1、Panama City, PanamaFor beach vacations that get you out of town and invite you and your family to dive into culture, consider a trip to Panama City. Here,you will enjoy beaches and city exploring. Book your stay at the Westin Playa Bonita, where you can book a room starting at $222 a night. There ar
2、e various programs,including beach Olympics, stargazing (天体观察)and Spanish lessons.Jupiter, FloridaThis place offers you quality time you can spend with your loved ones. Book your stay at Jupiter Beach Resort & Spa, with rates for a family of four starting at $207 a night. Here, you can shoot baskets
3、 at the basketball courts,take a dip in the pool or teach your children beach yoga.San Diego,CaliforniaThe West Coast is a great spot for cheap beach vacations, so tell your family to pack their bags for a visit to San Diego. A cheap $10 Uber ride from the airport will have you pulling up the Kona K
4、ai Resort & Spa. Here,a family of four can stay in a Deluxe Guest Room starting at $159 per night. Your kids can practice cannonballs at the pool after a visit to the world-famous San Diego Zoo.Kihei Maui, HawaiiFor West Coasters who are growing bored with their backyard, fly to the islands of Hawai
5、i. Stay at the Aston at the Maui Banyan, with a charge of $179 a night for a family of four. Here,youll witness some of the best sunsets of your life while your kids splash (戏水)in the Pacific, And if youre set on cooking a fancy meal, youll enjoy suites that come with a full kitchen.21. Which of the
6、 following charges you least a night?A. The Aston at the Maui Banyan.B. The Westin Playa Bonita.C. The Kona Kai Resort & Spa.D. Jupiter Beach Resort &22. What can you do at the Aston at the Maui Banyan?A. Admire beautiful sunsets.B. Visit a world-famous zoo.C. Observe fantastic stars.D. Play some be
7、ach sports.23. What is the common feature of the four destinations?A. They all offer rooms with a full kitchen.B. They are all intended for family trips.C. They all pick up visitors from the airport.D. They all provide bike riding on the beach.BCreated in 1998 by Casey and Shelley Black, the Norther
8、n Lights Wildlife Wolf Center focuses on not only rescuing young abandoned wolves but educating the public. Unlike other centers, you can actually walk with the wolves and have exciting, hands-on interaction with them here. And so, we gathered one late winter morning to learn, prepare and walk.Scrap
9、py and Flora,our wolves that day,were brought to the center when only a few days old. “They lived in the house with us for the first several months. We treated them like human babies, fed them and slept with them,” said Shelley. So, they are totally used to people. However, these are wild animals. F
10、or that reason, Shelley and Casey explained, the walk is totally on the wolfs terms. “We dont approach them, but if they come up to us, we can touch them. ”With all this in mind, we headed for the woods. We were walking on a logging road when suddenly,Flora, all 60 pounds of her,hurried up to me and
11、 raised up on her legs. She was almost as tall as me. As she leaned in, put her huge muddy paws on my shoulders and sniffed my face, apparently she was saying hello in wolf talk.We walked farther, maybe half a mile, while Scrappy and Flora dashed in and out of the woods stopping to occasionally roll
12、 in the snow,dig for this or that and just play. Then we all headed into the trees to a picturesque stream where the wolves splashed,drank and had a great time.One could point out that this whole adventure was staged and quite artificial. But the purpose, Casey and Shelley said,is to explain the wol
13、ves place in the environment and,primarily,to let people know wolves don t have to be universally fearedthey really don t hide secretly in the woods just waiting to eat people,but they d rather avoid people,for the most part.24. How is the Northern Lights Wildlife Wolf Center different from others?A
14、. It trains and educates wild wolves.B. It aims to rescue young abandoned wolves.C. It raises wolves for commercial purposes.D. It allows visitors to take a walk with wolves.25. What can be inferred from Shelley and Caseys explanation in Paragraph 2?A. The walk can be potentially dangerous.B. The wo
15、lves have lost all their wildness.C. People should get close to the wolves actively.D. The wolves can read peoples mind like human babies.26. Why did Flora behave like that when she saw the author on the logging road?A. To express curiosity.B. To show friendliness.C. To attract attention.D. To seek
16、companionship.27. Why do Casey and Shelley organize such an adventure?A. To advertise the center.B. To publicize wolf hunting.C. To promote environmental protection.D. To clarify some conventional views of wolves.CHave you ever heard of agritourism where you can experience farm life? If not, Dr. Cin
