than water droplets and they finally fall. The average size of a cloud droplet is only 0.0004 inch in diameter（直径）. It is so small that it would take sixteen hours to fall half a mile in perfectly still air, and

doesn"t fall out of moving air at all. Only when the droplet grows to a diameter of 0.008 inch or larger can it fall from the cloud. The average raindrop contains a million times as much water as a tiny cloud droplet. The growth of a cloud droplet to a size larger eno

ugh to fall out is the cause of rain and other forms of precipitation. This important growth process is called "coalescence".
小题1: Ice crystals do NOT immediately fall to Earth because .

A．they are kept up by air currents

B．most of them change into steam

C．they combine with other chemicals in the atmosphere

D．their electrical charges draw them away from the earth

小题2: The underlined word "random" in line 10 most probably means .

A．unpredictable

B．strict

C．independent

D．abnormal

小题3:What can be inferred about drops of water larger than 0.008 inch in diameter?

A．They never occur.

B．They are not affected by the force of gravity.

C．In moving air they would fall to earth.

D．In still air they fall a speed of thirty-two miles per hour.

小题4: How much bigger is the rain drop than a loud droplet?

A．200 times bigger

B．1,000 times bigger

C．100,000 times bigger

D．1,000,000 times bigger

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Remembering names is an important social skill. Here are some ways to master it.
Recite and repeat in conversation（谈话，交往）.
When you hear a person’s name, repeat it. Immediately say it to yourself several times without moving your lips. You could also repeat the name in a way that does not sound forced or artificial（矫揉造作的，不自然的）.
Ask the other person to recite and repeat.
You can let other people help you remember their names. After you’ve been introduced to someone，ask that person to spell the name and pronounce it correctly for you. Most people will be pleased by the effort（努力） you’re making to learn their names.
Admit you don’t know.
Admitting that you can’t remember someone’s name can actually make people relaxed. Most of them will feel sympathy if you say, “I’ m working to remember names better. Yours is right on the tip of my tongue. What is it again？”
Use associations（联络，联系）.
Link（联系） each person you meet with one thing you find interesting or unusual. For example, you could make a mental note：“Vicki Cheng — tall, black hair.” To reinforce (加强) your associations, write them on a small card as soon as possible.
Limit the number of new names you learn at one time.
When meeting a group of people, concentrate on（集中精力） remembering just two or three names. Free yourself from remembering everyone. Few of the people in mass introductions expect you to remember their names. Another way is to limit yourself to learning just first names. Last names can come later.
Go early.
Consider going early to conferences（会议）, parties and classes. Sometimes just a few people show up（到场） on time. That’s fewer names for you to remember. And as more people arrive, you can hear them being introduced to others — an automatic （无意识的）review for you.
小题1:.．How will most people feel when you try hard to remember their names?

A．They will be moved.	B．They will be annoyed.
C．They will be delighted.	D．They will be discouraged.

小题2:.If you can’t remember someone’s name, you may ________.

A．tell him the truth	B．tell him a white lie
C．ask him for pity	D．ask others to help you

小题3:.．When you meet a group of people, it is better to remember________.

A．all their names	B．a couple of names first
C．just their last names	D．as many names as possible

小题4:.．What does the text mainly tell us?

A．Tips on an important social skill.	B．Importance of attending parties.
C．How to make use of associations.	D．How to recite and repeat names.

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Whether you’re headed to another country for business or pleasure, it is likely that you need to keep in touch with family or business partners in the United States. But if you plan to do that using your cellphone, you could have an unwelcome surprise—U.S. cellphones don’t work abroad. U.S. companies use different forms of technology, not like most of the international community, including Europe.
However, there is an easy, cost-effective solution to staying in touc

h while you’re traveling. You can rent a phone that is guarante

ed（保证）to work in the countries you’re visiting. Roadpost offers a 30-day cellphone rental plan that includes free incoming calls, free voicemail and call waiting services.
The service is convenient and simple. You can place your order online and your phone will be shipped to a

rrive on the date you want. If an unexpected business trip comes up, Roadpost can provide next-day delivery for

most cities. In addition to the phone, Roadpost provides a spare battery, travel charger and a leather carrying case.
When your phone is shipped from Roadpost, you receive an e-mail confirmation（确认）that contains your international cellphone number so you can leave it with family members and business partners; Roadpost even provides business cards preprinted with your international phone number.
Those who don’t want to be without e-mail while traveling can rent an international BlackBerry. It can be hard to stay in touch by e-mail when traveling. With an international BlackBerry, you can e-mail as much as you like, without worrying about an expensive bill. If you’re traveling to very remote areas, you may want t

o consider renting a satellite phone, because it receives its signals from satellites, this phone works anywhere on the planet, including oceans and mountains. When you return, simply ship the phone or BlackBerry back to Roadpost using the return kit the company provides.
小题1:The first paragraph mainly tells us that_________.

A．Americans need to change their cellphones

B．European form of technology is different from America’s

C．U.S. cellphones don’t work abroad

D．Americans who go abroad will meet an unwelcome surprise

小题2:According to the text,it can be inferred that__________.

A．an international BlackBerry is only used to send e-mail

B．Roadpost can offer cellphones using in different areas

C．you should select a bag used to send your cellphone

D．Roadpost sells the best cellphones

小题3:Which of the free services can you get from Roadpost?

A．Voicemail.	B．Sending e-mail.
C．Shipping the phone back.	D．Call waiting services.

小题4:Which of the following will help you a lot in mountainous areas?

A．BlackBerry.

B．The return kit.

C．E-mail.

D．Satellite phones.

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