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定的) things you want. There is a limitation to this type of approach though. If you find the lowest price
on the best hotel in Honolulu at the height of the season, you will save money, but still have a very
expensive vacation. Trying to get exactly what you want will generally be an expensive proposition(提议),
in travel and in life.
The other approach is to be a true opportunist. This will be difficult for some of you, and entirely
unacceptable to others. Nonetheless (尽管如此), the travelers who get to travel the most, go to the
widest variety of places, learn the most and do the most, are the opportunists. This will be true until you
are so wealthy that you have no monetary (货币的；钱的) limits.
The first time I went to Ecuador, I went there because it was cheap. If it wasn"t, I would have had a
great time-somewhere else. The trip lasted a month, and cost $1045, which included air fare and even
the $130 fee for a guide to take me to the top or glacier (冰川) covered Mount Chimborazo.
I cut the cost by taking a bus from my home in Michigan to Miami, and back again when I returned
from Ecuador. The round-trip (双程) ticket cost $158. The round-trip flight to Quito from Miami was
only $256, because it was a courier (信使, 通讯员) flight, which meant I signed for some luggage(car
parts), and could only take carry-on luggage.
Never did I feel deprived, or bored. I had a great time, eating wherever it was cheap and clean, doing
all sorts of inexpensive, but interesting things, and traveling across the country to climb Chimborazo. I also met and fell in love with my wife Ana.
Being an opportunist means you"ll have just as much variety, and probably almost everything you
want-eventually. You just have to stop trying to get exactly what you want exactly when you want it. If
the guide that took me up Chimborazo hadn"t dropped his price from $200 to $130, I would have spent $2 for a bus and gone hiki
ng on EI Altar, another great Andean mountain. That would have left me with enough money for several other minor adventures.
B. the lowest price
C. the cheapest goods
D. the best approaches
B. cut down traveling costs.
C. deal with different situations
D. become opportunist travelers
B. traveled with his wife in Ecuador
C. is an opportunist traveler
D. likes traveling around the world
B. Travel Secrets
C. A Travel Opportunist
D. Travel Tips
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If you are having trouble falling asleep, you are in good company. About 65% of Americans said they
have sleeping problems a few nights each week, according to a recent study by the National Sleep
Foundation. Sleeping too little can lead to a higher risk of becoming fat and getting depressed(沮丧的).
But before you go to a doctor for advice, it is worth examining your sleeping habits one more time. Some
of your favorite evening habits may have something to do with the sleeping problems.
1.Setting a Bright Alarm Clock.
The light of your bright alarm clock can prevent you from falling asleep. You can make your room as
dark as possible. Cover the bright numbers with a book or consider buying a small travel clock. Your
cellphone alarm may also do the trick.
2.Counting Sheep
When you just can"t fall asleep, it"s useless to stay in bed to count sheep. If you"ve been trying to fall
asleep for more than 30 minutes, the National Sleep Foundation suggests you get up to do some reading
or watch TV for a while. Such activities will make you sleepy. Before you know it, you"ll be going back
to bed really tired.
3. Exercising Late at Night
Daytime workouts(锻炼) will keep you full of energy for hours. That"s why you don"t want to exercise within three hours of hitting the sack. Fierce(剧烈的)physical activity raise your body temperature and
pumps your energy level-both are bad for a good night"s sleep.
B. People in a good company often have sleeping problems.
C. There are many people who have sleeping problems.
D. You should find someone to talk to if you can"t fall asleep.
B. going to bed
C. going to the gym
D. falling asleep
B. Why the bright alarm clock keeps you awake.
C. What to do if you can"t fall asleep after 30 minutes.
D. Why watching TV and reading books make people sleepy.
B. how to enjoy a good night"s sleep
C. that sleeping problems are troubling more and more people
D. that people may solve their sleeping problems by changing some habits
The film "Avatar" has received great popularity around the world. It turned out to be a great success.
