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    The value-packed, all-inclusive sight-seeing package that combines the best of Sydney's harbor, city, bay and beach highlights. 

    A Sydney Pass gives you unlimited and flexible travel on the Explore Buses: the ‘red' Sydney Explorer shows you around our exciting city sights while the ‘blue' Bondi Explorer visits Sydney Harbor bays and famous beaches. Take to the water on one of three magnificent daily harbor cruises(游船). You can also travel free on regular Sydney Buses, Sydney Ferries or City Rail services (limited area), so you can go to every corner of this beautiful city.

    Imagine browsing at Darling Harbor, tasting the famous seafood at Watsons Bay or enjoying the lights on an evening ferry cruise. The possibilities and plans are endless with a Sydney Pass. Wherever you decide to go, remember that bookings are not required on any of our services so tickets are treated on a first in, first seated basis.

    Sydney Passes are available for 3,5 or 7 days for use over a 7-calendar period. With a 3 or 5-day pass you choose on which days out of the 7 you want to use it. All Sydney Passes include a free Airport Express inward trip before starting your 3,5 or 7 days, and the return trip is valid (有效的) for 2 months from the first day your ticket was used

Sydney Pass Fares

	Adult	Child*	Family**
3-day ticket	$90	$45	$225
5-day ticket	$120	$60	$350
7-day ticket	$140	$70	$350

*A child is defined as anyone from the ages of 4 years under 16 years. Children under 4 years travel free.

**A family is defined as 3 adults and any number of children from 4 to under 16 years of age from the same family.

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China's future high-speed trains might be self-driving, with a top speed around 600 kilometer per hour and an adjustable interior and entertainment system with high-speed Internet, a senior engineer said on Monday.

Fuxing, which debuted first on the line connecting Beijing and Shanghai, has an operating speed of 350 km/h—the world's fastest. It now serves a dozen major cities, from Chengdu, Sichuan Province, to Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, according to the China Railway Corporation.

Chinese scientists are developing a new model of Fuxing that can adopt to different track widths and still run consistently at 400 km/h, Ding said, an officer of the corporation.

"These new trains can be used effectively in Russia or countries along the Belt and Road Initiative."

"The new model will enter service within five years, about the same period needed to create and launch the Fuxing. In the next 8 to 10 years, China will launch a high-speed bullet train that is suspended from a magnetic rail-nearly twice the speed of the one currently operating in Shanghai." he said.

Chinese engineers also are aiming to make future trains more comfortable, including adding more leg room in all carriages, stronger Internet signals and some high-class seats that might involve adjustable interior and entertainment systems, such as windows that can change color or serve as movie screens.

Artificial intelligence will be included in future trains, using equipment such as scanners that automatically check and deduct fees when passengers board and exit trains without having to deal with tickets.

Trains also will have advanced self-driving systems that can predict abnormal conditions and automatically check slow in case of emergencies. These systems will be finished within three years.

Now, China's high-speed railway network has extended about 25000 kilometers of track, which makes up about 60 percent of the world's total, according to the corporation.

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Dance Classes

Ballet

Ballet teaches grace, posture （姿势） and flexibility. Students focus on the use of proper ballet items（物品）, expanding their knowledge of classical ballet techniques and improving motor skills for classical ballet practice. The class is a formal ballet class.

Age: 8-10

Date: September 7, 2019-May 16, 2020

Time: 10: 30 am-12: 00 am on Saturdays

Creative Movers

Students can explore creative movement, balance, focus, the development of skills, motor planning and balance. The class helps build strength, flexibility and self-confidence, and allows children to realize expression in a positive and encouraging environment. Children use their imagination to celebrate movement and have lots of fun.

Age: 3-5

Date: September 7, 2019-January 18, 2020

Time: 9: 00 am-9: 45 am on Saturdays

Jazz

Jazz includes movements from both classical ballet and dance techniques. This class will focus on traditional Jazz dance. Students will be introduced to jazz-style rhythms and movements. In order to ensure proper placement for your child, we invite all students to participate in a sample（示例）class. Students and parents work with program staff to meet students' personal dance goals.

