Surtsey was born in 1963.Scientists saw the birth of this island. It began at 7.30 a.m. on 14th November. A fishing boat was near Iceland. The boat moved under the captain's (船长) feet. He noticed a strange smell. He saw some black smoke. A volcano (火山) was breaking out. Red-hot rocks, fire and smoke were rushing up from the bottom (底部) of the sea. The island grew quickly. It was 10 meters high the next day and 60 meters high on 18th November. Scientists flew there to watch. It was exciting. Smoke and fire were still rushing up. Pieces of red-hot rock were flying into the air and falling into the sea. The sea was boiling and there was a strange light in the sky. Surtsey grew and grew. Then it stopped in June 1967. It was 175 meters high and 2 kilometers long. And life was already coming to Surtsey. Plants grew. Birds came. Some scientists built a house. They want to learn about this young island. A new island is like a new world.
a. The captain found the boat was moving.
b. A new island appeared in the sea.
c. Fire, smoke and rocks were seen rushing up.
d. A fishing boat was near Iceland.
e. The island grew quickly.
Bangkok Destination Guide
Travel in Bangkok is often described as a whirlwind—it's hot, chaotic, crowded, and full of exotic energy. This popular tourism destination is a city of extremes with majestic temples, floating markets, romantic rooftop restaurants, and a wide range of accommodations to suit every budget. Read through our brief guide to learn about this exciting city and begin planning your journey.
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Peak (高峰) Season |
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Population |
Language(s) |
Currency |
January Climate |
July Climate |
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November to February |
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8,280,925
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Thai
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Thai Baht
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Average high 33.2℃ |
Average high 33.2℃ |
Must-See Attractions
Bangkok is sometimes referred to as the “Venice of the East” because of its network of canals, so take a boat tour to see sights like the Khmer wats (僧院) and the riverside houses. While exploring the city, you'll definitely want to sample some of the street food options—often fresher and more unique than in the surrounding restaurants! To get a dose of Thai culture, visit the Wat Arun, the Grand Palace, Wat Parkeaw, and Wat Pho.
Transportation
There are two airport that serve Bankok, Suvamabhmi Airport and Don Muang Airport, and both are located about 30 kilometers from city centre. Most travelers who fly into Suvarnabhumi take the airport rail link to get downtown. The most important train station is the Hua Lamphong Station, and railway lines extend in all directions. It's not a good idea to travel around Bankok by car since traffic is very congested.
Recommended Restaurants
Food is a big deal in Thailand, and there are plenty of cheap eats, high-end restaurants, and street food delights to keep your taste buds satisfied every meal.
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Restaurant |
Cuisine |
Location |
Price |
Notices |
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Lung Yai |
Isaan |
Din Daeng |
Budget |
Off the beaten path and never touristy |
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Issaya Siamese Club |
Thai |
4 Soi Sri Aksorn, Chuaphloeng Rd. |
Pricey |
Order a mix of chef recommendations to try something new |
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Bankara Ramen |
Japanese |
32/1 Sukhumvit Soi 39 |
Budget |
Try the signature ramen with chashu |
China will continue to improve its policies and beef up support to speed up commercial use of the 5G network, an official with the country's top industry regulator said on Tuesday.
Wen Ku, a spokesman for the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said the ministry will continue to support the development of the super-fast fifth-generation wireless technology by telecom carriers and encourage local authorities to come up with more support policies.
Chen Zhaoxiong, vice-minister of Industry and Technology, said that the development of the 5G network could give rise to massive opportunities in industrial growth and job creation. The ministry will make continuous efforts to promote the use of 1000Mb broadband connections and expand the coverage of fiber-optical broadband services, he said. Meanwhile, the ministry will upgrade telecom networks and operation systems by the end of November to ensure that mobile phone users nationwide can switch service carriers without changing phone numbers, he said. He explained that it could require substantial (大量的) efforts as it involved the upgrading of operation systems of a total of 1.6 billion users in the country.
In the meantime, a "floor-price" will be set for low-income and elderly populations to further promote mobile networks, he said. In order to better protect the rights of consumers, the number of service packages offered by the telecom carriers will be trimmed（削减）by more than 15 percent this year, according to Wen. Carriers are also required to make public all their service packages and make them all available for the users, he added. "We will step up investigations on wrongdoings so that consumers can see their telecom bill plain and clear," he said.
