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                                                           LondonEscape 

    LondonEscape is one of the longest-serving booking agencies(服务机构) for London apartments,hotels and other 似(住宿) in London.

   It' s your first and last stop for all your London;accommodation needs.

  Why choose LondonEscape for accommodations in London 

  We know London:Based in the heart of London,our deep knowledge of every part will help 'you to find the proper accommodation. We only deal with local businesses in London,so our knowledge of this city is second to none.

  We know the owners: We do not offer just any accommodation. Our honor comes from putting in effort and doing our job properly. That means visiting each hotel in person and continuously making sure that each owner continues to maintain high standards.

  We know you: We are totally customer-focused.You and your needs come first because we know that if we do a good job,you will be back and so will your friends. Most of our business is repeat business,with customers coming back time and time again because no other accommodation provider can match our ;service.

  Save your time,money and health with a kitchen 

  London has some of the world's best restaurants but,for many people, the most imnDrtant r>art of a ser?iced apartment is that it provides you a kitchen.

  Eating out for every meal wastes a lot of time and has a senous effect on both your wallet and your weight. Preparing your own meals gives you control over what you put in your body. When you add up the money you save on taxis,meals and tips,it can often be more than the payment for your apartment!Why pay more?

  If you wish to contact US,you can do so by the following ways: by e-mail,phone,or we can call you if you prefer.

Support by phone Dialing internationally? We re available by phone,Skype or this website's live chat,from 9 am to 11 pm.

13. According to the text,London  Escape.

   A. is a big hotel for tourists

   B. helps book accommodations 

    C. is a famous tourist attraction

   D. is a famous restaurant in Britain

14. Those who LondonEscape serves are mainly

   A. new customers   B. tour guides 

    C. local people   D. regular customers

15. Using LondonEscape’ s  kitchens can .

   A. help you avoid tipping

   B. help you make a bargain

    C. give you a chance to choose a chef   

    D. make you pay less for accommodation 

16. What is the purpose of the text?

   A. To offer tips about foreign travel.

   B. To advertise LondonEscape's service.

    C. To introduce LondonEscape's history.

    D.To encourage people to use their kitchens.

13. B. 细节理解题。根据第一段中的the longest-serving booking agencies for London apartments,hotels and other accommodations n]-知，LondonEscape是一个专门帮助人们预订住宿的机构。

14. D. 细节理解题。根据We know you部分中 的 Most of our business is repeat business,with customers coming back time and time again 可 知，LondonEscape的服务对象主要是些老顾客。

15. A. 细节理解题。根据Save your time,money and health with a kitchen 部分中的 When you add up the money you save on taxis,meals and tips,it can often be more than the payment for your apartment 可知，使用 LondonEscape 的厨房可避免支付小费。

16. B. 写作意图题。本文对LondonEscape的优 势和服务内容进行了介绍，旨在宣传 LondonEscape。

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      Greed-the cause of a miserable life

    Once there were two neighbors,and one was poor while the other was rich. The rich farmer had many farms and servants. But he was not happy as he always wanted to have more wealth. The poor farmer worked hard all day on his farm and only got enough crops to support his family. However,at the end of the day he came home,played with his children,and shared his happiness with his family.

    The rich farmer was curious about his neighbor's happy life and asked his housekeeper what his secret was. The housekeeper told him, “It is his (满足) with whatever comes out of his hard work that gives rise to his pleasant and peaceful life." The rich farmer could not believe it. The housekeeper said he would do an experiment to prove it.

    The next day the housekeeper buried one gold coin on the farm of the poor farmer. When the poor farmer dug up the coin,he took it away and kept it in a secret place in his house. The housekeeper did the same thing on the second day. Again it was a surprise for the poor farmer. He also kept it. This continued for 99 days until the poor farmer found 99 gold coins.

    Afterward the farmer went mad looking for a 100th gold coin. But he didn't know that the housekeeper had stopped burying gold coins. He kept on digging all over his farm and totally ignored the farming by which he usually supported his family. He kept on counting the 99 gold coins all day and became very miserable about not getting the 100th. And he often got angry with his children and abused his wife.

    When the rich farmer saw what had happened,he realized how greed made people's life miserable. If we are content with what we have,we can lead a peaceful life.


1. adj. very unhappy (in Paragraph 4)

2. n. a strong wish to have more money,things,or power than you need .(in the last paragraph)

             D ★★★☆☆

    Kit-ken Lim,a student from Taiwan,China,is studying in Chicago. The following excerpts (摘录) are taken from her diary during her first three months in the United States.

August 31 

    People often refer to Taipei as “The Sleepless City^, but I didn't understand why until I got to . Chicago. I was shopping wkh another student this evening when suddenly the store owners along the street started pulling down their gates and locking their doors,even though it was still light out. This is something I’ve never seen in Taiwan,where the busiest streets “stay awake” all night. You can go out to restaurants,stores,and movies even long after midnight. 