Age: 5-6

Date: September 7, 2019-May 16, 2020

Time: 2: 00 pm-3: 00 pm on Saturdays

Hip Hop

Students will be introduced to several different aspects of hip hop dance including Popping, Locking, Breaking and Tutting in a high-energy environment. Our hip hop instructors are highly knowledgeable and will provide students with a wonderful view of hip hop dance.

Age: 7-10

Date: September 7, 2019-May 16, 2020

Time: 1: 00 pm-2: 00 pm on Sundays

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    He is quiet and shy. He likes to hide(隐藏) his eyes behind his hair. He doesn't smile very often. However, if you talk to him about music, he'll have a lot to say.

    This is Jay Chou, the 24-year-old Taiwanese pop king(天王). His fans are so excited because he will sing songs in Beijing on September 12. Those songs are from his new album (唱片), “Ye Huimei”, and the album was released (发行) in July and was named after his mother.

    Chou grew up just with his mother. He did not talk much and did badly in many school subjects.

    His mother noticed the boy's special interest in music and sent him to learn piano when he was only three years old. He loved it and kept on practicing.

    Chou is not very handsome. He does not speak clearly when he sings or talks. But the singer has huge crowds of fans. “He is really good at music. It makes him attractive(有魅力的) to me,” said Liu Jiajun, a Junior 2 student in No.101 Middle School in Beijing.

    “He is true to himself. He never follows others,” said Zhang Yujie, a Junior 1 girl at Huaibei Middle School in Sihong, Jiangsu Province.

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If you love chocolate，maybe you have eaten a bar of Cadbury's Bournville chocolate. But Bournville isn't just the name of an English chocolate bar. It's the name of a village which was built especially for workers at the Cadbury's chocolate factory.

George and Richard Cadbury took over the chocolate business from their father in 1861. A few years later, they moved the factory out of the centre of Birmingham, a city in the middle of England, to an area close to the railways and canals so that they could receive milk deliveries easily and send the finished products to stores across the country. More importantly, here, the air was much cleaner than in the city, and the Cadbury brothers thought it would be a much healthier place for their employees to work.

They named the site Bournville after a local river called “The Bourn” and “Ville”，the French word for town, was used because at the time, people thought French chocolate was the highest quality. The new factory opened in 1879. Close to it, they built a village where the factory workers could live. The Cadbury brothers thought their workers deserved to live and work in good conditions. In the factory, workers were given a fair wage, a pension and access to medical treatment. The village provided everything that workers needed including a shop，a school and a community centre where evening classes were held to train young members of the workforce.

The Cadbury brothers were among the first business owners to make sure that their workers had good standards of living. Soon, other British factory owners were copying their ideas by providing homes and communities for their workers designed with convenience and health in mind.

Today, over 25,000 people live in Bournville village. Over a hundred years since the first house here was built, the aims of its founders have still been carried out.

There were as many as six hundred ______ on this brand new ship, which just had embarked on its maiden voyage, venturing ever further into the unknown.

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    It was Christmas Day 1999. On CNN, talk show host Larry King was interviewing Stephen Hawking.

    "What, professor, puzzled you the most?" King asked. "What do you think about the most?"

    Hawking immediately replied, "Women."

    It's a comfort that Hawking, one of the smartest men in the world, is puzzled by the opposite sex. But, that's not surprising, according to Satoshi Kanazawa. Bright people are no better than anyone else at making smart decisions about common things, he says. These include finding a mate, maintaining family relationships, raising children, finding the way home, and dealing with a variety of basic life needs.

    That's because there are several kinds of formal "intelligence", Kanazawa argues. Being smart one way does not necessarily mean smart in another way. This view is sure to cause arguments among scientists who think about thinking. That is because it disagrees with the common view that general intelligence is a single thing. In that view, it is not, as Kanazawa and others say, a set of independent mental areas.

