阅读理解 When many of us take a vacation,relaxing is what we want.But we usually
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Come home refreshed after an active trip! Don"t be too tired!
Active vacations are often the most relaxing of all.It"s all in defining (定义) what an active vacation is.We don"t expect you to run slowly,or go backpacking.Well,we ask the vacationers who are not active not to sit too long but to spend two to four hours a day doing things,such as walking the city streets,exploring a nature protect,going to a zoo or biking along the ocean.
These kinds of activities aren"t just good for your physical health.They improve your mental health,even your spiritual health.And they make vacations memorable and worthwhile.And after all,isn"t that what you want from your vacation?Here are some fresh ideas to make your vacations as pleasurable as they are
active and healthy.
A walk at dawn or dusk is necessary.Try to make this a daily routine of life away from home,and you
will ensure yourself both physical and spiritual adding.
Don"t all
ow yourself to spend your entire time sitting in front of the water.Whether it is the ocean,a swimming pool,or a treelined lake,make sure you get into the water for swimming or games or even
walking.Heck,merely standing in waisthigh water is a good exercise,thanks to the action of the water.And
you will feel so much more alive!
Many of us spend a large piece of our vacations on the road,either getting to and from our destinations,or using the car for sightseeing.But no matter how beautiful the scenery is,great,memorable vacations don"t happen in a car seat.Don"t wait for tiredness or nature"s call to get you to pull over.Frequently get out and
stretch,walk,picnic,shop,visit,and have fun.It"s important for your health and energy,and it makes traveling a lot more active and interesting.
B. tell us how to make our vacations relaxing
C. show us where we should go for our vacations
D. explain to us why we feel tired when traveling
B. Pleasant but fired.
C. Feeling less tired.
D. Feeling regretted.
B. They just can keep us feel excited and confident.
C. They can bring us more chances to get out.
D. They can save us much
time and make the trip meaningful.B. not to spend too much time on the road
C. make a trip on foot
D. get out of the car for sightseeing
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coming for our boring table service jobs.Korean company ITM Technology has developed the restaurant
concept around a little robot that fulfills the role of a waiter.Robo Cafe avoids ordering errors,reduces
staffing costs greatly for restaurant owners,and even brings the boss all the tips.
Japan is preparing for some very tough times ahead.When its aging population become too old to
work,labor is going to be in severe shortage.So inventive technology departments are exploding with really fascinating ideas to take the pressure off when it hits.
To small cafe and restaurant owners,the solution might well look something like Robo Cafe,a restaurant designed to operate as efficiently as possible with the absolute minimum human workforce possible.The
building needs to be designed with small horizontal (水平的) pathways leading from the kitchen to all the
tables.A small team of waiter robots can then get around to every table in the house when they"re asked to come.Customers can either order orally,or touch a screen on the robot"s belly.When the kitchen has
finished preparing the food,the robot brings it out to customers.
Dan Carlin talks about the "kitchen of the future ",where everything is automated and the labor is free
because you own it.Really,the_kitchen_of_the_future_is_actually the_kitchen of_the_past,when you
consider that throughout human history,there have been many examples of slaves working for no pay.
As Carlin points out,today"s concept of slavery is mostly restricted to nonhumans.And the ownership of robot labor in a Robo Caf ?type situation will almost certainly prove itself far more economical and
dependable than a human workforce once the technology itself becomes mature.Of course,slaves have a
worrying habit of rising up against their owners.