September 5 

    After the first week of class,I’ve found some differences between Chinese students and American students. Whenever a teacher asks a question,my classmates give their answers almost immediately. And some of them interrupt the teacher. In Taipei,we’ re usually quiet in class so the teacher can finish on time. We tend to ask the teacher questions afterward. I don’t know whether it's acceptable here for students to ask teachers questions after class. October 6

    I met a really interesting local girl in my neighborhood café. I was writing a letter to my mother,and she asked me what language I was writing in. We ended up talking for about an hour!People in Chicago seem very comfortable with each other. It seems quite natural for two people to just start talking in a café. This is something that doesn’t happen in Taipei. At home,I would never just start chatting with a stranger. I like that because it's easy to meet new people here.

13. What happened when the author was shopping in Chicago?

   A. She got lost in the city.

   B. A store owner drove her out. 

    C. She met an old classmate.

    D. Stores in the street started to close.

14. By saying “the busiest streets‘stay awake’ all nigh”,the author means .

   A. there is usually much traffic on the streets

   B. shops in the streets have long business hours

    C. it is always light out in the streets in the evening   

    D. people living near the streets don’t sleep until midnight 

15. According to the text,students in Chicago .

   A. are active in class

   B. behave badly in class

    C. like walking around in class   

    D. ask teachers questions after class

16. From Lim’s diary on October 6 ,we know that.

   A. the girl in the café was annoying

   B. the author often writes to her mother

    C. it's easier to run a café in Taipei than in Chicago. 

    D. people in Chicago seem more outgoing than those in Taipei 


       C  ★★★★☆

    For adults,memories tend to lose with time. But there are conditions under which the opposite is true for small children.

    While playing a video game that asked them to remember relations between objects,4-and 5-year-olds who replayed the game after two days scored more than 20 percent higher than kids who replayed it later the same day. “An idea is that kids can be smarter than we thought they could be,” said Kevin Darby,co-author of the study. “They just need more time."  

    The findings give ?s. a window into understanding memory. First,we showed that if children are given pieces of similar information in a close "we 5/7训(时间跨度) ，there is almost a complete loss of memory. Second,we showed that introducing delays prevents that loss. It seems surprising that children can almost completely forget what they have just learned,and that their memories can actually improve with time.

    We know from previous research that kids struggle to form difficult connections in the moment,so we thought that with some time off and periods of sleep they might be able to do better. And it turned out that when they had time to remember the information,they did better.

    Researcher Slo?tsky said that the study does not in any way suggest that kids can absorb (吸收)adult-sized quantities of information if only they are given time to sleep on it. Rather,it means that they can remember kid-sized quantities of information in given time,even if they seem forgetful in the moment. “We’ve shown that it's possible for children's memories to improve with time,but it's not like we’ ve discovered a method for super-charging how much they can remember,” he said.

9. What can we learn from Kevin Darby’s words?

   A. Children are good at learning things.

   B. Children can remember better than thought.  

    C. Children are better at remembering than adults.

   D. Children can learn better through computer games.

10. The third paragraph is mainly about.

   A. the meaning of the study

   B. the problems with the study 

    C. the background of the study   

    D. the process of the study

11. The purpose of what Sloutsky said is .

   A. to provide an example for the study

   B. to stress the importance of the study 

    C. to avoid misunderstanding the study

   D. to remind people to put the study into practice

12. What might be the best title for the text?

   A. The power of memory

   B. The best way to learn 

    C. Delayed remembering   

    D. Free kids from pressure 

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  Located in the heart of Switzerland,Mount Pilatus offers exciting adventures.

Balancing acts ?n the rope park 

  Young and young-at-heart adventurers will find just the challenge they are looking for in the park. The rope park has over ten courses with increasing degrees of difficulty. The Pilatus rope park is now also open during the winter — six of the courses can be climbed all year round.

  The focus is always on having fun overcoming the (障碍物) in the wood — no need for any special skills or knowledge.

Way up high on Monkey Trees 

  The Monkey Tree offered by the Pilatus rope park is the first of its kind anywhere in the world. Climb straight up the trunk and test your skill on the five Monkey Trees.

  Although the easiest climb is for children aged eight or over, ,the most difficult one is a serious challenge even for seasoned climbers. The finish calls for an extra challenge: Let yourself fall from a height of 14 metres and be lowered gently to the ground by the safety equipment.

Ride on the summer toboggan (长雪橇道)

  The summer toboggan is Switzerland's longest Numerous sharp turns along the 1,350m channel promise speeds and fun from May to the end of October. You are spared the long walk up the mountain after the high-speed ride: Let the lift pull you back up to the start while you sit comfortably on the toboggan. From there you can start another exciting downhill ride.