China has expanded the download speed of mobile broadband sixfold compared with five years ago, while the charges for broadband connections and mobile Internet were down by 90 percent, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
China's digital economy reached a total volume of 31 trillion yuan ($4.5 trillion), or 34.8 percent of its GDP, in 2018, according to the ministry.
What is eco-fashion? Eco-fashion is about making clothes that considers the environment, the health of consumers and the working conditions of people in the fashion industry.
A closer look at the fashion industry points out many problems that are common practices in the creation of our fashions from the field to the factory. Firstly, the production of textiles pollutes the environment heavily. Cotton-planting uses pesticides; sheep-farming and wool-cleaning bring about global warming. Secondly, every stage of clothing production consumes a great deal of energy and some also involve chemicals which obviously do harm to the surroundings. In addition, there is a lot of waste produced in the process, especially in the form of polluted water. Thirdly, growing purchasing power and our shopping habits further worsen the bad effects. We are now buying clothes in increasing quantities and we are also quick to throw away clothes that have been worn only a couple of times.
Then, how to solve the problem? To a large degree, it is the fashion producers that really have the power and the responsibility to shape our future. There are a great many ways these producers can reduce their ecological footprint, from switching to green energy and reducing energy use, through selecting sustainable materials and choosing local suppliers, to recycling and minimizing waste. On the other hand, as consumers we can all play our part by selecting environmentally friendly clothing and reducing clothing buying.
There is some concern that eco-friendly fashions are just a trend that we will eventually grow tired of but we can make sure that doesn't happen. Now many people are beginning to shop for organic food products because the benefits of eating food free of chemicals are immediate. They relate directly to our personal health. In fact, choosing eco-fashion can also do good to our personal health, though it is mostly done by way of keeping the health of the planet.
1）时间地点；
2）活动内容；
3）活动意义。
注意：1）词数 80 左右；
2）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
It is difficult for parents of nearly every family to teach their children (be) responsible for housework, but with one of the following (suggestion), you really can get your children to help at home.
If you give your children the impression that they can never do quite right, then they will regard themselves as unfit or unable person. children believe they can succeed, they will never become totally independent.
My daughter Carla's fifth grade's teacher (make) every child in her class feel special. When students received less than a perfect test score, she would point out they had mastered and declared firmly they could learn what they (miss).
You can use the same technique when you evaluate your child's work at home. Don't always scold and you should give lots of praise (48). Talk about what he has done right, not about what he hasn't done. If your child completes a difficult task, promise him a Sunday trip or a ball game. (learn) is a process of trying and failing and trying, and succeeding. If you teach your children not to fear a mistake or failure, they will learn (fast) and achieve success at last.
She was fined $300 and for one month for drunk driving.
--- The manager of the factory wants to improve production a great deal, but he doesn’t spend much on technology.
---I am afraid he won’t realize his dream. You know ________.
A. you can’t eat your cake and have it
B. empty vessels make the greatest sound
C. enough is as good as a feast
D. two heads are better than one
--- Have you finished your composition already? ---- Yes．I _____ it in less than ten minutes.
A．have finished B．finished C．will finish D．had finished
Everybody loves a good wedding and I'm no exception. I've been to a load of them in my native Britain and I must say that I usually have a great time. Most recently I went to one in the mountains of Sardinia and I really enjoyed this one for the differences from those in the UK.
First, the two families spent three weeks before the big day preparing all the food, from wonderful home-made delicacies to simple traditional breads and pastas. In my experience, in the UK that hardest task is left to the caterers(承办酒席的人)! This particular ceremony was in a beautiful country church and afterwards the couple was driven to the reception in a wonderfully decorated classic Fiat 500, which was really similar to what happens in the UK. However, the wedding with around 500 guests is much larger.
The wine flowed, as did the chatter. There were the five or six courses of wonderful food, screaming kids running wild, the ceremonial cutting of the cake by the bride and groom, but no speeches! Not one. In the UK it's traditional for the father of the bride to propose(提议) a toast, followed by the groom and finishing up with that of the best man (伴郎). His speech generally has a good laugh at the groom's expense, but here the groom was spared that particular discomfort.