    Kanazawa says that some kinds of intelligence developed slowly over time. Many people have heard about what is called "emotional intelligence". Now, psychologists(心理学家) have discovered several other types of intelligence. These include the ability to learn a language, find a mate, recognise faces, and locate oneself in a new environment.

    But, is there proof to support the theory that intelligence comes in many forms?" Actually, there is quite a lot of proof, " Kanazawa says. "If there were only one type of intelligence, "he adds, "people with high IQs should be ‘smart' in every way. "

    In one test, a psychologist took a group of subjects on a hike, walking into the forest. He then told them to find their way back. The high IQ people were no more likely to be able to find out where they were. In another experiment, a researcher asked people to find their way to a specific location in a computer maze(迷宫). Once again, high IQ did not give them any edge.

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    In agreement with the Agenda of the First Global Employment of Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic, the applicants from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and overseas who have passed the first qualification review will take a written examination. Below lists the relevant information:

    ⒈Date & Time

    April 15th, 2017 (Saturday), 9:00 – 12:30.

    The applicants are required to enter the examination room before 8:30 am.

    ⒉Location

    No. 23 Baiduizijia, Haidian district, Beijing (Capital Normal University Dongyi Zone)

    Exam Site No.6; Exam Room: C206

    ⒊Notice

    ⑴All applicants who have passed the first qualification review please log on Personal application center of the recruitment page (//recruit.beijing2022.cn) to download and print the admission ticket from April 7th -15th 2017.

    ⑵All candidates shall bring the admission tickets and valid IDs (Mainland Travel Permit for Hong Kong and Macao Residents, Mainland travel permit for Taiwan residents, Foreign passport and etc.)

    ⑶Please prepare one's own writing materials including 2B pencil, eraser and black/blue pen.

    ⑷The candidates will not be allowed to enter the examination room if late for 30mins, and will be also prohibited to leave within 60mins since the entering into the room or 15mins earlier than the deadline.

    Kind reminder: Due to the heavy traffic near the exam location, parking space will be so limited that all candidates should take public transport.

    ⒋Transport Route

    ⑴Subway: No.9 subway to Baiduizi station exit A, 50 meters to North.

    ⑵Bus: No. 61 / 92 bus to Shouti South Road South Gate station, and 3 minutes' walk to the destination.

    Kind reminder: Capital Normal University Dongyi Zone is not located in the main campus of Capital Normal University, please plan your route properly.

Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games

    April 7, 2017

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Li Jiaqi, a star in live-streaming(网络直播), knows how (draw)the audience's attention. Each time, he introduces a new item, he promotes (推销)it  (direct), "Buy it - just buy it! It looks super, super, super good!"

In the month (follow) the shopping festival, Li's promotion (drive) over one billion yuan in sales on Taobao Live.

As a new way of shopping, live-streaming has proved successful, has led more companies to use online influencers to promote their products. The rise of commercial live-streaming is partly based on convenience. Any product can  (buy) during live-streams with just a couple of taps and swipes. Without the advantage,  (customer) may give up an item if its description does not provide enough information.

A convincing live-streamer together with limited-time discounts or lucky draws also (account) for its popularity. Those tricks help persuade people to shop through live-streaming.

For now, there is still some doubt  live-streamers can really take responsibility for their broadcasts or not. However, buyers are quick to make judgements." I don't plan to stop watching Li's live-streams. But out of (curious), I also do my own research instead of shopping immediately," said a Mr. Li, who often does shopping online.

下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：

1）每句不超过两个错误；

2）每处错误及其修改均仅限一次；

3）只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Dear John,

    I am very sorry to tell you that I unable to go to your party this Sunday. It is very kind for you to invite me to your house. I really look forward to go to your party and sharing your happy experiences abroad. Much to my regret I would be absent from your party because the final exam is just in the corner. What's worst, I have caught a bad cold lately and I am really not me. Anyway, we will have much more chances to get together. I am true sorry. I hope you will forgive me but accept my sincere apology.

    I am looking forward to your reply.

Yours,

Li Hua