1、BarcelonaThis bustling city filled with unique buildings is a city for lovers of history,architecture,and food.Kiosko Universal,a counter restaurant at one corner of the market,prepares some of the simplest and best food weve ever had.Give yourself a week to explore and see everything the city offer
2、s.The city is not to be missed.ItalyIts hard to choose one place or city to visit.Some of our favorite places include the coastal regions on the Adriatic and Tuscany.Friuli stole our hearts last year with its many unique wines,small artisan food producers,and influences from neighboring countries li
3、ke Austria and Germany.Mexico CityFrom unbelievable food markets and casual street stands,Mexico City has become the place to travel for food lovers.If you want to eat locally,order a Hurache,a street food specialty.All you need is the local microbrew or Mezcal(梅斯卡尔酒) to wash it down.21Where can you
4、 taste delicious food while enjoying beautiful scenery?ASouth of France. BBarcelona.CItaly. DMexico City.22What is Kiosko Universal?AA market. BA butcher shop.CA restaurant. DA street stand.23What do you need to help swallow Hurache when eating it?ABread. BAlcohol.CJuice. DFruit.24What do the four p
5、laces have in common?AThey are famous for wines.BThey have ancient buildings.CThey lie in Europe.DThey are noted for tasty food.BDear Alcohol,Youve been around forever.I can remember all the pain youve caused me.Do you remember the night when you almost took my fathers life?I do.He loves you.Sometim
6、es I think he loves you more than he loves me.Hes addicted to you and to the way you promise to rid him of his problems only to cause more of them.You just sat back and laughed as his car went turning through the street,crashing into two other cars.He wasnt the only one badly hurt by you that night.
7、Do you remember the night of my first high school party?My friends were intrigued by you.They treated you as if they were never going to see you again,drinking all of you that they could.I spent two hours that night helping my friends who had fallen head over heels for you.“Im so embarrassed,” they
8、said as I held their hair back so that they could throw up.“Im sorry,” they said when I called taxis for them,walking them out and paying the driver in advance.“This wont happen again,”they said as they were sent to the hospital to have their stomachs pumped.Two 15yearold girls slept in hospital bed
9、s that night due to you.Do you remember the night when you took advantage of my 17yearold neighbor who had to drive to pick up his sister from her dance lessons?Do you know how we all felt when he hit another car headon and killed two people in the other car?He died the next morning too.His sister w
10、alked home from her dance lesson,and passed police cars and a crowd of people gathering on the sidewalk just two blocks away from the dance studio.She didnt realize her brother was among them at all.She never saw him again.And it was all your fault.I wish youd walk out of my life forever.I dont want
11、 anything to do with you.Look at all the pain youve caused.Sure,youve made people happy too from time to time.But the damage youve caused in the lives of millions is not excusable.Stop attracting the people I love!Stop hurting me,please.Sincerely,Me语篇解读这篇文章是一封书信。作者用拟人化的手法,给酒写信,痛斥它给人们带来的伤害,以此劝诫人们远离酒。
12、25What did Alcohol do to the authors father that night?AIt made him drunken and took his life away.BIt made him kill two other people when driving.CIt got him into a car accident and badly injured.DIt got him into trouble and got his stomach pumped.26What does the underlined phrase “were intrigued b
13、y” probably mean in the letter?AWere interested in.BWere satisfied with.CWere familiar with.DWere disappointed by.27What is the authors purpose in writing this letter?ATo warn people not to drive after drinking.BTo persuade people to get away from alcohol.CTo tell people three sad stories about alco
14、hol.DTo warn people against the pain caused by alcohol.28How was the author feeling while writing his letter?AShocked. BResponsible.CDisappointed. DSorrowful.CThe end of the school year is in sightChristmas cards,candy canes and of course,endofyear reports.While most parents welcome an assessment of
15、 their kids performance,they do not expect their own input to be evaluated.But a school in the UK.is changing that.As well as assessing their students,they are dishing out grades to moms and dads.Parents that are really involved(参与) in their kids education are rewarded with an A,and parents that hav