Instead there was a delightful custom which I'd never seen before, in which six or seven of the male guests pass round the hall banging trays, drums, pots, pans that make noise, selling pieces of the groom's tie which has been cut into tiny bits. The money raised was then given to the happy couple to help them set up their new life together. Finally the evening saw a lot of traditional dancing, a little disco dancing and some karaoke. Pretty much the part I like best.
32．How did the author feel about the Sardinian wedding?
A．It was enjoyable.
B．It was very strange.
C．It was expensive.
D．It was unpleasant.
33．As for the preparations for the wedding, which part demanded the greatest effort?
A．The particular ceremony.
B．The wedding food.
C．The disco dancing.
D．The wedding speech.
34．What can we infer about the best man's speech at a traditional British wedding?
A．It is the best one of all the wedding speeches.
B．It is usually very traditional and sounds too flat.
C．It is funny but often makes the groom uncomfortable.
D．It is more delightful than the Sardinian ceremonial speech.
35．Why was the groom's tie cut into small pieces?
A．To entertain the male guests as a wedding game.
B．To start the dancing evening as a special ceremony.
C．To get money from the guests to pay for the reception.
D．To celebrate the wedding and raise money for the new couple.
The Depression was still going on, but I was in good spirits. I was going to graduate from elementary school, yet my mother 36 dressed me in shorts. Most of my classmates had given up 37 shorts. For the graduation ceremony, all the boys were 38 to dress the same way-white shirts and dark-blue wool pants.
I waited until a week before I told my mother. I 39 I’d better break the news to her as gently as I could.
“Mom,” I said, “about 40 …”
“Yes?” she answered.
“They’re going to give me the first –prize medal,” I said.
She looked 41 her shoulder at me and smiled. “That’s wonderful, Babe. Dad and I will both be there, and we’ll be the 42 parents in the place.”
She must have seen by the look on my face that 43 was wrong. She turned her back and said, “So?”
“So, I have to get 44 pants, ” I said.
“Babe, we don’t have the 45 for new pants right now,” she said very quietly, “You know that.”
“Ok,” I burst out. “Then I won’t go to graduation. Plus, I’m 46 away from home!”
The following Saturday, when my mother said, “Let’s go shopping,” I knew she had 47 the problem. We walked a short way and stopped at a place I had never 48 before. My mother said, “ 49 here,” She entered a storefront that looked like a 50 . She came out about ten minutes later, and we went to the pants store. I was holding the new pants 51 under my arm when my mother went to pay for it. I saw her 52 a tiny brown envelope from her purse. There were four 53 new one-dollar bills inside.
About halfway home, I 54 down at my mother’s hands. It was then that I saw the wedding ring that had always circled her ring finger was 55 there.
| 36. A. still 37. A. choosing 38. A. persuaded 39. A. guessed 40. A. classmates 41. A. over 42. A. luckiest 43. A. everything 44. A. fashionable 45. A. power 46. A. walking 47. A. solved 48. A. passed 49. A. Rest 50. A. school 51. A. tightly 52. A. bring 53. A. total 54. A. glared 55. A. no doubt | B. also B. making B. expected B. dreamed B. graduation B. above B. poorest B. nothing B. expensive B. energy B. running B. discovered B. noticed B. Look B. restaurant B. roughly B. take B. entire B. stared B. no longer | C. already C. wearing C. encouraged C. imagined C. school C. across C. richest C. something C. short C. money C. moving C. met C. watched C. Stand C. bank C. softly C. carry C. complete C. glanced C. no way | D. even D. buying D. forced D. figured D. depression D. through D. proudest D. anything D. long D. time D. escaping D. ignored D. stayed D. Wait D. hotel D. nervously D. pick D. brand D. put D. still |
The refugee crisis（难民危机） in Europe, if ________ properly, can lead to serious social problems.
A. not handled B. not being handled
C. not to be handled D. not having been handled
A Deed a Day
It was a busy day as usual. I was making sandwiches and balancing the phone between my shoulder and chin. The washing machine sounded as my husband walked in with our daughters. We had only about twenty minutes to eat 41 we had to take the girls to their next activity. My husband seemed a bit 42 that dinner was not on the table.