The film got ＄1 billion in ticket sales in a very short time. The story in the film happens on an alien(外星人) planet called Pandora where many strange species live. Among the planet"s inhabitants(居民,栖息动物),the one that has the most similarities with humans is the Na"vi, and it is the struggle between the Ma"vi
and human invaders (入侵者) that forms the story of the film.
As to the factors (因素) leading to the film"s success, many think that the entertaining feast(盛宴) for
the eyes and the wonderful story shouldn"t be forgotten, but the new language invented especially for the
film which provides audiences with a new experience also plays an important part.
In order to increase the truthfulness of an alien race(外星人), the film"s director James Cameron asked an expert in languages from the University of Southern California to invent a language for the Na"vi. Professor Paul Frommer combined the languages spoken among Indians, Africans and mid-Asians and worked
with James Caneron for four years to create the Na"vi language based on the original 30 words that the
director had already come up with.
According to Professor Frommer, the most important characteristic(特征)of the Na"vi language is that
it could be pronounced. "This is an alien language but obviously it has to be spoken by human actors and
actresses," Professor Frommer told the BBC, "it has to sound natural and it should make human beings
comfortable when using it."
The language has a vocabulary of around 1000 words but Progessor Formmer hopes to enlarge the
vocabulary in possible follow-ups to the film and in video games. The professor hopes that one day his
creation will be as successful as the Klingon alien language from the "Star Trek"films. "There"s a
translation of Hamlet into Klingon and it has received great popularity among the audiences," says
Professor Frommer,"if anything like this happens to the Na"vi language, I"d be very happy."
B. It brings the producer ＄1 billion in total.
C. The story in it happens on an alien planet.
D. It talks about humans and aliens" friendship.
B. make the Na"vi more believable
C. make the Na"vi different from humans
D. make the film have specific characteristics
B. An Indian.
C. James Cameron
D. Hamlet.
B. it has just 30 original words
C. it has a vocabulary of 1000 words.
D. it is like the Klingon alien language
B. the Na"vi language is another kind of the Klingon language
C. the director believes the Na"vi language will be popular
D. Paul Frommer hopes to add new words to the Na"vi language
the Pacific Ocean. In spite of its location beside the sea, several studies have shown that this region is the
driest place in the world. In the Antofagasta Region of the desert, the average annual rainfall is just 1 mm
and some weather stations have never received rain at all. Atacama is so arid that the surrounding mountains that reach up to 6885 m, have absolutely no glaciers! In the region, the river beds have been dry for over 120,000 years.
However, unlike the Sahara Desert,Atacama is surprisingly not that hot. It has an average daily
temperature between 0"C and 25?! If you find that surprising, you"d be shocked to find out that this desert has lakes!
When there was rainfall in the region (many year ago), this accumulated water created what we now
know as the Salt Lakes. The name of these lakes was given as a result of the effect of the Atacama
environment: the long dry period makes the water evaporate (蒸发),resulting in the higher concentrations of salt in the remaining water.
This region has been tested by scientists to see if life is present in the Atacama soil with the same instruments that would be used to detect life in the soil on Mars! As a result of the soil"s similarites to that of
Mars,the Atacama land is used to test instruments for future Mars missions. In addition, the region has
been used in movies as a set for filming Mars scenes, most famously in the television show Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets.
The Atacama Desert is truly a unique place, due to its lack of rain as well as its similarities to Mars
.You would think that this place would be a bare ghost town (鬼域), but think again! Many people have
lived here for centuries, giving this desert its own culture and economic significance.
B. Dry.
C. Hot.
D. Long.
B. wetter
C. less famous
D. less hot
B. rainfall in the Atacama Desert.
C. the weather in the Atacama Desert.
D. The current situation of the Salt Lakes.
B. focuses on the soil of Mars
C. explores life in Atacama
D. was filmed in Atacama
B. is as mysterious as Mars
C. is somehow livable
D. has many poor towns
surroundings, many Australians are turning caring for the environment into a way of life.
Julie Astonis, an Australian hous
ewife in Brisbane is one such example. Even though autumn isapproaching Australia"s Brisbane in April, one can still watch colorful blooming (盛开的) flowers
in Julie"s little garden, as she
tells that in her community, "Each of us has a beautiful yard. The whole community, from children to elderly people, takes care of the environment as if they are taking care
of their own garden."