B. bring lots of fun and profits to their owners
C. do some housework such as table service work
D. save people from having to do some boring manufacturing work
B. Owners needn"t pay for the labour of their employees.
C. Robot waiters are designed to serve customers voluntarily.
D. The building will be designed for the convenience of customers.
B. Technology won"t change the core of the kitchen.
C. Labor free of charge can be used in the kitchen again.
D. Labor free of charge is no longer limited to humans.
| A. Extremely poor living conditions B. The foundation of The Hope Project C. The first Hope Project school in China D. Efforts to improve educational environment E. Low enrollment rate for schoolage children F. Economic development affected by education |
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| It"s great fun to explore (探索) new places-it feels like an adventure, even when you know you"re not the first to have been there. But make sure not to get lost or waste time going round in circles. Do the map reading if you"re being driven somewhere.It"ll be easier if you keep turning the map so it follows the direction you"re traveling in Keep looking ahead so that you can give the driver lots of warning before having to make a turn, or you"ll have to move to the back seat. Get a group of friends together and go exploring.You"ll need a good map, a compass (指南针), a raincoat,a cell phone to call for help in case you get lost, and a bit of spare cash for emergencies (应急现金). Tell someone where you"re going before you set out and let them know what time you expect to be back. The test is in not getting lost, not in seeing how fast you can go, so always stick together, waiting for slower friends to catch up. See if your school or a club organizes orienteering activities, in which you need a map and a compass to find your way. This can be done as a sport, with teams trying to find the way from A to B (and B to C, etc. ) in the fastest time, or simply as a spare-time activity. Either way, it"s not only good fun, but a great way to keep fit. |
| 1. Sitting beside the driver, you should _______ . |
| A. direct the driver when necessary B. look ahead to see where there"s a turn C. move to the back seat if feeling uncomfortable D. keep looking at the map to find a place to go to |
| 2. Why do you need to tell someone your exploration plan before setting out? |
| A. To get information when in danger. B. To be saved in case of an accident. C. To share the fun with him/her in exploration. D. To tell him/her what"s going on with the group members. |
| 3. Orienteering activities can_______ . |
| A. make people work fast B. help people stay healthy C. help people organize other activities D. make people get prepared for sports |
| 4. The text mainly talks about_______. |
| A. the fun of exploration B. what to bring for exploration C. the way to use a map in exploration D. how to prevent getting lost in exploration |
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| The fridge is considered a necessity. It has been so since the 1960s when packaged food first appeared with the label:"store in the refrigerator". In my fridgeless Fifties childhood, I was fed well and healthily. The milkman came daily, the grocer, the butcher, the baker, and the ice-cream man delivered two or three times a week. The Sunday meat wou  ldlast until Wednesday and surplus (剩余) bread and milk became all kinds of cakes. Nothing was wasted, and we were never troubled by rotten food. Thirty years on, food deliveries have ceased, fresh vegetables are almost unobtainable in the country. The invention of the fridge contributed comparatively little to the art of food preservation. A vast way of well-tried techniques already existed -natural cooling, drying, smoking, salting, sugaring, bottling…. What refrigeration did promote was marketing-marketing hardware and electricity, marketing soft drinks, marketing dead bodies of animals around the globe in search of a good price. Consequently, most of the world"s fridges are to be found, not in the tropics where they might prove useful, but in the wealthy countries with mild temperatures where they are climatically almost unnecessary. Every winter, millions of fridges hum(嗡嗡响) away continuously, and at vast expense, busily maintaining an artificially-coo1ed space inside an artificially-h  eated hous e -while outside, nature provides the desired temperature free of charge.The fridge"s effect upon the environment has been evident, while its contribution to human happiness has been insignificant. If you don"t believe me, try it yourself, invest in a food cabinet and turn off your fridge next winter. You may miss the hamburgers, but at least you"ll get rid of that terrible hum. |
| 1. The statement "In my bridgeless Fifties childhood, I was fed well and healthily." in Para. 2 suggests that . |
| A. the author was well-fed and healthy even without a fridge in his fifties B. the author was not accustomed to use fridges even in his fifties C. there was no fridge in the author"s home in the 1950s D. the fridge was in its early stage of development in the 1950s |
| 2. Why does the author say that nothing was wasted before the invention of fridges? |
| A. People would not buy more food than was necessary. B. Food was delivered to people two or three times a week. C. Food was sold fresh and did not get rotten easily. D. People had effective ways to preserve their food. |
3 . Who benefited the least from fridges according to the author? |
| A. Inventors. B. Consumers. C. Manufacturers. D. Traveling salesmen. |
| 4. Which of the following phrases in the fifth paragraph indicates the fridge"s negative effect on the environment? |
| A."Hum away continuously". B."Climatically almost unnecessary". C. "Artificially-cooled space". D."With mild temperatures". |
| 5. What is the author"s overall attitude toward fridges? |
| A. Neutral. B. Critical. C. Objective D. Compromising. |
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| As an English teacher, one of the most common problems I"ve found with my students is their lack of confidence with speaking, and difficulty in understanding native speakers. Another problem could be that a foreign language taught in schools can sound quite different to what native speakers actually use. There are a few English words and expressions that I"d never heard until I came to China. The most common one in my experience is "How are you? I"m fine, thank you, and you?" I appreciate that although this greeting is much too formal for everyday use - it"s easy to learn and helps build confidence. However, it can be a hard habit to break. I"ve seen many parents correct their kids if they don"t use that exact phrase, as if simply replying "I"m fine" would somehow be rude. In fact I"m banning my students from saying that in the classroom, insisting a simple "I"m fine, thanks" is good enough. "Seldom" is another one that I find interesting. The first time a student told me "I seldom watch TV", my initial reaction was a stupefied look, followed by "Huh?" I then realized the student used "seldom" when it"s more common for us to use "rarely." I was just as confused when I first heard a toilet referred to as a WC (water closet), another English term I"d never heard of back in Australia. Of course, my students know the other names for it like bathroom, toilet, washroom etc. so to prefer that name is an interesting choice. I don"t mind that my students have substituted familiar English words with their own, far from it. It reminds me how creative they can be with not only their language, but with mine as well. It"s healthy for English to evolve (进化) and change and I"m happy to add these new words to my vocabulary. One important lesson I"ve learnt is that textbooks can only help you so much. For further improvement you"d better practice with native speakers. |
| 1. What does the article mainly tell about? |
| A. Learning English needs confidence. B. Native speakers are hard to understand. C. Chinese-English has something different. D. Chinese students are more creative. |
| 2. The problem with the reply "I"m fine, thank you, and you?" is that it is _____. |
| A. too long to remember B. not popular with native speakers C. sometimes misunderstood D. considered impolite by native speakers |
| 3. The writer mentioned parents correcting their kids to show that in China _____. |
| A. speaking English at home has become a habit B. the exact reply has been trained into a habit C. some parents are not qualified to teach English D. children don"t always obey their teachers |
| 4. It"s possible for us to hear an Australian say "We _____ use the term "_____" for a toilet." |
| A. seldom; bathroom B. rarely; washroom C. seldom; WC D. rarely; WC |
| 5. What is the writer"s attitude towards his students using Chinese-English? |
| A. He"s tolerant. B. He"s angry. C. He feels uncomfortable. D. He pays no attention. |