That night, I had a heavy 43 , thinking we were becoming taskmasters on an assembly line (流水线). We had become too 44 in our own tasks and not very considerate towards
those around us. We needed to do something to bring back some meaning into our lives. It needed to be something that would 45 our own agendas and energize us toward the common good.
I bought a notebook, named it “Our Deed Diary” and held a family meeting. I told my family I wanted us all to think about doing a 46 for others every day. It could be for each other or for people outside our 47 . And we all needed to write it down in the notebook.
I thought one deed a day was too easy. However, it was actually 48 than it seemed because it had to be something 49 what we had already done. Sending birthday cards to people we already sent cards to every year would not 50 .
We had a rough 51 . On some days, someone would forget to 52 a good deed, while on other days, we would forget to write our good deeds in the diary. After a few weeks though, I found myself waking up in the morning trying to 53 what good deed I could do for someone that day. My daughters began to rush to me after school to 54 me the good deed they had done.
Now, after a year, I am happy to say that it is making a(n) 55 in our lives. Instead of always 56 what the day will bring for us, we think about what we can do for someone else.
Who would have thought that trying to do a simple kindness a day would be so 57 ? I feel my daughters have felt inner joy that you can only 58 by giving to someone else from your heart. The best thing is that you feel so great about doing something for someone else; you don't even look for or expect anything in 59 . So, when someone does return the favor, it is an enormous and positive 60 .
41. A. though B. while C. before D. unless
42. A. annoyed B. frightened C. embarrassed D. puzzled
43. A. shoulder B. heart C. foot D. stomach
44. A. absorbed B. successful C. confident D. interested
45. A. repeat B. recall C. refocus D. relate
46. A. kindness B. copy C. job D. task
47. A. room B. town C. school D. home
48. A. stranger B. bigger C. harder D. sweeter
49. A. beyond B. between C. about D. from
50. A. matter B. happen C. last D. count
51. A. time B. idea C. start D. life
52. A. praise B. do C. record D. check
53. A. describe B. explain C. remember D. decide
54. A. bring B. tell C. offer D. teach
55. A. effort B. fortune C. difference D. choice
56. A. forgetting B. wondering C. knowing D. believing
57. A. tiring B. rewarding C. surprising D. moving
58. A. experience B. exchange C. predict D. imagine
59. A. silence B. order C. time D. return
60. A. effect B. contribution C. attitude D. bonus
If you have a cat,you already know that a cat isn't a dog that doesn't have to be walked.If you're about to bring a cat into your family,you need to understand that basic fact.The common wisdom is that dogs are friendlier than cats.
In recent years,scientists who have done DNA studies have offered a better way to understand cats.Unlike other animals that people feed,cats domesticated themselves,and,in a way,trained humans.Cats decided to live close to humans because doing so benefited the cats themselves.
Studies show that cats have lived with humans for about 12,000 years,since people first settled down and started farming.When people started storing grain,mice arrived and started eating the grain.Clever cats figured out that the mice settlements where people stored grain were easy for hunting,so they started hanging around.Cats did what they needed to do to get the people to let them stay,but they kept up their independence.Over time,cats allowed humans to get a bit closer to them.Later,the farmers did befriend the cats.Certainly,it didn't do them any harm because they could see that the cats were really helping them out by eating mice.
Today,about a third of American families have cats.In most of those homes,the cats are still more interested in pleasing themselves than in pleasing their human families.A dog may do anything it can to make you happy,but kitty will teach you to make kitty happy.
33.Compared with dogs, cats are .
A.colder B.friendlier C.more warm-hearted D.more frightening
34.According to the text,why do cats decide to stay close to humans?
A.To keep up their independence B.To protect grain from mice.
C To rely on humans for food. D.To be useful to themselves.
35.What may be the best title for the text?
A.A common point between dogs and cats. B.The reasons why people like dogs.
C.A disadvantage of raising cats. D.The basic fact about cats.
No doubt, the more one is _______ the foreign language environment, the better he or she will learn the language.
A. referred to B. caught in C. kept up D. exposed to