17、dy Ayers-Elliott will tell you the real story of Foot Print Farms.The original concept of building Foot Print Farms was simple. When Ayers-Elliott returned to her hometown after graduation,she didn t have to look any further than her state s alarming health statistics to find a mission. Everywhere s
18、he turned, there were reports of high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity and heart disease. “The problem was already identified. explains Ayers-Elliott. “Too many Mississippians were seriously unhealthy and it didnt take research to see that. And many of the state s greatest health challenges could d
19、irectly result from poor diet. ”These days,Foot Print Farms, which started with a few raised beds of herbs and vegetables, is making fresh, naturally grown food. When speaking of the key to my success,the co-op model works because we share the work and rewards,” notes Ayers-Elliott. “ A perfect exam
20、ple is the Wingfield High School football team. To earn the money for equipment and other items, players committed to working five hours a week on the farm,and by the end of the summer they had produced 1,000 melons and the profits from their sales helped to buy weights,T-shirts,sweat suits and preg
21、ame meals. But the lessons they learned about the rewards of hard work and working together to accomplish something were even more valuable products of their efforts. ”It s a model that can easily be learned in other places and I m looking forward to seeing some of our current partners do just thatt
22、o take what they have learned here and spin it off in other communities,Ayers-Elliott remarks. She is now looking forward to developing an agritourism aspect to the farm, where visitors can experience farm life, learn new skills and take with them seeds of inspiration they can sow in their own commu
23、nities when they return home.28. What made Ayers-Elliott set up Foot Print Farms?A. The problems faced by local farmers.B. Her further research into heart disease.C. The failure of her career after graduation.D. The health state of people in her hometown.29. Why does the author take the football tea
24、m as an example?A. To advocate the concept of independence.B. To stress the importance of teamwork.C. To support the idea of co-op model.D. To explore the key to success.30. What is Ayers-Elliott s attitude towards the future of Foot Print Farms?A. Optimistic. B. Skeptical. C. Cautious. D. Ambiguous
25、.31. What is the main idea of the text?A. Naturally grown food benefits peoples health.B. Food Print Farms is making a difference in Mississippi.C. Ayers-Elliott encourages people to experience farmD. Agritourism is becoming increasingly popular in America.DWe can video chat with astronauts aboard t
26、he International Space Station and watch live footage from the frozen heights of Everest. But communicating with a submarine (潜艇)or a diver is not so easy. The lack of practical methods for sharing data between underwater and airborne devices has long been a frustration for scientists. The difficult
27、y stems from the fact that radio signals work perfectly in air travel but poorly in water. Sonar (声呐)signals used by underwater sensors reflect off the surface of the water rather than reaching the air.Now,researchers at MIT have developed a method with the potential to revolutionize underwater comm
28、unication. “What weve shown is that its actually feasible to communicate from underwater to the air, says Fadel Adib,a professor at MJT s Media Lab,who led the research.The MIT researchers designed a system that uses an underwater machine to send sonar signals to the surface, making vibrations (震动)c
29、orresponding to the ls and Os of the data. A surface receiver then reads and decodes these tiny vibrations. The researchers call the system TARF. It has any number of potential real-world uses, Adib says. It could be used to find downed planes underwater by reading signals from sonar devices in a pl
30、ane s black box and it could allow submarines to communicate with the surface.Right now the technology is low-resolution. The initial study was conducted in the MIT swimming pool at maximum depths of around 11 or 12 feet. The next steps for the researchers are to see if TARF is workable at much grea
31、ter depths and under varying conditionshigh waves, storms, schools of fish. They also want to see if they can make the technology work in the other direction air to water.If the technology proves successful in real-world conditions, expect “texting while diving” to be the latest underwater fashion.3
32、2. What does the author mainly talk about in Paragraph 1?A. The future of video chat underwater and in air.B. The frustrations of developing underwater devices.C. The difficulty of communication from water to air.D. The current situation of communicating with a submarine.33. What does the underlined word “feasible” mean?A. Achievable
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