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1、 Imagine travelling effortlessly through the beautiful parks and along the water front while receiving informative historical and current day information and lots of unique and fascinating stories from your guide. Our tours are limited in size so you can count on a great and intimate experience. Fat

2、 Tire Tours is proud to be the first guided tour using Segways in the world. AT&T Park Tour Its the only ballpark in America where home runs can be “splash hits” and where the event on the field adds radiance and beauty to the breathtaking Bay views. On your behind-the-scenes ballpark tour of sensat

3、ional AT & T Park, the home of the San Francisco Giants, you will have the chance to go to places only the players and staff go to.1.In which tour can you enjoy the most places of interest?A.Big Bus Tour.B.Wine Country Tour.C.Fat Tire Tour.D.AT&T Park Tour.2.What is special about Fat Tire Tour?A.Vis

4、itors can visit beautiful parks.B.Visitors can travel on a vehicle.C.There is a guide to accompany visitors.D.There is a chance to visit the citys museums.3.What can you do on the AT& T Park Tour?A.Hit home runs.B.Enjoy a match.C.Travel with players.D.Go to a national park.2、Some of the worlds most

5、famous musicians recently gathered in Paris and New Orleans to celebrate the first annual International Jazz Day. UNESCO（ United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization） recently set April 30 as a day to raise awareness of jazz music, its significance, and its potential as a unifyi

6、ng（联合） voice across cultures.Despite the celebrations, though, in the U.S. the jazz audience continues to shrink and grow older, and the music has failed to connect with younger generations.Its Jason Morans job to help change that. As the Kennedy Centers artistic adviser for jazz, Moran hopes to wid

7、en the audience for jazz, make the music more accessible, and preserve its history and culture.“Jazz seems like its not really a part of the American appetite,” Moran tells National Public Radios reporter Neal Conan. “What Im hoping to accomplish is that my generation and younger start to reconsider

8、 and understand that jazz is not black and write anymore. Its actually color, and its actually digital.”Moran says one of the problems with jazz today is that the entertainment aspect of the music has been lost. “The music cant be presented today the way it was in 1908 or 1958. It has to continue to

9、 move, because the way the world works is not the same,” says Moran.Last year, Moran worked on a project that arranged Fats Wallers music for a dance party, “Just to kind of put it back in the mind that Waller is dance music as much as it is concert music,” says Moran. “For me, its the recontextuali

10、zation. In music, where does the emotion（情感） lie? Are we, as humans, gaining any insight（感悟） on how talk about ourselves and how something as abstract as a Charlie Parker record gets us into a dialogue about our emotions and our thoughts? Sometimes we lose sight that the music has a wider context,”

11、says Moran, “so I want to continue those dialogues. Those are the things I want to foster.”1.Why did UNESCO set April 30 as International Jazz Day?A.To remember the birth of jazz. B.To protect cultural diversity.C.To encourage people to study music. D.To recognize the value of jazz.2.What does the u

12、nderlined word “that” in paragraph 3 refer to?A.Jazz becoming more accessible. B.The production of jazz growing faster.C.Jazz being less popular with the young. D.The jazz audience becoming larger.3.What can we infer about Morans opinion on jazz?A.It will disappear gradually. B.It remains black and

13、white.C.It should keep up with the times. D.It changes every 50 years.4.Which of the following can be the best title for the text?A.Exploring the Future of Jazz. B.The Rise and Fall of Jazz.C.The Story of a Jazz Musician. D.Celebrating the Jazz Day.3、 On a February afternoon in a classroom, Taylor c

14、ame face to face with a cow-but it was all in her head.A virtual（虚拟的）reality headset had transported her and her classmates to a farm 250 miles away and for them, the technology means field trips are no longer limited by a bus ride. On any given day, students nationwide walk through fields, dive int

15、o deep sea, and observe medical operations by using such headset. Its another way to attract the iPhone generation of students and improve their understanding and their grades. Richard Lamb is a scientist working at Buffalo Science Lab. In the lab, the physical effects of virtual reality become clea

16、r as participants experience motion （运动） sickness without moving. “Some of the research were doing has shown that what you experience in virtual reality has very similar responses that you would get if you were doing the actual activity, ” Lamb said. Its unknown how many classrooms have or will adop

17、t the technology, but experts say its still relatively rare. While individual headsets that require a users phone can cost as little as $20 or $30, systems and software for classes will cost thousands of dollars. Early complaints about a lack of good software are fading as more companies enter the m

18、arket, but the rules for use havent necessarily caught up with the technology. In New York, virtual lab experiments dont count toward the states hands-on lab time requirements. Even so, the sciences are an area where virtual reality holds particular promise for classrooms. “The biggest impediment is

19、 going to be the quality of that experience, and that means how closely it mimics （模仿） the physical world, ” said David Evans, a scientist. “ Doing dangerous things and running into a lot more cases represent a huge learning opportunity.” Lamb agreed. “Too often in schools, when we do things in labs

20、, you mix things together and you get this outcome. And if you dont get that outcome, you did something wrong, but we dont have enough resources for you to redo it,” he said. “In virtual reality, all I do is on the computer. I dont have to actually use chemicals.”1.What does a virtual reality headse

21、t really help the students do?A.Take some exercise. B.Perform an operation.C.Go for a bus ride. D.Have different experiences.2.The technology is rarely used in classrooms mainly because _.A.students show little interest in it B.its too expensive for users to afford itC.supporting software is inacces

22、sible yet D.its inconvenient to be operated by students3.Which word can replace the underlined word “impediment” in Paragraph 5?A.Opportunity. B.Difficulty. C.Surprise. D.Disappointment.4.Which of the following statements do both Lamb and Evans agree with?A.This technology can save students a lot of

23、 time.B.This technology is safe when used in experiments.C.This technology can enrich students learning experiences.D.This technology can produce a better result in real life.4、 Ask any of my stepchildren and theyll agree: The quickest way to produce a long and angry shout is to complain, “Its not f

24、air!” I can go on and on about how fairness has nothing to do with who gets the slightly larger cookie, and how important it is tobe gratitude for all of the incredible privileges we have. And yet, I displayed right by those inspiring quotes about thankfulness posted by family and friends on Faceboo

25、k. Ive laughed at the concept of keeping a gratitude journal, a daily diary of things in my life to be thankful for, as seen on Oprah and in many studies about happiness. （Despite all the evidence to recommend it, keeping one just doesnt feel like me.） But according to a recent study, people who pra

26、ctise gratitude are more joyful and optimistic and less lonely. I would love to experience all of those things, so why do I get all sick inside when I hear about practising gratitude? The biggest reason is that it sometimes feels slightly dishonest. Earlier this year, though, I decided it was time t

27、o give gratitude a real chance; I wanted to see firsthand if it would change my outlook. Then, a stream of terrible things happenedit felt like every night on the news there was another tragedy, and it felt like the whole world was going to ruin. Putting aside a few minutes a day to think about all

28、the awesome tilings in my life felt both unimportant and disrespectful. But I sat down and tried it. While I wouldnt go as far as a journal, I did try to spend a few minutes each day feeling thankful. And something clicked. Allowing myself small moments of gratitude didnt feel as tired as I thought

29、it would; it felt uplifting, even restorative. I realized that gratitude as a goal still makes me change. Appreciating what we have can help us understand what other people are, both far away and closer to home.1.Why does the author mention the story of his stepchildren?A.To introduce the topic of the text.B.To express they are specially naughty.C.To show how fair he is to them.D.To present the