16、ent done their bit get a disappointing D.The school,Greasley Beauvale Primary in Nottinghamshire,uses criteria such as whether moms and dads have attended school events such as plays and parentteacher evenings to decide on the grade.The schools principal,Donna Chambers,said that the scheme(方案) had b
17、een well received.“There were some critics(批评者),but my response was well,it cant do any harmBetween 15 percent and 20 percent of parents started out in the lower categories but now that has been reduced to just two percent,” she explained.Chambers hopes that the scheme will help motivate parental in
18、volvement.“The system is important because you have got to get the parents on board from day one.That onehour initial conversation saying they could improve will pay dividends for the rest of that childs academic life,” she said.But while the scheme may be well intentioned,it is likely to be connect
19、ed with parent shaming.There are lots of reasons why some moms and dads might not be involved in school activities such as work commitments,looking after younger children or caring for elderly relatives.And of course,being involved in your kids education doesnt begin and end at school.There is a lot
20、 that goes on behind the scenes from helping with homework to keeping uniforms freshly laundered.And what about all the parents who stayed up sewing special costumes at the last minute?Surely that earns a gold star instead of a grade!语篇解读学期结束时,学校评定学生在校表现是常规安排,但是英国的一所学校有了新方案,他们会根据家长参与孩子教育的程度去评价家长,并分等
21、级,以此来激发家长参与孩子教育的积极性。29What do schools usually do at the end of the school year?AEvaluate kids performance.BMake Christmas cards.CDivide candies.DGrade parents.30What does the schools principal Chambers say about the scheme?AIt uses criteria to assess kids.BIt has gained much acceptance.CIt gives par
22、ents further education.DIt improves kids motivation for learning.31What does the underlined part “pay dividends” (Para.5) probably mean?AHold shares. BEarn profits.CSacrifice health. DProduce advantages.32What does the author think of parents being involved in kids education?AIt adds to parents burd
23、en.BIt brings shame to parents.CIt means far more than being graded.DIt increases parents commitment to education.DIn his book The Tipping Point Canadian author Malcolm Gladwell explains how a trend can take many forms.It can be a general change in social behaviour,an idea or a fashion.However,why d
24、o some trends catch on and others not?What makes one particular brand of training shoe suddenly become the musthave product?How do people find out about trends and what makes people want to buy into them?Is it simply a question of keeping up with other people?In his new work,Gladwell explores the mo
25、ment when something becomes common and how products,ideas,messages and forms of behaviour spread.He looks at the reasons why trends are similar in the way they develop to outbreaks of disease,or medical epidemics(流行病)Epidemics,like trends,start in a very small way,maybe from a single person with a v
26、irus,then spread very quickly until they take over the population and appear to be everywhere.Eventually,they will slow down gradually or die out suddenly.Gladwell shows how these changes happen not gradually but at one sudden moment.Gladwell identifies three types of people who are influential in t
27、he development of these kinds of social epidemics:Connectors are people in a community who have wide social circles.They know a lot of people and like to introduce people to each other.The people they know often come from a variety of social,cultural,professional and economic circles.Mavens are peop
28、le with a lot of knowledge or experts in a particular field.They wish to pass on their knowledge to others.Mavens collect and gather information so are the first to pick up on new trends.Salesmen are people with charisma(魅力)They have a“soft” influence over people rather than actual power.This means
29、they are influential because people want to imitate them.Overall,Gladwells book is a thoughtprovoking(引人深思的) read for anyone interested in the origins of trends.Whats more,he writes in a clear style so even the most difficult ideas are easy to understand.语篇解读Malcolm Gladwell在他的新书The Tipping Point中,分析了“流行”的原因及进程。总结出三类人是“流行”的传播者。33What do we know about Gladwell?AHe is a productive North American writer.BHe has written many books on the subject of trends.CHe thinks trends develop in the same way as illnesse
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