"Gardening is the most popular club in our community," she says. "A lot of retired people don"t
just regularly organize gardening lectures, but also personally visit families in the community to provide
gardening training. So you can see that flowers continue to blossom in our gardens throughout the year."
Talking about her people"s sense of caring for the environment, Julie says when people in the
community take along their dog, they always carry a garbage bag to deal with the dog"s waste. "In our
community, you will never experience the embarrassment of stepping on the dirty waste while you are
walking on the grass," says Julie with a smile."Taking care of the the dog"s waste can also help to develop
children"s sense of responsibility!"
As to protecting water resources, the Australian goverment has made strict rules for families. Julie
says, "We certainly would not use tap water to water the flowers!"She says almost every family in her
community has a huge tank used to store rainwater, which is later used as the resource of all outdoor
water use, including car washing and watering the garden. This year, they also asked people to connect
the water tank with their toilets.
B. April is a great time for people to enjoy flowers
C. it"s not easy to keep a garden without proper training
D. Julie"s community has a deep sense of caring for nature
B. Families are taught how to take care of their gardens.
C. The local government provides free gardening training.
D. There is enough rainwater to water the flowers regularly.
B. She once stepped on a dog"s waste.
D. She is quite in favor of raising a dog.
D. She finds it embarrassing to walk on the grass..
B. her community owns a public tank
C. her community makes full use of resources
D. it is not necessary to water flowers very often
B. How Australians save resources
C. How Austrlians lead their life
D. Protect nature, a must of life2
dog enjoy two daily walks,a collection of imported American toys, $300 worth of monthly food and
treats and his own sofa in her high-rise apartment. When Ms. Qiu feels bored, she takes Xiangzi out for a
long run in her car.
In a sense, Xiangzi is not just a dog, but a social phenomenon - and, perhaps, a marker of how quickly the Chinese nation is booming through its t
ransformation from poor farmer to first-world citizen.Twentyyears ago,there were hardly any dogs in Beijing, but now there"re 900,000 registered dogs with countless
thousands of others unlicensed. How this came to be is, in some ways, the story of modern China as well.
"People used to be focused on improving their own lives, and they weren"t really acquainted with raising
dogs," said Ms. Qiu. "But with the improvement in the economy, people"s outlooks (观念) have
changed."
Having a dog can be a way to relieve the stress in people"s lives, but mostly Beijing dogs have, as in
the West, become objects of affection - even devotion - by their owners. It"s easy to find dog-treat stores, dog Web sites, dog social networks, dog swimming pools - even, for a time recently, a bring-your-dog
cinema and a bring-your-dog bar on Beijing"s downtown nightclub row.
The doglike devotion of pet owners here seems to have softened the city government heart. In 1994,
Beijing officials relaxed their no-dog policy to "severely restrict" dogs. In 2003,it was changed again to
allow anyone to own a dog, but to limit city dogs to no more than 35 centimeters in height. And nowadays the restriction seems to be loosely carried out.
As for sti-fried Pekingese (京叭狗) - well, that dog,too, may have seen its day. A formal suggestion
to ban the eating of dogs has been made by a law professor named Chang Jiwen, who considered himself "not so much a dog lover as a China lover". "With China developing so quickly, more people should know how to treat animals properly," he said in 3 telephone interview.
B. Xiangzi lives a happy life.
C. Q
iu Hong has a lot of money. D. Qiu Hong is very busy.
B. Love dogs evry much
C. are good at making money
D. have modernized their city
B. there were no dogs in Beijing before 2003
C. Beijing strictly bans dogs above 35cm high in practice
D. Chang Jiwen spoke for dog lovers only
B. The psychological problems in modern society.
C. People"s attitude to wards animals.
D .The problems caused by dog keeping.
B. Dogs Help Humans Live Better
C. Dogs Reflect China"s Rise
D. Dogs Enjoy More Freedom In Beijing
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