Special events for groups

  Bring along your employees,colleagues or friends to experience great adventure outside normal opening hours. The Pilatus Fun & Action Team would be pleased to arrange special events for your group.

13. To climb the courses in the rope park,

   A. you can't  go there in winter

   B. you needn't have special skills

    C. you must be young and courageous   

    D. you should be experienced in climbing

14. According to the text,the Monkey Trees are

   A. 14 metres tall

   B. easy to climb down 

    C. unique to Switzerland

   D. at various difficulty levels

15. If you want to experience the ride on the toboggan,you should .

   A. attend the training courses.

    B. use some safety equipment 

    C. be more than eight years old   

    D. visit between May and October 

16. The underlined part ^are spared^ in the text can best be replaced by .

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   Previous research from this group showed the importance of adults’ attitudes about math to children's math success. The new findings proved that highly organized,positive 似(交流) around math at home could cut the link between parents’ uneasiness about math and children's low math achievement. ”Many Americans experience high levels of anxiety when they have to solve a math problem,with most adults feeling worried at least about math/' said Beilock,author of a book about stress and performance. aThese math-anxious parents are probably less likely to talk about math at home,which affects their children's ability in math."

   The study stressed the importance of learning math outside of the classroom. "For many families,reading stories is a regular part of a child's daily life.But when it comes to math,parents widely believe that it is the responsibility of schools,and they pay less attention to their children^ math learning at home,” said Levine,professor of Education and Society in Psychology. uWe found brief,high-quality parent-child interactions using Bedtime Math increased children's math learning during the first grade."

   The app was especially beneficial for children of very math-anxious parents,whose gains in math achievement over the course of the school year were huge when they used the math app. Even infrequent use of the math app — once a week — improved children's  math performance.

9. The app is most suitable for children.

   A. who are good at math

   B. whose parents are poor in math

    C. who are ready to study math in college   

    D. whose parents spend little time with them

10. What do parents think of math in general?

   A. It depends on school education.

   B. It should be learned by oneself.

    C. It should be highly valued at home.

   D. It is less important than other subjects.

11. What suggestion can parents get from the text on math learning?

   A. They should be honest about their math.

   B. They should learn from children carefully.

    C. They should respect children's learning habits.

   D. They should discuss math with their children actively.

12. The author writes the text mainly to.

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   B. show different ways to learn math 

    C. stress the importance of story time

   D. explore the best time for learning math .

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  Our brains require a lot of energy to fimction well,  24 we love high-energy food. Junk food is usually high in things like salt,sugar and fat  25 excite pleasure centers in our brains,encouraging US to keep e?ting    Beyond the high calorie content,junk food 26 (make) have ? million 27 (trick) to make it hard for people to refuse their products. For example,they make the food have a melt-in-the-mouth quality to make US think the calories have 28 (magical) floated away. They also improve flavor. 29 (征服) our brains and we end up wanting more.

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    You may have heard the story about the world's most dedicated(专心致志的) fisherman. He 2l more fish than his companion all morning long. They used the same 22 and fished together in the same river. But he had almost caught his limit of fish 23 his friend hadn't caught even one. ^

   “What's yoilr 24 ?” asked the friend. “I haven’t even gotten ? bite!” The 25 fisherman replied, “That's (投入) ”.

    Do you know there are at least three types of 26 ? First,there are those who fish only for 27 . They usually “catch and 28 ”, quickly throwing their catch back into the water. Then there are those who fish because they like the 29 of fish. They only keep those fish they will someday eat. 30,there are those who fish in order to survive. If they don't succeed in catching fish,they skip a 31 . It is this group of people who are most likely to 32 .

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   Please 40,when we are fully committed,the impossible can happen.

21. A. caught          B. discovered

   C. ate            D. drew

22. A. house              B. manner

   C. language            D. equipment

23. A. since             B. because

   C. while            D. until

24. A. number             B. secret

   C. job               D. goal

25. A. brave   B. shy    C. successful   D. honest

26. A. fishermen          B. friends

   C. workers           D. students

27. A. food         B. money

   C. art         D. sport

28. A. sell   B. raise     C. release    D. kill 

29. A. growth        B. behavior

   C. color        D. taste

30. A. Fortunately       B. Obviously

   C. Finally         D. Similarly

31. A. meal   B. beat    C. business   D. part

32. A. escape         B. succeed

    C. die          D. regret

33. A. exercise        B. lesson

   C. form          D. result

34. A. complete        B. watch

    C. keep          D. describe

35. A. interesting       B. difficult

   C. useless         D. new

36. A. build        B. imagine

  C. give up        D. set aside

37. A. strange        B. challenging

   C. amusing        D. important

38. A. never        B. sometimes

    C. always       D. still

39. A. find   B. carry   C. admit   D. do

40. A. promise      B. remember

   C. study       D. explain


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