A
Activity Swim with the dolphins in our water park. Experienced and knowledgeable trainers Relaxing and great activities with dolphins Activities every half-hour from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. year round Free buses from your hotel to the park Dolphin Swim Dolphin Swim & Feed Time 30 minutes 1 hour Price $ 115 * $ 169 * Lockers, towels and English/Chinese trainers are included. Pay $ 20 more for photos/DVDs if you like. *Make your activity online and get 10% off. *
31. The main purpose of “The Experience of a Lifetime” is to _________.
A. let you know about a tourist activity B. describe what it is like to swim with dolphins C. teach how to swim with dolphins D. share a story about how dolphins are trained
32. The prices of the following service are included except _________.
A. English/Chinese trainers. B. Photos/DVDs of your experience.
C. Buses from your hotel. D. Towels and lockers. 33. What information can you learn from the asterisk (*)?
A. How to order online. B. How to get a lower price. C. What you get for each activity. D. Where each activity takes place.
B
When does a teenager become an adult? In many countries, it happens on your 18th birthday, but in some parts of the world, you have to do something special to enter the world of adults. On the island of Papua New Guinea, the Niowra tribe lives near the Sepik River, which is full of crocodiles(鳄鱼). The people believe that crocodiles made the earth and its people. When it is time for teenage boys to become men, a\"crocodile ceremony\"takes place.
The boys are taken to a hut called the \"Crocodile Nest \".The hut is full of crocodile teeth and skulls. The boys are told to think of their crocodile\"fathers and
mothers\".This helps them to be strong and brave during the ceremony. They stay in the hut for six weeks. As part of the ceremony: bamboo is used to make small cuts on their backs and chests. The Niowra say that if the boys think of their crocodile mothers and fathers, they don't feel the pain. The boys also play drums and even tell jokes during their time in the hut to take their minds off the pain. Amazingly, some boys sleep during the most painful parts of the ceremony!
The Niowra believe that this ceremony makes the boys stronger and braver. After the ceremony, the boys will have the marks of the cuts on their backs and chests for the rest of their lives. The marks are symbols of the teeth of the crocodile. The boys are now crocodile men and can survive living in the dangerous forest. When the boys finally leave the crocodile hut, there is singing and dancing, and the new crocodile men are given adult responsibilities in the village.
34.When does a teenager become an adult on the island of Papua New Guinea? A. After they experience the crocodile ceremony.
B. After they do something special like playing drums. C. As soon as they are eighteen years old. D. After they live in the forest for six weeks. 35. What is the “Crocodile Nest” like?
A. It’s a hut for boys to have fun. B. It’s a hut to keep crocodiles.
C. It’s a hut made of bamboo. D. It’s a hut with crocodile teeth and skulls.
36. Which of the following is TRUE about the crocodile ceremony? A. The boys stay with fathers and mothers.
B. The ceremony is so relaxing that the boys tell jokes. C. The backs and chests of the boys are cut with bamboo. D. It lasts for six days.
37. Which of the following can best explain “the crocodile men”? A. They are handsome men with marks of cuts.
B. They are stronger, braver and more responsible men. C. They like living in the dangerous forest. D. They are just the same as teenagers.
C
\"You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family.\" That line comes from American writer Harper Lee's book \"To Kill a Mockingbird.\" Now compare her words to another famous expression: \"Blood is thicker than water.\" This means that family will always be with you while other people with no blood connection may come and go.
However, if forced to choose which is more important, American researchers now say friendship is more important than family. Their new study suggests that friends may be more important than family members, especially as we age.
The study comes from researchers at Michigan State University. They found the importance of friendship on health and happiness grows as people get older. William Chopik was one of the lead researchers in this study. He says, \"keeping a few really good friends around can make a world of difference for our health and happiness.
Family can be helpful and enjoyable, but can also cause trouble.”
The Michigan State researchers considered information from two separate surveys. In the first group, both family and friendship might be good for health and happiness. However, in the second, researchers said that friendship “became a stronger predictor of health and happiness” as people get older. Unhealthy friendship led to increased chronic conditions (慢性病).
But keeping a friendship takes time. \"If a friendship can be through the test of time,\" Chopik said, \"you know it must be a good one, a person you can turn to ask for help and advice and a person you want in your life.”
This may be good news for people who don’t have strong ties with family members. Not all of us are born into the families we need. But we all have the ability to choose friends that we need.
38. The writer gives the underlined sentences in Paragraph 1 in order to .
A. introduce the book \"To Kill a Mockingbird.\" B. lead the readers into the topic of this article C. make people interested in the American writer D. help us know the important saying from the book
39. According to the passage, people with weak family ties can .
A. stay with family members B. develop stronger family relations
C. get more friends that they need D. never choose friends freely 40. It can be learned from the passage that _____________. A. friends are as important as family members B. when we grow older, friendship matters more C. as we age, family members are more valuable D. we always need friends and family members 41. Where is this passage most probably taken from? A. A magazine. B. A library guide. board.
D
Students in western Ohio(俄亥俄州) have to say “bye-bye” to snow days. Snow may fall, but students won’t be able to spend the days sledding (滑雪橇) outside. Classes will continue online. Officials say that holding electronic workdays (e-days) will help students keep up with their studies on snow days. It will also help students not to make up (弥补) schooldays later in June.
Which would you like better, spending a cold day on a computer, or sitting in school in June when you should be on vacation? Jordan Dewar, a student reporter, holds the opinion that having online work on snow days is the better choice, “You would be working on a day that you’ve already planned on having schoolwork.”
“Having extra days of school in summer can interfere with (妨碍) families’
C. A storybook.
D. A notice
vacation plans. Besides, what if your school does not have air-conditioning? Think about sweating (出汗) through seven hours at school on a hot June day when you could have been relaxing by a pool with your family. Doesn’t an e-day sound better than that?” Jordan Dewar said.
For some students, it would be easier to concentrate (专注) on e-days than on makeup days. “You can do a little work online, go play, and then come back later,” says Rachel Meyers, 12. “But on June days you would just have to sit there for seven hours, thinking about how you could be outside, so you may lose learning interest.”
There are some students arguing that it’s not fair to ditch snow days, however. They say that snow days give them a much-needed break. They also note that missing a day here and there is not enough to put them behind. Most students in Silver Valley School think one problem of e-days is that sometimes family members have to share computers at home.
“School budget cuts (预算削减) around the country are expected to continue into the 2017-2018 school year,” the American Association of School Administrators (AASA) Web- site states. “The school wouldn’t be able to afford both online classes and taking care of the school,” Austin Krewson, an eighth grader, says.
Moreover, electricity is likely to be cut off during snowstorms. If kids don’t have power at home, the money and the time in running the new program would be wasted. 42. We can learn from Paragraph 1 that _________. A. students will have sledding classes at school
B. students have to end snow days earlier than planned
C. officials believe snow days may put students behind in their studies D. officials suggest students should have more schooldays in June 43. The student reporter, Jordan Dewar, believes that _____________. A. students can help each other with their studies on e-days B. there are more advantages to have classes on makeup days C. having e-days in winter will save the cost of air-conditioning
D. students had better study online when it snows heavily on weekdays
44. The underlined word “ditch” in Paragraph 5 probably means“____________.” A. give up B. put off C. carry out D. pay for 45. The writer mentions the statement on the AASA Website to _____________. A. explain the reason to hold the e-day program B. show the difficulty of running the e-day program
C. suggest the government should spend more money on education D. explain why some students can’t afford computers for online classes
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